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Trustopens not with oil or money but flowers.
As a party band sings the hit, George Getty II is freaking out in his garage.
Hes flailing around, and ultimately grabs a barbecue fork to stab himself in the chest.
Thats not news that someone as image-conscious as John Paul Getty wants revealed to the world.
We also learn that a woman named Teresa is coming soon.
Is she a fifth member of the harem?
Finally, John Paul gives a cynical eulogy, referring to his sons suicide as an accident.
This is a family that covers up their drama.
We meet other disappointing men from the Getty family as the patriarch glowers in his room.
Who could possibly inherit this company one day?
He shoves food into his mouth as the one-percenters gasp.
John Paul introduces his grandson to applause as Junior drives off, realizing he has lost his opportunity.
Hope that clears it up.)
Age, grief, and disappointment will do that to a man.
Meanwhile, Paul skulks around the house, even grabbing something to take with him when he leaves.
When he wakes in the morning, he discovers that the butler, Bullimore, has taken his bag.
Bullimore decides not to rat out Paul, not to protect him but his master.
John Paul is impressed that Paul knows what they are.
Just watch the look on his face when Paul says, Youre the coolest dude.
But is Paul really complimenting his grandpa, or is he just buttering him up?
Either way, the pair helicopters out to an oil rig owned by the Gettys.
Royal succession is gone and democracy and human rights have destroyed the American culture.
And then Paul reveals why hes really there: He needs $6,000 to pay some people he owes.
(For the record, thats about $33,000 when adjusted for inflation.)
But Paul may need the money more quickly, as a hurried call to Rome reveals.
At an event shortly thereafter, John Paul handles two things.
First, he introduces his harem to Teresa, who is not a fifth mistress but a mountain lion.
Paul will leave in the morning.
There will be no job.
There will be no money.
Bullimore even breaks his stolid demeanor to warn the boy, Leave this place and never ever come back.
Did George actually stab himself with a barbecue fork?
Its interesting that the New YorkTimesreportedin 1973 that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Perhaps the cover-up aspect is true.
Did John Paul actually have a harem?
Did Paul actually appear in a magazine calledPlaymen?
