Gillian: Where did you find this?
Ryan: In the loft.
Gillian: How did it get there?
Ryan: Greenlee had it.
Gillian: How did she get -- Ryan: I don't know. I don't know. But she took it from you, Gillian. Greenlee wants to be with me, so she created this person on-line named Cynthia.
Gillian: I don't understand.
Ryan: She's been sending e-mails to me as this Cynthia, taking lines from your journal so she would sound like you. And she thought since I love you that I would fall for her if she was like you.
Gillian: But you and Greenlee already are --
Ryan: No, no, no, Gillian -- whatever she told you about us, don't believe it. It's a lie.

Greenlee: Leo, answer me. Did your mother kill Paolo?
Leo: I don't have a mother. A woman named Vanessa Cortlandt killed Paolo Caselli.
Vanessa: Oh, Leo, please don't be that way. You can't stay mad at me, darling. You love me almost as much as I love you.
Leo: Mrs. Cortlandt confessed to the murder when she thought she was dying. Unfortunately, she lived.
Vanessa: All right, I am a terrible mother. I've never given you what you deserved. Yet you have always forgiven me, Leo, because you are so good. And I know that you are far better than me -- a million times better than me, my sweet, darling child.
Greenlee: I guess I'll be going.
Leo: No, don't go. We're through.
Vanessa: Leo, come on. You know I'm not a murderer. And I was going to tell you everything as soon as the time was right.
Leo: And the right time would've been when, huh? Right after they gave me the lethal injection?

Eliot: Well, looks like you're having fun.
Brooke: Oh, Elliot, hi.
Eliot: Can I join you?
Brooke: Yes, please do. It's the new machinists' union contract. Elliot. I mean, no, no, I don't have anything against unions. You must understand. It's just there are times I wish I could join one myself.
Eliot: Which would prohibit you from working while having supper.
Brooke: Who has time to have supper? I'm actually waiting for takeout.
Eliot: Oh, me, too. I've got to go soon.
Brooke: Ah, long day at the church?
Eliot: No, no, no. Actually, I've been at the shelter all day. I'm putting in a little overtime to impress my new boss.

Erica: Yes, well, please tell Lt. Frye that I'm waiting for his call. It's very important -- urgent. Thank you.

[Brooke laughs]

Brooke: Stop. Anyway --
Erica: Well, Brooke -- smack in the middle of a real live date. I can hardly believe my eyes.
Brooke: Erica.
Erica: My friend Brooke here and I have a running joke. Whenever I see her in a restaurant with a very attractive man, I pretend to be surprised.
Brooke: And I pretend that she doesn't exist.
Erica: Oh, we have such fun, the two of us.
Brooke: Ah.
Erica: But I haven't had the pleasure.
Eliot: Oh, excuse me. I'm -- I'm Elliot Freeman. It's a pleasure, Ms. Kane. I -- oh. I feel a little silly saying this -- you probably get tired of hearing it -- but you look even more beautiful in person.
Erica: Well, thank you. That's so sweet.

Mateo: All right. We're almost done. We're almost done. The last thing to do is to pick the color on the invitation. Now, you've narrowed it down to two. We've got your egg white and we've got your oyster. So -- you choose. I can't pick. Which one is it? Is it going to be the egg white or the oyster? Hello? Hey. Hayley?
Hayley: I'm sorry. I'm just a little distracted, you know.
Mateo: What's going on?
Hayley: Nothing. I went by Uncle Trevor's today.
Mateo: And what? Did somebody sell the house?
Hayley: No, no. I went by there to get some stuff for Amanda -- you know, books and stuff that she wants me to send to her -- and all my mother's things are there. She is living there even though I told her she had to move out. And then it suddenly dawned on me -- she's never going to leave. She is never going to leave. She's going to be lurking in the shadows of my life until the day she dies or the day she kills me.
Mateo: I'll handle it.
Hayley: There is no handling her, Mateo. She wants to ruin my life. She wants to ruin our wedding. And that's just what she's going to do. I can feel it in my bones.
Mateo: Ok. Let's go. We've got two things to do to make this wedding not a disaster.
Hayley: What?
Mateo: First of all, we're definitely going with the oyster. I hate the egg white. Next thing we're going to do is we're going to neutralize the mother of the bride. Come on.

[Arlene gasps]

Liza: Hello. Wasn't expecting you till much later. You made it an early evening.
Adam: My comings and goings are none of your business.
Arlene: You're right, they aren't. But you know what? She's right. I know this place in Center City that --
Liza: Adam is in for the evening, and you are on your way out.
Arlene: Oh, yeah? You know, this place is called Chandler Mansion, not Mrs. Chandler Mansion.

[Arlene laughs]

Liza: Either you leave on your own or I will personally escort you out.
Arlene: Oh, yeah? You and what coven?
Liza: Arlene, I doubt under your present circumstances you can afford a very good dental plan.
Arlene: Dental plan?
Liza: I am dangerously close to knocking out your two front teeth, which would limit your choice in boyfriends.
Arlene: Maybe I should go upstairs and get a little beauty sleep.
Liza: Winifred?
Winifred: Yes, ma'am?
Liza: Show Mrs. Vaughan the front door and lock it behind her.
Winifred: I certainly will, Mrs. Chandler.
Liza: Thank you.
Arlene: Oh, Winnie. Winnie, Winnie, you know, we could teach each other a lot if we were friends.
Winifred: Oh, I'm sure.
Arlene: Uh-huh.

Adam: Hmm.
Liza: Put the glass down. Put the glass down.
[Glass shatters]
Liza: It's divorce papers. They're final.
Adam: Thank you for calling that to my attention. Now, are you going to continue smashing glasses, or will you let me drink in peace?
Liza: I'm not going to just leave you like this. You know, I am here. I am talking to you. Would you look at me, please! Look at me! Divorce or no divorce, I am going to bring you back, alive and kicking and fighting like hell! And I am not leaving this house until I do it
Adam: Cheers. What are you doing?
Liza: You know, I'm tired. I'm tired of being strong. And this doesn't seem the best way, but if it's the only way to get through to you, then that's what I'll do. You know, I feel bad, too. I feel guilty, too. And you tell me, "go off, run Chandler Enterprises on your own." Well, I don't want to do it anymore. So why don't you just take me out to some of these new places that you've found, some of these bars, because I want you with me. And if you won't come back to me, then I'll just go down with you.
Adam: You're faking.
Liza: You're right, I'm faking. But so are you.

Vanessa: Leo, that can all be explained.
Leo: Yes, you're damn right -- by you. By raising your hand and saying, "excuse me, everybody, I can explain." That would've done wonders right around the time they slapped the handcuffs on me.
Vanessa: This whole thing will pass, Leo, I promise.
Leo: You know, Palmer seems to think the charges will be dropped.
Vanessa: Well, he is a very powerful man.
Leo: You know, he's not turning over the tape of your confession. I shudder to think what hoops you jumped through for that, Vanessa. Though I'm sure it was quite graceful.
Vanessa: I do what I have to do.
Leo: So we don't go to jail? Great. I'll still be the rich kid who got away with murder.
Vanessa: Oh, Leo. Who cares what anybody thinks in this backwater dump? I mean, no one anyplace else that matters knows.
Leo: Not yet they don't.
Vanessa: Leo, what do you mean, not yet?
Leo: You forget whose son I am, Vanessa. I'm going to blab every detail about you and Paolo to anybody that'll listen.
Vanessa: You can't do that. Leo, this will all blow over if you just let it.
Leo: Oh, no. I intend to do the maximum damage with what I know.
Vanessa: Oh, Leo. That is an empty threat, and you know it. You can't punish me because you need me too much. And you will learn soon enough that without me you are as alone in this world as I am without you. And very soon you will come, and you'll put your head right here, and I will stroke your cheek, and we will be friends again.
Greenlee: My God. I'll never complain about my parents ever again.
Leo: Greenlee, if this isn't fun for you, you can go.
Greenlee: I'm not leaving you alone with her. Leo, I understand you so much better now, and I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.

Gillian: How much of this did you read?
Ryan: All of it. Every word.
Gillian: All the things I wrote about Jake and me.
Ryan: I don't care about that, Gillian. All I care about is what you wrote about me.
Gillian: Well, it wasn't meant for your eyes.
Ryan: About Greenlee and me. She told you that we were having an affair, that I said that I loved her?
Gillian: Well, you did!
Ryan: No! No.
Gillian: You didn't have an affair?
Ryan: I slept with Greenlee a long time ago when I thought there was no hope for us. But when I realized that I wasn't over you, Gillian, that I probably will never be over you, I ended it with Greenlee. And I never told her that I loved her.
Gillian: Never?
Ryan: I swear. You're the only person I've said that to, Gillian, because you are the only woman I love. The only woman that I will ever love.

Adam: I faking?
Liza: This broken man routine. It's an act.
Adam: For whose benefit?
Liza: Mine. You're still trying to win me back.
Adam: What are you trying to pull?
Liza: Wasn't that your original plan -- to make me love you as I once loved you? To break my heart? To make me realize how much I love you? Well, it worked.
Adam: For God's sake. I've divorced you. I've told you I want you to leave me alone.
Liza: I need to be with you -- and not because I feel sorry or because I feel guilty but because I love you. There is nothing I want more than to be wrapped up in your arms.

Eliot: For you.
Erica: Thank you.
Brooke: I can't really imagine what happened to the takeout. I'm going to have to leave.
Erica: Oh, you can't just abandon me. I mean, wait at least until I get my phone call. So, Elliot, you've just moved to Pine Valley?
Eliot: Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, I'm still getting confused with all the names of the streets -- you know, Pine Road, Pine Lane, Pine --
Erica and Elliot: Whatever.
Erica: Well, luckily for you, you have an excellent guide in Brooke. Brooke's familiar with all the streets in Pine Valley. And aren't you something Brooke, just zeroing in on the very first available man.
Brooke: Erica, you don't know what you're talking about.
Eliot: It's really not what you think.
Erica: Oh, no. It's fine. I approve. And actually, Brooke, you were very smart to get a jump on the competition. Pine Valley is so full of beautiful women.
Eliot: Ms. Kane, you've got the wrong idea. Brooke and I are not here on a dinner date. We just saw each other here while we were waiting for our takeout orders.
Erica: Oh. Well, you two seemed to be having a grand old time en I got here.
Eliot: I do some work at the community center.
Brooke: Yes. That's where I met Rev. Freeman.
Eliot: I'm the new assistant pastor at The Church of the Good Shepherd.
Erica: I see. Well, I always say that everybody in Pine Valley certainly can use all the spiritual help they can get. Present company not excluded.
Brooke: Well, you should know.
Erica: Oh, I feel much better now because I know that you'll be in the reverend's pastoral hand. And you know what? Brooke needs to be pointed in the right direction.
Brooke: Ok, Erica. That's enough.
Erica: Do you see what she did? Did you see what she just did, Reverend? Every time someone tries to befriend Brooke, she just pushes them away.

[Telephone rings]

Erica: And she needs to be taught how to live her life better. Otherwise she's going to wind up a very lonely old woman.

[Ring]

Brooke: Don't you have to get that?
Erica: I do. Yes, I do. Sorry. It's urgent. Excuse me.

Brooke: You know, if thinking bad thoughts is a sin, I'm in big trouble.

Erica: Derek, why did you keep me waiting? Well, not too busy to crack the Paolo Caselli case, I hope. All right, I'm at BJ's. You get here right away, and I will hand you a murderer.

Erica: Vanessa? Hi, it's Erica.
Vanessa: Erica? I can't talk now.
Erica: Oh, I think that you'll really want to hear what I have to say, Vanessa. Vanessa, it's time to end this Paolo Caselli situation, and I want to help you do it.
Vanessa: You want to help me?
Erica: I mean, keeping this thing alive is not good for my business. It's not good for my image. Certainly not good for my frazzled nerves. I want it over.
Vanessa: Well, all right. What do you have in mind?
Erica: I'm at BJ's. If you come over here right now, I'll tell you. Vanessa: Well, look, Erica, I'm not going to drop everything and just rush over --

[Erica hangs up]

Vanessa: Erica? Are you there?
Leo: That's an awfully familiar look. The walls closing in? Maybe it's time to go back to plan A, mother -- cut and run. Pack up the designer luggage and vamoose before the cock crows.
Vanessa: I am not going anywhere, darling. I promise you, I'm going to make this right -- for both of us. And then we will go on that trip together.
Leo: See, whenever she bitterly disappoints me, she tries to make it up by promising me she'll take me to some fancy watering hole.
Vanessa: Well, I'm not worried, darling. We will -- we will get past this.

Leo: Take that off me.
Greenlee: What, the lipstick?
Greenlee: There. It's clean.

Gillian: Ryan, how can you love me after everything I've done to you?
Ryan: I don't care about that, Gillian. It doesn't matter. All I want is to hear what you wrote in the journal -- the last entry.
Gillian: Oh. Yeah, the last one.
Ryan: It's three long -- three lines long. I memorized it. But I need to hear you say it. I need to hear your voice say it out loud.
Gillian: Well -- it's addressed to you, so --
Ryan: So tell me.
Gillian: I wrote, "Ryan, I love you. I have never stopped loving you. And I will love you --"
Ryan: "I will love you --"
Gillian and Ryan: "Until the day I die."

Singer: Whoa lady, won't you lay lady, won't you lay I'll rub them all away
Singers: Lady lay your body let me rub the lonely places all away
Singer: Rub them all away
Singers: Lady lay your body let me rub the lonely I want to rub your loneliness away
Singer: You've waited oh, so long for me to come your way
Singers: But now I'm here and sadness is gone away
Singer: Lay, lady, lay
Second singer: Lady, lay
Singers: Lady
Singer: Won't you lay with me oh
Second singer: I want to rub them all away
Singers: Loneliness away
Singer: All away

Arlene: Mateo, I didn't expect to find you here.
Mateo: I thought you were the locksmith.
Arlene: Locksmith?
Mateo: All-night locksmith.
Arlene: Hey. Isn't that my stuff?
Mateo: Yeah, we packed it for you. And once all the locks are changed, you and your stuff -- it's going to be on the outside.
Arlene: Wait a minute. Sweetie, is this your decision or --
Mateo: Family decision -- our family.
Arlene: Ok. I won't fight you on this. I mean, I could -- I could get a hold of Janet and she could tell you that I have permission to stay here, but I'll do it your way. I mean, there's more than one roof in this town.
Mateo: And don't think about going to the shelter. I already talked to Brooke.
Arlene: Well, I'd rather die than go back there anyway.
Mateo: Or the Pine Cone Motel or the Dew Drop Inn on State Road 23 because they're trying very hard to stay respectable. And once I tell them about you, they won't want you there, either.
Arlene: Yeah, and when all that fails, what are you going to do -- bring out the tar and feathers?
Mateo: Try me.

Adam: You don't have to do this, Liza. You don't have to try to give me my life back.
Liza: I want you to have your life back so I can have my life back.
Adam: What, penance?
Liza: I feel badly, yes. I feel guilty, yes. I feel terrible about Stuart's death. But it was not what was between us.
Adam: What was between us cannot be anymore.
Liza: But I love you. And I have fought it for so long. And I had a right to because you did terrible things to me. You did terrible things to my mother. But I don't want to fight it anymore. You win. You win everything. I want us to have a life together. I love you, and I want you. I want you.

Brooke: And we can arrange that with Pine Valley Hospital.
Eliot: That's great. The last church that I was with, the free hearing tests really did the kids a lot of good. Well, look. We did it anyway. We spent the whole meal working.
Brooke: See? Now, if you would've gone home, you would've spent your time in front of the television, I'll bet.
Eliot: Hmm. Wrestling.
Brooke: Wrestling?
Eliot: It's how I chill.
Brooke: Well.
Eliot: What about you? Do you chill?
Brooke: Uh -- yes. You know, when I get a chance, usually with my son, Jamie.
Eliot: You ever chill out with grownups?
Brooke: Are you asking about my social life because of what Erica said?
Eliot: We don't have to talk about that.
Brooke: I have -- I have a very satisfying social life. You know, I have a lot of good friends, but -- , I'm not in a relationship at the moment. I haven't been for quite some time.
Eliot: And that's ok?
Brooke: Yes. It's better than ok. I mean, quite frankly, a lot of my relationships were sort of disastrous. And I don't know where it's written that everybody has to be with somebody. You know, I think maybe I'm the kind of person who's -- who's better off alone.
Eliot: Because it's safe?
Brooke: No. That's not it. That's not it at all. Why would you say that?
Eliot: Well, when you're alone, you're not risking anything. You can get hurt if you have someone and then you lose them.
Brooke: The fact that I'm not in a relationship has nothing to do with my losing Laura.

Vanessa: Well, Erica, I'm here. What now?
Erica: Now you sit -- please.
Vanessa: Erica, I don't trust you, but if there is some way to get to the truth of this unfortunate situation --
Erica: Oh, I'm sure that
we can do just that. Derek: What's going on, Erica?
Vanessa: What?
Erica: Derek, I have arranged this meeting without David or Leo or Palmer so that Mrs. Cortlandt wouldn't feel intimidated, torn between them, so that she would feel free to explain, tell the truth, confess.

Eliot: Hope we haven't started a trend. Styrofoam is an environmental nightmare.
Brooke: I'm sorry that I snapped at you before. I don't know why I thought that you were, you know, referring to Laura.
Eliot: I had no business questioning you about any of that.
Brooke: Let's just blame it on Erica.
Eliot: Hmm.
Brooke: So, what about you? I didn't notice a ring, a wedding ring. I guess ministers are not necessarily --
Elliot: Celibate?
Brooke: Mm-hmm.
Eliot: No.
Waiter: Can I take that for you?
Brooke: Oh, thanks.
Waiter: Yeah.
Brooke: So there's --
Elliot: Excuse me here.
Waiter: Oh.
Brooke: No regulation minister's wife?
Brooke: Oh. That's Derek Frye. He's a police lieutenant here in town.

Arlene: Sweetie, let's talk about this.
Mateo: Arlene, there's nothing to discuss. Here.
Arlene: What, you think I want your money?
Mateo: Oh, I know you do.
Arlene: Sweetie?
Hayley: Mom, you've ruined my life over and over again, and I can't think of a single pleasant memory I have of you. And I can't think of a single time where you put my needs ahead of your own.
Arlene: I love you.
Hayley: And I can't figure out for the life of me why that is, so I'm going to stop trying. And I'm going to start my life over again and again. I want to have my own family. And I can't do that as long as you're here. So if you love me the way you say you do, then I don't want you to fight this. I want you to give me a chance.
Mateo: Which means you'll leave town -- for good.
Arlene: You don't have to say any more. If I've apologized once for ruining your life, I've apologized a thousand times. There are plenty of other people in this world who do care about me. And I'll just go to them. Mateo, I know you won't believe me, but I'm glad that you're in Hayley's life. I -- I know you'll take good care of her.
Arlene: Bye, sweetie.

Mateo: She's gone.

Adam: No -- no! Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor? Liza, there was a time when I would've -- I would've killed to hear you say what you just said to me. But it's too late!
Liza: No, it's not too late.
Adam: Listen to me! Damn it! I -- this is not an act. I want you gone. I don't want you -- I want you to leave. I don't want to hear you. I don't want to see you. I want you to go away and don't think about me. That way I can never hurt you again.
Liza: That proves that you feel, that -- that you didn't die. You didn't die with Stuart. Please, Adam please just tell me that you love me.
Adam: I don't love you! I can't! I can't love you.
Liza: Those are two completely different things. I love you the way I first loved you, when we were happy. And I know that you feel the same. I think that our love could heal you if you could just accept it. If you could just embrace it, it would embrace you. And I know that's what you want. Love me, Adam. Love me.

Brooke: Come on, I'll introduce you to Derek.
Eliot: Hmm. Do you really want to go another round with Erica Kane?
Brooke: No, you're right.
Eliot: Yeah.
Brooke: What was I thinking?
Eliot: Look, I -- I have to get back to work anyway.
Brooke: Ok. Actually, I do, too. I was going to get some coffee before I leave. Will you wait and walk me out?
Eliot: Sure.
Brooke: Ok. Be right back.

Erica: Derek is a very understanding person, Vanessa. Why don't you just talk it through with him the way you did with us the other night. Tell him how you came to kill Paolo.
Vanessa: You are a fool, Erica. I am innocent.
Erica: Palmer was right there when you made your deathbed confession. Why is it that he's being silent?
Vanessa: Palmer is my husband, and he knows I'm innocent.
Erica: No, Palmer has the audiotape that proves that you are guilty.
Vanessa: Lieutenant, there is no audiotape. This woman just happens to hate me. She always has.
Erica: Even if I hate you, that doesn't mean you're not a killer.
Derek: Ladies, ladies, ladies. This is a waste of time.
Erica: What? We're seconds away from cracking --
Vanessa: You are delusional.
Derek: They'll probably throw the case out.
Erica: What? Why?
Derek: I just found out the evidence is gone.
Vanessa: "Gone."
Erica: Gone?
Vanessa: All gone?
Derek: It was stolen.

Leo: Pathetic excuse for a mother. Time for your Ryan fix?
Greenlee: I can stay a little while longer.
Leo: Oh, how generous.
Greenlee: I can stay as long as you need me. I don't mind. I mean, I want to.
Leo: Thanks anyway.
Greenlee: Don't do this, Leo. I'm happy here.
Leo: What if Ryan's desperately searching for Cynthia? Or you could come clean and just say, "Ryan, surprise, I'm Cynthia."
Greenlee: Why do you do this? We were having a good time.
Leo: I can't -- you know, I just wish that I could be there myself, see the look on your face when he tells you that he doesn't want you or Cynthia. He wants a princess.
Greenlee: How typical. You're angry at your mother, and you're lashing out at me.
Leo: You're smart, and you're beautiful, and you're rich. But you're also desperate, Greenlee, which is another word for "pathetic." That's a turn-off to most guys. My advice is to leave Ryan alone till say -- I don't know -- first thing tomorrow morning? But you can't do that, can you?
Leo: You know, it's too bad we can't just forget about everybody else and settle for each other.
Greenlee: Fat chance.
Leo: Oh, you're right. We're too much alike. And we don't like who we are.

Gillian: I want to stay like this forever.
Ryan: I want that, too, but --
Gillian: Ryan, don't.
Ryan: I know you, Gillian. I know you're going to be thinking it, so we have to say it. What about Jake?

Liza: Let's go upstairs. Let's go to bed.

Arlene: I hope the earth moves for you, Liza, because this is going to be the last time.


ON THE NEXT - - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Ryan: I can't stop seeing you. I can't let you go, not again.

Becca: You asked me to marry you. I cannot forget about a thing like that.

Adam: Liza, Liza, Liza, wait.
Liza: Shut up. Shut up.