- John Ross Ewing: No, I am not gonna ask Elena to float me some barrels. I refuse to drag her into this mess.
- Sue Ellen Ewing: She's in the oil business, she's in the mess already.
- Bobby Ewing: [to John Ross] I really had hoped that you kids would climb out of the hole this family dug. But J.R.'s just dragging you down with him.
- John Ross Ewing: Lucy, you were and always will be, my favorite cousin.
- Lucy Ewing: [business like] What do you want?