Good Vs. Evil

February 24, 2003

Nora: Hi, Sam, it's Nora. The Master papers -- you left them at the palace bar. I have them. I'll be dropping them off for you tomorrow. Ooh --

Todd: You stupid klutz.

*~*

Nora: Well, you could at least help.

Todd: No, I am helping. I'm not stepping on your fingers. Can I get a vodka double? No, triple.

Renee: Triple?

Todd: Is there an echo in here?

Nora: You know, I think you should know something, Todd. I joined the staff at the district attorney's office.

Todd: Really?

Nora: Mm-hmm.

Todd: One of your ex-husbands finally got you a job, huh? Your mother must be very proud.

Nora: I might even draw your case, and then I'd have the pleasure of prosecuting you and sending you away to prison.

Todd: You've been trying to do that since you were my defense attorney.

Nora: And maybe when you're 60 or 70 years old, you'll realize you just can't go around kidnapping people or shooting them or raping them, for that matter.

Todd: I get it. Dr. Feelgood dumped you. You're trying to figure out a new way to get your rocks off.

Renee: Here.

Todd: People don't change. You learn that when you edit a tabloid.

Nora: Ok, can I ask you something?

Todd: I wish you wouldn't.

Nora: What made you think that trading Natalie for Blair was a good idea? It's a simple question. I just want to know how your mind works, that's all.

Todd: Maybe it isn't how my mind works. Maybe I was just born evil.

*~*

Bo: Freeze! Police!

Antonio: Freeze! Hands up in the air now!

Bo: All right, they're all yours. Viki, I'm so sorry --

Viki: Bo. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Bo: It took so long. We're all clear.

Viki: Cristian, she's in there.

Natalie: Cristian, I knew you weren't dead.

Cristian: No. You ok?

Natalie: Mitch said that you were dead, and I didn't believe him. I knew that you'd find me. I knew -- I knew you'd come.

Antonio: Hands in the air now! On the floor! Now! Now! Now!

Bo: What's going on? What's going on?

Antonio: Got two of them back here, commissioner. I got it under control.

Bo: All right. You need anything, yell. Is this who I think it is?

Viki: Yes, it's my father.

Bo: Amazing. Mitch Laurence, Victor Lord, you're both under arrest.

Jessica: I'm going to go check on --

Viki: No, Jessie!

Bo: You let her go, Laurence.

Viki: Don't hurt her. Bo, don't shoot. Don't hurt her.

Mitch: You still don't get this, do you, Viki? Why do you think I did all this? I had to protect Jessica. I had to save her life.

Bo: Drop the weapon, Laurence, now!

Mitch: I give the orders here now, commissioner.

Bo: Ok, fine. If you want to give the orders, you give the orders, all right? But just do me a favor. Tell me -- what's going on here?

Mitch: Mr. Lord here is a very sick individual in body and soul. He wanted a heart, a Lord heart. I had to make sure he got the wrong one.

Victor: We had a deal.

Viki: Natalie's on an operating table in there. He was going to kill his granddaughter to get her heart.

Mitch: And I controlled which granddaughter. I would never let anything harm Jessica. I love her dearly.

Bo: Love? Is that what this is all about, Lauren - -- love?

Mitch: You would never understand this. She's my daughter. She's everything to me.

Victor: We had a deal.

Bo: He keeps talking about a deal, Laurence. What was the deal for you, huh? What were you going to get for supplying Natalie's heart?

*~*

Nora: Yeah, maybe you're on to something, Todd. Maybe you were born evil.

Nora and Todd: Hmm.

Nora: Of course, that argument will never hold up in court, but it is an interesting admission. Is this all because there's talk of your father still being alive?

Todd: You don't want to talk about that anymore.

Nora: You know, never met your father, Todd. But if he's anything like you, let's hope he is dead.

*~*

Joey: Finally.

Bo: Hey, Joey.

Joey: You guys took forever. Is that Mitch Laurence?

Bo: Yeah, that's him, all right. Give me a second, ok? Antonio, when you book him --

Joey: Jessica --

Bo: Make sure that all the forms are letter-perfect.

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Mitch: Now what?

Antonio: Now you can go to your cell.

Bo: And with any luck, you'll be living in one till the day you die. Hey, Jess, I thought you left with Joey. Feeling better?

Jessica: Better.

Bo: Yeah. Tough day all around.

Mitch: Jessica, if you knew all the facts, you would know that I did what I had to do to save you. Victor Lord has so much power. I was a victim of it myself. Please believe me. All I ask is a chance for us to talk, to understand each other the way a father and daughter should. Please, just give me a chance to show you how much I care because I don't think I could live if I lost the child that I had to give up all those years ago.

Jessica: I feel a lot better now.

Bo: Well, so much for father/daughter bonding, huh? Come on, Laurence, let's get you in your new cage.

Jessica: Antonio, what happened at the farm -- you saved my life. I just wanted to thank you. .

*~*

Nora: Hey.

Bo: Hey.

Nora: I just got a call from Hank. You were right. Victor Lord is still alive?

Bo: This crazy old man wanted to take Jessica's heart just to keep his own miserable life going. You know, in the meantime, we got Laurence, who's trying to pass Natalie off as Jess.

Nora: They deserve to share a cell together.

Bo: Yeah, well, now it's up to you and Hank to make sure that these guys get exactly what they deserve. That's assuming that Victor Lord lives long enough to stand trial.