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I'm just trying to find out who killed Carlo Agretti. You keep snooping around

and we'll have more bad publicity than we can overcome.

Perhaps if you act more like a wife, he would act more like a husband. I prefer

to take your example, Angela. You haven't got what it takes, my dear.

Home is where the heart is.

And home must be here.

With you.

You've got to stop interfering with our investigation. You don't even have any

other leads.

And until there are, I'll keep digging, I'll keep probing, and I'll keep

stepping on toes until I get to the truth.

Thank you.

I don't want to hear another word about your test results.

You are that child's legal father. But I... Will you please take on some

responsibilities? Angela, I have good news for you. And if I hear of you

that little tramp in San Francisco, get ready to pack your bags. Am I

understood? Yes, ma 'am.

All right, Philip, what is it?

We've tracked Emma down.

You did? Where?

Somewhere in Texas.

She applied for a driver's license in Austin.

In Austin? Has she been there all the time? We're not sure.

We should be able to locate her within a week or so.

Personally, I'm delighted we were able to narrow it down this quickly.

And you should be more than satisfied with the way things are going.

Satisfaction is a luxury I can't afford.

Well, look at it this way.

Lance is exactly where you want him.

Happily married to the Agretti Vineyards.

I'm less than delighted.

And don't forget, we're finally rid of Jacqueline Perrault.

You're right.

I am delighted.

Now, if I hear anything else on Emma, I'll call.

Are we having dinner this evening?

I'd love to.

But I've got to get over to the marina before dark. My bow -winch needs

replacing if I'm going sailing tomorrow.

Sailing?

What a lovely idea.

And everything's going so well here.

What time do you want me to meet you?

I had no idea you cared for the water.

Oh, don't be silly.

I'd love to go sailing with you.

Sheriff, welcome to the sweatshop of county government.

I keep hearing things, Chase.

You're asking a lot of people a lot of questions about the Agredi case.

No laws against that, are there? You do your job, and I'll do mine.

All you've done is persist in making my son your number one suspect, and the

charge against him was dropped.

That was the DA's decision. I'm not sure I agreed with it.

Are you telling me you really think my son killed Carlo Agretti? What I think

doesn't matter at this point. What I know is you've got to stop interfering

our investigation. You don't even have any other leads.

Well, it takes time. What do you want, guarantees? There aren't any.

Precisely. And until there are, I'll keep digging, I'll keep probing, and

keep stepping on toes until I get to the truth.

Well, then there is one law that I think you might like to know about. It's

called obstruction of justice.

Don't... If you think I'm going to stand around here and just wait for things to

happen, you're crazy.

Now get out, Dan.

Hi, honey.

Well, I guess I'd better be going.

Oh, don't go on my account. I got a lot of work to do.

You have to go?

Yes, it's baby Joseph's feeding time.

I like to be there.

Otherwise, I never get a chance to see him when he's awake.

Thank you for the coffee. Yeah.

Bye -bye, sweetie. Bye -bye.

Bye, Jay.

Bye, Julia.

So, how'd it go?

Well, it seems to be getting more and more difficult for Melissa to talk about

her father and the day he was murdered.

Oh,

a wonderful confrontation with the sheriff.

Chase.

Darling, why do you insist on getting involved in something that should no

longer be our concern?

I'm doing this for Cole.

I know, I know. It's just... The charges were dropped against him almost two

months ago now. And Caproni and Davis and Stewart.

Half the merchants and wine people in this valley still think he did it. Not

mention the sheriff. Chase, don't you see?

You're the one who's keeping this alive now.

Let it be.

How could she just ignore it?

Those test results proved I wasn't the father and she just tore them up like

they didn't mean anything.

Well, they don't mean anything to her.

What I don't understand is if you're not the father of Melissa's baby, then who

is? How should I know?

Melissa went out with Danny Como, Cole Gioberti, every other guy in this valley

before grandmother forced her on me.

Besides, that's not the point.

All I want is Laurie.

Sounds like love.

It is.

I love her more than all of Falcon Crest.

If you're really that serious about it, then why don't you just go?

I've considered it.

You make it sound so easy.

I loved your father like that, too.

I still do.

But I could never get up enough courage to leave here.

Money and power only go so far.

Happiness.

Sharing a life with someone you love.

That's what I want.

Who are you kidding?

You'll never leave that, won't you?

I'll be so sure.

I'll be in the tasting room.

I know you.

You want it all.

The money, the power, and the love and the happiness.

You want everything.

Yeah, you're damn right I do.

But people who want everything wind up with nothing.

Not even the great Angela Channing has everything.

She chose Falcon Crest over love, Melissa.

I won't do that.

Sure you will.

I have.

Well, the whole thing sounds like tilting at windmills. Vicki, don't you

Dad!

If we can figure out who killed the Gretys, not only will that make things

easier for me around here,

Maybe then I'll have some leverage.

Some legal leverage to get custody of Joseph.

You'd want to raise Melissa's baby?

That baby happens to be my child, too.

Give anything to get that innocent little guy away from Falcon Crest.

This is spectacular.

I'm glad you like it.

Living at Falcon Crest is like being in the backwoods.

Yes, but the city's only for business.

A place like Falcon Crest is for living.

You almost sound homesick.

I just think that the Tuscany Valley would be a nice place to put down some

roots.

Well, they say home is where the heart is.

must be here with you.

You're very sweet.

And the evening was lovely.

But I really must be getting back to Falcon Crest.

To home.

And with all those... Of course, coming in from Texas, I think the appropriate

place for me to be is right here by the phone.

Do you think you'll hear from Emma today?

There's always that possibility.

And you wouldn't want to miss an important call just because we're out

on the sailboat. I know I wouldn't.

Of course not.

Couldn't you have your calls transferred here? We could have lunch together.

Well, I thought that as long as I'm here, I could spend the time cleaning up

some of your paperwork.

Always looking out for my best interest, right, Philip?

Don't worry, though.

There'll be other good days for sailing.

Well, call me if you hear anything.

You know I will.

Bye. Goodbye.

Oh, it looks like it's going to be a glorious day.

Mr. Erickson, please.

The offices are closed.

This is the answering service.

It's Saturday.

I know it's Saturday.

Mr. Erickson is in his office, I believe.

I am sorry, but Mr. Erickson won't be in until Monday. Is there a message?

No.

No messages.

Well, they've kept up the place well.

Groundskeeper works out of a shed out back.

How you doing?

No private property, John.

I'm Chase Giabetti, county supervisor.

This is my son, Cole.

Pleased to meet you.

But, uh, I'll have to ask you to leave.

You know, I wasn't aware they had security guards around here now.

We were hired by the Agredi attorneys to protect the place from vandals and, uh,

sightseers.

He just came by to talk to the head groundskeeper.

Old man Fong?

He's been gone for over a week now.

Gone? Yeah, maybe all those questions the sheriff asked spooked the old guy.

He quit and took most of the gardeners with him. Quit?

He didn't quit. Somebody scared him off.

Okay, end of discussion.

Now, why don't you two guys put your tails between your legs?

We're not leaving until we get some answers.

You are a little hothead, aren't you?

I bet it didn't take much from old Manigretti to tick you off, Ted.

Officer, about this Mr. Fong, you have any idea where we could find him? I

understand that you went back to the city.

All you have to do is look up all the Fongs in Chinatown.

Thanks for all your help.

It's really been wonderful.

Have you been working on your inner peace?

It's not that easy around here, believe me.

A life of ease creates only weakness.

Life with Melissa creates only aggravation.

Your wife is young. She is stubborn, but she is strong.

So you must divert her stubbornness with her own strength, not yours.

I try, Charlie.

I try, but she's always pushing, always testing.

Then you must give her nothing to push against. Don't tell me you're actually

going to be home for brunch.

Well, after all, Charlie is making poached salmon. And I have much to do.

You really wouldn't spend a day at home just for the menu, would you?

No, not just for the menu.

Maybe for something else.

Something more.

What would this something more be?

Something between us.

Something we've never had.

And something you never will have.

I've been hearing that for the last two months. Lance is getting a little old.

How was I supposed to know that my grandmother would just ignore the

paternity tests?

Of course she would.

Why shouldn't she?

She's got you to do her bidding for her, doesn't she?

She's got her eye on the Agretti Vineyard. She's got a beautiful little

grandchild to boot.

No, you just stay there, Lance.

You just stay there and make your grandmother happy. That's what's

That's not true.

I care about you.

You have a real strange way of showing it.

You're jealous, aren't you?

You think I care about Melissa, don't you? If you don't, why are you still

her?

Because I'm there to make sure that she fails.

She's got the jaws of a python and she's trying to swallow Falcon Crystal

already.

But I promise you something.

She'll choke on it first.

Let's find someplace quiet, romantic, so we can talk about what's important.

Mr. Gervetti.

Charlie.

Did you wish to see Miss Channing?

No, Charlie, I need to talk to you. I was hoping maybe you could help me out.

I was up at the Agretti place yesterday.

What for?

Trying to find a caretaker, Angela.

Apparently he's resigned, but I did learn his name. It's Fong.

I'd appreciate it if you could help me. Charlie doesn't work for you.

Now, why do you insist on involving Falconcrest in a scandal?

There's no scandal.

I'm just trying to find out who killed Carlo Agretti.

I've got an address in Chinatown. An introduction from you could help break

ice. You keep snooping around and we'll have more bad publicity than we can

overcome. Believe me, this has got nothing to do with Falcon Crest.

Everything you do affects our reputation, Chase.

I'm not going to destroy your reputation.

Now, can I count on you?

I'm afraid I never knew Mr. Fong.

Charlie is not in the habit of associating with servants and field

All right.

All right.

my way.

You'll make a laughing stock of Falcon Crest.

Charlie, you make sure that he doesn't talk to Mr. Fong.

Isn't that your grandmother's lawyer?

Well, it looks like him, but I don't think so.

Wasn't that young man out there Angela Channing's grandson?

Lance?

No.

He'd be with the family on the weekend.

Just be just a minute.

There you go.

I understand that you've been having some conversations with Chase about your

father.

Well, not so much about my father, but about his murder.

Chase thinks he can find his killer.

I'm very friendly with Chase and Maggie, you know. I mean, more so than anyone

else here at Falcon Crest.

Yes?

Well, I think there's something you should know about Chase.

He's the only one around here who seems to care what happened to my father.

That's all I need to know.

Well, Chase is a wonderful man, that's true, but sometimes he's almost

compulsive about things.

Calls it unfinished business.

He has great determination. I admire that.

Yes, well, his determination almost destroyed this whole family last year

he insisted upon putting Emma on the stand to testify.

He uncovered the truth, didn't he?

This time it might be more than just determination.

It might be an obsession.

An obsession to wage war against my mother.

I think Chase can handle Angela.

Don't you?

Chinese residence.

One moment, please.

Mrs. Compson?

Your father's attorney, Mr. Donaldson.

Mr. Donaldson?

Hello?

I thought you'd be home.

Thank you, Charlie.

How kind of you to call, Mr.

Donaldson.

Richard, are you crazy?

What if Angela had answered the telephone?

Oh, I knew she'd be hard at work at the winery this time of day.

Besides, I would have just left word that Mr. Donaldson called.

You have some nerve.

So I've been told.

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed dinner the other night.

I did, too.

I was hoping we might have another little exotic encore, so to speak.

Don't you think you're pushing your luck?

How do you think Angela would react to my seeing you for dinner?

I'm not worried about Angela.

Are you?

No, I'm not.

I know a wonderful Szechuan place in Chinatown called The Flowering Rose.

Would you like to meet me there?

That sounds nice.

Good, because I've already made reservations for 8 o 'clock.

How can I refuse a man as sure of himself as you are?

I look forward to it.

Goodbye.

I thought those reservations were for us.

They were.

Past tense.

You don't expect me to stand still for this.

You're upset.

You're damn right I'm upset.

You expect me to believe your little intimate dinners with Melissa are part

your master plan?

Now you know that the Agretti property is not going to be easy to get.

If you think it's worth prostituting yourself for.

Diana, my dear, for these stakes, I will gladly turn an occasional trick.

This is the address Melissa's attorney said Charles Fong receives his income

refund. I guess that's as dependable a source as any. I'd say so.

Hello there.

Are you the manager?

Will you care?

We're looking for a man who lives here, Charles Fong.

Police. No, no. My name's Chase Gioberti. This is my son, Cole.

Bill Collector.

No, no, we just want to talk to him.

Too bad. Mr. Fong moved out.

Did he leave a forwarding address?

No. No address.

No Fong.

I think it needs just a little more time in the wood.

What do you think?

I think you better tell me where you were yesterday.

Yesterday?

I had lunch in San Francisco with Frank Jacobson from the City Wine

Distributors. I thought I told you that. I know what you told me.

And I know that I spoke to Frank Jacobson yesterday at his office where

having lunch alone.

All right.

All right.

The truth is that you and Philip have been getting awfully friendly, and I'm

just not sure I trust him. So I kept an eye on him over the weekend. Don't give

me the old bone about Philip seeing other women. I know about that.

You do? The trouble with men like Philip is that they think they can outsmart

me. Well, they can't.

And neither can you.

Then you know I had lunch with Laura yesterday.

I do now.

reading about some of the, uh, Pommard Burgundies and the, uh, Chambartin

Vintages, and I think if we could get hold of some of Elliot McKay's Pinot

and mix it with ours, we might come up with a blend we're looking for.

Sure.

McKay's Pinots have always been pretty good.

Don't tell me you're picking up screenwriting, too.

No, I'm just fooling around.

Well, don't let your mother's Hollywood experience give you any ideas. We've got

a wine blend to come up with here.

All right, let's get to it.

Another bottle of Shaoxing?

You're trying to get me drunk.

Don't bother.

I'm already several feet off the ground.

What a nice place to be.

Do you know that the world's oldest culture has the quaintest of customs?

Ladies first.

Beware of handsome men bearing rice wine.

They have secret desire.

Let me see.

Beautiful woman is like spice of the Orient.

Hot to the taste.

Creating hunger for more.

Chinatown. Let's not argue about it, all right? Who's arguing? I just want to

talk. What's the matter with talking?

Maggie, I know you don't agree with what I'm doing, so what's the point of

talking about it?

It's all so ugly.

All of it.

They dropped the charges against Cole. Isn't that enough for you?

No, it's not. I don't want Cole to go through the rest of his life with people

in this valley looking at him like he's a common criminal.

All right.

All right, look, if you insist on creating problems that I'm not sure even

exist, why don't you just go?

Hire a private detective.

Honey, because I am telling you, people in this valley are going to resent you

running around like a self -offended vigilante. I don't care what people

I care about our son. Well, I care about him, too. But don't you see what this

is doing to you? It's ripping you apart. It's something that's got to be done.

Damn it. You are so self -righteous.

Hi, it's Vicki.

Vicki.

Is there something wrong?

No. You want some company?

Vicki.

Look, this... Our running together once in a while, my coaching you.

That's one thing.

Nick, please.

I know that we can't exactly date, but we agreed to be friends, remember?

We can talk.

Can I come over?

No.

I want to meet you in town.

O 'Brien's.

Give me a chance to give the Packer to run.

Cole's going to be meeting some friends nearby.

I'll have him drop me off in about an hour, okay?

Sure.

Diana.

It's ten o 'clock.

You don't expect me to believe you're still at dinner, do you?

Wherever the hell you are, I'd like to hear from you.

Woman thinks I'm a workaholic.

I, uh...

I didn't realize it was so late. It's not late. It's early.

You can stay.

I really have to get back to Falcon Crest.

Why?

I really do.

All right.

If you insist.

The evening was lovely.

Thank you.

It's just that if you insist on pursuing this murder investigation,

I...

I just feel it's going to do us more harm than good.

You know I don't want that.

Well, they did drop the charges against Cole.

All right, all right.

No more time store Dick Tracy.

Mr. Denault.

Diana Hunter.

I'm sorry to call you at this hour.

There's something I thought you'd want to hear without delay.

It's about Richard Channing.

Where his true loyalties lie.

Thanks for the lift.

You sure you don't want me to pick you up on the way back? No.

No, really. I'm just going to meet a couple guys in town for a beer.

Be back in an hour. No problem. I'll just catch a ride with Linda.

All right. Bye. Bye.

Hi.

I'll park right here. No, I don't think I want to stay.

Why not? Well, it's really nothing special tonight. Just the house, Pam.

You did say you wanted to take the Packard for a run. Yeah.

You got a point there.

What can I say? When you're right, you're right.

It's almost midnight.

So it is.

Hello, Angela.

Where have you been so late?

I'm surprised you noticed my absence.

Were you with Richard Channing? I had a business engagement.

Just as Lance has those big important business meetings in the city.

Perhaps if you acted more like a wife, he'd act more like a husband.

Actually, I prefer to take your example, Angela, that of the powerful

businesswoman. You haven't got what it takes, my dear.

All it takes is having something someone else wants, and I do.

The Agretti vineyards are in considerable demand, or haven't you

duty is to this family, and that includes the Agretti vineyards. Why

faithful to Falcon Crest when my husband cheats on me? What about my feelings?

Poor little Melissa. It's always someone else's fault, isn't it?

You'll never get my father's property.

You're wrong.

Your son is a part of this family, too.

We're all bound together, whether you like it or not.

Got any idea how fast you were going?

Speed limit, why?

Speed limit's 35. I clocked you at 50.

Come on, there's no traffic out here.

Coming from town?

Yeah, I was with some friends.

Were you drinking?

I had a beer.

Two beers.

Well, Cole, we got a choice here.

We can either conduct a little field sobriety test...

Or you can come into town with me for a complete chemical analysis.

I'm not drunk.

If you refuse either of these tests, you'll spend 72 hours in jail sobering

When are you going to stop hassling me? You wouldn't have been stopped if you

hadn't been speeding.

Now, you either walk that line or you get in the car... Oh, come on, man. It's

dark out here. Dark is not a problem.

Heel and toe.

I've seen better. Let's try something a little easier. Stand on your left foot

and recite the alphabet.

Do it.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O.

I'd say you're right on the edge. You might pass the chemical test, then again

you might not. But just to show you that I'm not hassling you, here, sign this.

50 miles an hour in a 35 zone.

That's all it is.

Alcohol's a drug, Cole. It's a depressant.

Even if you've only had two beers.

Be careful, huh?

You'll never get off my back, will you?

Some of the best real estate in the world.

Some of the toughest people you'd ever want to meet live out there.

I don't care about those people.

Sounds like someone's feeling sorry for herself.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

It's just that all my father cares about is...

Beating Angela Channing at her own game and taking over Falcon Crest.

And my mother's got her head in the clouds, dreaming about a career in

Hollywood.

Yeah.

Did you ever stop to think that maybe your father's trying to make things

around you?

I mean, he devotes a lot of time to the Board of Supervisors. Oh, yeah, I know.

What an ego trip that is. At the same time, he's busting his back learning the

winery business.

Funny. You know, when we first moved out here from New York, it was supposed to

be for the good of our family, to bring us closer together.

But in all the time we've been out here, I don't think that my father and I have

had a single meaningful conversation.

Not one.

You're the only person who seems to understand me.

You just have to give people a chance.

That's all.

You're clear, aren't you, Nick?

Next on Falcon Threat.

Looks like your boy tried to kill himself, Jane.

No. I'm surprised you didn't notice how troubled and despondent Cole was.

Son, you've got to be strong now, too, all right?

You've got to fight, buddy.

Come on.

The doctor said he may not live through the night.

If Cole dies, we'll never know the truth, will we?

Of course we will.

Cole will be blamed for Carla's murder and...

The case will be closed.