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Previously on FalconCraft.

Jacqueline Perrault is not your real mother.

I am.

When Chase was in Vietnam, we were lovers.

Would you have been happier if Chase had come out of the water instead of me?

Nobody really knows what happened down there. That's right.

So, you want to buy a partnership in my little company, hmm? You are my mother.

You cannot walk away from that. As far as I'm concerned, my son died 45 years

ago. She doesn't want me.

And tonight, it's going to be the new Del Oro Spa nightclub where the elite

meet. And Dan.

I can do it, Angela. What you're good at, Melissa, is getting people killed.

How is Chase, your birdie, involved in all this?

He loved me. If he did, it was because he wanted to save himself the five

dollars every night. I play for money, Stavros.

You want a shot at winning your money back? The one thing we had left, the one

thing you weren't supposed to touch. I didn't want your money. I want you to

take mine.

Where are you going at this ungodly

hour? I have to meet John Remick.

Oh, well, now, that sounds like a fun way to start the day.

You don't like him, do you?

Well, you're the one who brought him here.

All right, no choice.

Thanks to your husband.

I have to meet Len Potts about the loan.

Don't, don't, don't offer me the money again because I will either keep this

land or lose it on my own.

Maggie!

I'm going to charge admission to this. Yeah, well, this is what didn't get

picked up yesterday.

What happened?

The trucking company never got Chase's order for the pickup.

And no one else could have okayed it? Well, I'm rapidly learning that unless

Chase gave you okay, you didn't get picked up.

Really getting a little overwhelmed here.

Look, you said you came here to help. Help!

Have him declared legally dead.

That way you can get this place back in shape and you can have the will read.

Not sure I want to hear that.

I find out there was a lot Chase never told me.

If that will holds any more surprises, I'll tell you I'll be ready to crack

a few of these kegs.

It might give you the money you need to pay off good old Miss O 'Gag.

You're going to have to do it eventually, usually quick at best.

You know, I can understand why you and Chase were friends.

You know, sometimes you actually sound like him.

That control there.

Well, I'm thinking of starting a new sport. Maybe take it on the pro -am

How's your poker?

Poker?

Oh, pretty fair, I guess.

You like the game?

I do believe I smell a hustle.

I play for money, Stavros.

Last I heard, you don't have a whole lot of that.

Yeah, that may be true.

But I do have some land worth five million last appraisal.

Hold it up, Spanky.

Five million?

For a little piece of land?

Oh, it's not so little, Richard.

Mr. Gay, may I join you?

Certainly, Miss Jennings.

Thank you.

The concierge told me that I would find you here, and I wanted to ask you a

question. You know, your name is so familiar to me.

Did your family own the Coorsault Chemicals?

It was a long, wild bag.

I'm surprised you've even heard of the company.

Well, I should. I bought stock in it, and I lost a great deal of money when it

went bankrupt.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, I recouped. But, you know, I was wondering

whatever happened to your board of directors.

They were such charming men.

For instance, have you heard from Pierre Charbiere?

He was killed in a car crash some years ago.

How sad.

What about Howard Jeffers?

He died, too.

I'm surprised you even remember all those people.

Oh, I have a very good memory.

And then there was that fellow George Latham.

No, no, I don't remember him.

Oh, you must.

No, don't remember.

Well, gentlemen, what are the dates?

Deal them.

Five card start.

Victoria? You are Victoria, aren't you? And Nicole's so gay.

Yes, I've been hearing about you.

Yes, I'm sure you have.

Oh, Victoria, don't hate me.

I loved your father so much.

And you're very like him.

Listen, I have something of his. I'm sure he would have wanted you to have

Dog tags.

If you come by later.

I'd love to give them to you.

Talk.

Okay.

If this ever happens again, just call Harry, okay? You can always find extra

drivers. All right.

Call Harry. Okay.

Look, nobody expects you to get all this overnight.

Well, if I don't get it pretty quick, this place is going to be down around my

ears. If I can be of any more help to you, just call me.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Beautiful house.

Mary, what's wrong with you today? You usually bring me good luck.

That's three million you owe me, Channing.

Now, never mind paying.

For a good game.

I want to thank you for coming on such short notice.

Are you finished with the pleasantries, Angela?

Can we get down to it?

Mr. Ambassador, I'm shocked.

I invite a good friend over for a glass of wine and he accuses me of ulterior

motives.

In all the time I've known you, you've never had a motive that wasn't ulterior.

You've had a few yourself, if my memory's correct.

I'm retired now.

I don't have that much influence anymore.

Oh, don't sell yourself short.

All I want is some information.

For Kevin, love, Nicole.

Take it back.

What would you like me to do with it? I don't care what you do with it. I want

you to take it back. Burn it, take it home. I don't care. Just get it out of

here. This woman is incredible.

Not only does she want my land, she wants to take over my child.

What does she want from me?

She wants to be you.

You were married to Chase, and she can't deal with that.

It ain't John.

I don't know how to... How do I stop her?

I'm working on that.

I'll be leaving for a couple of days.

Where are you going?

You read Balzac, behind every great fortune there's a crime.

I'm going to find out if Miss Sogay is true to type.

I just... Look, you have to trust me.

Okay? Flush.

This used to be my game.

Five million.

Don't spend it all in one place. Of course, knowing you, you probably will.

Oh, is that right?

I would go slow with that, my friend. Probably be the last money you see.

Channing, do you want a shot at winning it all back?

Oh, no, thank you. You're so slow, we'd be here all night.

We'll draw for it.

One card.

You win, you win your five million back, plus the land. Yeah, but if I lose,

then you've got ten million.

Good.

Spread the cards, Mary.

Low card wins.

If Maggie doesn't press charges, Melissa's home free.

No, it means she just won't go to jail.

Now, she's seeing a psychiatrist, and it's his opinion that she can be treated

on an outpatient basis.

Melissa?

Maggie, um... Please.

Not for me.

Then return.

Joseph is your grandfather.

What did you say to him?

All right.

All right, I won't press charges.

Thank you. Thank you. I promise you're not going to be sorry. No, I'm not going

to be sorry.

Because my condition is that you don't come within a mile of me or my baby.

Do you understand that?

It's kind of a bad time of day to be out riding.

I killed Jake.

I killed Jake.

No, you didn't.

No, you didn't. He drowned. It was an accident.

Yes, it was. It wasn't your fault, Melissa.

It wasn't your fault. Come on, let's go home.

But you see, Mrs. Gioberti, you're not authorized to sign these checks.

I'm not?

I'm afraid without Mr.

Gioberti's signature, these checks won't be valid.

I mean, we can go ahead and send them out, but that means the entire payroll

going to bounce.

Is there a problem?

You seem to have trouble coping.

Or is this your style of management?

I don't believe you have an appointment. Does she have an... No, she doesn't

have an appointment.

But before you go, I do not want you sending any more gifts to my child.

Those gifts were meant for Chase's child.

Out of affection for his father.

Well, I don't want them. Do you understand?

I came to see this office because I'm thinking of keeping it.

You're going to run your empire from here? I hardly think you need this

No, of course not.

But I hate to think of strangers in Chase's office.

Oh, dear.

I seem to have come at the wrong time.

I'll come in later, shall I?

Toodle -oo.

Glenn Potts.

Glenn, hi, it's Maggie.

Look, if we start right now, how long will it take to get Chase's death

certificate?

Dad?

Did I mess things up?

No, no.

You didn't mess things up.

If anybody did, I did.

We could never have done that.

Mr. Channing? Yes?

Hi. Hello.

Sandy Patterson.

Tucker the little boy? Where's Tucker?

Well, he had come in emergency.

This building he's putting up in Cincinnati.

You can spare me the details.

Anyway, he sent me out here to take notes on everything you want.

This place is something else. How long you own it?

I won it last night in a poker game.

What are you planning to build?

Something I've wanted for a long time. A vacation home, right? Among other

things. Gonna cost you men to tear all this down, you know.

Tear it down, hell.

Lucky some things never change.

Look, I'm sorry, Melissa. I just think it was a mistake for us to make love.

Melissa, you're my friend.

I mean, you know what they say about how sex is the best way to ruin a good

friendship?

Yeah.

And if anyone should know that, I should.

You still friends?

And speaking as your friend, I need a favor.

Angela won't get off my back. See, I promised her I'd find a new manager for

spa.

I don't know anybody who'd be a good manager for the spa.

I do.

Oh, no. Come on, it'll be fun.

Me working for Angela Channing. You'll be working for me. I'll train you. I

don't believe this.

It'll be good therapy. It's better than sitting around the house all day.

Come on.

and you'll really, really be getting me off the hook.

The old guilt trip, huh?

Mother, can I ask your advice about something?

I'm trying to decide what to wear my first day at work.

It depends upon the nature of your business, which you have yet to tell me

about. And I don't intend to. I know you, Mother. You know a good thing when

see it, and you would just buy me out.

Does it at least have an office?

Yes. Then I would suggest something businesslike.

Oh.

What I had in mind was a nice tailored suit.

Well, then I'll have to go shopping.

Hello?

Well, Mr. Ambassador, it's about time.

What have you found out about George Latham?

orient?

That's what you think.

Popular guy all of a sudden.

What is this?

Right now, it's just a room.

Well, I can see that.

What on earth? It's going to be the new Del Oro Spa nightclub.

Where the elite meet.

And dance.

So, how's your dip?

Good as usual. How's yours?

You

said

you couldn't manage a spa. I can't. I think it's the best idea I've ever heard

of. It's just what this old place needed to get it swinging again.

Well, it wasn't my idea.

No? Whose was it? Mine.

I put the bar over here and I put the tables all around the display. Will you

explain this? You said I could pick whoever I wanted to be manager.

I picked Melissa.

I can do it, Angela.

I know it.

I'll be good at it.

What you're good at, Melissa, is getting people killed.

I get to pick the new manager.

No strings attached. My decision. That was the deal.

The deal?

You had that in mind all along, didn't you?

The only reason you took the job was to get that lunatic in here.

You have used me, Dan Fix.

Look, she will be a good manager. Melody.

I hope you packed black and white. It doesn't wrinkle so easily.

All right.

I'll give her a chance.

One chance.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

So, where are you going?

Well, you don't seem to want to tell me your business.

I see no reason to tell you mine.

When I return, I want to attend the fancy dress ball at that nightclub.

When are you coming back?

You'll see me Friday.

And if anything should go wrong, such as someone orders gin and gets vodka, then

you and Melissa are out.

And that is the deal now, Dan Fix.

And that's when you changed your name to George Latham? Yes. You hijacked a

medical convoys?

Yes. And then faked these invoices so it looked like you got the supplies in

Europe? Yes.

And then you sold them back to the Americans, the same people you stole

from? Yes.

Do you know how many men died because they couldn't get medicine, George?

Greg, how did you find me? It wasn't hard.

You used to brag about every whorehouse in Saigon knowing you as Mike Berenson.

I just looked up that name.

Nicole would be able to find me.

She might.

I knew we were killing people.

I finally went to the police.

But Nicole found out.

And she burnt down the warehouses before they could be searched.

Then she came after me.

I was lucky.

That time.

All right, now, just tell me. How was chase to your birdie?

He was a friend of Nicole's from the Medivac.

She used to get the convoy routes from him. And he gave them to her?

No.

She used to visit him in his office and look at his papers.

Were they lovers?

Mr. Latham.

You undervalue your merchandise.

Welcome to Maggieville.

Maggieville? Yep. Oh, awful.

Yeah? How about Maggie Town?

Oh, worth it. Channing. Channing. Channing, Nevada. That has a ring to it.

This is just the start. This is the tourist attraction.

Later on, we're going to get serious.

The city is going to go right about here. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

going to build an entire city?

Cities have to start somewhere, don't they? I mean, 300 years ago, New York

was more mud bogs than buildings.

What's this?

Dirty Angela's Bad Time Saloon.

Oh, that's mean.

I mean it. Good.

You might as well know, no matter what you heard, Maggie, I am not.

The perfect human being.

Well, that's not... I'll come back. No, no, no.

Come on in. Come on in.

Sandy Patterson, meet Maggie Gioverti. Hi. Miss Patterson is going to be

with me on this project. Oh.

Channing Novato. What a project.

Excuse me. I have to get to Len Potts' office. Could you fill these out before

you come to the hearing?

Yeah.

Had a talk with your boss this morning.

Oh, I tell you, that was an interesting conversation.

He kept apologizing for not having the rendering done, and I kept telling him I

already had it.

You did this, didn't you, Miss Patterson, even though Mike Tuckman was

to have done it?

Listen, Mr. Channing, I'm not trying to lie to you.

Do you know, I've been a draftsman for five years now, and they won't give me a

chance to do anything else.

This came along and I've wanted to do something like this my whole life.

I'm going to have to call Mr. Tuckman and tell him where this sketch came

He'll fire me.

If he does, I'll hire you because I think it's pretty good.

I also think you run a pretty good con.

I'm so sorry. It just doesn't seem there's any way we can make it.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

You were always one of my father's favorite people and I...

I was looking so forward to seeing you again.

Wonderful.

Yes, your name will be at the front door.

Thank you so much. Goodbye.

Seems to be going well.

The Mac.

Could you hold one moment, please?

Makes them think we're busy.

The Macs?

That's the name of the nightclub.

Yes. May I help you?

Maggie, I'm sorry. There's not a bank in the country that's going to make you

that lonely.

Somebody's put the word out not to touch you. Who?

Well, I can't prove anything, but the only person I know with that kind of

influence is Angela Chan.

Someone grabbed me and was pushing me towards the surface.

I don't know who it was.

Now, why did you go back underwater?

I was trying to find Chase.

Did you see him at any time?

I thought Chase get the baby out of the car.

And I remember thinking that I should help.

But I just quit.

How long did it take your husband to surface with the baby?

I'm not sure. A minute, maybe less.

Speaking in your capacity as a medical expert, is it your opinion that Chase

Gioberti could have survived the incident?

No.

And did you feel like having another one today? Absolutely. Let's go this way.

Let's see those shops.

Mother, I'm shopping.

Well, Victoria wanted a few new dresses, and she was a little short of money.

Vicki, if you need money, I'd rather you came to me.

I thought you had your own financial difficulties. This is between my

and myself, all right? Oh, Mamadou, listen, there's really no need to fight,

okay? Nicole and I have been talking. She loved Dad.

Yes, and he loved me.

He may have used you.

He was a long way from home, but if he did, it was because he wanted to save

himself the five dollars every night.

And shall I tell you what he said about you?

Poor little Maggie, who would never fit in with his social class.

That's ridiculous.

And how you tried to get your daughter aborted.

What? You were already waiting at the doctor's office when he found you.

Oh, Becky.

Oh, Becky, I can't believe it.

Oh, no, of course not. She'll deny it to you.

But your father was going to divorce her the way she tried to get rid of you.

Oh, come on. You just stop there.

I mean, we

all want to be attractive.

But we don't want men to think that we're cheap.

Because we're not.

Yes. And just one more thing.

You know, the male ego is far more fragile than ours.

If I may, what Miss Channing is trying to say is we all want steady business.

So if the gentleman want a few special strokes now and then, that doesn't

hurt us, now does it?

Is that what you meant to say, darling?

Exactly.

Oh, Melody, would you lay out my royal blue and pearl dress for me? Thank you.

Did Melissa say when she would be back?

No, she didn't. Uh -huh. Well, then connect me with that, whatever the name

that nightclub is.

Can I help you? No, no, no, never mind. Just tell her I want a person added to

the guest list.

So good to see you.

Thank you for coming. Go right in.

Dan. It's only for you.

Whoa.

Look at you say this. You look wonderful.

Well, I figure I can give up breathing for one night.

Melissa? Yeah?

When does the party start?

It's going to be okay? It's going to be okay. I really don't think I'm going to

do well here. You're going to do fine. You're going to bring a little class to

the place.

You should have brought Mrs.

Giaberti, I think. Mrs. Giaberti and the hostess have a little falling out.

Thank you so much for joining us this evening.

Melissa, I would like you to meet Miss Sandy Patterson.

Hi, Sandy.

This is Dan Pick.

My pleasure.

John.

I did it.

Is Nicole still at the spa?

Yeah, as far as I know, she is. Well, let's go over there. Wait a second. What

did you do? I'll explain on the way.

I think we got her.

Okay.

No

hard

feelings, I hope.

What did he mean by that?

Uh, we were playing poker.

How much did you lose?

Couldn't be that much. I mean, you don't have that much, right?

The land my mother left me in Nevada.

Idiot.

Stupid idiot. How could you do that?

That was the one thing we had left. The one thing you weren't supposed to touch.

I'll take care of it.

No, not this time. It's my turn.

Thank you. Why don't you let me get your refill, okay?

Let's see.

What can I do to mess this up?

Just a little revenge on you, but that'll be all. Oh, I promise.

I promise.

I know how difficult it is to find someone that's right for you, and we're

to make it a little bit easier.

Look, that's our toll -free number.

Good evening.

Cabernet?

Falconcrest. I lit in a private stock just for you.

Very thoughtful.

Everything seemed all right.

So far.

So what did she say?

She said everything seemed all right so far.

Oh, Mother!

I want you to meet Adeline Romanoff, my business partner.

Adeline, this is my mother, Angela Channing. Oh, nice.

There's Freddy. I really must go and speak to him.

Pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Channing.

Emma, what are you doing?

I'm handing out my business cards. I don't care how bad your business is. You

shouldn't do that here.

Oh, everybody seems very happy to receive them. Besides, my business is

going badly at all, thank you. Oh. In fact, I'm thinking of franchising.

Good evening.

Hello, Mrs. Channing. I understand I have you to thank for this kind

There's something I wanted to talk to you about.

Would you like to do it now, or would you rather enjoy the party for a while?

Mr. Latham's handwriting isn't very good, but the story is quite clear.

What do you plan on doing with this?

If you take it to court, it's his word against mine.

Well, I don't plan on doing anything with it.

But if the story gets out that you made your fortune by letting American

soldiers die, I just wonder how popular your children's hospital is going to be.

Oh, Mrs.

Channing, please.

I've spent my entire life since then trying to make up for this.

No, you haven't. I checked that out, too.

You haven't been a model citizen.

Okay, how much do you want?

I don't want your money.

I want you to take mine.

I thought you were staying home tonight.

We have business to take care of.

Oh, Len Potts called.

He's got Chase's death certificate.

You can pick it up tomorrow morning.

Richard, I've got to talk to you.

He'll excuse us.

If I have to.

Look, for God's sakes, don't tell anybody.

If Angela finds out... Call an ambulance.

Tell them to turn the siren off if it's that damn important.

Thanks.

It's all right.

You're going to be okay.

Did you see who did this?

I don't know.

I went inside and they started hitting me and hitting me and hitting me.

It's all right.

I know it hurts.

He said I had to tell you.

If you build in Nevada, you'll get even worse.

Thank you.

Mr. Gay.

Oh, you two are becoming quite a couple. Do you still plan to foreclose on my

land? Oh, rest assured, Mrs. Gioberti, you will lose your land.

Then you better be ready to trade everything you have. I had an

conversation with your old friend, George Latham. You remember him?

Doesn't everybody?

He told me you were a hell of a businesswoman and how you built your

Some of those guys you killed were my friends.

He told John everything.

Mother, what's going on here?

Tell her.

Damn it, you tell her.

You and Chase were never lovers. He never loved you. He didn't even like you

very much.

Then why did he give me his dog tags?

You told him, I'm sure.

And did I also steal the note for $30 million?

Remember, he came to me for the money, and he didn't tell you.

That's all he came to you for, the money.

You made the rest of it up.

Now you tell her the truth.

Your father hated the sight of your mother.

Destructive, pathetic little creature. I don't know whether to hate you or feel

sorry for you. Choose what you will.

One thing is for sure, you will never forget me.

Hey.

What about the loan note?

Oh.

Your sleepy little valley bores me.

I decided I no longer want your land.

So I arranged one final souvenir for you to remember me by.

I disposed of the loan.

Come on, boys.

What did you do with it?

I bought it.

Nice of you to drop by, Maggie.

Would you like to discuss your first payment with me now?

on falcon craft.

What did she want? Take it to the Mac!

You can go to jail.

I've never been afraid of a little blood and guts.

Just watch out for Channing, okay?

You filthy creep!

Perhaps these dossiers will help you understand why you should not leave

in the hands of a man like Channing.