Dallas (TV Series)

The Oil Baron's Ball (1983)

Patrick Duffy: Bobby Ewing

Quotes 

• JR Ewing : [rising]  Well, if it isn't the whole Barnes-Wentworth clan. Oh, by the way, Pam, what name are you using, now that you're no longer a Ewing?

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : It's really none of your business, is it?

  JR Ewing : Oh, well, I was just curious as to how I'm gonna introduce everybody, but... you know Jenna Wade. Jenna, you remember Pam? Bobby married her after you ran out on him.

  [Jenna blanches] 

  Bobby Ewing : J.R., cut it out.

  JR Ewing : Well, for those who don't have a program, I'm gonna have to announce all the names of the players, aren't I?

  [grins] 

  Cliff Barnes : Don't bother, J.R, this is one night that not even you can spoil.

  JR Ewing : [laughs, sits down]  Now, as I was saying...

  Jenna Wade : Bobby, can we dance, please?

  Bobby Ewing : Oh, sure.

  [gallantly leads her away] 

  JR Ewing : [stands up to lead Sue Ellen onto the dance floor, but forgot she isn't likely to comply... so sits down again]  Well... this has all the earmarks of one of the great nights of my life.

  Sue Ellen Ewing : Nothing brings out the best in you like other people's unhappiness.

  JR Ewing : Gmph!

  Lucy Ewing Cooper : I think Bobby might just take you apart if you keep it up.

  JR Ewing : Oh, not in front of the next Mrs. Ewing, he won't.

  [smiles] 

  Lucy Ewing Cooper : [frowns]  You mean Jenna Wade?

  JR Ewing : Nothing would make me happier.

  [chuckles] 

  Katherine Wentworth : [at the opposite table]  Who is that Jenna Wade? Pam was certainly upset when she saw Bobby with her.

  Cliff Barnes : Oh, that's Bobby's first love. They grew up together. They were supposed to get married.

  Afton Cooper : So why didn't they?

  Cliff Barnes : I don't know. Well, I wasn't exactly taken into the Ewing's conference, but the way I heard it was that she jilted Bobby and then she goes off to Europe and married some count and then they got divorced. She shows up in Dallas with a daughter who's supposed to be his, but she calls herself Wade.

  Katherine Wentworth : What do you mean "supposed to be"? It's someone else's?

  Cliff Barnes : Well, the daughter is thirteen years old, and that's how long she and Bobby would have been married.

  Katherine Wentworth : You mean it's Bobby's daughter?

  Cliff Barnes : [chuckles]  Well, everybody denies that... but who really knows but Jenna?

  Katherine Wentworth : [smirks]  It's no wonder Pam's so upset.

  [looks over at the dancing couple] 

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : I was just surprised, that's all.

  Mark Graison : Is that so? If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were jealous of Jenna Wade.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : I am not. I just don't understand why Bobby brought her here and had to flaunt her.

  Mark Graison : Perhaps for the same reason we're here together. Neither one of you wanted to show up alone.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : That's not true, Mark. I really care about you.

  Mark Graison : Well, then I suggest that since you and Bobby are no longer married, you try to put him and Jenna out of your mind and concentrate on me.

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, that's exactly what I'm going to do.

  [smiles up at him] 

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : Let's go back to the table and help Cliff celebrate his big night.

  Mark Graison : Perhaps later we'll celebrate ours, maybe?

  Pamela Barnes Ewing : [smiles]  Maybe we should.

• Jenna Wade : Are you going through this entire dance without talking?

  Bobby Ewing : I can't dance and talk at the same time.

  Jenna Wade : Oh, is that like walking and chewing gum?

  Bobby Ewing : I guess so, a little bit.

  Jenna Wade : So... how did it feel? And don't say "what?"

  Bobby Ewing : [sighs]  You mean, to see Pam?

  Jenna Wade : That's what I mean. Are you with the right date tonight?

  Bobby Ewing : Listen, if I didn't wanna do this I wouldn't have asked you to come here. Pam and I are divorced, you know.

  Jenna Wade : Lots of people who are divorced love each other. Are you one of them?

  Bobby Ewing : Don't you ask any simple questions?

  Jenna Wade : Did I ever?

  Bobby Ewing : No, I was hoping you'd changed a little bit.

  Jenna Wade : Well, then?

  Bobby Ewing : Do you really wanna know?

  Jenna Wade : Not really, but I think I have to.

  Bobby Ewing : [sighs]  It hurt to see her with someone else.

  Jenna Wade : [face falls]  Maybe I shouldn't have asked.

  Bobby Ewing : No, no, no, come on. You know me. It takes me a little while to get over feelings like that. It took me a long time to get over you the first time.

  Jenna Wade : Do you think I'm gonna say it's better the second time around?

  Bobby Ewing : Yes.

  Jenna Wade : [snickers]  Maybe you're right.