Jerry: Well, you know, pictures can be deceiving. It may not be as bad as it looks.

Alexis: It looks like my daughter is in serious trouble.

Jason: Where's max?

Diane: Maximus felt that his eldest son needed to show more authority, so they are out on a family outing of sorts. I believe his exact words were, "go break some heads."

Karpov: I didn't have your bride shot.

Sonny: Go ahead. Die lying if you want, karpov. It just proves what I already know. You're a coward!

Lucky: Yeah, we made a mess.

Sam: I know. And guess what? It was worth it.

Lucky: You know, well, you're going to have to help me clean it up.

Sam: Aw, like I'm worried, no. But you know what? Do promise me one thing -- we can only do it on the dining room table, like, once a month, because I don't want to spend all of our time cleaning up, ok?

Lucky: Oh, yeah, because I want to move in. I like the way we are together.

Sam: Ooh, me, too.

Lucky: But you've got to make me one promise. If you start to change your mind or you feel trapped, you have to be honest with me.

Sam: Ok, that's fair enough. But I do have to tell you that i think that one of the things i really do love about us is that we do manage to tell each other the truth. Truth is I can't wait to be out in the open with you.

[Phone rings]

Sam: Uh --

Lucky: Mm.

Sam: Me or you? Who is it?

Lucky: It's me.

Sam: Come on, answer it. Don't answer it.

[Sam giggles]

Lucky: It's work.

Sam: Answer it.

Lucky: Spencer.

Alexis: I've done a fair amount of research on karpov.

Jerry: Well, I expect no less of you.

Alexis: He's a drug smuggler. And from what I can tell, the two of them in this picture are not having a casual conversation. So what do we have? We have a drug-smuggling mobster and my daughter who made her living piloting ships. You do the math.

Jerry: What if sam had no idea that karpov was a criminal? What if it was just a simple conversation about her getting a legitimate job?

Alexis: Why are you suddenly so anxious to excuse my daughter's behavior?

Olivia: You know my reasons for not telling sonny about dante.

Kate: No, I know your teenage reasons. It was bad enough that you got pregnant, right? You didn't want to admit that the father of the baby was someone the entire family hated.

Olivia: And nothing's changed. The falconeri family would lose their collective minds if they knew sonny was dante's father.

Kate: Oh, come on, olivia. You are not afraid of the collective mind of the falconeris anymore. Dante is a grown man. There is little, if not no danger that he would be tainted by his father's mob association --

Olivia: Stop it.

Kate: Given the --

Olivia: Stop it, connie! Stop it. This is not up for discussion. Dante has lived his entire life without knowing that sonny is his father, and he's a million times better off for it.

Kate: But you don't know what I've seen, olivia. Sonny is a good father.

Olivia: Sonny is a violent, dangerous criminal who gets the people around him shot. You are exhibit "a" on this subject. Now he's gearing up to go after the person who shot you and commit even more violence. Now, I'm very sorry, connie, if you are worried about him, but you will not use my child to save sonny from himself.

Jason: If max and milo are out with their father, whose heads are they cracking, exactly?

Diane: I'm afraid I wasn't privy to all the details, but my overall impression is that maximus feels that max is a little too laid back to be in an effective mob boss, wants him to send a message to his enemies. Since max is clearly pretending to run port charles, he agreed to go and crack some skulls. It's a little old school, don't you think? Then of course there's milo, who goes along to get along. Who are you calling?

Jason: I'm calling cody. He'll find the fighting giambettis, and he'll bring them back here.

Diane: If you do that, max will be completely humiliated in front of his father.

Jason: Hey, diane, if I can't go to war for sonny, I'm sure not going to go to war because max wants to impress his old man.

Sasha: Here's the door. You can still get out of this alive.

Sonny: I don't care if I walk out of here alive. All I want is karpov to die for what he did.

Sasha: Your bride's shooting had nothing to do with --

Sonny: He had my wife-to-be shot to send me a message! Payback, because I didn't want to work --

Karpov: It wasn't --

Sonny: Don't talk to me right now. You are new here. You don't know how it works. So you need to play by the rules -- no women, no children. If you've got a problem with me, you come after me.

Sasha: Look, misha here is a sharpshooter. I can have him blow your brains out before you blink.

Maximus: It appears we have a situation.

Diane: Jason, I realize how unstable the situation is for you right now, and it is probably -- well, there probably is no worse time for max to be charging around pretending to be a mob boss. Sometimes he's just like a -- just like a big puppy.

Jason: How many of those have you had?

Diane: Just one. But it was a long one. Anyway, look, to give the big lug some credit, max also understands how delicate the situation is. And no matter how much he wants to perpetuate this charade that he runs port charles, he will not jeopardize lives or start a war.

Jason: I'm supposed to take that on faith, right?

Diane: Just -- there is very little on god's green earth that is more complicated than fathers and sons finding their way. It is the stuff of greek tragedies. Max knows how foolish this charade is, and I promise you he will not risk your reputation or this very tenuous peace that you have in place right now.

Jason: Fine. I'll wait to hear from max. If there is an incident, it's all over.

Diane: Thank you. That is very, very decent of you. Would you like a sip of your own scotch?

Jason: No.

Diane: Well, I would.

[Knock on door]

Carly: Maxy? Max-max?

Diane: Oh, can it, carly. The giambettis, both junior and senior, happen to be out at the moment, so there is no need to continue this little charade that that you're max's girlfriend. A ruse which, if I may say so, you took a couple of steps too far.

Carly: I was only playing along to help max. If you have a problem with that, you can take it up with him. In the mean time, we have a problem with sonny.

Milo: Sorry, mr. C.

Maximus: Never say you're sorry, mario.

Max: Nobody has to die here. Mr. -- Sonny, lower your gun and come with me.

Sonny: What the hell are you doing here, max?

Maximus: Do what max tells you.

Sonny: Who are you?

Max: My dad. Come with me, sonny.

Sonny: Listen, you guys just got to get out of here right now.

Max: If I leave you here, this can only end one way.

Sonny: Go!

Max: Whatever you thought was going to happen has gone wrong. It's time to leave. Come on.

Sonny: I'm gonna kill this -- get!

Max: Let's go.

Sonny: Karpov, watch your back.

[Karpov speaking russian]

[Karpov yelling in russian]

Sasha: You have to leave port charles, at least until the situation --

[Karpov yelling in russian]

Karpov: No one is forcing me out!

Lucky: Ms. Zacchara. I need to ask you a few questions.

Claudia: About what, officer?

Lucky: We had a coast guard report of a speed boat dodging through shipping lanes, which nearly crashed into a cargo ship.

Claudia: Those wacky rich boat owners.

Lucky: It happened to be a zacchara-owned pier. Your brother was arrested last week for plunging a small boat into a freighter.

Claudia: That was last week, officer.

Lucky: Yeah, any chance he could be taking another joy ride?

Claudia: No, absolutely not.

Lucky: Have you seen your brother this evening?

Claudia: You know, this is awkward. I don't really want to get into where my brother is right now with you --

Lucky: Yeah, why's that?

Claudia: Because it could be bad for him if it got back to the wrong person. But I can assure you that johnny is not on the water joy riding.

Lucky: Listen, ms. Zacchara, it would be in your best interest to tell me where your brother is.

Claudia: The last person i should tell is lulu's brother.

Lucky: What does this have to do with my sister?

Claudia: Oh, god, my brother is going to kill me. Look, john -- johnny is with a hooker right now. He's with a professional right now, trying to get over the fact that your sister broke his heart.

Olivia: I knew you were there when sonny's boy, michael, got shot.

Kate: I was there, olivia. And it was a terrible -- but that doesn't --

Olivia: What, what? It doesn't matter because it wasn't sonny's biological child?

Kate: No, olivia, that wasn't what I was going to say. That is a horrible thing to say.

Olivia: Well, excuse me if I'm not so worried about being polite when my son's life is at stake.

Kate: No, excuse me. It is sonny's life that is at stake right now. And it could make all the difference if he knew that he had another son out there, another reason to build a legitimate life.

Olivia: Nothing is going to make a difference, connie. Sonny is who he is. Why do you think I didn't tell him about dante the minute i laid eyes on him?

Kate: So you -- you thought about telling him.

Olivia: I fantasized about it for about five seconds before i walked into frankie'S. I saw him sitting there at that bar in that gorgeous suit, just reeking of power, all arrogant like he was begging someone to knock him down.

Kate: You saw what you expected, olivia.

Olivia: I saw the truth, connie, which is what you could never see. Sonny was a dark, angry child who grew up to be a dark, angry man. He cared about power and money a hell of a lot more than he ever cared about love, ok? And nothing has changed. You did yourself a big, fat favor when you didn't meet him to run away with him that night, because he would have broke your heart and he would have gotten you killed. What he would not have done is gotten out of the mob for you or for dante or for anyone else.

Kate: He did quit.

Olivia: Oh, connie, for five minutes while he was doing deals on the side, which got you shot. Now, I'm real sorry, connie, but you've got to face the fact that this is the man that you love. This is who he is. It's how he breathes. It's what he does. He is a gangster. I know that now, just like i knew it all those years ago when he got me pregnant. And I knew that his life will never touch my son'S. When I get a migraine, forget it.

Alexis: Sam had multiple arrests for drug smuggling, and I had them all pled down to misdemeanors.

Jerry: Well, we know where she got her brains.

Alexis: This isn't a game.

Jerry: I don't see why you have to jump to the worst possible conclusion.

Alexis: See, now, there you go again with the inexplicable faith in my daughter all of the sudden.

Jerry: I don't give a damn about sam. It's just the notion of you thinking that she's smuggling has your head spinning.

Alexis: Imagine that. I'm worried that maybe she's guilty.

Jerry: You know what? I don't know if sam is guilty or innocent, but if it makes it easier for you to think, you know, that you can give her the benefit of the doubt, I'm all for that.

Alexis: If this is a scam that she's trying to pull off on karpov, then she is in way over her head. If it's not a scam, then I can assure you this is the most dangerous game that she's ever played.

Jerry: You're really afraid for her, aren't you?

Alexis: All the times that you said you saw her on the waterfront, was she meeting karpov?

[Phone rings]

Sam: Hello?

Karpov: It's karpov. You need to meet me.

Sam: Uh, tonight?

Karpov: I have a job for you. If you don't like it, I'll give it to someone else.

Sam: Ok, where should I meet you?

Karpov: Pier 52 in one hour.

Claudia: You know how much you hate the idea of johnny with lulu, right? So, well, I hate it even more.

Lucky: What johnny does now has nothing to do my sister.

Claudia: Well, I'm just saying that lulu is way too unstable for john, you know, that she keeps getting him into these really dangerous situations, which are maybe not her fault --

Lucky: Johnny is the reason my sister is crazy.

Claudia: Ok, good, good. So we agree. John and lulu can't be together. You should at least give johnny props for not trying to see her.

Lucky: Because johnny's too busy being with prostitutes in his spare time.

Claudia: You know, look, that's just my brother's way of trying to get over a broken heart. You know how it is. Guys use sex to kill all kinds of pain. It's not -- it's not real. And, you know, if I were you, you might not want to mention it to lulu, especially if she's doing better. It might flip her out.

Lucky: Listen, I'm going to decide what's best for my sister. You just make sure he stays away from her.

Claudia: You can thank me right after you tell me what the hell you are doing.

Johnny: No. You know he's going to go straight to lulu and tell her what you just told him. And I swear, claudia, if your lies make her worse, I will never forgive you.

Diane: Is this so-called crisis of sonny's something that my legal expertise is needed for?

Carly: No, jason's the only one that can handle this.

Diane: Well, in that case, I'm going home. I'm going to soak in a nice, hot tub. My derriere is black and blue from being slapped by a sicilian. You're not the only one who has been making sacrifices so that max can impress his father.

Jason: I really wish she'd stop drinking.

Carly: Yeah.

Jason: What happened with sonny?

Carly: Kate asked to see me. She wanted me to talk sonny out of going after karpov. It's kind of pathetic, her lying there helpless and stupid.

Jason: Ok, well, did you talk to sonny?

Carly: Yeah, I talked to sonny, tried to talk some sense into him. He's going to do the exact opposite of what I told him to do.

Maximus: This is nice, very nice. How come you don't have a place like this?

Max: Oh, um, I'm rebuilding.

Sonny: Were you following me?

Max: No.

Sonny: Then how did you know i was at the warehouse?

Max: You have my dad to thank for that.

Sonny: Oh -- no disrespect, but I'm not thanking anybody. Karpov is still alive.

Maximus: Yeah, but now he knows not to mess with max giambetti.

Max: You shouldn't have gone after him without me.

Maximus: My son would have provided proper backup.

Sonny: Really? He would have?

Max: Well, yeah. That's what you do when you're the boss.

Maximus: My son is right. You go in solo, you're going to get exactly what happened. Are you new in this line of work?

Max: No, no. Sonny's just emotional. This isn't how we do business here. I learned from the best.

Sonny: Yeah, you did learn from the best. Like you said, my argument with karpov isn't just business. It's very personal. Carl

Carly: He was all keyed up, jason. You know how he gets. He openly admitted he's going after karpov. You don't seem surprised by --

Jason: I was hoping he would take some time to cool off, to think about it, maybe realize there's too many unanswered questions about the shooting.

Carly: Ok, he didn'T. He's going after kate's shooter. What are we going to do about it?

Jason: All we have is a shell casing, the fact that sonny broke a deal with karpov. If karpov shot kate to send a message, why is he going to deny it? Why stick to truce? It doesn't make any sense.

Carly: So you believe karpov.

Jason: No, I know that if we move against him, I'm putting a lot of people at risk. I need to know for sure that karpov's guilty. And I thought if anybody could get to sonny, it -- it could be you.

Carly: That bond sonny and I had was broken the night michael was shot. I really thought he had learned from that.

Sonny: Karpov put a hit out on the woman I love.

Maximus: Where?

Sonny: We were getting married. We were just about to say our vows. He shot her right at the altar.

Maximus: In a church?

Sonny: In a church.

[Maximus speaks italian]

Maximus: Whack him.

Sonny: No, no, no, no, no, it's my play.

Maximus: Listen, you need to keep a level head. Men of respect can't think about themselves. They got to think about the whole family. Bad choices lead to bad blood.

Max: Dad, let me handle this.

Maximus: My point exactly. Let max take care of it. And my condolences for your bride. My third wife -- a victim of the same circumstances because of our profession. And I'm sorry. So let me go. My other son is waiting for me in the car. Come on, max.

Max: Boss, my dad is going to be gone soon, and then I'll do whatever you need me to do.

Sonny: I don't know what you're trying to do here, max, but I'm taking care of this.