Hold on the pipe!
[ Truck Horn Honking ]
[ Man ] Okay, guys, take a break.
Dad, could we talk about this at home, please?
I mean, did you have to come all the way out here just to
Just to what? I don't know. Whatever it is.
Couldn't it have waited? I've got work to do.
Well, by all means, go and do it, Steven.
This time you're on my property, Blake.
I know that, Walter.
I don't have any dogs to put on you...
but if you'll remove your jacket...
I'll be glad to bust your jaw in a couple of places.
Nice to be so graciously received... by everyone.
What do you want here, Blake?
First, to thank you, Matthew...
and you too, Walter, for hiring my son.
Teaching him the business from the mud up, giving him a chance to do a man's work.
Steven, why don't you get up there and tell those jarheads to get that Kelly turning...
or they're gonna be hearing from me.
Okay, so you're grateful we hired Steven.
Is there anything else?
Or can I get back to work before your leasehounds swoop in here and gobble us up...
for standing still.
Well, hold on a minute, will you, Matthew?
Doing what I have to do, coming out here, isn't easy for me.
The fact is I've had no practice at it.
You see, gentlemen, I've, um...
I've come to apologize.
Now you, Matthew, you were a good friend...
not to mention the best damn geologist I ever had.
I let you get away, and that was dumb.
Well
I'm having some people over to the house next Saturday night.
My wife and I would like you and Mrs. Blaisdel...
and you too, Walter, to join us.
You drove all the way out here to invite us to a party?
Not just a party. This is a gathering...
of a few of the most influential people I know.
Of course, that guest list just wouldn't be complete...
without a couple of scufflebum wildcatters.
Course, now while we're there, you wouldn't like to take a shot...
at getting your hands on our oil leases.
Course I would.
Best thing in the world that could happen to us both...
would be if you brought this tincan operation of yours...
under the Denver Carrington corporate umbrella.
But if I couldn't convince you, it'd still be okay.
At the very least, you'd meet some people who might be able to do you both some good.
So, please try to come.
[ Door Closes, Engine Starts ]
[ Man ] Then we'll have a dressmaker form made in your measurements.
And while you and I are picking out some fabrics...
they can be Uh, excuse me, Mr. Beaumont...
but how much will all of this cost?
I beg your pardon?
The clothes, all the things that you've shown me. How much will it cost?
Oh, uh, well, that that's something that's usually
Well, that's really usually discussed between Mr. Carrington and myself.
I understand that, but I would still like to know how much.
Well, uh, your wardrobe, uh, for the season...
uh, that's dresses, gowns, accessories...
should run something between 7 5 and 1 00...
thousand.
That's not including furs.
Are you sure that Mr. Carrington wanted me to order all these things?
I mean, he never said a word about it to me.
Daddy's such a planner. He does the same thing to me all the time.
Slips in while I'm asleep, leaves a little note saying
Excuse me, Mr. Beaumont, but, uh, I just can't
I mean, I would have to talk to Mr. Carrington before I could decide.
Excuse me.
[ Knocks ] See? Was I wrong? He sent you a note.
[ Sighs ] Fallon...
I know that Blake is trying to do something nice for me.
But right now, with all his financial problems
[ Sighs ] I've got a closetful of clothes he already bought me.
Well, those are things that Blake Carrington bought his girlfriend.
You're his wife now.
I'm sorry, Fallon, but this is not your concern.
This is something Blake and I will discuss.
You know, Krystle, you haven't exactly won everybody over in this house.
I'm beginning to believe that.
Well, if somebody tries to help you out...
I should think you'd take time to listen.
Fallon.
I'm listening.
You've got some things to learn about how rich people function...
particularly in times of crisis.
And you're going to teach me those things?
Some of them. Not all of them.
Just enough to keep you from making a total fool of yourself.
Why are you being so helpful to me?
I certainly haven't won you over.
[ Chuckles ] That's right. You haven't.
But you see, if you embarrass yourself, then you embarrass my father.
I don't want that to happen.
The rich are different, Krystle. Don't make any mistake about that.
See, the poor cut back in hard times. That's why they're poor.
The rich know that's the time to spend.
The game is called ""Million Dollar Spit in the Ocean.''
And you're gonna tell me the rules, right?
The rules are easy.
Every card comes down and dirty.
And a strong bluff is worth more than a full house, aces high.
My father's having people over Saturday night...
important people.
People who are either going to support him or they're going to turn their backs on him.
Their decisions won't be based on the balance in his checkbook.
They're going to come in here and look around.
Very quietly, they will judge whether Blake Carrington's table is brilliantly set...
whether his servants continue to respect him...
how his wife and how his daughter are dressed.
From those things, they will know his state of mind...
and the strength of his resolve.
What should I do?
Well, callJoseph up here first and tell him to take those things downstairs...
and divide them up among the servants.
And then go seeJames Beaumont. He's still waiting for you in the library.
Do I thank you for this?
No. It's not a gift.
You're going, huh? [ Chuckles ]
What the hell you mean you're going? I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll chain you to that pipe rack before I let you go to any party at Blake Carrington's house.
Oh, you will, will you? Uhhuh.
What are you getting so upset about, Matthew?
What am I getting so upset about?
Walter, how long ago was it that the, uh, man put his dogs on you...
had you beaten up by his bodyguards...
and then had you run off his place like a chicken thief?
What's a fella supposed to do when a wild man in a Jeep comes running through his wedding?
I ain't believing this. Why are you suddenly taking his side?
I'm not taking his side.
Just trying to be fair, that's all.
Well, tell me, whwhat are you, flattered?
I worked for the man! I know what he can do!
Blake Carrington would drive into hell...
and handdeliver an invitation to the devil if it suited his purpose.
Damn it, you know it and I do too. Sure he would.
You know why? Because he's smart. That's why.
But it still takes a big man to drive all the way out here and apologize...
to admit that he's wrong, and that's my kind of man.
You know something else? There's gonna be a lot of my kind of men there Saturday night.
Oil men. Big men. Rich men.
And let's face it, Matthew.
The big deals today, they're not made in boardrooms or offices.
They're made in parlors all across this country.
Parlors just like Blake Carrington's.
And if we want any part of the action, we gotta get in those parlors.
And right there's that's our passport.
All right.
All right, then you go...
because you're good at that.
Well, I am going.
I am going.
I wish you'd go too, boy, but I understand.
Well, I mean, I think I understand.
I wonder, is it Blake Carrington you don't wanna see...
or is it the thought of sitting there all night long looking at his wife...
knowing you can't lay your hands on her, hmm?
You think about it.
[ Claudia ] Maybe Walter's right.
Maybe it'd be useful if you went to the Carringtons' Saturday night.
Well, now
[ Grunts ]
I thought you were sleeping.
It isn't just Walter, is it, Matthew?
It's me.
You're afraid that if you take me to the Carringtons'...
with all those people...
all that talk about stock manipulation...
corporate raiding
You're afraid I might not be able to handle it...
and I might have a relapse, right?
I didn't say that. I know you didn't say that.
I know it's what you think.
Honey...
I just don't want you to push it.
I mean, I want you to take your time...
and ease back into it.
This isn't the man that said to me a week ago...
when you brought me that car...
""Lady, I don't like living with a mental patient...
any more than you like being one.''
You.
I never said that.
Did I say that? You did.
Well, I have been known to, uh...
say a few dumb things in my life.
Matthew, you were right.
You know what else? What else?
You've done a lot for me.
You paid all of those bills.
You never complained.
You didn't, not once.
This is my small way of paying you back.
So, if you don't want to go to the Carringtons' on Saturday night...
I'm gonna go anyway.
You are? I am.
And you know something else? What else?
I'm not gonna fall apart up there.
I know you're not.
The flowers look beautiful, Leon.
Uh, these are for the table, ma'am.
I've, uh, already put some in your room.
Thank you.
Everything looks wonderful,Joseph.
Mmm, the lamb smells great. Hilda?
Yes,Joseph? It must be pink. Pink.
I know that,Joseph. It will be pink.
May I speak with you for a moment, please?
Mrs. Carrington, there's a lot of work to be done before the guests arrive.
It won't take long.
I'm I'm sorry about the other evening.
I realize Leon was almost fired because of me.
I discussed the matter with Mr. Carrington.
I've ordered that there be fresh flowers placed in your room every day.
I trust that's been carried out?
Yes. Thank you.
Well, then if that will be all
Uh, no, that's that's not all.
Um, I don't quite know how to say this.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I know I'm new here, and, uh...
there's bound to be a certain amount of resentment.
But, well, don't you think that there could be some way...
that you and I could be... friends?
I believe, Mrs. Carrington, that would be, uh...
inappropriate.
I see.
Is there anything else?
Yes, may I see the seating arrangements for this evening?
That has all been arranged.
[ Sighs ]
You have placed the Blaisdels and Mr. Lankershim...
at the opposite end of the table of Mr. Carrington.
Mr. Blaisdel and my husband are friends. They should sit together.
Mr. Colby always sits on Mr. Carrington's right...
and then there is Mr. Harrison and Mr. Carter to be considered.
Put Mr. Blaisdel on Mr. Carrington's left.
I believe that my arrangement is best. May I have that back, please?
Do you like your job,Joseph?
I believe I can always get another one.
Could you?
Even with a recommendation from me that you are rude, petty and insubordinate?
I asked you a question,Joseph.
That would make it more difficult.
Come with me.
Gerald, there'll be new seating arrangements.
Joseph will tell you where to put the place cards. Yes, ma'am.
The rest of you, everything is very nicely done. Thank you.
You've been very cooperative,Joseph.
You're a good worker. I believe I'll speak with Mr. Carrington...
about increasing your salary.
Krystle?
You all right?
Is it the staff? Still giving you a hard time?
No. No, I think I've finally reached an understanding with Joseph.
Good. Oh, here.
I thought you'd might like to wear that tonight.
It's beautiful.
But? But what?
But it's so expensive, and we're in the middle of a financial crisis.
And do you really think we can afford it?
No, Blake, I know the rules. I know the game.
It's called ""Million Dollar Spit in the Ocean.''
Who told you about that?
A little bird told me.
A rotten little bird.
Blake, I want you to tell me something.
Mmhmm.
I know that you're having Matthew Blaisdel over tonight...
because you want him to bring his oil leases into your company.
Mmhmm. That's right.
Is that really in Matthew's best interests?
Yes, it is.
Is that the truth?
Have I ever lied to you?
I don't know.
Have you?
[ Chattering ]
I swear to you, Blake. The federal attorney hands me the typed deposition.
Well, I'm about to sign it, and my own attorney says to me in front of the fed...
""I hope we got it right.''
Tom, what happened to that old leasehold you had up near Gallup?
It's still there. You wanna drill it?
Go ahead, Blake. Everyone else has. [ Walter Laughs ]
What do you think, Matthew? Worth a try?
Not the way they do it.
North Texas Survey billed me $50,000...
to pinpoint those, uh, reservoirs.
Yeah, so what have you hit, besides their invoice?
[ All Laughing ]
You were there, weren't you? You remember?
She served them. That's a true story. [ Woman Laughing ]
Yes,yes. That's why I didn't go again.
You were there too, weren't you? I sure was.
Krystle, the dinner was superb. Is the staff new?
Same staff, Marion. New boss lady. Oh?
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a survey report...
says that we might just strike brandy in the living room.
Wonderful. [ Chattering ]
Overthrust, right? Beg your pardon?
That's why Tom Loomis couldn't drill that leasehold they were talking about, hmm?
Well, yes, I guess you could say that.
But you'd know how to drill it, wouldn't you, Matthew?
Why don't you tell me how you'd do it?
Well, it's a little technical.
Try me. Well, first you'd have to determine how far down
Excuse me, uh, Fallon. Can I see you a minute?
Excuse me. *[ Piano ]
You suppose we could split, take a ride or something?
I'm talking to people right now,Jeff. A little later, okay?
Oh, these men. I'll tell you a true story.
Picture a bedroom and there is the wife of Meridian Trust...
in bed with the president of Unified Trust...
and in walks her husband.
I swear, all he can think of to say is...
""With my toughest competition?''
She's lovely, Blake.
Too bad you had to cut your honeymoon short because of your little overseas fiasco.
Oh, not a fiasco, Cecil. Minor setback at worst.
Blake, you can tell the other fellas in the room that. Maybe they'll believe you.
But you and I, we go back to the Ice Age...
and I know you have a fortune locked up over there.
It's true one fortune, but only one.
Now I'm embarrassed.
I came running over, waving my checkbook like a life preserver...
I find you floating happily in the sun.
Forgive me. Uh Uh
Suppose now just suppose
that I could use a bit of tiding over.
What do you figure it would cost me?
Well, not much. Uh, say a piece...
of the LankershimBlaisdel leases when you manage to put them in your pocket.
I may be in a little trouble, Cecil...
but I will not be robbed at gunpoint.
Certainly not by my best friend. Hey, Blake.
You can't blame a fella for trying, can you? [ Chuckling ]
Hell, no. I would have tried it myself.
Suppose I said it wouldn't cost you anything.
Nothing?
Maybe we could call it a, uh, goodfaith loan...
from one prospective inlaw to another.
I wanna stay here.
Come on, Fallon. We can take a ride down to the club.
Do you know something that I don't know?
Meet me at the Petroleum Club Monday for lunch.
We'll work out the details.
How's the game going?
Cecil Colby just bailed me out, offered me a blank check.
Well, that's wonderful. Isn't it?
I think so. Somehow, it was just too easy.
Didn't have the knowledge then that we got now or the instruments.
You had to smell it. You had to find it with your nose.
Jeff.
You're not leaving, are you?
I need a little air. A lot of air.
You're not forgetting our bargain, are you?
I've done my part. Now it's up to you to do yours.
[ Men Laughing ]
Whale of a woman.
In the nick of time.
Excuse me, boys. [ All Laughing ]
Freshen that up for you, Mr. Colby?
Hmm? No, no, no, thanks, Michael. Two's my limit.
Oh, what happens to you if you have three? Do you turn back into a pumpkin?
You don't suppose we could leave now, do you?
Oh, sure, if you take me where I wanna go.
Anyplace.
New Orleans.
Bourbon Street. Preservation Hall.
We'll take my father's jet.
I think we still have time to make it to Brenner's for oysters.
I have to work Monday.
Well, so work Tuesday. There's plenty of days left in the week.
Well, you're serious.
I'm as serious as I can be about anything.
Flying off to New Orleans is a big joke to you.
But I mention something real like the Young Republicans...
or joining theJunior League and you're turned off.
You wanna join theJunior League? Go ahead. I'm not stopping you.
When are you going to get involved?
I will. Later.
When later? I don't know. Soon.
One of these days. Tomorrow.
If there's no tomorrow, then Tuesday.
Why do we always get on this subject?
Because you just might find it interesting.
Jeff, the Russians are in Afghanistan...
the Vietnamese are in Cambodia...
the Cubans are everywhere else.
Half the world has the bomb. They're ready to drop it.
You want me to join theJunior League and knit booties for orphans.
Jeff, the whole world's an orphan.
Well, then do something about it.
Your father's money is not a gift. It's a responsibility.
Oh, the hell it is. You wanna feel guilty for being born rich.
I don't. It wasn't my fault, and I refuse to accept the blame.
Well, somebody has to.
Well, you seem to be sucking up enough guilt for both of us.
Can't you just once do something...
that has absolutely no social significance?
Well, can't you do something that has?
[ Signs ] Suddenly the evening has lost its vitality.
[ Slams Glass Down ]
Jeffy, my love, you're right.
I am?
I've found my course. I'm committed.
You are going to be my charity.
You gotta tell us.
Now either you're sitting on oil, or you're not.
Well, we're sitting on an ocean of it.
Well, then make some commitments.
When we hit oil, we will. [ Laughs ]
And all the smart boys will take the cream.
We're offering you a deal right out in front... out of friendship.
Out of friendship? On a handshake.
[ Laughs ]
Did you find the matches? Just a minute. I'm looking for them.
Wait, here they are.
Fallon, that's grass. To be exact.
Well, suppose somebody sees it?
Oh, don't worry. I've got enough for everybody.
Fallon, we could get arrested for fooling around with that stuff.
I bought it from a starving seminary student...
so you'll be supporting a good cause.
Fallon...
scientific studies have proved it...
confuses the thought process.
It absolutely destroys the memory.
So far you don't have anything to remember.
But we can work on that.
I thought you were beginning to like me a little bit.
Oh, you know I do, Fallon, but
Well, then smoke some of this good stuff, lovey.
Come on. Do it for me.
Well, you seal it with a handshake, but you top it off with a drink.
Gimme a drink. Walter, that's what I like to hear.
[ Walter ] Yeah. What is it you were about to say, Blaisdel?
Well, you're gonna have to go back into that abandoned area...
but I wouldn't rely on any seismic scan to tell you anything other than
Excuse me, Matthew. I need this fella to settle an argument.
Now, Mathilda here says that you are
Hi. Hi.
Nice party.
You really think so?
Well, to tell you the truth...
I have felt more comfortable at a cannibals' banquet.
[ Both Chuckle ] Come on. I'll show you around.
Well, I'd like to, but I probably should be getting on home.
We're working a crew tomorrow. It won't take long.
Besides, I wanna talk to you about something.
[ Woman Laughing ]
[ Man ] Tom. Hey, Tom. [ Continues Indistinct ]
[ Indistinct ] [ Chattering Continues ]
Hi. Claudia Blaisdel, right?
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to barge in on you.
Oh, no, wait. Don't go. Uh, I wanna thank you.
What for?
The sandwich you gave me. [ Chuckles ]
The day out on the rig? Ham and cheese on rye.
Right. It's a little proletarian...
but that sandwich gave me the strength to take on the hordes of Genghis Khan.
What are you talking about?
Uh, Amos and the drilling crew?
That was the day that I got the job.
That's right. Matthew Matthew told me.
Were you looking for the
I just...
was trying to escape for a minute or two, that's all.
Well, you've found the right place.
[ Laughs ]
[ Party Chatter Continues ]
I mean, believe me. II know what it's like out there.
It's a thousanddollaraplate zoo.
[ Deep Sigh ]
It It's crazy.
All right.
I want you to tell me something.
Are all of the lunatics locked up?
Or are most of them, the real lunatics...
pretending to be politicians, captains of industry...
psychiatrists?
Well, I'm not an expert. I don't know.
No, but you've been in a mental ward, haven't you?
Yes.
Well, then
I'm sorry. II didn't mean to
I mean, I understand if you're
No, no, no, that's all right.
It's all right. It's not that.
Then what is it?
I mean, you're so refreshing.
I mean, your opinion Most people don't have
Well, they're not as direct as you are.
Is that a problem?
No. Oh, no.
[ Clicks Tongue, Sighs ]
I'm tired of being treated as though I had a social disease, you know?
I walk into a room, and people...
lower their voice, talk about the weather, you know?
I think they're afraid of upsetting the Madwoman of Chaillot.
Giraudoux wouldn't mind anyway.
Besides, there are a lot of great people in history...
that have done a little time on the flip side
Nijinsky, Peter the Great...
Dostoyevsky.
I think you're in very good company.
Tell Matthew that.
I will. Not now!
No, I mean, don't spoil this evening.
Emily Dickinson.
I want you to, uh, listen to this.
""Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye.
""Much sense the starkest madness.
""'Tis the majority in this, as all, prevails.
"Assent, and you are sane.
Demur,you're straightaway dangerous and handled with a chain. '"
It's lovely.
And what she means is...
that very special people sometimes find it very difficult to survive in our society.
And Emily Dickinson...
they didn't accept her.
And she was a very special person, and I think you're a very special person too.
I want you to have this.
[ Indistinct ] [ Chuckles ]
Well, it's a nice little place you got here.
Yeah.
I expect come, uh, Saturday morning...
Blake's out here with his lawn mower and his weed puller just having a ball.
Yeah, well, you get a picture of that, and we'll sell it to a national magazine.
[ Both Laugh ]
Well, I'm, uh, I'm real pleased for you, Krystle.
You got a good life.
A happy life.
I like your wife.
I figured you would if you ever got to meet her.
She's a good girl, Claudia. She's had her problems, but she's a trouper.
Wouldn't her life be easier if you weren't a wildcatter?
Well, I'm doing the best I can. It's just that right now...
I'm rolling a big stone up a steep hill.
I know that. And so does Blake.
Yeah, I know. That's why he invited me to his party...
to meet his friends and discuss the price of Beluga caviar.
He cares for you, Matthew.
Well, that's what my draft board said a few years back...
and the next thing I knew, people were shooting at me.
He just doesn't want to see you go on breaking your heart...
over that pile of junk you call a drill rig.
Well
that pile of junk is called LankershimBlaisdel Number 1 .
It may not be much, but it's got my name on it...
and I think that's about the secondbest feeling in the world.
It wouldn't have to change.
If?
If you were to bring your leases in...
under the Denver Carrington corporate umbrella.
[ Chuckles ]
Seems to me I've heard that expression somewhere before.
Well, wherever it was, it made sense.
Blake is set up to help you develop that property.
It can make you a wealthy man, Matthew.
[ Sighs ] Is this what he's got you doing for him?
Do you know what this kind of work is called, Krystle?
No. Tell me.
I know you're married to him, but I didn't think you'd do this...
that you'd try to buy me for him.
Is it also yourjob to supply women for all outoftown executives?
I never realized you hated me so.
I don't hate you.
I love you.
What?
Nothing. Matthew, look at me.
I guess I'll always love you.
But when you came back...
you said you didn't care for me anymore.
I know.
I did what I thought was best for both of us at the time.
Am I supposed to be grateful to you for that?
Who the hell gave you the right to make that decision for me?
I'm not a child, Matthew. I'm a grown woman.
I've the Godgiven right to make my own decisions.
I understand that. No, you don't understand.
It was my place to decide if I could live with a small piece of something good.
It was your place to decide only what you could live with and what you couldn't.
Excuse me.
Hi. Hi.
Well, this party's getting kinda boring.
What do you say we find Walter and get the hell out of here?
Fallon, do you think they saw us?
Do you think they saw us smoking that stuff?
[ Walter Indistinct ]
But little known to nobody, the durn gas was dripping on the ground.
He hit that torch, the spark flew, and they were like an aloft oil rig.
Ooh, boy, I'm telling you.
Looks like you're having a pretty good time. Yeah, I am.
Thank you for coming, Tom. It's a pleasure to have had you.
We enjoyed it so much. See you soon.
You come over and see us. Good night.
[ Matthew ] About ready to go? No, I'm not ready to go.
I'll let you know when I'm ready to go.
Right? They'd make a song out of it down there in Nashville.
Well, can I talk to you a minute?
Yeah. You boys excuse me a minute.
All right, how many rigs did you lease?
Several. Why? Got 'em at a good price.
We're gonna need 'em. Sittin' on an ocean of oil, boy.
Did you sign anything?
No. [ Laughs ]
You don't sign anything with this bunch.
You do it on a handshake.
Uhhuh. Well, do you think it's clever...
to come in here, soak up Carrington's booze...
and then let these guys try to get into our pocket?
Do you?
Now, if you think I'm drunk, then you're no brighter than they are in there.
I let 'em think I'm drunk just so they could try to slip me a cold deck.
Meanwhile, we're getting a good look at their cards...
and we're gonna hit 'em with a handful of aces when they reach for the pot.
Now that's the way the game's played.
Well, I'm sorry, Walter. I don't play games.
Well, then you better go back to that school of geology.
Let 'em examine the rocks in your head.
Because if you don't play the game and play it well...
then they're gonna eat you up, that bunch in there will.
You remember that.
Gentlemen, my partner gave you his hand. I'm taking it back.
Pleasure to meet you.
I'm afraid it's not done that way, Matthew.
No? Then how is it done, Blake?
But cutting off people's credit and squeezing them till they can't breathe?
Or by inviting them to a fancy party and using your
Using my what, Matthew?
Nothing.
It's been a nice party, Blake. Thank you.
I'd say he told you to go to hell.
Now, that sort of thing could become epidemic.
I gave him a chance to stay afloat.
Now I'm gonna blow him right out of the water.
[ Murmuring ]
Excuse me, madam, but there's a problem...
that really should be handled by the mistress of the house.
[Jeff Yells ]
[ Both Laughing ] You're crazy.
[ Laughter Continues ]
Fallon, please get out of there right now.
Oh, hurry, kids, it's the lady from the orphanage.
I don't think your father would be very pleased...
if any of his guests saw you in there like this.
Oh, oh...
my father's feelings really concern you, don't they?
Would you like me to call him?
Come on. Let's get out of the pool.
I don't think this was very discreet of you, Fallon.
Don't lecture me on discretion, Miss Hypocrite.
You of all people.
""I'm not a child, Matthew. I'm a grown woman.''
""But I love you, Krystle.
God knows, but I will always love you, Krystle. '"