April 6, 2007 Transcript
"Are You Always So Rude?"

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Alfred: I regret to inform you Master Nikolas isn't feeling well. I'm not sure he's up for visitors.

Alexis: Actually, I'm here to see Mr. Brosnan.

Alfred: Oh.

James: Here I am. I'm surprised, not to mention flattered. How can I assist you, Ms. Davis?

Alexis: Do you always appear out of nowhere? You aren't a vampire, are you?

James: Oh, no. Last time I checked, I wasn't. But I find the element of surprise works to my advantage.

Alexis: Some would say that I'm not particularly adept at social graces. They might even say that I'm tactless and aloof.

James: And would people be right?

Alexis: Yes, which is why I've embarked on a new regimen of self-awareness and improvement, due to my condition.

James: You mean your cancer?

Alexis: Yes. So in that spirit, I would like to thank you for helping me out.

James: Well, you know, as I said, I only extended myself to Kristina. No thanks necessary.

Alexis: Oh. All right, then. Then I see that there's no social graces necessary.

James: No, not on my account. Feel free to be as tactless and aloof as you please.

Alexis: How fun.

James: Well, Ms. Davis, I have to question the judgment of a woman who goes from a round of chemo directly into the woods in the middle of an island to pick wildflowers with her daughter.

Alexis: My daughter had a school project.

James: All right, well, at least the trip wasn't completely wasted -- she could've put flowers on your grave.

Alexis: What a lovely sentiment.

James: Well, it could very well have been reality. Are you always so reckless?

Alexis: Are you always so rude? It seems quite obvious that you don't like me, which begs the question, once you found me unconscious, why didn't you just keep walking?

James: Well, I thought about it, but if your daughter had fallen off a cliff looking for help, Nikolas would've been distracted from the deal we're working on.

Alexis: Oh. So the rescue was for expediency's sake?

James: Quite.

Alexis: You're making it very difficult to thank you, let alone like you, so I won't do either.

James: Oh. Okay. Oh -- drug counseling? Are you in recovery?

Alexis: That is none of your business. If you must know, chemo is very difficult, so I smoked pot and got arrested. So, you see, I'm a very dangerous, dangerous criminal.

James: That's really ridiculous. I mean, this country wastes so much energy and resources prosecuting cancer patients for medical relief by smoking a joint, only because they don't live in one of the 11 states where medical marijuana is allowed.

Alexis: I couldn't agree more.

James: Yes. It bugs you, doesn't it, to agree with me on anything, it?

Alexis: Yes, it does. But it won't become a trend, I promise. Goodbye, Mr. Brosnan.

James: Ms. Davis.

Alexis: I'm sorry I'm late.

Ric: It's all right. What's this about you passing out?

Alexis: Why would that interest you? It really was no big deal.

Ric: Well, I beg to differ. You could've passed out in the middle of a field, which is cause for concern. Or maybe Kristina's telling stories about some nice stranger who came to your rescue, which is also cause for concern. So which is it?

Alexis: I went to Wyndemere for a class project for Kristina to help her out. I got lightheaded.

Ric: Mm-hmm, you passed out. Who was the nice man?

Alexis: A business associate of Nikolas'.

Ric: Do you have a suicide wish?

Alexis: Yes, of course. It was my plan to go to Wyndemere and toss myself off the parapet.

Ric: Alexis, there are cliffs, there are moors, there are bogs all around Spoon Island. When did you decide it was a good idea to take your 6-year-old for a hike, and when she had to run off to try to find help, what did you think the odds were that she was going to run into a business associate of Nikolas'? You got lucky, all right? Kristina was right there, you could've -- look, I realize that you want to be independent, and I also realize that you just hate the air that I breathe, but could you let some-- someone help you?