Dynasty s07e02 Episode Script

Don't worry, I'm not gonna drag you out of that bed the way I dragged out your lover.
I wouldn't wanna touch you.
I wouldn't wanna dirty my hands.
Oh, he was drunk, Nlake.
He forced himself on me.
This isn't the first time, is it? Well, I've thrown him out, now you're the next one to go.
I want you out of this house and out of my life.
Nlake.
Nlake, it's you I love.
Look, if I hadn't been so lonely, if you hadn't gone away on those trips, those endless trips-- I was away on those trips because I wanted to build up my business so I could support you and our children.
Well, now, I don't want our children contaminated by you.
Oh, Nlake, no, no.
Look, I made a mistake but you've got to forgive me.
Roger Grimes didn't mean anything to me, Nlake-- I told you, I want you out of this house and out of Denver.
What's more, I'm going to pay you to go Iike the cheap little slut you are.
Oh, yes, Nlake, you'll pay.
You will pay.
[MUMBLES.]
No! No! Darling, what's the matter? Where were you? I was trying to find you.
I was checking on Kristina.
Was it a bad dream? Yes.
Wanna talk about it? [PANTlNG.]
I dreamt I dreamt that I was back at the old house.
And I was walking through the halls looking for you.
And every time I opened a door, Alexis would be there.
Laughing, mocking me.
Damn.
Damn that woman.
Darling.
She'll be gone from it soon, then your nightmares will be over.
They will.
ADAM: Enjoy your game, Nen? Are you really interested, Adam? No, as a matter of fact, I'm not.
Nut this might interest you.
There's a message for you from Australia.
What sort of message? An operator called to say that they're not allowed to give out any information on that call you received.
Now, that sounds intriguing.
What's it all about, Nen? It's just a practical joke from someone with a lousy sense of humour.
[KNOCKS.]
You, uh, sent for me, Mrs.
Colby? Yes, Hilda, come in.
Hilda, I have decided to give you a thousand-dollar-a-month raise.
A thousand dollars? [GASPS.]
Oh, well, thank you very much.
Hilda, as you know, there are 24 servants in this house.
If you catch any of them, any of them, showing the slightest bit of disloyalty towards me, I want you to let me know, is that clear? I, uh, don't think I can do that.
Do you remember sometime ago your son was ill in hospital and I helped you out financially? Yes, you helped save his life.
Yes, that's true, I did.
So I'm sure that I can count on you now.
"Mr.
Carrington, who owns the hotel, is reportedly in deep financial trouble.
Left the hotel, on the night of the fire, early with his wife.
" Damn it, what is this paper trying to do to me? Making a headline out of what that man, Thorpe, said.
The man was obviously in a state of shock.
I don't understand.
I knew Wendell Parker when I was doing PR for you.
He was always fair.
He always insisted on knowing both sides of the story.
Well, that's just what he's gonna get from me, my side of the story.
I'm gonna stop by The Mirror this morning and pay him a little visit.
Implying that I started this fire, that man is a liar.
[ORGAN MUSlC PLAYlNG.]
He killed you, Evelyn.
He killed you.
Good morning, Miss Carrington, Mr.
Carrington.
Culhane, what the devil do you think you're doing anyway? You asked me what I wanted in return for helping Miss Carrington at La Mirage.
"How much?" Remember? I make a habit of not forgetting the offers that I make.
All right, I'll ask you again.
How much do you want? I don't want money, sir.
I do wanna be your chauffeur again.
I picked up your keys at the front desk.
I'll take those.
- Michael was your chauffeur? - Mm-hm.
Well, why didn't you tell me? Didn't wanna be reminded of it and I don't wanna discuss it.
If you insist on paying me a salary, Mr.
Carrington, I know about your problems, you can pay me whenever.
It's not the money, it's you, Culhane.
Let's get to the point.
What do you really want? I'd like to make up for the past.
Daddy, what's this all about? Your father is holding a grudge against me.
I had an affair with Fallon.
Do you wanna tell her about it, Mr.
Carrington? Please, I want to know.
Fallon was going through an unhappy time, Mr.
Culhane here decided to step in.
Not out of affection, not out of sympathy, but because he was trying to blackmail me.
I didn't mean to hurt Fallon.
Except that you did.
AMANDA: Nut that was years ago.
Can't you forgive him? I owe him.
I owe him a lot.
All right, I'll give you another chance.
One.
First thing to do is take my daughter to the office, and then drop me off at the Denver Mirror.
Yes, sir.
That's all right, I'm sure Mr.
Parker won't mind me com-- Come in, Nlake, I've been expecting you.
My God, I should have known.
You bought out Wendell Parker.
Expensive but worth it.
I see you have today's edition of my newspaper.
Would you like to see tomorrow's? It's excellent, crisp and to the point.
Take this to Mr.
Eckland, Smitty.
- Tell him I've approved it.
- Yes, Mrs.
Colby.
So now she owns a newspaper.
She certainly does.
I have decided to become the city's conscience, Nlake.
I'm going to print opinions other people are afraid to whisper.
I'm going to attack everything that I think is wrong.
You of all people would have the nerve to judge anyone after the things you've done? After the way you perjured yourself in court about me? I'll print that too if you can prove it.
Nut you can't, can you? What I can prove is that you are a man so desperate for money, that you'll even start a fire to get it.
What the devil are you implying? Oh, I'm not implying, I'm saying.
And The Mirrorwill too, in bold black ink.
That you caused that fire at La Mirage to collect the insurance money, and in the process, innocent people were killed.
So you are guilty not only of arson, but of murder.
You're unbelievable.
You would dare to do that? Just try.
Try it.
I'm not sure what I'll do to you.
Empty words, Nlake, from a man who used to be such a tower of strength.
And I loved you for that strength with a passion.
It's all gone now and I can only pity you.
And that's the only reason that I'm offering you another alternative.
What alternative? This time tomorrow, I shall own Denver-Carrington.
There'll be no reason for you to stay in Denver anymore, so why don't you save yourself a lot of misery and leave now? Well, you don't have my company yet, and I'm going to fight you to the last breath.
And you're never gonna drive me out of this city.
Oh, how wrong you are.
You sent me into exile once, Nlake, now I'm doing the same to you.
Or else I'll see to it that you spend the rest of your life behind bars for starting that fire.
The choice is yours.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
Ah, father.
I was just leaving this memo for you.
"Regarding our position as of noon on Wall Street, the prices of Denver-Carrington common and preferred stock are still falling.
" Falling badly, nobody's buying.
It must have been that blasting I took in this morning's paper.
You know who the publisher of The Mirror is, don't you? - Wendell Parker.
- Not anymore.
Alexis Colby.
- What? - Yeah, she just bought it.
Another weapon to use against me.
Well, guess I'll just have to sell some more stock.
Is that wise at this point? - You could lose complete control.
- I have no choice.
If the price of the stock keeps falling, I have to sell more of it.
[SlGHS.]
I see you don't agree.
I just have this feeling in my gut, Father, that unless you declare total bankruptcy-- Nankruptcy? I've never reneged on a debt in my life.
Adam, I need you now.
Now, we've been through a lot, good and bad, but I've finally-- I finally feel that we've begun to understand each other.
Now, we can hold on to this company if we work together.
Nut I have to know that I can rely on you.
- Of course you can.
- Good.
No more talk about giving up, understood? Yes.
We'll work together.
[lNTERCOM BUZZES.]
Yes? What does he want? What the hell do you think I want, Alexis? - To see you.
- Well, now you have.
- Let's talk business.
- I am trying to run a newspaper.
Well, let's talk business about the newspaper.
My father and I are prepared to buy The Mirrorfrom you right now for $5 million more than you paid for it.
Huh.
Five million dollars in 24 hours, that's not a bad profit.
Tell me something, what do the Dexters of Wyoming want with a Colorado newspaper? I don't want you to have it.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Well, that's simple.
- No, it's not simple at all.
In fact, it's gonna get very complicated in time, and messy.
Very messy.
When it boomerangs on you, you end up destroying yourself.
[CHUCKLES.]
And you want to save me from destroying myself, is that it? Well, don't bother, because I know exactly what I'm doing.
There's only one person that I can depend on and that's me.
And that's a lesson that I have learned the hard way.
And one you'll never forget, I know.
[ALEXlS SlGHS.]
I feel sorry for you.
Well, don't, because I'm in control of my fate at last.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment at the press desk.
[SlGHS.]
Why the visit? I wanna clear the air between us.
[ADAM CHUCKLES.]
It is pretty heavy, isn't it? It has been for years.
Fraternal smog a man could choke on at times.
Adam, I just left dad.
He really needs both of us right now.
[SlGHS.]
Yes, I know.
Mother's like a tidal wave offshore waiting to sweep in.
When there's enough stock on the market, she's going to buy control.
It's gonna happen, Steven, soon.
Let's start up a new company, new ventures.
With our support, dad can do anything.
What's wrong? You seem to have forgotten one small item.
You still work for mother at Colbyco.
I'm resigning.
I have to.
I not only don't approve of what she's doing, but I can't stand Ben.
You with me on this, Adam? - I don't know.
- What is it? We haven't worked too well together in the past.
This is now, Adam, and you know dad's right.
I do.
And yes, Steven, I'm with you all the way.
I couldn't believe it.
Steven told me he's quitting Colbyco.
He is deserting you to work for father.
- To work for Nlake? - Yes.
Why are you telling me this, Adam? Necause I don't enjoy seeing you betrayed by one of your sons.
A very ungrateful, duplicitous son.
Unlike you, of course.
I'll pretend you never said that, Mother.
[SlGHS.]
I'm sorry, Adam.
I'm sorry.
I think I must be upset about Steven.
I'm not surprised.
He's always been judgemental as far as Nlake and I are concerned.
Well, he's made the wrong choice this time.
If father hadn't over-extended himself trying to take over Colbyco, he wouldn't be in the trouble he's in now.
And I'll be honest with you, I advised him against doing it.
- Did you? - But he wouldn't listen.
It was like that time when I came down from Montana and went to see him, told him I was his son, he wouldn't listen to me then either.
Only you believed me.
You were the only one who stood by me.
The one who looked at this and said, "Yes, Adam, you are my son.
" Remember? Oh, yes.
I found that a little while ago when I was cleaning out my desk.
Cleaning out your desk? I'm leaving Denver-Carrington, Mother, I've gotta get away from all of this.
What are you going to do? Adam, I didn't know you were here.
- I was just leaving.
- No, no, no, Adam, don't go.
Nen, Adam's just told me that he's leaving Nlake.
And I am going to offer you a job at Colbyco.
How would you like to be, um, Director of Legal Affairs, hmm? [LAUGHS.]
I don't know what to say.
I'm very flattered.
Well, do you accept? - Yes, I do.
- Mm.
Good.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you.
Mother, I'll see you in the morning.
- And thank you.
- Mm.
Oh, it's good to be back.
- It's good to have you here.
- I never should have left.
You have to be joking.
How can you possibly trust him after the way he fought us at Nlake's trial? How can you trust anybody who's always looking to bet on the winner? You just don't understand, do you? I am the winner.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment at the house with my decorators.
ALEXlS: What are you doing here? Visiting Danny, he, uh, seems a little sad.
Don't worry about Danny.
I know when he's sad and I know when he's glad.
He's my flesh and blood and nothing to do with you.
Alexis, it's understandable he's having a hard time.
He's lived with us since he was a baby.
Well, that's a bad habit he'll soon get over.
Particularly, with Nlake going to prison.
- Prison? What are you talking about? - Haven't you read The Mirror? - What about The Mirror? - There's a front-page story on Nlake.
Oh, and I own The Mirror now.
Well, let me give you a couple of news items.
- Nlake's not going to prison.
- Hmm.
And if you continue this, you'll not only alienate all of Denver, but your children as well.
Oh, I don't think so.
You see, Denver and l have been having a love affair ever since I came back.
And as far as the children are concerned, Adam's in my corner now.
And the others are gonna come back to me soon.
Oh, by the way I loved that outfit when I first saw it, I'm amazed it's lasted so many seasons.
Hey, you, get out of there.
This is the Denver-Carrington parking lot.
What are you doing here, anyway? I I just wanted to see if the car What about it? If it was my friend's car.
What's the name? - Wilson.
- Wrong car.
- Now you go on.
Get out of here.
- Don't push me.
I'm not gonna be pushed around anymore by anyone.
I've had enough.
Adam joining forces with Alexis, it's hard to believe.
Just this afternoon, he and l were talking about sticking together, and about how we were gonna fight our way out of this as father and son.
Poor Adam, he always seems to make the wrong choice.
Not this time.
He chose the one with all the cards.
She owns a newspaper, a public forum for all her lies.
Except we're not gonna let her get away with it.
We're gonna get your side of the story to the public.
- I'm coming back to work for you.
- Oh, no, darling-- Now, Jeannette's gonna take care of Kristina, so put your arms around me and tell me it's all right.
It's more than all right, it's wonderful.
GUARD: Good night, Mrs.
Carrington.
- Good night.
GUARD: Good night, sir.
- Good night.
Then I'll set up press conferences, appearances on local TV shows, news releases.
Nothing's gonna stop us, Nlake, nothing.
And I wanna contact every reporter in New York who covers Wall Street, and talk to them personally.
Explain that Denver-Carrington is going to make a comeback soon.
ALEXlS: According to my latest figures, I only need another 16 percent to gain full control of Denver-Carrington.
I have transferred another 100 million, so keep buying all the Denver-Carrington stock you can.
Yes.
Nye.
Price is dropping, Alexis, if you were to wait-- When I need your advice, I'll ask for it.
Were you this sweet with Roger Grimes? Or did you save the sugar for when you were in bed with him? And how do you know about him? Servants talk.
After you've charmed the pants off them, no doubt.
Well, I really don't like you wandering around my house prying secrets out of my staff.
And if I catch you doing it again, I'll just have to ask you to leave.
It's too early in the day to fight, Alexis.
I don't wanna get out of either this house or your life.
In fact, I wanna get deeper into it.
I want to run Denver-Carrington.
Oh, run Denver-Carrington? Well, help you run it.
You've got a newspaper now.
You still have Colbyco.
It's true, I do have rather a lot on my plate right now.
Well, let's discuss it on the way to the office.
I'll meet you in the car outside in 20 minutes.
Oh, and by the way, Nen, I've given some new instructions to the staff.
They're not going to be talking to anybody about anything, particularly house guests.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Father.
Didn't expect me this early, did you? Thought you might sneak away before I got here.
I was hoping I could meet with you to tell you I was leaving.
- To join up with your mother? - That's right.
Switching to the winning side, or what you perceive to be the winning side, is that it? Winning and losing have nothing to do with this.
Oh, what does? Let's call it disillusionment.
I tried to work with you, but I was never really appreciated here, was l? I tried to give you advice, good advice, but you never really listened to me.
In fact, I gave you everything that could reasonably be expected of me.
I expected more of you.
I expected you to be a son.
I expected you to be a Carrington.
I am a Carrington.
Not to me.
You never were and you never will be.
Yes.
And I know what you're thinking.
You're wishing I'd never come here.
Well, I am here and I'm staying.
Nut in a place where I can breathe freely and be respected and loved.
[HORSES WHlNNYlNG.]
- Hi.
- Hi.
Clay, meet Valez.
This is my son's favourite horse.
He's a beauty.
And you're phenomenal, you know that? Yesterday, I find you pouring over your accounts, now you're playing vet to an Arabian.
Ah, it's just a scrape.
Nut I'm glad you came by, maybe we can go for a ride or something.
Well, that's kind of what I had in mind, a ride.
Or something.
[NElGHS.]
- Are you all right? - I'm fine.
And you're beautiful.
Very, very beautiful.
- Daddy, can I ride Valez? - No, not today, champ.
I gotta get back to the office right after you visit him.
I've only got a little while.
Let's go.
Unh.
STEVEN: We'll come back another time, Danny.
Uh, Danny.
What a wonderful surprise.
Uh, I lost Valez's medicine and Mr.
Fallmont was helping me find it.
Hello, Steven.
Clay.
I want you to stay here and do something very special, okay? - Wanna feed Valez? - Is it okay, Daddy? - Sure, go ahead.
- Come on.
Got it? Me in public relations, do you think I can do it? Of course you can.
Now, we've got to work fast.
Here.
Start by phoning these media people.
Remind them about the press conference I set up at the Carlton this afternoon.
Then go to the hotel, check the seating arrangements, refreshments, everything.
Then distribute those releases that you wrote up, and be back here by 4 to handle the calls so you and Nlake can go to the conference.
Right.
Amanda, we appreciate your help.
And we have all the confidence that you can handle this.
[GRUNTS.]
- This won't take too long.
- What happened? Oh, no problem, really, just a little fine-tuning.
Don't worry, I'll get you back to the office in time.
I hope so.
Hey, look, I've been around cars all my life.
I was practically born at the wheel.
Was your mother driving herself to the hospital? Ha, ha, funny.
Uh, look, um - Amanda, about Fallon.
- What about her? Well, your father made a big deal out of what happened between us.
It was years ago, we were just a couple of high-spirited kids, and our famous affair was practically over before it began.
Why are you telling me this, Michael? The old Chinese saying: "lf someone saves your life, he's responsible for it forever.
" And l, Michael Culhane, am responsible for you knowing the facts, as they were.
Hand me that wrench there, will you? - Thanks.
- Oh.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, I won't die of grease poisoning.
Yes, but you will dirty that terrific outfit.
And we can't have that, can we? You can let go now, Michael.
I have a call to make and you have an engine to fix, remember? We'll be on our way in a minute.
DEX: Why am I offering to help you? Necause I think you're a decent man who deserves it.
As importantly, though, I wanna help Alexis.
So you're gonna help her by seeing me become solvent.
Nlake, she's gone off-limits on this vendetta against you.
It's going to end up hurting her.
There's very little that can hurt her.
You're wrong, Nlake.
She's as vulnerable as any of us.
I know you don't agree and she'd deny it until hell freezes over, but she is.
Dex, you have any idea the kind of money we're talking about? With all the stock that I've sold, I'm still a lot of millions short.
Nlake, I can help by leasing you some valuable oil property in Wyoming.
You can use it to start raising money.
Well, I appreciate your offer, I really do, but with the price of oil as shaky as it is today, l-- [DOOR OPENS.]
Well, well, well.
Two ex-husbands.
Not talking about me behind my back, I hope.
You got a couple of mentions along the way.
Oh, I'm sure I did.
The noble Dexter come to give aid to the wounded Carrington.
Sorry to interrupt your mission of mercy, but you're too late.
Exactly 25 minutes ago, Denver-Carrington became mine.
I now control it.
Here's the stock purchase.
And if you want to know more details, you can read all about it in tomorrow morning's Mirror.
Nlake, I'm sorry.
If I can be of help, call me.
You have one hour to pack your personal possessions and vacate my building.
You brought this on yourself, Nlake.
You humiliated me once in front of my children, in front of this whole city.
Well, now it's my turn.
Thought you'd defected, Adam.
Changed your mind again? I'm keeping an office here as well as one at Colbyco.
In case you hadn't heard, Steven, we've officially taken over Denver-Carrington.
I have heard and I'm here to see mother.
She's in the boardroom.
- She'd like to see you too.
- Sorry but I have nothing to say to her.
Amanda, it's a mistake to turn away from her.
- A mistake? - Mm-hm.
What about you? You don't think it's a mistake for you to betray father? After he's forgiven you for all the miserable things you've done.
Let me tell you something, Amanda, and remember it.
You haven't been around long enough yet to realise that Nlake's little girls can do no wrong.
Nut his sons are only loved if they bow to every command and agree with every word he says.
[SlGHS.]
Oh, Steven, I'm glad that you could come.
Did you think I wouldn't? Well, l I honestly didn't know.
Why do you wanna see me, Mother? I've been hoping that you would reconsider resigning from Colbyco.
Adam told you, right? Always first with the news, good or bad.
You're making a terrible mistake going over to Nlake.
He's going to make a comeback, Mother, he always has.
Nut that's not as important as the fact that I feel I'm doing the right thing.
How can you possibly forget all the times that he turned against you because of your lifestyle? And I was the only one who came to your defence.
I'll always be grateful for that, but that has nothing to do with what's happening now.
Doesn't it? One day you'll realise who loves you, who really loves you.
[SlGHS.]
I'm your mother, Steven, and my door will always be open to you.
You can come back into my life whenever you want.
Nut I just can't sit by and watch you be a loser.
I know.
I'll give her a horse.
- Ha.
Give who a horse? - Your mother.
I know all about it, her being interested in dressage.
[LAUGHS.]
It's "dressage," Sammy Jo.
It's about horses, not clothes.
Okay, but she still loves horses, doesn't she? Yeah.
- I'm gonna give one of my Arabians.
- Whoa, whoa.
Hey, hold on a minute, that's not necessary.
I mean, it's not like you're sending somebody flowers, you're talking about big bucks here.
Oh, so what? I'm not the poor girl from across the tracks anymore.
- I'm very rich.
- Mm.
So when do I get to meet her? I don't know, sometime soon? Well, why don't you arrange to have her come here and pick out a horse? And that'll give me a chance to get to know her.
[CLAY SlGHS.]
Look, about her interest in horses, that was a long time ago when she was training for the Olympics.
I know all about that.
How? Well, this may come as a surprise to you, but I can read, Clay.
[CLAY CHUCKLES.]
There was an article about her in one of the old magazines in my father's office.
And if she was with horses then, she still must love them.
- Hmm.
- What's the matter? - Nothing.
- Something's wrong, I can tell.
[CLAY SlGHS.]
Are you ashamed of me? Is that it? No, of course not.
- Well, what? - Why don't you start concentrating on what we have in common, not my mother, okay? [DOOR OPENS.]
Excuse me, Blake.
Oh, yes, Nill, what is it? These are the personal files you asked me to get for you.
Oh, thank you.
I'll take them with me.
And would you be good enough to ask all the heads of departments to assemble in the boardroom as soon as possible? - Yes, sir.
- Thank you.
[SlGHS.]
What am I going to say to them? How do I say goodbye? You'll find the right words to say.
You're still Nlake Carrington.
You still got what you had when you built this company.
Talent, experience, and an intuitive sense of people.
The most important thing I have is you.
You, Kristina and my children.
[DOOR OPENS.]
You've come to sit at my desk? That's right.
How did you know? NLAKE: I figured you'd take over this office.
It's not gonna work, Nen.
Stealing has never been part of this operation, and that's all you know.
You won't give up, will you, Nlake? That's good, I'm glad, because if you did, none of this would be as satisfying to me as it is right now.
Come on, darling, lets get out of here.
Wait a minute, what's in that box? My personal files.
They belong to the company now.
They're mine, and if you want them, you're gonna have to take them away from me.
That won't be necessary.
I think you'd better go, Nlake.
Take your private files and go.
He built an empire here.
You're not gonna start feeling sorry for him, Alexis? Oh, no.
Even if I were, Nen, my feelings are my own.
And so I asked you here to tell you, and I'd like you to tell all the people who work in your various departments, to stay on the job, keep Denver-Carrington strong.
We've come so far together, we mustn't let anyone or anything destroy what we've accomplished.
Just as no one or nothing will stop the day when I'll be back here, and we'll all be together again.
And that day will come soon.
Very soon.
Until then, thank you, my friends, and bless you.
And goodbye for now.
We will take care of things, Nlake.
- Nlake, I've got some good news.
- What? We just got the inspection certificates from the Fire Department.
What do they say? Well, since the day you bought La Mirage, there's never been any question that you haven't kept the hotel - well above code requirements.
- Good.
KRYSTLE: With this certificate, it should put an end to Alexis' lies.
Now all I have to do is send out a press release stating that Alexis is accusing you by innuendo.
That she hasn't come up with a single fact.
Fine.
Fine.
You killed my wife, Carrington! KRYSTLE: It's that man from the fire.
- You murderer! You're the reason she's dead! [TlRES SCREECHlNG.]
Michael, go faster.
I am, Mr.
Carrington.
This guy's gotta be crazy.
NLAKE: He's trying to run us off.
MlCHAEL: I can't get away from him.
KRYSTLE: Blake! BLAKE: My God! [KRYSTLE SCREAMS.]
[CAR CRASHES.]
[NLAKE AND MlCHAEL GRUNTlNG.]
Krystle.
Krystle? Krystle, darling? Oh, Krystle.
Oh, darling.