February 23, 2006 Transcript
"Who's the Other Baby?"

Elizabeth: Your fever is spiking; your vitals are weak. Whoever took your patches and leads off ought to be shot.

Ric: I think that would be redundant at this point.

Elizabeth: You took yourself off the monitors? Oh -- so Alexis would leave without a fight. What were you thinking?

Ric: Alexis needed to be with our daughters. And she -- she wanted to be with them. Look, there's nothing Alexis could've done for me.

Elizabeth: So you kept your wife in the dark about your real condition? You never learn, do you?

Ric: It's for Alexis' own good, Elizabeth. She already -- she already feels guilty enough that she was the one who got the antidote and not Sam’s brother. I just didn't want her to worry anymore.

Elizabeth: And this little stunt you just pulled only jeopardized your condition -- high price to pay to spare your wife's feelings.

Ric: I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Elizabeth, if I don't -- if I don't make it, at least my family will.

[Knock on door]

[Alexis gasps]

Kristina: Mommy!

Alexis: Hello! Hello, my babies! How are you? Oh, I missed you, I missed you, I missed you! I missed you! Let me see your sister, too. Stay right there. Oh, my gosh, hi! Hi, love. Hi, Molly. I know. Hi. Here, come here so I can see you both. Come here, love. Come here, sweet pea. I missed you. Hmm?

Emily: Sonny heard you were released and he asked me to bring the girls as soon as I could.

Alexis: Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. Isn't Emily the best -- oh -- bringing you home to mommy? Come sit with me.

Emily: They're great, Alexis. I love being with them. Kristina makes us all laugh.

Alexis: Thank you, honey. You know what? I'm ok. I'm all better now, and you know why? Because you called 911. You saved mommy and Ric, and you know what that makes you? My hero. Ric's going to be home soon, ok? He said to give you a big hug and kiss. Ooh. I'm just so happy to see you both.

Sonny: You don't look so good.

Ric: Hey. I know. You should know -- thing nearly took you out.

Sonny: Is there anything I can do?

Ric: Got some of those antibodies laying around?

Sonny: I wish I had.

Ric: It occurs to me that life's a little too short to keep score.

Sonny: Yeah.

Ric: So -- you know, if I am going to die, I -- I just need you to know some things.

Sonny: We don't have to do this now, Ric.

Ric: I can't think of a better time, Sonny. You know, death is a bit of a wake-up call.

Sonny: I've had enough of that for a week.

Ric: I know, sorry. If I'm not going to be around, I want to save you from a ton of regrets.

Sonny: So you're doing this dog-and-pony show for me, not for you?

Ric: I'm the original giver.

Sonny: Generous beyond words.

Ric: Hmm. You ought to take this act on the road. You know, we spent -- we spent so much time trying to beat the hell out of each other.

Sonny: I don't -- listen, I don't want you to say anything you'll regret, because when you survive this thing, ok, I don't want you thinking, "You know what, I should've kept my mouth shut."

Ric: I don't think there's really a chance of that, Sonny. Look, the only regret I have is wasted time, you know, thinking who you really were. Right? We were Adela's boys.

Sonny: Yeah.

Ric: I always thought you were another part of me.

Sonny: Not so much, huh?

Ric: We couldn't be any more different if we tried. It just occurs to me that if I would've spent more time trying to get to know who you really were instead of who I thought you were, maybe I would've understood a little bit more. Maybe I would've been able to find out a little bit more about myself.

Ric: Wow, that's enlightened, isn't it?

Sonny: So much for being just another pretty face in an expensive suit.

Ric: Any chance you got regrets like that?

Sonny: I got too many to list, Ric. I grew up believing I was an only child. My sister died yesterday, and now you're telling me you're going to die. Growing up an only child -- I mean, I -- that wasn't great for me, I could not let go of the loneliness, and I don't know if we could ever be as close as brothers who grew up together, you know, like -- like Michael and Morgan. But I will say this. I should've tried -- I should've tried a lot harder instead of pushing you away.

Ric: Thanks. Well, now that we're -- we're tight and everything, I got a favor I need to ask you.

Sonny: Another one?

Ric: Yeah, well, you're not going to like it and, boy, my -- my wife's going to hate it, but it's the right thing to do. I need for you to look after my daughter, just like you would Kristina. Is there any chance in hell that you'd be able to get along with the mother of my child?

Kristina: What's that?

Alexis: You know what? I remembered that I forgot to cut a piece of Molly's hair when she was born. You know why I do that?

Kristina: Why?

Alexis: Well, I do it because that's what mommy's do when they want to remember -- that's a good girl, thank you very much -- when they want to remember their babies forever and ever and ever. You know what? I did the same thing for you, and you know where I cut the hair from? There was a little curl growing right there in the back of your neck. I got it. That way, when I miss you, when you run off to college and you leave me all alone, I can look at the little hair and remember what you were like. It turns out that mommy's just a sentimental fool.

Kristina: Yeah.

Alexis: Yeah.

Kristina: Who's the other baby?