December 3, 2007 Screencaps

Nikolas: May I see the arrest warrant? Wait, you don't have one, do you?

Detective Harper: I'm giving you the opportunity to turn yourself in.

Nikolas: No, I think you're bluffing to try and force me into a confession.

Detective Harper: The sooner Emily's killer comes forward, the sooner her family and everyone who loved her can heal. You were found with the body, and the woman's mask that was found at the scene has your blood splattered on it. Yeah, according to statistics, over 40% of murder victims are killed by someone they know -- very often by someone they love.

Detective Harper: I've heard from several witnesses who say your behavior's been erratic; you're prone to violent rages. You've seen doctors, but no one can figure out what's wrong with you.

Nikolas: I'm really not interested in your medical analysis of me.

Detective Harper: If there's a medical reason for what you did, it might be a mitigating factor. But stonewalling the investigation will only make things worse for you.

Nikolas: Detective, I've given police full access to my home, answered all of their questions to the best of my ability, and even opened my medical records. And though I object to being arrested without a warrant, I certainly didn't stonewall anyone's investigation.

Detective Harper: I'm giving you a chance to make things right.

Nikolas: If you aren't prepared to arrest me right now, leave.

Detective Harper: You know, every single witness has told me how much you loved Emily. Now, if you snapped -- for whatever reason -- the guilt must be hell. You'll feel a lot better once you admit what really happened.

Emily: Nikolas, don't you dare even think about making a confession. I'm absolutely certain that you did not kill me.

Emily: You love me. You would never hurt me.

Nikolas: But, Emily, you heard the detective -- my blood's on the mask.

Emily: Oh, which proves nothing. Nikolas, how many fights were you in that night? Come on, including the terrible one with Jason, where you wound up knocked out and tied to a chair?

Nikolas: I know, but the only thing I remember about that is begging you to leave, that's all.

Emily: You were all bruised up. Your blood could've easily gotten onto that mask then or at any point that evening -- they can't even prove that that mask is mine.

Nikolas: I'm not sure they have to.

Emily: Why are you so willing to believe that such weak evidence proves that you killed me?

Nikolas: Because, Emily, I'm standing here talking to a woman who I know is dead, a woman that I happen to love very much.

Emily: I love you, too.

Nikolas: See, that's my point. By having this conversation proves that I've completely lost my mind. I don't -- I don't know if it's guilt. I don't know if I'm seeing you because I can't stand the pain of remembering if I killed you. I don't --

Knock on door.

Emily: Go ahead.

Nikolas: Come in.

Sam: Hey. Are you alone? I just -- I -- I thought I heard voices.

Nikolas: Uh -- yeah. Yeah, I was just talking with Emily.

Sam: I understand, actually. You know, sometimes it does help to talk to the person that you've lost. I find myself going to my daughter's grave a lot when I feel upset -- I've even had several conversations with my brother, Danny. So if I am intruding, I -- I do apologize.

Nikolas: No, you're not -- you're not intruding.

Sam: Okay -- um -- that's good because Alfred said that there was a police detective here.

Nikolas: Yes. Apparently, my blood was found on the mask next to Emily's body.

Sam: Which means absolutely nothing.

Nikolas: Yeah, well, Detective Harper believes otherwise.

Sam: Ignore him. He is a cop trying to close a high-profile case. Everybody knows how much you love Emily. You would never hurt her.

Nikolas: Yeah, everyone keeps saying that.

Sam: Because they know you.

Nikolas: So do you, Sam. You -- you've seen what I'm like during one of those blackouts. I almost threw you off the turret, you remember?

Sam: Yeah, I do, but you didn’t.

Nikolas: You looked me right in the eyes, and you saw that rage firsthand. So can you honestly say that you could stand up in court and say there's no way I could've killed Emily? Can you say that?

Nikolas: Look, I don't want to be responsible for a crime that I didn't commit, but nothing I remember, nothing I've heard makes me believe I'm innocent.

Emily: You are.

Nikolas: You're so stubborn, even now.

Emily: Nikolas, you're grieving. Okay, you need someone to blame, so you're blaming yourself, but all you're really doing is protecting my killer. Nikolas, someone murdered me, someone took my entire life, my chance to bear your children, to grow old with you. We survived all kinds of disappointments -- I mean, all kinds of broken promises to be together, Nikolas -- and now all of that means nothing? Someone took away my future. Why should they take yours away, as well? I know you love me. You love me enough to find my killer, because I know it wasn't you.