Birdwatching
In “Ewings Unite!,” a second-season “Dallas” episode, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) is seated at her office desk when Valene (Joan Van Ark) storms in and slams the door behind her.
VAL: Once a bitch, always a bitch!
SUE ELLEN: Yes, it has been a long time. It’s good to see you too.
VAL: You just called me to Dallas to humiliate me. You are just as sadistic as J.R. ever was.
SUE ELLEN: I called to see if I could get you and Gary back together again.
VAL: Oh, please! [Steps forward] Gary is buying your wounded bird drunk routine. And he’s a good enough man to try to save you. But I know that you’re just trying to get your hooks into him.
SUE ELLEN: I don’t want your husband.
VAL: [Rests her palms on the desk] He may not come back to me. But I can promise you: I am not leaving Southfork until I show him what a manipulative monster you are. [Stomps away]
