Dallas (TV Series)
Mother of the Year (1979)
Jeanna Michaels: Connie Brasher
Quotes
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J.R. Ewing : Morning, Kristin.
Kristin Shepard : Good morning, J.R.
[hands him a note]
J.R. Ewing : Thank you.
[reads it]
Connie Brasher : [entering with tray] Morning, J.R. Coffee's all gone, but there's a fresh pot almost ready.
[goes to fetch]
Kristin Shepard : J.R., they're all in there.
J.R. Ewing : Who's all?
Kristin Shepard : Bobby, your Daddy, and Vaughn Leland.
J.R. Ewing : [frowns] Vaughn Leland?
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Kristin Shepard : [rubbing his shoulders] Can I get you something, J.R.?
J.R. Ewing : [despondent as he stares at silent phone] No.
Kristin Shepard : Hank hasn't called from overseas yet, has he?
J.R. Ewing : You got it.
[sighs]
Kristin Shepard : Well, do you want me to put in another call?
J.R. Ewing : [shakes his head] No.
[phone buzzes]
Kristin Shepard : [picks up, listens, covers receiver] It's the Associated Press, they wanna know something about an oil well.
J.R. Ewing : [sighs, takes receiver] Hello. J.R. Ewing here. What? Yeah, I own those leashes. No. No, I'm in it alone. That's... that's the way I do things.
[other phone buzzes]
J.R. Ewing : What? Well, now, I, I, I, I haven't got a confirmation on that yet.
Kristin Shepard : [excitedly] J.R., Hank's on the phone!
J.R. Ewing : What? Hank? Where the hell have you been? What? What?
[exclaiming:]
J.R. Ewing : Yeah!
[to Kristin:]
J.R. Ewing : We hit! Hold it! Hold it! Hang on, hang on there. Uh...
[back on line 1:]
J.R. Ewing : Hello. Yes, that's a confirmation. Absolutely. A... a strike in the Pacific. Maybe the biggest one ever yet!
[nods]
J.R. Ewing : Yeah, you can quote me. J.R. Ewing.
[chuckles, then goes back on line 2:]
J.R. Ewing : Hello, Hank? Hang on.
[grabs Kristin]
J.R. Ewing : We hit it! We hit it!
[as Connie comes dashing in:]
J.R. Ewing : We hit it! It's a gusher! A big one!
[hugs the two secretaries while phones ring off the hook]
J.R. Ewing : I don't believe it! I don't have time for that, go answer them phones!
[the two rush off, and he's back on line 2:]
J.R. Ewing : Hello, hello, Hank...
Kristin Shepard : [at reception, secretaries scurrying] Hello?
Connie Brasher : Ewing Oil? Yes, Mr. Lewis, it's true. Uh, just a minute, please, the other phone.
[on line 2:]
Connie Brasher : Ewing Oil. Dallas Press? Yes, that's right. He's on the phone with the foreman.
[behind her, J.R. emerges from his office]
Connie Brasher : Well, just a minute, please.
J.R. Ewing : I'm off to Southfork. I can't wait to see the expression on their faces when they hear the news.
[whoops with joy]