Recap: Blake informs Steven, Adam, and Fallon that the Denver Carrington board of directors has approved the creation of a new Executive Committee, which offers each of them an equal partnership (with one vote) whenever anything major needs deciding...which to me sounds horribly cumbersome. He explains that Steven is the chosen one who will be sitting in his chair, and that it's simply the most logical choice, given that Steven has long been his right arm at the company. Fallon and Adam murmur that they totally understand his decision, and he happily replies that he's thrilled they're handling this so well. He then asks Steven to walk him to the parking garage to discuss a specific item of business...and once they're safely out of hearing range, Adam grumbles to Fallon about Steven being the one who gets to call all the shots. Fallon shrugs disinterestedly and points out that since they each have an equal vote, he shouldn't be so bugged by it...and then somehow fails to remind him that he continues to be employed at ColbyCo, a direct competitor of his own father's company. After Fallon sashays out, the phone rings, and Adam takes the call and learns from the football team's coach that the ex-quarterback, Skip Maitland, was just busted for dealing cocaine...and that he needs Steven's help to cobble together a formal statement. Adam immediately dials up security and orders them to find Steven asap...then gets another idea and calls up The Daily Express to leak this tidbit to the sports reporter. Over breakfast at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis asks Dana how the whole surrogacy thing is going, and Dana says she talks to Karen everyday and that she and Adam are soooo lucky to have found such a wonderful woman who's willing to birth their child. When Alexis remarks on the speedy rate at which this surrogacy is barrelling along [right??], Dana explains that since Adam made it clear how insanely desperate he is to produce a Carrington heir, she was more than willing to accept the prospect of another woman carrying his bun in her oven...and Alexis chews on that for a few seconds before asking if it wouldn't have been "kinder" to have told Adam about her barrenness before the wedding. When Dana insists that she had no idea, Alexis says she must have had some idea, and urges her to open up about whatever deep dark secrets she might be harboring. Dana stupidly decides it'd be a good idea to confide that, when she was fifteen years old, she got herself knocked up and had a botched abortion - the consequence of which was that doctors later confirmed no way in hell could she ever birth children. Alexis coldly retorts, "So you did know you couldn't have children", and a distraught Dana says she always hoped the doctors were wrong, and couldn't bring herself to tell Adam 'cause of how deeply she loooooooves him. She pleads with Alexis to keep this secret to herself, and Alexis faux promises, then asks her how she expects her marriage to work when she's hiding such a dreadful secret from her husband...and Dana reacts to that criticism by staring into space with a shellshocked expression.
Josh, who's decked out in belly baring crop top, is studying his vial of cocaine...then hastily shoves it into his pocket when Steven drops by his apartment to inform him that Skip Maitland just got busted for drug dealing. Josh derisively says the dude was always a loser, then plays dumb about knowing anything about any drugs. Steven says he's worried about Skip supplying drugs to other members of the football team, and Josh gets defensive and insists that he's been directing 100% of his brain power towards football. Steven says he believes him, but vows that if there's a drug problem on the team, he will get to the bottom of it. After he exits the apartment, Josh fishes the vial of cocaine out of his pocket, then reaches for the phone to call Sammy Jo. In the next scene, Josh is at Delta Rho, railing to Sammy Jo about how Steven accused him of being a cokehead 'cause of Skip Maitland's arrest. Sammy Jo says that maybe Steven was just seeking his help sussing out the druggies - but Josh doesn't buy that and grumbles about how Steven only cares about the number of games the team wins. He whines that Steven is much too hard on him, which in turn makes him feel bad about himself, and Sammy Jo suggests that maybe he's being too hard on himself and deserves better. Josh perks up at her kind words and moves in for a smooch - but she turns her head aside and reminds him about the agreement she and Steven have. Josh reacts by snarking, "You stick to your agreement, Sammy Jo. See what good it does you when you reach out on a cold night", then mumbles that he really needs a drink. Alexis flounces over to campaign headquarters to blab to Blake that Dana isn't physically able to have children because of a botched abortion she never told Adam about. Blake says he couldn't care less, rightly points out that it's none of their business, and sternly orders Alexis to leave Dana and Adam alone. Alexis makes it clear that she has no intention of doing that, incoherently argues that "this little nobody" rushed into marriage with Adam in order to [not directly] produce a Carrington heir that would secure her future, and decrees that Dana shouldn't have any legal claim on the surrogate baby. [That's probably not how family law works, but OK.] Blake warns her again to not interfere in the lives of these grown adults, and Alexis mockingly wonders how he plans to govern Colorado if he can't even control his own family members. Later at ColbyCo, Sean is massaging Alexis's neck as she grumbles about how Blake is defending Dana the Gold Digger and her back alley abortion. She mentions that Blake just turned over one-third of Denver Carrington to Adam and nonsensically worries about Dana, by association, getting too rich and powerful...and says this as though she herself didn't become as wealthy and powerful as she is by being married to Cecil Colby for thirty seconds before he conveniently died. Sean looks visibly intrigued by the notion of Adam suddenly owning one-third of Denver Carrington and tells Alexis he's off to an impromptu meeting. Sean heads straight to The Denver Mirror to look at newspaper articles on microfiche. [Hee! I remember microfiche.] He comes across an old photo in a Billings newspaper featuring that year's homecoming queen, Anna Gregory, and her friend Dana Waring. Back at Carrington manor, Krystle is sorting through some old baby toys when Fallon enters the room and happily picks up her old Raggedy Ann doll. She recalls the time that Jeff pulled one of the legs off, then spent the entire evening making up for his cruelty by sewing it up again. She wistfully mutters, "It wasn't perfect...but I guess nothing ever is" and goes on to lament that she doesn't even think she and Jeff have a relationship anymore, and that she has zero desire to try. Krystle urges her to make one last effort and attempt to spend some time alone together, and Fallon silently ponders whether or not this is anything she's remotely interested in doing. While aboard the private jet, Jeff does his best to avoid talking to Leslie by pretending he has a lot of paperwork he needs to finish before they land in Denver. Leslie's all, "Pay attention to me!" and says she thought their night in the sack was wonderful - a sentiment Jeff does not share as he makes it clear that he never wants it to happen again. He admits to being attracted to her, but that he needs to try making things work with Fallon. Leslie warns that he's kidding himself, then shrugs and breezily wishes him good luck with repairing his failing marriage.
Blake is out on the stump, delivering a campaign speech to oil workers while the press hangs on every word. He promises jobs for everyone capable of working, social assistance to those who deserve it, and a balanced growth that will propel Colorado well into the future. After the crowd applauds his platitudes, the reporters ask a bunch of gotcha questions about the drug abuse on Steven's football team:
Blake rails about the "blight on society" that is drug abuse, is visibly annoyed at the focus on Steven's football team and not his economic blather, and hastily wraps up the speaking engagement. Adam wankingly tells Blake he did a great job, then remarks on how a drug scandal is the last thing he needs, sourly adding, "Thank you very much, Steven." Blake insists that it's not Steven's fault, and that the press is merely trying to pit one Carrington against another. He urges Adam to not "feed that fire". Leslie arrives at campaign headquarters to further stalk Jeff, and he reacts by urging her to go home so he can finish his work. He then excuses himself to, I'll assume, use the bathroom in the adjacent room...and Leslie uses the opportunity to arrange herself in a sexy pose atop the couch when Fallon suddenly enters. She glares at Leslie, growls, "I should have known", and informs her that she recognized her voice when she called Jeff's hotel room yesterday. By this time, Jeff has emerged from the bathroom and feigns cluelessness about what in blue blazes Leslie is doing in the office with him at this late hour. After Leslie beats a hasty retreat, Fallon comes right out and asks him if anything happened between the two of them in New York...and Jeff silently mulls that over and stupidly says it's not that simple, and Fallon says it is actually then quietly turns around and walks out. Dex drops by Alexis's office to complain that Sean hasn't done squat about getting him an easement on transit rights for the pipeline project. He snarlingly says that Blake is sooooo much better to deal with for this type of thing, and Alexis just rolls her eyes and says she couldn't give even the tiniest of rat's asses about his pipeline project. She then makes a very weird segue way and complains that Blake once generated paperwork via a deposition that was signed by Cora Van Husen, aka the madame at a whorehouse in Colorado Springs. Dex is like, "The fuck I care about that?" and once again says he neeeeeeds that easement, like pronto. After he storms out, Alexis summons her chauffeur and tells him she has to get to Colorado Springs asap. Over in the best little whorehouse in Colorado, Alexis asks Cora Van Husen about her involvement in Blake's deposition, so Cora explains that it was to confirm Ben Carrington had been with a woman (not Alexis) the night his mother died in the house fire. She says she was proud to help Blake, who's too good of a man to be blamed for her death. She then says, "Time is money" and wanders off...and a few seconds later, one of the hookers tells Alexis that she was around the day Blake Carrington dropped by for Cora's deposition, and that she knows of something very interesting [though: not] that was filmed that day. Alexis perks up at that nugget and looks intrigued.
During breakfast at the mansion, Steven chides Blake for his support of mandatory drug testing, insisting that he doesn't want to run his football team like a police state. Blake's like, "I really couldn't give a shit" and urges Steven to test or don't test and just do whatever he thinks is best [and then shut up about it, 'cause this entire football subplot is boring as fuck]. Fallon tells Jeff that their marriage is irretrievably kaput, and she no longer wants to be treated like anyone's "little girl". Jeff half-heartedly suggests they try again, but Fallon declines and says she doesn't want them to get to a point where they start hating each other. He points out that their separation might hurt Blake's gubernatorial campaign and offers to move into one of the mansion's many guest rooms, and she perks up at that prospect and agrees it's a prudent idea. As Jeff proceeds to have his clothing transferred into a different bedroom, he runs into Leslie, who says she too is changing her living arrangement by moving to the Carlton Hotel so that she can be available to Alexis 24/7 for an upcoming project. She then says she refuses to apologize for hitting the sheets with him, then gives him the number of her suite at the Carlton. Steven summons Josh to his Denver Carrington office to admonish him for not attending practice, and to inform him that he wants him to have a complete physical to make sure he's not suffering from any kind of neurological issues. Josh flatly refuses and abruptly quits the team - just as Sammy Jo appears in the doorway and is all, "Wha-a-a?" Sean jets to Billings and meets up with Anna Gregory. He shows her photos of Dana's lavish wedding and the ginormous mansion she now lives in, then hands her an envelop containing 10K and says it's hers if she's willing to give him some dirt on her old friend. Steven summons Adam to the study to accuse him of leaking the drug abuse story to The Daily Express. When Adam weakly feigns innocence, Steven snarks that he clearly hates not being in Blake's CEO chair and is therefore deliberately trying to make him look bad. Fallon enters the room and orders them to stop sniping at each other, remarking that they're already at each others' throats barely a day after Blake divested himself of Denver Carrington. Alexis interrupts Krystle's facial at the Ravissante Spa to invite her and Blake to be guests of honor at a special fundraiser for the drug rehabilitation center that she knows the two of them staunchly support. Alexis pretends to want bygones to be bygones, then references a campaign video of the two of them (Krystle and Blake) touring the rehabilitation center and says she'd loooooove to screen it at the party. Krystle somehow sees no red flags with any of this and tells Alexis she's very interested in attending the charity event, and promises to talk it over with Blake.
Steven chews out Dex for his delay on the pipeline project, so Dex rails about how ColbyCo hasn't provided him with the easement on transit rights that he's been asking for. When Steven snarlingly retorts, "Then get it", Dex asks who the hell he thinks he's talking to, and that it's clear he's seriously lacking some interpersonal skills. Steven immediately gets defensive, says he doesn't need any managerial advice, and snappishly orders him to get the %$#@ pipeline finished - on time, and on budget. Sean arranges a secret meeting with Dana to tell her he knows the full story of her botched abortion, namely that the boy who knocked her up in Billings was none other than Adam (!). Dana stares back at him in horror and asks what he wants, so he smarmily says that, for now, she simply needs to trust him. Back at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis is going over plans for the upcoming fundraiser with Leslie, telling her she'd like the theme to be an old English fair. When Leslie asks her why she's planning a party for one of Krystle's favorite charities, Alexis says it's 'cause she's so darn altruistic...and that she discovered a fascinating tidbit from "a rather talkative lady of the night". Alexis meets up with a film editor, who tells her did his best to improve the quality of the film she gave him, which was clearly shot by an amateur. He then runs the clip, and Alexis grins devilishly and says, "This will do very nicely." Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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