Janet: Ah! Oh. Oh, now.
Trevor: What in blue blazes is going on?
Janet: Nothing. Nothing. It's -- it's ok.
Trevor: What do you mean, everything's ok? You're screaming. You're standing out here freezing.

Greenlee: Ryan, Ryan. Over here.
Ryan: Oh.
Greenlee: You just play the willing accomplice. I'll do the talking.
Ryan: Hey, guys. What's the big news? What's up? Leo, right?
Leo: Hi. Yeah. At your service.
Greenlee: Well, I have a great idea.
Ryan: Ok.
Greenlee: Leo has agreed to be my official escort to the Crystal Ball.
Ryan: Uh-huh. What, do you want me to jump up and down about this? What?
Greenlee: No, he's just doing it for show. That way you and I can end up together at the end of the night and bring in the new year any way we want to.
Ryan: And you're ok with this?
Leo: Yeah, just let me know if it's black tie or what and I'm there.
Greenlee: Could it get any better?
Ryan: Only if you ditch this ridiculous plan.

Edmund: Brooke.
Brooke: Oh, hey.
Edmund: I know you. I know you. You have post-its on computer screens only for emergencies. There's five on mine, all about this Crystal Ball. Now, what's the story?
Brooke: Well, it's a heartwarming tale about a fine, upstanding professional woman and mother who's in search of a warm male figure to be at her side.
Edmund: Was that something on your list that Santa forgot to bring?

[Telephone rings]

Brooke: Listen --
Edmund: Wait, hold it, hold it. I want to hear the end of this. Yeah, this is Edmund Grey.
David: Edmund, it's David. Am I calling at a bad time?
Edmund: With you it's always a tossup, David.
David: Listen, this is a little too sensitive to go into over the phone, but I just had a very strange encounter with Alex at the hunting lodge. I think you're going to want to hear about it.

Rae: It's ok. It's ok. Breathe. Breathe. Come on. That's it -- breathe. Breathe slowly. Come on, sit down. Sit down. Keep breathing.
Alex: I'm fine. What are you doing here?
Rae: I'm nosy, and I think you need a little water. I was worried about you when I saw you at the hospital.
Alex: You don't know me well enough to be worried about me.
Rae: That's true, but my instincts are pretty good. Ok, drink. Slowly. Ok? That's good. Breathe. That's it. Ok. Better? Huh?
Alex: Yeah. I'm in -- I'm under a lot of pressure at work, and I don't like the holidays very much. I think I'm just having a stress response.
Rae: Really? So you have a psych degree on top of everything else?
Alex: No. I know myself. Thank you. I need some rest, that's all.
Rae: You know, I noticed these beautiful flowers on the floor here. I'm no Martha Stewart, but I probably could have found a better place for them.
Alex: Yeah. David Hayward. He hand-delivered them for me.
Rae: So he was here before me?
Alex: Yeah.
Rae: Was he? He didn't do anything to you, did he?
Alex: No, I don't know. His mere existence does something to me. Really, you don't have to concern yourself.

[Clock chimes]

Rae: Tell me what I can do.
Alex: It's the clock. You have to stop it. Make it stop. I can't stand it.
Rae: It would seem to me that you're having an anxiety attack.
Alex: I'm not looking for an hour on your couch, you know.
Rae: Ok.
Alex: I'm a very controlled person. I like things to be a certain way. It's becoming increasingly difficult with David trying to force his way into my life.
Rae: Can you define "force"?
Alex: Oh, I don't know -- delivering these flowers, having to share an office with him. It's -- he can be very difficult.
Rae: In what way?
Alex: Well, he's becoming so attentive.
Rae: Is he trying to win you over? Do you think it's that?
Alex: Yes. I don't know. He wants a cozy working relationship, and it's just a facade. It's so calculated. You know, it's flowers and a present and --
Rae: What was the present?
Alex: It was a clock.
Rae: A chiming clock? David Hayward and a clock.
Alex: It's more than that, though.
Rae: Can you tell me what it is? Try.
Alex: It's a clock, it's chimes, it's midnight. It's New Year's Eve.

Edmund: Listen, I don't have time to play games, David. Is there something wrong with Alex? Is she all right?
David: Well, I guess that depends on your point of view. Would you like to hear mine?
Edmund: I'll be at "Tempo" all day.
David: Good. I'll track you down.

Brooke: What did David Hayward want?
Edmund: I don't know. He just likes to talk. Tell me about this search of yours for the warm-blooded male.
Brooke: All right. Jack and I have this stupid bet to see who can be in a serious relationship by New Year's Eve. Edmund: New Year's Eve? That's a few days away.

[Brooke laughs]

Brooke: Really?
Edmund: Anything on the horizon?
Brooke: Not even close. That's why I wanted to see you. Jack and I are going to have a drink in a few hours, and the first words out of his mouth are going to be "What's his name?"
Edmund: You have money ring on this?
Brooke: It's not the money!
Edmund: Well, then, why do you care?
Brooke: Well, first of all, I'm not going to let Jack win this. You know, my Aunt Phoebe made this dire prediction and said that if, you know, if I didn't find a partner soon, I never was going to, and she's convinced that I don't want anybody to share my life.
Edmund: Ok, let's start there. Do you?

Opal: Hey. Who you looking for, handsome?
Jack: Oh -- nobody, nobody, nobody. I -- nobody. I had a client, but they -- they stood me up. Opal, would you like to have a drink with me?
Opal: Well, I never say no to Chardonnay.
Jack: After you.
Opal: What are we discussing?
Jack: Well, I have a favor, actually, to ask you. Brooke insisted on this crazy bet.

Leo: Maybe I should let you and Ryan discuss this in private. It seems that our plans don't agree with him. Never say no to true love.
Ryan: Sit.
Greenlee: Was Leo right? You don't look convinced. Look, I have this all worked out, ok? We go to the Crystal Ball in separate limos, and I'm with Leo, and when the time is right, I ditch him and we meet in the wine cellar.
Ryan: It sounds like a fun game for a 10-year-old.
Greenlee: Ryan, I want to be with you for New Year's. Hayley will never know that we're together.
Ryan: Greenlee, Greenlee, Greenlee, this has nothing to do with Hayley. I have nothing to hide from Hayley. This has to do with your grandmother -- the fact that I'm too blue-collar for her blue blood. Am I right?
Greenlee: Gran does have a small problem with the rape thing last year.
Ryan: The rape thing?
Greenlee: Look, I could care less. Ryan, come to the Crystal Ball. I'm not trying to stick a fork in your pride. I just want to be with you.
Ryan: Look, Greenlee, this is not a blow off, all right? Under different circumstances, I might consider it. I -- I --
Ryan: I'm sorry. I think the Crystal Ball just is not one of my best events, and I'm trying to make a habit of going on with my life.

Jake: How does it feel to be out in public again?
Gillian: I'm a little bit nervous.
Jake: Well, don't be. Just focus on me. I -- I'm just thinking about how gorgeous you're going to look on New Year's at the Crystal Ball.
Gillian: If I go with you.
Jake: Really? Well, I know that you have a lot of memories with the Crystal Ball and Ryan and Dimitri. But I would be honored if you would go with me.
Gillian: Yes.

Hayley: Did you scream?
Trevor: Yeah. Mice. And I'm taking her out. We're going to go to S.O.S. You want to come?
Hayley: You must be joking.
Janet: Hi, Stan, it's Janet. Is Amanda close by?
Trevor: No, I detected a little meeting of the minds Christmastime between you and Mateo. You got to keep the momentum going, Tink.
Hayley: That meeting was bogus and you know it.
Trevor: I don't know it. I didn't have anything to do with it.
Janet: So, fate intervened. It worked for you. And you should appreciate that. It wasn't so bad, was it?
Hayley: No. But I don't want you reading any happy-ever-afters into it, either. This is not a whole new chapter in our lives.
Janet: Just don't let the past ruin your future. You know how that can muck up your life.
Trevor: Amen. We need a drink. Let's go. You know where we're going to be. They have fresh starts for free tonight. You want to come? S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S.! Sweetheart --
Janet: Hmm?
Trevor: You got to relax. We're going to have a good time.
Janet: Ok.

Sophie: No wonder you're putting up such a fight, Janet. I'd kill for your life, too.

Ryan: Look, I -- I wouldn't be interested in the Crystal Ball under the best of circumstances. I'm certainly not going to play spin the bottle in the wine cellar.
Leo: So, are we on the same page?
Ryan: Look, you two go. You have a good time. All right?
Greenlee, I'll see you at work.

Leo: Swing and a miss.
Greenlee: I need to do some research on Ryan and Gillian, make sure they're not on the road to recovery. And I bet my new boss has all the answers. Wait for me?
Leo: I feel my arteries hardening in this place. I'll be at the S.O.S.

Ryan: Yeah. And, Gillian, you're looking even better than you were over Christmas.
Gillian: Ruth, you know, fed me so much. Well, I'm just going to powder my nose.
Ryan: All right. It was great to see you again. Take care of yourself.
Gillian: You, too.

Ryan: I'll be out of here, too.
Jake: Can I talk to you for a second?

Opal: Well, I think that sounds like a bet that you can't lose. I mean, any girl would have to have her head examined not to want to go out with you.
Jack: Well, I'm not so sure about that, but what are you thinking? You think you could help?
Opal: Sure. I mean, after what you did for me, I mean, making Palmer jealous and all, I owe you big time.
Jack: Oh, come on, not at all, not at all. You're great company. I had a lot of fun doing that. So, what do you think?
Opal: I got a date book that is just bulging to the seams with eligible girls. All you got to do is take your pick.

Edmund: All right, forget him. What about Robert in operations? He's single, nice guy.
Brooke: He wears a toupee.
Edmund: That's a rug?
Brooke: Oh.
Edmund: What about Chuck in accounting?
Brooke: I'd have to listen to his terrible jokes all night.
Edmund: Ok. What about Peter?
Brooke: Oh, Peter, in styles?
Edmund: Yeah.
Brooke: Uh-huh, Peter would rather go with you than me.
Edmund: That's an odd compliment. Look, how can you find a serious relationship if you can't even find somebody to date?
Brooke: Look, it's just for one night.
Edmund: Ok, well, if it's just for one night, gay, toupee, what do you care?
Brooke: Well -- look, I -- you know, it's not that I don't want someone. I just don't want anyone. Well, you wouldn't go with just anyone, either, would you? I don't know. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just -- I wish the holidays were over already. How were they?
Edmund: For me?
Brooke: The holidays -- yeah -- with you and Maddie. How were things?
Edmund: They were good. They were good, but I miss Dimitri.
Brooke: Must be difficult for Alex, too.
Edmund: Yeah, it was. You know, I offered to escort her to the Crystal Ball, and she said that she had made plans, you know, a while ago with Dimitri to do something private, and I -- I respect that.
Brooke: Well, you've certainly changed as far as she's concerned.
Edmund: You know, I used to think she was fighting me for control of my brother's life. And then there was this voice in the back of head the whole time, saying, "Edmund, this is about love. You have to be softer, more understanding."
Brooke: Well, that didn't come easy.
Edmund: You know, I begin to see why Dimitri loved her. He asked me to take care of Alex. Yeah, and I haven't done that. I didn't think she needed it. But she does. And, you know -- whatever, however it happens, she's part of the family.
Brooke: Exactly. Oh, listen, that reminds me, I was doing a Y2K check, system check on the computer.
Edmund: Yeah.
Brooke: I came across that file, you know, when you wanted to do a background check on Alex.
Edmund: Background on Alex.
Brooke: It's right here.
Edmund: Oh, yeah, listen, I don't want to keep that one here. It's just --
Brooke: Yeah.
Edmund: Delete it. I don't want to snoop on her. Uh -- what?
Brooke: Hmm?
Edmund: What happened after this date?
Brooke: Well, she worked for that one hospital after she graduated from medical school, and then actually there's nothing in between that time and when she showed up here, which was a few years later.
Edmund: There's no record of her practicing anywhere during that time?
Brooke: Well, you know, I thought that was curious, too, but I actually thought, well, you know, she was probably in private practice by that point.
Edmund: But there would still be records.
Brooke: You would think so, but there aren't.

Alex: I try to be professional, yet, I don't know, something happens. He says something, or it's his face. And I go off. The worst thing is that when I'm in that state, I know it, but I can't stop myself.
Rae: Can you tell me how you feel when you're having one of those moments?
Alex: I behave like I'm someone else. David is a very difficult man, but my feelings towards him have never been this strong.
Rae: Maybe the feelings that you have for him aren't really about David. Maybe he reminds you of someone, some thing. You said before New Year's Eve. What does that mean?

Mateo: So, you know, we are going to be renting this place out New Year's Eve, so you're off.
Tina: Oh.
Mateo: It's part of the party.
Adrian: So you have the night off.
Mateo: Yeah.
Tina: I was counting on some fat New Year's Eve tips, though.
Mateo: Oh. Ok. Well, we're going to give you a bonus. It's a little late, but --
Tina: Oh! Great. Are you working the party?
Mateo: No. I do the Crystal Ball on New Year's Eve.
Tina: Wow, I've heard of that.
Adrian: Yeah, it's for a great cause, and you are guaranteed to have a wonderful time.
Mateo: That's right.
Tina: I'm guaranteed? What are you talking about?
Mateo: Um -- um -- um -- you just open that up.
Tina: Isn't this --
Mateo: It's the invitation to the Crystal Ball, yeah. You like it?
Tina: Oh, God! Thanks!
Mateo: Yeah, and, you know, you can take anybody you want.

Janet: You think we can find someplace more or less private?
Trevor: Honey, this is your night to relax, unwind!
Janet: I'm already halfway there.
Trevor: There, there you go. How's that?
Janet: Ok.
Trevor: 'S time. Time for you to level with me.
Janet: About what?
Trevor: Ever since Christmas, for crying out loud, you've been on edge. What's going on?
Janet: Well, I think it's just the Y2K thing. You know, I'm worried. Do we have enough canned goods and candles and --
Trevor: And mouse traps? Don't worry. You'll have all the mouse traps you want. I don't want you to be afraid of anything. I'll protect you.
Janet: With you behind me, I can face anything.
Trevor: That's because you got a cute behind.

[Trevor laughs]

Trevor: Let me go talk to Mateo. Get me a beer, will you?
Janet: Sure.

Adrian: Yeah, yeah, right.
Mateo: You are trying. You are trying. That's the problem.
Trevor: Look out, your hair's growing. Boy, is business hot tonight, huh?
Mateo: Can't complain.
Adrian: Yeah, well, lawyers are supposed to be the big tippers, right?
Trevor: Yeah, speaking of which, my wife is right over there.
Tina: Oh, you don't have to tell me twice.
Trevor: All right.
Tina: I'll get you some menus.
Mateo: So, Adrian tells me that he has nothing to do -- he had nothing to do with getting Hayley and I together on Christmas Eve. Isn't that strange?
Trevor: You pleading the fifth?
Adrian: Well, actually, I would have loved to take the responsibility for that, but someone else beat me to it. I'll see you guys later.

Mateo: Ah.
Trevor: Don't look at me.
Mateo: Yeah, don't look at you. Trevor?
Trevor: Yeah.
Mateo: Please mind your own business.
Trevor: I didn't do anything.
Mateo: Yeah, you didn't do anything.
Trevor: I'm honest. You know that my hands are clean. But you liked it, didn't you? You had fun.
Mateo: It was -- it was --
Trevor: It was nice, it was nice --
Mateo: It was nice.
Trevor: Yes! Yes!
Mateo: Just do me a favor. Just let things happen, all right? Just leave things the way they are.

Tina: Here's Trevor's beer.
Janet: Oh -- oh, I'm sorry.
Tina: Oh, gosh.
Janet: I'm so stupid. What a stupid thing to do.
Tina: No, it's all right.
Janet: Stupid.
Tina: No harm done. It's all right. Here.
Janet: Um -- um -- I'll have something. The tea.
Tina: Oh, you know what? Even better. We have some hot cider with a splash of rum. They put a little candy cane on the side --
Janet: No. No, no. No candy canes. Thanks. It's -- I've just seen so many over the holiday season. I'm kind of overwhelmed by candy canes.
Tina: Where is my order pad? I swear there is a ghost in this place. It just -- it hates all the staff, and you know what? It probably still needs to place an order in this life.
Janet: You don't really think that.
Tina: I once lived in a house where a guy got murdered with knitting needles. People kept finding knitting needles stuck all over the house in the weirdest places 10 years after the guy died. So, yeah, I believe in ghosts. Excuse me while I go get another order pad. I'll be right back.

Singer: Tell me, baby girl 'cause I need to know I need to know I need to know tell me, baby girl 'cause I need to know

Greenlee: I just came over to make sure we're covered for the Crystal Ball. Can you imagine how many designer gowns there will be? Thank you. You're going, right?
Hayley: Actually, I hadn't made any plans yet.
Greenlee: Well, weren't you seeing Ryan?
Hayley: I was, but we won't be going to the Crystal Ball together.
Greenlee: Well, things change, don't they?
Hayley: Mm-hmm.
Greenlee: Last year you must have been with Mateo, and Ryan was with Gillian, right? She's a real princess. They must have looked beautiful together.
Hayley: They were a gorgeous couple. You never in a million years would have thought they would ever break up.
Greenlee: But now things are over for good.
Hayley: Yeah, that's what divorce is, I suppose, but at least they're still friends.
Greenlee: Well, I didn't mean to come and be a downer. I'm actually on my way to S.O.S. To meet Leo. Did I tell you he's taking me to the ball?
Hayley: Oh, well, now, there's a gorgeous couple.
Greenlee: My grandparents like him. Do you want to come with me? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Mateo will probably be making an appearance.
Hayley: So what?
Greenlee: It must be awkward.
Hayley: Well, Greenlee, you know, sometimes life is awkward. I think it's time I get out of this house.
Greenlee: Cappuccinos on me.
Hayley: I'll get my coat.

Jake: I'm not going to sugarcoat this, so I'll just ask you. Are you still interested in Gillian?
Ryan: No. What makes you say that?
Jake: Well, I'm just asking. Maybe it's me. It's just every time I turn around, there you are. Didn't used to be that way.
Ryan: Look, man, tonight was a coincidence. Believe me, after the accident, I've just been a little worried about her.
Jake: And that's it? Doesn't go any deeper than that?
Ryan: No. No, it doesn't, no deeper. Look, you're her doctor and you've been very good for her in a lot of ways. She deserves a guy like you, Jake. She does. To be honest, I haven't seen her this happy.

Gillian: Hey. You're still here.
Ryan: Yeah.

[Pager beeps]

Jake: I got to take this. I won't be long, all right?
Gillian: Ok.
Ryan: Here.
Gillian: Thank you.
Ryan: All right. I'll see you.
Gillian: Sit.
Ryan: All right.
Opal: Well, now, oh, there's Sheila.
Jack: Sheila.
Opal: She would knock your -- oh, no, I forgot.
Jack: Oh, no, no. Wait, look, look. She just has to seem interested enough for me to fool Brooke, that's all.
Opal: Well, honey, that's not going to be hard. Now, have you been working out?
Jack: In and out, yes. Brooke just came in.
Opal: Oh. Well, let's get this show on the road. Here. Jack: What are you doing?
Opal: Well, I'm just setting the stage, make sure that Brooke thinks she just missed meeting the lady of your life.

[Opal kisses Jack on the cheek and leaves lipstick on the extra glass of wine]

Jack: Oh, that's a great idea. Who? Who? I need a name. Uh -- I need a --

Brooke: Thanks. Hi, there.
Jack: Hi. Hi, Brooke. How are you?
Brooke: You have a little something there.
Jack: Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize. Well, actually, you just missed her.
Brooke: Really?
Jack: Yes.
Brooke: What's her name
? Jack: Chardonnay. Her name is Chardonnay.

Alex: Don't you think I'd know if he reminded me of someone?
Rae: Maybe. Maybe not.
Alex: I have a million things that I have to do.
Rae: Ok. I'm available if you want to talk about this again.
Alex: No, this was quite enough, thank you.
Rae: Let me just say this to you, something for you to think about. Everything that we've ever felt, seen, experienced is in our minds. We're not always in touch with it, though.
Alex: Are those words to live by?
Rae: Yes. I do. Take care of yourself. Ok?
Alex: Mm-hmm.
Rae: Ok.

Edmund: Yes, arrangements for every table. Yeah, I trust you to be inspired. Ok. Good. Listen, while you're -- while you're -- don't forget to put something in the hunting lodge, ok? Just some arrangement, ok? Do you know the color? Thanks.
David: Flowers for Alex?
Edmund: Is that a problem?
David: No. No, not if you're wearing body armor when you deliver them. I brought her some earlier today, and she barely let me get out of there alive.
Edmund: David, let me get this straight. You think that Alex is losing her mind because she threw flowers in your face? Get a clue. She just doesn't like you.
David: No, no, no. I expect some abuse from her, Edmund, but she is crossing a line. Her behavior is raising some serious concerns.
Edmund: Serious concerns?
David: Yes.
Edmund: Ok, let me see if I can figure this out. You think that maybe the pressure of being co-director of the Andrassy foundation is getting to her, maybe she should step down, maybe you should take over? Come on, you can do better than that.
David: Alex and I working on the same team is a mistake. However, I've come to terms with it. She has not. And I don't want to see her coming unglued around patients.
Edmund: Ok. I don't think you have anything to worry about. Is there anything else?
David: I'm on record, Edmund. Alex has a problem, and it's not just with me.

{Edmund remembers a strange moment with Alex]

Edmund: Alex, this clock is kind of temperamental. You have to work the minute hand and not the hour hand or the chimes go off.
Alex: Please don't. Just leave it.

Ryan: So, any plans for the millennium?
Gillian: Jake and the Crystal Ball.
Ryan: That's great. That's great. Nobody looks better in a gown than a princess.
Gillian: Thank you. Are you going?
Ryan: Oh, I don't know. I haven't given much thought to it.
Gillian: Go. Take someone new.
Ryan: Yeah

Jake: Hey.
Ryan: Hey, hey. Take your seat. I'm out of here. All right. See you.

Jake: All taken care of.
Gillian: I'm glad you can stay.
Jake: I hope to stay for a long time.

Brooke: Chardonnay. You're dating someone named --
Jack: Whose name is Chardonnay, yeah.
Brooke: Hmm.
Jack: Is that a problem?
Brooke: Well, it must be for her.
Jack: Well, that's not very nice, Brooke.
Brooke: I'm sorry. It's just that it sounds sort of like a female impersonator.
Jack: No, she's all woman, believe me. It just so happens that her parents own a vineyard.
Brooke: Oh, really?
Jack: Mm-hmm.
Brooke: Does she have any siblings? Cabernet, perhaps?

[Telephone rings]

Brooke: I'm sorry.

[Brooke laughs]

Jack: Pretty funny today, Brooke. Jack Montgomery.
Opal: Jackson, yeah, it's Opal here. Look, Brooke can't see me, so now you are talking to Chardonnay Leblanc. How do you like that for a last name?
Jack: Oh, I think that's just great. Just great. Yeah, you know, it's too bad because Brooke is sitting here with me right now, as a matter of fact. You bet. She says she's sorry she missed you.
Brooke: Oh, likewise.

Trevor: This is great fun. You ordered tea. You don't even drink it.
Janet: I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired, I guess. Maybe we should go home.
Trevor: Oh. I know what that means. We'll just go home, snuggle up, and see what comes up, huh? Come on, babe. I'm ready to rock.

Leo: All I'm saying is you're mixing it wrong. The ice has all melted.
Mateo: Lesson 212, right? You're lucky you didn't ask for a Bloody Mary.
Tina: Don't make fun of me, Mateo!
Mateo: Well, I don't know, how many times do I have to tell you how to do it? Ok, let's do it one more time, all right? She's actually really good. Ok, you hold it like this. You ready?
Tina: Yes, I'm ready.
Mateo: Turn around just like this. And shake once, twice, three times. See, just like that. Just three times. Da-da-da-da-da-da.

[Trevor and Janet arrive home to find the front room full of candy canes]

Trevor: What the hell?
Janet: Oh, my -- must be some kind of prank. Kids, I guess.
Trevor: I'm going in the kitchen.
Janet: No, no. Trevor, it might not be safe.
Trevor: Whoever did this isn't going to stick around here. You just stay right there. Have a candy cane, honey.

Image: Psst. Hey. You scared?
Janet: You bet I am.
Image: So Sophie's a ghost. Who cares? You got what you wanted. Amanda's safe.
Janet: Sophie still wins if I end up going to jail for murder or cracking up.
Image: Then why don't you wipe the guilty look off your face. Stay sane. Stay out of jail.

Leo: I stand corrected. You're an alchemist, Mateo.
Mateo: A little bit. Actually, she did the shaking.
Leo: I'm not going to touch that one.
Mateo: Mm-hmm.
Tina: Smart man. You get to keep all your teeth.

Hayley: You know what? There's too much drinking here. I'm going to get out of here, ok?
Mateo: Hey. Hey.

Jake: You've got to promise me you're going to wear your tiara.
Gillian: Only if you'll be my prince.

Jack: So, Brooke, what are your plans for the Crystal Ball? Will you be joining my date and me at our table, unescorted -- that is to say, alone?
Brooke: Oh, you will meet my guy, Jack. It's just that he's shy, like Beaujolais.
Jack: Chardonnay. Chardonnay.
Brooke: Exactly. Mm-hmm.

Opal: Oh, Jackson.
Jack: Hi, Opal. Opal: Jackson, prepare yourself. Chardonnay just called, and she has made an appointment for a full day of beauty at the Glamorama tomorrow.

[Rae sits alone in the restaurant writing in her journal]

Rae's voice: "Saw Alex Marick tonight. Conflicted, lots of secrets, sad. Reminds me of me and my daughter. Giving her up, keeping silent until it hurts too much. And now Daniel's gone again. Will I ever find her? It was good to talk to myrtle about it. Renewed my resolve. I tried to be like myrtle tonight for Alex. But she didn't want that." Rae's voice: "David Hayward just came in. Handsome. He seems capable of many things, not all of them nice. What is it about this man? I don't think Alex even knows."

[Knock on door]

Edmund: Uh -- is this a bad time?
Alex: No. I thought you'd be knee-deep in preparations for the ball or whatever.
Edmund: Can I come in?
Alex: Yes, come in. Sorry.
Edmund: Yeah, I am, and -- Alex, I want to apologize. I've been pressuring you about the ball, using Dimitri's legacy and the Andrassy foundation, and it's not fair, and I apologize. So please, just forget about the ball.
Alex: Ok. Apology accepted.
Edmund: Thank you. Now, can I get you anything? Do you need anything? A bottle of vintage champagne that you and Dimitri would have wanted to share? Mutton under glass?
Alex: Oh, no.
Edmund: Ok.
Alex: No. Edmund, I know how important this ball is to you. I'm sure that Maria is alive for you in some way every day, the same way that Dimitri is for me. But on that night, her life touches everyone. And that's something that you wanted to share.
Edmund: Yeah, that's -- that was me.
Edmund: It's a family thing.
Alex: So I've been thinking that I want to come with you to the ball. Dimitri wanted us to take care of each other, so --
Edmund: You don't have to do that.
Alex: Yes, I want to. It's creating a future that I want, one that isn't stuck in the past. Quick, take me up on it before I change my mind.
Edmund: Ok. Would you come with me?
Alex: Yes.
Edmund: Ok. Yeah, you know, it's funny because I was just thinking about what Dimitri said, that maybe we can watch over each other.
Alex: He was a smart man.
Edmund: Yeah. So, if you have any moments where you're uncomfortable, you just let me know and I'll have you back before the clock strikes 12:00.
Alex: Good.

[Clock chimes]