14x08 - A Death in the Family

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Previously, on Knots Landing...

We spent hours going over the list of names

trying to find the person that hit the task force.

The name we keep coming back to is yours.

You know, if I take a job like this, you'll never see me.

If it's something you wanna do, I think you ought to take it.

I wanna get pregnant. The sooner, the better.

So unless you have some concrete reason

why I shouldn't be taking fertility pills

I'd like you to write me prescription right now.

Fertility pills?

The bank is going to close it.

We could pick it up for a good price.

We'll even call it Nicks.

I was only able to free

half a million from the foundation.

You said you could get a million.

Yes, I know what I said, but on such short notice

that's all it was available.

Jack, I think we can close on that restaurant deal.

Half a million dollars.

My brother told you the deal was one million cash.

[speaking in foreign language]

Did you get it?

-What are you doing? -Time for us to get out of town.

Not until I get my other half million, no.

Are you nuts?

You're ticking off the heavyweights now.

What if MacKenzie flips out

or Sumner sends his g*ons down here?

I'm not afraid of them. I'm gonna tape it.

If anything goes wrong, I can use it against him.

No, no. This time you're not conning me.

-We're getting out. -What are you scared of?

We're just got half a million bucks.

-For God sakes. -That's not it.

Come on, talk to me, Joe. It's something else.

-Come on. -I did it to protect you.

-Did what? -It was that Ewing dame.

She was sniffing around down in Florida.

She got on to us sis.

She found out. We had to do something.

What did you do?

My friend Blaris snatched her.

He kept her locked in their house.

It was just until the deal went down

and you got the money. We didn't wanna hurt her.

So what happened?

Her husband and some private d*ck got onto us.

I don't know how they even found the house.

And there was this car chase and...

And?

And everybody in Jack's car was k*lled.

Oh, nice. Nice, Joe.

Sometimes I wonder why I have anything at all to do with you.

I did it for you.

You did it because you're stupid.

Well, just get out.

Where's my share?

Oh, there's some change in there on the dresser.

-Go help yourself. -Listen, sis!

[shouting] I do what you ask... I did what you asked me.

Oh, alright.

I'm giving you 50 grand. More than you deserve.

[tense music]

How are you gonna get the rest of the dough?

That's my business. Here.

Go hole up somewhere

and don't get in touch with me in this century.

-Understood? -Understood.

Oh, hurry up.

[theme music]

Who's that?

It's a long story. [indistinct]

He needed to borrow the battery, and it got...

-It's a mess. -Great.

-Just watch. -Oh, my God.

Not much of it. Here we go again.

[audio squeaking]

Can you see it?

-Gotta get something. -Here it goes.

[Pete] Ah. Come on, come on. Get out of there.

Nothing, huh? We got nothing.

Mack, I'm sorry.

Look, I gotta get back to work. My shift starts in 20 minutes.

Wait. Pete. Listen to the audio ones.

What? I thought you said there was nothing there.

You're the expert. You tell me.

At least the tracking bug worked.

We know she went back to her place for the money.

-She's still there. Here you go. -Alright.

[indistinct chatter on recorder]

-Uh-huh. Shh. -Huh? You hear it?

Alright. You can turn it off.

Look, maybe the tape can be selectively enhanced.

You know, sometimes the technical guys

can separate the voice from the background noise

and sort of lift the conversation out.

Alright. That's what we're looking for.

That's a long shot, Mack.

but it's the only shot I've got. What do I do?

We'll take it down to Arrow Sound Labs.

They're in the book. If anybody can do it, they can.

Thanks a lot, Pete. I really appreciate it.

-Mack, what's up? -I don't have time.

I've gotta see a man about a tape.

Now, Carlos, the hotel was wonderful.

We loved it.

I'm so glad, Ms. Sumner.

When you called to say you were coming home early

I was afraid I had disappointed you.

No, not at all.

Look, they finished the painting.

[laughs] It's beautiful.

Look at this. I love the colors. And look at the archway.

-Don't you just love it, honey? -Love what?

Men.

We'll have lunch on the patio, Carlos.

Carlos. Yes, ma'am.

Miss Sumner, Deputy Mayor called.

He wants you to join him for an inspection

of some of the rebuilding sites.

-Get him on the horn. -Yes.

But we just got back.

-Do you have to? -Yeah, I'll go down there.

I'll crush a few obstructionists

and I'll be home for an early dinner.

But the museum benefit's tonight.

That's great. Let's party.

Deputy Mayor Lofton.

Well, I guess the honeymoon's over.

[telephone ringing]

-Doctor Stern's office. -Hello.

This is Jane Gray.

Anne Matheson Sumner's assistant.

I wonder if I could ask an enormous favor.

Yes, Miss Gray.

Mrs. Sumner needs a refill

of her clomiphene and would like you

to authorize her pharmacy.

Already? She should have enough for another 30 days.

Well, I know, but flying back from her honeymoon

the miserable airline lost the bag

with the pills in it.

I can do this only once.

No further refills without an office visit

because Doctor Stern's very definite about this.

These fertility pills can play havoc on your system

but I'll authorize a refill for another 30 days, alright?

Thank you.

[tense music]

-I really don't want to. -He's a great guy.

How many times have I heard that?

Very grown up, very young, damaged, very un-male.

-Prime husband material. -What does he do?

He's some kind of developer.

-Great. A real estate shark. -I don't think it's like that.

Look, Susanna, I'm really late for court.

Think about it, okay?

Excuse me for barging in, but I--

I excuse me, but I am insanely busy.

[Karen] I know. That's why I'm here.

I haven't been able to reach you on the phone.

-Have you talked to Mary? -I really am due in court.

Please tell me.

-Yes, I did speak to her. -What did she say?

-You're fired. -What?

She thinks that you've gotten to me.

-That I'm selling her out. -Why?

I asked her about her brother, if she knew

about his attempts at extortion.

Did she admit she knew?

Mrs. MacKenzie, I may no longer be Mary Robenson's attorney

but I still have an ethical obligation.

I know that.

Please, can you tell me anything?

I probably said too much already.

Yes, I think you're right to be concerned.

Perhaps even suspicious.

Now, I'm sorry, I have to go to court.

Miss Fields.

[intense music]

As an officer of the court

don't you think you have an obligation to tell the truth?

Don't you think you have an obligation to Meg?

That was in 30 days and within 90 days

we had just completed demolition

on 42% of the irretrievable buildings

within 120 days with the 8% and within six months 67%.

Our projections for the next 12 months

show that we would be only left with 11%--

[Greg] No, I'm looking around here

and I'm not overwhelmed with the progress.

Greg, we don't want simply

to rebuild things the way they were.

We wanna constructively impact the community for the long term

and that takes time.

You were in the US Senate. You know how it is.

Yeah, I know how it is.

Now we're coming up to a project

that's just beginning with construction.

A new Powell supermarket.

Powell is one of the first to make a real commitment.

Well, the Powell Corporation should be commended.

Yes, sir, we're talking to them about a second site.

[indistinct shouting]

The rest of the community doesn't appear

to share your enthusiasm, Mr. Templeton.

[indistinct shouting]

[man 1] Hey, hey, hey, hey. Now check this out.

[man 2] We don't want you around here

like they just bopped the place.

Y'all go on home now.

Look, why don't you get out of these people's faces?

I mean, we don't wanna mess with the little tour.

Hey, now, come on. Take a walk around the hood.

Prove to yourselves what good people you are.

Next year y'all gonna be gone

and the rats and the g*ns

and the crack's still gonna be right here.

Well, can't you see that's what we're trying to change?

Well, you ain't doing much of a job, Cliff Man.

Mighty Cliff Templeton, Mr. Billionaire Ball Player.

So, what are you, the house boy?

You see that building over there on the corner?

My mother runs a counseling center out of there.

Now here we are, eight months later

and that burnt-out building right next to her

still hasn't been cleaned out yet.

So now she gets all the rats.

And why don't you say what you want?

Alright.

This site here is gonna have



You know how many gon' be minority?

-Twelve. -[man 3] Twelve, man.

Couple of token stooges.

This job was awarded

under all the current federal guidelines and proceeds.

Oh yeah, I'm sure it was.

The same old smoke, right? Business as usual.

But I will look into your grievances, I promise.

Amy, get this gentleman's name in a contact number.

Look, you're Sumner, aren't you?

We're not gangsters here

We're just looking for a fair chance.

And they're always talking

about how you're the most powerful man

in the state, Sumner.

Would you do something good with that power

for once in your life?

Come on, y'all. Let's get back to work.

-Come on! -Work.

[indistinct shouting]

Here it is, Mrs. Sumner.

-Just arrived. -Thank you, Julia.

-Now let's take a look at it. -Okay.

[Anne chuckles]

[speaking in Spanish]

Yeah, it'll do.

[phone ringing]

Thanks.

-Hello? -Anne. Ellen Stern.

Dr. Stern. Hi.

Is anything wrong?

Well, I'm just a little concerned

about your refill for clomiphene.

What?

I just wanna monitor it closely.

Any nausea? Any swelling or...

No, I haven't had any side effects.

-I feel fine. -Good.

Your assistant did tell you that you'll have to come in here

for another visit.

-My assistant? -Jane.

She called today to have your prescription refilled.

Jane?

You do have an assistant named Jane?

[chuckles] Yes. I do.

And she did tell you that you'll have to come in

for a visit before I can prescribe

another refill?

-Mm-hmm. - Good .

Okay. Well, we'll just keep hoping.

Yeah. Every day.

Bye, bye, Anne.

Bye.

[tense music]

Oh, hi, Peggy.

-Mack's not here? -No.

He charged out a couple of hours ago.

-Where'd he go? -I don't know.

It was like Paul Revere said he had to see a man

about a tape.

Mack.

What's so important about this tape?

I'll just...

-What's going on? -It's for a case.

-What are you doing here? -Mary Robeson fired Toni Fields.

Toni knows there's something wrong. I think...

Well, if she could go to the judge, then maybe...

Then what?

Tell the judge what?

It's all much suspicion, intuition.

Toni Fields doesn't know anything

except for what we've told her.

Look, I'll be home early for dinner.

We'll talk about it then, okay?

What's all this about a tape?

Like I said... it's for a case.

Which case?

Karen, the tapes were lousy

and I was just trying to enhance them.

What's going on, Mack?

It's a tape conversation I had with Mary Robeson.

What conversation?

I threw some money in the case and made an appointment

with Mary and she took the case and I recorded the the meeting.

I was gonna turn the tapes over the DA.

-When did you do this? -Today.

-Today? -I screwed up.

The tape screwed up.

She's got the money

and I've got no evidence against her.

Oh, Mack.

But at least she's out of our lives.

-We don't know that. -She's got the money.

We've seen the last of us.

What's to stop her from coming back

again and again. It makes no sense, Mack.

And the fact that you can't see that

just scares the hell out of me.

-Karen... -No.

Lopez, all I'm trying to do is get some straight answers

which apparently is not your strong suit.

Five minutes? Alright, I'll be here.

Call me at this number.

You better hurry up and get dressed.

Benefit starts in 20 minutes.

These bureaucrats make me wanna burn down a building.

You haven't said whether you like my dress or not.

Love it. Love it.

You wouldn't believe this walkthrough.

We're down there trying to do a little business

and these people are acting as if I'm the bad guy.

-Really? -Yeah.

I'll have Carlos bring the car around.

Don't stop dressing. I'll get it.

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

-Miss Lopez? He's not-- -I'll take it.

Lopez. What do you got?

That's not good enough.

What are your plans for this evening?

Well, cancel the motion picture.

I'll meet you in your office in half an hour.

We're going to stay there till we get some answers.

Greg!

These people must know that I am not the bad guy.

Pinch me a Picasso.

[sighs]

-Come on, honey, -I'm not hungry.

What's your favorite, sweetie?

She's coming tomorrow.

-Well... -No. She's not coming tomorrow.

-Mack. -Daddy, you mean it?

-Yeah, I mean it. -How come she's not?

Because

we talked about it and agreed that it was

for the best.

Then we won't have to see her anymore?

No.

-She's out of our life for good. -Alright.

[siren blaring]

Hello?

Hello?

Is anyone here?

Who's there?

Don't you look elegant?

[chuckles] Claudia!

Were you expecting someone else?

-Well, I-I just thought-- -Is that a new suit?

-Yeah. Do you like it? -Actually, no.

A little too baggy for my taste, but I am curious.

Who is it you got all dolled up for? Hmm?

-Another woman? -No, please.

You see, I-I just got this very strange phone call.

Uh, this person said it was a...

Potential investor.

At least I think that's the phrase I told my secretary

to use.

Your secretary?

Let's get one thing straight, because I did some checking.

There were never any investors.

Not in New York or anywhere else.

-You made that up. -No. Wait a second.

No one was willing to back you in a restaurant

or anything else.

You should learn to be more trusting.

-What's this? -Open it.

[gentle music]

A hundred thousand dollars?

That should be enough to get the renovation started.

We'll see how that goes

and then we'll take it from there.

I...

took a possession this morning.

You are the woman of my dreams.

Didn't I tell you

that I was the only investor you would ever need?

How could you tell Meg that Mary Robeson was not coming?

-Because she's not. -You don't know that.

Not for sure. What if she does show up here?

What am I supposed to do about it then?

Send her away. You don't let her in.

She has a court order.

Mack.

What are you thinking of?

You... You're not thinking straight.

Every day you get more... More irrational.

Do we have to talk about this now?

How much money did you give her?

-I don't have the figures. -They're at the office.

-She wanted a million dollars. -It wasn't a million dollars.

Well, how much was it then? Fifty thousand? Twenty thousand?

-I don't remember. -It's my money too.

[dramatic music]

I have a right to know.

[door opens]

[electric razor whirring]

Oh, sorry babe. Didn't mean to wake you.

Where were you?

Those meetings turned into a marathon.

Lasted almost all night.

Of a sudden was 4:00 a.m. I didn't even realize it.

I would have called you but I didn't wanna wake you up.

-Thanks. -One thing led to another.

Then we got into this incredible thing

over the sports complex.

The sports complex?

It seems that the Sumner Group subsidiaries

are doing a construction on it.

Was Paige there?

Of course Paige was there. She's the liaison.

Oh, really?

Look, babe. This is not about you.

This is not about Paige.

This is about rebuilding this city.

I'm late for my meeting.

-Greg... -Look.

You got the rock on the finger. You got the kid in the oven.

You got the cash in the bank. Chill. Kick back.

Enjoy your life.

Adios.

[tense music]

Damn it.

Greg.

Greg.

-[engine rumbling] -[Anne] Greg!

Greg?

Hello, Anne.

If you're looking for Mr. Sumner I'm afraid he just drove off.

He seemed in an awful hurry.

What are you doing here?

-I needed to talk to you. -I'm afraid this is a bad time.

I think you'll want to see me just the same.

-Vanessa. I don't know-- -Be quiet.

My, that felt good.

You people are so damned imperious.

-Look familiar? -No.

Funny. It has your name right here.

Try clomiphene. Makes you fertile as a bunny.

Too bad it didn't work for you, Anne.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, my mistake.

Ta-ta.

Maybe Mr. Sumner proudly prospective Papa Bear

will be interested.

Wait.

Say please. You've hurt my feelings.

Where did you get those?

What earthly difference does that make?

-What do you want? -Everything I can get.

I'm a terrible impulse buyer, though I really should

think of it before naming my price.

Still, I need something to tide me over.

Shall we say 1000 a week?

The checkbook, Anne. It's time.

And then you'll give me the bottle.

I think that request is a tad premature, don't you?

A thousand a week.

My? You are cheap.

Let's make that two thousand.

I deserve it.

You do.

Hey, boy. Come on over here.

Will ya? I wanna speak with you?

If you're frightened, you can bring your bodyguard.

What do you want?

I looked into the hiring policies.

The contractor was building this market?

And you found out it all been done

according to guidelines, right?

Oh, I don't care about the guidelines.

Listen. Monday morning.

I want you to bring down here 35 dependable workers

men or women, who can go to work on this Powell market.

Man, come on now. What do you take me for?

Well, I don't know yet.

We'll give you a title if it works.

-If what works? -Our association.

Investor planner. That's me in here in the car.

And the community broker. That's you out there.

So you're saying you're giving me a job?

I'm not giving you nothing.

-You work for yourself. -Doing what?

You put me onto the things we're doing wrong.

Give me some suggestions how to do it right

and find me the personnel to get the job done.

And what do I get out of it?

Whatever you can to turn in a voucher every month.

-No. -Why not?

So you're trying to shut me up

buy me out, and make me one of your chumps?

I'm surrounded by chumps. I don't need any more.

Look. Forget it, man.

I'll see you on the eleven o'clock, alright?

Hey.

Hey. Wait.

See that building over there next to your mother's?

Yeah, what about it?

We could clean that up in a week.

We don't get the job done, you can go on Heraldo

and tell him I'm a dope.

You said you can do that in a week?

From yesterday.

You're on probation.

Meg.

Meg?

What are you doing here?

My regular visitation.

Hey, I gave you a half a million dollars

to stay away from here.

If I get the other half, I will.

The price is a million, Mr. MacKenzie.

Until then, dear old Granny just keeps coming back.

[Meg sobbing]

Meg?

[dramatic music]

Meg?

[Karen] In here.

[Meg sobbing]

You said she wasn't coming back.

[mellow music]

I didn't mean to make such a big deal about it.

It's just at these blind dates recently.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Last week, I had dinner with this banker.

He was obsessed with sports.

He couldn't talk about anything else.

This tennis match, he'd won, this golf tournament

he'd almost won his softball team at work

the Super Bowl, he went to the World Series.

I don't mean to sound un-American

but I just hate sports.

-It's just... It's just not me. -[woman] Mr. Templeton?

-Yes. -Would you sign this, please?

Sure.

[woman] Oh, I'll never forget that 11th and that triple

in your last series game.

-Here you go. -Oh, thanks.

Oh, by the way, I always thought you carried that Nolan stiff.

[laughs]

[clears throat]

Who are you, anyway?

I used to play baseball.

Let's not be coy, Cliff. The World Series?

Actually, it was a couple of years ago.

Excuse me, I'm just gonna go up to the roof and jump off.

[laughs] Really, it's okay.

I mean, I know just the kind of guys you're talking about.

I played with plenty of them for 12 years.

So Susanna tells me

that you're into real estate development.

Not really.

I'm actually in the people development.

The real estate is just a means to an end.

-Oh? -Yeah, I...

I'm helping to build a sports complex

in the inner city, you know, give the kids a place to go

keep them out of trouble.

That's the kind of profit that I'm interested in.

[laughs] Sports can be a good thing to you.

You're just full of surprises, aren't you?

I don't know about that.

I hope I don't disappoint you.

After the surprises I've dated

you're not a disappointment.

[laughs]

Well, I guess we should order, huh?

Definitely. I'm starving.

-Waiter. -[waiter] Yes, sir.

-Claudia. -Yes, Mort?

I...

Mort.

I just came across something disturbing

that I think that you should see.

Oh, not now.

I've got the Paulson meeting in 20 minutes.

Then lunch with the Samuel's brain trust at 1:00.

Claudia, I...

I really think

that you should look at this right now.

[tense music]

[sighs] What is it?

I was reviewing this quarter's disbursements

from the foundation and found something bizarre.

A million dollars?

To whom?

The Pacific Preservation Society.

-What's that? -I don't know.

Never heard of it.

Neither has anyone in the foundation.

[chuckles] You're joking.

-Has the money been dispersed? -Oh, yeah.

It's been transferred out of our account.

Is there any paperwork? You know, an application?

A proposal? Budgets?

The foundation is looking into that right now.

Who authorized the transfer?

We'll know when we see the paperwork.

Mort.

Does anyone else know there's something suspicious here?

I've kept all my inquiries very matter-of-fact.

Good.

I am going to look into this myself

but until I get to the bottom of it, let's...

Keep this...

to ourselves.

-Then I can count on you. -Absolutely.

[doorbell ringing]

I'll get it, Carlos.

[chuckles] Annie!

[chuckles] I mean, Mrs. Sumner.

-Cute outfit. -I was just going riding.

Hmm. How nice.

Oh.

Well, well, well, well, well.

I just love what you've done.

What do you want, Claudia?

Oh, would you believe I came to welcome you back?

No.

As a matter of fact, you're back early, aren't you?

Did Greggie get bored?

How was the honeymoon, anyhow?

Divine.

We even left the room once or twice.

[laughs]

-Is he here? -No, he's not.

-He's downtown someplace. -Oh.

Well, good.

-All the better for us to chat. -Said the spider to the fly.

Oh, now, Annie, you should be nicer to me.

This is nice.

We're on the same side in all of this.

And what side is that?

We need to convince Greg to keep the Sumner Group

out of the sports complex.

Easy as pie.

He never makes a business decision without me.

So, if you don't mind...

Annie, I thought you'd be interested

in easing your husband's workload.

Why would I do that?

To spare him those all-night work sessions

with Paige. The countless business trips.

Just the two of them adjoining suites

midnight room service working oh so closely.

I mean, you get the picture.

I get the picture of you

and it's ugly, Claudia.

-Let yourself out. -Oh, Annie.

[sighs] Happy trails.

[horse whinnying]

Whoa, whoa.

-Aaron -Miss Sumner.

Starbuck sure is frisky today, Miss Sumner.

Yeah? Well, I'm glad somebody is.

Maybe you'd be better on old Roger here.

-No, I'm fine. -Miss Sumner!

[intense music]

[horse snorts, neighs]

[Anne screams]

[knocks on door]

Who is it?

[Mack] It's MacKenzie. I need to talk to you.

I have another offer to discuss, Mary.

Alright. Okay. Just a second.

-[click] -[clatter]

Alright. Here's the proposition.

One, you can be back to $500,000 that I gave you.

Hey, what are you doing?

And two

you never, ever see Meg again.

You trying to buy me off? You heartless creep.

And I'll see Meg anytime I want.

Hey, you keep it up

and I won't be responsible for what I'm gonna do to you.

Are you threatening me, Mr. MacKenzie?

Yeah, I'm threatening you.

Now, where's the money?

Hey, you can't go in there. Stop. Hey, you stop.

Hey, what's going on here?

Mr. MacKenzie was u-upset

but he's just leaving now, aren't you?

You just better get right on out of here now.

Remember what I said. Stay away from Meg.

[menacing music]

-Are you alright? -Yes. Oh Larry, thank you a lot.

You want me to stay and help you clean this mess?

No, no, no. Thank you. I... I appreciate it. Thanks.

[music continues]

You heartless creep.

And I'll see Meg anytime I want.

Hey, you keep it up

and I won't be responsible for what I'm gonna do to you.

Are you threatening me, Mr. MacKenzie?

Yeah, I'm threatening you.

Now, where's the money?

Okay. You're alright.

Gonna be a little stiff tomorrow morning.

A few bruises, but nothing serious.

Right.

Anne, why did you call me?

-What do you mean? -Instead of your internist.

Well, I...

What?

I wanna ask a favor of you.

Sure. What is it?

I want you to tell Greg I had a miscarriage.

-You're joking. -No.

Anne.

-You know I can't do that. -You can if you want to.

It's not ethical.

Stuff ethics.

Anne.

You've never been pregnant.

Greg doesn't know that.

Look, Anne, I don't know what's going on here, but--

Ellen, please.

When the home pregnancy test was positive

[chuckles] I haunted Greg down to tell him.

He kind of liked the idea.

And then, when you told me in your office that I wasn't...

Well, there was no way Greg could know about that.

I was afraid of losing him.

Afraid of losing everything

if I told him the truth, you know.

So he married you thinking you were pregnant?

Yeah.

Will you tell him I had a miscarriage?

[sighs] Absolutely not

and I can't believe you're asking me.

All I'm asking

is that you give me a chance to make up

for all the bad choices I've made.

[sighs] All the mistakes I've made.

[sighs] I finally have everything I want

and I don't wanna lose it.

And maybe Greg and I will have a baby someday.

Please, Ellen.

Please help me.

[sighs]

-How is she? -She's alright, sir.

-Doctor Stern's with her now -In the bedroom?

Yes, sir.

[Greg] How's the baby?

I'm sorry.

[dramatic music]

You know, you're supposed to use a stunt double

to take those falls.

Oh, Greg.

Are you alright?

Yeah. I have some bruises and some scratches.

-And... -It's gonna be alright.

We can try again.

[sighs]

I'm so sorry, Greg.

It's alright.

It's going to be alright.

Eyes closed, please.

No cheating. Come on.

Come on. Follow me.

-Follow me. -[laughing] What are you doing?

And now you can open them.

What... What is all this about?

Let me show you to your table, please.

[Claudia giggles]

[speaking Italian]

[speaking Italian]

-Well, there you go. -[Claudia laughs]

-Can you snap your fingers, please? -What?

Do you know how to snap your fingers?

[Claudia snaps fingers]

[instrumental music playing]

[laughs] Oh, Nick.

[bottle cork pops]

-For you. -Thank you.

[operatic music]

-To Nicks. -To Claudia.

[speaking in Italian]

-Can you do it again? -[laughs, snaps fingers]

Signora Whittaker.

Tonight in your honor

I cook a dinner you will remember

for the rest of your life.

Thank you, Stefano.

-This is too much. -No, please.

I don't wanna hear it. Nothing is too much for you.

In fact, I think

you should close your eyes again.

-Yes, please. -[laughs]

Now close.

Now you can snap your fingers and open your eyes again.

[snaps fingers]

Oh, Nick.

Nick.

The $100,000 was to refurbish

the restaurant's decor, not mine.

Claudia, please. Listen to me.

You are a very beautiful and brilliant woman

who has dedicated herself to her daughter and her career.

But what about Claudia Whittaker

the woman inside?

You have neglected her

and I will not allow this to continue.

Please.

[music continues]

I think it looks great.

I love it and you deserve it.

Thank you, Nick.

-God, I was hungry. -I noticed.

Excuse me, Mrs. Sumner.

I thought you might enjoy these in the room.

Oh, they're beautiful. Yeah, put them right here.

Thank you.

They're beautiful. Where are they from?

I don't know.

They were delivered about half an hour ago.

There's a card here.

[Greg] Thanks, Carlos.

-Who's it from? -I don't know.

It's written, "On Tokyo Whale Stationary."

Whatever that is.

"Dear Sumner-san.

"Signing Bill Nolan is tremendous

"for Japanese baseball.

"It was a brilliant idea

"and you orchestrated it brilliantly.

Many thanks. Kenji Watanabe. Managing owner, Tokyo Whales."

You broke them up?

You engineered it so that Bill would get the offer

and get out of Paige's life.

I didn't wanna see her screw up her life

with that airhead.

Oh, so you did it for Paige?

Exactly.

The guy's an airhead who just happened to be issued

a million-dollar arm.

Their life together would have been a disaster.

What are you, her father?

That dope would have never appreciated her.

And he proved it by running off to Japan.

I may have arranged the offer

but I didn't force him to take it.

No?

What do you say? You want some dessert?

I do.

I'll get Carlos.

I'll challenge him to impress us.

[intense music]

Hello?

Hello?

Oh, my...

[music intensifies]

Oh, God.

[theme music]