Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series)

Who's Zoomin' Who? (1994)

James Eckhouse: Jim Walsh

Quotes 

• Brandon Walsh : I don't get it, Dad. I thought you stopped handling Dylan's finances a long time ago.

  Jim Walsh : I did, but until Dylan completes the paperwork, I still have to sign off any transaction involving his house.

  Cindy Walsh : So, if this is just a formality, why don't you just sign the piece of paper and let us get on the road?

  Jim Walsh : Because it's bugging me. I mean, with all of his assets... why would Dylan take an equity line on his own house?

  Brandon Walsh : Maybe because he's spending his money like there's no tomorrow.

  Cindy Walsh : Is he still bitter about you and Kelly?

  Brandon Walsh : [nods]  It wouldn't surprise me. But I hear that he's with a different girl pretty much every night.

  Jim Walsh : Still... this doesn't make any sense. I mean, you don't want to take a mortgage on your own home unless you really have to.

  [Valerie, looking a little wary through all this, finally takes a breath to speak] 

  Valerie Malone : [firm tone]  Then obviously he has to! Why are you all so blind? Dylan's so desperate for money that he's willing to mortgage his own house to finance this Peach Pit expansion.

  Brandon Walsh : Valerie, what are you talking about? Dylan's a millionaire.

  Valerie Malone : No, he's not. Not anymore.

  Brandon Walsh : How do you know?

  Valerie Malone : I just know. The truth is... Dylan's broke.

• Jim Walsh : I've been made aware of your monetary situation.

  Dylan McKay : [feigning ignorance]  What situation?

  Jim Walsh : Come on, Dylan. No more games or lies. I just want to talk.

  Dylan McKay : Yeah, well... I don't want to talk to you and I especially don't want to talk about my "monetary situation". You fired me as your client, remember? You're not my financial adviser anymore. You aren't anything.

  Jim Walsh : Come on, don't be this way. I want to help.

  Dylan McKay : I don't want your help! I want you to leave me alone!

  Nat Bussichio : Dylan! Jim told me that you're broke. Suzanne and Kevin really did swindle you out of everything. No wonder you're drinking again and acting this way.

  Jim Walsh : [to Dylan]  When you applied for that line of credit on your mortgage, the bank contacted me and I did a little investigating. I'm sorry. Dylan... I am so sorry. I... I had no idea. I've been racking my brain all morning trying to come up with a solution for you.

  Dylan McKay : Well, you can rest your brain 'cause there is no solution. My money's all gone. You and I can't do anything about it now. It's done. It's over.

  Jim Walsh : You don't have any leads as to where Kevin and Suzanne might be hiding?

  Dylan McKay : [getting angry]  No, I do not have any leads to where Kevin and Suzanne are hiding. For all I know, they skipped off this planet with every cent of my money. They played me for a fool. They set me up. They set this whole scam up perfectly. You happy now?

  Jim Walsh : Dylan, this doesn't make me happy.

  Dylan McKay : Oh, I think it does. I think you can't wait to tell me "I told you so" about Kevin and Suzanne and their business venture. I'll bet you can't wait to tell me that I got everything that I deserved, everything that was coming to me. You can't wait to tell me that you were right and I was wrong about Kevin and Suzanne. That your original suspicions about Suzanne were correct. So, why don't you skip everything else and just say it... and get out of my face! I don't want to talk about how I was played like a violin by two natural-born con artists who I trusted like my own family! I didn't want to talk then, and I don't want to talk about it now!

  Jim Walsh : [walks out; angry and sarcastic]  I'm so glad I cancelled a trip with my wife for this!

• [after Valerie has told the Walshes the true, but somewhat inaccurate, story about Dylan being broke] 

  Cindy Walsh : No! I'm sorry, but I will not belive it no matter how it looks. That little girl who idolized Dylan and loved him like a brother was NOT a con artist!

  Jim Walsh : Well, maybe not Erica... but I wouldn't put the thought past her mother.

  Brandon Walsh : Yeah, me neither.

  Jim Walsh : Do you remember several months ago when I found over 20 grand in Suzanne's Iowa bank account... after she told Dylan that she was broke?

  Brandon Walsh : Yeah, I remember that. Suzanne said that money was from some property insurance settlement that she just received a day or two before. She said that she... forgot to mention it.

  Jim Walsh : [scoffs]  Yeah, right. And Dylan bought that story... hook, line and sinker... with the shy and innocent Erica as the bait.

  Cindy Walsh : I still can't believe it. Those nice people that we spent time with and had as guest in our home, Kevin and Suzanne, or whatever their real names were... they really were con artists plotting to steal all of Dylan's money from the very beginning. And it looks like they succeeded.

  Jim Walsh : I feel just awful about this. And to think that we came this close to putting our own money in the deal.

  Brandon Walsh : Well, that certainly explains a lot of things... the way Dylan's been acting. Why he's drinking again... being all grumpy and secretive. After the way things ended between him and Kelly, with Brenda leaving town and with Kevin and Suzanne... or whoever they were... stealing all of his money and skipping town, that alone was probably the last straw for him.

  Jim Walsh : I have to make some phone calls now to my office. I got to talk to the bank and get confirmation from this. Nat needs to be informed about this as soon as possible.

  Cindy Walsh : Should I call the hotel in Palm Springs to let them know that we may be a few hours late checking in?

  Jim Walsh : I don't think this is the right time to be leaving town for a vacation right now.

  Brandon Walsh : [quietly to Valerie]  Great timing, Valerie.

  Valerie Malone : I'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I just felt like I had to.

  Jim Walsh : [suddenly suspicious and angry]  Just a minute. You knew about this because Dylan told you that he was broke? What the hell were you doing talking to Dylan in the first place? I explicitly told you to stay away from him!

  Cindy Walsh : Jim! Calm down!

  Jim Walsh : No! What else have you not been telling us, Valerie? Huh?

  Valerie Malone : I only found out by accident three weeks ago.

  Jim Walsh : That's not the point! I clearly told you to stay away from Dylan and do not even talk to him!

  Cindy Walsh : Valerie, why didn't you tell us this sooner?

  Valerie Malone : I don't know. I just didn't want to get involved. I thought he was joking or something, but I guess he wasn't.

  Brandon Walsh : Does anyone else know about this?

  Valerie Malone : No, I don't think so. It was one night at the Peach Pit... it was actually the opening night of the Peach Pit After Dark. Remember that night, Brandon? I was volunteering serving the food and drinks when I went into the kitchen and into the back storage room to get some more drinks when I found Dylan there, sitting on the floor in the corner of the store room. He was drunk... and crying. He was mumbling about something being penniless and that's where he told me the whole story. He was alone, depressed, needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be there, that's all.

  Jim Walsh : [dubious]  That's all?

  Valerie Malone : Well... he tried to kiss me, but I told him that I wasn't that kind of girl. Please don't tell him that I told you this or anything. I don't he even remembers it. Do you believe me, don't you?

  Cindy Walsh : Of course I believe you, Valerie.

  Valerie Malone : You do believe me, Brandon, everything that I just said?

  Brandon Walsh : [uneasy]  Yeah, sure I believe you.

  Valerie Malone : Jim, you believe me, right?

  [long pause; Jim doesn't not respond, he just looks at Valerie with continuing dubiousness] 

  Jim Walsh : I have to get back to the office. I'll call all of you later.