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07x17 - Alterations

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Knots Landing". Aired: December 27, 1979 – May 13, 1993.*
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A spin-off of Dallas, it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of four married couples living on a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle.

07x17 - Alterations

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[theme music]

[mellow music]

MacKenzie, make it quick.

I gotta be in the valley in 20 minutes.

How you doing? How's the wife?

-Good, fine, fine. -Family? Kids?

Real good, real good. What's up?

Well, I'm just trying to find out who decided to leak

this story and try Cathy and Lilimae in the newspapers.

Chelsea, wait in the car, will you?

You want to run that by me one more time?

Yeah, Stan, you know what?

You didn't have enough to take 'em to trial

so you leaked that testimony to the newspapers

and let them do the dirty work?

See, that's where you're wrong, MacKenzie.

We had more than enough evidence to take those two to trial.

-And win? -Well, maybe not.

But we could have made things

very uncomfortable for those two.

Instead, the DA's gonna save the taxpayers some money.

He's the one who decided not to press charges.

Wait a minute, Stanley.

You didn't get your way, so you leaked the story to the papers.

I'm telling you, I didn't.

-Nobody in my office did. -Then who did?

I don't know, I'm telling you.

As far as I'm concerned, this case is closed, finished.

Listen, I got tickets for the game Sunday.

-You wanna go? -Yeah.

Julie!

What is this rag doing on my desk?

I thought you might be interested.

Not in this tripe.

Third page, upper right.

Upper right.

Oh, God.

And then way in the back, I hear this woman screaming

and I turn to the bass player

and says, "Eddie, what is that, man?"

And it's real quiet and then Eddie says,

"I think it's E flat, man."

[scoffs] That is so old.

You wanna hear another one?

-I have another one. -No, no, that's okay.

-Have you seen this? -What?

This garbage.

"Wife and mother present at preacher's death!

"And Cathy Geary, his widow, and Lilimae Clements,

"his mother, were both present on the rooftop

the night Rush fell to his death."

Don't read that crap.

"By withholding this information from the police,

"they allowed an innocent man, Ken Forest,

to be arrested and held for Rush's m*rder."

"We wonder what other facts have been withheld

concerning that fateful night."

Oh, my God.

You could've found an easier way to spring us on her, you know.

This is the official letter of appointment to the commission.

And this, the schedule of the regular meetings

for the remainder of the year.

You'll be expected to attend all of them up in Sacramento.

And what happens if I don't?

Do you tell my mommy?

These are vouchers.

When you're in Sacramento, be sure to fill them all out.

Jill, have I done something to offend you?

I beg your pardon?

You walked in here today with a chip on your shoulder

and I, quite frankly, have no idea why.

All I'm trying to do is stress

the importance of this appointment.

Well, I did not say yes to this appointment

to have my name on some official letterhead.

And I'm well aware of how important the job is.

And I intend to be a very strong voice on the commission.

Well, I'm sure the governor will be happy

to hear that, Mrs. Ewing.

Good day.

[sighs]

[knock on door]

-Come in. -Got a minute?

Sure.

I was dropping some papers off to Abby Ewing.

Right.

What can I say? If they weren't smart enough

to appoint you, they deserve what they get.

I sure would like to know how she got that appointment.

-Oh, political pressure. -Who?

I couldn't find out.

-Well, I-- -Hey, hi.

Whoa, hello. How you doing?

Let's go. Get the show on the road.

-I'm starving. -Oh, Mack.

-Hi. -They're beautiful.

Thank you.

Is this because I didn't get the appointment?

No, it's because I wanted to.

Any board that would have Abby Ewing on it

is not worthy of the services of Karen Fairgate-MacKenzie.

Well, Jill was just saying the same thing, sort of.

Great minds think alike.

See, this is a perfect example

of why I hate those bureaucrats up in Sacramento.

Wait a minute. Jill's one of those bureaucrats

up in Sacramento and she was on my side.

Jill is not one of them.

Well, speaking of those bureaucrats,

the governor's sending you a new administrative assistant.

Oh, why?

[Jill] Because you're gonna be busy on several new

and important cases.

[Mack] Uh-huh.

[Karen] Anybody we know?

Uh-huh.

[Mack] What are you gonna do? Move in and surprise me?

No, of course not.

That's why I'm telling you now.

-Oh. When? -Tomorrow.

And it's the office next door.

Well, that's good news.

I thought so. Well, I have to be going.

I'll see you tomorrow, Mack. Bye, Karen.

-Bye. -Bye.

See, I was wrong. She is one of them.

And she's moving into my territory again.

[sighs]

[man] I think that one of them pushed Joshua off the roof.

-Probably the wife. -You think?

Probably. I don't print probably.

Now, what have you got for sure?

-I got this gut feeling. -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

If this newspaper's gonna get sued,

it's gotta be for a hell of more than your gut feeling.

Find out if she did it, why she did it.

He was sleeping with another woman.

People had been k*lled for less.

-You know that for a fact? -Yes, I checked around.

It was with Ken Forest's girlfriend.

[laughs]

You don't like this Cathy very much, do you?

Look, I got her down as an opportunist.

First of all, it was his show.

She just sang on it a few times.

Then he dies, and suddenly she takes over.

I mean, ambition's one thing, but the way this woman

took advantage of this guy's death is almost ghoulish.

I'll tell you something.

Stories like this have a short lifespan.

Now, if you wanna get paid,

bring me back something that I can use.

Otherwise, forget it.

Well, I finally got him to sleep now.

Let me get out of here.

Where's Jason?

I think he's polishing the limo.

That's nice, that's nice.

I can't believe you're doing this.

I can't believe, actually, that I'm letting you do this.

Think of it as a learning experience.

-A learning experience for whom? -For the both of us.

We'll see whether I really know how to take care of kids.

Yeah, but these are my kids.

Who better to practice on, doll, than your kids?

Don't let him fool you.

He's just looking for an excuse

to get out of the office for a while.

Stick me with running him.

I still don't want you to go.

Aw, sweetie, this is my project.

I'm- I'm really the best person to present it.

And besides, I just-I just love visiting Philadelphia.

You and W.C. Fields.

Look, I talked to Karen, and she promised

she'd look in on you now and then.

If Karen looks in on me,

I'll be arrested for neglect or child abuse or both.

Valene and Lilimae, right over there.

What are you worried about?

I know how to hang up clothes and wash dishes,

and I still have my Boy Scout's merit badge in first aid.

Plus, I know how to cook a mean chili.

Oh, that's good, because this guy loves chili.

You see, we're getting along already.

Now, why don't you get out of here

before you miss your flight?

[sighs]

[car engine idling]

-Bye, guys. -Bye, mom.

Knock 'em dead in Philly, Ma.

I love you.

I love you, too.

So what do you say?

I think the first thing we do is we wash the house, huh?

[Ben] I was happy to hear that the police have decided

not to prosecute you or Lilimae.

Congratulations, ladies.

I'm so glad it's over.

Except that trashy scandal paper won't let it be over.

I mean, it seems to me that people in the media

have no sense of responsibility.

Well, present company excepted, of course.

Okay, everybody, come on, let's eat.

Sonny, why don't you sit right here by Cathy?

-Okay. -Okay?

-Let me give you a hand here. -Oh, thanks, Sonny.

[Cathy] Oh, this looks so good.

I would like to know how they got all the information.

These scandal sheets have reporters

sniffing around everywhere.

Thank you.

I believe they learned it from the police.

Mack said it wasn't the police.

[Lilimae] Well, how else could that newspaper know?

We certainly didn't talk to anyone else.

Mama.

Oh, Lord only knows what else those people found out.

Mama, there's nothing else to find out.

So why don't we all just have some nice dinner

and just forget about this?

Why didn't anybody talk about the good Joshua did?

[Sonny] Yeah, I-I agree.

That show of his was very inspirational.

-Well, you watched it? -Yes, I did.

I always got a great feeling of...

-Comfort? -Yeah.

Yes.

Many of the letters we received used to say that.

Ben, we have got to stop these scandal papers

from telling lies about our family.

Is there something you can do?

Mama, Ben is in television.

Well, it's all the same thing, the media.

Well, to tell you the truth,

I hate that rag almost as much as you do, if not more,

because of the fact that it brings shame on everybody

in the journalistic profession.

But there isn't a lot I can do about it.

Can't you get one of your reporters to go on the air

and tell the truth about Joshua, expose their lies?

Can't you do that?

You owe him that much.

After all, if you hadn't fired him--

Mama, couldn't we please just talk about something else?

We are boring poor Sonny to death.

Don't mind me. I mean, I'm already beginning to feel

like part of the family.

[crickets chirping]

[telephone rings]

Hello.

Congratulations on your appointment.

Well, thank you, Greg.

Hey, I called in quite a few favors

to get you that appointment, so don't make me look bad.

Make you look bad?

I think you can handle that chore pretty well

all by yourself.

When's your first meeting?

Uh, next week.

As a matter of fact, I'm just going over

some of the material right now.

Item six is a water reclamation project.

Don't tell me you have a copy of the agenda.

Listen, item six...

Well, I really haven't had a chance

to go over the proposals yet.

No need to study this one.

I'll tell you exactly how to vote on it.

Wait a minute.

I'll decide for myself how I'm gonna vote.

I tell you, the Outliners started out as heavy metal.

I got 3x plus 7.

They always been new wave.

Why did I get 3X minus 9?

Nobody goes from heavy metal to new wave.

It just isn't the same kind of music.

Oh, I know.

That's why they're so unusual.

About six years ago,

they recorded this album--

-Olivia. -Oh, Jennifer.

Okay, alright. I'll prove it.

I'll call Chris. He's got the album.

You just want an excuse to call him.

No.

[Greg] You don't think that I got you this appointment

because you're a terrific person, do you?

We had a deal, remember?

I don't care what kind of deal you think we had.

Nobody, nobody tells me how to vote.

You'll vote the way I tell you or I'll go to Gary.

[Abby sighs] With what?

[Greg] That you knew all along

that Gary was the sire of Val's twins,

that you knew that the babies were alive all along,

and that you knew that they were kidnapped

and did nothing about it.

[Abby] How long do you intend

to go on using that old threat?

[Greg] As long as it's effective.

[gloomy music]

[soft music]

What's the matter? No answer?

Yoo-hoo.

Hey, dummy, I'm talking to...

What's wrong?

Olivia, are you alright?

What is it? What happened?

Olivia, talk to me.

I don't believe it. I don't believe it.

Believe what? What are you talking about?

Jennifer, go home, please.

-What? -Just go.

[Peter] How about a drink?

Somehow, I-I just can't picture Paul up here.

It's-it's too officey.

I heard he was never here.

Did all his work either out at the ranch

or in that limo we came here in.

Well, that sounds like the man I knew.

What was he like then?

He was a scrapper, always looking for a fight.

When he wanted something, he never rested until he got it.

He was the same way with people.

Very charming when he wanted something or someone.

-He was, huh? -Yeah.

Yeah, he was a rugged-looking guy with a glint in his eye.

[laughs]

We-we fought all the time.

But in the end, he always got what he wanted.

So will we, Ma.

Wouldn't it be great to see me sitting here,

finally getting what's due me?

My birthright.

-And what I get, you get, Ma. -Good.

I'm a little tired of trying to get by

on that piddly monthly check.

You know, you're gonna have a fight

on your hands, don't you?

If he's anything like Galveston,

Greg Sumner will never willingly share any of this.

But the courts will tell him to.

After all, how can he deny his half-brother

a fair share in their father's estate?

That Sonny seems like a nice young man.

He is. He's a good musician too.

-Yeah? -Does Val want to save this?

Oh my, yes. There's some plastic bowls.

-I remember. -Oh, of course you do, honey.

I forgot.

It's so nice to see you back here.

Uh, Cathy, let me ask you something.

Sure.

Do you think it's seemly to be going out

so soon after Joshua's passing?

Going out?

-Yeah, with Sonny. -Oh, Sonny.

No, Sonny and I are just friends, that's all.

Oh?

Lilimae.

Uh-huh. Where's he from?

I don't know. He doesn't talk much about himself.

I thought we were using the dishwasher.

-What? -[scoffs] Oh.

Where is my mind?

-You alright? -Yes.

No.

I keep thinking about that scandal paper.

We should do something.

I don't know. Maybe we should just leave it alone.

Anything we do might make it worse.

But if we just sit here, they'll keep printing that filth.

I mean, we have to stop them.

[birds chirping]

[Greg] Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Something to get you up and get you started.

Get you out to the battle.

I'm only going to school.

Figure of speech.

Now, what do you think that most Americans

are eating right now at this time?

Dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, bah.

You lose. Eggs, bacon, and toast.

Every day it's eggs, bacon, and toast, right? Huh?

Mom usually gives us cereal.

Exactly, cereal.

Every day you get cereal, right?

So I made something a little different for you guys.

A real man's meal. How old are you?

-Three and a half. -Three and a half?

Well, you qualify then, pal.

You're gonna get some.

Hot dogs and beans.

Hey, don't knock it. It's good.

Is it alright to eat for breakfast?

You can eat this stuff 24 hours a day.

Anytime you get up in the middle of the night,

you can eat it, right, Dan? Huh?

-No. -Yes, good morning, Avery House.

-Good morning. -Hi.

How are my two guys?

Terrific. All three of us are terrific, right, fellas?

Huh?

How's Philadelphia?

It's interesting and receptive.

I-I think I'm gonna do a lot of good here for Lotus Point.

Well, I never doubted it for a minute.

-Can I talk to her? -Give me a nickel.

No.

-Hi, Mom. -[Karen] Hello.

Come on in, we're out here.

Did you have your breakfast yet?

Uh, we're eating it now.

Hot dogs and beans.

Oh, I just wanted to see how you boys were doing.

Hello, Dan, how are you?

-Breakfast, huh? -Yeah.

Uh-huh, he read almost three chapters last night.

Up to where Huck falls off the boat.

That's great.

I guess everything's under control then, huh?

Well, I think you have everything under control here.

Yeah, but it's a sham.

Yeah, I know.

Bye, Mom.

Hey, she didn't want to talk to me?

I guess not.

That's great, thank you.

Is that the desk?

Yes.

Looks like a table.

To me, it looks like a desk.

Whatever. Look, the same rules apply as last time.

-Fine. -Until the budget allows,

we use my secretary, Peggy.

I promise not to use more than my share.

Yes, you do that.

The important thing is the job.

This, we keep professional.

Right, professional.

Oh, I didn't know you were back.

Hi, Peggy, what's up?

Gary Ewing called.

He asked if you can meet him tomorrow at Beaumont Motors.

He'd like you to look over a sports car

he's thinking of buying, it includes lunch.

Great, thanks.

Anything for me?

Not a thing.

What's with you and Gary?

Is that a professional question?

-He's married. -I'm well aware of that.

You said you didn't see married men.

He's not married the way you're married, Mack.

Yeah, well, I just don't want to see anyone get hurt

or be taken advantage of,

and Gary's very vulnerable these days.

Oh, it's Gary you're worried about.

I thought it was me.

Well, I'm worried about the both of you.

I've got a meeting with Councilman Bayless.

You know, Mack, you have nothing to say about my personal life.

You want to change that?

Bryant Hotel, the number's on the key.

[somber music]

I want to talk to the person responsible for writing this.

Who are you?

My name is Lilimae Clements,

and I want to see the person responsible

for writing this-this garbage.

He's not here right now.

Then give me his name.

I want to have him face me, and then I'm gonna--

It's against the policy of the paper

to give out the names of its reporters.

Don't you mean that they have to hide

because of all the trash they dredge up?

Are they afraid to stand behind what they write?

Are they ashamed to face decent people?

Lady, you're starting to get on my nerves.

Well, I intend to. You can't go around printing

anything you like.

Oh, yes, I can, as long as it's the truth.

It's guaranteed by the First Amendment

to the Constitution of the United States.

It's called freedom of the press.

Oh.

What do you think you're doing?

Don't you dare take my picture!

You stop that, do you hear me? Stop it, make him stop it!

You get out of my way, you trash!

[telephone rings]

Oh, great, thanks.

[phone buzzes]

Yeah, [inaudible]? Oh, alright.

Hi, Anna, what's up?

It's Olivia, she didn't come home from school.

What?

She never got off the bus.

Well, maybe she missed the bus.

No, she always calls when she does that.

-Was Gary around? -No, I can't find him.

I'm at the stables now.

He went riding about an hour ago.

Well, did she say anything this morning about coming home late?

Sometimes they have projects.

No, she didn't say much this morning.

She just ate and went.

Oh, Mrs. Ewing, the way things are nowadays,

there's no telling what could happen.

Calm down now, Anna.

I can't help it. She could be kidnapped.

Stop it.

I'm sure there's an explanation for this.

Ah, I hope so.

Oh, look, I want you to call the school

and make sure she went to class today, alright?

Then sit down and make a list of all her friends,

anyone you can think of.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

Of course, ma'am.

-Goodbye. -Okay, bye.

[birds chirping]

[car engine revving]

Hey, hey, come here.

[birds chirping]

[horse neighs]

-[blows a raspberry] -Gary, where have you been?

-Been not riding. What? -Olivia's missing.

What?

She didn't come home from school on the bus.

Jess.

Come on. What's going on?

I told you, she didn't come home

from school on the bus.

Did you check with the school?

-Did you call her friends? -Of course I did.

-And? -Mrs. Ewing.

-Gary. Mrs. Ewing. -What?

Olivia's friend just called.

-Who? -Jennifer.

-Is she there? -No.

Olivia asked her to call us to say that she's alright,

but that she's not coming home.

She's not coming home?

What kind of message is that?

I don't understand.

I do, it means she's run away.

Well, then I want to talk to Jennifer.

Great, let's go.

[soft music]

[horse neighs]

Hi.

I was afraid you'd come over.

I tried to talk her out of it.

-You know where she went? -No.

Jennifer, I know you two are best friends, but please,

if she said anything to you, anything at all, please tell us.

Honest, I asked her, but she wouldn't tell me.

Oh, is there anything? It's important.

No, I really don't think she knew where she was going.

Can I use your phone?

Sure, it's right inside, door's open.

Who are you gonna call?

Karen and Mack, and Val, you never know.

I told her what she was doing was wrong

and that she ought to call you herself.

It puts me in an awkward position.

-Did she say why she ran away? -No.

Think hard, please honey, did she say anything?

All she said was, "I can't stay home anymore."

"I can't stand living there." And then she left.

[gloomy music]

[birds chirping]

[music continues]

[car engine revving]

Hey, hop in, cutie.

Uh, um.

Aw, come on, get in.

No, um, I changed my mind.

Thanks, anyway.

[groaning]

[birds chirping]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

Okay, we're gonna need a list of all her friends.

Anyone that she might have gone to.

That's girlfriends and boyfriends.

She doesn't have a boyfriend.

Oh, are you sure? Look, oftentimes in cases--

I said she doesn't have a boyfriend.

Abby. We'll make a list.

Where else have you checked?

-Everywhere we can think of. -How about the hospitals?

Yeah, we've been calling them all day.

-Juvenile hall? -No.

Why would we check there?

She isn't a criminal, she's a runaway.

Has she ever run away before?

-No. -Yes.

Well, she did once, but it was nothing.

-Where did she go? -My ex-wife's.

It was just for a day.

Well, have you checked with her?

Yeah, she's not there.

I don't know, I don't think this is gonna work.

I know it's not gonna work.

It will.

Okay, I can sleep on the floor.

And what about school and food?

It's only gonna be for a few days.

Or just until I decide where to go.

-Well, maybe we could-- -Talk sense.

What are we gonna tell mom when she asks?

She already did.

And you lied to her.

No way, this was before Olivia was here.

You really ought to go home.

I can't go back there, ever.

I don't know where else to go.

Hi.

Oh, hi, honey.

Well, where have you been?

-Working. -Working?

Yeah, then I stopped off.

You stopped off?

Where?

Had a couple of beers.

Oh, good, with who?

"Whom."

With "whom" did you have a couple of beers with?

You know, I was thinking,

we should take off for the weekend.

Take off?

-Yeah. -Where?

I don't know, we'll go down to Laguna

or that great hotel in Santa Barbara, whoa.

Yeah, I remember that great hotel down in Santa Barbara.

It's been a long time since we've taken off together, alone.

Just you and me, huh?

Yeah, just you and me.

I don't think so.

The boys can stay by themselves.

I mean, the one guy votes and they both shave.

We can take off in the morning.

Well, did you hear about Olivia?

No, what about her?

Gary called and Olivia ran away.

Come on.

-Yeah. -Where'd she go?

Oh, she's probably at a girlfriend,

but she'll be alright.

But, I'll go away with you next weekend.

I'd like that.

This weekend, and I'd like that.

-Next weekend. -This weekend.

-[knocking on door] -You see what I mean?

We gotta get out of here.

Olivia.

Hi.

Mom, she'd like to spend the night.

Not the night. I wanna live with you.

[crickets chirping]

Why'd you run away?

I'm sorry I didn't hear you.

Oh, come on, Olivia, you have to talk to me.

What did Abby do to make you run away?

Why does it have to be my mom?

Are you saying it's Gary?

You're not.

Well, that doesn't mean it's her.

Well, if it isn't your mother, and it isn't--

Just because I can't live in that place anymore

it doesn't mean it's because of her.

Move over.

Is it something you've done?

-No. -No.

Is it something you think you've done?

No, it's nothing like that.

Olivia.

Are you upset because your parents aren't getting along?

Well, sure.

Do you think that maybe by running away,

it might help bring them back together again?

Aunt Karen, that's not the reason why I ran away.

Olivia, you're putting us in a very difficult position.

We're gonna have to call Abby and Gary

and tell them you're here.

No, you can't.

They're your parents.

If you make me go back, I'll just run away again.

-Olivia, listen to me. -I will.

And I won't come back here.

[somber music]

Olivia.

Mack has to call them.

They're probably worried sick.

She could care less.

That's not true.

Whatever the problems are between them,

they love you very much.

Is she alright, Gary?

She's safe, but Mack says she's pretty upset.

-About what? -She didn't say.

They wanna know if we'd let her spend the night

and then come pick her up in the morning?

Absolutely not.

Mack, it's fine with us.

Good. It'll be best this way.

Mack, is she alright?

She's fine.

I'll see you tomorrow. Don't worry, she'll be okay.

-Thanks. -Okay.

She'll stay tonight

and we'll take care of the rest tomorrow.

Right.

Why didn't you insist that he send her home?

Because I didn't think that was the way to handle it.

Oh, and you're an expert all of a sudden.

I did what I thought was best.

[sighs]

Gary, I can't figure out why she did this.

Obviously, she's angry with us about something.

-Us? -Yeah.

She's angry with us for something that we've done

or something at least that she thinks we've done.

What would make her angry enough to run away?

I don't know.

[car engine revving]

[birds chirping]

[engine rumbling]

[horn honking]

[inaudible]

Oh, I'm so sorry. Excuse me.

Oh, my God.

[dramatic music]

Lady, you can't do that.

Here, take care of this.

Are you telling me I can't see my daughter?

I didn't say that.

I said your daughter doesn't wanna see you.

Well, I'd like to hear that from her if you don't mind.

What?

Look, don't you two have anything better

to do than to interfere in other people's lives?

Just a second.

Olivia came to us.

Nobody's gonna keep me from seeing my daughter.

[Gary] Nobody wants to, Abby.

All they're saying is to take it easy. Don't go--

[Abby] I don't care what they're saying.

Olivia is not some battered child

who needs to be protected from a couple of monster parents.

She's a 15-year-old runaway, and she's my daughter.

Now, are you gonna try and stop me from seeing her, Mack?

What? No, she's your daughter, go ahead.

-I'll come with you. -No.

[melancholic music]

Let me talk to her alone.

Please.

Olivia.

I told them I don't wanna talk to you.

Well, I wanna talk to you.

[sighs]

Honey, you really gave us a scare.

Whatever reason you had for running away,

I hope you know that Gary and I love you very much...

and we were really worried about you.

[sighs] You should have at least called us

and let us know you were safe.

I mean, we didn't know where you were or what had happened.

We didn't know if you were dead or alive.

[sighs]

You're not gonna say anything?

Okay. It's up to you.

I can't make you talk to me,

but I can make you come home with me.

-I don't think you can. -Olivia, you're my daughter.

Any court in the world would make you come home with me.

If you force me to go back with you,

I will tell any court in the world

that you knew that Gary was the father of Val's twins,

and you knew that they were alive and kidnapped,

and you didn't do anything about it.

You think they would find you a fit mother after they knew that?

Now, tell me how somebody could do something like that?

[music continues]

I don't know.

Oh, honey, it's very complicated.

Yeah, I bet it is.

-Olivia, listen to me. -Stop!

-Let me explain it to you. -I hate you!

-Olivia, Olivia! -I hate you!

And I don't wanna live with you.

If you let me live with Karen and Mack,

I'll keep my mouth shut.

Otherwise, I will tell everyone.

Starting with Gary.

How long do you think he's gonna stay with you

after he knows that, huh?

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

Well?

I think Olivia ought to, spend some time with her Aunt Karen.

[music continues]

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