Sam: Okay, if you're looking for Lucky, he already left.
Nikolas: That's okay, I'd like to come in anyway.
Sam: Suit yourself.
Nikolas: I'm not here to pick a fight with you, Sam.
Sam: Good, because I'm not really in the mood for one.
Nikolas: Okay. Huh. Look, I know you've had a rough few months, and you're probably still reeling from that. I --
Sam: If -- if this is your way of talking me out of sleeping with Lucky, you're too late. Yes. We already took the plunge, so to speak. And he couldn't have been sweeter or more respectful.
Nikolas: Hmm. Well, on some level, that probably scared the hell out of you, didn't it?
Emily: Elizabeth loves you, Jason. Your son needs you. If you want to be a part of their lives, you should be.
Jason: There's no use talking about this.
Emily: I know you're worried about hurting Lucky, but at some point you're just going to --
Jason: It can't happen.
Emily: Jason, you would never let anything happen to Elizabeth and those boys. So forget about the job, okay? Forget about the danger for just a second, and tell me what you want.
Jason: I want what I can't have.
Sam: You are my cousin, not my shrink. I don't need you telling me what I feel for Lucky. It was sex, that's all.
Nikolas: Who you -- who you trying to convince -- me or you?
Sam: Lucky and I are adults. We slept together. Big deal.
Nikolas: It wasn't just casual sex, Sam, you know that.
Sam: Really? Why not?
Nikolas: Because you knew what it would do to Lucky's marriage.
Emily: You've been there to protect and watch over Sonny's kids since the day they were born, Jason. Michael, Morgan, and Kristina -- they're all safe, they're all happy.
Jason: They're not safe! They're not. They were kidnapped. Their nanny was murdered in Carly's living room. It didn't matter how many guards I had watching the house, they still found a way inside!
Nikolas: Making a marriage work under the best of circumstances is difficult enough.
Sam: Maybe Lucky is tired of trying to make things work with a woman who doesn't give a damn about him. Because if she did, she wouldn't be lying to his face, making him feel guilty for months for sleeping with someone, when she did the same exact thing.
Nikolas: Okay, okay, look, I'm not making excuses for Elizabeth -- bo of them have made their share of mistakes -- but having an affair certainly isn't going to help Lucky resolve the problems that he already has in his marriage.
Sam: "His problems"? Your brother's biggest problem is that his wife is in love with Jason, and she's an idiot, because Lucky is more of a man than Jason will ever be.
Nikolas: Ah -- a point that I'm sure you can't wait to make to Jason.
Sam: Oh, Jason has made it pretty clear that he doesn't give a damn about me or who I sleep with.
Nikolas: Well, I'm sure that he would be angry at you for hurting Elizabeth by sleeping with her husband. Come on, Sam. Making Elizabeth suffer would be your last, desperate bid for Jason's attention, come on.
Sam: Are you kidding me? I slept with Lucky because he makes me feel better than I have in a really long time, and I'm sure if you asked him, he would say the same thing about me.
Nikolas: Sam -- Sam, there is no doubt in my mind that you would welcome Lucky back with open arms if he wanted to continue --
Sam: Yeah, you are damn right I would!
Emily: Elizabeth's trying so hard to do what's right for everyone else that she's completely lost sight of what she wants.
Jason: Elizabeth wants what's best for her kids.
Emily: She's staying with Lucky for the sake of the children, Jason. She wants cam and jake to grow up in a happy and a loving home. But now that Lucky's been with Sam, that's impossible. So how is staying in a marriage that can't be fixed fair to anyone, especially the kids?
Jason: She's going to need all the support she can get. And I would appreciate it if you could be there to help her.
Emily: She needs you.
Sam: Elizabeth has been pushing Lucky away for months and he's filly had enough. And I think you, of all people, would be able to understand that, because Spencer wouldn't be here if you hadn't turned toCcourtney for comfort when Emily shut you out. Or what, are you going to tell me that was a mistake?
Nikolas: No, no, I'm not. Courtney gave me my son, and I'm very grateful for that, but Emily got hurt because of it. I just don't want the same thing to happen to Elizabeth.
Sam: Are you kidding me? Lucky is the one who's hurting! And what's wrong with me wanting to change that?
Nikolas: Nothing. Nothing. All I'm trying to say is that an affair won't make either one of you happy at this point. And it might dull the pain right now, but in the long run it'll only make things worse, especially for Lucky.
Sam: You know what? Your brother is a grown man who can speak for himself.
Nikolas: Well, he's also a father who has an obligation to make his marriage work for his children, and all I'm asking -- all I'm asking is you try and have some respect for that. That's all.
Emily: Hey.
Nikolas: Hey.
Emily sighs.
Emily: Bad night?
Nikolas: Yeah. It could've been better. How was yours?
Emily: About the same.
Nikolas: Oh, well, you could probably use this, too.
Emily: Yeah. Thank you. You want to talk about it?
Nikolas: As long as we can agree that what we're about to discuss is none of our business, but we both need someone to confide in.
Emily: Mm-hmm. Works for me. Did you talk to Lucky?
Nikolas: Ah. No, I didn'r. But I did speak with Sam -- who made it a point to tell me that she and Lucky had sex tonight.
Emily: Oh.
Nikolas: Oh, yes. I don't know what I was thinking going over there. I mean, who am I to tell Lucky what he can and can't do with his life?
Emily: You're his brother.
Nikolas: Still, I don't think I have any right to meddle in his life.
Emily: Oh, you think you meddled? I meddled bigtime.
Nikolas: What happened?
Emily: I told Jason that he should be with Elizabeth.
Nikolas: Maybe the lesson here is you can love your friends, you can love your family, but you just can't control their lives. Sam and Lucky, Jason and Elizabeth -- they're going to make their own choices, so there's no point in trying to stop the inevitable, right?
Emily: Easier said than done.
Nikolas: Hmm.
Emily: Hmm.
Nikolas: Yeah. You know, when I think about everything that Elizabeth and Lucky have been through -- all the affairs and lies -- it kind of reminds me of all the pain we caused each other.
Emily: Somehow we managed to find our way back.
Nikolas: Yeah. And maybe they will, too.
Emily: You know, even if they don't, I hope that Elizabeth and Lucky are able to find other people who them as happy as you've made me.
Nikolas chuckles.
Emily: Why don't we go upstairs and try to forget that tonight ever happened, huh?
Nikolas: Hmm. I'll be up in a minute. I just -- I need to make a few calls before it gets too late, okay?
Emily: Okay.
Nikolas: Okay. Good night, see you in a bit.
Emily: Okay.
Nikolas: That horse is a champion jumper, there's no way I'm putting him down. I -- I don't give a damn how many surgeries it takes, you fix his leg! A -- a miracle is the least you can do for me after all the damn money I pay you! Now, do your job or you're fired!
Emily: What happened?
Nikolas: Nothing, it's -- it's fine.
Emily: Let me help you. I can --
Nikolas: The vase just fell off. No, it's -- it's fine, ok? I don't want you to -- I don't want you to cut yourself. You know what? Alfred -- Alfred will pick it up while we tuck Spencer in bed. It's okay, come on, let's go.
Emily: I --
Nikolas: It's okay, come on.