Elizabeth: Bottom line -- if you left Lucky with Sam unsupervised, I wouldn't expect him home anytime soon. If you're feeling guilty, don’t. He was already angry when he left here. I seriously doubt anything you said made the situation worse, or made him do something that wasn't already his intention. Sam has not been shy about going after him, and it doesn't seem like Lucky's putting up much of a fight.
Nikolas: Well, do you think there's any possibility that it's not quite what we think it is?
Elizabeth: I think it's more likely they're ripping each other's clothes off as we speak.
Nikolas: You sound like it's already a done deal.
Elizabeth: If it's not, it's only a matter of time.
Nikolas: Elizabeth, Lucky told me that you two haven't had sex since Jason's trial.
Elizabeth: He told you that?
Nikolas: Yes.
Elizabeth: Oh. okay, that's not too embarrassing.
Nikolas: Well, he's a man. I mean --
Elizabeth: Oh, I see. So Lucky's vulnerability to yet another tramp is all my fault? Is that what you wanted me to say?
Nikolas: If your anger is jealousy in disguise, that's actually somewhat encouraging, I guess.
Elizabeth: But that's just it. Except for the occasional flash -- mostly directed at Sam -- I'm not angry, and I'm not jealous. Yeah, I could be having sex with Lucky, too, but it would be a false connection, and it's not going to fix what's broken. I'm sad. I've been sad over the loss of ease and trust we used to share, where being faithful was a given because there's nobody else we would rather be with. But that ended a long time ago, and now maybe it's just time to accept it and move on.
Nikolas: With anyone in particular?
Knock on door.
Elizabeth: Hey.
Emily: Hey, I'm sorry I didn't call first.
Elizabeth: Don't be silly. Come in.
Emily: When Nikolas didn't come home, I thought --
Nikolas: Hello.
Emily: Hey.
Nikolas: I applaud your instincts, and now that you're here, I'm going to go get my brother and drag him back here.
Elizabeth: You don't have to do that -- in fact, I don't want you to.
Emily: You know where Lucky is?
Nikolas: Yeah, unfortunately, I do. I'm -- I'm sorry; I'll see you at home, okay?
Emily: Okay. Bye.
Nikolas: Bye.
Elizabeth: See you.
Nikolas: Okay, yeah.
Emily: Okay, so what did I miss?
Elizabeth: Lucky's with Sam, probably in bed. No, scratch that -- knowing Sam, they probably didn't even make it that far.
Emily: So why aren't you more upset?
Elizabeth: I still care about Lucky.
Emily: Oh. You care about your fellow man, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: Okay, I didn't mean to sound so detached. I do feel love for him, I always will. But right now it's just -- most of it's based on history and the connection I see between him and my boys.
Emily: What about the love?
Elizabeth: This is harder to say than I thought it would be, but the love is gone, and I don't think it's coming back. I'm not putting that on Lucky, because if anyone's at fault, it's me.
Emily: Look, not to take sides here, but Lucky did get strung-out and he cheated on you with Maxie.
Elizabeth: Yeah, and I cheated on him with Jason -- not just with my body, with my soul. And I know that broke Lucky's heart. And I'm sad that I've practically driven him into the arms of a slut like Sam.
Emily: I think I'm hearing you give up on your marriage.
Elizabeth: Well, that's Lucky's call. Whether we stay together or not has to be what he wants.
Emily: In all fairness, Elizabeth, that's not fair. At some point, you're going to have to own up to what you want and go for it.
Jason: Hey, hey, hey, I need you on something right away.
Spinelli: The Jackal is otherwise embroiled.
Jason: In what? The screen's blank, Spinelli. What are you doing?
Spinelli: It's an unfinished work -- like the proverbial polar bear in the snow-- in the snowstorm. These are my darkest thoughts in the blackest limbo -- don't you know anything?
Emily: Jase, hey.
Jason: What --
Emily: We need to talk.
Jason: No, no, I got to talk to this guy right now.
Emily: No -- okay, well, that can wait, this can’t. Come on.
Scene continues with Georgie and Spinelli.
Emily: Okay, I'm just going to come out and say it -- Elizabeth’s not in love with Lucky anymore, she loves you.
Jason: You -- she -- she said that?
Emily: Yeah, Jase, pretty much. And since Elizabeth and Lucky are virtually finished, there's no reason for the two of you to keep being miserable apart. So go to her, Jason, get it over with already.
Emily: Somehow you've managed to convince yourself in your usual pigheaded, self-sacrificing way that staying away from Elizabeth is the noble thing to do.
Jason: It's the right thing to do, Emily.
Emily: I disagree, Jase. You and Elizabeth love each other. And instead of claiming that and enjoying it, you're just letting it hang there and eat away at the both of you. Look, I know this is dangerous territory, but there's someone else to consider in all of this. I'm pretty much convinced that Jake is your son. So stop this, Jase. Stop torturing yourself and Elizabeth and just be with her.
Jason: Don't you think I want to? I do. More than anything, I want to be with her, but you can't always have what you want.
Emily: What I'm trying to tell you is you can.