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Friday, September 25, 2009 Henry receives the first payment from James' estate and Audrey wants him to sign it over to Ralph's "charity," so that he can invest it in Metro and it will come back to them. But Barbara doesn't believe James wanted to leave all of his money to Henry, so she's planning to contest the will. Henry tries to sweet-talk her into backing down, but she gets him to agree to split the money. Today’s episode was directed by Jennifer Pepperman and written by David A. Levinson.
Transcripts from TVMegasite Audrey: Finally! Henry: Oh, yeah. I got here as fast as I could. Audrey: Where have you been? Henry: Just a little shopping, if you must know. Audrey: Oh, shopping? Really? What did you get? What did you get? Let's see it. Henry: It's something personal, mother, okay? Audrey: Personal, huh? Henry: Look. Vienna told me that she would give me a night that I would never forget since she thinks that I am giving James' money to a real charity, and -- why am I telling you this? Audrey: Son, I think Vienna will absolutely love the bullfrog. Henry: How do you know about the bullfrog? Audrey: Never you mind. It's not important right now. What's important is we have something else to discuss. Guess what came today? The first installment. The payment from James' estate. Henry: Let me see that. Audrey: Okay. Listen, all you have to do is sign it over to children of adversity, and then Ralph will reinvest it into metro, and then voila! The money will all come to us! Henry: Come to me, mother. Come to me. Holy moly. That's a lot of zeros. Audrey: Come on. You want to count them together? Henry: No, I do not want to do that. I just -- let me sign this over to Ralph before I change my mind! Audrey: Okay. Good, good, good, good, good, good, good.
Audrey: You can stay bent out of shape and go ahead and contest the will. It's not gonna do you any good. Barbara: And why is that? Audrey: Because my son is not keeping any of the money. Barbara: Really? An attack of conscience? Henry: Something like that, Barbara. I've decided to give all the money to charity. Barbara: Is that your new nickname for your mommy? Audrey: Hey! Henry: Actually, it's a real charity, thank you very much. Barbara: Which one? Audrey: Children of adversity. Barbara: Never heard of it. Audrey: It's new. Henry: I thought it was the best way to make something good out of all the bad that James did in his life. Barbara: If you two think I'm going to buy this, you're more stupid than I thought. This is just another ploy to keep the Steinbeck fortune away from my son. Audrey: Well, you just go ahead and think whatever your little pea brain wants to think. Barbara: All right. I will look in to your so-called charity, and if I find anything that doesn't jibe, you two are going to be very sorry. Audrey: Oh, my god! Henry: Did you have to egg her on like that? Audrey: Well, oh -- okay, okay. We just cannot let her look in to Ralph's charity. Henry: I told you, this whole money laundering thing was a bad idea. Audrey: You just have to stop her. Henry: Right. Audrey: No, no, no. I'm serious. Henry: You expect me to stop Barbara Ryan? How am I supposed to do that? Audrey: By any means necessary. Henry: Uh, let's see. The last time I heard "by any means necessary," you asked me to kill James, and I refused, and we all know how that turned out. Audrey: Would you stop it? Stop being so dramatic. I do not want you to kill Barbara Ryan. Henry: What exactly do you expect me to do? Hmm? Audrey: Distract her. Henry: Distract her? When she's trying to get James' fortune from us? Mother, I am good, but I'm not that good. Audrey: Yeah, but you heard her. She said if she finds one teeny, tiny little reason to be suspicious of Ralph's charity, then we're curtains. We're dead. We don't get anything. Nada! Henry: Which brings us back to the question -- how are we supposed to stop her? Audrey: Henry. Henry: Yes? Audrey: You are so charming and sophisticated and so very handsome. You know how to hold a woman's attention when you need to. Henry: This is getting weird. Audrey: Oh, baby, just use what your mama gave you. Use it to make sure Barbara thinks it's a great idea for us to be keeping the money. Henry: By any means necessary? Audrey: Yes, yes, yes! Do it! Don't waste any time, because you know what? Barbara's on the war path. Go, go. Henry: You want me to do it now? Audrey: Yes, you bet I do! Come on! Eye on the prize! Focus, focus! Victory is ours! Go, go! Don't come back until it is!
Barbara: What are you doing here? Henry: I think we should talk. Barbara: I have nothing to say to you. I've made that position quite clear. Henry: Yeah, but you haven't heard my side of it, and I think if you did, we could work something out. Barbara: Come in. Henry: Thank you. Barbara: Is your lovely mother going to be joining us? Henry: No. It'll just be the two of us. Audrey tends to rub certain people the wrong way. Barbara: So you thought you'd be more successful on your own. Henry: I think we could work out some kind of mutually beneficial resolution. Barbara: I wouldn't hold your breath. Henry: Duly noted. Barbara: Okay, Henry. You have one shot with me. Make it good. Henry: Let me just ask you one question first, okay? Barbara: What? Henry: Why are you so against me giving this money to charity? Barbara: Because I don't believe that your charity is real. In fact -- Henry: What are you doing? Barbara: I'm gonna call my lawyer. I'm gonna have him look in to your children of adversity right now. Henry: You don't need to call your lawyer. You don't. Barbara: Afraid he's going to find out that your charitable organization is nothing but a big giant fraud? Henry: No, no. On the contrary. It is completely legit. It is a charity. It's just that that's not the reason that I'm here. Barbara: Why are you here, Henry? Henry: Because, Barbara, more than anything else, I want you on my side. Barbara: And why is that? Henry: I want you to let this money go the same way I have. Barbara: You want me to believe that you just kind of let millions of dollars go? Henry: Do you really want to saddle Paul with money that will do nothing but remind him of the father that he despised? Barbara: Paul earned it, unlike you, who met James at the end of his life and just sucked up to him for all you're worth. Or all he's worth, I should say. Henry: Wait a second. Now, do you think it's healthy for Paul and for you to profit off a man that made your life a living hell? Barbara: Why not? We lived through worse. Henry: Barbara, Barbara. James is dead, for good this time, and you don't have to live in his shadow anymore, and isn't that what you wanted? Let me give this money to charity. Let the last act of James Steinbeck stand for something good.
Barbara: Nice speech, Henry, but sorry. I'm not gonna give up without a fight. Henry: You can't win, Barbara. The money is legally mine, and you can contest it, but you're never gonna get it overturned. Barbara: Well, then, maybe we can come up with another alternative. Henry: Yeah? Like what? Barbara: A brotherly 50/50 split. You and Paul share equally in the inheritance. Henry: I can see how you might think that would work, but there's no point in dividing the money. Barbara: Why? Henry: Because Paul doesn't want it. He told me that. He told you that. Barbara: Paul can be convinced to set up a trust for his daughter, Eliza. Henry: You know, I don't know. Barbara: This is the only offer I'm making. Either take it or I call my lawyer and we start to contest the will. Henry: You're really gonna go through with this? Barbara: Mm-hmm. Right after I prove that the only child of adversity who's going to benefit from the Steinbeck fortune will be you. So, do we have a deal?
Barbara: Well, I guess I have my answer. Henry: No, no, no, no, no! Wait, wait! Okay, okay, okay. It's an agreement, a 50/50 split. Barbara: A 50/50, honorable agreement. Henry: Yes, it seems fair. Barbara: Yes, and I'm glad we have things settled. Henry: Good. Well, let's celebrate with a drink. Barbara: I don't really see why. Henry: I'll drink for both of us, then. Why don't you get the glasses, and we can make it official? Barbara: Oh, for pete's sake. Henry: It's symbolic. It's a sign of trust between two parties. Barbara: Fine. One drink. A toast. Henry: Excellent. Barbara: You idiot! Henry: It was an accident. Barbara: Do you have any idea what that was worth?! Henry: It doesn't belong to the hotel? Barbara: Think again! Henry: I'm really sorry. Barbara: Get out of here! Henry: What about the champagne? Barbara: Get out of here! Would you just get, get, get, get, get! Henry: All right. Well, we came to this understanding, and I'm sorry about the vase! Barbara: It's a vase! Oh!
Audrey: Oh, okay. There you are. What happened with Barbara? Is she out of our hair? Henry: Yeah, I think so. Audrey: Wait, wait, wait, wait! What do you mean, you think so? Is she out of our hair or not? Is she gonna lay off? Answer me! Henry: For right now we're okay, all right? Audrey: Stop. What do you mean, "right now"? We're looking for a permanent solution. What happened? Henry: Barbara's got some conditions. Audrey: Okay. What conditions? Henry: She wants me to split half the money with Paul, 50/50. Audrey: What?! What?! You can't do that! Henry: What do you want me to do, mother? I already agreed. Audrey: You already agreed? Ralph is expecting a certain amount of money. If we give him less, he's gonna be very unhappy. He's gonna be mad. In fact, mad as hell! Henry: I understand, but if I have not agreed, then she would have sicked her lawyers on his so-called charity, and I think that's at the top of the "things we do not want to have happen" list. Audrey: Well, it's next to "going broke"! You can't let Ralph find this out! What are we gonna do? How could you do this to me? How could you do this to your own mother? Henry: Mom, mom -- shh. Calm down. I have a plan. Audrey: Okay. What's your plan? Henry: Here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna delay getting Barbara the paperwork to split the inheritance, okay? Audrey: Okay. What next? Henry: Then we're gonna have Ralph put all the rest of the money right into the charity right now. Audrey: So the paperwork will be finalized before it can be stopped. Henry: It looks like a very expensive clerical error, and Barbara can't do anything to stop it. Audrey: Oh, Henry. You sure know how to make your mama proud.
Audrey: Wait, wait, wait. You're leaving? Henry: Yeah. Vienna is waiting for me. Where's my bag? Audrey: What bag? Henry: You know what bag. The bag. The bullfrog bag. Audrey: Well, I don't -- you know, I handed it to you. You took it when you left. Henry: I didn't have it with me when I came back? Audrey: No, no, no, no. Henry: Oh, my god. Oh, my god. I left it at Barbara'S. Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Audrey: You got to get it back right away! Go!
Barbara: Why are you back here? Henry: I think I left something behind when I was here earlier, a black bag? Barbara: Oh, yes. You did. Hold on. Henry: Ah. Barbara: You certainly have chosen to spend your inheritance on some interesting purchases. Henry: Where is it? It just hopped away. No. Way. |