Melrose Place s03e01 Episode Script

I just heard about Michael's accident.
Accident? His ex-wife's in jail for attempted murder.
Sydney? No.
The first one, Jane.
I didn't know, I was at USC doing research all day.
How's Michael? Where's Michael? He's being prepped for emergency surgery Acute cerebral swelling.
I've got Wingate scrubbing.
We're going in to relieve the pressure.
That's the exact same thing I went through.
Yes, only your chances were Michael, it's me, Kimberly.
It's going to be O.
K.
Hold on, baby.
Oh, God.
Hold on.
Oh, it's you.
God, Jo.
What happened? Why are the police here? Michael was run over by a car in front of the hospital a hit and run.
He's pretty bad off, and Jane is in jail.
Jane? You mean she did it? Well, they have witnesses that saw her car.
The cops showed up with a search warrant.
Where have you been? I tried calling.
Is Jane all right? I mean, she must be a basket case.
Yeah, well, I saw her briefly to help her find an attorney.
Yeah, she's a mess.
Look, Sydney, I know the cops are going to want to talk to you.
No, I can't.
I have to see Jane first.
Sydney! Get out of my way! I told you.
My car was stolen.
Obviously someone used it to commit the crime, then brought it back, parking it in front of my office to frame me.
Someone who looks just like you Petite, short blonde hair, matching sunglasses.
A disguise.
I mean, a wig.
It seems so obvious.
To me, too.
An ex-wife in business with her former husband wants to get him out of the business, but he won't budge.
She openly threatens him at a mutually friend's wedding, then disappears for an hour while the incident occurs with no alibi except that she was in the park having a sacked lunch.
All right, why would I ever park my car with all that damage right out in front of my building? I don't know.
Maybe to sell your I'm-being-framed story.
Let's just skip the run-around, okay? The truth is, a confession right now will save you a lot of grief later.
I'm sorry.
I'm not saying another word until my attorney's present.
Fine.
Bring in your attorney.
That'll just give us more time to build our case against you.
Things sure are falling apart around here.
Who would have figured Jane for running down her ex-husband? Didn't know she had the spine for it, not that he didn't have it coming.
So much for assumption of innocence.
By the way, you haven't seen Jake, have you? He's been gone all night, and he usually calls in.
Did he call you? No, he didn't.
And you know what, Amanda? I've had it with this tug-of-war over Jake.
I'm throwing in the towel.
So you can have him forever, if you'd like.
From now on, Mr.
Washboard Stomach is yours.
Yeah, well, the longer this thing goes on, the weirder it gets.
I mean, first Alison disappears, and now her father.
Maybe he wanted to talk to her first, to find out her reasons for going before anyone else.
Your husband was the last one to speak to her.
Yes, he was.
I thought it was over that we could start putting things back together.
First Meredith and now Alison.
What are you saying? What happened? Time heals wounds.
I believe that.
I really do believe that.
What wounds? What Who got hurt, Mrs.
Parker? Meredith? Alison? No.
No, it's ridiculous.
I just thought it's absurd.
Those are the dreams.
What dreams? When we went to visit you in Wisconsin, that's when Alison started having these nightmares about being a kid in your cellar.
I don't know what you're talking about.
And somebody was after her.
It was your husband.
It had to be your husband.
No.
Stop it.
You gotta tell me what did What did he do to them? No, nothing! Did he molest them? Is that what happened? How can you even ask such a thing? Because it's the only thing that makes any sense I mean, the dreams, and And Alison's reluctance to ever go home, and how your marriage had all these problems.
And I've only seen the opposite.
Our marriage is fine.
There is nothing wrong with our marriage.
Well, there's something wrong with Mr.
Parker then, isn't there? Oh, you're sick.
And you said Meredith, too, your older daughter.
And she lives in San Francisco.
Well, if Alison went there No.
Where? Where in San Francisco? Let go of me.
You gotta tell me.
Where are they? Al, do you still take cream in your coffee? Yeah.
Remember when we were kids? We used to sneak coffee.
All the other kids, it was beer and cigarettes, and we What are we doing, Meredith? What's all this chit-chat and reminiscing? Well, I've just I've spent a lot of time avoiding it.
And I blocked it out completely.
Look, I can't stay here forever.
Billy's waiting.
I have to get back to my life, but I can't do anything until we have some sort of a plan of action.
Alison, I told you.
There's only one choice.
You have to get past it, and you have to go on with your life.
Avoid the family.
Start your own.
I can't, Meredith.
I feel like everything I am every mistake I've made, all the failed relationships, the trouble relating to other people, it's all because of this what our father did to me to us.
You know what? I was really fine, you know? I was happy up here.
I don't believe that.
You said yourself You're obsessing on this, O.
K.
? I told you what to do already.
I'm I'm going to work.
Oh, please, Meredith.
Call in sick.
We are in this together.
We have to decide what to do together.
It's the only way.
Why are you here? I was worried about you.
I came by last night, but they wouldn't let me see you.
I've been up all night with my attorneys.
The arraignment's this morning.
I know you didn't do this.
I know you're innocent.
Someone is setting you up.
You're right about that.
And all I've been doing since I got here is trying to figure out who.
Who would want Michael dead? Who would want me in jail? Who was sick enough and desperate enough? It's you, Sydney, isn't it? What? No! Hell, no! Are you nuts? You decided to get rid of the two biggest problems in your life Michael and me.
No, it's not true.
You know where I keep my car keys.
You still have keys to my apartment.
Are you crazy? No, Sydney, you are.
You always have been.
Again, it's me.
It's always me.
I came here as your sister, and you just dump all over me.
"Jake.
Need to see you right away.
Amanda.
" Hi.
Hey.
Where have you been? Boat.
I had to have some time to myself.
You working at home today? Actually, I called in sick.
I wanted to wait for you to get home.
Well, what's the big emergency? Look, Jo and I haven't been fair to you.
You've been pulled in every direction, but I found out this morning that Jo's backed out of the running.
She said you're all mine.
All yours, huh? Mm-hmm.
Amanda, listen to yourself.
You've turned me into some sort of prize.
A lot of men would be turned on by that.
A lot of times I have been but not anymore.
I'm just sick and tired of being part of a woman's life and not having a life of my own.
I had a great thing with both of you guys at different times, but in the end neither ever really worked.
I don't believe this.
You're dumping me again? I'm not dumping anyone.
I'm dumping relationships in general.
I'm just burnt out on the whole concept.
But if you have feelings for someone I'm not feeling anything.
I'm just walking through it.
I'm sorry.
Hey don't worry about it.
Going out and finding yourself, it's a terrific idea.
Just don't expect to find me waiting when you get back.
I never would.
I'm sorry, ma'am.
Hospital personnel only.
Would you excuse me? Certainly.
Thank you.
Sydney.
How is he? Uh, he's still unconscious, but thanks for your concern.
Look, um, we have to talk.
Not a good idea, you coming here.
You are knee-deep in quite a charade, aren't you, pretending to be the concerned doctor and girlfriend when you're the one who ran him down? Is that what you think? Excuse me, but it wouldn't be the first time, or in all the excitement have you forgotten about the knock-out drops and idling car in a closed garage? I know you want him dead.
I'm not fooled.
I seem to recall your hand in that deed as well.
Anyway, the world is gonna believe you ran him down a long time before they believe I, his loving fiancee, would.
In any event, Jane's the one who's behind bars.
That's why I'm here.
Jane thinks I did it, and she's gonna finger me.
Then why don't you be smart for once in your life, and get out of the country? Because when pressed, I might just point my finger in the same direction.
Kimberly, wait.
So I just started dating him, and, I don't know, I have a feeling that it could work out like none of the others have.
How with all this hanging over you? Does he know? Did you tell him? I never tell them.
Don't you think maybe this is why all our relationships fail? I'm going to go and pick up the take-out that we ordered, all right? It's jut a couple blocks away.
Are you going to be O.
K.
? Sure, yeah, I'll take a shower, change.
O.
K.
Shh.
Shh.
Pumpkin, shh, no screaming.
You and I have a lot to talk about.
Shh.
I'm going to take my hand away now, but if you if you scream, I'm going to hurt you.
And Meredith.
I'll hurt you both, O.
K.
? Hmm? O.
K.
? O.
K.
I don't feel like you're thinking clearly at the moment, Alison.
I mean, running away from Billy, I mean, what kind of a thing was that to do, hmm? You're sick.
And what's he going to think when you tell him about your father, huh? I'll tell you what he's going to think: The same thing anyone in his position would think That you're soiled, you're tainted, you're damaged goods.
Oh, honey, you can make all the accusations you want, but that's the only reaction you're going to get, that you're the one with the problem.
I don't care what they think.
Alison, sweetheart, in spite of all this, you and Meredith turned out just fine.
I am not fine.
But you can be.
You can be.
Keep the secret, huh? Just go back to L.
A.
Marry that boy.
Go forward with your life.
That's the strong decision.
On the other hand, you let this out, it'll destroy your mother, Meredith, the whole family.
Honey Don't move, Daddy, or I swear to God I will blow your brains out.
I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but I can't predict when he'll regain consciousness, or even if.
Our surgery was successful, but there's been trauma to the left side Memory, some motor skills.
Look, Doc, I only need him for five minutes.
Now, if he saw anything, anything at all, his statement will be crucial.
Excuse me, doctors, but Dr.
Mancini is regaining consciousness.
Let's go.
Michael, it's O.
K.
You're going to be all right.
Michael, it's Dr.
Levin.
Dr.
Mancini, I'm Lieutenant Truman from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Lieutenant Truman, can't this wait? Please, I just have a couple of questions.
Doctor, did you see the car that hit you? Did you see who was driving it? No.
Did you see who was behind the wheel? Michael.
It's me, Michael.
It's Kimberly.
I'm sorry.
I I've never seen you before in my life.
Honey, I didn't come here to hurt you.
I only came to keep you from the horrible mistake of dredging it all back up.
Is that going to make your pain any less? I mean, haven't I stayed out of your lives? You two have grown up so healthy.
You call this healthy? I have a gun on you, and my baby sister is jumping out of windows on her wedding day.
We are a mess, and you you got away with everything.
Just No! Alison.
Alison! Bastard! Oh, God.
Oh, God.
It's all right.
It's all right, honey.
He's gone.
He's gone.
I told you yesterday.
It's all a blank.
I'm sorry.
I just don't remember.
I mean everything about being a doctor, that I can remember.
The rest it's gone.
Tim, a call just came in from county jail.
Jane Mancini's ready to talk.
She's asking for a meeting.
Well, well.
Confession time, huh? We may not need your testimony after all, Doctor.
I shouldn't have let him go.
I didn't know what was going on.
No, you did the right thing, Billy, letting him go.
We confronted him.
We never have to see him again.
It's over.
I don't know.
Don't we have to prosecute or something? For something that happened that long ago? Isn't it our duty? To let him get away with this is to let every other sick bastard get away with it.
If we set an example, if we come forward It will ruin my life, Alison, and yours, and everybody who's involved with you, including Billy.
Look what's happened to the two of you already.
That came from not telling.
I can't do it.
I cannot do it, O.
K.
? I can't get up on a witness stand and talk about what happened in the basement.
If you want to do it, then go ahead, but you're going to be doing it alone.
I hope you're not wasting our time, Mrs.
Mancini.
I already got enough of that from your ex-husband this morning.
How is he? Alive.
Anyway, we're not here to talk about him, are we? No, we're not.
You ready to make your statement? Yes, I am.
I know who ran Michael down.
I wrestled with whether or not to say anything, but I've made the mistake of protecting this individual before, and I feel I can't go on doing that.
I'm talking about my sister.
Name? Sydney Andrews.
She was married to Michael, too, after me.
It ended badly, worse than my troubles with Michael.
She had a key to my apartment.
I have asked for it back for over a year.
She could have easily stolen my car keys, would have known when I was out, and where to park my car.
You can ask anyone.
They'll tell you how much she hates him.
I know how awful this sounds.
She's my sister, and I love her but I just can't help her anymore.
I saw the way you were looking at him.
We were talking he was asking me about the boat.
Like hell! I turn my back on you for one second, and you're trying to make it with every young guy you see.
That's a lie! You're paranoid, you know that? You're a crazy, paranoid old man! Don't you hit me.
Don't you dare hit me again.
It's the only way to teach you how to behave, you little slut! Uhh! I'm leaving you! This is it! You're crazy! Leave me? Where are you gonna go, huh? Where are you gonna go? There's nowhere you can hide.
Nowhere you can run I will always find you! I own you! Let go of me! Hey, get back here! Britney! Get back here! Give me your hand.
Thank you whoever you are.
You just saved my life.
Thank you.
I meant that what I said when you fished me out.
You really did save my life.
You're 20 yards from shore.
There's phones all over the island.
He would have come after me.
Are you alone out here? Yeah.
I'm going to head back to the mainland tonight, and I'll drop you off at shore, okay? The "he" is my husband if you're curious.
I'm not.
He's a very powerful man, very rich.
He has connections everywhere, and they're not all in high places.
In fact, some of them are downright lowlifes.
I thought for sure he was going to kill me tonight.
That's why I jumped overboard.
He'll be back at the harbor.
He'll be looking for me.
I can't go back to the mainland.
I was hoping that maybe tomorrow you could take me down to San Diego or Mexico.
Lady, I don't know who you are, and I don't want to know.
I'm sorry about your troubles, but I'm not going to get involved.
Now, I'm taking you back to the shore, and I'm dropping you off tonight.
Kimberly.
God, Sydney, sneak up on me, why don't you? I'm in a little trouble here.
Oh? The police are nosing around.
Well, that's their job, isn't it? I think Jane must have implicated me.
They really leaned on her, and she named me.
Hell, when you think about it, I've got motive, opportunity.
So I'm avoiding the police.
I won't drive my car.
I took the bus here.
My, you are desperate.
This isn't funny.
I am scared to death.
Well, don't die, Sydney.
Nothing's that bad.
You have to help me.
I do, do I? I don't have an alibi, O.
K.
? I was at the beach.
I went walking.
I didn't see anybody.
I'm telling you, if they pressure me, Kimberly, I'll break.
You have an alibi, Sydney.
Relax.
I don't.
You do.
You were having lunch with me at the farmer's market, a long lunch at a seafood stand there.
We stayed until nearly 2:30.
You know that because you looked at your watch as we were leaving.
You'll be my alibi.
We'll be each other's alibis.
You tell the police that story, and I'll confirm it when they question me.
Farmer's market, seafood stand, 2:30.
Got it? Got it.
You're saved.
See how easy that was? O.
K.
, end of the line.
You have your choice of phones at the end of the dock.
And Via Marina's the first street.
There's a restaurant there.
I got 50 bucks here.
How can you do this? Your timing sucks, lady.
You picked the wrong boat.
I'm just not ready for more complications in my life right now.
All you got to do is call a friend.
Now, take the money.
You realize I'm going to have to call my husband.
Do you have any idea what he's going to do to me? I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Well thanks for saving my life.
Damn it! Hey.
Hey.
I'm not taking you to San Diego or anything like that.
O.
K.
, you can stay on the boat a couple of days, and that's it.
Then you're on your own.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Sydney Andrews.
That's me.
Is there some problem, officers? We just have a few questions concerning the attempted murder of your ex-husband, Dr.
Mancini.
Wasn't that you I saw down at the jail? You were in to see your sister.
And then later, I thought I saw you down at the hospital.
I'm not sure I see your point.
Oh, it's real easy, Sydney.
Can you give us your whereabouts on Wednesday between 12 and 2 P.
M.
? The time when Michael was run down? You want an alibi, in other words.
Let's not get bogged down in semantics, shall we? I was having lunch with Kimberly Shaw, Michael's fiancee, at the farmer's market, a little seafood stand.
We were there till 2:30.
You can check it out.
Oh, we intend to.
Thanks for your time.
We'll be in touch.
Yes.
O.
K.
, thank you.
Oh, Alison! Oh, my God.
I was so worried.
Who was that on the phone? Uh, a cab company.
I didn't know what to do, so I was going home to Wisconsin.
I'll just put these away.
Stay, please.
I was in San Francisco, mother with Meredith.
And Daddy showed up and then Billy.
It's all out in the open now.
Mother, did you hear me? Well, what do you mean? That this nonsense that Billy was saying that your father somehow Good Lord, I can't even say the word.
Abuse.
The word is abuse, and he did it.
Meredith, too, when we were little.
I will not listen to this.
I have thought and thought, Mother.
And you had to have known.
It's a lie.
Someone is putting these lies into your head.
Daddy admitted it! He would never.
It's disgusting.
You are disgusting for even saying it.
And anyway, even if it had happened, why wouldn't you and Meredith come to me? He said you would go away.
We were terrified of losing you.
I have to go to him.
These lies you are destroying him.
Mother, my God! Haven't you heard a word I've said? What are you doing? I'm going home.
He called, didn't he? Yes.
He said come home.
He's a monster.
I will not betray my husband.
And if you were any kind of a daughter, you wouldn't, either.
What's happening? I don't understand.
Why won't she believe me? Dr.
Shaw.
If you've got a second for us? Certainly, Lieutenant.
I'm checking on an alibi.
If you could tell us where and who you were with between 12 and Isn't that when Yes.
When he was run down.
I hope you don't suspect me.
Not you, Doctor.
Someone else.
Oh, uh, well I was at the USC Medical Library, the stacks.
I checked in at 1:10 and I didn't get out till nearly 7:00.
So you were alone.
Doing research.
But at least a dozen people saw me.
So then you weren't at the farmers' market? Farmers' market? I haven't been there in years.
Who on earth said I was there? It's not important.
Thanks.
Sure.
I made some soup.
Oh, you're so sweet.
Aw, it's not easy being a white knight, I bet.
Have I told you how grateful I am? Yeah.
Plenty of times.
Am I nuts, or is there a dark cloud over your head? Well, I've thought about it, and I think maybe Meredith is right.
Nothing good is gonna come of going after your father and prosecuting him.
You've been unhappy for so long I mean, how is it going to change things? I don't know.
I really don't.
Well, maybe the better choice is just to let it go, get on with your life.
What are you suggesting? Well, I'm saying concentrate on the future and our life together.
Forget the past.
I love you, and I want to make you happy again.
Oh, Billy.
I think the only way to do this is to work together.
I wanna meet here after work tomorrow.
We're gonna drive to Vegas, and we'll get married with nobody else around, and we'll start our life again as a team.
Will you marry me again? Yes.
Yes, I'll marry you.
Goodbye, Sydney.
If you keep throwing my tenants in jail, I'm gonna have a difficult time making the mortgage.
Okay, let's do this by the book.
Warrant first.
O.
K.
Let's see first it was Jane, and now you're investigating Sydney? And I thought I had enemies.
When's the last time you saw miss Andrews? Sydney? Let's see a few days, at least.
But her mailbox is full, so she might be staying somewhere else.
Or maybe she's already on the run.
Look what I found.
It appears Miss Andrews has a little explaining to do.
Oh.
Sorry.
Uh-huh.
I'm sorry.
I should have knocked.
Look, um I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate this.
You're welcome.
And I just wish there was some way that I could repay you.
We're even.
What, just a kiss? I can do a lot more.
Yeah, see, the problem with that is then we'd be getting involved, or at least you would be.
And, um, I've sworn off that.
Well, we'll just go the friends route then.
Just remember friends do it, too.
Come in.
Morning.
Alison.
Don't I recall something about you being on a honeymoon? Oh, that's right, you have to be married to have a honeymoon.
So, have your feet warmed up yet, or are they still cold? It wasn't cold feet, Amanda.
It wasn't? No.
It was a personal problem.
Anyway, um Billy and I are back on track, and I wanted to ask for a few more days off so we could drive to Las Vegas and get married.
Well, you certainly do lead an exciting life.
I do.
I don't.
I do again.
Just out of curiosity, what was the personal problem? Another boyfriend? Advice from your therapist? Oh, no, no, no, no, don't tell me.
Steve McMillan, the computer genius, is back from Europe.
I was abused, O.
K.
? When I was a kid, by my father.
Is that good enough for you? Oh, my God, Alison I'm sorry.
He seemed I don't know, not at all the type.
Yeah, well, I guess you never know the type.
Well, what happened? Where is he? He's back in Wisconsin with my mother.
I'm not going to pursue it.
Billy and I just want to get married and put it behind us.
Well, I'm sure he wants that, but what about you? I don't know.
It's different.
I mean I understand his thinking.
But even though it's over, it feels like with my father still out there, it's not over.
Want to know my opinion? Well, no.
Let me rephrase that.
Uh, if it were me, I wouldn't let the abusive S.
O.
B.
get away with it.
And, of course you can have a couple of days off As many as you'd like.
I'd just think long and hard about how you're going to use them.
What are you doing here? I went to the market, if that's all right with you.
You're out of jail.
Yeah.
Bail was set.
Detective Truman said he anticipated all charges being dropped by the end of the week.
They have a new suspect, Sydney You, as a matter of fact.
That's what you told them.
To save your own stinkin' hide, you fingered me.
I simply informed them another person would love Michael dead.
Well, you're wrong.
Kimberly wants him dead more than either of us.
Kimberly loves Michael, and she finally has him back.
Why would she want to kill him? For revenge.
Kimberly blames him for the accident, for that brain surgery, and for everything bad that's happened to her.
She's out of her mind.
No, Sydney.
You have it backwards.
You are out of your mind.
Fine.
Don't believe me.
I don't have time for a debate.
I'm leaving town.
Goodbye, Jane.
Goodbye.
What is it? I was paged stat.
Some of it is coming back.
I was asleep and had a dream, and you were there, Kimberly.
I was overwhelmed by this feeling of love, that I love you.
Now, I don't know one detail about our past together, but it doesn't matter.
I feel safe around you and no one else.
You don't know how happy this makes me.
And you can't worry The rest will come in time.
There was another part of that dream where It was the exact opposite of your part.
There was a woman with red hair, and, uh and green, almost demonic eyes.
Not to worry.
That's Sydney, and she's been taken care of.
She'll never be able to hurt you again.
Billy.
Where are your bags? We should get on the road to Vegas before it gets dark.
God, why do I always wait till the last minute to make these decisions? You're not going.
Billy I have thought and thought, back and forth, and I understand what you're saying about putting this behind me.
It does make sense, but getting this thing out of the way and prosecuting my father that makes a lot of sense, too.
I knew you'd do this.
Well, I guess I should be thankful, though.
You know, at least you did it to my face instead of jumping out a window.
Look, I knew you'd be upset.
But please, Billy, look at it from my side.
We're always looking at it from your side, Alison.
That is the whole problem.
I don't mean anything in this relationship.
Billy.
Forget it, just forget it.
Good luck with your family.
I hope it works out for you.
All I'm asking for is a measly couple hundred bucks to get me out of town I'll pay you back.
By mail, a month, tops.
Sydney, even if I did have that kind of money on me, I couldn't give it to you.
The cops have been looking for you.
That'd be aiding and abetting.
Wait a minute, they've been here, too? Yeah.
Twice already.
I got to get out of here.
Sydney Andrews.
You're under arrest for the attempted murder of Michael Mancini.
You have the right to remain silent.
If you give up the right to remain silent