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January
30, 2008 Transcript Alexis: Ah. What's wrong? [Sam chuckles] Sam: Well, that's just it -- inexplicably and without warning, something has actually gone right. Alexis: So you're celebrating? Should we celebrate? It doesn't feel like a celebration. Sam: I think I'm falling in love with Lucky, and I think he feels the same way, too. Alexis: Okay. Sam: Okay, I mean, ever after knowing all of the stupid things that I've done and all of the lies I've -- he still wants to be with me. Alexis: So what's the problem? Sam: Yeah, the problem. Um -- I'm afraid to trust that. Alexis: I think that you can trust that -- as long as you have, in fact, told him all the lies. Sam: We are both drawn to dangerous and very unstable men. Alexis: I'm so sorry. Sam: Whether it's an impulse to protect them, or whether we're trying desperately to blow up our own lives, I just -- yeah, we have issues. Alexis: Really? You think? Issues? Sam: Yeah, I think, because when I walked in here, it looked like Jerry Jacks was trying to make out with you. Alexis: All right, that's not what -- no. Sam: And this is a guy who shot Robin Scorpio, blew up the Metro Court, and -- whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Before that, there was Ric, and then before that, there was -- ugh -- Alexis: Sonny. Sam: Sonny, yes. Alexis: All right. Sam: Yes, and -- and I think that -- hello -- talk about being like your mother? Alexis: All right, that's it, go to your room. Sam: I'm just -- come on, I am just saying when -- when I was with Jason, it was always sort of a matter of survival. You know, we were always in this constant state of, like, red alert. But Lucky -- Lucky -- you know, there's absolutely -- there's nothing going on in -- in the background. And when he's with me, he's with me, and I can tell that he's thinking and -- and feeling me. And -- I -- I guess I just -- I want to be more real with him, and that is so strange and -- Alexis: Sad? Sam: Uh -- no. Alexis: Stressful? Sam: Uh-uh. Alexis: Scary? Sam: Scary -- yes, scary. Alexis: Because you're being honest, it is scary, but do it. Tell him. Whatever -- whatever it is, just tell him. It's better that it comes from you. Sam: I don't know about that because I really think my lies have hurt him enough already. Alexis: Then the truth will be a refreshing change. Sam: Well -- [Knock on door] Sam: Hmm -- I'll get it. Sam: It's Kate. Hello. Kate: Oh, hi. I was actually looking for your mother. Alexis: I'm here, Kate. How are you? Kate: Perhaps I should come back another time. Sam: No, no, no, no, don’t. I was -- I was just leaving. Um -- I'm going to leave. I got some really good advice. I'm going to take it before I chicken out, okay? Alexis: All right, good luck. Sam: Here. Kate: Thank you. Sam: You might need that. Kate: Good luck. Sam: Thanks. Alexis: Well, welcome. Come on in. What's going on with you? Kate: Sonny. Kate: I'm at an impasse with Sonny, and I could really use some advice and I don't know who else to turn to and -- well, you do have a kid with him. Alexis: Doesn't make me an authority, just someone with chronically bad judgment in men. But I will give you the benefit of my experience, such as it is. Kate: Sonny came to Manhattan. He proposed to me. [Knock on door] Alexis: Busy here today. Kate: Oh. Diane: Madam D.A., I am here representing Ronald Paulson, and you don't stand a chance in hell. Diane and Alexis: Hi! Diane: How about a drink? Kate? Well, you're supposed to be in Manhattan. Is this a short visit? Kate: Uh -- it's a long story. Alexis: Involves Sonny. Diane: Oh, now I definitely need a drink. Alexis: He proposed. Diane: Make it a double. Kate: So Sonny is down on one knee, and he's looking up at me and he has his heart in his hands. And I'm looking down into those eyes -- Diane: Yes, those deep, soulful eyes in which many a woman has been lost, never to be seen again. Alexis: All right, what did you say? Kate: I ran. Diane: Yes! You did not succumb. Well, of course you didn't -- you're Kate Howard. Kate: I hurt him terribly. Diane: Even -- just forgive me for even having doubts. Kate: Well, I have doubts. But I want to be with him, and that is why I'm here. Diane: For an intervention? Alexis: For advice, Diane. Kate: Ladies, I love him. And I don't know if there's a way to salvage things, but -- Diane: You ran. You need to listen to that first instinct. Alexis: Why did you run? Kate: Sonny's not in love with me, he's in love with an idea of someone that -- he wants me to be, somebody I'm not anymore. Alexis: Is that such a bad thing, really, that he brought out this other side of you, this -- this side that you lost during your climb to the top? Boy, I can remember what I was like before I used my career to compensate for potential pain. Diane: Okay, all right, that woman that you used to be -- that's a woman that I wouldn't have any interest associating with. The things that we have accomplished, the fact that we have had to work twice as hard as any man to achieve them -- that's what makes us who we are. And the notion of just throwing that all away for a man, becoming domesticated? Oh -- Alexis: I was thinking more of a middle ground. Diane: Oh, okay. So, then, what does Sonny have to give up? Kate: Oh, no, he claims he's the same person he's always been. Diane: Right -- and that's my point exactly. If you go through with this madness, you have to do it solely on your terms. Because no matter what Sonny says, Kate, the woman who had to overcome every obstacle to sit on top of the fashion world -- that is the woman that Sonny wants, that's what attracts him. Not some hausfrau in sweatpants. Kate: Finger painting. Diane: What? Kate: Michael and Morgan we over at my house and I -- I had nothing to occupy them with, and I turned to finger painting out of desperation and it was the most fun I've had in years. Alexis: Good, good. Fun is good, fun is a good thing. Sonny's kids are so important to him -- that's a good place to start. Kate: All right. Thank you, ladies -- Alexis: Okay. Kate: Both of you. Alexis: It's the least we could do -- Diane: After how generous you've been. Oh. Kate: Oh, my, I completely forgot -- Woman Litigator of the Year. Diane: Yes, well -- well, you know how meaningless those awards are. Alexis: It was really -- it was so political. Diane: Right. Yeah. Kate: Oh, I see. All right. Well, I'm sure that you both made quite an impression in your Neela Llorente originals. Diane: Yes, well -- uh -- about the dresses -- Kate: You did wear them? Alexis: Yes, yes -- after our car ran out of gas and we slogged through the wilds of New Jersey. Diane: And we had to escape from a bar full of tailgate people. Alexis: But we wore the dresses, we did. Alexis: Kate will be fine. Diane: Did we give her anything even resembling good advice? Alexis: I did, you didn’t. Diane: Thank you. Alexis: But, really, what advice can you give regarding Sonny? Diane: None -- run! Her first instinct was correct. Because of her relationship with Sonny, she lost a career that she worked all her life for, stature few women ever achieve. Alexis: Clearly, that wasn't enough. Diane: Oh, please. Alexis, women like us don't need the love of a good man to complete us. Alexis: We don't? Diane: No! We need a nice, soft pillow, a good steak, and a glass of wine. Alexis: And sex. Diane: Well, you need that. Alexis: Lots of sex. Diane: Yeah. Alexis: What were we talking about? Diane: Kate. Alexis: Ah, Kate. Diane: She's so nice. Alexis: Could Kate be the one? Diane: The one to finally tame Sonny?
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