09x03 - Under Pressure

[bunniefuu]

Talk to her? I don't want you to speak to Olivia.

I don't want you to phone her.

I don't want you to knock on that door.

If you could, for one minute, think that

Olivia could be a k*ller.

All of a sudden, you're judge and jury.

What are you complaining about, anyway?

After all, it was you who said that

you thought Abby k*lled Peter.

Olivia was upset because she had just found out

that the man that she had a crush on

had been having an affair with her mother.

-How'd she find that out? -I don't know.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up this right...

-[Olivia] Mom, please. -Stop it.

Leave her alone.

[theme music playing]

[intense orchestral music]

-Gary, get out of here. -We'll get her a good attorney.

She doesn't need an attorney!

I'm the only one that noticed because I know her so well.

-I'm sure she had a good reason. -I want ya outta here right now.

-[Gary] Was it self-defence? -No!

Then--then- then she could plead insanity.

[Abby] She didn't k*ll him.

-Was it r*pe? -[Abby] No.

Did he r*pe-- Was it statutory r*pe?

-She didn't do it! -Abby, listen, you have...

Gary, do you think if I thought Olivia k*lled someone,

I would try to cover it up, that I could cover it up,

even if I wanted to?

-Let me talk to her. -Talk to her?

What are you gonna say, Gary?

"Excuse me, Olivia, I think you're a k*ller."

Well, if it's not true, she won't mind.

-I mind! -Abby, I don't know

why you're doing this, but you're wrong.

-She needs help. -[Abby] No, you're wrong!

You're willing to risk the rest of her life on some hunch,

on some intuition.

Well, you can take your hunches

and your intuition somewhere else.

I don't want you to speak to her.

I don't want you to phone her.

I don't want you to knock on that door

if you could, for one minute, think that

Olivia could be a k*ller.

[♪]

[somber music plays]

-Thank you. -[dog barking]

Show me her neck.

Sir, your brother's ashes.

I thought it would have been bigger.

Thank you, Carlos.

All right, let's have her ready to show in a month.

Remember that mare you tried to steal from me?

That filly's her baby.

You messed up, Peter.

You could have gone all the way,

but you really messed up, pal.

[woman] Senator Hollister, this is Wilton Dry Cleaning.

Your suit is ready.

Let us know if you want it delivered,

or if your secretary's gonna pick it up.

-Thanks. -He never picked his suit up.

-[Paige] I'm sorry I missed you. -Now he doesn't need to.

[Paige] Well, I just wanted to say

that I hope we can be civilized about all this.

-Who's that? -That's Mack's daughter.

-Paige. -I didn't recognize the voice.

[Paige] That's what I wanted to tell you.

And, uh, right now I've got 15 minutes

to beat the lunch crowd to the club.

You can call me there, or...

That means she called around 10:45

because she got to work on time.

Of course she got to work on time.

[man] ...in the next few hours.

He's very anxious to hear from you.

[Abby] Peter, hi, it's Abby.

Uh, I'm sorry we didn't see eye to eye on this...

That's Abby calling, shortly before 11:00.

How do you know that?

Well, because we were able to establish the time

of the next two calls.

And it fits with Karen's recollection, too,

because she was there when Abby called.

-[Abby] Thanks. Bye. -[voicemail beeping]

[Greg] Peter, what the hell's the matter with you?

I don't like it when I can't find you,

when my phone calls don't get answered.

Now, I want you to get up to...

You think that the senator was still alive

when these calls were made?

We don't know yet.

[Greg] Not tonight, not tomorrow, not next week.

-But... -[recorder clicks]

[sighing]

But he didn't live long enough to return any of these messages.

Secretary with flight information,

Sacramento office, secretary, secretary,

subcommittee vice chair, chair, secretary again.

I think we can rule out the secretary.

That's Landing Limo Service.

The coroner can't set the exact time of death.

So Peter could have been dead already

by eleven o'clock in the morning.

Then she, or they, or any of them,

could have called his machine

to pretend that they didn't know that he was dead.

There's no reason to believe that the people who did call

are more likely to be suspects

than the people that didn't call.

No, there's no reason to believe that the people who called

are any less suspect because they did.

Whoa. Wait a minute. Let me try and summarize this.

I think I've got it. Sounds like we have...

we have it narrowed down to the people that did telephone

and the people who didn't telephone, right?

You guys make a great investigative team.

[chuckling] Thanks, partner.

Listen, say hi to Karen for me, will you?

Yeah. Give my love to Connie.

[laughs]

No, I'll say hi to Connie for you.

Oh, uh, how about that Ewing girl?

Olivia. Cunningham.

Yeah. No, no. Abby's daughter.

Yeah. She uses her father's name.

Oh, I see. Olivia Cunningham.

-Yeah, yeah. -[Mack] Whoa, wait a minute.

What was that about?

I just didn't have time to talk to her, that's all.

Well, when you do, I'd like to be there, you know,

she's only a kid, and you'd scare the hell out of her.

Hey, wait a minute. I'm a pussycat. I love kids.

No!

No, I can't talk to him. I won't.

Olivia, you're gonna have to

talk to this detective sooner or later.

I can't keep putting him off.

-[Olivia] Please. -No.

-[Olivia] Please! -Honey, come on. Listen to me.

You're gonna tell him just exactly

what he already knows.

You're gonna tell him that you worked with Peter.

You're gonna tell him that you liked Peter.

-That you liked him a lot. -Why?

Because he already knows about your crush on Peter.

-Oh, God. -So admit it. It's no big deal.

There's nothing wrong with having a crush on someone.

And if you deny it, he'll...

[phone ringing]

...it'll make him wonder.

-Mommy. -[knocking on door]

-Yes. -Mrs. Ewing.

Greg Sumner is on the phone for you.

I'll, uh, I'll take it in the library.

[Olivia] Mommy.

-[sighing] -Ana.

-Yes?

Uh, bring the extension in here.

All right.

Honey, even if the detective sees you cry, it's all right.

He probably expects you to.

-Will you be there? -Of course I'll be there.

I'll be right with you.

Thanks. Come on.

-Hello? -This is your conscience

speaking, baby.

It was a-a lovely service.

Yeah, and the next line should be,

"And your brother would have been very happy with it."

But we all know he's not my brother.

And as far as Peter Hollister is concerned,

he'd have been a lot happier if there was

no memorial service at all.

Well, we all felt that way.

Was there anything in particular you--

Mm. I just thought I'd tell you

not to go out and buy any more oceanfront property,

with the money you think you're gonna inherit

from Peter's estate.

Well, I'm certainly willing to abide

by whatever the probate judge decides.

Yeah, well, in case you haven't heard,

it's against the law to profit from a criminal act, blondie.

Yes.

And if I have to,

I'll see that you're convicted for Peter's m*rder

to prevent you from inheriting.

Well, it was very thoughtful of you to call.

I, uh, I appreciate it.

Goodbye.

Abby doesn't k*ll. She gets even.

If she were guilty, it'd be too risky for her to go on record

about her argument with Peter.

It's not risky, because everyone knew about the fight.

But by talking about it, she looks like she's being honest.

And if she looks honest about fighting with Peter,

then she looks honest about everything else.

Paige called again?

If you knew that someone

was dead and you wanted to make

-it look as if you didn't... -7:00 p.m. approximately.

"You promised to call me, and you haven't."

What better way than to try to get in contact with them?

"You'd better have a really good excuse,

and it better be an excuse I've never heard before, because..."

And when Abby made that call, she knew she had a witness,

and she knew she was recorded.

"...if you're playing hard to get..."

-Who's that? -Paige.

I'm talking about Abby.

I hate it when...

nobody's ever clean after a m*rder investigation,

not even the innocent.

Well, son, as long as you're gonna be hanging

around the house, you might as well make yourself useful.

[gentle music plays]

God.

You had an opportunity to help make this entire country grow.

Now, you've been relegated to fuel for these flowers.

These dumb distractions.

You never asked me why I put up with you.

You never asked me why I let you be my little brother.

I guess you must have known I was using you.

And using people was something you understood.

You were my ticket to the White House.

You knew I couldn't make it on my own, didn't you?

And you were perfectly willing, for a price, to be my stand-in.

But you never learned to keep your nose clean, son.

And you never understood how much you needed me,

nor what it takes to really reach the top.

That was your mistake.

My mistake...

was thinking that there was any possibility whatsoever

that you could be my stand-in.

Well, at least I know where you are at night.

[♪]

[sighing]

-Hi. -Hi.

-You okay? -Yeah, I'm fine.

I think you're right.

-About what? -Abby.

As a matter of fact, I'm sure of it.

-There's some new evidence? -[Jill] No.

Then how can you be sure of it?

Everything fits.

-[Gary] What fits? -Everything fits.

-What's the matter with you? -Nothing's the matter with me.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Um, I just want you to know that

it's okay with me if Brian and Olivia come to stay with us.

You know, after...

No, I don't know. After what?

After what?

After Abby is arrested.

-Abby's gonna be arrested? -I think so.

It's just a matter of time.

-A matter of time? -[Jill] Yes.

Mack and Detective Garcia are going to talk to Olivia tomorrow

and they'll probably find out something then.

Gary, what is the matter?

Nothing is the matter with me. What's the matter with you?

All of a sudden, you're judge and jury, and social worker.

What are you complaining about, anyway?

After all, it was you who said that

you thought Abby k*lled Peter.

I said...

If I said that, and I don't recall saying it to you,

but if I said it, it was a pretty stupid thing to say.

And you repeating it back to me doesn't make it any less stupid.

Gary, you came to the same conclusion that I did.

[Gary] No, no, no, no. I had a hunch.

-You were sure. -I was never sure that

Abby k*lled Peter. I had a hunch.

And people don't get convicted on hunches.

And here's another hunch.

My new hunch is that your brother

was such a piece of slime, I have no doubt

in the world he got exactly what he had coming to him.

[door slams shut]

[instrumental music]

[Gary] Olivia.

Hi.

-How are you doing? -Fine.

Your mother said you weren't feeling too well.

I'm fine.

Um, when's your first class?

[♪]

What?

What time does your first class start?

-Um, I gotta go. -Uh, what, you--

Could we have lunch together?

I'm really late. Sorry.

[car horn honking]

[Gary] Morning, Mack.

-Morning, Gary. -Mr. Ewing.

-[Gary] Detective Garcia. -How you doing?

-So, you're here to, uh-- -To see Olivia.

Right.

[Mack] Did you drop her off this morning?

[Gary] She drives herself.

She here yet?

-I've been waiting for her. -She's not here?

[Gary] Well, I've-- I might have missed her.

Um, why do you want to talk to her?

Well, she knew Senator Hollister. She worked for him.

Why do you ask?

[Gary] She's just a kid.

[Gilbert] It's just standard procedure, you know?

Mm, standard procedure to question a child

without the parent present,

or an attorney, or somebody to stick up for her?

[Gilbert] She's not under arrest, Mr. Ewing.

[Gary] Well, I should hope not.

[Gilbert] Well, as long as we're here,

let me ask you about the last time you saw Senator Hollister.

[Gary] Me?

[Abby] You went to her school.

I think it's just outrageous that you would try to

talk to my daughter behind my back.

We didn't go behind your back, Mrs. Ewing.

What we did was routine, and we ne--

A police detective dragging a teenager out of school

on a m*rder investigation, badgering her,

embarrassing her in front of her friends, you call that routine?

And we never got the chance to talk to her.

You did know she didn't go to school today.

No, I didn't.

Maybe she wasn't feeling well, I don't know.

Why don't you make an appointment to see her?

Could I come by your house tonight?

-Fine. -[Gilbert] Seven o'clock?

-[line ringing] -Seven o'clock's fine.

[phone ringing]

Ewing Residence.

Ana...

Excuse me.

Seven.

Let me speak to Olivia.

She's not here, Mrs. Ewing.

She's not?

-Has she called or anything? -[Ana] No.

Ana, please give me a call as soon as she comes in.

[Ana] All right.

[sighs]

Yes, I talked to Olivia that morning.

-What did you talk about? -Does it matter?

It might.

Well, as a matter of fact, we talked about Peter.

Olivia was extremely upset.

Extremely?

Very upset.

Because he broke up with her?

Because her mother wouldn't let her work

with Peter anymore.

That doesn't sound like such a big deal.

It's a big deal to a 16-year-old girl who has a crush.

So is she upset with her mother, or with Peter Hollister?

With both, I suppose.

You dated Peter for quite a while, didn't you?

-Yes. -Did Olivia resent that?

Well, by that time, Peter and I had already broken up.

By what time?

That morning.

So her being upset had nothing to do with the fact that

you dated the man she had a crush on?

If you must know, Olivia was upset

because she just found out that the man

that she had a crush on

had been having an affair with her mother all along.

How did she find that out?

-[mysterious music plays] -I don't know.

You know, if I had a certain friend who had seen Olivia

this morning and pretended to the police that he had not,

if I had a certain friend who, for some reason,

was trying to influence what Olivia might say to the police,

if I had a friend like that, I'd tell that friend

what he was doing was stupid.

And if he keeps it up, he's gonna

cause some detective to ask,

"Why is he protecting these people?"

[♪]

-Oh, hi, honey. -Hi. Ready?

Yes, but I need a hug.

-[Mack laughs] -Oh, boy.

I hate this place empty.

Well, it'll fill up soon enough.

-Here you go. -Excuse me.

Oh, I-I'm sorry, uh,

we're temporarily closed, but I can give you a...

-a brochure. -Oh, I don't want to stay here.

I just want directions to where they found the senator's body.

I want to take a picture.

Excuse me.

We're closed.

I know it has an excellent academic reputation,

but I don't want a school in London.

I told you to find me a boarding school in Switzerland.

Because I want a school in Switzerland.

[sighing] Oh, my God. Olivia, what are we going to do?

-[knocking on door] -[door clicks open]

[Gary] I'm putting a defense attorney on retainer.

[door slams shut]

"The autopsy report states that the wound on the victim's back

was deep enough to reach the heart

after severing several nerves in the spinal column."

You can read to yourself if you don't mind, Al.

No, that's okay. I don't mind.

"Investigators speculate that the weapon used

in the m*rder of the state senator from the 87th district

was an ice pick-like weapon or narrow stiletto blade."

Anything else I can do for you, Jill?

Good night, then.

-Good night. -Good night.

I said good night.

You're throwing me out?

I've got to lock up.

You don't trust me?

Oh, come on. Sit down.

There's one donut left. Jelly.

No, thank you.

Yeah, well, okay. You keep it airtight,

and it'll be good as new in the morning.

Do you have a plastic bag? It would be better.

Good night.

-What's the hurry? -Look, I don't live here.

I just work here. And I'm going home now.

Don't you have a home to go to?

[solemn orchestral music plays]

-Detective Garcia. -Mrs. Ewing.

-And Mack. -Hi, Abby. How you doing?

I thought a familiar face might, you know...

I don't have to stay if you--

-No, no, no. It's fine. -Okay.

-Come on in. -[Mack] Thank you.

Would you gentlemen care for a drink?

Not for me, thanks.

Huh? No. Nuh-uh.

Mrs. Ewing, the sooner I talk to your daughter,

the sooner I'll be out of your hair.

Well, I'm afraid she's not here yet.

-[Gilbert] Not here? -[Abby] No, she had car trouble.

I see.

Well, as long as we're waiting, do you mind

if I ask you a few questions?

No, not at all.

You know, I'm gonna wait in the car.

No, Mack. Stay.

The presence of a familiar face.

Thank you.

-Val? -[Valene] Huh?

Can I see you a minute?

You stay right here, sweetie.

What?

You have to call Abby.

Karen, if she is dropping by for a visit at this hour,

she is obviously avoiding her mother.

-But you don't know that. -Yes, I do.

Maybe she's run away again.

Well, then, then her mother should know.

Maybe she has run away because of her mother.

You still have an obligation.

-[Olivia] Val? -[Valene] Yes?

Can I have some more pie, please?

Of course you may, sweetie.

But, uh, you won't finish the pie by yourself.

Then call Gary.

Why did you hide your financial relationship

with Peter Hollister?

I didn't hide it.

-I just didn't make it public. -Why didn't you make it public?

I don't know of any law that requires me to do that.

Do you?

Gentlemen, obviously Olivia is gonna be a lot

later than I thought she was, and, uh,

sooner or later, someone is going to say,

"It's getting late."

I volunteer.

It's, uh, it's getting late.

Why don't we, uh, meet with Olivia tomorrow?

-Good night. -Thank you.

[sighing]

When we were kids, it was a big treat...

to get donuts on Sunday.

We'd go to the same bakery...

[solemn music plays]

...and we'd get the same assortment,

the same half a dozen.

And Peter always got the jelly donut.

Always.

He'd either beat me to it...

or he'd trade with me.

Or he'd trick me out of it...

or he'd throw a tantrum.

I never got it.

Now I can have all the jelly donuts that I want.

[phone ringing]

[♪]

-[kids babbling] -[calling tone beeps]

[♪]

Olivia, you can't keep running away.

I was afraid.

It makes it look as though you have something to hide.

-I do have something to hide. -No, you don't. You don't.

You don't have anything to hide.

[Mack] You can't sleep either, huh?

Nope.

-You want some? -Mm-mm.

I'll keep you company, though.

Did Olivia get home all right?

Guess we would have heard if she hadn't.

I'm glad that Val finally persuaded her to call her mom.

You know, Karen,

I keep seeing...

I know all the people they're talking to about this m*rder,

but I keep seeing it like-- like a cop would see it.

You ever think of what it looks like to a cop?

He's wondering how far Peter went with Olivia.

We're sure it was just a crush, but he's not,

and he might be right.

-But-- -Imagine a cop finding out

that Peter and Abby were sleeping together...

and Abby knew of her daughter's crush on him,

and told him to lay off.

"Is Abby jealous?" asks the cop.

And then Olivia finds out

that the love of her life is sleeping with her mother.

Gets a little messy.

So I don't blame Garcia one bit

for drawing to any conclusion he comes up with on this one.

Especially when Olivia ran away from him, and Gary helped her.

What do you mean, Gary? What did Gary do?

This morning, Gary covered for Olivia

when she ran away from him.

And then Paige is on the tape twice.

-What? -Twice.

Paige called Peter twice the day he was k*lled.

Well, I'm sure that, that doesn't mean anything.

You're right.

It doesn't.

But it just so happens that she left the time of day she called,

when she called the first time.

Now, to a suspicious cop, he says,

there might be an artificial alibi.

You know what? You're going too far.

-You're just-- -Am I?

You're just going too far.

Garcia doesn't know yet

that when Peter was k*lled,

Paige still thought he was her uncle.

And felt pretty sure that he knew all the time.

He knew all along.

And she was furious.

But on her phone messages...

she was friendly, not furious.

Friendly.

And the second one, she was coy.

-Almost intimate. -Mack, you know what?

I just think...

I think you're a little embarrassed,

because you had to listen to

your daughter's intimate conversation.

I'm embarrassed because she shouldn't have been so friendly,

when she was still mad at him.

[tense music]

[music intensifies]

[whimpers]

When you were very little, you wouldn't let me do this.

[suspenseful music]

[knocking on door]

You keep brushing. Looks beautiful.

[♪]

Abby, this is Morris Schmidt,

the defense attorney I told you about.

[Morris] Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Ewing.

Would you excuse us for a moment, Mr. Schmidt?

Certainly.

Get rid of him.

Abby, be reasonable. Your daughter's life is at stake.

Did you ever stop to wonder what that detective will think

if there is an attorney present?

I don't care what the detective thinks.

Well, I do.

Olivia's not under arrest. There's no need for a lawyer.

And she is not going to say anything incriminating.

-Abby-- -She doesn't have anything

incriminating to say.

But if that man is present,

the police will presume she has something to hide.

They'll presume that she's guilty.

Do you want her to look guilty?

Then get rid of him. And stop trying to help, Gary.

Every time you try to help, you just make things worse.

Good morning, Mr. Baker.

Why are you being nice to me?

-I just said good morning. -Oh.

Well... [chuckles]

I see you ate that jelly donut after all.

Oh, it was delicious.

Thanks.

I didn't say you had to thank me.

So tell me, Mack, will you?

What should I know about Gary Ewing?

[Mack] He's a nice guy.

He doesn't always make the right judgment call,

but his intentions are always pretty good.

Yeah, yeah, the road to hell, you know?

Come on, spare me, will you?

So you know him well.

Mm-hmm.

And you should be able to tell me if he's been acting strange.

You know, Gil, m*rder investigations

bring out the worst in people.

I'll take that to mean "Yes, Gilbert,

the man has been acting strange."

Next question.

Should Gary Ewing be a primary suspect?

-Three trees apiece. -Give me a break.

Three 16-inch-diameter trees, 100 feet tall,

used up each year by every person in this country,

for paper products.

Beats Styrofoam, and trees are a renewable resource.

Renewable does not mean to be wasted.

Uh, do me a favor.

What?

Put more coffee in your coffee.

That's how we like our coffee in this office.

You like bad coffee?

Give me a break, Al.

You mean more coffee in a coffee,

is that-- is that too much to ask?

-You want to pay for it? -I already am.

-What? -It's in the overhead, right?

-Office overhead. -I guess.

[laughs] Of course it is.

An overhead's deductible.

Deductions are a form of subsidy,

because they're not taxed.

Ergo, I am paying for this coffee

with my tax money.

We're not a for-profit operation here.

-We don't have-- -Ah, that's right.

You don't have deductions here.

This whole operation is being paid for with my taxes.

You're 100% subsidized.

Uh, do me a favor, will you?

W-will you put this taxpayer's percentage of it in the coffee?

-Okay? -[Peggy] Al.

You're a very difficult person to be nice to.

You ended that sentence with a preposition.

Al?

Did I ask you to be nice to me? Huh?

[gentle music plays]

-Jill in? -[Peggy] She called in sick.

All right. I'll be back about 5:30.

Mack, got 30 seconds?

-I'll see you downstairs. -[Mack] Yeah.

What's up?

It's about Al.

Oh, Al.

Yeah, well, I guess he can get on your nerves.

Not that. He can. He does get on my nerves.

But that's not it.

I--

I got angry at him last night, and I told him to go home.

Well, good for you.

Mack, I don't think he has a home.

[seagulls squawking]

[Gilbert] So, nothing special happened

the last time you saw him?

[Olivia] No.

Were you upset that day?

-Yes, a little. -[Gilbert] Because?

Because I couldn't work with him anymore.

I can understand that.

You couldn't work with a friend anymore.

And Senator Hollister,

Peter, was a friend, right?

-Yes. -A very good friend?

I liked him a lot.

I'm sure he thought of you as a good friend, too.

[sighing] I don't know.

I hope so.

I know how it feels to lose a friend.

And I can promise you this, that we'll find out

whoever it was that k*lled him.

-Olivia... -[rattling]

...is this yours?

-Where did you get that? -He had it with him.

Did you give it back to him that day?

I did.

I gave it back to him.

I felt it was an inappropriate gift

for a girl as young as Olivia, so I, uh,

insisted that he take it back.

He agreed, and he apologized.

-I see. -[emotional music plays]

Well, I want to thank you for all your help, Olivia.

I know how hard this must be for you.

I know, because I have two daughters of my own.

One's about the same age as you, the same height.

[laughs] She even wears the same school outfit that you have on.

Exactly the same sweater, too, I think.

Do you know something?

I don't think she could have handled this tragedy

as well as you.

Thank you.

[♪]

Honey, you're going to love it.

Just imagine, skiing all winter long, trips to Paris.

And it's a wonderful school.

It's the very best school I could find.

And Switzerland's a beautiful country.

-I don't know how to ski. -I'll teach you.

-Will you stay with me? -Part of the time, sure.

You know what? I've got an idea.

I'm going to get you something really comfortable to travel in.

Now, do you remember that beautiful blouse

that you saw that you liked?

I'm going to go get it for you, okay?

You stay here and pack. I'll be back in a little bit.

You're going to love it, I swear.

Mm!

I'm not saying people living on the street are great people.

Or-or they deserve more than they've got.

The ones I know, I don't even like.

But of those who have homes,

do you think I like them any better?

-No. -Look, what I'm saying is,

if I had a big office building like this,

with the heat on all night and dry floors and all,

I mean, I'd feel like some kind of a jerk

if I made them live outside on the pavement...

-Al. -...instead of inside.

I mean, what sense does that make?

Al, will you shut up for a minute?

Show me the logic.

Here.

Al, you're welcome to use my office, dry floors and all.

And Al, who asked you to thank me?

[mischievous music playing]

[Peggy] Al?

-Al? -[man] Al isn't here.

[people muttering indistinctly]

Great coffee.

What do you got there?

Thank you.

[♪]

Gilbert.

[somber piano music plays]

Come on now. You know as well as I do,

a fiber report like that is not conclusive.

And how do we know that the fiber

didn't come from the locket? And how do we know that--

What?

Well, what does that mean?

All right, all right, all right.

Now, just don't do anything until I get there.

Don't do anything until I get there.

Uh, I gotta go.

[ominous music plays]

Olivia, I'm going to read something to you

that's very important.

I want you to pay close attention.

Do you understand that I want you to pay attention?

-[mouths] Yeah. -Good.

You have the right to remain silent.

-If you give up this right-- -Wait a minute.

Gibs... pause.

-Hi, Olivia. -[gasps] Mack?

Yeah. Okay. Take it easy.

Take it easy. You'll be all right.

-Does he have to be there? -No.

Thank you.

Listen, I just have to explain something to you, okay?

A couple of these things, huh?

You ever hear of the Miranda, uh, Miranda decision, huh?

Of course. Of course you have.

They teach you that in civics, don't they?

In government class, right?

Well, the thinking behind it is,

just because you're accused of a crime,

doesn't mean you lose your rights.

Miranda's a good thing, Olivia.

Because sometimes innocent people are accused.

So when we say these things,

think of them as... for your protection.

All right?

And if you don't understand something, you stop me.

And I'll try to explain it better.

All right? But don't be afraid.

First of all, you don't have to say a thing

if you don't want to, Olivia.

That's what they mean when they say,

"You have a right to remain silent."

And you can have a lawyer present if you want.

I'll call one for you right now.

-[Olivia] Oh, mom, please. -Stop it!

Leave her alone. Just leave her alone.

-Ana, take her upstairs. -[Olivia wailing]

No, I'm afraid you can't do that.

Why not?

Your daughter is under arrest, Mrs. Ewing.

-For what? -The m*rder of Peter Hollister.

-You can't arrest her for that. -I'm sorry?

-I did it. -Mommy, no!

Be careful of what you say, Mrs. Ewing.

Abby.

I k*lled Peter Hollister.

[narrator] Next, on Knots Landing.

How did the spindle get on the floor?

Wait a minute, Gil. You're out of bounds.

Don't say another word. You hold on!

-You wait a minute! -It fell while we were arguing!

Abby's not a m*rder*r.

Oh, I really admire a man who's so loyal to his ex-wife.

We'll talk about this when I get back.

What makes you think I'm gonna be here

when you get back?

-It's all my fault. -Why is it your fault?

The only reason she k*lled Peter was to protect me.

♪]

Olivia!

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