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November 14, 2001
Transcribed by Cindy Popiela, edited by Karen Ross.
At The Palace
Sam arrives and talks with the Matre'd. He tells him that once dinner is over and the good doctor is gone, for him to bring out their best champagne. And then to tell the waiters to leave Ms. Buchanan and him alone.
Matre d: Absolutely. We'll make sure everything goes perfectly.
Sam: Good! It's going to be a night to remember. (Then Lindsay comes up to Sam.)
Lindsay: Sam I need to talk to you. I want to make sure you don't make another terrible mistake.
At Nora's
Nora: (Answering the door) Hello! You're right on time.
Troy: WOW! Don't you look beautiful!
Nora: Well now see, that's how a man should always greet a woman.
Troy: Only if he means it.
Nora: Well I clean up pretty good. You're not looking so bad yourself Doc. Come on in.
Troy: Thank you.
Nora: Sam called and he's just going to go straight and meet us at the Palace. So I'm just going to get my things and we can go.
Troy: Sounds good. Hey I brought you a copy of the research article I mentioned on the phone. Remember how I told you the odds of regaining your memory were only about 1 in 3?
Nora: Or worse.
Troy: Yeah well, according to the latest studies, they've increased to more than 50%.
Nora: Really?!
Troy: Really. You may want to reconsider. Think about it.
Nora: I know this is going to be hard for you to understand Troy, but . . . I have everything that I could possibly want right now. My son is healthy thanks to you. And Sam and I are working towards building a life together, and that's enough.
Troy: Nora, what about what Lindsay did to you?
Nora: I'm just going to stop worrying about Lindsay. Stop regretting Lindsay. Stop hating Lindsay. I really, really want to move on and build this future, okay? And speaking of moving on, we need to go on because we have a whole lot of thanking you for. Come on. (walking to the door)
At The Palace
Lindsay: You need to make time for this.
Sam: No I don't! I'm having dinner with Nora and Troy and that's all I'm doing.
Lindsay: The three of you!
Sam: That's right. See ya.
Lindsay: Our daughter's in trouble Sam.
Sam: No she's not. She's in New York getting ready for a modeling assignment and I hope she's having a great time.
Lindsay: You knew that she was going to New York?!
Sam: You tried to run her life Lindsay. You drove her away. And now she's gone. Live with it!
Lindsay: Don't dismiss me like that. I'm her mother. Why can't you respect that? Or do you only have respect for your new child's mother?
Sam: OH! Oh that's what this is about! It's not about Jen, it's about Nora.
Lindsay: Don't you remember how she hurt you?
Sam: Read my lips . . . I don't care about anything you have to say. Now take a hike.
Lindsay: Do you remember before the train wreck? It was New Year's Eve and we saw Nora and Bo dancing together.
Sam: Lindsay!
Lindsay: It was the night you were suppose to be married Sam.
Sam: Go away!
Lindsay: And that's where we were in the warehouse watching Nora dance with Bo.
Sam: That's ancient history, and far less momentous than you're trying to make it.
Lindsay: She broke your heart.
Sam: Hardly!
Lindsay: You want to put yourself in that position and let that happen again?
Sam notices Nora and doesn't paying any attention to Lindsay. Nora walks up to Sam.
Sam: Hi! (they kiss)
Lindsay: Troy, you didn't tell me you'd be here tonight, let alone with Sam and Nora.
Troy: You didn't ask. Why, does it make a difference?
Lindsay: Absolutely!
Troy: I thought you were entertaining a client.
Lindsay: She's late!
Troy: You seem upset Lindsay. I'm assuming it has nothing to do with your late client.
Lindsay: Well to tell you the truth, the last thing I needed tonight was to see Sam and Nora together.
Troy: Ah, well, maybe you should go then.
Lindsay: Why?!
Troy: Well because the three of us are here to celebrate Matthew's recovery. If you stick around, you're just going to have to watch us have a good time. All night long! Excuse me. (goes to talk to the Matre'd)
Sam: (at the table) Oh my god, you are so beautiful!
Nora: Thank you . . . So are you. (they laugh) So, uh, how was your day? I mean how was the wedding?
Sam: Oh don't ask. Let me just say that after a day with Blair and Todd, you are exactly what the doctor ordered.
Nora: No pun intended of course.
Sam: Oh every pun intended.
Nora: Well what happened at the wedding?
Sam: Oh, well it didn't happen.
Nora: What?!
Sam: It didn't happen. You know what, I'll tell you about that later. Right now I would just like to wallow in the presence of your beauty.
Nora: Oh this is the good part. Keep going.
Sam: Well you're not only gorgeous.
Nora: Yeah?
Sam: You're lovely.
Nora: Yeah?
Sam: You're kind.
Nora: Oh!
Sam: You're sane! (he laughs) And your trustworthy.
Nora: Imagine that.
Sam: And I love that about you.
Nora: Go on.
Sam: I love you.
Troy: (coming to the table, he sits) Hey there, hope I'm not interrupting.
Sam: Oh no, not at all.
Nora: No, we were just talking about being happy. And you're a big reason we are.
Sam: Absolutely.
Troy: Thank you very much. It's very nice to hear.
Nora: You know I haven't seen Renee since we got here. If you two will excuse me, I want to go look for her. I know she's taking Asa's death pretty hard.
Sam: Of course. Sure.
Troy: Go ahead.
Nora: I'll be back.
Troy: Okay.
Troy looks over in Lindsay's direction.
Sam: Oh, don't worry about Lindsay. She's already tried to cause trouble once tonight. I doubt she has the guts to try it again.
Nora goes looking for Renee. She runs into the matre'd and asks him if he's seen Renee. He suggests that Nora look in the ladies' room. Nora thanks him and goes to check.
Nora: (entering the ladies' room) Renee! Renee, honey, it's Nora. Renee are you in here? (Lindsay walks in)
Lindsay: No, but I am! Well Nora, it's just you and me in the ladies' room again. Seem familiar to you?
Nora: No!
Lindsay: Club Indigo! I saved your life. We were in the ladies' room. There was a fire. Ah, you don't remember. Oh that's okay, I'll tell you about it. You owe me your life. You're in debt to me. You owe me! And tonight, I'm going to collect.
Back In The Restaurant
Sam: I doubt either one of us imagined we'd be having dinner.
Troy: I sure wouldn't put money on it.
Sam: As far as I'm concerned this is just a down payment on how much I owe you.
Troy: Ah please.
Sam: Not just for Matthew. I have acted like a jerk to you more than once.
Troy: Don't worry about it. I'm not the kind of guy that keeps score. Besides all you did was knock me unconscious, break into my apartment and toss me out a window, right?
Sam: But who's counting, right?
Troy: Listen as long as you can get past the fact that I am not like Colin, I consider it a victory for everyone. Time to move on.
Sam: Thank you. As a matter of fact, Nora and I came to the same conclusion just recently. Try not to let the past rule our lives.
Troy: Yeah I know.
Sam: You do?! Did she say something to you?!
In The Ladies' Room
Nora: As far as I remember, you've never helped me Lindsay. As far as I'm concerned you've done nothing but hurt me.
Lindsay: Well then you need to get some perspective because I'm the one who's been hurt and who's still being hurt.
Nora: Really! By me?
Lindsay: Yeah. Don't you pretend like you don't know what you're doing.
Nora: I don't have a clue.
Lindsay: You are trying to make sure Sam's old family drifts away so that you and your son can move in and have Sam all to yourself.
Nora: I'm doing that?!
Lindsay: What do you think Sam's inattention did to Will? It made him leave town.
Nora: Oh for gods sakes!
Lindsay: And now my daughter's gone.
Nora: Oh!
Lindsay: So both my children are out there in the world without their father because of your selfishness.
Nora: Will and Jen are grown people. Maybe you've smothered them so much. Maybe that's what happened. Because you've smothered them so much with your motherly love or whatever you want to call it they've run screaming out of . . . No, no I'm not going to do this. I'm having a nice dinner tonight with Sam and Troy. And the evening is going to be wonderful. And I'm not going to spoil it by talking to you.
Lindsay: What about you and Sam?
Nora: That is none of your business. But since you've asked, we're getting closer. Maybe you'll even be there to catch the bouquet. I'll let you know. Goodnight. (heads for the door)
Lindsay: You go ahead Nora. You run off to your dinner, and you let Sam and Troy tell you how wonderful you are. That's right! You can run. You can run away from me, but you cannot run away from what I did to you. (Nora turns towards Lindsay and is very curious by that comment)
Back In The Restaurant
Sam: Did Nora tell you something?
Troy: About the future?
Sam: Yeah.
Troy: Ah . . . (Renee comes by)
Sam: Hi Renee! How are you? (They hug)
Renee: Oh well, you know. The matre'd just told me that Nora was looking for me.
Troy: Yeah, she just left to look for you.
Sam: She wanted you to know how sorry she was about Asa, and we all want you to know that.
Renee: Thanks. (to Troy) I suppose you really didn't know Asa?
Troy: Ah no, I'd only met him a couple of times, but I heard nothing but good things about him.
Renee: (laughing slightly) Well I wouldn't go exactly that far. I think Sam would agree with me. He uh gave Sam a rough time, but he always respected you.
Sam: Well Nora was always pointing out his good side, and I know that she really liked him.
Renee: Yeah. He was uh . . .
Sam: Hey it's okay. Why don't you join us for a drink?
Troy: Yeah please.
Renee: Thanks! I think I need to get back to work. (She leaves)
Sam: That's strange. Where is Nora?
Troy: (looking over to Lindsay's table, then back at Sam) Where's Lindsay?
In The Ladies Room
Nora: Go ahead Lindsay. Why don't you tell me. What exactly did you do to me?
Lindsay: I already told you. I saved your life.
Nora: Well if that's all you got, then I'm going to say goodnight again.
Lindsay: I have plenty. I have things that you will never have. I have my memories. I fell in love with Sam and I rememebr it. I spent years with him and I remember every wonderful minute of it. I rememebr you hurting him so badly that he could hardly breathe.
Nora: What?!
Lindsay: I remember having Sam's children. Both of them. Do you remember having Matthew? Actually how much of Matthew's first year do you remember? (Nora is on the verge of tears.) You see I have my memories. That's something that you will never have. NEVER!!
Sam: (from the hallway) Nora! Nora are you in here? (Sam and Troy come in)
Troy: Nora?! . . . Nora?!
Lindsay: You can't come in here! Can't you read the sign?
Sam: (stepping between Nora and Lindsay) What are you doing to her?
Lindsay: I'm not doing anything . . .
Troy: (goes to Nora) Are you okay? (Nora shakes her head no.)
Sam: What did you do?
Lindsay: . . . she doesn't deserve.
Sam: Okay, that's it, you're out of here. (He grabs her arm and leads her out of the ladies' room.)
Troy: What happened? What did she say? Nora is there something you need me to do?
Nora: Yes! Yes I do.
Troy: Just tell me and I'll do it.
Nora: I want to take that memory recovery treatment, as soon as possible!
Troy: Okay, but I want you to understand Nora, it's not going to be easy.
Nora: I don't care how hard it is. I want my memories back. I want to remember everything. Beginning with falling in love with Sam, giving birth to Matthew . . . and ending with what Lindsay did to me. (Nora has this really determined look on her face about getting Lindsay!)
Outside the Ladies' Room
Sam: You've had it in for Nora since you got here tonight. What did you say to her?
Lindsay: All I did was tell her the truth.
Sam: Yeah, and what truth is that?
Lindsay: Don't you see, she's going to do it again.
Sam: What are you talking about?
Lindsay: Think about it. You are going to so wish that I was here to lean on when she breaks your heart all over again.
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