October 16, 2007 Screencaps

Nikolas: If I were going to stab anyone, it'd be you for taking my son away from me! You're a liar! You're a liar, you stole my son from me, and you're going to pay for it!

Carly: Okay, Nikolas -- if you kill me, you're throwing your life away.

Carly: You're coming after me with a letter opener -- it's irrational. Now, put it down. Look, you're a father. Spencer loves you, he needs you, and you love other people. That's why you're not going to do this! Nikolas? Come on. Nikolas?

Max: Back off.

Sonny: Jax, seriously. Why would Nikolas want to kill Leticia?

Jax: All right, he might not even be aware that he's doing it, okay? He's having blackouts. He's gone after Logan Hayes twice and he stabbed my brother last night. He nearly killed him.

Sonny: Who told you this -- Jerry?

Jax: Yes, Jerry told me.

Sonny: I know he's your brother, but you believe him?

Jax: Nikolas swears he can't remember, and Emily tells me that his blackouts are becoming more frequent.

Sonny: Jax, Leticia was killed weeks ago.

Jax: Yeah, but Nikolas -- he's been having these problems for quite some time.

Sonny: Yeah, but maybe Nikolas is faking this whole thing, doing some Cassadine thing. Play, what does Emily think?

Jax: Emily knows he's getting worse.

Sonny: Okay, look, who-- whoever killed Leticia has been sending me text messages. I really don't think it's Nikolas Cassadine, but you could be right about one thing -- it may have nothing to do with my business, which means the killer is still out there. We have no proof, no evidence, no way to track him down.

Carly: Max, stop. He's not going to hurt me.

Max: You don't know that -- step away.

Carly: Max!

Max: Put the knife down.

Carly: Nikolas? Put it down. Put it down.

Max: Carly --

Carly: What are you doing here?

Max: I'm guarding you.

Carly: Why didn't you tell me you were guarding me?

Max: Look, the boss said to be unobtrusive.

Carly: All right, so Sonny wants you spying on me?

Max: Look, if I hadn't have showed up, he might have killed you.

Carly: If you hadn't shown up, I might have some answers right now, Max! God!

Nikolas: Why are you here?

Carly: You don't remember anything about what just happened?

Nikolas: You came in asking questions about Jerry, right? Did you just point a gun at me?

Max: Yeah. You were trying to kill Mrs. C with that knife.

Carly: You had no right to interrupt my conversation with Nikolas Cassadine.

Max: "Conversation"? The guy came after you with a knife -- a letter opener.

Carly: I had everything under control, Max.

Max: That's not how it looked to me.

Carly: Max, I treasure you, I appreciate you. I think you're wonderful, I really do.

Max: Thank you.

Carly: But this crush you have on me is getting a little out of hand. You need to stop rescuing me when I don't need rescuing.

Jax: What'd you rescue Carly from?

Carly: Nothing. Nothing, nothing. I -- Max was just leaving. Thanks, Max. See you later.

Max: I'm sorry, Mrs. C. She went to Wyndemere to see Nikolas Cassadine. He came after her with a knife -- a letter opener.

Carly: Max!

Jax: What the hell were you thinking?

Carly: What's wrong with you? You just snitched on me, you just ratted me out?

Max: I'm trying to protect you.

Carly: No, you betrayed me.

Max: Mrs. C, I would never do that.

Carly: You embarrassed me in front of Nikolas, and now you're trying to mislead my husband. You have no respect for me at all.

Max: I was just trying to look out for her.

Carly: You can leave now.

Max: I was just -- I was doing my job.

Carly: Max, now, please.

Jax: Thank you, Max.

Jax: Pretty hard on him.

Carly: Yeah -- he is just taking this crush thing way too far.

Door closes.

Carly: You know, he's, like, making up stuff that didn't really happen --

Jax: Did Nikolas come after you with a letter opener or not?

Emily: Hey.

Nikolas: How was your dinner with Alexis?

Emily: Uh -- huh. I don't know how crazy she is about the idea of the black-and-white ball, but we had a nice conversation. She's reasonably certain that she and the girls aren't in any danger from this mob rival of Sonny’s.

Nikolas: Hmm. Well, that's -- that's good news.

Emily: But Alexis is getting very concerned about what's going on with you. I told her that you're planning to have more tests and then I suggested that maybe she and the girls would be more comfortable in their own home. And she agreed, so the girls are going to move out in the morning.

Nikolas: Okay. It's probably for the best. I had another blackout.

Emily: Nikolas? We're going to get through this.

Nikolas: Huh. Apparently, I almost killed Carly tonight.

Carly: I was never in any danger.

Jax: I warned you that Nikolas Cassadine stabbed Jerry. I mean, we were even speculating that he might be so unbalanced, he's developed a split personality or something, so what do you do? You run right over to Wyndemere and you question him?

Carly: I would've had answers if Max hadn't barged in.

Jax: Nikolas might be going insane -- how can you provoke him like that?

Carly: You went over and questioned him -- why shouldn't I?

Jax: Because I can protect myself.

Carly: I can protect myself.

Jax: You know, if it wasn't for Max, you might be dead, Carly.

Carly: Uh -- this is ridiculous. I had everything under control --

Jax: Listen to me. Nikolas coming after you with a letter opener is not "under control."

Nikolas: Well, Jax believes Jerry's story. That's why he showed up here -- he thinks I stabbed his brother.

Emily: What about you? Do you still think Jerry's lying?

Nikolas: God, I hope so. You know, I -- I tried to defend myself to Jax, which you can imagine was a little difficult given that I don't remember anything that happened. I don't know, Emily. The evidence certainly seems to be stacking up against me, doesn't it? Jeez. My grandmother has people stabbed in alleys, not me.

Emily: Hey, whatever's going on, Nikolas, it's not about being a Cassadine.

Nikolas: Anyway, Carly showed up here, asking questions about Jerry and the night Leticia was killed. The next thing I know, Carly's bodyguard has his gun pointed at me. They said I threatened her with -- with a damn letter opener. I have to stop this. You know? I need some answers. First thing tomorrow, I'm going to go to Patrick Drake and tell him to rerun every test he can think of.

Emily: Nikolas, that sounds like an excellent idea.

Nikolas: I need to stop whatever's wrong with me before I hurt someone I care about.

Carly: Okay, you know, I was a little scared when n came after me, and, yes, he was out of control.

Jax: Nikolas --

Carly: But I was talking him down. He was about to hand me the letter opener when Max walked in.

Jax: Nikolas could've killed you, Carly.

Carly: I would've screamed, okay? The place is crawling with servants.

Jax: How can -- why -- how can you be so cavalier about this? Have you even considered how this would affect Michael and Morgan? I mean, how can you risk your life like that, especially after they just lost Leticia?

Carly: Stop. Do not stand there and make me feel guilty because I'm trusting my instincts.

Jax: Huh. I'm your husband, Carly. Don't I at least deserve a heads-up?

Carly: You -- if I tell you, then we fight, and that's what we're doing right now. What we should be doing is comparing notes on what Nikolas said to both of us, so we can figure out if he's the one who killed Leticia.

Nikolas: Yeah, it's probably best that Alexis and the girls move out. You -- you should probably consider it, as well.

Emily: So you're going to drive us all away, huh, Nikolas? Me, Alfred, the grooms, the staff, even Spencer? I'm sure Lesley or Bobbie would be happy to look after him.

Nikolas: I can't imagine harming my own child.

Emily: Exactly.

Nikolas: But also, then again, I can't imagine harming Carly -- or -- or anyone else, for that matter.

Emily: Nikolas, you would never hurt Carly or any other woman. That is not who you are.

Nikolas: No, it's not who I was. Whatever this is, whatever it is that's happening to me, it's causing me to be some stranger that's getting more violent every single day. And, Emily, it would kill me if I ever hurt you.

Emily: Nikolas -- you would never hurt me. I know that as surely as I know my own heart. I love you, and I'm never going to leave you. Okay?

Nikolas: Okay.

Emily: Here, come here.