Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The Good, The Bad, and the Profane


Falcon Crest 
Season 1 Episode 16
Air Date:  April 2, 1982
Recap:  Cole takes Melissa home and is upset when he sees Lance’s car in the drive way.  She tells him that he’s got nothing to worry about.
   She goes in the house and finds Lance playing pool, he asks her who she was with, she tells him she was with Cole. 
   Vicky and Mario are discussing their plans for the weekend, she is going to skip the class trip and they are going to spend the time together at his house, since his parents will be away.  Cole gets home and followed by Maggie and Chase. 
   Melissa and her father are talking, he tells her that he wants her to take over the vineyard.  He wants to make sure she has something to keep the advantage on her side over Angela.
   Maggie and Chase go visit Douglas, he asks Chase not to pressure Emma.
   Vicky goes to Mario’s.  Gus gets home early and finds Vicky and Mario in bed together.
   Melissa is at the doctor’s office, she tells the doctor that she is going to keep her baby and that she is going to get married.
   Melissa’s father, Carlo is having lunch with Angela.  They are discussing their plans for Melissa and Lance to get married. 
   Gus brings Vicky home, Mario apologizes and says that her skipping the class trip was all his idea.  Vicky rushes upstairs.
   Angela tells Lance that she wants him to propose to Melissa.  He asks her what happens if Melissa says no, Angela tells him if she does then he is off the hook.
   Vicky apologizes to Maggie, but things aren’t resolved between them.
   Lance and Melissa are walking in her garden, when he asks her to marry him, she surprises him by saying yes.
   Mario and Vicky are in the woods.  Mario wants to move in together. 
   Lance tells Julia about the proposal, Angela come sin and tells Julia that Lance will marry Melissa. 
   Melissa goes to Cole, she tells him that she is going to marry Lance.  She tells him that she didn’t want to hurt him.
   Maggie gets off the phone and tells Chase that Julia just told her that Lance is going to marry Melissa.
   Cole goes to Falcon Crest and confronts Lance, they are about to fight, but Angela stops them.  Cole rushes out.
   At Vicky’s birthday party, Melissa calls and wants to see Cole, Chase tells him to expect the fact that she is marrying Lance, Cole tells him that she wants to call it off.  Mario tells the family that he and Vicky are going to move in together.  Their parents don’t like this one bit, Gus and Mario leave, and then Vicky runs up to her room, with Chase following her yelling.
   Melissa tells Cole that she has to marry Lance, and that it’s too bad that he isn’t the heir Falcon Crest, but that one day she will share the wealth with him.
   Angela comes in and orders Emma to take her pills.  Emma tells her that they make her sleep.  Julia asks her what pills she’s giving to Emma.  Angela tells her that she got a second opinion and that doctor agrees with her.
   Lance goes to visit his grandfather, he know that Lance is only marrying Melissa because Angela is making him.
   Lance and Melissa are out for a walk, and he takes her to the Spring House.  She makes it clear to him that she doesn’t want him to touch her.
   Vicky and Mario are in the woods, she tells him that she is tired of making excuses to find a way to see him.  She says that the only way that they can stay together is to get married.  Mario thinks that it’s too soon, but Vicky tells him that they’ve got no choice.
   Melissa is getting fitted for her wedding dress, her father is concerned about her living at Falcon Crest with Angela.  She tells him not to worry she’s got something that will take care of Angela.  Lance calls her and asks her to meet him at a hotel.  When she gets there she finds him in bed with another woman,  He tells her that he just wanted to show her what kind of husband he will be, unless something better comes along he means her.  She tells him that nothing ever will. 
   Maggie shows Chase the note Vicky left telling them that she and Mario were going to get married.  Mario and Vicky get their blood test and are going to get the license.  Their parents call everyone, but no one has seen them, Gus says that he is going to go home and see if they went there.  Maggie and Chase say they will call if they hear anything, they also have to go to Lance’s wedding I think your missing daughter is a bit more important and that they would understand if you didn’t show up.
   Cole gets to the church once everyone is seated inside. He watches as Melissa and Lance exchange their vows.  She can see him from where he is watching. 
   After the wedding Chase and Maggie skip the reception and go home.  Vicky and Mario come in and tells them that they couldn’t go through with the wedding.
   Back at the reception Angela tells Carlo that it was a beautiful wedding.  Lance and Melissa are cutting the cake when she tells him that she is pregnant.  He laughs and says that he knows it isn’t his, and she tells him that it is now.
Final Thoughts:  I really don't like Vicky sometimes, she's really whiny.  I love how the episode ended, I'm betting that the baby is Cole's.
Best Outfit:  I don't see Melissa really wearing this, I wish I had got a picture of the hat she wore too, but I wanted to get these posted.

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