13x15 - Letting Go

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

-[Schmidt] Morning. -Morning.

I, uh, thought I'd stop by and bring you

the extra set of keys to the machine shed.

Thanks a lot. Hey.

I was driving around the property yesterday

just looking things over and...

I got some questions.

Yeah, imagine you did.

I don't want to impose on your time,

but if you got half hour or so,

maybe you can give me your opinion on a couple of things.

Uh... Sure, hop in.

-We're doing that. -Great.

Uh-uh...

You'll be wanting that.

Yeah, I reckon you won't have much need for it, will you?

Probably not.

Your property line runs behind

those trees over there, Mr. Schmidt.

It's like real prime timber to me.

Yeah.

Forestry Service said some of those trees

are over 100 years old.

You never done any real timber in here, is that right?

Oh, uh, some selective cutting from time to time,

but, um, no.

Not really.

I'm going to propose something to you.

Sure.

I got a lot on me right now.

Got a new dairy operation opening up over in the Valley.

I don't really have the time to tend to it like I should.

I'm wondering...

if you'd be willing to stay on here,

help me out.

You love the place better than anybody else.

You know what should be done.

I figure you...

You figure it out. It's quick enough without me.

Maybe so.

But I'll pay you what you're worth.

[chuckles]

I thought you'd already hired a couple of men.

Hired guys to run mowers.

They're daily laborers.

-Talking about a manager. -Ah...

Tell you the truth,

the idea of running this place for somebody else.

That's... It's not the way to think about it.

Look at it like...

that this is your chance...

to finish all the things you never had a chance to do.

Make it complete.

[emotional music]

[applause]

[Mack] She really wasn't that good.

Listen to you.

A little competitive.

Hey, I'm not the judge, but she wasn't that good.

You're saying Meg is better.

Isn't she?

Ellen Greenberg, Floor Exercise 8.3.

Our next competitor is Meg MacKenzie.

Meggie, yes!

[applause and cheering]

She's better.

[applause and cheering]

That's Meg.

She's good.

[Mack] Whoa, yeah, Meg.

Actually, she's real good.

[applause]

Greg's here.

[woman] While we're waiting for the results...

[Karen] Now, remember what we agreed?

[Mack] Yeah. What was that?

[Karen] That, that Meg's got an Uncle Greg.

[Mack] Who shows up uninvited?

He's got a date with him?

You know, I mean, it's a funny thing to bring a date too.

-Will you behave yourself? -Here they come.

Well, don't just sit here.

-What? -Stand up.

-Oh, Ka... - ...2496.

For Meg MacKenzie,

our highest score of the day, a 9.5!

-Hey, Meg, way to go! -[cheering and applauding]

Oh, we're so proud of you!

Mary Lou Retton.

Hello, Meg. Congratulations.

Mack and Karen MacKenzie. This is Mary Lou.

-Yeah, how are you? -I'm Karen MacKenzie.

Nice to meet you both.

[Mack and Karen both] Pleasure to meet you.

-Excuse me. -[Mack laughs]

Yeah, you can see how excited she is.

-I can see that. -Excited?

She's going to remember this for the rest of her life.

I think that's great you brought her with her with you.

Yeah, you know, I had to get her out of the house.

-Mommy, Daddy. -What?

Mary Lou said she is gonna show me how to do

an aerial on the beam, after everyone leaves.

-Is it okay if we stay? -Oh, sure, yeah.

-Oh, we'd be glad to. -Oh, that's really nice of you.

Certainly. Let's go.

Mary Lou Retton.

[Val] Really, Gary, I mean,

how can he expect you to do that?

To lose a beautiful place like that,

and then you turn right around the next day

and you go back to work for the person

who took it from you.

He didn't take it from me. He bought it.

Yeah, but still. I mean...

You're not thinking of doing it, are you?

Look, this is making me nuts.

Gary.

Where does this stuff go anyway?

Honey, you're you're going to be order around

in a place that used to be yours.

Look, I won't be taking orders.

I'll be in complete control.

Besides that, he doesn't have time to deal

with all that stuff.

I mean, look, this is going to give me a chance to do

all those things I talked about doing

but never got around to.

You really are going to do this, aren't you?

He'll pay me good money.

Which right now wouldn't hurt.

Gary. This isn't about money, is it?

Sweetheart, don't hang on to it. Let it go.

This is only going to hurt you.

How is Meg to remember Mary Lou Retton?

She wasn't even born in 1984.

She had a poster of Mary Lou on her wall

ever since she started gymnastics.

Besides, Jason remembered Sandy Koufax.

It's not the same thing.

Why not?

She won the gold medal in the all around.

She was the first American woman to do that.

You think that's how she feels?

The way Jason and I feel about baseball

she feels that way about gymnastics?

Yes, Mack.

I do.

[Susan] Hi, Anne, this is Susan.

[Anne] Hi, Susan.

So tell me about it.

[Susan] Well, I just started seeing this new guy.

[Anne] And you like him?

[Susan] Yes, a lot.

He is so charming and funny.

[Anne] So what's the problem?

[Susan] Well, he has a bad reputation.

[Anne] How bad?

[Susan] Well, it's just that he plays with people.

He manipulates them and uses them

just to get what he wants.

But he's smart and he makes you laugh, right?

[Susan] Yeah, it's really hard to explain.

I'm just like, really comfortable with him.

[Anne] Like you've known each other for years.

[Susan] Exactly. Exactly.

So what should I do?

You tell me.

[Susan] Excuse me?

Don't expect to change him, Susan.

Go in with your eyes open, okay?

[emotional music]

[Susan] Well.

Okay. Thank you.

Good luck.

[emotional music]

On to the next caller.

Hi, this is Anne Matheson.

- Tell me about it. -[Tom] Hi, Anne, this is Tom

from Woodland Hills.

[eerie music]

[door knick]

Can I help you?

Hello.

[eerie music]

-Mind if I come in? -Yes.

Wasn't easy to find you, but I always managed to, don't I?

So why have you come?

To say goodbye.

I'm leaving California.

I think I've accomplished what I set out to do.

Which was to destroy me.

It didn't have to be that way, you know?

I would have kept your secrets,

if only you treated me with a little respect.

No.

You mean giving you what you wanted?

Yes.

[eerie music]

Sumner.

Yeah.

[eerie music]

You've been with him, haven't you?

If you mean if I slept with him, the answer is no.

-Why? -[Pierce] Never mind why.

Because you've been around him.

-I've seen you with him. -So?

So I know you, Victoria.

You see things.

You learn about the people you're with,

so you can use them.

So tell me about Sumner.

Tell you what?

-Whatever you know. -You're obsessed with.

-Just tell me. -Why should I?

Do you want me to make love to you?

In exchange for information about Sumner

you'd sleep with me?

Well,

I want you to tell me how much you want it first.

Come on.

Lie to me?

[eerie music]

Hey, Gary. There you are.

Come on in.

What's on your mind?

I just talked to a guy

about flying in some rye grass.

He said he could come out Thursday.

You mean you're hiring a plane?

Well, yeah, this guy's been doing it for me for years.

Hey, don't know. Let me think about that one, okay?

Oh, by the way, you got some mail here.

It's in your separate file there.

Post office, you can't always trust them

to forward this stuff.

Listen, I gotta make one phone call here.

Why don't you wait for me in the truck?

Then we'll take a look at that new fence.

[exhales deeply]

How did you get in here?

I had all the locks changed.

Oh yeah, who else has a key?

Sumner, I'll bet.

Just take your stuff and you get out.

Oh, I see.

You're giving orders again

now that you're working for Sumner.

You didn't wait long, did you?

Get out of here. Get out.

-Get out. Get out. -[Pierce grunting]

[thump]

[dramatic tense music]

You tell him for me.

The w*r hasn't even started.

[dramatic tense music]

[door shut]

[Schmidt] I'm going to ask you a question.

[Gary] Sure.

[Schmidt] When this was your place,

did you ever think about putting it under cultivation

and growing your own feed?

Yeah, once.

But it's so hilly. We had a problem with washing.

[Schmidt] Well, maybe you were doing it wrong.

-You want one? -[Gary] No, thanks.

[Gary] You're not thinking about row cropping.

[Schmidt] Not.

[Schmidt spitting]

No, no, no, but...

It sure would be nice to grow your own feed, wouldn't it?

Especially... especially now.

Prices the way they are.

Yeah, you don't mind turning the whole place

into one big gully.

[Schmidt chuckling] Whoa.

They worried about me hurting

old Mother Earth back here, Gary.

Well, you don't have to be a member of the Sierra Club

to want to hang on to your topsoil.

Well, we can't all be gentlemen farmers,

you know what I mean.

[Schmidt] Oh, look at that.

Oh my goodness.

[Greg] Missed you at the staff meeting this morning.

I was delayed.

Hell of a way to start a new job.

I think you should hire a bodyguard, Greg.

You get a shiner and I should have a bodyguard.

-How do you figure? -You're next.

-Pierce? -Pretty huh?

Bodyguard's not my style.

Consider it.

You live alone, drive your own car.

You're an easy target.

I think I'll work on the living alone part first.

[Pierce] Claudia.

Hi, I'm Pierce Lawton.

I know your daughter Kate from the ranch.

Oh, yes. She's talked about you an awful lot. Yes.

This must be a pretty rugged time for her.

Send her my love, would you?

Yes, I will.

That's a lovely piece of work, isn't it?

Oh, I think it is beautiful.

I've been here practically every single day

since the show is open just to...

check in on it.

Am I mistaken or did you work in archaeology?

Anthropology.

But that was a long time ago.

Well, it couldn't have been that long ago.

Thank you.

Are you interested in primitive art?

Well, I'm interested in learning, yeah.

-Thank you. -Sure.

[water dripping]

[water gargling]

Oh Gary. Startled me.

Sorry.

You look tired.

Yeah.

I am a little putting up fence all day,

been away from it too long.

Bobby was telling me after school

how he'd like to go out to the ranch with you one day.

Yeah, sure.

You and...

Mr. Schmidt getting along all right?

We had a little discussion today.

-About what? -Nothing really.

About whether to put one of the pastures back into alfalfa.

He's got his point of view.

It wasn't like anybody got angry, it's just.

You know.

That ranch was our home.

Damn, it's just an investment.

We'll have to get something back for his money.

Truth is, it is now.

You do whatever he wants.

I mean, I know that it's just...

Just what, sweetheart?

[sighs]

I've had these calluses before.

They're always my home.

Hi, Frank.

Mhm, hey.

-Ready to retire? -What do you mean?

Our lottery ticket.

They publish the winning numbers today?

Come on, get over here with that ticket.

I can see a winner a mile off

and you look like a winner to me today.

I don't know where I put it.

Frank, how many times have I told you, use the dictaphone.

You know nobody can read your handwriting.

It's just a letter to Julie.

-Morning. -Morning.

[Mack] What's up?

You remember that lottery ticket we bought?

Yeah. Did you win?

Well, we won't know that until Frank locates the ticket.

Well, you wrote it down, remember?

Yeah, it's...

under L for lottery ticket.

I'm sure it's not under F for Franklin.

We won.

We won. We won.

What do you say? What are you telling me?

-[Frank] We won. -[Mack] Come on.

The ticket? It's in my blue suit.

What? No-

It's over here. That's where it is.

It's it's over here.

-Right in here. -[Mack] Where is it?

Who? You won the lottery?

You can't win the lottery.

You won? He won the lot--

We won the lottery?

-Get in the car. -I'm with you.

Don't lose it Mack.

Does Gary know why he's doing it?

[Val] What he says is-- Up.

Yeah, top end up a little bit.

The thing's that he wants to finish up out there.

Oh, you don't sound too convinced about this.

Well.

And I think it's a lot of things,

but mostly he just-- He can't let it go.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

I have been thinking about something.

Oh yeah. What?

I've been thinking about selling.

Your ring?

Yeah.

-Val. -Well, I mean.

I know that it was very expensive.

Val.

Gary wouldn't want you to do that.

I know, but I do know that it would help

take some of the pressure off of him.

Karen, this...

it's just a symbol.

It's not going to change anything.

I think you better talk to Gary about this.

Yeah.

[thrilling music]

Okay, my blue suit's upstairs.

-Upstairs. -Yeah.

No, no, no. Wait a minute.

You checked my desk drawer on the kitchen.

-For the blue suit? -Blue suit.

Hey, wait a minute, you wore the blue suit

when you went to the meat packing plant.

You said you were going to take it to the cleaners.

I did? I did.

I took it to the cleaner.

I took it to the cleaners.

No, no, wait a minute.

I brought it back from the cleaners last night

and it's over there.

No, it's not up there.

It's over here.

It's right there.

[Mack laughs]

-Here we go. -Suit.

Come on, babe.

Be here.

Be here.

[both shouting] Yes.

♪ Seven, seven, nine, two, three, six eight. ♪

♪ Seven, seven, nine, two, three, six eight. ♪

♪ Seven, seven, nine, two, three, six eight. ♪

♪ Seven, seven, nine, two, three, six eight. ♪

-[Frank] Seven, seven, four. -Seven, seven, nine.

-Seven, seven, nine. -It's four.

Seven, seven...

Four

You still got that rolodex card.

Seven, seven...

[dramatic music]

Frank, how many times I told you

to use the dictaphone?

Is that a nine or a four?

It is a four.

[Val] I don't know.

It all looks so great out of the ranch.

[Karen] Well.

You'll make it great.

Come on.

[Meg] You're not the special teacher,

'cause I'm better than everyone else.

[Betsy] I don't know.

No one's better than everyone else.

Not even the president.

My daddy told me.

Then your daddy doesn't know because I am.

I'm the best in gymnastics of the whole first grade.

You're not.

Yes, I am. Mary Lou Retton said

I could be in the Olympics if I want.

I hate you, Meg.

Meg, honey, you upset Betsy.

[Betsy] I'm not your friend anymore, Meg.

[Val] Don't worry, it's okay.

Mommy, she said that Daddy didn't know.

Oh sweetie, Meg didn't mean that.

Yes, she did.

I know she didn't. Come on.

Don't worry about it.

No, I've always wanted to live in Southern California.

And then last summer I met Paige.

So here I am, and now it's open.

That's a hard time to go through.

But what about you? What brought you out here?

Oh.

My daughter won a tennis scholarship.

You see, I thought you would have come out here

to be with your brother.

How well do you know my brother?

Just as a worthy adversary.

I have nothing but respect for the man.

You don't have to pretend with me.

I'm not. I mean.

I took my lumps when Tidal Energy went down,

but I'd like to think I learned a good deal in the process.

Sometimes you have to go up

against somebody like that to find out what you're made of.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

What are you made of?

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

and a pretty tough competitive streak.

Besides,

I hear he's on the new pastures.

Rumor has that he's sniffing around Burton Biotechnology.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised.

He's been very...

restless, but don't take that as confirmation.

I'm not.

Let's change the subject.

Yes.

You have a beautiful smile.

-Thank you. -That's true.

Cheers.

Balance...

blank.

Four letters.

Bean.

-Bean. -I'm home.

Hi.

Five o'clock already?

You know, I bet your day really drags without me.

Mommy did the whole crossword puzzle today

by herself.

Wow. She did, huh?

Yes, I did.

Any second thoughts about quitting the show?

It'll take a lot more than this crossword puzzle.

Make me want to go back to work.

That...

idiot.

Hey, how's The Olympian?

Oh, well, we had a little...

problem today.

[Mack] Tell me about it.

Meg.

I said I was better than her at backflips.

And you hurt her feelings, right?

But it's true.

Yes, it's it's true.

And you told me not to lie.

Yes, I told you not to lie.

You know, Meg.

You're a real good gymnast

and I'm very proud of you.

But that doesn't make it all right for you

to make Betsy cry.

But Betsy's not still mad at me.

Why are you mad at me?

[Karen and Mack] We're not mad at you.

You know, Meg.

You have responsibilities today.

New responsibilities.

You know what I mean by responsibility?

Like making my bed.

Like making your bed.

And feeding your turtle

and going to practice...

and not hurting other people's feelings.

[Gary exhaling deeply]

Betsy and Meg had a little disagreement.

They got through.

You know, it's funny.

What?

Being out there at the ranch every day.

Brings up a lot of stuff I didn't expect.

[door knock]

Mommy.

[Bobby] Yes.

I can't sleep.

Me neither.

Can't sleep?

[Val] Come on in here.

We heard you talking.

[Gary] Well, you did?

Get up here.

I keep hearing noises.

Yeah? Well.

Don't be afraid of.

A new house is going to have different sounds at night.

How come?

Well, because every house has its own sound.

Get in here. Come on.

Come on, get in.

Snuggle up.

I like the sounds of his house.

Me too.

Keep listening for the time and place

of my appearance in your area

as Tell Me About It

hits the road for Valentine's Day.

-That work for you? - That's great.

That's a wrap.

Anne I'm going to catch something to eat.

Can I get anything for you?

- No, that's okay. -All right.

Someone's watching you.

Tell me about it.

But first turn the volume up.

It's on your left hand side.

Gently.

How about that?

Perfect.

Now, what'd you say your name was?

Let's leave our names out of this.

And what are you doing here?

I was looking for a little company.

Company?

That mean you're lonely?

No, I'm not lonely.

It's just that all of my friends have already gone to bed.

Mind you.

So this is it.

The Magic Kingdom.

I always wanted to know how this worked.

You want to know how it works?

Come on in.

I'll show you how it works.

[romantic music]

And I think I've always been a guy

who hated surprise parties.

Mrs. Ewing with the diamond market

the way it is That's the most I can offer you.

But my husband bought this for me less than a year ago,

and I know that it was worth a lot more.

You don't have to tell me that.

Look, if you think you can get a better price for it

somewhere else, you're welcome to try.

-No, I'll take it. -Are you sure?

[thumping metal]

-How are you doing there? -Good.

Good?

Well, don't hurt yourself.

[Gary grunts]

It's hard work, isn't it?

Hey, buddy, we're looking for...

Mr. Schmidt.

He's not down here now...

You working for him?

-Yeah. -Well, he's supposed

to give us the keys for the gates

up in the north pasture.

How you doing, son? You helping your daddy out?

Yep.

-There you can use mine. -Thank you.

You guys going to be clearing out some timber?

Some timber?

We're taking out everything.

-What are you talking about? -Well.

he told us to clear cut the whole thing.

That's right, we're going to need cultivators

and a couple of tractor drivers, too.

What's that boy used to work for you?

What's his name?

Look, I'll call you right back.

So what can I do for you?

You're clear cutting the north pasture.

We've taken out a few trees. Yeah.

some of those trees are 30, 40, 50 years old.

You clear all those trees out by spring

you're going to find yourself in a river of mud.

You come down here to give me a lecture?

I'm not going to stand by

and watch you tear this place apart.

You're going to destroy it.

But then I guess it's mine to destroy, isn't it?

Look,

this place is not a toy to me.

I laid out a hell of a lot of cash for it,

and I got monthly payments to meet.

I pay my bills.

I think you got some work to do.

I think I don't.

I quit.

I thought I told you to wait in the truck.

[Gary] Bob--

[dramatic music]

[car revving]

[dramatic emotional music]

[car revving]

-Greggy. -Hey, Sis.

What's happening in your Niagara woods?

Your pediatric swing opens up next week.

And I was able to talk them into putting us

on a separate card at the end

of the Ecology special public television.

You're terrific at your job.

[chuckling] Yeah.

Well, not only that, I love doing it.

I guess that's why we're one big happy family.

Yeah.

Greggy.

I thought this meeting was over.

You know, it was kind of a surprise

running into Paige in the hallway.

I can't believe a little surprise puts you off your game.

Look, she's-she's a lovely girl.

Lovely. And I'm very glad that she is here.

[Greg] The answer is no.

I am not sleeping with her.

You can go and enjoy your lunch.

Ready for Chinese?

I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?

I think my sister was just going to hit the breaks.

It's good to see you, Claudia.

I hear the foundation is flourishing in my absence.

Yes.

Can you beat that?

Enjoy your lunch.

[mocking] Hey.

You know, Italian food is my favorite.

Chinese.

Surprise, surprise.

Hi. What happened to you?

Oh, it's just a bruise. What are you doing here?

I'm taking Greg to lunch.

I'd put a steak on that, honey.

Yes, my Lord.

This time I'll be the Princess.

And you could be my servant. Okay?

Okay. But what if I'm a magic servant?

Okay.

So you did it, huh?

Yeah, I did.

How do you feel?

I don't know.

How are you gonna tell him?

Karen, I have been thinking about that all afternoon.

Bob.

Come here.

[birds chirping]

I yelled at you today and I shouldn't have.

I'm sorry.

That's okay. I should have stayed

in the truck like you told me.

Yeah, that's true.

But it was Mr. Schmidt I was angry at, not you.

Is he really gonna cut down all those trees, Daddy?

Yep.

He can do whatever he wants.

It's his ranch.

You know, Dad.

I'm glad we moved here.

[sighs] Why is that?

When we were back at the ranch,

there weren't many kids around.

And here you can skateboard anytime you want.

[laughs]

Run inside and get your mom.

[Betsy] Hey, Bobby, where have you been?

[Bobby] Oh, Daddy and I went out for a short break.

[indistinct chatter]

-[Betsy] Okay, but remember... -Yeah, come here.

[Betsy]...once this way and once that way.

Let me see your hands.

-[Bobby] Okay? [grunts] -Not yet.

[dramatic music]

I sold it.

Just wanted to help. I was...

I don't want you to have to go back out to the ranch anymore.

Yeah, well, I'm not going back anymore.

I quit.

What?

Schmidt set...

a timber crew out this afternoon.

They'll clear cut all those oaks.

I couldn't stand my watch.

Gary, no.

Yeah, he had payments to make.

[Val stutters]

Those trees are so beautiful. I mean, they...

There's no money in the world that...

And y... You can't put a price on that.

Yeah,

I know.

Give me your hand.

[emotional music]

You can't put a price on this either.

[Val laughs]

[crying] Gary.

How did-how did you know where to find this?

Well, because Geiger called me.

You hadn't given the guy your Social Security number

for the tax things.

[Betsy] Mommy, Daddy.

Come see what we're building.

[emotional music]

Come in.

Come your way.

[Betsy] Daddy, come here and look.

Meg and I made it.

It's a castle.

[Meg] Okay then. Come on.

[emotional music]

[Bobby] Ouch, that's my toy.

[Betsy] Okay, this is my side.

Daddy?

[emotional music]

[narrator] Next on Knots Landing...

Just a little message from Greg Sumner.

You avoid Paige Matheson.

We'd like you to write a biography of Greg Sumner.

You are in the inside, Val. You know all the players.

[Alex] You must have needs.

I know I do.

My sister said you wanted to see me. Why?

I thought maybe you could give me some advice.

-Claudia. -How did your meeting go?

Gave me a job.

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