May 9, 2006 Transcript
"I Promise to Try to be the Mother that I Couldn't Be Then"

Sonny: Drink before you speak.

Ric: Ok. Let me see if I can get this straight now. Sam is my stepdaughter?

Sonny: Hold on to that drink. The more you think about it, the worse it gets.

Alexis: Look, you said yourself that Sam's condition isn't always fatal.

Kelly: Your daughter's blood isn't clotting. Her pressure continues to drop, and we can't give her transfusions indefinitely.

Alexis: There must be something else that you can try.

Kelly: Sorry. There's nothing else.

Alexis: You keep saying that. You keep acting as if this is terminal and there's nothing you can do. Well, I --

Jason: Alexis is right. We're not just going to sit around and watch Sam die.

Alan: Who's authorizing these transfusions?

Monica: I am. That will be all, Ms. Sneed.

Alan: Why didn't you tell me about this?

Monica: Because I am doing it for Jason.

Alan: I understand, but it's a matter of ethics. You authorizing transfusions is no different than me doctoring dillon's crt during the epidemic.

Monica: Oh, this is a completely different situation.

Alan: Ok. You called me on the crt, I'm calling you on this.

Monica: Fine. All right, you tell your son that his fiancee is going to die -- probably tonight -- because you're cutting off the transfusions due to hospital policy.

Ric: Ok, what's worse than Sam being Alexis' daughter? You know, you and I have both been with Alexis and both of us got her pregnant.

Sonny: Keep going, Ric.

Ric: But you -- you were with both Sam and Alexis, and you got both of them pregnant, as well.

Sonny: Yeah.

Ric: Wow. You're right, that's much worse. But, you know, look at it this way -- I mean, in retrospect, for you it's all on the plus side. I mean, your relationships with both of those women are effectively over. I'm still married to Alexis and I have a grown stepdaughter who hates my guts.

Sonny: You know, don't dwell on it, Ric. It's going to be --

Ric: So -- wait a minute, so let me try and get this straight. So Sam is a cassadine. She's -- she's Kristina's half sister. She -- and the baby that Sam lost -- your baby -- would've been Molly and Kristina's niece. Can you imaging what Thanksgiving would've been like? Don't -- no, it's ok, don't -- don't answer that. How long has Sam known?

Sonny: Well, she got suspicious around the time her brother died.

Ric: Mm-hmm. Well, that would've made sense. I mean, the animosity that she felt towards Alexis -- she probably felt that Alexis -- she was angry with her for giving her up, but it wasn't Alexis' fault. I can't imagine the two of them ever really bonding, Sonny. Can you?

Sonny: Well, you know what? Might be too late. Doctor says Sam is getting weaker. She may die.

Jason: I'll pay whatever you want. Just keep giving Sam the transfusions until her blood starts to clot.

Alexis: I agree.

Kelly: We can't keep giving Sam transfusions indefinitely. She continues to weaken.

Alexis: Just give her one more.

Jason: Please.

Alexis: Give her one more. If that doesn't work, we'll think of something else.

Alexis: She's so pale.

Jason: She's a lot stronger than she seems. You know, she's been fighting all her life. When I was sick, she fought for me. I just wanted to give up, but she was relentless, she kept me alive. Now it's my turn to fight for her.

Alexis: Sam believes that you're the best thing that ever happened to her. In this moment right now, I understand why.

Alexis: Kristina was weak just like this before her stem cell transfusion. I think it's the body's way of conserving energy until --

Jason: We shouldn't talk about Kristina.

Alexis: I gave her up because I had to, not because I didn't love her.

Monica: Oh, Jason --

Jason: Yeah?

Monica: Excuse me. Alan would like to talk to you.

Jason: Ok. Hey.

Alan: Hey. This is not about Sam, it's about her transfusions. You know that Sam has a very rare blood type, and she's using much more blood than we anticipated.

Jason: I already told Dr. Lee I'll pay whatever it costs.

Alan: Jason, it's not about the money. It's the fact that we're running short on Sam's blood type.

Alexis: What? Wait a -- wait a minute. You're denying a patient essential care that she can pay for?

Alan: I am just doing my job --

Alexis: No, this is -- nothing you can say -- dr. Quartermaine, listen to me. If you deny my daughter a transfusion now or any time --

alan: Sam's your daughter?

Alexis: I will sue this hospital --

Emily: Ok, everyone, stop! Listen, I have an idea to help Sam.

Alexis: I'm glad you're here. It has to do with Sam.

Nikolas: Yeah, I'm -- I'm glad to help, but why are you --

Alexis: Nikolas, I'm just going to blurt it out because there's really no point in being delicate and I just don't have the time. You know that little girl that I told you that I gave up for adoption and I told you she died in a car accident?

Nikolas: Yes.

Alexis: She didn't, it's Sam. There.

Nikolas: What?

[Alexis sighs]

Nikolas: What -- what, you're telling me that Sam McCall is your -- is your daughter, the daughter that Mikkos told you was dead?

Alexis: Yeah. Sam and Jason just told me. Well, they figured it out a few months ago and they just told me.

Nikolas: They -- well, if they -- if they would've just told you sooner -- I mean, Alexis, she's --

Alexis: I don't have time to deal with anything right now. I just have to focus, focus on her right now because she's critically ill.

Nikolas: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, come here. We'll figure it out.

Emily: Sonny, Sam needs your help. I'm sorry to interrupt.

Sonny: No -- hey, you know what? I told him about Sam and Alexis.

Emily: Sonny, Alexis is with Sam now. Sam's getting weaker. She needs more transfusions, but the hospital is running out of her blood type.

Ric: Ok, I need to get to Alexis.

Emily: Hey, your blood type is o-negative -- that means that you're a universal donor.

Sonny: I'll give Sam blood, I'll do whatever I have to do -- pay for -- can we pay for anything or not?

Emily: Sam's already had more than her share of the available supply, and since the doctors already think she's terminal --

Sonny: They think the transfusions are a waste of time?

Emily: Mm-hmm.

Sonny: Does Jason -- does Jason know this?

Emily: Yeah. I was there when -- when my father told him.

Sonny: What if your father's wrong? What if she can get through this? Or even if -- if he's right and she doesn't get through it, Jason and Alexis need to know that they did everything they could to save her.

Monica: So at least we're able to continue Sam's transfusions -- at least short-term.

Jason: Oh, thank you.

Monica: No, don't thank me, thank emily. She's the one that came up with the idea for the blood drive. Take care.

Jason: Thanks.

Nikolas: So it turns out that my blood is a perfect match to Sam's, but I guess that doesn't surprise you, does it?

Jason: Thank you for helping her.

Nikolas: I did it for Alexis. She needs to know that she did everything she could.

Jason: Sam's still alive, nobody's giving up.

Nikolas: Well, Sam and Alexis could've been enjoying each other these past few months, but I'm going to go ahead and guess that you pressured her into keeping silent. Your dislike for Alexis -- or whatever it is -- may have cost her and Sam the only chance they had to spend time together as mother and daughter.

Jason: Actually, Sam made her own choice.

Nikolas: Well, that's called passive-aggressive. See, you may not have said anything directly to her, but I'm sure you made it very clear to Sam that you expected her to keep the secret. And she did, and Sam never got a chance to have a relationship with her mother, and now she's dying from a bullet that I'm sure was meant for you. Hold on one second. What is it with you? You don't get to be with your family, so no one else can, either? You took -- you took Michael from A.J., you kept Sam from Alexis. Are you that selfish or is it about control for you? You get to decide what's best for everyone based on what's best for you?

Jason: Thanks for the blood.

Nikolas: I suppose you heard all that, hmm? You think I'm wrong?

Maxie: No, I think you're angry -- just not at Jason.

Alexis: You once asked me if I ever thought about the daughter that I gave up. If I remembered her birthdays or wondered how she turned out. After I left the clinic, I went back to school and there was this little brown church right next door and I would -- I would go there every day and I would sit there for what felt like hours, trying to imagine the life that I -- I wanted for her, and then I'd try to wish it so. I imagined first steps, first words, first birthdays, the sweet 16s. They surrounded her in love. And she was self-confident and she was happy. And as soon as I was satisfied that I had created a life for her that was better than the one that I could've given her -- better than the one that I had -- I stopped going. And I went back to school and I studied and I studied and I busied myself so much that I wouldn't have to think about my feelings at all. I didn't want to feel anything at all. And I didn't feel anything for a long time. It took me a long time to believe that I could be a good mother. And I know that I don't have the right to ask anything of you. But if you could just open your eyes, you will see the face of a woman who knows how to do that now. If you will just wake up, I promise to try to be the mother that I couldn't be then.

Alexis: You know?

Ric: I'm so sorry. After everything we did to try to search for your daughter, she was right here all along.

Alexis: You know, that death certificate was a huge red flag that my father wanted me to find so that I would -- I'd give up the search -- just like I gave up my baby.

Ric: Ok, we don't need to start thinking that way. Don't punish yourself for something you couldn't change or control.

Alexis: Why would he do something like that? How could one lonely, abandoned child possibly hurt the cassadines?

Ric: You didn't abandon Sam.

Alexis: It sure feels that way. Do you know that we've had one conversation as mother and daughter? I sure hope that it's not the last.

Sonny: I'm here to help.

Kelly: We're monitoring Sam closely. When her pressure falls below 80/40, it's time for another transfusion.

Elizabeth: Sonny, they're ready for you.

Sonny: All right.

Alexis: Sonny -- thank you for doing this.

Sonny: You're welcome.

Alexis: What am I going to tell Kristina?

Ric: Oh. We'll deal with that when the time comes. Right now, you need to focus on your daughter Sam, see that she gets better.

Ric: Oh, Mayor Floyd.

Mayor Floyd: I've been trying to reach you for hours. We've got about 10 minutes to get to the courthouse.

Alexis: Why?

Mayor Floyd: The press conference that you insisted on, remember? I'm just about to introduce you as the new interim District Attorney.

[Jason sighs]

Jason: The doctors say you can't fight anymore. I don't believe them. Maybe I'm wrong. Hell, maybe I want you to have those transfusions so I don't have to let go. Maybe I'm being selfish because I don't want to say goodbye.

Alexis: I'm in the middle of a family emergency.

Mayor Floyd: Now, you see, this is why I will never understand why John Durant named you as his successor. It would be better for everyone involved if I just appoint the man I have in mind.

Ric: Excuse me, Mayor Floyd. Just to be clear, my wife's daughter is gravely ill. So if you want to take her job away from her -- I mean, that's fine, you can do that, but I'd consider the political fallout. You know, a District Attorney is fired because she can't make it to a press conference during a family emergency? How is that going to play out in the polls?

Mayor Floyd: There is no need to make threats.

Ric: Oh, nobody's making threats, sir. But you got five minutes to get over to that courthouse and make the announcement, make sure we hear about it on the news, and don't bother us again tonight. Thank you.

Alexis: Thanks, Counselor.

Ric: Anytime.