The Colbys (1985) s01e11 Episode Script

Male narrator: Last time, on "The Colbys" Don't worry, you'll get your annulment.
I just wish you'd had the decency to tell me the truth.
Everything I've said is the truth.
With one small exception, you love Jeff.
If it's true, I'm not a Colby, I don't know who I am.
You've gotta go to your mother, she's the only one who can tell you the truth.
You are Phillip's son.
I know that.
No, only Francesca knows that.
But that's why I'm going to Rome, I have to hear it from her.
Oh, Jeff, let the past be past.
Let it stay there.
Conny, we're not talking about the past, we're talking about who I am right now.
Well, your instincts were right, Jason.
That sludge was released into San Miguel harbor intentionally.
And Zach Powers is behind it, eh? More than likely.
What's this link you mentioned between our captain Livadas and Powers? Mr.
Colby, Zach Powers is a relative of mine.
Does Bliss know? Not yet, but I intend to tell her.
You do that.
You tell her.
As for marrying her, I promise you this, I'll do everything I can to stop you.
And that is considerable.
I have never been unfaithful to you.
- That's the truth.
- No! The truth is, my sister, your mistress, is a tramp.
She cheated on Phillip, and she's gonna cheat on you.
I'm not divorcing you because of Frankie.
It's because I can't stomach you.
Excuse me, sir, Mrs.
Colby would like to see you in her room.
Thank you, Enid.
Sable.
I'm in here, darling.
Said the spider to the fly.
We've had some happy times here, Jason.
Yeah, that was a while ago, and a different woman.
No, it's the same woman.
It's the man who's changed.
Enid said you wanted to talk to me.
Well, if we're not going to talk while I'm bathing, you better hand me my towel.
You used to like to dry me.
That was then, this is now.
He said, from his high horse.
Isn't that shining armor of yours just a wee bit tarnished? Look, this really isn't getting us anywhere.
I was hoping we could clear things between us.
Surely, you can forgive me.
I forgive you.
If you mean Francesca, I told you, nothing happened.
You spend the night at a cozy country inn with my sister, and nothing happened? We had separate rooms.
If you don't believe me, check the register.
Oh, separate rooms, with a pitter-patter of tiny feet down the corridor, - all night.
- Sable, I have never been unfaithful to you.
Never.
Then what were you doing with my sister? - Playing tiddlywinks? - Look Jason, this is your home, this is your bed, this is your wife, you belong here.
I had to talk to someone I could trust.
Trust? Frankie? That tramp, that slut! Don't talk that way about her.
Ooh, how gallant.
You still think she's all innocence and light? Hah, well you feast your eyes on this, Sir Galahad.
What is this? It's a letter, from your own brother, Phillip.
He said it.
She was a tramp even then.
My God, Jeff isn't even his son.
- Where did you get this? - Now, that doesn't matter.
What matters, is that Frankie isn't the saint you think she is.
You're not her first fling, darling, and probably won't be her last.
Huh, this doesn't prove anything.
Phillip was teetering on the edge in Vietnam, he could've been drunk, when he wrote this.
If he wrote it.
What do you mean, "if"? I'm not sure that's his writing.
Not his? Are you suggesting, I forged this? Frankly, I wouldn't put it past you.
Hello, I'd like to speak to Francesca Hamilton, please.
In Rome? When is she due back in London? Friday, huh.
Eh, no, no message.
Sharen, have them get the big jet ready for me, I'm flying to London Friday.
Right.
That letter must've been devastating.
I'm glad Conny burned it.
Well, it's still burning in my mind.
I keep thinking, "You're a fraud, you're, you're not Phillip's son.
" You're not a fraud.
You're my son and Phillip's.
And if he were alive, he would tell you the same thing.
Well, the letter was a, a fake, then? I mean, he wouldn't have written something like that, right? Your father was a good man, a decent man, but he was human.
Are you saying, he did write it? He could have.
There are things you don't understand about Phillip.
He was troubled.
He hated Saigon, and he missed me very much.
- Then why did he accuse you? - Please.
The last letters I got from him, just weren't like Phillip.
He was exhausted, under pressure, sick with malaria.
- But still, to turn on you - He wasn't himself.
Don't judge him, he didn't know what he was saying.
You are his son, I know that.
And he would've loved you as much as I do.
You're gonna bail me out? How? Simple, your tankers are barred from the harbor, you can't deliver Carrington oil.
Tell me something I don't know.
That I'll do it for you.
My supertankers are available to ship all the oil, not just the overage.
Hmm, let me guess, triple rates? Oh, come, now, Jason.
Mejor es doblar que quebrar.
It is better to bend, than to break.
When I need your help or your proverbs, I'll let you know.
You're playing a dangerous game, friend.
You haven't won it yet.
Think about it.
Oh, have an accident, Miles? Yeah, something like that.
Didn't know I actually broke it, until the day after.
You should never tangle with merchant seamen.
They fight to kill.
I should know, it's in my blood.
Can you believe that guy? First, he sets up the spill through Livadas, then he comes running in here to the rescue? We ought to bust him, before he does any more damage.
We can't do anything until we have proof, Miles.
And in the meantime, Garrett? Well, Jeff's on his way to Athens, to check out our runaway captain.
When he gets back, we'll, uh, figure our next move.
Hey, if we're gonna wait for Jeff to solve this, we may as well kiss the pipeline goodbye.
No, we'll wait for proof.
- Now, look - Miles, that's it.
Sorry, I got carried away.
Sometimes I think that brass plate on my door actually means something.
Miles, that's enough.
Dad, next time you ask for my opinion, I'll know you want an echo.
But, Phillip has been dead for over 25 years, how can we prove that this is not a forgery? We call in a handwriting expert.
I'll need an authenticated sample of Phillip's handwriting for comparison.
I'll get you one.
Sable, do you realize, if this is true, your problems with Jeff are solved.
What are you talking about? I helped draw up old Andrew Colby's last will.
In it he specified, that any and all Colby holdings, were to remain in the family.
- So? - So, Constance may have unwittingly given her holdings to an outsider, in contravention of her father's will.
What does that mean? It means that Jeff will have to give it all back, to Constance.
Are you sure about this? The Court would insist.
And when Conny dies She can will it to whomever she likes, as long as it's a genuine Colby.
Miles, for example.
Exactly.
Sable, this letter, this, this scrap of paper, might very well be worth $500 million.
Oh, I have the feeling, it could be worth a good deal more than that.
- Monica! - Hello, Aunt Conny.
Ah, how lovely.
Mmm.
Well, you look wonderful.
- How are you feeling? - I feel fine.
'Course, I would have to hurt my right hand.
- My writing looks like chicken scratches.
- A-huh.
Well, why don't you dictate, and I'll play secretary.
Oh, no, no, no.
It's just Thank You notes to friends.
Every everyone has been so kind.
"Everyone", Aunt Conny? Uh, yes, would you be so good as to see if you can find a vase for these? Thank you.
- Sylvia.
- Monica! Uh, Conny's going to be all right, isn't she? Oh, you know how tough she is.
Well, physically, anyway.
What do you mean? It's as though she doesn't want to get well.
Oh, I know she puts on a big show for visitors, but when no one's around, it it's, it's as though her heart isn't in it.
And Monica, heartsick is not the sort of diagnosis I can write on a chart.
No.
Anyway, dear, don't you worry, I'll keep an eye on her.
- Mr.
Corrigan.
- Well, if it isn't the lady lawyer.
Well, what're you gonna sue me for now? I'd like to talk with you, Mr.
Corrigan.
I've heard all I want to from you, Miss.
- Conny's been in an accident.
- What? She's in the hospital.
Oh, my God, how how is she, is she gonna be all right? She has a concussion, a few minor bruises and a sprained wrist.
But she's not recovering as fast as the doctors had expected.
- Why not? - They don't know.
But I think I do.
She has nothing to recover for.
About eight months ago something happened to her.
I saw it.
She was happier, more alive.
Now I know why.
Please, just go see her.
After all that's happened, I think a visit from me might do her more harm than good.
No, no, I know it'll help her.
Please, you have to believe me.
No, that's where you're wrong.
I, I told you before, it just won't work, it just Listen, when you see Conny, tell her No.
No, if you have a message for Conny, you're gonna have to deliver it yourself.
Yes, Sharen? You sent for your son, he's here.
Send him in.
Hello, Dad.
Miles.
What did I do now? Is that the way I make you feel? I don't mean to.
You've been doing a good job here lately.
Look, we're going through a bad time, but I want you to know, I'm glad you're with me.
What makes you think I'm with you? I work for you, that's it.
You're my son, Miles, my family.
The family will get through this.
Are you saying, you and Mom are back together? Have you given up Francesca? I'm saying, you're my son, I love you.
Whatever happens, that won't change.
I'm your wife's son, too.
Miles.
If you think you can buy me back with a bear hug, and a pat on the head, forget it.
You've got a clear-cut choice, Francesca, or your family.
- Hi, Daddy.
- Hello, rabbit.
I'm sorry, I couldn't get down to the beach house.
Oh, that's okay, I didn't mind driving in.
I stopped to see Aunt Conny on the way.
What did you wanna talk to me about? I tried at your, uh, friend's houseboat first.
I'm staying at the beach house for a while.
I need some space.
You haven't spoken to Sean lately? No, we're fighting.
And for once it's not about my father, the environmental pirate, He wants to get married, and I don't.
I know.
He came by the office to ask my approval.
He what? I can't believe it! That is so sweet.
I could kill him, but that is so Honey, I don't want you to marry him.
Oh, Daddy, I'm not going to marry him.
At least not till I'm through yelling at him for going behind my back.
Bliss.
He's using you to get information about my business.
Daddy, Sean is not a spy for the Clean Earth people.
No, he's a spy for Zach Powers, his uncle.
His what? His uncle is Zach Powers, he put Sean up to this.
Sean and Zach Powers? But Sean has never asked me anything about your business.
Zach wants to muscle in on this pipeline deal anyway he can.
You got caught between us, I'm sorry.
Well, now that you've stopped the leak, Daddy.
I don't care about that, I care about you.
Well, that doesn't do me much good right now.
- What kind of games go on at Colby Towers? - Bliss.
What kind of men are you doing business with? I know how you feel.
What I feel right now, Daddy, what I feel, is that none of this would've happened, none of it, if I was anybody else's daughter but yours.
It is you.
I thought I was dreaming.
Oh, Conny.
Oh.
Say, you look prettier than a rainbow on a wet afternoon.
Oh.
Oh, Conny, I'm sorry.
You're sorry? Oh, no Hutch, forgive me.
Forgiven and forgotten.
Here, I I, you always liked fresh flowers.
Oh, they are beautiful.
So are you.
Oh, that's a lovely lie, but it's awfully good for a girl's morale.
Well, how are you, Conny? Oh, I'm fine.
I'll be out of here in a day or two, but how are we, Hutch? Well, now that I'm with you, I'm happier than I got any right to be.
You know, God takes care of drunks, fools and old cowboys.
Oh, lady, I don't give a damn how much money you got.
As soon as you get up and about, we're gonna go out dancing.
Well, in that case, I'll uh I'll be out of here before you can say Say, I love you.
Oh.
And I love you.
Bliss, I've been tryin' to get a hold of you.
What're you doing? What does it look like? You talked to your father, didn't you? Where is it, Sean? - Where'd you hide it? - Where's what? - Tape recorder.
- What? - Bliss, just calm down.
- Isn't that what you spies use? Little tape recorders, hidden under the bed, to catch every sigh, every word, every whisper.
- Bliss, listen to me.
- All those candlelit dinners, all those moments in bed, "Oh, baby, you're beautiful, Bliss.
"Tell me about yourself, your life, your father.
I don't know anything about the business world.
" Bliss, that's not the way it was.
Those should be hot tapes, Sean, very hot! I hope your uncle enjoys them.
Just stop it.
You bastard! I loved you.
I really loved you.
She's adorable! She's a he.
And he's for L.
B.
, not for L.
B.
's mommy.
Oh, you're sweet, Miles.
Comes easy, I love the boy.
Even if I can't adopt him, I can still be a father to him.
Miles.
After all, I'm still married to his mother.
L.
B.
already has a father.
I know you mean well, but you'll only confuse him.
You can't replace Jeff.
Yeah, I've been getting that message.
I meant with L.
B.
.
Why do you try to twist my words? Hey, Fallon, listen to me.
You're hurting me.
I'm hurtin' too, baby.
The day we married was the happiest day of my life.
Huh, whatever happened to.
"Miles and Randall, happily ever after"? I was happy too, Miles, you know that.
Was? And now you don't know which Mrs.
Colby you wanna be.
- Miles.
- Hey, it's okay.
I'll make it easy for you.
Miles.
Excuse me.
Excuse me, excuse me.
This is the apartment of Captain Livadas? It was.
Poios eisai? I'm sorry, I don't speak Greek.
Who are you? What are you doing here? Uh, my name is Jeff Colby, I I came here to see Captain Livadas.
You are seeing him.
This is impossible! I I just called him from the hotel, we spoke less than an hour ago.
- About what? - Business.
What kind of business? The Colby marine, he was a captain for one of our tankers.
Why would he wanna commit suicide? Did he leave a note or anything? No note, no suicide.
Well, it's obvious Too obvious, Mr.
Colby.
Livadas was a seaman.
No sailor would tie a knot like this.
See? It doesn't slide, it doesn't tighten.
It could not hang a feather.
Capitan Livadas was murdered.
And it seems we've played our parts too well/i> Oh, fabulous.
Can you go closer on Wayne? - Uh-huh.
- Even tighter.
He his face is so expressive.
Monica and I went over that budget very carefully.
Yeah, then we'd better meet on it, give us an hour.
We have a meeting with K.
And Lurry in one hour.
Neil, believe me, we are going to go gold with this voice.
Look, we have got budget trouble.
You're gonna let this whole company rot while you watch this farmer sing? Neil.
And cut.
That was a beauty, Wayne.
Can you get a shot of their hands? - Uh-huh.
- Look, this is one video, Monica.
Now, we have a company to run.
Where the hell are your priorities? Please, I have to see Wayne, just give me a few minutes.
Wayne, you were terrific.
Huh, wait till you see it, you were I'm sorry.
Come on, girl, quit walking on eggshells because I'm blind.
I'd like to see it.
Help me.
Um, I'll try.
All right, the cameras, they moved in gradually, during the first two verses, okay? And then, during the bridge, we go in closer.
And then, by the end, we're on an ECU of your face.
Wayne, you You really moved me.
Great.
What's an ECU? An extreme close-up.
Wayne, with this video, you're gonna go through the roof.
That's a promise.
You know, if I'm gonna put my faith in you, I need an ECU of you.
Just to see how close you come to what I imagine.
Well Oh, it's, it's really hard to describe yourself.
I'd like to see for myself, if you don't mind.
You're beautiful.
Monica.
Neil.
I hate to drag you away, but we're all waiting.
Oh, sure, I I'm sorry.
We just got caught up in, uh Wayne, we'll be talking.
You remember what I said, all right? I will.
And I'll hold you to it.
Damn it, Duke, why didn't you tell me how good-lookin' she is? Steven, are you sure Daddy's gonna be all right? Thank God.
Will you give him my love? I love you, too.
Bye.
- Who is it? - It's me.
It's very late, Miles.
It's important.
It won't take long.
Time to celebrate.
You said it was important.
You got a glass in here? How about a glass slipper? We've gotta toast the occasion, Princess.
What're you talking about? Annulment papers.
This is the complaint, you sign that.
And, uh, this one's from me, it says uh, I know you want an annulment, and I'm not gonna fight it.
And then Dr.
Parris signs that one, saying you had amnesia.
Miles, stop.
Then you appear in court in Nevada, and that's it.
It's all over, like it never happened.
It did happen.
I'll never regret that.
I'd give you the world, if I could.
But all I can give you, is your freedom.
Anything else I try just hurts you.
I don't want that.
Go on, take 'em.
Take them.
See? They don't bite.
Now, where're those glasses? Miles, I'm so sorry for everything.
Baby, don't.
God, I wish I'd never caused you all this pain.
If I hadn't have met you, maybe you Don't say that.
Don't you ever say that.
Meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me.
I loved you.
No matter what those papers say, I still love you.
Oh, Randall.
We'll talk tomorrow.
Go home, Miles! You are my home.
No, please.
You love me.
You said you love me.
Uh, please, don't do this, Miles! - I'm your husband.
- Ah! I need you, Randall, I need you.
Fallon? Henderson tells me you've ordered a car to take you to the airport.
Yes, I'm going to see my family for a few days.
My, dear, now this is more than a newlywed's homesickness, isn't it? It's just, I need to be with my father and my mother.
It's just the best thing for me right now.
Oh.
And, uh, Miles? Is that the best thing for him? You know how vulnerable he is now.
Miles? Vulnerable? You must be kidding! No, I'm not.
You had an argument.
You could call it that.
He said things he shouldn't have.
Darling, we both know how impulsive Miles is, hot-headed.
Forgive me, but you don't know what you're talking about.
I know my son, I know he loves you.
You love him, you belong here with him.
I'm not his property.
I didn't mean that.
I just can't cope with Miles right now.
I don't wanna look at him, or hear him, or be in the same house with him.
I'm sorry, I'm going home.
This is your home now, whatever happened.
No, home is a safe place, where you can trust the people who love you.
People like Jeff? He's one of them, yes.
Well, dear trustworthy Jeff, is anything but.
And what does that mean? It means, he's not what he claims to be.
He is not Phillip Colby's son.
What are you talking about? Jeff is my sister's illegitimate son.
I found a letter from Phillip that spells it out.
Jeff tried to burn it of course, but him aim is as poor as his claim to being a Colby.
What's you point, Sable? Just this, Miles may have his faults, but at least he's honest, open, real.
He's not a nameless nobody like Jeff.
If I did love Jeff, do you think I'd give a damn what his last name was? Oh.
We'll see, Fallon.
We'll see.
What on earth did you do to that girl? What? Fallon is going to Denver.
Miles, what happened last night? Nothing.
That's not true.
You should've heard her.
You've spoken to her? Yes, and have never seen her so angry.
Darling, you know how short-tempered you are.
Now, you can't deny that.
What did you say to upset her like this? Whatever happened, it's between me and Fallon.
That's where you're wrong.
It's my marriage.
Don't you see what you've done? You've chased her back into Jeff's territory.
Not now.
Miles, I know the Carringtons.
I know my cousin Alexis, and Blake, and all of them.
They'll work on Fallon, they'll push her back into Jeff's arms.
Then what do you expect me to do? Stop her! Once she leaves this house Darling, please, go downstairs, talk to her.
It won't do any good.
Do you want to lose to Jeff? Do you? I don't wanna talk about it now.
Oh, then think about it.
Miles, I can't help you, unless you help yourself.
Mother, stay out of this, please.
Darling, your happiness is important to me.
But your marriage is important to us all.
Oh, I hope you didn't do anything we'll all regret.
But Conny said she burned it.
Well, it didn't burn and Sable found it.
Jeff, she'll use it against you.
Well, there's nothing to worry about now.
I, I spoke to my mother, and everything's going to be fine.
Then she told you I'm Phillip's son, no doubt about it.
Jeff, I'm so relieved for you.
Well, thanks.
I'm glad you cared enough to call.
I'll be home tomorrow night.
I'm, I'm going to Denver, I'm taking L.
B.
.
We need a little break.
Is everything all right, there? Fine, fine.
Just wanna see my family.
I miss you.
Call me when you get back.
Bye.
Goodbye, darling.
Bliss, you're home.
Yeah.
You'll be seeing me around a lot more often, mother.
That's good.
We need you.
Oh, have you and your friend had a fight? Please, I don't wanna talk about Sean McAllister.
I never wanna see him again.
Well, darling, you know I never cared for the boy, but I know you did.
What happened? It's awful, it's horrible.
Mother, he lied to me, he used me.
I hate him! I hate him and his uncle.
Oh, come on, tell me all about it.
And what exactly does his uncle have to do with all this? All this time, I really thought Sean loved me.
We trusted each other, mother.
I honestly thought, that one day, he might be the man I would spend the rest of my life with.
But Sean never cared for me, all he wanted was information for his uncle.
Information? What kind of information? Sean's uncle set him up to get information out of me about Daddy's pipeline.
Pipeline? Who exactly is Sean's uncle? He's the worst.
He'd do anything to get at Daddy.
Darling, his name.
Zach Powers, of course.
What does he have against us? First he tries to use Miles, and then me.
I wonder who's next on his list.
Who indeed.
We have time for a drink before we leave.
Is Roger here yet? He's going to meet us at the opera.
I need to talk to you, first.
Of course.
Fallon called.
The letter from Father, the one we thought Conny burned? Sable found it.
Oh, no.
And she's already tried to use it against me with Fallon.
I don't think she'll stop there.
You are Phillip's son.
She can't change that.
I know, uh, but I'm worried about you.
I mean, if Sable starts waving that letter around, uh, don't you realize how she'll make you look? Huh, she won't go that far.
She will.
I mean, attacking Conny was bad enough, but, but you're her sister, her own flesh and blood, I Why does she hate you so much, what does she have against you? - I don't know.
- Huh.
Anyway, I wanted to prepare you.
It's not going to be easy on you or Roger.
Roger will understand.
Maybe, I should call Sable.
No, no, no, you love her too much.
Let me handle her for you.
I'll fight her harder than you would.
Besides, I'll yell if I need the help.
I'm sorry things are so difficult for you.
You may not believe this, Mother, but these have been the happiest two days of my life.
Fallon called me, and she was missing me and worrying about me.
And you gave me my father back.
You know, I wasn't going to admit this, but all those years we were apart, I used to dream about having perfect parents.
A father that was strong and good and a hero, and a mother that was loyal and loving and faithful.
Just a boy's dream.
But it came true.
You know, I am so glad you loved each other.
Well, it isn't everyday you ask to see me.
But of course, I'm always at your beck and call.
Oh, you're so attentive, Zach.
Give me the opportunity, and you just might get used to it.
Or I might just get used.
You like using people to get what you want, don't you, Zach? My son, for example.
Miles? I only met with him to present a proposal useful to all of us.
That was just good business sense.
Oh.
Getting your nephew to bed my daughter, that was just good business sense, too? Ah, so that's what this is about, huh? It was a coincidence.
An unhappy coincidence, that my nephew, - and your daughter - You're lying, Zach.
You used Bliss to get information about Colby Enterprises.
You overestimate me.
I'm not Machiavelli.
I'm just a simple man, who wants a very complicated woman.
That's impossible, and always will be.
Don't waste yourself on a man who doesn't appreciate you or your love.
That's not true.
Now you are lying.
Or perhaps, just mistaken, my dear Sable.
I am not your "Dear, Sable.
" You mean nothing to me.
I want your painting out of my collection, and you out of my life immediately.
Now, would you please leave, or shall I call the guard? Don't be foolish, Sabella.
You're right, it's time for the truth.
We are two people, who lust for the same things.
And we will have them.
Money, power, beauty, and that touch of danger, that makes it exciting.
We are fire and fuel, mi amor.
You can have that fire now.
Later, you will beg.
I hope it's all right, Mrs.
Hamilton, he said he was a friend.
Of course, Cyril.
You can bring the rest of my bags up later.
Yes, ma'am.
Frankie.
What are you doing here? I had to see you.
Why? Couldn't you have phoned? No, not about this.
You promised to stay away from here.
Why can't you leave me alone? It's important.
I have to ask you whether you What right do you have to ask me anything? Frankie, I have to know.
Is Jeff my son?