Adam: Come in.
Barry: What's happened?
Adam: Liza knows everything.
Barry: About which scheme?
Adam: Don't be obtuse.
That Colby's mine.
That I bought the clinic,
that I switched the samples.
Everything.
Barry: You've been
so careful.
What happened?
Adam: David Hayward decided
to talk.
Barry: Hayward?
That doctor you said you could
control?
Adam: Blast it, man.
Forget about Hayward.
I need to take action fast.
Barry: I gather Liza isn't
handling this very well.
Has she told anyone?
Jake?
Adam: How the hell should
I know?
She's not speaking to me.
But before she banished me
from our bedroom, she said
she needed some time to think.
Barry: That's a good sign.
Adam: I don't need signs.
I need options, Barry.
I'm not going to lose my family.
[Knock on door]
Winifred: Excuse me,
Mrs. Chandler.
Mr. Chandler's working at home
today.
Would you like me to have
Lucretia make some poached
salmon?
Liza: I won't be having lunch
with my husband.
Winifred: Oh.
Yes, ma'am.
[Doorbell rings]
Liza: And --
Winifred: Oh, I'll get that.
Liza: No.
I really don't want to see
anybody today.
Especially my husband.
Adam's voice: I have
a confession to make.
Liza's voice: A confession?
Adam: I have a fantasy
that Colby is our child.
I mean, yours and mine alone.
Do you ever have that fantasy?
Liza: It was right there.
Why didn't I see it?
Winifred, I told you I didn't
want to see anybody.
Dixie: Oh.
Not even your beautiful baby
girl?
Hey.
Liza: Come here.
Dixie: Look, here's mom.
Liza: Hello.
Tad: This is patently
ridiculous.
We're about to go to tape
with Erica Kane.
You can't cancel me.
Leslie: I didn't.
But you are, effective
immediately.
"The Cutting Edge" is off
the air.
Erica: There is obviously
some mistake.
We're about to tape a show here.
Tad, why don't you call
security.
Tad: Yeah, absolutely.
You know, I might only be
the talent, but I can still add.
Datcom only owns 40% of WRCW,
which means Duffield -- whatever
the hell his name is -- cannot
call the shots even
if he wants to.
This station is still owned
by Liza Colby.
Leslie: Quick math lesson.
Liza owned 80%.
Datcom bought 40%, and
the other 20% was owned
by another interest.
Those outstanding shares were
recently acquired by Datcom.
Simple addition tells the story.
You lose.
Tad: Who owned the other 20%?
Leslie: All I can tell you is
that the shares were bought
by Datcom, and Mr. Duffield is
now in control.
Tad: I can't believe that
some nerd is sitting in Silicon
Valley, is getting his chuckles
by canceling my show.
Leslie: I'm not privy
to Mr. Duffield's plans,
but I was made aware that
"The Cutting Edge" does not fit
into his vision of WRCW.
There is some good news.
Tad: Which is?
Leslie: Well, he plans
to spin off "The Cutting Edge"
style segment into a full-length
program.
Tad: Hayley's getting her own
show?
Leslie: Something about star
quality.
Hayley: Do me a favor,
will you?
Sit out next Halloween.
It's definitely not
your holiday.
Ryan: Hayley.
Hayley: Hi, there.
How are you feeling?
Ryan: Gillian.
Alex: Hey.
David is the last person
you want to be Gillian's doctor.
Edmund: I want what's best
for Gillian.
David: Which would mean
surgery.
Alex: No.
She's lost too much blood
for that.
It's too soon for her to have
another surgery.
David: Once we get
her on the pump, we'll be able
to give her more blood and up
her volume while we're at it.
I'll fix her valve as soon
as we can get her on bypass.
Alex: In my opinion, I think
you are rushing into a procedure
that is usually a last resort.
Why can't you give the meds
a chance to work?
David: All the dioxin
in the world is not going
to correct this situation, Alex.
The longer you delay surgery,
the weaker her heart gets.
Alex: Oh, it's just
so typical, isn't it?
You're barging into cut before
someone is even stable enough.
David: Edmund, I'm going
to bottom-line this one more
time for you, ok?
Your cousin needs surgery.
I'm the best, and you know it.
Alex: We're talking about
Gillian here, not your ego.
Edmund: All right,
that's enough, both of you!
I'm going to decide what is best
for Gillian, and you will both
accept it.
Tad: It's impossible.
The Liza Colby I know wouldn't
let this happen.
Erica: You're exactly
right, Tad.
Liza Colby may not be anybody's
favorite person, but she's
a very smart businesswoman.
As a CEO. Myself, I know very
well that Liza would never give
up control of her own company.
Leslie: She has.
Tad: Ok.
Let's say for a moment that what
you're telling us is true.
Then why isn't she here?
The Liza I know would not farm
out her dirty work to some peon.
As a matter of fact, how come
I haven't been able to get
in touch with her all morning?
I even sent Scott out to look
for her.
Now he's vanished.
Matter of fact, don't do
anything.
Just stay right here.
I'm going to get to the bottom
of this.
Erica: Well, you certainly
seem to enjoy your work.
Leslie: Yes, I do.
Erica: All this hustling
on behalf of large corporate
interests keeps you busy.
Leslie: It does.
But I'm ambitious like you.
Erica: You're nothing
like me.
And I guess you're too busy
to really do the legal work
for my charitable foundation.
Leslie: I'm an excellent
lawyer.
You've never had any complaints
about my work -- until recently.
Erica: Well, now that I see
you in action, I don't like
your style.
Leslie: Or maybe you don't
like my history with David
Hayward.
Erica: What history would
that be?
You don't have a history
with David Hayward.
Leslie: Call me when
he dumps you.
We'll dish over drinks.
You know, David may not have
a long attention span,
but he sure can be a good time.
Eric oh, he's got a great
attention span.
You're nothing like me,
as I said.
You couldn't keep his interest.
Tad, hi.
There you are.
Did you reach Liza?
Tad: No.
But I did find Scott.
Apparently he just called
in from the hospital.
Gillian and Ryan have been
in some kind of car accident.
Erica: Are you kidding?
I don't believe it.
Well, what about Edmund?
Does Edmund know?
David: Let me do this,
Edmund.
Edmund: What exactly is "this"?
David: All right.
All I need to do is make
an incision between her ribs
to get to her heart.
We'll put her on a machine that
will do the work of both
her heart and her lungs.
Then I'll work into her chamber
and I'll fix the valve.
Her heart will function properly
again.
That's all.
Edmund: Medications can't do
this?
Alex: Yes, if her --
David: No. No!
It can't.
We should be able to extubate
her fairly quickly.
She won't even know what
happened, Edmund.
She'll be back in the
ICU before you even know it.
Edmund: What about the risk
factor?
David: Slim if I do it.
Greater if you wait.
Alex: Oh, you make your own
statistics, don't you?
David: You're the only one
who can authorize me to do this,
Edmund.
Go with your gut.
Edmund: Let's do it.
David: Great.
We've wasted enough time
already.
Let's go fill out the forms
so I can get started.
Edmund: Alex, you coming?
Alex: No.
Going to go over Gillian's
history again.
Ryan: Gillian -- is she ok?
Hayley: She's here.
She's in the hospital.
Ryan: How bad is she?
Hayley: You're the one
who's bad.
I thought you stood me up
or something.
Ryan: What happened?
Hayley: You don't remember
anything?
Ryan: It's hazy.
Hayley: I was waiting
for you at BJ'S, and
you didn't call and you didn't
show up, and I was worried.
And then Axel called me and told
me that you were here.
And I was scared to death.
Ryan: How long have
I been out?
Hayley: Since Halloween
night.
Do you remember anything?
Ryan: Mateo.
Ryan: It's going to blow.
Mateo, help.
Help me.
It's going to blow.
I can't get out.
God.
I'm stuck.
Adrian: Hey, what do you say
we go down to the batting cage
and knock a few out
of the park, huh?
Mateo: I'm a little backed up
today, man.
I got to stay here and work.
Adrian: Man, you look like
hell.
What's going on?
Mateo: There was a car
accident -- Ryan, Gillian.
Adrian: Oh, yeah.
I heard about that.
It was on the radio this
morning.
Mateo: Yeah, I was there.
I was outside the accident.
Adrian: What, were
you with them?
Mateo: No, I found them.
Adrian: You played hero?
Mateo: Not even close.
[Telephone rings]
Dixie: Do you want me to get
that?
Liza: Oh, I'm just going
to lay low today.
I'll check my messages later.
Marian: Liza, darling --
oh, I'm sorry.
Hi, Dixie.
Dixie: Hi.
Marian: Winifred said you've
been holed up in your room.
Are you ill, darling?
Liza: I just want to be alone
today.
Marian: Well, I just
thought --
Liza: I just want to be alone
today.
Dixie: I'd better go.
You know, I'm supposed to meet
Tad at the station for lunch
later.
I guess I'll see you there, huh?
Liza: Maybe.
Dixie: Ok.
Well, bye, Colby.
You can loan her to any time.
Look at that face.
Got such a serious face.
It looks like Jake.
Ok.
See you soon.
Marian: Bye, Dixie.
Liza: Come here, pumpkin.
I need hugs.
Marian: Liza, I know just
the way to get you out
of your mood.
It's such a glorious day
outside.
I planned a picnic, and I put
together an enormous amount
of food for Stuart and myself.
I thought you could pack up
Colby and grab --
Liza: Not today, mother.
Please.
Marian: Liza, what's wrong?
Liza: I'm just a little
nauseous.
I just want some peace
and quiet.
Marian: Oh, my God.
Oh, God.
It's morning sickness, isn't it?
That's what it is.
Oh, Liza.
You're going to have a baby
with Adam.
I am so ecstatic.
I know how much you've always
wanted to have Adam's child.
Liza: I have Adam's child.
Marian: No, I mean
his biological child.
Liza: Colby. With Adam.
Marian: Colby's Jake's child.
Liza: No.
Adam got me pregnant, mother.
He switched the sperm
at the lab.
Colby is his daughter.
Erica: Look, Peggy says that
Edmund is at the hospital,
so I'm going to go there and be
with him.
I don't want him to be alone.
Tad: I understand.
Erica: And please know that
after this ridiculous mess is
straightened out, I'm going
to reschedule my interview.
Tad: Sure.
Erica: Ok.
Leslie: Don't hold
your breath.
Erica: Oh, you're fired.
You were just a charity case
anyway.
Tad: You know, she's right.
Call it a hunch, but I'm
guessing that philanthropic work
isn't exactly your forte.
Leslie: I can be giving.
Here's some advice.
Clear out now.
Make it easy on yourself.
Tad: Forget it, Leslie.
I'm not going anywhere till
I talk to Liza first.
Leslie: I'm just
the messenger.
But if you don't get going,
the locks are being changed.
It's only going to get uglier.
Tad: I doubt it.
Tell me something.
You ever rip the heads off
your dolls when you were a kid?
Leslie: I never wasted time
on dolls.
I have something for you.
Tad: Yeah, I got something
for you, too.
Leslie: Official notification
of the cancellation
of your contract and an order
to vacate the premises.
[Leslie drops a file]
Leslie: Don't touch those.
Tad: Why? What you got there?
State secrets?
Leslie: Never mind.
You better get packing.
Dixie: Hey, baby.
Ooh, bad day?
Tad: Yeah, I guess you could
say that.
"The Cutting Edge" was just
canceled.
Marian: That's why Adam was
so touchy about Jake always
being acknowledged as Colby's
father.
Liza: Jake.
Mother, he had zero thought --
no thought at all to how this
was going to affect everybody's
lives, including his own
daughter.
Marian: That's never stopped
him before, Liza.
Liza: Mother, I went
into this marriage.
I went into it with open eyes.
[Colby fusses]
Liza: I did.
Oh, baby.
I knew what Adam was all about,
and I believed that he was
a changed man.
But he used me.
He used me like he uses
everybody else.
He did not treat me like a wife.
He treated me like a master
plan.
I mean, how could I be so blind?
Marian: Liza, stop it right
there.
I'll not have you blame yourself
for this.
Adam fooled all of us, Liza.
Liza: He's delusional.
I mean, he thought that he could
buy a fertility clinic, and that
somehow that that would equal
an expression of love.
He did.
He violated my privacy.
He violated my respect.
He violated everything that was
precious to me.
I told him it was like rape.
Marian: Oh, Liza.
Liza: Mother, it was all
a lie --
the love and the marriage.
Marian: Well, you still have
Colby.
Liza: What kind of legacy
does she have?
It's supposed to be built
on love, mother.
It's built on a lie.
How can I make that up to her?
Marian: Oh, darling,
by loving her just like you do
right now.
And by keeping that horrible
monster away from her forever.
Liza: Now he is her
biological father.
Now he has rights.
Marian: Not yet he doesn't.
You're going to have to do
everything you can to never let
him harm your child again, Liza.
Adam: I love my daughter,
Barry.
I love my wife.
Barry: Well, I'm no marriage
counselor.
Liza's up to you.
But I may have some options
regarding Colby.
Adam: Such as?
Barry: Preemptive strike.
You establish your paternity
and parental rights ASAP.
It'll give you equal footing
where Colby's concerned.
Adam: And it will alienate
my wife for good.
No, that's not an option.
Barry: Do you want your wife
or your daughter?
Adam: I want them both,
damn it.
Come on.
What else do you have?
Barry: Nothing you're going
to like.
You have to remember,
you committed a six-pack
of crimes here.
You're at an extreme
disadvantage.
Liza could press charges on all
counts.
Best-case scenario -- you get
out of prison in time to see
Colby get her driver's license.
Adam: What about that judge?
The one who handled Max's
custody case?
Barry: Owen Charles.
Adam: Yes.
Barry: Yeah.
Adam: Yes.
He's a team player.
Maybe he'll come up
with something.
Barry: Not an option.
He's being investigated.
Adam: Oh, damn it!
I want my family intact.
Barry: Then I suggest you woo
your wife back.
You've done it before.
Adam: She wasn't accusing me
of rape before.
Barry: There is no legal cure
for this mess.
My advice --
win Liza over.
Adam: I did this
because I love her.
Why can't she see that?
Mateo: You should have seen
the car, man.
It was --
they had some power lines,
and the power lines were
sparking and there was gasoline
everywhere.
So, I mean, I knew the car was
going to blow up, and there was
Gillian, unconscious,
right in the middle of it.
Adrian: So what did you do?
Mateo: I moved her.
I know you're not supposed
to move people when they're
injured, but --
so I moved her, and it never
got --
I thought everything was going
to be ok.
And then I looked back
into the car and I saw Ryan.
He was like, just trapped,
and he was completely out of it.
You know what I did?
Adrian: What?
Mateo: Nothing.
Adrian, my mind was telling me
to leave him there,
let him die.
You know, nobody knew that I was
there.
My problems could have been
solved.
Adrian: Yeah.
Well, the way I heard it,
the car exploded.
Somebody pulled Ryan out
of there.
It was you, wasn't it?
Hayley: Ryan, Mateo wasn't
involved in the accident.
Ryan: Mateo was there.
Adrian: You pulled him
from that car.
Mateo: I stood there
and I stared at him.
And he stared back at me,
begging me to help him.
I didn't want to.
I didn't want to help him.
I mean, what's up with that?
What kind of person does that
make me?
Adrian: What do you mean,
"What's up with that"?
It was a dangerous situation.
It makes you human.
Mateo: Come on, man.
I didn't -- I didn't hesitate
because I was afraid
of the danger.
I hesitated because I wanted him
dead.
I didn't want him to live.
Adrian: Mateo, hold it.
Wait a minute.
That's not in you.
You know that, and I know that.
So the thought popped
in your head.
But you tossed it.
You did the right thing,
and that's what counts.
Mateo: You know, I had
to walk away to grab a branch
to move the wires, and --
Adrian: Yeah?
Mateo: I thought about just
leaving.
Adrian: But you didn't.
Mateo: I was this close, man.
Adrian: Yeah, but you didn't
because even when you were
walking away you had already
decided that you were going
to save his life.
Face it, Mateo.
You're a good guy.
You could have blown up saving
Ryan's life.
Mateo: It wasn't like
that, man.
It was --
Adrian: Oh, no?
Why don't you take a step back
and get some more perspective
on this.
You could have blown up.
You could have died saving
a man's life that you claim
to hate.
You got the goods, babe.
Ryan knows it.
Now so does Hayley.
Mateo: No, she doesn't.
Nobody does.
Ryan: I saw Mateo.
Hayley: At the accident?
He was there?
Ryan: Yes.
Hayley: What did he do?
Ryan: Mateo --
Leslie: Good day, gentlemen.
Barry: What do you want?
Leslie: How about champagne?
Barry: Adam's not
in a celebrating mood.
Leslie: Well, you will be.
"The Cutting Edge" is off
the air, Tad Martin is
on the street.
He didn't know what hit him.
Adam: What the hell have
you done?
Leslie: Well, exactly what
you instructed.
Adam: But I didn't tell
you to go off halfcocked!
Leslie: Hardly.
Adam: Why didn't you call me
first?
Leslie: That was never part
our arrangement.
I mean, your orders were clear.
You wanted controlling interest
in WRCW, you wanted Tad's show
canceled and Tad fired.
I thought you'd be thanking me.
Adam: Aah!
Your timing is horrible.
Barry: This -- we're putting
out another fire.
Adam: That's enough out
of you.
Leslie: Do you want me
to rescind the order?
Adam: No.
No, no, no.
Don't do that.
If I do that, it'll be obvious
that I'm involved.
There's no way that Tad Martin
can know I'm behind this.
Is that completely clear?
Dixie: Well, honey, we've got
to get "The Cutting Edge" back
on the air.
Tad: Well, sweetheart,
I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't think we have
a whole hell of a lot to say
about it.
Dixie: Well, what about Liza?
I mean, have you talked to her?
Tad: That's what's so weird.
It's like she's pulled this
vanishing act all of a sudden.
She doesn't come in all day,
we've been looking all over town
for her, and her message machine
picks up at the house.
Dixie: You know, I just
saw her.
I dropped off Colby
at her house.
And she was all holed up
in her bedroom.
She was acting pretty strange.
Tad: Are you telling me Liza
has been home this entire time,
after all the messages
I left her?
There's something going on here.
This is wrong.
When this guy Duffield bought
into the station, she assured me
that he was going to be a silent
partner.
So now all of a sudden he's
calling all the shots?
Dixie: Ok.
Why would a computer guy
from across the country have it
in for you?
Tad: I don't know.
It can't be financial.
I mean, the show is a hit.
It's a bull's-eye with
the target demographics.
Dixie: What about
professional?
I mean, did you do something?
Did you have an expose
on this guy?
Tad: No, no.
I've never heard the guy's name
before or of his company.
Now I'm sorry I have.
One thing's for sure -- whatever
I did to him, I made him angry.
Dixie: Maybe it's somebody
he's connected to.
Tad: What?
Dixie: Isn't there somebody
in town that you've really been
getting peeved lately?
Tad and Dixie: Adam!
Hayley: Ryan, do you remember
any more about the accident?
Ryan: We were driving fast.
Too fast.
Ryan: I was trapped
in the car.
Hayley: You were -- Gillian
was driving too fast, and then
you crashed and you were trapped
in the car?
Ryan: Mateo.
Help, help --
Hayley: He helped you?
Ryan: Help me.
It's going to blow.
I can't get out.
God.
I'm stuck.
Ryan: Mateo.
Come back.
Mateo?
Mateo?
Come back.
Come back.
Hayley: Mateo left you?
Alex: Oh.
Edmund: Still here.
Alex: Yeah.
Well, I'm just leaving,
actually.
Did you get the forms signed?
Edmund: Yeah.
Alex: David talks a good
game.
His methods aren't without
merit, though.
If Gillian were conscious,
that would be the last person
she would choose to be
her doctor.
Edmund: Alex, I don't like
him either.
But we're talking about
her life, so I'm willing to put
my personal feelings aside
if it'll save hers.
Alex: You're trusting a man
who has already degraded
her so badly.
I think it's wrong for David
to operate on Gillian.
It's not fair to her.
Edmund: Ok.
I don't want to discuss it
anymore.
Alex: Ok.
Edmund: I know how you feel.
But I think David is Gillian's
best chance.
Tad: Doesn't make sense.
I mean, even if it does have
Adam's fingerprints all over it,
I know Liza.
She wouldn't go along with it.
Dixie: Well, you know,
she was acting kind of strange
this morning, ok?
Maybe living with Adam has
rubbed off on her a little bit?
Tad: Oh, come on,
what's your point?
Deceit is contagious?
That's ridiculous.
I mean, you were immune.
Dixie: Ok, all right.
Maybe, you know, she was totally
against it but had no choice.
I mean, you know how Adam is.
And what has he been acting like
lately?
He thinks you're stealing
his son.
Tad: So he's going to steal
my show to get even.
Dixie: I mean, he's never
been the turn-the-other-cheek
type.
Tad: Wait a minute.
The hospital.
The Halloween party.
He used the exact words that
were in that fax from Duffield
to Liza -- something about
Hayley putting the edge back
in "The Cutting Edge."
And Leslie Coulson just told me
they're thinking of spinning
that segment off into its own
show.
Dixie: Well, that's daddy
protecting his little girl.
Tad: Ok.
Pretty soon daddy's going to be
busy protecting himself.
Dixie: What?
What are you thinking?
You've got that twinkle
in your eye.
What's on your mind?
Tad: Proof.
I get any proof, I've got Adam.
Liza: Dixie says Colby looks
like Jake.
I wish she did.
Marian: Yeah, well, she still
has his name, Liza.
And that's the way we're going
to keep it --
forever, if possible,
because as far as I'm concerned,
Jake is Colby's father
and he always will be.
We're just going to have to move
things along a little.
Liza: Mother, you have
a plan?
Marian: Yes, I have a plan,
darling.
And I want you to promise me one
thing -- you're not going
to talk to anybody about this.
Liza: What about Jake?
Marian: Especially Jake.
Liza: Mother, I can't lie
to him.
Not after everything that's
happened.
Marian: You're not lying,
darling.
We're just going to formulate
a plan that's going to benefit
everyone and hit Adam where
it'll hurt him the most.
Liza: But mother, just to go
forward -- I mean, the next
step --
Marian: Darling, I want
you to make Adam think that he's
getting you back, that he's
really succeeding.
Liza: Mother, I want
a divorce.
I want a warrant.
Marian: Honey, hear me out.
Adam wants you so badly,
darling, he'd do anything to get
you back.
Make him think he's winning.
Just stroke his ego.
Liza: And in the meantime,
what?
Marian: Well, while he's
planning the second honeymoon,
you're going to be finalizing
your divorce papers.
And -- wham -- before Adam least
expects it, you and Colby are
going to be out of his life
forever.
Liza: Mother, he has rights
to Colby, divorce or not.
Marian: No, darling,
because now you're going to pull
out the big guns.
You see, Adam has committed
at least 10 felonies,
darling, juicy enough to keep
him in prison for many years
to come.
Liza: Prison.
Mother -- in prison with numbers
on his chest?
Please.
Marian: I'm serious, darling.
Threaten him with prison.
Because behind those custom-made
suits and silk ties beats
the heart of a coward.
He's going to be so busy trying
to cover his behind, he won't
have time to think about
you and Colby.
Liza: You know, Mom, I think
you could out-Adam Adam.
Marian: Well, sometimes
I have my moments.
Liza: I love you, mom.
Marian: I love you, too.
Nobody messes with my girls.
Nobody.
Liza: You hear that?
Your Mimi is a force to be
reckoned with.
Yeah.
Marian: Well, whatever
your paternity is, you are still
a Colby woman.
And nobody messes around
with the Colby women and gets
away with it.
Damn right.
Mateo: What are you doing
here?
Hayley: I know you were
there.
Erica: Edmund, Tad told me
about Gillian.
How is she?
Edmund: There's a problem
with her heart.
And Hayward's going to operate.
She's being prepped.
Erica: That's great.
Is there anything I can do?
Edmund: Yeah.
You can pray.
If you'll excuse me, ok?
Erica: Of course.
Alex: Hi, Erica.
Erica: Alex, what did
you mean by saying you didn't
think it was fair for David
to operate on Gillian?
I mean, if anyone can save her,
it's David.
Alex: Oh, I'm sorry.
That was a private conversation.
Erica: You hate David so much
that you would -- you would not
allow Gillian to have the best
doctor in the country just
because of some petty little
grudge?
Alex: David doesn't give
a damn about her.
And considering their history,
he shouldn't be her doctor.
Erica: I don't know how
you can say that.
Alex: If it were my decision,
I wouldn't allow him anywhere
near her, not after the way he's
treated her.
Erica: What are you talking
about?
What do you possibly imagine
that David did that was
so terrible?
Alex: I don't want to get
into this.
Erica: Oh, don't be coy.
What did David do to hurt
Gillian?
Alex: He forced her to have
sex with him.
Erica: Are you accusing David
of rape?
Dixie: Honey, Adam is really,
really good at covering himself,
especially when he's done
something illegal.
And we don't know how far Liza's
involved.
Getting proof might be a little
difficult.
Tad: Not if we can get
to Leslie Coulson.
When she was here, she left me
that file, something about
an eviction notice.
She dropped another one.
I bent down to pick it up,
she gets all squirrely.
I'll bet you anything I get
my hands on that file, I'll get
some answers.
Dixie: How are you planning
on doing that, oh great Martini?
Tad: Reinforcements.
Tad: Adrian, it's
your brother.
Listen, I got a job,
requires your special skills.
You interested?
No, not tango lessons.
Something a little more
interesting.
What do you say?
Good.
I'll see you soon.
[Marian listens to Barry and Adam]
Barry: Too bad Ms. Coulson
had to take off.
She's been a real asset.
Adam: Could we concentrate
on the present crisis, please?
Liza is probably on the phone
right now calling a lawyer.
Barry: Or a hit man huh?
Adam: You find this amusing,
Barry?
Perhaps you could find me
a solution.
Barry: You know, the timing
of the WRCW scheme may be a help
with Liza.
Adam: This had better be
good.
Barry: She'll be so busy
dealing with the fallout
at the station, she won't be
able to focus solely
on the Colby issue.
That gives you a jump
on the situation.
Adam: Are you positive that
Tad Martin can't trace the sale
of those shares?
Barry: They're buried so deep
in that portfolio I sold
for Stuart, no way they'll be
traced.
Man, I'd love to see Marian's
face if she knew she'd helped
you take over WRCW and oust Tad.
Adam: The timing is
a disaster.
The coincidence.
Barry: It might alert Liza,
yeah.
Unlike that dim bulb of a mother
of hers, Liza's smart.
Wouldn't long for her to see
that you're the culprit.
Adam: All right.
All right, you win.
Start establishing my
paternity -- quietly.
I have to be ready for whatever
Liza throws at me.
Barry: Getting you legally
declared Colby's biological
father is mostly a matter
of a DNA. Test and paperwork.
But if Liza presses charges,
jail time is inevitable.
And even if you're legally
acknowledged as Colby's father,
there's no guarantee what sort
of custody agreement we'll get,
if any.
Adam: Jail time?
And if I get custody?
Barry: Yes.
Adam: No.
I will not be separated
from my daughter, Barry.
Barry: You don't have a lot
of choices, Adam.
Think about it.
I'll call you tomorrow.
Adam: Yeah, it's Adam
Chandler.
Have my jet prepped immediately.
Me and my daughter.
I'll give you the flight plan
when I get there.
No, I don't know when we'll be
back.
[Adam turns around to find Marian standing over him]