05x12 - Denials

[bunniefuu]

-I've just gotta get outta here. -Talk to me.

A man was k*lled because of me.

-That has nothing to do with ya. -That's what you think.

I don't even know who I am anymore.

-Do you have a problem with him? -I don't have a problem, Matt.

It's the pills, Karen.

I don't have a problem with pills.

Then stop taking them!

I don't have a problem with pills.

I can stop taking pills anytime I want to,

and I forbid you to talk about me this way ever again.

As soon as Gary finds out what's going on, you'll be out.

If worse comes to worse,

I have community property.

[theme music]

[music continues]

-[crickets chirping] -[telephone ringing]

[indistinct chatter and laughter]

You're kidding! When?

Wow!

-Oh, wow! -What is it?

Does Diana know?

How is she?

Look, do you want to talk to my mom or Mack about it?

Okay, I'll tell 'em.

What is it?

It was Gary.

Chip's dead.

He's on the ranch.

He's either hiding there or going to pick up Diana.

They're not sure.

But he was running from the police,

and he tripped and fell on something.

He's dead on the spot.

Who's Chip?

-That's my sister's husband. -He's bad news.

[somber music]

[switched off blender]

Karen?

I'm okay.

-Who's with Diana? -Abby's with her now.

Well, maybe we should call her.

Mom?

Should we call her?

Is there something we should do?

[blender whirring]

Did you set the table?

[sighs]

How is she?

It's a little hard to tell.

I don't really think it's sunk in yet.

Did you know he was here?

No, of course not.

Diana must have known.

Honey, she loved him.

She thought she was protecting him.

She's got to go home.

Honey, not now.

She's...

She's absolutely grief-stricken.

-Then she needs her mother. -Well, she hates her mother.

She's a kid. Come on. She needs her mother.

You can't just kick her out.

Did I say that?

I just think she should go home.

What?

[Valene] What?

Look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,

but I, I thought you'd want to know as soon as possible.

The funeral's going to be day after tomorrow,

but I don't know any further details.

Mama, you alright?

Mama?

Uh...

Mama?

Oh, man.

I know.

No, it's the timing. It's unbelievable.

Lilimae's hearing was today.

Well, what happened?

Her lawyer made a deal.

She pleaded guilty to as*ault with a deadly weapon,

and she got a three-year suspended sentence.

She's on probation.

She's Val's responsibility.

Is that good?

I think they made the best deal they could, yeah.

She's got to see her psychiatrist regularly

and her probation officer.

At least she gets to live here at home.

Well, t-that's great.

The only thing I worry about is that no one knows

what kind of shape she's really in.

-Mama? -[gasps]

It is the irony that gets to me.

Mama, look, all this means is that we can finally

put this very painful part of our lives behind us.

But don't you see? I kept saying all along

that Chip had to pay for what he did.

-And I was right. -Well, then?

Chip was k*lled the day I was let off.

Doesn't it tell you something?

No, mama, it doesn't. It was a coincidence.

Go downstairs, Valene, and finish your cake.

I've got some things to work out.

Mama, we want you with us.

This was to be a celebration for you.

In a little while.

I've got too much to think about.

It's not good for you to think about these things

too much, mama.

I don't want you up here alone.

Valene, I'm not a child.

I'll be fine up here by myself.

[somber music]

[birds chirping]

Karen, come on, will you?

Hey. Knock, knock.

It's 9 o'clock in the morning.

-Hm? -Come on, get up.

Oh, Mack, call Marcia. Tell her I'll be in late.

Hey, you alright?

I'm fine.

I'm fine. I'm just...tired.

I was up half the night.

-Karen-- -I know you don't want me to...

Even think about Diana, but I'm sorry.

I just can't help it.

Look, you said it yourself.

No, no one knew...

how much she loved him.

Just think of what she might be going through now.

Hey, how about...

I bring dinner home tonight, hm?

Better yet, let's go out to dinner.

We could all use the break.

Either way. It doesn't matter.

[suspenseful music]

Oh.

[sighs]

Whoa.

Hey.

How are you feeling?

Dumb question. How would you be feeling?

Diana, I'm so sorry about everything.

Yeah.

[sighs]

When he saw me... [sighs]

I kind of wish it was just all a bad dream.

Everybody thinks it's so strange,

you know, how much I look like her.

There's not a whole hell of a lot I can do about it.

Yeah, well, everybody's got problems.

Hey, listen. If there's, uh...

If there's anything I can do, just tell me, okay?

Look...

there's one thing that I want you to get straight.

I am not your friend.

I don't know what you've heard about Ciji,

but she was a cunning, manipulative witch.

She did everything in her power to break up me and Chip.

But she couldn't.

Nobody could.

Not Ciji.

Not my mother.

And not you.

Chip and I had a love that nobody will ever understand.

And now they think that finally death will separate us,

but it won't.

Because we have a love that will never die.

All I know is that if I looked

like somebody as hateful as Ciji,

I wouldn't go around flaunting it.

[tires screeching]

Are you in?

Yeah, tax work.

I'm good at it.

You double-crossed me on this...

Mack, it's hard enough being an informer.

Double agent's way out of my league.

Okay.

You're going to do their taxes, huh?

You're going to learn the whole scope of their operation.

Mack, if anybody finds out about this--

No, no, don't worry about it.

I'll protect you.

Alright, I want you to find out as much as you can.

I want you to find out names, places, faces, numbers.

Every detail counts. I want you to find out

things about the Wolfbridge Group

the Wolfbridge Group doesn't even know.

Mack, I don't mind telling you, I'm scared. This thing is big.

I don't think you or I have any idea how big it...

[Mack] We've been made.

-[tires screeching] -[tense music]

What?

[mellow music]

[clicking tongue]

Cathy. [clicks tongue] Hyah, hyah.

Hyah! [clicks tongue] Cathy!

Wait a minute. Whoa.

Where are you going? Wait.

I'm just gonna get out of here.

Talk to me.

I don't know what's all about, Gary.

I mean, first, there's this dead girl

and now this guy is dead.

-Please don't go. -A man was k*lled because of me.

That has nothing to do with you.

That's what you think. I mean, what about me?

I don't even know who I am anymore.

Cathy, you can't let it end this way.

You've got to give it a chance.

I'm not ending anything. I just...

I just need to get away from here for a while.

I want to meet some friends at the Kettle Club.

[chattering on TV]

[doorbell ringing]

[TV switched off]

I'm looking for Diana Fenice.

She isn't here.

Well, do you know where I can find her?

Is there anything I can do for you?

I'm Angie Fenice, Tony's sister.

I want to find out what happened to my brother

He really didn't surprise me at all

I hadn't heard from him in three years.

So when I got the call, you're Angie Fenice,

Tony Fenice's sister...

I knew I was liking the way

I'd been expecting it for a long time.

Look, Miss Fenice...

I really don't have any information--

Who's going to pay for the funeral?

-I don't know. -I mean, your daughter...

Is your daughter going to take care of it?

I really don't know.

Well, because if she won't, I will.

I know he was a louse, but at least

he deserves a decent burial.

Well, you're going to have to take that up with her directly.

[sighs] So, you're on bad terms with her,

because of him?

Listen, I know what he was.

I lived with him for 16 years.

Brought him up, really.

Although I shouldn't admit it,

he was a wild one.

Even when he was eight years old, he could con a woman.

Including me.

Your brother wasn't welcome in this house.

Your business is not with me.

When did he marry your daughter?

Not long ago.

[sighs] I bet. [clears throat]

I can't imagine Tony being married for very long.

Either the girl would wise up to him.

Or, more likely,

he would just find someone else to use and move on.

One thing about Tony,

he never ran out of people to take care of him.

Tony.

He told us his name was Chip Roberts

Chip Roberts. [laughs]

Why didn't he just use Robert Redford

while he was at it?

[sighs] Oh, boy.

Tony always wanted the American dream.

I guess pretending to be someone else

was the only way he thought he could get it.

[sighs] So do you think your daughter will spring

for the funeral?

Probably.

Or she'll find someone else who will.

She's pretty good at finding people

to take care of her too.

Eric, this is Angie Fenice.

-Chip's sister. -Hi.

She's going to need a place to stay until the funeral,

why don't you see if you can find her a motel room...

Mr. Mackenzie, really, he's on a very important phone call.

He can't be disturbed right now.

[Greg] That's a very complicated question.

Put him on hold.

Hey, I'm talking to a reporter from Newsview.

Well, tell him nicely, put him on hold.

-You'll call him back. -It's a her.

Tell her.

It's alright.

Adele. Sorry we got cut off like that.

Can I get right back to you? Five minutes.

I got your number, remember? Thanks.

That was a very attractive reporter from Newsview.

-This better be important. -I quit.

-Is that important enough? -You can't quit.

The polls are just starting to show a favorable

response to the commission.

Do the polls show that you got your dogs following me?

What are you talking about?

You're not letting me do my job, Greg.

[Greg] Mack, what job are you talking about?

I hired you to evaluate scenarios.

Talk to some experts and draw up some proposals,

not to play cops and robbers with the toughest guys in town.

Look, we've got different ideas of what the job was.

-I quit. Forget it. -Listen. Come here.

You got to show a little respect to your wife,

she's already been a widow--

I don't need you to protect me.

-Can we discuss this-- -There's nothing to discuss...

until you call your dogs off.

You've been going to too many movies lately.

Alright, listen, lay off the Wolfbridge stuff

and I'll stop half when you... Not forever.

Just for now.

The voters don't care about the Wolfbridge Group.

You mentioned crime to them, all they think about is the guy

who broke into the car and stole their stereo

or the punk that held up the local liquor store.

They don't care about misuse of funds.

They don't care about pension plans.

Even if the cost is coming out of their own pockets, huh?

All they care about is, can they go to the movies

without somebody stealing their TV.

The Wolfbridge Group has every crooked ward break-in

organized crime working for them.

They got the city in their back pocket.

They're the guys that I want.

Now if you want to work it some other way,

get yourself another crime commission.

-Alright, alright. -Call the tail off.

What tail? What are you talking about?

Let me do my job.

[dialing phone]

He saw you.

Look, this is a street kid from New York.

He's got eyes in the back of his head.

Clean it up, will you?

Huh, want some dinner? Come on.

Your boss seems bad on expansion.

My boss? Which boss?

Abby.

I just called Gary Ewing Enterprises,

but she runs the show, right?

No, not really.

Gary has a say in everything that goes on.

Excuse me, honey.

How does he feel about Lotus Point?

Lotus Point?

I heard there's big plans for development

along the coast.

Not that I know anything about.

Oh, it's an enormous hotel, shopping center,

entertainment complex

I thought your company was behind it.

Gary would never get involved with something like that.

He's an environmentalist.

[Ben] Well, then Abby hasn't been playing footsie

with Greg Sumner trying to get his help in getting a variance.

Greg Sumner does not have the power

to grant variances.

He has contacts that do.

But he's an environmentalist too.

He's changed a lot.

Well, you know him better than I do.

-Can I have one? What? -Unh-uh.

[Laura] No? No, why not?

Yeah, but you're seeing a lot more of them these days.

I am?

You and your boss are getting quite tight.

Which boss is that? Is that Abby or Gary?

Which one do you think I mean?

I think you ask too many questions, that's what I think.

So do you. That's my job.

Well, you know what? You're just working too hard.

I know. So what's the rest of it?

The rest of what?

You're very good at this.

Do you ever think about being a reporter?

No, I'm just not nosy enough.

[clears throat]

"Where is Spot? That Spot hasn't eaten his supper.

Where can he be?"

["Separate Ways Worlds Apart" playing]

Come on up, Cathy! Help us out.

-Come on! -[woman] Alright.

Come on!

[laughs] Come on.

♪ Here we stand ♪

♪ Worlds apart, hearts broken in two ♪

♪ Two ♪

♪ Two ♪

♪ Sleepless nights ♪

♪ Losing ground, I'm reaching for you ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ You ♪

♪ Feeling that it's gone ♪

♪ Can't change your mind ♪

♪ If we can't go on ♪

♪ To survive the tide ♪

♪ Love divides ♪

♪ Someday, love will find you ♪

♪ Break those chains that bind you ♪

♪ One night will remind you ♪

♪ How we touched and went our separate ways ♪

♪ If she ever hurts you ♪

♪ True love won't desert you ♪

♪ You know I still love you ♪

♪ Though we touched and went our separate ways ♪♪

[laughs]

Alright! Thank you very much.

We're going to take five, so don't go away.

How about a big round of applause

for our lead singer tonight, Cathy Geary.

[cheering and applause]

I thought you told me you couldn't sing.

Oh, this is nothing. I mean, I just do this for fun.

Hey, I've heard singers, and this is singing.

Why did you put up such a fight when I asked if you could sing?

Oh, because, um...

Because you were in love with Ciji,

and you're trying to turn me into her.

And to tell you the truth, the whole thing's

starting to give me the creeps.

Ah, well, if that's what it seemed like,

I'm sorry. That isn't what I wanted to do.

But, um, now that I've heard you sing,

I gotta tell you, you're good.

Thanks. I've known Jackie and the guy since high school,

and they're nice enough to let me sit in every now and then.

Did you ever think of doing anything more with it?

Can we talk about something else, please?

[chuckles]

She just left 20 minutes ago.

I know that, darlin', but where did she go?

Didn't she say she was going out for

some ice cream and a drive?

I could have gotten her some ice cream.

She's up to something.

It's her first day of freedom.

She probably needs a drive.

Every time she leaves this house,

I'm gonna wonder where she's going and what she's gonna do.

Why did the judge have to give me the responsibility?

You'd worry about her anyhow.

[chuckles]

Yeah, you're right, I would.

Come here.

Come here.

What?

Lips.

Thank you.

She's trying to break us up, you know that?

How could I not know that?

Got her mind set against you because you remind her of Chip.

She's crazy.

I didn't mean that, obviously.

I'm just a poor choice of words.

She is not crazy.

She's just...

[sighs]

She's just what?

I don't know. I mean, I don't understand

what she's talking about half the time.

Ever since the accident, she's just not there anymore.

I mean, I can't reach her.

Nothing can reach her.

God, I wish I knew where she was right now.

I see you've kept your looks.

Even now.

You could charm the birds out of the trees with that smile.

I pity the angels in heaven.

If you ever decide to get something

you want from them...

only they'll be angels, won't they?

So maybe they can forgive you.

That smile of yours hides the hardest heart I've ever known.

I never could understand you.

Even though I thought I understood you

better than anyone else.

I thought I could be the one to reach you

when nobody else could.

I knew you needed love.

And I wanted to be the one to give it to you.

Me and so many others.

All thinking our love would make a difference.

But nobody could make a difference to you.

You were hard and cold to the end.

But were you?

Did you ever have a moment, a private moment,

when nobody could see?

When you felt sorry for what you'd done?

[voice breaking] When you realized the hurt you'd caused

and felt something?

I guess now I'll never know.

Oh, I wish I could talk to you.

I guess now I'll...

I'll never get the chance.

Least-worst, not in this lifetime.

[mellow music]

Goodbye. [sobbing]

[Abby] Honey, I know this seems like

the end of the world, but it isn't.

I know.

And I know it feels like the pain will never stop.

But it will.

I know i-it seems as though no one could ever

understand how you're feeling,

but everybody has a first love,

and everybody thinks it's going to last forever.

And then when it doesn't, and it never does,

we feel like our life is over.

This isn't some teenage crush on some boy

who broke up with me.

Chip was my husband, and now he's dead.

I know.

I know, and it's a lot of pain for any one person to bear.

I can manage. Thanks.

[sighs]

Diana.

Honey, I promise you there'll come a day

when it won't hurt as much as it does now.

I want it to hurt.

I don't want it to stop hurting ever.

Oh, why?

Because if it stops hurting, I might forget and forgive.

And I don't want to forget.

And I hope I never forgive.

As long as I hurt, I won't be lonely,

because the pain will keep Chip with me.

And as long as I'm in pain,

I won't forgive anybody who did anything

to let this happen.

I don't want to forgive.

I want to hurt and hate and keep him with me.

-Honey, you don't-- -I do mean that.

I cherish the pain.

It's the only thing that I have left of Chip,

and I'm not ever, ever going to let it go.

[sighs] Oh.

You'll forgive me for not joining you

and paying last respects to the schlub.

I'm not going because of him.

Hey, Karen, listen to me.

Look, Mack, I don't want to talk about it.

[doorbell rings]

-Hi. -Hi. She's upstairs.

Okay.

I guess this isn't any easier for you

than it is for any of the rest of us.

You know, every week I think that this is it, okay?

It's all behind us. It's all in the past.

Here. Forget it.

I feel like a chump for still believing that.

But, Mack, don't you think that once the funeral's over,

then we can just put this to rest for once and for all?

Yeah, I would, Val. I really would,

except I've thought that too many times before.

[sighs]

Karen?

-[knocking on door] -Karen?

Ready?

What are you taking?

Escandine.

What are you doing, Karen?

I'm going to a funeral.

And I can't face it without taking something.

My pleasure.

Favors.

Uh, Greg?

Excuse me, assemblyman.

Hi, I'm Laura Avery.

We met several times in Abby Ewing's office.

Of course.

Uh, there are a few things I'd like to talk to you about.

-Do you have any time? -How about right now?

I'm on my way to a luncheon meeting,

and if you could ride along, we could chat.

[Laura] Okay, great.

So what can I do for you?

Well, there is some beachfront property

I'm interested in purchasing,

and I understand that you are the man

to go to for a variance.

Who gave you that idea?

Well, aren't you the person that arranged

with the Coastal Commission for Abby's variance?

-Did she tell you that? -No.

Because if she did, she's lying.

That's not the business I'm in.

Have you ever thought of getting involved in politics?

No.

I bet you'd really like it.

You got the kind of smile we're always looking for.

Thanks.

Anyway, what about, um,

what about all those business meetings

you were having with Abby?

I mean, I just assumed that you were helping her

with some red tape or something on the Lotus Point project.

Up in Sacramento in my office,

I have a cross-stitched sampler.

It says, never assume.

My mother made it for me when I was a little boy,

and it's proved to be a good rule to live by.

What's up?

They got two banks, a brokerage firm,

and real estate up and down the coast.

-Banks? -Yeah.

They got a tie-in with a bank in Beverly Hills

and one in Laguna for laundering money.

The same as the brokerage firm.

They just, they have an enormous

amount of cash floating around.

And you get a sense of how they operate?

No, i-it's too big.

Neither one of us had any idea of the scope of this thing.

That's what we want. I want more.

Their slush fund alone is more than most corporations...

T-they've got a city councilman,

and the heads of three unions are on their payroll.

A-and their own construction firms

are fixing prices on half the deals in town.

I need specifics.

I made copies of some contracts.

Contracts?

Great.

Mack, if they ever found out I gave those to you, I'm dead.

Wait a minute.

You gotta know if they get you, they get me.

Why doesn't that make me feel any better?

You gotta trust me.

Yeah.

[priest] We are here to mourn the passing of Tony Fenice,

beloved husband of Diana,

devoted brother of Angela.

He chose a name for himself...

Chip.

A small piece of something cut away from the hole.

Which is all Chip wanted,

to be something special and a part, yet part of the whole.

He cherished his individuality, yet he wanted to belong.

He wanted what most of us have already,

love, security, a measure of respect.

In exchange for which, he gave back love.

Love that uplifted those he gave it to and made them feel

better about themselves than they ever had before.

He was a diamond in the rough.

Those who loved him know that that roughness

would have been polished away,

and had he lived, the beautifully cut diamond within

would soon have burst through,

full of color, crisp of edge, radiant.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

In sure and certain hope of the resurrection unto eternal life.

May God be with you.

What a load of bull.

You're just a garbage in your life.

Who told him all those things.

-I did. -You did?

And you claim to know my brother.

I knew him better than anybody.

[Angie] Boy, did he trick you, honey.

He duped you just like he duped the rest.

You're just one of a long line of women he used and threw away.

He died before he could use you up, that's all.

-Please be quiet. -[Angie] He's my brother.

And I will pay my respects by telling the truth.

And anyone here who thinks any different dishonors him

because he was a liar and a cheat.

-Please make her stop. -He only loved himself.

And if you think anything else, he fooled you, too.

You can lie to yourself, honey, but it won't do any good.

-He's a user. -Shut up.

-And a thief. -Stop it.

-Stop it. Stop it. -[indistinct chatter]

How dare you say those things to me?

Diana, shh! Alright, come on.

[somber music]

[somber music]

Are you going to be alright?

Karen.

I'm fine.

You are not fine.

Karen, something is very, very wrong.

Nothing is wrong, Val.

I'm too good a friend to stand here

and let you lie to yourself.

Nothing is wrong that a little peace and quiet wouldn't cure.

I want to help you.

And I don't want your help.

Now just go home and leave me alone.

[door closed]

[sighs]

[car approaching]

What are you doing here?

Gary could show up any minute.

You know, you talk too much.

What are you talking about?

I just had an interesting chat with Laura Avery,

who was on a fishing expedition trying to find out everything

she could about the two of us.

What did you tell her?

I didn't tell her anything.

You know, if we're gonna do business together,

you're going to have to learn the value of keeping secrets.

I know all there is about keeping secrets.

Discretion is an important part of politics.

I know all there is to know about that, too.

-Hi, honey. -Hiya.

-Hi. Thanks for calling. -No. Thanks for coming out.

I wanted to show you some of this material I came up with.

-Hey. -Hi.

Gary's Shoreline Preservation Society is helping me

research a bill I'm going to introduce.

How wonderful.

We got some statistics that will

make your hair stand on end.

I mean, once you show them to everybody,

I don't see anybody could be against you.

Oh, that's great.

The more information we get, the better it's going to be.

And as soon as we get the background material together,

I'd like to set up a meeting between your guys

and a select group of legislators who--

Listen, if you'll excuse me,

I'm going to go check and see how Diane is.

-Sure. -Okay.

-I'll see you later. -Bye-bye.

Goodbye. Nice seeing you again.

Your wife's a very beautiful woman.

Listen, if we could get pesticides covered on this bill,

it'd be terrific.

Can I come in?

Sure.

Do you think Diana's going to want to come home now?

I don't think she and my mom could ever live together again.

Yeah, what's going on there anyway?

I mean, every time I mention Diana to your mom,

she just kind of glazes over like she's out to lunch.

She's like that most of the time now anyway.

Yeah, my mom's on the moon most of the time, too.

So we've both got crazy moms.

It gives us something in common.

At least your mom's nice when she's bonkers.

Yeah, but my mom's not really like that.

It's only since this business with Diana, it...

-Since that... -Since what?

Nothing.

Hey.

If Diana ever did come back and she wanted her room back,

you know what I'd do?

What?

Well, I've heard about this courier service

where if someone needs a package delivered to

Hawaii or someplace,

they hire you to go with the package.

So I'd get a job delivering a package to Hawaii.

Well, what about school?

I don't need a school. I'm self-motivated.

Would you come with me?

To Hawaii?

You can live there forever without any money.

I've heard of a lot of kids who do that.

I'm supposed to go to college next year.

Eric, honestly, sometimes

I think that you are

the least romantic boy I've ever known.

Why? Because I don't want to ruin my life and go to Hawaii.

Because you would just let me go off on a trip like that

and never give me a second thought.

Well, you may have a few possibilities.

-A few. -A few.

You know, I've learned that the secret to making

good tuna fish is curry powder.

It's a trick I learned in Indiana.

Indiana?

I was sure that you were going to say India.

-[Ben] No, Indiana. -[Valene] Oh.

[Ben] I was waiting for a train, and, uh,

I read it in a woman's magazine.

[somber music]

Mama, are you alright?

[sobbing]

Mama?

Mama?

I don't know how it happened.

How what happened, mama?

Something must have got a hold of me.

I don't know how I could have done it.

Shh. Done what? Mama, what?

I tried to k*ll somebody.

I tried to take somebody's life.

Oh, shh, shh, shh...

I don't know what came over me.

Oh, God, it's so awful. I'm so ashamed.

Shh. It's alright.

When I...

When I saw him in the coffin like that,

and I realized that I could have done that...

-Shh. -[continues sobbing]

I don't know if God will ever forgive me.

I don't know if I can ever forgive myself.

Mama, mama, mama, mama, stop.

Get him away.

He doesn't belong here.

I don't want him to see me.

It's alright, it's alright. You're just crying out.

[continues sobbing]

It's alright.

You're just cry it out.

It's alright. I'm right here. I'm right here.

You had some urgent business?

Yes, I, uh, I understand you had an interesting

conversation with Gregory Sumner.

-We took a ride in his car. -What are you up to, Laura?

Look, long ago,

I mastered these games that you're trying to play,

and I'll beat you at them every time,

so...don't get any ideas about Sumner.

I wouldn't use that tone of voice with me if I were you.

Thank you for the suggestion.

You know, you really cannot afford to alienate me,

or else I might...

I might call Gary and tell him about Apaloon.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Gary Ewing Enterprises,

formed with secret funds diverted without his knowledge,

a company formed with the sole purpose

of developing land in a way that's...

that's totally opposed to Gary's instructions.

I really don't think you'd like him to know about that.

And I don't think you'll tell him about it.

-I will if I'm pushed. -No, you won't.

Because if you do,

I'll tell him that you knew about it all along

and went along with it for a piece of the profits.

Not a pretty picture.

But by then, it won't matter.

Because when Gary finds out what's going on,

you'll be out.

I wouldn't count on that.

Gary's forgiven me a lot in the past.

I think he'll continue to do so.

Besides, if worse comes to worse,

I have community property.

What do you have?

[laughing]

You're kidding. You didn't know?

No.

I thought there were, um,

you know, men, women, and clowns.

I thought clowns were clowns.

So I, uh, I snuck backstage after the circus,

and, uh, there was this clown taking his nose off.

[laughs] I thought I was gonna die.

I was so disappointed.

And then he saw me, and he said, "Scram, girlie."

And I was just, I was devastated.

-How old were you? -Oh, I guess I was six.

Haven't you ever wanted to run away and join the circus?

No, no.

With me, it was a rodeo.

I had to watch those cowboys on those broncs,

and, man, I wanted to do that.

We had this horse on the ranch.

It was really mean, so I'd practice on him.

I'd get up on him, and he'd throw me,

and I'd get back up on him again.

But I was determined to get good enough to enter the rodeo.

So when I was 15, I figured I was ready.

But my daddy figured otherwise.

So, I got all my friends together,

and we snuck into the rodeo at night,

and I found me the meanest horse they had.

And I got on him just to prove to my friends I could do it.

-Did you do it? -Yeah.

I stayed on for almost eight seconds.

Oh, that's great.

The only problem is I had to get drunk in order to do it.

So when he threw me, I broke my back.

You broke your back? Gary, people die from that.

Yeah, people do. I didn't.

Afterwards...

my, uh, daddy came to see me, and...

it was like...

-Like what? -Oh, I don't know. It was...

Ah... Never mind.

Oh, come on, tell me.

[groans]

Like he was proud of me for having the guts to do it.

[sighs]

Sounds like, uh...

Sounds like you and your dad didn't get along so well.

No.

We still don't and he's dead.

[mellow music]

Calm down, you're not making any sense.

I'm getting out, Mack.

-I've got no choice. -[Mack] What happened?

-What do they know? -My life isn't worth--

I told you, I can offer you complete protection.

You can't hide from these guys, Mack.

It's too big. They'll find me.

[Mack] Jezik, calm down. Where are you?

So long, Mack. If you're smart, you'll get out too.

Jezik, where are you going?

[dial tone ringing]

Um, Mack...

What, Val?

Never mind. You'd just tell it's not a good time.

For what?

-To talk to you about Karen. -What about her?

[line ringing]

It's the pills she's taking.

-It's for the pain in the neck. -No, Mack.

She's in trouble.

-She's gonna be fine. -She is not fine, Mack.

-Don't worry about her. -They are making her different.

I've seen her do things and behave in ways that are--

-That's because of Diana. -No, it's...

I know she's upset about Diana, but she's given up.

I mean, she's got no fight left, Mack.

And you know this... it's just not like her.

It's true, Mack.

She says things that don't make sense.

At work, I've seen her lose sales anybody could make.

Mack...

I've seen her take a pill and then...

What's going on?

[sighs] We're talking about you.

You're attacking me when I'm not even her to defend myself.

It's not that, Karen, we're just... We're worried about you.

Don't try to tell me what I heard!

Karen, it's because we love you. It's because I'm your friend.

A friend who talks about me behind my back

to my family, and you call that a friend?

Mom, she wasn't doing that.

-You call that a friend? -Listen to me.

We're saying these things because we love you.

Because we think you have a problem--

-I don't have a problem, Mack. -It's the pills, Karen.

I don't have a problem with pills!

Then stop taking them!

Don't you dare tell me what to do.

I don't have a problem with pills.

I can stop taking pills any time I want to,

and I forbid you to talk about me this way ever again!

[tense music]

[pills clatters]

[tap water running]

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