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Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Transcribed and edited by Cindy Popiela and Karen Ross.
At Todd's
Sam and Troy come face to face while Troy is coming by to thank Starr.
Troy: Hey Sam. I just came by to see Starr. I wanted to thank her for telling you where I was. She's a pretty amazing little girl. . . I also wanted to thank you again, Sam. You saved my life. Thank you. (he holds out his hand but Sam just glares at him.) . . . I'm not proud of what I did to Lindsay. I'm not. But I don't apologize for it either.
Sam: I didn't think you would.
Troy: Why should I? Justice needed to be done. Colin's name needed to be cleared.
Sam: Oh please! Troy, I know you were after Nora from the start. You pretended to be in love with Lindsay. You twisted and manipulated everyone and everything to get what you wanted.
Troy: I got Lindsay to confess to what she did to Nora. If you have a problem with that . . .
Sam: What you did was vicious and deceitful. But being deceitful and devious comes easily to you, doesn't it Troy?
Troy: I'm sorry I don't share your same soft spot for Lindsay.
Sam: Oh, I was thinking about the games you've been playing with Nora. You know, before I found you at the funhouse . . . she told me everything.
Troy: Did she?
Sam: Yeah, that's right. She told me about New Year's Eve . . .
Troy: New Year's Eve. I'm assuming you're referring to an innocent, spontaneous kiss.
Sam: There isn't a single innocent thing that's innocent about you, MacIver. And as for being spontaneous, the only reason you got anywhere near Nora that night was because I received a bogus phone call supposedly from a client. But when I got to the police station, that client was nonexistent. And you set that up, so you could be alone with Nora.
Troy: Well now, if I did that, it would mean that I manipulated you . . . not Nora.
Sam: Spare me. You've been manipulating Nora most of all. And the only reason you got away with it is because you knew exactly what you were doing . . . Using her. Confusing her, making her miserable for months. And that makes you 10 times worse than Colin.
Troy: Are you through?
Sam: No! I'm just getting started.
Troy: Yeah, well good for you, because now it's my turn. . . You saying that I manipulated Nora is not only ridiculous, it's insulting.
Sam: I'm sorry you're insulted by the facts.
Troy: No, I'm not talking about me Sam. You insulted Nora. Nobody can manipulate a woman as strong and intelligent as she is. And if you don't know that by now, well then you don't know her at all.
Sam: I know the hell she's been through this past year. And so do you. Well enough to use it against her.
Troy: I never did anything against Nora.
Sam: She's strong Troy . . . Yes . . . But she was kidnapped. And she was drugged to make her forget the kidnapping. And the effects of all that are still with her.
Troy: Yeah, that's because the guilty party was still walking around out there free!
Sam: I'm not talking about Lindsay. It's because you wouldn't let her forget. You made sure of that. Giving her one piece of her past at a time, bit by bit.
Troy: Which she was grateful for . . .
Sam: Holding out the promise of justice for Lindsay.
Troy: A promise that I made good on. Now you can say what you want Sam, but I only wanted the best for Nora.
Sam: Then how come she's ended up the worst. Just when she got her world back, you turn it upside down again. You never cared about the parts of her life that had nothing to do with you. Or the things that she would lose, if you got what you wanted.
Troy: What did she lose Sam? Hmm . . . why don't you tell me what Nora lost? Because the way I see it, the only reason that you're so angry is because of what you lost. You lost her. It's over between you and Nora . . . Look Sam, just so you know, I never set out to steal Nora from you.
Sam: Like hell!
Troy: I didn't. I care about Nora. Nora was in pain. She needed truth and she needed peace of mind. You didn't answer those needs, I did.
Sam: You bastard! (Sam goes after Troy and they start fighting.)
While fighting they are banging up against Todd's front door. Todd hears this as he's heading upstairs and goes to open the door to check out what's going on.
Troy: Get off me! (shoving Sam away, then Todd opens the door)
Todd: No, no, no . . . You kids go have this play date in somebody else's yard. (noticing Troy) Well tie me to a wheel and bite me with a spider, it's Colin MacIver.
Troy: Actually my name is Dr. Troy MacIver. (they shake hands) I came by to thank your daughter for saving my life.
Todd: Come on inside, she's posing for the milk carton. (Troy goes in and Todd stops Sam from leaving) No, no, no I want to have a word with you.
In the main room, Starr is making Blair promise that she will always believe her.
Blair: (seeing Troy enter) Well, if it isn't Dr. MacIver?
Starr: You look different than you did on the wheel.
Troy: Well, a little better I hope.
Blair: I can't believe that you're up and about after everything that you've been through. I figured you'd be in a hospital somewhere.
Troy: Well, yeah, I'm going to get myself checked out later. But first I had to come by and thank this little lady. (kneeling in front of Starr) Thank you very much for saving my life. Now you know this makes us best of friends forever now. (they make fists and hit them together) If you ever need anything, you call me, ok?
Starr: I'll get back to you on that.
Troy: (laughing) I bet you will, munchkin . . . (he starts to stand up and grabs his chest) Whoa! . . . Oh! (almost falling over)
Blair: Are you all right?
Troy: Yeah. No . . . (kneeling back down) I'm fine. Just a little weak.
Blair: Starr told me about the spider bite.
Troy: Yeah, I guess I'm still a little achy from it.
Blair: Ah, maybe you should see a doctor.
Troy: Yeah, I'm going to. I'm going to. But first I have to visit another friend.
Starr: There's some really cool spiders in the garden.
Troy: Spiders! . . . Great . . . well, I'll take a look, but then I got to go.
Blair: Uh oh. All right.
Troy: Excuse me. (following Starr outside)
Blair: Thank you.
As Troy closes the doors behind him, he winces in pain and rubs his chest. Later he goes to Nora's house, the pain in his chest is worse, and collapses on Nora's steps.
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