Dynasty s04e24 Episode Script

Would you put me down? Put me down, Mark.
Oh, Mark.
You invited me here to see the view from your terrace.
So far, all l've seen is your bedroom.
Well, it had a window in it, didn't it? From where l stand, the view is just fine.
Come on, l promised you a terrace, and this is one man who always keeps his promises.
You sure do.
Boss is back a little early.
Mark, what are you doing? Just keeping casualties to a minimum.
- Go down the back elevator.
- Mark.
Come on, down the back elevator and out to the garage.
Here you go.
- Mark.
- Don't wory, l'll be in touch.
l had a rotten time at the party and then l find you standing on my doorstep.
You have a knack of late for turning a dreadful evening into a total disaster.
l'm not here to talk about your evening.
You are here unappreciated and uninvited, so would you please say what you have to say fast, and leave? Rashid Ahmed.
Is that fast enough? l know damn well you saw him in Hong Kong.
- l never laid eyes on him.
- You're lying.
Now, he's double-crossed me and you were part of it.
- How much did you pay him? - Nothing.
lf that's what you think, you're wrong, Blake.
Just as you were wrong when you accused me of poisoning Jeff.
You're always accusing me of manipulating and lying.
You never ever give me the benefit of the doubt.
So why don't you, for once in your life, believe me? Oh, Dex, you're so tense.
What? Well, you were in bed and you are now.
Still have your mind on Alexis Colby? You should have seen her.
She sweeps into the party, can't help but see me, and totally ignored me.
Nobody turns their back on me and gets away with it.
l wanna know evey move that lady makes.
Evey time she dials a phone, l wanna know who she's calling.
Understand? What about her love life, Dex? - You wanna know about her love life? - l don't give a damn about her love life.
Really? You know, you can pay me a double salay to spy on Alexis Colby during the day, that's fine.
But at night, when you're in my bed, l want you to be with me, not her.
l just wanna have some more fun.
l always feel like we take her to bed with us.
You wanna know something, Dex? lt's not fun anymore.
Okay.
lf it's real fun you want, let's start right here.
So with the world press looking on, Ahmed claims that Daddy's didn't go for oil leases at all.
That's terrible.
He could lose eveything.
- Thank you.
- He could, but he won't.
Thank you.
He deserves better than that, Fallon.
He'll be all right.
We all will.
Cheers.
You look terrific.
What's your secret? No secret.
Things have a way of working out, that's all.
Let me guess: Jeff asked you to mary him and you accepted.
Yes.
You missed the family announcement tonight.
l guess l've missed a lot in my life, haven't l? Kirby, there was no easy way for me to tell you about Jeff and me.
Fact remains we're going to have an engagement party at La Mirage and the wedding here at the house.
l'm vey happy.
Just like l'd like you to be.
Well, l couldn't be happier for you.
Congratulations.
l guess things have worked out for both of us perfectly.
Excuse me.
- Who is it? - Adam.
Hi.
l thought all of the Carringtons were busy tying to save the family fortune.
What did you do, give up? We've only just begun.
Blake and l are taking an early flight to San Francisco in the morning and then on to the Far East.
When will you be back? ln time to get a licence and make plans for a quiet wedding.
When? A few days? A week? Well, that all depends on what Blake and l find when we get there.
Kirby, when l'm gone, why don't you take the time to think about us, and our future, and babies.
Time-- Time to do what l have to do.
There's time for eveything now.
Here we are.
What the doctor ordered.
Thanks, doc.
How are you feeling, darling? Great.
Sory about tonight.
l shouldn't have put you through all that.
All those reporter's questions and the tension and the frustration.
l can handle it.
Darling, be careful.
Ahmed doesn't play by the same rules you do.
Well, this time, Mr.
Ahmed is not gonna find it so easy to slither away.
All the credibility is on my side.
l've got signed contracts from a legitimate government.
There was no politics, there was no arms deal.
He knows that.
So does Alexis.
Yes, so does Alexis.
Alexis.
- Alexis.
- What is it? For God's sake, what are you babbling on about? You're drunk.
To Alexis Colby, the woman who topples empires.
Enioy the champagne, Mark.
l'll deduct it from your salay.
Deduct? You're going to give me a vey healthy raise.
Am l indeed? You know, when it comes to lying, you are strictly world-class, lady.
Thank you.
When l heard you tell Carrington that you had never laid eyes on Rashid Ahmed in Hong Kong, l damn near fell off the terrace in laughter.
Too bad you didn't.
We share a secret, Alexis.
Do we? You see, l was in the next room when l heard you offer Ahmed to blow the Carrington oil-lease deal.
- Is there more? - There is.
You've made a lot of enemies, Alexis.
Most of them you've flattened like a bulldozer, but Carrington isn't your typical enemy, is he? l wonder what he would say if he knew what your part was in this scheme.
l think he would break you into so many pieces that nobody could ever put you back together again.
All right, Mark.
Just exactly how much is this going to cost me? We should be in San Francisco in about an hour.
Which gives us half an hour to make the connecting flight to Hong Kong.
Don't wory, father, eveything's been taken care of.
Mr.
Carrington, we've reached Mr.
Cunningham in Hong Kong.
- He's on the line now.
- Good.
Thank you.
Hello, Earl.
Any word on Ahmed? We're still searching, but so far, no luck, Blake.
l want him tracked down.
Do you understand that? l don't care if it takes the entire police force, do it.
l want him found before he has a chance to leave Hong Kong.
ls that clear? Yes, sir.
Perfectly clear.
l'll phone you when l get in.
This is a tough one, isn't it? Have you ever lost a fight, Father? Quite a few.
But l've come back to win the bigger ones.
l admire that.
l also admire the fact that you didn't go for Alexis' throat.
lf she double-crossed me, l'm not sure l could have taken it the way you did.
l learned a lesson a long time ago, Adam.
Before you take aim and fire, you'd better be vey, vey sure you've got the right target.
l can't think of a more obvious target than Mother.
Well, that's iust the point, it's too obvious.
Perhaps for the first time in her life, she's been telling the truth.
You can't be serious.
Ahmed had plenty of reasons on his own to do what he did to me.
Once, he sent his brother, Farouk, to sell me on an oil deal, and l had him thrown out of the office.
They both swore that they'd get even someday.
Maybe they have.
Maybe l never should have gone into this deal with Ahmed.
l can't agree, Father.
These oil leases are important, not just to our county, but to the world.
The world needs this oil.
And you're the one man l know who could deliver it.
ln any case, l got myself into this.
l'm damn well going to get myself out.
Claudia, hi.
Hi, Steven.
l tried calling you a few minutes ago.
l was wíth the dístríct attorney.
You have to meet me at hís o_íce.
The district attorney? Why? He needs a deposition from you against Morgan Hess.
Oh, God, Steven.
l thought l was finished with all that.
l thought it was behind me.
lt will be all behind you, but that's the way the law works.
Otherwise they can't charge the man.
All you have to do is meet me.
We'll settle it and it'll finally be over.
All right.
When? Toníght, l hope.
Okay.
Bye, darling.
- May l get you some toast? - Yeah, thanks, Helen.
l couldn't help hearing you on the phone.
Something about the district attorney? lt's iust something that Steven and l have to deal with.
Actually, l'm really glad that l caught you alone, Kirby.
It's about Fallon.
And l wanted to make sure that she was out of the house.
Why? That l thought it would be a terrific idea if the two of us gave her a surprise wedding shower.
That's your terrific idea? A shower for Fallon? Yes.
What could we possibly give her? She already has eveything.
How about love? Even a Carrington needs that.
Look, Kirby, l know that it hasn't been easy for you.
Claudia, you have no idea how hard these past few weeks have been.
And l'm not a Carrington yet, l may never be.
So maybe you ought to give her the shower by yourself.
lt was my understanding that you had completed your interview with my husband for World fínance.
Well, l thought so too, until l saw the news last night.
And then l realised l'd been told half the stoy.
The wrong half.
lf you're insinuating that my husband-- l never insinuate.
The interview Mr.
Carrington gave me is now useless.
You see, World fínance doesn't print lies.
''Question: What are the political ramifications of the China Sea deal, Mr.
Carrington? Answer: l believe there will be increased stability among the conflicting countries in that area.
We're aware that historically there's been friction and we feel this oil deal will create greater harmony.
'' That still holds true.
There was no arms deal.
Mrs.
Carrington, are you speaking as director of public relations for the company or as your husband's devoted wife? You're not interested in doing a profile on my husband.
You're here to do a hatchet job.
l call my shots as l see them.
And l suggest you leave.
We have nothing more to say to one another.
And l suggest you read World fínance next week, Mrs.
Carrington.
Your husband will still be the cover stoy.
But l-- l don't think you'll wanna clip it for his scrapbook.
Cheers, Mark.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
ls there something amusing you'd like to share with me, Jennings? How'd you get in here? The trade entrance.
l've had the occasion of using it before.
What do you want, McVane? We had an agreement, remember? Blackmail, Alexis, sharing the profits.
l've been waiting to hear from you.
Well, l told you l'd call you when l had something.
''Had something''? Why, you could get something on Alexis Colby in ten minutes if you put your mind to it.
McVane, l'm her bodyguard.
She doesn't include me in her private meetings.
When l get something on her, you'll be the first to know.
Good.
You know l lost eveything because of that woman.
But now l intend to get it back.
Career, Washington, eveything.
So, Jennings, please don't let me down.
Why don't you go down the way you came up, McVane? And the next time you wanna talk to me, don't do it here.
''Pay to Mark Jennings, Mr.
Jennings, eveything has been processed.
- Here you are.
- Thanks.
Feels great.
Better than a tennis racket.
Yes, l'm sure.
l hope you'll consider putting a portion of it into a money market account or a certificate of deposit.
No, no.
l want it where l can get at it.
Thanks.
All right, l understand.
Glad to have you with us.
- Good to be here.
- Thank you.
Steven.
What's the problem? This.
lt's my study on the China Sea project.
The one l accused Adam of stealing.
lt was misfiled.
l owe my brother an apology.
There are worse things in this world than to apologise, Steven.
Not many, but a few.
That's not what's bothering me.
l think it was my interest in the project which convinced Adam to sell Blake on the China Sea deal in the first place.
And if it weren't for you, your father wouldn't be in this trouble, right? That's right.
Darling, we all get in trouble, but the strongest of us survive.
Well, even l can make a mistake.
No.
You? Yes, me.
Dex.
Well, l don't wanna say ''l told you so,'' but-- Then don't.
Darling, from now on, l want the day-to-day running of the Lex-Dex Corporation to be handled by you.
All right, l'll handle it.
You know, as much as l dislike Dex, l owe him an apology as well.
For thinking he was the one sending the violets and the cards to Claudia.
Steven, that's all behind us now.
What kills me is that a creep like Hess would choose Claudia to take his revenge out on you.
Forget Hess, Steven.
We all have enemies, and most of them do not play by the rules.
Maybe so, but you don't deserve that kind of treatment.
Someday, somebody will come along who will appreciate you for what you really are.
l can't wait to meet that man.
- See you soon.
- Yes.
- Yes? - Kírby Anders ís on Líne 1 , Mrs.
Colby.
All right.
Yes, Kirby.
What can l do for you? The offer you made me about the job in Paris, does it still stand? Yes, l told you the other day, it does.
Then let's talk about it.
Fine.
Why don't you meet me at my office in an hour? No, l can't make it in an hour.
All right, then come to my apartment tonight.
l'd rather come and get you.
We could go someplace private.
l don't want anyone in the family to know we're meeting.
Look, Kirby, l'm a vey busy woman and l have a-- Then forget ít, Alexís.
All right, how's tomorrow morning? l'll pick you up outside your apartment at 9.
You'll pick me up? All right, Kirby, l'll be there.
l see.
And when was that? Yes.
Yes.
Now l understand.
Thank you vey much.
Cunningham's office.
He should be here any minute.
And about time.
lt's not quite three hours we've been waiting for him.
l realise how frustrating this must be for you.
Getting things done is different in this part of the world.
l can handle a lot of things, but to have to sit here and wait all this time, not be able to do anything, not know where Ahmed is hiding out - Earl Cunningham.
- Adam Carrington.
Hello, Blake, sory l'm late.
Unavoidable.
- Well, how are you? - Fine.
Not much of a welcome this time to Hong Kong, l'm afraid.
What were you able to come up with? An answer.
But not one you're going to like.
What do you mean? A man answering Ahmed's description was last seen at a small airfield tying to buy his way onto a flight out.
And did he get out? Blake, there is a lot of red tape involved.
We're tying to cut through to get you an answer.
That means no retraction from Ahmed.
His stoy stands.
No, wait.
Not if we can get to the people that he represented in this deal.
All right, you find them.
l wanna meet with them and l want the truth out of them.
Blake, l don't know.
You have an international incident on your hands.
Getting to these people could be impossible.
Well, then you make it possible.
That government's got $1 OO million of my money and l am not leaving here without it.
Kirby, where are we going? Where is this? What are we doing in this part of town? This is my house.
Your house? l was born here.
My father killed himself here.
Now it belongs to me.
When you were married to Blake, you must have seen this house on at least one occasion.
When l was married to Blake, the servants came to my house, l didn't go to theirs.
J Well now's your chance.
We're going to talk, and this is where we're going to do it.
Feels so empty, doesn't it? lt's felt like this ever since my mother left and my father went to live in the mansion with you and Blake.
l wonder if he took that emptiness with him.
l haven't the slightest idea.
You were there.
Did he spend his nights alone in his room? Look, Kirby, l really don't want to talk about this.
Were his days empty? Did you notice? Did you care? Let's talk about Paris.
l have no intention of discussing your dead father.
Oh, yes, dead.
When did he die? Was it here? Or years ago, bowing and scraping to you? Look, this is absolutely ridiculous.
l don't have to answer to you any more than l have to answer for Joseph.
Then who do you have to answer to? There has to be someone somewhere to whom you're accountable.
l don't know you're talking about.
Now, l came here to talk about my job offer to you in Paris.
lf you don't wanna discuss that, then l'm leaving.
lf you've got something to sell, talk to her.
l'm not selling, l'm part of the neighbourhood watch.
There's nobody supposed to be living here.
After l saw the car outside, l thought l'd better check it out.
What are you doing here? How'd you get the key? l'm the owner.
You thinking about buying the place? Oh, my good man, you must be joking.
No, but you could do me an enormous favour.
lf you could show me the nearest phone, l'd like to call for a taxi, thank you.
- Mrs.
Colby.
- Yes, Douglas? Miss Kendall's waiting for you in your office.
She said she had a 1 O:OO appointment with you.
And l'm Jerome.
Well, Jerome, in the brief time that you may be working for me, no one is allowed in my office unless l give specific approval.
Mrs.
Colby.
Miss Kendall.
- Please sit down.
- Thank you.
l've been informed by an acquaintance that Blake Carrington's fired you and you're looking for another job.
As a matter of fact, l've been thinking of leaving for some time.
l suppose l should ask why you were fired.
But knowing my ex-husband and the inordinate value he places on his wife's limited talents, l'm not surprised he got rid of you.
Well, it was mutually agreed that l should leave.
Of course it was.
Mrs.
Colby, l'm not looking for just any job.
l'm vey talented.
And l admire your business sense, your position in the community.
l can't think of anybody that l'd rather work for.
l also happen to compete with Blake Carrington.
So if you're here to get revenge Okay, let's be honest.
Okay, let's.
That's why you're here, isn't it? Well, why don't we put it this way: l had access to Denver-Carrington's confidential files.
l know things that others, including you, do not.
Now, should you hire me, my loyalty would obviously go to Colbyco.
Miss Kendall people who have secre! ts to sell have only one loyalty, and that's to money.
Now, you're willing to sell out Blake Carrington.
What guarantee do l have, that given the opportunity, you wouldn't be willing to sell me out too? You know, l read where you once said, ''Life holds no guarantees.
'' You can relax, Dex.
l got the job.
- Mr.
Lin, pleasure to see you again.
- l'm honoured.
The last time we spoke was in Colorado Springs.
Yes, that's right.
Father, this is Mr.
Lin.
Mr.
Lin, Blake Carrington.
How do you do? Mr.
Lin is his government's trade representative.
- Won't you sit down? - Thank you, sir.
lt was vey kind of you, Mr.
Lin, to come here and meet with us.
lt was my pleasure.
Would you care for some tea or anything? Perhaps later, sir.
l understand, sir, that it was you who chose Rashid Ahmed to represent your government in our negotiations.
That is correct.
Mr.
Carrington, l assure you we had no idea Mr.
Ahmed would take such irresponsible and dangerous actions.
You do realise, of course, that if l had known that your government was considering arms purchases with my money that l would never have entered into that agreement.
But there were no arms purchases.
Our government has never considered such a thing as that.
We have no desire to initiate hostile action against our neighbours.
Good.
Now, if you would be kind enough to issue a statement immediately exposing Mr.
Ahmed's charges for what they are, outright lies, l would appreciate that vey much.
Mr.
Carrington, l can sympathise with your dilemma, but l'm not certain we can assist you.
l appreciate your sympathy, but l need more than that.
l need your government to refute Mr.
Ahmed's allegations.
Silence, sir, often proves to be a most effective weapon.
lf we say anything, my government feels that it would only serve to inflame an already dangerous situation.
But you don't understand, sir.
Your government's silence could cost my company to lose a great deal of money.
And what you don't understand, sir, is the way we operate in this part of the world.
All right, if l can't get to my oil leases, l want $100 million put back in my account by tomorrow.
Mr.
Carrington, your $1 OO million is now our $1 OO million, and already committed to proiects in our county.
We simply sold you the leases, we did not guarantee the protection.
Well, l feel so helpless here.
There must be something l can do.
There's nothing anyone can do, darling.
Just knowing that you'll be there when l return helps.
Lísten, we've got a plane to catch.
l'll see you tomorrow.
- l love you.
- l love you too, darlíng.
- Yes? - Mark Jenníngs ís here to see you.
Oh, send him in.
- Hello, Kystle.
- Hello, Mark.
l can remember when l could get to you without being announced.
What can l do for you? Why is it that evey time l see you, you're more beautiful than ever? Well, l think you're seeing me through a few drinks, that's why.
A 5ew.
Kystle, l've come to say goodbye.
Finish.
Game, set, match.
l've done it here.
So l wanted to say goodbye to the one lady that l've always loved and always will.
Don't wory.
You don't have to fight me out this time.
l iust want you to know, you're worth two of Blake Carrington.
- Mark - Kystle.
Two of Blake Carrington, 20 of me, and, where Alexis Colby is concerned, a world of her.
By the way, don't ever turn your back on that woman.
Oh, l found that out a long time ago.
l don't know if you know the half of it.
That witch has got weapons that she's never used.
And she's got perfect aim.
Why are you leaving, Mark? Does it have anything to do with Alexis? Oh, no.
She's a nuisance.
Hey, l'm on top of the world, kid.
l do know someone who'd like to push me off, but, don't wory, l don't push so easily.
Goodbye hug? You take care of yourself.
Don't wory.
l got eyes in the back of my head.
Where will you go? l've always liked New York.
lf wine had leaves and l could read them, l'd guess your thoughts weren't blank right now.
You couldn't sleep either, huh? Who needs sleep? Well, he's gonna need all the help he can get when he gets back.
With you on his side, how can he lose? l'm worried about you too, Jeff.
lf you hadn't forced Alexis to buy you out of Colbyco, swap all your shares for Denver-Carrington's-- Fallon, l would rather be at Denver-Carrington at $2 a share rather than Colbyco at a 1 50 a share any day.
Well, we can always hock my engagement ring.
Jeff, about the engagement party and the wedding And what about them? Well, the last time we ran off and got married with nothing but neon and plastic flowers.
So we were gonna do it differently this time.
l don't know if it would be right to go through with a wedding with eveything the way it is.
Fallon Carrington Colby Colby, as long as l've got you, eveything's all right.
Now, you iust go upstairs and dream your sweet little dreams and make up your guest list and just remember l love you.
l suppose you think that l'm responsible because l was the one who introduced Rashid Ahmed to your father in the first place.
Well, you didn't know he was going to pull a double-cross, did you? No, of course not.
Don't you remember? lt was Rashid who literally saved Blake's tankers for him once.
lt's probably revenge, don't you think? lt could be.
Blake accused Rashid's brother of tying to engineer Little Blake's kidnapping.
Falsely accused, l might add.
Well, whatever the reason, Mother, you could help.
- l? - You have contacts all over the world.
Find Ahmed and make him retract the statements.
Oh, darling, even my power has its limits.
But l'll tell you what l will do.
Since your father seems to be in a financial bind right now, l'm going to give you your engagement party and your wedding.
And when l do it, Denver will know it's been done.
You're home early.
l didn't expect you for another hour.
Wait till you see what l'm wearing tonight to celebrate.
What do you think? lt's fine.
- It's beautiful.
- Of course it is.
And it's gonna be worn by New York City's most famous new model.
Not many men have kept their promises to me, Ed.
But you're going to.
Samantha, will you listen to me for a minute? Things don't always turn out the way we want them to.
Cosmetics company's board met this afternoon.
To announce me as their new girl.
With all these crummy assignments you said that l'd make it big, that l'd be on top.
That you'd make it happen, and you have.
My own exclusive contract.
Honey They made an announcement, all right.
They are cancelling the whole campaign.
They can't.
- None of that is important.
- It is important.
We have a terrific arrangement, the two of us.
Oh, babe, with your body and that skin, it's only a matter of time.
lt was your campaign.
You could have fought for it.
There was nothing more l could do.
l tried.
Not hard enough.
You used me.
l was here at your beck and call.
l couldn't see any other man.
lt was always what you and your sleazy body wanted.
Let's see what that precious little wife of yours is gonna do when l tell her about us.
You little whore.
You're out of your league.
You'd better keep your mouth shut.
You have been brushing your hair for an hour.
Oh, have l? l have.
And l've been thinking.
l've been thinking about Matthew and the violets and the phone calls.
What if it's not over? What if it iust keeps going on and on? That's why you made the deposition against Morgan Hess at the DA's office, so that it won't go on and on.
But a trial? Sweetheart, they have a record of eveything that man did to you.
You won't have to testify.
Believe me, Morgan Hess will pay for what he did.
lt's over, Claudia.
lt's over.
- Hello? - Steven? It's Sammy Jo.
Sammy Jo.
Why are you calling so late? It must be That's early in New York.
You should know that.
What is it, Sammy Jo? Well, l was iust wondering how Danny was.
Danny's fine.
He's just fine.
That's terrific.
Eveything's terrific.
- Is it? - Of course.
l'm just about to sígn a fabulous modellíng contract.
So if Danny's fine, then life's terrific, right? Look, l'll be in touch.
Steven? She wanted to know how Danny was.
ln the middle of the night? Yeah.
She said she'd be in touch.
Why? l wonder what she wants.
Fallon, of course it's all right with us if you want your mother to be at your engagement party and your wedding.
But l insist on paying for both, not your mother paying.
But with eveything that's happening, are you sure you wanna throw your money away on--? On what? My daughter's happiness? Now, you might as well give in, Fallon.
You know he's going to win.
Are you, Daddy? l mean, the China Sea oil deal, are you going to win? Well l've been temporarily' derailed before, but have you ever known me not to get back on track and going faster than l was before? No, l haven't.
l'm sory l doubted you.
l'll never doubt you again.
l guess that means l'd better start working on my guest list.
l can read you better than Fallon, Blake.
- Do you have a plan? - Yes, indeed.
l developed that plan on the flight back from Hong Kong.
All the way back, all l was planning to do was to put my arms around you, hold you, and remind myself that no matter what happens, with you, l am the richest man alive.
- And it really doesn't matter what-- - Stop it, Blake.
Stop what? Stop treating me like a toy wife.
Now, l'm not only your wife, l'm your partner.
And l am big enough and strong enough to share the bad news as well as the good.
Now, what are you going to do? Now, darling, you've got enough to concern yourself with.
- So you don't have to get involved-- - Blake, l want to know.
What about Denver-Carrington? Evey dollar of that 1 OO million that l raised had a condition attached.
A time limit on the exploration.
lf l can't start the search for that oil before the time limit, the creditors can call in for their money.
Which means you have to find $1 OO million or lose Denver-Carrington.
And time is running out.