05x15 - Forsaking All Others

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

My doctor...

prescribed it for my pains.

I injured my neck, and, um...

You know, the muscle spasms were...

Ooh, they were practically disabling.

And, of course, two, we've had problems.

Personal problems with my family, and...

So, the-the stress...

led to, uh, a-a lot of tension.

Sore muscles, you know?

So...

I refilled my prescription a couple times.

I'm sorry to back out of our breakfast meeting, Lou.

Yeah, well, it's a family emergency.

All the papers and all the stuff,

it's on their way to you now.

Yeah, you'll have more than enough evidence

to start the indictments.

Sure. No, no, I'll be fine.

Yeah.

Alright, thanks a lot. Good luck.

Go, Louie.

I don't know what all this commotion is about.

[Reese] What was the name of the drug?

-Can you remember that? -I'm not really sick, you know.

[Reese] Do you have any of the pills with you?

I took them all.

[Reese] What was the dosage?

Not all of them.

I lost them in the bathroom.

[laughs]

I mean...

They fell down.

The...

Not the toilet.

They f...

I'm... Wait a minute.

Careful.

See? "As needed."

So don't blame me if you think it's too much or too little.

Dr. Wilson, Escandine, 5mg.

Are you taking all of these?

Well, the phenytoin makes,

-...makes me too sleepy... -Mm-hm.

...when I take it during the day.

And the, the Xyna...

Xanthium?

Um, that upsets my stomach, you know,

so I have to take the muscle relaxants.

I have to go.

I'm going to go now.

So, if you have any questions,

you talk to, uh, Dr. Wilson.

He's the one that you should be... Excuse me.

Uh, please, Mrs. MacKenzie, sit down.

You're the important person here.

Come on, please, sit down.

Come on. Up you go.

That's good. Here.

Do you drink?

Ever combine these pills with alcohol?

Nobody could ever get these damn caps off.

How many milligrams of each do you take a day?

What difference does it make?

You know, this is...

[Reese] Mrs. MacKenzie. Mrs. MacKenzie.

This is really very unnecessary.

Mrs. MacKenzie, this is a chemical dependency unit.

Your husband brought you here.

And he tells us that you were so out of it on pills last night

that you were sitting in the tub, passed out,

with the shower running on your face.

That's why you are here.

And you're not leaving until some questions are answered.

Now, how many pills did you take yesterday?

I don't know.

And he said that she might have to stay

at the hospital for a while.

How long?

Well, he wasn't sure about that yet, but they...

They might be putting her into a drug treatment program.

Drugs?

Yeah, darling, it's good that she's finally

going to be getting some help.

Dad's car is here.

He sent the limo.

I don't think we should campaign today.

My mom's in the hospital.

I know.

And the candidate expects us

to show up smiling at his campaign today.

Well, it might be a good idea to take your mind off things.

There's nothing you can do for your mom right now anyway.

But doesn't she want any company?

No, darling, not now.

They don't think it's a good idea yet.

[sighs]

Well, I guess it's something to do, at least.

You have the numbers down at the headquarters, don't you?

[Valene] Absolutely, I do. Now, go on.

I'll give you a call the minute I hear any news,

Go on, go on. Don't worry.

Thank you.

[horse neighing]

That's one of the best buys I ever made.

He's good to be running the Ruidoso Downs next year.

Not if we don't get him off that grass.

[horse snorts]

We should put him on oat hay and grain

and increase his protein through supplements.

You sure about that? The woman we bought him from

had pretty strong ideas the other way.

Who'd you hire to take care of the horse, her or me?

-What's wrong? -Nothing.

You seem angry.

Just trying to do my job.

Cathy, come on, what is it?

Look, let's just keep it simple, alright?

You pay me, and I'll do the job.

Hi, I-I'm really sorry I'm late.

That's alright.

What'd you want to see me about?

A couple of things.

My neighbor's getting ready to sell off a section over there.

If the price is right, I could put in a track.

-Think you can find out? -Oh, sure.

Great.

The other thing is, I've heard

from the Shoreline Preservation Society

about a cove up the coast, um, Lotus Point.

It's about to be destroyed by some big development company.

Well, what do you want me to do about it?

Well, find out who's involved. Maybe we can buy them out.

Well, if the plans are already underway,

I don't think they're going to want to sell.

Well, I want to stop the development at Lotus Point,

and I'm not going to give up without a fight,

so, see what you can do.

Okay.

Okay, I'll, uh, I'll see what I can find out.

I'll get on it right away, alright?

-I can rest at home. -No, you wouldn't.

Of course, I wou...

Will you leave my things alone, please?

Mack, look.

Mack, I won't take pills anymore.

I promise.

I-If that's what you're worried about.

My-my prescription ran out.

-[Mack] You need attention. -I can take care of myself.

Karen, you need medical attention.

We-We'll go see Dr. Wilson.

-He's my doctor. -No.

Dr. Wilson doesn't know

how to deal with a drug problem.

I don't have a drug problem!

Don't, don't you treat me like a junkie or something!

What are you looking at?

Mack, don't, don't leave me here.

You know, I don't, I don't belong here.

-I'm not like... -Yeah.

-I'm not like those people. -No.

I can't do anything more for you. I can't.

I can't help you anymore, Karen.

The only thing I can do is to get you into a place

where they can help you,

where they know how to deal with the problem.

Th-This is the best...

drug dependency place.

And they can help you.

Karen, if you're gonna stay here,

let them help you.

I'm walking.

[instrumental music]

Mark St. Claire is outside.

He insists he has an appointment.

-It's alright, Elizabeth. -Mrs. Ewing.

Look, I don't conduct business this way.

Not with you, not with anyone.

Mrs. Ewing, a fencing match is pointless.

I want your Lotus Point files, and I want them now.

My files are my business.

Our business.

You have rental property there.

It's jointly owned with Karen MacKenzie, isn't it?

Elizabeth, would you come in?

I have something for you to copy.

I knew you'd have to move back to Sacramento eventually,

but I didn't think it'd be this soon.

Me neither.

Maybe your mom will change her mind.

[phone ringing in background]

Not this time.

Then this is not simply to keep up appearances.

I'm sorry.

Uh, Mrs. Sumner, the primary is tomorrow,

and yet you just arrived in Los Angeles this morning.

It's no secret that you seldom campaign for your husband.

Greg and I both have careers.

You're a special consultant in childhood development?

Early childhood education.

My husband and I decided a long time ago

that neither career would take precedence over the other.

[sighs] Are you married?

Yes, I am.

Then you understand what I'm talking about.

I don't care what they say.

I'll pay for it out of my own pocket.

[indistinct chatter]

I want the vans for the handicapped tomorrow.

I'm listening.

You had your chance to stop MacKenzie.

You failed.

You leave us no choice.

[Greg on phone] What are you talking about?

We know how to discredit your friend.

-Today. -[Greg] The primary's tomorrow.

-It's not open for discussion. -[Greg] The hell it isn't.

One way or the other, MacKenzie goes.

-[Greg] After the primary. -Today.

It's already in motion.

The primary's very close, Greg.

If you stand by MacKenzie, you could blow it.

Either you make the announcement,

or your opponent will.

[Greg] Alright, I'm listening.

I understand.

No problem. Van'll pick you up, take you to the polling place,

and then return you right to your front door.

Okay. 10:00 a.m.

Thank you very much. Bye-bye.

-How is she? -Fine. Get Michael.

-What's going on? -Get him.

Hey, Michael. Michael.

[inaudible conversation]

-Mack, how's mom? -Fine.

Is she still in the hospital?

Yeah, and she's going to be there for a little while.

Look, you both know your mother hasn't been herself lately.

She's had a problem with pills.

Well, now she's going to deal with it.

-Is she alright? -Yeah, you know your mother.

She can handle anything.

This is just going to take a little time.

-Well, what can we do? -I don't know.

-When can we see her? -Not yet.

-When? -When the doctor says it's okay.

And I'll know more about that tonight.

Look, this is when we've got to be strong for your mother.

We've got to get Karen back to being Karen again.

It may not be that easy right now,

but we'll get through it because we're family, right?

-I'm sorry... -Huh? Family supports family?

-That's right. -[Gary] It's not a big problem.

Can you go to the woman's group?

And I'll speak to the Rent Control Coalition.

I hope that's not the phone bill.

-[Mack chuckles] -Thanks.

No problem.

This is something you can be proud of

the day after your election.

I got names, account numbers, contracts.

All these stuff went to the DA. this morning.

There's enough in there to put the Wolfbridge Group

away for a long time.

Congratulations. It's great. Just great.

The DA. should make an announcement this afternoon.

Listen, put on your favorite face because you're gonna look

like a million bucks tonight on the news.

The Sumner Crime Commission

exposes the biggest racketeers in the West.

How's the DA going to handle this?

-Do you know? -No.

Uh, I had to cancel

an appointment with him this morning.

-Karen's in the hospital. -What's the matter?

She had a bad reaction to a prescription.

-Anything I can do? -No, thank you.

But I'll talk to you after I speak with the DA.

Alright.

Find out what hospital Karen's in.

See if you can get me her phone number

so I can call her, and send her some flowers.

Find out what hospital Karen MacKenzie's in.

See what room she's in. Send her some flowers.

-I'm not worried about it. -Yeah, I can see that.

You know, it's not just Gary.

The Shoreline Preservation people are gearing up

to fight Lotus Point in court.

Our lawyers can take care of Shoreline.

So what do you want me to tell Gary?

You're a bright girl, Laura. Tell him anything you...

-[phone beeping]

-Yeah? -[Elizabeth] I can't get through

to Mr. Sumner. The lines are all busy.

Keep trying.

You were saying about Gary?

Look, there is no way for Gary to find a connection

between Lotus Point Development and Gary Ewing Enterprises.

What about H&O Management?

They collect rents. That's it.

And if he finds out about Apolune?

He won't find out.

Elizabeth. [sighs]

I-if you can't reach him at headquarters,

uh, try him at the hotel.

Alright.

I'm sorry Diana isn't here.

She's in New York with her uncle, Joe.

But Abby talks to her on the phone.

I can tell her to call you.

Okay. Yeah, good.

Maybe when she hears, it'll shake her up.

-Pills. -Oh, yeah.

Karen's the last person you'd expect.

I know.

I think it was the strain of just,

I don't know, trying to keep it all together with Diana and all

that got her into trouble.

Want me to talk to her? Think it'd do any good?

Yeah.

I think that would be good.

-For both of you. -Okay.

But maybe later. Give her a little bit of time.

It's good to see you.

-How's Lili-- -Gary, I...

She's... She's much better.

She's still seeing her doctor,

but pretty much back to her old self again.

And Ben?

We're not seeing each other anymore.

-How come? -Um...

Why not?

[sighs]

Gary, that night when Mama came out here

and you had to drive her back to the house...

Val, I shouldn't have tried to keep you in my life.

It was selfish.

-Gary, that's not what I'm try-- -I just didn't want to let go.

It's better this way.

We're free to start our own lives.

Yeah.

[sighs] It's really beautiful out here.

You must be very happy.

Yeah. It's something I've always wanted.

I know.

I'm glad for you.

Give Diana my love when you talk to her

and, um, tell her to call me.

And say hi to Abby for me.

[engine starts]

[instrumental music]

Something's wrong.

The DA's giving me the runaround.

Could he have called you back at your office?

No, I checked.

First he was at a meeting, then he was at lunch,

now he's at another meeting.

Maybe you scared him off.

The DA? [scoffs] Louis?

Wait a minute, the man's a politician, isn't he?

Maybe he looked at those papers,

saw some of the names involved, and, uh...

Threw them in a deep file, huh?

The DA? Louis?

I'll see what I can find out.

-Come on. -The man might talk to me.

Especially if he knows it's gonna leak out anyhow.

Yeah, hey.

Well, Greg Sumner's responsibility assembly

designed specifically to address that problem.

But agribusiness interests lobby very effectively.

[Mrs. Sumner] Thank you.

[reporter] Oh, thank you very much, Mrs. Sumner.

-Bye. -Bye-bye.

Mrs. Ewing, what a surprise.

I've been trying to reach you all day.

So a lot of other people.

As you can see, it's a bit hectic around here.

That lawyer from the Wolfbridge Group

barged into my office this morning.

He took information out of my files.

I wanna know why.

I don't know why. I'm not doing business with him.

You're the one who got me involved with him.

[laughs] I got you involved with him?

I didn't do anything.

You wanted a variance, you got it.

That's the price you pay.

Well, if I'd have known it was this complicated,

maybe I wouldn't have asked the favor.

Well, now you know.

[people chatting indistinctly]

[phone ringing]

I-I want to s-see my doc-tor.

-He's coming. -Not Dr. Reese.

-I want to see my own doctor. -Hello.

What-What is this? No!

-Get away from me. -Here, I'll do that.

[Reese] Thank you.

This is serogen.

It's, um...

going to make you feel a little bit more comfortable

while your system withdraws from the Escandine.

-Thank you. -Why...

...won't you let Dr. Wilson come see me?

I'm not stopping you.

You don't think anybody else is good except you, right?

Mrs. MacKenzie, um...

I don't think that you want to go cold turkey right now.

And we're certainly not going to give you any more Escandine.

So I think that the sooner you decide

to surrender to this program...

-[laughs] Surrender? -...the easier it's gonna be.

What are you gonna do, cart me off to jail?

You just get my doctor on the phone right now.

Even in jail, they let you make one phone call.

You know, you...

Hi, Mr. MacKenzie.

How you doing?

Hello.

Your wife has just had an injection of serogen.

It's a substitute

to prevent any complications due to withdrawal.

Oh?

Won't she suffer any withdrawals from the substitution?

A little bit.

Okay. How about no drugs at all?

We're reducing the dosage gradually.

Any other way would be very, very risky.

You could go into convulsions.

Uh, her entire body is affected here,

not simply her behavior.

It's just going to take time.

-Mm-hmm. -Mack?

Yeah?

You should get a second opinion.

Let's go to see Dr. Wilson.

No.

What makes you think I have any such evidence in my possession?

Do you deny it?

I don't deny anything. Who's your source?

Do you plan on following through with the evidence that you have

against the Wolfbridge Group?

-Who's your source? -Come on, Mr. District Attorney.

-You know better than that. -You come on.

Now, you know I don't discuss the activities of this office

with members of the press.

Sure you do.

And the press can help.

Commissioner MacKenzie told me.

I see.

Off the record?

-If you say so. -[recorder clicks]

[sighs] Mack's in trouble.

This morning, I received some information

that looks very bad for him.

Now, I can't follow up on anything Mack gave me

until I check this out first.

-He's going to make a statement. -[man] What?

[woman] Sumner?

-Move it. Move it. -[cameras clicking]

[crowd clamoring]

Can you quiet down please?

Can you quiet down please?

Now, quiet...

I'd like to make a short statement.

[Gary on television] It has come to my attention today

that the chairman of our state crime commission,

a man that I was instrumental in appointing, Mack MacKenzie,

may be the party to a grave conflict of interest.

According to the information I have,

MacKenzie has used his influence as a public official

for his own personal gain.

[crowd murmuring on television]

Records indicate that MacKenzie made inquiries

about a variance for a property he owned,

- ...a beachfront property... -[Mack] Hey.

- ...on Lotus Point. -Mack!

-Get in there. - It appears that MacKenzie...

used his position as crime commissioner

to obtain that variance for Lotus Point,

which, from the moment it became effective,

formed the basis for a vast development project

in which he and his wife stand to become millionaires.

What?

[indistinct chatter on TV]

While there is nothing technically ill*gal

about MacKenzie's alleged behavior,

it would be highly unethical for him

to use his position of trust

to further his own economic interests.

It saddens me greatly to announce

that I have, this evening,

been forced to ask Mack MacKenzie

for his resignation.

[crowd murmuring on TV]

[reporter #1] Greg, I have a question for you.

[reporter #2] Can I ask you something?

Greg, has he offered any explanation for this?

Uh, I think you ought to, uh,

address that question to Mack MacKenzie.

Has MacKenzie resigned?

I think so, yes.

I didn't resign.

Do you expect this announcement to hurt...

Do you expect this announcement

to hurt your chances in tomorrow's primary?

I don't know.

I have a lot of confidence in the American voting public.

I think they're able to put themselves

in the other fellow's shoes.

I think that they know that

this was a very tough thing for me to have to do,

a decision that was very tough to make.

I figured that the best thing that I could do

was to come clean

and admit my error of judgment

in putting my trust in Mack MacKenzie and...

-The hell's he talking about? -What's going on?

I don't know what's going on.

Mack, do you have any idea what he meant?

What variance? What's Lotus Point?

What the hell's he talking about?

-[phone ringing] -Answer it!

I... That's the first time I've heard of it, Mack.

Did he try to contact me?

-Mack? -Did he leave a message?

Hello?

No, no statements.

-Mack, wait a minute. -[phone ringing]

What, Val? I don't know anything.

Okay, fine. Are we gonna go see Karen?

Yeah, in a minute.

[Greg on TV] I'd like to say one more thing.

I'd like to say one more thing.

Uh, Mack MacKenzie is a valued friend,

and he has an impressive and clean public record.

I hope, I sincerely hope, that I'm wrong.

That somehow the facts have been screwed up.

And that when the truth does come out,

that Mack MacKenzie will be vindicated.

Mostly because doing this has been very difficult for me.

Thank you.

[reporters clamoring on TV]

[Reese] Ka-Karen, what is it? What's the matter?

Karen? Larry!

Karen, what's... What's the matter? Karen?

What is it? Karen? Karen?

Whatever it is, you can talk to me about it, okay?

You can talk to me about it.

Karen, running away is not gonna solve anything.

-Oh, no. -You... Karen. Karen.

You can make it through this program.

You, you can do that, Karen. Come on, let's...

You, you sit down and you talk to me

and you're gonna feel a lot better.

Can we do that, huh?

It'll make you feel a lot better.

Karen. Karen.

I want you to just... Just stop. Just stop.

-I want you to talk to me. -No! We cannot talk.

My husband is out there, and he needs me.

And I'm in here. I gotta get out of here.

Because I have to help him.

He's my husband, and I'm his wife.

And talking... Talking doesn't do any good.

Talking is no good!

-I'm getting out of here. -Oh, no.

-I've gotta... I gotta get out. -You're okay, Mrs. MacKenzie.

-I gotta get out. I... -Okay.

-Okay. -I'm leaving now.

-Alright. -I'm leaving now.

-Alright, alright. -I'm leaving now!

I... It was on television. He needs me!

-Okay. Okay. -He needs me! He needs me!

Well, Sumner is remarkably selective

about which subjects to stonewall.

Pull everything we have on the development.

I'm gonna go over all of it.

Oh, come on, Abby. That's gonna take days.

Well, then we better get started.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hi, Gary.

Uh, she just stepped out for a second.

I'll have her call you when she gets back.

Okay. Bye-bye.

Well, good news sure travels fast.

-Laura, please. -[phone ringing]

Just get the other line.

Hello?

And who's calling, please?

Mark St. Claire?

Uh, just a second, please.

Yeah.

Oh?

That certainly is a surprise.

I appreciate the information.

The Marcus' property is available to us after all.

That's impossible. Ed Marcus was adamant.

Make an offer to him. Tomorrow.

The Marcus' home was unavailable at any price.

Apparently, there was a fire.

There is no home.

[intense music]

[Mack] The house you inherited with Abby,

have you done anything with it?

They won't let me go home.

The quadruplex at Lotus Point.

I can't make them und-understand how serious this is.

Karen, have any real estate developers talked to you

about the property at Lotus Point?

No.

Karen, maybe you forgot

and you made an agreement with Abby about the house, huh?

Is she here?

Karen, somebody told Greg Sumner that I asked for a variance

to develop the real estate area for Lotus Point,

the property you own with Abby.

You did?

No, sweetheart, no.

No. No.

Has anyone talked to you about a variance?

Mack, why are you asking me?

Karen, because this is all very, very important.

Now, look, try to think back.

Maybe somebody called you and offered you a deal, huh?

[Mack] You still rent out the property at Lotus Point, right?

I get rent checks.

[Valene] Right, from where? Who sends you those checks?

I ca... I can't remember.

Karen, where do you keep those records? Are they in the house?

Are they, you know, in a safety deposit box, or in the office?

You know, if you could just find her records,

maybe then you could have a note or a memo

or something in them.

Oh, Mack.

Mack, look, just take me home.

I want to help you, and I can't do it here,

because they keep asking me how many milligrams

and where are the files and everything.

So, if you just take me home...

-Yeah, sweetheart. -And I'll...

No, no, no. You're gonna stay here.

You gotta get well and strong.

Sweetheart, I need you.

And I want you well.

And I want you strong.

And I need you, Karen.

[instrumental music]

Oh.

Well, um, ask Mr. Westmont

to call Abby Ewing as soon as possible.

Tell him it's important.

Thanks.

Well, you know, at least we didn't put our offer

to the Marcuses on paper.

I mean, there's nothing in writing there.

What, is there anything on the variance?

It won't get that far.

If somebody gets that far.

Gary. Hi, honey.

Hi, Gary.

What's going on at Lotus Point?

We saw that, too.

Isn't that awful about Mack?

What'd you find out?

Oh, I-I haven't had a chance to find out anything.

Don't you and Karen own property at Lotus Point?

Yes, we do.

And Mack applied for a variance.

You better talk to him about that.

I'm talking to you.

As a landlord, you've had as much chance as anybody

to play footsie with developers up there.

Are you accusing me of something?

No, I'm just trying to find out what's going on.

Are you involved with these developers?

No.

Didn't you try to buy out

Karen's half of your rental property?

Yeah, I did, but she wouldn't sell.

Obviously, they had their own plans for it.

I want some answers in black and white.

I'm ordering an audit.

The important thing is you made the first step,

-...and that's getting-- -Are we disturbing?

-In a minute! -No, come on in.

Oh.

[sighs] It's awkward.

It's all so complicated now.

Mack, I want you to know that I've been on record

saying my father was a jerk since the beginning.

Hey, come on. None of that stuff, kid.

Karen, I brought you something.

Oh, well, that's very... That's terrific.

We've come to say goodbye.

-We'd better be going. -We'll be right out, thank you.

-You can't be late for group. -We'll be right out, thank you.

-Hey, everybody. Oops. -How you doing, Eric?

-Hi, mom. -Hi.

-I brought you some flowers. -Well, thank you.

Jane and Mary-Frances are going back to Sacramento.

-Now? -After the primary.

I think it's better this way, huh?

It probably is.

Mary-Frances, I want you to know

you're welcome here any time.

-You understand? -Thanks, Mack.

I scarcely know what to say to you about Greg.

That's up to Greg, not you.

[Jane] I'm so sorry, Mack.

Bye, Karen.

Bye.

Karen, it's so lovely of you

to have made Mary-Frances welcome.

Well... thank you.

Hey, give me a call sometime, will you?

Uh, give me a hug first.

And you let me know what's happening, okay?

[Mary-Frances] Okay.

Hey, maybe we can still take that trip to Hawaii one day.

Yeah.

I'll see you...

-Bye. -[Mack] Bye. Thanks, Eric.

Thanks, Eric.

Karen, come on.

It's time to go take care of yourself.

Mack?

We never took her camping, you know?

We promised that we'd...

take her camping to, to the Sierras.

[sobbing]

[phone ringing]

You want to know the truth?

I really couldn't care less whether they're pleased or not.

You brought this on yourself.

If you hadn't tried to play it both ways

with your crime crusade,

this would never have happened.

But tonight, when the polls close,

you'll be glad you cut them loose.

[indistinct chatter]

[phone ringing in background]

[instrumental music]

Hi.

I'm sorry I was huffy yesterday.

It doesn't matter.

I want to apologize.

I guess my feelings were a little hurt, but I'm okay now.

Well, you're in a great mood.

I guess it's your turn now, huh?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

-Well, come on, tell me. -It doesn't concern you.

-It's business. -Is there anything I can do?

Are we going or not?

-Your car or mine? -I'll drive.

He'll be making a statement in the near future.

That's all I can tell you. I can't believe this guy.

He calls up, he starts asking about mom being in the hospital.

Take it easy. Calm down. What's Michael doing?

-He's upstairs. -[doorbell chimes]

I told you that three times already.

Calm yourself. Will you just relax?

I'll get this one.

-Mr. Sumner, why are you here? -[Mack] What are you doing here?

[reporters clamoring]

Get out of the house!

Somebody's framing me, and you're helping them. Why?

Listen, my statement last night was damage control. Believe me.

Eric, take that in the kitchen.

[phone ringing]

This is crazy. Conflict of interest.

You and Karen own property at Lotus Point.

It looks bad for me when you're in line for a windfall profit.

-You know me better than that. -I thought I did.

You know me, Greg.

Listen, Mack, I had to let you go

at least until we clear this thing up.

Now you tell me to my face.

You tell me if you think I'm doing something crooked.

I can't. I don't think you did. I hope you didn't.

But if the shoe were on the other foot...

Uh-uh, not good enough. No, no.

See, the only difference is that

I'd give you the benefit of the doubt.

Really? Well, let me ask you something.

What makes you so sure that you trust me?

Remember how you went through the ceiling

when you found out I was getting copies of all your paperwork?

If you trust me, why does that upset you so much?

Come on, Mack. I trust you. You trust me.

Nothing's a 100 percent.

That's the kind of business we're in.

And if it's not going to be 100 percent trust,

then it's zero trust, which means watch your butt.

Alright, I'll buy that.

But what would have been different is

I'd have come to you first.

I wouldn't let you learn about it on TV!

I'm running for office in the election tomorrow morning!

Word was getting around!

If I didn't take it public, the other guy was gonna!

Not good enough.

You should have called me first.

You could have let me tell my family first.

You're absolutely right.

I could have done that, and I didn't.

And for that, I'm sorry.

[instrumental music]

-[reporters clamoring] -[cameras clicking]

[instrumental music]

You missed a good group.

It was all about denial.

I don't belong here.

Like that.

It's different for you.

Because the drugs I used are different from yours?

I knew I was a junkie when I got here.

I knew.

Only problem I ever had with drugs

was I couldn't get enough.

My life was a mess.

Blamed everyone else for my problems.

Couldn't see what I was doing to myself.

Well, I'm glad you're getting help.

But I still don't belong here.

Sure.

There's a lot of difference between you and me.

The drugs I used are ill*gal.

I got to go to the street to cop.

You get yours from a doctor for now.

I can get arrested for mine.

You deduct yours from your taxes.

But we used for the same reason.

Life's tough.

And we want out.

And somehow, deep down, you feel

on your own, your best just ain't good enough.

[music continues]

I did what I had to do.

Come on, Greg, I've been through too many

last-minute political maneuvers with you.

Then why ask?

Because it was Mack MacKenzie, a friend of yours,

someone you trusted your daughter with.

All the more reason so it doesn't look

like I'm protecting a friend.

Oh, stop it.

You cut him loose because it was more expedient,

because it was the easiest way.

This election means more to you than personal loyalty

or right or wrong.

You're absolutely right.

I want to be elected.

I admit it. Now, are you happy?

No, I'm not happy.

Are you happy?

-[cameras clicking] -[woman] Here he is.

Uh, Mr. MacKenzie, is it true you and your wife

got a variance for real estate development on Lotus Point?

What personal gains have you gotten from your public office?

[laughs] None. It cost me money.

Is that why you did it, to make some of that money back?

Uh, that's a stupid question.

Ben, give me a minute.

Mr. MacKenzie, why have you resigned

from your post on the crime commission?

No more questions. Alright? Do me a favor.

Is it true that your wife was admitted...

You can't go in there. Let's go. Out.

-How much longer do you... -Let's go. Out.

No pictures. No pictures.

-What kind of drugs... -Let's go.

-[woman] Is it drugs? -Let's go. Out, out, out.

-[man] How long is she... -Let's go.

You're not supposed to be here. No more pictures.

[reporter] Are you treating Mrs. MacKenzie?

[Larry] No comment. Let's go. Let's go.

-What do you have to do with... -You're not supposed to be here.

-Out. -What is your name?

-Could you give us your name? -I'm the staff doctor.

-No comments. Let's... -What is your name

[all applauding]

Listen, everybody.

Seybert has conceded the election.

[all cheering]

So, let's have a big hand

for the next senator from California, Gregory Sumner!

[all cheering]

You are all cheering for yourselves,

and that makes me very happy

No candidate has ever had a better team

working behind him, and I'm only glad

that you decided to work for me rather than my opponent

[Greg on TV] Now we've worked long and hard together

and, in a sense, have formed a huge family.

So I'd like to take an opportunity right now

to introduce to you

two charter members of this family,

my wife Jane

and my daughter Mary-Frances.

[applause on TV]

It's been a tough campaign

and we've had some rough moments.

But we've hung in there,

I think, because we've all been working

toward the same goal.

And I think it's important that we keep that goal in mind.

We have a lot of hard work in front of us.

The election in the fall is going to make this one

seem like a piece of cake.

So I think we should kick up our heels tonight

so that tomorrow we can roll up our sleeves

and set a new course toward November.

-[crowd cheering] -Thank you.

[applause on TV]

[theme music plays]