"There you go." "Yes, that's a good little boy." "Bad news?" "Read this." "Looks like Blake's done exactly what he set out to do." "Whatever he's done, I can undo." "Believe me." "Alexis, he's got an official seal on this one." "Undoing Blake is one thing, but the Chinese government?" "Don't bet against me, darling." "Never." "Hello, Gerard?" "It's Mrs. Dexter here." "May I speak to Adam, please?" "Oh." "Well, have him call me the instant he returns." "Good morning, Gerard." " Welcome back, Mr. Carrington." "Welcome home, Blake." "Hello, Adam." " Hello, Jeff." "Jeff." "Sure is nice to be home." "Well, I'm glad that everything worked out." "Oh, we had some rough moments." "Which were resolved." "Incidentally, Lady Mitchell was a tremendous help to us." "Thank you very much for the introduction." "Well, she's very smart, with a lot of connections." "But tell me, with the entire U.S. State Department behind you, why did you need Lady Mitchell?" "What went wrong?" "Well, let's just say we had a cultural misunderstanding with the Chinese." "The important thing is that we can now start drilling in the South China Seas." " That was our goal anyway." " In which we succeeded." "I'll be in the library." "I have some work to do." " Blake, welcome home." " Hi, Grandpa." "Hello, Little Blake." "Come on down here and give me a hug." "Come on." "Jeff, your son will not let me put on his jacket." "He insists that you do it." "And I told him he's not going to the zoo until he does put on his jacket." "Hey, there." "I'm glad to see you." "How are you?" " Fine." "Good." "Now, don't you know that it's cold out there?" "And when it's cold out there, we gotta put our jackets on, don't we?" "Gerard, would you take Little Blake to Nanny?" "Yes, of course." " Have fun now." "Yeah, have a good time." " Bye." "Well, now I think I'll go upstairs and spoil my daughter." " Have you seen Krystle around?" " No, she's out." "Well, she didn't know when you were returning." "Yes, of course." "Regardless of what the article says," "I am sure that you were more responsible for Blake's success than Lady Mitchell was." "Thank you." "She helped." "She was just the icing on the cake." "When billions of dollars are involved, as they were, why should Blake turn to a total stranger?" "Well, it's over with now, isn't it?" "So it doesn't really matter." "Over with?" "Is it?" "Oh, Blake may have those leases, but where is he going to get the money to develop them?" "I mean, what is he gonna do?" "What banks can he go to?" "Well, you're his right-hand man." " Surely he's told you his plans." " Why?" "Just because I'm his son doesn't mean that I'm also his confidant." "He doesn't trust me." "He doesn't trust anybody." "Then he's a fool." "I trusted you, Adam." "I trusted you when I was on trial for my life, didn't I?" " Yes." " And you can trust me, Adam." "You don't have to prove yourself to me." "Unlike Blake, I don't expect my children to sign an oath of allegiance." "What are you asking for?" "I want those leases." "I deserve them and with the right information, I'm going to get them." "And I also want you to realise, Adam, that your future lies with me." "Why waste your time with somebody who doesn't appreciate you?" "Mother, I won't deceive you, but I won't be disloyal to Blake either." "No matter how I feel about him right now, he is still my father." "Perhaps you should find another source of information." "Maybe I will." "I want to place a person-to-person call to Paris." "Lady Ashley Mitchell." "Gerard, is Mr. Carrington home yet?" "Yes, Mrs. Carrington." "He's in the nursery with Kristina." "Oh, Mr. Reece phoned and asked that you call him." "Thank you, Gerard." "I'll call later." "Oh, Kristina, how I've missed you." "I missed you so much." "There we are." "We missed you, Blake." "Hello, Krystle." "How are you?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I'm sorry I'm late." "I rode out to Half Moon Point." "I needed to be alone for a while." "Well, you must be very tired." "You had a long trip." "Oh, no, no." "No, not really." "As a matter of fact, I feel invigorated." "The trip was successful." "very successful." " Well, I knew it would be." " Of course we were lucky." "We had some very valuable outside assistance." "But when you're in business, you latch on to every opportunity." "I guess you've learned that about your business by now, haven't you?" "Oh, yes." "I'm learning a great deal." "Not just about the horse business, but about myself as well." "That's wonderful." "I'm pleased." "I just hope that you have a good teacher." "What does that mean?" "Blake, I'm just trying to succeed at something without your help." "Now, I don't expect to do it overnight, and I expect to make some mistakes" "Krystle, let's not talk about it right now, shall we?" "You think the whole thing is a mistake, don't you?" "I didn't say that." "No, you didn't." "You just dismissed the whole subject." "Blake, these horses are a deep fulfilment for me." "When I see a colt being born, when it nuzzles its mother, when it stands for the first time, sniffing the air, frightened, yet eager to run to test itself, the whole thing becomes more than a business to me." "And I can't understand why you won't let me share that with you." "Krystle, I have offered to help you." "I said that I would hire a trainer, that I would add onto our stables if need be, that I would guide you." "Didn't I say that?" "And end up making all the decisions." "Blake, you'd be controlling it and then giving it to me as a gift." "I need to do this on my own." "Then how can you ask me to share it with you if you deliberately shut me out?" "I have some phone calls to make." "Terrible, unbelievable bores." " So you're not sorry we left?" " Heh, heh." "I've never been so glad to leave a place in my life." "You know what I loved?" "When you told our gracious hostess that her baked Alaska was an insult to the 50th state." " We can go to the Lewises' for dinner on Saturday." "Do we even have to consider going?" "Oh, it's good for business." "But I don't want you to break the boredom by doing any of your animal imitations again." "Dex." "Dex, stop it." "Dex, you're tickling me." "You're tickling me." "Yes, among other things." "Mr. Carrington will be right down, Miss Amanda." "Would you care to wait in the library?" "No, thank you, Gerard." "I'll wait here." "Amanda." "My God, it's the middle of the night." "Are you all right?" "I'm sorry." "I didn't want to wake you." "Oh." "Nonsense." "That's what children are for, to keep their parents from sleeping at night." "Come on, now." "Tell me, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "I couldn't take it anymore." "You mean with your mother?" "With Mummy and Dex." "Here." "Sit down." "Come on, now." "It's gonna be all right." "Mummy and I talked about my leaving, and I wanted to, but I wanted to wait until you returned, or at least to ask for your permission before I came barging in here," " but I just couldn't stand living there." " Now, hold on just a minute." "Amanda, you're my daughter." "This is your home." "You don't have to have permission to be here where you belong." "Oh, Daddy." "All right." "All right." "Alexis, I am busy." "I don't need you barging in here like this." "Now, if you've come here to talk about Amanda" "You know damn well why I've come here, Blake." "Yes, I know." "You want in on those China Sea leases." "That's right." "You and I don't do business together, Alexis." "I'm disappointed in you, Blake." "One should always try and separate business from displeasure." "Is there anything else I can do for you?" "No." "Oh, yes, you could do me one small favour." "Ashley Mitchell and I used to be very good friends." "She's vanished, and I'm trying to reach her." "You don't happen to know where she is, do you?" "Now, how would I know that?" "This is a rather good snap of you, Blake." "Obviously taken by a professional." "Ah, yes, Ashley Mitchell." ""Blake, one more lasting impression." "Affectionately, Ashley."" "How sweet." "And how apropos." "Do you know I've heard men say that they'd go to the ends of the Earth for her?" "Made any reservations, Blake?" "I mean, she is beautiful." "If you will excuse me, I have to leave to go to a meeting." "Beautiful and full of surprises." "A bit like me, wouldn't you say?" "Miss Amanda?" "Yes, Gerard?" "You have a visitor, Mr. Dexter." "I won't bite, Amanda." " I've come to apologise." " For what?" "It seems that I've gone out of my way to make you dislike me." "Does it really matter to you?" "Yes, very much." "I've behaved very badly toward you." "I've accused you of being a child." "Maybe I was accusing myself." "I don't know." "What are you trying to say, Dex?" "That you're a sensitive woman." "And that I'm sorry if I hurt you." "And if I could change things, I would." "What would you change?" "Amanda, Alexis and I" "You wouldn't change anything, would you?" "Just try to understand." "Dex?" "I wasn't told that you were here." "Don't worry, I was just leaving." "Amanda, I didn't mean to interrupt." "I'll be upstairs if you need me." "No, it's all right." "We're finished here, aren't we, Dex?" "Darling, are you all right?" "He just came to apologise and to make peace between me and Mummy." "And then what happened?" "It's not important anymore." ""And in the end, the house with the red shutters was built and the whole family, all of them happy and proud and a little bit tired, moved in."" "I used to read to you out of the same book." "I know." "My fingerprints are all over it." "Excuse me, Mr. Carrington." "Oh, I thought it was about time I took him to his room." "Yeah." "He's exhausted." "Thank you." "Good night, kiddo." "Oh, this just came for you." "Oh, yes." "I was expecting it." "Thank you." "You know, Steven, seeing you there with Danny makes me think about you and Claudia." "Husband, wife and son, the perfect picture." "Oh, it wasn't perfect." "Nothing ever is." "But there was a lot about it that was right." "I think about Claudia, too, Dad." "But I can't change things for you, for your sense of family, of being a Carrington." "I'm not asking you to change anything for me." "I was thinking about you." "What was your life like before Claudia?" "What is it now?" "You may be throwing away your one chance to be..." "To be what?" "Normal?" "I won't pretend that that doesn't matter to me, son." "But I wasn't going to say that." "I was going to say you may be throwing away your chance to be loved." "Truly loved." "You know, I think your son and I are beginning to become pals." "He actually took my hand today without my having to ask him." "And Krystle and I had a talk." "I think we understand each other a lot better now." "Oh, listen, quit worrying about all the other people." "They'll come around." "Jeff, it's not them that I'm worried about." "It's you." "I just want you to be happier than you've ever been in your whole life." "Well, I'm not really sure I can be happy anymore." "Well, I love a challenge." "And I love you." "Everything about you." "Everything." "Okay, 20-19." "Game point." " Nice forehand." "Thanks." "Good save." "Got that one." " You give up yet?" " I've just begun to fight." "Oh, nice reach." "Loser buys lunch." " Oh, now you tell me." " Nice form there." "Nice form." " Thanks a lot." "It's a good shot, eh?" "You'd do anything for a free lunch." "It was your idea, wise guy." "Hey, Steven, how about dinner at the diner tomorrow night?" " We ate there two nights ago." " Well, it's worth a return trip." " Why not?" " Good." "Hey, about this weekend." "I don't wanna be pushy, but my kid sister's flying in Friday." "Maybe we could all go out to dinner Saturday night." "Luke, I think it's a little early for me to meet the family, okay?" "Sure." "Mm-hm." "Good." " What is?" "This press release announcing the auctioning of my oil leases." "I don't understand." "You fought so hard for these leases." "Oh, I'm gonna hold on to 75 percent of them." "But I'm gonna auction off the other 25 percent to the highest bidder, which means I'm gonna have a partner." "You see, I need the capital from that auction to continue my drilling." "Believe me, when this release hits the newspapers, there's gonna be a stampede down to Acapulco to be first in line." "Acapulco?" "Mm-hm." "That's where the oil conference is next week." "But you just got back from Paris." "I know, but I have to leave again." "In a couple of weeks, I could go with you." "Well, I'd like that very much, but I'm afraid I can't wait that long." "Couldn't you have the auction here?" "No, that's not possible." "Blake, we need to spend time together." "I'm sorry, Krystle, but I can't postpone this." "Instead you'll put off our being together, is that it?" "Excuse me." "There's a phone call for you, Mrs. Carrington." "Thank you, Gerard." "Yes?" "I'll be right there." "One of my colts is sick." "Well, can't Daniel Reece take care of that colt for you?" "Daniel Reece left town last night." "They can't reach him." "It's not good." "What is it?" "It's a particular dangerous disease that colts are very susceptible to." "It's colitis-X." "And the recovery rate is very slim." "The horse is running a high temperature, and he's suffering." "I'm sorry, Mrs. Carrington." "If I were you, I'd have him put down." "You mean destroy him?" "Mrs. Carrington, sick or injured horses are very fragile, suicidal in a way." "They panic, hurt themselves." "You'd be saving yourself time." "And you'd be saving the colt from suffering." "But there must be something you can do." "Some medication you can give him to make him more comfortable." "There's really not much chance of recovery." "But he deserves that chance, no matter how slight." "Do everything you can to save him, please." "Don't give up." "Fight." "Well, that does it." "I'll have that press release typed up, proofed and ready in the morning." "Luke, we have to talk." "Something tells me that you have to talk and I have to listen." "I don't know how to say this." "It's over, isn't it?" "Luke, I'm starting to care for you a great deal." "And the more that happens, the more frightened I'm becoming." "What are you afraid of, Steven?" "I'm not going to hurt you." "It's me I'm afraid of." "I'm afraid of losing any sense of who I am or what I want." "I did that once before, Luke." "Ted Dinard." "You're a different man than you were then." "No, I'm not." "I loved Ted, but I was split in two." "I couldn't live that way again." "Do you understand?" "No." "I loved him, but not the life." "I wanted a wife and family." "Oh, and all the trappings of a normal life." "Yes." "Normal is loving someone, Steven." "Sharing and giving, growing together." "Not everyone is capable of love." "Sometimes I think it's a real gift." "And if it is, well, what difference does it make whom you love, as long as you do love?" "I have a son and a wife, Luke." "A family." "And I hurt when I'm not with them." "I'm sorry, but I'm gonna try to make that work." "This has to end before I hurt you more than I already have." "I'm sorry." "One of these days, I'll learn to knock." " Well" " Luke, we'll talk later." "There's nothing left to talk about, Steven." "I don't expect you to believe me, but I was on my way to tell you that I love you." "I want you back." "And on your way, you just happened to take a little bit of a detour." "I was just saying goodbye to him, Claudia." "It's over." "It's over?" "When did it begin?" "Were you two lovers when you accused me of being a whore with Dean?" "Or did you do this out of spite?" "I felt alone and hurt." "I turned to Luke." "I felt alone and hurt when I turned to Dean." "But maybe you just needed an excuse." "Damn it, Claudia." "You knew who I was when you married me." "Was I just an experiment to you, to see if you could make me over?" "Claudia," "I love you and I miss you and I want my family back together again." " And what about Luke?" " It's over." "And the next time?" "All I can promise is to try my best to be a good and faithful husband to you." "That's all I can do." "Yeah, all right." "Yeah, yeah." "But keep digging." "I wanna find out who's behind this." "Brady." "I didn't expect you until the weekend." "I just got off the phone with J.J." "Oh?" "Have you spoken to your lawyer lately?" "Or have you been too busy globetrotting with Blake Carrington?" "Brady, my father was dying." "We went to his bedside." "It was not a pleasure trip." "What did J.J. want?" "It's not what he wants." "It's what somebody else wants." "Control of Deveraux Group, Incorporated." "What?" "There's a phantom company right here in Denver who's out to take over and destroy you, Dominique." "Any idea who it might be?" "No." "No, I haven't." "Try Blake Carrington." "No, I don't believe that." "There is no reason for that, not since my father told him the truth." "Blood's not thicker than oil, Dominique." "He still has a reason to destroy you." "You served him papers, remember?" "You're suing him." "I have dropped the lawsuit, Brady." "You what?" "He is my half-brother, Brady." "What the hell's wrong with you?" "I've practically lost my company, and somebody's trying to take yours." "Baby, we are not going to lose our companies." "I have inherited over $100 million." "And together we are going to save your company and fight the takeover bid for my company." "Together?" "We used to be one hell of an act." "But it seems you want the spotlight all to yourself." "Mrs. Dexter, I'm sorry." "It's all right, Robert." "Well, well, Dominique." "Dominique." "Wasn't there a singing nun by that name?" "If there was, you'd better start praying to her." "I wanna know why Colbyco is trying to take over my company." "Oh, I have a world of reasons, Dominique." "But if you really want me to back off, I will." "As long as you agree to my demands." "And what are those?" "I want the 40-percent share of Denver-Carrington that's presently controlled by your company." "I want you to resign as the executor of Tom Carrington's will." "And I want you to leave Denver, permanently." "Really?" "Well, now that you've told me what you want, Alexis, why don't I tell you what I want?" "Hm." "I want you to stop pushing me, because you are going to push me too far." "And I want to warn you," "I have no intentions of crawling into the gutter with you." "You should know that I'm a street fighter, and I can get very dirty." "very dirty." "Is that it?" "I suppose that is it." "For now." "I appreciate your concern, Adam." "But Steven and I have to work this out for ourselves." "Oh, for God's sake." "Why is everyone in this family so afraid to reach out for help?" "Aren't we friends?" "You know we are." "You know about Luke, don't you?" "That's what you and Steven were fighting about." "Yes, I know." "It's over between you, Claudia." "You're going to have to face that." "I'm not so sure." "He's talking about a reconciliation." " What?" " Yes." "After what happened, what's bound to happen again?" "What did you tell him?" " I told him I'd think about it." " Oh, Claudia." "Adam, Steven is my husband, and I love him." "I have to work this out." "Claudia." "Claudia." "How long are you gonna waste that love?" "Steven's not going to change." "He'll hurt you again and again." "I'm scared, Adam." "I'm scared about life without him and Danny." "I don't know what to do." "You're gonna have to be strong and accept what's happened." "Claudia, you're going to have to file for a divorce." "Maybe you didn't hear me, Dominique." "I said the head of M-and-L Records has agreed to help us fight that takeover bid." "That man is a hood and you know it." "I will have nothing to do with him." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "I just spent three hours talking him into this." "My answer is no." "Besides, darling," "I've found someone else who can help us." " Blake Carrington." " Are you crazy?" "For all you know, he's the one who started this takeover bid." "But he is not." "And he is willing to help us, and I can trust him, Brady." "You used to trust me." "Oh, darling, please, li" "You must listen to me." "That's all I've been doing, listening to you." "Hearing my wife tell me how she doesn't need me anymore." "She's got Blake Carrington." "What are you talking about?" "You know, there was a time, when you had problems, you'd come to me." "You'd ask me to help you with whatever was bothering you." "But now, what the hell do you need me for?" "I'm losing here." "And I don't like losing." "Brady." "Brady, please." "Brady." "Brady." "You want Blake Carrington, you've got him." "But you cannot have both of us." "We're through." "Brady." "Brady, no." "Yes." "No." "No, there's no need to worry." "We'll take care of it together." "Right, Dominique." "Right." "Goodbye." "Amanda, you're gonna get me into a lot of trouble." "What do you mean?" "If you don't eat those eggs, Mrs. Gunnerson is going to be upset." "She's very proud of her cooking." "Darling, I know it's hard for you right now, being in a new city with a new family and..." "No, really, I'm fine." "I've made some friends at school and between painting and drawing and finding my way around Denver," "I've been very busy." "Then what's the problem?" "Is it your mother?" "Oh, Mummy's always a problem, but really, nothing's wrong." "All right." "When you're ready to talk about it, I'll be ready to listen." "Hm." "I know something that will put a smile, a real smile, on your pretty face." " Acapulco." " Acapulco?" " lsn't that a bit sudden?" " I'm going with Blake." "Haven't you read the story about him in this morning's Chronicle?" "Not yet, but I will." "Well, darling, I'd like you to pass by and see me at the apartment before you leave." "Why?" " Amanda, even though I allowed you to go and live with Blake," "I still want us to be close." "I do love you." "Mummy, I still love you too." "But maybe it's better if we don't see each other for a while, at least not until I get back." " Goodbye, Mummy." " Goodbye." "I knew it." "Blake's going to have to sell off some of his South China Sea leases in order to pay for his drilling." "Well, I'm not about to be left out of this one." "When that auction starts in Acapulco, I'm gonna be there." "So will I." "Darling, I can handle the bidding by myself." "Anyway, it's only gonna be a short trip." "Alexis, in case you've forgotten, I own a new drilling rig company." "I want Blake to give me the contract to drill." "You can talk to him about that when he gets back, can't you?" "I'll handle it there." "You've got your interests in Acapulco, I've got mine." "I know." "But are they purely business interests?" "It's nothing short of a miracle, Mrs. Carrington." "He's just fine." "Maybe more miracles are possible if we just allow them to happen." "Mrs. Carrington." "Mr. Reece just called with a message for you." "He's on his way here, and he'd like you to wait." "As a matter of fact, here he is now." "Charles, please apologise to Mr. Reece for me." "I can't wait." "I'm sorry." "Yes, I've read the reports, and they're fine, as far as they go." "Blake." "I want the precise figures on those revenue projections, and I want them on my desk in the morning." "Yes, this is a critical situation, and I must have all the current data." "Mm-hm." "Yes." "All right, good." "I'll be there early." "Blake, Kristina and I have decided that you need company on this trip." "What are you talking about?" "We're going with you to Acapulco." "There's no reason Kristina can't travel, and I'll be with her every minute." "Well, Krystle, this is a business trip." "It's not a vacation." "We won't get in the way." "Blake, we need to spend some time together." "You've been away travelling so much." "We miss you." "And I miss being with you, but I'm gonna be working on the plane going down there." "I'm going to be having breakfast, lunch and dinner with men who have come from halfway around the world to bid on those leases." "It's gonna be nothing but business." "Can't you understand that?" "Of course I can." "Krystle." "Darling, when I get back, we'll find time to go someplace." "I promise." "All right?" "That's a nice photo of you." "Ashley Mitchell took that in Paris." "She thought I might like to have it." "She's very good." "You should have it framed." "I'm only going to be gone a couple of days." "So much can happen in a couple of days." "Nothing that you can't handle, I'm sure." "Jeannie, where are the new bathing suits I brought back from Rio?" "I'll get them for you, Mrs. Dexter." "Okay." "Now, let me see." "This isn't any good." "Oh" "Do you know where the skirt to this dress is?" " It's right over here." " Oh." "How about this?" "Jeannie, I'm going to Acapulco, not Calgary." "I'll get it." "Hello?" "Lady Mitchell?" "Yes, yes, put her on." "Ashley, how good of you to return my calls, finally." "What do I want?" "I'm going to Acapulco for a couple of days, and I'd love you to be my guest." "Blake?" "Oh, yes, yes, of course, he's going to be there." "Good." "Oh, you won't disappoint me, will you?" "Goodbye, Ashley."