Dallas (TV Series)

Hush, Hush, Sweet Jessie (1984)

Morgan Brittany: Katherine Wentworth

Quotes 

• Cliff Barnes : I am so close to oil I can taste it. I just haven't hit yet.

  Katherine Wentworth : [taunting gleefully]  Oil, oil everywhere! But not a drop for Cliff!

• Jackie Dugan : [over intercom]  Cliff, she's here.

  Cliff Barnes : [in usual brusque manner]  Send her in.

  [Jackie ushers in Katherine] 

  Cliff Barnes : You're late, I thought you forgot.

  Katherine Wentworth : I do have other interests in life besides bailing out Cliff Barnes.

  Cliff Barnes : Uh, Jackie, get Leo Wakefield up here.

  Jackie Dugan : I'll see if he's still in the office.

  Cliff Barnes : [closes door behind Jackie]  You got the check?

  [used very sharp tone] 

  Katherine Wentworth : Of course I've got the check. Let me see the papers.

  Cliff Barnes : [places forms in front of her on the desk]  There we both sign.

  Katherine Wentworth : [annoyed]  Do you mind if I look at them first?

  Cliff Barnes : [shakes his head]  No. Go ahead, look. It's a one-page agreement.

  Katherine Wentworth : [checks quickly, gives little sigh]  All right, fine. You can sign.

  Cliff Barnes : [signs impatiently]  You sign below, accepting.

  [she signs] 

  Cliff Barnes : Give me the check.

  Katherine Wentworth : [hands it over]  Eighteen million dollars.

  Cliff Barnes : [takes it]  Okay. You finally got what you want. I'm out of your father's company.

  Katherine Wentworth : That's right.

  [rises] 

  Katherine Wentworth : And it's just the first in a long line of scores I'm gonna settle.

  [heads for the door, leaves office] 

  Cliff Barnes : Jackie!

  Jackie Dugan : Mr. Wakefield is here.

  Cliff Barnes : [hands over check]  There you go, Leo. Our problems are over.

  Leo Wakefield : You hit oil?

  Cliff Barnes : No, not yet, but I got enough money to keep drilling. That's eighteen million dollars.

  Leo Wakefield : Then your problems aren't over for long.

  Cliff Barnes : Why? That will keep us drilling for a few weeks.

  [chuckles] 

  Cliff Barnes : We gotta hit oil by then.

  Leo Wakefield : You're forgetting one thing. Not only are the interest payments on your loans coming up... but the first principal payment is due.

  Cliff Barnes : [softly]  So soon?

  Leo Wakefield : Yes, sir. Comes to a little over ten million dollars. You took a one-year loan with repayments structured in monthly increments. What's left of this will give you... another week's drilling... maybe a little more. After that it's back to square one, Mr. Barnes.

  [turns to leave] 

• Pamela Barnes Ewing : I wanted to talk to you about the letter.

  Katherine Wentworth : The letter? What letter?