Sam: Hey, no, no, no, don't worry about me. I'm fine, okay? You just -- you need to stay where you are. I can't risk anyone finding you. Yeah, I'll come to you as soon as I can arrange it. Just stay strong, okay? Bye.
Emily: The guard let me in. Are you planning to leave again, Sam? Jason puts his freedom on the line for you; and you pay him back by lying to him?
Sam: Emily, I -- I really don't think you should be --
Emily: Jason sent me because he was worried about you. What are you hiding from him?
Jason: This explains a lot.
Nikolas: And what would that be, exactly?
Jason: Well, the night Emily drove her car off the road, you carried her back to Mary Bishop's house. You must've been hiding in another room when I came to get Emily. And Alcazar's business card was on the table, and I couldn't possibly figure out what he wanted with Mary, but now it's so obvious -- he wanted access to you. Has he told you why?
Alcazar: I've already explained my motives to Nikolas. The offer to work together is still on the table. Call me if it interests you.
Nikolas: What do you want, Jason?
Jason: To tell you why my sister lied.
Nikolas: I've already heard all of her excuses.
Jason: Emily watched me wreck my life. She doesn't want you to wreck yours.
Sam: I'm not doing anything that would hurt Jason.
Emily: Well, you said you were going to meet someone.
Sam: I know. No, I owe this guy some money for a boat that I bought, and I kind of got creative with financing after things got ugly with Jax.
Emily: Well, tell Jason. He'll pay the guy off.
Sam: Jason has already done so much for me. I just -- I don't want to bother him with it, so I'll take care of the loan when I get out of here.
Emily: All right, just don't leave before Jason says it's okay.
Sam: Did he tell you why I'm hiding here?
Emily: Ric Lansing went over all of the charges against you. Don't worry, Jason didn't tell him anything.
Sam: Emily, I swear to you, my mother's death was an accident.
Emily: Look, Jason believes you, so I believe you, too. That's why I’m here. Jason sent me because he thought you might need someone to talk to.
Sam: He worries about me.
Emily: You couldn't ask for anyone better in your corner, no matter what kind of trouble you're in.
Sam: You know, actually, it's not all trouble. We just found out we're having a baby girl.
Emily: Oh, congratulations.
Sam: Yeah. I just -- I wish this nightmare was over so I could just focus on the baby.
Emily: You know, the past is part of us, Sam. But getting stuck in it doesn't help anyone. I learned that one the hard way.
Nikolas: You know what? I've heard this all before. You were in an accident. You have brain damage. It made you volatile, bad-tempered -- blah, blah -- I've heard it all before. It obviously didn't do anything for your intelligence, seeing how you abandoned your own family and went to work for a criminal.
Jason: Hmm, that's interesting. You may not realize this, but Alcazar -- not a good guy.
Nikolas: You know what? You know what?
Jason: What?
Nikolas: I took the job with him when I thought I was a penniless ex-marine, okay?
Jason: Oh, so he lied to you, too.
Nikolas: Well, he had a reason.
Jason: Not like Emily’s.
Nikolas: What's that? Love? Pity? You know, out of everyone who lied to me, Lorenzo Alcazar is the only one who had an actual explanation, as opposed to an excuse, which is all your sister could manage for me.
Jason: You know, I get that you're angry, and I'm probably the only one who understands why. And let's face it, Nikolas, it's not the lies. It's that other people know more than you about everything. They tell you you're a good person, that you're patient, you're forgiving. They even tell you what you like, what you like to eat. But that doesn't matter to you because you don't recognize the person they're trying to describe, and you want to hit them until they stop telling you about yourself. But that's no good. You can't go around beating up everyone who says they love you, right? So you walk out. And if they follow you, you scream at them, you try to make them hate you because anything is better than them searching your face for that recognition, begging you to remember when you know you can't!
Nikolas: Get out.
Jason: Emily -- she asked me what it was like, and I told her. I'm the one who scared her. She didn't tell you because she didn't want to hurt you.
Nikolas: I told you to get out of my house, or I'll throw you out of my house, Jason!
Jason: You want to fight? Is that what you want to do? It might really help you.
Nikolas: You -- you don't know how I feel!
Jason: Yes, I do know how you feel!
Nikolas: Really? Really? So you had a fiancée who lied to you? Who pretended that -- that she didn't know who you were? Who brought you to your own home and introduced you to your own aunt and had sex with you on your own couch. The whole time she told you nothing? You had that?
Jason: No, I am the one who told Emily to wait --
Nikolas: Well, that --
Jason: Not to force you.
Nikolas: That doesn't justify what she did, Jason!
Jason: No, I don't know if it does or not. But Emily did it out of love, Nikolas, to help you. You don't have to like it, but you don't get to punish her either.
Nikolas: You know what? I don't care if I ever see that bitch of a sister of yours again. I don't care!
Jason hauls off and right hooks Nikolas across the jaw. Nikolas groans.
Jason: You stay away from my sister. You let her come to you if she can stand it, and you better not deliberately hurt her.
Nikolas: Or what? What, you'll shoot me? You'll beat me till I can't stand?
Jason: I couldn't do that to Emily. She loves you, and that's her right.
Elizabeth: So now that Nikolas knows who he is, he doesn't want his old life back?
Lucky: Well, between Emily and Mary, Nikolas believes everybody he's counted on in his life lied to him.
Elizabeth: Oh, God, Lucky, I am so sorry. I know how much you love your brother. This whole rejection thing must be really hard.
Lucky: Yeah, it's worse for Emily, though.
Elizabeth: Well, maybe Nikolas will just calm down and realize that Emily was acting out of love, trying to protect him.
Lucky: You know, the old Nikolas -- he would understand. But you know what? He is nothing like he was before the accident. He doesn't want anything to do with me or Emily.
Elizabeth: Listen, Lucky, I know you were hoping for some sort of a relationship with Emily, but now that Nikolas knows who he is, I don't really see how that could work.
Lucky: You know what? I can't change what I feel. I mean, as for now, I just -- my future with Emily is up to her.
Jason: Alcazar is in a perfect position to gain Nikolas' trust. He's building him up, making him feel independent when everybody around Nikolas is lying to him, telling him that he's damaged and that he needs help.
Emily: Doesn't Nikolas care that Alcazar knew he was alive and he didn't tell anyone? Then again, neither did I.
Jason: Well, you were giving Nikolas time to remember on his own.
Emily: Yeah, and he hates me for it, Jase. He compared me to Mary; he said I was lying to him. I just -- I should've kept my distance. But I was so sure that Nikolas would remember me. I mean, I thought the love was still there somewhere inside of him.
Jason: Every choice you made for Nikolas was because you love him. That's all anybody can ask.
Emily: Well, at least he knows who he is now.
Jason: Yeah, but knowing who you are and feeling it are two different things.
Emily: I have to trust that eventually he'll remember.
Jason: And if there's anything I can do to help, I will.
Emily: No, you know what? It's enough that you went to talk to him. Besides, I know you have -- I know you have your own problems, too.
Jason: Did you visit Sam?
Emily: Yeah, I walked in on her making a call. She was talking to someone to whom she owed money. I don't know, she really seems to want to wipe the slate clean, you know, start over.
Jason: I need to know exactly what she said.
Helena: Well, it's -- it's true. You're alive and you're well. And you remember your place in the world.
Nikolas: You must be Helena.
Helena: Yeah.
Nikolas: My grandmother.
Emily: Hi.
Elizabeth: Hi, honey.
Lucky: Hey.
Emily: Hi.
Lucky: Have you -- have you seen Nikolas?
Emily: Yeah, I waited for him all night at Wyndemere. Big mistake.
Lucky: You can't push him, Emily.
Emily: Oh, yeah, I'm clear on that. When I tried to explain, he called me a liar and practically booted me out the door.
Elizabeth: Oh, I'm so sorry.
Emily: Yeah. It hurts, but I'm not going to dwell on it because this isn't permanent. Right now he's confused, but eventually he's going to find his way back to us.
Elizabeth: Love is a powerful thing.
Emily: Yeah. That's why we can't give up. You guys remember all the time we spent here, just the four of us? Listen, we have to find a way to help Nikolas remember together. Will you help me?
Emily: Sorry, I had to check in with the hospital. I missed volunteering today.
Elizabeth: Please, you've had way too much on your mind.
Emily: Yeah. So any ideas on how we can get through to Nikolas?
Elizabeth: No, not yet, but I sure do miss him.
Emily: I know, the four of us had the most amazing friendship. I'm not ready to let that go.
Lucky: This isn't about friendship. It's about Nikolas remembering so he'll love you again.
Helena: Nikolas, I have loved you your whole life.
Nikolas: "Nikolas --" I’ll have to take your word for it on that one. See, I’ve sustained a head injury. Someone else had to tell me I'm Nikolas Cassadine. It's just a name. It has no meaning for me.
Helena: Well, we'll get you the best doctors, the best treatment.
Nikolas: I've already seen a specialist, thank you. What I’d like right now is to be left alone.
Helena: Well, I understand. No, I'll let you rest. I'll go upstairs to my room, and we can have dinner.
Nikolas: No, no, no -- your room? This is my house. I want you to leave.
Helena: Oh. Now, you can't mean that, Nikolas. I'm your best friend. I'm your champion. For years I have put your well-being above all else.
Nikolas: I don't need anyone to take care of me, thank you.
Helena: You've seen Emily, haven't you? Oh, I'm sure she's as needy as always. You know, in the beginning she was -- she was just a nuisance. But then she had this obsession with you that almost cost you your life. Now, I warned you about that just before your accident, and you finally agreed with me. Nikolas, you told me --
Nikolas: Listen --
Helena: You told me that I was the only --
Nikolas: Enough, enough, enough! Okay, I won't be lied to, not again! You're just like Emily and Lucky and Alexis, trying to tell me how I should act, who I should be. That's not going to happen.
Helena: I am your closest living relative, Nikolas. Emily -- she was just a distraction, a fleeting romance. She's not worthy of you. And as for Alexis? Oh, the Cassadine bastard. She hates us more with every living minute. She would love nothing more than to turn you against me.
Nikolas: What about my brother?
Helena: Oh, your half brother? Well, poor Lucky -- his family has been unraveling for years. He's just jealous of you, Nikolas -- jealous of your strength and your position.
Nikolas: As opposed to you, right, who has my best interest at heart?
Helena: I have loved you all of your life. You are the reason I live. We have trusted each other completely.
Nikolas: I have never trusted you. I couldn't have. You're just trying to use me, and I have had more than enough of that.
Emily: For weeks I prayed that Nikolas would be found alive, and he was.
Lucky: Emily, but he's not who he used to be.
Emily: Well, that's my point. I didn't put any conditions on those prayers. It's enough that he's alive. I can't expect anything more.
Lucky: Then why are you trying to think of ways to bring his memory back? You need to be honest with yourself.
Emily: It's as if Lucky doesn't want Nikolas to remember.
Elizabeth: No. Of course he wants his brother back. But he also wants you, and as long as Nikolas can't remember, then Lucky thinks he has a chance.
Elizabeth: Lucky's in love with you, Em.
Emily: Lucky and I have always loved each other, Elizabeth. We're all best friends.
Elizabeth: No, you know it's more than that.
Emily: I know Lucky wants it to be.
Elizabeth: He's fallen for you hard. So if there's no chance, if -- if you're going to wait for Nikolas, then you need to be honest. Because it's not fair to let Lucky keep on hoping for something that's never going to happen.
Emily: You're reading way too much into this, Elizabeth. Lucky and I are going to be fine, and once Nikolas remembers who he is, everything will go back to the way it was.
Lucky: You're not my brother. Nikolas could never hurt the people who loved him the way you're hurting us.
Nikolas: Well, Lucky, if the sight of me distresses and disappoints you, then what are you doing here?
Lucky: Because I love Emily and you don't, and I want you to let her go.