Tuesday 10/7 Part 2

Nikolas: Hi. Leyla said her test results were in?

Matt: Yes. She's going to be fine, other than a bruised ego. She'll be up and at 'em in no time.

Nikolas: Good. It's a bit soon for you to be back to work, isn't it?

Matt: I heal fast. Oh, and I've got bills to pay.

Nikolas: Well, I can work on getting an increase on the amount your fellowship is, if -

Matt: I -- I don't need your charity. No offense, it's -- I don't need charity from anyone, but -

Nikolas: Ok.

Matt: Thank you, though. I understand that you pulled me from the fire.

Nikolas: I did, but did Nadine mention that she refused to be rescued until they pulled you out first?

Nadine: I hope that it, in some small way, makes up for all the trouble that I caused you.

Matt: Just do yourself a favor and stop investigating me.

Nadine: He's not really as mean as he seems.

Nikolas: Well, as long as you're ok, I don't really care whatever else happens.

Jason: Sonny wants to kill Karpov, and we're not even sure he's the one who shot Kate.

Spinelli: Have you expressed these doubts to Mr. Sir?

Jason: Yes, I've expressed everything to him. He's not thinking clearly, man. He's out for blood. He's got something to prove because I wouldn't go along with him. Sonny's going to hate me for it, but I have to stop him.

Sonny: Well, this is a good sign. I wait five minutes and you're already picking a fight with your cousin.

[Kate chuckles]

Kate: Oh, I must look awful.

Sonny: You look beautiful, what are you talking about?

Kate: See? He's handsome and diplomatic. I knew there was a reason I was marrying you.

Sonny: I like to hear you talk like that, because it makes me feel like you're going to be fine.

Kate: I wasn't going to die, Sonny, and leave just when we're about to get everything we wanted.

Sonny: You did not deserve what happened.

Kate: It happened to both of us. We're going to get through this together.

Sonny: You need to rest.

Kate: Don't leave.

Sonny: No, it just that, you know, doctor's orders and, uh -- we've got plenty of time to talk. You -- I don't want -- you're going to get tired, you know what I mean?

Kate: Well, will you stay with me until I fall asleep?

Sonny: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sonny clears throat]

Kate: I want to feel what it's going to be like when you're the last thing I see every night.

Claudia: What are you doing?

Ric: I'm going to have Vaughn bring some handlers over here to take care of him.

Claudia: No, I got it. I got my brother.

Ric: No, your brother is out of his mind with rage and grief. He's looking for a target.

Claudia: That's why you can't be here when he wakes up.

Ric: Yeah, well, I'm not leaving you alone here with this maniac.

Claudia: John would never hurt me.

Ric: Oh, really? Well, your brother just pretty much called you a whore, Claudia, for sleeping with me. When he wakes up, I don't want you -

Claudia: Hey, don't make the mistake of thinking that you understand us or that you're ever going to turn me against my brother.

Ric: I'm sorry, I just like having you around.

Claudia: I can take care of John. If you're not here, I can handle him.

Ric: All right. First sign that he's violent, you get the hell out, ok?

Claudia: Go.

Ric: I mean it.

Claudia: I'll call you.

Johnny: Did you hit me?

Nikolas: Maybe I haven't been making myself clear.

Nadine: Oh, I -- I think you've been very clear.

Nikolas: Really? About what?

Nadine: You wanted to -- so you felt obligated to stay to see how badly I was hurt.

Nikolas: Yeah -- uh, yeah. I'm just glad it's not serious.

Nadine: No, it's nothing -- nothing serious. Don't worry.

Nikolas: But I was worried.

Nadine: Ok.

Nikolas: So, ok, what -- what did you want to see me about?

Nadine: I wanted to see you about?

Nikolas: Yeah, you called me, told me to meet you at the pier. You said you had something important.

Nadine: Oh, um, right. What I wanted to say earlier, um, the thing I needed to talk to you about -

Nikolas: Yeah?

Nadine: Just because we slept together, that -- that doesn't have to change anything. Um, people do that all the time and go back to their lives just like normal. And I just wanted to let you know that it's not going to interfere with my work here or at the clinic. So we can just -- I just wanted to make sure we could be friends.

Nikolas: Of course, yeah.

Nadine: Great. So, friends? Ok.

Claudia: I don't want you to go to sleep, ok? You could have a concussion. We'll just stay up and watch movies, old movies like we used to. We'll do all the dialogue, ok?

Johnny: Stop nursing me and tell me why the hell you would sleep with Ric Lansing.

Claudia: I did. I told you. You just didn't like my answer. Hey, I find the guy attractive, ok? I get him. He gets me. And there's the little fact that he saved your life, little brother, who I love more than anything else in the entire world, so -

Johnny: You saved me, Claudia. You and nobody else. You have no obligation to Ric Lansing, so I want you to promise me right now that you're not going see him again.

[Anthony laughs]

Anthony: Let me see this. Oh, you got in some kind of fight.

Ric: Yeah, no fight, actually. Your son attacked me.

Anthony: Eh, I'll give you a bump in salary. We'll call it hazard pay.

Ric: Gee, thanks.

Anthony: It's understandable that Johnny's volatile right now. His little lulu cracked like a coconut smacking cement.

Ric: Yeah, this seems to be a little more than frat boy antics, Anthony, ok? John lost it. He tried to kill me. He went that far. Makes following in daddy's footsteps all the better, right? You must be proud.

Anthony: Careful.

Ric: You have a seriously dangerous blind spot when it comes to that son of yours.

Anthony: Claudia can handle John.

Ric: You'd better hope so. Because now that you've shot Kate and you've set this whole plan into motion, that's a complication that you're not going to need.

Anthony: Ric, it's my plan. I am aware of the players, and I know what has to be done. Johnny letting off a little steam is not going to affect my plans for co-opting the once great Sonny Corinthos.

Ric: Yeah, you know, if you are successful in bringing Sonny into this organization, you might want to put John on a leash. Because if he goes after Sonny the way he did me today, one of them is not going to live through it.

Olivia: The smartest girl in the world and you're still stupid over that guy. Oh, I tried to warn you he was dangerous, but you always thought -- well, you knew I was jealous that Sonny fell in love with you. Probably made my warnings pretty easy to ignore, right? But, uh, see, the thing -- the thing I loved about Sonny was the thing that scared you away. You know, that danger, that feeling like anything could happen. Scared you right off to Princeton, but you made your dreams come true. Yeah, you should have stayed there, Connie -- Katherine Hardwicke Howard. You should have stayed there in your snobby world with your made up name. You should have run and not walked when you saw Sonny Corinthos again because no matter how that man gets to you, he is dangerous. Heck, if you want to wreck your life over Sonny Corinthos, you go right ahead, but I will be damned if I let you drag my kid down with you.

[Knock on door]

Olivia: Yeah?

Diane: Hi, I'm Diane miller. I'm a friend of your cousin's.

Olivia: Olivia Falconeri. Nice to meet you. Diane: We didn't get a chance to formally meet at the ceremony.

Olivia: Yeah, there wasn't a lot of time for introductions. You know, a real friend would have talked her out of this.

[Diane chuckles]

Diane: Yeah, well, believe me, I tried, right up until the moment that she was going to walk down the aisle. Kate: Diane, is that you?

Diane: Hi. Oh, it's true what they say, you know, you cannot keep a good woman down.

Kate: Thank you for coming.

Diane: The doctors assure me that you are going to make a full recovery. And I am so glad because the world of fashion cannot keep spinning without you. This woman right here is a woman of vision. Her seminal layouts have set the bar for the entire industry. And my personal favorite -- when she broke a fabulous shoe designer, Christian Cartullo. [Cell phone rings]

Olivia: I got to take this. Dante, are you all right? It's a reflex when you're son calls unexpectedly. You what?

[Olivia sighs]

Kate: Diane, I need you to be completely honest with me. Did Andrei Karpov shoot me because Sonny is still in the mob?

Man: Everything I got, I owe to you, Mr. Corinthos. You always took good care of me.

Sonny: I appreciate that you stayed on after the power transferred. Um, after my son was shot, I made an unwise choice and I gave Jason more responsibility than he could handle, and he's paralyzed by the leadership. He's unable to act. I'm sure you know the Russians made a public attempt on my life. They shot my wife-to-be at the altar. Jason doesn't want to retaliate. Makes him look weak, makes everybody vulnerable, so I had no choice but to take over.

Jason: It's not going to happen.

Claudia: My personal life is off limits, just like yours.

Johnny: You cannot have anything resembling feelings for Ric Lansing.

Claudia: You're going to tell me what I feel now?

Johnny: That guy is half crazy and he's a user. Ask anybody around town about half the crap he's been involved with.

Claudia: You know, given the collective mental state of our family, I don't think any of us is in a position to judge -- present company included. I maybe just saved you from killing Ric. Give me a break here, John. Come on. What would I have done? How would I explain that to a jury? A terrifying altercation that you saved me from yet again, what, for the second time this year? I really don't think that even I could sell that to a jury.

Johnny: Nice try at a diversion, Claudia, but if you care at all for Ric Lansing, you will end this right now.

Claudia: That doesn't make any sense.

Johnny: It does make sense because the second that he hurts you, betrays you, or makes you cry, I'll kill him.

Anthony: What specifically did John do to set you off?

Ric: Look, the details aren't important. The fact is that John is a loose cannon. He could blow this plan of yours all to hell.

Anthony: I already moved to the next phase. I went to Sonny tonight. I made a very compelling argument for coming to work for us. But as expected, he turned me down, but the seeds have been planted. All they need is time to grow. In the mean time, Jason will keep shutting Sonny out, and Sonny's pride and his anger will build until he has no choice but to turn to us. And then with Sonny as the figurehead, we will take Jason and his entire organization down.

Milo: We don't even work for Jason anymore. You can't just walk in here.

Milo: And drink his liquor.

Max: Shut up. I need to think this through, ok? I can't risk getting the boss involved yet.

Milo: Involved in what?

Max: When I was visiting dad in Sicily, he was so impressed with everything I told him that he's coming for a visit.

Milo: Wow, good. It'll be good to see him.

Max: Idiot. I told him I'm running the Port Charles mob.

Milo: Whoa.

Diane: There is no question that Sonny loves you. There is nothing more important to him than your full and complete recovery, so this is no time to be asking questions like that. There's plenty of time -

Kate: Carly would do or say anything to sabotage my relationship with Sonny, but still, Diane, after all that I've seen, it hurt. I have to wonder, did I want to believe too much?

Diane: Look, see, you are just going to upset yourself all over again for no good reason.

Kate: No good reason? Diane, there is plenty good reason if Carly is telling the truth, right? She told my cousin that Karpov shot me because Sonny backed out some deal, that it was retaliation. And she implied that Sonny never left the mob. It's not true, Diane, right? Carly's lying.

Diane: Ok, I can tell you this much without betraying attorney/client privilege. Sonny may have changed who he does business with, but he has not entirely changed the business he does.

Olivia: I told you, I do not need you to check on me. No, I am your mother and I told you. Dante, I do not want you in Port Charles.

Sonny: I'm sorry you had to hear that. I -- I just got nowhere else to turn right now. You created this situation.

Jason: The men all know what's at stake, Sonny. They know if the organization turns against itself, everybody loses. This is what you wanted. It was your choice. You're not -- you're not getting back in.

Sonny: Now is the time to strike. I'm telling you that right now. Tommy, tell them you agree with what I'm saying, and then -

Tommy: I'm sorry, Mr. Corinthos, Mr. Morgan's in charge. That's the way you wanted it, and its good business for everybody.

Jason: I've been in contact with all the other lieutenants. There's nothing you can do. This is not your organization anymore.

Sonny: So you're going -- you're going to do this to me in the time that I need you most? I really, really hope one day you don't regret it.

Jason: I already do.