Leo: I would've thought
Bianca would've at least made it
into the dining room before
she freaked out.
Greenlee: I wouldn't have
taken that bet.
She's used to solving
her problems in a bathroom
stall.
Leo: And you wonder why
people call you a bitch.
Greenlee: The girl's in rehab
for an eating disorder.
Get real.
Wait!
Where are you going?
Leo: I'm going to go see
if Blanca's all right.
Greenlee: But Wade could show
up any minute and do something
to me.
Leo: What exactly do
you expect me to do if Wade
shows up?
Greenlee: What you do best --
save my butt.
Bianca: Ok, don't freak out.
You're fine.
These people only wish
you the best.
Woman: Hi.
Bianca: Hi.
Woman: Are you ok?
I saw you kind of
hyperventilating when you came
in.
Bianca: Was it that obvious?
Woman: Only when you've been
there yourself.
Bianca: Are you hiding
in here, too?
Woman: Oh, "hiding" is such
an ugly word.
I prefer "regrouping."
My name's Allison.
Allison Jones.
Bianca: Hi, I'm Bianca.
Allison: Bianca, I know --
the guest of honor.
Bianca: How weird is this?
Supposedly this is my party
and we've never even met.
Allison: Oh, don't apologize.
My parents are friends
with your mom.
Oh, I'd be dying if all this was
for me.
Bianca: I was barely
in the room before I totally
froze.
Allison: Party freeze.
Bianca: It's just,
like -- it's the thought
of having to talk to all those
people I don't know.
Allison: Worrying about
impressing everyone,
spilling your drink.
Bianca: Not getting spinach
caught between your teeth.
Allison: I already failed
that test tonight.
You want to share your misery?
We could stick together.
Bianca: Really?
Allison: I could use someone
at my side as much as you.
Bianca: Wow.
Guess I can't spend the rest
of the night in here.
Allison: You find us a corner
to hide in and I'll be right
out.
Bianca: Cool.
Allison: If the rest
of the night is this easy,
I've got a major scoop.
Erica: Well, Jack.
It's been a lo time since
you've had me on your arm.
Jack: Yes.
Erica: How does that feel?
Jack: It's always an honor,
Erica.
Erica: Good answer.
Jack: Thank you.
Erica: Thank you.
Jack: And you receive kudos
for getting ready at record
pace.
Erica: Well --
Jack: I mean, I can't
actually believe I'm going
to actually see you show up
at a social event on time.
Erica: Jack.
Anyhow, this evening is all
about Bianca.
I wasn't going to be late,
not for a second.
I just have to be sure that
every single detail is
absolutely perfect,
Jack, you know, right down
to every petal on every single
flower.
Oh, and my biggest coup was that
I landed O-Town.
O-town is going to be here
tonight.
And the band's manager has
arranged a really special favor
for me.
I've got to thank him for that.
Oh, Bianca is going to be
thrilled.
Jack: Yeah, well, I don't
know if I'd count on that.
I have yet to hear her refer
to this party with anything
other than dread in her voice.
Erica: Oh, Jack, it's just
going to take a little effort,
you know, to get her to relax.
Jack: Yes, yes, but,
Erica, why should she have
to make that effort, you know?
Erica: Because, Jack,
once she does, she's just going
to have the time of her life,
that's why, and that's all
I want for her.
Erica: Bianca!
Oh, honey, what's the matter?
You seem a little jumpy.
Bianca: I'm a little nervous,
Mom.
Jack: Well, that's to be
expected, which is why
your Uncle Jack is here.
You just take my arm
and I'll beat back the crowd
with my bare hands.
Erica: Oh, Jack, you're not
going to have to beat off
anybody.
Our guests won't bite.
Oh, honey, come over here.
Bianca: Oh, Mom, please --
Erica: Honey, I just want
to be sure that this hair is
right where it should be.
Ryan: How did it go in there?
How did Jake deal with it?
Gillian: I never saw any
of this turn out the way it has.
Ryan: Neither of us had.
Neither of us did.
Gillian: Jake apologized
to me for the way he left
Pine Valley.
Ryan: Ok.
So you couldn't --
you couldn't tell him about us,
could you?
Gillian: No, Ryan,
I couldn't.
Look at the situation we're in.
Ryan: I see the situation,
Gillian.
I just risked my life,
your life, my company to get
Jake out of Chechnya to try
and do the right thing.
Gillian: I know that,
Ryan, and that's exactly what
I'm trying to do now.
I'm trying to do the right
thing.
Ryan: I know, I know,
you said you needed to see him
in person.
See him in person, to tell him
in person that you needed
a divorce.
Gillian: And I will,
but he's in a lot of pain
right now.
How can I just add to that?
Ryan: Gillian,
are you falling in love
with him?
Jake: Well, with these pain
meds, I'm looking to manage it
right around a level four.
Joe: My son the MD.
Jake: Dad, I just keep
thinking I wouldn't be here
if I'd just been faster.
Joe: Been slower,
Ryan and Gillian wouldn't be
here.
Don't think I'll ever get tired
of telling you how proud I am
of you.
I want everyone back home
to know what happened,
what you did.
Jake: You'd have done
the same thing.
Joe: Mm-hmm.
Jake: So you mentioned Ryan.
Is he still here?
Joe: Yes, yes, he is.
Jake: Why?
Gillian: Ryan, I care about
Jake, but that can never compare
to what I feel for you.
Don't you know that?
Ryan: I thought I did.
Bianca: Mom, my hair's fine.
Erica: I know, Sweetheart.
I just want you to look
your best.
Bianca: I thought I already
did.
Jack: And you do, you do.
Erica: Yes.
Bianca: You know,
Mom, I just want people to like
me for who I am, not because I'm
some kind of poseur.
Erica: Oh, Honey, of course
people are going to like
you for who you are.
Jack: Absolutely,
starting with me.
But I must tell you,
your mother is not wrong.
You look absolutely stunning,
not a molecule out of place.
Bianca: Thank you,
Uncle Jack.
Jack: You're welcome.
Bianca: I really just wish
my dad would show up.
Erica: Oh, Honey, I really
don't understand why you needed
to invite your father, anyhow.
Bianca: Mom, is it so wrong
for me to want a friendly face
around here?
Erica: Bianca, you -- you act
as if you think people are here
to criticize you.
Bianca: I know how people
talk.
Erica: Oh, Honey, don't do
that.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
There are going to be tons
of guests here who know
you and like you.
I promise. You'll see.
Jack: Here's someone
right now.
Hayley: Hey! Hi.
Becca: Ms. Kane, hi.
Bianca, you look great.
Bianca: Thank you.
So do you.
Hayley: Let me tell
you ladies something --
you really know how to pack
them in.
This place is a mob scene.
Erica: See, Honey?
Didn't I tell you?
And you remember
Adam Chandler Jr.?
Bianca: Yeah, it's really
nice to see you again, Junior.
Junior: You, too.
So are you starting school here
again?
Bianca: No, no.
I'm starting late in Seattle.
Erica: Hayley, how is Adam
and how is Stuart?
Hayley: It's a miracle --
two halves of a whole,
back together again.
Junior: He's off the critical
list.
Erica: Oh, that's wonderful.
I'm so glad to hear that.
Myrtle: Well, well, well.
Hello, everybody!
Erica: Myrtle!
Myrtle: Hello, Darling!
Erica: Oh, it's so wonderful
to see you here.
Myrtle: Oh, I wouldn't miss
it for the world.
Oh, Bianca.
You are looking beautiful.
Bianca: Oh, thank you.
[Orchestra plays]
Myrtle: Beautiful.
Jack: Believe that's
our musical cue.
Yes, indeed it is.
Well, shall we?
Erica: Yes, by all means.
Bianca?
Jack: I want you to listen
to me.
When you get in this other room,
I want you to imagine all those
people are standing around
in their underwear and
the conversation will sparkle.
Yes, they'll be asking
themselves, "why is that girl
laughing all the time,
is she crazy," but the
conversation, my dear,
will sparkle.
Come on, let's go.
Oops.
Leo: Using me as a human
shield, Greenlee.
That's subtle.
Greenlee: Well, Wade could
have people anywhere.
[Greenlee gasps]
Leo: Would you calm
down, please?
Greenlee: I thought he had
something in his hand.
What was he holding?
Leo: A pen, Greenlee.
Nobody is going to kill
you here.
Wade doesn't like attracting
attention to himself.
Greenlee: I'll keep hope
alive.
But you'll still take a bullet
for me, right?
Leo: Now that would be
true love.
Maitre d': Ladies
and gentlemen, may I have
your attention, please?
The guest of honor,
Ms. Bianca Montgomery,
escorted by her mother,
Ms. Erica Kane, and her Uncle,
Mr. Jackson Montgomery.
Mateo: Would you call that
a smile on Blanca's face?
Hayley: Poor kid looks like
she wants to crawl into a hole.
Jack: So many people, so much
underwear.
Just remember that.
Reporter: Ms. Kane,
can you give us a statement?
Second reporter: Bianca --
Erica: Honey, please.
Sweetheart, just take your hands
away from your face.
It's all right.
Bianca: Mom, you said
no press.
Erica: Honey, I did not ask
these people here.
I have no idea how they found
out about this.
It must have leaked out somehow.
Jack: The cream of
Pine Valley's crop invited
to the Valley Inn by Erica Kane.
How could a thing possibly leak
out?
Erica: No, not now,
Jack, please.
Jack: Look, guys, I'm sorry
to tell you this, but I'm afraid
you're on a short leash
and an egg timer.
60 Seconds.
That's all you've got,
ok, please?
Erica: At least,
Honey, everybody here is
from the most reputable
magazines and newspapers --
I mean, "The Herald," "The Times
of Paris" --
Bianca: What, so my face gets
splashed on every magazine
in the world?
Erica: No, Honey,
only the very best ones, really.
I want you all to be
on your best behavior, now.
Otherwise, I really am going
to have to ask this big,
strong maitre d' to show
you the door.
Photographer: Erica,
how about one with you
and Bianca, please?
Erica: Honey, just be nice
just for a minute because
if you give them what they want,
then they go away.
Jack: Well, you see how
the sharks swim away when
they smell fresh blood
elsewhere.
Bianca: It's fine by me.
Erica: Dimitri should know
better.
Using Blanca's party as a press
conference?
Reporter: That is you,
isn't it, Count Andrassy?
Dimitri: Yes, in the flesh.
Reporter: You were presumed
dead.
Dimitri: Well, incorrectly,
as you can see.
Reporter: We heard that
you were terminally ill.
Dimitri: Yes, yes, I was,
and I owe my survival
to my wife, Dr. Alexandra
Marick.
Reporter: Ms. Marick,
how does it feel to have
your husband back?
Alex: It feels like he never
left.
Erica: Aren't you going to do
something about this?
I mean, that's your fiancée over
there.
Edmund: That's Dimitri's
wife, and I suggest you start
thinking of her that way.
Erica: Oh, well,
they're making a fool out
of you.
Edmund: Erica,
as a courtesy, I'll explain it
to you once.
What you're seeing is
the natural order being
restored, and my private life is
going to remain private.
There will be no dissension,
no discussion, and no puppet
show for the press.
Got it?
Allison: How's it going?
Bianca: I'm still getting
over that press attack.
Allison: Yeah, animals.
I bet you're counting
the minutes until you can get
out of here.
Bianca: I didn't want this
party in the first place,
but my Mom insisted, and now
everything that I was afraid
of happenings coming true.
Allison: Can you believe
Dimitri Marick showed up when
he did?
Bianca: Oh, he totally bailed
me out.
But, you know, my Mom hates
to be upstaged.
Allison: Are you saying that
Erica feels upstaged even when
it's not her party?
You look like you could use
a soda.
Bianca: Oh, no, you don't
have to do that.
Allison: No problem.
Hayley: Hey.
Bianca: Hey, guys.
Hayley: Keep waiting.
Listen, that press ambush was
a bit out of line, don't
you think?
Bianca: Hmm.
Of course, Mom thinks they were
just doing their jobs.
Hayley: Yeah, well,
don't you worry about it.
Jack and Mateo have a plan
to toss them out already.
Junior: And I will help.
Bianca: Like a ballroom
brawl?
Hayley: You betcha.
Mateo: Ooh, sounds like fun.
Junior: Just say the word.
Bianca: That's very sweet,
but I don't want to cause
a fuss.
Jack: Well, what would
you say to a dance?
Bianca: I don't know,
Uncle Jack.
Jack: Bianca, let me tell
you something -- your safest
place is with me on that dance
floor.
You don't know who your mother's
going to spring on you next.
Bianca: Good point.
Jack: Ok.
Bianca: All right, just steer
me away from any photographers.
Jack: You got it.
I'll fog up the lenses.
Hayley: Have a good time.
Jack: You bet.
Hayley: Hmm.
You know, something tells me
you just missed your big chance.
Junior: Ok, yes, I did want
to ask Bianca to a dance.
Mateo: You didn't see Jack
coming, did you?
Junior: No.
But I'm sure he's taking care
of her tonight.
Mateo: Mm-hmm.
Hayley: Don't worry.
You'll get another chance.
Mateo: Yes, especially after
I teach you the art
of cutting in.
Feast your eyes on this.
Hayley: Oh, feast.
Mateo: All right.
Now, tap me on my shoulder when
I give you the word, ok?
See, we're dancing.
Hayley: We're dancing.
Leo: Sorry I missed my chance
to escort you in, Bianca.
Bianca: Oh, I was the one
who ran out of the room.
Leo: So what's the damage
report so far?
Bianca: Nothing serious.
How about you guys?
Leo: Well, as you can see,
Greenlee's still hanging
on to me for dear life.
Bianca: She's in good hands.
Jack: Greenlee looks more
nervous than you.
Bianca: It's nothing.
I wonder where my dad is.
Jack: Oh, I'm sure he'll be
walking through that door
anytime now.
Greenlee: I'm glad
my grandfather's not here
tonight.
Wade Randall would be all
over him.
Leo: Where has Woody been
lately?
Greenlee: I told you,
he's relaxing in the sun.
Should be gone for a few days.
Leo: Or cutting his trip
short.
Try not to scream.
Greenlee: Oh, no, no, no, no.
I love the man to death, but why
does he always show up where
I don't want him to?
Jake: You know, I understand
why Gillian wanted to find me.
But Ryan --
wouldn't exactly call him
a friend.
Why do you think this man wanted
to risk his life in a war zone
halfway around the world
to rescue his ex-wife's husband?
Joe: I think maybe Ryan was
trying to refurbish his image
back home, and maybe helping
Gillian was part of that
process, you know.
In any case, in any case,
the only motivation that really
matters is your wife's,
and I can see how much Gillian
loves you.
Jake: That's what I want
to believe, Dad.
Gillian: Ryan,
please tell me you know how much
I love you.
I wish I could be in your arms
right now.
Ryan: How long do we have
to wait, Gillian?
Gillian: I don't want
anything to interfere
with Jake's recovery.
Ryan: Neither do I.
I don't. Of course I don't.
But that could take a long time.
Gillian: Listen, none of this
has worked out the way I planned
it to.
I wanted to get home quickly
with Jake and then tell him
the truth as soon as possible.
Ryan: Instead, he takes
a bullet and saves our lives.
I keep wishing that was me.
Gillian: Ryan,
you saved all our lives.
If it weren't for you,
if you didn't kill that sniper,
we would all be dead by now.
Ryan: Ok, this isn't about
who's more noble, Gillian.
I --
I love you.
I want to be with you.
Gillian: And I love
you with all my heart.
But you have to be patient.
Ryan: I have been patient.
I've been very patient.
He left you, Gillian.
What do you feel that you owe
him?
Gillian: A chance to heal.
Joe: Am I interrupting?
Ryan: No, we were -- we were
just talking about travel plans,
you know, getting back
to Pine Valley.
Gillian: Do you know when
Jake will be discharged?
Joe: He's anxious to get back
home as soon as possible,
but he has to be stable enough
to fly.
Gillian, Jake has been asking
to see you.
Gillian: I'll go talk to him.
Ryan: Well, I'm going to go
get a cup of coffee
or something.
Joe: Ryan, could we have
a moment?
Woodruff: Greenlee?
What -- what are you doing?
Millicent: What are you up
to, Little Lady?
Greenlee: I know how you two
hate crowds.
Woodruff: Well, at
the airport maybe, but we know
everybody here.
Millicent: Listen, you may
have snowed me in the past,
but don't expect to do that now.
What are you up to?
Greenlee: Granddaddy,
I thought you were on
an extended trip.
Why you back so soon?
Woodruff: Well, your
grandmother insisted I come home
early so I could escort
her tonight.
Greenlee: Big mistake.
Millicent: Why?
Greenlee: Well, it's just
a shame that you have to spoil
Granddaddy's fun, that's all.
Woodruff: Oh, don't worry,
Greenlee.
I came here tonight to have
a good time with your
grandmother.
Now, point me to the
dance floor, huh?
Greenlee: Remember
your heart, Gramps.
Woodruff: Hey, now
the ticker is fine.
Nothing like a little quick trip
to make you feel bulletproof.
Millicent: Oh, there's Erica.
Woodruff: Buck up, Greenlee.
I'm going to have fun tonight
even if it kills me.
Leo: Good evening, Sir.
Woodruff: Oh.
Oh, yes, how are you?
Yeah.
Leo: Doesn't look like
they're leaving any time soon.
Greenlee: Not even close.
Leo: Let's just hang out,
see what happens, and mix
in with the crowd.
Greenlee: You got my back?
Leo: Always.
And a lovely back it is.
Now, come on, let's go.
Looking good, Count Miracula.
Dimitri: Uh, yeah,
thank you, thank you.
Dimitri: Who was that?
Alex: That's David's brother.
Dimitri: Not another doctor,
hopefully.
Alex: No, no, we can all
sleep safe at night.
Thank you.
Dimitri: Thank you.
Photographer: Thanks.
Alex: I wonder how long until
the novelty of your resurrection
will wear off.
Dimitri: Not until they get
a better story.
Alex: Hmm.
Dimitri: What?
Alex: Thank you.
Dimitri: For what?
Alex: For giving me a happy
ending.
Dimitri: Oh, is that
the feeling I'm feeling right
now, too?
Alex: Yeah.
Dimitri: Yeah?
Erica: Trying to turn them
into stone?
Edmund: You think it's
possible?
Erica: Well, I think
at the very least you could take
a sledgehammer to Alex and smash
her into a million smithereens.
Edmund: Don't you have guests
to attend to, Erica?
Erica: Well, why bother?
They all seem quite content
to witness the vulgar display
on the dance floor.
Edmund: Oh, I think
they dance very well together.
Erica: Oh, Edmund, come on.
You don't need to play
the civilized man with me.
I'm sure that inside you're just
burning up.
Edmund: Erica, I've survived
challenges before.
Why make this any different?
Erica: Because you haven't
loved another woman since Maria.
Edmund: Alex and I took
a chance.
It didn't work.
Erica: Well, she certainly
dragged Dimitri here just
to upstage Bianca and
to certainly rub your nose
in it.
Edmund: Does it look like
he was dragged here, Erica?
Erica: We both know that
Dimitri is much too much
of a gentleman to say no,
even to such a tasteless display
as this, and we both know
he would never do anything
to hurt Bianca.
But what I can't get over,
Edmund, is you just standing by.
I mean, there was a time when
you wouldn't let any man get
the better of you.
Edmund: Well, we both know,
Erica, that Dimitri is not just
any man, right?
Erica: Robert, Robert.
Robert: Yes, Ms. Kane?
Erica: Excuse me.
I'd like you to do something
for me.
[Orchestra stops]
[Applause]
Erica: Would you --
would you ask the orchestra
to play something for me?
Robert: Of course, of course.
Dimitri: You know how
stubborn I am.
Alex: Yes, I do.
Dimitri: Dixie Martin has me
beaten by a mile.
[Orchestra plays]
Dimitri: She stuck to me like
Velcro the whole time.
Alex: What is it?
Dimitri: What?
Oh, oh, nothing.
Just sort of a sound from long
ago.
Alex: Oh.
Erica: Dimitri?
Dimitri: Hi. Hi.
Did you ask them to play this?
Alex: Then you remember.
Dimitri: Yeah.
And it was a wonderful gesture.
And thank you for inviting us
to the party, but we're going
to call it an early evening.
Alex: Good night.
Dimitri: Excuse us.
Good night.
Edmund: Guys getting ready
to go?
Dimitri: Yeah, yeah,
Alex and I are.
Edmund: All right.
Tell Bianca thank you.
Erica: Yes.
Dimitri: Erica, it was
wonderful seeing Bianca again.
Alex: Good night.
Erica: Well,
they certainly wasted no time
training you.
Edmund: What?
Erica: They're leading
you around by the nose.
Edmund: Thank you
for your support.
Erica: Bianca, stop hiding.
Come on, let me introduce
you to some more people, ok?
Bianca: If I have to.
Erica: You know something,
Bianca?
This entire party is for you.
A little smidgen of cooperation
would really go a long way
to making it a little bit easier
on me.
Leo: It's almost over,
Greenlee.
Greenlee: Yeah, I don't know
how much more I can take.
Leo: Well, looks like
your grandparents have made
the rounds.
They should be leaving soon.
Greenlee: I'm going to go
encourage that idea.
Leo: Becca.
You look great.
Becca: You're here
with Greenlee.
Leo: Not really.
I'm just kind of helping
her out.
Becca: As long as I've known
you, you're always helping
Greenlee.
Leo: We're buddies.
Becca: Anyone with two eyes
in their brain can see that
you guys are more than buddies.
You have something real
with Greenlee.
Stop teasing each other.
Admit it.
Leo: What kind of advice
is that?
Becca: What are you so afraid
of, Leo?
That a friendship with
your buddy could actually turn
into something real?
Leo: Excuse me.
Could I speak to
your granddaughter for a moment?
Woodruff: You mean
our chaperone?
Millicent: By all means,
take her off our hands.
She's like a clinging vine.
Greenlee: What's the deal?
You know I don't want to leave
them alone.
Leo: Greenlee, Erica's got
bodybuilders for security.
Your grandparents will be fine.
This will just take a minute.
Greenlee: What?
Leo: Not here.
In private.
Junior: You party's great
so far, Bianca.
Bianca: Oh, it's not really
my party.
I mean, it's for me, but it's
not like I asked for it
or anything.
Junior: It's still kind
of fun.
You know, I was wondering --
Allison: I've been looking
all over for you, Bianca.
You want to take a break?
Junior: That's what we were
doing.
Bianca: Oh, I'm sorry.
Allison, do you know Adam
Chandler Jr.?
Allison: Hi.
Alison: Oh, is this music driving
you crazy or what?
Boring.
Bianca: I've already started
the final countdown until I can
get out of here.
Allison: If pint-size over
there asks you to dance,
wink at me and I'll come
to your rescue.
Bianca: Oh, Junior's cute.
Besides, he's a friend.
Allison: You know,
I've always heard your mom knew
how to work a room, but I've
never seen her in action.
Bianca: Pretty impressive,
huh?
Allison: It must be getting
on your nerves.
Bianca: What do you mean?
I --
I mean, it's just a way that
my mom and I are different.
She likes the spotlight,
I don't.
No biggie.
Allison: Well, that's why
I was kind of surprised to hear
that your mom was throwing this
shindig.
Bianca: Why?
What do you mean?
Allison: Well, it just seemed
a little insensitive after
your rehab and stuff,
making you be here,
pretending nothing's wrong.
Bianca: Nothing is wrong.
Allison: That's not what
I heard from your roommate.
Bianca: What?
Allison: Your roommate
at the clinic.
Bianca: How do you know her?
Allison: I just do.
Bianca: You said your parents
were friends of my mom.
Who are your parents?
Allison: Um, they didn't come
tonight.
Bianca: How do they know
my mom?
Allison: Well, Erica Kane
knows a lot of people.
Bianca: You're lying.
Allison: Bianca.
Bianca: You know what gave
you away?
Bad manners.
My mother doesn't have friends
with children rude enough to pry
into my personal life.
Allison: It won't look good
if you get upset, Bianca.
Why don't we go sit down.
Bianca: Who are you?
How did you get here?
Mateo, can you help me out here?
Mateo: Sure. What's up?
Allison: Calm down.
Bianca: This person,
whoever she is, is asking me
questions that I would never
answer.
Mateo: Like what?
Allison: All right,
all right.
I'm not a friend of your mom's.
Hayley: I smell a
Donald Steele moment here.
Who do you work for?
Allison: In fact,
Donald taught me quite a bit.
I'm a reporter from
"The Exposer."
Bianca, just a few words.
Bianca: No, no.
Mateo: Let's go. Come on.
You're not invited here.
Hayley: Bye.
Erica: Ladies and gentlemen,
may I have your attention,
please?
I'd like to introduce some very
special guests.
They're making an exclusive
appearance just for my daughter,
Bianca.
Fresh from their series "Making
The Band," please help me
welcome O-Town!
[Cheers and applause]
Allison: Nice touch.
Hayley and Mateo: Shut up.
Erica: Bianca, will you come
up here, please?
Erica: The band would like
to sing something especially
for you.
[Music plays]
[O-Town sings]
Joe: Coming all this way
to help Gillian save her husband
was a very selfless thing to do.
Ryan: Jake's the one who took
the bullet.
I think I owe him.
Joe: Well, well, I think
you're probably even on that
score.
I don't know.
Anyway, as I came in I heard
you were discussing flights back
home.
I'm sure you're anxious
to leave.
You have a business to run,
that kind of thing, but we can't
move Jake until he's more stable
and he's stronger.
Gillian, of course, will stay
by her husband until then.
Oh.
I think that's Jake's test
result.
Look, Ryan,
I know, I know you understand
that a man and a woman need time
out to heal after being through
an ordeal like this.
I mean heal not just physically
but emotionally as well,
without outside interference,
if you take my meaning.
Ryan: Yes, sir.
I do.
Joe: Good, good.
Then we have an understanding?
Nurse: The doctor will be
in to review the results.
Gillian: Jake, what are
you trying to do?
Jake: I just need to see that
chart.
The surgeon said something to me
post-op.
I was still groggy.
Gillian: You doctors have
to know everything, don't you?
Jake: That's right.
Gillian: Jake?
Jake: This doc's
handwriting's worse than mine.
Gillian: No.
No, that's not it, Jake.
What is it?
Jake?
Erica: Ladies and gentlemen,
O-Town!
Erica: And now I have a very
special surprise for our guest
of honor, my beautiful Bianca.
And I believe that Ashley Angel
would like to ask her something.
Bianca, Ashley has a question
for you.
Ashley: Bianca,
may I have this dance with you?
[Bianca runs out of the room]
Greenlee: You brought me out
here to say something,
and so far not a word.
Leo: Well, I'm not -- I'm not
really very good at this, but --
Greenlee: Is something wrong?
Leo: No, nothing's wrong.
Everything's right.
Greenlee: Ok, we're getting
somewhere.
What's right, exactly?
Leo: You haven't noticed?
Greenlee: What?
Leo: How we deal with each
other.
That I'm always --
I'm always trying to help
you out, trying to -- to rescue
you.
I think it's because --
I don't know.
Derek: Greenlee Smythe?
Leo: Hey, Lieutenant.
Greenlee: Why so formal?
Derek: Because I'm here about
a police matter.
Greenlee: Oh?
Derek: I have to ask you some
questions.
Greenlee: About what?
Derek: Embezzlement, fraud.
Money laundering tops the list
so far.
Why don't you --
why don't you come with me
quietly and go down
to the station?
We can save you some
embarrassment.
Gillian: Jake, you're
scaring me.
Tell me what is on that chart.
Jake: Just some confusing
numbers that I'm trying
to calculate.
Gillian: The pain medicine
must be making you loopy.
Joe: Saw the nurse come
in a minute ago.
Jake: She brought back
the test results, Dad.
Joe: Yeah, thank you.
Gillian: Well, I'll leave
you guys alone so you can
calculate this.
I'll be right back.
Jake: Ok.
Joe: Well,
I'm sure you're thinking
worst-case scenario and all
that.
There are no certainties.
Jake: You and I both know
the odds.
Joe: It's far too early
to tell.
It could get better in time.
Jake: Or worse.
Ryan: How is he?
Gillian: He's talking to Joe.
Ryan: Your father-in-law just
gave me my walking papers.
Gillian: Joe told you to go
home?
Ryan: Well, he made it pretty
clear that I'm not wanted here.
Gillian: What were his exact
words?
Ryan: That a husband and wife
need time alone to heal.
Gillian: Ryan, he's Jake's
father.
Of course he's going to say
that.
Ryan: Gillian,
as -- as hard as it is for me
to leave, Joe's right.
It's time for me to go.
Gillian: No, Ryan.
Ryan: Yes.
We have no choice.
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Ryan: So your father said
you want to talk to me.
Leo: Run, Greenlee, run.
Hayley: Whatever happened
to that reporter?
Mateo: Why, what are
you up to?
You're not going to take her on,
are you?
Hayley: Are you in?
Erica: Well, that was
completely humiliating.
Jack: For you or for Bianca?