04x11 - Abby's Choice

[bunniefuu]

[male narrator] In "Knots Landing.."

You just don't want me to go because you hate Abby.

I don't hate Abby, I just don't trust her.

[male narrator] It was easy to dislike Abby.

[Abby] 'Honey, what's the matter?'

I just wanna find out what happened.

Wait a minute, why are you trying to pin it on me?

[male narrator] It was easy to blame Abby.

You never think of anyone but yourself.

- Karen, she's my niece. - Abby.

I've asked Val to come here and wait this out with me

[Karen] 'and it's too uncomfortable for both of us if you're here.'

Come on, let's go.

[male narrator] It was easy to insult Abby.

I'm gonna have to be on this machine

for the rest of my life, aren't I?

- Diana! - I just want to die!

- Why won't you let me die! - Stop it!

[male narrator] But it was hard to need Abby.

Diana needs a transplant, she needs a donor, please.

Me?

[instrumental music]

[male narrator] And now..

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[waves crashing]

[seagulls squawking]

Mommy, come see the sandcastle I built.

She doesn't want to.

I'm gonna k*ll you, Brian.

Mommy, did you see what he did?

[Olivia] 'Mommy!'

[instrumental music]

See? She hated it as much as I did.

- It had to be destroyed. - No, it didn't.

I don't have a point to build sand castle

just so you can destroy it.

Well, I don't like it.

Well, mommy, tell him he can't do that.

[Olivia] 'Mommy, aren't you even gonna yell at him?'

[waves crashing]

[music continues]

Psst!

- Hi. - Hi.

How you doing?

Okay.

Good.

I've got the boys waiting in the cafeteria.

Come on, join us for breakfast.

No, I'm gonna wait for the doctor.

They'll know about Abby's test soon.

Yeah, well, that's not for a couple of hours.

Come on, get something to eat.

Then, I've got to go to the office.

Oh, I'm-I'm not hungry, I'm..

You go, go.

[monitor beeping]

Hey.

[Mack] 'How's the spirit?'

There's...a calmness that scares me.

No, no, no, Karen.

She probably just looked at her options

and realized there's hope.

Nope.

She tried to disconnect the dialysis machine the other day.

[breathing deeply]]

I know Diana.

She's already decided.

If she can't live without the machine..

...she won't live at all.

[waves crashing]

[Olivia] 'Mommy, tell him to stuff it in.'

- Hi. - Hi.

You want me to keep your kids out of your hair today?

Because if you wanna be alone..

No, no, it's alright, I...want as much noise around me

as I can possibly get.

I've been hearing myself think all night.

It pay off for thinking?

You know, Karen's got one hell of a nerve

asking me to do this.

I don't think she had much choice.

Of course, she had a choice.

Diana can live perfectly well on dialysis without my kidney.

[waves crashing]

[scoffs] I think Karen did it to show me up.

To prove to people how mean and selfish I am.

[scoffs] You don't really think that.

Yes, I do.

I know Karen.

She thinks I'll have to say yes

for fear of what people will say about me if I don't.

But I have news for her.

I've never been interested in other people's opinion

about my life, and I'm not gonna start now.

So you're gonna turn it down?

[seagulls squawking]

[instrumental music]

Maybe I won't have to, maybe I won't pass the test.

Mm! Is that oatmeal cinnamon I smell?

- Or chocolate? - You smell both.

[laughs]

- Morning, sweet pea. - Morning, mama.

- Valene! - What?

Have you been up all night baking?

- Yeah. - Why?

I couldn't sleep.

I'm thinking about Karen and Diana

and I couldn't think of anything else to do.

Oh, I know.

When I think of that poor child

having to be hooked up to a machine..

...I could just cry.

Well, thank goodness for that machine, mama.

I mean, it's keeping Diana alive.

Until Abby comes to her senses

which the good Lord knows may take some time.

I don't know why they even bothered to ask her.

She'll never say yes to Karen.

As far as Abby's concerned, Diana could get a..

...kidney of a corpse

just so long as they don't touch Abby's precious body.

Mama, I don't think that we better talk about this.

Well, there is one of us who wouldn't give up our kidneys

gladly and be happy for the chance to help.

But, Abby, her own flesh and blood won't lift a finger.

Oh, I know.

I know, they haven't gotten the results of her tests yet.

But it won't make any difference.

'Cause Abby is Abby.

She has never done an unselfish thing in her life.

[indistinct chatter]

[Richard] 'Hi.'

Here are the insurance forms you had to have.

Oh, thanks, listen, Golden State magazine

wants to do a feature article on us

if we'll guarantee them a year's advertising.

And I-I think it's a good investment, what do you think?

Well, don't ask me, ask Abby.

- Oh, come on. - No, I'm serious.

You've signed over controlling interest

in the restaurant to Abby,

I'm sure you have to get her approval

for anything you do. Did you talk to her?

I have not signed over a controlling interest.

She lent me some money, and as long as I pay her in time

she's got nothing to say about anything, okay?

Yet she manages to keep talking.

Laura, are you gonna hold this over me for the rest of my life?

Probably.

[paper rustling]

Laura, somebody called for a reservation.

Nobody picked up, so I answered.

Were you there the whole time?

- Um, well, yeah, yeah. - It's okay.

Richard and I are beyond privacy.

Our marriage is the, is the neighborhood joke.

I guess I'm a fool for putting up with it.

Oh, listen, I'm sure I've put up with worse.

I sure feel like a fool.

Well, you shouldn't feel that way.

There's a lot going on in your life right now.

I've been watching you ever since I've started working here.

And believe me, you've got plenty of reasons

to feel great about yourself.

Name three.

Oh, you're smart, you're beautiful

and you're funny, how's that?

- That's terrific. - 'It's true.'

Why are you in such a good mood today?

Ah, it's a nice day.

And...maybe because tomorrow's my birthday.

- Oh, how old are you gonna be? - 25.

[chuckles] Do you have anything special planned for your birthday?

Yeah, actually, um, Chip, you know my manager

he and I are going to spend the day together

and, uh, he's got some new lobster place

he wants me to try.

Well, you deserve it.

For doing your good deed for the day and cheering me up.

No, you deserve it, and remember that.

Thanks.

[soft chuckle]

[honking

- There you go. - Kenny, my boy.

- Well, look who's here. - What's happening?

[chuckles]

New car?

- Oh, had it a while. - Thanks.

Phil, uh, fill her up.

- Charge it in my account. - Oh, okay, Mr. Moore.

So how's it going?

You know, same old, dull routine.

God, I wish I had your guts, strike out on your own.

Of course, I wish I had all that Texas money behind me too.

[chuckles]

Well, you know, Andy, it also helps

to, uh, believe in what you're doing.

Huh? You ever hear of that?

Oh.

[soft rattles]

You're nervous about being on your own?

Not at all.

We're going in the studio in two weeks with Ciji Dunne.

Remember that girl, you wouldn't let me record for you.

How could I forget? She's a winner.

Well, now, you can't say

I didn't let you have first crack at her.

No, that's true.

But then, uh, who knew you'd have Jeff Munson to back you up?

[tires rustling]

What do you mean?

Word on the street is Munson's taking over your new label.

Don't tell me you didn't know. Oh, that's rich.

That's very good.

[chuckles]

Don't feel bad, Kenny.

You win some, you lose some.

[birds chirping]

[inhales]

- Suitable? - Yes.

Such a simple word for such a gigantic thing.

I suppose it is.

[sighs]

Well, and now that I'm a suitable donor, what next?

Well, if you agree, we can schedule surgery for tomorrow.

And if I don't agree?

[Ellen] 'Diana can be kept alive'

on chronic dialysis.

She'll never recover the use of her kidneys

but she can live with restrictions.

And we'll put her on a waiting list for a cadaver transplant.

But the idea is I give her my kidney.

Well, you can function perfectly well with only one.

[Ellen] 'Less than one, actually.'

'The human body uses only one fifth'

'the potential of one kidney.'

Of course, if you have an accident

or suffer a blow or trauma

to the remaining kidney, you could be in serious danger.

What kind of restrictions for Diana?

[Ellen] 'Diet and fluid restrictions.'

And of course, she'd have to come to the hospital

three times a week for four hours a session

to be connected to the machine.

Well, that doesn't sound so terrible.

It's not.

[sighs]

- What else? - I beg your pardon?

What else do you have to tell me?

I don't know what you mean.

Aren't you gonna tell me how a teenager

doomed to a life of three times a week treatment

isn't a teenager very long?

Aren't you gonna tell me what it'll do to my niece

to be dependent upon machines for the rest of her life?

Many people on chronic dialysis are grateful--

But Diana is not many people. She's a kid.

She's got her whole life in front of her.

[Ellen] 'Mrs. Cunningham..'

Well, I have children too, you know.

I've gotta think about their future.

[Ellen] 'Absolutely.'

I mean, surgery is dangerous, my brother died in surgery.

- And you must weigh the risk. - 'But if you open it..'

[soft music]

You know this is not fair.

Fairness isn't the issue.

This is a very personal problem.

Nobody, nobody can make this decision for you.

You mustn't feel any pressure in either direction.

I'm sorry, I love Diana very much.

[music continues]

But I can't do this.

[door closes]

[instrumental music]

[door closes]

- Hi. - Hi.

Let's make love.

- Right now? - Yeah.

You got it.

Right here, okay?

- Here? - Yeah.

Come on.

[sighs]

Please.

Please, make love to me.

[exhales softly]

[music continues]

Damn it.

[sniffles]

[breathing deeply]

Why did she have to ask me?

I take it you passed the test.

[breathing deeply]

Oh, yeah, I passed it alright.

With flying colors.

Uh, my kidney is suitable for donation.

Isn't that wonderful?

You know how much I hate rejection.

It's, it's really good for me to be suitable.

Didn't the doctor say the chronic dialysis

had become quite effective, that Diana could live indefinitely

without a transplant?

Gary, Diana is 18 years old. 18.

For her to live her whole life

with treatments and machines and..

It's better than dying.

Not to an 18 year old, it's not.

Young people with kidney failure

try to commit suicide all the time.

Diana wouldn't do that.

[sniffles] No?

[seagulls squawking]

[breathing deeply]

I stopped to talk to the floor nurse on my way home.

And she told me that Diana tried to..

...disconnect herself from the dialysis machine.

And you know what?

If I were 18 and in her condition

I'd do the same thing.

[Gary] 'No, you wouldn't.'

You don't have to be a hero if you've got any doubts at all.

I am not a hero, believe me.

A hero is someone with courage.

And it's gonna take a hell of a lot of courage

to say no to this.

I don't know if I've got that kind of guts.

Because if I do say no and something happens to Diana..

...I'm gonna have to live with the fact

that I could have done something to prevent it.

And I don't know if I can do that.

[instrumental music]

Gary...tell me what to do.

I can't.

You know I can't.

Mother, you've been here so long.

You're allowed to go home, you know.

Well, Abby's seeing Dr. Gilbert now.

I'll go home later.

Poor Abby.

I hate to put her in through all this.

Be good for her character.

- Hi. - Abby, thanks for the flowers.

Oh, you're welcome, sweetie.

Karen, I'd like to speak to Diana alone.

Oh, well, have you seen Dr. Gilbert yet?

I'd like to talk to Diana first.

- But Dr. Gilbert-- - Karen.

Mother, please.

[soft chuckle]

How you feeling, kiddo?

Never gotten this much attention in my life.

I think I could get used to this.

I did talk to Dr. Gilbert.

- What did she say? - You and I are a matched set.

Abby, I can't let you give me your kidney.

I'm serious, it's not fair to put you in this position.

[chuckles] Honey...it's real sweet of you to think about me.

I can't believe they even asked you.

Diana. I mean, you're so beautiful.

It just doesn't seem right.

You've been such a good friend to me, Abby.

[somber music]

You've never treated me like just a niece, you know.

When everybody else treats me like a kid..

...you always treat me like a person..

[Diana] '...even when I act like a kid.'

[soft chuckles]

Maybe I'm sounding stupid.

But you've given me so much.

I just don't think I can take any more.

I can't.

Honey..

[music continues]

...I just came here to tell you that..

...what's mine is yours.

[soft chuckles]

[sentimental music]

- 'What time's the operation?' - Early in the morning.

Listen, I really appreciate you and Ginger

coming out here, and staying with the kids.

Are you kidding?

We love a chance to spend time at the beach.

Listen, Gary, I know this isn't the time, but..

...you and Abby don't have any plans

to sell G and K records do you?

- What? - Well, I ran into Andy Moore.

He's full of rumors about Jeff Munson buying us out.

That's all they were, is rumors, right?

Yeah.

I mean, there's no truth to them, is there?

[chuckles] What do you think?

Well, I didn't think it could possibly be true.

But you never know.

And, Gary, I don't think we should have

anything to do with Jeff Munson.

He's the kind of guy you let him in there

and he wants to take everything over.

Yeah, well, don't worry about it.

Hey, well, listen.

You know, it's just the one I heard about Munson taking over

it made me a little nervous, you can understand that.

Kenny, look, you and I are partners.

I don't treat my partners like that.

That's what I wanted to hear.

Give Abby our love, huh?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[instrumental music]

Well, there you are, Mrs. Cunningham. You're all set.

There's no dinner for you tonight, though.

[chuckles] Terrific.

Listen, does this do anything?

Go up and down or anything?

Yeah, sure does, use that switch.

Oh, great. Thanks.

Could you fluff those up?

Yeah, sure.

- Okay. - Thanks a lot.

- How's the patient? - Great.

Abby.

You don't have to say anything, Karen.

- I do. - No.

You don't have to say anything.

Look...I'm doing this because I have to.

For Diana.

For my brother's child.

And for myself, so I won't have to live with the guilt

of having refused, but I am not doing it for you.

- Well, can't I-- - No.

I don't want you here.

I don't want us to be civil to each other.

And I don't want you to pretend

like you like me all of a sudden.

[Abby] 'If you want to show your gratitude..'

...save a whale in my name.

Stay away from me now.

[ominous music]

'Is that a deal?'

Is it a deal?

Deal.

[paper rustling]

[door closes]

[paper rustling]

Diana.

I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Reston and Dr. Kelford.

- Hello, Diana. - Hello.

They'll be doing the surgery tomorrow.

And Kimya Haman is the transplant coordinator.

Two surgeons?

Dr. Reston will be removing your aunt's kidney.

I'll be performing your nephrectomy and the transplant.

- Oh. - What's a nephrectomy?

Removing Diana's kidney.

[Kelford] 'We'll be doing that at the same time'

'we put the new one in.'

How long is this gonna take?

[Kelford] 'Well...it's a good day's work for us.'

'But it's easy for you, you can sleep right through it.'

[monitor beeping]

[soft music]

We need to talk to Diana alone for a little while.

If you'll excuse us..

Oh, he can stay, he's my brother.

We need to talk with you privately, just for now.

I have to do an examination.

Is she gonna be okay?

[Ellen] 'You can come back and see her in a little while.'

Watch out for her.

She'll do anything for attention.

[chuckles] She'll be in good hands.

- See ya. - Bye.

[music continues]

[woman on PA] 'Dr. Farley 18-23, Dr. Farley, 1-8-2-3.'

[music continues]

I'm at the hospital with Karen.

Diana's being operated on tomorrow.

- Listen, are you alright? - 'Uh, yeah, I'm fine.'

I-I'm-I'm sorry.

Look, let's not talk about it now, okay?

Just give my love to Karen and Diana.

Yeah, I will. Well, goodnight.

[dialing]

[Ciji] 'Hey, little guy.'

Hey, I sing in your restaurant.

Daniel, yeah, that's you.

[chuckles]

He's so adorable.

Yeah. Look at that face.

[chuckles]

- 'Oh, he likes you.' - I love babies.

Boy, deep down inside, I think I'm a..

...closet wife and mother.

You should have some of your own.

I want it so bad.

[chuckles]

Is there anyone special?

No.

No, really, are you going with anyone?

Listen, you'll get me started on my life story

and then we will both be depressed.

If I'm supposed to be cheering you up..

[screaming]

[giggling]

Listen, Richard's not coming home tonight.

So why don't we have dinner together?

I'll make something here.

Oh, listen, when I expressed a need for home and hearth

I didn't necessarily mean yours.

No, really, you could keep me and the kids company.

You'd be doing me a favor.

Uh, you call this a favor?

[baby cooing]

Go get 'em.

[phone rings]

It's wrong.

This is...so wrong.

This shouldn't be happening to her.

- Karen. - Oh, Val.

I'm so..

[sighs]

...I'm so afraid.

What?

That I'm gonna outlive her.

Don't you say that.

Don't you dare say that. She is going to be alright.

Well, you know something?

She'd better be.

Because I can't go through another loss.

I mean, I'm sorry, I just don't have anything left.

I used it all up when Sid died.

And I just can't go through it again.

[instrumental music]

I won't.

Not with a child.

Not with a child.

Stop it, stop it, stop it.

Okay?

Oh, come on.

You won't.

[breathing deeply]

[sobbing]

[phone rings]

- Daniel. - Hi.

This is Chip Roberts, could I speak to Ciji, please?

She's not here.

Uh, well, uh, could-could I leave a message for her please?

Would you tell her that I have been tied up all day long

but I haven't forgotten her

and we'll spend the whole day together tomorrow?

I'll give her the message.

[woman on PA] 'Dr. Burrow.'

- Hi. - Hi.

- 'Where's Dr. Burrow?' - How's the patient?

She's hanging in there.

Good, because I just saw your doctor in the cafeteria

and she made me nervous.

She was down there eating kidney beans.

[soft chuckle]

How you doing?

- Fine, really. - Good.

If I were you, I'd be scared to death.

Most people are before an operation, you know.

Mack.

[Mack] 'Go ahead.'

Thanks for being here.

[Diana] 'I know it would be a lot harder for mom if you weren't.'

Coming from you, I take that as a compliment, thank you.

I've been lousy to you. I know it too.

'But I just want you to know..'

...that I'm really glad that mom found you.

Well, she's lucky to have you too, kid.

Diana.

[soft chuckle]

[knocks on door]

- Hello. - Hi!

- Hi, I missed you. - Hi.

Where have you been hiding?

I've been outside waiting.

You talking to Dr. Mackenzie here?

[woman on PA] 'Dr. Ward, 5-6-1, west wing.'

'Dr. Ward.'

I'll, I'll go down the hall.

See you later.

[chuckles] Uh, no dirty jokes, huh?

[sighs]

- Hi. - Hi.

I feel like I am in a fish tank out there.

Everybody's studying me to see if I'm good for you or not.

You are good for me.

I know that and you know that, but do they know that?

Hey, funny face. You okay?

Scared?

[somber music]

Everything's gonna work out just fine.

You know that, don't you?

- I guess so. - 'I know so.'

I got great intuition on this stuff.

Everything's going to be just fine.

I feel like my life isn't my own anymore.

Now, I feel like I can't control anything.

I feel so helpless.

It's like when my dad died.

All the time he was sick, I kept on thinking..

[music continues]

...he's gonna be okay, he has to be.

I even made bargains with God so he wouldn't die.

But then he did.

Bargains didn't come through.

There was nothing I could do about it.

And now it's the same with me.

[music continues]

You know, I.. got something.

I was gonna give you...after the operation.

But...I'll give it to you now.

What is it?

Well, open it up.

Oh.

[inhales sharply]

Okay, I'll play nurse.

Here we go.

[Diana] 'It's beautiful.'

- I love it. - I love you.

[music continues]

I love you too.

You know, we hardly ever tell each other we love each other.

Well, we know we do.

We don't have to say it.

Although sometimes it's..

I know. Don't say it now.

It'd be too corny.

[music continues]

Yeah.

Much to go, right?

[instrumental music]

[stretcher rattles]

[breathing deeply]

[music continues]

[telephone ringing]

I love you, baby.

[stretcher rattles]

[monitor beeping]

[music continues]

Vital signs stable.

You can tell Dr. Kelford we're beginning.

Yes, doctor.

Alright, let's get started.

[metal clinks]

[music continues]

Hey, I just figured I wasn't sure if you took cream or not.

I took a chance you did.

U-uh, she takes it black.

Thank you, Chip.

[indistinct chatter]

[music continues]

[yawns]

[clattering]

- Good morning. - Hi.

- Is that coffee? - Instant.

Richard's such a connoisseur I do this to make him crazy.

- Hope you don't mind. - No, I don't.

- How'd you sleep? - I slept great. How about you?

That's one thing I have no trouble doing these days.

I've never slept on that sofa bed in the den.

- Is it comfortable? - Oh, yeah, it's terrific.

I'm so glad I didn't have to go home

and miss the end of that movie.

Oh, I know.

When he lights those two cigarettes

and he hands her one, I thought I would die.

I know, it's great, and she says

"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars."

Oh, I must've gone through an entire box of tissues crying.

No, half a box, I went through the other half.

That's what my mother would call a three hankey movie.

[chuckle]

Laura, do we have any of that

you know, that whole wheat flour?

I want to make some pancakes.

Hi.

[birds chirping]

- Oh, hi. - Ciji spent the night.

So I see.

Well, you were getting home late.

We were watching this great movie.

Well, you look better in my pajamas than I do.

[soft chuckle]

I didn't even hear you come in last night.

Did you make coffee?

- Instant. - Instant?

[chuckling]

[woman on PA] 'Dr. Blake, recovery.'

'Dr. Blake, please report to recovery.'

[telephone ringing]

Oh, damn, I forgot to bring Diana's robe.

[smacks lips]

[sighs]

Hey, give me the keys, I'll get them.

W-w-why don't you let me go?

Neither of you wanna leave the hospital right now.

Oh...thank you, Chip, it's..

...it's very thoughtful of you.

It's hanging in the closet.

[keys rattling]

The bedroom upstairs on the right.

Okay, I'll find it.

[indistinct chatter]

[instrumental music]

[monitor beeping]

[Reston] 'Looks like a nice, healthy kidney.'

Vessel's a good size.

It'll help.

Well, let's get this in there.

Blood pressure 133 over 70.

Pulse 78.

Okay, let's begin.

[rattling]

[music continues]

[door rustling]

[soft rattles]

[birds chirping]

[music continues]

[soft rattles]

[music continues]

"No coward soul is mine.

"No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere.

"I see heaven's glories shine.

And faith shines equal arming me from fear."

[birds chirping]

[honking]

Gary.

I-I just want to say that..

...I know that this isn't easy for you.

Nope.

I mean, I..

...I can see that you're in a lot of pain, and I..

...I just wish that there was something that I could..

Thanks.

I know how much she means to you.

Thank you.

[birds chirping]

Yeah.

[soft rattles]

- Thanks. - Buh-bye.

[car door closes]

Val?

- Hi, Gary. - Hi.

- You okay? - Mm-hmm.

- Hi. - Hi.

- You holding up alright? - Yeah.

Good, 'cause everything's gonna be alright, you'll see.

I have very good instincts when it comes to these things.

[chuckles] I bet.

How's Karen doing?

She seems to be fine.

[mellow music]

[monitor beeping]

[dramatic music]

We're getting leakage at the suture line.

Put the clamps back on.

We're gonna have to redo this area.

Blood pressures down to 90 over 50.

[tense music]

Any word?

[paper rustling]

Here, Mrs. Fairgate.

Found 'em right where you said they'd be.

[keys rattling]

[monitor beeping]

[soft rattles]

[telephone rings]

[music continues]

- Hello. - 'Hi, honey. I'm sorry.'

[Chip] 'I just haven't been able to get away at all.'

I thought we were supposed to spend the day together.

Well, well, now we can still spend part of it together.

You haven't forgotten what today is, have you?

Of course not, I'll be there as soon as I can.

- Promise. - Alright.

I'll see you later.

Val!

Olivia, baby, what in the world are you doing here?

She was going to take a cab.

I had to bring her.

Is my mom gonna be okay?

Oh, of course she is, darling.

Oh, Val, I'm so scared for her.

Oh, hey, hey, hey, no, you're not.

No, you're not, you're a big girl.

Hey, hey, hey, come on, come on, I'll tell you what.

Let's you and I go for a little walk, huh?

Just the two of us.

[cries]

Hey, baby, come on.

"I see heaven's glories shine

[Chip] 'and faith shines equal arming me from fear."'

What?

It's a line from an Emily Bronëe poem I've always loved.

[Chip] '"No coward soul is mine.'

'"No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere.'

'"I see heaven's glories shine.'

'And faith shines equal arming me from fear."'

How'd you know that poem?

I guess I learned it in high school. I've always loved it.

It's my favorite.

This must be what Emily Brontë meant

by "Storm-troubled sphere"

[Chip] 'Our faith has got to shine equal.'

[Karen] 'Thank you, Chip.'

It really helps.

- Are you feeling better? - I'm so scared.

Oh, darling.

See, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Your mama is gonna be just fine.

Okay?

[sniffles] I don't think so.

Oh, come on, darling, stop that.

Hey, hey, hey, there's no need for tears.

No, no, no, no, you should be very proud of your mama.

[gasps] Proud?

Yes, proud.

'Cause your mom is doing a brave and wonderful thing.

Well, she's giving up a part of herself so that Diana can live.

I thought you hated my mom.

[soft music]

No, honey.

Right now, your mama is a hero.

And you should just hold your head up high

and-and feel very, very proud that you belong to her.

You mean, she's not gonna die?

[sniffles] No.

Of course she's not gonna die, she's going to be just fine.

Oh, Val, I miss you so much.

I miss you too, sweetheart.

[cries]

I wish I could still see you.

[music continues]

I know, baby, I know.

[sniffles]

Now you got me crying.

[soft chuckle]

Eat your cone.

[giggles]

Mrs. Fairgate.

Technically, the surgery went very well.

The crucial question now

is whether or not she starts putting out urine.

[Kelford] 'Now, we can't be optimistic until that happens.'

And Mrs. Cunningham?

She's done her good deed for a lifetime.

She gave us a beautiful kidney to work with.

[Reston] 'She's in recovery now, and doing beautifully.'

Can I see her?

Well, she's still quite a bit out of it.

But sure, you can go in and see her.

How soon will you know if she'll be alright?

Now you'll have to be patient.

We're monitoring her very carefully.

I'll let you know as soon as I know, okay?

[somber music]

What did Dr. Kelford say?

[paper rustling]

[soft taps]

[knocking]

It's about time.

Hey! How you doing? Come on in.



- Happy birthday. - Oh, I don't believe you.

No, this is Daniel's finest.

[chuckles] It's beautiful.

You're terrific, you know it?

Yeah, I do, I know.

[chuckles]

- Thanks. - You're welcome.

[breathing deeply]

Gary.

- Hi, how you feeling? - Hi.

- How's Diana? - She's fine.

It worked.

[sighs]

[soft music]

Oh, good.

I was just having the best dream.

Yeah?

[exhales softly]

You and I are floating together through the clouds.

And the sunlight.

We are so happy.

[music continues]

How am I?

We're still waiting to hear about some things.

You looked like the ultimate video game.

[laughing]

You kidding? She looks beautiful.

Diana's new kidney's doing just great.

We're very pleased.

[loud cheers]

- Oh! - Alright.

You gonna be alright, I knew it. I knew she'd be better.

- 'Oh.' - 'I knew it. You knew it?'

[Michael] 'I told you she's gonna be alright.'

- 'Oh.' - 'You told me?'

[indistinct chatter]

[Eric] 'You told me?'

[Eric laughs]

[music continues]

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[male narrator] Next on "Knots Landing.."

Pop! H-h-hey!

Did you come here to hear Ciji?

No. To see you.

[instrumental music]

If he's always been that way

how come you let yourself think that he'd changed?

- I'm Valene's mama. - Oh!

But we're more like friends now.

[Lilimae] 'Is that the way it is with you and Mack?'

Well, let's just say we're working on it, huh?

You in your prime, and me, a feeble old man.

[ending theme]

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