'Connor' is the true character of Nikolas Cassadine however, he has amnesia and believes that he is Connor Bishop.
'Connor' is the true character of Nikolas Cassadine however, he has amnesia and believes that he is Connor Bishop.
Emily: Is there any news?
Man: You shouldn't be out here in the woods by yourself.
Emily: Well, I'm not. You and the other rescue workers are here.
Man: Actually, we're just leaving.
Emily: Change of shift?
Man: Change of protocol. They're taking us off active rescue.
Emily: What? You can't give up. Nikolas is still out there.
Man: The search will continue.
Emily: Wait, you have given up on finding him alive.
'Connor': I'm not sure I deserve that kind of devotion.
Mary: I love you, Connor. I always have, and I always will.
Mary: Please don't pull away.
Lucky: Okay, so we're not going to downgrade the search for Nikolas. We need to widen it, spread the search team out. Nikolas -- he could have traveled further downstream. I mean, we should check past the woods.
Ric: Lucky, you know as well as I do we do not have the manpower for that.
Lucky: Lansing, my brother's still alive.
Ross: Hey, that search warrant came through for Corinthos' apartment.
Ric: Great. Thanks. That was fast. All right, I’ll meet you downstairs.
Ross: All right.
Ric sighs.
Lucky: So you don't have time to search for my brother, but you have enough time to go searching through Sonny's apartment for the umpteenth time? What the hell do you think you're going to find that no cop or D.A. has ever found before?
Ric: Lucky, Sonny committed he shot someone.
Lucky: I heard, okay? Somebody broke into Carly’s apartment, and Sonny shot him. You have no case, Ric. You're just wasting time and manpower for some grudge you have against your brother. My brother's life is at stake!
Ric: Sonny's been a constant problem for law enforcement in this town. Now, he shot somebody under questionable circumstances. This is the best chance we've ever had to get him, Lucky, and I’m not going to let it slip away.
Emily: Lucky? Thanks for coming.
Lucky: Emily, I thought you were going to try to go home and get some rest.
Emily: Not until Nikolas is found. Why didn't you tell me the rescue mission was called off?
Lucky: The teams are still out.
Emily: For a search and retrieval. Lucky, they're looking for Nikolas' body.
Lucky: Emily, they're still looking.
Emily: How hard are they going to work to find a dead man? Nikolas is alive, Lucky. I'm sure of it. Which means that he is probably inside somewhere.
Lucky: Emily, I want to believe that as much as you do. But the jacket and --
Emily: Okay, look, he was dazed from the accident. Maybe he rested on the riverbank for a while. The cold woke him up, he got out, he got shelter in a barn or a house or --
Lucky: Emily, we've been to every dwelling within miles. There's no sign of him.
Emily: Try again.
Lucky: You're right. Our time might be better spent if we expand the search area.
Emily: Okay. The jacket was a false lead, which means that Nikolas is still in these woods; somewhere close, I'm sure of it.
Mary: No, I'm sorry. No, I can’t.
'Connor': Wait. Did I do something wrong?
Mary: Oh, no. No. No. No, you're wonderful. It's just -- as far as you remember, we're strangers to each other. I don't know how I possibly thought that we could just pick up our marriage where we left off. You don't remember loving me. You're just forcing yourself to go through the motions and -- and trying to be the husband that I lost.
'Connor': I'm not lost. Hey, the love you told me about, it won't disappear just because of some bump on the head. Okay? I mean, I -- I'm a master carpenter whose hands have forgotten how to use a chisel, but they'll -- they'll remember little by little. And so will my heart. And we just -- we just have to have faith that that will happen, and it will. It will if you can give me some time.
Mary: Take all the time you need. We have the rest of our lives, Connor.
'Connor': I know.
Mary: We don't have to rush anything.
'Connor': I know. It's just -- it tires me out not remembering anything. Now, that may not make any sense to you, but that's the only way that --
Mary: No. I want to understand.
'Connor': It's like -- it's like everything that I look at, you know, and everything that I feel has the potential to bring my life back to me, and I keep hoping that it'll be that simple, you know? That I can just open a door -- open a door and everything that I love and value and know about myself will be there waiting. And when it doesn't happen, I get disappointed, and -- and angry and scared. What if it doesn't come back? What if it doesn't come back? What if I don't remember anything ever?
Mary: Would that be so bad?
'Connor': Right now it seems like the worst thing that could happen, Mary. Not just because I’d lose a lifetime of memories, but because the questions -- they just -- they would never end. I want to stop -- I want to stop living in suspense, and I want to just live.
Mary: Then do it. Give up trying to remember and just live right here and right now. Neither of us can -- neither of us can bring back the past. Maybe we should just stop trying.
'Connor': Maybe. I -- I need to go for a walk. Would it be okay with you if I just went for a walk?
Mary: Of course. Just -- be careful. You mean so much to me, and I would hate for anything to happen to you.
'Connor': Okay.
Knock on door. Knock.
Mary: Yes?
Emily: I need your help.
Rustling.
Lucky: Who's there?