Melrose Place s05e02 Episode Script

You were exonerated, Peter.
They said you didn't do it.
Your wife's diaries-- I don't know about any diary.
I don't know what it said.
I know what I did.
I killed her, Amanda.
You keep saying that.
That's because it's what I did.
It's the only thing I could do.
The cancer was eating away at her.
After a while, the doctors just sent her home to die.
The hallway, the room the entire house smelled of death.
She was disappearing little by little, day by day.
When she could speak, it was always the Same plea.
She'd say to me, "help me, Peter.
Help me die.
" there was nothing i could do.
I knew it was time.
Truth is, it's probably the most compassionate thing I ever have or ever will do.
You must have loved her very much.
Hey! You son of a bitch.
Peter was exonerated in his wife's death years ago, and you knew it.
This is all just a pathetic ruse to get me to testify against him.
Apparently it almost worked.
Only the whole issue of Peter changing his identity is irrelevant to Bobby's death.
Absolutely irrelevant.
Even better: I don't need it anymore or your testimony.
You see, our case against your husband just got a lot stronger.
His only alibi, Kimberly Shaw, vanished from the hospital.
She chose to take off rather than clear your husband, which I'm afraid puts him back up the creek with nutty Dr.
Shaw holding his paddle.
(honking) (tires screeching) Kimberly! Kimberly! God, where have you been? You are in no condition to be out here.
Listen the police, they need your statement.
You're Peter's only hope, you know? Michael, I can't remember anything.
I don't remember being there with him.
I can't be his alibi.
Oh, what am I going to do? It's O.
K.
It doesn't Matter.
You're safe now.
I'm not going to let anything happen to you.
[knock on door.]
All right, all right.
I'm coming.
Give me a break.
I got a serious problem here, Sydney.
Jane's gone round the bend big time, and natch, she won't say one word to me-- All right, slow down, girl scout.
It's true, my sister has had her fair share of trauma lately, but I assure you that's all been cleared up.
Since last night? I don't understand.
Midnight, there's a blood-curdling scream coming from her bedroom, so I go down there and knock.
She says everything's fine, go away, then this morning she's back behind closed doors vacuuming.
Vacuuming? Yeah, for, like, two hours in a room that's all of, what, And if that's not weird enough, there's a locksmith down there changing the locks, and I ask her why.
She says, "go to work.
" what can I say? My sister gets weird sometimes.
Don't we all? I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
So I'll look into it and let you know what's up, O.
K.
? Sure.
That'd be great.
I appreciate it.
Ah, all done.
Your roommate's got the one key.
Here's the only other one.
Great.
I appreciate your coming on such short notice.
Oh, no problem.
Take care, now.
O.
K.
Good lord, who'd you kill now, twins? They're full of dirt, Syd, dirt I found in my bed last night.
I pull back the covers, and there it was.
Well, look on the bright side: at least it wasn't a horse's head.
Fine.
Make jokes.
But it's pretty damn obvious I'm not just imagining this.
He was in my apartment, Sydney.
He was here.
He being? Richard! Who else? He's not dead, and he's out there, and he's looking for revenge.
Jane, that is crazy.
We know he's dead.
You checked his pulse yourself.
We killed him, we buried him, and, thrill of thrills, we got away with it.
Yeah, well, someone put dirt in my bed, and if it wasn't Sam and it wasn't me and it wasn't you, then who was it? It was someone who saw us that night.
We heard a noise, didn't we, in the woods? Anyone could have seen us at Richard's, anywhere along the way.
But it wasn't Richard.
Fine.
Prove it.
O.
K.
I will.
We'll go there tonight after work.
We'll dig the creep up, worms and all.
You've got yourself a date.
Fine.
Fine.
[telephone rings.]
[ring.]
hello.
I couldn't sleep last night.
Alison, don't do this to me.
I can't help it.
I need you, Jake.
Oh, yeah? All right, to hell with it.
Secret relationship or no secret relationship, I'm coming right up.
Oh, hey, Jake, great timing.
Jake, meet Taylor.
Taylor, Jake.
Could you give us a hand? I'm moving all of Jo's stuff out of her apartment, and she's got tons of stuff.
She's from back east.
Uh, boston, right? Damn.
Oh, hey, there's Amanda.
That's our landlord.
Hey, Amanda.
I want you to meet Taylor, your newest tenant.
Taylor Mcbride.
But, Matt, you can't go around renting apartments.
There's applications and leases look, Amanda, Taylor's very cool.
I know she'll fit right in.
As for the lease, I've already signed it.
I'm sorry if we're springing this on you.
I know your husband Peter burns is in some sort of legal trouble? Well, obviously in his zeal Matt forgot one important rule that we require of our tenants.
Oh, and what is that? That they mind their own business.
I'll need that check as soon as possible.
I have an appointment.
[footsteps.]
Jake, there you are.
Are you ready for that ride to work? Oh, that's right.
You're taking me to Shooter's.
Um, Alison, meet our new neighbor Taylor.
Hi.
It's good to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Sorry, Matt.
Got inventory.
Billy.
Oh, my bike broke down.
She's giving me a ride.
Hey, Billy, I want you to meet Taylor.
She's moving into number 6.
Give us a hand, would you? Hi.
Hi.
[knock on door.]
where is she? Back there? Just hold on, will ya? I think we've all held on long enough.
Peter's preliminary hearing is in a few days.
Without Kimberly's testimony, he's finished.
O.
K.
, all right, all right.
She's in the bedroom, but she's sleeping, and I'm more than aware of our situation here.
I mean, our whole practice is crumbling, thanks to this.
Then why the drama at the hospital? Why are you hiding her here? She doesn't remember the dinner with Peter, and it's not more multiple personalities or anything like that.
She simply does not recall that night.
You got to understand, you know, she's fragile after the surgery.
Fragile? My butt.
Amanda get up, you crazy bitch.
What do you mean, you don't remember after we risked our lives saving you? I will make you remember.
Oh, please don't.
I just need time.
I'm trying.
I'm really trying.
Well, try harder.
You better jog her memory, and fast.
O.
K.
, but-- O.
K.
, we're going to start in I.
C.
U.
Late again, Fielding? What's that, twice this week? I'm sorry, doctor.
No name tag, no stethoscope.
Get yourself together, Fielding, then meet us in i.
C.
U.
Go! Oh.
Damn it.
Matt? What? You O.
K.
? Yeah.
I'm just, uh, I'm looking, uh-- there it is right in front of me.
Uh, and my stethoscope.
And, well, I, uh I better get back to rounds.
O.
K.
Don't.
Turn around.
You nut! Oh, you should've called me first.
Wanted to use that element of surprise thing.
I couldn't resist.
And before you say anything, andre is running the restaurant.
Look, if the only reason you came to Los Angeles is to shop, we do have stores in boston.
You know why I'm here.
Oh, space, a little time to yourself.
At first i bought that.
Now I don't.
All right, you caught me.
Aha.
The ulterior motive rears its ugly head.
I want us to expand into the L.
A.
Market, but I had to make sure it was right for us first.
We've always talked about expansion, right? Well, sure, yeah, in a couple of years.
Wouldn't Manhattan make more sense? Taylor, this is so unlike you to want to pull up roots.
Sweetheart I know it's not like me.
But I just felt this need to be more spontaneous for you and for our marriage.
Sure.
I'm telling you, Kyle, this city is so romantic.
The sun shines all the time, and the ocean, and the whole glamour thing.
It's so great.
Do you realize that we haven't spent this much time apart since we got married? Then you'll consider it? I'll consider it.
I hope we're writing all this stuff off.
Every cent.
Oh, that's good.
Are you sure this is the right place? I mean, all the fire roads look exactly alike.
Get the shovel.
Hurry up.
All right.
I knew it.
I was right.
Wait.
There's something down there.
"Looking for something? "I've got the body, girls.
"For $50,000 I'll keep your secret.
" Someone did see us that night, Jane.
It's not a ghost.
We're not cracking up.
No.
We're just being blackmailed.
Oh, hi.
Mmm, hey, morning, Syd.
Hey, thanks for talking to Jane.
She seems a lot better now.
Oh, great.
Listen, is she home? Yeah.
She's sleeping in, and she really needs hersleep.
Oh, that's all right, Sam.
Why don't you run along on those errands, I'll see you later at the shop.
O.
K.
Bye.
You picked a great time to adopt a new sister, Jane.
That is what's going on with old pixie-face, isn't it? The younger sister you always wished you had, but you still ended up with me? Sydney, we don't have time for this.
Where did you find this? Tucked into my morning paper.
"bring the 50,000 "to 2113 east first street at 10 p.
M.
"there's a back entrance.
Leave the money next to the door.
" I know that address.
It's right near the garment district.
They close up tight by 6:00.
Time out, Mata Hari.
Where in the world are we going to get that kind of money? Who says we need money? Well, isn't that a prerequisite to blackmail? No.
Not if we bring this along.
No, Jane, no.
We cannot, under any circumstances, get involved in any more foul play.
Jane, if someone were to get hurt, it would be our second strike in a three strikes state.
I don't care.
I can't take this anymore, living in fear this way.
I know, but we can't keep adding to the body count.
Fine.
You dummy up the money and find something to put it in.
I'll be in charge of no one getting hurt.
No slip-ups tonight, Sydney.
One way or another, we're ending this.
Matt: Michael? Michael.
"Down the hall in the copy room.
Sydney.
" Uh, Michael? Aah! God, Matt! God, you trying to kill me? What are you doing here? Sydney, um, uh, I'm just--I'm--I'm-- I'm looking for Michael, uh, you know, just medical school junk.
It's no big deal.
I'll talk to him later.
Are you O.
K.
? Cause if you don't mind my saying, you look god awful.
Well, you know, studying day and night.
But I see you've taken up counterfeiting, Syd.
That's really good, cause if you can't earn it, make it.
Oh, this.
It's just some funny money i was printing up for, um, a game that I invented.
See, it's a new hobby of mine, inventing games.
Really? Well, everybody loves a good game.
I'll see you later.
Yeah.
Except for the life and death variety kind.
The idea is to bombard Kimberly with as many details as we can about that night at the restaurant.
I had lamb, she had fish.
It was all small talk until after coffee, and then she confessed about the personality problem, then she ducked out.
Hey.
I know how important this is, but I don't get much time with you.
So do you think we can forget this for a second? I don't think they allow conjugal visits here.
What is it, hmm? You been all business since you got here.
In fact, you been that way for the last two days.
I want to know was your wife was Beth the love of your life? Amanda-- oh, I know it's childish and silly.
Yes, it is.
But you asked me what was wrong, and I'm telling you.
When you talked about her death, I--I felt your passion.
I was different then.
O.
K.
? I was naive, I was a kid.
And she was my wife, and I loved her.
So much so that after she died, I'd convinced myself that I could never love another woman as deeply.
Even the words, "I love you," were impossible for me to say.
You still didn't answer my question.
You know the answer.
No, I don't.
I know how you felt about her.
Amanda, don't you see? You taught me how to feel again.
How to love.
My feelings for Beth or anyone in my past don't touch the depth of my love for you.
Ahem.
What? I can't believe i made you say all that.
No.
Thank God you did.
I love you, Amanda, like no one else.
Made ahead of time.
Probably this morning.
The salad's the same deal.
It is drowning in bottled dressing.
The whole place is that way.
A false front hiding gross inadequacies.
You know, the chef is the former dishwasher who took over after the original chef quit because of a penny-pinching owner.
Been doing a little research.
It's for sale.
We could buy the partnership out for a song, Kyle.
Trendy neighborhood, fantastic kitchen.
I mean, look it.
They spent a fortune on redecorating.
Come on.
What do you say? I say that this is crazy.
I've been thinking about this all day long.
A spontaneous trip out here, that's one thing.
But to just pull up stakes so quickly i can't help but wonder if this has something to do with-- we agreed never to talk about that.
I'm just looking for some sort of explanation.
Well, maybe you're right.
Maybe what happened does have something to do with this.
Baby, I told you again and again, I love you.
I need a new start, Kyle.
And I think you do, too.
Now, if it makes you feel any better, we could put a time limit on it.
Say a year.
Meanwhile, the Boston restaurant, Andre can run it.
Hmm Sowhat are we going to call this new restaurant of ours? Kyle's, of course.
After its world-renowned chef.
And his beautifully intoxicating wife.
I'm going to start looking for an apartment tomorrow.
Something quiet and quaint with oodles of charm.
Make sure it has a pool.
Absolutely.
Baby, I promise, it's going to be our dream come true.
Cheers.
To Kyle's.
Matt: Hey, here you go.
Thanks.
I'll just wait if it's O.
K.
Uh, Mancini he's at Wilshire Memorial, isn't he? Yeah.
Yeah, and his own practice in Beverly Hills.
O.
K.
Just a second.
Oh, sir? Yeah, what? Is there a problem? No.
Just wanted to know if you minded generic.
Oh, generic.
Generic.
Generic's fine.
Very well, sir.
Be right back.
Alison? Be right out.
Wow, it's a great view from here.
Doesn't hold a candle to this one, I bet.
You'd win that bet.
Now, is it just me, or is all this sneaking around kind of fun? You're not going to get any complaints from me.
It is so weird living so close for so long, searching for a soul mate and he's right downstairs.
I want you to know that you are making me feel things I never thought i'd feel.
Well wouldlove be on that list? What do you think? I think brilliant minds think alike.
[gun cocks.]
Aah! Damn it, Sydney! Jane, watch where you point that thing! God, I thought we weren't going to do things this way anyway! Just stay out of the light and keep quiet! Shh! Someone's coming.
It's him.
Great.
Now we just follow him? Hold it right there, mister! Jane, don't! I've got a gun, damn it! She means it! Stop! Now drop the bag.
Reach for the sky! Oh, take what you want, but please, please don't kill me Sam? Jane? Sydney? What are you guys doing here? Us? What the heck are you doing here? Is that a real gun? Yeah.
Yeah.
We never leave home without it.
It's a bad neighborhood, don't you know? Well, really, Jane, if you were going to come down here and pick this stuff up, you should have told me.
The guy on the phone, he said that he was trying to get ahold of you all day and that I should come down and pick up the Samples-- he who? Did he leave his name? Did you recognize his voice? No.
He just said that he was from Lycee Clothing.
He was testing us.
The cards are on the table now.
I wish someone would tell me what's going on here.
It's nothing for you to worry about.
It's just a crooked buyer we've been dealing with.
It just got a little out of hand.
Right, Syd? Mm-hmm.
Here you go.
Melted butter and real syrup.
Just the way you like it.
Wow did you do this? Sam, these sketches are wonderful.
Yeah.
A degree in art and I waste it on doodles.
Someday, I'll put it to use, though.
Listen, if there's anything I can do, I mean, anything at all, I would love to.
Jane, look the breakfast and the compliments and everything, that's really nice, but I'm not buying the crooked buyer story.
You had a real gun last night.
What is going on around here? Sam, I'm going to do you a huge favor and not answer that question or any of your questions.
The less you know, the more you're protected.
Trust me.
Jane could we talk? Alone? I'll be right back.
Jane What? You've know me since birth, and you know I need my sleep, and I get weird without my sleep.
I haven't really been getting any.
See, I keep tossing and turning, trying to figure out what the heck are we going to do next? We're not going to do anything, Sydney.
As difficult as it is, we're just going to have to wait him out.
And if he was watching, there's a good chance the gun scared him off.
Unless, of course, he's buying his own gun, in which case, we should be buying flak jackets.
Sydney, calm down.
Yeah.
This from the woman who just a few days ago was screaming her fool head off over a pile of innocent dirt! Well, maybe it's that old adage about the tough getting tougher, or maybe I'm just scared to react any other way.
Either way, I don't want any arguments, understand? Understood.
Lunatics always do make the best leaders.
MussoliniHitler Amanda.
Don't call me, I'll call you.
No, I'm--I'm telling you, you got the wrong Alison.
No.
Alison Parker already has an apartment.
It's a really nice one, and you know what, she's very happy there.
Will you give me that? What are you doing? Hi, this is Alison Parker.
Yeah.
I'm sorry about that.
Um, no, no, no.
I do still want it.
It's month-to-month, right? O.
K.
, great.
O.
K.
, 6:00.
Thank you.
No way! You're not moving out? You? I mean, look, if Amanda is our landlord, I mean, heck, you're the den mother.
Will you keep it down? I don't want this to get out.
Not right away.
Alison, can I talk to you for a second? Sure.
You're not moving anywhere.
Jake, calm down.
This is the perfect temporary solution.
It's 3 blocks away on a month-to-month agreement, and we won't have to sneak around anymore.
And a couple of months down the road when the idea of our relationship is out and accepted, I'll move back into the building.
I mean, the whole idea was to keep from hurting Billy's feelings.
For you to go to all this trouble-- this is for both of us so we can be together whenever we want.
Well, I say we just tell Billy everything right now.
No! Because you know exactly what's gonna happen.
Our relationship won't be about us anymore.
It'll be about him.
I have thought about this, Jake.
Moving out is the best solution.
Damn it, Alison, this whole thing is taking over our lives.
Well, is this whole thing such a terrible thing? Well well that terrifies me, O.
K.
? That's probably what makes it so exciting.
You are impossible to argue with.
So quit arguing.
If we move fast, it's ours.
Now, I almost put a deposit down, but you had to like it first.
You know if it makes you happy, it makes me happy.
O.
K.
, well, then let me take care of everything: the lease, the payments, and we'll move in right away.
What do you say, hmm? Under one condition.
What? That we break it in properly.
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.
Hold the thought.
There's no room in our lives for any little Kyles right now.
I'll be right back.
Soall quiet on the blackmail front? Not a sound.
No more letters, no more phone calls.
Hmm.
Well, maybe you were right.
Maybe we scared him off.
[knock on door.]
Oh, what now? Delivery, Jane Mancini.
That's me.
Wow.
Hey, do you guys know what's in that? No, not a clue.
Sure weighs enough, though.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Have a good night.
You, too.
Bye-bye.
Jane, I'll tell you what it looks like.
A coffin.
Don't be ridiculous.
Aah! Oh, my god! It's a dummy, Syd.
The clothes.
Jane, look at the clothes.
Richard's.
[gasps.]
Blood stains.
They're Richard's clothes.
O.
K.
All right.
Just so we know, for the record, this is getting way too freaky for me.
Syd.
Oh, another note.
"Tomorrow, 9 P.
M.
, bring the money to the grave, or the body goes to the police.
" Oh.
Great.
Well, the guy's serious.
This is out of control.
I'll say.
What are we gonna do, Jane? I don't know.
I don't know anymore.
Hello.
It's me.
Are you O.
K.
? They had me on hold forever.
Peter? Yeah.
I'm here.
Well, I'm at Michael's, and it's going well with Kimberly.
She's being extremely cooperative, so as soon as she tells the story, you'll be off.
Keeping the faith, right? Keeping the faith? I'm in jail for something that I didn't do.
I'm kept from the woman that I love, the woman that I'm married to, who I get to spend about Peter, calm down.
Well, I can't calm down.
I'm locked up in this hellhole, and you and everybody else are telling me to keep the faith.
And Kimberly, no less! And Kimberly! You know, if that's my only hope, Amanda, well, then I'm as good as fried.
That's it.
Put the phone down.
This call's over.
It's over when I say it's over.
Peter.
Hang it up, smart mouth, now.
Peter.
Amanda, I gotta go.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Get off him! First and last month's rent, plus security.
Wow.
I love your apartment.
Your decorating's great.
Ooh, and it's a really good kitchen.
How come my place doesn't have any of this? Perhaps because you don't own the building.
I'd love to talk, but i've gotta get going.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Silly me.
I'll walk out with you.
Oh, I forgot my purse.
Make it quick.
[telephone rings.]
[answering machine turns on.]
Detective Wiley: Ms.
Woodward, this is Detective Wiley.
There was an accident last night at the jail.
Your husband Peter was hurt.
He's in the infirmary.
I'd suggest you get down here right away.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry.
I just heard the phone.
I'll handle it.
Detective wiley, please.
Yes, I'll hold.
Get out.
Hey, there you are.
What took so long? Nothing.
We were just chatting.
Oh.
You all right? Fine.
I'm great, actually, because she said we could move in right away, which means we have a thousand things to do.
Wait.
Come on.
Sam, let me ask you something.
Do you think that you could run the shop by yourself? Me? Oh, please.
Why? You're not going anywhere, are you? Well, as a Matter of fact, that's a distinct possibility.
Well, wouldn't Sydney be a more likely candidate for the job? Well, Sydney may be going away as well.
Uh, ahem Jane, could I talk to you in private a moment? Sure.
So going away? Where are we going, Jane? I'll assume after a speedy trial, prison.
[sighs.]
it's a confession.
The whole 9 yards, from rape to murder.
Even if we did have the money, which we don't, there's no guarantee this isn't gonna go on and on.
Sydney, stop it.
What are you doing? I'm saving our necks.
What does it look like? We don't have the money.
I can get 20 grand, O.
K.
? How? I saved up my 10% from Burns Mancini, plus an investment I made in a porno film.
Please, no comments.
It was stupid, but lucrative.
Now, that still leaves us Now, we can kiss that phony money good-bye.
He's never gonna buy that now.
If you put up this store as collateral, I'm sure my bank would make us the loan.
Yeah, like what, 15%? Jane, please.
This is no time to be arguing interest rates.
Our--our freedom, our lives are at stake here.
Now, we can just go down to the bank, sign all the necessary paperwork, and we can have the money, like, almost instantly.
You've seen the ads: "loans in a day, guaranteed.
" and then what? We just put ourselves in the hands of a madman? Well, it is better than the hands of the authorities.
Jane, there is no other choice.
Oh, my god.
The official report states that he was unruly and force was needed to subdue him.
I've initiated an inquiry.
It'll be a couple of days.
In the meantime, is your friend Kimberly ready to testify? We're almost out of time here.
She'll be ready.
If it's all right, could I have a moment alone with Peter? Of course.
What have they done to you? I'm beginning to see that I'm not getting out of here.
Don't.
No, I mean it.
They've taken it all from me: my practice, you, my life.
If I don't get out of here, i swear to god I'll kill someone.
No.
No, I mean it.
I really will kill someone.
No.
Can't talk that way.
You can't.
I couldn't believe it when I heard.
You're really moving.
Just a couple of blocks.
It's no huge deal.
Are you kidding? You are this place.
Without you, there's no building.
Oh, don't be ridiculous.
Al, I got to know if this has anything to do with me, you know? I know i've been bothering you, pressuring you, ridiculous marriage proposal.
It's not about you.
I--i just need a change.
It'll be good for me.
And you.
So I make you that uncomfortable? I didn't say that.
Got those boxes you needed.
Thanks.
So, Jake, talk some sense into this woman.
Trust me, man, I tried.
She's determined.
Why do I suddenly get the feeling I'm in the middle of a conspiracy here? Got me.
Me, too.
O.
K.
I won't push.
You need any help with the move, I'm here for you.
Thank you.
I'll keep that in mind.
Night, guys.
Good night.
You think he suspects? No not yet.
Well, I gotta say, even though I know the real reason you're leaving, Billy's right.
This place isn't gonna be the same.
Well whoever said it was a permanent decision? I know.
You'll be moving back eventually.
Or you can move in with me.
Oh yeah, well then we'd be living together.
Is that a problem? You know, it wouldn't be the first time i've been accused of moving too fast.
To tell you the truth, nothing would make me happier.
Walk with me, Fielding.
Don't bother checking.
You failed.
What? I was up all night studying for this test.
I don't understand.
I look for brief, specific answers, not endless rambling.
Even if you did know the answers, it was impossible for me to find them.
Doctor--doctor y-you got a problem with me, don't you? I mean, it's either this, or it's that, but you're looking for a reason to fail me.
That's ridiculous.
Maybe it's my lifestyle that you don't like.
Huh? It's because I'm gay, isn't it? Gay? I had no idea you were gay.
I am warning you, doctor.
You know what? Don't mess with me because I took care of that homophobe hobbs, and I will take care of you! This better be the end of it.
Everything i've got is in this bag.
I never want to hear another word about this or Richard ever again.
Oly-oly-oxen-free.
Shut up, Syd.
[whistles.]
Richard.
I knew it.
You're alive.
Toss the money over here, the money that you embezzled from me.
Here you go, ladies.
Start digging.
Only a lot deeper this time.
We're gonna need plenty of room for the both of you.