December 11, 2025 • 39 mins
A silver-haired power player, a priest with a past, and an old fire that refuses to stay buried—this hour of Falcon Crest commentary leans into the kind of slow-burn chaos that makes soap history. We open on the vineyard, where Melissa’s standoff with Father Christopher crackles with class warfare and undeniable chemistry. That spark becomes the thread that pulls the whole sweater apart, because nothing complicates a valley feud like a man of the cloth who doesn’t yet know he’s family. From there, we dig into the episode’s moral pivot: an eyewitness named O’Neill upends the decades-old story of a fatal blaze. No cigarette. Gasoline in the stairwell. The revelation reshapes Angela’s strategy and puts Anna and Cassandra’s revenge plan under a harsher light. Enter Peter Stavros, a globe-trotting billionaire who does due diligence like other men breathe. He drifts into town, makes an indecently smart offer, and turns a resort pitch into a hostile chess move with a smile—proof that on Falcon Crest, wealth is just a quieter kind of warfare. Meanwhile, Maggie goes straight to the source and asks Richard what really happened the day her memory vanished. He tells the truth about a kiss and a catastrophe, and that honesty builds a bridge stronger than any triangle trope. Chase, now in his bad-boy era, can’t compete with clarity, and the marriage fractures on the real fault line: resentment that predates the blast. As Robin’s pregnancy turns from plan to person, the household buckles under a different kind of pressure, reminding us that surrogate promises collapse when biology speaks. Then comes dinner. Angela gathers the family and calmly detonates a secret that rearranges every relationship in the room: Father Christopher is Julia’s son, Angela’s grandson, and Lance’s half-brother. The fallout is devastating and controlled—faith shaken, identity split, desire caught in the crossfire—culminating in a final embrace that hints at choices none of them are ready to own. Layered through it all, Richard engineers a public trap to flush out his would‑be killer, because in Tuscany Valley, survival is performance and the stage is always set .If you loved the twists, share this episode with a friend who thrives on elegant scheming, hit follow, and drop your take: whose move was smartest this week—Angela, Peter, or Richard? Your reviews and shares keep the drama coming.
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SPEAKER_00 (01:09):
They're doing things a little bit differently this
evening.
I'm already here for it.
So per usual, I hope your day isshaping up well.
I feel like you smell amazing.
I hope you are prepared for somefoolishness.
Go ahead and pour yourself upsomething butly and bright.
Season 5, episode 3 of FalconCrest Blood Brothers.
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This episode really made methink about the brothers in
Hollywood.
Of course, you got theHemsworths.
Back in the day, you had theBaldwins.
There's not a lot today now.
I can't think of very many.
I know the Jonas Brothers, Ithink two of them act, but we
need to bring back the family oftalented individuals.
I feel like it's way more commonin music than it is in acting.
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I love a good and talentedfamily.
I do think in acting, though, alot of time people want to carve
out their own lane.
Think Emilio Estevez and CharlieSheen.
Did he or did he not dodge abullet, Emilio Estevez?
Anyway, Falcon Crest, big thingshappening.
Action-packed without therebeing anything explosive.
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Blood Brothers introduces yetanother baddie to the franchise,
and this time I'm proud toannounce it is a gentleman.
It is a silver-haired fox who'sgot a huge thing for our girl
Angela Channing.
Let's begin at the beginning.
So at the top of the show, wesee bad girl Melly Mel on top of
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her trusty steed minding her ownbusiness when one of her foremen
comes over to her and announces,Hey, there's some weirdo here
stirring up the people.
She's like, not on my watch.
Rides her horse over to a treewhere you can see her worker
scatter and a man in a whitebeater and a pair of painted on
wranglers with an ascot.
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Actually, I don't know if it'san ascot or is it just a bandana
tied around his neck.
Either way, it's past her pantydroppers, unbeknownst to bad
girl Melly Mel.
All she sees is some guystirring the pot.
So as she rides up, he sayssomething slick like, oh, you
must be really important.
I haven't seen people scatterlike that in a long time.
She's like, sir, can I help you?
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What do you want?
Why are you out here harassingmy workers?
I'm not harassing anybody.
I'm just having a conversation.
Have a conversation outside ofmy premises, okay?
Get off my property, homeboy.
Now, Pastor Pantydroppers is abold young man.
I don't know what he learned inthe comment, but whatever it is,
he's on his social justicewarrior tip.
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He came out the gate swinging.
So he's petting Melissa's horse,and I could tell the horse
doesn't like it.
It's like jerking its head allaround.
As she kicks him out, it's veryclear that the only reason this
ep this this whole scenehappened is two reasons.
I just said the only reason thisscene happened was two reasons.
The only couple of reasons thisscene happened is number one, we
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need to establish the enemies tolovers trope.
I'm calling it now.
I know chemistry when I see it.
And you know what?
They have chemistry.
They have more chemistry thanshe and Lance, and she has more
chemistry with him than shedoes, Cole.
He is enjoying the fact thatshe's a little bit irritated.
She is not enjoying the factthat he is playing with her
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money.
But she's also a woman.
So she it is not missed thatthis man is a little bit sweaty.
He's in a wife beater, his bodyis built.
And as as she kicks him off ofher property, we all got a
fantastic view of his wholebackside.
Now y'all know what y'all'sdoing.
You're making people feel realuncomfortable.
That man is a priest, okay?
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You're making a lot of the girlsout here real uncomfortable, but
everybody is looking like, okay,he's fine, fine.
He's smirking.
Okay, okay, I see you.
I feel like that was a directslap to my face for calling him
goofy, but I mean, I stand bywhat I said.
First intro, he was goofy.
He is an attractive man, and heknows it because that Falcon
Crest knows who's fine and whoisn't.
Which is also why Lance, lateron in the episode, isn't a
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full-blown speedo.
We'll get to that though.
How dare this bum come onto myproperty and tell me how to
treat my people?
That's basically what he'spointing out.
He's pointing out the fact thatthese people are poor, they're
underrepresented.
He feels like she's takingadvantage of them, and she feels
like he doesn't know the land,he doesn't know the lay of the
land, and he definitely don'tknow her, so mind your business.
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Also does not know that he isheir apparent to Falcon Crest.
He does not know that he has ababy brother.
Speaking of baby brothers,someone with a very similar
heritage as he, Chase Giaberti,has got a problem.
You see, last time he went home,there was a letter left on his
table from his amnesiac wifesaying that she needed to leave.
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She has fled him.
Chase put two and two together.
All of his problems equalsAngela.
Four plus four equals Angela.
19 times 47 equals Angela.
The square root of all of myproblems, except my hair, is
Angela permrachanning.
So he does the only naturalthing to do.
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He storms over there to curseher out now.
She stays ready.
She is completely unbothered inher freshly painted study as he
continues to lay into her.
What did you tell my amnesiacwife?
I didn't told her nothing,Chase.
Calm down.
You told her something.
She's like, you know what?
Yeah, I did.
I told her what a wonderful,caring young man you are.
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You must be a ball to live with.
She's so lucky to be your herwife.
His wife.
Your wife.
Chase is like, Alright, let mefind out.
Let me find out that you saidsomething slick to her.
It's gonna be a whole problem.
She's like, Yeah, yeah, yeah,that's cool.
I'll wait.
Bye, baby.
I think that Chase Giobertia hasentered his bad boy era.
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He wants his wife back.
He was a little more aggressivethan normal.
He's about to steal all of hischampagne back.
He's threatening old lady.
It's a different side of him.
He's not quite the Boy Scout healways has been.
And I think that's because nowwe have a real Boy Scout that
showed out.
Mind you, three episodes in, Iknow a whole lot can change.
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But if you got a priest who isalso an orphan, who also seems
to be some sort of socialjustice warrior, do we really
need two of those on the sameshow?
We don't.
This kid is giving Chase thegrace and space that he needs to
become a little bit more likehis auntie.
After Chase leaves her study,the manimal is like, yo, I I got
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a guy we need to talk to.
I've been thinking about thiswhole Anna and Cassandra thing,
and things just aren't stackingup.
These are it's just not coming.
It didn't make sense.
Doesn't it sound funny to you?
Angel's like, I mean, yeah, butwhat sounds funny is one thing
what we can prove is funny is isthe point.
He's like, I got you, I got you.
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I think I know a guy who wasthere at the time.
We're gonna have him stop by ifhe's gonna he's gonna fill us
in.
So at some point in the show,this guy in the valley, last
name O'Neal, comes by, andAngela and the mammal ask him,
do you remember that fire fromum teen years ago down at this
venue?
He's like, Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So what had happened was me andmy homeboy were out walking, we
see the smoke, we end upclimbing up to the second floor
and we save two little kids.
We can see that there's a grownman in there, and the kid, the
grown man is like pushing thekids out the window.
So we go after we get the kidson the ground, we go back to
help him, and that's when thewhole roof collapsed.
We weren't able to save them.
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Angel's like, dang, that'scrazy, that sucks.
So I heard he was smokingcigarettes in bed.
Mr.
O'Neill is a little bit messy,or perhaps he's been wanting to
spill the tea for many, manyyears.
He said, Well, let me tell yousomething.
Quiet is kept.
Ain't no way.
The fire was started in thestairwell.
In the stairwell, in thestairwell.
Well, how do you know that?
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Uh, maybe because there wasgasoline all over it.
What gasoline?
Yes.
Now this is completely contraryto the story that Anna has been
telling her children andeveryone else all this time.
So the manimal being a lawyer issticking to the facts.
Okay, but what about what aboutAnna?
Yeah, Anna was outside.
I guess she had this is the guytalking, Mr.
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O'Neal.
Anna was outside, I guess shegot hurt trying to escape, but
she was just outside.
The kids and the husband wereupstairs.
They thank Mr.
O'Neill, he leaves.
Angela and the manimal starttalking.
The manimal's like, okay, soAnna says that her husband was
smoking a cigarette in bed.
Apparently he was drunk, heforgot the kids were there.
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Whoop woop de woop.
If she was trying to save them,it doesn't really seem like it
if she was outside.
Well, Angela goes, okay, well,let's, I mean, let's devil's
advocate here.
What if he did want to end hislife?
The manimal says, that doesn'tmake sense.
Why would he want to end hislife if he was in love with
Julia, if he knew Julia had hisbaby?
He's depressed.
Didn't seem like he wasdepressed to me.
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Angela's like, you're right, youright, you're right.
Then the manimal says, plus, howoften does someone start, if
someone is doing, is starting afire accidentally or on purpose,
you're probably not gonna, ifyou're starting it on purpose,
you're not gonna start it at thetop of the stairs.
Like, and I have to agree withhim, whether this man was in his
right mind or not, it it goesagainst your animal instincts.
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You're not gonna set yourself upin a way that you couldn't get
out and then fight to get out.
You know what I'm saying?
It didn't really make sense.
If he was suicidal, he probablywould have started the fire
elsewhere or done somethingelse.
It doesn't take long for themanimal or Angela to come to the
conclusion that Anna startedthat fire.
I'm so glad they planted thatseed last season, saying that
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she was outside.
That has always kind of set kindof weird to me, considering the
amount of stress that Castandrawas under.
Like they were clearly left inthe house.
The only people maybe he didn'tknow they were in the house
their dad.
That is a possibility, but themoment he figured it out, he
tries to get them out.
So she was gonna burn them kidstoo, if I'm listening to this
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correctly.
Angela doesn't have very long tocontemplate all this because the
phone rings and it's her rich,wealthy homeboy who's back from
the seven seas, Mr.
Peter Stubbos.
Now Peter is a fine young oldman.
Who apparently is still very,very sweet on one Angela
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Channing.
She is very blunt with him.
I am about to lose my place.
This heifer, who my daughterused to sleep with her husband,
she we got beef or whatever,apparently.
She's got it out for me.
I need you to step in, Peter.
And they immediately began toformulate a plan.
Because Peter is like dumbwealthy.
He's so wealthy.
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His company's run so well thathe's kind of bored, is what it
seems like.
He's bored, and plus, like Isaid, he has a huge thing for
Angela Channing.
And apparently, shout out to myfriend in Oregon.
I think you're saying are yousaying your name is Dal?
I hope I'm saying that right.
Dal Doll told me that by the endof season five, Jane Wyman, aka
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Big Perm, aka Angela Channing,reportedly earned three million
dollars a year, which is tentimes that of her ex-husband
Ronald Reagan's salary when hewas a president of the United
States.
When Nancy Reagan was biting offAngela Channing's AKA Jane Wyman
style left and right, threemillion dollars a year, and
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worth every penny.
For those of you wondering, therate of inflation, three million
dollars, is about nine milliondollars.
Nine million dollars a year.
I love this so much.
I love to see full-grown men andwomen, people in their 70s, 80s,
and 90s really living theirlife.
She deserves it.
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She's a fine actress, she's beenacting at this point since the
30s.
Yeah.
She's worth that three million.
And apparently, Peter Stabothinks Angela Channing is too.
So he immediately gets to work.
He goes over to Cassandra andAnna's place, or actually it's
Cassandra's firm, and he offersto invest in this whole resort
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pipe dream that they have.
Now, Anna seems to be justhappy.
She's not really thinking thatdeeply about it.
But Cassandra is like, sir, Igotta be honest, I didn't expect
somebody like you to beinterested in something like
this.
So this is where Peter Straboslets us know that he's that
dude.
Why, what did you expect?
You thought I'd be flying aroundthe world or being on banana
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boats selling stuff and datingthe hottest women in the world.
And Cassandra's like, I mean,well, yeah, actually, I kind of
did.
He's like, Well, you know, youknow.
I can do both, baby.
Anna thinks this is the perfecttime to go ahead and dig into
his personal life.
She said, Now, is it true?
I read in the tabboys you had athing with the princess.
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He said, Every word, Anna, everyword.
I am him, I am a playboy, I'mold, got a lot of money, and I
and I like the broads.
And they like me.
He's clearly the George Clooneyof this season.
So, because Sandra is more themore she talks to him, the more
convinced she is that he'sactually interested in this
resort.
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So she tells him, I'll send youover all the information you
need.
He said, No need to do that.
I already have all theinformation I need.
I did my research, I did myhomework.
That's how I turned my father'sone boat into this whole empire.
Plus, I don't really need tostudy anymore because I know you
guys have a vendetta.
You have a thing out for AngelaCheney.
So why don't you just sell meyour little thing?
I'll set up the resort.
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She'll lose her wine business,and that'll be that.
This pisses Anna off.
She's like, no, there's no pricefor that.
No, absolutely not.
She still wants to have her handin it so she can make sure that
this place is destroyed in theway that she sees fit.
Which is very smart becausePeter's whole, he's not gonna
destroy it.
He's just gonna give it back toAngela.
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Time will tell.
Time will tell.
Plus, if Angela now knows thatAnna had something to do with
her husband burning to death,it's gonna get very messy.
She she almost has them rightwhere she wants them.
I don't think Angela's gonnapass up the opportunity to drive
a wedge between the relationshipbetween Cassandra and her
mother.
So I give it a few more episodesbefore she dismantles all that.
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But in the meantime, in betweentime, she has much bigger
problems, i.e., FatherChristopher, who's walking
around as a full-blown member ofher family, and he's none the
wiser.
Now, this is something that themanimal had warned, he warned
Angela about.
So let's rewind just a littlebit.
Chase comes over to cuss herout.
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She sends him on his way.
They investigate that O'Neillguy.
The O'Neill guy leaves.
Angela gets a phone call fromPeter.
She didn't even say bye, shejust hangs up the phone, and for
whatever reason, the manimal'sBritish manners get the best of
him, and he's like, My God,Angela, you don't even say
hello, you don't even saygoodbye when you hang up the
phone.
And she's like, You know thephone call is over when I hang
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up.
When you hear the dial toneclick, that means it's over.
Anyway, I gotta go see a manabout some money.
The manimal says, Yeah, yeah,yeah.
You're starting to make a lot ofenemies, Angela.
You got a lot of skeletons inthe closet, the biggest one
being this living, breathingpriest of a kid walking around
here.
What are you gonna do aboutthat?
What if Chase finds out thatthat's your grandson?
Now, what would Chase do withthat information?
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I'm sure I don't know.
Like, why would he care?
What does that change?
He doesn't care.
Chase only cares about Maggieand Champagne, and right now he
doesn't have either one of them.
Maggie does come back by thehouse wearing the brightest
yellow shaky mustard just to lethim down.
Hey, hey, Chase.
He's all don't hey hey me.
I can't believe you left here.
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You've been avoiding me from thebeginning.
This is terrible.
You better change this.
I know, I know.
I'm so sorry, and I'm sorry Ileft you a letter.
He says, Yeah.
The letter made it sound likeyou were never coming back.
Well, I don't know if I'm nevercoming back, but I'm definitely
not coming back now.
What do you mean?
Well, Chase, I mean I don't knowwho I was, but I need to figure
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out who I am, and I can't dothat here with you.
I need to be alone so I canthink and I can write, and I
just need space.
I just need space.
She's able to do this becauseMaggie figured out how to get
over to Richard Channing.
So she shows up unannounced athis office.
He opens a door and she's like,Hi, do you know who I am?
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She keeps forgetting that she'sthe one with amnesia, not
anybody else.
He's like, Of course I do,Maggie, come on in.
It's so good to see you.
They go to lunch, they get rightto it.
She says, Listen, I need to knowwhat I was doing over at your
house on the day I lost mymemory.
Richard has the opportunity torewrite history.
He's treading very lightlybecause he doesn't really know
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what she knows.
And quite frankly, they didn'thave the opportunity to discuss
what was happening.
They simply were holding eachother, started making out, and
then the whole world wentkaboom.
So he does seem hesitant andshe's able to pick up on that,
but he chooses not to lie.
He tells her, Well, you cameover.
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My stepdaughter Lorraine hadjust passed away.
You were upset.
She goes, Well, were we havingan affair?
He says, I gotta be honest,Maggie, I've always been envious
of Chase and you, but no, weweren't having an affair.
We weren't having one.
We did kiss.
We did win.
We were kissing, and then acouple seconds later the bomb
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went off.
So I mean, but I promise you, itnever went past that.
There is a warmth in her eyes,and there is a warmth in his
tone as they look at each other.
I hate that I love this, but Ido, I do, I don't want to see
the aviator Adonna's dumped, butalso I love this.
So after that lunch, she goesback to Chase to tell him that
she needs to leave.
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I don't think she's leavingbecause she wants Richard, but
Richard seems to be the onlyperson who has told her the full
truth.
She could tell straight awaythat he wasn't gaslighting her.
Also, she makes that commentagain that she doesn't know why
she resents Chase.
She's like, When you don't haveyour memory, you only have your
feelings, and the only thing Ifeel is resentment.
I don't really know why, but I Iknow that I feel that way
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towards him.
Well, Chase takes us all instride.
He doesn't really know what theconversation was like with
Richard.
He didn't know that he had thatRichard and Maggie kissed.
So he sets her up on this atthis house, excuse me, that
apparently he bought when theyfirst moved out to the vineyard.
She's super happy.
He's bringing in all herluggage.
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much,Chase.
Well, he starts to want toreminisce.
You know Maggie, when I boughtthis house back when she's like,
uh I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm not old Maggie, so I don'treally care.
She doesn't say it, but shedefinitely says it, like, ah,
yeah, that sounds like wifetalk.
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I'm not really your wife.
So I'll see you around.
Thanks for the free house,honey.
Speaking of free houses, cousinRobin is outwearing her welcome.
Melissa comes home one day afterhard days of doing nothing, only
to find baby Joseph fingerpainting in the living room.
Now she gets upset because hedoesn't need to be in the living
room finger painting.
I get upset because his fingerpaints are as deep as like
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play-doh jars.
Like, damn, that's a lot, that'sa great value for finger paint.
I'm also thoroughly impressedthat this three to four year old
has spilled absolutely none ofthe paint on the carpet.
He is Picasso.
He is absolutely being anartiste while cousin Robin sits
on the couch whoofing down theGranny Smith apple.
Melissa's so pissed that sheyells for one of the other house
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servants to come and fetch thiskid.
And then she reprimands cousinRobin for not being more
responsible.
You know better than to let himpaint in here.
Robin's like, yeah, I guess Ido.
She gets up, she starts tosaunter off, looks over her
shoulders and like, you know,you know, men are just like
little boys.
Let them have whatever they wantand they're putty in your hands.
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Girl, bye.
So Melissa looks back at her andsays, Did you sleep with my
husband when I was in prison forthree weeks?
You were in prison, girl, youwere in the county.
Robin turns around and she'slike, Well, what kind of person
do you think I am?
I mean, although I did learn toseduce men from you, but is that
the kind of person you think Iam?
And then she has a sort of slowsmile spread across her face and
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she takes another wolf bite outof the apple.
Cousin, we've got to dosomething about this.
Robin is boring me to tears.
There's nothing seductive abouther.
There's nothing interestingabout her.
She's literally only said like40 words since she's been on
camera.
We gotta figure this out.
She has a moment where sheactually sheds tears a little
later in the episode, but eh,Robin's weird and very
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uninteresting.
She's only there to piss offMelissa.
I think they brought in Robin toadd a little more scandal.
And then on this episode, itseems like they brought in Robin
to sort to continue to put thewedge between Melissa and Cole
so that Melissa can turn herhead and look elsewhere, i.e.,
past the panty grappers.
Speaking of which, with Melbeing fresh out of jail, no
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longer on bail, enter thecommunity service portion of her
prison sentence.
She has to go to this halfwayhouse and spend at least 10
hours a week there talking tothe girls, hopefully not giving
them bad advice.
Everyone on the show seems to bereminding Melissa of what a
baddie she is.
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And like, girl, you need tocontain that.
Please don't be teaching theselittle girls how to be baddies
when they grow up.
But 10 hours, I'm like, thisgirl don't spend 10 hours
anywhere.
She's gotta figure it out there.
So that was part of heragreement, part of her being
released.
As the woman who runs a halfwayhalfway house is explaining to
her what her duties are going tobe.
When you know it, FatherChristopher comes waltzing up.
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He walks right up to them and hegoes, Excuse me, can you point
me to he looks at his paper,Melissa Gioberdi, the the head
of the halfway house, is please,she's ready to say, Oh yeah,
this is her.
But before she can even open hermouth, Melissa's like, That's
me.
Hi, I'm Father Christopher.
I've been assigned to help youout.
She's like, Isn't that rich?
So he's all smirky dirky.
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The head of the halfway houseexcuses herself.
And Melissa's like, now how am Isupposed to trust you?
You're the same guy who wasstirring up all the trouble on
my vineyard.
He tries to explain.
I didn't stir up trouble.
I'm also a chaplain and and allof the workers.
That's my job.
I was just doing my job.
I was like, Well, listen, I I'vealready talked to a psychiatrist
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for my mental health needs.
I really don't want to talk toyou.
He goes, Well, listen, I knowyou I know you got a lot going
on.
I've heard all about what yougot going on.
You know, I'm here to help.
You ever want to talk?
I'm here.
She scoffs, like, yeah, I betyou have.
You've heard a whole lot aboutme, huh?
That I'm all rotten and evil.
He says, Nobody with eyes likethat can be all bad.
Father, are you hitting on me?
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He claims, he claims he can seethe pain behind her eyes, which,
yeah, that's cute.
You gotta reword that adifferent way, sir.
Especially if you're tall, dark,and handsome and you're looking
down as you're speaking to her.
That's going to be interpreted acertain way to a baddie like
Milly Mount, especially one thatI now know wanted to secretly
get with her father-in-law.
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So the stage is set.
It's also time for FatherChristopher to meet a couple
other people.
He's on his way back to FalconCrest.
But meanwhile, at Falcon Crest,we see the other heartthrob on
the show.
Mr.
Lance Cumpson, aka LorenzoLamas.
He is chilling poolside in aspeedo and a robe, watching Aunt
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Terry swim laps around Angela'spool.
And no sooner than they get goodand comfortable, Angela comes
out, as they're making out, shehas the guy from the pink
company there.
The one who's in charge now thatMaggie has amnesia, and Lance
has been removed from theposition.
Angela sends Terry on her wayand tells Lance to get his ass
out of the pool.
We gotta talk.
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Now, mind you, Lance flippedover into the pool with a robe
on and a speedo, so he should besopping wet.
By the time he and Terry get outof the pool, Terry's still a
little bit damp.
He is all but dry.
But it's an opportunity for himto disrobe so we can all notice
he's wearing a speedo.
And then he puts on a Terrycloth robe.
Angela threatens or promises himthat he can be the head of the
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globe again.
He tells her he doesn't want todo it.
That's the whole reason that oldguy is there from the globe.
I really want you back.
You're a great boss.
Lance is like, I'm notinterested.
I'm only interested in bangingwomen I have no emotional
connection with, i.e., Terry,who's over there seductively
drying herself off.
Well, right about this time,Father Bobby comes bopping up,
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and so does Father Christopher.
Angela introduces everyone tohim.
Hi guys, this is FatherChristopher.
He's from back east.
Blah, blah, blah.
Lance meet meet FatherChristopher.
They shake hands.
How do you do?
How do you do?
Blah, blah, blah.
Emma's already outside.
Lance says, Welcome to thevalley.
Father Christopher says, Yes,you have beautiful surroundings.
Not everybody in your valleydoes, though.
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Some of them don't even haveindoor plumbing.
Angela goes, Oh my god, that'sappalling.
I had no idea.
I'll get right on that.
Emma says, Mama, no, you knowdang well.
You've known these people didn'thave walls, dirt, floors, or
indoor plumbing for years.
Just blowing up Angela's spot.
But it's very clear that Angeladoes not want to look bad in
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front of Christopher.
So she goes, Well, that will berectified immediately.
Father Christopher, would youlike to continue talking inside?
He's like, I'd love to.
I have a couple more things Iwant to bring to your attention.
So when he walks into the house,Emma and Lance are looking at
each other like, wow, that wasweird.
Emma's going on about howgorgeous he is.
Lance is like, wow, he's beenhere 14 seconds, and he's got
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Angela wrapped around hisfinger.
That's crazy.
They still don't know therelationship is there, was what
it is.
Angela does tell Father Bobby atsome point that Christopher
isn't just an orphan.
He's actually her grandkid.
Father Bobby's like, girl, whydidn't you tell me this from the
beginning?
This is incredibly awkward.
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You know you gotta tell him,right?
She's like, I know, I know.
I'm gonna get to it.
I just need to figure out howI'm gonna say it before things
get weird.
Complications are arisingeverywhere.
Maggie is somehow, what's theword?
She's drawn to Richard more andmore.
He comes over to visit her.
They take a walk around thatpond that they like to feature
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so much on this show.
Which, I mean, it's not eventhat good of a pond, but I guess
they need to.
It's the only body of water theyhave.
Richard comes over to keepMaggie company, chat with her.
They have a really great longwalk.
Richard is plain but bodyguards.
Maggie's like, Do you reallythink I'm gonna try to hurt you?
He's like, Nah, somebody is.
I know it's not you.
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And she starts looking into hiseyes more and more.
She says, You know what,Richard?
I don't remember you.
I don't like you.
I don't care what people sayabout you.
I don't care if someone's tryingto kill you.
There's just something aboutyou, pal, that I like.
And he's like, Oh, I got youfooled.
They're very cute.
They go walking back up to thehouse just as the aviator Adonis
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pulls up in his silver GMC.
Now I know what he did.
He went home and he took a bath,he put on his finest cologne, he
got rid of the dad vest,unbuttoned eight of the ten
buttons on his shirt, and showedup in his finest pair of
aviators.
He wanted her to get a good lookat him in the light of day when
he's quaffed up or whatever.
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He brings over a box.
I'm sure he didn't just have thethe need to bring that over all
of a sudden, but he brings overa box to Maggie's.
Now unfortunately his timingsucks.
As he's walking to the yard, hejust shouts out to the guy
standing in the yard, Where's mywife?
To which the man in the yard,who is one of Richard's
bodyguards, responds, Who areyou?
Now the power of deduction wouldtell us if a man comes storming
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up to a home that you do notown, that you are only watching,
and he says, Where is my wife?
That man is the blank of thewoman in the house.
What is he?
You got it.
Well, the bodyguard didn't haveto answer because next thing you
know, Richard comes limping upwith Maggie.
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Maggie is not happy to seeChase.
Chase is not happy to seeRichard.
Richard is mildly neutral.
He don't really want no smoke.
He sees Chase.
He's like, hey, I'm gonna lety'all go.
Hope everything works out.
No, you stay right there.
Chase is pissed.
He wants to go off on them.
Maggie's like, I'm not gonnastand here while you go off on
him.
Give me my box of teens.
I'm going in the house.
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Chase makes his threats.
Richard just sort of looks athim like, if I want her, I'm
gonna have her.
She already wants me.
That's the problem.
You don't need to worry about ifI want her, you need to worry
about if she wants me.
None of this is said.
This is all body language, okay?
Chase remains bothered for therest of the episode.
Someone else who's equallybothered is bad girl Melly Mel,
and for the right reasons.
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You see, she's been going on andon for the past several months
about her cousin Robin.
Robin is no good.
Robin has ulterior motives.
Robin is a threat.
But Robin is also pregnant.
So one night, Cole is in hisstudy or the living room or
whatever.
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Seems like they have a desk inthe living room.
He's reading the paperhalf-heartedly.
Robin comes slinking down the shthe stairs with a button-down
shirt in her panties.
We don't see the draws by thegrace of God.
She comes slinking down thestairs almost like she's seen a
ghost.
She walks into the study livingroom.
Cole barely acknowledges herpresence.
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Do you need something?
No.
Once she realizes that he's notlooking at her, she decides to
turn on her heels, but you cantell she's she's obviously upset
about something.
He catches wind of the tone inher voice, stands up and
approaches her, and she tellshim that she just felt the baby
kick.
He gets so excited.
Oh my god, this is wonderful! OhMelissa and I are gonna take
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such good care of this baby.
And Robin's like, well listen,up until now this was just
something I was doing, but Ifelt the baby kick.
I'm gonna give birth to thisbaby, and then I'm gonna have to
give it away.
I don't know if I can do that.
Very real.
Very, very real.
I hate that it's taking thislong for her to realize that.
It didn't seem like that wasever gonna work to me.
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You need like a real surrogate,not your cousin, and it's your
cousin's baby.
Why would she give up the baby?
Cole goes to comfort her.
Sure enough, bad girl Melly Melcomes strutting into the room to
see them all hugged up on eachother.
Now honestly, it didn't lookthat bad.
It just looked like a regulardaggler hug, not the embrace of
lovers.
Melissa don't give a damn.
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All she sees is her bed hoppingcousin Robin, with her hands all
over her husband man.
She proceeds to go off.
She runs over, she pushes Robinup against the wood paneled
wall.
Cole is immediately disgusted.
How dare you do that to her?
She needs me more than you doright now.
Melissa goes just breaks down.
She started hooping andhollering.
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Meanwhile, on the other side oftown, gotta kind of make this
quick.
This is a bit part, I feel likeit'll blow up next couple of
episodes.
Richard knows that someone isstill trying to kill him.
He doesn't know who it is, buthe decides to play sort of a
hoodunin to set up everybody.
So in a couple weeks, TuscanyDowns is going to reopen and
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Richard's gonna have this pressconference where he's going to
finger the actual culprit,whoever it is who's been trying
to shoot him.
His plan is to make all theseannouncements so that whoever is
trying to kill him is aware ofhis whereabouts and they try to
do it again.
And because he's invitingeverybody, it's sort of a
process of elimination.
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So step number one is to goinvite everybody and read their
body language, see if they agreeto come to the press conference
or not.
When he goes to Angela's house,she's highly annoyed because she
has a very important dinner.
She is going to tell Christopherwho he really is, and it's not
going to be pretty.
So when Richard comes stompingin her house, talking about,
yeah, I know who tried to killme, and I'm going to tell the
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whole world at the pressconference.
She's like, okay, if you knowall that, then what are you
doing here?
Quickly eliminating herself as aculprit, but I mean, who knows?
Richard tells her, Well, I mean,everybody else is gonna be
there, Angela.
You might want to be there, it'sgonna be a good look.
You don't really know what'sgoing on.
Now, here comes the main event.
Father Christopher is invitedover for dinner.
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Emma shows up, Lance shows up.
They're eating, they're having agood time.
They finish all the firstcourses, blase blasé, they get
to the meal.
It's time for dessert.
And Angela's stomach, no doubt,nuts.
Says, Charlie, uh, we're gonnawait a little bit to serve
dessert.
Thank you so much.
Charlie gracefully bows out.
Lance needs to go, really gohook up with Terry, but he says
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something else.
Angela tells him to sit hislittle narrow behind down, but
gotta talk real quick.
She goes to tell the story ofJulia.
She says, Lance, when your momwas really young, things were so
different here in the valley.
She uh she fell in love with aguy, fell in love with a guy who
was already married.
Wasn't the best at times, andshe became pregnant.
I ended up sending her back eastto this covenant that I I like
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to support because you know I'ma good Christian woman.
And she gave birth to a boy.
I made sure that that boy wasraised, Covenant Convent,
whatever you call it.
Christopher is extremely bright,and it takes him no time to say,
wait a minute, you're talkingabout me.
That is the exact same story ofmy birth.
And Lance is like, wait, what?
No.
This is perfect timing becauseEmma is still eyeballing this
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boy.
Like he's a whole snack.
Girl, that is your nephew.
That is your nephew, just likeLance is your nephew.
And Angela says as much.
She says, look at each other.
Can't you tell yourhalf-brothers?
Ah, yeah, now that you say itout loud, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, Lance is like, wow, that'sweird.
Emma's like, okay, that makessense.
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I knew something was up.
I knew something was weird abouther going out like that.
But Christopher is distraught.
He's like, you mean to tell meyou gave me a way to be raised
in a church when I had a family?
You made me an orphan when I hada real family.
This is too much.
He tries to get up and make ascene and leave, but he's too
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damn polite.
Like, you know, this is too muchfor me.
You went from being Mrs.
Angela Channing to just callingyou Angela to calling you
grandma all in one night.
It's it's more than I can bear.
I have my faith in the Lord now.
I don't know what I believe.
I gotta go.
He tries to storm out, but he'stoo polite.
Like I said, he turns around andhe says, Good evening, Mrs.
Channing, and leaves.
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Lance leaves too.
He seems like, oh, I mean, okay.
Worst things have happened.
But Emma says, Mom, how couldyou keep this sort of thing?
I I she can't believe that Juliawould go along with this.
She don't realize that Juliadon't know.
I'm not sure if that was veryclear, but it seems like Emma is
that was her question.
How did this happen?
And does Julia know?
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Because I can't really imagineher going through this.
Father Christopher tries to goback to his house to collect
himself.
He's just had the mostlife-altering information ever
dropped on his head.
He starts going upstairs.
Melissa Gioberdi comes burstingin.
I've been looking everywhere foryou.
I'm ready to talk.
I'm so distraught, Father,please.
And he's like, ah, Melissa,Melissa, Melissa.
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Not really a good time.
Feeling a little delicate today.
She ain't trying to hear it.
She immediately falls into hisarms and he's trying to do the
right thing.
Just hug her and embrace her andcomfort her through his
discomfort.
End scene.
I gotta tell you, I was notexpecting them to reveal this
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this quickly.
Honestly, I think something isrevving up between Melissa and
him very, very quickly.
He's already semi-sorted, notnecessarily denounced his faith,
but he's at least questioning itat this point.
He's gotta make some choices.
Now, how they're gonna tie thisall together, I'm not really
sure.
Because Anna could very wellsay, I didn't know that girl was
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pregnant.
I knew she was with my mama, Ididn't know she was pregnant,
and even if she did, oh well, II would have never.
She can deny the whole thing,but her leg being damaged as she
was outside of the house whenthe fire crew or the rescue guy
showed up makes a lot of sense.
If she set the fire because sheit probably just got away from
her, I don't know.
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And if it was started at thebottom of the stairs, that makes
a whole lot of sense.
Man, oh man, good times arecoming, y'all.
I can feel it in my bones.
I hope you'll join me next timeas we jump back into another
fantastic vintage episode.
It will be episode three ofeither Dynasty or Dallas.
Remember, you can always drop mea line in the show notes via
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In the meantime, in betweentime, stay hydrated, stay
moisturized, keep thebillionaire boy toy on your
payroll.
It will pay dividends.
Find your business and keep allof your drama on TV.
They're doing things a little bit differently this
evening.
I'm already here for it.
So per usual, I hope your day isshaping up well.
I feel like you smell amazing.
I hope you are prepared for somefoolishness.
Go ahead and pour yourself upsomething butly and bright.
Season 5, episode 3 of FalconCrest Blood Brothers.
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This episode really made methink about the brothers in
Hollywood.
Of course, you got theHemsworths.
Back in the day, you had theBaldwins.
There's not a lot today now.
I can't think of very many.
I know the Jonas Brothers, Ithink two of them act, but we
need to bring back the family oftalented individuals.
I feel like it's way more commonin music than it is in acting.
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I love a good and talentedfamily.
I do think in acting, though, alot of time people want to carve
out their own lane.
Think Emilio Estevez and CharlieSheen.
Did he or did he not dodge abullet, Emilio Estevez?
Anyway, Falcon Crest, big thingshappening.
Action-packed without therebeing anything explosive.
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Blood Brothers introduces yetanother baddie to the franchise,
and this time I'm proud toannounce it is a gentleman.
It is a silver-haired fox who'sgot a huge thing for our girl
Angela Channing.
Let's begin at the beginning.
So at the top of the show, wesee bad girl Melly Mel on top of
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her trusty steed minding her ownbusiness when one of her foremen
comes over to her and announces,Hey, there's some weirdo here
stirring up the people.
She's like, not on my watch.
Rides her horse over to a treewhere you can see her worker
scatter and a man in a whitebeater and a pair of painted on
wranglers with an ascot.
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Actually, I don't know if it'san ascot or is it just a bandana
tied around his neck.
Either way, it's past her pantydroppers, unbeknownst to bad
girl Melly Mel.
All she sees is some guystirring the pot.
So as she rides up, he sayssomething slick like, oh, you
must be really important.
I haven't seen people scatterlike that in a long time.
She's like, sir, can I help you?
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What do you want?
Why are you out here harassingmy workers?
I'm not harassing anybody.
I'm just having a conversation.
Have a conversation outside ofmy premises, okay?
Get off my property, homeboy.
Now, Pastor Pantydroppers is abold young man.
I don't know what he learned inthe comment, but whatever it is,
he's on his social justicewarrior tip.
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He came out the gate swinging.
So he's petting Melissa's horse,and I could tell the horse
doesn't like it.
It's like jerking its head allaround.
As she kicks him out, it's veryclear that the only reason this
ep this this whole scenehappened is two reasons.
I just said the only reason thisscene happened was two reasons.
The only couple of reasons thisscene happened is number one, we
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need to establish the enemies tolovers trope.
I'm calling it now.
I know chemistry when I see it.
And you know what?
They have chemistry.
They have more chemistry thanshe and Lance, and she has more
chemistry with him than shedoes, Cole.
He is enjoying the fact thatshe's a little bit irritated.
She is not enjoying the factthat he is playing with her
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money.
But she's also a woman.
So she it is not missed thatthis man is a little bit sweaty.
He's in a wife beater, his bodyis built.
And as as she kicks him off ofher property, we all got a
fantastic view of his wholebackside.
Now y'all know what y'all'sdoing.
You're making people feel realuncomfortable.
That man is a priest, okay?
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You're making a lot of the girlsout here real uncomfortable, but
everybody is looking like, okay,he's fine, fine.
He's smirking.
Okay, okay, I see you.
I feel like that was a directslap to my face for calling him
goofy, but I mean, I stand bywhat I said.
First intro, he was goofy.
He is an attractive man, and heknows it because that Falcon
Crest knows who's fine and whoisn't.
Which is also why Lance, lateron in the episode, isn't a
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full-blown speedo.
We'll get to that though.
How dare this bum come onto myproperty and tell me how to
treat my people?
That's basically what he'spointing out.
He's pointing out the fact thatthese people are poor, they're
underrepresented.
He feels like she's takingadvantage of them, and she feels
like he doesn't know the land,he doesn't know the lay of the
land, and he definitely don'tknow her, so mind your business.
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Also does not know that he isheir apparent to Falcon Crest.
He does not know that he has ababy brother.
Speaking of baby brothers,someone with a very similar
heritage as he, Chase Giaberti,has got a problem.
You see, last time he went home,there was a letter left on his
table from his amnesiac wifesaying that she needed to leave.
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She has fled him.
Chase put two and two together.
All of his problems equalsAngela.
Four plus four equals Angela.
19 times 47 equals Angela.
The square root of all of myproblems, except my hair, is
Angela permrachanning.
So he does the only naturalthing to do.
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He storms over there to curseher out now.
She stays ready.
She is completely unbothered inher freshly painted study as he
continues to lay into her.
What did you tell my amnesiacwife?
I didn't told her nothing,Chase.
Calm down.
You told her something.
She's like, you know what?
Yeah, I did.
I told her what a wonderful,caring young man you are.
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You must be a ball to live with.
She's so lucky to be your herwife.
His wife.
Your wife.
Chase is like, Alright, let mefind out.
Let me find out that you saidsomething slick to her.
It's gonna be a whole problem.
She's like, Yeah, yeah, yeah,that's cool.
I'll wait.
Bye, baby.
I think that Chase Giobertia hasentered his bad boy era.
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He wants his wife back.
He was a little more aggressivethan normal.
He's about to steal all of hischampagne back.
He's threatening old lady.
It's a different side of him.
He's not quite the Boy Scout healways has been.
And I think that's because nowwe have a real Boy Scout that
showed out.
Mind you, three episodes in, Iknow a whole lot can change.
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But if you got a priest who isalso an orphan, who also seems
to be some sort of socialjustice warrior, do we really
need two of those on the sameshow?
We don't.
This kid is giving Chase thegrace and space that he needs to
become a little bit more likehis auntie.
After Chase leaves her study,the manimal is like, yo, I I got
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a guy we need to talk to.
I've been thinking about thiswhole Anna and Cassandra thing,
and things just aren't stackingup.
These are it's just not coming.
It didn't make sense.
Doesn't it sound funny to you?
Angel's like, I mean, yeah, butwhat sounds funny is one thing
what we can prove is funny is isthe point.
He's like, I got you, I got you.
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I think I know a guy who wasthere at the time.
We're gonna have him stop by ifhe's gonna he's gonna fill us
in.
So at some point in the show,this guy in the valley, last
name O'Neal, comes by, andAngela and the mammal ask him,
do you remember that fire fromum teen years ago down at this
venue?
He's like, Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So what had happened was me andmy homeboy were out walking, we
see the smoke, we end upclimbing up to the second floor
and we save two little kids.
We can see that there's a grownman in there, and the kid, the
grown man is like pushing thekids out the window.
So we go after we get the kidson the ground, we go back to
help him, and that's when thewhole roof collapsed.
We weren't able to save them.
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Angel's like, dang, that'scrazy, that sucks.
So I heard he was smokingcigarettes in bed.
Mr.
O'Neill is a little bit messy,or perhaps he's been wanting to
spill the tea for many, manyyears.
He said, Well, let me tell yousomething.
Quiet is kept.
Ain't no way.
The fire was started in thestairwell.
In the stairwell, in thestairwell.
Well, how do you know that?
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Uh, maybe because there wasgasoline all over it.
What gasoline?
Yes.
Now this is completely contraryto the story that Anna has been
telling her children andeveryone else all this time.
So the manimal being a lawyer issticking to the facts.
Okay, but what about what aboutAnna?
Yeah, Anna was outside.
I guess she had this is the guytalking, Mr.
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O'Neal.
Anna was outside, I guess shegot hurt trying to escape, but
she was just outside.
The kids and the husband wereupstairs.
They thank Mr.
O'Neill, he leaves.
Angela and the manimal starttalking.
The manimal's like, okay, soAnna says that her husband was
smoking a cigarette in bed.
Apparently he was drunk, heforgot the kids were there.
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Whoop woop de woop.
If she was trying to save them,it doesn't really seem like it
if she was outside.
Well, Angela goes, okay, well,let's, I mean, let's devil's
advocate here.
What if he did want to end hislife?
The manimal says, that doesn'tmake sense.
Why would he want to end hislife if he was in love with
Julia, if he knew Julia had hisbaby?
He's depressed.
Didn't seem like he wasdepressed to me.
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Angela's like, you're right, youright, you're right.
Then the manimal says, plus, howoften does someone start, if
someone is doing, is starting afire accidentally or on purpose,
you're probably not gonna, ifyou're starting it on purpose,
you're not gonna start it at thetop of the stairs.
Like, and I have to agree withhim, whether this man was in his
right mind or not, it it goesagainst your animal instincts.
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You're not gonna set yourself upin a way that you couldn't get
out and then fight to get out.
You know what I'm saying?
It didn't really make sense.
If he was suicidal, he probablywould have started the fire
elsewhere or done somethingelse.
It doesn't take long for themanimal or Angela to come to the
conclusion that Anna startedthat fire.
I'm so glad they planted thatseed last season, saying that
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she was outside.
That has always kind of set kindof weird to me, considering the
amount of stress that Castandrawas under.
Like they were clearly left inthe house.
The only people maybe he didn'tknow they were in the house
their dad.
That is a possibility, but themoment he figured it out, he
tries to get them out.
So she was gonna burn them kidstoo, if I'm listening to this
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correctly.
Angela doesn't have very long tocontemplate all this because the
phone rings and it's her rich,wealthy homeboy who's back from
the seven seas, Mr.
Peter Stubbos.
Now Peter is a fine young oldman.
Who apparently is still very,very sweet on one Angela
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Channing.
She is very blunt with him.
I am about to lose my place.
This heifer, who my daughterused to sleep with her husband,
she we got beef or whatever,apparently.
She's got it out for me.
I need you to step in, Peter.
And they immediately began toformulate a plan.
Because Peter is like dumbwealthy.
He's so wealthy.
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His company's run so well thathe's kind of bored, is what it
seems like.
He's bored, and plus, like Isaid, he has a huge thing for
Angela Channing.
And apparently, shout out to myfriend in Oregon.
I think you're saying are yousaying your name is Dal?
I hope I'm saying that right.
Dal Doll told me that by the endof season five, Jane Wyman, aka
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Big Perm, aka Angela Channing,reportedly earned three million
dollars a year, which is tentimes that of her ex-husband
Ronald Reagan's salary when hewas a president of the United
States.
When Nancy Reagan was biting offAngela Channing's AKA Jane Wyman
style left and right, threemillion dollars a year, and
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worth every penny.
For those of you wondering, therate of inflation, three million
dollars, is about nine milliondollars.
Nine million dollars a year.
I love this so much.
I love to see full-grown men andwomen, people in their 70s, 80s,
and 90s really living theirlife.
She deserves it.
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She's a fine actress, she's beenacting at this point since the
30s.
Yeah.
She's worth that three million.
And apparently, Peter Stabothinks Angela Channing is too.
So he immediately gets to work.
He goes over to Cassandra andAnna's place, or actually it's
Cassandra's firm, and he offersto invest in this whole resort
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pipe dream that they have.
Now, Anna seems to be justhappy.
She's not really thinking thatdeeply about it.
But Cassandra is like, sir, Igotta be honest, I didn't expect
somebody like you to beinterested in something like
this.
So this is where Peter Straboslets us know that he's that
dude.
Why, what did you expect?
You thought I'd be flying aroundthe world or being on banana
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boats selling stuff and datingthe hottest women in the world.
And Cassandra's like, I mean,well, yeah, actually, I kind of
did.
He's like, Well, you know, youknow.
I can do both, baby.
Anna thinks this is the perfecttime to go ahead and dig into
his personal life.
She said, Now, is it true?
I read in the tabboys you had athing with the princess.
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He said, Every word, Anna, everyword.
I am him, I am a playboy, I'mold, got a lot of money, and I
and I like the broads.
And they like me.
He's clearly the George Clooneyof this season.
So, because Sandra is more themore she talks to him, the more
convinced she is that he'sactually interested in this
resort.
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So she tells him, I'll send youover all the information you
need.
He said, No need to do that.
I already have all theinformation I need.
I did my research, I did myhomework.
That's how I turned my father'sone boat into this whole empire.
Plus, I don't really need tostudy anymore because I know you
guys have a vendetta.
You have a thing out for AngelaCheney.
So why don't you just sell meyour little thing?
I'll set up the resort.
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She'll lose her wine business,and that'll be that.
This pisses Anna off.
She's like, no, there's no pricefor that.
No, absolutely not.
She still wants to have her handin it so she can make sure that
this place is destroyed in theway that she sees fit.
Which is very smart becausePeter's whole, he's not gonna
destroy it.
He's just gonna give it back toAngela.
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Time will tell.
Time will tell.
Plus, if Angela now knows thatAnna had something to do with
her husband burning to death,it's gonna get very messy.
She she almost has them rightwhere she wants them.
I don't think Angela's gonnapass up the opportunity to drive
a wedge between the relationshipbetween Cassandra and her
mother.
So I give it a few more episodesbefore she dismantles all that.
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But in the meantime, in betweentime, she has much bigger
problems, i.e., FatherChristopher, who's walking
around as a full-blown member ofher family, and he's none the
wiser.
Now, this is something that themanimal had warned, he warned
Angela about.
So let's rewind just a littlebit.
Chase comes over to cuss herout.
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She sends him on his way.
They investigate that O'Neillguy.
The O'Neill guy leaves.
Angela gets a phone call fromPeter.
She didn't even say bye, shejust hangs up the phone, and for
whatever reason, the manimal'sBritish manners get the best of
him, and he's like, My God,Angela, you don't even say
hello, you don't even saygoodbye when you hang up the
phone.
And she's like, You know thephone call is over when I hang
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up.
When you hear the dial toneclick, that means it's over.
Anyway, I gotta go see a manabout some money.
The manimal says, Yeah, yeah,yeah.
You're starting to make a lot ofenemies, Angela.
You got a lot of skeletons inthe closet, the biggest one
being this living, breathingpriest of a kid walking around
here.
What are you gonna do aboutthat?
What if Chase finds out thatthat's your grandson?
Now, what would Chase do withthat information?
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I'm sure I don't know.
Like, why would he care?
What does that change?
He doesn't care.
Chase only cares about Maggieand Champagne, and right now he
doesn't have either one of them.
Maggie does come back by thehouse wearing the brightest
yellow shaky mustard just to lethim down.
Hey, hey, Chase.
He's all don't hey hey me.
I can't believe you left here.
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You've been avoiding me from thebeginning.
This is terrible.
You better change this.
I know, I know.
I'm so sorry, and I'm sorry Ileft you a letter.
He says, Yeah.
The letter made it sound likeyou were never coming back.
Well, I don't know if I'm nevercoming back, but I'm definitely
not coming back now.
What do you mean?
Well, Chase, I mean I don't knowwho I was, but I need to figure
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out who I am, and I can't dothat here with you.
I need to be alone so I canthink and I can write, and I
just need space.
I just need space.
She's able to do this becauseMaggie figured out how to get
over to Richard Channing.
So she shows up unannounced athis office.
He opens a door and she's like,Hi, do you know who I am?
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She keeps forgetting that she'sthe one with amnesia, not
anybody else.
He's like, Of course I do,Maggie, come on in.
It's so good to see you.
They go to lunch, they get rightto it.
She says, Listen, I need to knowwhat I was doing over at your
house on the day I lost mymemory.
Richard has the opportunity torewrite history.
He's treading very lightlybecause he doesn't really know
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what she knows.
And quite frankly, they didn'thave the opportunity to discuss
what was happening.
They simply were holding eachother, started making out, and
then the whole world wentkaboom.
So he does seem hesitant andshe's able to pick up on that,
but he chooses not to lie.
He tells her, Well, you cameover.
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My stepdaughter Lorraine hadjust passed away.
You were upset.
She goes, Well, were we havingan affair?
He says, I gotta be honest,Maggie, I've always been envious
of Chase and you, but no, weweren't having an affair.
We weren't having one.
We did kiss.
We did win.
We were kissing, and then acouple seconds later the bomb
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went off.
So I mean, but I promise you, itnever went past that.
There is a warmth in her eyes,and there is a warmth in his
tone as they look at each other.
I hate that I love this, but Ido, I do, I don't want to see
the aviator Adonna's dumped, butalso I love this.
So after that lunch, she goesback to Chase to tell him that
she needs to leave.
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I don't think she's leavingbecause she wants Richard, but
Richard seems to be the onlyperson who has told her the full
truth.
She could tell straight awaythat he wasn't gaslighting her.
Also, she makes that commentagain that she doesn't know why
she resents Chase.
She's like, When you don't haveyour memory, you only have your
feelings, and the only thing Ifeel is resentment.
I don't really know why, but I Iknow that I feel that way
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towards him.
Well, Chase takes us all instride.
He doesn't really know what theconversation was like with
Richard.
He didn't know that he had thatRichard and Maggie kissed.
So he sets her up on this atthis house, excuse me, that
apparently he bought when theyfirst moved out to the vineyard.
She's super happy.
He's bringing in all herluggage.
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much,Chase.
Well, he starts to want toreminisce.
You know Maggie, when I boughtthis house back when she's like,
uh I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm not old Maggie, so I don'treally care.
She doesn't say it, but shedefinitely says it, like, ah,
yeah, that sounds like wifetalk.
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I'm not really your wife.
So I'll see you around.
Thanks for the free house,honey.
Speaking of free houses, cousinRobin is outwearing her welcome.
Melissa comes home one day afterhard days of doing nothing, only
to find baby Joseph fingerpainting in the living room.
Now she gets upset because hedoesn't need to be in the living
room finger painting.
I get upset because his fingerpaints are as deep as like
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play-doh jars.
Like, damn, that's a lot, that'sa great value for finger paint.
I'm also thoroughly impressedthat this three to four year old
has spilled absolutely none ofthe paint on the carpet.
He is Picasso.
He is absolutely being anartiste while cousin Robin sits
on the couch whoofing down theGranny Smith apple.
Melissa's so pissed that sheyells for one of the other house
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servants to come and fetch thiskid.
And then she reprimands cousinRobin for not being more
responsible.
You know better than to let himpaint in here.
Robin's like, yeah, I guess Ido.
She gets up, she starts tosaunter off, looks over her
shoulders and like, you know,you know, men are just like
little boys.
Let them have whatever they wantand they're putty in your hands.
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Girl, bye.
So Melissa looks back at her andsays, Did you sleep with my
husband when I was in prison forthree weeks?
You were in prison, girl, youwere in the county.
Robin turns around and she'slike, Well, what kind of person
do you think I am?
I mean, although I did learn toseduce men from you, but is that
the kind of person you think Iam?
And then she has a sort of slowsmile spread across her face and
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she takes another wolf bite outof the apple.
Cousin, we've got to dosomething about this.
Robin is boring me to tears.
There's nothing seductive abouther.
There's nothing interestingabout her.
She's literally only said like40 words since she's been on
camera.
We gotta figure this out.
She has a moment where sheactually sheds tears a little
later in the episode, but eh,Robin's weird and very
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uninteresting.
She's only there to piss offMelissa.
I think they brought in Robin toadd a little more scandal.
And then on this episode, itseems like they brought in Robin
to sort to continue to put thewedge between Melissa and Cole
so that Melissa can turn herhead and look elsewhere, i.e.,
past the panty grappers.
Speaking of which, with Melbeing fresh out of jail, no
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longer on bail, enter thecommunity service portion of her
prison sentence.
She has to go to this halfwayhouse and spend at least 10
hours a week there talking tothe girls, hopefully not giving
them bad advice.
Everyone on the show seems to bereminding Melissa of what a
baddie she is.
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And like, girl, you need tocontain that.
Please don't be teaching theselittle girls how to be baddies
when they grow up.
But 10 hours, I'm like, thisgirl don't spend 10 hours
anywhere.
She's gotta figure it out there.
So that was part of heragreement, part of her being
released.
As the woman who runs a halfwayhalfway house is explaining to
her what her duties are going tobe.
When you know it, FatherChristopher comes waltzing up.
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He walks right up to them and hegoes, Excuse me, can you point
me to he looks at his paper,Melissa Gioberdi, the the head
of the halfway house, is please,she's ready to say, Oh yeah,
this is her.
But before she can even open hermouth, Melissa's like, That's
me.
Hi, I'm Father Christopher.
I've been assigned to help youout.
She's like, Isn't that rich?
So he's all smirky dirky.
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The head of the halfway houseexcuses herself.
And Melissa's like, now how am Isupposed to trust you?
You're the same guy who wasstirring up all the trouble on
my vineyard.
He tries to explain.
I didn't stir up trouble.
I'm also a chaplain and and allof the workers.
That's my job.
I was just doing my job.
I was like, Well, listen, I I'vealready talked to a psychiatrist
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for my mental health needs.
I really don't want to talk toyou.
He goes, Well, listen, I knowyou I know you got a lot going
on.
I've heard all about what yougot going on.
You know, I'm here to help.
You ever want to talk?
I'm here.
She scoffs, like, yeah, I betyou have.
You've heard a whole lot aboutme, huh?
That I'm all rotten and evil.
He says, Nobody with eyes likethat can be all bad.
Father, are you hitting on me?
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He claims, he claims he can seethe pain behind her eyes, which,
yeah, that's cute.
You gotta reword that adifferent way, sir.
Especially if you're tall, dark,and handsome and you're looking
down as you're speaking to her.
That's going to be interpreted acertain way to a baddie like
Milly Mount, especially one thatI now know wanted to secretly
get with her father-in-law.
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So the stage is set.
It's also time for FatherChristopher to meet a couple
other people.
He's on his way back to FalconCrest.
But meanwhile, at Falcon Crest,we see the other heartthrob on
the show.
Mr.
Lance Cumpson, aka LorenzoLamas.
He is chilling poolside in aspeedo and a robe, watching Aunt
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Terry swim laps around Angela'spool.
And no sooner than they get goodand comfortable, Angela comes
out, as they're making out, shehas the guy from the pink
company there.
The one who's in charge now thatMaggie has amnesia, and Lance
has been removed from theposition.
Angela sends Terry on her wayand tells Lance to get his ass
out of the pool.
We gotta talk.
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Now, mind you, Lance flippedover into the pool with a robe
on and a speedo, so he should besopping wet.
By the time he and Terry get outof the pool, Terry's still a
little bit damp.
He is all but dry.
But it's an opportunity for himto disrobe so we can all notice
he's wearing a speedo.
And then he puts on a Terrycloth robe.
Angela threatens or promises himthat he can be the head of the
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globe again.
He tells her he doesn't want todo it.
That's the whole reason that oldguy is there from the globe.
I really want you back.
You're a great boss.
Lance is like, I'm notinterested.
I'm only interested in bangingwomen I have no emotional
connection with, i.e., Terry,who's over there seductively
drying herself off.
Well, right about this time,Father Bobby comes bopping up,
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and so does Father Christopher.
Angela introduces everyone tohim.
Hi guys, this is FatherChristopher.
He's from back east.
Blah, blah, blah.
Lance meet meet FatherChristopher.
They shake hands.
How do you do?
How do you do?
Blah, blah, blah.
Emma's already outside.
Lance says, Welcome to thevalley.
Father Christopher says, Yes,you have beautiful surroundings.
Not everybody in your valleydoes, though.
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Some of them don't even haveindoor plumbing.
Angela goes, Oh my god, that'sappalling.
I had no idea.
I'll get right on that.
Emma says, Mama, no, you knowdang well.
You've known these people didn'thave walls, dirt, floors, or
indoor plumbing for years.
Just blowing up Angela's spot.
But it's very clear that Angeladoes not want to look bad in
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front of Christopher.
So she goes, Well, that will berectified immediately.
Father Christopher, would youlike to continue talking inside?
He's like, I'd love to.
I have a couple more things Iwant to bring to your attention.
So when he walks into the house,Emma and Lance are looking at
each other like, wow, that wasweird.
Emma's going on about howgorgeous he is.
Lance is like, wow, he's beenhere 14 seconds, and he's got
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Angela wrapped around hisfinger.
That's crazy.
They still don't know therelationship is there, was what
it is.
Angela does tell Father Bobby atsome point that Christopher
isn't just an orphan.
He's actually her grandkid.
Father Bobby's like, girl, whydidn't you tell me this from the
beginning?
This is incredibly awkward.
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You know you gotta tell him,right?
She's like, I know, I know.
I'm gonna get to it.
I just need to figure out howI'm gonna say it before things
get weird.
Complications are arisingeverywhere.
Maggie is somehow, what's theword?
She's drawn to Richard more andmore.
He comes over to visit her.
They take a walk around thatpond that they like to feature
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so much on this show.
Which, I mean, it's not eventhat good of a pond, but I guess
they need to.
It's the only body of water theyhave.
Richard comes over to keepMaggie company, chat with her.
They have a really great longwalk.
Richard is plain but bodyguards.
Maggie's like, Do you reallythink I'm gonna try to hurt you?
He's like, Nah, somebody is.
I know it's not you.
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And she starts looking into hiseyes more and more.
She says, You know what,Richard?
I don't remember you.
I don't like you.
I don't care what people sayabout you.
I don't care if someone's tryingto kill you.
There's just something aboutyou, pal, that I like.
And he's like, Oh, I got youfooled.
They're very cute.
They go walking back up to thehouse just as the aviator Adonis
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pulls up in his silver GMC.
Now I know what he did.
He went home and he took a bath,he put on his finest cologne, he
got rid of the dad vest,unbuttoned eight of the ten
buttons on his shirt, and showedup in his finest pair of
aviators.
He wanted her to get a good lookat him in the light of day when
he's quaffed up or whatever.
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He brings over a box.
I'm sure he didn't just have thethe need to bring that over all
of a sudden, but he brings overa box to Maggie's.
Now unfortunately his timingsucks.
As he's walking to the yard, hejust shouts out to the guy
standing in the yard, Where's mywife?
To which the man in the yard,who is one of Richard's
bodyguards, responds, Who areyou?
Now the power of deduction wouldtell us if a man comes storming
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up to a home that you do notown, that you are only watching,
and he says, Where is my wife?
That man is the blank of thewoman in the house.
What is he?
You got it.
Well, the bodyguard didn't haveto answer because next thing you
know, Richard comes limping upwith Maggie.
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Maggie is not happy to seeChase.
Chase is not happy to seeRichard.
Richard is mildly neutral.
He don't really want no smoke.
He sees Chase.
He's like, hey, I'm gonna lety'all go.
Hope everything works out.
No, you stay right there.
Chase is pissed.
He wants to go off on them.
Maggie's like, I'm not gonnastand here while you go off on
him.
Give me my box of teens.
I'm going in the house.
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Chase makes his threats.
Richard just sort of looks athim like, if I want her, I'm
gonna have her.
She already wants me.
That's the problem.
You don't need to worry about ifI want her, you need to worry
about if she wants me.
None of this is said.
This is all body language, okay?
Chase remains bothered for therest of the episode.
Someone else who's equallybothered is bad girl Melly Mel,
and for the right reasons.
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You see, she's been going on andon for the past several months
about her cousin Robin.
Robin is no good.
Robin has ulterior motives.
Robin is a threat.
But Robin is also pregnant.
So one night, Cole is in hisstudy or the living room or
whatever.
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Seems like they have a desk inthe living room.
He's reading the paperhalf-heartedly.
Robin comes slinking down the shthe stairs with a button-down
shirt in her panties.
We don't see the draws by thegrace of God.
She comes slinking down thestairs almost like she's seen a
ghost.
She walks into the study livingroom.
Cole barely acknowledges herpresence.
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Do you need something?
No.
Once she realizes that he's notlooking at her, she decides to
turn on her heels, but you cantell she's she's obviously upset
about something.
He catches wind of the tone inher voice, stands up and
approaches her, and she tellshim that she just felt the baby
kick.
He gets so excited.
Oh my god, this is wonderful! OhMelissa and I are gonna take
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such good care of this baby.
And Robin's like, well listen,up until now this was just
something I was doing, but Ifelt the baby kick.
I'm gonna give birth to thisbaby, and then I'm gonna have to
give it away.
I don't know if I can do that.
Very real.
Very, very real.
I hate that it's taking thislong for her to realize that.
It didn't seem like that wasever gonna work to me.
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You need like a real surrogate,not your cousin, and it's your
cousin's baby.
Why would she give up the baby?
Cole goes to comfort her.
Sure enough, bad girl Melly Melcomes strutting into the room to
see them all hugged up on eachother.
Now honestly, it didn't lookthat bad.
It just looked like a regulardaggler hug, not the embrace of
lovers.
Melissa don't give a damn.
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All she sees is her bed hoppingcousin Robin, with her hands all
over her husband man.
She proceeds to go off.
She runs over, she pushes Robinup against the wood paneled
wall.
Cole is immediately disgusted.
How dare you do that to her?
She needs me more than you doright now.
Melissa goes just breaks down.
She started hooping andhollering.
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Meanwhile, on the other side oftown, gotta kind of make this
quick.
This is a bit part, I feel likeit'll blow up next couple of
episodes.
Richard knows that someone isstill trying to kill him.
He doesn't know who it is, buthe decides to play sort of a
hoodunin to set up everybody.
So in a couple weeks, TuscanyDowns is going to reopen and
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Richard's gonna have this pressconference where he's going to
finger the actual culprit,whoever it is who's been trying
to shoot him.
His plan is to make all theseannouncements so that whoever is
trying to kill him is aware ofhis whereabouts and they try to
do it again.
And because he's invitingeverybody, it's sort of a
process of elimination.
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So step number one is to goinvite everybody and read their
body language, see if they agreeto come to the press conference
or not.
When he goes to Angela's house,she's highly annoyed because she
has a very important dinner.
She is going to tell Christopherwho he really is, and it's not
going to be pretty.
So when Richard comes stompingin her house, talking about,
yeah, I know who tried to killme, and I'm going to tell the
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whole world at the pressconference.
She's like, okay, if you knowall that, then what are you
doing here?
Quickly eliminating herself as aculprit, but I mean, who knows?
Richard tells her, Well, I mean,everybody else is gonna be
there, Angela.
You might want to be there, it'sgonna be a good look.
You don't really know what'sgoing on.
Now, here comes the main event.
Father Christopher is invitedover for dinner.
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Emma shows up, Lance shows up.
They're eating, they're having agood time.
They finish all the firstcourses, blase blasé, they get
to the meal.
It's time for dessert.
And Angela's stomach, no doubt,nuts.
Says, Charlie, uh, we're gonnawait a little bit to serve
dessert.
Thank you so much.
Charlie gracefully bows out.
Lance needs to go, really gohook up with Terry, but he says
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something else.
Angela tells him to sit hislittle narrow behind down, but
gotta talk real quick.
She goes to tell the story ofJulia.
She says, Lance, when your momwas really young, things were so
different here in the valley.
She uh she fell in love with aguy, fell in love with a guy who
was already married.
Wasn't the best at times, andshe became pregnant.
I ended up sending her back eastto this covenant that I I like
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to support because you know I'ma good Christian woman.
And she gave birth to a boy.
I made sure that that boy wasraised, Covenant Convent,
whatever you call it.
Christopher is extremely bright,and it takes him no time to say,
wait a minute, you're talkingabout me.
That is the exact same story ofmy birth.
And Lance is like, wait, what?
No.
This is perfect timing becauseEmma is still eyeballing this
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boy.
Like he's a whole snack.
Girl, that is your nephew.
That is your nephew, just likeLance is your nephew.
And Angela says as much.
She says, look at each other.
Can't you tell yourhalf-brothers?
Ah, yeah, now that you say itout loud, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, Lance is like, wow, that'sweird.
Emma's like, okay, that makessense.
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I knew something was up.
I knew something was weird abouther going out like that.
But Christopher is distraught.
He's like, you mean to tell meyou gave me a way to be raised
in a church when I had a family?
You made me an orphan when I hada real family.
This is too much.
He tries to get up and make ascene and leave, but he's too
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damn polite.
Like, you know, this is too muchfor me.
You went from being Mrs.
Angela Channing to just callingyou Angela to calling you
grandma all in one night.
It's it's more than I can bear.
I have my faith in the Lord now.
I don't know what I believe.
I gotta go.
He tries to storm out, but he'stoo polite.
Like I said, he turns around andhe says, Good evening, Mrs.
Channing, and leaves.
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Lance leaves too.
He seems like, oh, I mean, okay.
Worst things have happened.
But Emma says, Mom, how couldyou keep this sort of thing?
I I she can't believe that Juliawould go along with this.
She don't realize that Juliadon't know.
I'm not sure if that was veryclear, but it seems like Emma is
that was her question.
How did this happen?
And does Julia know?
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Because I can't really imagineher going through this.
Father Christopher tries to goback to his house to collect
himself.
He's just had the mostlife-altering information ever
dropped on his head.
He starts going upstairs.
Melissa Gioberdi comes burstingin.
I've been looking everywhere foryou.
I'm ready to talk.
I'm so distraught, Father,please.
And he's like, ah, Melissa,Melissa, Melissa.
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Not really a good time.
Feeling a little delicate today.
She ain't trying to hear it.
She immediately falls into hisarms and he's trying to do the
right thing.
Just hug her and embrace her andcomfort her through his
discomfort.
End scene.
I gotta tell you, I was notexpecting them to reveal this
(37:11):
this quickly.
Honestly, I think something isrevving up between Melissa and
him very, very quickly.
He's already semi-sorted, notnecessarily denounced his faith,
but he's at least questioning itat this point.
He's gotta make some choices.
Now, how they're gonna tie thisall together, I'm not really
sure.
Because Anna could very wellsay, I didn't know that girl was
(37:33):
pregnant.
I knew she was with my mama, Ididn't know she was pregnant,
and even if she did, oh well, II would have never.
She can deny the whole thing,but her leg being damaged as she
was outside of the house whenthe fire crew or the rescue guy
showed up makes a lot of sense.
If she set the fire because sheit probably just got away from
her, I don't know.
(37:54):
And if it was started at thebottom of the stairs, that makes
a whole lot of sense.
Man, oh man, good times arecoming, y'all.
I can feel it in my bones.
I hope you'll join me next timeas we jump back into another
fantastic vintage episode.
It will be episode three ofeither Dynasty or Dallas.
Remember, you can always drop mea line in the show notes via
(38:16):
text, or you can send me anemail at sofloorpodcast at
gmail.com.
That'sS-O-A-P-L-O-R-E-P-O-D-C-A-S T at
gmail.com.
In the meantime, in betweentime, stay hydrated, stay
moisturized, keep thebillionaire boy toy on your
payroll.
It will pay dividends.
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