"Dr. Brínkel, call your o_íce." "If you wanna talk to the suspect- l wanna talk to you, lieutenant." "To tell me how big a mistake I'm making. I'm arresting the wrong man." "You are." "Isn't it funny how I keep hearing the same sad, old stoy?" "The girlfriends, wives, even ex-wives like you." "Look, lady, Mr. Jennings had both the opportunity to kill Mrs. Colby and the motive." " That's impossible." " Kystle, stay out of this, will you?" "No, I won't." "This is a police matter." "I'm a police officer." "I'm doing my job." "Dr. Derwash, guests." "Nurse brought your release papers, and I arranged to have your luggage taken downstairs." "If you're still determined to go back to La Mirage instead of going home where you belong, I'll drive you there, now that..." "Now that Mark can't?" "What did you tell the police about him?" "I told them what I knew about him, that's all." "That he was a professional tennis player who travelled all over the world, and he'd been involved with a lot of wealthy women." "But, Kystle, more importantly, the police have evidence against him." "The tyre tracks of his car outside of Steven's cabin." "Only his." "Aside from yours and Alexis'." "Now, how can you defend the man?" "That man saved my life." "How can you expect me not to care what happens to him?" "Dr. Derwash, guests." "I know Mark Jennings a lot better than you do, Blake." "Yeah, he's done some rotten things in his life, but he's not a murderer." "And who was it that set that fire?" "I don't know." "Mrs. Carrington, your wheelchair." "Hospital regulation." "I got a car waiting for me downstairs." "Miss Fallon?" "How's Mrs. Colby doing?" "Why?" "One of the groundsmen drove her home after that fall." "What fall?" "Well, she insisted on riding Samson." "Samson?" "Against my warning." "When he returned to the stable without her, we figured she must have been thrown." "Well, I'll see how she's feeling." "Thanks." "And, Tony, put your shirt on, will you?" "Kirby, are you all right?" "I just ran into Tony." "You wanted to know why out of all the horses in the stable, I chose to ride Samson." "It's not the first time I took a header over a jump." "Why, you left out one thing." "It's the first time you took a header pregnant." "I'll call Dr. Winfield." "Have him drive over and check you out." "No." "No, you're not." "Leave me alone, please?" "Kirby, look, I don't expect things to be easy between us." "Maybe if Jeff weren't here, we could still be friends like before, but- l don't wanna have this conversation, Fallon." "Well, I do." "You lust took a terrible risk with your child." "I almost did the same thing once." "On purpose." "Look, I'm all right." "I don't want a doctor." "Just leave me alone." "Please?" "Dr. Brínkel, call your o_íce." "Alexis, may I come in?" "You are in." "Why, Blake?" "Between the shock of what I've been through and the splitting headache I've got from a concussion, I don't need any more of your attacks." "Well, I'm sory for what I said." "is that it?" "Well, what did you expect me to do?" "How'd you expect me to react when I found out that you had included my name on that list that you gave to the police?" "I told you, they were pressuring me for names, names, more names." "Well, that's all unimportant now, because they've arrested someone." "Who?" "Mark Jennings." "Thank God it's over." "You don't sound at all surprised." "Well, I'm not." "There's something I'd like know, Alexis." "What was it?" "What was that unforgivable sin that you had against Jennings that would make him want to see you dead?" "You walk in here and question me as though I were the accused rather than the intended victim." "All right." "I'll tell you about Mark Jennings." "He's after money." "My money, your money, anybody's money." "Now he tried first with me, but he got nowhere." "That's when I learned he was tying his tennis bum wiles on Fallon." "Fallon?" "No, wait." "You mean to say that Jennings was involved with Fallon?" "That's right." "Our beautiful and rich daughter." "And he almost succeeded with her until I stopped him." "Well, Alexis, I really must thank you." "For once in your life, you've done me a favour, even though it was totally unintentional." "You know, if you keep up this kind of behaviour, people are gonna start liking you." "Why, thank you, Blake." "I don't know what you're talking about, but people either loathe or adore me." "There's no middle ground with Alexis Colby." "Never has been and never will be." "Oh, Kystle." "I'm so glad you came." "I hated to phone you after the fire, and the way you must still feel." "Oh, I'm feeling a lot better now." "I know you must have mixed emotions about being here but I had to phone you." "I couldn't reach Jeff." "I'm due in Colorado Springs for a meeting that I can't get out of." "Joseph's still not back." "And I lust didn't want Kirby to be alone." "Fallon, I'm glad you phoned." "is Dr. Winfield here yet?" "He's upstairs with her now." "Good, I'll talk to him when he's finished." "She's really off-balance." "She needs help." "Well, I've gotta go." "Thanks." "Fallon." "You don't know about Mark yet, do you?" "What about him?" "He's been arrested." "The police say he set the cabin on fire." "What?" "Alexis accused him of tying to get back at her for breaking you two up." "My mother is capable of saying anything, or doing anything that will get her what she wants." "I wanna convince Kystle that I'm not railroading Jennings." "And I'm gonna get to the bottom of this myself." "Just locate Neal McVane and a private investigator named Morgan Hess." "I wanna talk to both of them." "And today." "Kirby?" "Kystle?" "Fallon called me." "She thought you might like a hand to hold for a while." "Mine happens to be free." "Well, it'll just take a minute." "I had a talk with Dr. Winfield." "He told me the good news." "The good news, really?" "Eveything's gonna be all right." "You're not gonna lose the baby." " If that's it, Kystle" " Oh, I know what you're thinking." "That the doctor could be wrong and the worst could happen yet." "I'm no stranger to this kind of experience, Kirby." "And I wouldn't lie to you about something this important." "Go on, cy." "Just remember how beautiful eveything's going to" "No, it can't be." "I have to lose this baby." "I can't keep it." " You don't know you're saying." " l do know." "I can't keep this baby because it isn't Jeff's." "It isn't Jeff's." "No, you're right." "I didn't know what I was saying." "I didn't mean that, Kystle." "I didn't mean it." "I don't know what I was saying." " It didn't" " Stop." "It's Blake Carrington, Mr. Hess." "I know you're in there." "The black-haired witch you were married to send you here?" "No." "But she filled me in on your relationship." "And that threat that you made when she didn't lend you that money." "And now you wanna know where l was last night." "Let's say that I'm interested." "So were the police." "They already questioned me." "Obviously, they liked my answers." "So why don't we cut out the comedy and get down to real business, Mr. Carrington?" "Real business such as what?" "The reason you're here." "You see, my line of work is selling information." "My guess is that you wanna buy, just like evey jealous husband." "is that so?" "Yeah." "That's so." "Now, as per instruction of Alexis Colby, I investigated your wife Kystle's first husband, as well as your wife Kystle herself." "And I think, well you'd like to know what's'going on between them these days." "Okay. I'm ready to talk." "After you tell me what you're offering." "Offering to pay?" "Well, what else?" "I mean, you work your marketplace, I work mine." "Both of us for pay." "I'm not buying." "I don't traffic with slime like you." "Now, what were you doing last night while that fire was being set?" " Well, I told the police." " Well, tell it to me." "All right." "All right." "Thanks to Alexis Colby turning me down, I got worked over by a couple of unfriendly types I owed." "So where was I?" "In the emergency room at the Denver Memorial Hospital, getting put back together." "Okay?" "If I ever need any information about my wife's fidelity, I'll ask my wife." "Jeannette, have you seen Kirby?" "She went out for a walk a little while ago, Mr. Colby." "I told her she should rest." "Kirby?" "Of all the days for me to be out of the office." "Don't wory about it." "Hey, I got the news and I came back, and I turned around and rushed home." "It's all right." "Are you all right?" "I'm fine. I'm fine." "Shouldn't you be off your feet and not walking around?" "I can't stay cooped up all the time worying." "I'm so frazzled. I lust thought a walk would do me good." " But, sweetheart, the doctor said- - l'm not talking about the baby." "I'm talking about my father." "Where is he?" "He was supposed to be home by dinner time." "Kirby, your father's always on time." "So he's got a little credit coming, huh?" "Oh, Papa." "There's a phone call for you in the libray." "Your office calling." "Thank you, Joseph." "Well, Papa, you are home." "I was so worried." "And what about me, Kirby?" "I- l heard you had an accident." "Thrown from a horse." "Are you all right?" "I'm lust grateful that you're home." "And relieved." "Why didn't you phone us, tell us where you were going?" "Well, I had a lot of thinking to do." "About you and your happiness." "I never want you to be hurt by anything or anyone." "You must know that, Kirby." "Yes?" "I do." "I'm going to be just fine." "Steven?" "Come in, please." "I wanna go over your evaluation report of the South China Seas prospects." "The one you prepared for Mom." "What about it?" "Well, I know you agree with my opinion that the potential is fantastic." "I'm sure you'll agree we should move on it now." "Adam, you're having this conversation with the wrong guy." "It's Jeff's okay you should be getting on that project." "_e55." "Sacred name invoked again." "Why?" "I'm as good or better an executive than Jeff because I grew up having to rely on myself, not a rich uncle." "Adam, what exactly are you getting at?" "All right." "Let me lay it out for you." "Jeff, who is not our brother, is unwilling to recognise anyone's ability or worth, unless that someone was brought up in his rich man's club." "Steven, I know that you're young." "And not yet that rigid in your thinking." "I also know that the two of us are one hell of a lot more imaginative than Jeff." "We have something worth protecting together." "Go on." "Jeff Colby is an outsider, Steven." "He's not even in the family by marriage anymore." "You and I, as brothers, should and must band together against him." "That's blunt enough." "Well, do you buy my bluntness, and the truth of that bluntness?" "No, I don't." "Why not?" "Because you've got Jeff all wrong." "See, Adam, Jeff has worked damned hard for what he has." "And he's more than just an ex-brother-in-law to me." "He's more like a real brother." "So I'm not going to knife him." "And I'm going to see that you don't either." "Well, you're looking better than I expected." "Partying already?" "I'm going to a charity affair." "How nice." "So you lust wanted to come by and see me." "Why?" "How could you tell the police that stoy about Mark having a motive to kill you?" "Vey simple." "He did." "And the police officer thinks so too." "As usual, you're all gratitude, aren't you?" "Mark dragged you out of that fire." "You do know that." "So I've heard." "Well, let me tell you about it." "I saw him risk his own life to save you." "My God, how low will you sink to get revenge?" "I'm in no mood for this sort of thing now, thank you, Kystle." "But Mark reiected you." "We both know that." "is this your way of paying him back?" "I'm the one who did the rejecting." "And perhaps the paying back came from your beloved Blake who hired somebody to kill you." " What?" " Yes, that's right." "To kill you." "Because you walked out on him." "And Blake doesn't take kindly to rejection, particularly from women." "You're insane." "Oh, I should know about Blake." "He was madly in love with me, remember?" "Look what he did to me." "He exiled me from my home and from my children for 16 years." "Blake is no killer." "And neither is Mark." "I guess we know what that means." "Do we?" "I don't." "It means that somebody else tried to kill you." "And they're still out there." "What makes you think they won't ty it again?" "Good luck, Alexis." "Dr. Reínhart, a call." "Why didn't I return your calls?" "Because I never got them, Blake." "Because, yesterday, once the police got through with me, I took all of my phones off their hooks." "And there we were." "Me and my hangover." "Pals to the end." "And what did you tell the police, congressman?" "Well, I told them that I had made up my mind to kill Alexis." "To either choke her or deposit a bullet in her conniving brain." "Tit for tat for ruining me politically." "Except..." "Except for what?" "I needed courage." "And so I look for it in a bottle." "And then I went on a monumental drunk." "In fact, I still can't remember how many days it was." "But I do remember this." "When Alexis was in that burning cabin, I was passed out in a cheap bar on the south side of this town." "Did the police check that out?" "Apparently so." "I haven't heard anything from them since yesterday." "Neal, I'd like to take a little ride out there." "Just the two of us." "Now." "is there something wrong?" "Now, look, Blake, they have arrested a suspect." "I know that." "But I'd lust like to hear that stoy of yours from the bartender himself." "All right, I'll take you there." "But considering eveything that Alexis tried to pull on you, why do you even care who did it?" "Well, the fact is, I don't care who did it." "I lust wanna be damned sure I know who didn't do it." "Because in spite what some people think, I am a fair man." " Oh, morning, Mr. Colby." " Morning." "This telex from Hong Kong was delivered a few minutes ago." "Tell Adam Carrington I wanna see him in his mother's office." "Yes, sir." "_e55." "I hear there's a telex that interests you." "A lot, Adam." "I lust got a warning from Colbyco's man in Hong Kong." ""No more exploratoy work in the South China Sea."" "So what?" "We have leases promised in that area." "I ordered Hong Kong to do studies from the air." "You could have gotten us in a hell of a lot of trouble." "Who gave you the authority to issue that order?" "Jeff, in case you forgot, I'm the one who's been dealing with these people." "I haven't forgotten, pal." "I remember your little trip to Colorado Springs with Kirby as your translator." "And how you tried to attack her in a motel room." "Just a second." "I'm not through with you." "Hasn't Alexis made it clear enough to you that I'm running Colbyco now?" "And that anytime you have a policy decision to make, you are to make it through me." "Through Jeffrey Colby." "Well, if I didn't understand it before, I certainly do now." "And now, may I go?" "And get this as you go." "You may think of yourself as a hotshot from Montana who was gonna be a big man in politics." "But around here you're just hired help." "The judge didn't believe me." "What happened?" "I've been charged with arson and attempted murder." "No." "They'll release you on bail, won't they?" "Sure." "One hundred thousand dollars." "Looks like I'm gonna be here for a while." "I mean, a few used tennis rackets don't add up to much collateral." "Mr. Jennings, you're free to leave anytime now." " What?" " Your ball has been posted." "So you can collect your things and go." " Who put up the money?" " Mr. Blake Carrington." "Blake?" "Kystle." "Thank you." "You know, I haven't changed my mind about Mark." "What?" "I have personally checked out McVane and Hess." "And I'm convinced that neither one of them could have set that fire." "Then why did you post Mark's bail?" "Because I think you're wrong about me." "I'm not an unfair person." "I still think that Mark is guilty, but I'd like to give him a chance to prove that he's not." "Oh, Blake, I wanna thank you." "You're welcome, Jennings." "I'll give you a lift to your hotel." "Kystle, I appreciate" "Really appreciate eveything you've done." "There's something I have to take care of right away." "Nurse." "Nurse." "Nurse." "Mrs. Colby, what's wrong?" "Somebody lust tried to kill me, smother me with that pillow." "Oh, God." " When was this, Mrs. Colby?" " Just now, just now." "I didn't see anyone." "Just a doctor down the hall." "You must have been dreaming." " l was not dreaming. I wanna get out." " Calm down." "And until I do, I want an armed guard." " Outside my door." " Calm down." " My life is in danger." " You'll be released tomorrow morning." "Your bags are in your room, madam." "I trust you'll be comfortable here." "Yes." "Thank you, Steven." "Mother, I think your hair looks terrific like that." "Well, after it was singed off and they butchered it," "Dino came to ty and do what he could in the hospital." "But that's not what's bothering me, Steven." "I mean, I'm glad to be out of the hospital." "But it's this place." "It's so big." "And there are so many dark corners." "I keep on thinking about that pillow coming over my face." "Mother... lt's vey understandable after all you've been through that you might have a nightmare like that." "Oh, how do you know it was a nightmare?" "I keep on remembering what Kystle said." "She said that the person who did it might come back and ty again." "Oh, and I can still feel that pillow." "We've all had dreams like that." "They seem so real while they're happening." "Hey." "Come on." "You're not gonna ty to make me believe that you're afraid of something, are you?" "My mother?" "I can't believe that." "Oh, that's right." "Ty and make me smile." "I need it badly." "Oh, Steven, I've been so down since that awful fire." "God, it was terrifying." "I know." "But evey time it comes to mind, you've got to remind yourself firmly that you survived it." "That it's behind you, and push it out of your mind." "My son." "My handsome son." "Playing parent to his mother." "You know, Steven, it really hurts me to say this, but I have to say it because it's the truth." "You're the only one of my children who loves me." "Who truly loves me without reservation." "So, Mother, if you're all right alone now, I think I'm gonna get on home." "I've got a date to take my son to the park." " No, I'll be fine." " Yeah." " Kiss the baby for me, will you?" " l will." " Bye, darling. I'll see you soon." " Okay." "Get some rest." "Oh, Adam." "I didn't know you were home." "Then we're even." "I didn't know you were intending to be home either." "Yes?" "Mr. Carríngton, a Mr. Colby ís here to see you." "Oh, send him in, please." "Blake, forgive me for barging in on you like this." "You don't have to apologise for coming into my office." "You know that." "I've had this thought I've been wrestling with, and I'd like to ty it out on you." "With Alexis temporarily out of commission, the reigns of Colbyco are right in my hands now." "Yes." "What about it?" "Let's ty beating Alexis at her own game." "She pulled a fast one on me to get control of my Colbyco stock." "Now's my chance to kill her merger plans before she can get back to block it." "What do you think?" "You know, Jeff there aren't many p_opie that you can count on down to the bottom line." "Sometimes people who are closest to you, people that you love." "But you, you were there again and again." "But let's face it." "With the boards of both companies behind Alexis, she's got the clout." "I don't think there's a chance that anybody could tear that away from her now." "But I appreciate the thought." " Yes?" " Joseph Anders on Líne 2 for you." "Thank you." "Joseph, good to hear from you." "Mr. Carrington, I..." "By..." "What is it?" "is something wrong at the house?" "Kirby." "Oh, God, God." "My little girl." "is it the baby?" "Jeff is here with me now." "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Díd somethíng happen to Kírby?" "Oh, I must help her." "I must- l must help her." "Well, just tell me what it is." "My life is falling apart." "Mr. Carrington, the only way left is to protect my child." "Protect Kirby from what?" "What's going on?" "Tell him I wanna talk to Kirby." "Joseph, Jeff wants to speak to his wife." "What?" "The house?" "The house unleashed ít." "Unleashed..." "Unleashed?" "What?" "What are you tying to say to me?" "What did you unleash?" "No, no." "There's no other way." "Goodbye, Mr. Carrington." "Joseph?" "Joseph!" "Joseph?" "Joseph?" "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Whatever it is he's planning to do, I'd better get to the house." "There's something terribly wrong." "I've gotta help him." "Adam?" "What's all that about?" "This?" "What it looks like." "Next question:" ""Adam, why are you going?"" "Answer:" "Because under the circumstances, it no longer makes any sense to live here." "I'll send for the rest of my things in the morning." "Darling, look, I know that you're upset about my threat to disinherit you." "But that's all forgotten now." "I'm back in your will?" "As of this moment, yes, you are." "I'll call Gerald Wilson in a little while and let him know." "A mother tying to show her son how vey much she loves him by reinstating him into her last testament." "Oh, darling, you make it sound so morbid." "Will is a far more cheerful word." "Well, slightly more cheerful." "You think it all comes down to money, don't you, Mother?" "Money." "Your own personal vey almighty god." "To be doled out when and as it strikes you." "To be denied at whim." "Life is often whimsical, Adam." "Well, I wasn't amused when you threw that accusation at me." "I might've been the one who tried to kill you to stop you from changing your will." "Oh, darling." "I lust wasn't myself after that terrible experience." "Adam, I may or may not approve of your actions sometimes." "Listen to me." "I said I may not, but you are my son." "And I do love you." "Do you?" "Yes." "Well, I don't want that sort of love." "Not anymore." "Because I know that when the chips are down, it isn't really there." "I'm only sory that I went to such extremes to earn it." "Where are you going?" "For the moment, Mother, La Mirage." "But do you really care, Mother?" "Do you really give a damn?" "He's not upstairs." "He's not in the kitchen either." "No one's seen him there." " Check the wine cellar?" " He's not there either." " Where's Kirby?" " She's finally asleep." "I didn't wanna disturb her." "He did say that he was at the house, that he had unleashed something." "Maybe he didn't say unleashed." "Maybe he said the house..." "Alicia." "Who?" "His wife." "My God, could he have gone to the old house?" "The place that Kirby was born." "Come on, Jeff." " Where is the house?" " l know where it is." "We've got to be coming up on it." "I know it's a street right here." "Keep a lookout for a tiny little bungalow." "That's it." "There it is." "That's the house." "Blake." "No." "No." "He's gotta be here." "His car's out front." "Joseph?" "Joseph." "I'll get an ambulance." "Why, Joseph?" "Good God, why?"