Singer: You stumbled on my hunting ground too bad, really you were such a lovely thing till I found out your secret run away now taste my last kiss my silent ember take one last look and beg for mercy taste my last kiss my silent ember take one last look and beg for mercy

Singer: Don't try dishing out more lies 'cause I'm serious

Singer: Wandered into open season and I'm gone and furious run away now taste my last kiss my silent ember take one last look and beg for mercy sometimes I can't help wondering how I might wear your apology but that's no fun run away now

[Explosion]

Singer: Taste my last kiss my silent ember take one last look and beg for mercy

Jason: Jake!

Jason: Jake!

image

Carly: Kate, please join us. You're not that late. And after all, you are throwing this party for yourself.

Gwyneth: Kate, it's been too, too long.

image

Maxie: Tell me that you did not.

Lulu: Not what?

image

Gwyneth: It must be an awful moment and I can empathize. I almost showed up in a duplicate dress once. Granted, I didn't and I wasn't late or alone. But I was very nearly mortified so I know exactly how you feel.

Kate: Yes, someone sabotaged the elevator.

Gwyneth: You didn't get stuck.

Kate: That's why I was late.

Gwyneth: It's been quite a year for you, hasn't it? As I understand it, you've been shot twice and still not married. But don't worry. You're among friends, and the dress looks almost as spectacular on you as it does on Carly.

Kate: Well, thank you, Gwyneth. And I'm sorry about the late notice for the party. Next time, I'll give you more time to prepare and find something attractive to wear.

Jax: Kate, you look absolutely beautiful.

Kate: Thank you. Do you think anyone would notice if I shoved Carly down the stairs?

Jax: Yes, probably. Everyone, I would like to welcome Kate Howard, creator and editor-in-chief of "Crimson" magazine, back in her rightful place.

[Applause]

image

Sonny: It's time to set the ground rules for this marriage.

image

Elizabeth: I wasted so much time in this studio.

Lucky: Why are you tearing your paintings apart?

Elizabeth: Because it's just one more dream I couldn't hold on to, in a studio that I can't afford, and wasting time that I don't have. It's selfish and unrealistic, just like me running after Jason.

Lucky: Those dreams aren't equal.

Elizabeth: Yeah, but they're equally crazy because I will never be a painter and I will never have a life with Jason.

Lucky: Elizabeth, you are very talented as a painter.

Elizabeth: Right. Right. And I can go to art school and you're going to pay the rent by playing your guitar on the streets of Greenwich Village.

Lucky: We were kids.

Elizabeth: Could you imagine what would have happened if we followed those dreams? We'd probably be living on the streets right now.

Lucky: Dreams change and that doesn't make them wrong.

Elizabeth: My dream of being with Jason was wrong. I just can't believe it took me so long to figure it out and understand.

Lucky: You're just tearing yourself up and that -- you're punishing yourself.

Elizabeth: Well, it doesn't hurt as much as what Jake's going through right now.

Lucky: I think you're being too hard on yourself, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth: I put my children in danger for my own selfish reasons and now my son is gone. Talk about being a painter. I painted Jason into this romantic, misunderstood guy that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I painted the two of us sitting on the couch in the living room next to the fire, and the kids asleep upstairs. But the reality -- this -- this is the reality, that Jason is a professional criminal who kills people. And some day, another professional criminal is going to kill him, and that will be that, a wasted life, a destructive life. Why would I want any part of that?

Lucky: I understand.

Elizabeth: No, you don't.

Lucky: Elizabeth, Jason -- Jason is your drug of choice. You're hitting rock bottom.

image

Sam: Jason!

Sam: Here.

image

Maxie: Well, Kate's back on track and ready to retaliate.

Lulu: How mad do you think she is about the dress?

Maxie: Postal, especially on a night like tonight, her re-entry into fashion. And someone who's not even in the business shows up wearing her exact same dress and looks better in it? Nightmare.

image

Kate: I'm just so happy to be back at work.

Warren: Well, darling, your latest issue of "Crimson" was stunning.

Kate: Thank you.

image

Olivia: I hope you know what you're doing. My cousin is seriously pissed.

Carly: Really? Well, Connie better brace herself because I'm just getting started.

Warren: Carly, what a lovely party. You are a wonderful hostess, whether it's a backyard barbecue or a last-minute cocktail party.

Carly: Well, thank you, Warren.

Warren: And I've given a lot of thought to your suggestions about Couture.

Olivia: What kind of suggestions?

Carly: Well, I think real women read magazines. I think real women wear clothes. I don't think all real women are a size 2 and I don't think they all wear stilettos all the time.

Olivia: Speak for yourself.

[Laughter]

Kate: Warren, it's so nice of you to make Carly feel welcome, especially in light of the divorce. She did tell you that Jax is divorcing her.

Warren: No, I'm -- I'm sorry to hear that. You were a lovely couple.

Kate: No, actually, I think it has something to do with infidelity. You see, Carly has this little problem controlling herself around her ex-husband.

Carly: Well, after I caught you and Jax having sex, what was I to do?

Jax: Could I have a moment with you?

Carly: Sure. And no matter what Kate says behind my back, clearly it's a very friendly divorce.

image

Lucky: I bottomed out over Jake, too, remember? When you got pregnant, I finally realized how out of control my life really was and I went to rehab.

Elizabeth: Well, they don't have rehab for women who risk their children's lives to be with the wrong man.

Lucky: Jake -- he will survive this. And you will, too, just by facing the choices you've made and rebuilding your life, little by little, one day at a time.

Elizabeth: Lucky, if Jake dies, I won't want to keep on living.

[Phone rings]

Elizabeth: It's work. Yes?

Epiphany: Elizabeth.

Elizabeth: Epiphany, I cannot come in right now.

Epiphany: Drake Jr. had to come in for an emergency. Cameron is here at the hospital. You need to pick him up. He's on the 10th floor with me and Dr. Hunter.

Elizabeth: Okay, thank you. We'll be there as soon as we can. Patrick got called in. He had to take Cameron with him. So now my little boy is stuck in a hospital lounge in the middle of the night. I'm such a good mother I can't even keep track of the child I do have.

image

Sonny: None of us have any illusions about this marriage. We all know why it happened and what's at stake. It's a business arrangement, nothing more.

Ric: Well, so what's the problem?

Sonny: What's the problem? The problem is that she's my wife now. She's in my home. And I don't want you sleeping around with guys under my roof. It's -- you know what I mean?

Claudia: Okay, fine. Fair enough.

Sonny: Especially my brother. It's like watching --

Ric: Notice how he'll only acknowledge me as his brother when he wants something or if he's trying to shut me down.

Sonny: Okay, Ric. Do we have a problem here? Because if we do, we can solve it right now. Stay away from me and my wife.

image

Patrick: Epiphany, I need the results on this head trauma as soon as possible.

Epiphany: Yes, Doctor.

Patrick: Thank you for taking care of Cameron.

Epiphany: I'm not doing it. Dr. Hunter is.

Matt: Start your engines. Set, go, go, go, go, go! No, go faster, faster. No, you're just way too slow, buddy. Come on, come on. You can do it. No, no, keep going, keep going, keep going. Don't make me jump in on this race. Okay, you ready? Here we go. Ready? I'll race you to that side and back. One, two -- oh, you jumped it. You got to wait until three. We go on three.

Patrick: See? There might be hope for you yet.

Matt: Thank you. Come on, you ready? Let's do this. All right, one --

Lucky: Cameron.

Elizabeth: Hey, buddy.

Cameron: Daddy!

Lucky: Hey.

Elizabeth: Guys, thank you so much, both of you, for watching him.

Matt: It's no problem.

Patrick: Is there any word on Jake?

Elizabeth: No.

Patrick: Look, Elizabeth, I'm not going to pretend I'm an expert by any means, but just -- you can't give up, okay? You have to believe that Jake's going to be okay.

image

[Jake mumbles]

Jason: Jake, I'm so happy to see you. How'd you get him?

Sam: I -- I had just found Jake when I had gotten in there. And then Sasha and I had just started fighting and then, I don't know. She disappeared somewhere.

Jason: She must've -- she must've known about the explosives.

Sam: Yeah, well, whatever it was, she pushed me and ran. And I ran in, got Jake and jumped out the window with him. And literally two seconds later, the whole place exploded.

Jason: Jumped -- jumped out of -- is -- is he okay?

Sam: Yeah, he's good, amazing, in fact. He screamed a little bit when -- when we jumped out, but he didn't cry or freak out or anything.

Jason: Thank you. Hey.

image

Kate: It was so kind of you to fly out all the way from the City just for one night. Thank you.

Gwyneth: I'm sure you'll be back on your game very soon.

Kate: Oh, I already am.

Warren: Well, I must say you're doing extraordinary work, especially on this latest issue. Only Kate Howard could get a world-class magazine out the door from her hospital bed.

Kate: Well, I do have a very capable staff.

Warren: Clarice, you are a miracle.

Clarice: Well, you won't think so if we miss the last plane out of Port Charles tonight.

Gwyneth: Then, by all means, let's get out of here. I want desperately to wake up in Manhattan. How you live here, Kate, is beyond me.

Warren: Give my best to Jax.

Kate: I will.

Gwyneth: I would have thought he'd be back by now.

Kate: Oh, I'm sure he's on his way. Have a safe trip.

Kate: Telling Carly about this dress is blatant sabotage and betrayal that will not be forgiven.

Olivia: Here we go. Connie, it is just a dress.

Kate: I welcomed you back to the office. I held your job when you were sick. And how do you repay me?

Olivia: Calm down.

Kate: I'm going to be a laughing stock by tomorrow morning.

Olivia: The party was fine, all right? Everyone had a real good time. They were real happy to see you. None of these people eat anything. But I think the party was lovely.

Kate: Okay, first, do not -- do not call me Connie in public again. My name is Kate Howard. Second, don't presume that you understand anything about the fashion publishing industry or exactly what was going on in this room. And third, stop pretending that you give a damn about my feelings because clearly you and your new best friend Carly found the entire experience amusing.

Olivia: It is amusing. Connie, you are amusing. I mean, if my brother -- excuse me, your cousins would have been here, they would be rolling on the floor laughing watching you work this room, working these people, walking around like you're all smart and powerful. Honey, you don't need even know your enemies from your friends. I guess that's why you have to have a party for yourself in the first place.

Kate: Okay, Olivia, this is what's called a professional occasion. But you wouldn't understand that, right? And I'm just so glad that you found my humiliation amusing.

Olivia: You set yourself up for it when you slept with Carly's husband. You can't think she wasn't going to retaliate.

Kate: Yeah, right, of course. Of course, you're going to see it that way because, you know, you never really made anything of your life.

Olivia: You know what, Connie?

Kate: What?

Olivia: You're a real jerk.

Kate: You know, Lulu, I took a real risk hiring you, knowing that competent people stood in line for the position. And I put up with your sloppy work, your tardiness, and I genuinely tried to teach you how to survive in this industry. How do you repay me? With betrayal and sabotage. You leave me no choice, Lulu. For that reason --

Maxie: No, no, no. It was me. I was the one that told Carly about your dress.

image

Ric: Sonny, I worked very hard to get where I am in the Zacchara organization. I'm good at what I do. It would be to your advantage to work with me.

Sonny: Nothing about you is to my advantage. As a matter of fact, it's to your advantage that I have not fired you, because I could do that any second. Because you have not proven to me what you're capable of. All I'm asking is that I don't want to have to watch you guys make out. I got more important things to do, Ric.

Ric: Well, so do I.

Claudia: Oh, good, guys, in case I was wondering where I stand.

Sonny: If you want to hit on Claudia somewhere else, that's up to you. But if you're doing it because she's my wife or because you want to score points with the Zaccharas, it has to stop right now.

Ric: Sonny, Sonny, do you realize that Anthony would love it to have the two of us fighting?

Sonny: What's there -- what's there to fight about? I already said I don't want you guys sleeping under my roof. So if you got to tie your hands back, whatever you got to do --

Ric: Oh, boy, I knew you were going to get proprietary, but I didn't know it was going to be so soon.

Sonny: Okay, hey, let me explain something to you. You're not going to mess up what I'm doing with the Zaccharas. You're not going to get in the middle of that, because if you do, I will shut you out.

Ric: Sonny, look... you're new to the Zacchara organization. Don't let the power go to your head here. You need me, okay? You need what I know more than you realize.

Sonny: Okay, you can leave now. Don't come back until you hear from me.

Claudia: So much for doing what we want in our personal lives.

image

Jax: That wasn't very nice, was it, showing up in the same dress as Kate?

Carly: How do you know she didn't show up wearing my dress? I got there first.

Jax: Ah, which raises another question. Kate is usually always 10 minutes early to her own parties.

Carly: Hmm, you know, maybe you should have the maintenance checked on the elevator.

Jax: That's what I thought.

Carly: What? You can't possibly be blaming me because Kate Howard got stuck in the elevator.

Jax: You weren't even invited to the party, were you?

Carly: I'm half-owner of this hotel. I'll probably own the whole thing after the divorce.

Jax: That doesn't mean you can just show up at a private party whenever you feel like it.

Carly: I didn't want Kate Howard having her offices in the hotel, but you insisted. I'm just trying to cooperate. I can't help it if I look better in this dress than she does.

Jax: That is not the point, is it?

Carly: No, it's not. I wanted to show you firsthand what you threw away so you could have an affair with Kate Howard.

Jax: Undermining Kate isn't going to change what happened between us, Carly.

Carly: A lot of good things happened between us. You just want to focus on the bad.

Jax: No, because at the end of the day, no matter how good things could have been between us, you never really gave me your heart.

Carly: That's not true.

Jax: No, it is true. You always put Sonny first. You know, I'm not going to have this fight with you again.

Carly: Hey, I don't want to have this --

Jax: We've talked about this a hundred times already.

Carly: I don't want to have this fight either.

Jax: I'll give you one thing. You certainly know how to liven up a party. You wear that dress very well.

image