March 27, 2006 Transcript
"You Want to Punish Alexis for Being a Mother"

Sam: How do you do it, Ric? Do you really live with blinders on? Can you not see the kind of person your wife really is?

Ric: Alexis did not kill your daughter, Sam --

Sam: Oh Alexis Davis, mother of the year! I know, I know! I've heard it all before! It does not excuse what she did to me! I'm just -- I'm sick to death of hearing you and Alexis gloss over everything, based on the fact that -- that she got herself pregnant and had babies. Anyone can do that. It's -- that's the easy part. The act of giving birth isn't what makes you a mother, and she's a pretty poor excuse for one if you ask me. A mother should show compassion. A mother should care about someone else besides themselves.

Ric: Ok. The intensity of your hatred towards Alexis is over the top at best, and your non-reasons don't even explain it at all. It's like you want to punish Alexis for being a mother.

Ric: You know, it's understandable that you're envious of Alexis -- you lost your daughter, she has two that are thriving -- but, Sam, I think your grief is blinding you to the facts. The doctors were very clear here. Your argument with Alexis did not cause the stillbirth of your daughter, ok? Alexis had nothing to do with it.

Sam: Yeah, I know -- I know, I know, Alexis is never at fault. Of course, Ric. I know that. She had nothing to do with it. Your wife tramples over everyone with army boots demanding stem cells, antidotes, making sure freaks like Manny Ruiz walk the streets --

Ric: Hmm.

Sam: And she never has to pay. Maybe, just maybe, it's time she did.

Ric: Ok, fine, you know what? You keep that grudge. You hold it, you nurture it, you make it grow, because, after all, it works so well for you, Sam.

Sam: Oh, yeah, I see. You're the voice of experience warning me not to let hatred wreck my life.

Ric: No, you know what, Sam? To be honest with you, I'm worried about your hatred for Alexis ruining my life.

Sam: Huh.

Ric: We're all connected here, Sam.

Sam: You have no idea, Ric.

Ric: No, really? I don't have any idea? You enlighten me, then. You tell me how your vendetta does anything but keep you and Jason on one side, me and Alexis on the other, and Sonny right in the middle.

Sam: Sonny? No, Sonny is not in the middle. Sonny sided with me and Jason.

Ric: Of course.

Sam: That's what this is about, isn't it? You finally have a chance to suck up to Sonny and you're afraid that my problems with Alexis are going to come in between it.

Ric: You know what? I'm not going to apologize to you or anybody else for wanting a relationship with my brother. We happen to be in a decent place right now. He is the only connection that I have to a mother I never knew. I know that connection is lost to you, Sam, but it happens --

Sam: No, no, trust me, you have no idea how I feel about my family, what matters to me, or how I feel about my mother!

Elizabeth: I hope Skye's baby didn't get hurt.

Alexis: Oh, I certainly hope not. I'd say watching a pregnant woman fall down the stairs puts a damper on the evening.

Nikolas: Maybe we should do the tactful thing and leave.

Alexis: Good idea.

Lucky: Yeah, sounds good to me.

Luke: Hey -- whoa. Hold on, where you going?

Lucky: Well, we thought we'd clear out --

Luke: Oh, no, no, no! No, please, please, I need you here. Don't go anywhere. Gamble, have a good time, drink, lose money. You (to Alexis) -- I need the benefit of your brilliant legal mind. Did you bring it?

Sam: I have every right to hate Alexis as much I do. She earned it, and I will keep on hating her until the day I die. And if it makes you suffer, even better.

Ric: Ok, fine. Fine. You can hate me, you can hate Alexis. You hate Kristina, too? Huh? You remember her, the little girl whose -- whose life your daughter saved? Do you realize that spewing all your garbage on her parents creates undo tension and makes life a hell of a lot harder for an innocent little kid?

Sam: No, you -- you listen to me. I have made all the sacrifices I intend to for Kristina. Now, you -- get out of my house.

Ric: Sam, we really --

Sam: Get out, Ric!

Ric: Sam, relax!

Sam: Get out of my house! Jason, no! Jason, no! Come here. Stop it! Get up. Come on, get up! Come on.

Ric: I'm going!

[Music plays]

Alexis: Now, I say this with great love and respect for you, but representing you on any basis is a bad idea.

Luke: Natasha, you're my last hope. My livelihood depends on you.

Alexis: Since when do you give two figs about your livelihood?

Luke: Since I remarried.

Alexis: To one of the richest women in the country.

Luke: Which is exactly my point.

Alexis: You see that guy over there -- Justus? Why don't you hire him?

Luke: He's Tracy's relative.

Alexis: I know, and they're so close.

Luke: It's a conflict of interest.

Alexis: Try the yellow pages. I got to go. I left the stove on.

Luke: Hold on. You don't get this. If you don't help me, Tracy is going to cut me off at the you-know-whats, and you know what my you-know-whats mean to me. You know?

Alexis: Ok, from what you've told me, you and Tracy have no community property, so the $50,000 that you raided from her coffers is, effectively, embezzlement, so, in other words, you have no case. So Tracy has every right to demand the $50,000 from you, or take the Haunted Star and your you-know-whats in lieu of payment.

Tracy: Well. Told you so, and this is me demanding. Pay me back tonight. Either cash on the line or the deed to the haunted star.

Luke: Don't be so smug. I can pull out of this yet. There's still time for a couple of people to lose their shirts.

Elizabeth: Oh, lucky, you won!

Lucky: I won! I won! I won $3,000!

Sam: Ric came over, and he asked me to back off of Alexis, and I think I lost my temper a little bit because I started to shove him out the door, and that's when you walked in. Jason, he didn't --

Jason: Ric put his hands on you, Sam. Now he knows not to do it again.

Sam: I have never seen you this angry before and I know that it's not about Ric. Something happened at Sonny's. Are you going to tell me or --

Jason: Sonny and Emily were together. I knew they were lying, but now I've seen it with my own eyes.

[Pounding on door]

Ric: Max, I need to see --

Max: Whoa, whoa, whoa, sorry. He's upstairs for the night, he can't be disturbed.

Ric: Ok, it's family business. Look, Max, you either go upstairs, you tell Sonny that his brother wants to see him right now, or I will do it myself!

Sonny: What happened to you?

Ric: What happened? Jason "what happened," that's what. I went to his place tonight to talk to Sam and he walked in, he jumped to the wrong conclusion. Look -- he tried to strangle me!

Sonny: It's not like Jason to lose his control like that.

Ric: Well, I -- Sam pushed me and I grabbed her arms, so --

Sonny: Well, if he thought that you were going to hurt Sam, you're lucky you're still breathing.

Ric: Oh, and that would've been ok with you if -- if Jason had killed me tonight over some stupid misunderstanding?

Sonny: Ric, I'm sorry about what happened. I will speak to Jason.

Ric: You're to have to do a hell of a lot more than that, Sonny.

Sonny: What do you suggest, then, Ric?

Ric: Look, I could've gone to the police tonight to file charges against him for assault! But I came here instead as a courtesy to you, and because we're brothers and I want peace between us, but this is it, Sonny! You have got to get Jason under control!

Sonny: Well, thanks -- thanks, you know, for bringing this to me instead of the cops. I mean, I'm not going to defend Jason's attack on you.

Ric: Well, I'm glad to hear that.

Sonny: But I will say that Jason loves Sam deeply, and if -- you know, he's not going to let her get hurt.

Ric: Do you know what's going on?

Sonny: What do you mean?

Ric: Well, I mean, with Sam. She's -- I mean, we all know how much she hates Alexis -- god knows we hear it every time she gets a chance -- but it's like there's a piece missing here.

Sonny: Well, I shouldn't have to tell you. You know, when a woman's emotions are involved, the logic sometimes goes out the window -- not to say that the feeling is not based on anything. You want me to give you my advice?

Ric: Please.

Sonny: All right. You and Alexis stay away from Sam and Jason whenever possible.

Ric: Yeah, well, that's not going to be a chore. Believe me, Sonny, I would like to stay away from Sam's hysterics and Jason's -- Jason's senseless rage. I mean, you should've seen him tonight. He was completely out of control. I've never seen him this angry before. He was like an explosion waiting to happen.

Sonny: Ric, I will take care of it.

Ric: Well, I hope you mean that.

Sonny: I do mean that, and I'm glad you came by. Like I said, you know, it makes me feel like we have -- we're getting some -- a little bit of trust going on, you know?

Ric: Yeah, well, it's a definite start, that's for sure.

Sonny: Right? Right, right, right.

Ric: Thanks, Sonny.

Alexis: I can't stand this. I can't stand to watch Luke lose this place.

Nikolas: All right, I'll see you around.

Alexis: Ric? Who did that to you?

Ric: Hey. I suppose you wouldn't believe me if I said I ran into a door? Look, just a misunderstanding, it's all been taken care of.

Alexis: Sonny?

Ric: Sonny and I are in a relatively good place right now. For everybody's sake, let's just not make a big deal out of it. He said he was going to handle it, I'm going to let him.

Alexis: Aw.