""lf true, Denver-Carrington will have to shut down operations on the project." "A highly-placed source, who prefers to remain anonymous, states that this move could precipitate a dangerous, maybe even fatal crack in the walls of the Colorado-based empire."" "Blake, it's just a rumour." "The government." "They beg us to come up with alternative-energy answers, we go into hock to accomplish it, and suddenly, an oil glut comes along and we're yesterday's option." "And a shaky one at that." "Oh, come on, Daddy, you're not taking this all that seriously, are you?" "Oh, no, no, no." "I'm just making some impromptu breakfast talk." "Why don't you remind them in Washington that today's glut could be tomorrow's shortage?" "Sweetheart, we are talking about the government." "Now, Jeff," "I want you to keep that payment from being postponed." "Now, when you go down to the office, pull the contract on that loan and then phone Neal McVane." "Tell our good congressman's secretary to set up an appointment for me by tomorrow at the latest." "Never mind." "I'm sorry." "For the moment, I forgot that you were leaving the company and going over to Colbyco." "You must have plenty of things to do, winding up your own affairs." "Blake, I'm still working for Denver-Carrington." "I'll take care of McVane." "Thank you very much." "I'm gonna miss him." "Well, that makes one of us." "I'm going to miss him in the office, but he's still going to be here in the house." "Our deal, yes." "He'll be here for a while." "No so fast." "I wanna talk to you about your brother." "Which one?" "Now, don't be cute with me, young lady." "That must mean Adam." "It all seems to be official now." "That's right, it is." "Now, Fallon, we may be having some very rough times ahead with this shale-oil situation." "I would like to avoid any further bitterness or hostility." "And you could do me a big favour if you would throw in your towel and accept Adam." "I'd rather talk about why you're so busy knocking yourself out trying to convince me that Adam is really my brother when apparently, you have forgotten you still have a son named Steven." "You've done nothing, next to nothing, to bring him back to us." "Steven left on his own choice." "Yes." "He's no runaway teenager." "He can come back of his own choice." "I've heard all that before." "Oh, have you?" "Well, in the meantime, your other brother has come back into our lives." "And I would like you to stop undermining his place in our family." "Is that understood?" "Fallon, is there something that you haven't told me about you and Adam?" "I mean, is there something that's eating away at you?" "Or forever remain silent?" "Now, I've asked you, is there something?" "No." "Well, that ends that, doesn't it?" " Good morning, darling." " Good morning." "How was your ride?" "It was wonderful." "Wish you could have gone with me." "I've gotta make a call." "Excuse me." " Hello?" " Hello, Adam?" "Yes." " How are you?" " I'm all right." " How are you this morning?" " Fine, just fine." "Say, I was wondering whether you could be at my office at, say, 11:00." "There's something I wanna talk to you about." " Of course." "I'll be there." " Good." "Good morning, darling." "Mother." "Who was that on the phone, darling?" "Blake." "Yes, we have a meeting today at 11." "Really?" "You sound concerned." "Does it bother you that my father wants to see me?" "Oh, no, of course not." "I think it's splendid that he wants to establish a rapport with his own son." "If anyone can establish a rapport with Blake Carrington." "I'm not so sure about that." "I got four phone calls this week from friends of mine back East." "It appears that somebody's checking them out about their relationships with me." "When you were at Yale?" "And living in New York afterwards, after Yale." "I'm being investigated by Blake." "Still." "He's very big in the trust department, isn't he?" "If you feel that way about him, why are you wasting your time going to see him?" "If I feel that way about him." "Mother, is your trust in me just like his?" "What does it take to convince you, Adam?" "An oath on a stack of Bibles?" "Darling, you know how much you mean to me." "Of course I do." "Why else would I be living here with you?" "Interesting article on Denver-Carrington." "Big trouble." "Thank you." "This is the contract on Denver-Carrington's shale-oil loan." "I pulled it from the locked files." "Like me to return it when you're done?" "No, don't worry about it." "I'll put it back after my luncheon date with McVane." "Our roving congressman is in town, isn't he?" " He flew in this morning." " Good." "No, I'm afraid I can't disturb Mr. Carrington right now." "Yes, Mr. Harris, I'll have him call you back." "I'll be at the house for a while if Mr. Carrington needs me." "Good morning, Jeff." "Is it?" "Marcia, is it all right if I disturb my father?" "He did phone me." " Go on in, Mr. Carrington." " Thank you." "Hello, Adam." "Come in, won't you?" "I'm obviously here to discuss what's been bothering you." "Our falling out at lunch the other day when I refused the car." "Sit down, won't you?" "In all fairness," "I must say that I made a rather unfortunate remark about Alexis." "It wasn't always that way between your mother and me." "We used to have a very strong bond between us." "After we lost you, a terrible barrier built up." "Even after Fallon was born and then Steven, we couldn't tear that barrier down." "We finally divorced." "And became enemies." "Let's say we were not friends." "I hope that relationship, hers and mine, won't affect what should be between us." "I wanna be a father to you." "You're my son." "I want that very much." "Yes, Marcia?" "Mr. Carrington, Mrs. Gray from Personnel is here to say goodbye to us all." "She'd like to see you." "All right, I'll be right out." "I'll be back in a moment." "All right, now." "About our being friends and family." "Is it a deal?" "You make that sound very business-like." "Well, just a habit of speech." "I really mean it, Adam." "Of course it's a deal." "And I wanna thank you." "It's been a very special morning for me." "I won't forget it." "That's pretty good." "Here." "Let me show you." "Gotta keep that arm just nice and..." "It's good." "Good." "Like that." "Something like that." "Know what I mean?" "All right, try it." "Patty, try a couple more and I'll be back in just a minute." "I'm told you wanna talk." "That's right." "You certainly took your time about it, didn't you?" " I wasn't all that thirsty." " Are you now?" "You should be." "Waiter, a draught beer, please." "So, Mrs. Colby, what do we talk about this afternoon?" "You and my dear, unhappy friend Krystle." "You know, I never expected that you'd show up here, not after the way that you ticked me off in New York." "But here you are in Denver and at La Mirage." "So I have to assume that you still have some interest, as it were, in Krystle." "Thank you." "You puzzle me, Mark." "I've been making some enquiries around the hotel and apparently, you've been keeping a very low profile since you arrived." "Why?" "Mrs. Colby, I don't have to answer that." "In fact, I don't have to answer anything to you." "Except maybe a couple of questions about your wife." "Especially not about her." "Now, if you'll just stop bugging me..." "You're never gonna get what you want if you don't see Krystle." "If you don't see her, talk to her, be with her, how can you possibly hope to get her back again?" "Look, get this straight." "Maybe I don't hope to get Krystle back." "Maybe my coming out here was a big mistake." "Except you are here." "That's right and I can fly out of here as quick as I flew in." "Thanks for the beer." "That's nice." "Hello, Katherine." "Katherine, did you make that call to Mrs. Carrington at home as I instructed you?" "Good." "And she's meeting Mr. Carrington at the stadium court?" "You didn't tell her your name?" "Jay, let's work a few volleys." "Beautiful job." "Let's try again." "Hi." "I didn't think you'd still be awake." "I couldn't sleep." "You're sore." "Yup, you're sore." "Why?" "Because I'm a little late?" "It's nearly 1:00, Mark." "Is it?" "Yeah, I guess it is." "Where were you?" "Out." "What was I doing out?" "I was wrapping up a little business while I was out." "Night business." "Hey." "Hey, where I was isn't important, it's where I am now with my wife." "My beautiful, my gorgeous wife." "Don't, Mark." "Don't." "There." "You're smiling." "That's better, right?" "I love you, Mark." "Why do I love you so much?" "Good question." "Maybe we should try to really pin down the answer once and for all." "How about it?" "How about it?" "Jay, I'm sorry." "Something's come up." "How about booking an hour later?" "Hello, Krystle." "Mark." "You're looking beautiful." "What are you doing here?" "I'm the pro." "I see." "Where's Blake?" "Your husband?" "Yes, my husband." "I don't know." "I got a call to meet him here." "Do you know anything about it?" "No, nothing." "Krystle, can we talk for a few minutes?" "I'd rather not." "You're upset." "Yes, I'm upset." "Because of me?" "Why else, Mark?" "I know those eyes." "They're not happy." "I don't read them happy." "You never could read me, Mark." "If you could have, you never would have done what you did to me." "That's ancient history." "Dusty and put on a shelf." "All right, just let it go that way." "Krystle," "I, honest to God, never thought I'd have this chance to see you again." "Let go of me, Mark." " Wait, just look at me while I" " Leave me alone, Mark." "Thank you." "Jeffrey." "Jeffrey." "Hello." "How you've grown." "How solemn you look." "Don't you remember me?" "Have I changed all that much?" "Do you always talk to turtles?" "Only special ones." "Jeffrey?" "That happens to be my name." "I know." "But what you don't know is that I always called him that, secretly, when I was a kid." ""Joseph's cute kid," you used to call me." "Kirby?" "You're little Kirby?" "All grown up now." "I'll be damned." "Well, that's an original welcome-home phrase for you." "Does a welcome-home hug come along with that?" "Because I'm a little nervous and I could use one." "Welcome home, Kirby." "Thank you." "Does your father know you're home?" "Well, I didn't call him from New York or from the airport here." "But, yes, he's expecting me." "You ought to get up to the house, then." "Well, just a second." "I'd like to look at you." "As I expected, you've become a very distinguished man in these five years." "Distinguished and even more handsome." "Oh, there, I said it." "The other secret is out, finally." "What secret?" "I had this gigantic crush on you." "But there was one gigantic snag." "You only had eyes for Fallon, remember?" "Oh, yes." "You're married to her now." "Papa wrote me all about the wedding." "How is she?" "You're gonna find out sooner or later." "You might as well hear it from me." "We're living here with our son." "But we're not living together." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I really am." "Well, what's his name?" "Your son?" "Blake." "Good name." "Strong." "I bet you played hooky from work to come home and see him." "As a matter of fact, I did." "Well, it was great seeing you again." "You too, Jeff." "See you later." "Kirby." "Papa." "Kirby, you're as beautiful as I knew you would be." "Mr. Carrington phoned me a few minutes ago." "That was considerate." "And Mrs. Carrington brought flowers to my room." "The most beautiful roses." "Equally considerate." "I know you're gonna find this difficult to believe, Papa, but Kirby Anders isn't a child anymore." "I travelled all the way back from France without a tag around my neck." "Back to you." "Tell me about the young man at the Sorbonne, about whom you wrote to me endlessly?" "Couldn't we talk about something else?" " I wanna ask" " Now, Kirby, do you realise that you're throwing away your future by breaking the engagements." "Papa, my future is to find a man that I really love." "I realise that I didn't love Jean-Paul." "You should be happy that I didn't marry him and end up like Fallon and poor Jeff." "Kirby, I still wanna know" "I mean, they're such a fantastic-looking couple with that fantastic baby of theirs." "I think it's a shame that they" "You keep talking about them, and I insist that we talk about you." "Now, I can see what you're thinking." "That maybe you can set things straight between them." "Well, don't." "Their troubles are their own and you're a guest in this house." "Not Miss Fix-lt." "Or is it Mademoiselle Fix-lt?" "It's "miss."" "No more French." "No more Jean-Paul." "And I'm sorry if it makes you unhappy, Papa." "I'm back here to stay." "And you're right." "It's Fallon and Jeff's life." "Who am I to interfere?" "Have you seen Katherine?" "She must have stepped away from her desk." "Anything I can do?" "No, no." "I'll get to her myself." "I just wanted to tell her I'll be moving my research library here." "Jeff." "I know about Denver-Carrington's loan and the delay in payment." "Now, the way I figure it, that kind of delay could put my father's company in one hell of a bind." "Even force a shutdown." "So" "I have a proposal to put to him." "Colbyco can and will bail him out." "Loan Denver-Carrington the necessary operating funds in exchange for the use of" "Denver-Carrington's shale-oil extraction process on Colbyco's lands." "We're in synch." "Very much in synch, I see." "That idea is rotten, Adam." "That process happens to be worth a lot more than the actual loan itself." "Well, maybe it is a bit unfair." "But in time of war, what's fair?" "The name of the game is winning." "Win a little bit here." "Win a little bit there." "Is that your strategy in this war?" "Force Blake to the wall and take over Denver-Carrington bit by bit?" "Well, I fought that battle when my uncle owned Colbyco." "And I'm sure as hell gonna fight it now that I own half of Colbyco myself." "Bravo. ...for those noble words from my always-noble brother-in-law." "But if you're coming into this company, how can you keep your ties with that potentially weak company?" "How?" "Well, there happens to be room for both empires." "Healthy empires." "I mean, do we have to be barracudas to exist in this world?" "And?" "Oh, my God." "Do I have to say it?" "The man is your father." "I know that." "Jeff." "If you don't mind, I'll arrange your old office for you." "Save you the trouble." "In fact, I'll tell Katherine to have those research books" "Put in here." "You see, Adam, this is the owner's office." "My office." "Well, I can certainly understand your not liking the possibility of your company going under." "And your concern for putting a few hundred men out of work." "Closer to a thousand." "Now, I've got a thousand men, at least, and their families dependent on my shale-oil operations." "Now, those men and their families are my constituents, economically." "And yours, politically." "I know that." "Blake, before I came here," "I put out some feelers on this whole situation." "And?" "And I've got to tell you something." "Washington's attitude toward these shale-oil-development projects" " has hardened." " Yes, yes, I know about that." "Nobody but nobody wants to listen to pro arguments anymore." "You've gotta make them listen." "You've gotta shout." "But you don't understand, Blake." "They won't listen." "Now, you're chairman of the subcommittee on Energy Policy and Technology, you mean to say that they won't listen to you?" "No, sir." " At least not right now." " Why not?" "Don't they realise that this oil crisis is never going to end?" "Neal, according to the way I estimate it, if Denver-Carrington is allowed to continue, we can increase our daily output of jet fuel by 15 percent and diesel by 30 percent." "Now, do you know what that can mean?" "Yes, I do." "And I'm highly impressed by those figures." "But as I said before, they just won't listen." "Yes, I heard that." "Now listen to me." "You happen to be one of the most persuasive pitchmen in Congress." "All right, now get back on the phone again to Washington." "Or cut this trip home short, fly back there, and let those people know what this project can mean to Colorado." "Well, I'll try." "But don't count on anything." "Neal, you've always had a good and very helpful friend in me." "Yes, I have." "And you want me to stay that way." "No question." "No question." "All right, about your powerful friends on Capitol Hill, now you get out there and you twist their arms, do you understand?" "For my company and your future." "Not to mention the future of this country." "I'll tell you what I mean, Mr. Mattison." "The party for the opening is only two days away." "You're telling me that the kitchen can't handle the menu for so many people." "If you hired the kind of chef who can't swing it, you better find somebody who can." "Well, that's nice." "Come here." "I want you to take that racket." "Now, look at this." "Punch on through." "You see?" "Good." "That about does it, ladies, for today." "A lot of improvement." "Let's get a nice, tall, cool drink, Randi." "Or is it Andi?" "Randi?" " Excuse me." " Yes, sir." "You're good." "Very good." "Well, that's what they pay me for." "You must be the new pro my daughter just hired." "I'm Blake Carrington." "Mark." "I probably won't be much competition, but I would like to stop by for a game sometime." "Anytime, Mr. Carrington." "All right." "Fallon." "Daddy." "This is a surprise." "Especially after that discussion we had at breakfast yesterday." "Who remembers yesterday?" "I really stopped by to see your pretty face and say I'm sorry." "And to look over my investment." "You know, I really think you've done a wonderful job here." "Thanks." "And I think, too, that you've got a good eye when it comes to picking out tennis pros." "That fellow Mark is gonna be a winner." "Upset?" "Now, why are you upset?" "Because I know it seemed like a terrific idea at first, bringing Mark Jennings here." "But?" "I just don't want this thing to boomerang." " And I think it might." " Boomerang." "And who do you think is gonna get hurt by the return?" "Blake?" " Yes." " You're wrong." "You're absolutely wrong." "And now that that little matter is all settled with, would you like a chocolate-dipped strawberry?" "A strawberry?" "What I want is to make sure that my father won't get hurt." "I know." "Now, you know as well as I do, that neither of us brought Mark Jennings out here." "He came out of his own accord." "And the only person who can hurt your father in this situation is his dear pseudo-wife, Krystle, who is not worthy of him." "And so the sooner we get rid of her, the better." "So where's the hurt?" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Because I know that what you're hoping is that both she and my father suffer this thing out." "Oh, really?" "And what do you propose to do about it?" "Warn Daddy about it so it doesn't hit him unprepared." "Look, if Krystle is really loyal to Blake, this is only going to test their marriage." "I don't think she's going to pass the test." "So if you want to help Blake and not hurt him," "I strongly suggest that you just sit back and watch things work out between your father and that woman." "This makes me wanna be a mother." "You know?" "Except..." "Except what, Kirby?" "Well," "look at Fallon and Jeff." "I wouldn't want that to happen to me and my husband." "Yes, that." "Well..." "Jeanette, is this just a passing thing, or is it serious, really serious?" "I'd say it's quite serious, Kirby." "They just can't seem to agree on anything." "Not even on a nursemaid for the baby." "Do you mean you're not the nurse?" "No." "I work mainly for Mrs. Carrington." "Or worked for, I should say." "Well, I will again." "As soon as they find someone to take care of the young master." "If they ever do." "I've been looking over this whole shale-oil thing, Jeff." "Now, I realise that I'm relatively new at the business, but you know what they say." "Fresh eyes, fresh approach." " Meaning?" " Meaning..." "Well, that's why I asked you over here." "In a few days, you'll be moving over to Colbyco, you'll be in Cecil's office, we can confer." "Jeff, he'd be so pleased." "No, he'd be very displeased if he knew about the dissension going on in this company right now." "You mean this business about Adam." "This business about Adam that has to be resolved." "Now, he owns no part of Colbyco." "You and I own it equally." "And I've had more experience in this business" " than both of you put together." " I know that." "Jeff, please don't be angry." "Do you think that Adam's motives are so wrong in trying to bail Blake out?" "Is that your motive too?" "Do you agree with him?" "Yes." "In a way." "Just because Blake and I are divorced, doesn't make us mortal enemies." "And if he needs some money to get himself out of a tight spot and some of that money happens to be mine, so what?" "Well, he doesn't need the money." "He's all but straightened the delay out." "How?" "Neal McVane." "Neal McVane." "Really." "Our dear congressman, who's probably in touch with the Washington bigwigs as we speak." "As we spoke." "Knowing McVane, he's probably clinched it by now." "Well, I have to go." "Sorry I didn't get around to the champagne." "Not to worry." "I'll just pour it over my kumquats for dessert." "I hear that you're still living at the Carrington mansion." "That's right." "Well, if the emotional traumas ever get too much for you, there's always a spare bed here." "Congressman McVane, please." "It's Alexis Carrington Colby." "He'll remember." ""For the lady executive who has everything:" "style, imagination and class."" "Well, do you like them?" "I assume they're from you." "Yes, they are." "Thank you." "Fallon, the reason I sent those and the reason I'm here is pretty obvious." "I want to be friends with you." "Especially you." "Why?" "Because I admire you." "Your intelligence." "Your drive." " Is that it?" " No, there's your son." "And his potential inheritance." "All of Colbyco is going to be his one day." " But?" " Jeff." "He's making it impossible for me to get his cooperation in certain projects that would make Colbyco an even greater empire than it is already." "So you'd like me to step into this." "Influence him anyway I can." "I know you can." "Look, I may not get along with Jeff as a husband, but I don't for a minute underestimate his intelligence." "So if he's fighting you, especially you, he must have a damned good reason." "Fallon, you can't go on trying to fight me this way." "It's wrong." "Who are you?" "Who are you really?" "I'm your brother." "And you're my sister." "And we can't be on opposite sides." "You're not my brother." "No?" "Then why don't we just pick up where we left off?" "Remember?" "Get out of here." "Leave me alone." "Just go." "You'll change your mind." "I mean, about Jeff." "Hello, Adam." "Communing with your muse, Mother?" "Painting is an exercise in analytical thinking, darling." "It helps clear the cobwebs." "Well, Katherine gave me your message." "What's so important?" "Honey and vinegar." "And what does that mean?" "That means that I've known Jeff Colby for a long time," "I like him a lot and I'll handle him from now on." "And I'd also like to remind you that he is part-owner of Colbyco, he is coming over to join the company and honey attracts more flies than vinegar." "Look," "I don't like him." "In fact, I dislike him intensely." " And I have no intention" " Adam, darling." "You seem to have inherited one of your father's more unattractive traits." "His violent streak." "It cost him dearly once." "You heard about the trial?" "Yes, I have." "He killed his son's lover." "Oh, well, there was a scuffle and the young man died." "And you testified against Blake." "Well, yes." "I had to." "I was subpoenaed." "I had to recount all the terrible things that had happened in the past, Adam." "All the violent things that he'd done to me." "So you see, it cost him dearly once." "And I wouldn't like to see that happen to you now." " You don't have to, Mother." " Good." "Will you be home for dinner tonight?" "Yes." "Is 8:30 all right?" "Eight-thirty is perfect." "I'll order prime rib." "The way you seem to like it." "Blood rare." "I'd like another drink." "You wanna get it for me?" "Nope, I don't." "Mark, all this drinking to drown what's been happening just doesn't work." "Like me who doesn't work." "Big tennis star who nobody wants." "Why should they?" "I'm obviously not good enough." "That's not true." "It's just that you set your sights so high." "You've gotta give it time." "Where are you going to this time?" "Mexico." "Why?" "Because I gotta get out of this town." "I gotta get out of this place." "I'll send you a postcard." "Better for both of us, Krystle, I'll send you a divorce." "Mark, I know we've had our problems" "Yeah, and this is the way to solve them." "Are you gonna get me a drink or do I have to get it myself?" "I came to thank you, Fallon." "For arranging that little surprise for me yesterday." "That message to bring me out here." "What are you talking about?" " You don't know?" " No, I don't." "Ever since the first day I met you, that day in Blake's office, when the secretary shook hands with the Carrington princess," "I have turned myself inside out to be your friend." "What a fool I was." "Because you'll do anything you can to embarrass me, won't you?" "Well, it didn't work." "Your little surprise fell flat." "I still don't know what you're talking about." "I couldn't care less whether or not my ex-husband works for you." "However you've arranged this, it's gonna backfire on you, Fallon." "Because Mark Jennings is not a part of my life anymore." "I am married to Blake now." "He's my husband, do you hear that?" "Do you understand that?" "You can just set the boxes over here." " Anywhere that's convenient." " Sure thing, Miss Malley." "Thank you both." "Katherine." "Oh, you're back, Mr. Carrington." "Let's not unpack any of this stuff just yet." "But Mr. Jeffrey left a message that" "No, what I mean is this." "Let's do him a favour." "I mean, this office is dingy at best." "Needs some refurbishing." "Maybe we should give it a new coat of paint." "I'm sure you wouldn't know this, but Mr. Colby had the whole place redone just a few months before he died." "It still looks dingy at best." "Oh, and would you have the classified phone book sent to my office?" "I'd be very happy to look up whatever number you like." "That's very kind of you, Katherine." "But I'll do it myself." "Thank you." "Is this it?" "The compound you're looking for?" "Yes, it is." "That's the best stuff I know to protect the hull of a boat." "I hope you understand it could be dangerous." "Inhaled or absorbed into the body, it can distort a person mentally." " You know what I mean?" " Yes, I do." "It hits the central nervous system." "Mess up your head." "Enough of this stuff can kill you." "I know." "Well, you be careful mixing it in with the paint." "And don't breathe those fumes, right?" "Right." "And thank you for reminding me." "And listen, keep telling all your other customers." "You never know whose life you might be saving."