04x12 - The Block Party

[bunniefuu]

[male narrator] In "Knots Landing.."

What's mine is yours.

It's not fair to put you in this position.

[male narrator] Abby, sacrificing her kidney for Diana

but hardening her heart to Karen.

[Abby] 'I'm doing this for Diana, for my brother's child.'

I am not doing it for you.

- I love you. - I love you, too.

[male narrator] Diana, still believing Chip cared for her.

Val, finally coming out of her shell..

I know how much she means to you.

Thank you.

[male narrator] ...realizing she had lost him

to Abby forever.

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

[male narrator] Gary, feeling closer to Abby than ever.

Karen thanking her for this unexpected generosity.

And now..

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[indistinct chatter]

[grunting]

[instrumental music]

Don't push.

Geez, why did we make this thing so heavy?

Because we're craftsmen from the old school.

And when we make something, we make it to last.

Because the wood was real cheap.

Gosh, imagine this work of art

only cost three bucks at the fire sale.

[chuckles]

I think I've got a dollar's worth of it in my hands.

[chuckles]

[music continues]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, you guys. I could use a little help.

I can't, I got to go pick up my old man.

- Michael. - I'm with him.

- Uh, can I go? - Where?

To pick up your old man at the airport?

He's not at the airport. He's at the bus station.

- The bus station? - Yeah.

He took a bus from New York.

Yeah, well, he doesn't like to fly.

And he's a little tight with a buck.

It's a good way to see the country.

Yeah.

Well, I ordered them..

I don't..

Oh, it's busy, Mac. Use the one upstairs.

- Yeah, I wasn't talking to you. - Coming through.

So how long has it been since you've seen him last?

Not too long. I saw him earlier this year.

[Karen] 'Well, I ordered them a month ago.'

You just put me on...

Diana. You're supposed to be off your feet.

Mom, I'm fine. Really. I'm great.

Well, how often does he come out to see you?

Uh, this is his first trip to California.

Usually I go back to New York.

- You must be excited. - Yeah. I'm excited.

What's he like? Is he like you?

Like me?

We're alike in some ways, not alike in others.

I guess you can say I'm like him. He's the father.

[chuckles]

I guess I am like him.

Because it's crazy. It's unnecessary.

Kenny.

If we're gonna do justice to our singer then we--

Our singer, I love it.

If we're gonna present Ciji in the best possible light

then we ought to raise the platform.

Look, kid, at this point

raising the platform would be a major construction problem.

We don't have time to do it. We don't have money to do it.

[Kenny] 'And most importantly, there's no need to do it.'

Kenny, if you don't care..

This isn't a big time showcase.

Will you get that through your head?

This is a little neighborhood block party.

Ciji is singing for us because she likes us

[Kenny] 'because we're her friends.'

How many block parties does Jeff Munson attend?

[scoffs] Jeff Munson?

[birds chirping]

The undisputed chief mogul of the music business in the flesh.

[Chip] 'I invited him to come, and he accepted.'

Oh, terrific.

Well, if you want Ciji to impress Jeff Munson

you raise the platform.

[instrumental music]

[sighs]

[car door shuts]

Who are you looking for?

[laughs] Pop. Hey!

- Oh. Was the bus early? - No, on time.

Oh, come on, I called

they said they were gonna be late.

- Well, they were wrong. - Yeah, they sure were.

I am here.

- Hey, are you sure? - Ah!

Here, let me take one of those.

- No. I've got it. - Come on. This way.

I like carrying my own.

It doesn't look good a young buck like me

[chuckles] letting an old codger like you carry the luggage.

- Let me have one. - Okay.

- Come on, this way. - Oh.

That's a no parking zone, you're in park..

Yeah, I know, I know.

- Well, let's get moving then. - Sure.

Hey, it's good to have you here, pop.

I'm glad you came.

[baby crying]

Honey. Excuse me. Honey. Oh, sweetie. Daniel.

Oh. Aw!

Daniel's all wrapped up in his work.

It's alright.

Diana. I wish you'd go upstairs to bed.

You haven't given yourself enough time to recuperate.

Mother, I'm bored to tears from recuperating.

And I wish you'd stop nagging me.

Nagging? Me? I don't nag.

Hi. Laura, tell her.

In all the years you've known me

have you ever, ever known me to nag?

[Karen] 'An objective opinion.'

Well, if you'd stop nagging me, maybe I'd tell you.

There, you see? Go to bed.

No.

- Diana. Hi. - Hi.

- What are you doing down here? - Just checking out the action.

[Chip] 'You're supposed to be recuperating, remember?'

The place to recuperate is bed.

Oh, but I don't want to go.

No buts, no buts. You have to get better fast.

That takes bed rest, right?

So no party, right? Until you get back,

[indistinct chatter]

Come on. It won't take very long at all.

- Do you believe that? - Uh-huh.

[humming]

[chuckles]

Did you know..

...that I wore this at your mother's funeral?

I put it on.

The kilt?

- I didn't see it. - At home.

You were at the funeral parlor.

Oh. If you put it on pop, why didn't you wear it?

But you have to ask.

Anna's brother Angelo saw me in it

and he went to the phone.

Within five minutes, Dominic and Santino and the old man

came to the house.

"You ain't wearing that," they said.

[laughing]

I tried to explain to them..

...the meaning of the kilt..

...how important it is for us to connect to our clan

[Pete] 'past and present..'

...how the kilt is a uniform for commemoration..

...how a funeral is a commemoration.

I thought I was pretty convincing but when I was done--

Dominic said, uh

"Hey, McKenzie ain't wearing that around here."

Italians don't understand kilts.

Seriously, pop, why did you bring it with you?

I'm thinking..

...I'm not going back.

What?

Well, there's nothing for me in New York.

I'm sick of cold winters, I'm..

...thinking of staying here in California.

That's great, pop. Terrific.

[chuckles]

Well, if I like it.

I haven't been here before.

Oh, you'll like it. We'll see to that.

You take all the time you need deciding.

[chuckles]

And you stay here with me as long as you like.

[both chuckle]

[instrumental music]

[both laughing]

[insects chirping]

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- Here you go. - Oh, no.

You're not gonna wear that tomorrow, are ya?

- No, how could I? - Easy. It'd be an attraction.

Just charge it down to get close to you.

[chuckles] Mack!

- Hey. Hey. Perfect. - Ooh!

It's a beautiful country, and I never seen it.

But the drone of the bus or the motion, I guess

kept putting me to sleep.

Right now, I feel as if I've slept the whole way here.

I've been traveling a lot lately, too.

But you don't get to see much of the country from the air.

Mr. Mackenzie, I wish you'd let me get you something to eat.

The name is Pete. Nothing. Thank you.

Pat's taking me out to dinner.

Spend a little more time alone, you know.

Well, uh, another whiskey then.

If you could just freshen this one.

Sure.

Pete, why do you call Mack Pat?

Because I'm Mack. Mackenzie's are always Mack.

When Pat was a boy, he was little Mack

and I was Big Mack.

[all laughing]

That was before his name became famous

for that special sauce on a sesame seed bun.

When Pat grew up, he didn't want to be called little anymore.

We arm wrested for the name of Mack. I won.

And I'm a sore loser, so I moved to California

so I could welch on the bet and still be called Mack.

Patrick Mackenzie, but I haven't I noticed

an M in front of the Patrick on your office door.

Yeah, right. That's right. M Patrick Mackenzie, right.

What's the M for?

- Dad! - Never mind.

What'd you say?

The lad's shy now.

[Mack] 'Now Mack's enough.'

Well, you know, why cloud the issue.

- So your name-- - Don't say it.

- Don't say it. - Alright.

[mouths] Marion?

Hi, everybody. I'm sorry I'm late.

I was working on a new arrangement

of an old favorite, and I..

Oh.

Well, this can't be Mack's daddy.

Well, my mother swore he was in town at the time.

- Pete Mackenzie. - Lilimae Clements.

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

But we're more like friends now.

Is that the way it is with you and Mack?

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

[insects chirping]

[chuckles] Yes.

[instrumental music]

[groans]

What is it?

Well, uh, first of all

this can't be very restful for you.

Oh, I don't know.

Kissing is my favorite form of relaxation.

And secondly, I know this isn't doing me any good.

All this doing is getting me more and more...committed.

And, you know, there's a limit to what you can do

no matter how good you feel.

So why set ourselves up for something we can't do?

Well put.

You're right.

Hold me?

When Chip told me

that Jeff Munson was coming to the block party..

- Ooh. - He is?

- Mm. - Why?

Well, Chip says he wants to hear Ciji.

But I think he's interested in Valene.

Mama.

- Well, he did call you. - Well, I know he did.

- But just-- - 'Well, anyway.'

Since he's coming and I'm performing

I've been working on my song

and I want to do it in front of an audience.

- That's us. - Right.

Here goes.

[country song]

♪ The prettiest thing I ever did see ♪

♪ Was the clouds drifting high in pine country ♪

♪ On a warm summer's day ♪

♪ With the sun peaking smooth ♪

♪ In a sky that was a patchwork but mostly was blue ♪

♪ And the handsomest man I ever did see ♪

♪ Was a miner named Jake in the pine country ♪

[both laughing]

Oh, boy.

Do you love me?

[chuckles]

Yes, of course I love you.

Yeah, but I mean love, love.

In love. Real love.

The kind of love you can't stop thinking about.

Mm. All of the above.

- Really? - Yes, really.

In fact..

...this song sort of says it all.

- It does? - Yes.

I think from now on, this should be our song.

♪ The last thing I'll see ♪

For sure.

[both laughing]

- Stop. - Oh, major surgery here.

Oh, God.

[all applauding]

Now, does anyone have any constructive criticism?

Oh, no, mama, I wouldn't touch it.

I mean, nothing, absolutely nothing can improve that song.

Well, thank you.

I don't know about the rest of you

but I'm famished.

So if you don't mind a little potluck.

Pop?

If you want a bite here, I won't complain.

- That was beautiful. - Oh, thank you, darling.

Did you really like it, Pete?

I could use an objective opinion.

- Love it. - Yes?

I enjoy authentic folk music

without the rock beat

with a corruption that's come to folk music.

Well, I'm glad to hear you say that.

That song could be, what, a couple of hundred years old.

Well, I wrote it myself just a year ago.

- No. - 'Oh, yes indeed.'

I would have taken it for authentic

an adaptation of a Scottish piece

come down from Northeast Appalachia

[Pete] 'late 18th century.'

It does have that cadence, doesn't it?

Unmistakable.

[chuckles] Uh-huh.

When can I hear more?

Well, any time you like.

Will you be here long?

Think so.

- Oh. - Yes.

[chuckling]

[jazz music]

[crowd cheering]

Oh, what can I tell you, pop? It says PJs out front.

I figured it for an Irish joint.

Come on, I know a better place.

- 'No, no, no.' - 'Hey! Come on.'

No way. Here. Let's stay.

Drink some drinks for that.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, could you move down one, pal?

Appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

Hope you don't consider this an imposition.

No, no, no.

That's Carolyn.

Oh. Thank you.

You can say hello to my son, too.

- How are ya? - A double scotch neat for me.

Same for you?

No, I'll have a beer. Any Mexican beer.

You quit drinking, laddie?

No, not completely.

But, uh, definitely when I'm away from home

and having to drive, you know.

They've got a drunk driving law out here. That's really tough.

You're supposed to say, "How tough is it?"

How tough is it?

It's so tough

even you couldn't talk your way out of it.

Fortunately, I'm not driving.

[jazz music]

Come on, you cut down on the sauce

there for a little bit, didn't you pop?

I did, but I figured, what the hell?

[knocking] Diana's asleep, Mrs. Fairgate.

- Or real, real close to it. - Oh, thank you.

She listens to you better than she listens to me.

- Just a stage. - Thank you.

You've really been a help.

Thanks for a nice day.

[clattering]

[door opens]

[door shuts]

I don't know quite what to think of him.

You?

Well, I don't know, he's, uh young and he's c*ck

and he's.. I don't know either.

Another new face.

Kind of hard to recognize the neighborhood.

Yeah, there've been a few changes.

[Karen] 'Yeah, that's why I wanted to give this block party.'

What do you mean?

Well, I think it's important for us

to all get together

as-as a community, huh?

Neighborhood.

What's left of us.

Oh. Come on.

- There's you, there's me. - Yeah.

- There's Richard and Laura. - Yeah.

- Kenny. - And?

- You want a bite? - No.

[indistinct chatter]

[Mack] 'Come on, pop. Don't go drinking so fast.'

Drinking fast is the fastest way to get drunk.

[Pete] 'Usually..'

What do you want to get drunk for?

You just got here, huh?

And we have so much to talk about.

So many things to see.

You're asking a Scot Irish why he's drinking.

It's like asking a cricket why he chirps at night.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.

The whiskey's not doing anything.

[indistinct chatter]

Where's the band?

Well, they're taking a break.

Yeah, pop.

Well, I didn't even hear them stop playing.

Pop.

What's wrong, pop?

[music continues]

I'm sick, laddie!

How sick?

Like my brothers, the both of them.

[breathes deeply]

How long?

I don't know, I'm in remission, now..

Anna's gone, Megan's in Boston.

She got no use for me.

There's nobody else in New York.

I don't want to be alone, you know.

[indistinct chatter]

I'm glad you come to see me, pop.

Oh, not that you and I were close.

We got more than a few problems.

Yeah.

Fathers and sons, they always have problems, huh?

The problems are nothing.

Don't say they're nothing. There's something.

Uh, we'll work them through.

We will. Hey.

We'll take as long as we want, huh?

[chuckles] Yeah.

[somber music]

[jazz music]

Why?

Because I can't sit in a bar

whatever the hell time it is.

- And suddenly it's-- - 11 o' clock.

[chuckles]

[Mack] 'And suddenly list a lifetime of gripes and grudges.'

There weren't that many anyway.

When you start adding them up, you won't be able to stop.

[indistinct chatter]

Oh!

We haven't had an easy time of it, lad.

When I think of one, I'll let you know.

I used to wrap you around, buddy.

[Mack] 'That ain't a big deal. That was your style.'

You know why? It didn't hurt that much.

It hurt plenty.

But hitting was done then.

I mean, nowadays, everybody knows

that you shouldn't hit your kids.

But back then, not everybody knew.

Marilyn.

[Mack] 'Pop, we have time.'

We'll go for drives, and if something comes up, we'll talk.

Give us the check.

Now, let's get out of here, I can't think.

So, uh, where will it be, fellas?

Our place or yours?

[chuckles]

Not tonight, honey, with all due respect.

Hey, wait a minute. You told us we were on.

We told?

You led us to believe there was an arrangement.

- 'When was that?' - What's the problem here?

These two guys keep us waiting while they finish their drinks

letting us think we're going out.

- Wait a, hold on-- - So we wait.

And now that it's too late

and we can't find another trick.

They change their minds and we're out a night's pay.

Is it true, Marilyn?

[music continues]

Okay.

If these gentlemen changed their minds

that's their privilege.

Just pay the girls for the time they sat.

[bartender] 'They got out which I think'

'and everybody will be happy.'

Take care of this. Not a cent.

Not a chance.

[music continues]

These ladies are business women, friends.

They can't afford to work for nothing

any more than you can.

[chuckles]

They weren't working though.

Ah.

A negotiating team is here to help

work through this disagreement.

If you'll just step outside with them..

[dramatic music]

[screaming]

[clattering]

[grunts]

Pop. Pop!

Come on. Pop! Come on.

Come on, out of here. Out of here!

Pop!

Hey, hey! Go after him! Get him!

[indistinct chatter]

[door opens]

- Hey. - Hey, yourself.

What a nice surprise.

[Chip] 'Well, why should you be surprised?'

I don't know, I just am.

You're my lady, aren't you?

This is where I want to be.

Here I am.

Nothing surprising about that, right?

Right.

I won't hear of it, Pat.

I can't take that bed away from you.

Pop, this is my place, and I make the sleeping rules.

Come on.

Alright.

Pat.

Let's get some sleep. We've got time to talk.

[instrumental music]

[Mack] 'Pop.'

We held our own back then that bar, huh?

Hold our own?

I hate to think what would happen to those figuras

if we gotten mad.

- Goodnight son. - Night, pop.

[switch clicks]

[music continues]

- How was tonight's gig? - It was fine.

The same. It was good.

I talked to Jeff Munson today.

- Oh, yeah? - Mm-hmm.

And what did he say?

He is so high on UCG.

- Is he really? - Mm-hmm, he's ready to move.

That's great.

The stumbling blocks are Gary and Kenny.

- Why? - Business things mostly.

They can't agree on what kind of deal they'll make

with Munson.

I just hope they don't blow the Munson deal altogether.

Oh. They won't. Don't worry about it.

Well, if we could just lose those two.

We can't lose them. Chip, they found me.

- I mean, they committed to me. - Hey, hey, hey.

You don't have to tell me. I'm just as loyal as you are.

Anyway, it was just enough.

But..

...Jeff Munson did have one suggestion I really liked.

To prevent Gary and Kenny from blowing each other away

You and I ought to sign a service contract.

That way, when they want to deal

they deal for me, and I can conciliate.

But I..

Oh, Ciji, Don't ask me to explain it, I-I can't.

It was Munson's idea. Says it's necessary.

He even told me roughly what should be in the contract.

And I'll take this down.

Have a lawyer draw it up for me, Monday.

In the meantime, that shows you what terms we've agreed to.

You get 25% of my earnings.

Well, Munson said that was standard

Since I'm providing services of an agent, and business manager

and a personal manager and a publicist.

I'd give you 25% anyway.

- Yeah. Why? - Because you're so damn good.

[both chuckle]

[instrumental music]

Oh, you too?

[chuckles] Yeah.

It's almost morning.

You're still in New York.

You remember how it was when..

...uh, Mike and Sean were sick.

Oh, yeah.

There's lying in the hospital in pain.

It's horrible.

Hooked into machines, wanting to die

and nobody letting them.

[Pete] 'I can't face that, Pat.'

I can face the dying almost.

And I can accept it's going to happen.

But what I can't face, it scares the pants off me

'is not dying.'

'And lying there with a hurt'

'wasting away'

'with machines doing everything for me.'

I couldn't take that.

When you're like that, you can't stop it

'and you don't have the strength'

or the reach or the sense to pull the plug yourself.

- What are you getting at, pop? - You got to do it for me.

Promise me.

You'll pull the plug, Pat.

'Shove pills down my throat.'

Or put a p*stol to my head if you have to.

'I couldn't get through the last months'

'if you promised me that.'

I know it's a big thing to ask.

You b*stard.

- b*stard? - You heard me.

Came out here on a bus, all weepy about your final months

talking about mending fences, going out clean.

[Mack] 'You don't care about mending fences.'

You don't care about me.

All you care about is finding some sucker

to pull the plug in case you're in pain.

- Now, you listen to me-- - 'I don't wanna listen.'

Listen, you will get sold a bill of goods.

Damn you!

All through the night, I'm amazed.

I'm sad, but I'm amazed.

You may be in there dying.

And what does he do with his time left?

He comes to me.

He's gonna spend his time with me.

I'm thinking, "God, he loves me.

He loves me after all."

You see?

I bought it, pop.

You sold me a bill of goods and I bought it.

Yes, you bought it. You're stupid.

You always have been.

You're nothing.

[Pete] 'You never could touch me and never will, look at that.'

You in your prime

and me, a feeble, dying old man.

[door opens]

[door shuts]

[somber music]

Sounds like you were pretty tough on him.

Yeah, well, someday when we have more time

I'll tell you all about him.

The way he treated my mother, like hired help.

He cheated on her.

And my sister Megan.

The things he'd accuse her of.

She'd come home from a date, and he'd accuse her

of taking on the whole NYU basketball team

starters and reserves.

She didn't even like basketball.

Rough on him? You wanna know why?

I wasn't rough enough, I should have slugged him.

Mack.

If he's always been that way

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

He's got leukemia. He may die.

I mean, that could change a man.

He just lost my mother

and his two brothers in the last three years.

That could have an effect on them.

There's always something, though, that kept you off-guard.

What?

[scoffs] I don't know.

Sense of family.

And he's always inflexible about holidays.

It was never an excuse for missing Thanksgiving

or Labor Day dinners.

And this Scottish brogue

that he keeps going in and out of.

And the kilt.

- Kilt? - Oh!

- You mean like a kilt? - Yeah.

You know, he was the only one of three brothers

that were born in this side of the Atlantic.

But he kept his father's kilt

and he wasn't afraid to wear it anywhere.

Anywhere a family commemorate anything.

- Kilt. - Kilt.

It's good to stop what you're doing, laddie

for the same reasons your father stopped..

...and wear the plaids that they wore..

...just to remind yourself who you are

and where you come from.

That is nice.

[instrumental music]

Yeah, it's nice.

He believed it.

Seems to cherish the past and all its traditions.

It the present that gets him in trouble.

Me too.

Laura, honey, we can't leave the booth empty

People will think we're giving out free samples.

- Laura. - What?

I could use some help. What are you laughing about?

What are you two up to?

- Girls' private lives. - Yeah.

It's on file at the Hall of Records.

[chuckles]

Laura, I could use your help.

In a second. I'll be there in a second.

- Want a croissant? - Yeah, great.

Women's liberation.

[band music]

Hi, Amy.

- Hi. - Hi.

Okay, honey.

- Bye. Bye, sweetie. - Bye, mom.

Give me a call when you're ready to come home.

Where?

At home. Where do you think?

No, I mean, where should I call from?

Not that many people in the cul de sac

[Olivia] 'are still talking to us.'

Okay, wise guy. They're still talking to you.

- 'Bye bye.' - Bye, mom.

Bye.

Well, this party may not be reuniting the neighborhood

but it's sure making money for the theater.

Yeah.

Look, I'm gonna go look for him. Huh?

Look for him, where?

I don't know, I'll see you later.

Alright.

- Marshall, take over now. - Oh, good.

It's over there. I'll see you later.

Okay.

[girl #1] 'So let's first go to the beanbag toss.'

Okay?

- Hey. - Hey.

[music continues]

Oh.

- Hi. - Hi.

[indistinct chatter]

[clears throat]

Ciji, Munson's here. Now, remember.

Oh, what's the panic? He's already heard me sing.

I want him to see how you can turn on a crowd.

[clears throat] Okay, here he is. Easy.

[humming]

Oh, Mr. Munson. Hello.

Well, Hello.

Obviously, I'm always thinking about you.

You'll make him think about you. Come on.

Excuse me.

Valene.

Jeff!

- Hi. Good to see you. - Hi.

I've been trying to get in touch with you.

Oh. I know I'm not very good about returning phone calls.

Well, nobody's perfect.

Did you come here to hear Ciji?

No. To see you.

[band music]

[Kenny] 'Friends and neighbors, we have a special treat for you.'

'If you've heard her sing at Daniel'

'you know what I'm talking about.'

'If you haven't'

'get ready to have your socks knocked off.'

Please welcome Ciji Dunne.

[upbeat song]

[applause]

♪ I fell in love today ♪

♪ I never thought I'd feel this way ♪

♪ And so tired of one night stands ♪

♪ Now I'm ready for a new romance ♪

♪ Ooh it's a new story do you know? ♪

♪ I can't figure it out ♪

♪ Ooh it's a new story do you know? ♪

♪ What I'm talking about ♪

♪ Do you love me? ♪

♪ Do you want me? ♪

♪ Maybe it's crazy ♪

♪ Give it a chance ♪

♪ Think I like this new romance ♪

♪ It was lonely yesterday ♪

♪ When love felt so far away ♪

♪ Then you smile and yes we dance ♪♪

Pop.

[sobbing]

♪ Maybe it's crazy ♪

♪ Give it a chance ♪

♪ I think I like this new romance ♪♪

[all cheering]

[applause]

- She's okay. - I know.

And I know that you know.

I've heard good things about you too.

Well, I know what I'm doing, if that's what you mean.

Can we talk sometime?

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah, we just did.

[country song]

♪ I was standing ♪

♪ By my window ♪

♪ On one cold and cloudy day ♪

♪ When I saw this ♪

♪ Hearse come rolling ♪

♪ For to carry my mother away ♪

♪ Will the circle be unbroken? ♪

♪ By and by Lord by and by ♪

♪ There's a better home awaiting ♪

♪ In the sky Lord in the sky ♪

♪ Lord I told thee Undertaker ♪

♪ Undertaker please drive slow ♪

♪ For this body ♪

♪ You're a-holding ♪

♪ Lord I hate to see her go ♪

♪ Will the circle be unbroken? ♪

♪ By and by Lord by and by ♪

♪ There's a better home awaiting ♪

♪ In the sky Lord in the sky ♪

♪ In the sky Lord in the sky ♪♪

[all cheering]

[applause]

Young man. Young man.

Have you seen a, a sheet of paper with figures on it?

Yes, ma'am. Everywhere.

Oh, I kept track of the auction sales.

But I lost the paper I kept track of them on.

- 'Lilimae.' - Huh?

[car engine starts]

- Is that you, Pete MacKenzie? - It is.

Where have you been all day?

I wanted you to hear my song.

Indisposed.

I believe you were.

Lilimae, I wonder if you'd do me a favor.

Would you give this to my boy?

What is it?

A kilt, my father's. I want him to have it.

Why not give it to him yourself?

We had words. Uh, this isn't the time.

Well, then

why not wait for the time to give it to him?

I'd rather not.

[insects chirping]

Valene and I

weren't real close for years and years.

But now we are.

Will you just take this to him?

[chuckles]

We never had to talk about the bad years

the things that came between us.

Not much anyway

because there's no way on earth we can change those things now

[Lilimae] 'so we don't talk about them.'

All we do is, not do them anymore.

I appreciate your interest, Lilimae

but it's not the same with Pat and me.

Oh, I'm sure, you're right, but I was just musing.

Will you take this kilt?

[insects chirping]

Mack, if you don't hear from your father

you can always go to New York to see him.

Never.

I don't even know why I went looking for him today.

Don't tell me the answer. I don't want to know.

Oh, come on, honey, I was just--

You come on.

I'll work this out myself.

Mack, don't shut me out.

I said I'll work this out myself, alone.

[somber music]

What I just did, that's him.

Him to a tee.

[Mack] 'Keeping somebody that you love away.'

I'm like him, you see. And that's the worst part.

I hate his lousy guts. And yet I'm like him.

'And I know it.'

That's probably why I never got married

because I knew I'd be just as crappy a husband

and father as he was.

Hey, Mack. We..

[Karen] 'We all see some of our parents characteristics in ourselves.'

- That doesn't mean.. - I'll be damned.

What?

[instrumental music]

[door shuts]

[Pete humming]

Then, lass, turn around.

[humming] Ha!

What's the occasion?

Occasion?

Yeah. With the kilt.

[Mack] 'What are you commemorating tonight, pop?'

The first time in my life I ever said I'm sorry.

Oh. That's great.

Come out here, put on your kilt, do a little dance.

Say you're sorry and all is forgotten, huh?

I have no time for anything more.

How the hell do you know how much time you have?

Remission can last 20 years.

Tell me how we can start over.

Tell me how and I'll try.

You don't have to start over.

All you have to do is take it from here.

I mean, if you'll excuse an impartial observer.

You've got some nerve. Come out here, you show up.

Tell me how sick you are

and then you ask me to k*ll you.

Well, I got to tell you something.

I don't love you enough to k*ll you.

[insects chirping]

I'm afraid, lad.

[Pete] 'I don't want to suffer.'

'I can't stand to suffer.'

It's too much to ask.

And you know it.

It's not that.

[Pete] 'It's this I can't stand'

this suffering right now.

You're in pain now?

For my life.

For what you think of me

and your sister Megan.

And knowing that I don't deserve any better.

[chuckles]

Maybe.

Hey, maybe you weren't that bad after all, huh?

I think I was.

Alright, I got an idea.

Now we can talk, and, uh, and we'll work this out.

But you gotta promise me.

What?

You're not to die, you understand?

And we'll work it out

until we get to where we're going.

But no dying.

You promise me.

[insects chirping]

I promise.

[somber music]

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

I'm not taking no for an answer.

You pack a suitcase with whatever you think you'll need.

[Jeff] 'We're going to New York.'

If you don't loosen up, I'm taking a hike.

And you, Mr. Producer, are gonna find yourself

standing on an unemployment line.

I'm pregnant. We're gonna have a baby.

To a new life.

Starring Valene Ewing and a-a cast of thousands.

He is a partner.

There are partners, and there are partners.

Just leave it to me.

[ending theme]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]