Chase getting half of Falcon Crest in season 2

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When I watched the show when it first aired on CBS, I was OK with Chase taking half of FC. I didn’t understand why Angela and Jason’s father split it the way he did, with Angela receiving most of the land. And Chase was legally entitled to it.

But now, I feel more ambivalent. Sure, Angela covered up Jason’s death and deserved to pay some legal penalty. But to give up half her land/company? She’s the one who built it up, not Jason and not Chase. It doesn’t seem fair. OTOH, Angela was constantly screwing with Chase - trying to drive him out, so I guess I can’t blame him for taking it. But it doesn’t seem as cut and dried as I thought it did 40 years ago.
 
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They split as part of a settlement.

Due to the clause in Jasper's will Phillip had explained in the series première, Chase would have been entitled to all of Falcon Crest because Jason's death was not a natural one, but under mysterious circumstances. Chase knew that Angela would fight him all the way if he enforced that clause, and Angela knew she would lose everything in the end although it may be after very long court battles. That's why they agreed on sharing 50 : 50 at the end of season 1, or actually a little less because they shared the part of Falcon Crest that was Angie's at the time (i.e. not including The Gioberti Estate, which is the Gioberti House and the surrounding Founder's Vineyard, which was 50 acres) — that will be clarified in a later statement from Chase that they agreed on sharing 50 : 50 of what she owned, not including what was already his (by inheritance from Jason).
 
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