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Heard what, Lance?

My grandmother cut you out of her will.

Really? You're out, and I'm back in.

Angela, you and I have a contract.

I'm your heir, not Lance, not anybody else.

We'll see about that.

I'm not real happy with Lance. Why don't you just get to the point?

It's really too bad there isn't some way to discredit him.

You're looking for someone to do the job for you.

Whatever it takes, is it worth $25 ,000 to you? Make it stick, and it's worth

$50 ,000.

You know?

I always swore I'd never sneak off to a hotel room to make love.

Really?

Why? This is perfect.

It's better than my house. Or your house. We have room service.

Privacy.

Have you ever thought about getting a place of your own?

Yeah, I've had several, you know.

You see, my grandmother tends to kick me out of Falcon Crest now and then.

But you always go back, right?

Always.

I'm going to run that place someday.

I want to protect my interests.

How about you?

I mean, you're certainly old enough to have your own place.

Yeah, but I want to live with Richard.

Yeah.

And you want to work at his radio station?

Wait, don't tell me. There's an opening at the newspaper.

Yeah.

We could always use a good cub reporter.

Besides, I have a great incentive plan.

You do?

You know what?

You're going to have to do better.

What am I supposed to do with this?

Read it.

My research staff went to a great deal of trouble.

Well, I wouldn't bother. It's nothing but nonsense about that jug wine you've

been dreaming about.

That's one dream that's going to come true, Angela.

I'm sure I don't have to remind you that I'm a full partner here at Falcon

Crest. Partner or no partner, the reputation of this winery is not going

destroyed because of some cheap table wine.

Look, I don't care. Falconcrest doesn't even have to put its good name on it.

Excuse me, it's almost post -time. I have a restract to run.

You know, it's strange, isn't it?

My empire's growing by leaps and bounds, and for the life of me, I can't

understand why you'd sit back and let yours stagnate.

Lance didn't come home last night.

You don't suppose he was with Lorraine, do you?

Be seeing you, partner.

Look this over and see if it's workable.

You just got through saying you hated the idea.

Well, I didn't want to appear too eager.

That's when a good generic table wine will certainly add to the profit

And not only that, but it would give me an important ally.

I see. So you woke up this morning and you decided to draw straws, and Chase

came up with the short end.

Well, he doesn't have Richard's resources, so he'll be easy to squeeze

Have you ever thought about just living with the situation? I mean, you're

extremely wealthy, immensely influential.

And the only person fit to run Falkencrest.

You look troubled.

Chase, it's your bet. He's getting ready to leave for Paris.

With J. Benson Lundy.

Hoping to learn more about the cartel, no doubt.

You know what to do.

I'm clear.

If Mr. Gioberti doesn't return home empty -handed, you needn't bother coming

home at all.

We'll call you when I get to Paris.

Okay.

I just don't understand what all of this urgency is about.

You take care of her for me, will you? I sure will. That's what I'm here for.

Come on.

I'll see you ladies in a couple of days. Okay.

Have a good time.

You'll be back.

It's just that something's troubling him. He's been asleep all night.

The feeling is not being very straight with me.

Hi.

Hi.

You can imagine how surprised I was when my secretary announced you.

I'll be brief.

Our wedding ring.

It's been kicking around in my drawer for months. I was going to throw it

but Cole suggested you might want to recycle it.

I'm glad you took his advice.

Cole's a really smart guy, Melissa. He walks, chews gum.

Maybe you can get him to take some time off and give you a few pointers.

Maybe. Who knows? Cole and I might be running Falcon Crest someday.

That's a sweet fantasy, Lance. You're getting to be more like Emma every day.

Excuse me, I'm supposed to meet Cole for lunch.

Fantasy?

You haven't heard, have you? Heard what, Lance?

My grandmother cut you out of her will.

Really? Something about a trust. I don't know all the details, but you're out,

and I'm back in.

Something to drink, ma 'am?

No, thank you.

Where can I get a voucher?

Pamela.

Voucher, please.

Yes? I'm Charlotte Pershing. I don't know whether it means anything to you.

Maggie Giaberti's mother.

Of course it does.

Come on, follow me.

Richard's just right over here.

Right. Richard.

Oh, but I want to move on right away.

Mrs. Pershing, what a pleasant surprise.

If I'd known you were here, I would have stopped by earlier.

Maggie turn you loose for the day?

Mm -hmm. She needs a voucher. I'm afraid we cleaned her out.

I didn't bring much along with me to start.

A couple of hundred do.

That's more than enough.

All right, here we go.

Thank you, Richard.

You're welcome. Thank you.

That's right.

Is this on the house?

Oh, I'll take care of it myself.

I think Maggie's going to have to know about this, though, before it turns into

a problem.

Keep an eye on her.

In para 47, we can call it.

Delete lines 458. Excuse me, Mr. Chaney.

Melissa, Gratty is here to see you.

And I'm not leaving here until I get some answers.

Well, it would help if I knew the questions.

You and your attorney have been busy lately.

Changing wills, setting up trusts, circumventing agreements.

All in a day's work. What are you talking about?

I just spoke with Lance.

Angela, you and I have a contract.

I'm your heir, not Lance, not anybody else.

Well, of course you are.

You sacrificed your own son for that honor, didn't you?

Lance says I've been cut out.

Angela, I think we should be straight with her.

Melissa, I've put everything in a trust for Lance.

Now, technically, you are still heir to Falcon Crest, but since Angela will hand

over everything she owns to Lance while she's still alive, there really won't be

anything left for you to inherit.

I'll have my attorney look over the terms of this trust.

Yes, I think he should.

But you will find no reasonable grounds for any legal action. I'm afraid your

tenure at Falcon Crest has ended before it even began.

Something upset you?

Lance.

Come in here.

I think I'll be on my way.

You know, you should try keeping a secret sometime, Lance.

It's much more fun.

What is it?

You know exactly what it is.

You didn't have to rub Melissa's nose in the mud.

Oh, but it's okay if you do the same thing to Richard or Chase or me, right,

Grandma? I can revoke that trust at any time.

Who would you give it to, Emma?

I don't think so.

I haven't dismissed you yet. I have a date with Lorraine.

Well, you can say your goodbyes. That tawdry little affair is at an end.

Sorry, Grandmother. You don't have much to say about it.

We'll see about that.

You bet we will.

Richard? Right in.

Yes. Please, have a seat.

Can I offer you anything?

No, thank you. We'll make this brief.

I just want you to know that I'm interested in your generic wine

However, there are certain conditions.

First, the Falconcrest Winery is off -limits to generic production. That

that you'll have to lease or purchase a suitable facility.

It's all right with me. I've already told you that I want to build a new

anyway, so I don't have any use for your physical plant. What I do want is the

distribution system.

Well, second, Falconcrest has long been known for its varietal wines. That means

that the jug wine will have to be produced under another name to help

the Falconcrest reputation.

And third... I want Falconcrest out of the champagne business.

You mean you want Chase out of the champagne business.

I suspect he'll have something to say about that.

Well, that really doesn't matter, because I have here a contract enforcing

provision of your agreement with Angela.

And since Chase has only a one -third voting right at Falcon Crest, he'll be

forced to comply.

And when he gets back from Europe, he'll find that his champagne bubbles have

burst into thin air.

I am surprised at you, Counselor. Here all this time I thought, what a

refreshing thing to see, my partner here represented by a man of integrity.

Ah, well.

I guess we all have our price.

Thank you.

And here is an executed copy for your files.

And by the way, if you think any the less of my ethics for this, You should

seen the legal gyrations I went through to take away your newspaper.

He's beginning to get the hang of it, isn't he?

How'd it

go?

I fired my lawyer.

It seems he didn't anticipate that Angela would set up a trust when he drew

the original agreement.

God, I don't know what to do.

I'm sorry.

Angela was bound to try something sooner or later.

It was my father's dream that I'd be part of Falcon Crest.

I thought I'd finally won something for him.

This whole thing.

You said it was a mistake from the start.

Training Joseph so that Angela would put you in her will.

Sometimes I wonder if you wouldn't do it all over again.

Richard, hi. Come on in.

Thank you.

I, uh, running late, I can't stay.

This is a voucher I signed for your mother this afternoon at the racetrack.

She asked for a loan, and, uh, I thought maybe you should know about it. Well, I

wondered where she was. I was trying to reach her all day. Uh, let me get my, my

checkbook. No, don't get your checkbook.

Tuscany Downs is doing quite well. I don't have to take money from your

too.

Just a little concerned about her, that's all.

Well, I'm sure it's nothing.

Sorry. I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay. Bye.

I thought I heard somebody at the door.

Yeah, it was somebody checking down. They brought that.

Oh, yes.

Well, I'll send them a check in the morning. Oh, Mom, come on. It's all

care of. Look, if you need money, please, just ask me. What do you think a

daughter's for?

Now, look, a social worker's salary has not made me rich, but I do have my own

money. And I'm not a racetrack groupie, if that's the word you use. A racetrack

groupie? No. Are we going to have dinner? Yes, we are.

After you.

The painters and drivers are on the track for this evening's ninth and final

race.

Hello, Joel.

Hi.

Sam, bring him another drink, and I would like a glass of white wine.

I'm Melissa Grotty. We met at Falcon Crest. Remember me?

How could I forget?

Ooh, that bruise. Ooh, that looks painful.

I heard Lance really laid you out.

Sounds like Terry's been bragging about me again.

You know, Joe, I have been real curious about you.

I mean, one week you're driving around in this big, fancy sports car, and the

next week you hitch a ride to work. I mean...

Cole tells me there's sometimes that you don't even bother to show up, and then

all of a sudden we hear that you and Terry are getting married.

I like to surprise people.

I think you like to do a lot more than that.

I've had a few friends in your kind of trouble.

I recognize the symptoms.

Glazed eyes, shakes.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Let's start with cocaine, shall we?

Look, if this is going to turn into a lecture, take it someplace else.

You must go through a lot of money.

Working at Feldenkrais is a nice way to pay the bills, but it's no way to

support the habit. I've heard enough.

I've had you investigated.

You have a real nice criminal record in Florida.

Possession, burglary, fraud.

In some ways, I wish I was as resourceful as you are.

Then I'd know how to deal with my ex -husband.

Why don't you just get to the point?

I'm not real happy with the divorce settlement Lance gave me.

His grandmother is pulling a lot of strings for him.

It's really too bad there isn't some way to discredit him.

Some way to make her realize that he doesn't deserve her help.

You're looking for someone to do the job for you.

Plant drugs on him, make him look bad. Whatever it takes.

For a fee, of course.

Is it worth $25 ,000 to you?

Make it stick and it's worth $50 ,000.

It'll be a pleasure.

What do you say we check into the church site?

Just we fly over in the Concord and we stay at one of the grand old luxury

hotels.

I don't know about your organization. I've always wondered where my tax

went. We'll get a little shut -eye, and then we'll head over to the public

library as soon as it opens.

What about the continents on Mars?

We're supposed to pick up where Angela left off.

Well, we will. We will.

I want to do a little research into one Johann Riedman first.

What better place to start than the city he terrorized when he was the head of

the Gestapo?

Paris is beginning to take on a whole new meaning for me.

We'll be in Geneva on Friday.

Our banker friend isn't going to be easy to get to. I have the feeling that

Klaus Weller is the key to this whole thing.

Richard buys into Falcon Crest.

Weller buys his mortgage and sells it to Johan Rietman. What the heck is going

on?

I don't know yet.

But it scares the hell out of me.

I have some unfortunate news for you.

Hello, Angela.

Richard and I have an agreement.

Falcon Crest is no longer involved with champagne.

So I want all of this equipment dismantled immediately.

Take it up with my father when he gets back from Europe.

This is not a request.

I want all of these bottles and cases out of this winery tonight.

Don't listen to her.

We'll camp out here if we have to, but you're not going to touch a single

of champagne.

Then I'll bring in my own crew to do the job.

Go ahead. Bring whoever you want.

I'll put up a big enough fight to lead off the 11 o 'clock news.

Oh, I'll be back. With a court order and half of the sheriff's department.

Hi.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

And I'm sorry about Angela.

Do me a favor, would you?

Get me a sleeping bag. I'm not going to leave here until my father gets home.

I'll make it, too.

Okay.

Come in, gentlemen.

Sister.

I'm Chase Gioverti, Ben Landale.

Sister. What can I do for you?

We understand that you've been in charge of this convent for some time now.

Oh, 11 years.

Do I know you?

No, but you may remember my aunt, Angela Channing. She came here several years

ago to talk to Sister Marie Therese about a man named Richard Channing.

Now, we know the sisters passed away. We were hoping maybe you could help us.

Sister Marie Therese and I were very close.

I do not know this Richard Channing.

Maybe you remember the name Jacqueline Perrault.

She was Richard Channing's mother.

And mine.

Jacqueline Perrault is a name I do not wish to remember.

Why have you come?

Sister Marie Therese spoke of Henry Denault, the dark angel of Paris.

The Vichy official who adopted Jacqueline's infant son. This convent

the adoption.

There are certain confidences that I cannot betray.

Henry Denault is dead now. We're looking for another man.

His name is Johann Rebmann.

I have nothing to say.

Sister, people have been killed. My family is in danger. We've got to find

I cannot help you. I am sorry.

Sister.

What are you afraid of?

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Well done, sister.

So delighted that we were able to get together this evening. We must make a

habit of it.

How is your first harvest in the valley doing?

Disappointing. I'm afraid Sam Giannini didn't care for his vines the way I

have. I'm not even going to bother to crush the grapes this year.

Oh.

Well, what are you going to do with them?

Sell them. Why, are you interested?

You just said the magic words.

Well, I'm certain that something could be worked out.

And Emma.

I would like to propose a toast to your lovely daughter, Emma, and to her

continued good health.

We can be in Geneva by tonight. Well, there's bank. It can be closed anyway.

Besides, there's somebody here I want you to meet.

Lydia Boulanger, Chase Giverty. How do you do?

I feel as if I know you already.

You are Jacqueline Perrault's son, a brother to Richard Shannon.

Yes.

Lydia's with Interpol.

We've collaborated on a number of assignments.

Klaus Weller?

Head of the Standard Credit Bank of Switzerland.

It's at the cartel front.

Take a good look.

This is the guy Riedman used to buy Richard's mortgage on Falcon Crest.

Riedman went to all this trouble, and yet he was so blatant about it. I don't

understand.

He's sending Richard Channing a warning.

We are not ready. Attendez, s 'il vous plaît.

A few months ago, Mr. Channing was the target of an assassination attempt.

A plane crashed in Colorado Rockies. I was the pilot of that plane.

Prior to that, there were several other attempts on Channing's life.

Now, why would they go after Richard? He turned his back on the cartel years

ago. Johan Riebman is afraid that he will try to move in on him.

Richard was the heir apparent to the cartel.

Your mother, the founder of the cartel, thought to his education herself.

Even though she concealed her identity from him. I'm beginning to wish she had

concealed her identity from me.

You okay?

I'm just trying to absorb all this.

Richard is my half -brother.

Damn him.

We just spent a day.

digging through old magazines and newspapers in the Paris library, looking

articles, photographs, anything.

Anything on Riedman, but it's as though the man never existed.

We know almost nothing about him.

Only two things are certain.

He is very much alive.

And Richard Channing is going to die.

It was a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Gioberti.

I hope my stories about the cartel did not frighten you too much.

Just help us find Riedman.

Huh?

I'll be right with you.

You take care of yourself.

Well, well, well. Holding a little war conference, are we?

Maggie, I asked not to be disturbed. And I ignored it.

My son spent the night in the winery, Angela. I think you three have some

explaining to do.

What's going on?

Oh, Cole is still protecting that silly little champagne operation of his, which

is a waste of time.

Because Greg is already in the process of getting a court order to evict him.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that Angela and Richard have entered into an agreement which

gives them a controlling interest to Falcon Crest and thus legally entitles

to guide its destiny.

And that destiny does not include champagne.

It doesn't include Chase either, does it?

I'm surprised at you, Richard.

Because, you know, once she gets rid of us, she's going to turn on you.

She'll have her hands full.

I find this just appalling, Angela.

You wait until Chase is out of the country.

On Falcon Crest's business, and then you just stab him in the back.

Well, I don't know what Chase told you. And whatever business he's on has

nothing to do with Falcon Crest.

Now, if you don't mind, I have work to do.

I don't mind.

You couldn't wait until Chase got back before moving against him, could you?

You're right.

Every now and then there are days when I wish I'd become involved in something a

little more honorable.

Like extortion.

If you two are finished, could we get back to business?

What do you want now?

I got kicked out of my apartment.

The landlord actually expected me to pay rent.

Well, since we're about to make it legal all over again, I figured I might as

well crash here.

You sure went through that 5 ,000 in a hurry.

Back on coke, Joel?

I do a line once in a while.

So where can I put my stuff?

There's a spare bedroom down the hall. Use that.

And while you're at it, keep your hands off my jewelry.

plans for the rest of today i'm going into the city there's a meeting of the

wine growers association at noon tomorrow i have to have something to

that's right you're a big shot now i bet angela channing's even going to be

there she's the president

Yeah, what is it? There's a man on the phone that demands to speak to you.

Is that all he said?

Yes, sir.

Okay, yeah, put him through.

Hello? Mr. Cubson.

Yeah, who's this?

I can't give you my name over the phone. I'm one of the trainers at Tuscany

Downs.

I've got enough information to bring Richard Cheney's racetrack to a grinding

halt.

Uh, I'm listening.

You know, the abandoned gas station B &G off Highway 8 by the racetrack.

Wait a second. What's wrong with my office?

I can't afford to be seen.

Channing plays for keeps. He's drugging the ponies. The last trainer that Sidney

got worked over pretty good.

Now he's threatening to do the same to me.

Look, how do I know you're legitimate?

Forget it, man.

I'll call the Daily Express.

No, wait a second.

Don't hang up.

The old B &G gas station. I think I know where it is.

Tomorrow morning.

1130 Sharp.

And come alone.

It's

noon.

Weller should be out any minute.

Along with his favorite goon. You sure you know what to do?

As a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to this.

I bet you are.

The Café Metropole is around the corner and down a couple of blocks.

Meet me there at 3 o 'clock.

You're awfully sure of yourself.

I don't know how you expect to get anything out of Waller in that time.

I'll spare you the sort of details, but you give me an hour with the man and

I'll turn him into a chatterbox.

There he is.

Let's go.

I'll get you!

I'll get you!

Mr. Weller? Yeah? Be quiet and start walking.

What?

Brace yourself.

Where did you find this?

We found two of them in your bedroom this morning.

We were conducting a sweep.

Damn it, Pamela. How did they get in there, past all the security you've been

providing for me, supposedly?

I don't know. All I know is that they're not the cartels. Whose is it?

It's the most sophisticated piece of eavesdropping equipment. I've seen it.

I had it checked out.

It's U .S. government issue.

I thought you was an espionage.

God in heaven.

What do they want with me?

We have a visitor.

Hello.

Back again, eh?

You won't believe this, but... What?

I forgot my wallet. Oh, I'm sorry.

Let me buy you lunch.

Oh, no, I've already eaten it. It's just that I thought maybe you could sign

another voucher for me, and this time I want to pay for it.

I can't.

I made an exception for you once before, and I can't do it again.

Oh, I didn't realize that.

Thanks anyway.

I smell trouble.

Yeah, I'm afraid so.

Like capital T.

Look, I want you to go over every square inch of the house here, the radio

station, everywhere.

You let me know if you find any more of these.

Mrs. Yvette.

Lydia, what are you doing here?

Where's Ben?

Go back to America.

Forget everything.

What's happened?

Ben is dead.

Well, him too.

Who's responsible?

I've told you too much already.

Please.

Au revoir, Monsieur Gerbelton.

Cole? Morning, Cole. Alyssa?

Good morning.

What's this?

That's the court order I promised you.

The sheriff came along to see that you comply with it.

I'm going to have to impound all champagne -making equipment and supplies

pending a formal hearing.

Sheriff, the least you could do is wait for my father to get back from Europe.

He hasn't even had a chance to contest this.

It's signed by Judge Stevens. I don't have a choice.

Angela, he's doing it to run chase out of Falcons. That can't be legal.

You and I might question the ethics, but legally, there's nothing I can do. I'm

going to have to ask for your cooperation.

Sorry, Sheriff.

No way.

Then I'm going to have to place you under arrest.

Then you're going to have to arrest us too, Dan.

Hello, Angela.

Well, well, I thought you were still in Europe. I can tell.

I think Angela and I ought to have a word in private.

Be my guest.

The sooner you two learn to settle your own problems, the happier I'll be.

I understand you and Richard have been planning a little surprise for me.

Yes, we have an agreement.

You've been outvoted.

Your little champagne venture is coming to an end.

Fine, well, I'll have the equipment dismantled as soon as possible.

Oh, by the way, you're not counting on the Agretti harvest for this year's

crash, are you?

Why, do you think you can keep it away from me?

You know I can.

While you were busy trying to maneuver Francesca into your corner, I made a

with Melissa.

I control the Agretti Harvest this year. I guess I'll be going into business for

myself. Uh, just a minute.

Falconcrest needs that harvest.

And you are still a partner.

You'd be cutting your own throat.

And yours.

Unless you're willing to reconsider the champagne.

Sheriff?

I think that Chase and I could come to some sort of a temporary agreement.

Delighted to hear that, Mrs. Channing.

Channing, let's go.

The limousine isn't working.

There's no way to repair it in time for the wine growers' meeting.

Would you like to ride with me? I would not.

I'll take my own car.

I think that Cole needs to catch up on some sleep, so I'm going to take him

and put him to bed. You've done a good job. Thanks a lot.

It's good to have you home.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Hey, now that I have you back, I'd like the truth. What were you doing in

Europe?

I told you, I went to look at barrels. That's not what Angela claims.

She's certainly the right one to listen to, isn't she?

Anybody here?

Yo!

Freeze. Don't turn around.

Hey, what's going on?

That clip means I'm deadly serious.

Now put your car keys in your jacket pocket, take your jacket off, and hand

to me.

I'll be right outside you try anything you'll be leaving here in the back of a

coroner's van got that yeah

You owe me a grand, pal.

Everything works out. I'll give you two.

I'd like that.

See you around noon.

Noon it is.

I hope so.

I'm a little short of cash. You and everybody else. Ever since that

opened up, I've taken in more porn than I can sell. What have you got?

This watch.

Uh, 50 bucks.

But I... I paid 300 for it just two months ago. Look, lady, I got a business

run. 50 bucks, take it or leave it.

I'll take it.

Now, hold your merchandise 90 days.

I hope you win the exacto.

I could use a little cash myself.

Oh, just a minute.

That's yours.

Thank you.

Uh -huh.

Bye -bye.

It's Mr. Channing. Call an ambulance.

Without a call on that Compton kid.

Come on.

We've got some fingerprints to clean up.

That's a thing.

Not ours. His.

Sheriff, I was just about to call it.

What's with the gun?

Step over to the car, please. Red Eagle, not another word until I read to your

right. What? Wait a second. I want to report a crime. Yeah, I'll just bet you

do. Damn it, Sheriff. What's going on around here? We're under arrest for the

attempted murder of Angela Channing.

Thank you.