May 30, 2006 Transcript
"It's Not Protecting You"

Sam: I forgot my keys.

Jason: What are you -- what are you doing out of the --

Sam: I'm all right. I'm all right, Jason. I'm just a little unsteady on my feet, that's all.

Jason: Ok, I'm going to call a doctor.

Sam: No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want you to call a doctor, Jason. I want you to listen.

Jason: Going over this again isn't going to do either of us any good.

Sam: If that's how you feel, then too bad. I'm not going to be passively accepting while you walk out on me.

Jason: You think I want -- you think I want things this way? That I don't miss you every second, or lie awake all night because you're not in bed with me?

Sam: Then let me come back.

Jason: I am trying --

Sam: To protect me, I know. Jason, I don't need protection from you. I am not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of your life. I took it on as my own a long time ago. Freely, without reservation. My choice -- something that used to mean something to you.

[Phone rings]

Sam: No, no, don't -- don't you --

Jason: Yeah.

Alexis: Jason, Sam is missing. Is she over there?

Jason: Yeah, she is.

Alexis: I'll be there with an ambulance as soon as I can.

Jason: No, stay put. I'll bring Sam back to the hospital myself.

Sam: You still love me.

Jason: Of course I do. That's not the point.

Sam: Jason, it's the only point. It is the only thing that matters. We are a team in love and in life. You can't arbitrarily decide that we're over.

Jason: It wasn't arbitrary. I watched you almost die because of me.

[Sam sighs]

Sam: I have had a ton of close calls in my life. I wasn't exactly an office worker when you met me. When it is my time, I'm going to die, whether I'm with you or not. I fell in love with you, and when that happened, everything changed. There is no going back. I need us, Jason. I miss our ease. I miss our trust and our faith. When -- when did you lose faith?

Jason: When I held you in my arms helpless to stop a bullet that was meant for me. I can't go through that again, not ever.

Sam: No. It's not like you to be afraid.

Jason: I am. I'm afraid of being the reason that you lose your life. I'm afraid of being what I've always hated -- you know, a hypocrite, trying to force Sonny to give up Emily when I'm putting you in just as much danger, if not more.

Sam: Do you see there's a flaw in your logic? You running the business is no different than being second in command when it comes to your enemies --

Jason: Sam --

Sam: Making me a target. So with that said, Jason, really, no, nothing has changed. So now why don't you tell me why you're refusing to be with me?

Sam: What are you doing here? Didn't Jason tell you he would take me to the hospital?

Alexis: I was concerned.

Sam: Please leave. Jason and I are in the middle of a very important, private conversation.

Alexis: Can't you even comprehend the one salient point? You are recovering from brain surgery, Sam. How did you get here?

Sam: I walked.

Alexis: 10 blocks, in the rain? What is wrong with you? You didn't get yourself killed living with Jason, so now you're going to die trying to get him back?

Jason: Leave her alone.

Sam: Look, I -- I appreciate your concern, I really do, and I understand that you're coming from a place of caring. But Jason is going to take me back to the hospital. I would like you to leave now.

Jason: Alexis is already here, she can take you, Sam.

Sam: Why?

Jason: It'll be easier.

Sam: Easier for whom, Jason? Certainly not me. Do not let Alexis intimidate you!

Jason: I'm not doing anything because of Alexis. I'm doing it because it's right and it's the only way I really know how to protect you.

Alexis: This is my daughter Sam McCall, she is the transfer patient.

Sam: Oh, no, you -- you can turn around and go the other way because I am not going anywhere.

Alexis: If you don't put yourself back under a doctor's care, you are risking your life.

Sam: My life -- my life is exactly what I'm fighting for.

Jason: I'll leave.

Sam: Jason -- come on, this is so wrong. This is so wrong, and in your heart you know it.

Alexis: Let me get you -- Sam, don't set your recovery back any more than you already have. Get your strength back, get healthy, and then you can see how things fall out with you and Jason.

Paramedic: One, two, three --

Sam: I'm not giving up on us, Jason.

Sam: You are my mother and I am grateful for the chance to know you and I want us to connect. But I think the only way we're going to have a chance of that happening is if you accept the fact that I love Jason and we are going to be together.

Alexis: I'm not the one that you need to fight. However, I do think that you need to consider the possibility that Jason is never going to give up his criminal activity for you.

Sam: Look, I am not asking Jason to give up anything. It's not like he's greedy or -- or power-hungry. He only took over the organization to protect Sonny.

Alexis: Which does nothing to ensure your safety. You need to face the facts. No matter how painful this is for you, Sam, Jason's actions suggest that his priority is protecting Sonny and Emily. It's not protecting you.