Dynasty s02e18 Episode Script

Three.
Yes, that's right.
This is his 3rd birthday, isn't it? Three weeks old today.
And they told me this morning that he gained 3 ounces.
Well, do we have a date again? Tomorrow, same time, same place? It's not really necessary.
I mean, you don't have to take off work every day to take me.
- I can manage alone.
- Fallon.
- Hi, Nick.
- You look beautiful.
Blake, can I see you a minute? Well, I'm afraid I have to go.
I have a meeting-- Just a minute, that's all it'll take.
I'll be in the car.
- It's obvious, isn't it? - What's obvious? Fallon.
How happy she is now, finally, about the baby.
Right? Blake, she's still suffering too.
She's still-- She's still wondering whether or not you're really her father.
Look, I really don't wanna talk about it right now.
Well, I would.
Now, how long are the two of you gonna pretend there's no problem? She doesn't talk about it.
You don't talk about it.
It's not just gonna go away.
When the hell are you gonna take the blood test? I will take that test when I'm good and ready.
Hello, Fallon.
- How is he? - He's fine.
He's beautiful.
Beautiful and fine, you'll see.
You're looking better too, more like yourself.
- Oh, is that good, Jeff? - Of course it's good.
So now I think you can deal with naming him.
I haven't decided yet.
Look, we have a son who's nearly a month old.
He's alive.
That's what's important.
Yes, he's alive, and he's going to stay alive and grow up.
All I'm asking you is to let me put a name on the birth certificate and be done with it.
I've gone over this in my head a thousand times: Blake Carrington Colby.
Name him what you want.
I don't care.
What do you mean you don't care? - Call him anything you want.
- What's wrong with you, huh? I mean, why can't you be happy--? - Get off my case, okay? - No, it's not okay, damn it.
None of this is okay.
- Good morning, Joseph.
- Mrs.
Carrington.
I didn't think you were back from wherever.
- Acapulco.
Didn't you know? - No, I didn't.
I heard that there was a photograph of me at a ball in the Chronicle.
- Didn't you see it? - No, I didn't.
Don't tell me you've stopped keeping a scrapbook on my adventures, Joseph.
How disappointing.
Well, I just got back, and I'd like to see Fallon.
I bought her this adorable little Mexican pinata.
Fallon isn't here, Mrs.
Carrington.
But I should tell you that nothing has changed since you left.
What do you mean? Your daughter has left specific instructions that she will not see you under any circumstances.
I believe I'm quoting her accurately, to the word.
Well, I'll just have to check that out myself, won't l? Meanwhile, you can't stop me putting this in her room.
But I can.
She doesn't want to see you in her room.
Nor in the nursery, when the child comes home, ever.
- Again, I quote.
- Here you are, Joseph.
You can take this donkey and stick it wherever you see fit.
Are you sure you want me to drop you off here? - Yeah.
- You're not dressed for riding, and you're really not ready for it anyway, are you? Well, Tony said Lady was feeling under the weather.
So I just wanna be with her for a while.
All right, I'll have Alfred come by and pick you up in about a half-hour, all right? - Hello, Mr.
Carrington.
- Hello, Tony.
That's not necessary.
I know you have to get back to the office.
So I'll just grab a ride, or I'll walk.
I need the exercise.
Fallon.
Wouldn't you like me to go in with you for a couple of minutes? After all, I was there when Lady was born, remember? It's okay.
Fallon.
I think it's time we talked about it.
Now, honey, I know what's been killing you inside.
And it's been killing me too.
But for years I believed that your mother was lying when she said that your father could have been someone else.
- Do we have to talk about--? - Yes.
Yes, we have to.
Because in my heart and soul, you are and you always will be my child.
Now, if you need me to take a blood test to prove it, all right.
All right, I'll do it.
Do you want me to? Yes, I do.
Because I wanna know.
You see, the baby Everything in my life that's supposed to be beautiful right now is overshadowed by my not knowing.
Come in.
Alexis, I'd like to speak to you for a moment.
Well, this is the nicest thing that's happened to me since I left.
The weather in Acapulco was terrible.
Well, I was there in the villa, in the pouring rain, thinking.
And then I was in the plane this morning praying that since I've been away, Fallon could find it in her heart to forgive me.
I suppose nothing's changed, has it? No.
No.
Why should it have changed? After all, you nearly killed her and her child with your damned lie.
I see.
So I'm the one who's on trial now.
And you have sided with Fallon against me.
Well, let's get some facts clear, shall we? Fact: I think that you are poisoning my daughter's mind against me.
You didn't need much help on that score.
Is that why you came here, Blake? To insult me? No, no, I came here to tell you that I have decided to take a blood test.
Once and for all, I'm gonna wipe away that lie of yours about my not being Fallon's father.
But before I take that test, I wanna make sure that all the contenders are accounted for.
Now, were there any other gentlemen around, except for Cecil Colby, at that time? No! And there wouldn't even have been Cecil if it hadn't been for you and your business.
Your damned, all-consuming business was your mistress at that time.
You didn't have any time for me.
You just left me here in Denver, alone and lonely.
I was desperately lonely.
Lonely, except for Cecil Colby.
Well, look, I want you to get in touch with him.
I want you to tell him to meet me at Nick Toscanni's office at the hospital at 6:00 tonight.
You tell him to make sure that he gets there.
You want me to tell him that? You'd better tell him that.
Blake.
Blake, I want to tell you something.
And you can believe this or not.
I loved you then, and I've never stopped loving you, in spite of what you did to me.
And I pray-- I really do pray, Blake, that Fallon turns out to be your daughter.
Nick Toscanni's office at 6:00 tonight.
Have you been listening to me, Cecil? Yes, I have.
Blake wants me to be at Dr.
Toscanni's at 6.
- Will you go? - Yes, I'll go.
Not all that happily, but I'll go.
Thank you.
Are you worried that you think you might be Fallon's real father? Let's say I'm not all that unworried.
If it turns out that you are her father, I'd like you to go to her and try and make her see my side of the story.
My children have caused me so much misery recently.
I don't know whatever made me think that, given the chance, I could be a good mother.
- I wouldn't worry about that, Alexis.
- Then you will help me? No, I mean about being a good mother.
Young people these days, they're all ingrates.
Look at Jeff and me.
My vastly ungrateful nephew.
I sometimes wonder if animals don't have a better idea.
Take care of their young until they can fend for themselves, and then cut them loose.
- You can't mean that.
You love Jeff.
- Do l? I thought I did.
Love is a two-way street, I suppose.
Love.
I did love you once, really love you.
- Did you? - Yes, I did.
I keep remembering that dinner we had.
I said to you, "Tell me, why do you persist in being the most exquisite woman wherever you go?" I think that you stole that line from a play.
- Noel Coward? - Maybe.
Now you're aging me.
You were a mere wisp of a boy.
Do you remember that night? Dinner and afterwards? The next night at a party, I introduced you to Blake.
And he proposed to you a couple of nights later.
And ever since then, I've asked myself, "What would've happened if I had proposed to her myself?" - Might she have said yes? - Would you have? I don't know.
I was madly in love with Blake.
Then.
But would you marry him now? Maybe it's not too late for us, Alexis.
Cecil, are you serious? Yes, I am very serious.
Think about it, Alexis.
Unless you're still madly in love with Blake.
Don't be ridiculous.
In view of the circumstances, how could I be? Lindsay.
You leave her alone.
Leave my daughter alone.
Hello.
Surprised? Yes, very.
And what are you doing here, huh? I thought I arranged for a whole week off for you? I know.
I'm supposed to be in Aspen.
Skiing by day, drinking hot toddies by night.
I did it, both.
I decided to come back a bit early.
- You all right? - Yes, I'm fine.
Don't I look terrific? Boy, they used to ask me that question ten times a day in the sanitarium.
I'm fine, Jeff.
But you didn't go skiing, did you? No.
Where'd you go? Here and there.
Places where I used to go with Lindsay.
The river near Las Brisas, Willow Valley.
It's very pretty there.
They have a pond.
We used to picnic there.
I went because Because? I was waiting for some kind of feeling, some moment deep inside me, that would tell me that my daughter is dead.
It didn't come.
Because she's alive.
I know that.
I feel it.
- Look, Claudia-- - No.
They never found the jeep.
They didn't find any wreckage.
They didn't find Matthew, not Lindsay.
It's not impossible, you know.
In Vietnam, men who were lost for years, they thought they were dead.
They showed up miraculously.
Yes, that's true.
Now, I spoke to our office in Ecuador yesterday.
And they said they'd call us the minute they have anything.
As of now, they don't.
- And they maybe never will.
- They will.
They will.
You know, I'm very thankful to you for the way you protected me.
Not exposing me to Blake like that.
But I realize I was wrong to remain silent.
I know now what I have to do.
He did that? He blackmailed you into spying for him? I went along with it.
That's why I'm resigning.
- Claudia, I won't hear of it.
- I've sinned.
- And I have to pay.
- You made a mistake.
That's understandable, considering the kind of pressure that he put you under.
You're not guilty of anything, just being his victim.
I'm not here for absolution, Blake.
- Where will you go? - To South America.
My daughter is calling out to me, somewhere.
I know that.
I feel that.
Now, listen to me, please.
Let our people down there do what they can first.
Now, I promise you, whatever they find out, good or bad, I'll tell you the truth.
Please.
I tried to help you once.
Trust me.
All right.
Where the devil is Colby? His secretary phoned, said he was on his way.
Ten minutes past 6.
I wonder if he's trying to weasel his way out of this.
There you go, Blake.
Got the sample, unless you want me to draw more for the blood bank.
Not right now.
I've got other things on my mind.
- Mr.
Colby.
- Dr.
Toscanni, Blake.
I'm sorry for the delay, but you know Denver traffic at this hour of the night.
Why don't you take your jacket off? Be with you in a second.
Okay, Blake Roll up your sleeve, please.
I'll be honest with you, doctor, I'm not especially fond of needles.
How exactly does this test work? It's called HLA.
Human leukocyte antigen blood factor.
And it determines whether a person is not a child's parent.
You see, Mr.
Colby, all the markings measured in the HLA are inherited characteristics.
Well, you make it sound very impressive.
Oh, it is.
And it works too.
Thank you.
Gentlemen, I'm gonna rush these over to the lab myself.
And we should have the results sometime tomorrow.
An embarrassing situation, wouldn't you say, Blake? I don't wanna talk about it.
A slight indiscretion that happened many years ago.
We were both young, Alexis and l.
Oh, I was indiscrete, all right.
But I never believed that story about Fallon being my daughter.
And this should prove it.
- Clear me of that crime.
- Crime? I'd say that your crime dossier goes beyond that, far beyond it.
Does it? How about your double-dealing me in business? Then trying to steal those oil shale reports from my company by blackmailing an innocent and vulnerable young woman.
- Claudia Blaisdel? - Yes, Claudia Blaisdel.
And I hate your guts for what you've done to her.
She's no better than a prostitute.
- What? - Face it.
She slept with your son-in-law for profit, while his wife, your daughter, was delivering your grandson.
Now, doesn't that make her a prostitute? That's for the pimp who made her into a prostitute.
This is gonna cost you, Blake.
Do you hear me? What's so funny? What are you reading? A "Smile for Today," or a "Today's Chuckle"? No, just a clipping.
I was trying to figure out what kind of a wedding gift to send to Jamie.
You have this thing about you, making people happy, you know that? I try to, when I can.
- I wish - You wish what? I wish I could make you happier tonight.
I know you're thinking about getting the results of the blood test back tomorrow.
- Blake, if you lose-- - Lose? Darling, this isn't a matter of tankers, or leaseholds or oil rigs.
I know, that was the wrong word.
What I'm saying is, you're the only father Fallon's ever known.
You raised her since she was an infant.
You love her, and she loves you.
That's what's important, not the blood.
That's a lovely thought.
And I thank you for it.
Well, I'm not always filled with lovely thoughts.
- As a matter of fact, there's one - What is it? Nothing.
It's not important.
- She - Who? It's getting late.
We should get to bed.
Why don't you go up? I'm almost finished here.
I'll be with you in a couple of minutes.
All right.
Your daughter, Fallon Carrington.
- What are you doing up at this hour? - I could say the same about you.
I thought I'd give that black mare a little exercise this morning.
I was down having my breakfast, and I remembered I'd left my gloves.
Is there something wrong? And don't say nothing, like you did last night.
It's Alexis.
- What about her? - She's got to go, Blake.
Well, I've tried.
You know, I've tried to buy her out, but she does own the deed to that studio and that property.
Yes, I know that.
But there's got to be another way.
And I'm not talking about how I feel about her personally.
Even though it can be humiliating to have your husband's first wife walking in and out of the house as though she still is his wife.
I'm thinking about you and Fallon.
How Alexis' testimony at the trial made the jury convict you.
And Fallon, how she's used this weapon against her, this paternity thing, to practically drive the girl insane.
And I'll take that back.
I am thinking about me too.
Her insults, her putdowns.
She's caused nothing but trouble ever since she's been here.
And she's making it harder and harder for me to live here in what's supposed to be my house now.
I guess I've said it.
I understand.
And believe me, when this business with Fallon is over, I'll deal with Alexis.
I promise.
If your father calls, I'll be sure to give him the address.
Yes, I promise.
But if I may say this, I think your husband has the right to know too.
All right, of course.
You have a nice day too.
Joseph.
Whose husband has the right to know what? That was one of the servants calling from home.
She's having a domestic problem.
Is that a pun? That's a lie, Joseph.
You were talking to my wife, weren't you? No, I was not.
Steven, I'm very busy.
So if you'll excuse me Look, you're a servant here, Joseph.
- And I order you to tell me.
- Do you? Did you also order me to change your diapers when you were a baby? Or did I perform that delightful chore because no one else seemed available? The call was, as I said, from one of the servants.
Krystle, I need to talk to you a minute.
Will you come into the library? Blake called for me to have lunch with Claudia-- Please? I got to get something straight.
I need to know the truth, which is pretty minimal around here these days.
I know you've heard from Sammy Jo.
- No, Steven, I haven't.
- Well, I'm not so sure about that.
You've always been against my marrying your niece.
I saw your disappointment on the day we got back from our wedding.
And you know what else I saw? That you're just as judgmental as my father.
That it's no different with you and Sammy Jo than it was with him and Ted Dinard.
That I'm in a no-win position here.
Steven, about the elopement, I only felt the timing was wrong.
- And the rest you have backwards.
- Have l? Yes.
I'd already gotten to know Sammy Jo pretty well then.
She wasn't what she appeared to be, Steven.
- She was greedy.
- You are one terrific aunt.
I felt you deserved better.
And, no, I haven't heard from her, Steven.
And I'm not a bit surprised.
I'm sorry.
I know.
Being drawn to the wrong person doesn't make it hurt any less, does it? Come in.
- Is that where she is, Joseph? - Yes, Steven.
Hollywood? Why'd you change your mind? Maybe because I've loved you since you were a little boy.
But you're not that little boy anymore.
You're a grown man, who's entitled to make his own mistakes and to deal with them.
I'm sorry about what I said before.
It's forgotten.
Besides, I only diapered you twice.
Oh, there's a plane that leaves for Los Angeles at 3:00 this afternoon.
I believe the flight only takes two hours.
- Mr.
Carrington.
- Yes? - It's Ray Bonning returning your call.
- Good.
Bonning, you're a hard man to track down.
Well, I move around quite a bit, Mr.
Carrington.
- What can I do for you? - An offer.
What kind of off.
er? Fifty thousand dollars to you if you can set up a business appointment between me and Logan Rhinewood, in person this time.
Look, this could be very difficult.
Diff.
icult for $50, 000? Come on, now.
Nothing is difficult for 50,000.
Claudia, are you all right? Would you like something else? No, it's fine.
I just can't take another minute of people trying to tell me not to look for my daughter.
And that's why you're here, isn't it? I'm not trying to bring down your hopes of finding Lindsay.
- Aren't you? - No.
Claudia, when I told you I wanted to be your friend, I meant it.
I meant it then, and I mean it now.
Blake and I were talking.
And we thought it might be nice if you moved back into the house for a while.
While you're waiting for the news.
- Don't you ever let up? - What do you mean? There's really no end to this, is there? Claudia, I'm just trying to be your friend.
I know.
Will you understand this, please? Everything in this life is meaningless to me except finding my daughter.
Everything.
People, friendship, this city, this restaurant, this salad.
It's meaningless.
I appreciate your lunch, but I have to get back to the office.
I left a lot of work undone.
- She looks better, doesn't she, Tony? - Sure does, Mrs.
Colby.
Somehow I think your coming back and forth yesterday and today's helped.
I really do.
You wanna hold on to this for me? You listen to Tony, you hear? I want you to get better, and I'm gonna bring you a surprise.
Come here.
You wanna know what it is? It's a baby.
My son.
Couple of years, he's gonna have his own pony, and the four of us are gonna go riding together.
How's that sound? It was your father's office.
He wants to see you soon as possible.
- Did he say what he wants? - No, just that he wants to see you.
Okay.
The meeting with Logan Rhinewood is set for tonight in Las Vegas.
Yes, I would think so.
I've already told Krystle we may not be home until tomorrow morning.
I'll see you at the airport.
Hi, Daddy.
I got your message.
Thank you for coming.
Fallon, do you remember that day that I told you about my mother? About how the thing I remembered most about her were her eyes? Those beautiful eyes, the same as yours, exactly? Exactly and beautifully the same? The results of that blood test just came in.
Here they are.
Oh, Daddy.
- Are you ready, honey? - Yep.
Okay, let's do it, baby.
That's right.
Smile.
Terrific.
I want you out of that bikini.
You're shipwrecked now.
What are you doing? What's it your business? And who are you? - I'm her husband, that's who I am.
- Look, you're in my studio, pal.
- I'm in a session with my star model.
- Get out! It's okay, Ace.
Just give me a couple minutes with him.
What the hell are you doing here? I asked you something, Sammy Jo.
What are you doing in this place? Half naked, posing for some slimy photographer? - I'm making a career for myself.
- Career? - Yes.
- This? Yes.
You know what Ace told me when he met me on the plane? He said he was gonna make me famous.
A somebody.
Now, this is his studio, and he pays the rent.
So will you let us get back to work? Sammy Jo.
Don't worry about me.
I'm used to working.
But I worry about you.
I mean, I just can't I can't believe the girl I love, the girl I married, would go to my mother and ask her for money to leave me.
I mean, you didn't even let me know you were going.
Is that what Alexis told you? That I asked for the money? - Yes.
- And you believed her? Well, I didn't ask for anything, Steven.
She offered it to me.
You should be thanking me instead of looking at me that way.
Thanking you? For what? Your dear mother asked me to sign a piece of paper.
And you know what that paper would make you out to be? - A fag.
- What are you talking about? I don't remember the fancy words she used, but she wanted me to tell the whole world that we'd never slept together, had sex together.
- And you didn't sign it? - No, I wouldn't.
Look, I want you to come back with me.
No, I'm sick and tired of begging for the crumbs at the Carrington table.
But I need you, Sammy Jo.
I mean, I really I need you.
But I don't need you.
Not anymore, I don't.
You couldn't give me the things I wanted, okay? So now I'm gonna get them for myself.
I've got work to do, so get out of here, will you? Have a nice day.
Or night.
I just can't keep you away from the kid, can l? No, they sure can kick me out at 6:30, though.
I'm glad to run into the other man in my life.
No, but you'll have to do.
Oh, Nick, I'm so happy.
You know about the results of the blood test? - I sure do.
- Suddenly, everything's all right now.
My father, my baby and you.
You put my life back together.
I owe you.
I'm gonna spend the rest of my life paying you back.
Well, why don't you start right now? Come to the Caribbean with me next week.
It's a medical convention.
What do you say? I'd love to.
We can start making plans tonight.
Oh, wow, that sounds terrific, but I'm booked until midnight.
Tomorrow night for sure, okay? For sure.
Get out of here.
Go on.
Get out of here.
The vehicle totally burned.
No sign of life.
Mrs.
Carrington, will you accept a telephone call? It's Claudia Blaisdel.
She sounds very distraught.
Thank you, Joseph.
Claudia? Krystle, is Blake there? I have to speak to him.
No, he's out of town for the evening on business.
Well, if he calls, would you tell him that they're dead? - What? - Matthew and Lindsay are dead.
- Claudia, where are you? - I'm at the-- I'm at the office.
- Well, stay there.
I'll be right-- - No, I don't want you to come.
I don't want anyone to come.
I'm leaving here.
I don't wanna see this place again.
I'm going home.
Claudia! Dr.
Toscanni, please.
Krystle Carrington calling.
Tell him it's urgent.
Now, you look like you were having a pleasant little nap.
I wasn't napping, Andrew.
I was thinking.
Thinking about how everything has worked out so well with my personal life.
And now this meeting with Rhinewood, finally.
Just goes to show you what $50,000 can buy.
I mean, his man was for sale, and I bought him.
Yeah, well, I'd feel a lot better about this purchase if I knew exactly what we were gonna be up against when we get there.
Why don't you take a little nap, Andrew? I need a taxi as soon as possible.
I'm going to the Colby Building.
Ten minutes? Okay, fine.
I'm sorry.
I rang the doorbell, but it must be broken.
What are you doing here? I just wanted to be with you.
I don't need you to be with me.
And I don't need you to be worried about me.
I've been living with this a long time now.
I guess I always knew it would turn out like this.
Claudia, please come back to the house with me.
No.
I'm staying here.
I'll be fine.
No, you won't.
Please listen to me.
You're gonna need someone who'll-- Who'll what? Cry for me? I don't want that.
I don't want your tears.
I just wanna be left alone.
What is that? - I keep it for self-protection.
- No, you aren't.
- You're gonna use it on yourself.
- I'm not.
I'm gonna use it, but not on myself.
I'm gonna kill Colby.
- He lied to me.
He used me, and-- - Claudia! You can't! Don't! Oh, dear God.