GH Transcript Friday 9/3/99


 

General Hospital Transcript Friday 9/3/99

Provided by Laura

JASON: WE ALL KNOW YOU DON'T
LIKE HANNAH, CARLY.
CARLY: JASE, ARE
YOU LISTENING TO ME?
I SAW THE LITTLE TRAMP
IN AN ALLEY, NUZZLING UP
TO HER EX-BOYFRIEND,
WHISPERING IN HIS EAR THAT
HE WAS GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING
FOR HER.
IT'S THE GUY THAT SONNY THREW
THROUGH A WINDOW AT KELLY'S.
JASON: ARE YOU SURE?
CARLY: SHE PRACTICALLY
ADMITTED IT.
SHE DIDN'T DENY IT.
NEITHER DID HE.
JASON: DID YOU GET A GOOD
LOOK AT HIM?
CARLY: YEAH.
TALL GUY, DARK HAIR,
KIND OF REALLY MUSCULAR,
YOU KNOW, BUT VERY PALE,
LIKE HE WORKS INSIDE
OF AN OFFICE OR SOMETHING.
AND HE'S A REAL STRAIGHT ARROW,
BUT HE'S SLUMMING IT BIG TIME.
THAT'S THE GUY, ISN'T IT?
JASON: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
JOHNNY'S DESCRIPTION WAS PRETTY
GENERAL.
CARLY: NO.
I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT LITTLE
TRAMP FROM THE BEGINNING,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
MAN, SHE IS LYING.
SHE'S MAKING SONNY LOOK LIKE
A FOOL BEHIND HIS BACK.
YOU JUST GOING TO LET THAT
HAPPEN?

SONNY: WE JUST KEEP GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.
HANNAH: NO ARGUMENTS FROM ME
THERE.
SONNY: WE CAN START
EVERY DAY LIKE THIS,
AND WE CAN END EVERY DAY LIKE
THIS.
HANNAH: YES.
SONNY: SO?
WHEN ARE YOU MOVING IN?
HANNAH: I'M SORRY,
BUT I JUST CAN'T.

KATHERINE: TONIGHT,
HELENA, I CAN HARDLY WAIT.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE CLINIC,
HAVE ANOTHER IN VITRO.
IT DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME,
BUT THE DOCTOR SAID THAT THAT'S
NOT UNUSUAL, THAT SOMETIMES IT
TAKES -- IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, SO I'M
SLIPPING IN AFTER HOURS.
SOUNDS KIND OF MAGICAL,
DON'T YOU THINK?
THE EXTRA TESTS WERE EXPENSIVE,
BUT I INSISTED BECAUSE,
IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, I'M JUST
GOING TO DEAL WITH IT.
I WILL BE PREGNANT.
CARRYING NIKOLAS' CHILD IS --
IS MY DESTINY.
YOU TAUGHT ME ALL ABOUT DESTINY
AFTER I FELL.
YOU SAVED ME,
INSPIRED ME.
I WAS SO SCARED.
EVERYONE HAD ABANDONED ME
EXCEPT -- EXCEPT YOU.
"IT'S YOUR DESTINY TO SURVIVE."
DO YOU REMEMBER SAYING THAT
TO ME?
YOU WERE SITTING NEXT TO MY BED
LIKE AN ANGEL.
YOU WERE PULLING FOR ME THEN
THE WAY YOU'RE PULLING
FOR ME NOW.
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.
I AM FINALLY GOING TO BE
A CASSADINE.
I KNOW NOW THAT THAT WAS
MY DESTINY ALL ALONG.
STEFAN: IT'S COMFORTING
TO KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER
CHANGE.
YOU'RE AS DELUDED AS EVER.

CHLOE: YOU CAN'T SKIP DINNER.
NED: WE SHOULD BE OUT LOOKING
FOR THEM.
CHLOE: THERE ARE A MILLION
POSSIBLE REASONS WHY ALEXIS
WASN'T WAITING AT THE GATEHOUSE.
NED: WHY DIDN'T SHE TAKE
HER CELL PHONE WITH HER?
WHY DIDN'T SHE LEAVE A NOTE?
CHLOE: SHALL I CALL JAX
AGAIN?
NED: NO, NO.
JUST IN CASE HE TURNED
ON HIS PHONE?
I'M TIRED OF SPEAKING
TO HIS VOICE MAIL.
ALEXIS COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT
OF TOWN WITH ME.
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE JUST
DISAPPEARED.
CHLOE: AND IT'S ALL
BECAUSE OF JAX?
NED: I KNOW JAX BETTER THAN
YOU DO.
AL -- AL --
AL: YES?
NED: BY ANY CHANCE,
HAVE YOU SEEN MR. AND MRS. JAX?
AL: WELL, YES, MR. ASHTON.
THEY'RE HAVING DINNER
IN THE MAIN DINING ROOM.

NED: I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
CHLOE: AT LEAST WE KNOW
THEY'RE SAFE.
NED: ONE OF THEM IS.
CHLOE: NED, WAIT.
JERRY: UH-OH.
INCOMING ASHTON.
WHATEVER JAX MISSED,
GET OVER IT.
TONIGHT, NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN FAMILY.
JAX: YOU WERE EXTREMELY LATE
FOR THE MEETING.
NED: SO YOU TURN OFF
YOUR CELL PHONE AND GO OUT
TO DINNER?
JAX: MY CELL PHONE'S OFF?
OH, SO IT IS.
THERE WE GO.
YOU KNOW, BOBBIE AND JERRY
TRACKED US DOWN AT THE
GATEHOUSE, AND THEY INSISTED
THAT WE COME TO DINNER
WITH THEM, SO HERE WE ARE.
ALEXIS: THEY PRACTICALLY
KIDNAPPED US.
JAX: YEAH.
BOBBIE: WE WERE AWFULLY RUDE,
WEREN'T WE?
BUT, HEY, WHERE'S THE HARM?
JOHN AND LADY JANE BELIEVE THAT
JAX HAS BEEN WORKING MUCH TOO
HARD AND HE'S NEGLECTING HIS NEW
BRIDE.
JERRY: WE HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO HELP.
ALEXIS: SEIZE THE DAY,
CARPE DIEM -- THAT SORT
OF THING.
NED: I WOULD'VE APPRECIATED
A LITTLE NOTICE.
ALEXIS: DIDN'T YOU GET
MY NOTE?
CHLOE: WE MUST HAVE
MISSED IT.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND.
SKIPPING WORK FOR FAMILY IS
ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
NED?
BOBBIE: OH, NOT SO FAST.
LISTEN, YOU'RE ALL BEST FRIENDS,
AND WE OWE YOU A CELEBRATION.
NED: NO, NO, THAT'S ALL
RIGHT.
CHLOE: THAT IS SO NICE.
THANK YOU.
BOBBIE: WELL, SIT DOWN
AND JOIN US.
JAX: YEAH.
YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD GET
OUT OF THIS ONE, DID YOU?
CHLOE: THANK YOU.

SONNY: AM I MISSING
SOMETHING?
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO LIVE
WITH ME.
HANNAH: I DO.
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
SONNY: IT'S MY WORK,
ISN'T IT?
HANNAH: NO, I'M NOT AFRAID
OF YOUR WORK.
SONNY: MM-HMM.
HANNAH: I'M AFRAID FOR YOU.
I'M AFRAID I'LL HURT YOU.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PROTECT ME,
SONNY.
NO ONE CAN.
AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS --
I'VE SEEN WHAT LOVING DOES
TO YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER
REASON YOU CAN'T FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
SONNY: YOU RRY TOO MUCH.
HANNAH: THIS COMING FROM YOU?
SONNY: ON THE ISLAND, RIGHT,
WE HAD EACH OTHER --
NO PAST, NO FUTURE -- JUST
THE MOMENT.
HANNAH: I KNOW, AND IT WAS
PARADISE.
SONNY: THEN WHY WORRY ABOUT
WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET?
HANNAH: WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I MEAN.
WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE NOW,
SO LET'S JUST ENJOY IT.
SONNY: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME
YOU'VE TURNED ME DOWN, ISN'T IT?
HANNAH: I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE
EVER BEEN.
MAYBE THAT'S ENOUGH.
I'M SORRY.
SONNY: NO, YOU KNOW --
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SORRY.
I'LL PROVE TO YOU THAT YOU CAN
COUNT ON ME.
I WON'T DISAPPEAR AGAIN.
IN THE MEANTIME,
THE INVITATION STILL STANDS.
HANNAH: I DON'T DESERVE YOU.
SONNY: NEVER SAY THAT.
HANNAH: I'M STARVING.
SONNY: I WONDER WHY.
HANNAH: IT'S YOUR BIG CHANCE
TO TAKE ME TO DINNER.
SONNY: OH, YEAH?
I GOT AN APPOINTMENT
WITH A COFFEE DISTRIBUTOR
AT THE PORT CHARLES GRILL.
HANNAH: OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GRAB SOMETHING DOWNSTAIRS.
SONNY: BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
HANNAH: WHAT?
SONNY: WHY DON'T YOU COME
WITH ME?
IT WON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
HANNAH: ARE YOU SURE?
SONNY: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE THE MEETING,
WE'LL HAVE SOME DINNER.
THEN AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW,
JUST WE DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW?
HANNAH: SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
SONNY: ALL RIGHT.
HANNAH: BEAT YOU
TO THE SHOWER.
SONNY: OH, YOU WILL, HUH?
YOU AIN'T BEATING NOTHING HERE,
JUNIOR.

KATHERINE: YOUR MOTHER
AND I ARE HAVING A PRIVATE
CONVERSATION.
STEFAN: ALBEIT ONE-SIDED.
WHAT DOES SHE THINK ABOUT
YOUR PLANS FOR NIKOLAS?
KATHERINE: HELENA KNOWS
I MAKE HIM HAPPY.
STEFAN: NIKOLAS IS
AS TROUBLED AS I'VE EVER
SEEN HIM.
I BLAME YOU.
AND IN PART, I BLAME MYSELF.
I SET A POOR EXAMPLE.
NOW, KATHERINE, PERHAPS
I DESERVE YOUR HATRED
AND CONTEMPT, BUT IF HOLDING
ON TO NIKOLAS IS A WAY
OF STRIKING OUT AT ME --
KATHERINE: DON'T FLATTER
YOURSELF.
TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT NIKOLAS
HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF YOURS.
STEFAN: AND HE'S MISERABLE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
I REMEMBER BETTER TIMES THAN
THESE.
I REGRET CAUSING YOU PAIN.
KATHERINE: THAT WAS A LONG
ME AGO.
STEFAN: AND I BELIEVE THAT
YOU GENUINELY CARED ABOUT
NIKOLAS OR HE WOULD HAVE NEVER
BECOME INVOLVED.
KATHERINE: I STILL DO.
STEFAN: IS THAT WHY
YOU FOLLOW HIM AROUND TOWN,
SHOW UP IN UNLIKELY PLACES,
PREVENT HIM FROM SPENDING TIME
WITH HIS FRIENDS?
NIKOLAS DESERVES MORE RESPECT.
SO DO YOU.
KATHERINE: I DON'T EXPECT
YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
STEFAN: BUT I DO UNDERSTAND.
NIKOLAS IS DOING EVERYTHING
HE CAN TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF
FROM YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE NO LONGER WELCOME
IN HIS HOME.
HE TURNS DOWN ALL YOUR
INVITATIONS.
HE RESIGNED HIS JOB.
BUT YOU WON'T LET GO.
YOU ARE PUTTING MY SON THROUGH
HELL, AND NOW YOU ARE SPINNING
FAIRY TALES ABOUT DESTINY
AND BEING A CASSADINE?
I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU
RECONSIDER.
KATHERINE: I WOULD NEVER DO
ANYTHING TO HURT NIKOLAS.
STEFAN: THEN FIND SOME
GRACE, KATHERINE,
SOME DIGNITY.
PROVE TO NIKOLAS YOU CARE
ABOUT HIM.
LET HIM GO.

KATHERINE: YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DO CARE ABOUT NIKOLAS.
I LOVE HIM.
AND I WANT TO HELP HIM GROW
BEYOND EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
ESPECIALLY YOURS.
YOU WANT HIM TO BE A PRINCE,
THE PERFECT SON, THE HEIR
TO SOME RIDICULOUS LOST EMPIRE.
AND LAURA JUST WANTS HIM TO FILL
UP THE EMPTINESS IN HER LIFE --
STEFAN: WE WILL NOT DISCUSS
LAURA.
KATHERINE: AM I SO WRONG
TO WANT TO SAVE HIM
FROM HIS SILLY LITTLE FRIENDS?
DON'T YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE USING
HIM, HOW THEY EXPECT HIM
TO ENTERTAIN THEM AND COMFORT
THEM AND DRIVE THEM WHEREVER
THEY WANT TO GO?
I BLAME YOU FOR THAT.
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT TAUGHT HIM
TO PLEASE EVERYONE, ANYONE
BEFORE HIMSELF.
I CAN CHANGE THAT.
I CAN HELP HIM REALIZE THAT
MAKING HIMSELF HAPPY IS A WORTHY
GOAL, EVEN FOR A CASSADINE.
STEFAN: ARE YOU TRULY THAT
DELUDED?
KATHERINE: I FELL IN LOVE.
WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE THE GRACE
TO WISH US WELL?
STEFAN: YOU DON'T ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT NIKOLAS LOVES YOU?
KATHERINE: YOU WOULD REALLY
HATE THAT, WOULDN'T YOU, TO SEE
HIM HAPPY WHEN YOUR OWN LIFE IS
SO BLEAK?
DO YOU REALLY WANT YOUR SON
TO TURN OUT LIKE YOU AND LAURA,
TO SPEND HIS ENTIRE LIFE
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S
LOST?
HE DESERVES BETTER THAN THAT.
HE CAN HAVE A FULL LIFE
WITH ME -- MORE LOVE THAN
HE EVER IMAGINED, EVERYTHING
HE COULD EVER NEED.
STEFAN: THERE'S NO POINT
IN CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION.
KATHERINE: THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT
YOU SAY WHEN YOU LOSE.
STEFAN: PLEASE STOP
INFLICTING YOUR FANTASIES
ON MY MOTHER.
SHE'S CLEARLY IN NO POSITION
TO HELP YOU.
KATHERINE: I WOULD THINK
YOU'D WANT YOUR MOTHER TO HAVE
VISITORS.
STEFAN: I'LL SEE YOU OUT.
KATHERINE: GOOD-BYE, HELENA.
I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW IMPOSSIBLE
THIS MUST BE FOR YOU.
FAISON: SUCH A TIRESOME PAIR,
THOSE TWO.
IF I WERE NIKOLAS, I WOULD RUN
LIKE THE WIND.
YOUR SON BELIEVES HE HAS GREAT
POWER.
MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE HIM SORRY
FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
VERY SORRY, INDEED.

JASON: YOU HEARD
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO
PEOPLE IN AN ALLEY.
CARLY: "YOU'RE WRECKING
EVERYTHING FOR ME"?
COME ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT, HER MASCARA?
JASON: THEY COULD'VE BEEN
DISCUSSING ANYTHING.
CARLY: OH, MY GOD.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S A DRUG OR SOMETHING?
SHE PUTS IT IN THE PASTA, AND IT
KEEPS YOU AND SONNY FROM BEING
ABLE TO HEAR THE LIES?
JASON: HANNAH DOESN'T COOK
FOR ME.
CARLY: THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S FUNNY, ACTUALLY.
LET'S MAKE A BIG JOKE OUT
OF THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL SONNY
THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND IS
A BIG FAT, CHEATING,
LITTLE SLUT, THAT'S FINE.
I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
JASON: WHY YOU INTERESTED
IN SONNY AND HANNAH ALL
OF A SUDDEN?
CARLY: I'M DAMNED IF I DO
AND I'M DAMNED IF I DON'T.
JASON: JUST ANSWER
THE QUESTION, CARLY.
CARLY: BECAUSE I KNOW SONNY
BETTER NOW.
AND DEEP DOWN -- WAY, WAY DEEP,
DEEP DOWN -- HE'S A DECENT GUY.
AND HE DESERVES BETTER THAN
HANNAH SCOTT.
JASON: OK, NOW, WHATEVER
YOU THINK YOU LEARNED ABOUT
SONNY, THERE'S ONE MORE THING
YOU HAVE TO KNOW.
DO NOT THROW YOURSELF BETWEEN
SONNY AND ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY
A WOMAN.
HANNAH IS SONNY'S BUSINESS.
JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

JERRY: SO, NOW THAT WE'RE ALL
TOGETHER, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP
ME OUT.
JAX: WE'RE NOT LENDING
YOU ANY MONEY, SO FORGET IT.
JERRY: IT'S ABOUT
YOUR WEDDING.
ALEXIS: ASK US ANYTHING.
JERRY: SO, WHY DID YOU ELOPE?
JAX: YOU'RE GOING TO SNEAK
OFF AND GET MARRIED,
TOO, AREN'T YOU?
CONGRATULATIONS!
JERRY: WHY VEGAS?
JAX: WHY NOT?
JERRY: SO, WHAT CAME FIRST,
I MEAN, VEGAS OR GETTING
MARRIED?
DID YOU GO OUT THERE
FOR THE LOVE AND "TILL DEATH US
DO PART," OR DID YOU GO AND SEE
ALL THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND SAY,
"WHAT THE HELL"?
CHLOE: THE ENTIRE TRIP WAS
A WHIM.
I'D NEVER BEEN TO LAS VEGAS.
NED: CHLOE WANTED TO SEE
A SHOW.
CHLOE: THAT'S RIGHT, A SHOW.
ALEXIS: FOR L&B.
IT WAS A BUSINESS TRIP.
CHLOE: I WAS WORKING
ON MY WINTER COLLECTION.
BOBBIE: BY WATCHING LAS VEGAS
SHOWGIRLS?
JERRY: MAKES SENSE.
JAX: WELL, NED AND CHLOE
WANTED TO UPDATE L&B'S IMAGE,
YOU KNOW, MAKE IT HOTTER,
SEXIER.
ALEXIS: WITH FEATHERS.
THERE'S AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT
OF FEATHERS IN LAS VEGAS.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
CHLOE: I LOVE FEATHERS.
NED: YES, SO WE INVITED JAX
AND ALEXIS ALONG JUST FOR FUN.
JAX: AND THEN WE ALL ENDED UP
ON MY JET, AND THAT REMINDED US
OF THE LAST TIME WE WERE
ON A JET.
BOBBIE: WELL, THAT WOULD BE
THE SAHARA.
ALEXIS: THE SAHARA CHANGED
MY LIFE.
JERRY: BUT I WAS ON THAT JET
BACK FROM THE SAHARA,
AND I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING
BETWEEN YOU TWO.
IN FACT, NED SPENT HIS WHOLE
TIME WITH HIS ARMS AROUND YOU,
YELLING AT HIM.
JAX: WELL, THAT'S
BECAUSE HE REALIZED SOMETHING
HAD CHANGED.
ALEXIS: SOMETHING
INESCAPABLE.
JAX: YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE
THE HEART TO TELL HIM --
AT LEAST NOT THEN.
NED: THE BOTTOM LINE IS JAX
PROPOSED TO ALEXIS ON THE JET
TO LAS VEGAS.
JAX: YEP.
BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.
BOBBIE: AND YOU'VE ALL
MANAGED TO REMAIN FRIENDS.
WOW.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
CHLOE: OH.
THAT'S FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS CALL
ALL DAY FROM THERESE.
I WON'T BE LONG.
[RING]
JERRY: BUT WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED IN THE SAHARA?
BOBBIE: DO WE REALLY NEED
TO KNOW ALL THE GORY DETAILS?
JAX: NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
BOBBIE.
I'M USED TO MY BROTHER'S
INCESSANT PRYING.
STRANDED IN THAT CAVE,
I LOOKED INTO ALEXIS'
EYES AND --
ALEXIS: WE JUST KNEW.
JAX: YEAH.
BOBBIE: WELL, THEN GETTING
STRANDED IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
THINGS.
JERRY: WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO A CABIN IN THE WOODS TONIGHT.
BOBBIE: THESE JACKS BOYS
REALLY KNOW HOW TO GET AWAY
FROM IT ALL, DON'T THEY?
ALEXIS: YEAH, JUST THE OTHER
DAY, JAX --
WELL, HONEY, TELL BOBBIE ABOUT
JUST THE OTHER DAY.

AL: YOUR TABLE'S READY,
MR. CORINTHOS.
SONNY: THANK YOU.
HANNAH: WHAT'S THAT ALL
ABOUT?
SONNY: A STUDY IN MUTUAL
HATRED.
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WHAT ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR?

JERRY: HEY, COME ON.
HASN'T CORINTHOS RUINED ENOUGH
OF YOUR EVENINGS?
WHY DON'T YOU CHANNEL ALL THAT
ENERGY INTO LOVE FOR YOUR NEW
WIFE?
ALEXIS: YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE CAN HANDLE THIS,
JERRY, BUT THANKS.
BOBBIE: ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME
FOR US TO GET STRANDED?
JERRY: FINE.
YOU STAY HERE AND BE MISERABLE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET CORINTHOS
RUIN MY NIGHT.
JAX: WHY SHOULD HE?
JERRY: WHY DON'T
YOU LEAVE, TOO?
JAX: BECAUSE I'M HAVING
DINNER WITH MY WIFE
AND MY FAMILY AND MY CLOSET
FRIENDS.
I'M NOT READY TO LEAVE YET.
ARE YOU?
ALEXIS: IT'S GETTING PRETTY
LATE.
JERRY: WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN
TO YOUR WIFE.
SHE LOVES YOU.
JAX: I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
JERRY: RIGHT.
NEITHER ARE WE.
NED: I THINK THIS EVENING
REALLY DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE
ANYTHING LIKE WE ALL PLANNED.
BOBBIE: WELL, WHY DON'T
WE MAKE THE BEST OF IT?
DESSERT, ANYONE?
ALEXIS: GREAT.
GREAT IDEA.
JERRY: WHAT'LL IT BE,
LITTLE BROTHER?
CHERRIES JUBILEE?
JAX: I DON'T NEED A WATCHDOG,
JERRY, OK?
YOU KEEP GOING ON ABOUT THIS
CABIN.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO THERE,
GET STRANDED, HAVE A GREAT TIME.
JERRY: DON'T WORRY.
WE WILL.
ALEXIS: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO CALL JOHN
AND LADY JANE AND TELL THEM THAT
WE'RE FINE.
IT WAS VERY SWEET OF THEM
TO WORRY ABOUT US, ACTUALLY.
JERRY: WE CAN STAY AROUND
FOR A LITTLE LONGER.
BOBBIE: I'M NOT SURE THAT
WILL HELP.
ALEXIS: HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT,
I PROMISE.
LISTEN, THANKS FOR ALL OF THIS.
NED: YES, AND THANKS
FOR INCLUDING CHLOE AND ME.
IT WAS GREAT.
BOBBIE: WELL,
GOOD LUCK.
ALEXIS: WE'LL BE FINE.
DON'T WORRY.
JERRY: I WON'T -- NOT AS LONG
AS YOU'RE AROUND.
BYE, JAX.
JAX: BYE-BYE.
NED: SO LONG.
ALEXIS: LISTEN TO
YOUR BROTHER.
DON'T DO THIS.
DON'T GIVE SONNY THAT KIND
OF POWER.
JAX: LOOK AT HIM OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST ONE MORE
DARK-HAIRED WOMAN TO HIM.
NED: LISTEN, WHY DON'T
WE JUST CALL IT AN EVENING.
JAX, YOU'RE OUT FROM UNDER
THE FAMILY THING, AND THIS CAN'T
GET YOU ANYWHERE, OK?
JAX: YOU WANT TO LEAVE?
LEAVE.
NED: WELL, THEY'RE HOLDING
OUR RESERVATION.
JAX: LOOK AT HIM,
JUST SITTING THERE IN HIS FANCY
SUIT, DRINKING GOOD WINE,
STUFFING HIS FACE.
SONNY: I CHASED THIS GUY ALL
OVER BENSONHURST BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO WAY HE WAS TAKING
MY BIKE.
CHLOE: SONNY.
HELLO.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
SONNY: OH, HI, MS. MORGAN.
CHLOE: OHCHLOE.
CHLOE ASHTON.
I AM NOW USING MORGAN ONLY
AS MY TRADE NAME.
SONNY: OH.
MISS HANNAH SCOTT.
HANNAH: HI.
CHLOE: NICE TO MEET YOU.
HANNAH: NICE TO MEET
YOU, TOO.
CHLOE: THE E.L.Q. BOARD
MEETING NOTICES WERE SENT OUT
LATE THIS WEEK.
DID YOU RECEIVE YOURS?
SONNY: FINALLY.
ALEXIS: JAX, WAIT.
CHLOE: I CAN HARDLY WAIT
TO ARGUE LAND/SEA CRANES AGAIN,
N YOU?
SONNY: YEAH, WOULDN'T MISS
IT.
WOULDN'T MISS IT.
JAX: OUR TABLE'S OVER HERE.
CHLOE: JAX, I KNOW WHERE
OUR TABLE IS.
JAX: LET'S GO.
SONNY: THE LADY AND I WERE
JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION.
JAX: IT'S OVER.
CHLOE: I'LL CATCH UP
WITH YOU AT THE BOARD MEETING.
SONNY: OK.
OH, OH -- YOU KNOW, I --
I THOUGHT YOU WERE MARRIED
TO ALEXIS, NOT CHLOE.
JAX: WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY
YOUR PROBLEM, SONNY --
YOU CAN'T LL ONE WOMAN
FROM ANOTHER.
WOMEN ARE ALL THE SAME TO YOU,
AREN'T THEY?
THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE.
I'M SORRY FOR BEING RUDE,
MRS. ASHTON.
SONNY: "MRS. ASHTON."
THAT'S NICE.
JAX: BUT YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS
WITH THIS MAN.
CHLOE: HONESTLY, JAX.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME BOARD.
I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULDN'T STOP
AND SAY HELLO IN A RESTAURANT.
SONNY: YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MRS. ASHTON.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERFERE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL SEE YOU
AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
CHLOE: OK, I'LL SEE
YOU THERE.
IT WAS NICE SEEING YOU.
HANNAH: YES, YOU, TOO.
SONNY: HEY, ONE MORE THING --
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING FREE
OF CHARGE.
BE CAREFUL AROUND MR. JACKS
BECAUSE WHEN HE DECIDES
TO PROTECT YOU,
YOU MAY END UP DRIVING OFF
A CLIFF.
JAX: AT LEAST I REALIZE
BRENDA'S DEAD,
NOT TRYING TO RESURRECT
HER WITH A LOOK-ALIKE.
YOU REALIZE WHEN SONNY TAKES
YOU TO BED, I'M SORRY TO SAY --
SONNY: YOU CAN STOP RIGHT
THERE, BUDDY!
JAX: HE'S REALLY MAKING LOVE
TO BRENDA.
CHLOE: JAX --
HANNAH: WHO THE HELL DO
YOU THINK YOU ARE?

CARLY: ALL RIGHT, FINE.
SO LITTLE MISS HANNAH THE BANANA
IS MISS PERFECT, SONNY IS REALLY
LUCKY TO HAVE HER, AND WE'RE ALL
JUST GRATEFUL THAT THEY FINALLY
FOUND EACH OTHER, RIGHT?
JASE, ISN'T IT YOUR JOB
TO PROTECT THIS GUY?
JASON: YES, BUT YOU ARE NOT
HERE TO PROTECT SONNY.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU HATE
HANNAH.
CARLY: CAN'T I BE HERE
FOR BOTH?
JASON: YOU CARRY A GRUDGE
LONGER THAN ANYONE I KNOW.
CARLY: THANK YOU.
JASON: NO, THAT'S ALL THIS IS
ABOUT IS A GRUDGE.
CARLY: NO.
TELL ME THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM
STRANGE TO YOU.
THIS CHICK SHOWS UP OUT
OF NOWHERE, AND SHE MAKES
A BEELINE FOR SONNY CORINTHOS.
JASON: ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT
SHE WENT AFTER ME FIRST.
CARLY: ACTUALLY, I THINK
YOU WERE JUST A DIVERSION.
JASON: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT
THAT?
CARLY: LOOK, OK --
IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE.
THIS GIRL'S A LIAR.
SHE'S NOT EVEN VERY GOOD AT IT.
AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST SEEING
HER EX-BOYFRIEND ON THE SIDE.
SOMETHING IS WAY OFF.
JASON: I'M NOT IN CHARGE
OF SONNY'S LOVE LIFE, CARLY.
CARLY: YOU DON'T TRUST HER,
EITHER, DO YOU?
HMM?
JASON: I HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
CARLY: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT
IS, MAN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'S
HERE FOR?
WHAT DOES SHE WANT?
JASON: YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK
DOESN'T MATTER.
SONNY WANTS TO BE WITH HER.
CARLY: EVEN IF SHE'S STILL
SLEEPING WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND?
I DON'T THINK SO.
OK, WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAVE
FRANCIS TAIL HER?
JASON: NO.
CARLY: HAVE SOMEBODY GO
THROUGH HER STUFF, THEN.
JASON: NO, I WON'T DO IT.
CARLY: OK.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW?
I MEAN, YOU DON'T WONDER ABOUT
WHY SHE'S HERE?
JASON: WHAT I DO AND WHAT
I WONDER ABOUT ISN'T
YOUR PROBLEM ANYMORE.
WHAT GOES ON HERE ISN'T
YOUR CONCERN.
CARLY, MICHAEL IS.
YOUR HUSBAND, THE
QUARTERMAINES -- THAT'S WHAT
YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT,
NOT HANNAH.
CARLY: FINE.
OK, SO, JUST DON'T SAY
I DIDN'T TRY.
CARLY: YOU WANT SOMETHING
DONE RIGHT, YOU GOT TO DO IT
YOURSELF.

ALEXIS: DON'T LOOK OVER
THERE.
NED: I OUGHT TO GO BREAK
IT UP.
ALEXIS: CHLOE CAN HANDLE THAT
RIGHT NOW.
NED: SHE DIDN'T SIGN
ON FOR THIS.
ALEXIS: WHO DID?
NED: WE COULD BE
AT OUR LITTLE COTTAGE BY NOW.
ALEXIS: I'M SORRY ABOUT ALL
THIS.
I REALLY AM.
AND I REALLY DID LEAVE
YOU A NOTE.
NED: I BELIEVE YOU.
ALEXIS: THERE WAS NO ESCAPE,
HONEST.
NED: THERE STILL ISN'T.
SONNY: I DON'T WANT
YOU INVOLVED, HANNAH.
HANNAH: PLEASE, JUST --
I NEED TO DO THIS.
SONNY: FOR WHAT?
HANNAH: SINCE WHEN DO
YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT SONNY
AND ME?
JAX: IT'S NOT YOU.
IT'S WHO YOU REPRESENT.
LET ME GUESS -- SONNY STARTED
OUT AS YOUR SAVIOR, RIGHT?
WHAT DID HE DO, PULL
YOU FR THE PATH OF A SPEEDING
CAR?
SCARE AWAY A MUGGER?
HUH?
HE GOT A LITTLE CRAZY, RIGHT?
A LITTLE VIOLENT?
HE FRIGHTENED YOU AT FIRST,
BUT YOU COULDN'T STAY AWAY.
WELL, DON'T WORRY.
THAT'S PART OF THE RUSH.
COME ON, CORINTHOS,
AREN'T YOU GOING TO SAY
ANYTHING, PROTECT YOUR WOMAN,
DEFEND YOUR TERRITORY?
CHLOE: JAX, PLEASE.
JAX: AND AFTER HE SAVED YOU,
HE WANTED TO HELP YOU, RIGHT?
TAKE CARE OF YOU, PROTECT YOU.
WHATEVER YOU NEED, SONNY WILL
GIVE YOU.
JUST TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT.
AND GRADUALLY YOU DO.
YOU START DEPENDING ON HIM.
HE TAKES YOU PLACES YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN.
THERE'S ALWAYS A LIMO WAITING.
MEN WHO WON'T LOOK YOU
IN THE EYE OPEN DOORS FOR YOU.
OH, IT'S NICE.
IT'S THE LIFE --
SONNY'S LIFE.
AND HE WANTS YOU IN IT WITH HIM
ALL THE TIME, AND EVENTUALLY
YOU WILL BE.
HANNAH: IS THERE A POINT
TO ALL OF THIS?
JAX: AND THEN ONE DAY YOU'LL
WAKE UP, AND YOU REALIZE THAT
THE PERSON YOU USED TO BE IS
GONE.
YOUR FRIENDS ARE GONE.
ANY PLANS YOU HAD FOR YOUR LIFE
HAVE DISAPPEARED.
ALL YOU HAVE IS SONNY,
THE PENTHOUSE, AND THE LIFE.
YEAH.
AND YOU LIVE ALONE WITH THE SILK
SHEETS AND FINE JEWELRY
AND MEETINGS YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED
TO HEAR.
YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL ORNAMENT
IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PRAYER
BECAUSE WHEN HE'S FINISHED
WITH YOU, WHEN HE HAS STRIPPED
YOU OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE,
WHEN HE'S TAKEN AWAY ALL
YOUR DREAMS,
YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF NAKED
AND HELPLESS IN A SHOWER,
COWERING UNDER A BARRAGE
OF BULLETS.
OR YOU'LL TURN THE WRONG KEY
IN THE WRONG IGNITION
IN THE WRONG CAR.
WHO KNOWS?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
SOMEHOW YOU WILL MAKE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
YOU'LL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE,
THE HONOR, OF DYING FOR SONNY
CORINTHOS.
SONNY: ARE YOU THROUGH, JAX?
HANNAH: I'M VERY, VERY SORRY
ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH SONNY AND ME.
I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU WOULD JUST LEAVE US
ALONE.
JAX: YOU KNOW THE STRANGEST
PHENOMENON OF ALL?
AS SONNY RIPS YOUR LIFE APART,
YOU DEFEND HIM.
YEAH, SONNY NEVER HAS TO DEFEND
HIMSELF BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS
A WOMAN ON HER KNEES,
BEGGING TO DO IT FOR HIM.
CHLOE: JAX, PLEASE?
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR TABLE.
SONNY: YEAH, YEAH.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
IDEA AT THIS POINT.
SONNY: YOU WANT TO LEAVE?
HANNAH: HE MUST HAVE LOVED
BRENDA VERY MUCH.
IT'S THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T
SLAP HIM SILLY.
HE'S STILL GRIEVING.
HOW COULD YOU JUST STAND THERE
AND LISTEN TO ALL THOSE LIES?
SONNY: LET'S NOT GO THERE
TONIGHT.
HANNAH: YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH.
LET'S NOT GET STUCK IN THE PAST
THE WAY JAX IS.
SONNY: RIGHT, RIGHT.
HANNAH: I DON'T WANT TO BE
LIKE HIM.
I AM SUCH A COWARD.
SONNY: AM I MISSING
SOMETHING?
HANNAH: I'VE BEEN SO AFRAID
OF HURTING YOU THAT I'VE GOTTEN
MYSELF ALL WORRIED ABOUT THINGS
THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET.
BUT THAT'S OVER.
I WON'T BE LIKE JAX.
I WON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO BE
HAPPY BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT
TAKE IT AWAY.
THERE'S NO PROMISES IN THIS
WORLD, SO WHY NOT SAVOR EVERY
MOMENT.
IS YOUR OFFER TO MOVE IN STILL
OPEN?
SONNY: WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ME
OR ANYBODY ELSE.
HANNAH: YES, I DO.
I DO.
I HAVE TO PROVE IT TO MYSELF --
THAT I CAN TAKE WHAT'S
GIVEN TO ME,
I CAN REACH FOR SOMETHING GOOD
AND NOT WORRY ABOUT
THE CONSEQUENCES.
I LOVE YOU.
I WANT TO MOVE IN WITH
YOU TONIGHT.
SONNY: WOW.
WELL, YOU DON'T --
YOU DON'T WANT TO SKIP DESSERT,
DO YOU?
HANNAH: COME ON.
I GOT TO PACK.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A NEW
ROOMMATE.

CARLY: HANNAH?
GIRLFRIEND, YOU IN THERE?
LISTEN, I'M SORRY ABOUT BEFORE.
I OVERREACTED.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
HANNAH?
YOU GOT A SEC?
ALWAYS PAYS TO KNOW THE OWNER.

KATHERINE: OH.
DOCTOR.
DID YOU GET THE TEST RESULTS
BACK?
CAN WE DO ANOTHER PROCEDURE
TONIGHT?
DR. KALE: I'M AFRAID NOT,
MS. BELL.
KATHERINE: WELL,
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
DR. KALE: I'M GLAD YOU PUSHED
FOR ADDITIONAL TESTS.
KATHERINE: WELL, IS IT
A HORMONAL IMBALANCE
OR SOMETHING?
THIS ISN'T GOING TO SLOW THINGS
DOWN, IS IT?
DR. KALE: AT LEAST NOW
WE KNOW FOR SURE.
KATHERINE: D WHAT EXACTLY
DO WE KNOW?
DR. KALE: YOU'RE CLINICALLY
BARREN.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CARRY
A CHILD.

KATHERINE: BARREN?
WHAT AN ARCHAIC WORD.
DR. KALE: I'M SORRY.
KATHERINE: WELL,
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
IT CAN'T APPLY TO ME.
DR. KALE: THE TESTS ARE VERY
CLEAR.
KATHERINE: AND VERY WRONG.
I AM PAYING YOU GOOD MONEY
FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND
YOUR DISCRETION, BUT YOU HAVE
OBVIOUSLY MADE A HUGE MISTAKE.
DR. KALE: NOT THIS TIME.
KATHERINE: WELL, WE'LL JUST
HAVE TO START RIGHT OVER,
WON'T WE?
YOU KNEW THAT TIME WAS A HIGH
PRIORITY, BUT YOU WERE CARELESS
ANYWAY.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DO THE ENTIRE
BATTERY OF TESTS ALL OVER AGAIN.
DR. KALE: I'LL RUN AS MANY
TESTS AS YOU WANT FOR
AN ADDITIONAL FEE, BUT
THE RESULTS WON'T CHANGE.
KATHERINE: IT HAS TO CHANGE.
I AM GOING TO BE PREGNANT.
DR. KALE: GETTING PREGNANT
ISN'T THE PROBLEM.
YOU CAN PRODUCE VIABLE EGGS.
WE'VE HARVESTED SEVERAL.
BUT YOU'RE UNABLE TO CARRY
A CHILD.
KATHERINE: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
YOUR TESTS ARE WRONG.
YOU KNOW, I SHOULD'VE --
I SHOULD'VE GONE TO A BETTER
CLINIC OR --
DR. KALE: THE EXPERIMENTAL
DRUG YOU WERE INJECTED
WITH LAST YEAR --
KATHERINE: WHAT ABOUT IT?
DR. KALE: WELL, WAS IT
ADMINISTERED IN A HOSPITAL
BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN?
KATHERINE: WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES THAT MAKE?
DR. KALE: THE DRUG HAS MAJOR
SIDE EFFECTS.
THAT'S WHY IT ISN'T APPROVED
FOR USE IN THIS COUNTRY.
I'M AFRAID IT ALTERED YOUR BODY
CHEMISTRY PERMANENTLY.
WHOEVER GAVE YOU THAT DRUG SAVED
YOUR LIFE BUT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR YOU TO BEAR A CHILD.
I REALLY AM SORRY.

JERRY: I DON'T UNDERSTAND
MY BROTHER.
BOBBIE: I KNOW THAT FEELING,
BELIEVE ME.
JERRY: I MEAN, IF JAX IS
IN LOVE WITH ALEXIS, WHY DOES
CORINTHOS MATTER SO MUCH?
BOBBIE: JERRY?
DO WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT
TONIGHT?
JERRY: IT DOESN'T ADD UP.
IF JAX LOVES ONE WOMAN,
WHY WOULD HE MARRY SOMEONE ELSE?
BOBBIE: WELL, I GUESS THAT'S
SOMETHING JAX IS GOING TO HAVE
TO DEAL WITH IN HIS OWN WAY.
JERRY: HMM.
I'M GLAD HE FOUND ALEXIS.
BOBBIE: WHY DON'T WE LET
HER WORRY ABOUT HIM?
JERRY: GOOD IDEA.
BOBBIE: I THINK SO
BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO MYSELF
TONIGHT.
JERRY, WATCH OUT!
[BOBBIE SCREAMS]
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[CAR CRASHES]
[CAR HORN]

CARLY: BOY, THAT'S ORIGINAL.
CARLY: BARGAIN BASEMENT,
BABY.
OH.
OH, PLEASE TELL ME YOU DON'T
WEAR THIS STUFF.
OH, MY -- OOH.

SONNY: OH, HEY.
MAN: HI, SONNY.
HOW ARE YOU?
SONNY: GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
HAVE A SEAT.
MAN: THANKS.

NED: IT'S GETTING LATE.
ALEXIS: VERY.
CHLOE: JAX,
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS SIDE
OF YOU.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH TERRIBLE
THINGS?
YOU WERE DELIBERATELY CRUEL.
NED: SONNY CORINTHOS DESERVES
ANYTHING JAX SAID TO HIM.
CHLOE: DOES HANNAH?
NED: BELIEVE ME, IF THAT'S
THE WOT THING THAT EVER
HAPPENS TO H BECAUSE OF SONNY,
SHE SHOULD CONSIDER HERSELF
LUCKY.
JAX: THAT'S RIGHT.
CHLOE: WHAT DID SONNY DO
TO YOU?
JAX: ALL THOSE THINGS THAT
I SAID TO HANNAH?
SONNY DID THEM TO BRENDA.
SHE WASTED YEARS WITH HIM.
AND THERE HE IS, DOING THE SAME
THING ALL OVER AGAIN.
ALEXIS: WHY PUT YOURSELF
THROUGH THIS AGAIN?
JAX: SHE LOST EVERYTHING
TO HIM --
HER FRIENDS, HER CAREER,
HER SELF-RESPECT.
SHE GOT SHOT AT IN HIS SHOWER.
SHE LOST HER MIND.
SONNY NEVER PAID FOR WHAT HE DID
TO HER.
SONNY NEVER HAS TO PAY.

SONNY: SO, YEAH, WE LIKE
TO KEEP OUR PRICES COMPETITIVE.
MAN: WELL, CORINTHOS-MORGAN
CONSISTENTLY HAS THE LOWEST
PRICES ON THE NORTHEASTERN
SEABOARD.
SONNY: THAT'S RIGHT.
WE LIKE TO KEEP A LOW OVERHEAD
AND DO HIGH VOLUME BECAUSE
WE THINK IT'S BEST.
MAN: WELL, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS
TO BE WORKING.
SONNY: WELL, BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONLY --
MAN: MICHAEL CORINTHOS JR.?
SONNY: YEAH?
AGENT: F.B.I.
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
SECOND AGENT: STAND UP
AND PLACE YOUR HANDS BEHIND
YOUR BACK, PLEASE.
SONNY: I'M COMING,
I'M COMING.
AGENT: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.
IF YOU GIVE UP THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT, ANYTHING
YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
AN ATTORNEY AND TO HAVE
YOUR ATTORNEY PRESENT FOR ANY
QUESTIONING.

>> ON THE NEXT "GENERAL HOSPITAL" --

FAISON: TO THINK YOU'LL BE
LIKE THIS PERMANENTLY.

HANNAH: WHAT ARE YOU DOING
IN MY ROOM?

AGENT: ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

CHLOE: WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO SONNY?
JAX: JUSTICE.

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