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In “No More Mr. Nice Guy, Part 2,” a fourth-season “Dallas” episode, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) enters the hospital room where J.R. (Larry Hagman) is sleeping.
SUE ELLEN: [Whispering] J.R.?
J.R.: [Awakens] Hi, sugar.
SUE ELLEN: Hi. [Sits on the bed]
J.R.: [Groggy] You been crying?
SUE ELLEN: [Smiles] No.
J.R.: Roclaire’s supposed to be the best in the business.
SUE ELLEN: I know.
A nurse opens the door and indicates it’s time for Sue Ellen to leave. Sue Ellen kisses J.R. and gets up from the bed. He holds onto her hand.
J.R.: Sue Ellen, nobody beats old J.R. You know that.
She turns and leaves.
Dallas Decoder 
[…] while I appreciate the ambiguity, my favorite moment of all comes when J.R. tries to reassure Sue Ellen before his risky surgery (“Nobody ever beats old J.R. You know that.”). It’s another […]