Dallas (TV Series)
Executive Wife (1981)
Victoria Principal: Pamela Barnes Ewing
Quotes
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Jackie Dugan : [re smartly-dressed guy watching them] I think you have an admirer.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Who's that?
Jackie Dugan : Alex Ward, the new publisher of Dallas Life magazine. He wants to meet you.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, not today.
Jackie Dugan : Pam, are you all right? You seem upset about something.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Yeah, I had some bad news recently. I'll be all right.
Jackie Dugan : Anything I can do?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : No, thanks. Nothing anybody can do, really. It'll pass.
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Alex Ward : Let's have lunch together sometime. I was serious about doing more work with The Store.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, that would be nice, Mr. Ward.
Alex Ward : Please, Alex.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, Alex, of course.
Alex Ward : Is something wrong, Pam?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : No, no. I'm supposed to have lunch with my husband and he's very late.
Alex Ward : He's crazy. I can't imagine anything being more important than having lunch with you. Unless... he was having dinner with you.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [Bobby's red Mercedes-Benz pulls up, car horn honks twice] Excuse me, there he Is!
Alex Ward : Oh, sure.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [walks over to car] Bobby!
Bobby Ewing : Honey, forgive me.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : That's all right. You're here now.
Bobby Ewing : No, Pam. I cant make lunch today. I'm sorry, but I'm on my way to the accountants right now.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Bobby, I've got to talk to you. I waited up half of last night for you.
Bobby Ewing : Pam, I can't talk about it now. But I promise it won't happen again. But I really have to go.
[starts engine, pulls away, as Alex observes]
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Bobby...!
[folds arms as she peers after departing vehicle]
Alex Ward : [closing in] I said he was crazy. I think you need cheering up. How about lunch?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Why not?
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Bobby Ewing : [on bedroom phone] Well, she should have been home a couple hours ago. I'm starting to worry. Okay, look, if she comes in, would you...?
[Pamela enters, places her handbag down]
Bobby Ewing : Wait a minute. She just came in the door. Thanks, Liz. Bye-bye.
[cradles receiver, stands up]
Bobby Ewing : Hi, honey. You look tired.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Didn't Connie tell you I called?
Bobby Ewing : No, I didn't go back to the office. Was it important?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : It doesn't matter.
Bobby Ewing : Well, yes, it does matter. What's wrong? Pam, would you talk to me, please?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Does it really matter to you what I have to say?
Bobby Ewing : Now what are you talking about?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : I found my mother.
Bobby Ewing : Well, that's wonderful.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : No, it's not. She doesn't want me or Cliff. The investigator I hired found her in Houston. She's beautiful, she's rich, and she's married. She has been for the past twenty years. She has no intention of telling her husband that she had two children, plus a husband that she never bothered to divorce. Excuse me, Bobby, I've gotta go change. Everybody's waiting.
Bobby Ewing : Pam, I'm sorry, I know how this must hurt.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Do you even care? I've been trying to tell you for the past few days.
Bobby Ewing : Well, I know. I've had an awful lot on my mind lately.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Oh, don't tell me. Let me guess. Ewing Oil?
Bobby Ewing : That has to come first right now.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : First? Before our marriage, you mean?
Bobby Ewing : No, that's not what I mean.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : You know what I think? I think it doesn't matter whether I am here or not. If I come home or if I stay out all night, all you care about is your business.
Bobby Ewing : Pam, I have certain responsibilities. This has been a very hard time for me.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, remember me? I live here too!
Bobby Ewing : [yells] Did it ever occur to you that I might need a little support from you now and then?
Pamela Barnes Ewing : [yells back] You get it from me! What difference does it make? You're never home! And even when you are, you might as well still be at the office. I can't reach you!
Bobby Ewing : [angrily heads for door] If you want me to apologize for my work, forget it.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Where are you going?
Bobby Ewing : I'm gonna spend the night at the condo. I need some time to think things over. We both do.
Pamela Barnes Ewing : Well, I'm sorry, Bobby.
Bobby Ewing : Yeah, so am I.
[out the door, leaving her fuming]