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[mellow instrumentals]
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♪♪
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Hey, uh, welcome back.
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Hi. Daniel.
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It's...
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it's good to see you.
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How's it feel being home?
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Good. Really...
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-really good.
-Good.
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You...Tessa, everyone is--
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Everybody's amazing.
Yeah, thank you.
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All right. Well,
I won't keep you.
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Um, do you wanna possibly
join me?
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Or you were just being polite
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and you would rather...
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never speak to me again.
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Hey there.
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Hey.
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Hmm. What's that about?
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Mind your own business.
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Something to do with Vibrante?
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You know, an extra set of eyes
can be helpful.
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No, not a chance. Go.
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Go on. Get out of here.
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I don't need any more
distractions.
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Mm-hmm.
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What are you doing?
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Be right back.
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♪♪
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Ha ha.
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All right, look, there's like
a speed
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and sort of an intensity to this
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that you're just not getting,
so come on.
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Way to mansplain a card game.
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I'm just saying, you need to
bring it, okay?
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You gotta, like, up it.
Let's go.
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[whining] I'm bored.
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-You're bored?
-Yeah.
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All right, uh...
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we could play poker.
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And bet with what?
Napkins and sugar packets?
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Yeah, you're kinda right.
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All right, um, let's see...
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what other entertainment
do you like?
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Let's, uh, let's keep it clean.
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Oh, did I offend the jock?
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The squeaky clean
boy-next-door?
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-Hey, I have game.
-Mm-hmm. Sure.
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-Ah!
-Oh!
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And that is how it's done.
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-Yes. Psyched you out.
-All right.
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That was nice. That was nice.
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-I kinda went left
-No, no, I see it, I see it.
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Nice.
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Nick.
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Uh, hey, uh, this is Sharon.
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Sharon, this is my friend.
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Marie.
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Marie.
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Yeah...
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You know who I am.
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You know what I did.
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Good morning.
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-You talking to me?
-I'm talking to you.
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Why?
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Just trying to be nice.
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Last time we spoke,
you were taunting me
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about Matt going missing.
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Now you're trying to be nice?
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I'm sorry
that I wasn't more sensitive
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to the, uh, plight
of a known criminal.
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Oh, okay, there it is.
That's you. All right!
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Did you have any luck, uh,
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tracking down
your toxic partner?
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No. I have not.
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But I will track him down,
and when I do,
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you and the rest of the people
in this town
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will realize
you underestimated him.
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♪♪
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Sorry. I-I didn't...
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I didn't mean to
make this weird.
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No. No, no regrets.
It's not...not weird.
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Why would it be weird?
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Uh...
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So, how is everything?
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It really is good.
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Yeah, I've, uh, just been, um,
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you know, picking my own
schedule and...
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my own activities.
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I just dropped Aria off
at the park for a playdate.
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She having a good summer?
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Oh, she's having
the best summer.
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I mostly just fill my days
with...
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Mom duties and chores,
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the occasional down time.
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It's a welcome change.
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You think you're gonna go back
to working for Cassidy First?
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Uh, I don't think
I'm ready for that...just yet.
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I'm supposed to be managing
my stress levels.
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Doctor's orders.
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-[chuckles]
-Plus, I have
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a lot of family time
to make up for.
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Have you...spoken to Tessa
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lately?
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No. No, I have not.
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You know, I saw a video
of the two of you playing
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at your dad's wedding.
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You guys were great together.
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I'd only seen you guys play in
the park a couple of times.
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She was a great teacher.
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So you haven't spoken at all?
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Why do you wanna know?
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You know, part of my therapy
at the clinic
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was understanding that
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my actions had consequences.
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And...
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everyone is entitled
to their reactions
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to what I did, and I...
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I was unavailable to my wife
and to my child.
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I'm not sure
I totally understand.
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I guess I'm just trying to say
that...
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...anything that happened
while I was gone...
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I don't...
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I don't blame anyone for.
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So if you miss Tessa
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and you miss your friendship...
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I would understand.
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Sharon is who picked me up
at the motel that night.
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And then I asked her to drive me
to the hospital
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so I could see you.
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Well, I guess when you, uh,
save someone's life,
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you should at least be able
to brag about it, right?
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That isn't Nick.
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He was concerned. He cares.
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And I'm sure that you were
thrilled to take him to see me.
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I'm, uh, glad you're doing okay.
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I'm glad you're alive
and that you're here
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and you want to get help
just like Nick does.
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Truthfully, I haven't been
super successful at that.
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Kind of been around the block
a few times.
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I should get a punch card
at this place.
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Well, you're here.
That's what matters.
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A few more tours,
and I get a coffee maker. Ha.
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Or...this could be
your last rodeo.
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Then we walk out of here
with a new lease on life.
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Mr. Optimistic, right?
Has he always been like that?
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Yeah. He's a champion
to others.
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He just needs to be reminded
sometimes to
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give that to himself.
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Well, he's been
really good for me.
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He's probably the reason
I've stuck around this long.
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Is Matt your personal
attack dog?
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Your ticket to revenge
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against those
who have wronged you, Phyllis?
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You're so paranoid.
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Why else would you
hang out with the guy?
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None of your business.
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Um, given what Matt
has done to my family,
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I think it is my business.
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What is this?
What are you doing?
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What is this fishing expedition?
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I don't think you know
where he is.
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I told you. I don't.
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Yeah, but then why are you...
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why are you talking to me
about it?
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You've lost track of Matt,
right?
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And you think I'm the key
to finding him.
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I wanna know why you wanna
find Matt so badly.
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-It doesn't matter.
-What's in it for you, Phyllis?
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It doesn't matter.
No, no, no, no.
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Adam, your family
doesn't get to decide
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who stays
and who goes in this town.
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Right? Matt is missing.
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And I'm going to find him.
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Is that all?
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[quietly]
Maybe I'm in love with him.
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What?
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Can I make a suggestion,
if that's allowed?
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-About?
-A PR stunt.
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What if...
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Vibrante starts teasing it now?
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-On socials?
-Cool graphics.
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"Coming in 2027,
something new and exciting."
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Or "vibrant."
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Oh. Clever word play.
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So do better. [laughs]
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And you can take swipes
at Jabot--
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"We're coming for you,"
that sort of thing.
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That way the battle's set up
when the products come out.
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-I like it.
-Sometimes I have good ideas.
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Can't imagine why you'd want to
share them with the competition.
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It'll bring attention to Jabot,
not just you.
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I'm all for reciprocity.
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But we'll be teasing
that we're gonna beat you,
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and then we'll do it.
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Not a chance.
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I mean, you don't make a dent
in Jabot's sales.
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Don't worry about that.
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I can knock Jabot
off its pedestal.
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Well, you said yourself
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you've been wearing
Jabot's foundation for years.
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Look at you.
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Perfect skin.
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-You're stunning.
-[phone chimes]
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Sorry.
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I believe this is yours.
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[mischievous music plays]
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Oh, did I shock you, Adam?
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Ha. No.
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Cane and I thought you might
have a thing for the guy.
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Ooh, you and Cane! My goodness.
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You should get a new hobby
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and stop speculating
on my love life.
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Phyllis, I could care less.
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Except you did say
the insinuations about you two
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-weren't true.
-No, I said don't make
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a big deal out of it.
There's a difference.
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You two, as a pair...
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-I can't see it.
-Oh, you can't see it? Really?
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So you can't see it,
it's not a big deal,
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don't fixate on it?
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Is that what you're saying?
Listen, um,
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let me make it clear.
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I don't need to have
some man by my side
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to take your family down.
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Ooh!
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I did it once.
I could do it again.
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[softly] Hoo hoo hoo hoo.
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That is mine.
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I found it when you, uh, left.
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Right.
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When we were working late.
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Yeah, yeah.
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We said we weren't
gonna do that again.
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At the moment...
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I can't remember why.
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[smooth R&B plays in background]
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♪♪
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Victoria.
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Yeah?
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You want a refill?
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Uh...please.
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B-R-B.
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I-I do...miss Tessa
and our friendship,
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and I hope that's okay to say.
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Yeah. Yeah, of course it is.
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I mean that.
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You know,
we became friends when...
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I was dealing with...
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grieving Heather, and...
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she was going through
everything
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that the two of you
were dealing with.
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And I just think that it was...
a lot,
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and maybe things kinda got...
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all mixed up together.
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Um, but things
are different now,
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and I respect that, you know.
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I'm glad that the two of you
are back together and happy.
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It did not seem possible
for a while.
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Yeah, but, you know,
it happened.
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It's real.
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She wanted to give you
and your family another chance,
263
00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:53,933
and, as her friend,
I support that.
264
00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,269
And it worked, you know?
265
00:13:56,369 --> 00:13:58,137
That--that's...
266
00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,440
that's great.
267
00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:03,543
You know, I didn't intend...
268
00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:06,779
for it to be that you guys
couldn't be friends.
269
00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:11,351
Have you, um...
270
00:14:11,451 --> 00:14:14,754
have you talked about this
with Tessa?
271
00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:18,191
Should I?
272
00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,827
I mean, that's up to you.
273
00:14:23,496 --> 00:14:26,666
I think she misses you too.
274
00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:29,469
Maybe you should
give her a call.
275
00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:33,906
I will leave you two to talk.
276
00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:36,709
I'm sorry.
I did not mean to interrupt.
277
00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:38,444
No, no, no, no, it's okay,
you know.
278
00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:41,047
Visitors, they, uh,
they come first.
279
00:14:41,147 --> 00:14:42,949
Or so I am told.
280
00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:45,685
Addicts, we're, uh...
we're big on etiquette.
281
00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:48,054
Thanks. I'll see you later.
282
00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,558
Everything all right at home?
283
00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:55,862
Yeah. I just wanted to
check on you.
284
00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:59,132
Yeah, just, you know,
doing my thing.
285
00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,067
Phyllis came by and visited
yesterday.
286
00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:04,704
Oh, I heard. Actually,
she is the reason why I'm here.
287
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:06,739
Well, she and...
288
00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:07,874
Matt.
289
00:15:07,974 --> 00:15:10,743
Phyllis is determined
to find Matt.
290
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,613
She won't just let him
go away.
291
00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:16,616
I tried to convince her
to let it go.
292
00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:20,520
I got nowhere with her.
I wish she would listen to you.
293
00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:24,791
If she does find Matt,
I'm afraid of what could happen.
294
00:15:24,891 --> 00:15:27,727
I'm afraid of how bad
things could get.
295
00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:33,733
[beep, click]
296
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,402
Oh, wow, look at you.
297
00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:38,971
Uh...yeah.
298
00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:40,973
I'm really missing
the fitness center
299
00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,675
at the Genoa City Athletic Club,
300
00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,410
so I'm just trying to make do.
301
00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:46,846
Yeah. Well, you're making do.
302
00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:49,582
I gotta--gotta stay strong
303
00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:52,218
for my grand reentrance, right?
304
00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:54,320
And even if everybody
in this town hates me,
305
00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:56,289
I can still try and look okay.
306
00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:58,925
You look better than okay.
307
00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:00,426
Thanks.
308
00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:04,764
-Um, I'm all sweaty.
-I don't care.
309
00:16:04,864 --> 00:16:06,666
Okay.
310
00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,972
Do you feel better?
311
00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:14,340
Yeah.
312
00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,143
Did I convince you to stay
last night?
313
00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:19,812
After my self-involved
cry for help? Yeah.
314
00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:22,849
I mean, if you...if you believe
that the infamous Matt Clark
315
00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:25,017
can be redeemed,
who am I to argue with you?
316
00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:27,019
I do. I do believe that.
317
00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:29,522
I'm the master of reinvention.
318
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:31,657
The finish line
seems pretty far away.
319
00:16:31,757 --> 00:16:33,259
Nah.
320
00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:36,362
I know how everybody ticks
in this town.
321
00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:38,764
I know the lay of the land.
322
00:16:38,865 --> 00:16:40,700
-All right?
-Okay.
323
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,235
We're gonna change you.
324
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,237
Do I dare to dream that
325
00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:46,906
I can be accepted and admired
326
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,908
by the people of Genoa City?
327
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,843
Yeah, dare.
328
00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:53,679
We're gonna need a plan.
What's the first step?
329
00:16:53,779 --> 00:16:57,617
We're gonna make friends
out of your enemies.
330
00:16:57,717 --> 00:17:00,753
[soft music plays]
331
00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:07,260
You know,
I could reach out to Tessa,
332
00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,663
thank her for everything
that she did for me.
333
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,932
I mean, she helped me through
one of the lowest points
334
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,768
in my whole life
after Heather died.
335
00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,404
I mean, I wouldn't mind
seeing the two of you
336
00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:21,040
play together again. [laughs]
337
00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:22,708
Well, music really helped me.
338
00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,977
Made me feel like
a different person.
339
00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:27,547
-Really?
-Gave me something to focus on.
340
00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:31,117
Gave me purpose
when I didn't have any.
341
00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:34,520
It's funny. You know, tragedy
can just make you feel stuck.
342
00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:36,222
Yeah.
343
00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:38,424
Like you can't get out.
344
00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:40,426
I think that ever since
Heather died,
345
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:42,962
I've just been kind of
in this holding pattern
346
00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,966
and not...really fully ready
to move on.
347
00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:50,303
But spending time with Tessa...
348
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,606
Made me realize that...
349
00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:56,676
you know,
I was ready to live again.
350
00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:59,679
Maybe I was ready for something
different, something new,
351
00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,581
something real.
352
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,083
What, to date?
353
00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:05,918
I don't know about that.
354
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,422
Lucy's definitely, you know,
355
00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,691
she's really pushing to be
in charge of my profiles.
356
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:14,493
Oh! You should let her.
She's got good taste.
357
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,729
[both laugh]
358
00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:19,098
It's more than that, though.
359
00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:21,601
You know, I feel like I'm...
360
00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:24,337
finally ready to put myself
out there again,
361
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,072
take some risks.
362
00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:28,474
I'm even working with my dad
at The Shadow Room.
363
00:18:28,574 --> 00:18:30,276
Really? I didn't--
364
00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,011
I didn't know that.
365
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:35,081
Wait. Maybe you and Tessa
should play a gig there
366
00:18:35,181 --> 00:18:37,049
together sometime.
367
00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:41,087
One step at a time.
368
00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,629
All your admirers gone?
369
00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:51,731
NICK: [light laugh]
370
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:54,467
Yeah. Um...
371
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:58,037
listen, uh, about Sharon
and the overdose...
372
00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,306
Oh, it's fine.
373
00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:02,775
It doesn't have to be.
374
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:05,945
Your family must hate me
for what I did to you.
375
00:19:06,045 --> 00:19:08,914
And then the fact that you
had to save me, it's just...
376
00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:11,784
Hey, come on. I'm the one
with the hero complex, right?
377
00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:13,319
Yeah, but now
I'm gonna be the girl
378
00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:15,321
that you had to
bring back to life.
379
00:19:15,421 --> 00:19:18,858
The last thing I wanna be
is a damsel. That's pathetic.
380
00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,327
I had to be resurrected, too.
381
00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:23,529
-Yeah?
-Yep.
382
00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:26,165
Phyllis was the one who did it.
383
00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:27,600
Oh! Her.
384
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:30,469
Yeah, she, uh, she hated me.
385
00:19:30,569 --> 00:19:34,006
Like, um, viscerally hated me.
386
00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:37,076
Whereas Sharon, you know,
her words were just kind of...
387
00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,878
dripping in pity.
388
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:41,514
Well, for whatever it's worth,
389
00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:45,017
both of those women divorced me.
390
00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:47,953
Oh, those are the famous
ex-wives.
391
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,623
Okay.
392
00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:52,858
They divorce you
or you divorce them?
393
00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,794
-Or...
-Uh...
394
00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:56,429
it's up for debate.
395
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,632
Right. Yeah.
396
00:19:59,732 --> 00:20:01,734
Hey, no one's judging you.
397
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:04,203
Uh, nice try, yeah.
Phyllis was.
398
00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:07,073
Phyllis was absolutely
judging me.
399
00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:11,310
How is it possible
that you ended up single?
400
00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:14,980
I mean, usually, I'm not.
401
00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:16,582
'Cause of all the game you got?
402
00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:19,218
-Oh, I got game.
-Mm-hmm.
403
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,454
That should not surprise you.
404
00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,556
Sure. [laughs]
405
00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:26,792
I guess it's not that bad.
You know?
406
00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,627
To be by yourself.
407
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:31,731
It's definitely better than
being with the wrong person.
408
00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:33,566
Wish I'd learned that sooner.
409
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,334
[door closes]
410
00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,205
Another visitor.
411
00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:41,140
This one doesn't look like
an ex-wife.
412
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,076
That's actually my brother,
and if he's here,
413
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:46,612
probably means there's trouble.
414
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,883
Just so we're clear,
I'm all for proving myself
415
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:53,753
to the people in this town,
but they are not my enemies.
416
00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:55,654
They are people
that I have wronged.
417
00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:57,790
Exactly. They're people
that you have wronged.
418
00:20:57,890 --> 00:20:59,125
Look at you.
419
00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:00,793
You're an evolved human,
420
00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:01,894
-all right?
-Yes, I am.
421
00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:03,829
-Yeah.
-I am--I am fully evolved.
422
00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,397
But the people in this town,
423
00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:07,533
they don't think
that I am evolved.
424
00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:08,901
-Exactly.
-Right.
425
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,436
So we need to prove to them,
426
00:21:10,536 --> 00:21:12,238
we need evidence,
that I've evolved.
427
00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,341
Yeah. Action is necessary.
428
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:17,343
And you're gonna help me?
429
00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,245
Of course I'm gonna help you.
430
00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:21,714
I'm keeping up the pretense
that I don't know where you are.
431
00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:24,717
I just ran into Adam,
and he believed me.
432
00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,921
Wh--why?
433
00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:31,524
Why would you do that?
Why would you lie about me?
434
00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,193
[lightly edgy music plays]
435
00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:40,566
Oh, shoot. You know what?
436
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,202
I better get going. Sorry.
437
00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:46,839
Uh, listen, I just wanna
say, uh,
438
00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:49,842
thank you for everything
that you said.
439
00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:52,411
Yeah, you too.
440
00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,647
And, uh, I really am happy
441
00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:57,383
for you and Tessa,
that everything worked out.
442
00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:58,784
Thank you.
443
00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:02,655
Reach out to her.
444
00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:04,456
I'll think about it.
445
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:08,928
What do you say? Bring it in?
446
00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:10,629
Sure.
447
00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:18,070
I really hope
that you'll be happy.
448
00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:22,141
So don't waste any more time.
449
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:25,411
Get out there again. Be bold.
450
00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,847
You deserve to live your life
fully too.
451
00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:30,516
If there's something you want,
go for it. Don't wait.
452
00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:35,788
Not to bring this up...
453
00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:37,823
Okay...
454
00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:42,461
Whenever I'm at a crossroads
in my life, I...
455
00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:46,398
I try to remember
that I get to have a life,
456
00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:49,802
whereas Cassidy didn't.
457
00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,772
I know.
I always try to honor that.
458
00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:56,375
So do I.
459
00:22:58,110 --> 00:23:01,680
Well, I hope you have
a great day.
460
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:02,982
You too.
461
00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:18,230
I should, uh, probably head out.
462
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:20,733
Oh. Okay.
463
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,437
Busy day?
464
00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:28,941
Yes. Yeah. Lots of work to do.
465
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:33,045
Then I'll leave you to it.
See you later.
466
00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,814
Have a good day, Kyle.
467
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,616
You too, Victoria.
468
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:52,798
Sorry for the interruption.
469
00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:55,167
It's okay. You're not the first.
470
00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,369
I am Marie,
queen of the stomach pump.
471
00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:01,674
And I'm happy to be alive,
thanks to this guy.
472
00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:03,075
Pleasure.
473
00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,511
You're so popular.
474
00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:10,816
Wow. Interesting.
475
00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,919
Is that the, uh, woman
you saved?
476
00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:15,921
The one that you did drugs with?
477
00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:17,790
Yep. That's why
she called herself
478
00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:19,358
queen of the stomach pump.
479
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:20,726
And now you're friends?
480
00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:22,461
Yeah. We are.
481
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:24,029
Got a problem with that?
482
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,465
Just...a question.
483
00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:29,034
What's up, man?
484
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:32,271
How are you?
I mean, how's it going?
485
00:24:32,371 --> 00:24:34,640
Just, uh, you know,
sticking with the program.
486
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:36,508
Doing my thing.
487
00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,210
Socializing?
488
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,679
I mean, there's not a lot
to do here. You talk a lot.
489
00:24:40,779 --> 00:24:42,581
You, uh, go to the gym.
490
00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:45,184
You drink coffee.
You do puzzles.
491
00:24:45,284 --> 00:24:47,653
-Lot of reflecting.
-Think it's working?
492
00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:50,956
That's probably
a stupid question.
493
00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:53,559
I'm just taking it
day by day, man.
494
00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:57,730
I'm glad you're here.
495
00:24:57,830 --> 00:25:00,232
You know, I've been wanting to
see you, but...
496
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,836
maybe thinking I wasn't ready
or you weren't ready.
497
00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:05,971
I wanted to thank you.
498
00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:08,741
For what?
499
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:10,943
For calling me out, you know,
making me talk
500
00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:13,412
and be honest about
my drug use. Uh...
501
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,381
keeping an eye on me.
502
00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:18,751
Not sure it made much
difference.
503
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,819
Why do you say that?
504
00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:22,287
I'm still pissed at myself
505
00:25:22,388 --> 00:25:24,323
that I let you leave the ranch
that day.
506
00:25:24,423 --> 00:25:26,358
Don't do that, all right?
That was all me.
507
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:27,893
No. I thought everything
was gonna be fine.
508
00:25:27,993 --> 00:25:29,528
I thought you would
go back to rehab
509
00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:31,096
and things would be good.
510
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:34,099
But Sharon, though,
once I told her about you,
511
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:37,102
that you asked me to look
after Christian, she knew...
512
00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,505
like things
were about to get bad.
513
00:25:39,605 --> 00:25:42,074
I screwed up...again.
514
00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:45,911
Listen to me. My addiction
is my responsibility.
515
00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:47,813
All right?
I put you and everybody else
516
00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:49,314
in a terrible position.
517
00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:52,284
You feeling sorry for yourself
isn't gonna do me any good.
518
00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:55,854
Yeah, but I made you take those
drugs on that road in Vegas.
519
00:25:57,623 --> 00:26:01,226
All right, you with all this
remorse, it's freaking me out,
520
00:26:01,326 --> 00:26:03,695
so knock it off.
521
00:26:03,796 --> 00:26:05,397
All right, fine.
522
00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:07,699
I'll be a hard ass.
Does that work for you?
523
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,802
If it doesn't, then too bad.
524
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,570
Isn't "hard ass"
your middle name?
525
00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:13,939
Actually, it's "bad seed,"
and you know what?
526
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,741
If you keep up this behavior,
527
00:26:15,841 --> 00:26:18,343
I might turn out to be
Dad's favorite son.
528
00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:19,778
You ass.
529
00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,980
Addict.
530
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:26,852
Yeah. That's me.
531
00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:29,588
Well, anybody else been here
to see you?
532
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,825
Yeah, uh, Mom, Dad, Sharon,
Phyllis,
533
00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:36,128
all talking about the same
thing, and it's not me.
534
00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:38,163
Matt Clark.
535
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:42,868
Phyllis' obsession with him
has me extremely worried.
536
00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:45,270
You and me both.
537
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,308
Why are you suspicious of me
all of a sudden?
538
00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:51,510
No, no, I'm not.
I just don't--I--
539
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,212
Explain to me why, please.
540
00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:55,481
Why would you claim
to not know where I was?
541
00:26:55,581 --> 00:26:58,150
I can't believe
that you're asking me why.
542
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,919
I don't owe Adam
any explanation.
543
00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:04,056
And if I just keep everything
under wraps,
544
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:05,958
then we can figure this out.
545
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:07,426
-Okay.
-Yeah.
546
00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:10,028
And also, Adam,
he's not trustworthy.
547
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,664
If he knows where you are,
he's gonna go to his family,
548
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,266
namely his father.
549
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,935
Right. And we don't want Victor
to know where I am.
550
00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:18,937
Exactly. Because
he's gonna try to get you,
551
00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:21,874
bring you back to the ranch,
so it's safer this way.
552
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:24,409
-Okay.
-Okay.
553
00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:26,879
So then what do we do?
What's the first step
554
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,547
on my road to betterment?
555
00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:32,551
Gotta figure out
something good, you know?
556
00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,119
-Yeah.
-Something that doesn't
557
00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:37,456
make people suspicious, like...
like we planned it together.
558
00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:39,124
-Okay.
-Yeah.
559
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:42,027
Well, maybe I could save
someone else's life
560
00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:44,530
like I did with Nick.
It could be your life.
561
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:46,198
You could be choking
in a restaurant,
562
00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:48,100
and I bound in
and I put my arms around you
563
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,568
and I save your life.
564
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,470
-Oh.
-Yeah.
565
00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,839
-That's so lovely.
-Thanks.
566
00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:55,607
-We can't do that.
-Why not?
567
00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:58,210
'Cause no one's gonna care
if I die.
568
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,012
Nobody in town would care.
569
00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:01,547
-That is so sad.
-I know.
570
00:28:01,647 --> 00:28:04,082
-It's their loss.
-Thank you.
571
00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:05,784
But we can look at it like this
572
00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:08,654
that if we plan that
and you came and saved me,
573
00:28:08,754 --> 00:28:12,157
obviously, you know,
we colluded together.
574
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:14,059
Right. Okay, well, then,
575
00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:17,429
maybe it's better
if it was someone else.
576
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,097
Yeah.
577
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:20,933
Someone else.
578
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,602
There's gotta be someone
close to the Newmans.
579
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:28,407
[lightly edgy music plays]
580
00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:37,149
Uh, Phyllis has lost her mind
over Matt Clark.
581
00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:39,418
First she was ready
to crucify our family
582
00:28:39,518 --> 00:28:42,054
because she thought
that we hurt the guy and, um,
583
00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:43,989
dumped his body somewhere.
584
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,627
Did we do that?
'Cause if we did,
585
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,896
I don't have a problem with it.
586
00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:53,265
The guy just disappeared.
587
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,334
Pops has his security team
looking for him.
588
00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,170
Is he really gone?
589
00:28:58,270 --> 00:29:01,506
I don't know. I mean, the guy
has lived under an alias
590
00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:04,376
for years--clearly he knows
how to stay under the radar.
591
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:08,213
Even if he claims to not
remember who he was at all.
592
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:12,084
We're gonna find him, Nick.
Don't worry.
593
00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:14,920
Well, we better, Adam,
and before Phyllis.
594
00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:18,357
Her being Team Matt--
I don't like it one bit.
595
00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:21,126
Well, um...about that.
596
00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:24,096
I, uh, ran into her earlier.
597
00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:26,999
She has suggested...
598
00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:29,935
that she's fallen in love
with the guy.
599
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:34,172
See, that's the thing.
You prove yourself
600
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:38,243
to someone who is close
to the Newmans...
601
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:41,213
the family that hates you
the most...
602
00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:45,584
Right. Problem is I can't get
anywhere near the Newmans,
603
00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:48,153
and I'm not sure I ever wanna be
close to Victor ever again.
604
00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:50,822
I've seen the man hit a heavy
bag. The man can destroy a face.
605
00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:54,393
Nikki or Victoria.
606
00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:57,129
They do seem a little less
fraught.
607
00:29:57,229 --> 00:30:01,466
Sure. Maybe like an accident,
like a slip and fall situation.
608
00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:03,402
We missed a golden opportunity
609
00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:05,304
when Nikki was temporarily
blind.
610
00:30:05,404 --> 00:30:07,572
That's a sentence
that you should never say
611
00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:09,341
in front of anyone else
ever again out loud.
612
00:30:09,441 --> 00:30:11,143
I'm so upset
that the weather is nice.
613
00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:13,078
It would be easier
if it was winter
614
00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:14,813
and the roads were icy
and snowy.
615
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,149
-Be easier to stage an accident.
-The other problem
616
00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:18,784
is that they're never anywhere
617
00:30:18,884 --> 00:30:20,752
where they're not surrounded
by security,
618
00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:22,721
especially now
that I'm back in town.
619
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,289
-Sharon.
-What?
620
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,291
-It's Sharon.
-Sharon?
621
00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:27,592
Yeah.
622
00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:31,797
Phyllis, no. Why?
623
00:30:31,897 --> 00:30:33,699
After everything
that I've put her through,
624
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:35,334
you really think
that's the way to go?
625
00:30:35,434 --> 00:30:37,102
Yeah. Don't you understand?
626
00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:40,205
If you save Sharon's life,
627
00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:42,140
you'll be proving to everyone
628
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,142
that you aren't
a terrible person.
629
00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:49,081
After everything
that you did to her...
630
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:52,284
this is how you're gonna
prove yourself.
631
00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:01,960
-Hey, Mom.
-Hey, sweetie.
632
00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:05,797
Um...everything okay?
633
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:09,201
Yeah. Uh...
634
00:31:09,301 --> 00:31:12,204
Just another morning.
How was your visit with Nick?
635
00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:14,506
Oh, good.
636
00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:16,808
I met...
637
00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:19,511
another person who's there.
638
00:31:19,611 --> 00:31:22,080
She seems to be Nick's friend.
639
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,416
She?
640
00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:27,052
What'd you think of her?
641
00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:28,653
Oh, she was nice enough.
642
00:31:28,754 --> 00:31:31,523
A little rough around
the edges, maybe.
643
00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:34,493
But Nick seems to like her,
though.
644
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,663
Does that bother you?
645
00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:47,305
Phyllis told you that,
that she's falling in love
646
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:49,441
-with the guy?
-Basically.
647
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:52,544
Why would she admit that to you
knowing how we feel about Matt?
648
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:56,481
Who knows? But I did
get the sense that she meant it.
649
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,016
At least in part.
650
00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:00,218
She never said anything
like that to me.
651
00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:04,623
Well, I mean, maybe she's afraid
of your reaction, Nick.
652
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,459
I just wish she would
steer clear of him.
653
00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:09,294
Doesn't seem like
that's gonna happen.
654
00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:11,329
We'll keep an eye on things.
655
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:14,466
I just--I thought you would
wanna know.
656
00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:16,902
Yeah, I...I appreciate it.
657
00:32:17,002 --> 00:32:19,738
Thanks for stepping up, Adam,
again.
658
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:23,642
I have a, uh, lot of years
to make up for.
659
00:32:23,742 --> 00:32:25,844
You're doing all right, Adam.
660
00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:28,680
There's not much
I can do in here.
661
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,715
But I would just love it
if Phyllis would be able
662
00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:32,350
to keep herself
out of trouble.
663
00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:36,588
It's Phyllis, so...
wishful thinking.
664
00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:39,224
Well, at the very least,
we need to protect ourselves.
665
00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:42,727
Okay? We can't let Phyllis'
actions ruin things
666
00:32:42,828 --> 00:32:44,696
for everyone else.
667
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:49,301
Okay, in theory I understand
668
00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:51,870
the upside of Sharon
being in danger,
669
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,939
but she can't actually
be in real danger.
670
00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:56,174
She can't actually be
in trouble.
671
00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:58,009
No, no, no, no, no, no.
672
00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:00,545
Of course not.
Of course not.
673
00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:03,215
You know, there was a time
I would have loved to see her
674
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:04,783
dangle off the top of
Newman Tower,
675
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:06,751
-but...not anymore.
-Really? Sounds like
676
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:08,453
there's some history
between the two of you.
677
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:10,789
-Yeah, there's a lot of history.
-But you're good now?
678
00:33:10,889 --> 00:33:12,891
Yeah.
679
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:14,893
We are good.
I mean, our friendship's new.
680
00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:18,029
All the risk--you would
risk that just to help me?
681
00:33:18,964 --> 00:33:21,600
Matt, it's for a good cause.
682
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,735
-Right.
-Yeah.
683
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,704
-You sure?
-Yeah!
684
00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,106
-You think this'll work?
-I know it'll work.
685
00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:32,511
See, we're gonna work it out
so you step in
686
00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:34,813
before anything
gets out of hand.
687
00:33:34,913 --> 00:33:37,415
-Okay.
-And you're gonna be the hero.
688
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:40,619
You're gonna be
the white knight.
689
00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:45,824
I...don't wanna judge anyone.
690
00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:49,060
Uh, Mom, it's me.
You can talk to me.
691
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,999
She just...didn't seem as
692
00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:56,868
committed to her recovery
as Nick is,
693
00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:59,671
or at least as much
as I hope he is.
694
00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:02,574
And if he gets
really close to her...
695
00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:06,177
It could derail him again.
696
00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:08,813
Mom, you can't protect him.
697
00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:10,782
I mean, Nick has to do the work.
698
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,652
And he knows
what he has to do.
699
00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:16,254
Was there anything else
on your mind?
700
00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:19,958
Yeah. I...I ran into Daniel
at the café.
701
00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,093
Oh. How did that go?
702
00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:26,331
It was good. Yeah, we had
a great conversation
703
00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:28,733
and I was able to thank him
704
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,802
for being there for Tessa.
705
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:33,638
And it kind of seems like we're
in similar places in our lives.
706
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,140
Yeah? How so?
707
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:39,244
Ready to start again, you know,
pick up the pieces
708
00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:42,213
after suffering through
some tragic events.
709
00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:46,151
Well, that sounds really
positive for both of you.
710
00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:48,019
Yeah, it was.
711
00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:52,958
I think that I'm ready
to do more.
712
00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:57,762
I've been biding my time,
but I really wanna get back to
713
00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:02,300
doing great things
in Cassie's memory.
714
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,636
Meaning?
715
00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:07,906
Could I come back to work
at Cassidy First?
716
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:18,783
Oh. Uh, you're back.
717
00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:20,552
Did you forget something?
718
00:35:20,652 --> 00:35:22,854
I wanna see you tonight.
719
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:24,356
Where?
720
00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:25,890
Riverbank Motel.
721
00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:28,627
I'll make the arrangements,
text you the room number.
722
00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:31,029
Safer than meeting at the Club.
723
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:32,530
I agree.
724
00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:34,666
See you later.
725
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:52,384
You really think
this is a good idea...
726
00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:54,719
using the Newmans and Sharon
like this?
727
00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,655
I know it's a good idea.
728
00:35:56,755 --> 00:36:00,825
After you step in
and save the day...
729
00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:05,930
how can the Newmans not
see you in a different light?
730
00:36:06,031 --> 00:36:09,434
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731
00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:24,916
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00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:27,919
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733
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,922
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00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:34,159
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