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Ashley: So, the deal is done. Tucker took the bait. He bought me out of glacade. What do we do next?

Jack: Next, we deliver the first blow of the one-two punch. Everything is ready. I went ahead and made the one change kyle asked for.

Ashley: That was the right thing to do. I mean, the only person that should be affected by this is tucker. Nobody else.

Jack: Once I push send, this damning information is going to go out to every major news outlet in the world.

Ashley: It’s a story that tucker does not want out there. Jack, when this whole thing happened, he was off the grid. Then, he covered it up, in spite of his enlightenment.

Jack: This is exactly the kind of thing that will destroy his credibility.

Ashley: I know. It’s a public relations nightmare. He could have gotten in front of this when it was uncovered. I think that his ego got in the way and it made him think that he couldn’t be touched by it and he’s going to find out soon enough how wrong he was. You know, it’s just ironic. I had so many hopes for glacade and so many hopes for tucker and me and the whole thing has just blown up right in my face.

Jack: Are you sure you’re still ready to go ahead with this?

Ashley: Yes, I am, jack. I’ve done everything we’ve discussed.

Jack: I’m just saying it might not be easy. I know the two of you have history. The two of you have had a number of run-ins recently.

Ashley: Yeah. Do you have a point you’re trying to make with me?

Jack: Once I push send there is no turning back. Tucker’s professional life will go up in flames. You having any second thoughts?

Billy: Thank you. Well, it’s official. Congratulations are in order. I am no longer at jabot. I am now officially at chancellor-winters, starting after the break.

Chelsea: And in record time. I will say, when you set your mind to something, you really make it happen.

Billy: It’s the right thing to do. There’s no time to waste. Lily’s visiting mattie. Devon and jill need my help, so time to hit the ground running.

Chelsea: So, what happens when lily comes back? You two were a leadership team before.

Billy: We were. Yeah, we did some good things in the business world. But honestly, right now, I’m not looking for answers. My priority is making sure that devon and my mom are supported and that tucker doesn’t make a move for the company.

Chelsea: Well, you are the ultimate defender and protector. I’ve seen it firsthand and it’s wonderful.

Billy: I’m not on my own. Did I mention that nate is back as well?

Chelsea: They’re letting him come back to chancellor-winters?

Billy: Mm-hmm. Almost stabbed his family in the back, but all is forgiven. He’s got a pinky swear that he won’t sabotage the company again, but…

Chelsea: Well. Well, listen, we’ve all screwed up. We’ve all needed second chances.

Billy: Can I steal some of that kindness and understanding, please?

Chelsea: Yes. It’s all yours.

Billy: Mm. Good. Because I could spread a little bit of that to chance. My mother recruited chance. We both thought it would be a good idea for me to mentor him for a little while. He is not very thrilled about it.

Chelsea: Why? Chance has zero track record in business. He’d be lucky to have your wisdom and support.

Billy: That’s exactly what I said, but apparently, he’d rather have it from someone who hasn’t burned so many bridges.

Chelsea: You have a great track record.

Billy: A bunch of businesses and a bunch of positions, I think that’s what he said. To be honest, I couldn’t really argue with him.

Chelsea: Who wants to stay at the same place all the time? It’s boring.

Billy: You’re such a protector, such a defender.

Chelsea: I don’t know.

Billy: No, you are. And I appreciate it.

Chelsea: Well, to be honest with you, I’m a little worried about this job change. I would just– I would hate if I encouraged you to do something that you’re going to end up regretting.

Audra: Hey.

Kyle: Hey.

Audra: Kyle, you actually made it.

Kyle: Yeah, I came as soon as I could.

Audra: Yeah. After you took a while answering my texts. I wonder if you were having second thoughts about our plan again?

Kyle: Not again. Always.

Audra: Well, listen, I confronted tucker about not being upfront about his plan and he swore to me that he would never leave me hanging out in the cold, so he fully intends for me to run jabot after the takeover.

Kyle: Yeah, but that doesn’t mean it’s a sure thing.

Audra: Have little faith, kyle. We will both profit from this. We are so close to success.

Kyle: No. Audra, it’s not about faith. Something is about to go down. Something huge.

Victor: There we go. Wasn’t I right?

Nikki: Um, about what?

Victor: About this place, baby? This is a wonderful place for us to relax and forget about all our troubles.

Nikki: Yes. Yes, a lovely idea. But I need to use the ladies’ room. Will you excuse me for a minute?

Victor: Sure. I’ll get us some drinks, okay?

Victoria: Claire? Why? Why– why– why are you doing this? Why are you pretending that claire is my baby eve all grown up? Yeah,we love our house, but the cost

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Ashley: You keep asking me if I’m having second thoughts. I’m starting to wonder if you’re looking for a reason not to take the next step.

Jack: There is not a single doubt in my mind that this should happen and you know that. Which makes me wonder if this– this accusation is just the next deflection.

Ashley: I’m not having second thoughts. I’m not. I do pity tucker. He would hate to hear me say that, but I– I do, I have pity for him. You know, I mean, he’s about to lose everything and it doesn’t mean that I’m having a change of heart. Our father built jabot from the ground up, right? He based it on ethical and honorable principles. If tucker somehow had gotten his hands on jabot, then we would have been faced with having to watch him destroy our father’s legacy. I’m not going to let it happen.

Jack: I am glad to hear that.

Ashley: But it doesn’t mean I’m going to gloat, jack, okay? Because people I care about are affected by this. I mean, not abby so much because she– she hates tucker, but I mean, he’s devon’s father. He’s– he’s dominic’s grandpa. And dominic loves him and I hate to see what this is gonna do to them.

Jack: Believe me, devon has some idea of who his father is. He might already suspect this whole–

Ashley: No, he doesn’T. He would never let something like this slide and abby hasn’t said a word. They don’t know.

Jack: Okay. This is tucker’s mess to clean up.

Ashley: I know.

Jack: He’s a bastard as an executive. He’s a bastard as a husband. If he wants to be better as a father and a grandfather, he can plead his case. As far as the business world goes though.

Ashley: Well, thankfully he can’t do anything to hurt jabot anymore, right?

Jack: Right. So, are you ready to go through with this?

Ashley: If he just left us alone, we wouldn’t have to do any of this. He only has himself to blame. Do it. Go on.

Billy: Look at you, trying to protect me like I’m a new kid at school.

Chelsea: I just– I feel like there are already obstacles at chancellor-winters before you’ve even gone back there.

Billy: Chance and nate aren’t gonna be a problem. And after officially leaving jabot and having a very difficult, but important conversation with jack, I feel like a weight’s been lifted off my shoulders. Bittersweet, yeah. But a relief.

Chelsea: Well, your family’s company is important to you. For good reason.

Billy: It is. You know, when jack hired me back at jabot this last time, I felt like it was the right place to be. It felt like– it felt like I was home, you know, to honor my father and step up.

Chelsea: Yeah. And then, I encouraged you to leave.

Billy: You are a woman of insight and vision. I am late to that curve. It got too much, you know, trying to protect the job. Trying to hold on to it. Kyle shows up and he wants it back. You know, I always felt like diane was a threat. You add tucker on top of that and it just, you know, it got too much for me.

Chelsea: You were trying to protect your father’s legacy. No one would judge you for that.

Billy: It wasn’t always about jabot, to be honest. It was about me wanting to be a hero. You know, get the credit. Prove that I can be the savior for jabot and it doesn’t always have to be jack. I wanted to make sure that my father was proud of me as he watches down over me because I don’t think I ever achieved that while he was alive.

Chelsea: And now you’re going back to chancellor-winters to help your mom.

Billy: Yeah, she made it very clear it’s time to step into the breach. And no one says no to jill abbott. Not and live to tell the tale.

Chelsea: And you want to protect her legacy from tucker. But billy, isn’t it the same kind of addictive rush as at jabot? I mean, how is it any different?

Victoria: Oh, um. Is that dinner for claire grace? I’m victoria newman. I’m actually on the visitor’s list. Um, is she in a group therapy meeting or some other meeting?

Nurse: Nothing else is scheduled at dinner time.

Victoria: I need to speak with someone in security.

Victor: Thank you.

Nate: Nikki?

Nikki: Nate.

Nate: Um, what are you doing?

Nikki: I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m amber, I’ve lost 128 pounds with golo,

Jack: There’s no turning back now.

Ashley: Tucker’s dirty little secret is about to become international news.

Jack: Anyone involved with glacade is either going to abandon ship or they’re going to band together and drive tucker out. Tucker mccall and his brand are about to flatline.

Audra: You know, since when do you get worked up like this? What exactly is about to go down?

Kyle: The– the– the mccall scandal. The cover-up about the singer having sex with underage girls. Look, it’s about to be all over the news if it isn’t already.

Audra: No. This was supposed to be a nonissue. You know, we can talk to your family. We can work it out, but we have to stop this right now.

Kyle: No, audra. It’s probably too late for that. I begged my dad to kill the story or at least delay the release, but there was nothing I could say. He knew that tucker was targeting jabot, so it was a preemptive attack.

Audra: There has to be something you can do to stop this.

Kyle: No. It’s too late. I said everything I could without tipping my hand. What was I supposed to say? “Don’t go after tucker because you’ll tank my future job plans?” Look, tucker did this to himself, and to you.

Audra: You’re not understanding me. This can’t get out. Not now and not ever. I have worked way too damn long and hard to go down like this. Oh, my god.

Kyle: Well, you might be all right.

Audra: I might? Is that supposed to reassure me?

Kyle: I– I begged my dad to keep you out of it.

Audra: Oh, you did, huh?

Kyle: Of course, I did. Look, I told you, I’m on your side.

Audra: Yeah, but there’s no telling what’s gonna happen when someone starts digging. I gotta warn tucker.

Kyle: No. Tucker had months to do damage control. If he does anything now, it’ll look desperate and guilty.

Audra: Tucker was right, wasn’t he?

Kyle: About what?

Audra: You. You didn’t even try to stop jack at all, did you? You know, or maybe you knew all along? You were part of the plan. You kept me busy and distracted while jack set things in motion. Just tell the truth, kyle. You were just using me, weren’t you?

Tucker: “To the newly admitted staff of glacade, welcome aboard the most exciting journey of your career. You are about to embark on an amazing adventure as we build the next great company of the 21st century.” What? Son of a bitch.

Nate: Nikki, wait.

Nikki: What is it, nate?

Nate: Can we talk?

Nikki: What do we have to talk about?

Nate: You took a drink from that flask you pulled out of your purse. And then you popped some mints to cover up the smell of alcohol.

Nikki: Wow. Making things up again, are you? You’re attacking me because you couldn’t get anywhere with victor. You know, that’s a terrible accusation. You should know better. But if you dare try to spread that lie to victoria or anybody–

Nate: Nikki, I am not judging you. I am speaking to you as someone who cares, okay? How long have you been off the wagon?

Nikki: Okay. First of all, you are mistaken. And second of all, it’s none of your damn business. You were fired, remember that? So, whatever goes on in our family is none of your concern.

Nate: Whatever happened at newman enterprises, I am still a doctor. I still care about the health of people around me. Alcoholism is a disease. Insidious and potentially deadly. Help and treatment are the only way, nikki.

Nikki: You know, I don’t have to stand here and be lectured by you.

Nate: But you’ve been doing so well for so long. If something happened to–

Nikki: Do I have to call security because I will?

Nate: Look, I heard you suffered some sort of seizure. Are you having an M.S. Recurrence? Because if that triggered a relapse–

Nikki: Will you leave me alone?

Nate: Nikki, listen. Maybe you think you have this under control?

Nikki: Just leave me alone. I told you already. How many times do I have to say it? You stay out of my life. Got that?

Victoria: Have you seen, uh, a strange woman in this facility? She’s caucasian, 5’6. Um, short, dark hair, maybe in her 60s. She might have tried to slip in looking like a nurse.

Guard: There was someone I saw earlier that I thought was a new hire, but she had a badge and blonde hair.

Victoria: Oh, my god. That was probably a wig. Listen, this woman is extremely dangerous and she’s wanted by the police. We have to find her immediately. And the– the young woman that’s probably with her.

Nate: Victor. I apologize for interrupting, but there’s something we need to discuss.

Victor: You are interrupting. I think I’ve said everything to you that needs to be said.

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Victoria: Cole, I’m at the hospital.

Cole: Hey, how’s claire?

Victoria: I don’t know. She seems to be missing and nobody knows where she is. And it gets worse. I found a bracelet on her pillow. It looked exactly like the one that jordan was wearing at the lake house.

Cole: Wait, wait. Are you sure?

Victoria: I think that jordan, she must have snuck in here disguised as a nurse. Just like she did the first time when she took claire from us.

Cole: Slipped in past security and out again with a patient?

Victoria: I knew she wasn’t done with us. Cole, she has our daughter. I just know it. And she’s so vulnerable and she’s so scared. Hold on a second. Did you find them?

Guard: Security footage shows the blonde woman exiting with a patient in a wheelchair.

Victoria: Oh, my god. Did you hear that?

Cole: Yes. Yes. I’m on my way.

Nate: Look, I understand you don’t want to speak with me, but this is pretty important.

Victor: You here to try to convince me to give you a second chance? Ain’t gonna happen.

Nate: This isn’t about newman.

Victor: Then you and I have nothing to talk about.

Nate: Victor. Vic, please. Look, hear me out. I heard victoria and your family went through something pretty traumatic recently.

Victor: How the hell did you hear about that?

Nate: And that nikki suffered some sort of seizure?

Victor: How did you hear about that?

Nate: I don’t know any of the details, but if it’s true, I’m sorry to hear it. I just hope it hasn’t pushed any of you into a troubling situation.

Victor: What are you fishing for?

Nate: Victor, I’m not fishing for anything.

Victor: If someone betrays me, I will not forgive it.

Nate: Victor, you’re not hearing me. This is not about me wanting another chance at newman. And for the record, I never tried to betray you.

Victor: I used to respect you, nate. Anyone who gets a medical degree, I take my hat off for that. Okay? But you had ulterior motives. It didn’t work out. I caught you. End of story.

Audra: Tucker, you have to get back to me asap. It’s time to gather forces. You know, I thought I could trust you, kyle. You convinced me that you wanted to be on our team. You know, I don’t know what I was thinking.

Kyle: No. That was not the case at all, audra. This wasn’t a betrayal.

Audra: Oh, okay. Then why didn’t you at least warn us this was coming? That’s the least you could have done.

Kyle: What I did was convince my dad to redact your name from all of the emails. Then, I came to warn you.

Audra: So, you didn’t know about any of this until today?

Kyle: Of course not. I’m the ingrate, entitled son who let his father down, remember? Look, my father kept it from me. Just like he’s keeping all the important things from me right now.

Audra: Right. Sure. You know, I’m sure living at that house, you had no idea your father was about to detonate a bomb. You don’t seriously expect me to believe that, kyle, do you?

Kyle: You think I want this? My father doesn’t trust me. He shoved me out of jabot and is keeping secrets. That’s why I threw in with you and tucker. Because my father has turned his back on me as a potential leader at jabot. My path to promotion was through you. I was counting on it.

Audra: Well, you evidently bet wrong. Tucker is gonna go ballistic. You know, I have been with him for years and I have bet my entire career on this and now it’s over.

Kyle: Maybe it doesn’t have to be.

Audra: Oh, be serious, kyle. Your father did not expose that story because it’s harmless. It’s gonna destroy tucker’s reputation and his connection to glacade. Without glacade, we can’t take on jabot. So, there’s nothing left for you or me.

Kyle: Slow down. There may still be a way to pull this off.

Audra: How kyle?

Kyle: Just trust me.

Audra: Oh, yeah, I should do that.

Kyle: I’ve come up with the perfect product that glacade can steal from jabot.

Audra: And what good will that do us when we don’t have a company that can use it?

Jack: Whoa, whoa. Slow down.

Tucker: Hey, jack. Nice to see you.

Jack: Tucker. What brings you by?

Tucker: You’ve been waiting. Counting the minutes so you could use this information. You finally found the perfect op– this move, coming from him, I could have predicted that. That’s inevitable. But from you… I… I never expected this from you.

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Billy: Staying at jabot to protect the company for my siblings or going to chancellor-winters to support my mom, the difference there is easy. It’s jack.

Chelsea: He’s that big a figure in your life, isn’t he?

Billy: There’s a lot of baggage that comes with it. But look, moving on to my new/old company, it’s– it’s the right thing to do. And maybe I’m being too overly confident. Maybe battling tucker from a new front will still ignite the obsessive flames.

Chelsea: If that happens, will you talk about it?

Billy: With you? Absolutely. I don’t think it will. But there is one question that still haunts me.

Chelsea: And what’s that?

Billy: What is my legacy? You know, what do I leave behind when it’s all said and done? Where is it? What is it? Even after you’ve so beautifully helped me come to these revelations, I still can’t answer the one basic, but profound question of one’s life. I– you know, what’s my purpose?

Jack: Face it, tucker. You are done. You have been effectively cut off at the knees.

Tucker: I guess you and I have a different definition of civility. ‘Cause I thought we agreed to not let our separation turn into a war? But if that’s what you want, sweetheart, you’ve got it. Oh, and jack, I’m not done. Not by a long shot.

Victoria: Cole.

Cole: Hey. I got here as fast as I could. Any word on claire?

Victoria: No. I’ve already alerted the hospital security. I’ve called the police. My father’s team is involved.

Cole: Why would jordan even risk coming in here to take claire?

Victoria: Who knows? Why does that woman do anything that she does?

Cole: How was she able to sneak her out of here?

Victoria: Apparently, she had her in a wheelchair wrapped in a blanket, transported her over to the main hospital, where security is supposedly less stringent.

Cole: Yeah. Where she’s had the practice and the viciousness too. I mean, the thought of her manipulating claire again. Emotionally torturing her.

Victoria: Claire’s already so broken. And we weren’t there to protect her once again. What is this gonna do to her?

Cole: Vic, listen, we can’t think like that, all right? We’re going to find our daughter. We’re gonna find claire.

Nate: Once again, you’re wrong. But I’ll say it again. I had no ulterior motives. My only concern was your health. Look, I swore an oath to use my medical knowledge to provide advice and encouragement to sustain the health of others, so no matter where I work or– or what my job title is, protecting well-being is my first instinct.

Victor: Then why the hell don’t you follow your first instinct and return to medicine, okay? But leave my family alone.

Nate: Ironically, that’s exactly what I’m trying to do when I suggest you keep an eye on nikki. Whatever trauma your family went through may have affected her more profoundly than she’s letting on.

Victor: What are you implying?

Nate: I have reason to believe nikki might be drinking again.

[ Victor sighing ] I love that my daughter still needs me. What is cirkul? Cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. Cirkul is the energy that gets you to the next level. Cirkul is what you hope for when life tosses lemons your way. Cirkul. It’s your water, your way. Febreze!

Chelsea: Was it me? Did I push you into a deep hole of introspection and regret?

Billy: Even if you did, would that be so bad? I mean, you help me see the big picture?

Chelsea: But, I mean, if it’s painful or confusing–

Billy: It’s neither one of those things. I mean, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? We’re supposed to find the meaning in all of this? Find our place in this big old world, you know? I mean, what are people gonna say about me when I’m gone?

Chelsea: Deep thoughts.

Billy: The deepest. Look, I am not– I’m not concerned. I’m not regretful at all. I’m honestly excited about this new chapter in my life. It’s exhilarating. It’s a rush, but it’s the right kind of rush because this is about discovery.

Chelsea: Mm. Finding your true purpose.

Billy: There you go. It’ll be a hell of a success story, right? I can see the headline already, billy abbott finds the meaning of life.

Chelsea: So, I think the lesson here is that my pushiness is really useful.

Billy: That’s exactly what it is. Don’t feel bad, okay? Because I feel great. And I want you to feel great too.

Nate: Maybe the concierge knows where she was headed? Or the valet? Nikki shouldn’t be driving. If she took the car, victor…

Victor: Nate, this goes no further than right here, you got it? And from now on, you stay out of our family’s business.

[ Phone ringing ]

Nikki: Who is this?

Jordan: Hello, nikki.

Nikki: What the hell do you want?

Jordan: Have you enjoyed our communication these past few days?

Nikki: Stop calling me.

Jordan: Does the music bring back memories? I so enjoyed discovering and sharing the wonderful poetry of edgar allan poe with you. Most appropriate, don’t you think?

Nikki: The police are looking for you. It’s only a matter of time before they find you.

Jordan: But I’ve already found you. Watching your every move. From a safe distance, of course.

Nikki: Stay away from me, you demented bitch.

Jordan: Does it sing to you, nikki? The vodka? Does it take all the sharp edges off? How does it feel when the liquor fills your veins? You should thank me. I’ve given you back something that you wanted. And you’re about to have another drink now, aren’t you, my friend?

Nikki: Yeah, I’ve been drinking. I’m drunk right now. What’s it to you?

[ Audra sighing ]

Audra: You know, I would give up and walk away, but I deserve an answer.

Tucker: If I have ever given you the impression that I don’t need you, that I appreciate you or value you, you have my most heartfelt apologies.

Audra: You know, none of that is an actual statement. You throw all these words around and they all end up being meaningless.

Tucker: You want statements. I respect very few people in this world. I respect you. I trust no one, except you. You know me. You call me out and you make this fun. I love the way your eyes light up when you’re about to go in for a kill. I love the way your brilliant mind works. I love it all, audra.

Audra: Why are you just now saying it?

Tucker: I didn’t think I needed to. There was no kyle to make you doubt me, or yourself. Gosh, I could have sworn this was my room. 353. Since when did you swipe my extra key card?

Audra: Housekeeping let me in and I convinced them I– I lost my key.

Tucker: Well, I’ll have to talk to management about that. I don’t like strange people coming into my room.

Audra: Okay. You know, I left you a few messages. Why haven’t you responded? And have you seen the internet?

Tucker: Yes, I have. Yes, I have. Have you seen the picture they’re using? Very flattering.

Audra: You know, kyle came to me to give you the heads up, only conveniently, it was a little too late.

Tucker: What a surprise.

Audra: You know, kyle swears he can still be trusted and he can still get us what we want from jabot, but I just– I don’t know about him anymore.

Tucker: Kyle is the least of our problems now that the story is out.

Audra: But it doesn’t have to be the end of the world, right? You know, maybe we can still salvage it. All we have to do now is strategize our next move. Tucker! What do you think we should do now?

Tucker: I don’t know. It’s not so simple. Jack’s not the only one who fired this volley. He’s not the only one we have to worry about.

Audra: Just don’t, tucker. Do not lose focus right now.

Tucker: Ashley sure got her revenge against me. In spades.

Kyle: I got the alert on my cell. Ah, the story is everywhere.

Jack: Another glass for my brilliant son. We are celebrating.

Ashley: Well, some of us more than others.

Jack: A toast. To the first successful step in the demise of tucker mccall.

Victoria: Dad.

Victor: What?

Victoria: Look, I tried calling you. Jordan was at the hospital.

Victor: What are you talking about?

Victoria: I don’t know. I was not there when she arrived. And she somehow snuck her way into the hospital and she took claire with her.

Victor: Did you call security?

Victoria: Yes.

Cole: We don’t know where they are.

Victor: But they couldn’t have gotten far. I’m gonna go to the ranch and be with your mother, okay?

Victoria: What? Dad is–

Victor: Darling, keep me posted.

Victoria: Is everything–

Victor: Yeah, yeah.

Jordan: The liquor makes you so much more interesting, nikki, but I need you to stay calm. Keep it together just for a little while longer.

Nikki: Stay calm for what?

Jordan: Shut up and listen to me. I have claire. You remember claire, don’t you? Your granddaughter? Victoria’s firstborn?

Nikki: No, you don’T. She’s in the hospital.

Jordan: No, she’s with me. She betrayed me. She betrayed the plan. She chose victoria over me. Me. The woman who raised her. The only person who ever loved her.

Nikki: Like you know anything about love.

Jordan: Victoria abandoned her and left her for dead, so here’s what we do. If you ever want victoria to see sweet, little claire again, we’ll have to make a little trade. Her mother for her daughter.

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Traci: Oh, look at that. Ah, I will never forget katherine giving this to me when I was six years old.

Jack: Oh, this– this was from luan.

Diane: Mm. Keemo’s mom.

Jack: Yeah. I was so hoping allie would be here to hang her grandmother’s ornament. I’m sorry she and noah can’t leave london and join us.

Traci: Those two. Young love, right?

Diane: Oh, I think love is nice at any age.

Jack: Yeah.

Diane: Mm-hmm.

Traci: All right, this is the best tree ever.

Jack: You say that every year.

Traci: And every year, it’s the truth.

Diane: Whoa.

Kyle: We’re here.

Traci: Oh, hey.

Jack: About time you guys got home.

Kyle: The last day of school before christmas break was crazy. You finished without us? Come on.

Diane: Oh, yeah. But it’s not a party until harrison’s here.

Jack: Hey, buddy. Hey, buddy.

Diane: What do you think?

Ashley: The chill in the air, the champagne, the carols, the bustle. I love christmas.

Abby: You love buying dominic gifts.

Ashley: Well, the chancellor house is pretty big. Plenty of room for lots of presents.

Abby: Okay, mom, that cannot be the criterion for–

Ashley: Well, I happen to know for a fact that in the backyard is a perfect spot for a pony.

Abby: No. No pony.

Ashley: How about a couple of puppies?

Abby: Mom, you are impossible.

Ashley: You better accept the fact I’m going to spoil that child to pieces.

Abby: Babe, will you talk to her, please?

Devon: No. I’m not gonna get in between our son and his grandmother who loves him very much.

Ashley: Right. Cheers to that.

Devon: Cheers.

Abby: Cheers.

Devon: Thank you. It’s great. Now, I don’t know what the abbotts have planned for christmas day, but we would love to have you join us at some point.

Ashley: Well, of course. Who’s gonna help that little boy open up all the gifts I’m giving him?

Devon: Right. It’s gonna take days. So, you’ll have plenty of time.

Abby: Well, we’re not doing anything big.

Devon: No, just the toys.

Abby: Yes. And we’re gonna make the day all about dominic. It’ll be our first christmas together as a family.

Devon: That’s right.

Abby: In our new, old home.

Ashley: I love that. Have you made any plans with tucker?

[ Abby sighing ]

[ Tucker humming “deck the halls” ]

Tucker: Ah.

[ Tucker humming ] Bop, bop! Haha.

[ Tucker humming ]

Chance: He walks into the bar and orders a beer and a mop.

Summer: What?

Chance: [Indistinct]

Summer: Yeah.

Chance: He wasn’t ready.

Summer: It’s just absolutely ridiculous.

Chance: Right? Stupid.

Mamie: You okay?

Nate: Wow. The last time I was here, it was, um, it was ugly.

Mamie: And now, you’re back.

Nate: On a trial basis.

Mamie: I have no doubt that trial basis is gonna be changing permanently. Real quick.

Nate: Yeah? How can you be so sure?

Mamie: Well, for one thing, you’ve got me in your corner. And so far, that’s been pretty good to balance out all the rest of it, don’t you think?

Nate: I’m not sure everyone would agree.

Mamie: You made mistakes, learned things. You found your priorities. Everything that you have done up until now brought you back through those doors. Back into this family company, where you belong.

Nate: I never thought I’d be a part of this again.

Mamie: Then, you should just step up into this moment. Everything that is in the past doesn’t matter. You’re here now and our family is going to accomplish really great things together.

Nate: I couldn’t ask for anything more.

Mamie: Hm.

Nate: But um, I do have a question and I hope you don’t mind me asking.

Mamie: Well, isn’t my life an open book?

Nate: Are there gonna be any more surprises from you? We’re traveling all across america

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Abby: You know, we haven’t talked about tucker and christmas, um…

Ashley: Okay. Well, if you decide to let him spend some time with dominic, um, by the way, I totally understand and support that. I would just prefer if I didn’t have to share eggnog with him. I’m sure you understand?

Devon: Yeah. Of course, of course, no, tucker’s not going to be an issue, at all.

[ Phone ringing ] This is a work call I’ve been waiting for. I’m sorry, do you mind if I take this?

Abby: No. No, of course.

Devon: You sure?

Abby: Yeah.

Devon: Excuse me.

Ashley: The two of you are sweet. That’s the best gift you can give me, you know, seeing my daughter so happy and in love.

Abby: I want the same for you.

Ashley: Oh, please. Haven’t we decided that I’m really not very good in that department?

Abby: I am never gonna forgive tucker for what he did. Dominic or not. That man never should have been allowed back in genoa city after what happened in paris.

Kyle: Harrison’s got something for you.

Diane: You do?

Jack: Oh.

Harrison: Mistletoe!

Kyle: All right. Wait, little man, we gotta do this right. Let’s do it.

Harrison: Kiss didi.

Jack: Well, I guess if I have to.

Diane: Come on.

Traci: Oh, my gosh.

Diane: Oh, I can’t believe I’m here celebrating with all of you this year. It’s so different than last year. We’re safe and we’re happy and so excited about the future.

Jack: I second that, mrs. Abbott.

Traci: You know, my very favorite thing about christmas?

Jack: I know the answer. It’s toys.

Traci: Absolutely, it’s toys. And love. The love of this family who has endured so much and gets stronger with every passing year.

Jack: Hear, hear, sis. Hey, let’s go.

Traci: Yeah, let’s go over and check out the tree, harrison. Come on, honey.

Jack: Here. You decide where it goes.

Diane: Hey, so this is your first christmas without summer. I’m– I’m sorry.

Kyle: Yeah. It’s in the past.

Traci: Uh, excuse me. Um, harrison is demanding that we finish decorating the tree.

Kyle: Ooh, let’s get to it.

Diane: And I wanna know every little detail about every single one of these abbott keepsake ornaments, starting with this one.

Traci: Uh-oh.

Diane: Jacky with a– with a y?

Traci: Yes. Our mother helped him make that one year and she was really concerned that his whole name wasn’t gonna fit, so this is her suggestion.

Diane: Well, okay. I guess you need to make one with harrison and what can he say? He can say, harry.

Jack: Harry. Harry.

Diane: You’re not harry.

Kyle: Here’s some history. There was a christmas that I couldn’t be with my dad, so I made this for him. You want to hang it on the tree together? Yeah? Where should we put it? How about here? This part. Yeah.

Diane: Perfect.

Kyle: You’ve got a real knack for this.

[ Phone chiming ]

Summer: Seriously, I still can’t believe how incredible that concert was last night.

Chance: It was the best ever.

Summer: I mean, the crowd was insane. I don’t think I’ve danced that much in forever.

Chance: Yeah. And you know what? You even got me on my feet. That’s impressive.

You make me wanna look crazy

I’m jamming

with my eyes closed

whoo-ooh

not freefalling

just let it go

your heart is on a tightrope

you just met me

you make me love you crazy

Summer: I mean, vip all access tickets. Meeting the band backstage. Chance, I am spoiled for life.

Chance: Come on.

Phyllis: Hey, you two kids.

Chance: Hi.

Summer: Hey, mom.

Phyllis: Hey. My goodness, I could feel the vibes across the room. What has you two so excited?

Summer: We went to the say jump concert last night.

Phyllis: What? You used to love that band?

Summer: Oh, I still do. I’m gonna keep that backstage wristband forever. I also got a new concert tee from them. The lead singer signed it. They weren’t even doing autographs, but chance convinced him.

Phyllis: Oh, my goodness. You are a hero.

Chance: Well, he can’t turn down a couple of die-hard fans, right?

Summer: Seriously, thank you again for inviting me.

Chance: Yeah. Yeah. I’m glad you got to use sharon’s ticket. Even though I did have to kind of convince her to go with me.

Summer: Oh, yeah, you really had to twist my arm.

Phyllis: She used sharon’s ticket? I hope everything’s okay.

Summer: Everything’s fine. Yeah, she just had a last-minute business meeting. That’s all.

Phyllis: Oh, awesome. I mean, lucky you.

Chance: No, I was the lucky one. I didn’t have to go alone and this one taught me a couple of new dance moves. What was that one again?

Phyllis: Nice. Nice. I bet she did. Yeah.

Chance: Well, she’ll have to fill you in on the setlist. I cannot be late to this meeting.

Phyllis: All right. Hey, by the way, I hear you quit the force. You’re working for jill?

Chance: Yeah. Yeah. She and my mom didn’t really give me much of a choice.

Summer: Hey, look, I know it’s a big leap from police work to the corporate world, but this might be exactly what you need without you even realizing it.

Phyllis: Mm. My daughter’s very wise, by the way.

Chance: That she is. That she is. And she knew every word to every song last night. Pretty badass. Anyway, thank you again for going with me.

Summer: I had so much fun.

Chance: Me too. I’ll see you guys around.

Phyllis: Mm-hmm.

Chance: Can I squeeze by?

Phyllis: Oh, sorry.

Summer: Don’t do that.

Phyllis: What?

Summer: That– that smile. Don’t do that.

Phyllis: I’m just happy my daughter’s happy.

Summer: Okay. It was a one-time thing. That’s it.

Phyllis: Okay. And you taught him moves, apparently.

Summer: No. Stop.

Mamie: Well, surprises keep life interesting.

Nate: Mm-hmm. But they could be bad for business. No offense.

Mamie: None taken. I did secretly invest in chancellor-winters and that caught a lot of people by surprise. For some of them, they’re pleased. And for the one who isn’t, well, that doesn’t surprise me in the least.

Nate: You’ve already breathed new energy into this company. But your other surprise, partnering with tucker. I know you see how that’s problematic.

Mamie: I’m done with that relationship. I want no contact with that man.

Nate: And no more secrets up your sleeve?

Mamie: I have one agenda and that’s a secret to no one and that I want jill abbott out of our business.

Billy: And I’m here to make sure that you don’t succeed. (Vo) get in the holiday spirit

Mamie: Billy, if you’re looking for your mom, she’s not here.

Billy: No, I’m aware. I’m gonna be setting up shop here in lily’s office. I see that you haven’t heard yet. Well, I’m back.

Mamie: Well, I guess I’m not the only one that’s full of surprises.

Nate: Devon mentioned it was a possibility, but not yet confirmed.

Billy: I’m here to confirm.

Mamie: And in what capacity might I ask?

Billy: Filling in for lily. Co-ceo along with devon, for the time being.

Nate: Co-ceo?

Billy: It’s not like I haven’t spent time in the chancellor-winters c-suite before.

Nate: As coo. And then you walked out on the company and lily when she needed you.

Billy: And you tried to hijack this company out from underneath devon and lily, so why don’t you say we keep our eyes focused on what’s ahead?

Mamie: It looks like it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

Billy: Well, then we better hold on tight.

Phyllis: So, I see you decided to go for it. Good girl.

Summer: Okay. No, I am not going for anything. So, could you please stop looking at chance like he’s prospective son-in-law material?

Phyllis: I’m just calling it like I see it. That’s all.

Summer: Sharon had a business meeting. Chance had an extra ticket. He invited me. I said, yes, that’s it.

Phyllis: Well, you obviously had fun. And it seems like chance had fun with you as well.

Summer: Well, we were seeing our favorite band.

Phyllis: Our favorite band. That’s so sweet.

Summer: Okay. Fine. Fine. I admit it, last night was absolutely incredible. It was– it was amazing. You want to know why? Because for just a few hours, I could forget that it’s almost christmas. And I– I’m– I’m not with kyle and harrison decorating the christmas tree and I– and I don’t get to watch harrison try to stay awake hoping to catch santa claus eat the cookies that we left out for him.

Phyllis: I understand. And I’m sorry. Hey, listen, can I just be happy that my daughter was happy with a really, really good guy?

Summer: I wish I didn’t feel this way about him.

Phyllis: Yeah. But you can’t control what your heart wants.

Summer: But I don’t have to act on it. I mean, chance is with sharon and if he didn’t want to be, he wouldn’t be.

Phyllis: Oh, come on, summer. People settle all the time.

Summer: No, mom, please stop.

Phyllis: Okay. All right. I will stop.

Summer: No, you won’T.

Phyllis: I will try.

Summer: Okay. Can we– can we just change the subject? Let’s talk about you. What’s new with you?

Phyllis: Tucker mccall.

Devon: I’ll go ahead and take care of that paperwork. Happy holidays to you too. Okay, bye.

Tucker: Hey.

Devon: Hi.

Tucker: I don’t suppose you’re here to see me?

Devon: No, I’m not at all. I’m here with abby and her mom.

Tucker: Oh, nice.

Devon: Yeah, I should get back to them.

Tucker: Well, I hope this isn’t gonna be my only chance to wish you a merry christmas.

Ashley: I would really like to leave what happened in paris behind me and I don’t want it to affect your family’s relationship with him.

Abby: Mom, tucker has hurt you, he’s hurt devon. He hurts everyone who tries to give him a chance.

Ashley: I’m not defending him, but devon has already lost the best father anybody could have.

Abby: Exactly. That’s why devon deserves better. And so do you.

Tucker: But he’s still the man that gets on the floor and plays with your son for hours and the joy in tucker’s eyes is there. You can’t deny it.

Abby: Okay. What? So, he’s not a complete monster?

Ashley: No. He’s the man that your son adores.

Abby: He’s also the man who turns friends into enemies and enemies into ashes. He lies as easily as he breathes, even to his own son.

Ashley: Yeah. It’s a shame. Tucker could have had so much more.

Abby: Okay. Wait. You’re not feeling sorry for him, are you? Please don’t say that.

Ashley: Listen, he’s going to be dealt with. All right? He’s gonna need all the support he can get, believe me.

Abby: Dealt with how?

Ashley: You’ll find out soon enough.

Abby: So, tucker won’t be a threat to jabot anymore?

Ashley: And probably not to anyone else.

Kyle: This is what I predicted. Tucker’s pushing hard for the product.

Jack: We have him exactly where we want him. He’s desperate. He will grab a hold of anything we hand to him.

Kyle: Well, the formula for our bogus, latest and greatest perfume.

Jack: Once he realizes that this is an old formula that we discarded, it’s gonna be too late.

Kyle: And we will nail him for corporate theft.

Jack: Yeah, and revealing his complicity in this whole awful mccall cover-up, that’s the first blow. This is the coup de grce.

Kyle: And one of these is enough to ruin his reputation. But a one-two punch?

Jack: Oh yeah, he’s not coming back from this. No small thanks to you.

Kyle: It was a team effort.

Jack: No, we would not be here without you. You showed incredible courage. Nobody wants to be tucker mccall’s enemy and you stayed two steps ahead of him the whole way. You beat him at his own game.

Kyle: I’m sorry I didn’t tell you what I was up to sooner.

Jack: Yeah, I have a few regrets myself.

Kyle: Regrets?

Jack: Yeah, I made decisions that hurt you and I’m sorry. It’s just part of me thought when you went to newman media, that I’d lost you.

Kyle: That’s impossible, dad. I’m an abbott.

Jack: Yes, you are. You are the best part of us. You took on tucker to protect the family and the company, at no small risk to yourself and I am incredibly proud. Somedays, I cover up because of my moderate

Mamie: Billy abbott, co-ceo. Well, your mother must be very pleased with herself right now.

Billy: I believe she is.

Mamie: Well, I hope that you settle in as quickly as has nate. He’s already made a real difference.

Billy: Product and content development. That’s a perfect spot for you.

Nate: Thank you.

Billy: As long as we keep our eyes focused on the work and not your personal agendas.

Nate: Excuse me?

Billy: Well, what happened here with victor and newman enterprises? To be honest, I’m surprised that they gave you a chance to redeem yourself.

Nate: Look, I don’t have to defend myself to you. Devon and lily trust me enough to bring me back. And like I told you before, your opinion is irrelevant.

Billy: Well, maybe not exactly irrelevant. I mean, I am kind of your boss.

Mamie: Uh, what– what really matters here gentlemen is that we work together. Present a united front against tucker and his threat against chancellor-winters.

Billy: Couldn’t agree more, mamie. And that would be a lot easier if we can actually trust that your relationship with tucker is over.

Mamie: Well, as you said, we need to keep our eyes forward and keep our eyes focused on the challenges ahead. Not just poking at each other and squabbling and looking for trouble where there isn’t any.

Billy: You’re right. If devon and lily can give you the benefit of the doubt, then so can I.

Mamie: I’m gonna keep my eye on that promise.

Billy: And I’m gonna keep my eye on you.

Mamie: Hm. I gotta make sure that you enjoy the view.

Billy: Hm. We good?

Nate: We all want what’s best for chancellor-winters, right?

Billy: Great. Well, in that case, I have an appointment, so stick around as long as you want, until I’m back. Good to see you both.

Mamie: Billy. A great counter move on jill’s part.

Nate: You worried?

Mamie: Do I look like I’m worried? I’ve got jill abbott running scared. [ Laughing ]

Summer: You talked to tucker? I mean, why? I thought you hated him?

Phyllis: Okay. First of all, I didn’t talk to him. He came to me. He came to me. Can you believe that he had the gall to offer me a job?

Summer: And obviously, you said no.

Phyllis: It’s a really– it was a great job.

Summer: Working with tucker. So no, it’s– it’s not.

Phyllis: It, you know, it’s to, um, be the head of the I.T. Division at his new company. I mean, control the entire division. You know, from the ground up. And you know, oversee everything. Yeah. Instead of, you know, working for someone who works for someone who works for someone who’s part of the I.T. Department at omegasphere.

Summer: So, you don’t have any gratitude whatsoever for daniel when he took a chance on you, gave you a job when absolutely nobody else would.

Phyllis: Okay. First of all, I do have gratitude. You know that. Let’s be honest, it’s not really a job that I do there. All right, he’s just babysitting me and watching over me. Making sure I’m playing by the rules and I’m coloring within the lines.

Summer: Okay. But to prove that you don’t need that kind of supervision, you’re going to seek out chaos with tucker? And wait, I– I thought that tucker hated you just as much as you hate him. So, why would he even want you?

Phyllis: Because I’m brilliant, that’s why. Yeah, ’cause I’m so good at what I do. And yeah, we hate each other. Big deal. Good. That’s worked out, fine. But it’s nice that my efforts and my talent is appreciated by him. It is just nice. You know? He knows that. He knows what I have to give and that I take no prisoners.

Summer: And that you’re usually out for number one?

Phyllis: Yes. And so is he. So good. That’s worked out. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Listen, summer, if I were interested in the job, which I am not, I am not. But if I were, it feels good to be appreciated for once. It feels good. Instead of just, you know, being an afterthought in some cubicle in the corner, on some floor in a building. Come on. He’s also offering me quadruple my salary.

Summer: You’re really considering taking this job, aren’t you?

Abby: So, you and uncle jack are gonna save jabot from tucker. That’s great.

Ashley: Yes. It is great. For us, for jabot, but it’s gonna be devastating for tucker and not just professionally.

Abby: Is this where I’m supposed to be sad?

Ashley: If things go the way I think they will, he’s gonna lose everything. And he will. He’s gonna be angry and humiliated.

Abby: Mom, how many lives has tucker destroyed?

Ashley: I’m just saying, it’s gonna affect his relationship with devon, honey. And definitely not in a good way.

Abby: Okay. If he spins out, I am gonna protect the people that I care about. That way, he will never hurt devon or dom.

Ashley: You’re right. Why do I care? You know what I think? I think it’s just– I think I don’t want to admit that the love that I had for him was just nothing.

Abby: Mom, I cannot be nice to that guy.

Ashley: Could you be tolerant?

Abby: If you promise me that you will never get back together with him?

Ashley: I promise you. Okay? I– I promise you. Tucker burned those bridges when we were in paris.

Tucker: Do you think we can set aside the animosity long enough to get through the holidays?

Devon: It’s not that easy, tucker.

Tucker: I understand. You know, it’s just that I have this santa claus-sized bag of toys for dom and I’d love to drop them off for him.

Devon: Yeah. I don’t know if that’s a good idea.

Tucker: It wouldn’t take long.

Devon: Well, sure. Okay. Just drop them off.

Tucker: Um, I know this is a lot to ask you, if– I’m just gonna go for it. Christmas miracles and all that.

Devon: What is it?

Tucker: Is there any chance we could spend christmas eve together? I’ll be home

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Devon: Yeah. No, that’s not gonna happen, at all. This holiday is all about dominic and we don’t have any time for drama or agendas. I don’t need you trying to worm your way back into my life by dropping off presents for my son.

Tucker: All right. That’s all right. I understand they have a decent figgy pudding here, so I’ll be fine.

Devon: And you’re not gonna get a pity invite either.

Tucker: No, no, no, no. That wasn’t– I’m not trying to get a pity invite.

Devon: That’s what– of course you are. You are. I know you. And that’s the problem. You’ve lied to me too many times. So, you being on the outside looking in? That’s all because of your own actions.

Tucker: I know. I just would love to get a second or third or fourth or fifth chance for an old-fashioned christmas truce. One day.

Devon: Yeah. No thanks. Sorry about that.

Abby: Hey. Is everything okay?

Devon: Yeah. The whole tucker situation’s been taken care of. He’s gonna come over and just drop off gifts on christmas day. So… the guy’s a lost cause.

Ashley: He is for me. Maybe he’s not for you.

Kyle: We need to fast-track securing that formulation. Look, I know it’s been on ice for you–

Jack: Give me that. He’ll call you back. Merry christmas.

Kyle: Um, this was important.

Jack: Nothing is more important than what’s going on in there right now. We’re decorating the tree. We’re eating christmas cookies, drinking eggnog.

Kyle: Dad, I am all for priorities, but I’m still a little worried.

Jack: Stop worrying. This is important. And look, I guarantee you, by the new year, tucker will slink off to some ashram somewhere with his tail between his legs.

Kyle: That’s a nice thought. That snake feeds on negative energy.

Jack: He has no idea what’s about to hit him. He can’t prepare for it. He can’t plan an attack. This is going to take him out. He is gone.

Kyle: You’re that confident?

Jack: Have a little faith. The good guys win sometimes.

Kyle: Dad, that’s all I want.

Jack: Well, this victory is no small thanks to you. You did this. You protected us from tucker. The family and the company. I couldn’t be more impressed or proud.

Kyle: Impressed and proud enough to make me co-ceo. After all this is over? It means a lot to me, dad.

Jack: It might mean even more to me.

Phyllis: I mean, summer, of course, I’m not considering taking this job from tucker. Uh, I mean, I only told you because I thought that you would find it hilarious. You know, that we’d have a good laugh. That tucker mccall, of all people, offered me this absolutely incredible job.

Summer: It’s never gonna end with you, is it?

Phyllis: What? What?

Summer: The games. You totally want this job and you want me to say that it’s okay.

Phyllis: That’s ridiculous.

Summer: No. You want me to say that it’s somehow worth the risk.

Phyllis: Am I? Listen. I– I’m wrong to be flattered that somebody wants me to work for them? I mean, it’s not like anybody else in this town has given me any respect at all.

Summer: Okay, mom. Do I really need to break down the reasons why you can’t take this job?

Phyllis: Well, that’s unnecessary.

Summer: No, I think that I do. First of all, you hate tucker. That should be reason enough for you to run. Second of all, tucker is going after the abbotts. So, whatever fabulous salary he’s offered you, that is dirty money. That is a bribe for you to do something potentially illegal. Definitely unethical. And what about daniel in all of this? You leave omegasphere now, you’re gonna break his heart.

Phyllis: Um, yeah, that’s a little extreme.

Summer: No, he took a chance on you.

Phyllis: Okay, I got it. I get it.

Summer: No, there’s something else. Mom, if you take this job with tucker, I’m not gonna trust you again.

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Mamie: I know jill. I know how her mind thinks. She’s building up her troops.

Nate: Not much different from yours.

Mamie: Excuse me? I’m smarter. I know she’s trying to take me head-on.

Nate: Or maybe she’s just bringing in reinforcements to go against tucker.

Mamie: All jill is doing is trying to protect her position.

Nate: If that’s true, it’s a problem. An internal power struggle is the last thing chancellor-winters needs right now.

Mamie: I hear you. But what’s between jill and me isn’t settled yet.

Nate: Aunt mamie, come on. I warned you before. It’s a very bad idea to make a power play against jill. It’s an even worse idea to make that play against jill and her now co-ceo son, billy.

Billy: There he is. The man of the hour.

Chance: I don’t know about all that.

Billy: Oh, come on, we’re excited to have you at chancellor-winters. Please sit down. And I’ll speak for my mother and nina, they are thrilled to have you out of the line of fire.

Chance: Well, I, uh, I assume the corporate world has its own lines of fire, yeah?

Billy: Yeah. Yeah, that’s for sure.

Chance: So, what’s the plan?

Billy: I spoke to my mom last night. We think you’re gonna be a real asset at chancellor-winters. So, I’m here to get you up on your feet. Point you in the right direction.

Chance: Sounds good.

Billy: And if my mom has her away, you’ll have a corner office in no time.

Chance: I don’t want any position until I earned it, all right?

Billy: Well, there’s no doubt about that. So, I think best case forward is uh, I’m your mentor. If you have any questions, concerns, anything like that, I’m at your disposal.

Kyle: Billy’s already packed up at jabot. Moved to chancellor-winters.

Jack: But you can’t move in and you know why? No public announcements, no fanfare. We have to keep up the illusion that you’re still striving for the top spot. Just for tucker.

Kyle: Okay. I’m the disgruntled, angry son looking to make you regret not promoting me.

Ashley: What are you guys doing out here? It’s freezing.

Jack: We’re on santa’s naughty list.

Ashley: I can see that. And please, no mention of tucker today.

Jack: Your holiday wish is my command.

Ashley: Thank you.

Jack: Come on.

Phyllis: Um, summer, I– you know, I think we’ve made made a lot of progress. You know, trusting each other and deepening our bond.

Summer: Yeah, but not when you’re gonna pull crap like this. I thought that you wanted to change. I thought you wanted to try to be a better person.

Phyllis: Yes. I– I am trying to be a better person.

Summer: Okay, then you wouldn’t even consider working with tucker.

Phyllis: I never considered it in the first place, summer.

Summer: But you want to.

Phyllis: No.

Summer: It’s in everything that you don’t say. You’re meeting him here?

Phyllis: No. I have nothing to do with that. That’s a coincidence.

Summer: I– I highly doubt that.

Phyllis: Summer, you’re kidding me?

Tucker: Summer.

Summer: You know what, tucker? Stay away from my mom.

[Coughing]

Chance: My mentor?

Billy: Well, given your business experience or lack thereof, we think it’s a good idea. You don’t agree?

Chance: Look, I appreciate jill offering me this job. I look forward to the challenge. I look forward to proving myself, working with you, but the mentoring, um, can I be honest with you, billy?

Billy: Always.

Chance: Your history in the corporate world. Everyone’s heard the stories. Not all of them are great. So, I’m curious how you mentoring me would work exactly?

Traci: Oh, there you are.

Ashley: Hey.

Traci: Hello.

Ashley: Hi.

Traci: Good, good.

Ashley: Where’s mine? Well, hello. What? Oh, you are so sweet. I bet santa’s gonna give you every single thing you have on your gift list.

Kyle: Oh, um.

Ashley: Oh, sorry. I take that back. I can’t believe you actually decorated the tree without me.

Traci: Uh, we waited as long as we could.

Jack: Not to worry. We saved your favorite ornament.

Ashley: The angel that daddy always said she looks just like me, so…

Traci: Oh, let’s hang it. Let’s hang it. Let’s hang it.

Jack: Maybe she does look like you.

Ashley: Okay. What else do we have?

Traci: Oh, let’s see, there’s a full box–

Diane: Everything okay?

Kyle: Uh, yeah, it will be soon enough.

Diane: Did you speak with your father about the co-ceo position?

Kyle: I did.

Diane: And?

Kyle: And what I want won’t be under the tree, but the delivery is on its way.

Diane: I knew it. I can’t tell you how proud I am of you. All right. We have to celebrate.

Kyle: We certainly do.

Diane: We certainly do.

Kyle: Let’s go. Hey, harrison, do you wanna hang some more of this? Let’s go. Come on. Ah, that’s your favorite. I remember that from last year.

Tucker: And a merry christmas to you too.

Summer: Stop tempting my mom.

Tucker: Oh, I didn’t realize I was tempting her.

Summer: Stop playing to what you perceive are her weaknesses. She doesn’t want anything to do with you. Not for any price. Right, mom?

Phyllis: I am sorry about that.

Tucker: No, no, no, please. No, don’t apologize. You raised a very strong and protective daughter who’s not afraid to speak her mind. And, uh, I would be inclined to see her little tirade as a good sign.

Phyllis: Would you?

Tucker: You’ve obviously told her about my offer, which means you’re considering it.

Phyllis: Yeah. No, no, no. I told her as a joke. For a good laugh, you know? Mocking your complete inability to read a room, tucker. There is no way in hell I am ever, ever, ever gonna work with you. Whheen she’s y your evhierything. “the price is right,” a fremantle production.

Chelsea: Was it me? Did I push you into a deep hole of introspection and regret?

Billy: Even if you did, would that be so bad? I mean, you help me see the big picture?

Chelsea: But, I mean, if it’s painful or confusing–

Billy: It’s neither one of those things. I mean, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? We’re supposed to find the meaning in all of this? Find our place in this big old world, you know? I mean, what are people gonna say about me when I’m gone?

Chelsea: Deep thoughts.

Billy: The deepest. Look, I am not– I’m not concerned. I’m not regretful at all. I’m honestly excited about this new chapter in my life. It’s exhilarating. It’s a rush, but it’s the right kind of rush because this is about discovery.

Chelsea: Mm. Finding your true purpose.

Billy: There you go. It’ll be a hell of a success story, right? I can see the headline already, billy abbott finds the meaning of life.

Chelsea: So, I think the lesson here is that my pushiness is really useful.

Billy: That’s exactly what it is. Don’t feel bad, okay? Because I feel great. And I want you to feel great too.

Nate: Maybe the concierge knows where she was headed? Or the valet? Nikki shouldn’t be driving. If she took the car, victor…

Victor: Nate, this goes no further than right here, you got it? And from now on, you stay out of our family’s business.

[ Phone ringing ]

Nikki: Who is this?

Jordan: Hello, nikki.

Nikki: What the hell do you want?

Jordan: Have you enjoyed our communication these past few days?

Nikki: Stop calling me.

Jordan: Does the music bring back memories? I so enjoyed discovering and sharing the wonderful poetry of edgar allan poe with you. Most appropriate, don’t you think?

Nikki: The police are looking for you. It’s only a matter of time before they find you.

Jordan: But I’ve already found you. Watching your every move. From a safe distance, of course.

Nikki: Stay away from me, you demented bitch.

Jordan: Does it sing to you, nikki? The vodka? Does it take all the sharp edges off? How does it feel when the liquor fills your veins? You should thank me. I’ve given you back something that you wanted. And you’re about to have another drink now, aren’t you, my friend?

Nikki: Yeah, I’ve been drinking. I’m drunk right now. What’s it to you?

[ Audra sighing ]

Audra: You know, I would give up and walk away, but I deserve an answer.

Tucker: If I have ever given you the impression that I don’t need you, that I appreciate you or value you, you have my most heartfelt apologies.

Audra: You know, none of that is an actual statement. You throw all these words around and they all end up being meaningless.

Tucker: You want statements. I respect very few people in this world. I respect you. I trust no one, except you. You know me. You call me out and you make this fun. I love the way your eyes light up when you’re about to go in for a kill. I love the way your brilliant mind works. I love it all, audra.

Audra: Why are you just now saying it?

Tucker: I didn’t think I needed to. There was no kyle to make you doubt me, or yourself. Gosh, I could have sworn this was my room. 353. Since when did you swipe my extra key card?

Audra: Housekeeping let me in and I convinced them I– I lost my key.

Tucker: Well, I’ll have to talk to management about that. I don’t like strange people coming into my room.

Audra: Okay. You know, I left you a few messages. Why haven’t you responded? And have you seen the internet?

Tucker: Yes, I have. Yes, I have. Have you seen the picture they’re using? Very flattering.

Audra: You know, kyle came to me to give you the heads up, only conveniently, it was a little too late.

Tucker: What a surprise.

Audra: You know, kyle swears he can still be trusted and he can still get us what we want from jabot, but I just– I don’t know about him anymore.

Tucker: Kyle is the least of our problems now that the story is out.

Audra: But it doesn’t have to be the end of the world, right? You know, maybe we can still salvage it. All we have to do now is strategize our next move. Tucker! What do you think we should do now?

Tucker: I don’t know. It’s not so simple. Jack’s not the only one who fired this volley. He’s not the only one we have to worry about.

Audra: Just don’t, tucker. Do not lose focus right now.

Tucker: Ashley sure got her revenge against me. In spades.

Kyle: I got the alert on my cell. Ah, the story is everywhere.

Jack: Another glass for my brilliant son. We are celebrating.

Ashley: Well, some of us more than others.

Jack: A toast. To the first successful step in the demise of tucker mccall.

Victoria: Dad.

Victor: What?

Victoria: Look, I tried calling you. Jordan was at the hospital.

Victor: What are you talking about?

Victoria: I don’t know. I was not there when she arrived. And she somehow snuck her way into the hospital and she took claire with her.

Victor: Did you call security?

Victoria: Yes.

Cole: We don’t know where they are.

Victor: But they couldn’t have gotten far. I’m gonna go to the ranch and be with your mother, okay?

Victoria: What? Dad is–

Victor: Darling, keep me posted.

Victoria: Is everything–

Victor: Yeah, yeah.

Jordan: The liquor makes you so much more interesting, nikki, but I need you to stay calm. Keep it together just for a little while longer.

Nikki: Stay calm for what?

Jordan: Shut up and listen to me. I have claire. You remember claire, don’t you? Your granddaughter? Victoria’s firstborn?

Nikki: No, you don’T. She’s in the hospital.

Jordan: No, she’s with me. She betrayed me. She betrayed the plan. She chose victoria over me. Me. The woman who raised her. The only person who ever loved her.

Nikki: Like you know anything about love.

Jordan: Victoria abandoned her and left her for dead, so here’s what we do. If you ever want victoria to see sweet, little claire again, we’ll have to make a little trade. Her mother for her daughter. George gray speaking for “the price is right,” a fremantle production.

Serving part-time in the army national guard I’m going to find out.

Abby: It’s a surprise? Even better.

Devon: Nice. I like his style.

Lauren: Uh, me too. And if I don’t see you guys in the next few days, have the most wonderful holiday.

Abby: You too. Tell michael we said hi.

Lauren: I will do that.

Devon: It’s good to see you.

Lauren: Good to see you. Bye.

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Victoria: Okay, thanks. Michael’s working on the paperwork. It should be ready soon.

Claire: I guess I’ll go get settled.

Victoria: Wait. Um, there’s so much to talk about. This is really a shock for us. I mean, you’re our daughter and we thought you were dead and um, I’m sure that this news, it– it must bring up some feelings for you as well.

Claire: I’m not shocked. I grew up knowing you were my parents.

Victoria: I know. I know, but you thought also that we abandoned you and that we didn’t want you and nothing could be further from the truth. I’m sorry that, um, we doubted you when you– when you told us at the lake house. It’s honestly, after everything that you and that jordan put us through, it just all seemed like a part of this big lie. It actually– it seemed impossible to believe.

Claire: What jordan and I put you through. That’s what you meant to say.

Cole: No, no. What my aunt jordan forced you to do to us.

Claire: You– you didn’t want to think a monster like me could be your kid.

Victoria: Claire, please. We thought we were gonna die.

Claire: And you might have. My aunt and I could have killed you. You never– you never would have known I was really your daughter.

Nikki: Victor! Victor, come quickly! Victor!

Victor: What’s wrong, sweetheart?

Nikki: There.

Victor: What happened? Baby, what happened? Baby?

Diane: Jack, how can you not be sure about giving kyle a co-ceo job now? Things are exactly the way they should be.

Jack: I have concerns.

Diane: What concerns? The only thing holding you back before was your allegiance to billy and now he has thrown that loyalty back in your face by going back to chancellor-winters.

Jack: It’s more complicated than that. I told you, billy has his reasons for going back to jill. He’s concerned that I am holding him back and maybe I am.

Diane: Oh, my god. When are you going to stop defending his actions? Billy has let you down, again. He said he wanted out, you need to replace him. And kyle isn’t just the obvious choice, he’s the only choice.

Jack: I am not going to just hand the job to kyle and I’m not sure he’s ready to take it on.

Diane: Kyle showed his humility and his commitment to jabot by accepting the coo role. Essentially a demotion, right? Well, what do you want from him?

Jack: I appreciate that kyle came back to a job that I know he thought was a lesser one, but it’s not exactly the mail room. You have to trust me on this, sweetheart. I can’t do this right now.

Tucker: Can I buy you a drink?

Phyllis: Don’t– don’t do that. Don’t look over my shoulder and read my text, creeper.

Tucker: I wasn’t reading your text. That was me offering to buy you an adult beverage.

Phyllis: That’s a lie.

Tucker: No. Cross my heart, hope to die.

Phyllis: I’m gonna take a pass, but thank you.

Tucker: But you and I are such good friends.

Phyllis: No, we’re not. Go away. How’s that?

Tucker: I have a proposition for you.

Claire: How can you expect me to believe you want anything to do with me?

Victoria: My family went through hell, all right? And I’m not gonna forget that. But this dna result that shed a new light on everything, I am able to see everything from your perspective. I see that your aunt jordan manipulated you. She made you think that we wanted nothing to do with you and that we decided that you weren’t worthy of our love.

Cole: What a terrible thing to tell a child. It was a vicious lie, claire. It wasn’t true. It never was. When my aunt jordan took you from us and she raised you to believe those things, you were wanted. And you were loved.

Claire: Please don’T.

Cole: You’re asking us to tell you why we want anything to do with you. It’s because there’s more to you than what happened in that cabin.

Victoria: It’s because you told us the truth, claire. You’re our daughter. Honestly, I don’t– I don’t know what it looks like going forward for the three of us. I have no idea. It’s gonna take some time to process all of this and I’m hoping that you can get the help here to do just that. And we’re gonna be there with you the whole time. We’re not going anywhere. But in the meantime, I have to say my family is in a lot of danger. So please, claire. Please. I need your help. Please tell us where your aunt jordan is. Or tell us what she might have planned next.

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Diane: Look, I know you were upset at the– the arrogance that kyle showed when he refused your first offer to come back to jabot.

Jack: There was a real sense of entitlement. Not his finest hour.

Diane: Right, but we agreed that he showed a lot of growth and maturity by owning up to that behavior and apologizing for it.

Jack: Yes. And that maturity went a long way toward restoring my confidence. Just not all the way.

Diane: Jack, I just worry that if you skip over him, it might send the message that you didn’t accept that apology. And that you don’t value him.

Jack: Of course, I do. But co-ceo is not a position you give to someone after a couple of weeks of good behavior.

Diane: Just please– please don’t pass over him again. It could just set him off.

Jack: If that’s the case, he does not deserve the job. Look, I’m not saying this will never happen. I’m just saying not now. We have much bigger concerns than kyle’s feelings.

Diane: All right. Could you at least have a conversation with him? You know, father to son to see how he feels about billy’s resignation before making such a huge decision.

Jack: I hear everything you’re saying and I respect and I love the way you protect our son, but we have just set in motion a major, complex offensive against tucker. We’re about to drop the hammer and everyone needs to be focused on that. That includes kyle.

Diane: Understood. But I think you need to talk to him. I think kyle has important news he needs to share with you.

Jack: What do you know that I don’t?

Victor: Baby, you look as if you’ve seen a ghost.

Nikki: Um, I– I thought I saw something outside.

Victor: You want me to call security?

Nikki: No, no, no, no, no. No, you don’t need to do that. I– I– I maybe thought it was a shadow or a tree branch or something that the wind did. It just startled me.

Victor: But my baby, you’re shaking.

Nikki: Could you get me a glass of water?

Victor: Okay. Here, my darling.

Nikki: Thank you.

Victor: Baby, I’m worried about you, okay? I know this whole thing has been a shock to you. Shock to all of us. So, why don’t we get the hell out of here? Let’s go on vacation somewhere.

Nikki: Well, we could go on that trip that I wanted us to go on before you–

Victor: Yeah.

Nikki: You went back to newman. A suite in paris. A water villa in bali.

Victor: I love that. I love that. My baby, come here. I will protect you. I’ll be by your side at all times, all right? I don’t want you to worry about a damn thing.

Claire: I swear, I am not covering for jordan. I have no idea where she could be.

Victoria: Do you have any idea who she might turn to?

Claire: Jordan didn’t let people get too close. She always said she was alone in the world after her sister died. And I was too, so we had to depend on each other.

Victoria: She hasn’t reached out to you?

Claire: The minute I needed someone, she disappeared. No message, no show of love or support. Nothing. She always said that your family deserted me, but she’s the one who walked away. She used me like a weapon against you and then she just tossed me aside like a piece of trash.

Victoria: You do know that she’s wrong, don’t you? Do you know that’s not what you are?

Claire: Trash, a monster. Either way, I’m worthless.

Cole: No, you are not. And no one would ever say that.

Claire: Maybe not with those words. But the only person I ever trusted lied to me my entire life. She told me that my parents abandoned me, convinced me that you found me unlovable and then made sure that there was nothing in me to love after all. Now, she’s run off, saved herself and I’m here. Obviously, she wanted revenge on you all, but I’m the only one who pays. Because you had me tell a judge I’m insane. Maybe I am. When my doctor gave me breztri for my copd

Diane: I don’t know any more than you do.

Jack: Kyle! Kyle, could you please come down?

Kyle: Ready to fill me in on what the two of you were discussing without me?

Diane: I will leave you two alone.

Jack: Your mother feels we need to discuss billy’s resignation from jabot.

Kyle: Oh. What about it?

Jack: Well, I’m just curious how you feel about it.

Kyle: Well, I’m more interested in how you feel about it. It sounded like you were blaming yourself for his decision. That’s typical billy. Abandoning you and jabot and then claiming it’s because of you.

Jack: I am not going to defend billy. I do think he was sincere in the soul-searching that led to that decision and I have to respect that.

Kyle: Still, I imagine it comes as a shock. He was so involved in the plan to deal with tucker.

Jack: Yes, it was a surprise. Particularly the timing.

Kyle: And disappointing.

Jack: I thought we were all a united front in dealing with tucker. And yes, I’m a little upset about being in a position that could easily be perceived as vulnerable. Playing musical chairs in the leadership of jabot. That’s what led me to my decision about the co-ceo position.

Kyle: Dad, before we get into that, there’s something I need to tell you.

Jack: Yeah, your mother suggested you do have some news to share.

Kyle: Tucker recruited me to help take over jabot. He promised audra and I would run your father’s company in exchange for the help.

Phyllis: You know, the last time I listened to one of your propositions, it did not work out great for me.

Tucker: Are you sure? Because you were able to wipe out your substantial debt. So, it seems like it worked out, at least for you.

Phyllis: Ah, that’s because I outschemed your scheme.

Tucker: Yeah. Right. That’s exactly why I think you should hear me out. So, I’m– I’m making moves to build this new company and I’m going to need a top-tier I.T. Department which of course is where you come in.

Phyllis: I already have a job. Thank you.

Tucker: Uh-huh. Working for someone who works for someone who’s the head of I.T. At… what’s it called? Omegasphere?

Phyllis: That’s not what it is exactly.

Tucker: Yeah. Well, that might be a great opportunity for some young up-and-coming tech hopeful, but hardly befits someone of your talent.

Victoria: I know what you’ve been through. What we’ve all been through for that matter. Well, it’s just gonna take some time to sort out these feelings.

Claire: I guess it’s better than a jail cell. Because I need to be kept away from all the sane, decent people of the world.

Victoria: We just want you to get better. That’s the truth. And I’m confident that the doctors are gonna help you.

Cole: Yeah. We’re gonna make sure that you get everything you need.

Victoria: Yeah.

Claire: You thought I died when I was a baby?

Victoria: We were devastated.

Claire: What would you have done back then if you found out I was still alive?

Victoria: We would have done whatever it took to find you and bring you home. Look, I know we can’t go back. I understand that. But if you want for things to get better, then they can get better.

Claire: I don’t know how to let it all go. Just so many years of hatred. Maybe I– maybe I don’t know how to feel anything else.

Cole: I don’t believe that. And neither should you.

Victoria: We’re here now. We’re right here and that’s all that matters. Look, I know that it’s not gonna be easy. I know that. But right now, the most important thing is focusing on you and helping you heal.

Nikki: Flying off to some secluded place with you is very tempting, but we can’T. We have to stay here to support victoria in everything she’s going through with claire. And– and I know that jordan is still out there. Has your team been watching the motel?

Victor: Of course, sweetheart. They haven’t– haven’t found her.

Nikki: The only reason she came to genoa city is to finish what her sister, eve, started with us. With me. And she’s not going anywhere until she gets what she wants.

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Victor: Here, my baby.

Nikki: What’s that for?

Victor: Sweetheart, we may not be able to go to paris right now, but let’s get out of here. You’ve been cooped up for too long.

Nikki: Oh, it’s too cold for a walk. Let’s stay inside.

Victor: No. Let’s go to the athletic club. Get something to eat. Come on. Then afterwards, we can go to the jazz club. Let’s go.

Nikki: Okay. Maybe getting out of here is a good idea.

Victor: Yes. You need to get out of here, okay?

Nikki: All right.

Victor: Let me get you your purse.

Nikki: Oh, no, no. I’ve got it. I’ve got it.

Victor: Oh. If I didn’t know you better, I would suspect that you’re hiding something from me.

Nikki: Now, victor, it’s the holidays. It’s no time to be peeping in people’s purses.

Victor: Oh, really? Let’s go. Let us go.

Victoria: It’s michael. He wants me to meet him at the front desk to sign those papers, so I’ll be right back.

Claire: She seems so caring, kind. Not the kind of woman who’d abandoned a baby. Not the woman I grew up hating. I learned as part of jordan’s training how to read people. But you, I have no idea what you’re thinking.

Cole: Mm. Well, that makes, uh, two of us.

[ Cole sighing ] I got all kinds of crazy things running through my brain right now. And, uh, it’s a mess up there.

Claire: Makes two of us.

Cole: Yeah. I think maybe the primary feeling is guilt.

Claire: What do you have to feel guilty about?

Cole: I grew up with a mother who had mental illness.

Claire: My grandmother, eve.

Cole: Yeah. And she was pretty good about hiding it most of the time. Just enough that I’d forget about her moods. And then, she would go off on a tangent. She’d get all worked up about something that didn’t really seem like a big deal and you start to wonder whether or not it’s you that’s bringing her to this. Or is it really not a big deal? Every family has its quirks and I never wanted that kind of home life for my daughter.

Claire: Yet you named me for her?

Cole: Victoria’s idea. I agreed. You know, someone can have a lot of problems and you can still love them very much. And this whole crazy, nightmarish situation right now is because of my mother and what happened between her and victor and I hate that you had to grow up believing that you were unwanted. Because there’s nothing– there’s nothing that’s further than the truth.

Claire: I know there are no answers. But… why would I not wonder what if I had never been kidnapped? What would my life look like? What would our life look like?

Cole: We all lost so much. Too much to even think about. Hi.

Victoria: Hey. I’m sorry, they’re asking that you and I leave now so that claire can meet the staff and her doctors.

Cole: Well, uh–

Victoria: I promise you, claire. I promise they’re gonna be kind to you. Everybody wants the same thing. They want you to recover from everything that you’ve been through these past years. That’s all they want.

Cole: All right, then. I guess it’s time we go.

Victoria: Okay. Um, I’ll bring you some things by later. Would it be okay if– if I asked you for a hug?

Claire: I guess.

Jack: Tucker recruited you to betray jabot? When– when did this happen?

Kyle: A while ago.

Jack: And you’re just now telling me?

Kyle: Because I accepted his offer.

Jack: What? You’re working for him? You’re– you’re his inside person?

Kyle: Exactly. But dad, it was the only way we could see what he was up to.

Jack: It all makes sense now. That’s why you accepted the coo position. So you could keep tabs on jabot for tucker.

Kyle: No. So it would look to tucker like I was ready to be a spy.

Jack: So– so I– I’m to believe now that this was all an act on your part? That you weren’t tempted at all?

Kyle: I have been playing tucker the entire time.

Jack: You have no idea how much I want to believe that.

Kyle: Whoa. You defend billy bailing, but you suspect my motives? Dad, you can’t actually believe that I would betray you like that.

Jack: You were incensed that I sided with billy for the co-ceo position. I was surprised when you agreed to the lesser role. I thought maybe that was maturity. You can imagine, this gives me a little pause.

Kyle: Well, it shouldn’t, because it worked. I now know tucker’s plan. Type 2 diabetes?

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Jack: Why didn’t you tell me about this? You should’ve told me the moment he approached you.

Kyle: I knew you would try to talk me out of it. Or maybe not even trust me just like you aren’t trusting me now. Dad, I swear I never intended to help tucker with his coup. I saw it as a way to prove you wrong. To show you that I am worthy of the top spot. That I will always protect this family and jabot. Unlike billy.

Jack: This is a dangerous game you’re playing, son. With tucker mccall.

Kyle: I needed to wait to tell you until I had something concrete. Enough ammo to show you that this is the way to go.

Jack: And you have that ammunition now?

Kyle: Yeah. Tucker was being vague about his strategy at first, demanding some nebulous proof of loyalty. I took a risk, told him I was out unless he showed me what the plan was.

Jack: I’ll say you took a risk. That could have blown up in your face.

Kyle: But it didn’T. Tucker showed me his hand. He wants me to steal a newly developed product from jabot. He’ll fast-track replicating it and then launch it first.

Jack: Hardly the stuff of a major coup.

Kyle: Dad, that’s just step one. Step two is framing a member of the family as the jabot mole. He claimed it’ll be billy or mom.

Jack: But you don’t believe that?

Kyle: No. He’s gonna pin it on me. I’m certain of it.

[ Jack sighing ] Dad– dad I did this for you, for jabot. I swear.

Jack: Who knows what else tucker might have planned to undercut jabot if you hadn’t gained his trust? I’m glad it was you. And you’re right. You just saved us from another tucker mccall double-cross.

Phyllis: Well, I am flattered that, um, you see what I have to offer.

Tucker: Anyone who doesn’t is a fool.

Phyllis: I’m also astounded that you’re doing this. Why are you doing this? I made it clear we don’t like each other. I mean, I’ve certainly made it clear that I hate you.

Tucker: Crystal.

Phyllis: Okay. And why would you trust someone like me?

Tucker: So my philosophy is you hire the best no matter what. Even if you think they’re gonna stab you in the back.

Phyllis: How exactly does that work?

Tucker: Let’s say, for the sake of example, that you were to accept my offer. The fact that I would always be wondering when and if you’re gonna screw me over would keep me on my toes and therefore I would deliver the best results to my company.

Victoria: You know, I, uh, I can’t help but wonder if some of your silence is due to the fact that you’re still angry at claire for helping her aunt jordan and maybe some of that anger is keeping you from being able to feel other things.

Cole: No, no, no. I won’t lay blame on her. She was raised to hate and to hurt us. I mean, she wasn’t– she wasn’t born with this hatred. She’s been jordan’s victim since the day she was born.

Victoria: Well, okay then. Well, maybe I’m the one that’s holding on to my anger.

Cole: No, no, no. You got to know her as claire before you found out she was baby eve, all grown up. You got lured in. You watched her and jordan nearly kill your whole family.

Victoria: But she’s just– she’s in so much pain. And she’s been that way for so many years. That troubled young woman is our daughter. Jordan is pure evil and she needs to be held responsible for everything that she did to us. Claire included. (Man) mm, hey, honey.

Kyle: Dad, not telling you all this sooner was the hardest part.

Jack: You’re sure he’s not on to you? That he he still thinks you’re loyal?

Kyle: Oh, I’m convinced. I sold him that fact. Dad, you’re right. My anger was real when you didn’t give me my old job back. And tucker sensed it, that’s why he tried to enlist me. But it worked in my favor. And tucker underestimated one thing.

Jack: What’s that?

Kyle: What it means to be your son. When he told me he was going after jabot, everything fell into place. My perspective shifted. I realized I’ve been selfish and that family means everything to me.

Jack: Tucker never knew what he was up against when he was dealing with the abbotts. I cannot believe he’d want to steal one of our products.

Kyle: Oh, no. We should let him.

Jack: Explain that.

Kyle: Tucker trusts me. So, let’s use it. Turn his plan to our advantage.

Jack: Go on.

Kyle: Okay. I give tucker a product. I mean, not a real product or you know, something we’ve shelved for whatever reason. We let them break the bank trying to replicate it. Then, we nail him for corporate theft.

Jack: That, plus releasing the news of his role in mccall’s scandal and cover-up will destroy any chance he has of a fresh start at glacade.

Kyle: Oh, we won’t just ruin his new business. We will destroy his reputation in the corporate world. Tucker mccall’s career and credibility will be over.

Phyllis: Surrounding yourself with backstabbers. It’s not very smart. It’s not good business. It’s not logical. It’s not very tucker mccall.

Tucker: It’s worked for me so far. So, what do you say? You want in on the ground floor?

Phyllis: I wouldn’t work for you if you were the last guy on the planet.

Tucker: Hm.

Phyllis: How many years salary is that?

Tucker: One.

Phyllis: That’s one year salary?

Tucker: Mm-hmm.

Phyllis: Well, ’tis the season. So, what’s going on? What are you up to?

Victoria: Oh, my parents are here. I’m too exhausted to have them join us. Would you just back me, please?

Nikki: Oh, victoria, I’m so relieved to see you. I’ve been trying to reach you.

Victoria: Yeah. We were at the hospital. We were getting claire settled.

Victor: Oh, how did that go?

Victoria: She seemed really scared and vulnerable.

Cole: Uh, victor. Any updates on the hunt for my aunt?

Victor: No, cole. Not so far, but I promise you, she will be found and she will be brought to justice.

Nikki: Your father’s taking me out to dinner so we can get our minds off of it for a bit. Would you like to join us? Or, we could go back to the ranch if you’d like?

Victoria: Oh, thank you, mom. Really. But cole and I could use a little more time alone to process everything if you don’t mind.

Nikki: No, of course.

Victoria: And dad’s right. You should enjoy a nice meal. You know, put aside some of the drama from the last couple of days.

[Coughing]

Nikki: Are you sure you don’t want to go back to the ranch?

Victoria: Mom, like I said. No, thank you.

Victor: Come, my sweetheart. Table is waiting for us. Nice to see both of you.

Cole: Nice to see you as well.

Nikki: If you need anything.

Victoria: Yes, you’ll be my first call.

Cole: They sure do love you.

Victoria: Uh, yeah. Sometimes, a little too much.

Cole: Oh, is that a thing?

Victoria: What I mean is sometimes they just are a little over-involved.

Cole: Yeah. Well, I don’t know. But you know, I have to say, seeing your parents again after all of these years, and– and under the stressful circumstances. I’m just really touched by how concerned and attentive they are. I guess that’s how a real family works.

Kyle: So, what’s next?

Jack: I told you I had made a decision about the co-ceo role. That was 30 minutes ago and I had decided against giving it to you.

Kyle: And now?

Tucker: And now because of you, we know how tucker is coming after us and it has made me reconsider. Keep in mind though, if we stick with your plan, tucker has to believe that you’re still striving for the top. You can’t have the job yet. Yeah, it has to look like you’re ready to turn your own family for it.

Kyle: So, no promotion. Billy left, but I’m still out in the cold.

Jack: Yeah. That’s the way we have to play it, for now. You keep up your act. The information about mccall’s scandal is ready to go. It is the first punch. I guarantee it will knock the wind out of him. While he’s doubled over, we will set him up for corporate theft.

Kyle: It’s a perfect one-two punch.

Jack: And we take tucker mccall out for good.

Tucker: I’m about to acquire a very sensitive and lucrative new product for my company and I need an internet security system. Firewalls around firewalls. Of course, when I hear the word firewall, I think phyllis.

Phyllis: I’m gonna take that as a compliment.

Tucker: You should. And by the way, that figure, that’s just the starting point.

Phyllis: Oh, well, I mean, I would never take the first offer. I would have to negotiate, you know. People never offer what they’re really willing to pay and that is from my self-help book. Um, how to build a firewall, phyllis summers.

Tucker: Yeah. Very good. Think about it. You know, where I’ll be.

Cole: I mean, I’m not really sure how I feel about it yet. Or what I think of all of this.

Victoria: I know. It– it’s– it’s been a shock, but we have to make some decisions. Look, I know that you have a life and you have a career outside of genoa city. I know that you were in L.A. Researching a new book.

Cole: Yeah. But this has obviously thrown a big wrench into that.

Victoria: Well, yeah.

Cole: Actually, I’m not going anywhere. I’m staying right here in genoa city.

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Tucker: Ah. I almost didn’t recognize you without lover boy at your heels.

Audra: You know, I’ll admit, I underestimated kyle, but I know better now.

Tucker: I don’t think it’s possible to underestimate kyle.

Audra: He can see what you’re up to. He can see right through your scheme.

Tucker: Mm. What am I up to exactly?

Audra: Well, you thought he believed your idea to blame billy or diane for selling jabot cosmetics formulas. But kyle is convinced you’re setting him up to take the fall.

Tucker: Yeah. It’s an interesting thought, isn’t it?

Audra: Well, is it true? Is kyle right about you?

Diane: So, tell me, where do things stand with tucker?

Kyle: Well, I managed to find out more of his plan.

Diane: Already? Well, that’s good. But maybe it’s not good. Do you think it’s too fast? What if he’s on to you?

Kyle: He’s not. I would know. Everything’s happening according to plan.

Diane: Well, what is that plan?

Kyle: He wants to hammer at jabot’s profits. But he wants to make it personal too, to get back at ashley and dad and everyone else. And he wants someone to take the fall. But tucker hasn’t decided who it’s gonna be. Billy or you?

Billy: It’s quiet around here. Did everybody take off for work already?

Jack: Yeah. Diane and kyle went out for breakfast.

Billy: Breakfast? When they’ve got mrs. Martinez’s legendary omelets being made right through that door?

Jack: I think they’re up to something.

Billy: Uh-oh. What could that be?

Jack: Yeah. Christmas. Maybe a coup. Who knows?

Billy: Keep up that good spirit cheer, jack.

Jack: There’s nothing ominous sounding about that.

Billy: This isn’t gonna be easy to say.

Jack: Wait. This gets more serious?

Billy: I’m leaving jabot.

Victoria: Mom?

Nikki: In here, sweetheart.

Cole: Hey, good morning, nikki.

Victoria: How are you?

Nikki: Oh, don’t worry about me. My mind has been on you and cole. What you must be going through waiting for the results of claire’s dna test.

Victoria: Just trying not to think too far ahead.

Nikki: Of course. Do you have any idea how much longer you have to wait?

Cole: Yeah. We’re gonna hear something today. And then, we’ll know for certain just how deep jordan’s lies went.

Michael: I was hoping to find you all here.

Cole: Hey, michael.

Victoria: Michael. I thought you were in oregon?

Michael: I just got back. I wanted to give you an update and it’s best you hear this face-to-face.

Victoria: Well, what did you find out? Will claire be released? (Smelling)

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Tucker: Why do you care if kyle’s the one who takes the fall?

Audra: I asked you a question about your plan and you’re making assumptions about my feelings. Just focus, please. Was any of it true? The plan you laid out for kyle.

Tucker: Not a word. But he’ll go back to jack, tell him the whole story. Hey, you need to focus. You need to remember the goal, please. The goal is us on top. How we get there matters not.

Audra: You know, kyle thinks you’re setting him up. That you’re willing to make him look like the bad abbott and then hang him out to dry. You know, even I don’t have the skill to make him go along with a plan that leaves him with nothing.

Tucker: Now, you’re the one making assumptions. You don’t know all the details of the plan, do you?

Audra: You’re right. I don’T. But I do know this, that kyle is not gonna go through with it.

Tucker: Okay, so he can’t be trusted. So, he doesn’t want the keys to the kingdom. You can’t make up your mind about him, can you?

Audra: You know, kyle was on board before you revealed your hand.

Tucker: Well, maybe that was the plan. Maybe that was the– the test. Where is this sudden lack of faith coming from? Hm? Yeah. You really let this kid under your skin, haven’t you?

Audra: It’s a mistake to keep calling him a kid and implying he’s naive, okay? It makes it all more obvious you’re just gonna use him and toss him away. You know, and I have to wonder… do you have the same fate planned for me?

Tucker: Ah, I thought you knew me better than that.

Audra: Which is why I’m asking. What guarantee do I have that I won’t suffer a similar fate?

Tucker: You can’t trust him, audra. He’s an abbott. And uh, we’re us, we’re the team. And if you let him come between us, hm. His future is with that family of his. And yours is with me.

Diane: Tucker wants me to take the fall? I don’t know whether to feel honored or angry.

Kyle: Mom, don’t get ahead of yourself. The race for the worst abbott is between you and billy.

Diane: Oh, well, that’s a relief. So, what are the details?

Kyle: Tucker wants me to get my hands on the newest jabot product before it goes to market. He passes it off to the lab at glacade. They replicate it and suddenly, without lifting a finger, he has a flagship perfume.

Diane: And in doing so, jabot is left with a cheap imposter.

Kyle: And you can imagine how dad will react after all the work and time and money invested on it.

Diane: He’ll be furious.

Kyle: And he’ll immediately start looking for a leak.

Diane: Yeah. There it is.

Kyle: The idea is that he will find evidence that I have secretly planted that leads him to you or billy?

Diane: Wow. It takes a special kind of perversity to force a son to blame his own mother.

Kyle: Well, that’s the story he was trying to sell. But I’m not convinced that billy’s the target or you. Mom, I think he’s gonna pin it on me.

Diane: You? Why?

Kyle: I’m an abbott. He wants the pleasure of beating all of us.

Diane: Tucker is a creep. And he uses cheap tricks and he’s got a million of them. Unlike your father, who is a man of integrity.

Kyle: Who has no idea what I’ve been up to.

Diane: Until today. Now is the moment kyle. It’s time to tell jack everything.

Jack: Billy, you fought tooth and nail for this job. You battled with kyle for how long?

Billy: Yeah. No. I mean, that was before my mother gave me the opportunity to join her at chancellor-winters.

Jack: And you turned her down.

Billy: Well, I’ve had some time to think about it.

Jack: Well, rethink it. You belong at jabot. I won’t let this happen.

Billy: You gonna force me to stay, jack?

Jack: That’s right. Unless you give me a damn good reason to let you go.

Billy: You’re not gonna force me to stay because you know just as well as I do that there’s somewhere else that I should be. You only kept me around because you were worried that I was gonna spiral out of control if and when you cut me loose.

Jack: I don’t give leadership positions at jabot out of pity. Too many livelihoods depend on our family’s company.

Billy: Maybe not pity, but you can’t honestly say that you didn’t think about what would happen if I got dumped from jabot. And jack, trust me, I get the instinct, I do. But I have finally realized that being at jabot isn’t good for me. Especially not now. Not with this war with tucker. It’s too much of a rush. Too much adrenaline. Too much– too much bluffing. You know, too much win at all costs.

Jack: Too much like a gambler’s high.

Billy: It’s like being on a winning streak. Or a losing streak with all that pressure on the next move.

Jack: And you’ve worked too hard to get your life back.

Billy: Hope you can understand?

Jack: Come on, I’d be tone-deaf. I’d be absolutely selfish if I didn’t when you explain your reasoning that way. I–

Billy: Thank you. It means a lot.

Jack: Could I ask one question? If you’re just gonna change horses and go to chancellor-winters, it’s– it’s the same game there. I mean, the stakes are just as high. What changes?

Billy: You.

Michael: I, uh, managed to convince claire to plead guilty by reason of insanity. I asked that she be remanded to a medical facility, as opposed to a prison.

Victoria: Well, that’s good. You know, at least she’ll get some real treatment and some care.

Michael: All of which could ostensibly be accomplished in the psych ward at genoa city memorial.

Nikki: Do you think that that’s the right thing to do? Bring her all the way here? The last thing she needs in her life is more upheaval and it could disrupt her recovery.

Victoria: Mama, it sounds like you’re making excuses that you don’t believe and I know that you’re doing it to protect me, but this is the right move. It’s– it’s better to have claire close by. Away from all of those old memories.

Nikki: What if jordan comes out of hiding looking for her?

Victoria: Mom, you know that dad is gonna do everything that he can do to protect you. Whatever it takes. I mean, we’re in this together, all of us, okay?

Victor: Oh, my goodness. Hello, everyone.

Michael: Victor.

Cole: Good morning, victor.

Nikki: Hi, darling.

Victor: Hi, my sweetheart.

Cole: Is there any word on my aunt jordan yet?

Victor: Unfortunately not, no. The woman has not returned to her motel room to pick up her belongings.

Michael: She’s probably still nearby.

Victor: I certainly hope so.

Cole: But you have your doubts?

Victor: Yeah. Something is very fishy. It was very obvious in the way she left her things for all of us to discover in that room.

[ Phone ringing ]

Michael: Oh, I’m so sorry. Blue lake courthouse. This could be the news we’re waiting for.

Victor: Why don’t you go to the library, okay? Take the call.

Michael: Yes. Michael baldwin.

Victor: My sweet baby. What’s wrong? We used to struggle with greasy messes.

Billy: This is my moment to move on.

Jack: And exactly how am I the reason?

Billy: I always wanted to beat you. I always wanted to win. Nothing, you know, nothing crazy. Nothing too overt, but I– I– I just always have this nagging feeling that I’m never gonna impress you. I’m never gonna, you know, live up to that standard. And in a way, it’s like that feeling when I’m sitting at the table and I’m trying to take down the house. Especially now with all this tucker stuff, you know, it’s, uh– trust me, I wanted to take down tucker, but most of that was because I wanted to prove that I could top you.

Jack: And by going to chancellor-winters you–

Billy: I take the pressure off. I get rid of the rush. And, you know, I get to work with my mother, which is– which is great. And chance now that he’s, uh, leaving the force.

Jack: Well, I guess there’s a lot I don’t know.

Billy: I get to be the head honcho. I get to be the jack to all these young upstarts, you know. Show them the ropes. Show them what’s up.

Jack: Is that really how you see our relationship?

Victor: Your hands, my sweetheart. Has the stress triggered your ms again?

Nikki: No, it’s– it’s knowing that jordan is nearby.

Victor: My baby, I promise you, she will not come anywhere near our family again. Come here.

Victoria: Would you like something to eat or maybe drink? Some coffee?

Cole: Oh, no. No, thanks.

Victoria: Okay. Why are you smiling at me like that?

Cole: Some things never change, I guess. Which is reassuring.

Victoria: I happen to think everything’s changed. In ways that I– I can’t even comprehend.

Cole: And yet you still turn into miss etiquette when you’re upset or something’s bothering you.

Victoria: Is that how you remember me? That’s funny because, uh, I remember when we first met that um, I was slightly wild. I don’t think I would even recognize that woman.

Cole: Wild, yet polite. And you are still the same woman. Just more grown up, with a few more facets.

Victoria: Yes, indeed. We have both grown a lot since then. I think losing a daughter, that– that’s changed us both a lot.

Cole: Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine. I mean, after all these years.

Victoria: When you look at claire, do you…

Cole: I honestly don’t know. Yeah. Michael.

Michael: The judge decided that claire should be remanded to a psychiatric hospital.

Victoria: Oh, wow.

Victor: Where?

Michael: Here. In genoa city. My husband and I have never been more active. What is cirkul? Cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. Cirkul is the energy that gets you to the next level. Cirkul is what you hope for when life tosses lemons your way. Cirkul. It’s your water, your way. Theo’s nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought

Kyle: Okay. We finally have real momentum with tucker, but he won’t buy my act much longer if I don’t actually steal him a real product from jabot.

Diane: Exactly. Which is why you need to come clean to your father.

Kyle: Okay. But we’re agreed. We can’t let him in this though, right? I mean, what we have in motion is solid.

Diane: Yes. And jack might not, but that’s a chance we have to take. And when he asks why we kept it from him?

Kyle: It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Meanwhile, I can’t do anything else until everyone else falls in line. So, where’s ashley at with selling her half of the company?

Diane: By the end of the day, tucker will be the sole owner of glacade.

Kyle: Perfect. Everything else is falling into place. Dad is the missing piece. Once we have his support, tucker won’t stand a chance.

Billy: Look, I’m not saying we haven’t had good days because we have, you know. But we’ve also had some minor and major conflicts. And as far as the chain of command at jabot, this is as far as I go. So, I’m never going to live up to your standard and you’re never gonna retire. So, I have to seek out greener pastures. I need a little bit of space. Little bit of freedom. To grow.

Jack: You’re saying I limit you?

Billy: Yeah. But you have to, jack. There’s only one jack abbott, okay? And I can’t compete with that. You try telling that to my brain. The part of my brain that always wants to win. It’s really challenging to try and carve a new path when those old demons don’t stay quiet.

Jack: Meaning?

Billy: Meaning I was the screw-up that got shipped off to hong kong. Couldn’t take anything seriously, let alone myself. And– and inevitably I would, you know, bounce around. I’d make a 1,000 mistakes and I’d come crawling back to jabot trying to dazzle you, promising that this was gonna be the difference. I was gonna make my mark this time. Impress the board, impress anyone, impress everyone and– and there were– there were some good days there. There were some bad days too, but at the end of it, it was all about you and– and it’s just not fair. To either one of us.

Jack: So, you think you’re gonna have any more luck this time at chancellor?

Billy: I don’t know. Older, wiser. Leap of faith.

Jack: Yeah, maybe. Or maybe just running away.

Victoria: So, what happens now? What’s next?

Michael: Claire’s being transported to genoa city as we speak. Under the very strict supervision of an armed guard.

Nikki: Oh, my god. This is happening so quickly.

Victoria: Mom, I know that you’re frightened after everything that’s happened, but everyone’s gonna be on high alert, right? There’s gonna be no slip-ups, no surprises. I think that it’s time for the healing to begin for everyone. Sooner rather than later, don’t you think?

Victor: What you’re forgetting is the added difficulty and problem of claire arriving in town before we have neutralized that other threat. That jordan woman.

Michael: You’ve got your security team on alert, yes?

Victor: Of course.

Nikki: We all need to be very careful.

Victor: Yeah.

Nikki: And darling, I know that sentimentality can be very powerful, but we don’t really know who she truly is.

[ Phone ringing ]

Cole: Well, we’re about to find out, right now. Claire is our daughter. She’s our daughter.

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Audra: You know, I would give up and walk away, but I deserve an answer.

Tucker: If I have ever given you the impression that I don’t need you, that I don’t appreciate you or value you, you have my most heartfelt apologies.

Audra: You know, none of that is an actual statement. You throw all these words around and they all end up being meaningless.

Tucker: You want statements. I respect very few people in this world, but I respect you. I trust no one, except you. You know me. You call me out and you make this fun. I love the way your eyes light up when we’re about to go in for a kill. I love the way your brilliant mind works. I love it all, audra.

Audra: Why are you just now saying it?

Tucker: I didn’t think I needed to. There was no kyle to make you doubt me, or yourself. I thought we had a kind of unspoken language where we didn’t need to say everything. Because what we have together is deeper than that. And that doesn’t come along every day. Or in a lifetime. And you know, at least I hope you do, that I’m doing all this for you.

Audra: Explain that to me.

Tucker: Well, I want chancellor-winters for devon and jabot is the, uh, the jewel that I’m saving for you.

Audra: Don’t lie about this.

Tucker: I– I have never lied to you.

Audra: You’re going after jabot for revenge, not because you want to show me what a magnanimous guy you are. You know, and the fact that you’re making all this effort to snow me makes me trust you even less.

Tucker: Well, I have my concerns as well now. Don’t I? You’ve let kyle into your head and he’s made himself quite comfortable there. You appear to be getting a little soft, forgetting the rules.

Audra: Oh. Have I disappointed you? Oh, now I should go and be your smart and loyal disciple, right? You’ve tried that maneuver on me before. It’s a waste of your time and honestly, it’s insulting.

Tucker: I’m sorry if I’ve insulted you. That is the last thing I ever want to do. There’s a whole list of things I do want to do and insulting you is not on it. Hey. Please don’t be mad at me. You are one of the few people I actually admire. Where would I be without you? Can you imagine me without you? Go ahead. I know you want to.

Audra: Slap you?

Tucker: No, smile.

Audra: Do I get to choose?

[ Phone chiming ]

Tucker: Ha. Champagne for everyone.

Billy: You say run away like it’s a bad thing, jack. For a lot of people, that’s a life-saving maneuver. You light some fire, you run away. You get some help. You find a safe place to land.

Jack: You run to your mother. You take the escape hatch.

Billy: You’re upset because you think I’m blaming you. And I’m not, okay? I’m not a victim here. You– you didn’t do this to me.

Jack: Sure sounds like I am the problem.

Billy: I get to walk away right now because I’m okay. I didn’t self-combust. I didn’t lose the yacht. I’m making a rational decision because it’s the right thing to do. You know how good that feels? I got a new job. I’m gonna work my ass off. I got an amazing woman who I adore. My kids respect me. If I lose that, I got nothing else. I don’t want to be that guy anymore. I like this guy.

Jack: Yeah. Well, I love this guy.

Billy: Yeah. Always a competition. Jeez. Fine, you win.

Jack: I’m gonna miss you, you know that.

Billy: Jack, I’m not leaving town.

Jack: No, you’re just going somewhere a bit safer.

Billy: Can you do me a favor? Can you ask kyle to keep the festivities to a minimum when he celebrates my departure?

[ Jack sighing ] Not the reaction I was expecting. Maybe kyle isn’t the co-ceo apparent that I thought he was gonna be.

Diane: Well, looks like the gang’s all here. How’s it going, billy?

Billy: Jack will fill you in.

Kyle: What was that?

Diane: Uh, fill us in on what?

Billy: Billy is leaving jabot.

Diane: He is? He changed his mind?

Kyle: Why?

Jack: Because of me. Because of me, damn it. I am to blame.

Victor: Are you sure claire is your daughter?

Cole: 97.8%.

Nikki: I can’t believe it. She’s our baby eve.

Victoria: I mean, we grieved her. She was– she was gone.

Cole: Yeah. We were lied to. Thanks, michael.

Victoria: Oh, michael. You– you kept her out of prison. Thank you so much. But cole, now we have to keep her safe.

Michael: From the little I know, claire’s been through so much. This transition’s not gonna be easy, for any of you.

Victoria: Well– well, the sooner the better, right? I mean, we should provide some comfort for her. Get to know her. She should get to know us, of course, right? We should go–

Nikki: Wait, wait, wait. Do you really think that this is wise, to make such big sweeping changes to our lives? We’ve just now found out the results. You don’t have to make any decisions now. That’s all I’m saying.

Victoria: I need to see her. I– I wanna go to memorial before– when she arrives. I wanna be there.

Cole: Yeah. Yeah. I’m thinking– I’m thinking the same thing.

Victoria: Yeah.

Nikki: Victoria, shouldn’t we discuss it first?

Victoria: Mom, all I can think about is claire. Michael?

Michael: Go, go. I’ll meet you there.

Victoria: I love you. I’ll call you.

Nikki: I love you too, baby.

Victoria: Okay. I love you, daddy.

Victor: Okay, my sweetheart. You be careful, okay?

Victoria: I will. Okay. Let’s go.

[ Victor sighing ]

Victor: Michael?

Michael: I know. I know. We’ll talk. Now, I really need to go take care of things.

Victor: Come here.

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Audra: And just like that, I’ve lost your attention.

Tucker: No, it’s glacade.

Audra: The paperwork went through?

Tucker: You are looking at the sole owner of the greatest cosmetics company in the world.

Audra: And we haven’t even developed a single product yet.

Tucker: But when we do, it’s gonna set the industry on fire. Provided your boyfriend comes through for us.

Diane: What makes you think that you’re the reason that billy decided to leave jabot?

Jack: Billy as much as spelled it out. Trying to measure up was always difficult because it felt like a competition he had to win.

Diane: Are you sure it’s not because he wanted to work with his mother? Jack, I had no idea that he felt so strongly about–

Jack: Yeah. Neither did I. Shame on me.

Kyle: It makes sense. I mean, working with you could feel like a poker marathon. Constantly trying to outwit, outplay you. Knowing he’ll never come out on top. What?

Jack: You never felt like that? I mean, did– that you were in a competition with me, did you?

Kyle: Of course. But I figured that was sort of a typical father-son thing. It doesn’t represent any deeper issues with me. As a rule.

Diane: So, billy decided to remove himself from his trigger.

Jack: Yeah, his trigger. That would be me.

Diane: Yeah. Well, I’m sorry, jack. I know you hoped that he could handle being back at jabot.

Kyle: Well, I mean, this changes things, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s a good time to talk–

Jack: Kyle, I– I think I need a moment alone with your mother.

Kyle: Okay.

Jack: Alone.

Nikki: I hope I didn’t sound unfeeling.

Victor: No, not at all, sweetheart. You handled it very well. I mean, who wouldn’t have had a reaction after knowing that girl is coming to town.

Nikki: Their daughter. Oh, my god.

Victor: I know. I know.

Nikki: I don’t know how much more victoria or I can take. I mean, she needs calm and peace. The exact opposite of what claire is. Claire is the definition of unstable.

Victor: Yeah. What are you afraid of?

Nikki: I am worried that victoria is going to feel like she has to show us that she’s stronger and braver than she actually is feeling.

[ Victor sighing ]

Victor: Then, it’s up to those of us who love her to protect her. That’s all.

Victoria: She must be so frightened.

Cole: Terrified.

Victoria: Just everything is– just happened so quickly. I mean, one minute she’s in oregon and now she’s–

Cole: She’s here. And she’s our daughter.

Victoria: Our daughter.

Cole: Yeah. I mean, I just– I kept thinking this is– I was just so sure that this was impossible.

Victoria: I know. But it’s true. I mean, it doesn’t feel– doesn’t feel real yet. Imagine if that’s how we feel, how– how she must feel?

Cole: Just– I can’t even begin to think how she’s gonna make– make sense of all of this.

Victoria: I just keep thinking about all of the things that we couldn’t protect her from. I mean, we– we weren’t there to keep her safe.

Cole: Years of being manipulated, broken down, told that she was rejected, unloved.

[ Victoria sighing ]

Victoria: We’ll protect her now.

Cole: That’s right. It’s our job. You know that feeling of having to re-wash dishes

Kyle: Kicked out. Look, dad, if this is about the breakfast on the expense account–

Jack: I’ll let you know when we’re done, son. Thanks.

Kyle: All right.

Diane: Why did kyle have to leave?

Jack: I wanted to discuss what happens now that billy is gone.

Diane: What’s there to discuss? Everything goes back the way it should be. Kyle gets his old position back.

Jack: Actually, I’m not sure that’s the right thing to do.

Claire: What is this? Why am I here?

Victoria: We brought you here to memorial hospital in genoa city, so…

Claire: I know that part. He told me to plead guilty and I did what he said. I always do what everyone says. Just tell me what I’m doing here.

Cole: We want to help you.

Claire: You want to keep an eye on me.

Victoria: No. No, that’s– that’s not the case.

Claire: You’re looking at me right now like I’m– like I’m an experiment.

Victoria: We just want to help you get better.

Claire: You came to get my dna, didn’t you?

Cole: We already have it. We found your dna at the lake house.

Victoria: Yes. We did. We took that dna and we tested it against ours.

Claire: So, do you already know?

Victoria: Claire, it’s the only honest thing that your aunt jordan said. You are our daughter.

Victor: My sweet baby. Just remember that through all the years of raising victoria, you have always been reasonable and loving.

Nikki: I need to be that now.

Victor: Yeah. But welcoming that claire woman into our lives is not going to be easy.

Nikki: We’re going to have to if we want to keep victoria in our lives.

Victor: Yeah. Well, what if you and I decide just to celebrate the occasion, you know.

Nikki: Under normal circumstances, yes. This is hardly normal.

[ Phone ringing ]

Victor: Excuse me. Oh, wait a minute. These are the– my security people at the motel. I gotta take this, my sweetheart.

Nikki: Of course.

Victor: You’ll be all right?

Nikki: Yeah. I’m fine.

Victor: Okay?

Nikki: Mm-hmm.

Victor: Okay. Yeah. I hope you have something useful for me.

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Tucker: Hi.

Jack: What are you doing here?

Tucker: I’m here to see ashley. But since you’re here, I might as well fill you in on the latest change of plans, unless you already told him?

Diane: Me? Oh, that– that you claim you’re no longer a threat to jabot. No, I– I didn’t tell him because I don’t believe it and neither will jack.

Tucker: Ah, perhaps I can be more convincing this time.

Jack: Okay, let’s hear it.

Tucker: Hi. Uh, I’ve decided to focus all my energy on this new business. A fresh start.

Jack: Diane’s right. I don’t buy it. But let’s pretend I do. I would love to see where this ruse is headed. What does this new life’s purpose of yours have to say about your intentions regarding jabot?

Tucker: That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? But since you’re all here or I guess not quite all. Where is jabot’s dynamic duo, kyle and billy?

Billy: Hi.

Chelsea: Hi.

Billy: Sorry, I’m late.

Chelsea: That’s okay. Oh, someone went shopping.

Billy: Oh, yeah, yeah. That– that’s nothing.

Chelsea: It’s a little early for christmas. What’s the occasion?

Billy: I just had to make sure I had enough wrapping paper, you know. Christmas is only a few days away and you can’t have enough.

Chelsea: It’s a little heavy for wrapping paper.

Billy: Yeah. You know, there’s some ribbon in there and some stickers and, uh, some of those like name tags. And I really don’t like it when they’re so small and you can’t write something heartfelt, so I got some big ones.

Chelsea: Yeah. I hate that. Let me see what you got.

Billy: Excuse me. Get your pretty little paws off of there, okay? I have plans for my stickers. You can get your own. Now, what shall we eat?

Summer: Funny seeing you here.

Chance: Ooh, is it? I mean, you clearly followed me here from society, didn’t you?

Summer: Ah, I definitely didn’T.

Chance: Well, you know, I might be stepping down from the gcpd, but I know when I’m being followed and you followed me.

Summer: Okay. If– if that happened, it was only the siren call of caffeine.

Chance: Oh, ouch, summer. Here I thought it was me.

Summer: Speaking of the gcpd, how did everybody at the department take your big news? I didn’t get a chance to ask you back at society because you were too busy fending off christine’s judgments.

Chance: Yeah. Well, um, you know, some of the guys are gonna take me out for a beer and others are not so thrilled with me. I kind of feel like I let ’em down.

Summer: Are you kidding me? That is so unfair. You’ve done so much for that department. I– I even saw some of those guys at the hospital when I was visiting you. You literally almost gave your life. How could they be so selfish?

Chance: Whoa. Easy there, tiger. Stand down.

Diane: Clearly, kyle and billy aren’t here, but don’t pretend you need them here to play games with us.

Ashley: Why do you care, tucker? Were you hoping for a bigger audience?

Tucker: Listen to you two. You sound almost like allies, working side by side.

Ashley: Well, you know what they say? The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Tucker: Is that what we are now, ashley? Enemies?

Ashley: Civil adversaries, for dominic’s sake.

Tucker: Actually, that’s why I’m here. I would like to declare peace with the abbotts. I’m waving the white flag. Laying down my sword.

Jack: Extending the olive branch. Say it any way you want, we’re not buying.

Tucker: Well, you should. I no longer have any interest in jabot.

Jack: And we’re to just take you at your word on this? Again?

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Tucker: Come on, jack, don’t leave me hanging. Meet me halfway.

Jack: You can put down your hand.

Tucker: Imagine the– the collective sigh of relief in genoa city if we both stand down.

Jack: Well, as usual, you have overestimated your impact on this town. Look, let– let’s say I accept your offer of a truce. I am sick of this war. I am sick of waiting to see what your next move is gonna be.

Tucker: I am sick of it too. And I am cautiously optimistic. Revenge plotting has been draining, but, uh, as I said, I’ve got this new focus and I’m hoping that building this new business will help me let go of this anger. Put all that negative energy to, uh, a positive purpose.

Jack: Well, it’s gonna take more than a handshake and empty talk of enlightenment to make me think you’re for real.

Tucker: In that case, I think you’ll be pleased to know why I’m here to see ashley. I agree to buy your half of glacade.

Ashley: You don’t even know my price. Are you sure you can afford it?

Tucker: Don’t worry about it. See, jack? You get what you wanted. Ashley back at jabot. And I get what I didn’t know I wanted. A fresh start by building my own cosmetics empire. But no going after jabot. Ever again. And you’re not afraid of a little friendly competition, are you?

Jack: I’m not the least bit afraid.

Tucker: Fantastic. I’ll have my lawyers finalize the paperwork asap because I want this done and done.

Ashley: Great. You come up with the cash, you got a deal.

Tucker: And I’m hoping this will be the last interaction any of us has to have with one another.

Ashley: Yeah.

Tucker: Except for the inevitable run-in around town.

Jack: Oh, I’m sure we can all handle that. We’re all adults. Well, mostly.

Tucker: Very good. Excuse me.

Ashley: Excuse me.

Tucker: Goodbye, abbotts.

Ashley and diane: Goodbye.

Jack: Okay. That was almost too easy. You think he suspects something?

Ashley: Of course, he does.

Kyle: You seem like there’s something on your mind.

Audra: There is. Yeah.

Kyle: Don’t tell me you’re thinking about work again. Shall I try to distract you some more? Hm?

Audra: Tempting. But, I have to tell you something.

Kyle: Sounds ominous.

Audra: You really need to stop dragging your heels about getting us information about jabot.

Kyle: You really can multitask, can’t you?

Audra: Well, sex helps me think more clearly. You know, it helps me focus.

Kyle: I’m not crazy that our lovemaking makes you think about tucker.

Audra: Look, I’m not joking. You need to step up.

Kyle: Is this your warning?

Audra: It’s tucker’S. I’m just the messenger. And if you don’t want him to believe you’re playing us, he needs something to prove your loyalty.

Kyle: I don’t know how many times I have to say this. I can’t draw suspicion at jabot. That wouldn’t help any of us.

Audra: Okay, then you need to figure something else to give tucker, to prove your loyalty.

Kyle: Well, how am I supposed to do that if you won’t tell me what I’m looking for? He just has these vague, broad orders, prove your loyalty.

Audra: You know, tucker will know useful information when he sees it.

Kyle: What does that even mean? Useful how? For whom?

Audra: You’re coo. There has to be some sort of confidential information you can offer up that would show that you’re really on board.

Kyle: It might help if you and tucker gave me more of an idea of what your game plan is. Then maybe, I could get my hands on something relevant.

Summer: Okay. I guess I can get a little heated sometimes, even if it’s none of my business. Runs in the family.

Chance: Well, no, I’m very honored that you care so much about my reputation.

Summer: Well, I mean, we’re friends, aren’t we? So, I’m really glad that you’re trusting your gut and stepping down. You deserve to be happy in your job, let alone safe.

Chance: I appreciate that.

Summer: Well, I hope that you have a bigger celebration planned for this new chapter other than beers with a few of your buddies.

Chance: Oh, I sure do. Yeah, I’m taking sharon to see one of my favorite bands tonight. I’m pumped.

Summer: Nice.

Chance: Yeah. I’m pretty sure she’s just humoring me though. You know, she doesn’t want to go, but I’m convinced she’s gonna be their number one fan after the show because they are excellent live.

Summer: Wait. What’s the band?

Chance: Uh, say jump?

Summer: You’re joking with me? You got tickets to that? Oh, my god. I love them. Is sharon crazy? They’re the best. Oh… stuffed up again?

Chance: Wow. I had no idea that you were the president of say jump’s fan club. That’s cute. Let me see your tattoo.

Summer: Oh, um, that’s private.

Chance: Seriously?

Summer: I– I do have, um, a concert tee from their last tour. I could show you that.

Chance: Okay. That’s legit. Well, you got to admit their brand is not for everyone. Kind of noisy, so we gotta take it easy on sharon.

Summer: Um, I still think anybody with good taste loves them. No offense to sharon.

[ Phone ringing ]

Chance: Oh, I’m sorry. Well, speak of the devil. One second, please. Hey, you. Your ears must be burning, I was just talking about you. Hey, hey, sharon, say no more. I totally get it. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I’ll hold you up to that. Really. Hang in there. All right. Yeah, I’ll talk to you soon. Bye. Today must be your lucky day. I just so happen to have one extra free ticket to see our favorite band now and it’s all yours.

Jack: That man is a piece of work. Claiming he wants peace, playing the wounded victim, willing to accede to your terms.

Diane: As if.

Jack: All that talk about being tired of plotting his revenge. Wanting a fresh start.

Ashley: Maybe we shouldn’t assume he actually means what he says.

Jack: Would you answer something for me? Why is he using glacade to rebuild his empire? What does he know about running a beauty company?

Diane: Nothing. Which is why he’ll fail.

Ashley: I don’t know about that. Business is business. I wouldn’t count him out yet.

Diane: Then the only way to diffuse the bomb that is tucker mccall is to clip his wires.

Jack: Which means we have to destabilize glacade before it’s up and running under tucker’s control. We have to leak the damning information about tucker’s role in the scandal and the cover-up at mccall. I’ve got media outlets ready to go. All we have to do is push send. The information’s out there and our smear campaign is launched.

Diane: But we have to be careful about the timing. We have to wait until ashley’s signed over control or she’ll take the hit as well.

Ashley: Thanks so much for looking out for me.

Diane: Of course. I hate to admit it, but tucker was right about one thing.

Jack: Oh, what’s that?

Diane: Billy should have been here. He was supposed to join us for this strategy meeting. You know, when it comes to showing up for jabot, billy just keeps dropping the ball.

Chelsea: Is it for connor?

Billy: Is what for connor?

Chelsea: Whatever’s in the bag?

Billy: I already told you what’s in the bag.

Chelsea: Yeah, but I know you’re lying.

Billy: Wow. What happened to the season of love, joy and compassion?

Chelsea: I hope you didn’t get him that vr headset. Because I already told him he can’t have it.

Billy: I would never get him something so expensive without checking with you first, for the record.

Chelsea: Okay.

Billy: Okay.

Chelsea: I know you’re up to something.

Billy: So suspicious.

Chelsea: All right. Just tell me what it is so I can make sure I didn’t buy him the same gift.

Billy: You did not get him the same thing. Believe me.

Chelsea: Well, I need to make sure I don’t replicate it because I’m not done shopping.

Billy: Wow. So pushy. Okay. Really? We can do this now, if you insist. All right.

Chelsea: All right.

Billy: Well.

Chelsea: A snorkel. You’re right, I didn’t get him that.

Billy: Okay.

Chelsea: A beret.

Billy: Yeah.

Chelsea: I didn’t get him that either.

Billy: Okay.

[ Billy whistling fanfare ]

Chelsea: A bikini?

Billy: Hey.

Chelsea: I definitely didn’t get him that. No.

Billy: Not connor’s size?

Chelsea: All right. I’m officially stumped. What is going on?

Billy: Have you ever celebrated the new year in saint tropez.

Chelsea: No.

Billy: Well, I would really like to do that with you this year. Very, very much.

Chelsea: Well– oh, well, that sounds amazing, but I hope I didn’t guilt you into all this when I was fishing for christmas gift ideas. You don’t have to go all out like this.

Billy: It’s not what it’s about.

Chelsea: Well then, what is it about?

Billy: I wanted to properly thank you for setting me straight on the path that I was on.

Audra: Look, I’m as much in the dark as you are about how tucker plans to pull off his coup of jabot.

Kyle: What if he’s in the dark as well?

Audra: Meaning?

Kyle: My father floated the theory that there is no plan at all. That it’s all just a game for tucker. What if the fun for tucker is simply making my family worried? Keeping them riled up?

Audra: Or maybe that’s exactly what he wants. To be underestimated.

Kyle: What if he’s playing all of us? You included.

Audra: Well, I’m not stupid. Okay? I know him enough to be on guard. And we have a history. So for now, I’ll trust him. Until he gives me a reason not to.

Kyle: And if by then, it’s too late?

Audra: You know, what if this is just another stall tactic on your part? We’ll know tucker’s angle once you have some real information for him. Give him something of value. And if he still shuts us out, then we’ll know you, if not both of us, are about to be left hanging.

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Ashley: Um, I’ll go call my attorney and come up with a price and work out some contract details. Excuse me.

Jack: I would like to table your concerns about billy for now.

Diane: I just want to know where billy figures in all this?

Jack: Exactly where he is. As my co-ceo.

Diane: He just doesn’t seem that invested.

Jack: That is not fair. It was billy’s idea to team up with jill to take tucker down.

Diane: Oh, sure. When it’s his idea, he’s on fire. But when it comes to all of our part in this multifaceted attack, he is nowhere to be seen.

Jack: I am aware that you are not completely confident in my brother. You’ve also made it very clear that you would like to see kyle in that position.

Diane: Well, it was his job. And as chief talent officer, it’s my responsibility–

Jack: Kyle has accepted his new position, even if you haven’T. I think that is a great sign of personal growth and maturity.

Diane: And he should be rewarded for that.

Jack: I am not going to argue this with you. This is my call. Kyle and billy are both where they belong.

Billy: What you said to me earlier, was– was dead on. I’ve been approaching this– this battle with tucker with the same manic energy I would if I was looking for my next win.

Chelsea: I’m glad you recognized it.

Billy: I didn’t want to. But I was telling you and I was telling myself that this– this, yeah, this fight to protect jabot was actually, you know, it was good. It was healthy for me. A new and– and better way to channel that part of my psyche. The part that’s always looking for that jolt.

Chelsea: And how did you get there?

Billy: By listening to you. By watching you. I see how much work you’ve put into yourself. And to be honest, I just want to live up to your example. I took what you said to heart. And I, you know, really started to look at what was going on with tucker and ashley and jack and– and diane. And realize how it was actually making me feel.

Chelsea: And?

Billy: It is not good. It’s always in me. You know, that– that– that feeling. That chase. Whether I’m on a winning streak or losing streak. And uh, you know, I just don’t need to go there because any time I do, it always ends up in a very dangerous place.

Chelsea: Well, no, the portant thing is you did recognize it.

Billy: Thanks to you. No, it’s true. It’s the nudge that you gave me to even acknowledge it.

Chelsea: Well, nudge is a nice way to put it.

Billy: I’m glad you did. Because I need to fight this instinct that is inside myself.

Chelsea: And how are you going to do that?

Billy: By removing the temptation to engage.

Chelsea: Wait, are you actually considering leaving jabot after all? Right when your family’s about to go to war?

Summer: Look, obviously, I would love to go to this concert with you, but I just– I don’t think it’s a good idea. You know, sharon might free up still.

Chance: Oh, no. She said she’s tied down with work stuff. Sounded like she was hunkered down in a conference room somewhere. And, like I said earlier, I think she’d have more fun doing that anyway, so…

Summer: Well, don’t you think that you should invite one of your friends from the gcpd? You know, make it up to somebody who’s upset that you’re leaving.

Chance: Wow. These are some really lame excuses from a super fan. I mean, what happened? I thought you were in love with these guys.

Summer: I– I just– I don’t really know what my plans are later. I’m supposed to be meeting up with one of my designers.

Chance: Did I mention I have vip all-access tickets?

Summer: You did not.

Chance: Yeah. Hey, how about this? You call me later and you let me know one way or another, but just know I’m not gonna let you miss this opportunity without a damn good excuse.

Summer: Fine. I’ll– I’ll call you later.

Chance: Good. ‘Til then. Hey, man.

Daniel: Hey.

Chance: How you doing?

Daniel: Good.

Chance: Hey, tell your sister to come to the concert with me tonight. Opportunity of a lifetime. Good to see you.

Daniel: Are you blushing?

Kyle: If tucker hangs us out to dry, if there is no reward at the end of this road, I’m still okay. I have a safety net. But you have everything riding on this. And if tucker’s just using you for his own twisted amusement, where does that leave you?

Audra: I appreciate your concern, but I have my own safety net. Newman media. I haven’t quit or been fired. And I’m only leaving if this ends up being a legitimate opportunity.

Kyle: Look, I’m not dragging my heels. I have no interest in wasting time here.

Audra: Look, and I agree, we both need to know what tucker is planning. It will give me more certainty and it will allow you to do whatever it takes to get that job you richly deserve.

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Kyle: Getting information out of tucker won’t be easy. He hasn’t given anything to either of us yet. What makes you think he will now?

Audra: Are you doubting I’m up to the task?

Kyle: Never. But promise me that if he continues to evade, you’ll agree that’s a strong sign he’s playing us. Either that or he has no intention of including us once he succeeds with his plan. So either way, I think we should start looking out for each other.

Audra: You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think maybe you’re playing me. You know, trying to get me to turn against tucker.

Kyle: I just don’t want to see you get burned. He doesn’t have the greatest track record in the loyalty department.

Audra: I’m touched. You seem genuinely concerned for me.

Kyle: I am. Now, I have to get back to the office if I am going to do my part.

Audra: Yeah. I won’t keep you since you succeeding will benefit both of us in getting what we want and deserve.

Kyle: Mm-hmm.

[ Knock on door ]

Tucker: Gee, kyle, what are you doing here?

Daniel: You know, I haven’t seen you this way since you were a teenager with kyle. All giddy and starry-eyed and blushing.

Summer: Okay. You know that kyle and I are over.

Daniel: I do know that you and kyle are over. That’s why I was referring to one certain gentleman who was here just a moment ago.

Summer: Um daniel, I’m gonna need you to back off because I am a grown woman. I am not your teenage daughter’s age and I can absolutely kickbox you if I have to.

Daniel: Wow. Wow. I’m not trying to get in a ring with you or anything.

Summer: That’s really smart.

Daniel: You know, maybe I’m– I was just thinking that by not pursuing this attraction, you might be driving yourself a little crazy.

Summer: What do you want me to do? You want me to throw myself at the guy? Set myself up for rejection? That would be humiliating.

Daniel: Nobody said throw yourself at him, but go to the concert with him. You know you want to.

Summer: Yes. Of course, I want to go to the concert with him. That’s the problem. I know that if we do that together, then we’re gonna have an amazing time and I am not gonna wanna turn back. And he’s not exactly available. Sharon’s gonna find out. It’s gonna inevitably get very messy.

Daniel: I’m not telling you to hop into bed with the guy, but I just feel like you’re making this a bigger deal because you’re not acting on this crush. You know, unrequited love. I mean, that is the stuff of tragedies.

Summer: Absolutely nobody said anything about love.

Daniel: Unrequited attraction then. It feeds on itself. You know, you get these butterflies in your stomach. You feel nauseous. Any of those symptoms sound familiar?

Summer: Hm. What if they do?

Daniel: Well, that– that can lead to a cycle of hope and despair.

Summer: Wow. You are way overblowing this.

Daniel: Yeah. You know, maybe I am. Maybe I am. But you know, in my experience, whenever I had this kind of feelings, the best way to deal with it was just facing it head-on. Getting through it.

Summer: Are we still just talking about me or are we kind of talking about you now too?

Daniel: Why would we be talking about me?

Summer: Heather and lucy are back in genoa city. Lily is away.

Daniel: You know what? I think I’m gonna head back to work.

Summer: Oh, wow. Thanks for the unsolicited advice.

Daniel: No, summer. Thank you for not kicking me in the head.

Tucker: We will not be working together if you keep this up. You should be at jabot right now doing what I have repeatedly asked you to. Not to mention your actual job so as not to raise suspicion.

Kyle: Ooh. I’m not your lackey. I am the key to all this, so why don’t you dial down the attitude?

Tucker: Ah, you are turning out to be totally useless. All your stall tactics. Makes me wonder whose side you’re really on, kyle.

Kyle: Tucker, I can’t get any pertinent information if you don’t tell me what it’s gonna be used for. It’s like telling a detective to go find evidence, but not telling him what the crime is. So, you want me to prove my loyalty? Tell me what the game plan is.

Tucker: Yeah. Tough guy kyle.

Kyle: Just– no, no, stop, stop. I’m done with your snarky deflection, so either give me the game plan or count me out. Type 2 diabetes?

Tucker: Audra, your boyfriend here wants to know the game plan.

Kyle: Well, tucker is demanding information, which I’m willing to give him if he tells me what I’m looking for.

Audra: Yeah, I– I wouldn’t mind knowing the game plan myself, tucker.

Tucker: The plan, as I believe I have told you before, is for kyle to acquire sensitive information.

Kyle: Sensitive for whom? About what?

Tucker: Shut up and listen! You find me a new and innovative product that jabot is preparing to unveil. Preferably something that’s been years in the making and cost millions of dollars to develop. A miracle eye cream, fragrance, that sort of thing.

Kyle: Okay. And what are you gonna do with that intel? Leak it to the press? I mean, jumping the gun on the product launch isn’t something that would bring jabot to its knees.

Tucker: Can you get him to shut up? Because I wasn’t finished. You will then get me the formula to said product and how to make it. Our company, glacade, will launch it first. Jack will then search for the mole within the company. And the breadcrumbs will lead to the guilty party. This will succeed in upending jack’s trust in his closest allies as well as tanking the new product. One-two punch.

Kyle: And who is the guilty party?

Tucker: Diane, billy, I haven’t decided who yet? It’ll be a game-time decision. Whoever will cause the most damage at that moment. The point is, the world will find out that the mighty abbotts have a traitor in the family. And the scandal will rock jabot.

Billy: I don’t know if leaving jabot is the answer. I really don’t, but I do– I do think I got to spend a little time on the sidelines. Let jack and ashley and– and– and diane finish this battle with tucker.

Chelsea: Mm-hmm. And do you think you’re gonna be able to do that?

Billy: You seem skeptical.

Chelsea: No, I just– I just– from everything you’ve told me, you’re the one who set the recent plan into place. And you turned down your mom’s offer to join chancellor-winters. And instead engaged her in this war with tucker.

Billy: Yeah. No. I get that, but–

Chelsea: I just– I fear that when you’re standing there watching all of this unfold, you’re not going to be able to fight your instincts. You know, you’re gonna get sucked into the thrill of the battle and…

Billy: I don’t know if I can do that. I don’t know if I can leave jack and jabot in the lurch like that. As frustrating as it’s been with jack and ashley at times, we have, uh, come a long way.

Chelsea: Yeah. And I’m not advocating for you to blow up everything you’ve repaired with jack. I just– I don’t know. I don’t know what the answer is.

Billy: I know. Damned if I do, damned if I don’T.

Chelsea: Can I ask you a question? Devil’s advocate?

Billy: Yes, please.

Chelsea: Putting all the guilt about jabot aside, if you could walk away, what would you do? Because I don’t see you giving all this up. It’s like you need this as your– your purpose. It’s what fuels you.

Billy: I do have one option.

Summer: Hey, chance. Um, if that ticket is still available, count me in. Around here, we like to keep things simple and honest.

Billy: You were sitting right there when my mother tried enticing me to join her at chancellor-winters. I could have accepted that offer and started fighting tucker from there.

Chelsea: Yeah. But how is it any different? You know, same war, just on a different front? Won’t you feel the same rush? The same need to win?

Billy: No, it wouldn’t be the same. It wouldn’T.

Chelsea: Billy. Come on.

Billy: At jabot, jack is there. And our relationship, you know, it’S… I’m always feeling like I have to impress him or I’m gonna let him down. And now kyle’s there and I know he wants my job and I know diane wants to give it to him. If I’m being honest, I think jack does deep down too. So, I know any misstep and I fall out of the good graces of jack abbott. And I prove him right all over again.

Chelsea: Don’t you feel the same need to impress your mom?

Billy: I’ve let my mom down many times, no doubt, but I know she has complete faith in me.

Chelsea: Yeah. A mother’s loyalty.

Billy: And she doesn’t have anyone. Jack’s got to ashley, diane, and kyle, and my mom, she’s there by herself on that side of the table and she doesn’t do vulnerable very often. I can see it in her, she needs me there. And that, that means something to me.

Chelsea: I hear saint tropez is better in the summer anyway. Sounds like you have somewhere important you need to be.

Audra: You got him to reveal his plan even though I told you I’d take care of it.

Kyle: Tucker showed up, came on strong. I made a calculated decision to go after him.

Audra: Seems like it worked.

Kyle: Yeah. I don’t know.

Audra: You don’t believe him.

Kyle: I don’t buy that his plan is to out my mom or billy as the mole. There would be no proof. Breadcrumbs will lead to the guilty party in a last-minute call? Who’s gonna leave those breadcrumbs, audra? He may believe that I would set up billy, but he would never trust me to set up my own mother.

Audra: Well, you know, maybe he just doesn’t want to reveal that part of his strategy yet. You know, tucker likes to be in control. He wouldn’t have told you the whole thing before he has proof you’re gonna get him what he wants.

Kyle: No. I think he has revealed his plan. He plans to pin it on me. I’m his sacrificial lamb. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he plans to double-cross you in the same way. It’s up to me to turn tucker’s plan against him before he turns it against us. So, are you with me? Or are you sticking with tucker?

Tucker: You have a price?

Ashley: Yeah. I just texted it to you.

Tucker: Well, you’re not kidding around, are you?

Ashley: Take it or leave it. Unless you need more time?

Tucker: No, it’s fine.

Ashley: Great. Um, I’ve already drawn up the paperwork, so my attorney will be sending the contracts over to you.

Tucker: Okay. And my lawyer will look it over.

Ashley: Perfect. I’m sure she’ll find everything in order. As you said, I want to get this done as soon as possible. Bye bye.

Tucker: Goodbye.

Ashley: Done. Now, we wait.

Jack: Dare I say, for the first time, I am feeling close to victory. Finally, we will put an end to tucker mccall.

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Tucker: Ha. Champagne for everyone.

Cole: We found your dna at the lake house.

Victoria: And we tested it against ours.

Claire: Tell me who I am.

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Phyllis: Oh, hey.

Danny: Hello.

Phyllis: Hi. I was hoping to find daniel here.

Danny: He just took off for a meeting.

Phyllis: Oh, I should know that since I’m his employee.

Danny: Well, I’m sure you can meet up with him over at the office.

Phyllis: Oh, no, that won’t do. Um, I just brought him this housewarming gift. It’s a succulent. They tell me you can’t kill them.

Danny: Oh.

Phyllis: Sort of like me.

Danny: Okay.

Phyllis: Too soon?

Danny: Yeah.

[ Both laughing ]

Phyllis: Okay. Maybe I could just drop it off inside and somewhere where he’ll see it.

Danny: Oh, of course. Yeah. Come on in.

Phyllis: Thank you. I’ll just put it here. Are you working?

Danny: Yes.

Phyllis: Nice setup you have.

Danny: Oh, thank you.

Phyllis: Yeah. Well, I was hoping that I could maybe take daniel out to lunch, but since he’s not here… I mean, I don’t want to screw up your– your genius, creative flow. But maybe I can whisk you away instead.

Chase: Christine.

Christine: Hey. How are you feeling?

Chase: I’m good. I’m good. All healed up.

Christine: Oh, I’m so glad. I mean, a bullet isn’t exactly a great way to welcome in the new chief of police of genoa city. And congratulations again, by the way. You are exactly what the department needs.

Chase: About that. Um, do you mind?

Christine: Yeah.

Chase: Well, I’ve been meaning to call you. I’m, uh, I’m officially leaving the force.

Christine: What? You’re stepping down?

Chase: Yep. Paperwork’s already rolling and everything.

Christine: Oh, this because you were shot? Look, I understand how traumatic that could be. Not only for you but for the people who love you. But, chance, this is a drastic decision. Are you sure?

Chance: Yeah. I’ve given this a lot of thought. You know, it wasn’t spur of the moment or anything.

Christine: I’m just surprised. Righting wrongs, capturing the bad guys. That’s who you are. It’s– it’s been your life for as long as I can remember.

Chloe: Are you trying the peppermint mocha? Because I heard it’s delicious.

Nick: Yeah. Esther’s been pushing that pretty hard lately. It’s making me suspicious. I’m just gonna stick with my tea. See you.

Chloe: Hey, are– are you okay?

Nick: Yeah.

Chloe: Yeah? No– no, you’re not. And I know why.

Nick: You do?

Chloe: Sally.

Nick: Okay. We’re not gonna do this.

Chloe: No, nick. Wait. But really I–

Nick: Chloe, my relationship with sally is strictly professional now. And I’m fine with that.

Chloe: Well, I’m not. Look, I– I– I see– I see that it’s happening with my own two eyes. I mean, adam is pulling her back into his evil vortex.

Nick: That’s not my problem.

> Chloe: Yes, it is. You and sally were perfect. You can’t just throw that away. You have to make it work. You have to at least try.

Adam: This is good.

Sally: Yeah. Yeah. Good.

Adam: Mhm-hm. It’s not awkward at all.

Sally: It didn’t even cross my mind.

Adam: I just really don’t want to mess this up. I mean, not that there is anything to mess up. We’re just– just having lunch.

Sally: Yeah. I mean, what could go wrong?

Adam: With us? Everything. Or everything could go very right.

Sally: So, how do we do this whole nondate thing?

Adam: Well, um, I’m gonna have a salad. You’ll probably have a cheeseburger. Rare. And an iced tea because it’s a workday.

Sally: Well, you know me. And you have really thought this through.

Adam: I have. Because this is where we do best. The now. Just you, me, and the daily specials. Not the past, not the future.

Sally: What if I want dessert?

Adam: Oh, dessert is always available.

Sally: Do you really think that we can hit the reset button?

Adam: I’m sure as hell willing to try. And I’m hoping that you are too.

Jordan: It won’t be long now, eve. I promise you that, my sister. The high and mighty newman family will get exactly what they deserve. Every last one of them. And they will never see it coming. Oh, finally, an apb. Took ’em long enough. Oh, not a very flattering picture. “Anyone having any information should call the genoa city anonymous tip line. Immediately.”

Victor: I understand that you’re about to take on claire grace’s case.

Michael: Victor, before you bust my chops–

Victor: I’m not here to criticize you.

Michael: You aren’t?

Victor: No. I understand victoria’s compassion to want to help that woman. Okay? However, I’m concerned about the emotional doors this will open for victoria.

Michael: Meaning?

Victor: Victoria is not as tough as you think she is. Nor is nikki. They’re more fragile, especially after what they’ve gone through. That didn’t stop when we got home. This woman is still a danger. And I’m gonna protect my family come hell or high water.

Victoria: Mom? Hi.

Nikki: Hi, darling.

Victoria: You okay?

Nikki: What is it? What’s wrong?

Victoria: I can’t believe this is happening. So I didn’t think I needed swiffer,

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Victor: I’ve gotta be honest with you, as concerned as I am about…. nikki and what they did to her, pumping all that alcohol into her veins. Who knows what consequence that will have? I’m also concerned about victoria. This crazy woman nearly killed her. And now claims to be her daughter. This is utter madness.

Michael: A crazy woman who in fact saved all of your lives.

Victor: Wait a minute. Are you defending this monster?

Michael: Look, I’m convinced that jordan is a bona fide card-carrying monster. But claire grace, maybe not so much.

Victor: They can’t take the lawyer out of you. Can they? You’ve already taken on her case, haven’t you? Huh?

Michael: I met with claire. I heard what she had to say. There’s some real pain there, victor.

Victor: Give me a break, will you? Are you crazy or what? She’s putting you on. She’s pulling your leg. She’s nuts.

Michael: She’s also confused and troubled and someone’s child. Maybe even victoria and cole’S.

Victor: You don’t really believe that, do you?

Michael: We won’t know until the dna results come back. But whatever the case, claire deserves to find out who she is. She needs some help.

Victor: What if you work your lawyerly magic and this woman goes free? She comes back to haunt us.

Michael: What if we work our magic? And that woman actually has an opportunity to have a real life?

Victor: Let me make myself very clear. She nearly killed all of us. I want that woman behind bars.

Michael: Even if she’s your granddaughter?

Victor: Will you stop this nonsense?

Michael: All right. I’m going to be at claire’s arraignment today in oregon.

Victor: Wait a minute. I do not wish you good luck. You got that?

Nikki: What is it, darling? What is happening?

Victoria: Michael has agreed to take claire’s case.

Nikki: He has?

Victoria: Yes. He spoke with her at length. And he is as convinced as cole and I that claire is just as much a victim of jordan’s as we were.

Nikki: Well, she’s either a victim or an award-winning actress.

Victoria: I know, mom. I know that more questions need to be answered, but michael is on his way to oregon now for her arraignment. So claire could be– she could be free on bail by today.

Nikki: Are you kidding me?

Victoria: Look, we wanted to move quickly on this, whatever it takes.

Nikki: Let me guess. You’re posting her bail?

Victoria: Well, claire doesn’t have anyone else.

Nikki: Sweetheart. Do you really think this is a good idea?

Victoria: I don’t know if it’s a good idea. I don’t know. But it’s– it’s the right thing to do.

Nikki: And because of your big heart, that psychotic young woman could be out on the streets, running loose. God knows where. Honey, could you please get me a drink of water?

Victoria: Yeah, of course. Cole and I discussed it with michael and he’s gonna do some legal maneuvering to see if he can get claire relocated to genoa city.

Nikki: What? I mean, you’re not expecting her to live with you, are you?

Victoria: No, mom. Of course not. The goal is to have her placed in a mental health facility where she can start receiving the treatment that she needs immediately.

Nikki: She’s really gotten to you, hasn’t she?

Victoria: Look, claire was scared and she was really confused. But when she found out that jordan had lied to her, and used her and groomed her all this time… she really regretted everything that she had done.

Nikki: Maybe. Or maybe this is part of a bigger scheme. Feeding on your compassion and your uncertainty as to whether she really is your daughter. And like magic, you get an amazing attorney. She goes free. She finds jordan and the two of them launch another deadly campaign on our family.

Jordan: Is this the genoa city police tip line? I have information about that woman you’re looking for. I’m afraid she’s gonna do something to hurt that poor newman family again.

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Adam: Oh, I– I almost forgot. You used to douse your burger and fries in this.

Sally: Is this safe? Bringing our past into our lunch?

Adam: You know, hot sauce is– is timeless.

Sally: Well, you speak the truth, sir.

Adam: So how’s work?

Sally: Yeah. It’s great. I wake up every single morning, excited for the possibilities and all of our projects. And now that I have my wing woman working with me again, the sky is the limit.

Adam: I’m glad that chloe came on board.

Sally: Are you?

Adam: I know that she despises me.

Sally: Well, I wouldn’t say that she despises you.

Adam: You wouldn’t say that?

Sally: Chloe… hates you to the bone.

Adam: Thank you.

Sally: Well–

Adam: For that.

Sally: Just keeping it real.

Adam: Regardless of how chloe feels about me. I’m just glad that you’re working with a friend. And someone you trust. Someone that will… you know, always have your back.

Nick: It is not my job to save sally from adam. She needs to figure that out on her own.

Chloe: But you and sally were magic.

Nick: Look, I liked what we had. I thought it was good, but… adam did what he does best. He blew it up.

Chloe: Okay. So then un-blow it up, nick. Help her see who he really is.

Nick: It’s too late for that.

Chloe: No, it’s not. Because there’s still a chance for you and sally.

Nick: Chloe, adam is a disaster.

Chloe: Yeah. Well, I’m not gonna argue with you on that.

Nick: And everybody knows that and they steer clear of him. But not sally. She knows exactly who he is. And she was willing to risk everything to be with him. That tells me everything I need to know.

Chloe: Okay. And that’s exactly why you need to do something. I mean, nothing about the situation with adam is rational. He has confused her. He has messed with her mind. Sally cannot be held responsible.

Nick: Sally’s an adult.

Chloe: And you abandoned her.

Nick: No, I did not. I backed away so I could give her some time to figure things out on her own.

Chloe: Well, guess what? Sally thinks you don’t want to be with her. All she needs is for you to say that you want to give your relationship another chance. And she will make the right decision. I mean, nick, if you really love her, how can you give up so easily?

Victoria: Mom, if claire sincerely wants to get better, doesn’t she deserve a chance?

Nikki: You’re closer to believing she actually is your daughter, aren’t you?

Victoria: I’m waiting for the dna results.

Nikki: Well, and that’s another thing. You said that claire only agreed to a dna test if you got her an attorney. My, she’s the self-serving sort, isn’t she? What if she changes her mind?

Victoria: Cole and i already thought of that. We didn’t get a– a sample from her directly. Cole went back to the lake house and he found– he found some items with her dna. And he took those and samples from us to get a rush dna test.

Nikki: Good. Then you’ll have your answers with or without her cooperation.

Victoria: Yes, we will. We will.

Nikki: You know what I think?

Victoria: I’m sure you’re going to tell me, mom.

Nikki: I think that she is playing on your confusion and compassion and using it to her own advantage. And honey, no good can come from that.

Victoria: She might be my daughter.

Nikki: I know. But baby, even if she is so much time has passed. You can’t go back.

Victoria: I know. I know.

Nikki: So… what are you hoping for in the future?

Victoria: I can’t even begin to think about that. That this baby that cole and I… mourned all these years, could be alive. It’s just– it’s really too much. I just– I have to focus on what’s in front of me right now. Which is a very damaged young woman, who needs help. Who’s been horribly corrupted and manipulated by jordan’s obsession with our family.

Jordan: I saw a woman matching the description right here in genoa city. At the south side motel. It was terrifying. I felt if– if she came all this way, she must be up to something no good. So I wanted to call you pronto. Yes. The south side motel. 4836 north laurel drive. Room 158. You’re welcome. I’m very happy to help you bring this evil woman to justice. It won’t be long now.

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Phyllis: Is this new music you’re working on?

Danny: Yeah. It’s, uh, a new song I’m fine-tuning. Gonna put it on the new album.

Phyllis: New album? Oh, my gosh, danny. That’s so exciting.

Danny: Yeah. It’s been a long time. I can’t tell you how, um, energized I feel. I mean, it’s gonna be so good getting back into the recording studio.

Phyllis: I’m so excited for you. Hey, that song that I helped you with, is that gonna be on your new album?

Danny: Absolutely.

Phyllis: Gosh, I love that. I helped you with that bridge thing you said, right?

Danny: Yeah.

Phyllis: You said that I inspired you.

Danny: That’s right. You did.

Phyllis: I love that. I’m sort of like your muse, right? Unless christine is your muse?

Danny: You know what? I am really hungry and I am going to take you up on that lunch offer. What do you say?

Chance: It wasn’t an easy decision. But it’s the right one.

Christine: I understand that. I’m sure your mom’s thrilled.

Chance: Yeah. That’s putting it mildly.

Christine: So, have you given any thoughts of what you’re gonna do?

Chance: Well, jill has offered me a position at chancellor-winters.

Christine: Huh. Ah, the corporate world.

Chance: You say it like it’s a bad thing.

Christine: Chance… you have saved lives. You’ve protected people who can’t protect themselves. You’re the best of the best. The world needs more chance chancellors, not more businessmen.

Chance: Not everybody in business is a ruthless cutthroat, you know? Who knows? Maybe I’ll do some good.

Christine: Of course, you– I have– I have no doubt. I shouldn’t be negative. I should wish you well and say all the best, but…

[ Sighs ] There is just this part of me that finds it hard to believe that you’re gonna be able to walk away from something that’s so important to you.

Chance: Yeah.

Victor: There you are, my sweetheart.

Victoria: Hi, dad. It’s so good to see you.

Victor: Same to you. How are you?

Nikki: I’m fine.

Victor: Yeah?

Nikki: I came home from work early today but I’m okay.

Victor: Okay. You haven’t heard a word from that, uh, jordan woman?

Nikki: No.

Victor: Maybe that’s because they’re closing in on her.

Nikki: They have a lead?

Victor: They saw a woman fitting her description checking into a motel on the outskirts of town.

Nikki: Oh, my god. She’s here, in genoa city?

Victor: No one is sure yet. I’m going to check it out. Okay?

Victoria: If jordan is in town, then she’s not done with us.

Victor: That’s right. That is why, my sweetheart, you need to stay here at the ranch. I want you to be safe and sound.

Nikki: You want me to hide?

Victor: No, sweetheart, I want you to be safe.

Nikki: Victor, no. I’m not going to let that woman keep me prisoner ever again.

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Nick: Nothing about this has been easy. But I’ve accepted it. Sally wants adam. It’s who she’s always wanted.

Chloe: No. That is– is not true. Adam is tricking sally to make her believe he is what she wants. He’s just manipulating her. You are the one, nick. You are the one that she needs. You are the one that can love her the way that she deserves to be loved. Adam is just gonna break her heart, again. And I cannot stand by and watch that snake turn my friend into roadkill again.

Nick: Um, the fact that you’ve always been in my corner means a lot. Thank you. It’s gonna work out. All right? Maybe not the way you were hoping, but it will work out.

Chloe: Nick. Nick. You– you are sweet and dreamy. And strong and sane. Sally is so great. You could be great together. All you have to do is fight for her. Please.

Sally: Am I leaving the now zone if I ask how things are going at newman? Are you and your dad still hugging it out?

Adam: We are.

Sally: Well, victor. Who knew he had it in him?

Adam: Yeah, it’s a whole new era of… positive connection, and… communication. At least for now.

Sally: Man, wild. I mean, you went back to newman to… try and tear it apart. Now you’re like teacher’s pet. I really don’t even understand how that’s possible.

Adam: Well, you know, there is this radical concept called honesty.

Sally: Honesty? Novel approach for you.

Adam: I know, right?

Sally: It’s a big risk. It could have totally backfired.

Adam: Well, it was worth the risk, to be honest with you. When I believed that victor was ill… everything shifted. I mean, how I felt about him. Everything that I thought I knew. And then it hit me. I’m not ready to let the old man go.

Sally: Because you love him?

Adam: If we’re keeping it real? More like if victor and i are destined to battle to the death… I’m gonna need him in peak form.

Victor: Sweetheart, there’s nothing wrong with staying at home and working from here for a few days.

Nikki: I will not let jordan win.

Victor: Listen to me. That woman is very dangerous, and you know it. And she’s targeting you specifically.

Victoria: I wonder why she’s targeting you, mom, instead of dad? I mean, you’re the one that her sister seemed so obsessed with.

Victor: That’s an old story. Okay? I once had an affair with her sister, eve howard. And I rejected her. A nutcase as well. This jordan woman never got over it. So she wants to get even with me by hurting my wife. Oh, good. My man is at the motel. What? But they found evidence that the jordan woman is intending to do some more damage.

Nikki: But she isn’t there?

[ Victor sighs ]

Victor: No. I’m gonna go there myself and check it out. One second here. Nicholas.

Nick: What’s up, dad?

Victor: Listen, there’s some development regarding this jordan woman. So meet me at the athletic club, okay?

Nick: Yeah. I’m on my way.

Victor: All right. Thank you. You stay here.

Nikki: All right.

Victor: Thank you. I want you to be safe. Okay, my darling, I’ll keep you informed, okay?

Victoria: Oh, and daddy, please be careful.

Victor: Okay.

Nikki: Jordan in genoa city. That is terrifying.

Victoria: Mom, I was gonna go into the office but I can just as easily work from here. I don’t want you to be alone.

Nikki: No, honey, don’t worry about me. I’ll– I’ll be fine.

Summer: Hey, you.

Chance: Hi.

Summer: This looks kind of serious.

Christine: Chance was just telling me about his plans to leave the force.

Summer: And I take it you don’t approve of his decision?

Christine: Well, I mean, it’s gonna take some getting used to. Protect and serve is in this man’s dna. I’m having a little bit of a hard time picturing him in an office with numbers and quarterly reports.

Summer: Well, luckily, business is also in his dna. So I think he’s gonna be amazing.

Christine: Yeah. I have no doubt.

Chance: Well, you’re making some changes as well, right? You’re stepping down from da. Getting into pro bono work, I hear.

Christine: Mhm-hm. It’s a way I can help people who need it the most. Listen, I, um, I really wish you the best. Okay?

Chance: Thank you. Same to you.

Christine: Thanks. I’ll see you soon.

Chance: See you.

[ Phyllis laughing ] Mr. Clean magic eraser powers

Phyllis: Cricket. What a surprise.

Christine: It certainly is.

Danny: Yeah, uh, phyllis came by to take daniel for lunch and I, you know, I was there and she got me instead.

Christine: She did.

Phyllis: He was working so hard on his album. Do you know that I inspired one of his songs?

Christine: Really?

Phyllis: He was working so hard. I just begged him to go out with me and he graciously accepted my invitation.

Christine: Yeah. That’s– that’s danny. Gracious to a fault.

Phyllis: Well, anyway, I don’t want to keep you. You seem like you’re on your way out, so…

Christine: Can I talk to you for a sec?

Danny: Yeah, of course. Um, I’ll, uh, I’ll be right back.

Phyllis: Okay.

Danny: Hey. Is everything okay?

Christine: Having lunch with phyllis? Really? We had such a wonderful night. I thought, I– I don’t know. It meant a lot to me. So did I get that wrong? Because now you’re here with her, I…

Danny: Cricket…

Christine: Okay. Wait, I– I just heard what I said back. I sound like a jealous teenager.

Phyllis: So, you guys catching a little lunch?

Summer: Uh, no, we just, um, ran into each other here.

Chance: Yeah.

Phyllis: Same with danny and me.

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Victor: Ah, there you are. So… what are you looking at?

Victoria: I don’t want to leave you, mom. It just doesn’t feel right.

Nikki: Don’t be silly, darling. I’ll be perfectly fine.

Victoria: Are you sure?

Nikki: Our security team is already on high alert. You’re just as– just as bad as your father.

Victoria: It’s because I love you.

Nikki: Well, that’s what he always says too. But don’t worry, I will be perfectly fine. I love you too.

Victoria: All right. Just make sure that you call me if that jordan woman texts you anything.

Nikki: I will.

Victoria: Okay. I love you.

Nikki: Love you.

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Victor: You need to let this go, son.

Nick: Someone had almost convinced me otherwise. But it looks like sally’s exactly where she wants to be.

Adam: Dessert?

Sally: If I have dessert, I am going to need a nap. And I have a full afternoon ahead of me. So, um… I’m sure you do too.

Adam: I do.

[ Sally sighs ]

[ Sally chuckles ]

Sally: Is it getting weird again?

Adam: Nope, not at all. I’m just trying to figure out how to proceed.

Sally: Sounds tricky.

Adam: I think this went pretty well.

Sally: Surprisingly.

Adam: So, what do you think? Are we ready for a straight-up date or is that moving too fast? Where we get a picnic in the park.

Sally: It’s december.

Adam: Cocktails, then. I mean, I don’t want to push.

Sally: I think we should just go for it. It’s kind of our style.

Adam: For better or worse?

Sally: Then dinner it is.

Danny: Phyllis and I, we– we share a son, and… she’s struggling right now.

Christine: Yeah. But she’s brought that on herself.

Danny: Yes. She has. But she is trying so hard right now to–

Christine: Yeah. I know. I know. Be a better person.

Danny: And I believe it. She just needs some help getting there, you know? And… this lunch with phyllis is, it’s really just two old friends enjoying themselves. And– and reconnecting. And that’s it.

Christine: Is that what dinner was? Just two old friends enjoying each other?

Danny: No. No, I– I’d like to think our dinner was about the future. Not the past. And I– I really hope we can do it again.

Christine: So do I.

Victor: Good work.

Nick: Thank you.

Victor: Well, I’ll be damned.

Nick: Looks like jordan brought all of her favorite things, including her sister.

Victor: Something about this doesn’t seem right.

Nick: What do you mean?

Victor: Too easy. Just a tip to come here? This is obviously a setup.

Claire: They said I had a visitor but I didn’t expect it to be you.

Michael: Who were you expecting?

Claire: Good point.

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Michael: You did ask for my help, claire. Didn’t you?

Claire: Yeah, but i didn’t think you’d actually come back.

Michael: Well, I’m here. And this is what we’re gonna do. I’m going to request your immediate release so that you can enter a mental health diversion program.

Claire: It’s that simple?

Michael: Well, there’s a mountain of paperwork to be filed and judges to be convinced along the way. But, um, yes… it’s relatively simple. However, there is one thing I’m gonna need you to do.

Claire: What’s that?

Michael: Plead guilty by reason of insanity.

Jordan: It’s perfect. It’s absolutely perfect.

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Daniel: Hey.

Heather: Sorry, I probably– I should have called first.

Daniel: No, no, no, it’s fine. Come on in, please.

Heather: Okay. I just picked up the keys to our new place and lucy said you were here, so I thought I would drop them by. We are so excited about the move. The place you found is perfect for us.

Daniel: Good. Good. Glad it’s all falling into place. You guys are gonna be all settled in soon.

Heather: Yes. Um, I really– I can’t thank you enough. I bought you a coffee on me. It’s the least I could do.

Daniel: Thank you.

Heather: Yeah, I– I almost got one for lily, but I just– I figured she probably wouldn’t be here. She’d be at the office already.

Daniel: No, no, no. She’s not here and she’s not at the office either.

Heather: No?

Daniel: No. Uh, lily actually had to leave town for a bit and she’s probably gonna be gone for a while. Um, hang on, let me go throw some clothes on real quick.

Audra: Nikki, you’re here. Thank god you’re okay. I was so worried about you. I heard you had some sort of seizure.

Nikki: You were misinformed. There was no seizure.

Audra: But I thought–

Nikki: No seizure, okay. I’m fine.

Audra: Right. Well, you know, there are quite a few things that we need to go over. I– I left you a few voicemails. And, you know, I haven’t been able to get a hold of claire either. I mean, where is she, by the way? She hasn’t called me back.

Nikki: Don’t ask me about her. I don’t want to talk about her.

Nate: I’m really looking forward to digging into this new position.

Devon: I’m looking forward to seeing what you can do. Hopefully, we can make it work this time.

Nate: Count on it. So, um, tell me more about the product and content development position. Are there, um, specific, uh, projects you want me to focus on or?

Devon: Yes, I actually want you to take a look at the portfolio of our top priorities and give us your thoughts. Give us some of that big idea thinking that you showed us before.

Nate: Great. I’m sure I can handle that.

Devon: Good. Good. I also want to introduce you to a new employee that we just hired away from one of our biggest competitors. She’s very, very knowledgeable. She’s got a lot of background. Got a lot of resources I think we could use. And I figured if anybody can pick her brain and try to figure out how to maximize her value, it’s you.

Nate: Got it. Again, I appreciate the confidence.

Devon: For sure. And also know that with lily being away, I’m probably gonna be asking a little more of you than I usually would, so just be ready for that.

Nate: Okay. I have no distractions. My uh, total focus will be on chancellor-winters. I don’t want lily to feel like she has to rush back if her daughter needs her.

Devon: That’s good to hear.

Nate: That’s what family is for. Again, man, um, thank you. Thank you for giving me another shot. It feels good to be, you know, accepted back into the company. But most importantly, the family.

Devon: Well, it’s– it’s good to have you back, but you gotta stop thanking me so much. We’re never gonna get any work done.

Nate: Uh, it’s just, uh, it’s just gonna be a relief to, you know, to focus just on the work instead of constantly looking over your shoulder. You know, covering your ass because of the nonstop newman family politics. That can be exhausting.

Devon: I can imagine. But you’re done with them now. You’re with us.

Nate: All right. And I don’t want to dwell on that. I’m just grateful for the chance to show you, lily, and uh, aunt mamie that you made the right decision in putting your faith in me.

Devon: Well, I believe you. So enough with the gratitude for today. Let’s get to work, all right? As a teenager I struggled with acne.

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Nate: Well, I, uh, better get busy. I will take a look at that portfolio you mentioned.

Devon: Cool.

Nate: And, uh, I’ll see you see you back at the office.

Devon: Sounds good. I’ll be there soon.

Nate: Victoria.

Victoria: Hello, nate. Devon.

Devon: Hi, victoria.

Victoria: Hi.

Devon: How you doing?

Victoria: It’s nice to see you. I’m doing well. Uh, it’s good to see you and nate getting along. I mean, it seems like tensions have eased between the two of you.

Devon: Oh, yeah. It’s a good thing, right?

Victoria: Yeah. It’s great. It’s great. Um, could that mean that he’s back at chancellor-winters?

Devon: Huh. Yeah, actually. Just on a trial basis though. We did our due diligence and know what went down at newman.

Victoria: Hm. Yeah. I’m sure you were very thorough.

Devon: Oh, yeah. Extremely. But it’s important to my family to have him back at the company, so it’s important to me.

Victoria: I couldn’t agree with you more. And for what it’s worth, I don’t think he set out to undermine or betray my dad. I know him. I know the kind of person he is and I– I know that he had my father’s best interests at heart.

Devon: That’s very nice to hear considering how the rest of your family feels. ‘Cause I know victor has made it clear that he’s lost all trust in nate.

Victoria: Well, he’s wrong. You know, sometimes the people that we suspect the worst of aren’t the true enemy. Anyway.

Devon: Well…

Victoria: Oh, cole, I don’t know if you’ve ever met devon.

Cole: No.

Victoria: Neil winter’s son.

Cole: Oh, is that right?

Victoria: Yeah.

Cole: Yeah. I always remember neil as being such a good friend to victoria.

Devon: Oh, yeah. Yeah. He was the best. It’s a pleasure to meet you though.

Cole: You as well.

Devon: I have to take off, but I’m sure I’ll be seeing the two of you around.

Victoria: All right. See you around.

Devon: Take care. Good to meet you.

Cole: You as well. Thank you.

Victoria: Okay, you’re back. So, how did things go with the lake house?

Cole: It was like stepping back into a living hell.

Nikki: I’m sorry, audra. I shouldn’t have lashed out at you like that. There’s no way that you could know this, so I will tell you. Claire does not work here anymore.

Audra: What? I don’t understand.

Nikki: She’s not the person she presented herself to be. It was all a charade.

Audra: A charade?

Nikki: She lied and manipulated her way into this company to set a trap for me and my family.

Audra: Okay. I’m sorry, nikki, but this just doesn’t make any sense.

Nikki: You are correct. It does not make any sense. That girl is a psychopath. She and this other woman who claimed to be her aunt tried to kill us. Me, victor, victoria, nicholas, all of us.

Audra: Oh, my god. Is– is everyone all right?

Nikki: Yes, we all survived. Thank god, but it could have ended very differently.

Audra: Nikki, I– why would she do that?

Nikki: Who knows what goes on in her twisted mind? All I know is she and her aunt lured us to oregon to kill us. And she used me as bait to get them there.

Audra: So claire, the– the sweet, ambitious go getter. That was all an act?

Nikki: Ah, she’s a very good actress.

Audra: She fooled us all. But you know, I had this nagging feeling that something about her wasn’t quite trustworthy. But nothing that would approach the level of evil you’re talking about.

Nikki: All right. Now, our family needs your discretion. Can I trust you to keep our confidence?

Audra: Yeah, of course. You must still be reeling from everything you went through.

Nikki: It was a horrific ordeal.

Audra: Well, do you want to take some time off? Yeah, I can hold down the fort and cover things here.

Nikki: No, no. I think I need the distraction of work right now. Something for my mind to focus on. Um, why don’t you fill me in on what went on here? Why were you trying to reach me? Let’s start there.

Heather: Mattie really, really needs her mother at a time like this. I mean, she– she has to be devastated.

Daniel: Yeah. I spoke with lily earlier. Mattie’s still pretty broken up about everything. Fortunately, she escaped the fire without being harmed, but she was close to the professor that lost his life.

Heather: It must be traumatic for everyone involved. I mean, I’m sure lily’s probably gonna want to be there as long as her daughter needs her. Don’t you think?

Daniel: Probably. I just keep thinking about how I would react if lucy had to deal with something like this.

Heather: Oh, no, no, no. The– the– the thought alone is upsetting enough.

Daniel: The worrying, the waiting. The not knowing if they’re okay. And then after the fact, watching them go through dealing with the loss of someone, you know, that she was close to.

Heather: Yeah. I mean, you just want to be there for your little girl in every possible way.

Daniel: Makes me think about all the times that I missed with her. You know, the times that I wasn’t there for her.

Heather: Well, you are there now. Isn’t that what really matters? When you have chronic kidney disease…

Daniel: Thank you.

Heather: You’re thanking me?

Daniel: Mm-hmm. For being so supportive. You could easily still be angry with me for how I spiraled out back in savannah.

Heather: Daniel, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I am inspired and amazed and impressed how you turned your life around. Lucy and I were just talking about it the other day. We feel like we have the man back that we thought we had lost, but better. So, let’s put that pain and hurt behind us. How does that sound?

Daniel: Pretty damn good. And you have no idea how much your forgiveness means to me.

Heather: You are doing the hard part. I’m just recognizing the changes that you made.

Daniel: Well, that makes all my hard work worth it then. But you know, I’m still never going to forgive myself for the way I treated you and lucy.

Heather: Okay. But the good news is as far as your daughter is concerned, you have more than made up for it. I mean, she loves being here with you. And that’s a beautiful thing that we can give her.

Daniel: No. Yeah. Me and my dad, he, uh, said something to me earlier that really resonated with me. Um… he was talking about how you should never waste a single moment that you’re given. I think moving forward, that’s exactly what I intend to do.

Heather: Your dad is a very wise man. But has he shared with you his secret pasta sauce recipe?

Daniel: No. And he’s being a real jerk about it too. I guess all of that, you know, make every moment matter crap doesn’t apply to spaghetti.

Abby: Hey, don’t forget to give me your inventory list. I’m gonna put in an order this afternoon. Thanks. Oh, hello.

Devon: Hey, pretty lady.

Abby: Oh, my favorite customer in the house.

Devon: How you doing?

Abby: Something’s bothering you. What’s up?

Devon: What? You can tell? That I was doing a good job at being positive today.

Abby: About what?

Devon: Oh, it’s nate’s first official day back at the company.

Abby: Mm. That’s a good thing, right? I mean, especially with lily being out of town, I would think you’d need the extra help?

Devon: That’s what I thought too. Until your sister showed up where we were at.

Abby: Victoria?

Devon: Mm-hmm. Things were going pretty well between me and nate and then this cold breeze blew in the room.

Abby: Ah, I take it that nate and victoria haven’t smoothed things over?

Devon: Does not seem like it, no. And now, I’m worried because nate’s essentially coming off this one-two punch of getting fired by victor and possibly ended things with victoria. And I’m sure he’s affected by it, which is understandable. I just don’t want him to get distracted at a time though when we really need him to be focused.

Abby: Devon, please don’t tell me that you’re feeling like rehiring your cousin was a mistake.

Audra: The marketing campaign to launch the new website is– starts to drop next week. Everything’s in place, uh, for all the hits it’s expected to generate.

Nikki: Good. That…

Audra: Um, and the contracts haven’t come back from legal for that celebrity blog we wanted to acquire. Unless you’ve changed your mind about that?

Nikki: She ne’er shall force an echo more.

Audra: Nikki.

Nikki: Thrilling to think. Poor child of sin.

Audra: Nikki.

Nikki: It was the dead who groaned with it. Claire!

Audra: Nikki! Are you all right?

Victoria: I don’t know how you did it.

Cole: Believe me. It wasn’t easy. The police had it all cordoned off as a crime scene and I had to find a way to try to sneak in without breaking that yellow tape.

Victoria: Going back into that place would have creeped me out.

Cole: I know it would have. And that’s why I did it. Believe me. It was, uh, it was very unsettling being back in that house again.

Victoria: Well, did you find anything that we can use?

Cole: Yeah, I found claire’s bedroom. And I grabbed a hairbrush, a toothbrush, a couple of other items just in case. So now, all we need is the samples from the two of us so the lab can compare them.

Victoria: God. I mean, the situation is just so crazy. Honestly, I’ve been an emotional wreck. I just keep thinking what if claire really is our– our little baby eve? But then, I mean, my mind just races, and then I think what if she’s not? And then it races in an– in another direction.

Cole: Either way, we’re gonna do everything we can to get her the help she needs.

Victoria: Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, we can’t turn our back on her. What can we do?

Cole: I think that we need to find some way to connect with her. I mean, she doesn’t deserve everything that my aunt brought down on her.

Victoria: Absolutely not.

Cole: You know, she– she could have lived an entirely different life.

Victoria: And if it turns out that we’re not her parents and this whole thing is– is just a lie, I honestly, I still want to find a way to help her.

Cole: I know what you mean. But we can’t do anything until we get the answers that we need.

Victoria: But even when we get the answers, it’s just gonna bring more questions. Kayaking is my thing.

Audra: Nikki? Did you hear anything I said?

Nikki: What? Um, what? What did you say?

Audra: I was asking if you still wanted to go through with the celebrity blog contract.

Nikki: Oh, yeah. Uh, celebrity blog… um, you know, maybe– maybe I haven’t completely gotten over this.

Audra: Yeah. You probably need some time to get it out of your system.

Nikki: What do you mean out of my system? Oh. Oh, yeah. It– it will take time.

Audra: Yeah. You know, that’s not an experience one gets over easily. I can only imagine the rage you must have felt. Still feel.

Nikki: I get so furious thinking about how vulnerable we were in the hands of claire and her aunt, but I have to get over it because I won’t let them win.

Audra: You know, I– I can understand that. I hate feeling even a hint of weakness in myself, you know. But sometimes circumstances are out of our control. It happens to the best of us. But day by day, little by little, you’ll get over the shock of it all and you’ll feel like your old rule the world self again.

Nikki: Yeah. Let’s hope so.

Audra: You know, I know what you need. How about we go out, grab some lunch and we can go over everything at the athletic club.

Nikki: You know, um, I don’t think so. I– I’m not quite ready to go out in public, but you go. Um, maybe you can bring me back a salad or something.

Audra: I don’t mean to overstep, you know, but it’s okay to lean on people sometimes. Even if you are the invincible nikki newman. There’s no shame in it. But I got you. One salad coming right up.

Nikki: Thank you. Would you mind closing the door behind you?

Daniel: So, you signed your lease, you picked up your keys, when do you officially move in?

Heather: Soon. Very, very soon. Lucy, she cannot wait.

Daniel: Well, you know, if you need any help, I’m available.

Heather: Oh, thank you. It’s not like we have a lot of heavy lifting to do though. I mean, we’re essentially moving out of the athletic club with our personal belongings and our stuff is being delivered out of storage later this week. Everything else is being shipped from portugal. But I really do appreciate the offer.

Daniel: Yeah. Of course. I gotta say though, I– I hope, I really, really, really hope that lucy is as bossy with you about her room as she was with me. That girl had a lot of demands.

Heather: Mm-hmm. Don’t I know. But I have a feeling she will not be happy until I hire the same decorator and recreate the magic, so thank you very much for that.

Daniel: What are you talking about? You can totally do it. You have like a great sense of design and style.

Heather: No, I– you must have forgotten. You’re the one with the creative eye and I’m the, uh, you know, the more practical one. And that’s– that’s why we were such a good team. And I’m afraid to say it, but our daughter does not appreciate my practical styling and she definitely inherited your artistic flair.

Daniel: Well, that can be more of a curse than a blessing.

Heather: Fair. Look, daniel, I– I don’t know if I’ve said it enough, but the both of us, we– we cannot thank you enough for everything you’ve done. I mean, from finding us the perfect place to live to putting in a good word at chancellor-winters. Did I tell you that I will be reporting there, um, for duty soon?

Daniel: Good. That’s fantastic. I’m– I’m– I am so happy that it’s all working out for you. You know, it means everything to me to have lucy so close again. I just want to say, I hope you know that you can always count on me.

Heather: Thank you. Can I count on you to join me for lunch? Man cannot survive on coffee alone. I don’t know if you’re aware of that fact? And uh, with everything you’ve done, fairly certain I owe you a sandwich.

Abby: I know that you were worried when nate got fired from newman, but honestly, I think my dad is just as much at fault with that stunt that he pulled.

Devon: Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, that was classic victor. I imagine it was very scary for your family to believe that he was losing his mind.

Abby: Yeah. I mean, I can’t believe he put them through that. They keep me out of the loop on most things, but I guess it’s a good thing because I’m out of the drama.

Devon: Yeah. I think it’s great you were spared from all that worrying.

Abby: But if nate was trying to put my dad away just so victoria could regain control of the company.

Devon: Well, nate claims that that was not his intent. That he was just looking out for the company and for your dad. And I want to believe him. We all do. Victoria seems to.

Abby: Well, that’s a good thing. I mean, she doesn’t give the benefit of the doubt to anyone. So, if she believes him…

Devon: Yeah. No, she definitely is on his side, but nate feels like she didn’t have his back. Which could create resentment. And then that could cloud his judgment. And I just don’t need him making any mistakes right now. So I didn’t think I needed swiffer,

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Abby: So much to do.

Devon: I know. You really don’t have anybody else.

Abby: Heather, daniel.

Daniel: Hey.

Abby: Did you stop by for a quick lunch? You’ve come to the right place.

Devon: It’s good to see you both.

Daniel: Yeah. I spoke with lily earlier today.

Devon: I did too. She called pretty early considering the time difference. She misses home.

Daniel: Yeah. I bet she does. But, you know, right now, she’s exactly where she needs to be. With mattie.

Devon: Yeah. Absolutely.

Abby: Well, heather, how is genoa city treating you? Are you getting all settled in?

Heather: Relocating can be stressful, but I’ve done my fair share of it. This– this move is going surprisingly smoothly.

Abby: Well, that’s great. Congratulations.

Heather: Thanks. I’m excited. I, uh, just got a new job at this amazing new company. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Chancellor-winters.

Abby: Wow. Yes, that is amazing.

Devon: I guess we can officially welcome you on board. So, I’m very happy to have your legal skills.

Heather: I’m very happy to be there. And now that daniel helped me find the perfect place to live, I am feeling a lot more balanced and settled than I have felt in a very, very long time.

Abby: Well, that says a lot since you’ve been living a glamorous european lifestyle.

Heather: Oh, no. I– I– I wouldn’t call it all that glamorous. When– when I got here, I rediscovered what centers me and I realized how unbalanced my life was in portugal. I had to take a good hard look at myself and I do accept that I made some bad decisions, for the wrong reasons.

Daniel: Well, I think you’re just being a little hard on yourself now.

Heather: No, no, no, no. I-m– I’m not. That’s why I cannot thank you enough for giving me the right reason to get away from– from all of it. So, moving my daughter back here to be closer to her dad made all the sense in the world.

Devon: Sure.

Heather: And now I’m in exactly the right place at just the right time.

Victoria: No, we need to be prepared for how we handle it if it is true.

Cole: It’s hard to face. We buried eve all of those years ago. We loved her. We grieved for her. It was painful. And it still haunts me.

Victoria: Well, I don’t feel like the hole in my heart ever healed because I always– I was hoping that…

Cole: I know.

Victoria: Maybe, we never lost her at all.

Cole: That would be a bit of a miracle.

Victoria: Yeah.

Cole: I’m sorry, vicky.

Victoria: For what?

Cole: I’m so– I’m sorry that you’re being put through this. I know how hard it must be for you.

Victoria: Well, it’s the same for you. It’s okay. I mean, we’ll get through it, right? No matter how things turn out with claire, we’ll just– we’ll be there for each other. Michael.

Cole: Hey.

Victoria: Hey. How did it go?

Cole: Did you meet with clare?

Michael: I did.

Victoria: And?

Michael: I can see now why you’re both so conflicted. My late father-in-law lit up a room,

Daniel: There you go.

Abby: There you go.

Heather: Thank you.

Abby: There you go.

Daniel: Thank you.

Abby: Let me know if you need anything.

Daniel: Yeah. So, when do you officially start the new gig?

Heather: Well, now that all the I’s are dotted, I’m hoping right away.

Daniel: That’s fantastic. I mean, I could really use you in the legal department. You know, in case any licensing issues happen to come up with the games.

Heather: Uh-huh. So, you’re already expecting some legal issues? Oh, I should warn you. I am not one of those loophole lawyers. I stick to the letter of the law.

Daniel: Yeah. I would assume you would.

Heather: When you seek the truth with all your heart, the road is paved with justice.

Daniel: Okay. Come on now. That’s a line straight out of chelsea’s game. Don’t tell me that you’ve played it.

Heather: Played it? I mean, I– I got to emotional warrior level 72.

Devon: Abby? What’s on your mind?

Abby: Nothing.

Devon: Really?

Abby: I was just thinking that it’s nice to see heather. I mean, she’s found her footing, you know, and she brought lucy here to be close to daniel. It’s good for a father and daughter to be close.

Devon: Yeah. It is. Why would it not be?

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Abby: When did you say lily was coming home again?

[ Knock on door ]

Nikki: Just a minute. Come in.

Audra: Your salad, as promised.

Nikki: Thanks. That was fast.

Audra: Huh, not as fast as it should have been. But you’re feeling better, I hope?

Nikki: Um, actually I’m feeling a little tired. I’m more worn out than I realized. I– I don’t know if I can make it for the full day.

Audra: You should go home. Get some rest. No, I– I can cover things here.

Nikki: Are you sure? I have a couple of meetings this afternoon.

Audra: Don’t worry about it. I’ll take care of it. You know, the most important thing is for you to recover.

Nikki: Well. All right.

Audra: Here. Take your salad.

Nikki: Oh.

Audra: Maybe you’ll feel better after you’ve eaten something.

Nikki: Yeah. Thank you. Thanks for everything.

Michael: Jordan really did one hell of a number on claire’s head. That young woman is deeply, deeply troubled.

Victoria: Well, from what she told us, she lived a pretty tragic life.

Michael: I had a hard time reconciling the scared, traumatized figure I met with the heinous act she’s being charged with.

Victoria: How is she holding up in jail?

Michael: You know, I think she’s a bit detached from the reality of it all. Clearly scared.

Cole: Oh, I would think anyone in her position would be.

Michael: She’s completely disillusioned. Feels there’s no one in her life that she could trust. Unsure of who she really is.

Victoria: Oh, what a nightmare.

Michael: I mean, claire seems to be paralyzed by the realization that someone she loved and thought loved her, her great aunt, kidnapped her at birth. Who could treat someone so cruelly? Look, in my professional opinion, if claire is sentenced, it will destroy, it will crush what’s left of her psyche. She needs psychiatric care, not a jail cell.

Cole: Listen, I know what she did is– is– is horrific and it’s unforgivable, but how much of this was coercion and grooming?

Michael: That will be up to the court to decide, but you still need to prove that she’s your daughter or not.

Cole: I have the items for a dna test.

Victoria: Does this mean that you’ll take her case?

Michael: I will. As long as the two of you are on board as well. If claire is sentenced, she is facing a huge prison term, so she needs all the help she can get. It will be a commitment from you financially and otherwise, but considering you don’t know who this girl really is…

Victoria: Um, we should get the dna results very soon.

Michael: That will clear up some things. But will it change how you feel about helping claire? Long after guests leave, viruses and bacteria linger.

Victoria: I still can’t process the fact that our daughter could still be alive and all grown up. I mean, it’s just too much for me to comprehend.

Cole: It’s– I– I’m not sure how we wrap our heads around all of this, but this young woman deserves a defense.

Victoria: Yeah. She– she deserves an attorney to work to get her out of prison and to– to get her the treatment that she needs.

Michael: Good. Then we’re all on the same page. Our defense will be based on jordan being the person to blame. She systematically crushed claire’s spirit and then brainwashed her into doing her bidding. She turned that poor girl into a monster and claire shouldn’t have to carry the blame for that.

Cole: You seem quite invested on helping her.

Michael: This is personal for me. I know how parents and parental figures can warp young minds. I had my own dark side to contend with when I was younger, so I know firsthand how destructive this sort of behavior can be. And I think anyone who hurts a kid that way should pay dearly. In this life and the next.

Devon: I’m actually not sure when lily’s coming back home. I know that charlie’s flying out from new york to spend the weekend with her and mattie.

Abby: That’s good. I mean, some family bonding time will be good. It’ll help mattie get through her trauma. I just, um– I have a feeling that daniel is going to miss lily a lot.

Daniel: Level 72. Wow, that is impressive. I mean, that takes some serious commitment to get in that deep.

Heather: Well, I had to familiarize myself with chancellor-winters content. Didn’t I? I mean, and how would i be totally effective at my new job if I didn’t do that? Besides, you have all those legal issues that you’re expecting that I need to prepare for.

Daniel: I knew it. You are a loophole lawyer, aren’t you?

Heather: Sh. In all seriousness though. I, um, I really found the game truly rewarding and challenging. I– I swear, I– I could not put it down.

Daniel: Well, that is high praise coming from you. You know, you hear it from critics, you hear it from strangers. But hearing you say it means a lot.

Heather: It was fun. And I feel like I even learned a few new things about myself in the process.

Daniel: I’m just proud that it’s taken off in ways that I never could have even imagined.

Heather: I’m proud of you too. I feel like you’ve finally found your niche in this world.

Daniel: I couldn’t agree more.

[ Phone ringing ]

Daniel: Excuse me. Oh, this is lily, I gotta take this. Excuse me. Hey. Yeah. What’s going on?

Nikki: Victor!

Victoria: Mom? Are you home?

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Chelsea: Hi.

Billy: Hi. You’re late.

Chelsea: Sorry.

Billy: Ah.

Chelsea: It was the traffic.

Billy: Very funny because you live right there.

Chelsea: Yes, I’m funny. What can I say?

Billy: I love you when you’re funny. You look great.

Chelsea: You’re just saying that because you missed me last night.

Billy: I did miss you last night. You know, it’s amazing what a man can get used to. I missed the kicks in the back and the stealing of covers and the snoring.

Chelsea: Never happened. If you got such a bad night’s sleep, why are you in such a good mood now?

Billy: Because of you. And the fact that I think we finally landed on a way forward to take down tucker once and for all.

Chelsea: Oh, well, that’s good news.

Billy: Yes. It’s a game changer. As long as everything goes according to plan. You should’ve saw my mom’s face. She was lit up when we finally decided what to do.

Chelsea: Wow. That’s incredible.

Billy: Yeah.

Chelsea: When can I hear all about it?

Billy: After I swear you to secrecy.

Ashley: Good morning.

Jack: Good morning.

Ashley: Is that smile for me?

Jack: It’s just nice to see you and not have to prepare for battle.

Ashley: Oh, sure. That’s what it is, jack. I have a feeling that me selling glacade to tucker is at the very top of your christmas list.

Jack: Well, ask santa. I’ve been a very good boy this year. How about giving me a little hint? Is the sale on or off?

Ashley: Well, as much as I would love to hold on to that company, I am actually considering your request.

Jack: Ashley, I’m telling you, giving that man control of the company could be our ticket to getting him out of our lives for good. That’s what we want, right?

Tucker: Why good morning, audra. Did you sleep well?

Audra: Um, why are you shouting? Are– are you looking for something? Or someone?

Tucker: Ah, just giving young mr. Abbott ample time to collect his stuff. Get back to jabot.

Audra: Oh, look, you’re wasting your breath.

Tucker: Is he in the shower?

Audra: You know, tucker, this fixation with me and kyle–

Tucker: No, no, no. It’s no fixation. I think you’re young. I think, uh, you ought to live it up. Take advantage. Just keep your head in the game. We’re cool. We’re cool. You just gotta give me what I want.

Audra: Which is?

Tucker: I just gotta know this guy is trustworthy. Isn’t he supposed to be coughing up secrets, so-called secrets, from the sanctum sanctorum of jabot? Yes? Where are they?

Audra: Yes. Yes.

Tucker: What have you learned? And how are you going to prove to me they really are secrets and not a load of bs meant to throw us off our game?

Diane: What looks good to you?

Kyle: Everything. I’m starving.

Diane: Ah, that’s a good sign. It means your confidence that we’ve found a way to stop tucker has fueled your appetite.

Kyle: I don’t know about that, mom. I think I just want pancakes.

Diane: Oh, okay. Well, maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m just hungry because I’m excited.

Kyle: About our plan?

Diane: Yes. Plus, jill has joined forces with the abbotts and that is an alliance to intimidate friend and foe.

Nate: Yeah. Hey. I was hoping to run into you.

Devon: Both of us?

Nate: Sure. The more the merrier. So, uh, what’s going on?

Jill: Okay. Nate, we need to bring you up to speed.

Nate: Okay. Uh, hit me.

Jill: In the past, some people have accused me of exaggerating. You know, or fudging facts to fit my narrative, but I assure you, this is not hyperbole. We are in grave danger. Chancellor-winters is facing a potentially existential threat. We have work to do. Hi. I use febreze fade defy plug.

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Ashley: I’m always gonna be connected to tucker on some level because of our grandson, but other than celebrating dominic’s birthday once a year, he’s not gonna be in my life.

Jack: And this is about more than just you and glacade. This is your future. And devon and abby and even little dominic. Look, anything we can do to send tucker back to hell or one of his ashrams is worth giving it a try.

Ashley: Okay. Just please lay out the plan for me, one more time.

Jack: Happy to. Tucker buys your half of glacade.

Ashley: That’s going to take a lot of his resources.

Jack: He takes the company and he tries to threaten our place in the marketplace.

Ashley: And that’s going to take even more money to get to that level.

Jack: Yeah. A lot more money. A veritable stream of money that he does not have and if I have anything to say about it, he will not find.

Ashley: You know what? I have to say that me flip-flopping on selling him my half of the company is going to work to our advantage because I’m clearly going to raise the price, right? So it means more money for us and less for him.

Jack: Good point. Now, while he is raising capital for his new company, he will also be trying to sow discontent inside of jabot. He’s going to do anything he can to weaken us and we can’t let him win that battle.

Ashley: Of course not.

Jack: He’s going to try to destabilize us and take over.

Ashley: I know, jack. And probably make us suffer. I got it.

Jack: So, we turn the tables on him. We use his plan against him. We strike first and we strike decisively. We tear his company apart from the inside. And if you want to blend it back into jabot, fold it back in, by all means, do it. We leave tucker in the dust.

Ashley: Right. How exactly do we chip away at glacade?

Jack: We are planning to expose his complicity in the cover-up at mccall. It is the truth. It is the best way to discredit him. Any board of directors is not going to let him stand after that story is out. So, are you with us on this?

Diane: This coffee looks nice. But in my mind, I’m sipping champagne to celebrate the demise of tucker mccall. Vintage goes best with gloating.

Kyle: You think dad will be upset that we left him out of the loop?

Diane: Look, if tucker is planning on using you to destroy jabot from the inside, then it’s up to you to stop him. I think jack will be proud.

Kyle: Well, tucker and audra haven’t come right out and say what they expect of me, but I am perfectly positioned to cause some chaos. So far, all he wants me to do is keep my eyes open.

Diane: Do you think he trusts you yet?

Kyle: Mm. I don’t think he trusts anyone, but he seems like he’s buying it so fa and I know I can keep the act up.

Diane: Yeah. Let him see how unhappy you are with your family and all of our decisions. Look to him for support. Oh, he loves it when people seek his advice. Let him see how devoted you are to him.

Kyle: That’s good. That’s good. I can get in closer with him. I know a couple of ways I can do that.

Diane: He’ll get comfortable, he’ll start speaking freely. Maybe he’ll loop you in. We need to know what his concrete plans are for glacade.

Kyle: And then, we launch our attack. We make it decisive and surgical. I love it.

Audra: Have some faith in me, tucker. Look, we’re in the early stages. I’m just laying the groundwork.

Tucker: What are we laying the groundwork for?

Audra: Building trust. You know, it has to happen slowly, gradually if we want it to last. And we want it to last, don’t we? Right? Okay, kyle just got back to jabot. What’s it gonna look like if he just starts making big moves right out of the gate?

Tucker: You’re missing the point. The size of the move is not what matters. The question is, who is he doing the move for? Us or jabot? Every instinct I have tells me he’s playing us. You say have– have faith in me, tucker. Well, I don’t like appealing to faith. I shouldn’t have to. I want some evidence. And so far, I don’t have any.

Audra: I’m doing my best.

Tucker: Are you? I’ve seen your best. This ain’t it. Get him to do something. Anything. Prove to me he’s really on our side. That is if you haven’t lost sight of what’s going on here.

Audra: You know I can do it. I can do anything.

Tucker: Why don’t you prove it?

Nate: This threat that you mentioned, does it have anything to do with tucker?

Jill: Well, it could. It could all be connected. Have you heard about the fire at mattie’s school?

Nate: Yeah. Yeah. She’s all right, isn’t she?

Devon: Mattie’s physically okay, but you know she lost one of her professors.

Jill: No, it was her mentor, her advisor.

Devon: Really?

Nate: Wow. I had no clue. Poor kid must be going through it.

Devon: Yeah.

Nate: Well, thank god lily’s there with her.

Jill: Yeah, thank god. And she’s gonna be staying there with mattie.

Nate: Okay. Okay. Well, that makes sense. Um, well, it’s a couple of days, we can handle things on our own.

Jill: Oh, well, think longer than that, okay? She asked for a short leave of absence because she wants to stay with her until mattie’s through it.

Devon: Yeah. She’ll still be available to talk whenever we need though.

Nate: So, well, lily’s given so much to this company. We’ll show her we can handle things on our own. For a while.

Jill: Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Devon: You’re not so sure about that, jill?

Jill: Well, under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t bat an eye because you can handle anything.

Nate: With tucker making mysterious moves, nothing’s quite normal.

Jill: It’s the timing. The timing is so bad for her to leave. Oh, my god, this man is a wild card. He could be up to anything and he will be up to anything.

Mamie: So, you’ve heard the latest, I’m assuming? This is no time for talking. That tyrant tucker mccall is coming after our company. It is time for all hands on deck.

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Mamie: Well, how fortuitous that I should just happen upon this little tribunal. I guess my invitation got lost in the ethers.

Jill: Yes. Yes, it’s uh, very fortuitous.

Devon: No. This was just a last-minute thing.

Jill: No. No, he’s just being polite. You know, because, with all apologies, you weren’t invited to this. You see, um, the three of us can handle this crisis.

Mamie: Yeah. Yeah. Well, it’s good to know what you mean by a tribunal. Good old jill.

Devon: Okay. Listen, this is a frustrating time and we’re all–

Jill: We called this meeting. Pardon me. We called this meeting to bring nate up to speed, okay? You already know everything that I was gonna tell him, so I also want to find out if devon is okay with nate coming back to chancellor-winters, yes?

Mamie: Poor thing, her memory is getting a little shoddy. She’s forgotten how much I’ve already done by bringing nate back on board where he belongs. And that we agreed that we were going to do this together.

Jill: Look, I realize that this is all hands on deck, mamie, okay? But between the three of us, we’ve got plenty of hands. You know what? I have a great idea. Why don’t you phone in your suggestions while you’re sitting on some lovely island somewhere?

Mamie: But the view is so pleasant here. There are some exceptions. But chancellor-winters is the subject of discussion. I am vested, I am interested and I’m not going anywhere.

Chelsea: Wow, that sounds exciting. How many cups of coffee have you had today?

Billy: It’s the first. This is all adrenaline. I see it all coming together. All the pieces are falling into the right spot. You know, there’s 1,000 possibilities and I can see them all laid out in front of me. Everybody’s got their part to play and once this machine gets up and running, tucker’s gonna be out of there once and for all.

Chelsea: Who’s minding the store?

Billy: What do you mean?

Chelsea: Well, it just sounds like all of these executives are focused on pest control. Who’s doing the day-to-day, you know, corporate stuff? Maybe you should do that?

Billy: No, no, no, no. I want to be where the action is. I want to see it all go down. What’s important is what’s going on in the c-suite. That’s where all the action is. And this is dangerous, don’t get me wrong, but you know, no risk, no reward. You okay? Did I say something? Because, you know, we’re not– we’re not doing anything all that bad. We’re not gonna get charged or anything.

Chelsea: No, that’s not it. That’s not it.

Billy: What is it?

Chelsea: It just sounds like you’re– you’re like jonesing for a payoff, you know? Like, uh, you’re gonna bet it all in a game of poker.

Billy: No. It– this has nothing to do with gambling, chelsea.

Chelsea: But it sounds like gambling.

Billy: Hm?

Chelsea: Heart racing, pulse-pounding. If you’re gonna win, you’re gonna win big. There’s no way you can lose. I mean, for me, from where I’m standing, I could see you falling into trouble. And you don’t even know it.

Ashley: Why do you not think I’m going to do the right thing where tucker’s involved?

Jack: Wait, no. It’s tucker that I don’t trust. I just want to know what you think of our plan?

Ashley: Well, do we have another plan? We don’T. Because devon is not going to forgive tucker anytime soon, so forget about him getting in touch with his humanity. To tell you the truth, just being in the same area code as tucker is um, disturbing.

Jack: Hey, look. I realize this isn’t easy for you.

Ashley: You have no idea.

Jack: I know only what you have told me and I promise to respect your privacy, but I am also aware that you went through your own personal hell because of this man.

Ashley: You’re my big brother, so that means you want to beat him up.

Jack: Oh, you have no idea. I know you don’t need me riding in to save you, but.

Ashley: No, I don’t need you for that, but thank you.

Jack: We have to get this man out of our lives. Expunge him now and forever, for everyone’s sake.

Tucker: You know how much I respect and admire your intelligence, do you not? Especially right now.

Audra: Oh, yeah.

Tucker: Yeah.

Audra: Imagine that. He wants me for my mind.

Tucker: Yes.

Audra: Now, I’m not sure how I feel about this.

Tucker: But I– I– I think your grey matter is just smoking hot.

Audra: Oh, did I give you the impression I wanted you to stop? No, lay it on thick. No, I– I like it when you lie.

Tucker: Yeah. I know you. I know you better than kyle could ever know you. And, uh, I’ve taken you places, we’ve gone places together that kyle would never conceive.

Audra: So, you’re not threatened by my connection with kyle?

Tucker: No. We have too much history. I don’t think you’d throw that away for some fling with a haircut.

Audra: I want to know about our future.

Tucker: Yeah, that’s unwritten.

Audra: You know, it would help to know exactly what I’ll be doing as this plan goes along.

Tucker: God, you’re irresistible. Okay.

[ Tucker exhaling ] I love it. I love it when you pretend you don’t like being blindfolded. When you pretend you don’t love not knowing what you’re in for. You love the thrill, don’t you? So do I. You love the electricity. I know I do. I’m feeling it.

Audra: Hm. What do you think that’s about?

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[Deep exhale]

Jack: If we take away everything that once fueled his fire, money, power, you, he has nothing. That is how we defeat the enemy. We take away his thunder.

Ashley: Mm-hmm. I could use a little peace and quiet.

Jack: Yeah. Well, that’s the goal. We’re going to silence tucker mccall.

Ashley: And I’m here for it.

[ Phone chiming ]

Jack: Good news?

Ashley: So it begins.

Audra: So, what’s going on with you and ashley?

Tucker: Uh, she doesn’t trust me. And all I want is her half of the company we bought together.

Audra: Glacade, right?

Tucker: Yeah. That’s the other part of my plan.

Audra: Oh, yeah. The– the entire scope of which you refuse to share with me.

[ Tucker chuckling ]

Tucker: Yeah, sorry. It’s– where’s the excitement in that? I prefer to give you bits of information at a time. Keep you guessing. Keep you excited. Keep you hungry.

Audra: I wanna know more. You know, I need to know what’s expected of me.

Tucker: No, you just– you just– you keep doing what you’re doing. You’re good. You just keep being irresistible, flexible. You give kyle what he thinks he needs. You offer him the world and then you leave him in ashes. And please, beforehand, you’ve got to convince me that he’s truly on board. Okay?

Audra: Yeah. Uh, so it’s just another tuesday.

Tucker: Yeah. Yes. For you, it’s another tuesday. For me, I gotta go meet ashley abbott.

Audra: Oh, good luck.

Tucker: Yeah, thanks. I think I’ll need it. If I’m not back in 24 hours, alert the authorities.

Audra: Bye.

Tucker: Bye.

Audra: Ugh.

Kyle: So, this is why you were so insistent on having breakfast out this morning?

Diane: I wanted to talk to you alone.

Kyle: And so, there’s no chance my father finds out I’m a double agent.

Diane: Look, kyle. I know you have reservations about keeping this from him, but it’s for the best. This way, jack maintains plausible deniability and we get to keep our plan in motion for you to be the one to save jabot.

Kyle: Well, I wish I had something to report. Tucker and audra haven’t given me any specifics yet.

Diane: Just don’t forget what kind of criminal tucker is. If he finds out what you’re up to–

Kyle: Oh, I can handle tucker, mom. Don’t worry about that. I want to know what happens next? After we take tucker down.

Diane: Well, I think the first thing is jack will want to absorb glacade into jabot.

Kyle: That makes sense. It’s a perfect fit and it’s a smart idea.

Billy: I don’t know if it was delivery or the punch line, but that joke was a little bit off. And I’m assuming that was a joke.

Chelsea: I’m worried, billy.

Billy: It’s nothing to be worried about, chelsea. I’m simply sharing, you know, work stuff.

Chelsea: Well, no. I feel like it’s more than that. This whole tucker situation, the uncertainty of it all. The excitement, the win, lose or draw of it. I mean, don’t you remember having those feelings, sitting at a poker table willing to put it all on the line?

Billy: I think I know what this is about, okay? And to be honest, chelsea, this is just the way the corporate world spins. It’s the way the game is played.

Chelsea: Right. Well, I’m in business too–

Billy: I get that. I’m telling you just, it’s just a little bit of a different animal here, okay? Because we’re in the trenches and we’re swinging big. And everything’s on the line right now. And sometimes, you got to play the long shot and sometimes you win and sometimes you– okay. Wow.

Chelsea: I just wanted to make sure you were hearing yourself.

Billy: Yeah. No, I, uh… I– I hear it.

Chelsea: I wanted to make sure once you did hear it, you didn’t resent me for saying something. Feeling sluggish or weighed down?

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Billy: You thought I’d get mad at you?

Chelsea: Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.

Billy: No. I’m glad you said something. To be honest, I– you know, you’re supposed to keep me accountable. You’re supposed to call me in my nonsense. I’m just upset I didn’t hear it or see it myself.

Chelsea: Well, it’s the dopamine hit, right? Making a big bet. The rush of it all, something like that.

Billy: Yeah. You know, I was just talking to jack about gambling a few days ago and I was telling him what a superior read I am of other players and I guess I didn’t realize how much I was craving it. And I’m sitting here trying to convince myself that you don’t know what you’re talking about, but the truth is, you saw it and I didn’T.

Chelsea: That’s me. The big buzzkill.

Billy: I’m grateful for the buzzkill. Truth is, chelsea, I’m– I’m– you know, I’m– I’m one step away from walking down that back alley and– and finding that dark bar and throwing down a couple of hands of hold ’em. And that’s not good. That’s a slippery slope for me. That’s me losing big and I’m not just talking about money. So, uh, thank you very much for the buzzkill.

Chelsea: Well, you’ve been there for me. I’m just holding up my end of the deal.

Tucker: Hey.

Ashley: Hi.

Tucker: Nice timing.

Diane: Gotta love ’em.

Tucker: Hey, it’s the new coo of jabot cosmetics. And that person’s mother.

Kyle: Ashley, tucker. We were just leaving.

Tucker: How are you settling in over there? Audra tells me you had to take the job, but I know it’s–

Kyle: No, you don’t know the first thing about me.

Diane: You know what, tucker? Don’t feel the need to stop and chat next time. We don’t need you ruining an otherwise pleasant day.

Tucker: Brittle condemnation from diane jenkins. It’s so endearing.

Kyle: Don’t let him push your buttons. It’s his own kind of twisted fun.

Tucker: Hey, if you guys are feeling generous, would you pass along a message to jack?

Diane: What? Are you scared to tell him yourself?

Kyle: What is it?

Tucker: Tell him I’m not interested in jabot. That I have a new mission in life. At least I hope to have one, if I can get her approval?

Ashley: Why don’t we get a table so we can discuss this? See you.

Tucker: Very well. See you.

Diane: Hm. Hmm.

Kyle: So, what do you think?

Diane: About ashley?

Kyle: Yeah. Is she in on the plan or has she already backed out?

Diane: Well, hopefully, jack has convinced her to side with the family.

Kyle: Let’s hope so because whatever she does next, it’s a game changer.

Tucker: You have a very lean and hungry look going. That something tells me we won’t need to look at the menu.

Ashley: Yeah, this isn’t gonna take long at all.

Devon: Okay. Listen, we all need to remember that we’re on the same team and we’re all working towards the same goal here.

Jill: Yep.

Devon: So, all this distrust and this fighting between the two of you, it’s not helping anything.

Jill: No, no, no, no. This is a friendly collaboration. We’re having fun.

Mamie: It’s true and you have to be gentle with the poor dear. You know, when confronted with some new ideas, it’s difficult for them to comprehend.

Devon: Okay. See what you’re you’re doing right there? That’s unnecessary. And it’s wasting time. We don’t need to do this when we could be talking about things that really matter. Can you guys do it off the clock maybe?

Jill: Oh, what a good idea. See, what he’s saying here is that we need you to hit the spa and then we could just text you everything we come up with.

Devon: No.

Jill: Don’t you think that’s fine? What about you? What do you think about that?

Nate: I’m on the sidelines. Um, so this might be a situation where it’s more prudent for me to sit back and um, take it all in. Yeah.

Jill: Coward. Devon.

Devon: I mean, we don’t know how tucker’s gonna come after us, so I think it would be foolish to refuse mamie’s help. And I know lily would agree with me.

Mamie: Now, see, she is an amazing and insightful young woman and we need more of those. Lucky for you that I’m here and ready to roll up my sleeves.

Jill: Oh, so lucky. Just as long as you know that you have absolutely no say and absolutely no power in the company.

Mamie: You sound like you’re afraid of me, jill. You’re just feeling a little bit intimidated by my presence.

Jill: No, no, no. I just think that nate and devon um, are just a little too polite and too cowardly to tell you when it’s time for you to zip it.

Nate: If I may? Um, like you said, jill, these are challenging times. And if we want to prove to lily that we can keep this thing afloat without her, we’re off to a bad start.

Devon: I completely agree with you. So, can we get down to business?

Jill: Absolutely. All right.

Devon: Thank you.

Jill: All right. All right. First order of business. Nate, you have been given a second chance by your family.

Nate: And I am deeply grateful for it.

Jill: And I know you will not take advantage of the love of your family. That’s not something you will do, is it?

Nate: In a nutshell, welcome back, watch your step.

Jill: You’re such a quick study. All right, devon. What are your thoughts on nate coming back?

Devon: Um, I’m looking forward to seeing what he can bring to the table. And, uh, with lily taking this leave of absence, I think the timing couldn’t be better. Because we need you.

Nate: You got me. Sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression

Devon: So, I believe that nate is clearly our most valuable asset right now because he brings something to the table that no one else really can and that’s the fact that he knows our company as well as any of us do.

Nate: Whatever you need. Name it.

Devon: Thank you. Jill, would you mind if we took off and went to the office to discuss ideas?

Jill: I think it’s a brilliant idea. Just keep me posted.

Mamie: Oh, I’m so happy to see the two of you working together like this.

Devon: Yeah. Yeah. What about the two of you? Do you guys have plans today?

Mamie: Oh, well, don’t tell me that you think that we’re gonna start a little mess the moment that you leave?

Devon: Well, it did cross my mind.

Jill: Oh, my god. We will be on our best behavior, devon.

Mamie: Oh, no, go on. We can see ourselves out.

Devon: All right. We will talk soon then ladies.

Jill: Mm-hmm.

Devon: Enjoy the day.

Jill: Oh, for god’s sake.

Mamie: You are going to give them the wrong impression about us. They need our support right now. And I thought that we were together on this idea about tucker.

Jill: No, mamie, I said we had a common enemy. And I will not apologize for telling you that you do not have the background or the skills to help us in this enterprise. All right, you made a lot of money. Well, good for you. But have you ever run a large company? A company that’s in crisis like this one? Have you ever gone up against an enemy like tucker mccall?

Mamie: I have done just fine up against you. Tucker mccall will be a piece of cake.

Billy: Everyone’s got the best intentions, you know.U, very much. We want to do right. We want to protect the family company, including my mother.

Chelsea: But you’ve got some concerns.

Billy: Yeah. There’s always concerns, everybody’s got hidden agendas, you know?

Chelsea: It seems like a lot is riding on kyle. Is he up for it?

Billy: I don’t know. Kyle is so green, he thinks he’s sprinting through a field. The truth is this is gonna be a marathon in the mud.

Chelsea: Well, maybe he needs advice from someone much older–

Billy: Hey now.

Chelsea: And wiser.

Billy: Yeah, uh, that’s not me. I– we both know I’m not the one with the answers.

Chelsea: Try it. Talk to him.

Billy: Kyle does not want advice from his uncle. In fact, right now, I don’t think kyle wants advice from anyone.

[ Diane laughing ]

Jack: Hey, how was breakfast? What did I miss?

Diane: Oh, it was great. Your son ate an entire stack of pancakes. You should have seen it.

Kyle: Uh, dad, we ran into ashley with tucker.

Jack: Yeah. I heard that was happening.

Kyle: So, she’s agreed to sell her half a glacade?

Jack: Yeah. That’s what we discussed. Though she’s a little hard to read and probably harder still to pin down, but so far so good.

Tucker: So, do you have an answer for me?

Ashley: I’ve decided to sell you my half of glacade.

Tucker: Oh, and no caveats, no conditions, strings attached?

Ashley: It’s all yours, free and clear.

Tucker: You’re very amenable today. Suspiciously so.

Ashley: You want the company, let’s make a deal.

Tucker: It’s obvious you’re angling here. You have been since you you got back from paris. I just can’t figure out what it is yet. Everything I do that’s for my health is an accomplishment.

Nate: Expecting a call from lily?

Devon: Either from her or from the police station. Mamie and jill asking us to bail them out.

Nate: They’re two intelligent thoughtful women with far too much class to get into fisticuffs in public. They’ll be fine.

Devon: I think we handled that situation about as well as we could.

Nate: Ooh, don’t get involved. Don’t take sides.

Devon: Yeah.

Nate: I want to thank you.

Devon: What did I do?

Nate: You know, everything.

Devon: You’re not gonna get emotional, are you? No, you’re welcome.

Nate: I won’t let you down.

Devon: You better not.

Jill: I will ask you one final time, how much?

Mamie: Excuse me?

Jill: How much will it take for you to go away? I would love to write that check.

Mamie: I told you when I got back into town, I could not be bought and I meant it.

Jill: Okay. Well, it was worth a try. It worked before it, didn’t it? All right, mamie, if not money, what will it take to get you out of this mix? I will give you anything.

Mamie: You know, I was about to ask you the same. What will it take to make you go away?

Chelsea: Okay. I have a very important question I have to ask you and I need you to be honest with me.

Billy: I will be honest with you. Go ahead.

Chelsea: In the deepest, darkest part of night, would you rather have a private fire pit where you can roast s’mores, sing songs, and strum a ukulele?

Billy: I don’t play a ukulele.

Chelsea: Not yet. Or would you rather have backstage passes to five of your favorite bands on tour?

Billy: Is this a christmas gifting kind of thing?

Chelsea: Maybe?

Billy: Okay, because if it is, you have no business buying me anything.

Chelsea: You are impossible to buy for. Fine, fine. Just text me your wish list.

Billy: I can do that. I can– I can text you, but there’s not gonna be anything on it because I have everything I want.

Chelsea: Like that new jacket you overpaid for?

Billy: No, not that. It’s a beautiful woman who’s very funny. Who clearly makes me happier than I ever deserved. Makes me think. No apologies.

Chelsea: I wasn’t gonna apologize.

Billy: Who makes me a better person. And who would have thought you could actually improve on this greatness.

Chelsea: Listen, shut up and kiss me.

Ashley: You don’t know what the angle is, tucker, because there is no angle.

Tucker: So never mind the fact that on thanksgiving, you were practically giving it to me. And just yesterday, you were willing to fight tooth and nail for it.

Ashley: Yeah. You’re right. Guilty. I’ve been very mercurial.

Tucker: And we haven’t even discussed the selling price.

Ashley: Yeah. It’s not gonna be cheap. I’m gonna make you pay. I’ll be in touch.

Tucker: Okay.

Ashley: Hey.

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Victoria: Thanks. I’d love a glass of wine, but I’m exhausted. From the flight and from seeing claire in jail. It would put me right to sleep, and I just– I want to stay sharp right now.

Cole: Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean. This whole– this whole trip has just been surreal.

Victoria: Yeah, but, um, seeing her did help to clarify certain things.

Cole: Jordan was running the show, not claire.

Victoria: You know, the emotional abuse that was heaped on her since the time she was five years old. That’s just heartbreaking.

Cole: If the damage that was done can’t be undone–

Victoria: Okay, just– just stop, okay? Let’s just– let’s not go there. One monumental hurdle at a time, right?

Michael: Victoria. Cole howard?

Cole: Michael. It’s been a minute.

Michael: I’ll say. It’s good to see you again.

Cole: Yeah, you too. You too. Have a seat.

Michael: I didn’t realize you were in town.

Michael: Yeah, well, under less than congenial circumstances, I’m afraid.

Victoria: Thank you for meeting us so late, michael. Would you like something to drink? Some coffee or maybe something stronger?

Michael: Oh, thank you. But I get the feeling I need to keep my wits about me.

Victoria: Great minds.

Cole: I’ll tell you what, I’ll get some decaf. And then we’re gonna tell you a shocking story. And after that, we’re going to ask you to do something even more shocking.

Victor: That woman is a damn menace. Walking around free, mocking everyone. Tormenting you. This has got to stop. It’s got to stop now.

Nikki: Playing the music that I used to strip to. I mean, she’s trying to bring me down in shame. I have no shame over what I did when I was young. I– so I danced at the bayou. So what? This woman, jordan, has so much hatred for me. Violated my sobriety, and I– I had never even met her.

Victor: Sweetheart, this woman cannot hurt you because of your past. I won’t allow it.

Nikki: I wish it were that simple.

Victor: I’m gonna find her, come hell or high water. I’m gonna find that damn woman before she can do more damage.

Michael: Oh, my god. How are the two of you doing? Emotionally, I mean.

Cole: It’s really unsettling. Just knowing that jordan is out there somewhere still– still on the run.

Michael: There’s a lot of history, there’s a lot of bad blood that apparently inspired these acts of violence. On top of which, you two are being forced to relive the agony you experienced when your infant daughter passed away. Still, you’ve got to be wondering if this young woman claire grace could actually be your child. I mean, is jordan capable of just stealing a baby from nicu, and– and taking her, rather than leave her with a family she felt was undeserving?

Victoria: We met with her.

Michael: Claire?

Victoria: She agreed to do a dna test, and that way we can know for sure one way or the other.

Michael: Oh, great. Great. At least you’ll have some peace of mind. How’d you talk her into it?

Cole: Well, claire’s pretty freaked out about being in jail.

Michael: Yeah. Yeah.

Cole: She’s facing serious charges.

Michael: They’ll all add up. She could go away for decades.

Victoria: We told her that we would find her a lawyer. Someone who could possibly get her out on– on a bond.

Michael: Yeah, well, you’re gonna have to find somebody good. Wait. Me. You want me to defend her?

Victoria: Michael. I know.

Michael: Just stop. Stop, victoria, just for one moment, and think about what you’re asking of me. That woman terrorized your family, she blindly obeyed her mentally ill aunt who obviously spent years planning these crimes. She didn’t even question what was going on, from everything I’ve heard. And now– now you, one of her victims is proposing to hire a top-tier attorney to represent the woman.

Cole: So, you can’t do it?

Michael: I didn’t say that. If there’s a lawyer on the planet who can get her released on bond, it’s me. But are you willing to risk it? Claire’s being at large, maybe partnering up with jordan again. Presuming I succeed, what happens then? Do you have a plan?

Victoria’s voice: I am not your mother. I am not your mother. I am not your mother.

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Michael: If I succeed in getting her released, what happens next? What kind of leeway are you planning to give this young woman? And does that answer depend on whether or not she turns out to be your biological child?

Victoria: I mean, honestly, we– we haven’t thought that far ahead.

Cole: So what would you recommend? Legally speaking?

Michael: The first step would be a comprehensive psychological evaluation and treatment. And even if I can’t get claire exonerated, I can have her admitted to a psychiatric facility. Which would actually put her out on the street in less time than a prison sentence. Do you truly believe that she could be your child? Or is she just someone who helped jordan in her abduction and torture scheme? In which case you owe her nothing. And even if she does turn out to be your daughter as– as tragic as that situation would be, claire’s an adult. She terrorized people she believes to be her family. She’s not blameless in all this.

Victoria: I hear you, michael. I hear you loud and clear. But I need to know the truth.

Michael: Cole, where do you stand in this?

Cole: Frankly, I don’t know what to think, but it seems pretty obvious to me that jordan brainwashed claire. She filled her head with lies and irrational hatred towards this family.

Victoria: Michael, please just talk to her. Would you please consider defending her? Maybe you can gain some insight into who she is that we– that we couldn’t see, because of all of these horrible things that have happened.

Claire: Aunt jordan.

Jordan: Ssh. You be quiet. Don’t you give me away. It was pretty difficult getting in here. More difficult than it was when I got into the maternity ward when you were born.

Claire: It’s not safe for you to be here.

Jordan: You’re weak, claire. That’s why you were caught. But I’m not like you. I’m strong and savvy and determined to win. And I thought that I raised you to understand how the world works. But you’re not that person anymore. You’ve let me down. And now, mother and father will think that poor little claire is broken and can be managed. And they won’t fear you anymore.

[ Claire gasping ]

Victor: My baby, what you need now is some rest and quiet. Eh? You need to recover from that ordeal. From a very stressful day.

Nikki: Yes, it was. Those awful phone calls and finding out that victoria went to see claire in jail.

Victor: And then you went to an aa meeting.

Nikki: I’m so glad I did.

Victor: And I’m very glad you liked it, and you had support, all right? So now you just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it, and I’ll get it for you.

Nikki: All I need is your love.

Victor: Well…

Nikki: Look, it’s been a very exhausting day for both of us. Why don’t you go on up, and I’ll be up shortly. I just want to make some tea.

Victor: Come here. Whatever makes you happy, okay?

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Michael: Have you talked to victor and nikki about this? About hiring me as claire’s attorney in exchange for a paternity test?

Victoria: Not yet.

Michael: Because?

Victoria: Because I assume that they’re gonna try to talk us out of it.

Michael: Yeah, well, that should tell you something.

Cole: We feel strongly about this.

Victoria: Look, getting her to take a dna test is the only way to resolve this. And the only way she’s going to do that is if we hire her a really good lawyer. Look, we’re hoping that that would be you.

Michael: I believe that everyone accused of a crime deserves a competent defense. That has been the bedrock belief of my career. But what if this turns out to be a trap?

Cole: How do you mean?

Michael: For all we know claire and jordan are back in communication. Maybe they’re banking on your kindness and your empathy. So when claire is acquitted, she can go right back to doing her best to getting into your good graces. She’s already made inroads or we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

Victoria: I wouldn’t go that far.

Cole: Michael, we– we’re not naive.

Michael: I never said you were, but jordan is a good actress, she conned nikki without too much trouble. And claire’s conned the two of you, she can always play up her pathos of being abandoned so that you two let down your guards. It’s a pretty clever backup plan. She and jordan can go in for the kill. And might even succeed this time.

Cole: Listen, I want to know the truth as much as you do. But how do we even know if we can– we can trust claire? I mean, what if she leaves, and she– she goes out on the run and she meets up with jordan? I mean, she could change her mind about taking the test, and– and then we’d be dealing with a real fiasco.

Michael: Perhaps she left something at the house with her dna on it. A hairbrush, a lipstick? A cup she drank from and left in the sink?

Cole: You know, that could actually make things much cleaner, and we wouldn’t have to rely on her to cooperate.

Victoria: No, that house. I can’t imagine ever setting foot in that house again.

Cole: You don’t have to, I’ll do it.

[ Phone chimes ]

Nikki: “She ne’er shall force an echo more, thrilling to think, poor child of sin! It was the dead… who groaned within.” My dry eye’s made me a burning,

Adam: Hey, nick.

[ Nick sighs ] Do you have a minute?

Nick: Not really.

Adam: Okay, well, I’m just wondering what’s been going on, where– where’s everybody been lately?

Nick: What do you mean?

Adam: I’ve been trying to get in touch with victoria for the last few days about the bosworth deal. She hasn’t returned any of my messages and then I realized dad hasn’t been around, nikki hasn’t been around or you. So what’s going on? It’s as if the newmans suddenly went awol.

Nick: Just, uh, dealing with a personal matter.

Adam: Oh, I see. A personal family matter that doesn’t include me?

Nick: Yeah.

Sally: Oh, I’m sorry. Oh.

[ Nick groans ] What’s wrong?

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Nikki: Good morning, darling.

Victoria: Good morning, mom.

Nikki: There’s tea.

Victoria: Oh, thank you.

Nikki: How are you feeling?

Victoria: You know, I came here to ask you that. After the– the misery of being in that house.

Nikki: I’m doing my best to put it behind me.

Victoria: So soon, mom? After that horrible woman stole your sobriety. I mean, it was cruel. That’s not something that you get over so easily.

Nikki: Believe me, I know it. But I went to a meeting yesterday and I’m planning on going to another one today. And every day for a while. You know, I can never forgive what those horrible women did, but I will not let them defeat me.

Victoria: That’s exactly what I wanted to hear you say.

Victoria: Okay, enough about me. I wanna hear about claire. What on earth were you thinking going to see her?

Victor: That’s certainly something I’d like to know.

Victoria: Well, uh, I’m– I’m glad that cole and I went. It was overwhelming. To say the least. But we learned a lot. Including how jordan systematically tried to destroy claire’s personality for her own selfish reasons. Which is why she turned out the way that she did.

Victor: So what exactly did this jordan woman do to claire?

Victoria: Dad, I promise I’ll tell you everything. But right now I want you both to know that cole and i met with michael about defending claire.

Victor: What?

Victoria: I debated telling you, but michael convinced me that I had to.

Victor: Girl, come to your senses. This girl just brutalized you and your whole family. Why the hell have you decided now to want to defend her?

Claire: Who are you?

Michael: Michael baldwin. An attorney hired by victoria newman on an exploratory basis.

Claire: What does that mean?

Michael: I haven’t decided to take your case yet. If I did, I’d start by setting up a bond hearing with the judge and trying to get you released on bail. I can’t guarantee I’d prevail. But trust me when I tell you, I’m your best shot at having a life again. Whether that happens is up to you, miss grace, and how you respond in the next few minutes.

Claire: I understand. I’m grateful for any help I can get. Just tell me what I have to do. My frequent heartburn had me

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Nick: Nothing’s wrong. She just startled me.

Adam: I saw your face. Are you injured?

Nick: No.

Adam: Are you sure it doesn’t have something to do with that personal family matter, nick?

Nick: Well, that’s none of your business, adam.

Adam: Okay, whatever you say, brother. How are you doing?

Sally: I’m good. You?

Adam: Same as the last time we talked.

Nick: Okay. Have a good morning.

Sally: Nick.

[ Adam clears throat ]

Sally: I wonder what that was about.

Adam: Uh, probably not enough coffee, I guess.

Sally: Yeah, that seemed like more than just not wanting to be around the two of us.

Adam: Well, newman family business takes its toll. Something is up. They’ve all been mia at work lately. And when I dared to ask him about it, I can tell that I struck a nerve.

Sally: I’m sorry.

Adam: No, don’t be. I assume I will find out what the big mystery is soon enough. But in the meantime, you did not answer my question. Good is a place filler. You tell me how you really doing, now that nick’s gone, you don’t have to dance around it.

[ Sally clears throat ]

Sally: I’m fine. How are you doing? I mean, what have you been up to since the last time we saw each other?

Adam: Our kiss good night at the foot of the stairs, well, to be honest with you, I’ve been mostly thinking about you. A lot.

Victoria: Claire’s story, I mean, it– it just seems so confusing at times. And frankly… it was so appalling and I don’t know what parts of it to believe. But claire seems convinced that these things, that they did take place.

Nikki: Without a shred of evidence. There is no confirmation that you and cole are her parents.

Victoria: Look, mom, jordan raised her since birth. Claire had no reason to ever doubt her. She never asked her for proof. That’s how indoctrinated she was.

Victor: But why would you involve michael baldwin in this?

Victoria: She agreed to take a dna test if we got her a good lawyer.

Nikki: What if michael doesn’t want to have anything to do with it? What if she goes back on her word?

Victoria: We are prepared for that. Cole went back to the lake house to find something with her dna. Michael suggested that we do that.

Nikki: You know, you could have found a less gifted attorney. Unless, of course, you want claire to be roaming around free.

Victoria: It’s funny, mom. Michael said the exact same thing.

Victor: Why in the world didn’t you listen to him?

Victoria: Daddy, I couldn’t let it go. I feel very compelled to help claire. I heard her story. I saw the look in her eyes of pain and loneliness. You know, she’s a victim in this too.

Nikki: You know what, victoria, I’m sorry, I cannot accept this. I cannot see claire as anything other than the monster she is.

Michael: Let’s start by laying down a few ground rules. First and foremost, tell me the truth. Can you do that?

Claire: Yes.

Michael: Secondly, I’m aware that you agreed to take a dna test in exchange for help with your defense, and I trust that still holds, because if–

Claire: I’ll keep my word, mr. Baldwin.

Michael: Thank you. What was that first rule?

Claire: Be honest with you.

Michael: Excellent. And I’ll do the same.

Claire: What is it that you want to know before you decide whether you’ll be my lawyer?

Michael: Did jordan try to contact you after your arrest?

Claire: Only in my nightmares.

Michael: Walk me through everything that took you to this point. No sugar coating, no leaving out important details. Once I’ve heard it all, I will make the determination on whether or not to represent you.

Claire: I grew up trained for one thing. To hate my mother and father and all the newmans.

Victoria: I’m not condoning or excusing claire’s actions. But she needs help. She doesn’t deserve to do jail time.

Nikki: What if it turns out she’s not your daughter? Will you feel as kindly toward her then?

Victoria: Yes, regardless of how the test turns out, I would like for claire to have a better future, honestly.

Victor: Sweetheart, she’s a very troubled young woman. Comes from a family with enormous mental problems. What are you doing? Don’t go easy on her.

Nick: Hey, you’re back.

Victoria: Hi. Yes, I am.

Nick: How did your visit with claire go?

Victoria: I’m sure that you disapprove of me seeing her as well.

Nick: Look, I understand your desire to find the truth about claire. My concern is jordan who is still out there, and she’s very dangerous. If you try and pursue things with claire, you could get back on jordan’s radar. And none of us wants that.

Victoria: Well, that’s a chance that I’m willing to take, nick.

Nikki: Even if it means putting yourself and your family in danger?

Victoria: This is possibly my firstborn child that we’re talking about. I need answers. I– I can’t just let this go. I mean, if this is my baby, truly, I mean, it changes everything.

Nick: I get it. I do. And I’m not trying to start an argument with you.

Victoria: Oh, good. Because it’s one you won’t win.

Nick: Okay, how about you two? Mom, did you finally get a good night’s sleep?

Nikki: Oh, uh, I’m afraid it’s gonna be a while before that happens.

Nick: Well, you’ve had a much tougher road than the rest of us.

Victor: I admire your mother greatly, son. This whole ordeal was an enormous assault on her sobriety. And she withstood the assault. She looked it all right in the eye. I’m very proud of her. Life, diabetes, there’s no slowing down.

Michael: So, jordan’s main goal was punishing the newmans.

Claire: She drummed it into me ever since I was little. How cold and selfish they were. How undeserving of mercy or understanding. That we were gonna knock them off their high horse. And inflict as much pain as possible.

Michael: All because of her perception from afar of how they treated eve.

Claire: Her perception?

Michael: Victoria told me that jordan and her sister had been estranged for many years. She couldn’t possibly have known how the newmans treated eve.

Claire: I guess that’s right. But it didn’t faze her. Jordan was gonna pay them back if it was the last thing she ever did. And I was gonna help her because I was a wounded party too.

Michael: She convinced you that the newmans abandoned you.

Claire: I had no reason to believe otherwise. I’d been convinced that my parents found me unlovable from the minute I was born. That I was something to be discarded because of my connection to eve. But, aunt jordan, she saved me from being all alone in the world. She knew that I was special, even if no one else did.

Michael: She tore you down and then she built you up.

Claire: And in return, I was– I was more than happy to help her fulfill her life’s mission. But that meant I’d need to find an access point to the newman family. I’d– I’d have to train, be educated. I’d need to be smart and cunning and articulate and likable. All the things that would break down their defenses. And get me and jordan past their newman security and emotional walls.

Michael: And you did everything she instructed you to do without questions or reservations?

Claire: Every step of the way. I was a good little soldier. That got me a little praise, at least. It was the closest thing I ever had to a mother’s love. But then when I faced my real mom, and I looked her in the eye, I just wanted her to see me. I wanted her to know instinctively that i was her child. And that she and cole, they were gonna say that they were sorry. And they were gonna say that I deserved all the love that I missed out on. They made a dreadful mistake. They never ever should have given me up. But they didn’t say that. And they never will.

Victoria: Thank you.

Nick: Sure.

Victor: So…

Victoria: Are you actually going in today?

Victor: Yes, aren’t you?

Victoria: Of course.

Victor: Why did you act so surprised?

Victoria: Well, it’s just, um…

Nick: Mom, are you ready to jump back into newman media or do you want us to cover for you?

Nikki: Oh, that’s sweet of you, darling. But, um, I can just picture all the work that has piled up on my desk since I got on that plane with claire.

Victoria: Well, just let us know whatever you need. We’ll pitch in, and help you.

Nikki: Thank you, darling.

Victor: Okay, son, ready?

Nick: Yeah, let’s do it.

Victoria: All right. We’ll, uh– we’ll see you there. Mom… are you sure that you don’t need a little extra support?

Nikki: What are you suggesting?

Victoria: Someone trained to help you deal with everything that you’ve been going through.

Nikki: I’ll be going to my meetings.

Victoria: Uh, no, I– I mean, in addition to that. Look, I know, you are the strongest person that I know, by far. But sometimes it’s not enough to be determined. You know, there’s a part of me that is still an emotional wreck over what happened. So I can only imagine how you must be feeling right now.

[ Phone chimes] Mom, what– what is it?

Nikki: It’s nothing I can’t handle.

Victoria: Is it work?

Nikki: Victoria, don’t worry about it!

Victoria: Mom. Whatever’s going on, please don’t shut me out. Let me help you.

Sally: I have been thinking about you.

Adam: Like a lot?

Sally: Don’t push your luck, newman.

[ Adam chuckles ]

Adam: So, any conclusions?

Sally: Well, if you’re asking if I have… figured out what the night that the two of us spent together meant… I haven’T.

Adam: I see.

Sally: I mean, did it change things? Yeah. How could it not? You know, but is it right or smart for either of us to just make it more than it was? I mean, have we learned nothing?

Adam: Which lesson are you referring to? I mean, there’s been so many, it’s hard to keep track of them all.

Sally: Look, even if we did go down that road again, we would probably fail. And to put ourselves through that wringer again, we should know better than that, adam. Because of who we are. And what we had. And what we lost.

Adam: Hmm. The stakes are really high.

Adam: I agree. But the thing is… it– it might succeed in ways that we never expected. I mean, you have to know that that is– it’s possible, sally. The virus that causes shingles is sleeping…

Adam: I’m willing to leap off that cliff, hand in hand, into the unknown, with you if you are. And if we crash, you can hate me for the rest of my life and– and I will accept it.

Sally: Famous last words.

Adam: Well, I mean it. But maybe this time, fate will be on our side for once. And together we will soar. Can we at least have enough of a reset to try dinner? You know, this time where we actually eat? Maybe– maybe even lunch? A brownie. Come on. I’m easy. What do you say?

Sally: Sure.

[ Sally laughs ]

Claire: You don’t know the entire story.

Michael: Continue.

Claire: Turns out, what jordan had told me my entire life… it wasn’t true, none of it. My parents didn’t abandon me. She took me from them. She just blurted it out at the house in front of everyone. If jordan lied about that… what else could she have lied about? My entire life is meaningless.

Michael: Do you need a moment?

Claire: I spent so much of my life wanting to hurt my parents. Wanting to make them feel just some of what I had endured. But then… coming face to face with them, both of them at once… I couldn’t help but want something else. Something more. A real connection. And I know how impossible that sounds. But then to find out that… jordan had lied, that she had kidnapped me. She had robbed them. Just like she had robbed me. And it was all wrecked. I saved their lives in the end. But… I don’t see how they’ll ever forgive me. I just want to get out. And I wanna leave all of this, I wanna leave all of them behind.

Michael: I understand why you would feel that way.

Claire: So, mr. Baldwin… will you help me?

Jordan: So you think you’re so invincible? That you’ve won? That you can’t ever lose? Well, the high and mighty are going to fall. And they’re never gonna get back up. All for you, my sister. All for you.

Nikki: I’ve been getting texts and calls the last few days. Each more terrifying than the last.

Victoria: Texts from who? “Be silent in that solitude, which is not loneliness. For then the spirits of the dead who stood in life before thee are again in death around thee. And their will shall overshadow thee, be still.”

Nikki: Nice, huh?

Victoria: It’s an unknown sender. Do you think it’s jordan?

Nikki: That’s my guess.

Victoria: Oh, my god. That’s insane. We– we have to find her. I mean, we have to stop her!

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Jack: Jill, you haven’t weighed in on this yet.

Billy: What do you say, mom? I mean, this is the best and– and honestly, the only way forward to defeat a common enemy.

Diane: It has to be all of us against him.

Jack: We’re all in this. Thick as thieves.

Jill: Wow. I am really shocked. No, I truly am surprised at you people talking about conniving and plotting and scheming against tucker.

Billy: That’s the general idea. Yeah.

Jack: If we work together, we are unstoppable.

[ Jill chuckling ]

Jill: Well, it’s about time. It’s about time that you idiots came and struck gold.

Billy: She’s insulting us. That means she likes it.

Jill: Listen, when we hit him, it’s gotta be painful, it’s gotta be relentless and it’s something that he cannot recover from. And I know exactly where it’s gonna hurt the most.

Tucker: You’re so funny. You think you’ve got a poker face. You don’t believe me?

Mamie: I wish I had a reason to.

Tucker: I’m a different man now.

Mamie: Well, change is good, but that doesn’t mean that was before me. It’s an improvement. You look to me like a man who’s got revenge on his mind.

Tucker: Now, the idea of revenge just doesn’t seem as sweet to me anymore. I mean, anybody can light a match and burn everything down. No. What I have in mind is profoundly different than most people have come to expect of me.

Mamie: But please don’t leave me in suspense.

Tucker well, as satisfying as the thought of total annihilation was for a while and how it helped put me to sleep at night, I found myself obsessed with the idea of building something, something new. I think it’s time for me to be more productive and put something– something good out into the universe and that’s where I wanna focus my energies.

Ashley: Wow. I’ll believe that when I see it.

Danny: Bueno suerte.

Daniel: Hey, do you want some help?

Danny: No, no, I got it. No worries. So, uh, anything exciting going on here tonight?

Daniel: Yeah. No, you’re looking at it. Gonna be a party of one. Just scrolling for updates on the fire surrounding mattie’s campus.

Danny: Oh, yeah, I heard on my way over that it’s 80% contained.

Daniel: Eighty?

Danny: Yeah.

Daniel: It’s better than the last I heard. Still dangerous though.

Danny: Is lily on her way to california?

Daniel: Yep. Nothing was gonna stop her from being with her little girl. You know how it is. Your kid needs you. They’re in trouble. Nothing else in the world is more important.

Phyllis: Hey, cricket. Hey. Look at you coming in for a beverage at this hour. Most people are winding down, but not you. What you up to?

Christine: Well, I suppose any number of things, but, uh, right now I was just hoping for a quiet moment alone to pick up my tea.

Phyllis: Oh, I understand that. I understand that. Probably contemplating your future if there’s any truth to the rumor that you’re vacating the D.A.’S office.

Christine: It’s truly fascinating. It– it boggles my mind.

Phyllis: Yeah. Yeah, that the rumor mill finally got it right this time.

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Christine: Why are you prying?

Phyllis: I’m not prying. It’s just interest and care in a fellow human. That’s all.

Christine: Well. Now, that doesn’t sound like you at all. So, what are you up to? And whatever it is, I have to say, I really don’t like it much.

Phyllis: Well, um, I just noticed that you and danny have gotten closer. That’s all.

Christine: And why does that concern you?

Phyllis: Well, it concerns me because if you’re part of danny’s life, then you are part of my son’s circle and in turn, part of my life, you see. I don’t love that, but I am trying to make peace with it and become the bigger woman. That makes sense to you, right?

Christine: I mean, yeah, in your own unique way, yes. But why are you even assuming that I’m becoming more involved in danny’s life?

Phyllis: Oh, it’s just a vibe I’m picking up. That’s all. And I’ve just seen little hints of it around town. But your secret is safe with me. But are you becoming closer to danny?

Christine: Yeah. Just not a topic I’m willing to explore with you.

Phyllis: Great. No problem. No problem. And I understand, I mean, no sense in pining over paul, you know. Just rip off that band-aid. I get it and I admire your ability to move on.

Jill: Now, listen, I’ve been hearing some things about this european fragrance company that apparently ashley and tucker bought before they were married.

Jack: Yeah, we’ve heard about that too. Glacade.

Billy: Jack and I assumed it was the foundation of their new corporation.

Diane: One that could stand toe to toe with jabot.

Jill: Oh, as if.

Jack: Until ashley pulled the plug on it.

Billy: Talk about a vote of no confidence. Just like their marriage.

Diane: I thought tucker abandoned that company to focus solely on jabot.

Jill: Well, apparently he changed his mind because he has been funneling money into it.

Jack: Of course he has. Oh, god. Why didn’t I see this? This is his plan. This whole thing. He orchestrated this entire plan. It wasn’t just creating turmoil and family trauma for kicks and giggles. No, this is carefully curated chaos. And we played right into his hands. He doesn’t want to own jabot. He wants to destroy it from the inside out.

Ashley: Hi, mamie.

Mamie: Ashley. So, you heard what the man said?

Ashley: That he wants to be a productive member of society. Yeah, I heard that. Do you believe him?

Mamie: Take him at his word? Which is worth less than nothing? No. However, if he does manage to redirect his energies towards something positive, well, then I guess we just have to wait and see.

Tucker: You don’t think I’m capable?

Mamie: Oh, now there’s the rub. I don’t know what you’re actually capable of. You see, my family means everything to me and I will fight to the death to protect them. So, if you’re not telling the truth about this change of heart, I’d start saying my prayers if I were you. Well, you two have a good rest of the night. And, uh, you take care of yourself, honey.

Ashley: Okay.

Tucker: Mamie.

Ashley: Do you mind? So, if you’re interested in sharing this new pathway to productivity and positivity, I– I’d like to hear about it.

Tucker: Nothing would make me happier because you are intimately involved.

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Diane: You’re right, jack. Of course, this was part of tucker’s plan. Throw jabot into chaos. Destabilize it with infighting and backstabbing.

Jack: Once he saw us spinning out of control, he would use glacade as the instrument of our destruction.

Billy: You shouldn’t be surprised. This is what he does.

Jill: He is such a bastard.

Jack: Then, we have to find a way to stop him.

Diane: No wonder he’s been so smug.

Jack: Oh, yeah, no matter what happened, he had a fallback. If he succeeded in taking us down, well, his company was on top. We’d be in splinters at the bottom trying to dig our way up.

Billy: Which we cannot afford to happen.

Jill: Well, in this economy, who can?

Jack: Even if he fails. Look, he still has a company that could one day, down the road, rival ours. I don’t mind friendly competition. This, this is underhanded.

Diane: Well, it’s typical tucker.

Billy: Okay. But how is my mom and chancellor involved in this scheme?

Jill: Maybe he’s moving on two fronts. He takes down jabot and then he goes after chancellor. I’ll tell you though, his reasons, they don’t worry me. How we’re gonna fend him off, that worries me quite a bit.

Jack: We have to render that company worthless. A stark reminder that he flew too close to the abbotts.

Billy: Woo. Watch out. Jack’s getting mythological.

Diane: Yeah. What we need is a weapon.

Jill: We need a great big stick.

Diane: Well, yes, that’s the metaphor, but we need–

Jill: No, no, no, no. I’m not being metaphorical. I want to hit him with a great big stick.

Billy: You know what? We don’t need a weapon. We don’t need a stick to go after tucker and take him down. We already have one.

Ashley: What part could I possibly play in your future?

Tucker: You encouraged me to pursue glacade, which at one point was a vision we shared. Until you had a change of heart, if you recall.

Ashley: Right. And you’ve been plotting revenge, as I recall?

Tucker: I’m making healthier, better choices now. Instead of revenge, I’m cultivating a sense of purpose.

Ashley: I know that look.

Tucker: What look?

Ashley: That one. You want to conquer the world.

Tucker: No, my goals are slightly more modest than that. I do have plans though and they begin with glacade.

Ashley: Right. You want me to sell you my 50% of the company.

Tucker: Right.

Ashley: Out of the goodness of my heart?

Tucker: That is what you agreed to. And my lawyers right now are drafting an offer, which I think you’ll find quite generous.

Ashley: And what am I to do with all this generosity of yours?

Tucker: Whatever you want, ashley. There are no strings attached here. It will just be a clean break. Which is what you want, right?

Ashley: What are you up to?

Tucker: Oh, god. You just can’t do it. You can’t believe that I’m trying to change my ways, can you?

Ashley: I guess I can’T.

[ Danny humming ]

Daniel: Oh, you shouldn’t have. Hey, uh, what kind of snacks did you have in those bags? Um, you know, lily’s out of town. Just a couple of bachelors home alone. You wanna crack a couple of cold ones? Watch a game? I don’t know.

Danny: I’m sorry. Um, when was the last time we ever, you know, cracked cold ones and watched a game?

Daniel: I don’t know. I’m– I’m just trying to think of, you know, something that a father and son would do. Come on, give me a break. I just, I’m excited to spend some quality time with you.

Danny: And that’s what makes this so awkward.

Daniel: Makes what so awkward?

Danny: Well, uh, the groceries aren’t snacks.

Daniel: Okay.

Danny: I’ve come to borrow your kitchen.

Daniel: The whole thing?

Danny: Only for a couple of hours. I’m, uh, I’m making my pasta sauce.

Daniel: No?

Danny: Yeah.

Daniel: No? You’re gonna make the sauce?

Danny: Yeah.

Daniel: You’re gonna make the romalotti ragu? You’re gonna make the sauce and you’re so paranoid about the recipe, you won’t even write it down because you’re scared that I’m gonna find it and I’m gonna outdo you with it?

Danny: Yes. Yes. That is the one. And it’s better than your aunt gina’s, I guarantee you that.

Daniel: We only make that for special occasions. Why are you making it tonight?

Danny: And this is where it gets really awkward. Okay. The dinner is not for you. It’s for christine.

Daniel: Oh. Oh? You’re making christine the sauce?

Danny: Yes.

Daniel: Is this a date?

Christine: My relationship with danny is none of your business.

Phyllis: Oh, so it is a relationship?

Christine: I didn’t say that.

Phyllis: Well, you just said that. You said my relationship with danny, blah, blah, blah.

Christine: Okay. Well, that’s not what I meant.

Phyllis: Oh.

Christine: Come on. What is going on? Why are you so curious about danny and me? Ah, wait a second. Is that a little green in your eyes? This has nothing to do with me being in daniel’s life and by extension, yours. You’re just jealous.

Phyllis: Christine, listen, danny and I, we’re friends. I mean, we’re co-parents and that is the truth and nothing but the truth.

Christine: Well then, I’ll give you nothing less and I’ll say this once. My relationship with paul is over. Things with danny are, yeah, worth my time and attention. Are we gonna be more than friends? I don’t know. Maybe I’ll have a little more clarity after dinner tonight.

Phyllis: Well, that’ll be fun. What? Pizza and beer with two friends.

Christine: No. Actually, all clues are pointing toward a home-cooked dinner, which I’m very excited about. Apparently, he’s gonna make something, uh, unforgettable.

Phyllis: Ah, he’s gonna make the sauce. That’s what he’ll make. I love that sauce, it’s incredible. Well, bon appétit. – Hi, I’m steve.

Daniel: You know what, dad? I think it’s about time you and I had the talk.

Danny: Really?

Daniel: Mm-hmm.

Danny: We’re doing this now?

Daniel: Oh, yeah. Sit, come on. I’d take you outside for a quick game of catch, but, you know, it’s already dark out.

Danny: Yeah. And that’s an onion.

Daniel: Very perceptive.

Danny: Okay. Let’s get this over with. What do you want to know?

Daniel: You and christine, you guys are on special pasta sauce level. I wanna know how we got here.

Danny: I don’t know. We’re friends. And we’ve been getting, you know, closer the last little while.

Daniel: Ever since she got back from portugal?

Danny: Yes. And lately, she’s had a tough time with this, you know that. Breaking up with paul and she’s a wonderful person. I hate to see her sad.

Daniel: So, you’ve been there for her?

Danny: As a friend, lending an ear.

Daniel: Okay. Friends. Yeah. So, this is just dinner with a friend. It’s just pasta with a pal.

Danny: We’ve kissed.

Daniel: No.

Danny: Yes. I– I don’t wanna hear anymore, okay? You know, way too much as it is, all right? Hey, you know, this is moving in a really nice direction and now that you know everything, can I please borrow your kitchen tonight?

[ Daniel exhaling ]

Daniel: Couple of crazy kids like you two, how could I say no?

Danny: Oh, you’re wonderful. I really appreciate it. You’re awesome. Yeah.

Daniel: Oh, hey, onion.

Danny: Onion. Yes, of course.

[ Mellow piano music ]

Michael: Buy you a drink, gorgeous?

Ashley: You know, there’s a couple of things about our time together that I regret, but acquiring glacade is not one of them. Very solid company. And with the right leadership, it has a lot of potential.

Tucker: Wait. Wait a minute. Are you doing a 180 now? Or are you just trying to drive up the price?

Ashley: Maybe I changed my mind.

Tucker: You just want it now because I want it.

Ashley: I’m not that petty. And glacade will fail if it doesn’t have the support of a large corporation like jabot. It needs me to survive.

Tucker: I can build it up from nothing. I’ve done it before.

Ashley: It’s going to take a miracle.

Tucker: Well, it might be nothing but bones and a dream not, but I can make it breathe. I just need to give it the attention and the time it needs. I can do it. I– I just need somebody to believe in it. I could turn it into gold.

Jill: What weapon are you suggesting that we use against tucker?

Billy: The truth. And before you shoot me down, just hear me out for a second, okay? Because the truth is tucker is heavily involved in a cover-up with one of his artists and illicit behavior with underage girls. We know that information–

Jill: He did what?

Billy: Yes, mom. It’s disturbing and it’s covered up.

Diane: We found out from adam.

Jack: Yes, he was digging for dirt.

Jill: Well, he sure found it, didn’t he?

Jack: Yeah. Pretty disgusting, isn’t it?

Billy: So, we take that to the french board of directors and any business partner he has in glacade and they will send him up the river seine without a paddle in a heartbeat. He will be done, okay? What do you think?

Jill: Billy, I am so proud of you. That takes a special kind of cunning. Yes, the truth will set us free from tucker. Okay. Okay. Who knows what time it is in paris? Where do we start here? Should we take it to the press? Should we call a meeting?

Jack: Hold on. Hold on, first things first. We run this by ashley and get her blessing. After all, half of this company we’re talking about decimating belongs to her. I’ll see if she’s free.

Diane: In the meantime, we need to keep tucker distracted.

Jill: Oh, would you mind terribly if I handled that?

Diane: Why? Are you going to hit him with a big stick?

Jill: Oh, well, um, I’m not gonna rule that out, but I think I have a better idea. So, leave it to me. Oh, this is gonna be fun. When you have chronic kidney disease…

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Michael: Do you remember when you were dead? Of course not. How could you? During that time, I would have given my left foot to sit and be with you for five minutes. And now here you are, I mean, heartbeat and everything. Free martini.

[ Phyllis laughing ] I can’t even get you to talk. What did I do wrong?

Phyllis: You abandoned me.

Michael: Never.

Phyllis: Yes, you did. I came back from the dead, but you ghosted me.

[ Michael sighing ]

Michael: Forgive me. I came home from singapore for thanksgiving with gloria thinking that all her problems were in the rearview mirror, only to find that she had them tucked away in her carry-on.

Phyllis: Mm. Carrying on as she does.

Michael: Yeah. Well, I had to drag myself back to the other end of the globe just to clean things up. You don’t believe me? You want to check my passport?

Phyllis: No. I don’t need to do that. It’s just difficult for me when you’re not here because nobody really understands me here. You know, I’m taken out of context when you’re not here. You get me.

Michael: You’re feeling lonely.

Phyllis: What?

[ Michael chuckling ] I’m glad you’re back.

Michael: That makes two of us. What’s going on? Talk to me.

Jill: So, that’s the bare bones of the plan. We can work out the details as we go. What do you think?

Diane: I don’t know. Do you think it’s enough of a distraction?

Jack: That depends. Do you think you can convince tucker that you’re sincere? That it comes from the heart and not all artifice?

Billy: Yeah, I’m not sure about that. I’m– I’m just saying. I mean, you– you– you aren’t the best at concealing your true emotions. I know in the past when we haven’t seen eye to eye, you always have a little tinge of disappointment and it’s always there. I can see it. I think we all can. I’m just brave enough to say it right now.

Jill: Has it ever occurred to you, billy, that it’s because I love and care what happens to you? That sometimes I can’t control my emotions about you. But in this case, tucker is no friend of mine. There’s no love lost.

Diane: Okay, jill. We need to make sure that he trusts you.

Jill: Oh, I’ve been playing this game a lot longer than he has.

Jack: She’s right. In fact, some would say she’s been jockeying for position her whole life.

Jill: Okay, jack, you’ve got grievances. Care to elaborate?

Jack: Well, there’s your trying to poach billy out from under jabot. You want to shed some light on that?

Jill: You broke my heart. Both of you.

Billy: Mom, at the end of the day, don’t you want me to be happy?

Jill: Yes.

Billy: Okay.

Jill: I would prefer you to be happy with me. However, if you would like to continue working with this end of the family, there’s not much I can do about it. Is there?

Billy: Okay. But if we do this correctly and we take down tucker, I don’t need to be your sidekick.

Jill: Oh, billy, there was so much more to it than that. I didn’t want you to be my sidekick because you’d have my back. I could pay somebody for that. I wanted you to work with me ’cause you’re my son and I wanted to build something beautiful and important and durable with the person that I’ve poured my heart and my soul into. And isn’t that exactly what you want, jack? You want family and business together?

Jack: More than you know.

Ashley: Well, this is an unfortunate turn of events.

Tucker: A week ago, you couldn’t wait to unload this company on me.

Ashley: I changed my mind. I saw the potential and it’s vast.

Tucker: You just– you can’t let me have the smallest part of anything, can you, ashley? You hate me that much. And you have everything you could possibly want.

Ashley: Almost.

Tucker: Well, you said it yourself. Jabot’s a powerhouse. You want to try something new, do it there.

Ashley: Yeah. Well, I’m not gonna change my mind, tucker, all right? I’m not gonna sell my half the company. It’s nothing personal.

Tucker: No, it’s nothing personal. Of course. Well, so much for that state of civility you thought we could achieve. I guess I’ll have to fight you for it.

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Phyllis: I’m really trying to be good. I really am. I’m– I’m doing it, you know. I don’t know how much more I could take. Everybody sees me as a pariah that’s never gonna change. Or some ticking time bomb ready to go off. The thing that kills me is that my– my kids hate me. I mean, they treat me like somebody that they would try to avoid if they saw me walking down the street, you know.

Michael: Just because you managed to stay out of prison doesn’t mean you weren’t gonna pay for what you did. You know that, right?

Phyllis: Yeah, I know that. I know. Thanks. Yes. Yes. Shunned and shamed by my friends and neighbors.

Michael: It takes a village.

Phyllis: Hey, this isn’t funny.

Michael: Not in the least.

Phyllis: No, not in the least. So, don’t make jokes. Why are you smiling?

Michael: Because I remember a time when you would have given up and said, “what’s the point?” And done your level best to live down to their low expectations of you. But look at you. You actually want to be better. Not because of them, but because of you. My best friend is growing up.

Phyllis: Shut up.

Michael: Yay.

Phyllis: Sh.

[ Michael laughing ] Don’t make jokes. I’m so sad.

Michael: I’m sorry.

[ Both laughing ]

Phyllis: You know one thing I don’t get?

Michael: Hm?

Phyllis: Is karma. I guess this is my karma. I hate karma. Okay, listen, I’m not perfect. I know I’m not perfect, but I do not understand how it is that diane and christine get to move on. Why do they get to move on? I’m suffering, but they are being forgiven. And they are happy. And they get love. Why can’t I have nice things too? Why can’t I have someone who looks at me and believes in me? And supports me. And trusts me. And loves me. I deserve that.

Christine: Daniel?

Daniel: Hey. Come on in.

Christine: Well, thank you.

Daniel: Mm-hmm.

Christine: Ugh. It smells so good in here. I cannot believe how a smell or a taste can bring back such good memories. But you’re probably spoiled. I bet your dad cooks for you like this all the time.

Daniel: Yeah. You know, now that you mention it, nope. Never.

Christine: Well, I hope that means you’re joining us?

Daniel: I– I actually have, um, there’s this thing and you know how it is. Um, but the two of you have a lovely evening.

Christine: You too.

Daniel: Can you please save me some leftovers?

Christine: Yes. Bye.

Daniel: Bye.

[ Danny humming ]

Danny: You’re here.

Christine: Yeah. I hope not too early.

Danny: No. No, you’re, uh, you are right on time.

Billy: All right. I’m gonna take off. I’ve got a lot of homework to do.

Jack: Okay. You know your assignment, right?

Billy: I know exactly what to do. Find out as much information about tucker and ashley’s company as I can.

Diane: But don’t do anything drastic. Just poke around.

Jack: Yeah. Yeah, she’s right. Don’t make any moves against the company until we clear this with ashley. She’s technically a half-owner.

Billy: Speaking of ashley, do you think there’s a chance that she has a plan of her own?

Ashley: Well, I’m always up to something, aren’t I? So, what plan do you all want to discuss? Glacade? Imagine if you could get ahead of your ibs-c

Phyllis: What is that?

Michael: It’s water. Drink it. It’s good for you.

Phyllis: I am not drunk.

Michael: I know, but you’re depressive and I don’t like where you’re headed. Drink it.

Phyllis: Thank you.

Michael: Okay. First off, one can never hope to achieve true and total enlightenment by feeling sorry for yourself or hating other people’s happiness. It’s kind of the opposite of what we’re going for.

Phyllis: Okay. Remind me, what are we going for?

Michael: You can’t compare your journey to other people’S. Everybody has their own lessons to learn and their own challenges to conquer. Your path is your path. And what you got to do is keep your eyes forward, do good and put more love into people’s lives. And that love will be rewarded.

Phyllis: I’d like to believe that.

Michael: Well, think of all the great things that have happened recently. No prison. Debts paid. Your children–

Phyllis: Hate me.

Michael: Well, yeah, they might be a little skittish. Look, they’ve been through a lot. It’ll take some time, but you’ve got a second chance. Do something with it. Find the thing that you love and grab onto it with both hands. Good in, good out.

Phyllis: Okay. I will work on beautifying my life and creating my own path. I will work on it. You are brilliant. Clink. Clink.

Christine: That was far and away the best dinner I’ve had in years.

Danny: Really? Well, you know, thank you because gina, I mean, she still thinks that her pasta is better than mine. I think she’s delusional.

Christine: Yes. She’s delusional.

Danny: Yes. Thank you.

Christine: That sauce is perfect. Now, I– I don’t know. Maybe there were a few more layers this time. A little more complexity. I– maybe I’m just imagining it. I don’t know.

Danny: No, it’s uh, it’s like it’s telling a story. You know, it, uh, staying up late at night talking, celebrating. Absorbing the richness of success. And then you have this deep, savory flavor.

Christine: Exceptional.

Danny: You get the best ingredients, you mix them together and I don’t know if it’s magic or just meant to be, but when it’s right, you wind up with something remarkable.

Christine: I like how you can tweak and adjust the elements. Little things can change. Time can add more depth, but it’s still the same. But better.

Danny: The same, but better. I like that. One second.

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I’ve been thinking

about you for a while now

I know I said goodbye

but if you’ll listen

just hear me out ’cause

something I could hardly say

is what I really wanna do

here it goes

I wanna start again with you

there’s no saying

if we’ll make it

but I think

it’s a chance worth taking

Tucker: So, that purchase agreement I asked you to draft.

Teresa: You’ve kept me busy lately. Which agreement are you talking about?

Tucker: The one between me and ashley abbott for that company in france.

Teresa: That wasn’t a simple document to draw up.

Tucker: Well, too bad because I need you to parse through it with a fine toothcomb.

Teresa: What am i looking for?

Tucker: A surefire way to kick her ass to the curb. I want her out. I want to be sole proprietor.

Teresa: That won’t be as easy as it sounds.

Tucker: I don’t really care. I’ve made you a very rich woman to do that, which is not easy. Figure out a way to make it happen because you and I both know I can find someone who will.

Jack: I know this isn’t easy for you to talk about, but–

Ashley: What? You think that tucker is secretly shoring up glacade?

Billy: Yes, exactly.

Jack: Do you think he’s funneling money into the company to use it as a weapon against jabot?

Ashley: One hundred percent. He’s actually coming up with a generous offer to buy my half of the company even as we speak.

Diane: What’d you say?

Ashley: Well, initially, it was my idea. I thought if I could distract him with glacade, then tucker would keep his hands off of jabot and chancellor. But then I realized that he was up to something and it has to do with that company. So, today I told him I changed my mind about selling my half of the company. I just wanted to push him a little bit, you know, to see how much he wants glacade. And boy, he wants it bad.

Jack: But not to go out and start something new?

Ashley: No, no, no. He wants to use it as a wrecking ball against jabot.

Jack: And you are going to sell to him?

Billy: Ash, we have a plan.

Diane: With a little help from our friend, jill.

Ashley: Oh, what now? Jill’s my friend too?

Jack: She’s our friend on this. We are all working together to shut tucker down once and for all.

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Sally: Do you really think that we can hit the reset button?

Adam: I’m sure as hell willing to try.

Abby: Please don’t tell me that you’re feeling like rehiring your cousin was a mistake.

Cole: Claire’s pretty freaked out about being in jail.

Victoria: We told her that we would find her a lawyer.

Michael: You want me to defend her?

Jordan: It won’t be long now, eve. The high and mighty newman family will get exactly what they deserve. Every last one of them.

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Nate: You want me to sit? This can’t be good.

Lily: Nate, please.

Nate: All right. Well, go ahead. Let me have it.

Lily: It’s not like that.

Nate: Sure feels like that.

Devon: I spoke to victor earlier today.

Nate: I already told you what happened, devon. I– I told you why I got fired.

Devon: I know what you told us and I told you I was gonna get victor’s side of things.

Nate: I can only imagine the earful he gave you.

Lily: And I ran into nick.

Nate: I’m sure he had a lot to say as well. None of it good.

Lily: No, it sure wasn’T.

Nate: Look, if you’re gonna tell me I don’t have a shot, let’s not waste everyone’s time with excuses.

Devon: Or maybe you could just sit back down and actually listen to what we have to say to you.

Diane: I’d really like to reassess our E.V.P. Measure it through employment engagement surveys, performance reviews. And then we can make whatever changes are necessary to ensure that the jabot brand matches a prospective employee’s perception.

Jack: Our ability to leverage our employee value proposition is critical to our attracting top talent. I mean, the competition’s bigger than ever. I say go for it.

Diane: Well, I’ll get started today.

Jack: Great.

Diane: You look like you’re in a good mood.

Jack: Despite tucker’s threats, yeah, I would say my mood is optimistic.

Diane: Are you in the holiday spirit already?

Jack: Well, that could be part of it.

Diane: Let me guess. Does this have something to do with our latest hire?

Jack: I could not be any happier about having kyle back in the fold.

Diane: You know, he really wants to prove himself to you.

Jack: He doesn’t have to prove anything. He’s merely come back to where he belongs. Stronger, wiser, and more dedicated than ever and I am so proud.

Diane: That’s because he’s his father’s son. He’s committed to this family and our future.

Jack: To work with my son and my brilliant, exquisite wife. Life doesn’t get much sweeter than that.

Billy: Hi. Sorry. I hope I’m not interrupting–

Jack: No, no. Not at all. Come on in.

Billy: I’m actually glad you’re both here.

Diane: Why? What’s going on?

Billy: I just had a very interesting conversation with my mother about tucker mccall.

Jill: Thank you. Thank you.

Tucker: Jill. Hi.

Jill: You know, I saw that trail of slime up there leading to the front door. Now, I know why.

Tucker: Ha ha. I get it. Because I’m a slug or a snail. Something that oozes.

Jill: Yep.

Tucker: Nice. May I buy you a drink?

Jill: I’m gonna tell you this and for the very last time, there is no way on earth that you’ll get your teeny weeny little paws on chancellor, okay? If I were to fall over dead right now, you have zero chance of ever making it yours.

Tucker: Coffee? Tea?

[ Jill laughing ]

Jill: Plus, I’ve made legal provisions so you will never be able to finagle an ownership share in the company.

Tucker: Legal provisions. There is a subjective term. A lot to unpack there. No wonder there are so many rich lawyers in the world. Talk about a trail of slime.

Jill: Yep. Yep. My husband and I have never been more active.

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Mamie: And what’s this little tte–tte all about?

Tucker: Jill was about to name her price and make me a very happy man.

Jill: Yeah, when hell freezes over. And what about you? I thought you were done affiliating yourself with this man, and yet here you are.

Mamie: Pure coincidence.

Jill: Yes. Would you stop pretending please that you and tucker are not in cahoots, when the both of you are trying to take chancellor away from me.

Mamie: As much as I would love to see you lose what you shouldn’t have had in the first place, I am not about to cahoot with the man who broke ashley’s heart. And I’m certainly–

Tucker: If I may interject something. Ashley actually broke my heart first.

Mamie: Oh, so you’re just gonna throw a tantrum and then go after ashley–

Tucker: Ashley is not the issue here. You are. I’m just trying to help you here, jill. With this little dance we’ve been doing. Let’s– let’s end it. Skip to the good part, shall we? Name your price.

Billy: My mom believes that tucker’s about to make a move.

Jack: That jives with what ashley said. Yeah.

Billy: So, you know that mamie and tucker have teamed up and you’re just telling me about this now? Am I out of the loop, jack?

Jack: Things are moving fast. Consider yourself in the loop. What else did jill say?

Billy: She thinks that they’re gonna try and force her out of the company.

Diane: And we know that tucker’s already gunning for jabot.

Jack: So, as suspected, tucker is back to his original agenda. Take chancellor-winters and jabot.

Diane: Does jill have a plan to fight him?

Billy: Well, it’s a little bit tough to fight someone that operates in the shadows, okay? But you know, my mom, she’s always got a plan. And right now, that involves trying to convince me to join her at chancellor-winters.

Jack: What? And leave jabot? Are you actually considering this? We need you, billy.

Billy: She needs me more, jack. She feels outnumbered and outgunned and she’s concerned that lily and devon are gonna align themselves with mamie. You add nate onto there. Winters side, you have a deep bench. Chancellor side, not so much.

Jack: But her ties with devon and lily are very strong.

Billy: They are strong ties and then there’s family. And you add tucker into that. She’s very worried that tucker and mamie are gonna grab the company and then split it up, with mamie taking winters and tucker swallowing up chancellor.

Diane: Does jill think that devon and lily would be part of that?

Billy: I think family sometimes can make people do things that they wouldn’t normally do. Look, my mom, she’s just not gonna sit back and let something happen, okay? We know that. She’s looking for reinforcements.

Diane: You?

Billy: For starters. Yeah.

Jack: I repeat, are you considering joining jill?

Billy: I’m in this fight, jack. Until the end. I’m not going anywhere.

[ Jack sighing ] But, the thought of reinforcements, it gave me an idea.

[ Lily sighing ]

Lily: Look, we want to believe that you have learned from your mistakes, and that you’re ready to be a part of this family and the company.

Nate: But?

Devon: But victor is convinced that you tried to pull a coup and have him committed to a clinic just to get him out of the way and have you and victoria take over the company.

Nate: It wasn’t a power play. I thought the man was ill. It was for his own good.

Devon: Right. The problem with that is, that’s the exact same thing you told us when you tried to hijack our company. You said it was for our benefit when it was really for yours.

Nate: And I’ve apologized, repeatedly.

Devon: I’m aware of that. But when we have people like victor and nick and nikki warn us about you, I’m sure you can understand where our trust issues come from.

Nate: And you have the same doubts?

Lily: No. I mean, look, I believe that you care about victor. You were his doctor, you know? You have a lot of compassion. I don’t think that just goes away. I don’t think that you were using his illness as some sort of power grab.

Nate: Thank you for that, at least.

Lily: And look, I know that you wanna make real change and make amends and we wanna help you with that. I want that for you, for your own happiness. And I think the only way to move forward is for us to let go of the past so that you can have the strength of your family to lean on.

Nate: So, you can what? Save me from myself? Keep me in line?

Lily: No, nate, that’s not what I’m trying to say.

Nate: I don’t need saving, cousin. I need a chance to show that I am committed to this family. To the company. Aunt mamie believes in me. I wish you could too.

Devon: There’s more to this decision, nate, than just making mamie happy. Tucker is coming after chancellor-winters. We need to be ready for him. We can’t have any kind of drama or conflict.

Nate: Oh, yeah. Have you– have you run that by jill or aunt mamie?

Devon: Of course, we have. Yes. Staying united is the only way this company is gonna survive moving forward.

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Nate: Um, has jill signed off on this decision to hire me back?

Lily: Yes, she has.

Nate: Wow. I’m so– I’m touched. It means more to me than you know. Thank you. Thank you.

Devon: And obviously, it’s gonna be provisional because if we suspect that you’re up to anything, you’re gonna be gone.

Nate: I assure you, that it is not gonna happen.

Devon: Good.

Nate: Look, I– I know what it took for you to come to this decision. Especially after the pile-on from the newmans. That you have enough faith in me to give me another opportunity, I’m humbled.

Devon: Well, you have a big fan in lily.

Nate: I will make you proud.

Lily: That’s all we can ask for.

Nate: So, um, do you have a position in mind? It doesn’t have to be top-tier. I am willing to work my way to your approval. Um, wherever I can be most helpful to the company is where I wanna be.

Devon: Yeah, we’ve actually discussed that with jill and she’s decided that you should oversee the product and content development department.

Lily: Yeah, I think when you were with us last, you know, your ideas kind of lent more towards innovation. Big picture thinking.

Devon: Yeah. You sometimes went too far with the big-picture thinking.

Nate: Hm.

Lily: So, you know, it seems like a– a good fit.

Nate: I appreciate that you think I have something to contribute and I can’t wait to get started. And I promise you won’t regret this.

Lily: I know. We’re counting on that.

Nate: You know, who’s gonna be over the moon? Aunt mamie. She’s gonna be so happy. I’m happy.

Devon: We’re gonna start getting the paperwork drawn up because you will have nondisclosure and non-compete agreements to sign as well.

Nate: Of course.

Lily: Yeah, and figure out a start date too.

Nate: The sooner the better.

Lily: Yeah. Well…

[ Phone ringing ] Oh, sorry, take this. Uh, excuse me.

Devon: It’s okay.

Nate: She seems excited. What about you? What do you think?

Jill: Tucker, why don’t you just run along and play with that record collection that katherine left you and let a grown-up run the company the way your mommy wanted it run.

Tucker: Jill, I know you have a price. Why don’t you just name it?

Jill: Oh, my god. I feel like we keep having the same conversation over and over again. You don’t hear me. There is no price in the universe that will convince me to sell chancellor to you. Hell, I’d rather sell it to mamie almost.

Mamie: Oh, now that is like music to my ears. Let’s have the paperwork drawn up.

Jill: One, I said almost. And two, I trust you only marginally more than I trust tucker. And that is because I know that devon and lily can keep you in line. But you, oh, you, you got nobody to keep you grounded, huh? You are the loosest of loose cannons and you don’t even care where you’re aiming. You just want to make a big noise, don’t you?

Tucker: And I suppose all you want is world peace.

Jill: I want to build a company that leaves a legacy to my family.

Mamie: That is what we all want, jill.

Jill: Oh, my god. I think you’re both underestimating me, okay? I don’t care if you’re in cahoots or not. I’ve got a big arsenal in my back pocket and if you push me or my family, believe me, I won’t hesitate to use it.

Billy: I’m certain that my mom can hold her own, but why let her go after tucker solo?

Jack: What are you suggesting?

Billy: Tucker is fighting a battle on two fronts. He’s going after chancellor-winters and he’s obviously coming after jabot. I say we unite.

Diane: Meaning?

Billy: Meaning we work alongside my mom. We would have the power to outplay him, outmaneuver him, simply outlast him. We would neutralize the threat that tucker offers.

Diane: You’re not suggesting that we merge the companies to fight him, are you?

Billy: No, I’m not saying that. I think we operate outside the companies, okay? We use our brains, we use our strengths, we use our resources and we topple tucker once and for all. We don’t know his end game, but we know the guy. We know what he wants, we know how he operates. He’s always looking at the angles. He’s got one eye on the sidelines. We go straight at him, right up the middle.

You can feel it…

Billy: So, what do you think?

Diane: Well, the idea has merit.

Jack: It does.

Billy: Well, your enthusiasm is underwhelming.

Jack: Your mother would not be where she is today if she didn’t always have an agenda. She is excellent at getting what she wants.

Billy: Jack, she needs our help.

Jack: I’m not sure she would agree with you there.

Billy: Okay. So, what do you mean by that?

Jack: Yeah. Tucker loves playing the dangerous man of mystery to keep us all guessing. I think your mother thinks he’s a lightweight. And I doubt that she feels as massively threatened by tucker as she would have you believe.

Billy: So, you think she’s lying about this? Why would she lie to me about this, jack?

Jack: Not so much a lie as a clever manipulation to get her bright, talented son back under her wing.

Billy: Hold on a second. So, you think this is a power play between the two of you? The winner gets billy or maybe the loser as you would probably see it? Does billy have any say in this or is he not smart enough to realize what’s going on?

Diane: All right. That’s not what jack–

Jack: Let me start again. Family is everything to jill. You are everything to jill. She wants the chancellor part of the company to feel as much a family business as the winter side. As much as jabot. It’s the very same thing as my wanting to work with kyle. I don’t hold it against her. And if she has decided to stack the deck with the threat of tucker to get you to return, well, I– I guess all is fair.

Billy: Look, whatever my mother’s agenda is, there is one goal, that is to stop tucker and we don’t have a lot of options.

Diane: You know, billy’s right. We were hoping that ashley could get through to him, that she could help him reconcile with devon.

Jack: Yeah. I don’t like that particular scenario.

Diane: Well, if it worked.

Jack: Devon is part of that equation. He’s not gonna just start making nice with his father. Besides, I don’t think tucker is gonna give ashley the satisfaction. He knows how to hold on to his rage and how to use it.

Diane: Maybe it’s time we released the article? Let the world know about tucker’s part in his rock star’s sick involvement with underage girls. That would set him back on his heels.

Billy: Tucker’s not concerned about the fallout. Plus at the end of the day, he’s not gonna end up in jail anyway.

Diane: Well, unfortunately, you’re probably right.

Jack: Depending on what else is in the news that day. I mean, it could be a headline for half a day and be forgotten.

Billy: Fine. That’s a possibility. What are we going to sit here and waste time trying to figure out other plans of action? Tucker lit the fuse. Okay? He told me so. He’s coming after jabot. There’s no going back.

Diane: Wait a second. You guys, think about it? Is he really? I mean, for all of his threats and warnings, he hasn’t actually done anything. I think he likes seeing us squirm. This is all a game to him.

Jack: Wait, that may be it.

Diane: What may be it?

Jack: You may have actually figured out what tucker’s endgame actually is.

Tucker: Oh, yeah, you’re so fierce, aren’t you? So full of fire and energy protecting what’s yours. I get it now.

Jill: Oh, spare me.

Tucker: You love chancellor-winters. It’s really the only thing you have in your life. It’s your, you know, your terra firma. But something tells me the– the terra isn’t so firm these days. So, you’re freaked out.

Jill: No. See, that’s nonsense.

Tucker: Well, devon and lily, they have each other. Uh, mamie’s joined them.

Mamie: And nate’s joining us soon.

Tucker: That’s right. So, there you have it. The winters crew is very strong and solid and united. And the chancellor side? Well, your grandson’s too busy playing cops and robbers and your son… poor, uh, easily distracted billy. He’s– he’s decided he’d rather work for a big brother who constantly punches him in the nose than his own mother.

Jill: You do not know what you’re talking about.

Tucker: You’re alone, jill.

Jill: Oh, right. Says the man whose wife just dumped him and his son wants nothing to do with him.

Tucker: You’re an army of one, so you’re running scared. And you rage and roar and wave your arms about and threaten mass destruction, but it’s not scary. It’s sad.

Jill: You just have me all figured out, funny man, don’t you?

Tucker: Yeah. And I feel sorry for you. But unfortunately for you, I’m not backing down. Who’s to say I don’t have an arsenal in my back pocket too?

Devon: Nate, I think that this could work if you want it to work. It’s really up to you.

Nate: I appreciate that. And I want to thank you again for seeing through victor’s mud-slinging. I know how much you look up to him. I get that. I’ve always admired his drive, what he’s accomplished. But at what cost? What he put his children through, pure ruthlessness at the expense of his own kids. To see that was a lesson in itself on how not to treat family.

Devon: Yeah. No, I– I agree with you. What he did was very questionable, for sure. But it’s not our problem. You know, we need to be focused right now on our company and staying strong and making this work.

Nate: That’s all I want.

Devon: Even though you won’t be in a c-suite?

Nate: Like I said, I’ll be happy to contribute however I can.

Devon: Well, I’ll be taking your word for that.

Nate: This is really hard for you, isn’t it?

Devon: Uh, I mean, nobody forced me to make this decision. I could have put my foot down and said no at any point. And I actually do think that you’re gonna bring a lot of value to the company. And you have a lot of support within, so I’d be grateful if I were you.

Nate: Oh, I am. Especially to lily. I assume she was the driving force behind this?

Devon: Yeah, pretty much. She is a big believer in second chances.

Nate: And you were dragged into this.

Devon: No. I– I wasn’t dragged into anything. I genuinely want to see you succeed at the company. And if you’ve really learned your lessons about family and loyalty like you say you have, we will not have a problem.

Nate: So, you’ll be keeping a close eye.

Devon: I think we all will be. Yeah.

Nate: So, that’s how it’s gonna be? Repeating the past? You constantly breathing down my neck, waiting for me to make a wrong move. Looking for a smarter way to mop?

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Devon: Nate, I’m giving you a fair shot.

Nate: Yeah. On a short leash.

Devon: You haven’t even had your first day and you have this combative attitude with me. You okay?

Nate: What’s going on?

Lily: Um, that was mattie. There’s a wildfire at her school and it’s only partially contained.

Devon: Is she on campus?

Lily: Yeah. All the students are in lockdown. I guess there’s like smoke and ash everywhere and mattie sounded terrified.

Nate: My god.

Devon: What can we do?

Lily: I mean, nothing. Nothing that anyone can do, but I feel like I can’t stay here. Like, I have to go and be near her.

Devon: Yeah, yeah. Of course you do. Hang on, let me call the airport and I’ll get the jet ready for you.

Lily: Okay. Thank you. Sorry, guys. I have to go. I’m sorry.

Devon: No, don’t be sorry at all. You have to be with your daughter.

Nate: Yeah. Keep us updated, please.

Lily: Um, yeah, I will.

Devon: Hey, hey. Everything’s gonna be okay. All right, she’ll be fine. I love you.

Lily: All right. Love you too.

Devon: Bye.

Jack: Maybe tucker’s only agenda is making us think he has one.

Billy: And that makes sense how?

Jack: He’s trying to drive us crazy. To drive us apart and look how it’s working. We’re spending all this time constantly looking for the fire that he claims to have started at jabot. Or maybe he’s hoping that finger-pointing and accusations will take his work away. He can sit back and watch us burn to the ground.

Diane: Yes. And I’m sure he’d enjoy every minute of it, but I– I just don’t think that’s the whole story. This guy doesn’t do subtle. He landed a helicopter in our backyard.

Jack: He lost ashley. The love of his life. He’s furious. He’s in pain and he wants us to feel that pain too. So he taunts us, tries to push us right to the edge.

Billy: Over the edge as far as he’s concerned.

Jack: Look, all I’m saying is maybe this slow, steady, relentless torture is just one gigantic head trip. A huge, meaningless mind game.

Jill: Maybe your arsenal isn’t quite as large as you think it is.

Tucker: Uh, maybe. Maybe not. That reminds me of the great baudelaire quote. “The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” Well. See ya.

Jill: My god, what I wouldn’t do to get that man out of our lives for good.

Mamie: Maybe you could just hand him a check for a million dollars to get rid of him. But, of course, that might just come back to bite you.

Jill: Is that what this is all about, mamie? Have you come back to bite me?

Mamie: Oh, jill, I’m here for my family.

Jill: Yeah, I know. You keep waving that flag, but something tells me there’s a whole lot more going on.

Mamie: Maybe you’re just being paranoid.

Jill: It’s not paranoid if it’s true.

Mamie: Look, I don’t care what you think about me or what you think I’m up to, but from where I sit, I don’t trust tucker any more than you do.

Jill: Oh, my god, woman, you’re the one who brought the snake to the party. It’s a little late to stop trusting him.

Mamie: One more time, jill. Because of what he did to ashley, I don’t want to have anything to do with that man.

Jill: Then prove it. Tell me what your plan was. What does tucker want?

Mamie: Girl, I don’t have to prove anything to you.

Jill: No. No, I am serious. If you want him gone as much as I do, why don’t we call a truce? Why don’t we share information with each other so that it can help both sides of the business and also the people we love?

Mamie: Why, jill abbott, if I didn’t know any better, I would think that you were suggesting that you and I work on the same side. Theo’s nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought

Lily: Yeah, charlie, I just wanna let you know what’s going on. So, when I get there, I’ll keep you updated, okay? No, I know, I know. I’m worried too, but mattie’s gonna be fine. I promise you. Okay. All right. Love you too. Oh, god. Please let her be okay. Okay. Where are my keys?

Daniel: Hey, I got here as fast as I could. Any more news?

Lily: No. There’s a fire on the perimeter so they can’t evacuate any students. They’re all on lockdown. So– god, I don’t know where my keys are.

Daniel: You know they’re not gonna let you anywhere near that that campus until they got the fire contained, right?

Lily: I know that. I know. I just want to be near her so that way when she’s out, I can just make sure that she’s okay. Uh, oh, god. There they are. Okay. Oh, my god. I should probably go over these contracts on the plane, but I’m just gonna be distracted. And, oh, my god. I’m such a mess. Sorry.

Daniel: No, I got it. You are a mother who’s worried about her child. Maybe there’s something I can do to help. Hey, larry, can you go ahead and clear my schedule out for the rest of the day? Yeah, and uh, get rid of my meetings for tomorrow as well. Yeah. No, we’ll be in touch. Don’t worry about it.

Lily: Wait, sorry. What are you doing?

Daniel: Coming with you.

Billy: Let’s not forget that tucker tried to frame me for embezzlement. Okay. That’s not nothing.

Jack: But think how simplistic it was. How easy it was to figure out that he and phyllis were behind it. Look, it– it was a bluff to scare us into thinking his threat was real.

Diane: Well, even if you’re right, that tucker is mind-gaming us into turning on each other, I think this family is too strong to fall for that. And I’d say the same about chancellor-winters.

Jack: I think we deserve this drink.

Diane: Yes.

Jill: I got your call, jack.

Jack: By all means, jill. Come right in.

Jill: So, what’s so important? Oh, lord, it looks like I’m just in time for an announcement. I’m so sorry. I know this must be hard on you, but the best ceo won.

Billy: Mom.

Jill: I know he’s done an excellent job at jabot, but, oh, is he gonna shine at chancellor?

Billy: Mom, hey.

Jill: What, what?

Billy: I’m not leaving jabot.

Jill: Okay. So, you just called me over to gloat, did you?

Jack: No. Look, we were just discussing tucker mccall and his claim that he has chancellor-winters and jabot in his crosshairs.

Jill: Not news. Are we done? Can I go?

Jack: Wait. Wait, wait. We have a theory as to what tucker is really up to.

Jill: So not in the mood for theories.

Jack: Billy has a plan and we need your input.

Jill: Mm-hmm. I liked my plan, billy.

Billy: Mom, please.

Jill: All right. What have you got?

Diane: Well, for weeks, tucker has threatened to bring us to our knees, but so far, he hasn’t made an overt move against us.

Jill: So?

Billy: So, maybe it’s all smoke and mirrors. Maybe there is no concrete threat. Tucker’s revenge is simply mind games.

Jill: Ah, funny you should say that. I was thinking of that. Maybe that weasel doesn’t have a damn plan.

Tucker: Mamie johnson. Wow. What a pleasant surprise.

Mamie: As if you weren’t down here lurking, waiting for me.

Tucker: Yeah. I didn’t like the way things ended with jill.

Mamie: Ended with jill? Well, the beginning and the middle weren’t great either. Excuse me.

Tucker: I was hoping maybe I could have a word with you.

Mamie: And that word would be no.

Tucker: It will just take a minute, please.

[ Mamie sighing ]

Mamie: What is it that you don’t understand? I don’t trust you. You– especially you, bragging on being the devil. What you did to ashley?

Tucker: Yeah. I messed up with ashley and I own it, okay?

Mamie: Mm-mm. That doesn’t change how I feel about you.

Tucker: What if I told you she’s been reaching out to me?

[ Mamie scoffing ]

Mamie: That girl’s always been too big-hearted for her own good. I’ll just have to have a word with her. And as for you and me, there’s nothing that you could say that I want to hear.

Tucker: It’s about jill. (Smelling)

Jack: So, you’re with us on this? Tucker could just be blowing smoke to torture us. To hoping that fear and insecurity and accusations are going to separate us. Divide us, our families, our companies. He’s hoping that he can break our hearts the same way ashley broke his.

Jill: If he actually had a heart. I wouldn’t put it past him though. He just waltzes into our lives, swinging his big dog energy. He thinks he can scare us? Not a chance in hell.

Jack: I told you she wasn’t afraid of tucker.

Jill: Well, if it is his plan, it’s really stupid, but I can’t afford to ignore it, can I? He’s got his claws into chancellor. It’s gotta be resolved. Okay. Let’s hear your plan, billy.

Billy: Tucker’s coming after all of us, so we form a united front. Together, we turn the mind games back on him.

Jill: Well, that’s not a bad idea, I guess. For what it’s worth, mamie says she’s through with tucker and his lies.

Billy: Do you believe her?

Jill: She’s a major threat to my company, but in this case, she may be a good ally.

Jack: Well, I’m glad mamie has seen the light, but you and mamie on the same team?

Jill: Desperate times, jack. I want that scum out of our lives for good.

Jack: Tucker lost ashley and the future he thought they had together. Combined with devon rejecting him yet again I think he’s on the ropes. He is desperate. He is hurting. He’s in fear and that’s when we attack him. We have to push him to the edge. Break him once and for all.

Mamie: Clock’s ticking, tucker.

Tucker: No matter our differences, you and I believe in family, right?

Mamie: You said this was about jill.

Tucker: Yeah. I’m getting to her. But what you’re doing for devon and lily and nate, helping them reconcile and building the winters legacy, I admire it very much.

[ Mamie chuckling ]

Mamie: Still waiting.

Tucker: Jill scares me.

Mamie: Why? Because she trash talked you?

Tucker: No. Her back is against the wall. She’s desperate. So, she is going to fight hard and ugly to protect herself.

Mamie: Well, you’ve been known to get down into the swamp yourself.

Tucker: Not anymore. Not if there’s the slightest chance any of that ugliness can spill onto devon.

Mamie: Yeah. Well, I’m not gonna let that happen.

Tucker: You may not have a choice. Devon’s very happy right now. He’s working with lily. He’s raising dom with abby. And I just refuse to let anything blow that up. So, I am backing off.

Mamie: Backing off?

Tucker: I’m waving the white flag. Total surrender.

Mamie: So, what game are you playing now, tucker mccall?

[ Devon mumbling ]

Devon: This fire is still growing.

Nate: You think she had time to contact charlie and kane? I could reach out.

Devon: No. I imagine those are the first two people she called.

[ Nate sighing ]

Nate: Things like this put everything in perspective, don’t they? We drop whatever we’re doing the second the people we love are in trouble.

Devon: That’s what family does.

Nate: Something I forgot along the way.

Devon: But you’re back on track now though, right?

Nate: One hundred percent. I’m fully committed to this family and the company. I wanna thank you again for giving me this opportunity.

Devon: Hey, nate. Um, lily really does believe in you, so if you screw up and you break her heart again, we’re done, okay?

Lily: Daniel, you can’t go with me.

Daniel: Sure I can. My calendar’s suddenly wide open.

Lily: No. Look, I– I’ve got this. I’m fine. I promise you.

Daniel: No, you’re not fine. You are shaking.

Lily: No, listen, you have a huge launch next week. You worked really hard on it. I’m not gonna let you jeopardize that.

Daniel: All that matters is that you and mattie are safe. Everything else…

Lily: I know. And I love you for that. Thank you. But I promise you, I’ve got this. Okay? Just stay here.

Daniel: You’re sure?

Lily: Yes. I’m very, very sure.

Daniel: You know I’m gonna be texting you nonstop for updates.

Lily: I know. I know. I know.

Daniel: If you change your mind–

Lily: I know. You’re a plane flight away.

Daniel: Exactly.

Lily: There is one thing you could do.

Daniel: Already on it. Come here, babe.

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Nikki: What are you looking for?

Victor: Just a pen.

Nikki: No, you’re not. You’re checking up on me. You think that’s where I would hide vodka?

Victor: Baby, I just remembered the name of the company that we recently acquired and I just wanna jot down the name, okay?

Nikki: And that’s why you drove me to work and accompanied me to my office?

Victor: Yeah.

Nikki: Well, I know that you’re being caring and you love me. But you don’t have to worry about me, because I’m doing better every day.

Victor: And, my baby, I’m very proud of you. Okay? And now, I suggest I take you to lunch. Not to keep tabs on you, just because I enjoy your company.

Nikki: Well, I have to check my schedule because people have been booking meetings for me without checking with me. I have to say, the one thing I miss about claire was she was a terrific assistant.

Victor: Well then, we’re gonna have to find someone who’s even better than that.

Nikki: Yes, hopefully, someone who is not out to kill me.

Jack: Good morning. Ash, you all right?

Ashley: Hi. Yeah, I’m fine. I’m just looking at news regarding glissade and tucker. You know, I’m sure that he put his pr team on damage control. I’m just curious as to what kind of spin he put on it.

Jack: Well, I haven’t seen anything yet.

Ashley: No, me neither. Not a quote from tucker or anybody else that the cover-up was a lie.

Jack: Well, maybe he’s not gonna handle this publicly.

Kyle: Well, he might go for a private counterattack.

Ashley: Thank you. No. Tucker is definitely laying low. No response at all to the news blitz.

Jack: So, could it be that tucker is in retreat or is this the calm before the storm?

Audra: Here you are.

Tucker: Yeah, here I am.

Audra: I’ve been sending you texts all night. You’re avoiding me.

Tucker: No, no, no, I just don’t have an answer for you.

Audra: Meaning you have no plan.

Tucker: I’m regrouping.

Audra: You’re bluffing. The abbotts have knocked you off your game and you’re too humiliated to admit it to me.

Tucker: I’ll tell you what, buy me breakfast, and I’ll fill you in. Heads have already rolled.

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Victor: Now, don’t you forget about lunch.

Nikki: No.

Victor: All right? I have an important meeting now with nicholas and adam. They’re probably waiting for me already.

Nikki: Well, I hope they can live up to your expectations this time, especially adam.

Victor: So do I. Keep it sweet, baby.

Nikki: I couldn’t bear it if you were disappointed again.

Victor: Well, this time, I think I have a solution that will give them both incentives to do what I want them to do. You take care. See you later.

Nikki: Okay. Hi, it’s nikki. I’m having a hard time. Can we meet?

[ Adam sighs ]

Adam: So, any actual bets on what this meeting is about?

Nick: I’m assuming it’s about vic’s leave of absence. And with nate gone as well, we’re definitely shorthanded right now.

Adam: So, more musical chairs in the c-suite.

Nick: Yeah, I don’t know. Dad could be bringing someone else in.

Adam: No, I doubt that. I mean, you heard his speech about family pulling together. His plan is for you and me to work side by side.

>Nick: Yeah, I’d say that’s a fantasy.

Adam: Do you really not think we are capable of holding things down here and working with dad?

Nick: You want to know how I think this plays out?

[ Adam laughs ]

Adam: Please.

Nick: We can try to make this work. You know, to keep the old man happy and it might work for a while. But then eventually, and I will wager sooner rather than later, you’re either gonna get bored or feel snubbed or underappreciated. Then you’re gonna do what you always do, adam. You’re gonna self-destruct. Again.

Kyle: Tucker might hold off for now, but he’ll want to hit back twice as hard.

Ashley: The whole world knows by now that tucker covered up that ugly scandal. It has to affect glissade in some way. It’s a small company with a pristine reputation.

Jack: Well, and their new owner has been outed as a disreputable liar. They cannot be taking that in stride.

Ashley: And then the board members, they’re gonna want his head on a spike.

Jack: So, this is perhaps time for tucker to disappear. To go lick his wounds on some faraway mountain top.

Kyle: You can’t seriously believe that? I’ve been on the inside with the guy lately, he’s determined. There’s no way he’ll fold. And he’s still out for blood after what happened in paris.

Tucker: I’m done. Goodbye, ashley.

[ Ashley exclaims] You go to hell!

Ashley: Okay.

Jack: Ash? Hey, everything okay?

Ashley: Yeah, I just– I’m not over that fight we had in paris. I just– I see tucker and his anger.

Kyle: Yeah, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have mentioned it.

Ashley: No, don’t apologize. We can’t pretend it didn’t happen. Even though that’s what tucker’s trying to do.

Jack: Well, of course, that’s how he’d handle it. Showing responsibility for his actions is not something he can do. I just hate that it’s still bothering you.

Ashley: Well, I’m trying really, really hard not to dwell on it, jack. It’s just that lately every time I see tucker, I’m– I’m– I’m right back there. It comes crashing in and I’m back at that cafe and I’m face to face with tucker’s intense rage.

Audra: I imagine the glissade board and staff haven’t taken well to the news that you covered up one of your star recording artists’ crimes.

Tucker: We. We covered it up.

Audra: Uh, just a reminder my name wasn’t in the article.

Tucker: Then it was a cover-up of a cover-up.

Audra: Mm. I hope that’s not the defense your spin doctors have come up with.

Tucker: There’s gonna be no defense. No pr countermove.

Audra: So, the strategy is to just let the news cycle die out?

Tucker: That’s right. Strategy is lay low, regroup. See what happens. People don’t have any attention span anymore. They’ll be on to the next scandal in a couple of days.

Audra: Well surely the good people of glissade won’t forget or forgive so easily.

Tucker: No, they are angry, disgusted.

Audra: Did they find a way to oust you?

Tucker: Mm.

[ Tucker clears throat ] Just the opposite. I’m firing all of them.

[ Tucker coughs ]

Audra: So, the captain is going down with a sinking ship. And you’re throwing everyone overboard first.

Tucker: No, no, I have no intention of walking away, just because of a little hiccup.

Audra: You know, well, I say it’s more than just a hiccup. It’s more like a death rattle.

Tucker: Listen, I can put together another board. I can find a new staff. I can surround myself with people who are willing to look past my missteps. So, the answer to your question is no, the abbotts have not defeated me. They haven’t won and they won’T. Listen, your deodorant just has to work.

Audra: If you’re not giving up on glissade, does that mean you’re sticking with your plan to go after jabot?

Tucker: All in due time.

Audra: Look, just tell me what you plan on doing with the information kyle says he has about their new product.

Tucker: I have no further use for kyle until he can convince me that he’s not setting up another abbott trap.

Audra: And how do you intend to figure that out?

Tucker: My secret weapon. Just find out where he truly stands.

Audra: I already know the answer to that. Kyle has been playing you all along. Just like you suspected. So, whatever product secrets he would be passing along, it’s just another setup.

Adam: You may have been right that I would have blown things up in the past. But my 2024 goals specifically indicate no more self-destruction.

Nick: Right. The new and improved, ultra-responsible, highly focused adam newman.

Adam: Mm-hmm.

Nick: Heard a lot about that guy. I’ve never met him once.

Adam: It’s adam newman. Nice to meet you.

Nick: I don’t buy it. Sorry.

Adam: Come on, you know that we are capable of finding common ground, of pulling together. We did it to save faith. I mean, we– we put aside our hostilities to help sally when she had complications with the pregnancy, I mean, and we were– we were working pretty well together with sharon at sna.

Nick: That’s a small dent in your long history of betrayals and we both know it. Including you continuing to chase after sally after she chose me.

Victor: Morning, boys.

Nick: Morning.

Adam: Morning.

Victor: Thank you for coming.

Nick: Sure.

Adam: Of course.

[ Adam clears throat ] What can we do for you?

Victor: You both know this has been a rather… difficult time for newman enterprises. After all the corporate turmoil and all the assaults in our family, time to start new.

Nick: Yes, I’m assuming with vic’s leave of absence, there’s going to have to be some changes made.

Victor: Well, we don’t know how long victoria will be gone. So, I shall make all the decisions.

Adam: Well, we are ready to help, in any way.

Victor: You know, it warms my heart to see both of you. You know, I’m proud of both of you. Okay? And now you’re gonna work alongside your father.

Nick: Well, I am willing to step into victoria’s co-ceo role, dad, for the time being if that’s what you want.

Adam: I assume that means one of my duties won’t be picking up nick’s laundry.

Victor: I have bigger plans than that. So I didn’t think I needed swiffer,

Seth: Nikki, I am so glad you called.

Nikki: Seth, thank you so much for meeting me. I’m– I’m having one of those days.

Seth: May I?

Nikki: Oh, please.

Seth: All right, come on. Talk to me.

Nikki: Well, I’m having a hard time putting it behind me. The horrors that my family went through.

Seth: Yeah. Being forced off the wagon that way.

Nikki: Yeah, I– I know that sounds like an excuse.

Seth: No. No, it doesn’T. What that woman did to you was an assault, you know? Worse than a physical attack.

Nikki: Unfortunately, the alcohol doesn’t know the difference.

Seth: Listen to me, that woman unleashed your inner demons. She set your mind and body against itself. I mean, on top of, you know, battling the relapse, you must be furious at how it was triggered.

Nikki: Sometimes, the rage is so infuriating. And I know that that’s dangerous because letting those feelings of– of anger, letting them take over. I mean, it just makes the urge to drink worse. But I am trying with everything in me.

Seth: I get it. Yeah. I do have one question though.

Nikki: Okay.

Seth: I mean, we’ve seen each other at meetings, we’ve spoken briefly, right? And I’ve left you messages letting you know that I’m here for you.

Nikki: And I appreciate that.

Seth: Oh, okay. So, why has it taken you so long for you to call your sponsor?

Nick: Well, don’t keep us in suspense. What’s the big plan?

Victor: You’ll be working as equals, under me.

Adam: In what capacity?

Victor: As co-ceos. Working with your father. Neither one of you outranks the other.

Nick: And if we don’t agree?

Victor: I hope that won’t be the case, but if it is, then I shall make the final decision. You think you can handle that? Or will you be at each other’s throats before we even get started?

Kyle: Ashley’s having a rougher time than I thought.

Jack: Yeah, the fight she had with tucker in paris was more than a lover’s quarrel. She was shaken to the core.

Kyle: Even so, did you get a sense that she’s having second thoughts about destroying tucker?

Jack: No, I don’t think that. I am concerned about her emotional wellbeing.

Kyle: But you agree we need to move forward with phase two of the plan.

Jack: Absolutely. The best thing we can do for ashley, for all of us, is to get tucker out of our lives for good. He was knocked off balance by this news blitz. I can’t help but think that glissade has taken a major hit. And you’re right, thinking that he’s in retreat is wishful thinking. We need to finish the job.

Kyle: I couldn’t agree more.

Jack: So, how’s this plan of yours working right now?

Kyle: I told him I have the work up for a new fragrance jabot’s set to launch in 2025.

Jack: And he’s still interested?

Kyle: He’s not sure if he wants to move forward with taking over jabot now that you’ve released the news of the scandal. Not only that, but he wants me to give him the information and then he’ll decide how to proceed.

Jack: Sounds like he wants to change the terms of your agreement.

Kyle: And there’s no way I’m playing that game. I told him to reach out if he wants to go ahead with the original plan.

Jack: So, the ball is in tucker’s court.

Tucker: How did you come to this conclusion about kyle?

Audra: Um, he confessed it to me.

Tucker: When?

Audra: The timing doesn’t matter. But the point is kyle tried to get me to switch allegiances. To join him on what he claims is the winning side. Look, I won’t lie. I was tempted. You’ve been less than forthcoming about the details of your plan.

Tucker: Why tell me now then?

Audra: Because in spite of how frustrating you can be, I know you’ll be the one to come out on top. I’ve invested too much in you and our partnership to give up now.

Tucker: Yeah, you’re gonna have to do better than that.

Audra: I have more of a connection to you than I can ever have with kyle. I know you think I’ve fallen for kyle. I haven’T. And it won’t happen. My loyalty is here with you. Look, our relationship is twisted and fickle, but it’s probably the strongest connection I’ve ever had with anyone. So, if it’s you or him, look, it’ll always be you.

Tucker: I’m happy to hear that. Diabetes can serve up a lot of questions, like…

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Nikki: I should have reached out to you sooner.

Seth: Hey, this is not about making you feel guilty, okay? The disease does enough of that already, right? This is just about me letting you know that I’m here for you. As your sponsor, it’s my job to help. And I just feel like you’ve been avoiding me. We both know what that’s a sign of.

Nikki: White-knuckling. Trying to do it alone.

Seth: Yeah. How’s that going?

Nikki: It works some days. But, um, others…

Seth: Like today?

Nikki: Yeah.

Seth: Okay. Come on, tell me.

Nikki: Well, um, my family has been very supportive, my husband especially, he– he’s always checking in on me. He practically never leaves my side.

Seth: Checks in or checks up?

Nikki: Well, today, it was more like hovering. I caught him going through my desk drawer and he said he needed a pen, but I know what he was looking for.

Seth: Did he find it?

Nikki: No.

Seth: ‘Cause it wasn’t there or because you’ve hidden it well?

Nikki: You know me too well.

Seth: [ Laughs ] No, I don’T. I– I know the disease well. Hey, I’ve been there, remember? I mean, listen, I have faltered so many times. And I– I didn’t need people to force alcohol on me. I– I was really good at doing that all by myself. But– but anyway, you know, about what victor didn’t find?

Nikki: Well, it was my, um– it was my office flask, but it– but it was empty. I swear.

Seth: Lying to me is not gonna help you.

Nikki: [ Sighs ] It’s just something that I’ve been keeping as a test to prove that I can say no to it, that it cannot control me anymore.

Seth: And that’s really the reason you keep it? Or that’s just the excuse you tell yourself?

Nikki: Oh, man. It is such a relief to talk to somebody who understands and has no judgment. You don’t see the worry in their eye.

[ Sighs ] My husband thinks I’m the strongest woman in the world.

Seth: Oh. That’s a lot to live up to.

Nikki: Tell me about it. But he has saved me so many times in the past. I owe him my life, really.

Seth: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Listen, man, I don’t have to tell you how dangerous it is to give anybody in your family that much power, right? You can’t do this for victor. You can’t even do this for your children. You– you have to do this for you.

Nikki: Thank you for reminding me.

Seth: No, and you don’t have to white-knuckle it. That’s what sponsors are for. And you can call me anytime you want, day or night.

Nikki: Thank you. I– I can get through this. I– I’ve done it before. I don’t know, there’s just something different about it this time, it’S… harder.

Seth: Well, maybe. But listen to me… you do not have to face this alone.

>Adam: I am totally committed to making this work. I mean, I’m not sure if nick feels the same way.

Nick: I will do my best to give adam the benefit of the doubt. I seriously hope he doesn’t do anything that makes me regret that decision.

Victor: Well, that’s a start. I certainly hope we can build on that. I have a task for both of you. I want you to draft a presentation that shows how we can fold the new acquisition into the existing newman corporate structure. There’s a meeting about that this afternoon.

Adam: Well, I can reach out, and reschedule for later this week, I know with everything–

Victor: No, you will not reschedule, son. I want you to come up with this presentation. After lunch, I shall review it.

Adam: I guess, we better get to work then.

Nick: Adam, I’ll catch up with you later. I need to talk to dad. It’s a personal matter.

Victor: See you after lunch.

Nick: I mean, you don’t seriously think this is gonna work. I mean, what happens when vic decides to come back, do we both get demoted back down to coos? Does one of us stay on as her number two? Have you seriously thought this through?

Victor: You don’t think I have? Your task is to get along with your brother, that’s all.

Nick: Yes, I– I will do my absolute best, I promise you. I hope you know, I’m only doing this for you.

Victor: And i appreciate that.

Nick: I can tell. I just hope adam doesn’t let you down again.

Victor: You know, that is not an option. Not for either of you. All right? Keep that in mind.

Audra: What’s wrong? Hm. Ashley. Of course.

Tucker: She said something to me the other day that I just can’t shake.

Audra: Dare I ask?

Tucker: She accused me of being physically violent during our fight in paris. Smashing a wine glass and throwing a chair.

Audra: That doesn’t sound like you. But then again, ashley gets to you in a way no one else does. Sounds like you caused quite a scene.

Tucker: I mean, it was a bit of a scene. And I stormed off, and a wine glass tipped over, and I may have shoved a chair out of the way when I left, but there were no violent actions.

Audra: Well, it obviously scared ashley. I mean, unless she’s exaggerating for effect?

Tucker: I don’t think so. I know when she’s playing games. She seems to genuinely believe that that’s how things went down.

Audra: You know, maybe you’re the one refusing to admit it. Because you’re hoping on some level that things didn’t get too ugly. That you can still salvage your marriage.

Tucker: I’m done. Goodbye, ashley. Go to hell.

[ Sighs ] I’m done.

[ Glass shatters ] Goodbye, ashley.

[ Ashley screams ] You go to hell! Don’t go anywhere. Hey, ashley, wait a minute. Hey, wait a minute.

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Ashley: Don’t touch me. I have nothing to say to you.

Tucker: I don’t understand what’s going on. It’s like you’re fleeing just because I’m in the room.

Ashley: Exactly.

Tucker: How have we gotten to this point? Are you saying you’re afraid to be around me even in public?

Nick: All right, what are your ideas?

Adam: It is a strong company. Great leadership. In my opinion, it is undervalued.

Nick: That’s because it’s a relative newcomer to the field.

Adam: I say that we bring it under the umbrella of our real estate division, and we brand it as a boutique shop and we let them shine.

Nick: You can’t just bring a start-up into the newman fold, and expect it to be welcomed with open arms.

Adam: Okay, just because it isn’t a legacy company, and it doesn’t have the newman track record, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot to contribute. It’s accomplished a lot of great things. It’s innovative.

Nick: Interesting choice of word, I would have gone with “risky.”

Adam: I’d say entrepreneurial. They’re shaking things up.

Nick: Others would say destabilizing.

Adam: Why would you acquire them if you don’t believe in them?

Nick: I didn’t want to. I didn’t like the idea at all, but dad was pushing for it.

Adam: Are we talking about how you feel about the acquisition or me?

Nick: My feelings about both are strangely similar.

Adam: You just told dad that you were willing to give me a chance. But if this is how you’re gonna play this, you’re right, we’re doomed.

Nick: Maybe we just do our own presentations, and let the best man win.

Adam: We’re five minutes into this partnership, and you think we should run to dad to decide. Is that really how you want to play this?

Nick: You’re right. Sorry, I’m not even trying. That’s not fair or productive.

Adam: So, how about you take the giant chip off your shoulder and at least pretend that we can get along.

Nikki: You’re right. I have been avoiding you. In the past, I would always rely on dear friends to support my recovery.

Seth: Friends are great. But sponsors, we’re a different animal.

Nikki: No, I know. Maybe that’s why I waited so long to reach out to you, I– I was missing my friends.

[ Sighs ] They were always such a great help to me. Unfortunately, now they’ve both passed on. And I think I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to do this again without them.

Victor: Hi, sweetheart.

Nikki: Hi.

Victor: I didn’t realize you were meeting someone.

Nikki: Victor, this is seth.

Victor: Hello, seth.

Seth: Mr. Newman, it’s very good to meet you, I am nikki’s A.A. Sponsor.

Victor: I’ll be damned. You never mentioned him before.

Seth: Well, that’s probably because nikki takes anonymity very seriously, and what is said in the room, stays in the room.

Victor: Ah-ha. I hope that applies to you as well.

Nikki: Seth is very discreet.

Seth: The thing about being somebody’s sponsor is, it’s a great responsibility and it’s also very humbling. You know, I– I try to help where I can, you know, by butting into people’s lives where it seems appropriate. But usually I– I just like to give them freedom to make their own mistakes because that’s how we learn. Right? It’s progress, not perfection.

Victor: Oh, exactly. And I don’t anticipate any missteps now, do you, darling?

Kyle: Yeah, I left it to tucker to reach out, but I wouldn’t say that means he holds all the cards.

Jack: So follow up. Put some pressure on him to make a decision. If his deal with you is a no-go, we need to know that sooner rather than later.

Kyle: That’ll shake an answer out of him, only because the guy doesn’t like to be pushed.

Jack: Perhaps he is hesitant, because he is on to your act.

Kyle: Is that what this is about? You don’t think I’m capable of fooling tucker?

Jack: This is not a slight against you, put your ego aside. This family made a major move against a very powerful man. He thinks of you as an abbott, despite your supposed disillusionment. Look, as much as I hate to admit it, he is cunning. He is insightful. He’s also a sociopath and that is a very dangerous combination. With moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,

Victor: Well, I’m not going to interrupt anymore. I’m sure you have important things to discuss.

Seth: Well, actually, I was just leaving, I think we covered all the main topics unless you wanted to continue?

Nikki: Oh, no, thank you. This has been very helpful.

Seth: All right, uh, mr. Newman, it was very nice to meet you, I’m a big fan of your wife’S.

Victor: Thank you very much. Nice meeting you.

Seth: You’ve got my number.

Nikki: I will use it.

Victor: How come you never mentioned that guy before?

Nikki: Well, as he said, anonymity is so important. He’s been my sponsor for a while. I– I feel comfortable with him. I trust him. And I just haven’t felt the need to reach out to him. Things have been going so well, until recent events.

Victor: But my baby, you felt the need to meet with him today. After you had assured me that everything was all right.

Nikki: What are you accusing me of?

Victor: [ Sighs ] You know, I adore you. But I’m saying that you haven’t been honest with me. Are you struggling more than you’re letting on?

Nick: That is on me. And if we come up with anything good, I’ll throw in a brownie.

Adam: Ooh, thank you.

Nick: You know, newman E. Ventures. Newman E. Ventures, it just doesn’t say anything to me. How about newman real ventures.

Adam: Newman real ventures?

Nick: Real ventures.

Adam: Uh, it has a nice ring to it. I’m sure that I could sell people on it.

Nick: There you go.

Adam: Yeah, I– I have another idea, and I don’t know that, uh, you’re gonna like it.

Nick: Try me.

Adam: Okay, our usual mo is we fold in companies, we look for redundancies, we cut staff.

Nick: Yeah.

Adam: Okay, what if instead, we guarantee two years in the boutique setup?

Nick: Hmm. I mean, that would come with a significant cost.

Adam: Or it’s an investment in a company whose assets we sought out. I mean, we bought them for a reason, why not–

Nick: Let them shine.

Adam: Mm-hmm. We lead with trust.

Nick: Trust? I like it. Looks like I owe you a brownie.

Kyle: I can handle tucker. I thought I convinced you of that.

Jack: Anyone who says they can handle tucker is setting themselves up for a fall. He is slippery. You need to stay on guard. We all do, look– look what just happened with ashley and me. We both considered his lack of a response to a media blitz as a sign of maybe him retreating.

Kyle: And I’m the one who set you straight.

Jack: Don’t make it wishful thinking on your part. You have to allow for the fact that he might be on to you. He might know you are working for our side.

Kyle: Is that a possibility? Sure, but I do not believe that’s the case, we have tucker backed into a corner. Dad, he is rattled about losing ashley. And we’ve landed a crippling blow with the smear campaign.

Jack: Which makes him all the more dangerous. Look, this man is operating on adrenaline and rage. Looking for a way to lash back at us.

Kyle: Yes, which is why we need to land the final knockout punch.

Jack: I’m just saying sometimes you need to change course, even if it’s a good plan.

Kyle: Dad, dad. Let me handle this. It has to work so our family can move on. So we can be done with tucker mccall once and for all.

Tucker: Have you convinced yourself that I was actually violent in paris?

Ashley: Please, don’t you dare try to gaslight me. That’s exactly what happened and you know it.

Tucker: No, it isn’T. Ashley, at the very least you’re misremembering or you’re for some reason–

Ashley: I know what you’re doing, tucker, you’re trying to minimize your rage, and your actions to let yourself off the hook.

Tucker: That’s not true.

Ashley: Well, one of us is wrong, and it’s not me.

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Lucy: Dad, I love it. My new room is awesome.

Heather: That might be the coolest bedroom I’ve ever seen.

Lucy: I mean, the colors, the bedding, the cool lamps. I have to call sally spectra and tell her she rocks.

Daniel: I’m sure she’ll appreciate hearing that you think she rocks. She put a lot of time and effort in this place. I can text you her info if you like?

Lucy: Yeah. Cool. Um, I can’t wait to sleep in my new bed. So, when can I move in?

Nate: Lily. Dining alone?

Lily: Um, I just finished a lunch meeting. What’s going on?

Nate: Uh, nothing much. Look, I’m glad I ran into you. Uh, since thanksgiving, I’ve been wondering if you and devon have given any more thought about my uh, coming back to work at chancellor-winters?

Lily: Uh, we haven’t decided yet.

Nate: Okay. But you agreed to give me another chance if aunt mamie came clean about what tucker was really up to, his true agenda, and she did that.

Lily: Yeah. We said we’d consider it. Which is what we’re doing.

Nate: I don’t understand. What’s there left to consider?

Lily: Well, devon wants to talk to victor and get his side of the story of why he let you go.

Nate: You still don’t trust me. So, devon’s going to see the man who just fired me for a reference. Gee, lily, I wonder how that’s gonna turn out.

Lily: Nate, we just want to make sure have the whole story. I’m sure you can understand that.

Nate: What I understand is you’re not giving me a fair shake. What more do I have to do to prove to you that I’ve changed? I am a new man. Why is that so hard to believe?

Victor: Oh, nicholas left?

Nikki: Yeah. His bandages were bothering him. I think he’s in more pain than he’s letting on.

Victor: Well, he’s not the only one.

Nikki: What do you mean?

Victor: My sweetheart, why don’t you sit down and rest. Okay? You want me to get you a soda?

Nikki: No, no, no. I’m– I’m fine.

Victor: My baby, what that jordan woman and claire did to you is absolutely unconscionable, okay? I mean, I hope they lock them up and throw away the keys.

Nikki: I get terrified all over again just thinking about it.

Victor: And I was terrified that I’d lose you.

Nikki: But you didn’T. And you are the reason why I could stay strong. Keep my focus. I heard your voice, victor. I heard you telling me to keep fighting. Stay strong. Fight, fight, nikki fight. That’s what you said.

Victor: That’s right. I would never let anyone hurt you, okay?

Claire: You?

Victoria: Hello, claire. Ma, ma, ma-

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Victor: Well, I’ll be damned.

Nikki: Oh, my god. This is very disturbing.

Victor: So, cole and victoria have gone back up to oregon to confront that claire woman in prison.

Nikki: I really don’t like the idea of victoria going face-to-face with that girl again. I mean, what is she thinking? This– no good can come from it.

Victor: Well, they might think that she really is their daughter.

Nikki: It can’t be.

Victor: It’s a disturbing possibility. My baby, when I think of what that claire woman and that jordan woman did to you by pouring alcohol into your system. What does that do to your sobriety?

Nikki: Victor, I’m fine.

Victor: But, sweetheart. You sure this will not drive you back to the bottle?

Claire: The guard said I had a visitor. I thought it might be my aunt.

Cole: Well, it’s gonna be a while before you see her again.

Claire: I don’t understand. What– what are you doing here?

Victoria: We need more answers.

Cole: We want to know what more you can tell us.

Victoria: How long have you known about this? How old were you when your aunt told you that we were your parents? Or did she just reveal that information to you recently?

Claire: What’s the point? Why– why do you even care?

Cole: Obviously, we’d like to know if there’s even the slightest possibility it could be true.

Claire: And then what? If you suddenly believed me, how would that change my situation? Would I suddenly have parents who embraced me? Who loved me, accepted me into your lives?

Victoria: Claire.

Claire: No, really. What difference would it make? Would you see me as a victim? Would you use your influence and power to help get me out of this situation? Is that the point? Because I’m not even sure that’s something I’d want.

Lily: Look, nate, I can see how hard you have worked to turn things around, okay? But you have to admit, this latest news about victor and newman enterprises is a bit troubling.

Nate: I thought I adequately explained myself, lily. I was only looking out for victor and the company and somehow, my concern was taken all wrong.

Lily: I know. We just want to hear the other side. That’s it.

Nate: And you think devon’s gonna take my word over victor’s?

Lily: You don’t even know what victor’s gonna say.

Nate: I’ve got a pretty good idea. My god, lily. I thought the man was suffering from some sort of debilitating sickness. At least, that’s what he wanted us all to believe.

Lily: I know. You told us that he was pretending to be ill.

Nate: Yes. He played it like he was losing his mind. It’s revolting to put on a charade like that, especially on your own family. Lily, they were really worried about him. And so was I. And I was looking to get the man help and to protect the company.

Lily: And get victoria back in the ceo chair.

Nate: That was a by-product of trying to get victor the help I thought he needed. How the hell am I the bad guy in all of this?

Lily: Well, I guess it only comes down to one thing then.

Nate: What’s that?

Lily: What was your true intent? Was it really helping victor? Or was it helping victoria get her old job back? I mean, be honest, nate. Where was your strongest allegiance? Wowwww…

Nate: Come on, lily. That’s really not a fair question. I’m not sure I can even answer that.

Lily: In my mind, you just did. If you really cared about victor, his mental state would have been at the forefront of your mind, not returning victoria to power. In my mind, there’s no question where your priority should have been.

Nate: Then, I guess I’m wasting my time even asking for any consideration.

Lily: Nate, come on. Don’t be like that. We’re trying to do the right thing here.

Audra: Hey. Are you all right?

Nate: I’ve been better. Just gotta get out of here. You want to join me?

Audra: Sure.

Daniel: So, you want to move in today?

Lucy: Yes.

Daniel: I thought we agreed on the weekend.

Lucy: The weekend’s too far away. Can’t I just go get my stuff and move in this afternoon?

Daniel: Oh, the weekend is too far away?

Lucy: Yeah. It’s like a year.

Daniel: Wow. I guess it is, isn’t it? Um, yes, sure, you can move in. I mean, it’s fine by me if it’s okay with your mother.

Heather: Oh, you’re putting it on me. Um, you’re that anxious to abandon me, I see. Just like that?

Lucy: No, I’m not abandoning you. I’m just taking a little vacay before we move into our own place in a few weeks. I mean, why would I let a cool room like that go unused.

Heather: Fair enough. I’ll help you pack a few things.

Lucy: Thanks, mom. And dad, don’t forget to text me sally’s number.

Daniel: I won’T. And use a coaster if you put that tea down!

Heather: She’ll be fine. I haven’t seen her this happy in a long time. I take that as proof positive.

Daniel: Of what?

Heather: That moving back to genoa city was the right decision.

Daniel: You know, I appreciate you putting our daughter’s needs first, but what about you? Are you happy that you made the move?

Victor: My baby. Come here. I can only imagine what you’ve gone through. I want you to know that I’ll be there for you.

Nikki: Just knowing that I have your love and support, that’s all that I need. I don’t want to drink, but I’m going to go to a meeting this afternoon.

Victor: I’m very glad to hear that.

Nikki: Those two women wanted to destroy me, but I won’t give them the satisfaction. I’m going to fight this with everything in me.

Victor: Just know I’ll be there every step of the way for you, okay? Come here, my baby.

Victoria: That’s why we’re here. We want to find out if maybe– maybe your story could be true. Because if it is, I mean, you’d be just as much a victim as we were.

Claire: And then you’d help me?

Victoria: We would certainly, um, consider it. But we’d need some sort of proof. I mean, we need something concrete to go on here.

Cole: Did she ever show you any kind of documentation? Birth certificate, hospital records?

Claire: What would that prove?

Victoria: Did she ever perform a dna test? Or did she just repeat her same narrative over and over again until it just sunk in and you– you simply believed everything that she said?

Claire: You think you can come in here and tell me I’ve been gaslighted from the day I was born? That my whole life is a lie.

[ Claire sighing ] I don’t accept that.

Cole: Claire, it’s possible that it was so ingrained in you that even when you were old enough to question its validity, it didn’t occur to you to verify it. And no one could blame you if that’s the case.

Claire: Is that what this is about? Finding someone to blame?

Victoria: This is about getting some answers, all right? And so far, you haven’t given us any. So, come on, claire. Come on, how about giving us some answers?

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Victoria: Listen to me, claire. I know how traumatic the events of the last few days have been for you. I know how you’re feeling right now because I’m feeling the exact same trauma.

Cole: Your whole world’s been turned upside down. And you’re sitting here in jail facing kidnapping and attempted murder charges.

Victoria: Is it possible that you were so under your aunt’s influence that maybe you thought to yourself that these terrible things had to be done? That they needed to be done? I mean, maybe it was possible that your aunt was grooming you to– to believe that you deserved retribution and revenge for the parents who abandoned you when you were just a baby.

Cole: Maybe she was programming you all along. To get you to help her with her vengeance against nikki and victor for what she believed they did to her sister, eve.

Victoria: Is that possible, claire? Because if it is, there’s a way out for you. Yes, that’s right. There is a possible way to be forgiven for this.

Claire: What’s that?

Victoria: There’s the truth. Honesty, understanding. Please help us understand what happened.

Claire: I was five when aunt jordan first told me the truth about my parents.

Victor: Devon. Nice to see you.

Devon: Mr. Newman, great to see you too. Thank you for taking–

Victor: To what do I owe the pleasure? Please take a seat.

Devon: For sure. Sure, sure. Um, I’m, uh, I’m here because I wanna get some information about a former employee of newman enterprises.

Victor: Uh, who’s that?

Devon: Nate hastings. I wanna know why you fired him.

Victor: I see.

Devon: He wants to come back and work for lily and me at chancellor-winters and we want to know if he’s being honest with us. And I’d like to be able to believe him, but I’d also like to be completely informed before we make any kind of decisions.

Victor: All right. I understand and I will tell you what I know.

Audra: So, are you gonna tell me what has you so agitated or are you gonna make me guess?

Nate: Devon’s meeting with victor. Apparently to get confirmation from the man himself on why he fired me. I guess devon decided he couldn’t take my word for it.

Audra: Well, you told him the truth, I hope?

Nate: Of course, from my perspective. But it’s obvious he’s not ready to welcome me back with open arms.

Audra: So, are you concerned that victor will make you out to be some sort of opportunist?

Nate: At the very least.

Audra: Mind if I offer you a piece of advice?

Nate: Be my guest.

Audra: Stop playing the martyr.

Nate: Excuse me?

Audra: Look, I’m just telling you how I see it. And I think you’re being a bit disingenuous.

Nate: And then, what exactly do you mean by that?

Audra: You wanted victoria to have power again, didn’t you?

Nate: I can’t believe this. You’re making the same assumption victor and lily made. I only suggested victor go away and get medical attention because I was concerned about his health and looking out for the company.

Audra: Look, I don’t doubt that you cared about victor, but I’m willing to bet you didn’t hesitate to take advantage of the situation and not just for victoria’s sake, but for your own benefit too. Hey, that’s okay. You know, just own it, lean into it. You’ll gain much more respect that way than trying to excuse your behavior.

Heather: It’s very sweet of you to be concerned about me, but, I mean, I have to wonder why.

Daniel: Look, heather, no matter what happened between us in the past, I am always gonna want for you to be happy.

Heather: Well, then you’ll be very glad to know that I am very happy I moved here. Yeah. I, um, I thought I had outgrown this town, but genoa city feels like home to me.

Daniel: I guess that’s why they say there’s no place like it.

[ Heather chuckling ]

Heather: I have so many fond memories here and recently, I’ve also had pretty positive meetings with the chancellor-winters legal team too.

Daniel: I’m sorry. Did you get the job?

Heather: Oh, no, no, no. I– I’m– I’m cautiously optimistic that it may possibly work out. It feels like a good fit and everything seems to be falling into place.

Daniel: That’s good. And, I mean, it’s so great to have you and lucy here, you know.

Heather: Yeah. And it was a pretty smooth transition for lucy. I mean, thanks to you. I mean, your help and your support have been invaluable. And, uh, I don’t– I don’t think I really knew what to expect, so.

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Daniel: Lily. Hey. I am so glad you stopped by.

Lily: Yeah. Oh, hi.

Heather: Hi. It’s so sweet. You have your own key.

Lily: Yeah. Well, it’s, you know, convenient since I live in the building. Um, I actually made you a set of keys for my apartment.

Lucy: Oh, lily. Hi. Don’t you love my dad’s new digs? And my room is the coolest spot in the whole place. Oh, mom, I need your advice. You have to check out my closet. I’m gonna need more clothes to fill it and shoes, lots of shoes.

Heather: Lots of shoes.

Daniel: You know, there are times where she sounds way too much like phyllis.

Lily: Well, let’s hope it stops at clothes and shoes.

Daniel: Yeah. Let’s hope. This is a pleasant surprise.

Lily: Yeah. Well, I didn’t think that lucy was moving in until the weekend, so I guess surprises all around.

Victor: Let me put this as tactfully as I can. I’m glad you came to me. And I’m sorry to have to tell you that your cousin cannot be trusted. And I thought you would have learned that the first time you had to go around with him.

Devon: Well, he’s claimed to have changed and he said that he’s understood that what he did was wrong.

Victor: He’s about as ambitious and ruthless as they come.

Devon: Really?

Victor: Yeah.

Devon: Because he said that you just misunderstood his intentions and that he was just trying to do what he thought was right to protect you and victoria and do good by the company.

Victor: Really? He fed you that lie as well? Let me tell you something. The moment he noticed weakness in me, he jumped.

Devon: But what– didn’t you have your family concerned about your mental state? Like, was that difficult to put them through that?

Victor: No. Why would that be difficult? I’d do anything to protect my company and my family.

Devon: I understand that, but who are you protecting it from? Nate?

Victor: Yeah. I’m telling you, don’t you trust that guy. I’m warning you. Family only goes so far. Only covers so much.

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Nikki: Hello. Hello? Who is this?

Claire: At first, she would just mention it every now and then. How she couldn’t understand how any parent would walk away from a sweet little girl like me. Then, as I got older, she’d remind me how lucky I was that she’d taken me in when my parents didn’t want me. Aunt jordan nurtured my resentment and pain ’til it became my only reality. Abandoned. Only aunt jordan cared for me. Loved me. And I asked myself, every day, what could make my parents hate me so much that they’d never want to see me again. How could they just pretend I didn’t exist?

[ Claire sniffling ] I was homeschooled until I was a teenager. I guess aunt jordan didn’t want me around all the kids with moms and dads and normal families, so my first real experience with school was a very strict, all-girls prep school. Aunt jordan drilled into me the fear of being outcast and– and ridiculed if I ever told the truth about my family, so. How embarrassing to have been abandoned by the powerful newman family. So, she– she convinced me to adopt a– an alternative story.

Cole: A story she made up for you.

Claire: She told me to tell everyone that my parents had been killed in a car accident and my great aunt had taken me in. It wasn’t hard for my damaged psyche to just take that in and adopt it as my reality. It was easy. A seamless background to present the world. But I was consumed by all the bitterness.

Victoria: You didn’t question any of it?

Claire: No. I never saw any proof. I guess maybe on some primal level, maybe I didn’t want to see any. I just feared that seeing the truth, with hard evidence, it would break me. It would destroy whatever defenses I’d managed to build up to protect myself from the hurt that I carried.

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Claire: You’re asking if I’ve stopped believing aunt jordan’s story? How– how could I just let it go when it’s all I’ve ever known? It’s all I have.

Cole: I can understand. My mother suffered from mental illness and I know how difficult that can be when you have just the one parent and they’re not telling you the truth.

Claire: How could someone make up such a story? Who would do such a thing? There are so many easier ways to exact revenge on someone. Why wait a lifetime and– and poison a child’s mind? It– it– I mean cultivating and– and training that child to believe such a massive, evil lie.

Victoria: Claire, you’re right. You’re right. You need to find out some answers. You need to know at least who you are and what happened.

Claire: I know who I am.

Victoria: Okay. I understand. I know you’re scared. But don’t you think it’s way past time that you found out the truth? Would you at least agree to a dna test? That way, I mean, we would have concrete proof, one way or another. Don’t you want to know if cole and I are really your parents?

Claire: Yes. But only if you help me. Please help me.

Nikki: Oh, devon. Hello. It’s always nice to see you.

Devon: Great to see you too, mrs. Newman. How are you?

Nikki: Oh, I’m fine, thank you. Victor, I’m sorry, I didn’t know you had company.

Victor: Well, devon is here to ask me some questions about nate hastings. Apparently, nate would like to be rehired at chancellor-winters.

Nikki: Oh, really? Well, I hope you told him the man’s a snake.

Devon: Oh, he did. But, uh, I thank you both. And I appreciate your candor on this because since nate is family, it’s been more complicated, as you can imagine.

Nikki: Yes, we certainly can. You stay away from nate hastings.

Devon: I will. I will keep that in mind. Lily and I have a lot to consider, but thank you both again.

Victor: You’re welcome, devon. And I’m glad you came by and I hope I could be of some help.

Devon: Appreciate it.

Victor: Nice to see you, man.

Devon: You too.

Victor: All right.

Devon: Good to see you.

Nikki: You too. Bye bye.

Devon: Bye.

Victor: Everything all right? You look a little piqued.

Nikki: Oh, I, uh, tried to take a nap. It didn’t work out. I just couldn’t seem to quiet my mind and forget all the memories.

Daniel: I asked lucy if she wanted to come by and check out her new bedroom, in case there were any changes she wanted to make to it and she fell in love with it. She asked me if she could move in right away.

Lily: Yeah. That’s great. I mean, how can you say no to that?

Daniel: Right. And I gotta tell you, you know, having her energy in this place, it just gives it a good vibe. She makes my house feel like a home.

Lily: I love that. I love hearing that.

Daniel: It feels like everything’s falling into place, doesn’t it? And heather told me that she had some really good meetings with the chancellor-winters legal team. So, thank you. You’re the one who made that happen. Thank you for putting in a good word for her. The more settled she is, the more I can count on having lucy around.

Lily: Yeah. I’m– I’m happy to help.

Daniel: Are you? ‘Cause I mean, you don’t seem happy. Is something wrong?

Nate: So, you think I was only concerned for my own well-being? You don’t think I was looking out for victor’s health?

Audra: Don’t get me wrong, nate. Look, I’m not condemning your actions by any means. You know, I probably would have played it the exact same way myself.

Nate: I didn’t play it anyway, audra. This wasn’t a game for me or some sort of chess move. I was a doctor. I wasn’t trying to oust victor. I thought he needed help.

Audra: You know, I can guarantee you the victor newman made many similar moves on his rise to the top, so his wrath is completely disingenuous.

Nate: You don’t seem to get my point.

Audra: Nate, I get it, okay? But none of that really matters now, does it? What’s done is done regardless of why. What matters now is what we do moving forward?

Nate: We?

Audra: Look, it sounds like you’re not gonna get a sterling recommendation from the newmans, so your chances of returning to chancellor-winters is slim to none. You know, maybe, it’s time you reconsidered joining forces with me.

Audra: Do you really think devon and lily are gonna truly trust you again? You know, even if they hire you back, what makes you think they’re ever gonna give you the benefit of the doubt? You know, the first mistake you make, you’re gone.

[ Nate sighing ]

Nate: They’re family and in the end, that may count for a whole lot.

Audra: Don’t tell me you really believe that? Or is it just wishful thinking? Listen, the iron is hot, okay? Now, is the time to strike. What’s it gonna take for me to convince you, huh? Just come, join me. You know, somewhere you’ll be admired and listened to and respected.

Nate: It’s tempting. But really, audra, everything you say is tempting.

Audra: It’s a gift.

Nate: All right. Let’s see where devon and lily stand. If they don’t value family as much as I do, then I’m in.

Daniel: Come on. What’s wrong? Talk to me.

Lily: No, nothing. It’s– it’s just been a trying day.

Daniel: Busy?

Lily: Yeah. I had a tense conversation with nate.

Daniel: Tense? I thought feelings were easing up between the cousins. I mean, everything seemed fine at thanksgiving.

Lily: Yeah. I thought so too. And I know mamie wants us to work together, but I don’t know if nate is as changed as he’s trying to make us believe. He was a pompous ass to me at society.

Daniel: So, what are you going to do?

Lily: I don’t know. I don’t want to let mamie down, but I don’t know if I can work with nate. So, devon’s trying to figure things out and I guess we’ll decide then.

Daniel: Mm. Well, I wouldn’t beat yourself up about it. I’m sure things will work themselves out and you and devon, you’ll make the right decision.

Lily: Yeah. Thanks. Anyway, I have some meeting this afternoon, but maybe, do you want to grab some coffee right now?

Daniel: Ooh, yeah. No, I think that can be arranged.

Heather: Daniel? I’m sorry. I– I didn’t mean to interrupt. It’s just that um, lucy, she has a question for you about her room.

Daniel: Sure.

Heather: You need to approve something.

Daniel: Yeah. Okay. I’ll be right back.

Heather: Uh, lily, I– I– I hope you don’t feel too put out by lucy moving in. It all happened very fast.

Lily: No, please. Of course not. I mean, I know daniel’s really missed her, so I’m happy she’s here.

Heather: Good. And please don’t worry about me either because I’m going to try to stay out of everyone’s way and, uh, not step on any toes.

Cole: There’s not a whole lot we can do. The charges against you are pretty serious.

Claire: But I know everything about the newman family. I’ve spent years following everything that you do. You’re rich and powerful enough to fix anything.

Victoria: No. It doesn’t quite work like that. But I promise you, we will do what we can.

Claire: No matter how the dna comes out?

Victoria: When is the arraignment?

Claire: I, um, I don’t think a date has been set yet. I don’t have a lawyer. I met with a public defender, but I don’t want her. I was kind of waiting for my aunt jordan. I didn’t think she would just leave me here. I’m kind of counting on her to get me a good lawyer.

Victoria: Your aunt jordan is in a lot more legal trouble than you are, so I wouldn’t count on her coming to your rescue. In fact, I doubt that she’s gonna surface anytime soon.

Claire: Abandoned by the only parent I’ve ever known.

Cole: Why don’t I look into arranging a good lawyer for you. And then maybe, you can make bail.

Claire: Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Cole: Okay, but there’s something you need to do for us.

Victoria: And it’s a deal breaker. We need that dna test.

Victor: Well, sweetheart, I’m headed to the kitchen. Would you like something?

Nikki: Mm. Yes. Could you get me some tea, please?

Victor: Oh, my baby. Mm. I’ll get you some tea.

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[ Phone ringing ]

[ Distorted music playing ]

Nikki: Who is calling? Why are you calling me? I know that song. But where?

Tucker: Nate, there is no information that is not available for a price. If you don’t know that by now, maybe I should reconsider my opinion of you.

Nate: Well, you seem to be under the impression that I care about your opinion.

Tucker: Nate, like I said, I admire the hell out of the play. Really. Of course, I would admire it even more had you pulled it off. I love the idea of victor in a straitjacket. You know, drool coming down his chin bouncing off rubber walls. But hey, a for effort.

Nate: On that note, I gotta be going.

Tucker: No, no, no,. There’s– that’s– god, you’re sensitive, aren’t you?

Nate: Tucker.

Tucker: Thought you were a player.

Nate: If you have something to say, just say it.

Tucker: Well, I wonder if you should stop wasting your time and your talents in all these wrong places. I know that audra has offered you a role in this new venture we have in the works.

Nate: This– what is this we?

Tucker: Me and audra, or is it audra and me? I always forget the right grammar. Anyway, I was on the fence about her idea of including you, but this move you made with victor won me over, so we are putting together a team of people who are not afraid to get their hands dirty and it seems like you’re that kind of man.

Nick: Nate tried to get rid of my dad and clear a path for him and vic. It’s as simple as that.

Lily: Well, it sounded more complicated than that. Apparently, your dad was pretending to be mentally unstable to set a trap for you guys?

Nick: Everybody knows my dad is a master gamesman.

Lily: I mean, if that’s how you want to put it, but I mean, I think what your dad did was horrible.

Nick: My dad felt like somebody on his executive team wasn’t loyal and turns out, he was right.

Lily: Okay. So, even though nate has been a doctor for most of his life, you don’t think that maybe he really did think that it was the best option to send your dad away for treatment?

Nick: There were other options available that didn’t include shipping my father off to some inpatient facility and any doctor would have known that.

Lily: But maybe he was trying to protect your dad and newman enterprises?

Nick: I can’t believe you’re defending him.

Lily: I’m not trying to. I’m just thinking that maybe you guys were a little quick to assume that his intentions were bad.

Nick: And maybe you’re too quick to assume that his intentions were good. Nate was the one who had the most to gain from this. Can’t you see that?

Lily: Okay. Let me ask you this then. Do you think the punishment fits the crime?

Nick: What do you mean?

Lily: Well, I mean, if you or victoria or adam did the same thing, would your dad have fired you on the spot?

Nikki: My name is nikki and I’m an alcoholic. I haven’t been here in some time, but I see some familiar faces. It’s nice. Some of you have heard me share about a recurring nightmare that I used to have, where I would find myself at a bar ordering a drink or hiding a bottle of vodka in a purse in my closet. Now, the details always changed, but the panic was the same. I would wake up in a cold sweat and my heart would be pounding and I was terrified that I had lost my sobriety in a weak moment to… well, last night, I had another one of those nightmares and when I woke up, I realized it wasn’t a dream. It was real.

[ Nikki sobbing ] My four years, 11 months, and 21 days of sobriety is over. And the most infuriating part is that it wasn’t my fault. I know– I know that sounds like an alcoholic’s excuse, but I was literally forced to inject vodka against my will. And I– I– I know this sounds absolutely outlandish, but I was kidnapped by a deranged, evil woman who– who knew my history and she injected alcohol into my system through an iv. And when I finally came to, I had that feeling of being mind-spinning drunk. And I’m so scared that the monster who used to control my every waking thought and action, those tormenting voices in my head, that the demon has awakened. And you need to know this. I didn’t take the first drink. But the second and the third, I took those. I see your faces. I- I– I– I know what you’re thinking. I mean, I– I hear myself making all these excuses, but the– the disease doesn’t care. It’s pointless. The disease doesn’t care how it happened. It just feeds on it and it screams for more. I am terrified. I cannot go down this road again. I won’T. So, I am here. I know it’s time to get humble again and just focus all of my energy on not taking a drink. For a day, for an hour. A minute at a time. This new charmin ultra soft smooth tear

[ Loud, distorted music ] Oh, my god. God help me.

Nick: Look, my dad set a trap to try and shake out any traitors and the answer is yes, if any of his children tried to pull what nate did, we would have been fired on the spot. Nate tried to stage a coup by taking advantage of my dad’s supposed mental incapacity.

Lily: Yeah. But usually, people orchestrating a coup are trying to install themselves. I mean, nate was trying to reinstate victoria.

Nick: No. The only reason nate wanted to reinstate victoria was so that he could return to being her second in command. It was a power play.

Lily: Okay. Well, thank you for your honesty.

Nick: You did ask for my opinion. Personally, I think you dodged a bullet with nate the first time. I have no idea why you would invite that kind of threat back into your business.

Devon: Yeah. I’m concerned about the same thing.

Nick: What’s up, man?

Devon: How you doing? We need to talk.

Nick: Yeah. I gotta go. Uh, I’ll leave you two to talk.

Lily: Um, have a speedy recovery.

Nick: Thanks. See you guys.

Devon: See you, man. What’s that about?

Lily: Oh, I don’t know. It’s a mystery injury. He didn’t want to talk about it. Um, how did it go with victor?

Devon: Oh, it was, um, illuminating. Nate has definitely burned bridges at newman. And it seems like, uh, nick feels the same way.

Lily: So, where does that leave us?

Nate: I wasn’t aware that audra’s new business venture included you.

Tucker: And now that you are?

Nate: It changes everything.

Tucker: Really? ‘Cause as far as I’m concerned, if you think about it, my involvement doesn’t matter at all. Eyes on the prize and all that kind of stuff.

Nate: Oh, it matters to me. And frankly, I don’t like your connection to audra or to my aunt mamie.

Tucker: See, I love that. That attitude right there. It’s like, “you better watch your ass, tucker.” It’s terrific. That’s the kind of edge that I wouldn’t want you to lose. Anyway, uh, if you come to your senses, you know where to find me. Thanks for the drink.

Nate: We need to talk about your offer, audra. Immediately.

Nick: Dad.

Victor: Hi, son. Please close the door.

[ Nick grunts ] How are you holding up?

Nick: Uh, still got some pain, but it’s manageable. I’m far more worried about you and mom.

Victor: Join the club. So am I.

Nick: I just hope she doesn’t, you know, try and go into denial about how traumatic this was. She cannot keep this bottled.

Victor: Yeah. I know she’s aware of it though, you know. She is at an aa meeting right now as we speak.

Nick: Oh, that’s– that’s great. Hey, have you heard from vic lately? She’s not returning any of my calls or texts. I cannot believe she’s going to confront that con artist.

Victor: Well, your sister and cole went up to oregon to find out if claire is their daughter.

Nick: Seems like the wrong way to go about this. I mean, going and visiting with this woman who tried to kill us. Who’s to say she’s not gonna keep playing mind games with them.

Victor: Well, your sister’s a very smart lady. She’ll figure it out.

Nick: Yeah, I hope. Hey, could you tell me a little about eve howard? I know she was cole’s mother, but I never heard much about her.

Victor: I’d rather not talk about it, son.

Nick: Dad, I need to know what we’re dealing with.

Victor: Suffice it to say that eve howard tried to kill me the way that jordan tried to kill me.

Nick: Poison?

Victor: Yeah. Hm. In fact, she almost ruined my first wedding to your mother. She had escaped from a loony bin. Showed up at the wedding.

Nick: It sounds terrifying.

Victor: Putting it mildly.

Nick: Well, if claire and jordan share the same traits, we were lucky to get out of there alive. Have you had any progress in tracking her down?

Victor: None, so far.

Nick: We have to find that woman and get her behind bars.

Victor: We certainly do, but you know, my boy, what this has taught me, again, is how important it is that we all stick together as a family.

Nick: Yeah. My dry eye’s made me a burning,

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Lily: I don’t know. I’m– I’m torn. Nate is right too. You know, victor did set him up.

Devon: Yeah, but what does it say about him that he fell into a trap like that?

Lily: I just think there has to be some validity to his argument. Like, he used to be victor’s doctor. He cared about him. What if this power play to reinstate victoria came second to his concern for victor?

Devon: It could have. Sure.

Lily: I mean, he was a doctor. He always put his patients first. We never questioned his motives.

Devon: Yeah. That’s the problem though. He’s not a doctor anymore and when he got into the corporate world, he changed. He lost his damn mind.

Lily: Maybe he’s found it again?

Devon: And we were just starting to make progress on putting the past behind us and then this had to happen.

Lily: I know. Aunt mamie really wants us to work together again.

Devon: Well, regardless of that, we have to take our company’s stability into consideration because we have enough on our plate dealing with whatever tucker has planned, trying to get jill out of the picture. Do we really want to invite another threat in?

Audra: Nate. What’s so urgent?

Tucker: Hi, nate.

Nate: Why didn’t you tell me he was here?

Audra: Oh, well, you didn’t really give me the chance. You know, you invited yourself over and hung up before I could say anything.

Tucker: We were just discussing you.

Nate: You neglected to mention this fabulous new venture of yours involved him.

Audra: Would you mind giving nate and me some privacy, please?

Tucker: Yeah. I like him. He’s got potential. A lot more than that other guy you’ve been hanging out with.

Audra: Noted.

Tucker: Have fun.

Audra: So, what did you want to discuss?

Nate: Cut the act, audra. What the hell are you cooking up with tucker? And why did you keep his involvement a secret?

Victor: So, tell me about the meeting.

Nikki: Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been there. There were some familiar faces. They were supportive.

Victor: Well, that’s nice.

Nikki: I shared.

Victor: Good.

Nikki: It was nice to do it in a safe space, but it brought up feelings that I’m not used to.

Victor: Ah. Such as?

Nikki: I just hate that I am facing this again. I mean, my alcoholism was a thing of the past. But claire and jordan have taken that away.

Victor: Sweetheart, they won’t, they can’T. You’re stronger than either of them.

Nikki: I know, but darling, it’s not about them. It’s about the disease. It’s like a cancer that was in remission. And what if it’s back?

Victor: My baby, you mustn’t think like that.

Nikki: Darling, you don’t know what it’s like.

Victor: No, I don’T. But I want you to know that I’ll be here every step of the way. I will help you, okay? You’re the strongest woman I’ve ever known. A mystery!

Nikki: I appreciate your faith in me and I will try my best to live up to it.

[ Phone ringing ]

Victor: Who was that?

Nikki: Just work. Nothing important.

Victor: What’s got you rattled?

Nikki: I’ve been getting these phone calls from an unknown caller and when I answer the phone, nobody is there. Just this music playing.

Victor: Oh, well, maybe it’s just a robocall.

Nikki: No, no, no, no. There’s something very unnerving about it.

Victor: Well, sweetheart, the next time it says unknown caller, just don’t answer it.

Nikki: I don’t know. It seems like it might be all tied up to this whole mess.

Victor: When did this start?

Nikki: Earlier today. And then, I got another one after my meeting.

Victor: Maybe it’s that jordan woman trying to get into your head.

Nikki: Well, if it is, she is succeeding.

Victor: What does the music sound like?

Nikki: Um,

[ Nikki singing the tune ] Uh, I can’t sing it very well, but does that sound familiar at all?

Victor: No, I have no clue. Never heard that.

[ Nikki sighing ]

Nikki: Well, I think you’re right though. I– I think that it is a clue and if I could just remember what the song is, maybe I would understand why jordan or someone is tormenting me like this.

Victor: It just occurred to me. I have an idea.

Lily: All right. So, I guess we turn nate down. Aunt mamie is gonna be disappointed.

Devon: Yeah, but I think that she’ll understand when we tell her why.

Lily: Yeah.

Esther: Okay. I thought that you might like some cookies. It’s my recipe.

Lily: Yeah. Tempting. Thank you.

Devon: Thank you very much.

Esther: Of course. You know, it is so great to see you two getting along so well. I mean, I was so upset when things were tense at chancellor-winters. And I know that mrs. C. Would be so happy to see that you mended fences because family was so, so important to her.

Lily: I know. I know. We’re happy to be working together again too.

Esther: Now, if nate would be back with you guys, then everything would be perfect.

Devon: Mm. Actually, you know what? It’s funny you say that because we were just discussing the possibility of him coming back.

Esther: Oh.

Devon: So, but thank you for bringing the cookies.

Esther: Sure. Oh, I can take a hint. I’ve got other customers to attend to.

Lily: Okay. Thank you.

Esther: You’re welcome.

Lily: I mean, we can’t hire nate back because mamie and esther want us to.

Devon: No. No, we can’T. You know. Although I have to admit, it does bug me that nate keeps falling so damn low.

Lily: Well, maybe we can help keep him on track.

Devon: I don’t know if cutting him slack is the way to go. I think that he might need to keep falling before he learns his lesson.

Lily: Or maybe, we’re the only ones who can save him from himself.

Audra: You know, I think you’re overreacting. Tucker is merely a useful means to an end, for both of us. His involvement is purely financial.

Nate: Audra, if you want me on board, you need to tell me right now what exactly this new venture is. With details this time.

Audra: This isn’t gonna work if you don’t trust me.

Nate: My trust went out the window the second I found out tucker was behind this. What are you talking about?

Audra: Then, why are you asking me for specifics? It sounds like your mind’s made up. Tucker and I are making a move on a company.

Nate: A hostile takeover.

Audra: Okay. Don’t sound so judgmental. It’s no different than what you and victoria had planned for chancellor-winters.

Nate: Yeah. And you know I regret doing that.

Audra: Okay. No one is asking you to be part of the takeover, okay? You come in after the fact.

Nate: Tell me more.

Audra: Tucker is targeting the company for personal reasons. He wants no part in the day-to-day. That’s where I come in. I will run it and I will build the team I want.

Nate: Well, that’s funny. Tucker made it seem like he was the one calling the shots on assembling this team. You might need to get your management hierarchy straight.

Audra: Hm. Well, you know, I’ve worked with tucker in the past and he has no interest in details. He’s more of a big picture kind of guy.

Nate: You said his interest in this company is personal. It’s chancellor-winters, isn’t it? He’s going after devon and lily’s company the way he wanted to when he first came to town. That’s why you didn’t want to tell me. Do you actually think I’d go along with that, audra? Wow.

Audra: Okay. Just calm down. We’re not going after chancellor-winters. Tucker is protective of devon’s place there, so he’s not about to do anything to hurt his son.

Nate: Then it must be jabot. He wants to hurt ashley and the abbotts. Wow, your silence speaks volumes.

Audra: That’s tucker’s agenda, okay? Mine is to take something good and make it remarkable.

Nate: By destroying the abbots?

Audra: Okay. Suddenly, you have a conscience? Where was that when you were booking victor a one-way ticket to lake geneva?

Nate: Audra, I am not this mercenary you and tucker or the newmans try to make me out to be.

Audra: Even so, what are the abbotts to you? Huh? It’s not like you got many other options.

Nate: Maybe I do. When migraine strikes you’re faced with a choice.

Esther: Okay. Here they are. Oh, it just warms my heart to see all of you together.

Devon: Oh. Well, actually esther, would you mind getting us some refills?

Esther: Of course. Got it.

Devon: Thank you. Appreciate it.

Nate: Well, I see you’re both here. I hope that’s a good sign and that you’re ready to discuss my proposal.

Devon: That’s why I texted you.

Nate: Is there anything to discuss or have you already made a decision?

Lily: We have. I think you should sit down.

Nick: Uh, hey vic, it’s me. Um, I’m really worried about you. Dad filled me in about eve howard and I get it. Uh, I understand you need to get to the truth about claire, but you gotta keep your eyes open. Jordan is still out there and these women are dangerous, so just call me as soon as you get this, okay? And please, please, please, please be careful.

Victor: Hey, my friend. Can you do me a favor? If– if my wife hummed a melody to you, could you maybe play it and then identify the song for us?

Pianist: I’ll do my best.

Victor: Okay.

Nikki: Okay. It’s, um…

[ Nikki humming ]

[ Piano playing along ] That’s it. What is that called?

Pianist: It’s a piece from the swing era. It’s called “kitty’s bounce.”

Victor: Hm. All right. Thank you.

[ Piano playing ] What’s the matter, my baby? I thought you were happy to identify it.

Nikki: It’s a number I used to dance to, back when I did that sort of thing.

Victor: I’m sorry, my sweetheart. Is it that jordan woman?

Nikki: It must be. She’s trying to rile me. Bringing back memories of my– of my stripping. She’s trying to break me, victor.

Victor: My baby. We won’t allow her to get to you anymore, okay?

Nikki: I mean, it’s not that I’m embarrassed by it. I– I– I know where I come from, but– but this is so disturbing. I worry that this is just the beginning. Oh, god. Please stop that. I– I can’t listen to anymore.

Pianist: Of course, mrs. Newman.

Victor: My baby, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry that I pushed you to have to remember that.

Nikki: This woman that I have never met before knows how to get to me. I mean, it is like eve all over again. Wreaking havoc.

Victor: And I promise you, it’s not gonna happen. I won’t allow her to do that. Come here. I’m sorry, my baby. I’m so sorry.

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