Jax: Carly, carly -- it would be so easy.

Carly: It would be so right.

Jax: Look, we're both vulnerable. We want to celebrate the fact that we're still alive. But this -- this wouldn't be fair to you or me because our
marriage is still over.

Spinelli: Most tragic circumstance has thrown a wrench into the romantic idyll that stone cold had planned with the maternal one.
Yes, it forces a delay, but the -- the interlude of love might easily be rescheduled.

Jason: Forget it.

Elizabeth: Kate getting shot doesn't change anything for me.

Claudia: You want me to go to sonny and offer him our condolences?

Anthony: Yeah, you've got lots of experience in making men feel better.

Claudia: Daddy, sonny's bride was just shot. So why in the hell would he want to see me?

Anthony: Sonny pulled you out of a burning car wreck and saved your life. The two of you have a connection. Use it.
Reassure him that the zacchara family was not involved in this senseless tragedy.

Claudia: And he's just supposed to take my word for it?

Anthony: Claudia, you can be very convincing.And this time, honey, you're working with the truth.

[Claudia chuckles]

anthony: Tell my daughter she should do this.

Ric: Throwing claudia at sonny is the worst idea you can come up with.

Sonny: You don't need to tell me what i've done.

Olivia: Then why did you do it? Why did you put connie in the line of fire?

Sonny: You want to say it? I'll say it. If kate dies, her blood is on my hands.

nikolas: Try this.

Nadine: Mm. What is it?

Nikolas: Cornish hen with fig stuffing.

Nadine: Figs?

Nikolas: You're not allergic, are you?

Nadine: Mm -- no. It's just that, when i was a kid, my aunt rayleen used to say that figs were an aphrodisiac. You know, they make you --

nikolas: Make you what? What?

Nadine: [Chuckles]

nikolas: Yeah, i know what an aphrodisiac is.

Nadine: She called it temptation food because, when adam and eve were in the garden of eden, adam wore a fig leaf.

Nikolas: Did anyone in your family ever question aunt rayleen's words of dubious wisdom?

Nadine: Well, there was alwayssome truth to what she said. So don't get all condescending.

Nikolas: No, no, listen. I have a lot of respect for aunt rayleen. She's a creative thinker, much like yourself.

Nadine: What's that supposed to mean?

Nikolas: Well, you did jump overboard without knowing how to swim.

Nadine: Well, if i had refused, that would have completely ruined your plan.

Nikolas: Plan? What plan? Do i look like a man with a plan? I found out where you were, got on a boat, and improvised.

Nadine: You were wonderful. And i really appreciated it, but i could've handled it myself.

Nikolas: Nadine, you were stowed away on a russian gangster's boat without a gun. They were going to kill you.

Nadine: You were worried about me, weren't you?

Nikolas: Maybe.

Nadine: Well --

nikolas: I didn't want anything to happen to you.

Nadine: Nothing did. And now we're beside a fire with brandy and figgy stuffing, all because of you.

Nikolas: You should, uh, finish your food so you can get to bed.

Nadine: Where are you -- you going?

Nikolas: For a ride.

Nadine: For a -- for a ride?

Elizabeth: What happened to kate was a tragedy. And i understand that you had to stay with sonny to help him through it. We can just reschedule our trip for whenever. We have all the time in the world.

Jason: All the time in the world, that's exactly what sonny said to kate. Let's go.

Spinelli: The jackal shall most reluctantly comply.

Elizabeth: Spinelli, can you wait in the lounge. Jason and i need to talk.

Spinelli: The grasshopper of love is much more amenable to that plan.

Jason: This -- this is not a time you should be seen talking to me.

Elizabeth: I don't want you using what happened to kate as an excuse to pull away from me.

Jason: Then there's something you need to see.

Sonny: My oldest son was shot because of me, olivia. I had to make sense of that. Something in my life had to change. So i wanted to start a new life with the woman that i loved, and i convinced myself and her that i could make that happen.

Olivia: Connie believed you.

Sonny: I told her that -- that there was no danger. She believed me. So this is on me. I led kate into this. But i tell you one thing right
now. I swear to you --

[grunts loudly]

sonny: Whoever's responsible for this, they're going to pay with their lives.

Olivia: Yeah, i'm sure if kate was awake right now, she'd be just thrilled to know that some mobster was going to wind up
with a bullet in his head.

Sonny: I want justice.

Olivia: Oh, sonny, have you not learned anything in all this time?

Sonny: Well, what?

Olivia: Violence leads to more violence. That's it. People who live in your world need to stay the hell away from people who don't.

Jason: This could be your future if you stay with me.

Anthony: I thought we were on the same page with recent events, ric.

Ric: You weren't at the church when kate got shot, anthony, all right? Sonny's consumed with anger and grief. He's likely to lash out at the
first person who approaches him, especially claudia.

Anthony: You're selling claudia short. Sonny defended claudia one night in a hotel restaurant when i lost my temper.

Ric: When sonny is under attack, he divides his life into two factions, allies and enemies. Right now, the zaccharas are
enemies.

Anthony: Exactly why claudia needs to calm the waters.

Ric: Sonny and claudia had a one-night stand when he and kate had a falling out and --

claudia: Thank you for reminding me.

Ric: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but my point is -- my point is that kate and claudia don't like each other. Sonny knows that. He's not going to be receptive.

Anthony: You really got your hackle up about this, don't you, ric?

Ric: No, your objective here is to make sure that sonny knows that the zaccharas had nothing to do with the shooting. I think that plan will blow up in your face if you do this.

Anthony: Claudia lied to an entire jury. She convinced them that logan hayes tried to rape her and that her brother wound up killing the
little monkey to protect her. All that and she wasn't even there when it happened. Think about the pathos she could bring to the scene of this crime, unless my confidence in you is misplaced.

[Claudia clears throat]

claudia: Ciao.

Ric: Well, that wasn't your smoothest move, anthony, considering the fact that the zaccharas, namely you, did shoot kate.

Anthony: Claudia doesn't know that. And there's nothing more convincing than a liar who thinks she telling the truth.

Jax: Carly, a crisis has a way of making priorities clear.

Carly: Yes, that's what happened. I'm clear. We belong together.

Jax: We acted in the moment.

Carly: I know. There was a shot and we instantly went to each other. You instinctively tried to protect me.

Jax: It was a reflex. That's it.

Carly: Which proves that we love each other.

Jax: I never questioned that.

Carly: Then what else matters? Jax, there are no guarantees, ok? We could live a long uneventful life or we could die tomorrow.
Why waste what precious time we have? What's more important than love?

Jax: We also have to have happiness.

Carly: We have been happy.

Jax: Yes, but not always. Look, in the day-to-day life of married people, you and i just don't work.

Carly: No, that's not true. I didn't work. I let myself get pulled into sonny and jason's world. And it's never going to happen again.

Jax: You've said that too many times.

Carly: That's before i was scared straight at the thought of losing you forever. Look what happened tonight. I didn't try and stop the
wedding. I don't care if sonny is completely devoted to kate. I don't care. You have my whole heart. All you have to do is take it.

Jax: Carly, you're saying all the things that i've ever wanted to hear. It's just too late.

Carly: No, it doesn't have to be. There's no divine referee out there that says that we can't be back together. We can try again if we want to.

Jax: I -- i don't want to, carly.

Carly: You're going to regret it. If we give up now, you're going to regret it. And maybe in a year or five years from now, but you're going
to look back and realize that the best time of your life was spent with me.

Jax: Yeah, probably.

Carly: Then why risk it? We can pick up the pieces and we can be happy for the rest of our lives.

Jax: I know you, carly. You're not -- you're not content with happiness. There's always a part of you that has to test it.
No matter who's with you, they always have to prove their love over and over.

Carly: No, not you. That won't happen if you take me back. That's all the proof i need.

Jax: No. I know that you believe that. But as soon as i give in, the clock starts ticking and -- and the time will come when you feel
tempted to -- to lie or -- or be unfaithful again. Then you'll have a -- a good reason and you'll probably talk me into forgiving you.
I -- i just -- i can't go through that again. It hurts too much to be your husband.

Anthony: My grandfather always had a glass of port after a night like this. Several glasses, actually.

Ric: Bride hunting?

Anthony: They're a lot easier to hit than lawyers. Counselor, i'm sensing you're not seeing the brilliance of my plan.

Ric: I just -- your -- your methods, anthony, are just a little extreme.

Anthony: No, extreme would've been blowing up the church and everyone in it.

Ric: Oh, well, then let me thank you on behalf of everybody for your restraint.

Anthony: Besides, this is much more devious. I shoot kate with a russian rifle. Sonny suspects karpov and wants jason to eliminate him. Jason refuses.Sonny allies himself with my family and we bump off karpov. Then we turn sonny and he eliminates jason. The organization reverts back to sonny and, at our convenience, we bump him off, too. It's beautiful.

Ric: [Chuckling] yeah, that is assuming sonny doesn't see the set-up and come after the zaccharas instead.

Anthony: No, claudia is the perfect person to build a bridge of trust with sonny. We have to make him feel safe with us, ric.
It's a lot easier to bump somebody off if they think they're your friend.

Sonny: Oh, you look like hell.

Johnny: Yeah, you should see the bride.

Anthony: You went to that wedding?

Johnny: Yup. I thought it would cheer lulu up to go with me. Genius, right?

Anthony: The man kidnapped you, john. You should not have gone anywhere near corinthos, with or without your nut job girlfriend.

Johnny: Relax. I came through without a scratch. But i may have driven lulu over the edge to compete insanity.

Jason: I just want you to take a look at kate.

Elizabeth: Jason, it's terrible that she got shot. But you can't live your life assuming --

jason: What if -- what if that was you, elizabeth? And what if you were lying there about to leave your sons without a mother?

Olivia: Ok, so you and the nurse, you got a past. That's your business, all right?. My business is you using my cousin as exhibit a on the
dangers of mob life.

Jason: Sorry -- sorry. I hope kate's all right.

Sonny: Before you go, jason, just want you to look at her and picture elizabeth lying there, fighting for her life, and you
tell me that you wouldn't do anything you can to go after the people who did this?

Jax: You know, i put you and morgan in the hotel here so nothing would happen to you. It wasn't an invitation to get back together.
I'm sorry.

Carly: I love you. And i've never felt this way about any man. I'm determined to make this marriage work, and you know how
i am when i set my heart to something.

Jax: Yeah. Yeah, you're the strongest woman i know.

Carly: Then give us one more try.

Jax: You know, i'm making it sound like it's all your fault when i know it's my fault, too.

Carly: Then let's promise each other we can do better.

Jax: I blame you for sleeping with sonny. I blame myself for not being able to get past it. I know my limits and i can't do
this. I still think you're the most amazing woman i've ever met, but i just can't be with you.

Jason: You know my reasons why i'm not going to make a move.

Olivia: So, you want revengeand you think, somehow, this guy, jason, is going to get it for you.

Sonny: Stay out of it, olivia. Olivia: No. Going after the person --

sonny: Stay out of it, olivia.

Olivia: Who shot connie is not the way to help her.

Sonny: Kate's in that bed because of me. Somebody was trying to send me a message. And i'll tell you right now, i am going to make sure that nobody moves against me or anybody i care about again.

Spinelli: Matters with the maternal one deteriorated into a rancorous dispute?

Jason: I took her to see kate to show her why she can't be with me.

Spinelli: Yeah -- yes, the jackal concurs that it is far too dangerous for stone cold and the maternal one to rendezvous
within the confines of port charles. But, fortunately, the grasshopper of love has rebooked their vacation --

jason: Sonny wants a war, and i may not be able to stop him.

Spinelli: Then perhaps it is wisest for stone cold to have some distance.

Jason: Why? I can't leave right now, spinelli.

[Phone rings]

jason: Yeah.

Carly: I need to see you.

Jason: You someplace safe?

Carly: Yeah, jax has us at the hotel. He has the whole security team on alert.

Jason: Ok, just stay there. I'm -- i'm at the hospital doing damage control.

Carly: Jason, what's going on? Who tried to kill sonny today? And is his family in danger? I mean, is morgan safe?

Olivia: Sonny, i know my cousin. She does not want the kind of protection that you're offering.

Sonny: Yeah, but if i don't do anything, it's going to just show a sign of weakness. That means everybody around me and you and her and everybody else is going to be in danger. Is that what you want?

Olivia: So let me get this straight. Ok, you want to kill the person --

sonny: Yeah.

Olivia: Who shot connie.

Sonny: Yes.

Olivia: But this has got nothing to do with anger or revenge. This is a perfectly reasonable way to protect yourself and your family, right?
By triggering a bloodbath. Sonny, i know you. I know you. I know you got the devil's own temper. I've seen someone hit you. You go freaking berserk.You beat them until they got to beg for mercy or someone's going to pull you off of them. So don't kid yourself. This is exactly the same thing. This isn't about protecting you or kate or your family or anybody else. This is about payback.

Robin: Sonny. Honey, i am so sorry. I can't imagine how you feel.

Sonny: I'm so glad you weren't there because it was -- well, i don't want to talk about it.

Robin: Yeah, it's ok. Well, i just want you to know, patrick and i will be on this case every step of the way.

Sonny: This is kate's cousin. This is robin. And patrick's the best neurosurgeon around.

Patrick: Your cousin's condition is extremely serious and she's not stabilized right now --

sonny: How soon can you operate?

Olivia: Wait, wait, wait. Once again --

sonny: Wait for what?

Olivia: You and connie did not actually get married, ok? So that makes me family here. I'm making the decisions.

Sonny: Kate needs surgery. Patrick is the best surgeon there is.

Olivia: And i'm supposed to take your word for this? We're talking about my cousin's life here.

Robin: Ok, kate was about to marry sonny. I'm sure that she would trust him to make this decision for her.

Olivia: Who asked you? You want to root for the happy couple? You go right ahead. But sonny's the one that put my cousin in this room.And i'm making it my business to see that she walks out of there.

Robin: Ok, with all due respect, though, you don't live here. You don't know the doctors. You don't know their reputations.

Olivia: I'm perfectly capable of doing research.

Patrick: Well, do all the research you want. Get on-line, do whatever you need to do. But do it fast. I need as much lead time as
possible to assure a positive outcome on this surgery.

Olivia: So define positive for me. That means she lives, or she lives and she walks?

Robin: You have every right to be upset. But taking it out on the surgeon is counterproductive. Now, sonny already knows patrick, and he --

sonny: That's ok, it's ok. This is -- you know -- olivia is entitled to her feelings. Consult with the doctor. Just make sure that you make
the right choice for kate.

Olivia: So let us just assume for the moment that you're as good as you say you are. Ok? Lay it out for me.

Patrick: The bullet is lodged a fraction of an inch from kate's spine. The longer it stays in there, the greater the chance of her
waking up paralyzed.

Olivia: So, take it out.

Robin: If we go in too soon, kate could die on the table.