Dynasty s05e05 Episode Script
The Trial
Well, Adam, it's about time.
And do come into my parlour.
ADAM: Caviar? Champagne? What's this all about? Well, l asked for a few creature comforts for my sanity.
This is not exactly The Ritz, and the food is appalling.
- l see.
You've acquired a friend in here.
- Mm-hm.
Well, l'm afraid your newly acquired friend has just been fired.
Oh.
So much for creature comforts.
l've written a few messages.
l want you to deliver them for me.
l didn't come to talk about messages.
l came to talk about Michael Cunningham.
Who is Michael Cunningham? [LAUGHS.]
You're gonna find out, Mother, in exactly two weeks, at your trial.
Cunningham is a deputy district attorney.
He's the fastest runner on the block.
And he's running right now to blow us both into the gutter.
And this kind of privilege for a price is not going to look good when he finds out about it.
Especially if that despicable Philip Whatever-His-Name-ls writes about it in his tawdy column.
lt's Philip Spalding, and it's an exceedingly widely read column.
Well, l don't care about him or his rotten column.
l care, Mother.
l care a lot about 12 men and women who'll be sitting in that juy box deciding whether you're innocent or guilty, whether you should live or die.
l do care, Adam, and l'm frightened.
l care about eveything that happens.
But l know that when you've finished your defence that that iuy is going to realise that l am not guilty.
They will, because we have the truth on our side, and l know what l'm doing.
But l know you, Mother.
And l know one reason why you asked me to defend you was because you thought you could control me, that l'd do whatever you wanted.
J Well l am serving notice right now that l intend to conduct your defence my way.
Adam, l may occasionally offer a suggestion or two.
My way.
Of course, darling.
Of course.
STEVEN: What are you doing up? KRYSTLE: Oh, l went down to the kitchen to get a glass of milk, heard someone in the poolroom and thought l'd poke my nose in.
You know, Steven, you were my first friend when l moved into this house.
You never made me feel less because l worked for Blake or had no money.
You were always here if l needed someone to talk to.
And l want you to know that l'm here if you need someone to talk to.
There's really nothing to talk about.
Are you sure? l've tried, Kystle.
l've tried so hard to wipe it out of my mind.
Steven, whatever it is, you're in a lot of pain.
Why don't you talk to me about it? You can trust me, you know that.
l saw Mark Jennings' killer.
- What? - l know who killed Mark Jennings.
On the night he was murdered, l was on my way home from the office to change for Fallon's engagement party when l remembered some papers l was supposed to leave for my mother's signature.
So l drove to the hotel to bring them to her.
l got there.
As l was getting out of the car, l heard a scrgam, and l saw a body falling.
l looked up.
What did you see? Nothing.
It was too dark to see anything.
There was someone else on the terrace, wasn't there? - No.
- Someone you knew.
- No.
- Someone you even love.
Steven, this is torturing you.
You've got to talk about it.
- Let's iust forget about it, okay? - No, it's not okay.
Mark had a lot of people who didn't like him, some who even hated him.
Alexis, Fallon l didn't say l saw a woman.
Are you saying you saw Jeff or Blake? Look, Kystle, l want you to forget whatever l have told you.
Please.
You said it, we're friends, and friends don't betray each other.
So please, please.
This talk didn't take place.
Because if you tell anybody it did, l'll deny it.
[PIANO PLAYING.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Blake.
Come in.
l knew that l would be seeing you, but this is a surprise.
l didn't know l would be seeing you so soon.
You come to my house this afternoon, you tell me you're a Carrington by blood, that you have proof of that, and then you turn and walk out.
And you're surprised that l'm here? Who are you? Really.
My married name is Mrs.
Brady Lloyd.
My professional name is Dominique Deveraux.
l was born Millie Cox.
- Does that sound familiar to you? - No, it isn't.
Well, it is to your father.
Tom Carrington philandered with women all over Colorado, including a beautiful, young seamstress named Laura.
My mother.
- Are you implying--? - To imply is to suggest.
And l'm making a statement, Blake.
Tom Carrington is your father and mine.
Miss Deveraux, this proof that you told me about.
- Is it a birth certificate? - Hardly.
That piece of paper simply lists the father as unknown.
And it screams to the world that l was born illegitimate.
Then what is the proof? New Orleans, Kansas City.
Those were your father's favourite cities for fun, is that right? Yes, l suppose so.
These are postcards that he sent to my mother from those cities.
Different years but similar messages.
''Missing you terribly, sweetheart.
'' ''Can't wait to see you again, darling.
'' These all happen to be unsigned.
But they are all in his handwriting.
Or have you forgotten his handwriting? Did you want to forget? You know, l've done a lot of reading about you over the years, Blake.
lnterviews in which l've noticed you never mention your father.
Why did you wait all this time to come to Denver to tell me this? Do you think l'm a liar, a fraud? No, l think you have a vey imaginative and calculating mind.
l have a vey good mind, Blake.
And l have your patience, Blake.
l can wait.
ln business deals or othemise, wait until the right time.
And now is the time for me to get you to finally acknowledge that l am your sister.
Well, l must go, Miss Deveraux.
Oh.
You may need these.
Oh, you may have those, Blake.
l have others.
[MARK SCREAMS.]
CLAUDIA: Steven.
Steven.
What's the matter? Nothing.
Oh, what do you mean nothing? You're all knots.
You haven't really talked to me, not in days.
Claudia, you know what l went through with Sammy Jo taking Danny.
Of course l know what you went through.
But he's back here now with us.
He's safe.
You know, l think this change in you, l think it began the moment that Alexis was arrested for killing Mark Jennings.
Alexis happens to be my mother.
A son feeling for his mother and the hell she's going through.
ls that so strange? Is it? No, darling, it's not strange, but just let out what you're feeling.
Don't ty and hide them inside.
Claudia, l don't wanna talk tonight.
l iust wanna be with you.
Steven, you can't use sex to block out your feelings.
- You can't block it-- - l don't wanna talk, Claudia.
REPORTER 1 : Mrs.
Colby, is it true that you've asked for a change of venue and the court's denied it? REPORTER 2: What about your escape attempt to Caracas? l'm Philip Spalding.
Word has it that Colbyco has become a foundering ship these past weeks.
Any comment, Mrs.
Colby? Mr.
Spalding, your sick and self-serving vendetta against me had better stop.
Do you understand? Adam.
l want you to file a suit against this man and that rag he works for.
And l want you to know that evey time you do this sort of thing, you're helping to put yourself away.
- Mrs.
Colby, do you? MAN: Please.
Counsellor.
Your mother and client had Warren Ballard, one of the vey best criminal-trial lamers in the county.
- What happened, Carrington? - Obviously, she has more faith in me.
With your trial experience, l'm surprised you even found the courthouse.
lf l had to choose between gamesmanship and intellect, Cunningham, l'd choose intellect.
[CUNNINGHAM SCOFFS.]
Have you heard anything from Dex? He called from Wyoming.
He'll be back in a day or two.
Oh, good.
Oh, Steven, darling, it's wonde_ul of you to be here.
l had to be here with you, Mother.
- Yes, but who's watching the store? - There are phones in the corridor.
l'll be in constant touch with the office, so don't wory, okay? Okay.
BAILIFF: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
Court Number 23 of the district court, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, is now ready and open for the transaction of business.
The Honourable Drew Ma_ield, judge presiding.
Docket number 84-CR-3026-23, The People ofthe State of Colorado v.
Alexis Colby.
The people will show that the accused had motive and opportunity.
The people will show that the accused is a woman given to outbursts of violent and physical anger.
A woman so powe_ul and so rich that she believes in her corrupt heart that she is above the law which governs the rest of us.
mHISPERING.]
But she is not.
Ladies and gentlemen of the iuy, after you hear the testimony in this case, you will be left with no alternative but to return a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree of one Mark Jennings.
Jennings, an opportunist.
Jennings, who hurt many people in his time, each one of whom could have been said to have had a motive for wanting his death.
l will prove that that person is not the woman you see here in this courtroom.
And l will prove that this case, this entire case, is a mockey, a mockey based purely on circumstantial evidence.
And l will further prove that there is reason and ample reason for doubting all of that evidence.
J And that doubt which Anglo-American law has termed ''reasonable doubt '' is what must make you find this defendant innocent of all charges.
l know Alexis Colby.
And l know that the evidence will prove that she killed no one.
And l know that each of you, each of you good and fair people, will be convinced of that before this trial is over.
l thank you.
The iuy really looked impressed.
l think Adam's gonna get her off.
Listen, you take the car.
l've gotta make a phone call, and l'll take a cab to the office.
MAîTRE D': Table for four.
Why did you invite me here tonight? Well, let's iust say l wanted to make a friend inside the castle.
Cheers.
Here's to you, to me, and to the king, Blake.
My husband's been hurt enough.
His mighty empire dwindling? His daughter's death.
l don't want to see him hurt again.
What makes you think l want to hurt him? Because l think you want something from him.
And you seem to be a woman who stops at nothing to get what you want.
l am a determined woman, Kystle.
l can be ruthless.
But l have never hurt anyone unless he or she deserves to be hurt.
lt is nice, though.
Refreshing.
What is? To see that my brother is married to someone who really cares about him.
The beautiful lioness protecting her mate while he rests.
Even though in this particular case, it's enforced rest.
l like you, Kystle, l do.
l wish we could be friends.
How can we be? l don't trust you.
Well, that's honest.
Let me be as honest.
We have much in common, the two of us.
You, the American dream girl, the stenographer from Dayton, Ohio, who set her sights big, and she made it big, all right.
Became a Carrington.
Well, l am a bastard who started with nothing, and l made a fortune.
And damn it, l am going to be accepted as a Carrington too.
My father never acknowledged me, and he never will.
Someone is going to.
Soon.
Oh, God, you're so beautiful.
Oh, God.
God, l love you.
Oh, Fallon.
Who the hell is Fallon? - What? - Who is Fallon? Somebody l knew when l was a kid.
And when you grew up, you married her? - Look, that has nothing to do with us.
- Hey, Jeff Colby.
My name is Amy.
And Amy is not your therapist.
So if you still have a thing for your wife, don't work it out with me in bed.
Tell it to your shrink.
Look, l don't have a thing for that woman.
The only feeling l have is one of disgust with myself for wasting my time on her.
We were gonna get married, big plans.
She ends up running off with this guy, leaving me and dying with him, that garbage.
Jeff, do you wanna know something? l really don't enioy entertaining drunks.
So why don't you iust get dressed and leave? l mean that.
l'm gonna take a shower, and when l come back, l don't wanna see you.
JEFF: Hello, Steven.
Sory about that, l - l hope it wasn't a Ming.
- Where have you been, Jeff? l went to a movie.
lt was a vey bad film.
They sure don't make films the way they used to.
Where are Harpo and Groucho when you really need them? And after the movie, you went out and got drunk, didn't you? Listen, getting drunk is no way to deal with Fallon's death.
Get out of my way.
No, not yet.
What are we gonna do? Talk about Fallon? Yeah, l think we should.
Oh, we're gonna mourn her death together? You mourn in your way, pal.
l don't have much to grieve over, do l? When are you gonna admit to yourself what kind of a girl your sister was? She was a tramp.
[GRUNTS.]
My problem is l'm drunk.
l don't know what yours is.
How long are you gonna go on denying what your sister really did? How long? MAN [ON TM: rwo witnesses for the prosecution testified in the Alexis Colby trial this morning.
The first was Dr.
Howell Simms, a county medical examiner.
Simms told Deputy District Attorney Cunningham that Ma_ Jennings was vey drunk at the time of his death, drunk enough so that even a woman nearly half his weight could have pushed him over the side of a terrace.
On cross-examination, Adam Carrington asked Dr.
Simms if Jennings was drunk enough to have fallen by himself, or, if he'd been pushed, could a child have pushed him in his condition? The answer was yes.
[ON TM rhe next witness was Sergeant Cooper ofthe Denver Police.
He told Cunningham that he suspected Mrs.
Colby ofthe murder when he discovered that Ma_ Jennings had deposited a cheque in his account for $1 OO,OOO on the day of his death.
The cheque was signed by Alexis Colby.
ln response to the question ''Did you discover why the accused gave Mr.
Jennings the money?'' Cooper answered, ''He was apparently blackmailing her.
'' On cross-examination, Adam Carrington did not penetrate the police officers testimony.
The court is now in r_ess, and the first witness ofthe a_ernoon session will be Miss Dina Hartley.
Miss Hartley, will you tell the court and juy where you reside? My address is 131 Camden Street.
ls that directly across the street from where the accused, Alexis Colby, lives? Yes, it is.
On which floor of your building do you live, Miss Hartley? The top floor, the east penthouse.
And does that penthouse directly face Mrs.
Colby's? lt does.
Tell us, Miss Hartley, are you able to see Mrs.
Colby's terrace from yours? l'm able to see it, but l don't make a habit of looking at it.
l value my privacy and the rights of others to their privacy.
CUNNINGHAM: Of course.
Now, on the evening Mark Jennings was pushed from that terrace to his death-- Obiection.
It has not been established that the deceased was pushed.
He might have fallen.
lt's also not been established that he was even on that terrace.
Obiection sustained.
Rephrase your question, Mr.
Cunningham.
Miss Hartley, on the evening of Mark Jennings' death, will you tell us exactly what you were doing and precisely what you saw? HARTLEY: l was giving a cocMail party.
At one point during the party, l glanced at the Colby terrace and saw Mr.
Jennings standing there, holding a drink.
Was Mr.
Jennings alone on the terrace, Miss Hartley? No, he was not.
She didn't tell you this when you interviewed her, did she? No, she did not.
Let's see where he's going.
Who was the deceased with? Can you tell us that? He was with someone.
Was that someone Mrs.
Colby, the accused? HARTLEY: l couldn't tell.
l didn't glance over long enough.
But it could have been a woman.
- What is she tying to do to me? - Mother.
She never said anything about another person, a woman.
Order.
Mrs.
Colby, l will tolerate no further disruptions.
What are you tying to do to me, liar? Mother, sit down.
ALEXIS : l insist that you move for dismissal.
- l can't do that, there are no grounds.
ALEXIS: Then you must make grounds.
- Your Honour-- - This woman is lying.
l respectfully request a recess so l can confer with my client.
All right, this court is in recess for 20 minutes.
Why do you insist on behaving like that? lt's pure self-destruction.
Well, from now on, you're on your own, Mother.
l'm going to withdraw.
- You don't mean that.
- As a matter of fact, l do.
Adam, you can't leave.
Look, l don't know what came over me in the courtroom just now, but l'm sory.
Look, Adam, l need your help, l do.
l will not accept a casual ''l'm sory.
'' l will not accept a vulnerable but short-lived ''Help me.
'' Either you listen to me, Mother, or l go.
- Is that understood? - Yes.
Yes, darling.
Oh, you're such a brilliant attorney.
l know you're gonna win this case for me.
You are.
l know you are.
Saudi Arabia? When is he expected back? l see.
All right, thank you.
Well, iust tell him that l called, and l'll be waiting to hear from him when he does get back.
Bye.
Blake, you can't go on like this l am fighting for my life, and l'm going to keep on like this until l have to stop.
l have got to come up with some money.
Kystle, are you feeling all right? Yes, l'm fine.
What is it that's been bothering you lately? You've got something on your mind, haven't you? - l don't understand what you mean.
- Is there something wrong? [SIGHS.]
No, nothing.
Come on, now.
l know you.
l know when you're upset.
ls it something that l have done? ls it the baby? Darling, the baby and l are fine.
It's nothing, really.
GERARD: Excuse me, Mr.
Carrington, there's a gentleman here to see you.
He's from the sheriffs office.
Well, send him in, please, Gerard.
Sheriffs office? Good evening.
- Mr.
Blake Carrington? - Yes.
- This is for you, sir.
- Thank you.
What the devil is this all about? What is it, Blake? l've been subpoenaed to testify against Alexis.
CLERK: Do you solemnly swear the testimony you will give before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, - so help you God? - l do.
Mr.
Carrington, please tell us about your relationship with the accused.
BLAKE: Alexis Colby and l were married at one time.
- How long were you married? - Nine years.
Nine years.
And then you were divorced, and it was you who initiated the divorce proceedings, is that correct? Yes.
May l have People's 2, please? Ladies and gentlemen, what l hold here is a copy of the divorce papers filed by Blake Carrington against the then Alexis Carrington.
l also hold this, oh, l'd say about 2 pounds' worth of newspaper clippings relating to their marriage, and which might be described in a journalistic nutshell as ''the Battling Carringtons.
'' ADAM: Your Honour, l obiect to the admission of this evidence.
lt's probative value is outweighed by the danger of undue prejudice.
And furthermore, it's completely irrelevant to these proceedings.
l'm going to have to overrule you, Mr.
Carrington.
Go on, Mr.
Cunningham.
Sir, l've done some careful reading, and l found that one of the complaints against your wife concerned a certain evening you spent together with friends at the Round Rock County Club.
Do you remember that evening? Yes, yes, l do.
Will you tell the court about it? BLAKE : Oh, it was at a dinner party.
l said something, l forget what.
Something that Alexis didn't approve of.
And so, what happened? Well, she-- She had had a little too much to drink.
Just answer the question, Mr.
Carrington.
- What happened? - She began to shout at me.
- And did she reach for something? - Yes.
What was it she reached for? A knife.
[PEOPLE MURMURING.]
CUNNINGHAM: A knife.
What happened then? - She shouted, ''l'll kill you.
'' CUNNINGHAM: ''l'll kill you.
'' ''Kill'' as in the commission of a violent act.
ls that correct, Mr.
Carrington? Yes.
Mr.
Carrington, Alexis Carrington Colby stands accused of the act of murder.
Do you think she's capable of that sort of violence? Yes.
If provoked enough, yes.
No further questions, Your Honour.
Several years ago, sir, you were accused and convicted of a violent crime, of killing a man.
- Is that true? BLAKE: Yes.
Do you feel that conviction was justified? No.
l said it then and l'll say it now.
It was an accident.
ADAM: So then in your own vey personal experience, mistakes have been made, indeed, terrible miscarriages ofjustice have occurred, based on false accusations.
- Is that correct? - Yes, that's correct.
l'd like to speak for a few minutes about People's 1 , a cheque for $100,OOO.
Obiection, Your Honour.
This is cross-examination.
Counsel's going beyond the scope of direct examination.
Your Honour, l will show that there is a relationship between this cheque and two of the key words in this trial: violence and motive.
Obiection overruled.
ADAM: The prosecution contends that Alexis Colby was blackmailed by Mark Jennings, that she gave him this money, this cheque, to buy his silence about her bribe to one Rashid Ahmed, and that she then killed Jennings.
Sir, from whom would she want to be hiding this information? - The United States Government? - No.
No, the bribe took place outside the county.
l'm the one she would have wanted to keep that information from.
Why? What would you have done? Murdered her? - Of course not.
- Taken her to court? There was no case.
Would you have been angy nonetheless? - Yes.
- How angy? - Vey angy.
- Angy enough to have it out with her? lf what you're talking about is ''Would there have been shouting? '' yes, there would've been quite a bit of shouting.
ADAM: So then in fact, Mark Jennings had no hold whatsoever over Alexis Colby.
ln fact, she had nothing to fear from anyone except a heated verbal confrontation with you? - Is that true? - Yes.
ADAM: Mr.
Carrington, would you tell the court how much $1 OO,OOO is worth to a woman of Alexis Colby's wealth? Vey little.
ADAM: So if the money meant nothing and she had nothing to fear from Jennings, why would she kill him? Would you say she had a motive? l'd have to say that she had no motive.
[PEOPLE MURMURING.]
ADAM: No motive.
l have no further questions.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
Carrington.
You may step down.
Thank you, Mother.
Blake, thank you for helping to convince the juy of my innocence.
Oh, Dex.
Oh, Dex, l've missed you.
Oh, how l've missed you.
On the other hand, l hardly gave you a passing thought, except for practically evey waking moment.
How are you? lf you'd asked me a couple days ago, l'd have said miserable, absolutely miserable.
But now l feel wonde_ul.
You know, l think that things are finally going well for me.
l know, l heard about the testimony on the car radio this afternoon.
You know, Blake Carrington may be a lot of things in your book, but - He's an honest man? - He is.
Mm.
l'll give him that, but right now l'd rather talk about us.
About the future, about our future, after l'm acquitted.
Dex, let's go on a long trip somewhere, all right? All right.
Somewhere wonde_ully romantic, like Acapulco or Tahiti.
Somewhere wonde_ully romantic with lots of sun and blue-green water and gorgeous food, and we can forget about eveything and eveyone but us.
Well, l'd settle for a motel right here in Denver.
But if you wanna travel, l'll take you to the end of the Earth.
Mrs.
Colby, let's go.
Your time is up.
l love you, Alexis.
l love you, Dex.
You were vey quiet at dinner tonight.
- Was l? - Yes.
Are you angy with me because l told the truth in court today? Darling, you know how l feel about Alexis, but l had to tell the truth.
l iust feel What? Well, that you probably will help Alexis get off.
You think she's guilty.
l don't know, l l can't be sure, but But what? The police have arrested her.
The state is prosecuting her.
And a iuy of 12 men and women have taken time off from their iobs and their families to listen to this case.
And they're not all going through this because they have nothing better to.
Besides, Alexis was in that apartment when Mark fell from the terrace.
And who'd be more likely to have pushed him? Now, all that is for the iuy to decide.
Now, you're passing iudgement on another human being.
That's not like you.
But it is like her never to be punished for what she does.
She killed our baby.
By firing that rifle, she killed the child inside of me.
And she never paid for that.
She's tying to ruin you in business.
She is guilty of that, isn't she? And she's hurt so many people in so many ways, but somehow, somehow, she always gets away with it.
l iust have a terrible feeling that if she is guilty of killing Mark, she'll probably get away with that too.
[MARK SCREAMS.]
Steven.
What are you doing? l'm gonna get dressed and get out of here.
l need some air.
l need to breathe.
- Steven.
- Hello, Mother.
lt's the crack of dawn.
Has anything happened to Danny? No, he's fine, he's safe.
He's home sleeping.
- Oh.
- l couldn't sleep, though, so l l drove around most of the night.
And then you came here.
Why? To see you.
To be with you for a few minutes, to tell you how much l love you.
Oh.
l know that, darling.
l've always known that.
l also want you to know that whatever happens, nothing will ever change that love for you.
Oh.
My son.
Oh, my beautiful son.
From the moment that you were born, when l first held you in my arms and touched your little hand, we've always been so close, so vey close.
l know you're worried about me, Steven, but But l want you to know l'm gonna win.
l'm going to get out of this place, and l'm going to be free.
And then Then the two of us can celebrate together.
You'll come up to the apartment and l'll do the unheard of.
That being? Heh, heh.
l'll cook dinner.
[CHUCKLES.]
- You? No.
- Yes.
l'm gonna fix you your favourite meal, the one that when you were little, you used to say to me: ''Mommy, l want you to cook it tonight.
'' Bet you don't remember what that was.
l do.
Franks and beans.
That's right.
And a pot of tea.
About all l could manage.
So is it a dinner date? lt's a date.
Good.
Steven, l want you to know that l really appreciate you coming over here this morning and being so concerned about me.
l'll never forget it.
l'm a vey lucky woman to have such a wonde_ul son.
REPORTER 1 : Do you think your son Adam is doing a good iob as your attorney? Ah, Mr.
Spalding.
Did you happen to see the stock exchange opening this morning? Colbyco up, but iust one point.
Yes, a new field has iust come in.
l wouldn't be surprised if the stock doesn't jump to an all-time high soon.
Mother, let's go.
REPORTER 2: Mrs.
Colby, your reaction to your ex-husband's testimony? All rise.
Mr.
Cunningham, are you ready to rest your case? No, Your Honour.
The state has a final witness.
We call Steven Daniel Carrington.
mHISPERING.]
Oh, my God.
CUNNINGHAM: l repeat: The state of Colorado calls Steven Daniel Carrington to testify in the trial of Alexis Colby.
And do come into my parlour.
ADAM: Caviar? Champagne? What's this all about? Well, l asked for a few creature comforts for my sanity.
This is not exactly The Ritz, and the food is appalling.
- l see.
You've acquired a friend in here.
- Mm-hm.
Well, l'm afraid your newly acquired friend has just been fired.
Oh.
So much for creature comforts.
l've written a few messages.
l want you to deliver them for me.
l didn't come to talk about messages.
l came to talk about Michael Cunningham.
Who is Michael Cunningham? [LAUGHS.]
You're gonna find out, Mother, in exactly two weeks, at your trial.
Cunningham is a deputy district attorney.
He's the fastest runner on the block.
And he's running right now to blow us both into the gutter.
And this kind of privilege for a price is not going to look good when he finds out about it.
Especially if that despicable Philip Whatever-His-Name-ls writes about it in his tawdy column.
lt's Philip Spalding, and it's an exceedingly widely read column.
Well, l don't care about him or his rotten column.
l care, Mother.
l care a lot about 12 men and women who'll be sitting in that juy box deciding whether you're innocent or guilty, whether you should live or die.
l do care, Adam, and l'm frightened.
l care about eveything that happens.
But l know that when you've finished your defence that that iuy is going to realise that l am not guilty.
They will, because we have the truth on our side, and l know what l'm doing.
But l know you, Mother.
And l know one reason why you asked me to defend you was because you thought you could control me, that l'd do whatever you wanted.
J Well l am serving notice right now that l intend to conduct your defence my way.
Adam, l may occasionally offer a suggestion or two.
My way.
Of course, darling.
Of course.
STEVEN: What are you doing up? KRYSTLE: Oh, l went down to the kitchen to get a glass of milk, heard someone in the poolroom and thought l'd poke my nose in.
You know, Steven, you were my first friend when l moved into this house.
You never made me feel less because l worked for Blake or had no money.
You were always here if l needed someone to talk to.
And l want you to know that l'm here if you need someone to talk to.
There's really nothing to talk about.
Are you sure? l've tried, Kystle.
l've tried so hard to wipe it out of my mind.
Steven, whatever it is, you're in a lot of pain.
Why don't you talk to me about it? You can trust me, you know that.
l saw Mark Jennings' killer.
- What? - l know who killed Mark Jennings.
On the night he was murdered, l was on my way home from the office to change for Fallon's engagement party when l remembered some papers l was supposed to leave for my mother's signature.
So l drove to the hotel to bring them to her.
l got there.
As l was getting out of the car, l heard a scrgam, and l saw a body falling.
l looked up.
What did you see? Nothing.
It was too dark to see anything.
There was someone else on the terrace, wasn't there? - No.
- Someone you knew.
- No.
- Someone you even love.
Steven, this is torturing you.
You've got to talk about it.
- Let's iust forget about it, okay? - No, it's not okay.
Mark had a lot of people who didn't like him, some who even hated him.
Alexis, Fallon l didn't say l saw a woman.
Are you saying you saw Jeff or Blake? Look, Kystle, l want you to forget whatever l have told you.
Please.
You said it, we're friends, and friends don't betray each other.
So please, please.
This talk didn't take place.
Because if you tell anybody it did, l'll deny it.
[PIANO PLAYING.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Blake.
Come in.
l knew that l would be seeing you, but this is a surprise.
l didn't know l would be seeing you so soon.
You come to my house this afternoon, you tell me you're a Carrington by blood, that you have proof of that, and then you turn and walk out.
And you're surprised that l'm here? Who are you? Really.
My married name is Mrs.
Brady Lloyd.
My professional name is Dominique Deveraux.
l was born Millie Cox.
- Does that sound familiar to you? - No, it isn't.
Well, it is to your father.
Tom Carrington philandered with women all over Colorado, including a beautiful, young seamstress named Laura.
My mother.
- Are you implying--? - To imply is to suggest.
And l'm making a statement, Blake.
Tom Carrington is your father and mine.
Miss Deveraux, this proof that you told me about.
- Is it a birth certificate? - Hardly.
That piece of paper simply lists the father as unknown.
And it screams to the world that l was born illegitimate.
Then what is the proof? New Orleans, Kansas City.
Those were your father's favourite cities for fun, is that right? Yes, l suppose so.
These are postcards that he sent to my mother from those cities.
Different years but similar messages.
''Missing you terribly, sweetheart.
'' ''Can't wait to see you again, darling.
'' These all happen to be unsigned.
But they are all in his handwriting.
Or have you forgotten his handwriting? Did you want to forget? You know, l've done a lot of reading about you over the years, Blake.
lnterviews in which l've noticed you never mention your father.
Why did you wait all this time to come to Denver to tell me this? Do you think l'm a liar, a fraud? No, l think you have a vey imaginative and calculating mind.
l have a vey good mind, Blake.
And l have your patience, Blake.
l can wait.
ln business deals or othemise, wait until the right time.
And now is the time for me to get you to finally acknowledge that l am your sister.
Well, l must go, Miss Deveraux.
Oh.
You may need these.
Oh, you may have those, Blake.
l have others.
[MARK SCREAMS.]
CLAUDIA: Steven.
Steven.
What's the matter? Nothing.
Oh, what do you mean nothing? You're all knots.
You haven't really talked to me, not in days.
Claudia, you know what l went through with Sammy Jo taking Danny.
Of course l know what you went through.
But he's back here now with us.
He's safe.
You know, l think this change in you, l think it began the moment that Alexis was arrested for killing Mark Jennings.
Alexis happens to be my mother.
A son feeling for his mother and the hell she's going through.
ls that so strange? Is it? No, darling, it's not strange, but just let out what you're feeling.
Don't ty and hide them inside.
Claudia, l don't wanna talk tonight.
l iust wanna be with you.
Steven, you can't use sex to block out your feelings.
- You can't block it-- - l don't wanna talk, Claudia.
REPORTER 1 : Mrs.
Colby, is it true that you've asked for a change of venue and the court's denied it? REPORTER 2: What about your escape attempt to Caracas? l'm Philip Spalding.
Word has it that Colbyco has become a foundering ship these past weeks.
Any comment, Mrs.
Colby? Mr.
Spalding, your sick and self-serving vendetta against me had better stop.
Do you understand? Adam.
l want you to file a suit against this man and that rag he works for.
And l want you to know that evey time you do this sort of thing, you're helping to put yourself away.
- Mrs.
Colby, do you? MAN: Please.
Counsellor.
Your mother and client had Warren Ballard, one of the vey best criminal-trial lamers in the county.
- What happened, Carrington? - Obviously, she has more faith in me.
With your trial experience, l'm surprised you even found the courthouse.
lf l had to choose between gamesmanship and intellect, Cunningham, l'd choose intellect.
[CUNNINGHAM SCOFFS.]
Have you heard anything from Dex? He called from Wyoming.
He'll be back in a day or two.
Oh, good.
Oh, Steven, darling, it's wonde_ul of you to be here.
l had to be here with you, Mother.
- Yes, but who's watching the store? - There are phones in the corridor.
l'll be in constant touch with the office, so don't wory, okay? Okay.
BAILIFF: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
Court Number 23 of the district court, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, is now ready and open for the transaction of business.
The Honourable Drew Ma_ield, judge presiding.
Docket number 84-CR-3026-23, The People ofthe State of Colorado v.
Alexis Colby.
The people will show that the accused had motive and opportunity.
The people will show that the accused is a woman given to outbursts of violent and physical anger.
A woman so powe_ul and so rich that she believes in her corrupt heart that she is above the law which governs the rest of us.
mHISPERING.]
But she is not.
Ladies and gentlemen of the iuy, after you hear the testimony in this case, you will be left with no alternative but to return a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree of one Mark Jennings.
Jennings, an opportunist.
Jennings, who hurt many people in his time, each one of whom could have been said to have had a motive for wanting his death.
l will prove that that person is not the woman you see here in this courtroom.
And l will prove that this case, this entire case, is a mockey, a mockey based purely on circumstantial evidence.
And l will further prove that there is reason and ample reason for doubting all of that evidence.
J And that doubt which Anglo-American law has termed ''reasonable doubt '' is what must make you find this defendant innocent of all charges.
l know Alexis Colby.
And l know that the evidence will prove that she killed no one.
And l know that each of you, each of you good and fair people, will be convinced of that before this trial is over.
l thank you.
The iuy really looked impressed.
l think Adam's gonna get her off.
Listen, you take the car.
l've gotta make a phone call, and l'll take a cab to the office.
MAîTRE D': Table for four.
Why did you invite me here tonight? Well, let's iust say l wanted to make a friend inside the castle.
Cheers.
Here's to you, to me, and to the king, Blake.
My husband's been hurt enough.
His mighty empire dwindling? His daughter's death.
l don't want to see him hurt again.
What makes you think l want to hurt him? Because l think you want something from him.
And you seem to be a woman who stops at nothing to get what you want.
l am a determined woman, Kystle.
l can be ruthless.
But l have never hurt anyone unless he or she deserves to be hurt.
lt is nice, though.
Refreshing.
What is? To see that my brother is married to someone who really cares about him.
The beautiful lioness protecting her mate while he rests.
Even though in this particular case, it's enforced rest.
l like you, Kystle, l do.
l wish we could be friends.
How can we be? l don't trust you.
Well, that's honest.
Let me be as honest.
We have much in common, the two of us.
You, the American dream girl, the stenographer from Dayton, Ohio, who set her sights big, and she made it big, all right.
Became a Carrington.
Well, l am a bastard who started with nothing, and l made a fortune.
And damn it, l am going to be accepted as a Carrington too.
My father never acknowledged me, and he never will.
Someone is going to.
Soon.
Oh, God, you're so beautiful.
Oh, God.
God, l love you.
Oh, Fallon.
Who the hell is Fallon? - What? - Who is Fallon? Somebody l knew when l was a kid.
And when you grew up, you married her? - Look, that has nothing to do with us.
- Hey, Jeff Colby.
My name is Amy.
And Amy is not your therapist.
So if you still have a thing for your wife, don't work it out with me in bed.
Tell it to your shrink.
Look, l don't have a thing for that woman.
The only feeling l have is one of disgust with myself for wasting my time on her.
We were gonna get married, big plans.
She ends up running off with this guy, leaving me and dying with him, that garbage.
Jeff, do you wanna know something? l really don't enioy entertaining drunks.
So why don't you iust get dressed and leave? l mean that.
l'm gonna take a shower, and when l come back, l don't wanna see you.
JEFF: Hello, Steven.
Sory about that, l - l hope it wasn't a Ming.
- Where have you been, Jeff? l went to a movie.
lt was a vey bad film.
They sure don't make films the way they used to.
Where are Harpo and Groucho when you really need them? And after the movie, you went out and got drunk, didn't you? Listen, getting drunk is no way to deal with Fallon's death.
Get out of my way.
No, not yet.
What are we gonna do? Talk about Fallon? Yeah, l think we should.
Oh, we're gonna mourn her death together? You mourn in your way, pal.
l don't have much to grieve over, do l? When are you gonna admit to yourself what kind of a girl your sister was? She was a tramp.
[GRUNTS.]
My problem is l'm drunk.
l don't know what yours is.
How long are you gonna go on denying what your sister really did? How long? MAN [ON TM: rwo witnesses for the prosecution testified in the Alexis Colby trial this morning.
The first was Dr.
Howell Simms, a county medical examiner.
Simms told Deputy District Attorney Cunningham that Ma_ Jennings was vey drunk at the time of his death, drunk enough so that even a woman nearly half his weight could have pushed him over the side of a terrace.
On cross-examination, Adam Carrington asked Dr.
Simms if Jennings was drunk enough to have fallen by himself, or, if he'd been pushed, could a child have pushed him in his condition? The answer was yes.
[ON TM rhe next witness was Sergeant Cooper ofthe Denver Police.
He told Cunningham that he suspected Mrs.
Colby ofthe murder when he discovered that Ma_ Jennings had deposited a cheque in his account for $1 OO,OOO on the day of his death.
The cheque was signed by Alexis Colby.
ln response to the question ''Did you discover why the accused gave Mr.
Jennings the money?'' Cooper answered, ''He was apparently blackmailing her.
'' On cross-examination, Adam Carrington did not penetrate the police officers testimony.
The court is now in r_ess, and the first witness ofthe a_ernoon session will be Miss Dina Hartley.
Miss Hartley, will you tell the court and juy where you reside? My address is 131 Camden Street.
ls that directly across the street from where the accused, Alexis Colby, lives? Yes, it is.
On which floor of your building do you live, Miss Hartley? The top floor, the east penthouse.
And does that penthouse directly face Mrs.
Colby's? lt does.
Tell us, Miss Hartley, are you able to see Mrs.
Colby's terrace from yours? l'm able to see it, but l don't make a habit of looking at it.
l value my privacy and the rights of others to their privacy.
CUNNINGHAM: Of course.
Now, on the evening Mark Jennings was pushed from that terrace to his death-- Obiection.
It has not been established that the deceased was pushed.
He might have fallen.
lt's also not been established that he was even on that terrace.
Obiection sustained.
Rephrase your question, Mr.
Cunningham.
Miss Hartley, on the evening of Mark Jennings' death, will you tell us exactly what you were doing and precisely what you saw? HARTLEY: l was giving a cocMail party.
At one point during the party, l glanced at the Colby terrace and saw Mr.
Jennings standing there, holding a drink.
Was Mr.
Jennings alone on the terrace, Miss Hartley? No, he was not.
She didn't tell you this when you interviewed her, did she? No, she did not.
Let's see where he's going.
Who was the deceased with? Can you tell us that? He was with someone.
Was that someone Mrs.
Colby, the accused? HARTLEY: l couldn't tell.
l didn't glance over long enough.
But it could have been a woman.
- What is she tying to do to me? - Mother.
She never said anything about another person, a woman.
Order.
Mrs.
Colby, l will tolerate no further disruptions.
What are you tying to do to me, liar? Mother, sit down.
ALEXIS : l insist that you move for dismissal.
- l can't do that, there are no grounds.
ALEXIS: Then you must make grounds.
- Your Honour-- - This woman is lying.
l respectfully request a recess so l can confer with my client.
All right, this court is in recess for 20 minutes.
Why do you insist on behaving like that? lt's pure self-destruction.
Well, from now on, you're on your own, Mother.
l'm going to withdraw.
- You don't mean that.
- As a matter of fact, l do.
Adam, you can't leave.
Look, l don't know what came over me in the courtroom just now, but l'm sory.
Look, Adam, l need your help, l do.
l will not accept a casual ''l'm sory.
'' l will not accept a vulnerable but short-lived ''Help me.
'' Either you listen to me, Mother, or l go.
- Is that understood? - Yes.
Yes, darling.
Oh, you're such a brilliant attorney.
l know you're gonna win this case for me.
You are.
l know you are.
Saudi Arabia? When is he expected back? l see.
All right, thank you.
Well, iust tell him that l called, and l'll be waiting to hear from him when he does get back.
Bye.
Blake, you can't go on like this l am fighting for my life, and l'm going to keep on like this until l have to stop.
l have got to come up with some money.
Kystle, are you feeling all right? Yes, l'm fine.
What is it that's been bothering you lately? You've got something on your mind, haven't you? - l don't understand what you mean.
- Is there something wrong? [SIGHS.]
No, nothing.
Come on, now.
l know you.
l know when you're upset.
ls it something that l have done? ls it the baby? Darling, the baby and l are fine.
It's nothing, really.
GERARD: Excuse me, Mr.
Carrington, there's a gentleman here to see you.
He's from the sheriffs office.
Well, send him in, please, Gerard.
Sheriffs office? Good evening.
- Mr.
Blake Carrington? - Yes.
- This is for you, sir.
- Thank you.
What the devil is this all about? What is it, Blake? l've been subpoenaed to testify against Alexis.
CLERK: Do you solemnly swear the testimony you will give before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, - so help you God? - l do.
Mr.
Carrington, please tell us about your relationship with the accused.
BLAKE: Alexis Colby and l were married at one time.
- How long were you married? - Nine years.
Nine years.
And then you were divorced, and it was you who initiated the divorce proceedings, is that correct? Yes.
May l have People's 2, please? Ladies and gentlemen, what l hold here is a copy of the divorce papers filed by Blake Carrington against the then Alexis Carrington.
l also hold this, oh, l'd say about 2 pounds' worth of newspaper clippings relating to their marriage, and which might be described in a journalistic nutshell as ''the Battling Carringtons.
'' ADAM: Your Honour, l obiect to the admission of this evidence.
lt's probative value is outweighed by the danger of undue prejudice.
And furthermore, it's completely irrelevant to these proceedings.
l'm going to have to overrule you, Mr.
Carrington.
Go on, Mr.
Cunningham.
Sir, l've done some careful reading, and l found that one of the complaints against your wife concerned a certain evening you spent together with friends at the Round Rock County Club.
Do you remember that evening? Yes, yes, l do.
Will you tell the court about it? BLAKE : Oh, it was at a dinner party.
l said something, l forget what.
Something that Alexis didn't approve of.
And so, what happened? Well, she-- She had had a little too much to drink.
Just answer the question, Mr.
Carrington.
- What happened? - She began to shout at me.
- And did she reach for something? - Yes.
What was it she reached for? A knife.
[PEOPLE MURMURING.]
CUNNINGHAM: A knife.
What happened then? - She shouted, ''l'll kill you.
'' CUNNINGHAM: ''l'll kill you.
'' ''Kill'' as in the commission of a violent act.
ls that correct, Mr.
Carrington? Yes.
Mr.
Carrington, Alexis Carrington Colby stands accused of the act of murder.
Do you think she's capable of that sort of violence? Yes.
If provoked enough, yes.
No further questions, Your Honour.
Several years ago, sir, you were accused and convicted of a violent crime, of killing a man.
- Is that true? BLAKE: Yes.
Do you feel that conviction was justified? No.
l said it then and l'll say it now.
It was an accident.
ADAM: So then in your own vey personal experience, mistakes have been made, indeed, terrible miscarriages ofjustice have occurred, based on false accusations.
- Is that correct? - Yes, that's correct.
l'd like to speak for a few minutes about People's 1 , a cheque for $100,OOO.
Obiection, Your Honour.
This is cross-examination.
Counsel's going beyond the scope of direct examination.
Your Honour, l will show that there is a relationship between this cheque and two of the key words in this trial: violence and motive.
Obiection overruled.
ADAM: The prosecution contends that Alexis Colby was blackmailed by Mark Jennings, that she gave him this money, this cheque, to buy his silence about her bribe to one Rashid Ahmed, and that she then killed Jennings.
Sir, from whom would she want to be hiding this information? - The United States Government? - No.
No, the bribe took place outside the county.
l'm the one she would have wanted to keep that information from.
Why? What would you have done? Murdered her? - Of course not.
- Taken her to court? There was no case.
Would you have been angy nonetheless? - Yes.
- How angy? - Vey angy.
- Angy enough to have it out with her? lf what you're talking about is ''Would there have been shouting? '' yes, there would've been quite a bit of shouting.
ADAM: So then in fact, Mark Jennings had no hold whatsoever over Alexis Colby.
ln fact, she had nothing to fear from anyone except a heated verbal confrontation with you? - Is that true? - Yes.
ADAM: Mr.
Carrington, would you tell the court how much $1 OO,OOO is worth to a woman of Alexis Colby's wealth? Vey little.
ADAM: So if the money meant nothing and she had nothing to fear from Jennings, why would she kill him? Would you say she had a motive? l'd have to say that she had no motive.
[PEOPLE MURMURING.]
ADAM: No motive.
l have no further questions.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
Carrington.
You may step down.
Thank you, Mother.
Blake, thank you for helping to convince the juy of my innocence.
Oh, Dex.
Oh, Dex, l've missed you.
Oh, how l've missed you.
On the other hand, l hardly gave you a passing thought, except for practically evey waking moment.
How are you? lf you'd asked me a couple days ago, l'd have said miserable, absolutely miserable.
But now l feel wonde_ul.
You know, l think that things are finally going well for me.
l know, l heard about the testimony on the car radio this afternoon.
You know, Blake Carrington may be a lot of things in your book, but - He's an honest man? - He is.
Mm.
l'll give him that, but right now l'd rather talk about us.
About the future, about our future, after l'm acquitted.
Dex, let's go on a long trip somewhere, all right? All right.
Somewhere wonde_ully romantic, like Acapulco or Tahiti.
Somewhere wonde_ully romantic with lots of sun and blue-green water and gorgeous food, and we can forget about eveything and eveyone but us.
Well, l'd settle for a motel right here in Denver.
But if you wanna travel, l'll take you to the end of the Earth.
Mrs.
Colby, let's go.
Your time is up.
l love you, Alexis.
l love you, Dex.
You were vey quiet at dinner tonight.
- Was l? - Yes.
Are you angy with me because l told the truth in court today? Darling, you know how l feel about Alexis, but l had to tell the truth.
l iust feel What? Well, that you probably will help Alexis get off.
You think she's guilty.
l don't know, l l can't be sure, but But what? The police have arrested her.
The state is prosecuting her.
And a iuy of 12 men and women have taken time off from their iobs and their families to listen to this case.
And they're not all going through this because they have nothing better to.
Besides, Alexis was in that apartment when Mark fell from the terrace.
And who'd be more likely to have pushed him? Now, all that is for the iuy to decide.
Now, you're passing iudgement on another human being.
That's not like you.
But it is like her never to be punished for what she does.
She killed our baby.
By firing that rifle, she killed the child inside of me.
And she never paid for that.
She's tying to ruin you in business.
She is guilty of that, isn't she? And she's hurt so many people in so many ways, but somehow, somehow, she always gets away with it.
l iust have a terrible feeling that if she is guilty of killing Mark, she'll probably get away with that too.
[MARK SCREAMS.]
Steven.
What are you doing? l'm gonna get dressed and get out of here.
l need some air.
l need to breathe.
- Steven.
- Hello, Mother.
lt's the crack of dawn.
Has anything happened to Danny? No, he's fine, he's safe.
He's home sleeping.
- Oh.
- l couldn't sleep, though, so l l drove around most of the night.
And then you came here.
Why? To see you.
To be with you for a few minutes, to tell you how much l love you.
Oh.
l know that, darling.
l've always known that.
l also want you to know that whatever happens, nothing will ever change that love for you.
Oh.
My son.
Oh, my beautiful son.
From the moment that you were born, when l first held you in my arms and touched your little hand, we've always been so close, so vey close.
l know you're worried about me, Steven, but But l want you to know l'm gonna win.
l'm going to get out of this place, and l'm going to be free.
And then Then the two of us can celebrate together.
You'll come up to the apartment and l'll do the unheard of.
That being? Heh, heh.
l'll cook dinner.
[CHUCKLES.]
- You? No.
- Yes.
l'm gonna fix you your favourite meal, the one that when you were little, you used to say to me: ''Mommy, l want you to cook it tonight.
'' Bet you don't remember what that was.
l do.
Franks and beans.
That's right.
And a pot of tea.
About all l could manage.
So is it a dinner date? lt's a date.
Good.
Steven, l want you to know that l really appreciate you coming over here this morning and being so concerned about me.
l'll never forget it.
l'm a vey lucky woman to have such a wonde_ul son.
REPORTER 1 : Do you think your son Adam is doing a good iob as your attorney? Ah, Mr.
Spalding.
Did you happen to see the stock exchange opening this morning? Colbyco up, but iust one point.
Yes, a new field has iust come in.
l wouldn't be surprised if the stock doesn't jump to an all-time high soon.
Mother, let's go.
REPORTER 2: Mrs.
Colby, your reaction to your ex-husband's testimony? All rise.
Mr.
Cunningham, are you ready to rest your case? No, Your Honour.
The state has a final witness.
We call Steven Daniel Carrington.
mHISPERING.]
Oh, my God.
CUNNINGHAM: l repeat: The state of Colorado calls Steven Daniel Carrington to testify in the trial of Alexis Colby.