May 19, 2005 Transcript
"They Do Whatever is Necessary to Keep their Children Safe"

Ric: How you doing?

Sonny: Just peachy, Ric.

Ric: Listen, there's still time to flip this. But you're going to have to be the one to do it. Since Durant has maneuvered himself as co-counsel here on this case, my ability to help you is gone. If I go easy on you, he's going to be all over me.

Sonny: I know that.

Ric: Sonny, I respect what you're doing for Michael. I admire it, believe me, more than you know. But you need to be realistic here, and you need to be sure. If you don't admit that Michael is the one who killed A.J., then it is highly likely that Durant is going to get a conviction.

Sonny: So be it.

Reporter: Mr. Durant, is this an open-and-shut case?

Second reporter: How do you feel prosecuting your former son-in-law?

John: Well, you know --

Ric: Excuse me, excuse me. The media isn't allowed in this trial. Officer? What are you doing?

John: They followed me in. It's intense public interest, that's all. I'll -- guys, I'll meet you outside right afterward. So, you ready to finally put Kingpin Corinthos in prison where he belongs? Huh?

John: So, the day that I knew would come even before I had a personal stake in taking you down has finally arrived.

Ric: This really isn't the time and the place, Durant.

John: Getting you out of my daughter's life makes the victory that much sweeter.

Sonny: You haven't won anything yet, Durant. In fact, you're losing big-time when it comes to Carly. It wasn't bad enough that you wanted to put my son on the stand knowing how bad a shape he's in. But when you start hammering at me to make me look bad on the stand, you're going to alienate your daughter, Carly, once and for all.

John: Yeah? Well, as long as you're caged up, stuck in a pen like the pig that you are, I can live with that. Oh, hey, by the way --

Sonny: Yeah?

John: You could always cut Carly the ordeal here by standing up in front of this jury and admitting killing A.J.

Reese: Law Ethics 101 -- the prosecution shall refrain from blackmailing the defendant in order to get the outcome that you desire, since it's not only reprehensible, it's also grounds for a mistrial. But, hey, why let a little thing like adherence to the law slow you down. Right, Durant?

John: Agent Marshall, you must have been absent the day they taught F.B.I. agents not to go around protecting mobsters. You get my point? You are in no position to talk.

Ric: Could we focus on this case right now, ok? Or does that not interest you at all?

John: Hey, hotshot, you take a long, good look at Carly. Because after this jury comes back with a guilty verdict, you, God willing, will never see her again.

Alexis: Ah. I see you are Courtroom Carly today. Very nice, very demure, very stalwart, true, and loyal. Ready to run again to the unconscionable man's defense, no matter what heinous crime that he's committed.

Carly: Ok, I don't have time for this.

Alexis: You play your role well today, and I hope to God it's your final performance. I hope that Sonny is put behind bars for the crimes that he has committed, because that is when my daughter will be safe. So will your sons be, and I would think you would be grateful for that. If you had a brain in your head, you would be, rather than jumping in to save him from the consequences of his actions.

Jason: Ok, whoa, whoa, whoa. Carly. Ok, go ahead. Go ahead; give Alexis exactly what she wants. Carly, don't -- don't fall for that. Alexis is baiting you so you blow up on the stand. Everything is riding on how you present yourself in this courtroom today.

Ric: How much integrity are you willing to sacrifice here?

Alexis: Whatever it takes to keep my daughter safe. See, that's what parents do, Ric. They do whatever is necessary to keep their children safe.

Ric: You have no idea.