November 21, 2007 Screencaps

Ned: It's not right that Emily's gone.

Edward: You want to -- you want to hear the truth? I don't know whether I -- I can bear this loss. I can hardly breathe.

Ned: Come on, Grandfather, sit down.

Edward: No, it -- it won't help. You see, Emily -- Emily graced us with -- with so much strength and -- and beauty. She -- she was a light around which all of us could revolve.

Ned: I know.

Edward: And to have her so suddenly and so brutally ripped away -- well, it's -- it's broken something inside me that -- that I don't think will ever mend.

Ned: It's your heart.

Monica: Hi, Ned.

Ned: Monica.

Monica: My, it seems we only see you at holidays and funerals. You get a double feature this time.

Nikolas: I -- I told you already, I'm not hungry.

Alfred: Understandable, but it won't hurt to have a bit of nourishment --

Nikolas: I don't --

Nikolas: Let me make myself clear. If I can't have Emily, then nothing else matters to me. Do you understand? Now, if you please, leave me alone.

Edward: Emily's funeral is on Wednesday, Ned. I hope you can stay.

Ned: Yeah, of course. I cleared my calendar.

Monica: Ah. Now, that's exactly what I should've done -- cleared my calendar. I mean, this was a celebration for Alan and -- and the endowment that Nikolas did for him. I should've insisted that Julian do that surgery for me, but no. No, no, I had to do it myself.

Dillon: Hey. I came as soon as I could.

Monica: Hi, Dillon.

Edward: Good to see you home, son.

Dillon: Hi. Monica -- I loved Emily, not because she was family. She was a good and generous human being.

Monica: I know. And she loved you, too, and I'm so -- I'm -- I'm really glad that you are here, and I would like -- I'd really like to say something that would be meaningful right now, but I -- uh -- I really don't have it in me. Because I can't get past the fact that I missed the last few hours of my daughter's life. I mean, the time that we could've spent together -- maybe -- maybe it would've made a difference.

Ned: Emily's death was a random occurrence -- a madman crashed a party and went on a rampage.

Monica: No, no. No, excuse me, Ned, there was nothing random about it. Anthony Zacchara is a known gangster and he kills for a living -- just like my son does. Isn't it ironic? All these years I have been defending Jason's choices, and it was his choices that killed my daughter.

Lesley: I brought Spencer home. He loves being spoiled by his great-grandma, but he really misses his daddy.

Nikolas: I thought we agreed that he would stay with you for a while.

Lesley: We did. I just thought maybe with everything, you needed to see him and hold him and hold life.

Nikolas: Will you just please tell Alfred or Norma or whoever has him to put him in the playroom? Thanks.

Lesley sighs.

Monica: There's nothing you can say, Bobbie.

Bobbie: Oh, I know. I was thinking maybe you're the one who needs to talk. I do have painful experience to draw from.

Monica: Yeah -- so do I. I -- I'm still trying to get used to that word "widow." You know, I really hate it. Emily came to us just a little girl who lost her mother to a disease that was about to take me. And she gave me the will to live. She -- she was the most precious gift I'd ever had, Bobbie. And now she's gone, brutally and senselessly, and I am hurt and I am sad, but I can't feel all of those emotions right now because the one thing that is stuck in my heart right now is incredible anger.

Bobbie: You know, you won't believe this now -- because I didn't when B.J.'s death was still so fresh and raw -- but one day, when you least expect it, you're going to think about the daughter you lost, and all you will feel is love and gratitude that she came into your life at all.

Monica: Oh, Bobbie, I miss her!

Bobbie: I know.

Monica: I miss her.

Lesley: My love, I know you're hurting right now. But Emily was a huge presence in that little baby's life and he is going to feel the loss.

Nikolas: Listen, I apologize if my asking you is an imposition -- if it is, I will make other arrangements -- but would you please -- would you keep him with you?

Lesley: For how long?

Nikolas: I don't know. I can't -- I can't say how long, but I'll pay whatever expenses, including Norma’s salary.

Lesley: It has nothing to do with money, it has nothing to do with imposing, it has to do with a little baby who needs his daddy and a man who needs his son.

Nikolas: He deserves the best of everything, and right now that's not me. I don't want to subject him to my emotional turmoil right now. And I love my son very much -- you know that -- but I loved Emily, too. He needs attention, and I'm too distracted to give it to him. So, please --

Lesley: All right, I'll take him home.

Nikolas: Thank you.

Lesley: Nikolas?

Nikolas: What?

Lesley: Honey, look at me. You surely do have your mother's infinite capacity for love, but beyond that, you have her strength.

Nikolas: Well, I can't find it right now.

Lesley: It will find you. That's what will heal your heart. And when that happens, you and your son will make a new life. Nikolas, that's what Emily would want.

Monica: Oh, Nikolas. Emily gave this to me on Mother's Day and I haven't worn it, but today I couldn't think of wearing anything else.

Nikolas: Oh, it's nice. Listen, I -- I just wanted to say, well, so many -- so many things to you. First off, I -- I know -- I know you know I loved your daughter very much. And thank you. Thank you for raising such an amazing woman, and I -- I want you to know that she loved and respected you very much. And I'm so -- I'm sorry. I'm just sorry.

Nikolas sighs.

Nikolas: You know, I would've done anything for her, including die for her. I just -- I keep -- I keep racking my brain, trying to think of how I could've prevented it somehow.

Monica: No, Nikolas, don’t. You had nothing to do with it. In fact, you were responsible for the joyous times in Emily's life.

Nikolas: I asked her to marry me at the ball --

Monica: Oh --

Nikolas: She said yes.

Monica: Oh, I'm so sorry.

Nikolas: Yes. So am I. I'm going to go, okay?

Monica: Wait -- wait a minute. I just want to tell you that I will be eternally grateful for you loving Emily. And for knowing what an extraordinary woman she was, and loving her the way she deserved to be loved. I keep thinking that this is just a nightmare, that we're going to wake up, but it's not going to happen. We’ve lost her, and all we can do is figure out a way to go on.

Epiphany: Who are you?

Man: The Pampered Platter -- caterers extraordinaire.

Edward: So where would you like to have them set up to serve?

Epiphany: This is a hospital, Mr. Quartermaine.

Edward: I'm well aware of that, Nurse Johnson. But my granddaughter spent most of her time here, and Emily would want you all to have a Thanksgiving dinner. So in Emily's name, and on her behalf, our family's going to make that possible. Emily would say, "It’s the least we can do."

Alice: Dr. Q? You have a visitor.

Monica: Oh, Alice, please send them away. I'm not in the mood for any -- Skye.

Skye: I know this is a terrible time to show up unannounced, and you can tell me to go if you want. But this has been such a year of unrelenting loss and -- well, some of us are feeling a little alone and orphaned and do not have any place to go. But I'm -- I'm sorry --

Monica: No, Skye, please, please. We were just about to sit down and have a traditional Thanksgiving pizza. And we'd love it if you and Lila Rae would join us.

Skye: Thank you.

Monica: Hey, sweetie.

Monica: She's cute. Come here, sunshine.

Skye: You're such a good jumper.