Scene: VA Hospital – Aurora, Colorado…..
Patrick (in the waiting room with Leslie, Steven and Sammy Jo): Everything is going to be fine. Yes, Big Sis. I’m going to go in there with you.
Sammy Jo: Thanks, Little Brother, but I’m still kind of nervous.
Steven: Leslie and I will be right out here waiting for you.
Leslie: It’ll be over before you know it.
Steven: Tell me again why we’re doing this.
Patrick: Because. Just in case Lauren Dean and Arlen Marshall want to try the same number that Neil McVane tried on Adam about thirty years ago, we want to be prepared. Remember Big Sis. Should you run into them at all, you DO NOT let on that we went and did this.
Sammy Jo: Got it.
Desk Nurse: You can go in. The Doctor will see you now.
Dr. Howser: Admiral Jennings. I remember you from when you came in for your DNA Test a few months ago. I’m Colonel David Howser, USAR (ret.). Daniel Reece was a really brave guy.
Patrick: Nice to see you again, Doc. This is my Big Sister Sammy Jo Reece Carrington.
Sammy Jo: You knew our father?
Dr. Howser: I did. I was his Medical Officer in the field at Quang Tri in ’69 when he and Dex Dexter won the Distinguished Service Cross.
Patrick: Well. They were both awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor late last year.
Dr. Howser: Well. That was a correction that should have been made years ago. I was Chief of Surgery at the old Denver VA Hospital for a while. Then I went into private practice for a while. It was my fondest hope that my son Douglas, people call him “Doogie”, would go into private practice with me. But, he really loves being an Emergency Room physician down in Dallas. Then I got an offer to teach at the University of Colorado Hospital and I come in here every so often to consult.
(meanwhile back in the waiting room)
Steven: Leslie: Can I get you a cup of coffee?
Leslie: I’d love some, Steven. Thanks.
(meanwhile back in the lab)
Dr. Howser: I also served in a MASH unit in ‘Nam with a young Lieutenant named Gregory Alonzo Gates. He was a brilliant surgeon, but he was a bit eccentric. We called him “Gonzo”. He ended up becoming a surgeon at San Francisco Memorial. So what are you doing back in here, Patrick?
Patrick: I’m here to do the DNA Test again. Just to show my Big Sis here that she doesn’t have to be such a scaredy cat.
Dr. Howser: Ok, then. Roll up your right sleeve.
Patrick (rolls up his right sleeve and gets a sample of blood drawn)
Sammy Jo: Can’t we just do it with one of those cheek swab things?
Patrick: No. We’re doing it this way.
Dr. Howser: Your brother’s right. A cheek swab is easier, but if the sample isn’t stored properly, bacteria can attack it and we won’t be able to read it correctly. This way is much more accurate in my opinion.
Patrick: It’ll be fine, Big Sis. Just roll up your right sleeve (then holds his sister’s left hand while she holds out her right arm and gets a sample drawn).
Dr. Howser: See? Was that so hard?
Sammy Jo: No.
Patrick: Doc. I can’t thank you enough. Now remember. I need a fast turnaround.
Dr. Howser: Not a problem. I’ll have the results for you in a couple of hours. Do you guys want to go home or do you want to wait?
Patrick: We’ll wait.
(a few minute later)
Leslie: Well?
Steven: How did it go?
Patrick: He’s analyzing the samples now. We’ll know in a couple of hours.
Steven: So are we going to leave?
Patrick: No. We’re waiting. We’ve got plenty of six month old magazines to keep us busy. Besides. This place has Wi-Fi. 🙂
(a couple of hours later)
Desk Nurse: Admiral Jennings. Mrs. Carrington. Dr. Howser will see you now.
Patrick: Thank you. Would you mind if our spouses came in with us?
Desk Nurse: No. That’ll be fine.
(a few minutes later)
Dr. Howser: I’m glad you’re here. I’ve got some good news for you.
Patrick: OK, Doc. Just give it to us straight.
Dr. Howser: Well…..you two do have different mothers.
Patrick: We know that.
Dr. Howser: Well…..both of your samples were a match. You are BOTH Daniel Reece’s children. I know that’s the outcome you both wanted. Congratulations.
(Patrick and Sammy Jo joyfully hug)
Steven: I can’t tell you how relieved I am.
Leslie: I’m so happy for both of you. 🙂
Patrick: Doc. We’re going to need those printouts.
Dr. Howser: Of course. Anything for a fellow veteran. Here you go. (he then hands him the printouts)
Sammy Jo: I’m taking one of those and shoving it right in Lauren Dean’s face.
Patrick (yanks the printouts back): No! You’re not. Remember what we talked about. Hopefully, she’ll call you and ask to meet with you. You accept and Leslie, Steven and I will be right behind you. I’ll also have Smitty standing by.
Steven: Patrick’s right, Sammy Jo.
Leslie: If we do it this way, we have the element of surprise on our side. After what happened yesterday, I think she’s desperate enough to go to Plan B.
Sammy Jo: OK. You guys win. Are you sure this will work?
Patrick: Trust us. It’ll work. I’ll call Smitty. (dials up his cellphone)
Smitty: Hello?
Patrick: Smitty. It’s Pat.
Smitty: Pat. I’m actually glad you called. I talked to McCormick and he found Jack McQuade.
Patrick: You’re kidding me??
Smitty: No. I’m not. He’s still living up near Greeley and, according to McCormick, he’s ready to spill his guts.
Patrick: Excellent! How would you like a chance to nail Lauren Dean and Arlen Marshall?
Smitty: I’d love it. They gave me the slip after I nailed Wendel Shelton yesterday.
Patrick: Good. We’re waiting to see if Lauren calls Sammy Jo to ask for a meeting. If she does, we want you to be right behind us with the posse.
Smitty: Not a problem, Pat. We can do that.
(meanwhile in the Brown Palace Hotel)
Lauren: Well? Did that idiot hacker of yours tell you anything before he got arrested?
Arlen: Well…..he did happen to mention that Sammy Jo got her blood test done at Mile High Medical Services on July 22, 1985.
Lauren: Come on, Arlen. We need something we can use.
Arlen: I’ve got something we can use. I went down to the hotel business center and printed this out. Wendel emailed it to me just the feds nabbed him.
Lauren: We ought to fill it out by hand. That way, it will look like it came from the Eighties.
Arlen: OK. I’ll sign it doctor Steve Marshall and you sign it Nurse Reanna Dean. There we go. Date of Test. July 21, 1985. Result. Daniel Reece has been determined NOT to be the father of Samantha Josephine Dean.
Lauren: Good. We’ve got her. When we face her with this, then she’ll choice but to give in to our demands and 75% of her shares of Reece House of Fashion will be ours.
Sammy Jo (hears her cellphone ringing): Hello?
Lauren: Sammy Jo. This is Lauren. Your sister. I was wondering if you could come to my suite at the Brown Palace. Arlen and I have something a bit official we wanted to discuss with you. Shall we say half an hour?
Sammy Jo; The Brown Palace Hotel in half an hour? Fine. (hangs up her phone)
Patrick: Good job, Big Sis. Babe. Call Smitty and tell him to meet us there. Lauren and Marshall might be expecting it if the call were to originate from my phone, but not yours.
Steven: Good point.
Leslie (dials her phone): Smitty? It’s Leslie. We’ve baited the trap. Brown Palace Hotel in half an hour.
Smitty: Thanks, Leslie. I’m on it.
(half an hour later In Lauren Dean’s suite at the Brown Palace Hotel)
Sammy Jo: All right I’m here, Lauren. What is you want???
Arlen: Hello, Sammy Jo.
Sammy Jo: Arlen???
Arlen: It’s what WE want, Sammy Jo. And what WE want is 75% of your shares in Reece House of Fashion.
Sammy Jo: YOU’RE CRAZY!!!!!
Lauren: No, SISTER dear. We’re not. Furthermore. You’re going to make me Head Designer AND you are going to turn over your seat on the Denver-Carrington Board of Directors to Arlen.
Arlen: Plus. The name will be changed back to Fashion Fury and we will go back to selling the same type of products we did when I ran this company.
Sammy Jo: You’re insane, Arlen.
Lauren: You’re going to meet our demands, Miss Dean.
Sammy Jo. What are you talking about??? My name is Mrs. Carrington and my maiden name is Reece.
Lauren: Is it? (holds up the faked test results report) Well according to this report Daniel Reece is NOT your father AT ALL. Your father is Frank Dean. Just like mine. So. You either meet our demands or we’ll just have to go public with this.
Patrick (bursts into the room with Steven and Leslie): ALL RIGHT, MARSHALL!!!!! THE JIG IS UP!!!!! YOU TOO, LAUREN!!!!!
Arlen: What the hell is going here???
Lauren: Oh, Patrick. You’re just in time. We caught your supposed sister in a little lie. (looking at Arlen Marshall) Care to meet your new partner in the rebranded Fashion Fury??
Patrick: Save it.
Leslie: You never learn. Do you, Lauren?
Steven: Trying to get Sammy Jo to fall for your bullshit con games again, huh Marshall?
Patrick (sees Smitty and his men coming in a few minutes later): Took you long enough. 🙂
Smitty: ALL RIGHT!!!!! FREEZE, MARSHALL!!!!! UP AGAINST THE WALL AND PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD!!!!!
Arlen: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???
Patrick (snatches the fake document from Lauren’s hand): I’ll just relieve you of that. IF you don’t mind.
Leslie: Now. WHO caught WHO in a lie?? 🙂
Patrick (starts reading the fake report): Tsk…..tsk…..tsk. You didn’t read this form very well. Did you, Marshall?? 🙂
Arlen: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT???
Patrick: Well for starters, you dated this report July 21, 1985. July 21, 1985 fell on a Sunday. There’s no way she could have gone and taken a blood test that day. The lab would have been closed.
Lauren: Oh no.
Patrick: Wait. It get better.
Arlen: What do you mean???
Patrick: You didn’t look at the bottom of this form when you filled it out, did you?
Arlen: Why?
Patrick: Well…..you dated this report July 21, 1985, but what you missed was the date at the bottom of the form. Copyright 2015.
Sammy Jo: Yeah, Arlen. I did get a blood test in July of 1985. July TWENTY SECOND. 🙂
Patrick (laughing as he eats the Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and drinks the Coke’s out of Arlen’s mini bar): Dumbass!!! 🙂
Smitty: All right. Cuff her too. You’re both under arrest. We’ve got you for wire fraud, blackmail, forgery, making false statements.
Sammy Jo: WOW! Lauren. Looks like your latest con game really blew up in your face, didn’t it? 🙂
Smitty: All right, both of you. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If, at this time, you can not afford one, one will be appointed for you at no cost to you. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you.
Arlen and Lauren (in unison): Yes, sir.
Smitty: Good. Take them away.
Sammy Jo: Thank you, Little Brother for everything you did. (hugs Patrick and then kisses him on the cheek)
Patrick: We’re family. That’s what families do.
Steven: Let’s go home.
Leslie: I’m for that.
Sammy Jo: Me too.
Patrick: Works for me.
(later that day at the mansion)
Patrick, II: Mom. Dad. We’re back from Washington.
Leslie: So how was it?
Patrick, II: Well. We got some great news from the Navy Memorial.
Terry Jennings: But first. We have an interesting story about where Alexis was hiding her tankers during the Gulf war.
Patrick: Where?? Tell us.
Terry Jennings: You ready for this??? Alexis was hiding her tankers in…..
Patrick, II: Tripoli, Libya.
Patrick: What???
Also Starring: Jensen Ackles as Special Agent Roy “Smitty” Smith, Jr. – FBI, Denver Field Office.
Special Guest Stars: Michael Brandon as Arlen Marshall. Morgan Fairchild as Lauren Dean. James B. Sikking as Dr. David Howser, MD (Colonel, USAR [ret.])
Note: Jensen Ackles has been promoted from Special Guest Star to Recurring Character.
DYNASTY: THE NEXT GENERATION 