Recap: A team of medical professionals work feverishly to save Kristina while Krystle and Blake anxiously look on. They use the paddles to shock her flatlined heart...and after several tense seconds, they get it beating again. The team then wheels her off to the ICU - stat! - and one of the doctors tells Blake that is looks as though the tot might have congestive heart failure. Over at ColbyCo, Alexis is discussing with Michael a project he wants to partner with her on: a development named Four Crossings he thinks has unlimited potential. Alexis warily argues that the project would have years of obstacles to overcome, and Michael wankingly points out how much she thrives on major challenges...then performs a bit of reverse psychology and says that if she thinks it's too hard, he can always take the deal elsewhere. Alexis rolls her eyes and says she's not taking the bait, but then agrees to read over his report and consider investing in Four Crossings. The Carrington clan - Steven, Dominique, Sammy Jo, and Adam - gather at the hospital to get the latest update on Kristina. Blake fills them in about her bum heart, then says that since there's really nothing any of them can do here, they should just disperse and go about their lives. He pulls Steven aside and asks him if he wouldn't mind filling in for him at Denver Carrington...and Adam overhears that and says he too would like to help in anyway he can, and Blake takes him up on the offer and remarks on how nice it is to have two sons he can depend on. Blake and Krystle hover anxiously over their unconscious daughter and assure her that the two of them will be by her side every minute and that she's going to be A-OK. A distressed looking Danny tells his parents he loves Kristina and doesn't want her to die, and Sammy Jo emphasizes that people go to the hospital to get better, while the inherently glum Steven says he can't promise that Kristina will be OK since everyone dies at some point. Sammy Jo balances that unhelpful dose of reality by hugging her son and assuring him that death isn't likely to befall any of them for a long, long time. She then stands up and says she should prolly be going now - but both Danny and Steven plead with her to stay and have sandwiches with them. The doctor tells Blake and Krystle that they're going to keep a close watch on Kristina tonight, 'cause her ability to stay alive for the next several hours could be a critical test of her overall chance of survival. He adds that if her EKG improves and her lungs clear out, they can conduct more testing and come up with a firm diagnosis...then urges the two of them to get some rest, 'cause right now there's not a helluva lot they can do for their tiny daughter. Aboard the ColbyCo jet, Alexis tells Michael she's willing to go all in on the Four Crossings development, and he hands her a glass of champagne and smarmily toasts "to a very long and profitable relationship". When she clarifies, "In business", he wonders aloud why they should confine their relationship to just business when they have so much in common [uh, could it be because, considering that you've doinked two of her daughters, it's completely ew otherwise???], and says he's confident he knows exactly what she needs. She says it's odd that he seems to know what she needs despite her not even knowing what that is...and when he asks her if they're still on for dinner, she unenthusiastically says they are, given that she's got no one better to break bread with. Back at the hospital, Blake finds Adam and Dana in the waiting room. He congratulates them on their speedy engagement, warmly calls Dana one of his most favorite people in the world, and urges them to forge ahead with their wedding plans 'cause he's so hopeful that Kristina is going to fully recover from her heart problems. While exiting the hospital, Dana reverently describes Blake as "quite a man", then complains that Alexis, on the other hand, hasn't bothered to phone her to welcome her into the family. She adds that she's worried Alexis is stalling for time so she can split them up, then suggests to Adam that they sneak off somewhere and wed. Adam assures her that Alexis is totes on board with their marriage, and that it means a lot to him to get married in Carrington manor, aka the house he was born in (prior to his decades long kidnapping). On top of that, he really wouldn't have the stones to tell his mother he's eloping, 'cause she's super excited about planning the wedding. Sammy Jo cuddles a sleeping Danny and remarks to Steven that if their son were going through anything like what Kristina's facing, she'd be a total basket case. After carrying the imp off to bed, she takes Steven up on his invitation to once again spent the night at his apartment...and after she ambles off to the bedroom, Steven opens a bible and murmurs, "Dear God...Kristina has so much love here. Don't take her. Pleeeeeeease let her live." Dex and Dominique are having drinks in the Carlton Hotel lounge and expressing their deepest sympathies regarding what Blake and Krystle are going through. A few seconds later, Alexis arrives with Michael in tow...and she snidely remarks, "This may not be as private, but it certainly beats the trailer. Doesn't it, Dominique?" ... and says this as though she herself hasn't hit the sheets with Dex inside at least two trailer offices. Dominique warns her not to mess with her tonight...and when Alexis is all, "Why not tonight? It looks like a repeat of all your other nights", Dex and Dominique solemnly inform her about Kristina being rushed to the hospital because of a heart problem. Alexis scrunches her face concernedly and breathily retorts, "Oh God...Blake must be in agony" and says she's off to the hospital to comfort her ex-husband. Alexis finds Blake in the hospital waiting room, looking weary. She offers to get in touch with a heart specialist she knows, and Blake thanks her for her thoughtfulness, but informs her that a renowned specialist named Dr. Chadway is already on the case. Krystle wanders over to tell Blake that she just made arrangements for the two of them to spend the night at the hospital. Alexis tells her she's sooooooo sorry and asks if there's anything she can do, and an incredulous Krystle's all, "Why the hell are you even here?" and reminds her that she once suffered a miscarriage after she (Alexis) deliberately spooked the horse that she (Krystle) had been riding when she fired off a skeet shotgun. Blake tells Alexis it's prolly best if she leaves, and she agrees after poutishly insisting that all she wants to do is help. Alexis returns home to the Carlton Hotel, summons Adam, and tells him she's leaving him in charge of ColbyCo while she jets off to California to visit with Fallon, Jeff, and their new baby. Ben arrives at the hospital, pokes his head into Kristina's room, then quietly backs out when he sees Blake and Krystle hovering over their ill tot. Leslie arrives soon after...and after she pokes her head into the room, she agrees that Blake and Krystle probably need their privacy. Ben urges her to consider moving into Carrington manor and coos at her to not be afraid of growing to love him again, and Leslie looks as though she's mulling over the prospect. Clay calls Delta Rho and learns that Sammy Jo has been gone all night. He leaves a message that he's going to be dropping by later...for what purpose at this point, who the hell knows? After sleeping in, Sammy Jo ambles into the dining area of Steven's apartment to find him and Danny eating breakfast. Danny asks if he can skip preschool to ride atop his favorite horse, Valez, and Sammy Jo says she'll allow the groom to let him ride while he exercises the horse. A contented looking Steven remarks on how much he likes it when they spend time together as a family, and Sammy Jo suggests that instead of relying upon a crisis to bring them closer, they take the leap and move in together. Steven tries to subtly remind her that he's not about to change his non-hetero genitalia preferences and that she needs a man who can please her in the sack - but Sammy Jo insists that all she cares about right now is the happiness of their family and urges him again to consider moving in with her at Delta Rho. Back at the hospital, Ben tells Blake that Leslie has agreed to move into Carrington manor, and Blake says he's happy for him and urges him to stay as close to his daughter for as long as possible. Ben asks if there's anything he can do to help with the current crisis, and Blake says it'd be great if he could fill in at Denver Carrington and help Steven, and also sit in on some important meetings. He then wanks his brother about how he's totes confident that he'll be able to handle any problem that arises, and Ben says it means a great deal to him to suddenly be a trusted family member and solemnly assures him he won't let him down. In Malibu, Alexis and Jeff are lunching at a beachside restaurant when Michael suddenly approaches their table. He tells a bewildered looking Alexis that he learned from someone in her office that she's spending a few days in California, so he thought 'why not be a stalker freak and catch the next plane out and then check myself into the same hotel she's staying in in case she's under the illusion that she needs me?' Alexis curtly tells him she has her family here and likely won't need him...and after Michael saunters off and is safely out of hearing range, Jeff urges his mother-in-law to steer clear of that charlatan 'cause he's bad news, not to mention extraordinarily icky for avidly trying to bone two generations of female Carringtons. The doctor informs Blake and Krystle that since the results of Kristina's EKG weren't promising, she's going to have to undergo a heart biopsy so that they can examine a sample of her heart muscle and figure out whassup. When the doctor gently tells Krystle that it'd be better if she weren't there 'cause of how tearfully freaked out she's been for the last day or so, she insists on comforting her child during the procedure, and Blake gently concurs. As the biopsy gets underway, Krystle and Blake hover over their tot and assure her she'll be A-OK...and Kristina smiles happily throughout the procedure and follows the doctors' instructions perfectly. She's a cute little gaffer, I'll give her that. Back in Malibu, Alexis admits to Jeff that she craves a warm, loving partnership and fears ending up alone. Jeff reminds her that she has four children (and a son-in-law!) who love her, and that she's super successful and smart...then cheekily adds that she's also pretty cute [for a middle-aged gal who seems intent on aging herself with her over-coiffed curly hairdos, thick layer of makeup, and stiff looking designer-wear]. At Delta Rho, Danny excitedly tells Steven he got to ride atop Valez...and Steven cuddles him and asks him if he'd like to relocate to the ranch - just as Clay enters the room. After Danny is discreetly sent out of the room for a made up errand, Clay snarks, "You don't waste any time, do you?" Steven says that since Danny needs as much parental coddling as he and Sammy Jo can muster, he and his son relocating to Delta Rho makes the most logistical sense. Clay accuses him of using his son to take Sammy Jo away from him, and Steven reminds him that he was the one who turned his back on Sammy Jo when she needed him. Clay shoots back that all he can offer the skanklet is promises he can't keep - just as Sammy Jo enters the room and asks what in blazes is going on. When Clay tells her he just stopped by to pick up his things, she says she'll have them packed and delivered to him...and he snarlingly warns, "OK - but if you think this is going to work out, you are headed for disaster." Krystle tells Kristina that she was very brave during the biopsy, and Blake agrees and says they're all very impressed with how she smilingly endured the procedure. Kristina beams happily and tells her mommy and goat daddy she loves them - just as the doctor interjects to summon Blake and Krystle to his office for a bleak update. The biopsy results indicate that Kristina is suffering from a virus infection that's weakening her heart muscle, and that her heart is deteriorating at an alarming rate. A shattered Krystle asks him if Kristina could die, and the doctor says she definitely could - unless they can find her a new heart, like pronto. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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Recap: Sammy Jo drops by the pipeline trailer office to admonish Clay for getting all in Steven's face at the nightclub during the previous episode. Clay insists that Steven isn't capable of giving her what she needs - unlike the savvy hetero lover he is, for example - and Sammy Jo reminds him how badly he crushed her soul when he called her a liar and a cheat for not telling him about her faux pregnancy before he accidentally found out. She reminds him that, throughout the duration of their hook-up, he mostly just seemed interested in going to bed with her, made it very clear he didn't think she was substantive enough to be part of the hoity-toity Fallmont clan, then ordered her to have an abortion when they thought she was knocked up. Clay weakly argues that he loooooves her and then gives her a long smooch (which she kinda looks into for a few seconds) - but she insists that whatever lust they might feel for each other has no future. She urges him again to sign the annulment papers, so he finally gives in and angrily scribbles his signature on the document, then snarls at her to get the hell out. Blake drops by ColbyCo to return Alexis's portrait painting 'cause Krystle would prefer that her art not be on display anywhere inside the mansion. Alexis agrees to keep it, with the open invitation that he's welcome to come by and view the painting whenever he wants. Sammy Jo is pleasantly surprised to see Steven waiting for her at Delta Rho. He apologizes for punching Clay at the nightclub and sheepishly admits that he (Clay) had every right to be mad about him trying to meddle in their marriage. Sammy Jo argues that she's allowed to dance with whoever she wants - especially now that Clay has signed the annulment papers. She insists to Steven that she's totes happy, and that the only life she cares about is the one they share with their son. Over at the Carlton Hotel, Leslie is packing her things when Blake drops by. He explains that he managed to find her by taking Ben's advice: calling every Denver hotel and asking for Melissa Saunders (aka Leslie's mom's name). Leslie curtly retorts that she's leaving Denver 'cause she did what she came here to do, then rails about what a liar Ben is and asks if he (Blake) came here to convince her to stick around 'cause he (Ben) conned him into interfering. Blake denies that and says that he just wants her to re-connect with her father, then tells her he went through some heavy stuff with his own spoiled brat daughter (Fallon) ... but when they finally resolved their issues, they discovered that there was lots of love between them. Leslie suddenly looks contrite and apologizes for her snappishness just now...and Blake invites her to come by the mansion for dinner sometime soon so she can start to get to know her father again, and she stares mutely into space and looks as though she might be open to the prospect. Jeannette tells Krystle that Kristina is having difficulty settling down long enough to take a proper nap, and the two assume it's 'cause she's overly excited about her upcoming birthday party. Krystle tiptoes into her daughter's bedroom, gives her a hug, kiss, and a teddy bear to snuggle with while she naps. After she quietly exits the room, Kristina looks as though she's struggling to breathe...and this is the first indication we have that something is very wrong with the super cute toddler. Adam sneaks into Dana's apartment, knocking over a vase in the process. Dana rushes into the living room to see whassup, then irritably orders Adam to leave, making it clear that she's still annoyed with him for not being willing to share his life's problems with her. Adam ignores her complaining, hits play on a tape player for some romantic background music and invites her to dance. As Dana continues to grumble about not wanting to be his little plaything no 'mo, he mutters a marriage proposal...and she's all, "Yessssss!" before the two happily hug, exchange I love yous, and smooch. Ick, Dana. Ick. The next day, Adam meets up with Alexis at the Carlton Hotel restaurant and announces his engagement to Dana. Alexis looks surprisingly pleased by the news, not least 'cause she too once fell in love extremely quickly: with Blake at first sight. That said, she urges Adam to use the engagement period get to know Dana better, warns that marrying a male Carrington douchebag can be a lot for some women to stomach, then offers to throw them an extravagant wedding. Dominique arrives at the pipeline worksite, is warmly greeted by Nick Kimball, then gets her first look at the new rig (named Dominique 1) in action. She says she'd looooove to see this entire area filled with rigs and wanks Nick about how he has the brains to know exactly where to drill. Nick tells her that simultaneous drilling takes a whole lot o' cash...and when Dominique offers to finance multiple rigs, he firmly declines to take her money. [Not sure why they're having this conversation, since Nick is just the foreman of an oil rig venture that, I would assume, is being funded with Carrington Denver money.] Dominique haughtily asks if he's refusing to take her money 'cause she didn't go to bed with him the other day...and the two continue to bicker nonsensically until Dominique snaps, "Grow up!" as she climbs into her fancy Mercedes and motors away. Sounds like these two are knee deep in the TV tropey 'I hate you!' phase before they invariably decide 'Wait a sec - I actually love you!' and fall into bed together. Alexis bursts into Blake's office and says she has some good news to share - but he beats her to the punch and says he already heard that Adam and Dana are engaged and, frankly, could not be more delighted. Alexis says she'd like to plan the wedding of the century and hold it at Carrington manor and hopes that Krystle won't object to her milking the role of Mother of the Groom role as long and as hard as humanly possible...and Blake promises to talk it over with her and is certain that she'll be totes fine with it. Alexis stops in at the pipeline trailer office to apologize to Dex for pretending to be Blake's current wife for five days in Singapore and not letting him know that she had survived the rig explosion...and Dex grumbles about her barging in on him at his workplace, then rails about how fuuuuuuckin' tired he is of always being at her beck and call. Alexis insists that she loves him and wants to have a relationship on equal terms, and Dex responds by sourly asking her if she's seen Blake lately. She says she has - then hastily adds that it's only 'cause Adam is getting married...and as the parents of the groom, there's no getting around the fact that they have a wedding to plan. Dex accurately predicts that she's going to use the wedding as an excuse to get closer to her ex-husband, complaining, "You want me between the sheets" while seeking independence the rest of the time. Alexis concurs that, yeah, she actually does want her independence, along with a lover and partner who doesn't suffocate her. Dex growls, "You have tossed me off one too many times. You can just count me out of your life, OK?", then storms out. Dex squeals off in his car and encounters Dominique, who's stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire. He pulls over and teases her about what a good job she's doing changing her tire...and the two chuckle as he gets down to the business of chivalrously doing the task for her. Later, Alexis attempts to contact Dex in his trailer office, but no one's there to answer. She then buzzes her assistant and instructs him to bring her a copy of the Lex-Dex agreement so that she can rashly cut all ties with Dex. Over in a local watering hole, Dominque commiserates to Dex about how alone she feels lately, and that she has no idea who Private Dominique is, in contrast to Public Dominique ... [though I can only assume that both are equal parts bore]. She moans that the fortune she's earned means nothing 'cause of how empty her life is, and Dex agrees that when one loses out on love, one loses everything...and Dominique chews on that depressing pearl of wisdom as the two stare despondently into space. After what was largely a conciliatory dinner hosted for Ben and Leslie at the mansion, Krystle ushers Leslie over to Kristina's room to introduce her to the tot. When Kristina fails to act like her usual cute, polite self, Krystle concernedly remarks on how much more tired than usual she seems. Leslie heads over to the study...and Blake excuses himself so that she and Ben can have a private conversation. Ben tells Leslie she looks so much like her mom, and Leslie snappishly rejoins that her mom hated him until her last breath, then chides him again for being a deadbeat dad and shitty husband. Ben absorbs the insults, then pulls out a photograph he carries around with him: a shot of Leslie at age twelve...and Leslie softens as she recalls the day he took that photo. She asks him why he never tried to reach her in recent years, and he insists that he did - but that her mother was always one step ahead of him in hiding their location. Dex and Dominique are hanging in the pipeline trailer office, wanking each other about how warm, appealing, and attractive the other is. They both agree that Dex is not the kind of guy who would sleep with a platonic friend in order to get back at Alexis, and he tells her if she ever needs a friend she shouldn't hesitate to call him. The two seal their friendship with a non-sexual hug - just as Alexis enters the office to haughtily declare to Dex that the Lex-Dex partnership is officially dunzo...but when she sees the hug, she stares at the two of them in shocked bewilderment. She glares at Dominique and snarls, "From lounge lizard to trailer tramp - now I have seen everything!", then throws the Lex-Dex papers onto the floor and storms out of the trailer office in a dramatic huff. Leslie drops by the mansion to bring Kristina a birthday gift and explains to Blake that she's declining to attend the party 'cause she's not ready to spend an entire afternoon in the presence of her father. Blake thanks her for her thoughtfulness and suggests she go upstairs to personally deliver the gift to Kristina. In the next scene, Kristina eagerly opens Leslie's gift and squeals happily at the sight of a fluffy teddy bear. Leslie gives her some tips on how best to love, hug, and kiss her new bear...and then Krystle urges the tot back into bed so that she can meet her daily nap requirement. After that, Krystle and Leslie tiptoe out into the hall, and Krystle invites Leslie to move into the mansion to give herself the opportunity to be around her father more so they can get to know each other, and Leslie promises to think about it. Krystle and Blake stare concernedly at Kristina while she sleeps...and a few seconds later, she wakes up and gabbles excitedly about her birthday party. After a few seconds she starts to cough and complain that she can't breathe, and an alarmed Blake picks her up to rush her downstairs and barks at Krystle to call an ambulance, stat. In the next scene, the ER doctor scrunches her face concernedly as she places a stethoscope on Kristina's chest in order to assess her heartbeat. She tells Krystle and Blake that the tot is going to have to remain in the hospital for further testing 'cause it's clear that her heart is pooched in some way. When Kristina starts to look anxious, Blake comforts her by telling her she'll have two birthday parties: one in her hospital room, one at home when she's feeling better. Steven and Sammy Jo are getting Danny ready for the birthday party and describing for each other what makes them happy in life - when Blake calls to inform them that the party's being postponed until they figure out whassup with Kristina's bum heart. Blake brings a balloon bouquet to Kristina's hospital room, along with a special gift: a rocking horse. As she cackles happily, Mrs. Gunnerson and Gerard surprise her with a cake, and they all sing the Happy Birthday song. Michael runs into Leslie in the Carlton Hotel lounge and models the brand new suit he was forced to buy when she dumped his other one in a laundry hamper as revenge for his misdeeds in Alberta. She wryly tells him he deserves a lot more than that...and he points out that "revenge can only go so far" and invites her upstairs for a romp. She shrugs disinterestedly, then abruptly says good night, smirkingly warning him to take care of his new suit. On her way out, she hands him the bill for her drink and sassily says he can settle that for her too. Kristina wakes up in the middle of the night and stares excitedly at her new rocking horse. She quietly climbs out of bed and sits atop the wooden horse and begins rocking...then suddenly looks as though she can't breathe. Her rocking gets frantically more intense, and the weird camera angle makes her look as though she's struggling to remain atop a bucking bronco, as she calls out to her parents before slumping over. Krystle and Blake wake up with alarm, rush over to cradle her in their arms...and then Blake runs out of the room to summon a doctor while Krystle desperately shrieks, "Somebody help me!!" Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"! Recap: Blake and Krystle are aboard the Carrington jet, flying from Singapore to Hong Kong. Blake, who's been napping with his head on Krystle's lap, opens his eyes and coos about how much he loves waking up to the sight of her face. He explains that he wants to make a pit stop in Hong Kong to extend an olive branch to Ben by thanking him for saving his life. Krystle's like, "OK, whatever" and gets up to fetch them some wine. She notices that Blake suddenly looks lost in thought, so she comfortingly tells him it'd be totes understandable if he was thinking about the five days of faux marital bliss he just shared with Alexis. Blake weakly denies that that's what he's thinking about, then tells her he booked the best suite in the best hotel in all of Hong Kong, and plants her lips with a big smooch. Back in Singapore, Alexis is putting the finishing touches on her Blake portrait when Dex enters the villa. He looks less than thrilled by the subject of her painting and coldly informs her that he met up with Blake last night at the hotel, who told him everything that happened after the rig blew up, and seems totally fine now that he's reunited with his wife. He shoots Alexis an incredulous stink-eye and rails, "What the hell were you trying to accomplish?!", so Alexis "explains" that her goals weren't...
Dex asks exactly what she and Blake did together while they were holed up in this luxurious villa for several days, so she stares dreamily into space and recalls how they talked, laughed, danced, and reminisced...then poutishly adds in a passionately breathy sounding voice that she truly enjoyed revisiting a time of her life when she was most sensitive to her own feelings and able to love more easily. A vexed Dex is like, "Seriously?" and whines about how he interrupted his busy life as a pipeline foreman to waste five days and nights desperately trying to track her down, then wonders aloud if she gives even the tiniest of rat's asses about him. Alexis gets all prickly-defensive as she apologizes for the inconvenience she unwittingly caused him, weakly assures him that she sorta/kinda does care for him, then accuses him of always being jealous of Blake. She barks at him to get out so that she can finish the portrait of her beloved, and he responds by knocking over her tray of paints and brushes before bellowing, "Finish it!" Once he's safely out of earshot, Alexis rings up her house servant Kai and asks him to book her a plane ticket to Denver asap. As a thunder storm rages, Danny comes running into the living room to tell Steven he's skeered of the loud clapping noises, so Steven gives him a comforting squeeze and explains that thunder is nothing more than a bunch of clouds bumping into each other. Danny giggles at that visual - just as Sammy Jo drops by also to seek company to ride out the scary storm. She gives Danny a happy good night hug, then sends him off to bed...and informs Steven that Clay stormed out in a huff after she told him she wanted an annulment. Steven urges her to stay the night at his apartment, offering to sleep on the couch so she can have his bed...Sammy Jo mulls that over and decides 'sure, why the hell not?' Blake enters Ben's hospital room to thank him for helping him escape the exploding rig. Ben says he realized he could have easily let him die - but figured he should prolly start making up for all the terrible shit he's done to him ever since returning to Denver. Blake says that while he's not totally ready to forgive him for all of his wretched misdeeds, he'd like him to return with him and Krystle to Denver and stay at the mansion until the writers can decide what in blazes they're going to do with this now contrite and largely superfluous character for the rest of Season 7. The next morning, Steven tells Sammy Jo that Danny was sooooo happy this morning when he took him to school, and that he's been loving all of the mommy-son time the two of them have been getting. Back at Delta Rho, Clay is angrily pacing the living room when Sammy Jo returns. He demands to know where she's been all night, so she tells him she spent the night at Steven's apartment, mostly to be near Danny. Clay huffily whines that he waited up for her all night 'cause he wants to convince her to nix the annulment idea - but she makes it clear that they're definitely absolutely 100% through. Clay bitchily insinuates that she's fallen back in love with Steven...and when she insists that that's ridiculous, he counters, "Oh, I think it's on the button" and that she really should consider how wise it is to jump into a relationship with a non-hetero guy and where she thinks that baffling kind of decision-making is going to get her. Back in Hong Kong, Blake and Krystle are in their luxury hotel suite, smooching on the rug in front of the fireplace and cooing about how much they looooove each other. He informs her that he invited Ben to return with them to Denver and stay at the mansion, reminding a skeptical looking Krystle that the scoundrel risked his life in order to save him. Krystle says she can't just forget all the terrible things he's done since coming to Denver, but Blake insists that he really really wants to work towards restoring their brotherly love. Krystle says she's fine with that, as long as he exercises caution...and then the two continue with their nauseatingly love-dove-ish smoochfest. The following day, Blake, Krystle, and Ben return to Carrington manor...and Blake asks Gerard to please prepare a room for Ben. Kristina runs over excitedly, and the three coo over her cuteness until Blake scoops her up and carries her upstairs. Ben takes the opportunity to assure Krystle that he's grateful to Blake for welcoming him into his home and that the only thing on his agenda is showing the two of them how much he appreciates their kindness. Krystle promises to keep an open mind while also remaining cautious about his motives. Alexis drops by Blake's office decked out in a fantastic, flouncy white fur coat and expresses concern about Amanda, who she hasn't talked to since before the rig explosion/Singapore re-honeymoon. Blake says he also hasn't been able to reach her...and that if she remains incommunicado for much longer, he has a mind to storm over to the remote island [she and Michael are purportedly doinking on all day and all night] to see whassup. Alexis says she thinks that's a fine idea, then asks him if the headaches he had during their Singapore vacay have gotten any better, and he tells her they've definitely improved, and that he's grateful to her for helping him relax and recuperate after the rig explosion. Alexis says she has zero regrets about creepily orchestrating a situation in which the two of them remained holed up together so she could pretend as though they were a husband and wife from the 1960s, and he thanks her for eventually telling him the truth about his marriage to Krystle...despite that by the time she told him the truth, the jig was pretty much up. She says she should probably be going now, and he walks her out...and both begin chuckling about the time the maid in Singapore cooked them a horrible "American" meal - just as Krystle exits the elevator and looks visibly dismayed by their playful banter. Steven chastises Alexis for not contacting him while she was vacationing in Singapore, leaving him with just the tiniest bits of indecipherable intel that Adam was willing to dole out. Alexis counter-chastises him for moving out on her when he vacated the mansion with Danny and relocated to an apartment. Steven explains that he did that in order to take stock of his life, and feels as though he's far less surly and on the right track to being more understanding of people and what he used to consider their faults. When he mentions that lately he and Danny have been hanging out with Sammy Jo, Alexis looks alarmed and worries aloud that the skanklet is going to do something to hurt him and/or their tot. Dominique is teaching Kristina to play the piano while Krystle lovingly looks on, when Gerard enters the room to inform Krystle that she just received a package. Krystle excitedly unwraps it, but then is deflated when she sees that it's the Blake portrait Alexis painted while the two of them were in Singapore. Dominique stares at it incredulously and says it's clear that Blake willingly posed for the rendering, then says she can't help but strongly suspect Alexis of wanting to come between them and shake up their marriage. Krystle tries to breezily insist, "It's just a portrait" - but then contorts her face into a worried expression as she stares concernedly into space. Michael Culhane bursts into Blake's office and demands to know where Amanda is, then waves around two goodbye letters (one for Blake) that Amanda left behind before abruptly getting axed by the producers - I mean "fleeing to London" and asking that no one follow her. A bemused Blake reads Amanda's note, in which she complains about being forced to choose between her father and her boyfriend. Blake says it's entirely plausible that she fled to London 'cause she has relatives there [and supposedly grew up there despite not having a British accent like Catherine Oxenberg]. Michael barks at Blake to get her to come back asap, so Blake picks up the phone to ask his secretary to track down Alexis asap, then yells at Michael to get the hell out of his office. Michael snarls, "You'll be hearing from me!" before storming out. Alexis drops by Delta Rho to 1) mock the art that Sammy Jo is in the process of hanging on her walls and 2) warn her not to screw with Steven or Danny. A few seconds later, she gets an urgent call on Sammy Jo's line from Blake's office with the latest tidbit on What Ever Happened to Recast Amanda? Alexis rushes back to Denver Carrington and tells Blake that her cousin Rosalind (who raised Amanda) would likely know where their daughter is, but Blake says he already called Rosalind, and it wasn't a fruitful conversation 'cause she promised Amanda she wouldn't say anything to anyone about her whereabouts. Alexis suggests they hire a private investigator to suss her out - but Blake says it's a bad idea, 'cause it might anger her to the point that they'll lose her forever. He suggests they leave her alone until she's ready to re-enter their lives, and this is the last we ever hear of Amanda Carrington. Adam meets up with Leslie on the outdoor dining patio of the Carlton Hotel, and she tells him she was jazzed to learn that Ben is currently living in Denver and that the two of them are cousins. She admits she's pretty nervous about seeing her father again and asks Adam if all the nasty stories about him are true. Adam says he's not the best person to ask, not least 'cause he hates Ben with the intensity of a thousand suns, but then diplomatically says that the business world is full of mistakes and jealousies. He assures Leslie that Ben will be overjoyed to see his only daughter, then asks her if she knows anyone else in Denver. She tells him she used to work for Dex Dexter in Alberta at the time he had a run-in with a jerk named Michael Culhane...and looks less than pleased when Adam tells her that the unscrupulous Don Juan is back in Denver. Leslie runs into Dex in the hotel lobby...and based on their conversation, it's obvious that she was the female employee in Alberta (Dex once described to Blake) who Michael got liquored up and then enticed to spill the beans in order to undercut his (Dex's) bid to purchase an oil property. Dex assures Leslie that he puts all the blame for that indiscretion squarely on Michael, then changes the subject and asks how she and her mom are doing. Leslie sadly replies that her mom died about a month ago...and Dex clucks sympathetically, then warns her that even though Denver's a big city, she's more than likely to run into Michael, who's currently in town "making waves". Alexis stops by Blake's office for the third time this episode to drop off the pills he was taking in Singapore for his headaches. She runs into Krystle, who haughtily informs her that Blake has already been prescribed updated pills from his Denver doctor, so they don't need her pills and/or her stupid portrait painting. Alexis smugly wonders if she's most upset about the fact that she and Blake were in isolation together for several days, leaving her wondering if anything happened between the two of them. She needles Krystle further by urging her to silently ponder, "Did Blake and I make love? And was it better with me than with you?" then shoots Krystle a mischievous grin before sashaying out of the office. Hee! Steven drops by Delta Rho to suggest to Sammy Jo that they have dinner together tonight, then leave Danny with a sitter so they can enjoy a night out on the town. Sammy Jo beams happily and says that she definitely likes the sound of that idea. Blake calls Krystle to tell her he's busy catching up on work and will be home later. Krystle assures him it's no problem and offers to hold supper for him, suggesting that they enjoy an informal meal in the kitchen...but after hanging up, she once again stares concernedly into space. Leslie spots Michael drinking in the hotel bar and saunters over to him. She assures him she doesn't hold a grudge against him for the time he used her to screw with Dex in Alberta, then invites him to join her in her suite for a drink. Michael perks up at that prospect - I guess this means he's suddenly over Amanda - and in the next scene, the two are smooching intensely while Leslie peels off his clothes. When she suggests they take a sexy shower like they used to in Alberta, Michael says he's definitely into it and hastily gets all the way naked and excitedly bounds over to the bathroom. LOL. Leslie proceeds to gather up his clothes before exiting the suite and depositing the clothing in the laundry hamper part of the chamber maid's cart. A few seconds later, Michael emerges from the bathroom looking for Leslie, and is dismayed to see that neither she nor his clothes are anywhere to be found. He irritably calls the concierge and barks at him to open the boutique pronto so that he isn't forced to walk around the hotel naked. Sammy Jo and Steven are dancing the night away at a lively nightclub - when Clay happens to show up, watches them boogie for a few seconds, and sourly asks if they're having fun. He angrily informs Steven that Sammy Jo just asked him for an annulment, then accuses him of using Danny to worm his way back into her life. He fumes, "The ironic thing is, you're not even a man!", a homophobic slur Steven reacts to by punching him in the face. Clay reacts to the face punch by lunging at him...and the two exchange blows until a bouncer physically separates them. Sammy Jo snarlingly tells Clay that she can take care of herself - but Clay insists she needs him and that he's refusing to let her go. Leslie arrives at Carrington manor to confront Ben and chastise him for walking out on her and her mother. Ben is stunned at the sight of his long-lost daughter, gazes at her in awe before gushing about how he could never forget those eyes, and explains that her mother was the one who packed up and disappeared on him. Leslie doesn't buy his version of events and insists that he betrayed his family, then informs him that her mother died about a month ago. As Ben stares back at Leslie with a look of mournful bewilderment, she snarls, "Everything I've learned about you today is true!", then races out of the room and down the corridor towards the vestibule, while he chases after her, begging her not to go. The spectacle is witnessed by Blake, who has just returned home..and he wanders over to Ben and asks him if the sobbing woman was his daughter. Ben sadly says it was, but that he doesn't want to talk about it. Blake ambles over to one of the sitting rooms to see whassup with Krystle, who's staring unhappily at the portrait Alexis painted. Blake tut tuts Alexis for sending that thing over here, but then remarks on what a nice piece of art it is. Krystle agrees that it is pretty good, and that she'd be petty if she demanded it be removed from the premises just 'cause Alexis is the artist. Blake concurs, then asks her if there's something else that's troubling her, e.g. the uncertainty of whatever icky carnal acts may have occurred between himself and Alexis while they were playing house in Singapore for five long days. He assures her that there was no new spark of interest nor was there any sex, 'cause she was always in her heart, even if just subconsciously. Krystle tears up with relief, thanks him for clearing up that source of blechy unease, and presses herself against him in a hug. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: Krystle asks a clerk at the Singapore hospital where Blake might have gone off to, and he's like, "Dunno", but then pulls up Blake's hospital summary and shares two major points of interest:
The clerk suggests she talk to Dr. Chen, aka the physician who treated Blake, and adds that he'll be on duty later in the day. A few seconds later, Dex arrives at the hospital and informs Krystle he learned that just after the rig explosion, Alexis was rescued from the sea uninjured and brought ashore...and both agree it's extremely puzzling that neither Blake nor Alexis has gotten in touch with either of them. Across town, Alexis and Blake are strolling along the grounds of the villa, reminiscing about how much this luxury property reminds them of where they honeymooned. Alexis likens this sojourn to a second honeymoon...and when Blake laments his inability to remember their lives together after 1964, she breezily assures him that eventually his memory loss will sort itself out...and, in the meantime, she'd like to spend some of her leisure time painting a portrait of his wrinkly mug. Steven drops by Sammy Jo's hospital room to deliver a get well poster from Danny...and as Sammy Jo gushes about how thoughtful their son is, Steven points out that his drawings have been looking progressively happier since all the mommy-son time he's been allowed to have lately. Steven asks her how the fetus is doing, so she admits that she had been mistaken about being with child, and says that Clay reacted to that news by accusing her of deceiving him in order to force him into a marriage proposal. Steven clutches her hand and assures her that everything's going to be OK...and that, despite all the repeated nastiness they've lobbed at each other over the years, he strongly feels that they're suddenly able to enjoy a copacetic co-parenting relationship. Krystle manages to get a few minutes with Dr. Chen to ask him where he thinks Blake might have wandered off to, so he tells her that Blake and Mrs. Carrington left the hospital together a couple of days ago. When Krystle's all, "Say wha-a-a-a?", he tells her he's too busy to play detective on her behalf - but that she should check the hospital register if she wants more information. In the next scene, Krystle meets up with Dex and tells him that, according to the hospital register, it was Alexis who signed Blake out...and both continue to agree that it's very uncharacteristic of their respective lovers to remain incommunicado for so long. Alexis is decked out in a white frilly off-the-shoulder peasant blouse as she cooks up a storm in the villa's kitchen. She happily tells Blake how much she enjoys the simple things in life, e.g. cooking a meal for her beloved husband. Blake grins in response, gives her a kiss and a canoodle, then curses whatever forces inside his brain are continuing to prevent him from letting loose and hitting the sheets with his "wife". Alexis assures him it's no problem, then poutishly says she wishes it could always be this way between them. An oblivious Blake's like, "Why wouldn't it be?" and then ambles out of the room...leaving Alexis to stare concernedly into space as she murmurs, "Because it can't." The next morning, Alexis joins Blake at the breakfast table while he reads the day's paper in order to get caught up on world events. When he notices an article that mentions both him and Ben being injured in the South China Sea oil rig explosion, Alexis takes the paper away from him and says she'd much rather he got caught up on their children. Blake's like, "Sure, OK" and asks her what Adam is like after spending much of his life as a kidnapping victim, so she describes him as a good lawyer and a bit of "a ladies man", while leaving out the alarming psychotic aspects of his personality, e.g. his rapey aggression towards Kirby and the time he tried to poison Jeff with toxic paint. Alexis goes on to tell Blake that Fallon is married to Jeff Colby and that they have a son named Little Blake...and that Steven [whose sexual orientation has, between 1964 and 1987, been the butt of immeasurable emotional carnage between father and son] sired a son named Danny. Steven drops by Delta Rho to urge Clay to temper his anger at Sammy Jo regarding the whole 'oops, there's no actual baby' situation. Steven insists that Sammy Jo didn't consciously lie to him about being pregnant, and Clay says he has no idea what his next move will be, but that she's lucky to have such a loyal friend in her ex-husband. Gary Tilden is waiting at Carrington manor when Dominique returns home. She looks less than thrilled to see him and makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with him or his people, not least 'cause she doesn't require backing from anyone for her music career, given that she now owns the best studio in town. A miffed Gary strongly urges her to change her mind and [I assume?] agree to become a singing sensation within their criminal network - but she refuses and sternly orders him to leave. He snarlingly tells her that she'll be hearing from his people soon, then angrily stalks out. Krystle phones Adam to let him know that it was Alexis who checked Blake out of the Singapore hospital, and Adam's like, "Hmm...that's weird" and continues to not let on that he's heard from Alexis several times since the rig explosion. Krystle laments that she can't seem to get the local police interested in helping her find the missing couple, and Adam says he strongly feels that his parents are fine. Krystle says it's obvious he knows a whole lot more than what he's telling her - but he denies that and says if he did happen to know which villa they've been holed up in for the past two days, he can only assume that their involvement is purely business-related. Smooth, Adam. Later, Dex tells Krystle that he's increasingly suspicious about what might be going on between Alexis and Blake while they're off the grid, mostly cause Alexis is "a damned attractive woman" and that he could never quite shake the feeling that she never fully fell out of love with Blake. Krystle's like, "Well d'yuh", but then argues that Blake would never allow himself to be seduced by his she-devil of an ex-wife, and that she can't bring herself to believe that his past love for Alexis could have been ickily reawakened in any way, shape, or form. Blake is sitting by the pool, posing, while Alexis paints his portrait. When she finally lets him look at the work of art, he remarks on the sadness she captured in his eyes, likely because he's lost twenty years' worth of memories that need to be filled in. He assures her that the sadness has nothing to do with present company...then pokes at his temple while muttering in frustration, "This thing...this terrible feeling that I haven't come around yet." Alexis breathily says she doesn't want this part of their lives to end - but he points out that eventually it has to, 'cause there's so much more of their lives to look forward to. He then pulls her into hug, and she stares despondently into space while breathily agreeing, "Yes, there's soooooo much more." Back at the hospital in Denver, Sammy Jo packs up her things and sadly tells the nurse that she's opted to arrange a ride home without the aid of her shitty husband. Nick Kimball calls the mansion and asks for Dominique, and Gerard tells him that she's over at her recording studio and is likely to be there all day. Clay is surprised to find Sammy Jo sitting in the living room, stewing, and says she could have let him know she was ready to be picked up from the hospital. He sheepishly tells her he now regrets the things he said to her at the end of the previous episode, and she's like, "As well you should, they're hard to forget." Clay moans about how bummed he is that he's not about to become a father after all, and Sammy Jo says that after listening to him bellyache for two episodes, it's time for them to focus on her feelings, which are that for awhile it seemed as though he mostly just liked hitting the sack with her - until he suddenly proposed after the news of her [false] pregnancy - a proposal that came on the heels of him imploring her to get an abortion. She somehow assumed that he proposed marriage because he loves her - with or without a baby - but ever since her recent horse accident knocked some sense into her, she no longer believes that and wants to file for an annulment pronto. Dominique is at the studio rehearsing when two of Gary Tilden's goons walk in unannounced and start smashing instruments. One of the goons tells her that certain people are unhappy that she hasn't been more cooperative...and when Dominique sassily orders them to get the hell out, one of the goons gives her a hard face smack and sends her reeling backwards. As she stares back at him in shocked bewilderment, Nick Kimball enters the room, sees what's happening, and picks up a guitar and hits the goons with it. He then single-handedly fights them both off until they decide they've had enough of an ass-kicking and flee. Nick escorts Dominique home to Carrington manor and tells her he'll see to it that her studio gets extra security, and also assures her that the goons won't be back to terrorize her. Dominique thanks him for coming to her rescue and invites him to help her up the staircase. When they arrive at her bedroom door, she gives him a grateful cheek kiss...and when he asks her if she'd like him to stay awhile - mmm hmm - she declines and tells him she'll be just fine. Krystle tells Dex she intends to hire a local private investigator to locate Blake, and Dex is like, "I doubt it'll help, but whatevs." Krystle then gets a call from Jeannette, who telephoned on behalf of Kristina, who apparently misses her and goat daddy something awful. Krystle promises the tot they'll both be home soon and that in the meantime she should be a good girl for Jeannette. Back at the villa, Blake gushes to Alexis about what a beautiful day it is, and she agrees that it's been a very special time for them...and that if anything happens to change their situation, nothing could erase the joy they've shared together for the last episode and a half. Blake scrunches his face confusedly and says he doesn't believe that anything could possibly interrupt their bliss, then obliviously gives her a contented canoodle. Krystle meets with a private investigator and immediately tasks him with finding her missing husband. Blake suffers another headache and tells Alexis he's going to take a walk by himself. He then ambles out of the room, leaving Alexis staring after him worriedly. The private investigator tells Krystle it took him about a minute to learn that a lady from Denver matching Alexis's description rented a villa just outside the city a couple of days ago. He gives Krystle the address and wishes her good luck in wrapping up the inanity that is the 'Even though Blake didn't hit his head during the oil rig explosion, he somehow thinks he's still married to Alexis' storyline. Sammy Jo informs Steven that she and Clay are annulling their week-long joke of a marriage, insisting it's for the best. Steven assures her he was serious about her and Danny spending a lot more time together, adding that he too would like to be part of that togetherness 'cause lately he's been craving the love and comfort of a family. When darkness falls, Alexis worriedly calls out Blake's name - just as Krystle storms inside the villa, demanding to know where Blake is. Alexis pretends to have no idea what she's talking about, says she rented this house to enjoy some alone time, and that she wants her to get the hell out. She says that, as far as she knows, after being released from the hospital Blake had decided to travel elsewhere - when he suddenly appears on the terrace and stares at the two of them confusedly. Krystle's like, "Hurray! You're here!" and runs over to hug him...but after a few seconds, she realizes that he's just staring back at her blankly. Blake glances over at Alexis, who has lit a cigarette and looks both distressed and amused by the spectacle unfolding in front of her, and asks, "Who is this lady?" Alexis ignores the question and tells Krystle she needs to leave 'cause she's upsetting Blake, so Krystle takes it upon herself to tell Blake..
By scripted coincidence, Krystle's driver suddenly realizes he has a flat and is in the process of changing the tire when Krystle flees the villa and tearfully says she neeeeeeds to get on the road asap. Blake, meanwhile, tiptoes back into the living room and asks Alexis if the mysterious blonde lady is gone, then says there was something about her that made his brain cells want to start re-invigorating. Alexis decides that this idiotic-from-the-get-go jig is finally up and admits that, yeah, the blonde is his current wife... and Blake stares back at her in stunned bewilderment while her eyes tear up. A stressed looking Krystle continues to anxiously wait for her driver to finish changing the tire. When Blake asks Alexis what happened to their marriage, she tells him it ended after several wonderful years together...completely skipping over the part where he exiled her from Carrington manor after catching her in bed with Roger Grimes. She confesses that she initially pretended they were still married 'cause she wanted him to sign over 50% ownership of the South China Sea oil leases to her - but then stupidly realized she cared less about the leases than she was enjoying their temporary trip down memory lane. Blake makes it clear how fuckin' pissed he is that she deliberately kept his life in limbo, then gets so overwrought by the deception that he clutches his forehead as his brain recombobulates itself back to its default settings, and the memories of his marriage to Krystle come flooding back. He's like, "Yay! I'm back to being me again!" and races outside - just as Krystle's driver hits the gas. When the car stops in front of the gates to wait for someone to open them, Krystle hears Blake calling her name, so she hastily climbs out of the passenger seat. The two run towards each other, pause to stare into each other's eyes, and tearfully embrace. He professes his love for her while she tells him that he's her entire world...and a foiled Alexis watches the tender moment from the terrace above. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: As the oil rig that Blake, Alexis, and Ben are aboard becomes engulfed in flames [and looks totally unsurvivable when the camera pans out to give us a wide-angle view of the carnage], the crewmen flee to the upper deck. One of the men screeches at Ben and Blake to make a run for it 'cause the entire rig's going to blow - a dire warning that seems to recombobulate Ben's brain, 'cause he immediately springs into action and helps free Blake from the steel thing he's pinned beneath. As the rig dramatically explodes, everyone who was on board desperately leaps into the sea. In the next scene, Alexis is talking to a doctor at a hospital in Singapore (where she and Blake were airlifted) about Blake's condition. Dr. Chen informs her that he's regained consciousness and doesn't appear to have any serious physical injuries - but seems really confused and has been rambling about an explosion at Denver Carrington 1. Alexis is all, "Wha-a-a?" and recalls that that explosion happened back in 1964, then looks intrigued that Blake's brain has time-traveled twenty years in reverse and appears to be stuck there. Dr. Chen says that, in all likelihood, Blake's condition will eventually sort itself out - but, in the meantime, he needs to be treated with gentle loving kindness by someone close to him. Alexis chews on that for a few seconds, introduces herself as Blake's wife, and says she's off to look in on her pretend spouse. Blake tells Alexis that the explosion was a horrifying sight to behold, then asks her if Jimmy Decker's OK. Alexis blurts out that Jimmy is definitely dead and has been for awhile now, then explains to Blake that he's suffering from a bout of temporary brain fog 'cause:
As Blake scrunches his face confusedly, Alexis tells him that, as his wife, she's going to help him get better and lovingly sit by his bedside all night if that's what it's going to take to give him comfort, and he responds by beaming and leaning forward to give his "wife" a grateful hug. Alexis tells the clerk positioned at the hospital's reception desk that she'll handle all of the necessary notifications to Blake's loved ones about his health status. She then asks for whatever possessions he had on him when he was admitted...and after the clerk hands her a small bag, she removes the wallet photos of Krystle and Kristina and tosses them into the nearest trash can. Sammy Jo calls Krystle to report that, during the previous episode, she made an effort to talk to Clay about her false pregnancy over a picnic lunch - but he was unavailable 'cause he was off somewhere laying dynamite. Krystle advises her to wait awhile and try contacting him again...then hangs up and turns her attention back to Kristina and assures the peppy tot that goat daddy is busy working, but is no doubt thinking about her every second of the day. Alexis calls Adam to let him know that both she and Blake survived the rig blast and are currently in Singapore. She orders him to keep mum about that last thing 'cause she may have found a way to get half ownership of the South China Sea oil leases back. After the call, she pulls out a little pouch from her purse, retrieves her wedding ring from when she was Mrs. Blake Carrington, and puts it on her ring finger...which begs the disturbing question: has Alexis really been carrying around her old wedding ring for the last two decades with the faint hope that she'll one day have occasion to wear it again? Steven drops by the mansion to inform Krystle that the rig Blake, Alexis, and Ben were touring just happened to explode while they were on board...and, as of yet, there's been no word about any survivors. Krystle contorts her face into a stricken expression and says she intends to fly to Hong Kong asap. Alexis has rented a luxury villa in Singapore to keep Blake hidden away from his family and any nosy reporters who might actually be interested in their whereabouts. When Blake grumbles about being unable to unwind, she coos at him to relax, and shows him all the news clothes she purchased for him. Dissatisfied by that, he heads over to the phone to make a call to Denver - but Alexis gently takes the receiver out of his hand, fibs that she spoke to Andrew Laird and was assured that everything is A-OK back home, then leads him over to the living room to enjoy a cup of tea. He mumbles that he feels groggy...and when she encourages him to go upstairs for a nap, he gives her a smooch and gushes about how he'd never be able to manage this recuperation without his loving wife at his side. She stares back at him looking deeply touched, then glances down at her wedding ring...and a few seconds later, a deliveryman arrives with the legal document she requested: Assignment of Leases. Krystle arrives in Hong Kong, quickly locates the local hospital Ben (who has a broken leg) has been brought to, and asks him where Blake is. He tells her that during the chaos of the rig explosion, he got separated from Blake and Alexis - but that lots of people were being rescued from the sea. Krystle angrily accuses him of taking advantage of the situation, so Ben makes it clear that he'd never actually do anything to cause physical harm to his only brother...and, to that point, he adds that it was he who saved Blake from certain death while aboard the rig. Krystle implores him to remember everything he can about the explosion in order to give her a clue where Blake might be - but when he comes up empty, she tells him that if he happens to think of anything useful, she'll be staying at the Peninsula Hotel, and then dejectedly shuffles out of the room. Blake puts on the new suit that Alexis bought for him and tells her he came across the Assignment of Leases. Alexis fibs that, shortly before the explosion, he had decided to assign half of the leases to her in case anything happened to him, so that she and their children could avoid probate and have free access to what she believes they're entitled to. Blake mulls that over and agrees that it's prolly a good idea - but then wonders if these particular leases are the best leases he could be giving them. He complains about how groggy his brain still feels and asks her if there's anything she can do to help clear it out, so she asks him if he knows who was president in 1976...and when she reveals that it was Jimmy Carter, he chuckles about the informality of a president being referred to as "Jimmy". Alexis chuckles along and says she views it as progress that he's able to find humor in a former president's name. At Delta Rho, Sammy Jo calls Clay to tell him there's something she needs to tell him [that she had every opportunity to spill long before now, but for some dumb reason continued to keep it to herself] ... and Clay tells her he'll return home once he's finished with his dynamite laying work. Steven arrives at the ranch with Danny, who's eager to put his new toy boat into a real body of water. Steven asks Sammy Jo if anything is wrong, and she snappishly tells him to stop always looking for reasons to deem her an unfit parent...and Steven acknowledges that, yeah, he has been on her case a lot over the years, apologizes for generally being such an insufferable sourpuss, and offers to leave Danny at the ranch overnight so that she can enjoy more time with her son. Sammy Jo brightens at the prospect and says she'd looooooove to have Danny spend the night. Blake and Alexis are enjoying a lovely dinner when music comes on the radio that prompts Alexis to wax nostalgic about how it's the first song they ever danced to before their very first time hitting the sheets. Blake grins at the memory of their maiden doink, and the two dance together while she sings along to the melody...and the two reminisce about their whirlwind courtship more than two decades ago and then their life as newlyweds. Alexis wanks Blake about being "the most dashing man I know" [mmm...I'd be more inclined to give that prize to Dex], then suggests they indulge in a sexy midnight swim. Adam telephones the villa to ask Alexis how Operation Get 50% of the Oil Leases Transferred Back to Her Control is going - but since Blake is in the room she brusquely tells him she can't talk about that right now. Blake takes the phone receiver from her and says that their canoodle time is far more important than any phone call, and then the two gaze lovingly at each other and exchange I love yous. After a smooch, Blake complains of another headache and says that something deep inside his subconsciousness is desperately trying to penetrate through the fogginess of his brain - but can't get through...and Alexis is all, "Oh, that's a bummer", then says she's more than happy for them to languish around this fabulous villa for as long as it takes for his brain matter to sort itself out. The next morning at breakfast, Blake grasps Alexis's hand and tells her he hopes she understands why he was unable/unwilling to bed her last night...then confusedly explains that something inside his head is making them strangers. Alexis breezily tells him they have lots of catching up to do, and that eventually they'll fill in all the pieces of the puzzle that is his long term memory. When he brings up the topic of the lease document, she tells him to forget it 'cause she wants them to focus 100% of their energy on remembering the happy times, and that she's happier than she's been in a very long time. Over at ColbyCo, Steven rails at Adam about how helpless he feels about them just sitting around while Alexis and Blake are MIA in Asia. Adam says he has a strong feeling they're both A-OK and urges his brother to do his best to keep busy until they hear from their parents. Steven sourly says he'll keep in touch, then exits the office...and once he's safely out of earshot, Adam calls Alexis to ask her whaddup with her hanging up on him, but she denies doing any such thing and chalks it up to a bad connection. He informs her that Krystle and Dex are on their way to Singapore to try to find her and Blake, and that he feels kinda bad about lying to Steven, who's becoming increasingly upset by the lack of news about their whereabouts. Alexis sternly forbids him to tell anyone what's really going on, then chirps, "Goodbye!" when Blake suddenly ambles into the room after waking up from his afternoon nap. Dex drops by the Hong Kong hospital to see Ben, and snarkishly demands to know where Alexis and Blake are. Ben says he can only assume that the two were fished out of the South China Sea by a rescue boat...then informs him that Krystle also stopped by to demand answers from him, and that if he wants to look her up she's staying at the Peninsula Hotel. Later, Dex and Krystle meet up at a restaurant and ponder the yet unknown fate of Blake and Alexis. Dex dreamily says he's loved Alexis for a very long time, and smilingly says that beneath her haughty imperiousness, he was able to see the soft vulnerability underneath. Krystle's like, "Ugh...whatever" and says she just really wants to hear that they're both safe...and by they're, she mostly means Blake. Dex promises her they'll find them, then asks her if she thinks that Blake really loved Alexis while they were married. Krystle mulls over the odd question and says she can only assume he did love the woman he married - that is, until he caught her red-handed riding Roger Grimes' baloney pony and callously cast her out of his life and the lives of their children. After a refreshing swim, Blake tells Alexis he's been noticing a light-heartedness about her, and she admits she could be very unpleasant whenever they argued about his frequent business trips. Blake asks her if their love is real, and she's like, "You betcha", insisting that it'll only get better and better [so long as they remain confined in this villa and he continues to not remember their acrimonious divorce and/or his remarriage to Krystle]. Later, Blake tells Alexis he has a gift for her, then presents her with the Assignment of Leases document, which he dutifully signed. Alexis stares at the document unhappily, says it's no longer at the top of her priority list, and rips it up. Not sure why the hell she'd do that, since there's really no getting around the fact that the silly charade of them living happily together as husband and wife has no chance of being anything other than a short-term fantasy that could blow up in her face any minute. Sammy Jo and Danny are enjoying some together time at Delta Rho when one of the ranch hands walks over Danny's favourite horse, Valez. Danny asks if he can ride atop Valez while he's being exercised...and when Sammy Jo says he can, he waves his hat in the air and cries, "Yippee!" The action spooks Valez...and when he whinnies and flails his legs about, Sammy Jo is struck and collides with a nearby fence, where she loses consciousness. Clay rushes over to the hospital and urgently asks the doctor if Sammy Jo and the baby are OK, he's all, "Sammy Jo's fine - but what baby are you talking about?", then decides he should prolly call her obstetrician asap. Uh oh. A local police officer stops by the Singapore villa to inform Alexis that an American reporter in the area has been inquiring about her and Blake. The officer assures Alexis that he revealed nothing to the American, and that he'll continue to respect hers and Blake's privacy as long as they remain in his jurisdiction. While canoodling in bed together, Dana urges Adam to share with her what's troubling him, then correctly guesses that he's concerned about his parents, who remain missing in Asia. Adam assures her he's not all that concerned 'cause he's pretty confident they're both OK - but Dana doesn't buy that he's totally in the dark and says he can be honest with her. Adam snippily tells her to drop it 'cause it's a family matter, and Dana shoots him the stink eye and [accurately] describes herself as "just the girl you go to bed with". She sarcastically thanks him for the trust, then rolls over with her back to him and goes to sleep. Sammy Jo wakes up in the hospital as Clay is hovering over her. He calls her out on fibbing about her pregnancy in order to get him to marry her - but she insists he's wrong, 'cause she really really did believe he'd knocked her up. He asks her why she didn't just 'fess up when she learned she wasn't with child, and she tearfully says that somehow the timing never felt completely right for her to break the embarrassing news to him. She begs him to forgive her, and he coldly mutters, "I'm trying to" before huffily exiting the room. Krystle and Dex arrive in Singapore to further the search for their respective loved ones. Blake tells Alexis he heard that a police officer had stopped by and asks if anything is wrong. She breezily assures him all is well, and that the officer merely came by to welcome them and ask if they're happy here. Blake beams and says he's very happy...and when she suggests they have lunch by the pool, he agrees that that would be a fabulous idea. After he ambles off, Alexis summons the house servant (Kai) and sternly tells him that Blake is to have no visitors and no phone calls, and Kai responds with a meek nod. Thanks for reading! 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Recap: Blake, Ben, and Alexis are aboard a private jet, en route to Hong Kong. Ben enters the seating area, scrunches his face into a sour expression, then suddenly pulls out a gun and opens fire on Blake. Krystle wakes with a start from the nightmare...and when Blake cooingly asks her if she's OK, she tells him she doesn't feel right about him traveling to Hong Kong without her. He reminds her that it's more important for her to stay at home with Kristina, then assures her he can handle whatever sinister intentions Ben might have towards him. The next morning at breakfast, Blake tells Dex that he's officially taking over the pipeline project...and Dex chucklingly admits that he haaaaaated taking orders from a fucktwat like Ben and welcomes the change. Blake informs him that he's heading to Hong Kong with Ben and Alexis to settle some oil lease business [that could probably just as easily be accomplished via phone or fax], and Dex is all, "Wha-a-a? Alexis never mentioned anything 'bout that to me" ... then expresses his fervent wish that she'd excise Ben from her life for once and for all. When he asks Blake if he plans to ever reopen the crater, Blake says it's going to stay closed as long as Michael is one of the major financiers, and Dex agrees that the shady ex-chauffeuring Lothario is not a man who can be trusted. Clay tells Sammy Jo he's annoyed with her for letting him sleep in when he's scheduled to do a job with Dex on the pipeline project for the next few days. Sammy Jo somehow refrains from pointing out that he could have set the alarm clock himself - the way he did on their honeymoon, for example - then denies that anything specific is bothering her. Clay irritably says that maybe it's a good thing he's going to be off working on the pipeline for the next while, and Sammy Jo matches his irritable tone as she snappishly agrees. Over at Denver Carrington, Ben hands Blake two checks for $42 million each (one in Blake's name, one in Dominique's name) as repayment for the court settlement he received after giving false testimony against Blake in court. Ben grumbles about how unfair it was that their pa cut him out of his will, and Blake snaps back that it was unfair that he let their ma burn to death. Ben pleads with Blake to let that go 'cause he's suffered enough, and Blake snarlingly retorts that he'll let it go when he starts acting like a real brother. He then informs Ben that their Hong Kong bound plane departs at 4:00pm, so he should be at the airport a half an hour before that...and Ben prophetically declares that he's going to be verrrrrrry sorry he didn't take this chance to be nicer to him. During a visit to Danny's school, Claire shows Steven the latest pictures Danny drew and is relieved to see that they're much happier looking than the depressing doodles he was previously churning out. She thanks Steven for not pulling Danny out of the school after she climbed into bed with him (Steven) and awkwardly learned that she was totally barking up the wrong tree there, then gives him a cheek kiss - just as Sammy Jo appears in the schoolyard and sashays over. As Steven ambles off to say bye to Danny, Claire assures Sammy Jo that the cheek kiss she just witnessed was a friendly, asexual peck...and that she senses jealousy 'cause of some romantic feelings she seems to still harbour for her ex-husband. At ColbyCo, Ben rails at Alexis for changing a company policy that now requires him to get Adam to sign off on every operational order he issues. Alexis unconcernedly shrugs and says that since she's the boss, she doesn't give even a microscopic-sized shit about how he feels about her rules...and then Ben weirdly and longingly moans about how much he waaaaaaaants her. Alexis responds with an impatient sigh before reminding him that they have a plane to catch. LOL. Alexis phones Adam in Australia to ask him if he's managed to track down the person who made the mysterious calls to Ben, so he explains that the phone company is on it and will get back to him. After she hangs up, Dex storms into her office to express how ticked off he is that she's jetting off to Hong Kong with Ben, warning her that it might be unsafe 'cause "the Orient" is his turf. Alexis assures him that she can take care of herself...and when Dex insists he wants to be there so he can protect her and not be separated from her, she smiles lovingly at him and assures him that she'll only be away for a few days. Krystle summons Ben to the mansion to sternly warn him to not do anything to hurt Blake - otherwise she'll see to it that he's locked up for the rest of his natural life. She then caps off the warning with an extra stink-filled stink-eye. While aboard the private jet, Alexis exits the main seating area to go powder her nose...and Ben reminds Blake that when they were young they both had it bad for Alexis. He adds that Alexis was "a tough woman to love", then tells him it's very clear how deeply Krystle loves him...and when Blake's all, "Wha-a-a-a?", Ben explains that she had summoned him to the mansion earlier to warn him about not doing anything to hurt him while they were in Hong Kong. He suddenly gets a faraway look in his eyes and says that the conversation reminded him of his ex-wife Melissa, who eventually grew to hate him so much that fifteen years ago she fled with their daughter (Leslie) to Canada - and neither has been heard from since. Blake chucklingly remarks on how skeptical he is about the sudden revelation that he has a family, and Ben poutishly says he doesn't care if he believes him or not 'cause it's the truth...and that his conversation with Krystle reminded him of what he's lost. Over in Australia, Adam is imploring a clerk at the telephone company to give him the contact information for whoever made the mystery calls to Ben in Colorado, and the clerk says it's prolly going to take their very slow computers several hours to match the numbers. Adam says he'll check in later, then heads towards the nearest pay phone so he can update Alexis. Inside the phone booth is a young brunette woman who's calling various numbers on a list to locate Carringtons...and when Adam overhears her next call and immediately looks curious and intrigued, he begins chatting her up and learns that..
Leslie suddenly beats a hasty retreat, and Adam attempts to chase after her - just as the telephone company clerk interrupts to tell him he has the information he requested, 'cause the slow '80s computers were actually far speedier than he was expecting. Sammy Jo asks Krystle if it's really so bad that she doesn't tell Clay about her false pregnancy...and secretly tries to conceive so that he's none the wiser. Krystle urges her to not base her new marriage on lies, reminds her that she genuinely believed she was pregnant, and points out that she's going to have to be honest with him sooner rather than later. Back at the mansion, Krystle and the lady servants gush over Kristina's cuteness and remind her about her upcoming third birthday party. Mrs. Gunnerson promises to bake her a giant cake in the shape of Mother Goose...and Kristina cheers, "Yippee!" before Krystle decides it's time to take the overly perky imp upstairs for her nap. Across the globe in Hong Kong, Blake informs Minister Han that he wants him to approve the transfer of the South China Sea oil leases back to his control...and when Han is all, "But my government made an agreement with Ben and Alexis to have ownership", Blake explains that that decision was made after the two falsely stated that he (Blake) had acted dishonorably with regard to the death of his mother. He produces proof that the two lied in court for the purpose of discrediting him, and Minister Han furrows his brows as he looks over the paperwork and promises to get back to him with his decision. Later, at the Peninsula Hotel, Blake informs Ben and Alexis that Minister Han has officially signed off on the transfer of the South China Sea oil leases to his control. For good measure he adds that Han was disgusted by their deception, then informs them that, for some nonsensical reason, all three of them need to fly to the headquarters rig in the middle of the South China Sea as part of a "transfer of authorization" process to ensure a smooth transition among the oil rig workers. A peeved looking Alexis signs the documents, while Ben shoots Blake the stink-eye and growls, "I could kill you for this, Blake" before scribbling his signature. Blake smugly thanks them and wishes them both a pleasant evening. Adam arrives at the home of Vera Nesbitt, aka the woman who's been identified as the mystery person who's been calling Ben. She initially denies making the calls, but then looks fearful as she asks, "They sent you, didn't they?" Adam assures her he's here to help and hopes she'd be willing to reciprocate, then leaves her $1,000 as a good faith payment and says there's a lot more where that came from. He informs her that he's staying at the Peninsula and confidently says he'll expect to hear from her soon...and after he leaves, Vera picks up the wad of cash and stares contemplatively into space. Gordon Wales drops by Denver Carrington to inform Krystle that he's back at World Finance Magazine and in the process of writing a story about how Alexis "enabled" Blake to get back everything he lost to her. When Krystle suggests to speak to Alexis directly, Gordon admits that they're not currently on speaking terms...and that he's pretty sure Blake has something damning on her that would make for a juicy story. Krystle smilingly declines to dish about Blake's re-ownership of his company and mansion, explaining that she's not the type of person "who likes putting a hatchet in someone's back". Gordon chews on that for a few seconds, recalls her recent visit to The Denver Mirror when she gave him the what for for debasing himself as a journalist, and confesses that he felt very ashamed of compromising his integrity by doing Alexis's bidding. Over at Casa Boring-as-fuck, Amanda unhappily asks Michael if the rumors are true about him making a business deal with her mother that's sure to really really piss off Blake. Michael admits that, yep, the rumors are indeed true...and when she points out that he could have simply sold his crater share back to Blake, he snappishly retorts that he doesn't take orders from her. He rails about how she's doing the typical "rich girl" thing by bailing on him when the going gets tough, then dials back his bitchitude and suggests they head to a secluded island and do nothing but knock boots all day...and Amanda perks up at the sexy prospect as the two press themselves against each other and smooch. Steven drops by Delta Rho to tell Sammy Jo he's going to try to be less of a moody tool towards her and bring Danny by more often so they can enjoy a lot more mommy-son time. Sammy Jo looks pleasantly surprised by the friendly pronouncement and says she'd be very happy to have her son around more. Adam gets a call from Vera, who makes it clear that she's interested in getting a whole lot more money in exchange for spilling the beans about Ben...and in the next scene, Alexis gives Adam the green light to pay Vera $50,000 for several incriminating photos. A few seconds later, a drunken Ben staggers into Alexis's hotel suite and aggressively vows that he's not going to lose her. He throws his drink onto the floor (?) and wrestles Alexis onto the couch - then abruptly stops when she snidely asks him if this is how he attacked Vera Nesbitt. A startled looking Ben's all, "Wha-a-a?", then asks her what she knows 'bout Miss Nesbitt, so Alexis summaries the fascinating deets she just learned from Adam:
An ashen-faced Ben says he assumed that Vera destroyed those photos as she promised to, and Alexis smugly says she clearly didn't, because she just sold them to Adam...and that Adam is poised to placate the angry casino bosses by handing him (Ben) over to them. Ben shoots Alexis an extra narrowed stink-eye and asks her what she wants, so she firmly replies, "Freedom from you and your threats. For good." When he doesn't respond, she says she'll take his silence as an agreement that he's going to stop threatening her with prison, then snappishly orders him to get the hell out of her suite. Sammy Jo drops by the trailer office at the pipeline worksite with a picnic basket for Clay - but Dex tells her that Clay is busy laying explosives in a remote location and can't be reached. He then eyes the picnic basket and suggests they not let the delicious food to go to waste, and Sammy Jo's like 'sure, why the hell not?' before the two begin chowing down. Dex waxes on about how happy Clay seems lately and that she and the baby are the best things to happen to him, and Sammy Jo sadly says she looooooves her new husband so much. Adam drops by Dana's apartment to let her know he's back from Australia, and Dana's like, "Oh..? You were out of town. I hadn't noticed." LOL. He says he thought a lot about her while he was away, in particular their latest lover's quarrel, and Dana says it was less a lover's quarrel and more that he revealed himself to be a misogynist prick by thinking he can dictate what she can and can't do. Adam sheepishly admits that he got so upset by her decision to go back to work for Blake that he couldn't think straight, then apologizes and says he loves her and leans in for a smooch. In a remote lakeside location, Michael rents a boat while Amanda is on a pay phone talking to Steven, who informs her that Michael's lawyer has just filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Blake for mismanagement of the crater. Amanda then makes it clear to Michael how deeply annoyed with him she is for putting her in the middle of this tedious acrimony, and Michael snarks that he's not going to be bullied into calling off the lawsuit, then stomps off...and mercifully this is the last we ever see of Recast Amanda. Krystle arrives home and gets a message from Jeannette that Blake is en route to an offshore rig and then plans to return home in a couple of days. A few seconds later, Kristina bounds over and gushes about how super excited she was to talk to her goat daddy on the phone. On the oil rig, Blake explains to the foreman that he's now in charge of the South China Seas oil leases, and implores him to fully embrace the sudden change of management and also get his men to welcome the change...and implores him as though a CEO/oil magnate with would give even the tiniest of rat's asses about what a bunch of blue collar rig workers think about a high level transition of ownership. One of the workers suddenly screeches that there's a gas leak, and everyone's all, "Ack!" and races to the upper deck. One of the men escorts Alexis, who looks utterly fantastic in a fashionable black leather pantsuit ensemble, to safety - while Blake finds himself trapped under a large piece of steel that broke loose. As an alarm sounds about the code red alert!, Ben spots Blake unable to move beneath the steel. Blake begs, "Ben, help me! Please help me!" - but Ben just remains rooted to the spot as he mutely stares at his brother while the rig begins exploding around them. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: Ben hisses at Alexis, "You just signed away our lives" - but Alexis argues that, on the contrary, she's given them a reprieve...then suddenly pretends as though she doesn't give a rat's ass about living in the mansion and/or running Denver Carrington. She orders Ben to return to the party and act as though he's having the time of his life, and Ben glares at her warily before exiting the room. After returning to the Carlton Hotel, Blake happily gushes to Krystle, "We did it! We won! We got everything back!" Krystle tells him she's sooooo proud of him, says she never lost faith in him, and that she's thrilled that by this time tomorrow they're going to be back in their own home, chillin' by the fireplace. She then asks him if he was bluffing about his willingness to publicly expose Emily Fallmont as an adulteress, and he chucklingly says that Alexis miscalculated, 'cause he would never do anything as heinous as besmirch a kind, dead woman. [I personally wouldn't wager anything on something as risky as goat daddy's good nature, but OK.] Alexis summons her Denver Mirror writers for an impromptu meeting about the front page story that's going to run in the morning: Blake Carrington regains control of Denver Carrington along with ownership of his mansion. She says her spin on the abrupt turnabout is that Denver Carrington was "a losing proposition" for her and that she happily gave it back to Blake in exchange for a future share of revenues. As for Carrington manor, she unconvincingly claims that the residence had "bad vibes". She then adjourns the meeting...and after everyone leaves, Gordon Wales sticks around to cheekily ask Alexis whaddup with the snow job, and she snippily tells him she doesn't pay him to challenge her, then decides she no longer wants to pay him at all and summarily fires him. Unable to sleep, Sammy Jo telephones the lab and is visibly frustrated when she can't get through to anyone...and a few seconds later, Clay enters the room and assumes she's trying to get in touch with Steven. He assures her it's totes OK that she's worried about him, and Sammy Jo admits that, yep, she was genuinely concerned about his foul mood, however disproportionate it may have been, after he was propositioned by a rando gay during the Black and White Ball. Steven drunkenly staggers home and finds Claire in his living room. She informs him that Danny's nanny had an emergency and had to rush off, so she took it upon herself to hang around and put Danny to bed. Steven grunts in response and stumbles into his bedroom and collapses atop his bed...and Claire stares down at him longingly as she murmurs, "You're going to have a big headache in the morning", then removes his shoes and begins unbuttoning his shirt. Oh dear. Alexis stares in sad wistfulness at a lovely bouquet of flowers Gerard left for her enjoyment in the study after the ball - just as Adam enters the room shortly after being summoned. She tells him that tomorrow morning The Denver Mirror is going to break the news that Blake has regained control of Denver Carrington and will henceforth be living at the mansion again...and when Adam's all, "Wha-a-a-a?", she wails that Blake blackmailed her by threatening to expose her crime of perjury during the Season 6 trial. Adam says he pretty much assumes she had lied on the stand - but isn't passing judgement 'cause he knows what it's like to be pushed around by Blake. Alexis thanks him for not turning against him, and breathily vows that one day she's going to "win the war" against Blake. Alexis returns to her bedroom and is unpleasantly surprised to find Ben waiting for her. She shoots him an incredulous stare at his presence in her private space, then firmly declares, "It ended for us tonight, Ben" - but he argues that it's never going to end for them, and is flattering himself by assuming that she needs him 'cause he's the only one she has left. Alexis shoots back that she has herself, aka the only person she needs, so then he smugly informs her that he did some digging into another period of her "very eventful life" and came across news clippings of when she was arrested for murdering Mark Jennings and subsequently locked up. She rolls her eyes disinterestedly and points out that she was innocent of that crime and (eventually) fully exonerated. Ben says it's pretty clear that the idea of spending ten or so years in prison for the crime of perjury really scares her - but Alexis denies that, 'cause she knows that if she goes down, he's going down with her. Ben idiotically argues that he'd survive his prison term just fine, then asks, "Could you?", and Alexis brashly retorts that, yeah, she could...but when Ben saunters over to the phone and asks the operator for the number of the DA's office, she races over to hastily disconnect the call and meekly concedes that he's won this round. Ben decrees, "No more talk of getting rid of me. Ever", and Alexis stares back at him, her face scrunched concernedly. Blake arrives at his Denver Carrington office early the next morning and encounters Ben, who's packing up his stuff. He snarks at Blake, "You may have won this round, but my turn will come." Blake wearily asks him when this tiresome conflict is finally going to come to a merciful end, so Ben nonsensically retorts that the conflict was borne out of the rules he (Blake) plays by and always has. Blake reminds him again that when they were young they used to share the dream of building an empire together, and Ben self-piteously points out that he (Blake) was only ever inviting him along for the ride. He recalls one incident years ago when he had suggested to Blake that they lease a particular oil well and be equal partners - and Blake explains that that oil well had been worthless 'cause it was overworked and it was obvious to anyone with half a brain that the land owner was merely attempting to unload it onto them. Ben argues that, in his opinion, it was a perfectly functioning oil well and that, despite this difference of opinion from fuuuuucking decades ago, he continues to resent being treated like an upstart who had to learn his place. Blake's like, "Yeah, whatever. This bitterness is going to eat you up and destroy you" and Ben snarls, "We'll see" and huffily exits the office. Steven wakes up at 11:00am and finds himself naked and in his bed next to - ack! - Claire. She tells him he was sooooo drunk last night, and that she put him to bed...then assures him that he was way too inebriated for them to have had sex. She leans in for a smooch, but he gently pushes her away and wryly tells her she must not have gotten the memo that when it comes to choosing bed partners he's (mostly) not of the hetero variety, then explains that he got himself ridiculously worked up last night after a gay rando aggressively propositioned him at his mom's ball. A stunned looking Claire's like, "Ooooooh.." as it dawns on her what a horse's ass she's currently making of herself, but then tries to reason that he can't possibly be all the way gay 'cause he's been married to women. Steven points out that those relationships didn't exactly work out...and Claire mulls that over, then urges him to not pull Danny out of her school as a result of the bizarre awkwardness of her slipping uninvited into his bed, 'cause she really loves the tot and wants to give him all the one-on-one therapy he needs. Krystle is greeted at the mansion by a cheery Gerard...and the two go upstairs to survey the master bedroom that got redecorated to Alexis's tacky taste. Gerard tells her he placed hers/Blake's furniture in storage - just as Alexis enters the room and snippily reminds him that she had ordered him to give it to charity. LOL. Gerard wryly says he didn't think she meant that literally, and Krystle interjects by asking him to please ensure that everything is put back the way it was before Alexis took up residence. Alexis chimes in and tells him he can put her stuff in storage, then pretends as though she's grown bored of the mansion and is very much looking forward to moving into the Carlton Hotel. [That's interesting...I wonder if she sold the penthouse suite she lived in just prior to evicting Blake and Krystle from Carrington manor.] Alexis snarlingly tells Krystle that she's only being forced to move 'cause Blake blackmailed her, and that he's going to pay for that, along with everyone else in his life. Blake summons Dana Waring to his office to invite her to resume her old position as his assistant, gushing about how efficient and loyal she always was to him. Dana hangs her head in shame and says he might want someone else for the job, then confesses to being the leak regarding his plans to drill at the crater. She explains that she spilled the beans to Adam, 'cause for whatever, God-only-knows-why reason, she's so in loooooove with the weird psycho...but now knows it was very wrong and would never expect him to accept her back as his trusted assistant. As she heads towards the door, Blake stops her, thanks her for her honesty, and says he still wants her to come back, loose lips and all. Dominique arrives at the mansion, runs into Alexis, and needlessly informs her that she's going to be living here until her own house is ready. Alexis tells her that she, meanwhile, is in the process of negotiating the purchase of the Carlton Hotel, and Dominique says she heard 'bout that, which is why she hastily checked out. Alexis dryly retorts, "Well, it was never meant to be a hotel for transients" - LOL - and Dominique mockingly applauds her recent acting performance when she continued to look as though she were having the time of her life at the ball, even after Blake evicted her from the mansion. Dominque says she almost felt sorry for her, but Alexis snappishly tells her to save her pity 'cause she's going to need it for herself. Sammy Jo is at the lab, demanding to see her test results - but the clerk informs her that the proper procedure is for her to get those results from her doctor. Sammy Jo irritably says she did that, but that the doctor told her she's not pregnant. She adds that she doesn't believe that and is certain there's been a mixup, but the clerk tells her the lab doesn't usually mix up their tests, and that if her results indicated she wasn't pregnant, she probably isn't...and it remains unclear why he doesn't simply suggest that if she's so doubtful of the test results, she should take a second test so she can be totally completely 100% certain about her pregnancy/non-pregnancy. Over at the mansion, the Carrington clan gathers in the study, where Blake gives a heartfelt speech about how much it means to him to be home again, among his loved ones. A joyless looking Steven tells him he's considering moving back in, and Blake says he'd loooooove to welcome him and Danny back, then assures everyone that whatever problems they run into can surely be sorted out under this roof...'cause, yeah, conflict resolution involving Blake has worked so well at Carrington manor for the past six seasons. While primping for bed, Krystle tells Blake she's soooooo happy to be back at the mansion, and that when they were evicted by Alexis she sadly wondered if she'd ever see their bedroom again. Blake tells her he thinks of himself as the luckiest man in the world on account of he has her love and support...and that during his darkest days at the Carlton Hotel, he'd wake up in a panic, but then quickly calm down after staring at her sleeping next to him. The two then hug, exchange I love yous, and start getting it on atop the bed. The next day, Blake summons Alexis and Ben to his office to gruffly inform them that once Minister Han is available for a round of meetings, they're going to jet to Hong Kong to..
An incensed Alexis argues that she's owned a quarter of those oil leases from the beginning, so Blake says that since she tried to swindle the rest of them from him, losing that lucrative investment is the price she's going to have to pay. Alexis vows that she's not going to forget this, and Blake growls, "Goooooood. I don't want you to forget." Alexis heads over to her Denver Mirror office and calls up a well known music critic named Vaughn Adams and commissions him to write up a disparaging review and then send it to her office asap...or send him his regular review so that she can throw in some negativity of her own. It's not completely clear. After she finishes the call, Michael Culhane drops by to let her know he's turning down her offer to buy up his share of Blake's crater - but that he has a different project for them: now that oil prices have fallen, there are many attractive energy properties available for sale in Colorado...and eventually the oil prices will go back up, allowing them to earn a small fortune. Alexis mulls over the prospect for a few seconds and decides 'sure, why the hell not?' and tells him she'll on board - but only if he agrees to sue Blake for $100 million in damages for abruptly shutting down the crater project. Michael agrees, and the two toast their new alliance. Alexis is unpacking her things in her new home: a spacious suite at the Carlton Hotel. Dex drops by with flowers to cheer her up and offers to be a sounding board if she needs to vent her feelings of humiliation after being thrown out of Carrington manor. Alexis says she'd rather not talk about it, but that she wouldn't object to a canoodle...and he says he'd be more than happy to oblige, then envelopes her in a close hug. Elsewhere in the Carlton Hotel, Dana tells Adam she's returning to her job as Blake's assistant...and when Adam makes it clear he's not at all happy with that decision, she tells him he should be able to accept her life choice if he really loves her. Adam argues that it's not as simple as that, but she counters that it actually is...and that when he's ready to accept that she's a grown woman and can work wherever the hell she wants to work, he can give her a call. With that said, she huffily storms out of the room. Alexis and Dex are enjoying a sexy bubble bath when Ben calls...and Dex answers the phone and dismissively tells him to get lost. LOL. Alexis anxiously tells Dex she should prolly see what the creep wants, and quickly learns that Ben is miffed about the contract she signed with Michael Culhane without running it by him first. Alexis snippily tells him she's not in the habit of letting him know of her business decisions, so he snarls, "Then get into the habit." After she hangs up, Dex asks her why in blazes she hasn't gotten rid of Ben yet, then says it's obvious that she's very skeered about something. When Alexis clams up and refuses to answer, he says he fully intends to find out what's going on so that he can help her...and after he saunters out of the bathroom, Alexis stares poutishly into space as she wistfully laments, "I wish you could, Dex." Over breakfast at Carrington manor, Dominique notices a music review written by Vaughn Adams in the Denver Mirror...and when she takes a closer look, she sees that the title of the article reads 'Don't Bother, Dominique. Denver says NO!' LOL. The article refers to her as "a vastly overrated singer" who was "never more than a glorified saloon singer" and who's decided to spend her waning years in Denver. Blake grimaces and says that that sounds suspiciously like the kind of trash-talk Alexis would say about her, and Dominique concurs and says she's going to storm over to the Carlton Hotel and open a UGE can of whoop-ass on her new archenemy. Ben haughtily enters Adam's office waving around the order to fund Michael Culhane's account. He declares that he cancelled it 'cause he hasn't approved it, and then dramatically rips the order in half. Adam's all, "The fuck?" and reminds him that he doesn't run the company, and Ben argues that someone has to, and says that ColbyCo shouldn't be dispersing funds, but rather making money by selling off properties. When a suspicious Adam asks if his plan is to get his hands on that cash, Ben responds by urging him to quit if he doesn't like it - but Adam says he's not going to do anything to make life easy for him...and the two men glare mutely at each other. Dominique storms into Alexis's suite, railing about getting panned in her newspaper's music review section - but Alexis just shrugs as she says, "The truth hurts" and that she never thought she was anything more "than a second rate lounge act" ... which is a totally fair point, given that Dominique was literally hired as a lounge singer at the La Mirage soon after her Denver arrival. Dominique waves around the latest instalment of The Denver Mirror, warns that she'll sue for libel, then snarls, "Retract this or I'll ram it down your throat!" Alexis knocks the newspaper out of her hand, and Dominique reacts by giving her a hard face smack...and a few seconds later, their stunt doubles step in and kick each other before wrestling around on the floor like angry kittens, prompting Alexis's Shih Tzu to relocate to a quieter corner of the suite. Alexis cries, "You bitch!", while Dominique picks up something from her end table and throws it at her, but misses. The two then continue rolling around on the floor together and knock over furniture - until Adam and a hotel employee enter the room and physically separate the two women. Adam asks Alexis if she's taken complete leave of her senses to be engaging in the kind of cat-fighting with which she and Krystle used to regularly humiliate themselves. Alexis mumbles that she was merely defending the freedom of the press, and Adam's like, "Whatever" and tells her they really really need to talk about Ben. Alexis arrives at her ColbyCo office and looks irked to find Ben sitting at her desk. He informs her that Minister Han is ready to meet with them, which means they're going to have to jet to Hong Kong in the morning. Alexis ignores that decree and rails about how sick and tired she is of him inserting himself in her life, using her office, cancelling her orders, and insulting her son. She haughtily reminds him that she is the CEO of this company...so Ben points out that she's also running a newspaper, launching a foundation, and revenging on Blake every chance she gets - in other words, doing everything but properly running ColbyCo. Alexis firmly pronounces that she runs ColbyCo and her life as she sees fit - but he insists that they need cash, not Michael Culhane's business propositions, nor Adam obstructing everything he does. Alexis snarls, "And we don't need you", but Ben says, "You've got me" and decrees that from now on, they're doing things his way. Blake and Krystle are canoodling by the fireplace and staring lovingly into each other's eyes. He invites her to travel with him to Hong Kong to sort out the situation with Minister Han - but she declines and says there's so much to do at the mansion, plus she doesn't want to leave their daughter alone. He moans about how much he's going to miss her, so she gives him a long, passionate smooch so he'll have something to remember her by while he's away. Ew. Alexis is having a tortured dream about when she was locked up for killing Mark Jennings. As she cries, "Let me out of here!" from inside the crowded cell, she suddenly wakes with a start, then gets on the horn and calls Adam. He rushes right over, and she anxiously tells him how real it was, being locked up in that horrible jail...and that Ben has been making her relive that nightmare. She tells Adam they have to find a way to get rid of him, then asks him if Ben has ever said or done anything they can use against him. Adam says he recalls that Ben received at least a couple of mysterious calls from Australia that seem to terrify him...and Alexis realizes, upon reflection, that when she first found Ben, he was in the Outback, most likely hiding from whatever is terrifying him now. She instructs Adam to hightail it over to Australia and dig into his uncle's past, and Adam grins as he says, "It'd be a pleasure." Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: Blake drops by the mansion to angrily ask Alexis whassup with her making a deal with Michael Culhane, so she snippily retorts, "I'm a business woman, I have a right to operate as I see fit." Blake chides her for doing business with a man who's destroying her daughter's life and warns that if she buys a single share of his crater project he's going to shut the whole thing down. Alexis accuses him of bluffing 'cause the ability to bluff is all he has left to threaten her with - but he sternly reminds her that he never bluffs, then tells her to enjoy the ball 'cause it's going to be the last thing she ever hosts at Carrington manor. When Ben enters the study at that moment, Blake glares at him and snarls, "And you too" ... and after he huffily exits the room, Ben assures a worried looking Alexis that Blake is just blowing hot air. She's like, "I dunno" and says there was a strange sureness in his voice that made her believe he has something substantive up his sleeve, and that she really really wishes she knew what it was. Blake returns to the Carlton Hotel and tells Krystle it's finally dawned on him how to use Emily's letter as leverage against Ben and Alexis so that the Dynasty writers can finally put an end to the 'Alexis and Ben haven taken ownership of everything I've ever worked for' storyline. He tells Krystle to buy them tickets for the Black and White Ball...and when Krystle's like, "You can't be serious!", Blake insists that he definitely is. Michael is on the phone with Alexis saying, "I am leaning that way" before he ends the call...and then Amanda, who eavesdropped on that last part, and asks what that was all about. Michael "jokes" that he and her mom are having a May-December fling, then mercifully changes the subject and says he's kind tempted to accept her deal that would put an extra $10 million in his pocket and get back at Blake for being a jerk to him during the previous episode. He tells Amanda he'd looooove to use the money to start a new life with her in New Orleans, but she makes it clear that she has zero desire to move across the country with him, particularly if he chooses to screw over goat daddy. Dominique runs into Gary Tilden in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel and haughtily tells him she's been purposely not returning his many calls 'cause she did some digging into the kind of people he represents...and when she learned that they're a pack of criminals, she concluded that she wants nothing to do with them. Gary reminds her that he and his goons own the only studio in Denver that can meet the music recording needs of someone of her calibre, and she's like, "I know. That's why I purchased it" - a revelation that prompts an angry Gary to grab her by the arm and growl about how she's making his people very angry. Nick Kimball happens to enter the lobby at that moment, sees what's happening, and orders Gary to take his hands off of her. When Gary meekly complies and slinks off, Nick asks Dominique what that was all about...and she tells him she'd rather not discuss it. She then explains that she treated him so coolly in her hotel room the other night 'cause she doesn't make it a habit of easily falling into bed with every Tom, Nick, and Harry she encounters, and Nick just kind of shrugs as he breezily retorts, "I'll survive." Ouch. Over at Delta Rho, Sammy Jo suddenly feels faint, and Clay looks at her worriedly and tells her to call her doctor to get a prescription for something that can ease her pesky morning sickness. Sammy Jo dutifully Jo calls up Dr. Craig to ask her if she can prescribe something for her morning sickness type queasiness, but Dr. Craig says before they can even discuss any kind of medication, she needs to go to the lab and take a proper pregnancy test, the way she instructed her to do four episodes ago. Blake asks Steven to track down Dan Franklin, aka the hopeless wino who admitted he was paid by Ben's camp to lie in court during the Blake vs. Ben trial last season. Blake tells Steven he needs to extract the truth from Franklin in order to get his mansion and oil company back and is determined to get it. Blake arrives at a Colorado Springs whorehouse to have a private chat with the madam, an aging redhead named Cora Van Heusen. He reminds her that she once told Caress she knew Ben Carrington was having an affair with Emily Fallmont, adding that before Emily died she penned him a letter admitting that she was in the sack with Ben on the day Ma Carrington burned to death. Blake shows her the letter and says he needs more corroboration to ensure that justice is served - even though whatever information she has to contribute seems very heresay-ish - and Cora says she doesn't like the idea of tarnishing the reputation of a dead woman, then wonders aloud why she'd agree to get involved with his personal drama, the goodness of her heart notwithstanding. Blake assures her that Emily's name will not be dragged through the mud, then looks her in the eye as he asks, "Are you with me, or am I just wasting my time here?" ... and the show does that annoying TV tropey thing where the camera lingers on Cora's face for a few seconds, but then pans away before she has a chance to respond. Blake returns to the Carlton Hotel and tells Krystle he spent the day in Colorado Springs getting answers at a whorehouse...and that he's still working on getting "all the pieces together". Krystle jokes that while she's a tad miffed that he's not sharing the details of these pieces with her, she knows how to get secrets out of him, and then sexily presses against him for a smooch...which, ick. Alexis is in a boutique, finishing up her last fitting for the poofy '80s gown she plans on wearing at her upcoming Black and White Ball. A few seconds later, Krystle enters the boutique and gaily informs Alexis that she and Blake will be in attendance at her big party...and when Alexis amusedly offers to ask one of the servants to show her and Blake how she redecorated the master bedroom, Krystle smiling tells her it won't be necessary, 'cause Blake says it won't be long before - then abruptly stops. A bemused Alexis tells her to remind Blake that she holds the deed to Carrington manor and that he'd better not do anything to disrupt her party, and Krystle remarks that she sounds worried - but that it's understandable...'cause knowing Blake as she does, she's sure he has some kind of bombshell-type surprise planned that's really going to rock her world. She then heads off to the change room for her fitting, leaving Alexis staring after her worriedly. Dex is showering in his trailer office at the crater job site when Alexis drops by to enjoy the view of his nakedness and to see if he has any idea what Blake is up to these days. She explains that Blake has been doing peculiar stuff lately: 1) he bought tickets for the Black and White Ball, and 2) has hinted that he's figured out a way to get his mansion back. Dex tells her that since he and Blake have developed a relationship built on trust, he's not going to trash it by blabbing secret intel to her...then says he's looking forward to attending the ball and seeing Blake reveal whatever he's been plotting this episode. Blake meets with Michael to offer double, then triple (!) the profit he was offered by Alexis if he hands over his shares of the crater and then hightails it out of town and out of Amanda's life forever. Michael pissily refuses and says his hatred for him and his love for Amanda somehow "all comes out even", and Blake snarlingly vows, "If you don't get out on your own, I'll starve you out." Blake summons Dex and Nick to inform them that he's shutting down all work on the crater project until further notice, and a stunned Dex and Nick are all, "The fuck?!" and remind him that on the strength of his word they've made some expensive commitments and assembled a crew of laborers who were promised a salary. An incensed Nick rails about this double-dealing, and Blake whiningly argues, "I'm fighting for my liiiiiiife!" Dr. Craig tells Sammy Jo that sometimes when a woman really really wants a baby, the brain fools the body into mimicking pregnancy symptoms...and then comes right out and says, "You're not pregnant." Sammy Jo calls that crazy talk, insists that the test is wrong, and that she wants to get a second opinion. Dr. Craig says it's certainly her privilege to do so and points out that nothing's stopping her from becoming pregnant...however, the fact remains that she's not currently pregnant. Sammy Jo nonsensically wails, "Stop using that word - the fact!" and insists that [her delusional brain is making her think] she can feel Clay's spawn inside of her right now, and that she's going to find a doctor who doesn't try to "mix up" her life. She's really not the sharpest knife in the drawer, that Sammy Jo. When Sammy Jo returns home, she breezily assures Clay that she's perfectly healthy, and he tells her he's sooooooo excited about the baby that he went out and bought a giant stuffed bear. Sammy Jo asks him if he would have proposed to her if there were no baby, and Clay admits that he prolly wouldn't have proposed as quickly as he did...or - who the hell knows? - possibly not at all. He then pivots and assures her that his child is very important to him and happily declares, "He brought us together" ... and Sammy Jo stares sadly into space as he envelopes her in a hug. Ben enters Adam's office with some papers to sign - but finds Dana there alone. He snarlingly chides her for refusing to disclose to him the contents of Blake's secret box o' files when he asked, but then was more than willing to blab about it to her boss-lover Adam, with whom he's noticed she's been spending long lunches. When he starts to manhandle her, Adam enters the room, glares at Ben, and warns him to never enter his office uninvited again...and that if he ever again touches Dana, aka the woman he loves, he'll be very sorry. Blake stops by Dan Franklin's house to applaud his decision to finally stop drinking so that he could get back together with his wife and not live like a homeless drunkard anymore. Blake reminds him that he lied in court regarding Ben's whereabouts on the day Ma Carrington perished and can only assume that his conscience has been nagging at him ever since, A stunned Dan admits that, yep, it definitely has....and marvels at Blake's god-like ability to see what's in his heart. Blake urges him to right that wrong asap so he can finally make peace with himself, but Dan makes it clear he's not interested in confessing to perjury and barks at Blake to get the hell out of his house. As the staff of Carrington manor decorate the mansion for the Black and White Ball, Alexis wonders aloud where Adam is. Ben says he has no idea, but that the last time he saw him, he was canoodling with his assistant Dana in his office...and Alexis chews on that juicy tidbit for a few seconds and looks less than thrilled by the prospect of a lowly employee landing Denver's most eligible bachelor. Adam and Dana are in his suite at the Carlton Hotel, canoodling in bed and reminiscing about their high school days in Billings, MT. Adam gazes at her dreamily, says, "I love you", and tells her he likes the fact that he doesn't have to hide his psychotic tendencies from her. That said, he pronounces that their appearance at tonight's Black and White Ball will constitute "a command performance" in front of Alexis and her rich partygoer friends. The ball! As the guests mingle on the mansion's main level, Alexis makes her grand appearance at the top of the staircase decked out in a form fitting red gown with ultra poofy sleeve layers. She thanks everyone for paying $5,000 a ticket (!) in support of the imminent launch of The Alexis Colby Foundation, then sashays down the staircase and begins circulating among the guests. Blake and Krystle are about to leave for the ball when the concierge calls to inform Blake that Dan Franklin is in the lobby 'cause he decided he wants to clear his conscience after all. Blake's all, "Hurray!" and quickly heads downstairs while Krystle beams serenely at the happy turn of events. Dex wryly tells Alexis he had no problem finding time to attend her ball, 'cause Blake shut down the crater project for the foreseeable future. The two then notice that Ben is standing a few feet away, popping bite-sized bits of food into the mouth of a pretty blonde woman [you heard me], and Dex amusedly quips to Alexis, "You do have a way of picking winners, don't you?" and a Alexis stares at Ben with a funny looking expression of weirded out-ness and utter puzzlement. While on the dance floor together, Alexis tells Michael he's been dragging his heels long enough and wants to know if he's willing to sell her his shares of Blake's crater project. Michael tells her it's kind of a moot point now that Blake has shut that project down...and so, for the time being, he just wants to keep his options open. Dex enters the ballroom and shakes his head in dismay at the sight of Alexis and Michael dancing, while Amanda stares at them looking sadly despondent. A gay rando approaches Steven at the bar, tells him they once met at Chris Deegan's party, and says he'd looooove for the two of them to get better acquainted in private...mmm hmm. Steven stonily said he doesn't remember ever meeting him, barks at him to stop coming onto him, and shoves him away. Sammy Jo, who has witnessed the exchange, rushes over to cluck sympathetically about the rando's weird aggression towards him, and Steven's like, "I gotta get the hell outa here" and races towards the nearest exit. Dex sourly asks Alexis if she enjoyed flirting with Michael and/or if she's given her blessing regarding his/Amanda's hookup. Alexis snippily remarks that she thought he'd finished worrying about Amanda a long time ago...and adds that if she needs help meddling in her daughter's love life, she'll let him know. One of the servants informs Alexis that Amanda wishes to talk to her privately in the solarium...and as Alexis heads over there, she runs into Adam and gets her first introduction to Dana Waring. She gives Dana an unimpressed once over and promptly tells Adam that (the richer, more socially acceptable) Bethany Anderson is dying to talk to him, bitchily adding, "I'm sure Miss Waring won't mind" ... and after she sashays off, Dana glances around uncomfortably before poutishly murmuring to Adam, "I told you she wouldn't like me." In the solarium, Amanda snarls at her mother to stop putting Michael between her and Blake, and Alexis suggests she make a clean break from Blake, citing the danger of his hatred for the man she loves. Amanda says she has no intention of losing Blake or Michael, then angrily storms out of the room. Blake and Krystle arrive at the mansion, and Nick confronts Blake about the crater shutdown and says his men are royally pissed. Blake assures him that everyone will be back to work in a matter of days - but Nick sourly says he doesn't buy that and then stomps off. Dominique, who has overheard the exchange, chides Nick for his rude tone and says he has no right to speak to Blake like that...and he retorts that he'll talk to Blake any way he damn well pleases, then points out that despite him being a mere wildcatter, he was somehow able to afford a $5,000 ticket to Alexis's ball and thereby contribute to whatever unnamed charitable causes The Alexis Colby Foundation will soon be funding. Blake tells Alexis and Ben he wants to talk to them privately in the study...and once they're behind closed doors, he orders them both to start packing and move out of the mansion. He adds that he's also reclaiming ownership of Denver Carrington and the South China Sea oil leases, and informs Ben that he's going to have to return the money he was awarded in court after perjuring himself regarding his testimony about the day Ma Carrington burned to a crisp. To back up his pronouncements, he waves around two pieces of paper and says they're affidavits from Dan Franklin and Cora Van Heusen, both of whom have given sworn testimony that contradicts Ben's and Alexis's testimony under oath...then produces Emily's letter and says it further corroborates the speedily produced affidavits. Alexis looks worriedly at Ben and tells him she's caving to all of Blake's demands without even bothering to consult with counsel 'cause she's very skeered of being sentenced to prison, and is totally willing to take his word that he won't be tempted in the future to use Emily's letter against her. Blake hands her a pre-prepared contract that gives him re-ownership of all the stuff she and Ben took from him during the Season 6 finale, then says he's going to be gracious and allow her to spend one last night in the mansion, which is more than she was willing to do for him and his family. He smugly tells her to feel free to sleep in the master bedroom tonight, snarling, "I'm having it disinfected tomorrow." You go, goat daddy! Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: As Blake tends to an injured Emily, the panicked taxi driver that struck her wails about how she just came out of nowhere...and Blake's like, "Shut up and call an ambulance!" Emily tells Blake she left him a very important letter at the concierge's desk - just as Oscar Goldman rushes over, looks aghast by the sight of his dying wife and cries, "Don't die on me! I need you!" Emily asks him to hold her hand and take her word for it that Clay is his biological son, then wonders aloud where he is at this moment...and Oscar promises to find him asap. Over in Las Vegas, Sammy Jo is decked out in a blush colored strapless wedding gown and complaining to Clay that he looks less than thrilled about their imminent nuptials. She snarks that she has zero desire to be part of a shotgun wedding and is A-OK calling it off if it's too dumb an idea to follow through with - but Clay insists that he really really wants to put a ring on her finger so he can piss his father off good. He shows her the ring he just purchased in the hotel boutique, and Sammy Jo beams and says that while she's fine with a ring purchased at a hotel boutique, she'd rather they didn't say their I dos in a tacky Vegas marriage parlor. Clay assures her he's taken care of more classy arrangements...and a few seconds later, a distinguished looking minister arrives, along with someone from room service who wheels in a ridiculously huge wedding cake. The minister asks the couple if they're totally, absolutely, 100% sure they want to get married...and when they assure him they are (well, sorta), he commences the ceremony and then pronounces the two husband and wife. At the hospital, Blake tells Krystle it doesn't look good for Emily, and Krystle says she's been trying to get a hold of Sammy Jo and Clay, but no one's answering the phone at Delta Rho. A few seconds later, an ashen-faced Oscar Goldman emerges from the ER exam room and mutters, "She's gone.." and sadly recalls telling Emily how much he loves and needs her - which, I guess, was a pleasant contrast from when he referred to her as a whore at the end of the previous episode. He admits to being a miserable fucktwat of a husband with his incessant drinking and verbal abuse, and Krystle refrains from vehemently concurring and urges him to hold onto the pleasanter memories of what seemed like a mostly dysfunctional marriage. Alexis shows Adam the incriminating dossier her researcher (I'll assume it was Gordon Wales) cobbled together about Michael Culhane. She adds that after Amanda got wind of her lover's fraudulent activities, she dumped him for about an hour before reversing course and running back into his arms...and when Adam's all, "Wha-a-a? How can that be?", she wryly replies, "It's called sex, Adam." She says she doesn't want to get rid of Michael just yet, 'cause the dossier indicates that he's somehow affiliated with Ricardo Montalbán and Blake's natural gas/crater project...and that she'd very much like to exploit this connection for her personal gain/amusement/satisfaction. Blake and Krystle return to the Carlton Hotel and find Ben milling around the lobby. He asks Blake for a word in private...and after Krystle shoots him the stink-eye as she walks past him towards the staircase, Ben admonishes Blake for bringing Caress back to Denver so she could harass and blackmail Emily, which led to the poor woman getting so frazzled that she ran onto the street and got mowed down by a taxi. He moans that he looooooved Emily, but Blake snarlishly retorts that he doesn't know the meaning of the word and calls him disgusting. After Ben storms off, Blake heads over to the concierge's desk and retrieves the letter that Emily left for him just before she died. He opens it and soon realizes that it's a written testimony about how she was in the sack with Ben the very day Ma Carrington perished in the fire...and she urges Blake to use the letter to set the record straight and clear his good name. Blake shows Krystle the letter, and both agree it was courageous of Emily to write it. Blake says he has no intention of using the letter 'cause he doesn't want to do anything to sully the reputation of someone as wonderful as Emily, who somehow exercised the kind of poor judgement that landed her in the sack with a shitbag like Ben. As he locks the letter in a drawer, Krystle tells him she still hasn't gotten hold of Sammy Jo and/or Clay to inform them of Emily's death...and Blake said they neeeeeed to find them asap, though somehow neglects to mention that someone should also think to call Bart Fallmont, 'cause even though he's the senator's ex-closeted gay son, he should prolly be given the courtesy of being told that his mother is no longer among the living. Sammy Jo and Clay are languishing in purple silk sheets when they're awakened by an early morning alarm. Clay murmurs, "Good morning, Mrs. Fallmont", and she coos about how much she loooooooves the sound of that, then asks why in blazes he set the alarm for 6:00am. He nonsensically replies, "The sooner we make love, the better this whole day is going to be" - but then, by scripted coincidence, the radio program they're listening to starts broadcasting the news about Emily Fallmont getting struck by a taxi outside the Carlton Hotel. The report goes on to say that she was rushed to hospital but died soon after, and a stunned Clay's all, "Say wha-a-a-a-a?" and stares despondently into space. Clay returns home and finds Oscar Goldman in the living room, indulging in his usual booze guzzling. He admonishes Clay for not being around while his mother was dying in the street and asking to see him, and mutteringly complains about how he's "the son who's never around". Clay asks his drunken arse of a father what his mother was doing at the Carlton Hotel in the first place, so Oscar breezily says they had a minor quarrel, then orders him to change into appropriate mourning-wear 'cause he invited some people over to express their condolences. A few seconds later, Sammy Jo tiptoes into the room, and a vexed Oscar's all, "WTF is she doing here?", so Clay explains that they got hitched last night. Oscar contorts his face into an expression of disapproval and chides Clay for always letting the family down, then growls, "You're nothing, and now you're married to nothing." After returning to Delta Rho, Clay laments that he never really had a father, then tells Sammy Jo he's sooooo happy they're together...and is looking forward to the birth of their spawn, 'cause he fully intends to be a real father to his child. Over lunch at the Carlton Hotel, Alexis tells Amanda that, unlike Blake, she genuinely likes Michael and finds him ambitious, honest, and appears to have some great business contacts. She asks Amanda if Michael ever mentioned knowing Ricardo Montalbán, and Amanda glares at her mother suspiciously, admonishes her for trying to extract intel from her own daughter, and huffs off. Sammy Jo arrives at Steven's apartment, finds Claire Prentice milling around, and asks about Danny's whereabouts. Claire explains that she's been administering therapy sessions for the tot - just as Steven returns home to confirm that Danny needs one-on-one counselling 'cause he's a very confused lad and needs lots of special help. Sammy Jo shoots back that he's the one causing all the confusion, accuses him of manipulating their son, and vows to use her newly married status to a prominent Fallmont to convince a judge to grant her full custody of Danny. She snarlingly tells Claire to stop wasting her time, 'cause her son isn't going to be living here much longer, then storms out. A bewildered Claire tells Steven she's surprised that Sammy Jo wasn't happy to learn that her son is getting the help he needs, and Steven bitterly says that Sammy Jo won't be happy until she has sole custody of Danny, something he will never allow to happen. Alexis is in her Denver Mirror office, recording an audio message that states..
Adam interrupts her dictation to inform her that he just learned Michael Culhane had received a payment of $50 million in his bank account, which he then promptly withdrew...and Alexis grins devilishly and says it's irrefutable proof that he gave the money to Ricardo Montalbán to act as a front man so he could invest in Blake's crater project. Blake storms over to the mansion to chastise Alexis for making him out to be the bad guy by pretending to Amanda that she approves of Michael, then asks what progress she's made after looking into his shady business dealings. Alexis tells him she had Michael over for dinner the other night, but that she hasn't yet come across anything damaging, and Blake (accurately) accuses her of lying to his face. Steven stops by Krystle's office to deliver some paperwork and mope about Sammy Jo's new marriage and her plans to get full custody of Danny. He bellyaches about how she insulted Danny's therapist and threatened court action regarding Danny's living arrangements...and Krystle points out that he's at least partially to blame for the ugly situation 'cause he continues to treat Sammy Jo like an irresponsible child despite how much she's grown and matured since Season 2. She suggests the two of them sit down and air their grievances like rational adults, and Steven stares contemplatively into space as he mulls over the prospect of not acting like a sour little bitch every time he and Sammy Jo are in a room together. Alexis is over at Steven's apartment, playing Old Maid with Danny, when Sammy Jo drops by. She tells Danny to ask his nanny to take him to the playground...and once the tot is safely out of hearing range, Alexis sarcastically applauds her ex-daughter-in-law for snagging a Fallmont and fooling him into thinking she's a good wife and mother. Sammy Jo, in turn, laughs about the description she gave herself in The Denver Mirror as "the city's new empress", and Alexis counters by calling her "a little slut" who shouldn't get any ideas of getting full custody of Danny. She reminds the skanklet that she has a lot of influence over various city officials who can be persuaded to stonewall any attempts to take her grandson away from Steven. Nick Kimball is hard at work in the crater's trailer office when Dominique drops by to berate him about his latest operations report. She strongly feels that the transportation costs and the maintenance expenses are way too high...and when Nick's like, "Whaddup with you sticking your nose in my bidness?", she haughtily tells him she's invested more in Carrington Ventures than he'll ever earn in his lifetime. Nick points out that she knows nothing about gas or oil and that he had no idea that he'd be taking orders from her, then dismissively says, "Have a nice trip back to town." Dominique stares back at him looking all discombobulated, then angrily exits the office. Back at the Carlton Hotel, Michael tells Amanda that Alexis invited him to the mansion for cocktails, and that she emphasized he was to come alone. He promises Amanda that if Alexis says or does anything to affect their unholy coupling in a negative way, he'll give her the what for. A few seconds later, the two run into Dex, who shoots Michael a sullen glare...and when Amanda remarks to Michael that she didn't realize they knew one another, Michael mutters, "Barely." Dex meets up with Dominique and tells her that Nick Kimball complained about her attempted interference when she dropped by the crater trailer office earlier. Dominique flippantly retorts, "Well that's just too damn bad" and decrees that as a major investor she's entitled to ask whatever questions she damn well wants. Dex assures her that Nick is the best in the business, then smirkingly remarks on how her TV tropey-ish haughtiness towards the man is giving off the vibe that she's totes into him - but Dominique denies that she's remotely interested in Nick and insists that her concern about the crater is solely business-related. While sipping martinis at the mansion, Alexis apologizes to Michael for her directness at dinner the other night and explains that she's merely trying to protect her naive daughter. She toots her own horn about how she's a super savvy woman who can match him or any man in any field, and Michael smirkingly retorts that "you and me in any field" would make for an interesting encounter. He gives her a creepish come hither stare, says, "there's something very right...you", and credits her gorgeousness for Amanda's beauty. After that weirdness, he stares longingly at the emerald earrings she's wearing and needlessly shares that he doesn't like diamonds so much, but gets super horny whenever he sees emeralds. Alexis is like, "Ew gross" [sorry, no - that was me, projecting] and re-directs the conversation to what she finds hot - power, strength, and daring - and says she knows that he's the secret investor who gave Blake a check for $50 million. She offers him a deal of $60 million to take over the investment, and Michael coyly tells her that if he were Blake's silent partner, he'd have to consider this generous offer very carefully. Dex tells Blake he knew Michael when they were both in Alberta (Canada), bidding on an oil property. Dex claims that the boorish cad seduced one of his (meaning Dex's) attractive female employees, then got her drunk and incited her to spill the beans about Dex's bid so that he could undercut him. Dex bitterly calls Michael dirt, and Blake agrees that, yep, he is indeed dirt and that he's been trying to get his nitwit of a daughter to see Michael for the soulless hustler he is. Alexis is at home, watching an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (hee!), when Caress drops by to announce that she's leaving Denver to get her life in order elsewhere. She warns Alexis to be extremely careful around Ben, not least 'cause he recently tried to murder her when she attempted to blackmail Emily. Alexis chucklingly accuses her sister of exaggerating Ben's ability to cause harm to a self-absorbed diva such as herself, but Caress sternly warns her to not to turn her back on the demented scoundrel. Nick stops by Dominique's hotel suite to drop off a series of memos so that she can keep up to date with the progress and growing expenses associated with the crater project. He coos about how lovely she looks now that she's in relaxation mode for the evening, then enters the suite and saucily asks her if she's afraid of them getting involved romantically. Dominique says she doesn't think they have anything in common and that she's not afraid of him or any man, and he's like, "Good!" and leans in for a smooch. Dominque looks into it for several seconds, but then unlocks her lips from his and says she's going to bed now, alone, and ushers him towards the door and crisply bids him goodnight. Dex drops by Michael's apartment to warn Amanda about what a creep Michael is, and that he treats woman as objects of manipulation and routinely uses people for his own personal gain. Amanda tells him she's too blinded by love to be willing to believe that Michael is anything other than the nice guy he's pretending to be - just as Michael returns home, glares suspiciously at Dex, and barks at him to get out. Dex agrees to leave, but first warns Michael that Amanda is special to him (and has been ever since they first hit the sheets together) and that he'll continue to keep looking out for her. After he leaves, Michael smooches Amanda and informs her that Alexis somehow found out that he's Blake's silent partner, and that he has zero desire to play games with her. Caress calls Ben at his Denver Carrington office to inform him that she's leaving Denver to do a little writing and whatnot. When he asks her where she's going, she curtly replies, "Paris" before abruptly ending the conversation so she can call for a limo to ferry her to the airport 'cause she's booked on a flight to Australia (!) ... no doubt to investigate whatever creepish secrets Ben has been hiding. In the Carlton Hotel lounge, Michael confesses to Blake that he was the one who used Ricardo Montalbán as a front man to invest his $50 million in the crater project. He admits that he did it in order to get revenge for the dickish way he exiled him from Denver five years ago, then says he turned down Alexis's offer for $60 million 'cause he's truly in love with Amanda and likes the idea of working alongside her pa as a real partner. An incensed looking Blake rails at him for lying, cheating, and causing pain to his family, and angrily storms upstairs. Blake tells Krystle what just transpired downstairs, then cries, "I won't have it, damn it! I won't have it!" He vows to shut down the crater project, mutters about how he's going to get everything back...then unlocks the drawer, picks up Emily's letter, and angrily pledges, "I'm going to get the whole pack of 'em." So much for not wanting to sully Emily's reputation. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
Recap: Blake storms over to Michael's apartment and demands to know where Amanda is...and when Michael says she's busy showering, Blake vows that he's not going to just stand by and let him use his daughter. Michael reminds him that Amanda is a grown woman who's made up her own mind about who she wants to do the no pants dance with, but Blake refuses to accept her poor choice of men and snarls, "I know how you operate." Michael insists that Amanda feels safe with him and explains that he refused to attend the Carrington dinner party 'cause he didn't feel as though he were good enough...and Amanda emerges from the bathroom and concurs that Michael did indeed express his feelings of unworthiness to her, then asks Michael to excuse himself so that she and her pa can speak privately. Blake makes it clear to his daughter that he doesn't approve of her shacking up with Michael, and Amanda asserts that Michael is plenty good enough to be mingling with someone of her station in life. She adds that she wants him to back off and let her be happy without making her worry that she's going to lose him, and Blake gives her a fatherly hug and assures her that she could never lose him. Over at the mansion, Dex saunters into the study and asks Alexis if she was trying to make him jealous when she showed up at the Carlton Hotel with Ricardo Montalbán, and she shoots him a look of disdain and tells him she has better things to do than to make him jealous, then snarkishly declares that since he insists on doing business with her archenemy Blake, she's entitled to go out on the town with whoever the hell she wants. Dex calls her a game player and warns that if she keeps going this route she's eventually going to need his help...then huffily exits the room and runs into Ben, who smarmily tells him to face the fact that he's not the right man for Alexis. Dex glares at him as he warns, "I have played in the dirt of better bums than you. You haven't seen anything yet" and then storms out. Caress is taking a bubble bath when she phones Emily Fallmont to arrange a time/place for Emily to make her first blackmail deposit. A distressed Emily tells her again that she can't access major sums of cash without her husband knowing, and Caress is all, "Sucks to be you - but I need a big infusion of cash to survive." She says she'll call her again tomorrow to confirm their meeting, then sternly warns her to not contact Ben again. As Emily hangs up the phone, Oscar Goldman enters the room clutching a drink and asks his wife why she looks so freaked out, so she fibs and says she's still miffed about how shittily he behaved towards Sammy Jo during dinner the other night. Oscar grumbles that he'll always consider the tart to be an evil Carrington and that she's not welcome in his house, then adds that he'd even go so far as to throw Clay out of the house if he ever invited her to dinner again. After he staggers out of the room, Emily somehow refrains from contemplating why, in the name of all that is holy, she's fighting so hard to stay married to this drunken prick and instead picks up the phone and frantically dials Blake. Blake returns to his hotel suite and tells Krystle that he found Amanda at Michael's apartment, and that all the smack-talk he's been directing towards her new idiot boyfriend hasn't made a difference. Krystle laments how difficult it can be for fathers and daughters to agree on matters of the heart, then points out that Amanda has a mind of her own about who she chooses to love. She then changes the subject and informs Blake that Emily Fallmont just called, and that she sounded super wigged out and wants to meet up with him at 7:00am in the Carlton Hotel patio restaurant. At Delta Rho, Clay is staring despondently out the window when Sammy Jo climbs out of bed and gives him a from behind canoodle. Clay pushes her hands away and pissily reminds her how drastically things have changed between them. He half-heartedly says he cares about her, and she's all, "You care about me? But I have your bun in my oven!" An anguished Clay says he wants to do what's right (in theory, anyway) - but that he can't help but be really miffed bout how his life has been suddenly turned upside down, regardless of how he feels about impending fatherhood. He flatly says, "I want you to have an abortion", and Sammy Jo points out that that decree now translates to him deciding her life. She angrily assures him that she'll take care of herself and orders him to get the hell out of her house so she can get some sleep. The next morning at the Carlton Hotel restaurant, a visibly distraught Emily tells Blake that Caress's attempt to blackmail her is going to destroy her marriage and her life, and that she's worried the cunty extortionist is never going to stop demanding cash. Blake urges her to chillax and assures her that he won't allow Caress to do that, then says, "You've got to promise.." - but before he can get the words out, Emily becomes more agitated and wails, "I can't promise anything!" before getting up from the table and rushing off. Blake later tells Krystle that Emily has become completely unglued about being blackmailed by Caress, and that he needs to track down Caress asap so she doesn't drive Emily completely around the bend. Alexis drops by Blake's office to discuss whatever's going on with Amanda, so Blake informs her that the nitwit is seeing a man he doesn't approve of, aka his Lothario of an ex-chauffeur who seduced Original Fallon in Season 1. Alexis mulls over that troubling tidbit and agrees that she too is concerned about their daughter getting her heart broken. She picks up the phone, calls one of her flunkies, and orders him to conduct a quick investigation regarding everything Michael Culhane has been up to during the last five years and then submit the report to her pronto. While lunching at the mansion, Alexis asks Amanda whassup with her love life, so Amanda gushes about how she has a wonderful new boyfriend she's totes in love with - but that Blake doesn't approve of him and wants them broken up. Alexis pretends to be pleased and excited by that news and throws Blake under the bus by pointing out that, unlike him, she doesn't place conditions on her parental love. Sammy Jo tearfully recounts to Krystle the abortion decree Clay gave her the other night and says she's soooo upset that he doesn't even want her to have their baby, much less give a shit that the child wouldn't have two doting parents. Krystle suggests that maybe she loves what she wants Clay to be rather than the careless raw-dogger he is, reminds her that life doesn't always come in a neatly wrapped package, and that she's going to have to draw on her inner strength while she decides whether or not she truly wants to bring Clay's spawn into the world. Dex meets up with Adam at the Carlton Hotel to suggest they form an alliance in order to rescue Alexis from whatever weird hold Ben has over her. Adam mulls that over and decides that he hates Ben prolly as much as Dex does, and agrees to look into why Alexis has refrained from steel-toeing the parasitic Ben to the curb. Ben drops by Blake's office to pass along a stern message to Caress: stay clear of Emily Fallmont or else I'll get my hitman to try to shoot you again. Blake tells his bro he has no idea where Caress is, and the two engage in a tedious back and forth snipefest...blah blah...until Blake wistfully recalls how much they used to loooooove hanging out together when they were kids. He reminisces about the dreams of great adventure they used to share - but Ben grumbles that those were his (Blake's) dreams, then nonsensically accuses of him of making him believe in the dreams until he heartlessly snatched them away. Blake suggests that instead of playing the victim card every damn minute of every day, he could put his intelligence, drive, and ambition towards achieving something good and decent. Ben snarls, "You're indecent", then chides, "You always were the moralizer - weren't you, Blake?" and says he'd much prefer to live his life holding grudges and planning bitter revenge plots against everyone who's ever wronged him, either in reality or in his imagination. Claire Prentice, aka Danny's therapist, drops by Steven's apartment to express her concern about his tot's emotional state. She shows Steven a series of Danny's drawings, which apparently reveal how dark, lifeless, and hopeless he feels about his world, and says she'd like to spend some intensive one-on-one time with him. She asks Steven if perhaps Danny has picked up on some rancor between him and his ex-wife, and Steven gets all defensive as he pissily explains that he and Sammy Jo are very careful to hide their disdain for one another. Claire reminds him that she's really just trying to help Danny, and Steven apologizes for his innate bitchitude and urges her to do everything she can to help his son. Sammy Jo summons Clay to Delta Rho to inform him that she's decided to keep his spawn, whether the hell he likes it or not. She's disappointed when it's clear that he likes it not and tells him she'd been fantasizing that her decision would prompt him to cry with glee and shower her with kisses. Clay suggests that perhaps their entire relationship has been a fantasy to her and chides her again for trying to control his life. Sammy Jo asks him if he's more afraid of being her husband than he is of being a father, then points out that they've never actually ventured out in public as a couple. She (correctly) assumes that it's 'cause he doesn't think that she or their unborn baby are good enough for the hoity-toity Fallmont family, and Clay's like, "Well d'yuh" and abruptly gets up and leaves. Dana enters Adam's office to deliver some letters, then coldly asks if she can leave for the day. Adam admits that he deliberately kept her working late so he can take her to dinner and be forgiven for blabbing her Blake secrets to Alexis. Dana crisply says she'd prefer to go home - but Adam clutches her shoulders, says he's prepared to grovel, and invites her to be his plus one at Alexis's upcoming Black and White Ball. He says he wants to show all of Denver how much she means to him, and is keeping his fingers crossed that Alexis won't want to bust up their relationship the way she did with a previous squeeze...and as he recalls his rapey past with Kirby, he gets a strange, faraway look in his eyes as he murmurs, "There was this girl...long dark hair...eyes" then abruptly snaps back to the present and assures Dana that she's out of his life now thanks to Alexis. He promises Dana that that won't happen to them, and Dana just stares back at the weirdo with an expression of concerned poutishness. Blake returns to his office to find Emily waiting for him. She informs him that Caress called her again to give her the address of a hotel she wants them to meet up at, and that she's to bring 100K for payment #1 of her blackmail instalment plan. Emily anxiously tells Blake she doesn't have access to that kind of money, and that her only available assets, her jewelry, are sentimental pieces that Oscar Goldman gave to her over the years. She cries, "I can't face her!", so Blake cooingly assures her that he's going to face Caress in her stead and get her permanently off of her back. Blake arrives at the low budget Motor Lodge and admonishes Caress for disappearing from the Carlton Hotel without telling him, and also for trying to destroy Emily Fallmont. Caress explains that she's not so much trying to destroy Emily than she is trying to save herself, so Blake offers to give her a cash infusion so that she can re-start her life elsewhere...under the condition that she leave Emily alone forever. Caress mulls that over and sheepishly nods in agreement. Clay arrives home and finds Oscar Goldman guzzling booze and rambling to no one in particular. Clay chides him for being drunker than usual, and Oscar grumbles about what a shitty son he is - unlike his other son, St. Bart. He asks Clay when he's going to get his life together and stop carrying on with the blonde skanklet, and Clay haughtily tells him that Sammy Jo is a beautiful, decent woman with whom he enjoys having frequent meaningful sex. Oscar argues that since she's a Carrington she's a filthy tramp who prolly gets it on with him in one of her stables. He rails, "You worthless son!"... and Clay balls his fist and looks like he's about to deck his drunken pa - but then changes his mind, smiles smugly as if a wonderful awful idea just popped into his head, and hastily exits the house. Sammy Jo calls Steven to ask if she can give Danny a goodnight cuddle, but Steven snappishly tells her it's late and that Danny is already asleep. Sammy Jo's like, "Whatever, sourpuss, forget I called" - just as Clay arrives at Delta Rho to excitedly tell Sammy Jo to pack her bags 'cause they're off to Vegas to get married. Sammy Jo's all, "Hurray!" as she happily rushes into his arms. Alexis reads the report on Michael Culhane that her flunky prepared for her and purses her lips in disapproval. She then buzzes her assistant Lloyd to arrange for Amanda and Michael to come to the mansion for dinner at 8:00pm. Krystle is over at the Fallmont house, assuring a nerve-wracked Emily that Blake warned Caress to never contact her again. Emily frets that her husband might get wind of her decades old infidelity and thinks it would be best if she just came clean with the drunken boor. Krystle tells her it's absolutely not necessary, not least 'cause Oscar Goldman has a terrible temper...and Emily abruptly asks her to leave 'cause she's tired and would like to be alone now. While dining at the mansion, Alexis tells Michael she's officially dispensing with the small talk, and that she'd been hoping he'd have the courage to tell her the truth about his shady recent past. She informs him she had him investigated, 'cause an ex-chauffeur who quickly became a multi-millionaire raised all sorts of red flags...and that her suspicions were validated when she learned that he was nearly convicted of fraud. Amanda stares at him all wide-eyed, then cries, "Wha-a-a? You've made a fool of me!" ... and says this as though she didn't already learn all this from Blake during the previous episode. After she flees the dining room, Alexis shoots Michael an icy stink-eye and warns, "If you do anything to hurt my daughter, your life won't be worth living." Emily enters her living room, finds Oscar Goldman staggering around in a drunken stupor, and decides that, yep, this is an ideal time to admit that she once had an affair with Ben Carrington. She seats herself on the couch and calmly explains that a few years after they got married and he was away campaigning, she hooked up with Ben. Oscar stares back at her in stunned bewilderment and recalls that that was the summer 1) Ma Carrington burned to death, and 2) Clay was conceived. As Emily weakly tries to insist that he (and not Ben) is Clay's bio dad, an enraged Oscar screeches, "I don't believe you, Emily!" and throws his drink at the fireplace, and she's all, "OMG! Nooooooo!!" Amanda returns to Michael's apartment, and he lets out a big sigh of relief and admits that everything Alexis said about him was true. He confesses that he was using her to get back at Blake 'cause he has a habit of getting at people for his own mistakes - but this time the plan went awry after he fell hopelessly in love with her. He pauses to ask her why she came back, and she just kind of shrugs and says, "I couldn't help myself" and presses herself against him in a hug. He comes clean about the $50 million check Blake scored from Ricardo Montalbán and admits that it was really from him - but that Blake can't find out about it 'cause he'll ruin his new business when he'll no doubt angrily react by cancelling the natural gas deal. He says he has no desire to hurt Blake anymore, now that he loves her, and plants a big smooch on her lips. Emily arrives at the Carlton Hotel and leaves a note for Blake with the concierge, then calls Blake to inform him that she left him an envelope in the lobby and is about to leave Denver for good. Blake urges her to come upstairs and talk this out - but Emily declines and tearfully ends the call. Blake tells Krystle he's going downstairs to see if he can catch Emily - just as Oscar Goldman, who's been guzzling additional booze in the hotel bar, sees his wife in the lobby and mockingly snarls, "Sooooo, this is where you spend your free time, hanging around hotel lobbies." A few seconds later, Blake emerges from the elevator, and Emily sees him and despairingly moans, "Ooooh.." before making a beeline towards the main exit. Oscar drunkenly advises Blake, "Don't chase after whores, they always come back" - but Blake irritably shoves him away to run after Emily, who has dashed out of the hotel and onto the street, where she's struck by an oncoming taxi. Blake cries, "Emily!" and races over to where she's laying and drops to his knees beside her. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"! |
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