Falcon Crest
Season 2 Episode 1
Original Airdate: October 1, 1982
Recap: Chase joins Cole as he is welding, he brings
him the directions, but Cole is already finished, he tells him that he just
figured it out. They are just sitting
down to breakfast, when Vicky comes out telling them that something happened to
Gus.
Melissa
joins Angela and her lawyer Philip at the breakfast table; she has the
newspaper wither and tells them that Richard Channing is coming to town
soon. She asks who his mother is, and
she tells Angela that she is surprised that Douglas didn’t leave the newspaper
to her. Angela tells her that Douglas
was ill and he made a mistake, one that she intends to correct.
Julia
goes to Emma’s room and tells her that breakfast is ready. Emma tells her that when she eats with them
she loses her appetite, since Lance is a liar, Melissa is two faced, and their
mother is trying to take over the world.
She tells her that she is going to leave, and that she thinks Julia
should go away with Tony.
At the
hospital Mario tells Chase that he was supposed to be there to help his father,
Chase tells him that it isn’t his fault.
Lance
comes home, and Melissa asks him where he was, he tells her he had
business. Angela comes over to him and
tells him that he needs to give Melissa more respect. She tells him she wants him to talk to
Emma. Chow Lee comes over and tells
Angela about Gus being in the hospital, she makes Lance take her to the
hospital.
The
doctor comes out, and tells the family that they did everything they could but
they lost him. Angela arrives and tells Alicia how sorry she is for her loss, and that if they need anything all they
need to do is ask. Lance comments that
with Gus gone it will make Chase more vulnerable.
Chase
tells Angela that is was kind of her to go to the funeral; she tells him that
Gus was a part of Falcon Crest. He tells
her that he was planning on bring Gus with him when he started working at
Falcon Crest. They go back and forth
about his half of Falcon Crest; he tells her that he is going to set up an
office at the winery on Monday.
Cole and
Maggie tells Vicky that she needs to give Mario some time, she tells them that
she just want to help him. Cole comments
that he doesn’t think Gus’ death has sunken in yet for Chase, and he doesn’t
think that Chase can go on without Gus.
Chase comes home and tells them that he is going to start working at the
winery on Monday. Maggie tells them that
she has been working on a screenplay.
Lance
and Angela talk about Chase, and she tells Lance that she is making him the
General Manager of the winery. She tells
him that it is his job to see that Chase never sets foot into the winery.
On
Monday Chase goes to the winery, but finds that the door is locked, he walks
around the building and finds Lance, he asks if he can get some help setting up
his office. Lance tells him about his
new position, and Chase takes Lance’s keys and opens the door, he tells Lance
that he just doesn’t get it, he is working for him. Lance tells him that there is no room for him
at Falcon Crest, but Chase doesn’t listen, he tells Lance he wants him to get
him a desk
Philip
tells Angela that they couldn’t find much about Richard Channing except that he
was adopted and that he has been looking for his mother too. She tells him that this is where they can get
him.
Julia
joins Lance in the winery and tells him that he can’t stop Chase from getting
his half of the winery, that Angela promised it to him. She tells him not to fight Angela’s battles.
Mario gets
home and Vicky is waiting for him, he tells her that he took his mother to the
airport since she is moving in with her sister.
She tells him that they still have each other and his father's death doesn't change that, he tells her that his father died a manual laborer and that he
has to try and change things for his people.
Maggie
finds Chase, and he tells her that he thought things would be different after
the inquest. Maggie tells him that she
doesn’t think he should let Angela out of the corner he has put her in.
Angela
finds Emma on the veranda reading books about psychology and cars. Emma tells her that she plans on getting a
car with her shares of the newspaper.
Angela tries to convince her to give her the shares, but Emma tells her
that she wants to go to shareholder’s meeting.
Angela tells her that they will talk about it later.
Melissa
reminds Lance about breakfast with her father, but he tells her that he won’t
go. She tells him that they need to put
on a better show. He asks her about the
$1900 bill for maternity clothes, he tells her to return them, and she says
that she will if he acts like a husband, Lance tells her that he would rather
pay the bill.
Angela
thanks Philip for lunch, he tells her the latest information they got about
Richard Channing. He tells her that he
took the Channing name at the age of 12; she tells him that she heard that he
will be coming sometime next week.
In New
York, Richard Channing’s adopted father comes into his office to see
Richard. He tells him that newspapers
are a dying business; he tells him he knows that he wants his independence and
a chance to find his mother. Richard
tells him that he has been a good father, Henri Denault tells him that he wants
something in exchange. Richard tells him
that his father’s ex-wife own a large winery. Henri Denault tells him that if he doesn’t deliver then he won’t have any
freedom.
Melissa
tells Lance they need to go to her father’s for breakfast, that he wants to
talk to them about the baby. Lance tells
her that she should take the real father then.
Carlo
asks Melissa where Lance is, she tells him about Lance, he tells her that maybe
she should come back home, but she doesn’t want to leave Falcon Crest. Cole calls for Melissa and Lance tells him
that she is at her father’s house. Carlo
tells Melissa that he will talk to Angela about Lance. She tells him that Angela is too busy
thinking about Richard Channing. He tells
her has heard of Richard Channing, and that Angela has a right to be
concerned. Cole calls out to Melissa; Carlo
comes outside and tells him to get off his property. Cole tells Melissa to tell the truth about the
baby; Carlo hits Cole and tells him that if he ever finds him on his property
again that he will kill him.
Richard
tells his secretary to send a memo to the Globe, and tells her that the paper
will give them power. He tells her that
he can dethrone Angela with help from the Globe.
Chase
and Maggie arrive at the winery, once again Lance tries to stop them from going
in, Angela and Philip come over and she tells Lance that she will take care of
things. Chase tells her that he is going
to work at Falcon Crest since that was their agreement; she tells him that
their agreement was for him to be a part of the company in name only. He tells her no, it was for his father’s
half. Maggie hands Philip the contract
that they had drawn up to help them all work together. Angela says that they don't need the contract since they have the agreement, Chase reminds her that she has been ignoring it. Angela signs it, after Chase tells her that
if she doesn’t he will go to the DA’s office and get her charged for accesory to his father's death, and if she
loses she could be evicted. After Chase
and Maggie leave Philip tells her that there is no point in fighting
anymore. Angela tells him that she’s
only begun to fight.
Final
Thoughts: I already like this season so
far, Richard Channing is exactly what this show needed someone with the power
to get Angela. It will be interesting to
see who his mother is. It was a pretty
good episode; everything is being set up for the upcoming season. I hope we get to find out what the screenplay
Maggie is writing is about. I think it
will be about Angela somehow, and maybe her fight with Chase’s father. I loved David Selby in Dark Shadows so it’s
great to see him in something different.
Best Outfit: Doesn't he just look like the hero from a romance novel cover?
