03x13 - Reunion

[bunniefuu]

A wrap of lamé georgette is only the beginning of the story.

Karen, come work for me.

But the house, the business.

Sell them, forget the garage.

It won't k*ll Diana to come to Paris with me for a few weeks

and miss some school.

That's out of the question.

You just want me to waste my life

the same way you've wasted yours.

[female #1] 'You too can look like a million dollars.'

You don't care about Diana, you're using her.

Oh, cut the motherhood stuff, will you, Karen?

It's a biological function, not a holy calling.

[theme music]

[indistinct chattering]

Try the striped ones.

It's a vegetable pâté.

I love these little curly ones.

- What kind of a egg? - Shrimp.

But don't fill up on the hors d'oeuvres

because we're going to be eating

as soon as Vicky gets here.

You've been saying that for an hour.

Well, I can't help, but she's late.

Diana, where are the boys?

You said you wanted them to wear ties.

For them, that takes time.

Oh, I'm so excited about meeting her.

I can't believe you went to school with Victoria Hill.

Yeah, we were roommates.

Do you have any idea then she's gonna be this famous?

Well, we thought we were both going to be household words.

Well, she made it.

Yeah, by putting her name on the rear end of jeans.

That's a name you can sit on.

Richard, she's the greatest designer in New York.

Yeah, her clothes are in all the magazines.

Yeah. Well, where is she? I'm hungry.

Well, she was showing her fault line

to the LA buyers, today was some sort of media blitz.

[phone rings]

Hello.

Oh, where are you, we're all..

Oh.

Uh-huh. Oh.

No, don't.

Don't be silly.

Of course I understand.

Well, maybe you can come by afterward for some coffee.

Uh-huh.

'Oh, good.'

Yeah. No, no, no, no.

I understand.

Bye.

Um..

That was Vicky.

She-she got hung up..

[chuckles]

...at a dinner party.

[chuckles]

Well...is anybody hungry?

[clears throat]

[engine rumbling]

[woman on PA] 'Joe report to the service area.'

[machine whirring]

$200?

I just spent $400 three months ago.

You need a new car.

I told you we spent all morning rebuilding the carburetor.

A new one would have cost you considerably more.

Why don't I just come in here every week

and give you my paycheck?

Would that make you happy?

Oh, it's customers like that that make life so rewarding.

[woman on PA] 'Pick up line two, please.'

Karen.

Vicky.

- Oh-h*-h*. - Karen.

Vicky.

Oh, it's good to see you.

Karen Fairgate in a garage.

If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I'd never believe it.

[both laughing]

Oh, come here.

- Let me show you around. - Okay.

Hey, watch out for the grease.

[Victoria] Grease?

[woman on PA] 'Service line three.'

I'm really sorry about last night, but my press agent threw

a dinner for me and forgot to tell me.

Absolutely everybody in Los Angeles was there.

Well, not everybody.

Some of us were at my house waiting for you.

Oh, this is Gary Ewing, my vice president and very good friend.

- How do you do? - Hi. Nice to meet you.

Missed a good dinner last night.

And I don't know if you ever met Abby.

Sid's sister and our bookkeeper.

Hi, Victoria. Nice to meet you.

Karen's been telling me

that you and she were sorority sisters

way back in the old days.

Are you kidding? Karen Cooper in a sorority?

Never. She wouldn't have been caught dead.

She thought sororities were much

too bourgeois in the old days.

[Karen] 'Hey, don't give me that.'

You were the one who didn't want to go to rush tea.

You thought it meant girls standing around

saying hurry up, finish your tea.

- Ha-ha-ha. - She did.

[Victoria] 'What was that horrible girl's name?'

- Who? - First base. Second base.

- Bunny Phelps. - Bunny Phelps.

Funny Bunny Phelps. Remember her?

She I'd go on a date and you'd say how'd it go?

And she'd say first base or, mm, second base.

We never knew if she was gonna get pregnant

or win the pennant.

[both laughing]

Funny Bunny Phelps, I wonder whatever happened.

[Karen] 'Oh, well, who cares?'

[both laughing]

Karen, we-we've got to talk about this fashion show

'you talked me into for the..'

Battered wives shelter.

You're not gonna back out now.

I already booked the room and sent out press releases.

Who's talking about backing out?

I'm just saying, let's do it right.

Let me use my own models.

I-I told my neighbors they could model.

Karen, I don't wanna do amateur night.

Hey, you saw Abby?

She's the ugly one.

'There'll be knockouts. They're terrific.'

And besides, it-it'll sell the fact that

these are clothes any woman can wear and look great in.

And if I say no, you'll break my legs.

- Right. - You got the neighbors.

You always could wrap me around your little finger.

Sure. Like a cobra.

[both laughing]

- Bunny Phelps. - Yeah.

[Laura] 'Oh..'

You look like the cat who ate the canary.

Yeah, well, I haven't felt this good in a long time.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

But it's not only you.

- Oh. - Oh, come on.

I know we have good times together.

I don't know why it took us so long

to realize how good we'd be together.

That's more than that.

You really feel good about yourself, don't you?

Yeah, I feel great.

I haven't felt this free in my entire life.

Suddenly everything works.

Everything?

Okay.

Everything except my marriage.

You haven't said anything to Richard.

Richard and I have not said anything to one another

for two months.

Then what are you doing there?

I'm getting ready to leave.

It's not easy walking out on 12 years of marriage.

Nobody said it would be easy.

I have to find the right way to tell him.

You can move in with me. We can tell them together.

Come on, don't be silly.

Besides, I don't want to leave one man

and move in with another.

If I leave Richard, it's because it's over

not because I'm gonna move in with you.

- If you leave Richard? - Okay.

When I leave Richard.

Well, that makes two of us who know about it.

So...when you're gonna to tell him?

Soon.

I'm gonna tell him real soon, okay?

Why don't you just shut up?

[instrumental music]

Got it.

Here we are.

A housewife in the suburbs.

Never would I have predicted it of you.

Well, I'm so good at it.

Karen.

Oh, there's some of the neighbors

I was telling you about.

Aren't they gorgeous?

You must be Victoria Hill.

We've been just dying to meet you.

Thank you.

Karen's told us so much about you.

I told Karen I love wearing your designs.

I even wore them while I was pregnant.

Very nice of you to say.

What anyone can say.

But we mean it.

You all live here?

You bet. Just one happy family.

God, how can you stand it?

Huh?

New Yorkers, two days without the New York Times

they get a little cranky.

[all laughing]

Come on. I want you to see the kids.

- Bye. - Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye. - See you later.

Ooh!

[Lilimae] Isn't she's gorgeous?

[indistinct chattering]

[Lilimae] Aw, she's darling.

Oh!

Karen, I don't want to be unkind

but fashion shows are supposed to be glamorous.

Oh, come on.

They'll be terrific.

Boys. You remember Victoria.

Eric and Michael?

I don't believe it.

Eric, you-you were in a height chair

the last time I saw you

and you had just had a fist fight

but trying not to cry.

But Eric is the big one. And Michael's the little one.

He's not the little anymore. It's okay.

[laughs]

Vicky. Hi.

Well, look at you.

'All grown up.'

And that dress is Kalino, right?

No, it's mine.

I mean, I made it from my own design.

'Didn't my mom tell you?'

I want to be a designer, just like you.

And I've got a million sketches

I'm dying to show you up in my room.

Can you come up and see them later?

You must have been 11 last time I saw you.

She grew up.

She sure did.

There are so many things I want to talk to you about.

Karen, you wanna use real people

in your fashion show?

Let's feature Diana.

- 'Do you mean it?' - 'I do.'

Oh, that's great. Here.

Come with me.

I've got a whole bunch of stuff..

I know these aren't very good.

I mean, I've taken art classes and all, but..

...I can't even believe I'm showing them to you.

I mean, you probably see the greatest stuff

from-from all the greatest designers.

And I mean, I can't probably never

even be as good as you are.

I mean, not in a million years.

But I really want you to give me

your honest opinion.

I mean, you don't have to be kind or anything.

Just be blunt and tell me right out.

'I mean, if you don't think I have any future'

'just-just-just tell me, okay?'

'I swear I can take it.'

[instrumental music]

[Victoria] 'Mm. This is nice.'

How has it been without Sid?

Hard.

Too hard like having my skin ripped off.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, I know you are.

It's such a cliché, but..

...you know, everything's gonna happen to you.

Sometimes I used to worry when he'd come home late, you know.

'Think maybe something would happen to him.'

I never really thought anything would.

I remember when you dropped out of school to marry him.

Ooh, I was so angry at you.

Yeah, well, I had to.

I was pregnant.

You didn't have to.

You had choices.

Did I?

When I see the kind of options Diana has, it doesn't seem like

we had any.

We make choices.

I guess so.

It's just hard for me to admit that now.

Why?

'The truth?'

Yeah.

I look at your life and then I look at mine.

When we were in college

oh, boy, we had so much passion to set out to change the world.

And you're doing it.

- You're doing it. - I design clothes.

- It's not world shaking. - Oh, yes, it is.

Remember the clothes we used to wear?

Sheaths, cinch belts, basic black.

And then I look at all the freedom Diana has.

Freedom of-of style, comfort, way of expressing yourself.

There's been a, a whole revolution in women's clothing

'and you've been a part of it.'

But you have Diana.

Yeah, I do. I have my family.

Try living with that one before you knock it.

Oh, I'm not. I'm not knocking it.

Believe me.

My kids mean the world to me.

It's..

It's just that..

I don't know.

I don't think I've..

...really accomplished anything in my life, you know.

Karen, come work for me.

I mean it. I'll create a job for you.

Me?

'You're producing this benefit.'

You're a wizard organization.

You can be a barracuda when it comes to getting what you want.

Just the qualities I'd need.

[chuckles]

But the house, the business.

Sell them, forget the garage.

'I'm giving you a chance'

'to really do something with your life.'

And if you don't take it

you've got nobody to blame but yourself.

That lady is so hot and classy.

She knows Yoko Ono.

All the stores out here wanted

to do designs especially for them.

- And you know what else? - What?

She said my drawing showed a real flair for fashion.

'She said that if I ever came to New York'

I could hang out at her studio and watch her work.

She offered me a job.

- Are you kidding? - Mm-hmm.

But she wants me to start right away.

That's great!

I gather that means you want me to take it?

Mother, do you know how many people would cut off an arm

for an opportunity like this?

Well, before I go dismembering myself

how do you know I'd be so good at it?

Because I've known you for 20 years

and I know you can handle anything.

But fashion?

Mom, you've got a natural sense for fashion.

Besides, once you're in New York, you'll meet people.

Even if you don't like fashion.

You'll make contacts in business

advertising, magazines.

You can go on to anything.

I have to take the kids out of school.

There are schools in New York.

Don't you want to graduate with your class?

Will you stop thinking about us

and start thinking about yourself for a change?

She's right.

Anyway, we don't want you to make sacrifices for us.

Don't use us as an excuse

to keep you from doing what you really want.

Tell the boys breakfast is ready.

[instrumental music]

[phone ringing]

You're right.

There was a new catalogue from Unified Auto.

It was in the service area.

Gary..

...wasn't there someone who was interested

in buying Knots Landing Motors?

Yeah, sure. Harry Wells made an offer every spring.

Sid said you could tell the seasons by it.

But he always turned him down.

Why, you think about selling?

I'm not sure.

Yeah, you can get a good price for it.

You've really turned things around since last year.

Well, Sid loved this place.

It'd be like selling a part of him.

Is this a private conversation?

Well, not anymore.

I was just using Gary as a sounding board.

Vicky's offered me a job in New York

and thinking of selling the dealership.

Karen, that's wonderful.

Gary isn't the only buyer around, either.

- What an opportunity. - For me or for you?

Why do you always have to think the very worst about me?

[woman on PA] 'Service, line three.'

Let me tell you something, Karen.

Despite whatever differences we may have had

this is something I think could be great for you.

'You love New York.'

And let's face it, right now, you could

you could use a new start in your life.

So as much as it might surprise you

I'm very happy for you.

I'm sorry.

Do you believe how this opportunity's

just falling into our laps?

Fantastic.

We can use Knots Landing Motors as a base of operations

convert all the used cars to methanol.

- And then supply the fuel. - Hmm.

I don't think there's another dealership in the whole country

that's doing anything like that.

Now, I think that's news, don't you?

Yeah, I guess it is a ten.

I thought we could get the local news stations

to give us a lot of free publicity.

And who knows, maybe eventually we could even expand

the methanol business

and move it up here from Mexico.

Now we just have to be sure

we can get Karen to go through with it.

Gary.

Oh, what an opportunity.

This is going to be so easy.

- What are you doing? - Huh?

Do you know what you're doing, or does it just come so

naturally to you you don't realize you're doing it?

What do you mean?

You're trying to be persuasive or seductive?

You talk about a business venture

as though we're a tryst.

Your idea of being convincing

is to stand very close to watch your lips.

Look, if you're trying to be seductive

let's find a better place for it.

I mean, backseat of a car.

We got hundreds to choose from here.

No, that's not fair.

But if you're trying to make a sensible case

for a business opportunity

let's sit down face to face

across two sides of a desk like business people do.

What brought this on, Gary?

Oh, nothing special.

I guess I'm just getting a little tired of you thinking

you can manipulate me by being sexy.

Look, we're in business together

because it's a good, promising business.

And no matter what you think, I reason with my head.

So I'd appreciate it if you'd address my head.

At least when we're talking business, okay?

[drawer thuds]

Gary..

Do you, uh, want me to stop?

I didn't say that.

Oh, no.

Well, she doesn't know for sure yet

but she was asking if it'd be okay for Diana

to live with Gary and me until she finished high school.

She and the boys do move to New York.

I can't imagine Knots Landing without Karen.

I know.

Every time I think about it, I wanna cry.

Oh, Ginger.

If you are a sight for sore eyes, what a vision.

Oh, thank you, Lilimae.

Did you hear about Karen moving to New York?

Innit wonderful?

- Wonderful? - Mmm.

No, I don't want her to go.

I wanted her and Molly growing up knowing her Godmother.

Well, she isn't dying.

She's just gonna pursue a career.

And I say more power to her.

It's never too late. That's my motto.

Yeah, mama, we know.

Well, if you two would stop moping around

like a couple of basset hounds

you'd realize that this is

a fabulous opportunity for Karen.

Well, she's a widow with three children

and she'd been offered a job in an exciting field

and a chance to meet fabulous people.

Well, her friends ought to encourage her to take it.

You know, she's right.

I guess it can't be easy for Karen to just..

...pull up stakes and leave.

We could try to help her.

Oh, that's the spirit.

[giggles]

Ooh, look at these pretty.

Yeah, those are the clothes

that Karen brought for you to wear in the fashion show.

- For me? - 'Yeah, for you.'

Oh, isn't she a darling?

Oh, that Karen is a true friend.

I'm gonna to miss her so much.

[mellow music]

[Diana] It sounds so exciting.

There's nothing like New York when everything clicks.

When you're doing work you love

New York recognizes you for it

and embraces you for it.

'It's the greatest high in the world.'

The theaters on opening nights.

The stores, the galleries.

It'll make everything you know pale by comparison.

Oh, it can be a cold town alright

if you don't know people.

But I'll introduce you.

I'll bet you never knew your daughter could look like this.

I had a pretty good idea.

This child is much too hip to languish here in the suburbs.

'You're practically stunting her growth.'

Karen, bring her to New York.

Let me show her the ropes.

Think you can show us both?

Oh, mother, do you mean it?

Why not?

Mother, that is great.

'I can't believe it.'

'It's gonna be so much fun.'

[instrumental music]

Guess what, you guys

mom is going to sell the house

and the dealership

and we're all going to move to New York!

- What? - Without even asking us?

Oh, I'm sure she's gonna tell you about it.

I just want to tell you first.

But, she didn't even ask us.

What if we don't wanna go to New York?

Not want to go to New York?

Are you kidding?

No, I'm not kidding.

I got all my friends here.

- I'm in the middle of things. - Yeah.

We don't know anybody over there.

We don't meet people.

Exciting people in the theater and the arts.

Yeah, I hear the surfing's great, too.

Hey, wait a minute.

Is that all you guys can think about is how it affects you?

Well, that's all you're thinking about.

Mom has put our needs ahead of hers all of our lives.

Now's the time for us to do the same.

'Anyway, it won't be so bad living in New York, I promise.'

The most important thing we can do right now

is to get behind mom.

[mellow music]

[hammering]

- Hi, Eric. - Hi.

[distant dog barking]

[Laura] 'Okay, you're all set.'

[Eric] Okay.

Hey, Laura.

Hey.

- How you doing? - Fine.

Pretty fast work, huh?

I guess you're not too happy about moving, huh?

Oh, honey, you're gonna love New York.

Really.

Look, your mom is being great.

She really is.

She's..

She's holding everything together.

She's carrying on.

But, Eric, she's a young woman.

She's got a lot of life left to live.

And, well, carrying on isn't what she should be doing.

She should be starting over.

And New York is a great place for her to do that.

Hey, wait until you see the girls in New York.

Well, wait until they get a load of you.

Ha-ha, oh.

You're gonna knock 'em dead.

Oh, you will.

You wait and see.

You'll be alright.

I'll see you later.

- Alright. - Bye.

[mellow music]

[soft music]

- Going surfing? - Oh, no.

But if I'm gonna sell my surfboard

I wanna get a good price for it.

All we've been hearing for the past six months

is how much you had to save to buy that surfboard.

Now you wanna sell it?

I'm not gonna need it in New York.

Oh.

It's alright. New York's fine.

Let's talk about it.

I shouldn't have said anything to Victoria

until I talked to you guys about it first.

What's going on?

Family conference. Sit down.

I want to know how you really feel about going to New York.

Fine.

[mellow music]

I know you were looking forward to being on varsity this year.

They have basketball in New York.

And all those museums and stuff.

And all those New York girls.

What difference does it make?

We're going anyway.

[Eric] 'It'll be fine, mom.'

It's a great place to start over.

Thanks, fellas.

You're good guys.

What we'd like to do is run the business

for you on a percentage basis.

You'd get part of the profit

we'd put our part toward the eventual price.

Which would be higher

of course, because of the risk involved.

Yeah, we both know the business

so it wouldn't be like selling it to strangers.

Uh, Karen, when you have a moment.

Oh, Roger, come in.

Why don't you leave this with me for a while?

I'll look it over, we can talk about it later.

Sure.

Forgive me, I, well, I didn't want to bother you

but, uh...there's a rumor that you're planning

to sell Knots Landing Motors.

Well, I'm considering it.

[phone ringing in distance]

Well, it's important that I know as soon as possible.

I'll...have to find another job.

- Roger. - I don't want to.

I love this place.

Worked for Sid for 15 years.

But, well, the way things are with my family now

I can't afford to be without a job.

You're one of our top sales people.

Anyone who'd buy this business would be crazy to let you go.

People are crazy.

Well, I haven't made a decision yet

but I promise you when I do, I'll let you know.

And if I do decide to sell, I'll tell the new owners.

I strongly recommend they keep you on.

Thanks, and I'm sorry I bothered you.

Sure.

[instrumental music]

[female #1] 'And it's got beam ceilings, which are great.'

'And they're really high.'

'I don't know about you, but I really like them a lot.'

- 'Yes.' - 'Aren't they great?'

Oh, I forgot you were showing the house.

Karen.

This is Karen Fairgate, the owner.

This is Betty and Alan Slauson.

Oh, this is a beautiful house.

Well, thank you.

Do you actually use the fireplace?

Oh, yes, it can get quite chilly in the evenings.

Besides, I always thought it was kind of homey.

Oh, it is, and I've always wanted a fireplace.

In fact, if you didn't have to move someplace

I'd buy everything, furniture

and all, and have it just the way it is.

Oh, well. Thank you.

- If you don't mind. - Oh, sure.

'Here, uh, let me show you something else.'

[Diana] 'It would be the greatest thing'

'that ever has happened to me.'

- Hi. - Hi.

- Mommy, guess what? - What?

Victoria says I can go to Paris with her in April

when she shows to the French buyers.

What about school?

I told you she would say that.

Karen, don't go being a mother.

I can't help it. I am a mother.

Anyway, school doesn't matter.

I've already applied to college and taken my boards.

You still have to graduate.

The experience alone that you'd have in Paris--

Please, don't undermine me.

I could use a little support.

Besides, I don't even know if we should go to New York.

What?

The boys are putting on a pretty good show

but...I know they don't want to go.

They'll get used to it.

Vicky, can't the job wait till June?

No, if we're going to do it, let's do it now.

- But Eric just made varsity. - Mother!

Karen, you're living your life for other people.

'It may be better for them to wait'

'but it's better for you to go now.'

She's right, mother.

And-and, it won't k*ll Diana to come to Paris with me

for a few weeks and miss some school.

- That's out of the question. - 'Why?'

Because you can't quit school.

- You did. - Not high school.

You don't care what's best for me anyway.

You just want me to waste my life

the same way you've wasted yours.

Thanks.

We've been thinking about this for a long, long time.

But why a fashion show

to benefit a battered wife shelter?

Because Victoria Hill's clothes symbolize

'the freedom and choices that women have today.'

And freedom implies an obligation

to reach out and include all women.

Because no woman is free until all women are free.

Karen, I need you.

Uh, one minute.

I've made some changes in the order of the show.

Get this to Penny and the girls

and make sure they know what to do.

- Check. - And the seats are all wrong.

Get the management to change them.

You can fit 25 percent more--

But people are already being seated.

Well, if you did it right the first time

you wouldn't have to do it again.

[indistinct chatter]

Yes, ma'am.

Ken, changes in the music cues.

It's a little late for that, isn't it?

Boss's orders.

[Victoria] 'You know, I first got the idea to do this benefit'

but after I read an article in the newspaper

about the shelter.. The dressing room.

Oh, I was just gonna take care of the seating.

It's too late, we need you in the dressing room.

I feel it's very important that clothes make a statement.

And this collection. in particular..

- Okay. - Karen.

There's supposed to be sequins on this turban.

Oh, well, I don't know anything about--

Do I have enough glitter, honey?

[indistinct chattering]

Victoria told you she changed the order.

I'm now doing the bathing suits before the c*ck dresses.

Well, my hair. Where's my hair?

Well, it was here a minute ago.

Well, you've got to find it.

Three minutes, everything says.

Well, only they can't find her hair.

Karen, I told you I don't want an amateur show.

Take care of it. You're wearing that all wrong.

It's not a shawl. It's wings.

- Wings. - We're human beings, alright?

If you can't take the heat, get back in the kitchen.

Well, look at you.

Yeah, but I'm not quite sure about my hair.

Oh, you're beautiful.

Just the look I had in mind when I designed the clothes.

I am so nervous!

Don't be. You'll be great.

Oh, my cue. Oh, no.

[indistinct chattering]

Okay, girls, you're on.

Break a leg, but don't hurt the dresses.

[indistinct chatter]

[applause]

[instrumental music]

Thank you.

I'm Victoria Hill.

Welcome to my imagination.

'A dress to make an entrance in.'

For that opening night or any occasion

when you want them to know that you are the star.

A beautiful nude souffle that has been beaded

and spangled and jeweled in shades of heavenly blue.

'Expensive, yes.'

'But if it's this good, it's worth it.'

My dresses are classics that never go out of style.

An investment like a diamond, a treasure forever.

[clapping]

[music continues]

I cannot believe it.

[Scooter] 'There's no question about it.'

But I've been so careful.

When they say 98 percent effective

they're still at two percent.

You're in the very early stages.

You still have every option available.

I don't know what to say.

I never dreamed that, it just doesn't seem possible.

You want to think about it.

Talk with Richard.

Richard?

Talk with Richard.

Get used to the idea.

Maybe there's some mistake.

You know, I saw this movie once

and they told this man that he had a fatal illness

and it turned out it was the wrong chart.

Laura, you're pregnant.

There's no mistake.

It isn't a fatal illness.

Well, it's just such a shock. I mean, it changes everything.

I was gonna leave him.

[Victoria] 'A woman with enough pizzazz to wear it'

'here's a daring c*ck suit'

'which is show stopping but seductively simple.'

Remove the jacket for a solid spangled dress

in colors that run the spectrum

'from shocking pink to passionate purple.'

[applause]

'From its brazen décolletage to its uneven hem'

it makes a definitive statement that you are young and hip.

Out for fun.

[instrumental music]

An evening dress prepared to stay the night.

'A wrap of lamé georgette'

'is only the beginning of the story.'

As the evening develops, you may choose to reveal beneath it

a pure silk satin charmeuse gown of purple.

Nothing could be more sensuous next to the skin.

The texture of this dress is so exciting.

'You may want to reach out and touch it.'

'Feel it between your fingers.'

'Not the girl, just the dress.'

Beneath the wrap, the gown.

Beneath the gown, that's up to your imagination.

[clapping]

And now, Diana.

'A heliotrope moire taffeta with black lace trim.'

'You'll feel like Anna Karenina in this romantic day outfit'

'with leg-of-mutton sleeves, tiny waist'

and bouffant skirt.

All you're missing now is a troika and sleigh bells.

A romantic fabric in a romantic silhouette.

'Isn't she special?'

[clapping]

[door closes]

- Hey! - I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Where were you? I was about to send Abby out..

- ...in your clothes. - Don't ask.

Are you okay?

I've got to talk to you later, Karen.

Pencil me in for a good old fashioned

girl talk tomorrow, please.

- Sure. - Karen.

We will be able to keep these dresses, won't we?

I mean, after all, they've been altered for us--

You have to hurry up, Lilimae. You're on soon.

But I haven't found my hair.

[Victoria] 'Rich and racy, elegant and chic.'

'Whether it's drinks at the Ritz'

'or a cozy candlelit dinner for two'

'you'll turn heads wherever you go'

'in this puff of a black silk taffeta skirt.'

With a silver spangled blouse

the fabric is wearable, the look divine.

'For the look of eternal youth.'

A fluid silhouette keynotes

this lovely ball gown of forest green.

For the woman who doesn't have to glitter to be exciting.

A classic look in style in any era.

'Beautifully accented'

'by a shoulder trim of coke feathers'

'the daringly unexpected touch'

'is a matching hat of coke feathers as well.'

'A dramatic look for the woman with a secret.'

'An air of mystery she alone chooses to reveal.'

Childhood is a time to enjoy.

'When a little girl is free to be'

'a little girl to run and play and move.'

'An Alice in Wonderland dress for the ultimate little girl.'

The dress is a direct copy of the Tenniel illustration.

[clapping]

Oh, your mother's having the time of her life.

[chuckles] Yeah, I know.

What's wrong?

I don't know, I'm just, you know--

- Nervous. - Yeah.

Don't be.

You look gorgeous.

- Oh, no. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Who's going to tell me that kind of thing if you go?

Gary.

I'm going to miss you so much.

Don't go.

Oh.

- You're on. - Oh!

You're on. You-you look gorgeous!

We hope you've enjoyed our collection.

Join us now for one more look.

At an expl*si*n of color.

A burst of fireworks.

An extravaganza of style.

Gowns that express the total you.

For the woman not afraid to be excitingly different.

Dramatically chic.

Dare to express your femininity in all its profusion.

'It's an exciting world for you to take part in.'

'You, too, can look like a million dollars.'

[applause]

Why not? You deserve it.

The dresses need to be packed.

In a minute. I'm just cleaning up.

Let the hotel do that.

Your job is to deal with the clothes.

Hey...you've been talking to me like that all day.

Stop it.

I'm just trying to get things done, Karen.

I run a business with 75 employees

and I know you don't have to humiliate

people to get things done.

Well, this is my turf, and I know what I'm doing.

Besides, everything I learned about

organizing, I learned from you.

That was in college. I've grown up.

And I wish you'd find another way

to take out your 20-year-old resentments.

I don't resent you.

Yes, you do.

And you always have.

Okay, Karen.

Let's have it.

You always use my life as a yardstick to measure yours.

What about you?

You've been comparing yourself to me since--

And you've been competing with me since the day I met you.

Hey, I don't have to compete with you.

I worked damn hard for everything I have.

I didn't have it handed to me

because I married the right man.

Alright, let's just stop right here.

Karen, I'm trying to challenge you.

You deserve better than you've got.

Bull! You envy what I've got.

I see it every time you look at Diana.

I don't believe it.

- You're jealous. - Jealous?

- Because Diana likes me. - I like you.

What the hell do I care if Diana likes you?

[Victoria] 'I offer her something different.'

'She sees something in me she can't find in you.'

You don't care about Diana.

You're using her because you feel so crummy about yourself.

You need a fan.

Well, if you want to pull that stuff, lady

pick on someone your own size.

'Oh, cut the motherhood stuff, will you, Karen?'

It's a biological function, not a holy calling.

Well, it's a function you've missed, isn't it?

Oh, God. I'm sorry.

'I didn't mean that.'

You dope.

You're the one who thinks

there's something wrong with you.

So, I had children and you didn't.

Big deal.

Used to say one is better than the other.

Frankly...I'm a little sick

of taking the heat for your low opinion of yourself.

I think you're terrific just the way you are.

Thank God today's over.

I'll be going to New York first thing in the morning.

So, we'll have to make the Paris arrangements by phone.

I'll get you the exact dates

so you can clear it with your teachers.

I'm not going.

Why not?

I heard the fight you had with my mother.

[sighs]

Diana.

Your mother and I have known each other for a long time.

We've got a lot of old stuff to work out.

Yeah, but you're using me to work it out.

No, I'm not.

It looks that way, but I'm not.

Anyway, she's right.

About me and school.

About a lot of things.

Are you saying no out of loyalty to her?

You don't have to take sides.

I know.

If it was really right for me..

...I'd fight her.

I'd probably lose..

...but I'd fight her.

I guess I really trust my mother.

You really like her a lot too, don't you?

I'm lucky to have her.

And she's lucky to have you.

I envy you both.

Well...I guess the old dresses have had it.

They're going back to New York to my little shop

'never to be heard from again.'

'By the way, if you're ever in New York'

'and you want to know the best place to eat or buy clothes..'

Hey, I don't want there to be any hard feelings between us.

'If you still mean what you said about'

showing me the ropes if I ever came to New York

and letting me hang out at your studio.

That would be wild.

I think you're a really great designer

and a really neat person too.

You're right, I am a great designer.

Taxi will be here any minute.

Are you sure you don't want me to take you to the airport?

Oh, no, no.

I hate airport scenes. It's better this way.

- We'll take the bags. - Oh, thanks.

Do I take them?

That was a joke.

[sighs]

It never would have worked, you know.

My coming to work for you.

Because we fight.

I don't think our friendship would survive it.

That means more to me than the job.

I still think we can have both.

I've got a lot going for me here.

I didn't realize how much until I considered leaving it.

I give up.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

- I said things-- - We both said things.

Hey...let's call it even.

You know, your family's probably the closest

I'll ever come to having one of my own.

Take care of them for me, will you?

I-I gotta have somebody to send a fruitcake to at Christmas.

Hey.

[sighs]

You got more family than you realize.

If you just..

...let everybody know you the way I know you.

[Eric] 'Taxi's here.'

I better go.

Come back soon.

Never.

That was a joke.

[instrumental music]

[door closes]

[birds chirping]

Goodbye.

My Diana.

[engine starts]

[car door closes]

[engine rumbling]

Well, I could use a hot fudge sundae.

- Anyone want to join me? - I will.

- Good. - Me too.

[instrumental music]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[door closes]

[theme music]