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How long is Angela going to be in there?

Less than a week. I'd like to have this wrapped up before she gets back.

How would you like to make?

$100 ,000.

Douglas!

What in heaven's name are you doing here?

When I heard you were coming to Rome, I couldn't resist surprising you. You

can't come in here and start prancing around like you're the lord of the

It's just what grandmother would have done herself.

Are you saying that Lance is putting this premium label on ordinary wine?

What are you trying to do? Lose your inheritance?

Go to jail?

Dammit, Lance, what's going on?

Now on Friday, I want you to pour the Pinot Noir.

It's not doing very well lately. It needs all the exposure it can get.

I was going to be so disappointed that you won't be at the party, Mother.

I think my presence at the competition is more important, don't you?

Oh, yes.

Your bag?

Thank you, Lance.

I want you to stay here and handle something for me. Sure. What is it?

Jack Sloan is distributing our 78 Reserve Cabernet.

Jack Sloan? Why would you let a guy like that handle our finest wine?

He's got a lousy reputation.

because he's offering to pay $50 a bottle.

Well, can't this business with Jack Sloan wait until you're back from Rome?

It probably could, but I'm curious about something.

What's that?

Do you think you're ready to accept some responsibility for a change?

Well, I told Jack Sloan that I was leaving for Rome this morning and that

were going to handle it.

Now, I want you to be very careful and be sure and get payment in full before

you make that delivery.

Yes, ma 'am.

The car is outside, Mrs. Janney. Thank you, Charlie.

Goodbye, Mother.

Your umbrella. Thank you. I'll see you in about a week.

Oh, and have a safe trip.

How much

does it cost?

What is your name?

Como si quiera. This is Italian, Nerdface, not Spanish.

Como si quiera.

Como si quiera.

All right. I think you better let Angela do your translating for you.

Oh, there she is. A chauffeured limousine to take you to the airport?

You know, I really hate to see you rocking it like this, Paul. I'll help

with your bag.

I know you can. I'll help you anyway.

I wish you were more excited about me going.

Go with Angela.

I'll be okay.

I know you will.

I just wish you were going with me.

Adiamo.

Just have a good time. If you keep Angie waiting any longer, I'm going to talk

her into taking me.

Hi,

Angela.

Hello. Mr. Sloan, you're right on time.

Well, time is money, and I don't like wasting either.

Then let's wrap this up.

You know, I never thought I'd be the day when I'd be selling out $600 a... Pace

for some red wine?

Some red wine? This is Falcon Crest Preview. I may not have, uh, what do you

people call it? The, um, palate to appreciate a really fine wine.

But I know a good business deal when I see one.

The last good business deal you involved my grandmother in almost put you in

jail.

That's why we want full payment on delivery.

Of course.

If you'll just review and sign this contract, then.

Thank you.

Hmm. How long is Angela going to be in Rome?

Less than a week. And I'd like to have this wrapped up before she gets back.

Your grandmother is a very shrewd businesswoman.

Uh, just what are you driving at?

Lance, how would you like to make $100 ,000 on your own?

I'm listening.

What if you put those funny -looking labels on 500 cases of ordinary wine?

You're talking about fraud.

Call it whatever you want. We could both make a bundle.

Well, I don't want to do business with you, Mr. Sloan.

Charlie!

Charlie will show you out.

Your grandmother's not going to like you blowing this deal, Lance.

She'll like your new terms even less.

I'll bet you even this place has a past.

That's why I always stay here when I'm in Rome.

Gives me a sense of history.

I want to see everything.

The Colosseum, the catacombs, the Vatican, the Via Veneto. The girls.

Bene, bene, molto bene.

Well, all in good time. Now, here's the key. Your room is right across the hall.

And remember, ties for dinner.

Okay.

Angelina! Buonasera.

Come on, stop.

Douglas!

What in heaven's name are you doing here?

When I heard you were coming to Rome, I couldn't resist surprising you.

Well, 8 ,000 miles is a long way to travel for a surprise.

It's the jet age, Angela.

This is my ex -husband, Douglas Channing. I believe he's your great

is Chase's son.

Cold to your beard.

That makes you my nephew.

Sorry we haven't met sooner.

I see you've already got an escort.

Young and handsome at that.

Now I have two.

under the impression that this was supposed to be informal and very low

This has got to have cost a fortune.

We're pushing the new Pinot Noir, remember?

Just part of the cost of doing business.

Hi.

Can I get you a refill?

No, thanks.

You're looking for someone.

Yes, but I can't seem to find him.

Well, why don't you let him find you?

I'm Sherry Hyatt.

Lance Compson.

Bourbon.

Hey, I'd like a peanut on the line.

Well, thank you. A little bourbon?

Thanks. Some heady company tonight.

Sylvia Hartman, Cunninghams, Cliff Oates.

Cliff Oates is here. Angela doesn't know what she's missing.

Oh, I think she does.

Give her another half hour and come down with a headache.

Not that serious.

You don't, I will. I see. Well, what do you think of the party?

Maggie and I haven't been able to talk about anything else.

I'll just bet.

Thank you, Charlie.

Sherry tended to get a little claustrophobic. I think she went out for

breather. Oh, is that right?

You know, after yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to get your

Well, I thought it might give us a little chance to talk.

Let's talk.

Who's that with Lance?

Down girl.

That's Jack Sloan. He's a wine distributor.

Oh, I heard he had a run -in with Angela last year. Yes, he's had trouble with

most of the better wineries in the valley. I'm surprised Angela would

in.

For some reason, which I have not been able to figure out, she's decided to do

business with him again.

Sherry Hyatt's a lovely girl, isn't she?

She seems interesting enough. I could arrange to leave without her tonight.

Why would you do that?

Consider it a peace offer.

Like I said.

What's he doing here?

He tried to teach me falconry last night, remember?

Quite a night all around.

Who is it?

It's your mother.

Come in, mother.

Did you want something?

No. Oh, Mother, I'd like you to meet Sherry Hyatt.

Sherry Hyatt, my mother.

Nice to meet you, Mrs. Compson.

Yes.

She seems upset.

Just jealous.

Good morning.

Your breakfast is cold.

Coffee's all I want.

What makes you think you can do that sort of thing in this house?

What did you expect me to do, Mother? Take her to the spring house?

Anywhere but under this roof.

It's never stopped you.

Don't you ever speak to me like that again.

And don't you forget who's in charge around here, Mother.

In charge?

You must be kidding.

Don't push me.

I'll get it, Shelley.

Good morning, Paul.

Good morning.

Have a seat.

I understand you were working for Jack Sloan before you became winery foreman

here. Yeah, the guy's a real prince.

Half of his paychecks were late and the other half bounced.

He wants to buy some of our reserve Cabernet, along with another 500 cases

ordinary red dummied up to look like the real reserve.

I'd tell him to go to hell.

I want to do more than that, Paul.

I want to see to it that this Mr. Sloan is put out of business for the rest of

his days.

Sloan's an awfully slippery guy, Lance.

Don't worry.

Not the kind you can back into a corner.

Well, we'll do everything he asked.

With one exception.

What? We'll dummy everything.

He won't get a drop of the real reserve.

But the minute somebody tastes the wine... Relax.

It'll never be uncorked.

How are you going to stop him?

I have a friend that's a private investigator.

He's been there before when I needed him.

And he'll be there now for us.

Does Mrs. Channing know anything about this?

No. And neither does my mother. And I want to keep it that way until we're

finished with Sloan.

What do you mean, we?

You and me, Paul.

Why do you have to drag me into this?

Because I can't run the bottling machine by myself.

And besides, dedicated employees are hard to find these days.

And we'd like to hang on to you a little while longer.

I don't believe it.

Lance! What is it?

I've got your suffering compound.

Good day. I've got your suffering compound.

Thank you.

What's going on?

I'm just doing some bottling.

I thought you'd finished with your bottling for the season.

Well, we got a special order for some 1981 Zinfandel.

Lot 3.

That's my crush.

That wine's not nearly ready for bottling.

Well, like I said, it was a special order.

500 cases.

Wait a minute.

All the grapes in lot three are from my vineyard.

That's right, but we bought those grapes from you.

They're not yours anymore.

Julia said she had great hopes for this wine. You're destroying it by bottling

it now.

I disagree.

Paul, I want you to check the doors to this bottling area. I want them all

locked.

Julian.

Chase.

When I sold you my harvest, Angela gave me her word those grapes would be

treated no differently than grapes from her own vines.

What are you talking about?

Have you been in the bottling room today?

No, why?

Lance has got the bottling machine going full blast.

He's bottling 1981 Zinfandel, and it looks to me like he's prepared to ship

out. Zinfandel?

That's right.

Lot three? That's it. But that wine's too young.

You tell him that.

He says it's a special order. What special order?

See for yourself.

I will.

It's interesting.

It says, Dear Aunt Angela, I think I told you that I promised Dad I'd try to

to Tuscany.

There was a train at noon, and I'm on my way.

I'll try to get back in time for the wine tasting.

It's real cold.

I hope I didn't drive him away.

Oh, he's just interested in his heritage.

You Givertis and your tradition.

Well, that's what winemaking's all about.

Doesn't bother you anymore, does it?

As a matter of fact, I'm grateful for it. You're grateful he's still in

I'm grateful he's not here and hungry.

Because I have a reservation at Jimmy's.

For only two.

Jimmy's. Oh, that's one of the finest restaurants between here and Paris. For

you, Angelina, the finest isn't good enough.

Toilet.

In whom?

Bellissimo. You got a deal.

Lance?

Lance, are you in there?

Keep us going. I'll be right back.

What is it, Mother?

Aren't you going to let me come in?

Paul and I have a lot of work to do.

Yes.

Perhaps you'd like me to help you.

I think you'd just be in the way, Mother.

In the way?

I'd like to stop this process altogether.

That Zinfandel is much too young to go into bottles.

Well, I appreciate your advice, but I do have commitments to keep.

Jack Sloan is expecting a shipment of wine at 7 o 'clock tomorrow morning

Just what do you think you're doing?

You can't come in here and start prancing around like you're the lord of

manor. It's just what grandmother would have done herself.

Remember, she left me in charge, mother.

Lantor. Fine.

Now, the actual reserve cabernet is in the case that's sealed with the brown

masking tape.

I used white on everything else.

Good. All right. The reserve is in the brown, and the white is the ordinary.

And I have a check made out to the Falcon Crest Vineyard.

How about my money?

$100 ,000 in cash.

You want to comment?

Wouldn't you?

Use the office.

Buongiorno. Buongiorno signore, come stai? Oh, bene, bene. Cosa vuoi? Cosa

Ah, voglio bicicletta. Bicicletta, quale? Questo qua. Questo 50 .000.

Ah, questo, questo.

Questo, questo.

E questo qua.

Questo? No, no, questo.

Ok,

ok. No, un altro uno. Un po' questi qua.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hey, Miller, how you been?

Your secretary told me I could find you here.

Shh, shh, shh.

Put the volume down.

I need your help, old buddy.

What do you got on your mind, huh? A little wiretap, angry husband on you?

What do you know about a fellow named Jack Sloan?

Bad news.

He's got plenty of enemies.

He's probably on the Chamber of Commerce hit list.

Well, I sold that guy a thousand cases of wine this morning.

I want you to get in there and destroy it before he has a chance to distribute

it.

Look, Lance, I'm a semi -respectable guy now. I got this real hard -to -get

license that I want to protect, you know?

I can make it worth your while.

Some of the wine I sold him isn't what he expected.

I mislabeled the bottles.

Oh, man.

I thought you were one of the smart ones. What do you want me to do now,

a winery?

I don't see how I can miss.

You need glasses.

Anything happens to that wine, the first thing he's going to do is go to the

cops.

Second thing that's going to happen is he's going to fill out an insurance

claim.

Third thing that's going to happen is they're going to get an investigator,

that's not so chummy with Falcon Crest.

And partner, I'm telling you, you're in for some real problems.

Oh, get a load of this.

And that's not her husband either.

Can't you burglarize the place?

Sure, I can do that.

I can also get 10 to 15 years in San Quentin just for having this

Come on, Miller.

I'm counting on you.

Listen, I've managed to get you out of scrapes like this before, right?

Now you're going to have to take some advice from somebody that's been around

little bit.

You ready?

You're going to have to get on your hands and knees and crawl back to Jack

Sloan.

And you've got to beg him to get out of the deal.

I went over to the winery and I found this in the bottling machine.

Falcon Crest 1978 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve.

Selection.

Isn't this the wine that Angela took to the room tasting?

Yes, and that wine was bottled over a year ago. But Lance told me they were

bottling my 81 Zinfandel crush.

He was supposed to make delivery of the reserve to Jack Sloan this morning, but

that wine is still in the winery. All 500 cases of it. Wait a minute, Julia.

Are you saying that Lance is putting this premium label on ordinary wine?

I think we'd better go to Sloan's warehouse and take a look around.

know which one of the wines is yours?

I haven't the faintest idea. They've got them covered up.

Never?

Well, ours is the only California wine that's been invited to compete.

You can relax now.

It's taken hundreds of years to get to this point.

I'll relax later.

You'll do fine.

Salute a tutta la famiglia in Italia.

Salute a la famiglia Gioverti in America.

Giovanotto, questa per lei. C 'è Giuseppe dall 'America.

Grazie. E io sto attento.

E io la dacci a mio padre.

Oh, bravo, bravo. C 'è fotografia di Jasper and Jason e Angelina.

To Jasper. Salute.

And to you, Anna Giaberti, my newfound cousin.

L 'amore di mi famiglia a tu.

Got it.

Famiglia.

Senores, senores, il giudice a unanime assegnare la medaglia d 'oro alla 1978

Reserve Carbonese Sauvignon de la Falcon Crest Winery de California.

Congratulations, Angelina.

You conquered the world.

I don't even know what to say.

Well, you better think of something. I think they want you up there.

Douglas, I'm so glad you're here.

I've waited a lifetime for a vintage like this. I

don't

understand it. How could Lance do this?

What are you two doing here?

You looking for somebody?

Um, a fellow... What's his name? Jack Sloan told us to meet him here.

Yes.

He said we could get some wine at a discount.

Oh, he did?

Well, Mr. Sloan's not here right now. There's no telling when he'll be back.

Oh, well, yeah. He told us he might be late and we should wait for him.

Suit yourselves.

You can wait out front in the office if you want.

What is going on?

I'm not exactly sure, but there are more than 500 cases here.

You

sounded

very upset on the phone.

What's the problem?

I want to cancel the deal.

A little late to get cold feet, isn't it?

Now, what are you worried about?

It's never going to work.

Will you let me worry about that?

You've kept your part of the bargain. Now it's my turn. Trust me.

It's only a matter of time before somebody finds out.

I know what I'm doing, Lance.

Listen, I'll market the good stuff right here in California.

The rest I ship overseas.

Believe me, they won't know the difference.

You don't have any of the real reserve.

What do you mean?

It's still in our winery. All you've got is common table wine.

Then, if I were you, Larry, what I would do is get the 500 capon of premium wine

that I originally contracted for over here as soon as you can.

You see, I have paid receipts for that premium wine.

You overpaid for it. You know that, don't you?

You haven't heard, have you?

Falcon Crest Premium Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon won a gold medal in Rome over

hour ago.

You really should pay closer attention to these things, Lance.

That makes the contract and the paid receipts I have worth that much more.

That is wine.

Maybe I should talk to your grandmother about all of it.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll bring you the 500 cases we sold you.

But I want the rest of it back.

No, no, Lance.

That's not the way it works.

With a gold medal winner, the price of that wine just increased.

You can't do that.

Sure I can.

And I will.

And you be a good boy, and you get the rest of that wine back here today.

absolutely fantastic idea.

Dare I ask?

We take the first flight to Paris, have dinner at Maxine's, and you walk in with

your own wine.

Well, I have a better idea.

Why don't we just stay here and call room service and have a nice romantic

evening together?

I like that even better.

I'll call Julia and see if everything's all right.

Pronto?

Let me have the overseas operator, please.

Hello? Hello, Lance.

Oh, hello, Grandmother. How's Rome?

Oh, it's wonderful.

Is Julia there?

No, I haven't seen her.

Well, I have some great news.

We won the gold medal at the competition.

I heard.

You mean to know already?

Sure. I'd like to stay on top of things, Grandmother. You know that.

Well, you don't sound very enthusiastic.

Oh, I am.

I am. I think it's terrific.

Well, Cole and I are leaving for the States tomorrow.

Is everything all right there?

Fine.

Everything's fine.

All right. Now, don't forget to tell everybody the good news.

I will.

Ciao.

You know, you couldn't have lost with this one.

Took three generations to develop it.

It was a team effort.

We make a good team, Angela.

Oh, Douglas.

When we were married, all we ever did was fight and argue. Of course we did.

was healthy.

But your newspaper was your whole life.

Was.

You know, someone warned me once not to work too hard for what I wanted.

Because I might get it.

And you did.

Now the empire is mine.

And all I really want is you.

I know that now.

I love you, Angie.

Douglas, I... I want you to come back.

I haven't got my empire yet.

Is that really important to you?

To me, now, nothing is more important.

Maybe I better take a frame check on that dinner.

I'll see you stateside.

Ciao.

We know all about the wine.

You don't know anything.

I know enough. What are you trying to do? Lose your inheritance?

Go to jail?

Aren't you being a little dramatic, Mother?

Dammit, Lance, what's going on?

I don't think it's any of your business.

The hell it isn't.

Perhaps you'd like me to call your grandmother in Rome and get her involved

this. Sure, go ahead and call her. I think it's a great idea.

Do you have any idea what she would do to you?

I don't care. I don't care about her, about you, about Falcon Crest. I don't

care about anything anymore.

So why don't the two of you just get out of here.

Right now.

Out!

Angela left you with a lot of responsibility.

She wouldn't have done that if she didn't think you were capable of

You don't know my grandmother, do you?

Better than you think.

It wouldn't surprise me if she set this whole thing up with Sloan just to test

me.

You're trying to blame everybody else but yourself. How long do you think you

can keep that up?

It was Sloan's idea to mislabel the bottles, not mine.

You fell for it.

I thought I could put him out of business.

Grandmother would have done the same thing if he had come to her.

When are you going to stop trying to fill Angela's shoes?

You don't know what it's like living in this house. I got my grandmother on my

back. My mother's out of her mind hiding from her in the laboratory.

It's a madhouse.

Come on.

Let's go talk to Sloan.

Chase?

Why are you doing this?

I haven't taken that thing.

I'm as much a part of Tharping Crest as you.

Bonjour. Well, how was your trip north? Oh, fine, fine.

We won the tasting, you know.

Great. That's great.

I'm sorry I missed it.

Well, what's that?

Letters. Some of them are even over a hundred years old.

You'll never believe where I got them.

Well?

Up in Tuscany from a cousin I never even knew existed.

These are all the old letters that Joseph and Jasper wrote home after they

to America.

Well... No, no, no. No, no, who?

That means this is not for you. I'm supposed to give it to my dad.

But I brought you something also.

It's a picture of you and Jason when you were both kids.

I guess Jasper sent it.

You know, Dad told me you and Grandpa never got along very well.

But you'd never know it from this picture.

Hello, Sloan.

I understand you've got more Falcon Crest Reserve Cabinet than you know what

do with.

Lance, what's going on?

I was expecting a very large shipment this afternoon.

You won't be getting any delivery today.

Lance gave me a complete rundown.

He told me all about the mislabeled bottles, about the cash you gave him,

whole scam.

Well, I told Lance I'd be willing to forgive and forget as long as he got the

reserve here this afternoon.

Everybody knows Falcon Crest only produced 500 cases of that reserve

You've got a thousand.

Sounds like conspiracy to me.

Can you prove that?

Sloan.

The proposition you made to Lance is all the proof in the world.

Try telling that to a judge.

I'd love to.

I'll tell you exactly what would happen.

Angela Channing's grandson would be doing time, and I would be doing

as usual.

Fine with me.

Of course, you know, it's against the law to sell mislabeled wine.

As a matter of fact, I think I'll head over to the district attorney now.

Get an injunction.

And you'll be out $100 ,000 in cash.

You're bluffing.

Am I?

Well, you know, I would be willing to up the ante. I mean, include you in for a

sentence after all. We're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.

You haven't been listening very carefully.

Your reputation's bad enough, Sloan.

Whether they convict you or not, the last thing you need is to have your name

splashed across the front page of the San Francisco Globe.

You'll never do business in the state of California again.

Well? What about my money? Under acceptable circumstances, less cost.

it back. I'll see to it.

And what do we do with the wine?

Bury it. Quickly.

How about the D .A.? You wouldn't have, would you? Good question.

You must be one hell of a poker player.

How was Rome?

Oh, it was beautiful.

Just beautiful.

Good. And particularly, the tasting.

And I saw your father.

You did?

Mm -hmm. Oh, how is he? Did you spend some time together?

Oh, some.

He's fine. He's fine. Hello, Grandmother. Oh, Lance. Welcome home.

everything go here?

Fine. Fine. Wonderful.

Well, how did you make out with Mr. Sloan?

I canceled the deal.

You did?

Why did you do that?

Well, the minute I heard you won the gold medal, I canceled the contract.

That wine's worth $100 a bottle now.

You wouldn't want me to sell it to Jack Sloan for $50, would you?

That's good thinking, Lance.

You're learning.

Oh, I love this.

Did you see this one?

It's definitely a family resemblance. Yes, I think so. I didn't realize you

so many relatives in Tuscany. Oh, you know what would be lovely? If we could

just go there together one day. Too bad Dad isn't still working for the

airlines. We could all go over for free.

Dream on, dream on.

Wait a second. This one's postmarked 1950.

I didn't think they were still writing each other then.

Italian? It's in Italian?

Oh, yeah. This is from my grandfather, Jasper, to Maria and Luca.

Can you translate or are you too rusty?

Pretty rusty, but I'll do it. Oh, well, you'll try.

Cara Maria. Dear Maria.

Something about I am an old man now.

I am deeply troubled.

My children, Jason and Angela, are bitter enemies.

I fear for the future.