Young & The Restless Transcript
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Adam: Hey.
Chelsea: I just got a call from the doctor. Connor wants to talk to us.
Adam: Yeah, I, uh, I got the same message.
Chelsea: Yeah, this is a big step.
Adam: Yeah, considering a week ago he didn’t wanna have any communication with us at all.
Chelsea: Right, um, but we can’t make this bigger than it is.
Adam: I’m not.
Chelsea: Right, well, you tend to do that. Sometimes, adam, you know, you project things the way you want them to be without realizing this is a process. You know, this is just the beginning. We have to tread carefully so connor doesn’t tune us out.
Adam: And are we now talking about me or are we talking about you?
Chelsea: Both. We can’t screw this up. There’s too much at stake.
Nikki: Oh, jack! I’m so happy that harrison is home. Is he okay?
Jack: Doctors checked him out. Physically, he’s fine. Time will tell about everything else.
Nikki: Poor little baby.
Jack: He keeps calling jordan “the mean lady” and “the witch.” Not that we’re encouraging him to talk about it.
Nikki: Oh! It’s lucky we got him back when we did.
Jack: How are you doing? Any news on claire?
Nikki: Uh, no, but victoria got a call last night that she thought could’ve been claire.
Jack: Maybe they found her?
Nikki: Unfortunately, no.
Jack: Oh, this is agony. I am so sorry.
Nikki: Yeah, so am I. For ever thinking that claire had anything to do with this.
Michael: So that was the one word you could make out?
Cole: “Mom.”
Michael: And you’re sure the call was from claire?
[ Victoria sighs ]
Victoria: It was muffled, but it had to be her.
Michael: And no chance this was something arranged by jordan before her demise?
Victoria: Michael, it was claire.
Victor: It wasn’t from a landline. And they’re checking all the cell towers right now. It’s gonna take some time.
Victoria: Well, that’s time that we don’t have, dad. What if claire’s hurt and that’s why she didn’t call us back?
Victor: Sweetheart–
Victoria: We have to find her. We have to do something.
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Adam: You’re right. And it’s good that you’re reminding both of us that we need to move slowly. But I–
[ Chelsea groans ]
Chelsea: I hate when you say “but.” It makes me very nervous.
Adam: I was just gonna say, chelsea, that I could use any good news right now.
Chelsea: Of course. So could I. What are you doing?
Adam: I’m setting up the video call.
Chelsea: Adam, can you just wait one second? I think that we should go over the guidelines the doctor suggested. Things to avoid talking about. Words that could be triggering for connor.
Adam: Okay. Gotta have the rules.
Chelsea: There are these things called reassurances we’re supposed to avoid, which seems really weird because as a parent, all you wanna do is reassure your child. But the doctor says that they will only feed and validate his fears, so we have to avoid that.
Adam: Mm-hmm. Okay. I got it. No reassuring. Mm-hmm.
Chelsea: I’m sorry. Am I boring you, adam?
Adam: No. You’re just telling me things that I already know.
Chelsea: Okay. Then I’ll repeat them to myself. Because I’m crawling out of my skin, and I would appreciate it if you didn’t get offended by every damn thing I say.
Adam: I’m sorry. Okay? You’re right.
Chelsea: We are both nervous. We both have a lot at stake, okay? But I have to know that we’re gonna be a team. Adam, we have to be.
Adam: We are a team. And just so you know, I’m not taking offense. It’s just– it’s my way, you know?
Chelsea: Yeah. Your defense mechanism is anger. Mine is, um, quiet panic and anxiety. None of which are any good for our son.
Adam: And I hear you, chelsea. This– it’s all about connor. Okay? We have the rules, and we can do this. You ready?
Chelsea: Let’s, uh– let’s make the call.
Cole: Well, there could be a whole other explanation for claire not calling back. Maybe the phone died. It’s possible, isn’t it?
Victoria: But cole, she sounded panicked and desperate.
Michael: Do you think claire knows about jordan?
Victor: I doubt it. We kept the press out of it.
Michael: Then she could be unaware that harrison’s been rescued?
Cole: What are you getting at?
Michael: I’m fond of claire. You know that. I’ve defended her in the past. But this is a girl who’s spent her entire life doing jordan’s bidding.
Victoria: Are you saying that she still is?
Michael: No, I didn’t say that.
Victoria: Well, it certainly sounds like you’re implying that, michael.
Michael: I’m merely laying out possibilities. If claire still believes jordan has harrison, then that phone call last night could’ve been a smokescreen, could’ve been part of a plan.
Cole: To what end?
Michael: To divide us, to distract us.
Victoria: Didn’t you hear what harrison said about jordan hurting claire?
Michael: Again, that could’ve been jordan and claire putting on an act for an impressionable little boy.
Cole: Wait a minute. Are you serious right now? Because this whole train of thought is a distraction. It’s a complete waste of our time.
Michael: I’m simply trying to manage expectations.
Cole: We don’t need you to manage anything, okay? Our daughter is missing. She could be in terrible danger. And the only thing I wanna hear from anyone right now is how do we get her back?
Michael: All right. I’m sorry. Sometimes my lawyerly skill at arguing both ends of an issue are– well, it’s inappropriate. Please forgive me.
Victor: Let’s calm down. All we know is that claire’s alive. That is more than we knew before.
Victoria: But where? Where, dad? The one person who might be able to tell us is dead.
Jack: Yeah, I’m sorry I doubted claire, too, but given her background and who she was raised with, I had trouble believing she could turn everything around so quickly.
Nikki: Yeah, it was hard for all of us, except for victoria. She just always knew.
Jack: Mothers and daughters.
Nikki: Yeah, I’m sure victoria wishes her mother could be more helpful.
Jack: Wait, why do you say things like that?
Nikki: I don’t know. I just feel particularly useless.
Jack: I guarantee you, victoria does not see you that way.
Nikki: No. She sees me as a fragile flower that needs to be watched all the time. She knows I’ve been drinking again. I denied it, of course, but she knows. I just hate that I am so damn weak. I’m so damn weak!
Jack: You are one of the strongest people I have ever known.
Nikki: I certainly don’t feel that way right now.
Jack: Because you’ve just been put through hell, nikki. You have endured things that would bring most people to their knees, and you are still standing. And piling more blame and stress on yourself is not the answer.
Nikki: The stress I can handle. It’s the guilt that’s overwhelming.
Jack: The guilt? What guilt?
Nikki: Jordan. All of this.
Jack: Why would any part of you blame yourself for what jordan did?
Nikki: Because none of it should have happened, jack. Claire and harrison would not have been kidnapped if it weren’t for me.
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Chelsea: Hi! Connor, it’s so good to see your face.
Adam: Hey, buddy. How’s it going?
Connor: It’s going okay, I guess.
Adam: What have you been up to? I mean, have you made any friends? Is the, uh– the therapy working out?
Connor: Maybe. I don’t know.
Adam: Well, you must know if you’re feeling better, right? I mean, why don’t you tell us about the doctor? Do you feel he’s someone that you can talk to?
Chelsea: Hey, you know what? Your dad is anxious to know all these things because he loves you and misses you so much. We both do. That’s why we have all these questions. But you just take your time. Whenever you’re ready to tell us, we’re here to listen.
Jack: Your grandmother feels horrible about what has happened to harrison, but she is in no way responsible for the actions of a psychopath.
Nikki: Thank you for trying to protect me, jack. But there’s more to it than that. None of this would have happened if I had made different choices.
Summer: What do you mean? What choices?
Nikki: When jordan took that poison in front of us, claire asked if we should even bother saving her life.
Summer: Claire was willing to let her aunt die?
Nikki: Oh, yes. I mean, she has known her aunt her whole life. She knows how evil she is and all the things that jordan did to her and to many other people. Claire didn’t think that anyone else should have to suffer like that.
Summer: I– I guess I’m surprised to hear that.
Nikki: Because you thought that claire was involved in harrison’s kidnapping. That crossed my mind as well. But I now know that claire was once again jordan’s victim. And I set it all into motion by calling 911 and let her live.
Summer: Grandma, I– I don’t understand. After everything that jordan did to you, did to our family, why– why would her life mean anything to you?
Nikki: Trust me, I’ve asked myself that so many times. And in the end, I simply couldn’t let her die in front of us. And letting her go out on her own terms seemed like letting her win. I wanted her to face her punishment. I– I didn’t know that she was going to escape again and then bring more chaos to our family. But if you’re looking for someone to blame, blame me. I’m sorry, summer. You have every reason to hate me for this.
Victor: Look, you all, jordan is exactly where she should be. We’ll find claire and she will be where she should be. But we won’t give up.
Victoria: I’m not giving up. I’m just tired of sitting around here doing nothing, waiting for the phone to ring.
[ Victoria sighs ] Look, cole and I were talking on the way up here, and we want to go to the motel where jordan held harrison.
Victor: But sweetheart, the cops have combed through that hotel. Up and down. They found nothing that leads to claire.
Victoria: Dad, maybe they didn’t know what to look for. They don’t know claire. We do.
[ Victor exhales ]
Victor: All right. You two go down there, do what you have to do, and, uh, I’ll see to it that no one interferes with you.
Cole: Thank you, victor.
Victoria: Thank you.
Michael: You’ll run that by me again, victor?
Victor: Run what by you again?
Michael: How exactly did jordan die? My mental health was better.
Chelsea: Why don’t you tell us how you’re adjusting to the new place?
Connor: Well, the main doctor’s pretty cool. She gets it, you know?
Chelsea: Gets what, honey?
Connor: My moods, stuff like that. Things she calls disassociations.
Adam: Whoa, that’s a– that’s a mouthful.
Connor: Like, sometimes I don’t remember things, and I get all mad at myself and frustrated. But the doctor says that’s just my brain going, “nope, not going there.”
Chelsea: So it’s– it’s kind of like you get overwhelmed?
Connor: Yeah, but more. The doc says that some people with ocd have that, so they’re teaching me to slow down and recognize when it happens and not to get so impatient with myself.
Adam: Mmm.
Chelsea: Yeah, but, you know, that– that happens to me too sometimes. It’s like my mind races ahead, and I suddenly forget where I’m even going.
Connor: Really?
Chelsea: Yeah. Oh, yeah. So I just have to slow down and regroup. I– I think it’s called, um, staying in the moment.
Connor: And just dealing with it no matter how hard it is.
Chelsea: Exactly.
Adam: I mean, I– I don’t know, I– I– I get that, yes, but does everything have to be a struggle? I mean, isn’t it okay to sometimes, you know, check out when the world is coming at you at 100 miles an hour?
Connor: No, dad, you can’T.
Adam: Okay, well, I just meant that–
Connor: The doctors told me that it’s called reassuring. It’s like saying the ocd part of my brain is doing all the right things. Like it’s normal. But it’s not. It just makes the ocd dig in harder.
Adam: You see, there I go again. Connor, there– there’s just– a lot of this stuff you’re gonna have to explain to me, because, um, your hard-headed old man already thinks he knows everything. So whenever I open my big mouth, just go like this, okay?
Connor: I can do that.
Jack: I’m sure summer doesn’t blame you for what happened. She holds one person responsible. Jordan.
Nikki: Is that right, summer?
Jack: You– you know what? I think you and I should get out of here and get to a meeting.
Nikki: Uh, I wish I could, but I have another appointment.
Jack: More important than a meeting?
Nikki: I’m meeting with lauren. We have a lot of newman media work to do.
Jack: Your family has been through hell, nikki. Claire is still missing. Work can wait. Come on.
Nikki: But– but it helps me to not think about everything, and I desperately need that, even if it’s just for an hour. I– I will go to a meeting afterwards. I promise.
Jack: Okay. Okay.
Nikki: It’s okay to blame me, honey. I blame myself.
Summer: No. Jack’s right. Jordan is the only person responsible.
Nikki: Thank you for that. Please give harrison a hug from me. I’m– I’m so grateful that he’s home.
Summer: I will.
Jack: I’ll walk you out.
Summer: I’ll see myself out.
[ Door clicks open ]
Victoria: You know, I’m trying, but I just cannot wrap my brain around this. How someone could terrorize a child.
Cole: This is the same woman who raised ours.
Victoria: That makes me sick just thinking about it. What is it?
Cole: Nothing.
Victoria: You can tell me. It’s okay.
Cole: Remember back at the house? When you brought up losing baby eve? Claire? All those years ago. It just took me right back there. And I remember being sad, heartbroken, just like you. We never had the chance to be with her. We never knew her. It was almost like she wasn’t real. But she’s very real. And I would literally walk the length of the earth to bring her back. I would– I would exchange my life for hers in a heartbeat. And never, ever, have I had that feeling… about anyone.
Victoria: It’s called being a parent.
Cole: Yeah. I know that now.
Victoria: Sometimes it, you know, can feel like it’s a bit too much.
Cole: Claire is the greatest gift that I’ve ever received in my life. And when we find her, I’m gonna bring her home. I’m gonna hold her tight. And I’m gonna tell her that nobody’s ever gonna hurt her again. That her father will always be there to protect her.
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Connor: I’m playing
soccer again.
Chelsea: Oh.
Adam: Yeah? That’s great.
Connor: I’m pretty bad at it
’cause I haven’t played
in a while, but my friend mike
likes to run drills,
so I figured, “why not?”
Chelsea: Yeah, you– you made a new friend?
Connor: Yeah.
Mike’s pretty cool.
Adam: And is his– his treatment like yours?
Connor: Privacy, dad.
Adam: Yes, of course. Uh, well, thank you for the heads up.
Chelsea: Yeah, it sounds like you’re in the right place.
Connor: It’s all right here.
I just want to get better
soon and come home.
Adam: And we want that too. You know, we miss you, and we love you so much.
Chelsea: So, so much.
Adam: And we promise that we will take our cues from you, and from the doctors.
Chelsea: Yeah, we will listen.
Connor: I love you guys too.
Anyway, I better get going.
Chelsea: So soon?
Connor: Yeah, I’ve got class
in a few minutes.
Chelsea: Oh, okay, well, we understand.
Adam: All right, well, um, this was great, you know? Thank you.
Chelsea: We’ll talk to you soon, okay?
[ Chelsea sighs ] Okay, well, I have to email the doctor about these reassurances because I don’t really get it. So, if we tell connor that things are going to get better, that’s not a good thing, that’s going to stress him out even more? I just don’t really understand. Don’t, adam.
Adam: Don’t what?
Chelsea: Go wherever it is you’re going right now. It’s not going to help.
[ Chelsea sighs ]
Adam: Is this what his life is going to be like? Worrying about things like– like reassurances and disassociations? I mean, he shouldn’t even have a word for that.
Chelsea: If it helps him understand what he’s dealing with, I don’t care what they call it.
Adam: God, just taking the same brutal hits over and over.
Chelsea: Until he gets better. I mean, that’s what the whole exposure and response prevention thing is all about.
Adam: Yes, but the disassociations–
Chelsea: What, adam?
Adam: I went through it, chelsea. When I was a kid, I blocked things out, too. I erased the memory of seeing a man die right in front of me because I thought that I was responsible for it. And now my son is going through his own version of the same damn thing. So, is my life all he has to look forward to? I mean, is he going to grow up angry? Is he going to struggle to fit in? Is he ever going to believe that he deserves to be loved?
Chelsea: Adam, stop. This is an illness we don’t understand. And it’s just the beginning. We are going to be hearing things about it that are difficult for us to hear, that make us afraid. But we– we have to be ready for it. We have to stay calm and– and be strong and be unified.
Adam: Okay, well, that is a very nice speech, chelsea. But you are forgetting one very important thing. We are connor’s parents. He shares our dna, so everything that we are or have been is passed down to him. And that scares the hell out of me. And I am sorry, but you can’t convince me that you’re not being eaten up by it too.
Victor: I told you already. As I and my security team approached the motel, that jordan woman saw us coming. She panicked, she ran away, tried to cross the gamewood bridge, she slipped and fell into the river.
Michael: But no body was discovered.
Victor: Well, they are still searching. What are you getting at?
Michael: You know, well, as your attorney, I just want to make sure there is nothing that could come back to negatively impact my favorite client.
Victor: I told you exactly how it happened. It was a fortunate accident. Why can’t you just let it go?
Michael: I’d like to. I– I really would. But knowing you and working with you for all these years, I’ve developed a pretty good sense of who you are and how you operate, and right now, my senses are screaming that there’s a lot of this story you haven’t told me.
Cole: I haven’t seen
one of those in a while.
Victoria: Oh, my god.
Cole: Sweet, huh? You know, my mother had one just like this. She collected them.
Victoria: Uh, I think it’s hideous, actually.
Cole: Well, that’s the whole point. The creepier, the better.
Victoria: Wait a minute. Mom mentioned jordan tormenting her with a doll at the lake house. Um, do you think it could be like this one?
Cole: Hang on a sec. What is this? There’s something– there’s something inside here. Oooh! I can’t wait for this family getaway!
Cole: [Indistinct]
Victoria: Yeah, thank god.
[Indistinct] What could these possibly be for?
Cole: Well, they have to be just something important. Otherwise, jordan wouldn’t have taken the trouble to hide them like that.
Victoria: Maybe they could lead us to claire.
Cole: Yes, yes.
Victoria: But we still don’t know where she is, cole.
Cole: We have to keep looking, I mean, the answers have to be here somewhere, I know it.
[ Footsteps approaching ]
Lauren: You must be exhausted.
[ Nikki sighs ]
Nikki: I am, it’s been a brutal last few days.
Lauren: I’m so sorry, nikki.
[ Nikki sighs ]
Nikki: We get through one nightmare and then there’s another one around the corner. I feel like I’m going to wake up and everything will be normal, you know, and claire will be safe.
Lauren: I wish that for you. You deserve it. And in the meantime, honey, you need to rest.
Nikki: If it were only that easy.
Lauren: I know it’s difficult. But I’m really worried about you, my friend.
Nikki: Thank you. And you’re right. I desperately need some sleep.
Lauren: All right, well, you know, forget about our meeting. Just turn around, go home, and get some sleep. I’ll text victor, and tell him you’re on the way.
Nikki: Oh, no, don’t do that. He’s putting all of his energy into finding claire. I don’t want to distract him.
Lauren: Okay. All right.
Nikki: Well, thank you for meeting me.
Lauren: You promise you’re going to go straight home, right?
Nikki: Where else would I go?
Victor: Michael, on my honor and our friendship, I am in no way responsible for that jordan woman’s death. Okay?
Michael: Now, that actually sounded sincere. Thank you.
Victor: Then let it be. All right? We now need to focus on finding my granddaughter.
Michael: Well, we’ve already got the whole town looking for her, and nothing’s turned up, she could be anywhere.
Victor: That means we need to double our efforts. I’ve got to be honest with you. The thought has occurred to me… that time may be running out for claire.
Chelsea: Of course this is upsetting to me. It’s agony, watching connor suffer the way he has, but I can’t give in to it. He needs me too much.
Adam: Then it will consume you.
Chelsea: Only if I let it.
Adam: Listen to me, chelsea.
Chelsea: And I’m not going to let it.
Adam: Why won’t you just talk to me?
Chelsea: I am talking to you.
Adam: Yes, with a bunch of buzzwords and to-do lists. Nothing about what’s really inside. Nothing about how you feel. Who would understand about any of that except me? This is our son. If we can’t talk to each other–
Chelsea: I’m terrified, adam. I’m terrified. But I’m afraid if I fall into that well of– of shame and guilt, I won’t be able to crawl out. I want to kill this thing that’s hurting our son. I want to destroy it. And of course I blame myself. I blame myself for my– for my weakness and my illness. And I– and I hate myself. And I’m not strong enough to stop this.
Adam: Yeah, well, I– I was not there for a big part of connor’s life. And when I was there, I created chaos. Do you know what I was thinking when he said he would just forget big chunks of time? I was thinking, yeah, I know, because that was me too.
[ Chelsea sniffles ]
Chelsea: I don’t know. Of course, I’ve had dark, intrusive thoughts. And there were moments that I hated myself. But it’s not about what you’ve been through or what I’ve been through. Connor is dealing with something different. And even though we can’t fully understand it, we still feel fully responsible.
Adam: Well, we’re not even sure if we’re what made it happen.
Chelsea: Adam… even if we didn’t cause it, does that even matter? Our son is still suffering.
Adam: I just wanna tell him that everything’s gonna be okay. I want to tell him that he’s gonna have a perfect, you know, average, utterly boring, normal life. But us telling him that everything’s gonna be okay is just us giving him our wishful thinking.
Chelsea: Yeah, I don’t think he wants to hear that from us.
[ Chelsea sighs ]
Adam: Yeah, well, I wouldn’t mind being reassured every once in a while.
Chelsea: Yeah. [Sighs] Yeah, neither would I.
[ Chuckles wryly ]
Adam: Well, maybe when things get tense or complicated or just plain scary, we could reassure each other.
Chelsea: I’d like that very much. Struggling with the highs and lows of bipolar 1?
Chelsea: [ Sighs ] So, how did you know?
Adam: Know what?
Chelsea: [ Sighs ] That I needed to… unload.
Adam: [ Sighs ] Oh. Well, I guess because I’ve been needing to do the same thing. You know, he’s such an incredible kid. I just wish that all this–
Chelsea: I know. And I’m glad that we can be there for each other, talk to each other in a way that’s, you know, different than before.
Adam: It’s a better way.
Chelsea: Like as grown-ups?
Adam: Well, I was going to say friends.
Chelsea: That, too. You know this is just the beginning, right? Connor’s going to have his ups and downs, and so are we.
Adam: Hmm. I’m not going anywhere.
Chelsea: Good. Neither am I.
[ Chelsea sniffling ]
Jack: Hey. How’s harrison doing?
Summer: Um, he’s still a little bit more clingy than usual, but that’s to be expected. I– I told him that we could do all of his favorite things today, and that made him smile.
Jack: That’s a start.
Summer: Yeah.
Jack: Listen, now that your grandmother is gone, how do you really feel about her letting jordan live?
Summer: My son… has bolted awake from nightmares twice since he’s been home. Jack, he might be scarred for life. What am I supposed to say when my grandma tells me that this could have all been avoided? I wish she had let jordan die. And if that makes me a terrible person, I don’t care. It’s the truth.
Jack: I’m not here to argue with you. But I have a favor to ask. Could you please not tell nikki that? Look, she’s in a very fragile state right now, and I’m worried knowing that might take her over the edge. Could you do that for me?
Summer: I don’t– I don’t plan on saying anything. I will always love my grandma. And I will always wish that she had let jordan die when she had the chance.
Nikki: [ Exhales deeply ]
Cole: Vic, can you think of any other place where jordan might have stayed?
Victoria: No.
Cole: Well, there– there has to be something here that’s gonna help us out. I mean, there has to be a map, an address, there’s something.
Victoria: Wait a minute.
Cole: What?
Victoria: I– you know, I’ve been racking my brain for the last five minutes trying to figure out if I’m imagining this or if it’s real. And it’s real, cole. I’m sure of it.
Cole: What’s real? What are you talking about?
Victoria: The keys! I recognize them. I’ve seen them before. I think I know where we have to go.
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