Chance of a Lifetime

Knots Landing

Season 2 Episode 4

Original Airdate:  December 11, 1980

Recap:  Val is telling Karen about her classes; Gary comes over and tells Karen that he and Sid have a meeting that morning, she tells him that Sid is with the patent lawyer about his engine.  She tells him that she’ll look for the number of the office.  Abby rushes over, she wants Karen to take her kids to school. She tells Karen that she is running late for her job interview.  Karen tells her she can’t do it.  Richard is upset that he has to take Jason to school, but Laura tells him that she told him several times that he would have to; Abby asks Richard if he can take her kids to school too.  He gets a flat tire making him late for his meeting too.

   Laura is going along with her boss as they show a house; the lady isn’t too sure about the house, until Laura tells her about how great it is.

   When Sid gets to the dealership, he tells Gary how his meeting went; he sees that they hired a female mechanic.

    Richard finally gets to the meeting; he is only a few minutes late.  He introduces himself to James Cargill, and tells him that he wrote a paper on him in college.  Cargill is about to leave for lunch, but Richard stops him and tells him about another case, that could help him win his case.  He shows him the paper and Cargill asks Richard to go to lunch with him. 

   Scooter takes Laura to lunch to celebrate the sale; he makes her call Richard to pick Jason up.

   Richard tells Cargill that he wishes he would tell the partners how he is doing.  Cargill tells Richard that if they win this case then he might be able to find him a place at his firm in Chicago.

   Gary and Sid are at their meeting, the two men want to buy fifteen cars to start a taxi service.  Gary is ready to sign, but Sid tells them that he wants to talk things over first.

   Richard tries calling Laura, but she is still out with Scooter, he takes Jason out to eat, they run into Abby, and decided to take the dinner home and eat in the backyard.

   Gary tries to convince Sid that they should sell the cars to the two guys, but Sid tells Gary not to push it he just wants to check them out, he tells Gary that he already called The BBB, and there is no record of the company.

   Richard and Abby are talking about Laura working, Abby comments about Richard’s body hair (yuck), Laura gets home breaking up anything that might have happened.  Later after Abby is gone, Richard tells Laura he has to go back to work, since he had to come home to get Jason; he tells her that they are going to move to Chicago.

   At the office Richard’s secretary wakes him up, he tells her about getting a job for Cargill, she tells him that he’s known for making promises.  She tells him not to burn any bridges.

   Gary meets with the two guys, and they tell him that they go by different names in different states, when he tells them about Sid calling the BBB.  They suggest that Gary should make the call.

   When Sid gets to the dealership the new mechanic tells Sid about the deal Gary made.  He goes over and questions Gary, he tells him that he called his cousin and they check out, he tells Sid to trust him.

   Cargill tells the partners that Richard can tell them all the details about what happened.  Richard asks if he can see him, they arrange to meet for breakfast, the next day.  One of the partners takes Richard into his office, he tells Richard that until today they didn’t think he could do it, and they want to offer him a partnership.  Richard tells him that he is too good for the law firm and that he is quitting. 

   Laura and Scooter are going over the blueprints with the lady who bought the house, she wants to build a pool and doesn’t think there is room, Richard comes in drunk, and spills champagne all over.

   The next day Richard is getting ready for his breakfast meeting with Cargill, he tells Laura that he is sorry for yesterday.  At the meeting he asks Cargill about the job offer.  Cargill tells him how much he would start him at, Richard tells him that it’s less then he was making.  He tells him that he turned down a partnership.  Cargill tells him to give him a call if he changes his mind.

   Scooter tells Laura that she is a natural and that he isn’t going to fire her, she begins to cry and tells him that they are going to move to Chicago.

   After dinner Laura tells Richard that they need to talk, she tells him that Scooter told her that it would be best if she got her license before they moved.  She tells him that she just needs a few months.  He tells her that he turned down the offer, and they won’t be moving.  He lies to her and tells her that he was thinking about her, she tells him that she doesn’t want to sacrifice his career.  He tells her that it was his decision.  She takes him in her arms, and he starts to cry.

Final Thoughts:  Richard is an idiot, too impulsive and really a jerk.  He really thought that he would be making millions.  I hope that someone kills him, and gets away with it.
Guest Star: Brian  Dennehy, the only thing I've ever liked him in was Tommy Boy.  I've disliked him ever since he won the Tony award for Death of a Salemen, when I think that Kevin Spacey should have won for The Iceman Cometh. 
 

Best Outfit:  Those colors just don't look good together at all, the coral is just way too bright