October 5, 2007 Screencaps

Nikolas: Thank you.

Lucky: Well, misdemeanor charges for beating up Scott Baldwin’s son. Wow, you skated.

Nikolas: Well, thanks to Emily, who intervened. Nothing like having a fight-to-the-death woman in your corner, huh? Oh, sorry.

Lucky: Oh, don't worry -- I'm not going to whine about my marital problems.

Nikolas: Well, what's that about?

Lucky: You have to ask?

Nikolas: Evidently, I do.

Lucky: Last time I saw you, you were a little tense, not that I fault you for speaking the truth, but you know what? I do have to move on and Alexis is going to help get my divorce behind me as soon as possible.

Nikolas: And you think that's fair to Elizabeth?

Elizabeth: I signed my rental agreement this morning.

Emily: Yeah?

Elizabeth: And if I haven't said it enough, thank you so much for finding the perfect house for me and my boys.

Emily: No -- I'm so glad it all worked out.

Elizabeth: Oh, Cameron and Jake are going to love the back yard. And maybe I'll even play with them if they can drag me out of that amazing claw-foot tub.

Emily: Sounds like positive forward motion.

Elizabeth: It is. And in that spirit, I have a meeting with Diane today. I'm hoping she'll be able to put this whole divorce in motion despite Lucky throwing up obstacles.

Emily: Look, if I'm butting in, just say so.

Elizabeth: Like that's ever stopped you?

[Emily chuckles]

Emily: I think that there's a better way to handle this that won't get under Lucky's skin so much.

Nikolas: See, Alexis isn't just a good attorney. She's also one of the most competitive people on the planet, and although she won't admit it, it bugs her that Sonny replaced her with Diane. So winning this for her is just as important as looking out for you.

Lucky: Well, I don't see the downside.

Nikolas: Well, that depends on what you want when the dust settles. Would you rather let Elizabeth go in a way that allows you two to have an amicable relationship, or do you want Alexis to turn this divorce into a fight that someone has to win, making any good feelings between you and your soon-to-be ex-wife impossible?

Emily: You and Lucky didn't want to subject your kids to the constant tension between you, so you were ready to dot a few I’s and cross a few T’s with an attorney to guide you so that you could detach with care and concern. And now, you've got two lawyers in the mix that are working their own agendas.

Elizabeth: No, no, no. Diane drew up a very reasonable agreement. I didn't ask for alimony, Lucky volunteered to pay child support -- it's exactly what we had talked about, and then he suddenly changed his mind.

Emily: Okay, maybe Alexis, with the best of intentions, influenced Lucky, but if the divorce becomes a fight, it could take on a life of its own and keep the tension alive long after the divorce papers are signed and Diane and Alexis have gone their merry ways.

Elizabeth: Well, Lucky's the one who's getting Alexis into the middle of this.

Emily: I know, but Lucky feels like an outsider and Diane's Jason’s attorney. It's a touchy connection.

Elizabeth: Yeah, well, I'm a little touchy about trusting the mother of the woman Lucky's sleeping with.

Epiphany: Divorce -- it's a nasty business with the best of intentions.

Elizabeth: Do you have any words of wisdom you'd care to share?

Epiphany: Develop a tough hide. You're going to need it.

Elizabeth: Believe it or not, I am trying to keep this divorce simple. We both want it; we're not fighting over alimony or property. The only issue is custody and visitations, and that's probably best left for the lawyers to sort out.

Epiphany: Sometimes when you make a mess and you leave it for other people to clean it up, they make a bigger mess. Dr. Behar wants you in x-ray.

Emily: Oh. We'll pick this up later.

Elizabeth: Right. Hey.

Robin: Hey.

Elizabeth: How happy are you to be done with night-shift duty?

Robin: Whew -- let me count the ways.

Elizabeth: Oh. Here.

Robin: Thank you. Oh -- unfortunately, the after-effects still linger. Mrs. Myers in 1012 -- she needs a dressing change.

Elizabeth: Okay, I'll take care of it.

Leyla: Okay, I'm going to take my break now.

Epiphany: Okay.

Robin: Epiphany, I need the blood panel on the gastropareresis patient.

Leyla: Oh, Dr. Drake took that. He ordered an MRI to rule out the possibility --

Robin: How closely do you monitor Dr. Drake, Nurse Mir?

Leyla: Just enough to do my job, and should you like to take this up with him personally, he's in the ER, cubicle two, checking on a patient.

Emily: Hey, Robin.

Robin: Yeah?

Emily: If you have a minute, I'd like to talk to you about Nikolas.

Robin: Mm-hmm.

Lucky: Elizabeth never checked to see if I was on board with Diane as her attorney. She just hired her.

Nikolas: I -- I think she just went with somebody she knew who happened to be available.

Lucky: Huh. It wasn't enough that Elizabeth slept with Jason and then lied the whole time we were married? Now she brings in Jason’s attorney into our divorce?

Nikolas: I -- I don't think that that thought ever really entered into her mind.

Lucky: Maybe. Maybe not. I just want Alexis to protect me.

Nikolas: Lucky, if you're spoiling for a fight here, I highly advise against it. And if you push this too far, okay, someone will get hurt.

Officer: All right, Mr. Cassadine, I've got your receipt right here.

Nikolas: Thank you.

Lucky: Come on, get up.

Nikolas: Right.

Lucky: Dude, where the hell did that come from?

Emily: Did you happen to go any further with the blood panel that you did on Nikolas?

Robin: There was nowhere else to go. Since Nikolas was so vague about his reasons for wanting to get blood work done, I tested for anything and everything. He's clean.

Emily: Okay. We stepped things up a little bit.

Robin: How so?

Emily: Cat scan, MRI -- the works.

Robin: Okay, Nikolas didn't tell me what's going on. Are you going to?

Emily: Honestly, Robin, I don't know what's been going on except Nikolas has been having these, um, episodes.

Robin: Describe them.

Emily: He flies into rages, much more than the situation calls for, and he's been losing time.

Robin: That's not good.

Emily: Yeah. There have been incidents of violence, as well. He attacked Jerry and Logan Hayes twice, and that's just what we know about.

[Emily sighs]

Emily: I think that he might have come to you because he thinks that this is a side effect of the poison that Jerry injected him with.

Robin: That's totally possible. I mean, if that's what it is, Nikolas' condition could be treatable and temporary.

Emily: What if it isn't?

Emily: Hey.

Elizabeth: Hey.

Emily: I wondered where you disappeared to.

Elizabeth: Oh, I've got to get the kids out of daycare and drop them off at Gram's so I can make this meeting with Diane.

Emily: Listen, I hope I wasn't out of line with my unsolicited advice.

Elizabeth: No. Please, I know you mean well. Everybody does, but everybody's not in my position. I just want to put this whole divorce behind me, forget about how much Lucky and I hurt each other, and get on with my new life in my new house.

Lainey: You know, I think we are in serious need of a girls' night out.

Emily: Sign me up.

Elizabeth: Me, too. I will call Kelly and Robin and see if we can arrange something -- maybe at my new house.

Lainey: Hmm. Have you spoken to Nikolas this afternoon?

Emily: No. Why?

Lainey: I was over at the PCPD, and they brought this guy in -- he was obviously high, and he went berserk. And before anybody else could react, Nikolas laid him out flat, with more strength and violence than I thought he was capable of.

Nikolas: Go ahead.

Woman: Thanks. That's a pretty nasty-looking hand. How'd you hurt it?

Nikolas: Uh -- actually, I have no idea.