Paolo: Look, lighten up, Rick. I'm going to have the cash tomorrow, ok? No problem. Ok, ok, ok, just -- just -- I need some today, all right? Just front me. Look -- ok, all right. Like a gram, all right? No, that -- look, I'll pay double. Double! Hello. Hello? Ugh!

[Knock on door]

Paolo: Get in here.
Leo: Whoa, what's up, Paolo? You're looking ragged.
Paolo: Where's my money?
Leo: Here's a couple hundred. That's all I could get my hands on.
Paolo: You're joking, right? I said 30 grand.
Leo: Hey.
Paolo: What is this? This is nothing.
Leo: I have almost a whole day to come up with the rest.
Paolo: You have 18 hours, Leo. 18 Hours. And if I don't get all my money, the whole world is going to hear that Adam Chandler paid to have me slip Marian into bed. You got that? When everybody finds out about that, Chandler will crush you like a bug.
Leo: What's up with you, Paolo? Are you strung out on something?
Paolo: I wish, man. Listen, listen. I'm crashing, all right? Listen, I need -- just help me out. Just help me out. Listen, just a couple grams. Get me a couple grams. I'll take a couple thousand off, ok?
Leo: Sorry. Can't help you, Ace.
Paolo: Come on, dude.
Leo: Why don't you take a hot bath. It might help with the craving.
Paolo: A hot bath. That's good.
Leo: I'll see you later.

Paolo: Ok. Leo lets me down, I squeeze Vanessa. I got her right where I want her.

Vanessa: Oh, Palmer, I can't think of anyplace I would rather be than right here in our own private suite having champagne with my handsome husband. What a romantic notion.
Palmer: Well, I didn't want any distractions, especially from your family.
Vanessa: Really? And what did you have in mind?
Palmer: Just to spend some time alone with you.
Vanessa: Oh. Well, is that why you had the maid turn down the bed?
Palmer: Well, I'm not all talk, Vanessa.
Vanessa: And I love it when you start talking with your hands.
Palmer: Oh, come on, now. Don't embarrass me.
Vanessa: Oh, do I do that? I'm sorry, darling. Do you know what? I bet -- I guess I just don't tell you often enough what a fabulous lover you are. Palmer, you make me so happy.
Palmer: Well, I'm about to make you happier.
Vanessa: Hmm?
Palmer: Mm-hmm. Yes, I've got something for you.
Vanessa: That ruby brooch we saw.
Palmer: Oh, no, no, no. No, this is bigger than a breadbox.
Vanessa: A diamond as big as the Ritz.

[Telephone rings]

Vanessa: Hello.
Leo: Mother, I need to see you right away.
Vanessa: I can't. I will call you the moment I'm free. I love you, darling.
Leo: Whom were you speaking to, Vanessa?

Marian: Come on, Stuart, pick up your cell phone. Come on, darling, answer. Oh. This means you're on your way to St. Louis.

[Knock on door]

Marian: Oh, Dixie.
Dixie: Hi.
Marian: Hi.
Dixie: I'm sorry. I should have called before I came by, but I just -- I need to see Stuart.
Is he here? Marian: No, no, he's not. He went to the movies.
Dixie: Oh. The movies? By himself?
Marian: Oh, I didn't feel like going. I was tired.
Dixie: Oh. Are you sick?
Marian: No, no, I'm fine. I'll tell Stuart you stopped by.
Dixie: Well, actually -- you know, while I'm here, maybe -- maybe you can help me.
Marian: Help you with what?
Dixie: I want to know what Tad and Liza are up to.

Tad: It was the phone call last night that convinced me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Adam Chandler has finally snapped. At first he was calm, reasonable. But within a moment, he was ranting at me like some kind of freak, some kind of madman, threatening me and the lives of my family.
Man: This is outrageous.
Woman: What has happened to Adam? He sounds very unstable.
Tad: No, no, no, it's much more serious than that. I'm afraid that Adam chandler has completely lost his grip on reality.

Liza: I know it sounds risky, but right now I think your best bet is to go in there and pretend to be Stuart.
Adam: Oh, come on, there- there has to be a better solution than --
Liza: I don't know. I mean, Tad is in there convincing your board members right now that you're incapable running Chandler Enterprises.
Adam: I can disabuse them of that in an instant.
Liza: Well, how are you going to refute Tad's argument that it was Stuart who was giving away the lavish corporate gifts of huge amounts of money and then all of a sudden you were the one who was signing the checks?
Adam: I went along with that fiasco so he could get out of jail -- so we could both get out of jail.
Liza: I understand that was the arrangement. But tad is using your flip-flop to make you look confused and deluded.
Adam: I am confused. Where the hell is Stuart? He could go in there and have that board off my back in two minutes just by telling the truth.
Liza: I don't know. I mean, it's your call. But I don't think you have any time to lose. I mean, Tad could be taking a no-confidence vote right now.
Adam: Right. No, I'm out of time. Do you think that this is the correct way to proceed, Liza? All right. All right. Liza, thank you.
Liza: For what?
Adam: For being here, for standing by me. It means more to me than you could ever know.

Liza: Stuart, you should, you know, neaten up. Yes.

Adam: Excuse me.
Man: We can take action --
Tad: Look, Liza Colby --

Adam: [As Stuart] hi.
Woman: What is the meaning of this?
Adam: You all know me. I'm Stuart Chandler. And I need to speak to you. I don't know what Tad has been telling you, but I do know that tad is out to hurt my brother Adam.
Woman: This is most unusual.
Man: No, no, I'd like to hear what he has to say.
Tad: No, no, wait. Wait a minute. Stuart, your loyalty to your brother is admirable, but I don't think this board meeting has anything to do with you. It's not your concern.
Adam: No, no, yes, it is my concern, because I think all of these people want to know the truth. Don't you?
Tad: Nice try. But I know what you're up to, and it's not going to work.

Becca: And then you just pull it through and pull on it like that. There you go.
Junior: A perfect bow knot. Where did you learn how to do that?
Becca: Well, my dad and I, we would go camping and fishing every summer.
Junior: Really?
Becca: Mm-hmm. Yeah, he taught me how to put up a tent and to -- gosh -- build a campfire, and then we'd clean fish. You know what is the best thing in the world? Pan-fried trout. It's awesome.
Junior: And you did all this with your dad?
Becca: Yeah.
Junior: Just the two of you?
Becca: Uh-huh. Don't you and your dad go camping and stuff?
Junior: Well, Tad takes me and Jamie camping at the lake. But my dad doesn't exactly like the idea of sleeping on the ground. We were going to a fishing lodge in Canada once, but something came up.
Becca: Yeah, I can't really see your dad sleeping in a pup tent.
Junior: But he did take me up on his private jet once.
Becca: Really?
Junior: I got to sit in the cockpit and steer.
Becca: That's awesome.
Junior: It was the best.
Becca: That sounds great.

[Doorbell rings]

Becca: Oh. I wonder who that could be. Oh, my gosh, Leo! What are you --
Scott: No, it's me.
Becca: Oh.

Marian: What makes you think Tad and Liza are up to something?
Dixie: Well, you know, that is exactly why I wanted to talk to Stuart -- because I know I'd get a straight answer from him.
Marian: I will not be insulted in my own home, Dixie.
Dixie: Oh, come on, Marian. Tad is helping Liza enact some huge revenge plot against Adam, and I think you know about it.
Marian: Oh, so you think Liza is the ringleader here and that tad is some kind of innocent bystander, is that it? Why is it that every single time Tad and Liza get together involved in a scheme, Liza always gets blamed for it?
Dixie: Oh, I don't know what you're talking about.
Marian: You haven't forgiven her for that fling that she had with Tad all that time ago, have you? Well, you should, because she's a different person now.
Dixie: I have made my peace with that incident, Marian. I have other issues with Liza now.
Marian: Good. Fine. Because I don't want her blamed for this.
Dixie: Blamed for what?
Marian: For this plan to destroy Adam. It's very dangerous. And if it blows up in all our faces, I want everyone to know that it was tad who wanted revenge at all cost.

Tad: I know what you're doing, Stuart. It's perfectly obvious. But you cannot take responsibility for all of the things that your brother has done. I suppose at first you're going to tell this board that it was you, not Adam, that gave away close to $80 million last Christmas.
Adam: [As Stuart] It was me. You don't think Adam would dress up in a dumb Santa Claus suit and give away anything. No, no, I gave away the money. Me. Stuart.
Tad: It's a noble effort, but it just doesn't jibe with the facts. Adam has already sworn to the district attorney that it was him that gave away those millions, not you.
Adam: Tad isn't exactly telling you the truth. He's trying to trick you here. You see, he knows -- he and Adam had a deal. The both dropped the charges against each other so they could get out of jail.
Tad: Ok. Just out of curiosity, what would I have that could possibly entice Adam Chandler go to along with something like this?
Adam: Because -- because -- I don't know. But -- but the point is you all think that Adam has lost his grip because he gave away a fortune. But he didn't do that. He would rather give away his kidneys than give away money.
Woman: Yes. Well, thank you so much for your input. Now, if you don't mind, we'd like to continue behind closed doors.
Adam: You're -- you're humoring me now, and everybody in town knows how honest I am. I cannot lie. I cannot tell a lie, even to save my own brother.
Tad: Well, Stuart, no one is questioning your integrity.
Adam: Well, then, I am saying that Adam Chandler is a good man, and he's a smart, brilliant businessman. He's just -- he's been under a little stress lately.
Tad: Is that why he attacked me in that jail cell? Is it the stress?
Adam: Well, maybe you were asking for it, Tad.
Tad: Well, I -- I don't mean to disrespect you, Stuart, but nothing you've said makes Adam seem any more sensible or sane.
Adam: Well, I can prove it. I can prove that Adam did not put on that Santa Claus suit, nor could he put on that Santa Claus suit and given away scads of money.
Tad: Why not?
Adam: Liza, why don't you tell them -- what your mother did? What my wife did to Adam. That'll convince them.

Palmer: Vanessa?
Vanessa: All right, you caught me.

Palmer: Caught you with what?
Vanessa: Simply trying to make you happy, Palmer. You said that my family was causing tension in our marriage. Well, you're right, darling. You're right. And though it goes against every instinct in my body, I've decided to keep some distance from my sons, not be quite so overbearing.
Palmer: Really?
Vanessa: Yes. Of course, it's going to be particularly difficult with Leo. I mean, you know, for years all we really had was each other. And I'm afraid he's terribly attached to me. He's so frightened of rejection.
Palmer: Not afraid as much as he is of hard work.
Vanessa: Oh, darling. You know what? He is trying to be his own man, and I think he was disappointed when I didn't support him when he quit that wonderful, wonderful job you gave him, darling. But I think that's why he called and wants to see me.
Palmer: That was Leo on the phone?
Vanessa: Yes.
Palmer: Oh.
Vanessa: Who did you think it was? Darling, no. Please don't start this. You are scaring me. Darling, how can you think I could even look at another man? Honestly, didn't you learn your lesson before?

[Knock on door]

Vanessa: I'll get -- coming!
Leo: I'm sorry, mother. I know you said this isn't a good time, but I have to talk to you.
Vanessa: Leo is here, Palmer. Come in, dear.
Leo: Hello, Palmer. I'll be gone in a minute.
Palmer: No. Actually -- actually, your timing couldn't be better. I was just about to show your mother her new house.
Vanessa: What?
Palmer: No --
Vanessa: What?
Palmer: Yes -- no, no, no. These -- these are just sketches. No, no, they -- no, no, I told the architect to hold off until you could look them over.
Vanessa: Oh, you dear, dear, sweet man. You dear, dear -- oh, after all these years of being such a transient, finally my own home.
Palmer: Well, I was hoping that it would make you happy. I'll call the architect and have her come over. We can look at this.
Vanessa: When? When? When? When?
Palmer: Well, right now. I'll call her from the other room at her office, see if she can come over now.
Vanessa: Oh.

Leo: Well, congratulations, mother. You finally hit the jackpot.
Vanessa: Oh, darling, he really is such a good man. He knows how important it is to have my very own home.
Leo: How about revising his will? Has he given you the starring role in that yet?
Vanessa: Leo, keep your voice down, please, darling. I will get to the will, but first I have some bridge-building to do with Palmer.
Leo: Maybe the architect can knock off that project, too.
Vanessa: Oh, please, darling. This is a very personal, private matter. First I have to reassure palmer that we can have some sort of a reasonable, normal, peaceful life together without --
Leo: Without what, mother?
Vanessa: Darling, without constant interference from my family.
Leo: You get Palmer to build you your dream house, and all you have to do is dump your family, is that it?
Vanessa: No. Now, don't overreact, Leo. I simply have to step back a bit.
Leo: What, and pretend I don't exist?
Vanessa: Leo, you are so sensitive. But, darling, this is not about you.
Leo: What, I'm not part of your family now, Mother?
Vanessa: Of course you are, precious. But you're not -- you're not the troublesome part. It's David. Well, how many times can Palmer watch us snap at each other? It's ugly.
Leo: Palmer seems to stand up under it pretty well.
Vanessa: Well, you know, palmer thought he married a charming, well-bred sophisticate. But let me tell you, there is nothing charming about seeing a woman and her grown son constantly bickering at each other.
Leo: It's not like David came seeking you out, mother. He was in Pine Valley way before you were.
Vanessa: Well, darling, I had no idea that David would still be so bitter. He simply will not give up the past. And I will tell you that no husband wants to hear his bride murdered his predecessor, no matter how outlandish such an accusation may be.
Leo: Simple solution -- banish David from the kingdom.
Vanessa: Come on, darling. I am not about to banish either of my sons. I simply have to convince my husband that he is my number one priority. You may have noticed that Palmer's feathers have been just a bit ruffled lately.
Leo: Maybe Palmer is a little more sensitive than you give him credit for, Mother.
Vanessa: Really, darling. And what are you referring to?
Leo: Well, the tell-tale signs. You know, the sparkle in your eye, that nervous giggle, the way you start humming to yourself. Even as a boy, I could always tell when you'd taken on a lover.
Vanessa: You know, I think you should really run along now, Leo.
Leo: Oh, and then there's the secret perfume. You have your usual scent for your husband Du Jour, and then there's the other one. You know, the one on reserve, the one you crack open for the man you're meeting on the side.
Vanessa: All right. You are not only being brash, young man, but this holier-than-thou attitude I really don't care for.
Leo: I'm not judging you, Mother. God knows I've never judged you. But I noticed it the minute I came into this room -- that all-too-familiar scent that you were wearing. You know, the one you have reserved pour l'amour?
Vanessa: Oh, don't -- all right, that's enough.
Leo: Oh, and then the final tip-off --
Vanessa: Oh, really?
Leo: Your lucky earrings. You know, the ones that make you feel beautiful. Weren't they a gift, mother, from your first director at MGM, the one who said he was going to make you a star?
Vanessa: Oh!
Leo: What's wrong?
Vanessa: My God. Oh, my God. The emerald's missing.
Leo: Why don't you call your lover, have him check underneath the pillow?
Vanessa: All right, you stay right here. You -- stay -- tell Palmer I will be right back.
Leo: You want me to cover for you?
Vanessa: Yes, darling! Just be a good boy. I promise you, the new house Palmer's building will have a private suite, private entrance, stereo equipment -- everything, darling. Now, be a good boy --
Leo: Well, I thought that you were putting your family in cold storage, mother.
Vanessa: Can I count on you, please, Leo? Tell him I'll be right back.

Palmer: Where is Vanessa?

Dixie: You know, I'm not going to stand here and deny that -- that Tad would like to see Adam pay for everything that he's done.
Marian: Well, then we agree.
Dixie: But Liza does not need any encouragement to strike back at Adam. After what he did to her -- stealing her right to choose who was going to be the father of her child -- I mean, that is really obviously unspeakable. Naturally she'd want to pay him back, don't you think?
Marian: Please. How do you pay someone back for that? What does a woman do to a man who she's promised her life to who's done something so despicable? How does she suddenly turn off her feelings for that man? Don't you see what could happen here?
Dixie: No, I don't know what you mean.
Marian: Liza could lose parts of herself forever, Dixie. I've been trying to make her rethink this, reconsider this, but Tad --
Dixie: Go ahead. Say what's on your mind.
Marian: Tad wants her to hate Adam as much as he does, and I don't think that's possible. He keeps pushing her to be as vindictive as he is. But then, of course, he has nothing to lose here.
Dixie: All right, all right. You've made your point. But, you know, that's not why I'm here. Why I'm here is to find out where Tad and Liza are and what they're up to. And you're just not going to tell me, are you?
Marian: It's too late, Dixie. It's probably all over by now.

Adam: [As Stuart] Liza? Go on. Tell them how your mother locked Adam in that safe room. Adam built a safe room in our house -- his house. He built it to keep his family safe from all sorts of stuff that happens every day -- terrorist attacks and things. But Marian, my wife, got very angry at Adam and locked him in that safe room. Locked him in for weeks and weeks and weeks. So poor Adam had to -- the only way he could get out was through a tiny little air duct
Liza: Sweetheart. No more, please.
Adam: If your mother could hear you calling me sweetheart, she'd be very angry at you, Liza.
Liza: Adam, this is not going to work.
Tad: Adam? What are you -- what the hell is going -- he's doing it. That's him. He's doing it again.
Liza: This isn't going to work, darling.
Woman: What on earth is happening here?
Adam: Could I please speak to my -- to Liza alone for just a moment, please?
Liza: No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry this -- this ruse is not something I can be an accomplice to. This -- this is not Stuart Chandler. This is Adam.
Man: What?
Liza: This is Adam Chandler.
Adam: [As Stuart] Liza, these are serious people. You're forgetting that. They don't know you're kidding. Oh, I know what it is. You're getting back at me for that little joke I played on you about the clinic. Hmm? Well, I -- I've apologized for that, Liza, over and over and over. I really thought you'd forgiven me.
Liza: I'm sorry. I was afraid something like this would happen. For reasons that I don't really quite understand, he keeps wanting to fall into the identity of his more innocent twin brother Stuart. And these episodes -- I don't know how long they last or why, really. But I'm really grateful that you had the opportunity to see it with your own eyes after I shared it with you. My husband, your CEO, Is incapable of running this company. He -- he has completely lost his mind.

[Liza sobs]

Dixie: Well, if you're trying to spook me, Marian, it certainly worked. What are you saying? What is too late? Why is --

Marian: Stuart!
Stuart: I'm back.
Marian: I thought you were at the airport.
Stuart: Hi, Dixie.
Marian: Darling.
Stuart: No, they cancelled my flight to St. Louis, so I just got a cab home.
Dixie: I thought you said Stuart was at the movies.
Stuart: Huh?
Marian: Oh, weren't you just leaving, Dixie?
Stuart: No, Dixie, don't go away. You never stay long enough when you visit.
Dixie: Oh, no, it's late. Some would say too late. Stuart, we'll catch up another time, ok?
Stuart: Well, at least let me walk you to your car.
Marian: Oh, I'm sure Dixie can fend for herself.
Dixie: I certainly can, thanks.
Marian: Bye, Dixie.
Dixie: Bye.
Stuart: Good night.
Dixie: Bye, Stuart.

Stuart: What was that all about?

Scott: Look, I should go. You're obviously expecting Leo.
Becca: No. No, no, no, no. He was just here. He left right before you arrived.
Scott: Really?
Becca: Yeah. That's why I thought you were him. You know, I thought he left something.
Scott: With an armful of balloons? That must have been some visit.
Junior: Hey, Scott.
Scott: Hey, how's it going?
Junior: Good.
Scott: Good.
Junior: Becca's just showing me how to make a bow knot.
Scott: Oh, yeah? Who knew she was so good at tangling things up?
Junior: Are those for Becca?
Scott: Yeah. Yeah, they are.
Becca: Hey, Junior, would you do me a favor? Why don't you take these up to my room for me? That would help me out.
Junior: Sure.
Becca: Ok, thanks.
Junior: Yeah.

Becca: Look, Scott, Leo came over here because he had to talk to me about something.
Scott: Let me guess. The dry cleaners couldn't get the wine stain out of his angora sweater.
Becca: No, he has legitimate problems just like everyone else.
Scott: Well, he sure hides it pretty well underneath that smart-ass smirk of his.
Becca: Leo has a hard time connecting with people.
Scott: And that problem evaporates as soon as he's around you, doesn't it?
Becca: What do you want, Scott? Do you want me to tell him to never come over here again?

Leo: I'm not sure where she went, Palmer. She discovered that one of the stones was missing from her earring and took off in a panic to search for it.
Palmer: Well, she must still be in the hotel. I'll go lend her a hand.
Leo: I wouldn't do that, Palmer you know when she gets frantic like this, she can be awfully curt.
Palmer: Yeah. Well, I'll just tell her not to bother. Hell, I'll just replace the stone.
Leo: Oh, not this pair. These have sentimental value. Wouldn't be the same. She gets awfully attached to her jewelry.
Palmer: You know your mother pretty well, don't you?
Leo: You could say that.
Palmer: I've never met anybody like her. She makes me happy.
Leo: I'm glad for you, Palmer.
Palmer: Yes. Well, I -- I can only hope that make her happy, too.
Leo: Yeah, I'd say she was pretty jazzed about the new house. You probably hit the bull's-eye on that one.
Palmer: She was thrilled about that, wasn't she? You know, there are other times she's much harder to read.
Leo: Oh, you'll pick it up, I'm sure.
Palmer: This afternoon, for instance, I found her in a bathrobe. She was railing about the lack of hot water.
Leo: Yeah, well, she hates bad service.
Palmer: Yes, well, so do I. Almost as much as I hate being lied to. Leo, I found her at the end of a corridor in a bathrobe. Now, a call to the front desk would have sufficed.
Leo: Is that suspicion I'm hearing, Palmer? You think there's more to it than that?
Palmer: Well, if there was, would you tell me?

Paolo: Darling, we've searched the entire room. We've searched every corner, turned it upside down.
Vanessa: Has the maid been in here since I left?
Paolo: No.
Vanessa: Room service? Any other visitors?
Paolo: Absolutely not. You are the only company I need.
Vanessa: Honestly, it has got to be here somewhere. If someone finds that and connects me to it --
Paolo: Darling, darling, darling, no one is going to find out about our affair. Now, please try to calm yourself and let me melt all those troubles away.
Vanessa: How could I have been so stupid? I mean, really. How could I have been so reckless?
Paolo: Perhaps you were thinking with your heart. Vanessa: Well, I certainly wasn't thinking with my brain. And such idiotic timing. I'm just about to get everything in the world I want.
Paolo: Darling, that doesn't mean you give up on what you need, and you need my love. Do you know how much I adore you, hmm?
Vanessa: Look, I adore you, too. I really do. But I really didn't think what happened in Rome would --
Paolo: [Italian accent] would -- would catch fire again here in Pine Valley, yes?
Vanessa: I cannot do this, Paolo! It's too dangerous. Now, you are simply going to have to go away.
Paolo: [Normal voice] no! I'm not going anywhere.

Palmer: I hate to have put you on the spot like that, Leo.
Leo: Well, I wouldn't make too much about finding mother in the hallway in her robe, Palmer. She used to lock herself out of hotel rooms all the time. It happened so often in Salzburg that they took to calling her "The Undressed American."
Palmer: Well, she's lucky to have a loyal son like you.
Leo: Yeah, well, I'm not so sure she would agree with that. She seemed to take it as a personal betrayal when I quit my job at your company.
Palmer: Do you know how hard she lobbied to get you that job? She twisted my arm so hard, my shoulder still hurts.
Leo: Yeah. I didn't make much of that gravy train, did I?
Palmer: No. No, you didn't. But you didn't continue showing up every two weeks just for your paycheck. You resigned instead, and I -- I respect you for that.
Leo: Yeah, well, I wasn't really the corporate type, Palmer.
Palmer: Do you know what leverage she used to get you that job?
Leo: Wow, you're in a remarkably candid mood today. Go ahead.
Palmer: She reminded me of the night I got shot downstairs.
Leo: Wow. You are full of surprises today. You know, I thought that we had some unspoken pact that we would never broach that subject again.
Palmer: I think it's about time we understood each other. Leo, I thought -- thought your mother was cheating on me. I thought that you were her boy on the side.
Leo: Hiring a hit man seems to me to be a pretty medieval method of dealing with infidelity, Palmer.
Palmer: Yes, well, as I get older, I lose more patience. And I'm certainly not going to be made a fool of by any woman.

Vanessa: You don't understand. If Palmer finds out -- if he -- I've seen him. I know what he's capable of. If he should find --
Paolo: And you've seen me, and you know what I'm capable of when I'm with you.
Vanessa: Paolo, this isn't fair. You know I can't resist you. Please. Please.
Paolo: Darling, you're the one who's not being fair. Remember our nights in Rome? You were mine long before you ever laid eyes on Palmer Cortlandt.
Vanessa: But, Paolo -- Paolo -- Paolo: I won't let you go.
Paolo: You worried about the time? Oh. Well, then, let me pick up the pace.

Scott: Becca, I hate it that Leo comes over here, but I'm not going to get all possessive on you and tell you that you can't see him, all right? I mean, you run your life.
Becca: You're right, I do.
Scott: But, I mean, I'd hoped that you cared enough about me that you'd want to stop seeing him.
Becca: Ok, ok, Scott, please just tell me, how are you feeling?
Scott: It burns me up inside to see the two of you together. I mean, he drools every time he looks at you.
Becca: Scott --
Scott: And I think that if you were being honest with me, you'd admit that you know he's after you.
Becca: There -- there is a specific reason why I'm meeting with Leo.
Scott: Right, a reason you keep saying you can't share with me.
Becca: I'm sorry. I want to, but I can't.
Scott: Becca, I trust you. You tell me that what's going on with you and Leo is strictly platonic, and I believe it. But just please don't ask me to like it, ok?
Becca: I won't. Just please will you -- can you be patient?
Scott: Patient. There's that word again, huh?
Becca: No, no, please, please, please. Thank you.
Scott: Look, I should get going.
Becca: Are we going to go to breakfast tomorrow still?
Scott: Sure. I'll see you then.
Becca: Thanks. Oh, Scott -- thank you for the balloons.

Dixie: Oh.
Scott: Hey.
Dixie: Scott, hi.
Scott: Just on my way out. Good night, Dixie.
Dixie: Good night.

Junior: Take a look.
Becca: Oh, good.
Dixie: Hey, you guys.
Junior: Hi, Mom.
Dixie: Looks like you kept busy.
Becca: Yeah, we did. You know, tomorrow I'll show you the swing knot. I think -- I'm going to call it a night. I'm getting a little tired, ok?
Junior: Catch you later.
Dixie: Ok.
Becca: Good night.
Dixie: Good night, sleep tight.
Becca: Thank you.

Dixie: Ok. Hmm.
Junior: Mom?
Dixie: Yeah?
Junior: Do you remember the time when Dad took me up in his jet?
Dixie: Sure I do. It's all you talked about for about two weeks.
Junior: Well, I wasn't really afraid of him that day.
Dixie: I know, I know. It's good you guys can have fun together.
Junior: Well, maybe I should tell him that.
Dixie: Why do you s that, baby?
Junior: I think I hurt him that day when I told the judge that I was afraid of him.
Dixie: Well, you know, the judge definitely asked you some hard questions, but, you know, you told the truth. That's always the right thing to do.
Junior: Dad's not all bad. Is he?
Dixie: Well, no, no. Of course not. Adam -- Adam has some very fine qualities. And he loves you very much. You love him, too, right?
Junior: Is -- is that all right?

Tad: Now, Adam, you just -- you just take it easy, ok? Now, I don't know what to say here. I mean, God only knows how it could have gotten this bad.
Adam: [As Stuart] I don't believe any of you are actually falling for this. Don't you see what he's doing? He's play-acting. This is just part of a scheme by this Monty Hall wannabe.
Tad: Monty Hall? Oh, my God, you -- you poor man.

Adam: [Normal voice] get your hands off --
Tad: Oh, God, he's -- he's doing it again!
Adam: I'm not --
Tad: He's going crazy!
Woman: Security!
Tad: He's going to kill me!
Adam: I'm not doing anything.
Tad: Help! Help! Call -- someone --
Adam: I'm not doing --
Tad: Please!
Adam: Let go of me, you --
Tad: He's trying to kill me!

Man: You said he was delusional, Mrs. Chandler, that he was acting out. You never mentioned that your husband was violent.
Adam: Liza, Liza -- all right, all right. This has gone far enough. Call it off.
Liza: You've given me no choice. You're a danger to yourself, Adam, and you're a danger to other people. I am frightened for my daughter and for myself. I'm having you committed.

Leo: Did you find what you were looking for?
Vanessa: Oh! No. No. Where's Palmer?
Leo: Well, he went down to housekeeping to see if he could help find the stone. He's onto you, mother. You'd better halt the extracurricular activities.
Vanessa: All right, darling. You let me worry about that.
Leo: Well, add this to your list of worries. I need $30,000 by tomorrow afternoon.
Vanessa: And, Leo, you know I would love to help you, but it is out of the question. If I -- if I hit Palmer up for a cash of money like that, a whole -- he is liable to pull the plug on everything -- the house, everything.
Leo: Yeah, well, if he catches you romancing another man, you're going to lose a hell of a lot more than a house, mother.
Vanessa: Please, Leo, I can handle my own affairs.
Leo: No pun intended, I'm sure.

Dixie: Of course it's ok that you love your dad. You've got a good heart, Junior.
Junior: I've been thinking maybe I should spend a little more time with Dad. Is this weekend ok?
Dixie: Well, that's a really great idea, but I don't think this weekend's going to be good, actually. There's a lot of people who want to get a piece of your Dad right now.

Marian: Darling, this is not the right time for a phone call. Come here.
Stuart: I've got to call Adam. I got some news that'll make him really happy. When I was at the airport, I called the gallery in St. Louis to tell them I wasn't coming. They sold one of my paintings. It's Marian number 18 -- to a museum!
Marian: Oh, Stuart.
Stuart: Don't you think it's going to tickle Adam?
Marian: Oh, I think it would tickle him, but why can't he wait till tomorrow, darling? Because I have something much more important that I need from you.
Stuart: Oh? What's that? Oh, that.
Marian: Yes, that. When you were going to St. Louis, I was realizing how much I was going to miss you, darling. So I just want to hold you in my arms and love you as if it's our last night together on earth.
Stuart: I have to spend more time at the airport.
Marian: Why, yes, you do. Come on, gorgeous.

Adam: I will not be committed. This is false imprisonment! Where the devil is my lawyer?
Liza: Adam, Barry works for me now. You know that. And he's going through all the right legal channels. You'll get to see a judge momentarily.
Adam: It's all very clever, Liza. But you are the one that's deluded if you think you're going to get away with it.
Liza: When you're locked in your room at Oak Haven tonight, I hope you can think about all the lives you've hurt and all the hearts you've broken and you can get better soon.
Adam: I'll only be thinking of one person tonight, and that's the woman I love.

Man: Come on. Let's go.
Adam: Let me go!

On the next "All My Children" --

Erica: Do you recognize this emerald?

Edmund: We need to see Dr. Griffith now.

Junior: What's wrong with my dad? I got to get dressed.
Tad: Junior, take it easy.
Junior: I got to get dressed. I got to see him.

Hayley: My father may be a lot of things, but crazy he ain't. What have you done?