Dynasty s03e18 Episode Script

Oh, that's a good boy.
Yes.
What a good boy you are, huh? Yeah.
Now, how did I know that I'd find you here? It's a nice place to be.
God bless you.
Well, the babies look like they're about to fall asleep.
What about us? I've got a long trip to make in the morning.
Well.
That's what I was thinking about when I couldn't sleep.
Blake.
I wanna come with you.
Bring Danny and both of us come with you.
Well, now, darling, this is no kind of a trip for an infant to put up with.
Denver to San Francisco and then that long haul to Singapore.
That's jet lag enough for three adults.
- But Steven should see his son.
- If it is Steven.
I got a telephone call tonight from Dan Cassidy about that young man who claims that he's Ben Reynolds.
- He's not sure.
- No, he isn't.
Well, what about the belt with the initial C? It could be what he said.
It could be that he borrowed it from a friend.
Blake, I know it's Steven.
And I want to go with you and bring Danny.
Now, darling, I know you.
I know that you're doing this partly to help me.
- But try to understand that-- - I can't.
You're flying out there prepared to be disappointed.
Now, I don't understand.
Once you believed that Steven was alive.
Yes, but I finally had to give up that belief.
I can't leave myself open for that kind of a nightmare once more.
Don't you see that? Darling.
Please, come to bed.
I need you tonight more than I've ever needed you before.
You're getting to be a regular Ron Cey, Sister Agnes.
Is that a compliment? Sure is.
Are you having pain now? No.
There's less every day.
You're not happy about something.
Ben, what? Your Dr.
Chen.
He's a pain.
Translation: He troubles you.
A lot.
Every time he checks on me he comes on like a prosecuting attorney.
Questions.
Always implying that I'm hiding something from him from my past.
Do you happen to know where he got that idea? Ben, when a good doctor has been as closely involved with a patient as he has with you, his caring goes beyond the surgical repair of your face.
He's concerned with your morale, your adjustment.
That man.
Who is he? Do you know him? Which man, Ben? There were several who passed.
All I'm asking, Daddy, is that you change your mind.
- There's still time.
- You mean time for you to go with me.
Yes.
You know, if it is Steven, he obviously doesn't wanna come home or he wouldn't have given another name.
Whenever you two had disagreements in the past, I was the one who could get through to both of you.
Yes, I know that, darling.
I've always loved you for it, but look at it this way: I've refused to let my own hopes get too high about this.
I have to.
Now, I'm sure you'd like to have your son back.
Yeah.
Blake? There's somebody who insists on saying goodbye to you again.
Bye-bye, Danny.
- Daddy, you'll call as soon as possible.
- Yes.
Yes, I will.
It's chilly out there.
Don't come out to the car with me.
Bye.
Bye.
It's time for the babies' baths.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, you're getting heavy, Little Blake, you know that? Oh, look at me.
You'd never guess how happy I am.
Because it is Steven.
And he's coming home.
And we're all of us gonna be happy again.
Except, oh, Krystle What, Fallon? I know how you must feel.
I mean, you love Steven as much as anybody, but you've poured so much love into his son, and knowing that he might become yours in a matter of weeks Fallon, having a child means everything to me.
But having Steven back means even more.
- Hello, Mr.
Carrington.
- Tom.
Paul just arrived and we'll be ready for flight in about 1 5 minutes.
Good.
Thank you.
Don't bother getting out.
You're not coming with me this time.
This is my car, Blake.
I get in or out of it as I please.
I warned you last night.
It's taken every ounce of self-control that I have in me not to wring your neck for what you did to Jeff.
I didn't do anything to Jeff, and that is not why I'm here.
Then why are you here? I'm here to give you a warning, a very strong warning.
If he does turn out to be Steven, and if you dare try to poison his mind against me, you're going to regret it.
I haven't finished yet.
At this moment my people are out Iooking for those missing board members that you conveniently arranged to disappear.
But I'm going to find them, Blake.
And I'm gonna win.
Don't count on it, Alexis.
Don't count on a damned thing.
- Hello, Neal.
- Blake.
My plane arrived right on time.
How about that? I wouldn't expect anything less of Colorado's most esteemed congressman, and one who happens to own his own jet.
Well, life has been good to me.
Not to mention some of your constituents.
Neal Neal, when I phoned you last night, I told you that I had managed to delay Alexis' convening a meeting of the Denver-Carrington board of directors by getting a majority of those members out of town.
- And you only have one week's grace.
- Exactly, seven days.
Now, during that time, I want you to have contacted the right people in Washington.
It's imperative that we get the SEC to hold off on any consideration of a merger of my company and Colbyco until I can mount a court trial against Alexis.
That's going to be difficult.
Now, when you want something done, if you want it done badly enough, you'll get it done, Neal.
I understand.
Wait in the car, Bennett.
- Neal.
- Alexis.
Well, you look surprised to see me.
- I am.
- But not unpleasantly surprised.
No.
Never that.
Good.
Why don't I give you a lift in my car? We can go and have a drink.
Sorry, but I can't take you up on either offer.
All right, then why don't we just talk here? I saw you talking to Blake.
And I can imagine what he wanted.
Help, right? But you're not going to help him, are you? Because you didn't reach your position and title in life by placing your money on a lame, a very lame horse.
Alexis, I learned late in life, but not too late, that I must never ever get caught between you and Blake.
Oh, but you don't understand, Neal.
I'm going to win.
And you'll be on the winning side.
So.
Deal? No deal.
No way.
What a fool you are, Neal.
And what a fraud.
You know, this is the second time that you've let me down and for me, twice is enough.
Take me to the office, Bennett.
Hello, Mr.
Hess? It's Alexis Colby.
I have another little job for you, Mr.
Hess.
Oh, no, no, no, it's not about Mark Jennings this time.
The subject's name is Congressman Neal McVane.
I want you to dig up every bit of filth you can find on him.
And I happen to know there's a lot.
You see Mr.
Hess, he's running for reelection, and your job is to help me see that he loses.
Bye.
How are you feeling? Better, thanks.
Every day a little bit better.
Good.
Guess you've been trying to figure it out.
You mean, what made me sick in the first place? What it was that was poisoning you.
Well, I try not to think about it, Fallon.
Because I feel that nobody's ever gonna find out about it.
And whatever it was, wherever it happened, it's over.
So now, Jeff Colby's back to his same old unexciting self again.
Jeff, please.
Don't put yourself down.
Is that what I did? I thought I was just making a statement.
One that you would buy easily.
Well, I don't buy it.
Don't you? No.
Not for a minute.
Jeff, if I'd been some other woman out there, I'd probably have felt differently about you all these years.
But I'm me.
Probably unluckily for me.
Do you know what I'm trying to say? Not really.
One of these days you're gonna meet a very lucky woman who's gonna find you very exciting.
You know, Fallon, I think you would be a great novelist.
You have a way with good-for-the-moment words.
Come on, Jeff.
Let's be friends.
I mean, that's what we've always been.
I wanna be your friend.
Okay? Okay.
Well, listen, and another thing, I don't want you to rush into any plans about moving out of the house.
Well, I don't think I exactly belong here, Fallon.
Why not? I'm comfortable with you here.
I want you to be as comfortable.
Especially with Little Blake.
And while you're convalescing, you'll have more time to spend with him.
You said it once yourself, and you were right: A baby should have a mother and a father.
And even though we're divorced, he's not gonna know the difference, as brilliant as we both know our son is.
I've said this to you before, but I feel I should say it again.
I'm sorry about what happened.
I never meant to hurt you.
You were very sick.
Well.
Thank God that's in the past.
Get on with my life now.
Yes, Mother, I know you asked me to find those board members by today.
- I didn't ask, Adam.
I ordered.
- Yes.
And I'm working on it.
Sam Dexter.
Where is he? Have you located him yet? He's on a chartered fishing boat somewhere in the Bahamas.
When they zero in on exactly which boat, I'll send him a radio message telling him about the board meeting.
Just as the others will be notified as soon as they're located, which they will be.
Well, they better be.
What a wonderful homecoming gift that's going to be for Blake when he gets back with my son.
My other son.
Mother, you seem certain this man in Singapore is Steven.
Oh, I am, Adam.
Something in my heart tells me that he is.
Just as something told me, here in this office that afternoon, that you were Adam.
My two sons.
Back in my life again and with a powerful and new empire to share with them.
From what I understood, Steven had no interest in the executive side of the business.
Well, of course he didn't, because it meant going to work for your father.
Coming in with me is something entirely different.
You see, Steven had gravitated to me until his father ruined everything and drove him away.
I understood him.
His perversion, you mean? His lifestyle is his own affair.
I'm talking about his sensitivity and his decency, his capacity for love, and for people.
Jeff, come in.
- I see you've redecorated the office.
- Oh, yes.
Do you like it? - Not particularly.
- Well, the colour was wrong for Mother.
Now, was it? Yes.
After all, this is the office that Cecil hoped that I would occupy one day.
Oh, save it, Alexis.
I'm not here to talk about offices.
- Jeff, would you like a cup of coffee? - No.
Jeff, should you be out and about so soon? Oh, you mean, why am I here? To fix a mistake.
My mistake.
I was wrong signing that document giving you control of my son's shares of Denver-Carrington along with my shares of Colbyco.
And I want them back.
But, Jeff, everything's already in the works.
And you more than anyone should realise that you did a very wise thing when you signed over control to me when you're not that well.
Meanwhile, I've been talking to the SEC about the merger between Colbyco and Denver-Carrington.
We are going to be a huge and formidable company.
We're going to rule the roost.
We're gonna be kings of the heap.
And dethrone Blake.
That's what you want more than anything in life, isn't it? What I really want, Jeff, is for you to believe this: That I am only thinking of you and your best interests.
After all, you were Cecil's nephew, you still own half of Colbyco.
All you have given me is the right to deal for you while you're away, getting better.
And for dessert Are you ready for dessert, if not, for coffee? Adam is working on a deal that is going to bring us millions in leases in the Far East.
And when did this happen? I've been working on it for weeks.
In fact, Kirby and I are driving down to Colorado Springs this afternoon for a conference.
Kirby? What does she have to do with this? Well, the people we're dealing with speak only French.
And can you think of a better translator than our lovely Sorbonne runaway? But, Jeff, I promised.
- Don't you understand? - Kirby, I do understand.
Now, Adam is a shark.
He's a killer.
You have to know that.
Well, whatever he is, I appreciate your concern, I really do, but I agreed to do it for him, just this once.
So don't worry, okay? What time are you leaving? He's picking me up soon.
It's only a short drive.
I'll be back by tonight.
And don't worry about your son.
Jeanette's agreed to take care of the babies till I get back.
Thank you for caring.
I do care.
A lot.
Yes, Mrs.
Carrington is in the solarium.
Thank you.
"And what brings you by?" she asks.
Oh, hello, Mark.
What does? Just these.
Legal papers I got from my lawyer about our divorce.
Look them over, sign them, mail them back to him, and that's it.
There you go.
You always wanted a baby, Krystle, I'm happy for you that you finally have one.
Well, he may not be mine for very long.
How did you know about the adoption? Did Fallon tell you? Yes, as a matter of fact, she did.
I saw you two together the morning she came back from Haiti.
Well, go on, Krystle.
You have something more to say, don't you? Like, "Don't hurt her, Mark.
She's had a rough time.
She's a nice girl.
"' That and That I don't think she's ever known anybody quite like you.
Me being what you think I am.
Like I know you can be.
Well, these aren't quite Brooks Brothers.
Translation: Two guys who used to make some of my clothes.
The hospital gave me these.
I trust they'll be on the bill.
Ben, I did as you asked.
I found you a travel bag.
For which I thanked you, Sister Agnes.
I won't say I'll convert for you, but I sure do thank you.
Isn't the bag proof enough that no one is trying to keep you here against your will? Ben, you are Dr.
Chen's patient and he hasn't returned yet.
And what I said about waiting till tonight to check out? Well, now it's tonight.
- So Dr.
Chen or not, I'm going.
- So it seems.
What's the rush, Ben? Because I owe the hospital a big hunk of money, doctor.
Because I'm well now.
And because seeing how many oil companies there are here in Singapore, the sooner I can get a job with one of them, the sooner I can start paying off my debts, and get on with my life.
I must forbid you to leave right now.
You can't forbid anything.
I'm going.
And jeopardise my position here? Is that what you want? What are you talking about? Dr.
Liu, my superior, has been in Hong Kong.
He's returning early tomorrow to review the work I've done on your face.
But if you leave-- Ben, stay until he comes back.
Please, Ben.
Steven, that vase is worth a fortune.
How much, Dad? Half a million? More than that? As much as Ted Dinard's life? My God, are we back to that again? I told you, it was an accident.
Well, my love for him wasn't.
It was decent and honourable, but you wouldn't accept that.
You had to make me over to fit your image of a Carrington.
- I wanted you to be a man.
- I am.
Just not your kind.
I tried to live a lie to please you.
Well, from now on, I'm living my life my way.
I'm a homosexual, Dad.
I'm gay.
I want you to face that.
Your son Steven is gay.
May I get you a drink, Mr.
Carrington? No, thank you.
By the way, do you know whether we've made up the delay to Singapore? Yes, we have.
We will be arriving on time.
- Good.
- Is someone meeting you there? I hope so.
I hope so.
These look good enough to eat.
I told Frank just a whisper of vermouth in your martini, Mrs.
Colby.
Excellent.
Thank you, Dean.
So soon Blake's going to be in Singapore with Steven, and then Steven will be back with us again.
There's been far too much separation in this family recently, but I'm gonna change all that.
First, I want Steven and Adam to become good friends.
And second, you want me to help see that they become good friends, pave the way? Yes.
As it were.
Well, as it is, Mother, I don't think you should be concerned about Adam fitting into all this.
- And-- - And what? Well, I just don't want you to leave yourself open for a broken heart.
Fallon, Steven's alive.
So don't start.
Mother, you know what Daddy went through when he said Steven was alive.
It nearly wiped him out.
We nearly almost lost him, emotionally.
We, being Krystle and you.
We, being everybody who cares for Daddy.
Fallon, admit in your heart that you know what I'm talking about.
Hello, Mrs.
Colby.
Nice to see you.
Well, it's good to see you.
Why so formal, Mark? Alexis.
I'll talk to you later, Fallon.
Excuse the interruption.
Do his interruptions always make you smile, Fallon? What? Well, he came into the room and you started smiling.
A very special smile, and you're still smiling.
Part of that's for you, Mother, for getting him to come to Denver in the first place.
Well, I know that manoeuvre was intended to hurt Krystle, but what happened was you really brought me a friend.
Did l? Well, why don't you fill me in on this new and very interesting friendship? Well, it's short and sweet, literally.
When I went to Haiti, Mark followed me there.
And he stayed with me the whole time I was there, when I truly needed a friend.
Sweet.
I don't think there's anything particularly sweet about you having a thing with a tennis pro.
Well, Mother, you may not believe this, but I didn't have a thing with him.
I mean, unless having a nice time, talking with a nice guy is a thing in your book.
Well, when I do write my book, Fallon, I'll make sure to give that an extra special chapter.
Mother, I have to go see a room I just redecorated.
Oh, all right.
Do you mind if I use your phone? - I have to call the office.
- Of course not.
Go ahead.
- Bye.
- Bye, Fallon.
Hello? I'd like to speak to Mark Jennings, please.
Oh, he's left? Alone? No, no.
No message.
I'll talk to him later, personally.
Hi there, little fella.
You got a frown tonight.
What's the matter? Do you miss Kirby? Well, I'll let you in on something.
Between us guys, so do l.
She's pretty, isn't she? You bet she is.
Well, as it should be.
A father having a man-to-man talk with his son.
I came in to check up on Danny.
Krystle.
I remember one evening, you and me, in here, talking about first love and recovery.
Do you remember? Yes, I remember.
And I told you I'd just about reached rock bottom with Fallon, and I didn't wanna hear what you had to say about loving more than one person in a lifetime.
Jeff, are you trying to tell me you've found someone else? Just that you're a very wise lady.
And what wise ladies tell you, you should listen to and believe.
Kirby? What's the matter? Why are we here? I took the back road as a shortcut to get you home sooner and the car broke down.
I'm sorry, Kirby.
Luckily, we're near this motel and we just coasted in.
Cars can be fixed.
Sure they can, in more civilised spots than this.
I checked with the manager, there's not an overnight garage for miles and you can't rent a car here.
- I have to call the house.
- It's been taken care of.
I phoned and explained, so no one's worried.
Now, the motel has two rooms available, and I've rented both of them for the night.
Now, I know it's not La Mirage or the Brown Palace, but it beats freezing in the car.
And I did say two rooms, Kirby.
Carrington residence.
Hello? Papa? Kirby, where are you calling from? Haven't you heard from--? Heard what? From whom? Papa, I wanna speak to Jeff.
You didn't answer me, young lady.
I asked you a question, not Jeff.
Joseph, who's on the phone? My daughter.
- Well, is there anything wrong? - I'm not sure.
Do you mind if I speak to her? Kirby, it's Jeff.
Oh, Jeff.
I need you.
I really need you.
Air Malacca passengers, Liz paging.
Please return to the ticket counter.
Hello? Blake.
Yes, darling.
Good morning.
Singapore.
I just arrived and I thought I'd say hello before I took a car out to the hospital.
Krystle, is something wrong? No, I'm just confused.
Is it yesterday morning there or tomorrow morning? It's tomorrow.
And you know something? I love you even more tomorrow than I did yesterday.
I love you too, darling, whatever time it is or wherever.
You must be tired.
Yes.
Yes, I am, but I'm sort of keyed up.
And hopeful.
Well, I'm not building up my hopes too much.
I can't.
Not again.
I know, darling.
I know.
Hello, can you tell me exactly when Dr.
Liu is expected from Hong Kong? Not for a week.
I see.
Thank you.
Are you interested in this? In what? In my equation of the two of us.
Two very superior people who deserve more than life has given them.
I'm not complaining.
Oh, no? Stand back sometime and look at yourself.
Your body language when you're playing nanny.
Your eyes when you look into the Carrington dining room, see all the royalty dining.
With your father standing nearby, supervising the other help.
Because that's all he is, Kirby.
Just as you are.
Kirby Anders, who should've had everything.
But, who through an accident of birth, was born downstairs instead of upstairs.
Just like me.
Adam Carrington.
Born upstairs.
But robbed of what was mine.
Had to go through all those years deprived what was my due.
Deprived? That woman in Montana who said she was your grandmother sent you to Yale.
Where I waited on tables.
Serving supper to the rich kids.
So you see, I was help too.
Just like you.
Well, I've had quite a day.
And I'm really exhausted, so, why don't you bring the wine back to your room, and we'll meet again in the morning.
One thing about a Yalie, he never leaves a lady in the middle of dinner.
Now, you've hardly touched yours.
That's a paraphrase of Etiquette Three, I got top honours.
I think you've had enough of that.
Enough of the jug, maybe.
But being with thou, never being with thou.
Adam, I told you I'm tired-- I am getting kind of weary of your attitude.
- Sick of it, in fact.
Angered by it.
- What is the matter with you? - Why can't you--? - Why can't I what? Retire for the night happily? I can't do that, Kirby.
I've sat here with you and I've talked with you, and I've poured out my heart to you.
I've revealed more to you of my inner feelings than anyone else in this spinning Earth of ours.
Because you and I are alike and we belong together.
But instead of trying to understand me, you're playing some kind of stupid game.
The hard-to-get special.
Well, doesn't exactly suit the girl I once knew, once knew very well, and that she wasn't all that hard to get.
Stop it, Adam.
Stop it.
Stop it.
Adam, stop it! Adam, get your hands off of me! - Please, Adam.
- Kirby, it's me, Jeff.
- Please.
- Kirby.
Lo, the iceman cometh to rescue his shivering icicle.
You phoned the house, didn't you, Kirby? Well, I should've known you couldn't wait to get back into domestic harness.
Because if one is born with the soul of a nursemaid, then one's duty first and foremost is to one's charges.
Get out of here.
You're welcome to her, Jeff.
Somebody has to look after the dirty diapers.
You were right.
I shouldn't have gone with him.
Oh, God, what's the matter with me? Does every man think that I am so easy? Oh, no, no.
This man doesn't think so.
He thinks that you're beautiful and loving and giving.
And he wishes you'd stop crying and look up at him.
I can't.
And I'd like to see your eyes when I ask you to marry me.
- There he is, Mr.
Carrington.
- Oh, thank you, doctor.
- Hello, Dan.
- Mr.
Carrington, good to see you.
- He's down here.
- Thank you very much for waiting in Singapore till I arrived.
I appreciate it.
Well, let's just say that I remember what you went through there in Bali.
How you never once gave in to the thought that your son was dead.
And now, it looks like you were right.
And if the boy in that room is your son, that's gotta be the-- You said "if.
"' Don't you know if he's my son or not? I mean, haven't you questioned him? Well, he claims to be Ben Reynolds.
To tell you the truth, I couldn't make a positive identification of either of them.
Especially now.
You see, this boy's face had been altered by surgery.
And then too, I only met him once.
But I remember Reynolds having dark hair.
And this kid's a blond.
Well, my son is blond.
Why didn't you question him? Well, when I saw him, he was asleep.
And Dr.
Chen thought it might be a good idea if I kept out of sight, just in case it was your son, because if he saw me and recognised me, he might've taken off before you got here.
We've had our differences in the past, but that's behind us.
- Good.
- Doctor, I'd like to see him now.
Of course.
Empty.
He was here less than ten minutes ago.
Hello, get me the gate.
This is Dr.
Chen.
If you see a young man, blond, with a suitcase, he is not to leave the grounds.
Right.
Look, I've got nothing to say to either Dr.
Chen or this other man.
Dr.
Chen insists.
Now, he's waiting for you over there.
Mr.
Cassidy, look, I don't know why you've come here-- Steven? Thank God, it is you.
I never believed in miracles.
Not until recently, but this is one of them.
The miracle of my son brought back to me.
Even though you've chosen to be someone else, it's a miracle.
Why didn't you just accept me as dead? Well, how could l? How could any of us? You want me to come home now.
Yes.
Yes, I do.
And Fallon, and Krystle, and your mother.
We all want you to come home.
Well, that's too bad for everybody then, isn't it? Because I don't wanna be a Carrington again.
I've broken with that family, Dad.
I've gone through hell and come out the other side.
There's nothing waiting for me back in Denver.
Nothing.
Steven, listen to me.
You can walk out on the rest of us, but can you walk out on your own child? What? Your own infant son.