August 30, 2006 Screencaps

Elizabeth: Hey.

Nikolas: Oh, hey.

Elizabeth: Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt.

Nikolas: It's okay. I thought you'd be at home with Lucky.

Elizabeth: Yeah, well, I wanted to speak to you first. He just blew up at Lulu and she was so upset she called me.

Nikolas: Yeah, I -- I ran into Lucky at Kelly's. He told me what happened. It was just before he turned around and went off on Dillon.

Elizabeth: Oh, you see -- I knew we shouldn't have let him leave the apartment. I knew it was a mistake.

Nikolas: Hey, you're not responsible anymore, Liz. You've done everything you can to help Lucky and it's not working. He needs to check into a rehab.

Nikolas: Lucky has all kinds of reasons why he doesn't want to go to rehab. He's afraid it'll hurt his career, it's too expensive. He's afraid that someone will move in on you while he's gone.

Elizabeth: They're just excuses.

Nikolas: I -- I know. Of course they are. Lucky knows in his heart that you would never cheat on him. Yet he's still obsessed with Patrick Drake, just like he's obsessed all of the sudden with Lulu.

Elizabeth: You know he feels responsible for her getting pregnant?

Nikolas: Yeah.

Elizabeth: That if he were paying attention, that somehow he could've stopped her from acting out.

Nikolas: We all feel terrible for Lulu. But we aren't yelling at her. And the only reason he is, is because he's -- he's just not thinking clearly right now. Going through this -- this withdrawal on his own -- it's too much for him.

Elizabeth: It's not like I can force him into rehab.

Nikolas: Well, have you tried?

Elizabeth: Well, every time I talk to him about it, he -- he says that he can do this on his own as long -- as long as I stand by him.

Nikolas: Look how well that's worked so far. I mean, we -- we caught him trying to skip out on a meeting. He was -- he was rude and disrespectful to you when -- when Emily and I brought over dinner. He went off on Lulu. I mean, your son has to stay at his grandmother's house, because Lucky is too volatile to be around a child right now.

Elizabeth: If I give up on him -- he already feels like everybody is against him.

Nikolas: But he's been lying to you for months. He's jeopardized his career, he jeopardized his health. He cheated on you. I mean, you have every right to leave him, whether he goes to rehab or not.

Elizabeth: It's not that simple.

Nikolas: Why are you being so calm about your husband cheating on you? You know, you are allowed to be furious, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth: No. No, I'm not.

Nikolas: Really, why aren't you angrier about Lucky's drug problem? You didn't cause it; you've done nothing wrong.

Elizabeth: I did deny it for months.

Nikolas: That doesn't mean you're to blame. And you don't need to -- to manage Lucky's recovery single-handedly. I mean, people who go through withdrawal like Lucky -- they need an entire medical team, not a nurse working at home with no backup.

Elizabeth: I do understand why he wants to keep his addiction a secret.

Nikolas: Yeah. Yeah, because it's easier to take pills. Sorry. Sorry, that was a little cynical.

Elizabeth: It's comments like that that make Lucky feel so alone. If I bail on him right now, he's going to start using again. And if he starts using again, I'm going to have to leave him.

Nikolas: It's just you've turned your life inside out for Lucky, and I don't see how it's helped either one of you.

Elizabeth: I told him we can't live like this for too much longer, okay? But he needs me, and I did promise to love him for better or for worse, and this just happens to be the "for worse" part. But he wants to be a good husband, he wants to be a good father, and he wants to be a good brother.

Nikolas: Maybe rehab can help him do that.

Elizabeth: I will talk to him again.

Nikolas: Okay. Come here. Come here. Listen, all I want is for my brother to get the help he needs, all right, so he can get back in control of his life, that's all.