Joe: No, no, no, Derek. Of course, I understand. No, I just don't know how else Leslie Coulson could be taken out of the hospital, past security and all that, without the help of somebody from the inside. And you can imagine how that makes me feel. I don't know if she's going to survive. She was on life support at the time, so we're going to have to see. Yeah -- yes. Right, Derek. And you will keep me informed? Thanks a lot. Bye-bye. Dixie, thank you very much for coming so quickly.
Dixie: Oh, it's ok, Joe. Has something happened?
Joe: In a manner of speaking, yes. You have just won a highly prestigious award for medical research.
Dixie: I don't understand.
Joe: The John B. Thurston prize.
Dixie: Uh -- that's a prize for doctors, isn't it? Are you serious?
David: Yes, he is. And I couldn't be more proud of you, Dixie.
Dixie: David, what's going on?
David: I submitted both of our names to the panel because we did it together.

Gordon: My God.
Leslie: Not too shabby, huh, Gordon?
Gordon: You're unreal, Leslie.
Leslie: Oh, I'm real. I am very real.
Gordon: No, that's amazing how much progress you've made.
Leslie: And to think that David Hayward wanted to pull my plug, huh?
Gordon: Man, you know, I can't wait for you to get your strength back completely so that we can go to the police, turn state's evidence, and nail that slimy creep to the wall. You know what I heard on the car radio just now? He got himself the Thurston Award.
Leslie: What's that?
Gordon: The Thurston Award? It's like an academy award for medical research. There's a grant for the sponsoring hospital attached -- I mean, it's like huge, you know? What do you think the people who hand out that little trophy would say if they knew how many laws of medical ethics Dr. Hayward breaks on an average day? Oh, God, we got to get him. We have to get him now, Leslie.
Leslie: No, Gordon, please --
Gordon: You know, you're making such great progress. I don't want Hayward getting too much of a foothold. I think it's time that I went public.
Leslie: Look, let's just take it easy, ok?
Gordon: No, seriously, you know? What we need is a lawyer to kind of bring us out, spin some press about us, everything we've been through because of Hayward. I'm going to contact somebody this afternoon.
Leslie: No, Gordon, please don't.
Gordon: What? Leslie --

Leo: You guys always take meetings in saunas?
Tad: When it's important. And this is, Leo, very.
Leo: Well, I was feeling pretty comfy in here, so can't this wait?
Liza: No. No.
Tad: We're here to do you a favor.
Leo: Well, the best favor that you can do is leave me to my privacy, so -- thank you what? Is that too much to ask?
Tad: I guess so. You've already been in jail a couple times, right?
Leo: Holding cells. False charges. What about you, Tad?
Tad: I've done my share. Occupational hazard. Thing is I have never had to go upstate, you know what I mean?
Leo: Upstate?
Liza: Upstate, federal prison. You know, five to 10, lock down every night, which is where you'll be unless you do exactly what we tell you to do. Starting now.
Leo: This is really quite impressive, kids, but I got to tell you, I'm not as dumb as you think I am. Thanks, but no, thanks.
Tad: Sit down, Leo. Please.
Tad: Much better.
Liza: You're sweating.
Leo: Yeah, it's a sauna.
Liza: Different kind of sweat.
Leo: Oh, would you get to the point sometime this week, please?
Tad: We know that you found the tape.
Leo: The tape?
Tad: The tape.
Leo: Of?
Tad: Your brother -- playing bartender at Ryan's party last fall? You know, the tape that Gillian, Ryan, and Hayley were looking for aboard the Fidelity? You need any more specifics or is this starting to tickle your meter?
Leo: Oh, ooh. Ooh, so this is where I'm supposed to look caught, right? You know, I would -- I would love to, but I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about. Sorry.

[Door opens]

Leo: Oh, hey, here we go. Why don't you run your story by this guy? Hey, Arnold, these two got a story to tell you.
Tad: Please leave.
Man: What did you say?
Tad: My friends and I, we need this sauna for about the next, you know, five minutes. And I would consider it a personal favor if you would go lift some weights or something.
Man: Get the hell out of here.
Tad: Think about it. Do you really want to start something? In that?
Man: You people are crazy.

Tad: Where were we?
Liza: Oh, we were telling Leo how he was caught.
Tad: Hmm. Right. Ok. Here's what we're thinking -- if the police were to find out that your brother paid you to intentionally suppress evidence that you had in your possession, what's that called?
Liza: Accessory to a felony. Intent to defraud and malign. Actually, I think they just call it blackmail.
Leo: Do you see how unimpressed I am by all this, either of you?
Tad: Ok, fine. Here's the thing. My life, the way I live it and the way I want it to stay, are on the line here, and I don't want you to think for one second that I won't sacrifice your sorry, spoiled little existence to get what I love back -- because I will do it, Leo, in a heartbeat. I swear to God. And you know what? I won't lose one minute's sleep thinking about you upstate playing June Cleaver to some guy named Bubba for the next five to 10, not one single minute. So, you starting to feel a little more impressed, or what?

Dixie: I don't understand this.
Joe: Frankly, it is unprecedented.
David: I couldn't have had the success that I did without your help and support, Dixie. It would have been wrong for me to submit my name for the Thurston prize and leave yours out.
Dixie: I don't know what to say. I -- Joe, do you feel comfortable with this? Because -- I mean, certainly this --
Joe: Dixie, my comfort has nothing whatsoever to do with it. And it's always a good thing for a hospital when one of its own receives recognition for achievement.
David: Pine Valley Hospital will receive a sizeable grant to continue our research.
Dixie: As part of the prize?
David: Mm-hmm. It's a lot of money, Dixie -- money that we could use to help save countless lives. But there is something that I need you to do.
Dixie: What?
David: There is going to be a ceremony, and I would like you to be there.
Dixie: David --
David: No. Without me.
Dixie: What do you mean?
David: I would like you to accept the award for both of us.
Dixie: Why?
David: Well, I think Joe would agree that I'm not exactly the most popular doctor around here.
Dixie: That's ridiculous. You just got a wonderful grant for the hospital.
David: I would feel more comfortable if you accepted the award.
Joe: It is David's decision to make.
Dixie: This -- this is -- this is not fair.
David: It's the right thing to do, Dixie. Ok?
Dixie: No, not ok. Forget it. I'm sorry, there's no way I'm going to accept that award without you.

J.R.: Mr. Templeton is such a jerk.
Adam: Oh, yes, I forgot. All school counselors are jerks.
J.R.: Dad, I cut one class because I went to go have a cup of coffee. He made a big deal out of nothing.
Adam: Yeah, well, I don't happen to agree with you, son. And I'm not too thrilled with your attitude, either.
J.R.: Why are you so upset?
Adam: I'm not upset. J.R., I want you to be the best that you can be.
J.R.: I just wish everyone would get off my case. Adam: I'm sure you do, but that's not t way it works. There has to be a punishment of some sort.
J.R.: Great.
Adam: Nothing too severe -- this time. I'll talk to your mother and Liza, too.
J.R.: Is that it?
Adam: Is what "it"?
J.R.: You want me to go back, don't you?
Adam: To school? I should hope so.
J.R.: No, to Mom's.
Adam: No, no, absolutely not.
J.R.: Really? Adam: Yes, that's the last place you should go. That house is in chaos.
J.R.: It's not that bad.
Adam: With their ongoing indiscretion? With David Hayward and Tad's ridiculous involvement with that lunatic Leslie Coulson.
J.R.: Tad is not involved with Leslie.
Adam: She kidnapped you, for God's sake.
J.R.: So that's Tad's fault? She's a freak, Dad.
Adam: Well, maybe if he'd stayed away from that freak, your mother wouldn't have turned to David Hayward in the first place.
J.R.: Hayward has my mom going crazy. It is not Tad's fault. He's done nothing but love her and tried to get back together with her. Don't blame this on him.
J.R.: Tad messed up big time, but he isn't the bad guy. He really isn't, Dad.
Adam: All right. All right.
J.R.: No, wait. You think you know more about this than I do. You don't. I was there.
Adam: That's my point. The mistakes that your mother and Tad are making are hurting you. You're the only one I care about.
J.R.: Dad, I'm fine.
Adam: No, you're not fine. You cut class. Your having trouble in school is a direct result of what's happening in your home life.
J.R.: Dad, please, that is so lame.
Adam: Is it? Is it really? You have been a model student. You have never been in any trouble before - you get excellent grades. You play sports --
JR.: And I cut one bogus class and my life is over?
Adam: I think you know what I'm trying to say.
JR.: You're unreal. Who are you to say -- who are you to decide who is a good parent or not? You think you're so perfect?
Adam: No, I don't think I'm perfect by any stretch of the imagination.
J.R.: But you expect Tad to be.
Adam: The point I'm trying to make --
JR.: Look, you spent your honeymoon in a jail cell with Liza. You don't think my friends knew about that? You're the richest man in town. They know when you run a stoplight.
Adam: Son, I can only imagine what it's like being Adam Chandler's son. But, Junior --
JR.: Stop calling me that.
Adam: I'm sorry. I slipped, I slipped. It's been your name for 14 years. Are you angry with me because I married Liza while you were away on spring break with Jamie?
J.R.: You think I care about a stupid wedding? And by the way, how many times do you think you've said "I do" to some woman?
Adam: Let's try to keep this above the waist, all right?
J.R.: Look, I'm just sick and tired of you blaming Tad and my mom for everything. You're not exactly sitcom dad.
Adam: Yes. Agreed. I'm not. I have no right to judge anyone. But I am your father, and I care about what happens to you, and I'm not going to stand back and watch you get into trouble without at least discussing it.
J.R.: Why not? You've always been good at standing back.
Adam: What does that mean?
J.R.: Last summer when you pushed everyone away, told me you didn't want me anywhere near you. You said that I should pretend you were dead.
Adam: I -- I wasn't myself last summer.
J.R.: So you should know better than anybody, right? Sometimes you got tout the people you love a little slack.

Leo: Look, I don't care what you two dreamed up in your overactive little imaginations, but I got to tell you, this --
Tad: Don't. Don't. Do yourself a favor. You may not know this about me because your conniving little clan hasn't been around town that long, but I'm an award-winning liar from way back, and I can spot that one a mile away. So let's review, shall we? We know for a fact that you found the tape implicating your brother. We also know for a fact that you used that tape to blackmail your brother out of $100,000.
Liza: We also know that you have a copy of the tape. No blackmailer worth his salt is not going to have an insurance policy. Are you with us so far?
Leo: There's two holes in your theory. The first -- there is no second tape, and the second -- if I had 100 grand tax free, I would be sitting in a sauna in Bora Bora, not Pine Valley, PA, all right?
Tad: Maybe. But, first, you just lost $100,000 in that scheme, remember? And, second, we've got David's bank records. See, we know he wrote you a check for --
Leo: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You have -- how the hell did you get David's bank records? Is nothing sacred anymore?
Liza: Are you still doubting us?
Tad: You're going to give us that tape, Leo.
Leo: I cannot believe this.
Tad: If you give us the tape, we'll protect you, ok?
Leo: Oh. That's -- that is so comforting, Tad. Thank you so much.
Liza: You have our word.
Leo: Oh, and you -- like I'm going to believe anything that you say.
Tad: How about our word and $250,000 for your trouble?
Leo: What?
Liza: If you're serious about Bora Bora, 250,000 will let you be there in style for a long, long time. What do you say?
Tad: Come on, Leo, don't be a fool. You don't want to take the dive for a guy like David. Blood's not really that much thicker than water, not in your family. He would sell you out in a heartbeat. He's not worth it. You know it, a I know it.
Leo: No.
Liza: Leo, don't be an idiot.
Leo: No, no, I think you're bluffing, both of you. You don't have anything, and you think that I'm going to be the one to give it to you. Sorry, no.

Tad: We were excellent. I thought we had him. But we've got him right where we want him. Trust me. He's out there changing his towel right now. I'm taking it from here, ok?
Liza: Tad --
Tad: I'll call you, ok? Good job.

Adam: Pushing you away was the worst mistake I've ever made. And you're right. A good father never would have done that, no matter what the circumstances. I haven't lived up to my end of the bargain, JR I told you I was going to change. I haven't changed. Tad has been a better father to you than I could ever be. I should be grateful.
J.R.: Dad, I know you didn't mean any of those things. I realize how crazy your life's been.
Adam: No excuse. None. And I'm sorry if I sound like I'm blaming your mother and Tad for everything that's gone wrong. We're all -- we're all raising you together. We all love you. And that's how it should be.
J.R.: I just wish things would all work out.
Adam: Yeah, I'm sure you do, son.
J.R.: Stuff doesn't just work out, does it?
Adam: It can.
J.R.: I mean, I had a lot of fun with Mom and Tad and Jamie.
Adam: Yeah, I'm sure you miss them very much.
J.R.: It's good to be here, though.
Adam: Well, I'm glad about that.
J.R.: It just isn't the same. Not at all.
Adam: I know. I know it's not. It's not because I let you down. If I would have let you down once, that would have been too many, but I do it over and over and over again. And I have no right to ask this, but I want you to give me one more chance. J.R., What do you say?

Joe: Having Dixie accept the prize is your idea, David, so I'll let you arrange the details. I have to go meet with the hospital attorneys. Leslie's sister is suing us. Can't say that I blame her.

Dixie: Why did you put my name on that award submission really?
David: I already told you. I couldn't have saved Dimitri or advanced the hormone therapy research, Dixie, without your assistance.
Dixie: Well, then, I'm touched and I'm flattered.
David: Hey, it's well deserved.
Dixie: But we both know that I was just your administrative assistant. I didn't do anything but support you and help keep Dimitri's identity a secret. I didn't do anything. I didn't help you with your research.
David: Well, then, I guess you have to be in my shoes to know how invaluable you were. Dixie, when I first started my work, regenerating brain cells for hormone therapy was absolutely unheard of. I mean, this was like -- like guerrilla research. And here you and I were right there at the edge of some huge discovery. I mean, that time was very precious to me.
Dixie: It was incredibly exciting for me, too.
David: I mean, it's really what brought us together.
Dixie: You know, we were doing so well when we were just working together. Maybe it should have stayed that way.

Leslie: You saved my life again, Gordon.
Gordon: Yeah, I guess you pushed too hard.
Leslie: Oh. I don't know what would have happened to me without you. You have been so kind.
Gordon: Well, you know, we're in this together. I mean, David Hayward tried to ruin both of us. I thought I had it bad. He just wanted me to disappear, you know? He tried to off you.
Leslie: We were lucky we found each other.
Gordon: Do you know, I have these dreams about seeing him in prison, and they're not pretty dreams, if you know what I mean. I never thought of myself as like a vengeful, spiteful person, and now I'm thriving on it, you know. It's, like, what I live for. You, too?
Leslie: I will not rest until we both get our lives back and David paid for what he did to us.
Gordon: We're a lot alike.
Leslie: I think so, too.
Gordon: I know people think you're an egg shy of a dozen, but that's just because they just don't take the time to really get to know you.
Leslie: Thank you.
Gordon: Oh, man, Leslie. Do you realize if we had met sooner, I mean, we could have changed the world together?
Leslie: Well, I'll guess we'll just have to settle for changing our world a little bit, huh? There's one more thing I need, though.
Gordon: Name it.
Leslie: This is the most important thing you will ever, ever do, Gordon. Can I count on you?

J.R.: Yeah, sure we can start over
Adam: Are you positive?
JR.: Yeah. I mean, I am going to be living with you guys.
Adam: Yeah, I'm very happy about that.
J.R.: I know.
Adam: And I'm happy for Colby. A little girl should have her big brother around a lot.
J.R.: Yeah. Hey, am I still grounded?
Adam: Grounded? Well, I -- are you?
J.R.: Well, here's the thing. If I am, do you think we could defer a day practice at the Lock and Save, and I really don't want to miss it.
Adam: Oh -- well, I would think band practice -- that should be ok. How's that going, anyway?
J.R.: Great, actually. We just wrote four new songs, and we're going to cut a demo CD. this summer.
Adam: Really? I'm very impressed. A demo CD.? That's very professional. That's way out of the realm of garage bands. You know, that gives me an idea. Do you have any idea how many unused outbuildings we have on this property?
J.R.: No.
Adam: Well, maybe -- would you mind rehearsing here on the estate? I mean, I could refurbish one of them for you and the band.
J.R.: Really?
Adam: Sure. Fix it up real nice, like a recording studio.
J.R.: That stuff's pretty expensive, Dad.
Adam: Yeah, well, let's call it an early birthday present.
J.R.: Thanks a lot.
Adam: Yeah.
J.R.: But in the meantime, I still have that Lock and Save thing, so, do you think I could get some money?
Adam: Well, sure. How much?
J.R.: 25.
Adam: Well, let's -- let's make it 50. My first foray into music moguldom.
J.R.: Thanks, Dad.
Adam: Sure.
J.R.: Can I go now?
Adam: Yeah. Yeah, sure. Have fun.
J.R.: And I'm sorry about the whole cutting class thing.
Adam: Well, let's just -- let's just put that behind us, ok?
J.R.: Ok.
Adam: Clean slate.
J.R.: See you.
Adam: Yeah, have fun.
J.R.: Bye, Liza.
Liza: Bye.
Adam: J.R.?
J.R.: Yeah.
Adam: Do you need somebody to pick you up after rehearsal?
J.R.: No, Tad's going to drive me home.
Adam: Ah, good. Ok.
J.R.: Thanks a lot.

Adam: Oh, oh. My day is getting better by the second.
Liza: Did you talk to his counselor?
Adam: Ah, that's overblown nonsense. But I do think JR. And I are making some progress.
Liza: Well, I'm happy for both of you.
Adam: Yeah. Well, do you remember something about a honeymoon?
Liza: Well, I'd almost forgotten.
Adam: Yes. Well, would you forgive me if I reminded you?

David: You opened up my world in a way that I never dreamed of because I never knew that my life could be so full. You gave me support, Dixie, and encouragement. Courage. Laughter. And then you gave me your love, and I felt like I could die a happy man.
Dixie: David --
David: And what that made me realize was that this wasn't just a dream, that I could have you, that I could be your love, that I could be your support, your encouragement. You gave that to me, Dixie, and I can't act like I never had it. Do you understand that?
Dixie: I understand that you're making a huge play here.
David: No. I am not playing, not anymore. I used to have the respect of my colleagues, thanks from patients and their families, and nothing else. You gave me everything else, Dixie, and I can't not have that now. I don't care if there are stories about us or people think that our work was compromised as a result of the work that we did together and our relationship. All I know is that I love you. And what that made me realize is this -- that you taught me how I can be someone that I can respect. I finally feel, Dixie, as if I have the potential of being a person who truly deserves you. And that really is the greatest reward of all.
Dixie: You know, I had to fight Tad to work with you. I told him how important the research was that you were doing and how much I felt a part of it because I was privy to all of this information. And I convinced myself that by working for you, that I was something else, that I had more to offer. That's what you gave me. But I wasn't able to accept that. You know why?
David: No.
Dixie: Because Tad told me that the only reason that I took the job and the only reason that I kept doing the job, even though we were fighting and at each other's throats, was because I -- because I wanted to be close to you.
David: Do you want to know something?
Dixie: Yes.
David: For once in my life, I hope Tad was right.

Tad: Say good-bye, David.

Adam: I want you to imagine that this is a room in a mansion by the Caribbean Sea.
Liza: Oh, I like that.
Adam: And in this room, in a mansion by the Caribbean Sea, where we are having our extended, exclusive honeymoon. There's champagne everywhere.
Liza: Got it. Adam: And, so, flowers, tropical flowers in every vase and every crevice.
Liza: Hmm, no. That sounds a little funeral homeish.
Adam: Yeah. Scrape the flowers. Ok, rose petals everywhere.
Liza: Oh.
Adam: And a breeze, a soft breeze coming through the French doors from the sea.
Liza: This is -- this is working. I like this.
Adam: And -- and a small, discreet chamber orchestra playing Bach.
Liza: No, scratch that. How about jazz? I like the saxophone.
Adam: Done. I'm beginning to like this.
Liza: Hmm. It's perfect.
Adam: Very nice.
Liza: It's perfect.
Adam: Yeah, well, it's not as exactly perfect because it's a fantasy that I can't deliver, at least not today.
Liza: I see. So you're going to argue with me. I thought this was our honeymoon.
Adam: You're right.
Liza: Repeat after me -- I Adam --
Adam: I Adam --
Liza: Am having a perfectly wonderful time with my new wife, Liza.
Adam: Am having a perfectly wonderful, glamorous, gorgeous, fantastic time with my beautiful, new wife, Liza.
Liza: I see. You always have to edit me.
Adam: I have to let you know how special you are to me.
Liza: Well, it's working. Maybe you're learning something.
Adam: Maybe.
Liza: So did you call down and ask them for a turndown?
Adam: Oh, I forgot.
Liza: Hmm. So I suppose we have to turn down the sheets all by ourselves.
Adam: Can't wait.

Dixie: I'm still not sure how I feel about this.
David: Which this are we talking about, Dixie?
Dixie: The award.
David: Well, like I said, I --
Dixie: Yes, you couldn't have done it without me.
David: That's the truth.
Dixie: I -- I can't accept this award for you.
David: Dixie --
Dixie: No, but, you know, I can accept it with you. You deserve the acclaim and the honor. That's yours. And I accept you making me a part of the process that is bringing you such wonderful recognition of your incredible talent.
David: Sounds like a business transaction.
Dixie: I'm sorry. It's the best that I can give you right now.
David: It means a lot to me that you want to be there with me. Thank you.
Dixie: You're welcome. Ok. David -- I don't know if anybody has ever made me feel so needed.
David: How about loved?
David: I'm not going to lose you, Dixie. I'll give up on everything else before I give up on you.

Gordon: Tad Martin?
Tad: Yeah?
Gordon: Um -- I have some information that I am pretty sure you want.
Tad: I know you. You're that lab technician, the one who worked for Hayward. You covered his tracks, right?
Gordon: Ok, look, he threatened me, ok?
Tad: Where the hell have you been? We've been looking all over for you. Feimster, right? Gordon Feimster, am I right?
Gordon: Yeah. That's what --
Tad: Ok, listen, you're going to come with me to the police station right now.
Gordon: No, no, no, no. Not yet. Wait a minute. Will you just hear me out?
Tad: Listen, I'll hear you out. That's no problem. I just want to do it in front of Lt. Derrick Frye --
Gordon: Ok, look -- will you just listen to what I'm telling you? Ok, I can take you to Leslie Coulson. Right now.
Tad: What?
Gordon: Just come with me. Come with me to see Leslie, and then the three of us can go to the police, and we will nail that poor excuse for a doctor to the wall. All right? Come on.
Tad: I swear, if this is some kind of con --
Gordon: Are you coming or aren't you?

[Leslie hums "Wedding March"]

Leslie: I love only you, Tad. All for only you.


ON THE NEXT - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Gillian: Why don't we just get married tomorrow?
Ryan: You mean elope?

David: Your heart was racing when Edmund left the room.

Leo: I just got a lucrative offer from Tad and Liza. Seems they're interested in a certain videotape in which you're the star.

Leslie: I knew you'd come.