Recap: Krystle and Blake are exercising on stationary bicycles in the Carrington manor gym and reading the daily paper as they gabble about how the campaign's environmental stance has gone over very well with the public...much better than anticipated, in fact. When Blake stops cycling and saucily suggests they finish the workout with a happy ending in the bedroom, Krystle nixes that blechy prospect and barks at him to get back atop the bicycle and do fifteen more minutes of cardio. Across town, Alexis and Sean are lounging in bed while reading the paper. Alexis gets miffed when she sees the headline about Blake's plan to turn 70K acres of timberland into a nature preserve and sneeringly vows, "He won't get away with it." Sean points out that there's another side to the story: people in Colorado need jobs, and these days even small businesses are barely getting by. Alexis perks up at that and says that if she were allowed to build a lumber mill, it'd offer an economic boost to the working class...and that her new catchphrase could be: "Blake is offering hiking trails, I'm offering jobs." Sean grins and slyly says he likes the sound of that, and Alexis decrees that very soon it'll be splashed across the front page of The Denver Mirror. Back at the mansion, Krystle shows Dana a stick figure drawing Kristina drew of Blake. Dana chuckles wistfully and says it must be great watching her grow up...and when Krystle benignly says she'll have the same experience once she births her own children, Dana contorts her face into a tortured expression. She snappishly says she's sooooo tired of everyone badgering her about having kids, but then quickly back pedals and contritely explains that she's having a hard time accepting the fact that she can't have a baby. When Krystle murmurs, "I'm sooooo sorry", Dana says she's heard of one possible way she and Adam can have a child and that she'd like her help/moral support in taking the first step. Over at Dex's apartment, Leslie is crawling around the floor in search of a missing shoe. When Dex suggests she leave more of her stuff at his place, she once again makes it clear that she's wholly disinterested in having anything resembling a serious relationship with him...then further explains that she needs to focus on doing amazing, well-compensated things during her life and doesn't want him to get in the way of that. Dana is nervously sitting in Emmet Hauser's waiting room with Krystle. When she's called in to speak to the attorney, he informs her that he received her psychological assessment from Dr. Davis this morning and wryly describes it as "interesting". He then says it's crucial for him to be fully convinced that she's 100% sincere about entering into the surrogate program and that she needs to 100% get that the child won't be biologically hers. When Dana tells him she totally grasps that reality and remarks, "That's a good thing, isn't it?", he barks, "Let me ask the questions!" and grills her about how deeply she'll be able to love a child she didn't personally birth. Dana insists she would love the child as much as is humanly possible, then angrily says she doesn't care for the hostile inquisition. She haughtily gets up and is about to storm out of the room when Emmet stops her and explains that he always deliberately acts like an insufferable douchebag during the decision making phase so that he can weed out any bad mothers-to-be. Dana assures him that she and Adam want a baby more than anything, and Emmet says he believes her and explains the "simple" process: the surrogate mom will be artificially inseminated with Adam's demon seed and then, fingers crossed, carry the pregnancy to term. He adds that he's already selected someone he thinks is acceptable for her and Adam and asks Dana if she'd like to meet her, and Dana happily says she would.
Dana returns to the waiting room, tells Krystle that her meeting with Emmet went well (sorta), and asks her to please keep her surrogate plans on the down-low...at least for now. That evening in the mansion, Adam looks aghast at the notion of impregnating another woman, and expresses his annoyance at Dana for initiating a meeting with Emmet Hauser without talking to him first. He then ponders aloud if he even likes the idea of fathering a child who's half his/half a strange woman's, and Dana desperately points out that it's the only way they can bring a child into the world who has coveted Carrington DNA [despite it remaining forever unclear if Adam is, in fact, Blake's biological son]. She tearfully says she'd go to the ends of the earth to give him a baby...so Adam mulls that over and decides that, yep, he's convinced he'd like to meet the prospective surrogate. The next morning, Leslie drops by ColbyCo to return the Lex-Dex documents that Dex was asked to sign. Alexis asks her if she really thinks she has a bright future working under Dex's supervision at a pipeline worksite, and Leslie shrugs and says she considers it a living...for now, anyway. She then wanks Alexis about how deeply she admires her for all she's accomplished in a man's world, and hopes that one day she might be able to do the same. She admits that she doesn't see a path of success emerging from her current menial job, and Alexis grinningly retorts, "You may not have to." Over in Blake's office at Denver Carrington, Jeff gives Adam an unequivocal no to any sort of compromise regarding the 70K acres of timberland. Adam argues that he's trying to prevent the issue from tearing the family apart - just as Blake storms into the room clutching a copy of The Denver Mirror. He hands it to Jeff and grumbles about how Alexis has shit all over his campaign, specifically by somehow claiming that allocating 70K acres of timberland as a wildlife refuge would result in a negative economic impact for the entire state. Adam hastily tells Blake that he knew nothing about this, while Jeff assures Blake that this kind of bad press won't necessarily hurt the campaign. A few seconds later, Steven arrives with LB and Danny, who race over to Blake for a grandfatherly hug. As the kids climb into the big leather office chair, Blake proudly tells Jeff, Steven, and Adam, "Someday these boys will be running Denver Carrington", then assures a glum looking Adam that the chair is large enough for an additional grandchild. Adam makes a beeline over to Emmet Hauser's office to accompany Dana as she meets the prospective surrogate for the first time. Dana tells him that the woman has two healthy children of her own, and adds that she's dying to see what she looks like. Emmet enters the waiting room and is quickly followed by the surrogate: an average looking woman named Karen Atkinson who's rocking an unsightly 'fro type 'do. Adam looks instantly smitten by his future baby mama, and his giddily joyous expression prompts Dana to look both miffed and alarmed.
When Leslie arrives at the pipeline worksite much later than expected, Dex bitchily asks her where she's been for the last several hours. She tells him she dropped off his Lex-Dex papers at ColbyCo, makes it clear that she doesn't like the idea of punching a time clock, and informs him that Alexis offered her a job [upgrade] ... and that she accepted. Dex warns that it's a bad idea for her to work for Alexis, who obviously hired her for the sole purpose of annoying him, in a job that's not going to translate to "making it on your own". Leslie stubbornly insists that she wants to play in Alexis's league, sassily assures him that she knows what she's doing, and that she's going to go on doing it no matter who tries to get in her way. Karen Atkinson invites Adam and Dana over to her house to show them photos of herself in her younger years, along with those of her kids. She explains that, since she's a single parent, she likes getting the surrogate support money 'cause it means she can stay home and take care of her two young daughters...and grimly adds that her deadbeat ex-husband Jessie has no interest in her or the kids. Adam asks her if she minds being pregnant, and she dreamily tells him she looooooooves it soooooo much, and that it's a wonderful state of being that every women should experience - then abruptly stops talking when she catches the look of distress on Dana's face. Adam changes the subject and asks Karen if there's anything she'd like to know about them, and Karen says she's heard plenty about the Carrington family and can only assume that they'll make outstanding parents. She says she hopes her unmarried status doesn't bother them...and Dana is about to say it actually does kinda bug her - but Adam hastily replies that he's totally A-OK with it, and that it probably makes the situation easier. As the two flirtily grin at each other, Dana contorts her face into an expression of disapproving incredulousness. That evening, Steven and Sammy Jo are dining out with Josh, who apparently helped the nearly defunct football team win their first game in six weeks. Steven gushes to Sammy Jo about how well he played, and then Josh gets noticeably flirty with Sammy Jo - just as Steven is called away from the table for some contrived reason. Josh smarmily says, "Alone at last" and asks Sammy Jo whaddup with her and Steven, and she shoots him the stink-eye and makes it clear it's none of his business whaddup with that. A few seconds later, Steven returns to the table and says he has to rush off to the office...and when Josh offers to drive Sammy Jo home, Steven's all, "Thanks!" and beats a hasty retreat. Lol.. At campaign headquarters, Jeff tells Blake that Alexis's attack in The Denver Mirror is actually starting to affect his poll numbers, then gets all snappish with Fallon when she irritably tells him he should have talked to Alexis before she got mad enough at Blake to write smack about him in her daily rag. Jeff says he's been digging into some statistics and has concluded that a new lumber mill won't create as many jobs as Alexis is claiming...then snippily tells Fallon he's going to work late into the night to dig through more data. Fallon snaps, "Fine!", a snarly retort that's noticed by both Blake and Krystle, who calmly suggests they all pack it in for the night and enjoy a lovely dinner together. Fallon declines 'cause she promised LB she'd have dinner with him, and Jeff says he'd prefer to stay at headquarters and work on the data. Back at Carrington manor, Adam is browsing a book on baby names and decides that he likes the sound of David Carrington or Jennifer Carrington. A troubled looking Dana lamely asks him if he thinks Karen is pretty, and he says he does...and that it's nice 'cause of the good looks genes she's going to pass along to their spawn. Dana comes right out and says she hates that Karen is unmarried and thinks they should put the brakes on the surrogacy, and Adam's all, "Wha-a-a-a?" as it finally dawns on him that she's jealous. He assures Dana that he loves only her, and that enlisting Karen to birth their child is going to work out just fine. Leslie enters campaign headquarters looking for Blake...and when Jeff tells her that he and Krystle went out to dinner, she urges him to also take a break. She then acts all coquettish about how she's been scouring the city for someone to take her to dinner. He firmly says he can't, so then she reacts by looming over him and covering his mouth so that he's powerless to argue as she tells him about a nearby restaurant that serves up great lasagne, garlic bread, and wine. Jeff thinks it over, tells the weirdo she's "a very persuasive woman" and agrees to go get a bite with her.
Fallon is at home reading a UFO book when LB ambles into the room and asks where his daddy is. When she tells him he's working late, LB asks if they can please please please call him, so Fallon dials campaign headquarters, and looks suspiciously perplexed when there's no answer. Josh drives Sammy Jo back to Delta Rho and admits to behaving like a cocksure fucktwat at dinner and totally gets why she's been giving him the cold shoulder. He explains that, in his defence, a dumbass such as himself has no real idea how he's supposed to act while in her presence. Sammy Jo complains that she didn't care for him openly flirting with her in front of Steven, so he tells her he had a rough childhood, spends his days with crass football players, and isn't used to being around a refined lady such as herself. Sammy Jo softens at that and smiles...and when he leans in for a smooch, she backs away snapping, "Hold it right there, hotshot" and threatens to castrate him if he continues making unwanted moves on her. The next morning, Steven tells Sammy Jo that all of the sports editors are gushing about how Josh is "a savior", and that the crowd went super wild for him during the last game. Sammy Jo just kinda shrugs, says she didn't enjoy being left alone with him at dinner, and thinks the dude is in desperate need of a personality transplant. Steven admits that, yeah, Josh has a few rough edges...and that he's managed to make a strong impression on virtually everyone he comes across. Over at the Carlton Hotel, Blake and Krystle are breakfasting when a local businessman named Harry Donalds wanders over to say hey, and to invite Blake to come say hello to his business associates. A few seconds later, Alexis flounces onto the patio restaurant with Sean in tow and smugly needles Krystle about Blake's declining poll numbers. Krystle breezily says she hadn't noticed, then insists that misleading editorials in her stupid newspaper aren't going to cost Blake the election. She clucks faux sympathetically at Alexis for her "sad preoccupation" with Blake and chides her for not writing anything of real substance in The Denver Mirror, and Alexis snarkishly warns that she's grossly underestimating her competition.
Fallon is having breakfast at the mansion when Jeff and Leslie enter the room...followed by LB, who looks exuberantly happy to see his father. He asks Jeff where he was when he and his ma tried calling him last night...and after exchanging sheepish glances, Leslie explains that Jeff was working so hard that she felt compelled to take him to dinner, and hopes it's not a problem. Fallon shoots them both the stink-eye to indicate that it is a big fucking problem, but then fibs and murmurs that it's fine. After Leslie heads out, Jeff promises LB he'll take him out for ice cream tonight, then coldly says, "See you later" to Fallon before exiting the room. Back at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis mutters, "Poor Krystle" and remarks to Sean that it must be sooooo hard for the trophy wife to be keeping up with a gubernatorial campaign, given "her background". Blake, meanwhile urges Krystle to not let Alexis get to her, prompting Krystle to complain about how much she haaaaates her editorial attacks on him. Sean urges Alexis to not stop needling Krystle 'cause she clearly struck a nerve, and Alexis assures him that she has zero intention of stopping anytime soon. Krystle wonders aloud what Alexis's next move could be - just as Sean advises Alexis to not make her attacks on Blake look like a personal vendetta. Alexis tut tuts him for sounding just like Krystle, and faux assures him that she couldn't care less about Blake. Krystle insists to Blake that Alexis is out to get him, but Blake is just like 'yeah whatever' and says he really just cares about convincing the electorate that he'll be a good governor. Sean tells Alexis there really is no such thing as "a good governor", 'cause all people care about is "how will his winning affect me?" Alexis chuckles about his (probably spot on) cynicism, something she loves in a man. Krystle happily tells Blake all that matters is that he's her favourite candidate, and he chucklingly says he needs the women's vote, and then the two pack up their stuff and head off. Dana delivers notes for Blake's speech to Krystle and acts all flustered as she explains that Adam is at the hospital in anticipation of Operation Impregnate 'Fro Lady...and if everything checks out, Karen Atkinson could have his bun in her oven as soon as today. Gross...and, yeesh, this is moving very fast. Krystle notices Dana's general aura of distress and says that now is the time to speak up if she has even lingering doubts about going the surrogate route, and Dana says she'd feel too idiotic putting the kibosh on it after having pushed so hard...but at the same time is feeling very left out of the process. Later, at the hospital, Adam lays it on thick to Dana about how much he loooooves her, and assures her that she'll make a fantastic mother. A few seconds later, Karen emerges from the exam room and reports that the doctor said the timing of the insemination was great, and in a few days they'll know for sure if Adam's sperm took. Adam's all, "Woo hoo!" and runs over to give Karen an aggressive hug while Dana looks on despondently. Josh drops by Delta Rho with a flower bouquet and offers it to Sammy Jo as a peace offering - but she tells him she's not interested. He assures her that an unwanted smooch attempt won't happen again, and that he'll do his damnedest to not act like such an asshat. Sammy Jo mulls that over and says she's suddenly OK with accepting his flowers - but Josh keeps his distance and explains that he's deathly afraid of the horse she's standing beside. An amused Sammy Jo urges him closer and invites him to pet the friendly animal...and then the two stare at each other in fascination before she leans in for a kiss. While that's happening, Steven wanders over and glares at Josh while sternly pointing out that he should be at football practice. Uh oh. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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