'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.
'Connor' walks into the bedroom at the cabin, stops when he sees Mary in the room. 'Connor's wearing a white wrinkled shirt, that is hanging on his shoulders, the buttons undone.
'Connor': Thought you left for work.
Mary: I can’t. Not until you promise me you're going stop trying to recover your memory.
They are still in the bedroom of the cottage, 'Connor' begins to button up his shirt using his hands and arms to emphasize his points.
'Connor': I have every right to want to remember my life, Mary.
Mary: Aren't you happy the way we are now?
'Connor': Yes. We've been over this a hundred times. Yes, you know I'm happy!
Mary: Well, then why don't we just concentrate on the future?
'Connor': Don't you want your husband back?
Mary: I have my husband back. We renewed our wedding vows. We pledged our lives to each other. Why can't we just leave the past behind us?
'Connor': What will change if I remember? Hmm? What haven't you told me about my life?
Emily meets Georgie on the terrace of the Quartermaines' mansion, where Lois, Tracy, Ned and Edward are bickering inside about Brooke Lynn and Dillon "running away".
Emily: Enter at your own risk. Hi. Nobody slept all night, and we still haven't heard from Dillon or Brooke Lynn.
Georgie: Brooke Lynn?
Emily: It's Lynn’s real name. She's Ned’s daughter. We just realized that last night.
Georgie: So Dillon and Lynn, they are related? This is -- this is great! I mean, not that they stole a car and ran away, but --
Emily: At least you know Brooke Lynn won't steal Dillon’s heart.
The bickering of the Quartermaines continue.
Edward: Okay, that's it. I've waited as long as I’m going to. Ned, you call the newspaper. I'm going to get a hold of the television. We'll get a film crew here. We'll offer a reward.
Tracy: Great idea, daddy.
Lois: Show your father a little respect. I think that is an excellent suggestion, Mr. Q.
Tracy: Oh, of course it is. Let's alert every criminal in the tristate area that there are two rich teenagers out there all by themselves, just ripe for the picking.
Ned: She has a point.
Emily and Georgie walk into the living room from the terrace.
Edward: Emily. Where have you been, honey?
Tracy: Has Dillon called?
Georgie: No.
Tracy: Then what are you doing here? Why don't you go home!
Lois: Wait, you're a friend of Dillon’s?
Ned: Yeah, Georgie is Dillon’s girlfriend.
Lois: You're Georgie Jones, Felicia’s baby girl?
Georgie: That's me.
Lois: Look at you! You're all grown up! And you're dating Dillon Quartermaine?
Tracy: Could we save the warm fuzzies until after we find the runaways?
Lois: You know, let me think -- if I had a mother like that, I think I'd steal her car, too; hit the gas, and never be seen or heard from again. Wouldn't you?
'Connor' and Mary walk out the bedroom and 'Connor' is pushing Mary. 'Connor' is really upset and then Mary, tries to cover and make a lot of stuff up.
'Connor': Our life couldn't have been as perfect as you said it was, Mary. What, are you afraid that I’ll leave you if I remember?
Mary: No, nothing like that.
'Connor': What, was I unfaithful to you?
Mary: No, Connor. How could you even say that?
'Connor': What's the big secret then?
Mary: There's no secret.
'Connor': Then why don't you want me to remember? Just answer the question!
Mary: Well, have ever thought that maybe -- maybe your mind is protecting you from something, something you don't want to know? I wasn't with you in Iraq. I -- I don't know what you experienced, but I know it's better not to drudge these things --
'Connor': Okay, okay, fine, fine. Once I find the truth, no matter how terrible it is, all right, we'll let go of it and we'll move on together, okay? Okay?
'Connor' grabs Mary's hand to comfort her and starts to walk towards the door. Mary hangs onto his hand and he drags her slightly. She let's go and he stands at the door, grabbing his coat.
Mary: Please don't take this risk.
'Connor': Mary, I really hope that one day you'll understand that I’m not just doing this for me. I'm doing this for us.
Mary: If you love me, you -- you have to give this up.
'Connor': I do love you. That's why I can't.
'Connor' leaves and Mary is left to stand there, putting her hand on her mouth.
The camera pans on 'Connor' sitting in the overstuffed black chair at the psychiatrist's office. The doctor is sitting at desk, watching 'Connor' contemplatively as he tells about his dream. 'Connor' is conscious and remembering his dream.
'Connor': I had a dream last night. I was buried under some rubble in a burning building, and I saw a shadow of a woman in the smoke. I called out to her and told her that I was alive and not to give up and that I had survived to come back to her. Then I woke up.
Dr. Matlock: It could be a memory trying to surface. Keep in mind that dreams aren't always literal.
'Connor': I just -- I keep flashing back to that helicopter flying off into the night, you know? But I can't be in Iraq. I'm wearing a tuxedo.
Dr. Matlock: We'll work on it today. That helicopter could be the trigger that restores your memory.
Mary opens the door of the cottage to Lorenzo. He comes in and he pushes her right to the point.
Mary: Thank you for coming by on such short notice. Lorenzo: I'm surprised to hear from you.
Mary: I hope you care about my husband as much as you claim to. Lorenzo: Tell me what you want.
Mary: Connor has started memory therapy with a psychiatrist. But you can keep him from remembering he's Nikolas Cassadine. Lorenzo: And why in hell would I do that?
Mary: Send us both out of the country, permanently.
Emily walks out onto the terrace as Lucky bounds up. Emily smiles at him and they start to talk.
Emily: You're smiling. Tell me it's good news.
Lucky: Dillon's online with Onstar.
Emily: Yes!
Lucky: Yeah, the police are going to pick them up any minute.
Emily: Oh, God. At least something turned out okay.
Lucky: You know, sometimes I can't help wish that we got a call like that about Nikolas, you know, that he's alive and well and just waiting for us to come and pick him up. Hey, you know what? You want to go inside with me and share some good news for a change?
Emily: Um, it's okay. Go ahead.
Lucky: Okay.
Emily looks sad at Lucky's mention of Nikolas, maybe a little guilty. The scene continues as Lucky goes in to tell the Quartermaines that they've found Dillon and Brooke Lynn.
The camera pans onto 'Connor' who is laying on the couch, under hypnosis. Dr. Matlock is sitting close to him in a chair, watching him; prompting 'Connor's memories.
'Connor': I'm on a helipad on the roof of a building. The building's on fire. There's smoke everywhere. I can see the light from the flames.
Dr. Matlock: What else can you see?
'Connor': A city at night. The lights are on inside of the buildings.
Dr. Matlock: What about the helicopter? Can you see any numbers painted on it, any words?
'Connor': No.
Dr. Matlock: Can you tell what color it is?
'Connor': Red and white, maybe.
Dr. Matlock: Is it a military helicopter?
'Connor': I don't see any guns or -- or any kind of weapons.
Dr. Matlock: Could it be a medevac?
'Connor': I don't see any patients or anyone on stretchers. I can't -- I can't see the pilot or even any other passengers. The light's in my face.
'Connor' begins to get agitated.
Dr. Matlock: It's all right. It's all right. Look at yourself. What are you wearing?
'Connor' flashes back to Nikolas standing alone on the roof, watching the helicopter take off.
'Connor': A tuxedo. The jacket's gone, the shirt is untucked, but I can see the studs on my shirt and the satin piping on the pants and my dress shoes.
Dr. Matlock: Are you in danger, Connor?
'Connor': Yes. The fire's getting closer to me.
Dr. Matlock: Why don't you run?
'Connor': I have to make sure the helicopter gets away safely. There's something very import-- very important on.
Dr. Matlock: Who? Who is on that helicopter?
'Connor' begins to get very agitated, Dr. Matlock reaches his side and calmly brins him out of the hypnosis.
'Connor': I waited too -- too long. There's -- there's nowhere to go. I won't make it out. I'm not going to make it out.
Dr. Matlock: Okay, all right. It's all right. You're safe. You're safe. We're going to go back now together.
'Connor': Please --
Dr. Matlock: Five, four, three, two, one.
'Connor' sits up, blinks rapidly and looks around.
'Connor': How did I do?
Dr. Matlock: I'm sure that you're recalling an actual memory, which implies that your other memories are intact and accessible. Your chances for a full recovery are excellent.
'Connor': I'll do whatever it takes to be myself again.
Mary is sitting on her couch, talking to Lorenzo who paces around the cabin.
Mary: That night when I opened the door and saw him, for a split second I thought that Connor had made his way home to me somehow, and for the first time in months, I could breathe again. The pain went away. And when he woke up and couldn't remember who he was, I told myself that Connor had sent this man to me because Connor knew that I couldn't live alone. So I used Nikolas to fill the empty space that Connor left. That changed. I stopped comparing Nikolas to Connor. I want Nikolas as he is. He's polite and generous, and obviously always gives me the benefit of the doubt. Lorenzo: You've fallen in love with Nikolas.
Mary: I know it's wrong. I stole him away from Emily. I'm robbing him of a life full of wealth and power, and the only thing I have to give him is my love. Lorenzo: Will that be enough?
Mary: If he never remembers who he is. Lorenzo: You really believe that?
Mary: I want to spend the rest of my life with a man I love, even if I have to lie. No, I don't expect you to understand. Lorenzo: But I do. More than you realize. Mary, I lost my first love to a very violent death. A part of me died with her. I gave up all of my dreams until another woman appeared. And I went to great extremes to have her and to keep her, but nothing worked.
Mary: Did you give up? Lorenzo: I haven't yet. Which is why I can sympathize with what you're going through.
Mary: So you'll help me? Lorenzo: I will make arrangements for you and Nikolas to leave the country very soon.
Mary: What if that's not soon enough?
Lorenzo continually paces, comforting Mary at one point. He is standing close to the door, seems to be getting ready to leave. Mary is anxious and upset.
'Connor' and Mary meet up on the docks.
'Connor': Hey. You will never believe how well the session went.
Emily: Tell me.
'Connor': Okay, the helicopter memory? The doctor said it was real --
Emily: Oh, that's great.
'Connor': And that my chances for recovery are excellent, Emily.
Emily: The doctor told you that?
'Connor': Yeah, those are his exact words. My past is still there, Emily. All I have to do is find it.
Emily: Oh, that's wonderful.
'Connor' grabs Emily in a bear hug and swings her around. As he sets her down, they look at each other, Emily seems to be given a jolt.
'Connor': Thank you so much.
'Connor' and Emily are still on the docks talking. They ae talking seriously, they have moments of hestitant smiles.
'Connor': I should be telling Mary all this, not you.
Emily: Well, you called me.
'Connor': Yeah. You want me to remember. Mary's fighting me every step of the way.
Emily: Yeah.
'Connor': And I want to reassure her, but --
Emily: Is there any way you can?
'Connor': Yeah, give up on the therapy; stop trying to reclaim my past.
Emily: Are you willing to do that?
'Connor': No.
Emily: Then what's next?
'Connor': I'll stay with the therapy, no matter how long it takes.
Emily: Okay.
'Connor' takes Emily's hands and there's a connection. Mary comes to the top of the stairs and sees the duo talking. She's stunned and pulls back into the shadows.
'Connor': Strange. You know, doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. You know, I promised to -- to love and cherish Mary forever, yet she doesn't really understand me. Then there's you. We're practically complete strangers, and you see right through me, straight to my soul.