Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series)

The Child Is Father to the Man (1993)

Valerie Wildman: Christine Pettit

Quotes 

• Mel Borman : Hello, Dylan. My name is Mel Borman and I'm with the FBI.

  Dylan McKay : Well, why are we meeting here?

  Mel Borman : We're not. In fact, this meeting never took place. You will not tell anyone about this and we will deny that this conversation ever happened.

  Dylan McKay : Look, you're wasting your time. My father never talked about his business or any of the people he did business with, so I cannot help you.

  Christine Pettit : [enters]  We know that, Dylan. We only want to let you in on the truth about your father.

  Dylan McKay : Oh, they drag you down here too, Christine?

  Christine Pettit : Not exactly. I... work with these guys.

  Dylan McKay : I don't understand. I don't understand any of this.

  Mel Borman : When your father agreed to cooperate with us, he had only one condition. That is if anything was to happen to him, we were to let you know that he was working with the good guys. He wanted to protect you from what he was really doing.

  Dylan McKay : I get it now. That explains everything. His early parole. His nervous behavior. His reason for dissolving my trust fund. He was working undercover with you. He was going to lure some big-shot mobster to the boat, and you guys were going to arrest him in a sing operation. Is that correct?

  Mel Borman : That was the plan, yes.

  Dylan McKay : Well, my only question is that while you geniuses were supposed to be watching my father's every move, HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET A BOMB UNDER HIS CAR?

  Mel Borman : [sheepishly]  Uh... we're still looking in on that. We think there may have been a leak somewhere. Info may have gotten through to our target, or maybe to another third or fourth party. There's still too much we didn't know about your father's business. He had business ties to many business people with ties to organized crime.

  Dylan McKay : You overlooked the fact that they could get to him first? Oh, come on! This is sick! You government guys make me sick! You got my father out of prison early. We went undercover for you people. Yet you were so busy covering your asses that you let your star witness fall through the cracks of your flawed case and it cost him his life!

  Mel Borman : [angry]  All right, that's enough! Look... it was a major screw-up, okay? But you have to understand that this is an ongoing investigation. A lot of peoples lives out there are on the line, not just your father's. He knew what he was getting into. He knew very well that he may never get out of this thing alive. That's why he never told you anything. Now, the only reason why you're getting this information from us now, which you aren't, is because your father cut a deal. This meeting is over Dylan.