08x01 - Just Disappeared – Part 1

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What is all the yelling about? My God.

[sighs] Are you aware of the fact that Karen,

Karen by herself is closing down Lotus Point?

-No. Karen? -Charlie Lee died.

It was arsenic poisoning. I had no choice.

You run for the Senate, you are my kid brother.

If you don't run for the Senate,

you're staring down the throat of a ten year legal battle.

And believe me,

you'll run out of sympathetic ties to wear in court.

I get 51% of everything you get from Greg Sumner.

-[Peter] You-- you what? -[Abby] Oh, don't worry.

It'll still look like you're in charge.

Just the fine print will change.

That's the deal I'm making.

You clean it up.

Because I want to reopen Lotus Point.

So I'm going to want dates, times,

and a hard and fast schedule.

If you're playing a game this time,

it'll be the last one you play.

I want to go and Cathy needs me now.

But we need you too.

I think we need a little time away from each other.

Well, I don't need it.

I do.

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[Valene screaming]

[Valene sobs]

-Abby, look. -[Abby] No, you look.

My children think of you as their father.

You're a big part of their lives and all of a sudden you're gone.

You're off racing cars and running around with women.

You're really on a roll this time, aren't you, Gary?

But I guarantee you things

are going to be better for everybody.

I'm divorcing you, Abby.

Sleep with the whole planet for all I care,

but stay away from Gary Ewing.

Peter, don't you care how I feel?

Of course I care.

You're my sister.

-Karen? -Hey, Mack.

-Hi, Mack. -[Mack] Is your mother home?

[Eric] Well, no, I thought she'd be

at Lotus Point this afternoon.

She was supposed to fill out

some forms by three o'clock.

[Mack] I was supposed to meet her for lunch.

She didn't show up.

This is--

This is Paige.

I've wanted to meet you for some time.

-Oh? -I-- I'm your daughter.

Well, then what do you think

might've happened to your wife?

I don't know.

But I don't want to sit around here all night wondering either.

She hasn't even been gone a whole day.

She's been gone long enough.

So get out an APB. Get something over the teletype.

Hey, come on.

Where's that girl that held me together

when I was coming apart?

I don't know, Gary.

I don't know where she is. I don't know where she went.

She's right here.

She's right here.

[Val sniffles]

You know, I ought to come down there again.

Mack, you were here all night. Stay by the phone.

If I hear anything, I'll call you right away.

[objects clattering]

[suspenseful music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[rushed footsteps ascending]

-[doorknob rattling] -[Karen gasping]

You want to get out of here, Mrs. MacKenzie?

I don't blame you. I don't like it here either.

It's turkey.

You don't like turkey?

Well, you'll have to tell me what kind you like,

so the next time I can get it for you.

[door locking]

Well, we're operational.

We're going to get a recording

of every caller's voice for a voice print.

Yeah, so watch your language, guys.

[Lt. Behar] Officer Shinno's going to put a trace

on every call we get,

and with a little bit of luck, we ought to be able to tell

where the kidnapper's calling from,

but it's going to take some time.

We're not sure she's been kidnapped.

I just want to be ready, Mike.

[Shinno] A call from a residence is often easier to trace

than a call from a pay phone.

[Lt. Behar] The long distance is tougher than local

because you have to go through so many

different phone companies.

Every company has their own security system...

but nothing's impossible.

[Mack] Right, nothing's impossible.

What Michael has to understand is that

most kidnappers get caught.

Statistics show that most victims--

Statistics on what happens to kidnapped

victims aren't available.

I called the FBI.

[Mack] Come on, it smells of kidnapping,

and if technically that doesn't constitute a probable cause,

-you got a problem! -[Lt. Behar] Take it easy, Mack.

Nobody else even gets a tack this early.

[indistinct conversation]

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[phone ringing]

We got a call coming in.

-Hello? -[Paige] Hi, Eric.

It's Paige.

How you doing, Paige?

Has your mother shown up yet?

-No. -Oh, God, I'm sorry.

-I really am. -You know this woman?

It's my daughter. Paige, hi.

Listen, I really don't like the idea

of you alone in a hotel.

I didn't know your father had a daughter.

He didn't either.

Oh, I don't want to be in the way.

Where'd she live?

How'd she know your mother's missing?

Hey, she's my daughter, man!

Paige, I don't want you in a hotel.

I'm gonna get a hold of Peggy and, uh, my secretary,

and she'll help you find a nice place to live

in a nice neighborhood,

and, uh, Eric and Michael can take you around.

I don't want you spending all kinds of money

on taxis going all over the place.

We've got to get you settled,

then we can spend some time together, okay?

I want you to come over here and-- and meet Karen,

and-- and-- and when will I see you?

Tomorrow.

Maybe you'll have heard from Mrs. MacKenzie by then.

Yeah. Tomorrow's okay.

-Tomorrow. Bye. -Bye.

[Mack chuckling]

God, I love this.

Don't you love this?

I'm-- I'm actually standing here disappointed

that I didn't get a phone call from some jerk

to tell me that he's kidnapped my wife!

-Damn it! -[thudding]

[Gary and Valene chuckling]

[Gary] Tell me something.

[scoffs] What?

Did I ever rate this kind of anger?

[Val chuckles]

I don't remember.

But if you did, I wouldn't give you the satisfaction

of telling you about it now, would I?

You ever think about us?

[wistful music playing]

There was a time when I...

couldn't get my mind off of us.

But?

If Ben does come back...

I intend to make our marriage work.

I won't fail again.

[mysterious music playing]

Mack? Mack!

[police radio chatter]

-Hey, Don. -[Don] Hi, Mack.

This guy approached one of our undercover people

and asked where Karen MacKenzie lives.

-[officer] We just want to talk. -You looking for my wife?

-I'm looking for a house. -That's my house.

Oh, so do I see your bathroom or not?

What do you want to see the bathroom for?

[Ed] Well, how else can I give you an estimate?

The tile.

You here to give an estimate on the tile?

Yeah, an estimate, Mrs. MacKenzie

made the appointment for this morning.

Yeah, but didn't she give you her address?

Yeah, she gave me the address, but I lost it.

But I remember the neighborhood, I figured I could ask.

-So what's the crime? -[Eric] Ed! Ed!

-Oh. -Ed. How you doing?

Ed's in charge of general maintenance

out at Lotus Point, he was supposed to come by--

[Mack] And give an estimate on the tile in the bathroom.

So why don't you take him up

to the bathroom and get your estimate?

Thanks for coming, Mr. Falco.

What kind of neighborhood is this?

What can I say, Mack?

Well, how do you tell?

Why don't you k*ll these lights? It looks like a circus.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Karen sniffling]

[Karen munching]

[Phil] Did you like the sandwich?

There are more of them up here.

Come on. Come on up. It's okay.

Come on.

No.

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If you want to fight, it's okay with me.

[eerie music playing]

[Phil sighs]

[crowbar thudding]

[whispers] Come on.

Go on in. It's open.

[mysterious music playing]

Do you like it?

[door lock clicking]

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Alright, fine.

Peter, let's get you right next here to the senator.

Uh, ex-senator, Marty.

Now consultant to Galveston Industries

for Toxic Waste Materials.

Ex-senator is so much simpler.

Alright, what we want to get here is the idea, gentlemen,

that, uh, the ex-senator,

who is known as a protector of the environment,

is now passing the torch, so to speak,

to the next generation and the person of our candidate.

We want to get the idea here of three messages going at once.

The first message is that young Peter

is as concerned about the environment as his predecessor.

Mama?

Hey, kids, where are you?

-Mommy's home. -[Ben] Upstairs with Lilimae.

I just got in myself.

Decided not to go.

-This is my home. -Oh, God.

Oh, God, I missed you.

[Ben] Me, too.

[Valene sobbing] I hate fighting.

Okay, I won't fight.

-I won't fight anymore. -No, no more fights.

The kids sure look good.

I'd have died if I had to go without seeing you again.

[laughs] You know, it's a good thing babies are so young

so they can't tell how stupid their father is.

Oh, would you stop it? You weren't, you weren't stupid.

I don't know what else to call it.

I blamed you for all my problems,

and you are not the cause of my problems.

You and the kids are the solution to my problems.

And I'll do whatever I have to do.

So will I. Oh, I love you.

Don't mind me.

Mom, mama, would you stop that

and get down here and give me a hug?

You've seen us kiss before.

Oh, I do love having my family under one roof again.

[Lilimae sniffling]

[indistinct] Karen.

-Valene. -[Val] What?

[Lilimae] Did Karen tell you where she was going yesterday?

[Val] No, Mama, why?

She's missing.

Your friend come out of hiding yet?

[Abby sighs]

Who?

Who? Mrs. MacKenzie.

You use the term friend awfully loosely, don't you?

You do a lot of business with her.

I do a lot of business with you, but I wouldn't call us friends.

-I'm hurt. -Oh.

Did your partner show up yet?

Not that I know of.

Not that you care.

-You're so nasty. -I'm so honest.

Where do you think Mrs. MacKenzie is?

[Abby sighs]

I think she needed some time off, so she took it.

What are you doing here?

I brought my own photographer.

What? it's good publicity for Lotus Point, too, isn't it?

I mean, "Pollution cleaned up, Lotus Point reopens."

Don't worry. I'll give your candidate full credit.

And the third message, uh, Senator,

on my word, what I want is

I want the two of you, like father and son,

very close, very warm, moving slowly,

seven, eight steps towards all that mess, all right?

Okay, the third message we're getting, then,

is that the ex-senator

is now supporting the senator-to-be.

Alright, everybody, on my cue. Let's get started.

Moving back, very slowly.

Let's have a map here of this location,

here of this site. Okay.

Missing? Who said she was missing?

Where'd you get that?

[reporter] Why won't you let her talk to me?

Let her? My wife doesn't have to ask my permission.

Is she there with you?

Look, pal, I have your number,

and when she gets back, I'll let her call you.

Then it's true. You don't know where your wife is.

Do you know where your wife is every minute of every day?

No, I'm divorced.

-Well, that makes sense. -[phone thuds]

Some lousy reporter wants to--

Says that he heard that Karen was missing.

Why did you--

I don't want any publicity on this thing!

Let's go and get some fresh air.

Don't wanna... scare some kidnapper, you know.

So crazy to hurting Karen.

-[Mack sighs] -I see it like this.

You're hoping Karen's been kidnapped.

You're waiting for your ransom demand.

You probably already talked to your bankers about your assets,

so you'll be ready when the call comes.

I think you're being an optimist.

And what the hell's so optimistic about that?

You could presume the worst.

And I think that's what you should do.

The worst is that some crazy could have Karen.

But if you put her picture on every television news broadcast

on the cover of every newspaper,

then somebody might have seen her,

someone could spot her, call the police...

before anything happens.

[mysterious music playing]

-I hope it's all worth it. -[Greg] All what?

Some more publicity. The clean-up.

What clean-up?

It's alright for Goldilocks there

and the rest of your constituents

to think that we're going to get rid of this pollution.

But you should know better, Peter.

Well, what about all these trucks?

They're driving around in circles.

They make a great background, don't they?

[Peter sighs]

So you're not going to clean this up?

[engine revving]

Speak to me again in six months.

After our friends at Lotus Point have gone bankrupt.

-Hi. -[Val] Hi.

-Come here, sweetie. -[indistinct].

-Let's go, kids. -I'll get the door.

-Okay. -Come on, Bobby.

Look here. Yeah, we'll just put them all on the couch.

[Lilimae] I was worried about them.

I know. Well, so was I.

Mine can go in the fridge, huh?

No, no, no. Yours is homemade. Mine is store-bought.

We'll just pull a little switcheroony here.

Why don't we just leave it all out, see what happens?

-[doorbell rings] -Yeah.

Hey, uh, Eric, have you heard anything?

-No. -Is there anything I can do?

I don't think so.

-Where's Mack? -Upstairs.

[Val] Gary?

-He came back. -[Gary sighs]

-Oh, honey, that's wonderful. -Thank you. I know.

Mack, can I do anything?

Hey, Mack, look at all the food everybody brought, huh?

It's like a funeral.

There's been no funeral.

[sentimental music playing]

[door locks]

[soft music playing]

[tense music playing]

[woman on TV] The wife of the governor's special prosecutor,

Mack MacKenzie,

has been missing for more than 24 hours.

It's feared that Mrs. MacKenzie has been abducted.

Police officials declined to speculate on her whereabouts,

-saying only that... -He's an investigator,

-not a prosecutor. -Shh!

[on TV] ...Detective Stan Behar,

who is in charge of the investigation,

said the police are following a number of promising leads.

Sources close to the investigation, however,

have told reporters that there seems to be

no prospect at this time for an early breach...

-Change. -...in the one-day old--

[man on TV] This local businesswoman

is well-known for her charitable and civic work,

as well as for her environmentally sensitive

resort development, Lotus Point.

-That's her picture. -She is 5'7" tall,

with brown eyes and brown hair.

-We missed it. -Persons with information about

Mrs. MacKenzie should call 555-35--

[remote control clicking]

Well...

At least we know they ran it.

They got it on the air pretty fast.

You can't ask for more than that.

You know I don't do this kind of thing anymore.

You mean you don't kiss anymore?

I mean I don't do this kind of thing anymore.

This cloak-and-dagger stuff.

I gave up this game a long time ago.

But it's not a game, Ben.

-It's not a game? -Uh-uh.

Why don't you take a look around you, would you,

for crying out loud? What?

You're selling underwear?

Don't knock retailing.

Besides, if I'm lucky, someday they may name

a blue jean after me or maybe a-- a perfume.

Besides, I think this place makes a great cover.

It's not what I would have expected from you.

You're not what I expected either.

Oof.

As in, uh, "He's walking the straight and narrow now?"

Or, uh, as in,

"He's a little more conservative than I would have remembered?"

Or as in, "Time has taken its toll?"

Well, honey, I'm sorry. This is what you get.

As in, you never looked better.

Just out of curiosity, who is it, anyhow?

I mean, who are you people after?

My read is that Karen MacKenzie...

will show up just as soon as she is through licking her wounds.

She's had a couple of business reversals lately.

She couldn't handle them, so she took off

for a good cry or to get drunk.

Sounds like a sore loser to me.

I just don't think that she would put her family

through that, that's all.

Well, I can't be concerned about her troubles.

I got enough troubles of my own.

[seltzer bubbling]

[Greg sighs]

My biggest worry at the moment

is what office Peter should run for

after he's elected to the state senate.

-Oh. -And how soon?

The governorship is too risky without two full terms, but...

the US senate seat comes up in 1988.

Maybe that's a little presumptuous,

but what the hell, that's what made America great.

Sumner?

[mysterious music playing]

Sumner has inherited a lot of wealth

and a lot of power in very sensitive areas.

He's had that power for some time.

We realized we don't have a handle on him yet.

Which means he can't be trusted.

He's a loner.

[Jean scoffs]

Howard Hughes at least had an entourage

that we could infiltrate.

The only people close to Sumner are his wife,

and we think she's straight,

and your boss, Abby Ewing.

Problem solved. Hire Abby Ewing.

[Jean laughs]

Well, I've read her dossier, so I know you're joking.

We need you, Ben.

You're a journalist. You can go anywhere.

You work for Abby Ewing,

so you're already in a good position.

And you know a lot of the same people that Sumner knows.

Get to the point. What do you want me to do?

For instance...

is Greg Sumner really serious about sending

his so-called brother to the Senate

or, God forbid, the White House?

And his defense contracts.

This man has enormous R&D potential,

not to mention his manufacturing capabilities.

Well, I think you can imagine...

why we need to keep a closer watch on him.

Hmm?

No, I can't.

I don't want to do it.

I don't do this spy stuff anymore, anyhow.

I never really did.

You were a dabbler, Ben.

You dabbled with me, and you dropped me,

but that was your prerogative.

But you also dabbled with espionage.

And deciding when to give that up

is not your prerogative, it's theirs.

They will tell you when you can give it up.

They?

We.

Good night, Jean.

Goodbye, Jean.

Sumner is pouring money into my campaign.

I can't lose.

I hope you win.

But I hope you don't become like him.

-Not a chance. -Huh.

Gregory Sumner...

has no intention of cleaning up the pollution...

until he runs Lotus Point into bankruptcy.

But what about all these trucks?

Live theater.

That's awful.

I gotta go.

Good night.

[phone ringing]

[Gary grunting]

Yeah.

Sorry it's so late.

[sighs] That makes two of us.

Greg Sumner is not cleaning up the chemicals

polluting Lotus Point.

He has no intention of cleaning them up.

How do you know?

-I know. -[Gary] Can you prove it?

You could.

I thought you'd want to know as soon as possible.

Karen said he had no intention of cleaning up the pollution.

Karen was right.

Goodbye.

[dial tone]

[foreboding music]

[door clicks open]

[door shuts close]

[thudding]

[door clicks open, shuts close]

Hey, Mack, what are you doing here?

I'm going to find a better picture of Karen.

I don't like the one they used on TV.

We need something with less contrast,

you know, so her hair looks the way it really did.

Does.

You know?

[pensive music playing]

Good night, Mack.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[man] This Mrs. MacKenzie's husband?

-Yeah, this is Mack MacKenzie. -I know who I called.

Don't you think I know who I called,

Mr. Big Shot State Prosecutor?

You calling for Karen MacKenzie?

Well, why else would I be calling?

Is she alright? Let me talk to her.

She went with those four women.

What four women?

Well, give me a chance, and I'll try to explain it to you.

These four, they were walking towards the ocean,

and when they got there, they just lifted up.

They were lifted up right above the water.

-Are you still there? -Yeah, I sure am.

Well, don't you want to know where they are?

Yeah, which beach, Mister?

Okay, the beach doesn't matter.

What matters is where they were going.

-They were going to Hawaii. -Yeah, thanks for calling, pal.

That's where you're going to find them.

Mack, why do you even listen to that garbage?

Because I'm going to listen to every call.

That's what I want. And I want you to listen to every call.

We're going to take every call that comes in here seriously.

[clattering]

[Mack grunts]

What happened?

Your brother doesn't want to listen to crank calls.

Mack.

Look, the guy who kidnapped your mother is sick.

What you'd call a crank, Eric,

the same kind of person you'd like to hang up on.

You think anyone who'd do that is perfectly normal?

[sinister music playing]

[Paige] Hello? Anyone home?

-[Eric] Hey, hi, Paige. -Hi.

[Michael] Hi.

-Have you heard anything? -No.

-Well, I brought breakfast. -Oh, that's great.

What happened?

Oh, Mack was upset. He had an accident.

God, I'm perfecting the art

of always showing up at the wrong time, aren't I?

No.

Well, I can't really stay, but as long as I'm here,

I may as well help you clean this up.

Oh, I almost forgot again.

I brought this over the other day,

and I forgot to leave it.

It's Mack and my mother when they were dating.

[Michael] Mack looks so different.

-[Eric] Well, he's young. -[Paige giggles]

[Michael] Wow, your mom really was beautiful.

-[knocking on door] -[Mack] Anne! Come on, Anne!

Anne! What's the big deal?

[sighs] Anne!

You're wasting your time, Mr. MacKenzie.

I want to see Anne.

The whole family's gone, Mr. MacKenzie.

The house has been locked up for the season.

I'm the only one here.

Where'd they go?

I wouldn't tell you even if I knew,

which I don't.

I don't believe you.

Anne! Come talk to me, Anne!

Suit yourself.

Hey, listen, wait. Wait.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Here.

Here's five bucks.

Just please tell me where she is.

If you don't leave here now, Mr. MacKenzie,

I'll have to call the police, that's my job.

That won't be necessary, Harold.

Hey, Mack, give it a rest, pal.

I want to see Anne, Greg. I want to see her.

She obviously doesn't want to see you.

Mr. Sumner, you'll both have to leave.

-Yeah, yeah, we're on our way. -Well, I hope so.

Anne!

[engine revving]

I guess the wench has made herself perfectly clear.

Shut up.

Does this car run as well as your mouth does?

["What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" by Jimmy Ruffin playing]

[Mack] I don't know what is going on.

It has to be her folks, that's what it is.

What I want to know is why.

Why won't she talk to me? Why?

Just forget about it, Mack.

Who-- who needs 'em anyway?

Thank you, Phil, for those words of wisdom

from a married man.

I don't hear much wisdom coming from you, Greg.

Then you haven't been listening hard enough, my friend.

Obviously, Anne has made a decision.

The question is, will Mack let that decision make him crazy?

I wouldn't want any woman who didn't want me.

Rules out most of the female population.

I just want to see her.

-I want to talk to her. -[Greg] You'll get over her.

I don't understand it. She just disappeared.

-[Mack] Where'd you get this? -Paige left that for us.

Why don't you sit down and eat, huh?

We're civilized people around here.

You want to eat, you sit at the table and eat.

You know?

Do some things together around here

like we always have, like a family.

[cutlery rattling]

I'll tell you something.

This family's not going to hell in no handbasket.

See, I'll tell you that right now.

See, you can't expect to survive this.

No one can-- can survive this.

I know that.

And the way we're going to do it

is that we keep on doing things every day,

the same things we've been doing.

[sorrowful music playing]

Every day.

[Mack breathing shakily]

[door clicks open]

You haven't eaten anything.

Why are you doing this?

You have to eat or else you'll get sick.

Do I know you?

Have we ever met?

Have I ever done anything to you?

Don't these fit? I--

I tried to get your size.

How much did you ask for? What did my husband say?

Because I want you to be comfortable here. I--

I do want you to be comfortable.

-I haven't called your husband. -Why not?

You could take a shower or a bath.

-Why didn't you call my family? -Why should I call your family?

[suspenseful music playing]

Just to tell them I'm alright.

Please.

Would you call them?

I'm sure they must be very worried.

To tell them how much you--

Whatever you want, uh...

How do you expect to get the ransom money if you don't?

What ransom money?

The...

For the kidnapping.

Mrs. MacKenzie...

you haven't been kidnapped.

You've just...

disappeared.

[dramatic music playing]

[door shuts close]

[door lock clicks]

[theme music playing]

[music continues]