Mandy Winger: [bare legs, sporty nightshirt] Who is it?
J.R. Ewing: It's me.
Mandy Winger: [gets up, walks to door] At this hour?
J.R. Ewing: Mandy, let me in, please.
Mandy Winger: [opens door] J.R., it's very late.
J.R. Ewing: I'm sorry
[sighs]
J.R. Ewing: I need to be with somebody I really care for.
Mandy Winger: All right.
[stands back]
J.R. Ewing: Thanks.
[enters]
J.R. Ewing: Thank you, honey.
[chuckles]
Mandy Winger: [as he lays down his hat, she closes the door] I was just about to go to bed. Will you tell me what this is all about?
J.R. Ewing: Well, I had a pretty rough time. I don't... have anybody I can talk to.
[pours drink]
J.R. Ewing: Want some, darling?
Mandy Winger: No, I don't want any.
[little sigh]
Mandy Winger: Is this really J.R. Ewing? The killer in the oil business everyone talks about?
J.R. Ewing: Also a man with a very serious personal problem. You know how important my family is to me. It's all falling apart at the seams.
Mandy Winger: You're having problems with your wife?
J.R. Ewing: Yes. But that's not what's really bothering me.
Mandy Winger: What is it? Just an excuse to be here, or another one of your manipulations?
J.R. Ewing: No, Mandy, I hurt like any other person. The Ewings always used to close ranks whenever there was trouble from outside the family, but now things changed. My brother and I are on one side, and my Mama and her new husband are on the other, and I tell you, it's just damn damn painful.
Mandy Winger: You know, this is... pretty personal stuff. How do you know you can trust me? I was spying on you for Cliff not so long ago.
J.R. Ewing: [smiles] Yeah.
[comes forward]
J.R. Ewing: But that's all finished with Barnes now, isn't it?
Mandy Winger: Maybe...
[looking up into his eyes:]
Mandy Winger: But I can't slip in and out of these things so easily. And I'm certainly not ready for another man in my life.
J.R. Ewing: [drapes his arm over her shoulder] Damn, I care for you so much.
Mandy Winger: And I really like you. But that's all for right now. J.R., I think you better go.
J.R. Ewing: I don't want to be alone.
Mandy Winger: Well, I... certainly can't stay up any longer to keep you company... and I won't sleep with you.
J.R. Ewing: I didn't ask you to.
[sighs]
J.R. Ewing: I... just wanna spend the night, that's all.
Mandy Winger: All right. But right there.
J.R. Ewing: [little scoff] Okay.
Mandy Winger: [with a little smirk as she opens door to go off to her room] I never thought of you as being vulnerable before. But you are, aren't you?
J.R. Ewing: Yes, I suppose so.
[as she turns to leave:]
J.R. Ewing: Mandy... Good night.
[she closes the door behind her with a smile]