April 2, 2007 Screencaps

Nikolas: This situation goes against everything I am -- to be so passive while this idiot makes us jump through hoops?

Robin: I know, I know. I believe I understand your frustration. But right now Craig literally holds your life in his hands. And I gave a sample of your blood to my best lab technician and he has no idea what Craig has injected into your body, much less how to counteract it right now.

Nikolas: I just, I refuse to believe that our only recourse is to keep doing what he wants, and I particularly object to us having to pretend to be in love? What --

Robin: Patrick and I had tickets to the opera tonight. I know it might not seem like anything extraordinary, but Patrick "hates" the opera. He says that it makes him want to surgically remove his ears. When I woke up from the hospital I had a pair of tickets in my hands. We've come so far, and it was not easy. I mean, we finally learn how to open up to each other and love one another. And now he's just hurt and confused. What if I tell him?

Nikolas: What?

Robin: What if I tell Patrick what's going on here?

Nikolas: Uh -- although I understand the impulse, I think it's a bad idea.

Kristina: Mommy, wake up. Mommy, please? Mommy?

James: Whoa.

Kristina: My mommy needs help.

James: Well, tell me what's wrong.

Kristina: She won't wake up.

James: Show me, show me where she is.

James: Here we go. It's going to be all right. There. See? She's fine.

Alexis: Hmm.

James: Hello.

Alexis: Kristina? You.

James: We meet again.

Alexis: What happened?

James: Well, apparently, you passed out, and judging from that lovely shade of gray you're taking on, we should get you back to the house.

Alexis: I'm -- I'm perfectly capa-- capable of getting up under my own steam.

James: Really? Are you always so resistant to people who are trying to help you?

Alexis: Yes, thank you. Honey, I'm all right. I'm just a little tired, that's all.

James: No, no, that's not true, actually. Your mother is tired because she's taking really strong medicine, she's pushing herself too hard, and she's not resting enough. Come on.

Alexis: It would probably be best if you didn't try to contradict me in front of my own child.

James: Well, you see, Kristina's a bright young thing, and there's no point in lying to her when she can see as well as I can that you're about to pass out again. Kristina, should I assist your mother? Yes? Your choice.

Alexis: Fine.

James: Okay.

Alexis: I can lean on you, but there's no need for you to carry me like I'm --

James: Yes, like a damsel in distress -- the image somehow doesn't suit you. Come on, let's get back to that house. Come on, Kristina. You all right? Let's go. Okay, slowly.

Robin: Patrick could help. He is in the hospital every day with 24-hour access to the lab.

Nikolas: I -- I know, I know. It sounds -- it sounds right, but you know him, you know Patrick. He -- he could lose it, maybe even kill Craig -- I know I would. And, not to be selfish, but where would that leave me? So we can't tell Patrick, and certainly not Emily. I don't want her anywhere near this situation.

Robin: But do you think it's going to be any easier for them to believe that we've suddenly fallen in love?

Nikolas: No, no, no, I'm sure they'll be devastated, but that's the way it needs to be right now or Craig will know something's off. You've seen how he is. He's quite adept at psychological manipulation, and remember, he kept a roomful of people hostage for 12 hours. He zeroed in on their weaknesses and used them against us. The fewer we offer him now, the better off we'll be.

Robin: You know what? You made a good point about psychological manipulation -- maybe that's what Craig is doing now. Maybe he's not telling the entire truth about poisoning you.

Nikolas: What? Robin, you saw me on the couch gasping for air. The guy's not joking.

Robin: No, I know -- not about potency, no, but, I mean, even that manmade virus that kept us all in quarantine over a year ago had a counteragent. Craig is in espionage, and I just cannot believe that they would engineer this thing without an antitoxin to go along with it. We just have to find it.

Nikolas: Yes, I know. And at least it's the beginnings of some sort of plan, but let me tell you, we need to implement it sooner rather than later, because this Craig seems to have a low tolerance for boredom.

Robin sighs.

Nikolas: His ideas about how to make life interesting could get us both killed.

Patrick: I don't see the point in talking about it. Robin and I are over, she's with Nikolas now, end of story. No riding off into the sunset, no happily ever after, and you know what? It's my fault, I should've known it was going to end this way.

Lainey: This sudden romance between Robin and Nikolas -- doesn't it seem odd to you?

Patrick: I --

Lainey: I highly suggest that you stay open to the idea that there's more to this than Robin turning to some other man for no discernible reason.

Patrick: I was, Lainey, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.

Lainey: How?

Patrick: Robin and Nikolas have a history.

Lainey: But she loves you.

Patrick: Yes.

Lainey: I know that.

Patrick: Yeah, but that's my point. With -- with Robin, love equals fear of loss -- the more she loves me, the further she'll go to wreck it.

Robin: I fought so hard to earn Patrick's trust -- and my own.

Nikolas: Wait, your own?

Robin: I was petrified to fall in love with him. I had resigned myself to being alone, I was fine with it. Or, at least I thought I was fine with it, until Patrick came along and showed me what I'd been missing. He is an amazing man and I am in love with him and I am not going to let Craig ruin that, and you cannot let Craig ruin you and Emily, either. We have to fight back somehow.

Alexis: I told you I was fine, but apparently when anyone talks to you, they just hear the sound of their own voice.

Robin: Are you okay?

Alexis: Yes.

James: Yes, I found her unconscious in the woods.

Alexis: I'm -- I overdid it just a smidge. I'm really fine. Actually, Mr. Brosnan was -- was quite helpful, even though I hate to admit that.

James: Well, you're a stubborn woman. I mean, it's clear that my effort to assist wasn't enough. Look at you -- you're shaking.

Alexis: I am not, I'm fine.

James: No, you're not. Would you like some advice?

Alexis: Would it matter if I said no?

James: I think you should stay here for the night.

Nikolas: No, no, I don't think that's a good idea. She would be far more comfortable in her own home.

Alexis: Actually, here's another painful admission -- whenever I resist something, it means I probably need it. So I'm going to take you up on that offer, and Kristina and I would be very happy to stay here.

Nikolas: No, no, that's -- that's not possible.

Alexis: You're kidding, right?

Nikolas: Alexis, if you're too sick to go home, then -- then you need to go to the hospital.

Kristina: No!

Robin: Um --

Alexis: It's all right.

Robin: Honey, how about -- maybe your mommy needs a snack.

Alexis: Yeah.

Robin: You want to go with me to the kitchen, we'll find her something to eat?

Alexis: Go ahead, sweetie. I'm not going to the hospital, everything is fine, okay? What is the matter with you? You know that anytime you mention the word "hospital," it terrorizes her. She's afraid that I'm going to disappear into a vapor every time I go in there -- she can't see me -- and when I come out I'm sicker than I was before. Nothing scares her more than the thought of me going back in the hospital.

Nikolas: Then why do you keep doing one reckless thing after another to get yourself put back in?

Nikolas: Look, I'm sorry, Alexis. I -- I don't mean to snap at you. I love you. You're the only family I have other than Spencer, which is why I want you healthy and cancer-free. But you seem to still be in a bit of denial about how sick you actually are, and it does more harm than good, not just to you. You have other people to consider -- your daughter.

Alexis: My, I must be a terrible, terrible mother to want to spend some quality time with my daughter, who happens to be very confused and very upset, especially now that her sister has been taken away from her. So I'd rather just take a detour into your scary wilderness -- which also happens to be your backyard -- to pick some wildflowers, hoping to get her to smile. So now you're saying not only am I a bad mother, but I'm also an intruder in your house.

Nikolas: No, that's not true.

Alexis: Well, yes, it is. That's exactly what you've been saying, Nikolas. I mean, how deplorably selfish of me to want to spend the night in one of your 500 gazillion guestrooms that you can now put better use to with your new girlfriend?

James: Well, you see, you're getting upset and it's counterproductive. Why don't I bring you home?

Nikolas: No, no, I don't think that's wise. I'll have Alfred do it.

James: No, no, no, it's prudent. I can ride with Alexis on the launch, take her home, and take a cab back, right?

Alexis: I don't want alfred to take me home. I don't want to put you out at all. It's fine. I accept your very kind offer, no matter how pushy you are.

Alexis sighs.

Alexis: Hey -- did you bring me an apple? You're a sweet girl. We're going to go home, huh? Mommy feels much better now, and Nikolas seems to need his privacy.

James: Come, let's go.

Nikolas: Alex--

James: Oh, and, uh, don't you two lovebirds wait up for me.

Nikolas: I can't believe what I just did. I wanted to push Alexis away. Instead, I -- instead, I made her trust Craig.

Robin: No, listen -- listen, Craig has nothing to gain from hurting Alexis or Kristina.

Nikolas: No, he'll just use them to control me.

Robin: Okay, maybe you need to sit down. Come here.

Nikolas: Okay.

Robin: I'll get you some water.

Nikolas: Can you believe how bold this guy is? Huh? To go into town, where anyone from the hotel could see him?

Robin: He had to have an excellent reason.

Nikolas: Yeah, I know what it is. He knows. He knows I need this counteragent soon. He wants -- he wants me to pass out so he can -- so he can punish me, control me -- that's what he does.

Robin: I know. I know, but we just have to play along with it for now.

Nikolas: Until I die?

Robin: No. Craig needs you alive.

Nikolas: But his plans don't always go off, Robin -- Alan died because of a glitch in the last one, you could have. Maybe I'm just the next mistake.