Falcon Crest (1981) s01e10 Episode Script

-What's the matter?
-Emma's not feeling too well.
-How is she, doctor?
-She's fine. She's pregnant.
-Did she say who this man is?
-No, but she's frightened.
Turner Bates. As if she didn't
have enough problems of her own.
Turner raped you.
-He wouldn't do that.
-You can't have this baby.
-A doctor will take care of it.
-That will never happen.
She can't have this baby.
Another grandchild,
another heir.
We could be cut off completely.
You let me go!
Emma. You're not trying, Emma!
-Let me go!
-You're not trying!
Turner!
Turner.
Turner, no.
Please, don't.
Turner, no.
You're hurting me.
Turner.
Turner, please.
No. No, Turner.
Turner, stop it!
No, I don't like this!
-Emma. Emma.
-No! No!
-It's okay. It's me.
-No! No!
It's me, Emma.
You were just dreaming.
Just dreaming.
-I was just dreaming.
-That's right.
You ought to talk
about your dreams sometime.
Just my dreams.
Hey. Hey, what's the problem?
-There's no problem.
-It's personal.
Take care of your business
on your own time.
These men are on the clock,
you're on my property.
I'm leaving.
-Who is that guy?
-Oh, just a friend.
He didn't seem very friendly.
Well, that's just his way.
Manuel.
If you're in any trouble.
Everything's fine, Mr. Gioberti.
There's no trouble here.
Just these weeds.
Keep an eye on Emma
for me, will you?
Don't worry about Emma,
Grandmother.
-I'll take care of her.
-Oh, alright. Thanks.
Mother, Emma is having
her nightmares again.
-She's just not
-Not getting enough rest.
She'll be fine.
We'll all be fine.
Mm-hmm.
-Now, I'll see you Monday.
-Mother.
Would you mail
this letter for me?
It's a poem I wrote
to Turner Bates.
Oh, Emma, darling.
Emma.
Turner is gone.
Everyone knows Turner.
He's king of the road.
Just walks into any town,
makes himself at home
knows everyone
by nightfall. Just
Just drop it in any mailbox,
Mother. He'll get it.
Emma, let's go
back upstairs. Okay?
How's tricks, Lance?
Read that in a book.
It's so much fun to say.
How's tricks?
Emma, don't use that expression.
It isn't very ladylike.
-How's tricks with you, Mother?
-Emma, come on.
Let's Let's
go back upstairs. Okay?
Upstairs.
You know,
I can do it myself, Lance.
Have a nice time
in the city, Mother.
She's not getting any better.
You know that, don't you?
What she needs is a lot of rest.
Come on, Vickie.
I'm gonna get you
to the library now.
What library?
You're supposed to be studying
for your chemistry exam.
I'd rather study anatomy.
Come on, Vickie, stop it.
Will you listen to me?
Now, you gotta
get out of high school,
which means you've gotta study.
I got a scholarship to hang on
to, which means I gotta study.
Mario, it's a beautiful day.
Come on, lighten up, will you?
We could go horseback riding,
we could have a picnic
anything but study.
Look. All I know is
unless I finish college,
I'll end up in the vineyards
barely making a living, along
with the rest of my people.
I want more than that.
You are really hung up on this
ethnic stuff, aren't you?
-So is the rest of the world.
-Well, I'm not.
Mario, all I care
about is you and me.
Us.
Maybe we better
head for the library.
What library?
-Can I give you a hand?
-Sure.
I was up at the firebreak
this morning.
-How's it going up there?
-It's coming along.
That new man you hired, Manuel,
was being hassled by some guy.
-One of the other workers?
-No. I've never seen him before.
I asked Manuel what it was all
about, but he wouldn't tell me.
I'll talk to him.
Gus, if there's any trouble,
I'd like to know about it
-so we can get it resolved.
-I'll check it out.
Fine.
-Maggie.
-Hi, Julia.
-I didn't know you were coming.
-I wasn't planning to.
I ran into Emma on the road
and I just gave her a lift.
-Well, thank you.
-Sure.
Where were you?
I I went to visit Vickie.
Oh?
Oh, the mail came.
Isn't that my hat?
Oh, I thought it was mine.
Nice try.
Angela isn't around
by any chance, is she?
-No. She's in San Francisco.
-Oh, well.
Was there something
I can help you with?
Yeah, maybe you can.
I'm doing this feature article
on vineyard crews
and the only vineyard worker
I know is my own husband. So.
What about Gus?
Yeah, I thought about him
but people would be
more interested in reading
about Falcon Crest crews.
A little more glamorous,
you know?
Julia.
I'll be upstairs if you need me.
Alright, dear.
-Come on in.
-Okay.
Oh, Emma, I'll be in the lab.
-Thanks for the ride.
-It's nothing at all.
See you later.
Oh, so how's your Spanish?
Oh, please, I haven't
gotten to the point
where I can order from the
menu of La Choza's restaurant.
I can help you
if you need translation.
Oh, that would be great.
What's the matter?
Don't think
Emma's feeling too well.
-Oh.
-Emma. Oh, my God. Emma!
And I promise you, Cole
Vickie's gonna get through
chemistry this year.
She better.
Hey, I got faith.
Just tell that to my teacher.
Hey, I got through.
Hey, Julio!
Hey, I'll be right back. Okay?
I speak English, Nunouz.
Hey, well, so do I, man.
-Come on, meet my friends.
-No.
You don't want your rich friends
hanging out with me.
What are you talking about?
What's your problem, man?
I'm a picker, man.
Didn't anybody tell you?
Rich people
don't eat with pickers.
Hey, come on.
Hey, you remember me?
I'm a picker too.
Three generations back, Julio.
That was a long time ago.
You're a college man now.
Go back to your new friends.
I thought
we were supposed to be friends.
You thought wrong.
What was that all about?
I'm not sure.
For an old friend,
he didn't exactly
come on like Mr. Warmth.
No, not exactly.
I thank God that you found Emma
and brought her home.
I mean, she could have been
lying by the side of the road.
Oh, poor Emma.
-How is she, doctor?
-She's fine. She's pregnant.
Emma's pregnant?
Oh, my God!
What did she say?
Turner Bates.
Damn him!
As if she didn't have
enough problems of her own.
Julia, I'm not sure
having a baby
is gonna be
such a crisis for Emma.
Do you honestly think that she
is qualified to raise a child?
She has your support,
support of her family.
It could be helpful. It could
pull her right into reality.
You miss the point.
The only opinion that counts
is the one that
belongs to Angela Channing.
Oh, surely Angela has
Emma's best interests in mind.
Doesn't she?
Compassion
has never been Angela's forte.
You see,
Angela will do anything
anything at all,
to protect the family name.
And it doesn't really matter
who she hurts in the process.
Well, thank you, Chao-Li,
I'm glad she's feeling better.
Okay.
Would you ask Julia to call me?
Good. Bye-bye.
Emma?
Yeah. She's feeling much better.
-At least that's some good news.
-Why? What's the matter?
Three more of our vineyard
workers quit last night.
You think Angela
has something to do with it?
How's the story coming, Mom?
Oh, okay.
Lot of footwork, though.
I'll try to get
more interviews today.
Find out
why our men are quitting.
My assignment's
on lifestyle of the workers
not labor relations.
Sounds like a piece of fluff
on the wine country.
It is not a piece of fluff.
I'll write whatever I find.
It'd be easy to find out why our
guys are walking off the job.
-Excuse me. Wait.
-Seems simple enough to me.
Before you start
dividing the property
could I have
the keys to the car?
-Where are you going?
-A picnic with Mario.
You've been spending
a lot of time with him.
It's Sunday, Dad.
-Thought I'd visit Emma later.
-Good.
There's more to life
than homework, you know.
I'm sorry.
I don't mean to put you
on the spot, but.
It's okay. I like it
when you yell at me.
-I'll see what I can find out.
-Okay.
Is something wrong?
Oh, no. Nothing's wrong.
Talk to me!
I'm sorry.
I guess I just
don't have a lot to say.
It's your friends, isn't it?
They're hassling you about me.
Listen, I wouldn't care
even if they were.
There's just
There's just a lot of tradition
that I can't ignore, that's all.
Mario, tradition
has nothing to do with it.
Your father works for my father.
That's the problem.
No, that's not the problem.
You know, you're forgetting.
There's a lot of cultural
differences between us, Vickie.
Maybe we should
stop seeing each other.
Do you think so?
Sure.
Make your friends happy.
Your parents would be happy.
You'd please everybody.
Everybody but yourself.
You know, I don't think you know
what you want, do you?
Yeah, I know what I want.
I want you.
Good.
I'm sorry.
I know.
They're still at the church.
-How many are in your family?
-Eight.
Eight. And you all live here?
And your fathers and brothers
all work at Falcon Crest?
-All of us.
-All of you?
Why don't you come and sit here?
That's a good girl.
Why aren't you in school,
Esperanza?
I went to school.
Now there's no money.
All of us
have to work in the vineyards.
Children, too.
I don't understand. Falcon Crest
pays their workers good money.
And if there are
eight of you working.
She says we would have
money for everything.
I can go to school if
the man didn't take our money.
The man
It's alright. Don't be afraid.
Tell me about the man.
The man will tell
Immigration about us
if we don't give him money.
Esperanza, who is this man?
Please, you must go now.
I'd really like to help.
You must go.
Tell your grandmother
that I'm sorry.
I didn't mean
to cause any harm.
Okay? It'll be alright.
I'm sorry.
-Grandmother, welcome home.
-Thank you, Lance.
We didn't expect you
back till Monday.
I canceled dinner
with your grandfather.
I tried to call you
at your apartment.
What's wrong?
Perhaps you'd better sit down.
You know I have a lot to do.
If you have
something to say, say it.
Emma is pregnant.
Emma?
Turner Bates.
Turner.
Well, where is she? How is she?
She's upstairs in her bedroom.
The doctor says she's fine.
I know a doctor
who'll take care of it.
That will never happen.
Are you sure?
Yeah. What else could it be?
They're being threatened
with deportation.
I gather it's just one man.
-Did she say who this man is?
-No
No. But she's really frightened.
I think they all are.
That's why we're losing our men.
It's a shakedown.
Angela's having
the same problem
because that
little girl's whole family
works for Falcon Crest.
-Where are you going?
-I'm going to Gus' place.
Well, I'm coming with you.
I'm not coming with you.
-Emma.
-Mother.
-Did Julia tell you?
-Yes.
Are you angry with me?
Oh, darling,
did you think I would be?
-But you hated Turner.
-I didn't hate him.
I just didn't think
that he was good enough for you.
But, Mother,
you didn't really know him.
I loved him so much.
We won't think
about that anymore.
That's in the past. We're gonna
think about the future.
Oh, Mother, I wish
that Uncle Jason were here.
-He would be so happy for me.
-Emma
I said, we're going
to think about the future.
I'm asking you a simple
question, Gus.
I told you,
there's nothing to worry about.
Somebody's extorting money
from the undocumented workers.
-That's something.
-Not your problem.
Somebody's putting the squeeze
on my men, it is my problem.
You don't understand. This is
nothing new. Stay out of it.
-I wanna help.
-You can't.
You'll only make it worse.
The other morning,
when I broke up
that trouble with Manuel?
Did that have
anything to do with this?
Manuel plays the ponies.
I guess losing can be expensive
and painful.
-Who's the other guy?
-I don't know.
Manuel was gone
by the time I got there.
Yeah. And he quit
my crew last night.
Thanks for your help, Gus.
Hey.
You know,
maybe Chase could help.
-If you know who's behind
-What's the matter? Bored?
You've got three more brakes
to adjust. Do it. Now!
Alright.
This could be a disaster.
Emma doesn't seem to think so.
She thinks this baby
could change her life.
What about our life, Mother?
She can't have this baby.
I don't think you have anything
to say about it, do you?
Don't you see?
Another grandchild,
another heir.
We could be cut off completely.
Mother would never do that.
We can't be sure
of that now, can we?
I'm not willing
to let her have the chance.
We could put
the baby up for adoption.
No way.
Ten, 15 years from now,
we'll get a call
from some kid's lawyer
claiming the birthright
to Falcon Crest.
That will never happen.
Because Emma's child is
going to remain in this family.
Mother, is this a time
for sentimentality?
Sentiment has
nothing to do with it.
Why would you
let Emma have this baby?
For several reasons.
I think the baby
would be good for Emma.
Also, it's a Channing.
And another option for me
if you fail
to earn your place here.
So, what did you do,
hit the jackpot?
I'm doing some people
some favors, college boy.
What can I do for you?
Well, I was looking
for some help, Julio.
Chase Gioberti came
to our place a while ago.
He thinks somebody is extorting
money from his labor crew
by threatening them with
deportation unless they pay up.
-No!
-Yeah.
Well, Gioberti's a newcomer
to the valley.
He don't know
how things work around here.
Well, I do.
Anybody in the extortion
business
is gonna have the Federal
Immigration to deal with.
And who's gonna
talk to them about it?
I will
if I have to.
Hi. How are you feeling?
Overwhelmed.
What's the problem?
I'm trying to think
of a name for my baby.
A name is very important,
you know.
If I had a name like Sarah
I'd probably be
a novelist by now.
Instead,
I'm just plain old Emma.
Well, I like Emma.
Emma's about as old-fashioned
as you can get.
What do you think of the name
Leslie Bates?
I like Leslie,
but I think Bates is all wrong.
I know
how you feel about Turner.
But his baby's
all I have left of him.
At least he gave me that.
Grandmother would like it
if you used the name Channing.
What are you doing here?
I care about you, Emma.
That's what I'm doing here.
I know you better than that.
You're just afraid of my baby.
Emma, a baby
is a big responsibility.
I don't think
you're ready for it yet.
You're just mad
because Turner wrecked your car.
Well, Mother
bought you a new car.
But this is all
I have left of him.
Turner raped you, Emma.
He wouldn't do that.
You can't have this baby.
"Leslie
Lester, Levander
Leviathin
Lorenzo
Lever, Levi, Lewis."
Just a minute!
-Where's your father?
-Why?
I've got an idea
who's been bleeding the workers.
-What are you talking about?
-I can't explain.
Where's your father?
Mom and Dad
went up to Falcon Crest.
Mario!
Chase, Maggie, come on in.
Sit down.
Make yourself comfortable.
Thanks.
Well, Julia tells me
you're doing a story
on the vineyard workers.
Sounds interesting.
It's turned out to be more than
interesting. It's explosive.
It probably is.
I wish you wouldn't
pursue the story here.
Why not?
Well, a vineyard is dependent
upon the people who nurture it.
I don't wanna
jeopardize my relationship
with any of my workers.
Take that up
with my editor at the Globe.
He gave me the assignment.
I see.
Actually, we're not here to
discuss Maggie's story, Angela.
-Oh?
-No.
Somebody's been extorting money
from our vineyard workers.
Yours and mine.
Why haven't I heard about this?
It has something
to do with access.
You're fairly insulated,
I work in the fields.
I hear things you don't.
And I've been researching
the story, so.
-Well, who is it?
-I don't know.
Every worker I've encountered
is thoroughly intimidated.
I've lost a lot of men lately.
Well, there has been
a big turnover this season.
What can I do to help?
If we offered a reward, we might
get to the bottom of it quickly.
Well, Maggie,
let me explain something to you.
My grandfather
built Falcon Crest.
But he didn't do it alone.
In those days, the manual labor
in the vineyards were Chinese.
It was their gateway to America.
And it's the same today.
So if we call attention
to ourselves
we're liable
to jeopardize all the people
who are dependent upon us
and whom we're dependent
upon. You see?
-Mother.
-That means you won't get
-Mpther, I've made a decision.
-What is it?
-I'm gonna name my baby Jason.
-We're gonna talk about this
Uncle Jason would be so happy
for me, if he were alive.
-Emma.
-Hi, cousins.
-How's tricks?
-Now, Emma.
-How are you feeling, Emma?
-Wonderful.
Are you crazy?
Hey, would you stop it?
Stand back.
Are you crazy, man?
-Let go of me.
-Come on!
-What are you doing, Delgado?
-Call it a lesson in life.
If you go to lapolicia,
I'll kill you.
Darling, please,
try to eat something.
Mario went looking for you
over three hours ago.
I don't know
what could've happened to him.
I talked to Angela.
He never showed up.
But he went there
straight from here.
He said he knew
who has been driving
the workers away or something.
Why didn't you
say something before?
I thought that you already knew.
Maybe he went
right to the sheriff.
Yeah, but I think we would've
heard something by now.
Gus is on his way over, Dad.
He sounded pretty upset.
There are 500 cases
of chardonnay
in the storage room
that don't belong there.
I want them on the loading dock
by sunrise.
Turner, darling.
I know you're here.
Turner.
You said you'd be here.
Turner?
Please, Turner.
Turner, I need you.
Alicia stayed home
in case Mario shows up there.
He told Vickie he knows who's
been harassing the workers.
He could be in real trouble
with that knowledge.
Gus, anything you know
could help us find him.
Unless, you still don't think
there's any problem here.
I've been turning my head
the other way for too long.
You don't know
who this character is?
The men won't talk
to me about it.
The last thing they want
is to be known as informers.
Well
whoever it is, he's
getting pretty heavy-handed.
-Mario.
-Mario.
Go get him a wet cloth.
Let's clean him up.
Turner.
Please
I need you.
Uncle Jason.
Uncle Jason
it's okay.
It isn't what you think.
Turner and I
are gonna get married.
Uncle Jason.
It's al It's alright.
No. Uncle Jason, stop.
Stop what?
Come on, Emma. Stop what?
What did Uncle Jason do?
Emma, you can tell me about it.
Come on. It'll make you
feel a lot better.
No.
No, I
I I really don't remember.
Sure you do, Emma.
It didn't happen that long ago.
Try to remember.
-I'm not supposed to.
-Who says?
I wanna go back to my room now.
Emma, you're not trying.
You let me go!
Emma, you're not trying.
-Emma, you're not trying!
-Let me go!
-No.
-Emma!
Chao-Li, open the door.
Get my grandmother.
Get on the phone
and call the doctor.
-What's happened?
-Get on the phone.
God, is she alright?
-What's happening?
-I don't know. It's Emma.
-Dr. Mandonio
-Mario.
report to Intensive Care.
Dr. Mandonio,
report to Intensive Care.
I'm okay, Dad.
Can't we just go home?
Mario, I'd like
to ask you a few questions.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see a thing.
You came to my house,
looking for me.
Vickie said you know
who's been taking the money.
Look, I was wrong.
I made a mistake.
Alright? I'm sorry.
No, son. I've been wrong.
It's my mistake
for letting this go on.
Mario
you can help
put a stop to this thing.
Who is it, Mario?
Look, I said I don't know.
Honey. Gus?
Let me try to talk to him.
Okay.
Ooh! That eye
is gonna be a beaut.
You're telling me?
Be lucky to get it open
in the morning.
Somebody gave you
a real beating.
Somebody.
Like I told the sheriff,
Mr. Gioberti
I didn't see a thing.
I'm disappointed.
I thought you were a bright guy
with a big future.
I never took you
for a liar or a coward.
Who are you protecting?
Vickie.
They threatened her, Chase.
And they threatened
my parents too.
What did they say?
I was lucky
to get away with my life.
They know who Vickie is,
they know where to find her.
Your silence is protecting guys
who've threatened people
you care about.
Guy who've beat you up,
nobody else.
Mario, they've gotta be stopped.
You don't understand, Chase.
These people
aren't playing any games.
They mean business.
I'm not interested
in putting your family
or my family
in any kind of danger.
But it can only get worse,
you know that.
You heard your father.
He said he's made a mistake.
Don't you make the same one.
I need a name, Mario.
You're the guy who's talking
about helping his people.
Nothing will change
until we speak out
when we can make a difference.
You're just as guilty
as they are.
Julio Delgado.
Where we can find him?
-He hangs out at the Hideaway.
-Thanks.
Let's go.
-Gus.
-It's my fight too, Chase.
I know.
Take care of Mario.
Will you pour yourself a drink,
read a magazine
feed your bird, anything,
but stop that pacing.
Sorry.
-Do you think she'll be okay?
-We'll soon find out.
You blame me for this,
don't you?
We all know how much you wanted
her to have that baby.
What do you think I did?
Push her?
She was alright
when she went into the winery.
Something happened in there!
How is she?
-She's sleeping.
-I gave her a sedative.
No reason why she shouldn't
come out of this in good health.
What about the baby?
But this could push Emma
over the edge.
I think she's stronger
than you think she is, Julia.
She'll be fine.
Now, don't expect miracles,
Angela.
Even under
normal circumstances
there are tremendous
emotional repercussions.
And we all know Emma's had
more than her share of traumas.
Her uncle's death.
Turner Bates.
And now this. Losing her baby.
She's gonna need a lot of help.
Well, we'll certainly
give it to her.
Professional help, Angela.
Goodnight, doctor.
Thank you for coming.
Julio Delgado?
Does this look like
a private club to you?
I don't know
everybody's name in here.
Listen, pal,
you want me to check some IDs?
Yeah, that's him.
You better stay back here,
out of the way.
Hey, he's all yours.
Julio Delgado?
Julio Delgado?
I think he went that way.
Hey. Hey. Hey.
Hey. Hey. Chase.
Hey!
You want to be a hero?
Hey. Get the knife. Get it!
Get off him.
Get him!
-Hey, are you alright?
-Yeah.
We're gonna have him
on one of the next planes south.
What do you think?
-Will he be back?
-Probably.
Up here, it's easy pickings.
Why don't you prosecute him?
He'd be out on bail in 24 hours,
right back on the job.
I don't understand.
Exploits his own people.
I just don't get it.
It doesn't seem fair.
Not much up here is.
I was hoping
you'd still be here.
Lance
about what I said earlier
this evening
I really didn't mean it.
I didn't push her
down the stairs, Mother.
She was wandering around
the winery, talking to Jason
-about, I don't know about
-I know, I know.
Sometimes she seems so normal
so lucid, and then
I don't know,
some other times, she
It's like she's not even
a member of this family.
You know, we're all
a little bit like Emma.
-What are you talking about?
-Grandmother.
She keeps Emma
locked up in her room
you get locked up
in your laboratory
and
I get the carrot
and stick treatment.
Surely you can't blame
your grandmother
for what happened this evening.
Why not?
She's blaming me for it.
Well, you'll feel differently
in the morning.
Remember, it's her carrot.
What if I told you that I don't
care about any of this anymore?
Oh, Lance.
Just keep in mind
she's got the stick too.
-Mother?
-I'm here, darling.
Mother, I feel so sleepy.
The doctor gave you something
to help you to rest.
What happened?
You had an accident.
In the winery?
I was trying to remember about
the night that Uncle Jason died.
Did you say anything
to Lance about it?
Lance?
He was there, wasn't he?
He was asking me
about Uncle Jason.
I got scared and I ran.
It's
It's dead, isn't it?
Emma.
My baby.
It's dead?
Yes.
And I'm sorry.
Oh, Mother
I wanted so much
to have someone to love.
And someone
to love me.
But we love you, darling.
I love you.
No, Mother,
you love Falcon Crest.
You love a place