Recap: While jogging on the vast Carrington estate, Blake tells Krystle that Bill Cochran raved about how brilliantly she handled Alexis during the previous episode's televised debate. Krystle says that lately she's been thinking a lot about the source of Alexis's fortune, which she inherited from Cecil Colby when he died about five seconds after the two were pronounced husband and wife. She's decided that it might be a worthwhile endeavour to dig into that ancient (Season 3) history, and hopefully prove that Alexis forced Cecil into marrying her so that she could get her hands on all of his millions...which, duh. She also thinks that Alexis was behind the limo driver leaving Blake stranded on the road during the previous episode, and Blake concurs - but says he'd much father focus on his campaign and keep his fingers crossed that voters will deeply care about the issues he's been yammering about while out on the stump. Alexis is watching a re-run of last night's debate - specifically the part where Krystle smugly asked her if she ever held down a job prior to inheriting Cecil's dough. A few seconds later, Sean enters the room and assures her that she did a stupendous job last night - but Alexis complains that she had wanted to debate Rayford alone, and hadn't expected Krystle to sit in for Blake. She snappishly tells Sean she doesn't need his wanking, then picks up the phone and calls a D.C. based publicist named Russ Kelton and leaves him a message to call her back asap. Dana is breakfasting with Sammy Jo at Delta Rho (where she's been hiding out) when Adam calls. Sammy Jo tells Adam that, yes, his wife is at her ranch, but that she can't come to the phone right now 'cause she doesn't want to...but will pass along the message that he called. After she hangs up, she urges Dana to call him back, but Dana declines and opts to go out for a walk instead. Sean drives up alongside Adam in the ColbyCo parking lot and tells him he wants him to look into a promising oil deal in Natumbe. Adam says he's already done that for Denver Carrington, and that Steven reacted by turning it down flat. Sean clucks about how Steven is obviously not as clever as he might think he is, natters about what great things he's heard about the oil boom in Natumbe, and thinks it'd be an opportune time for ColbyCo to get in on that action. Adam argues that Natumbe has a fragile government that might possibly be overthrown by revolutionary forces - but an unfazed Sean flippantly replies, "Life is shaky" and tells him to think about all the money this deal could generate for ColbyCo. Adam agrees that, yeah, it's prolly a good move [despite the fragility of the Natumbe government, I guess], and Sean nods approvingly and applauds his business smarts. Krystle meets with Gerald Wilson, who served as ColbyCo's chief counsel until Alexis fired him for no good reason soon after Cecil died. He makes it clear how intensely he loathes Alexis...but when Krystle asks him if he has any insight as to what went on between Alexis and Cecil around the time of their all too brief marriage, he haughtily says she's asking him to breach a dead man's confidence, then bitchily storms off. Leslie enters Sean's office...and is browsing through the files on his desk when Sean appears and irritably accuses her of snooping. Leslie barks back that she was merely looking for the Groeden file, which she desperately needs...and that if he hadn't arrived at work so darn late, she wouldn't have had to rifle through his papers. Sean back pedals and apologizes for "coming on so strong", but then asks her to please not step foot inside his office when he's not around. As he hands over the Groeden file, Leslie asks what he's hiding, and he plays dumb about his all-consuming revenge plot against Alexis/the Carringtons and tells her to run along. Sean pays a visit to his father's grave [interesting bit of trivia: Joseph's last name is actually spelled Aynders, not Anders]. Sean tells his deceased dad that Alexis is going to be very sorry for what she did to him and Kirby...and that Blake and his clan will also pay [even though it remains unclear exactly what terrible things Blake ever did to his manservant]. He vows to keep revenging until these rich a-holes destroy each other, then leaves a large bouquet of red roses by the headstone before sadly shuffling off.
Leslie has covertly followed Sean to the cemetery...and once he's safely out of sight, she walks over to Joseph's grave, picks up the rose bouquet, and stares at it contemplatively. A few seconds later, she's approached by an old cemetery worker, who shares that Joseph Aynders was a butler [well, majordomo] who worked for the fancy Carrington family - before it all became too much and he ended it all by shooting himself in the head. The man wonders aloud what Blake Carrington thought about that suicide, then heads off, leaving Leslie staring into space even more contemplatively. Krystle drops by Cheney Hospital to ask Dr. Louden (who was the attending physician when Cecil had his heart attack) if he recalls exactly what went on during the time Alexis sat at Cecil's bedside prior to his death. Dr. Louden instantly clams up, tells her that what she's asking him to reveal is "out of line", and irritably stalks off. A nurse, who couldn't help but overhear the exchange, motions Krystle to come over. She identifies herself as the private duty nurse for Cecil during his hospital stay, then makes a face at the mention of Alexis and recalls how rude to her she was...and that she asked something "very interesting" of Dr. Louden. Krystle stares back at her with an intrigued expression...before the scene fades to black for a commercial break. Back at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo asks Dana how long she plans to avoid Adam, then strongly advises her to go home so they can hash out their problems. Dana argues that Adam is never going to forgive her for aborting his demon spawn...so Sammy Jo brings up Alexis, and how happy she'd be if she and Adam split. She urges her to not give her mother-in-law the pleasure, then again urges her to kiss and make up with her weird creep of a husband. Russ Kelton (image maker extrodinaire) apparently jumped on the next available plane to Denver and has just arrived at Alexis's suite. Alexis shows him some video snippets that were filmed for her campaign, and they show her busily working at her desk and taking important phone calls. Russ comes right out and tells her how boring as fuck the corporate-y footage is, cautions her against coming on too strong to voters, and to tone down her fashion choices from vibrant reds, blacks, and whites to bland pastels...and Alexis reacts to that advice by scrunching her face in horror while muttering, "Pastels..?" Lol. Russ then advises her to play up her female-ness and market herself as "a friend to women, a partner to men", 'cause wooing a significant number of women voters could win her the election. He then brings up her children and says they're to be a vital part of her campaign, and that she neeeeeeds their support if she has a hope in hell of becoming Colorado's next governor.
Steven drops by ColbyCo to asks Adam whassup with him brokering a deal with Vitron Oil, and mistakenly assumes that he (Adam) was the one who pushed Sean into a partnership with the West African oil company before trying to now "sucker" Denver Carrington. He remarks on the hefty price tag and suggests that ColbyCo wants to lure Denver Carrington into the deal 'cause they don't want to foot the entire bill. Adam doesn't bother setting him straight about Sean being the one who told him to look into Vitron Oil, and says he'll get enormous pleasure out of seeing him (Steven) sweat when he and Fallon finally get to cast their votes about partnering with the Natumbe company. Steven snarks that he's not going to put up with him playing both sides of the fence, and Adam's like, "Whatever" and wearily says he has more important things to do than argue with him about accepting/not accepting an oil deal from a fictional West African government that may/may not be on the verge of a revolutionary war. Back at the mansion, Blake overhears Krystle leaving a message for Reverend Downing, aka the man who performed the wedding ceremony for Cecil and Alexis. Blake makes it clear that he doesn't want her to go down that senseless rabbit hole, but she insists that down that rabbit hole she will go...with hopefully an Alexis campaign-ending scandal to show for it. Dana tiptoes into Adam's office, and he immediately hugs her, apologizes for the terrible things he said about her botched abortion, and whimpers about how afraid he was that she'd never return. Dana accepts his apology, then confesses that last night she followed him to Karen's house...and was dismayed to see him kiss and hug her, 'cause she interpreted that to mean he prefers Karen to her 'cause of her ability to carry his child. Adam explains that he merely went over there to unburden his feelings, and that Karen had urged him to forgive her for keeping the botched abortion secret from him for so long. He then stares at her and solemnly declares, "I love you more than life" ... and as they hug, Dana vows that nothing or no one - not even Sean - will ever get between them. A startled looking Adam is all, "Wuh?" and confusedly asks her why she'd bring up Sean as a person who could hurt their marriage. In the next scene, Sean is screaming, "She is a damn liar!" in response to Adam calling him out for blackmailing his wife. As Sean continues to weakly deny any kind of wrongdoing, Adam growls, "If you ever threaten or try to hurt Dana again, I'll kill you." Sean abruptly decides the jig is up and smugly asks Adam if that death threat extends to Alexis, who knew all about the blackmailing. Adam looks momentarily shocked by that lie, then once again warns him to stay away from his wife. Steven drops by campaign headquarters to say hey to Blake...and when Blake says he gets the impression that things aren't going so well with him, Adam, and Fallon being in charge of Denver Carrington, Steven weakly assures him that everything is totes fine. Steven heads straight to the mansion to ask Fallon (whose hair is mercifully back to her normal brown) why she felt the need to whine to Blake about their inability to get along as they try to co-run Denver Carrington. Fallon denies telling Blake anything, then once again insists that he's making a huge mistake by passing on the Vitron Oil deal. When Steven snarkishly challenges her to fly to West Africa and personally check it out, she smiles sweetly and says she'll do exactly that, then cheerfully thanks him for making the suggestion and flounces off to pack. Leslie returns to Sean's office to drop off a memo and mention that she could see herself as his executive assistant...which seems like a giant step down from her newly created management position, but OK. Sean dismissively says he has no time for small talk and to "save it for the bedroom". Leslie responds by handing him an article she photocopied about Joseph Aynders' suicide...and after looking momentarily alarmed, Sean suddenly decides that Leslie has a very bright future at ColbyCo as his executive assistant. She then snatches the article out of his hand, sassily says, "You'll have to buy it yourself", and sashays out of the office. At the mansion, Fallon runs into Jeff as she's preparing to leave for Natumbe. Jeff guilts her about leaving Little Blake for a meet-up with Dex's old friend, Harry Thresher, so she points out that whenever he takes a business trip no one accuses him of being a bad father. She snidely asks him if he's planning on filing a custody suit while she's away (for a day and a half), and he ignores that snarkitude and sourly wishes her a nice trip. Krystle meets up with Reverend Downing at the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant - but he's unable to offer up any kind of useable dirt about Alexis and quickly rushes off. A few seconds later, Alexis ambles over to the table and jokingly tells Krystle she hopes that she and the Reverend were saying a prayer for Blake's failing gubernatorial campaign - but Krystle just ignores her and mutely exits the restaurant. A bellboy then informs Alexis that, as per her request, her children have gathered and are ready for an impromptu family meeting. Alexis insists to Fallon, Steven, and Adam that her decision to jump into the governor's race is not a personal vendetta against Blake - but rather a perfectly innocent decision to run based on her strong feeling that she'd make a terrific governor [despite being extra-extraordinarily disconnected from average working people and having zero governing experience]. When she tells them she'd really really appreciate it if her campaign had the full support of her children, Fallon and Steven firmly say they're a hard no 'cause they've already committed to being on Team Blake...while Adam weakly promises to help her out every now again 'cause he hates the idea of having to choose one parent over another. Alexis gives him a grateful hug, then rushes into the next room to self-piteously sob and breathily vow, "I'll never forgive you for this, Blake" ... which, huh?
Alexis storms over to campaign headquarters to 1) nonsensically rail at Blake for her children's decision to not fully support her campaign, 2) complain about how he exiled her from Fallon and Steven all those years ago, and 3) object to him forcing them to be on Team Blake during the course of the gubernatorial race. Blake points out that their adult children simply levelled with her about where they stand, so she snarkishly levels with him by declaring that she's going to win this election without anyone's help. So there! Across the globe in Natumbe, Dex and Fallon meet with Harry Thresher and discuss ColbyCo's imminent first shipment of crude oil, and how ginormous the profits are going to be. Harry explains that since there's currently a glut of oil in Natumbe, the prices are low...and when Fallon boldly asks if the government is on the unstable side, Harry denies any possibility of a revolution. He then tells them to skedaddle 'cause he has another meeting to attend, but promises to stay in touch. Later at the hotel, Dex studies a test tube sample of Natumbe's crude oil and tells Fallon it's definitely a high gravity crude [which I'll translate to mean it's of good quality]. Fallon squeals happily, says she can't wait to rub it in Steven's face that the Vitron deal is worthwhile, and agrees that they (she and Dex) should go out for a celebratory dinner. Harry Thresher calls Sean to update him about his meeting with Dex and Fallon, and Sean instructs him to release the first shipment of oil so that they can officially launch Operation Scam ColbyCo and Denver Carrington With a Bogus Oil Deal. That evening, Fallon and Dex are out at a bar, watching a gyrating bellydancer as she sexily entertains a group of ogling drunken men. When Dex suggests they call it a night, Fallon - who's visibly drunk and decked out in a revealing bikini top - raves about how amaaaaazing the bellydancer is, and that she wants to stay and enjoy herself. A few seconds later, the bellydancer urges Fallon to join her...so the two gyrate for the roomful of horny men, one of whom slips a dollar bill in the front part of Fallon's pants in exchange for some sexy time. Fallon gigglingly tells him she already has a date, prompting Dex to wander over and order the man to back off. The man growls, "I have an investment here" - but Dex firmly says he's "out of business", engages in a brief fist fight, then picks up and carries Fallon out of the bar...and while he's doing that, some rando with a camera starts snapping photographs of the embarrassing spectacle.
Krystle drops by Alexis's office to smugly inform her she's getting closer to the exact circumstances that led to her inheritance of Cecil's fortune. She adds that the private duty nurse all those years ago found the entire situation bizarre, and that the doctor had said something very interesting shortly before the quickie wedding. We then see a flashback of when Dr. Louden told Alexis that he worried a wedding ceremony would put undue strain on Cecil's heart, to which Alexis insisted on marrying him regardless. That flashback is followed by a flashback of the ridiculous bedside wedding ceremony, when Reverend Downing pronounced the two husband and wife - less than a few seconds before Cecil suffered a fatal heart attack. Krystle warns Alexis that if she doesn't withdraw from the gubernatorial race, she'll see to it that an "anonymous" source plants this story into every newspaper. When Alexis accuses her of bluffing, Krystle snaps, "Am I? Watch me!" and strides out of the room, leaving Alexis staring after her concernedly. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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