
Give her hell, honey
In “Cuba Libre,” a sixth-season “Dallas” episode, Holly (Lois Chiles) is in her bedroom when Elliot (Robert Pinkerton) escorts Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) into the room.
ELLIOT: Can I get you anything?
HOLLY: Sue Ellen?
SUE ELLEN: Nothing.
HOLLY: That’ll be all, Elliot. [He leaves.] All right, you wanted to talk?
SUE ELLEN: Yes. I want you to know that your rotten attempt to destroy my marriage has failed.
HOLLY: [Smiles] Oh?
SUE ELLEN: For awhile, I thought you were telling the truth, because I saw no reason why you should lie about something like that.
HOLLY: [Crosses her arms] You think I was lying?
SUE ELLEN: I know you were. And I know why. You and J.R. are partners. I know that. And I also know that you lost a lot of money because of him.
HOLLY: If you know so much, then you must know the truth about us — which is what I told you.
SUE ELLEN: I know you are beneath contempt. Because you and he failed in a business deal, you wanted to get revenge on him through me. By your vicious lies against him, you tried to ruin our marriage. [Takes a step closer] You are a very sick little girl. And I don’t want to ever see you or hear of you again. [Walks toward the door]
HOLLY: Sue Ellen? [Sue Ellen turns to face her.] I’m afraid we will see each other again.
SUE ELLEN: I doubt that. [Opens the door and leaves]
[…] Holly and tells her she doesn’t believe Holly’s claim that she’s having an affair with J.R. “You are a very sick little girl,” Sue Ellen seethes. I probably should feel sorry for Sue Ellen in this scene, since her faith in […]