Melrose Place s05e12 Episode Script

Kimberly: The divorce is all I want.
You can keep your assets and you can forget alimony.
Now hold on a minute.
Kimberly, this is a settlement negotiation.
Then consider it settled.
There's a community property issue.
That's a joke, I don't own anything but debt, and she's welcome to that.
And the deed to the beach house? Two mortgages and a lien on it.
Michael's on the verge of bankruptcy.
What do you mean bankruptcy? I'm broke, babe.
You can't be.
You have investments, You have a thriving medical practice! I've had a bad year, okay? What do you care? You're leaving me.
There's nothing more to talk about, Michael.
I've got my life.
You've got yours.
You've obviously become fixated on this woman.
Okay, yes, I have deep, complex feelings for Megan, but I still love you, Kimberly, and love is not like a faucet I can turn on and off at will.
Spare me your plumbing problems.
Look, let's just try to work this out, okay? We've been through way worse than this.
You've cheated on me for the last time, Michael.
Then why are you being so damn nice in the settlement? Because alimony would just keep reminding me that you still exist, and as far as I'm concerned, you're a bad memory.
Come on, Kimberly.
Please.
Go on.
This is your life now.
Hey.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Baby, don't you know this ain't no sweet life, honey No-o-o-o Baby, nobody said it was a bed of roses No-o-o Baby, there's no promises of love, oh, honey No-o-o-o This is not love Baby, don't you know this ain't no sweet life, honey No-o-o-o Baby, nobody said it was a bed of roses No-o-o-o This is not love I'll get it.
Hello.
Yeah, this is Dr.
Burns.
Oh, I I see.
No, no.
No, I understand.
Of course.
Right.
Thank you.
Bad news? That was Dr.
Shulman.
I didn't get the chief of staff job.
What? Those jerks! What's a little misstep in surgery have to do with being a good administrator? It wasn't a misstep, Amanda.
I froze.
So you froze.
You'll get over it.
You don't get it, do you? I trained for 15 years to become a surgeon.
It's what I do.
And when I can't do it, it's a very big deal.
It sort of affects my life! And no one is gonna make me administrative chief if I can't cut it in the operating room, okay? Aw, forget it, huh? Who wants to be a paper pusher, anyway? So, uh what are you gonna do? I'm going golfing.
Figure I oughta give myself a little free time.
All things considered, isn't that a little frivolous? It's therapeutic, actually.
If someone were to come into my office with my problems, this is exactly what I would prescribe.
Well, I've always heard that a doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient.
Well well, thanks for all the support.
Hey! You'll be happy to know that our friendship has my husband's full consent.
Well, your husband threatened to clean my clock if I looked at you the wrong way, so, if you don't mind I'd like to keep my distance.
Oh, forget Kyle.
This is about you and me being friends.
Right now I'd like to be my own friend, if you don't mind? I hear, you I know you've been through a lot lately.
And I don't want to add to your pressures.
I just you know.
If you want a friend, call me.
Okay, well, I might take you up on that, but right now I need to knock some dimples off a few golf balls.
What are you doing here? Trying to see if I'm sweating out the lawsuit? Just teaching you a business lesson, son.
In a high-stake game, don't trust anybody, especially anybody close.
When you learn that, maybe I'll let you run the company.
You can't stop me from running the company, but you are going to stop from suing me.
Why would I do that? I guess you forgot.
I've got something on you.
What are you talking about, Craig? Just a little episode of our family history.
You're in that as deep as I am.
I don't think so.
See, I was just a little kid back then.
So if I go to the police, you'll end up doing some serious time.
I'll walk.
If you bring me down, you will lose everything here.
It'll all collapse.
I'll take that chance.
That was our secret, son.
We shared that together.
What are you gonna do, throw all that away for a fast DD takeover? Come on.
Fast? I've been waiting my whole life for the right moment to use this against you.
You know what it's been like living under your thumb all these years, having to smile at your little humiliations, watching you destroy anyone that ever got close to you? What? Did you think I'd forget what you did and just let it lie? I'd love to tell the whole world about it.
You wouldn't dare.
Call my bluff.
Mr.
Field.
You okay? I'm better than that.
I'm in control, and I run my own company.
And at the end of the day, I got a great girlfriend who's waiting for me.
Life's good.
Girlfriend.
You mean Sam? Yeah, Billy.
Who else? I even got her a place to paint in, a little loft downtown, and, man, talk about grateful.
Like father, like son.
I'm looking for Mr.
Curtis.
Oh, right over there.
Uh, Mr.
Curtis.
I'm Joe Curtis.
What can I do for you, young lady? I located you through the academy.
You produced the movie Troubled Hearts.
Don't tell me you're doing a documentary on unsung classics.
No.
Actually, no.
I'm I'm looking for this woman.
Do you recognize her? Oh, Sherri Doucette.
She was the bad luck friend.
She died in the second reel.
What do you want her for? Is she in trouble? No, no.
She's She's my mother.
Oh, is that right? I I didn't know she had any kids.
Well, she gave me up for adoption.
And you wanna meet her now.
Hey that's a great story, if it's got a good ending.
Do you know where she is? Well, I I could make some phone calls.
I might track her down.
I would really appreciate it.
You've got her bone structure.
She had great bone structure.
Well, um here's my number.
Please, let me know if you find her.
Hey, if it works out, I get the film rights.
You got a deal.
Bye.
I already have a short-term life insurance policy.
Whole life is the way to go.
It's a much better investment.
I don't need any investments.
What about accidental death? I do a lot of traveling.
Sorry.
I didn't think you'd be here now.
Uh, listen, Tom, thanks for running those numbers.
I will get back to you as soon as I've gone over them.
No, uh something's come up.
Okay, Tom.
Good-bye.
What are you doing here? I came to get the rest of my things.
Well, get them and get out.
I'm sure Megan is panting for your return.
Well, actually, I'm not going back to her house.
I'm staying with Matt for a while.
After all this, and you're not moving in with your tramp.
Michael, you're gonna screw up your chance with her just like you have with all your other relationships.
You know, when I lived here, you couldn't even stand for me to touch you.
And now you're worried that I'm gonna blow it with Megan.
What are you, guilty about something? Or maybe you're having an affair is that it? Don't be ridiculous.
Then who's this Tom guy you got off the phone so fast with? Nobody! He was just It was business.
Well.
Okay, fine, you take care of your business, and I'll take care of mine.
I'm just gonna get my clothes later.
Hey, Alison, you got a second? Yeah.
Um I've been really pressed for time lately, with school, and, well, Dan and everything.
Things getting serious with you guys? Yeah.
He can be kind of smothering sometimes, but he's working on it.
As long as you go in with open eyes.
Yeah, definitely.
The thing is, with all these time demands, I've got to quit here.
Jake gave me 2 extra shifts, and I was wondering, could you talk to him, maybe make it okay? Thanks.
What was that about? Oh.
Uh, Matt just has a little scheduling conflict.
Well, I trust you can handle it.
I already did.
Matt wanted to quit, and I said okay.
He can't quit.
I just upped his hours.
Oh, come on.
He's in love.
Love has nothing to do with running a business.
Why didn't he come to me? Because he was afraid you'd yell at him.
I'm not going to yell at him.
So now that Kimberly is divorcing Michael, I'm letting him crash at my place for a while.
No reason not to.
Besides the hospital and your social activities, you're hardly there any more anyway.
Yeah.
I figure I owe him one for putting you and me together.
Hey, listen why don't you stay at my place from now on? Your place is nothing but a financial burden at this point anyway.
If Mancini needs a place to live, you can maybe sublet your place Hold on, I don't think I'm ready to give up my place completely.
I mean, I need my space.
Okay, I'm not going to yell at you, but where do you get off quitting on me without giving me any notice? That's what I was doing.
I was giving notice.
Not to me you weren't.
Wait a minute.
He's not obligated to give notice for a minimum-wage bar job.
Jake: What are you, his lawyer? No.
No, I'm his lover, and I won't see him being bullied.
Matt: Whoa, whoa, guys.
Dan, Jake.
Jake, Dan.
Truce.
I'll be out in the car.
Well, this Dan's a pretty take-charge guy, huh? He's just looking out for my interests.
Right.
As long as yours don't cross his.
Coming.
Billy.
How did you find me here? Well, Craig told me all about it.
Oh.
Well, um come on in, I guess.
Okay.
Isn't this wild? He actually rented me a loft to paint in.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's wild but you gotta ask yourself why he's doing all this for you.
What are you implying? It's not what I'm implying.
Craig is the one that's bragging all about Look, I took this loft on the condition that it was strictly a work thing.
I paint here, that's it.
Is that clear? Yeah.
Perfectly.
To me, at least.
Look I'm really busy right now.
Do you think you can come back another time? Yeah.
Look I didn't mean to stir anything up.
No.
It's fine.
I just have a lot of work to do.
Okay, I'll see you around, Samantha.
Yeah.
Taylor: I just need a couple days off a week, that's all.
Taylor, this restaurant is like a newborn baby.
It's demanding, but you can't just walk away from it.
I'm not going to be any good to anyone if I'm burned out.
So what are you saying? You're saying you want to go without a hostess 2 days a week? No, but I just feel work pressure, okay? I just need some down time.
That's all.
Okay, I just hope we can find somebody on such short notice who's good enough to replace you.
We will.
Jane, where were you all day? It was Sam's day off, so guess who got stuck with working at the boutique all by myself? I'm sorry, Syd.
I was stuck with the supplier all day.
I just couldn't break free.
You couldn't call? Syd, I'm really tired.
Can we have this conversation another time? No! Listen, for your information, since I have been holding down the fort alone lately, as a partner in the business I gave myself a little raise.
Just a little raise, but Jane, this is Sherri Doucette, your mother.
Uh, Joe Curtis got in touch with me.
I can meet you at Marino's Hollywood Restaurant, uh, noon tomorrow.
See you then.
You found her? Syd, this is so incredible.
I can't tell you.
Jane, this is Sherri Doucette, your mother.
Uh, Joe Curtis got in touch with me.
I can meet you at Marino's Hollywood Restaurant, uh, noon tomorrow.
See you then.
Ahem.
Where were you last night? I left a message on the machine and said that I'd be late.
I went to bed at 1:00 and you still weren't home.
There.
What's this? I won 1,000 bucks playing golf.
The guys wanted to get their money back playing a little gin, so I won 200 more, and I was late.
You won $1200 gambling? Yes.
I can feel my luck is changing, Amanda.
My life is back on track again.
Wait, Peter.
A good day on the golf course is not exactly what I call a life on track.
Oh, come on.
Don't take this away from me, too.
It's enough that I'm a failure as a doctor.
I do not think you're a failure.
Well, I feel good about winning on the golf course.
I feel like celebrating.
And don't want anyone raining on my parade.
All right.
By all means, let's celebrate.
Good.
Why don't we have dinner together for a change, over at Kyle's.
Do you have a problem with that? No.
Fine.
Kyle's it is.
Good.
What are you doing here? Making sure you're okay.
I'm fine.
So, where is she? Don't tell me your so-called mother is a no-show.
She'll be here.
Maybe.
But I think you could use sisterly support.
Sydney, we're not really sisters.
Jane, we have been together my whole life.
You taught me how to bake toll house cookies.
You used to pinch me under the table.
I got all your hand-me-down clothes.
We used to have crushes on the same boys.
We're really sisters.
I'd like you to be gone before she gets here.
Jane, wake up.
The woman left you.
She's not coming back.
Excuse me, Miss Mancini.
Sherri Doucette just called with apologies.
She got tied up at the studio.
But she asked if you'd please come to her home in Brentwood tomorrow at 4.
Here's the address.
Thank you.
You were saying? Have this all typed up and on my desk, please.
Yes, sir.
Hi.
You haven't been returning my calls.
I've been busy.
Yeah, busy insinuating to Billy that you and I are sleeping together.
Oh, come on, I don't know what I said but whatever he inferred, it was just guy talk.
What? Am I supposed to be flattered that the guys are talking about me? No.
Of course not.
I guess I just wanted to get closer to you, and my fantasies got the best of my mouth.
You'd better learn to control yourself if you want this relationship to go anywhere near your fantasies.
Hey, haven't I been the perfect gentleman so far? Close.
This is good.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
Thanks.
Hi.
I'm your new part-time hostess.
Oh yeah? What makes you think so? I'm perfect, that's why.
I've filled in for Taylor before, I've seen where everything goes, and I know the setup.
I don't know, Syd, it gets pretty crazy in here sometimes.
You'd have to help out behind the bar, the kitchen, on the phone Look, when that party of 4 shows up with 7 and your last waitress calls in sick, I'm your gal.
I don't know, Syd.
Sounds like a dangerous idea to me.
Look, whatever happened between us, forget it.
It's ancient history.
You don't need the complications, and I don't need my heart broken.
Can you start tomorrow night? Yes.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Hey, Matt? Hey.
Hey.
You got a minute? Uh, what is it? Is something wrong? Is there an emergency? There's nothing wrong.
I was just thinking about our talk at Shooters, you quitting and about Michael moving into your place.
You got me out of rounds for this? Hey, I want you to be with me.
Okay, I want you to move into my place for good.
What? This is the perfect time.
You know, it's just, I don't know.
Moving out of my apartment Listen, don't be cautious now.
This is not This is not something that I take lightly.
Right.
No, it's just It's it's it's a big step.
I've got a lot of colleagues in France, some of them very close.
But nobody makes me feel Nobody has ever made me feel the way you do.
I mean, the house, when you're in it, the house comes to life.
When you're away it's just my small, little lonely little world.
When I just look at you, I just You make me smile.
I love you.
And I want you to be with me.
All right.
I will.
If you don't want to do surgery, that's fine.
There are other less-demanding specialties.
You could do research.
Oh, there you go.
I actually thought about becoming a golf pro at one time, it was right before med school.
It's always been a fantasy of mine.
Maybe I'll look into it a little more carefully.
You are joking, right? You wouldn't give up medicine for golf.
Well, I don't know.
I mean, look at me.
Look how my self-confidence has come back just a few days out playing like that.
It felt great playing golf.
It felt great winning again.
Hey, I think you got your old Peter back, baby.
Is everything okay? Oh, this was dinner for two, wasn't it? Just trying to be of service.
But please, if you need anything else, just ask someone else.
Do me a favor.
Go be a gracious host over at our landlord's table before I spill soup in her lap.
So, what are we celebrating this time? Peter's glorious golfing victory.
Really? Where do you play? Over at Glen Oaks, my favorite course.
I'll check it out sometime.
Yeah, you should.
It's very therapeutic.
Oh, the hospital.
Thank God.
Calling you back to the real world.
Yeah, either that or it's the pro shop calling with my starting time for tomorrow.
Excuse me.
You'll excuse me.
I've gotta get back to the kitchen.
Good idea.
Keep an eye on your wife while you're back there.
I beeped you.
Why? You know what tomorrow is, don't you? No.
I don't.
It's the anniversary of my sister's death.
Taylor, you don't understand.
I have tried for so long to put that behind me.
It just hurts me too much to remember.
Well, it's too painful for me to forget.
You'll probably think this is weird, but I have this ritual that I do every year.
I find a church and I light a candle for Beth.
It would mean a lot to me if you were with me tomorrow when I went.
No.
I couldn't.
It's not like I'm religious or anything.
I figure I should spread my prayers around, you know? You never know who's listening, right? So if we could just share her memory this once, that's not too much to ask, is it? No.
All right.
Meet me at St.
Andrew's chapel tomorrow night at 8:00, and we'll light a candle for Beth together.
All right.
Thanks.
See you tomorrow.
You had a lawsuit against Craig and now you've dropped it.
I want to know where that leaves me.
Amanda, you should not be allowed on the courts without tennis shoes.
Why aren't you fighting for control of the company anymore? I just decided that my boy had more on the ball than I'd ever given him credit for.
I thought I'd let him get his feet wet at the helm rather than at the hem of your skirt.
Well, that's going to make it harder for me to keep an eye on him.
Actually, your snooping services will no longer be required.
In fact, you're slipping lower on the food chain around here.
Taking orders from Craig today Well, who knows where you might end up.
So, you're cutting me loose.
I'm completely on my own now.
I guess that's your problem.
No, Arthur.
It's your problem.
You must be Jane.
Yeah.
I'm Sherri.
Hi.
Come in.
Thanks.
In here.
Did you have any trouble finding me? Well, no, the adoption agency told me No, I meant the house.
Right.
The house.
No! No problem at all.
I just took Sunset, and I found you.
You're so beautiful.
Would you like something? Some tea? Sure.
Tea is good.
Anything, really.
Tea is fine.
It's wonderful to see you looking so well.
I'm happy.
What about you? Oh, I keep busy Charity functions and, of course, keeping up with this place.
I bet you're a decorator.
The house looks lovely.
No, no, no.
I leave that sort of thing to the professionals.
Gosh.
I have so many questions.
I don't know where to start.
Jane, I have a new life now.
I know this might hurt you to hear it, but I can't make you a part of it.
I have my own family and they don't know about you.
They don't even know who I was when I had you.
And I want to keep it that way.
Of course.
I don't want to intrude.
I just thought that, um maybe I could see where I came from and who you are.
Jane, I gave you away for very complicated reasons.
I couldn't even begin to explain everything that was involved.
It doesn't matter.
It does matter.
It matters to me.
But can't we at least No.
I'm sorry.
And please, don't try to contact me again.
I can find my way out.
Good-bye.
Hey, doc! What are you doing here? Well, I know there's been some bad feelings between us lately.
I thought this might help us get over it.
I'm over it.
Can I join you? Absolutely.
So, how do you play this game, anyway? Heh heh heh.
All right.
What's your handicap? You know what? It's been so long since I played, I don't even know anymore.
How about you? Hmm.
Even up, then? Really? Yeah.
I'll go first.
Show you how it's done.
Great.
Hello.
How are you? What, are you checking up on me? No.
I just felt bad about last time.
I wanted to apologize about being chauvinistic and politically incorrect and implying anything about anything.
That covers a lot of ground.
Yeah.
Well, I think I missed a spot, so I wanna keep shoveling.
It's just you know I've had it up to here with guys and their assumptions.
I don't assume anything anymore.
There's no percentage in it.
You see? That's such a guy concept.
You treat a relationship like a game of craps.
Why can't you just be real? Jealousy's real.
Where did that get me? Back here.
Yeah.
Nice sketch.
Yeah, I wish I could finish it but the model canceled.
And I can't quite get the twist in the torso.
If you could just stand over there for No, never mind.
What? You want me to model? It's okay.
I'm on my lunch hour.
I want to help.
You want the shirt off? No! Yes, okay.
If you don't mind, you can, you know Okay, the pants are gonna stay on because I've had it up to here with women and their assumptions.
Touche.
If you could just You want me to No, no.
Like this.
Yeah, just that's good.
Twisted torso? Heh heh heh.
Well, I guess I win.
Check okay? Fine.
You know, you don't have to pay up now.
a big chuck of change to come up with.
I know your practice is just getting back on its feet There's nothing wrong with my practice.
Okay.
We need to do this again some time.
Too bad you had to go double or nothing on those last 3 holes.
I know Beth would be happy that we're together.
It's just like the old days.
It seems like, um a past life to me now.
Not to me.
I'm always thinking about how different life would be if Beth hadn't died and how my world wouldn't have tilted and you wouldn't have left.
And I wouldn't have had to cover for you.
What do you mean? It was me, Peter.
I'm the one who put the fake entry into Beth's diary to make it look like a suicide, because I knew it was you who gave her the lethal injection.
I know Beth would have wanted me to do that because she loved you so much, and we couldn't let you go to jail.
I wanted you to come back for me, too.
Well, why didn't you tell me this weeks ago? What is this, blackmail? No! I didn't tell you because I care about you, and I wanted to spare you those memories.
Well, then why tell me now? I didn't want to, but because it's this day, how could I not tell you? Taylor, you can't keep bringing me back into the past! Don't you understand? This hurts me! No, no, please! I could never hurt you.
You were so special to me back then.
You protected me.
All I ever wanted was to live with you and Beth.
That was my dream.
And then she got so sick and it was like my whole world exploded.
And you were just ripped out of my life, and I just I want you to be there.
I mean, you're back now.
And I just want you to be there for me, and I want to be there for you.
Tonight of all nights, Peter, please.
Please just be here for me.
Okay.
I'm here.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay? Yeah.
Shh.
Shh.
It's okay.
I gotta go home now.
So you got Sydney working for you now.
It's like you hanging out with Peter.
Whom I happened to take for 1,500 bucks at golf yesterday.
What, you won $1,500? Yes, I did.
Well, he can't afford that.
Don't worry about it.
He's a big boy.
He handled it very well.
No, I don't care.
He can't afford that.
You got to give that back.
No way.
Bet's a bet.
Okay.
Sydney can work at the restaurant if you give him his money back.
You want me to give it back to him that badly? Yes.
Fine.
I'll give it back.
Oh, there you are.
I hope this isn't a touchy subject, but your rent is, uh, overdue.
Perfect timing, actually.
This oughta cover what we owe you and next month's rent.
Uh, what's this? It's a result of a little gambling debt between your husband and me.
I see you have a joint account, so you can tear it up or deposit it.
Pleasure doing business with you.
Be the ball.
Hey, what are you doing? You didn't mention that your little golfing fiasco cost me 2 months' rent.
Oh.
Yeah, well, I, um I ran into a little bad luck.
But I can make this up in no time.
Being a golf bum may be your fantasy, but it's not mine.
It's my nightmare.
This has got to stop.
Well, what are you gonna do, huh? Throw me out? No.
I'm gonna throw your fantasy out.
Hey Amanda! Amanda! What did you do that for? Well I see things haven't changed much around here.
Oh, Jesus.
Megan, you scared me! What are you doing here? I went to the hospital looking for you.
I ran into your friend Matt.
He said that you'd be in surgery until late, and he was nice enough to give me the key.
I hope you're not too upset.
No.
But I am kinda surprised to see you here especially like this.
Well, it seemed to me that you needed a surprise.
Oh, Michael.
I don't care if you live with me or not.
I will make love to you anywhere you like.
Come on.
Hi.
Hi.
Is your mom home? Not for the past 2 years.
My folks are divorced.
Well, I just met her here yesterday.
Sherri? Oh, Sherri.
No, she's not my mom.
She works for my dad.
She's his secretary.
Secretary.
Yeah.
She always house-sits for us when we're out of town.
We got back last night.
Do you know where she does live? Yeah.
Um can I ask what this is about? Oh, it's a personal matter.
Okay, I'll go get the address.
Hold on.
Anybody home? Sure.
Come on in.
Thank you.
Look, I know that I've been spending most of my time at work.
I just thought maybe we could see a movie andget a quick bite to eat I can't, I have to get up early tomorrow.
Okay, maybe we can stay up all night.
Not right now.
I'm working.
Oh, come on.
Please, Craig! I'm just trying to show a little affection.
Is that such a crime? No, it's not a crime.
But this is my studio, not your love nest.
Don't you get it? Yeah, I get that we're dating.
We share experiences.
We help each other out.
It's a give and take situation.
Oh, okay, I get it.
So you give me the loft so you can take what you want? No, that's not it! Come back here.
Come on.
Ed, I thought we said s Can I come in? No.
Wait.
Please.
What do you want from me? I just wanna talk.
I don't know what to say to you.
I don't even know you.
But I want to know you.
Really? Well, this This is it.
This is me.
And this is me.
Why did you have to come here? To see who you are.
I don't care where you live or if you're well off.
I don't want you to have to pretend.
I can't handle this.
I never thought I'd see you again.
Well, here I am.
So is it okay? I don't know.
I I don't know.