13x11 - Holiday on Ice

[bunniefuu]

But I drank too much, and when the boat went down

I couldn't help her.

I loved her and she died and it's my fault

and I'll never forgive myself.

The word is that she was pregnant.

That he m*rder*d her

and sunk the boat to cover it up.

I don't believe that.

I don't want you to be the next accident.

I saw you watching Meg at gymnastics.

I wanna know what you're doing.

I'm closely following the progress of a little girl

that matters very much to me.

We'll worry about her. It's our job.

-She's our daughter. -Do you understand?

He's telling us we've fallen on our face.

I know how to build this thing so it will work.

And if it doesn't?

I wanna mortgage the ranch.

Put it up as collateral on another loan.

[theme music playing]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[endearing music playing]

[birds chirping]

[Meg] Mommy.

What is it, honey?

Is it Christmas yet?

[sighs]

-Not yet, honey. -Is it Christmas Eve?

It's Christmas Eve Eve.

What do we do on Christmas Eve Eve?

-We make cookies. -With sprinkles?

[Mack] Yeah.

And then Daddy and Jason go and get the tree

and eat all the cookies with the sprinkles.

-Good morning, you. -[Mack gasps]

-What happened? -What?

Look.

My other tooth!

It must have fallen out while you were sleeping.

Come on, let's go look for it.

Hey, but be quiet and let Jason sleep.

-Are you okay? -Yeah.

But the day after tomorrow he goes bye-bye.

-Come on, Mommy. -Ooh. Okay.

[Kate groans]

[Val screams, laughs] Kate!

What is... What is this?

The biggest one in the store for the best kids I know.

The only thing is they're gonna have to share it.

-I hope that's not a problem. -No, of course not.

Are you kidding? They're gonna be so excited.

-Here, put him over here. Ooh! -I'm sorry.

Good Grace. Ah!

[chuckles] This is amazing.

Sweetie, you didn't have to do this.

Oh, oh, don't be silly. I wanted to say thank you.

-Thank you for what? -What?

You and Gary.

You guys have been like parents to me.

-[Val] Come here. -[Kate giggles]

Sweetheart.

You know, umm...

-Speaking of parents... -Oh, I know, I know.

I'm gonna see my mother tonight for dinner.

Can you imagine my mother making a turkey?

-Yes. Actually, I can. -And how about this?

Uncle Greg invited Joseph and me over for Christmas Eve

I think that sounds nice.

-Uncle Greg and Joseph? -Yes.

I feel like I'm leading him into the lion's den.

Oh, come on.

Your uncle can be very charming when he wants to be.

-[chuckles] Did you accept? -Yes, I did.

I just have to tell Joseph.

He has been a little hard to talk to lately.

I know. So is Gary.

-Really? -Yep.

I'm sure that you know that Gary has a lot

invested in Tidal Energy.

Yeah, I know.

But Joseph says that everything's gonna be alright.

I mean that the idea is still good

if everyone can just hang in there.

Yeah, he's right.

I hope so.

Wow.

[Val and Kate laugh]

[Betsy] Wow!

-Thanks! -Yeah.

Kate got that for you, sweetie, for Christmas.

Thanks.

-Kate and Joseph. -How?

What'd you get for Bobby?

Gary. Come in. Come in. Happy holidays.

-So how you doing? -Frankly, not so well.

You know, I would have thought with the amount of money

I pumped into this bank over the years

my getting a mortgage would be a slam dunk.

Well, Gary, we--

Now, I find out that there are problems.

Gary, please just hold on a minute, huh?

Sit down. Sit down, please.

We're talking about several millions of dollars here.

Before we say yes, we just have a few things

that we'd like to get cleared up.

What things?

You've got more than enough information

on Tidal Energy.

Well, we're not talking about the project itself.

Let's just say it's a matter of character.

Character?

I'm only gonna say this once.

My life and my past are my business.

No, no, we're not talking about your character.

I'm talking about Pierce Lawton.

Pierce?

The boating accident.

Y-you are aware of it, aren't you?

-[sighs] No. -Well...

A girl died.

H-how long ago was this?

[man] Oh, nearly ten years ago.

I suppose one could put it

in the category of a youthful indiscretion.

I'll vouch for his character.

That is if my word's still good around here.

-Of course it is, Gary. -Fine.

You let me know when that loan comes through, alright?

[keys clacking]

Gary...

How'd it go at the bank?

First, you were gone when I needed you here.

I wasn't gonna say anything about it

but it's been eating at me.

We're supposed to be shoulder to shoulder on this thing

and the last thing I expected

was for you to take off and not even tell me

that the Tomita deal had gone away.

-Fair enough. I'm sorry. -[Gary] There's more.

-What more? -Don Bailey at the bank.

He asked me what I knew about a sailing accident

of yours ten years ago.

And you know what my answer was?

-That I knew absolutely nothing. -That shouldn't have come up.

There was an inquest. I was exonerated.

Well, it did come up and it will again, Pierce.

And it's something I damn sure should have known about.

-Of course. I agree. -I'm your business partner.

[shouting] You cannot keep me in the dark.

Right.

You're right. I'm sorry.

I took you on trust.

-We took each other on trust. -That's bull.

You had me checked out and I feel like an idiot

for not having done the same to you.

Look, Gary, you're in the right on this.

I should have told you from the beginning

but I swear I didn't think it was important.

Now I realized I was wrong.

Is there anything else?

Any other secrets I'm gonna trip over?

Everything there is to know you now know.

You have my word.

Is the loan going through?

Can't be sure.

-What now? -[sighs]

Payroll's covered.

Yeah, I saw that.

You make good.

Even a Christmas bonus for our people.

A small one, yeah.

Gary, we will turn this around.

Oh, a star. Very nice.

It watches out for us.

No one can eat it.

Which of these would you like to take to Claudia's house?

Do you think she would like the green one?

I think she would like whatever you brought her.

-The green one. -Okay.

[doorbell ringing]

Wow! What do we have here?

-What are you doing here? -Well, my sister lives here.

What are you doing here?

My Mom and I made cookies for Claudia.

Well, I know that Claudia loves cookies.

-Wanna come in? -Sure.

Let's go.

Now what good are cookies without milk, hm?

Thank you.

Well, aren't you a polite little girl?

If you two will excuse me, I have some eggnog to prepare.

So are you still playing with the dollhouse?

Sometimes.

Sometimes? What's wrong with it?

-I need more furniture. -Oh, well...

All women need more furniture. But don't give up hope.

You might get some for Christmas.

-Will you give me some? -Nah, I wouldn't give you any.

But maybe Santa Claus would.

Uncle Greg.

Do you have any children?

Nah, I hate children.

[Greg chuckles]

Christmas cards. Christmas cards.

Christmas cards everywhere.

Why don't you string them with Meg?

She'd like that.

You know, if something comes for you after you leave

we could always send it on to Sweden.

You know, I still don't think it's a good idea

that I leave on Christmas Day.

Oh, there's nothing you could do about that, was there?

-No. -You know,

I don't think you remember how excited you were

about this when it first happened.

Yeah, but that was before it was really real

for me, you know?

You worked hard for this.

Sometimes I think you just gotta take a deep breath

and go for it.

[sighs]

Okay.

[sighs] Okay.

I'll miss you.

I will miss you guys, too.

Where's Meg?

-I thought she was with you. -She was.

I sent her over to Claudia's with some cookies

[chuckles] but that was about 20 minutes ago.

She must be talking Claudia's ear off right now.

-You want me to got get her? -No, no.

I'll do it.

You just do the dishes. [laughs]

Yeah.

[tense music]

-One, two, three. -One, two, three.

-Tie, bow, curtsy! -Curtsy!

It's three in a row you beat me.

-You're letting me win. -Are you crazy?

I never let anybody win anything.

-Ask your mother. -Merry Christmas, Mother.

Meg, come on, honey. Let's go. You wanted to help me.

Let's wrap some presents.

-Karen, thanks for the cookies. -Oh, you're welcome.

Isn't it nice that my brother came to see me?

-Mm-hmm. -Bye, sweetheart.

Uncle Greg, next time I'll let you win.

Merry Christmas.

Bye. Bye, Claudia.

-Bye. -Happy holiday.

Well, bro...

Guess you'll be on your way to the doll furniture store.

-Hmm? -The store?

I got Santa Claus under contract.

[upbeat music playing]

[Jason] Oh yeah.

[Mack] Don't. Don't, Jason. Hold it.

-You'll rip the branches off. -I'm not gonna rip--

[Mack] No, no, come over here and do it this way.

-[Mack] Grab the base. -[Jason] I got it.

[Mack] It's bad enough it's scratching top of the car.

[Jason] You know, I don't even have a picture of this place

or if you guys do anything

you know, I would like to have one.

[Mack] You know what I just remembered?

We have a roll of film

at that overnight photo place from Thanksgiving.

We'll get that on the way to the airport.

-[Jason] That'll work. -[Mack] Yeah.

Now who's gonna push you around when you go to Sweden?

Nobody.

-That's a good deal, right? -Yeah, I guess.

Nobody's bossing... You guess?

Jason, I'm sorry about this, but, you know

each year I say I'm gonna get a new stand

but I end up cursing out this old stand.

Yeah, that's pretty far.

Alright, move it out. The trunk, I got it straight up.

Sweep. Not this.

And if I wanna call you after school sometime

it's gonna be 4:00 in the morning over here.

Hey, Jason. You're gonna be having such a wonderful time

you probably won't even wanna call.

But if you wanna talk, you'll find the time.

Besides, you think I'm too old to get a phone call

at four o'clock in the morning?

That's not it.

It's just I'm afraid that I'm gonna get over there...

Afraid? Afraid of what? You're the bravest guy I know.

You can't let what happened here with that guy Johnston.

Throw a shadow over everything. That's over.

You know, you've got so many good things

ahead of you. This is just the beginning.

-[Jason] Well, let go. -Let go like it's in its stand?

What do you think?

Nice. It looks terrific.

-[leaves rustling] -[thud]

-You said it was in the stand. -Oh, it's too far.

-[doorbell ringing] -I'll get it.

-Oh. -Hi.

Hi. Thank you. Awfully late to be delivering.

Yeah, at this time of year, it's normal.

Do you want to sign here, please?

Sure.

[postman] Thank you, ma'am. So Merry Christmas.

Yeah. Merry Christmas to you.

Harnessing energy out of the ocean.

Joseph developed a computer program

for studying the tides

that completely revolutionized the field.

-Don't exaggerate, Kate. -How nice.

B-but you left the university, didn't you?

-Where are you now, Joseph? -I'm not teaching at the moment.

[Joseph] I...

It was a tough decision for him

because he would have been up for tenure in the spring.

[Claudia] You passed up tenure?

Well, you must really be very excited about this project.

You must be very sure it's gonna work.

I was...

always too cautious to burn my bridges that way.

Of course, it was different for me.

I had Katie to think of.

I-I don't think Kate minds pioneering

for a few years, do you?

-No, I-I would love it. -[Claudia] A few years?

I thought that Gary Ewing

was financing this whole thing by himself.

-Mother... -Well, I'm just surprised.

Well, it's quite an adventure you two have embarked on.

The wave of the future.

[cups clink]

Let's hope it's a big one.

I don't like it.

It's a Christmas present, Mack. That's all it is.

It's a Christmas present from Sumner to Meg

and he's never done that before and I don't like it.

You don't like it any better than I do.

-I don't know what I think. -I know what you think.

You told me how you felt when you found Meg

at Claudia's with Sumner.

You were worried.

I'm afraid he wants to tell her he's her father.

Not that he wants her back

which is what you're worried about.

I'm worried that Jason's father forgot it was Christmas

and I'm worried that Meg has one father too many.

Nevertheless...

this is just a Christmas gift, Mack.

It goes under the tree with every other gift.

Right?

You're right.

[sighs]

Nice tree.

Yeah.

So we're supposed to go to your father's

for the day tomorrow?

Is this the way it's gonna be between us

when we're there?

You did this, not me.

You ran out on me.

I had to deal with Gary Ewing.

Had to deal with Victoria and even Sumner stopped by.

Sumner was here?

Yeah, stopped by to see if I was alright.

Guess even he heard that you disappeared.

And you let him in the apartment?

Sorry I mentioned it.

I'll bet you are.

Okay, careful with the door.

[Meg] Hi, Betsy! How are you?

[Mack] Hey, Bobby. Come here, big guy.

-Jason, how are you? -Good. Very good.

-You're ready for your big trip? -Oh, yeah. Sort of. Kinda.

-Can you give me a hand? -Yeah.

-Hey, Gary. -Hey.

You know, I got a little worried about the way we went out of it

the other today, you know?

Mack. It never happened.

-Merry Christmas. -Hey, Merry Christmas.

-Glad to see you. -Here you go. Grab that.

-You are heavy, pal. -[Karen] Hi! Val!

Hey!

Merry Christmas.

Everybody's got their houses decorated.

I know. Wait till you see it at night.

It's beautiful.

Except for mine.

It looks a little sad. Maybe I should have some--

Hey. You've done enough to fix that.

Yeah. Okay.

Look, this needs to go into the microwave

two seconds before we eat.

Good stuff. Come on. Bring it in here.

Are the Williamses gonna come tonight?

Oh, they're visiting friends back east.

-[Betsy] I want that one -[Bobby] No, I want that one.

So I guess you and Julie already had your goodbyes, huh?

Umm, yeah.

She gave me this.

Ooh. What did you get her?

Uh, 25 stamp postcards just of me in Sweden.

[Val laughs] That's great.

Ah, it smells too good. Too good.

You know, I don't know where they get the expression

eat like a bird, but these guys look

like they're doing pretty good.

Jason, I need your help. You, me, and Gary.

Let's see if we can get the rest of the lights working.

Uh, uh, uh, uh. No more cookies. That's alright.

You can take that one. Let's go look at the tree.

-Come on. -[telephone ringing]

Yo.

Michael?

Oh, I'm so happy you called.

Merry Christmas to you too.

Yeah, well, we're all... We're all here together.

Are you taking care of yourself?

Good.

Good.

You can't catch me.

♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪♪

-[Meg] Got you! -[Betsy] No, you didn't.

-Be careful. Watch the bulbs. -Honey. Honey.

You know, sometimes it's just loose.

Just tighten, tighten the bulb.

Every year I'm in the store and I say,

"Well, maybe this year I'll get a new set of lights."

Yeah, every year you end up using the same one.

And every year he ends up doing this.

-I think this is fun. -Well, you do, huh?

Well, you know, you gotta be careful

around electricity, Bobby,

even if it seems like fun.

-Whoa! -There you go.

Good job, Bobby. Here we go. Hey, I'm gonna pick you up.

You put that up. Start... Loop that around...

Give me these.

-Dad? -Huh?

Remember when used to live here across the street?

Yeah.

Can we play that game we used to play

with the sprinkler on the lawn?

Oh, you mean when we used to run and jump over the water?

Yeah. Can we, Dad?

Well, it's a wrong time of year.

You know what time of year this is?

-Christmas time. -Yeah, but it's also winter.

And winter means football.

[Jason] Hey, there's a football game on today.

-Game time. -You're right. Let's do that.

We'll get this during the commercial.

-[doorbell rings] -Come on, pally.

-Hey! Merry Christmas. -Hi.

[Betsy and Meg] Hi, Paige!

-Hi, Paige. -Just in time for the game

There we go.

[mixer whirring]

Well...

[clatters]

This looks like whipped cream to me.

Mmm.

Good.

What's next?

Garry's mortgaged the ranch for Tidal Energy.

Oh, Val.

Yeah, but I'm okay about it...

now.

And you helped me.

Ever since we had that talk, I've been...

I've been trying to see it from his point of view.

Well, good.

You know...

When I saw my house out there

in the cul-de-sac this afternoon, you know...

I don't know, maybe it's just Christmas

but it made me kinda homesick for the old days.

-Great old days. -Yeah, they were.

[chuckles] Yeah.

Most of them.

So what's next, Karen?

Why don't I put on my new CD of the Messiah?

Let's go trim the tree.

["Hallelujah" playing]

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

♪ For the Lord God ♪

♪ Omnipotent reigneth ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ For the Lord God ♪

♪ Omnipotent reigneth ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! ♪

♪ For the Lord God ♪

♪ Omnipotent reigneth ♪♪

[announcer on TV] ...and as the LAC...

-What? -Look at this guy.

He has a set of hands like a set of bricks.

Can you please turn it down, the volume?

Come on, Karen, we're trying to watch the game here.

It's Christmas. I wanna hear the Messiah.

Besides, you can watch a football game without sound.

-No, no, no. -Karen... no, no, no.

We're gonna hear what we're watching.

[Mack] Let's get it up here. Go deep. Deep! Go deep.

-[Gary] Yeah! Oh. Hey. -[Mack] Oh!

What happened to the power? What?

What happened?

Sure, that's from some of the people

using all of the power during the holidays.

[Mack] You got the microwave, You got the CD going.

We're just watching a little TV here...

It'll come back on in a few seconds.

Okay.

-In an hour? -[Mack] Okay, look.

Instead of everyone standing around

waiting for the football game to come back on

let's go out and play a game.

[claps] Let's do it. Let's go.

-[Karen] Be careful. -[Mack] Get the ball.

Alright, look, me, Paige

and this guy, I want you on my side.

[Jason] I don't want Gary on my team.

Why?

-[Jason] Because you're old. -[Gary] I'm old? Jason!

-Well... -[Val sighs]

I guess we should move the turkey

to the BBQ pit and light a fire.

Sure hope you got a lot of candles.

I think the power will be on by the time we eat.

[Val] I kind of hope it isn't.

Be like an old-fashioned Christmas.

[shouting]

-[Gary] Oh, no! There he goes! -[Mack] No! No!

Touchdown.

Way to go, Bobby. Touchdown.

Way to go, man.

[indistinct chatter]

[upbeat music playing]

[Jason] How about we play again?

[Gary] Yeah, I'm ready. Let's go.

You take Jason

the guy without the sleeves, okay?

I'm gonna take your father. You know why?

Because he's very old. Let's go.

Bobby!

[Mack] Hit somebody.

[Paige] Go, Bobby!

-[Gary] Not again! -[Mack] Yeah!

[Mack] Touchdown!

Ow. Ow.

[Paige] Hey, you alright, champ?

Yeah, let me take him inside, see what we got.

He's alright. He'll be okay. Yeah. You guys keep on.

Little ankle jump, eh, kid?

-Alright. We're alright. -[crying]

Alright, Bets.

Are you gonna say it?

Go on, go on.

Sorry I said you look stupid

with your front teeth missing.

[whispering] Tell her, it's okay.

It's okay.

Alright.

We're gonna go downstairs now, alright?

[sniffles]

Aww.

You're alright. Hmm?

When will they grow back in, Mommy?

Soon.

Before you know it, you'll have two big strong teeth.

Grown up teeth.

They're not gonna fall out till you get very old.

I do look stupid.

No, you don't. You wanna know what?

What?

I know a song about Christmas and teeth.

I could teach it to you.

-Does Betsy know it too? -Well, maybe.

But only very special people with missing teeth can sing it.

What do you think about that?

Go like this. [blows air]

-Try to whistle. -[Meg blows air]

Again.

[blows air]

-Where are you going? -I...

I just remembered I wanna give

my Christmas present to Carlos.

Can't do that. I gave Carlos the night off.

He's visiting his sister and her kids.

That's why I wanna do the dishes for him.

Oh yes, good idea. I'll help you.

Good.

I don't know why they wanna do the dishes,

when they get dirty here, we just throw them out.

I mean, what is the point of having the night off

if you just have to do twice as much work

when you get back?

And besides, you have the dishwasher.

[Greg chuckles]

It's funny how things change, yeah?

The last time we met

you were worried about my motives.

Now I'm worried about yours.

Listen. Chill, professor. It's just a figure of speech.

I'm concerned about Kate, I wanna make sure

that you're not gonna give her any big surprises.

No, of course not.

-I love Kate. -Good, good.

Now I hope you can sit still for a little advice.

See, when you're on the inside

like I'm on the inside

you get information that little guys

like you on the outside don't get.

For instance, the status

of the loan against Ewing's property.

But I don't think Gary's finances

are any of my business.

Well, that all depends on how soon

he goes in the toilet, don't you think?

I mean, even scientists have to eat.

Y-you just don't understand, do you?

When you treat someone as if they're for sale

it is insulting.

Really?

Well, everybody's for sale, kid.

At the moment, I'm not in the market

for any oceanographers, so you're safe.

But there's a big storm coming.

I mean a big one.

So it's time to batten down the hatches, bub.

[Val] Okay.

[Paige] They've gotta be in there somewhere.

-[Val] Oh! -Here it is.

The words to every Christmas Carol there ever was.

Now neither one of you has an excuse.

Come on, Karen. You know I can't sing.

-Well, you're gonna have to try. -Yeah. Fat chance.

-[Val] Fat chance. -Because it's Christmas.

And we're going to have to wish you a merry...

♪ Christmas ♪♪

-We wish you a merry... -Christmas.

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And Happy New Year ♪

♪ La la la la la la La la la la la la ♪♪

Boy, I'll tell you, that's some power out, eh?

Yeah. Lucky you had these storm lamps.

I know, I thought they'd have it back on by now.

So how's it going, daughter?

I think I was probably being a little hysterical

when I dragged you down to the beach the other day.

Yeah. Why was Pierce taking off like that?

Well, it was something personal.

Something from his past

that he didn't wanna talk to me about.

Is that it?

He doesn't wanna talk to you, so he just disappears? Huh?

-He's not like you, Mack. -Hey, Paige.

If you're looking for someone as good as your old man here

forget it, don't hold your breath.

-[Paige chuckles] -[Mack chuckles] Thank you.

Hey, I just want you to be happy

if you're gonna be with this guy. That's all.

Thanks.

You know, either way I look at you

you're beautiful.

I love you.

Ooh. Merry Christmas.

[Kate] Man, sometimes I can't believe I'm related to him.

Uh...

I guess it wasn't very subtle of me to drag my mother

out of the room like that, but you know

I wanted to give you two a chance to talk.

How was that? Did you guys get along okay?

Sure.

Mostly I let him talk.

I was so worried about tonight

and I can't believe he was just... he was nice.

You know, people think he has all these ulterior motives

and stuff, but I think he mostly acts like that

just out of habit.

Well, he adores you.

Did he say that?

He wanted to know if I was going to break your heart.

Get out of here.

He didn't say that. What did you say?

I told him he had nothing to worry about.

Because I love you.

That's so nice.

Nothing to worry about at all.

When's his last? When's his last?

-[Gary] Loss. -When's his loss?

♪ Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh ♪

♪ O'er the fields we go laughing all the way ♪

♪ Ha, ha, ha! ♪♪

♪ Good King Wenceslas looked out ♪

♪ On the feast of Stephen ♪

♪ When was the snow lay round about ♪

♪ Deep and crisp and even ♪♪

♪ Hark! The herald angels sing ♪

♪ Glory to the new-born king ♪

♪ All I want for Christmas Is my two front teeth ♪

♪ My two front teeth see, my two front teeth ♪

♪ Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth ♪

♪ Then I could wish you Merry Christmas ♪♪

[Meg and Karen laugh]

♪ Tonight the stars shine for the children ♪

♪ And light the way for dreams to fly ♪

♪ Tonight our love comes wrapped in ribbons ♪

♪ The world is right and hopes are high ♪

♪ And from a dark and frosted window ♪

♪ A child appears ♪

♪ To search the sky ♪

♪ Because it's Christmas ♪

♪ Because it's Christmas ♪

♪ Tonight belongs to all the children ♪

♪ Tonight their joy rings through the air ♪

♪ And so we send our tender blessings ♪

♪ To all the children everywhere ♪

♪ To see the smiles and hear the laughter ♪

♪ A time to give ♪

♪ A time to share ♪

♪ Because it's Christmas ♪

♪ For now and forever ♪

♪ For all of our children ♪

♪ And or the children ♪

♪ In us all ♪♪

[applause]

h*, h*, h*!

Merry Christmas.

[cheering]

Oh, h*, h*, h*.

-Santa! -Santa!

Merry Christmas. h*, h*, h*, h*!

Have you been good little children?

-[kids] Yeah. -Yes? h*, h*, h*!

[Meg] Ooh, the lights are on!

Come on! Let's go look out at the window.

-[Betsy] Let's go. -[Bobby] Okay. Cool.

[Meg] Watch out. Don't step on the presents.

Santa.

[endearing music]

I kind of liked it better without the lights.

Yeah, me too.

[Bobby and Betsy] Wow!

Awesome!

-Look at the snowman. -Wow.

[upbeat music playing]

Mommy.

Oh. Morning, honey.

-Tooth fairy came. -Oh!

-Count on the old tooth fairy. -Santa Claus too.

-Did he? -Come on, get up!

Oh, well, I'll be down in a minute

Aren't you forgetting something?

-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Mwah! Merry Christmas.

[Mack chuckles]

Hey.

What?

It's Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Jason leaves this morning.

[birds chirping]

So how long I've been here?

A year?

Yeah, thereabouts.

How come this feels more like my home

than that other place I used to live at for 16 years?

Well, Jason, because it is yours.

Anytime you wanna come back.

It's yours.

You're a good guy, Jason.

I'll get Meg and Karen.

[sighs]

[telephone ringing]

Hello. Merry Christmas.

-[chuckles] Jason. -Jason?

We just got back.

How long did they say it was gonna be?

Alright, look, you know, take a walk

around the terminal, read that book.

You know, read a chapter. Hold on a second.

Karen wants to say hi.

Alright, call back. Hold on.

Jace? Hi.

Uh-huh. Listen. Umm...

I'm gonna come back to the airport.

Right. Well.

I think we should talk.

Bye.

My aching back.

[sighs] It's the season, you know.

Wears me out.

You okay, kid?

-Yeah, I'm fine. -Yeah, I'm fine, Santa.

[Karen] Jason.

Here.

Oh, cool. Let's go. I'm ready.

Go where?

Well, didn't you come to take me back?

Why don't you sit down for a minute?

Come on.

Why do you want me to take you back?

Why?

Why hang around the airport for the next two hours?

I mean, I could just catch the same flight tomorrow.

Is that really it?

I don't know, Karen.

I don't feel like going.

I'm not ready.

It's like there's something that I'm hanging on to

that I can't let go of.

It's you guys.

I think it's your father.

I think you've been waiting for him to call.

Send a card to acknowledge you're going away.

And it's okay to feel that way.

It would be strange if you didn't.

All I can say is

the sooner you stop waiting for him

the better off you're gonna be.

I can't give up on him, Karen.

[melancholic music playing]

I don't think I can...

because if I do...

that means...

You'll never be alone. You always have Mack.

And Meg...

and me.

I promise.

[gasps] Oh. It's beautiful, mother.

Oh, you liked it? Oh, good.

Yeah, Christmas lunch sounds great.

Okay. Alright.

I'll meet you in front of the museum

in half an hour.

Okay.

Okay, I'll see you then.

Hi.

You were gone when I woke up.

Well, I had to get something for you.

I left it in my drawer at the ranch.

I knew you'd have a good explanation.

You know

I don't know if I can take this bitterness between us.

[chuckles] Why don't you walk out the door?

It's always a solution, isn't it?

Here's your present.

[sighs]

Oh, don't tell me you can't take it.

You can't take a gift from me.

Thanks.

You know something that I just can't get off my mind?

It's Sumner being here.

And you letting him in.

What was I supposed to do? Make him stand on the doormat?

And you just stood around in the living room chatting?

Well, yes, as a matter of fact, we did.

Hmm.

Did he get you this?

-What? -Huh?

What did he get you? What did he get you?

He didn't get me that.

-Silk nightgown. -What are you doing?

-[hangers clattering] -Satin robe?

Huh? You know what?

I'm looking in the wrong place.

What did he get you, huh?

Is it this? Is it this? Is it this? Is it this?

Is it this? Oh, was it this?

Huh? Did he put his initials on it?

-Get out. -[Pierce pants]

Get out.

I'm sorry.

I...

Just get out.

[panting] Okay.

[door slams]

[sighs]

Merry Christmas.

[narrator] Next, on Knots Landing...

Who are you?

Rosa Barth had a nephew.

You don't have to put up the bank's money.

How much time does it buy us?

You could lose your home.

You're destroying yourself

and you're going to destroy us.

-It's not happening. -It is happening, Gary.

Why don't you just come out and tell me

what it is you're trying to say?

The last girl Pierce loved the way he loves your daughter

ended up dead.

When did he buy you off? Yesterday?

Two months ago? Huh?

-Pierce! -... in beginning? Huh?

[theme music playing]

[music continues]