May 27, 2004 Transcript
"Are you so intimidated by my skills as a
jurist that you need more time to prepare?"

Luke: I want an immediate arraignment.

Alexis: That is an exercise in futility. You are being charged with aiding and abetting Laura escaping authorities, as well as accessory to murder. You need to plead not guilty. I will petition for bail, and then Lansing will launch into a monologue about your countless criminal activities.

Luke: Which you'll counter with an equally impassioned monologue about my sterling and peculiar character.

Alexis: You have jumped bail so many times. There isn't a judge on this planet that wouldn't remand you to custody before trial.

Luke: So what are you saying? You're going to let Lansing -- this -- this bully -- just make you back down?

Alexis: I'm facing the facts.

Luke: I don't know anybody who can massage a fact like you can. Come on, Natasha, don't let this oily D.A. just -- just walk all over both of us. Come on, come on.

Alexis: Don't expect a miracle. (She exits the interrogation room and Ric is there inside the main room of the police station.) I want an arraignment for Luke immediately.

Ric: Are you so desperate for an evening with me that you're willing to waste everybody's time by jumping to this foregone conclusion that I'm going to say yes?

Alexis: Are you so intimidated by my skills as a jurist that you need more time to prepare?

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Luke: Nice work.

Alexis: I'm telling you, a judge is not going to let you out on bail. It's a temporary change of scenery, that's it.

Luke: Listen, I'll take whatever I can get.

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At the courthouse. Alexis and Luke have just exited the courtroom.

Alexis: Look, I'm sorry that your bail was denied, but I can't tell you that I'm surprised.

Luke: Well, you did the best you could.

Alexis: All right, well, don't worry about it. It's not over. I will tear his case apart when we get to trial.

Luke: Do me a favor -- if you can, get an early court date. I'm not big on prison cuisine.

Alexis: I'll see what I can manage. I'll see you first thing in the morning.

Luke: Thanks.

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Luke had just "kidnapped" Skye. Alexis and Ric come out of the courtroom to see an officer down on the ground trying to get up.

Alexis: What happened?

Officer: Oh, God. The prisoner escaped.

Ric: The -- how?

Officer: I'm -- I'm not sure. He -- he knocked me out, somehow, and then when I came to, he grabbed a hostage and threatened to shoot her.

Alexis: He had a weapon?

Officer: He took mine.

Ric: Well, what did the hostage look like?

Officer: A woman. Red hair, looked rich.

Ric: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's Lansing. I need A.P.B's put out for both Skye Quartermaine and Luke Spencer. They're traveling together. They should be considered armed and dangerous.