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[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]

MAN: The bodies of the two occupants of that plane

are in the morgue here in Seattle.

And we're looking for more signs of identification.

Positive identification.

Positive identification?

Does that mean that you're not sure who the people were in that plane?

We're sure about one of them.

The man piloting the aircraft was thrown clear on impact.

The papers he had on him showed him to be a Brazilian national

recently released from prison on a cocaine charge.

The name is

- Peter De Vilbis. - Peter De Vilbis?

- What was she doing with him? - Let's hear the rest of this.

Now, do you know who the other person was in that plane?

Well, we're not certain yet.

We know it was a female, and she was trapped in the plane.

With the force of the explosion and the fire,

there's no hope of positive l.D. Not from the body.

- Well, then it might not be Fallon. - Lieutenant, see you for a minute?

- Excuse me. BLAKE: Jeff, did you hear that?

There was no positive identification.

- Then who was with De Vilbis? - Well, maybe another woman.

No, she didn't leave the retreat alone. Brother Leo told me that.

Well, De Vilbis might have dropped Fallon off someplace

and picked up another woman.

Oh, look, Blake.

She must have called him from the retreat.

She must have asked him to come for her.

That still doesn't mean that she was on that plane.

Jeff, Fallon was sick. She was in pain.

Those headaches must have been agony.

Now, we can't blame her if she called someone.

My men found a woman's ring.

lt's pretty scorched. Maybe one of you can recognise it.

l gave this to Fallon when we got engaged.

She went off with him

and she died with him.

Here.

l don't want this.

Lindsay...

How she admired Fallon.

l remember one night, we were doing the supper dishes and she said to me:

''Mommy, when l grow up,

do you think l'll be as beautiful as Fallon Carrington, even close?''

And l said, ''Yes, l do, l think you will.''

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello.

Kystle, Jeff is here with me.

The Sheriffs Office up here has confirmed it.

lt was Fallon.

Blake, l'm so sory.

We'll be home tonight. We'll be flying back with...

With her.

[INHALES DEEPLM

We'll be waiting for you.

Fallon?

J Blake and Jeff

they'll be home tonight

with her body.

Oh, no.

Oh, my God, no. Not again.

No.

Oh, God.

Claudia.

Don't cy, please.

We have to be strong.

Jeff and Blake and Steven, they're gonna need us.

[SOBBING]

Steven.

[SNIFFLES]

They told me you were up here.

l was iust looking over some of the things

Fallon and l used to play with when we were kids.

She used to call eveything dumb.

Dumb scooter.

Dumb tricycle.

Dumb baseball glove.

Dumb.

She was a great sister, Dad.

She was my best friend.

Son, this loss, this terrible loss,

maybe it will help bring the rest of the family together.

lf you're talking about Adam and me, he's not family to me, Dad.

We didn't grow up together.

And more important than that, l don't trust him.

l can't forgive him for letting Sammy Jo just take off with my son.

lt's finally arranged.

One o'clock, a week from Friday, in Los Angeles.

She made it vey clear that Danny wouldn't be with her,

so l wouldn't have a chance to see him.

Or better yet, to make a grab for him and bring him back home.

She's got me in a corner, Dad.

She's holding my son for ransom and l don't know how to get him back.

We'll get him back.

Somehow, we'll get him back.

Jeff, about the funeral service...

Now, l think that Fallon would have wanted it to be private.

Just the family and some of the staff.

How do you feel about that?

That sounds fine, Blake.

You handle the arrangements, okay?

[BLAKE SIGHS]

Jeff, about Fallon, l know you're angy,

Vey an9y, because of her being with De Vilbis.

- For whatever reason-- - l'd rather not pursue this if you--

- Well, l want to pursue it. - Why? To straighten me out?

To tell me she was like eveyone else on this earth,

that she had her faults, that she wasn't pe_ect?

Well, you don't have to because l know that.

l know that.

Yes.

Yes, she did have her faults, but l loved her despite those faults.

And l know that you loved her too.

, It seems to me, Jeff

we should remember those wonde_ul qualities,

the things about her that we loved.

Because they are the things

that should be providing us with comfort now.

l'd like to be left alone if you don't mind.

l'll deal with my grief, my feelings, in my own way.

l'm vey, vey sory.

Yeah, l know, l know.

Have you or Steven told Alexis?

- No, we haven't. - l'll have to tell her.

She won't be back until tomorrow.

Where's she been?

Caracas.

She's been arrested for leaving the county.

What was she doing there?

She went to see Billy Waite.

Mm. That's not important, for now.

Your Maiesty has five minutes.

What are you doing here, Blake?

lt's not Fallon, is it?

Has something happened to Fallon?

Alexis, l, uh...

What's happened?

l know something's happened.

Fallon was killed in a plane crash.

No.

No.

No, no, no!

[SOBBING] My baby.

My baby.

You.

You stole my children away from me.

You let them run wild and you killed her.

You killed my baby.

You killed my baby.

What are we going to do?

Blake, what are we going to do?

Blake.

MAN: You will let us know if there's anything that we can do.

- Thank you, good night. - Good night.

Blake, Kystle, time to be getting on home.

Thank you vey much for coming, George.

l know how many problems of your own all of you people have these days,

and l appreciate your being here.

We loved Fallon, vey much.

As for problems,

when Denver-Carrington gets rolling again,

well, there iust won't be any more problems.

- Good night. - Good night.

- Kystle. - Good night.

lt's so good to see you.

Mr. Carrington, l have to thank you again.

- Oh, come on, now-- - No, l have to.

Keeping me on salay

has been making all the difference in the world for me.

BLAKE : Bye-bye, Marcia.

- Kystle. - Bye.

Tsk. It's a shame, really a shame.

When a company like Denver-Carrington

goes out of business, we forget the economic shoc_aves it causes.

Now, those are good people, all of them, out of work.

l should be tying to help them get their jobs back again, but l can't.

l iust can't seem to concentrate on anything.

Of course you can't.

Fallon's gone and all of us have died a little bit inside.

We can't expect to get over it that easily.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hello? - Blake, it's Billy.

l heard the tragic news. l'm vey, vey sory.

Thank you, Billy.

Have you made any decision about the loan?

The South China Sea deal. Yes.

l'm afraid that the way my finances are going these days,

l'm not gonna be able to go it with you.

Come on now, Billy.

The amount that we discussed was peanuts to you and you know it.

l do not know it, Blake.

And you should know me well enough

to know l don't appreciate being pressured,

particularly after l've made my position clear.

All right, then tell me one thing.

Exactly what did Alexis do that caused you to back out of that deal?

Oh! My other phone is going. l'm gonna have to get off.

Well, l'm sory. l'm vey sory about eveything.

Well, she did it again.

Alexis has succeeded in cutting me off from eveyone.

My God.

lf l could iust forget that she's the mother of my children, l'd...

[SIGHS]

But l can't.

l can't forget.

Hello, cowboy.

Hello, Daddy.

- How you doing? - Fine.

- Daddy? - Yes?

Remember when my puppy died and you said it went to heaven?

Yes, l remember.

Did my mommy go to visit him?

Yes, she did, son.

You see, Mommy was sick.

She was in an accident.

And she was in a lot of pain.

And God took her there so she wouldn't hurt anymore.

ls heaven nice?

Yes, oh, it's vey nice.

lt's vey beautiful.

l wish they'd both come back to me, my puppy and my mommy.

l'll be right out here.

Hello, Alexis.

Hello, Dex.

There are no words, l know.

But you have my sympathy.

My deepest sympathy.

Thank you.

Oh, God, this place.

What am l doing in this place?

Can't they understand it would never have occurred to me

that anyone would think l wasn't coming back from Venezuela?

Didn't you hear the iudge?

He told you not to leave the state, Iet alone the county.

l know, l know, it was stupid of me.

Give me a cigarette.

l'm worried about you, Alexis.

The circumstantial evidence against you is building.

The man in the street, he can't be expected to--

Oh, Dex, if you're gonna tell me

that public antipathy is building against me,

along with eveything else, then don't.

Because l don't wanna hear about it. Not now, not at this time in my life.

That's the key word, Alexis. Life. Your life.

That's what l'm talking about, thinking about.

Your life and your freedom.

[SNIFFLES]

That's not where my thoughts are now, Dex.

They're with Fallon.

They're with my beautiful daughter who's dead.

Dex, you've gotta get me out of here.

l've got to be with her one last time.

Please, Dex, please help me.

There's nothing l can do.

They're buying my baby.

And l wanna be with her. Please let me out of here. Please.

Please.

[SOBBING]

DEX: l'll phone the governor.

Behold, l show you a mystey.

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed in a moment,

in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.

For the trumpet shall sound

and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.

And we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must be made incorruptible,

and this mortal must be made immortal.

Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:

''Death is swallowed up in victoy.

Oh, death, where is thy sting?

Oh, grave, where is thy victoy?''

May the soul of Fallon Carrington Colby,

betrothed of Jeffrey Colby,

mother of Blake Jeffrey Colby,

daughter of Blake Carrington and Alexis Colby,

daughter of this rich Colorado earth she loved so dearly,

rest in eternal peace in that earth.

Fallon.

Goodbye.

l loved you from the moment you were born.

And l shall continue to love you for as long as l breathe,

and then, beyond that.

My little girl.

Please forgive any of the differences that we had.

l loved your strength.

l love you always.

Goodbye, my baby.

[SOBBING]

Why, Fallon? Why'd you leave me? You never loved me.

lf you loved me, you wouldn't have left me for that bum.

You bitch!

What the devil do you think you're doing?

l will not let you desecrate my daughter's funeral, you--

You're a drunken fool.

Jeff, l told you she'd become sick.

ls it too much to ask you to forgive her?

ls it?

Well, it's good to see you relaxing.

Relaxing?

l'm iust sitting here thinking.

Thinking about Billy Waite turning me down,

and the others who have turned me down.

What do l do now?

l don't know, but you'll think of something.

Kystle, l have to work. l need to work.

lt's the one thing that's always saved me.

l understand, but iust don't drive yourself too hard right now.

Ty not to deal with people like Billy Waite.

Blake, being rich isn't important to me.

And living in a 48-room house,

well, there are times when l still get lost.

So, what does it matter if we lose the house?

Well, it matters to me.

My children were born and raised in this house.

One of them was buried from this house.

Can't you understand what this place means to me?

Darling, of course l can.

But the memories don't go away, no matter where you live.

Blake, what matters to me is that we have each other.

Remember that, despite eveything that's happened, we have each other.

And our baby.

My God, the baby moved.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

l should send it back. l told them lots of onions.

Sammy Jo, where's Danny?

Where you can't get your hands on him.

And don't bother looking for him.

He's with friends of mine, a long way from Los Angeles.

What do you want for him? How much?

Thirty thousand dollars a month, for the rest of my life.

Where the hell do you expect me to get that kind of money?

l know where.

Your father may be broke. But you do have a vey rich mother.

You'll sign a document, Iegal and binding,

giving up all claim to Danny forever.

l'll sign anything you want.

Okay.

Where's my son? l want him now.

Mm.

First, the contract.

Signed, sealed and delivered with the first payment.

Thirty thou.

Where do l send it?

l'll call you in a few days and let you know.

Steven.

Leave me $20 to pay for this, or l'll make a scene.

Go ahead, make a scene.

Just remember,

if anything happens to my son between now and the time l see him, l'll kill you.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Who's that?

Adam.

Come here. Come.

Come here.

Samantha.

Such a pretty girl.

So pretty.

[GIGGLES]

[MUFFLED SHOUTING]

Ah! Come here.

No. Don't.

Behave yourself.

Danny.

Uncle Adam's come to take you home.

There we are.

And l got Danny out of that motel room and we flew home.

He's a pretty good traveller, Steven. The stewardesses loved him.

How is Danny?

He's asleep and he's terrific.

Adam, l wanna thank you for bringing him back to us.

You've already thanked me enough, Claudia, really.

Well, maybe l haven't.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, Adam. Again.

l guess l really didn't know you.

l underestimated you and l'm sory for that.

Let's get one thing straight, Steven. It wasn't my idea, it was father's.

l was iust carying it out.

Well, you did a fine iob, Adam.

But l have a feeling we're not exactly finished with this yet.

Knowing Sammy Jo, l'm sure we aren't.

BOY 1 : Look at that big fancy car.

BOY 2: Hey, let's go.

BOY 3: No.

Hey. Hey.

[BOY WHISTLES]

WOMAN : Good afternoon.

- That's a big car. - Yes, it is.

Ha-ha. For a minute, l thought the President of the United States

had decided to visit Northern Colorado.

No, it's only me.

l know l don't know any vey rich ladies like you,

and you obviously are vey rich.

But l wasn't always.

- Let me ask you something. - Mm?

What is the single most beautiful word in the English language?

Funny you should ask that.

lt's lullaby.

Lullaby.

You told me that word one night.

Yes. Right on that porch.

Sitting right there. Just the two of us. We were talking about words.

Some of the words and how beautiful they are.

[CHUCKLES] No.

Millie? Oh, it can't be.

Not my little niece, Millie Cox. Oh!

- Just look a little harder. - Oh, Lord, it is you. Millie. Oh!

[BOTH LAUGH]

Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh, iust look at you. Just look at you.

You're more blossomed out than that skinny little thing that left here.

And you're even prettier, Aunt Bessie.

[LAUGHS] Oh.

Oh.

lt's so good.

Baby, it's so good to see you again.

Oh, baby.

When l heard you'd left for Europe,

l thought l'd never see you again, Millie.

Well, l was away for quite awhile, but l'm back now.

My name is now Dominique.

- Dominique? - Mm-hm.

That is elegant.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Oh, come on in, come on in.

Are you sure you're that skinny little thing

that used to run up these stairs and say to me,

''Aunt Bessie, if you're cooking chicken, can l have the drumstick?''

Ha-ha-ha. Oh, why didn't you tell me you were coming?

That second bedroom is a mess.

l'll help you clean it, and then l'm going to spend the night.

- But first, Aunt Bessie. - Mm-hm.

l have something vey important l have to do,

- and l'm going to need your help. - My help? How? Sure.

My mother's trunk.

Oh, it's still here.

Good.

Hello.

Hello, mother.

[SIGHS]

[CRYING]

Oh, he's iust a little bit nervous. Come on, honey.

No?

You don't want anything?

Okay. You're the boss today.

He should be hungrier than he is.

No, it's okay. He's really fine, babe.

- He looks flushed. CLAUDIA: No, he's not.

[PHONE RINGS]

l thought he felt a little warm before, so l took his temperature.

But he doesn't have a fever. He's fine.

Excuse me, Mr. Carrington, there's a telephone call for you

from Los Angeles.

Sammy Jo.

You sound as if you were expecting me to call, Steven.

Let's iust say it's no surprise.

We're iust glad to have Danny back with us.

- Where he belongs? - That's right.

ln the big mansion which may not belong to the Carringtons much longer.

Well, enioy the mansion and the kid for as long as you can.

That goes for all of you. Including your rotten brother, Adam.

Because l'm not finished with this yet.

ln fact...

l'm really not finished with this yet.

l came to this house, frankly, a vey frightened woman.

And each of you went out of your way to help me adjust

by your kindness and your understanding.

Which makes it all the more difficult for me

to ask you to understand now why we have to let you go, temporarily.

Gerard will give you each a cheque

covering your salaries for the ne_ month.

l hope with all my heart that you'll be back with us soon.

Thank you and God bless you.

Kystle, why did you do it?

l iust talked to the gardener. Why did you fire those people?

[SIGHS]

Blake, one night some time ago, in front of those people,

you told them that it was Mrs. Carrington

who ran this house and no one else.

Well, l did what l had to do, at least for the time being.

We still have Mrs. Gunnerson and Jeannette and--

Mr. Carrington, excuse me, sir.

- There's someone here to see you. - Who is it?

A Dominique Deveraux. She says you've met.

Send her away, please. Tell her we're not receiving any guests.

She iust wants a word, sir. She wishes to pay her respects.

All right, all right. Send her in.

Thank you for allowing me this visit.

l know that you've had a vey hard time of it.

But l've had a hard time too.

Miss Deveraux, may l ask why you're here?

Because l feel as if l've suffered a loss as well.

Exactly what kind of a loss?

Let's iust say that l feel as l do because we have so much in common.

Such as what?

Our blood.

Our genes.

Our daddy.

Well, Adam, it's about time. And do come into my parlour.

ADAM: Caviar? Champagne?

What's this all about?

Well, l asked for a few creature comforts for my sanity.

This is not exactly The Ritz, and the food is appalling.

- l see. You've acquired a friend in here. - Mm-hm.

Well, l'm afraid your newly acquired friend has just been fired.

Oh.

So much for creature comforts.

l've written a few messages. l want you to deliver them for me.

l didn't come to talk about messages.

l came to talk about Michael Cunningham.

Who is Michael Cunningham?

[LAUGHS]

You're gonna find out, Mother, in exactly two weeks, at your trial.

Cunningham is a deputy district attorney.

He's the fastest runner on the block.

And he's running right now to blow us both into the gutter.

And this kind of privilege for a price

is not going to look good when he finds out about it.

Especially if that despicable Philip Whatever-His-Name-ls

writes about it in his tawdy column.

lt's Philip Spalding,

and it's an exceedingly widely read column.

Well, l don't care about him or his rotten column.

l care, Mother.

l care a lot

about 12 men and women who'll be sitting in that juy box

deciding whether you're innocent or guilty,

whether you should live or die.

l do care, Adam, and l'm frightened. l care about eveything that happens.

But l know that when you've finished your defence

that that iuy is going to realise that l am not guilty.

They will,

because we have the truth on our side, and l know what l'm doing.

But l know you, Mother.

And l know one reason why you asked me to defend you

was because you thought you could control me,

that l'd do whatever you wanted.

J Well

l am serving notice right now

that l intend to conduct your defence my way.

Adam, l may occasionally offer a suggestion or two.

My way.

Of course, darling. Of course.

STEVEN: What are you doing up?

KRYSTLE: Oh, l went down to the kitchen to get a glass of milk,

heard someone in the poolroom and thought l'd poke my nose in.

You know, Steven,

you were my first friend when l moved into this house.

You never made me feel less because l worked for Blake

or had no money.

You were always here if l needed someone to talk to.

And l want you to know that l'm here if you need someone to talk to.

There's really nothing to talk about.

Are you sure?

l've tried, Kystle.

l've tried so hard to wipe it out of my mind.

Steven, whatever it is, you're in a lot of pain.

Why don't you talk to me about it? You can trust me, you know that.

l saw Mark Jennings' killer.

- What? - l know who killed Mark Jennings.

On the night he was murdered, l was on my way home from the office

to change for Fallon's engagement party

when l remembered some papers l was supposed to leave

for my mother's signature.

So l drove to the hotel to bring them to her.

l got there.

As l was getting out of the car,

l heard a scrgam, and l saw a body falling.

l looked up.

What did you see?

Nothing. It was too dark to see anything.

There was someone else on the terrace, wasn't there?

- No. - Someone you knew.

- No. - Someone you even love.

Steven, this is torturing you. You've got to talk about it.

- Let's iust forget about it, okay? - No, it's not okay.

Mark had a lot of people who didn't like him,

some who even hated him. Alexis, Fallon...

l didn't say l saw a woman.

Are you saying you saw Jeff or Blake?

Look, Kystle, l want you to forget whatever l have told you.

Please.

You said it, we're friends, and friends don't betray each other.

So please, please.

This talk didn't take place.

Because if you tell anybody it did, l'll deny it.

[PIANO PLAYING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Blake. Come in.

l knew that l would be seeing you, but this is a surprise.

l didn't know l would be seeing you so soon.

You come to my house this afternoon,

you tell me you're a Carrington by blood, that you have proof of that,

and then you turn and walk out.

And you're surprised that l'm here?

Who are you? Really.

My married name is Mrs. Brady Lloyd.

My professional name is Dominique Deveraux.

l was born Millie Cox.

- Does that sound familiar to you? - No, it isn't.

Well, it is to your father.

Tom Carrington philandered with women all over Colorado,

including a beautiful, young seamstress named Laura.

My mother.

- Are you implying--? - To imply is to suggest.

And l'm making a statement, Blake.

Tom Carrington is your father and mine.

Miss Deveraux, this proof that you told me about.

- Is it a birth certificate? - Hardly.

That piece of paper simply lists the father as unknown.

And it screams to the world that l was born illegitimate.

Then what is the proof?

New Orleans, Kansas City.

Those were your father's favourite cities for fun, is that right?

Yes, l suppose so.

These are postcards that he sent to my mother from those cities.

Different years but similar messages.

''Missing you terribly, sweetheart.''

''Can't wait to see you again, darling.''

These all happen to be unsigned.

But they are all in his handwriting. Or have you forgotten his handwriting?

Did you want to forget?

You know, l've done a lot of reading about you over the years, Blake.

lnterviews

in which l've noticed you never mention your father.

Why did you wait all this time to come to Denver to tell me this?

Do you think l'm a liar, a fraud?

No, l think you have a vey imaginative and calculating mind.

l have a vey good mind, Blake.

And l have your patience, Blake. l can wait.

ln business deals or othemise, wait until the right time.

And now is the time for me to get you to finally acknowledge

that l am your sister.

Well, l must go, Miss Deveraux.

Oh. You may need these.

Oh, you may have those, Blake. l have others.

[MARK SCREAMS]

CLAUDIA: Steven.

Steven.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Oh, what do you mean nothing? You're all knots.

You haven't really talked to me, not in days.

Claudia, you know what l went through with Sammy Jo taking Danny.

Of course l know what you went through.

But he's back here now with us. He's safe.

You know, l think this change in you,

l think it began the moment that Alexis was arrested for killing Mark Jennings.

Alexis happens to be my mother.

A son feeling for his mother and the hell she's going through.

ls that so strange? Is it?

No, darling, it's not strange, but just let out what you're feeling.

Don't ty and hide them inside.

Claudia, l don't wanna talk tonight.

l iust wanna be with you.

Steven, you can't use sex to block out your feelings.

- You can't block it-- - l don't wanna talk, Claudia.

REPORTER 1 : Mrs. Colby, is it true that you've asked for a change of venue

and the court's denied it?

REPORTER 2: What about your escape attempt to Caracas?

l'm Philip Spalding.

Word has it that Colbyco has become a foundering ship these past weeks.

Any comment, Mrs. Colby?

Mr. Spalding,

your sick and self-serving vendetta against me had better stop.

Do you understand? Adam.

l want you to file a suit against this man and that rag he works for.

And l want you to know that evey time you do this sort of thing,

you're helping to put yourself away.

- Mrs. Colby, do you...? MAN: Please.

Counsellor.

Your mother and client had Warren Ballard,

one of the vey best criminal-trial lamers in the county.

- What happened, Carrington? - Obviously, she has more faith in me.

With your trial experience,

l'm surprised you even found the courthouse.

lf l had to choose

between gamesmanship and intellect, Cunningham,

l'd choose intellect.

[CUNNINGHAM SCOFFS]

Have you heard anything from Dex?

He called from Wyoming. He'll be back in a day or two.

Oh, good.

Oh, Steven, darling, it's wonde_ul of you to be here.

l had to be here with you, Mother.

- Yes, but who's watching the store? - There are phones in the corridor.

l'll be in constant touch with the office, so don't wory, okay?

Okay.

BAILIFF: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.

Court Number 23 of the district court,

City and County of Denver, State of Colorado,

is now ready and open for the transaction of business.

The Honourable Drew Ma_ield, judge presiding.

Docket number 84-CR-3026-23,

The People ofthe State of Colorado v. Alexis Colby.

The people will show that the accused had motive and opportunity.

The people will show that the accused

is a woman given to outbursts of violent and physical anger.

A woman so powe_ul and so rich that she believes in her corrupt heart

that she is above the law which governs the rest of us.

mHISPERING]

But she is not.

Ladies and gentlemen of the iuy,

after you hear the testimony in this case,

you will be left with no alternative

but to return a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree

of one Mark Jennings.

Jennings, an opportunist.

Jennings, who hurt many people in his time,

each one of whom could have been said to have had a motive

for wanting his death.

l will prove that that person is not the woman you see here

in this courtroom.

And l will prove that this case, this entire case, is a mockey,

a mockey based purely on circumstantial evidence.

And l will further prove that there is reason and ample reason

for doubting all of that evidence.

J And that doubt

which Anglo-American law has termed ''reasonable doubt ''

is what must make you find this defendant innocent of all charges.

l know Alexis Colby.

And l know that the evidence will prove that she killed no one.

And l know that each of you, each of you good and fair people,

will be convinced of that before this trial is over.

l thank you.

The iuy really looked impressed. l think Adam's gonna get her off.

Listen, you take the car.

l've gotta make a phone call, and l'll take a cab to the office.

MA�TRE D': Table for four.

Why did you invite me here tonight?

Well, let's iust say l wanted to make a friend inside the castle.

Cheers.

Here's to you, to me, and to the king, Blake.

My husband's been hurt enough.

His mighty empire dwindling?

His daughter's death.

l don't want to see him hurt again.

What makes you think l want to hurt him?

Because l think you want something from him.

And you seem to be a woman

who stops at nothing to get what you want.

l am a determined woman, Kystle. l can be ruthless.

But l have never hurt anyone unless he or she deserves to be hurt.

lt is nice, though. Refreshing.

What is?

To see that my brother is married to someone who really cares about him.

The beautiful lioness protecting her mate while he rests.

Even though in this particular case, it's enforced rest.

l like you, Kystle, l do.

l wish we could be friends.

How can we be?

l don't trust you.

Well, that's honest. Let me be as honest.

We have much in common, the two of us.

You, the American dream girl,

the stenographer from Dayton, Ohio, who set her sights big,

and she made it big, all right.

Became a Carrington.

Well, l am a bastard who started with nothing,

and l made a fortune.

And damn it, l am going to be accepted as a Carrington too.

My father never acknowledged me, and he never will.

Someone is going to.

Soon.

Oh, God, you're so beautiful.

Oh, God. God, l love you.

Oh, Fallon.

Who the hell is Fallon?

- What? - Who is Fallon?

Somebody l knew when l was a kid.

And when you grew up, you married her?

- Look, that has nothing to do with us. - Hey, Jeff Colby. My name is Amy.

And Amy is not your therapist.

So if you still have a thing for your wife,

don't work it out with me in bed.

Tell it to your shrink.

Look, l don't have a thing for that woman.

The only feeling l have is one of disgust with myself

for wasting my time on her.

We were gonna get married, big plans. She ends up running off with this guy,

leaving me and dying with him, that garbage.

Jeff, do you wanna know something?

l really don't enioy entertaining drunks.

So why don't you iust get dressed and leave?

l mean that.

l'm gonna take a shower,

and when l come back, l don't wanna see you.

JEFF: Hello, Steven.

Sory about that, l...

- l hope it wasn't a Ming. - Where have you been, Jeff?

l went to a movie.

lt was a vey bad film.

They sure don't make films the way they used to.

Where are Harpo and Groucho when you really need them?

And after the movie, you went out and got drunk, didn't you?

Listen, getting drunk is no way to deal with Fallon's death.

Get out of my way.

No, not yet.

What are we gonna do? Talk about Fallon?

Yeah, l think we should.

Oh, we're gonna mourn her death together?

You mourn in your way, pal.

l don't have much to grieve over, do l?

When are you gonna admit to yourself what kind of a girl your sister was?

She was a tramp.

[GRUNTS]

My problem is l'm drunk.

l don't know what yours is.

How long are you gonna go on denying what your sister really did?

How long?

MAN [ON TM: rwo witnesses for the prosecution testified

in the Alexis Colby trial this morning.

The first was Dr. Howell Simms, a county medical examiner.

Simms told Deputy District Attorney Cunningham

that Ma_ Jennings was vey drunk at the time of his death,

drunk enough so that even a woman nearly half his weight

could have pushed him over the side of a terrace.

On cross-examination, Adam Carrington asked Dr. Simms

if Jennings was drunk enough to have fallen by himself,

or, if he'd been pushed, could a child have pushed him in his condition?

The answer was yes.

[ON TM rhe next witness was Sergeant Cooper ofthe Denver Police.

He told Cunningham

that he suspected Mrs. Colby ofthe murder

when he discovered that Ma_ Jennings

had deposited a cheque in his account

for $1 OO,OOO on the day of his death.

The cheque was signed by Alexis Colby.

ln response to the question

''Did you discover why the accused gave Mr. Jennings the money?''

Cooper answered, ''He was apparently blackmailing her.''

On cross-examination,

Adam Carrington did not penetrate the police officers testimony.

The court is now in r_ess,

and the first witness ofthe a_ernoon session

will be Miss Dina Hartley.

Miss Hartley, will you tell the court and juy where you reside?

My address is 131 Camden Street.

ls that directly across the street

from where the accused, Alexis Colby, lives?

Yes, it is.

On which floor of your building do you live, Miss Hartley?

The top floor, the east penthouse.

And does that penthouse directly face Mrs. Colby's?

lt does.

Tell us, Miss Hartley,

are you able to see Mrs. Colby's terrace from yours?

l'm able to see it, but l don't make a habit of looking at it.

l value my privacy and the rights of others to their privacy.

CUNNINGHAM: Of course.

Now, on the evening Mark Jennings was pushed

from that terrace to his death--

Obiection. It has not been established that the deceased was pushed.

He might have fallen.

lt's also not been established that he was even on that terrace.

Obiection sustained.

Rephrase your question, Mr. Cunningham.

Miss Hartley, on the evening of Mark Jennings' death,

will you tell us exactly what you were doing

and precisely what you saw?

HARTLEY: l was giving a cocMail party.

At one point during the party, l glanced at the Colby terrace

and saw Mr. Jennings standing there, holding a drink.

Was Mr. Jennings alone on the terrace, Miss Hartley?

No, he was not.

She didn't tell you this when you interviewed her, did she?

No, she did not. Let's see where he's going.

Who was the deceased with? Can you tell us that?

He was with someone.

Was that someone Mrs. Colby, the accused?

HARTLEY: l couldn't tell.

l didn't glance over long enough. But it could have been a woman.

- What is she tying to do to me? - Mother.

She never said anything about another person, a woman.

Order. Mrs. Colby, l will tolerate no further disruptions.

What are you tying to do to me, liar?

Mother, sit down.

ALEXIS : l insist that you move for dismissal.

- l can't do that, there are no grounds. ALEXIS: Then you must make grounds.

- Your Honour-- - This woman is lying.

l respectfully request a recess so l can confer with my client.

All right, this court is in recess for 20 minutes.

Why do you insist on behaving like that?

lt's pure self-destruction.

Well, from now on, you're on your own, Mother.

l'm going to withdraw.

- You don't mean that. - As a matter of fact, l do.

Adam, you can't leave.

Look, l don't know what came over me in the courtroom just now,

but l'm sory.

Look, Adam, l need your help, l do.

l will not accept a casual ''l'm sory.''

l will not accept a vulnerable but short-lived ''Help me.''

Either you listen to me, Mother, or l go.

- Is that understood? - Yes.

Yes, darling.

Oh, you're such a brilliant attorney.

l know you're gonna win this case for me.

You are.

l know you are.

Saudi Arabia? When is he expected back?

l see. All right, thank you.

Well, iust tell him that l called,

and l'll be waiting to hear from him when he does get back.

Bye.

Blake, you can't go on like this 24 hours a day.

l am fighting for my life,

and l'm going to keep on like this until l have to stop.

l have got to come up with some money.

Kystle, are you feeling all right?

Yes, l'm fine.

What is it that's been bothering you lately?

You've got something on your mind, haven't you?

- l don't understand what you mean. - Is there something wrong?

[SIGHS]

No, nothing.

Come on, now. l know you. l know when you're upset.

ls it something that l have done?

ls it the baby?

Darling, the baby and l are fine. It's nothing, really.

GERARD: Excuse me, Mr. Carrington, there's a gentleman here to see you.

He's from the sheriffs office.

Well, send him in, please, Gerard.

Sheriffs office?

Good evening.

- Mr. Blake Carrington? - Yes.

- This is for you, sir. - Thank you.

What the devil is this all about?

What is it, Blake?

l've been subpoenaed to testify against Alexis.

CLERK: Do you solemnly swear the testimony you will give before this court

shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

- so help you God? - l do.

Mr. Carrington, please tell us about your relationship with the accused.

BLAKE: Alexis Colby and l were married at one time.

- How long were you married? - Nine years.

Nine years. And then you were divorced,

and it was you who initiated the divorce proceedings,

is that correct?

Yes.

May l have People's 2, please?

Ladies and gentlemen,

what l hold here is a copy of the divorce papers

filed by Blake Carrington against the then Alexis Carrington.

l also hold this,

oh, l'd say about 2 pounds' worth of newspaper clippings

relating to their marriage,

and which might be described in a journalistic nutshell

as ''the Battling Carringtons.''

ADAM: Your Honour, l obiect to the admission of this evidence.

lt's probative value is outweighed by the danger of undue prejudice.

And furthermore, it's completely irrelevant to these proceedings.

l'm going to have to overrule you, Mr. Carrington.

Go on, Mr. Cunningham.

Sir, l've done some careful reading,

and l found that one of the complaints against your wife

concerned a certain evening you spent together with friends

at the Round Rock County Club.

Do you remember that evening?

Yes, yes, l do.

Will you tell the court about it?

BLAKE : Oh, it was at a dinner party.

l said something, l forget what.

Something that Alexis didn't approve of.

And so, what happened?

Well, she-- She had had a little too much to drink.

Just answer the question, Mr. Carrington.

- What happened? - She began to shout at me.

- And did she reach for something? - Yes.

What was it she reached for?

A knife.

[PEOPLE MURMURING]

CUNNINGHAM: A knife. What happened then?

- She shouted, ''l'll kill you.'' CUNNINGHAM: ''l'll kill you.''

''Kill'' as in the commission of a violent act.

ls that correct, Mr. Carrington?

Yes.

Mr. Carrington,

Alexis Carrington Colby stands accused of the act of murder.

Do you think she's capable of that sort of violence?

Yes. If provoked enough, yes.

No further questions, Your Honour.

Several years ago, sir,

you were accused and convicted of a violent crime, of killing a man.

- Is that true? BLAKE: Yes.

Do you feel that conviction was justified?

No. l said it then and l'll say it now. It was an accident.

ADAM: So then in your own vey personal experience,

mistakes have been made,

indeed, terrible miscarriages ofjustice have occurred,

based on false accusations.

- Is that correct? - Yes, that's correct.

l'd like to speak for a few minutes about People's 1 ,

a cheque for $100,OOO.

Obiection, Your Honour.

This is cross-examination.

Counsel's going beyond the scope of direct examination.

Your Honour, l will show that there is a relationship

between this cheque and two of the key words in this trial:

violence and motive.

Obiection overruled.

ADAM: The prosecution contends

that Alexis Colby was blackmailed by Mark Jennings,

that she gave him this money, this cheque,

to buy his silence about her bribe to one Rashid Ahmed,

and that she then killed Jennings.

Sir, from whom would she want to be hiding this information?

- The United States Government? - No.

No, the bribe took place outside the county.

l'm the one she would have wanted to keep that information from.

Why? What would you have done? Murdered her?

- Of course not. - Taken her to court?

There was no case.

Would you have been angy nonetheless?

- Yes. - How angy?

- Vey angy. - Angy enough to have it out with her?

lf what you're talking about is ''Would there have been shouting? ''

yes, there would've been quite a bit of shouting.

ADAM: So then in fact,

Mark Jennings had no hold whatsoever over Alexis Colby.

ln fact, she had nothing to fear from anyone

except a heated verbal confrontation with you?

- Is that true? - Yes.

ADAM: Mr. Carrington, would you tell the court

how much $1 OO,OOO is worth to a woman of Alexis Colby's wealth?

Vey little.

ADAM: So if the money meant nothing

and she had nothing to fear from Jennings,

why would she kill him?

Would you say she had a motive?

l'd have to say that she had no motive.

[PEOPLE MURMURING]

ADAM: No motive.

l have no further questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Carrington. You may step down.

Thank you, Mother.

Blake, thank you for helping to convince the juy of my innocence.

Oh, Dex.

Oh, Dex, l've missed you. Oh, how l've missed you.

On the other hand, l hardly gave you a passing thought,

except for practically evey waking moment.

How are you?

lf you'd asked me a couple days ago,

l'd have said miserable, absolutely miserable.

But now l feel wonde_ul.

You know, l think that things are finally going well for me.

l know, l heard about the testimony on the car radio this afternoon.

You know, Blake Carrington may be a lot of things in your book, but...

- He's an honest man? - He is.

Mm. l'll give him that, but right now l'd rather talk about us.

About the future, about our future, after l'm acquitted.

Dex, let's go on a long trip somewhere, all right?

All right.

Somewhere wonde_ully romantic, like Acapulco or Tahiti.

Somewhere wonde_ully romantic

with lots of sun and blue-green water and gorgeous food,

and we can forget about eveything and eveyone but us.

Well, l'd settle for a motel right here in Denver.

But if you wanna travel,

l'll take you to the end of the Earth.

Mrs. Colby, let's go. Your time is up.

l love you, Alexis.

l love you, Dex.

You were vey quiet at dinner tonight.

- Was l? - Yes.

Are you angy with me

because l told the truth in court today?

Darling, you know how l feel about Alexis,

but l had to tell the truth.

l iust feel...

What?

Well, that you probably will help Alexis get off.

You think she's guilty.

l don't know, l... l can't be sure, but...

But what?

The police have arrested her. The state is prosecuting her.

And a iuy of 12 men and women have taken time off

from their iobs and their families to listen to this case.

And they're not all going through this because they have nothing better to.

Besides, Alexis was in that apartment when Mark fell from the terrace.

And who'd be more likely to have pushed him?

Now, all that is for the iuy to decide.

Now, you're passing iudgement on another human being.

That's not like you.

But it is like her never to be punished for what she does.

She killed our baby.

By firing that rifle, she killed the child inside of me.

And she never paid for that.

She's tying to ruin you in business. She is guilty of that, isn't she?

And she's hurt so many people in so many ways,

but somehow, somehow, she always gets away with it.

l iust have a terrible feeling that if she is guilty of killing Mark,

she'll probably get away with that too.

[MARK SCREAMS]

Steven.

What are you doing?

l'm gonna get dressed and get out of here.

l need some air.

l need to breathe.

- Steven. - Hello, Mother.

lt's the crack of dawn. Has anything happened to Danny?

No, he's fine, he's safe. He's home sleeping.

- Oh. - l couldn't sleep, though, so l...

l drove around most of the night.

And then you came here. Why?

To see you.

To be with you for a few minutes, to tell you how much l love you.

Oh. l know that, darling. l've always known that.

l also want you to know that whatever happens,

nothing will ever change that love for you.

Oh. My son.

Oh, my beautiful son.

From the moment that you were born, when l first held you in my arms

and touched your little hand,

we've always been so close, so vey close.

l know you're worried about me, Steven, but...

But l want you to know l'm gonna win.

l'm going to get out of this place, and l'm going to be free.

And then...

Then the two of us can celebrate together.

You'll come up to the apartment and l'll do the unheard of.

That being?

Heh, heh. l'll cook dinner.

[CHUCKLES]

- You? No. - Yes.

l'm gonna fix you your favourite meal,

the one that when you were little, you used to say to me:

''Mommy, l want you to cook it tonight.''

Bet you don't remember what that was.

l do. Franks and beans.

That's right.

And a pot of tea. About all l could manage.

So is it a dinner date?

lt's a date.

Good.

Steven,

l want you to know

that l really appreciate you coming over here this morning

and being so concerned about me.

l'll never forget it.

l'm a vey lucky woman to have such a wonde_ul son.

REPORTER 1 : Do you think your son Adam

is doing a good iob as your attorney?

Ah, Mr. Spalding.

Did you happen to see the stock exchange opening this morning?

Colbyco up, but iust one point.

Yes, a new field has iust come in.

l wouldn't be surprised if the stock doesn't jump to an all-time high soon.

Mother, let's go.

REPORTER 2: Mrs. Colby, your reaction

to your ex-husband's testimony?

All rise.

Mr. Cunningham, are you ready to rest your case?

No, Your Honour.

The state has a final witness.

We call Steven Daniel Carrington.

mHISPERING] Oh, my God.

CUNNINGHAM: l repeat:

The state of Colorado calls Steven Daniel Carrington

to testify in the trial of Alexis Colby.

Oh, why has Steven been called as a witness against me?

lf he had something to say, why didn't he come tell me?

l don't know.

Alexis,

there is no way you'll ever be punished for something you didn't do.

Punished?

l've already been punished enough, Dex.

Where's Mark Jennings' real killer?

He's out there somewhere watching me suffer.

- Blake. - Yes, darling.

Where are you going?

l'm on my way to the bank to see Avril Dawson.

lt never fails, it happens all at once. l just got a call.

Our biggest field, Carrington One, is dying up.

That's terrible.

l'm gonna have to find enough money to get our other fields operational

before our cash flow dries up.

And the mortgage, which Alexis holds on this house,

is due the day after tomorrow.

Blake, Steven's been called to testify.

Testify about what?

Against Alexis.

Why?

He saw what happened that night.

And you knew about it?

Yes, he told me.

That's what's been troubling you.

Why didn't Steven come to me?

Why didn't you come to me and tell me that?

Well, he made me promise not to tell anyone.

And l had to keep that promise.

Now they're gonna force him to crucify his own mother.

WOMAN: Be a man, come back here. - Truce, please.

WOMAN: Come back here. Ha, ha. - No.

Truce. Now, time out.

Time out. Time out, all right?

Jeff, l've been looking for you.

Well, l like to get my exercise early.

l thought maybe we could have lunch together.

Maybe something in my suite?

Sory, but l'm tied up for lunch.

You should stay away from junk food.

Well, how about dinner?

l can't.

l shouldn't.

But l'll call you when l get back from Barbados.

You really keep the turnstile whirling, Jeff Colby, don't you?

What do you mean?

Well, l never knew you when you were married to Fallon Carrington.

l was away at college.

But if you carried on like this, it's no wonder she divorced you.

Strangely enough,

l think she divorced me because l didn't cary on like this.

lt seems to me she preferred a man who did.

MAN [ON RADlO]: _ new turn in the much publicised murder trial

of wealthy Denver businesswoman Alexis Colby.

This a Fternoon her son, Steven Carrington,

has been called by the prosecution

and speculation runs high regarding the testimony

that this surprise witness will offer against his mother.

Cunningham, what the hell do you mean calling my brother

a surprise witness for the prosecution?

Mr. Carrington, you'll conduct yourself in here during this recess

with the same decorum and respect for the bench

that l demand in my courtroom.

Thank you.

Your Honour,

information was received by my office today while court was in session,

placing Steven Carrington at the scene of the crime

when Mark Jennings was pushed to his death.

Now this information contained facts which were never disclosed publicly,

facts which only someone present that night could know.

The State wants to know from Steven Carrington

exactly what he saw.

ADAM: Your Honour, this is incredible.

The defence has been given no time to question this witness.

Neither has the State, Your Honour.

The iuy deserves to hear this testimony.

l agree.

Gentlemen, this trial will resume as scheduled.

CUNNINGHAM: Mr. Carrington.

May l call you Steven?

Where were you the night that Mark Jennings died?

At my sister Fallon's engagement party.

CUNNINGHAM: That was a vey big night for the family, wasn't it?

Eveyone was there, including the accused, your mother.

Yes, the whole family was there.

Steven, where were you before arriving at the party?

At my office.

l had some business to handle at Colbyco, so l was a little late.

Between working late at Colbyco and attending the party,

were you anmhere in the vicinity of Alexis Colby's hotel that night?

Steven.

Were you at Alexis Colby's hotel the night Mark Jennings died?

l was, yes.

[CROWD MURMURING]

- Did he tell you that? - No, he did not, he never mentioned it.

Now, would you please tell the court and the juy why you were there?

l had some papers for my mother to sign.

So your mother signed the papers and you went off to the party together?

And of course you can produce these papers?

l never gave her the papers.

Why not?

l never gave her the papers because l couldn't go into the hotel af--

After what?

After seeing Mark Jennings fall to his death?

Obiection.

The Deputy District Attorney is leading the witness.

Overruled.

Answer the question, Mr. Carrington.

l saw a man fall into the street.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[GAVEL BANGING]

From where did you see this man fall?

From my mother's terrace.

[CROWD MURMURING AND GAvEL BANGING]

JUDGE: Quiet.

So you saw a man fall from your mother's terrace to the street.

Steven, you didn't know whether he was alive or dead,

and you left him there?

You didn't phone the paramedics, you didn't offer any help?

You iust went off calmly partying into the night?

l did call the paramedics but l didn't identify myself.

l left.

CUNNINGHAM: Why?

Because you didn't care if this man died?

No.

Because he didn't fall.

Because you saw someone push Mark Jennings.

Obiection. Leading the witness.

Overruled.

Answer the question, Mr. Carrington.

Yes, because l saw somebody push Mark Jennings.

[CROWD MURMURING]

Who did you see?

l saw my mother.

[CROWD GASP]

lt's a lie.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[GAVEL BANGING]

JUDGE: Order in the court.

l didn't do it.

Steven, how could you do this to me? l'm your mother.

JUDGE: Quiet.

ADAM: The prosecution has painted you as a loving son.

lsn't it true, that since beginning work at Colbyco, you've had your...

Well, shall we say, your differences with your employer?

Your mother, the defendant, Alexis Colby?

Some differences of opinion, yes.

Hasn't the defendant continually promised you authority in Colbyco

only to snatch it away?

Constantly undermining your position, ignoring your advice,

overriding your opinion, in short, humiliating you?

Obiection, Your Honour.

- Badgering the witness. - Sustained.

Mr. Carrington, l've warned you about excesses in my courtroom.

l don't wanna have to do it again.

Vey well, Your Honour.

lsn't it true that by securing the conviction of Alexis Colby

through your testimony, perjured or not,

you stand to gain total and complete control of Colbyco for yourself?

No. That is a damned lie.

The defence is finished with this witness.

JUDGE: Mr. Cunningham.

Redirect?

Oh, yes, Your Honour.

Steven, do you love your mother?

Yes, l do. Vey much.

Then could you possibly ever testify as you have done

if you were not absolutely certain,

if you were not driven by the truth,

by facts that you yourself, Steven, observed?

l'm sure of what l saw.

CUNNINGHAM: Good.

Now, will you describe, Steven,

for the court and for the iuy

the woman that you saw push Mark Jennings off the terrace?

lt was my mother.

Yes.

Yes, l know.

But what was it that made you certain it was your mother

and not iust some other woman?

Because l know my mother.

- Her hair. - And what else, Steven?

And her dress.

Specially made for Fallon's party.

lt had been delivered to the office that afternoon.

lt was a black, beaded dress with a matching black cape.

The same dress she wore to the party?

Yes.

The vey same dress you saw from the street below

as you watched Mark Jennings fall screaming to his death?

Yes.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[GAVEL BANGING]

What do you want? Forgiveness?

l iust wanna hear the truth. From you.

You don't want the truth, you want vindication.

You want me to confess, so you can sleep at night.

Mother, l saw you on the terrace.

No, you did not.

l don't know what you saw in your warped hallucinations about me.

But l did not kill Mark.

Oh, Steven, l would expect this from my enemies,

but from you, of all people.

l loved you.

l accepted your gay lifestyle

when the rest of the family turned their backs on you.

lncluding your father.

Well, you can crawl right back to him now.

Because l disown you, l no longer have a son named Steven.

J.J., relax. Have some fresh tangerine juice.

You don't get enough of that in New York, living on Scotch and coffee.

l wouldn't sign that paper.

Why not?

You got the price l wanted for the casino in St. Martin?

And the club in Marbella. You've done an excellent job.

Brady is going to explode when he sees this.

Your husband was in my New York offices,

nosing around the books.

And why would he be poking around like that?

He is a large stockholder in your company.

Maybe he's getting wise to the fact

that you are making some vey questionable transactions

involving some vey big bucks.

And you're concerned too, huh?

Maybe even commiserating with Brady

about my e_ravagant new business propositions, right?

Come on, Dominique, you know l would never go behind your back.

But l'm warning you.

lf you wanna keep your husband.

l will handle Brady and l'll keep him.

And l'll get eveything else l've always wanted.

MAN [ON RADlO]: roday, multi-millionaire oilman Billy Waite

testified in Alexis Colby's defence.

Won't you have a seat?

l took the liberty of ordering a snack.

And l think this is your favourite champagne.

And of course the caviar's Petrossian. Would you like some?

Well, maybe l better save my answer until l find out what this is all about.

Fifty million dollars?

Fifty million dollars from me.

Fifty-one percent of Denver-Carrington from you.

lsn't that the answer to all your problems?

No.

No?

Denver-Carrington has always been a family-held corporation.

Yes, l agree.

A family-held corporation.

And l am family.

l thought this might convince you.

l am Denver-Carrington.

l control the company, always have, always will.

And l wouldn't give 51 percent away to anyone, for any amount.

Blake, this is my final offer. One time and one time only.

Nice to see you again.

Forty percent of Denver-Carrington, $70 million.

lt's a deal.

All right, now.

- Why? - Why?

lt's iust business. l'm expanding.

l wanna get in on the ground floor of a good, big oil deal

and you're the best.

You're gonna make me a fortune, Blake.

That and what else?

What else?

To be a Carrington.

At any cost.

Here's to us.

Partner.

Well, what a surprise.

- Are you here to gloat, Blake? - No, l'm here on business.

Twelve-point-two million dollars.

l believe that settles your mortgage on my home.

Don't give me that, Blake.

You could have sent your lamer with this cheque.

You're here for another reason, aren't you?

Steven.

Yes.

Now, whether you pushed Jennings or not,

you've got to think of our son, Alexis.

lt's iust as agonising for him.

You must ty to forgive him, for your sake as well as his.

Forgive?

l don't forgive my enemies, Blake.

Now you managed to get out of the hole that l dug for you.

And l'm gonna get out of the hole that's been dug for me

by you and Steven and whomever else.

lt's not over yet, Blake. And it won't be until l've repaid eveybody

for their treachey ten times over.

God help you, Alexis.

And God help all of you, Blake.

Blake, l don't understand.

Why would Adam put me on the stand?

Ask me to testify for the defence?

He's her lamer, he's just doing his job.

There must be something that you said when he interviewed you

that made him believe that you could establish

some sort of reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors.

When there's no doubt in my mind?

Blake, l believe Alexis is guilty. l know Steven wouldn't lie.

- Blake, hello. - Why, hello, Hal.

- l hope l'm not interrupting. - No, no, not at all.

Darling, this is Hal Lombard, an old business acquaintance of mine.

This is my wife, Kystle.

- A pleasure, Mrs. Carrington. - Hello.

You mind if l ioin you for a few minutes?

No. Fine.

Good, because this particular Oklahoman

would like to lodge a complaint with you, Blake.

Oh, what about?

Well, let me put it this way. Uh--

l ran into Billy Waite out in the airport and he told me about your talks.

You know, the South China Sea deal.

l don't mind telling you l'm a little hurt that you never came to me about it.

lt's a high risk deal, Hal, and you, uh--

You like to cover your bets.

Oh, l do, l do, but from what l've heard,

if this one ever pays off, it's gonna be a jackpot.

lt is.

And what do you think, Mrs. Carrington?

Oh, l know it is.

Well, maybe we should pursue this.

l mean, when a vey beautiful woman

gives a proiect her blessing, even though it is her husband's,

l'm swayable.

That is, if there's still room for a good friend

who has some ready cash to spend.

l'll keep you in mind when the ne_ big one comes along, Hal.

l can always find a way for a friend to part with a little of his money.

Where are you staying?

With the Morrison's, where l'd rather not be staying.

Oh, why not?

See, they have these teenage grandchildren.

The grandchildren are visiting.

The grandchildren play loud music on those portable squawk boxes

they cary with them all day and half the night.

There's six of those little monsters.

But l don't want you to think that this is my way of asking

if l can stay with you, folks, for the ne_ few days.

Hal, how would you like to stay with us for the ne_ few days?

l'll move my bags in tonight.

lf that's all right with you, Mrs. Carrington.

Oh, of course it is.

Well, l'll iust do that then.

- See you both later. - Right.

Well, he seems vey nice.

He's not.

He makes Billy Waite Iook like an angel among angels.

Then why did you ask him to stay at our house?

Well, this isn't social, darling. This is business.

He happens to have a sizeable amount of money, and l might need him.

Besides, as he said, it's only for a couple of days.

ADAM: Mrs. Carrington, you were at one time

married to the deceased, Mark Jennings. Is that true?

KRYSTLE : Yes, it is.

ADAM: A rather short-lived marriage. - That's correct.

What is your present relationship with the defendant, Alexis Colby?

We've had our differences.

l would call my relationship with her often strained.

ADAM: Would you describe

your last conversation with Mark Jennings?

Well, l saw Mark a few hours before his death.

He came to say goodbye.

He said he was leaving Denver, probably for New York.

- Did he mention Alexis Colby? - Yes.

What did he say?

KRYSTLE : They weren't getting along.

Exactly how did he describe Mrs. Colby?

KRYSTLE : Well, he said she was a nuisance.

ADAM: Just a nuisance?

That's rather a mild term for someone the prosecution's been tying

to present as being as violent, as vicious as Catherine de Medici.

Wouldn't you say?

That was Mark's word, not mine.

At any time at all, did he indicate to you

that he was afraid of someone or something?

That he was running for his life?

Well, he did say that he felt as if he was on top of the world

and he knew someone who'd like to push him off of that world.

Was there any hint of a threat against his life?

A specific threat from Alexis Colby?

No.

JUDGE: Mr. Cunningham, cross-examination?

CUNNINGHAM: Mrs. Carrington.

lf Mark Jennings were blackmailing Alexis Colby

and was indeed afraid for his life, would he have confided in you?

Obiection. Calls for speculation.

The Deputy District Attorney is asking this witness

to read the deceased's mind.

Sustained.

Withdrawn. No further questions, Your Honour.

JUDGE: The witness is excused. This court will reconvene at 2:OO.

BALIFF: All rise.

l think Kystle's testimony was just right.

Just enough to put doubt in the minds of the juy.

She was simply superb, a veritable angel from heaven.

l'm sure the iuy would have believed her if she told them the sky was green.

She certainly didn't hurt you.

And for that l should be grateful?

No, you're right.

Had the situation been reversed and l would have l taken the stand,

l could have had her burned as a witch in less than three minutes.

No, she didn't do me any harm. But did she do me any good?

lt's a slow building process, mother. Reasonable doubt.

And they have Steven as an eyewitness.

Yes.

l'm gonna call your houseman

and have him testify that you were in the shower.

Also, l'm gonna take the juy to your building

and have them iudge for themselves whether anyone

standing on your terrace could be identified from the street.

Adam, there's only one person that you can call to the stand

to win this case.

The only one who knows the truth.

- Me. - Absolutely not.

l won't let you do that to yourself.

You'll wreck eveything l've built in that courtroom.

Mother, l'm tying to save your life

and l can't represent you if you insist on destroying your own case.

- You can't? - No.

Well, then, you leave me no choice.

You've done an excellent iob, Adam,

but l cannot win unless l take the stand.

Oh, for God's sake, mother. You'll hang yourself.

Adam, l do not intend to spend the rest of my life in prison.

Now, l am going to win.

And if you're not with me, you're against me.

And l'm firing you.

Mrs. Colby, l cannot caution you strongly enough

against this perilous decision to defend yourself.

l urge you, take advantage of this opportunity to reconsider

and appoint a new attorney.

Judge Ma_ield,

l'm completely within my rights to represent myself in this action.

l'm aware of the risks involved,

and l'm fully competent to defend myself, and l shall.

l'll need no other counsel.

You're sure of that?

l'm absolutely sure.

Ladies and gentlemen.

l know that l must speak directly to you

for the simple reason that l alone know the truth

about what l did or did not do.

JUDGE: Mrs. Colby.

Will you tell the court what happened the night Mark Jennings died?

Yes. Ahem.

l was late for my daughter's engagement party.

When l had come home, l was in a rush.

Mark was there.

He was still employed as my bodyguard,

and he was vey, vey drunk.

He insisted upon talking to me.

He wanted to tell me that he didn't want to leave Denver.

He wanted to believe that l still needed him.

l assured him that that was not true.

And was there a quarrel?

No. Not a quarrel.

Mark...

Mark wanted to make love.

l told him that that relationship

had been over between us for a long time.

l went upstairs and l showered and changed.

When l came down, he had gone.

l assumed that he'd left.

My chauffeur then drove me to the party

and soon after l arrived there, l...

l found out what had happened to him.

Mrs. Colby, l congratulate you on taking the stand.

l'm sure we all do.

And l must say that you present a vey impressive witness

on your own behalf.

You dressed in a hury and left.

What did you wear, Mrs. Colby?

A black beaded dress.

A black beaded dress and a cape.

Both of which you had made especially for the party?

No. No, l never wore the cape.

l found out at the last minute that it hadn't delivered to my apartment.

l took a fur instead.

Then Steven Carrington couldn't have seen you wearing that cape

on that terrace pushing Mark Jennings to his death?

No.

l never wore the cape.

Eveyone at the party could testify to that.

People's four.

Do you recognise this cape, Mrs. Colby?

lt does have your initials inside.

This is the cape you intended to wear to the party that night.

This is the cape Steven Carrington described, or is it not?

Yes.

Yes, it is mine, but...

Can you explain why the police found this cape stuffed in a garbage can

behind the apartment building ne_ to your hotel?

No. l told you it was never delivered to me.

Perhaps this tear was made by Mark Jennings

in a last desperate attempt to grab this as you pushed him from the terrace.

ls that true, Mrs. Colby?

No, that's not true.

Then you took this ripped cape

which you, of course, could not wear in public,

and disposed of it and went on to the party.

True, Mrs. Colby?

No. No.

Are we really to believe, Mrs. Colby,

that when you refused to go to bed with Mark Jennings,

this athletic and well-built man just crawled away without a whimper

especially after he had iust forced you to pay him $100,OOO?

l gave him the money to get out of town.

lt was my choice to give it to him. He was becoming a nuisance.

So Mark Jennings took your $1 OO,OOO

and then reneged on the bargain.

You paid him to leave. He wasn't leaving.

Mrs. Colby, Mark Jennings was in control, wasn't he?

No. Control?

He wasn't in control. He was a liar and a cheat.

He was a hustler and a blackmailer. He was beneath contempt.

Did he deserve to die?

Oh, yes, if anyone deserved to die, he did.

[CROWD MURMURING]

JUDGE: Quiet.

No further questions, Your Honour.

But l didn't kill him. l did not kill him!

JUDGE: Mrs. Colby. ALEXIS: l did not.

JUDGE: Order. Order.

Bailiff. Bailiff, restrain that woman.

[GAVEL BANGING]

MAN [ON TM: And one of the most flamboyant trials

in the histoy of Denver

will come to a conclusion tomorrow as Alexis Colby, in her own defence,

will present her summation to the juy tying to defuse

the allegedly damaging testimony of her son, Steven Carrington.

[TV TURNS OFF]

l can't believe Alexis is defending herself, Blake.

What must Steven be going through?

Ooh. Why stop?

- Felt good for both of us. - How dare you!

Take it easy. No harm done.

- What do you think you're doing? - You were feeling sory for Steven.

How about a little concern for poor old far-from-home Hal?

Because l am lonely, Kystle. l've got no place to go back to.

No, iust got divorced and the kids, they're not speaking to me,

and she's out dating another guy already and doesn't care.

- l need somebody to care. - Get away from me.

l'm going upstairs.

l iust wish l could ioin you.

You seem to have forgotten something.

l'm Blake's wife.

His incredibly beautiful wife.

His pregnant wife.

l don't care what business you have with my husband,

l want you out of this house.

- Is that an order? - Yes.

Blake might not approve.

l want you out of here.

lt's been a pleasure.

Heh, heh. Well, nearly.

Good evening, darling. How was your day?

What's the matter? Is there something wrong?

l iust threw Hal Lombard out of the house.

- What happened? - You're right, Blake.

He's not a vey nice man.

Yes, but you didn't tell me. What happened?

He made a pass at me.

He did?

[SCOFFS]

Well, you mustn't take him too seriously.

Hal Lombard is the kind of guy who thinks his one mission in life

is to flatter evey beautiful woman that's around.

Well, l don't find that flattering. l find it offensive.

l'm sure that you put him in his place.

l'll have a few well-chosen words with him, anmay.

- l hope l never have to see him again. - You won't.

l'll conduct all my business with him from now on at the office, all right?

Are you saying you're still gonna do business with him?

Of course.

l don't have the luxuy of choosing the people l do business with.

And so ladies and gentlemen of the juy,

the prosecution has proved beyond any reasonable doubt

that we know the cold-blooded murderer of Mark Jennings.

That person is Alexis Colby.

She had the motive, she had the opportunity

and she had the capability.

The motive was blackmail.

The opportunity?

We established Alexis Colby was in her penthouse

at the time of the murder.

lf any one of you

still has the slightest doubt as to her guilt,

l ask only that you recall

the heart-wrenching testimony of her son

reluctantly testifying to the absolute guilt of his own mother

whom he loves.

There is only one conclusion.

lt is undeniable.

lt is supported by the evidence.

And now it is your duty, under the law,

to render that undeniable conclusion.

Alexis Colby is guilty of murder in the first degree.

Ladies and gentlemen of the iuy, Mr. Cunningham is wrong.

Perhaps you think of me as a woman who has too much,

who has lived too well.

Well, that may or may not be true.

But right now l am a woman who is being victimized.

l am being blamed for a murder that l did not commit.

l have no witnesses.

l have no dramatic surprises to prove my innocence.

All l can tell you is the truth.

Yes.

l wanted Mark Jennings out of my life, but l did not wish him dead.

Yes, l gave him $100,OOO, but he was blackmailing me,

and l paid the price of my indiscretions.

l am guilty of many things.

Stone me for the sins that l have committed,

and l'll stand before you and say, ''l took my chances.''

But l beg you, do not condemn me for a crime that l did not commit.

My son.

My own son, Steven, stands as my main accuser.

lf he says that he saw a figure on my terrace that night, l believe him.

But it was not l.

l swear to God Almighty. l did not kill Mark Jennings.

- Any word? - No.

l was wrong to have fired you. l really needed you.

You were wrong to testify, Mother, that's what hurt you.

But if your closing argument didn't win the hearts of that juy

l don't know anything about the art of defence.

Thank you, darling.

At least l have one son who cares.

[GASPS]

What are you doing here?

l was iust going over it again.

Some little lie that you can add to assure Alexis' conviction.

You've done a more than adequate job already.

ln fact, l ought to toss you over this terrace myself.

- Dex, it was the truth. - The truth?

What is the truth to you?

The testimony that you gave

that could put your mother in the electric chair? Nuh-uh.

The truth is you hate your mother. Love-hate.

- That is the sick name for it, isn't it? - Enough.

Oh, no, now we get down to the truth of it, don't we?

That really strikes a nerve.

The same one Alexis strikes in you because you blame her

for turning you into the snivelling fag that you are and always have been.

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

Yes. Yes, thank you vey much.

Well, the iuy's reached a verdict.

They'll be coming back in in a few minutes.

l think we'd better go.

- Steven. - Yeah.

lt's over. They've reached a verdict.

Mrs. Colby, you'd better get dressed. The juy is in.

JUDGE: Does the juy have a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honour.

Will the defendant please rise?

The court clerk will read the verdict.

We, the iuy in the above-entitled case find the defendant,

Alexis Colby, guilty of murder in the first degree.

Oh, God.

[CROWD MURMURING]

Oh, this can't be happening.

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