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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 173908" data-attributes="member: 2740">JR flat-out explains it to Alan Beam when Alan declares his &#039;love&#039; for Lucy and that he intends to marry her.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of those sequences of dialogue we see in shows like this that seems intended to explain a character&#039;s motivations directly to the audience in a way that wouldn&#039;t necessarily happen in a real conversation - in this case, Alan is standing in for us:(why did I start typing so early in the conversation?? too much work!)Alan (trying hard to sound sincere): &quot;I mean it, JR. I love her, and I&#039;m going to marry her, and you can&#039;t buy me off so don&#039;t event try.&quot;JR: &quot;Buy you off?&quot;Alan: &quot;That&#039;s right. I&#039;m not for sale, no matter how much you offer.&quot;JR: &quot;Well I wouldn&#039;t dream of buying you off.&quot;Alan (disappointed): &quot;You wouldn&#039;t?&quot;JR: &quot;Well, of course not. It does my heart good to see that Lucy has finally found herself a real man.&quot;Alan: &quot;You mean you don&#039;t mind?&quot;JR: &quot;Well, I&#039;m tickled pink! I&#039;ll tell you what I&#039;m gonna do. I&#039;m gonna set you up in your own law practice the day you get married, kind of a little wedding present.&quot;Alan: &quot;Are you serious?&quot;JR: &quot;Now what do you think it&#039;d cost to set you up right?&nbsp; About $250,000, something like that?&quot;Alan: &quot;Well, if you really want to do it up right, double it.&quot;JR: &quot;Alan, you&#039;re a man after my own heart. Yes sir, a half a million dollars ought to set you up in the nicest new law office in Chicago.&quot;Alan: &quot;Chicago?&quot;JR: &quot;Chicago!&quot;Alan: &quot;Now wait a minute, I like Dallas.&quot; (of course, Alan, we all do!)JR: &quot;Alan, listen to me and listen real good. Lucy&#039;s inheritance and her trust are already set up.&nbsp; They are irrevocable.&nbsp; So it shouldn&#039;t make any difference to you whether you live in Chicago or Dallas.&nbsp; But it makes a great deal of difference to me.&quot;Alan: &quot;I don&#039;t understand.&quot;JR: &quot;All right. Lucy is her father&#039;s only tie to Southfork. And with her gone, he won&#039;t feel it necessary to try to come back in here and muscle in on my action. But if she stays, I&#039;m gonna make certain that you never see her again.&nbsp; Now you understand that?&quot;Alan: &quot;Perfectly.&quot; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Bennett Jr., post: 173908, member: 2740"] JR flat-out explains it to Alan Beam when Alan declares his 'love' for Lucy and that he intends to marry her. It's one of those sequences of dialogue we see in shows like this that seems intended to explain a character's motivations directly to the audience in a way that wouldn't necessarily happen in a real conversation - in this case, Alan is standing in for us: (why did I start typing so early in the conversation?? too much work!) [I]Alan (trying hard to sound sincere): "I mean it, JR. I love her, and I'm going to marry her, and you can't buy me off so don't event try." JR: "Buy you off?" Alan: "That's right. I'm not for sale, no matter how much you offer." JR: "Well I wouldn't dream of buying you off." Alan (disappointed): "You wouldn't?" JR: "Well, of course not. It does my heart good to see that Lucy has finally found herself a real man." Alan: "You mean you don't mind?" JR: "Well, I'm tickled pink! I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna set you up in your own law practice the day you get married, kind of a little wedding present." Alan: "Are you serious?" JR: "Now what do you think it'd cost to set you up right? About $250,000, something like that?" Alan: "Well, if you really want to do it up right, double it." JR: "Alan, you're a man after my own heart. Yes sir, a half a million dollars ought to set you up in the nicest new law office in Chicago." Alan: "Chicago?" JR: "Chicago!" Alan: "Now wait a minute, I like Dallas." [/I](of course, Alan, we all do!) [I] JR: "Alan, listen to me and listen real good. Lucy's inheritance and her trust are already set up. They are irrevocable. So it shouldn't make any difference to you whether you live in Chicago or Dallas. But it makes a great deal of difference to me." Alan: "I don't understand." JR: "All right. [B]Lucy is her father's only tie to Southfork. And with her gone, he won't feel it necessary to try to come back in here and muscle in on my action.[/B] But if she stays, I'm gonna make certain that you never see her again. Now you understand that?" Alan: "Perfectly." [/I] [/QUOTE]

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