"Excuse me, Mrs. Carrington." "Oh, sorry, Mary." " Good morning, Mr. Carrington." " Morning, Mary." "Good morning." "Are you feeling all right?" "Yes." "Just yes and that's all." "And then silence." "Now, Krystle, I know you were just pretending to be asleep when I came up to bed last night." "And I know that you went out jogging early this morning to avoid waking up with me." "Now look, I have enough on my mind at the moment with Alexis and that damned merger." "So please don't add to it by closing me out this way." "Blake, I don't know what you have on your mind anymore." "Now what does that mean?" "Well, you've not only closed me out of your business affairs, but" "But also our family affairs as well, is that it?" "Yes." "Yes, that's exactly it." "Now, I've tried to help you and Steven get together but you've refused to bend." "Even to giving him the benefit of the doubt when he couldn't make it to dinner last night." "And today, your son is coming to take his son away from this house and still you refuse to try to get along with him." "Krystle, I must tell you something." "And I'd like you to sit down and listen and not walk away the way you did last night." "I appreciate your help." "I really do." "But I am Steven's father and I'm the one who knows his actions better than anyone else." "And I've had to deal with the boy long before you came into our lives." "He's not a boy anymore, Blake." "He's a man." "And you just said it, didn't you?" "Before I came into your lives." "Excuse me, Mr. Carrington." "I thought you might want to see this now." "My God, I don't believe it." "What?" "Joseph, ask Alfred to bring the car around immediately." "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna have to go." "We'll finish this discussion later." "No, that's no fair." "Everything is fair." "You know you're beautiful." "No, I'm just cute." "No, I think you're beautiful in every way." "That's why I think you'll understand how sorry I am about yesterday." "That." "Our first fight." "Well, we had to start someplace and sometime." "It's just that I got upset about you being with Adam in his office." "Oh, I got myself upset." "Saying that stupid thing about how you should stay away from Fallon." "Wait a minute, who's apologising to who here?" "We're both apologising to each other." "It's nice." "It's really nice." "I've gotta get to the office." "Don't forget, you have that appointment this morning with Dr. Winfield." "I feel fine." "I feel terrific." "I'm gonna cancel it." "You'll cancel nothing." "Now it's Dr. Winfield" "Or what?" "My handsome prince will never make love to me again?" "Well, that's a thought." "Oh, that's a terrible thought." "You know it." "If anybody has a cure for what ails me, it's you." "Only you." "Oh, yeah?" "What exactly ails you?" "I have to get out of here." "Watch out for me later." " Morning." " Good morning." "Morning, big fella." "From now on, you can refer to him as my son, the equestrian." "Oh, what, did he just jump up on Oracle, ride off and out-jump you?" "Oh, not quite." "I mean, I was riding in the ring and Maria, the new nanny, was holding him, and he looks at me ever so wistfully." "So I picked him up, put him in the saddle in front of me and now Blake Carrington Colby has had his first slow ride around the ring." "Was it a natural saddle?" "Oh, watch out, Willie Shoemaker." "Glad to know my son from now on is the equestrian, huh?" "I've packed his clothes and his toys." "He especially likes the blue and red rattle." "And, Mrs. Gordon, he's a pretty good eater." "He hasn't quite decided whether or not he likes mashed bananas, though." "Mrs. Gordon, would you wait downstairs with Danny for me?" " I'll be down in just a minute." " Of course, Mr. Carrington." "Krystle, I want you to know that I meant what I said the other day." "Oh, about, "I'm always welcome at your apartment."'" "Well, you're both gonna get very tired of me." "About dinner last night, I ran into my father a few minutes ago." "He's probably sore at you too for trying to set up this whole fiasco, isn't he?" "Well, we've been having some problems." "But that's between the two of us." "Well, whatever those problems are, you've gotta know I'm on your side." "Hey, don't forget your rocking horse." "Listen, before you know it, that little guy of yours will be big enough to ride it." "Mr. Carrington, Congressman McVane is here to see you." "Oh, good." "Show him in, please, Marcia." "Pour yourself a cup of coffee, Neal." "It looks like you were expecting me." "I have been." "It's obvious, isn't it?" "It's this Maynard story." "I think it's very obvious." "Now, Neal, I want you tell me that this garbage is just that." "Garbage and a lie." "And that you're going to sue that woman and her newspaper for libel." "I want you to tell me something, Blake." "You tell me that despite your denials at our last meeting, that you were not behind this snooping into my personal life." "Now first of all, damn it, I don't traffic in that sort of filth." "And then I'd have to be an idiot to destroy your reputation." "Because that would mean destroying any chance for you to help me with the merger postponement." "And with Blake Carrington, business always comes first." "My family comes first and then my business." "But that's beside the point." "Now, I want you to think for a minute, Neal." "Who else is no idiot?" "Who realised that your credibility can be damaged by this article?" "Destroyed, as a matter of fact." "And who doesn't want this merger postponed?" "Alexis, of course." "Now think back." "Do you remember that night at Fallon's party?" "Do you remember the way she threatened you with:" ""Enjoy your title, congressman." "Enjoy it as long as you can."'" "Neal, I told you yesterday to look for your real enemies." "Well, my hunch is that you can stop looking." "Right now." "Hello?" "This is Neal McVane, let me speak with Mrs. Colby." "Now." "Just a moment." "That didn't take long." "It's McVane." "Tell him I'm not available, Adam." "Not ever." "Mother, the man sounds desperate." "I'm sorry, but she can't talk to you, congressman." "Can't or won't?" "Won't." "Darling, would you pass me one of those chocolate-covered croissants?" "I had them flown in from Paris and I feel like indulging myself today." "I'm concerned about you, Mother." "One delicious croissant?" "Oh, don't worry, darling." "I'll work it off." "I always do." "Not pastries." "McVane." "McVane is dead, Adam." "You just talked with a political ghost." "So much the worse." "He's obviously figured out who the source of the story is." "I wish you'd let me in on your plan." "Why?" "I would have discouraged you from doing anything so easy to detect." "I suppose you would have recommended secrecy, as in the case of your trying to poison Jeff?" "Mother," "I took great pains in front to protect myself and you." "Don't turn your back." "You might find McVane's knife in it." "It was tough but she finally agreed." " How long?" " Ninety days." "Ninety days." "And it'll all be over and Steven Daniel Carrington's custody will be legally and exclusively his father's." "Cheers to that exclusivity." "Thank you." "Thanks for making it happen." "Thank you, Sammy Jo, for that swell send-off you gave me." "She told me my son would be better off with a straight father." "You did hear what I said, Chris?" "I heard." "Well, in these last few weeks, in all our meetings, you and I have never talked about it." "My father's trial." "You weren't in Denver then." "But they put me and what I am on a cross." "Steven, I knew all about it." "Your relationship with Ed Dinard." "Ted." "His name was Ted." "Ted." "I feel for what you must have gone through." "But you're one lucky guy." "I mean, your wife not coming back with you." "It wouldn't have worked out because she'd have blamed everything that went wrong on your past." "Thanks for understanding." "There aren't too many people on the other side who can." "Including my own father." "If you have a problem, you're gonna have to take it up with the manager." "I'm on my way home." "There is a problem, it's between you and me." "You're not going until we get this straightened out." "She set it up and you were just the innocent victim, right?" "That's right." "I was the victim." "Your room." "Champagne." "A towel wrapped around you." "My mother in your bed." "Alexis plays rough, Fallon." "She's not the kind of woman who loses easily." "Oh, really?" "Then how can you say you were framed?" "If you weren't having an affair with her, then how could she be a poor loser?" "Did you ever sleep with her, Mark?" "See?" "You just answered my question." "You went to see Dr. Winfield?" "Well, yes and no." "Now what is that supposed to mean, huh?" "I went to his office where I saw this nurse." "And we talked about how I was feeling." "And she said "Oh?" and gave me a blood test." "Which shows positively, that I am positively and absolutely pregnant." "What?" "Do I have to tell you again?" "I will." "Oh, no, I heard." " I loved what I heard." "They're sure?" " Yes." "And on Monday, I'll go back and Dr. Winfield himself will give me a complete examination." "Kirby?" " I'm all right." " No, you're not." "I'm just a little dizzy." "It's natural, isn't it?" " Well, I'm not so sure." "When Fallon" " What about Fallon?" "She wasn't dizzy this early in her pregnancy?" "Something like that?" "Look, this is my pregnancy, not Fallon's." "So could I just have our baby without comparisons?" "Oh, come on, I was just concerned for you." "Well, thank you." "But pregnancy is a condition, not an illness." "So if you'll just let me get up from this chair," "I'd like to finish some shopping." "Sure, yeah." "I didn't really come out here for lunch, Fallon." "Then why?" "Not to play tennis." "I don't allow ties on the court." "I came for your help, for you to bury your hatchet and be my friend." "I choose my friends very carefully, Adam." "That's always been my style." "We were friends once, before either of us knew who the other was." "I'd rather not talk about that." "Fallon?" "The bond between sisters and brothers is there, whether you want to admit it or not." "And I want the bond between you and me and me and Steven to be there." "Really there." "Well, in case you've forgotten, I already made it clear." "If you wanna be friends with Steven, you have to make it on your own." "You know, when I was growing up," "I always envied the kids with brothers and sisters." "I've tried with Steven." "I've tried very hard." "Well, you must've done something wrong." "I was genuinely concerned about him and his wife and he thought I was making a crack about his lifestyle." "Thought?" "Maybe you did." "Look, Adam, if you wanna be close to Steven, just love him." "Accept him." "Don't judge him." "Come in." "Excuse me, Mrs. Colby." "But the medical convention booked in for Monday?" "We guaranteed single rooms for the entire group." "They've just added on a last-minute booking and the hotel's full except for suites." "Oh, well, give the good doctor a suite and charge him for a room." "What's the name, Mitch?" "Dr. Jonas Edwards." "From Billings, Montana." "Billings?" "Do you know him?" "I've heard the name." "I won't keep you, Fallon." "I can see how busy you are." "See you." "You're not well, boy, are you?" "I'm very well." "Those eyes are just a little too bright again." "And there's that tautness in you." "Do your parents know what happened to you?" "That a high-school kid wanted to experiment once with a few assorted drugs?" "There's nothing to know." "I saw the promised visions." "It all passed and I got over it." "So." "You haven't told them." "There was nothing to tell." "Son, I nursed you for months." "I went through the whole breakdown with you." "I never want to hear that word again." "It's nothing to be ashamed of." " Let me get the door." " Thank you." " Right." "See you later." " Okay, bye-bye." "Mrs. Gordon, did you forget something?" "Hello, Steven." "Chris." "The name's still Deegan, not Gordon." "She's my son's nursemaid." "Oh, yeah, I figured." "I saw them on the way out." "Great looking boy." "Thank you." "Come on in." "Nice place." "Not yet." "Yeah, but it's a home." "It's a lot nicer than the hotel I've been living in ever since I came to Denver." "Happy housewarming." "It's sherry." "Very dry." "The best kind." "Thank you." "I didn't attach a card." "Well, you just said it." "Happy housewarming." "If I had attached a card, it would have included a confession." "A long overdue one." "You're not really a lawyer." "I'm gay, Steven." "Do you wanna hear the story of my life?" "Yeah." "It's the same as yours." " I doubt that." " Do you?" "Do you?" "A serious relationship with a man I was involved with." "My determination to turn straight by marrying a woman I was confused about." "What happened?" "We divorced." "I left the East and came out to Denver to start fresh." "But life in the closet is life in the closet, no matter what the map says." "Are you surprised?" "I don't know." "I don't look for these things." "Steven, the reason I came here is to tell you that I admire your courage, a courage I'm not yet sure I have myself." "But at least I've come far enough to admit it to someone." "I'm glad you told me." "Me too." "Well, how about a glass of this very dry sherry?" "Sure." "You know something?" "I think you and I are two people who need friends." "To friendship." "To friendship." "Oh, hello, darling." "I'm glad you're here." "I just came by to see the baby and I wanted to talk to you too." "Darling?" "My name is Fallon." "It was my father's mother's name and it's my name." "Look, Fallon." "I know how upset you are about Mark and me, but you are wrong." "I saw what I saw." "I'm not talking about that." "I'm talking about the fact that you not only have a mother, but a mother who cares desperately about your happiness." "As far as I'm concerned, I don't have a mother anymore." "Look, Fallon." "Please try and understand." "It almost broke my heart when you threw a wonderful man like Jeff out of your life." "A man with a quality and stature that you deserve." "But then to find out that you were getting emotionally carried away by a tennis bum, well, you left me no other choice except to expose the man for what he was." "He's not worthy of you, Fallon." "He's completely worthless." "And you of all people should know." "You wanna know something else, Alexis?" "I hate myself right now." "I hate myself for going along with your rotten scheme to break up Krystle and Blake." "And I hate myself for not recognising sooner what a decent woman Krystle is." "Decent woman indeed." "What are you doing here, Alexis?" "I came to see Fallon." "I wanted to talk to her." "But you've seen to that, haven't you?" "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about a woman who has done everything in her power to alienate my daughter from me." "Namely you." "Alienate?" "That's a word they invented for you, Alexis." "You've never stopped trying to destroy my marriage and you've got your son and his father barely speaking to one another." "Is that really of so much concern to you, Mrs. Jennings?" "You still are, you know." "Get out of here, Alexis." "Get off your property?" "But it isn't really your property, is it, Mrs. Jennings?" "Get out!" "I know what's wrong with you." "The empty-armed Madonna mourning the baby that she couldn't have and the baby that she almost got to adopt." "Gone now." "That is it, isn't it?" "Oh, you miserable bitch." "No." "No." "Oh, no, you don't." "Wait a minute, Alfred." "Back up a bit." "What the devil is going on here?" "Will somebody tell me?" "Are you going to answer me, Krystle?" "Are you going to answer me?" "Well, all right, I'll tell you something." "I will not have this." "No matter what the provocation is, I will not have my wife acting this way." "A common brawl in a lily pond, with her." "Like a couple of female mud wrestlers." "I won't stand for it, do you understand?" "Blake, would you please help me out of here?" "Did you see her?" "Did you see what she was trying to do?" "She was trying to drown me." "She's no better than an animal." "Yes." "I can only guess that you started this and that she had to defend herself." "I have no intention of standing here and arguing with you and catching pneumonia." "Krystle, you've been in there for more than an hour now." "Come on out, please?" "Do you hear me?" " What are you doing?" " I'm leaving." "I'm checking into La Mirage." "Are you going to tell me what this is all about?" "You've done an unforgivable thing, Blake." "You've not only humiliated me but you've done it in front of her." "The woman who cost us our child." "Krystle, there are times when husbands and wives must" "Husband?" "Well, Alexis was right about one thing." "She reminded me that I'm not legally married to you." "And I'm not sure I wanna be." "Because what am I in your life?" "Maybe if I hadn't lost the baby, maybe if I could still have one, we'd be closer." "But as it is, I was closer to you, closer to the core of your life, when I was your secretary." "And don't bother calling one of the servants." "I haven't forgotten how to carry my own bags." "Now, wait." "Krystle!" "Krystle." "Mrs. Carrington, I hope you were comfortable last night." "I just want you to know," "Mrs. Colby is having your things moved into a suite within the hour." "Thank you, Melinda." "What's that about?" "I'm staying here." "What's the matter, Krystle?" "Good morning." "I'd like to speak to you for a moment if I may, Krystle." "I'll wait for you down there." "Excuse me." "This" "This came for you this morning." "Registered mail." "I was on my way to the office and I thought I'd bring it to you." "It's your final decree." "And I was hoping that you might forget about what happened yesterday and come back home where you belong." "That is, unless you're still angry." "Well, I'm not really angry, Blake." "I'm hurt." "And about coming home..." "I'm not sure I belong there anymore." "I have a lot of sorting out to do." "What is it you want, Krystle?" "I don't know what I want yet." "But I know what I feel." "I feel empty." "Because I don't think you need me anymore." "And Alexis" "What about Alexis?" "She's never really left you, has she, Blake?" "Ever since she came back two years ago, it seems like every time we turn around, there she is, messing things up." "I don't know, maybe" "Maybe what?" "Maybe there's just too many ties." " Now, that's ridiculous." " Is it?" "She's the mother of your three children." "And now she's your business partner." " I had nothing to do with that." " But she is back in your life." "You're being irrational and thoroughly unreasonable about this." "Am I?" "Am I really?" "The meetings, the phone calls." "Well, maybe you don't even realise it but she's more involved in your life than I am." "And not just business." "I mean, you talk to her about Adam and Fallon and Steven and tell me not to be concerned." "Now, don't you see, I can't pretend that my life didn't exist until you walked into it." "What do you want me to do?" "Do you want me to pretend that my children were never born?" "That Denver-Carrington was just something that I imagined and didn't spend more than half my life to build?" "Krystle, you" "You are the single most important person in my life." "I love you." "I guess I have from the moment when you walked into my office and smiled and said, "Hello, I'm Krystle Jennings."'" "And from that moment to this, I've never looked at another woman." "Now, right now, you" "You think I'm obsessed with my work and other people and other things." "But try to understand this:" "No matter how much love two people have between them, a man is made up of many things, of love." "Love for his family." "His work." "Love and work." "Now, if I have failed to show you how much I love you," "I'll make it up to you, or at least I'll try." "I promise you that." "Maybe you're right." "Maybe you do need time to sort out things." "But come home." "Let me be with you while you do sort them out." "I can't." "Please understand that I can't." "Kirby?" "What's wrong?" "Papa, I'm thrilled about this baby." "But morning sickness this soon?" "What if I have eight more months of this?" "Oh, it's too much to think about." "I wonder if it runs in the family." "Was my mother like this when she was carrying me?" "I don't remember." "Darling, why don't you go out for a little walk?" "The fresh air will do you good." "Yes?" "Where's Mrs. Carrington?" "I lost a pearl and diamond earring in the lily pond yesterday and I want her to give you the authorisation to have it drained immediately." "Mrs. Carrington isn't here." "Then I'll wait." "Then you'll have a long wait." "She's moved out to La Mirage." "Really?" "Well, what your mistress, or rather, your ex-mistress does is of no concern to me." "What is, is my earring." "And by the way, Joseph," "I happened to overhear what your dear daughter was saying about her dear mother." "I wonder how she'd feel if I ever told her the truth about that woman." "You..." "You wouldn't do that." "Oh, wouldn't I?" "Have the pond drained immediately and we'll see." "Mrs. Colby, Mr. Carrington is on Line 1." "Is there anything else you need before I leave?" "No, nothing." "Thank you, Bernard." "Good night." "Oh, and, Bernard, you did well." "It was a very good first week." "Thank you, Mrs. Colby." " Blake?" " Yes, what is it, Alexis?" "Well, I'm glad I tracked you down." "I'm still at my office." "Have you read the article in this afternoon's Reporter?" "Yes, I read it." "Good." "Then I think it's about time that you and I got together." "Since poor Neal's influence in Washington is going to be nil from now on," "I think it's about time that you came over here so we can talk." "Are you ordering me to come over to your office?" "No, Blake, I'm simply suggesting, and strongly, that we talk this out." "You know, I'm sick and tired of your delaying tactics." "And I just want you to know that I am not" "Damn it, don't you hang up on me, Alexis." "Did I interrupt your phone call, Alexis?" "Why did you do that?" "Will you answer me, Neal?" "Let's say I had a sudden urge." "What's wrong with you?" "What are you doing here?" "I came here to visit you." "After waiting in the men's room for everyone to clear out of here." "This is a very nice office." "Thank you." "May I pour myself a drink?" "How have you been, Alexis?" "You're as beautiful as ever." "I haven't been too well, I" "I'm catching a cold and I'm very tired." "That's not good." "Now, that really is not good." "And I have to go." "I really have to leave." "Yes, of course." "Of course." "But first, I want you to read to me." "Read to you?" "My mother used to read to me when I was a kid." "It always calmed me down." "This article." "This article." "I suppose you've been savouring it." "The labour of your love." "I don't know what you're talking about, Neal." "Oh, I think you do, Alexis." "I think you do." "You see, yesterday, when the Claire Maynard story broke in the chronicle," "I called some friends in Washington." "I still have a few." "And it seems that a man named Hess, from Denver, did the original legwork." "Of course you know him." "Hess?" " I don't know anyone called Hess." " That's strange." "Because he seems to know you." "I had his office checked last night and you are listed on his Rolodex, not once but twice." "Alexis Carrington." "And then Alexis Colby." "All right, Neal." "If you know me at all, you'll know that I always repay my debts." "Now, you betrayed me and I've repaid you." "So I'm gonna kill you." "No." "No, Neal." " I'm gonna kill you!" " No!" "Let her go, Neal." "Let her go!" "What the hell is the matter with you, anyway?" "Now, go on, get out of here, go home." "Aren't you in enough trouble already?" "The score's not settled yet." "You all right?" "God." "He was trying to kill me." "Oh, Blake." "Thank you for saving me." "Well, the next time, there may not be anybody around to do it." "The next time?" "If you go on ruining other people's lives," "I wouldn't give a dime for your chances of holding on to your own."