Claudia: That is some fantasy you have going there, Lansing, the idea that you actually like me because I'm wonderful.

Ric: Why does it have to be a fantasy?

Claudia: I'm a commodity to you, nothing more. That's not insecurity. That's a cold, hard fact. That's a fact I've been living with since -- I don't know, since I was a little girl old enough to blow out the birthday candles on my cake.

Ric: That's a long time to be cynical, Claudia.

Claudia: Well, I'm not saying that you don't like me.

Ric: Oh, good.

Claudia: I like you, too. I'm just saying there's always going to be an ulterior motive whenever we're involved.

Ric: You know, you say it as if we have absolutely no control over our lives, okay?

Claudia: Well --

Ric: Isn't it possible to have some random events change the course of your fate, to present you with something different and real?

Claudia: What's real? What?

Ric: Some people say love is real.

Claudia: Oh, love? With you?

Ric: Nah, hell no. I'm as cynical as you are.

Claudia: Cheers.

Ric: No, I mean -- I don't know, love as a concept. You know, a gift of somebody who understands you and accepts you, somebody you completely trust absolutely.

Claudia: It doesn't exist.

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Olivia: My cousin is a lot stronger, but she's not strong enough for any big surprises or emotional upsets.

Jason: Okay, I just need to talk to her about Sonny. That's all.

Olivia: Okay, before I even consider that, you got to answer me a question. You're the missing piece to this puzzle, the guy that Sonny gave his business to. I heard that, once upon a time, you guys were even best friends.

Jason: Is that a question?

Olivia: Why did you turn on Sonny? Look, I'm not saying I think the mob is some great idea. I -- I sure as hell wouldn't recommend it as a career choice. But, you know, Sonny started when he was a little kid. It's all he's ever known.

Jason: So which part do you need me to explain?

Olivia: Well, if you're this great friend, why don't you give him back what's rightly his?

Jason: I don't even know you. We're not having this conversation.

Olivia: Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, I'm -- I'm not looking to break any stupid mob code here, okay? I just need to get a handle on what my cousin is up against, all right? She's still in love with Sonny. So I need to know what are the chances that you're going to give him his business back?

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Sonny: Hell, no, I'm not marrying Claudia.

Anthony: I'm going to try not to be insulted by your reaction. I'm offering you my only daughter's hand in marriage.

Sonny: You hate Claudia, so I can't take that as a compliment.

Anthony: We've had a rough time of it, my little girl and I. She's a strong-willed woman, like her mother. And I'll be the first to warn you, Claudia won't make your life easy. But she is flesh of my flesh and blood of my blood. So when you marry her, you and I will be family. And a man doesn't turn against his family.

Sonny: Have you met my brother Ric?

Anthony: Once you marry Claudia, I'll feel safe putting everything in your hands. Those are my terms, Sonny. All you have to do to get your power back, to have the means to wipe out Andrei Karpov, is to take my daughter's hand in marriage.

Sonny: I already told you, hell, no.

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Luke: To the bachelor life.

Federale Mendoza: Salut.

Luke: Salut.

Federale Mendoza: These women, they drive me to an early grave.

Luke: Amen, brother. After all I've done for her, and this is the thanks I get.

Federale Mendoza: You said so yourself; the gringo only married you for your money.

Luke: Well, now, you know, it was the big backs -- bucks flashing there that drew me first through the door -- drew her first through the door, but once we were married and living together as husband and wife, oh, I saw a different side to this woman. My sweet petunia pie is like no other woman in the world. She looks life straight in the eye, and she doesn't back down, and I tell you, if I was ever in trouble, this woman is the person that I would want covering my ass, and that is the greatest compliment I can pay her.

Federale Mendoza: I am convinced, mi amigo. Mamacita, I can see the fire in your eyes. If I touch you, will I be burned?

Tracy: Oh!

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Spinelli: Lulu, the Jackal most urgently requests that you release me from my bonds.

Lulu: Hurry.

Maxie: Now Lulu's giving orders?

Spinelli: Eternal gratitude for your quick-thinking acts of derring-do. Never before have two blondes been so deeply appreciated, but if a quick escape -- our escape is supposed to succeed, we have to act quickly.

Maxie: No kidding, or else they're going to commit you for good.

Spinelli: It was in the padded room that it occurred to me that I've never been terribly adept -- thank you -- at behaving normally, as it were.

Maxie: Well, why should you? Whatever "normal" is, you're great the way you are, and so are you.

Spinelli: Oh, tender moment, observed.

Maxie: She's still a self-involved drama queen with daddy issues, but whatever.

Lulu: Okay, does anybody have an exit strategy?

Spinelli: Exit strategy?

Maxie: I figured that we would just make a run for it.

Spinelli: Oh.

Lulu: Not going to happen. We can't just make a run for the main gate and hope we outrun security.

Maxie: That's so like you, Lulu. Always criticizing without offering up a better idea.

Lulu: Are you serious? You guys break in here and convince me of this plan, and you guys don't have an exit strategy?

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Mac: Want to tell me why you were here?

Jerry: Well, of course, of course. Sam McCall invited me to soak in her Jacuzzi.

[Sam laughs]

Mac: Is that true?

Sam: No, it's a little bit more complicated than that.

Alexis: It usually is.

Mac: We're going to take Mr. Jacks into custody for questioning and as a material witness. Make sure you check under every carpet and behind every closet wall.

Jerry: That's very funny. Sam's a suspect. I'm being arrested. I'm not surprised that you abuse the power of your position.

Mac: You know what? Whatever is going on, I'm sure you're in it up to your neck.

Alexis: Mac, Jerry has explained himself to me. There's no reason to believe that he's relevant to this search.

Sam: Do not do this. Jerry started all this. You can't possibly let him go after everything I told you.

Mac: What did she tell you?

Alexis: Sam is not going to say anything without an attorney present. There's no reason to keep Mr. Jacks here. You can let him go.

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Olivia: Look, I know that when Sonny's kid got shot, he got out of the business, handed it all over to you. Okay, my cousin filled me in on that.

Jason: That's right, Sonny gave me the business, and he asked me to run it the best way I know how, and that's exactly what I'm doing.

Olivia: Okay, so now, you don't want to get involved in Sonny's revenge plot. Sonny's pissed off, right? Right, strong silent type. Look, I can still see what's right in front of my face. Obviously my cousin can't stand you.

Jason: Look, I have no argument with Kate. I hope Sonny and Kate get the life they want.

Olivia: Okay, if that's what you got to say to her, go knock yourself out.

Kate: Jason, what do you need?

Jason: Sonny's about to make a big mistake. I'm just hoping you can talk him out of it.

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Anthony: You want to try looking at things from my perspective? You want to use me and my family to kill a man and probably start a war. That comes with a price.

Sonny: I'm interested in business. When you bring up Claudia, you're making it personal.

Anthony: What do you want, a written contract? Written contracts in our line of work do nothing but make our lawyers rich.

Sonny: When I take over, we're both going to prosper. I've got no secret alliance with Jason. I'll go head-to-head with him if I have to. I know his weaknesses, which means once Karpov is out of the way, I will move this organization into a position of greater strength.

Anthony: If you were me --

Sonny: Yes.

Anthony: Would you trade your entire life's work for a few promises?

Sonny: My word should be enough.

Anthony: If you don't want to marry Claudia, we got no deal.

Sonny: Your loss, old man.

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Robin: Hey, you've been staring at those same test results for the past five minutes.

Patrick: I know. It just feels like there's something important that I'm missing. I can't --

Robin: Really? Well, let's see. We have you, we have me, and we have the baby. I think we're good. Maxie's taking care of everything else.

Patrick: Wow, hormones are frightening. We're getting married in nine days, and -- and you're making jokes up.

Robin: I know. It's strange, isn't it?

Patrick: Shouldn't you be panicking about a dress or flowers or invitations or something like that?

Robin: Well, I mean, I've already, you know, accepted the fact that I'm going to look like a dump truck walking down the aisle, and I'm fine with it.

Patrick: And you're not upset that I picked Coleman as my best man?

Robin: You know what? It's your best man. It's your pick. Besides, during the wedding pictures, Coleman will take the focus off the fact that you're marrying a beached whale.

Patrick: Okay, and then what about a bachelorette party? You know, it is tradition.

Robin: So is a bachelor party, which you can have. It'd be totally fine with me. I won't make you feel bad about it, and I won't jump out of the cake either. That would just be awkward.

Patrick: That would be, and I have considered it, but you know what? I have got no fear giving up my bachelorhood.

Robin: So we're good.

Patrick: We're good. We're great. It's going to be the best day of our lives. Of course, until our baby's born. Then it'll be second best.

Robin: Yeah.

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Jason: Sonny intends to make a dangerous alliance. He feels it's the only way he can get revenge for what happened to you.

Kate: Look, if you're trying to scare me, it's working, okay? So who -- who is Sonny going into business with?

Jason: I can't -- I can't give you those details.

Kate: Of course you can't tell me. You know what I think, Jason? You know what I think? I think that you're here to try to ease your guilty conscience. It's not about me. You don't even like me, but I can be useful to you if I can somehow talk Sonny down, right? Because it would enable you to avoid some sort of public show of aggression with whoever Sonny is making this allegedly dangerous alliance with. Jason, that's very passive-aggressive. So why don't you just listen to me? I don't want Sonny anywhere near the mob, and I do understand what's driving him. It's you, Jason. It is your betrayal. You made your choice, and now you have to live with it. I'm tired.

Olivia: Wow, that guy's just like a little burst of sunlight, isn't he?

Kate: Mm-hmm.

Olivia: He obviously did nothing to improve your mood.

Kate: Yeah, well, that guy is the reason that Sonny is going deeper into the mob.

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Lulu: Your plan sucks. We had a fire drill last week. If anything, the alarm brings out more security.

Maxie: You can't even give it a chance, can you? God, Lulu, insanity makes you relentlessly negative.

Lulu: Just because you're my rescuer doesn't mean that you're in charge.

Maxie: Control freak.

Lulu: Really? Because I thought that we were talking about my freedom today.

Spinelli: Okay, if I may intercede, time is of the essence. The -- the physician will only be soundproofed for so long, and when he is free, he will pursue us like veritable bunnies in the glen.

Lulu: It's now or never.

Maxie: I think I just figured out how to get us out of here.

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Federale Mendoza: The senora can burn her fire on the dance floor.

Tracy: No, I only dance with the one that brung me.

Federale Mendoza: I insist.

Luke: Hey, whoa, muchacho, this ain't "Dancing with the Federales." My wife only cuts a rug with me.

Federale Mendoza: But you said that you were through with her, that she stole your money.

Luke: Hey, what couple doesn't fight over money?

Federale Mendoza: She needs to be with a man who appreciates her, huh?

[Speaks Spanish]

Luke: Hey, whoa, I'm cutting in. Oh.

Luke: No, hit the drunk guy.

Tracy: Well, quit moving him around.

Tracy: That one was your fault. Duck.

Luke: Spanky. Baby.

Tracy: Oh.

Federale Lopez: Capitan. Senor Spencer, senora Spencer.

Tracy: Hi.

Federale Lopez: So nice to see you again.

Tracy: Nice to see you.

Federale Lopez: You're both under arrest.

Luke: Huh?

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Sam: Listen to me. There are dozens of people, maybe even hundreds, that are getting counterfeit drug prescriptions from Karpov that I know Jerry Jacks is helping get in here.

Alexis: If you thought something was going on, you should have gone to the authorities.

Sam: I wanted to, but I was working undercover to give evidence. You have to believe me. This is the only way I would ever go near that man.

Cop: Commissioner, have a look at this.

Alexis: You are not a cop. You have no authority, and you stop talking before you incriminate yourself even more. Do you hear me?

Sam: Are you kidding me? You showed up at my house early for a reason, right? You wanted to warn me or something. I know that you have to believe me in some way. Please, I am begging you. Have that PDA that you took analyzed and checked by your lab people, and guess what? If it comes up empty, I know there's another one laying around that is going to incriminate the two of them.

Mac: We found what appears to be a cache of pharmaceutical drugs.

Sam: What?

Mac: It looked like the pharmaceuticals that were stolen from a local hospital, the ones that were replaced with counterfeit drugs.

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Karpov: You're late.

Jerry: Well, if I left too soon, the police would have been suspicious.

Karpov: I don't have the time for riddles.

Jerry: Oh, when I left, the police were searching Sam's apartment.

Karpov: Why didn't you stay to see what they found?

Jerry: No need. You see, right about now, the commissioner is finding enough drugs in sweet Sam's apartment to put her away for 20 years. It's a pity, really. We never consummated, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices to stay in the business.

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[Sonny sighs]

Claudia: Hey, did you see a red cell phone? I think I left it here.

Sonny: Let me guess. Your father asked you to follow up on me.

Claudia: Follow up on what?

Sonny: Oh, you haven't heard?

Claudia: Uh-uh.

Sonny: He wants you to marry me.

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Anthony: Oh, dear. Now I have to fire all my guards and train a whole new group, or maybe I'll just kill this bunch and blame it on you.

Jason: You asked Sonny to join up with you.

Anthony: Good news travels fast.

Jason: This deal will never happen.

Anthony: How I run my business is none of yours.

Jason: Well, consider this your first and final warning. If you bring Sonny into your family business, I'm going to have to take you down.

Ric: That's an empty threat if ever I heard one. There's no way you're going to go against Sonny, Jason. That's a fact