May 25, 2005 Transcript
"I Seem to Have Driven Another One Away"

Alexis: I'm not having a very good day today. Why don't you come back some other time?

Sonny: You're going to tell me about your bad day after my son was put on the witness stand because of you?

Alexis: What do you want?

Sonny: I don't know what? Maybe to see you pay.

Ric: Are you all right?

Reese: Yeah, as soon as I get off these perilous heels.

Ric: Whoa, ok, he. It's all right, I got it.

Ric sleeps with the Whore With a Badge

Sonny: Michael has been asking about Kristina. How am I supposed to tell my little boy that you're doing everything possible to keep her out of his life?

Alexis: Michael is welcome to visit here anytime he likes.

Sonny: You had Michael subpoenaed. You tried to force him to testify against his own mother. I mean, what --

Alexis: Why are you here? What are you complaining about, anyway? I should be the one complaining. Ric's gone and you are not.

Sonny: Well, do you blame Ric after everything you've pulled?

Alexis: Protecting Kristina from the violence that surrounds you was and still remains my only objective.

Sonny: See, this paranoia, it's just -- it's amazing. I mean, look, it's already cost you your husband. You keep it up; you're going to end up losing your daughter.

Alexis: I am terribly sorry for any pain that I may have caused Michael, but it is nothing compared to what he has experienced growing up with you and the violence that you have exposed him to. It has turned Michael into exactly what you are -- the killer.

Reese: You ok?

Ric: I think I'm the one who's supposed to ask that, right?

Reese: Tomorrow I'll be back in Washington. I'll be starting on a new case. Ugh. But you have a wife and, my God Ric, a baby on the way. I'm so sorry. Do you think maybe you could fix things?

Ric: Wait a minute. Wait. If I thought my marriage was fixable, I wouldn't be here.

Reese: So, what, no regrets?

Ric: Look, I think that we just needed to just drown ourselves, you know, first in scotch and then -- then each other. Ok, on that level, I think the evening was a success.

[Phone rings]

Reese: Excuse me for a sec. It's the airline. Reese Marshall. Uh-huh? Yeah, that's -- that would be fine. Thank you so much for calling. Great. Good night. So they put me on a 6:00 flight in the morning because my flight was canceled.

Ric: All right, I think I should probably go.

Reese: No, no, no, no, no. Don't go yet. Don't go yet. Stay for a little while.

Sonny: Wherever you got this story about Michael, you know, it doesn't matter. It's not true.

Alexis: Stop lying, stop lying. Ric told me the truth. He had to give me some sort of explanation for why he let you go free and why Kristina wasn't protected any longer.

Sonny: Have you told anybody else?

Alexis: Of course not, nor would I. Michael is a sweet little boy and he doesn't deserve any of this, and he's been hurt enough.

Sonny: Michael didn't -- he didn't know what he was doing, Alexis. You know, A.J. traumatized him.

Alexis: There's no excuse for what A.J. did, but the child of a schoolteacher wouldn't have responded the same way that Michael did. A child of a stockbroker or, say, an accountant might have been as confused as Michael, but wouldn't have committed murder. You see, A.J.'s death is on your hands because you taught Michael to kill.

Sonny: Think what you want, but I'm still Kristina’s father.

Alexis: I'm quite aware of that, and I'm also aware of the fact that you refuse to act in her best interest.

Sonny: Well, we both disagree on what's best. I mean, you want me out of Kristina’s life.

Alexis: I want you to change your life for her. I want you to love her enough to do that. I want you to love her enough to keep her safe.

Sonny: No, no, you want everything your own way. You keep, you know, singing this song over and over again about wanting to protect Kristina, but I remember when you were pregnant how many times that you wanted to tell me, and now I know why you didn't -- because I went back to Carly.

Alexis: Oh --

Sonny: No, no, no. And you lied about my child as payback.

Alexis: I lied to you because you're a threat to everyone around you.

Sonny: Yeah, well, but you still slept with me and you hung around, you know, giving me advice and giving me reasons why it's not going to work with Carly. You remember that? Hey, if -- if I hurt you, I am sorry. But I'm not sorry enough to let you keep me from my daughter.

Alexis: Do you honestly think that I would keep a child away from her parent because my feelings were hurt? Do you have any idea how asinine that sounds? Stop trying to alleviate your guilt for who you are and what you do by blaming me for the fact that you are an incompetent parent. And as far as Carly is concerned, I personally think you two are perfect together. I think you belong together and I think you should continue to do your twisted little sick dance until death do you part.

Alexis: You don't want to go to sleep? Sweetie, I know you miss Ric. How about we give him a call and you can say good night, ok?

Ric: I should call the airline.

Reese: See if you can get on a different flight?

Ric: Yeah. I'm just not sure I want to.

Reese: You having second thoughts?

Ric: About leaving town. Not about this.

[Knock on door]

Reese: I'll get rid of them.

Ric: Yeah.

Reese: Coming.

[Knock]

Reese: Just a second.

Sonny: Hi.

Reese: Hey.

Sonny: Can I come in? I just -- I just want to talk to you about something.

[Phone rings]

Sonny: You going to -- you going to answer it?

[Phone rings]

Reese: It's no one I want to talk to right now. You know, Sonny, I don't have much time right now. I'm catching a flight to Washington in the morning.

Sonny: Well, I -- I'd like you to reconsider. Everything about us is wrong -- I mean, you know, you being F.B.I., what I do, the whole -- but I -- I just -- I want you in my life.

Reese: I've already made plans to leave, Sonny. In my mind, I'm already gone.

Sonny: You know what? No one would blame you for walking out that door, not even me, but even you have to admit that we got something.

Reese: That doesn't mean that we could make it work.

Sonny: Yeah, well, you can go back to Washington anytime you want to go back there. What I'm saying is I'd like to just try, give us a chance, whatever, you know, I mean --

Reese: So would I.

Sonny: Ah. I didn't even have to work that hard for that. Come over here for a second.

Reese: You know what?

Sonny: What?

Reese: I really have to call Washington and I have to tell them that I'm not coming back.

Sonny: All right.

Reese: And I have to catch my breath.

Sonny: You all right?

Reese: And I have to have a serious conversation with myself. How about dinner on Friday? Is that all right?

Sonny: Yeah, yeah, that sounds good.

Reese: Sonny.

Sonny: All right.

Reese: Ok.

Sonny: I'm going to go.

Reese: All right, you go.

Sonny: All right.

Reese: Oh, my God.

Alexis: She misses Ric. I thought maybe you could fill in for a little bit?

Jax: What's an honorary uncle for? I love spending time with Kristina.

Alexis: You have a positive attitude all the time, which is why people are so drawn to you.

Jax: That, and I'm always good for a stuffed animal. Look at this, Kristina. Look what I have! This is your very own magic pony. Her name is Sugarplum. Here, you take her. I'll tell you the story of Sugarplum. When you dream, Sugarplum will take you anywhere you want to go. She will take you to the highest mountains, all the way up the sky, where you can play hopscotch on the clouds. And then when you get tired, you climb right back on Sugarplum right there, sit right there, you climb back on Sugarplum, and she'll take you all the way back home. Because that's the best magic of all -- the kind that brings the people that you love together.

Reese: I must be crazy, agreeing to stay here to be with Sonny.

Ric: You can always back out if you think it's a mistake.

Reese: It's too late. I can't walk away from Sonny.

Ric: Then I wish you the best.

Reese: Thanks. Ric, what happened between us tonight --?

Ric: No, no, listen -- as far as I'm concerned, we were two people that were reaching out for comfort. Ok, what happened between us is -- nobody ever needs to know.

Reese: If Sonny found out, he would see it as a betrayal by the both of us.

Ric: Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah.

Reese: So what do I tell him?

Ric: No, no, no, no, no. No. No, I don't want to -- I don't want to do anything to jeopardize your relationship with Sonny -- or mine, for that matter. I mean, not that there is one, but at least it's been moving forward, and I'd like it to keep it that way.

Reese: Then I guess this is our secret.

Ric: Tonight never happened.

Alexis: She went to sleep in about 30 seconds, and she wouldn't let go of that pony.

Jax: She's a sweetheart. You're doing a really good with her, you know.

Alexis: I didn't do a very good job tonight. I couldn't settle her down because I was a bit of a mess myself.

Jax: Why, what's going on?

Alexis: I seem to have driven another one away.

Jax: Oh, Alexis, he'll be back. No man is crazy enough to let you go. Take me, for example. We were just married for convenience, and I still can't get enough of you.

Alexis: Yeah, well, you and I didn't marry for love, and I'm starting to think maybe that's the way to go.

Jax: I assumed that you and Ric were happy.

Alexis: We were.

Jax: Hey. Hey.

Ric: Thanks.

Reese: Good night.

Ric: Night. Yeah, I guess there's nothing much more to say but that, right? Yeah. Hey -- um -- you know, I know I said that I wouldn't say anything about what happened, and I won't, but I'm not going to forget what went on between us.

Reese: Neither will I.

Ric: If you ever need anything, you know --

Reese: Same here. Ric --

Ric: Me, too.