Nikolas: Gotcha! Doing what exactly? What were you doing?

Nadine: Making sure i didn't imagine it.

Nikolas: Oh, yeah? You need me to remind you?

Nadine: It couldn't hurt.

[Knock on door]

Nikolas: I guess that's breakfast. Come on in.

Nadine: Oh, it's the butler.

Alfred: Good morning, Sir. Miss Nadine.

Nikolas: Alfred, how are you?

Alfred: May i offer you coffee or perhaps some fresh-squeezed orange juice?

Nadine: Orange juice, i guess.

Alfred: And you, sir?

Nikolas: Coffee, please, and a brioche if you -- if you have them. Did those faxes from singapore -- did they come in yet?

Alfred: Just before dawn.

Nikolas: All right, will you put them in my briefcase so i don't forget? Thanks.

Scott: You can go.

Scott: Welcome back, punk. According to the harbor patrol, you intentionally rammed your boat into the side of a freighter.
What boggles my mind is you got away with my son's murder, cheated your way out of a lethal injection, so why would you try and kill yourself?

Sonny: So, patrick drake's on board to operate, and you know, he doesn't do unsuccessful, so you're going to be -- you're
going to be fine. You're going to come out of that o.R. Whole and take your life back, the life you should've had before i --

olivia: I brought you coffee and some croissant thing.

Sonny: Well, i was under the impression that you didn't care if i starved to death.

Olivia: Well, if it wasn't for connie, i wouldn't.

nadine: You and alfred make an impressive breakfast team. You get much practice?

Nikolas: He's very good at anticipating my needs.

Nadine: That is an excellent trait in a butler.

Nikolas: What -- where are you going?

Nadine: Just starting the day.

Nikolas: Oh, i thought we could -- we could maybe spend it together.

Nadine: Oh, that would be so much fun. So was this, by the way. More fun than a barrel of monkeys. You know, i never understood
that expression, "more fun than barrel of monkeys," because how much fun would they actually have, all cooped up in a barrel
like that? I'm running late.

Nikolas: Ok, well, how about -- how about dinner? I'll tell alfred to make a reservation anywhere you want, or we could eat in here.

Nadine: No, you know what? I don't think i can make dinner. Actually, i have so much going on, you wouldn't believe it. But you know, this was --this was great, and so totally no pressure. I really appreciate you not making a big deal over something so mundane as a little
thing like sex.

Nikolas: Did i say something wrong?

Nadine: No, no. Not at all. Everything was great. Great foreplay, great sex, great breakfast. So we'll talk later? Or not, because that'd be fine,too. We've both got so much going on, you know -- busy, busy. So thanks so much.

Nikolas: I --

nadine: I'll see you around. Ok.

[Door slams]

scott: So according to an eyewitness, you deliberately ran your boat into the side of the freighter. The freighter took off, and your boat sank, leaving you with no life vest. It's really a pity that you didn't drown. Got nothing to say?

Johnny: Not without my lawyer.

Scott: Oh, yeah, right, the lawyer. Fancy lawyers, lying sisters to hide behind.Yeah, you think you can do whatever you want, just skate
right through life because you're -- got all this family, criminal money. Anything you want to do. Well, let me just assure you of
one thing. One of these days, you're going to swallow that silver spoon, and you're going to choke on it. And i'm going to be there,
and i'm going to watch it.

Johnny: You know what protects me? It's not my family. It's that law that you so diligently serve. You see, the law says that you
can't be tried twice for the same crime, so i might as well finally tell you the truth. You were right, mr. Special
prosecutor. I killed your sorry-ass little son, and i loved every second of it.

Diane: Well, never let it be said that i don't recognize a cue line when i hear one, but i want to go on record. I don't need to hear the gory
details of kate's shooting to understand that this was but yet another move on the mob chessboard. An enemy of sonny's wanted
revenge or wanted to make some big, showy statement, so kate, just like michael, was an innocent victim, literally caught in the crossfire.
And now, of course, sonny obviously wants to strike back, wants to make a big, scary statement of his own, and i am not deceived for a second about the two of you and what exactly you are capable of. You can and will commit violent mayhem just like that at sonny's request. But i am asking both of you to take a step back and ask yourselves what exactly will be achieved by perpetuating the cycle of violence?What exactly constitutes appropriate revenge? When there's nobody left standing? I'm sorry for being selfish, jason, but i really don't wantto have to pick out a smart outfit to go to max's funeral just because sonny corinthos wants to make a point.

Max: That is one hell of a woman. Just so we're clear, as much as i respect diane's feelings, i'll do anything mr. C needs.

Jason: No, max, you can't. And i can't either.

Sonny: I love you. I want to thank you for holding off on kate's surgery. I know it wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right
one. You know, if anybody's going to get hurt through this, it's patrick drake, all right? I just wanted to tell you that.

Olivia: You're going to have to pin your hopes all on this drake guy, don't you? Because if connie dies or if she never walks again, it's -- it's pretty much all on you.

Sonny: It's going to be on me regardless.

Olivia: You know, connie was always real book smart.

Sonny: Right.

Olivia: She had a head for business.

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Olivia: Brought that magazine from zero to 60 in nothing flat. But she -- that didn't translate into your world. You know, she had no insight into the mob or how it works, so when you told her you were retired, she just believed you.

Sonny: I -- i did retire. I didn't know that it couldn't last.

Patrick: Excuse me. I'm going to need to examine kate.

Olivia: I'm going to go change. I'm going to get some stuff that connie might want after surgery. If anything happens, you call me
on my cell.

Sonny: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Olivia: Thank you.

Sonny: You know, i thought she -- i don't know, maybe -- i thought she'd wake up this morning.

Patrick: She did wake up.

Sonny: What did you say?

Patrick: Last night she did wake up.

Sonny: What --

patrick: She -- she wanted me to tell you something.

Scott: You're going to admit this to me now?

Johnny: Why not? I figured you'd enjoy being right.

Scott: Yeah, well, it's a little late.

Johnny: Yeah, well, you win some, you lose some, and you lost big. Not only did you lose your precious little son, but you
lost his murder trial. Now his murderer is running around, ramming his boat into freighters, and i got to say this world is a better place
without your sniveling little brat running around fouling up the atmosphere. Did you know that your son was a coward? You should have heard him that night he died, whining like a little bitch, screaming for mercy. You see, i looked at him right in the eyes, laughed. I stuck that knife in his gut as far as it would go. What, is that all you got?

Ric: Hey!

Claudia: Get your hands off of him!

Scott: Get off of me. Get off me.

Claudia: Don't you dare touch him. He's clearly the victim here. I want this animal arrested fro assault.

Olivia: Hey.

Carly: Hello.

Olivia: Thanks for agreeing to see me.

Carly: I'm assuming this is about kate. How's she doing?

Olivia: Well, she's about to go into surgery, but she's not why i came to talk to you. It's about sonny.

Carly: What about sonny?

Olivia: Well, i noticed you the other day in the church when my cousin got shot. You were shook up, but you weren't surprised.

Carly: Ok, what are you getting at?

Olivia: You got a lot of sonny experience. I mean, probably more than anybody. What, did you marry him like four times? You know how his life works, right? You know realistically what he can and can't do. Now my cousin connie, she's completely clueless. All she's got to go on is whatsonny tells her, and we both know sonny lies. So i'm asking you, woman to woman, when sonny said he's out of the mob, was he lying?

Carly: I'm -- i'm the wrong person to ask, ok? I can't be objective, and as far as the ins and out of sonny's business, i mean, that's a --
that's a hard one to explain.

Olivia: All right, look, i'm notlooking for some comprehensive history of the mob here, all right? I just want to know, when sonny
said he was out of the mob, was he telling the truth? Yes or no?

Sonny: I was with kate all night. She didn't even -- never mind. What did she -- what did she tell you?

Patrick: Honestly, sonny, we never got that far. Kate lost consciousness before she could say what she wanted to. I wouldn't worry.
I'm sure she'll tell you herself as soon as she wakes up from surgery.

Sonny: You say that with a lot of confidence, and i'm taking your word at that, because i -- i did have to convince kate's cousin that you're going to have to hold off on the surgery, because you said it's best, you know, right, to wait. And you said that you would get her through this and that she wouldn't be paralyzed.

Patrick: I am the best at what i do, and i believe i can save kate, but i also think there should be a dose of realism here.
With every surgery, there are risks of complications. Some things are out of our control, as you well know.

Sonny: Give her the best you got, doctor.

Patrick: I promise you, i will. I'm going to go scrub up. You have a couple of minutes before they come and get her.

Sonny: Oh, boy.

Sonny: I've been -- i've been wrong about a lot of things, but i'm -- one thing i was right about was falling back in love
with you. I want you to take that love back to the o.R. Beat the odds.Come back to me.

Scott: This piece of garbage just admitted to killing my son!

Ric: Oh, really? Is that so? Anybody besides you hear this startling confession?

Scott: Oh, come on, lansing. You think he's stupid enough to -- to 'fess up in front of other people? His criminal father taught him
to be smarter than that.

Ric: It's immaterial either way, baldwin. Come on, double jeopardy applies here. You can't charge john with logan's murder again.

Scott: Yeah, well, you know what? We still got him on reckless endangerment. He did run his speedboat into the side of a freighter.

Ric: Well, if you don't mind, i'd like to check the witnesses' statements from the crew.

Scott: Well, take a look.

Johnny: There aren't any. When the coast guard pulled me out of the water, guess what? Whoops, no freighter.

Claudia: Oh, so now you're inventing crimes to charge my brother with?

Scott: Shut up, you. I didn't invent anything. We had a legitimate witness.

Ric: Watch your mouth. An anonymous witness?

Claudia: Oh, that's -- that's good. The only -- it looks like the only thing you actually have proof of is that my brother was
involved in a one-person boating accident. Is that -- is that a crime?

Scott: No.

Claudia: But on the other hand, there are two police officers who saw you assault my brother while he was cuffed and helpless.

Ric: I think ms. Zacchara raises a very big point here. We could charge you with assault, baldwin.

Johnny: I like that. Where do i sign?

Scott: You know what? I'm starting to think that maybe lulu did go crazy. Who wouldn't, dealing with scum like you?

Jason: Cody and i went back to the church to double-check the sightline from the choir loft, and there is no doubt kate was
the intended target.

Max: Well, then it had to be karpov, not just because the bullet was russian, but he had motive.

Karpov was pissed that sonny backed out of their deal. He felt disrespected, so he had kate shot to send a message.

Jason: Ok, max. I just want you to think for a second. Anyone can buy a russian gun, right? I mean, why be so obvious? You want to send a message to sonny, why not say so? It doesn't add up, and until i know all the facts for sure, i cannot retaliate.

Max: Are you seriously standing here, refusing to help sonny get revenge for kate after everything he's done for you?

Carly: Look, i told you, i'm not the most objective person. I'm sorry, but i never liked your cousin, and my recent history with sonny has been rocky, to say the least.

Olivia: Look, if i just wanted the facts, i would have read an old newspaper, ok? I came to you because you're an insider. You know sonny better than anybody. Let's face it. The guy's not the most self-aware guy on the planet, right?

Carly: True enough.

Olivia: Here's what i'm asking. When he makes his grand gesture about being out of the mob, was he telling the truth or not?

Carly: The truth is, sonny genuinely wanted to get out of the mob. He sold his business to his best friend and partner, jason
morgan, who happens to be my closest friend, too. When my oldest son was shot, i wanted to make sure the same thing didn't happen to my youngest, so that means keeping my son away from his father.

Olivia: Makes sense to me.

Carly: Yeah, well, it didn't make sense to sonny. He refused to give up custody until jason told him he wouldn't take over the business
unless sonny gave up all parental rights. Sonny was furious. Furious. He thought jason and i were ganging up against him. He thought we were conspiringto take away his child. And let me tell you something. Sonny was angry, and when he gets like that, there is no rational thinking going on. None.It's all about revenge, and it's about getting back. So when this russian mob boss showed up and karpov wanted to set up shop in this town, sonnywent into business with him, and he didn't tell jason, and he didn't tell kate. I don't know what happened. I don't know what went down, but sonny tried to walk away. He said he was done. Well, i'm guessing that's why your cousin was shot, because karpov wanted to send a message that nobody walks away.

Olivia: So what you're telling me is sonny lied. He was never out of the mob, and he basically set my cousin up with a big, fat bull's-eye
on her back.

Sonny: I never got a chance to tell you how amazing you looked in your wedding dress. All that time and effort you put into making it perfect --i got to tell you, you -- you did it great. Took my breath away. I remember you walking down the aisle, and it was like your feet weren't even on the ground, and i saw you. You looked so beautiful, and i was filled with so much love for you. Sometimes i just don't know where to put it. The love i felt, the love i feel now. It's too much for one person to feel. That's why you -- you got to come through here, ok?I -- i would lay down my life for you.

Kate: Sonny.

Sonny: Hey, hey.

Kate: Are you ok?

Sonny: Yeah, you're the one we're worried about. Listen. Listen to me. Save your strength, ok, because we're going to -- we'll talk
later.

Kate: You need to know.

Sonny: It's ok. It's ok, it's ok.

Epiphany: It's time to take ms. Howard in for surgery.

Sonny: All right.