The avenger
In “Victims of Love,” a third-season “Dallas” episode, Pamela (Julie Gonzalo) centers the prison cell where Cliff (Ken Kercheval) sits at a table.
CLIFF: [Rises] Pammy, I knew you would come. Thank you.
They sit across from each other.
PAMELA: I’m sorry. I’m sorry for helping the Ewings put you in jail, for failing to protect your legacy.
CLIFF: Your whole life, I warned you about trusting the Ewings. I was trying to protect you. But what matters now is that you do know the truth — and I didn’t kill J.R. So now, you can get me out of jail. We can have a second chance. We can start all over. We can get the company back — together. I love you, Pamela. I miss you so much. [She pulls out an envelope and slides it across the table toward him. He opens it, removes an old document and studies it.] This is a deed to Ewing 6. That was Digger’s.
PAMELA: That plot of land was robbed from your father. And because of that, I was robbed from ever having one.
CLIFF: Pamela —
PAMELA: All I ever wanted from you was love. But you always hated the Ewings more than you ever loved me.
CLIFF: Darling, that’s not true.
PAMELA: Yes it is. Because if you truly loved me — because if you truly wanted to protect me — then you never would have done what you did when you killed my babies. I can never forgive you for that.
CLIFF: I’m so sorry for what I did. [Sniffles] But you want to leave me here? And you’ll forgive me if I stay in prison? I know I failed you. I did. I, I did.
PAMELA: It’s over now. You avenged the wrongs done to your father, and I’ve avenged the wrongs done to me by mine. [She rises and walks away, then turns back to face him.] Goodbye, Daddy.
