06x15 - Inside Information

[bunniefuu]

-Mack. -[Mack] Karen.

-I watched your tape. -[Mack] What are you doing here?

The one of Loader, I know one of the men there.

-You do? -John Woodside.

He's a consultant for Galveston Industries.

Something new.

What I've got is better than the Senate,

bigger than the presidency.

What you got is Gary Ewing. Make him your king.

[Pal] I'm very close to finding Valene's babies.

I'm not going to play your game.

You really don't have any choice.

Okay, dokey, did you find anything you like?

[upbeat music playing]

Okay, will it be?

[opening music playing]

[siren wails]

[tense music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[man 1] Back up, move back, back up, move back, move back.

Back up, back up, move back.

[melancholic music playing]

[Mack] That's Gary Loader moments

after he was k*lled for resisting arrest.

[Linda] I don't think I want to see this.

[Mack] Linda, you said that your roommate

and Gary Loader were lovers.

- Loader was a cop. -[Linda] What?

-[Mack] You didn't know? -[Linda] No.

[Mack] Yeah, we think he recruited your roommate

and whatever it was they were looking into

got them both k*lled.

[Linda] Lila was his secretary.

Why would anyone want to k*ll her?

The important thing here, Linda, is if you recognize anyone.

-Run it back. -What do you mean?

[tape rolling]

Hold it.

What about that policeman?

Try to imagine him in his street clothes.

I'm sorry.

What's going on?

Oh, it's a long shot.

I'm trying to help Mack out.

Oh, hold it.

You see something?

I think that one looks familiar.

[Mack] Which cop is it?

He's not in uniform. Hold it.

[tense music playing]

Could be a detective.

Have you ever seen him before? Was he ever with your roommate?

I can't remember.

All right, you take your time.

It'll come to you.

[Mack] Hold it.

It's been a long time,

but I think I used to see him once in a while

when I used to give Lila a lift home from work.

You mean Galveston Industries?

[Karen] Oh, Gary's still in the meeting.

Oh, no, no, no, don't-don't interrupt him.

It's-it's not important. It-it can wait.

Believe me, I can't wait to get back to work.

Well, you just tell him when he has a minute.

Just, I'll be home.

Yeah.

Bye.

[sighs]

Oh, hi.

Heh, you scared me.

What are you doing?

Why are you out of bed?

I couldn't stand one more day of soap operas.

-Mom, come on, I'm serious. -[inaudible].

But you and Mack and Eric have been wonderful to me.

You know, your love and, and your patience.

I couldn't have gotten through the operation without you.

But it's getting a little out of hand.

What do you mean?

You're driving me crazy with all this attention.

Oh, Mom, we just want to see you get well.

I am well. I'm-I'm-I'm getting stronger every day.

Oh, you think the breakfast and bed are a little much, huh?

Yeah, and the lunches and the dinners.

[laughing]

Okay, Mom.

I think you're giving up a good thing, though.

But I'll pass the news along.

I appreciate it.

[sighs]

My distinguished counterpart is not about to attach himself

to a highway improvement bill unless I can provide him

with the final cost in dollars and cents.

Well, we're still working on the numbers.

I'm meeting with him tonight.

Senator Buchanan needs this pass as much as you do.

[Greg] Wrong.

Phil Buchanan's been representing

the people of the state for 12 years.

I am the new kid on the block.

Unless Buchanan cosponsors this bill,

it is deader than a doornail.

We'll nail down the cost by this afternoon.

Thank you.

[door opening]

-Too rough on him? -Yeah.

I'll apologize later.

[buzzing]

Hello, Senator Sumner's office.

All right, hold on, please.

It's Senator Buchanan.

Philip,

looking forward to visiting with you this evening.

My people are working on the final draft as we speak.

I don't understand. We uh, spoke at length

about this legislation at the inauguration.

We were in agreement.

If you have a problem with a specific point,

I'm sure we can work it out.

[mellow music playing]

I appreciate the call.

Sure. We'll work on the next one together.

Buchanan's dropped down.

What happened?

I honestly don't know.

[tranquil music playing]

[Pal] Ms. Ewing?

[door closing]

How's our friend doing down in Tennessee?

I've got something that might interest you.

I'm very close to finding Valene's babies.

Very close.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, it means that I'll be back for your explanation.

Like I told you before.

And it uh, better be an incredible one.

[sighs]

I'm not going to play your game.

You really don't have any choice.

Well, I uh, better not keep Gary waiting.

You know you're wasting your time.

You're going to have to come up

with something better than that.

Because you're the one who's going to have

to do the explaining.

You're going to have to explain away m*rder.

Mack Mackenzie is just one step away from connecting you

with the Tidal Basin murders.

Huh...

I'm enjoying this game already.

I could be a big help to Mack.

Or I could be a big help to you.

[ominous music playing]

I hope you and Gary have a very uh, productive meeting.

[Parker and Valene laughing]

Stop it.

Just, uh, put them down, uh, anywhere, I guess.

[Parker] Okay.

[sighs]

Did I really buy all this stuff?

[exhales]

Looks like it.

[Val] Oh, I don't believe it.

I can't wait to see what this one looks like.

Here we go.

Ah! What do you think, huh?

[grunt]

I think you're kind of special.

Would you stop it? I'm talking about the pictures.

I don't know about that picture.

You silly thing.

You know, you've been here about a month

and you got this place looking like home.

This place feels like home.

I knew that the minute I walked through the door.

Took nothing to get settled in.

I've been in Shula all my life. I still don't feel settled in.

Whose fault is that?

Ah, I guess I like the feeling

of being able to put everything on my truck.

I'm surprised I'm roughly scurred

to catch you and make you settle down a long time ago.

[laughs]

Uh-uh, I'm not this guy.

Why not?

Where's this stuff go?

Let me... Oh, in the bedroom.

-Isn't that pretty? -Yeah.

I guess the dry cleaners is all the responsibility I need.

One minute, what's this?

-I didn't buy this. -I bought that.

You only have one pillow and I thought--

What'd you thought?

Well, I thought if you had another one--

Put it in your truck.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ I can see the path You're cutting ♪

♪ Calls me a little piece Of my heart ♪

♪ I can see the doors You're shutting ♪

♪ 'Cause they were open At the start ♪

♪ Baby, loving you Has been hard on me ♪

♪ You're such A tough little mister ♪

♪ And you're looking For a sister tonight ♪

♪ On the wrong side of town You better love somebody ♪

♪ It's late You better love somebody ♪

♪ Don't wait You better love somebody ♪

♪ Don't debate ♪

♪ You're gonna push it Just a little too far ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ Your eyes are wild Your skin's so white ♪

♪ You're a nurse over the van ♪

♪ You've got the teeth You know how to fight ♪

♪ 'Cause when you've... ♪♪

Do you have a show on TV?

Um, yes, I do.

I told you. Do you mind if we join you?

I like your show a lot.

No, it's not in my show, I-I just do a portion of it.

That's the only part I like.

Haven't I told you that?

♪ Don't wait You better love somebody ♪

♪ Don't debate ♪

♪ You're gonna push it Just a little too far ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ One night ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪♪

[audience applauding]

I'm really glad that you like the show, but I have to...

Maybe we've disturbed you.

No, no, not at all.

[indistinct chatter]

[laughing]

Joshua ends his segment with a word about Valene.

Well, the letters haven't stopped,

I can barely keep up with them.

I never stop thinking about Val.

I keep hoping one of these letters

will be the right one.

Karen! Hey! Lilimae, hi!

Karen, we're gonna eat Chinese.

[Lilimae] I, I should be going. Oh, no, no.

I've got plenty for all of us.

I've got Mugu Gai Pan, Szechuan Bebop, that's soup,

and for your entertainment later,

rI rented every movie in the world ever made.

-Here we go. -Oh, Mack!

I gather you haven't talked to Michael yet.

No, why?

Never mind.

All right, who wants what?

Mack, we didn't expect you. We already ate.

Yeah, oh, honey, I'm sorry. We had a-a light dinner.

Ah, so...

[Lilimae] But I think she's still hungry.

[melancholic music playing]

Yeah, I-I'm-I'm still hungry.

Ah, so. Chopsticks.

Oh, hi.

Yeah, I need your flight schedule to Nashville.

From Los Angeles. Yeah, tomorrow.

[sighs]

Yeah, 8.40 would be fine.

Great.

All right.

Uh, first class.

Ewing, E-W-I-N-G, yeah.

First initial A.

Okay, great, thank you.

[soft music playing]

[door opening]

So, how was your meeting?

Great. Spent most of our time talking about you.

Really?

Empire Valley has been granted

a new broadcast license.

Paul thinks you'll be perfect

to oversee the station's designs.

-What? -Yeah, meetings start tomorrow.

We'd like you to be a part of them.

Well, I'm uh...

[sighs]

I'm gonna be out of town tomorrow.

What are you talking about?

Well, uh, a new station has come up for sale in Tennessee.

Abby, this meeting's important.

So is Tennessee.

Forget Tennessee.

[tense music playing]

It's not possible.

[upbeat music playing]

Kevin Clark is an agent.

I didn't know that you were looking for one.

Well, I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life

singing at Isadora's.

If I'd known you were here,

I would've introduced you to him.

He's a nice guy. And you know what he wants?

He wants me to open

for the night flight spring tour.

Isn't that great?

What'd you tell him?

Well, I didn't tell him anything yet.

How long would you be gone?

About-about uh, three months.

But you know what? You could come visit me on tour.

[sad music playing]

I don't have to give Kevin an answer right away,

so we'll talk about it, all right?

Well, what is there to talk about?

It sounds like you have your mind made up already.

[melancholic music playing]

Honey...

are you gonna drive me to the airport tomorrow?

I have business here. So do you.

Gary, this TV station is really a good bargain.

-It's not gonna keep. -Send Ben.

-Ben? -Send our attorney.

-Send the whole firm. -This is not a hobby for me.

And it seems to be the only business

I have any options in anymore. So I don't want it to be--

You know, you wanted to be part of Empire Valley.

You and Karen complained about being left out.

Now that you have a chance to be involved, you turn us down.

[foot steps]

This gonna be my only chance?

You know, I thought Galveston's gesture

to you was pretty big.

You would.

What is this thing you have with Galveston?

Gary, you eat, sleep, and breathe Empire Valley.

I remember the time

when Lotus Point was all you wanted.

Well, I've expanded my horizons.

So have I.

That's why going to Tennessee's so important to me.

How long will you be gone?

Just overnight.

[mellow music playing]

[woman 3] Well, could you please put her on?

Senator Sumner's right here.

I see.

Okay, I'll tell him. Thank you very much.

Hold this.

That doesn't make any sense.

What doesn't make any sense?

You've just been dropped

from the Land Management Committee.

-I can't believe it. -Says who?

Says the chairman's aide.

She wouldn't even come to the phone and talk to you.

That's why Buchanan's lost interest.

He must have known they were gonna drop me.

I don't believe this.

I'm gonna end up on some two-bit subcommittee,

no budget, no clout,

and an assignment drafting penal codes.

What did we do wrong?

We didn't do anything wrong.

Well, what is it then?

We're not going out.

[gloomy music playing]

[tranquil music playing]

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Oh, no, I'm sorry. We already...

I'm sorry. We already have a set of encyclopedias.

[sighs]

Hmm.

Carrie Loader?

[siren wailing on TV]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[man] Come on, move it back.

[man 1] The Stanford side of the school.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[suspenseful music playing]

[man] Back up, move back, back up, move back, move back.

Back up, back up, move back.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[dramatic music playing]

[tense music playing]

Oh, my...

What's, uh...

If we just put a tail on him.

If he knows about it, yeah, I like that.

Let's see if we can make our man at Galveston Industries

a little more nervous.

-Mack. -[Mack] Karen.

I watched your tape. [Mack] What are you doing here?

The one of Loader. I know one of the men there.

-You do? -Yes.

I met him at a meeting with Abby and Gary.

John Woodside. He's a consultant for Galveston Industries.

Karen, we already identified the man with the beard.

Thank you very much.

Karen, I'd like you to go home now.

John Woodside doesn't have a beard.

[tense music playing]

It's another Galveston man.

-Sumner knew. -Sumner?

Yeah, he asked me if I found a connection

between the Tidal Basin Murders and Galveston Industries.

[dramatic music playing]

What the hell do you think you're doing?

So, you finally decided to pay me a visit.

Yeah, I came all the way out here to ask you

to please stay out of my life.

I've tried appealing to you in a friendly way.

If you'd make yourself available,

I wouldn't have to push so hard.

Well, you can quit pushing

because I am not available to you.

Empire Valley's going to be ready for you soon.

-I want you now. -Forget it.

I do not want what you have.

I've already got what I want.

I know. Greg Sumner always gets where he wants

to go under his own steam, to a degree.

But you've gone as far as you can go.

Yeah, well, it's a shame you're not going to be around

to see how far I can really go.

What I've got is better than the Senate,

bigger than the presidency.

And it's too bad you can't take it with you.

What you got is Gary Ewing.

Make him your king.

I'm not interested in this. Leave me alone.

[dramatic music playing]

Um.

[chuckles]

Good Lord,

I've never seen so many catfish in one place in all my life.

Look at the big... Look at that big one.

Yeah, I see that. Who's gonna clean 'em?

Uh, Billy will clean 'em.

Did you catch 'em all just now?

Well, Harmon caught some of 'em.

Oh, who's Harmon? Your buddy with the dragster?

No, he's the fire chief.

You'll meet him tomorrow night. Can I have a cup of that coffee?

Sure thing. What's tomorrow night?

Well, a bunch of us are gonna go into Nashville,

go hit a few clubs, do a little dancing,

knock back a few beers.

A bunch of us?

Don't tell me you don't dance, doll.

Lady moves like you do.

Did you forget something?

Well, Ron will let you off early.

You didn't ask me, boy. I mean, you didn't even ask me.

Well, I'm asking you now.

[Val sighs]

[engine rumbling]

[birds chirping]

Okay.

[man 2] It's gonna be a lot of fun.

Did I say it wouldn't be fun?

I'm sure it would be fun.

But I don't get too much fun

out of being taken for granted, Parker Winslow.

[Parker] I'm sorry.

I'm not yours or anybody else's.

So if you want my company, you just use your manners

and you ask me nicely, okay?

There you go, sir.

Sit anywhere you want, honey. I'll be with you in a minute.

[tense music playing]

[Parker] Okay, okay.

I'm asking you nicely.

Will you go with me?

[Val] I don't know.

I have to think about it. I'm not sure right now, okay?

There you go, sir.

Ma'am.

[suspenseful music playing]

You all right?

Boy, you're pretty.

Thank you, sir.

I'll take your order. What would you like?

A hamburger?

[upbeat music playing]

Thank you.

Here you go. Extra onions.

Okay, dokey, did you find anything you like?

On the menu. How hungry are you?

Not very.

Let me tell you, Bill makes real nice chef salad.

How about that?

-Hey, Verna. -Huh?

There's no salt in this salt shaker.

Well, silly, just take it off the table right there.

Okay, so what'll it be?

[Abby] Val, just tell me one thing.

Are you coming home or not?

What?

Look, I don't care one way or the other,

but there are a lot of people who are worried about you.

Are you okay?

I am the only one who knows where you are

and I won't tell a soul if you don't want me to,

but I'd like to know.

Honey, why don't you just let me

bring you a nice cup of hot tea, okay?

I'll be right back.

[ominous music playing]

[scoffs]

[Cathy] I wish you would try to understand

that this is important to me.

Fine.

What does fine mean?

Exactly what I said, fine.

[sighs]

I'm not doing this to try to hurt you.

I just... I think it would be good for me.

I can accept that.

I understand how important this tour is to you

and it's not going to make me love you any less.

We can have our careers

and we can have a relationship, too.

We just have to learn to give and take, that's all.

I agree. I really do want you to have this chance.

Why don't I feel that?

I don't know.

I guess that's exactly

what you're going to have to think about.

You don't need my permission to make this decision

and I can't make this decision for you.

You have to know what you want.

Well, it'd be nice if we could talk.

[soft music playing]

You have to do what you want to do.

You were right about Galveston and the murders.

-Oh? -Yeah, there is a connection.

How did you know?

How much information do you have?

Not enough, not yet.

What do you know?

Are you asking for my help?

-I'm asking for information. -I offered you my help,

-you said you didn't want to. -Cut the crap.

Well, yeah, we've been through this before.

Exactly, and I would have thought you'd have learned.

Greg, neither of us came up clean from Wolfbridge.

We both got burned.

I'll give my full support to your investigation

when you're ready, when the time is right.

The time is now.

The time is not now, believe me.

You have to trust me, Mack.

[laughs]

Trust you?

Yes, I offered to work together.

That's not what I'm asking for.

I offered you a place on my staff in Washington.

I was willing to let the past go by.

What the hell am I talking about here?

How do I know I can trust you?

Remember, pal, you're the one

who went behind my back with Wolfbridge.

You made it harder on the both of us.

You're setting me up again?

Because if you are, Greg,

-I'm in the game. -I offered you my full support,

okay?

And that's exactly what you'll get.

Now, you have to excuse me.

I have some people waiting for me.

Catch you later.

[mellow music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[Karen] Wait for me here, please.

Karen?

What are you doing here?

I'm looking for Abby.

She's not here. Should you be up so soon?

-How you feeling? -Better. Where is she?

-She's out of town. -When will she be back?

-I'm not sure, not today. -All right, thank you.

Karen, what's on your mind?

It's between Abby and me.

It concerns Paul Galveston.

[birds chirping]

Then maybe I can help you.

Maybe you can.

The question is, would you?

-You wanna explain that? -Well, you're in love.

You're in love with-with Galveston

and this role he's cast you in,

with the Shangri-La you're building.

I'm not sure you'd listen to anything

that wasn't reverential about him.

But Abby would.

There's no love lost between Abby and me,

you know that.

But she and I both know he's using you.

He's using us in some way.

I happen to have some information

that might tell us something

about the people we're working with.

But I didn't think you'd be interested.

Try me.

Mack's investigating the Tidal Basin murders.

It seems that some people

from Galveston Industries are involved.

Is Paul Galveston involved?

We don't know, but--

But there's this man, Woodside.

We met him at the meeting and-and some others.

-But not Paul Galveston. -See, there you go.

I'm not accusing Galveston.

I don't believe in guilt by association,

but I do believe in being careful.

Well, if you expect me to check up on Galveston--

I don't expect you to do anything.

You don't wanna hear anything that'll rock your boat.

That's why I came to see Abby.

I'm reduced to that.

Karen, uh, why didn't you just call?

You afraid the phones might be bugged?

As I told you.

I think we oughta be careful.

[mellow music playing]

Hey, nice car.

Mrs. Ewing?

You're leaning on it.

Seems like you're leaning on my girlfriend, Verna.

You two related or something?

Could I have that back, please?

See, you wouldn't happen to be some of them oil-rich Ewings

from down in Texas, by any chance?

-I'm afraid not. -But you are rich.

Just what is your connection with Verna?

I mean, you came such a long way to see her,

or should I call her Val?

You can call her whatever you want to.

Nice car, Miss Ewing.

[car engine starts]

Y'all come back and see us now.

[Lilimae] This is a difficult time for Joshua.

He's getting a lot of attention he's never had before.

I think it scares him.

I think he's changed. Have you noticed?

Well, how could he not change?

All of a sudden, people are treating him

like he's a different person.

I mean, he's gotta figure out who he is all over again.

You know, I wanna help him through it.

Then you just be patient with him.

Right now, what he needs is a lot of tender love and care.

Yeah, I know he does.

And I wanna give him everything I can,

but this is something I've wanted all my life.

It's a big break for me.

Cathy,

I'm not the right person to talk to about this.

I set my mind on being a star.

I chased my musical career my whole life.

It was always just around the corner.

What happened?

In those days, my ambition and my need for excitement

were more important than anything else,

or anyone else.

I was convinced I could do it all.

[chuckles]

Especially if I weren't tied down.

I lost my children.

And the only man I really loved.

I ended up a lonely, confused woman

with everything I owned in a shopping cart.

It's a miracle I have any family today.

[soft music playing]

Yeah, I should cancel.

You have your singing right here in town.

Oh.

Seems to me like you have it all.

If you feel loved but you act selfish,

it doesn't mean anything, and you end up alone.

It would be a lot easier for me

if I didn't care about him, wouldn't it?

Do you love Joshua?

Yeah, I do.

Sometimes we have to make sacrifices.

Cinderella is a lovely story.

Little Bo Peep is a lovely story too,

except there's a black sheep in that little Bo Peep.

-Forget little Bo Peep. -You wanna drink?

No, I don't wanna drink. What is your story?

My story, cutie, is none of your business.

It is my business, and I hate it when you call me cutie.

Ooh, touchy.

Yeah, you're damn right I'm touchy.

This-this whole thing is very reminiscent

of St. Clair and Wolfbridge.

Secrets, lies, I just cannot stand it anymore.

Either tell me the truth or cough up the old cab fare

so I can get outta here.

Where do you think you're gonna go?

You're gonna be the last to know, that's for sure.

I'm gonna be the last to know, that's funny.

Don't laugh at me.

You're in no position to laugh at anybody.

You're scared to death.

Galveston's got something on you and you're petrified.

-Is that so? -Yeah, that's so.

You're scared to death and I'm in the dark.

Look, you tell me the secret or I want out.

Yeah, so you wanna know the big bad secret, do ya?

Think you can handle it?

Yeah, I-I think so. Why don't you just try me?

Once upon a time,

there was this blonde-haired, blue-eyed fighter pilot

who was, in reality, my dad.

You cut it with the jokes, Gregory.

This is no joke. It may be a funny story,

but it is absolutely no joke.

Once upon a time, there was this fighter pilot

who was, in reality, my dad.

And one day, he took me in his plane up into the sky.

And it was the single most exciting experience of my life,

and I'll never forget it.

My dad and I flying across the sky.

He was my hero.

As it turned out, though, it was kinda like uh,

a farewell flight, see?

Because the next morning,

he got up real early and he packed his bags

and he kissed my mother and me goodbye

and he flew off to Korea.

Where he was k*lled, over the Yellow Sea.

I'm sorry.

Sorry? You ain't heard nothing yet.

Couple of days after we got the news,

this strange guy shows up at our house.

I was, you know, laying around my room crying,

feeling sorry for myself 'cause my dad was just k*lled.

And I heard this noise coming from my mother's room.

And of course, being 10 years old,

I assumed she was crying too,

so I got up and went to her door to console her.

And I realized that she wasn't crying at all.

Actually, she was giggling.

And this strange guy was lying on top of her

and they were kissing.

See, this strange guy

and my mother had been having an affair

behind my father's back for years.

They sat me down, the two of them.

And my mother, with these giant tears in her eyes,

tells me how much she loves this strange guy

and how finally, now, we could all live

happily ever after together.

And that I would someday learn to love this strange guy.

Well, she was wrong,

because I never learned to love him,

but I learned to hate her

because the two of them took away

the memory of my father.

Like that, my hero went up in smoke.

The next morning, after breakfast,

I was sitting out in the yard

and this strange guy comes out and he sits down next to me

and under this giant elm tree

where we used to sit and talk to my father.

And he starts talking to me, but I'm not listening to him.

All I'm thinking is I wanna k*ll this guy

'cause he's sitting in my father's place.

Then all of a sudden, out of the blue,

this guy starts hugging me and kissing me, right?

And telling me with tears in his eyes

that he is in fact my real father.

This strange guy who the night before

is lying on the bed with my mother,

kissing her, is now in the yard kissing and hugging me

and telling me that he is in fact my real father.

You know who this guy was?

Paul Galveston.

[dramatic music playing]

Now, how's that for a secret?

[grunts]

[dramatic music playing]

Here, take this. You'll feel better.

You hit me in the head with a chair or what?

Well, things did get a little rough last night.

I'm sorry.

It's okay, I'm a big girl. I can handle it.

-Did you get any sleep? -No.

[sighs]

Not at all?

I was up all night.

I just...

I don't understand why Galveston is doing this now.

Because I'm what he's always wanted.

Why now, after all these years?

The truth is that I'm his son, his only son.

And now that he's old,

and knows he's not gonna live forever,

he assumes that I'm gonna take over the throne.

But you're a US senator.

I mean, you've worked very hard for this.

He doesn't care about the Senate.

All I know is I've denied him what he's always wanted

and I'm not giving up now.

Well, he's very determined.

Not as determined as I am.

Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick.

Want some help?

Yeah, just stick with me.

Yeah, I will.

All the way, I will.

[gloomy music playing]

Well, the last of our people have arrived.

We should get started.

It's uh, too bad your wife couldn't get involved

with this part of the project.

Do you involve Mr. Woodside in all your projects?

Well, his contributions have been essential.

How long has he been with Galveston Industries?

I thought we had a better relationship than this, Gary.

If something's bothering you, spit it out.

[exhales]

Questions have been raised.

Ah!

I suggest you consider the source.

What does that mean?

We're gonna have to have a talk.

Everybody's not as honest with you as I am.

We're talking now.

Meeting's about to start.

What I have to tell you about your wife,

you won't want to hear now.

Uh, we'll talk later.

Well, here's all the Nashville papers

for the past six weeks.

Is that about gonna do it?

Let's see, she came to town about a month ago.

Who?

-Who came to town? -Uh...

Yeah, this should do it, Billy, thanks.

Parker, I didn't even know you knew how to read.

[laughing]

What are you looking for?

I'll know it when I find it.

-Okay. -Thanks. Thank you.

[tense music playing]

Missing.

[knocking on door]

-Hi. -Hi.

-Is Josh here? -Yeah. Joshua?

-[Lilimae] Come on in. -[Cathy] Thanks.

[gloomy music playing]

-Hi. -[Joshua] Hi.

[Cathy] What you doing?

[Joshua] I'm just working on this next show.

[Cathy] Listen, I've been thinking about the tour,

about what we talked about.

Good.

I know Isadora's isn't the best place to play,

but it's here and we can be together,

so I told Kevin that I'm not doing the tour.

Good.

[sad music playing]

Is that all you're gonna say?

All is forgiven.

[Val] Yeah?

Ah.

What is this?

I am asking nicely.

Ah, of course I'd be proud

to go dancing with you in Nashville, okay?

Okay, but that's not what I want most.

Oh, then what is?

[sighs]

Come with me and be my love.

Oh, come on, you've been reading too magazine romances.

-Oh, sort of. -So pretty.

Look, I'm not real good at this.

I've never proposed before.

-What? -I'm asking you to marry me.

[tense music playing]

What?

I'm asking you to marry me.

Aren't you the guy that was never gonna settle down?

I'm the guy who's crazy in love with you.

Come on, Parker, don't you toy with me.

Remember when you said I'm not yours or anybody else's?

Yeah.

Well, that just hit me like a lead pipe.

I want you to be with me all the time.

Verna,

show me how to settle down.

Hmm?

You love me, don't you?

You act like it.

You just toying with me?

-You... -Will you marry me?

Yes, I'll marry you.

-You will? -Yes, I will!

[laughing]

Parker!

[dramatic music playing]

Hi, honey.

I missed you.

How was your trip?

Good.

-Did you get the station? -No, not yet.

I didn't expect to see you sitting here waiting for me.

I'm not, I'm waiting for Paul Galveston.

Oh.

He has some things he wants to talk to me about.

He made it sound pretty urgent.

What kind of things?

I think it had something to do with you.

When do you expect him?

Pretty soon.

[sighs]

I was hoping we'd have some time to ourselves.

Why is that?

[exhales]

Gary, I've got some important news.

Some of it's good news, some of it's not so good.

[exhales]

I found Val.

What? Where?

In Tennessee, but it's not that simple.

-Is she all right? -Yes.

Yes and no.

Gary, she doesn't know who she is.

She thinks she's Verna Ehlers.

She's working as a waitress

in-in a in a little coffee shop in Shula, Tennessee.

She didn't even know who I was.

She didn't recognize me, Gary. It...

[car door open]

-Gary? -Paul.

Uh...

Look, our talk's gonna have to wait, uh...

I've got some good news, uh...

Abby found Val.

Oh, that is good news.

Yeah, so I'm gonna take the next plane

out of here to Tennessee. I'll call you when I get back.

[suspenseful music playing]

[closing music playing]