06x24 - A Man of Good Will

[bunniefuu]

Look, you expect to use my TV station as a cover-up

for your electronic Disneyland.

Well, I expect something in return.

Gary and I get into a big hassle over Empire Valley.

Well, I could use this little piece of equipment

and cause him to have, uh, financial problems.

I haven't said one thing to her about what I've learned.

Listen to yourself.

You sound like you don't even want those babies found.

[Glen] For some reason, your credit rating is plummeting.

If it goes on like this much longer,

there won't be a Ewing Enterprises.

[theme music]

[Wilson] Dr. Ackerman, I dream about those babies every night.

Every night, I hear them crying.

I go over to the crib to shush them.

I reach in to pick them up, and they disappear.

[mellow music]

I keep hearing them crying, but I've got nothing in my arms.

A prescription for sleeping pills?

Look, what I need... You... No.

Look, maybe you think they don't know anything,

but I don't know that.

You didn't see the look in those women's eyes.

I just want this to be over, okay? Over.

And in the meantime,

I want you to keep those people away from me.

[dramatic music]

You gentlemen act as though

this one little television station

were my only concern.

It's our main concern at this time, Mrs. Ewing.

But I'm sure you can appreciate

that my broadcasting company has its own priorities.

I've just recently acquired a number of television stations.

The Empire Valley station should be your first priority.

I'm open to a reasonable argument.

We have an understanding.

But what do you understand the understanding to be?

The Empire Valley station must be operational

within six months.

Must be?

[Abby laughs]

I'm sure it would be much simpler for all of you

if you held the license on this station, but you don't.

Now, I have been completely open and honest with all of you,

and you've chosen to avoid all my questions.

I find that a very difficult situation to work in.

You seem to think we have an agreement.

I think we have a problem.

[dramatic music]

We have a problem indeed.

I need to speak with Mr. Sumner.

Hello.

[Greg] Abby.

Greg, hi, I was just leaving.

Don't give me that hi. I mean, you had no intention

of going anywhere until you had the satisfaction

of dragging my dead butt out here.

[chuckles] What, your executives are upset?

What do you want?

Two pages out of Scott Easton's notebook.

They're in your father's papers.

What pages?

I tried to tell you about them once before,

but you weren't interested.

I'm still not interested.

Look, you expect to use my TV station as a cover-up

for your electronic Disneyland, don't you?

Well, I expect something in return.

Listen, all of Galveston's papers are

in Mack MacKenzie's office. You know that.

Yeah, I know. But that's your problem, isn't it?

You'll find a way to get them.

What do they look like?

Like that.

Okay?

Let me know when you find them. I'm looking forward

to getting this project of ours into operation.

[Lilimae] Joshua wants you to add these people

to the guest list.

Oh, okay, if I can find it. They're somewhere.

-Is this it? -No, that's for the caterer.

Oh, that reminds me,

when are we supposed to have this done?

Well, I think it's tomorrow. Oh, no, no, I'm wrong.

Tomorrow is your, your fitting for the wedding dress.

Oh, I've already done that fitting,

and it's wonderful.

No, no, it's not that dress.

-Joshua's picked out a new one. -A new one?

Mmm. Oh, it's beautiful. Wait till you see.

Valene.

Valene, are you alright?

Of course I am, mama. Of course.

You and Karen seem to be enjoying yourselves

at Abby's party.

-Mm-hmm. -What were you talking about?

Oh, I don't know, mama.

We were just talking about a lot of things.

-Oh. -Just talking.

-Just talking? -Uh-huh.

[melancholy music]

I really like that dress.

Alright, then you're just going to have to tell him.

-Yeah, I am. -Well, you will.

Mr. Ewing. Mr. Ewing, please,

they start digging the foundations tomorrow.

Not here, they don't.

But you approved this part of the project months ago.

[Gary] That was before the environmental impact study.

I didn't know this was a watershed area.

The runoff from here would be untreated and uncontrolled.

Well, I don't know anything about that, Mr. Ewing.

All I know is the backhoes start digging in the morning.

-Uh-huh. Forget it. -What seems to be the problem?

Umm...

Mr. Ewing doesn't want

the satellite dishes set up here.

Well, I'm sure Mr. Ewing has a good reason.

Yeah, several.

Look, where you guys put your equipment is your business,

except when it affects the whole rest of the valley,

then it becomes my business.

But this area provides--

Could I get a look at the report?

-I'd like to read it. -You bet.

I'll even add suggestions for some alternate sites.

Right. Anything else?

Yeah. No more digging till we decide where.

Let's go look at the trailer.

[Lilimae] Val won't do a thing about Joshua's wedding.

I mean, her own brother's wedding.

She's a million miles away.

Well, weddings can bring back all kinds of memories.

I believe she's thinking about her babies.

You're probably right.

Especially since somebody's been prodding her memory about them.

I haven't said anything to her about what we found out.

-We didn't find out anything. -How can you say that?

You saw Nurse Wilson was hiding something.

I saw no such thing. You saw what you wanted to see.

-Lilimae, what did you do? -Karen, please...

Let those babies rest in peace.

Don't go on with this.

I have to find out what happened.

Val is well now, and I want her to stay well.

I've lost my grandbabies.

I don't want to lose my daughter again.

[melancholy music]

-Thanks. -So this is a prototype?

Oh, no, this is just a temporary setup.

We're testing our satellite microwave reception,

tying into the phone lines.

Where are the receivers?

We've got a false roof on the trailer here.

We have three small but very sensitive

satellite dishes up there.

You know, this is the best area in the valley for reception.

And no matter what Mr. Ewing wants,

we've got to have that TV station here.

And this is where we'll put it.

What other information can we get?

Phone calls, local.

[women 1] Don't tell me, Jones never met the man before.

The way they looked at each other.

International.

[speaking in foreign language]

-What else? -How about database?

What's database?

It's a huge collection of information

like stock exchange...

Airlines reservations, encyclopedia...

Weather service worldwide...

Wire service, news updates.

Do these machines know

that they're talking to one another?

Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

It's a credit report. It's personal.

-Corporate? -Anyone in particular?

Galveston Industries.

Top credit rating, AAA,

limited partnership, very limited.

They play everything kind of close to the vest.

Recent change in top level management.

Very stable company. Diverse.

What about Gary Ewing?

Okay.

Substantial oil holdings

with other family members in Ewing Oil, Lotus Point.

Some leverage on some new very solid investments.

Excellent credit rating.

Can we change any of that?

That would be ill*gal,

but you want to make them look better?

Well, that's not exactly what I had in mind.

[suspenseful music]

Whoa.

Looks like Gary Ewing's credit has just fallen

because of over-leveraging of assets

and moderate to high risk investments.

The subscribers to this service will get the routine warning

that Gary Ewing's credit rating is under review.

-Thanks for the tour. -Sure.

-Val. -Huh? Oh.

-Hi. -Hi.

-Oh, I'm sorry. You're busy. -No, no. Come on, come on.

I could use a break.

Well, what are you doing? Stuff for the wedding?

[Val] Oh, hardly.

I started a new book.

[Karen sighs]

-Yeah. -Oh.

-That's terrific. -Yeah.

-Hey, you want some? -Thanks.

What's it about?

Truth, goodness, and beauty. It's an autobiography.

Give me that.

If I can just get past the first sentence,

I'm, I'm sure it'll just be great.

[sighs]

I don't know how I ever did this before.

I'm really amazed you find the time to write

in the middle of all the wedding preparations.

Oh, no. The wedding's all under control.

But the announcement was so sudden,

I can't imagine Cathy and Joshua could have completed

the arrangements.

Well, they have. At least Joshua has, anyway.

You don't seem too happy about it.

No.

Hey, you.

Is the wedding too difficult for you?

Oh, not really. Not for me. It's just...

[sighs]

sometimes I feel sorry for Cathy.

Why?

I don't know. It's, oh, it's Joshua.

The way he orders her around

and makes all the decisions for her.

Sometimes I feel that she just...

She gets caught in the middle.

So, it's just Joshua then?

What do you mean?

I thought it might be something else.

-No. -So tell me about your book.

Yeah, I like the layout.

What was the return on the last [inaudible]?

About 4%. And for real estate, that's phenomenal.

Actually, the cost per thousand isn't--

[phone rings]

Yeah. Fine. Put him on.

Hi, Glenn. What can I do for you?

Gary, there's been a lot of activity

with your holdings today.

Have you done anything that I should know about?

[Gary] No, nothing.

Do you think J.R. is doing something

that could affect your oil leases?

No. Those leases are sound.

Sound enough to be my collateral on the Empire Valley loans.

It's Glenn McMillen at the bank. What's going on?

Well, it just flagged your credit rating.

-You've gone from a AAA to a AA. -What?

[Glen] Well, there's nothing to worry about. AA is fine.

You're still selling.

It's probably an error at the rating service.

I'll look into it.

Fine. Keep me posted.

Our credit rating slipped a notch.

Did Glenn say why?

No, but he seems to be on top of it.

Now, I know you told me no,

and I know that's your final word,

but I thought I'd give you one more chance to reconsider.

-It's a great price, mom. -It's a fair offer.

So you will think about it?

-Look, Mr. Connors-- -[Marsha] Excuse me.

They told me to report the minute I finished.

-And? -Well...

There were several doctors listed, bridge tournaments,

but Dr. Ackerman isn't one of them.

-Thank you, Marsha. -Sorry.

Uh-huh.

-You play bridge, Ms. MacKenzie? -No, I don't.

Mom, what about the sale?

Now, I have got to buy a new dealership right now,

be it yours or someone else's.

Well, I'm afraid it's going to have to be someone else's.

I appreciate your persistence, and I'm very flattered, but no.

I hope you haven't been too inconvenienced, Mr. Connors.

Inconvenience isn't a half of it.

I've completely wasted my time.

Eric, why did you bring him back here

when I specifically said no?

[sighs]

Because...

[mellow music]

Nothing.

-[Lilimae] Who wants more? -[Ben] Not me.

Another bite, and I won't be able to fit through the door.

Well, I hope you saved room for my lemon meringue pie.

Oh, yeah, let me help you.

Oh, well, I don't mind if I do.

That's very thoughtful of you, Ben.

Not really. I need to exercise and make room for the pie.

[Joshua] Not for me, mom. I don't have time.

We have plenty of time. We, we don't play till 9:00.

[Joshua] Oh, I can't, honey. I got to go to the station.

Wait a minute.

You know, the band is giving us a little party tonight

before we go on, and Valene and Ben are coming.

-Did you forget? -No, I didn't forget.

I just have to go rehearse.

Okay, fine.

They're your friends, Cathy. They're not mine.

I'm sure that they'll understand.

Tell them I appreciate the gesture.

Yeah, I'll do that.

[sighs]

I just want to strangle him.

I don't know how you put up with it sometimes.

He's not really like that.

You know, when I first fell in love with him,

he was sweet and loving and thoughtful.

And I think all those things are still there.

He's just going through some changes.

And, you know, the TV show,

I mean, it's had a lot to do with it.

It's... it's kind of gone to his head a little.

Okay, a lot.

I just keep thinking he's going to change.

Yeah, but what if he doesn't?

Karen swears she hasn't said anything to her

about the babies, but I can see how bothered Val is.

I know something's wrong.

Are you sure it's the babies that has her so upset?

Well, what else could it be? Would you talk to her?

It would probably be better if I talked to Karen.

Oh, maybe you're right.

Even if she hasn't said anything to her

I mean, Val is so sensitive to other people's moods.

-We need to put a stop to this. -We will.

[Mike] So there's still five seconds left on the clock.

So I pass it in to Tommy.

-Tommy passes it back to me. -Pass me the potatoes.

I scored on a layup that won the game.

[Mike] Alright. Way to go.

-Great concentration. -By one point.

-Terrific. There you go. -Good.

Dieting?

I'll be eating later.

Oh. With whom?

Uh, Whitney.

Whitney. Nice name, Whitney.

So when will we be able to meet this mystery woman,

or are we just never going to--

It's none of your business.

You guys are driving me nuts.

-What's that all about? -Don't look at me.

What's going on with you two?

That guy Connors came back today for one more try.

You can't blame the guy for trying.

I don't.

I just can't sell it, Mack.

Sid worked so hard to build it up.

He built it from nothing...

and it was part of his dream to leave it to his children.

I just can't sell it.

I understand that.

[door closes]

[laughs]

Oh, you guys are crazy. I wish Joshua was here.

He wanted to come, but he had to work tonight.

That's no problem. We get you all to ourselves.

Mm-hmm.

So that means you have to open this all by yourself.

Oh, you guys, this is great,

but you shouldn't have done this.

I'm glad you did.

-Cold you hold that? Thanks. -Mm-hmm.

Oh, those are beautiful.

We wanted to get you his and hers headphones,

but Vinnie decided on this corny stuff.

Oh, Vinnie. What a guy.

These are so pretty. I love the lace.

Oh, thanks. Great.

You know, Cathy, we really love you.

Oh, I love you guys, too.

It's been great working with you.

Oh, would you stop? I'm just getting married.

-I'm not going away. -And we wish you all the best.

Oh, thanks.

Alright. Let's go play. Come on.

Enough of this silly stuff.

I'll be out in a sec, alright?

-Okay. -Alright.

-[all] Cathy. -Yeah?

Oh, don't goof around. You brats!

[instrumental music]

[sighs]

[mellow music]

♪ Many times I tried to tell you ♪

♪ Many times I cried alone ♪

♪ Always I'm surprised how well ♪

♪ You cut my feelings to the bone ♪

♪ Don't want to leave you really ♪

♪ I've invested too much time to give you up that easy ♪

♪ To the doubts that complicate your mind ♪

♪ We belong to the light we belong to the thunder ♪

♪ We belong to the sound of the words ♪

♪ We've both fallen under ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ Whatever we deny or embrace ♪

♪ For worse or for better ♪

♪ We belong ♪

♪ We belong we belong together ♪

♪ Maybe it's a sign of weakness ♪

♪ When I don't know what to say ♪

♪ Maybe I just wouldn't know what to do ♪

♪ With my strength anyway ♪

♪ Have we become a habit? ♪

♪ Do we distort the facts? ♪

♪ Now there's no looking forward ♪

♪ Now there's no turning back ♪

♪ When you say we belong to the light ♪

♪ We belong to the thunder ♪

♪ We belong to the sound of the words ♪

♪ We've both fallen under ♪

♪ Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better ♪

♪ We belong ♪

♪ We belong we belong together ♪

♪ We belong to the light we belong to the thunder ♪

♪ We belong to the sound of the words ♪

♪ We've both fallen under ♪

♪ Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better ♪

♪ We belong ♪

♪ We belong we belong together ♪

♪ We belong ♪♪

[audience applause]

How you doing?

[man on TV] It's really something.

You have a good time?

-Yeah. -Great.

I thought maybe, maybe you want a sandwich.

Uh-uh, I-I ate.

Oh, okay. Alright, no food. Eric, you want to talk?

Nah.

Are you waiting up here for me?

No, I've been waiting to catch this show on gardening.

They did a special on perennials.

Did you know that azaleas love acidic soil?

[both laugh]

Goodnight, Mack.

Goodnight.

[phone rings]

Jeez. Look at the timing.

Oh, no.

Yeah, hello. No, no, Joe,

it's not too late to be calling me. What's up?

Well, you certainly didn't expect to see

a return on your money this soon, did you?

Yeah, no, everything's right on schedule.

You ought to come out and take a look...

Umm...

I'm sorry to hear that.

Umm...

Yeah, no, no problem.

I'll call the bank in the morning.

Are you okay?

Mm-hmm.

Alright, well, give her my best.

Yeah, bye.

-What's the matter? -It's Joe Stewart.

He wants to pull his money out of Empire Valley.

Did he give a reason?

He said his wife's going into surgery.

-That's not the reason. -Yeah, I know.

You're really into this, aren't you?

I am, yeah.

Well, things are going pretty good.

Galveston's will goes into probate the day after tomorrow.

In the meantime, I'm filling myself in

on Galveston Industries.

How could you settle for this?

You had everything in Washington. Power, prestige.

Come here. Come here.

When I was a little kid,

I thought that the ultimate communication device

was my walkie-talkie.

Then I discovered this little device.

This entire thing is a computer circuit.

It's called a chip.

With this small piece of equipment,

I could, uh, channel money to starving Africans,

or I could bankroll Libyan t*rrorists.

I could take Russian aid to Cuba,

and I could give it to Princess Di for her baby.

-All with that gizmo? -All with this gizmo.

This little thing has power like no one in Washington

ever dreamed of having.

So what are you going to do with it?

I'm going to use it to simplify my life.

Let's say, for instance, that, uh, Gary and I

get into a big hassle over Empire Valley.

Well, I could use this little piece of equipment

and cause him to have, uh, let's say, financial problems.

Look, Gary is someone I like.

Why don't you use another example?

Okay. How about Abby?

[laughs]

Let's say we want to, uh,

take Abby's cable television station

and drop all of her subscribers.

Dee deed dee deed. They dropped.

Or let's say that, um, we want Abby's financial

situation to take a plunge.

Dee deed dee deed. It plunges.

Or better yet, we want Abby to disappear altogether.

Dee deed dee deed. She's gone.

Where do I sign up?

-Right here. -Mm-hmm.

[Ben] Val has to go through enough right now

without having to deal with this.

[Karen] So I'll deal with it for her.

-That is so unfair, Karen. -What's unfair?

Putting her through so much stress.

I mean, your preoccupation with her baby

is a little bit morbid.

First of all, I haven't said one thing to her

about what I've learned.

Because you haven't learned anything.

Hey, Ben, I think we all have some questions

that need to be answered about Val's babies,

but Karen's been the only one brave enough

to ask them out loud.

Fine. So Karen's brave.

So don't put Valene through this.

You know what you sound like? Listen to yourself.

You sound like you don't even want those babies found.

-Mack. -What?

I want to tell you something.

There's nothing more painful than what Val went through,

but more painful than that in the long run

is her not knowing what happened to the babies.

We know what happened to the babies.

I just want to get all of her questions,

all of our questions answered.

Thank you.

I hope your being here means good news.

I'd rather wait till Gary is here

to go over the specifics.

Glenn, thanks for coming.

Gary, I don't understand this run on your funds.

Yeah, I don't either.

Stewart and Donahue wanted out.

They're not the only ones.

Troughton, Schneider and Peterson are talking

about calling in their paper on Empire Valley.

-Can they do that? -They have that option.

Then we buy them out.

You don't have the cash.

Have they given any kind of formal notice?

No, but this sort of thing snowballs.

Nobody wants to be aboard when the company goes under.

We're not going under.

For some reason,

your credit rating is plummeting.

Gary,

I hope I'm more than just your banker.

I hope I'm your friend.

You are, but I don't know what to tell you.

Maybe the investors are, are nervous

because Galveston isn't behind the project anymore.

Well, whatever it is, Empire Valley is k*lling you.

If it goes on like this much longer,

there won't be a Ewing Enterprises.

[mellow music]

Great. It's great. And it's working.

Well, I figure

if one more investor takes a walk,

then Gary will have to start liquidating,

then it will really hit the fan.

Alright. Well, good work.

Wait a minute. I thought this was some sort of

a theory, a game, like, like what if?

I thought it needed a touch more reality.

You said Abby, not Gary. What kind of reality is that?

Laura, they're a team.

You can't dump one without the other.

They go together like love and marriage.

Bad metaphor, I know, but you get the idea.

Well, it's just not right.

Why don't you get off your high horse?

Why don't you just leave him alone?

Too late.

Gary?

Empire Valley is sound.

Then why are we in a position to lose everything?

I don't know.

But I'm going to get this straightened out.

Yeah. Get me Greg Sumner, please.

Hello.

Hey, Gary, I was just going to call you.

The surveyors are aware

of that run-off problem and we're moving--

Are you having any problems at Galveston Industries?

No, things couldn't be better. Why?

Some of my investors are a little nervous

about Empire Valley.

You haven't done anything to make the business community

jittery about what we're doing here, have you?

Of course not.

Maybe we should get together over this

because if you got a problem, then I have a problem.

What are you doing later on? Could I come by?

Fine. I'll see you then.

Greg's stopping by tonight.

How nice.

Ooh, just look at this lace.

It's very elegant looking.

Oh, it's lovely.

I have never seen a bride look so beautiful, Cathy.

Of course, it's quite traditional.

Well, that's what Joshua wanted.

He said his public would expect it.

I hate this dress.

But this is what Joshua wants, honey.

Then let him wear it.

Wedding jitters.

[boy] Guess what Ricky did to Mark?

What did Ricky do to Mark?

-He hid his science project. -What was that?

Fruit flies.

-What? -Fruit flies.

And Mark can't complete his science project

because Ricky hid the flies.

-The flies? -Uh-huh.

Mark had six fruit fly colonies.

-Colonies? -Yeah.

Every three days, you count the flies.

How?

Well, you chloroform them so they lie still.

And then you see which colony produced the most fruit flies.

But you have to get them back in the jar before they wake up.

And if you use too much chloroform, they don't wake up.

I see.

So, uh, what if Mark can't find where Ricky hid his flies?

Then Ricky has a better shot

at winning with his science project.

Oh, that's not fair, is it?

Nope.

So what are you going to do about it?

I don't know. I'm friends with both of them.

What should I do?

Well, what do you think you should do?

I should tell Mark where Ricky hid the flies.

Uh-huh.

Ricky's going to be real mad at me, mom.

Well, sometimes when you do what you think is right,

you make a good friend real angry. You know?

[sighs]

[Mike] Was the TV broken?

[Eric] This is my favorite part.

-Well, turn it up. -No, no, I don't need sound.

I know this movie by heart.

[g*nsh*t]

I understand why you hate it.

This movie?

Mom's car dealership.

Dad's car dealership, and I don't hate it.

Well, Eric, I work there part time, and I hate it.

You don't understand, Mike.

It took dad 15 years to earn enough money

to open his own business

and another 10 just to make a go of it.

All that work, I don't know.

It'd be a shame to let it go.

Besides, dad always said

never work for anybody else, not if you can help it.

But don't save it for me.

When I graduate, I don't want nothing to do with it.

With grammar like that,

ain't no school graduating you, pal.

Oh.

Keep your feet off the table.

-TV broken? -[Eric] Nope.

There's nothing worse than walking into a room

and having the conversation stop, but I know what it is.

My beauty astounds the both of you.

[scoffs]

It's not a joke.

Hey, que paso, man?

What's bothering you?

Nothing.

[laughs]

What's bothering Eric?

Mom's hanging on to the dealership.

Hey, mellow out, dude.

Hey, Eric, I'm just trying to protect you.

Hold on. Can I say something here?

Thank you.

Look, just because your mother holds on to the business

doesn't mean that you have to.

What's that supposed to mean?

Eric, your father is as good as he was

and as hardworking as he was

and as successful as he was,

no matter what happens to the business now.

So if you don't want to be there, you tell your mother.

See?

She's not going to be the one to hold you down.

Alright. My favorite part.

[Eric] You want me to turn it up?

No, I don't need the sound on this.

I know it by heart.

It does the same thing every time.

You're looking in the wrong place.

You'll never find the answers to your problem

in a pile of papers.

[Gary] Where am I supposed to look?

Oh, for starters,

I would check out the guys who were calling in your notes.

See, as long as Galveston was alive,

the operation ran smoothly.

He was a one-man band, I'll admit, but at least the guy

who put in the dough knew the name of the tune.

But now that he's dead,

our friends back east are beginning to get nervous.

About what? About you, for one thing.

They want to know who the hell is Gary Ewing.

That's ridiculous. All they've got to do

is look at my credit rating.

That's on paper, friend. They want to know you.

Isn't that a little old-fashioned?

It's the only way they know how to do business.

[smirks]

I ordered a sweet and sour shrimp

and they give me the sweet and sour pork.

Drives me nuts.

I'll bet you when you got involved with, uh,

Empire Valley that you did it on a handshake, right?

Yeah, I know exactly how you feel.

That's why I thought you guys might consider getting out.

-Getting out? -No way.

Hey, I just said consider.

I don't want to see Empire Valley k*ll you.

And I'm willing to personally guarantee you



Very generous.

Well, it's good business for both of us.

Look, I'm 99% sure that nothing's going to come of this.

But just in case it does, I'm here

and I wanted you guys to know that.

Forgot the soup. Can't believe those guys.

[Mack] You know, you better talk to Eric.

[Karen] Why?

I've apologized a million times for, for the mess

with the boots, what's-his-name.

Look at this rash. Has it ever occurred to you

that he might not want to be the keeper of the flame?

-What? -The dealership.

Has it ever occurred to you

that he might not want to run it?

No, it hasn't.

Haa, ha-ha.

[mellow music]

No, it hasn't.

Mrs. Ewing. Sorry to keep you waiting.

What are you trying to prove?

Prove?

What did you think you were doing

offering to bail us out?

-Exactly that. -Unh-unh.

You'd like nothing better than to see the Ewings

out of Empire Valley.

No, Abby, you know that's not fair.

I enjoy working with you and Gary.

Right.

You seem to forget Gary's always treated me like a friend.

And right now I happen to have the resources to help him out.

-That's all there is to it. -That's not your style, Greg.

And you seem to forget something.

I can expose you with this whole Empire Valley project.

And that's not all I can expose.

Let's not get into that.

I just want you to know because I don't want you

to think you can win, because you can't.

[Maria] Mr. Ewing, telephone.

The man says it's important.

Take a number.

[upbeat music]

[Laura] Your lawyer called.

There's been another delay in probate.

[Greg] Do you suppose that probate lawyers

automatically delay the proceedings

so that they can collect a larger fee?

[Laura] You never know.

There might be a genuine problem.

[Greg] Paul Galveston would never have filed a will

that had any genuine problems.

You know, I really don't like the way you're treating Gary.

-[Greg] So who asked you? -[Laura] So keep my mouth shut.

Same difference.

[Greg] Do I detect a note of compassion creeping in here?

I'm sorry. You're not going to put me on the defensive.

He is not a bad person.

[Greg] I agree. Gary's a wonderful person.

But this is business.

And in business, loyalty starts at home.

Unless I'm mistaken, this is your home.

I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help him.

Same difference.

If you don't stop what you're doing,

I'm going to have to tell him.

They don't have any conscience.

Do you suppose that's why they're man's best friend?

So what are you going to tell them?

Where the fruit flies are.

Where the what?

It's a family joke.

You and your fiance have written beautiful vows

to each other.

Oh, Joshua wrote those.

I don't think Cathy's even seen them yet.

I should have recognized Joshua's firm hand in the words.

Well, it appears the bride is exercising

a little free will.

[laughs]

But I do have another appointment in 20 minutes.

Perhaps Cathy could come by the [inaudible].

Maybe that's Cathy.

[sighs]

Well, I, I bet she got caught in traffic.

Yeah.

[Eric] Mom, I thought we had to be at work.

[Karen] Humor your mother a little, will you?

Thanks.

Your father saved forever to buy that business.

Fifteen years.

-And it took another-- -Ten years.

To make a go of it.

You know, the other day at work, I reached in the closet,

pulled out a pair of coveralls to put on.

And a few minutes later, I was walking past a mirror,

and I noticed there were a pair of dads.

Said Sid over the pocket.

I reached in one of the pockets, and you know what I found?

Walnuts, just like he always carried around.

Your father always said never work for someone else.

Not if you can help it.

[mellow music]

Eric...

your father didn't start the business

so he could dump it in your lap.

One of the reasons he started it was that you'd have choices.

More choices in life than he had.

He never thought you had to do what he did.

He just wanted you to be happy.

And so do I.

Do you think we'll ever be able to find a manager

who can run Knots Landing Motors as well as you did?

[tranquil music]

As well as I did, no.

But I'll find the second best manager available.

[both laugh]

Hey, you need a haircut.

How's the ride?

It's fine.

I cannot get a handle on what's wrong here.

-I think we may have to sell. -Are you sure?

Yeah, I talked to McMillen. He agrees.

I just hate having to take Sumner up on his offer.

So do I, but if it means losing Lotus Point, I want out.

-When? -Tomorrow.

[Maria] Mr. Ewing, telephone.

It's the same man as before.

He says this time it's very important.

Who is it?

Uh, he says he's one of Mr. Galveston's lawyers.

Ah, another damn lawyer.

You see, there is a silver lining.

Pretty soon we won't have to be dealing

with their pack of lawyers anymore.

-Maria, tell the lawyer that-- -Nah, I'll tell him myself.

It's not every day you get a tell lawyer to go to hell.

The vultures are beginning to circle already.

I'm here to see Gary, not you.

Condolences may be a bit premature,

but I'll take the message.

Laura, he's tied up on the phone.

What's the message?

Gary, what happened?

-Hi, Laura. -Hi.

Gary, what did the lawyer have to say?

Well, I'm not quite sure how to tell you this.

What? Tell me what?

That was one of the estate attorneys

handling Paul Galveston's will.

And?

Paul Galveston left all of Empire Valley to me.

Looks like our credit rating just improved.

[both laugh]

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