The Harvest

Falcon Crest

Season 1 Episode 4

Air Date:  December 25, 1981

Recap:  Angela tells Lance that she’s disappointed in him, he spends too much money, and spends too much time away from the vineyard.  She tells him that she has cancelled his checking account, and he wants him to commit himself to the vineyard.

   Vicky and Mario are walking back to her house, she says that she doesn’t want things to get to serious between them. 

   Lance is putting dynamite in the pump house.

   Cole and Chase are quizzing each other on wine terms. 

   Lance lights the dynamite, and the pump house explodes.  Chase rushes out and he and Gus try to put out the fire.

   Lance goes back home and tells Angela what he did, she isn’t impressed with him, she tells him that he better not come to her if the sheriff finds out it was him.

   Chase tells the sheriff that he wants a full investigation, he told Chase about a construction crew who’s dynamite was stolen, and thinks that it was just some kids.

   Mario tries to kiss Vicky, but she isn’t into it, she tells him that she’s afraid because she was in love before and got hurt (this reminds me of Jacob and Bella new moon).  He tells her that she can take as much time as she needs to, they make plans to go to The Hideaway with Cole.  Lance drives by and makes some comment to Vicky about spending time with a picker.

   Chase and Maggie go to Angela’s for another wine revealing party, neither of them like going to them.

   Lance is watching Vicky and Mario dancing, he goes over and tells him that he needs to keep his hands off his cousin, he starts a fight and goes after Mario with a broken bottle.

   Angela tells Chase she has heard that he is broke, and offers to buy the vineyard from him.  He tells her that he’s not interested in selling.  Gus comes and tells Maggie and Chase that the kids were arrested and that Mario is in the hospital. 

   Chase tells Vicky and Cole that they need to stay away from The Hideaway and Lance, Cole has no problem with that, since the last time he got blamed for something Lance did.

   The sheriff goes to see Angela and tells her that he’ll have to arrest Lance because there were too many witnesses this time.  When he gets home he goes to the cottage, Emma is there and thinks he’s Turner Bates, when he turns on the light, she realizes it’s only Lance.  He tells her that she shouldn’t be here, and promises not to tell Angela she snuck out if she tells him how Jason died.  She will only say that he was drunk and burned to death in his car, Lance knows that this isn’t the truth.

   Angela has car trouble, Cole stops and helps her with the car, she asks him why he isn’t in college, she offers to introduce him to the right people, he tells her that he wants to study archeology, but admits working the vineyard has been interesting.

   Vicky goes to the hospital to visit Mario, when she kisses him his mother walks in.  Vicky leaves, telling him to get better.  His mother tells him that he needs to stay away from Vicky or else he might lose his chances at getting that scholarship for college.

   Lance startles his mother in her work room.  He asks her for money, she tells him she’ll get him some in the morning, she wants him to get far away from his grandmother.  He wants to know why she abandoned him, she tells him that things were different then, it was an embarrassment for the family to have an unwed mother in the family.  She tells him that his father left because of her mother, he asks why she didn’t go with him, she tells him that he didn’t ask her to go.  Lance tells Julia that the last memory he has of them as a family is the last time he has felt anything.

  Chase and Gus go to a bar to find some new pickers,.

  Angela has Cole try some really old wine, his great-great grandfather made, then as she takes him around the property she gives him a history lesson about the family.  Lance is hiding in the cellar and overhears Angela telling Cole that Lance has disappointed her and that she’s been watching Cole.

   Back at home Cole tells his parents that he like Angela and that she is thinking of making him her heir, and that she’s going to go with him to the college to pick out some classes about wine making.  Chase and Maggie tell him that they want to discuss things with Angela first.

   Angela goes to Gus’s house and asks him about Mario, she tells them that she’s heard about his desire to go to college and tells them that she can talk with the board of the college to give the scholarship to Mario, she says it will be easier for Mario if he doesn’t have to come back to testify against Lance.  They agree to drop the charges.

   Lance confronts Angela about what he heard her tell Cole.

   Angela tells Chase that Lance has been a big disappointment to her, Chase asks what she wants with Cole, he tells her that she won’t own him.  She says that Cole is an adult and can make up his own mind.

   Lance goes to Julia, she gives him the money, she tells him he needs to leave before the police find him,  he tells her that the charges have been dropped.
   Angela gives Cole a brand new car as I typed that I could hear the announcer from The Price is Right.
   Lance pays Chase's pickers off.
   Cole comes home with the car and Chase tells him to take the car back, Cole tells his parents that he can make his own decisions and that he is keeping the car, he drives back to Angela's house.  Later Vicky and Maggie want to go after him, but Chase says that they need to let him cool off.  Gus and his family come over and they toast to the harvest.  Chase tells Gus that he's very grateful for all his work and that it's his harvest as much as it's Chase's.  Angela calls and tells Chase that Cole is spending the night at her house.
   At Angela's Cole hears Emma singing, he goes towards the stairs but Lance stops him and gives him a hard time about Angela grooming him.  He warns Cole not to get caught in Angela's web, Cole goes back to his room.
   The next day the crew is late, when they do get there they tell Gus that they aren't going to help.  Gus tells Chase that they are afraid, they know that someone got to them.
   Lance tells Angela he has a surprise for her, she tells him that she doesn't want any of his surprises.
   Maggie suggests that they pick the grapes themselves just like his great-great grandparents would have done, so they all go out to the fields.
   Lance tells Angela that he wants to talk to her alone, they go in to the library, where he tells her that he paid off Chase's crew so they wouldn't show up.
   Emma comes downstairs and asks Cole if he saw Turner Bates because she needs to talk to him about Jason.  He says that he will go get Angela, when he goes to the door he hears Lance and her talking about Chase's bad luck and that they are responsible.  Angela opens the door and sees that he is standing right there, he hands her the keys to the car, and goes home.
   He runs to his father in the fields, and they hug it out.
   Angela is holding another party, they must be introducing a new wine, Chase barges in and tells her that he wants to talk to her.  He tells her that he wants his crew back and that Cole overheard everything Lance said, and knows what he did.  She tells him he'll have his answer in the morning.
   The are getting the harvest blessed when the crew returns.  Lance is watching from the distance as they being to pick the grapes.
Final Thoughts:  It's kind of hard to get into these episodes that are just about the vineyard, I like the show, but these are kind of boring, and Chase is getting on my nerves, I'm not sure why there's just something about him that annoys me.
Best Outfit:  This just has the weirdest collar.
Fight Count:  0