Connor Bishop is also played by Tyler Christopher, who plays Nikolas Cassadine.
Connor Bishop is also played by Tyler Christopher, who plays Nikolas Cassadine.
Nikolas: Hey -- hey, don't even worry about docking. I'm heading back right now.
Man: How'd you get back so quickly?
Nikolas: The hospital isn't that far.
Man: I meant from Wyndemere. I just dropped you off.
Emily: I'm glad you're here. The bathtub feels so lonely without you. That feels nice. Who are you?
Connor: I'm Connor Bishop. You knew my wife, Mary.
Emily: You were supposed to be killed in the line of duty.
Connor: Do I look dead to you?
Emily: Mary had a letter from the marines.
Connor: Just sit in the chair and shut up.
Emily: If you were alive, why didn't you contact her? Mary was so alone. She was so desperate.
Connor: What -- come here -- get -- come here. Don't you think I know that? Sit. Huh? I faked my own death, all right? Made my way through hostile territory and halfway across this world. I've been through hell to get back to my Mary.
Emily: If you'd arrived just a few weeks sooner --
Connor: Yeah, whatever -- she'd still be alive, right? Huh? Well, it didn't work out that way, did it? My wife is dead, and you and your little boyfriend are going to pay for what you did to her.
Nikolas ends up back at Wyndemere and busts into the bathroom. He tests the water in the bathtub and notices the disarray. He sees red roses on the side table and picks them up, noticing that the stems are broken.
Emily: You and Nikolas look so much alike. I'm starting to understand why Mary was so confused.
Connor: You don't know nothing about my wife.
Emily: Mary and I became friends for a while. We both believed the men we loved were dead. We were trying to help each other.
Connor: Well, that help didn't do much good, did it? The papers made her out like she was some kind of maniac.
Emily: Mary lost her grip on reality. She was desperate to hold on to Nikolas.
Connor: Look, don't you say that. Don't you say that. I know how much my wife loved me. She would never turn to another man.
Emily: It was confusing for all of us. Nikolas had a head injury when he showed up here. He had no idea who he was. Mary thought that you were dead. She was living alone. And when Nikolas woke up and asked who he was, Mary told him that his name was Connor Bishop.
Connor: No. No, she wouldn't lie to nobody.
Emily: Mary was lying to herself! She wanted you back so badly that she used Nikolas as a substitute. Mary told him all about your life. She kept him hidden here, cut off from the world and everyone he loved because she needed to fill the void that you left. Mary needed Nikolas to be you.
Connor: And then what? Huh? Then he remembered everything and he just come flying back to you?
Emily: It's more complicated than that, but eventually, Nikolas and I fought our way back to each other the way you were trying to do with Mary.
Connor: The papers said that Mary -- she killed some kids. Anyway, she wouldn't do that.
Emily: I think Mary developed a split personality, a separate part of herself that was willing to kill to hold on to the man that she thought was her husband.
Connor: Is that the official story? Huh? My sweet, gentle little wife went crazy, so your fiancé shot her?
Emily: Mary had a knife! She was threatening to kill me. Nikolas shot her in self-defense.
Connor: He's a murderer. You know that? He threw that old lady off a cliff.
Emily: That woman was Nikolas' grandmother, Helena Cassadine. She was evil. She was trying to kill me.
Connor: Would you shut up? You shut up. You tell me -- why should I believe anything you say?
Nikolas: Listen to me. Something strange is going on. I need you to run a check on Connor Bishop.
Lucky: Mary's husband? Why? He's been dead for months.
Nikolas: Maybe not.
Emily: And what happens next? Do you even know? Was there a plan to any of this, or are you just lashing out?
Connor: Oh, yeah, there's a plan. There's an objective.
Emily: Would you mind letting me in on it?
Connor: Sure. House was empty when I got back. It surprised me a little bit because mary didn't have no place else to go. The power was off. There was nothing but canned goods left in the cupboards. It's like somebody cleaned the place out. Well, I guess it was the police, huh?
Emily: The power's on now.
Connor: I paid the bill. The power company don't know that she's dead.
Emily: How long have you been here?
Connor: Long enough. Long enough to do the research. You see, I wasn't a -- I wasn't a very good student. No. Mary had to tutor me. She did all my papers for me. Probably wouldn't even graduated high school if it wasn't for her. But, see, when there's an objective, that's different. I went on the internet, I went to the library, found every article that I could find on the death of my wife. And then I started to research the man who killed her.
Emily: Nikolas didn't kill Mary.
Connor: He shot her at point-blank range with a .45 caliber semiautomatic. Hmm? I'll give your boyfriend this much -- he's thorough.
Emily: She had a knife. She'd already murdered three people that night.
Connor: Then I started to read up on his family -- all that I could stand, anyway. It seems the Cassadines kill a lot of people that they don't go to jail for.
Emily: Nikolas isn't like the rest of his family.
Connor: Mm-hmm. I read about the car accident, how you thought he was dead. I'm sorry to hear that. That must have been difficult for you.
Emily: It was.
Connor: I'm sure it was. Once I had all the facts, you know, it was just about -- it was just about planning. I followed him, tracked his movements, scouted the house. It was real easy to get in -- you know, all those secret entrances, those rooms that nobody ever uses. I watched you fall asleep.
Emily: You what? When?
Connor: You were by the fire reading some book, some medical book. I thought about taking you then, but I decided to wait.
Emily: Why?
Connor: So he'd know where to find me.
Emily: What are you talking about?
Connor: That's why I called. That's why I rode the launch out this time. So when Nikolas starts asking questions, the pilot remembers seeing him at a time when Nikolas knows he wasn't there. Eventually he'll figure it out. He'll realize that I ain't dead and that we look alike. And then he'll come here looking for me.
Emily: And then what?
Connor: Then he gets to watch you die.
Lucky: You really think Connor Bishop is alive?
Nikolas: You didn't see the look on my launch pilot's face. He was convinced that he had just taken me to Spoon Island, Lucky.
Lucky: Did you ask him what he was wearing?
Nikolas: Yeah, dark clothes, he said. Nothing specific. The pilot said he didn't talk much, so whoever it was, he was obviously trying to cover.
Lucky: Well, Mary always said you resembled her husband.
Nikolas: That's it, that's it. That's Connor's military record right there.
Lucky: All right. There should be some kind of photo when he was training.
Nikolas: Oh, my God.
Lucky: It's more than just a resemblance.
Nikolas: If not for that scar, that'd be me.
Lucky: All right, listen, look right here -- it says in the report that they never found Connor's body.
Nikolas: I have to go find Emily.
Emily: Have you killed many people?
Connor: Why does it matter?
Emily: You said you were going to kill me. I guess I'm curious -- will I stand out and be special, or is it just one more murder to you?
Connor: In my opinion, what happens in war isn't murder. That's the enemy. You're supposed to kill them. That's your job.
Emily: So it doesn't bother you?
Connor: I don't think about it. It's my job. It was my job. I ain't really got one no more. I ain't nothing. I ain't a marine. I ain't nothing but -- but a person who wants your little boyfriend to pay for killing my Mary.
Emily: Mm-hmm. You're going to avenge her.
Connor: That's a good word for it. I like that.
Emily: Yeah? Easier on the ears than "cold-blooded killer," which is what you'd have to be if you plan to shoot me while Nikolas is watching.
Connor: Nikolas killed my wife when she was helpless! Why shouldn't I do the same to him, huh? But you ain't got to worry about nothing. Going to be quick. You won't feel nothing.
Emily: Am I supposed to thank you?
Connor: No.
Emily: Do you think Mary would?
Emily: When Mary and I met, she was already hiding Nikolas.
Connor: Look, I ain't trying to hear this.
Emily: Yeah, I guess you could tape my mouth shut.
Connor: I don't want to hurt you, Emily.
Emily: No, you only want to kill me.
Connor: It's payback, come on.
Emily: And what's it going to solve? What? It won't bring Mary back to life. It won't honor the love you felt for her. But that's the point, isn't it -- to make Mary's death mean something so there's not just an end? So that Nikolas is sorry and you feel what? How are you going to feel when I'm dead? What, better, happier, more at peace?
Connor: Whatever I feel, Nikolas and I will probably kill each other. And if we don't, the cops will come in and they'll do the job for us.
Emily: Yeah, yeah, I can see the headlines now -- "Marine deserter goes on killing spree, murders woman tied to a chair." "Connor Bishop, husband of double murderer Mary Bishop --"
Connor: Shut up. Shut up.
Emily: "Is responsible for --"
Connor: I said shut up.
Emily: "Proof today that murder runs in the family by --"
Connor: Shut up, Emily.
Emily: Shut me up! Smack my face! Scare me into silence! But I'll dead in a half-hour anyway. Maybe you could kill me if I were a soldier, if this were a mission, but it's not. This is how you're grieving for your wife. Instead of putting flowers on her grave, going to church, giving away her things, you're planning to commit murder in her name. Which brings me back to my original question -- do you really think this is what she'd want?
Connor: You're the one who said she was some crazed-out killer. Maybe that's exactly what she would want.
Emily: Mary lost her mind. You haven't. That's what makes this so terrible. No matter what you do, awake or asleep, you can't stop missing her. You can't help wondering if one tiny action could have changed everything and saved her life. I know because I asked myself the same question when I thought I lost Nikolas, and the answer is it doesn't matter. Nothing you do now can change what's already happened. All you can do is use your life to pay tribute to the person you loved.
Connor: By setting you free?
Emily: Yeah. That would be a start.
Connor: What about your boyfriend? Huh? Should he go free, too? Should he be able to go off and marry you and go on with his life, even though he destroyed my Mary's? You're right. I don't want to kill you. I just want Nikolas to pay, that's all.
Connor: If your hands hurt, rub them a little bit, get the circulation going.
Emily: What happens now?
Connor: Go into town, let you go.
Emily: And what about you?
Connor: I don't know. You'll probably go to the cops, tell them I'm a deserter and a kidnapper. When they pick me up, I'll tell them that your little boyfriend killed his grandmother. With any luck, he'll go to jail and I won't.
Emily: Except there's a better solution. Let me help you. I can give you money. I can get you to Canada or --
Door opens.
Nikolas: Get away from her!
Connor: How about I kill you instead?