07x11 - To Sing His Praise

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[Narrator] Next on Knots Landing...

-Joshua. -What?

He's dead.

I know they're going to find out

that we were there, Lilimae. I...

Cathy, you must pull yourself together.

After I gave up everything that I ever wanted in this world,

he turned around and he gave the land to you.

And it's my land and I want it back.

[man] How do you want me to do it?

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Quietly.

[car engine revving]

[tires screeching]

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[police siren wailing]

What happened?

Are you all right, ma'am?

Did you know him?

He's my son.

Well, he would have been 25 in April.

He was born on Easter Sunday.

His address?

[Lilimae] He hadn't been in town long.

But he was very successful. He had his own TV show.

He was very talented. [sobs]

[police officer] I'm sure he was.

[sobs] I want to go with him.

There's nothing more you can do, ma'am.

Oh, please, I want to go to the hospital with him.

That car's not going to the hospital.

Would you like us to notify someone for you?

[gloomy music playing]

[car door opens and closes]

Mama.

Mama.

Joshua...

He's dead.

-[sobs] -What?

-[sobs] He's gone. -Oh, no.

Shhhhh! Shhh!

Shhh!

How did it happen?

I have to tell Kevin.

Okay. All right. I'll go with you. Let's go.

No.

He knows my place.

[sobbing]

-How you doing? -Hi, Mack.

What happened?

He fell from a building in the Mission District.

He fell?

Fell, jumped, or was pushed.

That's the way we have to list it

until the coroner's report gets in.

You think it was suicide?

Yeah.

Mack, he called his mother to meet him.

But he was already dead when she arrived.

Oh, God.

[sighs] Oh, my God.

[melancholy music playing]

??

Good Lord, I didn't hear you coming.

Anybody could make a mistake, Mr. Ewing.

Yep. Anybody who's been paid off.

-In just a minute. -I had another survey done.

A legitimate one.

You were right the first time.

There was no reason to change the original plans.

I told you that.

You told me I had to move the building.

Who bought you, Woodall? Who?

You must know.

I want to hear you say it. Come on.

-[clears throat] Greg Sumner. -Bingo.

Why did he want the building moved?

I have no idea.

There had to be a reason.

He moved the building from one site to the other.

What's the difference between the two sites?

I don't know. I don't know why he did it.

Look, I read maps, Mr. Ewing. I don't read minds.

Man, I hope Sumner paid you a lot of money

because you are never gonna work again.

You understand me?

I don't want you doing a survey for a kid's tree-house.

You got that?

You know, if you had listened to your wife in the first place,

none of this would have happened.

I told her the original survey was correct

when I called her.

You spoke to my wife?

Yes, when I called from Africa.

You must have known about that.

[John] The Ewings are a liability.

[Greg] Oh, the Ewings have always been a liability.

The facility will be operational Monday.

We can't afford to have them involved any longer.

-Listen... -Monday, Greg.

Now, you have a deadline. Get them out.

What if they don't want to get out?

Well, that's up to you, isn't it?

Up to me? What am I supposed to do about it?

You know, that's not a question your father would have asked.

Well, I'm not my father.

Yes, that's becoming increasingly apparent.

I'm not apologizing for it.

I just want you to know that I'm not gonna take this anymore.

You seem to act as if you had some choice in this matter.

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[car door closes]

-[Abby] Hi, honey. -[clicks tongue] Hi.

What are you doing here?

Just looking at my wife.

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I can't remember what I'm supposed to say.

It doesn't matter.

Cathy, listen to me.

Whatever you say,

whatever you do will seem normal.

I mean, there is no normal right now.

I know they're going to find out that we were there, Lilimae.

I know they will. [sobs]

No, they won't. Not unless we tell them.

Cathy, you must pull yourself together.

Now, you've got strength. Use it.

It's so hard. [sobs]

I know it is.

Don't you think it is for me, too?

He was my son.

Oh, Lilimae, we've got to tell them.

No. No, why?

What could you possibly gain by it, huh? Pity?

Poor little Cathy Rush.

Married to a man who tried to k*ll her.

My God, Cathy.

He's dead.

Joshua can't hurt you anymore.

Look...

Look...

What harm can it do...

to let him die with some dignity?

[sniffles]

I don't want people to think my son was a k*ller.

[knocking on the door]

I'm sorry. Uh, the television reporter is downstairs.

Oh, Val, I can't.

Shh. Of course, you can't.

She can't talk to reporters.

You stay here.

I'll do it.

[Linda] We'd like to set up out front if that's okay.

I'm Mrs. Clements, Joshua's mother.

Pleased to meet you.

I'm terribly sorry.

Is Mrs. Rush available?

No, I'm afraid not.

We'd really like to interview her, too.

I-I, I'm afraid Mrs. Rush is in no condition to speak

to anyone right now.

[Linda] I understand. This won't take long.

I'm just going to ask you a few questions about your son.

[Lilimae] All right.

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[Linda] The tragic death last night

of television evangelist, Joshua Rush,

came as a shock to his family.

And you don't think he took his own life?

-No. -Why?

Because he knew that was wrong.

He was a man of...

He was a man of principle, a religious man. [sobs]

He knew it was loved by many.

Is loved by many.

[doorbell rings]

[Lilimae] I know he did not take his own life.

[Linda] What do you think happened to him?

-Hi. -Hi.

[Lilimae] What difference does it make?

-My son is no more. -[door closes]

I just...I don't want to talk about it right now, okay?

[Lilimae] Nothing else seems important.

Thank you, Mrs. Clements.

This is Linda Seniff reporting for KVGS.

[man] We now continue with our biggest...

Was I all right?

Did I say the right things?

You were perfect.

So hard to think when they point that microphone at you.

I'm so sorry.

Why does she insist on saying those things about him?

She talks about him like he was some kind of a saint.

It really doesn't matter.

Yes, it does matter to me, Karen.

Val, I understand how...

No, Karen, you don't understand, no.

Where are the carrots? I forgot the carrots.

Where are they? Where are they? Here they are. Here they are.

You know how I... I should feel. [sighs]

I mean I should feel sorry.

I should feel lost. And I just don't, Karen.

-It's all right to feel... -It is not all right!

Would you stop being so understanding!

I can't remember if I gave them their vitamins today or not.

[gloomy music playing]

Karen, he was my brother.

Now, why didn't I...

why didn't I try to help him.

-You did. -No.

It's just not right this way.

I should not feel...

relieved.

My brother's dead.

I... I... I, I'm gonna get the kids.

[sighs]

[crickets chirping]

So, what did the geologist say?

That Sumner bought him.

You knew that. What else?

Any new names?

Nope.

Come on.

Come on, Bobby, we're gonna go over there.

You know, if you want me to help you,

you have to tell me everything you know.

I just did.

Okay.

Gary.

Look.

You gotta keep me informed,

so let me know if you find out anything more.

-Won't you? -[man] Well, I'm here.

[indistinct chatter]

-Mm. -Keep me informed.

Yeah, right.

You like it, huh? [laughs]

Come here.

-Here you go. Yeah. -[Karen laughs]

[Karen blabbers]

-Karen. -Come here. Yeah.

I'm sorry that I...

-I mean, I didn't mean to... -[Karen] Forget it.

Oh, you like this. You like this.

I worry so about how they're gonna grow up.

I mean, under different circumstances,

Joshua might have gone on to...

What if I'm not a good mother and...

-Val... -What?

You are a good mother.

You're never gonna stop worrying about your kids.

That's just part of being a parent.

-Yeah. -Hi.

Hi.

-Hi. -Hey there!

How they doing?

They're doing fine. They're always doing fine.

I'm just glad they don't know what's going on.

Listen, I, uh... I can't stay. I just came by to...

Well, I'm glad that you did, Gary.

Oh, look. No, that's all right.

-Can you... -[Karen] Go.

Go ahead. I'll finish up.

Mommy'll be right back.

[baby cooing]

You know, I told you I was staying

-at Cathy's apartment, didn't I? -Mm-hmm.

Well, you know, she was considering taking him back.

It was nice of you to, uh, let her stay at your house,

but that was just temporary.

She and Joshua were gonna work things out.

I know, I know. I just wanna know where she is, that's all.

Well, she's still upstairs resting.

[Laura] I understand, Lilimae, I understand.

I was trying to explain

-why she's so tired. -I understand.

Lilimae, I understand.

Lilimae, you let me know

if there's anything I can do, all right?

I will, thank you.

You know, I should call Jonathan again.

I've, uh...

Well, I've notified everyone else.

Boy, how I keep forgetting things.

Oh, no, mommy, you're doing fine.

You're doing just fine.

Well...

Now we've both lost brothers.

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I'm so sorry.

-Gary. -Hi, Ben.

-I was just... -All right.

Goodnight.

[Ben] Here it is.

[Lilimae] Oh, I just hate this picture... [sobs]

[sobs]

Shh.

[sighs]

I keep thinking he's gonna walk through the door,

come barging in on me.

God, it just doesn't seem real.

It's gonna be okay, you know?

Laura, why is this happening to me?

Look, it could have happened to anyone.

It didn't happen to anyone. It happened to me.

Why did he change like he did?

You know, I just keep thinking...

[Laura] Don't.

-Maybe I... -Look, don't.

Maybe I should have...

Don't do this to yourself. All right?

Look, I know that you're going through a really rough time.

I also know that you decided to go back with Joshua.

-What? -[Laura] Lilimae told us.

Oh, honey, I guarantee you it wouldn't have mattered.

I mean, if you had gone back with him,

you couldn't have stopped him from doing what he did.

Food. Nobody ever eats it.

Hey, another news report is coming on.

Michael. Michael eats everything.

-Oh, Mack. I couldn't bear it. -I know.

-One of my kids. -Oh, I know.

You know, I just couldn't figure Joshua

for committing suicide.

He was so violent.

Yeah, but I just didn't think he'd k*ll himself.

Cathy.

I just wanted to get something to eat.

[Linda on TV] All deaths are untimely to family and friends.

Joshua Rush's tragic end came just as...

[Mack] Here it is.

[Linda] The charismatic television personality

was growing well beyond California.

[Lilimae] Joshua's picture is on the news.

[Linda] ...had become a street feature

where his body was found.

I think that's a nicer picture.

[Linda] The circumstances of the TV personality's death

has focused considerable attention on the case,

but the coroner's office has officially listed the death

as suicide.

KVGS will keep you informed.

It wasn't suicide.

It wasn't suicide.

[gloomy music playing]

[dishes rattles]

They got his age wrong. He was 24, not 25.

You'd think they'd at least get that right.

Why don't we do these in the morning?

I don't want to do them in the morning, Ben.

-I want to do them now. -Hey!

Ben, I'm not tired, okay?

Okay, I'll help.

He did it to spite us, to make us responsible.

I am not responsible for him.

Of course, you're not.

He wants us all to feel bad.

Well, I'm not going to do it, Ben.

I don't feel bad, and I'm not going to pretend like I do.

I'm not going to, Ben.

I'm just not going to. [sobs]

[Greg] Okay, it's simple.

I'm willing to pay you 100% of the market value

for all of the land that my father gave you.

-Why? -Because I want to own it.

-Why? -What do you mean, why?

Because I want Empire Valley to myself.

Why else would I make such an offer?

That's my question.

Gary, Greg is offering you twice what the land is worth.

No, no, no.

If that's his offer,

then it's not twice what Empire Valley is worth.

It's exactly what it's worth to him.

I want to know why it's worth that to you.

Well, you above all people, Gary,

shouldn't have to ask that question.

You know what land means,

what land is meant to the Ewings.

Land is the foundation of your family's fortune,

your family's dignity.

Empire Valley was my father's land,

my family's land, and I want it back.

Why?

[Greg] I just told you.

Listen, Paul Galveston should have never given you that land

in the first place, and in your heart you know that to be true.

So why are you asking me to state the obvious?

[phone rings]

I gave up the United States Senate

to run Empire Valley for my father.

My father died.

Now it belongs to me.

Now, Paul Galveston was a b*stard,

but he was my father, not yours.

The United States Senate for that land.

I became a Galveston for that land.

I admitted to the world that I was his son for that land.

And after I gave up the Senate,

after I gave up everything that I ever wanted in this world,

he turned around and he gave the land to you.

And it's my land and I want it back.

That was very well said.

Oh, but you expect me to believe you meant it, don't you?

I meant it, friend.

And what's unfortunate here

is you have no idea how much I meant it.

[suspenseful music playing]

We are operational tomorrow, Gregory.

Listen, I need more time to convince them to sell.

We have run out of time.

Hello?

Hello?

How do you want me to do it?

[sighs]

Quietly.

[ominous music playing]

[thuds]

-Mack? -Ah, we were gonna be discreet,

-remember? -Discreet?

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I own the place.

You're the one that's trespassing.

sh**t me. I'm just saying you better be careful.

[laughs]

What have you seen?

Nothing. Not a bloody thing.

Sumner offered to buy me out today.

Twice the market value.

[Mack] Hm.

He started out trying to con me and by the time he was finished,

he was angry enough to tell me the truth.

The truth is, he's as much out of control of all this as I am.

That ought to scare the hell out of you.

[Gary] Yeah.

It was an amazing revelation, really.

You know, it might be more amazing

to find out what all this is.

[Gary] Well, I'll tell you what it was supposed to be.

It was supposed to be my chance to do things the right way.

This was gonna be a model for city planners

all over the world.

But that ain't what it turned out to be.

This is not what it was supposed to be, not now.

It's not over yet.

Everything's changed, Mack.

Nothing is the way I planned it.

They're gonna pay for what they did here. Yeah.

[soft music playing]

Yeah. Whoever they are.

-Call me. -Yeah.

[gasps]

Val! Val!

God bless you.

I had to hear it on television.

What happened to my son?

It was an accident, Jonathan.

Joshua...Joshua had...had... had called me to talk and...

something happened before I got there and he fell.

Fell where? Why... why didn't he come here to talk?

Well, Joshua was preaching downtown.

He wanted me to meet him there.

-May I have some water, please? -Yes.

-I'll go. -No, I'll go.

What happened?

Well, he...

This is my husband.

Ben, this is Joshua's father.

-What happened? -He committed...

He committed suicide.

Come on in.

I'm sorry. Come on.

[gloomy music playing]

I...

I...

I... I... I've got to start...

on the... on the funeral service.

Oh, I have some...

television sermons of Joshua's if you'd like to see them.

No.

No, no. I, uh...

The, uh...the less...

we, uh...

we remind the public about that...

of, uh, that... part of his life.

The better, I think.

Well, Joshua had a... a fine television program.

You would have been proud of him.

I was proud of him until he came here.

What did you do to my son?

I tried to make a home for him.

God protect me. I could k*ll you...

Don't you dare touch her! What are you doing?

Don't you dare talk to her that way?

You were the one who raised him!

Val! Val...

-What? -...please leave us alone.

I... I tried to... make him feel...

worthwhile... loved.

You taught him to seek after fame and glory.

And it k*lled him.

Body and soul.

He's damned!

Don't you dare judge him!

God in heaven judges him, woman!

Even you must know that

there is only one unforgivable sin.

My son did not k*ll himself!

[Jonathan] Your son?

Where were you when your son was growing up?

You chose the profane.

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I tried to mold him in God's image.

In God's image? [sobs]

Oh, you...you mean in your image, Jonathan.

I mean, look here.

Oh, it's... it's Jonathan Rush's son.

Oh, isn't he a nice boy? He's a perfect boy.

Oh... He certainly does reflect well on his father.

Why, Joshua's living proof that the Reverend Jonathan Rush

must be a fine man.

You waved him like some kind of trophy

in front of your congregation.

He told you that?

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He was all I had.

I did the best I knew.

We both did.

[car engine revving]

[tense music playing]

[tires screeching]

[gloomy music playing]

-Oh, my God, honey. -It's just a cut.

I've been so worried about you.

I thought maybe you had an accident.

Somebody ran me off the road.

-Then you did have an accident. -Yeah.

Like Frank Elliot had an accident.

Gary, take Greg's offer. Sell Empire Valley.

What's Sumner doing out there?

Building a communications complex? I don't know.

Come on, Abby.

I found out about the surveys.

You've been in on this from the beginning.

What else do you know about that I should know?

Surprise me.

I did what I thought was best for us, Gary.

-For us? -Yeah.

Maybe I made a mistake.

Maybe I got us in over our heads, but...

Greg is offering us a way out now.

Some things I don't do for money.

Look, I don't care about what you think about

the way I go about things, but I'm not lying now.

I don't know what they're planning out there.

I really... I don't know.

I just know that they k*lled Frank Elliot

because he got too close to the truth,

and they're not going to stop

short of doing the same thing to us.

Please, Gary, please sell.

You know, the funny thing is I want to sell.

I really do.

Because I am sick to death of that place.

But I can't.

Because on land that I own, on a site that I approved,

something terrible is going on, and I don't know what it is.

If I sold out, I'd be more to blame than I already am,

and I want my conscience clear.

[laughs] It's funny, isn't it?

I want my conscience clear. I haven't even done anything.

God, are we different.

[gloomy music playing]

I saw you on the news, your son changed my life.

I'll never forget him.

[man] I feel like he's still alive.

Abby, where's Gary?

Oh, he had an accident last night.

-What? -Nothing serious.

He just needed to rest today.

-He's okay? -Yeah, he's fine.

-Watch it. -Oh, I'm so sorry. It's alright.

[dramatic music playing]

What are you doing here?

Paying my respects, what does it look like?

What did Gary say?

I need more time.

Gary said no.

I need more time, Greg.

You ain't got it, because I ain't got it.

What do you want me to do?

The streets are m*rder, Abby.

If I were you I'd start driving an armored car.

And behold, this day, I am going the way of all the earth.

And thou shalt come to thy grave

in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in its season.

He was not in a full age.

God tested Job's faith.

Accepting death...

is a great test of faith.

Accepting the death of one's...

child is surely the greatest test.

A lifetime of advocating faith

is insufficient preparation for this.

[gloomy music playing]

When faith is so sorely tested...

When faith is so sorely tested, there is...

there is still hope.

There is still love.

For now, we see in a mirror, darkly.

But then, face to face,

now I know in part, but then shall I know fully...

even as I am known...

for now abide

faith, hope, and love.

[Jonathan] And the greatest of these is love.

God grant you eternal rest, son.

[gloomy music continues]

May you have the peace you never knew...

[Lilimae sobs]

...the peace that we can never know on Earth.

Amen.

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♪ Amazing grace! ♪

♪ How sweet the sound ♪

♪ That saved a wretch like me! ♪

♪ I once was lost ♪

♪ But now I'm found ♪

♪ Was blind, but now I see ♪

♪'Twas grace that taught ♪

♪ My heart to fear ♪

♪ And grace My fear relieved... ♪♪

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[beeping]

[alarm buzzes]

[beeps]

[machine whirring]

Incredible.

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