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Gotta be him!

Let's lay our cards on the table. I need money.

Well, if you could persuade Chase to go with you, then I could invest in your

little venture. Come in with me on this charter operation.

Huh? Your dream.

I found mine.

Right here. You certainly can't return to Mr. Thorpe with nothing more than

meaningless assurances.

Who'll get your money? Someone turned on the irrigation valves last night.

He's trying to sabotage us. Why?

I want you out of my house. You owe me. I said out of my house!

Time to eat yet?

Time to eat yet?

We've got a harvest coming in soon. The more we get done now, the better off

we'll be later.

Come on, you can keep up with your old man, can't you?

Gotta be here!

Some way to make an entrance.

Ah, Paul Salinger's the kind of guy who's got to make an entrance.

Come on, let's get this finished before he gets here.

Mr.

Salinger? Yeah.

I'm from the rental agency.

Here's the car you wanted. I wanted a convertible.

Well, the only one we've got didn't get back, sir. I'm sure we could get it to

you by tomorrow morning, though. I didn't want it tomorrow. I wanted it

This card's expired, Mr. Fallinger.

This card is as good as gold.

The other one's probably in the mail. I've been with this company for 12

Three times they've gotten my card to me late.

You better start using your head, pal. You'll be a clerk forever.

The good earth.

Yeah, and you almost planted the nose of that plane in it.

How are you, buddy? Great.

We weren't expecting you for another couple of hours.

I got a good tailwind out of Vegas.

Cold.

Hey.

How are you? How's it going?

You get everything?

Good. Well, we made it.

Hi, Delicia. How are you?

Something for you.

Oh, Paul, you shouldn't do that.

You sure are looking good.

Uh -huh.

Hey, freckle face. Don't call me that. Don't call me that.

Wait a minute. Let me see how this looks on you.

Oh, it's gorgeous.

It looks beautiful.

Paul. Thank you.

Paul, you don't deserve to meet her, but this is my cousin, Julia Compson. Julia

Paul Salinger, an old flying buddy.

How do you do?

Hello. Your cousin, huh?

You rat, you've been holding out on me.

Well, I'm sure you two have lots to talk about, so I'll... Now, wait a minute.

I'm going to be around for a couple of days.

Chase and I have got plenty of time to talk, but, um... Julia, take lunch,

please.

It'd make the seating arrangement so much easier, and you wouldn't want me to

the odd man out, would you?

My eyeballs.

Pinned down by a whole platoon of Viet Cong infantry.

My co -pilot's been shot.

I can't get to my chopper.

And all of a sudden, like an itch, I'm starting to get religion.

I mean, I thought I was a goner. Well, I take it you survived.

Thanks to my old buddy here.

He swooped down in his chopper, plucked me out of the crossfire.

I was so busy saying my Hail Marys, I didn't even know we were airborne.

Well, I had no idea we had a war hero in the family. How come you never told us

about this, Dad?

There's really nothing to tell.

Oh, like hell there wasn't.

The only man I ever knew who could fly a chopper like it was a fighter plane.

Anybody for seconds?

Paul?

No.

Hey, Chase.

You remember that first Christmas in Saigon?

I swiped a quart of 30 -year -old scotch from the American Embassy, and we

knocked it off by midnight. I mean, we were so drunk, the MPs had to tuck us

I got drunk because of some things I wanted to forget, things I'd rather not

reminded of.

Sorry.

Have some more, Paul.

Can't get in trouble with food in your mouth.

Charlie, you can take Julia's soup.

She's having lunch with the Gioberti.

Yes, Mrs. Cheney.

Your mother's spending a lot of time with Chase and Maggie.

That's true.

She's so impetuous.

I hope she knows where her loyalties lie.

I worry about what she might discuss with them.

Well, Grandmother, we can't lock her in her laboratory.

No, but we can watch her a little more closely, can't we?

If I hadn't thrown you in that cold shower, you never would have passed the

first flight test.

Sure, I passed.

Then I got pneumonia. I still owe you one for that. Yeah,

you owe me for your entire career.

If it wasn't for me, you'd probably be digging ditches. What are you talking

about? The first time I went up in a trainer, I was hooked.

Yeah.

For me, it was the first time I soloed.

Being there all alone, I knew that was the place to be.

Kind of hard to explain.

I had to repair some things that were falling apart.

Family.

Doesn't sound like the Gioveri that I know and love.

How can you just sit here on this... What do you call this anyway?

Grape farm?

Vineyard. Vineyard.

I don't care what you call it.

It's roots, man.

I never thought I'd see you so tied down.

I'm just as surprised as you are.

What about our charter operation?

You going to tell me you forgot about that, too?

How could I? We've been kicking that dream around for 20 years. I've even

all my ratings up. I could fly anything from a biplane to the space shuttle.

Well, it's time to stop dreaming, pal.

On St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands, there is a two -man chopper operation.

buzzing the tourists around.

We can take it over just in time for the winter season.

It's the perfect place.

I know what you mean.

I got the perfect place right here.

So anyway, he'll come.

I'll make it very important to you.

Hey,

leaving so soon?

Oh, yes, I've got to finish an inventory in the laboratory tonight.

No rest for the wicked at Falcon Trust, I'm afraid.

Oh, by the way, I'm going to drive down to the university tomorrow to pick up

some supplies.

Would you like to come along just for the ride?

Oh, thanks, but I have this article on great restaurants of the wine country to

finish. I've got to get some work done today. I'll talk to you later. Bye.

We were talking about wine over lunch, but...

I didn't realize you worked for Falcon Crest.

It's good stuff.

Thanks. I make that stuff.

No kidding.

As a matter of fact, Julia's mother is Falcon Crest.

Listen, my dance car is not exactly filled up tomorrow.

I could drive you anywhere you need to go.

Maybe you could show me a few sights in the bargain.

Paul.

They're an awful lot of good winery tours. I'm sure Julia's very busy.

I think I'd enjoy the company.

All right.

Pick you up at 11.

Mr. Cheney's on the phone.

Oh.

Thank you.

Thank you, Joan.

Good morning, Douglas.

For a man who puts a big city newspaper to bed at night, you certainly are an

early riser. Old habits die hard, Angela.

You remember what day it is tomorrow?

Yes, it's our anniversary.

Oh, it would have been if we bothered to stick it out.

Now, Douglas, don't get sentimental on me after all these years.

Have dinner with me tomorrow.

We'll get sentimental together.

Hey, you know how I am about leaving Falcon Crest so close to harvest.

You know, a newspaper doesn't sleep either.

It'd be nice to get together.

Well, whatever you say.

I'll meet you at your apartment at 5 o 'clock.

Good. See you tomorrow.

What about your mother?

Did you always live here with her?

It's hard for me to imagine a beautiful woman like you wasting... spending her

life out here.

It's not so bad.

I have my worth.

Is that enough?

Don't you need something else, Julia?

Like a man in your life?

Are you applying for the position?

I thought your mother was just going to take a brief tour.

She spent the whole day with him.

Who is he?

He's an old flying buddy of Faces.

From what I gather, he's going to be in town in a couple of days.

What in the world for? It only takes a day to see the whole valley.

Well, judging from his car and his wardrobe, I'd say my mother's doing

than usual.

Well, maybe I should meet this fellow who finds my daughter so interesting.

And this is where I work.

Cozy. If you like test tubes.

Which I happen to very much.

I do everything in here.

I chart the weather.

Identify plant diseases.

And I also... I blend the wines in here. I mean, that's what being a winemaker

is really all about.

A marriage of veritals to produce one exquisite blend.

Well, Mr. Salinger, are you enjoying your visit?

Thanks to Julia here.

I'm Angela Channing.

This is my mother.

Very nice to meet you, ma 'am.

Paul and Chase have been friends for years.

I hear you flew together.

And want to again.

In fact, that's why I came down here.

See if I could interest him in a little business venture.

Charter aircraft operation in the Caribbean.

That might not be so easy.

Chase has his heart set on being a vineyardist.

I spent a little time with him last night.

All I had to do was mention flying and his eyes lit right up.

I really think he's out of his element here.

Perhaps. But I haven't been able to persuade him of that.

You leave that to me.

I know just which buttons to push.

You know, he's a very stubborn man, just like his father.

I hope he doesn't lose everything.

Well, it was a pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Channing.

Thank you.

Lunch tomorrow?

I'll call you in the morning.

Well, what do you think?

It's a little late to ask me my opinion, is it?

Mr. Thorpe.

I'm sitting on the biggest deal of my life right now.

Yeah, the entire Falcon Crest winery.

Well, I already got $30 ,000 together.

I just need a couple of days to get the rest.

Then you get all of your money in two weeks with interest.

Well, Douglas Channing, you know, San Francisco Globe, he's backing me all the

way.

What are you guys doing here?

We were about to ask you the same thing.

I told you I needed some time.

It's going to take a couple of days.

I hate to tell you this, Paul, but we've got reservations to Las Vegas tomorrow

night.

Now, we certainly can't return to Mr. Thorpe with nothing more than your

meaningless assurances.

We'll get your money.

I'm good for it.

High flyer like you?

We know you're good for it.

Just don't disappoint us.

Buy what your mother says.

Chase is going to lose everything.

No. No, I don't. But I think she's willing to do anything to prove that he

She keeps trying to buy him out.

But I think he loves what he's doing.

You should have seen him in the air.

He was a master behind the controls.

You know he could fly anything?

Choppers, gliders, jumbo jets.

Never go into charter business with anyone else.

Well, if I know Chase, he'll have you crushing grapes before you get him back

the air.

Well... then I might as well throw in the towel.

If I can't get him to kick in with me, I'll never get this operation off the

ground.

But you can't let Chase come between you and your dream.

Why don't you get a loan?

Julia, the banks are like loan sharks these days. The interest would kill me.

If I can't get the money together in the next couple of days, I'll miss the

tourist season.

You really think he's going to be a big moneymaker, huh?

Yeah, sure.

Why else would I be sticking my neck out?

Why don't you talk to my mother?

Is she the kind of woman that would like to turn one dollar into ten?

Well, she might not be willing to back you, but at least you get a lot of

advice.

Mr. Salinger?

Sit down.

I have a business proposition for you, Mrs. Channing.

Oh? What are you offering?

A 50 -50 partnership.

But I do all the work.

Huh. That's very ambitious.

But I don't see how you can run a fledgling business by yourself.

I think you need an experienced partner.

Someone like Chase?

Someone like Chase?

He says he doesn't need me.

Oh, I don't know about that.

It's like you said, he's in over his head.

All of his money is tied up in a risky business that he doesn't understand.

Mrs. Channing, let's lay our cards on the table.

I need money.

You want Chase out of the valley.

My only concern is my nephew.

And his family.

Okay.

Whatever you say.

Either way, you're going to need someone to persuade Chase that he doesn't

belong here.

That must be worth something to you.

Well, if you could persuade Chase to go with you, then I could invest in your

little venture.

But you must be discreet. He's a very proud man.

I wonder if he appreciates your...

Overwhelming concern.

Pleasure doing business with you, Mrs. Channing.

We'll see.

Good.

Say, Cole.

How you doing?

Come on, Gioberti. Time for a little R &R.

My bird is fueled and ready to fly.

What do you think?

It's a great temptation.

We've got a lot of work here.

To tell you the truth, pal, I need you to help me check something out.

I've been working on the trim tab, but I'm still getting rudder vibration.

Can I wait a couple hours? That's all the work we've got to do here.

Come on, Gioberti, I'm losing daylight already.

Cole, you come too, huh?

Come on, Dad.

You guys go ahead. I can finish up here.

We've got all the heavy stuff done.

What is this, a setup?

Okay, Challenger, you're on.

You got yourself a flying lesson coming up, buddy.

Well, how about it, Cole?

It's great.

I'm aboard, huh?

Come in.

Mother, look.

These are for you.

Aren't they beautiful?

Oh, my.

Mother, do you have a secret admirer?

Yes.

Your father.

Oh.

Mother, you look so beautiful.

Where are you going?

We're going to have dinner in the city.

Really? Mm -hmm.

Happy anniversary.

Your father is such a sentimentalist.

Yes, it's amazing how the two of you still get along, how you still care

each other after all these years.

It has all the facets of an interesting psychological phenomenon, don't you

think?

What are you talking about?

Oh, nothing.

I just think it's nice.

Now, I have to go now. Would you like to take care of the flowers for me?

Goodbye, darling.

Have a good time. Thank you.

Thank you.

They're beautiful.

You say we show the new kid what flying's all about.

Did you tell Chase that I went over to Falcon Crest for a while? Sure, as soon

as he comes back.

Back? Did he go somewhere?

Yeah, he went with Cole to ride in his friend's plane.

Probably then now.

So, what do you think?

That handle's fine. I don't feel any vibration.

thing.

Just what do you guys think you're doing? Maggie.

Trying to get yourselves killed?

Maggie, we're just having a little fun.

Cole, are you all right?

Yeah. Would you get in the car, please?

Fine, I'll be all right.

Maggie, we are professional pilots.

We were in total control all the time. Oh, come on. You're a couple of

kids. That's what you are.

This I would expect of you, Paul, because you don't give a damn about

anyway. You don't care whose life you walk in and disrupt. It's just all so

predictable. Maggie, wait a minute. But you, Chase.

I mean, what do you think you're doing? I can't believe this.

We had an agreement. It's just not fair to go off and risk... Oh, forget it.

Just forget it.

Oh, wait a minute.

Forget it.

She's really got her back up, hasn't she?

I wonder what she ate this morning.

Don't worry.

She'll get over it.

Yeah, webinar.

Yeah, I should get back to work.

Chase, come in with me on this charter operation, huh?

Fine, it's your bag, man.

Not this new grape farm lifestyle.

Paul, this is great fun.

But the vineyard is my bag.

My heritage.

I owe it to you.

My father, to his memory.

Maggie and the kids, to give it my best shot.

My flying days are over, buddy.

Besides, I happen to like this new lifestyle of mine.

What about our dream, Chase?

Your dream.

I found mine.

Right here.

So ease up, okay?

Pull up the light. Yeah.

Give it a little. Uh -huh. Look at the legs.

Uh -huh. See them? Okay. Sniff it.

That's right.

Oh, no.

Maggie, you're not supposed to gulp it. You're supposed to sip it. I'm sorry,

Julia. I'm just not in the mood for the fine art of wine tasting.

Why not?

In two words, Paul Fallinger.

Oh, what did he do?

I stop by the house, he takes Chase and Cole up in his plane, pulls this little

stunt, scares the daylights out of me. Look, I know, I know I overreact to him,

but he was probably just having some fun.

That's exactly what he said.

Julia, I know you like him, but I feel, I have

to warn you, just don't get too involved.

Why not?

And when it comes to women and life in general, he's just... He's not the most

dependable of men.

I mean, he's great for a good time, and that's about it.

People change.

Not Paul.

Look, I realize he's very charming. It's easy to get taken in by that, but...

Hey, look, Maggie.

I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself.

Now, if you're through here, I'd like to get back to work.

You've got to be kidding, Salinger.

You think you've got problems now?

You guys have got to get into the 20th century, you know? Come on, Paul.

You're not making it any easier on any of us.

Now, when you needed the money, we were there for you.

Now we need it back.

Just like you promised.

My check is as good as cash.

Take it to any bank.

I don't think you understand, Paul.

We don't do business with banks.

I can't stand waiting in line.

Okay. I'll cash it myself.

The banks are closed today.

We'll go first thing in the morning. You'll have your money tomorrow.

We know you'll do everything in your power.

I would.

No, I am perfectly capable of handling this myself, but thank you.

Okay, okay.

I'm sorry.

You should be.

You had no business putting coal through that. It was... You're absolutely

right. What can I say? I'm an idiot?

You certainly are.

And I just wasn't thinking.

You certainly weren't.

Thank you.

Don't you ever scare me like that again.

Hi.

Well, hello.

This looks very impressive.

What is it? It's a weather chart showing precipitation and temperatures, you

know, like that.

Important stuff, huh? At this time of the year, it is. We have to be very

careful that nothing goes wrong.

With you in control, how could anything go wrong?

Sometimes Mother Nature likes to play tricks on us. She gives us a summer

too hot or an autumn with too much rainfall.

I thought rain was good for plants. Not this close to harvest.

Why not?

The vineyard gets too wet.

The ground is very hard to dry out. That causes a very destructive fungus

growth. It's called Botrytis cinerea, otherwise known as bunch rot.

Sounds very ominous.

Well, I'd rather not talk shop.

How'd it go with my mother?

Actually, I'd rather not talk shop either.

Not on an empty stomach.

So why don't you go get dressed for dinner?

I'll wait for you here.

Give me a half hour.

To Falcon Crest.

To Angela Channing, its heart and soul.

Falcon Crest.

I always was your first love.

I could never compete.

Oh, what about your newspaper?

You were just as involved in your work as I was with mine.

Guilty as charged.

Sometimes I wish we were different.

Well, we've had some good times, Doug.

But it just couldn't work out. We're so much alike, so independent.

And just when has this independence gotten us?

A lovely dinner.

Four or five times a year with a dear friend.

Be my friend, Doug.

Have I ever let you down?

Only once.

Well, maybe it's time I paid for my indiscretion.

I hope you just don't plan to eat and run.

What is it? I don't know.

Guys, what's the matter?

We've got big trouble, Chase.

It's soaking wet.

Someone turned on irrigation valves last night.

Did you check the pump house?

Of course, I check it every night. Did you check it last night?

All right, come on, guys. This isn't going to get us anywhere.

Sorry.

Guys, what should we do?

I'll get some help and see how bad it really is.

He's trying to sabotage us. Why?

Come on, guys. You better get dressed.

I'm going to call Julia.

Maybe she can give us some help.

Well, isn't it a little early for you to be rushing off?

Isn't it a little late for you to be coming in?

I was in very good hands.

I wish I could be as sure at the company you keep.

Maggie and Chase are in trouble. Someone left their sprinkling system on last

night. Well, get over there quick before their problems become our problems.

So, what do we do now?

Well, you've got to get this field dried out as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, you'll lose most of it once the fungus takes over.

Okay, how do you dry out an entire vineyard? By helicopter.

By repeatedly flying over the vineyards, you can create enough wind turbulence

to dry out the vines.

All right, say we get that done. What are our chances of a decent crop?

About 50 -50. But the sooner you get started, the better.

I better line up a chopper now.

Julia, I really appreciate you coming over and helping us out.

And, um...

I'd like to apologize about yesterday. I had no right to interfere. It was...

Hey, forget it.

I'm really glad I can help.

Well,

I'm very glad to talk to you, Mr. Thorpe.

Yes, thank you again.

Come in.

Mr. Tollinger is here to see you. Good, send him in.

Mr. Tollinger.

I'm flying out of here today, so I'd like to collect my money.

Do I owe you money?

We had a business deal, Mrs. Channing.

I help you get Chase out of here. You give me the money so I can get my

operation going.

Chase hasn't gone anywhere.

After what I did, he'll be leaving.

He's going to lose everything.

You. Do you realize that fungus can spread like wildfire in the valley?

And every vineyard here is in danger?

Let's just say I rendered my services.

And now I'd like a little quid pro quo.

I'll bet you would.

Well, I just had a very interesting talk with a Mr.

Thorpe.

You owe me. I want you out of my house.

You owe me. I said out of my house, Charlie.

Mr. Salinger?

Hello, Chase?

This is Angela.

Julia told me what happened, and I'm really terribly sorry.

But I do know who's responsible.

All right, thank you.

Angie just

told me something very disturbing.

That Paul Salinger...

He's the one who opened our irrigation lines last night.

Why would Paul do that?

She said he needed money.

She said he thought he'd give me a good scare and force me to sell this land.

I don't believe that. Paul's your friend.

I know. It doesn't make sense, does it?

Where are you going?

To find Paul. I've got to find out if Angela's right or if this is another one

of her little games.

It can't be true. Paul wouldn't do that to you.

I hope you're right, Julie.

Be careful.

It just can't be true.

Julia, I have known Paul a long time. If he had a reason, I wouldn't put it past

him. When Paul came into my lab yesterday, I... I

told him.

What?

I told him everything.

Everything that was necessary to ruin Chase's crop.

Oh, Maggie, it is true.

And I'm just as guilty as he is. I mean, I might as well have helped him turn on

the valves. Julia, you can't blame yourself.

Oh, Maggie.

It has to have been Paul.

And I thought he was something special.

Cut it down!

What the hell

are you trying to do? Can a smoke kill?

Tell me.

Just tell me.

What are you talking about, pal?

Come on, tell me. Come on, just tell me. I want to hear you say you didn't do

it. Hey, buddy, take it easy.

Angela Channing told me her version. I want to hear yours. Just cool it. You

don't have any right to interrogate... The hell I don't!

I saved your life, remember, in your glory days in NAMM. That gives me the

right.

I'll attend to one that never was any little two -man chopper operation.

St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, flying tourists around.

That wasn't a dream. That was just another one of your scams. That's not

It's not.

Maybe I wasn't totally straight with you, but... Chase.

Chase, I got some really bad dudes from Vegas on my back.

And I owe their boss.

That justifies it, right?

And what about me, Salinger?

What gives you the right to wipe out everything I've worked for to save your

skin? You were going to lose everything anyway.

It was just a matter of time. So I got there first.

And you're going to be okay.

You heroic types always know how to handle everything.

Especially with your insipid, newfound morality.

The hero finally lost his cool.

Chase! They're gonna take the plane!

That's it. You gotta help me out, man.

You gotta help me out. Come on, pal.

I'm not your pal.

Hey, come on. I'll owe you.

I'll really owe you!

It's working.

A couple more passes should be dried out.

Good.

I still can't believe Paul Salinger would do this to Dad.

We've only been friends for so long.

I suppose that's the difference between friends and family.

That depends on the family.