Dynasty s04e01 Episode Script

There's no water.
Kystle, we've got to get out of here.
We're all gonna die.
Get down where there's air to breathe.
Look out behind you.
God! We're gonna die.
Alexis! Alexis! Alexis.
Alexis.
Oh, my God.
Mark! Mark, we're over here.
Kystle.
Wait.
Alexis.
All right, get out of here, Kys.
Go on.
Kystle, the cabin door was locked from the outside.
Somebody deliberately set that fire.
- Good evening.
- Hello, Jeanette.
Jeanette, has there been any word from my father while we were out? No, but l really didn't expect there would be.
l didn't ask what you expected.
Well, it's his evening off, Kirby.
He must've said where he was going, when he would be back.
Doesn't he usually? Has your memoy suddenly--? Kirby.
Thank you, Jeanette.
l'm sory, Jeanette.
Sweetheart, are you gonna tell me what's wrong? You've been nervous and jumpy ever since we left Dr.
Winfield's office this afternoon.
With great news about my pregnancy.
lsn't it? - Isn't it great news, Kirby? - Yes.
Then what's wrong? What was wrong all during dinner? And why this need to talk to Joseph suddenly? He's my father.
l'm your husband and you can talk to me.
Now, is it something about the baby? Kirby, if you've never realised this before, please realise it now.
There's nothing in our lives you can't share with me.
- Will you stop hounding me? - l'm only tying-- Tying to find out what's wrong.
Nothing's wrong.
l'm fine, l'm iust a little nervous and jumpy like you said.
And even though l'm a Colby now, l'm still allowed.
l'm allowed, Jeff.
- Easy now.
- You've got Mrs.
Colby.
- Take it easy.
- l've got Mrs.
Carrington.
Now, clear.
Put Mrs.
Colby in Room Four.
- Is she all right? - Safe, she's vey safe.
Get X-ray down here.
Have X-ray standing by for a full radial scan.
Gerard told me that you were here.
Why? l thought we said eveything we had to say to each other at your apartment.
Not quite, Dad.
Not quite.
Well, l did, so-- Don't say end of discussion because it isn't.
Not on my part.
lt's late.
l've got work to do on this merger so you've got 5 minutes.
- This will take less than that.
- Good.
l wanted to tell you this before that scene you made in my apartment, so l'll tell you now.
Chris Deegan isn't moving out.
You see, he's my friend.
Friend? As in lover? As in friend.
Didn't you hear me? Yes, l heard you.
But considering your past histoy, am l supposed to believe you? Do or don't, l don't give a damn.
But get this, it's my life and my apartment.
And l want you to stay away from that apartment.
l don't want you coming around spying on me.
Spying? ls there another word for it? lf there is, tell me.
All right, l'll tell you this.
l went to your apartment with a gift.
A gift of Denver-Carrington stock.
Stock in my company for your son.
The same as l'd given to my other grandson.
But l didn't leave them with you.
And l don't intend to give them to you now.
Because what l walked in on makes me seriously doubt if you're fit to be trusted where Danny's interests are concerned.
He's my son.
Yes, and he's my grandson.
And l will not allow him to live in your house.
Your kind of a house.
This is not over between us, Steven.
You'll be hearing from me.
Hello? Yes, this is he.
Fire? Where? My God.
Were they burned? How serious is it, doctor? l'll be right there.
Nurse, Mrs.
Carrington's room, please.
- That's 603.
- Thank you.
Dr.
Stone to the Emergency Room.
What are you doing here? l'm here, okay? Look, Kystle doesn't want to see you, Carrington.
How do you know that? l know because l rode in the ambulance with her.
What were you doing out there in the first place? That's none of your business.
Get out of my way, damn it.
Mark? Help.
Listen.
Listen.
Oh, Blake.
There was a fire at the cabin.
But you're out of it now.
l wouldn't take the cheque.
l wouldn't.
Cheque? What cheque? Alexis.
For a million dollars, to get out of your life, she said.
What? l tried to leave but the door was locked.
We couldn't get out.
Locked? By whom? l don't know.
Well, the doctors say that hopefully l can take you home tomorrow.
And you'll forget all about it.
Home? No.
No.
No, l can't.
Oh, Kystle.
No, that's not where l live now.
La Mirage is a hotel.
You don't belong there.
l don't know where l belong.
You belong with me.
l thought l was gonna die.
lf l died in that fire, who would they have buried? l don't know who l am.
Well, l know.
You're the woman that l love.
You're the wonderful woman that l want to be my wife.
l have to know myself first.
Don't you understand? ls it Mark? - What? - Is it Mark? Do you want him again? ls that what you're tying to tell me? No.
You sure? Because his was the first name that you spoke when l walked in here.
He saved my life.
Pulled me out of the fire.
He saved your life? What was he doing up there on the first place? l'm sory.
You've been through a terrible ordeal.
This is no time to talk.
Now, you rest.
Rest.
There's time later.
My face.
Mother.
Mother.
What's happened to my face? - Give me a mirror.
- You're all right, believe me.
You're as beautiful as you ever were.
l want a mirror.
l want-- Oh, my head.
Steven.
What's wrong with me? You've had a concussion.
But you're going to be all right.
Oh, it hurts.
lt hurts to breathe.
lt's the smoke.
All the smoke you breathed in during the fire.
Fire? Oh, there was a fire.
What happened to Kystle? The doctor said she's going to be fine too.
Mother.
Fallon said Kystle was supposed to meet me at the cabin too.
Does that make any sense? Oh, Steven.
lt doesn't.
lt certainly doesn't.
lt's not important.
Ty to get some rest.
--call your servíce.
Dr.
Henhouse, call your servíce.
l just got the news.
- How is she? - She'll be all right.
She's in shock, she needs rest.
If l were you l wouldn't go in there.
Except you're not me, Steven.
Nurse, call 985.
Mother? l'm so happy to see you.
What a terrible experience you've been through.
Oh, it was, Adam.
lt was terrifying.
l know.
But you're all right now.
- Yes, l will be.
- l'm glad.
Are you, Adam? Yes.
You're alive.
Oh, those flames came from eveywhere.
lt was like an inferno.
The door was locked.
Deliberately locked from the outside.
Oh, my God! ''Oh, my God''? Does that really surprise you, Adam? Yes, of course, it surprises me.
Who would set a fire and then lock--? You think it was me, don't you? The will.
The talk we had about your will.
You said you were gonna cut me off and now you think You really think l'm the one who tried to kill you? After what you did to Jeff, l wouldn't put anything past you.
Don't you know me? Mother, eveything l've done, from the minute l came back into your life, has been for you.
To win your love.
To make you glad you found me.
And this is how you repay me? ls it? Hello, Adam.
- Father.
- How are you? lf you're not in a hury to get home, l'd like to buy you a drink.
Just to talk.
You see, right now, l could use a father.
A father? And a friend.
Not that common a phrase in this family, is it? Fathers and friends.
Yes, l'd like to have that drink with you.
Dr.
Jamíe, call 294.
What are you thinking? About what you said about needing a father.
Did you mean that? Yes, more than anything.
Why? lt's good, Adam.
For a man to be needed by at least one of his sons.
lt's vey good.
Mrs.
Colby? Yes? l'm Detective Lieutenant Fred Merrill.
l was here last night but you were in no condition to be questioned.
Questioned? l'm not the one you should be questioning, lieutenant.
Somebody tried to kill me last night.
Shouldn't you be tying to find that person? You know for a fact that they were only after you? Mrs.
Carrington was locked in there too.
Mrs.
Carrington does not own an empire.
That fire was deliberately set to get me.
l want you to tell me who you think might have wanted you-- Wasted.
ls that the expression you use? They use.
N, movies.
We usually just say dead.
Dead? Oh, well, you're vey direct.
l like that.
l'll be just as direct.
There are several twisted minds out there who hate me intensely.
For one, Congressman Neal McVane.
He's already made one aborted attempt to my life one night when l was alone in my office.
You reported that to the police? l'm reporting it to them now.
Why? Why would he want to? Well, l'm a vey rich and powerful woman.
And he wanted to antagonise me.
Betray me in business.
You said several.
Who else? Morgan Hess.
He's a sleazy, little private investigator who tried to get some money from me and threatened me when l refused to give it to him.
- And the others? - The others? lt's frightening to think how many people there are out there who hate me enough to want me dead.
Wait a minute, Daddy.
You're not getting away from us that fast.
Your grandson needs a good morning kiss.
Good morning, darling.
And, good morning to you, my little friend.
How's eveything at the hotel? The convention going well? lt is.
Vey unconventional.
People are actually having fun.
You're really making it work, Fallon.
l'm proud of you.
Thanks.
Hey, you know something? Little Blake is not so little anymore.
He's all ready for you, Sarah.
Take good care of my grandson.
Oh, Jeanette, has anyone heard from Joseph yet? - No, Mr.
Carrington, not yet.
- Oh, he'll be back soon.
There's a whole new stack of menus to check.
And he still doesn't trust Mrs.
Gunnerson.
Daddy, l just spoke with Kystle.
She asked me to bring her some things over from La Mirage.
She's gonna be returning to the hotel this afternoon.
Don't you think it's time you tried to convince her to come back here? - Come on now, you stay out of this.
- Well, no, l won't.
l don't mind the extra clients but this is ridiculous.
Now look, darling, l love you being concerned about me-- Daddy, let me finish.
You know you want her more than anything in the world.
You know that.
They're still redecorating the dining room.
l had breakfast in my room again.
l just want another cup of coffee.
Now, excuse me, l have to go.
l think maybe you're leaving because l'm here, right, Kirby? - Look, Fallon, l-- - No, let's face this right now.
Evey time l pass you in the hallway, you look right through me.
What is it, Kirby? l think it's because we're all living in the same house.
Look, if l still wanted Jeff l wouldn't have divorced him' .
lt doesn't have anything to do with that.
l'm not feeling well.
It's the baby.
Well, what are you worried about? You're gonna have a beautiful, healthy baby.
You two guys can't lose.
Excuse me, l have to go.
- Morning, Christine.
- Good morning, Mr.
Carrington.
- Thank you.
- A Lieutenant Merrill is waiting in your office.
Thank you, Heny.
No coffee for me.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Well, lieutenant, what can l do for you? Our paths have crossed before.
l was at your house the night of the incident with that friend of your son, Ted Dinard.
Yes.
Yes, l remember vey well.
Well, obviously, this has nothing to do with Ted Dinard.
What is it you're after? l'd like you to tell me what you know about the fire last night.
The fire that almost killed your first wife and the presently estranged Mrs.
Carrington.
Well, l'm sory, l don't know anything at all about it.
You sure about that? Yes, l'm sure about that.
So if that's why you came here, l'm sory, but l've got a lot of work to do.
Mr.
Carrington, you may know more than you realise you do about what happened.
l told you once, l'll tell you again, l don't know anything about it.
So will you please leave? Or you'll call the cops? You're not amusing, lieutenant.
And you're not cooperating with me.
Look, l want to discuss suspects.
Enemies.
Anybody out there who might want to kill Alexis Colby.
And from what Mrs.
Colby told us, Congressman McVane-- lf you wanna know anything about McVane you should be questioning him, not me.
We'll get to him.
How about Morgan Hess? Who is he? Private investigator who worked a lot for Mrs.
Colby.
Never heard of him.
All right, then let's get down to somebody you have heard of.
And could speak for.
Who has a long histoy of antagonism, Iet's call it, towards Mrs.
Colby.
And a vey present problem with the lady.
A business merger he doesn't want.
You, Mr.
Carrington.
Well, l can tell by the way you're looking at me, l'm a wreck.
No, you look fine, Alexis.
l'm here to talk about business.
The doctors won't say how long they'll keep you.
So it's obvious you won't be running Colbyco until you've recovered completely.
Well, there's always the phone.
l know how to dial.
Well, Colbyco can't be run properly by telephone.
And l'm not letting Adam run it either.
What are you proposing? l'm not proposing, Alexis.
Stating.
ln spite of the fact l signed over control of my shares, l'm still co-owner of Colbyco.
And l want you to let your son know that as long as you're away, l'm the one who's gonna be running the show.
All right.
As soon as l see Adam, l'll make that clear to him.
Well l'm afraid that's not! good enough.
Adam Carrington, please.
- Yes? - Adam, ít's Alexís.
l'm feelíng a líttle better.
- Are you? - Yes.
Well enough to pass on an order.
And that order being? That Jeff, not you, but Jeff, will be running Colbyco until l return.
ls that understood? - Adam? - Yes.
Yes, Mother, clearly understood.
Satisfied? l am.
, You know, Jeff it's taken me some time to really understand Adam.
His strengths and his weaknesses.
But now that l do, l think l know how to keep him in line.
No.
No.
No.
Kirby.
Kirby.
Kirby.
You know it.
l know it.
The baby inside you is mine.
lt's mine.
l can't wait to throw that fact in Jeff's holy, oh, so holy face.
No, Adam, don't.
He's expecting his baby in eight months.
This one's coming in six.
How are you gonna explain that? Say it's premature? No, but l have to tell him at the right time and in the right way.
l love him.
l have to tell him.
Except you won't, will you? Neither will l.
As long as you and l take up where we let off.
- No.
- That night.
That unforgettable night for both of us.
Oh, Kirby, l want a thousand nights like that with you.
The two of us together making love.
- Deep, beautiful love.
- Let go, please.
Don't deny what l know.
You still want me.
- Admit it.
- No.
- Admit it, admit it, Kirby.
- No.
- Let go.
- Admit it.
Let go of me.
Please let go.
- Kirby? - Let go.
- Kirby, hey.
- Let go of me, please.
Come on, wake up, sweetheart.
Come on.
Come on.
lt was just a nightmare.
lt was only a nightmare.
What was it all about? l don't-- l don't know.
l don't know.
You said, ''Let go of me.
'' Who was holding you? l don't remember.
Kirby, if something is scaring you, Iet's talk about it.
l don't know what's wrong with me.
Jeff, l don't know.
Lie? What lie? You told me you didn't know Dr.
Edwards.
Fallon, l told you yesterday when you saw me with him that you misunderstood.
- Well, he knows a lot about you.
- Why not? Billings, Montana is not exactly Denver, or New York or Boston, where a guy can remain anonymous if a guy so chooses.
Well, let me help you.
lt's just like what happened to Jeff.
Chemical poisoning.
A man went berserk and you got him off by proving he'd been poisoned by mercuric oxide.
He's wrong, of course.
Oh, did you lose the case? You see, Fallon, my first case comes back to me now.
And it had nothing to do with chemicals.
The word is minerals.
- Minerals? - That's right.
An angy rancher sued to recover the mineral rights he'd been bilked out off by a copper consortium.
Well, Dr.
Edwards-- Fallon, Dr.
Edwards is a dotty, inept old man.
lf the woman l thought was my grandmother had been dying of anything but old age l would have called in somebody younger and smarter.
Fallon, look, you and l both know that l'm vey bright.
But chemisty is one talent l was spared.
l know nothing about mercuric oxide.
Or any other oxide.
You do believe me? You don't really think l tried to kill Jeff? Well, say you believe me, Fallon.
Because the implication of this is frightening.
lt's vey frightening.
l believe you, Adam.
l'm sory l brought it up.
But l don't understand, Adam.
Why should l deny something that's true about your first case? To help me out a bit.
Or is that asking too much? Help you out how? Once while l was talking to my mother at the office, l told an innocent lie.
Innocent business lie, let's call it, regarding my first big case.
l said it had to do with oil law.
And that l was somewhat unsure of myself but that l was sure l wanted to be valuable to her.
And maybe that was wrong.
But the point is, my sister, Fallon, is the one member of the family, who from the beginning has begrudged my coming into it.
Why? l don't know.
l probably never will but that's the way it is.
Anyway, all l'm asking you to do is to say that you were confused about my first case.
- Otherwise - Yes? Fallon would love to take a little white lie and make a federal case out of it and run to our mother with it.
So will you please help me out on this? But, Adam, you're asking me to tell a lie for you.
Dr.
Edwards, you helped me out once with my drug problem.
l've come a long way, thanks to you.
But l'm still tying to straighten out my life.
Please, help me out on this.
And l promise you, when you come back, you'll be really proud of me.
You see, it's vey important to me to become the man you always wanted me to be.
''Je_, Darlíng, forgíve me for not havíng the courage to tell you thís face-t_face.
'' May l come in, Kirby? Yes.
Jeanette.
Hasn't my father gotten back yet? No, dear.
But he's not expected until this evening.
And pregnant women should eat their lunch.
Jeanette.
How did Mrs.
Carrington Iose her baby? Kirby, that's nothing for us to talk about now.
l'm not superstitious.
l just wanna know.
How did it happen? Well, it was a time ago.
And an accident.
What kind of accident? A horse.
She was out riding one afternoon and she was thrown.
But nothing like that is ever going to happen to you.
You iust look forward to having your baby instead of worying so much about losing it.
Okay? Dr.
Edwards, are you checking out? That's right, Mrs.
Colby.
The convention won't be over until tomorrow but l've been called back home.
An emergency case.
Take them outside.
l must tell you, it's been a lovely stay.
Can l talk to you for a minute, doctor? Please, l-- l had a talk with Adam.
He said he never had anything to do with that chemical case you told me about.
Could that be true? Yes, it is.
Oh, forgive me.
l know you must be confused but an old man becomes confused at times too.
Well, l was thinking of another young attorney in Billings who handled that particular trial.
Nearly as brilliant as your brother but not quite.
Are you sure about all this? l am.
Now, l have a plane to catch so you'll have to excuse me.
Oh, nurse, can you tell me where l can find Mrs.
Colby? - Six-oh-five.
- Thank you.
How is Mrs.
Carrington doing this morning? Mrs.
Carrington's being released.
Mr.
Jennings is in there helping her with her things now.
Dr.
Yellíng, please call the operator.
Dr.
Yellíng, call the operator.
Put them over there, will you, nurse? Dr.
Yellíng, call the operator.
Blake.
How nice to see you.
You don't take no gracefully, do you, Alexis? Some people bring flowers and you barge in here with a scowl.
What do you want? You came by my office yesterday with an insane delusion that now that Kystle and l are separated that you could move back into my life.
After you couldn't buy Kystle off with your million dollars then you tried to get your miserable revenge by implying to the police that l was the one who set that fire.
- That's ridiculous.
- Is it? Not according to a certain cop, it isn't.
Merrill? He was pressuring me to name names.
So you just threw mine in, huh? Well, he already knew about our antagonism, as he calls it.
Right back to the time that l was forced to testify against you in your trial.
He knew all about the proposed merger too, l suppose? Yes, he did.
He's obviously into stocks.
After all, it's common gossip that you are opposing the merger.
Alexis, l thought that you might like to know that at the exact time that fire was started last night that l was at the house with Andrew Laird.
An airtight alibi.
What's your alibi? l beg your pardon? Maybe your tying to buy Kystle off is only half your plan.
Maybe, if she said no, that she was to be cremated by your hired killer when he got you out of the cabin.
Except he didn't get me out, did he? Because he didn't exist.
Then you're not in the clear, are you, Alexis? After Neal McVane tried to kill you, Now, if that unknown somebody didn't succeed last night, when does he ty again? l wonder what's taking the nurse so long.
When she gets you the release papers l'll drive you back to the hotel.
Oh, that's vey sweet, Mark, but l've already ordered a car.
What's wrong? lt just keeps hitting me how much your being alive matters to me.
You know, when l left you here Iast night, l broke down like a kid thinking of how close you came to dying.
And l would have if it haven't been for you.
Maybe God is giving me a second chance, Kystle.
Getting you out of that cabin was the least l owed you for the hell l put you through while we were married.
Mrs.
Carrington.
Hello, lieutenant.
Mr.
Jennings.
We've now thoroughly gone over the area around the cabin and there are no tyre tracks on the dirt road apart from the two women's and the ambulance.
Other than yours, Mr.
Jennings.
Well, that makes sense, lieutenant.
Does it? How? l'd say it's pretty obvious, wouldn't you? Whoever set that fire parked the car on the main road and came up on foot.
Why exactly were you there, Mr.
Jennings? l wanted to have a private conversation with Mrs.
Colby.
l'd overheard her on the phone earlier that she'd be there.
l see.
Well that's a vey conveni'ent explanation.
But l'm afraid the department doesn't buy it.
We've been checking you out.
We know that you had motive and opportunity.
So you're under arrest for arson and attempted murder.
- What? - You've been checking me out? Who put this motive stuff in your head? Blake Carrington? l asked you a question, damn it.
l want an answer.
Was it Carrington? We did have a conversation with Mr.
Carrington, among others.
Al, cuff him.
Put your hands behind your back, Mr.
Jennings.
No trouble, you hear? ''You have the right to remain silent.
Should you give up the right to remain silent anything you say will be used against you in a court of law You have the right to speak with an attorney.
You can have an attorney present during questioning.
lf you so desire and you cannot afford one an attorney will be appointed for you'' Blake, stop them.
For God's sake, stop them.
Mark saved my life.
Did he, Kystle? Or did he lose his nerve and then iust decided to save his own skin by playing the hero? The police did get that from you, didn't they? Blake, half the people in Denver have a motive for tying to destroy Alexis.
How can you label Mark Jennings a killer? l phoned down here half an hour ago.
How long does it take to get one horse ready? This horse is real bad-tempered, Mrs.
Colby.
He's too rough for you.
Why don't l saddle one of the mares instead.
l don't need advice from the groom.
This is the horse l asked for, Tony.
Thank you.
forgíve me, Je_.
forgíve me.