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Apr 24, 2008 04:52
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Announcer: Today, the role of patrick drake will be played by ethan erickson.
Patrick: So what were you and elizabeth talking about?
Robin: Just girl stuff.
Patrick: Oh, so meaning me?
Robin: Wow, are you really that self-centered or just that paranoid?
Patrick: Come on, what am i supposed to think? I walk in, and elizabeth can't get out the door fast enough.
Robin: Please, she came over to bring me this box of clothes and toys that her kids have outgrown. What about this one? This one could be for a boy or a girl, right?
Patrick: Ok, fine, don't tell me. That was a pretty cryptic thing she said as she was leaving. What was it? No time like the present?
Robin: Actually, elizabeth was -- she was encouraging me to --
patrick: To what?
[Phone rings]
robin: Hello? Mom? Where are you?
Ian: If you think my asking for another ten million is greedy, then feel free to make a counter offer. We both know that you can afford it.
Nikolas: I don't want the new drug, or the old one for that matter. In fact, i'm done doing business with you altogether.
Ian: Nice try.
Nikolas: No, no, really. I'm terminating our agreement.
Ian: You're a man in love with a memory, a hallucination that will fade without the help of my wonder drugs. Mr. Cassadine, you have a choice to make. Do you go on living with emily, however insubstantial, or do you die all alone?
Nikolas: I made my choice.
Ian: Try making a counter offer instead. What can you pay, eight million? Five?
Nikolas: Why are you suddenly so desperate to sell me a drug i just said that i didn't want?
Ian: You're wasting time that you don't have.
Nikolas: Exactly. I'm the one with the tumor, so why are you acting like you have a death sentence?
[Gunshots]
jason: Any idea who's trying to kill you?
Claudia: My father, and he won't stop until i'm dead.
[Knock on door]
sonny: Yeah?
Alexis: How come there aren't any guards outside?
Sonny: I cut back on security.
Alexis: Do you think that's wise, considering everything that's going on? I mean, i think now is the time to be more careful.
Sonny: I know what i'm doing, alexis.
Alexis: All right. How's michael?
Sonny: Michael? Doctors think he'll never wake up from the coma. Carly wants a second opinion, so jax has this specialist from europe flown in, and they're running tests right now, you know. Just -- what am i gonna do? I'm being as hopeful as i can, right?
Alexis: Yeah, you need to be. We all need to be hopeful when it comes to our families.
Sonny: Yeah.
Alexis: That's why i'm here, actually. I'm hopeful that you might be able to talk your brother out of setting anthony zacchara free.
robin: Mom, i can barely hear you.You're -- you're coming? When are you coming? Mom? Mom, hello? Hello? Call dropped.
Patrick: Where is she?
Robin: I don't know. I don't know. Hopefully, rappelling into some secret compound nowhere near port charles.
Patrick: Am i missing something here? You love it when your mom comes to visit.
Robin: I haven't told her i'm pregnant yet.
Patrick: Oh, robin, it's been months.
Robin: I know, i know, but i didn't want to tell her something like that over the phone. I mean, it's not like i could have anyway. Every single time i talk to her, i can barely make out every other word.
Patrick: Well, hey, now it's something you can tell her in person.
Robin: Right, how do you tell wonder woman she's going to be grandma?
Kate: This is the gown that will be featured on the premier issue of "crimson."
Maxie: Neela llorente has really outdone herself.
Kate: Maxie, this dress doesn't appear on the runway until the fall. How did you know it was from neela's collection?
Lulu: Maxie looked at the invoice.
Maxie: No, i can tell because the detailing is so awesome.
Kate: Well, your eye is certainly improving. Now let's work on that vocabulary. Try replacing adjectives like "awesome" with real words like "exquisite," "signature."
Lulu: Awesome is a real word.
Kate: Right, lulu, and so is dude, but i don't want to hear that in the office either. Now this is a list of names that i want vying for the cover to appear in that dress. Get me an answer before i leave tonight.
lulu: Johnny? Um, kate howard's office. Yes, i'll transfer you to layout. The extension is 2246.
Maxie: Scarlett johansson, keira knightley, kate moss. Every single celebrity is on this list.
Kate: Well, then it shouldn't be too hard for you to find someone. That is, if your mind is on the task at hand.
Maxie: All right, i will take the models. You can have the actresses.
Lulu: Why do i have the actresses?
Maxie: Because i'm the first assistant, and i said so. Besides, i've already built a rapport with all the bookers at the top modeling agencies here. Rapport, lulu, that means relationship.
Spinelli: Greetings, blond ones. The jackal has come into the castle.
Maxie: Spinelli, i'm so glad you came to see me.
Lulu: Hi, spinelli, i was wondering when you were gonna come to see me.
Alexis: I'm sorry to bring this up right now. I know that you're preoccupied.
Sonny: Oh, i'm preoccupied -- of course i'm preoccupied. My twelve-year-old boy is in a coma, and somebody tried to kill me. Anthony zacchara is not crazy anymore, so he could have been the one who ordered the hit.
Alexis: This is all the more reason why you need to hear me out. Now listen, the minute ric told me that he was trying to secure anthony's release, i did some research on my own. They have deposed medical experts. I've read the testimony, and there's a very good chance that ric could prove that anthony suffered from undiagnosed schizophrenia, which legally means there was no intent to do harm. Legally, he would be not guilty.
Sonny: There's got to be something you could do, some maneuver that could, you know, keep anthony's case tied up in court until he's released. Delay the release, you know what i mean?
Alexis: I know what you mean, and i am prepared to pursue every option, but the only way to keep him in custody is to cancel the hearing.
Sonny: Great, do it.
Alexis: I can't do it. Ric has to do it.
Sonny: What do you mean, you can't?
Alexis: Because ric filed the petition.
Sonny: Well, maybe you should be talking to ric.
Alexis: I want you to do it.
Sonny: You want me to do it?
Alexis: I --
sonny: Well, how would -- what's ric gonna tell -- he hates me.
Alexis: He hates that -- that he's not important to you, so if you just asked him for a little help, he would consider giving it.
Sonny: Look, here's the thing with ric. He only thinks about himself, cares about himself.
Alexis: You know that's not true, because he risked his life to save carly, so now would be a good time to show a little recognition, perhaps a little gratitude. A simple thank you would really go a long way with him.
Diane: Oh, thank heavens, a voice of reason. I hope you have managed to talk some sense into him regarding this appalling situation.
Sonny: Ok, i've already heard everything that she had to say.
Diane: Excellent. Now you understand why max and i should be allowed to continue our association without interference from either of you.
Ric: Getting you moved to shadybrook was the first hurdle. Convincing the judge that you're sane is going to be a little bit more difficult, considering the laundry list of crimes that you committed, each one more heinous than the last.
Anthony: Pot calling the kettle black, don't you think?
Ric: Your hearing is next wednesday, anthony. I want you to be prepared. Don't go trying to explain away anything you did during your insanity. Our entire defense hinges on the assertion that you are as much a victim of your illness as the people that you hurt. You have to appear extremely remorseful and thoroughly appalled, as any normal human being would be, by the suffering that you caused.
Johnny: Where's claudia?
Claudia: Well, i guess i should feel special. Daddy spent years ignoring me, and i have full attention.
jason: Do you have a gun?
Claudia: Yeah, it's in the car. How careless of me not to accessorize before leaving the scene of my near death.
Jason: Yeah, or convenient.
Claudia: What is that supposed to mean?
Jason: You called me up here. Now we're getting shot at.
Claudia: What, do you think i set you up, jason? My car took a nosedive off a bluff going 90. I wanted to kill you. Why would i kill myself in the process?
Jason: So you're telling me this is all a coincidence?
Claudia: My father has somebody following me. Obviously, the guy is here to kill me.
[Gunshot]
claudia: I hope you're as good as they say you are, or else this guy's gonna get two for one.
Claudia: Since you're the one with the gun, you want to try firing it instead of sitting there playing with bullets?
Jason: The last two shots came from different angles. The sniper's moving.
Claudia: I should have shoved that pillow down my father's throat when i had the chance. He doesn't deserve the satisfaction of killing me!
Jason: Try being quiet. Shut up!
claudia: Here's a thought. Why don't you try aiming instead of wasting bullets?
Jason: It was a warning shot to stop the guy from getting a better position.
Claudia: For how long? One, two, three minutes maybe?
Jason: That's more time than we had before.
Claudia: Fine, what are we gonna do after that? We can't hold them off for long with one gun.
Jason: Why don't you make a run for it? If he shoots you, maybe he'll quit while he's ahead.
Anthony: Claudia left a while ago, i'm guessing to tell you that she thinks mr. Lansing here has been dishonest with me.
Johnny: I haven't heard from claudia, but it definitely sounds plausible. His father pulled the wool over your eyes and manipulated you for years.
Anthony: I prefer to think of it as mutually manipulative.
Johnny: Yeah, not that you learned a damn thing from it.
Anthony: Show some respect. My legs might not be working yet, but i got my mind back, so i want you to tell me the truth about this. Claudia claims that you two paid ric to get me released.
Johnny: We did?
Ric: He's lying.
Logan: I can back that up.
Johnny: And why would my father believe you over me?
Logan: Because i don't want him dead.
Johnny: Neither do i.
Anthony: No, you just want me locked away until i die. Isn't that right?
Johnny: I had a change of heart.
Ric: That's convenient.
Johnny: Claudia and i hired ric to get you released from the prison hospital. We figured you'd be more comfortable here. Ric got carried away and decided he'd get you released altogether.
Anthony: So you didn't pay ric to show initiative?
Johnny: Claudia was all for it. She even gave ric a bonus.
Ric: This story gets better every time i hear it.
Johnny: You are still my father. We need to come together as a family and present a united front against those outsiders who want to use us and take us down.
Ric: However you want to spin this whole thing. Your father's not sick anymore.
Anthony: I'm not mute either. I can speak for myself. Now get out of here so i can talk to my son.
Ric: I'm not finished yet, anthony.
Anthony: I said get out.
Johnny: It's fine. I'll come back later.
Logan: I'll be waiting on you when you get back.
Ric: You know, your son john is lying, just like his sister.
Anthony: You know, in my day, people who lied to me got their tongues yanked out. But i'm older now, so i realize that was way too good for them.
Sonny: Diane, my boy is in a coma. The man who could be responsible may be put back out on the street, and all you can think about is having sex with my bodyguard?
Diane: No, no, i am not that insensitive. But he is your ex-bodyguard. You disbanded your security detail, remember?
Sonny: Well, i need my lawyer. I can't have you distracted.
Diana: But you make it sound like i'm some lovesick schoolgirl who puddles every time the boy she likes walks in the room, and not only is that unfair, it is blatantly inaccurate, and unlike the two of you, i am able to keep my private life private.
Alexis: The fact that you walked in here and thought we were talking about your little dalliance with max might suggest otherwise, so cool it, ok?
Alexis: When did you start taking his side?
Diane: I count on you to be focused and level-headed, and because of this max thing, you're acting like crazy, all obsessed.
Sonny: Well, not for long. You know why? Because you and max are over, end of story.
Diane: When did you become so judgmental?
Alexis: When you became distracted by your libido.
Diane: Oh, my God. Oh, my God, i'm just getting it. You're jealous.
Alexis: A little. But more importantly, i'm your friend, and i'm trying to keep you from making the same mistake that i have made. I have told you -- i have told kate a thousand times that sleeping with guys like that is the worst mistake that you could ever make.
Maxie: Don't mind lulu. She's just desperate for attention because johnny drop-kicked her to the curb. Now what can i do for you?
Lulu: Spinelli is my friend. He's here to see me.
Maxie: Lulu, you don't have friends. You have fans.
Lulu: And what are they to you besides sex toys?
Spinelli: Ok, look, ladies, there's no need to fight. Ok, there's more than enough of the jackal to go around.
Maxie: Well, why don't you just tell us who you're really here to see.
Lulu: Tell her, spinelli.
Spinelli: Um, while the jackal enjoys the company of many fair-haired beauties, i've actually come here --
kate: Spinelli, have you made any progress on that favor i asked of you?
Lulu: You're here to see kate?
Maxie: Why?
Kate: Spinelli is finding a blogger for me to write a column in the first issue of "crimson." I'm hoping to generate a little internet buzz before we debut. When can i see a draft?
Spinelli: Well, actually,regrettably, the jackal has been so preoccupied with a most urgent matter for stone cold --
kate: So what are you doing here other than distracting my assistants? I believe you know the way out. Ladies, the phones won't dial themselves.
Maxie: Oh, i was just gonna look up those contact numbers.
Kate: Try to keep them in order.
Maxie: Way to go, lulu. If you hadn't been so desperate for spinelli's attention, he could have told me he was here to see kate.
Lulu: You mean, he would have told me if you hadn't interrupted our conversation.
Maxie: Not everything is all about you. You're so self-absorbed.
Lulu: Better than bitchy and fake. Let go!
Maxie: Lulu!
Lulu and maxie: Now look what you did!
Apr 24, 2008 04:53
Ian: All i'm doing is offering my help.
Nikolas: Then why does it sound like you're in trouble to me?
Ian: I have a very limited opportunity to make this deal with my supplier. Pass now, and i won't get a second chance.
Nikolas: I never should have taken you up on the offer in the first place. All you've done is play on my desperation, and that's just no way for anyone to live now, is it?
Ian: You got what you paid for. You're still seeing emily.
Nikolas: No, actually the whole thing has been an insult to emily and to my love for her, and you're an insult to your profession. You continue to push your miracles on me or anyone else, and i'll just turn you in to the medical board and any regulatory agency i can find.
Ian: You'll be sorry.
Nikolas: I already am.
Nikolas: What did i just do?
Emily: Nikolas, you just proved you're still the man i love. Nikolas: Without those pills, my only option is to have thesurgery.
Emily: Then that's what you'll do.
Nikolas: But then -- then i'd lose you.
Emily: You lost me the night of the ball. I've never really been here. I'm just a symptom of what's wrong with you.
Nikolas: No, no, you're not. You're my life.You're my whole life.
Emily: You can't keep living in the past. Hey, spencer needs you. You have to go on for him.
Nikolas: How do we do that? How do i go on without you in mylife?
Robin: Of course i wanted to tell my mother that i was pregnant the second that i found out, but, you know, she's undercover somewhere, and -- and the shock of the news could have thrown her off her game a little bit.
Patrick: Yeah, i don't think your mom is easily thrown.
Robin: Right, right, you didn't have to see the look on my mother's face when i told her that i was thinking about having a baby. Just the idea of being a grandmother terrified her, so now that it's a reality, she's gonna go into overdrive and try to prove that she's not getting old. God, this is gonna be such a disaster.
Patrick: Don't you think you're overreacting just a bit here?
Robin: No, no, i don't. This is my mother that we're talking about. When she's not jumping out of planes, she's chasing armed mercenaries in the jungle with nothing but a machete. Not exactly your conventional grandmother.
Patrick: Hmm, yeah, good point. But you got to give anna credit. She loves you, and she knows how badly you've wanted to have a baby. I mean, why wouldn't your own mother be happy for you? Robin: Oh, she will be happy. She will be thrilled. She'll be giddy, and then she'll have a nervous breakdown.
Kate: I'll have my assistant set up something next week. You too, adrian.
Sonny: Busy? I won't take long.
Kate: No, is it michael?
Sonny: No, no, no, it's me. Alexis and diane were in my office. They were butting heads, and alexis said something that hit home. She said that kate, you know, a savvy, smart career woman, had no business being with a guy like me. I think she's right.
claudia: My father's been out of prison twenty-four hours, and he's already trying to kill me.
Jason: Why you? Your brother's the one who took over.
Claudia: He thinks i'm a bad influence on john, trying to steer his precious son against him, which is so silly, because my brother wants him dead more than i do.
Jason: Why don't you take anthony out once and for all?
Claudia: He's my father, for God's sake. That's where you're supposed to come in.
Jason: I told you, i'm not killing anyone for you.
Claudia: Really? Even if he's the one who's responsible for the guy who shot michael in the head?
Spinelli: Stone cold, the jackal needs your counsel on the most urgent of matters.
Diane: I'm sorry, mr. Grasshopper. There's no one here but us thoroughly chastised.
Spinelli: I'm sorry. Had i known that mr. Corinthos' office was otherwise occupied, my entrance would have been preceded by a knock. Please forgive the untimely intrusion.
Diane: Well, i was just on my way out. But since i am here and still on retainer, maybe i can be of some assistance. What is the topic of the day, money laundering, tax evasion, perjury? All hypothetically speaking, of course.
Spinelli: Women.
Diane: Women. Women in general, or is there one in particular?
Spinelli: One. Who i at first thoroughly loathed, and then begrudgingly admired, and now --
diane: Wish to deflower?
Spinelli: The jackal is most certain her petals are long fallen.
Diane: Nothing wrong with a little experience. So what's the question?
Spinelli: How does one go from distant admiration to actually claiming the woman of one's dreams?
Diane: And this said woman, i'm assuming, has no inkling of your affection?
Spinelli: Sadly, n no. Once again, the jackal is doomed to love from afar.
Diane: Heavens, not necessarily.
Spinelli: Do you know the secret to taming the wild heart?
Diane: It's very simple. Listen. A woman wants a man who is strong and powerful and completely uncowed by the consequences of affection. She wants him to fight for her against fair-weather friends and social stigma and uptight bosses. She wants a man. Seized with heat, swept away with desire so that he may in turn sweep her away. In short, mr. Grasshopper, carpe diem.
Spinelli: Seize the day!
Diane: More traditionally translated as "harvest the day." As one would harvest fruit before it spoils.
Spinelli: Right. The brusque lady of justice is indeed inspiring.
Diane: Absolutely. So why are you still standing here? Go, harvest.
Diane: Oh, yes. Most definitely yes.
Kate: I think we've had this conversation several times.
Sonny: Well, we're gonna keep having this conversation until you listen, because you deserve better than what i can give you.
Kate: I don't' need to you to keep telling me why we shouldn't be together, sonny.
Sonny: Well, why haven't you left?
Kate: I think i have. Several times. Something keeps drawing me back.
Sonny: I don't want you to stay here for me.
Kate: Ok, fine. Any romantic gestures aside, i've put in a lot of time and money and effort into starting "crimson" and abandoning it right now would be a disaster for me, professionally and personally.
Sonny: So this is all about business? See, it's not about me. It's all you.
Kate: Oh, sonny. Let's just not forget the simple fact. I love you. Enough to stand by your side.
Sonny: You still think you can handle my life?
Kate: Sonny, i'm not just here to love you, i'm here to help you. And i can't do that if you don't let me.
Sonny: I can't bring michael back and nothing i can do can change the fact that i put him where he is. And i know you are trying to help, but the problem is you can't. Nobody can.
[Door closes]
emily: Nikolas, i'm not the only person you're ever allowed to love, you know?
Nikolas: I don't want to love anybody else.
Emily: You say that now because i'm still here. Or at least the idea of me is. The person i was -- nikolas, the emily who could think, feel, and love you on her own -- that person left a long time ago. You have to know in your heart that that's true.
Nikolas: I know. I know i haven't been fair to you.
Emily: You haven't been fair to yourself.
Nikolas, you know me better than anyone. And you know that this is not what i would've wanted for you.
Nikolas: I know.
Emily: To shut yourself off and waste everything that you are and everything that you have to give on a memory.
Nikolas: I just -- i can't stop thinking about when we first met. You were just an awkward teenager who grew up into this beautiful woman that i loved. And that's the problem, i still do. And it's just not fair. It's not fair that after everything that we've been through -- cancer, divorce -- and then we finally find our way back to each other, and it's all over.
Emily: No, nikolas, don't you see? It's not over. As long as you're alive, we're not over. I'll always be with you.
Nikolas: Just don't go.
Ian: The blood work on mr. Perkins hasn't come back, has it?
Nadine: The lab dropped off the results a couple hours ago. I have his chart here somewhere.
Ian: Nikolas cassidine hasn't left me any kind of messages, has he?
Nadine: Nope, and that's probably a good thing.
Ian: Do you have a problem with me, nurse crowell?
Nadine: Since you asked, i have several, actually. For starters, i can't stand the way you act around the nursing staff. We are here to assist you, not amuse you. Instead of treating us all as your next conquest, you might try showing a little respect.
Ian: Respect goes both ways.
Nadine: My aunt raylene would say respect is not something even the richest man can buy.
Ian: And did your loquacious aunt offer any advice about how to treat your superiors?
Nadine: I get that you're some big shot doctor and i should be grateful that you're even bothering to acknowledge the existence of little old me, but i think you should be ashamed of the way you are preying on
nikolas' undying love for emily. Taking advantage of him, selling him illegal drugs.
Ian: How i treat my patients is none of your concern.
Nadine: You may call yourself a doctor -- you may even have the diplomas to prove it, but i don't think you're any different than the dope dealer standing on the corner.
Ian: In case your aunt raylene never warned you, girls with loose lips can often wind up in tight places and never find their way out again.
claudia: He's not returning fire. That cannot be a good sign. He must be closer than we think.
Jason: Stop. I need you to get ready to run
claudia: What, and get picked off the minute i'm out in the open? No, thank you.
Jason: He can't shoot what he can't see. On my signal, i want you to head for that tree line.
Claudia: You want to give the guy some target practice, go for it, be my guest. I'm not --
jason: I need you to draw his fire.
Claudia: So you can run the other way?
Jason: I could've done that a long time ago. Either you want to trust me or you don't want to trust me.
Claudia: Ok.
Jason: Go.
[Gunshot] [gunshots] maxie: Ok, well, why don't you tell her if she changes her mind --
[dial tone sounds]
maxie: Not to call us back because her last movie sucked anyway and we'd have to fumigate the dress if she wore it.
Kate: Maxie, i'm leaving for the evening. How did you do on the photo shoot?
Maxie: I'm sorry -- i've left --
kate: Always the preamble for an excuse.
Maxie: No, it's not my fault.
Lulu left and left me to make all the phone calls.
Kate: Ok, fine, i'll sacrifice my evening and do it myself. Give me the numbers.
Maxie: Ok.
Kate: All right, why don't you see that you sacrifice your evening and immerse yourself in something useful, maxie. Like, i don't know, the alphabet.
Kate: E-mail me the numbers when you're through.
Lulu: For somebody who doesn't like to play games, you sure took a long time to call.
Johnny: I've had a lot going on.
Lulu: I guess i should lie and say i have, too, but i've been sitting by the phone waiting to hear from you. I know that sounds pathetic, but i guess i thought after that kiss i would at least rate a text.
Johnny: I meant to call sooner, lulu.
Lulu: That's ok. You're here now. I'm ready to have some fun.
Johnny: We can't. Ric lansing had my father transferred to shadybrook, and now he's trying to have him released altogether. You remember my father, right? The guy that tried to kill you?
Ric: Anthony, if you don't trust me at this juncture i don't think we have much of a future together.
Anthony: Sounds like you're gonna propose. Beat it, kid. Lansing and i need to talk. Sending the monkey out may have been a mistake. The way my children tell it, you're the one i need protecting from.
Ric: Well, your children said a lot of things, anthony. None of which happen to be true. They would rather see you rotting in a prison cell instead of home as a free man.
Anthony: Well, john has seen a lot of stuff he shouldn't have over the years, but he's always stayed with me.
Ric: Not that you gave him much choice, right?
Anthony: My son is loyal. It's his bitch of a sister i need to keep my eye --
ric: John's biding his time, anthony, ok? He waited for the opportunity to take control. Now he's got your money, he's got your power. Why would he want to give that up? Your son is trying to alienate you from the one person who is truly in your corner, and that would be me. Don't fall for it.
Anthony: Mr. Corinthos, to what do i owe this honor?
Sonny: I'm not here for you, anthony. I want to talk to my brother.
[Glass shatters]
claudia: It's dead.
Jason: Stay down. Keep away from the windows.
Claudia: Listen, my dad only hires the best. This guy is not gonna stop until we're dead.
Jason: If you don't stay down, you're gonna be dead.
Claudia: We have a few bullets left. We have no way of calling for help. How long do you honestly think that we're gonna last? [Knocking at door]
robin: You don't have to check on me every five minutes. I'm pregnant, i'm not helpless.
[Woman screams]
robin: Hi, mom.
[Elevator beeps]
nikolas: Can i help you find something there?
Nadine: I can't find thumb bunny.
Nikolas: I'm sorry, you can't find what?
Nadine: Thumb bunny. I can't put on the puppet show in peds without him.
Nikolas: Ok. And it's not in your survival kit there?
Nadine: You mean my clown bag?
Nikolas: Here.
Nadine: Oh.
Nikolas: There you go. I'm sorry. I shouldn't tease you about that. The bag is you. It's who you are. And i think it's good to be different.
Nadine: It's all part of being alive. If you're looking for dr. Devlin, you're going to have to get someone else to page him because i don't want anything more to do with the guy.
Nikolas: Neither do i.
Nadine: Have you told him that? Because he came by here earlier checking his messages and he said he was expecting a call from you.
Nikolas: Well, i don't care what he expects of me anymore. I don't want anything to do with him or his experimental drugs. I'm going to reschedule the surgery with dr. Drake.
Nadine: You mean that?
Nikolas: Yeah. I need to let go of emily. It's time for me to move on with my life.
Spinelli: The jackal must --
maxie: What are you doing here?
Spinelli: There comes a time in a man's life for seizing and --
maxie: What?
Spinelli: I'm here for the harvest. To let ignited passions sweep off that which must be swept.
Maxie: How many barbeque potato chips have you had?
Spinelli: Carpe, carpe --
maxie: English.
Spinelli: A man must seize his grapes before they wither.
Maxie: Spinelli, you kind of sound like you're having a stroke. Maybe you should sit down and take a load off. I'm gonna change out of this dress before i ruin it.
Spinelli: No, wait.
Maxie: For what?
Johnny: If ric convinces the courts that my father is sane, then he'll be a free man.
Lulu: Why should i be afraid of your father if he's not crazy?
Johnny: He's more dangerous this way.
Lulu: But i'm not a threat to your father.
Johnny: He's gonna try to use you to control me, and i'm not about to sit by and watch that happen again. We have to end this. We're over.
Lulu: What if i don't want to?
Jason: Did you find anything?
Claudia: Nothing that'll do us much good.
Jason: Keep looking.
Claudia: I wouldn't mind finding a bottle of scotch, whiskey, vodka, anything to take the edge off. So, i know you're good at what you do. Why do you do it, man? What is it, the money, the rush? You ever feel guilty after?
Jason: Why don't you try to find a better weapon than that butter knife?
Claudia: Hey, how long do you honestly think we're gonna last here? What do you got, five bullets? Why did you even go after me when my car went over the embankment? Wouldn't it have been better to just let me die?
Jason: Probably, yeah.
Claudia: So, why did you risk your life to save mine?
Sonny: Ric, i know you want trevor to pay for all he's done to you, the way he shut you out, the way he's made you feel like nothing. They guy is an ass. I don't blame you for wanting to see him squirm, but don't use anthony to do it. There's no way in hell you can control that freak.
Anthony: Hey, the freak is still in the room.
Sonny: You set him loose, ric, we're all gonna pay.
Anthony: Uh-oh, the big man is shaking in his shoes. You gonna cave?
Sonny: Ric! All this talk about wanting to be my brother, and all those years you've wasted hating me and all that? Now's your chance to prove it.
Ric: Let me ask you something. Do you ever notice every time you want to use the brother card because it's convenient for you? When it's something that you want or need? If it come from me, you spit in my face -- no matter what it is. What makes this time any different, sonny?
Sonny: Look, as of right now, you have an opportunity to be a decent human being. Listen, all you gotta do is walk. Let him rot like he deserves.
Ric: Really. What's in it for me?
Sonny: Me.
>> On the next "General Hospital" --
ric: Anthony free gets me what i want!
Lulu: I want you to choose me.
[Beep beep]
johnny: How long has claudia been out of touch?
Jason: You said you had information on who shot michael.
Johnny: Where is she?
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Apr 28, 2008 04:45
Mon Apr 28th: Part 1 Announcer: Today, the role of patrick drake will be played by ethan erickson.
Patrick: I mean, sure, robin told me her mom was a spy, but knowing it is one thing. Facing the flesh and blood reality of it, there's no prep for that.
Coleman: Wow, that must be tough.
Patrick: Picture this -- one time, she climbs down a rope through the skylight, right? I walk into the living room and there is this gorgeous woman. She's wearing a body suit, coleman. It would've stopped your heart.
Coleman: I love that.
Patrick: Yeah, wait till she gets here. She's like a mix between lara croft and emma peel. I am telling you, there is not a man out there who wouldn't take one look at anna devane and at least just wonder what it would be like --
Coleman: Hi, robin.
Robin: I didn't catch that. Wonder what?
Maxie: You're a doctor. You should help him.
Mac: Do something now.
[Spinelli moans]
Ian: How long have you been in pain?
Spinelli: Spiritually or in the physical realm? For the human condition is pain --
Maxie: He's in agony.
Spinelli: Please do something.
Jerry: What seems to be the problem?
Ian: He may be suffering from indigestion.
Maxie: Or he could have appendicitis and he's dying.
Spinelli: Appendic -- ow.
Mac: I'm calling an ambulance.
Jerry: I'm sure you'll want to accompany this poor, suffering genius to the hospital.
Spinelli: Please don't leave me, kind physician.
Jerry: Yes, what could be more important than a man's health? Come on, doctor.
Claudia: Don't move.
Lulu: Sonny!
Sonny: I guess i wasn't meant to die tonight.
Patrick: Hey, you're here. Where's your mom? She's not going to break down any doors or repel out of any windows or anything, right?
Coleman: You're going to need this, my man.
Patrick: I mean, after all, this was her idea to come to jake's to celebrate the baby, right?
Robin: Yes, yes, it was, but she was called away on a super secret spy mission, very dangerous. But, you know, that's what happens when you're a cross between lara croft and, what was it? Emma peel?
Patrick: That -- you heard that, huh?
Robin: Yeah, i heard all of it. You know, i'm not surprised that men are attracted to my mother. I mean, she used to stop traffic, literally, when she would walk me to school in the morning. She's been the cause of many fender benders, fist fights. I just -- i don't know, i just assumed that you would be an exception to the rule. Silly me.
Patrick: No, you're not understanding. I -- i am not attracted to your mother, per se.
Robin: Right.
Patrick: I'm attract -- i like the idea of your mother. Yes, she's like she stepped out of an action flick or a spy thriller --
Robin: Or a video game.
Patrick: Yeah, a video game, exactly. She's like this butt-kicking fantasy woman.
Robin: Ok -- ok, so let me get this straight. My mother is your fantasy woman.
Coleman: Ok, robin, don't sweat it. I mean, men, we're always -- we're always thinking all kinds of things, really.
Robin: You are? Like what?
Coleman: All right, well, like -- like i always found you incredibly hot when you used to come in here with your girls, right?
Robin: Me?
Coleman: Yeah, but now that you're pregnant, you know, and you've got this whole earth mother thing working, you're even hotter than before.
Patrick: Don't be messing with my baby mama.
Coleman: Whoa! Easy, son.
Ian: You can ride in the ambulance with him.
Spinelli: No, i need a doctor.
Ian: Any first year intern can cover this.
Mac: You have some place else to be?
Jerry: Oh, that's too bad. You're riding there with us, doctor. Such a shame.
Spinelli: The jackal craves medical attention.
Maxie: Spinelli's right. He needs help and you're barely even looking at him.
Ian: The paramedics will take care of you.
Jerry: Come on, shouldn't you make an effort, hippocratic oath and all that? Huh?
Maxie: Spinelli, it's ok. We're going to take you to the hospital. Dr. Devlin's coming with us. You're going to be fine.
Maxie: It's ok.
Jerry: Try to run. Wherever you go, i will find you.
Morgan: May i please speak to michael corinthos?
Jax: Morgan, hey. I'm sorry. We'll call back later. Michael -- michael can't come to the phone right now. He's sleeping. Did you dial that number all by yourself? You did, huh? You know, your mom left this number to the hospital for emergencies only.
Morgan: Michael's an emergency.
Mercedes: Welcome home, jax.
Jax: Thanks, it's good to be back.
Mercedes: Your dinner's in the fridge.
Jax: Thank you. Did you give morgan permission to call the hospital?
Mercedes: No, i did not. But he's been talking about michael all day. Is there any way he can visit?
Jax: No, it's a little soon for that, i'm afraid. You know the best thing you can do for your brother? You be a good boy with mercedes. You be a good boy at school, ok? And he can say a special prayer for michael tonight. Will you do that?
Claudia: Shooting stopped.
Jason: He's firing blind. He wants us to panic.
Claudia: Look, eventually, he's going to have to break in here. If you work for my father, you finish the job or you end up dead.
Jason: Come on, if anthony's really behind --
claudia: Why is this so hard for you to understand? My father is trying to kill me. What do you think? You think -- you think it's tough for him? He's more than capable of setting up a hit from prison, jason. He's the one who sent the shooter that shot michael.
Johnny: Where's my sister?
Sonny: If you kill me, you're going to have to kill lulu. Does payback mean that much to you?
Johnny: What happened to
Claudia, sonny?
Sonny: Like i told you, that bitch could be dead by now.
Lulu: Johnny, don't. Don't.
Johnny: If claudia dies, so do you.
Sonny: I'm so sorry you had to see that.
Lulu: What the hell's wrong with you? You're practically daring him to kill you. Robin: Baby mama?
Coleman: Drinks cost you double from now on, pal.
Robin: Sorry about that, coleman.
Coleman: Yeah, i strongly suggest you find a different approach next time you want to impress your baby mama.
Robin: Ok, so if i am the baby mama, then my mom is the baby's mama's grandma? Baby mama -- mama's grandma -- mama's --
Patrick: Can we just --
Robin: Well, i'm just trying to get some clarification as to how you feel about my hot mom.
Patrick: Ok, i feel like i'm in love with you. All right? How's that for clarification?
Robin: But you're not, you know, hot for me. I mean, you know, it's not like i've ever repelled through a skylight or even taken a kick boxing class, for that matter, at the gym. I mean, my idea of a -- of a big adventure is being in the medical lab watching cells reproduce.
Patrick: Cells reproducing. I -- i'm a doctor. I think that's hot.
Robin: Really? So it's totally ok with you that i'm not some super-sexy woman that most men fantasize about?
Patrick: Honey, you, like you are, you're perfect.
Robin: But i'm not hot or exciting and obviously you're not even attracted to me anymore.
Max: Scotch, please. Make it a double. Oh, ms. Miller. What are the odds?
Diane: Very high considering you asked me here for a drink.
Max: Shh, keep your voice down.
Diane: You're the one who's yelling.
Max: I'm sorry. If it gets back to the boss that i asked you here, for legal advice, we both could get in a lot of trouble.
Diane: Max, it's absurd. I'm not going to spend the entire evening covering for the fact that you and i are here together simply because you think the bartender may be a spy on sonny's payroll.
Max: It's not just the bartender, ok? Anyone could walk through that door, including mr. C. I think the boss made it very clear to both you and i that we're not supposed to see each other anymore.
Diane: I am sonny's attorney. You are his bodyguard. So you show me where in those job descriptions it says we can't have a personal life. It doesn't, max, it doesn't. Sonny is our employer. He in no way get to dictate how we spend our free time. And if i want to meet a very attractive man at a bar and spend all night having hot, steamy, sweaty sex with him, that is my prerogative.
Max: All night?
Diane: And for sonny to even insinuate that somehow me sleeping with you will throw me off my game, make me lose focus, that is not only insulting, it is patently absurd and incorrect. Not that you are not incredible, max. Oh, my God, your flexibility alone would make most women lose their minds. But when it comes to sonny, you're going to have to man up.
Jason: Don't try to use what happened to michael.
Claudia: That's what you think i'm doing?
Jason: Yeah, you know i want whoever hurt michael. You're accusing your father hoping that i get rid of him.
Claudia: What? You didn't notice? You're not in a position to get rid of anybody right now, jason, including the guy that's out there shooting at us.
Jason: Do you have proof that anthony sent the shooter? Yes or no.
Claudia: At this point, it's an educated guess, but, jason, get me through this alive and i swear to you, i will go after my father. I will get you all the proof --
Jason: What?
Claudia: That you need.
Jason: What do you mean? You're going to frame him? Is that what you're going to do?
Claudia: He's a psychopath. He's crazy. You understand? He's like your friend, sonny. I don't know how you put up with him. I didn't get to choose my father. I lost, big time, in the genetic lottery, ok? I don't know you that well, but i can see that you are focused. You are organized. You set limits. You don't mix business and pleasure. Tell me something. Why are you taking orders? Why didn't you whack that guy a long time ago and take over?
Sonny: You've been running around the past six months defending johnny zacchara to anyone who will listen, especially to me.
Lulu: I don't want any more innocent people to get killed and i know that johnny did not try to --
Sonny: You think you know johnny? You see how he repaid your concern by shooting me in front of you? If it wasn't for pure luck, i'd be dead right now.
Lulu: You want him to kill you? You know how much he loves his sister. So why did you make it sound like you did something to claudia?
Sonny: How do you know i didn't?
Lulu: Because you would never deliberately hurt a woman.
Sonny: Let me tell you something. If claudia did anything to my son and i find out about it, i would kill her myself.
Lulu: She didn't and neither did johnny.
Sonny: Well, unless you've got some inside information i'm not aware of, then you don't know what the hell you're talking about because you're just a little girl who's in way over her head, who should shut her mouth and go home.
Lulu: Did you really take claudia or were you just trying to provoke johnny?
Sonny: Now, let me tell you what i was doing. I wanted to see how far johnny would take it. Now i know.
Spinelli: Do something, please. Help me.
Leyla: We're trying to take care of you. Just relax, relax.
Spinelli: No -- no -- no -- no -- no needles. The jackal fears hypodermic instruments of torture. A thousand times, no. The jackal protests. Sorry, no.
Leyla: You need to calm down, mr. Jackal.
Maxie: Do you think that you could be a little gentler with him? He is the patient.
Leyla: Dr. Devlin's ordered a sedative.
Maxie: You can't give him that. You don't even know what he has. You can't put him to sleep yet.
Spinelli: Most unfortunate choice of words, maximista.
Leyla: Ok, just calm down. Calm down.
Ian: Look, i want you to order a cbc and a white blood count and get a surgical consult. Then i want you to order all of my charts in ascending order by date, ok?
Leyla: You want the charts done now?
Ian: That's what i said, isn't it?
Leyla: Ok, ok.
Ian: I'm turning the case over to dr. Behar. He's the king of appendectomies.
Maxie: What he -- he doesn't have appendicitis. It came on so suddenly. It could be --
Ian: Well, dr. Behar is going to have to run diagnostics for you, ok?
Spinelli: No, no, wait. Don't go. Don't go.
Ian: I'm not on your case anymore and i have somewhere to be.
Spinelli: Stay, esteemed and mysterious dr. Devlin. Please don't leave the jackal in his hour of need.
Ian: Let go of me, you little weirdo! What are you doing?
Spinelli: Thanks for that.
Maxie: Anytime.
Patrick: Look, all i'm saying is that i love you, all right? I'm attracted to you and i always have been. And, you know, i got to say, the only time that we have problems -- the only time is when you complicate things by over-thinking them.
Robin: Oh, ok. You don't want me to over-think your crush on my mom. That totally makes sense. I don't blame you.
Patrick: No, look -- no, i don't have a crush on your mother.
Robin: Right, you just fantasize about her.
Patrick: Look, here we go again. You're overreacting.
Robin: You know, i have an idea. Why don't you learn to play the guitar? That way you can give eli love a run for his money.
Patrick: Wait -- wait, roll back the tapes. Look, all i said was that your mom was hot and she is. And you know what? I'm a man and that's my opinion and i stand by it. Period.
Kelly: Patrick's hot for your mother? Ouch. That's got to hurt.
Jax: He knew it was a grand slam from the crack of his bat. And as he ran the bases, the crowd stood, cheering, and derek ran safely home. Mercedes will give you a bath now and i'll come up and tuck you in, ok?
Morgan: I want mommy.
Jax: Hey, your mom has to stay with michael tonight, ok? But she loves you very much and she'll be home as soon as she can, ok? Now, run along. I'll be up in a little bit.
Jerry: Hey, brother.
Jax: Hey.
Jerry: It looks clear that michael hasn't improved.
Jax: Well, the specialists i brought in are -- you know, they're running tests and evaluating the case.
Jerry: And any idea of what they'll say?
Jax: Right now they're saying that he's getting excellent care, which we already know.
Jerry: It has a sort of bottom of the barrel ring, doesn't it?
Jax: Yeah, well, i can bring in every specialist. Run every test there is. The result's not going to change. Michael's not going to wake up, and i don't know how carly and i will survive losing him.
Sonny: Why'd you come here tonight? Were you following johnny?
Lulu: Kate sent me to pick up her pda.
Sonny: Well, thank God for kate because if you hadn't shown up here, johnny would have killed me.
Lulu: Which is exactly what you wanted, right?
Sonny: Does johnny know that you go around making excuses for him?
Lulu: What johnny did tonight was wrong, but i think that you were wrong, too.
Sonny: The whole entire way of life is wrong. The money, the power, the respect. The rush the danger gives you, it makes the violence inevitable. But i knew that anyway... And i took michael to the warehouse because he was, you know, under my protection. He's been under my roof. I could take care of him. But it was a lie. Look where michael is. You know what? Johnny zacchara nearly killed me tonight. It's fine because it doesn't matter. Eventually, i'm going to kill him because that's just the way the business works. And i don't -- i don't want you to be in a -- in the middle of it. You know what i mean? To be caught in the crossfire. You know, i can't make any promises because, if you're standing next to johnny zacchara, you're a target. And the innocent is not protected. Look at michael.
Maxie: What if i o.D.-Ed him?
Spinelli: Dr. Doom is breathing.
Maxie: Ok, let's go.
Spinelli: No, wait -- wait, no, no, we can't just leave him here.
Maxie: Why not? Somebody'll think that he's just a druggie and do an intervention. Worst case scenario, he'll sleep it off.
Spinelli: What if he wakes up? He potentially shot young michael. I have to keep him on ice till stone cold comes and gives me further instruction.
Maxie: Stop right there. Jason is like some deluxe hitman, and if he's going to take out a doctor, i don't careif it's a disgusting, sleazy one, i don't want to know anything about it.
Spinelli: I -- i understand. That would be terribly upsetting.
Maxie: Hello? I would be arrested for being an accessory to murder and that would crush mac's heart. Not to mention it would ruin my career in the fashion industry.
Spinelli: Well, then, just assist me in transporting him to a secure location. Then i'll take over and maximista can plead ignorance. Please?
Maxie: Ugh, fine. Where do you want to take him?
Spinelli: Um...
Maxie: I know. We could take him to the locker room and make it look like he passed out in the shower.
Spinelli: Let's take him to a padded cell in the psych ward.
Maxie: The psych ward -- that's like, eight floors up and has a ton of security guards.
Spinelli: I know, but i'll jackal into the computer and make it look like i've recovered from my injuries --
Maxie: You know, you making this way too complicated. We should just dump the syringe and act like he passed out during your exam.
Spinelli: What if he wakes up? How can you let the shooter of an innocent child go free? He could hurt or kill someone else.
Maxie: How are we going to get him to the psych ward?
Apr 28, 2008 04:48
Claudia: Sonny goes after what he wants without thinking. It's bad business. You know it is. It's how you get killed.
Jason: Just stop talking.
Claudia: Or what?
Jason: I'll leave.
Claudia: You're just mad. You're mad because you know that i'm right. I'll bet you that you've always been there for sonny. And you asked him to do one thing for you that was important to you, and he failed.
Coleman: Hello, girls. Kelly and lainey: Hi.
Coleman: The usual today?
Lainey: Yes, thank you.
Kelly: Yeah.
Coleman: How would you like for me to put your drinks on baby daddy's tab?
Robin: Yes.
Coleman: It's on baby daddy.
Robin: All right.
[Robin laughs]
Robin: In the meantime, you can fill in kelly and lainey about what you were saying about my mom. What did you call her? A butt-kicking fantasy woman, right? And then there's the baby mama.
Lainey: Baby mama?
Robin: That would be me.
Lainey: Ooh.
Kelly: Nice work. Nice work.
Lainey: Ooh!
Kelly: Woo!
Lainey: Just like old time.
Kelly: Yeow.
Robin: I wish i could kill that bottle with you. Maybe i could forget about the fact that the father of my child is hot for my mom.
Patrick: All right, stop. Ladies, i did not say that.
Robin: You know, i wish i'd known sooner. I would've got her number for you.
Patrick: Look, you know what? As you have said on many occasions, anna is beautiful and she's exciting and i simply agree, ok? So there we go. She's your mother, she's my baby's grandmother, and you know what? I'm out.
Kelly: Well, she's all --
[laughter]
Coleman: What do you need, gorgeous?
Robin: I would like a lemonade and a double order of fries. You know, if i can't drink, i'm going to have to drown my sorrows in carbs.
Coleman: You got it.
Robin: Thank you.
Lainey: You know, i don't want to interrupt your carb overload, but honestly, your situation really isn't that dire.
Robin: How do you figure?
Lainey: Do you know that men are often attracted to the mothers of the women they love?
Kelly: No.
Lainey: Yeah.
Cassius: You need some help?
Leyla: Yeah, dr. Devlin wants his charts in ascending order by date.
Cassius: Ok, why?
Leyla: I have no idea. I was in there assisting with spinelli, who really is a strange guy, by the way.
Cassius: Don't i know it.
Leyla: And next thing you know, he ordered some tests and gives me this assignment and practically boots me out the door.
Cassius: Is that right?
Leyla: Yeah.
Epiphany: Who do you have dr. Devlin's charts all over my work station?
Spinelli: You can't cover his face.
Maxie: Someone's going to recognize him.
Spinelli: It'll make him look dead which will create suspicion and attract attention.
Maxie: Move, move, move.
Spinelli: Where's the psych ward?
Maxie: Turn, turn.
Epiphany: What are you staring at?
Leyla: I thought i recognized someone, but i must be imagining things.
Epiphany: I need details, nurse mir.
Leyla: Why is spinelli dressed like a doctor and pushing away a gurney at warp speed?
Epiphany: Yeah.
Claudia: Sonny is too selfish to ever return your loyalty.
Jason: Why do you keep pushing this?
Claudia: Because you saved my life. That means you're good. You're too good to work for a man like that, to work for somebody that i despise.
Jason: Why -- why would i care what you think?
Claudia: I'm right. You blame yourself for little michael getting shot because you know what a selfish bastard sonny really is. You know careless he is. You knew. He couldn't protect that little boy. What? You going to leave me now? You're going to leave me in here by myself? You're going to get shot.
Jason: I'll take my chances.
Jax: At least carly's starting to edge out of complete denial. She realizes michael won't be playing baseball this summer. She also acknowledges that he might have some brain damage and he might need therapy. But she still thinks he's going to wake up.
Jerry: Can you blame her? Michael's her child, her firstborn. I mean, if i were in michael's spot, i expect lady jane to want to smother me with a pillow and i can't blame her.
Jax: No.
Jerry: Yes, yes. But if it were you, you know, would you -- would you want our mother to give up hope?
Jax: I'd want her to go on living, not sacrifice her life for me. I mean, carly's talking about bringing michael home. I'm afraid that she will devote every second of the day to taking care of him. And what's that going to do to morgan? I mean, how's it -- how's it going to be for morgan having his comatose brother down the hall?
Jerry: Hey.
Jax: Hey, you ready to go to bed? I'm going to tuck you in. Come on, let's go. I'll see you later, jerry.
Jerry: See you later. Nice pajamas.
Jerry: Hello.
Alexis: Why are you here? Is michael ok?
Jerry: No, no, there's no change.
Alexis: You know, this is awful. I -- i haven't even been able to explain it to kristina yet.
Jerry: No, no, the one person you need to help at the moment is jax.
Kate: I left my pda when i was here earlier and bringing it back seemed an insurmountable task for lulu.
Sonny: Kate, it wasn't her fault.
Kate: She was here?
Sonny: Yeah, she came by to pick up the pda and... She saw something that distracted her. She talks tough, like her dad, you know, and like michael used to when he used to imitate my voice. It's amazing. Kids don't know half of what they say. They just want to be like their parent.
Kate: Did something happen, sonny?
Sonny: Yeah, my kid got shot. I screamed at another kid. Now lulu is not going to listen to me. She's going to do the exact opposite of what i want her to do. It's just - [sonny groans]
Kate: You look tired.
Sonny: I'm tired. I'm tired of -- i'm tired of all of it.
Kate: Can you fix it tonight?
Sonny: My life... That i stole and killed for?
Sonny: I can't fix it. I can't fix anything.
Kate: Ok. So, how about, just for a little while -- just for a little while... You let it go? Stop looking for blame, punishment. Just let yourself rest.
Sonny: I don't deserve you. I don't deserve --
Kate: Hey, guess what? You got me anyway.
Robin: You should have heard patrick go on and on about my mother. I mean, how could i ever compare to anna devane? I'm never wearing a catsuit ever again.
Kelly: You never wore a catsuit before.
Lainey: Wait, you own a catsuit?
Kelly: I do.
Lainey: Well, of course you do.
Robin: The point is that i am not an action figure and i'm definitely not some guy's fantasy.
Kelly: You know, gun-toting, karate-kicking, female super spies, they're a turn-on for a lot of men. I mean, just ask any guy who's ever been to a james bond movie, you know?
Lainey: Listen, mothers and daughters often share traits. Not just in appearance, but, you know, personality as well. So it would stand to reason that if a man is in love with a daughter that he might be drawn to a mother with similar attributes.
Robin: Well, that would be comforting if i was anything like my mother. I mean, she's this super sexy spy who's probably crossing some hostile border right now with a fake name and jumping out of a helicopter tomorrow morning. I mean, i'm just a workaholic doctor whose idea of a wild night is ordering a double batch of fries. I mean, let's face it. I'm boring, and now i'm fat. I'm pregnant and i'm boring. No wonder my baby daddy has the hots for my mom.
Lainey and kelly: Oh.
Robin: Drink for me, please.
Diane: If you don't stand up to sonny, then he will always and only think about you as his ever-faithful, endlessly loya bodyguard whom he can run roughshod over anytime he chooses.
Max: It's just, he's under a lot of stress right now. I don't want to add it by --
Diane: But, max, that's my point. He should be concentrating on his own life, not ours. We are consenting adults. We don't need his permission to see each other.
Max: But we do need our jobs.
Diane: Oh, max, max, max. You know, there comes a time in every man's life when he has to decide what is important, a paycheck or his piece of mind?
Max: So you're saying you don't care if you get fired by sonny?
Diane: No, no. Yes, there are many perks to being sonny's attorney. I will admit that. A closet full of couture is but one of them. But now i have my own relationship with kate howard. I can get samples any time i need them. I don't need sonny's help and you don't need his interference. So what's it going to be, max? You going to man up?
Max: Oh.Check, please.
[Diane laughs]
diane: Yeah, yeah.
Alexis: I'm here because jax asked me to review a legal matter.
Jerry: He's upstairs with morgan who's having a really bad time of it. Would you like a glass of wine? It's open.
Alexis: Sure.
Jerry: Ok.
Alexis: Just don't drop anything.
Jerry: Oh, come on, it was a $5,000 chip. What did you think i was going to do with it? Throw it in the garbage?
Alexis: Well, i should have known better. It was my fault. I got down on the floor which is where you thrive.
Jerry: That's true. I mean, come on, it was a kiss under the table. I can't believe it was your first.
Alexis: What kind of woman do you think that i am?
Jerry: Well, i'm about to find out. But first of all, jax is more important, ok?
Alexis: My, my, you're so versatile. One moment you're flirting, the next minute you're rude and inappropriate and then you're just decent.
Jerry: Oh, come on, why is it so hard to believe that i love my brother?
Alexis: Your history of amoral criminal behavior.
Jerry: What about the cassadines? Don't the cassadines have a long history of murder, intrigue etc.? Perhaps we're not really that different.
Alexis: We are very different in a similar sort of way. You -- you are a very, very bad idea.
Jerry: Well, i can't disagree.
Alexis: However, i may flirt with you. I may even get down on the floor with you when i choose to. But that's as far as it's going to go.
Jerry: Cheers to that. I love the image, though.
Maxie: Why are you bringing us down here? There has to be a better place to find a computer terminal. Spinelli, this is so disgusting.
Spinelli: Look, i just need to book a padded cell for our somnolent prisoner and we'll be on our way.
Maxie: Ok, well then, i am out of here because i never agreed to cart around a doctor through an entire hospital and end up in the morgue.
Spinelli: It'll be just a minute, ok?
Maxie: Ok, well, what if he wakes up or something? You know, we really should just get out of here. You probably should just call
Jason and let him handle it.
Spinelli: No, no, no, no.
[Maxie squeals]
Epiphany: What the hell is going on here? Why are you two in the morgue impersonating hospital personnel?
Maxie: What does it take to get a little privacy around this hospital? I mean, after all the hours i volunteered, pushing that book cart, handing out those meals trays, helping little kids --
Epiphany: Where's the gurney? And don't tell me you weren't pushing one. Where is it?
Maxie: On the north service elevator. And all those sheets were just made to look like a patient. That's how desperate we were for privacy. So if you think, maybe this one time, you could just turn your head so i could get romantic with spinelli?
Epiphany: In the morgue?
Maxie: Yeah, well, sex is, like, the ultimate affirmation of life and joy so -- i mean, the morgue seemed like the right idea.
Epiphany: Don't you go anywhere near that computer and don't you say one more word to disrespect me or the dead in this place or i will personally haul you into the chief of staff's office and you can explain to him why you are making a mockery of this hospital and these poor souls who have gone on to meet their maker. Now get out of here. Go!
Lulu: I didn't think you'd come after what happened.
Johnny: Well, you called. It's the least i could do.
Lulu: I didn't follow you to sonny's, if that's what you were thinking.
Kate asked me to go get her pda.
Johnny: What do you want, lulu?
Lulu: If something bad happens, you're supposed to forget it, right? If there's nothing you can do, if you can't change anything --
Johnny: What do you want?
Lulu: How am i supposed to forget that you tried to kill sonny?
Alexis: How's morgan?
Jax: Well... I don't know what to say to him. You know, he can't understand the truth and carly doesn't want to hear it.
Alexis: What about specialists?
Jax: Well, they're running their tests, but there is nothing they can really change. And in the meantime, carly's only been home a few hours since the shooting. Morgan's asking questions. He wants to go to the hospital to visit michael. Carly wants to bring him home. I want to help everyone, of course, but there's nothing i can do.
Alexis: You're here. You're doing everything. You sat with carly all day. You're going out of your way to bring in any specialists that's necessary --
Jax: It's not enough. That's why i brought you here. I want you to draw up paperwork for sonny to renounce all parental rights to michael and morgan.
Alexis: What would be the point?
Jax: Look, it -- he's a disaster, ok? He's already destroyed michael's life and i won't let that happen to morgan. I want to adopt both my stepsons.
Kate: I'm just so worried about you, sonny.
Sonny: I know you want me to walk away somehow, and not go after the people who did this to my son, but i got to tell you, i can't -- i can't. That's not going to happen. And it doesn't mean i don't love you. It doesn't mean i don't respect your opinion. It doesn't mean that, you know, i don't want you in my life.
Kate: Ok, ok. We don't have to solve all that right now.
Sonny: Can i tell you something? Will you listen to me? Johnny zacchara tried to kill me tonight. He shot me point blank. And it's just a freak accident or a miracle that i'm still alive.
Lulu: Sonny doesn't have claudia. He doesn't even know where she is.
Johnny: Is that what he told you?
Lulu: He's grieving. He -- he was goading you to shoot him.
Johnny: I don't care. The truth is i want sonny dead. And the only reason i stopped shooting tonight is because of you.
Maxie: If epiphany catches us down here again, she's going to do worse than turn us in to dr. Ford. She's going to call my dad.
Spinelli: Fear not. The jackal is a master of stealth.
Maxie: Ok, well, why can't we just leave ian here and have jason take care of it?
[Whizzing sound]
Spinelli: Wait.
Maxie: Is that a saw?
Spinelli: The type a coroner would use on a corpse.
Maxie: Stop!
Spinelli: He's alive!
Man: Drop the knife.
Claudia: Ok, look, whatever my father is paying you, i will double it.
Man: You're going to die anyway. But first, what do you say we have a little fun?
[Grunts]
Jason: Let her go.
Man: Drop the gun or she dies.
>> On the Next "General Hospital" --
Kate: You can end this.
Sonny: Johnny zacchara tried to kill me. I'm going to kill him.
[Grunting]
Apr 29, 2008 04:44
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Maxie: That man is still alive.
Coroner: What's going on?
Spinelli: Whoa -- whoa --
Maxie: Spinelli. Oh --
Lulu: What if somebody else had walked in when you were shooting sonny? What if it was kate or carly or some other innocent bystander? Would you have killed them?
Johnny: All i know is, if you hadn't walked in, i would have blown sonny's head off.
Sonny: So the gun was in my shoulder holster, all right? It was just random luck -- look at that -- that johnny's bullet hit the slide instead of my chest.
Kate: Sonny, you have to call the cops.
Shooter: I'll kill her.
Jason: Drop the gun.
Shooter: You want her dead? All i got to do is pull this trigger.
Luke: Ah, ms. Miller, welcome. It's always a pleasure to see one the town's leading barristers.
Diane: If you are salivating, mr. Spencer, at the thought of taking my money, i can assure you i am a cautious and judicious gambler.
Luke: Hmm, terribly sorry to hear that. Have a drink. Choose a table. Perhaps we can change your mind.
Diane: You know, alexis was right. You do have a certain idiosyncratic charm. Is max giambetti here tonight, by any chance?
Luke: No, he isn't, but if he comes in, i'd be happy to tell him you're looking for him.
Diane: Please do.
Lucky: Dad.
Luke: Oh, hey.
Lucky: Hey, how's business?
Luke: Really good. We're busy. Opening night seemed to give us a jump start. Choose a table. I'll stake you to some chips.
Sam: Ooh, nice.
Lucky: Thank you. So what is your pleasure?
Sam: Roulette is calling my name.
Lucky: Roulette it is.
Sam: This is going to be so much fun. I love to gamble. I -- i've told you that, right?
Lucky: Yeah, i've noticed. Hey, is your hip bothering you? Because if it is, i'll --
Sam: No, no, no, no, listen -- nothing is going to ruin my evening with you.
Nikolas: So you planning to demonstrate some more of your astonishing gambling intuition?
Nadine: You just invited me here to make money off of me, didn't you?
Nikolas: Perhaps. I mean, i do admire your skill.
Nadine: Are you going to butter me up and ply me with drinks and steal my secrets?
Nikolas: No, no, thought never even crossed my mind.
Nadine: Too bad, because it could work.
[Cheering]
Sam: Do that again.
Lucky: You are --
Sam: Thank you.
Ric: How was your day with anthony?
Logan: Nothing too eventful.
Ric: Well, i'm sure you can manage a more detailed description than that, you know,like who visited him, how's his physical therapy going, did anthony have any phone conversations of interest?
Logan: Just be clear, you expect me to spy on him for you?
Ric: Why else would i bother giving you the job?
Maxie: Are you ok?
Spinelli: The jackal appreciates maximista's concern and assures he is most contented.
Maxie: Yeah, ok. Well, now maybe you should try and sit up because i want to get out of here. This place creeps me out.
Spinelli: Oh, my god. The unfortunate dr. Devlin's cranium --
Maxie: No, spinelli, that is not ian's body.
Spinelli: Are you -- are you certain?
Maxie: Yes. Trust me. It's some guy half his age, but don't worry. I don't blame you for passing out. It was gross.
Spinelli: Then where exactly is the fiendish physician?
Maxie: How am i supposed to know? He must have disappeared.
Lulu: Do you even care that sonny's child is in a coma after being shot in the head?
Johnny: My sister's missing. Sonny implied he had something to do with it.
Lulu: He is grieving. He's lashing out. Where the hell is your compassion?
Johnny: I don't have any and neither does sonny, ok? Compassion is a liability.
Lulu: No, compassion is a human emotion. You're a person. You are not a robot. You have feelings.
Johnny: I have enemies, and i kill them. It's part of the life that i lead, the business that i'm in. Sonny's no different.
Lulu: And the point of all this killing would be?
Johnny: To hold on to what's mine.
Lulu: Ok, and no guilt or remorse, right? Who cares that little child has been shot. You have nothing to be sorry for, right?
Johnny: Yeah, i'm sorry that i picked you up that first night because i knew we'd end up here.
Lulu: Well, don't worry. I'll live because i'll be a lot better off without you.
Sonny: I'm not calling the cops.
Kate: Why not, sonny? They can build a case. They can send a forensic team, come out and collect evidence --
Sonny: So they can interview lulu, get her to testify, so she can lie through her teeth to cover for johnny?
Kate: Lulu would tell the truth.
Sonny: Maybe, but he wouldn't be convicted.
Kate: Why not? He's guilty.
Sonny: Why not? Let me tell you why not. I locked johnny in a padded room in an abandoned mental ward. I didn't give him food for days. I had him beaten up because i wanted to break -- i even -- i even threatened his sister that i would send pieces of him to her.
Kate: Ok, it's wrong.
Sonny: Well?
Kate: And i won't try to justify that --
Sonny: He didn't -- he didn't even shoot you. He didn't even kidnap michael. But you know what? I -- he -- i went after him anyway, right?
Kate: He shot you, sonny, at point blank range, and --
Sonny: I --
Kate: For all he knew, you were an unarmed man.
Sonny: I would've done the same thing.
Kate: Ok, you want a truce, right? Ok, you go back to him, and you tell him you're going to honor that truce, and that it's in both your best interest's to stop attacking each other.
Sonny: The truce ended when michael was shot.
Kate: Then go to the police.
Sonny: I'm not going to the police for my business. Johnny zacchara tried to kill me, and i'm going to kill him.
Jason: Who sent you? Who sent you?
Jason: Why did you kill him?
Claudia: Why didn't you? You had the shot.
Jason: I wanted him alive so i could question him. Obviously, you wanted him dead so I couldn't.
Sam: Yes.
Luke: Hey, partner.
Johnny: Hey, how's business? Looks good.
Luke: Yeah, we're grinding out a nice, thick profit margin.
Johnny: Got a second to discuss it?
Luke: Absolutely.
Tracy: Mr. Zacchara, and what brings you here tonight?
Johnny: Checking on my investment.
Tracy: Good, now go.
Luke: Spanky, why don't you play a little twenty-one while we have a little chat about business?
Tracy: I believe the agreement was that mr. Zacchara would invest and you would run the casino. Why do the two of you look like thieves?
Luke: Why don't you have a drink on the house? We just got in some new bourbon made in the black hills of kentucky. Smooth like silk, it goes down.
Tracy: I'm watching you.
Johnny: You get the deposit?
Luke: Yeah, $500,000 in unmarked greenbacks.
Johnny: Great. Cycle it through. Declare it next week's profits.
Luke: No problem. It'll come out smelling like a rose.
Johnny: [Laughs]
Luke: Come, i'll show you around.
Logan: Well, the prodigal son arrives.
Ric: Anthony's obsession with his son, johnny, is his weakness.
Logan: No, not according to anthony, he's not.
Ric: He's going to be a very powerful man very soon. You and i are going to have to work together to protect him Logan: You're asking me if i'm going to side with you over johnny?
Ric: You got a problem?
Logan: No, anything i can do to make johnny zacchara pay is fine by me.
Sam: Come to mama. Thank you very much.
Lucky: God, you win every time.
Sam: Yes, i am a skilled player.
Lucky: Is your hip ok?
Sam: You know, it's -- it's bothering me a little bit. I just -- the doctors prescribed some medication, and i don't feel like it's working very good anymore.
Lucky: Well, you know, you better be careful with that stuff. You could get hooked before you know it.
Sam: I know -- i know -- i know you had a bad experience.
Lucky: You know, pills nearly destroyed my life.
Sam: I know. I'm just -- i'm following the doctor's instructions. I just wish it was doing some good. That's all.
Diane: [Laughs]
Nadine: God, i'm snake-bit tonight. I should be learning tricks from you.
Nikolas: I'll explain the odds to you. We should do it in a quiet place away from the table.
Nadine: We should see if the library's still open.
Nikolas: The library -- no, we'll just -- we'll just go back to my house later.
Nadine: Ok.
Kate: All right, so let me get this straight so that i -- i understand this. You will try to kill john zacchara. John zacchara will try to kill you. A great big mob war will ensue, and this is what you want?
Sonny: No, what I want is whoever shot michael to pay.
Kate: But you don't know that the zaccharas are responsible.
Sonny: They've done enough for me to want them dead, kate.
Kate: So you -- you lock up john zacchara because you think that he shot me and that he kidnapped michael, and then you find out that he wasn't responsible. Sonny, shouldn't you learn something from that, that you can't leap to conclusion --
Sonny: This isn't about playing fair. It's about vengeance.
Kate: No, i actually think it's about self-destruction.
Sonny: My son is in a permanent coma.
Kate: I know.
Sonny: Ok.
Kate: And now you are punishing yourself, and you're throwing me away in the process.
Sonny: If you want to leave, i mean, you know -- no, no, i'm just saying that's your choice.
Kate: Why don't you admit it, sonny? You're trying to make your life so terrible, so repellent, that i'll be forced to leave.
Maxie: Ok, well, what do you think we should do, check the airports or the train stations?
Spinelli: The dastardly dr. Devlin could not have gone far.
Maxie: Yeah, no kidding. I shot him up with a whole needle full of sedative.
Spinelli: Yes, a desperate but clever move.
Maxie: Thank you, you know, i'd like to say that i thought about it first, but i just freaked out and grabbed the nearest thing to me which just happened to be the needle.
Spinelli: Well, that's exactly the jackal's point. Maximista is endlessly resourceful.
Maxie: Ok, well, we need to focus. Do you think that devlin was conscious enough to get in his own car?
Spinelli: Well, we must exhaust every possibility.
Maxie: I can't believe we let him get away. He could be half way to canada by now.
Spinelli: Patience, patience. We will know his whereabouts within a moment.
Maxie: How?
Spinelli: I put a tracking device in his pocket.
Maxie: Spinelli, i think you're brilliant.
Jason: What didn't you want this guy to tell me?
Claudia: What, huh? You think he's working for me, jason? You think i drove my car off a cliff and got shot at by a high-powered rifle and almost got raped because i'm trying to earn your trust?
Jason: We could've gotten some information before you killed him.
Claudia: I disagree. That man was going to rape me. Then he was going to kill me on my father's orders. I didn't think he deserved to live.
Jason: Well, he's dead because of you. What are you going to do with the body?
Nikolas: Luke, yet another enjoyable evening, although i have nothing to show for it, of course.
Luke: Well, i'm sorry to hear that, nik. Come -- come back. Your luck will change.
Nikolas: I hope so. Thank you.
Nadine: Thank you.
Luke: Good night.
Nikolas: Good night.
Tracy: Aren't you the charming host?
Luke: Hey, he's got the deepest pockets in the house.
Lucky: All right.
Sam: All right.
Sam: Spin her.
Ric: Once anthony returns home, there's going to be a lot of infighting and jockeying for position.
Logan: Son and daughter hate his guts, a lawyer, your father -- every position on the planet -- this should be interesting.
Ric: Do me a favor. Don't overstep your position.
Logan: Hey, i'm just anthony's humble assistant.
Ric: Yes, who's going to be having access to everything -- might give you a false sense of power.
Logan: Well, ric, i'm sure you'll be right there to put me back in my place.
Ric: You know what? You got a real smart mouth. You'd be wise to keep it shut or we're going to have trouble.
Logan: You know, ric, if i'm so unreliable, why did you hire me?
Ric: Well, because you're good at thinking on your feet, because ethics aren't a problem for you, and mostly because there is no love lost between you and the zacchara heir apparent.
Logan: There is damn sure not.
Ric: Exactly. As long as you remember where your loyalty lies, you'll do fine.
Jerry: You're on quite the winning streak.
Sam: For now.
Jerry: It must run in the family. Your mother won quite handily on opening night.
Sam: Why don't you leave my mother the hell alone?
Jerry: Because i like your mummy, sweet sam.
Alexis: Excuse me, everyone. I'm sorry to interrupt this, but i'm going to have to ask all of you to leave. The haunted star will be closed until further notice.
Luke: Hey, you can't close me down.
Alexis: I just did.
Nikolas: Very good. Ok, and so now, what if you have an ace and a nine?
Nadine: Uh, ask for another card.
Nikolas: No, no, see, your two cards -- they already add up to twenty. You don't want another card.
Nadine: Well, yeah, but if i ask for another one, then i might be -- i give up. I'm going to stick to games i'm good at like checkers.
Nikolas: Checkers? Well, you're in luck because i happen to have an antique checkers set. Oh, yes, an antique checkers set back at wyndemere.
Nadine: Why am i not surprised?
Nikolas: Launch -- launch should be here any minute.
Nadine: Will spencer still be up?
Nikolas: No, no, his bedtime was an hour ago. That norma, she's a strict woman.
Nadine: Shoot. I was hoping we could share a bowl of that fudge ripple that alfred keeps in the freezer.
Nikolas: Too late. Spencer and i already did.
Nadine: Oh, sounds like fun.
Nikolas: Yeah, i'm just -- i'm trying to share as many memories with him as i can right now. Tomorrow, i'm going to meet with alexis and go over the estate just -- just in case something happens during the surgery.
Nadine: Patrick is a brilliant surgeon, and you've got a really good shot, assuming that yo actually want to live.
Nikolas: I do. It's just -- it's just hard for me to imagine what life's going to be like when emily's gone for good.
Maxie: What's taking so long?
Spinelli: The jackal is encountering technical difficulties.
Maxie: Ok, well, you're going to need to hurry or else ian devlin's going to be on his way to china by the time you track him down.
Spinelli: I -- i've been locked off from the gps signal. I -- i -- i -- i have to --
Maxie: You're babbling.
Spinelli: It helps to verbalize whilst jackalling.
Maxie: Well, it's really annoying. Although, i guess i'm not in the position to criticize. I've been known to blurt out whatever pops into my head when i feel like it. I guess i'm kind of doing that right now.
Spinelli: Verbalizing one's thoughts can lead to creativity and inspiration. It's a sign of intelligence.
Maxie: Oh, well, those are a few words that have never been associated with my name.
Spinelli: Oh, maximista sells herself too short.
Maxie: Spinelli, you know, you don't have to give me another compliment.
Maxie: Another?
Maxie: Yeah. Remember you told me that i was smart for stabbing devlin with the needle? One ego boost a day is more than enough.
Spinelli: The jackal's motives go -- do not go beyond the utmost sincerity, ok? Maximista is astute, intuitive, and brimming with creative intelligence.
Maxie: Ah, you're really sweet.
Apr 29, 2008 04:48
Jason: Call the cops. Tell them you shot him in self-defense.
Claudia: Oh yeah, because they'll believe me, a member of the zacchara family, because we always donate to charity -- jason: Well, we'll leave the body here and call 911 anonymously.
Claudia: No, don't -- no -- no cops, ok? No cops. Let's just dump the body in the lake, man.
Jason: Well, go ahead. Good luck.
Claudia: Don't be a bastard. I need you to help me.
Jason: Why should i help you?
Claudia: Because our fingerprints are all over this room, your and mine together, along with whatever else forensics is going to pick up. So you're in this with me whether you like or not. I owe you, ok? I always pay my debts.
Jason: Ok.
Kate: Honey, it's not too late to change the direction of your life.
Sonny: Yeah, i thought that when i made the truce and look what happened. I was wrong.
Kate: But giving up isn't the answer, sonny. You know that in your heart.
Sonny: Kate, listen, listen, listen to me. Michael accidentally picked up a gun and shot you. Why did he do that? Because he grew up with me as a role model.
Kate: I didn't die, right? And i'm the one standing here telling you that you can give your other children something different, something better.
Sonny: I believe that. I believe that you and i can be together without violence. My kids would be safe. The damage would be, you know -- look what happened.
Kate: Sonny, please just don't give up faith.
Sonny: You always said that to me. Don't give your dreams. Hope for greatness. Way back in bensonhurst all those years, and i believed you just like i believed you when you came back in my life. But it's -- it's not going to change.
Kate: You say that like it's over.
Sonny: My -- my -- my business is my reality. You can't wish it away. I tried that, and my son got shot. I'm not trying to make my life so terrible that it drives you away. My life is terrible and it's -- it's -- it's never going to change at this point.
Kate: I love you, sonny, butthat is a crock. Nadine: So you've seen emily again?
Nikolas: Yes, she was with me when i made the decision to stop taking the drug and have the surgery.
Nadine: And she helped you make the decision?
Nikolas: She told me that i needed to go on living. Not just for myself, but for spencer as well.
Nadine: You've been hearing that from a lot of people lately.
Nikolas: Yeah.
Nadine: I guess it didn't really hit home until you heard it from her.
Nikolas: No, she's been saying it all along. The hardest part of this is knowing that i'm going to lose her forever. I just hope that i get a chance to see her one last time before the surgery so i can say goodbye to her. Oh, and thank you right now for not saying what's written all over your face, that she was never really here.
Nadine: Ah, you knew it without me telling you.
Nikolas: I've been able to see emily, to talk to her, to hold her. She's been real to me in every way. I thank God for him giving me the extra time with her.
Nadine: Emily was blessed to have been loved so deeply.
Nikolas: So was i. I'll cherish her memory for the rest of my life.
Nadine: Maybe she'll come and visit you tonight. Especially if you don't have guests. So, thanks, that was really fun.
Nikolas: Thanks.
Luke: You can't just waltz in here and pull the plug like we're a toaster. You were here opening night. You had a grand time.
Alexis: We have reason to believe the haunted star is a venue for mob activity.
Luke: Reason to believe? That's a guess.
Mac: Your patrons are at risk of becoming innocent victims of violence.
Luke: They're at risk of that every time they cross the street.
Alexis: Don't get mad. It's not personal.
Mac: We're launching a preemptive strike and shutting down the haunted star before violence can occur.
Diane: You know you have no legal grounds to shut down this establishment because it may be the potential site of potential violence.
Harper: We're closing it down on suspicion of money laundering.
Luke: How am i not supposed to take this personally, natasha?
Diane: Look, why don't you just tell your fearless fellow law enforcers to go home and come join me at the blackjack table.
Alexis: Sounds fun. I'd love to, but i'm working.
Diane: I tried.
Mac: Open up your books, luke. You need you to account for every penny.
Luke: Madame d.A., A little help please.
Alexis: Not a chance.
Mac: Let's go, everyone out.
Luke: Ladies and gentlemen, i apologize for this gross inconvenience. We'll re-open as soon as we get this minor legal thing sorted out.
Ric: For what it's worth, i do admire what you are trying to do.
Alexis: That's an empty gesture. Because if you get anthony zacchara released, you know that the violence will escalate.
Spinelli: The jackal does not pay empty compliments. Maximista has a unique and fascinating way of seeing the world.
Maxie: Well, that's a little ironic coming from you.
Spinelli: Sorry, i don't understand your cryptic remark.
Maxie: Well, you have a very weird perspective. I mean, you're off in your own cyber world while the rest of us are millions of miles away.
Spinelli: I'm not a freak. I actually function quite capably and i have deep felt emotions.
Maxie: No, spinelli -- i'm sorry, i didn't mean that as an insult. I'm just trying to tell you that i think you're actually kind of fun to be around.
Spinelli: Fun?
Maxie: Yeah, you know, you're never boring. And i kind of like it when you go off on all those weird tangents. I mean, you look at everything the way nobody else would. And that would give me the opportunity to be like, hey, i never thought about it like that. I think that's kind of cool.
Spinelli: Maximista approves of the jackal.
Maxie: Sometimes, when you're not driving me crazy. I guess i've never really had a friend like you.
Spinelli: It's intriguing, is it not, how two such diametrically opposed individuals can mesh into a cohesive unit?
Maxie: If you are trying to tell me that we work well together, i agree with you.
Spinelli: And cohesiveness can extend beyond a work environment.
Maxie: Are you talking about that one time we got stuck in the sewer and that grate was coming down on me? That was so gross. How come we always get caught in disgusting places together?
[Knock at door]
Lulu: Hey, spinelli, you want to hang out?
Maxie: I'm sorry, but spinelli and i are busy.
Kate: You're making a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nothing can change, the violence is endless.
Sonny: I'm just stating a fact.
Kate: Sonny, you can end this right now by refusing to fight. Honor the truce, focus on your legitimate business.
Sonny: And ignore what -- that my son was shot? Is that what you're asking me to do?
Kate: It's a lesson, sonny. It's the worst possible cautionary tale, that violence solves nothing.
Sonny: I know you're trying to help, but you're not helping me right now.
Kate: It only destroys, sonny.
Sonny: You're not helping. You're making things worse.
Kate: You think that because the truce didn't work right away, then it's all over -- what? Sonny, when has anything ever come easy for you, right? It's a challenge. You thrive on challenges.
Sonny: You don't know how my business works.
Kate: I know that you are one of the strongest, most determined people i have ever known. You can do anything, sonny, anything you set your mind to.
Sonny: I cannot control myenemies. No matter what i do, i can't keep the people i love safe.
Kate: Sonny, we could have stayed in bensonhurst, right? I could have been a beautician. You could have been a mechanic. But we wanted bigger things. Instead of assuming that things couldn't change, we went out and we changed them. And you can do this right now, you can choose not to escalate the violence. And if you don't, that is also a choice.
Sonny: Uh -- no, no, no, i can't do this right now. This is just not right. I've got to be somewhere.
Kate: Ok, are you listening? Are you going to tell me you're going to think about this?
Sonny: Listen to me -- you can stay here until i get back, ok? It's up to you, but i've got to go.
Lulu: I'm here to see my friend, so why don't you take a hike?
Maxie: Is something wrong with your hearing?
Spinelli and i are busy.
Lulu: You're using him. It's cruel and manipulative and very typical of you, maxie.
Maxie: Spinelli, it's up to you. Would you like lulu to stick around and help us with our project?
Spinelli: Present circumstances necessitate the strictest secrecy. Although i would love to imbibe in orange soda with the blonde one i should focus my energies on the task at hand.
Maxie: What spinelli is trying to say --
Lulu: I know what spinelli is trying to say. I speak spinelli a hell of a lot better than you do, maxie.
Maxie: Good, then you know he's trying to tell you to take a hike.
Spinelli: No, i did not express that desire in such harsh or unflattering terms.
Maxie: Spinelli, you don't want her working here with us, do you?
Spinelli: The blonde one's company will be most enjoyed once the project --
Lulu: Yeah -- no, i get it -- you're busy, and i will come back later. I just want a word with you outside.
Logan: All right, guys, that's enough.
Johnny: I got it from here.
Logan: Oh, johnny -- johnny, your father's not gonna be happy about this at all.
Johnny: You think just because you wash him, wipe him, and wheel him he's got some sort of allegiance to you?
Logan: Johnny, johnny, your father, he trusts me.
Johnny: He does?
Logan: Yeah.
Johnny: Then maybe you can give me the answers i need. Where's my sister? What did my father do with claudia?
Logan: Let me think -- i don't really know.
Logan: [Moaning]
Johnny: Wrong answer.
Claudia: It's been a hell of a night. Thank God one thing is working out.
Jason: Wait, wait, wait.
Claudia: Seriously? What, you're going to make me walk back to town, big guy?
Jason: No, no, no -- i'm going to check to see if the bike's rigged to explode.
Claudia: What makes you think he even saw it?
Jason: Well, the shooter was watching the car crash, wasn't he? He could have seen which direction it came from and retraced my steps.
Claudia: Ok, knock yourself out. Wait, listen, if -- do you have any last words you want me to give to anyone in case you blow it?
Jason: Yeah, if i die, sonny is going to assume that you had me killed, and he is going to hunt you and your brother down and kill you both.
Claudia: You know what -- you're not the most cheerful person that i've ever met.
Jason: I'm telling the truth.
Claudia: Fine -- say it with a little black humor, crack a smile for God's sake, it's an absurd moment.
Jason: This is your choice. You want to walk or you want to wait?
Sonny: Slow night?
Luke: The slowest, man.
Sonny: Yeah?
Luke: I'm closed by order of district attorney alexis davis. She swept in here and jumped on my business with both feet, flanked by bubba and a couple of yahoo cops.
Sonny: Why would alexis want to close you down?
Luke: Well, some misguided attempt to clean this town up. So she trumped up some phony audit. Now i have to keep track of every penny.
Sonny: I hope you haven't been laundering johnny zacchara's money.
Luke: Uh, i got the first deposit today. So will you join me in a shot of the best hooch in town?
Sonny: I'd love to, but i don't think that's a good idea right now. I just came to give you a head's up. Johnny zacchara tried to kill me tonight. And lulu was right there as he pulled the trigger.
Kate: Dr. Devlin, what are you doing here at this time of night?
Ian: I was looking for you. I went over to your house first, then i realized you might have walked over to mr. Corinthos' to pay him a visit. How fortunate for me that he decided to leave when he did.
Kate: What is this about?
Ian: Michael -- i'm the one who shot him.
Lulu: You are such a user.
Maxie: Speak for yourself.
Lulu: You have been stringing spinelli along for weeks, and he doesn't have a clue. He's too sweet and trusting to see you for the skank that you really are.
Maxie: I would never manipulate spinelli.
Lulu: Really, really -- playing girl detective, having him work on mysterious projects to make you look better at your job.
Maxie: Spinelli asked for my help, and fyi -- you're the manipulator. You played on spinelli's crush on you, and then you dropped him like a bad habit the second you got a hold of johnny zacchara.
[Computer beeps]
Lulu: I would never hurt spinelli.
Maxie: Too late -- you already did. And you probably didn't give it a second thought until you saw spinelli with me.
Lulu: You're just using him as a substitute boyfriend.
Maxie: A what?
Lulu: You're not clinging to any other guys at the moment, so why not spinelli? He's attentive, he never criticizes, he lets you talk about yourself ad nauseum.
Maxie: Wow, you really are jealous.
Lulu: You're just playing him for a fool, maxie.
Maxie: Give the guy a little credit. He's 10 million times smarter than you'll ever be.
Lulu: Well, i see you for what you're all about -- he doesn't.
Maxie: Here's a history lesson, lulu. You dumped spinelli, and now you're showing up way after the fact because you want him back. But you can't have him. We're busy working on something together and we didn't invite you.
Spinelli: Hey, the jackal has a satellite uplink and has programmed the gps. We should know dr. Devlin's whereabouts at any moment.
Maxie: Spinelli, you're amazing. Good job.
Spinelli: Thanks.
Logan: Johnny, that was a big mistake sending your guys away.
Logan: This isn't about your father. This is about lulu. You know she still cares for me.
Johnny: Let's talk about your boss, ric lansing.
Logan: Johnny, i work for your father.
Johnny: You better tell ric that if anything happens to my sister, i'll make sure he disappears as well. And my father -- without his attorney, he'll be locked up for the rest of his life. That's the message. Anything happens to claudia, ric pays -- capiche?
Claudia: Are you gonna be done sometime this month?
Jason: If you want to walk back on your own, go ahead.
Claudia: What, in these heels? No explosives?
Jason: Not that i can find. You might want to step back.
Claudia: Well, you said that if you blow up, sonny's going to kill me. I'd rather save myself that indignity and get it over with.
Jason: It's your call.
Claudia: We live or die together. Let's go.
Jason: I'm trying to leave right now.
[Engine revs]
Luke: You know, i would not try to defend john zacchara. He's my business partner, not my friend. But i don't think he's stupid enough to try and whack you with your kid standing right there.
Sonny: Maybe, but he definitely tried to kill me tonight, and i am going to retaliate. And it's going to get ugly.
Luke: Well, i thank you for the heads up. I'm afraid there isn't a hell of a lot i can do about it Sonny: Well, the reason i'm saying this is because, you know, lulu's close to johnny and the safety and all that thing, you know?
Luke: Yeah, God -- i've told her over and over again not to stand in the middle of mob hostilities. But, you know, she's not a baby. She's got to live her life the way she wants to live it.
Sonny: You know what? As a father who has a son lying in the hospital who's never going to wake up -- i'm telling you, it's a slow walk through hell. But you know michael got caught in the crossfire, and i'm going to have to carry that on my soul for the rest of my life. I wouldn't wish that on anybody, certainly not you.
Kate: Why on earth would you shoot michael?
Ian: I don't have time for a philosophical debate on the random nature of ricochet bullets. Sonny wants revenge, and i don't want to die.
Kate: Maybe you should have thought of that before you put his little boy in a coma.
Ian: I'm betting my life,literally, that you don't want to see sonny commit murder. So, i have a proposal for you -- you give me $1 million tonight, and i'll disappear.
Kate: You shot a boy trying to kill the man that i love, and now you're here asking me for help? Why don't i just go to the police? Or are you going to kill me, too?
Ian: Hey, once you've shot a child, why pretend you have any scruples whatsoever? But killing you would exponentially increase the amount of people who want to kill me. As i believe i mentioned before, my point is i want to live. So do we have a deal? Or do i leave a posthumous statement that sonny corinthos had me murdered?
Kate: I think it would take more than a letter to convict sonny of murder.
Ian: You have a point. The wheels of justice do tend tospin rather slowly. The whole matter could be tied up in appeals for years. Why don't i just do away with the red tape all together and kill sonny myself? Just do it and get it over with.
Kate: I'll wire you the money. Where do you want it?
Announcer: On the Next "General Hospital" --
Nikolas: I knew you'd come back to me.
Ric: I'm the one who's going to get you free.
Claudia: Anthony zacchara is as dangerous as ever.
Judge: All rise.
Alexis: Has your father ever threatened your life?
Apr 30, 2008 04:41
Maxie: I know, clarice, but kate said the mock ups were on your desk in manhattan and we were just waiting for the copies. Thank you so much. I really owe you. I know. What are you doing here so early?
Lulu: My job. Is that a problem for you?
Maxie: Hello?
Luke: Well, tell mr. Zacchara that this deposit is as safe as the last one, and the problems with law enforcement will be cleaned up in no time.
Luke: Ah -- yeah.
Tracy: Well, look who's got his hand in the cookie jar.
Johnny: Oh, my God. What happened? Where were you?
Claudia: I called you as soon as i could.
Johnny: I almost killed sonny corinthos last night. I thought he got to you.
Claudia: Someone tried to kill me last night, johnny, but it wasn't sonny.
Anthony: [Chuckles] so who won?
Logan: I'm still standing.
Anthony: I haven't seen a good brawl in years.
Logan: It was just a bar fight.
Ric: Ok, let's go over what to expect in court. It's not a formal trial. There is no jury, but there is a --
trevor: There's no need to waste our time, richard. I already briefed my client.
Anthony: Can we save the dysfunctional family moment for after the hearing?
Trevor: Hold on, anthony. Ric and i are not your problem. What you've got to worry about are your own children.
claudia: I stayed the night at the cosmopolitan hotel. There was no way i was going to stay in daddy's house last night.
Johnny: You need to tell me everything.
Claudia: I went to visit him at the hospital. And i guess while i was there visiting, somebody tampered with my brakes. My car went over the bluff near the lookout. And then, this guy chased me through the woods, tried to shoot me. But i got away.
Johnny: This is exactly why he can't get out.
Claudia: Yeah. I'm already working on that.
Ric: This wasn't our deal, anthony.
Anthony: I'm looking for my best chance at freedom and all you can worry about is our deal?
Ric: I told you that i would take care of it.
Anthony: I need all the sharks on my side of the pool. I may never get this chance again.
Ric: You wouldn't have a chance if it weren't for me.
Anthony: Duly noted. There will be a little somethingextra in your christmas bonus.
Trevor: Don't be petulant, richie. It's a win-win all the way around.
Anthony: That's right. He may be a lying, backstabbing, low life snake, but trevor's always been a brilliant lawyer. Now, i'm sure you're very good, too, but you're a question mark.
Trevor is a known commodity, so he stays.
Ric: And just for fun, you're going to pit me and my father against one another so we can battle it out to see who's going to be your consigliere, right?
Anthony: You're learning very fast.
Diane: The woman of the hour. Are you nervous?
Alexis: Yeah, i'm not going to lie to you. A little bit. He's very determined to get the crazy man off.
Diane: Then you just have to be more determined.
Alexis: Any ideas?
Diane: Mm-hmm -- me. I am here to offer you my services as second chair.
Alexis: You are so funny.
Diane: I am so serious.
Alexis: Oh, well, that's really awkward. No, i'm doing it myself.
Diane: What is this? What is this, some sort of knee-jerk reaction? Heaven forfend anyone like me actually can help alexis davis, lone wolf, d.A.? If you could just put your texas-size ego aside for one second, you would realize that you and i could kick some serious ass.
Alexis: You are sonny's attorney.
Diane: Well, at least i never slept with him.
Alexis: You're still tainted by your association with him.
Diane: Alexis, you don't have to defend the city of port charles all by yourself, but your options for help are limited. I mean, tell me you don't want one of the flunkies that ric has hired in here backing you up?
Alexis: Who says i need anyone?
Diane: The facts of the case. Anthony zacchara went nutty as a fruitcake the night of the black and white ball. He went on a bloody rampage that left three people injured and one person dead. Now, ric is about to argue that zacchara lacked the requisite mens rea to commit these crimes That is cause for being declared not guilty by reason of insanity.
Alexis: I know what ric's going to argue, and he can't necessarily back it up.
Diane: Hello, can i finish?
Alexis: If you ever will --
diane: Now that zacchara is sane by documentation --
alexis: Dubious at best --
diane: Yes, of course it's dubious, but ric has got an entire medical team willing to testify to that dubious fact, which means that anthony zacchara could walk out of this courtroom a free man. That is not a risk you should be willing to take.
Alexis: I know that.
Diane: Well then, fine. Then give your pride a rest and be realistic. You could use me.
Alexis: As soon as you admit that you're here on sonny's orders.
maxie: Lulu, answer the phone.
Lulu: Sure. Kate howard's office. Kate, good morning. Yes, maxie's here, but she's all tied up. Yes, jean paul confirmed this morning. He's looking forward to seeing you. The mark-ups haven't arrived yet. Have they, maxie? No, they haven't arrived. Yeah, i don't know. Maxie said she had it all covered.
Maxie: Give it-- kate, maxie. I spoke with clarice. There was some sort of mix-up with the mock ups, but i'm totally on top of it.
Kate: Well, if you were on top of it, they'd be here by now.
Maxie: Oh, hi.
Kate: Hi. Do i need to go over again how i feel about excuses?
Maxie: No, i got the excuses.
Kate: Look, i don't know about what other people do with their assistants, but i expect my assistants to be organized, pristine. I expect their desks to be as tidy as that one, so that when i hire your replacement, they can step in without missing a beat.
Lulu, get me celeste at maha chang.
Lulu: Got it.
Kate: Oh, and get me the mock of the layout so that i can go over the --
maxie: I could get celeste. She really likes me.
Kate: You can get me coffee.
Lulu: Half-caf, non-fat latte with cinnamon and low-cal sugar. The blue, not the pink.
Tracy: You are already being audited. This will get you thrown in jail.
Luke: Hey, this is such a simple job. It's a little job for cons and grifters. I can do this in my sleep.
Lucky: Do what in your sleep?
Luke: Get this old tub solvent again.
Tracy: Daddy's playing with fire again.
Lucky: That's why i'm here.
Luke: Alexis davis has already done her work. She doesn't need to send my son to drive in the last nail in the coffin. So what if the mob uses the star to settle their differences? It's publicity, you know? Publicity is great, all publicity, as long as they spell my name right.
Lucky: Well, i'm not here as a cop. I'm here to let you know that anthony zacchara's hearing is today, and if he gets out, well, it's going to hit the fan from all sides.
Luke: I know how to duck.
Lucky: I'm saying, as much as i hate seeing you leave town, this might be a good time.
Epiphany: Yes, i'm so sorry, we're a little short-handed up here today. I will get those to you right away.
Elizabeth: I'm really sorry.
Epiphany: Is this your idea of running a little late?
Elizabeth: Jake was up all night with an earache, and cameron decided to start his day off by hiding from me. And then there was a change of plans and i had to bring -- my kids here. You don't want to hear this. I'm really sorry, epiphany. It won't happen again.
Epiphany: I know how hard it is to be a single mother, and we're trying to make it as easy as we can on you by having, you know, on-site daycare, flexible schedules, but it is not on the other nurses to cover for you. I'm sorry that jake has an earache, but we are dealing with life and death up here.
Elizabeth: I understand.
Epiphany: Do better than that. If you're having a problem balancing your life and your job, something needs to be adjusted. Now, i'm going to take these down to radiology, where they should have been half an hour ago.
Nikolas: You made it.
Nadine: I never turn down an invitation to ride.
Nikolas: Oh, i'm glad there's something out here that appeals to you.
Nadine: I'm sorry for bailing on you last night.
Nikolas: No, no, it's all right. You made the right decision to leave. I was definitely preoccupied thinking about the surgery and all it means to have it.
Nadine: Did you spend the night talking it over with emily?
Nikolas: No. No, she didn't show up.
Nadine: Don't worry. She'll show up. She always appears sooner or later.
Nikolas: Not after the surgery, she won't. You do realize once i stop hallucinating that my life is pretty much uninteresting.
Nadine: Well, saddle up, your highness. I feel like riding.
Ric: No, you know what, forget it. I'm not interested in getting in a pissing contest with my father. Besides, he cheats.
Trevor: Come on, richie. You've got good instincts and you've done some really fine work preparing the petition and collecting all those medical documents. How about i take it from here on out?
Ric: You know, i got the ball rolling, trevor. If it had been left up to you, anthony would still be rotting in a prison hospital.
Anthony: Easy, richard. You've got my gratitude. Now i'm giving you the opportunity to humiliate your father by beating him right where he lives. You're going into that courtroom and showing him that you're a better lawyer than he is. Unless you're not. Maybe you're not up to the old man's standards yet. Maybe you're afraid that he's still better than you.
Ric: Ok. Yeah, i'll go ahead. I'll do it. If my father comes along for the ride, all the better. But just realize one thing after this, anthony. I'm the one that's going to get you free. And i'm the one you're going to owe.
Anthony: Kids.
Alexis: You know, i'm already handicapped because i'm the mother of sonny's child.
Diane: And ric. Let us not forget that he is opposing counsel. This whole thing screams "conflict of interest."
Alexis: Oh, shut up.
Diane: Why don't you just recuse yourself from this whole sorry mess and appoint me special counselor? Because you do not want a hearing this important handled by that idiot, scott baldwin.
Alexis: I'm the d.A. I know how to argue this. I'm going to call --
diane: Claudia zacchara to the stand.
Alexis: That's right.
Diane: That's right. Well, fine. Why not call the daughter of the defendant? Who knows him better than his own child?
Alexis: Well, she's a witness to his outbursts during the years where he's supposedly sane, and she did claim that he tried to kill her as recently as a week ago.
Diane: It's a good start. But -- you still need me. And when you realize that fact, i'll be right here.
Claudia: I'm going to tell that judge all about how daddy tried to shoot your mom and how he shot her, and --
johnny: Don't waste your breath. Trevor cleared that up years ago. An intruder shot my mother. Case closed.
Claudia: There's no statute of limitations on murder, john. Considering my car was tampered with shortly after daddy threatened me, i should be able to convince the judge that anthony zacchara is as dangerous as ever. Let's go.
maxie: Do you have a stapler?
Lulu: Yes, i do.
Maxie: [Huffs] don't overexert yourself.
Lulu: I'm busy. Return it to my desk when you're done.
Maxie: [Huffs] oh, i got my desk all cleaned. Ok. How was your date last night?
Kate: How is that any of your business? I tell you what? When we're at work, i won't ask you about your personal life and you won't ask me about mine. In fact, when we're at work, it's the only life that exists. Speaking of which, i'm expecting a handbag from jules sometime before noon.
Maxie: I got it on my way in this morning. That's why i was late. I also picked up the new fall hosiery line for you. And the mock ups just came in.
Kate: Better, maxie. Lulu, any e-mails?
Lulu: Henri-laurent finally answered. He attached a budget.
Kate: Good, i need that. But before you get to that, get me the most recent draft of "the men who won't commit."
Lulu: Oh, there's a draft with red pencil, but i don't think it was incorporated.
Kate: Ok. Let me see.
kate: Lulu, that email?
Lulu: It was right here.
Kate: Excuse me?
Lulu: I don't see it. I had it up --
kate: Well, find it, lulu. It didn't just walk away.
Lulu: Maybe somebody deleted it.
Kate: Just get it back.
Lulu: I'm not sure that i can.
Kate: Figure it out, lulu. Maxie, did angelina call back about the cover shoot?
Maxie: About the red dress? No, but i left a message.
Kate: Ok. Come in my office. We'll try to track her down.
Lucky: Hey.
Elizabeth: Hi. Was i supposed to call you?
Lucky: No, why?
Elizabeth: Oh, i thought maybe you went to gram's to see the boys. There was a change of plans and jake was up all night with an earache. And so, i have them here at daycare. You really should go see them.
Lucky: Yeah, i'll stop in.
Elizabeth: Ok.
Elizabeth: Oh, thank you.
Lucky: Hey --
elizabeth: Yeah?
Lucky: Are you ok?
Elizabeth: I was late getting here again and epiphany's all ticked off at me.
Lucky: Epiphany. Well, she's ticked off at somebody all the time. Listen, you know what? Why don't i take cameron and jake on saturday and give you some time off.
Elizabeth: Saturday? I thought you had a yankee game?
Lucky: Yeah, but i'll get harper to give the ticket to somebody else.
Elizabeth: No, i'm not going to let you do that. Besides, i can use some quality time with my boys.
Lucky: Are you sure? Because i don't mind.
Elizabeth: Come on. I'm not going to let you give up dugout seats to make my life easier. I'll be fine.
Tracy: You know things are bad when your own son tells you to get out of town.
Luke: "Bad" doesn't bother me. I never turn and run because things got hot. Never have, never will, and look at me. I'm still dancing.
Tracy: You are not as fleet of foot as you used to be. And one day, you're going to get caught in the crossfire and i'm going to be the merry widow.
Luke: I see right through you, wife. The reason you want me out of here is you want to close the haunted star again.
Tracy: I don't give a crap about this tub.
Luke: Well, then you just want to keep me in your monetary mercy.
Tracy: Luke, everything is not always about you.
Sam: Luke, hi.
Luke: Hi.
Sam: Sorry, but you're just the man i'm looking for. I have a proposition for you.
Tracy: Ha! I bet you do.
Luke: You have my full attention.
Sam: Ok. As you know, i am one hell of a card player, and i would like to prove it by coming to play for you.
Apr 30, 2008 04:43
Diane: Psst. Just some notes i jotted down.
Alexis: Stop bothering me.
Diane: Stop being so stubborn.
Spinelli: Good morning, esteemed jurist.
Diane: Excuse me, but what is this?
Spinelli: It is i, spinelli.
Diane: I know who you are.
Spinelli: I just thought maybe you didn't recognize the jackal in his disguise.
Alexis: Hi.
Spinelli: Oh, hi.
Alexis: What are you doing here?
Spinelli: Oh, i'm here as the eyes and ears of stone cold and mr. Corinthos, sir.
Diane: Do they know you're hear being their eyes and ears, or is this your own private little secret?
Spinelli: Shh. The jackal must remain diligent.
[Footsteps]
ric: Counselor.
Alexis: I'd wish you luck, but i wouldn't mean it.
Ric: I know.
Bailiff: All rise for the honorable judge marcus wright.
Judge: Court is in session. Are the parties ready?
Alexis: Yes, your honor. The district attorney's office would like to appoint ms. Diane miller as special prosecutor. Ms. Miller will be serving as co-counsel.
Ric: And your honor, with the court's permission, defense would like to submit trevor lansing as co-counsel.
Judge: Thank you, mr. Lansing, madame district attorney. The court will now hear arguments on whether anthony --
spinelli: The jackal objects. I -- i object. I -- i object.
Lucky: You know, we agreed to take care of cameron and jake together, so it's not a burden for me. I want to do this as their father.
Elizabeth: And you have been a wonderful father. And an even better ex-husband than i deserve. But honestly, i'm looking forward to spending some alone time with them this weekend.
Lucky: You know you have me if you need me
elizabeth: Well, if you get home from the game early enough, why don't you swing by for dinner?
Lucky: I'll try.
Elizabeth: Ok
nadine: [Laughing]
nikolas: Is everything a race with you?
Nadine: Don't tell me you're afraid of a little competition.
Nikolas: You just don't know the island as well as i do. What if you had taken a spill? Do you know how guilty i would have felt?
Nadine: I know how to keep my butt in the saddle.
Nikolas: But you lost. Not that i'm competitive or anything.
Nadine: Right, well, i guess you deserve a prize. So, how about i cook dinner for you tonight?
Lulu: I did not delete that email, i swear.
Kate: I don't like excuses, lulu.
Maxie: Well, maybe it was just an accident. You know how distracted you can get.
Kate: I need to respond to the budget. If i don't, henri-laurent will think i'm blowing him off.
Maxie: I can get it back for you. I'll just call spinelli. He's a computer whiz, he can retrieve whatever it is lulu lost.
Lulu: I did not lose it!
Kate: Do what you can, spare me the details.
Lulu: Ok, i did not delete that email. Maxie must have done it to make me look bad.
Kate: I have no interest in your petty rivalry. In fact, from now on if one of you messes up, you both mess up. And this time, you messed up big.
Tracy: Another career change, sam? Just when you were getting so good at -- whatever that was.
Sam: Actually, "everyday heroes" brought in another host while i was recovering from my accident. And they love her -- she's tall, she's blonde, i'm not. So they released me from my contract. Which means i am yours for the taking.
Tracy: Oh, you want to cushion your fall from grace with my husband's lap.
Sam: On his boat, to be more specific. Listen, luke, i need a job. I can play every card game there is, and i have never been more comfortable than when i am on board a ship.
Luke: Ok, now are we talking about dealing or something more creative? I'm a businessman, deals have to be mutually beneficial.
Tracy: Or mutually stupid.
Sam: Look, i am thinking about something a little bit more high end. Raise the glamour quotient around here. I can put in a full, solid work week. I'll play for the house.
Luke: What's the going rate for a great shill these days?
Sam: Well, i don't know, i guess i could manage with a cut from the losses that i bring in from the high rollers, standard stuff.
Tracy: Oh -- is there a standard for shilling? What is it, a union thing? A sliding pay scale from carney to grifter to shill?
Luke: You start the minute the city lets us reopen, with all your assets on display.
Sam: Yes, sir, thank you very much.
Luke: You're welcome.
Spinelli: Damian spinelli, your honor, for the people of port charles.
Ric: Your honor, i object.
Judge: Let's hear what the young man has to say.
Spinelli: I come with dire warnings of the consequences if this courtship decides to unleash the unhinged one on the people of this fair city. The murderous mr. Zacchara personally chased me through the underbelly of the castle wyndemere.
Judge: I heard you now, mr. Spinelli.
Spinelli: The darth lansings, senior and fils, joining forces against all that is fine and good.
Judge: Shut up, mr. Spinelli, now. Madam district attorney, is this your witness?
Alexis and diane: No, your honor.
Judge: Then you don't mind if he leaves?
Spinelli: Your honor, with all due respect, your honor, i have the right -- nay, the obligation to witness these proceedings --
judge: Escort him out.
Spinelli: No -- your honor. Your honor, removal is punishment for the denizens of darkness. The jackal is on the side of right.
Judge: You may leave on your own or be arrested. Which will it be?
Spinelli: Have a good day, your honor. Your worship, your holiness. I think he's warmed up.
Judge: I hope the d.A. Maintains control much better over her other witnesses.
Alexis: I can assure you, your honor, that mr. Spinelli is not one of our witnesses. However, given the level of disruption, i'm going to request a continuance.
Judge: Mr. Lansing?
Ric: Your honor, i see no reason to delay this hearing. Mr. Zacchara has been in custody far too long.
Judge: Please move forward now.
Alexis: All right. Well, your honor, i am sorry for the disruption, but what i would like to say is that mr.
Spinelli was correct in one thing -- that mr. Zacchara is in fact a killer. nadine: It won't be anything fancy. Not like anything you're used to, obviously. But i love to putter in the kitchen. People tell me i'm a pretty good cook. And so far i haven't killed anybody. The truth is, i think it's pretty good therapy -- it gets you in touch with all your senses. You start cooking, and you're working with your hands. So, a sense of touch -- then it hits your nose, a sense of smell. I guess when you serve it, that could be pleasing to the eye. And then, finally, your taste buds -- it's just really sensual.
Nikolas: I would love for you to cook for me sometime, just not tonight.
Nadine: Oh, right -- i'm sure you have a billion things to do before the surgery.
Nikolas: Yeah -- but once it's over and i recover, i'd love for you to cook for me, i would. Even though i'm the one who should be doing something nice for you.
Nadine: Why should you do that?
Nikolas: Because you never gave up on me, you really were a true friend.
Nadine: That's me, true blue.
Sam: Epiphany, is there somebody i can talk to about my pain medication? It doesn't seem to be working at all.
Epiphany: What are you taking?
Sam: Hydrocodone -- but i really don't feel like it's working. I feel like i get more relief from plain old acetaminophen.
Russell: I want the meds administered as prescribed.
Elizabeth: Dr. Ford, i am sorry but --
russell: I don't want your excuses. A man who should be getting ready to go home is having a seizure. A patient almost died because of your incompetence.
Kate: I'll come back right after the meeting. I'll expect that budget email waiting for me on my return. Whatever you have to do to get
maxie: I already left spinelli a message.
Kate: Maxie, leaving messages is for ordinary people. Extraordinary people find more creative ways of accomplishing their business. Those people who want a future. And i'm only interested in employing extraordinary people. Find that email or you're both fired.
Maxie: You bitch. Why did you have to ruin this for me?
Lulu: You tried to make me look bad by deleting that email, and now it's all falling back on you.
Maxie: You don't even care about this damned job. You just took it to make my life miserable. I'm not going to be fired because of you. Spinelli?
Spinelli: It is i -- you sound distressed.
Maxie: You have to come to the crimson office right away, my life depends on it.
Spinelli: I'm supposed to be monitoring the trial of the unhinged one.
Maxie: Did you not just hear what i said? If you're not here in five minutes, i'm never speaking to you again.
[Dial tone]
lulu: There it is -- proof from your mouth that you're using spinelli.
Luke: I take your silence as an indication that you have made peace with my decision.
Tracy: You're a hedonist, luke, it rules every decision you make.
Luke: So that's a yes.
Tracy: You have survived heart attacks, murderers, mobsters, you have looked death in the eye again and again. And you have convinced yourself that you are immortal. So you will continue to spit in death's face until he proves you wrong.
Luke: Tracy, i don't want to live forever. I just want whatever life i have to be worth the time and energy.
Tracy: Fine. I'll stop nagging. Why don't you paint a bull's eye on your back, so you can prove that you're still the great luke spencer. But don't expect me at your funeral.
Alexis: It is well documented that this defendant did in fact go on a homicidal rampage. There is also no question that the actions of mr. Zacchara seem incomprehensible, that they are consistent with the actions of a mob boss. They are violent, they are unpredictable, and they are designed to target its enemy. We're aware that the defense has deposed medical experts that will testify to the fact that mr. Zacchara may have been schizophrenic at the time of this latest rampage. But it is our office's position that mr. Zacchara knew and understood the difference between right and wrong. He knew that his actions were wrong, which is why he avoided capture. He also was aware enough to know to target his enemies. Ok, so that being said, even if our office were to stipulate that mr. Zacchara was, in fact, mentally ill at the time of this black and white ball, he is no longer mentally ill and able to stand trial. So it is our position that mr. Zacchara is legally subject to answer to our charges. Thank you.
Ric: Your honor, the court knows full well that you cannot convict a man on hearsay without proof. Anthony zacchara is a very wealthy and very powerful man, which makes him subject to slander. Those who want to undercut his power, those who want to take away what he worked so hard for his entire life. Being powerful doesn't make you popular, but it doesn't make you a criminal. What we do know about my client -- he was ill with schizophrenia, very ill. As such, he is not responsible for the crimes he committed. Thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, anthony zacchara has had his sanity restored. And we do have medical experts who will testify that not only is anthony zacchara sane but he does understand the difference between right and wrong, and he is ready and willing to be a fully functioning member of society once again. Anthony zacchara just wants to go home and spend time with his children, who are in this court today. So we petition the court to give mr. Zacchara his basic human rights back. He's already regained his sanity. Give him his freedom.
Emily: Nikolas?
Russell: One of our patients is having post-operative seizures because you couldn't read a simple chart or follow a doctor's instructions.
Elizabeth: I administered the medication exactly as prescribed, i'm sure of it.
Russell: Well, then perhaps you can tell me why mr. Randall's bloodworm shows no sign of the anti-seizure meds he was supposed to take.
Elizabeth: No, i can't.
Russell: Well, clearly an error was made. And your unwillingness to admit it alarms me. It makes me wonder if this isn't the first time you have endangered a patient by covering up mistakes or denying them altogether, rather than admit you were wrong.
Elizabeth: Dr. Ford, i resent that because i tried really hard.
Russell: All those resentments wouldn't amount to a hill of beans if that man had died all because you were too careless to read a chart. I'm watching you, nurse webber. And i can assure you this incident will go on your permanent records.
Spinelli: Maximista, who has threatened you?
Maxie: She has.
Lulu: Liar.
Maxie: Trying to make me look bad to kate.
Lulu: Maxie deleted a critical email to make me look bad and
kate saw right through it and said if we don't get it back, we're both going to be fired. So that's why maxie called you to save her. Because that's all you are to her -- someone she uses to get what she wants. She's not your friend, spinelli, and she never has been.
Maxie: Hey -- you know nothing about spinelli and me.
Lulu: Spinelli is my friend. And i hate to see you get involved in things where you can get hurt. Which is why i'm telling you right now, you need to stay away from her.
Maxie: Lulu is just jealous that you and i have become friends, because she was too busy to pay attention to you. But now that all those loser guys don't want her anymore, she wants you back. She's a spoiled brat, and you're just a toy to her. But you're not a toy to me, spinelli.
Luke: Tracy, i've taken risks my whole life. I don't even know how to stop.
Tracy: No matter what the consequence is to me or lulu?
Luke: There's no way that i can keep lulu from hanging around john zacchara. She's made that perfectly clear. She's going to have to learn about consequences all on her own. And as far as you and the haunted star goes -- you don't care about the zaccharas or corinthos. You're only interested in keeping me financially dependent on you.
Tracy: I so resent that.
Luke: You know what the irony of this whole thing is? You think the only reason i come home to you is to line my pockets, to pour your father's booze, and to take advantage of cook's blueberry pancakes.
Tracy: You've never once denied that.
Luke: I could live without the pancakes. And i don't need your bank account. I've lived in the back of a car, in a tent, under a bridge -- i'm very adaptable.
Tracy: So why do you keep showing up at my doorstep? Why can't you just go and stay gone?
Luke: You really don't know?
Luke: Tracy, i love you. I love you.
Judge: The court will hear testimony now from ms. Davis.
Alexis: Uh, yes, your honor. Thank you. I'd like to call claudia zacchara to the stand, please. Bailiff: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Claudia: I do.
Alexis: Can you state your name for the court please?
Claudia: Claudia antonia zacchara.
Alexis: Thank you. Ms. Zacchara, what is your relationship, if any, with the defendant?
Claudia: He is my father, i'm his daughter.
Alexis: Do you spend much time with your father?
Claudia: He sent me to live with my mother and her family in italy when i was 16 years old. I only returned to this country a few months ago.
Alexis: So when you left for europe at the age of 16, did your father exhibit the signs of good mental health?
Claudia: He was already starting to get sick.
Alexis: Would you say that your father was still suffering from schizophrenia when --
ric: Objection, your honor. The witness is not an expert.
Alexis: Certainly a daughter can testify to her own father's behavior. I'm just wanting to know what she noticed, or if she noticed a difference in his behavior when she returned.
Judge: I'll allow it.
Alexis: Thank you.
Judge: Ms. Zacchara, you may answer the question.
Claudia: He seemed perfectly normal -- sane since i've been back.
Alexis: In the time since you've been back, has your father ever threatened your life?
Kate: You're blackmailing me for saving your life?
Nikolas: I'm just hoping for one last dance.
Emily: I'd love that. I'll always be a part of you. Fill your life with meaning. Honor what we shared.
May 1, 2008 04:41
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Maxie: Now what are you going to believe? A kiss that proves i care about you or lulu spewing that i don't?
Spinelli: Well, the jackal is most thoroughly conkissed -- convinced.
Maxie: Ok, now that that's out of the way.
Lulu: Bring on the manipulation.
Maxie: I have gone out of my way and comfort zone, as you know, to help you when you needed it, and all i'm doing is asking you to return the favor.
Lulu: Ok, spinelli, please tell me you are not believing this transparent witch. She is using you. This kiss was a means to an end.
Spinelli: The jackal takes exception to your most ill-informed opinion.
Nikolas: I was starting to be afraid i'd never see you again.
Emily: I don't know about that. Nikolas, why else would you be standing here?
Nikolas: Just hold me for one last dance.
Emily: I'd love that.
Tracy: Knowing that you love me, hearing you say it when i know that isn't easy for you, it means more to me than i can possibly convey, and i love you back. Look, spencer, you are my favorite mistake, and honest to God, i try to accept you as you are. I honor our marriage vows, even though i don't know what they are. And i could divorce you for abandonment, infidelity, fraud -- but i don't. I hang tough. There are those that would say it's because i don't like to be wrong, but you and i know different.
Luke: We are the match from hell, and it's a glorious thing.
Tracy: Hitching your wagon to the mob is as life-threatening as three heart attacks. If you do love me, as you say you do, then sever the ties.
Sonny: Oh, i'm sorry to interrupt, but we have some business to discuss.
Alexis: Ms. Zacchara, is it true that you visited your father at shadybrook institution yesterday?
Claudia: I did.
Alexis: And at any point in your interaction with your father did he threaten your life? Did you understand the question, ms. Zacchara?
Claudia: I'd rather not answer that.
Alexis: You're under oath. You don't have a choice.
Alexis: All right, let's approach this from another direction. After you left your father, did you find the brakes in your car had been tampered with?
Claudia: I had a little car trouble.
Alexis: Do you have reason to believe that anthony zacchara tampered with your brakes, that he in fact engineered this car trouble?
Claudia: Not at all. No, see, i don't really want to get into it. I mean, it's personal stuff. I -- after i left my father's, i had a date.
[waltz music]
emily: Oh, nikolas, you've made me so happy. I don't regret one moment of loving you.
Spinelli: I -- i'm sorry, the jackal didn't mean to snap. As you know, he has been in your blonde thrall for some time now, in awe of your fierce nature and wise insight, but the words you just used against maxie, not only were they out crude, and beneath you. The jackal readily concedes that maximista's thought patterns are not always linear, and she does have a propensity for making self-distructive choices but so do you. And -- and while your mistakes do not define who you are, the same goes for maxie, who is otherwise intelligent and perceptive and capable of unwavering loyalty, which the jackal has had the honor of experiencing.
Lulu: I'm sorry, i'm sorry. I can't listen to that anymore.
Maxie: What's the matter? Truth hurt?
Lulu: You are in this worse than i thought, so you need to listen to me. You are setting yourself up for heartache worse than you can even imagine if you think maxie cares about you. Read my lips Maxie is using you. It's what she does. It's what she's always done. You're just -- you're just maxie's latest sucker.
Spinelli: You don't think much of me, do you?
Lulu: That is not true. I am just trying to remind you of who we're dealing with here, spinelli. Remember who supplied my addict brother with drugs? That was maxie. Who broke up lucky and elizabeth's marriage and then faked a pregnancy to trap him? That would be maxie. Anybody who could successfully lie about the existence of a baby could easily manipulate somebody as trusting as you, and i just don't want you to fall for it. Spinelli, maxie only cares about maxie.
Maxie: Ok, now it's time to get off your high horse, because this isn't about protecting spinelli. It's you taking the latest opportunity to talk garbage about me because, well, you hate me.
Luke: Your timing is a little off.
Tracy: Oh, i don't think so. It's a perfect opportunity for you to respect my feelings.
Luke: You mean to do your bidding?
Tracy: Oh, no. Why don't you think of it as a heartfelt request?
Luke: It's emotional blackmail, no matter how you cut it.
Tracy, i meant exactly what i said about us, but when it comes to business, i choose my own associates. Always have, always will.
Tracy: Fine. Let me suggest you have your bosses take out a key-man insurance policy on your life. Because i am not throwing my money into the ground after your dead body. Mr. Corinthos.
Luke: Women -- can't live with them, can't poison their martini glasses a second time.
Sonny: What does she want you away from? The zaccharas, me, or both?
Luke: The zaccharas. She's convinced that any involvement with them will lead to my game but battered body on a morgue slab.
Sonny: I hate to say this. Your wife is right.
Claudia: I'm sorry, ms. Davis apparently completely misunderstood me. No one tried to kill me last night. I -- i did go and see my father, and then i dropped out of sigh for a couple of hours, but --
alexis: When you had car trouble.
Claudia: Mm-hmm. I'm not the best at maintenance, but i got it started eventually.
Alexis: Can i have a recess with my client please?
Ric: Objection, your honor. The d.A.'s Case is predicated on the assumption that mr. Zacchara attempted to murder his own daughter as recently as last night. Ms. Zacchara's testimony, uninfluenced by counsel, is directly relevant to the outcome of these proceedings.
Judge: The objection is sustained, but stay on topic.
Claudia: Sure. Like i said, my car wouldn't start, and i met up with a friend, and we had a little date in a log cabin in the woods. He's a little weird, but surprise, surprise.
Alexis: Ok, i'm gonna have to object, i guess.
Trevor: Counselor, she's your witness.
Claudia: He was compelling, certainly, and exciting. And --
judge: There's an objection on the table, ms. Zacchara. That means you stop until i rule.
Claudia: Oh, i'm sorry.
Judge: Perhaps you can enlighten the court. How do you see your character assessment of your date as being relevant to this case?
Diane: It isn't, and we would like to withdraw the objection and proceed with a different line of questioning.
Judge: Good idea.
Diane: Ms. Zacchara, on what date did you return from milan to new york?
Claudia: Date?
Diane: Yes, date, as in month of the year, day of the month.
Claudia: I mean, i don't know. I don't keep track of time. It's like trying to catch running water. It's here today, here tomorrow, unless it's not, and then it's gone and doesn't matter, so --
diane: Thank you for that fascinating insight, for sharing that. Is there any possibility now that you might answer my question?
Claudia: I came back from italy in the beginning of january.
Diane: And in that time has anthony zacchara ever threatened your life, either directly or indirectly?
Claudia: Of course not. My father loves me. Right, dad?
Judge: I've heard enough, ms. Zacchara. You may step down.
Claudia: Thank you, your honor. Luke: Your warning could be interpreted as a threat. I'm trying hard not to jump to that conclusion.
Sonny: Well, we've been friends for way too long for you to think that i would deliberately try to hurt you. It's just that i want you to see things from my perspective.
Luke: Talk to me. Want a drink?
Sonny: No, i'm fine. You know, there's a hearing today to get anthony zacchara released.
Luke: Yeah, i know.
Sonny: Ok, if he is set free, the tensions between my organization and his are going to accelerate.
Luke: And this concerns me how?
Sonny: Well, because you opened the casino doors to the zaccharas.
Luke: To john zacchara.
Sonny: Yeah, but you know, to anthony, that's not gonna mean anything, and he's not gonna allow you to stay neutral.
Luke: Well, i've already done a do-si-do with papa zacchara, and i know he's a bloodsucker.
Sonny: Right.
Luke: I appreciate your warning, but it seems to me that this is my problem.
Sonny, i'm not gonna get pulled in on either side.
Sonny: I hope you can manage that. If you need my help, i will not turn you away.
Luke: Thank you. Appreciate it.
Judge: I have reviewed the moving papers for the petitioner's release and the accompanying points and authorities very carefully. There's no doubt in the court's mind that while suffering from schizophrenia, anthony zacchara was a danger to himself and to others. However, the law is clear in cases such as this. Mr. Zacchara did not have the mental capacity to form intentions at the time his crimes were being committed, and since then, mr. Zacchara has been under medical supervision and treatment, and testimony evidence presented by his attorney and physicians establish the petitioner as sane. And since no testimony was offered to refute that finding or to convince me that mr. Zacchara is a present danger to himself or to others, it's the court's decision that anthony zacchara be released from protective custody, effective immediately.
[Gavel strikes]
emily: Nikolas, you keep saying one more dance.
Emily: At this rate, we're gonna be here forever.
Nikolas: I wish we could. God, i love seeing you smile.
Emily: Nikolas, you've made me smile more than anyone.
Nikolas: Not always. I really regret that.
Emily: Nikolas, our good times far outweighed the bad.
Emily: I mean, how many women can say they've lived their dream? You know, this and dancing in your arms, wearing these clothes, having you look at me with so much love in your eyes. It's my teenage fantasy come true.
Nikolas: I just -- i just can't help but wonder how different our lives would be if i would have recognized back then that you were -- you were the love of my life, you know, and -- and i --
emily: Nikolas, don't.
Nikolas: I could have made any one of a thousand different choices along the way, and i can't help it. If i had, would you be alive today? Instead of just a hallucination in my head? Maybe we would be off on some incredible new journey right now instead of -- instead of having to say goodbye.
Emily: Nikolas, look, we both made choices that affected our lives together, some for the better and some not so much, but it's done now.
Emily: There's no point in rehashing it.
Nikolas: I'm just -- just trying to pinpoint the crossroad, you know, that one choice that could have put us in a different place.
Emily: Yeah, to what end, nikolas? To torture yourself? We are where we are, and there's nothing we can do about it.
Nikolas: It's just not fair. It's not fair. We lost so much time. We cheated -- we were cheated out of our past, and now we're getting cheated out of our future. We should have had a happy ending.
Emily: Yeah, you know, fairy tales end with "happily ever after" because they're not real. Life's more complicated. And besides, we were never really fairy tale material, nikolas. We had flaws, and we made mistakes, and we loved each other in spite of everything, completely and realistically, and now in ways that no one will ever know or understand.
Nikolas: What if that's not enough for me? What if i'd rather die than live without you?
Anthony: All right, now that i'm free, i'll need someone to file papers restoring my assets into my name.
Ric: I'll handle it.
Trevor: No, i'll do it. I know the family's finances.
Ric: Which is precisely why i don't want you involved.
Trevor: Richie, you've done a great job, so slink away now while you can and let the big boys complete our business.
Anthony: Now, now, no fighting amongst ourselves. Not in public, anyway. You two worked like a well-oiled machine for me today, and it's good to know you can pull that out when you have to, but i'm looking forward to the private dogfight. Which one of my brilliant father/son attorney team is gonna be left standing when the dust clears? What fun, huh?
Logan: Mr. Zacchara, we should probably get going. You got a four o'clock you got to be at.
Anthony: I'm ready. Work it out.
Anthony: Aren't you gonna congratulate your old man?
Johnny: Way to go.
Claudia: Congratulations, daddy. I knew the system couldn't hold you for long.
Maxie: Oh, come on, jackal, be brilliant.
Kate: Calling in mr. Spinelli was a valiant but futile effort, so clean out your desks. I'll make sure you get your final paycheck.
Spinelli: Wait, wait, wait, lay your career-ending acts aside, fashionista. The jackal has successfully restored the deleted email.
Maxie: You're kidding.
Lulu: You're amazing.
Kate: Wow, so you have. Looks like you ladies got a last minute repreive, but make no mistake. Something like this can never happen again. In fact, from now on, i want you to consider yourself a team. If one of you messes up, you both pay the price. Thank you, mr. Spinelli.
Spinelli: Yes, it is the jackal's pleasure to come to the aid of such a lovely assortment of feminine charms.
Kate: Mm, you're a gentleman and a scholar. Now say your goodbyes. We have work to do.
Maxie: Spinelli, your brain is a thing of awe and wonder.
Lulu: Don't worry. It's not contagious.
Spinelli: It is my sincerest hope that the original blonde one is not mad at me.
Lulu: No, of course not. I think you're wonderful. Thank you, but fair warning -- if you hurt him in any way, i'll destroy your life.
Maxie: Oh, go stuff yourself. I'm gonna walk spinelli out.
lulu: Kate howard's office. Um, hold please. I have a doctor ian devlin on line three.
May 1, 2008 04:43
Kate: Put him through. Why am i hearing from you?
Ian: I wanted you to know that i arrived at my location safely, and i'll be contacting you in the future should the need for any additional funds arise.
Kate: So let me make sure i understand this. You're blackmailing me for saving your life?
Ian: I'm just trying to make our little deal work on a long-term basis for me like it does for you. You see, money is fluid. It comes, and it goes. So my motivation wavers, but you, on the other hand -- you won't want sonny to know that you financed my way out of town after i shot his beloved child, will you?
kate: I'll take your position under advisement, but i suggest you don't try my patience. Hi.
Sonny: Sorry to interrupt. I didn't mean -- if you were on the phone.
Kate: No, i'm glad you're here.
Sonny: I was thinking, the way we left it last night -- that you would be running back to manhattan --
kate: I'm not going anywhere, sonny. I love you and i want to be here. But i admit, i don't understand what you're doing or why.
Sonny: You know something, i don't understand what i'm doing. I spent the morning at michael's bedside and -- you know, jax is bringing all the specialists and they're doing all kinds of tests. And, uh, they can't say anything until they have conclusive results. But i gotta tell you, in my heart, i don't think my son's gonna change. He's gonna be a prisoner in his own body. I can't -- i just don't understand. I just want you to know, ok -- i don't know what i would do if i ever lost you.
Kate: I'm here, sonny, i'm here. I'm alive and i'm whole and i'm in your arms, and i'm exactly where i choose to be.
Trevor: Richie, you made a big mistake. And true to form, you're already regretting it.
Ric: I just did what i was paid to do.
Trevor: No, rich, this was much more than a job for you. You thought that anthony was gonna be your instrument of revenge against me and sonny. And now you're slowly recognizing how he's going to wreak havoc in all of our lives. You really stepped in it this time.
Ric: My shoes, my problem.
Trevor: No, son, please listen to me. It's too late to stop the train wreck that you set in motion, but you can get out of the way. I beg you, sever all your ties with anthony while you still have the chance and go find yourself some happiness.
Ric: You know what, you can shove your fatherly concern. You're trying to deal with the fact that i'm not running off with my tail between my legs for once, and that's got you a little bit worried. So you're hoping that i'm just gonna lay back and let you take advantage of everything that anthony zacchara has to offer. Well, you can forget it. See, zacchara may be a whack job, dad, but deep down he knows that i'm the one that got him free, so he owes me. If i were you, i'd grow eyes in the back of my head, because you never know when i'm gonna sneak up behind you and bury your ass.
Emily: I know you would die for me without hesitation, nikolas.
Nikolas: I would.
Emily: But that's not what i want. Live for me instead.
Nikolas: You mean, without you.
Emily: No, nikolas. I'll always be a part of you. We're a part of each other that's not bound by time or space.
Nikolas: I need you with me, don't you understand? I need you here with me right here, right now.
Emily: I can't be.
Nikolas: Why?
Emily: And stopping your life isn't going to honor what we shared.
Nikolas: I want to be that, baby, i really do. I just can't.
Emily: You just don't how?
Nikolas: No.
Emily: I'll tell you. Lookit, you raise spencer. Give him all the love and guidance you have to offer. You meet someone.
Nikolas: No, i'll --
emily: Allow yourself to love again.
sonny: I say no guards, max, and i trip over you and milo every two seconds.
Max: I'm not here to guard you, boss. I got urgent news from puerto rico.
Sonny: What's going on in puerto rico?
Max: The partners are holding back their shipments due to your family situation, but i told them --
sonny: You know what, business doesn't slow down. Make them understand that. It's not that big a deal.
Max: I understand that, boss.
Jason: Anthony zacchara's out. He's free.
Sonny: You're kidding me, right?
Jason: No, i'm not kidding you. I'm working extra security right now, i'm talking to bernie about rerouting shipments. I got everything --
sonny: Oh, that's just --
diane: I see jason's already broken the news.
Sonny: I'm not a happy man right now, diane. I told you if you slip up, i'm the one that's gonna get screwed. Now anthony zacchara is set free to come after me, the people that i love. Why? Because you're panting over this man every two seconds.
Diane: That is outrageous, that is absurd. I am not off my game.
Sonny: I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it. This has to end. I am sending max to puerto rico. Permanently.
Claudia: John, what's the point of making me chase you and race you home?
John: I needed to drive fast. You shouldn't have tried to keep up.
Claudia: I need to talk to you before they get here.
Johnny: I don't want to hear a damn thing out of your mouth. You set him free.
Claudia: It was the only way i had to make him trust me.
Johnny: Why would you want to?
Claudia: Well, if you calm down a minute, i will tell you. Look, i could see from opening arguments that daddy was gonna be set free. There was nothing that i could do to stop that. You know he tried to kill me. I know he tried to kill me. But where's the proof, john? Where? Floating in the lake somewhere? There is none. So i made a strategic decision to appear to support daddy. It is so infinitely much better than some act of defiance that's gonna get me killed.
Johnny: I spent most of my life as that man's prisoner. I'm not about to go back there.
Claudia: I would never ask you to go back there. I would never, ever ask you to do that. Nothing's changed, john. You and me, we're gonna destroy that crazy old man. He's never going to hurt either one of us ever again. Do you want to hear how?
Anthony: You must hate my son less than i thought to put up with this.
Logan: Just doing my job, sir.
Anthony: Suffer today for a payoff tomorrow. That's a worthwhile ambition, as long as you can stay alive long enough to collect. Wait in the car. I'll call you when i'm done.
Luke: Hey, we're closed, pal.
Anthony: No problem. We can put business hours on the agenda, partner.
maxie: Ok, prepare yourself.
Kate: I don't like it already.
Maxie: I think that maybe we should bring spinelli back in.
Kate: Maxie, please tell me you didn't lose something again.
Maxie: No, not me. I mean, not this time. There's a million dollars missing from your operating account.
Max: Come on, jason, speak up. Tell the boss you need me here and not exiled to puerto rico.
Diane: You're not going to puerto rico.
Sonny: He damn well is. I'm on the brink of war with the zaccharas. I need my attorney focused on me. He's a distraction to you.
Diane: Jason, you were there. You were in the courtroom, you saw what happened. Would you tell sonny the law is the law and this time it came down squarely on the side of anthony zacchara?
Sonny: Come on, diane, you've bent the law for me many a time. You could've done more to keep anthony zacchara locked up if you didn't have images of him dancing naked in your head.
Max: Back off.
Sonny: I'm sorry. What?
Max: You're out of line, mr. C. I've been more than loyal to you. I've put my life on the line for you so many times over the last five years, i've lost count. I'd do anything for you and your family and i have proven that. With all due respect, keep your nose out of my personal life, please.
Diane: I couldn't have said it better myself. But if you insist on appointing yourself the romance police, you might start with yourself. Don't date kate -- or, better yet, tell jason not to date claudia zacchara.
Claudia: Ric and trevor are gonna be jockeying for position as consigliere. We need to outmaneuver them. We need to play our father like a stradivarius. He should never have any reason or see any reason to question our loyalty to him. But to each other, it's a different story.
Johnny: You want dad to think there's some sort of rift between us?
Claudia: Yeah, because if he thinks he's getting what he wants, which is a house divided, he'll never see us coming, john. But we need to make a promise to each other right here and right now.
Johnny: What?
Claudia: It's you and me. This is all pretend. You're my goal. I'm yours. We're in this together. You and me against the world, no matter what.
Johnny: No matter what.
Anthony: They tell me when i was tearing my way through windermere, you and i fought, and subsequently you suffered a heart attack.
Luke: The damage has been repaired. I see you've had some troubles of your own.
Anthony: The damage has been repaired. I was impressed and concerned to hear about my son's decision to buy into your casino.
Luke: Impressed because?
Anthony: It's a good place to launder money.
Luke: And concerned?
Anthony: I don't think that's why johnny bought in. Well, look who's here -- the lovely lulu. Whatever are we gonna do about you?
Nikolas: No, how could i ever love again? How? My heart is too full of love for you. You know that.
Emily: Nikolas, you stay open and fill your life with meaning. Have other children.
Emily: A little girl that you can spoil rotten. And when the day comes, when she meets the man of her dreams, you tell her about us. You promise me, nikolas.
Nikolas: I promise that i will live for you And i promise that i will keep you in my heart for the rest of my life. That's what i promise.
Singer: The broken clock is a comfort
emily: I have thought about this from every angle and i have decided that it is best to let zander go.
Nikolas: Don't you think he's going to want to fight you on that?
Emily: Not if you pretend to be in love with me.
Singer: And i am here still waiting though i still have my doubts i am damaged at best like you've already figured out i'm falling apart i'm barely breathing with a broken heart that's still beating in the pain there is healing in your name i find meaning so i'm holding on i'm holding on i'm holding on i'm barely holding on to you the broken locks were a warning you got inside my head
nikolas: I'm free to love you with my whole heart.
Emily: I love you the same way. With all my heart.
Singer: Inside my eyes that are looking for purpose they're still looking for life i'm falling apart
minister: I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.
Singer: That's still beating in the pain is there healing in your name i find meaning so i'm holding on i'm holding on i'm holding on i'm barely holding onto you i'm hanging on another day
nikolas: I will love you forever.
Emily: I'll love you forever.
Singer: You said that i will be ok the broken lights on the freeway left me here alone i may have lost my way now having forgot my way home i'm falling apart i'm barely breathing with a broken heart that's still beating in the pain there is healing in the name i find meaning so, i'm holding on i'm holding on
Maxie: I need to know where the money is.
Robin: The father of my child thinks you're hotter than i am.
Jason: Somebody put a hit on claudia. I ended up saving her.
Sonny: Why?
Carly: We're getting michael's test results back.
May 2, 2008 04:45
Robin: What?
Patrick: I am not hot for your mother.
Robin: I don't want to hear what you have to say.
Patrick: Come on, robin, even in hormonal overdrive, you must know of all our dumb fights, this is by far the dumbest. Is there a bible somewhere that i can swear that i'm not hotfor your mother?
Robin: You know what? Why don't we just table this discussion for right now, ok?
Patrick: Ok, listen. I'm not gonna lie to you. Your mother is kick-ass cool. She -- she's gorgeous. She's funny. She's edgy. She's unpredictable.
Robin: Ok --
Patrick: But she is old enough to be my mother, too, and for God's sake, she's about to be a grandmother. What are you -- ahh --
Anna: Oh, hi, patrick.
Patrick: Why'd you do that?
Anna: Oh, i'm just staying in practice. You know, nothing worse than a granny gone rusty, is there?
Carly: You did so good today, baby. I know it was hard having those doctors run all the tests, but we need to figure out what's going on with you, so we can make you better.
Elizabeth: Excuse me, carly. I need to take some readings.
Carly: Ok.
Elizabeth: But you can stay.
Carly: I don't think you could get me out of here, especially tonight.
Elizabeth: What's going on tonight?
Carly: We're getting michael's test results back from the specialists. They're going to tell us what we need to do to make him better so we can take him home.
Sonny: What do you mean, sleeping with claudia?
Diane: Oh, yeah, yeah. To hear her tell it -- see, instead of telling everyone about the fact that her father may or may not have attempted to murder her the night before the hearing, claudia let everybody know in the courtroom exactly how much she enjoyed spending her night with jason.
Sonny: Ok, jason, i know you're hurt over michael and the whole thing, and i know how self-destructive that can be.
Jason: What claudia said is not what happened.
Sonny: Ok, well, just be careful you don't live to regret sleeping with that bitch, 'cause you might not live at all.
Claudia: I wonder how much time we have before daddy gets here.
Johnny: We got enough time for you to fill in some of the blanks. How much of what you said on the witness stand about jason was true?
Claudia: I edited some things out, obviously, and i embellished others.
Johnny: Be specific.
Claudia: I just rearranged things, john, so that the trial would go from bad to worse.
Johnny: Our father's a free man. It doesn't get much worse than that.
Lulu: What is he doing here?
Anthony: Now that your father and i are in business together i wanted to pay my respects, let him know i was back in play, but i was secretly hoping to run into you.
Luke: This is gonna be the shortest partnership on record if you think you can threaten my daughter.
Anthony: Who said anything about threats? I wish your daughter no harm. I just want to clarify my position on any future she thinks she might have with my son.
robin: Hi.
Anna: Hi.
Robin: I didn't expect to see you back so soon.
Patrick: I think my back's broken.
Anna: I wrapped that assignment. You know, i got the next plane back. I'm sorry i had to leave like that. I'm really sorry.
Patrick: Maybe just a bad sprain.
Robin: You're back, and you're safe. That's all that matters.
Anna: And i have to say that i discovered, you know, contrary to popular belief, grandmotherhood doesn't turn you into a doddering old cookie baker overnight.
Robin: Of course it doesn't. You are as beautiful and vivacious, adventurous, and as sexy as ever. Just ask patrick. Apparently, you're his fantasy woman.
Anna: You said that?
Patrick: No, no, robin has taken this completely out of context.
Robin: Oh, really? Ok, well, i believe your exact words were "my baby mama's mama is the hottest thing i've ever seen walking." Is that more accurate?
Patrick: That was guy talk with coleman -- not meant for your curious little ears, and i wasn't serious. As if i'd be -- it's ridiculous to think i'd be attracted to your mother -- not that you're not -- not attractive.
Anna: For my age.
Patrick: For older than me.
Robin: Mom, just be flattered, ok. The handsome, young father of my child thinks you're hotter than i am.
Patrick: Robin, you're pregnant. You're not supposed to be hot.
Anna: Whoa.
Robin: Oh, really? So i'm just an ice cream craving cow now, is that it?
Patrick: Ok, now stop putting words in my mouth.
Anna: Is there room?
Patrick: Ok, just stop. Ok, everybody, just stop. Now you're an amazing woman. Any man in his right mind would be honored to be with you, of any age, except for me because i am already spoken for by this lovely woman who is carrying my child, whose own hotness is temporary on hold, because she's having my --
robin: [Gasps]
anna: Oh.
Patrick: Baby. You know what? I'm gone.
Anna: He's gonna be such a wreck by the time the baby's born. It's fantastic.
Robin: Yeah. Well, he is right. You're so much hotter than me.
Anna: Oh, shut up. Stop it. No. Look, i am about to be a little person's grandmother, and look, no matter how you slice it, that is the antithesis of hot.
Sonny: Can somebody tell me what claudia said?
Jason: Come on, diane, go ahead.
Diane: Thank you very much. Ok, alexis asked claudia on the stand --
sonny: Right.
Diane: If anthony had attempted to murder her the night before the hearing, and instead of answering yes, as we all expected that she would, claudia announces that she's gone on a date. She plants her eyes squarely on jason, big voracious smile on her face. Without actually ever saying his name, she goes on and on in semi-erotic detail about this big, strong, silent type. He was compelling. He was surprisingly attendant, glowing review for you, jason.
Jason: Are you done now, diane? I need to speak to sonny alone.
Diane: Well, it doesn't matter if you're alone or if you're in a football stadium. Sonny is feeling particularly paternalistic today, so he is going to wield his mighty sword and lop off the head of your love life just like he's done with mine because, you see, when it all comes down to it, it' sonny's world, and we are just here to serve in our various capacities, and i guess that's what i get for representing a criminal.
Max: I'll see her out.
Jason: All right, somebody put a hit on claudia last night, and i ended up saving her.
Luke: What my daughter does is her business. You stay out of it.
Anthony: This is just a rhetorical question. Or what?
Luke: Or you'll look back on being paralyzed as the happiest days of your life.
Anthony: You don't think i understand the impulse to protect one's children? That's exactly what i'm trying to do. I love my son. He's got a sweet nature.
Lulu: Is that why you tried to kill johnny when he was a little boy?
Anthony: That unfortunate incident was the result of my mental illness. My wife paid the price of a moment of madness, God bless her soul, but she illustrates my point. The life johnny was born into, the life he leads -- it's not good on the women. The gentle ones break. The strong ones turn cold and bitter like claudia. I would hate to see that happen to you, and even if you were to survive, if you didn't become a target or an emotional casualty, you'd be forever changed and not for the better. Johnny would blame himself for the rest of his life, and that i can't have, so it would be best to end things now.
Lulu: I couldn't agree more.
Carly: Any changes?
Elizabeth: His vitals are stable.
Carly: They have been all week.
Elizabeth: No change.
Carly: Elizabeth, wait.
Carly: I have a few things to say to you, and none of them are gonna be easy. Carly: It must be hard for you, taking care of michael every day, because every time you look at him, you have to think about how easily that could have been jake in michael's place because of jason, and i'm not gearing up to attack you if that's what you're thinking. I was quick to judge you for the decision you made keeping jake's paternity a secret, and that was before my own child was hurt for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, sitting next to his father. You made the right call, and i owe you an apology.
Elizabeth: Well, thank you, but it's not necessary.
Carly: I mean, i'm not pretending like i magically like you or anything, but i understand why you made the choice that you made, and i really wish i would have. My life has been intertwined with sonny and jason's for years, and i know firsthand how dangerous it can be just, you know, being with them, but i still let myself believe all the promises that were made to keep my kids safe, but they were impossible to keep. So when you go home tonight, you -- you hold your babies, and you make sure they know how much you love them, and you be proudof yourself for making the only decision to protect your kids.
Elizabeth: Carly, we don't have to be friends for me to understand the type of pain you're in, so i'm just gonna tell you something from one mother to another. You did what you thought was best for your children at the time. That's all we can do.
Maxie: Spinelli, i need you. Another crisis --
spinelli: So soon?
Maxie: Oh, i know. You totally saved me when you retrieved kate's email, but that was minor compared to this.
Spinelli: Gosh.
Maxie: There's a million dollars missing from crimson's operating accounts.
Spinelli: A million? Does the -- does the glacial one know?
Maxie: I had to tell her.
Spinelli: On a scale of one to ten, how ballistic did she go?
Maxie: One to ten, probably a three. I mean, her eyes widened, and she got this really calm, eerie look that she normally gets when she's not saying what she's really thinking, and then she told me she'd handle it. Translation -- if i don't fix it, i'm gonna be fired, and in case you were wondering, i didn't screw up or steal it.
Spinelli: The thought never crossed my mind.
Maxie: I kind of like that you have so much faith in me.
Spinelli: Well, the jackal knows maximista's true heart, and, look, though normally i'd be more than happy to lend my assistance, my cybernicity is urgently required by stone cold on a mission of the highest importance, namely, finding the shooter of the little dude.
Maxie: But it's kind of too late for you to save the day for jason. I mean, dr. Devlin's long gone. You could still save the day for me, please?
Jason: That's when i pulled claudia out of the car. Somebody started shooting at us, and i -- i had no choice but to save her. I thought she had information on who shot michael.
Sonny: I know you know better not to trust her.
Jason: No, i don't trust -- i don't like claudia, and we're sure as hell not dating. That's ridiculous. I hope you know that.
Sonny: Yeah, there's going to be an ugly power struggle within the zacchara family, and with any luck, they'll take each other out including ric and trevor. I got to go to the hospital because jax's specialists are going to give us the findings, you know.
Jason: Ok, i got a lead on michael's shooter.
Sonny: Just give me the proof, will you?
Jason: Yeah.
Max: I'm sorry, boss. I --
diane: We were simply making the most of the few remaining moments we have before you ship max off to the outer reaches of puerto rico.
Sonny: Ok, diane, jason may -- you know, may know who the shooter is, ok. So when we take care of the guy, i want you to have an alibi and defense in place, and then maybe, you know, max can stay where he is.
Diane: That's blackmail.
Sonny: What do you expect? You represent a criminal.
Lulu: You and johnny and sonny and jason are all so determined to destroy each other, and you know what i say? Go for it. I've already ended things with johnny, and it sucks because he's a really great guy with a very good heart, but he doesn't stand a chance because you won't stop until his heart is as small and as black as yours. He'll end up as twisted and as cruel as you are, and why would i want to subject myself to a front row seat to that? Oh, and by the way, you got your freedom. How deserving -- the justice system at work. So i hope you enjoy it, but don't worry about me. I'm out of this. I just came here to get a jacket that i left.
Anthony: Good to know. Time to earn your keep. You've got a nice place here. I'm looking forward to hitting that roulette table.
Luke: I'm looking forward to taking all your ready cash.
Lulu: Have you always been here?
Logan: No, outside.
Lulu: I didn't see you out there.
Anthony: He's not paid to be seen. I'll be back. Ciao.
Luke: Well, that was quite a strong stand you took. He seemed to buy it. I didn't. Robin: I realize this is probably the biggest adjustment you've ever had to make, being a mother of someone who is about to be a mother to someone else.
Anna: Is it adjustment? I mean, yeah, i'm watching my glamorous, devil-may-care life flash before my eyes before it gently fades to black. It's ok, you know, you can use that word -- grandmother. It is what i'm about to be. I should get used to it. What do they do exactly?
Robin: I think you should just be yourself.
Anna: Be myself? Yeah, yeah, i'm gonna be fine.
Robin: You're gonna be better than fine.
Anna: Right, because, you know, grandmothers are the new mothers, right?
Robin: Well, that's what i heard.
Anna: Yeah, i'd better be a-ok. Oh, these are so small. I just need some air, lots of it. Don't wait up.
Lulu: I saw johnny shoot sonny, and if the bullet hadn't hit sonny's gun, he'd be dead. And i don't want to be standing there next time it's murder.
Johnny and i are done.
Tracy: Hallelujah. Now you can help me convince your father to do the same.
Lulu: Sorry, but my dad makes his own choices. You're on your own.
Luke: It's been a long day, wife. Could we make love and not war?
Tracy: War is already brewing, and you are on the front line. Anthony zacchara's been released Luke: I know. I must have been his first stop.
Tracy: Did he want to buy you out?
Luke: No, but if he had, i wouldn't have sold. Why are you so squeamish? You're no stranger to this business. You've been married to the mob more than once.
Tracy: Which is why i know what i'm talking about. You are in over your head. You're not the invisible luke spencer anymore, and this is not your fight. Why are you making me beg? Get out of it before it's too late.
Anthony: Good. Pink? Now it's like old times. I owe both of you a debt of gratitude. You, as well, and you, i --
claudia: It was johnny who convinced me that you were sick all those years. That's why i -- it's why i said the right thing on the witness stand. Said whatever i needed to get you to come home.
Anthony: You're a good girl, and home, i am, so let's get down to brass tacks. Kid, you're excused. First up, how are we dealing with the people looking to compromise us, namely the corinthos family?
Johnny: They've been in chaos since michael's been shot.
Anthony: About this kid getting shot in the head, is that you?
Claudia: No, absolutely not. When i shoot to kill, i don't miss.
Carly: Baby, this is the day we've been waiting for. You have been lost in the dark, and i've been stuck in limbo, not knowing how to take care of you, but these specialists are gonna tell me how, and i'm not kidding myself, all right. I know there's a chance that -- that you're going to come back not quite as perfect as you were before, but i can deal with that. Perfection's overrated. Look at me. The most important thing, the only thing, is that you come back, and we'll take everything else as it comes, ok?
Sonny: Hey.
Carly: Hi.
Sonny: You're probably expecting jax.
Carly: He had an important meeting in manhattan. We're supposed to get the news about michael tonight.
Sonny: Yeah, that's -- i just wanted -- that's why i wanted to be here.
Spinelli: Hey, you're entering forbidden territory.
Maxie: What's the worst i'm gonna find? Ooh, are these keys to the cemetery where all the bodies are buried?
Spinelli: Look, that drawer contains duplicate keys for every corinthos/morgan vehicle. You currently hold entrance to the mob mobile.
Maxie: The what?
Spinelli: Well, it's the suv stone cold takes when the bike is inconvenient.
Maxie: You mean, when he needs extra room for those bodies.
Jason: Why is she here?
Maxie: I'm standing in the same room.
Jason: You shouldn't be here.
Maxie: But i'm part of the jackal p.I. Investigation team.
Spinelli: Actually, i only -- i only paused momentarily from finding the dastardly doctor to aid the worthy blonde one.
Maxie: Don't you dare stop doing that. I need to know where the money is.
Jason: What -- what money?
Maxie: A million in cash is missing from kate's operating account.
Jason: Kate's not my problem. We're trying to find somebody here, ok?
Spinelli: Yes, and we might have an unexpected clue. It appears the missing money from the fashionista's magazine was wired into an account in the grand keys belonging to ian devlin
May 2, 2008 04:48
Tracy: For once, would you please put your safety ahead of your ridiculous pride? Admit it, you are in over your head with this the zaccharas.
Luke: Tracy, i'm not going to turn coward and liquidate what promises to be a very lucrative business because of a nagging wife.
Tracy: You're equating cowardice with personal safety. How about it's just a smart thing to do?
Luke: How about you leave this decision to your husband?
Tracy: You haven't saved the world in years, luke. You can barely save yourself.
Luke: I could still save the world if it deserved it. Don't sign me up for bingo night at the senior center just because you are losing your nerve. When did you start needing a safety net?
Anna: Hi, tracy, mr. Spencer --
luke: Ms. Devane -- well, my goodness, what an unexpected and welcome diversion you are.
Anna: I'm looking for some action. I assume this is still the best game in town, right?
Johnny: Claudia did not put the hit out on sonny, and neither did i. But you many want to question your faithful retainer here. Apparently, i am a comedian. Trevor has been itching to get rid of sonny.
Anthony: Well, let us all in on the joke.
Trevor: Well, it just struck me how eager each one of us would be if sonny were actually dead. Take richie, for instance, he's become quite an opportunist. It's not too far of a stretch that he could take out his brother and blame me or john or claudia. Why not an evil conspiracy, huh, richie? Take us all out together, then your way would be clear, right?
Anthony: It doesn't matter. Corinthos lives. I'm home. Wait in the library. I need time with my children. Well, alone at last.
Claudia: It's really good having all of us under the same roof again.
Johnny: We'll see about that.
Anthony: My son, the skeptic. Not that i blame you. Listen, i owe you both apologies. Claudia, for having sent you off without regard for your feelings, i apologize. And john, for leaving you at the mercy of trevor for all these years, i apologize.
Claudia: Well, it's all behind us now, huh, daddy?
Anthony: All that time, wasted. But no more.All right. This family is back -- solid, unstoppable. There's nothing we can't accomplish as long as we stand strong together.
Jason: Ok, find out who transferred the money to devlin, who authorized it -- if he made any cash withdrawals, pinpoint where now.
Maxie: Ok, but you can do that after you transfer the money back to crimson, right?
Jason: Why are you still here?
Maxie: Were you born this rude, or do you practice? This is my career on the line.
Jason: Ok, you need to go now.
Maxie: Either spinelli transfers the money back to the crimson accounts, or i'm going to tell my dad you guys are doing something illegal.
Jason: Or do you want kate to fire you?
Maxie: I'll leave. Spinelli --
Spinelli: Yes, i will call as soon as i have any more information, ok?
Spinelli: I'm sorry. Begging the master's pardon -- don't you think your tone with maximista was a little harsh? I mean, she was just trying --
Jason: Devlin -- right now.
Spinelli: Yes, the jackal obeys. And no doubt if we find the evil one in port charles, we will take the suv and track him, right?
Carly: I don't like the look on your face. Where are the specialists?
Patrick: The doctors thought it would be better to hear about michael's condition from someone you knew.
Carly: Ok, so how do we make him better?
Patrick: Both doctors concurred that michael is in a deep coma.
Sonny: We know that.
Carly: Yes. How do we wake him up?
Patrick: We can't.
Carly: What do you mean, you can't?
Sonny: Ok, patrick, are you saying he's brain dead?
Patrick: No, there's function.
Carly: Ok. See, there's function.
Patrick: There have been cases, rare cases, when patients in michael's condition wake up after --
Carly: So, there's hope.
Patrick: I am talking about a one in 10,000 chance, Carly.
Carly: Oh, my God.
Sonny: What -- what do we do to help my little boy?
Patrick: Michael will be fed through a g-tube. He'll have around the clock nursing care and physical therapy to minimize muscle atrophy.
Sonny: That's just physical maintenance, right?
Patrick: I'm sorry, sonny.
Sonny: What do you -- patrick: I wish there was more we could do to bring michael back to consciousness. And i wish we could make a difference, make his life more than it is. tracy: The city shut this casino down. Until further notice, there will be no action here tonight.
Anna: Oh.
Luke: Ain't that like a bunch of tight-ass bureaucrats to butt in and spoil a good time?
Anna: Disappointed.
Luke: Well, we can't have that. I'll tell you what i'll do -- i'll open up a few tables if you are willing to play for high stakes.
Anna: Is there any other way?
Luke: You know, i was just trying to explain that concept to my lovely, but suddenly very conservative wife.
Anna: Hmm --
Tracy: You're about to prim for mary poppins here? Don't expect me to stand around and watch.
Anna: Oh, easy tiger.
Tracy: And how come you haven't retired, yet?
Anna: I'm at the top of my game.
Luke: Well, the proof is on the label.
Tracy: Hmm. Not even mildly amusing. I'll be home late.
Anna: Wow. She mad.
Luke: Yeah, she's always mad. It's part of her charm. So what's your pleasure?
Anna: Roulette.
Luke: Roulette it is. And what is it that sent you out on this lovely evening with visions of roulette wheels spinning in your head?
Anna: Mr. Spencer, can i call you spence?
Luke: I wish you would.
Anna: Ok. I am a few months shy of coming face-to--face with the most ego-destroying person of my life, my grandchild.
Patrick: Is it safe?
Robin: All clear. My mother decided she needed to get some air. Hopefully, that doesn't mean bungee jumping or something. How's the back?
Patrick: It's fine. The verdict came in on michael. It's what we thought. His condition is permanent.
Robin: Do sonny and carly know?
Patrick: Yeah, i told them myself. I really wanted to be wrong, robin. I wanted those specialists to be better than me, be able to find something that i couldn't.
Robin: Sometimes this is the worst job in the world.
Patrick: It really hit me hard seeing the devastation on sonny's and carly's faces. I couldn't imagine being a parent and facing the living death of your child.
Carly: I don't understand. I was in a coma. I woke up. Why can't michael?
Sonny: There's no answer to that.
Carly: Where does patrick drake get off telling us that michael's condition is permanent?
Sonny: Are you -- are you gearing up to fight again?
Carly: Aren't you?
Sonny: You're going to pour all your time and energy into making michael the one in 10,000?
Carly: You're damn straight, i am.
Sonny: Carly, look at me.
Carly: No, sonny.
Sonny: Please, just look at me. Please. Do you think i -- you think i want him to be like he is?
Carly: No.
Sonny: We've been dealt something horrible. We have to accept that.
Carly: Why? Why should i accept what's unacceptable? Why?
Sonny: Because you have to find a way, just like i have to find a way to accept that this is my fault.
Spinelli: I managed to slip a tracking device into the dastardly doctor's pants, but i fear it's defective.
Jason: How did you get it into his -- never mind. Why is it defective?
Spinelli: Well, it picked up the nefarious physician at the home of mr. Corinthos, sir. Why would he dare enter there if he was indeed the shooter of the little dude?
Jason: Ok, kate was at sonny's last night. All right, she's missing one million from her magazine account, right? Now there is a million in devlin's account. You do the math.
Spinelli: Yeah, but look, it has to be coincidence.
Jason: But i don't believe in coincidence.
Spinelli: Yeah, but the queen of couture would never get mixed up with the doctor of doom.
Jason: Ok, you find him, and we're going to get those answers.
Spinelli: Ok, dr. Devlin just made an atm withdrawal across the canadian border in a place called littleton.
Jason: Ok, let's go.
Spinelli: What -- the jackal gets to accompany the master in the mob mobile?
Jason: Listen, i need you to clear your head. He is within reach.
Patrick: When i thought about fatherhood, all i could picture was an endless cycle of messy diapers and constant whining -- chicken pox and not being able to open your own cabinet.
Robin: [Laughs]
patrick: But every day, i see beyond.
Robin: And every day you become more or less opposed?
Patrick: I am not as detached as i thought i would be. I realize that what affects your child affects you. That you are suddenly vulnerable to whatever happens to them, good or bad.
Robin: I can understand you'd be thinking about that. Especially on the heels of michael getting hurt and watching sonny and carly and jax have to deal with that. But, you know, you have to find a way to not let that fear paralyze you, to know that the law of averages is on your side. I mean, for every child that gets hurt, there are tens of thousands that don't.
Patrick: So you just hope that your kid is on the right side of those numbers.
Robin: That's right. I mean, you cannot waste time worrying about it.
robin: Uh-oh. Could that be grandma?
Patrick: I'll get it.
Tracy: Granny goose is at the haunted star coming on to my husband. Would you like to put a muzzl on her, or shall i?
Luke: Are you clear on the rules?
Anna: Yeah. Remind me.
Luke: If it lands on black, you take a shot. If it lands on hot -- i mean, red, then i take a shot.
Anna: Great. And then the little -- the little green dealies in here?
Luke: The little green dealies? If it lands on a little green dealie, we mutually remove a piece of clothing, and the first one naked wins. Yeah? Oh.
Luke and anna: Ooh, oh, ooh.
Luke: Whoo-hoo.
Luke and anna: [Singing strip tune]
Luke: Oh, the toss, my favorite move. I can do that. All right, that's enough. Ok, you ready?
Anna: [Coughs] yeah.
Luke: Here we go.
Anna: Wait. You know i love my daughter. I do, i really love her. I love her so much. I love her more than anything in the whole world. And i am so happy for her -- that she is going to be a mother. I just hate what it makes me. I know what you're thinking, that i am just such a selfish witch. I know what you're thinking, and i don't deserve this fabulous life?
Luke: Wait, wait, i am not thinking that, believe me. I totally get where you're coming from. I am no procreation enthusiast. No, kids tie you down. Grandkids hold up a mirror that nobody should have to look into.
Anna: Oh, God. You do understand, then. My God.
Luke: I completely understand.
Anna: So do you have any advice for me?
Luke: Don't change. Stay yourself. In fact, be more yourself.
Anna: But do you have anything specific in mind?
Spinelli: Stone cold?
Spinelli: I -- the jackal learned something while he was endeavoring to add the initials of p.I. To his name, something that might help you with your approach to dr. Devlin.
Jason: What -- what -- what -- what?
Spinelli: Lesson number 16 -- keep a clear head on approaching the subject.
Jason: What's your point?
Spinelli: You just might want to consider compartmentalizing your anger and grief over the little dude's shooting, at least, until we have irrefutable proof that dr. Devlin is, indeed, the shooter. We wouldn't want our trip to culminate with a body in the trunk unless we had answers.
Jason: I intend to keep devlin alive long enough to find out who hired him.
Anthony: All right, bring me up to date on how the various facets of our organization are being run. What's making money? Where's the deadwood?
Claudia: I have been working on an experimental route off the coast of carolina that has been saving us a lot of money.
Anthony: Do you know about this?
Johnny: Claudia fills me in on everything.
Anthony: Then you explain it to me. You shouldn't be involved, darling. This business is no place for women.
Claudia: Excuse me?
Anthony: Exactly, excuse yourself.
Claudia: Daddy, uncle rudy trained the hell out of me. I have been running his organization for years.
Anthony: Uncle rudy does things his way, and i do things my way. And the zaccharas don't involve their women.
Johnny: That's right. Let's not waste time arguing about this.
Claudia: Fine.
Anthony: Close the door behind you.
Carly: Do you think he's dreaming? That somehow through all those layers of nothingness, there's a spark of michael that knows we are here and that we've loving him?
Sonny: I'd like to believe that.
Carly: I do. I have to. Michael will be the one in 10,000 or one in a million. I don't care the odds. I will not give up on my son. He's going to be ok. He's going to be back.
Anna: You got any rope?
Robin: Mother --
Anna: [Gasps]
Ian: I'm headed back to port charles.
Spinelli: Moose, moose.
Sonny: Michael's in a permanent coma.
May 5, 2008 05:10
Monday, May 5th Part ! Luke: Everybody wins.
Luke and anna: Ch-ch-ch-ch.
Luke: Vroom, vroom.
Anna: [Sings] woo! Woo-woo!
Luke: Hey.
Anna: Oh, no, where'd you get those?
Luke: I don't know. I picked them out somewhere. I wish this place was rigged for a swing.
Anna: Ok, you know, i'm very resourceful. I'm a secret agent.
Luke: No.
Anna: You knew that.
Luke: Uh-huh.
Anna: Mm-hmm. We could do that. Oh, sorry. You got any rope?
Spinelli: If the dastardly doctor devlin is indeed the shooter, which seems to attain a higher degree of possibility with every passing moment, then he must've been working alone. So, hence, he stole the money from "crimson" to finance his escape to canada.
Jason: We can't assume that.
Spinelli: Well, then how do you explain the missing million from the fashionista's working account? I mean, how? There's no way that she would knowingly transfer money to the person or persons that may have shot young michael.
Jason: When we find devlin, he's going to tell me why he shot michael.
Jason: Claudia's smart. She's already made improvements on our distribution.
Trevor: Your sister is impulsive and unreliable. It's a mistake to involve her in the business.
Anthony: Trevor's right.
Logan: Caught you eavesdropping.
Claudia: So you did.
[Carly sniffling]
Carly: I can't do this.
Sonny: It's ok.
Carly: No, because crying means that i'm giving up hope, and i'm never going to give up hope for michael. I won't.
Jax: Carly. Hey.
Carly: I'm so glad you're here.
Jax: Did patrick give you the report from the specialists?
Jax: I'm sorry.
Carly: You know, we need to find another doctor. We do. One who's going to make him better.
Jax: Well, i have another option for michael.
luke: You're incredibly talented.
Anna: Oh, you inspire me so much.
Luke: It's your turn. Shot, shot, shot. All right.
Robin: Mother!
[Anna gasps]
Anna: Hi, darling. Hello.
Johnny: Claudia brings a lot to the table. She's smart. She got a lot of experience. She came back from italy to help me run things.
Trevor: You've always put too much faith in claudia.
Johnny: I trust her a hell of a lot more than i trust you.
Trevor: Yeah, well, she's had a profound influence on you, but not for the better.
Johnny: She's got more of a right to be here than either of you. And i do think this organization will benefit and be stronger overall with her participation. But at the end of the day, my father's in charge. What he says goes.
Anthony: That's how a son shows respect for a father.
Ric: That's why you're a father worthy of respect, anthony. Speaking of which, shouldn't you be showing respect to anthony right about now? Especially since you were going to leave him rotting in prison until i took the initiative to get him out.
Trevor: Anthony and i have a long history together. He knows i respect him.
Ric: Yeah, but what about loyalty, dad, and gratitude? I mean, for instance, if you sign over the -- the alcazar piers, there'd be no doubt.
Anthony: I undrestand those piers are the key to controlling the port charles waterfront.
Ric: Oh, yeah, no question about it. So what do you say, dad? Are you loyal to anthony or are you not?
Claudia: So, how do you like working for my father?
Logan: We get along all right.
Claudia: Yeah?
Claudia: He didn't hit you, did he?
Logan: No, no, just a bar fight.
Claudia: Oh.
Claudia: Really?
Logan: Mm-hmm.
Claudia: I feel like i saw you at the haunted star opening. Were you there? Was that you?
Logan: Yeah, i was there.
Claudia: It was. Yeah, you looked different. You seemed like you were really in your element then.
Logan: It was a good night.
Claudia: Yeah? Can i ask you a question? How is it that an obviously handsome, smart, ambitious guy like yourself is working as a glorified nurse for my dad?
Spinelli: We are closing in on the atm that was last used by the fiendish physician, which is all the more reason why stone cold should not waste his energy on the menial task of transport.
Jason: What are you talking about?
Spinelli: I want to drive.
Jason: No.
Spinelli: But the grasshopper is very proficient behind the wheel, especially if it's an automatic transmission, and sees no reason why stone cold should waste his -- his -- his mental and physical energy --
Jason: I'm not tired, spinelli.
Spinelli: Ok, perhaps we -- say we run into the dastardly doctor and stone cold decides he needs to confer with him privately, as it were. You might need a, i don't know, getaway driver.
Jason: No, i don't need a getaway driver.
Spinelli: Well, say a crazed flock of geese confused by global warming --
Jason: Shut up, please, for a minute.
Spinelli: Sorry, the jackal does tend to talk too much. But look, i was just... I was just trying to help.
[Tires screech]
kate: Lulu, i can't keep asking you. Where are the revisions on the maha chang layout? Did you even call them?
Lulu: Their office closed two hours ago.
Kate: Honey, that is what inside lines are for.
Lulu: Maxie said that she left it on the computer.
Kate: No, no, lulu, stop blaming maxie for your mistakes.
Lulu: She was supposed to leave me a list.
Kate: Lulu, you are a big girl. We are on a deadline. I cannot have any more of these excuses. Now, remember, if i fire one of you, i'm going to fire you both, so figure out the riddle and get maha chang on the line right away.
lulu: Kate howard's office.
kate: Did you get them?
Lulu: No, but --
kate: Ok, so what is more important, lulu?
Lulu: It's ian devlin.
Kate: I'll take it.
Kate: That's a bad idea.
Ian: I could turn around, head deeper into canada, provided i had the proper financial incentive.
Carly: What did you find? Are you bringing another specialist?
Sonny: Let him talk, carly.
Jax: Michael's diagnosis is clear.
Carly: You said that there was an option. You just said that.
Jax: Carly, the doctors all agree that he's not going to wake up.
Carly: There's a small chance, jax.
Sonny: One in 10,000. That's what patrick says.
Jax: I contacted a treatment facility for long-term care.
Carly: It's a research facility, right? I mean, you've been speaking with the doctors.
Jax: They have doctors on staff, yes. I just toured it a few hours ago. It is amazing. It's world class. He would received world class care for the rest of his life.
Carly: You couldn't even wait for your own specialist to make a diagnosis. You just assumed, like everyone else has assumed, that michael's not going to get better
Luke: Care to join us, dr Drake?
Patrick: Yes, looks like fun.
Tracy: Don't you encourage them.
Robin: Mom, you're going to hurt yourself.
Anna: Oh, come on. How many grandmothers do you know who can do this? Woo.
Robin: None, ok? You win. Get down.
Patrick: Robin, how many times have you told me that stress is bad for the baby? Now just leave your mother alone and have a seat.
Anna: Don't stress out. Please, don't stress out. Mama's thirsty.
Luke: Well, let daddy get you a little drink.
Tracy: Why don't you pick your pants up?
Anna: Hey, don't get cranky, please. It's ok, i can reach.
Luke: It -- it -- it --
Robin: Mom, are you ok?
Anna: Yeah, i'm fine.
Jax: Look, we all hoped that the specialists would have good news, but i wanted to be prepared in case michael's prognosis didn't change.
Carly: I'm not interested in your preparations.
Jax: We have to start thinking realistically about michael's long-term care, do we not?
Sonny: What's the place like?
Carly: It doesn't matter because he's not going there.
Sonny: Our son is not going to stay in this hospital forever.
Jax: It's a state-of-the-art facility in manhattan.
Michael would receive 24-hour nursing care and receive physical therapy twice a day.
Carly: When was the last time someone there who was in a coma woke up?
Jax: Carly, their focus is on first-class long-term care, not stringing families along with false hope.
Carly: My son's not going to manhattan alone.
Jax: Of course, you want to go and look at the place before you make a decision like that.
Sonny: Jax, based on what you saw, why do you think this place is -- is good for my son?
Kate: I already gave you a million. You won't get any more.
Ian: Then i'll see you very soon.
Kate: So i guess you're choosing to have sonny kill you.
Ian: Unless i kill him first. An additional payment will secure his safety for the time being.
Kate: I am not available for blackmail, dr. Devlin.
Ian: Think of it as protection. You already know that i was the one that shot michael. How sonny will react when he finds out, i'm not what that's worth to you, but --
kate: I'm hanging up now.
Ian: New york -- still a lethal injection state? Or will he just get life in prison, provided that he survives at all?
Lulu: Ms. Howard isn't available.
Claudia: Good, because i'm here to see you.
Lulu: I'm working.
Claudia: Ok, well, so's your friend logan. Your ex-boyfriend, logan hayes, right? He's working for my father a sort of a -- a bodyguard-nurse.
Lulu: I'm sorry, i hardly ever see logan anymore.
Claudia: Ok, but you know him, right? Right? What kind of guy is logan? Is he trustworthy? Is he loyal? Is he a nice guy? I mean, would you want him taking care of your father?
Jason: You -- you can speed up.
Spinelli: Alas, i cannot.
Jason: No, you can, ok? You drive this slow, it's going to attract attention.
Spinelli: A collision would attract even more --
Jason: A collision? We haven't even seen a car for miles.
Spinelli: Then there's no reason for the grasshopper to increase his speed.
Jason: Why can't you just drive faster, spinelli?
Spinelli: Moose.
Jason: Moose? We haven't -- we haven't even seen a moose.
Spinelli: Well, moose calves, to be more specific. They tend to wander the roads of Canada this time of year. They have no understanding or fear of moving vehicles. They are very large, very awkward, and very hard to see at night.
Jason: All right, put the brights on.
Spinelli: I can't do that either.
Jason: Why not?
Spinelli: The five-lined skink.
Jason: The what?
Spinelli: It's one of five lizard species in canada. It's their mating season. They might be attracted to the lights, and i wouldn't want to squish one.
Jason: All right, pull over --
spinelli: No, you wouldn't want to squish one either! Karmically speaking, who knows what will tip the karmic scales and be it a proverbial straw or a skink.
Jason: If you don't start driving faster, i'm going to drive. You got it?
Spinelli: Yes, yes, sir.
Jason: Ok, we have more important things to worry about than baby moose and lizards.
Spinelli: I shall -- i shall forestall my wilderness anxiety by reviewing the -- the specifics of the case.
Jason: Fine, focus, drive, review. Go.
Spinelli: We saw the medical tag, the entwiined snakes. We determined that it was indeed dr. Devlin's car.
[Tires schreech]
Jason: Whoa!
Spinelli: I think it was a lizard.
Jason: A lizard!
Spinelli: Yes.
Jason: Focus!
Spinelli: Ok, so stone cold uncovered that the dastardly doctor was selling an illegal experimental drug to the troubled nikolas for $10 million and then he realized that stone cold was on his tail and decided to leave town but ended up at the G.H. morgue.
Jason: Then -- when was that exactly?
Spinelli: Maximista and i, the jackal, stalled his departure, i by feigning appendicitis and maximista by injecting him with a sedative, after which i surreptitiously placed the tracking device in his pants.
Jason: Ok, we're back to his pants again.
Spinelli: It's a very important detail. And then the clever maximista uncovered the missing million and i jackaled an atm withdrawal in littleton, Canada and --
moose!
Moose!
[Tires screech] Robin: Are you ok, mom?
Anna: Yeah, no, i'm fine. You know what?
Patrick's right. We really should get you home.
Tracy: Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Luke: I have a better idea. Why don't you and you and you go back where you came from and ms. Devine and i will -- continue this swinging party.
Anna: Hey, you know what, spence? Being upside down with you has been -- ah -- fantastic, but i don't get to see my daughter very often and i just don't want to upset her, ok?
Luke: Oh.
Anna: I think i put my back out.
Luke: Well, you're going to need this.
Anna: Thank you. Ok.
Robin: Come on, let me help you.
Anna: No, i'm fine. Bye.
Luke: Bye.
Anna: Bye, tracy.
Luke: See you next time, huh?
Anna: Yeah.
Luke: So what do you say, spanky buns? Can i offer you a ride on the trying frapeze?
Jason: How'd you get in the car?
Maxie: Maybe i picked the lock.
Jason: Ok, spinelli --
maxie: Don't pick on spinelli.
Jason: How did she get the keys to the suv? Answer me.
Spinelli: Ok, perhaps maximista was snoop -- snooping around casa de stone cold --
jason: Ok, you know what? Shut up.
Maxie, give me the keys.
Maxie: No, not until i get the million dollars back that ian stole from crimson.
Spinelli: Restitution of the money is everyone's goal --
maxie: My job is on the line.
Jason: You know what? You get the keys, now.
Spinelli: Me?
Spinelli: Now?
Jason: Yeah, right now. We got to get back on the road. Let's go.
Spinelli: Yeah, no, sure. Jackal p.I. Can manage a little pat down. Sure, nothing out of the ordinary Ok, it was chapter nine, complete with illustrations. Ok, hands on the vehicle, please. Spread your -- have your -- oh -- place your legs -- hip -- you're good at this. Thank you. Ok, just another day at the office. Nothing exciting at all.
Spinelli: No keys! No keys.
Maxie: Spinelli, you didn't look hard enough.
Spinelli: Thank you.
Jason: Give me -- give me the keys and get in the car. I'm driving. Not you.
May 5, 2008 05:21
Maxie: What -- you can't just leave me here.
Jason: Yeah, the bus will be here in a couple hours.
Maxie: The bus? No -- no -- spinelli, you're not just going to leave me here in the middle of nowhere, are you, spinelli?
Ric: The head of the zacchara family should be the one to control those piers. What good would they be to trevor?
Anthony: Your son makes an excellent point.
Trevor: You still don't get it, do you, richie? If anthony takes control of those piers, the feds are going to be all over him, especially since he just got out of the hospital. Why do you want to raise a red flag? Leave them in my name. You can use them any time you want.
Ric: As long as trevor controls those piers, he can sell them to your competitors.
Anthony: You see why i want to keep them both around? They're very entertaining. And this is very good practice for you. So, john, what do we do? Do we take the piers like ric advises or do we leave them with trevor? Which one of these fine gentlemen would you like as a friend and which one as an enemy?
Claudia: Look, i don't know this logan guy at all, but i'm pretty sure i saw him sulking around the haunted star all night staring at you.
Lulu: Ok, i'm sorry. I can't help you.
Claudia: Ric lansing hired him.
Lulu, he's not the most trustworthy guy in the world. My father can't walk yet. He's vulnerable I just -- i just want to make sure my father's safe.
Lulu: I'm sure logan will take excellent care of your father. But if you'll excuse me, i'm really, really busy right now.
Kate: Please don't bother my assistant. Whatever you want, i don't have time for it. Lulu, hold all my calls. Don't send anything to the cell phone. I'm going to visit michael at the hospital.
Claudia: You know what? If you're really going near that little boy right now, you are as cold and as dumb as i thought you were.
Jax: The care facility is on the east side, just off gramercy park. It's affiliated with a major university. There are great hospitals nearby. It's really nice. It's like a five-star hotel when you walk into the place. And we'd be encouraged to decorate michael's room with familiar things, and age-appropriate things.
Sonny: And you -- you've already been doing that, carly, so that's good, right?
Jax: He'd be under the care of a team of specialists, carly, including a nutritionist who specializes in feeding tubes. I'll meet with a doctor once a week and he can receive physical therapy twice a day so his muscles won't atrophy.
Sonny: It sounds -- it sounds much better than the places i've considered.
Carly: You've been looking.
Sonny: Robin and patrick gave me -- gave me a list and diane made some calls.
Carly: I'm not sending michael away.
Sonny: Carly, all i'm saying is just -- this place that jax is talking about sounds nice. I mean, you -- you -- you'll feel so much better if he's in a -- in a -- in a great place. We'll all feel comfortable knowing that he's healthy. I mean, as healthy as --
jax: Shall i arrange a visit?
Carly: What difference does it make? If you both think there's no hope for michael, why bother to keep him alive Robin: You've really hurt yourself.
Anna: No, no, i didn't really. It's -- honestly, it's just an old injury. It flares up when i show off. It's nothing that a hot soak in a bath and, like, a double brandy won't cure. Oh.
Robin: You are going to be a grandmother, and having a drinking contest with luke spencer isn't going to change that.
Anna: Robin, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to buy sensible shoes and be dignified?
Robin: You are dignified.
Anna: No, i'm not. You're right. It's absolutely ridiculous. I -- honestly, i don't know what it is that i'm afraid of, or i have nothing to rebel against. It's just the natural order of things. When you're a mother, which i've been blessed to be, then in the fullness of time, which i have to say went so much faster than i thought -- anyway, back to my point. When you have a child and then that child has a child, then you are -- one is -- i am... A grandmother. Oh, God.
Jason: Hey, you want to stay here with maxie and catch the bus home, go ahead.
Maxie: You're not leaving me here. You're gonna take me back to port charles, and spinelli is gonna transfer that million dollars back into the "crimson" account.
Spinelli: Ok, giving stone cold orders is not only futile, it's counterproductive.
Maxie: If you leave me here, i'm gonna have to call my dad.
Jason: Do you think this is some kind of game?
Maxie: Ok, i know what you're doing. Some creep shot michael, and you want to take care of it. Good for you, but i really don't want to be any part of your event. I just want the money back so i don't lose my job.
Jason: Ok, one million will be in kate's account by tomorrow.
Spinelli: If stone cold says it, it will be so, ok?
Maxie: Ok, will -- will you at least wait with me?
Jason: Are you coming or not, spinelli?
[Engine starts]
spinelli: Stone cold is about to enter a very dangerous situation with a heavy heart. He's never left me in my time of need. I can't do that to him now, ok?
Jason: Let's go!
Maxie: Wait, if that money is not in kate's account by tomorrow, i'm telling mac everything! Everything, do you hear me?
Johnny: I have no use for trevor. If it were up to me, he wouldn't even be here. And ric is out for revenge against his father, and it colors everything he says and does.
Anthony: You see how well my son knows you.
Johnny: Revenge is a stupid way to do business. It clouds your judgment, confuses priorities, and we can't really risk any attention from the feds right now, so i say leave them in trevor's name for now.
Anthony: Well, you heard him. That's the way it's gonna be. Go, both of you. I want some time with my son.
Trevor: Richie, by mentioning those piers, you let anthony undercut you. He humiliated you.
Ric: What, by reminding him that you have something that he wants?
Trevor: You just don't understand how dangerous anthony zacchara really is. He is ruthless, he is calculating, and he doesn't give a damn about me, you, anybody except himself and his son, so as your father, i'm asking you... Get out of it now.
Ric: Trevor, what makes you think that i'm gonna make this any easier for you?
Anthony: You were fair and reasonable. You didn't let your hatred of trevor influence your decision. I'm very proud of you.
Johnny: Thanks.
Anthony: Now keep this in mind. In siding with trevor, you made an enemy of ric. He's gonna want some payback, so he'll probably try to turn someone against you.
Johnny: You?
Anthony: Me? I would never betray you, son, but claudia's a different story.
Claudia: Where do you get off showing up at michael's hospital bed, huh? What gives you the right?
Kate: Not that i expect you to understand, claudia, but sonny and i are friends, beyond any other type of connection. I can't help michael, but i can remind sonny that he is not alone in this.
Claudia: What are you reminding michael's mother of, huh? Since you're the self-righteous moron that dragged that kid down to the warehouse in the first place?
Kate: Carly has plenty of emotional support. She has her mother. She has her husband She has her ever-present gun-toting best friend. Meanwhile, sonny has no one.
Claudia: You are so insecure and so needy that you can't stay away from your man for one night. You can't back off so that michael's mother doesn't have to encounter you while she sits vigil at her little boy's bedside, who has a brain injury?
Kate: Sonny needs me.
Claudia: No, sonny doesn't need anyone, and you know it. You need sonny so bad, you don't care who gets hurt.
Kate: I'm just trying to do the kind and decent thing, claudia, not that it's any of your business.
Claudia: Keep telling yourself that. No, it's not my business, and you know what? It's damn lucky for you, 'cause if it was my business, if i was carly, and you came into my kid's hospital bed, i would grab you by your shellacked hair and scratch your eyeballs out. Then i'd kick your skinny ass inch by designer inch all the way back to the elevator, 'cause you are a selfish bitch, and it's exactly what you deserve. Don't let me catch you anywhere near michael corinthos again.
Kate: Lulu, you can leave for the evening, so straighten out your desk.
Jax: Nobody wants to let michael die.
Carly: Isn't that kinder in the long run? If all he has to look forward to is a feeding tube, being fed by strangers in a room, surrounded by things he can't enjoy anymore?
Jax: Look, at least look at the place, please.
Carly: Right, five-star Only the best for my kid.
Sonny: We have -- we have a responsibility to take good care of michael.
Carly: Ok, so if you both agree this is the best life that michael's going to have, let's go to the courthouse, we'll get a court order, and we'll remove the feeding tube.
Sonny: You know i would never do that.
Carly: But you want me to act like he's already dead. So what's the difference? What's the difference? Michael's a child. He's got 20 years easy. What kind of life is that to live? Doesn't it make more sense to hope, sonny?
Jax: It's not hope, carly. It's denial. You're not helping michael, and hurting yourself.
Carly: Well, you know what? When you love your child, sometimes it hurts, jax, and sometimes it's scary. I will not accept that michael's never gonna wake up because that's not fair to michael. You both are asking me to turn my back on my son, and i'm not gonna do it.
Jax: Maybe we should all get some sleep, and we'll discuss this tomorrow.
Carly: There's nothing to discuss. Nothing.
Sonny: Thanks for checking out the facility.
Jax: Yeah, i'm sure once carly has time to adjust, she'll see it's the best for michael.
Sonny: I -- i never expected to be in a situation like this.
Sonny: And if i could make it right, i would.
Carly: Did you notice how sonny didn't even come in here to say goodbye?
Robin: Anyway, i am happy that you are here now, because i need my mom, even if she is doing shots upside down on a swing.
Anna: You scared?
Robin: Very.
Anna: Oh, no, don't be. What are you scared of? Is it the labor, or is it the sleepless nights, because they're gonna come.
Robin: Oh, i haven't even thought about that yet. Right now i'm just dealing with the stretch marks that seem to get worse every single day. What about you? What scares you about being the g-word?
Anna: Getting old. Yeah, i swear, i have three more wrinkles since i found out you were pregnant.
Robin: Well, my skin, it's literally breaking out like a teenager, and i sweat constantly.
Anna: I found a gray hair the other day, in my head. I -- i don't know. It -- it really put me off. I -- i was dismantling this bomb, and i couldn't get it out of my mind.
Robin: See, that's what i'm worried about.
Anna: Well, i've been disarming bombs for years.
Robin: I know. I'm just afraid that you will do something crazy to try and prove that you're as strong and tough as you used to be, kind of like you did tonight.
Anna: You see, you worry about me too much. You always have. I'm worried about you too. Raising a child on your own, it's -- it's not easy.
Luke: Oh, man.
Sonny: Hey, i need a drink.
Luke: Well, you came to the right place. Scotch good?
Sonny: Yeah, anything at this point. Oh, man. Can i ask you a question?
Luke: Sure.
Sonny: How long was lucky in a coma?
Luke: I don't know, several weeks, give or take.
Sonny: Did the doctors tell you that he wasn't gonna wake up?
Luke: No, they don't like to be specific. You know, doctors like to be vague.
Sonny: Not with michael. You know, patrick drake gave us the final report. All the experts agree.
Luke: Whoa.
Sonny: My son's not gonna wake up.
Luke: I'm sorry, man.
Sonny: No, that's all right. Jax wants to send him to a -- this really nice facility, and it sounded good to me, but carly... She didn't mean it in a way, but she said it would kinder to let him die. And i'm -- i'm starting to feel like maybe she's right.
Spinelli: Had i known we were transporting a stowaway, i would have alerted you to that lamentable fact --
jason: You're talking too much. You're causing me a lot of trouble right now, spinelli.
Spinelli: Yes, the jackal is well aware, but you know, helping maximista track the missing million did provide a -- did provide a valuable clue.
Jason: No, you would have found it eventually.
Spinelli: Stone cold is correct. I should not let myself get distracted by the dazzling maximista.
Jason: Did you say dazzling?
Spinelli: Yeah, the jackal finds himself in the most cruel and confounding scenario of all.
Jason: What, are you -- are you telling me you're in love with maxie? What -- what about lulu?
Spinelli: I know, i was, and i am, and i love the blonde one as the kindest of friends, but my -- my heart no longer races for her, which is best, because she is most dangerously taken with the unknowable mob prince, and in the meantime, the jackal's heart, among other things, belongs solely to maximista, and every time -- every time she looks on him, he falls more deeply under her spell.
[Rustling in bushes]
[footsteps]
Anna: Raising a child alone is hard. I -- i -- honestly, i don't think you realize how difficult it is.
Robin: Well, i have plenty of support. Every sunday night when i go to uncle mac's for dinner, he begs me to move home.
Anna: Well, yeah, i mean, i love mac, but moving back in with your uncle is not the solution.
Robin: Oh, i'm not going to do that. I'm perfectly capable of handling all of this on my own.
Anna: Ok, hypothetical -- so you're on call, all right, and this emergency comes through, and they call you. It's 3 a.M. The baby's two months old. What do you do? Oh, did i go deaf now?
Robin: I don't know. I -- i do know that when you have a child, that means that you're basically on call for 24 hours a day the rest of your life, and right now i don't even know what color to paint the nursery, so no, i don't know what i'm going to do.
Anna: Oh, the hunter returns from the diner.
Patrick: Hungry?
Robin: Thank you, i'm so hungry.
Patrick: Dig in.
How's your back?
Anna: It's ok.
Patrick: Good.
Anna: When are you planning on marrying my daughter?
Spinelli: You know, maximista once treated me with scorn and derision, especially when i was in love with fair lulu, but after wise georgie's death, when we worked in tandem to find the killer and particularly when we were trapped in the crumbling water waste infrastructure below port charles, i -- i realized that beneath the vain and shallow and sometimes snarky but undeniably gorgeous exterior, lies a -- a tender heart that has been sorely tested.
Jason: Just be careful.
Spinelli: Does stone cold sense that maximista is merely using the jackal and believe, as i do, that she will never look on me with eyes of love? You know, i know i should run like the wind, but i just --
Jason: I used to know someone kind of like maxie. She -- she caused a lot of damage, and some people hated her, but no one ever hurt her as badly as she hurt herself. It's kind of like maxie. I mean, she isn't afraid to go after what she wants, but, you know, some people, once they get what they love, they can't help but destroy it.
[Maxie yelps]
Ian: You missed your bus.
Spinelli: Stone cold's insight is most depressing, albeit undoubtedly accurate. Ooh. Maximista calls even now.
Jax: What's all this?
Carly: I'm bringing michael home.
Luke: Quality of life. I don't even know what the hell that means, and who decides anyway?
Sonny: Tell me something. Is it fair... To make my son spend the next 20 years... With a feeding tube?
Luke: Can he breathe?
Sonny: Um... He's in perfect health. He just can't wake up.
Luke: Well, that's rough. That is really rough. See, it was a lot easier with the ventilator thing with lucky because he couldn't breathe. He couldn't eat. He couldn't do anything on his own, and they weren't real sure he was ever going to be able to, so i just decided he didn't want to live that way and it was easy for me to unplug him.
Luke: Laura's kind of in the same boat. You know, she's gonna spend the rest of her life sitting in that chair staring at the wall, but it's different with her because she always believed in miracles, so you got to honor that.
Sonny: I guess that's how carly thinks, but you know the odds are against michael 10,000 to one. And you and i both know the house always wins.
Claudia: We need to talk about my father.
Luke: Yeah, you here to see me or him? >> On the next "General Hospital" --
Anna: She is carrying your child.
Robin: Why would i want to marry a man that doesn't want to marry me?
Sonny: You shot my son!
Claudia: You brought it on yourself.
Jason: Who paid you to hit sonny?
Maxie: Do something, Jason!
May 6, 2008 08:01
Spinelli: Maximista's latest missive was undoubtedly issued by her most delicate fingers --
jason: Enough about maxie, ok? Delete the message right now and focus on devlin.
Spinelli: Oh, it's deleted. I --
maxie: Dr. Devlin, you're scaring me to death. It's like some weird horror movie or something.
Ian: Oh, maxie, you do the whole airhead thing very well. It's very convincing, but i'm afraid not convincing enough to save your life.
Claudia: Two for one -- maybe this is my lucky night.
Sonny: Uh, don't bet on it.
Luke: You know, i'm going to be open all night long if you want to come back.
Claudia: Ok, fine, i get it. The feeling's mutual. And it's good to know where i stand. We have one thing in common, all of us, and that's all that matters. We have a common enemy -- my father, anthony zacchara. So which one of you wants to step up and kill him?
Jax: We never discussed bringing michael home, what that would mean.
Carly: It means michael's going to be taken care of by his mother.
Jax: You deliberately kept me in the dark about this, didn't you?
Carly: I don't need anyone else's opinion. I'm going to do what i have to do for my son.
Jax: Anyone else? I'm not just anyone else, carly. Last time i checked, i was your husband. Or does that not matter anymore?
robin: Don't mind her. She's just having a nervous breakdown.
Anna: Oh, don't be ridiculous. No, i'm not.
Robin: I guess swinging upside down got you all mixed up.
Anna: Please, i can drink luke under the table any day.
Robin: That's it. She's drunk. You're drunk.
Anna: I'm not drunk. Any spy worth their tequila salt can hold their liquor because, you know, loose lips can get you killed.
Robin: Well, i kind of feel like killing myself right now.
Anna: That's ok. That's just the mother-daughter dynamic. Patrick, you tell me. Am i out of line asking you when you're going to marry my daughter? I mean, after all, she is carrying your child.
Patrick: Yes, she is --
robin: It -- it's not his decision.
Anna: You see, this is a problem that she's had ever since she was a little girl.
Robin: What problem?
Anna: She is unable to verbalize what it is that she desires the most for fear that it will be taken away from her.
Robin: You never told me that before.
Anna: I blame myself because i had a lot of problems with her father.
Robin: This has nothing to do with you and dad.
Anna: It has everything to do with us, of course. Why would you want to repeat history? You know, you see, i don't know if you know this or not, but i kept robin's existence from her father for a long time. The difference being, of course, that robert and i, we were married at the time that robin was conceived, which happened when we were on the run. We were in europe.
Robin: Ok, that's enough, mom.
Anna: I'm sorry.
Patrick: Should -- should i be taking notes?
Anna: Well --
robin: Let's just pretend like this never happened, ok?
Patrick: I can stay if you want me to stay.
Robin: No, it would actually help me a lot if you left right now.
Anna: No, you can't. I don't want him to leave because i want to talk about when you are going to get married.
Jerry: Hello, darling. You look lovely.
Alexis: Oh, hi. I didn't see you. When did you get here?
Jerry: I just did. Didn't i make it clear that this was not a working dinner? Thank you.
Alexis: Well, i -- i can't imagine what else you would think it would be because -- what are you doing? [Giggles] you -- you kind of have to stop doing that.
Jerry: It's so distracting and i do so enjoy it, you know.
Alexis: Well, let's not argue about this anymore.
Jerry: Then let's stop fighting and get on with it. Hey, tell me this. If i fire you as my attorney, will you stop pretending that we don't have this phenomenal chemistry and go out with me?
Alexis: What was the question?
Jerry: No, not a question. It's a fact. Now, let's try an experiment, ok?
Alexis: Ok.
Jerry: Close your eyes.
Alexis: No.
Jerry: Why?
Alexis: Because i'm a control freak.
Jerry: Close your eyes. Please. Now, don't open them until i tell you to. You know, you have a spectacular mouth I'm considering kissing you again, but i won't tell you when, until you wait and then --
diane: Pot meet kettle! Now who has an embarrassing attachment to a bad boy?
Jax: I understand what you're going through. I've understood since the day michael was shot. So how did i become the enemy?
Carly: I have to protect my son.
Jax: Against me?
Carly: You've given up on him.
Jax: Well, you've given up on us.
Carly: This isn't about us, jax.
Jax: You know, you don't listen to me. You sure as hell won't let me help you. I mean, you -- you've shut out everyone that disagrees with you.
Carly: I will carry this on my own if i have to. I don't want to, but i will.
Jax: This is the time that we should be supporting each other, not fighting.
Carly: Right. I wanted your support, you know, the first 24 hours when we didn't know if michael was going to live or die, but you were stranded on some runway in Houston and i sat there praying to God that you'd walk in that door and you would take me in your arms and hold me --
jax: Look, i know going to houston was a mistake. It was a mistake that i'll always regret, but i'm here now.
Carly: But your mistakes don't compare to mine. Way back when, when i made the decision to lie and tell everyone that jason was michael's father -- i've been defending that lie for a decade. I have been defending the bad decision to bring my child -- my children into their father's life.
Jax: You can't undo the past, ok? But you can make wiser choices for the future.
Carly: Ok, look, you don't have to do this, ok? You don't. I can take care of michael all by myself.
Jax: Why? Because you have to be right, no matter what the truth is?
Jax: You and michael against the world?
Carly: I will not turn my back on my son, not even for you, jax.
Sonny: Well, aren't you the one who just testified in court on anthony's behalf, which means he's free because of you?
Claudia: It was ric's idea to get my father out. He's the one that put together all the testimony and all the witnesses. Trust me, your brother gets all the credit for this one.
Luke: You got to love it when this woman says "trust me."
Claudia: Look, you weren't there. It was clear from opening arguments that my father was going to be released.
Luke: So, naturally, you flipped to the winning side.
Claudia: Now that my father is relatively a sane man, his greatest weakness is once again his ego. He likes to bully people in his life, especially the women in his life. So he thinks i lied on the stand because i'm afraid of him.
Luke: Aren't you?
Claudia: I'm not afraid of anything. My father's an evil bastard, but i stopped being afraid of him a long time ago.
Sonny: So now you father believes he's in charge, that way, he won't see it coming when you decide to kill him because that's kind of like your pattern.
Claudia: What's that supposed to mean?
Sonny: Well, you let the target think that they're safe, just like when we negotiated the truce, right? And then when they let their guard down, you kill them.
Maxie: Let me go. Ok, obviously, you're going through something really bad right now, and i can empathize because i've done some stupid stuff myself.
Ian: Nothing as stupid as coming after me again.
Maxie: Trust me, if i had known you were here, this is the last place i would be.
Ian: You know what this is?
Maxie: One of those really cool cuticle cutters?
Ian: This is a finely honed steel scalpel. No surgeon would be caught without one of these. You know how sharp these are?
Maxie: Sharp.
Ian: This instrument, it can repair the most awful damage or create it. With it, i can save your life or take it --
maxie: No, no, no, no, please.
Ian: Then tell you friend to come out of the shadows. I know you're out there. Why don't you come out and step into the light or hide like a coward and watch her bleed to death.
Spinelli: No, please, don't hurt the fair maximista. I beg you.
Ian: There's one. Now, where's the other?
[maxie screams]
jason: I'm right here. Robin: Get out while you can.
Anna: Give me one good reason why you two shouldn't be married. Come on, it's obvious that you love each other. I knew that from the moment that i met patrick. No, actually, i knew it when you were talking about him, robin.
Robin: Ok, now you have officially crossed over the boundary.
Anna: Well, do you think i want to get in the middle of this? I don't want to meddle, but your happiness and the happiness of -- of the -- the grandchild -- there, i said it. The grandchild. You see, that is far more important to me than to remain silent. Unlike the baby daddy who finds it positively acceptable to stand there saying absolutely nothing whatsoever.
Patrick: You were doing fine by yourself.
Anna: You know, you have so many more advantages than robert and i did. Come on, you have great careers. You're a doctor. You're a doctor. You have plenty of money and -- and now you have a bun in the oven, so --
patrick: Muffin.
Anna: What?
Patrick: Robin's right. I should go. I should go, so enjoy.
Robin: Happy now?
Anna: What did he mean "muffin"?
Robin: It doesn't matter. You know, patrick doesn't want to be married to anyone, especially me.
Carly: Hey.
Bobbie: Hi.
Carly: How's my boy doing?
Bobbie: He's the same.
Carly: I know people think i'm crazy for asking that question, but i have to.
Jax and sonny have given up hope, but i can't.
Bobbie: I understand. Hey, you're not the only mother in the room. Right now i'm kind of worried about my own child. Where's your husband, if you don't mind my asking.
Carly: Oh, he's at the house. He came home and he saw that i was setting up the room for michael so he could come home with me, and we had a pretty big fight.
Bobbie: Normally, i would have been really happy to help you set up that room. I mean, you know, there's so little else that i can do to help.
Carly: I was afraid i'd have to fight you, too.
Sonny: It's pretty obvious. You and your brother have plenty of reasons to hate me. Some of them are valid, i'd have to admit.
Claudia: You mean like you locking johnny in a padded cell and having him beaten.
Luke: So you figured a little judicious murder would soothe the emotional wounds.
Claudia: I was standing in the middle of the metro court hotel talking to carly when her kid was shot.
Sonny: I never said you pulled the trigger. You wouldn't get your hands dirty. You'd get somebody else to do it for you. And maybe they missed and shot my son!
Claudia: I'm not your only enemy, sonny. My father has been sane for months, certainly long enough to plan a hit, maybe with the help of his new best friend, ric.
Sonny: Ok, you got proof?
Claudia: No, not yet, but the list just keeps getting longer. I mean, there's ric's father, trevor.
Sonny: Mm-hmm.
Claudia: Any thug who wants to move drugs through port charles knows you're in the way. Or the friends and the families of anyone you've eliminated. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what happened to your kid in that warehouse, but don't lay it on me. You brought it on yourself.
Spinelli: Un -- unhand that woman.
Ian: Tell him to drop the gun.
Maxie: He's serious, jason.
Spinelli: Perhaps zen master stone cold just needs a moment to contemplate --
ian: I'll slice her open, i swear.
Spinelli: Just put down the gun. He won't hurt her, ok?
Maxie: What are you waiting for?
Jason: He's not going to kill you, you're his ticket out of here.
Ian: Why wouldn't i slit her throat? I already shot a child.
Jason: You were aiming at sonny that night, weren't you?
Ian: Of course i was aiming at sonny. There's no profit in killing a kid. Now, here's the funny part. If i hadn't been so conscientious about hitting civilians, i would have killed sonny and then left before kate or that little brat ever showed up, but all those workers -- i was trying to be careful.
Jason: I can make this really easy for you, devlin. Just tell me who hired you for the hit.
robin: Let me describe to you the first time i met patrick. He was having sex with a nurse on top of an operating table in this hospital in atlanta where he did his residency.
Anna: Oh, well, he's changed his ways, right?
Robin: Briefly. But in retrospect, i think patrick's monogamy had to do more with his hiv scare rather than his love for me. I mean, let's face it. He couldn't date anyone else at the time.
Anna: Don't underestimate him, though.
Robin: Patrick isn't about committed relationships. It's an unnatural state to him. And he's a deer in headlights when it comes to children.
Anna: You don't think you're just overreacting?
Robin: Mom, i said to him, "i want to have a child," and he said -- he said, "i don't." You know, he's not sure about a lot of things, but patrick's sure he doesn't want to be a father.
Anna: Are you having regrets?
Robin: No, no, of course not. I mean, i wanted to be pregnant with patrick's child. That is what i wanted. That is what i dreamt of, but this pregnancy was an accident.
Patrick doesn't want to be a dad and he certainly doesn't want to be married. And under these circumstances, i can't say i blame him.
Anna: All right. Well, clearly, you have had this argument with yourself so much that you could write a book about it. But if it wasn't under these circumstances, would you want to marry him?
Patrick: Any chance i can buy a drink?
Luke: Sure is. Heck, i do better business closed than i ever did open. It's a damn shame i couldn't sell tickets to anna's drinking gymnastics earlier.
Patrick: Robin's mother is a dangerous woman, luke.
Luke: Yeah? Scotch ok?
Patrick: Yeah, perfect.
Luke: Did she put the moves on you?
Patrick: Well, that's how the evening got started and then it pretty much went down hill from there and it all landed with a killer blow -- she wants to know when i'm going to marry her daughter.
Luke: Oh, have another on the house.
Patrick: Thank you. Cheers.
Luke: Cheers.
Alexis: Ok, you have to stop making out with me in the middle of a public place because it's undignified.
Jerry: Lust so often is, darling.
Alexis: Who said anything about lust?
Jerry: Whatever you feel for me, it's intoxicating and i fail to see the benefits of denial, so apology accepted.
Alexis: I didn't apologize. What i wanted to tell you is that diane, my friend, she's a little strange -- in a nice way. Sometimes she's a little tactless and maybe a little single-minded.
Jerry: How does she feel about passion?
Alexis: Diane?
Jerry: Has diane any?
Alexis: Of course, she does. I know that she does. Actually, i -- i've seen it. I mean, i -- i don't want to say that. I'm not going to say that. I just --
jerry: Diane is sleeping with sonny's bodyguard, darling.
Alexis: I did not say that. You did not hear that from me, ok? Because i don't -- what?
Jerry: Look.
Alexis: Get off her right now. You are making a fool out of yourself.
May 6, 2008 08:02
Carly: I thought you went home.
Sonny: I just wanted to say goodnight to michael. How are you doing, bobbie?
Bobbie: Well, i'm sad for michael and carly. I'm here and i -- i told carly i'll do anything that i can to help.
Sonny: Jax found a place, um, the aftercare institute of manhattan. You know anything about it?
Bobbie: Yeah, i've heard of it. It's very well-known. It's a very well-respected facility.
Sonny: You think michael would be better in a place like that? Or do you think carly should take care of him?
Bobbie: Oh, well, that's not -- that's not my decision to make.
Sonny: No, i know, i know, but you're a nurse and i thought maybe, you know -- if it were your child --
carly: Don't put my mother in a corner.
Sonny: Maybe there's a place that she knows that would -- that would fit your needs.
Carly: My house fits my needs. It's familiar to michael, and people love him there.
Sonny: Can you talk to her?
Bobbie: You know what? I have to trust that you are both going to do what's best for michael without destroying each other. Good-bye, sweetie. You take care. I'm coming back to see you tomorrow.
Carly: Thank you.
Sonny: Bye.
Carly: I've made my decision.
Sonny: He's my son, too, carly, in my heart and in the eyes of the law.
Carly: What's that supposed to mean?
Jason: Tell me who paid you to hit sonny.
Maxie: [Screams] shoot him already.
Ian: Try that again, tough guy, and i'll slice her jugular.
Spinelli: Don't hurt her. Don't hurt her.
Maxie: Shoot him before he kills me.
Spinelli: Please, help her, please.
Jason: Just give me a name. Just give me a name and i'll let you go.
Spinelli: That sounds like a very equitable --
maxie: Do something, jason!
Ian: He won't shoot me. You need a name, someone else to blame besides me.
Maxie: Just tell him. Just tell him.
Ian: You want a big sinister conspiracy, someone else you can fight. It won't hide your guilt, morgan. The only thing that counts is that you failed to protect little michael.
[ian gasps]
jason: Who sent you to the warehouse?
[Ian gasping]
jason: Who sent -- give me name!
Anna: Honey, don't say that. That's just too painful for you.
Robin: You know what would be painful? Actually marrying him -- excruciating.
Anna: Ok, this is what i'm hearing, robin. It's all very rational and sensible, but i don't believe a word of it, i really don't.
Robin: Ok, fine. Let's say that we give it a go and we make the effort, and then the baby's born. All of a sudden reality sets in.
Patrick's complaining because he's not getting enough sleep and he's allergic to the baby powder, and then he has to work late, so he's sleeping in the on-call room. He's starting to feel stifled, but he doesn't want to actually tell me about it. Then i'll start to worry where he is in the evenings, one drink will turn into two at jake's. Oh, and then there's this hot young thing playing pool and -- well, old habits die hard, mom. Before my baby even turns one, the father of the child will be cheating on me, and then i'll be bitter and angry. I mean, are we having fun yet?
Anna: Wow, is there any possibility you could be wrong about any of this?
Robin: Miniscule, but i'm not sure if it's worth it to find out because i'm a successful doctor and i make a good living.
Anna: Yeah, sure, and that's why you want your child to sleep in the closet.
Robin: Oh, come on, i will move to a bigger apartment when i am ready.
[anna sighs]
robin: And i am going to take a long maternity leave as soon as this baby is born. Then when it's time to go back to work, i'll hire a nanny. I'm going to have a very peaceful, stress-free, loving home.
Anna: Male-free.
Robin: Well, he can be as involved or uninvolved as he wants to be. But good intentions aside, the way you just terrorized him, i'm not sure he's going to want to have anything to do with me or this child.
Patrick: I love robin. She blew my comfortable, selfish life all to hell. And now a baby? Luke, i don't know anything about babies. I never wanted to. Now everybody's wanting me to go buy a house out in the -- out in the 'burbs.
Luke: Oh, no, no, forget the'burbs. How about a house on charles street? It's in great condition. My son's living there right now, but he needs to be more independent. I'll kick him out. I'll sell it to you cheap, even in this market.
Patrick: I was under the impression that house meant a lot to your family, you know, for laura's sake.
Luke: No, without laura there it's just a pile of sticks with curtains.
Patrick: Were you happy when you found out you were going to be a father? I mean, did you -- do you enjoy raising your kids?
Luke: I shouldn't answer that because you are not me.
Patrick: I'm lost here -- any advice is welcomed.
Luke: Well, dr. Drake, i'm pretty allergic to advice, giving and taking it, but i will tell you this -- if two people want fundamentally different things, eventually, no matter how strong the love is, it won't keep you together.
Diane: It is appalling that you, a flag bearer for the independent woman, is suddenly placing rules and restrictions on another one.
Alexis: Why are you turning this into a feminist issue? This is -- this is -- i'm your friend. I'm telling you the whole restaurant is watching.
Diane: I was having a nice conversation with max.
Alexis: You're having a conversation?
Diane: Yes.
Alexis: What are you talking about, the difference between extortion and blackmail? Sports?
Diane: As it happens, yes. We were talking about our passion for the dodgers.
Max: Go dodgers!
Diane: Go dodgers.
Alexis: Who?
Diane: Now you're just sad. It's a baseball team. And our love for the dodgers was passed down to us by our respective fathers -- both died-in-the-wool brooklyn fans. And, yes, we were having a lively debate over whether, um --
max: Brad penny.
Diane: Brad penny will, you know, fulfill his potential, and i say yes. And whether, um --
max: Nomar --
diane: Nomar garcia -- huh?
Max: Garciaparra.
Diane: Garciaparra is going to spend most of this season on the d.L. -- Disabled list.
Max: So cute.
Diane: Which would be disastrous for the team.
Alexis: Your brain has turned to mush.
Diane: Well, at least i am not choking on my own hypocrisy. How dare you come over and criticize my relationship with max, when you're sitting over there canoodling with mr. Craig, the metro court hostage taker.
Jason: It's not that deep.
Maxie: Why didn't you shoot him?
Spinelli: Maximista doesn't understand --
maxie: No, jason is supposed to be this lethal hit man who can hit a jelly bean from a mile away, and he just stood there talking to the guy? He could have killed me.
Jason: I'm sorry that you were scared.
Maxie: Scared? All i could think about the entire time was that mac couldn't lose me so soon after georgie. I couldn't do that to him.
Spinelli: But the jackal observes that you're relatively unscathed.
Maxie: I could feel him shaking and i thought his hand was going to slip. Then all i could think of was that i'm going to bleed to death at a bus stop.
Spinelli: It's ok, it's ok. You're safe.
Maxie: I need to find my phone. I have to call 911. Don't you guys for one second think that i'm going to help you cover this up. I'm calling my dad.
Sonny: I'm just saying -- have you given thought to morgan?
Carly: Morgan?
Sonny: Yeah, morgan.
Carly: Is safe and healthy. Thank God he's not lying in a hospital bed eating through a tube.
Sonny: You don't think that's being a little selfish?
Carly: Don't you talk to me a about being selfish.
Sonny: How do you think morgan is going to handle seeing his brother -- that he worships -- lying in a bed strapped to a machine with tubes down his throat?
Carly: I will explain to morgan that michael has been badly hurt and that those machines are going to help him get better, and they're going to help him wake up.
Sonny: Are you going to be honest with morgan and tell him the odds of waking up are not good?
Carly: I'm gonna teach him about hope --
sonny: Shh.
Carly: And possibility.
Sonny: The odds of him waking up are one in 10,000. That's what patrick said. He needs to be in a facility where he gets care 24 hours, ok? By people who understand his condition.
Carly: Wouldn't that be a dream for you -- lock michael away somewhere so you don't have to look at what you've done.
Jax: You've got it wrong, carly. Yeah, for once sonny is thinking of someone but himself. Carly: Wow, you despise sonny, but when it comes to dumping michael, you are in perfect agreement.
Jax: Nobody is dumping michael. We're trying to get him the care he needs.
Carly: I can care for my son.
Jax: For how long? What about the rest of your life, carly?
Carly: I don't know. I'm going to take it one day at a time, jax.
Jax: What about your other child? What about your business, your business that gives you so much pleasure, your hotel, hmm? You notice how i'm not even bringing up your marriage, since that's the last thing on your mind right now.
Carly: I cannot deal with your hurt feelings right now. My child is in a crisis.
Sonny: Your child is in a -- unfortunately is in a coma. His body is on that bed, but his spirit is somewhere else, carly.
Carly: It makes it easier for you to believe that. Yeah, it does.
Sonny: What --
carly: And that's ok, that's fine if you want to believe that. You are no longer responsible for michael. You don't have to worry about him, because michael doesn't need you and neither do i.
Sonny: Wow, ok. I'm not going to let you destroy morgan.
Carly: Morgan is going to be happy and proud that i am taking care of his brother.
Sonny: If i have to, i'll go to court and i'll have the judge order that michael be sent to the place that jax is talking about.
Anna: I mean, i don't want you to misunderstand me. I don't think that as soon as a child is in the mix that everybody should immediately get married. Because believe me, i know that a child doesn't necessarily make a successful marriage.
Robin: Yes, and that's what you should say to patrick. You should say, "i'm so sorry, i was drunk" --
anna: No!
Robin: "I was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome because i just found out i'm going to be a grandmother."
Anna: Well, yes, i am unsettled about that.
Robin: It doesn't matter your excuse, just please tell him, "under no circumstances do i want you to marry my daughter."
Anna: I'm not going to do it -- that's a lie, nope. Anyone with eyes can see that you are crazy about patrick and that you would love for him to be involved with this baby, to be a committed full-time dad, but you have made up your mind that he doesn't feel the same. The thing is, you're not even going to explore any possibilities, and that really makes me sad. I've always wanted you just to live your life with courage, and you do that. But also i want you to be honest about your feelings because that's where you are going to find true happiness.
Alexis: Do you like baseball?
Jerry: As a matter of fact, i do. Go yankees.
Jerry: Oh, no matter. If diane and max are making you uncomfortable, we can go somewhere else. I mean, i have a suite downstairs if you want.
Alexis: She was talking to me about baseball and the fact that you are a terrorist. Which reminded me that no matter how charming that you are, you're still a criminal.
Jerry: Oh, come on, alexis, can i have a little redemption here? Can't a man make a change for the better? Come on, it's such a shame to let all this potential go to waste, don't you think?
Diane: Look, the dynamics of the game are so unpredictable. But i think, if you have a really strong fitness program in place, your risk of injury is minimal. That's why i think every last one of them should do pilates. It extended --
max: Gonzo.
Diane: Gonzo's career by at least five years.
Max: Do you have any idea how turned on i am right now?
Diane: What do you plan to do about it?
Max: Already done.
Diane: Oh, i like the way you think.
diane: Um, we're going to let it ring.
Max: Shall we?
Alexis: I'm not buying that you've turned your life around. But even if you have, don't do it for me.
Jerry: Oh, ye of little faith.
Alexis: Because, you know, a few kisses here and there really don't matter much.
alexis: Alexis davis. Ian devlin? Are you sure jason morgan killed him? No, i'll take his statement. I want to do it myself. I'll be right there.
Robin: I know in the past i have hid my feelings and lived in kind of a bubble, but i don't think that's what i'm doing now. Patrick has been painfully honest with me about what he wants and doesn't want, and i respect him enough to accept that.
Anna: I don't buy it.
Robin: I'm really nervous, i am, but the whole thing would be overwhelming whether or not i'm with the most supportive and wonderful man in the world. Parenthood is huge.
Anna: Yes, it changes your life.
Robin: I know, but marrying patrick isn't my be all, end all. I do care about him and he's given me the most wonderful gift, but i assure you i don't want to marry him right now. So i think that you, with all of your persuasive powers, should find him and tell him that, like, right now, please.
Anna: Ok, i'll go find patrick, and i'll -- i'll talk to him.
[Phone beeps]
anna: I think it's a mistake, though. Oh, the rebels are revolting.
Anna: I'm going to have to go.
Robin: Well, after you talk to patrick.
Anna: No, no, no, i can't do that right now. I'm going to have to parachute in.
Robin: Mom, you said that you would go talk to him.
Anna: Yes, i will, as soon as i get back. I'll come back, i'll help you paint the closet or whatever it is. It will be fine, i promise. I will take care of it. I love you madly.
Robin: It's a nursery, not a closet.
Jerry: [Sighs] so ian's dead, jason killed him, and he was even there when the police showed up.
Claudia: Well, finally a hit man who can actually hit someone. Can i buy you a martini? I feel like celebrating.
Jerry: And i suggest that you keep a clear head. Now, assure me that there's no link between you, me, and ian devlin.
Claudia: Ian was the link. He's dead.
Jerry: Spite and bitterness are ian's better qualities. It's not a stretch to imagine that before he died, he found a way to give us up to jason.
Det. Harper: You have the right to remain silent --
spinelli: Mr. Morgan should be showered with praise. He was acting in the defense of brave maximista, commissioner scorpio's daughter.
Det. Harper: If you can't afford an attorney, one will be --
spinelli: Tell him.
Det. Harper: Supplied for you.
Maxie: It was horrible.
Mac: Maxie, maxie.
Maxie: Dad.
Mac: Oh, thank God. Oh, sweetheart. I heard you were involved in the shooting. What happened? Maxie: I know it sounds crazy, but dr. Devlin admitted shooting michael corinthos in front of me and jason and spinelli.
Mac: Why would he kill a little boy?
Maxie: I don't know, he's a psychopath? He wasn't even sorry about it. He said he was going to kill me, too, with a scalpel. Then jason and spinelli came to save me. Actually, jason shot dr. Devlin, but spinelli -- he did most of the saving.
Mac: Take morgan down to the station.
Carly: Sonny's standing here threatening to take my child away from me, and you act like you don't even hear him.
Jax: Well, his methods might be questionable, but his impulse is right. You cannot give michael the care he needs without doing harm to morgan and yourself.
Sonny: I don't want to go to court -- just don't make me.
Carly: Oh, you're damn right i'm going to make you. I will jump at the chance to tell the judge how you left michael defenseless so you could save your girlfriend. I will gladly tell him how you want to lock michael away so you don't have to look at your reminder of what a failure of a father you are.
Sonny: I know what i've done and i'm going to carry that until the day i die. But i will not let it keep me from doing right by my boys or by you.
Carly: You both can go to hell, because we don't need you. You don't worry about a thing. You hear me michael? I'm going to take you home tomorrow and everything's going to be ok.
Carly: It can only get better from here.
Patrick: We're gonna get you through this, Nikolas.
Emily: I love you.
Alexis: Tell me who devlin's accomplice is.
Jerry: Running may be the only way to save your life.
May 7, 2008 04:49
Nikolas: You came back.
Emily: How can i stay away?
Alexis: I take you had a comfortable night in custody.
Jason: I've got nothing to say without my attorney.
Alexis: You don't need to hide behind an attorney, jason. I've already gotten statements from maxie and spinelli. I know what happened. I know that devlin was about to kill maxie and you shot him, so in essence, you protected maxie. All i want from you is to tell me what devlin said before he died.
Claudia: [Clears throat]
[phone rings]
Jerry: Why are you calling me?
Claudia: We have to meet.
Jerry: I have a busy afternoon.
Claudia: Look, if ian gave us up to jason, then he could be coming after both of us as soon as he gets released from custody.
Jerry: Meet me in the park in half an hour.
Carly: You're coming home today, sweetheart. You're going to be in your own room with all your favorite stuff. You're going to have your books and your pictures. And i'm going to open the windows, and i'm going to let fresh air come in. I'm going to play your favorite songs. And i'm going to be the one there taking care of you. It's going to be so much nicer than this hospital. And you're going to get stronger, and you're going to come back to us. You are.
[Door opens]
Carly: Michael's ready --
Jax: Carly, don't do this.
Nikolas: I'm having the surgery today. I'll never see you again.
Emily: But your life will be saved.
Nikolas: Yeah. And i'm not trying to back out or anything. You definitely convinced me to have the surgery, not just for myself, but for spencer, too. I just want to see your face and hear your voice for a little while longer, that's all.
Emily: Our first kiss was in this park. You remember?
Nikolas: I know, i know. Little teenage emily kissed me without warning, stuck her tongue halfway down my throat, she did.
Emily: Oh, come on. I needed a little more work, a little more technique.
Nikolas: I was -- i was actually charmed by you, as a matter of fact.
Emily: You felt sorry for me.
Nikolas: No, i did not. You were so beautiful even then. Yeah.
Emily: My friends had told me how to kiss, but the real thing was very different from practicing on my pillow.
[Giggles]
Nikolas: Your pillow. Well, i was honored to have been your first kiss, and i was honored that you loved me.
Emily: I'll always love you.
Nikolas: [Sobbing] god, i'm going to miss you so much.
Emily: Nikolas, you have years of wonderful memories. Hold onto them, but don't let them get in the way of you living your life. Keep yourself open to new people --
Nikolas: No --
Emily: Yes, to new love, to new experiences that are going to bring you joy.
Nikolas: How am i supposed to do that without you?
Emily: You have faith. Have faith that good things lie ahead for you.
Nikolas: I'll try, how's that?
Emily: Nikolas, i pray to god that you'll have a long and happy life. And when you die, years from now, when you're an old, old man -- i'll be waiting for you.
Elizabeth: Mr. Holden's temperature is normal and his B.P. Is down.
Epiphany: Good. Administer his meds in an hour.
Elizabeth: Oh -- in an hour, i'm not going to be here.
Epiphany: Oh?
Elizabeth: It's jake's birthday. I'm working a half-shift.
Epiphany: Did you arrange this earlier?
Elizabeth: Yes, ma'am. It's on the rotation.
Epiphany: Well then, in that case, i guess you and the boys go ahead and have yourselves a good time at the birthday party.
Elizabeth: Thank you.
Robin: It's jake's first birthday?
Elizabeth: Yeah, it's just cake and balloons in the park. Really, it's more for cameron than it is for jake, because he doesn't know what's going on. And i actually thought about putting the party off because lucky's out of town doing some investigative course with the fbi -- but, you know.
Epiphany: Kids like to celebrate on the actual day. Stanford used to start counting down ten days before.
[Laughter]
Elizabeth: Cameron has reminded me every day. He even helped me bake the cake.
Robin: That is so cute.
Elizabeth: I know. And insisted on going to the store and picking out the decorations and the presents.
Patrick: Who's having a party?
Epiphany: That would be one-year-old jacob martin spencer.
Robin: Are you disappointed? Hoping for a party where the refreshments were not milk and cookies?
Patrick: I happen to like milk and cookies.
Elizabeth: Well then, you are more than welcome to come to the party. It will be nice having a male presence since jake's father can't be there.
Jason: I have nothing to say without --
Alexis: Without an attorney present. You know, it's particularly galling to know that i'm the one that taught you that obnoxious little phrase during my regrettable tenure as your attorney. You don't have to worry about self-incrimination. I just want a simple statement. You were kneeling beside devlin when he dieded. Did you hear him name his accomplice?
Jason: I got nothing to say.
Alexis: Which means you're planning to kill his accomplice. I get it. Whoever hurt michael should pay, but you don't get to decide how that's done. Murder's illegal. If you attempt it, i swear to God, jason, i will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. I mean it.
Diane: If there is anyone at risk for prosecution, it is you, D.A. Davis.
Alexis: The defense attorney at last.
Diane: This is a most egregious abuse of your official power.
Alexis: Standard procedure.
Diane: Oh, come on, alexis. Look, let's just cut to the chase. You are holding my client in an attempt to coerce him into revealing what ian devlin said before he died.
Alexis: That's exactly what i'm doing.
Claudia: Morning, dad. How are you? Hope you're feeling better today.
Anthony: I'm feeling better, but i'm counting the days till i can get out of this chair and walk wherever i want to without having to knock.
Claudia: Well, knocking is just a common courtesy.
Anthony: We don't need etiquette. We're family.
Claudia: Nobody ever barged in on me in italy. They had more respect for my privacy.
Anthony: Oh, so you come back home with your nose in the air?
Claudia: I'm all grown up, dad, in case you hadn't noticed.
Anthony: I noticed. You're still reckless, claudia, and crazy enough to hire somebody to kill sonny.
Claudia: Where did you get that idea?
Anthony: I watch and i listen. You wanted him dead, so you took matters into your own hands, which was a crucial mistake. Fortunately, you have your father to cover for you.
Carly: My decision is made, jax. I don't want to fight about this again.
Jax: The facility i found is perfect for michael. He'll receive around-the-clock care.
Carly: And you didn't tell me you were investigating that facility, and if you would have, i would have told you that you were wasting your time.
Jax: I know you, carly. In a week from now, or a month, or six months from now, you're going to realize that this can't work, that he's better off in the facility.
Carly: I am his mother. I'm supposed to be taking care of him.
Jax: Think about what you're doing here. You're going to be exhausted. You'll have no time or energy to be any kind of mother to morgan.
Carly: I'm doing what's right for michael.
Carly: How can you ask me to send him away?
Jax: Carly, look, you can visit him whenever you want for as long as you want. You could spend days with him. You can talk to him, love him as much as you always have.
Bobbie: Hey.
Bobbie: The ambulance is waiting out front.
Carly: We're going home, baby. We're going home. Lulu: Spinelli -- hi. What are you doing in the bushes taking pictures of me like a stalker?
Spinelli: Today is the anniversary of young jacob martin's most auspicious birth, and i assumed there would be a celebration in that fair lulu would be here.
Lulu: Uh-huh. Ok, well, now that you're here, you can make yourself useful. Why don't you help me with the tablecloth?
Spinelli: The blonde one's wish is my command. You know, it's somewhat surprising that the fearsome fashionista allows fair lulu to leave her toils.
Lulu: Yeah, i was afraid to even ask. Kate can really bite your head off when she's annoyed about something.
Spinelli: Yeah. I observed when she threatened the employment of maximista and fair lulu over a paltry deleted e-mail, but such is not the case today?
Lulu: No, the minute i told her it was for jake's birthday, she was totally fine with me leaving work. I think what happened with michael really shook her up.
Spinelli: Michael's unfortunate injury has been a tragedy indeed. You know, none have suffered more than stone cold, who is again in police custody. So therefore, the jackal will bring him photos --
Lulu: No, no, no, no, no. Don't even think about it.
Spinelli: But the event must be commemorated so stone cold can share in the --
Lulu: Spinelli, jason can't have anything to do with jake ever again.
Claudia: I don't need your help, daddy. I didn't have anything to do with the hit on sonny's life.
Anthony: You must hate that man's guts for what he did to johnny.
Claudia: The best way to keep that from happening again is to honor the truce. I mean, i talked johnny into making that truce. And i know you're a smart man and i hope that you'll honor it because sonny has a lot of powerful friends in this town.
Anthony: You mean he's got a lot of power over you.
Trevor told me you slept with corinthos.
Claudia: Trevor should keep his big, fat mouth shut.
Anthony: He has his uses.
Claudia: He's out for himself, and if you don't see that --
anthony: Trevor knows that sonny is the enemy. I'm not sure you do.
Claudia: I hate him.
Anthony: You know what they say, claudia? Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. I am not going to compromise my business so you can have access to any man, particularly sonny corinthos. He's not right for you.
Claudia: Who would be right for me, daddy?
Anthony: Well, i think you know.
Johnny: Vaughn's looking for you, dad. He's got some question about security.
Anthony: We'll finish this discussion later.
Johnny: Need some help?
Anthony: No, i can wheel myself, thank you, but you're a good boy for asking.
Johnny: You ok?
Claudia: Hate him. A lot. It's really hard for me sometimes to pretend like i don't.
Johnny: Well, he's going to bait you every chance he gets.
Claudia: It's ok. He's been pushing my buttons my whole life. Doesn't matter. As long as you and i stick together, john, he won't have any power over us.
Carly: I wonder what's taking them so long.
Jax: I'm sure they'll be bringing michael soon.
Carly: I just want -- i just want to have michael upstairs in his bed before morgan gets here, you know? It will just be less confusing for everyone.
Jax: You know, you can still change your mind.
Carly: Michael belongs at home.
Jax: He's not aware of his surroundings, carly.
Carly: I don't believe that.
Jax: Carly --
carly: Somewhere in his mind, he's going to know that he's home and surrounded by people who love him. That is his best chance for recovery. I'm not sending my kid away.
Epiphany: I'll be in the o.R. With dr. Drake for the nikolas cassadine surgery. I would like you to be circulating nurse if you can work beside dr. Drake and remain professional.
Leyla: Oh, my relationship with dr. Drake's been over for months. I'd appreciate the chance to assist.
Nadine: I was a part of the team the last time dr. Drake tried to operate on nikolas, and i'd like to be there today as well.
Epiphany: You're emotionally involved with the patient.
Nadine: I can keep things professional.
Epiphany: I'm sorry, nurse crowell, it's a complicated surgery. We are not taking any chances.
Robin: So, my mother was going to call you and tell you that she was drunk. She didn't mean anything that she said. But of course, she was whisked away on another mission. So i told her that i would tell you that she was just spouting off without even thinking.
Patrick: You're talking about the whole marriage thing.
Robin: Right. Pay no attention to her opinion. Not that it's her actual opinion. She's -- what do you -- projecting, you know, her own fantasies about us.
Patrick: Fantasies?
Robin: Well, i don't know where she got them. I think she was just trying to put it together, you know? You, me, and the baby. You know, she didn't even bother to ask if the subject had even come up. Even though she is very well-intentioned, she's completely wrong.
Patrick: About?
Robin: Us getting married, because we're not ever going to. And now my mother understands that the subject is not even on the table. It hasn't even crossed our minds, so that's why she wanted to apologize to you.
Patrick: Ok, good. Well, i'm glad we got that straightened out.
Robin: Good.
Patrick: Ok.
Robin: Me, too. Oh, did you want me to go over nikolas' test results?
Patrick: Did you change your mind about scrubbing in?
Robin: I thought you wanted morucci.
Patrick: Well, no, but -- you know, morucci offered and it would be a long time for you to stand, so --
robin: You got a replacement because i'm pregnant?
Patrick: Robin, the last time that we operated on nikolas, he freaked out. He kicked you in the stomach. I didn't want to risk that again. So if that makes me overbearing and over-concerned, then so be it. If you want to lecture me and go tell dr. Ford --
Robin: I'm not going to tell dr. Ford on you. And although i admit i did feel a lecture coming on, after further consideration, i appreciate your concern.
Patrick: You mean that?
Robin: Yes, i do. And i'm going to take advantage of my free afternoon and go to jake's first birthday party. Maybe i'll get some tips on single mommy celebrations.
Spinelli: Stone cold would never wish to expose young baby jake to the same dangers that felled little michael. Hence, his decision to keep his distance. The jackal's mission is simply to commemorate these precious events through videography and photography.
Lulu: Spinelli, you can't be lurking around. Everybody knows that you work for jason. They're going to make the connection.
Spinelli: It is commonly believed that your law-abiding sibling is baby jake's father.
Lulu: And everybody also knows that jason and elizabeth were involved, and it came out in court that she had to take a paternity test.
Spinelli: And the maternal one opted to commit perjury and swore that stone cold was not the parental unit.
Lulu: Well, it turns out that that might have saved jake's life.
Spinelli: Again, my deepest sympathies in regards to little michael.
Lulu: Spinelli, it's just -- it's really awful to see michaellaying there, and i feel terrible for carly. She is in so much pain, she is waiting beside his bed, waiting for some miracle, for him to wake up and start talking so that this whole nightmare can be over. But that's not going to happen because michael is in a permanent coma.
Spinelli: And that fate will not befall young jake.
Lulu: No, no, it won't. Because jake is going to grow up with lucky as his father, safely. So the best thing that you can do for jason and for jake is to just stay away.
Spinelli: I shall abide by fair lulu's edict. And from afar, wish young baby jake a most joyous celebration.
Alexis: Maxie and spinelli both said that devlin said something before he died. They were too far away. Jason wasn't.
Diane: These two witnesses are both highly emotional and less than reliable when it comes --
alexis: You are over-exaggerating the level of uncertainty here.
Diane: Fine. You trot that into court, you will be laughed out of the building.
Alexis: You can do the legal two-step with the best of them, diane, but the fact of the matter is that jason shot and killed ian devlin.
Diane: To save maxie jones.
Alexis: That hasn't been proven yet.
Diane: Both witnesses gave --
Alexis: He acted as a vigilante. He was seeking justice for michael.
Diane: Conjecture and speculation.
Alexis: He is a hit man, diane. He's a professional killer. He perpetrates the very culture of violence that got michael shot in the first place. [Sighs] i'm sorry. Jason, i know that you love michael. But for his sake, you have to tell me who devlin's accomplice is so that i can prosecute him to the full extent of the law, because that is the only way to stop another innocent child from being hurt.
May 7, 2008 04:50
Carly: Thanks for getting him settled.
Jax: I'll walk you guys out.
Carly: Are you happy to be home? I'm sorry i couldn't put you in your own bed. You have to be in the hospital bed for now. I opened the window so you can feel the spring air on your face. I don't know, maybe i thought that it would give you an incentive to want to go outside and play. I know that you are in there fighting to come back to me. I know you are. Baby, i need you to do it soon. I need you so much. And your brother needs you. You're his hero. And morgan would be so devastated if he lost you. We need you to come back, michael. We need you to come back, and i know you can do it. I know you can.
Jax: Carly. Mercedes is walking morgan up the front walk. Patrick: I appreciate your timing on this surgery. You're my excuse to not go to jake's first birthday party with robin.
Nikolas: Glad to be of help.
Patrick: We're going to get you through this, nikolas.
Nikolas: Good, because i'm counting on it.
Anesthesiologist: Breathe deeply, count backward from 10.
Jason: I'd like to be released as soon as you can arrange it, please.
Alexis: If you kill devlin's accomplice, the violence is going to escalate. Then morgan and kristina will be the next in the line of fire.
Diane: That is stooping very,very low.
Alexis: You know that it's not. Think about what i said.
Diane: Did devlin say anything?
Jason: Nothing you need to know.
Diane: Do i need to start preparing a murder defense? Because if i do, an alibi would be helpful. Perhaps someone a little more reliable than mr. Grasshopper.
Jason: Do you agree with alexis?
Diane: Do you participate in a culture of self-perpetuating violence? Absolutely. Are you solely responsible or even peripherally responsible for michael getting shot? Absolutely not -- you weren't even in the room. Alexis thinks she is protecting her child, she is using guilt as a weapon. Now as a mother, that is her right. But you do not have to accept the blame.
Jason: How soon can you get me out?
Diane: 15, 20 Minutes. I'm sorry that i was not here last night to get you released, i was...Otherwise engaged.
Diane: And i would appreciate it very much if you would not tell sonny that i was tardy to respond to your situation.
Jason: I didn't call sonny, i don't even think he knows i am here.
Diane: Well, he'll be very happy to know the man who shot michael is dead. You did have to kill devlin, right? To save maxie jones?
Diane: Yeah -- well, then you did a very good thing. And again, i am sorry for leaving you in lock up.
Jason: What's one night in lock up compared to what michael's facing?
Claudia: Does your girlfriend the d.A. Have any new information about ian's death?
Jerry: Well, alexis called me and asked me to meet her this afternoon. I was hoping she would extend an invitation for dinner. But it's just as likely she will want to interrogate me.
Claudia: There's not a shred of evidence linking us to michael's shooting.
Jerry: The problem is not the evidence, darling, it's jason morgan.
Claudia: The newspapers said there were two witnesses on the scene, but they didn't mention anything about ian having accomplices.
Jerry: Well maybe, but according to my sources at the pcpd, morgan was with ian when he died. And those two witnesses, the police commissioner's daughter and that oddball spinelli, claim that they saw ian say his final words to his killer.
Claudia: Any idea what he said?
Jerry: They were too far to hear.
Claudia: Well, maybe ian was just too out of it to say anything.
Jerry: Maybe ian told jason that you and i were his accomplices. In which case jason will tell nothing to the police, nor will he tell corinthos. But it's very likely he will kill us both in the most efficient way possible.
Claudia: Well, we'll just have to get to jason before he gets to us.
Jerry: I know his kind. The man is a highly proficient killer, as am i. He's relentless. If he wants you dead, there's no sure way to protect yourself aside from running. And that may be the only way to save your life, darling.
Carly: Did you have fun at the playground?
Morgan: Yes.
Carly: Yeah?
Mercedes: Morgan was curious about the ambulance we saw leaving the house.
Carly: That's how michael got home from the hospital.
Morgan: Can i see michael?
Carly: Yeah, you can, but you know what? First i want to talk to you about something. Do you remember how i told you that michael hurt his head very badly? Well, he needs to heal. So he's in a deep sleep, and we can't wake him up. We're gonna have to wait for him to heal and wake up on his own. Ok? Yeah? Do you want to go upstairs and see your big brother?
Morgan: Yeah.
Carly: Yeah.
Mercedes: Morgan's been so excited about michael coming home. He thought that even if michael had to stay in bed they could play video games.
Jax: Yeah.
Mercedes: Jax, i tried to explain that michael was too sick. But i don't know if he understood me or not.
Jax: Morgan's been through a lot in his life. From splitting his time between carly and sonny, to his mother marrying me. Throughout all of that, michael has been his rock.
Mercedes: He's too young to understand. Morgan thinks if michael's home, he must be all better.
Jax: Well, carly will have to deal with it as best she can.
Carly: You see, michael's sleeping.
Morgan: Can we play when he wakes up?
Carly: Well, you know, um -- michael was hurt, you know, pretty badly. And he's going to need to rest for a while to get better. That's what all these machines are for. They're scary to look at, aren't they? Yeah, they are. But do you know what that one's for? It has vitamins and good stuff that's going to make michael strong. And that one over there is monitoring his heart, it tells us everything that's going on. Michael is going to get stronger and i'm going to take good care of him. And he will wake up, and when he does he's going to play with you -- ok?
Patrick: Nurse mir, scroll down on the scans. More retraction. Prepare the cusa, we're ready to remove the tumor. This is just in time -- another week and it would have killed him.
Elizabeth: We're here.
Lulu: Oh, birthday boy!
Bobbie: Happy birthday. And hey, cam, look at these balloons. So which one is your favorite?
Cam: The blue.
Bobbie: Blue -- can you count them?
Elizabeth: Thanks so much for setting this up. It looks fantastic.
Lulu: Of course, it's the least i could do for the birthday boy jake.
Elizabeth: Can you say hi? Hey, don't touch that cake, not until we eat it. And jake is going to need your help blowing out the candles, ok?
Cam: Ok.
Robin: Hi, guys. Room for one more?
Elizabeth: Oh, thank you so much for coming.
Robin: Of course. How's the birthday boy?
Elizabeth: He's doing great. He's looking forward to having another friend. Here, you want some practice?
Robin: Sure -- hi, how are you? Oh, we're getting so big. Is that a balloon?
Lulu: Spinelli.
Spinelli: The maternal one is celebrating the anniversary of baby jake's birth in the park today. I wanted to bring you a photographic record of the event.
Jason: I don't want you taking pictures of jake or asking questions about him.
Spinelli: Fair lulu expressed similar sentiments, but it just -- it is most --
Jason: Spinelli.
Spinelli: What!
Jason: This is what's best for jake.
Mac: You're free to go. Somehow i know you're the reason maxie almost got killed last night.
Jason: It was my responsibility.
Mac: You have too much sense to put maxie in danger. Spinelli, on the other hand, i don't think has any sense at all.
Spinelli: I would never wish harm to befall maximista.
Mac: I'm warning you, if any harm ever comes to maxie because of you, i will personally break every finger on your hand and make sure that you are never near any computer again, you understand?
Spinelli: Your fearsome and ominous threat is duly noted, commissioner sir.
Mac: Get out.
Jerry: Morgan, i read in the paper you were arrested. I'm glad to see that it wasn't too much of an inconvenience. You called, i came. Where shall we have dinner?
Alexis: Why don't we discuss it in the interrogation room.
Jerry: Are you sure that's really necessary?
Alexis: Tell me about your association with ian devlin.
Carly: Morgan's in the playroom. He saw michael and i think he took it pretty well.
Jax: Are you sure about that?
Carly: He was a little confused, a little afraid by the machines. But i explained it in a way that morgan can understand it.
Jax: It's just that kids his age have a hard time verbalizing --
Carly: He's going to be fine, ok? He's going to be fine -- kids adapt. It's not like michael's in a cast or anything, jax, he looks like he's sleeping. And hopefully soon he's going to wake up. No argument, no comment, nothing?
Jax: No -- i mean we've been through this before, so --
Carly: We have. Michael's home, what's done is done. You can go back to work at the hotel. Obviously i can't help you there, you'll hire someone else or something.
Jax: I love you, carly. And i love michael and morgan. I just really hope this works out the way you want.
Carly: The worse is over. It can only get better from here.
Morgan: Michael, i've got your favorite game. Wake up and play with me.
Nadine: Oh, hey -- how did it go?
Leyla: The tumor was in a difficult spot, but patrick... He expects nikolas to make a full recovery.
Nadine: Thank goodness he decided to have the surgery.
Leyla: You know, you were right to push him just as you did. If he would have waited just one more week, he'd be dead.
Alexis: We were going over ian devlin's bank statements and it turns out that you and he had business in the exact same places -- turkey and italy. You see, i know that when you asked me to handle your currency transfers -- remember?
Jerry: They are centers of commerce, you see. Millions of people do business in such places.
Alexis: And then there was the night on the pier when the two of you were having a conversation.
Jerry: Yes, i was inquiring about nikolas' condition.
Alexis: Clever fabrication at the last minute.
Jerry: You know, your abnormal paranoia is sometimes very charming but i think you're letting your imagination run away with you.
Alexis: I want the truth. Were you in business with devlin? And did you have anything to do with michael's shooting?
Claudia: What do you want?
Jason: I think you know who sent michael's shooter.
Johnny: I was just taking a walk through the park.
Lulu: And you decided to spy on me?
Johnny: I saw there was a birthday party going on, so i came over to see what was happening. You know what -- don't worry about it, it won't happen again.
Elizabeth: Is everything ok?
Lulu: Yeah, everything's fine.
Robin: Wow, look at all these presents. I think that one has cam's name on it, doesn't it? Can you open that?
Elizabeth: Yeah, i thought he deserved a present for being such a big brother.
Robin: Oh, you're so nice.
Bobbie: You lucky duck, this one's for you. Ok. Uh, oh, not yet. Almost.
Cam: Thanks, mommy, you're the best.
Patrick: Wow, cam, that's a cool car, buddy.
Robin: You made it. How did nikolas' surgery go?
Patrick: Very well, he should make a full recovery.
Robin: Oh, that's great news.
Bobbie: That's so great -- thank you for coming to tell us that.
Patrick: It was robin's idea actually. She thought it would be a good idea if i came by and hung out at a kid's birthday party.
Robin: Yes, i did -- and why don't you go check out cam's new car with him.
Patrick: Best offer i've had all day. Elizabeth: Wait, before you do that, let's do the cake. And i need help from someone to blow out the candles. Who's going to help me blow out the candles?
Bobbie: You. You help blow out the candles.
Elizabeth: Remember you promised to help?
[Commotion]
Elizabeth: Ok, there's some not lit there.
Morgan: Michael, wake up. Wake up, michael. Michael wake up, wake up.
Nikolas: How do you move on without the woman who made it worthwhile?
Jason: You're covering something. This is your last chance.
Carly: Morgan tried to wake up michael.
Sonny: Get me sole guardianship for michael.
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