Melrose Place (1992–1999): Season 3, Episode 9 - Dr. Jekyll Saves His Hide - full transcript

♪ ♪

You at least planning
on saying goodbye?

Hi.

I didn't want to wake you.

Want some coffee or something?

No.

I've got a million
things to do today.

But thanks, for everything.

I really appreciate it.

Sydney, what's wrong?

Nothing, really.



It was wonderful.

I'll see you at Shooters.

♪ ♪

Ugh. Great.

Good morning.

You little bitch.

It all makes perfect sense now.

You get Jake to do your
dirty work for you,

and you pay him back in
your own unique fashion.

That's a lie.

I'm just trying to protect
you from the creep

you think is in love with you.

You know, you are unbelievable.

First you try to destroy
my relationship with Chris



using your sick, twisted lies,

and now you've sucked Jake into
your psychotic little web.

You know, leave
Jake out of this.

He's the only decent
man I've ever met.

You know, just wait, Jane.

You'll find out the
truth about Chris,

and I hope that it's
only after you've put your

tender little heart into
his slimy little hands.

Because you know what,
he's going to squish it.

Then he's gonna stomp
it into the ground,

and it's gonna hurt, like nothing
you've ever felt before.

♪ ♪

It really is better
this way, Alison.

I can stay with my
aunt in Newport Beach

until I find my own apartment.
Susan...

And being this far
away will give me a

good excuse to stop seeing Billy
without hurting his feelings.

Susan, I... Look, Alison,
maybe I was fooling myself,

but I had no idea it would
cause this much pain,

and, our friendship means
too much to me to do that.

Susan, would you
please just stop

and listen to me?

I said some terrible
things last night.

I had a little
bit too much to drink,

and I was angry about
a lot of things,

none of them really your fault.

Our friendship means the
world to me, too,

and I really need it right now.

Please don't move out.

Do you still love him, Alison?

Um...

Billy and I started
out as friends.

Best friends, and...
I still love him that way,

I don't think that's
ever gonna change.

But I just
couldn't say to myself,

"This is the man I want to spend

the rest of my life with."

I do know that I can't
come between him

and anyone he wants to see.

Even you.

Well, heh, that was
an honest answer

to a nosy question.

Thank you.

Besides, you'll find
that he makes a great

first impression, but,

scratch the surface and he'll

very quickly get on your nerves.

What do you mean?

Well, he can be selfish,

and demanding at times.

Let's just say he requires
a lot more care and feeding

than you might realize.

But you'll have to
find that out on your own.

Otherwise you'll always blame
me for what might have been.

Okay, well, I'll unpack.

You go to work.

And, Alison... no more sneaking
around about Billy, I promise.

Everything will be
out in the open.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Amanda, hi, uh,
can I see you a minute?

Michael, what in the world
are you doing here?

Um, I'll get right to the point.

I've lost my job.

You see, I was supposed
to be on call

last, uh, weekend.

Uh, but Kim and I
got kind of impulsive

and went to Las Vegas
and got married.

Congratulations, I suppose.

So, what does any of
this have to do with me?

Well, I know you've been hot and
heavy with Dr. Burns these days,

and I was, um, I was wondering

if you might talk to him for me.

Help get me back on staff.

Wait a minute, Michael.

I don't know what you've
heard about Dr. Burns and me,

but I can assure you, it's
greatly exaggerated.

I have no influence
over him at all.

Well, Amanda, you and I

both know that you could
get a Tibetan monk

to strip naked and
dance the hootchie-cootchie

if you wanted to bad enough...

Or if there was
something in it for you.

All right.

Let's pretend I could persuade
Dr. Burns to reconsider.

Would it be worth,
say, your half-interest

in Mancini Designs?

Are you out of your mind?

I ask for a friendly favor,

and you want take me
for all I'm worth.

That's the deal on
the table, Michael.

Right now that business is
barely breaking even.

It certainly isn't gonna
pay your bills anytime soon.

If you want to sleep
on it, fine.

Meanwhile, I've got work to do.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Another Coke, please?

Sydney.

In a sec, Jake, I have four
tables that just sat down.

You just went on break.

What's going on? That's
what I'd like to know.

You've been playing
this cold and aloof

with me all morning.

Look, I made a mistake.

A big one.

I'm on probation, and I
really need this job.

I just slept with the boss,

which is the quickest way out
the door I can think of.

Please don't misunderstand me.

I really appreciate you
standing up for me,

but I wish we could
just leave it at that.

Pretend that last night
never happened.

Be better for both of us.

Well, this is a surprise.

Hello, Amanda.

I can't tell you how impressed
I am with your new line.

When this hits the stores,

sales are gonna go
through the roof.

Thank you, I hope you're right.

Oh, I know I am.

It's a pity that Michael's

gonna be sharing
in all those profits

without lifting a finger.

Please, don't remind me.

Amanda, what can I do for you?

What would it be
worth to get Michael

out of this business, out
of your hair for good?

Amanda, you're the
one who got him into

this business in the
first place,

so forgive me if I
don't jump at the chance

at another one of your
bright ideas.

If you recall, my intervention

saved this company
from bankruptcy.

Forgive me if Michael was your

only solution at the time.

Sorry.

You're right, go on.

I see a way to get
him out for good.

If I'm able to get
Michael to sign over

his share of Mancini
Designs back over to you,

what would be in it for me?

Well, if you could
somehow pull that off,

I'd be willing to split
his share with you.

Well, that seems
more than generous.

Not really; After what he's
done to me lately,

I'd be willing to sell my soul,

even to you, Amanda, just
to get rid of him.

So give it your best shot.

Okay.

It smells good.

Yeah, well, wait till
you taste it.

So, I'm glad you could make it

at such short notice.

Thought I was gonna be
rewriting copy tonight.

Yeah, I'm glad it
worked out, too.

Especially now
that we can stop lying

to spare Alison's feelings.

I... I didn't feel
comfortable with that at all.

Yeah, I didn't either.

Certainly made it more difficult

to figure out how I feel.

I mean, about you.

So what'd you figure out?

Well...

That...

Well, you're...
I mean, we're, you know.

Yeah, I do.

So give me your expert opinion.

Wow.

It just needs a little tweaking.

First of all, we need some
very special ingredients.

Hm.

Mmhm.

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Mmm.

Beats the hell out of Mom's.

♪ ♪

Hi.

How was your day?

Oh, you don't want to know.

I'm heading for the
tub to soak my troubles

away for two hours,
then sleep for 12.

Sounds like a plan.

A heavy date with mushu
pork and Barbara Stanwyck.

Then I think I'll do the same.
Enjoy.

Good night, Jane. Good night.

You didn't like my food.
I did, too, I did, too.

Your mother just obviously did
not go to school in Paris.

Yeah, Papa tells you right now,

if you don't eat my food next
time, you're a dead man.

I don't think you can
cook next time.

What are you talking about?

♪ ♪

Cheers.

♪ ♪

Jeffrey?

Matt.

God, what a surprise.

Jeffrey, what
are you doing here?

Shooting some hoops.

No, I mean in LA,

I thought you were
overseas somewhere.

I, uh, I resigned my commission.

I'm just a
civilian like you now.

Well, how long you been in town?

A couple of months.

Couple months, huh?

How come you didn't call?

I just, you know, I mean, I just
needed a little time to get settled.

Last time I heard from you
was about six months ago,

a postcard from Guam, I think.

Oh, man, the worst
place on the planet.

They got tarantulas there
the size of Volkswagens.

Matt, after I came out
I became a pariah.

I mean, they
just kept sending me

from one lousy station
to the next.

I really started
to feel the heat.

I got scared.

Finally, I resigned
three months ago.

I'm sorry, Jeffrey.

I thought about you a lot, I...

I wondered what
happened, I mean,

why I didn't hear from you.

That's the scoop.

Yeah, but all this time in LA,

and not even a phone
call, just to say hi?

I mean, maybe I was fooling
myself, I just...

I thought we had something
special going before.

I just needed a little time

to get my life together
on my own first.

I mean, I was planning
on calling you, I swear,

I just...

Look, let me make it up to you.

How about dinner tomorrow night?

Come on.

Sure.

Come here.

It's really good to see you.

Yeah, you, too.

♪ ♪

He should hear about
our petition

for a continuance
today or tomorrow.

The longer we can put this
off, the better for us.

Meanwhile, we have to
start planning a strategy

in case the trial goes forward.

Well, where do we start?

Well, we can build a
pretty solid case

based on character witnesses.

You should start getting
a list together...

Friends, family, people who would
be willing to go up on the stand

and vouch for your
competence as a parent.

Well, most of my friends
live in my building.

Good, that means
they see you regularly.

Do any of them have children?

No.

It's a very, uh, eclectic
group of singles.

It's gonna be all right, Jo.

We're gonna fight for
that baby of yours.

Just hang tough for me, okay?

Then give him a gentle reminder

of just how much of his business.

DD is responsible for.

I know that, Harry, but the man
has the brains of a chicken.

Yoo-hoo!

Sweet-talk him the right
way and he'll roll over.

Trust me.

Fine, just call me
when it's done.

So.

Have you decided
to accept my offer?

Well, Amanda, I've done
a lot of thinking.

What I need is my job back.

Nothing is more important to me

than my medical career, and
without Burns on my side, well,

I can basically
kiss that goodbye.

Mancini Designs was a lark,

and, uh, really never
mine in the first place.

So if you can get
me my job back,

it's yours, lock,
stock, and barrel.

Michael, you've made
the right decision.

Now, how do I
know you can deliver?

What makes you think you can
just snap your fingers

and Burns will rehire me?

That's my problem, isn't it?

As you said, I
usually get what I want.

Peter Burns happens to be a
particularly easy target

due to his infatuation with me.

I guarantee I can get him
to do anything I want.

Even something as
unthinkable as rehiring you.

Oh, and I'm
just curious, though.

Uh, what's in this for you?

Don't worry about me, Michael.

I've already arranged for
an overly generous cut.

Really?

What can I say?

When God was passing out
business sense,

Jane was still
at the back of the line

getting her nails done.

So... do we have a deal?

Oh, Amanda, we have a deal.

And, um, do me a favor.

Make him beg for it.

Heh.

I always do.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Jane, the latest order sheets.

You really are doing quite well.

My bosses are saying
if this keeps up,

we could expand the line
as early as next quarter.

Really? Oh, that is great!

Mmm!

I owe this all to you.

You know, Jane, something's
been bothering me.

I've felt badly that somehow
my relationship with you

has driven a wedge between
you and your friends.

I'd like to try starting again,

maybe a clean slate
with Jake and Sydney.

Oh, Chris, I don't know, it...

No, please.

This has all been a
terrible misunderstanding.

Why don't you and I go down
to Shooters tonight and, uh,

try and make amends.

It would mean a lot to me.

You are too much.

How did I manage to meet
such a wonderful man?

I don't know.

Just lucky, I guess.

Mmhm.

Heads up, you two, and
pay attention.

Bruce has decided
to make an all-out run

at John Taylor, CEO
of Mersol Software.

We're throwing a cocktail
party tomorrow evening

to try a
full-court press on him.

Alison, you're in charge.

We need to line up a
caterer, a full bar service,

and lots of hors d'oeuvres.

How about using Susan?

Great idea.

That meal she cooked
at the bowl was amazing.

I don't have to tell you that this
is a critical evening for DD.

This account could make all

of our Christmas
stockings a lot fatter.

So, get cracking.

You don't mind, do you?

I mean, Susan
could use the exposure.

Heh, don't be ridiculous,
she's perfect for it.

Billy, don't
forget that Susan and I

have been friends for 10 years,

and still will
be long after your

little flirtation with
her is over and done.

♪ ♪

♪ When nothing's left ♪

♪ Except your bruise ♪

Oh, sure.

♪ ♪

I won't wait on him, Jake.

Just...
Just wait here.

♪ ♪

Jane, I don't think this
is a very good idea.

Why don't you
and Crocodile Dundee

just make your way over
to another bar.

Wait a minute, Jake,
we came here because...

Jake, we come here with
olive branch in hand.

There's been a
horrible misunderstanding,

which has led to all of this.

I would like to try to start
over again between us,

please, for Jane's sake?

Okay.

One drink.

For Jane's sake.

Thanks.

♪ ♪

You're letting them stay? They
said they wanted to make peace.

Look, I don't want to be the
belligerent one here, okay?

Just have Kathy take her table.

♪ ♪

I'll be back in a minute.

Men's room. Okay.

♪ ♪

Diddling the boss, I hear.

That's one way of staying
out of the nut house.

You bastard, stay away from me!

Do you hear me?!

Whoah!

Okay, that's it.

Get out, both of you.

Matt, wait a minute, that
girl's out of her mind.

I did absolutely nothing.

I don't give a damn,
get out of my place.

Fine.

How could you, Jake?

We only came here to make peace.

Get out.

She has you so fooled,
you have no idea

what a sick person
you're involved with.

Funny, I was just about to
say the same thing to you.

♪ ♪

Peter, I love this place.

I'd kill for the view.

Yeah, that's what sold me, too.

I had to gut
what was here before

and completely start
from scratch,

but the view made
it all worthwhile.

Would you care for an
after-dinner drink?

I'd love a brandy.

♪ ♪

Ah, very impressive.

You play, I assume?

I always have a game going.

Thanks. Watch this.

That's amazing.

But...

What?

You've gone and
exposed your rook.

Now you're gonna have to
sacrifice your rook

if you want to keep your queen.

You're absolutely right.

Here.

Your rook.

Where'd you learn how to play?

Taught myself.

Number one rule:

Always think at least
three moves ahead.

You know, I've been looking

for a chess partner
just like you.

I'm very tired
of playing by myself.

♪ ♪

Peter... Hm?

I've been meaning to ask
a little favor of you.

Yes?

It's about Michael Mancini.

♪ ♪

Mancini... Mancini.

Oh, right, he used to live
in your building.

Nasty piece of work, that one.

Just smart enough
to be dangerous,

but not smart enough
to be really clever.

Yes.

I'm doing some business
with his ex-wife,

and since you fired him,

he has been making life
for her a living hell.

And, if it wouldn't
cause you too much trouble,

I was just wondering if
you could somehow...

give him another chance.

It would make my dealings
with Jane a whole lot easier.

And he isa good doctor,
I know that for a fact.

Why do I get the feeling
that there's more to this

than your desire to
help Mrs. Mancini?

Maybe there is,

but can I just say I
have reasons of my own?

Yes, you can.

And you're right, he is
a very good doctor.

All right.

For you, Amanda,

I'll give him another chance.

Thank you...

Peter.

♪ ♪

Michael, what are
you doing here?

Baby, I'm back.

What do you mean?

You got your job back?

Yep, Burns called at home
this morning after you left.

He, um, practically begged
me to come back to work.

I don't believe you.

All right, so maybe
beg is a bit strong.

The point is you're married
to a man of worth once again.

Congratulations.

Mwah.

However did you do that?

Kimberly, you know a magician
never reveals his secrets.

Ohh.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I was wondering where you
disappeared to last night.

Uh, yeah, I hid out in my
apartment, unplugged the phone.

Had a lot of thinking to do.

Um, Jake, I really think it's
better for both of us if I quit.

I've caused a lot of
trouble around here,

and it's not fair to you.

No, Sydney, you're
not gonna quit.

That wouldn't be good
for either one of us.

You'd be violating
your probation,

and I, I'd be losing...
my best employee.

No, the best thing I could do

is get my probation officer

to let me move far away,

from here, from Jane,
from Chris, and from you.

Why would you want to do that?

Jane's gonna find out about
Chris sooner or later,

and she'll know we were right.

As far as me...

Jake...

Goodbye.

Thanks for everything.

Sydney.

Don't you understand that
I honestly care about you,

that I care about
our relationship?

What relationship, Jake?

One night together,
that's a relationship?

All right.

Let's start over, then.

How would you like to go
to dinner with me tonight?

Are you asking me out on a date?

Yeah, I'm asking
you out on a date.

Well, I'd love to, Mr. Hanson.

♪ ♪

It's all pretty
straightforward, Michael.

Just sign at the bottom, there.

You know, Amanda, I'm finding it

very difficult
to give all this up.

I've grown so attached
to the place.

Just sign the papers, Michael.

We had a deal.

No, no, no, I tried,
I really did.

I just love this
business too much.

Hell, it's even got
my name on it.

I don't know how I could even
have dreamed of giving it to you.

I told you he wouldn't do it.

Michael, I got
you your job back.

I could have it taken away
again just as easily.

Oh, I don't think so, Amanda.

♪ ♪

Peter Burns happens to be
a particularly easy target

due to his infatuation with me.

I guarantee I can get
him to do anything I want.

Now, um... you wouldn't
want lover-boy

to hear you say something
as crass as that, would you?

You conniving son of a bitch.

Oh, and Jane,
you're gonna love this.

♪ ♪

When God was passing
out business sense,

Jane was in the back
getting her nails done.

You're scum, Michael.

Well, you know, you play
hardball with me,

and I'm gonna knock it
out of the park every time.

Oh, and Amanda, you're gonna do
me a little favor from now on.

I want you to keep me abreast
of all the little tidbits

you pick up from
our friend the doctor,

anything about hospital
goings-on

that might help me
improve my position there.

Um, a weekly update will do.

Or...

Or Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater

gets a load of
what's on the tape.

Understood?

Jane.

Always good to see you.

And, um, I'll be
talking to you, Amanda.

♪ ♪

Jane, I'm sorry.

Get out.

♪ ♪

Amanda, I have to
hand it to you.

You've done a very
impressive sales job here.

You'll either have
me signing up with DD

or running screaming
from the room.

Well, I've locked all
the doors, John.

You won't get out alive.

Seriously, I hope you decide
to sign up with us.

I'm very excited
by the prospect.

So am I.

Actually, all I need
is some assurance

about the sliding
fee schedule I proposed.

Bruce seemed to dance
around that

the last couple of meetings.

If you believe in us, John,
we believe in you.

And I promise you,
we'll be able to lock in

the schedule you proposed.

Excellent.

Well, let me go and talk
to Richard and the boys,

and I think you'll
have a new client

by the end of the evening.

So if you'll excuse me.

Dr. Burns, it was a pleasure.
John.

Yes.

Congratulations,
I'm very impressed.

You put this whole thing
together in one day

and it looks like you
landed your boy on top of it.

You're absolutely brilliant.

Why, thank you, Doctor.

This was one of my better coups.

Another vodka,
please, straight up.

♪ ♪

Here you go. Oh, thank you.

♪ ♪

Hey there.

Party's going great.

Yeah...

except the food.

It's awful.

I think it's delicious.

So does everybody else.

Well, you are a bit prejudiced.

♪ ♪

I hope you're being
careful with her, Billy.

And what do you mean?

I wouldn't want
you to catch anything.

Back in college,

the frat boys used to call her.

Round Heels Susie.

Guess it only took

a little nudge to
get her on her back.

You're drunk.

Yeah?

Well, you're a
self-centered pig.

'Least in the morning
I'll be sober.

♪ ♪

I don't even want to
know what that was about.

Look, Alison has done a
great job with this party,

but she seems to have had
a bit too much to drink.

Why don't you take her home?

Alison's not my
responsibility anymore.

Maybe not as your fiancee,

but as your coworker,
she sure as hell is.

Please, take her home now.

♪ ♪

Excuse me a second.

Bruce, I was just
looking for you.

John... What the hell do
you think you're doing?

What?

Did you promise John Taylor

that we'd accept
his fee proposal?

Well, yes, if that's all it
took to close the deal.

You had no authority to
make that kind of a promise

without consulting me first.

What the hell are you
trying to pull here, Amanda?

I'm the general partner
in this company.

I will not have my position
usurped, deal or no deal.

I catch you making decisions
like that again behind my back,

you'll be out on
your ass so fast,

you won't know what hit you.

Is that clear?

Perfectly clear.

Bruce, I...
Yeah.

♪ ♪

Hey.

You okay?

Sorry you had to hear that.

I think I stepped
on someone's ego.

Let's get out of here, okay?

Okay.

♪ ♪

Alison, everything's
going great.

Says who?

The food is salty,
and the service sucks.

♪ ♪

Why are you doing this?

I'm not... I'm
not doing anything.

You are.

Do you have any
idea what your little

kissy-kissy spectacle
out there with Billy

could do to his
reputation around here?

You are about as good for him

as your cooking.

In other words, you stink.

♪ ♪

You obviously
turned him against me.

I just know he's out there

bad-mouthing me right now.

Look, Alison, I thought
we were starting fresh.

And I thought that you
could handle all of this,

but obviously you can't,

just like you can't
handle your liquor.

Bitch.

Alison, stop it!

What is wrong with you?

Hey!

Alison, stop it, now!

Knock it off, knock it off.

Knock it off, jeez.

♪ ♪

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna catch a
cab home, Billy, so...

give my regrets to our clients.

♪ ♪

Don't let it get you down.

The evening was an
unqualified success.

I may have made a little
tactical error

where you and I are concerned.

And what might that be?

It has to do
with Michael Mancini.

Let me guess.

Our little friend tricked you
into talking me

into rehiring him,
and now you regret it.

Was I that transparent?

Lucky guess on my part.

Well, he has a recording
of me saying some things

that might be misconstrued.

And now he's trying
to blackmail me

into getting
information out of you

regarding the hospital.

He's a piece of work, that one.

Do you hate me?

For not being truthful with you?

On the contrary,

I have a deep passion for liars.

But put Mancini
out of your mind.

I like him right where he is.

I can keep an eye on him.

I would like to talk
to you about DD.

DD?

What about it?

I was very impressed tonight.

The whole operation,
under your guidance,

is a powerhouse.

But that boss of yours, he
resents your initiative,

wants to rein you in too much.

Bruce does like to keep
close tabs on me,

sometimes suffocatingly so.

Yes.

We'll just have to find
a way around him.

Um...

what exactly are
you talking about?

A little power play

that would put you in
ultimate charge of DD,

with me as
your financial partner.

You are crazy if you
think you can steal.

DD away from Bruce.

He's too well insulated.

Everyone has their
vulnerable spot.

We just have to find it.

♪ ♪

So are you gonna
miss the sea, Jeff?

I live 10 minutes from it.

You know what I mean.

You know, I denied it for a
long time after you left,

but, uh, I fell in love with
you last year, Jeffrey, I...

That's why it hurt so much when

I stopped hearing from you.

Listen, Matt,
before we go any further,

I have to be completely
truthful with you,

'cause I feel the
same way about you.

And I never meant to hurt you

or make your life
more difficult, but...

Well, there's more to
why I left the Navy

than just pressure from my dad.

And more to why I didn't
call you right away.

What is it?

Jeffrey?

When I took my last
physical, they, uh...

you know, they ran all the
routine blood work...

including the test
for the AIDS virus.

You know, I, uh, tested
positive, Matt.

Oh, God, Jeffrey, um...

Listen, are you sure?

'Cause it's possible that they
can have false-positives.

Maybe... I took it a second time.

It's the same result.

It's really turned my life
upside down, you know?

I, uh...

I just didn't know
what to do, you know?

Or who to call.

You're the first person I told.

You think telling somebody
you're gay is difficult.

Let me tell you.

The truth is, I, uh...

Well, I didn't know if you'd
ever want to see me again.

And, uh, you know, it's okay.

No.

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I just... I just snapped, Susan.

I guess I wasn't as ready
for this as I thought.

I mean, you were right all
along about, um, about Billy.

Maybe, maybe the distance this
move is gonna put between us

will allow us to eventually
patch up our friendship,

'cause it really
is valuable to me.

I know you're gonna find
another apartment soon.

I already found one.

Good, good.

Um, please, drop me a note

and let me know your address

so I can forward your
mail and stuff.

No problem, I'll
send you a postcard.

I know you hate me
for what I did.

Alison, I don't hate you.

I feel sorry for you.

Will you at least let me
help you load up your car?

No, thanks.

Uh, the way out... the
way out is that way.

I know that.

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