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Jun 5, 2008 06:29
Robin: [Clears throat] Hi. It's me again. So today was interesting. Um, humbling. Ok, here's the thing. I started this blog to reach out to other mothers-to-be. You know, I wanted this to be a safe place to be honest and support each other and, sure, maybe even vent a little bit. I really love reading all of your posts and everything that you bring to the discussion, all of your passion and your anxiety. And, sure, you know, maybe I got a little full of myself because I'm the one that started the blog. But today everything changed. I, um, I read some really nasty posts. At first I told myself that it was all lies or that people were projecting their problems onto me, but then I thought, I don't know. Maybe -- maybe they're seeing something about me that I don't. It's hard to not be smug or self-righteous when you find yourself the bearer of the greatest miracle on God's green earth. So, with that being said, maybe I was a little bit too hard on the father of my baby. I wasn't trying to shut him out. I mean -- well, ok, at first I did. But then -- but then we got through that. I mean, now we're practically a couple. But, see, I keep coming back to the fact that I was the one that wanted to have this baby, and therefore I cannot lean on the father of this child because I made --
[Knocking on door]
Robin: A commitment -- [Softly] Hold on a second. [Yelling] I'm busy right now.
Patrick: Robin, are you blogging again?
Robin: All right, I guess we'll have to finish this later.
Robin: I can't wait to see how this plays out on the internet. They probably all think that you showed up here to fight with me.
Patrick: Oh, no, no, no. I'm done fighting.
Robin: Really? Then what are you doing here?
Patrick: Because what we -- mostly you -- are doing is ridiculous.
Jax: A cheesy snack to complement your champagne, madame?
Carly: You think I'm ruining a perfectly fine vintage.
Jax: No, it's not true. By keeping an open mind, by really keeping an open mind, I've realized that cheesy snacks are actually a very good combination with champagne or any white wine, for that matter. You know, the salt and the chemicals really bring out the crispness of the wine on your palate. I've got to write to some of the better gourmet magazines and tell them of our discovery. Cheesy snacks.
Carly: You don't have to pretend to like cheesy snacks with your wine just because I do.
Jax: Oh, there's no pretense with you, Carly. I don't have to have all the answers or come rushing to the rescue or buy you fancy things to prove -- I don't even know what that proves anymore. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I realize that, you know, the best times we've had together have been the simplest. Like just watching you do the things that you love when you don't know that I'm looking. Or playing with the children.
Carly: You've arranged your share of romantic getaways and fancy jewelry. Big gestures.
Jax: I know. But is that what you want?
Carly: No. What do you want?
Jax: Just knowing that you need me would be a start.
Carly: I need you. I need you very much. I have been so lonely and feeling like I'm going to lose you on top of everything else. But look at us now. There's no distance between us. How did you manage that?
Jax: I love you.
Lulu: I went to Claudia to confront her about what she was doing to Nikolas, and she went crazy. She started making all these threats.
Johnny: What kind of threats?
Lulu: It doesn't even matter, because I'm not scared of Claudia. What I'm worried about is Nikolas.
Johnny: I still don't see what Claudia can do to harm Nikolas.
Lulu: Of course you don't, of course you don't, because you're not the least bit objective when it comes to Claudia. To you, she's just your big sister, but in reality she's dragging Nikolas into her own agenda. And Nikolas is way too vulnerable right now. She really should stay away from him.
Johnny: Well, I agree.
Claudia: Whoever tells you that my father wants peace is lying.
Jason: Mm, well, it was Johnny who showed up here offering peace. So is he a liar or just stupid?
Claudia: No, John is smart enough to know that peace would benefit both of us. Too bad for that to happen, Anthony's got to die.
Jason: Kill him yourself.
Claudia: You could have killed him when you torched the house. Why didn't you?
Jason: I torched the house because I wanted to take something personal. That's the message that I wanted to send. It's time for you to go.
Claudia: You know, maybe you felt sorry for the old man in the wheelchair. If so, let me just tell you a little thing I learned in marine biology about the stonefish. It's this fish that looks like -- it looks like a rock. It sits at the bottom of the reef floor, looking like a non-descript stone. But it's really the most venomous fish in the world. If you step on it, you're dead in an hour. Don't think that just because Anthony Zacchara can't walk, he's harmless. It would really be better for everyone if you just get rid of him.
[Door opens and closes]
Spinelli: The brusque lady of justice is quite certain that this conversation falls under attorney-client privilege? Because if not, The Jackal is a dead man.
Diane: As long as I bill Jason, then, yes, you may retain me for legal counsel, and anything we say is privileged.
Spinelli: Ok. Well, I am hopelessly devoted to fair Maximista, but apparently my lady love craves desk sex with Mr. Corinthos, sir.
Spinelli: Yummy?
Patrick: Yes, I would like to grab you and shake you for being stubborn, but I'll just bang my head against the wall instead.
Robin: Hmm, "stubborn." Add that to the list of all the other horrible things that I am.
Patrick: No, no, I am not getting sucked into this. Robin, you're falling down a rabbit hole and you're taking everyone who cares about you with you.
Robin: Well, it wasn't supposed to be this hard.
Patrick: Which part?
Robin: I don't know. I mean, the pregnancy part is -- it's fine. You know, my body just kind of does what it wants to, and I just watch and wait. It's everything else -- it's the emotional part, it's the actual dealing with it, you know, and I can't blame it all on my hormones. My life is changing drastically.
Patrick: Are you sorry?
Robin: No, I'm just scared, you know? I want to do it right.
Patrick: No, Robin, you want to do it perfect. You can't do it perfect. You set yourself up for disappointment.
Robin: Well, I am far from perfect. I'm vindictive and nasty and narcissistic.
Patrick: You know what? I don't understand. Why do you let a bunch of people who don't know you, who don't care about you, dictate your life? And then me, the man who loves you, the father of your baby, you treat like an enemy.
Jax: How about a toast?
Carly: To?
Jax: Our first anniversary, and many to come.
Carly: After the year we've had, why would you want more?
Jax: I know we've had some tough times. I've learned something -- that "for better or worse" actually means for better or worse. And the bad times have been overshadowed by the good. You know, I love waking up to you every morning. I love it when you steal my shirts and wear them around the bedroom, or when we have a disagreement at the hotel and then we bring it home to hash out the details, and -- I just love the way your mind works, how you actually think that you can change my mind by having sex. Which you can, and do. Why would I only settle for a year of that when I've signed on for a lifetime? I'm not going to let you cheat me out of that.
Carly: I swear to you, I love you a lifetime's worth.
Kate: Come in.
Maxie: Don't forget you have lunch today at the Metro Court with the new photographer.
Kate: Oh, that's right, with Marcus Henry. Ok, did you make the reservation?
Maxie: Yes, they are holding your table.
Kate: That's fine. Send flowers to Karl. Call Kazumi.
Maxie: Ok. Would you like a note with those?
Kate: Sure -- "congratulations on a work of genius. It was a privilege to get a preview."
Maxie: Uh, any specifics for the flowers?
Kate: No, tell Kazumi to use her judgment. Karl really outdid himself this time. The sketches are fabulous. And don't let anyone in the office. I can't violate his trust by letting anyone see them.
Maxie: You got it. Have a great lunch.
Kate: Maxie? Maxie, when you talk to Kazumi, can you please tell her to change out the flowers in the house? I want some spring blossoms now.
Maxie: Will do.
Kate: Ok.
Maxie: Ok.
Kate: Bye.
Spinelli: The Jackal was astonished at Maximista's reaction to the sight of the fashionista and Mr. Sir using her desk to know each other in the biblical sense.
Diane: Ok, ok. Let me just summarize this, in English.
Spinelli: Mm-hmm.
Diane: Sonny and Kate were having a quickie in her office. You and your Maxie walked in on them. You were horrified, Maxie was titillated. Is that correct?
Spinelli: It was a bit more traumatic than the brusque lady of justice appears to comprehend.
Diane: Why? Why? I'm still not getting what your problem is with all of this.
Spinelli: Ok, Maximista extolled an attraction for a dark and mysterious man of danger who would throw caution to the wind to take his pleasure at any given time, on any given surface.
Diane: Mr. Spinelli, has Maxie Jones ever directly declared to you that she is attracted to Sonny Corinthos?
Spinelli: She seemed more interested in the abstract -- to wit, a man of Mr. Sir's character, one who cares little for convention or propriety.
Diane: [Laughing] Your Maxie has just dropped a hint so large, it would fill the superdome. Do you even remember our conversation, Mr. Spinelli?
Spinelli: Harvest the fruits?
Diane: Carpe diem, indeed. Take the initiative. Show Maxie that you want her and will not suffer propriety to get to her. Within the legal bounds, of course. You do want her, don't you?
Spinelli: Oh, yes.
Diane: Then, damn it, man, go and get her!
Diane: Go. Spinelli and
Lulu: Oh!
Lulu: Spinelli, are you ok?
Spinelli: I'm sorry, no time to linger. The time has come for The Jackal to seize the initiative and whatever else he can get his hands on!
Lulu: Oh. Um, is Jason here?
Diane: Yes, he is, and I was just about to go in and see him.
Lulu: I need to see him first.
Diane: Well, suit yourself. I'm still on the clock. 20 more minutes and I will have earned that fabulous snakeskin bag I've had my eye on.
Lulu: Jason, it's me, Lulu.
Jason: Come in.
Lulu: Hey, I know you're busy. I'm worried about Johnny.
Alfred: Sir, Mr. John Zacchara to see you.
Nikolas: Ugh. Thank you, Alfred. Send him in.
Alfred: Shall I stay, sir?
Nikolas: No, no, thank you, Alfred. Well, this is a surprise.
Johnny: I could say the same thing. I want you to stay away from my sister.
Robin: It's hard to, uh, not be smug or self-righteous when you find yourself the bearer of the greatest miracle on God's green earth. With that being said, um, maybe I was a little bit too hard on the father of my baby. I wasn't trying to shut him out. I mean, well, ok, at first I did. But then -- but then we got through that.
Patrick: Ok, you know what? This has got to stop.
Robin: I was just saying that I was wrong.
Patrick: The only thing that is wrong is that you're beating yourself up over nothing.
Robin: It isn't nothing. All of your blog entries are about what a pain I am and about how horribly I treat you.
Patrick: Well, that's because I'm a self-centered ass.
Robin: But you're actually not. You really are quite wonderful.
Patrick: Well, if I'm so wonderful, would I ever be with anybody that's not equally wonderful?
Robin: I don't know. You might be if you knocked them up.
[Patrick chuckles]
Patrick: Well, then -- you gave me every opportunity to bail on this pregnancy.
[Robin sighs]
Patrick: You've pushed me out the door and practically slammed them in my face, but I'm not leaving. Not out of obligation. Because I think you're amazing, wonderful, and loving, and yes, a little self-absorbed at times, but that's just another thing that we have in common. Listen, all those people that said all that nasty stuff about you on the internet -- they don't know you. I do. You're the woman I love and that is perfect for me.
Robin: Shh.
[Spinelli breathing heavily]
Spinelli: Maximista.
Maxie: It's not what it looks like -- oh, my -
Spinelli: Maximista, your message has been received.
Maxie: My message? I never called you.
Spinelli: It was your siren call that brought me back, ready to fulfill your secret desires. Throwing caution to the wind, I will carpe diem. I will carpe other things, too. It is time to take what we want, where we want it.
Maxie: Ok, whatever, Spinelli. Will you help me get all this stuff back together?
Maxie: [Squealing] Spinelli!
Lulu: You're not like Sonny. You know Johnny is not a threat to anyone.
Jason: It's Anthony Zacchara. He's the threat. He's dangerous.
Lulu: Yeah, so you can't hold Johnny responsible for his father's actions.
Jason: Whatever happens between me and the Zaccharas -- there's nothing you can do to change it.
Lulu: Oh, I'm going to try. You know I'm not going to stand here and watch Johnny get dragged down.
Jason: Lulu, you're kidding yourself right now. Johnny chose this. He's going to pay the price. It's too late to save Johnny. It's not too late to save yourself.
Johnny: Claudia's been through a lot. She deserves a lot more than to be jerked around by you.
Nikolas: Oh, I fail to see how it's any of your concern.
Johnny: I'm looking after my sister.
Nikolas: Oh, ok. So, if I tell you to stay away from Lulu, you'll just go ahead and drop her just like that?
Johnny: See, there's a difference. I care about Lulu. You're using Claudia.
Nikolas: And you're qualified to make that judgment based on what?
Johnny: Ok, you know what? You want to grieve for your dead fiancée? Call a hooker, but don't come near Claudia again.
Claudia: John, what the hell? You don't dictate who I sleep with.
Carly: What is this?
Jax: Happy belated anniversary.
Carly: What happened to "no need for big gestures"?
Jax: Well, that's ok. First year is paper.
Carly: You're kidding?
Jax: Yeah.
[Carly laughs]
Jax: Give me a little credit. I mean, this is a special occasion.
Carly: I don't have anything for you.
Jax: It's ok. You'll think of something.
Carly: Aw.
[Jax chuckles]
Carly: Jax.
Jax: You like it?
Carly: Yes, I love it. Is that boat for "The Silent Lady"?
Jax: Yeah. Cute little sails, huh?
Carly: It is, and look at the surfboard. What are these? Michael and Morgan.
[Carly sighs]
Carly: It's perfect.
Carly: Perfect.
Jax: Yeah, there's room for more. For the child that I would very much love us to have.
>> On the next "General Hospital" -
Sam: How could Lucky have me for a girlfriend? He still loves you.
Sonny: Mike got beat up by a loan shark. I want you to run him out of town.
Carly: You want a child of your own.
Jun 6, 2008 06:23
Maxie: Spinelli! What are you doing?
Kate: What on earth is going on in here?
Sonny: Yeah, but you're the foreman. If you need more men to offload the shipment, all you got to do is hire them. [Mike groans]
Sonny: Mike. You all right?
Mike: I'm fine. I'm fine. Oh, no, I'm not fine.
Sonny: Who did this to you?
Claudia: What I do with Nikolas is not your business.
Johnny: I was worried sick about you.
Claudia: John, I called, and I told you that I was ok.
Johnny: Claudia, then days passed and nothing. I didn't know if you were hurt or dead or what.
Claudia: Well, I would be dead if it wasn't for Nikolas probably, so why don't you try thanking him instead of warning him to stay away from me?
Lulu: But Johnny hates his father. The last thing he wants to do is follow in Anthony's footsteps.
Jason: It doesn't matter what Johnny wants. He's in this business. If you really think you can have a future with him, why don't you go visit Michael and see what it looks like.
Maxie: I'm really sorry, Kate. We should -
Kate: You should leave, now.
Spinelli: The fault for this mishap is The Jackal's alone. I was so overcome with passion for Maximista, and the example set by the surprisingly spontaneous fashionista and the virile Mr. Sir on this very surface that I was attempting to emulate the electric moment, as it were.
Maxie: What Spinelli is trying to say -
Kate: I'm aware of what Spinelli is trying to say, Maxie, but I want you to leave my office and take him with you.
Kate: And if you can't think of a reason I shouldn't fire you, you should clean out your desk
Maxie: Come on, ok.
Spinelli: The Jackal deeply regrets endangering Maximista's most valued career -
Maxie: Spinelli, you are a genius.
Claudia: I was -- I was walking along the docks, and someone -- someone stabbed me from behind and then dumped me in the harbor.
Johnny: Was it Sonny or -
Claudia: It's all right. He's -- Nikolas is cool. He's the soul of discretion.
Johnny: You sure about that?
Claudia: Yeah. He already knows our father's more than capable of killing me, but John, I don't think it was Daddy. Anyway, I don't know, but I somehow ended up at Wyndemere, and Nikolas found me, brought me up to the house, and, John, he took care of me.
Johnny: You should have gone to a hospital.
Claudia: We were stranded here because of the storm. There was no phone. There was no electricity whatsoever, and I was really out of it, John. I had a very high fever, and I was rambling. Nikolas did not involve the police.
Johnny: Thank you very much for saving my sister.
Nikolas: Mm-hmm.
Johnny: Now stay away from her.
Lulu: There's a simple way to end the violence. Stop shooting people.
Jason: Ok, you're not this naive.
Lulu: Why are you so fatalistic?
Jason: Because we're in a business that deals with a lot of money, the kind of money that people kill for, and that's not going to change just because you want to be with Johnny.
Lulu: So I should just give up like you did? You could have had a family with Elizabeth, Jake, and Cam. You could have left the mob like Sonny.
Jason: No, I couldn't.
Lulu: No, I just don't think you tried hard enough. Maybe being happy is something that you don't really want. [Door shuts]
Carly: That's beautiful.
Carly: I really love this. This one for Michael, you know, I can touch it and think about him, think about him laughing and playing and how he always asked tons of questions about everything.
Jax: Well, maybe reliving happier times will give you some sense of peace.
Carly: It's a very thoughtful gift.
Jax: You know, we can -- we can add a charm for every anniversary. It might get a little heavy by the time we're fifty, but -
Carly: I know you had your heart set on adding a charm for a child of your own, and as much as I would love to have a baby with you, I'm just not sure it's possible.
Nadine: I love kids. I really do, but sometimes -
Leyla: But they're humans, and humans can complain and cry and kick up a fuss, no matter if they're your patients or your friends or family.
Nadine: Any particular fussing you're referring to?
Leyla: Thanks to my mother, yours truly is spending the evening with Leo Julian.
Nadine: You're going on a date with Leo?
Leyla: Oh, god, no. He's taking me to a wedding. Well, my mum has a friend whose daughter's getting married, and I'm a bridesmaid, and according to my mother, Leo is, like, the perfect date, 'cause he's a nice Persian boy and he's a cardiologist. That should buy me at least a month's reprieve from my mother's helpful advice on men.
Nadine: She wants you to be a bride and not a bridesmaid.
Leyla: Yeah, and Leo is the answer to all her prayers.
Nadine: But not yours.
Leyla: Are you kidding?
[Nadine laughs]
Leyla: God, he's like a bigger player than Patrick Drake ever was. I've been burned once. I'm staying away from flames.
Nadine: Good plan.
Mike: No, I'm all right.
Sonny: My father needs a doctor.
Mike: I'm fine. I'm ok.
Mike: Listen, it's ok. All right, I'll just go to the E.R. It's simple.
Sonny: Mike, we're in the hospital. You're going to get treated by a doctor. Just sit down right here.
Mike: I don't need -
Leyla: We'll get your father to the treatment room right away.
Sonny: Ok, his head -- I don't know what happened there. You need to check that, you understand?
Leyla: Yeah, I see that. I'm going to find Dr. Behar. He's the best trauma surgeon we have.
Sonny: Ok, can you page him please?
Mike: All right, listen, would you just relax? I'm going to be ok.
Sonny: Yes, you are, Mike, 'cause I'm going to make sure of that.
Maxie: Thank you, Spinelli. You not only saved my butt, you saved my job.
Spinelli: But the fashionista threatened to terminate your employment.
Maxie: Yeah, but if Kate knew that I was sneaking a peak at Karl's design, she would have already fired me.
Spinelli: Designs?
Maxie: Yeah, thank god that you knew Kate was coming. That was a total brainstorm, throwing me down on the desk and faking that whole passion thing. I mean, when you kissed me, I almost burst out laughing, and then I saw Kate walk in, and I realized what you were doing. Not only are you my hero, you are the best friend that I have ever had.
Kate: I trust you're ready to explain.
Spinelli: Maximista was a surprised participant in my impromptu campaign of passion. She -- she had no opportunity to refuse as I rendered her horizontal and pressed my lips to hers. My deepest apologies to both the fair ladies of fashion.
Kate: Spinelli, until you can keep your misguided urges under control, you're banned from this office.
Spinelli: Again, my sincere regrets.
Kate: Starting immediately, Spinelli.
Spinelli: The Jackal obeys.
Spinelli: Uh, attempting to exit posthaste. Adieu.
Kate: Do you have anything else to add?
Maxie: Yeah, how could you come down on Spinelli like that?
Sam: Elizabeth, hi. Do you have a minute to talk?
Elizabeth: I was just about to go on my break.
Sam: Ok, and I'm sure I'm the absolute last person that you wanted to spend it with, and I just -- I really just only wanted to talk. I don't want to get angry or start throwing out accusations at anybody.
Elizabeth: It really doesn't help anyone to keep bringing up the past.
Sam: Yeah, ok, so I'll start. I loved Jason. Turns out it was probably a little bit too much. I think I let my whole entire world revolve around him, and he started to pull away, and I -- I guess I kind of panicked, and I got so jealous and desperate that I was able to sit by and watch your child be kidnapped, and I know it's completely unforgivable, and I understand that you don't want me anywhere near your children, but they are Lucky's kids, too, and Lucky and I are together, so I'm just asking maybe if there's any way you can consider me being at least in the same room as them.
Elizabeth: Have you talked to Lucky about this?
Sam: No, I did not tell him I was coming to see you. I figured maybe I could handle this one on my own. Lucky is a completely committed father, and right now he has to leave me out of the time that he spends with the children, which happens to be a lot, so I am trying to figure out a way that we could all spend time together. Do you know how I can do that?
Nikolas: I understand your instinct to protect your sister here. I feel the same way about mine, but out of respect for Lulu, I've held back in telling you to stay away from her.
Claudia: Well, maybe you should follow Nikolas's example.
Johnny: But he's still in love with his dead fiancée.
Claudia: Johnny, I know. Nikolas told me all about her.
Johnny: Ok, then you know he's using you to get over his grief.
Claudia: Well, I've used guys for a lot less.
Johnny: Claudia, listen to me.
Claudia: No, you listen to me, Johnny. I'm not some innocent little girl who's being taken advantage of by this selfish rich guy. Come on. For the record, Nikolas and I did not sleep together. Lulu walked in here, and she jumped to conclusions. My honor is in tact, ok?
Johnny: Let's go.
Claudia: No, you know what? I have a few things to talk to Nikolas about in private. I'll see you later.
Johnny: Yeah.
Nikolas: So I assume that you want to make sure I keep your little confession a secret?
Claudia: Actually, I -- I want to talk about your sister's big fat mouth.
Nikolas: Oh.
Jax: Having a child might give us reason to hope.
Carly: I don't want to think about bringing a new life into the world right now. A child's not going to replace Michael.
Jax: No, no child ever will. Michael was unique, just as Morgan is, just as any child we have together will be.
Carly: It isn't fair to you. Michael and Morgan, they're your stepchildren.
Jax: Yeah, but I love them as if they were my own. The three of you are my family.
Carly: But you want a child of your own, Jax. That's natural. I'm just not ready. I may never be ready.
Jax: I know, yeah.
Jax: I know you're worried about trying again. I do. It's just -
Carly: It's not just the miscarriage. Look at the life we'd be bringing our child into. Morgan's father is a mob boss.
Jax: Well, Sonny left the business, or so he says. He gave up custody of the boys. That is a start.
Carly: Yeah, do you think that matters to guys like Anthony Zacchara? Sonny's the enemy. They can use the boys to get to him.
Jax: Yeah, Morgan will never be out in public with his father again. That's -- that's good.
Carly: He's always going to be a target on some level. So will his half brother or sister.
Jax: You're just thinking of the worst-case scenario.
Carly: I can't help it. I can't help it. I can't handle even the smallest risk right now.
Jax: And I understand your concerns. They're real. I can also wait for you to get past them, because I know you will.
Sam: I know. I know it's asking a lot, a lot, a lot for you to trust me with your children, so I kind of thought about it, and I don't know -- if you want me to wear, like, and ankle monitor or something, I know Spinelli could totally hook that up, or if that's too extreme, maybe you could supervise the visits, or we could bring cameras. I mean, whatever. Whatever you want, I will do.
Elizabeth: I'd like to say that I'm not that judgmental, but I know I have been. A lot has happened since Michael was shot. I've had to take a couple steps back and look at my choices over the past few years, and I've lied a lot, and I've hurt a lot of people, especially Lucky, including you, and I'm sorry, and I'd really -- I don't -- Sam, I don't think I can forget what you did to Jake.
Sam: I -
Elizabeth: But I -- I do want to forgive you, because like you said, it -- it's just not healthy living in the past.
Sam: I'm -- well, does this mean, like, I'm allowed to spend time with the kids?
Elizabeth: No, not yet, and it's not because I think you're going to do something crazy, weird. It's just, I don't want -- I don't want Cameron to be confused.
Sam: No, I completely understand. I mean, how could Lucky have me for a girlfriend when he still loves you?
Claudia: Nikolas, I didn't tell Johnny I was staying here, and I most certainly didn't make up stories about sleeping with you, so all this came from Lulu.
Nikolas: Well, she -- she knows that I'm grieving and understandably worried about me.
Claudia: Well, ok, but she started screaming at me in the middle of the Metro Court today. She was practically foaming at the mouth.
Nikolas: Yeah, she does tend to get a bit carried away sometimes.
Claudia: Yeah, well, she's convinced I'm some scheming, evil slut who is out to take advantage of your pain.
Lulu: That's exactly what you are.
Claudia: Really.
Jas on: Keep the men on guard. We need to be ready if Anthony Zacchara retaliates. Ok, thanks, Max.
Spinelli: The Jackal is keenly aware that Stone Cold bears the burden of Mr. Sir's former territory on his shoulders, but he begs an audience regarding a most unsettling occurrence.
Jason: What now?
Spinelli: The Jackal consulted with the brusque lady of justice about Maximista's puzzling reaction to witnessing Mr. Sir and the fashionista in the throes of passion on her desk, and Diane's advice was to follow their example, as it were.
Jason: And?
Spinelli: Well, The Jackal came upon Maximista at the same very desk, and he swept aside all the paperwork in -- in a gesture duplicating Mr. Sir's, threw myself at the object of my desire.
Jason: You can't force yourself on a woman, Spinelli.
Spinelli: No, but Maximista, she wasn't alarmed, but she thought it was all an act.
Maxie: You are a fashion icon, and I admire you and am thrilled to have the opportunity to be working with you and learning more about this industry.
Kate: Well, then prove it, Maxie.
Maxie: But just because you have an amazing sense of style doesn't mean you are always right, and you're not right about this. Spinelli was the one who got you that million dollars back that you transferred to Ian Devin's account. He's there for you whenever you need him. Yeah, he's a little better with computers than he is with humans, but he's a sweet guy, and it wouldn't hurt for you to tell him that every once in a while.
Kate: Fine, I'll let it go this once because he is a kindhearted man, but don't push me, Maxie.
[Telephone rings]
Maxie: Kate Howard's office. It's General Hospital, something about Sonny's father.
Kate: This is Kate Howard.
Leyla: Ms. Howard, it's Nurse Mir from General Hospital. I was told to let you know that Mike Corbin was brought in after a beating.
Kate: Is he all right?
Leyla: He's fine. We treated him for cuts and bruises. The doctor signed him off on his release we require somebody to take him home, but his son left, and he gave us your number.
Kate: I'll be right there.
Sonny: What took you so long?
Loan shark: I'm here. What's your problem?
Sonny: What's my problem? You sent a couple of no-necks to rough up my father.
Loan shark: Oh, good old Mike, wracked up a stiff one this time. You he to pay his debt?
Sonny: Ok, you need to get something straight. No one lays a hand on my father, no matter how much he owes.
Loan shark: You borrow money, you pay with interest, no matter whose father you are.
Sonny: Ok, get out of town. If you leave tonight, you may stay alive.
Loan shark: The way I hear it, you retired. That means you don't get to mouth off with me.
Jun 6, 2008 06:25
Lulu: Back again, huh?
Johnny: Yep, yep.
Claudia: Well, it's cool. I was just about to leave, anyway. But, listen, we do have a need here for you to talk your sister about other people's privacy.
Lulu: Well, I think the need is to talk about what happens when people are vulnerable.
Nikolas: Now is probably not a good time.
Claudia: Ok, good. But we do have a lot of stuff to catch up on besides your sister's hysterics. So, give me a call.
Lulu: Please tell me you're not going to call her.
Nikolas: Lulu, please.
Lulu: I mean it. You shouldn't have let her back in the house.
Nikolas: I understand -- I understand that your heart is in the right place, ok? But whether Claudia wants to visit or not is my choice, not yours.
Lulu: She's a complete psycho, Nikolas. I feel awful that Johnny has to even be related to her.
Nikolas: Johnny doesn't seem to mind her.
Lulu: Johnny doesn't have a choice.
Nikolas: Look, you're overreacting and worrying for no reason.
Lulu: No reason? You sleeping with Claudia is not nothing.
Nikolas: I did not have sex with Claudia, and I am not remotely interested in a relationship with her. Ok, it doesn't matter if she's evil and crazy and whatever else you said she was, or the sweetest person on earth. Doesn't matter, I am in love with Emily, and I always will be.
Sam: It's kind of ironic. I think you and I have absolutely nothing in common, except Jason and Lucky.
Elizabeth: You know, for a long time I thought you were with Lucky just to get back at me.
Sam: Yeah, I know that. Yep, you mentioned it, like, every single time that you saw me. And, yeah, I mean, it was true at first. I was hurt and angry, and -- oh, it sounds so bad, but I knew that you seeing me with him would drive you crazy. And, yeah, it was part of the attraction. But over time, I really didn't care what you thought anymore, right. I really started to see Lucky, and he is an amazing man. He's kind and he's accepting and Lucky thinks the best of me. And I am definitely not used to that. Look, I'm actually starting to heal, because I don't wake up in the morning pissed off at all the people who tried to hurt me. I'm just -- I'm starting to actually believe that Lucky and I could actually have a future together. And, you know, I just -- I would love for there to be a way that we could all be together in the same place. And I know that it scares the hell out of me, because if you wanted him back -- like that, he would go with you.
Elizabeth: I love him. I always will. You can call it friendship or first love or, I don't know. Maybe there is no label for it. But my point is I just want to see him happy. And he is happy when he's with you. As far as the boys go, I mean, we can set a date or something. The carnival is coming up in August. Maybe you and Lucky can take the boys.
Sam: Wow. Ok, yeah, that sounds like fun.
Elizabeth: Ok, well, just talk it over with Lucky, and let me know. My break is over.
Sam: I'm sorry if I took up all your time here.
Elizabeth: I'm glad you did.
Sam: Me, too. Me, too. Ok.
Elizabeth: All right.
Sam: Bye.
Elizabeth: Bye.
Spinelli: Maximista was furtively perusing the portfolio when I threw myself upon her. And the glacial one arrived soon after. And so, Maximista assumed that my attempt at seduction was a cover to throw the fashionista off track. She even praised me for my quick thinking.
Jason: That's good.
Spinelli: Oh, no, she only considers me a friend. I long for her to see me as someone worthy of attraction or, dare I say it, physical demonstrations of affection. But she's so unimpressed with my virility, that she mistakes my most passionate embrace for a cover for corporate subterfuge.
Jason: I don't know what to say.
Spinelli: And to make matters worse, I am out of -- I am out of favor with Mr. Sir and the fashionista. The situation is most dire. I fall upon Stone Cold's good mercy, before I lose Maximista forever.
Nadine: Oh, my god.
Leyla: What?
Nadine: It's from Nikolas. He wants me to come to Wyndemere -- important we talk.
Leyla: And you thinking that's code for let's have dinner?
Nadine: Maybe. Maybe not. But I'm excited, so don't rain on my parade.
Leyla: Hey, I wouldn't dream of it. Enjoy. I'm efficient enough to get ready for duty as bridesmaid.
Nadine: Uh-oh.
Nadine: This one's for you.
Leyla: Oh, he can't do this to me. Leo has emergency surgery. He can't take me to the wedding tonight.
Nadine: Maybe it's just as well.
Leyla: You don't know my mother. She's going to drag me from one bachelor to the next, all night long.
Kate: Mike.
Mike: Oh, hey.
Kate: Ow. How are you feeling?
Mike: Oh, like an idiot. Thanks for coming.
Kate: Sure.
Mike: You know, the nurses wouldn't let me go home, unless I was in a wheelchair and released to a responsible party.
Kate: No, of course, no problem. But where is Sonny?
Mike: Well, you see, I'm in a lot of trouble with a loan shark, so, I think Sonny probably went off to fix things.
Kate: Well, Sonny can handle himself.
Mike: That's why I called you. Kate, I am worried about my son. I don't think he's realized how much his life has changed.
Sonny: Whatever you're thinking, think twice.
Loan shark: I'm thinking you're an empty suit. I came here for payment on your old man's debt.
Sonny: So, you waited to collect to drive up the interest. Is that what's going on here?
Loan shark: Hey, Sonny, I'm a businessman. You remember how it is.
Sonny: No, this is how it is. Never lay a hand on my father again.
Loan shark: You retired. It doesn't come with benefits. Your old man borrows money, doesn't pay up, he gets treated like everybody else. Consider today on the house. Tomorrow the interest goes up.
Jax: There is nothing I'd love than to have a child with you. And I think that you want that, too.
Carly: I'm not there yet.
Jax: I know. I respect that. We can't change what happened to Michael. And we can't let ourselves lose faith in happiness either. Because life is too precious, you know, it's too short.
Carly: Yeah. I need you to be honest with me about something.
Jax: Ok.
Carly: Do you want to have a child because you think it's going to fix what's wrong between us?
Jax: No, I would never put the burden of fixing our marriage on a child. That wouldn't be fair on any of us. We will work through our problems on our own.
Carly: I think we've made a pretty good start.
Jax: Yeah. You told me that you were ready to fight for this marriage.
Carly: Of course I am.
Jax: Mm-hmm. So am I. And I know that we'll succeed. Because we've already been through the worst, and we're still standing. And if we do get pregnant, I'm sure that this baby will come into the world surrounded by love.
Carly: I'm so lucky to have you in my life.
Maxie: Don't tell me, the face looks so familiar. Louise? Lilly? I know, Lulu.
Lulu: Funny.
Maxie: Not so funny when I'm the one doing all of your work.
Lulu: Well, you cover for me, I cover for you.
Maxie: Ok. Well, start covering. Alphabetize these. Oops. And when you're finished with that, we need five of Kate's favorite models for the club opening in Soho. They're all to be dressed in Frederico Cabrero, Maha Chang jewelry, and Gaudet bags and shoes. Why are you not writing all of this down?
Lulu: How does this stuff come off the top of your head?
Maxie: Well, I come to work more than once every three days, and I actually want a career in this industry.
Lulu: I've had a bad day. I really don't need this.
Maxie: That's too bad, because Kate needs this stuff done, and you have to arrange it.
Lulu: Well, I'll ask her myself. Where is she?
Maxie: She's at the hospital.
Lulu: Ok, well, she left her PDA, so I guess I'll just have to take it to her.
Maxie: No. I'll take it to her. Thank you. You do that.
[Lulu groans]
Claudia: Oh!
[Claudia laughs]
Claudia: You'd be looking a lot more cheerful right now, if I were Lulu.
Johnny: This is where we've been meeting.
Claudia: Yeah, I can see why you picked this spot. Lots of good memories here. Remember, I used to bring you here, get you away from daddy?
Johnny: You used to call it our fort.
Claudia: Yeah, and I always let you pick out the games, because you had the most vivid imagination. You created this whole world here. You had the castle and knights, and we used to do these sword fights, you remember?
Claudia: Whoa, whoa! Aah! You! Huh! Oh, my god. I loved it. I loved coming here with you. It was the best part of my day, John,
Johnny: Mine, too.
Claudia: Yeah.
Johnny: The freedom in that place.
Claudia: Yeah, I know. That's why I used to bring you here. So it could just be fun, be kids, have a good time.
Johnny: You were good to me. And you still are. I don't get why other people see you as hurtful. It makes no sense. I've seen the other side of you, you know. I know you can get hurt. Which is why I can't sit back and just watch while Nikolas uses you.
Mike: You know, with most guys, it's -- it's -- I don't know. It's women or alcohol. But with me, it's gambling. I mean, I bet on the ponies, the prize fights, poker, whatever, just to make that big score, so I come home the hero. But this time, I saw this little bar that was up for sale, and I didn't have the cash. So I thought I'd go out and make some.
Kate: But you lost.
Mike: Yeah, a lot. But you see, in the past, Kate, this guy used to float me money because he was afraid of Sonny. But he's not anymore. And he made that very, very clear.
Kate: Well, I'd ask you why you didn't go to Sonny for the money, but I think I already know the answer. You have the same pride as your son.
Mike: Yeah, we have some of the same faults. But Sonny's addiction is not gambling. It's power. And that's why I called you.
Kate: I'm not sure I follow, Mike.
Mike: I'm afraid Sonny's going to start to miss what he used to have. And that pretty soon, something or someone is going to set him off, and he's going to want it all back again.
Jason: I'd like to help. But you know I have no influence with Maxie.
Spinelli: That is a circumstance that is most definitely for the best. Maximista has a penchant for angry, dangerous mobsters, of which Stone Cold is the archetype, and if you were to intercede on my behalf, she might well fall in love with you, which would render her farther from The Jackal's grasp. That's -
Jason: What do you want me to do?
Spinelli: Intervene with Mr. Sir and the fashionista. Explain to them that I am not the pesky irritant that they perceive me to be. Just so that the fashionista will lift the ban that she imposed on The Jackal's visits to Maximista in her workplace.
Jason: Ok, you know what? Maybe you should just take a little rest.
Spinelli: I know, but -
Jason: Just take a break. Just take a -
Spinelli: The Jackal's heart beats only for Maximista.
Sonny: We've got to talk.
Spinelli: Oh -- oh, Mr. Sir, The Jackal meant no offense, and only holds you and the fashionista in the highest regard. Sonny: Hey, let me explain something to you. Get out of here. We've got to discuss business.
Spinelli: Look, this will only take a moment of Mr. Sir's time. Just -- if you could look to forgive The Jackal.
Sonny: Ok, are you going to ignore me, freaky boy? Huh? You going to disrespect me by not doing what I tell you to do, freaky boy? Huh?
Spinelli: No, no, sir.
Sonny: No, sir?
Spinelli: I didn't mean any -
Sonny: Ok, get out of here, now. 'Cause I can't deal with you right now. And I don't want to see you again. I don't want you to come near me or Kate. Do you understand, freak boy? Yes.
Spinelli: Yes.
Sonny: Yes.
Jason: Now, see that -- that was uncalled for, ok? He was just trying to apologize, actually, to you, Sonny.
Sonny: I know he's your best friend now. That's -- why are you running the business instead of babysitting Spinelli? Just fire his ass because I'm sick of tripping over him.
Jason: Ok, you know what? You can't come into my office -
Sonny: Wait, wait, wait.
Jason: And tell me what to do.
Sonny: Hold on, hold on. What do you mean, your office?
Alfred: Master Nikolas will be with you shortly. And may I say how lovely you look?
Nadine: You may absolutely say it, Alfred. Thank you.
Nikolas: Hey.
Nadine: Hi.
Nikolas: Thanks for coming.
Nadine: It's always nice to invitation from you.
Claudia: Nikolas helped me when he didn't have to, John. And like I said, we didn't sleep together. So, you're blowing this so way out of proportion.
Johnny: And you are defending him way too much. Ok, Nikolas is messed up. He's in love with a dead woman, and he tugged on your sympathy by telling you.
Claudia: Not everybody has an ulterior motive, John.
Johnny: There you go, protecting him again.
Claudia: Would you give me a little bit of credit? I eat guys like Nikolas for breakfast.
Johnny: You are protesting way too much.
Claudia: And you are taking on your girlfriend's paranoia.
Johnny: No, Lulu was trying to protect her older brother, and I'm just trying to protect you.
Claudia: You'd be better off ditching that hysterical bitch.
Johnny: Dare I hold up a mirror?
Claudia: Johnny, come on. Maybe you're too blinded by love to see clearly, but I see just fine, thank god. And you know what? Your girlfriend is a head case. You should have seen her at the Metro Court hotel lobby screaming at me. Calling me a slut -- that seems to be her favorite word. Calling me a slut, Johnny. You need to dump that girl before she gets somebody in trouble.
Johnny: Ok, I don't take orders from you, especially when it comes to my personal life.
Claudia: Well, turn it around on yourself, Johnny. Because I'm not taking orders from you either.
Leyla: Are you ok? Is there anything I can do to help?
Sonny: It didn't take you long to start feeling entitled.
Jason: Sonny, you're the one who wanted this. You insisted that I take over.
Sonny: Absolutely, and I'm going legit. But you still owe me respect.
Jason: I do respect you.
Sonny: Then I expect some accommodation. Mike got beat up by a loan shark. Some independent named Sullivan. I want you to run that low-life out of town.
Jason: That's not your call to make anymore.
Singer: Every time I look at you the world just melts away all my troubles, all my fears dissolve in your affection you see me at my weakest but you take me as I am when I fall you offer me a soft place to land you stay the course you hold the line keep it all together you're the one true thing I know I can believe in you're all the things that I desire you save me you complete me you're the one true thing I know I can believe in singer: Do you know do you know do you know, don't go do you know, do you know do you know, do you know singer: I get mad so easy but you give me room to breathe no matter what I say or do 'cause you're too good to fight about it even when I have to push just to see how far you'll go you won't stoop down to battle but you never turn to go you stay the course and hold the line you keep it all together you're the one true thing I know I can believe in you're all the things that I desire you save me you complete me you're the one true thing I know I can believe in
Nikolas: I'm hoping you'll say yes.
Nadine: What's the question?
Lucky: Do you have any dinner plans?
Claudia: Your girlfriend can't stand your sister. Kick her to the curb.
Jason: I'm in charge.
Sonny: So, you're not going to help Mike?
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Jun 9, 2008 08:35
Liasonite Domenica
Monday, June 9, 2008: Part 1 Nikolas: You got here fast. Nadine: I dove into the lake and swam right over as soon as I finished my shift. Nikolas: And look at you, not a hair out of place. Nadine: Um, your message didn't say that I should bring my medical bag, so I assume I'm not treating Claudia Zacchara.
Nikolas: No, no, she's not here. This is about you and only you.
Claudia: Maybe you're too blinded by love to see clearly, but thankfully, my eyes work just fine. And I am here to tell you, Johnny, your girlfriend is a wack job. She's a nut job, John. You should have seen her in the lobby of the Metro Court hotel, standing there screaming at me, calling me names. She called me a slut. That seems to be her favorite. She has a big, fat mouth, John, and you better dump her before she gets somebody in trouble.
Johnny: Ok, you are in no position to give me orders, especially when it comes to my personal life.
Claudia: Oh, well, turn that back around on yourself, Johnny, cause I'm not going to let you dictate my private life either.
Lulu: Don't let me interrupt. This is just getting interesting. A few more exchanges like this and maybe you'll see your sister as the controlling, irrational bitch that she is.
[Elevator dings]
Lucky: Hey.
Elizabeth: Hey, what brings you here?
Lucky: Witness statement on a car wreck. What time do you get off?
Elizabeth: About an hour or so. Why?
Lucky: Do you and the boys have any dinner plans?
Elizabeth: Oh, yeah, Cameron and I have gourmet plans for a fish stick dinner.
Lucky: Ooh.
Elizabeth: If you want to pick up some tartar sauce, you can join us.
Lucky: I have a better idea. How about a little family night at Kelly's? It's my treat. Cam can have fish sticks, if that's what he wants, and you can have a little bit more something to your liking.
Elizabeth: You mean, as opposed to my mommy choices?
[Lucky laughs]
Elizabeth: Ok, yeah, that sounds great.
Lucky: All right. Well, I'll be back around to pick you up. Do you want me to pick you up here or day care? Elizabeth: Here's good.
Lucky: Ok.
Elizabeth: Thanks. Lucky?
Elizabeth: Really, thank you for everything.
Sonny: You know what? I get that things haven't been, you know, good between us since Michael got shot. And if you want to keep blaming me, you can, which is fine.
Jason: No, I blame all of us.
Sonny: That includes me, right? Are you seriously going to stand there and tell me that you're not going to help my father?
Jason: I'm happy to settle Mike's debt.
Sonny: That's not what I asked you. I want that bastard -- I want you to run him out of town. Unless you're not going to do it, just to prove to me that you don't have to.
Nadine: You have plans specifically for me? I like that. It's just rare because I work in a team environment. Nurses are pretty much interchangeable so -
Nikolas: No, I don't think that's true at all.
Nadine: Oh, I didn't mean literally, unless I did. Let's think about that for a second. Are nurses interchangeable? Or let's not. I'm sucking up all the oxygen. Would you like to speak now?
Nikolas: Listen, I just -- I really own you an apology.
Nadine: For?
Nikolas: For not treating you with the respect that you deserve.
Nadine: I don't understand.
Nikolas: Well, actually, I'm the one who doesn't get it. I made fun of wrist ducky and your survival kit and all that, instead of seeing those things for what they really are, and that's just to make a sick child smile. I think that that quirky approach and fresh perspective -- I think that's what makes you unique.
Nadine: I don't know what to say.
Nikolas: Will you consult with me on the clinic I'm starting in Emily's name?
Kate: So what are you doing here? Is that my PDA, all broken and smashed?
Maxie: Well, you left it at the office and I went to General Hospital to find you and give it back to you. And then I got jostled when I was getting off the elevator and I dropped it. And it got run over by a gurney and then it got smashed and it's kind of a lost cause now.
Kate: I keep my life on that PDA.
Maxie: Oh, no worries, I got you another one. It's the exact same model. And I'm going to go to the office and upload your calendar and all your contacts no matter how long it takes. As soon as it's done, I will leave it on the table in your entryway.
Kate: Excellent.
Maxie: Yeah, I like to bring you solutions, not problems.
Kate: Well, maybe you can solve this for me, Maxie. Why is no one answering the phones at the office? Well, obviously, you were out destroying my personal property, but where is Lulu?
Maxie: Well, she was there -- if Lulu had to leave the office, I'm sure she has a really good reason, like a family emergency or something.
Claudia: You seem to be stuck in the middle. Your girlfriend can't stand your sister. And the feeling is mutual. Johnny: It's got nothing to do with me.
Claudia: No, it has everything to do with you, Johnny. Lulu is -- she's jealous of your connection to me and I'm just trying to keep her big, fat mouth shut before she gets somebody killed. You need to kick her to the curb.
Lulu: Oh, you would like that, wouldn't you? Because then you'd be able to control Johnny to your heart's content and have a straight path to my brother.
Claudia: How many times do I have to say it before it penetrates? There is nothing going on between me and your brother. I met Nikolas by chance. We discovered that we a couple of things in common. It surprised both of us, but that is the extent of it. We are not now nor have we ever been lovers.
Lulu: And you never will be because Nikolas is in love with Emily. He's not interested in getting involved with anyone else so just find another sucker. Leave my brother alone.
Claudia: Do you get how immature this girl is? She's beyond pointless. And she doesn't know anything even remotely resembling boundaries, which is why she feels comfortable dictating my personal life, or more importantly, getting involved in our family business. You keep letting her yammering at you like that, Johnny, and you know what's going to happen? She's ing to distract you into making a fatal mistake.
Jason: I don't have to prove anything. I'm in charge. Not because it's what I wanted, but because it's what you wanted. You can't turn around now and have it both ways, Sonny. I told you, I'm happy to settle Mike's debt. I'm going to run this loan shark out of town as a personal favor to you.
Sonny: Favor?
Jason: Yeah, I can't guarantee this is not going to happen to Mike again.
Sonny: So you're saying that you can't be bothered to protect my father?
Jason: Not if I'm going to keep you removed. This guy beat Mike down because he defaulted yet on another gambling debt. He would have done this to any customer who defaulted on a gambling debt. If Mike wants to stop getting beat-downs, he has to start playing by the rules.
Sonny: Ok, you're missing the point. My father is not just -
Jason: What's the point?
Sonny: Any other customer. This scum shouldn't have laid a hand on my father. And your first instinct should have been to let the people know... that anybody who I love should be protected.
Jason: Wasn't that the whole point of you getting out? So you could have a normal life in a normal world, separate apart from what goes on in this business? Now you're telling me if I have to make some kind of big statement that whoever crosses you and yours is going to bring down all kinds of havoc? You know, why don't you take the organization back and send your own messages?
Nadine: That's what this is all about? You want me to work with you?
Nikolas: Yeah, I'm not asking you to quit the hospital or anything. I mean, I wouldn't think of depriving those children of a wrist ducky and thumb bunny. What's the one that sheds the petals?
Nadine: Elbow, the wilted flower.
Nikolas: Right. See, that's what I mean. That's what I'm talking about. You're original, which is why I want your input on this clinic from the ground up, with a particular attention to pediatrics, of course. And then once we are up and running, if you could work part time, that would be great. Yeah?
Nadine: I'm overwhelmed.
Nikolas: Yeah? You don't seem like it.
Nadine: No, I'm flattered. I've always believed in your idea to open a clinic for the uninsured. And the fact that you're actually putting your money where your mouth is and funding it single-handedly is amazing. I'd be honored to help you.
Nikolas: Great. I'll call my business manager tomorrow and have him cut a check. $5,000 a week -- does that sound fair to you?
Nadine: You want to pay me?
Spinelli: Tasty, bubbly beverage?
Leyla: Thank you... for the champagne but mainly for rescuing me.
Spinelli: Oh, I merely returned a kindness that was offered to me in a time of need.
Leyla: I just asked how you were doing. You, on the other hand, got all dressed up and escorted a virtual stranger to a wedding where you don't know a single soul.
Spinelli: I know you. And rest assured that is more than enough for the Jackal -- that is, me -- that is, more than enough for me. And, you know, this is -- this is a rare occasion for someone such as I. A mind meld with a hard drive does not require the familiarity with such social rituals of humanity.
Leyla: Hmm, have you always been such an odd duck?
Spinelli: I fear the resounding answer is yes, but the Jackal's life has changed greatly in the last few years. And he's making an effort.
Leyla: Well, Mr. Jackal, I think you're quite charming.
Farah: There you are.
Leyla: Hi, mom.
Farah: I'm so glad you could make it.
Leyla: Did I have a choice?
Farah: Don't be impertinent. And who is this? I was under the impression you were going to bring that nice Persian doctor.
Lulu: I would never do anything to compromise Johnny.
Claudia: Are you really that stupid? You already have every time you do anything that diverts his attention from what actually matters.
Johnny: Enough. If Nikolas says that he's not involved with anyone, you need to take his word on that and back off. And you, whether you approve or not, Lulu and I are together. And I will not watch her be disrespected by you or anybody else, so you back off.
Claudia: It's a mistake, John. Being with her is like wearing a sign that says "here's my weakness" and she doesn't know when to stop. Our enemies are going to see her for the manna from heaven that she is. And they are going to use her to make you do whatever they want.
Lulu: You are the one that almost got Johnny killed, not me. You disappeared, made Johnny believe that something awful had happened to you, so he went out and did the most reckless thing he could, and shot sonny point blank. If anybody is a distraction, Claudia, it's you. So why don't you do us all a favor? Hope on a plane back to Italy.
Claudia: Is she speaking for you, John? Is that what you want? You want me to leave?
Sonny: You know what? I made a decision too late to do Michael any good. But you know what? I'm going to see where it takes me. I'm hoping it will protect my other children, Carly and Kate. I don't want to take it back. But all these years running the organization have to count for something. Hey, I know I'm not going to get a going-away party or a gold watch. But what I'm saying is the least I should have is protection for the people that I love.
Jason: And I have guards watching Carly, Alexis, and your kids. And if anyone threatens them, it is not going to be good. There's no truce. There's no compromise. Let me just tell you one thing right know. If anyone goes after the people under my protection, they are going to die. Mike's a different situation, Sonny. He ran up a debt. He's trading on your name to avoid paying it again.
Sonny: So you're not going to help Mike? All right, you know what? He's my father. My burden. I'll take care of it myself.
Nikolas: Well, yes, of course I expect to pay you. You're offering a professional service. I'm imposing on your time. You should be compensated for that.
Nadine: Are you?
Nikolas: Me -- what?
Nadine: Being compensated. No, pretty much the opposite. You're donating God knows how many millions of dollars to open up this clinic. The least I could do is offer a little bit of my time.
Nikolas: I know you're struggling right now. You could be picking up extra shifts at the hospital instead of offering your services to me. I don't want my project to flourish at your expense.
Nadine: God, you are such an idiot. First of all, please don't give my financial situation a second thought. I mean, I realize I'm just an ordinary person, and you're crazy rich royalty, who has more money than you can spend in ten lifetimes, but I do not want to be your employee. I don't want to have to second-guess what I say, or how I say it, because I'm dependent upon your big, fat $5,000-a-week salary, so either accept my help as a friend, or you can go wave your checkbook someplace else.
Nikolas: Ok, if that's how you feel.
Nadine: It is.
Nikolas: Ok, great. Then I accept your terms with much gratitude.
Nadine: Great. Well, let's get to work. I happen to know exactly where to start. Come on.
Spinelli: Mrs. Mir, the Jackal -- I am most honored to make your acquaintance.
Leyla: Damian's just -
Spinelli: When Leyla's intended date, the world-renowned surgeon of Persian ancestry, Dr. Leo Julian, was called into emergency surgery, I implored her -- I implored her to allow me the privilege and honor of escorting her instead.
Farah: Well, of course, a doctor has to put his patients first. How well do you know Dr. Julian?
Leyla: They only have -
Spinelli: I have had many dealings with the brilliant doctor. I mean, not only is he next in line to be, you know, the youngest chief of staff in general hospital history, but he is also a world-champion polo player, and in his free time likes to teach orphans to sing. But the one thing he puts above all of his other work, his medicine, charity work, recreation, is your lovely daughter, for the fair Leyla has won the good doctor's heart.
Leyla: Ok. Mom, grab the monaghans. Don't you want to go say hi? I mean, they might be lost or something.
Farah: Damian, it was nice meeting you.
Leyla: Send them my love. What are you doing?
Spinelli: Did I not adequately bolster your cover story?
Leyla: No, you completely miscalculated. It's understandable because you don't know my mother, but I do, and based on what you just told her, she's probably out there announcing my engagement as we speak.
Spinelli: Oh.
[Leyla sighs]
Claudia: Evidently, it would make your girlfriend giddy with joy if I disappeared off the planet. I don't really care what floats lulu's boat, but your happiness means everything to me, Johnny, so is she right?
[Johnny sighs]
Claudia: Was I wrong to come back? Was I wrong to stay? Because I thought that's what you wanted, but if it's not, you say the word and you know you'll never see me again.
Johnny: You are being ridiculous. Why do you think that's what I want?
Claudia: I don't know. Because you want me to make peace with her or to appease her?
Johnny: Ok, you know what? You're staying here with me, right where you belong.
Claudia: Well, I guess that settles it then.
Lulu: Why are you letting her manipulate you?
Johnny: Oh, my god! Enough! The two of you can't stand each other, I get it. But you are going to have to learn how to coexist because both of you are in my life and you're not going anywhere. You can drive my to the damn loony bin every time you are in the room with each other, clawing at each other's throats, or you can show some respect and restraint and avoid each other if it's that difficult to geat along.
Claudia: Yeah, it is, so I'm out.
Lulu: Johnny, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fight with Claudia in front of you or make you feel like you had to choose. That's not what I meant. But you need to get a grip on this denial and start to deal with this weird power that your sister has over you, because if you don't, we're not going to stand a chance.
Jason: You know this guy who's covering Mike's debts?
Max: Yeah, Bodie Sullivan.
Jason: Yeah, pull him off the street and you give him 24 hours to leave the state.
Max: And if he refuses?
Jason: That's not an option.
[Knock on door]
Lucky: I need to question you about the torching of Anthony Zacchara's house.
Jason: I got nothing to say.
Lucky: I know. Its just procedure. I had to ask. I'll say you offered to come downtown with your lawyer.
Jason: Thanks. Is there something else?
Lucky: Well, I haven't spoken to you since the night that Michael was shot. It's time.
Kate: Maxie, I've had a chance to reconsider my Spinelli ban.
Maxie: Spinelli's really smart. It's probably a good idea to keep him around.
Kate: Yes, his computer savvy is definitely an asset. My concern is he's a huge distraction to my assistants, not to mention he annoys Sonny.
Maxie: With all due respect to Sonny's grieving process, he was way out of line when he rammed Spinelli's head into that wall.
Kate: I know, Maxie, and I told him as much. I am hopeful that as Sonny's life continues to calm down and he deals with Michael's tragedy, that he will be more tolerant of Spinelli. But in the meantime, I will grant your friend access to the office, with the caveat being he avoids Sonny at all costs.
Kate: Excuse me.
Sonny: Hi.
Kate: Sonny. Oh.
Jun 9, 2008 08:44
Nadine: So what do you think?
Nikolas: This is why you dragged me out of Windermere in the middle of the night?
Nadine: I guess it's not much on first sight. But I always pass this place on my way to work and it struck me for some reason. Location is everything, right? And you can't beat this. I mean, a block from the hospital, smack dab in the middle of a lively community.
Nikolas: "Lively" -- I guess that's as good a word as any.
Nadine: It's a neighborhood in transition. The developers are buying places left and right. And in a year or two, this will be one of those live-work-shop type of communities. And I know the building doesn't look like much now, but with a little time and money, both of which you have in abundance, the clinic can be something not only vital to the community, but a place that people don't have to be ashamed to enter.
Nikolas: I don't know. I guess I could call a realtor and have them show us the property, get some information on construction zoning, things like that.
Nadine: The lock's broken.
Nikolas: Probably because vagrants live in there.
Nadine: Doesn't look like anyone's inside. Why wait for some stuffy old appointment? Let's check it out now. Come on.
Spinelli: Once again the Jackal's social ineptitude has blown up in another beautiful face.
Leyla: Look, it's not your fault. I should have just been honest with my mother and told her I'm not seeing anyone, let alone a nice Persian doctor.
Spinelli: You explained the ruse, but never the reason. I mean, why would you feel compelled to lie to your mother? Leyla: I come from a traditional family. My mom's proud of my accomplishments, but she firmly believes that a woman should be married by the ripe old age of 21. Preferably to another Persian. And that that happily newly-formed couple should immediately embark upon the task of baby making. I'm exhausted of having to explain to her that I'm just not ready for that. Of seeing the disappointment on her face. She thinks I'm a coward. I probably am.
Spinelli: No one would ever mistake you for cowardly. I mean, you -- you are the beautiful, brave one. You took a bullet for one of your coworkers. That is the opposite of cowardice.
Leyla: I knew that bullet was a lot easier to confront than my mother's shattered dreams.
Spinelli: Respectfully submitted, you are under no obligation to live your life according to someone else's expectations, not even your most-loved maternal unit.
Leyla: Maybe I should just tell her that there is no Leo in the picture, only she'd drag me outside and introduce me to every Persian bachelor between the ages of 15 and 70.
Spinelli: Everyone would fall at your feet. For you are without question the fairest lady here.
Leyla: Do you want to know something? You're the perfect date.
Spinelli: Me?
Leyla: Yeah. There's really no one else I'd rather be with tonight.
Kate: Maxie, we're done for the evening.
Maxie: Hi.
Sonny: I'm sorry. I didn't know -- I thought -
Maxie: That's clear. I'm about to disappear. I don't want to make anyone mad. When you wake up, your PDA will be waiting for you, fully functional. Bye.
Sonny: You could have said something. I didn't -- you know -- I should have known, you could have been, you know, working at home, but I didn't think -
Kate: Well, after I dropped mike off at Kelly's, I just didn't feel like going back to the office.
Sonny: Mike called you?
Kate: Mm-hmm. I didn't mind, Sonny. You know we both have something in common -- we're both worried about you.
Sonny: Well, I'm not the one who got his ass kicked.
Kate: No, but your son was shot and your father being beaten could stir up feelings of helplessness.
Sonny: I don't want to -- listen to me. I do not want to examine feelings. I just want you.
Lucky: The way that you reacted the night Michael got shot, it made me realize... you and me and Elizabeth, we all want the same thing. We want that… Jake to have a happy, safe life. I love Jake. I love Jake with all my heart. I worry about him. And I feel joy when he smiles at me. I look forward to knowing that I can be a part of everything he can be. What you did was a huge sacrifice. I just wanted you to know that I'll never dishonor that.
Jason: Thank you.
[Door closes]
Johnny: You just really pissed me off.
Lulu: No kidding.
Johnny: Not just for fighting with my sister, but you implied that I'm some kind of puppet.
Lulu: I'm sorry. That is not what I mean. It's Claudia that -- she's pissing me off.
Johnny: You don't know the first thing about her. Lulu, she's been through hell.
[Lulu sighs]
Johnny: Claudia was banished from here when she was 16 years old, ripped away from her family, from everything that she knew from her home. Nobody checked on her. It was like she never existed. Do you think that was easy? Lulu: I'm sure it wasn't.
Johnny: Ok, but Claudia pulled through. She dealt with the blows like the survivor that she is. And her love for me, her determination to protect me against our father never wavered. I love my sister. And that's not going to change. And I just wish you could find some compassion in your heart for her.
Lulu: Ok. I respect your loyalty for Claudia. I understand it. I feel the same way about my family. Right or wrong, we back each other. That is why I am so protective over Nikolas. He lost the love of his life. It's like an open wound. I cannot stand to think about Claudia taking advantage of him.
Johnny: How do you know it's not the other way around?
Lucky: Grr! Whose good-looking family is this?
[Elizabeth laughs]
Cameron: Yours.
Lucky: That's right. Why don't we go get us some hamburger and fries?
Elizabeth: Ok. Hey, Cameron, what do you say to daddy for taking us out to dinner?
Cameron: Thank you, daddy.
Lucky: You got it.
Elizabeth: That's right.
Jason: How are you doing?
Mike: A little battered, a little bruised. I tried to get some rest, but that didn't happen so I thought a change of scenery might help.
Jason: Yeah, I just wanted to let you know that Sullivan -- he's been handled. He's leaving town.
Mike: Ok. Well, good riddance. That guy was a dirt bag. But, Jason, let's be honest. I did welch on that loan.
Jason: Right.
Mike: But, damn it, I couldn't go to Sonny for a bailout. Not after what happened with Michael.
Jason: You should've come to me.
Mike: Look, I thought I was safe, ok? What two-bit loan shark is going to risk everything by doing a number on Sonny Corinthos' father?
Jason: That's the problem. You need to understand something. Sonny wanted a clean break. That's the only way retirement works. That means he's got to be all the way out. And that means I can't send out any signals that make it look like he's still connected.
Sonny: Where are you going?
Kate: I'm flattered, ok, by your sudden desire for me. But I'm pretty sure it's coming from somewhere else.
Sonny: Why do we have to analyze everything?
Kate: I don't mind being used. I just want to know why.
Sonny: Why? Because I'm all over the place. I'm angry, I'm frustrated, I'm drowning in my own grief. Now it turns out I can't protect my father from that lowlife scum. That's fine. I can deal with that. It's just that...
[Sonny sighs]
Sonny: I've been hearing Michael's voice in my head over and over again saying "I love you, dad," and realizing that that was the end, right at that moment. You know what? I'm not going to dump this on you. I know you got a lot of stuff to do.
Kate: No, Sonny, no. I can't help you if I don't know what's going on. You're going to have to trust me enough to be honest with me. Can you do that?
Mac: Carly? We've gotten the reports back on Michael's shooting. Forensics, eyewitness testimony. Everything indicates that Ian Devlin acted alone.
Carly: Some doctor from General Hospital decides to shoot Sonny and Michael gets hit and that's all you know?
Mac: We've researched Devlin's past and current associations and came up with nothing that would indicate motive. Whatever the reason died with him.
Carly: Ok, so that's it?
Mac: The case is closed, Carly. It's over.
Leyla: Can this evening get any worse? I mean, I just caught this damn thing.
Spinelli: It's not as if you had a choice. The not-so-blushing bride aimed and fired directly at your upturned hand. Leyla: Don't think that my mom didn't have something to do with that.
Spinelli: It's unfortunate that you can't fully enjoy yourself at such a festive event. I wish there was something I could do to help.
Leyla: Do you really mean that?
Spinelli: Most definitely.
Leyla: Well, then dance with me. That's what I'd really like.
[Spinelli laughs]
Spinelli: Ok. You ready?
Leyla: Yeah.
Nikolas: This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I pictured this place.
Nadine: Oh, you've got to see beyond the four walls. I mean -- well, like that. Over there.
Nikolas: What? What are you doing?
Nadine: I just want to get up for a closer look.
Nikolas: Here. Careful.
[Nadine screams]
[Nikolas moans]
Nadine: Oh, God! Oh, God, please tell me you didn't hit your head.
Nikolas: [Gasping] I need air, I need a little air.
Man: Hey, freeze! Police!
Nadine: Oh.
Cop: Well, well, what do we have here?
Nikolas: I don't know what you're thinking right now.
Cop: I'm thinking you're both under arrest for breaking and entering and solicitation.
Johnny: Nikolas will not be the first grieving widower to reach out for a distraction you know, try to find a new woman, let her believe that she can heal him, when he knows very well that A: it's impossible, B: she's transitional, and C: he doesn't give a damn about her and he never will. And it doesn't have to be malicious, Lulu. It's just -- it's a product of grief.
Lulu: I think that is exactly what's happening, except Claudia is manipulating the situation, not Nikolas.
Johnny: Ok. Let's say I buy that and you're right.
Lulu: Ok.
Johnny: Nikolas is not trying to exploit Claudia. Then he'll stop pursuing her. And can stop talking about this.
Lulu: That's the best idea I've heard all night. Fighting about family is very old.
Johnny: I'd rather not fight with you at all.
Maxie: Yes, thank you for checking in, the dresses did arrive. Miss Howard is not here.
Claudia: Oh, good. I actually came to see you.
Maxie: Why?
Claudia: I've heard a few things about you. Namely, that you're friendly with my brother. And you can't stand Lulu Spencer.
Maxie: Well, that's true, but I can't imagine why you would care.
Claudia: Well, I'm just guessing you could always use extra cash. Am I right?
Maxie: I'm listening.
Claudia: I will pay you $10,000 to seduce my brother John. I'll give you $20,000 if you can get lulu to catch you in the act.
Jason: Mike, I did not ask for this job. Sonny insisted I take it, which means I have to make the decisions, and one of them was to keep Sonny untouched.
Mike: I understand. My son's fresh start won't be sabotaged by my screwing up, ok?
Jason: If you're threatened by anybody else, you just come -
Mike: Yeah, ok -- a bad debt or whatever, I'm sure I'll let you know.
Jason: Ok, and if you need money, all you have to do is ask.
Mike: Maybe. But maybe I finally learned my lesson. Ok?
Jason: All right. Take care.
Mike: Jason, a little unasked for advice, ok? Learn from Sonny's mistakes. Isolate yourself. And don't pull innocent people into the line of fire.
Jason: I won't.
Jason: Hey, what's going on? Where's your -
Lucky: Come on, Cam, let's get some fries.
Jason: Cam almost ran into me.
Elizabeth: It's after-daycare energy.
Jason: I remember.
Elizabeth: I should go inside. (Jason grabs onto Elizabeth's wrist before she goes into Kelly's. She looks back at him and they both stare into each other's eyes for a moment.)
Mac: I know how rough this is, facing it all over again.
Carly: You're just doing your job.
Mac: I wish there was more I could do, more I could tell you.
Carly: As I understand it, Sonny saw the rifle. When Ian Devlin raised the gun to fire, he pushed Kate out of the way, and the bullet ricocheted and hit Michael.
Mac: That matches our findings.
Carly: Ok, so what if Sonny would've shielded Michael instead of Kate? Would Michael have been saved?
Mac: If Sonny had moved the other way, it may have drawn gunfire closer to Michael.
Carly: Ok, yeah, but the bullet could have missed them both, right?
Mac: There's no way to tell.
Carly: Come on. Off the record. You have to have a gut instinct or an opinion or something.
Mac: Carly, Carly... I don't have the answer you want, because there isn't one. After Georgia was murdered, I spent hours rereading the file, going over all the reports. I kept trying to tell myself I was looking for the killer. I was just looking for an answer. Why? You can make yourself crazy trying to make sense of it...That a young life was cut short, that your child was taken. People talking about finding peace. I haven't found it. I just think about the way Georgia lived. I think about her smile.
Carly: Thank you. I appreciate all the work you' done to help Michael.
Mac: I'm sorry.
Sonny: When I chose to get out of the business, it was all about protecting my children, making amends for Michael by giving up the fee that took him. The life that gave me power and that I loved.
Kate: Right, it's like penance. It's not a sacrifice unless it means something.
Sonny: Absolutely. But, I want to focus on the future. A new life that gives me legitimacy and safety. But, my instincts, everything I know, ties me back to the old one. And I'm not going to lie to you -- watching Jason in charge, knowing that he's making mistakes. I disagree with his mistakes -
Kate: Ok, Sonny, so what am I hearing? Do you want to go back to the organization?
Sonny: Would you stay with me if I did?
>> On the next "general hospital" -
Maxie: Lulu definitely deserves this. Kate: My career choices never cost me someone I love.
Alexis: It's only a matter of time before they get back together.
Carly: Your brand new love with Kate didn't stop you from wanting me?
Jun 10, 2008 05:07
Maxie: Hmm, well, I slept with Lulu's last boyfriend. I guess you heard. Claudia: I didn't, but that's fabulous. Something told me that you wouldn't have a problem with this.
Maxie: Seducing Logan Hayes was not a challenge. He's a typical guy, but Johnny, I don't have to tell you -- we're talking about your brother.
Claudia: Johnny's a teddy bear and, no, we're not talking about my brother. We are talking about $10,000. We are talking about $20,000 if you pull this off and Lulu catches you. Maxie, it's just sex, right? And you know what I heard? I heard she's messing with your career. You pull this off; she's not going to want to work here anymore.
Lulu: I'm here, finally. Stop calling me over and over. Oh, thanks.
[Lulu giggles]
Jax: Hey.
Alexis: Hey. I'm going to shamelessly take advantage of our friendship right now, if that's ok with you.
Jax: Thanks for the heads up. Whatever it is, you know I'll help if I can.
Alexis: I thought about this, so I'm just trying to come to some peace about it and I really don't want it to -
Jax: It's me, Alexis. You don't have to dress it up.
Alexis: When you told me that you were going to try to get sonny to give up custody of Morgan, I thought it would be a disaster of huge proportions, and it wasn't and I was wrong -
Jax: Ok, could you just tell me what you want?
Alexis: Help me convince sonny to give up Kristina.
Kate: I love you and I think I'm managing to figure out what it means to be a part of your life, but I'm not going to lie. I was relieved when you walked away from the mob because I know what a big step that was for you, sonny. It was huge and it was complicated and you did not take it lightly. But for you to just give in and go right back to the life -
Sonny: Ok, wait, wait, wait. What if I say it was not -- it wouldn't be like giving in, all right? It would be like taking back what's mine.
Maxie: I really don't even know why you bothered to come back.
Lulu: Because you leave me 900 screaming messages on my voicemail?
Maxie: And here you are after all the work is done -- surprise.
Lulu: Like you can handle it all on your own.
Maxie: Somehow, I managed to get through the day without out you, so why don't you just take your boyfriend and go? I'm sure there're a bunch of other things Johnny would rather be doing, like folding some socks or talking to an insurance salesman. Anything has to better than listening to lulu whine and complain.
Johnny: I told Lulu I'd stick around until she's finished.
Lulu: So I don't have to listen to you whine and complain tomorrow.
Maxie: Finish with what?
Lulu: Kate's emails.
Maxie: Oh, going through all the spam? I can take care of that.
Lulu: No, setting up Kate's schedule -
Maxie: I'll handle it.
Lulu: Looking over feature articles. That would require you to know how to read. You can match the pictures to the stories.
Maxie: Because you can't even match your blouse to your pants? No, that would require you having an ounce of taste. Tell me again why you want a career in a field for which you have no talent? I'm sure Johnny has a couple of other things he would rather be doing.
Johnny: I don't mind hanging out.
Maxie: Really? Then there's something that you could do for me.
Leyla: You must've taken dance lessons.
Spinelli: Uh, an online social dancing tutorial.
Leyla: How does one learn to dance online?
Spinelli: Well, I think I function best in the virtual world.
Leyla: You're functioning quite well right now.
Spinelli: I attributed that to your grace and skill.
Leyla: You're the one who's leading.
Spinelli: I am?
Leyla: Yes.
Spinelli: I was -- I was most certain it was you.
Leyla: It's all you. Show me what you've got.
Spinelli: Ok.
[Leyla squeals]
Spinelli: Oh -- oh, gosh, um, humble apologies. I must've lost sight of our trajectory.
Woman: Clearly.
Spinelli: I was -- I was just so focused on the austenian one.
Man: Austenian?
Spinelli: As in Jane Austen. I -- that is, the plucky heroines of whom she wrote.
Woman: I came to tell you that they're about to cut the cake, but I can see why you're hiding your date out here. This guy's a disaster.
Alexis: What happened to Michael is my worst nightmare. You know that. It's what I've feared since the day Kristina was born, that one of his children would end up as casualty.
Jax: Sure.
Alexis: That's why I want full custody. It's why I wanted full custody. It's not out of spite.
Jax: No, nobody thought that.
Alexis: Carly did. Carly was shouting it from the rooftops. Her outrage and fury knew no bounds, that I would have the gall to want to separate a father from his child.
Jax: She sees things differently now.
Alexis: Well, I'm afraid that sonny wouldn't agree with you.
Jax: What makes you say that?
Alexis: Because as soon as I found out that he gave up custody of the boys, I went over to his house and asked that he do the same thing for Kristina and he refused.
Jax: Maybe it was just bad timing. I mean, he'd just signed away most of his life -
Alexis: He's not worried about anything that he signed. He thinks this whole thing is just temporary. He thinks Carly just did this to punish him, and that as soon as she calms down, they'll be one big happy mob family.
Jax: Perhaps sonny needed to tell himself that to go through with it, but it's not true. Michael and Morgan are out of sonny's life for good.
Alexis: Sonny needs to make this break with Kristina.
Sonny: How did you feel when you were fired from couture?
Kate: I was devastated.
Sonny: Mm-hmm.
Kate: I was more than devastated, I felt hollow. I felt like my identity had been completely stripped, and I know that's shallow.
Sonny: Why?
Kate: Because, sonny -- because our jobs shouldn't identify us any more than our cars.
Sonny: You -- you earned it. Nobody handed it to you. You -- you set a goal and you achieved it. If that -- if that doesn't, you know, define who you are, what -- what does?
Kate: All right, then I guess I'm not really in a position to judge, right?
Sonny: No, I guess not.
Kate: Because what did I do?
Sonny: What?
Kate: I went out and started a magazine.
Sonny: Oh, ok.
Kate: I guess that sums up my personal self-awareness, right?
Sonny: Right.
Kate: I liked it. I liked the power. I liked walking into a room knowing I commanded that kind of respect.
Sonny: You mean fear. And when it was gone, you missed it.
Kate: Yeah.
Sonny: Right and you weren't quite sure who you were without it.
Kate: Yeah, but sonny, it's not the same thing.
Sonny: It is the same thing.
Kate: No, it's not. My career choices never cost me someone I love.
Carly: Hey.
Carly: I just came from seeing Mac about Michael's shooting.
Jax: Is there anymore news?
Carly: The case is closed. I'm surprised Alexis didn't tell you. She had to sign off on it.
Alexis: Carly, Mac and his men have taken the evidence as far as it can go. I had to sign off on the case, but I will never, ever give up on it. And I am hoping that at some point some good will come out of this.
Carly: My son's in a permanent coma.
Alexis: But Morgan is safe. You're keeping Morgan safe. You're doing the right thing. Jax: You know, Alexis and I were just discussing the fact that sonny has an obligation to protect all his children. Perhaps you could appeal to him to act in Kristina's best interests as well.
Carly: Sonny didn't give up Morgan out of the goodness of his heart. Jason agreed to take over the business so sonny can just walk away from the mess. The price he paid was giving up Michael and Morgan.
Alexis: So you're suggesting that I appeal to Jason?
Carly: No, he doesn't have anything left to trade, Alexis.
Alexis: Carly, you can help me. I know you can, because you're the only one that can convince him -- Carly: I'm not married to Sonny anymore.
Alexis: It doesn't matter.
Jax: Alexis -
Carly: He hates me, ok?
Alexis: Carly, please, I'm asking you to help me. I'll get down on my knees if you want me to.
Carly: I'm sorry, Alexis.
Alexis: She's not going to help. Nobody's going to help. He -- he wins. He -- he said that she's only keeping Morgan away because she wants to punish him, but he's going to get what he wants. So if I were you, I'd be a little concerned, because if he wants her back, he'll get her and then they'll get Morgan and then they'll put him -
Jax: Alexis, please, stop.
Alexis: In the line of fire. I'm not letting this happen to Kristina.
Carly: Get out. Alexis: I will not let it happen. I'm going to keep her out of this sick, twisted mess one way or the other.
Sonny: All right, you're right. The respect, the power, they're -- they were all a part of me, and I'm not sure who I am without that.
Kate: But you can be the same man. Sonny: Yes -
Kate: You can command the same amount of respect. Look at Jax. Look at Nikolas Cassadine.
Sonny: Jax was rich before, you know, before he turned 18 and Nikolas was born to it. So, I mean, they're both members of the club -
Kate: Yeah, right, and they're both envious of you. Oh, they'd rather cut their tongues out than admit it, sonny. You didn't have a trust fund to fall back on.
Sonny: No.
Kate: You made everything that you have. Do you want to know the dirty little secret about that club? Nobody cares where the money comes from.
Sonny: Well, that's a bit cynical.
Kate: They're my people. Apparently, all I aspire to be.
Sonny: Be careful what you wish for.
Kate: Look, the coffee business was just supposed to be a front, right?
Kate: But you used to joke about how well it was doing, how it could be your main source of income. Well, this is your chance to see if that can happen.
Sonny: I know this transition is not going to be easy. When Mike got roughed up by that loan shark, my -- my instinct kicked in. You know what I wanted to do? I wanted -- I wanted to beat that guy down -
Kate: Ok, I -- I am -- I am not fooling myself about this transition either, Sonny. But you need to remember why you walked away from the violence, why you walked away from the mob.
Sonny: All right. You've given me something to think about.
Kate: Well, here's one more thing to think about.
Sonny: Hey, I'll see you, ok?
Mayor Floyd: This department has become a joke and you've turned me into a walking punch line.
Mac: Nobody reads the newspapers anymore.
Mayor Floyd: Oh, really? 800 calls to my office today.
Mac: Well, why don't you go answer them? Go make a speech, mayor, all right? Go scrape some mud off your face and fling it at someone else. I'm not here to kiss your ass -
Mayor Floyd: Organized crime is taking over this town and the criminals are laughing at you.
Mac: Sonny Corinthos isn't laughing. His son is in a coma with a bullet hole in his head.
Mayor Floyd: And did we arrest the shooter? Did we see that he was tried and convicted by the agents of justice? No, Ian Devlin was gunned down by a known hit man.
Mac: Ian Devlin was about to kill the only daughter I have left when Morgan shot him. So you know what? I'm not all that upset about it.
Mayor Floyd: Well, if I were you, commissioner, I would start to get a little upset. I would start by making some high profile arrests, something to show the people of this city that it's not the Wild West, and that they don't have to live in fear.
Mac: Something that would make a good sound byte?
Mayor Floyd: I was elected as a law and order mayor, and I would like some damn law and order! You idiot. Do you realize that that's Nikolas Cassadine?
Leyla: So my date's not up to your high standards, like your fiancée. Oh, that's right. He hasn't proposed.
[Woman chuckles]
Woman: Your mother is in there telling everybody you're practically engaged to some Persian doctor you work with. If this is the best you can do, you better stop her from embarrassing herself.
Spinelli: My inadequacies as an escort are becoming more apparent with every passing moment.
Leyla: What are you talking about? I'm having a wonderful time. Jhila's just jealous. Our mothers are friends, so they brag about us to each other. Makes us rivals somehow, you know? Look, she's in there having a miserable time because she can't get her boyfriend to commit. And I'm out here dancing with a wonderful, charming, intelligent man.
Maxie: Well, if you're going to insist on hanging around, I'm going to have to put you to work.
Johnny: Since I've got such a great knowledge of the fashion industry?
Maxie: It's not your brains I'm interested in. Kate made me promise to put these sample handbags back, and I can't quite reach the shelf. I'm going to need you to give me a boost.
Lulu: You aren't serious.
Maxie: Could you just give me a lift?
Johnny: I could just put them up there for you.
Lulu: Better yet, why don't you give up your transparent attempts to hit on Johnny?
Maxie: See what I mean about Lulu being pathetic? All I asked Johnny to do was a simple favor for me. You don't have to get all threatened.
[Elevator doors open]
Lulu: May I help you? Who was that?
Maxie: I have no idea. We're located in a hotel, you guys. People are always stopping by on accident.
Leyla: That was a lovely reception, mom.
Farah: Too bad you spent most of it out here with your friend. Thank you for escorting my daughter. And I look forward to meeting your boyfriend soon.
Leyla: God, go ahead, say it. I'm a coward. I wanted to tell her, but I just don't want to disappoint her tonight. I'll tell her I'm not seeing Leo -- eventually. I want to thank you for a lovely evening.
Spinelli: Well, my evenings are usually reserved for cyber-dominance. This was a -- a welcome change.
[Spinelli chuckles]
Lloyd: It must've been some kind of wedding.
Virgil: What makes y say that?
Lloyd: Iranians, you know? They burn our flag and then they come over here and spend that oil money. Look at her. She's a good-looking terrorist.
Woman: Since everything in your father's house was destroyed in the fire, I thought a furnished place might be best. Claudia: Yeah, thankfully, the owner had decent taste. So why did he leave?
Woman: Moved in with his new wife.
Claudia: Wow, that is a great view of the metro court hotel.
Woman: The owner of this apartment is also co-owner of the metro. He was living here while it was being built, kept an eye on construction.
Claudia: I'll take it.
Woman: We haven't discussed price or lease options.
Claudia: That's ok. Don't bother me with that, I said I'll take it.
Woman: I'll draw up the papers right away, Ms. Zacchara.
Claudia: Thank you.
[Phone rings]
Claudia: Johnny, guess where I'm calling you from? Our new home.
Alexis: Kate, I'm sorry, I don't normally like to ask favors like this of my friends, but I really need you to talk to sonny. I need you to convince him that he's not doing what's right for Kristina.
Kate: Oh, Alexis, no, I'm sorry. I know -- I know you're doing what you think is best for Kristina, but I actually don't think that sonny should've given up Morgan. And I don't think he should give up Kristina, either.
[Alexis scoffs]
Alexis: So it's ok with you that she lives in -- in a constant threat of violence?
Kate: No, it's not. He signed over his entire criminal operation to Jason. He's a legitimate coffee importer now. Alexis: Do you honestly believe that?
Kate: Alexis, what I believe is that sonny loves his children. What I believe is that he's willing to do anything for them, including remaking his life. He signed everything away.
Alexis: Kate, do you honestly think a piece of paper is going to stop sonny from getting back what he wants?
Kate: What do you mean?
Alexis: I mean that it's just some sick and twisted dance that Carly and sonny do. It's only a matter of time before they get back together.
Kate: Oh, well, Alexis, I think you underestimate him. I think you underestimate me.
Alexis: Well, I didn't mean that. I'm sorry, I didn't. I'm just under a lot of pressure. There's a window of opportunity here where sonny is still feeling some remorse about what happened, and I know that he'll get Morgan back, but there's still a chance to save Kristina if you would agree to help.
Carly: You know, I feel sorry for Alexis. I really do. D I can see why she wants to get Kristina away from sonny, but there's nothing I can do about it. Sonny's not going to listen to me.
Jax: Yes, and Alexis is my friend the same way that Jason is your friend. But Kristina, she's been left unprotected while Morgan is now safe, and that's just not fair.
Carly: I can't force sonny to give up his daughter. It's not my problem.
Jax: But you might be able to persuade him. Look, I'm asking you to try, not as a favor to me, but as a favor from one mother to another.
Sonny: Hey, listen, can you call me as soon as you can, please? Because I need to talk to you about something, ok, Bernie? Thank you very much.
Diane: Hmm, it was my understanding that Mr. Abrams was now working exclusively for Jason.
Sonny: Yeah, well, Diane, your understanding is not really required, unless it's for legal matters.
Diane: Very well. Your copies, fully executed -
Diane: Of the order of custodial renunciation. You no longer have any legal rights or obligations to Michael or Morgan.
Sonny: Ok, thank you.
Diane: They're copies, Sonny.
Sonny: Yeah.
Diane: Destroying them may give you some sense of satisfaction, but it's not going to change the legal realties. Sonny: You think a piece of paper makes something real, Diane?
Diane: Ok, I should warn you that if you have changed your mind and you now want Michael and Morgan back, you're going to have to find yourself a new attorney.
Sonny: Why is that? Because Jason wants Carly to take my kids and -- and is now running things?
Jun 10, 2008 05:30
Mayor Floyd: This city has more mobsters than rats in a landfill, and your big bust tonight is Nikolas Cassadine? Take those handcuffs off please.
Mac: What's the charge?
Officer: Solicitation.
Nadine: There's been a misunderstanding.
Mayor Floyd: I'll say there has. This man is the single biggest taxpayer in port Charles. He generates millions for the local economy.
Mac: So the law doesn't apply?
Nadine: Look, it's my fault, ok? I talked him into it.
Nikolas: There's no use saying anything until the attorney gets here.
Nadine: Why not? They have nothing -
Officer: Because there's a prostitution ring being run out of that building. We've been staking it out for weeks. Nadine: We didn't have sex.
Officer: They were rolling around on the floor.
Nadine: Because I fell, ok? Will you just explain?
Nikolas: Because it's a waste of time.
Mayor Floyd: Oh, great. This genius has visions of Eliot Spitzer dancing around in his head.
Mac: Look, uh, just take a seat.
Leyla: You have no right to treat him this way. He's completely innocent.
Officer: He punched a guy in the face.
Leyla: Yeah, you should be giving him a medal.
Claudia: So we each have our own bedroom and we don't have to share a bathroom, which is good because I'm a very messy girl, John, very.
Johnny: It's a good space.
Claudia: Yeah, and it will be a lot better than living with daddy and wondering if he poured arsenic in my coffee on any given morning.
Johnny: I'm not going to let him hurt you.
Claudia: Thank you. What about Lulu?
Johnny: What about her?
Claudia: Come on, she was awful to me, John.
Johnny: You weren't exactly innocent, Claudia.
Claudia: Of course not, but I'm the only one who's looking out for you.
Johnny: Lulu and I are going to be together and you have to respect that. I ask the same thing of her, ok? That she respect you and understand that at the end of the day,you're the only family I've got.
Claudia: Come here. I can live with that, roomie.
Johnny: All right.
Diane: The only thing in my mind is representing you to the best of my ability.
Sonny: Even though Jason, your other client, had competing interests?
Diane: I went over the terms meticulously with you, Sonny. Sonny: Yeah, you -
Diane: I would never have allowed you to go forward with this decision -- and make no mistake, this was your decision, Sonny. Nobody forced you to do this. I would not have allowed you to sign away your parental rights to those boys if you had not understood that the decision was irrevocable.
Sonny: Ok, what if I -- what I know now is different?
Diane: Then you put me in an untenable position -- not only professionally, but personally. Because I happen to think that you made the right decision, that Morgan is safer away from you. I'm sorry.
Sonny: No, that's ok, Diane. You know, you feel what you feel. So how's Jason? Is he doing good with the business? Diane: Well, from what I understand, the transition has been relatively smooth.
Sonny: Yeah?
Diane: Certainly there are no legal problems so far. Bernie indicates that Jason has managed to reassure the South American associates. All in all, I would say it is going far better than expected. If you're worried that you've left Jason with too much to handle, it's not the case, so just relax. Enjoy your new life.
Jax: Alexis is scared for her daughter's life. She was talking out of fear.
Carly: She was trashing our marriage because I said I couldn't help her.
Jax: Come on, Carly, give me some credit. I'm not sitting around here waiting for the other shoe to drop, for you to go running back to Sonny. Alexis was out of line.
Carly: Thank you.
Jax: The way she treated you, but not what she was asking. It doesn't make sense that sonny would protect Morgan and not his daughter, and you're the only one who can make him see that.
Carly: Hey, what about Kate, you know, the new love of his life?
Jax: The two of you share two children together. I hate to admit it, but you still have a lot more influence over sonny than you know.
Carly: Ok, fine, I'll go talk to him. You know, I'm doing it for you, and I'm doing it for Kristina. You know that song? "Time in a bottle"?
Lulu: I don't care if you have to throw yourself under the wheels of that plane to keep it from taking off, make sure my package is on it.
Maxie: I would be really upset, too, if my boyfriend bailed on me with that lame excuse -- had to go look at an apartment.
Lulu: His house burned down. My whole filing system is out of order. Why can't you just stay away from my desk? Maxie: Because you only show up to work when you feel like it, and I am getting kind of sick of covering for you. Why do you even bother?
Lulu: Because I'm starting to think it's pretty cool. And I especially like the fact that it means so much to you now that your future is tied to me. So every time that you hit on Johnny, I guess I'll just have to work a little bit harder to make sure your dream is crushed.
Lulu: Kate Howard's office. Johnny! Oh, what perfect timing.
Johnny: I can see you right now. I'm calling you from my new place.
Lulu: You can see the office from your new apartment?
Leyla: Mr. Spinelli was defending my honor.
Officer: Yeah, we have another name for it -- assault.
Spinelli: The assault was on Miss Mir and her proud ancestry. She was bludgeoned with ignorance and demeaning stereotypes.
Leyla: Exactly. The man was a hateful bigot. He got what he deserved.
Nikolas: Well, good, good. I'm sure the citizens of Port Charles will now rest easy knowing that that dangerous criminal is off the streets.
Mayor Floyd: I want Mr. Cassadine released immediately.
Mac: If you'd let us do our jobs -
Leyla: You mean arresting the wrong people?
Nadine: Jumping to conclusions?
Leyla: This is absurd.
Nadine: Look, even if there had actually been a solicitation, why does he assume that Nikolas was the one paying for sex, huh? Why couldn't it have been the other way around?
Leyla: They think you are a hooker? That's ridiculous.
Nadine: It's not as bad as having some racial slur thrown at you by some ignorant jerk.
Leyla: Well, that ignorant jerk will think twice before he does it again. Spinelli knocked him out with one punch. Spinelli: Usually the jackal is somewhat inept, but this time I had right on my side.
Officer: It's still assault.
Nadine: You're not actually going to prosecute him?
Mac: You can't go around punching people, Spinelli.
Leyla: I'm the offended party here.
Mac: If the victim wants to press charges -
Leyla: Are you kidding me?
Alexis: What the hell is going on here?
Kate: Alexis paid me a visit earlier. She asked me to try to convince sonny to give up custody of Kristina.
Jax: She came to Carly, too.
Kate: Right, and Carly refused. Alexis already told me. She also told me that she believes that Carly never intended to keep the boys away from Sonny, that it was all part of their mutual dysfunction.
Jax: Oh, really? What else did she say?
Kate: Oh, that it is inevitable for Sonny and Carly to get back together.
Jax: Oh.
Kate: It's not the first time I've heard this, Jax. It's no secret that sonny and Carly have a unique attachment.
Jax: Well, unhealthy would be more accurate.
Kate: Right, the hardest kind to break. Jax, it's also no secret that you and Carly have been under a lot of stress and -- [Kate sighs]
Kate: Look, I'm asking you to be honest, for me and for yourself. If your marriage is in trouble and Carly is on her way back to sonny, we need to figure out together what we're going to do.
Carly: I thought I'd see you at the police station today.
Sonny: Yeah, I didn't pick up the message from Mac on time.
Carly: Well, in case you're wondering, the investigation into Michael's shooting has been officially closed -- Ian Devlin acted alone, Michael was hit by a ricochet bullet.
Sonny: Well, not that it matters to you, because, you know, you still think it's my fault that Michael got shot. That's why I'm not allowed to ever go anywhere near Michael or Morgan again. I don't even know why you came by to tell me that the cops closed the investigation since legally, Michael and Morgan are not my sons anymore. I signed them away, did exactly what you wanted.
Carly: Yeah, that was such a noble sacrifice.
Sonny: You don't know how hard it was for me to do that.
Carly: Oh, yeah, I know exactly what it cost you, sonny. It cost you a business that you don't want anymore. You couldn't give up Michael and Morgan for their own good. Jason had to buy their freedom by taking over when you didn't want to play mobster anymore.
Sonny: You wanted to share a life with me. You wanted me to adopt Michael. You wanted to have children together. Morgan wasn't an accident. We chose to have him. And I was a great father, for how long, how many years? You -- you were fine with it until Michael got hurt. Now I'm a monster for whatever reason.
Carly: Michael was shot.
Sonny: I know he was.
Carly: He was shot by someone who was trying to kill you. And if it didn't happen that night in the warehouse, it was going to happen another time. That's what I did Sonny. I loved you so much I ignored the danger.
Sonny: It's not love to take my children from me. It's not love to back me into a corner where I, you know, I can't have a life or a future unless I sign away my sons. What you did was -- you know what, that was one thing, but what Jason did is unforgivable. He backed you and gave you the power to take away my sons. That's unforgivable.
Carly: He did it because I was going to take Morgan and run.
Sonny: You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking that you didn't want to run, you just lied to Jason to scare him into doing what you wanted.
Carly: Yeah -- I was walking out the door.
Sonny: What, so he could stop you? That's the same game you always play. But see, he's blind to you. I'm not. You will always lie. You will always screw with somebody's emotions to get what you want. And right now, what you want is revenge on me.
Carly: Right, because you're the victim. You always have been. You never wanted me, huh? You never married me? You never lied or tricked me or kept dragging me back? "It was all Carly's fault." Just like that ride back from New York. You didn't mean to have sex with me. You were in a vulnerable position and I took advantage of you, trying to take your kids from you.
Sonny: You knew exactly what you were doing.
Carly: Yeah, you know what? So did you. And that's what you are so mad about, that your brand new shiny love with Kate didn't stop you from wanting me. Guess what, Sonny? It never will.
Alexis: I want the charges against all of them dropped. Immediately, they are to be released.
Mac: If the D.A. Is satisfied, who am I to argue?
Leyla: Thank you, Ms. Davis, for bringing some common sense to bear.
Alexis: It's fear. They're scared of me.
Mayor Floyd: Mr. Cassadine, I would like to offer my apology for the actions of this overzealous officer.
Nikolas: She's the one you need to apologize to.
Mayor Floyd: Ms. Crowell, the very thought that anyone would pay to have sex with you is absolutely -- I'm sorry, what I really meant to say was that -
Nadine: All has been forgotten, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Floyd: Thank you.
Nikolas: You're such a liar. You're actually offended that they didn't bust me for being a gigolo.
Nadine: No, I just -- it's just frustrating that some stereotypes just won't die.
Nikolas: Yeah, well I'm sure you're too busy campaigning for equal rights to help out with the clinic now, huh? Because you were right, that building was the perfect spot. It's too bad.
Nadine: And I am going to help you turn it into a huge success.
Nikolas: Ok, let's get out of here.
Spinelli: I'm sorry our lovely evening had such an unfavorable end.
Leyla: Are you kidding? I'll never forget what you did tonight. It was genuinely heroic.
Spinelli: That's a word rarely associated with the jackal, like, never.
Leyla: Well, it does now, Mr. Spinelli. You're my hero.
Claudia: Proximity breeds opportunity. There are all kinds of ways that I can put you near john. And I think you are just the woman to break the hold that lulu has on him.
Maxie: You know what? Lulu definitely deserves this.
Claudia: Mm-hmm.
Maxie: And I could use the money, so $10,000 if I sleep with Johnny and another 10 if lulu walks in?
Claudia: You've got a deal.
Maxie: This is going to be so much fun. Johnny: So?
Lulu: So it's, uh, big. It's gorgeous. It's got an amazing view, I mean, what's there not to like? Except for the fact that your sister lives here. Maybe she could, um, find her own apartment.
Johnny: Claudia and I need each other, lulu. It takes both of us to team up against our father. I know you don't like it, but its part of who I am. Besides, we have our own privacy. It's got to be better than that garden shed, huh?
Lulu: Oh, I don't know. I kind of liked the garden shed.
Jax: I know all too well about the push-pull between sonny and Carly, believe me, I've been in the middle of it. Carly's finally made a break, ok? She would never go back to Sonny.
Kate: And you want to believe that?
Jax: Well, she's my wife, I have to believe that. Otherwise, this marriage would already be over. Look, what happened to Michael broke whatever bond was left between them. I think it's a mistake to be with sonny, but you don't have to worry about Carly, ok? She's no longer in the way.
Sonny: Get out, Carly.
Carly: No, not until I say what I came here to say.
Carly: Alexis wants you to give up Kristina, and I am here asking you to do that.
Sonny: Do me a favor -- tell Alexis that I'm not doing it, you know, I'm not going to sign over any rights or whatever -
Carly: Ok, so what if Kate asked you to? Because you know that's where this is going. And Kate brings out the best in you, right? A brand new Sonny. Kind, respectable,Sonny.
Sonny: Kate doesn't want me to give up my kids. She thinks I'm a good father.
Carly: You know, you used to be honest about yourself.
Carly: You used to see your flaws, your anger, your ambition. You could take a look at all the damage you did and you could hate yourself for it, but you'd stand up and own it but not now. You're hiding. You're hiding behind Kate because Kate will tell you that what happened to Michael wasn't your fault. And you know what it was? It was your fault and it was my fault.
Sonny: You finished?
Carly: You know what? I shouldn't care about what's happening in your life right now. I shouldn't care that you're living this fantasy world of coffee importer and dating Kate Howard. But for the sake of the boys, who loved you so much, this is all going to come crashing around you -
Sonny: Hold on, do me a favor -
Carly: And you're going to lose it.
Sonny: Do me a favor -- don't mention my boys, especially after you took them from me.
Carly: Oh, come on, you know, you know that I did the right thing. You know that I was protecting them, and even now, a part of you is happy that I am fighting for them.
Sonny: That is garbage. You are just lying to yourself all over the place.
Carly: No, there's only one liar here, and it's not me. I see right through you, Sonny, I always have. You're not the man you pretend to be with Kate. You're the man you are with me.
Spinelli: I want to be just like you.
Man: She dies, it's on you to raise the kid.
Carly: God, I'd like to make her pay and just stick it in her face.
Kate: You don't know sonny at all. Carly: Want to bet?
Jun 11, 2008 06:50
Max: Come in. Hi.
Diane: Well, hello. I'll just assume that our employer is not on the premises.
Max: You're right, Jason's not here yet.
Diane: So you're not on the clock, so to speak.
Max: Not yet.
Diane: Neither am I.
[Max chuckles]
[Diane laughs]
Max: Wait -- wait -- he's going to be back any second, though, so we should really -
Diane: Jason isn't Sonny. He has made it very clear that he respects our private lives.
Max: Oh yeah?
Diane: Mm-hmm. Oh, you.
Max: Come on.
Max: Uh...
Jason: This -- this isn't going to work.
Patrick: You're addicted, I told you.
Robin: I am not addicted.
Patrick: Ok, then what are you doing?
Robin: I'm checking my email.
Patrick: On your pregnancy blog. Still getting slagged?
Robin: Well, it's about fifty-fifty now.
Patrick: Yeah? How many hits you got?
Robin: 712.
Patrick: Hmm. Got 1150.
Robin: Liar.
Patrick: I tell you, and they're actually quite positive. Maybe it's because I'm blogging from Jake's, or maybe's just because I'm such a fun guy.
Robin: Right. Elizabeth, could you please check Patrick's blog for me, because, you know, I'm not supposed to. I think he's exaggerating just a little bit.
Elizabeth: Oh, no. I am not getting in the middle of the two of you in person or in cyberspace.
Elizabeth: Hi. How may I help you?
Man: Dr. Ford, please. My name is Curtis Reitzel.
Elizabeth: Ok, do you have an appointment?
Curtis: That would be why I'm here, yes.
Elizabeth: Well, I'll let him know you're here.
Curtis: Dr. Scorpio. Been a while.
Robin: Curtis. Curtis: Looks like you didn't need my daughter after all.
Jax: Hi.
Carly: Hi.
Jax: You left early this morning.
Carly: Yeah. Getting used to the 5:01. It's kind of nice, sort of. It's really quiet, and it gives me a time to collect my thoughts before I go visit Michael. Sometimes I even get a whole train car to myself.
Jax: Really?
Carly: Yeah.
Jax: Makes for a long day though, doesn't it?
Carly: So does your conference calls that keep you up all night long. What was that about?
Jax: Yeah, I'm sorry about that. The Sydney deal had some major issues and I didn't want to wake you when I came to bed. But I was about to call you. How did it go with Sonny?
Sonny: Hey.
Kate: Hi.
Sonny: You want some great coffee?
Kate: I do.
Sonny: All right.
Kate: But I can't start my day until I know.
Kate: Have you made a decision?
Sonny: Oh. You mean what we talked about last night.
Sonny: You know what? You don't have to worry about me ever going back to the business.
Lucky: Sam? Hey, I got your message. What's wrong?
Sam: All right. We don't have much time. Anthony Zacchara's people are going to be here in a couple hours to open up the place, so I need to know, do you know a Dr. Von Scheerman?
Lucky: Scheerman. That's my dad.
Sam: That's what I thought.
Lucky: He sent this to you?
Sam: Yes, to my email, and I have no idea how he got my address.
Lucky: "Liberate the stowaway marbles. Wheel them down to papa at the purple papoose"?
Sam: Yeah. What does it mean?
Tracy: Sam?
Sam: Tracy?
Tracy: Lucky, have you heard from your father?
Robin: You remember Curtis, don't you?
Patrick: Yes.
Robin: Father of Stacey's baby.
Patrick: Very well.
Robin: How is Rebecca doing?
Curtis: My daughter's in good heal; doing as well as can be expected after this hospital killed her mother.
Patrick: Curtis, I understand why you were upset before. Stacey had just died. But there's no excuse for treating Dr. Scorpio like that.
Curtis: She tried to steal my kid.
Patrick: Show some respect, or you can leave.
Curtis: Oh, I get it. You're the dad. You don't know what you're in for.
Elizabeth: Um, Mr. Reitzel, you are welcome to wait in Dr, Ford's office.
Curtis: He'd better have that insurance settlement check ready.
Patrick: Hedge fund market a little slow lately?
Curtis: Rebecca has a trust fund. Do you have one in place for your child? Given that you're HIV-positive, like Stacey was -
Patrick: HIV had nothing to do with Stacey's death.
Curtis: You'd better be ready regardless. She dies; it's on you to raise the kid.
Jason: I don't want to walk in on something like this again.
Max: I -- I understand.
Diane: With all due respect, I mean, the door was closed, I mean, albeit unsecured. And yes, yes, we could have been more discreet, but we are not on the clock and unlike your predecessor, you have made it clear that our personal lives are not your concern.
Jason: It is when you're in my office.
Diane: Point taken.
Max: I'm so sorry.
Jason: It's ok. You're in my office; you're on my time, Max.
Max: I don't want to let you down, boss, now more than ever. So -
Diane: You are terrific. He's terrific.
Max: Oh, let me get the schedule to the new guys.
Diane: I sincerely appreciate the way that you just handled that situation.
Jason: It's over. Let's get to work. What -- what do we need to do?
Diane: You are a joy to represent. You really are, Jason. You are calm and rational. You are clear in your expectations. I'm going to miss you.
Jason: You're not going to quit because of Max, are you?
Diane: Oh, I'm not going anywhere. But I just can't imagine that you'll be running things much longer.
Sonny: No more second thoughts, ok, about anything -- about the organization -- I'm out of the organization. Here's what I want -- here's what I want to do. I want to keep building a new life, right, that keeps everybody safe.
Sonny: Ok, what?
Kate: Last night you were so conflicted and now you're so certain. I'm just wondering what made it all click all of a sudden.
Sonny: Carly came by. It's not a big deal, ok? She came by to -- Alexis sent her to convince me to give up Kristina. Kate: Yeah, Alexis came to see me, too.
Sonny: She did? Well, she comes in, we start to fight, right, and she couldn't wait to tell me that Mac closed the investigation on Michael's shooting, and that the bullet ricocheted, and that Ian Devlin was working alone.
Kate: Well, that's good, right?
Kate: It means there's some sort of closure.
Sonny: Carly just came by to throw it in my face that my life is dangerous and, you know, whether I'm in the mob, whether I'm out of the mob -
Kate: I really hate that she does that to you, sonny.
Sonny: That was my life with Carly. Angry, frustration, chaos, a fight that never ended. We were miserable. But I just want you to know that Carly and I are finally over, done.
Carly: Going to Sonny's was a complete waste of time, just like I knew it would be. I got absolutely nowhere.
Jax: How can Sonny continue to put Kristina in danger after what happened to Michael?
Carly: Because sonny doesn't believe there's danger anymore. He thinks the whole world is safe because he's decided to live a squeaky clean life.
Jax: Thanks for trying. I really appreciate it. I'm sorry if it upset you.
Carly: Everything changed between me and sonny when Michael was shot. We don't speak the same language anymore.
Lucky: I never hear from my dad when he's on the road. You know that.
Sam: Yeah, any -- anyway, we kind of thought you were with him.
Tracy: I came back.
Lucky: Was it a little too much adventure?
Tracy: Well, actually, I had a choice. I could either join him on the pub crawl or come home. I made the more rational choice. Your father should have sobered up by now. I should have heard from him.
Sam: Why would you think that?
Tracy: I took his case of money. And according to my calculations, he's been flat broke for ten days. So if I haven't heard from him, you haven't heard from him, where is he?
Lulu: Here's the piece on organic cotton and natural dye.
Maxie: Did you check for brand placement? Kate doesn't want to run free ads.
Lulu: Yeah, yeah, I put all the brand names in bold caps.
Maxie: What are you looking at?
Lulu: Johnny moved into Jax's penthouse. He can see us from here.
Maxie: Are you sure he can see us?
Lulu: Yeah, as long as the lights are on. We did some serious spying last night.
Maxie: Really?
Lulu: Mm-hmm, yeah. We watched the janitor clean up. It was real exciting.
Maxie: Well, how cool for you, Lulu. Now you'll be able to spy on Johnny, like, 24/7.
Lulu: Yeah. I don't need to police Johnny. I know he's committed to me, which is why you should give up throwing yourself at him.
Maxie: Just being friendly.
Lulu: No, you're being desperate, either to mess with me or to get Johnny's attention, but either way, it's not going to work.
Kate: Carly, excuse me, I'd like a word.
Carly: I'm busy.
Kate: Well, I'll try to keep it brief.
Carly: Yet another reason I didn't want miss Howard or her magazine in my hotel. I guess we'll talk about this later. What is it?
Kate: Well, I would like to talk about what you did to sonny last night.
[Carly giggles]
Kate: It was wrong, Carly. It was cruel.
Carly: Poor Sonny. His ex-wife is so insensitive. Thank god he has wonderful you to protect him.
Kate: Look, Carly, I appreciate that this is a very difficult time for you. I can only imagine what it would be like to have a son in a coma.
Carly: Ok. Don't talk about Michael. You don't know what I'm feeling and you have no idea how much effort it's taking not to rip your stupid hair out of your head.
Kate: Ok, I get it, Carly. I get it. You don't like me. But do you really think that it's fair, that it's right, for you to torment Sonny just to make yourself feel better? To blame him for Michael, to force him to give up his sons, and then to continue to rail on him? Look, if you need some grief therapy, you should go get it. You should go to Jason. You should go to Jax. Just leave Sonny the hell alone.
Carly: Oh, that's what this is about. You feel threatened by me. You think I'm going to take sonny away from you. I gotta tell you, that's exactly what you deserve.
Jason: Who says I'm leaving?
Diane: Oh, no. Now don't misunderstand me. I think everyone; everyone would prefer to have you in charge. Sonny can be very difficult. Unfortunately, the organization is his life, and I just don't think he'll be able to stay away much longer. Last night, I dropped off to Sonny the final executed documents for the renunciation of parental custody. He got very upset, tore up the papers, tossed them into the trash can. I suppose it was too much to expect that he would simply pop them into the nearest filing cabinet. They do, after all, sever all ties with his sons. But it's clear that Sonny is having second thoughts.
Jason: Can you blame him?
Diane: I tried to tell him that things were running very smoothly and that's not what he wanted to hear. Sonny is addicted to the power, the mystique of being a mob kingpin, the criminal in charge. And I just don't think he's going to be able to stay away.
Spinelli: Black coffee, orange soda on the side.
Lloyd: Oh, the terrorist lover.
Spinelli: I suggest you pay for your beverage and depart.
Lloyd: You took me by surprise last night.
Spinelli: Yeah, the proverbial sucker punch, and particularly apt.
Lloyd: Are you trying to insult me?
Spinelli: Now there's a question to ponder.
Lloyd: You hang out with terrorists, you'd beer get ready for people to get angry. Tell me, do you pat her down for explosives before you take her out?
Diane: I don't know who you are, sir, but you've just made a grievous error in judgment.
Elizabeth: Robin?
Robin: Please do not tell Patrick that I'm crying. He'll flip out and overcompensate, and anyway, I'm being ridiculous.
Elizabeth: No, not at all. That guy was creepy.
Robin: I mean, I know better than anyone. I -- I'm a doctor. I know that Stacey didn't die because of HIV. She bled out because she had an erupted placenta. And I also know that HIV doesn't really cause any problems when you're pregnant, as long as you take care of yourself. But then I also think about Stacey and everything that she wanted to give her child and everything that that little girl is going to miss, you know? And it just makes me feel really selfish. Elizabeth: Why, because you want to be a mom? You know that every pregnancy involves risks.
Robin: But HIV is a chronic and potentially life-threatening disease. You know, I could develop complications at any time.
Elizabeth: Don't even talk like that.
Robin: What if I die of aids? Or what if I die of something else and my child's alone? I don't want that to happen. Diane: Mr. Spinelli is a valued employee. And my client, Mr. Morgan, has a responsibility to protect his employees and maintain his property. Now you are posing an active threat to an unarmed victim, namely, Mr. Spinelli. So deadly force would be justified and would, in fact, be defensible in a court of law.
Lloyd: Ok, look. I can explain.
Diane: Mr. Spinelli, do you still feel that your person and life are at risk?
Spinelli: Most certainly. This hostile and unpleasant, not to mention ignorant, individual poses a most threatening mien.
Lloyd: Ok, listen. I'm sorry, ok? Just don't let them kill me.
Spinelli: Apologize for insulting the fair lady I was with last night.
Lloyd: I apologize.
Spinelli: Say you were wrong.
Lloyd: I was wrong. Completely.
Spinelli: Give me all your money.
Lloyd: All right, here. Take it. All right? Take it all.
Spinelli: Donate all of this to the Red Cross, which gladly helps all people in need, regardless of race or creed.
Diane: Consider it done. And we will just be taking all of your information so that the Red Cross may give you a receipt.
Lloyd: You know you don't have to do that.
Diane: And, of course, we will be keeping a copy for our records. Very well. You can go now.
Spinelli: Most grateful thanks.
Diane: Mr. Grasshopper that was my pleasure.
Jason: Ok. Why was that guy pounding you?
Spinelli: The jackal escorted the lovely nurse Leyla Mir to a celebration at the metro court last night, where she was the target of a racial slur by that bigoted Neanderthal, and as her date and a fair-thinking member of the human race; the Jackal was compelled to defend her and felled the odious beast with a single punch.
Jason: You hit him?
Spinelli: I knocked him out.
Milo: No chance. Unless, of course, he was too drunk to duck, then, maybe, you know. If you had hit him at just the right angle -- but, Spinelli, you've got to be more careful than that. For real.
Max: Yeah, Milo's right, Spinelli. You don't go around starting fights. I mean, it's not as if you can defend yourself. Spinelli: You know, the jackal has made a concerted effort to man up and I think I'm clearly making progress.
Jason: Stop, Spinelli. Listen. Defending your date is a great thing to do, ok? But you need to be careful. If something like that happens, I want you to call me. I don't -- I don't want you to get hurt.
Kate: I'm not threatened by you.
Carly: You should be, because you don't compare on any level. Sonny and I will always be connected, and you're just a bloodless trophy.
Kate: Great. Well, I can see we're not going to get anywhere, so if you could please, please leave sonny alone.
Carly: You know what I think scares you the most? That this thing that sonny and I have, that we've always had, we felt it long before you ever came along. Sonny's hated me and loved me, sometimes both at the same time.
Kate: But he's getting on with his life.
Carly: You'll never make Sonny as happy as I did. You will never make him as miserable as I did. Hell, you can't even make him as angry as I make him right now. Because you and Sonny, you don't share anything that's lasting or deep.
Kate: He's outgrown you, Carly.
Carly: No, he hasn't. Or I wouldn't make you so insecure.
Kate: Maybe you should be insecure. You know, you're married to a wonderful husband who deserves better than you.
Carly: My marriage to Jax has nothing to do with this. You will never be enough for Sonny.
Kate: You don't know what you're talking about.
Carly: Everyone can see how weak and clingy you are. How deluded you are, by thinking that sonny's going to morph into the kind of man that you need.
Kate: It's very simple, Carly. I believe in Sonny, and I believe he's changing his life.
Carly: Sonny doesn't change. He's selfish to the bone. And sooner or later -- I'm betting sooner -- he's going to see that you're not the angel that's going to heal all his wounds. You're not the Madonna in the designer dress. See, you're a pathetic workaholic who will never satisfy him, in bed or anywhere else.
Kate: Wow. You like to consider yourself quite the expert, don't you? But for all your bravado, you don't know Sonny at all.
Carly: Want to bet? That's her fourth free sample.
Jun 11, 2008 07:19
Lucky: Tracy may not believe it, but my dad loves her. And if he isn't calling her about money, then there is a problem.
Sam: All right, well are you sure he's not just off on some bar crawl?
Lucky: Not if he's sending me messages in code through you, all right, that means he doesn't want Tracy involved and he's trying to protect her.
Sam: Ok, then what do we do?
Lucky: We find those jewels and get them to my dad.
Sam: Jewels, what jewels?
Lucky: Read the message.
Sam: "Liberate the stowaway marbles, wheel them down to papa at the purple papoose.'
Lucky: See, marbles are Spencer code for jewels. See, they're smaller and easier to transport than currency.
Sam: Oh.
Lucky: So, let's see. Wheel, wheel -- it probably means roulette table. Let's -- hey where are the marbles for the roulette boards?
Sam: A-ha. So, ah, ooh, ok, I'm impressed. All right, now what about the purple papoose?
Lucky: The purple papoose is my dad's favorite place in Mexico. Listen I better get -
Sam: No, no, no, no, no. You're not going alone. Your father sent that email to me, so obviously we're in this together.
Lucky: Are you sure?
Sam: Yes, I am sure, Mexico, here we come.
Elizabeth: Being a single mom is like walking a tightrope. You move carefully, one step at a time, and if you start to lose your balance you find your way again and then you just keep on going.
Robin: Unless you fall.
Elizabeth: No, no, you never fall; you never fall because you never, ever look down. You don't let yourself think all those terrible thoughts because then you will scare yourself into not seeing all the good things. Like the first time Cameron told me that he wanted to be a doctor. Or the first time Jake picked up his little sippy cup all by himself. Robin: See, that's the life that I want to have with my child. I want to be able to appreciate all the little things. Elizabeth: You know, stop doing this, and stop scaring yourself. It's a waste of time and energy.
Robin: When you're right, you're right. Well, I guess I need to, uh, have a will.
Elizabeth: Wow, so much for positive thinking. Ok, yeah, you should. They're not that hard to come up with.
Robin: Yeah, I should, and I should think about who I will want to raise my child if something were to happen to me. My mom's life isn't really set up for it, and I'm not so sure it would be fair to ask uncle Mac to raise yet another generation.
Elizabeth: What about Patrick? He is the father.
Robin: Patrick never wanted to be a father in the first place.
Carly: Jason, don't tell me I shouldn't be here, I just need you to calm me down.
Jason: All right, what happened?
Carly: I mean it's good that I came here instead of just going with my first impulse, right?
Jason: Yes, yes, it's good.
Carly: You know it would have been so easy, so easy. Like that, I would have had him. I mean, in two minutes, in two minutes, we were right there, we were going for it. He's deluded, he's deluded, he is clinging to the fantasy that he is going to turn in to some new man so he can be good enough for Kate. As if she is worth the time or the energy. As if she could fill sonny's bottomless pit of need and selfishness.
Jason: Ok, so you had a fight with Sonny? Carly: No, I had a fight with Kate in the lobby of the metro court. She walked up to me and she started lecturing me about my cruelty to sonny. How I need to stop, how I need to leave him alone and stop blaming him for what happened to Michael. And then, I need to go to grief counsling, grief counseling! That bitch is trying to tell me what to do with my kid. Do you know it took everything in me not to physically throw her out of my building.
Jason: I kind of wish you had.
Carly: Do you mean that?
Jason: Nah, I mean, it would cause more problems than it solved. She would have ran to Jax and Sonny would have came down on you. But you know what; it's good to see you like this, even though you're a little mad.
Carly: I'm mad; I'm mad enough to rip her hair out of her head and go have sex with Sonny, just because I can.
Kate: Mr. Corinthos, it's always a pleasure to see you, but you have no idea how busy my day is today.
Kate: Oh, my day just improved considerably.
Sonny: Let's go to the island.
[Chuckles]
Sonny: You will love the cabana, and we'll gamble we'll do all kinds of things; we'll make love on the beach.
Kate: I've been waiting for my invitation, what's your time frame?
Sonny: Now, today.
Carly: I know that having sex with Sonny wouldn't, you know, fix anything. I'm happy with Jax. I want to be happy someday. You know, it's good to have goals, right, Jason?
Jason: Yeah, yeah, it is.
Carly: You know I just miss Michael all the time. And as horrible as it is to say, I am tired of hurting and I am tired of feeling empty. It's easier to fight with Sonny; it's easier to blow my life apart because that's familiar. I know how to do that.
Jason: So it's easier to hurt yourself?
Carly: Yeah, because then I'm responsible for the pain. It doesn't come from a phone call telling me that my little boy is shot and his life is basically over. Sleeping with Sonny has familiar results. Yeah, we'll blame each other, and the accusations will go back and forth on who wanted who first. But Kate's heart would be stepped on and hopefully she'd be gone. That would be an added bonus. Jax would be devastated, but, you know, he'd have the excuse he needs to leave and Sonny and I would be back to where we know.
Jason: The problem is I just took over this business to keep you and the kids away from Sonny. So if you're having second thoughts, you need to tell me right now.
Jax: I'm delighted to have you with us.
Spinelli: Uh, greetings, white knight, ruthless corporate raider. Uh, and deepest thanks, for now the truth has been revealed.
Jax: Excuse me?
Spinelli: My real and true teacher was standing before me all along.
Jax: What teacher?
Spinelli: Now I know what makes the feminine heart race and flutter. It's no mystery -- it's you, Jasper Jacks, the epitome of all that is smooth, charming, and debonair. And I want to be just like you.
Carly: Sex with Sonny and getting back together with him are two totally different things. One's a possibility, the other will never happen.
Jason: Why?
Carly: Because Michael is in a permanent coma because I couldn't stay away from sonny. I mean, after I married Jax, I was still caught up in Sonny's life, and Michael's paid the price for it.
Jason: It's a lot more complicated than that, Carly.
Carly: I know. I know that, you know, I know that we've all made mistakes and we've all made choices -- stupid, selfish, arrogant choices. Assuming that we could keep Michael safe, assuming that the craziness and the fighting wouldn't get to him, and we were wrong. So the only thing I can change from now on is how -- how I handle things in the future.
Jason: That's exactly right.
Elizabeth: Hey.
Patrick: Hey.
Elizabeth: I don't mean to interfere.
Patrick: But?
Elizabeth: But clearly you are not thinking straight.
Patrick: Well, I'm sure you're going to tell me what I'm not thinking straight about.
Elizabeth: Do you have any idea how many parents are out there who would kill to be with their children? Men and women being shipped off to war, parents losing custody, and then there's you.
Patrick: I know.
Elizabeth: You're letting your fear win. Your fear of commitment, your fear of settling down, your fear of responsibility.
Patrick: Maybe that's not true, Elizabeth, maybe I'm just genuinely not ready to be a father. Either way, I'm giving Robin what she wants, but she won't let me close.
Elizabeth: Then figure it out, because you are giving up the opportunity, the privilege, to raise your child with the woman you love. I know men who would pay any price to have what you are throwing away.
Patrick: Robin is determined to do this on her own.
Elizabeth: It doesn't mean she wants to, it doesn't mean she has to.
Carly: Do you realize you just talked me out of having sex with Sonny?
Jason: No, I didn't.
Carly: Well, fine, you got me to talk myself out of it, which I suppose is more effective. I know that it is better for Morgan and me to stay away from Sonny, I know that. And I know I should let him live in his fantasy world with Kate, but God, I'd like to make her pay and just stick it in her face. I almost feel sorry for him, when I'm not furious with him.
Jason: Maybe Sonny has to get through this any way he can. We all do.
Jax: There's no skill involved. I enjoy the company of women, that's all.
Spinelli: Yes, as do I, but my ardor is rarely returned. And when it is, as in the case with wise Georgie, I am too blind to see what's right in front of me. But you, you're an artist; you're refined and highly skilled.
Jax: No, there's no skill involved.
Spinelli: Look, have you ever -- have you ever battled in the face of the one you love? Have you ever thought you were making progress with a fair lady only to realize that she is a courtesan or a sister of Sappho? Have you ever made a bold and fearless move, only to be accused of despoiling not a well experienced maiden but a sample of haute couture?
Jax: No, not -- I don't think so. Look, Spinelli, if you just be yourself -
Spinelli: No, no, myself isn't good enough. But my heart won't give up, it won't understand why everyone else can have love except I, the Jackal.
Jax: Are you in love with anyone in particular?
Spinelli: Indeed, but she can't see it. Even though I would make any sacrifice to be with her, I would gladly change any part of my life to win her favor. If I could just, if I could just transform to be the kind of man that she desires, I would -- I would willingly give up all that I am to become who she wants me to be.
Jax: All right, all right, I'll help.
Spinelli: Huzzah.
Jax: Ok, don't use that word.
Jax: Ok, and another thing you need to know -- above all else, love's a gamble.
Carly: You're still so loyal to Sonny, after the way he treated you.
Jason: Well, we'd been friends a long time.
Carly: You know, last night, when we were fighting and I told him how I almost ran away with Morgan and he said I was lying, that I was just jerking you around trying to get you to do what I wanted you to do... that's what Sonny thinks about you and me.
Jason: Well, however it happened, he signed his kids away, he's going to feel like we betrayed him.
Carly: Do you regret it?
Jason: I'd do it again.
Sonny: Listen. [Clears throat] We will leave right now, right? Staff will have everything ready; you don't have to worry about clothes because you won't have any on.
Kate: Sonny, I can't just vanish. I'm about to launch a major American fashion magazine.
Sonny: Listen to me, ok? We'll go swimming and do whatever you want to do, make love under the stars. What do you think? Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go, come on.
Kate: People are depending on me, Sonny. I have a conference call with Warren and Giselle.
Sonny: You can take that on the island.
Kate: It's in five minutes. I have a six-page promo spread in "couture," and I've barely even begun. I'm gonna be lucky if I get out of here by midnight. But the thought of you and me under the stars -
Sonny: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Kate: Is going to get me through the rest of the afternoon. But everything I have, Sonny, is literally on the line right now.
Sonny: I understand. [Clears throat loudly]
Kate: Ok, can we take a rain check?
Sonny: Yeah, yeah, sure, any time you want.
Kate: Sonny?
Kate: I'm going to come up with some dates really soon.
Sonny: Ok, don't worry about it.
Kate: I'm sorry.
Sonny: Hey, you're going after, you know, your dream. I respect that.
[Sonny laughs]
Jason: Sonny thinks he can have a new life. Maybe he can, but his kids still need to be protected. That's why I took over the business, Carly, to keep you guys safe.
Carly: Alexis started all this, you know. She wants sonny to give up Kristina -- and he won't. So Alexis went to Jax, and Jax came to me and he asked me to talk to Sonny. I don't know if it's sweet, or naive, that Jax don't realize by now what sonny and I do to each other. You know, how dangerous it is to put us in the same room when we are this angry and hurt over what happened to Michael. And the thing is, as furious as I am at him and how much I regret ever being with him, he's still Michael's father, you know. We share so many memories, Michael's whole life. Sonny is the only person who understands how bad it hurts to lose my little boy.
Jax: You have to treat love like a game.
Kate: Dear God.
Claudia: We meet again.
Robin: Elizabeth could not be more wrong. I am doing this all on my own.
Robin's voice: Got everything under control.
Jun 12, 2008 05:53
Elizabeth: Robin is having your child. That is not something you can hide from any more than you can ignore it. Patrick, you are going to be a father whether you are ready or not.
Patrick: Elizabeth, robin is the one determined to do this on her own.
Elizabeth: Because she doesn't want to pressure you. That doesn't mean she doesn't want you to be a part of the baby's life. Trust me. If you give up this chance to raise your child, you will always regret it.
Robin: You know, Elizabeth is just trying to help, but she could not be more wrong.
Croupier: Sorry, guys. We don't open until six.
Jax: Oh, I'm here to meet my friend at the private tutorial. I'm jasper jacks. I called ahead. Croupier: Of course, Mr. Jacks. What can I start you with?
Jax: Let's start with 10,000. Pick a number.
Spinelli: Um, given that the jackal's gaming experience has been mostly of a virtual nature, perhaps we should go over the fundamentals prior to placing any actual bets of monetary value.
Jax: First rule in gambling -- if you can't afford to lose, you shouldn't play, and that's exactly how you have to act. Even if it's not true. Now pick a number.
Spinelli: Yes, the jackal has more to learn than he thought.
Nikolas: So I'd like the clinic to be as welcoming as possible. Medically efficient, of course. Just -- just without that cold, sterile look of a hospital, you know?
Architect: Oh, the aesthetics won't be a problem, although passing the inspection might. Going to take a lot of work to get this building up to code. I'll call a contractor and get him to pull some permits.
Nikolas: Ok.
Nadine: You just can't stay out of trouble, can you? One breaking and entering arrest wasn't enough?
Claudia: What time did she leave this morning, your little friend?
Johnny: I'm not getting into this with you.
Claudia: Come on, John. It's a simple question.
Johnny: You're trying to pick a fight.
Claudia: No, I'm not. I'm trying to avoid a fight, actually. Listen, the last thing I want to do is stumble over lulu coming out of your bedroom in the morning.
[Door knock]
Anthony: Ta-da! Aren't you going to invite me in?
Robin: Elizabeth, you have been such a good friend to me during my pregnancy, such an incredible resource, answering all my questions, offering advice. And it's a comfort to me to know that, you know, you are my friend, and you are a single mother, and you have a career, and you have a family. You have it all. And of course, as a single mother, you are entitled to your own opinion as far as how much a father should contribute to his child's life, but what you have to understand is that these are Elizabeth's feelings, not mine. I am perfectly capable of doing this all on my own.
Elizabeth: The point is you don't have to.
Robin: Look, I really do appreciate what you're trying to do, but it's not necessary. I'm excited about being a single mother. I mean, I'm looking forward to it, all of it. So at least don't feel like you have to step up and get involved. You're under no obligation here. I've got everything under control.
Patrick: Who are you trying to convince?
Nadine: You bought the building already?
Nikolas: I want to get this clinic up and running as soon as possible. I already hired an architect. He's going over the space as we speak.
Nadine: Wow. When you said you wanted to start a clinic, I figured a couple months, next year, maybe. I had no idea you could be so -
Nikolas: What, decisive?
Nadine: Well, you did go back and forth for a few weeks about whether or not to have the surgery, so -
Nikolas: I know, I know. Extraordinary circumstances. However, I had to choose between my life and the love of my life, so -
Nadine: Well, at least the idea of her.
Nikolas: See, I already told you she was real to me. I could see her, speak to her. I just -- I just knew that if I had the surgery, that I would lose her. That's why I vacillated the way I did. So, you see my customary approach to obstacles, right? If I decide I want something, I want it to happen immediately.
Nadine: Well, some people would call that spoiled, but I guess that's just all part of being a prince, people falling all over themselves to do whatever you want.
Nikolas: Oh, people do not fall all over themselves. Come on.
Architect: Mr. Cassadine.
Nikolas: Yes?
Architect: Permits are being filed as we speak.
Architect: Now, normally it takes a few weeks to get approval from the city, but I think in your case, they'll make an exception.
Nikolas: Right, of course. I'm -- I'm sorry. This is Nadine Crowell. She's consulting with me on the project.
Nadine: Hi, nice to meet you.
Nikolas: Her opinion is -- it's very important to me. Whatever she wants for this clinic, just make sure it's taken care of, ok?
Lulu: Jensen thinks we should run the interview with Keira knightly.
Kate: Well, clearly Jensen's not paid to think, because if he was, he'd know that was a bad idea. Why would I run a cover story in a competing magazine? Why would I give Giselle the exclusive?
Maxie: You wouldn't, which is why Oliver suggested we run something completely different, give the readers a feel for what "Crimson" really is without giving up anything from our debut issue.
Kate: Thank you, Maxie. That would be my preference, but since we don't have a photographer, I fail to see how that's an option. Girls, we need something fresh. We need something truly original. Do you have any insight?
Lulu: We could run an excerpt on that piece on micro loans, just enough to -- to make readers realize that "Crimson" is more than just mindless fluff.
Maxie: Or we could run something that really focuses on our target age range, like the pictures for the "what to wear" clubbing shoot.
Giselle: Now that's a new way to appeal to a younger audience -- let your assistants make the editorial decisions. Jax: There are two types of bets in roulette the outside, which is this area, or the inside. Now, you can bet on a single number. You can split a number, which represents both of these. You can put it in the middle right there. It represents all four numbers, or you could put it on the side, which represents an entire row.
Spinelli: Ok, forgive the jackal's ignorance, but wouldn't it just be -- I don't know, easier to bet on red or black?
Jax: Well, if you want to play it safe, but if you want to win big you have to play big.
Spinelli: Well, what would the gaming guru suggest?
Jax: I suggest picking a number in the middle. Payout is bigger.
Spinelli: Ok. Ok. Oh, um, um.
Croupier: No more bets.
Spinelli: Ok, come on, five.
Croupier: Seven. Congratulations, Mr. Jacks.
Jax: Thank you. Second lesson in gambling -- always trust your instincts.
Spinelli: But what if the jackal's instincts are wrong?
Jax: Well, then you lose. The key is you have to pretend like you don't care.
Spinelli: Of course I care. Who wouldn't want money and prestige? I mean, not that the Jackal isn't financially sound. Stone cold pays a most -
Jax: Ok, forget about the money, for a start. Assume once you put the chips down that they're already gone. What you're paying for is the fun of having something at stake.
Spinelli: I'm sorry. The Jackal doesn't follow. How is losing money fun?
Claudia: Well, daddy, what do you think?
Anthony: Why you had to lease a place is beyond me. There are plenty of rooms available at the metro court. Claudia: I don't like hotels. They're too impersonal. This place feels like a home.
Anthony: With someone else's stuff around?
Claudia: What, you don't like the furniture?
Anthony: No, it's not what I would have picked.
Johnny: Well, then I guess it's a good thing you don't live here.
Anthony: [Mocking] I still want to be comfortable when I visit. Now, it was nice that you found a place across from my hotel, and it's not going to be any trouble to come see you, as long as I got the kid here to help me down those stairs.
Claudia: Daddy, come on. We can just put a ramp in if it'll be easier for you.
Anthony: Don't bother. By the time you get this place accessible, the house will be ready for us to move back in. Johnny: Claudia and I are staying here.
Anthony: Oh, I want my children with me.
Spinelli: Yes!
Jax: Well done, Mr. Spinelli. Now that you've mastered roulette, let's try your hand at blackjack, shall we? Would you please set up a table for us? We'll be at the bar. I'd like a scotch, please, and the gentleman will have -
Spinelli: Orange soda.
Jax: Make it a vodka on the rocks.
Spinelli: Just a word of caution. The Jackal's tolerance for alcohol and other intoxicants is meager at best.
Jax: Then nurse it. The goal isn't to get drunk. It's to appear relaxed. You should always order a drink when gambling, and then when you get to the table, you ignore it. Just think of it as a prop, as an image that you're trying to project. Now show me how you hold the glass.
Spinelli: The Jackal wasn't aware there were options.
Jax: Just pick it up and take a drink. Like this, from underneath, straw, just stirring, not sipping.
Spinelli: Even if the jackal does manage to master the art of cool nonchalance, how will this help me win the blonde heart?
Elizabeth: What you and Patrick do is your choice. I had no right to intervene.
Robin: After you witnessed my meltdown earlier, who can blame you? It's just for the first time, I was thinking about if I were to die, what would happen to my child. It only makes sense that you would go to Patrick and ask him to step up and be a parent.
Elizabeth: Well, that was one part of it. The other part is that Jason and I came close to being together, and I'm still adjusting to the reality that it'll never happen.
Robin: Well, you had to do what was best for your kids.
Elizabeth: And I am so blessed, but lucky is their father. I mean, he's -- he's a great dad, and he will always take care of them, but I can't help but feel bad for Jason, because he has no one.
Robin: By choice. Jason doesn't live a child-friendly existence.
Elizabeth: But Patrick does. I think he'll be missing out if he lets you raise that baby by yourself.
Robin: Patrick never wanted to be a father, and I have to respect that.
Elizabeth: Ok, I'm not criticizing your choices, but I don't think you're giving Patrick enough credit. I think he's more willing to be a father than you realize.
Anthony: We've already lost so much time together as a family.
Johnny: Aw, whose fault is that? Anthony: I wasn't in my right mind when I sent Claudia away. Now that she's back and I'm sane, there's no reason why we shouldn't be together. As soon as the house is rebuilt, we'll all be moving in. Claudia: Well, daddy, if that's what you want. I mean, yeah, of course. Me and John will come home. Right, John? Johnny: Sure.
Anthony: I'm glad to hear that. In the meantime, I'll be expecting a dinner invitation soon. Come on, kid. I'm not getting up those stairs by myself.
Johnny: There's no way in hell I'm going back to that place. I just got my freedom back. I'm not giving it up now. Claudia: Johnny, a lot can happen in the time it takes to rebuild that house. Look, who knows where daddy will be? Who knows if daddy will even be alive by then?
Sam: All right, this is good. It looks like the kind of place your father would definitely be into.
Lucky: Yeah, then where is he?
Sam: I don't know. Knowing your dad, he's probably laying low to make sure we weren't followed.
Lucky: Mac has no jurisdiction here, and he can't even touch him without having him extradited across the border first.
Sam: Yeah, but guess what? Tracy can. And who do you think he's more afraid of running into?
Lucky: That's a good point. Want a drink while we wait?
Sam: No, I -- hey, hey, I'll get it, please. I -- I got to -- I think I can handle this.
Lucky: No, I can ask.
Sam: No, I think the bartender probably knows something. This is my territory.
Lucky: Listen, that's what I'm afraid of.
Sam: I am not -- [Whispers] Hola. Dos cerveza, por favor.
Bartender: Bottle or draft?
Sam: Oh, no, was my Spanish that bad?
Bartender: Your accent could use some work.
Sam: Ok, I'll work on it. I guess I will go with something harder. Tequila, two, please. Maybe it'll loosen me up a little bit. The "r's" can roll off.
Biker: I'll help you loosen up, chica.
Robin: When I first started this blog, the purpose was to reach out to other expectant mothers and try to prepare myself as a single mother that's about to bring in this little being into my world. But I find it kind of ironic, because it seems like the subject I discuss the most is the baby's father, and -
Patrick: Robin?
Robin: Hold that thought, please. You know, I'm kind of in the middle of something, so it would be great if you could just come back later.
Patrick: Well, the blog can wait. This can't. Look, I've been thinking about what Elizabeth said, and she's right. This baby's going to come, and I'm going to be a father, whether I'm prepared or not.
Robin: Ok, but this baby isn't coming for months, so why start stressing about something that hasn't even happened yet?
Patrick: I'm not stressing. I'm just trying to understand my role in all this.
Robin: Ok, but there are no expectations here. I told you that I am completely prepared to do this on my own. You -- Patrick: Yes, you've me told me that a hundred times.
Robin: Well, apparently not enough, because now we're having this conversation.
Patrick: Robin, I am the father of this baby. Now it's time we figure out what that means.
Jax: See, there's a big difference between flirtation and romance. Flirtation is supposed to be fun. No one gets too serious. Sometimes it leads to sex. Sometimes it doesn't. Romance, on the other hand, is completely different. Romance can lead to love; the problem being sometimes one person gets a little more attached than the other. Spinelli: Yeah, such is the Jackal's dilemma. I mean, despite my many efforts to man up, as it were, the jackal has fallen hard and is descending consistently into the abyss of love at an alarming rate. Sadly, Maximista has failed to notice, let alone reciprocate his feelings. Oh.
Jax: Mr. Spinelli, if you wear your heart on your sleeve, it is going to get crushed. You have to treat love like a game and pretend that it doesn't matter whether you lose this girl or not, but you keep it fun. You make her believe that she's the one who got serious first.
Nikolas: Emily had a sincere desire to help people, which is why she became a doctor in t first place, to make a difference, and I just want this clinic to -- to be her legacy.
Nadine: I think it's a great tribute. Emily would be really proud that you're helping people in her name.
Nikolas: Yeah, unfortunately that can't happen until the clinic's open.
Nadine: Patience.
Nikolas: One of the many virtues I wasn't blessed with.
Nadine: Well, you got pretty much everything else, so I consider it a fair trade.
Leyla: Nadine?
Nadine: Hi. What are you doing down here?
Leyla: You stole the words right out of my mouth.
[Nadine & Leyla giggle]
Nikolas: So, welcome to the Emily Bowen Quartermaine free clinic. What do you think?
Leyla: Well, definitely needs some work.
Nikolas: Yeah.
Leyla: Lucky for you, Nadine is very creative. She's going to make an excellent advisor. I mean, she's smart and meticulous and -
Nadine: Why don't I give you a tour? We'll be right back.
Nikolas: Sure, yes, take your time. I'm just going to step outside and call Norma to check on Spencer.
Nadine and Leyla: Ok.
Nadine: What was that?
Nadine: Selling me like a used car. You should have asked Nikolas to kick my tires.
Leyla: At least let the man buy you dinner first. Jeez.
Nadine: Seriously.
Leyla: I just want to make sure he notices you. That's all.
Nadine: Well, thank you, but it's not necessary. Nikolas and I are finding ways to connect all on our own.
Nikolas: Ok, thank you, Norma. Just tell Spencer I'll be home soon. Thank you.
Claudia: Nikolas Cassadine, we meet again.
Nikolas: Imagine that.
Giselle: Kate, this space of yours is absolutely divine. It must have been quite a challenge for you to create something so current out in the middle of nowhere.
Kate: No, with a good designer and a little imagination, you can do anything.
Giselle: I'm surprised you could find a designer willing to travel all the way out to the hinterlands.
Kate: No, what's surprising is that you did. To what do I owe the pleasure?
Giselle: Darling, I wanted to tell you how delighted I am to feature "Crimson's" promo piece in the pages of "couture." Kate: I appreciate the gesture, but you could have called. I know how busy you are.
Giselle: Oh, nonsense. Please, you know I always have the time for you. We can visit while I review the content of the promo piece. We wouldn't want either publication to overshadow the other.
Kate: Oh, no. No, of course not. Lulu, Lulu, why don't you show Giselle the latest draft of the micro loans piece. I think there's a copy on your desk.
Lulu: Yeah, this way.
Kate: Ok, I do not have time to deal with Giselle. You need to find Jax, and you need to tell him he has to come here and distract her.
Kate: Go, Maxie.
Kate: Any thoughts?
Giselle: I clearly admire your attempt to engage the intellect of the young readers as well as their eye for fashion. No doubt that's why you picked this one as an assistant. Clearly, she can't put an outfit together to save her life, but she is intelligent. Perhaps your other assistant could provide her with a primer on how to dress. The outfit she was wearing was absolutely stunning. Federico Cabrero, wasn't?
Kate: Well, why don't you ask her yourself?
Lulu: What are you -- what are you doing here?
Anthony: Oh, just stopping by for a visit. Ladies, how's everybody doing today?
Jun 12, 2008 06:03
Biker: Let's get out of here. My bike's out back.
Sam: Um, I'm not interested, ok?
Biker: Get interested. We're going for a ride.
Second biker: You got a problem, hombre?
Lucky: Move.
Biker: Make me.
Lucky: I'm not looking for any trouble.
[Sam screams]
Sam: Let him go! Get out of here, and take your friend.
Lucky: That should cover your cost. And that -- we're looking for someone.
Bartender: Wait, let me guess. Lucas Spencer.
Nikolas: You following me?
Claudia: Are you always this paranoid?
Nikolas: You don't expect me to believe that you were just walking on by here.
Claudia: I like to walk. I do. It's good exercise. And, hey, you never know what kind of unexpected things you might see. Like you, here. What are you doing?
Nikolas: What am I doing? I'm opening up a clinic in Emily's name. Free health care.
Claudia: That's wonderful. Nikolas, I know how much you miss her. That's a really beautiful way to keep her memory alive. Please allow the Zacchara's to contribute.
Jax: He needs a suit. I'm thinking three-button, flat-front trouser, black.
Spinelli: The Jackal sought your counsel on matters of the heart, not of a sartorial nature.
Jax: Women are always more interested in the well-dressed men. And they only get one shot at a first impression. Tailor: And this look is not impressive by any means. It says un-kept, unprofessional, and downright slovenly. Spinelli: Well, the jackal has always gravitated towards comfort over style.
Jax: Which is probably why you're still single.
Spinelli: Point taken. Three-button it is.
Jax: Ok. Anthony: My apologies, ladies. I hope I'm not interrupting.
Kate: Is there something that we can do for you, Anthony?
Anthony: I was on my back to my room when it hit me -- I've been staying in this hotel for over a week. I haven't stopped in to say hello. I don't want to be accused of being a bad neighbor.
Giselle: Kate, it must be difficult to publish a magazine with so many guests wandering in and out of the office. Does this happen often?
Kate: No, this would be a first.
Anthony: What can I say? I'm the curious type. Always looking for new investments, ways to expand my business. The Zacchara's believe in diversification.
Giselle: Did you say Zacchara? As in Anthony Zacchara?
Anthony: Oh, don't believe all the stories. The truth is much worse. I'm serious. And if you don't believe me, you ask Kate's boyfriend, sonny Corinthos. He was so afraid of me he had to take an early retirement. [Anthony laughs] Ah, you ladies have nothing to fear. I'm just here to see Lulu. How you doing?
Lulu: Fine.
Anthony: I'm glad to hear that. When you see john, you may want to tell him I stopped by. Just say that it's nice to know that I can find you whenever I want.
Sam: All right, all right. So, how do you know Luke Spencer, anyway?
Bartender: He's been a regular here the last couple of weeks. He comes in, has a few drinks, he leaves.
Lucky: Yeah? When's the last me you saw him?
Bartender: A few days ago. He mentioned that a pretty girl and some guy that matches your description would come asking for him.
Lucky: Yeah? Did he leave a message?
Bartender: Just some numbers.
Lucky: Did he leave anything else? Name of a hotel, maybe a bank? Something these numbers correspond to? Bartender: Sorry. That's it.
Sam: Ok, well, do you think it could be account numbers or something?
Lucky: Listen, I don't know what else to think. My dad usually gives me more to work with than this.
Sam: All right, well, I think it's been a long time since your dad's been on the run, so he's probably just starting to slip up a little bit.
Lucky: You know what; he can do this stuff in his sleep. It comes second nature. Probably should be for me, too. He spent more than enough time teaching me how to crack codes when I was a kid. Now I just got to figure out what this means.
Sam: This is nice.
Lucky: What? Sam: I've seen you in your element, finding clues, investigating. I feel like I'm finally -- finally getting to know the real lucky Spencer.
Robin: When I told you that I was ready to have a child, you said, "No kids, I don't want to be a father, that's not part of the plan." Has something changed?
Patrick: Yeah, robin, everything's changed. You have a baby growing inside of you, a life that I helped create. And I don't want to miss who that child is going to become. But most of all, I don't want that child growing up feeling unloved and unwanted because it wasn't part of some plan. I can't help but think that I'm going to be a lousy father. Robin: Why would you think that?
Patrick: I didn't really have the best role model. My dad put work in front of everything. Then when my mother died, he completely abandoned me. I don't know the first thing of what a kid needs or how a father thinks. And I'm not talking about being a coach at little league or helping with the homework before dinner. I'm talking about being present in a child's life. You know, being available. I worked so hard at being a surgeon that if I start thinking about a child, my work is inevitably going to suffer. And I'm not saying that is going to happen with you. I'm just saying that -
Robin: Listen, I -
Patrick: People have priorities.
Robin: I understand, and I really want to hear what you have to say, but I keep thinking about pizza, a loaded one from Abruzzio's.
Patrick: You're hungry.
Robin: So hungry. Will you please pick one up for me?
Maxie: You need to go up to the office right now.
Jax: Why? What happened? Giselle is here and she and Kate are locked in a battle to the death. I mean, it's serious. If you don't get upstairs right now, Giselle is going get enough dirt to bury "Crimson" before it even launches.
Giselle: Kate, now it's obviously all making sense. You had no choice about hiring lulu, despite her fashion handicap. She clearly has extremely powerful friends.
Lulu: Anthony didn't threaten Kate to give me a job.
Giselle: It must be terrible to have your new magazine embroiled in mob politics. I certainly hope that there's no implication that "Crimson" is financed by dirty money.
Kate: Giselle, please. Jasper jacks is my sole investor and I think that his reputation speaks for itself.
Giselle: And I absolutely adore Jax. Is he around?
Jax: Giselle, you're looking as lovely as ever.
Giselle: Despite a run-in with the head of a mob syndicate. While I found Mr. Zacchara charming, he's not the company I usually keep.
Jax: In that case, we will have to find something more appropriate for you to do during your visit. If I remember correctly, you're always up for a game of chance, are you?
Giselle: What do you have in mind?
Jax: Roulette, actually.
Giselle: Monte Carlo or Dubai?
Jax: The haunted star. It's a casino on the waterfront here. And Kate and I were just about to go over there after work. Would you care to join us?
Kate: That's a wonderful idea, Jax, unless -- Giselle, I'm sure you have to get back to Manhattan.
Giselle: I wouldn't miss it. One doesn't often get the chance to gamble in the wilds of upstate.
Jax: Well, shall we?
Kate: I'll just get my purse.
Maxie: Enjoy. What the hell was Anthony Zacchara doing here?
Lulu: I don't have time to explain. I have to find Johnny.
Leyla: Hate to be the one to break it to you, but those two are definitely sleeping together.
Nadine: That's impossible. Nikolas is way too in love with Emily to ever cheat on her.
Leyla: It's not technically cheating if your fiancée is dead. Nadine: It would still feel like that to him.
Leyla: Who said anything about feelings? There is such a thing as grief sex. And that woman -- perfectly willing to give it to him.
Nadine: No, Nikolas is way too honorable to ever sleep with a woman like that.
Leyla: Ok, he might be a prince, but he's far from perfect. He's still a man. And what man do you know passes up a woman dressed like that?
Nadine: Mm, I don't believe it. I won't -- not until Nikolas tells me himself.
Leyla: Uh-uh, don't you dare ask him.
Nadine: Why not?
Leyla: Because then he's going to think you're a creepy stalker and not just a friend. And it would ruin any chance you have with him.
Nikolas: I appreciate your offer, but this clinic is my last gift to Emily. I want to build it myself with my own money. Claudia: You mean without money that's tainted by organized crime? If you think I meant to use your place as a front or something, you couldn't be more wrong.
Nikolas: No, no, no. That thought never even crossed my mind, honestly.
Claudia: Good, then let me help. We both know I owe you.
Sam: You need to remind me to thank your father when we find him.
Lucky: For what?
Sam: For what? Well, I have forgotten what it's like to just pick up and go, you know? Back in my salvage days I would do it all the time. I would just sail from one port to the next. No plan, no schedule, just leave.
Lucky: Do you ever regret giving it up?
Sam: Yeah, sometimes. I think my life was probably a lot simpler back then, and it was a lot easier to stay distracted. And if things got tough, I would just go. And I can't do that now. It wouldn't necessarily be fair.
Lucky: Yeah? For who?
Sam: Well, my mom and my sisters and you. I never would've guessed a cop could handle himself so well in a bar fight.
Lucky: Well, you would be surprised what they teach in the academy these days.
Sam: Oh, yeah? Do they teach you how to handle big biker guys?
Lucky: No, I became a cop to make a difference, to try to do something good with my life. Not that I'm opposed to rules and regulations or trying to have fun. You know what? That probably did sound a little defensive.
Sam: I think it sounds like you have probably caught a lot of criticism, probably for the choices you've made.
Lucky: Yeah, my dad doesn't understand how a kid of his could end up on the wrong side of the law, at least as far as he's concerned.
Sam: Well, I happen to like who you are, and I wouldn't change a thing.
Lucky: Neither would I.
Sam: That's good.
Lucky: You just seem so relaxed and happy, a little different from when we were back home.
Sam: Do I?
Lucky: Uh-huh.
Sharon: Hey, Cindy. Who's your friend?
Giselle: Thank you.
Jax: The haunted star has the only gambling license in miles. It's under new ownership. They don't mind us playing for high stakes.
Giselle: I trust it won't be a waste then. I'd hate to walk in and find a card table with a row of slots.
Jax: I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Giselle: Well, how could I be with you to keep me company?
Kate: Oh, dear god.
Giselle: Excuse me? Oh, my, what a fabulous suit. You don't often see a man of that age so well-tailored. Do you know him? Kate: No -- no, I don't. I've never seem him before.
Jax: Well, perhaps we should get going.
Giselle: No.
Jax: Uh, Giselle let me introduce you to a friend of mine. This is -
Spinelli: [Speaking with an Australian accent] Ah, Giselle.
Giselle: Yes.
Spinelli: What a lovely name. I'm Damian. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Nikolas: So, I'm thinking about removing this wall here and expanding the waiting area. That way, there'll be more room for patients and their families. But I'm afraid that we may have to lose one of these exam rooms to make that happen. What are your thoughts on that?
Nadine: Uh, yeah, that'd be nice.
Nikolas: But is it worth it?
Nadine: What?
Nikolas: To lose an exam room for more space in here?
Nadine: Uh, that is entirely up to you.
Nikolas: Are you all right?
Nadine: Yeah, why?
Nikolas: I don't know. You just seem a little distracted.
Nadine: I'm just, uh, trying to picture it all in my head.
Nikolas: Yeah, I know. Well, I think we'll be able to envision it a bit better once we get the plans from the architect. But I think, at least in the meantime, we can get the carpenter in here, do a little walk-through -
Nadine: Are you sleeping with Claudia Zacchara?
Lulu: Johnny?
Claudia: Johnny's not here. But then, if you'd bothered to call instead of just barging in, I could have saved you a trip.
Lulu: Well, I can it.
Claudia: I live here, too, Lulu. So you don't just get to barge in without knocking.
Lulu: Johnny gave me a key.
Claudia: What'd I tell you about the attitude?
Lulu: I don't listen to what you say. It makes it easier for me to tolerate you for Johnny's sake.
Claudia: Let me put this in a language that you can understand, little Lulu.
[Lulu laughs]
Claudia: The only reason that you're still alive is because my father is using you to manipulate my brother. If you actually cared about john at all, you wouldn't hang around and give my dad the leverage he needs.
Lulu: You can save the speech. Trevor already tried to get me to leave town, but I'm not going anywhere.
Claudia: No, of course you're not. Because why would you do anything that wasn't in your own selfish best interest? All right, let me put it this way, Lulu. If you want to go on living your safe little sweet life, you stay the hell away from my brother.
Lulu: You may be a spoiled !$+$# who's used to getting everything she wants, but not this time. You're not getting Nikolas and you're sure as hell not keeping me out of Johnny's life. Tell him I came by.
Johnny: Where's Lulu?
Maxie: She left.
Johnny: Did she say when she'd be back?
Maxie: Lulu doesn't say a whole lot to me unless she's hurling insults. I mean, you're welcome to wait around, but I can't guarantee when or if she's going to return. She's not exactly known for her attentiveness to this job, but I keep holding out that the last responsible bone in Lulu's body will pull through and she'll show up to finish her work. Have you tried to call her?
Johnny: Yeah, a couple of times. It went straight to voicemail.
Maxie: Well, Kate makes us turn our cell phones off while we're working for her. Something about us being here to answer her calls and not our own. I'm sure she just forgot to turn it back on. Johnny: Guess I'll wait.
Maxie: Well, if you're going to hang around, you might as well help me take these boxes to storage, unless you plan on sitting there and watching me break my back while I do it myself.
Johnny: You know, somehow you strike me as anything but helpless.
Patrick: Not to worry. My existential crisis has been permanently put on hold. Hey. Robin? Robin. Robin?
Spinelli: Might I spot you some chips so you can join the fun?
Jason: Is there a problem? Morgan: It's his father's day gift.
Sonny: What are you doing here?
Jun 13, 2008 06:07
Croupier: There's no money laundering going on since Luke left.
Ric: I understand that. Just make sure you keep account of every penny that's coming in and going out. No special favors, no breaking the rules and whatsoever.
Croupier: Yes, sir. Mr. Jacks. Nice to see you again, sir.
Jax: Good evening. I think the ladies are interested in roulette.
Croupier: The casino doesn't open for another half hour.
Spinelli, Australian accent: You can't possibly ask us to disappoint our beautiful guests.
Diane: I wasn't expecting you so soon.
Jason: We haven appointment.
Diane: Yes, well, I'm used to a client that keeps me waiting. So, I will adjust. All right. We have -- we have several legal matters -
Jason: Are you all crying?
Max: Hey, boss. How's it going?
Sonny: First of all, I'm not your boss. You work for Jason now. Have you forgot already?
Max: Oh, well, that's great. Now that we're no longer employer/employee, we can be friends, pals.
Sonny: What do you mean friends, pals?
Max: I see this as an opportunity for us to be able to hang out together. You know, do things like fish.
Sonny: Fish?
Max: That's right. You and me fishing this weekend. Huh? How's that sound?
Carly: Hey. Hi, baby. What are you guys up to?
Mercedes: Morgan has something to show you.
Carly: Oh, you do? Did you make this? Oh, my goodness. It's your handprint. I love it. Thank you.
Morgan: It's for daddy. It's his Father's Day gift.
Elizabeth: Hey, how you feeling?
Robin: A little nervous.
Epiphany: Room 415 is all set up and the ultrasound equipment is ready for you.
Patrick: Thank you, Epiphany.
Kelly: Patrick, you can wait out here.
Patrick: Why?
Robin: I'll be fine. Kelly: We'll let you know as soon as we're done. I bet Elizabeth will wait out here with you. Elizabeth: Yeah, of course.
Epiphany: You're a good doctor, and you know it's too soon to panic.
Patrick: I should go check on my patients.
Elizabeth: You should probably wait here with me.
Patrick: Robin is trying to be so strong. I can tell she's terrified. I don't know what she would do if she lost this baby. Elizabeth: And what about you?
Patrick: It's probably not the best time to try and figure out what this baby means to me, is it?
Diane: Do you have any idea what this Sunday is?
Jason: It's the fifteenth.
Diane: It's also Father's Day. And I miss my dad. He -- he died of cancer shortly after I graduated from law school. Jason: I'm sorry.
Diane: Now, you've got to understand, I'm not one who generally goes in for marking one day of the year just for a maudlin show of emotion. And I happen to think that these so-called holidays are Madison Avenue's way of getting us to buy more greeting cards and tacky ties. But you do what you can, because men and fathers in particular, are blockheads when it comes to showing emotion. They don't know how to tell you what makes them happy. And at the end of the day, how do you tell someone like that that you love them? Well, I tried. Believe me. But then my father would get very uncomfortable, and so I'd back off so as not to make him more uncomfortable, and then the two of us would just sit there saying nothing when we were actually feeling so much. I mean, how do you tell somebody like that that they are your hero? How do you tell somebody that their faith in you is what made you who you are today? I'm sorry.
Jason: There's nothing to be sorry for.
Diane: I miss my dad all the time, but it's Father's Day that brings these emotions into stark relief, and that's when I look at people who are fathers or who have fathers and I wonder if they appreciate their gift. I won't bill you for any of this. Not for the last ten minutes, but everything from now on is -- is fair game. Jason: That's fine.
Max: You know where Grottsville is, boss? Mr. C.
Sonny: You know, can I ask you a question, Max? Do you call all your pals "mister?"
Max: We drove through there once on the way to Montreal for that meeting. Remember, I told you my buddy Hal has a fishing cabin up there?
Sonny: You mean "mister" Hal? I don't like cabins.
Max: This place has it all. I'm talking cable TV, Jacuzzi underneath the stars.
Sonny: Sounds romantic.
Max: Yeah, it's a little weird. We don't have to sit in the Jacuzzi. But look, all I'm saying is, great fishing at this lake and it's peaceful. It's calm. Diane says it helps her unwind. We all know how tense she can get, right?
Sonny: Take Diane.
Max: Diane doesn't fish.
Sonny: I don't fish, either.
Max: Boss, you -- Mr. -- Boss -- you fish all the time.
Sonny: You think I don't know what you're up to, Max? Honestly?
Max: You could use a break. If you don't want to go to Grottsville, then go to the island. It'll do you good. Sonny: You want me to get away on Father's Day. That's what this is all about. Because you want me to get away so I don't have to think about Michael and Morgan. But you've got to understand, I've still got Kristina, right? I'm her father even though Alexis wishes I wasn't.
Max: Do you think Ms. Davis is actually going to allow Kristina to come visit this weekend?
Sonny: No, she's going to, you know; give me -- what she always does. She calls me at the last minute and says, I'm sorry, something came up.
Max: That sucks. I'm sorry, boss.
Sonny: No, no. Hey, you know what? I appreciate what you're trying to do. It's very nice of you. But it's not going to help, because, you know -- no matter where I am on Father's Day, I am not going to be able to forget that I cannot be with my sons.
Carly: Um -- your daddy loves you very much. Your daddy loves you to infinity and beyond. And I know you love him very much, too. It's just that your father's job can be dangerous. Michael was hurt when he went to work with your father. The last thing we want is for that to happen to you. Keeping you safe is one of the ways that we can show you how much you're loved. So that's why we have decided, your father and I, that -- well, he's not going to come visit you here anymore, and you're not going to go to his house, either. But that doesn't mean that your daddy doesn't love you, because he does. And you didn't do anything wrong, sweetie. We are so proud you. You are such a good, wonderful little boy, and we love you so, so much. Do you know how much we love you?
Morgan: To infinity and beyond.
Carly: Yeah. To infinity and beyond.
Nadine: This is sweet. You'll have to order all the usual medical supplies, which you could do through the hospital. Although, I'd be happy to make a list if you want. Although I hate the idea of a bunch of shelves with supplies on them. It's just not very friendly, and you want this to be warm and welcoming, or at least I want this to be warm and welcoming. But if you want something different, then that's certainly something we can -
Nikolas: Nadine, Nadine -
Nadine: Sorry.
Nikolas: No, no. Look, it's just -- it's a little early to be thinking about tongue depressors. And I certainly didn't ask for your help so you could order supplies for the clinic.
Nadine: Right. I am supposed to be consulting, especially in pediatrics. Oh, which reminds me, what do you think about a zoo theme? You know, we get some stuffed animals, or if we have more than one kid's examining room, we can have one be, like, a jungle theme and the other be an aquarium with, you know, cartoon animals, obviously, because we don't want to scare the kids. That would just be distracting. I'm babbling, aren't I?
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah, just a little.
Nadine: Oh, god. We both know why. I'm totally mortified. I was so out of line.
Nikolas: No, it's ok. It's ok.
Nadine: No, I had no business asking you if you'd slept with Claudia Zacchara.
Claudia: You got that right. What Nikolas and I do is our business.
Sharon: Cindy and I go way back.
[Sharon chuckles]
Sharon: Oh, sorry. Sam. We met in Albuquerque. I was with this really terrific guy named Dennis at the time. Me and Dennis had actually started shopping for engagement rings, and then Cindy showed up. Lucky: Her name is Sam.
Sharon: You can imagine my surprise. There I was one night, watching television, "Everyday Heroes," and suddenly, sweet little Cindy starts talking right to me all about how to survive a house fire. Except they say her name is Sam McCall.
Sam: Yeah. Thanks for stopping by, Sharon.
Sharon: Oh.
Sharon: But I haven't told your boyfriend what happens. Dennis and sweet little Cindy started getting it on. Sam: Yeah, it's obviously not a part of my life that I'm proud of.
Sharon: Come on. You're not the first woman to try to snag a man with money. Except most of them don't actually clean the guy out in six months and disappear.
Lucky: If you're going to give a history lesson about Sam, save your breath. I know all about her past, and I don't care.
Sharon: Oh, how sweet. I like a guy who's open-minded. Why don't you dump Cindy and hang out with me for a while?
Giselle: Kate, have you talked to George lately?
Kate: Well, we emailed last month.
Giselle: He's in Lake Como again. I'm thinking of going this summer.
Spinelli, Australian accent: Ah, Lago di Como. His lake exceeds anything I've ever beheld in beauty." You know, Percy B. Shelley wrote that about Lake Como to a friend of his, Thomas love peacock. Imagine living in an age where even the names conjure up romance. Champagne.
Giselle: Do you go often, Damian?
Spinelli: Um -
Jax: Well, you know, if you do go, Giselle, there's a great restaurant that I know. It's down a flight of stairs. It's one of those places you don't even know is there unless somebody shows you.
Ric: Excuse me. Miss Howard, could I speak to you for a minute please? What the hell is going on?
Kate: Spinelli just showed up dressed in a suit, talking like that, and Giselle took a shine to him, so we're going with it.
Ric: What's the game?
Kate: We need Giselle to promote "Crimson" in "Couture."
Ric: Oh, and you're using Mr. Spinelli to show her around. My, how the mighty have fallen.
Kate: Shut up.
Spinelli: Oh, well, look who's here.
Johnny: Spinelli, what -
Spinelli: Uh -- Giselle let me introduce john Zacchara, co-owner of the casino.
Giselle: Any friend of Damian's is a friend of mine.
Kelly: Everything looks good. The baby's in a good position and the heartbeat is strong. How you feeling? Robin: Cramps have subsided.
Kelly: Good. Page Dr. Drake to 415, please. Thanks. Your blood pressure is coming down, which helps. Robin: Yeah. I feel like I can breathe again. I don't even want to tell you what was going through my head. Kelly: I promise you I will do everything in my power to see that you and your baby get through this in one piece.
Robin: Thank you for being such a good friend.
Kelly: Right now it's more important that I am a good doctor. Not giving in to fear is the best gift you can give yourself and your baby. Work on that.
Robin: Ok.
Patrick: Well?
Robin: We're fine. Me and the baby, we're both fine.
Kelly: Before I make a diagnosis, there's still a couple of tests to run. But I can tell you the baby is healthy, and we're going to figure out how to keep it that way.
Patrick: You don't know what caused it?
Kelly: Working on it.
Patrick: I guess I should be more sensitive when I'm telling patients that I won't have answers until test results come back.
[Kelly laughs]
Kelly: I will be back ASAP.
Patrick: Ok. How you feeling?
Robin: So much better.
Patrick: Good.
Robin: Yeah. Once I found out that the baby was ok, it was like, you know, whatever else comes up, we can deal with it. I mean, you know what I mean. I -- I can deal with it. I don't want it to sound -
Patrick: Robin, you can say "we." I'm not going anywhere.
Sonny: Yeah? We're standing on formalities now?
Jason: I didn't know if you had company.
Sonny: Nope, just by myself. What is that?
Jason: It's from Michael. He got it off the internet. I helped him order it, but he picked it out. He had it sent to my house.
Jason: Because he didn't want you to see it too soon. It's your Father's Day present.
Carly: Come in.
Lulu: Hey. Is this a bad time?
Carly: I don't remember the last time it was a good time.
Lulu: Ok. I wanted to thank you for defending me with Claudia Zacchara.
Carly: She's not someone you mess with. What do you need?
Lulu: I didn't come here to ask you anything. I've already done that, and I made a mess of things. Truth is, I miss you. I miss hanging out with you. I miss having you to talk to. And I know I have no one to blame but myself. I was completely out of line at Michael's ICU when I was going on and on about Johnny with at you were going through. And I would do anything to take it back.
Carly: I've done worse and been forgiven.
Lulu: I love you. And I feel so sorry about Michael. It breaks my heart, and instead of supporting you, I was completely self-absorbed and insensitive. And you have been so good to me, and I wasn't there for you. And I'm just -- I'm so sorry.
Carly: Hey, stop that. It's ok. I forgive you.
Lulu: Is there anything that I can do for you now?
Carly: Well, you can help me figure out a way to stop Morgan from missing his father.
Nikolas: Excuse me.
Claudia: So, how's it going, Noreen?
Nadine: It's Nadine, actually.
Claudia: Right. Nadine: I'm sorry if it sounded like I was prying earlier. I was actually apologizing for prying.
Claudia: No, it's cool. Listen. When you come right out and ask a guy if he's having sex with another woman, it kind of screams jealousy.
Nadine: I'm just worried about Nikolas as a friend.
Nadine: He's in mourning.
Claudia: For his dead fiancée. I know all about that. Listen; don't get your panties in a knot. I'm not sleeping with him. Yet. I'm actually really grateful for the way that you helped me when I was injured. Thank you.
Nadine: You could make an effort to remember my name.
Claudia: Nadine. Nadine. I'm impressed that you didn't tell anyone that you saw me at Windermere. Nadine: Well, Nikolas asked me not to, so -
Claudia: Yeah. Pretty obvious what you'd like to see happen there. Nikolas is unique. But just a little word of advice -- girls like you are a dime a dozen.
Nadine: That's really offensive.
Claudia: I'm sorry. You know, the thing is, is that I just think you should set your sights on a man that you might actually stand a chance with.
Nadine: Are you saying that Nikolas is out of my league?
Claudia: I'm saying if you have to ask, then you already know the answer.
Nikolas: The answer to what?
Claudia: Oh, just, you know whether or not you want to go with me to the haunted star tonight. But I can see that you're busy with your friend here, so -
[Laughter]
Giselle: Oh, my goodness. Thank you, Damian. You're my good luck charm.
Spinelli, Australian accent: Well, you have plenty of charm to spare. You hardly need mine.
Leyla: Spinelli's looking well tonight.
Jerry: I was just thinking the same thing. My God.
Spinelli: Oh, lovely lady. Champagne for my beautiful friend, please.
Jax: Yes, isn't life full of miracles?
Jerry: Astonishingly.
Diane: Hello, handsome. I'm so sorry I'm late.
Max: Were you in court?
Diane: No. Actually, I had a bit of a meltdown in Jason's office.
Max: Hey, listen. If Jason said anything, you just tell me.
Diane, laughing: Oh, no. No, but color me warm all over that you have such a macho reaction.
Max: What was the meltdown about?
Diane: Nothing. Nothing at all. Now come on. Buy a girl a drink.
Max: Right this way.
Johnny: My father wants Claudia's name off the deed.
Ric: That wouldn't be a wise move at this point.
Johnny: Can I help you, pal?
Jerry: Oh, yes, I was just wondering how your lovely sister is, Claudia.
Johnny: Why you so interested?
Jerry: Well, I haven't seen her since that time at Anthony's house. It's as if she's disappeared from the face of the earth. I mean, I was wondering if something was wrong.
Johnny: She's fine. She'll be here in a few minutes. Jerry: Good.
Jun 13, 2008 06:20
Sharon: Dance with me.
Sam: I don't think so.
Sharon: I shared mine. Why can't you share yours?
Sam: You know we were never friends, Sharon. This trip down memory lane is over.
Sharon: Why don't we let Mr. Spencer speak for himself?
Lucky: How do you know my name?
Sharon: You're looking for Luke Spencer, right? I'm guessing you're his son. He describes you pretty well. Lucky: What do you know about Luke?
Sharon: We've been hanging out some. He's one amazing dude.
Lucky: Do you know where he is?
Sharon: I sure do. I'd be happy to tell you if you dance with me.
Sam: Oh, come on. This is ridiculous.
Lucky: Don't worry about it, Cindy.
Sam: Oh. I'm cutting in. Excuse me, hon. Thanks.
Sharon: Ow!
Sonny: Life vests.
Jason: Michael said you talked a lot about taking him out on the boat this summer.
Sonny: He used to love when I let him drive.
Jason: He thought Morgan needed his own vest because this was the year he was going to show Morgan how to steer.
Sonny: Why did you bring them here?
Jason: Because they're yours, from Michael.
Sonny: Jason. Thank you.
Jason: Michael loved you. He thought you were the best father in the world.
Carly: I didn't know my biological father until I was much older. And my adopted father took off when I was three, so I grew up with a vacuum where a father was supposed to be. And now I'm about to raise my son without a father. So you tell me, you had Luke and then you didn't. Are you scarred for life? Do you wish your parents had done better?
Lulu: Wow, I love my dad. I always have. It, you know, hurt that I wasn't a big priority growing up, but I'd like to say it doesn't matter now, and that would be a lie. It's probably why I fight with him so much, why I act out.
Carly: You know I just feel like no matter what I tell Morgan, he's always going to feel like sonny's abandoned him. That's my fault. I mean, Morgan's entire life now is going to be about damage control because of all the mistakes I've made. And I hate to say this -- god, I can't believe. I see you going down the same road with Johnny.
Lulu: I don't think that Johnny and I are anything like you and sonny.
Carly: Ok, look. I know I can't tell you what to do. I know you're sick of hearing me tell you this, but I can tell you what's waiting for you. It's that one day you're going to wake up and you're going to realize that you're not the only one who got hurt. It's the people you love the most. And once the hurting starts, it doesn't stop.
Jax: Who would have thought that Giselle would be so taken with Spinelli?
Kate: Well, he's you.
Jax: Thanks. Really, you think so? Nah.
Kate: Don't be coy, Jax. I suppose it doesn't really matter as long as Giselle likes him and she agrees to promote our magazine.
Ric: So, how's sonny adjusting to life among the real people?
Max: Sonny's fine.
Diane: I have nothing to say without my client present.
Ric: Of course you don't. You know what? Don't trust me. I know my brother. He's going to have a very difficult time adjusting to life in the real world outside of the mob.
Tracy: Mr. Lansing. You and the Zacchara's are not in charge of the haunted star when my husband's out of town.
Ric: Out of town? Is that a nice way of saying a fugitive from justice?
Tracy: My husband is innocent until proven guilty.
Ric: Yes.
Tracy: And he's still principal owner of the Haunted Star, and I, as his wife, intend to protect his interests -- which, by the way, are my interests as well.
Ric: Well, I beg to differ, Tracy. As Luke's partners, the Zacchara's are trying to protect their interest, so they can run this casino as they see fit.
Leyla: I was at Nikolas Cassadine's new clinic earlier. Your sister stopped by. She seems pretty interested in what he's doing.
Johnny: Oh, well, Claudia is looking for a new project now that she's not involved in the family business anymore.
Leyla: Seems like she found it.
Johnny: Doubt that. Excuse me.
Claudia: Sorry I'm late.
Johnny: Hanging out at Nikolas' clinic, huh?
Claudia: Yeah, why not? Considering how many people want me dead, it might not be a bad idea to have my own medical -
Lucky: This is crazy. Are you going to read her, her rights?
Policeman: She has a right to sleep in a jail cell tonight.
Sam: What? Why don't you tell them that she started this?
Bartender: This is the second bar fight you've been in since you come in here. I don't need this trouble. Policeman: What about the boyfriend?
Sharon: He didn't do anything.
Lucky: I'm going with Sam.
Policeman: You're not under arrest.
Lucky: When can I bail her out?
Policeman: Next week, maybe.
Sharon: Welcome to Mexico.
Lucky: I want a lawyer.
Policeman: Go ahead. Besides, your girlfriend's easy to look at. We may want to keep her around for a while.
Lucky: Man, I hate doing this to a fellow officer.
Leyla: Damian is a wonderful dancer.
Giselle: Do I have to fight for you, Damian?
Spinelli, Australian accent: Ah, there's no need to fight over me, ladies. There's plenty of Damian Spinelli for everyone.
Lulu: Spinelli?
Spinelli: Lulu. May I spot you some chips so you can join the fun?
Leyla: You know what? She can take my spot. I have to wake up early in the morning. Thank you for a delightful evening.
Spinelli: Pleasure's mine, Miss Mir.
Giselle: Damian, I am tired of sharing you.
Spinelli: Well, I assure you, I am all yours.
Giselle: Will you blow on my chips for luck?
Spinelli: Is that all?
Johnny: How are you?
Lulu: Um -- Johnny: What's wrong?
Lulu: I -- I talked to Carly, and it was nothing. We just -- we talked.
Tracy: You can tell Ric Lansing and the rest of your father's associates that I am in charge of this casino when my husband's out of town.
Claudia: Well, you're going to have to take that up with my father. But a little piece of advice -- my dad doesn't believe women belong in business, so good luck with that.
Kate: Spinelli can't keep this up forever.
Jax: Yes. The student is about to surpass the teacher. It's time to send him home.
Giselle: Yay. Oh, my gosh. I've never had anything like this.
Jax: We're just going to cash in, and call it a night.
Spinelli: Nonsense. The night is young, somewhere. Shall we all pile into the Jax private jet and fly to Hong Kong?
Giselle: Oh, I love the way you think. Really, Jax, we're having so much fun. Can't we play a little longer? Jerry: Let me guess. You've got a gun hidden in your purse.
Claudia: Never know when you might meet a murderer.
Interrupted by news conference. Missing dialouge will be add ASAP.
Kelly: It's a simple procedure. But just to be safe, I'm prescribing you a couple days of bed rest. Keeping off her feet reduces the chance of premature labor.
Robin: I am prepared to do whatever's necessary, but really, I mean, bed rest?
Patrick: No, I'll make sure she does exactly what she's supposed to. In fact, you won't raise a finger. I'm going to wait on you hand and foot.
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah. Looks reasonable to me.
Nadine: Cool. Then, I'm just going to go.
Nikolas: No, wait, wait, wait. Wait a second. We need to straighten a couple things out first.
Nadine: That's not necessary.
Nikolas: No, it really is. First, I'm not involved with Claudia Zacchara. At least, not the way you think. Nor do I plan to be. But I also want to make sure -
[Crash]
Nikolas: Come on in.
Mayor Floyd: Oh, excuse me. Mr. Cassadine.
Nikolas: Mayor. I didn't expect to see you here.
Mayor Floyd: Yeah, sorry. I heard that you were jumping headfirst into this clinic project.
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah, I didn't figure there was any reason to wait. You remember Nadine Crowell, a pediatrics nurse at general hospital.
Mayor Floyd: Of course, hi, how nice to see you. Mr. Cassadine, as you well know, I very much value your family's contribution to our local economy, which is why I felt it necessary to come down here personally to explain to you exactly why, unfortunately, the city cannot allow this clinic to open.
Max: If I haven't told you, you look absolutely incredible.
Diane: You haven't. And I thank you. I appreciate that. Unfortunately, I just received a message -- several of them, actually -- about an urgent matter that requires my attention.
Max: Is it the boss? I -- Jason?
Diane: No, it's another client, not Sonny. Not directly, at any rate. Look, let me just handle this, and I'll meet you back here.
Max: I'll be waiting.
Tracy: Before I leave, I feel compelled to tell you that I'm incredibly disappointed that you're here with him. Lulu: Well, I don't suppose you could just let it go?
Tracy: You should be grateful someone cares.
Kate: Well, I suppose if Giselle is enjoying Damian, we can stay a little while longer.
Jax: That's the spirit.
Spinelli: Would you like a little side wager to spice things up?
Maxie: Spinelli, what -- what are you doing here?
Spinelli, normal voice: Maximista. The jackal offers greetings and salutations to his fair friend.
[Stammers]
Spinelli, Australian accent: Um, Giselle and I -- we're -- we're having the most luck -- well, she has luck.
Giselle: Damian, what is wrong with you?
Maxie: Damian? His name is Spinelli, and there's nothing wrong with him. This is just how he acts.
Carly: I explained to Morgan tonight that he wasn't going to see you anymore, and it was very difficult and I don't think he understood.
Sonny: Well, he's a little boy. How's he going to understand?
Carly: I told him we made the decision together. That we did it out of love for him and that he didn't do anything wrong. And that you love him as much as you always have.
Sonny: Morgan lost his brother and father within weeks of each other. He knows we're both not dead, but he's a little boy. It's too much for him to -- to handle.
Carly: Look, Sonny. I know you're angry right now and -
Sonny: You know, one day he's going to turn 18, and he's going to make his own choices without you or anybody else getting in the way, and he's going to figure out the truth. He's going to come find me, and he's going to hate you for the rest of his life.
Carly: Well, at least he'll live to see his 18th birthday. I'm not doing this to hurt you. I'm trying to save Morgan.
Sonny: Yeah. You know what -- take -- hold on, hold on. Take these. They're a gift from Michael, Father's Day gift. I guess he wanted me and his brother to go on a boat together, but, you know -- it's not going to happen now, so maybe you can have Jax take Morgan on the harbor. You guys have fun.
Carly: You know what? I'm sure Morgan will like that.
Sonny: I just want Morgan to know that those are a gift from his big brother.
Jerry: You see, I took the precaution of leaving a statement with my attorney, in case of my untimely demise. I've detailed your part in little Michael Corinthos' shooting. See, once the letter is made public, you and your beloved little brother Johnny will be dead within a matter of days.
Claudia: Hell of an insurance policy.
Jerry: Oh, for sure. You see, from now on, you do what I want, when I want. Do we understand each other?
Jason: Is there a problem?
Jerry: Ah, Mr. Morgan. How about it, Claudia? Should we tell Mr. Morgan what's going on here? Huh?
Mac: You're a flake. You're coming home with me.
Giselle: This is him, the gangster boyfriend.
Carly: I asked him to give up Kristina, and he said no.
Alexis: Then ask him again.
Jerry: Should we ask Jason what he thinks of our little dilemma?
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Jun 16, 2008 09:38
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Monday June 16 - Part 1 Patrick: You have to stay off your feet unless absolutely necessary, so what else can I get? You want some tea, maybe? Ginger ale? Crackers? Water?
Robin: I am ok. I really shouldn't drink anything. Otherwise a trip to the bathroom every five minutes will become absolutely necessary.
Patrick: You have to stay hydrated, robin.
Robin: Exactly. Yet another conundrum of pregnancy. Come along on robin's journey and follow her as she staggers through every contrary situation in a weird time and space where everything is a compromise or a paradox, and you take every precaution and you follow every rule and what do you know? You still wind up on your butt because who would have guessed it? She has an incompetent cervix.
Carly: You called, I'm here, and this is taking a lot more energy than I have to spare, so whatever this is --
Alexis: This is about my daughter.
Carly: Alexis, I already went to sonny. I asked him to give up his legal rights of kristina, and he flat out said no.
Alexis: Since when do you walk away without getting what you want, carly?
Carly: Since my son was put in a permanent coma.
Alexis: What happened to you is unthinkable, and I'm sorry. I really am. I don't mean to --
Carly: Insult me?
Alexis: I'm just asking you to understand just how terrified that I am. Sonny gave up his rights to the boys. He won't do it for kristina, and I wa to know why. Is it because he's stubborn or because he can't?
Carly: It's because he loves kristina and she's all he has left.
Alexis: I am asking you to try one more time to convince him, because out of the organization or in it, sonny presents a lethal danger to my daughter.
Man: Sorry, man.
Sonny: What are you doing?
Man: I didn't see you.
Sonny: Ok, well, next time, you're going to bump into somebody who's going to react first and think second. You get what I'm saying? Get out of here. Get out, get out, get out.
Giselle: Why are you calling him spinelli? I thought you said your name was damian.
Spinelli: [Aussie accent] It is. I am damian and spinelli. See, the jackal -- damian -- i am a -- I'm a man of many personas and accomplishments. Croupier: Sir, don't touch the table. I'll get the chips.
Giselle: I still don't understand.
Maxie: Join the club. What the heck is going on?
Giselle: If this is some kind of joke, I assure you, I'm not amused.
Sonny: Is freaky boy bothering you? You bothering her, freaky boy?
Jerry: You see, claudia and i were having differences of opinion and found ourselves at an impasse. So an objective voice was in order -- a mediator, if you will. Shall we ask jason what he thinks of our little dilemma?
Patrick: Mint, orange spice, chamomile, or do you just want to just close your eyes and pick one?
Robin: Wow, do my eyes deceive me? They actually make kelp tea?
Patrick: I found that when you had a craving for, what was it? Sardines and tonic water?
Robin: Yeah.
Patrick: What else can I get you? Tv remote, maybe some medical journals? How about -- perfect, "100,000 baby names." How's that?
Robin: No, I just need you to stop for a minute.
Patrick: I can't stop, robin. Moving around helps work off my anxieties, so --
Robin: Patrick... sit.
Patrick: Ok. I'm having a really hard time shaking the image of you collapsed on the floor. It really scared me.
Robin: Me, too. I mean, I was just thinking, don't move. You don't want to make anything worse.
Patrick: Yeah, but you were so calm.
Robin: Because I know that you would take care of us. I spent all this time trying to push you away. Thank god you didn't go anywhere.
Nikolas: I'm sorry, the city won't allow this clinic to open? What's your justification for holding up a project that this community desperately needs, a project that could actually help some people?
Mayor Floyd: Well, I --
Nikolas: Unless, of course, you are for some reason morally opposed to providing health care to people who can't afford it. And if you are, mayor, i apologize. Maybe I missed something because I didn't -- I didn't notice that on your platform when you were asking those very same citizens to vote you into office.
Mayor Floyd: Mr. Cassadine, i am very well aware that you and your various business concerns are major contributors to our local economy.
Nikolas: Right.
Mayor Floyd: And believe me, if it were up to me, this project --
Nikolas: Save your -- save your breath, ok? Here it is. I'm endowing this clinic as a last tribute to emily quartermaine, and nothing or no one can stop me from doing that.
Claudia: I doubt jason cares that you want to rent space in a cannery. And, like I said, I can't make that happen. Trevor owns that property. Only my father can influence him.
Jason: Sounds to me like you should take your problem to anthony. You know what? I would -- I would dial down the hostility a little bit because people might think that "newly reformed jerry jacks" is an act.
Jerry: I'll -- I'll take it under advisement, mr. Morgan. We'll be in touch, darling.
Claudia: Not if I see you first.
Jason: Don't underestimate him.
Claudia: Thank you. Thank you for the tip and for the rescue. It's becoming a habit.
Alexis: My guess is that the first time you went to sonny to ask him about michael and morgan, he refused, and that you went back again and again until you wore him down and he did the right thing. And I'm asking that you do the same thing for my daughter.
Carly: Ok, your mouth is working just fine. You should go to sonny on your own behalf.
Alexis: You know very well if I say something, he won't listen. But if you say something, he will, because you're the only person that has influence over him.
Carly: What do you want from me? I already told you. I went to him. I asked him to give up custody of kristina and he flat out said no.
Alexis: Ask him again.
Carly: You're not --
Alexis: And if you don't do it for me, at least just do it for morgan. He lost a brother. I don't want him to lose a sister.
Carly: No, see, you're not hearing me, alexis.
Alexis: I am hearing you, carly. You've washed your hands of my daughter. I don't know if it's out of apathy or simply out of exhaustion. But if you don't help her and something happens, then you will be responsible --
Carly: No, don't you put that on me. I am navigating my own hell here because I made the decision to go to sonny and be with him, and now my son's paying the price. You made the same choice. You navigate your own hell.
Diane: Alexis, please, 10 calls in the space of -- oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that you were otherwise occupied --
Carly: No, you stay. I'm going. I cannot help you, and please don't ask me again.
Diane: I'm guessing that that was about sonny giving up custody of kristina.
Alexis: No, it was about carly. It is always, isn't it?
Alexis: Diane, I hope you had better luck than I did, because I want to be able to tuck my daughter into bed tonight knowing that sonny's out of her life for good.
Spinelli: Mr. Corinthos, sir, you misread the situation. You see, the manhattan fashionista and the jackal were just --
Sonny: Get out of my face. Don't talk to me like that... just get out of here. Get out of here.
Maxie: Enjoy yourself.
Giselle: I'm not quite sure what just happened, but I'm awfully glad it did.
Spinelli: Vodka, rocks, with a rugged twist of lime.
Maxie: What happened to your orange soda?
Spinelli: The jackal --
[Aussie accent] Damian prefers something with a kick.
Maxie: Who's damian? What has he done with spinelli? Why are you ordering hard liquor and dressing like this?
Spinelli: Maximista asks the difficult questions.
Maxie: How about some answers? If you're trying to pull some jackal P.I. Undercover stunt on giselle, then you need to stop right now. She's critical to "crimson's" future and you're not going to mess that up.
Johnny: So are you going to tell me what's on your mind or am I going to have to drag it out of you?
Lulu: The conversation I had with carly was about choices, the choices that she made to ignore the warnings about sonny and be with him and how they've come back to bite her through her kids. And I heard what she had to say. Wrong choices don't just hurt you. They spread out and you hurt the people that you love.
Giselle: Ok, there you are. I thought you disappeared.
Kate: Nonsense, the night is still young. I hope we didn't keep you hanging.
Giselle: Oh, not at all. I've been having the most informative conversation about coffee, of all things.
Kate: Yeah, sonny has the most interesting stories when he's inspired to tell them.
Giselle: Oh, my god, this is him. The gangster boyfriend.
Mayor Floyd: I am not unsympathetic to your plight. I understand that you wish to honor ms. Quartermaine by providing a much needed public service in her name. But there is more at stake than your simple desiring to do a good deed.
Nikolas: I -- I'm clear on what's at stake here -- millions of dollars of drug company revenue. But I don't care about that. All I care about is providing medical care to people who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Mayor Floyd: Yeah, I understand, but it's not quite that simple. This clinic will also attract people who can afford to pay. They'll take advantage of you and the system that's already set in place.
Nikolas: Mayor, do you personally receive kickbacks from the medical community?
Mayor Floyd: Mr. Cassadine, I resent that.
Nikolas: Well, I resent this entire conversation.
Mayor Floyd: It doesn't change the fact that your clinic cannot open without the proper permits and licenses.
Nikolas: And you'll make sure that I don't get them.
Mayor Floyd: Mr. Cassadine, think about the park. Fresh air and sunshine, they're medicinal and they're free. Thanks for your time. You have a good day.
Nadine: What a self-important jerk. I'm sorry. I know how much this clinic meant to you.
Nikolas: Means to me. But nothing he just said will change that. If anything, he just made me more determined. I'll open this clinic if it's the last thing I do.
Kate: I don't think I have to tell you, giselle. You can't believe everything you hear.
Giselle: So you're not a gangster?
Sonny: Just a -- a simple coffee importer.
Giselle: Who, from what I hear from impeccable sources, found it necessary to make a point by slamming someone's head against an art gallery wall on new year's eve.
Jax: Well, even impeccable sources have been known to take half-truths and run with them, like the rumor that made the rounds about you not too long ago.
Kate: Oh, jax, do ll.
Jax: You know the one, about giselle and the married senator, naked in the pantry.
Kate: At the congressional dinner.
Jax: Exactly.
Giselle: Sheer rubbish, of course.
Kate: Of course. Jax, you were naughty to bring it up.
Sonny: Yes, see, jax is just illustrating a point. You can't believe everything you hear. Excuse me.
Ric: You have a moment?
Lulu: Sounds like my cue to go powder my nose?
Ric: No, no, no, actually, I'd like for you to stay.
Johnny: What exactly do you have to say that concerns lulu?
Ric: Well, tracy's making a lot of noise about the zaccharas running the casino in luke's absence and I was hoping that you could use your influence. You know, get her to calm down.
Lulu: Considering the zaccharas were the ones who framed my father, why would I lift a finger to help them?
Ric: Johnny comes to mind. If you haven't noticed, he is one of them.
Johnny: Lulu knows I had nothing to do with luke's arrest. And since I don't want her involved in our business in any way, I suggest you handle things with tracy yourself. After all, that's why you're on the payroll, right? Shall we?
Carly: Jason, it's me. I really -- hi. I really need to talk to you.
Jason: What's going on?
Carly: Alexis. Alexis summoned me over to her office and I should've told her to go to hell, but instead, i went over there.
Jason: What did she want?
Carly: Well, she wants sonny to give up custody of kristina. D I already talked to sonny and he shut me down and he said no. Now she wants me to go back and talk to him again and this time I said no.
Jason: Ok, so what? You feeling guilty?
Carly: No, I feel like a hypocrite. I feel like the worst kind of hypocrite.
Jason: Well, I didn't get that from what you just told me.
Carly: That's because I didn't tell you all of it. I didn't tell you the part where I took morgan's father's day gift over to sonny. And you should've seen his face. It was like he was kicked in the gu and I realized that this was the first of many times we're going to have like that and I couldn't bear it. And I thought, what the hell am I doing? Why am I putting us through this pain? Why don't I just go home, grab that custody agreement, rip it apart, and take morgan over to see his father? Why don't I do that?
Kate: Everything ok?
Sonny: Everything's fine. Why -- why would you ask me that?
Kate: Sonny, you don't have to tell me what's wrong, but please don't insult me by pretending nothing is.
Maxie: Seriously, spinelli, what are you doing?
Spinelli: The newly minted gentleman is girding his loins for battle. He must soothe the ravage -- savage rival fashionista. And -- can you hold this for me?
Maxie: Look at you. You're a mess. You're in no condition to go talk to giselle. If you did, you're probably ruin everything, and then I would never speak to you again.
Spinelli: Maximista doesn't mean that.
Maxie: Of course I do. Why do you have to be like this right now? I really needed someone to tk to.
Spinelli: Did something happen?
Maxie: Just forget it. Take your multiple annoying personalities and just go home.
Spinelli: No, wait. But I --
Maxie: Forget it, spinelli. I don't want to see you right now. Go.
Kate: Did giselle say something to upset you?
Sonny: She could -- look. She couldn't if she tried. I don't give aamn about that bitch. The reason I excused myself is because I didn't want to bang her head against the table there, you know, because I don't think that's a good thing.
Kate: No, that wouldn't be a good thing.
Kate: Sonny, I can see the tension through your suit. Just tell me what's wrong.
Sonny: You want me to tell you?
Sonny: Ok. There are things you're going to have to get used to, right? I mean, I love how you helped me, but there are going to be times... when you can't help me.
Sonny: And this is one of them.
Jason: You're morgan's mother. You have to do whatever you think is right, carly.
Carly: I'm already doing what i think is right. It's done. If morgan's around sonny, his life is at risk. I know that. I'm just having a really hard time finding a balance with this, and I don't know how to make it happen.
Carly: Do you ever find yourself thinking about michael out of nowhere?
Jason: Yeah, I...
Jason: I'll see something i know he'd like. Or A...
Jason: A boy at the playground or something like that, you know?
Carly: Yeah. See, that happens to me about 50 times a day. And you know what the cruelest part of all this is how life just marches on. See, the sun comes up, and i have to get morgan ready for school, and meals have to be prepared, or picked up, or delivered. And then there's homework, and then there's the hotel work, and people needing constant attention. And then the sun goes down and it's bedtime, and it's stories, and it's "five more minutes, mom." And then I try to get some sleep, and maybe I'll get about three, and then the sun comes up. And the relentless process starts all over again, and you just want it to stop. Because how does life continue when my little boy is stuck in his own body?
Diane: I have consulted with every family court judge i could find and they all said the same thing. Sonny giving up custody of his sons does not constitute grounds for you forcing him into the same action with kristina. I'm sorry, honey. You don't have a legal leg to stand on.
Alexis: Thanks for looking into it.
Diane: I'll pursue it, if you want me to. I will bring in someone who specializes in custody issues. But if you want my educated opinion, you'd just be wasting your money.
Alexis: As if her well-being could be measured in dollars and cents.
Diane: That's not what I meant, and you know it.
Alexis: I know it. I'm sorry.
Diane: Look at you. You're obviously overwrought. Ok, here's a thought. Why don't you come back to the haunted star with me? Just spend the rest of the evening relaxing, getting to know max a little bit better --
Alexis: Diane --
Diane: Having a couple of drinks --
Alexis: Are you being obtuse on purpose? Think I want to gamble right now? I'm way too busy having a nervous breakdown about my daughter.
Diane: Fine. You know where to find me.
Alexis: Di -- di, I'm sorry. Diane?
Anthony: D.A. Davis. How are you tonight? Listen, I just came across some really interesting information about your little girl. Kristina, is it?
Jun 17, 2008 10:52
Alexis: Unless you've come here to confess the myriad of crimes that you've committed, I'm not interested.
Anthony: You disappoint me, ms. Davis. Aren't you supposed to be the local champion of innocent until proven guilty? I mean, maybe you're just prejudiced against me because I'm sonny's rival. Speaking of sonny, I find it fascinating that he's the father of your child. Talk about a uniquely positioned little girl. D.A. For a mother and mob kingpin for a dad.
Alexis: Sonny's retired.
Anthony: So he says, but we both know nobody ever really gets out of this business. I mean, look at me. Six months ago everybody had me written off as a talking head of cabbage. But here I am, back, strong as ever.
Alexis: If this is your oblique way of threatening my daughter, I'm warning you --
Anthony: I have a daughter myself. I would never dream of hurting yours, but you have to remember, not everybody is as scrupulous as yours truly, and little kristina makes one sweet target.
Alexis: Get out. Or I will have you arrested, and I'll ask questions later.
Anthony: I'm sorry to hear you say that. I was hoping we might find the basis for a mutually beneficial relationship. You know what? We still might. "Never say never" is what i always say. Actually, I never say that. Have a nice night, ms. Davis.
Jason: Ok, I'm not the best at giving advice, but I -- I want you to listen to me for a minute. I mean, there are some things that you do that I think you are dead wrong.
Jason: But I always admire your strength. Just the way you barrel through things, you refuse to let anything break your spirit. I think you need to draw on that strength now. I'm not saying you can't miss michael. I mean, there's no way around it. But you can't keep living looking back, carly. It's not fair. Not to you, especially not to morgan. I mean, you were the single biggest influence in michael's life. He got to learn from you. He got to know what it felt to be loved because of you. Morgan deserves that, too. Ok, so that's the way that you can honor michael. You can -- you can keep -- keep going, even when you don't want to.
Carly: I know you're right. I know you're right. It's just -- it's just so hard. It's so hard.
Jason: I know, I know, I know it's hard. But if anybody can do it, you can.
Carly: Oh, jason. Jason, I guess that's it, right? That's the plan, to rejoin the human race and take care of my husband. I'll take care of moan. And I am so so grateful that i have you.
Jason: Mm-hmm.
Spinelli: Let me go home to my lady my lady, as fair as can be although she's been absent of late together somewhere we will be
Spinelli: Shiny. Shiny bangle, perhaps lost in haste at the stroke of midnight. Whoever's fragile wrist this fits shall be my own cinderella!
Claudia: I guess that's me.
Spinelli: Vixenella, daughter of darkness, please do not unleash your scary fury. We mean no harm.
Claudia: We?
Spinelli: Yeah, the jackal and damian.
Claudia: Ok, I know you call yourself the jackal for some reason. Who's damian?
Spinelli: It's me as well. We're both personas, equally socially inept, but neither a thief.
Claudia: I think you've had a little too much to drink, right?
Spinelli: I may be somewhat under the influence, but alas, not enough to forget that being a perennial loser is not as bad as momentarily reaching the pinnacle of manhood only to plummet to the hell of geekdom once more.
Mac: Hey.
Robin: Hi.
Mac: I just picked up your message. Are you all right?
Robin: Y, that's why the last words I said were "I'm all right." But now that you're here, you can see for yourself. Look, everything's fine.
Mac: You're supposed to be on bed rest.
Patrick: Yeah, we got it covered, mac.
Mac: You'll pardon me if I make sure. You're coming home with me.
Robin: You are very sweet to want to take care of me like I'm a 12-year-old, but it really is not necessary.
Patrick: Yeah, mac, I'm going to -- I can stay here with her tonight, so --
Mac: What good will that be?
Patrick: Well, I'm a doctor, so that --
Mac: You're a brain surgeon. What does that have to do with pregnancy? Besides, you're a flake with an adolescent attitude towards women. You'll probably try to talk robin into having sex first chance you get.
Robin: That is not true, ok? Well, maybe a little bit, but seriously, patrick would never do anything to harm this child.
Patrick: I'm just kind of shocked that's what you think of me. Practically family.
Mac: Don't remind me.
Robin: Ok, stop being mean to my baby's father. Really, we have it covered. Go home.
Mac: I don't think you understand how much you mean to me, robin.
Robin: I do. Thank you. Now go home.
Patrick: Mac, I'll take care of her. Don't worry.
Robin: Whoa, that was close. If I had gone home with uncle mac, then this baby would have come out for fear of bng smothered.
Patrick: Well, it couldn't have been any worse than being stuck here with an oversexed adolescent who masquerades as a brain surgeon.
Kate: Well, I should probably get back to giselle.
Sonny: You know what? You better watch that woman, because she's a backstabbing viper.
Kate: Thank you for noticing.
Sonny: You're welcome.
Kate: I'll be over there if you want to go.
Sonny: Can you give me at least a kiss, is that going to do?
Kate: I can give you a kiss.
Sonny: Bye.
Ric: I was going to call you.
Sonny: Yeah? What for?
Ric: How are you doing?
Sonny: I want you to say what you really mean. You're going to go back to anthony zacchara, right? To report to him whether I'm back in the business or not. Well, let me -- let me save you the trouble of a fishing expedition. No, I'm not, right? Jason's in charge. I'm pushing coffee. Is that all right for you?
Ric: Why do you got to take a civil moment and make it so damn difficult? All right, all I wanted to know... look, I know it was hard for you on father's day.
Sonny: Ok, ric, if you know that, why bring it up?
Ric: I'm just -- I mean --
Sonny: Well.
Diane: Well, I just proved the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished. I just got my head chewed off.
Max: Oh, ms. Davis was rude. What a surprise.
Diane: Hang on. Alexis is quite wonderful once you get to know her.
Max: If you say so. Would you like another gimlet?
Diane: Immedialy, if not sooner.
Mac: Another gimlet, please.
Diane: Thank you. Alexis was with carly when i walked in. Apparently, she's having no luck convincing sonny to relinquish custody of kristina on his own.
Max: Wow. I wouldn't call that play just yet. Ms. C. Just walked in.
Jax: Hey. Giselle, this is my wife carly. Carly, this is giselle.
Carly: Hi, nice to meet you.
Giselle: You're married to jax?
Carly: Yes, I am.
Giselle: But weren't you sonny's wife as well?
Giselle: And you're all so chummy. Fascinating.
Nikolas: You here for a tour?
Lulu: Yeah and no, but it looks like you've got your work cut out for you.
Nikolas: I sure do, in more ways than one, but I'll do it. So what's really on your mind?
Lulu: I need some perspective.
Nikolas: About luke running away again?
Lulu: About johnny.
Nikolas: Johnny. Well, I'm not the most neutral person to ask.
Lulu: I'm willing to take my chances as long as it doesn't hurt too much to hear emily's name?
Nikolas: No, no, I'm good.
Lulu: You guys were the real thing.
Nikolas: Right. And you feel it's the same with you and johnny?
Lulu: Well, I just -- I know that what I feel for him is stronger and more honest than anything I have ever felt. You know, we just fit. And we tried to split up, but something keeps bringing us back together. The problem is -- is the mob stuff.
Nikolas: Kind of a big one.
Lulu: Well, yeah, and I -- i have been paying attention to what carly's been going through. It's like a glimpse into my own future, and she's telling me no matter how loving and wonderful johnny is that I'm going to end up paying for his choices.
Spinelli: Oh, white knight jax finally offered a workable paradigm. You kn, the accent, the clothes, the attitude -- it finally all started to make sense.
Claudia: Not to me.
Spinelli: Look, it was nothing short of a miracle how -- how effective damian was. He -- he was supremely confident, and he could -- he knew the right things to say so spinelli could just relax and stay out of the way and hand it over to damian, who could -- who could hold a drink all night without spilling it or becomg inebriated.
Claudia: Who's damian?
Spinelli: I thought I told you. Oh, it is I, the jackal. At least, it was for one bright, shining moment, but now I am once again me.
Claudia: Ok.
Spinelli: The jackal. Hapless spinelli. You know -- you know the worst part of this whole thing was that the fa de was -- the fa de crumbled right in front of the oncperson it was meant for.
Claudia: The only thing I got out of that is that you're not used to drinking.
Spinelli: Oh, don't worry. It will pass. The dizziness will pass. I'll just sit here and wait it out.
Claudia: No, no, no, no, no. Ok, you're coming home. I'm going to take you -- I'm going to take you home, ok?
Claudia: All right, just -- ok. There you are, there you are. Jump. Oh, god.
Robin: Come on, I was joking when I agreed with mac about you. Well, half joking.
Patrick: Ok, well, what was the other half doing?
Robin: Remembering the old days.
Patrick: Oh, robin, come on. Having sex with you right now is the last thing on my mind.
Robin: Thanks a lot.
Patrick: No, ok, time out. That's not how I meant it.
Robin: No, it is, because you think that I'm fat.
Patrick: Robin, I don't think you're fat.
Robin: You do. You look at me, and you just see a ob.
Patrick: I -- listen to me. When I look at you, I see the woman I love collapsed on the floor. I see someone that I want to hold so tight so nothing ever happens to her or our baby again.
Robin: You're so wonderful. I really don't know what I did to deserve you.
Patrick: Why are you crying?
Robin: I don't know.
[Pounding on door]
Robin: Oh. Will you get the door?
[Pounding intensifies]
Robin: Please?
[Pounding stops]
Robin: Epiphany?
Epiphany: How's the patient?
Robin: The patient?
Patrick: What are you doing here?
Epiphany: You can leave now.
Patrick: Excuse me?
Patrick: What --
Epiphany: Commissioner scorpio hired me to provide round-the-clock nursing care for mother and child.
Nikolas: Are you worried about claudia? You mentioned before that she wasn't exactly thrilled about you and johnny.
Lulu: Yeah, claudia -- claudia is part of it. She's a whack job walking, but that father of theirs makes her look sane.
Nikolas: Oh, anthony. I thought he was miraculously healed.
Lulu: Yeah, yeah, that's what they say.
Nikolas: And you don't believe that?
Lulu: No, let's just say I have my doubts.
Nikolas: If he gives you any trouble, do you swear you'll tell me?
Lulu: Yeah, but I mean, it's -- it's not like you can protect me. Johnny is surrounded by violence, just like sonny, just like jason, and that's why I'm afraid if I -- if I stay with him, I'm going to end up counting my losses, just like carly.
Nikolas: Well, tn maybe you should walk away.
Lulu: That's what I'm stggling with. But any sage words of advice?
Nikolas: I think -- I think it's simple. No one can tell you who to love, lulu. In the end, you just have to follow your heart.
[Moaning]
[Throat clearing]
[Spinelli moans]
Claudia: Woo!
Giselle: Kate, I'm so jealous of you.
Kate: Why, because I'm on a winning streak now?
Giselle: Oh, you could say that. Jax is amazing.
Kate: Um, giselle, I'm with sonny, not jax.
Giselle: Uh-huh. Jax is backing you, and it's much more than financial support. He's obviously invested in you on an emotional level.
Kate: Well, we are friends.
Giselle: He's smart, funny, not to mentionexy as hell. Spend enough time, and a woman might not care that he's married, sonny corinthos or not.
Carly: Hey, I don't like how we ended things earlier.
Sonny: Right now, I don't want to fight.
Carly: That makes two of us. I don't want to fight either, ok? I'm really wrapped up in my own feelings, and I haven't even considered yours except to judge them, so I'm going to stop doing that. You have every right to move on with your life, and I'm going to try to do the same, ok?
Alexis: Well, well, well. There they are, the couple most likely to reign hell on innocent people, taking another step forward in their twisted, dysfunctional life without a shred of concern or guilt that one child took a bullet in the head and that morgan and kristina could be next.
>> On the next "general hospital" --
Lulu: You say that you're on to her, then I keep finding you guys together.
Sam: It could be worse.
Lucky: I don't see how.
Alexis: Clearly, you two are on your way to forgiving each other.
Jason: Get your hands off him.
Claudia: Whoa! Good boy. Stay.
Jun 18, 2008 03:05
Tuesday June 17, 2008 - Part 1 Sam: It could be worse.
Sam: Well, let's seeat least they didn't strip search us. You know, I -- I don't see any rats running around.
Lucky: Yet.
Sam: Well, at least he didn't put us in separate cells.
Lucky: I'm sure they will soon, unless we make a break for it.
Johnny: I hope you're not following me.
Maxie: Get over yourself.
Johnny: Oh, you seem mad.
Maxie: You wouldn't get it.
Johnny: You're probably right.
Maxie: Have you ever been to florence? I hear it has its own palace.
Johnny: Yeah, the palazzo medici.
Maxie: And a bridge that made it through some world war or something?
Johnny: Pontevecchio.
Maxie: Michelangelo's "david." I know about that one, probably because he's naked.
Johnny: Ok, what's going on here?
Maxie: My sister georgie, she got accepted in a foreign exchange program, all expenses paid, free ride. It's just exactly what she wanted. You'd say the word "italy" and georgie would light up, but she can't go because she's dead. Georgie, who had everything -- she was smart and kind and wonderful. I just -- I don't think that's fair. I was a pretty lousy sister, selfish, only cared about myself, but georgie, she -- she knew me better than anyone and she loved and accepted me anyway. She's the only person who really did that. You probably wouldn't understand.
Johnny: Actually, I would.
[Spinelli giggles]
Claudia: In case you didn't notice, he's on top of me.
Spinelli: Oh, stone cold. Oh, stone -- cldia: Whoa!
Spinelli: Greetings. Um, the jackal, uh, that is, damian -- we all feel most peculiar.
Jason: You're drunk.
Claudia: Which was your first clue?
Alexis: It's hard to imagine the screaming hypocrisy of the two of you reuniting in the face of michael's tragedy.
Jax: Alexis --
Alexis: No, you listen to me. You're important to me and so are you. You should remove yourself from this nightmare before sonny and carly ruin your lives like they've ruined mine.
Lucky: So how is your,ike, hip? Do you think you could make a run for it?
Sam: Oh, my hip is fine and happy or sadly enough, I am an d pro at jailbreaks and I've got a plan and it's fool proof.
[Lucky groans]
Sam: Don't argue, please.
Lucky: Well, I can't argue because I haven't heard it yet.
Sam: Ok, listen. I think that first what you do is we're going to yell for the guard, ok? And you're going to say, "hey guard, my girlfriend's feeling really sick and she's acting all fever" --
Sam: Come on, you're going to argue with me already?
Lucky: No, it's that you said "girlfriend." You never sathat back home.
Sam: Oh, of course, that's just because nobody likes the fact that we're together.
Lucky: Well, we're going to start ignoring them, right?
Sam: Ok.
Lucky: Go on, just tell me your story.
Sam: Ok, so and then I'm going to act all sick, and I'm going to -- I'm going to go over there and I'm going to, like --
[Sam coughs]
Sam: Like feverish and sick, and then I'm going to open my blouse --
Lucky: Whoa, hey -- hey, I'm not -- I'm not liking this all of a sudden.
Sam: Lucky, it's called cleavage and it's the best weapon we've got, so listen to me, please. Please, listen to me. It's going to work. So while I'm distracting the guard, and I'm like --
[Sam whines]
Sam: [Normal voice] Then you come in and you knock him out and we make a run for it.
Lucky: No, it's too risky.
Sam: Come on, do you have a better idea?
Lucky: Not yet, but you got me thinking.
Sam: Ok, good, because we need to be thinking. And I'm thinking so I'm the one who got us into this mess, let me help get --
Lucky: No, actually, my father got us into this.
Sam: I started the bar fight. Lucky, please, I have done this before, please. I know it's going to work. Trust me. Please?
Lucky: Ok, ok, go for it.
Sam: Ok, watch.
Lucky: Mm-hmm, yeah.
Sam: Guard!
Lucky: Guard, we need help!
Alexis: Clearly, you two are on your way to forgiving each other for what happened to michael and are on your way to destroying someone else.
Carly: I understand you're upset about kristina, but that's not your kid laying in a coma.
Alexis: My kid is in constant danger because sonny is her father. You were worried enough to have your kids taken away from him, yet you won't lift a finger to help min
Sonny: Alexis, if you want to take your anger out on me, go ahead. Leave carly out of it.
Alexis: That's unbelievable. You're more protective of her than you are your own daughter.
Sonny: Why you do -- what do you mean -- what are you talking about? Why are you even doing this?
Alexis: Don't forget that I'm the one that was sane enough all along to say that something like this would happen to the children, so don't you dare talk to me like I'm paranoid.
Jerry: Alexis, they've heard what needed to be said. We're going.
Alexis: Please, don't tell me what to do.
Jerry: There's nothing more to be gained. We're going now.
Alexis: How can you be any worse than the mistakes I've already made.
Jerry: Come on.
Giselle: My, that certainly was dramatic. Was there any truth to what she said?
Maxie: I miss georgie every day, but getting this letter in the mail, it just reminded how she's not here living the wonderful life I know she would have.
Johnny: I don't know what I'd do if I lost my sister.
Maxie: Here, look. "Dear miss jones, we're pleased to offer a full scholarship to our foreign exchange program in florence, italy. We select 10 students from over 500 applicants." She was so smart.
Lulu: What is wrong with you? Why do I keep finding you th her?
Johnny: Maxie did not follow me here.
Lulu: Oh, you cannot honestly believe that.
Maxie: I came here to be alone and I think your boyfriend had the same idea.
Lulu: Really? You have been hitting on johnny for weeks, doing everything that you can to get his attention.
Johnny: Ok, lulu, I know you don't like maxie, but you just -- just let her explain.
Lulu: Let her lie, you mean? Because everything maxie does is for an agenda.
Maxie: You got me. I made this whole thing up. I created this phony acceptance letter for georgie to some brainiac college in italy, all so I could use my dead sister to hit on the guy that you're dating.
Spinelli: Oh, thank you.
Jason: How much did you have to drink?
Spinelli: Damian had a vodka with -- or three. But it was just a -- it was just a prop, an appendage to his elegant persona.
Jason: Your what?
Spinelli: When -- damian's job was to charm the rival fashionista, but then the jackal reared his socially inept head and all --
Claudia: He's been babbling like this since I found him on the elm street pier.
Spinelli: Yeah, yeah, yeah, vixenella was most surprisingly helpful tonight after your grasshopper found himsf inexplicably on the pier without a memory as to how to get home. She -- she rendered him aid and comfort.
Jason: What did you do to him?
Claudia: Nothing. I found him like this on the pier. He was going to lay down and sleep there. I thought he'd be a sitting duck for muggers, so I --
Spinelli: No, damian can hold his liquor. Alas, the jackal cannot. Oh.
Jason: Why -- why were you drinking vodka?
Spinelli: To appear relaxed, you know, nonchalant and all? Oh, um, damian -- damian projected style, class, and he had an australian accent.
Jason: What? Stop it. Y do you keep saying damian?
Spinelli: Damian's me. Well, he was for a brief and shining moment until disaster struck.
Jax: It's a complicated situation, but the woman who just left is kind of my ex-wife.
Giselle: She was very upset.
Jax: Yes, she was.
Kate: She probably picked the wrong time to air her grievances.
Giselle: It certainly livened up the evening.
Jax: It is getting late. Rhaps we should iron out the details of the "crimson" preview in the next issue of "couture"?
Kate: Yes, those details. Why don't we go back to the office?
Giselle: But what about your wife and your boyfriend? Should we bring them along?
Jax: Sonny will give carly a ride home.
Giselle: Then lead the way.
Sonny: You didn't say good-bye to jax.
Carly: I -- I guess I'll see him when I g home. You didn't run over and say good-bye to kate.
Sonny: Well, they're working, you know.
Carly: Working -- we don't exactly fit into that, do we?
Lucky: Help, guard! We need some help!
[Sam moans]
Sam: I don't feel good.
[Sam groans] Guard: Sammy mccall? You dirty, no good swindler. You got a lot of guts coming here after what you pulled, huh?
Sam: Quintana, how the hell have you been? Guard: Better than you, by the looks of it, sammy.
Lucky: You two know each other?
Sam: Yes, I'm -- sorry. Francisco quintana, lucky. Lucky, francisco. He helped captain the very first ship I ever worked on. Taught me everything I know, by the way. What are you doing in a mexican jail cell? Francisco: Ah, pues, the wife told me to settle down, get a good, safe job. Not so good, huh, if you're trying to distract me while he beats me up, though, huh?
Lucky: Oh, that was my idea. I put sam up to it.
Sam: Yeah, you know -- francisco: You're very, very gullible, huh?
[Francisco laughs]
Sam: Come on, you're going t help us out, aren't you? Francisco: Sure.
Sam: Yes.
Lucky: What? Francisco: But you're going to have to buckle up your blouse there before I let you out.
Sam: Yes -- yes, sir. Oh, I'm sorry. It's embarrassing.
Lucky: Here, put this --
Sam: I know, I --
Lucky: Yeah, you do that.
Sam: Yeah, I've got it.
Lucky: Thank you.
[Sam squeals]
Sam: I owe you one. I owe you one. Francisco: Si, si si.
Sam: Thank you, thank you. Francisco: And don't worry about the paperwork.
Sam: Come on, let's go.
Jason: Since when do you worry about spinelli?
Claudia: I felt sorry for the guy, ok? He was acting crazy at t haunted star and talking --
Jason: Yeah, what were you doing at the haunted star?
Spinelli: I told you, I was charming the rival fashionista.
Claudia: He was gambling with jasper jacks and kate howard and some other woman and talking in that fake australian accent.
Spinelli: Yeah, the -- the valkyrie's white knight took pity on the jackal and taught him the secret of woo.
Jason: Secret of what?
Spinelli: Woo. Wooing.
Spinelli: Wooing and winning the female -- the female heart. He taught me -- he taught me how to -- he taught me how to stand and -- stand and speak and -- and talk and -- and hold a drink. And lo and behold, it worked. I was transformed. I was transformed into damian. And I -- I impressed. I entertained. I charmed. And then, at the most crucial moment, the masquerade failed.
[Spinelli whines]
Jason: What happened?
Spinelli: The details are too painful to recount.
Claudia: From what I understand, some girl showed up and --
Spinelli: Yes, the fairest of the fair, highly ever unattainable.
Claudia: I guess spinelli saw her and lost his nerve and dropped the accent and then got drunk.
Spinelli: Trying in vain to drown my sorrows.
Claudia: And then, I don't know, he ended up on the elm street pier, which is where i found him, and I brought him home.
Lulu: I'm sorry, I didn't -- i didn't know that this was about georgie.
Maxie: You can stuff your apology and your phony sympathy. You stole my sister's first love and then you kept spinelli dangling when you knew georgie was falling in love with him.
Lulu: I didn't know that georgie had -- mae: You steamrolled over my sister every single chance you got. Sorry to fill you in that your sweet little lulu isn't as nice as you thought.
Lulu: Yes, I hurt -- I hurt georgie, but I was completely wrong for doing it.
Maxie: Now you're "oh, so sorry" as long as johnny's watching?
Lulu: Georgie and I made peace. She forgave me, just like she forgave you for all the dumb stuff that you did.
Maxie: Georgie was a much better person than me.
Lulu: Uh, I can't imagine what you're thinking.
Johnny: I'm wondering why you don't trust me.
Sonny: Is alexis always that hard on you?
Carly: She refuses to believe that I have no influence with you.
Sonny: Well, you know, she's worried about kristina.
Carly: No, she's mad at herself for having your child. She still can't take responsibility for what she did all those years ago -- sleeping with you. See, it's all our fault. We misled her. We're dysfunctional. It's on and on and on --
Sonny: And I know that alexis doesn't make it easy, but I try my hardest for kristina's sake.
Carly: Why did you defend me?
Sonny: Well, here's the deal. Michael's in a coma. We miss him very much. It's like a physical pain. I didn't feel like sitting here listening to alexis attack you.
Carly: Hey, thank you.
Sonny: We both know that she is wrong about something else. We're, you know, we're not getting back together.
Sam: Ouch. Ok.
Lucky: Are you sure this is the place?
Sam: Yeah, I mean, I don't know, lucky. Assuming I'm right and the numbers on your father's note correspond to longitude and latitude, then yeah, this is the spot, yes.
Lucky: There's just no cabin.
Sam: Well, don't know. Maybe your father's camping out. He does have good survival skills, yeah?
Lucky: Yeah, the best. When I was a kid on the run with my parents, we, like, camped out in like 10 different countries, including snow camping in finland.
Sam: Whoa.
Lucky: You know what we should do? We should look for some cigar butts or some empty bottles.
Sam: That's a good idea.
Sam: Oh, come on, lucky, please, there's no sign of him or anyone else. Maybe I did it wrong. Maybe it's not the right spot.
Lucky: Yeah or maybe dad, he's just like a hundred miles away, you know, sampling the local tequila.
Sam: Well --
Sam: I'm not complaining. This to me is a whole lot better than sitting in some jail cell.
Claudia: What is your problem? Is it so hard to just say thank you?
Spinelli: The jackal offers his sincerest thanks.
Claudia: That's ok, spinelli, I'm talking to jason. Let him answer.
Spinelli: Okie-dokie.
Claudia: I found spinelli drunk and disoriented on the pier. I tried to help him out. Is that so hard for you to understand?
Spinelli: Vixenella did a good deed.
Jason: You wanted me to owe you.
[Claudia scoffs]
Claudia: Did it ever occur to you, jason, that I owe you for saving my life and maybe helping your friend was my way of saying thank you?
Spinelli: Not everything vixenella does has an ulterior motive.
Claudia: You know, for all your tough-guy attitude, maybe your grasshopper here has more common sense than you do.
Spinelli: Would you like to break bread with us?
Jason: No --
Claudia: Did you just invite me to dinner?
Spinelli: Well, see, the room is starting to -- to rotate in a most alarming manner, and I just thought maybe some carbohydrates might be --
Claudia: Oh, you have the spins. Honey, you need something greasy and full of carbs. You better order a pizza before damian yaks all over your floor.
Jun 18, 2008 03:06
Tuesday June 17, 2008 - Part 2 Johnny: We are scamming my father, lulu, while we look for evence to incriminate him. You need to trust me because this is our only opportunity to do this.
Lulu: The one that I don't trust is maxie, but it doesn't help when you're letting her drape herself all over you.
Johnny: That is not what she was doing.
Lulu: She is into you, johnny. You say that you're on to her, but then I keep finding you guys together.
Johnny: Oh, so you trust me except for when it come to maxie.
Lulu: Do I trust that you would risk your life for me? Absolutely. Do I think that you'd protect me from you father? No question. But do I think that you would be faithful to me under any circumstances? I used to. I just -- I'm not sure now.
Johnny: Then you don't know me at all.
Alexis: I have no idea why I'm here. I really should be at home with the girls, packing, arranging to change our identities as we move to the other side of the planet.
Jerry: Why don't you just take a few cleansing breaths and just, you know, relax.
Alexis: I never relax, jerry. That's because my children are always in danger.
Jerry: I don't understand.
Alexis: I thought I made myself perfectly clear during my paranoid rant about sonny and carly at the haunted star. I don't know, maybe I spoke too softly.
Jerry: No, no, no, you projected beautifully. But -- but why now? I mean, you've held yourself together so admirably for so long, why choose tonight to have a delayed reaction about michael's shooting.
Alexis: Maybe it was just the way sonny and carly were standing together, acting as if nothing had happened.
Jerry: No, no, you've seen them talk a dozen times. Something clearly set you off. What is it?
Alexis: Anthony zacchara came to my office today and he was very polite and pleasant and casual when he remarked that my daughter would make great leverage. He wouldn't hesitate for a minute to hurt my little girl.
Jerry: Well, I promise you i will never let that happen.
Max: Ms. Davis goes on and on about the safety of her kids, and then she takes off with some psycho like jerry jacks. Go figure.
Diane: Much as I admire alexis for many of her qualities, her taste in men is dubious at best.
Max: Why do you think she lost it like that?
Diane: That was my fault.
Max: I doubt that, diane.
Diane: Alexis asked me to find a legal way to compel sonny to relinquish his parental rights to kristina, and tonight I had to tell that there's no way.
Max: You were just being honest. You know, I don't think ms. Davis ever really understood how the boss thinks anyway.
Diane: Sadly, I think the only woman who can consistently deal with sonny is carly.
Carly: I want you to know that I am so grateful that you gave up morgan.
Sonny: It's not going to bring michael back.
Carly: I know that, but it's going to keep morgan safe. I always talked about how selfish you were.
Carly: You know, sonny, I know that you need to rebuild your life any way you can, but i just -- I don't think kate's going to make you happy.
Alexis: I don't need one murderer defending me from another one.
Jerry: Well, with all due respect, that's exactly what you need.
Alexis: Well, at least you admit it -- you're a criminal.
Jerry: Yes, I'm everything you ever said I was. I'm hateful, amoral, ruthless, deadly. You know I took a lobby full of people hostage, I shot robin, i poisoned your nephew. That's nothing compared to what I've done. I can and will do whatever it takes to get what I want, and what I want is for you to feel safe.
Alexis: Hmm, there might be a better way to do this.
Jerry: Well, anthony zacchara has committed no crime. And who do you think is going to protect your dauter, the police? Or you could go to sonny or jason morgan, but that will create a mob war, which will put kristina in even more danger.
Alexis: Running away is looking better every minute.
Jerry: No, no, no, no, there's a simpler solution. Let me handle this. I promise you that anthony zacchara will not hurt you or kristina or molly. If he does, he will disappear from the face of the earth.
Alexis: You mean you're going to kill him?
Jerry: I refuse to incriminate myself in front of the district attorney. You'll just have to trust me. Can you do that?
Alexis: You know what scares me is that I really want to.
Jerry: Try me.
Jason: Thanks.
Claudia: Did you check and make sure they got the order right, 'cause I ordered pepperoni, i I want to make sure --
Spinelli: The jackal will assist his --
Claudia: Ok, stay right here until we get some food in you, ok? Why didn't you check to see what was in it? I ordered pepperoni. You're not big on conversation, are you?
Jason: You know what? You can leave anytime.
Claudia: I am going to have a slice of pizza. I'm hungry, so shoot me.
Claudia: Sorry, bad joke. Well, I haven't had time to stock my new refrigerator in my new apartment since you burned down my house. So I am going to eat the slice and then I'll leave.
Spinelli: We're delighted to have the company of such a charming and dare I say fetching young lady.
Jason: Shut up, spinelli, and eat your pizza.
Claudia: You know what -- stop. Why don't you stop ordering him around? Maybe if you treated him better, he wouldn't have to go around acting like an australian romeo just to feel good about himself.
Spinelli: The jackal appreciates your spirited defense, but it is most unnecessary.
Claudia: Well, you know what, it's not. Someone has to stand up to this bully. How could you possibly have such a sweet friend and treat him like dirt?
Carly: Thought you'd still be at the office with kate or giselle.
Jax: No, giselle had a conference call with her editors, so I came home to wait for you.
Carly: Oh. I noticed you didn't say good-bye when you left the haunted star.
Jax: Did you want me to?
Carly: Well, you know, you looked a little busy.
Jax: Well, so did you. Did you settle anything with sonny?
Carly: We both agreed not to hurt each other anymore.
Jax: Well, uh, that's a start.
Carly: Hey, alexis is crazy. I am never getting back together with sonny.
Jax: I know you want to believe that and so do I, but I couldn't help but notice when alexis attacked you, you immediately jumped to each other's defense.
Sonny: Glad you called.
Kate: Well, it was either that or obsess over what alexis said tonit.
Sonny: Well, you know, alexis is in a lot of pain --
Kate: A lot of pain, I know.
Sonny: She wants to protect kristina from me because I'm a, you know, I'm such a monster. But if she had to do it all over again, she would. You know why? Because we love that little girl.
Kate: I realize that, sonny.
Sonny: Yeah, well, I mean, she brings us so much joy. But that's what, you know, that is what alexis keeps leaving out.
Kate: Well, she's scared, sonny. She's looking back at a lot of regret. She got involved with you despite all the warnings that you and carly would always be tied. No matter how much you and carly say it, you're not really ever over.
Sonny: Are we -- are we still talking about alexis, or -- or are you talking about yourself? Are you making it easier for bacteria
Maxie: No johnny? Is that why you drped the sweetness and light?
Lulu: Maxie, I am really sorry about georgie. I know how much she meant to you. I would be devastated if either of my brothers were killed. I would not wish that kind of grief on anybody.
Maxie: Yeah, ok, you already apologized to me at the overlook. Why did you call me here?
Lulu: It turns out you didn't follow johnny tonight, but you have been setting him up a bunch of times.
Maxie: I don't see him here complaining.
Lulu: Where is your pride? Why aren't you humiliated by his rejection?
Maxie: Johnny didn't reject me tonight. He was actually really nice.
Lulu: Stop throwing yourself at my boyfriend.
Maxie: But I like johnny, so why in the world would I stop?
Spinelli: Vixenella is sorely mistaken. Stone cold is a superlative friend to the jackal.
Claudia: Not that I can see.
Spinelli: Stone cold is loyal and supportive, and not only has he saved the jackal's life numerous times, he provides guidance and counsel, a well-paid vocation and this superb place to live -- granted my chambers are of a regrettably pink shade. But you know the pink hue of my regrettably pink room has actually proved most beneficial to my focus and concentration.
Claudia: Hey, none of that makes up for the way that he treats you.
Spinelli: Stone cold is occasionally terse in speech, so that may have given vixenella the wrong idea as to his inherently generous nature.
Claudia: Ok, let me see if I've got this right. You pay spinelli and you let him live in your pink room. He does all your computer hacking, which is a crime, by the way. So you have this kid breaking the law and getting shot at. In my book, that makes you a pretty lousy friend.
Alexis: That was a bad impulse. It's not going to happen again.
Jerry: I believe you said something similar when we were under e roulette table at the haunted star.
Alexis: Did I? Don't remind me of that.
Jerry: Well, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Alexis: So did I, but then again, I have really bad taste in men. See, I only like them and am attracted to them when they're dangerous, difficult and unhinged -- nothing personal.
Jerry: Then it's certainly clear why you're attracted to me now.
Alexis: I seem to be on the brink of something disastrous. This can't be good.
Jerry: Well, now might be a good time to take another breath.
Alexis: I'm breathing just fine.
Jerry: Well, you've seen the worst of me and the future can only be a pleasant surprise.
Alexis: Your argument is inconclusive.
Jerry: You're safe with me, alexis.
Alexis: No, I'm not.
Jerry: Oh, I see the problem.
Alexis: You do?
Jerry: Yes, you've made up your mind to always be disappointed. You're convinced that when it comes to romance, nothing beautiful is going to happen to you. But you're wrong, and I'm going to prove it to you.
Carly: I'm always going to care about sonny. We have children together. We have years of shared history.
Jax: Yeah, more than you have shared with me.
Carly: What difference does that make? It's in the past.
Jax: Well, I'm sure you believed that every time that you split up with him.
Carly: Oh -- it's different this time. I'm married to you. And besides, something broke in me when I found out that sonny saw that rifle and he protected kate instead of his own son.
Jax: Look, I'm the last person to defend sonny, but I'm assuming that michael was further away than kate.
Carly: I don't care. I don't care. I've heard it. Yeah, I've heard it. Michael was farther away. Kate was right there. It was sonny's first instinct. It makes sense in my head, but not in my heart. And you know what? Everything's changed.
Kate: Carly's been basically hostile towards me since the day that we met.
Kate: I'm assuming that she's threatened by the ways that we're different, my career, my social circle. She's told me time and time again, how I'm not strong enough to hold on to you, how I don't really understand you. The implication being that you share some sort of bond that we never will, and it used to make me furious. But after tonight -- I don't know, but maybe my anger is because I'm actually afraid she might be right.
Sonny: Come here. You were the first girl that i ever loved, the girl that i wanted to run away with in bensonhurst. You know me better than anyone.
Kate: Do I, sonny?
Sonny: Where is this coming from?
Kate: Look, I'm not very happy with myself, the way that I've handled carly through michael's tragedy. No, she's a mother, sonny, and she's going through unimaginable pain. It's not right for me to make judgments, but I love you.
Kate: And to see her yelling at you outside of michael's I.C.U. Room, blaming you, making you give up your sons, it's -- it's not right.
Sonny: Ok, she wasn't very nice. We all make mistakes. Carly made a mistake --
Kate: Oh, my --
Sonny: What's the --
Kate: There it is.
Sonny: There it is what?
Kate: You're defending her.
Sonny: Oh, please.
Kate: Do you see? No matter what you've been through, you two are a team. Alexis was yelling at both of you. And the truth is, you and carly will always be a part of each other's lives.
Sonny: Maybe that's true, but you're the one that I love. It was that day at the airport.
Maxie: Johnny is obviously attracted to me.
Lulu: Johnny knows you're a slut.
Maxie: I guess he likes me that way.
Lulu: Ok, if you don't stop throwing yourself at johnny, i will screw up so badly at work that we'll both get fired.
Maxie: I have a better idea. You're a spencer, which means you're a gambler, so why don't we take one spin on the roulette wheel -- all or nothing. If it lands on redi get a date with johnny, free d clear. If it lands on black, I'll leave johnny alone forood.
Lulu: I get to spin the wheel.
Maxie: Fine by me. Oh, you know, just restate the rules so I know it's fair.
Lulu: Red, you get a date with johnny. Black, you stay the hell away from him.
Johnny: Do I look like a poker chip? I'm not going to be wagered like one.
Lulu: Whoa, johnny, that -- this is not what -- that's not what this is about.
Johnny: I know what it's about. It's about the challenge, ght? And I'm always up for a challenge, so I'll take the date with maxie.
Carly: What's going on? We sat here on this couch a few nights ago and we talked about how much we loved each other. You gave me this bracelet. I touch this thing 20 times a day and I think about you.
Jax: This bracelet's for our memories.
Carly: We already have so many wonderful ones, jax.
Jax: I know, with many more to come I hope.
Carly: With a lifetime more to come. You know, I told you when i married u that --
Jax: Shut up.
Carly: I was so grateful.
Jax: I love you, and I always will.
Sonny: When you saw me at the haunted star, you knew something was wrong.
Kate: Are you going to finally tell me?
Sonny: Yes, I am. Jason came over this afternoon to give me a father's day present from michael, a life vest for me and the boys. And then out of nowhere, carly shows up with another gift from morgan, little handprints that he made.
Kate: Oh, sonny.
Sonny: So here I am, standing in my living room with two gifts from my boys that are gone from my life. So, you know, I got to tell you, it felt -- it felt like a bottomless pit was just going to open up and I was going be swallowed in.
Kate: Ani wish you would have called me.
Sonny: You know, I thought about calling you and then I thought, you know what, I'm not going to -- I don't know. I mean, you do make me feel better all the time, that there's hope for a future without violence, and a chance to see my boys. You, uh, you make me believe i can have a life. You -- you make me believe in myself.
Sonny: And I don't know if that's selfish or what, but i love you for that.
Kate: I do believe in you, sonny, and I do believe that we can have a wonderful life together.
Jason: It's true, spinelli. I haven't done you any favors, that's for sure.
Spinelli: No, the jackal protests the veracity of that most misleading statement. Your grasshopper was already in toils with mobsters, namely the shark-skinned darth alcazar, when he and stone cold first met.
Claudia: Darth alcazar?
Spinelli: Lorenzo alcazar paid the jackal heftily for his cyber services, but then stone cold came and changed my life for the better by being a bastion of integrity.
Claudia: From one mobster to the next -- yeah, that's really bettering yourself, spinelli.
Spinelli: While the jackal appreciates vixenella's assistance and concern, he must ask her to refrain from engendering guilt in stone cold on the jackal's behalf.
Claudia: It's sweet the way he hero worships you. It's like your his older brother.
Spinelli: The jackal could only hope to be worthy of a sibling-like bond with stone cold.
Claudia: Being an older sibling is a sacred bond. You always have to be there for your little brother. You never, ever let him down.
Jason: You finished with your pizza?
Claudia: You're not good at taking advice, are you? Ok, I can take a hint.
Spinelli: Vixenella's welcome to more soda if she likes.
Claudia: Thanks, spinelli, but your hero is practically booting me out the door. So have another piece of that pizza, and you'll feel great in the morning, ok? Bye.
Man: Stay here. The man who delivered your food was exposed to the asian ague, a highly contagious illness. To avoid further outbreak, you're all under quarantine. No one may leave the premises.
>> Stay tuned for scenes from the next "general hospital."
Nikolas: So you're sleeping with jerry jacks?
Epiphany: Dr. Scorpio can't take any calls right now.
Carly: This is my hotel. Get out now!
Kate: Will you please do something with your wife.
Jun 18, 2008 09:48
Alexis: Hmm, good morning, carlyle. Thank you. Have a nice day.
Nikolas: Hey. Did someone die?
Patrick: Can you reach your laptop?
Robin: Oh, my -- ok. Yeah, got it.
Patrick: Uh, i'm going to send you these scans, and then i'll come over for lunch and a consult.
Robin: Great, i'm starving, and i'm going insane being inside my house.
Epiphany: Dr. Scorpio can't take any calls right now.Thank you.
[Phone hangs up]
[dial tone]
carly: Hey. How did it go taking morgan to day care? Was he upset? Did he talk to the other kids?
Jax: He seems fine.
Carly: He wasn't upset that i didn't --
jax: No, he seems fine. He just has a question for you, and he wanted me to present his case.
Carly: Does he want to go see michael?
Jax: No, nothing like that. He wants to take karate.
Carly: That's it?
Jax: Yeah, that -- he thought that you would think that it was too dangerous.
Carly: No, i -- i don't want him to break a board or hurt himself or anything.
Jax: Oh, no, no, no, no. Karate's nothing like that at his age. I mean, it's -- it's more about coordination and focus and discipline, which is really good.
Carly: I'm all for it.
Jax: Oh, then he'll be thrilled.
Carly: But you know what's even better for morgan and -- and morgan's mother than anything else in the whole world?
Jax: No, what's that?
Carly: You.
Jax: Aw. That's nice of you to say.
Maxie: Thank you, marty.
Marty: You're welcome.
Maxie: Ok. No, no, no, no. Kate wants this over there.
Lulu: Kate changed her mind.
Maxie: Well, she changed her mind again while you were out getting the lattes. She wants the clothes close to the shoot, and the accessories need to have their own rack. The shoes have to be easy to grab. Just go.
Lulu: Ok, if it's what you think she said. It's your call.
Kate: It should be light, casual, a stylish vacation, close to home, affordable elegance. Great. Thank you Hi.
[Kate laughs]
sonny: What is going on here?
Kate: Uh, total chaos, if i fail. Inspired improvisation, if i pull it off.
Sonny: Well, you know what i was thinking? Maybe we -- we can, you know, have a late breakfast, come back to my place --
kate: Oh, sonny, i would love to -- excuse me. Put that back! Where it belongs. I'm sorry, i am in the middle of an emergency.
Sonny: Well --
kate: I have got to go. Um, the clothes are for the models, not for the assistants.
Maxie: I told you.
Kate: And did you get my coffee? I asked --
lulu: I get -- well, i got it.
lucky: Good morning.
Sam: Definitely.
Lucky: I guess my father didn't show up.
Sam: Well, maybe he'll show up today.
[Rattling]
lucky: Ok.
Don't panic and no sudden moves. Just --
[explosion]
wow.
[Sam exhales]
lucky: I'm impressed.
Sam: I hate snakes.
Robin: Thank you. You can't just yank my phone out of my hand in my apartment.
Epiphany: Your uncle hired me to make sure that you rest. Consulting with dr. Drake is not resting.
Robin: Listen, i talk to patrick all the time, ok? I miss him.
Epiphany: What were dr. Lee's orders?
robin: She said that i should be on bed rest.
Epiphany: Are you in bed?
Robin: I'm the couch, which counts. I mean, look. My feet are up.
Epiphany: Did dr. Lee order that you continue to work?
Robin: No, but she would understand if i was just talking to him on the phone.
Epiphany: Did she order you to spend every waking hour with drake, jr., Eating junk food and having sex?
Robin: No disrespect, but you're scaring me.
[Epiphany sighs]
epiphany: When you deliver a healthy baby that you've carried to term, you and drake, jr. Will thank me.
Patrick: I can't believe she hung up on me.
Nadine: Robin?
Patrick: No, epiphany. Thanks to mac, she's taking care of robin, and they're together 24/7.
Nadine: That's a little intimidating.
Patrick: Yeah, and she's taking home care way too far.
Cassius: Hey, she's just doing her job.
Patrick: Cassius, it was one phone call.
Mac: Are you calling my niece? Robin needs her rest.
Patrick: I need her for a consult. It was strictly professional.
Mac: There are other doctors in the hospital.
Patrick: Mac, with all due respect, robin and i were finally in a good place until you make one arbitrary decision, and now, we're both miserable.
Mac: That means epiphany's doing her job.
Patrick: She would be more comfortable with me.
Mac: I disagree.
Patrick: Mac, we're both adults. We've been making decisions for a long time now. You can't decide to keep us apart.
Mac: Robin obviously can't say no to you, so i'll do it for her. Leave her alone. Let her rest.
Patrick: You know what? You're being irrational.
Mac: I'm protecting my niece.
Patrick: I love your niece. She's carrying my child. She wants me beside her.
Mac: Tell it to epiphany.
Nikolas: Oh, the mayor should welcome a clinic for people who don't have insurance.
Alexis: Yeah.
Nikolas: But he's doing everything he can to undermine it.
Alexis: Floyd's an ass.
Nikolas: And he says the clinic can't just give away services or medications. He thinks everyone should pay for it.
Alexis: Yes, i'm sure you're right.
Nikolas: Well, he also said that -- that he's withholding any licenses or permits, so, essentially, the clinic's shut down before it's even opened, and i need -- i need you to change his mind, uh, call a favor or two with city council, investigate his campaign contributions, find some negative publicity, uh-huh. Or, you know, you could just take a nude midnight swim with him and post it on the internet.
Alexis: Whatever you think.
Nikolas: Looking for this?
Alexis: Yes.
Nikolas: Oh, not -- "last night was just the beginning. Jerry."
[Alexis sighs]
nikolas: So you're sleeping with jerry jacks?
Alexis: Ugh.
Carly: Last night turned out ok, didn't it?
Jax: Yeah, better than ok.
Carly: Yeah, well, it could've gone either way. You know, alexis' freaky meltdown.
Jax: Well, you came home to me. That's all that matters.
Carly: Well, you were here waiting for me when i came home, and that matters, too. And we talked. You know, we didn't just have sex and pretend like everything's ok.
Jax: And is everything ok? I'm -- i'm just asking.
Carly: I'm not going back to sonny, you know, if that's what you're worried about.
Jax: Well, i hate to dispute your word, but you always have before.
Carly: I wasn't married to you before.
Jax: Oh, right. I guess that makes sense.
Carly: Yes.
Jax: This is nice, you know, having breakfast together. I can't remember the last time we did this.
Carly: Yeah, i've been all over the map.
Jax: Yeah, and i've rushed you, which i'm really sorry about. It's just my way of trying to help.
Carly: You are helping. You've helped me so much. You know, if you just listen and understand, we're going to get through this.
Jax: Oh. I love you.
Carly: I love you, too.
Jax: So what's your, uh, plan for the day?
Carly: Uh, hotel stuff. Way behind. I should actually be there right now.
Jax: Makes you feel better, being at the hotel, doesn't it?
Carly: Yeah, you know, i feel like the metro court is the only place i feel like i'm in control.
Kate: So one of my favorite super models and the best photographer both had cancellations on the same day, and i was able to get them down here for a last-minute shoot, but it meant that i had to come up with a concept in a matter of seconds.
Sonny: Well, it looks like you pulled it off, so what's -- what's the problem?
Kate: Yeah, well, if anybody really wants to see a fashion spread in the middle of a hotel lobby.
Sonny: Kate. If anybody can pull that off, you can.
Kate: Want to watch?
Maxie: Oh, here is you water with lime.
Man: Yeah, i asked for lemon.
Maxie: I know that i definitely asked you for lemon.
Lulu: Oops, my bad.
Maxie: Oh.
Lulu: Oh.
Woman: Excuse me. Are you with the photo shoot?
Maxie: Yes, i'm ms. Howard's assistant. How can i help you?
Woman: I think my luggage got mixed up with your props.
Maxie: Oh, i'm so sorry. Marty? Do you think you could help this guest for us? Her bags got mixed up in our props. I'm very sorry about that.
Woman: Thank you.
Marty: No problem. Right this way.
Maxie: Love your shoes. Have a good day.
Lulu: Now you're ordering hotel staff around?
Maxie: Oh, no, um, all wardrobe questions come to me first.
Woman: Mm-hmm. Does she want the belt or the sash?
Maxie: Give her three options each. No, four options and shoes that go with it. Lots of options for everything. Hurry. Come on.
Kate: You know, if this all comes together, i could have a signature piece in "crimson."
Sonny: Whatever that means, i'm sure you'll nail it.
Maxie: I don't want to interrupt, but wardrobe has some questions for you.
Sonny: You've got your hands full, huh?
Kate: Well, if it all works out, i'll be golden.
Sonny: Yeah. You already are golden.
[Kate sighs]
sonny: Where you going?
Kate: I'll call you.
Sonny: Where you going?
Sam: Ok, so let me get this straight. Campfire, coffee, beef jerky, chocolate, tortillas.
Lucky: Mm-hmm.
Sam: I don't know. Where i'm from, it doesn't get better than this.
Lucky: I agree.
Sam: I can't believe you had all that in your backpack.
Lucky: Yeah, my daddy told me to be prepared.
Sam: That's a good thing.
Lucky: Yeah, i didn't want to stop and get any more supplies just in case your good, old friend hadn't finished with his paperwork.
Sam: Oh, come on. He will, he will definitely finish. He's not going to let me run around mexico as a fugitive.
Lucky: Hmm, maybe.
[Sam sighs]
sam: I like this. I like who we are out here.
Lucky: Everything's easier.
Sam: Yeah. A little bit easier. I mean, there's no responsibilities, no phones, no emails.
Lucky: Yeah, you're different.
[Sam shrieks]
sam: Ah! Kill it!
Lucky: What?
Sam: Kill it!
Lucky: It's a s --
sam: Hurry! No, right there! Get it before it jumps on us!
Sam: Stop it.
Lucky: Ok, ok, he's a spider.
Sam: I know, and i hate spiders. I have arachnophobia.
Lucky: It's harmless.
Sam: Kill it, please!
Lucky: Ok, why don't you just slide off my back, and i'll move him? Ok. All right, here we go. Shoo, go on.
Sam: W-w-wait. Why did -- why did you do that? It's just going to come back and crawl through all of our stuff and bring all of its friends.
Lucky: You don't believe that, do you?
Sam: Oh, all right, fine. My head doesn't believe it, but maybe my brain does, and i'm sorry. I am coward when it comes to spiders. I don't like them.
Lucky: It's ok. Your secret is safe with me.
ric: Morning.
Sonny: Who let you in this time?
Ric: Your housekeeper knows who i am.
Sonny: Oh, forgot. What do you need?
Ric: Well, we left on kind of a bad note yesterday. I understand that, but i also wanted you to know that i am still concerned about how you're doing.
Sonny: Anthony zacchara needs an update?
Ric: Come on, sonny. I'm here as your brother.
Sonny: Well, we both know how that goes.
Ric: Ok, look.
You've been involved in organized crime since you were a kid.
Ric: It's got to be difficult, to say the least, to be able to start a new life. Everybody's wondering if you're going to go back, you're going to make it.
Sonny: And you're going to tell them, right?
Ric: No, not at all.
Sonny: If you're working and angle, just let me know.
Ric: There's no angle. No, sonny.
Sonny: Well, then, i know you're not telling me the truth.
Ric: Look, i'm working for anthony zacchara in order to bring my father down, ok? The revenge is against him these days, not you.
Sonny: Ok, i don't -- i don't want to hear about that -- that, you know, anthony and trevor or anybody.
Ric: Ok, but, look. You know what? Wait, wait, communica -- look, communications never been a strong suit for the two of us. I'm just trying to tell you i admire what you've done. I mean, a lot of people talk the talk about wanting to change their lives, but you're one of the few who have actually done it.
patrick: Robin?
Robin: Coast is clear. Hey.
Patrick: Where's epiphany?
Robin: She went to the store to get me grilled chicken and salad. I swear, if i don't get some mu-shu pork and some sesame noodles right now, i am going to crawl out of here and steal them myself.
Patrick: Do we have time to order it, do you think?
Robin: No, i don't think so.
Patrick: Ok, what if we go to my place. We can order from there.
Wednesday June 18 - Part 1 Robin: If my uncle mac comes back here, and i'm not home, he will freak.
Patrick: You are supposed to be on bed rest, so we should probably stay here.
Robin: You know, all i really want to do is just stretch out in my own bed next to you.
patrick: Shouldn't be so difficult, should it?
Robin: Maybe we can think of a way to divert epiphany.
Patrick: I'm open to suggestions.
Jun 18, 2008 10:23
Wednesday June 18 - Part 2 Alexis: Nikolas, please. Let's not argue about it. There's no point.
Nikolas: I knew this was going to happen.
Alexis: How did you know? I didn't.
Nikolas: I just -- you were attracted to him when he was posing as -- as mr. Brosnan or whatever the hell he called himself while hiding at wyndemere and, remember, poisoning me. You remember any of that?
Alexis: It's really not a good time to be facetious.
Nikolas: My god. He -- he enjoyed withholding that antidote from me just so he could watch me suffer. He blackmailed emily just to keep her quiet, held 16 people, alexis, hostage in a hotel room, then blew it up. Shall i go on? Because there's more.
Alexis: No, no, no, please, please.
Nikolas: How could -- how could you sleep with someone who hurt so many people that you say you care about, hmm? He's sick, alexis, and if these -- if these flowers are any indication of that, he is playing you, playing you.
Alexis: What do you want from me? I have bad taste in men.
Nikolas: Bad taste -- what -- you have a redemption complex. That's what you have. You -- you try to see the good in all these terrible men, and -- and then you try to save them, and then when they turn on you, alexis, you hate him. You did it with sonny. You did it with ric. You did it with my uncle when i was growing up, and you did it with your own damn father. You tried to see -- see the best in mikkos, and then when he dumped you -- dumped you --
alexis: I don't need you to analyze all my issues because there's just too many of them, and if you could just not do that right now, i'd be really, really grateful.
Nikolas: And jerry, jerry jacks is far worse than any of those men. He'll not only crush your heart, he may even kill you.
Alexis: You are right. He's an awful person, but he did all those things before he reunited with jax.
Nikolas: Oh, great, jax -- jax saves him I -- i feel so much better now. Thank you, really.
Alexis: I see a different side to jerry.
Nikolas: Of course, you do. The mantra of every person who has ever been in a destructive relationship. And no wonder. You know it by heart because, like me, you're a cassadine. You grew up in insanity and terror, but you don't have to bring it into your life.
Alexis: Oh, for god's sake, nikolas. I'm not trying to save him. He's well beyond redemption. It's not like i'm in love with him.
Nikolas: Then why are you wasting your time?
Alexis: I am a single, working mother with two small children at home that people are trying to kill. I'm under a lot of stress. Do you have any idea how long it's been since i've gotten any, flowers to my office? Don't i deserve a little somethin' somethin' every now and then?
Nikolas: Jerry jacks is a sociopath who is seducing you so you won't prosecute him.
Alexis: Whatever. Now you've insulted me as a woman and a d.A.
Nikolas: I'm just -- i am seriously afraid for you, alexis.
Alexis: Don't be. Don't worry. Just keep thinking of me as your crazy aunt alexis and go. Go do your clinic. I will make sure that floyd does everything that you need him to do.
Nikolas: I strongly suggest that you reconsider your somethin' somethin' with jerry.
Alexis: Ok, yeah.
Nikolas: Take a moment?
Alexis: I will.
Nikolas: And think about what the hell you're doing.
Alexis: I promise. Oh, my god.
Diane: Whoa. Well, i guess we all know where you were last night.
Sonny: If anthony didn't send you, then it must have been alexis, so just tell her that i'm not going to change my mind about kristina.
Ric: I came here on my own accord as your brother. Look, i know you don't want to believe me, but i respect how you're handling this whole situation. I mean, especially after everything that happened with michael. I would have expected you were going to go out for vengeance.
Sonny: Uh, you know, she was dead. Investigation's closed.
Ric: Yeah, but that -- that wouldn't have been the way it was before, sonny. You would've had a bloody mob war.
Sonny: Exactly. And what good would that have done for my children?
Ric: Well, you're a far better father than i ever thought you were.
Sonny: No. No, no, no, no, i'm not. I wasn't a good father to michael. If i was, then he wouldn't be, you know, in a coma, tied to a bed with a feeding tube in his gut. Every choice i made for michael was wrong. I created this world for him that he couldn't survive in, so now i've come, thank god, to a point where i realize that in order for that world to change, i have to change.
Ric: I never would've thought i would've heard you say that.
Sonny: Too late for michael, unfortunately, but it's not too late for morgan and kristina. So here's -- here's the thing, ric. Um, i'm going to do the right thing. I'm going to set an example, ok? Because the way i figure it is if i want my children to live a decent life, then their father has to live a decent life.
Ric: Well, i know you don't believe me but, uh, i hope you succeed.
Kate: Think light, dakota. Think fun. Imagine that you're in paris.
Photographer: Tilt backwards a little. Beautiful, beautiful. Ah, that's good.
Kate: Stop, stop, stop, stop. Hold on. Could you get that glare off her face, and can someone get me a jacket?
Kate: No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. It's not quite right yet. There's still something missing.
Maxie: What about the green bag?
Kate: The green bag could work.
Dakota: I can make it work.
Kate: Fine, get the green bag, and someone do something about her hair. Thank you.
Lulu: You just got lucky.
Maxie: Whatever.
Kate: Ok, let's get the shot.
Photographer: Hold it right there, right there. Nice. Ok, now a big smile. That's great. I like that one. Perfect, perfect.
Carly: What the hell is going on here
Kate: You're holding up the shoot, carly.
Carly: No, i'm ending the shoot, i want this junk out of here.
Kate: One move from any of you and you'll never work for me again.
Carly: Did you even think about asking my permission, kate?
Kate: Carly, you could be grateful, i'm giving you tons of free promotion. "Crimson" is going to be the hottest title in the fashion industry, i am giving you pages of free advertising with a top photographer, with a top model. You could be thanking me.
Carly: You're interfering with my business
kate: No, i'm not. Your customers are going to have a story to tell when they get home, your hotel will seem hip, cool.
Carly: Yeah, until someone trips over a cord or a kid pulls a light on top of them. And since when can you do stuff in my lobby for free?
Kate: Carly, the sooner you step aside, the sooner we'll be done, and out of your way.
Carly: This is my hotel, i don't step aside for anyone, least of all you.
Maxie: Don't you think that you should do something?
Lulu: I'm just the second assistant, remember? Anyway, no one can reason with carly when she gets like this.
Maxie: Carly should be thanking kate that she wants to do her photo shoot in this hotel.
Lulu: Kate should be apologizing to carly and asking her to do her this favor just this once and then maybe carly would back down, but kate won't do it, so forget about it.
Kate: Look, carly, i'm sure it was a surprise to walk in on a project of this caliber. I appreciate your concern and i really didn't mean to upset you.
Carly: Don't talk down to me.
Kate: Carly, i have nothing but empathy for your situation. Maybe -- look, maybe you could take the morning off, maybe it's too soon to come back to work.
Carly: Get out. All of you get out of my hotel. Marty, go back to the desk, curtis, please find my couch. Lulu, maxie, i want this stuff packed up. Get it out of my hotel, kate, or i will have security dump it on the loading dock -- now.
Jax: Hey, what's going on here?
Kate: Oh, thank god, jax, a voice of reason. Will you please do something with your wife?
[Doorbell rings]
trevor: Look at you? Still sullen, but opening the doors all by yourself, without any guards? Very impressive. Come on, sonny, aren't you goingto invite me in for a fresh cup of coffee?
Sonny: If you're bringing me threats from anthony zacchara, you might as well just call jason, because, you know what i'm talking about.
Trevor: Well, i suppose i could do that.
Trevor: But jason doesn't need my help. You do.
Lucky: You know, i think we should break camp soon.
Sam: No, i wish we could stay here forever. It's just that, you know, it's been really great to have you all to myself.
Lucky: You know, if i don't pay enough attention to you, i'm really sorry.
Sam: Please, lucky, you -- you are great, and i love spending time with you, wherever we are. I love spending time with you here or at the haunted star, i mean, in my hot tub. Anywhere, anywhere, it's just that i know that your time, there's a lot of demands on it back home. And i just really want to enjoy our time while it lasts.
Lucky: You know, you always make it sound like we're about to fall apart. I wish you would just believe that i do care about you.
Sam: No, i do, i do believe that. I know you care. I mean, it's just -- come on, let's face it, lucky.You were in love with elizabeth way before i showed up. And it's not -- it's not that think that you don't care about me, or that you don't want to spend time with me or what we have isn't real, because i know it's real. It's just -- it's just the way that it is.
Lucky: Listen, i don't want to think about our life in port chuck, as my dad would say.
[Both laughing]
lucky: I just want us to be here, right here now with you. And no matter what's going on in the rest of our life, i just don't want us to end.
Diane: After all the lectures, all the snide remarks, all the arguments, this is where you end up. Although i must say, i'm not really surprised. Jerry jacks was gallantry personified at the haunted star.
Alexis: I had a bad day. It got better.
Diane: Don't you see the contradiction? You rail at sonny in a public place and then you crawl into bed with somebody who's even worse.
Alexis: I know.
Diane: So, what are you going to do?
Alexis: Exactly. Coffee?
Diane: Please, pour some for yourself, while you're at it. You need it.
Alexis: Is it that obvious?
Diane: To the trained eye, yes, although you do look happier, god help you.
Alexis: You have no idea.
Diane: So the sex must have been incredible, or was there a trunk show at the flower shop?
Alexis: There are no words, and i am a very articulate person.
Diane: It's irresistible, isn't it? The urge to slip into bed with somebody who is dangerous, well, homicidal even, to others, but is tender and protective toward you. It's riding the untamed horse, charming the deadly cobra, defending the wolf in the forest.
Alexis: Watching the animal channel again?
Diane: Mm-hmm. Just don't turn your back on him, metaphorically speaking.
Alexis: I won't. Promise.
Diane: So, now that we've both given it up, so to say, i must say max seems tame by comparison. You win, although your victory is dubious at best.
Alexis: Hey, those are mine.
Diane: Oh, yes, and hard earned, i'm sure. But after all the lectures you've given me about dear max, this is the least you can do for me.
Alexis: Good point, you can have that one.
Diane: This one, and let this flower symbolize our promise, woman to woman, to allow each other the freedom to enjoy the bad boy of her choice.
[Laughing]
jerry: Hola, senora.
Diane: Senorita, hombre.
Jerry: Perdon.
Diane: Nice buds.
Jerry: Gracias.
Diane: Yeah, whatever.
Alexis: Why don't you just take out a billboard.
Jerry: Oh, come on, you don't even fool me for a moment, darling. You're not even the tiniest bit mad.
Maxie: Ah, kate will have this all straightened out in just one minute.
Photographer: She'd better, i'm on the clock.
Maxie: Well, i don't think kate's going to win this one.
Lulu: Good instinct. 20 Bucks says carly shuts us down. Anyone else, anyone else? Place a bet.
Woman: I'm in.
Lulu: Yeah?
Maxie: You would bet against your own magazine?
Lulu: I thought you liked to gamble, you did last night.
Maxie: Why would you bring that up? That has nothing to do with this?
Lulu: Well, why don't you calm down, drama, and let's have some fun, right? Anyone else, place your bets?
Carly: Did you know about this?
Kate: I left messages at all your numbers.
Jax: You did?
Carly: You didn't call me.
Kate: This all came up very quickly, jax. Some of the best people in the industry are standing right over there. This is going to be wonderful publicity for you.
Carly: She tied up our lobby without permission, she's costing us money, and i want her gone.
Kate: I need this to work, jax. And because you're my major investor, you need this to work, too.
Jax: Right.
Diane: Hi.
Max: Hi.
Diane: What on earth is going on?
Max: It's your kind of stuff right here -- fancy clothes, fashion, and, uh, i think this model over here is famous.
Diane: That's dakota, she is the face of the moment. And look at her shoes. Oh, be still my heart.
Max: You want to watch and i can bring lunch over?
Diane: That's so sweet of you.
Max: Well, after all, you do watch the dodgers games with me, so...
Diane: Yes, but i love watching the dodger games with you, especially when the games take forever, and we have to find interesting ways to amuse ourselves.
Max: You're my most valuable player.
Diane: Back at you, and that's for you.
Max: What's with the flower?
Diane: Well, call it a celebration. Alexis davis is officially no longer criticizing me for sleeping with you.
Max: Why?
Diane: Because she's sleeping with someone much worse.
Max: Ah.
Alexis: No, no, this is very unprofessional, to bring this tribute into my workplace. The people out there, they're all gossiping about this, so you need to take all of them, every single one of them out.
Jerry: Why? Come on, this one, this one is for the first time. I love that one. And this one, mm, this one's for the chair, and that one over there, that one's for the bed. The third time we were mostly in bed, weren't we?
Alexis: Stop it.
Jerry: That definitely wasn't part of your vocabulary last night. And this one, this one's for the shower and that one, well, that one i can't really describe.
Alexis: A-choo.
Jerry: Bless you.
Alexis: This is bringing out my allergies.
Jerry: Is that because you finally took a leap of faith, a leap off the chandelier and trusted me?
Alexis: There was a chandelier?
Jerry: I could arrange for one.
[Alexis sneezes again]
jerry: Bless you.
Alexis: You're not funny. You have to go. You have to go right now because i've got things that i have to --
jerry: Why are you coming up with all of these tiresome, tiresome excuses after such a wonderful night?
Alexis: Because i spent that wonderful night rolling around in a bed and whatever with a murderous sociopath.
Jerry: Alexis, i'm good for you, alexis, and you may even be good for me. I mean, you chose to trust me last night, and i am genuinely honored -- i am. And i will tell you as many times as you need to hear, you will always be safe with me. I promise, i promise.
Sonny: We both know i don't need your help.
Trevor: You're making a very convincing show out of staying away from the mob.
Sonny: Mm.
Trevor: You probably even believe it yourself, but i tell you, i don't think it's going to last very long.
Sonny: Thank you, trevor, for the vote of confidence. Now you can leave.
Trevor: Sonny, do you have any idea why you are so sullen, angry, and demanding, always telling people what to do? Because, as a kid you were a power junkie, you still are, and i respect that. Coffee beans, they're never gonna do it.
Sonny: Why do you care?
Trevor: Because you are going to want that power back, and everything that goes along with it, but jason morgan is not going to give it to you. And you are going to be standing out in the cold. You're going to need an ally. I never thought that i would ever say this -- you are going to need me
Lucky: We aren't here to make any trouble, so don't worry.
Sam: Yes, i ran into an old friend in jail and he helped us out, ok?
Lucky: So, any sight of luke spencer?
Bartender: There was this one cowboy who stood off to the side, big hat, dusty, like he was working the cattle.
Lucky: What, do you think it was luke?
Bartender: Could have been, but it was dark, and i was busy.
Sam: Come on. All right, well, if luke was this close, why didn't he show up last night?
Lucky, what do we do now?
Lucky: We get the jewels where we stashed them.
Sam: Perfect, why not? Ah, for me. "Cowboy, thanks for the funds, i'll check in soon. Give my love to lesley lu, barbara jean and tracy, happy trails." Happy trails?
Lucky: Yeah, daddy gets a little carried away sometimes, but, um, we did it.
Sam: We did.
Lucky: Congratulations.
Sam: Sweet. The only catch is, it's over, and now we have to go back to port chuck.
Lucky: Mm, yeah, we do?
Sam: Do we?
Lucky: What's the hurry?
trevor: I understand, sonny, but eventually there's going to come a time when you want to take back that organization that you built. And i'm going to broker a truce between you and anthony.
Sonny: I don't want anything to do with anthony zacchara.
Trevor: I can't say that i blame you but, you see, anthony is old and he is not well.
Trevor: But his son shows promise. It will be a while yet before johnny's ready.
Sonny: Well, you got that right. He tried to kill me once, look what -- you know, didn't happen. So, i don't know what you're talking --
trevor: Sonny, he just doesn't understand that we all share a common interest. We are part of your life, sonny, and, whether you like it or not, you're really starting to miss it a little bit every day. Counting coffee beans is just not going to do it for you, and when you are through, you'll call me.
Sonny: I will never need anything from you, trevor.
Trevor: Come on, sonny, never say never. I know, it's trite, but it's true, yeah?
Sonny: Bye, trevor. Bye, trevor
alexis: You have to go.
Jerry: No, i don't.
Alexis: Yeah, you do, because i've got work to do.
Jerry: No, but we'll only have one morning after.
Alexis: Well, we've got it, it was good, it was good for me, was it good for you? You have to go.
Jerry: Did you hear anything i said to you?
Alexis: I did.
Jerry: We'll only have one morning after, this is our first night, and our morning after is slipping away as we speak. I've come to savor every moment of it, i'm sorry.
Alexis: Does anyone knock around here?
Diane: I'm happy for alexis, in a way. But while you are a wonderful and decent man, in a dangerous profession, and extraordinary in so many other areas --
max: Stop it, you're embarrassing me.
Diane: Jerry jacks is psychotic, he's a homicidal maniac.
Max: I know, all right , i was a hostage, i got shot.
Diane: Well, i worry about alexis, i really do. I wish she never even met jerry jacks.
Max: Listen, all right, i'll go get lunch, all right? You stay here and watch this fashion show, get your mind off things, ok?
Diane: Ok -- um, what's in your hand?
Max: Oh, it's just a card.
Diane: A credit card for lunch?
Max: It's actually for room 417, but i know that you like fashion and i'm sure we'll have other times that we can sneak away.
Diane: [Laughing] have you lost your mind?
Max: All right.
Lulu: Ok, all bets are in, the house is closed.
Maxie: Are you done now, spencer? You think we could get back to work?
Lulu: Sure, why not?
Maxie: Then why don't we get everything ready just in case kate wins, she wants the blue silk and the patent mules.
Lulu: Ok, i'll get it.
Maxie: No, no, no we should walk through the clothes together. I want us to be ready when kateis ready.
Lulu: Ok
kate: Look, i am terribly sorry that i didn't reach you, but i think that you can understand the importance of this shoot.
Jax: Yeah, it's just a lot to walk in on.
Carly: Yeah, you're damn right it is.
Jax: Inconveniencing, some of it is.
Kate: Look, jax, you invested in me because you trusted me, right? That's why you invested in "crimson." You need to trust me now.
This shoot is going to work out wonderfully for us, for all of us.
Carly: Ok, you're not really buying into this, are you?
Kate: Please, just try and reason with her.
Kate: Oh, i know what this is about.
Jax: I don't think i want to know about it.
Carly: Yeah, you're so afraid that i'm going to take sonny from you, you're moving in on jax.
>> On The Next "General Hospital" --
mac: I better not find patrick in there.
Kate: You're standing here defending another man.
Claudia: I'm in quarantine, i'll find some way to make the best of it.
Spinelli: Stone cold?.
Jun 19, 2008 08:31
Thursday June 19 - Part 1 Robin: Ok, we need a diversion.
Patrick: Epiphany doesn't do diversions.
Robin: What if we created some crisis at the hospital that only epiphany could solve?
Patrick: She runs that place so well, even when she's not there, she's still organized.
Robin: Right. What if I sent her out for some weird craving of mine, something rare and -- and healthy or something really good, like barbecued calamari.
Patrick: Hey, focus. First of all, epiphany probably knows somebody that grills squid for a living. Second of all, she would get suspicious. No-- ok, what if we did something with this whole medication scare at the hospital? You know, when she gave nikolas the drugs for his seizure and they didn't work.
Robin: That investigation is closed.
Patrick: I know, but what if we -- what if we asked her to look back into it, like people are getting contacted and she needs to look over the records and stuff?
Robin: That's really good, because then she would love to show up dr. Ford because of something that he missed. You didn't lock the door.
Patrick: My mistake.
Epiphany: I'm calling the police commissioner.
Patrick: No, you know what? I didn't come here to see robin, epiphany. I came here to see you.
Kate: Carly, it was purely a business decision to have the photo shoot here.
Carly: No, it wasn'T. You were sending me a message. My husband's fair game if i don't stay away from sonny.
Maxie: This is not going good.
Kate: You're embarrassing yourself, carly. You're making a mockery of your marriage and of your husband.
Lulu: Not good at all.
Alexis: Why is it that no one knocks here?
Ric: Well, I did, but obviously, you didn't answer.
Jerry: Which, to someone with a modicum of tact, would indicate that the district attorney is otherwise engaged.
Ric: Oh, well, what passes for jerry's wit and charm should play very well with the press.
Alexis: Press?
Ric: Yes, and the state representatives, who are on their way up here right now for a photo op.
Spinelli: "Sporadic constrictions of the small surface arteries will cause lividity and dark rings under the eyes." I have one of the telltale symptoms. I have -- I have dark rings under my eyes.
Claudia: Spinelli, we didn't sleep last night. It's normal.
Spinelli: Why did we not sleep last night? Why are we under a 24-hour quarantine? Because I exposed us to a highly contagious form of asian ague.
Claudia: This is not your fault.
Spinelli: Gosh, and now all we can do is sit around and wait for the symptoms to manifest themselves. Dangerous and sudden spike in temperature? Paroxysms of chills and fevers leading to a drenching sweat and possible -
jason: Just calm down, spinelli.
Claudia: Leave him alone.
Jason: He's making himself sick.
Spinelli: I sincerely hope I am not susceptible. Oh.
Claudia: What is it?
Spinelli: This disease that we've all been exposed to has a most pernicious and unwelcome side effect.
Claudia: What other side effects does this weird contagious disease have?
Jason: Please don't encourage him.
Spinelli: No, vixenella has a right to know what I have wrought, for it is my fault for exposing her and you and I to this dread illness, for foolishly trying to emulate the chairman of suave, affecting an aussie accent, imbibing distilled spirits so that maxie would see me more than a hopelessly inept dweeb, that i might storm her barricade, so to speak.
Claudia: Proving my point yet again that love kills, or in the very least can make you really sick.
Jason: Nobody's getting sick.
Spinelli: Yet.
Claudia: Don't you want to know what strange side effects we're in for? Sprouting horns? Sudden craving for human flesh?
Spinelli: Delirium.
Claudia: That's it?
Spinelli: Deep and prolonged delirium, during which the afflicted may ramble and divulge private thoughts and deeply guarded secrets.
Alexis: How could you call a press conference without consulting me?
Jerry: There is no press conference.
Alexis: What?
Jerry: No, it's obvious that ric is employing theatrics.
Ric: Look, you're not always going to get advanced warning,
alexis. Come on, you are the district attorney. You are the most highly respected representative of law enforcemenin the city. If your relationships can't stand up to scrutiny, maybe you want to reevaluate.
Alexis: You've made your point, ric.
Jerry: Yes, etiquette would have dictated a simple and tactful withdrawal, sir, and yours is minutes overdue.
Ric: I need to speak to alexis.
Jerry: Yes, and so would I, and I was here first, so if you need to find the door, you know, I'll be happy to assist.
Alexis: No, jerry, it's all right. It's probably better if I talk to him myself, but thank you.
Jerry: All right, if that's what you want, darling, of course.
Alexis: I know how you feel. I know that's not going to change, but you need to respect my privacy and stay the hell out of it.
Patrick: Your mother and I make a good team.
Robin: Mm, this food is so good.
Patrick: It's really good.
Robin: You better enjoy this, kiddo, because once you get here, we're going to eat very healthy.
Patrick: That's too bad. How long do you think epiphany will be gone for?
Robin: A while, I hope. I have to say, though, I feel bad about sending her on a wild goose chase.
Patrick: Yeah, well, maybe it isn'T. You know, maybe she'll review the charts, and maybe she'd find something that somebody else missed. Maybe -- maybe epiphany will be a hero.
Robin: So maybe we did a good thing.
Patrick: If it buys us some time, yeah, we did a good thing.
Robin: Would that be you talking me into having sex?
Nadine: Can you believe the way the police commissioner was talking to dr. Drake?
Cassius: Well, if you ask me, that cop is paranoid.
Leyla: Patrick is not used to being talked to like that. That's for sure.
Nadine: Ah, he must be head over heels in love with her to put up with that. Oh, sorry. That was insensitive.
Leyla: It's ok. It stings a little bit, but i have to admit, I'm over patrick. I'm happy he found his way back to robin. It's what he wanted all along.
Nadine: I wish everyone were like you.
Leyla: Nobody wants to be the rebound girl. Trust me.
Nadine: Yeah, but you've accepted it instead of hoping for more.
Nikolas: Hoping for more of what?
Nadine: Oh, nikolas, hi. I didn't expect to see you here.
Nikolas: Why not? I'm not giving up on the clinic. I hope you're not.
Carly: Kate wants to rub it in my face that you are a partner in this magazine with her, and you are going to back her no matter what I say. It's no accident that she picked this hotel for the photo shoot.
Kate: It's ridiculous in so many ways I don't even know where to begin.
Carly: And now, she's talking down to me.
Kate: And I'm not supposed to respond?
Carly: Well, that's the point, right? You get a rise out of me, so i act all crazy, like this isn't about what alexis said last night about me and sonny. Jax, you know how I feel about sonny has nothing to do with us.
Kate: Carly, do you hear yourself? You are standing here with your husband, defending your relationship with another man.
Maxie: You are determined to make this a mess for me just because your boyfriend wants to take me out on a date.
Lulu: Johnny was only mad at me for making that bet with you.
Maxie: I don't have time to deal with this, ok. Why don't you go to the lab and pick up the proofs?
Lulu: Are you sure you can handle all this?
Maxie: Yes, I don't want you irritating dakota so much that she walks out on the shoot. I can cover until you get back.
Maxie: Is there anything else i can get for you?
Claudia: This could make for a very interesting experience. Imagine if the man of few words got delirious and suddenly started spilling his deep, dark secrets.
Jason: Or if you did. [Phone ringing]
Claudia: Plague central.
Johnny: Ok, is this some kind of joke? Are you working some angle or what?
Claudia: No, everything I left you on the machine is completely true. I'm in quarantine for 24 hours. I was exposed to some rare form of asian jungle fever.
Johnny: Are you ok?
Claudia: Yes, I feel fine. I don't have any symptoms yet. The worst part about it is the people I'm stuck with. Sorry, make that the person I'm stuck with. But you know me. I'll find some way to make the best of it.
Patrick: Ok, epiphany, I know what you're thinking now. There's something you need to understand. See, while -
robin: This is my apartment. This is my pregnancy, and from now on, I call the shots.
Ric: All right, look, we've been working well together as parents, right? I think it's important that the girls continue to see us getting along, you know?
Alexis: You should have thought about that before you pulled a stunt like telling me the press is about to descend on me in my office.
Ric: Come on, so it was a little heavy-handed -- all right, a lot heavy-handed. But alexis, the look on your face told it all.
Alexis: My personal life is none of your business, ok?
Ric: Do I have to start listing everything that jerry has done?
Alexis: No, and that would be very wise, considering you're the one who let anthony zacchara loose, so you're not in any position to judge.
Ric: Ok, I'm not judging, and I'm not begrudging you a life outside of the kids and work.
Alexis: Look, I know you think I'm an idiot and that I'm susceptible.
Ric: No, I think you're a beautiful and desirable woman, and it is very easy for you to believe that jerry is sincere with all this. But make no mistake -- if it came down to it, he'd turn on you in a heartbeat.
Jax: With all due respect, how I feel about carly's ongoing relationship with sonny is completely irrelevant here.
Carly: It's none of your business, kate.
Jax: However, I do agree with carly. You can't just set up a photo shoot in the lobby without telling us or warning any of the staff.
Carly: Yeah, the world doesn't volve around you.
Jax: That is true, but it does revolve around the magazine. Now I didn't just invest in a business. I invested in kate because of her proven track record, and if she says that this photo shoot is important for the success of the magazine, then I have to listen to that.
Kate: Yes, carly, I have too much riding on this to make it a -
jax: And since we're already set up, I would really appreciate it if you would just let them continue.
Robin: Epiphany, I -- i appreciate everything you've done. You're -- you're a dedicated and caring nurse.
Patrick: Exemplary. Epiphany: Well, that's a lot more than I can say for the patient.
Robin: But I didn't ask to be your patient. You know, I didn't hire you. My uncle mac did out of concern and because he's insanely overprotective of me.
Epiphany: But that's no reason to send a health professional on a wild goose chase.
Patrick: Yeah, but you know what? But I did have legitimate concerns about the meds being dispensed at the hospital.
Epiphany: Then you shouldn't have used it as an excuse to get rid of me. Not that I believed you, either one of you.
Robin: I'm sorry. This hasn't been fair to you. I am grateful for everything that you did, but the truth is, I wanted patrick here all along, and I just don't need anyone else.
Epiphany: I just came to get my suitcases. You know, next time, why don't you have the guts to speak up? You two are about to become parents, and I think it's about time that you start acting like grownups.
Lulu: I know what you're thinking.
Johnny: You want to bet? Oh, but on second thought, that hasn't worked out too well for you, has it?
Lulu: Ok, I feel really bad that I sank to maxie's level and that I was willing to make that wager.
Johnny: Using me as the poker chip.
Lulu: I was just sick of maxie throwing herself at you, and you were letting her do it.
Johnny: I didn't do anything.
Lulu: That -- exactly. Exactly. It was like you were leaving the door open and -- and sending these subtle signals.
Johnny: Ok, if that's what you want to think, then -
lulu: I mean, god knows, the little slut doesn't need any encouragement, but this is just as much your fault.
Johnny: I don't send signals.
Lulu: You're sending them right now, acting like you can blow me off, and I'm not going to let you do it.
Johnny: Really?
Lulu: Really, because I'm kidnapping you.
Johnny: And what if I don't want to go?
Lulu: Well, I ha to warn you, I'm pretty desperate.
Johnny: Oh.
Lulu: Mm.
Johnny: And what is it you need me to do?
Lulu: I need you to cooperate, and no one will get hurt.
Johnny: Hmm.
Claudia: Come on, one game. Just something to break up the monotony. It's not like you can catch anything from me you don't already have. What do you say, mr. Spinelli?
Claudia: Come on.
Spinelli: Um, I lack stone cold's prowess. I won't be much of a challenge to vixenella.
Claudia: Good, that tes me you're a real man, and you're secure in your masculinity. You know those guys that you try to emulate all the time? They should really be trying to be a little bit more like you. All right, ready? You break. Over there. Yeah.
Spinelli: Ok. Hmm, I just got to -
claudia: Ok.
Spinelli: What? No, I think -- I think -
claudia: Here, here, let me show you. Ok, ready?
Spinelli: Yeah.
Claudia: You want to put it like that. Flip this over here a little bit more.
Claudia: Then you want to relax, relax.
Claudia: But firm, firm here.
Spinelli: Firm? Ok.
Claudia: Do you feel that?
Spinelli: Yeah, I feel it.
Claudia: Feel that.
Spinelli: I feel it.
Claudia: That's good.
[Laughs]
Claudia: You ready?
Spinelli: This is kind of funny. Ah! Woo.
Claudia: Wow! Wow, sweet jesus!
Spinelli: How did I do that?
Claudia: Good job, spinelli. Ok, get another one. Come on.
Spinelli: Ok, ok.
Claudia: You're stripes. Hit another one.
Spinelli: Well, um.
Claudia: Here, let me.
Claudia: Ready? Bend down a little bit more.
Spinelli: Ok. This is fun.
What? Hey.
Jason: Just leave him alone.
Claudia: You want to take me on?
Sam: Here we are, home again.
Lucky: You don't say that with much enthusiasm.
Sam: I don't? All my life I think I've always felt like I wanted to feel settled. Now that I am, I kind of miss being able to just move on.
Lucky: I know how you feel. The road makes things easier. Or the sea, in your case.
Sam: Yeah, I don't know. You know, I always kind of feel like I was searching for something, maybe money, but no. I kind of feel like I've realized now that I was always searching for the one thing that would make me happy.
Lucky: Are you? Are you happy?
Sam: Whoa, when did this conversation get so deep and philosophical? I think it must be the jetlag.
Lucky: No, no, no, we didn't change time zones.
Sam: Oh, don't be literal. I'm going to go get us something to drink.
Lucky: Hey, you know what? And then when you come back, you're going to tell me what makes you happy.
Sam: Where is this coming from?
Lucky: I don't know. You know, just being on this trip, you -- I don't know. You sing, you laugh, you know, get in bar fights, just so relaxed. It's like you were a different person, and I just kind of wonder if there's anything that I can do to make you happy like that.
Sam: You do make me happy, and I -- I really do like the way that we are together. It's just that when I get too involved, I get possessive. I mean, even -- even desperate at times, and things can get ugly, as you know, and I just -- I don't want that to happen with you. You are like this amazing surprise, the guy I never expected to be with, and I just -- I don't want to do anything to mess that up.
Lucky: I don't either. You know, I just -- you know, i think we're both afraid to take the next step, because we're in limbo, but this trip just kind of showed me the future I think we can have together.
Robin: Epiphany was right.
Patrick: You're supposed to be avoiding stress. Stop beating yourself up about it.
Robin: I should have just been up-front about it.
Patrick: Robin, you didn't hire her. Your overbearing uncle with control issues did.
Robin: He can't help it. Mac raised me.
Patrick: Well, you're not his little girl anymore. He's got to let you go.
Robin: Ok, for a moment, just try to imagine, you know, a young man, you know, about your age, player, doesn't really want to settle down -- I know it's hard to imagine.
Patrick: Ok, ok, got it.
Robin: Ok, so that was mac, and then all of a sudden, he had to become my guardian and de facto father. I mean, he wasn't really equipped to deal with a teenager with raging hormones, much less one that had just been diagnosed with hiv,nd he was with me every single day, every step of the way, finding me the best doctors and the whole time blaming himself. I mean, it didn't matter how many times I told him that he couldn't have been a better parent or guardian to me. He still believes that it's his fault that I have hiv, and so yeah, I mean, he worries a lot, and he's a little overbearing, but I know that it all comes out of love.
Mac: Robin? Robin, it's mac. Look, I know epiphany quit. I better not find patrick in there.
Nadine: I haven't given up on the clinic, not for a second. I have a few ideas, actually.
Nikolas: Really? All right, well, I'd love to hear them.
Leyla: Cassius, come help me with the charts.
Cassius: What -- what is going on?
Leyla: They need their privacy.
Nikolas: Yeah, sounds great. I think a free immunization program is a -- is an excellent idea, and we could probably even get something in place before flu season.
Nadine: Great, and you know, offering prenatal screenings and care for young kids will definitely get the mayor to back off. He doesn't want to look like a jerk for turning us down.
Nikolas: You're pretty good at this.
Nadine: Thanks.
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