10x06 - A Weekend Getaway

[bunniefuu]

Seeing if I was still here?

I caught you caring about me.

If Miss Matheson is part of your private life,

you're asking for trouble.

If you love her, I congratulate you,

but it's going to cost you.

I can't go to San Francisco with you.

Jill would be so upset. She'd try to k*ll you too.

Don't you think Jill wants to get to the bottom of this too?

She was there, alright, she was working the crowd,

mostly the men.

Took off at about 8:00.

Didn't see her again, really, until the next morning.

He says that you left the hospitality suite at 8 o'clock,

and nobody saw you until the next morning.

[theme music]

[male narrator] Previously on Knots Landing.

Oh, do you prefer my things on the left or the right?

[tense music]

[Tyler] Well, well, well.

Isn't that the famous Dr. Samantha Sollars

and her intrepid husband, Detective Jerry?

Why don't I call WITSEC?

To hell with WITSEC.

How do we know it wasn't one of them

that sold you down the river?

I know I can trust Mack. Call him.

Take Pat and Julie and hide them somewhere

where no one will find out while Frank and I figure this one out.

But if something ever happened to the Sollars family,

to any of them, I'd think you had something to do with it.

And I'd take that g*n to the DA's office

and you go down for the count.

Jill is never going to leave me alone

as long as you're anywhere near me.

I am not going to let you fall apart again.

[Gary] Uh...

It's kind of an awkward position to be in.

I mean, I didn't even tell my girlfriend I was coming.

It's not her I'm here to talk about.

It's my ex-wife.

[sighing] Val, uh, Val is...

Oh, she's such a combination of things.

She's passionate. People read her wrong, you know?

They think she's fragile, but that's not it.

She desperately wants to do the right thing.

And when things don't work out, which they usually don't,

I don't know, she just can't stop.

She can't let go of things.

But that don't mean she's fragile,

it mean she's passionate,

stubborn.

Passionate and stubborn.

You can't talk her out of anything.

She's not an easy woman.

Do I love her?

[sighs]

Yeah, I do.

But it's not what you think.

Um...

Not that I know what you think.

I mean, it's not a romantic kind of love.

It's...

It's because we've known each other for so long.

[sighs]

Since we were kids, practically.

Nah, Val doesn't want to get back together.

If she did,

when she got pregnant, she would have told me

those kids were mine.

[scoffs]

She figured she was better off without me.

But that's why I need help

trying to understand this fixation she has with Jill.

I mean, she really believes Jill tried to k*ll her.

I just want to know how to convince Val

it was an hallucination.

Of course it was an hallucination.

Val would have never deliberately lied. Not Val.

This whole thing would be pretty simple if she were a liar,

wouldn't it?

[birds chirping]

[horse neighing]

[horse neighing]

Uh-huh.

Seeing if I was still here.

[chuckles] I caught you caring about me.

Don't admit it, it would be out of character.

I was just checking to see if you wrinkled my shirts.

Hmm.

-[Frank[ Some neighborhood, huh? -[Mack] Yeah.

[Frank] I hope Pat and Julie feel safe here.

Isn't Gary curious as to why we're staying?

[Mack] Frank, Gary is a good friend of mine,

and he knows that good friends of mine need a place to stay.

You'll be safe here.

[Frank] The only person to put himself on the line

like this for me was my partner back in DC.

[Mack] Oh, here come the violins.

That's very sweet, Frank.

Thank you. Come on. Don't get maudlin.

[Frank] When WITSEC resettles us, I'll contact you.

What do you mean you'll contact me?

We can't stay here in California.

Frank. Come on. You're not going to be safe

until the guys from DC quit looking for you.

Guys like that don't give up.

Frank, give me a couple of days, will you?

You'll be safe here.

I can't.

Frank, you know, that house next door to us

was empty for a long time.

And I really like having you live next door.

And Julie, Julie's a perfect babysitter.

You know, if we need a babysitter now,

we've got to go all the way across town.

-You got a plan? -I have an idea.

You have a good dentist in town?

What are you going to do? Drill holes in the bad guy's teeth?

It's time for your six month check up.

-Hi. -Hi.

-Have you seen Gary? -No.

If you do, would you ask him to call me at the office?

-Sure. -Okay. Bye-bye.

-Bye. -Bye.

-Did you talk to Jill? -No, not yet.

But listen, I'm doing this as much for Jill as I am for Val.

I mean, can you imagine what it's like

to have people staring at you

after you've been accused of trying to k*ll somebody?

Something did happen to Val.

Well, of course something happened to Val.

That's obvious to everyone.

She could have hallucinated on the pills,

or she could have gotten the wrong prescription

from the pharmacy.

Or maybe somebody actually did break in

and try to attack her.

But it couldn't have been Jill,

because Jill was in San Francisco.

I think the only way to settle this is for you to go there

so you can convince yourself that Jill

couldn't have been down here that night.

Gary, I can't go to San Francisco with you.

Jill would be so upset she'd try to k*ll you too.

Don't you think Jill wants to get to the bottom of this, too?

No, no, I don't.

[sighs]

It wouldn't hurt to go to San Francisco.

Karen. I know that. But not with him.

We could go. We'll go together.

And if we don't discover anything,

we'll just have a great weekend.

-You are so... stubborn. -What?

We're trying to help you.

I want you raising those kids.

But you're not going to be able do it

until you can convince social services

that you're in good shape.

And right now you are not in good shape.

You're scared. You're afraid to go outside of your own house.

There's got to be a way to work this out.

Alright.

There is. With Karen.

But what are you going to do if I go up there on this trip

and I prove that she is guilty?

What are you gonna do then?

[sighs]

[keys jingling]]

[sighs]

Peggy, yeah, I want you to go and get me

all the out of town newspapers you can find.

Go to the newsstand down on the Third Street.

I'll be in a little while.

Yeah. Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

-Are you just now getting in? -Uh-huh.

Paige.

I don't run a hotel here.

You're either gonna live here or you're not.

Mack, I have a boyfriend.

I'm an adult. I take precautions.

Forget it.

Forget it? Then why did you ask?

Because I'm your father, and I'm supposed to ask.

I like living here, and I thought you liked it too.

But I'm not going to act like a teenager.

-Johnny? -No.

-Someone else. -Someone I know?

He's nice. You'd like him. Maybe you'll meet him sometime.

[engines rumbling]

-How many did you get? -Twenty-two.

-What're you looking for? -I'll know when I find it.

[Peggy sighs]

You sound like your blood sugar's low.

-Have you eaten anything? -Do you confide in your father?

-About what? -Everything.

What it's like at work, what kind of day it's been.

Well, not lately, but I think I'll call him tonight

and tell him that lately work has become weird.

Does he want to know who you date?

Oh, he wants report cards, baptismal certificates,

military records. Other than that, he's not nosy.

It's not because he's nosy. Peggy, it's because he cares.

Mack, leave Paige alone.

She'll tell you in her own good time.

I will have some breakfast. Get me one of those, uh, burrito.

Mmh.

Thank you.

-Peggy. -Mmh?

Be nicer to your father.

[chuckles] Right.

Just give me your expense account record

and I can make a list of all the places you went.

-And they can check them out. -Check them out?

I am not going to be part of this ridiculous witch hunt.

You're right. It is ridiculous.

But the best way to stop all this nonsense is to cooperate.

Cooperate? You know, you sound like a cop.

-"Better to cooperate, ma'am." -You got a better idea?

You know, you don't trust me, Gary. That's what's behind this.

I trust you. I'm trying to help you.

You can help me by staying out of it!

[sighs]

[whispering] I can't do that.

[pleasant music]

[tram bell jingling]

Hi. I'm Karen MacKenzie.

-Karen MacKenzie? -Yes.

Yes. You've been switched to the 6th floor.

It's a smoking floor.

I asked for non-smoking. Why was it changed?

Let me check.

I had it changed to the 6th floor,

because that's where Jill stayed that night.

I thought you'd want to be where she was.

What're you doing here?

Same thing you are.

Room 614.

Oh, excuse me,

I wonder if you could help me with something.

Um...

Do you know this woman?

You know, ever since I took this job,

I've always wanted someone to ask me

if I've recognized someone, like in an old Bogart film.

Yeah, I think she was here for that computer convention.

-Thank you. -Why did you want to know?

Um... she's my sister. She has amnesia.

-Where did you get this? -I got it from Mack.

It's a company photo for press releases.

Come on.

[Karen sighs]

-This is the adjoining suite. -Okay.

Thanks. Uh, just a second.

Do you remember this woman staying here?

Yeah, she was a fox.

[Karen] Uh...

-Thanks. -Thank you.

[Karen sighs]

Well, all these places look alike to me.

I want to get started and unpack.

Which room do you want?

Where did Jill stay? In here?

Right here. I've got her receipts.

Well then, if it's alright with you,

Gary, I would like to stay in here.

No problem.

See you guys later.

[door closes]

What are you doing?

I know you think I'm crazy.

I think it's alright that Gary came.

[drawers slamming]

I don't think that she would try anything

with all three of us up here.

[drawers slamming]

[sighs]

I don't know why I'm looking.

I know she wouldn't have left anything in the room.

No.

I guess not.

I found these at the stand on Ventura Boulevard.

If you will tell me what you're looking for,

I can help you search.

-I can't. I'm sorry. -Okay.

I don't know why I didn't come here in the first place.

I need your microfilm records

of out of town newspapers for the past week.

Okay. What city?

-Any city. -Any city?

Okay. What state?

Any state?

[giggling] Okay.

[mysterious music]

This is great.

This is like a vacation.

You don't have to act cheery for me.

I'm not. I mean it.

I know you're scared.

Of course I'm scared, honey.

But that doesn't mean I spend every minute thinking about it.

I can. That's all I can think about.

[emotional music]

I'm so sorry, honey.

I sure did screw up your life.

And daddy's.

I didn't mean to.

I was just trying to do the right thing.

Oh, I know.

I was just thinking how much you have grown up,

not just that you're smart, no more than your mother.

I can't even help you with your homework anymore.

But pretty soon you'll be going off to college.

And you'll be away from all of this.

But I don't want to go. I don't want to leave you.

Not now. But one day you'll want to.

You'll want to be out on your own, and...

...away from everybody.

What if someone recognizes you when I'm gone?

What if you and daddy have to leave in the middle of the night

and I won't be able to find you?

Honey... I would call you.

Well, what if I have to move or something,

and you couldn't find me?

You could call WITSEC.

What if they didn't tell me?

They never told grandma.

She doesn't know where we are.

If I moved away, then the same thing could happen to me.

[Pat sighs]

-Hi. -Hi.

How was work?

I played hooky.

I left early, at 3:00, I went to the movies.

I should've asked you to go with me.

No, we're having a great time out here.

Oh, no. It would've been better for me.

You see, that way I would have an alibi

for what I did this afternoon.

You know, just in case anyone decides to accuse me of m*rder.

[Frank chuckles]

Well, maybe I'll be lucky.

Maybe the usher at the movies will remember me.

Thank you.

[fancy music]

I don't believe it. He remembers her, too.

And don't you think it's odd

that everybody I've talked to remembers Jill?

[Gary] No, I don't.

Gary, there must be thousands of people

who stay at this place.

How come all the people who work here

seem to remember her?

[sighs] She's pretty, she's vivacious,

she was traveling alone...

She wears tight skirts.

Very tight skirts.

[Gary chuckles]

Look, I don't know.

We came up here to prove that Jill was here,

and now that we're proving it,

we're acting...

[Val] What?

[Karen sighing] I'm tired.

[phone ringing]

-Hello. -Hi, husband.

-How's Meg? -Hi.

-She's fine. -[Karen] Aw. Does she miss me?

Not as long as I give her my undivided attention.

I just had to read her 14 stories

before she went to sleep.

That's good. How are you?

Well, I haven't found the article I need.

How you doing?

Jill's alibi seems to check out.

Well, Gary must be relieved.

Yes, he is.

But Val's not giving up.

[door opens]

Well, I gotta go now. You take care, okay?

-Say hi for me. -Val says hi.

Good. Mack says hi.

-Love you, kid. -I love you too.

-Give Meg a hug. -Will do.

-Bye. -Bye.

-I'll get it. -Okay.

[Karen sighs]

Oh, you have the wrong room. We didn't order anything.

No, I did. Come on in.

-We just ate. -[Val whispering] I know.

I want to see if he remembered Jill

being here at this time of night.

Thank you. I'll sign.

We have a friend who stayed here.

-Val... -What?

I'm gonna see if Gary wants any food.

Um...

[knocking on door]

Come on in.

[Val] I wonder if this person

looks at all familiar to you...

[door closes]

Is she still talking to people?

Yeah.

[sighs]

I wonder what it's going to take to convince her.

I don't know.

Are you convinced?

I never said I thought Jill did it.

You never said you thought she didn't either.

She's actually writing everything down.

Everything.

The approximate times people thought they saw Jill.

Everything.

You know, I thought all this

would make her come to her senses,

but I think it's just a waste of time.

I'm beginning to feel a little foolish.

[chuckles]

That makes two of us.

[ominous music]

Excuse me.

Ma'am?

Miss?

Uh...

Wonder if I could ask you something.

Sure.

It's going to seem kind of crazy,

I know, but... Um...

Have you ever seen the woman here

in this photograph?

Look carefully.

-I think so. -You think so?

Look at her again.

Have you ever seen this woman here at this hotel?

-Sure. -You sure now?

-I'm sure. -You're sure?

Okay. Wait, just wait. Give me one second, please.

I'm just going to get my friends.

[knocking on door] Karen! Gary!

[knocking on door] Karen!

Come here, come here. I found somebody who saw her.

Everybody saw her.

No, Gary. Not like this, they didn't.

Look. Ask her.

Go on.

You saw this woman?

-Yes. -See?

Martha. Can you come over here?

See?

[ominous music]

Could you ever do that?

k*ll somebody.

I think I could, to protect my kids.

I don't know.

When Michael was in danger, I wanted to.

I don't know if there's something inside

that would stop me.

There might be.

I know I would give my life for my kids.

But it really never comes to that, does it?

I mean, no one ever says it's you or your kids.

[voice shaking] Yes, they do.

Yeah, they do. Jill said that to me.

-Sorry. -That's okay.

You know, I feel as bad right now

as I did the night it happened.

'Cause we can't prove anything.

'Cause it's all my fault.

This whole trip.

It's all my fault.

Why?

It's my fault because I didn't fight harder that night

and I should have.

But it's my fault because I...

I can't prove now that she's guilty.

Don't.

It's a pretty terrible feeling.

I know it is.

[phone ringing]

-Hello. -Hi. Um...

I thought you'd want to know,

everybody remembers you were here.

It really doesn't matter to me.

[crickets chirping]

Does Val realize that she was wrong?

No.

Can I call her or what?

Well...

[sighs]

I just thought you'd want to know.

Good. You told me. You did your good deed.

You're a good Boy Scout.

I'm going to sleep now.

[ominous music]

[knocking on door]

Hi.

-I can't sleep. -Yeah, me neither.

Gary.

I wanted to thank you.

-Thank me? -Mm-hmm.

I'm trying to prove you're wrong.

No, you're trying to help.

Do you think you can...

I don't know, jog my memory or something.

Sit down.

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[laughs]

I wonder what the people in this hotel

think about the three of us.

[both chuckle]

Well, if anybody ever asks,

they're sure going to remember we were here.

[laughing] I'm sure they will.

I have ordered room service

from every shift at this place, day and night.

I know. The bellman said you eat like a horse.

They can't figure out why you're so skinny.

[both laugh]

[emotional music]

How long have we known each other?

Over 20 years.

You've always come through for me.

Except when I didn't.

[both chuckle]

Come here.

[Gary sighs]

We'll get through this.

Don't you have a curfew or something?

If I waited for you to ask me to spend the night here,

I'd still be waiting.

What you want to know is if I told Mack

that you are the man I'm seeing.

No, I didn't tell Mack.

You two have some boyhood rivalry going on

that I don't understand, and I don't want to understand.

And your attitude about this whole thing

is incredibly immature.

I was just beginning to enjoy that book.

[phone buzzing]

Peggy, didn't I say I don't want to be disturbed?

[Peggy] Harold Dyer dropped in to see you.

Yeah, send him in.

-Harold. -Mack.

Hey, how are you, man? Good to see you.

-I'm okay. -Yeah, you look good.

What you up to?

Um, I'm looking for a job, Mack.

Um... Alright, but I'm really swamped today, Harold.

Right, thanks.

I realized that basically I'm a bum,

and I shouldn't have anything to do with Olivia.

She's such a sweet kid.

But I can't just walk away, and...

She's all that I got left in my life.

But I will walk away, I'll leave her alone

if you think that I should. Or maybe you think I can change.

Or something. I don't know. What do you think? Huh?

I think you should sit down.

Hey, I'm not a priest.

-Right. -Wait a minute.

I don't think you have that much to change.

I mean, you're halfway there, my man.

And her mother, she saw right through me.

You know, she's the one that broke us up.

She's her mother.

Yeah, but she was nice to me at your house.

Do you think that was an act for Olivia?

Harold...

I'm not good at giving advice.

But if you treated Olivia with respect--

-Of course! -Wait a minute.

Talk to her mother first.

Ask her permission to take her daughter out.

Abby's been through a lot lately, you know?

And she's changed. Well, she says she's changed.

But, what the hell, it can't hurt.

-Give it a shot. -Thanks, Mack.

-Okay. -That's it. That's it.

Hey, look, I'll make those calls for you.

I just can't do it today, alright?

- But you call me tomorrow. - Thanks a lot, Mack.

Take care of yourself.

It's great to see you, Mack.

[door closes]

Peggy. Get Paige on the phone.

She's at work. Try at her work.

[Peggy] Got her.

-Paige. -Hi.

It's nice to find you at work.

-Is there a problem? -Yeah, I've got a problem.

Paige, you will not to live at the house any longer

without checking in with me first

or leaving a forwarding number

where you can be reached in an emergency.

I don't care how old you are.

I don't run a hotel.

[phone thuds]

[birds chirping]

I have checked with all the banks.

No one will lend us a dime.

-They're smart. -Well, listen.

If you're not interested in investing in Lotus Point,

how about buying my television stations?

I'm going to put them up for sale.

Blondie, you are going through some bizarre personality change.

It's like you've been invaded by the Body Snatcher.

I have to look over my shoulder for pods from outer space.

[laughing] A simple no would suffice.

-No. -Oh.

Your novel pursuit of right doesn't mean you have to be lax

when it comes to business. Lotus Point is in the toilet.

Your television stations, on the other hand,

are a strong financial base.

Do you think that being good means you have to be stupid?

No. Well, not necessarily.

What are you doing?

I'm just checking my pod theory.

[Abby chuckles]

-Take care. -Yeah.

Hi there.

-Bye. -Bye.

I will k*ll you.

[Greg chuckles]

[ominous music]

[whispering] Yes.

What do you mean, you couldn't get an appointment?

Well, he was full.

You know how hard it is to see the dentist,

unless it's an emergency--

This is an emergency. Hold on. Peggy!

What?

Set up an appointment

for two people to get their teeth checked.

I don't care who the dentist is,

but it's got to be today.

Hi.

What do you want me to do, Mack?

You just sit tight.

I have my secretary setting up an appointment.

I'll come and get you.

Okay. Bye.

I know, Peggy said you didn't want to be disturbed.

But can I talk to you for a minute?

I guess so.

I understand your wife is on this trip to San Francisco.

Yeah, she did.

Wasn't she afraid I might sneak up there

and slit her throat?

She's just trying to help a friend.

Mack.

I am so tired of everybody trying to help Val.

She took those pills herself,

and now she's trying to blame me.

It's not fair.

[sighs]

Yeah, I see your point.

[knocking on door]

Doctor Doran says you can take them at 11:00.

Good. Thank you.

-I gotta go. -Well, what should I do?

Just ignore it. It'll blow over.

[door closes]

Listen to me.

Instead of putting up a sign on this door

that says "Do not disturb",

you find a sign that says something stronger,

because everyone around here thinks it doesn't apply to them.

How about "Danger, k*ller Dog"?

[Peggy sighs]

This is gonna work. It is gonna work?

Yeah, this is gonna work. Sure, trust me.

-But what if it doesn't? -If it doesn't, Frank.

I'll put you on the first bus out of here.

I just hope he doesn't find a cavity.

-Mack. -Oh, no, sweetheart, no.

Your teeth look great. Beautiful. Everybody smile.

Boy, are you being cynical.

I mean, this is front page material,

and you're questioning my motives?

I'll just call my local newspaper

and some $18,000-a-year guy

is going to scoop your wire service.

This isn't World w*r II,

and wire services aren't what they used to be.

I mean, we have satellite feeds now.

Hey. This is for real. Check it out.

I know that she was at the party.

I'm just trying to figure out how long she was there.

-You her husband? -Oh, no.

I'm a friend, and actually, I'm trying to help her.

Yeah, well, she was there, alright.

She was working the crowd. Mostly the men.

-I'm tired of this. Let's go. -No, no. Wait, wait, wait.

-Go on, go on. -Well, she took off about 8:00.

I didn't see her again until the next morning, really.

Next morning?

But you stayed at the party until midnight, right?

Yeah.

How can you--

How can you be so sure she left at 8 o'clock?

Because I was going to ask her out to dinner,

but I couldn't find her,

so I spent the rest of the night in the bar.

Nobody saw her after 8:00.

[tense music]

There was a flight to LA at 9 o'clock that night.

It is 30 minutes tops to the airport.

She had plenty of time to get there.

She had plenty of time to go to sleep.

She left a message on my machine saying she was going to bed.

Gary, she could have called you from the airport.

Oh, come on, Val. She could've called me from Bermuda.

She could have sent her twin sister

to the conference while she went snorkeling.

If no one saw her after 8 o'clock at night.

And I have talked to I don't know how many people,

it means that she could have done it.

It's not proof.

I didn't say it was proof, I said she could have.

She had the opportunity!

[sighing] You're so gleeful.

No, I'm not gleeful.

I'm... I don't know, I'm relieved.

Look, you wanted me to come up here

to prove that you were right, and I knew you weren't.

I told you that this might happen.

I did.

I called the desk. They're setting up a bellhop.

Stop looking at me like that.

I am not going to be sorry that I am right.

What are you gonna tell Jill?

Well, I'm not gonna accuse her, if that's what you mean.

Everybody we talked to here saw her.

One man, one man said she left the party early,

and that one man was an obnoxious son of a b*tch.

Now, what do you want me to do?

Hang the woman for leaving a party?

Would it be easier on you, Gary, if I had tried to k*ll myself

rather than Jill be found guilty of this?

Would that be less difficult for you?

Does she mean that much to you?

I'm not going to compare you and Jill.

I'm not asking you to do that.

[Val breathes heavily]

-Nice outfit. -Thank you.

Pretty hair.

Mmh. Nice perfume.

You are an incorrigible flirt.

Oh, come on, you can't tell me

you don't like for men to pay attention to you.

I am as professional as you are.

Why do you assume that I want to be judged on my looks?

Who says I don't want to be judged on mine?

I'm cute.

Your mother must have told you that.

-She was the first. -Hi.

Hi.

You got my social calendar blocked out?

-Right here. -If you two will excuse me.

I have to go and make some phone calls.

I'm not really clear about her duties.

She's my assistant.

You seem to have an odd working situation here at the ranch.

Well, I have an aversion to rush hour traffic, see?

So I allow the office staff to run the office.

Yeah. What I am saying is

if Miss Matheson is part of your private life,

you're asking for trouble.

Are you referring to my physical health?

No.

Then I find this to be an incredibly

outrageous interference in my private affairs,

no pun intended.

I'm singling over 21.

Is she?

I'm not passing judgment, but the public will.

I'll take a look at the two of you together

and they'll think "midlife crisis".

They'll think you're insecure.

No wonder about your prudence.

Besides, what's she going to talk about

at embassy parties? The new George Michael single?

If you love her, I congratulate you.

But it's going to cost you.

Some men would be envious.

You pay me for advice. It's good advice.

And you're going to have to give up smoking.

In public.

I'm not proud of the life that I've led,

but I think people can change.

And I'd like for you to give me the opportunity

to prove to you that I can change.

I want to prove to you

that I'm good enough for your daughter.

Please, Mrs. Ewing, if you just give me a chance.

I'm glad you came to me first, Harold.

I know you mean well.

Just...

Give me some time to think about it.

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

You did it.

"It was revealed that the true identity of the crash victim

"was Dr. Samantha Sollars,

"a Washington DC physician,

"who testified against drug kingpin James Miller.

"Also k*lled in the crash

"was her 13-year-old daughter Janelle.

"Dr. Sollars had been using the name of Sadler

"since moving to Seattle.

"Her husband, Jerry Sollars,

"could not be reached for comment.

"The former police detective divorced Dr. Sollars

shortly after the trial. "

How do you know this is legitimate?

WITSEC was very upset

that someone tipped off the newspaper.

James, do you remember when the WITSEC guy in Florida

shot a stockbroker and then k*lled himself?

When that story broke,

the WITSEC people were fit to be tied.

They never want anybody to break their cover.

It scares off potential witnesses.

Check it out anyway.

When they check it out, they'll find your dental records

in the coroner's file.

I had my secretary fly over them yesterday.

It said that woman and her daughter died.

I know. She and her daughter were new in Seattle,

no other relatives.

And I could explain away her ex-husband

by saying you guys were divorced.

It all fit.

Do you really think it's over?

[emotional music]

Yes.

I really think it's over.

[sighs]

[laughs]

[sighs] What about Lotus Point?

Well, if you're lucky enough to find a buyer,

maybe you can sell it at a loss.

That's it?

That's it.

The only other options are to turn it into a cattle ranch,

or torch it for the insurance money.

Just kidding.

[approaching footsteps]

[Gary sighs]

Hi.

-Did you have a good trip? -Mmh.

Is Val safe and sound at home?

I guess. I drove straight home.

So, what's the verdict?

Well...

You're a very attractive woman, you make a big impression,

and everybody remembers you there.

The problem is, one man remembers you so well

that he says you left the hospitality suite at 8 o'clock,

and nobody saw you until the next morning.

I went to sleep.

Hey, I'm not accusing you of anything.

I'm just telling you what we learned.

Uhm... Did you...

talk to anybody after 8 o'clock

who could verify your presence there,

somebody from room service? A maid?

This has gotten really silly, Gary.

I don't think it's wrong to ask.

-You don't want to know. -'Course I do.

Do you know why I didn't want you to go to San Francisco?

It had nothing to do with Val's stupid plan.

Although, if I look at the evidence,

I guess she had something to do with what I did.

What are you talking about?

You were so wrapped up with the kids and with Val,

my feelings were hurt.

What did you do?

And we were fighting all the time.

Jill.

I met someone at the convention.

[tense music]

Someone?

A man. I met a man.

I slept with someone.

I had an affair.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[male narrator] Next on Knots Landing...

-Maybe we should talk. -Maybe we should.

My idea of a great breakfast table conversation.

Your one night stand. What do you want to start with?

The graphic details?

She says that she spent the night with you,

the first night that she met you.

-Is that true? -She's lying.

Would you rather hold her under this place

until we go broke and let our creditors sell it?

I'd rather turn it around.

We're not going to get 50 cents on the dollar.

And I'm tired of having to point out the obvious.

And I've got to get rid of it before they declare bankruptcy.

Smells like a bargain to me.

[theme music]