Zander: If I die, you're coming with me.
Nikolas: Emily, Emily --
Emily: Stop -- Zander, this is crazy! You have to listen to reason. You don't want to do this!
Zander: No, I've wanted to kill your prince for a long time.
Emily: No! No, you don't mean that!
Nikolas: Emily --
Emily: You're just angry and scared. So run, get out of here before you ruin what's left of your life, Zander.
Nikolas: You want to kill me? Huh? Go ahead. If you're coward enough to shoot an unarmed man, I want Emily to see it. It's way past time she sees you for who you really are. Stay back.
Zander: Works for me.
Zander: Get out of the way, Emily! Get out of the way!
Emily: I don't understand what you think you're accomplishing, Zander. Do you think this is going to make me love you again?
Zander: None of this would've happened if you had stayed with me!
Emily: Nikolas, stay out of it!
Gunshot and Jax yells. The gun jams.
Zander: Damn it! Damn it! Get away from me! Don't count on this thing jamming twice!
Jax: Come on, Zander. Zander, you don't want to kill anyone.
Zander: Haven't you heard? I already have!
Jax: Then get the hell out of here while you still have the chance.
Nikolas: I'll go call 911.
Emily: Are you all right?
Jax: Yeah, I seem to be all in one piece.
Emily: Oh, God. When that gun went off my heart stopped.
Jax: I think the first shot hit Zander, and the second one --
Emily: Thank God the gun jammed.
Jax: Yeah. Yeah, if it hadn't, I'd be dead.
Nikolas: Police are on their way.
Jax: Yeah.
Nikolas: Hey, was that enough for you? Do you need another demonstration? What will it take to finally convince you that Zander’s nothing but a killer, Emily?
Lucky: Our suspect is Zander Smith, last seen wearing a dark suit. He is on foot suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He's also wanted in connection to an officer-involved shooting. He's armed -- I repeat, he is armed and should be considered extremely dangerous.
Emily: I'm so grateful neither one of you was hurt.
Nikolas: We could've been, and Jax almost was. You shouldn't have held me back, Emily. The two of us could've overpowered Zander and this whole thing would've been resolved without incident.
Lucky: Can somebody please fill me in? How are you involved in this?
Jax: I was walking by, I heard loud voices, and I saw that Zander was pointing a gun at Nikolas and Emily so I jumped him. When he struggled for the gun, it went off. I think it hit Zander. He managed to hold on to the gun and line up a second shot at me, and the gun jammed.
Lucky: You think he intended to kill you?
Jax: At the time, absolutely.
Lucky: Then our boy's facing two counts of attempted murder.
Nikolas: Zander's a loose cannon. He's been coming around Emily again, playing on her sympathies, asking for help. You need to get him in custody, Lucky.
Lucky: You know what? That's the idea, Nikolas.
Nikolas: He's wounded, he's on foot. How long do you think it'll take to bring him in?
Lucky: Not long. Zander -- he's burned every bridge he had. He's got nowhere to go and no one to help him.
Emily: I should warn you how I’ll probably be thanking you every time I see you for a while. You saved Nikolas' life and you risked your own to do it.
Jax: Oh, no. No, it's just -- I was, you know, in the right place at the right time kind of thing.
Emily: I'm so sorry for what Zander did. I -- I never believed, you know -- until tonight I didn't believe that Zander was capable of murder -- you know, a lot of things, but not murder.
Jax: Well, Emily, for what it's worth, I don't think he consciously tried to kill me. You know, I think he was so hyped on adrenaline that he pulled the trigger before he realized what he was doing.
Emily: Still, you're -- you're being incredibly generous, considering.
Jax: You know, usually, I risk my life as a matter of course. Tonight was different. I saw Zander point that gun right at me. I saw him pull the trigger and I knew that my life was over, and then it wasn't.
Emily: Well, coming that close to death gives you amazing clarity. You realize it's pointless to carry grudges or to dwell on the past. And that lies are a waste of time, and all you have is the very second you're in. And if you're lucky enough to love someone, you realize that's all that truly matters.
Nikolas: Who are you calling?
Emily: I'm checking messages. Maybe Lucky called to say they found Zander.
Nikolas: And what if they didn't? And what if he disappeared somewhere and he's desperate for help and he leaves you a message? Then what?
Emily: Zander hates me. I'm the last person he'd contact.
Nikolas: Emily, he already did -- on the pier and everywhere else! And why -- why did you hold me back from helping Jax disarm him? Why'd you do that?
Emily: Because I didn't want you to get shot!
Nikolas: Em, I know -- why else?
Emily: Fine! I wanted Zander to get away, too! I want him to disappear so he can start a life somewhere else. I hate the thought of him being in prison and, yes, if I can help him I probably would!
Nikolas: He's using you! He's playing on your guilt! How can you not see that?
Emily: I don't care, Nikolas! There's good in Zander, and no one knows that better than me because he let me see it again and again. I loved him once, Nikolas. I'm sorry, but I don't want to see Zander die!
Nikolas: Yeah? Well, I do!