TV announcer: Would you like to see more of what this baby can do? It chops, slices, cuts, and in a pinch, you can use the handle like a hammer. And when you're done, pop this baby right into the dishwasher. Now, how much would you expect to pay for this multipurpose miracle worker?
Adam: Shut up!

[TV turns off]

Arlene: Winifred? Why are you still here? Never mind. Knock yourself out, and don't come home until tomorrow.
Winifred: I don't want or need your money.
Arlene: Fine. Leave anyway. Mr. Chandler and I don't want to be disturbed.
Winifred: As you wish.

Adam: Whatever you want, I'm not in the mood.
Arlene: Well, I just came to get you because you won't believe what I heard on the radio just now.
Adam: Well, if it doesn't slice and dice and julienne fries, I'm not interested.
Arlene: Well, let me change your mind about that.

[TV turns on]

TV announcer: But that's not all. If you order within the next five minutes, you also receive --

[Channel changes]

Newscaster: In business news today, an unexpected big shakeup at Chandler Enterprise Liza Colby, ex-wife of former chairman and CEO. Adam Chandler, announced that television personality Tad Martin will join her as co-CEO.

Adam: No, no. Damn it, Liza!

Newscaster: Mr. Martin is known for his outlandish antics as host of the talk show "Nothing But The Truth," where he took on corporate America, specifically his predecessor, Adam Chandler. Mr. Martin told reporters he looks forward to steering one of the giant ships of American industry.

Liza: Ready for action, danger boy?
Tad: What is this?
Liza: Oh, earnings projections, quarterly reports, inventory evaluations for the current fiscal year.
Tad: And I'm supposed to care?
Liza: Uh, yeah. C.E.O.s Of multinational conglomerates usually do.
Tad: I thought you were the brains in the organization. All I was was a pretty face.
Liza: Well, I don't really think they care how white your teeth are. In fact, my voice mail was full of questions from people, so, tomorrow we are going to have to tell wall street some answers.
Tad: Whoa. Tomorrow?
Liza: Yes.
Tad: Tomorrow?
Liza: Yeah.
Tad: Liza, there's no way I could possibly assimilate all this in one night.
Liza: Well, all we have to do is sound like we know what we're talking about.
Tad: I'll get us some coffee.

Tina: This is nice. Makes you wonder why we don't do this more often.
Adrian: That's about to change.

Greenlee: So, whose car do you want to take?
Ryan: Don't you think your grandparents will freak out a little bit if, you know, they see me?
Greenlee: Well, it would be worth it. But if you want, we can go back to the loft.
Ryan: It could get a little crowded -- ahem -- at the loft.
Greenlee: You're right, you're right, but we have to go somewhere. Don't even say the Pine Cone Motel.
Ryan: I'm not so sure that we should be heading anywhere tonight.
Greenlee: Why not?

Alex: What's wrong? Is it me?
Edmund: It could never be you. You're right. It's Dimitri.
Alex: Oh. Now I understand. At the mausoleum tonight -- it was almost as if he was there with us.
Edmund: You've felt his spirit there before?
Alex: Oh, yeah. Oh, many times. But tonight was different somehow.
Edmund: Yeah, for me, too.
Alex: I love you for loving your brother, even more. Come on. I want you to lie with me while I go to sleep.
Edmund: I don't ever want to let you go.
Alex: You don't have to.
Edmund: Alex, I love you so much.
Alex: Don't sound sad.
Edmund: I just don't want this feeling to end.
Alex: Well, it won't.

Charlotte: Oh, I'll need some more time with this.

Greenlee: You said some really big things to me, and I thought that we connected.
Ryan: In a way that wasn't just physical.
Greenlee: So that's what you want to do tonight? Chat some more?
Ryan: I just don't want to blow everything by hopping in the sack again, that's all. Come on. Here, sit down.
Greenlee: You know, we've been hanging out for months as friends, as business associates. I mean, it's not exactly a courtship. But there's nothing sudden about this, Ryan. It's long overdue.
Ryan: You know how I feel about you, Greenlee.
Greenlee: I hope I do.
Ryan: Well, I just don't want to jeopardize what we're building.
Greenlee: Really?

Adrian: You're right about me.
Tina: About what?
Adrian: I haven't been very vocal about us or about how I feel.
Tina: I could've said a lot more, too.
Adrian: No, I have been very unclear and definitely way too judgmental. I mean, here I am laying down all these expectations about who I think you should be. In actuality, I was just trying to pay you a compliment.
Tina: Well, maybe I'm just a little more used to being criticized than you. That's all.
Adrian: Well, what I should've said is that I think that you are capable of great things.
Tina: You do?
Adrian: Yeah.
Tina: I'm sorry, Adrian. My signals could've been much clearer. I usually don't go for games.
Adrian: Yeah? You could've fooled me.
Tina: Ok. I've been way harsh.
Adrian: So, no more misunderstandings?
Tina: I'd like that.
Adrian: Good.
Tina: Where did you learn that?
Adrian: Someone at the community center.
Adrian: What? I've been practicing. Come on.
Tina: Oh, I think we've just had our first misunderstanding. Adrian: What did I say?
Tina: You don't want to know.
Adrian: Yes, I do. Come on. You can't leave me out like that.
Tina: I think what you meant to say was, "I love looking at you."
Adrian: Yes, I do.
Tina: I think you need a private tutor to teach you how to use your hands.
Adrian: Really? So when can you start?
Tina: Tonight.

Tad: You don't waste any time, do you? Hmm? This is serious stuff. That little dog-and-pony show we put on for the board of directors, that was one thing. You start trying to sell something to investors, that's another. That's like jumping into a shark tank.
Liza: Look, all we have to do is assure them the company is under control.
Tad: No. I'm not saying I can't do it.
Liza: Then what's the problem?
Tad: The problem is I still haven't discussed it with Dixie yet. I've been trying to get in touch with her ever since she took Junior off to summer camp.
Liza: Well, maybe there's a message on your machine when you get home.
Tad: I hope so. I'd hate for her to find out by reading the papers or watching the news on television.

Newscaster: Neither Mr. Martin nor Ms. Colby could be reached for additional comment on Mr. Martin's appointment. Wall Street's reaction was mixed, but we'll be --

[TV turns off]

Arlene: It must be difficult to see Tad take over everything you've worked so hard for.
Adam: I don't give a damn about Chandler Enterprises. I told you that. Let him ruin it.
Arlene: Whoa. What about everything else he's stealing from you?
Adam: Like what?
Arlene: Liza.
Adam: Nonsense.
Arlene: Well, it's obvious that Tad took that job to be closer to her.
Adam: Get your finger off that button, Arlene. Tad and Liza worked together for years at WRCW.
Arlene: Adam, power is an aphrodisiac. And now that Tad and Liza are sharing it, they're going to have their hands all over each other. In fact, they were probably -- well, they were probably in bed together when they were watching that newscast.
Adam: Shut up. Shut up! Liza loves me. Did you know that? Liza will always love me!
Adam: It's not going to happen. Do you hear me? Not with Tad. Not Liza.
Arlene: You want to hit me? Go ahead. Hit me.
Adam: She let him take over my company to get back at me. That's the only reason.
Arlene: You like having your hands on me. That's it. You do.
Adam: Just say it! Tad and Liza are nothing. Say it.
Arlene: Well, she has to find comfort somewhere, now, doesn't she?
Adam: Shut up. What do you know?
Arlene: Thanks to me, everybody hates you, especially Liza. She's using Tad as a knife in your back.
Adam: Yeah, well, if she wants that buffoon to ruin the company, that's fine with me. But I know for a fact that she's not sleeping with him.
Arlene: Do you think that she's going to spend the rest of her life wearing a black veil for you?
Adam: I never asked her to.
Arlene: No. No, you didn't, but that's exactly what you want. And I'm sorry, it doesn't work that way, Adam. No one likes to be alone, not even you.
Adam: Yeah, well, fine. You've made your point. Now leave me alone.
Arlene: I'm the only friend you've got left. I'm the first and last face you're going to see every day from now on. Now, do you want to push me away like you have everybody else? Or do you want to let me help you? What's it going to be, Adam?

Tad: I know Dixie agreed to all this, but I can't help wonder about it, you know? Helping you run a show like Chandler Enterprises is really going to change all our lives.
Liza: No, you know, Tad, this is the position, the kind of position, that you have -- you have always waited for. You will have power. You will have unbelievable respect. I mean, Dixie is going to understand this.
Tad: I wasn't talking about Dixie. Something else. Sometimes I feel like I've gotten through my life just screwing around, you know? And Mom and Dad never put any pressure on me, but I always wanted to be successful at something. Maybe this is my chance to achieve something, you know? Give something back. After all, that is what it means to be a Martin.
Liza: I think -- I think that you've done that. You've just done it with a lot more flair than most people.
Tad: There are some people who thinks that's all I have is flair. Just really never cut it the way Mom and Dad have.
Liza: I don't think Joe and Ruth will think that.
Tad: But I do. I remember when I was a kid playing in my father's office at the hospital when I was waiting for him to get off work, you know, and I'd look up at the walls and stare at all his medical degrees and things, you know? Sit in his chair -- big leather-bound thing. Felt like a throne. It's kind of intimidating trying to measure up to something like that.
Liza: I think you're being hard on yourself.
Tad: Joe Martin saved my life. I'd like to make him proud.
Liza: You know, everybody wants to be a success in life. They dream of that.
Tad: Yeah, as long as they don't spend their life dreaming, you know, and actually get up and do something. Before you know it, life has passed you by.
Liza: You know what? I think -- I think that if you have a dream inside of you that you could be or you want to be something that you're not, then do it. Take the chance. Make the dream come true.

Greenlee: Ryan, I don't want to ruin what we have.
Ryan: Or what we could be.
Greenlee: But spending the night together will not ruin anything. Come on, we know each other.
Ryan: It could ruin our business relationship, Greenlee.
Greenlee: I won't let it. And so what? Come on, you can run the business, and I'll stay at home with the kids. I'm just kidding.
Ryan: I -- I just know that you would think of me differently, Greenlee.
Greenlee: I wouldn't want to.

Adrian: Hey, Ryan.
Ryan: Hey. What's up?
Adrian: I need a favor.
Ryan: What? What's up? Adrian: Tina and I got
to take off on some personal business.
Ryan: Oh. Well, hey, it's about time you two were --
Adrian: Yeah, well, there's a little glitch in the system. Hayley and Mateo are still on their honeymoon, and I got to close up the place. But you worked here before, right?
Ryan: Yeah.
Adrian: So, can I convince you to lock up after this place?
Ryan: Absolutely.
Greenlee: No!
Adrian: Did I catch you guys at a bad time?
Greenlee: Well, Ryan and I were just about to leave.
Ryan: No, I -- listen, Greenlee, I owe Adrian for a lot. So I have to do this.
Greenlee: Ryan.
Ryan: Well, you could help me. It'll give us time to, you know, work stuff out.
Tina: Here you go.
Greenlee: You don't expect me to wear an apron?
Tina: It's your choice.
Adrian: Oh. It's nice having friends, right?
Greenlee: Now you owe me, Adrian.
Adrian: Yes. You name it, I am there. Later.
Ryan: Later.

Greenlee: Oh, goody.
Ryan: Well, come on. You -- you dry, I'll wash. Or you wash, I'll dry.
Greenlee: No, I'll dry. Want to save my manicure.

Edmund: Dimitri?
Dimitri: Is Alex safe?
Edmund: Yeah, she's -- it's all locked up.
Dimitri: What about Charlotte?
Edmund: Asleep, I assume.
Dimitri: Edmund, that is not good enough.
Edmund: Listen, she's fine, ok? She can't get to Alex. Listen, Dimitri, we got to tell Alex that you're alive.
Dimitri: Edmund, we've been all over that.
Edmund: I know we have, but we have -- I can't -- look, I was in her room tonight, ok, and we were very close.
Dimitri: Edmund, Edmund -- I understand how uncomfortable this must be for you.
Edmund: No, no, no. It's not uncomfortable. It is impossible. She's not your widow anymore. Do you understand what I'm saying? I gave her my heart, and now I am taking it away. I mean, how long do you think before she notices?
Dimitri: I know what two you have shared.
Edmund: Ok, so now you know. So how long are you going to just be hiding around the corners being noble for her sake while I have to continue to lie to her face?
Dimitri: It would be easier if I were dead.
Edmund: You think that's what I want? Huh? Dimitri, do you know how I prayed to have one more look at your face? Yeah, it'd be easier. Yeah, it'd be easier.
Dimitri: You can't tell her, Edmund. I'm sorry.
Edmund: You know, you talk like that, and you're going to get your wish.
Dimitri: You would do the same thing in my position.
Edmund: She is already -- look, I don't -- she senses something's wrong, ok? Do you understand? She's already suspecting --
Dimitri: It doesn't matter what Alex suspects. Her mother is our main problem, and she has come prepared.
Edmund: What do you mean?
Dimitri: Charlotte has an operative here with her -- Quinn from Bryn Wydd. Now, if he's here, Lord knows how many other goons are wandering about.
Edmund: We're going to be outgunned.
Dimitri: We will be unless we can stop Charlotte while she's still here.

Alex: Edmund?

[Noise]

Alex: Edmund? Alex: Oh! What are you doing?
Alex: What's going on?
Charlotte: I couldn't sleep. And I -- I heard you crying out in your sleep. So, are you all right?
Alex: Yeah, I'm fine. I had a nightmare, and then I woke up when I heard someone at the door.
Charlotte: Sweetheart --
Alex: Yeah, it's moments like these that I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Charlotte: Well, that's why I'm here. Would you like me to come and stay with you until you fall back asleep?
Alex: Have you seen Edmund?
Charlotte: No. No, I haven't. Will your mother do?
Alex: Yes, of course.

Edmund: This guy, Quinn -- is he already on the grounds?
Dimitri: Yes, yes. I heard Charlotte and him talking earlier. She now sees you as a liability. You know too much.
Edmund: We can't wait around for them to make a move. We need help.
Dimitri: No, no -- Edmund, no cops. She's got operatives everywhere. We won't know who to trust.
Edmund: Ok, what about Adrian Sword?
Dimitri: You trust him?
Edmund: Yeah, he worked with Mike Roy, remember? And he's helped us in the past.
Dimitri: Yeah, yeah. Charlotte and Quinn know about him. They've already mentioned him.
Edmund: They -all right, fine. So, we use that against them.
Dimitri: Edmund, working with Adrian blows my cover.
Edmund: It's called a compromise, Dimitri. All right? He finds out you're alive, yes, but we get an extra pair of hands.
Dimitri: No. No. Edmund: Dimitri, either I flip you for it or fight you, but either way, I'm bringing Adrian in.
Adrian: I know I said I'd take you as you are, but, damn.

Tina: Believe it or not, I'm learning how to get organized. Why don't you have a seat?
Adrian: Yeah, thanks.
Tina: I'll get us something to drink.
Adrian: "Interior organizing -- how to rid your life of clutter."
Tina: Yeah, and the weird thing is that this is the first time I've ever had enough stuff to clutter.
Adrian: Well, you've definitely got a massive library here.
Tina: I've always been addicted to reading, but it's getting a little ridiculous. I started buying books on the internet and building my library. It helps me feel settled.
Adrian: You're going to take all of these books on the road with you with BBMak?
Tina: No. I don't want to leave here. This is like home. I kind of played you on that deal.
Adrian: You just wanted the best deal.
Tina: Well, no. I knew I was probably going to stay. I just -- you know, having you and BBMak both want me so badly, I wanted it to last a little longer than a minute. Should I be telling you that?
Adrian: Oh, it's ok. Actually, I liked fighting to keep you here
Tina: So you're not mad at me?
Adrian: No. I've been kind of distracted lately, but it h nothing to do with you and I.
Tina: What's going on?
Adrian: Nothing. I've just been working on this project with some friends. Listen, let's just stick to you and me, ok?
Tina: "You and me" sounds like a very good idea.
Adrian: So, say, "I'm so into you."
Tina: "I'm so into you."
Adrian: "And I've been waiting for a long time --"
Tina: "Waiting a long --"
Adrian: "To be alone with you, to touch you --"
Tina: "To kiss you"?
Adrian: At last.

[Pager beeps]

[Beep]

Adrian: Oh, wait -- one second.
Tina: Is it important?
Adrian: Oh. Somebody entered an emergency code.
Tina: Is it Ryan at S.O.S.?
Adrian: Oh, probably not. How difficult can it be to take a few drink orders, close up the place? Yeah, this is Adrian.
Edmund: Adrian, it's Edmund.
Adrian: Oh, come on. This has -- it's got to be life or death
. Edmund it is.
Adrian: Can't it wait? I'm --

[Tina giggles]

Adrian: I'm in the middle of something right now.
Edmund: This isn't a secure line. I need to see you in person.
Adrian: Oh, all right. All right.
Edmund: Whoever it is, say you're sorry, but I need you more.
Adrian: Oh, ok, yeah. I got to go.
Tina: You're leaving?
Adrian: Listen, I'm sorry. We'll -- we'll try this again. Please. I promise, all right?

Charlotte: Well, I suppose you're too old for bedtime stories.
Alex: Oh, I don't know. You got a good one?
Charlotte: Sasha, let me ask you something -- when you were a child, did you resent me being away so often?
Alex: No. I think you worked so hard that your dedication rubbed off on me.
Charlotte: I hope I was a decent role model.
Alex: Yes, of course you were. I mean, look at my career.
Charlotte: I was never as talented as you. But a parent should want a child to surpass them.
Alex: Well, then I have a ways to go.
Charlotte: Oh, nonsense. You're an excellent physician. Alex: Yes, but I don't really
measure up to your standards.
Charlotte: Why?
Alex: Well, you know. Look what happened after the Geoffrey Ashford incident.
Charlotte: Oh, my only regret is that I was not there to get you through that dreadful time.
Alex: You did your best.
Charlotte: I could've done better. I was an absentee mother, but I refuse to keep making that same mistake.
Alex: You want to be my shadow now Mum?
charlotte: If you let me.
Alex: Yeah. Just you and me.
Charlotte: Yes.

Ryan: All right. One Kamikaze for table seven.
Greenlee: Make it a double. It'll help me forget how this night is ending.
Ryan: All right, this one's for you. There you go. Hey, come on! You're always up for a good cause. Adrian and Tina have been trying to hook it up for a while now.
Greenlee: Well, what about us?
Ryan: Well, we're here together.
Greenlee: I was hoping for some privacy.

Leo: Waitress! I ordered some fries.
Greenlee: Yeah, I'll be right on that, and then you can stick them up your nose.
Leo: You exploring how the working class lives, Miss Smythe?
Greenlee: I'm only doing this to be with Ryan.
Leo: Oh, what a surprise. Avaunt, beer maiden. Go fetch me a drink.
Greenlee: Here. You saved me having to call you.
Leo: Well, some dirty work obviously needs to be done
. Greenlee: I still want to make Ryan jealous.
Leo: I'm not interested, Greenlee. Ok? I'm not interested. Becca's finally looking at me with those big, brown eyes again.
Greenlee: Becca doesn't have to know. Anyway, you owe me.
Leo: For what?
Greenlee: How quickly they forget. Remember, I was the only one helping you when your own mother wasn't.
Leo: Oh, so we're comparing notes now, Greenlee? I shed blood for you.
Greenlee: Oh, God.
Leo: And I've done my work as your cabana boy, ok, as far as Ryan's concerned.
Greenlee: Oh, and that's worth more than what I paid to get you out of jail?
Leo: Look, if you want Ryan, go get him. I am sick of people using me like some kind of a tool to fix up their messy lives. Especially when the person that is using me is somebody that I actually care about.
Greenlee: I don't mean to use you. God, Leo, come on. If it wasn't for you, I'd be back to San Diego by now.
Leo: A con job.
Greenlee: No, it's not. You're my bright spot, Leo. Never think that I take you for granted. Don't make me say that again.
Leo: You don't have to. So, what's my mission, should I choose to accept it?

Tad: Just out of curiosity, what are you going to do if I blow it while I'm throwing around all this corporate jargon?
Liza: I have faith in you. You don't need to know all of that cold.
Tad: I know. Just enough to convince the suits I know what I'm talking about.
Liza: You are the best performer I've ever seen.
Tad: Does the condemned man get a final meal before facing the board of directors?
Liza: You won't need it.
Tad: What makes you so confident?
Liza: Because you have never let me down before, at least not in recent memory.
Tad: Let's get to work.

Arlene: You're sliding into a hell of your own making, and you wanted someone for the ride. Well, here I am.
Adam: I don't like your tactics.
Arlene: Sue me for telling the truth, but your life is being sucked up by leeches that hate your guts. Fine. Let them hate you. But does that mean you have to give up everything that you've built?
Adam: I don't have anything to fight for. I don't want the life I had.
Arlene: Then make a new one.
Adam: With you at my side, I presume.
Arlene: I know you, Adam. I know what your desires are. I know what's really inside of you. You know why? Because the same thing is inside of me. That's why you hate me so much. It's like looking into a mirror.
Adam: Oh, come on. Just because I told that to Liza doesn't make it true.
Arlene: Maybe not in the past, but it is now. We can help each other, Adam. You give in to me, and you embrace the man you can be, that you want to be.
Adam: You're like a parasite -- eating just enough to keep me alive so you can keep on feeding.
Arlene: Some people call that a marriage. You need me, Adam. You do. You have so much pain built up inside of you, and you need someplace to let it out. Give it to me. Just let it go. Give it to me.
Arlene: Will you let me help you?
Adam: And what do you get?
Arlene: Adam. Fearless. Ruler of the world.
Adam: Taking me on will be like swallowing a volcano.
Arlene: You can hate me, Adam. You can hate yourself for everything you've done. I want it. I can take it. I can take everything you can dish out.

Tina: I hate it when people leave.

Adrian: Edmund? I'm here.
Edmund: Dimitri didn't disappear in the ocean like we thought.
Adrian: I can see.
Dimitri: I was kidnapped from Seaview hospital by the same people that are now after my wife. Alex.
Adrian: Why don't you bring me up to speed on the situation with Alex.
Edmund: You remember meeting Charlotte Devane, Alex's mother?
Adrian: Yeah, briefly.
Edmund: Ok, she's the head of the snake. Everything at Bryn Wydd is under her control.
Dimitri: She has top-secret clearance as a government agent with the British government, and at the same time she runs her own conspiracy group.
Edmund: She's also a computer expert, and we know for a fact she has some of her people here. She also knows who you are.
Adrian: Got to love that.
Dimitri: Did you run into her when you were active, do any business with her?
Adrian: Ah. I don't know why it didn't come to me before. Charlotte Devane -- or Madame Devane, as we called her.
Dimitri: Where did you know her from?
Adrian: Charlotte's very high-level -- Interpol, Scotland Yard, MI6 -- a very powerful lady.
Edmund: Then why become an anarchist?
Adrian: Well, for some people, power isn't enough, especially when you have to answer to your own government. In Charlotte's case, she didn't want to answer to anyone else but herself. She started recruiting very highly sophisticated, top-level rogue agents from major countries. She saw the potential on the internet when it was still a closed government system.
Edmund: What do they want?
Adrian: I guess? Overthrow governments, derail banking systems, and there's always personal wealth.
Dimitri: Information warfare?
Adrian: Oh, yeah. On a major scale.
Edmund: If a teenage hacker can scare the Pentagon, imagine what these people can do.
Adrian: Yeah, and they don't mind killing you in the process. They tried to recruit me several years back, but I refused.
Dimitri: You obviously worked undercover while you were in the service.
Adrian: Yeah. Many a times.
Dimitri: You at all rusty now?
Adrian: No. Never that.
Edmund: Could you make Charlotte think that you've reconsidered their offer?
Adrian: What's the game's end?
Edmund: First and foremost to save Alex.
Adrian: Alex can't be the point anymore. These people aren't wackos. They're serious professionals. A lot of lives will be at stake -- your family, your children, your friends. This is -- you don't understand. This is not about how bad you want it. In the end, it comes down to getting out alive.

Charlotte: I'm sorry, Sash. This will only hurt for a minute.


. ON THE NEXT - - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Hayley: You're kicking me out?

Leo: What's shaking, kids?

Adrian: I know who you are. I'm just here to make sure you succeed.

Edmund: You're not safe. Charlotte is dangerous.