Fallon can't get the permits to build on the land in Scotland, but she sees one of the people "rock-blocking" her is an "old friend" from college, Colin. He resents the fact that she got him expelled from Wharton (so she could be valedictorian!) and wants that land for himself, so he is determined to stop her from building on the land. She initiates a campaign of the usual dirty tricks on him to annoy him, and he responds in kind, annoying her right back. Some might call this foreplay if they weren't both already married to others.
Sam's old flame Fletcher is part of the group negotiating to bring some events to the hotel. Awk---ward. Sam insists to Fletcher that he's fine and has moved on. Fletcher tells him he's just finalized his divorce and he wants Sam back. Sam refers to the situation as his "Bermuda Love Triangle" to Kirby.
Blake and Dom's plan is explained: they intend to keep Alexis pouring money into the useless diamond mine. After she uses up all her money, Blake will swoop in to buy the manor back....and share some of the estate with Dominique, apparently. I like him when he appears to be playing nice with Dom, but I know under it all he's just manipulating her to get what he wants. There appears to be a mine dug on the estate already--new set and everything! It appears Alexis is digging more than one hole for herself.
Cristal takes a pregnancy test and finds out she's
Now that's a way to address the elephant in the room
(oops, poor choice of words).
Jeff's trying to make amends to Mia when Culhane arrives. Awk---ward. But I don't think Jeff immediately recognized why Culhane is visiting Mia at her office. We learn that the reason Culhane has gotten so involved in Mia's charity is because Culhane Sr. was one of the kids helped by the charity decades ago, and he continued to help the charity until he died.
Blake advises Fallon to stop making this thing with Colin into a war, since Colin's father is some kind of media mogul. Well, as we well know, she is NOT the type to give in---even as she appears to be when she offers to sell the Scottish land to Colin. She enlists Liam's help in researching some of Colin's "associates" to see what other shady dealings he might be involved in. Fallon and Liam end up in a drive-in theater, where Colin is meeting his assistant for some nookie. Liam takes photos.
The manor is in serious disarray: Adam points out the artwork being all crooked on the walls, and a door refuses to open. It's almost as if digging large amounts of soil out from under a huge manor house might cause instabilities. Oh, and Dominique running around (in her high-heeled boots) using a sledge hammer on the brickwork probably doesn't help. Before long Alexis is convinced that shoring up the foundation of the manor is too expensive and too inconvenient. She offers to sell the manor back to Blake, believing she's off-loading an unstable property on the verge of collapse. *
Sam wakes up to messages from Ryan on his phone...and Fletcher next to him in bed.
Fallon, surprisingly, does NOT use the blackmail photos. Instead, she informs Colin that she plans to have the property designated a historic landmark, which would allow her to build the HQ on the property as long as she finances the rebuilding of the castle ruins on the property. Her decision not to keep playing dirty is yet another sign that she is maturing and trying to be a better person.
Just as Adam is told he will be the new Chief of Staff at the hospital, an upset Cristal finds him and confides to him that she thought she was pregnant, but in fact she has a brain tumor.
Blake delights in telling Alexis she's been had, but manages not to make a comment about her being dressed like Glenn Close in
Fatal Attraction. Dominique asks for the loft as her "payment for services rendered" and Blake agrees. A furious Alexis catches up to Dom in the mine and they duke it out....until the ceiling caves in over the exit. Awk--ward.
* Yes, this talk of an unstable/sinking manor house on the verge of collapse feels a bit "ripped from the headlines" given the chatter about the condo building that just collapsed in Miami, but of course this stuff was filmed many months ago...so how would they have known?
