03x06 - Mark

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A deal with the Ahmed brothers?

Let me see that folder, Gerry.

There it is.

Thanks, Gerry.

Well?

It's not gonna happen.

This is Jeff Colby. Get me
Adam Carrington, please.

He's busy?

Well, tell him to
stop being busy.

Tell him I want him in
my office in ten minutes.

Yes, I'll hold.

He can't make it?

No, no messages.

And that'll get me into
Heathrow Airport at what time?

Good. Book it.

Yes, the Concorde.

Jeff, come in.

I was about to return your call.

Where's Alexis?

In New York.

And she put you in charge?

Until she gets back, yes.

Now, what can I do for you?

It's what you can undo for me.

Your trip to London,

this deal you're cooking
up with the Ahmed brothers.

How did you find out about it?

I found out.

This deal I'm cooking up
with the Ahmed brothers.

Sorry, Jeff, but I'm
afraid your tense is wrong.

You see, I've already
given them my word...

And my word is
that the deal is off.

Oh, yes.

Yes, because one,

although Jeff Colby is still
working for Denver-Carrington,

he owns percent of Colbyco.

Two, Blake Carrington's
already turned down

the same deal with the Ahmeds.

And three, Farouk Ahmed
once threatened your family.

That was an empty thr*at, Jeff,
the man did not kidnap your son.

The man is a crook.

His brother is a crook.

And what else is
new in this business?

Well, try decency.

Do you find that
so damned funny?

Do you?

Adam Carrington
or Michael Torrance.

Or whoever you are.

It's Adam Carrington.

I think that's all
been squared away.

My mother believes
me, no questions asked.

Blake apparently believes me,
questions asked and answered.

And do you know
what else I think, Jeff?

Sitting here now,
face to face with you.

I'm thinking how strange it is
you can't control your temper

in a simple business matter.

But maybe, then again,

it's not so strange
after all, is it?

I mean, a man who can't
control his own wife...

Her sexual appetite.

Meaning exactly what?

Fallon hasn't told you,

then I will.

She came on to me at her hotel.

More than once.

Before she knew I was
her brother, of course.

But then she
probably has told you.

You've both had a
kinky laugh or two.

Have you?

The Ahmed deal is off.

Ah, Mr. Jennings.

What does it take to
reach you, a posse?

Who is this?

Alexis Colby.

I was afraid it was.

Never mind the
animosity, Mr. Jennings.

Don't you recognize a real
friend when you see one?

How come you haven't
answered my phone calls?

Mrs. Colby, why talk
when there's nothing to say?

Oh. What a beautiful
and stubborn man you are.

You obviously didn't
listen to a word that I said

the other night in my room.

I did, but I didn't believe it.

Well,

let's try again, shall we?

How about dinner
tonight in my hotel?

I'm not hungry.

In fact, Mrs. Colby,

when it comes to
you, I'm on a diet.

Thank you for calling.
I've got a lesson now.

So I said to my daughter,

"You know, you look like
you're going to have triplets."

That would make you

three times as
happy, wouldn't it, Ed?

Oh, sure. Except I'd
have to spring for three

times as many presents.

You know,
birthdays, Christmas...

All right, Barbara, I've
been through these.

Now, make sure that
Morrison gets that report.

Make sure that he sends
it out to our field people

in Brisas immediately.

That's fine. Thank
you very much.

As for this, you tell
Burke and his staff

that I need more
explicit information

from Research and Development
before I can sign anything.

Will do, Mr. Carrington.

Yes?

Um, Marcia has Adam
Carrington on for you.

Oh, good.

There you are, Ed.

Oh, thank you, Mr. Carrington.

Give my best to your family.

Sure thing.

Adam?

Yes, it's Adam.

It's, um...

It's been, um, almost
a week since we talked.

Since that rather unfortunate
dinner at the house.

I enjoyed meeting
your wife, she's lovely.

Thank you.

What I'm trying
to say is that, uh...

well, we both let
off a little steam,

maybe said some things
that we really didn't mean

and, uh, I'd like to
get together again.

How about sticking one of those
out-to-lunch signs on your door,

say, at, uh, :
and meeting me?

All right, where?

Well, I could pick
you up at the corner of,

uh, th and Park.

How about that?

I'll be there.

Good.

Bye.

Sweetheart, you're trying.

I can really see how hard
you're trying on your serve.

I really am, Mark, I swear.

I always listen to you.

I try to do everything
you ask me to.

Sure you do.

All this sparkling
sweat tells me you do.

But if you don't listen
to me all the way,

if you don't keep your
eye on the ball at all times,

I'm gonna have to paddle
your cute little bottom.

Looks like we've
run past the clock,

so lesson's over and
I'll see you Tuesday.

Okay.

All right.

She's very pretty and nubile.

Is she any good?

With her racket, that is.

She has potential.

I bet.

And I've got another lesson
in exactly five minutes.

So...

Mr. Jennings...

No. Let's take it the other
way around with "Mrs. Colby."

The answer is
still no, Mrs. Colby.

The answer to your
pitch stays no, Mrs. Colby.

Oh, please, call me Alexis.

I have been in New York
for one week right now.

For one reason only, my pitch.

Now, it's obviously a good one,

otherwise I wouldn't
have wasted my time

waiting for your phone calls.

Which simply means, lady,

that some ladies
can't take a hint.

Which means that this
lady doesn't give up so easily

and I've driven out
here to convince you.

To do what?

Leave New York,
go back to Denver

to put Krystle through hell

so you can gloat for
some twisted reason?

My "twisted reason"
happens to be a very valid one

and rational too.

Look, Mark, I really...

Uh-uh! You look.

I want the woman
that I was married to,

the woman that I made
life miserable for once,

to live her life in peace now.

You don't wanna hurt her.

You got it.

Look, Mark.

You admitted to me
quite openly the other night

that you were carrying a
very strong torch for Krystle.

I was drunk.

On one Scotch? Oh, no.

I think you've still got very
strong feelings for Krystle,

who is still your wife,
according to my investigator.

Who could be wrong.

Who is not wrong.

Who went to Mexico at
enormous expense, mine,

and who found nothing to prove
that one Krystle Grant Jennings

had ever been divorced
from one Mark Jennings.

Mrs. Colby, let me tell you
this, and once and for all.

With my last hundred
bucks, I bought a legal divorce

from a lawyer I met
in a bar down there.

When the guy came
back with the decree,

I sent it on to Krystle
in Ohio and that's it.

Except it was a phony document.

You're still married to Krystle,
aren't you, Mr. Jennings?

I'm due to give a lesson now.

All right. But, um,
after your lesson,

why don't you drive
into town with me?

We could have a drink.

I think we've still got
a lot of talking to do.

You look surprised, did
you expect me to be late?

No, but I did expect
you to be driven up

in that big black monster

I've seen parked outside
Denver-Carrington.

Well, surprises help
make the world go round,

as someone once said.

Like you?

Come to think of it,

it might have been me.

Would, uh...? Would
you care to drive this?

Uh, where do I drive to?

Fallon's hotel, I thought
we'd have lunch there.

I'd like you to see what
your industrious little sister's

doing with the place.

Where's Daddy?

I don't know.

One, two, three,
four, five words.

Well, I guess we've
run out of small talk.

Well, I haven't.

How's my wife, the
hotel-keeper, these days?

That's not even small,
Jeff, that's just petty.

Marcia.

Yes.

Where's Mr. Carrington?

Having lunch.

With whom?

With Adam Carrington.

I see. Thank you.

Well, your big brother is
really one hell of a takeover guy.

Yeah, some people
are just natural stars.

Wherever you put
them, they shine.

I thought you didn't like him.

I don't.

That's funny, I...

I get the feeling you
kind of admire him

in a kind of a perverted way.

Do you?

Admire him?

God, Jeff, no wonder you
and I get along so swimmingly.

I mean, we're both
Colorado-born and bred

but we don't even speak
the same language.

I loathe him.

Well, you just said he's a star.

So he has to have a few
things going for him. What is it?

His good looks?

His charm?

His sexiness?

What are you talking about?

Did you find him
real sexy at the hotel

the few days he was there?

I asked you something
and I want an answer.

How dare you
talk to me like this.

Knowing you, Fallon, I dare.

Well, what do you think?

Well, I think La Mirage
is an improvement.

No, no, no. I
mean about the car.

Oh, the car.

Well, as jitneys go,
she feels pretty good.

Handles all right,
hugs the road.

As investments go,

I think you made
yourself a pretty nice deal.

Youthful image and
all that never hurts.

Well, let's put it this way.

I was politically
oriented back in Montana.

I was a young, political
animal myself once.

Politically ambitious, I mean.

Thought about running for
Congress, just for starters.

Why didn't you pursue it?

Well, for one thing,

your mother didn't think that
Washington would suit her.

Too humid, she said.

Probably was afraid
of what it might do

to her beautiful skin.

Well, she does
have beautiful skin.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing. Just making a joke.

Like Jeff's.

What?

His skin.

It's almost too perfect.

Too pretty, wouldn't you say?

I mean, for a man.

Well, he is very much
a man, I assure you.

I know that.

It was my turn to make a joke.

Hi, Daddy. Hi, darling.

You know, I might have
taken my sexy little sister here

for a lot of things
when I first met her,

but a hotel tycoon? Never.

Do you really think
I'm sexy, Adam?

Very.

Well, that's very flattering.

From my brother, of all people.

Well, if I'm anything,
Fallon, I'm an honest brother.

Honesty is a very
misused word these days.

Daddy, do you have time to stay

and go over some
cost estimates with me?

Yeah, sure. Okay.

Oh, Adam, would you
mind driving back alone

in that new jitney?

I'll have my car
come pick me up later.

Well, sure.

But what do I do with the
car when I get back to town?

Well, that's your problem.

You see, it's your car.

You'll find the registration
in the glove compartment.

Thank you.

But I don't need one.

Not from you.

Wait a minute.

Adam, what...?

What is it? What's wrong?

Why are you so hostile?

The day you start to really
believe I'm Adam Carrington

is the day I stop being hostile.

I'll take a taxi back.

Excuse me, Daddy.

And I'll wait for it outside.

Wait.

Miss me already?

I wanna know where you get
off talking to my father like that.

Oh, you mean that
sensational man in there?

That's exactly what I mean.

You're a fraud.
You have no right...

Be careful, Fallon.

I don't need to take
this, not from you.

Well, take this.

Even if we're still
legally married,

what Krystle and I had
together was a long time ago.

And I can't see how it stacks
up against what she has now.

The fancy mansion
that you told me about,

jewelry, furs, the Rolls-Royce.

The man can give her everything.

Including happiness.

Happiness?

From Blake Carrington?

That man is cold,
arrogant and unfeeling.

I should know,

I was married to him for
enough miserable years.

No, what... What Krystle really
needs now is what I needed then.

Some love.

Some tenderness.

Look,

why don't you fly out to
Denver and see for yourself?

Now, Krystle's not going
to admit any of this at first,

she's much too proud.

But give it a few days.

And I also happen to know

that there's a wonderfully
chic new resort called La Mirage

and they're desperately
looking for a tennis pro.

I could quite easily...

Forget it. I said no, I mean no.

Tell me something, Alexis.

What are you really here for?

Why would a woman
with your money and power

come all this way to try
and get us back together?

All right, you're obviously
not a stupid man.

I do have something to gain.

It's none of your business.

The truth of the matter is

that Krystle's in trouble
and she needs you. Look.

You look at me
and tell me honestly

that you don't still love her

and I will climb
onto my white horse

and ride out of
your life forever.

I don't love her.

You're a liar.

I love you.

God, how I love you.

These are good. Very good.

You've taken this
white elephant,

you've done a
fine remodeling job

and you've kept the cost down.

Congratulations so far.

Daddy, I didn't mean
to upset you before.

It's just that I can't see
you accepting it so easily.

You mean that Adam is who he is?

Or who he claims he is.

W-wait a minute.

Wait a minute, Fallon.

To that hard and knowing
world out there, you're a woman.

But to me, there's still a
part of you that's a child.

My child, always will be.

Now, if that child is
concerned that somebody else

will ever replace
her in my affections

and my love, she's wrong.

Oh, come on, Daddy, I'm
not worried about myself.

It isn't the sibling hour.

And even if it were,

I could certainly fight
for my own position.

What's bothering me,
what's k*lling me, really,

is the way you're so
busy trying to win him over.

It's as if Steven was already
forgotten and replaced.

And that hurts you?

Yes, very much.

Well, it shouldn't,
because it's not true.

When Steven left,
he made it very clear

he wanted no more of his family.

You were there, you
heard him, you saw him go.

I know what you
were feeling then.

And I'm feeling...

Uh, I'm hoping and I'm praying

that he changes his
mind and comes back.

No questions asked?

Well, if I said yes
to you, I'd be lying.

And I've never lied to you.

Well, what are
you gonna ask him?

"Steven, have your
attitudes about life

and lifestyles changed?"

I'm sure I'd get around to it,

you know me well
enough for that.

Let's get back to Adam.

Now, he is a part of this family

and I'd appreciate it very much

if you knock that suspicious
chip off your lovely shoulder

and you started to show
him the consideration

that he deserves.

As a Carrington?

Yes, damn it, as a Carrington.

How you doing, little fella?

Huh?

How are you?

You remember me?

You should, the way I
keep barging in on you.

Hello, Krystle.

I came home for
a look at him too.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, no, no, don't be,
you're beautiful with him.

There.

Besides, with Fallon being
away as much as she is...

How you doing? Hm?

Fallon,

my first love.

You know I fell in love with
her when we were just kids.

Except she never paid
any attention to me.

Not until we were married.

And then married
for the wrong reason.

One big mistake
right from the start.

Well, you're holding
one right reason.

Hm.

The only reason now.

Right?

Good. I think it's time
for you to go back to bed.

There.

Jeff,

I know it's been on your mind,

with, uh, Fallon gone
so much of the time.

Look, I've heard it all before.

From Fallon, but...

Could you just listen
to me for a second?

Sometimes people
do things that they...

They feel they have to, and...

And some people are left out.

But right now, that's...

That's a chance that
Fallon's gonna have to take.

Otherwise, she'll regret
it for the rest of her life.

And if it works, great.

If it doesn't, at least
she's had her sh*t.

And then Fallon
and I will get together

the way you and Blake did,

and live happily
ever after, right?

Maybe.

No, not maybe, Krystle.

I'm finally facing a
big truth in my life,

that it's over between
Fallon and me.

Except there's one thing,

I still love her.

And how do you fall out of love?

Well, in a way, we don't.

I married my
first love too, Jeff.

And when it was over, I...

I thought I'd never recover.

But eventually I found Blake

and then I was okay.

And you'll be all right
when you find someone else.

You can love more than
one person in your life.

Hm.

Well...

we'll see.

Let's work on that
forehand a little bit.

Okay.

Attagirl.

Beautiful.

Mark, what's the matter?

That about does
it for today, Irene.

See you Monday?

Sure.

Welcome to paradise,
Mrs. Jennings.

And at bucks a night.

Well, it's so very nice
to be here, Mr. Jennings.

And who gives a
hoot about the money?

We got nearly $
in wedding gifts today.

That's cold cash.

Aside from the candy dishes,

the candy dishes...
And the candy dishes.

You looked so beautiful today.

And you look even
more beautiful now.

Don't be nervous.

I trust you, Mark.

With my body and
my heart and my soul.

Oh, I'll be gentle, Krystle.

I know.

Have you seen these before?

Well, these two, that's
Steven and Fallon.

Is that Adam? Yes.

Two weeks before
he was kidnapped.

There is a resemblance,
don't you think?

I mean, look at his
eyes and Fallon's,

and their noses are the
same shape, don't you think?

They are.

Of course, this age,

most babies have pretty
much the same-shaped nose.

Would you like some brandy?

Yes, thank you.

What's wrong, Blake?

Is it Adam and the
thing about the car?

Yes, that,

and his moving
in with his mother.

I mean, that'd be fine
with me, but I know Alexis.

I know that she's
gonna keep steering him

against me all the time.

Well, the Blake Carrington
I know would... Would fight.

Mm-hm. Happily.

I was prepared to.

I was gonna give it
the fight of my life.

But...

But what?

Fallon. Her questioning of
this, her questioning of me.

"Are you so sure he's your son?

How can you be so
sure he's your son?"

I try to dismiss
it, but I can't.

Then you're still not sure.

I'd like to be sure.

Then be.

Fallon's got a Gypsy's
intuition about some things.

More often than
not, she's right.

And Fallon doesn't trust Adam.

And you can't get past that.

No, I can't.

I just can't.

Hello, Fallon. Do you
have a few minutes?

Well, seeing as how you
drove all the way over,

I'll have to make a couple.

What do you wanna talk about?

I want to talk
about your father.

Did he send you here?

No, I came on my own.

I figure it's about Adam.

That's right.

I'm upsetting my father
because I don't trust my brother

who I'm not so sure is.

Fallon, you and Adam somehow
got off on the wrong foot.

So did Blake.

But he's tried to do
something about it.

Now, why can't you?

Tell me something, Krystle.

What does any of this
have to do with you?

Because whether
you accept it or not,

I am a part of
this family, Fallon.

And I don't wanna
see your father upset.

"Part of the family,"

we're talking about
my brother, not yours,

so leave it alone, okay?

No, it's not okay.

Now, you've used
this bloodline routine

of yours on me for
years, and I let it pass.

Well, not this time.

Do you know what
you're showing me?

That your love for your father

doesn't measure up
to a fraction of mine.

That's bull and you know it.

What I know is what
I hear and what I see.

And what I know is I will not
leave it alone if I see anyone

causing Blake pain.

Now, you just keep it up

and you'll be hearing from me.

Joseph.

Joseph.

Yes, Mr. Carrington?

Now, what is this?

Come on in here, I
wanna talk to you.

Close that door.

Now, what the devil
is this letter about?

Exactly what it
says, I am resigning.

Why? Are you being
mistreated in this household?

No, Mr. Carrington.

Well, why, then?
Is it a better job?

If it is, I'll match the offer.

It's a very personal matter,
it concerns my daughter.

Kirby? Yes.

I received a letter from
her a couple of days ago.

You may recall she was engaged

to, um, a rather
wealthy graduate student

at the Sorbonne, a
Jean-Louie Cadot.

Well, she has broken
the engagement,

wants to come home.

Well, if that's the way
it was meant to be,

it's better that she realized
it before the wedding,

don't you think?

My daughter doesn't
know what's good for her.

I do.

So I shall be leaving
for Paris immediately.

And I shall remain there

until she is married
to that young man.

Sit down, Joseph.

You know something, old friend?

You're a snob.

Wanting to make sure that
your daughter marries into money.

Her happiness, of course,
that's merely incidental.

Hm.

I remember Kirby well.

She's headstrong like Fallon.

Nobody but nobody runs Fallon.

Kirby is my daughter.
I'll handle her.

Joseph.

Kirby loves you, she needs you.

Now, you should be grateful
that when a problem comes up

that her instinct
is to run to you

instead of running
away from you.

Mr. Carrington, you see, she...

Take it from a man
who's made a big mistake.

Now, Steven is...

Nobody knows where right now,

because I drove him away.

Right now,

I'm managing to do the
same thing with Adam.

I reject him the way
I rejected Steven.

Joseph...

I want Kirby to stay here.

Right here with you.

Here in the house?

Yes.

Well, it's where she's learned
all her bad ways, isn't it?

She loves you.

You and I, Joseph...

we have to welcome
our children back.

Mm.

Thanks for the game.

Oh, did you really like that?

Oh, I've seen better.

I see you've been
to Wimbledon too.

No, right here in Denver.

I doubt it.

Say, how about
joining me for a drink?

I own this place, you know.

Good, then it's on you.

No, we'll roll for it.

Okay, you're on.

So, modesty aside,
I'm a terrific player

and learning that you need
a top pro here at La Mirage,

I'm offering you my services.

What I'm saying, Mrs. Colby,

is that I'm exactly the man
you've been looking for.

May I tell you something? Sure.

But I'll trade ya a
Fallon for a Mark.

You were saying, Fallon?

That you, Mark,

give the word "immodest"
a whole new meaning.

Yes, well, that and my backhand
are my two strongest suits.

Well, if there's a third,

save it for the customers.

Like that, huh?

Yeah, like that.

Listen, why don't
you get dressed

and meet me in my office
and we'll talk business.

Say when.

Fine, fine.

I assume this is
an interim contract?

I mean, handwritten, no lawyers.

Oh, I'll have the
real papers drawn up

before you can
say, "Ivan Lendl."

Would you sign there?

Before you can say,
"Jimmy Connors."

Here.

Oh, that's my wife.
I mean, my ex-wife.

She lives here in Denver.

Married to a guy
named Carrington.

You keep looking at her,
Fallon. Do you know her?

Uh, yes, we've met.

Listen, I think you were right

about the contract.

I should have a
lawyer draw it up

to make it official.

So we'll just wait, okay?

In the meantime, I have
a meeting to attend to.

So why don't you
jot down your number

and, uh, we'll keep in touch.

All right, Mother.

He came, he saw and
he almost conquered.

Now, what kind of a number
are you trying to pull on me?

I don't know what you're
talking about, Fallon.

And I'm not in the
mood for riddles.

All right, are you in
the mood to discuss

your New York shopping trip?

What did you buy, Mother?

Nothing.

The selection was terrible.

Dresses, that is.

The hats were even worse.

What about the men?

Men?

Don't be impertinent, Fallon.

Oh, yes, that's right,
the recent widow.

Not that that stopped
you from finding one item,

male, which you liked.

What are you inventing now?

A story.

But not a make-believe one.

Once upon a time you came
to La Mirage and you urged me

to fix up the tennis
courts and hire a pro.

And at the time, I
made it perfectly clear

I didn't need any assistance
from my dear mother.

You even had Adam call me

to say you would share
the cost with me for a gift,

which I turned down.

So today, as if touched
by a wand, he shows up.

A pro.

Looking for a job.

His name is Mark Jennings

and he just happens to
be Krystle's ex-husband.

Now, I wanna know
why you sent him here.

So he's here?

Is that news to you?

Yes, it is. Did you hire him?

Well, I nearly did until
I found out about him.

"Nearly" isn't good
enough, Fallon.

I think that you
should rush right over

and consummate the deal.

What are you talking about?

Consummate the deal.

With Krystle's not ex-husband,

but never-divorced and
therefore present husband.

Darling, you should thank me.

Not only for finding a very
attractive man for the job,

but for also
providing you and me

with such a lovely
surprise for Krystle.

Tea?

So, what have you
got for me today?

Jeff, I, uh, brought
these documents over

for you to examine
and then sign.

They have to do with
your uncle's estate.

These are a bit complex
for instant reading.

Let me have some
time to look these over,

and if I have any questions,
I'll call you at the office.

Okay, counselor?

Uh, you, uh, better
call me at home.

Why? You planning
on taking some time off?

More than I want.

I'm taking an early
retirement from Colbyco.

Well, whose idea was that?

Obviously not yours.

Hardly matters.

Well, it does to me.

You've been fired.

Right?

That's right, I fired him.

I fired Wilson, Mother.

Why?

Because the man is a spy.

He passed on the Ahmed file to
someone at Denver-Carrington.

To me at Denver-Carrington.

Because he was
thinking of Colbyco

and I happen to
be part of Colbyco.

Denver-Carrington employs you.

Oh, come on, Alexis,

how could you
allow him to do this?

I didn't allow him to do
anything, I was in New York.

I would never have
condoned it, had I known.

You know that Cecil always
had the greatest respect

for Gerald Wilson.

And besides, we need an attorney

of his experience
in our company.

Mother, the man betrayed us.

Adam, in future you
will check with me

before you hire or fire anyone.

Do you understand?

Darling.

You obviously didn't realize

how vital Gerald
was to our operation.

But you do now, don't you?

Oh, Adam and Jeff.

You two young men

are the most important
men in my life right now.

And it really would
mean so much to me

that you two could
be close to each other.

We're gonna be close, all right.

I've made up my mind
to come over to Colbyco.

What?

I've decided to run the company

jointly with you, Alexis.

Have you told Blake

that you're going to
leave Denver-Carrington?

No, but I will.

Jeff, that is wonderful.

How much guarantee do you need?

Wilson is back.

You want the man
to stay, he's staying.

So there's no need for you to...

For me to come back?

Oh, but there is, Adam.

I mean, can't you
understand that?

You're supposed to be the
bright new kid on the block.

I mean, here I am, Jeff Colby,

in the totally enviable position

of being in the best
of two possible worlds.

A finger in two
powerful empires.

So why should I
give one of them up?

Well, sure, we'd love
to have you, Jeff, but...

Oh, don't worry about
Blake, I'm sure you do.

I mean, after all,
he is your father

and we both owe him a lot.

But he'll understand.

I think it'll take me, what, uh,

about two weeks to close
up shop at Denver-Carrington.

But after that, you,
Alexis, can count on

both owners being actively
involved in the company.

Colbyco.

Colbyco.

It's Blake's loss and my gain.

Oh, Jeff, what can I say

except that I am
thrilled at the prospects.

Now let's have a glass of
champagne to celebrate.

And we will cement
a wonderful future

for the three of us together.

Working together.

Mother, Jeff.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Come on, now, Jeff.

You can protect
your own interests

without actually working
with a she-octopus like Alexis.

No, I know that, Blake.

But let's not forget

that almost half of
Denver-Carrington

is owned by Colbyco

through the Logan
Rhinewood stock buy-up.

Mm-hm.

So if Alexis has
any plans to att*ck,

you'll have me there
to try and stop her.

And if I'm reading it right,

you're probably going
to need me there.

Adam.

Yes?

Why are you so
bothered with all of this?

Look, Jeff is not only a
very intelligent person,

but he's also a Colby.

And a really caring man

who was all strength
to me when Cecil d*ed.

All right.

You see him the way
you wanna see him.

But do you know what I see?

He's an obstructionist.

Oh, I tell you, he's gonna
get in my way at every turn.

He'll k*ll and
strangle every plan

we've talked about
for you and me.

How can you have
these kind of opinions

about somebody
that you barely know?

I know him.

You see, I learned
very early in life

how to tell my enemies
from my friends.

And Jeff Colby is
the enemy, Mother.

Our enemy.

Mine

and yours.

Let me tell you something, Adam,

and don't ever forget it.

I wouldn't be where I am
today if it wasn't for the fact

that I know who my enemies
are and how to destroy them.

I'll decide if Jeff Colby
becomes a real thr*at.

Not you,

I.