Melrose Place s04e23 Episode Script

Hold it right there.
I am the receptionist, and I have to announce everyone, even if I hate them.
Sydney, if you have a problem, why don't you just come right out with it? Why would there be a problem? Just because you knew that Michael was the man of my dreams and you deliberately pitted him against me so you could muscle me out of the relationship and you into the beach house? Michael never saw you as anything but a diversion.
That is not true.
He loved me before you made me open up to you so you could use whatever you found out against me.
You're a very sick girl.
You are going to find out just exactly how sick I can be.
Honey, you gotta fire that girl.
Who, Syd? Why? I have no reason to.
Maybe not.
But you might gain something if you did.
Mmm.
Like me, happy and grateful.
Well, Kimberly, it's just not possible.
She's a great receptionist, the patients love her.
Perhaps you need a visual aid.
Whoa, Kimberly.
I promise I will definitely make this worth your while.
Oh, no, no, no, please, not here.
Not in the office.
Definitely here and definitelynow.
Now, right now.
Ooh! That girl is so fired.
Hmm.
Everybody needs a little confusion It gives you time to know what you really need I can't hear you, say it again I can't hear you, say it again Oh, oh, it's a mad, mad world that's turning Oh, oh, it's a mad, mad world in love, in love, in love Broken hearts can say, they can do anything Oh, oh, it's a mad, mad world in love, in love, in love Good morning.
Oh, did you sprint over here to carry my books or is there something on your mind? No, I'm re-pitching the Madge and Mabel Ice Cream account.
So you can fail miserably a second time? Last time I was saddled with Brooke.
This time I'm going to use Alison.
All right? Pitch the principals.
You'll see a different person.
And this isn't about you wanting to jumpstart your relationship with Alison again? No, Alison's the best person for the job.
I'll think about it.
Think about it now.
Well, first it's Lindy Toys and now this.
Guess there's no keeping you down.
Fair warning-- going downhill isn't pretty.
So if you're in this for the long haul, take it easy.
Do I pitch or not? Knock yourself out.
Hey, so we are re-pitching the Madge and Mabel Ice Cream.
Amanda just signed off on it.
Whatever happened to the courtesy of asking? You know, Billy, it seems to me that you're either on advertising steroids or you're avoiding your feelings about Brooke.
It's a friend.
I think you should talk to someone.
I'm talking to you.
I should see a shrink because I'm focusing on my career? If you really want to be a friend, then help me get the account.
I don't know.
You begged to be swamped with work after Hilly died.
Don't make me beg, just help me.
All right.
But I'm not sure if I like this new confidence.
I think it's more like arrogance.
You love it.
Jane, come on, it's me.
What do you want? Uh, a lot of things.
Ooh, a security system like you.
This is very impressive.
Yeah, well, you can never be too careful.
You never know who's collaborating with the enemy.
May I come in? Uh, you're in.
Oh, wait, let me guess.
I know we're at war, Jane, but there's plenty of room for both of us.
No, I came here to offer you a deal.
[laughs.]
I'm being interviewed by "Fashion News" and I heard that you were, too.
I won't hassle you about scheduling your fashion show the day before mine, if you don't do a hatchet job on me in the interview.
Oh, so what you have in mind-- I keep quiet and you humiliate me? No.
You keep quiet and I give you the same respect.
Is it a deal? I'll have to think about it.
Fair enough.
Take care of yourself.
[knocking.]
Hey.
You rushed out of the house this morning, you haven't returned any of my calls.
I saw you rifling through my briefcase last night, so I figured I'd do some spying on my own.
Last year you were charged with attempted murder, you spent 3 days in jail, they released you with a slap on the wrist and 2,000 hours of community clinic service.
All true.
What would you prefer? Hi, I'm Peter Burns, a fugitive from a free clinic? No, no, no.
Because that's peanuts compared to the best part.
You treated Jack Parezi in a hospital and then you were possibly complicit in his death.
Hear my plea, Counselor.
Innocent? As a newborn.
All right.
Assuming that's true, what the hell is going on between you and the Parezis? I'm waiting! Bobby's old man, Vince Parezi, he ruined my father's business-- He left him penniless.
My father killed himself.
Well, that's quite a story.
I don't have to sell you on how my family was destroyed.
I've got years of emotional scars to prove it.
All right, I'm sorry.
Now I want an eye for an eye.
Actually, I'd settle for financial ruin, if I could throw in a little humiliation.
So the first thing you do is you start sleeping with Bobby Parezi's lawyer to get information? I admit I thought about it at first until I fell in love with you.
You certainly pick your moments.
I think the response is, "I love you, too.
" I do.
I really do.
Not interested.
You know, I work my butt off all day, the least I deserve is a receptionist that could order my damn lunch correctly.
What's wrong with it? This lo mein.
It has peas in it.
I hate peas.
And you were 10 minutes late this morning.
I can't live like this, you're fired.
Oh, cut it out, I'm having a bad day.
Obviously, I didn't make myself clear.
You are fired, ousted, terminated, and dismissed.
And now you can leave.
Wait a minute, I was because I was going to the bank for you.
And you can't fire me, not without Peter's consent.
Wrong.
This partnership has no by-laws.
Either one of us can fire you without the other's consent.
Bye, Syd.
Oh, no.
No way is this good-bye.
Unless you're referring to life as you know it.
What-- [siren.]
All right, which one of you is Peter Burns? Will you get out of my sterile field? I understand this is a bad time for you, Doctor, but Michael fired me today and you have been in surgery for 10 hours.
Retractor.
Peter, he fired me because his lo mein had peas in it.
Dr.
Wilson, will you take over, please? Move Go, go! Mask.
If my partner decided to fire you, well, then I'm delighted.
For a receptionist, you're nothing but trouble.
You can't mean that.
Sydney, you take way too much care and feeding.
Now get out of here.
Mask.
Fine, go back to your needlepoint.
But I assure you, if I lose my job, you'll be coming to me to pimp you out for work.
Matt, you got a minute? Actually, no.
I got hung up with a patient and I'm late for class.
Ok, here it is.
There's a bowling party tomorrownight, a group of people from the hospital, I'd love for you to come.
Look, I thought I made it pretty clear to you, I'm seeing someone.
I was asking as a friend.
Come on, Matt, we work together.
I took your old job.
Just because you're in a relationship, that doesn't mean you have to cut yourself off from the world.
You know what? You're right.
I am sorry.
It's a great offer, but I'm busy tomorrow night and I gotta go.
No problem.
Oh, excuse me.
Kimberly, Kimberly! I pulled it off.
I fired Sydney.
Can you believe it? Busy day, you fired your receptionist and divorced your wife.
What? Divorce papers, Michael.
A coming home present waiting for me in our mailbox.
Oh.
You're speechless, what a treat.
Kimberly.
Ah, come on, Kimberly, give me a break.
I filed those when you were in the nut house.
Look, everything is different now.
Look, look, we just won't sign them, see? Gone.
Nothing to worry about.
[sighs.]
Michael, it's not just the papers.
We skipped a few steps, you know? Like trust.
You want trust? I asked you to move back in with me.
I fired Sydney.
What else do you want? I want a normal relationship, not something undermined by ghosts of the old Michael showing up in the mailbox.
I lost my chance at a normal life once because of you, and I am terrified of the old Michael coming back and me losing it again.
Listen to me, he's not coming back.
We're both different people.
I need some time to think.
I'm going to sleep here tonight.
Kimberly, please.
Don't, okay? Don't.
All right.
Don't.
You have this power over me and I feel like I've been conned into this.
I just-- I want to make sure that this relationship is something I want and I want to feel safe.
You look good behind my desk.
What was so urgent? I'm starting a board of directors at my company.
I want you to be the first member.
I want you to have a vested interest in the company.
Because if I do well, we do well together.
And if we go down, we go down together.
I won't let that happen.
I don't know what to say.
Try yes.
Yes.
I'll be on your board.
Good.
Now stay here.
Don't move until you've looked over everything.
I'm going to make some coffee.
Like I can do this without a calculator.
Jane took out a loan from Bobby? That was the best lunch hour I have ever had.
I would have to agree with you on that.
Oh, God.
What is this? Oh, I'm so disorganized.
Okay, okay, okay.
Where are you going? Back to work.
[knock on door.]
Jo.
I was looking for Jane.
Come on in.
Jane is, uh Right here.
Hi, Jo.
Hi.
Oh, I just wanted to drop off these proofs.
I took photos of all your mannequins so you'd have a record for your inventory.
Great.
Thanks.
I really appreciate it.
No problem.
We can go over them later.
Ok.
See ya.
You have my prints? No, I just have the sheets.
I told you to print them.
What the hell have you been doing? I have been lining up photographers and photo labs for your fashion show.
I'll print them first thing in the morning.
Anything else you need? Yes, better designers or a muse.
I can't find anything to set the tone for the show.
Are you hungry? Starving.
Good.
[knock on door.]
Come in.
Hi, Stephanie.
Jo.
Richard.
Stephanie's going to be sewing from the sketches.
Yeah, I heard.
I hope you have coffee.
I'm going to start mainlining soon.
All the designs are right here.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Thanks.
Now we're talking.
You know who we are? Yeah.
Yeah, we sure do.
You're Madge and you're Mabel, the ice cream queens.
Kid's on the ball.
I'm Billy Campbell.
This is Alison Parker.
All right.
Who's going to do the talking? I am.
Well, that makes you either brave or stupid.
All right, make it memorable.
Can't remember it, ain't gonna buy it.
Well, go on! Okay.
It's dawn in the country, the rooster's crowing, butter churning, ladies putting apple pies out to cool.
We see a farmhand walking toward a pickup truck, a gallon of ice cream in each hand.
He gingerly places the ice cream into the wooden refrigerator on top of his truck and as he drives off A full screen logo and voiceover announces: "Madge and Mabel's ice cream, the taste of country freshness.
" We've seen that And we knew you were going to say that, because you're right, it isn't new.
You are cantankerous as hell.
The two of you haven't stopped bickering since you walked in here.
And your approach to your product is so far removed from what the public buys, it's not even funny.
Billy? You want a kick butt campaign? You got to bring you and your product into the nineties.
All right? Now picture the two of you, only a lot tougher and a lot wilder.
And you're both wearing black leather jackets, you're smoking a couple of stogies, and you're sitting on 2 of the biggest, baddest motorcycles you've ever seen.
And just as you burn rubber out onto the dirt road, the hippest male voice around that says "Madge and Mabel, absolutely, definitely not your grandmother's ice cream.
" Wow.
You got guts, kid.
That is a kick butt campaign.
And if you increase your ad budget, I'll even go shopping with you to buy the jackets myself.
Draw it up, we'll be in touch.
Did-- did you just set me up? Yeah.
I did.
But I didn't set out to.
I just had an inspiration and I went with it.
But they bought it and that's the bottom line.
Whatever works.
Uh--uh [knock on door.]
Hey.
Listen, I can't find my sketch pad.
You know, the one I said was the inspiration for my new line.
Well, you'll find it.
Did you take it with you this afternoon? Well, I thought I checked everything and now I can't find it.
Did you check your apartment? Yes, and my car and the garage.
Hey, what about this? No, but if you found those, maybe they're under something in the garage.
You know, I'm going to go look.
Hey, honey, can it wait until tomorrow? What you need now is a little attention.
I think I can.
Ooh.
Yeah! Ha ha ha! Yes! Hey! Matt! Alan had a late rehearsal, he canceled on me.
So your invitation still stand? You bet.
You know what, I used to hang out with these people all the time.
They must have thought I fell off the face of the earth.
Well, you're here.
People do things when they're ready.
You know what? Thanks, I needed this.
Thanks for being a friend.
Mmm.
This should be a daily requirement.
Oh, but it is in this little country called Russia.
Mmm, mmm.
I looked into what you told me about Senator Wilcox and he does have jurisdiction in the cable industry.
That's my girl.
Ah.
Don't get condescending with me.
Especially since I started phase one.
Phase one? Mm-hmm.
Oh, do tell.
Well, heh heh.
I got Bobby to sign some blank checks and then I predated them and made them out to Senator Wilcox.
Oh, your personal stock just went up 10 points.
You gave us proof that the so-called legitimate Bobby Parezi has been greasing the senator for a cable license.
Peter? Hmm? This is all about your father, isn't it? Yeah, but that's me.
Question what's in it for you? I don't know.
Think.
A rider in the cable contract.
In the event of a breech, I have the option to buy the company, for example.
Not that you're not enough.
This way we both win.
Your father must have meant a lot to you to want this so badly.
I want other things more.
Thanks for coming over.
God, I remember the exhilaration I felt when the real estate agent first showed me this house, how I imagined us in it together and how happy we'd be.
You still can.
Oh, I don't know, that was a long time ago.
We were so innocent, beautiful, with hope.
You know something? I want to dedicate my life to making you happy.
So, um ahem.
Will you marry me, again? No, a real wedding.
I want the whole world to know we both changed.
I don't know, Michael.
I think it's a little too soon for all that fanfare.
I don't know.
I got everything I want in my life except you.
It took me a while to grow up, but you can help me be the man I can be.
So please, please marry me? All right, Michael.
I'll marry you all over again.
God help us both.
God help us both.
This is Bob, your neighborhood process server.
I wanted to make sure you guys didn't try anything funny.
I mean, besides marrying that nutcase.
This is Burns, that's Mancini.
Wave your magic wand, Bob.
Mr.
Burns, Mr.
Mancini.
Read 'em and weep, boys.
I'm suing you for sexual harassment.
What? All those little jokes you told, the inappropriate ways you touched me, you pimped me.
You know, the courts don't look very kindly on that sort of thing these days.
I'll see you in court.
Thanks, Bob.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Another fine mess, Mancini.
Congratulations, you got the Madge and Mabel account.
I don't know what's gotten into you, but I like it.
[telephone rings.]
Hello? Woman: Mr.
Kimbel, there's a call for Miss Woodward.
It's for you.
Amanda Woodward.
Amanda, it's Peter.
Oh, well, isn't this a surprise? I've got an invitation for you and Bobby.
Oh, don't tell me it's to something really bizarre like Michael and Kimberly's re-wedding wedding.
No, it's to a cocktail party tonight at 7:00, the Stratford Arms.
Sorry about the late notice, but I just wrangled an invitation myself.
Don't be coy.
Whose party is it? It's a fundraiser for Senator Wilcox.
Being as he's in charge of the entire cable industry, this is exactly the kind of club Bobby would want to be a member of.
So seeing as you've become such a good friend of his, I hope to see him there tonight as a friend.
How thoughtful of you.
Well, when you're happy, you're more inclined to be magnanimous.
I take it Alicia deserves all the credit.
She must be quite a woman.
She is.
Then again she isn't you, is she? I'll see you tonight.
More coffee? No thanks, I still have some.
Ahh.
So, um who called so early? Work? No.
Kimberly.
She and Michael are going to renew their vows.
Wedding on the beach, the whole works, what do you think? About what? About being my date.
Sure you won't want to take somebody else? Where the hell did that come from? Last night I got your message.
I got done early and I felt guilty about canceling last minute so I went down to the bowling alley and I saw you and David all over each other.
I didn't see you there.
You saw us together and then you left? Yeah.
Well, if you had stuck around, you would have seen there was just a friendly hug, nothing more.
Well, that's not what it looked like from my end.
And if you think there's nothing more to it, Matt, then you're kidding yourself.
About what? What, my feelings? You know, what about you? You know, you're constantly talking about Valerie.
What, is she a cover for some man? No, I'm sorry.
No, I'm hating this conversation.
I'd like it to end well, but I'm going to be late for rounds.
You see, you're always leave for rounds, but you always seem to have enough time to see your friend, David.
You know what? This is childish.
You know, you have problems even being seen with me because of your career.
You know, I can't talk about this.
[door slams.]
Jake, come here, it's the tape of Richard's interview.
Mmm, God help Richard if he trashes me.
Jane Mancini is a very gifted and dedicated designer and I'm grateful for having worked with her.
What? Those are my designs.
There on the mannequins behind Richard.
That's why I couldn't find my sketchpad, Richard stole it.
Whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute.
Those are my designs.
Richard only designs in 3 colors-- beige, navy, and black.
Well, there must be some kind of mistake or some kind of explanation.
The guy genuinely seemed to want a truce.
Yeah, that's because he knows I'll accuse him of being a liar and a thief on national television.
When the fashion show's over, I thought we'd go away for a long weekend.
Great.
I love the idea of you finally getting away.
How dare you steal my designs.
Anything that I didn't design myself, someone else here did.
You just can't stand there's talent in L.
A.
And I found it.
Oh, that is bull and you know it.
Banner day, huh, Jo? Not only did you steal my sketchpad at Jake's, you back it up with photographs.
That is not true.
You come over saying that you want to help me.
I can't believe I fell for this crap.
What the hell is she talking about? Oh, please, like you don't know.
I photographed her line as a favor.
She thinks I did it for you.
I'm not even going to dignify that with a response.
How could you do that? Nice touch, but it's not going to work.
You're a liar and a thief! Stop it! You want to play hardball, Richard? Well, I'm in the game all the way.
Did you steal my negatives? Why, because it occurred to me out of the blue that you went behind my back and helped out the enemy? I had a crisis of conscience after you stole the Marshall account from her.
Oh, so you figured that I'd just follow suit by stealing her designs? Did you? No.
If our designs are identical to hers, it's purely coincidence.
That's a big coincidence.
Well, I certainly didn't take them.
So if you want to play detective and prove me wrong, go right ahead.
[laughing.]
You know, I was looking for a calculator in your office the other day and I found something.
That sounds mysterious.
Jake Hanson's loan document.
This is something Jack would have done, but why would you do it? Because you wanted to get something on my ex-boyfriend? Well, you don't have to believe me.
I'm willing to help anybody that's trying to go legit because nobody ever lifted a finger to help me.
I was hoping you'd say something like that.
[clears throat.]
Can I borrow your date? I'd like him to meet the senator.
Oh, handle him with care.
Come on.
Say, hi to the wife, will you? Senator? My name is Peter Burns.
I'm a surgeon at Wilshire Memorial.
I've been a big supporter of yours.
How do you do? Senator, Bobby Parezi.
Welcome to L.
A.
and thank you for supporting my cause.
Great to meet you.
You've outdone yourself.
I want you to send the photos and negatives to me.
Okay.
Thanks.
Congratulations, Counselor.
Very smooth.
Thank you, Doctor.
All right, spill it.
Why are you here? Sydney, I came to say that I was wrong in asking Michael to fire you.
[sarcastic.]
Oh, my God, you mean it was you? It was an error in judgment and maybe even a little bit of jealousy.
Are you sure you wouldn't like to lie on the couch? Sydney, please don't punish them for something I did.
Yes, that would be terribly unfair, wouldn't it? I am so glad that you agree.
And you know what? Not only can you have your old job back, but I would like you to be my maid of honor.
A very solid effort, Kimberly.
Excellent eye contact.
Really.
Sydney, you and I both know how it feels not to be forgiven.
I'm asking you to look into your heart-- Kimberly, seeing as you're the one to blame for all of this.
The woman who stole my cushy life and everything that matters to me, I think I'll take them for all they're worth and credit you.
You know, you really should consider public speaking lessons, Kimberly, especially in the sincerity department.
Fool me once, shame on me.
Try and fool me twice it's definitely war.
[knock on door.]
Hi.
I, uh I need you to sign this card for Madge and Mabel.
I got them their leather jackets.
Sign this card? Just like that, like nothing ever happened? No, something definitely did happen.
We won the account of the year, together.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Well, only because you used my idea to sell yours.
You knew Madge and Mabel well enough to know who was who.
What else did you know? Did you also know that they would hate the pitch that you told me to give? I went on gut instinct.
They bought us and the agency because we told them how and what to think.
You used me.
No, I focused, just like I'm focusing right now on what you're thinking.
He's not the same guy that he used to be.
This is unfamiliar territory.
It's scary.
It's dangerous and you just don't know how you feel about it.
Billy.
Stop it.
Stop? That's not what you want.
No, the danger excites you.
Yep, it does.
It excites you.
When I walk in the room, your heart starts beating fast.
You're trembling right now and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Michael, I agree with our lawyer.
Give Sydney something or we'll be making our plea from a courtroom.
Ok, let's give her 10%.
Plus voting rights in the partnership.
Compliments of Kimberly underestimating my intelligence again.
Oh, and I'm also the new office manager.
You want to buy something, I can veto it.
Kimberly wants to Join the partnership, I can veto that, too.
Do you dig? Uh, yeah, we dig.
Of course you do.
It's a good thing your wife is so understanding because you are going to have to work, work, work to keep those coffers filled.
I want my 10% to be worth something.
You better hurry.
Come on, come on, come on.
Oh, no, please.
Please.
Meet your fiance's new office manager.
Unfirable by wives.
Michael? When they've got you by the shorts, the hearts and minds soon follow.
By the way, I would love to be your maid of honor.
I even brought my own bouquet.
Shall we go? I didn't think you were going to make it.
I know, I'm sorry I'm late, but Gloria called me Look, I'm sorry about the other night.
Look, I am, too.
I was just hanging out with a bunch of old friends I hadn't seen in a long time and I guess I just wanted you to be there to share it with me.
So what did Gloria want? Oh, Valerie and I are getting married.
On the show? No, in real life.
Oh, come on, man.
It's for public consumption.
[wedding march playing.]
We are gathered here today to witness the union of 2 people in holy matrimony who are already married, but who feel such love towards one another that they want to renew their vows.
Do you, Kimberly Shaw, take Michael Mancini as your lawfully wedded husband again? I do.
Do you, Michael Mancini, take Kimberly Shaw as your lawfully wedded wife again? I do.
And now, please place the rings on each other's hands, symbolizing the new growth and hope of your newborn marriage.
And I now pronounce you husband and wife.
[sighs.]
[applause.]
Richard, wait.
Whatever it is, I don't want to discuss it.
I just want to forget the whole day ever happened, okay? I found these in the trash.
Well, that's what we do with raw sketches when we're threw with them.
You know, we always throw them away.
Well, these are the designs that Jane claims are hers.
I was thinking that maybe when I was at Jake's, I picked them up by accident.
I need to know.
Did you draw these? I told you before that I didn't steal anything from Jane.
I drew those myself.
They're mine.
But you still don't believe me? That says a hell of a lot, doesn't it? I believe you, all right? I mean, you can't fault me for asking.
I'm sorry, you know, I've just been getting it from all sides lately and I just can't handle getting it from you, too.
Listen, what do you say we both forget today ever happened? [laughter and chatter.]
Can I talk to you for a second? All right.
Over here.
Hey, listen up! I, uh In front of all my friends I just want to say that I am asking Alison Parker to move in with me.
[cheering and applause.]
What do you think, huh? Win-win situation? Colleagues by day, lovers by night? All right, we'll stimulate each other, we're a team.
There's no stopping us.
Billy, you're drunk and I am not one of your clients.
You can't just sell me like you did with Madge and Mabel.
Ok, how about this? I love you.
Will you move in with me? Hey, everybody.
It's bouquet time.
[chatter.]
Is everybody ready? One, two, three! [cheering and applause.]
For you? I'll take that as a yes.