Nikolas: You came back.

Emily: How can i stay away?

Alexis: I take you had a comfortable night in custody.

Jason: I've got nothing to say without my attorney.

Alexis: You don't need to hide behind an attorney, jason. I've already gotten statements from maxie and spinelli. I know what happened. I know that devlin was about to kill maxie and you shot him, so in essence, you protected maxie. All i want from you is to tell me what devlin said before he died.

Claudia: [Clears throat]

[phone rings]

Jerry: Why are you calling me?

Claudia: We have to meet.

Jerry: I have a busy afternoon.

Claudia: Look, if ian gave us up to jason, then he could be coming after both of us as soon as he gets released from custody.

Jerry: Meet me in the park in half an hour.

Carly: You're coming home today, sweetheart. You're going to be in your own room with all your favorite stuff. You're going to have your books and your pictures. And i'm going to open the windows, and i'm going to let fresh air come in. I'm going to play your favorite songs. And i'm going to be the one there taking care of you. It's going to be so much nicer than this hospital. And you're going to get stronger, and you're going to come back to us. You are.

[Door opens]

Carly: Michael's ready --

Jax: Carly, don't do this.

Nikolas: I'm having the surgery today. I'll never see you again.

Emily: But your life will be saved.

Nikolas: Yeah. And i'm not trying to back out or anything. You definitely convinced me to have the surgery, not just for myself, but for spencer, too. I just want to see your face and hear your voice for a little while longer, that's all.

Emily: Our first kiss was in this park. You remember?

Nikolas: I know, i know. Little teenage emily kissed me without warning, stuck her tongue halfway down my throat, she did.

Emily: Oh, come on. I needed a little more work, a little more technique.

Nikolas: I was -- i was actually charmed by you, as a matter of fact.

Emily: You felt sorry for me.

Nikolas: No, i did not. You were so beautiful even then. Yeah.

Emily: My friends had told me how to kiss, but the real thing was very different from practicing on my pillow.

[Giggles]

Nikolas: Your pillow. Well, i was honored to have been your first kiss, and i was honored that you loved me.

Emily: I'll always love you.

Nikolas: [Sobbing] god, i'm going to miss you so much.

Emily: Nikolas, you have years of wonderful memories. Hold onto them, but don't let them get in the way of you living your life. Keep yourself open to new people --

Nikolas: No --

Emily: Yes, to new love, to new experiences that are going to bring you joy.

Nikolas: How am i supposed to do that without you?

Emily: You have faith. Have faith that good things lie ahead for you.

Nikolas: I'll try, how's that?

Emily: Nikolas, i pray to god that you'll have a long and happy life. And when you die, years from now, when you're an old, old man -- i'll be waiting for you.

Elizabeth: Mr. Holden's temperature is normal and his B.P. Is down.

Epiphany: Good. Administer his meds in an hour.

Elizabeth: Oh -- in an hour, i'm not going to be here.

Epiphany: Oh?

Elizabeth: It's jake's birthday. I'm working a half-shift.

Epiphany: Did you arrange this earlier?

Elizabeth: Yes, ma'am. It's on the rotation.

Epiphany: Well then, in that case, i guess you and the boys go ahead and have yourselves a good time at the birthday party.

Elizabeth: Thank you.

Robin: It's jake's first birthday?

Elizabeth: Yeah, it's just cake and balloons in the park. Really, it's more for cameron than it is for jake, because he doesn't know what's going on. And i actually thought about putting the party off because lucky's out of town doing some investigative course with the fbi -- but, you know.

Epiphany: Kids like to celebrate on the actual day. Stanford used to start counting down ten days before.

[Laughter]

Elizabeth: Cameron has reminded me every day. He even helped me bake the cake.

Robin: That is so cute.

Elizabeth: I know. And insisted on going to the store and picking out the decorations and the presents.

Patrick: Who's having a party?

Epiphany: That would be one-year-old jacob martin spencer.

Robin: Are you disappointed? Hoping for a party where the refreshments were not milk and cookies?

Patrick: I happen to like milk and cookies.

Elizabeth: Well then, you are more than welcome to come to the party. It will be nice having a male presence since jake's father can't be there.

Jason: I have nothing to say without --

Alexis: Without an attorney present. You know, it's particularly galling to know that i'm the one that taught you that obnoxious little phrase during my regrettable tenure as your attorney. You don't have to worry about self-incrimination. I just want a simple statement. You were kneeling beside devlin when he dieded. Did you hear him name his accomplice?

Jason: I got nothing to say.

Alexis: Which means you're planning to kill his accomplice. I get it. Whoever hurt michael should pay, but you don't get to decide how that's done. Murder's illegal. If you attempt it, i swear to God, jason, i will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. I mean it.

Diane: If there is anyone at risk for prosecution, it is you, D.A. Davis.

Alexis: The defense attorney at last.

Diane: This is a most egregious abuse of your official power.

Alexis: Standard procedure.

Diane: Oh, come on, alexis. Look, let's just cut to the chase. You are holding my client in an attempt to coerce him into revealing what ian devlin said before he died.

Alexis: That's exactly what i'm doing.

[Knock on door]

Claudia: Morning, dad. How are you? Hope you're feeling better today.

Anthony: I'm feeling better, but i'm counting the days till i can get out of this chair and walk wherever i want to without having to knock.

Claudia: Well, knocking is just a common courtesy.

Anthony: We don't need etiquette. We're family.

Claudia: Nobody ever barged in on me in italy. They had more respect for my privacy.

Anthony: Oh, so you come back home with your nose in the air?

Claudia: I'm all grown up, dad, in case you hadn't noticed.

Anthony: I noticed. You're still reckless, claudia, and crazy enough to hire somebody to kill sonny.

Claudia: Where did you get that idea?

Anthony: I watch and i listen. You wanted him dead, so you took matters into your own hands, which was a crucial mistake. Fortunately, you have your father to cover for you.

Carly: My decision is made, jax. I don't want to fight about this again.

Jax: The facility i found is perfect for michael. He'll receive around-the-clock care.

Carly: And you didn't tell me you were investigating that facility, and if you would have, i would have told you that you were wasting your time.

Jax: I know you, carly. In a week from now, or a month, or six months from now, you're going to realize that this can't work, that he's better off in the facility.

Carly: I am his mother. I'm supposed to be taking care of him.

Jax: Think about what you're doing here. You're going to be exhausted. You'll have no time or energy to be any kind of mother to morgan.

Carly: I'm doing what's right for michael.

Carly: How can you ask me to send him away?

Jax: Carly, look, you can visit him whenever you want for as long as you want. You could spend days with him. You can talk to him, love him as much as you always have.

Bobbie: Hey.

Carly: Hey.

Bobbie: The ambulance is waiting out front.

Carly: We're going home, baby. We're going home.

Lulu: Spinelli -- hi. What are you doing in the bushes taking pictures of me like a stalker?

Spinelli: Today is the anniversary of young jacob martin's most auspicious birth, and i assumed there would be a celebration in that fair lulu would be here.

Lulu: Uh-huh. Ok, well, now that you're here, you can make yourself useful. Why don't you help me with the tablecloth?

Spinelli: The blonde one's wish is my command. You know, it's somewhat surprising that the fearsome fashionista allows fair lulu to leave her toils.

Lulu: Yeah, i was afraid to even ask. Kate can really bite your head off when she's annoyed about something.

Spinelli: Yeah. I observed when she threatened the employment of maximista and fair lulu over a paltry deleted e-mail, but such is not the case today?

Lulu: No, the minute i told her it was for jake's birthday, she was totally fine with me leaving work. I think what happened with michael really shook her up.

Spinelli: Michael's unfortunate injury has been a tragedy indeed. You know, none have suffered more than stone cold, who is again in police custody. So therefore, the jackal will bring him photos --

Lulu: No, no, no, no, no. Don't even think about it.

Spinelli: But the event must be commemorated so stone cold can share in the --

Lulu: Spinelli, jason can't have anything to do with jake ever again.

Claudia: I don't need your help, daddy. I didn't have anything to do with the hit on sonny's life.

Anthony: You must hate that man's guts for what he did to johnny.

Claudia: The best way to keep that from happening again is to honor the truce. I mean, i talked johnny into making that truce. And i know you're a smart man and i hope that you'll honor it because sonny has a lot of powerful friends in this town.

Anthony: You mean he's got a lot of power over you.

Trevor told me you slept with corinthos.

Claudia: Trevor should keep his big, fat mouth shut.

Anthony: He has his uses.

Claudia: He's out for himself, and if you don't see that --

anthony: Trevor knows that sonny is the enemy. I'm not sure you do.

Claudia: I hate him.

Anthony: You know what they say, claudia? Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. I am not going to compromise my business so you can have access to any man, particularly sonny corinthos. He's not right for you.

Claudia: Who would be right for me, daddy?

Anthony: Well, i think you know.

Johnny: Vaughn's looking for you, dad. He's got some question about security.

Anthony: We'll finish this discussion later.

Johnny: Need some help?

Anthony: No, i can wheel myself, thank you, but you're a good boy for asking.

Johnny: You ok?

Claudia: Hate him. A lot. It's really hard for me sometimes to pretend like i don't.

Johnny: Well, he's going to bait you every chance he gets.

Claudia: It's ok. He's been pushing my buttons my whole life. Doesn't matter. As long as you and i stick together, john, he won't have any power over us.

Carly: I wonder what's taking them so long.

Jax: I'm sure they'll be bringing michael soon.

Carly: I just want -- i just want to have michael upstairs in his bed before morgan gets here, you know? It will just be less confusing for everyone.

Jax: You know, you can still change your mind.

Carly: Michael belongs at home.

Jax: He's not aware of his surroundings, carly.

Carly: I don't believe that.

Jax: Carly --

carly: Somewhere in his mind, he's going to know that he's home and surrounded by people who love him. That is his best chance for recovery. I'm not sending my kid away.

Epiphany: I'll be in the o.R. With dr. Drake for the nikolas cassadine surgery. I would like you to be circulating nurse if you can work beside dr. Drake and remain professional.

Leyla: Oh, my relationship with dr. Drake's been over for months. I'd appreciate the chance to assist.

Nadine: I was a part of the team the last time dr. Drake tried to operate on nikolas, and i'd like to be there today as well.

Epiphany: You're emotionally involved with the patient.

Nadine: I can keep things professional.

Epiphany: I'm sorry, nurse crowell, it's a complicated surgery. We are not taking any chances.

Robin: So, my mother was going to call you and tell you that she was drunk. She didn't mean anything that she said. But of course, she was whisked away on another mission. So i told her that i would tell you that she was just spouting off without even thinking.

Patrick: You're talking about the whole marriage thing.

Robin: Right. Pay no attention to her opinion. Not that it's her actual opinion. She's -- what do you -- projecting, you know, her own fantasies about us.

Patrick: Fantasies?

Robin: Well, i don't know where she got them. I think she was just trying to put it together, you know? You, me, and the baby. You know, she didn't even bother to ask if the subject had even come up. Even though she is very well-intentioned, she's completely wrong.

Patrick: About?

Robin: Us getting married, because we're not ever going to. And now my mother understands that the subject is not even on the table. It hasn't even crossed our minds, so that's why she wanted to apologize to you.

Patrick: Ok, good. Well, i'm glad we got that straightened out.

Robin: Good.

Patrick: Ok.

Robin: Me, too. Oh, did you want me to go over nikolas' test results?

Patrick: Did you change your mind about scrubbing in?

Robin: I thought you wanted morucci.

Patrick: Well, no, but -- you know, morucci offered and it would be a long time for you to stand, so --

robin: You got a replacement because i'm pregnant?

Patrick: Robin, the last time that we operated on nikolas, he freaked out. He kicked you in the stomach. I didn't want to risk that again. So if that makes me overbearing and over-concerned, then so be it. If you want to lecture me and go tell dr. Ford --

Robin: I'm not going to tell dr. Ford on you. And although i admit i did feel a lecture coming on, after further consideration, i appreciate your concern.

Patrick: You mean that?

Robin: Yes, i do. And i'm going to take advantage of my free afternoon and go to jake's first birthday party. Maybe i'll get some tips on single mommy celebrations.

Patrick: Ok.

Spinelli: Stone cold would never wish to expose young baby jake to the same dangers that felled little michael. Hence, his decision to keep his distance. The jackal's mission is simply to commemorate these precious events through videography and photography.

Lulu: Spinelli, you can't be lurking around. Everybody knows that you work for jason. They're going to make the connection.

Spinelli: It is commonly believed that your law-abiding sibling is baby jake's father.

Lulu: And everybody also knows that jason and elizabeth were involved, and it came out in court that she had to take a paternity test.

Spinelli: And the maternal one opted to commit perjury and swore that stone cold was not the parental unit.

Lulu: Well, it turns out that that might have saved jake's life.

Spinelli: Again, my deepest sympathies in regards to little michael.

Lulu: Spinelli, it's just -- it's really awful to see michaellaying there, and i feel terrible for carly. She is in so much pain, she is waiting beside his bed, waiting for some miracle, for him to wake up and start talking so that this whole nightmare can be over. But that's not going to happen because michael is in a permanent coma.

Spinelli: And that fate will not befall young jake.

Lulu: No, no, it won't. Because jake is going to grow up with lucky as his father, safely. So the best thing that you can do for jason and for jake is to just stay away.

Spinelli: I shall abide by fair lulu's edict. And from afar, wish young baby jake a most joyous celebration.

Alexis: Maxie and spinelli both said that devlin said something before he died. They were too far away. Jason wasn't.

Diane: These two witnesses are both highly emotional and less than reliable when it comes --

alexis: You are over-exaggerating the level of uncertainty here.

Diane: Fine. You trot that into court, you will be laughed out of the building.

Alexis: You can do the legal two-step with the best of them, diane, but the fact of the matter is that jason shot and killed ian devlin.

Diane: To save maxie jones.

Alexis: That hasn't been proven yet.

Diane: Both witnesses gave --

Alexis: He acted as a vigilante. He was seeking justice for michael.

Diane: Conjecture and speculation.

Alexis: He is a hit man, diane. He's a professional killer. He perpetrates the very culture of violence that got michael shot in the first place. [Sighs] i'm sorry. Jason, i know that you love michael. But for his sake, you have to tell me who devlin's accomplice is so that i can prosecute him to the full extent of the law, because that is the only way to stop another innocent child from being hurt.