Knots Landing (TV Series)
Kristin (1980)
Joan Van Ark: Valene Ewing
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Quotes
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Valene Ewing : [answers phone] Hello?
Kristin Shepard : [exhales worriedly] Who is this?
Valene Ewing : [sighs] It's Val. Who's this?
Kristin Shepard : Oh, Val, thank goodness. It's Kristin Shepard.
Valene Ewing : Who?
Kristin Shepard : Kristin Shepard. Sue Ellen Ewing's sister.
Valene Ewing : Oh, no, is there something wrong with Lucy?
Kristin Shepard : No... I'm - I'm here in - in Los Angeles. And I'm in trouble. You and Gary were the only people I could think to call.
Valene Ewing : Well, why? What happened? Where are you?
Kristin Shepard : Well, it's a long story. I - I was at a party, and - and the police came, and I was arrested.
Valene Ewing : Arrested?
Kristin Shepard : And - and they say that they'll release me, but - but somebody has to come pick me up. Somebody who *lives* here. You and Gary are the only people that I know. Please, Val, come and get me. You're my only hope.
Valene Ewing : Well, uh... I - I don't know.
Kristin Shepard : Val, look, I'll explain everything later, but - but please... Come...!
Valene Ewing : Okay, right, you hang on and I'll be right down... uh... Tell me, where exactly are you?
Kristin Shepard : Oh, thank you, Val. I'm at the Hollywood division.
Valene Ewing : Okay. I'll be right there. Bye-bye.
[hangs up]
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Valene Ewing : [they have a visitor] Sue Ellen's sister. She's upstairs showering.
Gary Ewing : What's she doing here?
Valene Ewing : Well, uh... it's a long story.
Gary Ewing : Yeah, well, I got time.
Valene Ewing : Okay. Well, she - she called me from the jail. And I went down there...
Gary Ewing : Jail?
Valene Ewing : Look, I tried calling you all day. You see, she got in trouble at this party and she's visiting here
Gary Ewing : Tell me, why don't you just take her back to where she's visiting?
Valene Ewing : Well, uh... I don't know. It's sort of awkward. She was alone and it kind of seemed like she wanted to talk. Well, actually, she did sort of invite herself. But, uh, she's really very sweet, Gary.
Gary Ewing : Hmm.
Valene Ewing : Well, what's the matter?
Gary Ewing : Honey, if she's anything like her sister...
Valene Ewing : Oh, come on, why should she be anything like Sue Ellen? Are you anything like J.R.?
Kristin Shepard : [enters] Excuse me.
Valene Ewing : Oh, hi, Kristin. Um... Kristin, this... is Gary.
Kristin Shepard : Hi. Nice to meet you.
Gary Ewing : Nice to meet you. We met once. You were about ten, I think.
Kristin Shepard : [chuckles] Well, I'm not ten anymore.
Gary Ewing : [laughs] No.
Kristin Shepard : Val, I was looking for a hair dryer.
Valene Ewing : Oh, there's one in our bathroom.
Kristin Shepard : Thanks. I'll just be a minute, and then I'll come and help.
Valene Ewing : Oh, no, no, no. Take your time, there's no rush.
[Kristin stands gazing at them]
Valene Ewing : Is something wrong, Kristin?
Kristin Shepard : No. I - I was just remembering what Lucy told me.
Valene Ewing : Lucy?
Kristin Shepard : Well, we got to know each other a little this year.
[chuckles]
Kristin Shepard : She's really terrific.
Valene Ewing : [chuckles] Well, we know that.
Kristin Shepard : She - she told me about you two, and... how you look together... and what your home is like.
Valene Ewing : [overcome] Did she?
Kristin Shepard : Mm-hmm.
Kristin Shepard : When I was changing in her room, it was like I'd been there before.
[chuckles]
Kristin Shepard : I... I was just thinking that everything she said is true. It's really comfortable here. Anyway, that's what I was thinking.
[turns to go]
Valene Ewing : Kristin... Uh... In the morning, maybe, uh, I could drive you back to the hotel so you could pick up a few things.
Kristin Shepard : Well, what for?
Valene Ewing : So you could spend a few days with us. I think that... after what you went through last night, you really deserve to be with friends.
Kristin Shepard : That's so sweet. Thank you.
[they hug]
Kristin Shepard : Thank you, Gary.
[goes off]
Gary Ewing : [to Val] I don't believe you.
Valene Ewing : What do you mean, you don't believe me?
Gary Ewing : She cast bait and you took it.
Valene Ewing : Oh, come on, Gary. Don't be silly. Help me set the table.
Gary Ewing : No, no, wait a minute, what's that you said about her not being like her sister? Honey, that was a Sue Ellen manipulation if I ever saw one.
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Gary Ewing : [after Kristin went off] I don't believe you.
Valene Ewing : What do you mean, you don't believe me?
Gary Ewing : She cast bait and you took it.
Valene Ewing : Oh, come on, Gary. Don't be silly. Help me set the table.
Gary Ewing : No, no, wait a minute, what's that you said about her not being like her sister? Honey, that was a Sue Ellen manipulation if I ever saw one.
Valene Ewing : All right, and that's a J.R. suspicion if I ever heard one. And what could she possibly want from us anyway?
Gary Ewing : Oh... three meals a day, a nice soft bed, chauffeur, answering service...