09x27 - Discovery

[bunniefuu]

[woman] Oh, my God, fire!

This guy may go to the federales,

you don't know him, let's dig it up.

Well, he wants his money.

Now, come on, let's get out of here

before they wonder where we are.

Get rid of Paige Matheson.

She seems to be the source of an awful lot of grief.

Who is she, anyway?

Isn't she your girlfriend, Johnny?

Manny Vasquez is 36 ways from Sunday.

-How does Frank know? -[Mack] He's been watching him.

He's running drugs through Lotus Point!

-You sure it was Ben? -Of course it was Ben.

His voice was right here on this tape.

I even played it back before I saved it.

Maybe one of the kids accidentally erased it.

Bye-bye, Ben.

[theme music]

[people clamoring]

[indistinct chatter]

Well, I'll see you at breakfast.

[gentle guitar music]

Alright, he saw everything, let's dig this thing up.

-No. -What?

If he was going to do something, he would have done it.

Oh, come on. You don't know this guy.

He may go squeal to the federales, let's dig it up.

All he wants is money. Now, come on.

Let's get out of here before they wonder where we are.

[Karen] You should be embarrassed about what you did.

[Mack] I just asked the guy a couple of questions.

You asked...

-You gave him the third degree. -He lied.

[Karen] He was very straightforward, Mack.

I don't know what's gotten into you.

Maybe I'm angry at the questions I didn't ask him.

Like, "Mr. Vasquez, why do your bodyguards

carry automatic weapons?"

What?

I guess that's how he handles passenger complaints.

You know, I should have asked him, "Mr. Vasquez,

do you really find a need to wear a bulletproof vest?"

What?

You think he's making a fashion statement?

Or the one about, "Hey, Manny,

why do you carry around $100 bills

in your attache case, huh?"

I guess he doesn't like to wait in line at the bank.

What are you talking about?

Between dinner and dessert, Frank Williams reported in.

Manny Vasquez is 38 ways from Sunday.

-How does Frank know? -He's been watching him.

You know how Manny affords those $1,500 silk suits?

He's running drugs through Lotus Point!

[tense music]

[woman] Alright, [indistinct].

[man] Yay!

-Chava. -Yeah?

How much do you want?

What?

You're gonna make me pay sooner or later,

and I'd rather it be sooner.

Oh, I see.

You're in Mexico, so you take one look at me

and you assume that I want a bribe.

Don't you?

Look, I don't want that highway coming through here either.

Sweetheart, what you did is wrong.

But it may buy us some more time,

so I'm gonna turn my back.

Now, I guess that makes me as unethical as you,

but, see, I want to make a genuine

discovery in Santa Tecla,

so please, don't insult me

by thinking that I want your money.

I'm sorry.

It's awful late for you, honey.

Why don't you go on upstairs,

and I'll be up for a little while?

-Oh, Mom. -What?

I didn't get a chance to do any of my homework.

That's alright.

[sighing] Why don't you just get a good night's sleep

and stay home from school tomorrow?

Finish it then.

When I finish it, can we go see Olivia?

Honey, she's gonna need some time alone now.

Is she still sick?

In a way, yeah.

Are they afraid she might try it again?

[sighing]

[Valene] I-I know it's late,

but I-I wanted to play this for you...

after the kids were asleep.

Okay.

[cassette player whirring softly]

[scoffs] I guess I forgot to rewind.

[sighs]

You sure it's working?

Yeah, of course it's working.

[cassette player beeping]

[cassette player] Hi, it's Gary, um,

-I'm not gonna be able to... -See?

It's working.

Rewind.

Play.

[tense music]

[Valene sighs] Rewind.

Come on. This...

[scoffs] This doesn't make sense.

-You sure it was Ben? -Of course it was Ben.

I-I didn't erase it. No, I-I...

His voice was right here on this tape.

I-I even played it back before I saved it.

Maybe one of the kids accidentally erased it.

Yeah, maybe.

Don't do that to me.

I didn't make this up. I didn't imagine it.

I didn't dream it. His voice was on this tape.

He did call me!

I didn't say you did make it up.

Look, Val, it's been a rough time for everybody.

[Valene sighing]

[instrumental music]

I'm so...

Karen said, uh--

Karen tells me you aren't sleeping well.

No, of course I'm not sleeping well, I...

I can't sleep. My...

my mind just keeps racing.

Gary, what's happened to him?

Why doesn't he just

come home right now?

You know, just walk through that door and...

put his arms around me,

just tell me that everything's gonna be okay.

The more I think about all this, the more I worry.

And the more you worry, the less sleep you get.

-Yeah. -Look, it's not good for you or the kids.

-You need to relax. -I just... I can't.

Val, let me take them for a couple of days.

Oh, no, don't. That's not necessary.

I need them here, I need the responsibility.

Oh, honey, you don't want them to see you like this.

Take some time off. Uh, go to the afternoon movies.

-Take some long baths. -Oh, no.

Whatever it takes to help you unwind.

-I can't, I'm just... -Sure you can.

...too...

Look, I'm just-- I'm shaking.

Stop shaking.

-[Valene sighing] -Just stop it.

-[whispers] Okay. -[Gary chuckling]

[intense music]

Bye-bye, Ben.

Hope to hear from you again real soon.

[Gary] Hello?

In the bedroom, Gary!

-Hi. -Hi.

Give me a hug. It's been a rough night.

-Oh. -[Gary sighs]

-What's the matter? -[lips smacking]

Val.

-Did you hear Ben's message? -There was no message.

-The tape was blank. -Blank?

Yeah, either somebody erased it,

or it was never there to begin with.

Gary, you don't think Val's inventing all this, do you?

Oh, I don't know.

She's always been a little high-strung.

-Could you do that? -Yeah.

High-strung is one thing, but, uh,

what you're suggesting makes her sound crazy.

Yeah, well, a few years ago,

when she thought the babies were dead,

she did go a little crazy.

She's always been nervous,

but I thought that she was just uncomfortable around me still.

[sighing] She's nervous. She's not sleeping.

She wants me to hear a-- a tape with Ben's voice on it,

then she can't find the stupid thing.

Well, not sleeping will wear you down pretty quick.

Yeah, listen, um...

I know I should have asked you first,

but I asked Val if I could have the kids

for a couple of days, just to give her a break.

-I hope you don't mind. -No, of course not.

I'm sure Val could use a rest.

[phone ringing]

Hello? It's Karen.

Yeah.

Karen? It's...

G... Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. Um...

it's, uh, gonna take me about half an hour.

Alright. Bye.

Karen and Mack want me to come over to Abby's house.

There's some problem at Lotus Point.

Gary, it's 11:30.

Yeah, well, it must be a big problem.

You know, the last few days I've been

thinking a lot about Olivia,

and how I missed her signs of depression.

And I keep thinking if I paid a little bit more attention,

maybe I could have stopped her from taking those pills.

And tonight, I was wondering if...

maybe I'm missing some signs with Val as well.

Gary, you don't think Val's suicidal, do you?

No, I don't think so.

No, no. No, I'm--

I'm sure she's not.

Don't wait up.

I'll keep the bed warm.

[instrumental music]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hello?

-Hello? -[tape] Hi, it's Ben.

Going to try as soon as possible.

[phone clicks]

Ben?

Don't go, Ben.

[Val] As soon as possible what?

Ben? Oh, God.

[Valene breathing heavily]

-[operator] Operator 22. -Operator.

[operator] Yes, it's the operator.

Can I help you, please? Hello? Hello?

Operator, I- need you to trace a call.

I just got a long-distance phone call from South America.

[eerie music]

[Valene sobs]

♪ Tra-la-la, doo da dee dee ♪

[Valene] My husband just called me from South America.

♪ You're welcome from the flowers ♪

[indistinct lyrics]

[Gary] Didn't you look into this guy's background

before you signed a contract with him?

[Karen] Of course we did.

And the report on his company was favorable.

At the time, it seemed like a good business decision.

It was attractive and legitimate.

As a matter of fact, we're already starting to show a profit.

Oh, well,

maybe we ought to look the other way,

if we're showing a profit, I mean,

what's a little cocaine traffic at Lotus Point?

He didn't exactly walk in wearing a sign

saying South American Drug King.

Mack, why here? Why Lotus Point?

Because it's close to LA,

which is the biggest coke market in the United States.

And with the expanded marina,

you can handle all the drug traffic you want.

And it was Charles' idea.

-What was? -Expanding the marina.

He was the one who wanted to do it.

As a matter of fact, he practically insisted on it.

That's why he came here to Lotus Point.

Well, I'm-I'm gonna forget about Charles

and figure out how to get rid of Manny here.

To start with, don't let these people know you're suspicious.

What are we supposed to do? Sit on our thumbs?

[Donner] We'll put them under surveillance.

We'll check out whomever they come in contact with.

We'll trace the registration on their boats.

We'll do everything we can.

What about Charles Scott?

[Donner] We'll check him out, too.

But all of this is going to take time.

You tip our hand they'll bolt.

How much time are we talking about?

Uh, it's no-no way of telling.

We'll just move out as quickly as we can.

-Well, what do we do until then? -Nothing.

Nothing?

Nothing.

[Johnny] Have you ever seen the inside of a Mexican jail?

They don't serve you tea and scones.

[Paige] Don't worry about it.

[gentle guitar music]

We're committing a fraud.

Mmm, and we're going to get away with it.

How do you know Chava's not working for them?

Who is them?

Whoever it is who wants to put the highway through.

Maybe Chava's just setting us up.

And they already know what we did.

[Paige] Well, we could deny it.

If they were going to catch us at anything,

the time to have done it was last night.

You're putting too much faith in logic.

Trust in serendipity.

Johnny, the hard part is over. Relax.

We're going to end up in history books.

If it's all the same to you, when you tell your little story,

leave me out of it.

[music continues]

Dr. Hyland!

Dr. Hyland!

Dr. Hyland!

They found what?

A pre-Columbian statue, sir.

Of all the dumb luck.

-When did they find it? -This afternoon.

What about that federale you've been paying off?

What does he say?

Well, there's nothing he can say, sir.

It's a-it's a national treasure.

The government is gonna step in and stop the highway.

I don't care if he found the crown jewels of Montezuma.

That highway's going through.

And you'll be on the next flight back.

Right away, sir.

[Greg] I thought I'd see you yesterday.

It's not like there are flights out of Santa Tecla

every hour, on the hour.

[Greg] A little bubbly for the conquering hero?

-All of this for me? -Absolutely.

Here's to perseverance, luck,

and pre-Columbian artifacts

wherever we might find them.

[glasses clinking]

[chuckling] I'm overwhelmed.

Yeah, I like to overwhelm.

What would you like to start with,

the pink stuff or the green stuff?

Um, the salmon mousse looks wonderful.

You got it.

You know, you could have knocked me over with a feather

when you told me that you actually found

something down there.

I thought for sure you were gonna be skunked.

Oh, ye of little faith.

Tell me about the statue again.

Well, the pieces they found

are of a man carrying a water jug,

holding onto the straps around his forehead.

The statue's about, uh...

ten inches high.

That's great.

It ought to be perfect, next to the statue

you bought the other day.

I didn't buy one.

What a coincidence, that...

I buy a pre-Columbian statue

a couple of days before you found yours.

I can't wait to see mine.

What makes you think...

that I'm the only one who will notice the coincidence?

No one will notice anything if you just pay the bill.

Ah.

Well, come on. You're not gonna turn me in.

Are you kidding me?

I appreciate initiative.

Well, I'll take that as a compliment.

Thank you. It's nice to be appreciated.

Well...

next time...

you should let me in on what I'm buying,

so that when I'm asked if I like it,

I'll have an answer.

[instrumental music]

How long do I have to stay here?

Until we feel confident you won't try something

like taking all those pills again.

Why?

-What does it matter? -It matters to me.

It matters to a lot of people.

[Olivia] You don't really care.

My mother's paying you to care.

[counselor] Your mother is paying the hospital,

but she has no control over the way I feel.

[Olivia] You think so?

You know, if she doesn't like what you're doing,

she'll buy the hospital and kick you out.

[counselor] Wouldn't I be able to talk with her

and tell her how I was feeling?

[Olivia] But if she didn't like what you were saying...

she'd lie to you,

and then she would make things happen

the way she wants them to happen.

That's the way she is at work.

That's the way she is with her friends,

and her lovers.

That's the way she is with me.

[counselor] That doesn't sound very loving.

[Olivia] She says she loves me,

but everything she does makes me feel bad.

[counselor] Olivia, you may have some very good reasons

to feel depressed.

What you don't realize

is that you don't have to be depressed forever.

Things change. You can change.

[Olivia] You don't understand.

No one understands.

I will never have a life for myself.

I will always be doing what she wants me to do.

I hate her.

I hate her.

That sounds great. I wish I was going.

Well, we need volunteers.

Most of the diggers are students.

-So I could go? -Sure.

I didn't know you were interested in archaeology.

He's not interested in archaeology.

He's interested in going to a tropical climate

where the pretty little [indistinct] live in tents,

and wear skimpy little clothes because of the heat.

I am interested in archaeology.

It just so happens I did a paper last semester

-on the Mayan ruins. -[laughs] "Mey-an."

-Mayan. -"Mey-an."

-Mayan! Me-- -Mayan?

And you're not interested

in pretty little girls with skimpy clothes on?

-Mayan. Mack. Mom? -[Mack laughs]

How do you plan on finishing this semester?

I'm acing everything.

I'm sure that I could talk to the teachers

into letting me out early.

I don't know.

I don't particularly want to spend another summer

working down at Lotus Point.

I always get the crummy jobs.

Probably end up swabbing the decks

or scraping barnacles down at the marina.

I'll think about it.

I'll think about it.

I think it'd be great for Michael

to get out and see other parts of the world.

Give him a different slant on life.

And?

And? And?

Mmm. Oh, garlic.

And?

And it'll be safer at Santa Tecla,

than in the marina at Lotus Point.

They've completed enough of the marina at Santa Tecla

to be able to send up two yachts on Saturday.

We should be doing three or four times that amount.

But we can't get the damn product

across the damn highway

to the damn boats.

Is it absolutely necessary for the highway

to go right through the middle of the dig?

Can't they swing around?

We don't have the time.

I have commitments that have to be met.

I can't afford any more delays.

Charles Scott set me back a month

with his tryst with Abby Ewing.

And Harold's little escapade with her daughter

didn't help either.

And I am not about to let a ten-inch clay figure

ruin a hundred-million-dollar operation.

What would you like me to do?

[sighs] I'd like you to pave

right up to that campsite.

You do everything but pour asphalt on them,

until you can discredit the find.

You muddy the waters.

You bring in an expert to say it's a fake.

And, uh, get rid of Paige Matheson.

She seems to be the source of a lot of grief.

Who is she, anyway?

-She works for Greg Sumner. -What's his interest in this?

Strictly archaeological.

He's interested because she's interested.

Isn't she your girlfriend, Johnny?

I can hardly call her my girlfriend.

I've seen her from time to time.

She was with you in Santa Tecla.

[Johnny] I could see she might be a problem.

I figured I'd better get to know her.

You're a good-looking kid, Johnny.

You use it.

Convince her to get out of there,

and take her support money with her.

Counting on you.

[Johnny] Consider her gone.

Good.

You don't happen to have any girlfriends down there

that I should know about, do you?

No.

It's reassuring to know that somebody who's working for me

isn't sleeping with the opposition.

I want you to go down there

and make sure that there are no more problems

with the highway through Santa Tecla.

Brian, my man, um...

I'm stuffed, I don't think I can eat the rest of this.

Want to help me out?

Oh, alright.

-Thanks. -Yeah.

If you want to watch TV, why don't you take it upstairs,

but bring the plate down when you're finished.

[Brian] Okay.

[Abby chuckling]

[lips smacking]

How's he doing?

Not too bad.

A little irritable at times,

but the hospital counselor says

that's a normal reaction to Olivia's situation.

And Olivia?

Not so good.

She's still very depressed...

and she doesn't have a very high opinion of her mother.

Not that I can blame her.

Ah, Abby, you're being too hard on yourself.

It's a nice sentiment, Gary, but somehow you lack conviction.

-[chuckles] Abby! -[Abby] No pep talks, Gary.

Please.

When's Olivia coming home?

As soon as they can be sure she...

won't try it again.

So I wait.

I wait at home to see if I'm going to have a daughter.

I wait at work to see...

if I'm going to have a business.

Have you heard any more about the investigation?

No.

Well, I've been doing a little investigating on my own.

Turns out you were right.

Manny and Charles sit on the board of directors

of at least half a dozen holding companies.

They're in this together.

[Olivia] I can't believe they're letting you go to Mexico.

[Michael] I was surprised they agreed so quickly.

And you're leaving this morning?

Yeah, we have a flight at 11:00.

You're lucky.

Karen and Mack listen to what you say,

and they let you do stuff.

Olivia, I know things look bad

with your mother right now, but--

Oh, are you going to give me the lecture, too, huh?

"Things just will change. You're going to feel better."

The doctors don't understand what I'm going through,

and neither do you.

You have never felt so bad

that you wanted to k*ll yourself.

Yes, I did.

I never told anyone.

Not even Eric.

I was too embarrassed.

[Michael sighing]

You know, when Paige first moved in with us,

we started sleeping together.

Paige?

I was in love. I mean, really in love.

And I thought she loved me.

Paige doesn't love anybody but herself.

She used to sneak into my room...

and then my mom found out.

But she didn't like it, so she told us to stop.

Her house, her rules.

So I got mad.

I told her I'd move out and find my own place.

And you thought Paige would come with you.

And when she found out my mom knew...

she dropped me, like that.

Didn't matter to her. She was already seeing...

somebody else.

At least you knew Harold loved you.

Paige never really cared about me.

And when I finally realized that...

I felt like nothing, hopeless.

I'm sorry.

You know, everyone figured I was just being moody.

"You know, he's a teenager."

[gentle piano music]

At that point, I didn't want to see anybody.

So one day I cut school.

And I sat in my car, and thought,

"I'm gonna be depressed and miserable

"for the rest of my life.

So what's the point?"

For two hours, I sat there...

and tried to figure out ways to k*ll myself.

Well, I decided that the best way would be

just to drive into that retaining wall by Townley Road.

-Michael, I had no idea. -Yeah, I know.

I came that close.

If-if Mack hadn't come home early that day...

I don't know.

Maybe I would go through with it.

Olivia, you just have to give yourself some time.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

[instrumental music]

[Michael sighs]

[counselor] It's a contract.

It's very simple.

If you start to feel bad again,

the way you felt before you took the pills,

you call me any time, day or night,

and I promise we'll work things out together.

-Well, what about my mother? -This is between us.

You're responsible for your own actions.

Your mother has a measure of control,

but you have the responsibility.

Well, you should have said something.

No.

Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, alright.

What did he say?

Sit tight.

-For how long? -No comment.

He didn't say, or he doesn't know?

No comment.

Have they started?

How many men do they have in the case?

-D-did he call Washington? -No comment.

Mack, I don't like being kept in the dark!

Karen, there's a security problem here.

The man is running drugs through Lotus Point.

We've done what we have to do.

We've contacted the authorities.

Do you think it's right for them not to tell us?

[sighing] Karen, I've been in situations before

where I've had to keep people uninformed, too,

and I didn't like doing it, but I did it because of policy.

I go to work every day, and I'm scared

because I don't know what's going to happen.

I don't know what Manny might do.

I don't want to be in the same room with him.

I don't even want to be in the same city.

You keep up appearances.

The last thing you want to do

is to look like you know what's going on.

Well, that won't be difficult,

because I don't know what's going on!

[Paige] I don't believe that every room is taken.

That clerk is lying to me.

-[Michael] Why would he do that? -I don't know.

Hey, I thought we were living at the campsite anyway.

In the tents, without running water with a scorpion?

[Johnny] Hey, Paige!

They're not booked, and they won't give me a room.

What'd you expect, a red carpet and a marching band?

Let me tell you something, Paige.

You're not too popular around here with the locals,

not to mention the authorities.

Michael, what are you doing here?

Did she con you into coming down?

No, I volunteered.

You volunteered? Wow.

Meet one of your fellow sufferers,

Chava, Michael, Michael, Chava.

-How are you doing? -Good, how are you?

I'm afraid you're in for a short trip, though.

-Why? -Ruiz is going to say that the artifact is a fake.

-But it's not. -[Chava] I know, but he is going to say that it is.

What does Ruiz know about archaeology?

Well, maybe he took some of that money you've been giving him,

enrolled in a correspondence course.

[Chava] Now, see, he convinced the government

to continue construction on the road

while he has his experts study the piece.

-Experts? -[Chava] Yeah.

Have they been out to the dig yet?

-No, not yet. -Let's get out there.

Paige. Be right with you.

Listen to me.

You don't know what you're up against.

[scoffs] What is that supposed to mean?

It means that there's somebody out there

in this great green world

that wants to get that highway put through.

Somebody with gobs of money, and even more influence.

Not a single scruple about what might happen to you.

Oh, so what should I do, go home?

Paige, everybody is against you.

The locals, the authorities, and God knows who else.

This highway is very important to a lot of people.

-You can't win. -You want to bet?

-Come on, Michael. -Oh, for... Pai...

Hey, Chava.

[traditional music]

-Hey, wait! -[man] Come on!

[man speaking Spanish]

[man speaking Spanish]

He thinks your statue is a fake.

You can't get away with this.

Too many people have seen what you did.

I must tell you, senores...

that I am wondering about all of these people.

What are they really doing here?

It would be awful

if I did find drugs here...

and whoever had them

would undoubtedly get a very long prison sentence.

[camera shutter clicking]

Hi, I'm Bill Friedman of The Times.

I'm doing a story on the new resort

that's opening near Santa Tecla,

and I heard about this incredible discovery.

Now I-I phoned my paper,

and they're interested in doing the story.

Well, how marvelous.

In all this excitement, we forgot to contact the media.

Can you make out who it is?

No.

But Senor Ruiz is not smiling.

May I join you?

Oh.

Marsha said you were eating alone.

-Well... -My treat?

It's really not necessary.

Please.

I got my quarterly reports this morning.

Business with Lotus Point is even better than I expected,

and I have you to thank.

You're welcome.

[Manny sighs]

We complement each other perfectly.

My company and Lotus Point.

Lotus Point is an ideal family resort,

and our tours appeals to families.

It has enormous market potential.

-Good. -It's the best of both worlds.

Make a lot of people happy, make a lot of money doing it.

[Karen] It was a nightmare talking to him.

-[Donner] I understand. -[Karen] Do you?

Then get Manny and everyone connected with him

out of Lotus Point.

That's exactly what we plan on doing,

getting Manny Vasquez and everyone connected with him.

You know, he and his pals carry some heavy-duty a*tillery.

How do you plan on doing that

without hurting any of the guests?

When the time comes, we'll take care of it.

What the hell does that mean?

When the time comes, you'll take care of it.

Do you have serious leads,

or are you just chasing your rear end?

Look. Look.

We are getting a court order to tap Manny's phones,

and intercept his mail.

We are doing everything that we can.

Just, uh...

be patient.

Goodnight.

[Mack sighs]

He told us to sit tight

while he found out whether Manny was trafficking drugs or not.

Now he knows. I don't want to sit tight anymore, Mack.

-Karen, he's right. -What?

-He's right. -Mack--

If there's a chance for them to nail

some heavyweight money men, we have to let them do it.

Stopping a guy like Manny is

is like cutting the tail off a lizard.

It's just an inconvenience, but it'll grow back.

If we nail the leaders,

the whole organization will fall.

We have to go along with this.

[solemn music]

-Hi. -Hi.

Honey, I'm so glad you're home...

[indistinct conversations]

You talked to Donner?

-Yeah. -And?

He doesn't know how long it's gonna be.

He says he wants us to wait.

He doesn't know how long.

I wonder about everyone I see.

I don't know who's honest.

I don't know who's dishonest.

I'm very worried about what Manny will do

if he finds out we know.

Well, what choice do we have?

We don't have to go along.

The longer we wait,

the more risk there is that something could go wrong.

Well, it's worth the risk if we get the ones with the money.

Karen, you know that

Olivia was hooked on drugs, right?

[scoffs]

Well, somebody made a profit on those drugs.

Those are the ones I want to get.

The people who are responsible for what happened to her.

Now, if that means sitting tight here,

then that's what we're gonna do, we're gonna sit tight.

Because I want the one at the top.

Here is a great one of Ben.

That was taken just after we got married.

Oh, Val.

-He's good-looking. -Yeah, he is.

You know what, I think I'm gonna put that one back out.

I'm gonna start getting the kids ready for his coming home.

Great.

Haven't you said anything to 'em yet?

No.

Not yet, but I've been showing 'em old pictures

and reminding 'em of things that we used to do.

And I tell 'em stories, too. You know...

parallel things, like last night...

[Valene laughing]

Last night, it was about

how Daddy Raccoon got lost in the forest.

But then he found his way back again.

Oh, good.

[both laughing]

Well, do you know when he's coming back?

Mmm.

No, not exactly yet.

[Pat chuckles]

[doorbell ringing]

Oh, excuse me.

-Hi, Val. -Oh, hi, Jill.

Uh, Gary phoned me at the office,

and he asked me if I'd stop by

and pick up, uh, Binky and Boots.

[laughs] Oh, no!

Sure, they're in the kitchen. Come on in.

Oh, I can't believe I forgot to pack those two.

You never would have gotten those kids to sleep

without them.

There you go, Miss Binky and Mr. Boots.

Crisis averted. Thank you.

[Val chuckles]

Oh, would you like some wine? Pat and I are, uh...

I'm trying to relish my grown-up time.

Uh, thank you, no, Val.

I promised Gary I'd stick to water.

Oh, okay. Water it is.

So what are you gonna do with your time off?

Well, I'm gonna run.

Then I'm gonna run some more.

And then I hope that I'm gonna collapse.

[laughing] I'm serious.

I think you should go out and play.

I'm serious, too, I wish I could play,

but I've been so...

I don't know, uptight lately,

I can't just seem to go to sleep.

Really? Have you spoken to a doctor?

Yeah.

Gave me this. Uh...

Loraz...

Lora... What is this? What is this?

Let's see.

Lorazepam.

This should do the trick.

Yeah, but I'm not gonna fill it out.

I don't like the idea of taking sleeping pills.

I've never done anything like that in the past,

and I sure don't want to start now.

I'd rather just double up on my running.

You know, run until I drop.

Well, I think that's great if it works,

but sometimes medicine can be helpful.

Well, if I absolutely,

positively cannot fall asleep,

then maybe then I'll fill it.

Good girl.

Well, here's to hoping you don't have to.

-Oh, wait. Okay. -To sweet dreams.

I'll drink to that.

I'll have this ready in ten minutes, Mrs. Gibson.

You might be a little happier

that I got those idiots off my back.

It's gonna take more than a newspaper reporter

to keep them at bay.

Hmm. You're optimistic.

Realistic.

What are you doing this for anyway?

Why are you sticking your neck out like this?

You're only out on a lark, spending someone else's money.

Because I hate being told no.

You sound like a spoiled rich kid.

Maybe I am a spoiled rich kid.

And maybe this did start out as a lark.

But maybe I've never done anything in my life worthwhile.

-What I'm saying is-- -No! Let me finish.

No one thought that I could do this.

You didn't think I could do it.

For so many years, I've been told

that I couldn't do anything but you know what?

I was starting to believe it.

Well, I can do this. I can stop that highway.

Not some other spoiled little rich kid, but me.

So why are you making out like I'm the bad guy?

I'm the one who's trying to save a part of Mexican history.

And who do you think you are to talk to me about motives?

When have you ever done anything in your life

without an ulterior motive?

[Johnny grunts]

Who do you think told the newspaper reporter

about your precious little discovery?

And where he might find you?

[Paige sighing]

Come on.

[Johnny chuckles]

Mr. Donner said getting the taps in place,

and following the leads those taps produce,

can take as long as six months.

Six months? I'm not gonna wait six months.

Well, if we send the agency in now,

they'll nail Manny, a couple of pistols,

a few bag men, but that's it.

The juice of the operation gets set scot-free.

They just set up shop someplace else.

We have an obligation to provide a safe environment

for the people who work here, and the people who live here.

We have an obligation to try

and destroy this drug ring as soon as possible.

Every day Manny is in business with us

is another day that someone could get hurt or-or k*lled.

Look, if the government's not gonna do anything about it,

I think we should.

[Mack] What are you gonna do, grab a g*n, huh?

Go toe-to-toe with some guy with an U*i up your nose?

Let the pros handle it.

I've been down that road before.

When I got involved in the stolen auto parts ring,

they told me to wait.

I waited. Sid died. I'm not gonna wait again.

[Abby] Gary,

you could ruin their chances to-to get the top guys.

Sid was your brother.

And he would do exactly what I'm doing right now.

Sid understood the risk he was taking.

We're-we're risking the lives of a few hundred people

that have no idea the kind of danger they're in.

It's just not right.

If you warn anyone, Manny finds out, forget it.

[knocking on door]

Come in.

Hello.

Did you talk to Washington, D.C.?

[Donner] Yes.

We've been asked to halt the investigation of Manny Vasquez.

-What? -You can't do that.

Who-who told you to drop it?

We've agreed to comply with that request.

Hey, pal, don't give me this comply crap.

We've got a serious problem here.

Mr. Vasquez will be withdrawing his operation in a short while.

A short while doesn't cut it.

How do you know that? What's going on?

You're not going to arrest him?

Other agencies find him useful.

Useful? Doing what?

He's an essential part...

of several covert operations outside our borders.

What do you mean, outside our borders?

But right here, he's breaking the law.

What is it with this guy?

Running drugs is a hobby with him?

Manny Vasquez is working...

for us.

[tense music]

They've settled long enough.

Just get rid of them.

Make it look as if the Mexicans did it.

[narrator] Next on Knots Landing...

It is dangerous. You're not on your own ground.

You're in their territory.

They can get rid of you any time they feel like it.

They are ready to dump this whole thing in your laps.

You blow the whistle now, and they'll make it look like

you run the drug ring.

Do Mommy and Uncle Gary spend lots of time together?

Yeah.

Do Mommy and Uncle Gary give each other a kiss?

[Bobby] Yeah.

I don't know if she's your girlfriend or not,

but if she doesn't get out of Santa Tecla,

they're going to be digging up more than clay jars

out there in the desert.

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