Lulu: Face it, Maxie, you're high maintenance. Tell her.

Spinelli: Well, if -- if by "high maintenance" fair Lulu means --

Maxie: Someone who has high standards for her appearance and the image she projects? Yes, I do. But we work in the fashion industry, remember?

Lulu: It's always about you, but now that we're living together you're not the only one here.

Maxie: I am focused on my career. I want to become a success. You don't even take it seriously. You're a dilla -- dilla --

Spinelli: Dilettante?

Maxie: Yes.

Lulu: You're taking her side?

Spinelli: No. Yes. No, no, okay, let the Jackal offer some useful assistance, okay? Now that the lease has been signed and the living arrangement is a fait accompli, maybe now would be the best time to establish some basic rules of coexistence. The division of cleaning chores, for example. Who will shop, will you share food, or each have your own shelf in the refrigerator or freezer? And making these decisions now can avert discord later, and I would be happy to facilitate.

Maxie: Okay. Item one, I get the big bedroom.

Lulu: Oh, my gosh. Let's make it fair. We'll cut cards for it.

Maxie: Your dad owns a casino. You've probably picked up so many ways to cheat. Does this look like a stupid face?

[Knock on door]

Lulu: I got it, I got it. Hey!

Johnny: I came as soon as I got your message.

Lulu: Good. I want you to see my new place and my new room, as soon as I get it.

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Luke: Okay, will you help me out? Maybe I can get out of here.

Tracy: Oh, give it up. It won't work.

Luke: The truth is, Tracy, there's not enough booze in the world to make me get over you. I'm completely at sea here, buttercup.

Tracy: Not my problem.

Luke: Could you possibly look at me? Talk to me like a real person? I'd appreciate that. I'm trying to figure out why you turned on me, why you've shut me out so completely. It couldn't be just because Laura is no longer sitting in a corner like a zombie, watching the paint peel.

Tracy: I bear no ill will to Laura.

Luke: Well, it can't be the past that I shared with her. So the only thing it could be is that I brought this on myself by telling you the truth.

Tracy: Oh, please.

Luke: No, no, it is. That's it, isn't it? I broke relationship rule number one -- never talk to your woman about another woman, and if you do, don't tell her the truth. Just lie and keep on lying. Tell her what she wants to hear. I made the mistake of being honest with you about a very complicated situation with three people who have --

Tracy: I will not be anybody's second choice.

Luke: I never said you were!

Tracy: Get out before I throw you out!

Luke: This isn't even your house.

Tracy: Fine. Go cozy up to Monica, then, because I don't want you here. You are no longer my husband. In fact, you're nothing to me. I'm done.

Luke: Done? Okay, then, I'm done. Finished. Finito. I'm going on the bender to end all benders.

Tracy: Knock yourself out.

Luke: Count on it!

Alan: I saw that.

Tracy: Shut up.

Alan: First of all, you're not really divorced from him. And second, Luke Spencer doesn't make idle threats. So why don't you just ask yourself -- how would you feel if he really drank himself to death? And how empty would your life be without him?

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Max: The meeting with the Zacchara lieutenants is all set.

Sonny: Good. Where's Claudia?

Max: She went back to her apartment to get the rest of her stuff.

Sonny: When she comes back, just have her join me for lunch, will you?

Max: What, you're going to cook her lunch?

Sonny: Yeah, she's my wife.

Max: Yeah, but you can't stand her.

Sonny: Yeah, but we got off to a rough start. You know, I just want to turn things around.

Max: Why?

Sonny: "Why"? First of all, I'm living with her, and I don't want to, like, you know, have my throat sliced at night, you understand? Okay, listen to me. If Karpov didn't shoot Kate, I'm thinking one of the Zaccharas might have done it.

Max: Well, the Zaccharas have no code of honor and I wouldn't put anything past them, but what would any of them have to gain from shooting Kate?

Sonny: That's what I want Claudia to tell me. But I got to get her to trust me first.

Max: How you plan on doing that?

Sonny: By letting her think she's getting to me.

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Sam: Well, that's the most I've ever heard you say to a law enforcement official, ever.

Jason: I just did what Diane asked me to do.

Sam: Well, I mean, we were Jake's best hope. I'm just -- you know, I'm glad everything kind of worked out the way it did because that might have been a very different conversation in there. There is one person who managed to slip under the radar -- the lawyer, Sasha.

Jason: Oh, if she's in the country, I'll handle her.

Sam: Not if I see her first.

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Spinelli: The Jackal must respectfully decline.

Maxie: All you have to do is cut cards with Johnny.

Lulu: It's the only way Maxie's going to accept that I'm not cheating.

Maxie: You get the high card, I get the big bedroom.

Lulu: And if Johnny gets the high card, then I get the big bedroom.

Spinelli: I fear the responsibility is too great.

Johnny: You're acting like the loser's going to get kicked out on the street.

Maxie: No, they'll just be stuck in a postage stamp-sized bedroom with a closet that wouldn't hold half of my beautiful designer clothes.

Lulu: But no pressure.

Johnny: Go ahead.

Spinelli: An omen perhaps? The Jackal has picked a Jack.

Lulu: That's fine, that's fine, that's fine. I know you can do it. You're going to get something better. It's fine, it's fine. Just go.

Lulu: Yay!

Spinelli: Fair Maximista, the Jackal has failed you.

Maxie: You didn't fail me. It was just dumb luck. I guess it won't be so bad having Johnny around.

Spinelli: "Around," meaning?

Lulu: Johnny cut ties with his family.

Johnny: I moved out.

Lulu: And Jax kicked him out of his apartment that he was living with Claudia in, so --

Johnny: Not that I was going to stay, because I don't want another dime of my father's money.

Lulu: And he's got no place to go, but now that I have a gigantic bedroom with a closet for two, he can stay here as long as he wants.

Spinelli: The Jackal protests.

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Robin: Oh, you didn't have to bring me popcorn. I'm not 6.

Mac: Do you feel better?

Robin: Yeah, I do.

Mac: Good. Listen, here's a parenting tip for you.

Robin: Hmm?

Mac: When in doubt, resort to bribery.

Robin: Hmm.

Mac: And hugs.

Robin: Hugs are good. You don't have to worry about me anymore. My -- my meltdown has passed.

Mac: Oh, good. Enjoy the moment, because there will be more to varying degrees. You know, you never stop wanting to do what's best for your kid, robin, but somehow you're always wondering if you're going to fall short. It's the biggest, most important job you'll ever have. And in the history of all of humanity, no one has ever done it perfectly.

Robin: Well, I think I established that I'm not going to be the first.

Mac: You're human, so is your daughter. I mean, you just learn -- both of you have to learn as you go, you know, so you just love her, do the best you can, and when something bad happens, learn to step back, okay? You'll find that there's a flipside, some unexpected gift.

Patrick: Hi.

Robin: Hi. What are you two up to?

Patrick: Oh, we were just going for a little stroll.

Robin: Uncle Mac was just talking sense into your silly, hysterical mommy.

Patrick: Emma and I think you are an amazing mom. Come here.

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[Knock on door]

Lucky: Hey.

Sam: Hey.

Lucky: Oh, God, I missed you so much. I'm so glad you're safe.

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Diane: You and Sam both made a very favorable impression on Agent Rayner, who apparently is true to his word. So, now that the paperwork has been officially signed, you are -- you're on fire. You're on fire, Jason.

Jason: You can go now. I'll call you later.

Diane: All right. Jason, as your attorney, I'm going to strenuously advise you that now is neither the time nor the place for a heart-to-heart with Elizabeth. And I'm talking to myself. I could be on fire. Why aren't I on fire?

Jason: How is Jake?

Elizabeth: He's fine.

Jason: They called you in here to make a statement?

Elizabeth: I'm meeting Agent Rayner.

Jason: I want you to ask him to explain to you how those men died.

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[Emma cries]

Patrick: So much for having the magic touch, huh?

Robin: Well, it's not time for her bottle, but we've all been thrown off schedule, so I'll go warm one up for her.

Patrick: Okay. Mom's going to get you a bottle, and while we wait, do you mind if I have this dance, Emma? Hmm?

[Patrick hums]

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Claudia: What's all this?

Sonny: I told you I could cook. I felt like cooking.

Claudia: There are two place settings.

Sonny: There's two of us.

Claudia: You made me lunch?

Sonny: Yeah.

Claudia: Hmm. Wow. Sausage and peppers, panini, and is this --

Sonny: Yeah, that's tomato basil soup.

Claudia: Oh. Here you go.

Sonny: It's getting cold. You can join me or not. It's up to --

Claudia: Oh, my gosh, I'm so impressed. It's almost as good as mine.

Sonny: Really?

Claudia: Mm-hmm. Just a little hint of rosemary, and you could use a little more garlic.

Sonny: Yeah, I decided to leave it out.

Claudia: What, for me? So, really, that's just very sweet of you. You know when this soup is the best? It's really the best when you can make it with plum tomatoes from an August garden in Palermo. When I was shipped away to live with my uncle Rudy in Italy, I never thought about the kitchen and what goes on there as being something that could be relaxing before.

Sonny: Yeah, you can forget about everything, just for that time, yeah.

Claudia: It's a really nice gesture, breaking bread with someone. I'm -- I'm touched that you did this, that you even want to sit across the table from me, but what's it going to cost me?

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Lucky: You know, I really wanted to be with you, but I just didn't think it was right, time to leave Elizabeth and the boys right after what Jake went through.

Sam: How is Jake?

Lucky: The doctors checked him out. He's completely, perfectly healthy and happy and content.

Sam: That's -- I mean, I thought so, that's how he seemed on the car ride home. You know, he is a remarkably calm kid.

Lucky: Jake is alive and home because of you.

Sam: Lucky, we both know that I stood by last year and watched him get kidnapped. The very least that I owe to him and Elizabeth and you and Jason was just to make sure that he was home safe.

Lucky: Nobody blames you anymore, Sam. The only thing Elizabeth and Jason are thinking right now is gratitude. And now that it's over, we can just put this all behind us and get back to us.

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Elizabeth: Why do you want me to hear how those men died?

Jason: Because Jake would have died the same way. I went in firing. The Russians fired back. The odds that Jake could have been hit increased every time I pulled the trigger.

Elizabeth: But you were trying to save him.

Jason: No, I shot a Russian, and he detonated an explosive device. The room Jake was in was 10 feet from the blast point. 10 feet. Which means if Sam hadn't gotten Jake out before the explosion, our son would be dead.