Thursday - Part 2



Sam: Why are you defending Elizabeth when she hurt your brother?

Nikolas: Look, she's working right now, it's not acceptable to talk about this here.

Sam: Some people might find it unacceptable that Elizabeth married Lucky without even bothering to tell him that she slept with Jason, and -- she's stalking him, coming up with any excuse in the book to spend time with him.

Nikolas: Sam -- Sam, what happens between Elizabeth and Lucky is their business.

Sam: Hello -- I was living with Jason at the time.

Nikolas: Just let it go.

Sam: Thank you, cousin Nikolas. Where would I be without you?

Elizabeth: Oh -- thanks. She just walked right up and started in on me.

Nikolas: Yeah. It seems that she's upset about more than just losing Jason. She just can't let it go.

Jason: Elizabeth's divorce is none of my business.

Emily: Well, yeah, Diane probably gave you all the details.

Jason: Diane won't violate attorney/client privilege.

Emily: The point is Elizabeth is now officially free, and I helped her move into this cute little house that she's renting. Jase, you should see it.

Jason: I'm glad she's happy.

Emily: Elizabeth's about as happy as she can be while she's separated from you, which isn't very happy at all. And from the way you're hurting, Jase, I can see how much you miss her, too. Love is too precious to waste. So why should you and Elizabeth be apart?

Luke: Well, thank you for meeting me on short notice, Blaze. It's really good to see you.

Skye: Well, it's good to see you, too, Luke -- except for the strings that always come to be attached.

Luke: Can't a friend just call another friend for a drink?

Skye: Well, you see, except that drink always comes with a self-serving agenda.

Luke: You've toughened up since I saw you last.

Skye: Well, I've had no choice -- due to Alcazar's mysterious disappearance.

Luke: You know, if I had to lay a bet, I'd say that you not only knew about the hit on Lorenzo, you had something to do with it.

Skye: Well, necessity is the mother of invention, especially where the welfare of my child is concerned.

Luke: Lorenzo underestimated you.

Skye: Something you've never been guilty of.

Luke: You're as smart as you are beautiful, Red.

Skye: Oh, and you were counting on those looks to do what for you, exactly?

Luke: Is it just me, or did we used to be better at foreplay?

Skye: Well, Luke, we were very different people then -- both footloose and fancy-free, unattached. And now I am a woman with responsibilities, and you are a very married man. So tell me, Luke, what do you want?

Luke: All right. There is some very valuable waterfront property that belonged to Lorenzo and I'm quite confident that it has passed into your lovely hands. I think you and I could turn a nice profit with that property.

Skye: Well, controlling those piers has made me a very popular lady.

Kate: Sonny doesn't have to sell me on anything. I weigh the evidence and form my opinions.

Ric: Oh, come on, Kate. You were Trevor's mistress for five years. Do you honestly believe that he was secretly running the Zacchara family for all of that time?

Kate: Like you, Trevor is driven, ambitious, and morally bankrupt.

Ric: Well, it's interesting how quickly you turned against him.

Kate: Trevor framed me on phony drunk driving charges, he made me lose my position at "Couture," and he's tried to take everything else I've worked for.

Ric: Well, maybe he was just adjusting to the fact that you were becoming so close with Sonny.

Sonny: Make your point, Ric, or get out of here.

Ric: You know, the part about this that is so fascinating to me is your assertion that Anthony Zacchara is crazy.

Sonny: I met the man, Ric. He's in no position to choose his own suits, much less run a business.

Ric: Right, well, I can see how that would happen, right, Sonny? A man, none too stable to begin with -- he wallows in violence and grief until he goes completely insane.

Sonny: Are we going to do this now?

Ric: Did you recognize Zacchara when you met with him, Sonny? I mean, come on, maybe he is bipolar, too, huh? Maybe he tried to get treatment and then, you know -- how does it all work with chemical imbalances in the brain, Sonny, huh? You start thinking you're normal, you forget your medication, and then, boom, you're in trouble? Maybe that's what happened with Zacchara, and now he's barking at the walls. Wonder how long it's going to be before that happens to you.

Sonny: He's trying to scare you away from me. Is it working?

Robin: Spinelli?

Spinelli: Hi.

Robin: Hi. Thank you so much for doing this, it means a lot to me.

Spinelli: The -- The Jackal is -- is happy to assist.

Kelly: Ok, are you done with the forms?

Spinelli: Yes, completed as requested.

Kelly: All righty, then. Follow me.

Spinelli: Don't worry, Dr. Robin. The Jackal is healthy and able-bodied.

Robin: Good luck.

Patrick: Poor kid looks like a nervous wreck.

Robin: He's doing his best.

Patrick: Robin, if you're having second thoughts, now is the time to say so.

Luke: So someone else is interested in Lorenzo's piers?

Skye: No comment.

Luke: You're playing a dangerous game here, Red. Anybody interested in that property wants it for illegal shipping.

Skye: I'm well aware of that, Luke.

Luke: You need a partner you can trust.

Skye: And you're a willing volunteer?

Luke: We have history, most of it pretty memorable.

Skye: Hmm. Some other adjectives spring to mind.

Luke: We ran a pretty successful operation there at the casino for quite a while. And you know that if I make a deal, I'm good for it. I'll cover your back, and I would never double-cross you.

Skye: You wouldn't dare.

Luke: That, too. So who else is interested in the property?

Skye: Ric Lansing thinks the Zaccharas will want Lorenzo's waterfront properties. He's offered to broker the deal.

Luke: All right. I can do one better than Lansing.

Skye: How's that?

Luke: I'll broker the deal, you cut me in on the profit, and I'll keep you out of a mob war.

Johnny: What part of "goodbye" don't you get?

Lulu: I don't like being manipulated for my own good.

Johnny: I'm busy. If you changed your mind about the money --

Lulu: I got home, and I started thinking about the total 180 that you pulled and it hit me. You blew me off because you're trying to protect me, so drop the act and be honest. Am I in danger, and from who?

Kate: Can I ask you something?

Sonny: Yeah, you can ask me anything you want, but a lot of what Ric said was true, so --

Kate: Ok, so why do you think for one second that I would let your bitter, manipulative, pathologically jealous brother -- even on the best day he lived -- frighten me away from you?

Sonny: First of all, it is true that I am bipolar. And it is also true that I live a very stressful and violent life, right? So two things that he --

Kate: And did we not discuss this the other night?

Sonny: Yes -- yes, we did.

Kate: Do you want my friend's phone number -- Linda in the city? You can call her. She can tell you we've been friends for 10 years, and that she is, in fact, bipolar.

Sonny: Well, you know what? It would seem a little intrusive of me to call a stranger, to check up on her because you want me -- why -- why are you asking me these questions, and why --

Kate: Because I dislike your brother very much.

Sonny: Welcome to the club.

Kate: No, Ric has played a pivotal role in the most negative experiences I've had here in Port Charles, and the very bottom was the night that I -- that I basically offered to publicly humiliate you to save my own skin.

Sonny: You lied -- I'm not holding that against you.

Kate: Well, I do, Sonny. It doesn't matter that I had no intention of actually going through with it. I compromised myself and my feelings for you, and I -- I basically groveled at the feet of the man that I loathe. And the very worst part is that he is trying to use your illness against you like he did just now, and he thinks that because of the way that I behaved that night in the park that somehow I'm going to be complicit.

Sonny: But it's like what you said before -- you know that Ric is pathologically jealous -- and you're right. Trevor gave my mother an impossible choice, and she chose me. It doesn't matter that Ric grew up rich or that he went to an ivy league school or that he has a beautiful daughter. For whatever stupid reason, he wants me to pay for my mother's choice. Do you get what -- it doesn't make any sense, but he wants me to suffer like he thinks he did.

Kate: It's sad.

Sonny: It is sad.

Kate: It is sad, but it would be only sad -- but he actually is in a position to use the law as a weapon.

Sonny: Yeah, but you know what? Any D.A. is going to want to take me down, and I'm -- I'm just glad that it's Ric, because he's emotionally involved, which means he's easy to manipulate, if you know what I mean.

Kate: That doesn't bother you?

Sonny: What?

Kate: That he implies you should be ashamed of being bipolar?

Sonny: Actually, it's the exact opposite. You know, a lot of times when he's in my face saying that I'm crazy or whatever, what I really want to say to him, "yeah, I am bipolar, but I'm still running rings around your sorry ass." You know what I mean? I mean, yeah, I -- I've gone to therapy and I'm taking medication, and you know what? It's worked -- I haven't had another breakdown, I'm -- I'm running a business, living a life. And what about -- what about Ric? He can barely function because he's going after something that he'll never get. He wants my mother to choose him -- guess what -- she's dead, ain't going to happen. But, you know, in a way, it's good that he pisses me off, because I don't have a lot of time to think how ashamed I am of something I can't change.

Kate: I admire how you deal with your condition. And I am truly sorry that I ever paid lip service to Ric and his hateful vendetta.

Sonny: I know why you went to the park to meet with -- with Ric. You were all Kate-Howard up, you wanted to cut a deal. And then halfway through the conversation, Connie Falconeri was standing there thinking, "you know, I want to beat the hell out of this guy." Am I -- come on, am I right?

Kate: Maybe you know me.

Sonny: Maybe I know you?

Kate: A little.

Sonny: Just a little?

Kate: A lot.

Sonny: A lot.

Jason: The warehouse is in much better shape than I expected, that's for sure.

Max: Well, it's like the explosion wasn't meant to cause any damages.

Jason: Yeah, which doesn't make any sense if it was a warning from Zacchara.

[Phone rings]

Jason: Yes?

Spinelli: Stone Cold, please, please come to the hospital. The situation is most dire.

Jason: Stop.

Spinelli: The Jackal is incapable of performing on demand, Stone Cold must take his place.

Sonny: No, no, nada. Hasta que yo venga.

Kate: That didn't sound promising.

Sonny: Ah, they -- my casino partners want a face-to-face meeting.

Kate: Is that a violation of mob etiquette?

Sonny: I don't appreciate being summoned.

Kate: Ok, see, that -- that I understand. No one summons Kate Howard, she summons -- them. Well, she used to, till she sideswiped one car too many and wound up emptying bedpans.

Sonny: Come on, you don't seriously do that.

Kate: Not often.

Sonny: Are you serious? You know -- you know how much money I give to that hospital?

Kate: It's not a big deal, Sonny.

Sonny: Yes, it is a big deal, because -- community service is one thing, but I don't like them embarrassing you like that.

Kate: Well, it's not like I've been singled out -- all the orderlies have to do it. It's -- it's part of the job.

Sonny: Well, it's not part of yours. I'm going to call these people.

Kate: I do not want you to make a phone call.

Sonny: I don't care what you want.

Kate: Well, I do, Sonny. I wouldn't be able to hold my head up if suddenly I didn't have to because my boyfriend, the mob kingpin, called some administrator and threatened to break their kneecaps.

Sonny: Ok, first of all, I don't break kneecaps -- that's a stereotype.

Kate: Sorry.

Sonny: Second of all, when did you start thinking of me as your boyfriend?

Kate: Is that a problem for you?

Sonny: It's not a problem for me. I was just -- you know, does that mean, like, I get to call you my girlfriend?

Kate: Actually, you could do one better.

Sonny: Yeah?

Kate: You could escort me to what appears to be the highlight of the Port Charles social calendar.

[Sonny sighs]

Sonny: What's a -- what's a black-and-white ball?

Kate: It's ultra-formal, ultra-chic. Truman Capote threw one in the 1960s, and it is widely considered the party of the century.

Sonny: Ok.

Kate: Women wear black ball gowns or white ball gowns or some combination of the two, and men wear white ties and tails.

Sonny: Like the waiters at Luigi's?

Kate: Oh, don't --

[Sonny laughs]

Kate: You know, I would bet money -- in fact, a lot of it --

Sonny: Right?

Kate: That not only would you look stunning in tails, but, in fact, you would look as if you were born to it.

Sonny: You really want me to go to this thing, don't you?

Kate: I really do.

Sonny: Ok, I'll tell you what. I'm not going to -- I'm not going to wear some rented piece of garbage, so how long does my tailor have to make a penguin suit?

Kate: The party is October 31.

Sonny: When?

Kate: October 31.

Sonny: Oh, that's not good. I'm -- I have a meeting in Puerto Rico. I can't make it. I'm leaving tonight.

Trevor: So, listen to me. I just called in a couple of favors from the syndicate that partner with Sonny Corinthos in his three Puerto Rican casinos. He's going to fly down there and meet them tonight.

Man: We have everything in place.

Trevor: You just make sure that nothing goes wrong, Mr. Vaughan. Sonny Corinthos is not to leave that island alive.

Johnny: Does this look like the kind of house where friends come and hang out?

Lulu: What are you protecting me from?

Johnny: We had fun. It doesn't seem fair to repay you by getting you killed.

Lulu: Ok, obviously you're trying very hard to get rid of me, so, fine, I'll go. I just thought you might want this. It belonged to your mother, didn't it?

Johnny: So what?

Lulu: So why did you give it to me?

Carly: Oh.

[Phone chirps]

Carly: "See you at the ball."

Sam: Ahem. Look, I -- I just -- I wanted to explain what you walked in on at the hospital.

Nikolas: It's not really necessary, Sam.

Sam: Yeah, I -- I understand that, but I do know that you're angry, and I have a right to how I feel.

Nikolas: I -- I don't wish to discuss this right now.

Sam: You and Emily and Lucky and Elizabeth all have been friends for a really long time and I get that, I understand that, but --

Nikolas: Shut up! Lucky threw away his entire family because of you!

Sam: Are you kidding me? That's not how it was, and --

Nikolas: That's exactly how it happened! You do not care about him --

Sam: Nikolas -- Nikolas!

Nikolas: And I'd be doing him a favor if I get rid of you! What do you think about that?

>> On the next "general hospital" --

Robin: It's ridiculous to think of you fathering my child.
Jason: Not really.
Trevor: Are the arrangements in place?
Sonny: I'll be back in time to take you to that ball.
Sam: No! Nikolas!