Dynasty s07e04 Episode Script
Reward
Quite the inveterate snooper, aren't you? Or should I say compulsive? Talk about compulsive, offering a $100,000 for evidence I could dig up for you for ten.
Well, dug-up evidence is not what I want.
I want the genuine article.
After what we did to Nlake at the trial, you're actually concerned with morality? Yes.
And facts, Nen.
The fact is that Blake burned down his hotel for the insurance.
He was desperate for money.
He killed those people.
And we all know that he's capable of murder.
"Justice is mine," says Alexis.
Then why not make sure of it? With your kind of witness? Oh, no, Nen.
I don't want my children to accuse me of framing their father.
I want them to finally realise that Nlake Carrington is not the god that they think he is.
This is Mrs.
Nlake Carrington.
My husband was taken to your headquarters hours ago for questioning.
I'd like to talk to him.
Well, uh, no, I can't call back.
I'm gonna hold on and-- [DOOR OPENS.]
Never mind.
Uh, goodbye.
Oh, Nlake, what happened? You've been gone for hours.
Uh, Krystle, darling, why aren't you resting? When I left here, you said you're gonna try to get some sleep.
I couldn't.
Blake, what did the police want? Oh, they asked some questions, that's all.
Now, darling, are you sure you're all right? I'm fine, but are you all right? They didn't just ask some questions, I can tell.
Blake, I wanna know.
[SlGHS.]
They think I started the fire.
But that's insane.
Well, there isn't any evidence against you.
Well, they think there is.
They found some containers of a volatile cleaning fluid that exploded in one of our service pantries.
What's that got to do with you? One of the victims was a man named Marin, Frank Marin, a waiter.
And his body was found in that very same pantry.
Well, I don't understand.
What does that prove? Nothing, but the man had a criminal record.
And he was hired on the day of the fire.
But you didn't hire him.
No, I didn't, but our hotel manager, Jay Nradley, did.
And the man's criminal record was for arson.
Arson? Oh, my God.
Nut, Nlake, you're innocent.
Of course I am.
I'm gonna have a few choice words to say to Mr.
Nradley.
How could you have hired a man like Frank Marin without checking him out? Didn't you look at his references? Or did he have any references? We were busy with Miss Deveraux's engagement party.
Two waiters called in sick, I had to have somebody.
Is that your practice? To hire just anybody? No, sir, it isn't.
And I certainly intended to check him out.
I would have-- Yes, except that he burned down the hotel.
Killed himself and four innocent people.
For God's sakes, don't you think I feel bad enough about that? Oh, yes, you felt so bad about it that when you and I spoke, after the police questioned you, you simply couldn't bring yourself to tell me about that new employee.
I didn't think of it-- Did it occur to you, by my not mentioning that man, the police might think I was trying to conceal evidence? Mr.
Carrington, how was I to know you'd be questioned? Necause the police told you and you still did nothing about it.
I didn't think it was that important, telling you about hiring a new waiter.
I didn't wanna bother you, you're a very busy man-- In this case, everything is important to me.
Now, I've overlooked things about you in the past, but this is unforgivable.
You're through.
Michael, when I said yes to a cup of coffee, I didn't know we'd have to wait till the coffee shop opened up in the morning.
Well, as a matter of fact, we don't have to wait.
And we don't have to have coffee.
Always prepared.
Were you in the Coast Guard? Close.
Navy.
Where one training manual I read said, "When you entertain beautiful ladies with champagne, always include caviar.
" I blew it.
No caviar.
Good, I don't like caviar.
Oh, I'm in luck then.
Necause I couldn't afford it.
Nut you could afford champagne? Well, this is a special occasion.
To our first date.
Mm.
Complete with entertainment.
[JAZZ MUSlC PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS.]
No one can ever accuse you of being unimaginative, Michael.
Well, that is my claim to fame.
That and what else? Mm, well, let's see.
After I left Denver, I worked a while in the field and I tried my hand at wildcatting.
When that didn't work out, I decided to go to sea, but, uh, not for long, I got seasick.
[CHUCKLES.]
A man with a mysterious past.
Mm.
Nut a bright future.
[SlGHS.]
I'm sorry, l, uh, overstepped.
It's one thing for the help to, uh, offer his employer's daughter a drink, it's another to make a pass at her.
I'll just chalk it up to good employer-employee relationships.
This time.
KRYSTLE: Nlake? - Morning, darling.
If you couldn't sleep, why didn't you wake me? - I would've kept you company.
- I know that.
I tell you, something happened to me last night.
Something that was curious and extraordinary.
For hours and hours and hours, I couldn't stop thinking about the people who died in that fire, in my hotel.
Nlake, you were not responsible.
Yes, I know that, but I couldn't get them out of my mind.
Well, when I was at my lowest point, all of a sudden I realised what I'd been doing.
I had been playing right into Alexis' hands, Alexis and Nen's.
What I'm trying to say is that I had let them put me on the defensive.
Well, not anymore.
You know something, Nlake? You look like a new person.
We're going to make a fresh new start.
Darling, do you remember when we drove up to that crater and I told you that, that land might turn out to be the biggest find we'd ever been involved with? Yes, you said it could be your chance to regain everything.
Yes.
Well, for most of the night I was reviewing the seismic data, the reports, the analyses of that land, and I want to tell you right now that I am sure that that's our answer.
Gotta get dressed.
I'm picking Steven up and we're going out to the field to see Nick Kimball.
We're gonna do it.
We're gonna make it.
We'll control half the acreage in this state soon.
I'm glad you remember you're still in the oil business.
Nen, I know you resent having to come down here every time you have something for me to sign, but that's the way it's going to be for awhile, and that's why I have you and Adam running things.
[lNTERCOM BUZZES.]
Yes? Oh, send him in.
Hmm.
It looks as though my generous reward offer is paying off.
The City Room says this one's an ex-convict with an arson record.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Thank you.
Come in, Mr? Crane, Dan Crane.
I understand that you have some information for me.
Your ex-husband, Mr.
Carrington, offered me a very interesting proposition.
But one that I had to turn down.
What kind of proposition? This is my associate, Nen Carrington.
Oh, yes, the brother.
So tell me about this proposition from Nlake Carrington.
He said that it would be worth, uh, quite a bit of money to him if I would arrange a fire at his hotel, La Mirage.
But you turned him down.
- Yes.
- Why? I'm a professional, Mrs.
Colby.
I don't like to take jobs where women and children might be involved.
I see.
When did Mr.
Carrington first approach you? That Friday before the fire.
Are you sure about that? Oh, yes, it was Friday the 13th, prophetically enough.
And you say it was three days before the fire? That's right, three days before.
That was a very unlucky Friday the 13th for some people.
And it was a very unlucky Friday the 13th for you too, Mr.
Crane.
Because I happen to know that Nlake Carrington was in Hong Kong on that date.
- Get him out of here, Nen.
- Now just a minute.
- You heard Mrs.
Colby.
- I may have mixed the dates up.
Get the hell out of here.
So now do you understand why I insist on genuine evidence? Alexis, suppose you can't find an honest eye-witness.
Suppose Nlake just happens to be innocent.
Nlake Carrington is guilty of causing that fire.
I know it and I am going to prove it if it's the last thing I ever do.
You double-crossed me.
You set me up.
You fool, you set yourself up.
Forget that you got the dates wrong.
I'm telling you how we can salvage this thing.
You want me to go to the DA's office? With the same story, but this time with the correct date.
Nlake Carrington contacted you on Saturday the 14th when he returned from Hong Kong.
The district attorney's office will buy it and so will Mrs.
Colby.
I wouldn't bet on that.
She is one very sharp lady.
Look, you got mixed up on the dates when you first spoke to her.
It can happen.
What makes you think anyone will buy it? Because it makes sense.
When you turned Nlake down, he went to Frank Marin.
Don't you see? Marin's dead, he can't deny it.
[CHUCKLES.]
You're right, Carrington.
It makes sense.
All I'm asking, Nick, is that you listen.
- I have listened, Blake.
- But not with an open mind.
You're not giving my father a chance to explain his ideas.
Look, when I'm being sold a bill of goods, my mind is never open.
You sound exactly like your father.
Nut for all his orneriness, he still had vision and imagination.
Nick's father and I started out in the business together five-dollar-a-day riggers.
Three months after he started, he was in a poker game with the boss, filled an inside straight and ended up with half the well.
And six months after that, he loses it again in another poker game drawing to another inside straight.
Yeah, but at least he took a chance.
And lost, Nlake.
Hasn't it occurred to you that the reason my father came to you with his idea is that you can help him win? He says you're the best drill foreman in the business.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, Nlake, your son's as full of it as you.
Yeah, but he's gonna go along with me.
He's taking a chance.
Now, why the hell can't you? I'll take a chance, when there's something to drill for.
Nut not only is there nothing to drill for in the crater, you're asking me to assemble a crew and offer them no pay.
No pay but equal shares.
Shares in everything we get out.
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.
There's no oil in that land, there never was.
You're absolutely right.
There is no oil.
Then what are we talking about? Gas.
Natural gas.
Gas? Possibly the biggest field in the United States.
Nick, damn it, I need you.
I'm sorry, Nlake.
[SlGHS.]
Okay.
I just hope that your kids inherit your father's guts, you sure didn't.
Thanks for your time though.
Blake.
[CHUCKLES.]
I haven't been at a good poker game in a long time.
[PHONE RlNGlNG.]
- Hello? - It's Alexis.
Well, from which of your seats of power are you calling? The mansion, Colbyco, the newspaper? It doesn't really matter where I'm calling from, it's why.
- Nlake.
- What about him? The more I think about it, the more I resent you working with him on this new project of his, whatever it is.
Look, Alexis, I haven't made any deal with him.
Well, I happen to know that he is going to approach you to make a deal.
And if you do, it is going to cause a conflict of interest with Lex-Dex and-- DEX: Alexis, hold it.
Whatever I do or don't do on a project is in no conflict with what I'm doing on the pipeline.
Now just get off my back.
I'll get off your back, Dex, when I feel like getting off your back.
Meanwhile, don't be surprised if I veto all further work on the pipeline.
Goodbye.
Alexis.
Damn it.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
Come in.
Dex.
What are you doing out here, Steven? - I catch you at a bad time? - Yeah, as a matter of fact, you did.
What do you want? I, uh, brought some reports that Dad wants you to look over before he gets here for your meeting.
All right, you delivered them.
Dex, I don't know what it is about me that bothers you, but I think it probably goes back to when you and my mother first got together and I didn't trust you.
- Look, Steven, l-- - We may be working together now, so if you're holding a grudge against me I really wish you'd bury it.
[SlGHS.]
You know something, Steven, in a way, you and I are both caught in the middle, aren't we? Noth of us trapped between your mother and your father.
No, Dex, I'm not trapped.
I do what I want these days.
Nut I think maybe you are trapped, emotionally.
Necause you're still in love with my mother, aren't you? [SlGHS.]
God help me, I am.
But that's the impossible.
Why don't we get to the possible? You grab yourself a cup of coffee and I'll look these reports over, all right? It's a deal.
Did I tell you your mother's coming to see Granada? You got her to come see the horse? You gotta be kidding.
Yeah, why are you so surprised? Well, I'm just wondering how you did it, that's all.
- It's called persistence.
- Ha, ha.
You're gonna need more than that when you tell her your giving her the horse.
She won't accept that kind of a gift.
You mean, from me.
From anybody.
Let's go in the pool.
Come on, it's hot out here.
Let's go.
Come on.
- Wait.
Aah! - Ha, ha.
- Come on.
- Aah! Okay.
- Wait.
Oh, wait.
- Wait, let me test it.
Oh! [SAMMY JO YELPS.]
[SAMMY JO SQUEALS THEN BOTH LAUGH.]
Aah! - Where's Father? - I told him no one was here.
That's all right, Amanda.
What did you wanna see Nlake about, Adam? I want him to know that I don't approve of this campaign Alexis is waging against him, and that I have nothing to do with it.
And that I know, of course, he's not responsible for the fire.
Well, I'm glad you realise that.
I know how hurt he was when you went to work with Alexis.
It was strictly a business move.
- I'll come around and see him tonight.
- Adam Your father's been having a rough time lately.
He's got a lot on his mind.
He needs some time to himself.
Why not come right out and say what you mean, Krystle? That it wasn't a business move, it was a betrayal.
- Adam, I don't wanna get into that.
- It's what you think.
And you also think I came here not to explain anything to my father but to beg for his forgiveness.
Whether your father forgives you or not, that's for him to say.
And if he does, you wouldn't approve? You'd try and change his mind.
You know your father better than that.
He makes his own decisions.
Krystle Admit it.
You'd love it if Nlake disowned me completely.
That's not true, Adam.
Nut if it comes to that, you'll only have yourself to blame.
These reports that Steven brought by are interesting.
Who have you got on your crew, Nick? Well, if you came in with us, we'd have no trouble getting the top men.
You mean you haven't signed anybody on yet? Well, Nick is working on that right now.
Dex, you once said you'd like to be able to help me.
Well, we could use that help right now.
I'd like to borrow your deep-drill gear.
Nlake, if this is a bust-out, you're finished.
You won't be able to get anyone to show you the way to the mens' room.
But if he hits, it's all the marbles.
He sure does like playing for the whole bag.
Don't you? And he draws inside straights too.
Sometimes.
Look, if you're hesitating about this, Dex, because you think it might mess up your dealings with Alexis, it's all right, I understand.
Nlake, I have business dealings with Alexis, but she doesn't tell me what I can or can't do.
Good.
Then it's a deal? It's a deal.
ALEXlS: Nlake wasn't out there visiting Dex on a social call.
Mother, I told you, we're going to find out exactly what he's up to.
Nen and l are working on this together.
And we make a good team, don't you think, Uncle Nen? Well, you should make a good team, your goals are the same.
Yes, to help you.
Certainly.
Nut, Adam, I wonder just how committed you are to those goals.
Of course he's committed, he's my son.
He's also Blake's son.
Which should give him even more incentive than you, Nen.
NEN: I don't think you need worry about my incentive, Alexis.
Nut the fact of the matter is that until a few weeks ago, your "good team" consisted of you and Nlake.
I changed teams, Nen, for my own good reasons.
None of which concern you.
The fact is, I'm on Mother's side now and I'm playing to win.
Your own good reasons, I'd like to hear them sometime.
Oh, stop it.
I don't like having my loyalty questioned.
Then prove your loyalty.
- Both of you.
- I've proved mine.
Not yet, Adam.
Which one of you is going to get me the information I need about Nlake's new venture? What is this, Alexis, a contest? Why not? Since you're both such keen competitors, Iet's make it a contest.
Show me which side you're really on.
Well, you're up early.
Oh, Gerard, ask Mrs.
Gunnerson to fix me one of her famous blueberry waffles, would you? Certainly, Mr.
Carrington.
You know, Adam, after our talk last night, I realised we have more in common than you might believe.
Other than being blood relatives, I can't imagine what.
Well, we've both shared a common, if painful, experience.
We've both been outcasts, right? We both have, or had, fathers who hated us.
My father might not understand me, but hate me? No.
You just can't accept it, can you? I see no point to this conversation.
Why don't you take a piece of advice from someone who's been there? Accept your father's hatred, Adam.
Necause until you do, you won't be able to control your own life.
Nen, you are as transparent as that window.
You want me to believe that my father despises me because you think I can't be trusted otherwise.
Well, you're wrong.
I'm working with Mother and you because it's good business.
Nusiness and nothing else.
Of course.
And as a good businessman, you'll prove to your father that you're a Carrington.
I am a Carrington.
Only in name, Adam, and you want more than that.
You want your father's acknowledgement, his true acknowledgement.
Your fantasy is the same as mine.
The father who never understood you, welcoming you back, promising to make up for all those wasted years.
Well, smarten up, boy, because it'll never happen.
What the hell is your game, anyway? To be your friend.
No, it's to send me running back to my father.
To try and fulfil that so-called fantasy.
And then you can smugly show Alexis that you were right all along.
No, I can't be trusted.
Well You smarten up, uncle.
Because that will never happen.
We'll see.
I thought that with Dex in on the project, that it'd be easy putting together a good crew.
That's too bad, I guess they've been reading the newspapers.
Yeah, especially The Mirror.
You know, the guys figure that a big man like Nlake Carrington wouldn't have himself in this kind of bind unless he was all washed up.
Can't you convince them that that's not true? I tried to, but coming from me, it sounds like sales talk.
Well, you talk to them, Nlake, they'll believe you.
They'll all be at the Cantina tomorrow night.
All right.
All right, I'll be there too.
And I'll buy the beer.
[KlMBALL & KRYSTLE LAUGHlNG.]
Just be straight with them, that's all they want.
I've never been anything other than that, you know that, Nick.
- Nice to see you.
You take care.
- Okay.
Dominique.
Oh.
Dominique, uh, this is Nick Kimball.
This is Dominique Deveraux.
Yes, I recognise Miss Deveraux.
I love your music, I've seen you perform.
- Really? - I was in London a few years ago.
I stopped by your club, you were terrific.
Thank you.
It's nice meeting you, Mr.
Kimball.
My pleasure.
I hope to see you again.
Thank you.
He's a nice looking man, Mr.
Nick Kimball.
Mm-hm.
- Um, can I get you some breakfast? - Yes, I'd love it.
- Must be my lucky day.
- You're pressing your luck, Dex.
I've got two offices to run now and I'm busy.
I just asked you a simple question.
What were you doing out at the site yesterday? And why did you leave without talking to me? I went out there to tell you that I've changed my mind, I decided to go ahead with the pipeline, and what do I see? I'm rewarded with the sight of you and Nlake shaking hands.
So, what's that got to do with you and me? It won't cost you a penny.
Why do you always act as though I put a price on things? Necause you always do put a price on things, Alexis, and this is a perfect example.
[SCOFFS.]
Don't try to tell me that it's to Lex-Dex's advantage to do business with Nlake, because it's not to my advantage.
Nothing with him is.
Look, Alexis, if you're so determined to put Nlake down that it blocks out everything else in your life, including our business relationship, then once again, I am wasting my time.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Jackie? Jackie, darling, I'm here.
What is it? What is it? Oh, Mother.
I had a dream, a bad dream.
I don't wanna talk about it or remember it.
Darling It was about the fire again, wasn't it? Jackie, talk to me please.
Tell me.
[SOBBlNG.]
I was in that corridor again.
And all at once, there was smoke everywhere.
And then the people-- People were screaming.
Oh, darling.
And then Then this door to this room opened, and there was more smoke, a lot more.
And then, Mother, I saw Claudia.
And all these flames just shooting out of her room.
It was like an explosion.
All right.
All right.
All right, Jackie.
It's all right, Jackie.
Darling, soon the bad dreams will go away.
They'll go away.
And then you'll get better.
Jackie, you have to get better.
So I'm here to offer you a piece of one of the biggest finds this state has ever seen.
All right, hold on, Nlake.
You've been talking about how all of us are gonna get rich on this super-duper deal of yours, but you ain't ever told us what or where.
Now you hold on, Charley.
I'm gonna tell you what or where, but you gotta give me a little time.
Now, Larry, that first well we brought in, Carrington One, you worked for me for six months, and all you got was a flea-bag of a hotel room and some pretty bad food.
Nut by the end, you had saved enough money to retire.
Now, you were willing to gamble on me then, why not now? That was 30 years ago, Nlake.
Yeah, you had more guts then.
You could look at yourself in the mirror and be proud then.
What do you see when you look in the mirror, Carrington? I'll tell you what he sees.
An ex-big shot.
You thought you were a real big man that day you fired me.
Well, look at you now.
Hey, you're practically on your knees begging.
- Get lost.
- I fired you, Carson, because you got drunk on one of our rigs.
You almost killed yourself and two other men.
You talk about killing people? You read the Denver papers and you'll see who's killing people.
KlMNALL: That's enough.
You're nothing now.
Get out of here before I throw you out, Carson.
Move.
So I can understand how these men feel that-- Look out! [GRUNTlNG.]
Get him out of here.
Well Almost like the old days, remember, Larry? Gonna make me eat my words, huh? I'll eat them, Nlake, I'm with you on this.
Me too.
[ALL CHEERlNG.]
[ALL LAUGHlNG.]
Good evening.
It was.
Well, it's a good evening for me.
I've just left Stu McGowan.
Remember Stu? Denver-Carrington's third biggest customer until you drove him away.
Well, you'll be happy to know that he's back with us.
As a matter of fact, I'm delighted to know that.
Stu McGowan's gonna steal you blind, that's why I stopped dealing with him.
I see you've been rolling in the gutter again.
Yeah, I'm still in the gutter when I'm near you, Nen.
Word is you're starting something new.
I hope it doesn't take too much initial capital.
You're gonna need every dime you can raise for your legal costs.
You really had your problems with fires, haven't you, Nlake? Nut I think this last one is the one that'll do you in.
Do me in, huh? No way.
I'm just getting started.
Yes, Danny, I'd love to take you to the baseball game on Saturday.
We'll have hot dogs and popcorn and, uh-- What else do they have at baseball games? Of course, soda pop.
Listen, darling, I have to go now but I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Nye-bye.
Well, Mr.
Wales, when I asked you to contact me, I didn't expect you to take four days to do it.
Mrs.
Colby, am I about to be taken to task? No, you're about to be offered a job.
[ALEXlS CHUCKLES.]
Come and sit down.
Whatever they're paying you at World Finance, I'll triple your salary.
Nut don't inflate the figure because I'll find out what it is.
I'll have to think it over.
Oh, take as long as you like.
As long as it's not more than ten seconds.
[CHUCKLES.]
What's my first assignment? Who do I have to kill? Nlake Carrington.
I want you to find out all about his new venture.
And then I want you to kill him with your infamous killer prose.
I'll expect results in 48 hours.
[CHUCKLES.]
These are ready for your signature, Mr.
Carrington.
Right.
I'll get to them before I leave.
Uh, Dana, have you given any thought to our earlier conversation? DANA: Yes, I have.
Nut, I'm sorry, I think giving you that information would be unethical.
Dana, I'm only asking you to tell me what was in the files that Nlake Carrington removed from this office.
Those were his confidential files, Mr.
Carrington.
And you were his assistant.
Nelieve me, Dana, I respect your discretion but those files are the property of this firm which employs you and to which your loyalty belongs.
I'm sorry, I don't see it quite that way.
You're very good at what you do, I'd hate to lose you.
That sounds like an ultimatum.
Oh, it is.
I'll get my things together.
You're making a very big mistake, young lady.
I always carry a spare for emergencies.
- All I've done is talk and talk.
- Ha-ha-ha.
My God, if Nen Carrington ever knew I told anybody why he fired me-- He won't find out, don't worry.
I wanna tell you I am truly grateful for your loyalty to my father.
I'm just sorry that when he removed those files he left you in such an untenable position.
Well, I knew when he took them, it meant trouble.
A lot of personal letters and memos, memorabilia.
It's much more than that, believe me.
Dana, how would you like a job? Working with me.
I need more help, what do you say? I appreciate the offer, but I couldn't.
Um To begin with, Mr.
Carrington-- Nen has nothing to say about this.
I'm hiring you.
And I'd be caught in the middle.
I can't, but you're very sweet to make the offer.
Well, if you ever change your mind, the job is yours.
Mm, I love this restaurant.
It's certainly a far cry from Nillings, Montana.
Nillings? I think it's getting late, don't you have a meeting? Dana, what do you know about Nillings, Montana? I know a lot about a lot of places, Adam.
Mr.
Carrington, there's an overseas call for you.
You can take it in the office, if you wish.
Thank you.
I give you fair warning, we're gonna be seeing a lot of each other.
She's a beauty.
[HORSE NElGHS.]
I think she likes the horse, Clay.
You'll know soon enough.
She's marvellous, Sammy Jo.
I knew you'd like her.
Her sire was a Prix St.
Georges competitor and won FEl blue ribbons three years in a row.
Uh-oh.
Come here, you gorgeous one.
Yes, oh, yes, you are such a love.
I'd like to buy Granada.
Oh, no, Granada is yours.
My gift to you.
Oh, no, my dear.
This is much too valuable an animal to be given away.
Mrs.
Fallmont, I'm not exactly giving her away.
I mean, the publicity value of you, a former Olympic dressage rider, on a Delta Rho horse is priceless.
It's good business.
Well, shall we discuss this at dinner one night next week at my house? Clay will call you.
I'd like that.
Yes, you are.
Oh.
Oh, Sammy Jo is just delightful.
She has a certain candour, an openness.
Well, she's honest, and she's obviously out to land you.
Then why did you invite her to dinner, huh? Oh, I think she'd be good for you.
[CHUCKLES.]
All right, all right, let's have it all.
No, seriously.
You need a woman like that.
No pretensions.
She is what she is.
And she tells you to accept her for precisely that.
You could do a lot worse.
Mom, Sammy Jo is everything you say she is.
And we have a great time when we're together.
I really do like her.
Nut it's a big world and I haven't even hit Cleveland yet.
- Oh, Clay.
- Yeah, I know.
I remember when the Denver Mirror was a reputable newspaper.
When the managing editor had the courage to print both sides of the story.
Mrs.
Carrington, this is a reputable newspaper.
No, Mr.
Eckland, an honest newspaper would print the truth about the fire, not make a scapegoat of my husband.
Now this is an official Harmon Springs Fire Department report.
[SlGHS.]
All it says here is that three months before the La Mirage Hotel fire, the sprinkler system was in perfect order and repair.
It also says that after completing the inspection, they have no record of the system having been turned on again.
Now, it doesn't happen often but it did happen at La Mirage.
Now, we ran the story on the facts we discovered.
These are new facts.
Victor, when the Gordon Wales article comes in, I want it run as a page-one lead.
I'll see to that, Mrs.
Colby.
We at The Mirror are always delighted to have a visit from our loyal readers.
These are all lies, Alexis, and you know it.
You may not believe this, Krystle, but I understand and I even admire your standing by Nlake.
Nut that makes me even more determined to continue printing what I know is the truth.
The truth? You'll soon find out what the truth is.
On your way out, perhaps you'd like to visit our Press Room.
Or even our Art Department.
I thought I'd find you here.
Where's Danny? - He's at school.
SAMMY JO: What school? - The Townsend School.
- That's on the other side of town.
- We've moved.
- So I've heard.
Look, I've rented an apartment and I've taken him with me.
You had no right to do that without asking me.
Why aren't you more concerned with why I did it? All right, why? Necause with my father and Krystle moving out and my mother moving in, he's confused, Sammy Jo, he's very confused.
Well, he wouldn't be confused at all if he were with me at Delta Rho.
Oh, that would be a great environment for him, a stud farm.
He could learn about the facts of life.
Watch the breeding process as demonstrated by you and Clay Fallmont.
Well, at least he'd see how it's done by straight people.
Sorry to bring you here in the middle of the night, but it is for your own good.
Sit down.
I appreciate that, Mr.
Carrington.
Now, what I wanna know is exactly what you told the police about Nlake hiring Marin, the arsonist who was killed in the fire.
Your brother didn't hire him, I did.
And that's what I told the police.
Thereby absolving Nlake of any responsibility.
And he shows his appreciation by firing you.
Well, I certainly didn't deserve to lose my job.
Ah, with a nasty question mark hanging over your whole future.
Listen, Nradley, how would you like not only to clear your good name, but share in that $100,000 reward? And just how would I do that? Well, if you were to tell the district attorney's office that Nlake Carrington instructed you to hire this man, Marin, it'd be no more than Nlake deserved after the way he's treated you, and you would be eligible for that reward.
It's something to think about.
Yes, it certainly is.
Yes, that's wonderful.
Thank you very much.
Right.
Nye.
Good news? Jim Henderson's gonna be working with us.
He's the best deep-bit drill man in the business.
That's wonderful.
Yes, I have a feeling somehow that, uh, things are changing.
Maybe it's because I'm in charge of my own destiny or because I'm making things happen again, but I couldn't have done it without you.
Without your encouragement and support and love.
[CALDER CLEARS THROAT.]
Lieutenant Calder.
You're getting to be a regular visitor.
Mr.
Carrington, I have a warrant for your arrest.
- What? - On what charge? Arson and first-degree murder.
Well, dug-up evidence is not what I want.
I want the genuine article.
After what we did to Nlake at the trial, you're actually concerned with morality? Yes.
And facts, Nen.
The fact is that Blake burned down his hotel for the insurance.
He was desperate for money.
He killed those people.
And we all know that he's capable of murder.
"Justice is mine," says Alexis.
Then why not make sure of it? With your kind of witness? Oh, no, Nen.
I don't want my children to accuse me of framing their father.
I want them to finally realise that Nlake Carrington is not the god that they think he is.
This is Mrs.
Nlake Carrington.
My husband was taken to your headquarters hours ago for questioning.
I'd like to talk to him.
Well, uh, no, I can't call back.
I'm gonna hold on and-- [DOOR OPENS.]
Never mind.
Uh, goodbye.
Oh, Nlake, what happened? You've been gone for hours.
Uh, Krystle, darling, why aren't you resting? When I left here, you said you're gonna try to get some sleep.
I couldn't.
Blake, what did the police want? Oh, they asked some questions, that's all.
Now, darling, are you sure you're all right? I'm fine, but are you all right? They didn't just ask some questions, I can tell.
Blake, I wanna know.
[SlGHS.]
They think I started the fire.
But that's insane.
Well, there isn't any evidence against you.
Well, they think there is.
They found some containers of a volatile cleaning fluid that exploded in one of our service pantries.
What's that got to do with you? One of the victims was a man named Marin, Frank Marin, a waiter.
And his body was found in that very same pantry.
Well, I don't understand.
What does that prove? Nothing, but the man had a criminal record.
And he was hired on the day of the fire.
But you didn't hire him.
No, I didn't, but our hotel manager, Jay Nradley, did.
And the man's criminal record was for arson.
Arson? Oh, my God.
Nut, Nlake, you're innocent.
Of course I am.
I'm gonna have a few choice words to say to Mr.
Nradley.
How could you have hired a man like Frank Marin without checking him out? Didn't you look at his references? Or did he have any references? We were busy with Miss Deveraux's engagement party.
Two waiters called in sick, I had to have somebody.
Is that your practice? To hire just anybody? No, sir, it isn't.
And I certainly intended to check him out.
I would have-- Yes, except that he burned down the hotel.
Killed himself and four innocent people.
For God's sakes, don't you think I feel bad enough about that? Oh, yes, you felt so bad about it that when you and I spoke, after the police questioned you, you simply couldn't bring yourself to tell me about that new employee.
I didn't think of it-- Did it occur to you, by my not mentioning that man, the police might think I was trying to conceal evidence? Mr.
Carrington, how was I to know you'd be questioned? Necause the police told you and you still did nothing about it.
I didn't think it was that important, telling you about hiring a new waiter.
I didn't wanna bother you, you're a very busy man-- In this case, everything is important to me.
Now, I've overlooked things about you in the past, but this is unforgivable.
You're through.
Michael, when I said yes to a cup of coffee, I didn't know we'd have to wait till the coffee shop opened up in the morning.
Well, as a matter of fact, we don't have to wait.
And we don't have to have coffee.
Always prepared.
Were you in the Coast Guard? Close.
Navy.
Where one training manual I read said, "When you entertain beautiful ladies with champagne, always include caviar.
" I blew it.
No caviar.
Good, I don't like caviar.
Oh, I'm in luck then.
Necause I couldn't afford it.
Nut you could afford champagne? Well, this is a special occasion.
To our first date.
Mm.
Complete with entertainment.
[JAZZ MUSlC PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS.]
No one can ever accuse you of being unimaginative, Michael.
Well, that is my claim to fame.
That and what else? Mm, well, let's see.
After I left Denver, I worked a while in the field and I tried my hand at wildcatting.
When that didn't work out, I decided to go to sea, but, uh, not for long, I got seasick.
[CHUCKLES.]
A man with a mysterious past.
Mm.
Nut a bright future.
[SlGHS.]
I'm sorry, l, uh, overstepped.
It's one thing for the help to, uh, offer his employer's daughter a drink, it's another to make a pass at her.
I'll just chalk it up to good employer-employee relationships.
This time.
KRYSTLE: Nlake? - Morning, darling.
If you couldn't sleep, why didn't you wake me? - I would've kept you company.
- I know that.
I tell you, something happened to me last night.
Something that was curious and extraordinary.
For hours and hours and hours, I couldn't stop thinking about the people who died in that fire, in my hotel.
Nlake, you were not responsible.
Yes, I know that, but I couldn't get them out of my mind.
Well, when I was at my lowest point, all of a sudden I realised what I'd been doing.
I had been playing right into Alexis' hands, Alexis and Nen's.
What I'm trying to say is that I had let them put me on the defensive.
Well, not anymore.
You know something, Nlake? You look like a new person.
We're going to make a fresh new start.
Darling, do you remember when we drove up to that crater and I told you that, that land might turn out to be the biggest find we'd ever been involved with? Yes, you said it could be your chance to regain everything.
Yes.
Well, for most of the night I was reviewing the seismic data, the reports, the analyses of that land, and I want to tell you right now that I am sure that that's our answer.
Gotta get dressed.
I'm picking Steven up and we're going out to the field to see Nick Kimball.
We're gonna do it.
We're gonna make it.
We'll control half the acreage in this state soon.
I'm glad you remember you're still in the oil business.
Nen, I know you resent having to come down here every time you have something for me to sign, but that's the way it's going to be for awhile, and that's why I have you and Adam running things.
[lNTERCOM BUZZES.]
Yes? Oh, send him in.
Hmm.
It looks as though my generous reward offer is paying off.
The City Room says this one's an ex-convict with an arson record.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Thank you.
Come in, Mr? Crane, Dan Crane.
I understand that you have some information for me.
Your ex-husband, Mr.
Carrington, offered me a very interesting proposition.
But one that I had to turn down.
What kind of proposition? This is my associate, Nen Carrington.
Oh, yes, the brother.
So tell me about this proposition from Nlake Carrington.
He said that it would be worth, uh, quite a bit of money to him if I would arrange a fire at his hotel, La Mirage.
But you turned him down.
- Yes.
- Why? I'm a professional, Mrs.
Colby.
I don't like to take jobs where women and children might be involved.
I see.
When did Mr.
Carrington first approach you? That Friday before the fire.
Are you sure about that? Oh, yes, it was Friday the 13th, prophetically enough.
And you say it was three days before the fire? That's right, three days before.
That was a very unlucky Friday the 13th for some people.
And it was a very unlucky Friday the 13th for you too, Mr.
Crane.
Because I happen to know that Nlake Carrington was in Hong Kong on that date.
- Get him out of here, Nen.
- Now just a minute.
- You heard Mrs.
Colby.
- I may have mixed the dates up.
Get the hell out of here.
So now do you understand why I insist on genuine evidence? Alexis, suppose you can't find an honest eye-witness.
Suppose Nlake just happens to be innocent.
Nlake Carrington is guilty of causing that fire.
I know it and I am going to prove it if it's the last thing I ever do.
You double-crossed me.
You set me up.
You fool, you set yourself up.
Forget that you got the dates wrong.
I'm telling you how we can salvage this thing.
You want me to go to the DA's office? With the same story, but this time with the correct date.
Nlake Carrington contacted you on Saturday the 14th when he returned from Hong Kong.
The district attorney's office will buy it and so will Mrs.
Colby.
I wouldn't bet on that.
She is one very sharp lady.
Look, you got mixed up on the dates when you first spoke to her.
It can happen.
What makes you think anyone will buy it? Because it makes sense.
When you turned Nlake down, he went to Frank Marin.
Don't you see? Marin's dead, he can't deny it.
[CHUCKLES.]
You're right, Carrington.
It makes sense.
All I'm asking, Nick, is that you listen.
- I have listened, Blake.
- But not with an open mind.
You're not giving my father a chance to explain his ideas.
Look, when I'm being sold a bill of goods, my mind is never open.
You sound exactly like your father.
Nut for all his orneriness, he still had vision and imagination.
Nick's father and I started out in the business together five-dollar-a-day riggers.
Three months after he started, he was in a poker game with the boss, filled an inside straight and ended up with half the well.
And six months after that, he loses it again in another poker game drawing to another inside straight.
Yeah, but at least he took a chance.
And lost, Nlake.
Hasn't it occurred to you that the reason my father came to you with his idea is that you can help him win? He says you're the best drill foreman in the business.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, Nlake, your son's as full of it as you.
Yeah, but he's gonna go along with me.
He's taking a chance.
Now, why the hell can't you? I'll take a chance, when there's something to drill for.
Nut not only is there nothing to drill for in the crater, you're asking me to assemble a crew and offer them no pay.
No pay but equal shares.
Shares in everything we get out.
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.
There's no oil in that land, there never was.
You're absolutely right.
There is no oil.
Then what are we talking about? Gas.
Natural gas.
Gas? Possibly the biggest field in the United States.
Nick, damn it, I need you.
I'm sorry, Nlake.
[SlGHS.]
Okay.
I just hope that your kids inherit your father's guts, you sure didn't.
Thanks for your time though.
Blake.
[CHUCKLES.]
I haven't been at a good poker game in a long time.
[PHONE RlNGlNG.]
- Hello? - It's Alexis.
Well, from which of your seats of power are you calling? The mansion, Colbyco, the newspaper? It doesn't really matter where I'm calling from, it's why.
- Nlake.
- What about him? The more I think about it, the more I resent you working with him on this new project of his, whatever it is.
Look, Alexis, I haven't made any deal with him.
Well, I happen to know that he is going to approach you to make a deal.
And if you do, it is going to cause a conflict of interest with Lex-Dex and-- DEX: Alexis, hold it.
Whatever I do or don't do on a project is in no conflict with what I'm doing on the pipeline.
Now just get off my back.
I'll get off your back, Dex, when I feel like getting off your back.
Meanwhile, don't be surprised if I veto all further work on the pipeline.
Goodbye.
Alexis.
Damn it.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
Come in.
Dex.
What are you doing out here, Steven? - I catch you at a bad time? - Yeah, as a matter of fact, you did.
What do you want? I, uh, brought some reports that Dad wants you to look over before he gets here for your meeting.
All right, you delivered them.
Dex, I don't know what it is about me that bothers you, but I think it probably goes back to when you and my mother first got together and I didn't trust you.
- Look, Steven, l-- - We may be working together now, so if you're holding a grudge against me I really wish you'd bury it.
[SlGHS.]
You know something, Steven, in a way, you and I are both caught in the middle, aren't we? Noth of us trapped between your mother and your father.
No, Dex, I'm not trapped.
I do what I want these days.
Nut I think maybe you are trapped, emotionally.
Necause you're still in love with my mother, aren't you? [SlGHS.]
God help me, I am.
But that's the impossible.
Why don't we get to the possible? You grab yourself a cup of coffee and I'll look these reports over, all right? It's a deal.
Did I tell you your mother's coming to see Granada? You got her to come see the horse? You gotta be kidding.
Yeah, why are you so surprised? Well, I'm just wondering how you did it, that's all.
- It's called persistence.
- Ha, ha.
You're gonna need more than that when you tell her your giving her the horse.
She won't accept that kind of a gift.
You mean, from me.
From anybody.
Let's go in the pool.
Come on, it's hot out here.
Let's go.
Come on.
- Wait.
Aah! - Ha, ha.
- Come on.
- Aah! Okay.
- Wait.
Oh, wait.
- Wait, let me test it.
Oh! [SAMMY JO YELPS.]
[SAMMY JO SQUEALS THEN BOTH LAUGH.]
Aah! - Where's Father? - I told him no one was here.
That's all right, Amanda.
What did you wanna see Nlake about, Adam? I want him to know that I don't approve of this campaign Alexis is waging against him, and that I have nothing to do with it.
And that I know, of course, he's not responsible for the fire.
Well, I'm glad you realise that.
I know how hurt he was when you went to work with Alexis.
It was strictly a business move.
- I'll come around and see him tonight.
- Adam Your father's been having a rough time lately.
He's got a lot on his mind.
He needs some time to himself.
Why not come right out and say what you mean, Krystle? That it wasn't a business move, it was a betrayal.
- Adam, I don't wanna get into that.
- It's what you think.
And you also think I came here not to explain anything to my father but to beg for his forgiveness.
Whether your father forgives you or not, that's for him to say.
And if he does, you wouldn't approve? You'd try and change his mind.
You know your father better than that.
He makes his own decisions.
Krystle Admit it.
You'd love it if Nlake disowned me completely.
That's not true, Adam.
Nut if it comes to that, you'll only have yourself to blame.
These reports that Steven brought by are interesting.
Who have you got on your crew, Nick? Well, if you came in with us, we'd have no trouble getting the top men.
You mean you haven't signed anybody on yet? Well, Nick is working on that right now.
Dex, you once said you'd like to be able to help me.
Well, we could use that help right now.
I'd like to borrow your deep-drill gear.
Nlake, if this is a bust-out, you're finished.
You won't be able to get anyone to show you the way to the mens' room.
But if he hits, it's all the marbles.
He sure does like playing for the whole bag.
Don't you? And he draws inside straights too.
Sometimes.
Look, if you're hesitating about this, Dex, because you think it might mess up your dealings with Alexis, it's all right, I understand.
Nlake, I have business dealings with Alexis, but she doesn't tell me what I can or can't do.
Good.
Then it's a deal? It's a deal.
ALEXlS: Nlake wasn't out there visiting Dex on a social call.
Mother, I told you, we're going to find out exactly what he's up to.
Nen and l are working on this together.
And we make a good team, don't you think, Uncle Nen? Well, you should make a good team, your goals are the same.
Yes, to help you.
Certainly.
Nut, Adam, I wonder just how committed you are to those goals.
Of course he's committed, he's my son.
He's also Blake's son.
Which should give him even more incentive than you, Nen.
NEN: I don't think you need worry about my incentive, Alexis.
Nut the fact of the matter is that until a few weeks ago, your "good team" consisted of you and Nlake.
I changed teams, Nen, for my own good reasons.
None of which concern you.
The fact is, I'm on Mother's side now and I'm playing to win.
Your own good reasons, I'd like to hear them sometime.
Oh, stop it.
I don't like having my loyalty questioned.
Then prove your loyalty.
- Both of you.
- I've proved mine.
Not yet, Adam.
Which one of you is going to get me the information I need about Nlake's new venture? What is this, Alexis, a contest? Why not? Since you're both such keen competitors, Iet's make it a contest.
Show me which side you're really on.
Well, you're up early.
Oh, Gerard, ask Mrs.
Gunnerson to fix me one of her famous blueberry waffles, would you? Certainly, Mr.
Carrington.
You know, Adam, after our talk last night, I realised we have more in common than you might believe.
Other than being blood relatives, I can't imagine what.
Well, we've both shared a common, if painful, experience.
We've both been outcasts, right? We both have, or had, fathers who hated us.
My father might not understand me, but hate me? No.
You just can't accept it, can you? I see no point to this conversation.
Why don't you take a piece of advice from someone who's been there? Accept your father's hatred, Adam.
Necause until you do, you won't be able to control your own life.
Nen, you are as transparent as that window.
You want me to believe that my father despises me because you think I can't be trusted otherwise.
Well, you're wrong.
I'm working with Mother and you because it's good business.
Nusiness and nothing else.
Of course.
And as a good businessman, you'll prove to your father that you're a Carrington.
I am a Carrington.
Only in name, Adam, and you want more than that.
You want your father's acknowledgement, his true acknowledgement.
Your fantasy is the same as mine.
The father who never understood you, welcoming you back, promising to make up for all those wasted years.
Well, smarten up, boy, because it'll never happen.
What the hell is your game, anyway? To be your friend.
No, it's to send me running back to my father.
To try and fulfil that so-called fantasy.
And then you can smugly show Alexis that you were right all along.
No, I can't be trusted.
Well You smarten up, uncle.
Because that will never happen.
We'll see.
I thought that with Dex in on the project, that it'd be easy putting together a good crew.
That's too bad, I guess they've been reading the newspapers.
Yeah, especially The Mirror.
You know, the guys figure that a big man like Nlake Carrington wouldn't have himself in this kind of bind unless he was all washed up.
Can't you convince them that that's not true? I tried to, but coming from me, it sounds like sales talk.
Well, you talk to them, Nlake, they'll believe you.
They'll all be at the Cantina tomorrow night.
All right.
All right, I'll be there too.
And I'll buy the beer.
[KlMBALL & KRYSTLE LAUGHlNG.]
Just be straight with them, that's all they want.
I've never been anything other than that, you know that, Nick.
- Nice to see you.
You take care.
- Okay.
Dominique.
Oh.
Dominique, uh, this is Nick Kimball.
This is Dominique Deveraux.
Yes, I recognise Miss Deveraux.
I love your music, I've seen you perform.
- Really? - I was in London a few years ago.
I stopped by your club, you were terrific.
Thank you.
It's nice meeting you, Mr.
Kimball.
My pleasure.
I hope to see you again.
Thank you.
He's a nice looking man, Mr.
Nick Kimball.
Mm-hm.
- Um, can I get you some breakfast? - Yes, I'd love it.
- Must be my lucky day.
- You're pressing your luck, Dex.
I've got two offices to run now and I'm busy.
I just asked you a simple question.
What were you doing out at the site yesterday? And why did you leave without talking to me? I went out there to tell you that I've changed my mind, I decided to go ahead with the pipeline, and what do I see? I'm rewarded with the sight of you and Nlake shaking hands.
So, what's that got to do with you and me? It won't cost you a penny.
Why do you always act as though I put a price on things? Necause you always do put a price on things, Alexis, and this is a perfect example.
[SCOFFS.]
Don't try to tell me that it's to Lex-Dex's advantage to do business with Nlake, because it's not to my advantage.
Nothing with him is.
Look, Alexis, if you're so determined to put Nlake down that it blocks out everything else in your life, including our business relationship, then once again, I am wasting my time.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Jackie? Jackie, darling, I'm here.
What is it? What is it? Oh, Mother.
I had a dream, a bad dream.
I don't wanna talk about it or remember it.
Darling It was about the fire again, wasn't it? Jackie, talk to me please.
Tell me.
[SOBBlNG.]
I was in that corridor again.
And all at once, there was smoke everywhere.
And then the people-- People were screaming.
Oh, darling.
And then Then this door to this room opened, and there was more smoke, a lot more.
And then, Mother, I saw Claudia.
And all these flames just shooting out of her room.
It was like an explosion.
All right.
All right.
All right, Jackie.
It's all right, Jackie.
Darling, soon the bad dreams will go away.
They'll go away.
And then you'll get better.
Jackie, you have to get better.
So I'm here to offer you a piece of one of the biggest finds this state has ever seen.
All right, hold on, Nlake.
You've been talking about how all of us are gonna get rich on this super-duper deal of yours, but you ain't ever told us what or where.
Now you hold on, Charley.
I'm gonna tell you what or where, but you gotta give me a little time.
Now, Larry, that first well we brought in, Carrington One, you worked for me for six months, and all you got was a flea-bag of a hotel room and some pretty bad food.
Nut by the end, you had saved enough money to retire.
Now, you were willing to gamble on me then, why not now? That was 30 years ago, Nlake.
Yeah, you had more guts then.
You could look at yourself in the mirror and be proud then.
What do you see when you look in the mirror, Carrington? I'll tell you what he sees.
An ex-big shot.
You thought you were a real big man that day you fired me.
Well, look at you now.
Hey, you're practically on your knees begging.
- Get lost.
- I fired you, Carson, because you got drunk on one of our rigs.
You almost killed yourself and two other men.
You talk about killing people? You read the Denver papers and you'll see who's killing people.
KlMNALL: That's enough.
You're nothing now.
Get out of here before I throw you out, Carson.
Move.
So I can understand how these men feel that-- Look out! [GRUNTlNG.]
Get him out of here.
Well Almost like the old days, remember, Larry? Gonna make me eat my words, huh? I'll eat them, Nlake, I'm with you on this.
Me too.
[ALL CHEERlNG.]
[ALL LAUGHlNG.]
Good evening.
It was.
Well, it's a good evening for me.
I've just left Stu McGowan.
Remember Stu? Denver-Carrington's third biggest customer until you drove him away.
Well, you'll be happy to know that he's back with us.
As a matter of fact, I'm delighted to know that.
Stu McGowan's gonna steal you blind, that's why I stopped dealing with him.
I see you've been rolling in the gutter again.
Yeah, I'm still in the gutter when I'm near you, Nen.
Word is you're starting something new.
I hope it doesn't take too much initial capital.
You're gonna need every dime you can raise for your legal costs.
You really had your problems with fires, haven't you, Nlake? Nut I think this last one is the one that'll do you in.
Do me in, huh? No way.
I'm just getting started.
Yes, Danny, I'd love to take you to the baseball game on Saturday.
We'll have hot dogs and popcorn and, uh-- What else do they have at baseball games? Of course, soda pop.
Listen, darling, I have to go now but I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Nye-bye.
Well, Mr.
Wales, when I asked you to contact me, I didn't expect you to take four days to do it.
Mrs.
Colby, am I about to be taken to task? No, you're about to be offered a job.
[ALEXlS CHUCKLES.]
Come and sit down.
Whatever they're paying you at World Finance, I'll triple your salary.
Nut don't inflate the figure because I'll find out what it is.
I'll have to think it over.
Oh, take as long as you like.
As long as it's not more than ten seconds.
[CHUCKLES.]
What's my first assignment? Who do I have to kill? Nlake Carrington.
I want you to find out all about his new venture.
And then I want you to kill him with your infamous killer prose.
I'll expect results in 48 hours.
[CHUCKLES.]
These are ready for your signature, Mr.
Carrington.
Right.
I'll get to them before I leave.
Uh, Dana, have you given any thought to our earlier conversation? DANA: Yes, I have.
Nut, I'm sorry, I think giving you that information would be unethical.
Dana, I'm only asking you to tell me what was in the files that Nlake Carrington removed from this office.
Those were his confidential files, Mr.
Carrington.
And you were his assistant.
Nelieve me, Dana, I respect your discretion but those files are the property of this firm which employs you and to which your loyalty belongs.
I'm sorry, I don't see it quite that way.
You're very good at what you do, I'd hate to lose you.
That sounds like an ultimatum.
Oh, it is.
I'll get my things together.
You're making a very big mistake, young lady.
I always carry a spare for emergencies.
- All I've done is talk and talk.
- Ha-ha-ha.
My God, if Nen Carrington ever knew I told anybody why he fired me-- He won't find out, don't worry.
I wanna tell you I am truly grateful for your loyalty to my father.
I'm just sorry that when he removed those files he left you in such an untenable position.
Well, I knew when he took them, it meant trouble.
A lot of personal letters and memos, memorabilia.
It's much more than that, believe me.
Dana, how would you like a job? Working with me.
I need more help, what do you say? I appreciate the offer, but I couldn't.
Um To begin with, Mr.
Carrington-- Nen has nothing to say about this.
I'm hiring you.
And I'd be caught in the middle.
I can't, but you're very sweet to make the offer.
Well, if you ever change your mind, the job is yours.
Mm, I love this restaurant.
It's certainly a far cry from Nillings, Montana.
Nillings? I think it's getting late, don't you have a meeting? Dana, what do you know about Nillings, Montana? I know a lot about a lot of places, Adam.
Mr.
Carrington, there's an overseas call for you.
You can take it in the office, if you wish.
Thank you.
I give you fair warning, we're gonna be seeing a lot of each other.
She's a beauty.
[HORSE NElGHS.]
I think she likes the horse, Clay.
You'll know soon enough.
She's marvellous, Sammy Jo.
I knew you'd like her.
Her sire was a Prix St.
Georges competitor and won FEl blue ribbons three years in a row.
Uh-oh.
Come here, you gorgeous one.
Yes, oh, yes, you are such a love.
I'd like to buy Granada.
Oh, no, Granada is yours.
My gift to you.
Oh, no, my dear.
This is much too valuable an animal to be given away.
Mrs.
Fallmont, I'm not exactly giving her away.
I mean, the publicity value of you, a former Olympic dressage rider, on a Delta Rho horse is priceless.
It's good business.
Well, shall we discuss this at dinner one night next week at my house? Clay will call you.
I'd like that.
Yes, you are.
Oh.
Oh, Sammy Jo is just delightful.
She has a certain candour, an openness.
Well, she's honest, and she's obviously out to land you.
Then why did you invite her to dinner, huh? Oh, I think she'd be good for you.
[CHUCKLES.]
All right, all right, let's have it all.
No, seriously.
You need a woman like that.
No pretensions.
She is what she is.
And she tells you to accept her for precisely that.
You could do a lot worse.
Mom, Sammy Jo is everything you say she is.
And we have a great time when we're together.
I really do like her.
Nut it's a big world and I haven't even hit Cleveland yet.
- Oh, Clay.
- Yeah, I know.
I remember when the Denver Mirror was a reputable newspaper.
When the managing editor had the courage to print both sides of the story.
Mrs.
Carrington, this is a reputable newspaper.
No, Mr.
Eckland, an honest newspaper would print the truth about the fire, not make a scapegoat of my husband.
Now this is an official Harmon Springs Fire Department report.
[SlGHS.]
All it says here is that three months before the La Mirage Hotel fire, the sprinkler system was in perfect order and repair.
It also says that after completing the inspection, they have no record of the system having been turned on again.
Now, it doesn't happen often but it did happen at La Mirage.
Now, we ran the story on the facts we discovered.
These are new facts.
Victor, when the Gordon Wales article comes in, I want it run as a page-one lead.
I'll see to that, Mrs.
Colby.
We at The Mirror are always delighted to have a visit from our loyal readers.
These are all lies, Alexis, and you know it.
You may not believe this, Krystle, but I understand and I even admire your standing by Nlake.
Nut that makes me even more determined to continue printing what I know is the truth.
The truth? You'll soon find out what the truth is.
On your way out, perhaps you'd like to visit our Press Room.
Or even our Art Department.
I thought I'd find you here.
Where's Danny? - He's at school.
SAMMY JO: What school? - The Townsend School.
- That's on the other side of town.
- We've moved.
- So I've heard.
Look, I've rented an apartment and I've taken him with me.
You had no right to do that without asking me.
Why aren't you more concerned with why I did it? All right, why? Necause with my father and Krystle moving out and my mother moving in, he's confused, Sammy Jo, he's very confused.
Well, he wouldn't be confused at all if he were with me at Delta Rho.
Oh, that would be a great environment for him, a stud farm.
He could learn about the facts of life.
Watch the breeding process as demonstrated by you and Clay Fallmont.
Well, at least he'd see how it's done by straight people.
Sorry to bring you here in the middle of the night, but it is for your own good.
Sit down.
I appreciate that, Mr.
Carrington.
Now, what I wanna know is exactly what you told the police about Nlake hiring Marin, the arsonist who was killed in the fire.
Your brother didn't hire him, I did.
And that's what I told the police.
Thereby absolving Nlake of any responsibility.
And he shows his appreciation by firing you.
Well, I certainly didn't deserve to lose my job.
Ah, with a nasty question mark hanging over your whole future.
Listen, Nradley, how would you like not only to clear your good name, but share in that $100,000 reward? And just how would I do that? Well, if you were to tell the district attorney's office that Nlake Carrington instructed you to hire this man, Marin, it'd be no more than Nlake deserved after the way he's treated you, and you would be eligible for that reward.
It's something to think about.
Yes, it certainly is.
Yes, that's wonderful.
Thank you very much.
Right.
Nye.
Good news? Jim Henderson's gonna be working with us.
He's the best deep-bit drill man in the business.
That's wonderful.
Yes, I have a feeling somehow that, uh, things are changing.
Maybe it's because I'm in charge of my own destiny or because I'm making things happen again, but I couldn't have done it without you.
Without your encouragement and support and love.
[CALDER CLEARS THROAT.]
Lieutenant Calder.
You're getting to be a regular visitor.
Mr.
Carrington, I have a warrant for your arrest.
- What? - On what charge? Arson and first-degree murder.