All language subtitles for falcon_crest_s02e04_murder_one

So you touched the body? Yes, I tried to
revive him.

You touch anything else?

That's enough. Dan, if you have any more
questions, I want a lawyer here.

Poor Melissa.

All that land.

And no money. I should tell you, my
father warned me about you.

What do you think?

Do I look dangerous?

I don't want any help. There's nothing
you can do. Don't you understand?

I don't want to talk about it. I don't
want to explain it. Will you people just

get off my back?

Thank you.

I'm pleased you're there.

You all right?

Yeah. What happened?

He was like that when I got here.

I thought he'd fallen.

Hit his head.

Daddy's dead.

Chase?

Dan, what's the story?

It's kind of hard to tell at this point.
Looks like Mr. Agretti was struck

several times with the proverbial blunt
object.

Need to ask Cole a few questions.

Yeah.

You say Carlo Agretti called you about
10 o 'clock, asked you to come over?

Yeah, he said he wanted to talk to me.

What about?

Well, we'd been having some trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Well, it was just that... Cole, maybe we
ought to see a lawyer first.

Wait a second.

I don't have anything to hide.

I thought he was just unconscious.

I tried to help.

So you touched the body?

Yes, I tried to revive him.

You touch anything else?

That's enough. Dan, if you have any more
questions, I want a lawyer here.

Well, I guess that's good enough for
now.

Can we go? Sure.

As long as he doesn't go too far.

Lance, where was Melissa this afternoon?

What's it to you?

He said she was here.

Who said she was here?

Grady. He told me on the phone that she
was here.

Melissa was with Angie in San Francisco.

He lied to me.

Why would he lie to me?

What did you find out about Carlo
Agretti's financial affairs?

What makes you think I found out
anything, Angela?

By that Cheshire Cat grin.

So?

Well, Carlo was more than a simple
vineyardist, you know.

He was also very clever.

He left a financial trail that was
difficult to follow.

But you managed.

I managed.

Melissa inherits everything, including
all the debts.

I know about the debts.

Carler overextended himself. If you
remember, I had to make the arrangements

Melissa's wedding.

Without liquid assets, hard cash.

I'm afraid Melissa's going to find it
difficult to pay any estate taxes.

Mrs. Charney, Mr. Patterson from the
florist shop.

Thank you, Charlie.

Hello, Mr. Patterson. Yes. Would you
please send some flowers up to the house

for Melissa?

Oh, two dozen roses.

Yes, thank you.

Poor Melissa.

All that land.

And no money.

Well, why didn't you call? Let me know
what was going on. I called Dad.

There was nothing you could do. I could
have worried.

What good would that have done? Oh,
Cole.

That's what mothers do. They give
unsolicited advice and they worry.

I've already been through it ten times
today with those damn lawyers.

All right, could you just go through it
one more time for me, please? Leave it

alone, Maggie.

Isn't it about time for dinner?

I'm not hungry.

Those damn lawyers you're talking about
happen to have the most high -powered

criminal practice in San Francisco.
They're going to need your help.

I'm not going to need theirs.

I'm no criminal. I didn't say you were.
I guess I don't feel very hungry anymore

either. Look, we are just trying to help
you. You have got to... I don't want

any help. There's nothing you can do.
Don't you understand?

I don't want to talk about it. I don't
want to explain it. Will you people just

get off my back?

Cole?

When did we become you people?

Melissa?

I really don't know how to say this.

Don't you have to say anything, Lance?

I know, I know, but I want to.

I know how much you loved your father.

And although this doesn't change
anything between us, I want you to know

I'm really very sorry about his death.

Thank you, Lance.

That was very considerate.

But as you say,

it really doesn't change anything.

How are you holding up?

I feel like no one's looking at me.

On purpose.

Can you hang on a little longer?

I wanted to talk to Melissa.

Well, maybe you should wait a while.

You were the one who told me that
putting things off didn't make them any

easier.

It's true.

I also told you I'm only right most of
the time, not all the time.

So I really wanted to...

Stop by and just tell you how sorry I am
about Carlo. Well, it's nice of you to

come, Nick.

Oh, this is my attorney, Philip
Erickson.

And also my best friend.

How do you do?

Pardon.

So that's Nick Hogan.

He's the swing boat on the water in the
Falcon Crest Reservoirs.

His boat could break the tie.

And how will he vote?

Oh, he's got some foolish idea about
doing the right thing.

Oh, I don't like that at all.

He continues to think he's part of the
family. But, Angela, he is one of the

family. Oh, never.

There's anything you need, let me...
Very kind.

I didn't expect to see you here,
Richard.

I just came by to offer my condolences.
I didn't know you had time for such

niceties.

Again, my deepest sympathy.

You take care.

Thank you for coming.

Why were you so rude to him? He was just
paying his respects.

Was he now?

Or was he trying to get his hands on
some valuable property, like your

vineyards? If he was, then he came to
the right person.

Because they belong to me now.

Send him in.

Miss Channing? Miss Hunter? What do you
have on the Agredi murder?

Agredi? Oh, that was the guy that was
killed in the Tuscany Valley.

The funeral was this morning. I know
that.

Who do you have covering the story?

Stringer in the Tuscany Valley. Part
-time guy.

I want the best city -side reporter you
got on this. Full -time.

It's not much of a story, Mr. Channing.

It is a great story, Mr. Blair. It is a
murder.

And murders sell newspapers whether we
like it or not. Especially when the

victims are rich and the suspects are
rich and the setting is right.

So I want you to do a little digging.

Investigative reporting, it's called.
You've heard of it?

Yes, sir.

Good.

The police expect Cole.

He'll do fine.

Isn't it a bit obvious?

It could seem awfully convenient.

We don't want to make it too challenging
for the jury. After all, simplicity is

the key to genius.

I don't suppose it hurts that he's
related to Angela Janney.

Bad luck on his part.

That woman has spurned me from the
outset.

It's going to cost her and everyone in
that family.

Good morning, Nick.

Oh, I checked in the price of that paint
you wanted for the house. I'm sorry,

but it's gone up a little bit. Oh, well,
I'm not surprised.

You can't depend on anything these days.

Well, what little extra you might have
to pay for the paint, you're going to

more than make up for with those
irrigation pumps.

I got them at a good price, you'll get
them at a good price.

Now, that won't change. You can depend
on it.

Can I depend on you, Nick?

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

The Board of Supervisors are going to
open my reservoirs for the growers in

rest of the valley.

Yes, ma 'am. So I hear.

Well, I was wondering, how are you going
to vote?

Sorry, I can't discuss that with you.

That's county business.

But it's my water, so it's my business.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, too, Nick.

Of course, if I lose the water, then I
won't need the irrigation pumps, will I?

I hope you understand Nick.

Yes, I understand.

I knew you would.

Good day.

Look at what you did. Look what you made
me do. What I made you do.

If you hadn't been beeping that horn at
me, this never would have... You've got

the overloaded truck with no tailgate on
it. Don't you tell me I'm a loaded

truck, mister. I've been hauling that
thing around for three days now. I

so much as dropped a splinter until you
came up behind me.

Look at this mess.

What was your hurry? I'm sorry.

really sorry.

Look, I'm really sorry.

It was my fault.

I had a lot on my mind.

Hey, I'll help you pick this stuff up.

And don't worry about the fire. I can
fix it in no time.

Please don't.

It's all right.

What is it, Shelley?

There's a gentleman from the newspaper
to see Melissa.

Well, Melissa's in mourning.

Tell the gentleman she's not seeing
anyone. Look, Mr. Compson, my name is

Daniels. I'm from the Globe in San
Francisco. I just have a couple of

You were asked to wait, sir. It
shouldn't take more than a couple of

We're doing a story on Carlo Agredi's
murder.

Show the gentleman out, Shelley.

This way, please.

Maybe you could answer my question.

What is this?

This is the end of the interview, Mr.
Daniels. You can either leave

or be carried out on a stretcher.

The choice is yours.

You there?

Nothing.

Feel better?

Yeah, I do.

Sorry. For what?

For dumping all that emotional garbage
on you. I really feel foolish.

No, it wasn't your fault.

I shouldn't have been honking my horn
like that.

I shouldn't have loaded my truck that
way. I'm really sorry.

Will you stop apologizing?

It makes me nervous.

Yeah, I know.

You're sorry for making me nervous.

There you go.

You're getting back to normal.

Catherine Demery.

Cole Giaberti.

You live around here?

I live right here. These are my
vineyards.

Looks like they're in pretty good shape.

Oh, you should have seen them when my
husband was alive. We used to have a

premium crop.

But now there's really too much work.

You know, if you did a little thinning
out, you'd still get a fine yield this

year.

Looking for a job?

I can't pay you very much, but I could
give you room and board.

That's okay.

You can say no.

It's all right. Anyway, I'm sorry for
all the trouble today.

Too bad.

Did I think about it?

Take your time. Nobody else is going to
take the job.

Remember, it's a lot of hard work and
very little money.

We need a tailgate.

Silence is deafening.

Oh, startled me.

You were on another planet.

Oh, no, not really. I'm just thinking.

Thinking or worrying?

Relax.

Steve Barton's going to meet with Cole.

Barton?

He's a contract attorney.

Yes, and he wrote the one holding Angie
to her agreement with me for half a

falcon crest. He's sharp.

Yeah, but I think we need a criminal
specialist, a trial attorney.

I was thinking more in terms of somebody
from San Francisco.

You're forgetting the most important
thing, darling.

Cole didn't do anything.

He's not even going to be charged.

I just want Barton to be there in case
Sheriff Robbins comes at Cole with more

of his leading questions.

He's been around here a long time. He
can deal with Robbins.

Chase, you're playing politics again.

No, I'm not.

Barton can be tough.

He knows this valley. He knows the
people.

That's what we need. More than some high
-powered ramrods from the city. You're

right. You're right. I'm sorry. I'm
just...

Cole, I need to talk to you. I wanted to
talk to you at the funeral, but there

are too many people.

I know.

I wanted to talk to you, too.

What happened, Cole?

Didn't the sheriff tell you?

I wanted to hear it from you.

I told him everything, just the way it
happened.

It was the truth, Melissa.

You're...

Your father was dead when I got there.

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

There's just something I don't
understand.

You said my father called you.

He did call me.

And he asked you to come over.

That's right.

Knowing how my father felt about you, I
don't understand how he would make such

a call.

And knowing how you felt about my
father, How could you go?

He said you were there.

But I was in San Francisco.

He told me on the phone that you were
there.

And that he wanted me to come over to
settle our differences.

For your sake.

I know. It sounds strange, but I went
anyway.

You didn't tell the sheriff any of this?

No.

I wanted to talk to you first.

Thank you, Carl.

What's that for?

Just call it a vote of confidence.

Dan?

Chase.

I hope this is a social call.

I wish it was, Chase. I wish it was. Is
it cold here?

No.

Well, what's the problem?

I'd like him to come down to the office
and talk to me about that day at the

Agredi place.

What's going on, Dan?

We got a couple partial prints off the
murder weapon, that bronze statue.

You think they're Cole's? It's not an
opinion, Chase. It's a fact. The prints

match perfectly.

If Cole is telling the truth, now's a
good time for him to prove it.

He is telling the truth.

One other thing. We went over the whole
Ligretti place with his daughter and

nothing seems to be missing. So it
wasn't a burglar.

It was straight up out -and -out murder.

Well, you have Cole come see me.

First thing tomorrow morning.

You'll be there.

Okay.

With a lawyer.

Good.

Ligretti's gonna need one.

Melissa. Richard. Thank you for meeting
me here. Rose, would you like something

to drink?

Certainly.

I'm not sure what to offer an expectant
mother.

Mineral water would be fine. Mineral
water it is.

Have a seat.

I was hoping we'd get to know each other
better.

Huh? Especially after what my father
told me about you.

His death must have been a terrible blow
to you. I should tell you my father

warned me about you.

I think all fathers should warn all
daughters about all men.

Well, he warned me in particular about
you.

It seems he thought you were a dangerous
man.

Thank you, Rose.

What do you think?

Do I look dangerous?

I'm not sure.

Why did you want to see me?

At the risk of appearing too anxious.

I'd like to buy your father's house.

You made him the same offer, didn't you?

And he turned me down several times.

And now he's dead.

Yes, he is.

But unfortunate coincidences aside, I
think you and I can be of help to each

other in our time of need.

You don't seem to be in much need.

A home like yours, like you had, it...

It establishes roots for you and gives
you a sense of belonging, of community.

That's something I never had.

But why my father's house?

There are other places.

Property in Tuscany Valley is rarely
available. It's always passed down from

generation to generation.

Listen.

You've got something even more splendid
now.

It's not mine yet.

But it will be someday if you're smart.

But I don't think you can afford to keep
the Agretti place until that day

arrives. I can manage.

With your father's debts?

I doubt it.

You've been researching my finances.

Does that bother you?

I think I'm flattered.

But still, the Tuscany Valley is not the
only beautiful place to live, you know.

No, it's not. That's true.

My father once lived there. He may have
been in love with a woman in that

valley. My mother.

I would like to find out who she is.

And why she abandoned me.

You're not a dangerous man at all, are
you?

One second.

Come on in.

Did you drop something?

Oh, yes, my earring. Oh, let me help you
find it. Oh, no, here it is, right in

my ear.

Yes, it is.

You didn't come down for dinner again.
Are you all right?

Yes. Are you all right, Junior?

Well, I guess I'm fine, I guess.

Well... If you're not absolutely sure,
you want to ask Mother.

She's always telling me how I feel.

You're not feeling well, Emma.

You're tired, Emma.

You want to lie down for a while, Emma.

She's just concerned about you.

Oh, Julia.

Why do you always make excuses for her?

She's worked very hard for us, Emma.

Dear, sweet Julia.

You're so intelligent.

You're so good.

Why do you stay here?

This is my home.

This is our home.

I always thought that a wife's home was
with her husband.

You ought to be with Tony.

I'd rather not discuss that, Emma.

There are a lot of things in this house
that ought to be discussed.

Julia, I wasn't trying to hurt you.

I was, uh... I was trying to help.

You want to see me, Mr. Jennings? Sit
down.

I want this piece on the Agredi murder
rewritten.

I thought Daniels did a pretty good job.

I didn't ask what you thought. I said I
wanted it rewritten.

I want it to, you know, hit harder.

Is that clear?

You want it slanted? I want it turned
upside down. I want it to be

Wine County Wars, the Tuscany Valley
feud erupts into violence.

Mr. Channing, I've been with this paper
23 years.

I don't want your autobiography, Mr.
Blair. I have certain principles.

And I have a newspaper to run.

I want headlines on this murder.

I guess you better take me off this
story.

Now, come on.

Use your head.

You're too old to start over somewhere
else.

You need this job.

What if I do?

Go put some heat.

into this thing.

Take it as a creative challenge.

You

really

have a way with people, don't you,
Richard?

Seemed like a good idea at the time,
Angeline.

Said she needed the pumps. I thought I
could pick them up cheap.

Remember when all you needed was a
screwdriver and a pair of pliers to fix

of these?

Yeah, everything's more complicated
these days.

Practically need college degrees in
engineering and computer technology.

Sorry, Nick, you were saying?

I'm saying that if I vote with you on
the water rights issue, I'm stuck with

about $17 ,000 worth of irrigation
pumps.

Angie wanted them, didn't she?

Well, that was two or three months ago.

Now she says if the Board of Supervisors
votes to release that water from the

Falcon Crest Reservoir, she doesn't need
the pumps.

But she ordered them.

Well, not really. I mean, she was in the
store one day. We talked about the

pumps. I saw a chance to pick them up
cheap, so I jumped at it.

Sounds a little like blackmail to me,
Nick. No, it's just business. Not with

Angela. Nothing's ever just business
with her. It's war.

Somebody wins and somebody loses.

And she usually wins.

Even when she loses.

But if we let her win this one, there
could be a lot of casualties in this

valley.

I know, you're right.

And she's using those pumps to buy your
vote.

That could be true.

I mean, why would she need them if she
doesn't have the water?

I won't be able to unload pumps like
that for a year or more.

So you're going to vote with Angela?

Well, why should it matter, Chase?

It's a lost cause anyway. I mean,
Hartman won't let you vote because of

conflict of interest, you being part
owner of the Falcon Crest. Don't worry

about my conflicts of interest. You
worry about making the right decision.

Oh, it's a tough choice.

I vote my conscience or my inventory. No
matter which way I go, the other takes

a beating.

Nick?

See you later.

Catherine Demery.

The name sounds familiar.

What's she look like?

Oh, what's she look like? Let's see.

She's kind of tall.

She's got auburn hair, about 34, 35.

She owns that property out past the
McKay place.

Oh, she is a kid, doesn't she? I didn't
see any kids.

Her husband died three to four years
ago.

She stays pretty much to herself.

And they say he's determined to hang on
to those vineyards.

Vicki, where do you get all your
information?

I have my methods.

Did I scare you?

That's all right.

Why don't you come on in?

Oh, I'd love to, but I can't. I have to
be somewhere.

I just wanted to bring you this.

Happy birthday.

Well, you're about four months early.

Don't open it till I'm gone.

You're really going?

Don't tell anyone. Remember, it's a
secret.

If you need anything.

If you have any trouble, you call me.

Oh, don't worry about me. I'll be fine.

Now, you can do whatever you want with
that.

Anything you like.

Till I come back.

All right.

Well... I have to go now. It's a... Say

goodbye to Maggie for me.

You take care.

Is that Emma?

Yeah.

I think she's leaving Falcon Crest. She
gave me this.

Leaving? Go where?

She wants to get away from her mother.

Get some help.

What's this?

Her proxy.

For her share of the globe.

This means I can vote 20 % of the stock.

Why would she give you this?

I think she trusts me.

And she wants to spite her mother.

I know Angie.

She'd sell her soul for this.

She still has one.

Miss Julia.

She went upstairs to get Emma.

I understand the water rights issue is
coming up for a vote tomorrow.

Oh, it's just a formality.

The issue's been decided.

Then you know how Mr. Hogan's gonna
vote.

Mr. Hogan is a politician.

He votes his interest.

Emma's car is not in the garage.

She isn't in her room, and most of her
clothes are missing.

Emma is gone.

Morning, Mickey.

Hey, get some time. How about some
breakfast, huh?

Cole, uh... What is it?

Starts on page one.

What?

Oh, no.

Might as well read it out loud.

As the Tuscany County Sheriff's Office
seeks new leads in the murder of

prominent vintner Carlo Agretti, a new
Globe investigation has revealed that a

bitter family feud may have led to the
slaying.

Keep going.

This newspaper has learned that 20 -year
-old Cole Gioberti, son of the co

-owner of Falcon Crest, engaged in a
fierce argument with Agretti several

prior to the slaying.

The two reportedly exchanged threats.

How can they say that?

I didn't kill him.

I didn't have anything to do with it. I
tried to save his life.

It says here you were romantically
involved with Melissa, that you found

body, that you reported the slaying to
the sheriff, that your fingerprints were

found on the murder weapon.

What was I supposed to do? Just leave
them there? Not try and help?

We've gone and forced them to print a
retraction.

How? They haven't told any lies or made
any outright accusations. Just a bunch

of innuendos. If those aren't lies, they
sure know how to stretch the truth.

Keep reading.

Might as well hear the rest of it.

The New Globe has also learned that Cole
Giaberti is no stranger to violence.

He was arrested last year in New York
following an attack upon a high school

teacher.

Now, why do they have to print that?
Those charges were dropped.

Happy endings don't sell newspapers,
dear cousin Richard.

I didn't kill him.

Cole.

Cole.

Whatever it takes, you know we're not
going to let anything happen to you.

I want to be alone right now.

This reporter attempted to interview
Melissa Compson, a Gretty's daughter, at

her new home at Falcon Crest when he was
physically assaulted by a member of the

Channing household.

Now, that's delightful.

How did that happen? I asked Charlie to
show the man out. He was acting very

pushy. All you had to do was invite him
in, offer him a drink, and tell him

absolutely nothing.

I was afraid he would get to Melissa.

But what would she say?

Nothing.

Physical assaults are not the way to
deal with Richard Channing.

Did you hear me, Lance?

Yes, Grandmother.

Question has been called.

However, before we take a vote, let me
do a little clarifying.

An aye vote means that a number of water
reserves currently owned by Falcon

Crest will revert to the county for the
general use of its citizens under the

doctrine of eminent domain.

A nay vote means Falcon Crest will keep
the water.

Are there any questions?

Gentlemen?

You're not starting without me, are you?

You know we can't let you vote on this
one, Chase.

Not so sure about that, Max.

Mr. Gervais, if you were allowed to
participate on an issue that affects you

directly, I'm afraid we'd all be the
lapping stock of the democratic process.

And if you don't allow me to vote, I'll
take legal action against this county.

Sounds like the supervisor wants to be
the laughingstock of the judicial system

as well.

Mr. Chairman.

Go ahead, Chase.

When a fellow supervisor threatens to
sue, I usually yield the floor to him.

In 1958, a court ruled that Michael
Blake, a cement contractor and a member

the Board of Supervisors...

had been unduly denied his right to vote
because of an apparent conflict of

interest. It seems that Mr. Blake was
prepared to cast his ballot for a

competitor in a county construction
project, and the simple fact that he

cement company should not have
disqualified him.

Simply put, I can't be disqualified
either.

As long as my vote doesn't materially
benefit Falcon Crest.

You see that?

Supervisor Blake won a rather
substantial settlement from the county,

Let's not repeat that mistake, Max.

I quite agree.

Mr. Chairman, this is an entirely
different situation. You're out of

John. I suggest we begin.

I shall cast the first aye vote.

Mr. Gioberti. Aye.

Mr. Costello.

Nay.

Mr. Herrera.

Nay.

Mr. Hogan.

Mr. Hogan, please.

Hi. You guys have it? Take a ten -minute
break.

Great moment. We can just convince the
county to buy those pumps.

Hello,

Chase?

You seem to be in the habit of winning.

Look at that, Angela.

A lot of those people are on the verge
of going under.

What they've gained is far more
important than what Falcon Crest is

What you gave up today was a healthy
annuity.

I want you to enjoy the moment while you
can, because I'm sure it will come back

to haunt you.

We located Emma's car.

Where? At San Francisco Airport.

But our people checked with every
airline office, and no one answering

description left on any flight during
the last 48 hours. Well, why would she

drive a car to the airport and then not
take a flight out?

Emma's a lot brighter than we give her
credit for.

She told the car salesman she wanted an
economy model for long -distance

driving, and took it to the airport and
left it.

Never got on a plane.

She obviously wants to mislead us.
Doesn't want to be found at all.

I got it.

Sheriff, hi.

Come in.

Thank you, Maggie.

Dan? Chase?

Well, I hope you've got good news.

I'm afraid not. I presented the case to
the district attorney this afternoon

and... Well.

This doesn't give me any pleasure.

Cole Giberti, I'm placing you under
arrest for the murder of Carlo Agretti.

Next on Falcon Press. Are you saying
that your son wasn't arrested and

with the murder of Carlo Agretti? Being
charged with a crime and convicted of it

are two different things. If Cole didn't
do it, somebody sure went to a lot of

trouble to make it look like he did.

Emma, darling, this is Mother.

We did turn up something of interest.

We're not the only ones who are
searching for Emma. I take my orders

Angela.

And me.

It's the article in the Globe. They got
Cole arrested in the first place.

Arrested? I don't want him arrested. I
want him convicted.