Dallas (TV Series)
Post Nuptial (1982)
Ken Kercheval: Cliff Barnes
Quotes
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Afton Cooper : [to drunk Cliff at J.R. and Sue-Ellen's wedding party] Where were you?
Cliff Barnes : Uh, around.
Afton Cooper : Cliff, I think we should leave.
Cliff Barnes : I don't wanna leave. It's too early.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Not for you, it isn't, Cliff.
Cliff Barnes : [chuckles] Hey, what are you, the new Ewing hatchet lady?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I mean it, Cliff. Please go.
Cliff Barnes : [just like an obstinate little boy:] Hey, I was *invited* here!
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, you're being *disinvited*!
Afton Cooper : Cliff, I wanna go now.
Cliff Barnes : You know, look, all I'm trying to do is just sit *and have a quiet drink*!
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I'm warning you, you cause another scene...
Cliff Barnes : What are you gonna do, disown me as your brother?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [snaps] This is *my home*!
Cliff Barnes : [with derision] Your choice.
[real smug about being so 'smart']
Pamela Barnes Ewing : That's right, and the more I see of you, the better I like my choice.
[Afton looks on sadly as Pam turns away]
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Afton Cooper : Here are your keys back.
[plonks them down]
Afton Cooper : I won't need them anymore!
Cliff Barnes : [chuckles] Hey, what's going on?
Afton Cooper : Cliff, I have had it. Nothing I do seems to make any difference, you just don't want me.
Cliff Barnes : Where have you been?
Afton Cooper : You want Sue Ellen? Fine. Go to her.
Cliff Barnes : Sue Ellen? She's with J.R.
Afton Cooper : So! You actually recognize that fact. How perceptive.
[seething:]
Afton Cooper : How dare you go dance with her at that wedding, leaving me standing there like a moron?
Cliff Barnes : I am sorry.
[comes forward]
Afton Cooper : Don't touch me! I am getting out of here! You can live here all by yourself with your dreams and your fantasies!
[whirls around, about to go off, then adds:]
Afton Cooper : Cliff, when you look at me,
[softly:]
Afton Cooper : what do you see? Do you see me... or her?
Cliff Barnes : Come on, Afton...
Afton Cooper : You're still in love with her, aren't you?
[walks away]
Cliff Barnes : Uh, what do you take me for?
Afton Cooper : I take you for a fool!
[starts emptying her closet]
Cliff Barnes : Well, take the damn stuff. I don't care, split! I'll tell you something, the last thing I need now is female emotionality.
Afton Cooper : Ugh! "Emotionality"? That is *rich*! You are the perfect person to be talking about emotionality. Why do you think J.R. Ewing whips you every time your paths cross? Because you always use your emotions, Cliff. You never use your brains!
Cliff Barnes : Yeah, what about that deal with Thurman? I stole that right out from under J.R.'s nose. It didn't have anything to do with emotions. It was just real good business.
Afton Cooper : You absolutely amaze me, you know that?
Cliff Barnes : Yeah, well, I amazed Thurman too. Call him. Why don't you call him? He'll tell you.
Afton Cooper : I have a better idea. Why don't *you* call Thurman and find out exactly how you got that refinery?
Cliff Barnes : What are you talking about?
Afton Cooper : I have done *everything* for you that I possibly could. I've been... I have been your doormat! Your nursemaid!
Cliff Barnes : What about Thurman?
Afton Cooper : I have done- I have done everything for you.
[breaks down]
Cliff Barnes : [grabs at the clothes, she slaps his hand] What do you mean you've done everything?
[realizes:]
Cliff Barnes : Did you sleep with him?
[no answer]
Cliff Barnes : Did you?
Afton Cooper : [through tears] You are so full of yourself.
Cliff Barnes : You did, didn't you?
[nods]
Afton Cooper : What difference does it make? You don't care about me, you care about Sue Ellen!
Cliff Barnes : I care about you. Did you sleep with him?
[grabs her by the shoulders]
Afton Cooper : You don't care about...
Cliff Barnes : [throws her onto the bed] Tell me. Did you?
Afton Cooper : You care about her!
Cliff Barnes : [yells] Did you sleep with Thurman? I have to know!
Afton Cooper : [yells back] You have to know what?
Cliff Barnes : [yells even louder] i have to know, did you sleep with him?
Afton Cooper : No...
[clearly a lie, but Cliff chooses to believe her, and hot carnal romance ensues]
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Cliff Barnes : Did you sleep with Thurman? I have to know!
Afton Cooper : You have to know what?
Cliff Barnes : I have to know; did you sleep with Thurman?
Afton Cooper : No.