11x29 - Let's Get Married

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

[male narrator] Previously on Knots Landing...

See, father didn't want her to know about the trust fund

until she got married.

Would it be possible to transfer the money

directly into her account?

[woman] There you go, Paige.

-Everything's in order. -Thank you.

The account is open now.

If we k*ll Mack before we find out what Pomerantz has,

ten to one says it becomes public property

and brings us all down.

He's not going to trust me with a k*ller

with an IQ of 40 standing at my side.

Enough with the stupid jokes or I'm going to snap your spine.

You bother Mrs. MacKenzie in any way,

I will charge you with harassment.

I would never bother her.

My job is to protect her.

I would like to call the doctor to make the final arrangements.

[g*n click]

For taking my mother off life support tomorrow.

Oh, my God.

You are going to quit breathing before my mother does.

[instrumental music]

[theme music playing]

Alright, put down the g*n, little girl.

I am not a little girl!

[Danny] You're certainly acting like one.

You know how many laws have you broken already?

Shut up!

-[Danny] Breaking and entering? -Shut up!

-Threat of bodily harm? -[Julie] Shut up!

You think you can get away with anything!

But you are not getting away with k*lling my mom.

Alright.

Did you get it all out?

I certainly hope so.

Because I never loaded that g*n.

[g*nsh*t]

[vase drops]

[dramatic music]



Julie, you've made your point.

Let's talk about this.

Did my mother talk before you k*lled her?

-Julie, it was an accident. -[Julie]Did she?

You understand? It was an accident!

You don't get drunk by accident!

[Julie] You r*ped a woman and you beat Val

and you got away with it!

Julie!

-Frank? Is that you, Frank? -Go away, dad!

Frank, you better get in here before somebody gets hurt.

Julie?

-Julie! -Go away!

[Danny] Julie, now you listen to your father.

-Frank, call the police. -Julie!

Look, I told your father I was sorry.

Did he tell you I said I was sorry?

-It's the truth, Julie. -I don't care!

It doesn't matter that you're sorry!

Julie! Think about what you're doing now.

I have thought about it.

-[door opens] -[Frank] Julie?

Frank, talk to her.

Go away, dad, I know what you're going to say.

What am I going to say, baby?

You're going to tell me not to sh**t him.

-No, I'm not. -What?

I'm going to tell you to aim at his heart.

-Frank, this is not funny! -Right there.

You see that spot right there? That's the spot you aim for.

[Frank] If you're going to do this thing,

I want you to do it well.

Like your mother always told you,

if you're going to do something, you do your best.

Which means this scum doesn't crawl away with just a wound.

Frank!

[Frank] He doesn't deserve that.

He doesn't deserve to crawl away.

He doesn't deserve to live.

You know that and I know that.

But there's one thing, babe.

I know if I sh**t him,

I'll go to jail, but I don't care!

You don't want to go to jail, Julie, do you?

What are you talking about here?

If you do this, you will go to jail.

But if you k*ll him...

you become like him.

Your mother didn't raise you to be like him, baby.

I believe she can see us now.

And it would break her heart to know

that her baby turned out to be like this.

You-You weren't raised to be like him, baby.

You weren't raised to be like him.

-[breathing heavily] -Oh.

You know what's going to happen to you now, kid, huh?

Do you know how many laws you've broken?

Breaking and entering, destruction of property,

threat of bodily harm.

You're gonna be looking at the world

from a detention center

the rest of your delinquent little life.

Go home, baby. Go the back way.

[Julie sobs]

[clicks g*n]

[dramatic music]

[g*n clicks]

Julie was with me

all of last night and all of today.

I'm her alibi.

So whoever broke in here and fired a shot,

-it wasn't my little girl. -[sirens wailing]

I will swear that she never set foot in this house.

You got that?

[sirens wailing]

[car engine revving]

[tires screeching]

[car engine starting]

[Mack] We're having a rehearsal dinner.

And you want me to pretend that my prospective son-in-law

is not under investigation?

Don't pretend. Just don't bring it up.

I'll try to remember that.

Why couldn't they just elope?

[Tom] Why couldn't we have just eloped?

You're the one who wanted a big traditional wedding.

Come on, you can put a happy face on for one hour.

Be nice to your father-in-law to be.

You're asking a lot.

I'm going to have it framed and give it to the children

as a present after the ceremony.

But I can't give you a marriage certificate

before they're married.

Why not?

Well, for one thing, I don't fill it out

until after the ceremony.

Well... Surely you can make an exception.

I can keep a secret.

Uh... It would be unorthodox.

Oh.

Well...

maybe just a blank copy.

-A blank? -Mhm.

That way I can take it to the framer,

pick out the frame and get the right color mat.

I don't see why not.

-[Paige] Mm, Karen? -[Karen] Yeah.

Have you tried the...

[Paige sighs]

I just wanted to give them a chance to talk.

[piano music playing in background]

So.

So?

Do I get to call you "dad"?

[Mack laughs]

Do I get to call you "son" or "felon"?

You know, it's funny, you should mention that.

"Funny" is not the word I would use.

I may be in the need of some legal counsel.

Now, you don't want mine.

[Tom] Honey?

Mack, as your almost son-in-law,

I'd like to make a request,

as a favor to your daughter,

that you provide me with legal counsel

should the need arise.

-How can I refuse? -Ah!

[Paige] Aw, thank you.

[Mack chuckles]

I wonder what's happened to Michael.

-[Michael] Okay. -[car engine revving]

Again.

[engine revving]

You have to call a garage.

[car beeping]

[Linda] Well... thanks for trying.

Yeah, I'd give you a ride home, but I got that rehearsal dinner.

It's okay.

Thanks.

What's the matter?

I feel like a failure.

What? Cause your car broke down?

I just feel like such a failure.

Linda, come on, it's just a car.

[Linda] That's not it.

It's just...

Today's the anniversary of the first day

I met your brother and...

I just feel like all that time was wasted,

like it was all my fault.

I feel like a loser.

Oh, come on.

[Linda] "Loser". That's the only word for it.

[sighs]

I'm fine.

I'll be fine, really. I guess I was just a little depressed.

See you tomorrow.

Hey, uh... I can give you a ride home.

Oh no, I'm fine, really.

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

Yeah.

Danny, it's me.

What could you possibly want?

I want to know that you're alright.

Oh, do you?

I heard about what happened.

I heard that you were almost shot.

You're sorry the little brat missed me?

[Val] No, Danny. Don't say that.

I...

I cried.

[sarcastically] Oh! Like, wow!

[Val] No, Danny, I did.

When I heard that you were almost shot...

It was as if...

[mumbles]

Danny, I cried because I couldn't bear

the thought of you being dead.

And I realized how much I love you.

I realized how much you mean to me.

[instrumental music]

I feel as if everything that's happened

is all my fault and...

Danny, I can't talk right now. Gary's coming.

We have to get together.

You know that little Mexican restaurant

where we had lunch that time?

Gary's people will follow me.

No, no, no. They won't come inside, they won't see me.

They'll just think that you're eating there.

In an hour. Please, Danny, please.

[footsteps]

[instrumental music]

[Karen] It's not like Michael not to come.

[Mack] Yeah.

[eerie music]

"You have a black heart.

"I will rip your black heart from your decaying body.

My love, always."

What the--?

[Karen] Ah!

I've made so many mistakes in my life.

I don't want to make another one.

It's as simple as that.

You'd tell Gary to take a flying jump

at a rolling donut?

Yes.

-But-- -Ah.

Of course, but. Not now...

But not to his face, but...

I was gonna say, but I have to think of the children

because Gary's very stubborn.

And very vindictive, you know that.

You're serious.

Yes, I am.

I love you.

[instrumental music]

Oh, Val.

Oh, Val. I missed you.

-But it's too late. -Why is it too late?

I'm going to go to jail because somebody

decided to take a walk...

in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night.

That hearing tomorrow? They might not even grant bail.

Can your attorney handle it without you?

If I don't show up...

[exhales]

I'll be charged with a felony for not showing up.

Danny...

Even if I was a free man tomorrow,

even if they dropped the charges...

...we could never make the marriage work now.

[music continues]

Let's leave.

-Leave Knots Landing? -[Danny] Why not?

[Val sighs]

We'll go where nobody knows us,

where there's no responsibility, no expectations.

-Val, you told me you love me. -Yes.

I love you.

God, I love you. Let's go. Please.

We're going to have to do this quickly.

-Before the hearing tomorrow-- -Yes.

Think you can possibly get away from the man

-that Gary has following you? -Absolutely.

I-I'm going to need a car.

We can make this work. We really can.

[Val] I know we can.

[instrumental music]

He just made his move.

You want me to follow him or her?

[sighs] Stay with him.

I guess everyone here knows by now

that what Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie

found on their doorstep was a beef heart.

Now, not all butcher shops carry them,

but they're not that hard to get, either.

We're looking into the most likely sources.

It is significant that the note that came with the heart,

like the previous letters that were signed,

"My Love, always", has no fingerprints.

This suggests that the letter writer is sophisticated.

It suggests that he knows that what he is doing is wrong,

which is to say that he is not...

some innocent crackpot

who is unaware of the illegality of his actions.

This letter contained a threat.

But with a specific threat,

for the first time in all these weeks,

he's actually broken the law.

Now we can prosecute.

If we can find him.

[dramatic music]

[whirring]

[indistinct shouting]

[machines whirring]

[Julie sobbing]

[sobbing]

[Julie sobs]

[crying]

You'd really be proud of her.

A new mattress came... today.

The old one went to Vincent DePaul like you said.

Cleaners finally found Julie's old gray sweater, you remember?

They apologized for all the confusion.

They won't charge me for it, either.

I canceled the old account, the one we could never balance.

I am...

...so lucky you married me.

[inhales deeply]

I know every time I say something like that

you think I'm just being polite, I'm being funny.

But it's true.

I am lucky.

And I am grateful.

[machines whirring]

[Frank] Doctor.

[doctor] Would you like to stay?

[Frank singing] ♪ Soon I will be done ♪

♪ With the troubles Of the world ♪

[doctor] Sorry, I couldn't hear you.

I said, "Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world".

It's a song. She liked it.

She liked it a lot.

[singing] ♪ I'm going home to live

♪ with my Lord.

[doctor] I'll be right outside.

[Frank singing] ♪ No more... ♪

[door opens]

♪ Weeping and wailing ♪

[door closes]

♪ No more ♪

♪ Weeping and wailing ♪

♪ No more ♪

[whirring]

-[Danny] Hot enough for you? -Too hot.

You guys doing a hell of a job here.

[man breathing heavily]

Say, would you be interested in earning

a couple hundred bucks?

[whirring]

The doctor says that Frank is doing as well

as can be expected.

[phone ringing in the distance]

How's Julie?

[Mack] I don't know.

[Mack sighs]

Are you going to be okay?

I was just thinking about the last time

Pat and I talked.

We were carrying out the garbage and...

separating the things to be recycled.

When you're young, your whole life is new things.

First times.

First day, first prom.

First time you fall in love.

And then one day...

you look up and your life is full...

...of last times.

Hey.

Why don't we get out of here? Huh?

Take a ride up the coast,

go to a dodgy game, something.

No, really, I'm... I'm safe here.

From what the police say, whoever this is...

it's just trying to... psych me out.

I won't be psyched out.

[Mack chuckles]

I married one tough broad.

Yeah.

You did.

[Jeff] I can't believe you actually had the nerve

to come back here.

-But I didn't do anything. -You stole!

-You're a thief. -[Wayne] I apologized for that.

And I returned the sunglasses.

Now, I never harmed Karen or intended to.

[Jeff] There's no way I could possibly even consider

giving you your old job back.

I want to protect Karen.

Wayne, you seem sincere.

But how can I say "Karen, here's the thief.

He's back on the job"?

However, I'll tell you what.

If you can convince Karen to take you back,

you can have your old job.

Thank you.

-Excuse me. -[Jeff] Uh-huh.

[sighs] Is there anything else, Wayne?

This is it, Jeff.

I promise you, this is the same exact scarf.

What the hell are you talking about?

That scarf...

was delivered to Karen, that she was asked to wear.

Look at this!

This catalog is addressed to Dianne.

Diane has been sending those letters.

[dramatic music]

I heard the bad news, Tommy.

Hey, man, what are you doing here?

I did my time. I got out.

No "welcome back, Joe"?

No, hey, welcome back, yeah.

You should've let me handle Mack MacKenzie

while we're in Toronto.

Well, I'm about to become his son-in-law, so...

Nevertheless, you should have let me do my job

and you wouldn't be in this mess right now.

Mack set me up?

Mack framed me?

-I framed you. -You framed me?

You framed me?

I wanted you to know why they're going to hang you.

Because of me.

Because of... what did you call me?

"Stupid me"?

You never should have called me stupid.

Because stupid me wanted to show you

that if a stupid fellow like me could put you away,

[chuckles] what does that make you?

Stupider, I'd say.

[laughs]

I'll send the facsimile of the marriage certificate now

and mail the original right after.

Let me have your fax number.

[suspenseful music]

And how soon can you wire the money to Paige's account?

No, no, I want all of it, wired.

Well, as a matter of fact,

I'm looking forward to being a mother-in-law.

[sighs] Okay.

Thanks. Talk to you tomorrow.

[music continues]

"Reverend...

"Blue...

Sinnet."

[music continues]

[Wayne] This is the same exact scarf

that was sent to Karen.

I'm sure Dianne bought it and sent it.

You see, the catalog is addressed to Diane.

[man] Okay, we'll check her credit card records.

And all this time, we thought a man

was writing those letters.

[Mack] That's exactly what Dianne wanted us to--

[Jeff] You jump to conclusions.

[Wayne] I'm sure it's Dianne.

[Jeff] Just last week, everyone was sure it was you.

Look, I know Dianne is no little Merry Sunshine,

and I know she wants Karen's job.

But I know Dianne better than any of you do,

and I know she's got standards.

I truly believe from the bottom of my heart

that she could never do anything like this.

[whirring]

How long has he been over there?

About an hour.

I don't know what there is about a maintenance crew

that interests him.

Especially because he's got to be

at his hearing pretty soon.

Well, you need a break.

I'll take over for a couple hours.

[dramatic music]

[car revving]

[screams]

[dramatic music]

[car revving]

[music continues]

[Dianne] This is insulting and insane.

[Jeff] Better I just think of it as an IRS audit.

Annoying, but harmless.

Unless you haven't paid your taxes.

-Jeff! -[chuckles] I'm joking.

But I'm not joking.

You know, this is all a result of Karen's paranoia.

Or her husband's.

Just stay cool...

be polite.

Years from now, we'll all laugh about this.

[sighs]

Come on, Dianne, relax.

We'll get you a glass of water, cup of tea, what?

Glass of water would be nice.

Okay, be right back.

[dramatic music]

[sighs]

They just took my typewriter ribbon.

It's routine, Dianne. Here, here, come on. Relax.

[music continues]

[Jeff] You have a good attorney?

-Jeff! -[Jeff] I'm just joking!

[exhales]

[detective] We found at your home stationary

matching one of the notes sent to Karen MacKenzie.

We found bloodstains.

-Bloodstains? -The lab will tell us

whether or not it will match the beef heart sent to Karen.

That was absolutely disgusting.

I mean, I would no more lay my hands on such a thing,

let alone bring it into my house.

And we found a duplicate key to the MacKenzie home.

-A key? -A key.

[phone ringing]

[Dianne] A key?

Would you like to call an attorney, Miss Kirkwood?

What for would I need an attorney?

[stammering] Isn't it obvious to everybody?

And aren't you supposed to be a professional?

So shouldn't it be obvious to a professional like yourself

that somebody is trying to make it appear

that I wrote those letters?

Now, why would someone do that?

[Dianne] I don't know. Oh, yes I do.

Karen is...

Did I tell you that she stole my job?

Didn't anybody tell you that?

I am the one who's supposed to be

in front of the camera. By accident...

Miss Goody Two Shoes is there instead of me.

And because she got lucky.

That is why.

She's afraid of me.

Should she be afraid of you?

[laughs sarcastically]

You think I don't know what you mean?

No. She is not afraid of me because of things

that I have been sending her.

Because I haven't been sending her anything.

If you help me find out who bought that scarf,

then we are going to find out

who has been terrorizing Miss self-righteous.

Can you describe that scarf?

[glass clink]

Don't.

Don't you dare try and trap me.

[officer] Excuse me, sir, is that your car?

-No. -Weren't you driving it, sir?

Eh... it's my wife's.

It's been reported stolen, sir.

-Reported stolen? -[officer] Yes, sir.

May I see your license, please?

I don't have one.

-Excuse me, sir? -I don't have one!

Would you mind stepping over the patrol car with me, sir?

Yes, I'd mind.

But of course, I will.

Please, put your hands on the back of your head, sir.

It's cute. It's very cute.

[dramatic music]

[Val] Now that Danny is out of the way, Gary.

We have to make sure that the children have a normal life.

[Gary] Exactly.

Well, I don't want them to get the wrong idea.

And... right now they... they see us as a family.

-What's wrong with that? -Because we're not.

And I don't want to give them false hope.

We have to let them know now, as...

as hard as it might be for them to understand that...

you and I are their parents, but we're not a couple.

I don't want them to think that you and I

will ever be together again, because...

if we ever did get together again,

and I-I know that you're not even thinking about that and...

you know, neither am I, but...

if we ever did get together again and it didn't work out...

that would be just too devastating

for them, you know.

Val, um...

[inhales] We've got the children,

we've got a history.

We have...

I don't know, we have something that keeps

bringing us back together.

Why don't we just relax and enjoy ourselves?

We can't go back.

So...

Let's go forward.

[dramatic music]

[man] Do they know what's wrong with Dianne?

They found traces of LSD in her blood.

[Dianne] No!

Argh! No! No!

[music continues]

[turns on radio]

♪ The hardest time ♪

♪ Is the middle of the night ♪

♪ The longest time ♪

♪ When I wish one night you might ♪

♪ Just turn the key ♪

♪ Lay down with me ♪

♪ Surprise me in the middle of the night ♪

♪ Went out alone for dinner ♪

♪ Left it on the plate ♪

♪ Drove home in rainy weather ♪

♪ How much rain can God make? ♪

♪ Pulled off the highway crying ♪

♪ When I heard that song ♪

♪ 'Bout how you never listen ♪

♪ Till you're finally wrong ♪

♪ The hardest time ♪

♪ Is the middle of the night ♪

♪ The longest time ♪

♪ When I wish one night you might ♪

♪ Just turn the key ♪

♪ Lay down with me ♪

♪ Surprise me in the middle of the night ♪

[Karen] I can't sleep.

[sighs]

It's understandable.

I keep thinking about Michael.

[Karen sighs]

With everything that's going on...

you're thinking about Michael.

♪ The hardest time is the middle of the night ♪

-[Michael] Linda? -Did I wake you?

I couldn't sleep.

♪ Just turn the key ♪

♪ Lay down with me ♪

♪ Surprise me in the middle of the night ♪

♪ Love for you ♪

♪ To surprise me ♪

♪ In the middle of the... ♪

♪ Night ♪

[honking]

Nice. How do I look?

[Abby] You fishing for compliments?

You look fantastic. Hi, Karen.

-[Karen] Hi. -[Abby] Hi.

Congratulations to the father of the bride.

Thank you.

Well.

-Do you want to say hi? -[Meg] Hi.

[Greg laughs]

Hi, pumpkin. You look lovely.

[Meg] Thank you.

If you excuse me, I have to powder my nose.

[Karen] And I will show Meg to our seats.

[Mack] Hurry back.

You bring Greg?

You're not going to be an old sad sack, are you?

Today of all days?

I didn't want to come alone.

And the father of the bride was booked for.

Yeah, well.

Is Paige ready?

I offered to help her, but she wants to do

everything by herself.

She's very strong willed.

Just like her father.

[organ playing]

-You look nice. -Thanks.

[Val] It's beautiful!

-Hi! -Hi.

[Val] They're holding Danny without bail.

The man is finally out of my life!

[Mack] Finally the good guys win one.

-Hey, how do I look, huh? -[Gary] You look great!

[Karen] Perfect.

Except your tie is crooked, and the flowers...

[Karen chuckles]

[Mack] That's very funny, Gary. Thank you.

Well, I'm going to go get the bride.

[organ playing]

Is this weird or what?

[birds chirping]

[Paige] Thanks.

-[Mack] Wow. -[chuckling] Wow?

That was a compliment.

Are you ready for the long march?

What do you think?

I think you're marrying the wrong guy.

Mack, you're gonna make me very angry.

Paige, no matter what, no matter how many mistakes

you're making in your life, no matter who you marry...

I'll always love you, no matter what.

I love you.

[eerie music]

Can I pay my respects to the groom?

This a wedding gift?

I like to think of it as a going away present.

That's an airline ticket, and this...

is what you need to get yourself off the hook.

[dramatic music]

You set me up. You're the one who hired Jill.

Now, I keep this.

You keep that.

If you disappear before this corny little ceremony,

I'll get the charges dropped against you.

If you decide to stick around for the festivities...

well, it's up to you.

You can be a single free man.

Or you could be a married convict.

[dramatic music]

You still love her.

-Karen? -What are you doing here?

I'm so terribly sorry to barge in a moment like this,

but I thought you'd want to know right away.

You were right about Dianne. I was wrong.

All the evidence was positive.

Oh, my...

-Hi, Mack. -Hi.

There was beef blood in her apartment.

The duplicate key master old locks,

a scarf like the one you got.

It was purchased with her credit card and...

and the last letter was typed on our typewriter.

Oh, my...

It's over?

I just thought you'd want to know

so you can finally relax.

Thanks, Jeff. Thank you.

Thank you. It's over.

-Well, enjoy the wedding. -[Karen] Thanks.

-Hi. -Hi.

-Hi. -Hi.

[Mack] You look nice.

Thank you.

-I'll go on ahead. -Okay.

[Karen] She was not invited.

I invited her.

-[Karen] Why? -I wanted to.

You have an obligation to your brother.

There's a lot about Eric that you don't know.

What are you trying to tell me?

[Michael] That he's not perfect.

That everything that happened was not Linda's fault.

[Karen] I don't know what she told you,

but I'm telling you to break off with her right now.

Karen, you know what you told me about Paige?

About pushing her away?

-It's different. -No, it's not.

Yes, it is.

Paige wasn't married to Michael's brother.

[Karen] Tell her you don't want to see her anymore.

You tell her.

Or you will not set foot in my house

and I will not treat you as part of my family.

[organ playing]

[Michael] Mom?

I'm going to marry her.

[Karen] Mack...

-We're ready to begin. -[Mack] Good.

But we cannot find the groom.

What?

[dramatic music]

Central Bank, please, I'm in a hurry.

Okay, ma'am.

Why isn't life simpler?

[door opens]

[music continues]

You need a lift?

I feel just terrible for her.

Ah, Val.

Minister's available, church is available.

Uh...

It'd be a shame to waste Minister, church and...

[scoffs] All these flowers.

What?

You mean...

Yeah.

[gasps]

[chuckles]

Get married?

-Well? -[Val screams]

[phone ringing]

-Hello. -[Jim] Jeff, it's Jim Hillman.

Oh. Mr. Hillman, how are you?

Not good. This is one hell of a mess

Dianne's made of the show.

Yes, I know, I-I can't believe it either.

Lord knows what was going on in her mind.

I-I knew that Diane was jealous of Karen.

I knew that she wanted her off the show.

But...

I never dreamt that she would do anything like-like this.

I mean, I actually defended that woman to the police.

I feel like such a fool.

How could she pull the wool over our eyes all this time?

I-I guess people like that count on the rest of us,

quote, "normal people", unquote, to be trusting.

If you're not a liar yourself, you-you certainly don't expect

other people to lie.

Come on, relax.

Do you want me to produce the show?

[Jim] Well, you already have a good relationship with Karen.

She's the star. She's the one we want to keep happy.

- Are you interested? -I don't know.

This is all so sudden.

[dramatic music]

Well, yes, I-I am interested.

[Jim] Good, we'll work out the details tomorrow.

- Goodbye. -Thank you, sir.

Bye.

[music continues]

You see?

You see this?

There's still enough room in here for you, Karen.

My love.

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