"That's right." "I want you at the house tonight." "I'll tell you exactly why." "I don't want any more surprises in that courtroom, Andrew." "And I don't intend to wait until tomorrow to hear what you're going to say about Steven." "I'll expect you here in a half hour." " Yes, sir?" " Mr. Carríngton?" "We'll be puttíng down ín about an hour." "Right." "Thanks." "Danny asleep?" "You know something?" "Your son sleeps just the way you do." "Really, it's a certain look." "He's now frowning a bit." "Now the trace of a smile." "He's the complete dreamer." "I watched you the other night after we made love and your eyes closed." "Same look." "It's exactly..." "What's the matter?" "This is wrong, Claudia." " We've gotta turn back." " Why?" "Because it isn't fair you're doing this for me." "I want to do it." "It was my idea." "To help me out?" "Yes." "So that I can finally show you how much you really mean to me." "Oh, Steven, if you're worried about what you feel strongly about, what you talked of in court, your principles  l am." " You're not abandoning them." "You're lust realising that, at any given moment in life, there are priorities." "And at this moment in your life, your priority is your son." " Hello, Sammy Jo." " Samantha." "Your sister gave me that name when I was born." "You can at least respect it." "Your mother never called you anything but Sammy Jo." "There's a draught." "Are you coming in?" "I don't care what your darling Iris called me." "All I really remember about her was her coughing, coughing, night and day." "She was vey sick." "Was she ever." "I wondered when you'd be popping by for a little chat." "I mean, all I got in court from you today was a glare." "Talk about those saintly blue eyes sending chills up and down a back." "Sammy Jo, how could you have so much hatred in you against Steven?" "Who is worthy and honourable, and all that good stuff." "Yes." "Well, he sure has a fan club in you, Aunt Kystle." "is there something about him that turns you on?" "You lied in that courtroom today, didn't you?" "Did I?" "And you know what the cost of those lies might be." "You seem to be so sure of eveything all of a sudden." " You tell me." " Steven will probably lose his son." " And Blake will win a bitter victoy." " Blake." "The great white father." "He's been good to you, Sammy Jo." "Oh, get off your high-and-mighty Carrington horse." "I'm here for my baby's sake." "I don't keep changing sides the way you did." "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about your big promises for Danny when I showed up with him at the house." "Remember?" "I was even willing to let you and Mr. Carrington adopt my baby." "Because I knew that being raised by Blake Carrington, he'd give Danny the best world he could have." "Financially." "And then what did you do, Auntie Kystle?" "What did I do?" "The minute Steven shows up alive and moves his lanyer in with him, you turn on Mr. Carrington and take Steven's side." "And you're telling me how much pain I'm causing the man?" "Well, who walked out on him, Miss Grant?" "If you loved him as much as you say, you wouldn't be here picking on me." "You'd be with him." "I'd like you to go." "In fact, I want you to get out of my room." "Get out." "Thank God your mother isn't here." "To see how you turned out." ""l can only conclude by respectfully asking Your Honour to award a decision in favour of my client, a loving, caring grandfather, Blake Carrington."" "That's your summation?" "Yes, and I think it's a damn good one." "So do I proceed?" "I see no problem, Andrew." "As long as you take out those lies about Steven." " What?" " You heard me." " If you don't, I'll" " Now, look here, Blake, I" "Now, Sammy Jo was lying, and you know it." "The only thing I know is that a witness testifies to what that witness claims is the truth, and that our obiect is to win this case." "Now, if you don't wanna go along with this" "Now, look, this legal action that I instituted is on the clear-cut basis that a gay man living with his lover has no right to ruin his child's life by subiecting him to that kind of environment." "And do we forget about the total lack of proof?" "Now, what does that mean?" "That there is no proof that a child raised by a gay will necessarily become gay himself." " So if you wanna win this case- - l'm going to win." "Then you're gonna have to get down to the nitty-gritty of painting Steven personally as an unfit parent." "You obviously didn't hear me." "I'm going to win without any personal attacks on Steven." "Not from you or anyone else, and I mean that." "You strike them from whatever you've scribbled on that paper over there, do you understand?" "All right." "But I want you to know, Blake, that it tees me off a lot" " A lot." " that you're making me the whipping boy." "Well, I happen to think that your loss of Steven's affection is only the tip of the iceberg here." "What the devil are you tying to say?" "Blake, I'm not only your lanyer, I'm your friend." "And I feel compelled to say something to you now." "Even if it upsets you." "I saw the way Kystle turned away from you in court today." "You wanna know what I think?" "I think you're attacking me because this suit has obviously cost you her affection as well." " Now, look here, Andrew" " No, you look here, Blake." "Listen to me, please." "Why don't you set your mind to getting her back?" "She left you because you treated her like a possession." "Well, why don't you find another way to treat her?" "Not just as a wife, but as a partner." "_e55?" "Yeah?" "You don't have to tiptoe on my account." "I've been awake too." "What happened... lt was the wine." "And me." " And it was my fault, Fallon." " No, it wasn't." "It wouldn't have happened if I didn't want it to, as much as you did." "Look..." "Jeff, it's okay." "We wanted to make love, and we did." "It was good, Fallon." "It was so good." "Well, I've heard about this Montana night air." "What it does to people." "It was good." "But we have to forget it." "Forget it?" "Yes." "I am so confused." "Even though I'm with Kirby, I still have these feelings for you." "And they lust won't go away, Fallon." "They just won't die." "They have to, Jeff." "For both of us." "Please, say they will." "I'll ty." " You'll have to do better than that." " All right." "You know, when I phoned Kirby this afternoon and told her I wasn't gonna make it back," "the minute that I mentioned I was up here with you, I could just feel her tighten up." "It was as if she sensed what would happen with the two of us being away and alone." "And yet I couldn't even get into why we had to make the trip." "Adam." "Yeah." "I can't even mention that name around her." "Whenever I do, she just freezes." "Maybe she has terrifically good instincts." "We'll find out tomorrow when we catch up with Jud Barrows." "Get to the bottom of who and what Adam Carrington really is." "Good night, Jeff." "Good night." "Fallon..." "Just go." "Who's there?" "is anybody there?" "Who's there?" "is somebody there?" "Who is it?" "Hello, Harold?" "This is Mrs. Colby." "Did anyone come up to my apartment in the last few minutes?" "Well, I thought I heard the elevator." "Yes, I'll check it." "Oh, Harold, you're right, it's locked." "It's lust that, ever since the robbey, I've been" "Good night." "Hello, Mr. Deegan." "I'd like to speak to my son, please." "He's not there?" "Well, where is he at this time of night?" "Do you both promise to love and comfort one another, to honour one another, to keep one another in sickness and health, in prosperity and adversity, and forsaking all others, be faithful to one another as long as you both shall live?" "Yes." "I do." "Good. I now, therefore, pronounce you man and wife." "Now, if you'll lust let me get to the office, I'll sign the certificate properly." "Come on, Emma." "I'll take this precious witness with me, if it's all right." " Yeah." " Of course." "Mr. Carrington, if I may make a suggestion, you may kiss your bride." "Teacher, tender comrade, wife." "Robert Louis Stevenson wrote that on his wedding night." "It's beautiful." "But was he as handsome as you?" "Alexis Colby." "This will put an end to mercuric oxide." " Happy?" " No." "Vey, vey happy, yes." "Mr. Carrington, yes." "I'm glad, Mrs. Carrington." "Mrs. Carrington." "I've loved you for such a long time." "I remember how I asked you to mary me once." "And I said that I still loved Matthew." "I lied." "But I was allowed." " Were you?" " Yes, I was." "I didn't want you to be burdened with me." "With all my problems I didn't think I could cope with." "All that's behind me now." "You know what, Steven?" "You know the first time that I knew that I loved you was when you dropped that dish on my kitchen floor." "Do you remember?" "I remember." "I knew that I loved you then." "I know that I love you now." "And that I'll love you always." "Always." " Look who's awake." " Look at him." "He's smiling." "Hello." "See?" "He had a good dream." "I'm glad." "What are you thinking?" " Nothing." " Yes, you are." "You're thinking about today, what's to come, aren't you?" "What's waiting for you and Danny back in Denver." "is that iudge going to give him to us, even after this?" "Or to my father?" "Yes." "I was wondering, Father, has there been any word from Jeff and Fallon about when they're due back?" "No, no, nothing at all." "Eveything all right, Adam?" " Yes." " You sure?" "You know, I'm vey happy to have you in my company and under this roof." "But do you have some private misgivings about it?" "I mean, some conflict of loyalty towards your mother, perhaps?" "Towards Alexis?" "Of course not, Father, no." "Well, I want you to understand one thing." "No matter what my feelings are toward Alexis, you don't have to prove your loyalty toward me by hating her." "I mean, after all, she is your mother." "I'm not sure what her feelings toward me really are, but I don't hate her." "And if I have any problems in my life, believe me, they're minor compared to yours." "I don't envy you, your day in court this morning." "Well, son, if you ever do have problems, ever, I do think it's important that we level with each other." "All right." "I admit that my coming here to you has caused me a few sleepless nights because I realise this merger is going to go through, and when it does, I'm going to have to be involved with both you and Mother." "And I am worried about how you're going to react when I behave civilly towards her." "Adam, there's nothing for you to wory about." "Now, if you've not understood it clearly before, please do so now." "You don't have to earn my love." "You already have it." "You understand that?" "I do." "Fine." " Hi." " Hi." "Something I can do for you?" "Yeah, we're looking for Jud Barrows." "He's expecting us." "Yo, Jud." "Hi. I'm Jeff Colby." "This is Fallon Colby." " We've been waiting to meet you." " l'm pretty busy, Mr. Colby." "Been one of those days, you know?" "Well, we've travelled a long way to ask you some questions." "Well, why don't you lust ask away?" "I'll do my best to answer." "A couple years ago, you were the foreman at High Ridge Chemicals." "That's correct." "And you gave a workman named Allison an order, but instead of carying it out, he went berserk." "Tried to strangle you." "Yeah." "He collapsed, and he almost died, that's right." "Could you tell us exactly what happened?" "Well, I think you probably know what happened, don't you?" "We'd like you to tell us." "Please?" "J Well doctors discovered that he'd been poisoned by mercuric oxide that they manufactured at the plant there." "He'd been inhaling these fumes seemed like for hours a day for several months." "And, well, when he recovered, he sued High Ridge for damages, and got him a smart, young lanyer." "Got him a real tidy settlement." "And you testified in the case?" "Yes, sir, I did. I sure didn't like being up there on that witness stand, I can tell you that much for sure." "Well, sometimes a citizen, he's just gotta do what he's gotta do." "You know how that goes." "The lanyer, who was he?" "Do you remember his name?" "Oh, sure." "It was Torrance." "That's what it was." "It was Torrance." "Jud." " Mr. Thorpe wants you, on the double." " Yeah, I'll be right there." "Like I said, it's one of them days, you know?" " Thank you vey much." " You betcha." "Good luck." " Torrance." "Wasn't that-?" " You're damn right it was." "When I first met Adam, he introduced himself as Michael Torrance." "It was the name he grew up with." "When you phoned me last night, Adam, and told me that you had some routine papers for me to sign, I assumed that you'd bring them to the office." " You do remember where that is?" " l do." "So if these papers are so routine, what are you doing here?" "And why such an early bird?" "You're due in court this morning, Mother." "And although the China Sea offshore leases I was working on while I was at Colbyco are routine, they're also important." " l'm not so sure about this." " Do you mind explaining that?" "I lust don't understand why I should sign anything unless Colbyco has it in writing that those leases are definitely up for bids." "If you wait for that, Mother, other companies won't, and you'll be squeezed out." "It's as simple as that." "Nothing in life is simple, Adam." "If it were, I would have had a good night's sleep." "Look, the paper you're signing is a statement of interest on Colbyco's part." "Nothing more than that at the moment." "But if you don't wanna get involved, I am just tying to do you a favour." "Adam, I just feel so awful." "I'm sory, Mother." "Let's just forget it." "It's Colbyco's loss, not mine." "All right." "Give me the pen." "Two and three are copies of the first page, but they all need your signature." "Good." "I'll get these to my contact as soon as possible." "Thank you for breakfast, Mother." "And good luck in court this morning." "Mr. Carrington, rumour has it that Judge Kendall's going to hand down his decision this morning." " That's fine with me." " You think you're gonna win?" "No comment on that." "Mr. Carrington, it seems your whole case is based on raising the baby in a straight family." "We would like to get through, if it's okay with your people." "But if you do get custody, with you and your former wife not married" "Or do you plan to make it legal again?" "No comment on that one either." "Mr. Carrington, do you still have a thing for Kystle Grant?" " There she is." " Miss Grant." "Miss Grant." "Miss Grant, if Mr. Carrington gets the baby, are you gonna mary him again and be a mother to the child?" "Miss Grant, in court, you testified for Mr. Carrington's son." "What does that do to your marriage plan?" "Sory, I'm not prepared to answer." "Come on, Miss Grant, what is it?" "Another marriage prospect, or-?" " Rumour has it you and your first" " Get your hands off of her." " Hey, who do you think you are?" " l'll show you who I am." "Blake, don't." "Well, I guess we got the answer to one question." "Mr. Carrington does have a thing for the lady, whoever gets the baby." " Mr. Deegan?" " Yes, Mrs. Colby?" "I called the apartment last night to find out where Steven was, and you evaded answering me." "I know that, Mrs. Colby." "Well, I wanna know what's going on and why he isn't in this courtroom now." "If I could answer you, I'd feel better about what's gonna happen the minute the judge walks into this room." "A damn lot better." "How much longer do you think it'll be?" "Mr. Laird, Mr. Deegan, please approach the bench." "I'm prepared to hear your closing arguments, but I can't until all parties are in court." "So where, Mr. Deegan, is your client?" "He's on his way, Your Honour, but he's been unavoidably detained." "That's pretty obvious." "I ask the court's indulgence, Your Honour." "A recess until after lunch." "I'm certain Mr. Carrington will be here by then." "All right." "Let's call for recess until 2 p.m." "All rise." "Mrs. Carrington, I have a phone message here for you." "Oh, thank you." "So you've decided that running away is the answer." "I'm leaving a place I should've never come back to, Kystle." "That's not true, Kirby." "This is your home." "This is where your life is now." "No, you're wrong." "You're so wrong." "The only life I really had in this castle was over when my father sent me to Europe." "When I came back, I thought I could leave the downstairs world and move upstairs." "Well, I did." "Except the faiy tale boomeranged." "It didn't work." "There's a baby to be considered." "And I'm going to Paris to have it." "Make a life for the two of us there with the money my father left me." "What about Jeff?" "What about Jeff?" "is he ever gonna know why you walked out on him?" "Kirby, you said once that if he left you, you'd die." "Well, now you're leaving him without giving him a chance to say how he feels." "Doesn't he deserve the right to decide for himself?" "Mrs. Colby would líke to see you, Mr. Carríngton." "Send her in, please." "When I got back to my office, I found this official telegram, stating that the government has no objection to the proposed merger between Colbyco and Denver-Carrington." "I know all about that." "So now that you think the decks are cleared, you're here to gloat." "Well, let me put it this way." "I would've sent for you to come to me, except that I didn't want to waste my time while you dragged your heels." " Will you please come to the point?" " "Points."" "And first of all, next Monday morning, I'm calling a meeting of my own board." "Then in the afternoon, I'm calling a meeting of the Denver-Carrington board." "And this time, I don't want to be surprised by the mysterious absence of the Denver-Carrington board members." "is that clear, Mr. Carrington?" "is there anything else you'd like to communicate to me?" "Yes." "And this one's personal." "It concerns your having forbidden me to see Fallon's child under your holy Carrington roof." "So I did what you suggested." "I went to Fallon and asked her to bring the child to me." " But she wouldn't agree." " Well, I believe that's her business." "And I believe that you went behind my back and asked her not to agree to the plan that you yourself came up with." "Well, you're wrong about that, Alexis." " Am I?" " Yes." "Now, you know, we all know, that Fallon has vey much a mind of her own." "It's her child, it's her business." "Tell me something, Blake." "What's going to happen when that court reconvenes and, as Andrew predicts, you get custody of Danny?" "I wanna warn you that if you prevent me from seeing that child, and you keep him locked behind your Carrington mansion walls, you're gonna find yourself back in court again." "Because your days of winning from me are over." "I'm giving Mr. Deegan five more minutes to produce his client, Mr. Laird." "Your Honour." "I'm sory about the delay, but weather conditions as my client's plane approached Denver precluded his landing any sooner." " Weather conditions?" " Yes, Your Honour." "I would like now to enter before this court the document I've been waiting for." "The certificate of marriage between Steven Carrington and Claudia Blaisdel." "Judge Kendall, I hereby move that the court drop this case on the grounds that the basis on which it was raised is invalid." " Totally invalid." " Objection, Your Honour." "This whole procedure is highly irregular." "Objection overruled, Mr. Laird." "Mr. Carrington, now, I want you to tell this court" "And remember, you're still under oath." " is it your intention to live with your wife as man and wife, together share in the rearing of your son?" "Yes, sir, that is my intention." "From this moment until he's fully grown, and then when he no longer needs our attention." "Even though he'll always have our love." "In that case, I rule in favour of Mr. Deegan's motion and dismiss the suit." "All rise." "Oh, Steven, I'm so happy for you." "You get to keep Danny forever." " Thank you, Mother." " Oh, Claudia." " Congratulations." " Thanks, Alexis." "Steven, we should go back to La Mirage and pick up the rest of my things." " Well, then I'll take the baby." " Take him?" "Yes. I'll leave him with Mrs. Gordon at your apartment." "After all, you can't cary both of them over the threshold, can you, darling?" "Steven." "Claudia." "I wish you both so much happiness." " Thanks." " Thanks, Kystle." "I... I'm glad that it all worked out this way, and I'm happy for you both." "Thank you, Blake." "Let's go." "Blake." "I'll see you outside." "I can't say I'm sory you lost your case." "But I am sory for all you lost with it." "Deeply sory." "Marcia, is my father there?" "It's Fallon." "I'll call him back in a little while." "Would you lust tell him that Fallon and Jeff are back?" "Thanks." "is he still in court?" "She didn't say." "Only that he'll be back within an hour." "Good." "That'll give me time to get home." " See Kirby?" " Yeah." "In the meantime, don't say anything about this to anybody except Blake." "Not until we know something more definite, okay?" "Okay." "Montana." "What about it?" "I'll always smile whenever I think of it." "It'll be a good memoy, Jeff." "Come in." " Hi. I lust heard you're back." " You heard right. I'm here." "Well, how about the news?" "What news?" "Your brother Steven married Claudia last night." " He did?" " That's right." "And the court gave him the baby." "Thanks for telling me." "I thought if I brought you good news, you might drop the chilly treatment." "Chilly, like in ice." "Mark, I'm not giving you any treatment at all." "As long as you're here, you may as well understand where l'm at." "You came into my life briefly at a really bad time." "When I was divorcing Jeff and extra vulnerable." "And now you're gonna tell me that's all changed." "Right." "And now you're out of my life." "So if you'll excuse me, I have a phone call to make." "Wait a minute." "Wait." "Let's..." "You are one skinny chick, you know that?" " We're gonna have to fatten you up." " You better let me do the cooking." "Oh, good." "Start off by insulting my culinay prowess." "That's a good" " What are you doing here?" " She barged in, Mr. Carrington." "I had no time to call you." "It's all right, Mrs. Gordon." "Bye, sugar." "You are beautiful." "Yeah." "Come on." "I guess I'm supposed to congratulate you on the wedding." "I do." "With the way you pulled the wool over that judge's eyes, Steven." "You, Claudia?" "I feel sory for you." "But I wish you good luck." "Because, believe me, you're gonna need it." "No matter what happens, Steven, one thing will never change:" "I gave birth to him." "I'm still his mother." "Thank you for coming down." "May I get you something?" "Some wine?" "No, I don't think so." "Thank you for what you said in court to me today." " Well, it's how I felt." " l appreciated it, more than I can say." "Oh, Kystle, I'm so tired." "Tired of losing my personal battles." "I don't want to lose you." "I love you vey much." "I love you, Blake." " It's lust- - l know." "I know, I've shut you out of my life and my world." "You can't live that way." "Not can't, I won't." "All right." "You once said that the core of my life was business." "Well, I want you to share that with me now." "Would you consider coming in to Denver-Carrington with me now?" "Are you offering me a job?" "Bill Rocknrell, you know him." "Your public-relations chief." "He lust resigned." "He's going into business for himself." "I'd like you to replace him." "What do you say?" "What do I know about public relations?" "You know a lot more than you think, and it's all instinctive with you." "Your instincts for how people should react, for what kind of image they should project." "Funny." "So many times in the past, you tried to help me by passing along those instincts to me, free of charge, and I've ignored them." "Yes, you did." "No more." "About this job, and eveything else, does any of this interest you?" " Yes." " But..." "There is a "but" there?" "The merger." "Would this mean that I'd be working for Alexis?" "Because I don't think I could do that." "Kystle, I'll see that you're never involved with Alexis." "Well, you've lust made it doubly tempting." "I'll think about it." "And I think I will have some wine." "Doesn't he deserve the ríght to decíde for hímself?" " Hello, Kirby." " Oh, Jeff." "I'm sory i didn't get back to you sooner." "Oh, that's all right." "You explained on the phone." "Well, I tried to." "Are you all right?" "No." "And I won't be until I tell" "Excuse me, there's a telephone call for you from Miss Fallon." "Oh, thank you, Emily." "I'll take it here." "Hello, Fallon." "Sure, I can meet you downtown right away." "Okay, bye." " That was..." " Fallon." "Yes, I know." "Don't let me keep you." "Obviously, what I have to say isn't as important as Fallon." "Can't we talk about this when I get back?" "You spent all that time with her." "A day and a night." "What could possibly be so urgent?" "I'm sory, I can't talk about that right now." "We all have things we can't talk about, haven't we?" "Adam tying to poison Jeff, I can't believe it." "Where could you have spent enough time to inhale those fumes?" "And how could he possibly have arranged it?" "Well, it took me a while to figure it out myself, but it finally hit me." "It was the paint." "When I was moving back in to Colbyco to take over Uncle Cecil's office," "Adam arranged to redo the office, even though it had been redecorated only a couple of months earlier." "And then the opening night for La Mirage, I cornered him and asked him about the repainting." "And what did he say?" "He looked at me, and he said, "l hope you like my welcoming gesture."" " Yes, Mr. Carríngton?" " Marcia, I wanna talk to Adam." " l'm sorry, he's out of the o_íce." " Well, where did he go?" "Did he say?" " No, sír, he dídn't." " All right." "Thank you vey much." " Nobody seems to know where he is." " No." "Well, he'll turn up eventually." "In the meantime, I've proven what a liar he is." "Fallon, I am not buying any of this." "Not until I hear what my son has to say." " Daddy, isn't it obvious?" " No, it's not." "Won't believe any of it." "Not until I hear it from Adam's lips." "False accusation cost me Steven." "I will not lose my other son the same way."