Matt: Oh. We're slammed. So I just saw the lab report. The woman who collapsed, you know, we gave her the medication?

Nikolas: Right. Let me guess. They're all fakes?

Matt: Yes. Placebos. But I spoke with her attending and she's responding fine to the new medication. So that just leaves the remaining eight.

Nikolas: Eight what? Where do you come up with eight?

Matt: Well, we gave the very same medication to 12 patients. Four of them either had bad reactions and sought treatment or listened to our warning and stopped taking them. So that leaves eight. Math was my strong suit.

Nikolas: All right, great. Well, do we have contact information on these people?

Matt: Probably not because when they came in, they lied on their paperwork and that's why they're afraid to come back. On the bright side, when the mayor slammed us in the news, he got my name right. Want my autograph?

Nikolas: Well, we're going to have to get all the prescriptions here in the clinic and just test them.

Matt: All right. Yeah. Sure, that's only going to take half your year's budget. Just -- ok. All right, that's right. I forgot, I forgot. You have a fortune to spend. All right.

Nikolas: Just test all the medications and get me a list of the relevant suppliers, please.

Matt: Do I look like the guy who does lists?

Nikolas: Just do it now. Ok? Somebody's out there profiting off of counterfeit drugs and I want to find out who it is.

Lulu: This isn't a good time.

Kate: More to the point, this is a place of business. So resolve this by the time I'm ready to leave.

Maxie: Logan, you need to get out of here.

Logan: Why should I? Lulu and I were great before you tore us apart.

Lulu: Oh, can we not have that conversation?

Logan: Maxie's not backed off even a little, ok? She's still determined to hurt us.

Maxie: This is so pathetic. She has been over you for months.

Logan: Maxie hates us. She hates us. Ok? And the only way to show her how wrong she is is to show her how good we are together. How we belong. We belong together.

Maxie: I'm going to call hotel security.

Logan: Go ahead. Tell them I said hello. Remember I used to work here as a security guard? Great. Maybe they'll be gentle with you when they throw you out. For old times' sake.

Lulu: Maxie, hang up the phone. You, just leave.

Logan: I'm not going anywhere. Ok? I'm sick of Maxie tearing us apart.

Lulu: I -- I am happy that Maxie slept with you because if she hadn't, I would have never met Johnny.

Logan: No, no, you don't mean that.

Lulu: I do, I do. I'm not going to go back with you, Logan. It really makes me uncomfortable when you ask. It's like you're not hearing me when I say that I am with Johnny, ok? I am committed to him. I am not going to go out with you ever again.

Logan: You could have saved me. But you let this bitch wreck us both.

Claudia: If you're on a murder-suicide mission, Jerry, go right ahead. My father's guards will take you out on sight and your affidavit is sealing me and Johnny's fate.

Jerry: Come on, you're scrambling to buy time for you and your brother. As it happens, I am enjoying my life at the moment. But I am just tired to look over my shoulders. I think Anthony needs to know that if I die, you and your brother will be exposed as accessories in little Michael Corinthos' shooting.

Claudia: Give me 24 hours. Ok? I'll find a way to fix it.

Jerry: At long last, you're an optimist. Tell your father or I will. Time's running out.

Carly: I told Kate that Sonny was going to leave her at the altar.

Jax: No. That's not like you to say something so nasty.

Carly: It's true. If Sonny bolted from his wedding to Brenda, who he really loved, there's no way he's going to marry Kate. And she didn't want to hear it. So now she's taking you to Manhattan, just to prove she can.

Jax: Ok, look. Let's just put aside what you did and why so I can explain to you again that my business from time to time requires me to make a public appearance for the good of the magazine.

Carly: Kate can appear alone.

Jax: No, she can't, because I have a lot of money invested in "Crimson." Which means I have a lot of money invested in Kate Howard, and I just want to protect my investment.

Carly: What about protecting your marriage? Kate is using the magazine to hit on you and you know it.

Jax: Oh, now you're just being unreasonable.

Carly: No, I'm being honest.

Jax: No, you're just -

Carly: I want Kate away from my husband and out of my life. Where are you going?

Jax: I have to go. I'm late. Really. We'll have to talk about this later.

Carly: I don't want to talk about it later.

Jax: Fine. But I have to go. I'm sorry. Bye.

Leyla: Sorry I kept you.

Jerry: Oh, it's all right. I'm actually taking a moment to enjoy this beautiful evening. Do you care to join in?

Leyla: I'm here, aren't I? Usually against my better judgment.

Jerry: You know what, I fear that despite the memorable sex that you're not too thrilled about being seen in public with me.

Leyla: Not so much.

Jerry: Oh. How do I get you to trust me, darling?

Leyla: Growing up around the people that I grew up with, they're -- it allows me to see a certain side of you that other people may not see.

Jerry: Mm. Lovely.

Leyla: It also could be because I'm a bigger idiot than other people.

Jerry: You know I was just telling someone a little while ago that I'm enjoying my life at the moment. Not in the usual risk-taking, adrenaline-pumping kind of way, just -- it's a different kind of enjoyment.

Leyla: How's that working for you?

Jerry: Quite well, actually.

Claudia: Daddy? Daddy, you can't kill Jerry Jacks.

Anthony: You've been told to stay away from the business.

Claudia: If you kill Jerry Jacks, Johnny's going to end up dead.

Anthony: If you're telling me that your brother's life is at stake, I'm going to need details.

Claudia: I did something. I was involved in something that went bad. And Jerry knows about it. If he ends up dead, John and I will both be killed.

Anthony: What the hell did you do? And how is your brother involved?

Claudia: Well, it was about the shooting of Michael Corinthos. When Sonny kidnapped Johnny, we both wanted him dead and John wanted to do it himself. I talked him down and I found another way.

Anthony: So you sent in a guy you knew nothing about. A guy who shot a kid. This is why you don't belong anywhere near the family business.

Claudia: Look, the guy was always reliable in the past.

Anthony: If this ever gets out, Corinthos and Morgan will hunt you and Johnny down and kill you both.

Claudia: That is why Jerry needs to stay alive.

Anthony: You did this to your own brother? You wanted to drag him down because you're a jealous, spiteful slut. And no one knows that better than me.

Johnny: You alone?

Nikolas: What's on your mind there, kid?

Johnny: This isn't easy to talk about. Nikolas: But yet you keep coming back, don't you? Well, I'm going to guess that one isn't about Lulu. Claudia tell you that I know?

Johnny: Claudia and I arranged for Ian Devlin to knock off Sonny. But he ended up shooting little Michael.

Nikolas: Well, Claudia did insist that it was her idea. She said that you didn't know any of the details until after the shooting.

Johnny: Ok, but none of that is going to matter to Lulu. She'd leave me in a heartbeat if she knew I had anything to do with Michael's shooting, so I need to know. I plan on telling her.

[Doorbell rings]

Darrin: Mrs. Jacks.

Carly: Hey.

Darrin: Hi. I'm here to drop off the flight plan for Mr. Jacks.

Carly: Oh. They're at Kate Howard's office. They'll probably leave from there.

Darrin: I didn't realize he was taking Miss Howard again, I'm sorry.

Carly: Why are you apologizing?

Darrin: No reason.

Carly: Come in for a second. You flew with him the last time they went to Manhattan to that charity benefit, right?

Darrin: Did I?

Carly: Did you see something? And I would like the truth.

Darrin: It was weeks ago.

Carly: But if something happened, you would tell me. Because I'm the one who asked Jax to hire you and you know how important loyalty and honesty is to me.

Darrin: And discretion.

Carly: Look, I'm sure Jax has already told me all about it. We don't keep secrets.

Darrin: Then I'll be on my way.

Carly: Darrin.

Darrin: It was nothing.

Carly: Well, I'm sure it was just a lapse in judgment, right? I mean, it's -- it's not like Kate and Jax had sex.

Darrin: I'm sure it was just too much champagne.

Carly: How uncomfortable for you.

Darrin: A little. Not really. Honestly, Mrs. Jacks, it was just a kiss.

Kate: All right. Did we hear from the museum committee yet?

Lulu: Oh, uh, yeah. They said you don't have to make a speech but they still want to thank you and Jax from the stage and Felix from The Times wants to get a quote from you at the event.

Kate: Ok, good. Um, why don't you ride in the elevator with me and bring your notebook. We're not done. Maxie, I want you to text me the quote I sent to Braden last month and I think that's it.

Maxie: Oh, the fax just came through. But Miss Howard's out of the office for the rest of the day. I'll put it on her desk so it's the first thing she sees in the morning. Great. Bye. Oh.

Maxie: Oh, I'm glad you guys came back, there -

Logan: I heard them leave, so I guess that means we're alone, aren't we?

[Knocking on door]

Spinelli: Oh! Maximista has returned to tend to The Jackal -- ooh. Oh.

Carly: Boot up your computer. I need you to do a search.

Spinelli: Oh, yes, the ace of cyberspace is happy to comply, but what are we searching -

Carly: You don't get where Kate Howard is without making enemies, ok? I want you to find every newspaper article, every piece of nasty, ugly, life-destroying dirt. I am so sick of Kate Howard, and I am going to blow her life apart if it's the last thing I do.

Kate: Well, I'm glad you could make it tonight, Jax. "Crimson" needs some exposure, and I have been assured by Maxie that you are quite photogenic.

Jax: Really?

Kate: Mm-hmm.

Jax: Glad to keep the press happy.

Kate: So, I hate to ask, but did Carly give you a hard time?

Jax: No, not at all.

Kate: Ah.

Jax: Yeah.

Kate: I'm sorry, Jax. I know the past few weeks have been exceptionally difficult.

Jax: Well, we'll get through this.

Kate: Yeah, she's her own worst enemy. She works overtime to keep everyone's life in turmoil.

Jax: Carly has been under a lot of strain since Michael was shot.

Kate: I know, Jax, but no matter what I do, Carly continues to treat me unfairly. She came over yesterday specifically to assure me that Sonny would leave me at the altar.

Jax: Yeah, she did say -

Kate: It's sad, really, Jax. She is jealous of me and Sonny. And it only proves how little she appreciates you.

Anthony: When you were a child, we used to call you "the bad seed." This big act you put on about loving Johnny, it's only to manipulate him.

Claudia: You're wrong. Everything I do is for John.

[Anthony laughs]

Anthony: What about that show you put on as a teenager? How did that help your brother? It's always been about you, Claudia. About stealing power and manipulating everyone you could. You're poison. And you're a whore. And like I said, no one knows it better than your own father.

Claudia: Don't you dare blame me. I was 16 years old. You were the adult.

Nikolas: Yeah, you're right. If Lulu knew that you had anything to do with Michael's shooting, it would be over between you. But it would also break her heart.

Johnny: You should know that I will carry the guilt of what happened with me for the rest of my life.

Nikolas: Ok. But as I'm sure you know, I've had some questionable business dealings with Ian Devlin in the past -- paid him a fortune when I knew he was completely unethical.

Johnny: I doubt Sonny or Jason would want to kill you for the small part you played in that, though.

Nikolas: Regardless, I still carry a certain amount of guilt with that. And Lulu has seen more death than any girl her age should. So I'll keep quiet, but if you betray the trust that I just put in you, I'll give you up in a heartbeat.

Maxie: Don't do anything you can't take back, Logan. Why don't you just get on the elevator and we'll pretend that this never happened.

Logan: Now you decide to be reasonable. It's a little too late for that, Maxie. You've already taken everything from me.

Maxie: I admit I didn't realize how much you truly care for Lulu.

Logan: Lulu's gone. She was going to help me turn my life around. You trashed that. She's gone. And now all I'm good for is a little slut like you.

Maxie: No, Logan! No!

[Muffled screams]

Lulu: Johnny? You already home? Is anybody here? Hello?

[Sirens sounding]

[Horns beeping]

Maxie: Logan, please. Oh, my god.

Maxie: Please let me go.

Logan: [Chuckles] Maxie, Maxie.

[Maxie yells]

[Logan yells]