Alexis: I distinctly remember having this conversation with you, I don't know -- one, two, 500 gazillion times but apparently it hasn't made an impression on you at all, so I'll -- I'll say it one more time, so open those ears and listen carefully. You and I have a professional relationship and why you insist on pursuing this on a personal level is beyond me.

Jerry: Oh, come on, Alexis, stop being so modest. I mean, do you have any inkling of the effect a woman like you has on the opposite sex?

Alexis: Really -- what kind of woman would that be?

Jerry: Well, you see, you're fiercely independent, you're brilliant and beautiful with great confidence. I mean, it -- what man in his right mind wouldn't want to take this beyond a professional relationship? Tell me.

Alexis: What woman in her right mind would want to have a relationship with you?

Jerry: You know, one who likes real challenges.

Alexis: What don't you get about "I don't play with fire"?

Jerry: Oh, come on. I mean, you may say that now, but let's look back at your history -- Sonny Corinthos, Ric Lansing. By all accounts, you're attracted to dangerous men and always have been -- so, there.

Alexis: So, there -- maybe I've learned from my mistakes.

Jerry: Really?

Alexis: Maybe -- yeah, well, I -- sort of. And it may have taken me a while but I have learned that I enjoy drawing breath, so much so that I would like to continue doing it, all the more reason why Diane is your attorney --

Jerry: Hmm.

Alexis: Because she, unlike me, enjoys a precarious situation. She's comfortable in it and she knows how to use a gun.

Jerry: Oh.

Alexis: She can wield it as easily as she -- as she can file a brief -- more reason why you should use her as your attorney.

Jerry: No, no, no, no. It -- it seems that you're not listening to me. I don't want another attorney. I -- I want you. Understand?

Nikolas: Oh! Oh, God!

Nikolas: Oh. Okay.

Nadine: Oh, no, no! Oh!

[Diego yells]

Nadine: Oh!

Diego: Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Come here!

Nadine: Nikolas!

Diego: Come here!

Nadine: Nikolas!

Diego: What do you think you're doing?

Nadine: Nikolas! Nikolas!

[Glass breaks]

[Emily gags]

Diego: Ugh!

Nikolas: Emily.

Spinelli: Nothing was wrong with your sister. Georgie was -- she was wise and gentle and generous.

Maxie: And too afraid to say anything to you because she was scared she'd get her heart broken again.

Spinelli: I -- I would -- I would not have done that.

Maxie: Yeah, and Dillon also included that in his wedding vows, but he still got sidetracked and he bedded Lulu. And then you came along all gooey-eyed and unwanted by Lulu, too.

Spinelli: All right, Lulu is incapable of seeing the Jackal the way she saw Dillon.

Maxie: But what if she had? Yeah, what if she had and you had been with Georgie? Then what would you have done?

Spinelli: Oh -- well -- the Jackal's never even been --

Maxie: I'm not talking about the Jackal. I'm talking about you. For five seconds, please separate yourself from your fantasy life and just answer my question.

Spinelli: I -- I have never -- I've -- I've never been in the position to give my -- my heart, body, and soul to someone. If and when I do, all there is of me will be all theirs until they wish to hand it back to me.

Mac: So Diego chloroformed you, threw you in the trunk of his car, and then he goes --

Lucky: To get Sam's duffel bag, the one we found in the car, to make it look like she took off on her own.

Mac: And you had the bad luck of showing up just when he was leaving?

Elizabeth: Yeah, that would explain it.

Mac: Is there anything else you can tell us, anything Diego said?

Sam: No. I mean, the last thing I remember is waking up in the warehouse. I don't -- I don't know, it could've been anywhere, and then he drugged me again to take me out.

Mac: Look, I already have an A.P.B. out on Diego. I'll narrow it to the harbor.

Sam: Oh.

Lucky: You all right?

Sam: I'm fine.

Lucky: Can I get some help over here?

Sam: Oh. Mac, I'm sorry I can't give you more to go on.

Mac: You've given us plenty. Obviously, Diego's the text message killer. I promise you we're going to get him and I'm going to be there when we do.

Lucky: Hey, I'm going with you.

Mac: No, you're getting in a car and going the hospital to get patched up. You've played hero enough for one night.

Lucky: Mac, we got every available man on this. You're too close. Don't put yourself in a situation where you might do something you'll regret. You got nothing to prove, you don't have to do this.

Mac: Yes, I do. Go get patched up.

Elizabeth: How's he doing?

Paramedic: Well, he probably has a concussion and it looks like his hands are going to need a lot of suturing up. Okay?

Elizabeth: Thanks.

Elizabeth: Max saw Diego kidnapping me in your parking garage. I'm sure he called Jason.

Sam: What were you doing in my building in the first place?

Mac: There's another ambulance on the way. While we're waiting, I'll take your statement.

Nikolas: Nadine? Nadine?

Nikolas: Oh, man.

Spinelli: Oh, God, I'm getting so close but this -- this signal is so weak, I can't keep a connection for long enough to Jackal the proper codes and raise the gate grate.

Maxie: I have to get out of here.

Spinelli: Oh, okay. Ah. Uh-uh. Come on, come on. You -- you were so close, just try.

Maxie: And get my clothes full of the same crud that's on my shoes? I don't think so.

Spinelli: Oh, okay, then we're stuck in here for at least another 10 hours.

Maxie: Let me -- let me take my shoes off.

Spinelli: Okay.

Maxie: Oh, my shoes -- look at me.

Spinelli: Okay. Hey.

Maxie: Oh.

Spinelli: Okay, okay -- when you're through, you have to tell someone of my predicament, okay?

Maxie: Mm-hmm, after I take a shower, because I can feel the germs boring through my skin.

[Thud]

Maxie: I might not even get to wash my hands. I'm stuck! Oh.

Alexis: We can both go over this back and forth until we're both blue in the face, but it's not going to change the fact that I'm not going to do this. I don't have the time, I don't have the patience.

Jerry: So -- so that's it? That's it -- you're going to abandon me in my time of need?

Alexis: It's a funds transfer, it's not a stay of execution. Diane is perfectly capable of --

Jerry: Oh, come on. There's a fine line between bending the rules and breaking the law.

[Alexis chuckles]

Jerry: I mean, in one wrong step, Ms. Miller could deprive me of the very freedom that you fought so tirelessly to defend and then what? I mean, and then you would blame yourself for her shortcomings? I mean, that's -- that's guilt that could haunt a person forever, darling.

Alexis: What do you know about guilt? You haven't had a day of remorse in your life.

Jerry: Well, I definitely -- you know, I feel sorry -- of having a chance to be with you.

Alexis: All right, that -- stop it. It's -- it's -- it's obsessive. Find a hobby, get a friend, read a book. I don't care -- do something. Focus on something else, focus on someone else. Just -- just leave me alone.

Jerry: All right, all right. Then give me one reason why I should.

Alexis: Your brother.

Sonny: The Zaccharas did this and they -- they can't hold Michael forever.

Jax: Oh. And you think you've got something they want in trade?

Sonny: No, I don't think -- I know.

Carly: Then why hasn't it happened?

Sonny: Because it's -- it's a spitting contest.

Jax: Have they even admitted to taking Michael or shooting Kate?

Sonny: They don't need to.

Jax: Oh, right, of course, because you and the oracle Jason Morgan know all, see all, and shoot all.

Sonny: Jax, do you really want to wind me up right now?

Jax: I just think you're being a little too cavalier about this, not to mention stupidly sure of yourself.

Sonny: Okay, let's get this clear right now. You can marry Carly, you can adopt Michael and Morgan, you can buy them the Taj Mahal if you want. But they're still my kids.

Jax: Yeah, then stop treating Michael like he's a drug bundle up for the highest bidder.

Sonny: You know what? I just heard you got a kid in the oven. Concentrate on that, I'll concentrate on Michael.

Carly: Stop it!

Jax: Okay, you know --

Carly: I can't imagine. I can't imagine purposely holding someone's kid no matter what there is to gain.

Peg: You shot somebody?

Michael: It was an accident.

Peg: Who did you shoot?

Michael: My -- my father's girlfriend, I guess.

Peg: Hmm. Well, I knew wives that took up that sport.

Michael: My mom and dad aren't together.

Peg: Where did you get the gun in the first place?

Michael: I bought it.

Peg: Did you know how to use it?

Michael: No.

Peg: Did you kill that person?

Michael: Uh -- I don't know. But I can still see her blood -- I can still see her blood on my hands.

Peg: You know, I've been watching the TV news and -- well, that's what they call it nowadays -- and they don't seem to be looking for you. Why is that?

Michael: Well, maybe they just don't care.

Peg: Well, maybe you should find out?

Michael: My father told me that if he ever caught me with a gun, I should turn around, run, and keep on running.

Peg: Well, my father told me to get lost a lot, too, but I never took him up on it. I'm going to go put some supper together. Are you staying? You know, this trouble that you're in -- you might want to think about the fact that running away can only wind up causing more trouble.

Epiphany: We have incoming, at least one gunshot wound.

Ian: I'll stay and cover. Cancer seems to be done in this month -- good thing that I have cosmetic surgery to fall back on. Breast lift, anyone?

Patrick: Oh, wow, you're trying, but your heart's just not in it. What's wrong with you anyways?

Ian: Some cozy night by the fire, I'll tell you.

Robin: You're still here?

Patrick: Well, I missed happy hour, so I thought I would just wait for desperate hour.

Robin: Exactly what I would expect from you.

Patrick: Which is exactly why you're hearing it. You're going to put the labels on me, I'll do my best to live up to them.

Robin: Okay, fine -- one question, one answer. When you heard that I was pregnant and you thought that it wasn't your child, you were relieved, right? Yes or no?

Patrick: Yes.

Robin: And now you're mostly feeling angry with me, right?

Patrick: Because you lied to me, Robin.

Robin: Because I didn't feel like leaning on your ambivalence and I still don't.

Patrick: We loved each other. And maybe we still do.

Robin: This baby was conceived in grief, not love. I'm not going to add your guilt and confusion to the mix.

Sonny: Listen, just sit tight. I -- I got it under control.

Jax: Not until we've got our son back, you don't.

Sonny: If I know Jason, he's looking into this Alcazar thing in -- you know, in his own way. And I got every man, you know, trying to get a lead on Michael. You -- what you need to do, you need to -- you need to concentrate on being a good mother and you let me -- you let me bring Michael home. Do you trust me?

Peg: If you got the mind, I'll spring for the call.

Ian: Nurse? Could I ha your opinion about something?

Leyla: Yes, Doctor.

Ian: Was my heart in that?

Leyla: No.

Ian: Oh -- disturbing.

Leyla: I'm sure it's just a phase. Someone will get your heart rate up again in no time. Oh, and, Dr. Devlin? You try that again and I'll report you for sexual harassment.

Regina: The doctor will be right with you.

Sam: Thank you.

Lucky: Excuse me.

Sam: Hey.

Lucky: Hey.

Sam: Shouldn't you be lying down or something?

Lucky: Not with Diego Alcazar out there.

Sam: No, no, no. You cannot go out there -- he is crazy, you're hurt. Come on.

Lucky: Hey, I'm okay. I got plenty of practice at the walking wounded.

Ian: You'll have to excuse us, please.

Sam: Hey. Be careful.

Lucky: You take care of her.

Ian: I tried once. This time, she's not getting away so easy.

Patrick: I'm not officially on duty, but when the ambulance called in the case, I was here, so I'm going to consult. Apart from your blood loss, you have one finger hanging by a thread, nerve severance leading to several others. If we don't act fast, you're not going to have the muscle or nerve coordination to hold a spoon in either hand.

Maxie: Spinelli, do something! Don't touch me there!

Spinelli: Okay, okay, okay!

Maxie: Ooh, forget it! You're not helping.

[Laptop chirps]

Maxie: What is that?

Spinelli: Um -- okay, well, -- well, the good news is that the city computer accepted my override code.

Maxie: And the bad news?

Spinelli: One or both of these grates are going to be retracted into the slots of the ceiling and scrape off anything that's stuck in them.

[Thud]

[Whirring noise]

[Computer beeps]

[Beep]

[Chirps]

Diego: Oh!

Nikolas: Game over.

>> On the next "General Hospital" --

Luke: You wouldn't keep anything from me about your mother, would you?
Patrick: It's not good, Jason -- I'm not going to lie to you.
Jason: When can I go back to work?
Patrick: I was thinking, are you ever going to work again?
Nikolas: I'm going to make you wish that you stayed dead.