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00:00Your stubbornness in regard to Cain Ashby.
00:03I mean, you're so willing to give that imposter son of yours the benefit of the doubt.
00:11Despite his lies and deceit.
00:13Well, we got past that ages ago, Cain and I.
00:17Well, apparently the lies and deceit are sticking around,
00:21otherwise we would never have heard of Aristotle Dumas.
00:25Oh, Nicky, I am not blind to Cain's imperfections.
00:32What Cain's imperfections? Well, that's such a gentle way of describing it.
00:37Well, we all have our soft spots, don't we, Victor?
00:43Even you, believe it or not.
00:45Which is why I'm just a little bit curious about this visit today.
00:49What about it?
00:50Well, you know that I have a bond with Cain,
00:53even though you don't think it's justified.
00:56And it was made even stronger by my relationship with his father.
01:01So, I am baffled as to why you are so confident
01:07that you can change the way I feel about him
01:10with something you could, what, do or say?
01:15Come on.
01:17I'm on the edge of my seat.
01:19Hope I'm not catching you at a bad time.
01:40Not at all.
01:42I've been expecting you.
01:43I see you're dressed for the occasion.
01:46Morning.
01:48Rough night?
01:48Uh, you know, I didn't sleep very well.
01:52Probably jinxed myself, breaking the billy.
01:53I slept like a baby.
01:54Oh, I could think of a more obvious reason than that.
01:57Oh?
01:59Your conscience is finally waking up.
02:01It's giving you a hard time.
02:03It's giving you a hard time.
02:04It's giving you a hard time.
02:04It's giving you a hard time.
02:05It's giving you a hard time.
02:06It's giving you a hard time.
02:07It's giving you a hard time.
02:08It's giving you a hard time.
02:09It's giving you a hard time.
02:10It's giving you a hard time.
02:11It's giving you a hard time.
02:12It's giving you a hard time.
02:13It's giving you a hard time.
02:14It's giving you a hard time.
02:15It's giving you a hard time.
02:16It's giving you a hard time.
02:17It's giving you a hard time.
02:18It's giving you a hard time.
02:19It's giving you a hard time.
02:20It's giving you a hard time.
02:21It's giving you a hard time.
02:22It's giving you a hard time.
02:23It's giving you a hard time.
02:24Let me ask you, Joe, are you even aware of the danger that Cain poses?
02:50Well, I've heard rumblings, you know, and your wife.
02:54You gave me a brief tutorial before you got here.
02:57Well, take me out of the equation.
03:01You know that he's targeting everyone in this town, everyone you have known and do know, and have had relationships with, and are even related to.
03:11I wouldn't want anything to happen to you either.
03:14Oh, that's so touchy.
03:18Um, but as I told Nikki, the threat is over.
03:22Hmm.
03:23Oh, so?
03:24I had a long talk with Cain, and my sense is that he has just backed off any attack whatsoever.
03:31In fact, he regrets even considering that path.
03:35So, the coast is clear, you can come out of your bunkers, there isn't going to be a war.
03:44Interesting, you're referencing my conscience.
03:48Oh, why is that?
03:49You know, I just assumed you've all come to the conclusion that I didn't have one.
03:54Well, you've made it awfully easy to think that way.
03:56Have you talked to Billy?
04:00I have.
04:02So, you know we're not working on any projects together.
04:04I cut ties with him, so that should make you happy.
04:08Well, that depends.
04:10On what?
04:10On why you got involved with him in the first place.
04:14I'm sure Billy's told you all about it.
04:16Well, I'd love to hear your version.
04:17I mean, why would you play carrot and stick for months on end, stringing Billy along, making giant promises, only to snatch it all the way at the last minute.
04:27Do you just like playing mind games?
04:29Is that it?
04:30No, seriously, I would like to know.
04:33What could any of us have done to deserve being played like that?
04:38Do you think Sharon's going to be okay?
04:51Because of what you told her about Mariah?
04:53Yeah.
04:54I mean, it's probably pretty tough hearing that your daughter might have tried to kill someone.
04:59I probably should have kept my mouth shut.
05:01I think that she already knew something was up with her.
05:03Yeah, but after everything she's been through this year, did I really have to dump it on her?
05:09I mean, it was kind of selfish.
05:11She's so fragile.
05:12Not so much anymore.
05:14What do you mean?
05:16I've seen Sharon and experienced her when she's gone off the rails, and that's not who she is anymore.
05:24I think that you can tell her anything.
05:25I think that she really wants to help.
05:27And we're talking about her daughter here.
05:29She wants to know what's going on with Mariah just as bad as you do, if not even more so.
05:34Oh, I know you're right.
05:36You're right.
05:36I just, I don't feel very sure of myself lately.
05:39Hey.
05:41You're doing great.
05:43A lot better than I would be.
05:44I doubt that very much.
05:46I'm serious.
05:47I mean, you are a warrior.
05:49Mariah's lucky to have you in her corner.
05:51Wow.
05:52I mean, I don't feel like much of a warrior right now.
05:57I just wish I could get it out of my head that Mariah might be in danger from the man that she attacked.
06:03Well, that's on me.
06:04I mean, I'm the one who put that out there.
06:06No, but it's possible, right?
06:08Even if it is, Mariah is safe at the clinic in Boston.
06:13And this guy, whoever he may be, if he is some kind of threat, he can't get to her there.
06:23Maybe we need to get to him first.
06:25Please forgive me.
06:30But I find it very hard to believe that a man who has deceived the world for the last six years
06:35will finally see the error of his ways.
06:39Yeah, but he has regrets about everything.
06:43And he was much more honest and forthcoming than Billy was, I can tell you that.
06:48That's because Billy felt that you betrayed him with Chancellor.
06:52Of course he's going to put up a wall.
06:54And because Cain wants to keep his relationship with you on the best of terms.
07:00You make everything sound so transactional.
07:03But it is, isn't it?
07:05No, not between Cain and me.
07:08I mean, I know how jaundiced you are, but he and I care about each other deeply.
07:15So you tell each other everything, hold nothing back?
07:19What are you suggesting?
07:22Either you're lying to us, or he's lying to you.
07:28I am talking about how Cain really built his little empire.
07:34Have you heard the real story?
07:36It isn't pretty.
07:37See, you keep trying to make it personal, Jack.
07:46It's just business.
07:48Not for Billy, it wasn't.
07:50No, it was very personal when Aristotle Dumas
07:53called out of the blue dangling promises of Chancellor.
07:58Well, he could have hung up the phone.
08:00You knew he wouldn't.
08:01You knew it was exactly what he wanted to hear.
08:06And then you ghosted him.
08:08Only to come back a little while later with more deals
08:11that never went anywhere and on and on and on.
08:16Knowing it would crush him.
08:18That is a new level of cruelty even for you, Cain.
08:22Okay.
08:23Well, I can acknowledge Billy's level of investment.
08:27But can you honestly stand there and tell me that you think it was a healthy one?
08:30Oh, if you want to compare unhealthy obsessions,
08:33you might look in the mirror and ask yourself,
08:36how much is enough?
08:38I'm guessing the answer is there is no such thing.
08:41It wouldn't be worth all this effort.
08:43Otherwise, no, you have pretty much everything you want, don't you?
08:48So I'm the rarest of all birds.
08:50A completely satisfied man.
08:52I wasn't talking about your personal life.
08:55That sounds like a total mess from what I can gather.
08:58Well, you know, we're all works in progress, Jack.
09:03But to answer your previous question,
09:05I wasn't playing Billy out of a grudge against him.
09:10No, the fact is, is we're just too much alike.
09:14Both inveterate loners, a little erratic.
09:17Quite honestly, neither of us play very well with others.
09:19Sounds like you've been doing some real soul searching.
09:22In my messy personal life, as you so kindly put it,
09:26frankly, I'm starting to second-guess that.
09:30You know, playing mind games was fun for a little while,
09:32I can admit that, but it's time to give it up.
09:36Because you were dead right about one thing,
09:39which is the addiction of wanting more.
09:41It's the strongest addiction there is.
09:45But at what cost?
09:46See, these are the kinds of questions I'm asking myself now, Jack.
09:50I'm not shying away from who I am, who I was.
09:55I'm simply reconsidering who I want to be.
09:58You really want to track down this Hensley guy?
10:06I mean, that way we could see what he's thinking.
10:09If he wants to get revenge against Mariah,
10:11if he's a legitimate threat.
10:13How do we do that?
10:15Okay, I don't know.
10:17Um, ask questions?
10:18Talk to him?
10:19We're not cops, we're not private detectives.
10:22We can't just walk up to this guy and be like,
10:24hey bro, are you a threat?
10:25Okay, yeah, we can't do that.
10:26I think, I think it's best just to maybe leave it alone.
10:32Or, maybe, we talk to him casually.
10:37At a restaurant or a bar and just see if he's a threatening guy.
10:42You know, I'm going to say something out loud here
10:44that I should probably just keep to myself.
10:46Okay.
10:48Mariah might not be the only one who's in danger.
10:51Wait, what do you mean?
10:52You just said that Mariah's safe in Boston.
10:54She is.
10:55But you go poking around,
10:57this guy might figure out who you are to her,
10:59that you're her wife.
11:01Oh my god.
11:02And that Ari is our daughter.
11:04I mean, is that possible?
11:05Do you think that that could happen?
11:08I don't.
11:09I think it's a stretch.
11:11Unless you go and you find this guy
11:13and you ask him about the woman that tried to kill him
11:16and how he feels about that.
11:17Okay.
11:19Okay.
11:21When you put it like that,
11:22I get your point.
11:25It was a dumb idea.
11:27No, it's not a dumb idea.
11:29No, it was.
11:30It's okay.
11:30You can say it.
11:30I won't be offended.
11:31It's not a terrible idea.
11:34Look, the problem is,
11:36we don't know who this guy is.
11:38We don't know what he's capable of.
11:41For all we know,
11:41he might want to forget the whole thing ever happened
11:43and just keep going on with his life.
11:45And us poking around
11:46could put Mariah back on his radar.
11:48Yeah, it could.
11:50And it could put you at risk.
11:51I don't want that to happen.
11:54Oh, this is so frustrating.
11:58I know.
12:00I know.
12:03It's actually times like this that
12:04I'd pick up the phone and call Chance.
12:07I'd ask him for a little off-the-record advice.
12:09But I can't do that anymore.
12:13There has just been so much death
12:15and loss lately.
12:18And I honestly thought
12:20we were on the other side of it.
12:21But somehow it's worse
12:22because we don't know what happened.
12:25I mean, Mariah's not a killer.
12:27She's a sweet and wonderful, amazing person
12:30who's being haunted by Ian Ward,
12:32even from the grave.
12:33I mean, how do you deal with a devil
12:35that's not even there?
12:37That's what haunts me.
12:39The shame and guilt
12:40that Mariah's been carrying around.
12:42I mean, she was clearly pushed
12:43to the edge by this man.
12:45But what caused her to break?
12:47What happened in that room, Daniel?
12:52You've lost me, Nikki.
12:54I don't know what you're talking about.
12:56I am talking about the origins
12:59of Cain's business empire.
13:02Okay.
13:03Well, the only story I know
13:04is that Colin took his proceeds
13:06from a land sale.
13:08He purchased two legitimate businesses
13:10and turned them over to Cain
13:12and they did very well.
13:14And that was Colin's final redemption.
13:17Colin Atkinson, I assure you,
13:22was never redeemed.
13:24Well, you say that because
13:26you're a professional cynic.
13:28But you see, you weren't there.
13:31You didn't see him.
13:32You didn't hear him.
13:33You didn't know what was in his heart.
13:36The only thing
13:37in that man's heart
13:40was pure and utter greed.
13:43Yeah, well, you would be
13:45the man to know, huh?
13:47Actually, we do know
13:49that Chateau in Nice
13:52swindled from the last
13:54surviving member
13:55of the De Leon family.
13:58What the hell are you talking about?
14:00What he's talking about
14:01is Colin's last job.
14:05Probably his finest con ever.
14:08And there's no way
14:09that Cain Ashby
14:10didn't know about it
14:11or perhaps even participated in it.
14:19All very impressive.
14:21What's that?
14:22This self-reflection
14:24act you're spinning, I...
14:26think it's very convincing.
14:28I just don't buy a word of it.
14:31Well, that's too bad.
14:33Sorry.
14:36You know, Jack,
14:38you haven't exactly
14:39been on the level with me.
14:40Oh?
14:42Yeah, I'm well aware
14:43you've been talking to Jill,
14:44trying to turn her against me.
14:46Oh, Jill and I go way back.
14:47We do talk from time to time.
14:49Was I not supposed to mention
14:51your current activities?
14:53I thought Aristotle Dumas
14:54was an open book.
14:56Well, I'm just sorry
14:57you remain skeptical.
14:59I'm not skeptical.
15:01I don't believe any of it.
15:02And that's a shame
15:04because I'm telling you the truth.
15:06There's no tricks.
15:08There's no cards up my sleeve.
15:10I simply want to reset.
15:11I want a chance to do things
15:12different this time.
15:13Good.
15:14Then prove it.
15:16Get rid of this software program.
15:20Remove the axe
15:21that is hanging over
15:22everyone's head.
15:23And how do you propose
15:24I do that?
15:25Oh, I think the whole thing
15:26has to be destroyed.
15:28Buried forever
15:29so that no one is tempted
15:30to use it.
15:31Let's say I agreed to do that.
15:33Well, no one would trust you
15:35to do it yourself.
15:37No, of course not.
15:38No, there should definitely be
15:40a neutral party operating
15:42for the greater good.
15:43Yeah.
15:43Uh, do you have somebody
15:46in mind, Jack?
15:47As a matter of fact, I do.
15:50Me.
15:56Go there, Tessa.
15:58It's so hard not to.
15:59Trying to figure out
16:00what happened between Hensley
16:01and Mariah in that room
16:02is just going to upset you.
16:04I'm already upset, Daniel.
16:05I mean, the idea of this man
16:06being in a room with my wife,
16:08it makes my skin crawl.
16:09I mean, trying to imagine
16:10what he did to her
16:12to make her try to kill him.
16:13Don't.
16:14Don't.
16:15Okay, I can't help it.
16:17Is it something that he did to her?
16:19Was it in her head
16:20because of Ian?
16:20Okay, Tessa.
16:21What demons?
16:22Is she fighting?
16:24I mean, are they real ones
16:26because of something
16:26that he did to her?
16:27Don't do this to yourself.
16:30You want to help her,
16:32you need to stay grounded.
16:34How the hell
16:34am I supposed to do that?
16:36Look at me.
16:37Look at me.
16:38You focus on what we know.
16:40Right?
16:40What do we know?
16:42We know that Mariah
16:43is safe in Boston.
16:44We know that you're safe
16:45here with me.
16:47We know that Aria is safe.
16:50I know.
16:51Do you?
16:52Yes.
16:53It's going to be okay.
16:54She's going to come home
16:55to her family.
16:56You don't know that, Daniel.
16:58Tessa.
16:58You don't.
17:01I need to see her.
17:04Okay.
17:05And don't try to stop me.
17:07I just said okay.
17:09Oh, sorry.
17:11It's fine.
17:12It's just...
17:12No, no, no.
17:12You don't have to apologize.
17:14You don't have to explain.
17:15They must have
17:17visiting hours
17:18at the clinic, right?
17:20Yeah, I guess.
17:22Okay, well,
17:23then I just need to talk
17:24to Mariah
17:24and tell her
17:25that I know what happened
17:26and that I'll support her
17:27and that she doesn't need
17:29to feel shame
17:30about anything.
17:32Well, that's if
17:33she even wants to see you.
17:37What do you mean?
17:38Just because you
17:41want to let Mariah
17:42know that you're there
17:43for her
17:43doesn't mean that
17:44she's ready to talk
17:45about this,
17:45especially with you.
17:47Look, I understand
17:48the impulse of wanting
17:48to go there.
17:49There's nothing wrong
17:50with that.
17:51I don't want to see
17:53you get disappointed.
17:58Wow.
17:58That is
17:59very altruistic of you, Jack.
18:02Willing to throw yourself
18:03into the breach
18:04to save the town
18:05from the evil
18:06Kane Ashby?
18:07I am serious.
18:09Well, you know,
18:11I don't exactly see you
18:12as neutral
18:13in this scenario.
18:14You know I'm
18:15a man of principle.
18:17I would never
18:18turn around
18:19and use this program
18:20on you.
18:21Sure.
18:22But, uh,
18:24you know,
18:24the skepticism
18:25goes both ways.
18:26Now, why do you say that?
18:27Because I don't trust
18:28you did destroy it, either.
18:30I mean, sure,
18:31you might not use it
18:31against me,
18:32but Victor?
18:33Yeah, I bet you
18:34wouldn't have a problem
18:35using it against him.
18:37Is that really
18:38what you're worried about?
18:39I'm not worried, Jack.
18:41I'm just speculating.
18:42Victor and I
18:43are on the same page
18:44these days.
18:45Yeah.
18:45That's funny.
18:47I'm not laughing.
18:48If I gave the software
18:49to Victor,
18:50what do you think
18:50he would do?
18:52Think he would use it
18:53against you,
18:53the man that he's been
18:54privately and publicly
18:56vowing to destroy
18:57for decades?
18:58I made you an offer, Kane.
19:00I haven't heard
19:01a solid response.
19:02Well, I don't know.
19:03I could give it to Billy
19:04or Phyllis.
19:07God only knows
19:08what they would do with it,
19:08but boy,
19:09it would be fun
19:10to find out.
19:11Fun?
19:13None of us
19:14are having fun, Kane.
19:15Yeah, well,
19:15none of you have offered me
19:17a logical solution, either.
19:19Because the truth is,
19:20I don't trust any of you
19:21to prevent this
19:23so-called nuclear option
19:25because you all
19:25have your own agendas,
19:26and the risk would be
19:27that you would use
19:28the software
19:28to achieve your own goals,
19:30which is very funny
19:31because isn't that
19:32what you all are
19:33accusing me of doing?
19:37We don't get any pleasure
19:39out of telling you this, Jill.
19:41I don't know.
19:42I think Victor might.
19:44Jill,
19:46I know the truth
19:47is a bitter pill to swallow,
19:49but isn't that
19:50preferable to the alternative?
19:53Okay, if I believed you,
19:55and I mean if,
19:56I would be deeply saddened.
20:00But I was there
20:01at the time of Colin's death.
20:03I witnessed his regret,
20:06and believe me,
20:08it was genuine.
20:09It seemed genuine.
20:12Please.
20:13The man was dying,
20:15and he knew he was dying.
20:17Ah, your theory's full of holes.
20:19You clearly believe him,
20:22contrary to all the evidence.
20:24What evidence?
20:26I have in my possession
20:28a letter from a Madame de Lyon,
20:30who owned that big chateau
20:31in the south of France,
20:33how she bequeathed her fortune
20:35to Lord Jeremy Edgerton.
20:38Does that ring a bell?
20:39I've never heard that name.
20:41That was one of Colin Atkinson's
20:44many aliases.
20:48So, I can show you the letter?
20:51Letters can be forged.
20:53You don't believe that?
20:54I don't believe you.
20:57And by the way,
20:58you haven't produced
20:59any evidence at all
21:00that Cain is involved
21:01in this land swindle.
21:04Joe, come on.
21:06Common sense tells me
21:08that you are backing
21:09the wrong horse
21:09if you back Cain.
21:18Who has to see me?
21:19I won't take no for an answer.
21:22What?
21:24Nothing.
21:24Just...
21:25You're kind of a force.
21:29Has anyone ever told you that?
21:30Yeah.
21:32Mariah.
21:33About a hundred times,
21:34except she liked to call it
21:35hushy.
21:36Hmm.
21:37It can relate.
21:39You can.
21:41Sometimes,
21:42when you're teaching me
21:44a chord progression,
21:46you can be a little intense.
21:49It's C to G.
21:51Daniel, C to G.
21:52listen to the song.
21:54Okay, do I really
21:55sound like that?
21:57Sometimes.
21:58Oh, poor Mariah
22:00having to put up
22:01with that
22:01for all these years.
22:03I think it's probably
22:04one of the things
22:05that she loves most
22:05about you.
22:07You know,
22:07you don't hold back
22:08when you really
22:08want something.
22:09I can be a bit much.
22:12I know that.
22:13I think that Mariah
22:14would say
22:14you are the
22:16perfect amount
22:18of pushing
22:19and
22:20kind
22:21and caring
22:23and loving
22:24and devoted.
22:25because you are.
22:29I mean,
22:29you are all
22:30of those things.
22:35You're gonna make me cry.
22:40Trip to Boston.
22:41Oh, yeah.
22:42I should, uh,
22:44check the lights.
22:51You know,
22:52I suppose we could
22:53give the software
22:53to Nick.
22:55Nick is kind of
22:56a Boy Scout.
22:56Probably wouldn't use it
22:57to destroy the world.
22:59But, you know,
23:00then again,
23:00he is, uh,
23:02he is daddy's
23:02number one son,
23:03so Victor would
23:05definitely probably
23:07work him.
23:07and then there's
23:08Adam.
23:10Yeah, Adam.
23:12Uh, so,
23:13I think it's probably
23:14best that we just
23:14keep this away
23:15from anybody
23:15in the Newman family.
23:17What do you think, Jack?
23:17I think you're
23:19reverting to your
23:20old routine
23:20of playing mind games.
23:22Am I?
23:24I mean,
23:24I'm not playing.
23:25Well, you did
23:26broach the subject.
23:28I'm serious.
23:29You're not.
23:30Yeah, except
23:31giving this thing
23:32away to any
23:33of the interested parties,
23:34including yourself,
23:35Jack,
23:35would only succeed
23:36in creating more chaos.
23:38Because here's the thing,
23:39you would use it
23:40against Victor,
23:40Victor would use it
23:41against you,
23:42and Billy,
23:42well, Billy would
23:43use it against everybody.
23:44Actually, you're wrong
23:45about me,
23:46but I could see
23:46where you're going
23:47with this.
23:47So, then here we are,
23:49back at square one.
23:50Not exactly.
23:52There is one other
23:53person you could trust.
23:55Oh, and who's that?
23:57Jill.
23:59Jill.
23:59What?
24:00What's so funny
24:00about that?
24:01Jack, you know,
24:02you claim you don't
24:02like mind games,
24:03but you are very good
24:04at them because,
24:05you know,
24:05I have a soft spot
24:06for Jill.
24:06And that's why
24:07you summoned her
24:08back to town,
24:09isn't it?
24:09No one summons
24:11Jill Abbott.
24:12I think you should
24:13know that.
24:15No, she calls
24:16her own shots,
24:18including this time.
24:19Did you know
24:20that I tried to get
24:21Billy to make
24:21things right with her?
24:23No, I did not.
24:24Well, I did.
24:26So, contrary to
24:27popular belief,
24:27I'm not this evil
24:28monster that just
24:29wants more,
24:30more, more.
24:32No, see,
24:33I only wanted
24:33Chancellor
24:34in the first place
24:34to try to bridge
24:35the gap between
24:36mother and son
24:37because I know
24:39how much that
24:40meant to her.
24:45Let's just say
24:46that hypothetically,
24:49I believe you.
24:51Colin swindled
24:52that poor old woman
24:53and Kane was in
24:54on it.
24:55Sure,
24:56those are the facts.
24:58There's nothing
24:58hypothetical about them.
25:00OK, we'll play
25:01in your ballpark
25:02just for a little
25:03while.
25:04But what do you
25:05expect me to do?
25:08You don't want
25:10Kane Ashby to destroy
25:11the very company
25:12that Catherine built
25:13that you ran
25:14so successfully
25:15so that he can
25:16sweep in and steal it.
25:18I don't believe
25:19he'd do that.
25:21He obviously
25:21holds that threat,
25:23Jill.
25:24That's why we are
25:25all trying to
25:26strengthen our
25:27defenses.
25:28I'm telling you
25:29he wouldn't do it.
25:31He wouldn't lie
25:32to me.
25:33Uh-huh.
25:35There's the answer.
25:37He trusts you.
25:38He respects you.
25:40He loves you, Jill.
25:42What we need, Jill,
25:44is to get our hands
25:46on that AI software
25:47and destroy it
25:49before Kane
25:51or anyone else
25:52can use it.
25:53and there it is.
25:57You want him
25:58to give it to me
25:59so I can turn around
26:01and give it to you.
26:08Any luck?
26:10Um, yeah.
26:12There's a red eye
26:13leaving for Boston
26:14at midnight,
26:15but I don't know.
26:15I don't want
26:16to be an exhausted
26:17mess by the time
26:18I get there,
26:19so I'll just
26:21find something
26:22in the morning.
26:23You're sure
26:24you're ready for this?
26:25No.
26:26But I can't
26:28just sit here
26:28and do nothing.
26:30Mariah might still
26:31not want to talk
26:32to you,
26:32and you've had
26:33your own
26:33conflicted feelings.
26:35I love her.
26:36I want to help her.
26:37There's no conflict there.
26:38Yeah.
26:39Yeah, but,
26:41you know,
26:41you've been
26:42all tied up in knots
26:44without any answers.
26:46It's enough
26:47to make anyone
26:48go crazy.
26:49I know.
26:50I've seen it
26:51up close.
26:52Look,
26:53I appreciate you
26:54being here
26:55for me right now.
26:56I mean,
26:57my mood swings
26:58have been absolutely
26:58operatic lately.
27:00I don't know
27:01why you stick around.
27:02You don't have
27:03to worry about me.
27:04I'm not going anywhere.
27:06Careful.
27:06Don't make promises.
27:09You might change
27:10your mind.
27:12You serious?
27:14I'm in it
27:14for the long haul.
27:16You know,
27:16as bad as this has been,
27:18it hasn't been the worst.
27:22It's been bad enough.
27:24But it hasn't been
27:25the worst.
27:27Look,
27:28Mariah,
27:28she could have
27:28lost her life
27:29in that room.
27:31Whatever happened
27:32that made her
27:32attack that guy,
27:34she had to feel
27:35like her life
27:36was really in danger.
27:38She got lucky.
27:39You
27:39got lucky.
27:42And you would know,
27:43too.
27:45Because of Heather.
27:48I wouldn't wish
27:50what I went through
27:51with Heather
27:52on anyone.
27:54But
27:54that's why I'm rooting
27:55for a happy ending
27:56for you.
27:58Because as rough
27:59as it's been
27:59for the two of you,
28:01you guys still have hope.
28:04You do,
28:05and you still have
28:06a future together
28:07if everything breaks,
28:07right?
28:09Leave it to you
28:10to say something sweet
28:11and absolutely perfect.
28:15You're right.
28:17I should be thanking
28:18my lucky stars
28:19that Mariah's still here.
28:22And
28:22I should be thanking
28:24those lucky stars
28:25for you, too,
28:26Daniel.
28:27I don't know
28:29how I would have
28:29got through
28:30any of this
28:30without you.
28:31everyone thought
28:35you were going
28:35after Chancellor
28:36to get Lily back.
28:38If I thought
28:39that would have worked,
28:39I would have gone
28:40after her ten times
28:41harder.
28:42I knew Lily's heart
28:43wasn't going to be
28:43swayed by me
28:44buying her a company.
28:45She would have seen
28:46it as too easy,
28:47and she would have
28:48been right.
28:49So instead,
28:50you tried to reunite
28:51Jill and Billy.
28:53You don't believe me?
28:54Well, let's assume
28:55I don't believe anything
28:56you say until proven
28:57otherwise.
28:58Well, you know,
28:59I don't know how
29:00one proves what's
29:00in their heart,
29:01but I'm telling you
29:02the truth.
29:03I didn't dangle
29:04Chancellor in front
29:04of Billy's face
29:05to toy with him.
29:06I did it so Jill
29:07could have a chance
29:07to make amends
29:08to her son.
29:09You were being
29:09a good guy.
29:10I was trying to
29:10stop Jill's heart
29:11from breaking,
29:12and that's the truth.
29:13She felt terrible
29:14about what she felt
29:15she had to do to Billy
29:16and what that cost
29:17their relationship.
29:17And yet she did it
29:19anyway.
29:20Her selling Chancellor
29:21to Victor
29:22was the knockout
29:23punch that Billy
29:24has still not recovered.
29:25Oh, please.
29:26Jill thought Billy
29:26was going to destroy
29:27the company
29:28and you and I
29:28both know
29:29that he's plenty
29:29capable of that.
29:31I was trying
29:32to offer him
29:32another chance.
29:33I was trying
29:34to give him
29:35the opportunity
29:36to prove to Jill
29:37and to himself
29:38that he could
29:38be a success.
29:39I thought
29:39he was worth a shot.
29:42Okay.
29:44Okay.
29:45Okay.
29:46Okay.
29:47That's it?
29:48It's complicated,
29:49but it's plausible.
29:51One question.
29:51Yeah.
29:52What changed?
29:53How did Billy go
29:55from being worthy
29:56of redemption
29:56and second chances
29:58to being back
29:59out on the street
30:00again?
30:00Just by being himself,
30:02Jack.
30:03And you know
30:03what that means
30:04more than anyone.
30:06Okay.
30:06After a while,
30:07I realized Billy
30:07didn't deserve
30:08what I was offering him.
30:10So I cut the cord
30:11and I abandoned
30:12going after Chancellor
30:12altogether.
30:14Boy, it must be
30:15nice playing God.
30:16Oh, come on.
30:16I'm not playing God.
30:17I made a practical
30:18business decision
30:19to cut ties
30:19with an erratic partner.
30:21I'm not arguing
30:21the motive.
30:23Yeah.
30:24Billy is a frustration
30:25to work with sometimes.
30:27I am arguing
30:28the verdict
30:28that he is no longer
30:30worthy of redemption.
30:31Redemption is exactly
30:32what he needs
30:34to prove to Jill
30:35and to himself
30:36he's not a total failure.
30:38It's interesting
30:38that you use those words.
30:40Now, why would you
30:41say it that way?
30:42Because didn't you
30:42turn your back on Billy?
30:44No one's blaming you, Jack.
30:46I mean,
30:46and Billy's made
30:47a science out of
30:48alienating everyone
30:49who's ever cared about him.
30:50But isn't that exactly
30:51what you said to him?
30:53That enough
30:53is enough?
30:58So,
30:58let me get this right.
31:01I get a hold
31:02of this doomsday machine
31:03and then I hand it
31:06over to him.
31:07That's your plan?
31:12I think he can explain
31:14it to you better
31:14than I can.
31:15It would protect
31:17Chancellor
31:17from any future attack.
31:20It would also
31:21give you
31:22immense power.
31:24I hardly think
31:25it's a fair trade.
31:26Jill,
31:26do I need to remind you
31:28when I purchased
31:29Chancellor from you,
31:30I promised you
31:31I would keep
31:32your company
31:33and Catherine's legacy
31:35intact.
31:36I think I've kept
31:37up my end of the bargain.
31:39Have I not?
31:39Yes, on that.
31:42But on this,
31:43I need further proof.
31:45I want to see
31:47that letter
31:48that the old woman
31:50sent
31:50when Colin
31:52allegedly swindled her.
31:54And I shall get you
31:55a copy of that letter.
31:56I want original.
31:57I want to get it
31:58authenticated.
31:59I will keep the original
32:00for obvious reasons.
32:02Fine.
32:03I'll be in touch.
32:04You just
32:06email me
32:07all of this
32:08so-called evidence
32:09you have.
32:11Good, Jill.
32:12It's good seeing you.
32:13Mm-hmm.
32:28What do you think
32:29she's going to do?
32:30Well,
32:32she's going to run
32:33right to Jack Abbott,
32:34who will tell her
32:35the same thing.
32:36That Kane
32:37actually is a threat.
32:39And then we have
32:40a solution to it.
32:42About that.
32:44What really
32:46is your solution?
32:52I didn't really
32:53do anything
32:53all that special.
32:55You've been
32:55distracting me
32:57for months.
32:59By being
33:00a demanding
33:00guitar student?
33:01No,
33:02by being an
33:02A-plus
33:03guitar student.
33:05Attendance,
33:06progress,
33:07practice,
33:08aptitude.
33:08I mean,
33:09you make me feel
33:09like I'm the best
33:10guitar teacher
33:10in the whole world.
33:12It's because you are.
33:14You've listened to me
33:17spin out
33:18about Mariah
33:19for months.
33:21Anyone would have
33:21done the same?
33:22Oh, yeah.
33:23People were
33:24clamoring to listen
33:25to me.
33:26People who would
33:27also help me
33:27entertain Aria
33:28when I was at
33:29the end of my rope
33:29and saved me
33:32from a fussing
33:33daughter with
33:34cloud magic
33:35and gummy bears.
33:36That was
33:38my pleasure.
33:39You dropped
33:40everything
33:41to come with me
33:43on a who-knows-what-we're-
33:44going to find
33:44investigation.
33:46I'm not going to let you
33:46do something that
33:47dangerous on your own.
33:48And what we found
33:49was
33:49disturbing.
33:53No one who freaked
33:54you out by saying
33:55that the guy might
33:55come after your wife.
33:57Daniel,
33:57stop making light
33:59of this.
33:59It has been a hell
34:00of the last few months.
34:02You're right.
34:03It has.
34:05And I shouldn't
34:06make light
34:07and I shouldn't
34:08tease,
34:09but,
34:10you know,
34:11I'm just happy
34:11that I could be
34:12there for you.
34:15Daniel,
34:16I want you to stop
34:17being so modest.
34:19And I want you
34:20to hear me.
34:22Okay.
34:24You've been
34:25a lifesaver.
34:30You've been more
34:31than just a friend.
34:33You've been my best
34:35friend.
34:44This is the first
34:45I'm hearing about
34:46you planning to get
34:47a hold of the AI
34:48program yourself.
34:49Yeah, well,
34:51just to make sure
34:51that neither
34:52Newman or Chancellor
34:53ever threatened again.
34:55So you would
34:56destroy it?
34:58Well,
34:59I don't know
35:00don't have to
35:03destroy it
35:03as long as
35:04Cain Ashby
35:06believes it's
35:07destroyed.
35:09As long as
35:10he believes it,
35:12I've accomplished
35:13my purpose.
35:14I'm not talking
35:15about Cain,
35:16I'm talking
35:17about you.
35:19Are you
35:20really planning
35:21on destroying
35:22it?
35:23or are you
35:24thinking of
35:25maybe using
35:26it for your
35:27benefit against
35:28oh,
35:29I don't know.
35:31Chabot?
35:33Is that
35:34what this
35:34is all about?
35:36Did you
35:37team up
35:37with Jack
35:38as a ploy
35:40so that
35:41you could
35:41disarm him
35:42while you
35:42put the knife
35:43in his back?
35:44be honest
35:50with me,
35:50Jack.
35:51Even if
35:52Billy needed
35:52redemption,
35:53I think
35:53everyone
35:54deserves that
35:55chance.
35:55I really
35:56do believe
35:56that.
35:57Okay,
35:57fine.
35:57So I
35:57grant you
35:58that.
35:59Do you
35:59really think
36:00that either
36:01of us
36:01or anyone
36:02could give
36:02it to
36:03Billy?
36:04Like,
36:04really?
36:04How many
36:05times have
36:05you asked
36:05yourself that
36:06question?
36:06Has there
36:07ever been
36:07a different
36:07answer?
36:08I will
36:08never stop
36:09looking for
36:10a different
36:10answer if
36:10it means
36:11helping my
36:12family.
36:12Is my
36:12brother a
36:13frustration?
36:13yes.
36:15In
36:15helping him,
36:16is it
36:16sometimes
36:17better to
36:17let him
36:18go his
36:18own way?
36:19Absolutely.
36:20Well,
36:20that sounds
36:21a lot like
36:21banging your
36:22head against
36:22the wall.
36:22Like it
36:23was with
36:23Colin?
36:24Tell me,
36:26can you
36:26really stand
36:27there and
36:27tell me you
36:29don't understand
36:30the perpetual
36:30desire to
36:32save the
36:33people we
36:33love from
36:34themselves?
36:35The desire,
36:36sure.
36:36Yeah,
36:37my intention
36:37was to
36:38help Billy.
36:39Okay?
36:40Believe me,
36:40but it came
36:41at too high a
36:41cost, so I
36:42cut my
36:42losses.
36:43You forgave
36:44your father
36:45after everything
36:46he did to
36:47you, to
36:48so many
36:48people you
36:49care about.
36:49Yeah, but
36:49there's a
36:50difference,
36:50Jack.
36:51Colin changed.
36:52According to
36:53you.
36:54No, not
36:54just me.
36:56Why don't you
36:57ask her?
37:00Hello, Jack.
37:03Would you
37:04excuse us,
37:04please?
37:06Kane and I
37:06need to speak
37:07privately.
37:08Glad to see
37:09you made it
37:09to town,
37:09Jill.
37:10I was hoping
37:11that perhaps
37:12we could
37:12have a little
37:13chat as
37:13well.
37:14We're
37:14overdue.
37:15Why?
37:16So you
37:17can fill
37:17my head
37:18with a lot
37:18of negative
37:19things about
37:20Kane the way
37:21Billy and
37:22Victor just
37:23have?
37:25Is it
37:25working?
37:27Well,
37:28that remains
37:29to be
37:29seen.
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