Melissa, enraged over being written out of Angela's will, solicits Joel's help by offering him $50,000 to discredit Lance in Angela's eyes. Joel tricks Lance into meeting him privately and locks him in a deserted warehouse. Disguising himself as Lance, he uses Lance's Porsche to drive Angela off the road. As the real Lance is released from the warehouse, he is promptly arrested for the attempted murder of Angela Channing. Angela reveals her plan to Reardon to ally with Richard in order to get Chase to cease his champagne operation. Gustav orders Spheeris to follow Chase and Ben to Paris, where they are searching for clues to Johann Riebmann's whereabouts. When Ben and Chase are trapped in a set-up, Ben is killed. At Richard's racetrack, Charlotte begins to lose control over her gambling impulses.

Payé par Melissa pour discréditer Lance, Joel se fait passer pour Lance et utilise sa voiture pour chasser Angela de la route. Lance est arrêté pour la tentative de meurtre d'Angela. Spheeris suit Chase et Ben à Paris, où, cherchant des indices sur les allées et venues du père de Gustav, Ben est tué.

Angela hat Melissa aus dem Testament gestrichen, das scheint sich nun aber bitter zu rächen. In Melissas Auftrag arrangiert Joel einen Autounfall zwischen Angela und Lance, an den die beiden noch lange denken werden. Angela macht Richard ein verlockendes Angebot: Sie will sein Tafelwein-Projekt unterstützen, wenn er ihr dabei hilft, Chase aus Falcon Crest zu vertreiben.