trevor: So there you are. Look, except for a couple of details -- which i'm handling -- we are ready to meet moreau's shipment in canada and bring it downriver.

Johnny: Lulu's missing.

Trevor: Oh, is that why you were stalling me -- you got girlfriend trouble?

Johnny: I checked around, and i -- trevor: Listen, will you please forget about her? Your father tried to kill her! Leave her alone, she's going to be fine.

Johnny: "Going to be fine" doesn't work for me.

[Phone rings]

jerry: [French accent] johnny zacchara, you're a hard man to track down. Moreau here.

Johnny: I know who it is.

Jerry: We have arrangements to make.

Johnny: Meet me face to face and we'll talk.

Jerry: Oh, yes. Like a man, huh, a macho man? You see, this type of a man is stupid, dies young, and spends the rest of his life in prison. But then your father should've told you that, but -- you know. And if i was stupid, i would not have time for this meeting because my needs are pressing.

Johnny: I don't care.

Jerry: Oh, well, you know,

johnny, there are different levels of caring -- you know, someone who cares for his father, cares for his dog, and,let's say, cares for his pretty, blond girlfriend with a very powerful set of lungs. I mean, she must be an animal in bed.

Johnny: You son of a bitch.

Jerry: Oh, so now you want to talk? Good.

Jax: I love carly, and i know that she would love nothing more than to give me a baby, and i would -- i would love that, too, but not at the expense of our marriage. So what do you think our chances would be?

Kelly: I can't talk to you about carly.

Jax: Right, of course, of course. Yeah, i forgot about that part.

Kelly: Right. But a woman in carly's hypothetical situation --

jax: What -- what would she be dealing with?

Kelly: The first line of treatment is drugs -- to cause her to ovulate or make more eggs.

Jax: Ok.

Kelly: If that doesn't work, she'll move on to more invasive technologies -- possibly surgery to remove the scarring or unblock the fallopian tubes.

Jax: Sounds romantic.

Kelly: Yeah. If that doesn't work, she'd move on to assisted reproductive technologies -- artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization.

Jax: Yeah, i remember some of that from when courtney was trying to get pregnant.

Kelly: If a woman in -- like carly decided to go this route, it would require the commitment of both partners. The longer it didn't happen, the more work and time you would put into it, and then --

jax: Right -- the more strain it would put on the relationship. Yeah.

Kelly: The most important thing is communication, ok?

Jax: Mm-hmm.

Kelly: You can't be working at cross-purposes or keeping each other in the dark, not telling each other what you want.

Jax: Yeah.

Kelly: And my advice -- talk to your wife. You might be surprised at what you learn.

Jax: Thank you.

Kelly: Yeah.

Jax: Thank you, thank you very much.

Elizabeth: You're not here out of care and concern for jason or his son. You're jealous because it's not your child with jason, and that you were left out of something important in his life.

Carly: That was your doing.

Elizabeth: No one makes jason do anything he doesn't want to -- you should know that better than anyone.

Carly: You used his love for that baby.

Elizabeth: You know, carly, it's no accident that jason left you on the outside. He knew you were going to make things worse like you always do. You are so afraid of being replaced in jason's life.

Carly: I know one thing -- it won't be by you. Jake needs his father, and i am going to do whatever it takes to pry him out of your hands.

Elizabeth: You're a mother. How can you possibly advocateseparating me from my little boy?

Carly: I never said anything about separation. It's called "joint custody," and it works great for me and sonny, and it'll work great for you and jason -- whether you like it or not.


Diane: All righty. Pick your poison.

Alexis: Cyanide.

Diane: You want to stay warm or not?

Alexis: Which one do you want?

Diane: Which one do you want?

Alexis: That one.

Diane: I want that one.

Alexis: It's a good thing nobody can see me in this.

Diane: Poor you.

[Alexis sighs] God --

diane: Hey, look what i found.

Alexis: Whoa!

Diane: So, you come to any conclusions?

Alexis: About what?

Diane: About the men in our lives. Powerful men -- the sonnys and the jasons and the rics and the jerrys?

Alexis: I don't know. Maybe it's about control.

[Music plays]

alexis: People fear them and respect them out of fear, then they come to us for help.

Diane: Bingo. Very good. But wait -- there's more.

Alexis: Hmm?

Diane: I was raised by my father -- he was a powerful man. He was a judge, so he was respected and feared. But the man would've starved to death if i hadn't cooked dinner for him every night. So i was needed -- albeit, at a very cold distance. Of course, this was before the cancer got him and he turned into a puppy. But by then, it was too late. There's a reason why women like you and i are alone -- or we have an occasional dalliance and then go back to being alone. For us, it's enough.

Alexis: Is it?

Singer: Sometimes they've never been sure

nikolas: Oh -- emily? Em--

[knock on door]

nadine: Dr. Drake shouldn't be more than a few minutes.

[Nikolas sighs]

nikolas: So what does that mean, another hour? You think i got nothing else better to do?

Nadine: Hmm. I have 45 patients waiting for their meds, i share your frustration.

Nikolas: Don't -- don't try to manage me.

Nadine: Uh -- look, i'm just trying to get you the best medical help possible as quickly as i can.

Nikolas: No, you're not, you're trying to cover for dr. Drake. What, did he get held up at the tennis club?

Nadine: Ok, we're not stamping sheet metal here, mr. Cassadine. Sometimes patient care takes longer than expected, sometimes there are unforeseeable complications --

nikolas: Listen -- listen, do you -- do you know how much money i give this hospital? Do you?

Nadine: A lot.

Nikolas: A lot, a lot. You're damn right, "a lot." Who do you think pays for this alan quartermaine wing that's going up? Who, after this little string of disasters when the h.M.O.s Were trying to take over, who single-handedly kept this hospital afloat?

Nadine: You have been very --

nikolas: I did! I did! So what is it going to take to get some treatment around here? Huh?

Nadine: It was my sister. She was -- she was the one responsible for that string of disasters, so i understand more than anyone --

patrick: What's going on?

Nadine: I -- mr. Cassadine --

nikolas: She was -- she was just trying to convince me that you were -- that you were off healing the sick and the lame, instead of banging some nurse --

patrick: How long has he beenlike this?

Nadine: A few minutes.

Patrick: And what triggered it?

Nadine: I --

nikolas: You think you can just waltz in here any time you want? Sleep your way through the entire staff -- is that what you think?

Patrick: Nikolas --

nikolas: Because no one would do a damn thing about it because you are the great God, dr. Patrick drake. You went through robin, leyla -- you just threw them aside, broke both their hearts. Hey, congratulations -- i guess you're the new meat around here. I'll tell you what -- you two can go ahead and have this nice, comfy bed -- i'm out of here.

Patrick: Ok, you're not going anywhere, not in this condition.

Nikolas: You cannot keep me here against my will!

Patrick: You're a danger to yourself --

nikolas: Get off me!

Patrick: Hey --

nikolas: Why don't you do something and figure out what the hell is going on with me? Why don't you do that? Em-- emily, where -- emily, where are you?

Patrick: Hey.

Monk: He has relieved us of our financial burden. I mean, it's a miracle. Our prayers are answered. Father franco says that our benefactor is committed to our monastery.

[Phone rings]

spinelli's voice: Hello. You've reached the jackal, cyber-sleuth -- discreet, thorough. You know what to do.

Lulu: Spinelli, it's lulu. Somebody grabbed me, i don't know who. Please tell jason, just hurry. With all the speed dialing, i don't know anybody else's phone number but yours, and i have no idea where i am. I'm -- i'm looking at a painting of -- of a guy in a robe with a spade and watering can, and i don't know what's going on here -- agh! Spinelli! Spinelli, help me! Spinelli, they're taking me away!

Jerry: [French accent] i will signal the shipment to head for the border. Now, you move your ship out of new york to go upriver and i'll consider that a significant gesture -- that we've finally reached an understanding.

Johnny: Lulu better not have a scratch on her, you understand me?

Jerry: Oh, she'll be fine, and she'll continue to do so -- if you don't fail me, that is. Ok?

Johnny: Moreau's got her.

Trevor: I told you not to stall them.

Johnny: How do i know you weren't in on it?

Trevor: Kid, you keep mistrusting me like that, and you and your girlfriend are going to have a lot more than you know how to handle.

Logan: Johnny, i'm going to ask you this one more time -- where's lulu?

Johnny: Somebody's holding lulu hostage to make me do something i refuse to do.

Logan: I knew it had something to do with you. If anything happens to lulu, you son of a bitch --

johnny: I'm going to go along with this guy, whatever it takes to make sure nothing happens.

Logan: No, no, johnny, we're going to go to the cops right now, and we're going to tell them everything.

Johnny: If we go to the cops, lulu dies. I'll handle it.

Logan: Correction -- we're going to handle it.

Johnny: I don't want you involved.

Logan: Look -- hey, listen to me. You think your lawyer buddy, lansing, cares what happens to lulu? No. You know i do, though. I want her back safe. Now, that may be the only thing we have in common, but for right now, it's going to have to be enough.

Mike: Oh. So, joe, tell me, how long have you and angie been together now?

Joe: Been just the two of us for 12 years. I'd die for that woman.

Mike: Yeah.

[Phone rings]

[spinelli snores, coughs]

mike: I tell you what -- if you sound anything like him while you're sleeping, she'd probably help you.

Joe: Ok, babe, i'm on my way. Yeah -- don't worry, flu's going around -- mike says everybody's got it. All right, love you. I got to hit it -- she's getting worse.

Mike: Yeah. Well, listen, if you need anything -- i mean, anything -- all right?

Joe: Thanks, mike.

Mike: Take care.

[Spinelli snores]

[music plays]

diane: Did you see the phone? Could you have told me about the phone? I just finished putting all the sticky quarters i had found into that jukebox so we'll have music for the rest of the evening. Of course, it will also drown out the sound of the cockroaches carting off what's left of the chips.

Singer: Sometimes

alexis: So do you think that we've learned anything tonight?

Diane: About each other? Maybe.

Alexis: So where do we go when we need something?

Diane: Ourselves.

Alexis: Yeah. Yeah, that's enough.

Diane: Is it?

Singer: And when you fall i'll know better than to

patrick: Take some blood, rerun every test. Something's not right. I know he's been diagnosed with

a brain tumor, but there's more to it than that. Maybe it's a residual effect from the experimental drug that jerry was injecting into nikolas to control him.

Robin: Well, he should be having these rage episodes all the time, so something is keeping them at bay.

Patrick: Whatever it is, we need to figure it out.

Nikolas: Oh -- where'd you go?

Emily: Wherever i go when you don't need me.

Nikolas: What? I always need you. Something just happened. I was arguing with a nurse. It's only going to get worse, isn't it?

Nadine: You shouldn't think that way, mr. Cassadine.

Nikolas: I'm so sorry. I -- i'm sorry.

Nadine: Oh, it comes with the territory, i'm ok. The important thing is that we get you ok -- and we will. So the next time you're talking out loud, tell yourself this -- "there's always hope." And if we don't see it, maybe it's just because we're looking in the wrong direction.

Elizabeth: Hey, jake?Jake, look at mommy. Hey, buddy, everything's going to be ok. Yeah, you don't have to worry about anything, ok? What are you looking at? Something outside?

[Music plays]

singer: How does circumstance seem to cost us every chance of living out the truth in our hearts?

It seems the best-laid plans fall just outside our hands and leave us broken down and far apart but if faith plays a role i know someday i'll hold you in my arms forevermore so let's love like it's ours to keep love

johnny: You're on a need-to-know basis about my business.

Logan: What i need to know is how to get lulu back.

Singer: And maybe this time the fates will be kind to us so let's love
like it's ours to keep

lulu: Let me go!

Singer: I wish there was a way that we could somehow stay in this perfect moment in time

mike: Ok, ok.

Singer: I'd give up everything 'cause this is all i dream about whenever i'm alone inside my mind
i pray faith plays a role so that someday i'll hold you in my arms forevermore so let's love like it's ours to keep love like we've always dreamed and maybe this time the fates will be kind to us so let's love like it's ours to keep love like we've always dreamed and maybe this time the fates will be kind to us so let's love like it's ours to keep i wanna love you like it's ours to keep


>> On the next"General Hospital" --

sam: Your son is going to pay the price.

Lucky: She would never do anything to jeopardize that baby.

Elizabeth: Oh, my God -- Jake!

Regina: Did you get your insurance worked out?

Joe: Yeah -- I made sure I brought it with me.


Edited 1 time by laurieluvsliason Jan 10, 2008 06:13.