Paybacks are hell
In “Dallas’s” fifth-season episode “Adoption,” Donna (Susan Howard), wearing a fur coat, enters the Longview and approaches Bonnie (Lindsay Bloom), who is standing at the bar.
BONNIE: Well, what brings you to the Longview bar? Slumming?
DONNA: I wanted to see what the competition looked like. With clothes on.
BONNIE: Now that you’ve seen me, why don’t you take off? You don’t belong here.
DONNA: I know why you’re trying to steal my husband. He’s a very special man. But I’m here to tell you that you’ve got a fight on your hands.
BONNIE: He doesn’t want you. So why don’t you let him go?
DONNA: Go? You mean go to you? So he can spend the rest of his life in dumps like this? I think he’s worth more than that. No, I want you out of his life and out of mine.
BONNIE: No chance.
DONNA: How much is it going to cost me?
BONNIE: You’re asking for a drink in the face, lady.
DONNA: I’ll give you $5,000 to move to Houston.
BONNIE: You’re crazy.
DONNA: I’ll give you $10,000 if you’ll leave the state. [Bonnie looks away, smirks] How about 15?
BONNIE: [Looking at Donna] Fifteen will do it.
DONNA: Not 10?
BONNIE: Don’t play games with me.
DONNA: Why not? Now that we know what you are, let’s haggle over your fee. [Bonnie tosses a drink in Donna’s face. Donna strikes her, sending her to the floor. As the crowd cheers, Donna pulls out a wad of cash and tosses a bill on the bar.] Drinks are on Bonnie.
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[…] is one classic scene after another, but my favorite moment is Donna’s showdown with Bonnie, the barfly who’s been sleeping with Ray. The dialogue from scriptwriter Howard […]