Tad: Anybody follow you from the club?
Mateo: No. You?
Tad: I doubled back twice. It seemed ok. You find anything about this guy Chris?
Mateo: Uh --

[Noise]

Dixie: Aah! Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Anna: And then Robin and I, we walked through the met like we were a couple of New Yorkers just catching up. You know, it was great. It was so normal.
Edmund: I'm happy for you.
Anna: Oh, I wish I could spend more time with her. My daughter is wonderful company.
Edmund: Yes, she is. And now where is she off to -- like, Africa, for her fellowship?
Anna: Yeah. AIDS research. Pretty great, huh?
Edmund: Yeah. Look at you -- proud mother.
Anna: I am. She's in good spirits. She's in excellent health. She can eat more than the pair of us combined.
Edmund: That is impossible.
Anna: Speaking of which, could you hook me up with one of BJ's burgers tonight?
Edmund: You got it. "Hook you up"?
Anna: Oh, yeah. I don't know, Robin says it.

Alex: Hi.
Edmund: Hi.
Anna: How are you?
Gabriel: When did you get back?
Anna: Just tonight. We were just going to have some burgers. You want to come?
Gabriel: We had dinner.
Bianca: Thanks anyway. Welcome back.
Anna: Thank you.
Edmund: Ok.
Anna: Gabriel, could we have breakfast tomorrow morning? I just wanted to know what your plans are for the fall.
Gabriel: What do you mean?
Anna: Well, the schools, they start back in like a month or so, and I just wanted to know what you were thinking about it.
Gabriel: School? You think I'm going to school? You think I'm trading in one cage for another? No. No way. No.

Ryan: Opal, I -- I need to apologize about before. About lately. My world has -- has completely turned upside down. It's like -- it's like I try and stand still and get my bearings, but the ground beneath me is -- is shifting and I can't hold on. And I know that's no excuse for what I did with you, but I just -- I hope it helps you understand. Anyway, I -- I think it would probably be best for both of us if we just stayed away from each other because I'm -- I'm not myself.
Opal: Neither am I. I'm -- I am Gillian.
Ryan: I must've -- I didn't hear you, obviously, because if I did, I thought that you said that you are Gillian?
Opal: Yes.
Ryan: What are you doing?
Opal: I'm not sure. I -- I don't know how I did it. But I've merged my spirit with Opal's body, and here I am.
Ryan: I can't believe you're doing this to me. What are you thinking, Opal?
Opal: Oh, so much. More than I could ever say.
Ryan: I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm just going to -- I'm going to believe that you're not well, and I'm going to ask you very nicely to walk away from me and never come back to me again, ok?
Opal: I can't do that, Ryan, and you don't want me to.
Ryan: Then you want to tell me what the hell you think you're doing?
Opal: I'm trying to tell you --
Ryan: Tell me what? Tell me what, that you're my wife? My dead wife?
Opal, what -- has anybody ever done anything this cruel to you?
Opal: Ryan, I saw you leaving the Valley Inn. I was afraid I would lose you forever, so -- I really can't explain how it happened, but somehow I was able to kind of merge myself with Opal. Don't look at me like that. I know this is so hard.
Ryan: Do you?
Opal: Yes, yes, I do. I was terrified that you were going to get away from me, that I would never be able to reach you again, and then I found myself -- I found myself inside Opal's body. And so I chased after you all the way down here. And if you could just --
Ryan: Just stop it! Opal, stop it! Gillian is dead. My wife is dead. Don't do this to me.

Anna: Oh, Gabriel, please. I know you've missed a lot in your life, and I'm not trying to pressure you in any way.
Gabriel: Then why are you talking to me about school?
Anna: Well, because you have a lot of options here. You know, you have vocational schools, technical schools. If you wanted to go to Pine Valley High, I'm sure Bianca would tell you all about it.
Bianca: Yeah, I would, if that's what you want. Anna: I'm just thinking about your future. I'd like you to have every opportunity open to you, that's all.
Gabriel: Do I have to answer now?
Anna: No, of course you don't. No.
Gabriel: Ok.
Anna: So, could we have breakfast in the morning?
Gabriel: All right. Look, I'm sorry about what I did.
Anna: No, that's all right. It doesn't matter. You have a good night, ok?
Gabriel: Ok.
Anna: Bye.
Bianca: Bye.

Bianca: Are you kidding?
Gabriel: No. Isn't this what all the people around here do?
Bianca: Gabriel, what are you doing?
Gabriel: I'm just saying, all the people around here are trying to find an excuse to drink. Maybe I should, too. Look, it'll be civilized. I mean, isn't that what everyone around here wants me to do anyway?
Bianca: You go right ahead, ok? I'm not your guardian angel.
Gabriel: Come on. You have one, too.
Bianca: Gabriel, that's brandy. I need a hangover like I need an extra head.
Gabriel: You think you're better than me, don't you?
Bianca: Yeah, right. Gabriel, what is this about? Look, I don't want to have a drink because I know it's not going to make my life any easier, ok?
Gabriel: How do you know?
Bianca: Gabriel, if -- if you want a drink, have a drink. Go f it. I'll throw a blanket over you when you pass out. It'll be a fantastic way to spend my night.
Gabriel: Whatever. God.
Bianca: Gabriel, have you ever had alcohol before?
Gabriel: Yeah.

Tad: What the hell are you doing? How did you even get here?
Dixie: I snuck into the back of Mateo's car and waited for him to drive over here to see you.
Mateo: You snuck into my car?
Dixie: Yeah. You know, you're a really bad singer.
Mateo: You have a guard that's watching you 24/7. What about the cops? What --
Dixie: I ditched him.
Mateo: She ditched him.
Tad: Yeah, I know. She tends to be somewhat determined. You're not -- don't ever do that again, ok? It just isn't safe.
Dixie: Well, I'm here now, ok? Can we move on?
Tad: No, because I don't want to risk you getting hurt. Dixie: I'm not going to get hurt. I'm not some wilting flower that's going to drown in the rain. Tad, I want to be here for you. I want to help clear your name.
Mateo: You can do that from home.
Dixie: If you were in Tad's shoes, wouldn't Hayley be here right now?
Mateo: Yeah.
Dixie: Come on, Honey. How many times have I been here for you and it's worked out? Does Canada ring a bell?
Tad: That was completely different and you know it, ok? I'm on the run. People are after me. I've already been set up. If you're anywhere near --
Dixie: If I'm anywhere near you, I can help you. I can help you. That's what I want to do.
Tad: You want to torment me.
Dixie: No, I don't. I want you home where you belong. Can we all just shut up about this and come up with a plan? I don't want you to take the rap for a murder you didn't commit.
Tad: You know what?
Dixie: What?
Tad: You drive me crazy.
Dixie: I know. I'm sorry. You drive me crazy, too.
Tad: All right, well, as long as we've got that straight, come here for a second.
Dixie: What?
Tad: Just come here for a second.
Dixie: What? Mateo: Wait a minute. I've got the perfect plan to flush out the guy that's after you, Tad. No, I'll tell you guys in a minute.
Dixie: Sorry about that.
Tad: All right. Let's hear it.
Mateo: Ok. We do exactly what Dixie just did. But only this time, we have control of it.
Tad: I don't -- I don't follow you.
Mateo: We make this person, this guy, think that we're coming to see you, which we are. And then when he's here, we jump him like we did Dixie.
Dixie: That's good. Is this guy's name Chris Stamp?
Mateo: Yeah, if that's even his real name.
Dixie: Yeah. He's been hanging around your club a lot, right?
Teo: Yeah, and there's something not right about him. So if he's the guy who's after you --
Tad: Yeah, we'll know it. But how are we going to lure him here?
Mateo: Well, that's -- that's where she comes in.
Dixie: Oh.
Tad: No, no --
Dixie: No, no, let him finish. Let him finish.
Tad: No, no. You are no part of this plan, ok? It is bad enough that you are here and you know that we're planning something.
Mateo: Tad, do you think I'd put Dixie in jeopardy? Come on.
Tad: Mateo, the fact that she's part of this conversation means she's already in jeopardy.
Mateo: Well, listen, I'm not the one who snuck her into my car, all right?
Tad: Well, maybe you should've been a little more careful.
Dixie: Hey, hey! Hello, I'm sitting right here.
Tad: Look, you know I acted happy to see you, right?
Dixie: Acted?
Tad: You know what I'm talking about. Honey, I love you. Of course I want to be with you. I just don't want to risk you getting hurt.
Mateo: Tad, just, please, hear me out.
Tad: No, no, no, not if it involves her.
Dixie: Say it fast, Mateo.
Mateo: Ok, we go back to BJ's. You and I stage this little argument, all right? Stamp thinks it's about Tad, and he follows us here.
Tad: Mateo --
Mateo: Then when he's here, you turn around and you take off.
Dixie: I ditch him.
Mateo: Exactly.
Tad: Still too close.
Mateo: You have a better idea?
Tad: Is this guy Stamp working at BJ's tonight?
Mateo: Yes, and he watches me like a hawk. So if you and I do our job correctly, he'll think that he's going to get the information that he needs to nab you. Understand?
Dixie: That's good. That's a very good plan.
Tad: Ok, ok, ok. On one condition, ok? You turn around in your car and you take off the second that Stamp shows up here. No, better yet -- better yet, ok -- you make sure you can pull this off and bring him here by yourself. In the meantime, you go back to Brooke's and watch over the boys, ok?
Dixie: Ok, all right, all right.
Mateo: Actually, I'm going to go back to BJ's, so you should probably come in there, you know, a few minutes after me.
Dixie: Ok. Then what?
Mateo: Well, you know, we stage our little confrontation. But we got to make him believe that it's legit so he'll show up here. Can you do that?
Dixie: Oh, yeah, I can do that. I can do that.
Mateo: Ok, great. All right, you hang tight and don't worry. She'll be fine. All right, I'll see you at BJ's.
Tad: Wait. I'm sorry, ok? Thanks for everything.
Mateo: All right.

Dixie: Ok, don't start. Don't start, please. -- I just want to be with you. You feel good.
Tad: You do, too. I just want this whole damn thing to be over right now.
Dixie: I know, I know. Me, too. Me, too. That's why I'm here. You know what else?
Tad: What?
Dixie: You know what else I think about?
Tad: I got a pretty good idea.
Dixie: No.
Tad: What?
Dixie: Sunday mornings.
Tad: Sunday -- what, you mean the pancakes and the newspaper?
Dixie: Yeah. You know, and J.R. used to get on the end of the bed and he'd turn on the TV and we'd all sort of hang out.
Tad: Yeah.
Dixie: I miss that. I want our family back.
Tad: I'm going to get you our family back. I promise you. Promise. Ok, now, you got to go. Just remember --
Dixie: No, I'll be -- I'll be so careful. I promise you, ok? I just want to get back to that Sunday morning thing. That's all I want, more than anything in the world.
Tad: Me, too.
Dixie: See you later.
Tad: Dix?
Dixie: What?
Tad: You know what I'm saying.
Dixie: Yeah, I do. But it'd be great to hear you say it again.
Tad: I love you more than anything. Always have.
Tad: Go, go.
Dixie: Oh, yeah, I got --
Tad: Go.
Dixie: Ok, all right.

Gabriel: This stuff is like paint thinner.
Bianca: Well, I don't know what Dimitri would say about you calling his 25-year-old single malt or whatever paint thinner, but, yeah, I know what you're talking about.
Gabriel: Have you ever tried this stuff?
Bianca: Yeah, but it's not a good idea for somebody like me in general.
Gabriel: Why?
Bianca: I was in recovery for an eating disorder. I'm really not the poster child for moderation, Gabriel. I mean, aside from the fact that it is illegal.
Gabriel: I don't care about that.
Bianca: I didn't think you did. This is the first time you've ever had any alcohol, isn't it? Look, it's ok. Just, you know, be careful. Are you ok? It's not starting to hit you already, is it?
Gabriel: Shh, shh.
Bianca: "Shh," what?
Gabriel: I was wondering if it was working.
Bianca: What did you expect?
Gabriel: To see things more clearly.
Bianca: After a shot like you just took? Doubtful.
Gabriel: What's the deal, then? It tastes like poison and it makes your head muddy. Why bother?
Bianca: Well, some people think it tastes good. And they convince themselves that the way it makes you feel makes you understand things better. Wrong. All it really does it make it seem like nothing matters, and that only lasts for 10 minutes. By then you've gotten yourself into more trouble.
Gabriel: I think I just got some of that forget-about-it stuff.
Bianca: You want to forget?
Gabriel: Some stuff. Don't you?
Bianca: Yeah, sure, I guess. Are you trying to forget about how Rosa is with Marcus and how whenever you try to tell her who he really is, she doesn't believe you?
Gabriel: It's bigger than that.
Bianca: Tell me.
Gabriel: Why don't people say what they mean?
Bianca: Fear.
Gabriel: Of what?
Bianca: I don't know. Rejection, failure. And, you know, some people do say what they mean sometimes, Gabriel. Gabriel, watch it. That stuff is nasty.
Gabriel: People don't say what they feel because they're afraid. How stupid is that? People around here don't even know what it's like to really be afraid.
Bianca: Gabriel, everybody's fear is their own. You've got yours, I've got mine. It's all about what scares you personally.
Gabriel: What scares you?
Bianca: I guess being found out. I think that's what scares most people, really, even though nobody wants to admit it.
Gabriel: If you don't tell the truth, you're afraid of people finding out that you're a liar?
Bianca: I'm not a liar.
Gabriel: But other people?
Bianca: You mean the being-found-out part? I think it's more about -- I think it's more about being afraid that somebody is going to look inside you and decide maybe that who you really are isn't -- isn't good enough. This is really depressing. I'm sorry. Let's -- let's just talk about something else, ok? Like going to see "Pearl Harbor." Have you seen it yet? That girl is unreal.
Gabriel: It's working. I'm forgetting. I'm forgetting.

Opal: I don't blame you for hating me now. I don't, Ryan. But I swear on everything that matters to us --
Ryan: "Us"? Opal, what are you talking about?
Opal: I'm not dead to you. I'm not. Ryan, it's me. I am Gillian.
Ryan: Stop this.
Opal: I am. I am inside Opal. I'm using her body to talk to you. I -- I want to let you know that it wasn't supposed to happen like this. I was supposed to love you forever, and I want to love you forever. I do.
Ryan: Don't do this, Opal. Why are you doing --
Opal: Oh, Baby, I love you. I came back to you because -- to see that you were ok, and -- but you're not.
Ryan: Opal, for the love of heaven --
Opal: You're a mess, Ryan. I saw you drinking more than you should and gambling and dumping incredibledreams without a look back. I had to --
Ryan: How did you know about that?
Opal: I've been with you, Baby. I've been with you all along. It's only now -- now that I can use Opal to actually communicate with you that I -- oh, I know it's crazy, but I swear.
Ryan: You want me to believe that you're Gillian.
Opal: I need you to believe it, Ryan, yes.
Ryan: Well, then, you tell me things that only Gillian and I would know.
Opal: I will. I'll tell you anything.
Ryan: Five things, five questions. You answer them right, and you must be -- you must be who you say you are.
Opal: All right. Start asking.
Opal: Ask me anything, Ryan. I haven't forgotten a thing.
Ryan: When we were married the first -- when Gillian and I were married the first time, what did you -- what did Gillian give me the second week we were married?
Opal: A cocker spaniel stuffed toy. You hated it.
Ryan: That doesn't mean anything. I mean, anybody could've found that out. I don't know why, but anybody could've --
Opal: Ask me another.
Ryan: What's your father's middle name? What's Gillian's father's middle name?
Opal: He doesn't have one -- well, unless you count Savoir de Tuscany, but who does?
Ryan: I know what this is. I do. I do. This is what it feels like to go completely and utterly insane. I'm making all of this up in my head and you're not actually saying anything that I think you're saying, are you?
Opal: You can't comprehend the incomprehensible -- yet. I'm hoping that will change soon.
Ryan: Wait, what did you -- what did you tell me in the park before you left Jake?
Opal: You mean when I told you that my father-in-law thought that I was madly in love with Jake and that I was afraid to tell Joe or Jake that you and I had found each other again? Next?
Ryan: What did I tell you in the loft before I went to Chechnya?
Opal: That I was your life and that nothing would ever keep you from coming back to me, to our future.
Ryan: Where was the last time we made love?
Opal: In our stateroom on the yacht. And it won't be the last time.

Gabriel: And I'm not staying here if they're going to make me go to school.
Bianca: Oh, I see. So you get to be the only teenager on the planet who doesn't have to listen to the rules?
Gabriel: I don't need rules.
Bianca: Ok, big guy. Just keep drinking. Hey, hey -- figure of speech. Look, Gabriel, I know that maybe it feels like nobody in this town does what they actually say they're going to do. But it's nowhere different anywhere else. Trust me.
Gabriel: At least when I was at Bryn Wydd, I knew what they wanted. They never hid it.
Bianca: Well, that's the brandy talking.
Gabriel: How do you know?
Bianca: Because I know you well enough to know that you would never defend anything that those people did to you on any level, ever.
Gabriel: You mean locking me up like a dog?
Bianca: No, I mean trying to break your soul. Yeah, I would never kid about something like that, Gabriel. And neither would you if you weren't drunk.
Gabriel: Maybe I'm not drunk enough.
Bianca: I knew a girl at rehab who felt the same way. She just drank and drank and drank and told us that she was trying to see God.
Gabriel: Did she?
Bianca: Probably by now, yeah. She snuck out on parents' visiting day. She bought a bottle of vodka, drank it, turned blue, and died in an alley behind a bus station. That's the kind of stuff that actually happens to people, Gabriel.
Gabriel: Yeah, well, that stuff's not going to happen to me.
Bianca: No. Not if I have anything to do with it. Ok?

Mateo: Hey, Chris.
Chris: Hey, Mateo.
Mateo: How you doing?
Chris: Good. What's your flavor? Mateo: Two coffees, black, to go.
Chris: Coffee?
Mateo: Yeah.
Chris: I'm taking it these aren't for your wife -- you know, pregnancy, nighttime, caffeine.
Mateo: No, definitely not for my wife.
Chris: Ok, good.

Dixie: Mateo, I need to talk to you right now.
Mateo: Here? You want to talk -- you want to talk here? Now say something like you want to see him right now and you're not going to take no for an answer. Make it real, ok?
Dixie: Is he watching?
Mateo: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dixie: Ok, I want to see him right now, and I'm not going to take no for an answer!
Mateo: I told you it's not safe. You have to be careful. You understand?
Dixie: Is that for real or for him?
Mateo: Both.
Dixie: Isn't that a little obvious?
Mateo: Check it out, check it out. Ok. No, I -- you can't follow me, no! You can't come with me. Just stay here and I'll get back to you, all right?
Dixie: Mateo --
Mateo: No! No, I said -- now, listen, I mean it -- once you get here and he follows you, you go back. I don't want Tad to get angry at me. You understand?
Dixie: Oh, yeah. I won't, I won't.
Mateo: All right, all right. Do you think he bought it?
Dixie: Um -- I don't know. Go and see if he, you know, follows.
Mateo: All right, fine, fine. All right, listen, fine. You know what? I'll call you later, all right?
Dixie: Mateo --
Mateo: Thank you. No! No.

Gabriel: Do you ever wonder what the point of life is?
Bianca: What is the meaning of life?
Gabriel: Yeah.
Bianca: Oh, Gabriel. I don't know. You live life, you respect other people. You find love.
Gabriel: And what if you don't?
Bianca: Which part?
Gabriel: The last part.
Bianca: What if you don't find love? I don't know. Everybody does. It's just that sometimes it doesn't work out.
Gabriel: Oh, God, that stinks.
Bianca: You don't have to tell me that.
Gabriel: Let me ask you something.
Bianca: What, you mean you want to ask me something else? Sorry. You're funny when you're loopy. What? What did you want to ask me?
Gabriel: What have you learned so far?
Bianca: About life? It's -- it's simple. I mean, if you keep it simple, it's not overwhelming. I think that life is about finding one good friend. And if possible, finding one good friend who's also your lover and your partner for life. Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it? It's really not. But it's what I'm looking for. It's what I want. And I think it sounds pretty great.
Gabriel: I don't know.
Bianca: Well, I do. And I really think you do, too.

Anna: You're always ready to put yourself out for people, aren't you?
Edmund: Not all the people, I promise you.
Anna: Your children, your brother. Me.
Edmund: I care about you all very much.
Anna: Robin asked me about you.
Edmund: What did she say?
Anna: Well, she said that when she met you in Paris, she knew that there was something more beyond what you were telling her at the time, but that it didn't scare her.
Edmund: Oh, that's good.
Anna: Because you didn't scare her.
Edmund: Well, I hated lying to her. I got to you tell that, Anna. I mean, you know, she was in so much pain -- I could tell from losing her mom -- and then I can't even tell her that you're still alive.
Anna: Don't you want to know what she asked?
Edmund: I'm not sure.
Anna: She wanted to know if we were involved.
Edmund: Well, how did you answer that?
Anna: I danced around it.
Edmund: I've seen you dance.
Anna: We are involved. To a point.
Edmund: Yes.
Anna: But I think that there's a lot of confusion with that on both our parts.
Edmund: I'm not confused.
Anna: Yeah, you are. I was, too.
Edmund: You were?
Anna: I'm not anymore.
Edmund: Anna, could you do me a favor? Could you be a little more specific?
Anna: All right. You were like an anchor for me when I drifted into this life with my sisters, and I really can't hide here in this world anymore. And I'm not going to take advantage of your kindness.
Edmund: You haven't.
Anna: Haven't I? I know how you feel about Alex.
Edmund: I loved your sister very much. But that's over .
Anna: Are you sure?
Edmund: Yes. You know what I want? I want to be able to love someone without regret and without restriction.
Anna: And you want that love in return?
Edmund: If the circumstances are right, the stars are aligned, you know, somewhere. Look, Anna, I -- I don't expect anything from you. Just maybe an open heart, open mind.
Anna: I don't think I have either. That's all I'm saying.
Edmund: And here I thought we were just going out for a burger and fries.

[Anna laughs]

Anna: Life's always an adventure with you, isn't it?
Edmund: Look who's talking.
Anna: I don't have any money.

Opal: I swore I'd never leave you, Ryan, and I meant it

Gabriel: It sounds to me like you know who you want that partner to be.
Bianca: Yeah, well, I thought I did.
Gabriel: You were wrong?
Bianca: I wanted that person to be someone I thought that person was, but, yeah, I was wrong. I made her up. Who she was was really somebody else, so, you know, I keep looking.
Gabriel: I don't know anyone like you, Bianca.
Bianca: I get that a lot.
Gabriel: No, I mean it.
Bianca: I know you do.
Gabriel: And that stuff I said about the people around here not telling the truth and hiding their feelings?
Bianca: Yeah?
Gabriel: That's so not you, Bianca.
Bianca: Well, coming from you, that means a lot.
Gabriel: Well, coming from me, it's the truth.
Bianca: Thank you. You're a really good friend.
Bianca: Gabriel --
Gabriel: No, shh. Don't say it.

Tad: Aah! Matt! Matt!
Chris: No!
Tad: Watch his hands!
Dixie: Tad, be careful!
Tad: Watch his hands!
Mateo: Call the cops! Call the cops!
Chris: Cops? I am the cops!
Mateo: What? What?
Chris: Back off!

[Ryan stares deeply in Opal's eyes and sees Gillian. He takes her hand and puts it to his cheek.]

Ryan: Gillian.
Ryan: Gilly. Come home with me.

[Ryan and 'Opal/Gillian' walk away with their arms around each other[


ON THE NEXT - - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Dixie: Mr. Stamp is a federal agent.

Gabriel: You say you don't like guys, but how do you know?

Brooke: Why are you encouraging me to pursue a relationship with Edmund?

Opal: Make love to me, Ryan, before it's too late.