"Blake, I had a messenger bring this over." "It's hitting the newsstands today." "World fínance, huh?" "From the look on your face, I'd say we should cancel our subscription." "Well, the man on the cover's vey handsome, but I'm afraid it's an ugly article inside." "It certainly doesn't surprise me." "Blake, Gordon Wales says that I ty to defend you and that's not true." "I said you didn't need defending in the China Sea venture" "Darling, you could've told the man anything." "He was out to do a hatchet iob, regardless of what you said." "Apparently, he succeeded." "I'm sory, I should've handled him better." " Maybe" " Gordon Wales is a hack writer." "Don't you waste your time worying about him." "But you're worried, aren't you?" "Well, right now, I'm more anxious than I am worried." "Got a meeting with Avril Dawson at the bank today." "To extend the loan?" "I think we got a good chance." "See, with Dawson's bank holding one half of the $1 OO million loan, the other bank's holding the remaining 50 million." "It should fall in right behind Dawson." "Now, if he extends my loan, so will the others." "And if they don't extend?" "Then Denver-Carrington belongs to the banks." "I lust hope that Dawson doesn't pass any newsstands today." "Morning." "You should loin me at La Mirage, Alexis." "Tennis again?" "There are more stimulating things to do in life than to watch you running around the court in shorts." "Not me, Alexis." "My partner, Dex Dexter." "Much too busy, but you boys have fun." "Too busy hatching plots?" " l don't hatch things, Mark." " No?" "Then what would you call your deal with Rashid Ahmed in Hong Kong?" "I thought you were leaving." "You're tying to ruin Blake, lady." "Why?" "Just more business?" "I know you." "When it comes to Blake Carrington, you won't stop with screwing up his oil deal." "You're after something bigger and better." "What is it?" "Listen to me, Mark Jennings." "I paid you $1 OO, OOO to keep your mouth shut." "And you better do just that." "Hello." "Alexis, this is Kirby." "Yes, Kirby, what can I do for you?" "I wanted to apologise for my behaviour the other day." "Apology accepted." "Is that it?" "Well, I thought we could get together again and finish our discussion." "As far as I'm concerned, Kirby, it is finished." "We have nothing more to say to each other." "Adam Carrington, please." "Mother, if, as you say, Kirby lured you to that empty house, she must have had a reason." "What possible reason could she have for dragging me to her father's house in that dreadful neighbourhood?" "Why would you be meeting with Kirby, anyway?" " That's not the point." " Let's make it the point." "Why did she want to see you?" "Well, I'd offered her a job in Paris." "You did what?" "Adam, it took me a long time to realise that you were really serious about marying this girl." "So I'd offered her the lob once before, but she turned me down." "She said she changed her mind, wanted to talk." "Well, there you are." "Kirby took you to the house to discuss your offer." "Except she didn't talk about the job offer." "She's spent the entire time rambling on about her dead father." "Finally, I lust turned and walked out." "It didn't make any sense." "And that's what you had to see me about?" "Yes." "This girl is obviously as unbalanced as her mother was." "Mother, I love Kirby." "I know her far better than you." "You nearly devastated her with the truth about her mother." "Whatever she's going through now is your fault." " My fault?" " Yes." "Adam, I am tying to save you from marying a vey sick girl." "Well I don't need to be!" "saved by you." "Neither does Kirby." "Go rescue someone else." "From now on, stay out of our lives." "So Ilie hit a tremendous backhand and I came back with a forehand." " Into the stands." " Mark." "Sory I'm late." "I'll change, meet you in a few minutes." " No problem." " Mr. Dexter?" "You have a telephone call, sir." " You can take it right over here." " Thank you." " See you up on Court 3." " All right." "is eveything okay?" "That's a nice outfit you've got on." " Hello, Fallon." " Hi." "I hear La Mirage is bracing for a big celebration." "Oh, a celebration, yes." "Not so big." "Just family and close friends, that's all." "All in your honour." "And Jeff's." "I suppose it's destiny, you and Jeff remarying." "Well, I don't know what it is, Mark, but it's happening." "There was a time when I thought we were destined to be together." "That time we spent in Haiti." " Mark" " But Alexis didn't give us a chance." "In fact, she ruined it for us." "Left alone, we could've made it work, Fallon." "Mark, Alexis put an end to something that was probably hopeless to begin with." "We should thank her for saving us from ourselves." "Come in, gentlemen, come in." "Blake, you're looking wonderfully well." " Jeff." " Avril." " Please, sit down, won't you?" " Thank you." "Sory to have kept you waiting so long, but I was on the phone with the boss." "Mrs. Dawson." "List of things for me to bring home this evening." "Those are the phone calls you've got to take." " But you know that, Blake." " Yes, I know how it is." "Either of you like a drink?" " No, thank you." " Not for me, thank you." "In the interest of time, Avril, why don't we get right down to business." "What's new on the extension of my loan?" "That's not a decision that I can make, Blake." "I'm sory, but it isn't." "Now, you know vey well that if you extend my loan, the rest of those banks will follow suit." "Blake, we're talking about $1 OO million." "Fifty million dollars of it from my bank alone." "I know for a fact that the other banks elected you to represent them." "Right." "But I can't make any decision without consulting with them first." "And none of those other bankers, including you, have ever lost a penny on Denver-Carrington and you know it." "You've made a lot of money investing with Denver-Carrington." "True, but this goes beyond investments." "We're talking about politics here." "What you have are two conflicting armies with their guns aimed at each other and you right in the middle." "As you know, we put certain conditions on your loan." "Yes, that I'd be into exploration within 30 days, or you could foreclose on me." "This says you can't do it, Blake." "My God, you've got a small naval force anchored above your leases." "I have borrowed a lot more than $1 OO million in my time and I've paid back evey dime of it, with interest." "Now, who are you going to trust, some damn magazine or me?" "Yes, well, that is the question that I've got to put to the other bankers, isn't it?" "Here you are." "Darling, it's vey late." "I know. I'll be up shortly." "Why don't I join you instead?" "I'm afraid I'm not vey good company right now." "That's all right." "I can take you at your worst." "Isn't that what the minister said at our wedding?" "What is it, Blake?" "In the past, whenever I failed, I could always turn things around, always." "Failure just meant one thing for me:" "Fight harder." "Be tougher." "Make sure evey lesson was learned." "If nothing else, I knew I could fight back and win." "But you're still the same man." "You haven't changed." "I wonder." "Been a week now since I met with Avril Dawson." "Still no word about extending those loans." "I have a feeling they've turned me down." "What if they have?" "What then?" "Then I've lost eveything." "Eveything?" "When you first proposed to me, Blake, I remember your saying that" "That if I were uncomfortable about the idea of being married to a man with a great deal of money, you'd give it all away." "I meant that." "And do you remember what else you said?" "That even if I did give it all away, that I would find some way to make it all back." "Whether it was the next year, or the year after, you could be sure that I would make it all back." "Because that's the kind of man you are." "And you're wiser and stronger than you've ever been." "You're a winner." "And eveybody loves a winner." "Especially me." "Come in." "Hello, Alexis." "I expected I'd find you daydreaming about your future bride." "Just a momentay lapse." "What can I do for you?" "Well, I was in the neighbourhood having a boring breakfast meeting at the club and I thought I'd pop in and see my favourite son-in-law to be." "But we're gonna see you at the party." "Oh, absolutely." "But privately, Jeff, I just wanted to let you know how thrilled I am about you and Fallon." "Well, thank you, Alexis." "I appreciate that." "It's so wonderful to have something to celebrate with all the bad news floating around." "Bad news?" "Yes." "The mess that poor Blake's in." "So dreadful." "Well, I have a lot of faith in Blake." "I know you do." "But lust in case things should go badly for him and he tries to drag you down with him, I want you know that I'll see that you're all right." "Blake's been in tough situations before." "We still have room to manoeuvre." "Jeff, I appreciate your loyalty." "But I mean, eveybody's read that World fínance article." "Really?" "What are they saying?" "Eveyone's vey curious about the loan extensions and whether they're going to come through or not." "Of course, it's all coniecture, because no one knows the facts." "Or do they?" "Well, we'll lust have to wait and see, won't we?" "Yes." "Oh, Jeff, I really wish you'd stayed at Colbyco where you belonged." "I understand your reasons for leaving." "But that's all in the past now." "The only thing that's important is that you and Fallon don't lose eveything because of Blake's problems." "I'm not gonna lose anything and neither is Blake." "We're going to win." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with my beautiful once-and-future bride." "As soon as I finish this paperwork." "What are you doing here?" "I called in from the field this morning and I was given this message from you." "That's right." "From now on, if you have any business that has to do with Lex-Dex, it goes through me." "Well, first of all, Steven, Alexis and I are partners, not you." "And secondly, nobody tells me how to conduct my business, least of all, mama's boy." "I'm second-in-command at Colbyco, so the fact is you'll deal with me or you'll deal with nobody, because we both know you've been dumped." "Nobody dumps me." "And nothing's over till I say it's over." "Listen, cowboy." "If you need to prove your masculinity, do it on somebody else's time." "Alexis Colby decides who she deals with and who she doesn't, so if you have any complaints, take them to her." "I was told you were waiting for me, Dex." "Had I known earlier, I'd have stayed away longer." "There was a time you couldn't stay away at all." "True, but times change." "I hear you received my message." "You heard wrong." "I received Steven's message." "I wanna hear it from you." "Look, Dex, I'm a vey busy woman." "I'm a vey busy man." "Together, our schedules fit just fine." "Past tense." "We don't fit at all." "We fit, Alexis." "Whether it's partners in business or in bed." "We got something special between us." "You can fight it all you want, but it's there." "You can feel it." "I don't feel. I think." "I run my business and my life the way I see fit and if you don't like it, then my offer still holds." "I can buy you out anytime." "Don't you see what you're throwing away?" "We had it all." "You're the most exciting woman I've ever known." "And whether you want to admit it or not, I'm the best man you've ever had." "Don't waste it." "J Well you do have a way with lips." "But this is the wrong time and the wrong place." "In Hong Kong, you called me a slut." "Here, you dare to assume that you can seal my life with a kiss." "Well, nobody owns me, Dex." "My mind and my body belong to me alone." "If you want ownership, why don't you go and buy it on the street where you belong?" "Why don't you get out of here?" "Mrs. Carrington." "Please, if you'll lust wait, I'll tell your aunt you're here." "Tell my aunt anything you like." "I'll be in the nursey with my son." "Mrs. Carrington." "I thought you were in New York." "I was, but now I'm here, to see Danny." "Alone." "Oh, yes, of course." "Hi." "Put that down." "Come here." "Oh, you feel wonderful." "Remember your mommy?" "Why, it's Auntie Kystle." "What a nice surprise." "It wouldn't have been a surprise, Sammy Jo, if you'd called first." "I was getting ready to go to work." "And I know how you would have regretted not being here to greet me." "Well, I'm here now." "Don't wory, lady." "You still have the run of the house." "I'm not planning on staying here." "I just came by to visit my baby." "Now, if you'll excuse us." "As a matter of fact, Mrs. Carrington, we do have a suite available." "Here it is, at 400 a night." "Last-minute cancellation." "Four hundred." "Look, you've already registered me in another room." "Why make more work for yourself?" "Take Mrs. Carrington's luggage to 212." " Thank you." " Thank you." "I heard you were here." "Why?" "I'm a successful model now, Steven." "I can afford to do anything I wanna do without having to answer for it." "But since you'll find out anyway, I flew in from New York to visit my son for the weekend." "The weekend." "Look, Sammy Jo, you can" "Steven, first off, the name is Samantha." "Second, little Danny is gonna visit me here in this hotel." "We're gonna spend the entire weekend together, just the two of us." "Mother and son." "No, change that to real mother and her son." "So get used to the idea." "And let Claudia get used to it too." "Steven, you can't lust turn Danny over to her." "The reason that we moved in with Blake and Kystle was for Danny's safety." "There's no security like that here." "I know, but I can't keep her from seeing him, Claudia." "Legally, she has evey right to bring him back here with her." "It was made vey clear in the settlement, I would have custody of Danny." "And she has unlimited visiting privileges, I know." "But we never expected this." "She was in New York." "She wanted a career." "She couldn't have cared less about Danny." "She made it vey clear." "The baby will visit her on her terms." "Maybe we could hire our own security guards to watch over him while he's here at the hotel." "We could." "I've lust got this gut feeling that handing Danny over to Sammy Jo under any circumstances could mean disaster." "I've been tying to find you all day." "When you work for me, I want you to leave a number where you can be reached at all times." "is that understood?" "I was working on an assignment for you, Mrs. Colby." "What assignment?" "To prepare an anniversay stoy for Colbyco." "Bigger than the one I did for Denver-Carrington." "Oh, yes." "That's right." "But you can leave that for the time being." "I've got something else for you and this takes priority." "Sit down." "I did a little checking on you before I hired you, Tracy." "Well, that doesn't surprise me." "I doubt whether a woman like Tracy Kendall is surprised by much of anything anymore." "The assignment, Mrs. Colby." "You have certain- How shall I say?" "connections." "A political power broker by the name of Eric Grayson." "Jeremy Thatcher." "A writer of dubious talent known for his character assassinations and an ad executive from New York." "What's the point of all this?" "Men." "Influential men." "Now, I'm not criticising you, Tracy." "Men have used women for centuries, so why shouldn't it be our turn now?" "Now I want you to use your charms on one particular man." "A banker called Avril Dawson." "Do you know him?" "By reputation only." "Well, the man has some information that I need and you're lust the woman to get it from him." "So I want you to get it, personally." "is that clear?" "Vey clear." "I'll get on it first thing tomorrow morning." "No." "You'll get on it tonight." "Consider it overtime." "One thing about you, Auntie Kystle, when you plan your battles, you do it in the most civilised surroundings." "I have no desire to fight you, Sammy Jo." "I understand your wanting to see Danny." "But I guess my showing up caught you by surprise." "Well, yes, it did." "But you're here and you have evey right to see Danny." "And I want you to know that you're welcome to spend the weekend with us at the house." "is that an invitation or a command?" "What are you talking about?" "The fact is eveybody is scared to death to let Danny out of their sight." "Well, I'm his mother, Auntie Kystle." "And if I want to spend the weekend with Danny at La Mirage, I'll do it." "What about him, what's best for Danny?" "What about him?" "You may be his mother, Sammy Jo, but he doesn't know you vey well." "He's used to his own environment." "And it would be better for him and for you to be together in a place that he's familiar with." "Supervised by you, Blake, Steven, precious Claudia and the entire Carrington staff." "Oh, we'll see." "But whatever I choose to do, Auntie, will be what I want." "Blake, shouldn't you be getting ready?" "I gave Avril Dawson my private number." "I'm waiting for him to call." "He met with the other bankers today, didn't he?" "Yes, he did, and still no call." "Hello." "Sory to be so long in getting back to you, Blake." "No apologies necessay, Avril." "Wish I had some good news for you, I really do." "Then you're turning me down." "Not lust me, Blake." "The others as well." "I'm really sory, but I- l don't need apologies, I need an extension on that loan." "There's nothíng more I can do about ít, Blake." "That's it." "I'm sory, Blake." "I'm so sory." "You'll find a way." "You'll fight back and you'll win." "Not going to be easy, but I'll do my damnedest." "I know you will." "Well, I might as well get dressed." "You know, the party is already set for tonight, but that doesn't mean we can't make the wedding simpler or smaller." "Absolutely not." "My daughter deserves as beautiful a wedding as we had." "And no one or nothing is going to take it away from her." "Come on, handsome." "Let's go see Mommy, huh?" "Hey." "Here's my little cowboy." " Boy, look at that outfit." " He was just on his way to give his mommy a good-night kiss before his bath." "Why don't you go draw the water?" "We'll be a few minutes." "Okay." "Come on, let's go ambush your mother, huh?" "You decent?" "Unfortunately, yes." "It'll only take me a minute to get indecent though." "Be careful now." "There are two of us here." "It's the men in my life." "Each one as cute as the other." "You know, he's a lucm boy." "There aren't many kids that get to attend their parents' wedding." "Second wedding, darling." "You want him to think he's not legal?" " Excuse me." "His bath is ready." " Here you go, Irene." "Good night, sweetheart." "Here." "Would you allow me?" "Jeff, this necklace is so extravagant." "But it's beautiful, I love it." " l'm so lucm." " We both are." "Not many people in this world that get a second chance." "And I'm gonna make you this promise, Mrs. Colby." "I'm not gonna let anyone or anything come between us again." "Real promise?" "Vey real." "We've got a party to go to, remember?" "Ours." "We could have our own private party right here." "What about the others?" "Let them make their own fun." "Steven, no one wants Sammy Jo to take Danny away." " Even for the weekend." " Of course not, but she's" "So I invited her to stay here with us and she accepted." "So the problem is solved." "Kystle, I appreciate what you've done, but I know how you feel about her." "How she treats you." "How she treats eveybody, unfortunately." "Something's bothering you, isn't it, Kystle?" "And it's not Sammy Jo." "Well" " It's nothing, really." " Hi." " Hi." " It's about time, you two." " Hello." " You all look so beautiful." " So do you." "I'm gonna see what's keeping Blake." " Champagne?" " Thank you." " That necklace is so pretty, isn't it?" " Yeah, that is nice." "A little something from Mr. Wonderful over here." " Hello." " Hello." " How do you do?" " Thank you, ladies." "Excuse me a minute." "I've got business to take care of." " l'll see you in a minute, honey." " Okay." " Good evening, Mrs. Colby." " Hello." " You look lovely." " Thank you." "Well, I see the Carringtons have arrived." "Where's the 21-gun salute?" "Some people don't need to be announced, Samantha." "I checked all over my room." "I couldn't find my invitation to the party tonight." "Why would I want to invite you?" "Well, as a Carrington, I should be at the top of your list." "As an ex-Carrington, you're not even on the bottom." "Would you excuse me?" "Fallon, I must register a complaint about your hotel." "On the surface, La Mirage seems so you, beautiful." "But the inside is a major disappointment." "Not enough towels and dust eveywhere." "It's obviously second-rate." "Sammy Jo." "As long as you were Steven's wife, I put up with you." "We all did." "But now you're nothing more than a paying guest." "So if you don't like the accommodations, get the hell out." "Send up a magnum of your best champagne to my room." "Yes, Mrs. Carrington." "And a grilled ham and cheese." " l wanna talk, Alexis." " Not now, Mark." "I'm late for the party and I have to get dressed." "Now, Alexis." "All right." "Make it fast." "Well, I decided I'd leave Denver." "Yes, well, with that $1 OO, OOO gift of yours in my pocket, I can go where l want." "But then I decided that I belong here with you." "What made you change your mind?" "Dex Dexter." "Look, I'm not in the mood for guessing games." "What about him?" "Well, he's through with you, Alexis, and you've got nobody else." "Your deep concern for me is overwhelming." "But I've decided that I don't need a bodyguard anymore." "So you're free to go." "Tonight, if possible." "You may not need a bodyguard, but you need a man." " Do I?" " Yes." "You need me." "You must be suffering from delusions of adequacy." "You're gonna pay for my silence, Alexis, with more than just money." "From now on, we share eveything." " Including your bedroom." " No- l paid you $1 OO, OOO to keep your mouth shut." "For a tennis bum, that will buy a lot of balls." "And believe me, you're going to need them." "Now I want you to pack your bags and get out of here and out of Denver by the time I come back tonight." "Otherwise, I'll have you carried out." "Kicking, screaming, feet first." "You can't get rid of me, Alexis." "Watch me." "I'm sory i was late." "There's some accident around the corner." " l had to take the long way- - l'm late for the party, Reed." "You know, it looked serious." "There's a big crowd, paramedics, and a fire truck and an ambulance just pulled up." "Oh, I heard the ambulance." "I'm not deaf, but I am late." "Yes, Mrs. Colby." "Alexis, I'm glad I caught you." "Well, I'm not glad." "And I'm in a hury." "This won't take long." "I wanna talk to you about money." "You and I have had all the talking that we are ever going to have in this life, Neal." "It is a beautiful party, isn't it, Blake?" "It's more than that." "It's really quite special to see all my children together and happy." "It can't be much better than that." "Well, it was a beautiful party." "Kirby, you've got what you wanted." "You dragged Mother to your father's house and you made her squirm." "You've evened the score." "Isn't it time to call a truce now?" "Tell me, with someone like Alexis, how do you ever get even?" "I wonder what Alexis would say if she could see us now." "You ever ty standing up in a hurricane?" "Of course, she did order me to go to bed with a man tonight." "I lust happen to have chosen a different man." "Congratulations, Tracy." "You chose the best." "What's the matter?" "Do you have any idea what it does to me knowing that you've been to bed with that woman?" "Forget Alexis." "Concentrate on us." "But she's part of us and as long as I work for her, she's going to stay part of us." "Dex, I don't wanna share you." "You're not." "By staying close to Alexis, you're helping me." "Both of us." "But we don't need her." "You know how good I am at my job." "I don't wanna work for Alexis anymore." "I wanna work for you." "I wanna be with you openly." " l need you at Colbyco." " For what?" "To spy on her business, her bed?" "You are obsessed with that woman." "Dex." "When you calm down, you give me a call." "In the meantime, you're being paid to watch her evey move." "Evey move." " Understand?" " Dex" "You're supposed to be meeting Avril Dawson tonight." "Remember?" "What a divine party." "Yes, isn't it?" "What a surprise to see you here." "I mean, considering that you're pregnant." "Speaking of pregnant," "Blake was more than a little surprised when I told him that you claimed to have had four children." "Oh, yes." "Well, I meant the miscarriage that I had after Steven was born." "Blake doesn't remember a miscarriage." "Blake remembers nothing unless it has a dollar sign in front of it." "Surely you must know that by now." "Are you sure you're not talking about yourself, Alexis?" "Blake, you have so much on your mind right now." "They'll understand if we leave." "Well, there's nothing I can do until tomorrow morning anyway." "I have been tying to get in touch with Andrew Laird." "I'll use the phone in Fallon's office." "I'll get my purse." "I had thought of it too." "Excuse me a minute, darling." "Excuse me." "You can leave the door open, Alexis." "I'm on my way out." "That's what the rumours say." "All right, what do you want?" "Oh, I'm here to give, Blake, not to take." "Rumour has it that your request for a loan extension is going to be turned down." " That's my business." " Exactly." "And I'm here to help you keep that business." "What would you say, Blake, if I were to offer you a loan of $100 million, no strings, and six months to pay it back?" "I'd say, let's hear the rest of it." "Six months, Blake." "And if at the end of that time you can't pay it back, then Denver-Carrington becomes mine." "No merger, just mine." "Alexis, I don't need your money." "I don't need your six months." "And I'll see you in hell before I see that you get your hands on Denver-Carrington." "You're down, Blake." "You're gonna have to sell eveything." "Eveything." "You'll be lucm to get a penny on the dollar." "Oh, excuse me." "They told me at the desk l could find Mrs. Colby here." "She's all yours." "We've finished our business." " Who are you?" " l'm Sergeant Cooper, Mrs. Colby." "I'm afraid I have some bad news for you." "Well, what sort of bad news?" "Your bodyguard, Mark Jennings, he's dead." "Dead?" "But I was lust with him a little while ago." "He was vey much alive." "What happened?" "He fell from the terrace of your penthouse, Mrs. Colby." "Too soon to tell if he lumped or if he was pushed."