Dynasty (TV Series)

The Birthday Party (1981)

Sandra McCabe: Bethany

Quotes 

• Jeff Colby : By the way, have you met these folks? I mean, really met them? Cecil Colby, you know, of course. Been called an "unprincipled conglomerature."

  Bethany : What's that?

  Jeff Colby : Oh, never mind. Oh, he's kind of proud of it though, anyway, and you know "pride goeth before destruction." Actually, he's a white slaver - buys and sells people. So you look out for him.

  Bethany : Not Cecil?

  Jeff Colby : And this fellow over here, Andrew Laird. He's gotten a little thick around the middle, but would you believe he was once one of the most brilliant criminal attorneys in the Rocky Mountain states? He gave up his career to shuffle papers for Blake Carrington. Oh, at a a scandalous salary, of course! But then who am I to judge Andrew Laird... when I've been bought for a spoiled little girl's monkey on a string?

  [Fallon stares daggers] 

  Jeff Colby : It didn't even cost the price of a new polo pony. Blake Carrington I never did like very much. When I was a kid he scared the hell out of me. I sure wasn't real anxious to have him as a father-in-law. But tonight I got to confess, I feel sorry for him, because he's been bought, too, just like the rest of us. Or sold, depending on your point of view.

  Blake Carrington : Are you quite finished, Jeff?

  Jeff Colby : Not quite. The one I think we really ought to drink to is Krystle. Now, she married into this emerald-studded zoo of ours without any preparation at all. And who knows what price she's gonna pay for it.

  [raises his glass] 

  Jeff Colby : To you, Krystle. Good luck, kid. You're gonna need it. Well, I'm done now. Oh, if there's anyone I haven't offended, please excuse me, but I promised this young lady the next dance.

• Blake Carrington : Let me show you the cockpit of this flying hotel and you'll see what I mean.

  Bethany : Do you mind, Cecil?

  Cecil Colby : No, no, of course not. But just don't let him tell you he's run out of gas and wants to park.