11x18 - The Ripple Effect

[bunniefuu]

-Hi. -Hi.

-I have something to tell you. -Yeah, I heard.

-Did Karen call you? -Nope.

-Who told you this? -Does it matter?

Yes, it does matter.

-I want to tell you myself. -Well, thank you.

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, Danny thought...

We both thought that we shouldn't draw

out the wedding because...

Because everybody was getting so upset about it.

Maybe because I was getting so upset about it.

Come on, Gary, I did not elope to hurt your feelings.

Oh, great. You're worried about my feelings,

but you're not worried about your own safety.

-Terrific. -Gary.

-What? -Danny is a good man.

I'm going to be fine. The kids are going to be fine.

I wish you could understand that for the first time in my life,

I'm really happy. Doesn't it...

Does that mean anything?

Great. Everything's fine.

Val's happy.

So what do you want from me?

[theme music]

[narrator] Previously on Knots Landing...

Paige. Hi, honey. It's me, Tom.

What does Mackenzie know?

Honey, there's a room full of people here. Don't.

Don't do this to me, okay?

I've never been so jealous.

Oh, you've never been jealous before.

You've never been in love before.

You got to get your money, Jack.

I take your word for it.

Son of a...

[man on phone] I know who you work for.

I know you're on the take.

I have no intention of telling Matt.

But I seem to have a little financial problem.

So you help me out and I help you out.

We believe you are not the target.

We believe this sn*per was not aiming for you.

We believe that the b*llet was intended for your daughter.

What were you doing that got you k*lled?

What were you doing in my computer?

And how did you get into it?

What were you doing?

Let me get this straight.

You don't know the chemical analysis

of my daughter's capsules.

The lab is working on it.

You have no idea where her boyfriend is.

Customs is working with us.

You have no other suspects.

We're open to suggestions.

And you have no idea why she was m*rder*d.

We were hoping you might have some ideas in that area.

You're hoping in vain.

She talked to you about her activities in Africa?

No.

You know it was in the notebook.

Two letters followed by rows of double-digit numbers.

The Admiral here can corroborate that.

Mister Sumner's description of the book

corresponds to my memory of what I saw.

Right, and the elusive boyfriend said

that it was data from her original research.

Whatever that research is,

your guess is as good as mine.

Well, according to the State Department, your daughter

was an Agricultural Assistance in Rural Healthcare volunteer

whose organization did not conduct research.

That's the extent of your investigation?

A phone call to the State Department.

I'm impressed, guys.

I'm gonna need some time

to digest this overwhelming volume of data.

Mr. Sumner, is there anything else we might have overlooked?

Did your daughter leave anything else in your house

that might be relevant to this investigation?

If I find anything you can be sure,

I'm going to hustle right over here

and put it in your very capable hands.

I don't like that man.

[eerie music]

My daughter got in the computer system using your access code.

I never gave it to her.

She probably found it in your bedroom or your office.

I'm sorry.

I want you to find out what she pulled up.

She filed the documents on those discs

and left them in my office.

I want you to make backups and then print them out.

Yes, Sir.

Michael.

I want you to use a stand alone computer.

I don't want any records of these

going back into the system.

Make a print out and bring it directly to me.

No one else should know about this.

Yes, sir.

Michael.

Thank you.

-Hi. -Hi.

This is what you call grabbing a bite to eat.

Well, I needed a lift.

Are you having a tough day?

Yes. My boss is scoring all over me.

Your boss is crawling all over the me.

-Your table is ready. -Thank you.

You know what I was thinking?

This town has been driving me crazy.

And so I was thinking.

What do you say we go away this weekend?

Sure. Why not?

Now I'm happy.

Good.

-Enjoy your meal. -Thank you.

I know a little hotel in Santa Fe

that you are just going to love,

But I'll wait a minute. Santa Fe, New Mexico?

-Yes. -Oh, you can't afford that.

Okay, so we won't fly first class.

Where did your money come from?

You think I can't live on my salary?

I know you can't live on your salary.

What do you, what are you saying, Paige?

Do you think I'm a dirty cop?

We are in bed.

Okay.

In 1947, my grandmother buys

a bungalow at the beach for $8000.

What beach?

Marina de La Vista del Sur Del Mar del Nacho del

Somewhere here in Southern California, okay?

Okay.

My grandmother outlives my mother,

God rest her lousy soul, and I,

being the only surviving relative,

inherited the bungalow.

And with today's real estate prices as crazy as they are,

I was able to sell the bungalow for somewhere

in the high six figures.

See? Satisfied?

Sounds plausible.

-It sounds plausible. -Tom, You're an undercover cop.

You lie for a living. You're very good at it.

Now, nobody in their right mind

could look at that angelic face of yours

and not believe every word you say.

That does not mean that I lie on my off hours.

Doesn't mean you don't.

Amanda.

So they let you back into this asylum, huh?

I just came to get my last paycheck.

Not that that's any of your business.

I didn't come to talk about your business.

I came to pick up Bobby and Betsy.

I'm a family man now. Val and I got married.

I'm sorry to hear that for their sake.

What's the matter, are you jealous?

You're sick and you're dangerous.

You're upset because I'm getting on with my life.

I'm upset because you're still on this planet.

You're polluting it. You're toxic waste.

Could you do me a favor?

What?

Drop dead, you slimy son of a b*tch.

So someone was after Mary Frances.

Turns out the State Department was keeping an eye on her.

-So how do you know that? -I made a few calls.

They said she belonged to some subversive organization.

Oh, I don't believe that.

What is their definition of subversive?

When I was younger,

I belonged to a few volunteer groups

that were considered questionable

and all I wanted to do was help people.

So you don't think Mary Francis is worth keeping an eye on?

Or do I think she was a t*rror1st? No.

So why do they care if you shovel a manure

for some do gooder groups?

I don't know,

but I do know your daughter was very upset.

Upset.

Yeah, something was bothering her.

-What? -She didn't say.

She just kept asking a lot of questions.

-About what? -About you.

How well do you know my father? Pretty well.

Is he a nice man?

That's a loaded question.

Do you like him? Yes, why?

He's very...

It's sort of hard to put words to.

-Do you trust him? -In most things.

-Most things? -Yeah.

I trust him to be consistent and to be himself.

Is he a moral man?

I'm sure he thinks of himself as moral.

Which means what?

Which means he probably has his own definition of the word.

Would his definition of moral include k*lling?

-What? -Is my father capable of m*rder?

-Am I capable of m*rder? -That's what she asked.

[tense music]

-Hi, honey. -Hi.

You know, I start my own practice

at my own office.

People come to me, they pay me money,

and then they have the nerve

to ask me to do all this work for them.

Oh, poor baby.

Tomorrow night we'll have some fun.

Yeah. We'll stay in our pajammies and pop popcorn

and watch cartoons with Meg. We can't.

We can't. I invited Danny and Val for dinner.

-You what? -Just a quiet dinner,

You know, so we can say. Congratulations.

I'd rather pop popcorn, watch cartoons.

We can't ignore the fact that she married the man.

We can ignore it tomorrow night.

Didn't we have an agreement that we don't make decisions

like this without one another's approval?

But you never would have approved.

I have nothing in common with this guy, Danny.

Well, that's why I invited the Williams'.

Because you have a lot in common with Frank.

Great. Yeah, We both don't trust Danny.

Well, it sounds like fun.

I kind of wish you to check with me first.

I know I should have, sweetie.

But when Karen asked the word, yes,

just popped out.

I want everyone to get to know you.

-Who's everyone? -I told you. You, me, Val.

Danny and the MacKenzies.

Can't believe you made plans without first consulting me.

Oh, honey, what could I say to them?

You know, I'm really surprised that Mack agreed to that.

He doesn't even like Danny.

Not too sure I'm crazy about him either.

I want Val to know we wish her well.

That's all. We owe it to her.

and we have to give Danny a chance.

I will say there's one reason

why we should give the guy a break.

What's that?

Because he married Val, now, didn't he?

I just want everybody to get to know you like I do.

Then they can't help but love you.

It's is going to be a dinner and a popularity contest.

I'll try to act nice.

Look, if you're going to make a big deal about this,

I'll just make an excuse and I'll get out of it. Alright?

-Val will understand that. -No, no.

We have enough groceries here to feed the whole neighborhood.

We have to have a dinner party.

Besides,

I want to see everyone in person because I'm tired of...

Tired of feeling like they're always talking about us.

Maybe you'll like Danny.

Sure.

I don't know. Maybe we'll like the guy.

You really think everyone's gonna love me?

Why not?

I do.

And I love you.

Tommy.

Wow, this is a great place.

This is great.

Couldn't have been too difficult for a guy like you

to get the 13 grand, huh?

No, it wasn't.

So.

So.

Oh, you know what happened?

I got the 13,000, right?

Mm-hm.

And then I realized, Want some cream?

-No. -Okay.

I realized that my sofas needed to be redone.

Huh?

Yeah, I wanted to put a new shade of leather

on my soap was, you know, how expensive leather is?

What are you talking about?

Well, you see, my sofas are important to me and you're not.

If I don't get that 13 grand, you can kiss your job,

your girl and your precious self goodbye.

Let me tell you something.

Paige won't wait for you while you're doing 5 to 10.

-You understand? -Mm-hm.

You know what?

I've done some checking up on you, Harold.

Everybody already knows about me, Tommy.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

Not everybody in Mexico.

Yeah, see, I happen to know two guys

who would be very interested in finding out

exactly what happened down there.

Yeah, because they've been looking for the guy

who k*lled their boss.

And you know what kind of guys they are too, don't you?

They are not interested in the rights of the accused.

They are not concerned about the fine points

of the phrase innocent until proven guilty.

So I don't want to hear about I owe you money.

You should be thankful that I am not asking you to pay me,

and I want you to do me a favor

and say a little prayer every night.

Nobody accidentally finds out who I really am,

because if they do,

I am going to be on the phone

with those people in Mexico

and you are going to become part of somebody's... driveway.

Now, I know this doesn't sound fair, but you know what, Harold?

Life isn't fair.

I got things to do. It's time for you to go.

[suspenseful music]

-Ricardo. -Hey.

-Where you been, man -I got tied up.

It's past 2 o'clock.

Sorry.

Is there something going on I should know about?

No.

Been acting pretty damn secretive lately.

We're undercover cops. We're supposed to be secret.

Half the time I'm making up excuses

because I don't know where you are.

Where do you think I am? I'm playing hooky with Paige.

Paige and who else?

What are you talking about?

Tom, you've been using me as an excuse

when I don't know, spit about where you're supposed to be.

Fine. I won't use you as an excuse anymore, okay?

But if you got another woman, that's none of my business.

Is there anything that should be my business?

There's nothing going on.

There is nothing going on.

Mary Francis was only interested in one thing

any ship owned by the Sumner group

that docked in Mombasa in the last two years.

Is that anywhere near where she did the volunteer work?

Find out the cargo.

Find out the shipper.

-Let me know. -Yes, sir.

Michael.

When I say no one is to know about this,

that means your parents.

No offense intended.

None taken, sir. I understand.

You think His Highness can see us now?

Chemical analysis consists of organic and inert materials.

No ill*gal substances or traces thereof were found.

According to our research,

her medicine was a homeopathic remedy

used for flus colds. Things like that.

Thank you, Sherlock.

I never knew what I would do when I ran into him.

I mean, I played out so many different versions in my head.

I usually wound up k*lling him, you know,

stabbing him or running him over with my car.

But the truth is that deep down,

I was afraid that the next time I ran into Danny,

I was just gonna fall apart or crumble, start to cry.

Well, it'd been okay if you had.

But I didn't.

I am so proud of myself for standing up to him.

Then you should be.

I still hate him and I want to k*ll him.

That's natural.

You just go along with everything I say, don't you?

Pretty much, yeah.

So how do you feel?

About what, the marriage?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like I've been hit by a truck.

I mean, I don't know what I'm gonna do

when I see Val and Danny together.

Okay, let's make a toast to the newlyweds.

-Oh. -Good idea.

-Karen. -Huh?

May I?

Oh.

Uh...

Let those love now who have never loved before.

Let those who have always loved now love more.

And to our hosts.

Thank you. So I guess I better go host.

I didn't know I'd married such a poet.

I borrowed it from a favorite writer of mine.

Hey, Willie Shakespeare, to the rescue, huh?

I never could remember who said what

when it comes to the drippy stuff?

It's Thomas Parnell.

He's only known actually,

for two poems and an essay on Homer.

Yeah.

Well, eat up.

Game hens are in the oven.

Oh no, no, not the little cute ones.

Oh, Karen.

Oh, I hope you have no objections to my dinner.

No, not at all.

I hope you don't object to my being here.

I I have a habit of eating with my fingers and slurping my soup.

Danny! Would you...

So listen.

This is going to sound really dumb, but I'm curious.

When you're driving alone in your car,

do you have do you ever have imaginary conversations with me?

Sure.

What do you say?

Well, I say things like Gary, you are the kindest,

most gentle man I have ever known.

Mm-hm. That sounds good.

And then what do I say?

Say thanks.

Thanks. That's it?

Well. Oh, no. One time you said Amanda,

you have the face of Greta Garbo,

the body of Bo Derek,

and the voice of Ella Fitzgerald,

The voice of the...

No, no, no. That's good. That's good.

That's good.

Yeah.

What is this, your pen? I like it.

Oh, I was wondering when you'd notice.

Yeah. Did you make it?

-Oh, no, no. But it is handmade. -Looks familiar.

Oh, well. Here.

I think you've seen something like that before.

See. You know the shape of it.

It almost looks like a condom.

You wear condom jewelry,

Yeah. Isn't it neat?

The woman at the store told me. It's functional, too.

Hm.

Oh, wait a minute.

You're trying to tell me something?

Gee, no, no, no, no.

That's good, great.

I understand you sell computer programs to hospitals.

Administrative programs.

Doctors and nurses work their tails off, saving lives.

They don't need lousy operations in the business office.

No, they don't.

Actually, I have a user friendly program for attorneys.

Though, and don't tell anybody here at this table.

I didn't hear that.

Well, I'm an old dog.

Can't teach an old dog new tricks.

-You know how that goes. -Yes, you can.

Danny could teach computers to a c*ck spaniel.

Actually, I tried that once.

Darn things couldn't remember to back up their files.

I'm sorry, I...

So I go follow her out

just to make sure she's okay and I go outside.

And she's gone.

I mean, there's just no lady there.

It's as if she vanished.

And this is Chicago. It's two degrees.

The parking lot is covered with ice and...

[chuckles]

I'm out there looking for her. I can't find her.

Finally, I see these two white gloves

clutching onto the bumper of a car.

This poor woman had slipped on the ice

and slid feet first under the car

and there she lay with her hands holding under the bumper.

That is, that is funny.

Oh, no.

Well, she didn't warn me about these things.

Oh, come on, it's the middle of the night.

He's kissing his new wife.

Kissing? You're being very polite.

Yes, you were doing a pretty incredible job of it too.

And all of a sudden there's the sound of these footsteps

racing up to the bed.

And Danny flies out from under the covers

and just he stands there like this.

Just panting.

Come on. I thought somebody had broken in.

It's true. I was. I was standing like an idiot.

My heart was about up to here.

-But what about you? -What?

All you could manage was a "hello, Betsy."

Well, thank God you still had something on.

Nothing but his wedding ring.

Karen and I don't have that problem.

See, we make love early in the morning

while Meg watches Mr. Rogers.

Is that why you show up at the office

singing "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood?"

-He did. -At times.

No, but I can relate to how you feel

about being the new stepfather on the block.

Uh, but if if you shut the door suddenly on the kids.

It shuts them out in more ways than one.

I mean, it can really create resentments.

Yeah, well, that's not really a problem.

Well, nothing that a few good whacks on the old behind

wouldn't cure.

Actually, I'm glad I don't have to do teenagers either.

I have a fellow, works with me.

He's got a teenage daughter, about 14.

She's not allowed to date yet.

She's begging her parents a couple of weeks ago.

She swore to the parents. Chaperones.

[eerie music]

Karen.

Karen.

Is there any left?

Parents couldn't refuse, so she gets all dressed up.

-Yeah. -Thank you.

-Goodnight. -Oh, goodnight.

Oh, good, I'm glad.

Mack. It was funny.

Your husband is such a charmer.

-I know he is. -Thank you so much.

We had a great time.

-Night, all. -Take care now.

-Hey, buckle up. -Alright.

We'll buckle up.

Thanks, goodnight.

-Yeah. -I love you so much.

Take care.

-Drive safe. -Oh, yeah.

-Long way to go. -You take care.

-Goodnight. -Goodnight.

-Goodnight. -Goodnight.

He did everything Gary said he did.

He did it.

Michael said he lent you money to close a land deal.

I had a tip.

It was a sure thing on a basketball game.

I didn't have any money to bet.

So you conned Michael out of this money.

Not conned. I borrowed. It was a sure thing.

He lent you $7500.

Well. Where'd you get the rest of the money that you lost?

I borrowed it from one of the other players in the game.

I don't believe this.

Look, I wanted to show you I could make money.

I never asked you to do anything like that.

Do you think we could, uh...

ask Gary to borrow the money.

Don't talk to Gary.

Look, sweetheart, I don't think you understand

that I am in debt to a very serious guy.

I don't want Gary to know what you've done.

Well, I can't ask Mack. He already turned me down.

Wait, you tried to borrow money from Mack?

What was I supposed to do, huh? Huh?

We don't have anything.

I had to get the money from somewhere.

-I've got to go to work. -Right.

Good. Good, good.

[door opening and closing]

[phone ringing]

Yes?

Hi, this is Kathy Guild.

I'm calling Olivia if she's home.

uh, she just left for work.

Oh, I'll try her then.

And who am I speaking with?

-Her husband. -Oh, well, if I don't reach her

would you tell her to get in touch with me?

I'm her stockbroker.

-Stockbroker? -Yes.

She asked me to research a stock for her yesterday

and I wanted to get right back to her about it

because it looks like a winner.

She should get right into it.

Well, I'll tell her.

-Thanks very much. Bye. -Well, thank you.

[suspenseful music]

Oh, damn you, damn you.

[alarm clock ringing]

Yeah, hello.

[Amanda] Hi, is Sally there?

No. You got the wrong number.

[Amanda] Chester, get down.

Amanda?

Ah, you remember.

[Gary] Where are you?

I had to catch a plane.

Plane? What plane?

I got a singing job in Phoenix.

Oh, it's terrific. Why didn't you tell me about it?

Because I'm not coming back.

Oh, wait a second.

[Amanda] I'm not coming back.

I'm moving to Phoenix.

You're leaving?

I wanted to tell you but...

Is it because of Danny?

No, no.

Then it's me.

No.

Gary, we're not in love.

Not true love. We would never wind up married.

It's wonderful to be with you,

but I want to get on with my life

and I could stay here with you

for a long time and be very happy,

but then we both know one of us would move on.

-You sure about this? -Tell me I'm not.

This is so hard for me,

I hate telling you goodbye over the phone.

But if I saw you in person, I couldn't leave.

I'll call you with my phone number.

You're the best phone pal a person ever had.

Bye, Gary.

Goodbye, Amanda.

I miss you.

Chlorillium. Paliromethane and Trivium

What is this?

Same three chemicals,

same volume, same schedule over and over.

What do they do? Are they used

in the processing of cocaine or what?

I don't know, sir.

Who is responsible for shipping this stuff?

I don't know, it's coded.

Get Bob.

Have them find out who owned the cargo.

Yes, sir.

Come on, you guys.

Lift with your legs.

-Lift with your legs. -Lift it, lift it, lift it.

Well, maybe if we scoot it a little bit.

Oh, watch the floor.

Not on this floor.

Let's just lift it, lift it, lift it.

Here we go. Oh, no.

Watch your backs.

You know, you could have grabbed the coffee pot.

Well, I think it's perfectly okay right there.

I hate coffee.

Hey, how you doing?

Alright. What do you think?

Well, I like the better over there.

No, it's better, it's here.

No. Would you two stop moving furniture

until I find out you're up to date

on our workmen's comp?

Did Karen give you that stock pot?

Over there.

Ah.

Are you actually going to make onion soup from scratch for Tom?

Yes, I am.

Just don't forget the onions.

I won't. Thank you for your advice.

Here's another bit of advice.

Don't ever ask a man to say "I love you"

on a phone in a public place.

I mean, Karen does that to me all the time.

Tom was so embarrassed, I thought he was going to die.

What are you talking about?

Tom was embarrassed when he called you from the airport.

He didn't call me. Did he say he did?

Paige, I was standing right there.

I gave him the money to call you.

He said that he was gonna have lunch with you the next day

and he had to cancel the date.

He didn't call me.

Mm.

Oh, well then, who did he call?

Glad I'm not that guy.

Looks like she's out for blood.

I wanted to ask you this in person

because maybe if I look long enough

and hard enough into your eyes,

I'll see them flicker or dilate or something when you lie to me.

When I lie to you?

Who did you call from the airport

when you were with Mack?

The airport?

That's a stall, isn't it?

Repeating the question so that you

have more time to think about an answer.

Well, that's alright, that's okay, you take your time.

I'm curious to find out what you're gonna come up with.

What call are you talking about, Paige?

Bad answer, you squinted.

You're covering up.

Okay.

Alright.

I called Joyce.

-Your old girlfriend? -Yes.

Mm-hm. Have you been seeing her?

No. No.

She's just been calling my machine, begging to talk to me.

So.

So she threatened to call you and tell you

that she and I have been seeing each other again

if I didn't call her back.

Well, how did she know about me if you weren't seeing her?

You see, if I concentrate, I can find the holes in your logic.

We talked on the phone a few times, okay?

I, and I agreed to meet with her just to get her off my back.

I couldn't say that I was meeting

my ex-girlfriend in front of Mack

and so I so I told him I was calling you.

That sounds fine.

Don't find any holes in that story.

Well, thank you for being understanding.

But there was no reason for you to lie to me in the first place.

There was one thing I learned early on.

You better be very careful about your lies,

because you can slip up.

And you can't slip up if you're telling the truth.

Alright, well, you can call Joyce.

No, thank you.

And she would tell you this was all her idea.

I have no desire to talk to Joyce.

Where you going?

-It's over. -It's not over.

-It is if I say it is. -I can't.

Tom. I'm not interested in your stories anymore.

Paige, listen to me,

Alright? I have never...

been in love with anyone before.

Listen, what I'm saying I've never felt

this feeling before, Paige.

Okay?

I love you.

Oh, Tom, you said that very well.

Your eyes didn't even flicker.

Maybe it is the truth, but how could I ever tell?

Paige said he was calling his old girlfriend.

-Oh, that's awful. -Just have a talk.

You think that's true?

Why didn't he tell me the truth?

Because he didn't want Paige to find out.

All he had to do was tell me that.

Mnh-mm. You're the father.

But why go to such efforts to hide it?

All you got to do is say I'm calling a friend.

I don't know.

I don't know.

It's a shame if he is cheating on her.

-He's a great guy. -Great guy.

I know. it's exactly the type of guy

I wanted Paige to fall for.

I wanted to like that guy so much

I shut out that voice in the back of my head

that kept saying to me something's wrong.

What did Tom say on the phone at the airport?

Something like, "I can't make it, Paige, something's come up."

-He said "Paige?" -Yeah.

- He said Paige out loud? - Couple of times.

You never call a woman by another woman's name.

I don't care how old a girlfriend she was.

You say "honey" or "sweetie" or "babe",

- Never another woman's name. - That's right.

That's right.

He wasn't talking to a woman.

Our man's a dirty cop.

-Lost the money gambling? -Yes.

Has he ever done anything like this before?

No.

I mean, not that I know of.

Olivia, do you have that kind of money?

[Olivia] Yes, I do.

But Harold doesn't know about it.

[Karen] Why not?

Because I didn't tell him.

I mean, I was just so angry at him

with all the fighting that we did about money.

I didn't want to share it.

[Karen] How could you have any kind of marriage

if you don't share it?

I don't know.

Sooner or later, something like this comes out and...

It's a mess.

Well, what about Harold's gambling?

[Karen] He lost a lot of money.

You know, sometimes gambling's an addiction.

Maybe, maybe he needs help.

[Olivia] Yeah, well, what if he refuses?

[Karen] And I wouldn't give him any money.

If he's not ready to help himself,

then there's nothing you can do.

What if he wants to get help?

Then I'd say the next step is yours.

Do you want to stay with him?

[Olivia] Being married is so much harder than I expected.

[Karen] Do you love him?

[Olivia] Yes.

[Karen] Can you imagine how it would feel

if you weren't together?

[Olivia] I hate it.

Then it seems to me

you've already made your decision.

When I took Mark Baylor to the DA's office

with the evidence he was innocent,

Tom was already there.

I introduced him 10 minutes later.

Ballot changes plea to to guilty.

I had the money.

He was innocent.

But no, he wants to change his plea to guilty.

So you think it was Tom who leaned on him?

He was there. He had the opportunity,

Could have been a coincidence.

His job takes him to the DA's office too.

And was it a coincidence Tom was in court

when Baylor's case came to trial?

You were already friends, right?

He knew about the case.

If I'd been in the area, if it were me,

I would have popped in and said hi too.

Then there's Zimmer.

He didn't fall down the stairs.

You know as well as I do some goon

beat him up and told him it'd get worse

if he didn't drop the lawsuit against Okmin.

So?

So?

Who do you think was the first cop coincidentally

to arrive at the scene of the accident?

-Tom. -What was he doing there?

Guy falls down the stairs.

You don't send an undercover cop.

That much coincidence I don't believe.

Neither do I.

I just think it's time to pay a visit to Mr. Zimmer.

Harold.

Harold, we've got to talk.

Harold.

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[Harold] That 15,000 you had in the bank must have slipped your mind.

I've liberated the money as well as myself.

Apologize to Michael.

If I paid him off too, there'd be nothing left for me.

Have a nice life, your ex-husband.

What are you doing here? It's too hot for you.

What if someone tailed you.

Nobody tailed me And don't talk like that, Tommy.

It's melodramatic.

I've got one more assignment for ya.

Forget it. It's too dangerous right now.

One more assignment.

No.

You take care of this one

and there won't be any more assignments.

Would you leave me alone?

You didn't fall down the stairs, Arnie.

-I fell down the stairs. -You didn't.

-Were you there? -Who was?

You're Mr. Know-it-all. You tell me.

-Who found you? -Nobody found me.

I called the cops.

So was a cop already there, right?

What are you talking about?

-You remember him. -You're crazy, MacKenzie.

You know that?

He won't hurt you anymore, Arnold.

What do you know?

He can't hurt you if you testify.

I'm not saying anything.

And you can take that to the bank.

-I'll help! -Like you did last time.

What's the name of the guy who beat you up, Arnie?

Who was it?

You know who he was.

-Tom Ryan. -I'll deny it in court.

-He works for Okmin. -Who else would hire such slime?

Beryllium, polyromethane, and Trivium.

What does that stuff make?

This isn't my field.

Is it the stuff that they refine cocaine with?

I don't think so.

I don't think they grow coke in that part of the world.

I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. Sumner.

What's the score, Bob?

The code number you asked me to track down

refers to Okmin industry, sir.

Thanks, Bob. I appreciate it.

Glad to be of help, sir.

What? What?

Okmin Industries ship that stuff.

Okmin Industries is a subsidiary of my company.

That's the company that you had the pension fund problem with.

So.

So I guess I better start paying more attention to my companies.

Okmin Industries is like a B-movie monster.

It's always showing up, always haunting me.

So let me put this together.

Your company owned the ships

and your company owned the shippers.

And I guess Mary Francis figured I owned the chemicals too.

Surely her interest in Okmin Industries

didn't get her... Ow!

Greg!

Greg.

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Paige, you're going out with a crooked cop.

You have one bit of evidence to back up

a word of what you just said?

Where were you when Greg Sumner was shot?

You do not run this show. I run the show.

You're what we loosely call talent,

and talent can be replaced.

Linda, what are you doing here?

I work here. I just got a job.

Your job is to clean up this mess.

Not anymore. I quit.

Nobody quits me.

That's not one of your options.

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