Erica: David, you may think that exposing Vanessa would help Leo. But I think you could be making a big mistake.
David: No, no, no. The only mistake would be me letting Vanessa continue to delude Leo. Look, she's not trying to protect him from a murder rap or anything else.
Erica: I agree. But unmasking a parent -- that is traumatic.
David: But don't you think that I know that? Trust me. He'll get over it.
Erica: I'm not so sure.
David: Erica, do you remember how you felt when your friends lied to you about the scars on your face? You were furious. You said that you'd rather know the truth regardless of how painful it was.
Erica: But I didn't always feel that way, David. That took a lot of growing up for me to get to that point.
David: Well, then maybe it's time for baby brother Leo to grow up, too. Hell he doesn't even have to do anything. All he has to do is open up his eyes to the truth.
Erica: You make it sound as if all he has to do is flip a switch! David, you're just not listening to me. This is what always happens with us.
David: Oh, no, please, please, look, let's -- please let's not turn this into an issue about us, all right?
Erica: Well, then would you please try to hear -- try to hear what I'm saying.
David: I am, I am. I just don't agree. All right, look, I'll tell you what -- I will give Leo the final say, all right? If he doesn't want to hear Vanessa's confession, I won't push it. But denial or not, he has to learn the truth about her. Where Vanessa's concerned, the sooner, the better.

Becca: No, no, no! No. God, I cannot keep doing this.
Leo: Sure, you can. It's easy.
Becca: Maybe for you.
Leo: Well, you didn't seem too torn a minute ago.
Becca: Well, I am.
Leo: I can fix that.
Becca: No. God, no! You get me so mixed up sometimes. You just make me crazy!
Leo: Good. I like crazy. And I like you wanting me just as much as I want you.
Becca: No! No, no, Leo, I don't.
Leo: And it isn't like it's the first time either, Becca.
Becca: Oh, so you're a mind reader now?
Leo: No. I read lips.
Becca: Well, then read mine. This is not going to happen. We're not going to happen.
Leo: What, I'm not safe enough for your chaste little existence?
Becca: No, I'm -- I'm not interested.
Leo: So why did you kiss me like that?
Becca: Because -- because I felt sorry for you.
Leo: You felt sorry for me? Ah. So poor little Leo gets a few smooches from Becca's charity fund, right? How about Scott? I mean, he's been down on his luck these days. What did he get?

Ryan: It's ok. It's ok, Princess. Shh, shh, shh.
Gillian: No, it's not. It's awful!
Ryan: I know.
Gillian: It's gruesome!
Ryan: I know it is, I know it is, but you're going to have to calm down for me, ok? Just calm down.
Gillian: Why do you think he fell out of the closet like that? Do you think he's haunting us?
Ryan: No. No, no. I didn't close the doors hard enough, that's all, and it popped open, he fell out. That's all. Ok?
Gillian: Oh.
Ryan: Yeah. All right. Now, I'm going to have to let go of you now to put our friend here back in the closet so nobody sees him. You going to be ok?
Gillian: Mm-hmm.
Ryan: Are you sure? Ok. Ok. Ok. All right. It's ok, it's ok.
Ryan: Uh.
Gillian: Is it safe now?
Ryan: Yeah. He's in there for good. Look at you, you're shaking.
Gillian: Thank you so much for coming over when Grandmama and I needed you.
Ryan: You're welcome. You're welcome. Look, why don't you go up to the house with Eugenia and I'll stay here, ok?
Gillian: No. No, no. Ryan, I'm not going to leave you here alone. I'm going to stay the night with you.

Dimitri: Edmund? Hold on.
Edmund: Dimitri?
Dimitri: Edmund, I'm right here.

[Footsteps]

Quinn: Let's get this done. We haven't got much time.
Dr. Griffith: Both of them?
Quinn: No. Orders say terminate Grey only.
Dr. Griffith: What about Marick?
Quinn: Not yet. His time will come.
Dr. Griffith: How do they want it done?
Quinn: Same as the housekeeper -- make it look like a heart attack.
Quinn: I'll leave you to it, then. I'm going to make preparations for our evacuation.
Dr. Griffith: We're evacuating?
Quinn: That's the order. Security's been breached. We can't continue our operations here. It leaves us only one choice. Evacuate immediately.
Dr. Griffith: Very well. I'll finish up here, and I'll meet you outside.
Dr. Griffith: You've inconvenienced me for the last time -- Guard! Quinn! Quinn!
Woman: Drop it or your brother dies.

Ryan: I'm going to be fine here on my own tonight, ok?
Gillian: I'm not going to let you stay here alone with -- him.
Ryan: Well, it's not as if you're going to get a lot of sleep here with me. And him. Look at you. You're terrified. Go on up to the house, ok? Go on. I'll stay here. He certainly can't hurt me.
Gillian: You're not afraid of being alone with a dead body?
Ryan: No. No, well, I don't really have a tremendous amount of experience with it, but --
Gillian: I have. Once. When I had to kiss Mama good-bye. Papa made me do it. It was horrible. I told Edmund about it.
Ryan: Well, tell me about it.
Gillian: Well, at first she just looked like Mama. But then as I got closer to her, everything in me wanted to get away. She -- she looked just like her, but then as Papa held me closer to her, it wasn't her. Her skin wasn't soft and smooth. It was just cold as a stone.
Ryan: Why would your father make you do something like that? You were just a little girl.
Gillian: Maybe he thought it would be good for me. And one day I'd look back and I'd be glad that I had one final chance to kiss her good-bye. But it was awful. And I have so few memories of her, and that was my final memory of her.
Ryan: You have plenty of wonderful memories that are strong enough to combat that last one, Princess.
Gillian: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get like this. It's just --
Ryan: Hey, hey --
Gillian: This body, you know?
Ryan: I know, I know. I understand, ok? Listen, why don't you go in there and lie down, in the bedroom, and I'll stay out here on the couch.
Gillian: Ok. I'll be in the bedroom.
Ryan: Ok.
Gillian: Good night, Ryan.
Ryan: Good night, Princess.

Becca: How can you be so despicable?
Leo: It's a family thing. I come from a long line of despots.
Becca: Oh, don't even judge Scott by your standards. He would never use his unhappiness to his advantage, ever, unlike you. God, how can you even joke about him at a time like this? He just lost his father!
Leo: Forget it, ok?
Becca: Look, I have defended you so many times to him it makes me dizzy.
Leo: Good for you.
Becca: And I'm tired of you taking pot shots at him. He doesn't deserve that. You couldn't even begin to understand him if your life depended on it. He's a real gentleman, with real integrity.
Leo: So, what's holding you back, Becca? Why are you even wasting your time on undeserving scum like me? Why should I even get any consideration? I'm only accused of murder. Scott's grieving his father's death, so, by all means, go to him. Go comfort your brooding Sir Galahad.
Becca: How can you be so heartless? It's your fault that Scott's grieving his father at all. If it wasn't for you, his father might still be alive.

Erica: How do you plan to go about this? Vanessa is way too concerned with protecting her own hide to confess.
David: I don't know. I haven't come up with a plan yet. But whatever I do, I have to make sure that I don't tip Vanessa off.
Erica: And if you and I approach her, Vanessa would be instantly suspicious.
David: I know, I know. That's the problem. I need outside help.
Erica: Palmer.
David: I -- uh -- I don't know, I don't know. I'm not sure how I feel about Daddy Cortlandt right now. I mean, one minute he seems like he's busy defending Vanessa. The next, he seems like he's on to her. And if that's the case, then why is he keeping her around?
Erica: Palmer's as cagey as anyone. He's just fiercely proud, that's all. I'm sure he can't even entertain the notion that Vanessa would cheat on him.
David: Then his pride comes at too high a price.
Erica: I agree. But he would be more willing to consider Vanessa having killed Paolo rather than having slept with him.
David: How is he going to accept the fact that she did both?
Erica: You leave Palmer to me.
David: Well, I thought you didn't agree with my plot to get Vanessa.
Erica: I don't. I'm very concerned about how it's going to affect your brother Leo. But I know you, David, and I know that you are determined to do this anyway, right?
David: Yes. I absolutely am.
Erica: Well, then, you're going to have to do it without concerning Leo. And that means Palmer and that means me.
David: You think I'm being cruel, don't you?
Erica: I hope not.
David: Erica, I'm doing this for Leo. He may have survived Vanessa, but there's no way that he would survive prison. He's not resilient enough. And thanks to Vanessa, he has no real coping skills at all other than continuously deluding himself.
Erica: Well, that's a form of coping.
David: Yeah, well, if he ends up in Statesville, don't expect him to start acting out "Life is beautiful." Prison would break him, and I'm not going to let that happen, especially since Leo's only crime was loving our heartless mother.

Leo: You're blaming me for Stuart Chandler's death?
Becca: No. No, God, no, no. Forget about it.
Leo: No, forget it? You just said that I'm responsible for Scott's father's death, Becca. I can't just shrug that off.
Becca: I know. I shouldn't have said it. It just -- it slipped out.
Leo: Because you obviously think it.
Becca: No --
Leo: Well, you can't cop out now, Becca.
Becca: Leo, Leo, just drop it, ok?
Leo: No. I want the truth. You're a big proponent of the truth, aren't you?
Becca: Leo --
Leo: Tell me!
Becca: Ok! God. Mr. Chandler -- Stuart -- he saw the videotape that Liza made of you confessing that Adam had you hire Paolo to seduce Marian. And he got so upset that he went to the cabin to be alone. Ok? There.
Leo: No -- and he died in the fire there. Now I get it.
Becca: No. No, no. I should not have said that. I'm sorry. It was an accident.
Leo: An accident that I set into motion.
Becca: No. There were a lot of other people involved.
Leo: Don't kid a kidder, Becca. You want to hear the ultimate irony? Here I am, a guy that's accused of murdering Paolo Caselli, a guy that I didn't kill. I want everyone to believe that I'm innocent, but all the while, I'm responsible for another man's death. And I didn't even know it. You know, maybe I shouldn't fight this charge. I mean, murder's murder, right?

Dimitri: I will kill him. You release me and my brother or your man dies. I will stick this in his neck.
Woman: You're in no position to bargain for anything, Dimitri, let alone your brother's life.
Dimitri: You. What are you doing here?
Dr. Griffith: Consider yourself fortunate, Mr. Marick. Few people have ever actually met our director.

[Footsteps]

Alex: Don't move.
Nurse Ames: Ah! Please, don't kill me.
Alex: No, I won't.
Nurse Ames: Is he dead?
Alex: No. Unconscious.
Nurse Ames: Please, please don't hurt me.
Alex: I'm not going to. I need information. I'm looking for Edmund Grey.
Nurse Ames: Who?
Alex: Oh, don't play games with me. I know he's here.
Nurse Ames: Well, if he was, he's probably gone. We have to leave the building. They told us to evacuate.
Alex: Why?
Nurse Ames: Because it's going to blow up.
Nurse Ames: Please! We have to get out of here!
Alex: Calm down! What are you talking about?
Nurse Ames: It's going to blow up! There must be a bomb or something. Please, there's no time to explain. Let's go.
Alex: No, no, no, no, no. Where is Edmund?
Nurse Ames: I don't know.

[Alarm sounds]

Nurse Ames: Oh, dear God, we're going to die in here.
Alex: Are you positive you don't know here he is?
Nurse Ames: I swear it. I'd tell you if I did.

[Alarm]

Nurse Ames: Please, I don't want to die.
Alex: No, go on, get out of here.
Nurse Ames: Aren't you coming?
Alex: Not without him.

P.A. Announcer: Evacuation procedures are in effect. Everyone must vacate the building. Evacuation procedures are in effect. Everyone must vacate the building.

[Alarm]

Alex: Edmund?

Dimitri: What is going on here?
Woman: Nothing you have to worry about. I have everything under control.
Dimitri: So you are the head of this entire operation?
Woman: I hope your surprise isn't gender related. That would be quite disappointing.
Dimitri: All these months --
Woman: And you didn't have a clue. Mr. Marick's getting cranky, Griffith. Perhaps another sedative's in order. How's Mr. Grey?
Dr. Griffith: Resting comfortably.
Dimitri: What about Alex? What are you planning to do? Where is she?
Woman: I? I am not sure and as far as I'm concerned, Alexandra's safe in Pine Valley.
Dr. Griffith: How are we doing for time, Madam?
Woman: We're fine, if we move quickly.
Dimitri: What are you planning to do with my brother?
Woman: Bring Mr. Marick to my office. I'd like to discuss your brother's future and your extraordinary recovery.
Dimitri: I will not leave my brother!
Woman: There's no need for any unpleasantness. Your brother's safe for now. You have my word.
Dimitri: Don't you dare hurt him . Edmund, hold on!

Woman: One moment, Griffith.
[Alarm]

Becca: You are not a murderer. You did not kill Paolo.
Leo: What does it matter? I killed Stuart Chandler.
Becca: No. I shouldn't have said that. It was so wrong of me. I'm s--
Leo: You know, I didn't even want to set up Marian. I told Adam that it was a bad idea. But -- he threatened me. I should have just walked out the door. I should have backed down.
Becca: God, I'm -- I'm so sorry, Leo. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm so --
Leo: Look, don't. Ok? I'm not doing this to make you feel sorry for me, Becca. And I don't want a mercy kiss. And I don't even want you to pretend like you care.
Becca: No, I do care.
Leo: Well, fine. Send me a birthday card when I go to jail.
Becca: No, don't say that.
Leo: Do me a favor, ok? Get the hell away from me.
Becca: No, no, Leo -- Leo: No, you heard me, Becca. Back off!

Leo: There was no one else. Adam gave me orders. I found Paolo and hired him to seduce your mother. But I swear to you that I didn't know he was going to drug her.

Vanessa: Oh. Leo, here you are. I have been looking all over for you, darling. Thank heavens I spotted your car by the park -- park entrance. Come on, darling, limousine's waiting. We can talk there.
Leo: Not now, not now, Mother.
Vanessa: Darling, what is it? You look absolutely dreadful. Hmm?
Leo: Have you ever done something that you wish you wouldn't have done? Something that got completely out of control?
Vanessa: What exactly are we talking about?
Leo: Something horrible. Something that you wish you could take back, but then it was too late. I don't know, maybe it was an accident, something that you never meant to happen, but it did because you were the one that set the plan in motion. And now there's nothing that you can do about it.
Vanessa: Oh! For God's sakes, Leo, if you're trying to accuse me of something, why don't you just come right out and do it?

Gillian: I thought you might need these.
Ryan: Oh. Yeah. I could use the pillow. But I'm warm enough, so you can keep the blanket. Thank you.
Gillian: Are you sure? I -- I could get you some candles, if you want, because I had a nanny once who said candlelight warded off evil spirits. Maybe it's just a superstition, but it can't hurt, right? I have some in my bedroom. I'll go get them.

Ryan's voice: Ryan! What are you, nuts?
Image: Don't do it, man. Don't go in that bedroom. You go in there, it's the beginning of the end. Get over yourself. Do yourself a favor. Get over Gillian.
Image: Listen to me, going into that bedroom is like one more hand for a gambler on the wrong side of a losing streak. You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about that guy who keeps going deeper and deeper, saying, "this is it, this is it, just one more, just one more time." Meanwhile, he's going deeper and deeper into his pockets, giving away his watch giving away everything he's got, his pride, his hopes, his dreams, until he's got nothing left.
Ryan: It's not like that.
Image: It's exactly like that and you know it's exactly like that. You want Gillian to choose you over Jake.
Ryan: Jake's gone.
Image: Yes, he is. Jake's gone. What happens when he comes back? Listen to me, you got to give her time to figure out what she wants. That means saying no and not running to her every single time she calls you.
Ryan: Even if -- even if she needs me?
Image: How is she going to know what she needs if you're always there? Stop looking back. Keep going forward.

Gillian: What did you say?
Ryan: Huh? Uh -- nothing, no.
Gillian: I thought I heard you talking.
Ryan: No, I was -- I was just -- I was just thinking out loud.

Erica: All right. We're all set. The front desk is going to handle our delivery.
David: Good. You sure Palmer will come?
Erica: Of course he'll come. He said he'd be here soon. And how about you?
David: I have everything I need. Things are coming together quite nicely.
Erica: David, you're going to very great lengths to help your brother Leo. You're starting to care for him.
David: Well, it's not his fault that he turned out to be the son of a viper.
Erica: Are you sure this is all about Leo?
David: What is that supposed to mean?
Erica: Well, you've wanted to bring down Vanessa for quite some time. What better way to do it than to turn her beloved son against her?

[Knock on door]

Erica: Palmer, hi. Thank you for coming.
Palmer: All right, I'm here. What's this about?
Erica: Palmer, you said you wanted to help me, you wanted to help me clear my name.
Palmer: Well, yes, of course. What can I do?
Erica: And I know exactly the way that you could help me.
Palmer: What can I do?
Erica: You can help us to get Vanessa to confess to having killed Paolo Caselli.

Leo: Why would you think that I'm accusing you of anything? Did you do something?
Vanessa: Oh -- other than trying to find you, darling, of course not. I'm sorry. I've just been so worried.
Leo: Yeah, me, too.
Vanessa: Well, about what exactly, darling? Tell me.
Leo: I got in over my head in something.
Vanessa: Well, tell Mummy all about it. We'll figure it out. Come on, darling. Does this have anything to do with refusing to accept the plea bargain? I have to admit that I was disappointed when Palmer told me that Walter dropped the case, but you did the right thing, Leo. We certainly don't want someone on our team who isn't playing with total conviction.
Leo: "Our team"?
Vanessa: Yes, darling. We are going to pull together on this. We're going to beat these ridiculous charges. And, you know, your stand on this could be a great strategic move because it sends the message that you're innocent and you are going to go the distance to prove it.
Leo: Innocence isn't all it's cracked up to be, Mother.
Vanessa: Hmm. Come on, darling. That's nerves talking. Don't be gloomy. You have to stay positive. You know what I was thinking about this morning? Baden-Baden. Do you remember how you used to love it there in the summertime? Hmm?
Leo: Haven't you heard, Mother? You can never go back again.
Vanessa: Well, we can and we will. It'll be good for both of us. Come on, what do you say?
Leo: I'll give it some thought.
Vanessa: That's my boy. We'll forget all our troubles. Be just like old times.

[Alarm sounds]

PA Announcer: Evacuation procedures are in effect. Evacuation procedures are in effect. You must vacate immediately.

[Footsteps]

Dr. Griffith: Did you hear, Madam, that we have 10 minutes?
Woman: Yes, and what a pity that is, thanks to you.
Dr. Griffith: Me?
Woman: You got sloppy, Griffith. You compromised our security.
Dr. Griffith: With all due respect, Madam, both Guy and I wanted to terminate Alexandra Marick months ago. If you had granted permission, perhaps it wouldn't have come to this.
Woman: It's of little consequence now, isn't it? You've left a real mess here. I'll just have to clear it up. A woman's work is never done.

[Alarm]

[Gunshot]

Gillian: Why are you staring at me like that?
Ryan: Because you look so beautiful, the way the candlelight is bouncing off your hair and off your face.
Gillian: Really?
Ryan: Yes. Really. I could so easily take you into my arms and carry you into the other room, lose myself in every part of you. Oh, I want to. But I can't. I want to, but I can't. We can't, we can't.
Ryan: As much as I want to, Gillian, as much as I want to, and believe me, I do. You're married. And I have to respect that, and so do you. So I'm going to sleep out here on the couch, and you are going to sleep in the bedroom alone.

Palmer: You actually expect me to help trick my wife into a confession of murder?
Erica: I thought you said you wanted to help me clear my name?
Palmer: Well, I know, but at my wife's expense?
David: Face the facts, Palmer. She killed Paolo.
Palmer: No. Uh-uh. Don't know any facts. Only innuendos.
Erica: Well, then prove us wrong.
David: That's right, and possibly save your own hide in the process.
Palmer: You've been singing that song a long time, David, ever since I married your mother, but, ha-ha, I'm still here.
David: Count your blessings.
Erica: Palmer, what will it be? Will you help me? Will you help me clear my name?
Palmer: It seems so ruthless, ruthless. I mean, trick my wife that way.
David: Well, somehow I think you can manage it. So what's it going to be?
Palmer: Oh, well, all right, all right, all right. I'll go along with this sting of yours, but only to prove my wife's innocence.
Erica: Thank you, Palmer. Thank you so much. What about Leo?
David: I'll give him a call.

Vanessa: Oh, darling, we will have a marvelous time in Baden Baden. We'll go horseback riding on the beach --
Leo: You hate to ride.
Vanessa: No. Ok, we will charter a yacht. Small crew. Circle the island.
Leo: Oh, sailing.
Vanessa: Hmm.
Leo: We haven't done that in a while.
Vanessa: I wonder if that marvelous artist is still there? If she is, I think I will commission her to do a portrait of the two of us.
Leo: We're a little old for a Madonna and child portrait, don't you think, Mother?
Vanessa: Leo, how many times do I have to tell you, darling, that you will always be my baby?
Leo: Yeah, you always say that.
Vanessa: Hmm. There. Don't you feel better now, having something to look forward to?
Leo: I can always count on you for that.

[Telephone rings]

Leo: Oh. Hold on.

[Ring]

Leo: Hello.
David: Leo, don't hang up. It's David. Leo: What do you want?
David: Can you talk?
Leo: I guess.
David: I want you to come back to the Valley Inn right away.
Leo: I'm sort of in the middle of something.
David: It can wait. We're about to expose Vanessa. It's about time that you see your mother for who she real is. Leo, are you going to come?

[Alarm sounds]

[Footsteps]

[Alarm]

Alex: Oh, Edmund.

ON THE NEXT - - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Greenlee: I'm going to rock your world.

Vanessa: I can't die like this. Not yet.

Woman: You can't save yourself. You can't save anyone.

Alex: You promised me a life together!
P.A. Announcer: Five minutes --
Alex: Oh, come on, Edmund.