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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.
02:03You know, it's giving you a good morning.
02:17I love you.
02:29Let 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 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.
03:19But as I told Nikki, the threat is over.
03:23How 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.
03:36So, the coast is clear, you can come out of your bunkers.
03:41There isn't going to be a war.
03:44Interesting, you're referencing my conscience.
03:48Oh, why is that?
03:50I 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.
03:58Have you talked to Billy?
04:00I have.
04:02So, you know we're not working on any projects together.
04:05I 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.
04:18I mean, why would you play carrot and stick for months on end,
04:21stringing Billy along, making giant promises,
04:25only to snatch it all the way at the last minute?
04:27Do you just like playing mind games?
04:29Is that it?
04:31No, seriously, I would like to know.
04:32What could any of us have done to deserve being played like that?
04:48Do 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
04:57might 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,
05:07did 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?
05:15I've seen Sharon and experienced her when she's gone off the rails,
05:21and 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,
05:32if 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, you're doing great.
05:43A lot better than I would be.
05:44Oh, I 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
05:59that 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,
06:10Mariah is safe at the clinic in Boston.
06:13And this guy, whoever he may be,
06:16if he is some kind of threat,
06:18he can't get to her there.
06:23Maybe we need to get to him first.
06:28Please forgive me,
06:30but I find it very hard to believe
06:31that a man who has deceived the world for the last six years
06:35will finally see the error of his ways.
06:38Yeah, but he has regrets about everything.
06:43And he was much more honest and forthcoming than Billy was,
06:47I 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
06:58on the best of terms.
06:59You make everything sound so transactional.
07:03What it is, isn't it?
07:05No, not between Cain and me.
07:08I mean, I know how jaundiced you are,
07:11but he and I care about each other.
07:14Deeply, we do.
07:16So you tell each other everything,
07:18hold nothing back?
07:19What are you suggesting?
07:21Either you're lying to us,
07:25or he's lying to you.
07:28I am talking about
07:30how Cain really built his little empire.
07:34Have you heard the real story?
07:36It isn't pretty.
07:43See, you keep trying to make it personal, Jack.
07:46It's just business.
07:48Not for Billy, it wasn't.
07:49No, it was very personal
07:52when Aristotle Dumas
07:53called out of the blue
07:55dangling promises of Chancellor.
07:58Well, he could have hung up the phone.
08:00You knew he wouldn't.
08:03You knew
08:04it was exactly what he wanted to hear.
08:06And then you ghosted him.
08:08Only to come back a little while later
08:10with more deals
08:11that never went anywhere
08:13and on and on and on.
08:16Knowing it would crush him.
08:18That is a new level
08:20of cruelty
08:21even for you, Cain.
08:22Okay.
08:23Well,
08:24I can acknowledge
08:25Billy's level of investment.
08:27But can you honestly
08:28stand there and tell me
08:29that you think
08:29it was a healthy one?
08:30Oh, if you want to compare
08:32unhealthy obsessions,
08:34you might look in the mirror
08:35and ask yourself
08:36how much is enough?
08:38I'm guessing the answer is
08:39there is no such thing.
08:41It wouldn't be worth
08:42all this effort otherwise.
08:44No, you have pretty much
08:45everything you want,
08:47don't you?
08:48So I'm the rarest
08:49of all birds.
08:50A completely satisfied man.
08:52I wasn't talking
08:53about your personal life.
08:55That sounds like
08:56a total mess
08:57from what I can gather.
08:59Well, yeah.
09:01We're all works
09:01in progress, Jack.
09:03But to answer
09:04your previous question,
09:05I wasn't playing Billy
09:07out of a grudge
09:09against him.
09:10No, the fact is
09:11is we're just
09:12too much alike.
09:14Both inveterate loners,
09:16a little erratic.
09:17Quite honestly,
09:18neither of us
09:18play very well
09:19with others.
09:19Sounds like you've been
09:20doing some real
09:21soul-searching.
09:22In my messy
09:23personal life,
09:24as you so kindly put it,
09:26frankly, I'm starting
09:28to second-guess that.
09:30You know, playing mind games
09:31was fun for a little while,
09:32I can admit that,
09:33but it's time
09:35to give it up.
09:36Because you were
09:37dead right about one thing,
09:39which is the addiction
09:40of wanting more.
09:42It's the strongest
09:43addiction there is.
09:45But at what cost?
09:46See, these are the kinds
09:47of questions
09:48I'm asking myself now,
09:49Jack.
09:50I'm not shying away
09:51from who I am,
09:53who I was.
09:55I'm simply reconsidering
09:57who I want to be.
10:04You really want to track
10:05down this Hensley guy?
10:06I mean, that way
10:07we could see
10:07what he's thinking.
10:08If he wants to get
10:10revenge 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.
10:20We're not private detectives.
10:22We can't just walk up
10:23to this guy and be like,
10:24hey, bro,
10:24are you a threat?
10:25Okay, yeah,
10:26we can't do that.
10:27I think,
10:28I think it's best
10:29just to maybe
10:30leave it alone.
10:31or maybe
10:34we talk to him
10:35casually
10:36at a restaurant
10:37or a bar
10:38and just see
10:39if he's a threatening guy.
10:42You know,
10:42I'm going to say
10:43something out loud here
10:44that I should probably
10:45just keep to myself.
10:46Okay.
10:48Mariah might not be
10:49the only one
10:50who's in danger.
10:51Wait,
10:51what do you mean?
10:52You just said that
10:52Mariah's safe in Boston.
10:54She is.
10:55But you go poking around
10:56and this guy might figure out
10:58who you are to her,
10:59that you're her wife.
11:01Oh, my God.
11:02And that Ari is our daughter.
11:04I mean,
11:05is that possible?
11:05Do you think that
11:06that could happen?
11:08I don't.
11:09I think it's a stretch
11:10unless you go
11:12and you find this guy
11:13and you ask him
11:14about the woman
11:15that tried to kill him
11:16and how he feels
11:17about that.
11:18Okay.
11:19Okay.
11:21When you put it like that,
11:22I get your point.
11:24It was a dumb idea.
11:27No,
11:27it'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,
11:35the problem is
11:36we don't know
11:37who this guy is.
11:38We don't know
11:39what he's capable of.
11:41For all we know,
11:41he might want to forget
11:42the whole thing ever happened
11:43and just keep going on
11:44with his life.
11:45And us poking around
11:46could put Mariah back
11:47on his radar.
11:48Yeah,
11:49it could.
11:50And it could put you at risk.
11:51I don't want that to happen.
11:52Oh,
11:54this is so frustrating.
11:58I know.
12:00I know.
12:03It's actually times like this
12:04that I'd pick up the phone
12:06and call Chance
12:07and ask him for a little
12:07off-the-record advice,
12:09but
12:09can't do that anymore.
12:11There has just been
12:14so 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
12:23what happened.
12:25I mean,
12:25Mariah's not a killer.
12:27She's a sweet
12:28and wonderful,
12:29amazing person
12:30who's being haunted
12:30by Ian Ward,
12:32even from the grave.
12:33I mean,
12:34how do you deal
12:34with a devil
12:35that's not even there?
12:37That's what haunts me.
12:39The shame
12:40and guilt
12:40that Mariah's been
12:41carrying around.
12:42I mean,
12:42she was clearly
12:43pushed to the edge
12:44by this man.
12:45But what caused her
12:46to break?
12:47What happened
12:48in that room,
12:49Daniel?
12:52You've lost me,
12:53Nikki.
12:54I don't know
12:55what you're talking about.
12:56I am talking
12:57about the origins
12:59of Kane's
13:00business empire.
13:01Okay.
13:03Well,
13:03the only story
13:04I know
13:04is that Colin
13:05took his proceeds
13:06from a land sale.
13:08He purchased
13:08two legitimate businesses
13:10and turned them
13:12over to Kane
13:12and they did very well.
13:14And that
13:14was Colin's
13:16final redemption.
13:20Colin Atkinson,
13:22I assure you,
13:22was never redeemed.
13:25Well,
13:25you say that
13:25because you're
13:26a professional cynic.
13:28But you see,
13:29you weren't there.
13:31You didn't see him.
13:32You didn't hear him.
13:33You didn't know
13:34what was in his heart.
13:36The only thing
13:37in that man's heart
13:40was pure
13:42and utter greed.
13:44Yeah.
13:44Well,
13:45you would be
13:45the man to know, huh?
13:47Actually,
13:48we do know
13:49that Chateau
13:51in Nice
13:52swindled
13:54from the last
13:54surviving member
13:55of the
13:56De Leon family.
13:58What the hell
13:59are you talking about?
14:00What he's talking about
14:01is Colin's
14:03last job.
14:05Probably
14:06his finest
14:06con ever.
14:08And there's no way
14:09that Kane Ashby
14:10didn't know about it
14:11or perhaps
14:12even participated
14:13in it.
14:14all very impressive.
14:22What's that?
14:22This self-reflection
14:24act you're spinning,
14:25I think it's
14:26very convincing.
14:28I just don't
14:29buy a word
14:29of it.
14:31Well,
14:32that's too bad.
14:33Sorry.
14:37You know,
14:38Jack,
14:38you haven't exactly
14:39been on the level
14:40with me.
14:40Oh?
14:42Yeah,
14:42I'm well aware
14:43you've been talking
14:43to Jill,
14:44trying to turn
14:45her against me.
14:46Oh,
14:46Jill and I
14:46go way back.
14:47We do talk
14:48from time to time.
14:49Was I not supposed
14:50to mention
14:51your current
14:51activities?
14:53I thought
14:53Aristotle Dumas
14:54was an open book.
14:56Well,
14:56I'm just
14:57sorry you remain
14:58skeptical.
14:59I'm not skeptical.
15:01I don't believe
15:02any of it.
15:03And that's a shame
15:04because I'm telling
15:05you the truth.
15:07There's no tricks.
15:08There's no cards
15:09up my sleeve.
15:10I simply want
15:10to reset.
15:11I want a chance
15:12to do things
15:12different this time.
15:13Good.
15:14Then prove it.
15:16Get rid of
15:17this software
15:18program.
15:20Remove the axe
15:21that is hanging
15:21over everyone's
15:22head.
15:23And how do you
15:24propose I do that?
15:25Oh,
15:25I think the whole
15:25thing has to be
15:26destroyed.
15:28Buried forever
15:29so that no one
15:30is tempted to use it.
15:31Let's say I
15:32agreed to do that.
15:33Well,
15:34no one would
15:35trust you
15:35to do it yourself.
15:37No,
15:37of course not.
15:38No,
15:38there should
15:39definitely be
15:40a neutral party
15:41operating for
15:42the greater good.
15:43Yeah.
15:44Do you have
15:45somebody in mind,
15:46Jack?
15:47As a matter of
15:48fact,
15:48I do.
15:50Meek.
15:56Go there,
15:57Tessa.
15:58It's so hard
15:59not to.
15:59Trying to figure
16:00out what happened
16:01between Hensley
16:01and Mariah in that
16:02room is just
16:03going to upset you.
16:04I'm already upset,
16:05Daniel.
16:05I mean,
16:05the idea of this
16:06man being in a
16:07room with my wife,
16:08it makes my skin
16:09crawl.
16:09I mean,
16:10trying to imagine
16:10what he did to her
16:12to make her try to
16:13kill him.
16:13Don't.
16:14Don't.
16:15Okay,
16:15I can't help it.
16:17Is it something
16:17that he did to her?
16:19Was it in her head
16:20because of Ian?
16:20Okay,
16:21Tessa.
16:21What demons?
16:22Is she fighting?
16:24I mean,
16:24are they real ones
16:26because of something
16:26that he did to her?
16:27Don't do this
16:29to yourself.
16:30You want to help her,
16:32you need to stay
16:33grounded.
16:33How the hell
16:34am I supposed
16:35to do that?
16:36Look at me.
16:37Look at me.
16:38You focus on what
16:39we know.
16:40Right?
16:40What do we know?
16:42We know that Mariah
16:43is safe in Boston.
16:44We know that you're
16:44safe here with me.
16:47We know that
16:47Aria is safe.
16:50I know.
16:51Do you?
16:52Yes.
16:53It's going to be okay.
16:54She's going to come
16:55home to her family.
16:56You don't know that,
16:57Daniel.
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.
17:17They must have
17:17visiting hours
17:18at the clinic, right?
17:19Yeah, I guess.
17:23Okay, well,
17:23then I just need to
17:24talk to Mariah
17:24and tell her that
17:26I know what happened
17:26and that I'll support her
17:27and that she doesn't
17:29need to feel shame
17:30about anything.
17:32Well, that's if
17:33she even wants to see you.
17:37What do you mean?
17:39Just because you
17:41want to let Mariah
17:42know that you're there
17:43for her doesn't mean
17:44that she's ready
17:44to talk about this,
17:45especially with you.
17:47Look, I understand
17:48the impulse of wanting
17:48to go there.
17:49there's nothing
17:49wrong with that.
17:51I don't want to see
17:53you get disappointed.
17:58Wow.
17:58That is very altruistic
18:01of 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.
18:15You 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.
18:36Is 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
19:16me a logical solution either.
19:18Because 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
19:33are accusing me
19:34of doing?
19:37We don't get any pleasure
19:39out of telling you this,
19:40Jill.
19:41I don't know.
19:42I think Victor might.
19:44Jill,
19:46I know the truth
19:47is a bitter pill
19:48to swallow,
19:49but isn't that
19:50preferable
19:51to the alternative?
19:53Okay,
19:54if I believed you,
19:55and I mean if,
19:57I would be
19:58deeply saddened.
19:59but I was there
20:01at the time
20:02of Colin's death.
20:03I witnessed
20:04his regret
20:06and believe me,
20:08it was genuine.
20:09It seemed genuine.
20:12Please.
20:13The man was dying
20:15and he knew
20:16he was dying.
20:17Ah,
20:17your theory's full of holes.
20:20You clearly believe him,
20:22contrary to all
20:23the evidence.
20:24What evidence?
20:26I have in my possession
20:28a letter from
20:28a Madame de Lyon,
20:30whom that big chateau
20:31in the south of France,
20:33how she bequeathed
20:34her fortune
20:35to Lord Jeremy
20:36Edgerton.
20:38Does that ring a bell?
20:40I've never heard
20:41that name.
20:42That was one of
20:43Colin Atkinson's
20:44many aliases.
20:46so I can show you
20:49the 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,
21:04come on.
21:06Common sense
21:07tells me
21:08that you are backing
21:09the wrong horse
21:09if you back Cain.
21:11who has to see me.
21:19I won't take no
21:20for an answer.
21:22What?
21:24Nothing.
21:24Just...
21:26You're kind of a force.
21:29Has anyone ever
21:29told you that?
21:30Yeah.
21:32Mariah.
21:33About a hundred times,
21:34except she liked
21:34to call it
21:35hushy.
21:37It can relate.
21:39You can.
21:39Sometimes,
21:42when you're teaching
21:43me a chord progression,
21:46you can be
21:47a little intense.
21:49It's C to G.
21:51Daniel,
21:51C to G.
21:53Listen to the song.
21:54Okay,
21:55do I really sound
21:56like that?
21:57Sometimes.
21:58Oh,
21:59poor 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.
22:10I 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 pushy
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.
22:31going to make me cry.
22:40Trip to Boston.
22:42Oh,
22:42yeah,
22:42I should
22:43check the lights.
22:44You know,
22:52I suppose we could
22:53give the software
22:53to Nick.
22:55Nick is kind
22:56of a Boy Scout.
22:56Probably wouldn't
22:57use it to destroy
22:58the world.
22:59But,
22:59you know,
23:00then again,
23:00he is,
23:01uh,
23:02he is daddy's
23:02number one son,
23:03so Victor
23:05would
23:05definitely
23:07probably work him.
23:08And then there's
23:08Adam.
23:10Yeah,
23:11Adam.
23:12Uh,
23:12so,
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,
23:17Jack?
23:17I think
23:18you're reverting
23:19to your old routine
23:20of playing mind games.
23:22Am I?
23:24I mean,
23:24I'm not playing.
23:25Well,
23:26you did broach
23:26the subject.
23:28I'm serious.
23:29You're not.
23:30Yeah,
23:31except giving this thing
23:32away to any of
23:33the 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,
23:43Billy would use it
23:43against everybody.
23:44Actually,
23:44you're wrong about me,
23:46but I could see
23:46where you're going
23:47with this.
23:47So,
23:48then here we are,
23:49back at square one.
23:50Not exactly.
23:52There is one other
23:53person you could trust.
23:55Oh,
23:55and who's that?
23:57Jill.
23:59Jill.
23:59What?
24:00What's so funny
24:00about that?
24:01Jack,
24:01you 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.
24:07And that's why
24:07you summoned her
24:08back to town,
24:09isn't it?
24:09Oh,
24:09no one
24:11summons Jill Abbott.
24:12I think you should
24:13know that.
24:15No,
24:15she calls her own shots,
24:18including this time.
24:19Did you know
24:20that I tried to get
24:21Billy to make things
24:21right with her?
24:23No,
24:23I did not.
24:24Well,
24:25I did.
24:26So,
24:26contrary to popular belief,
24:27I'm not this evil monster
24:29that just wants more,
24:30more,
24:31more.
24:32Now,
24:33see,
24:33I only wanted Chancellor
24:34in the first place
24:34to try to bridge the gap
24:36between mother and son
24:37because I know
24:39how much that meant to her.
24:45Let's just say
24:46that hypothetically,
24:48I believe you.
24:51Colin swindled
24:52that poor old woman
24:53and Kane was in on it.
24:56Jill,
24:56those are the facts.
24:58There's nothing
24:58hypothetical about them.
25:00Okay,
25:01we'll play in your ballpark
25:02just for a little while.
25:04But what do you expect me to do?
25:09You don't want Kane Ashby
25:10to destroy the very company
25:12that Catherine built
25:13that you ran so successfully
25:15so that he can sweep in
25:17and steal it.
25:18I don't believe he'd do that.
25:21He obviously holds
25:22that threat,
25:23Jill.
25:24That's why we are all
25:25trying to strengthen
25:26our defenses.
25:28I'm telling you,
25:30he wouldn't do it.
25:31He wouldn't lie to me.
25:33Uh-huh.
25:35There's the answer.
25:37He trusts you.
25:38He respects you.
25:40He loves you,
25:41Jill.
25:42What we need,
25:43Jill,
25:43is to get our hands
25:46on that AI software
25:47and destroy it
25:49before Kane
25:51or anyone else
25:52can use it.
25:55And 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.
26:16I don't want to be
26:17an exhausted mess
26:18by the time I 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 just sit here
26:28and do nothing.
26:30Mariah might still
26:31not want to talk to you,
26:32and you've had
26:33your own conflicted 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 go crazy.
26:49I know.
26:50I've seen it up close.
26:52Look,
26:53I appreciate you
26:54being here for me
26:56right 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 to
27:03worry about me.
27:04I'm not going anywhere.
27:06Careful.
27:06Don't make promises.
27:09You might change
27:10your mind.
27:12You're 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
27:19the worst.
27:22It's been bad enough.
27:24But it hasn't
27:24been the 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 got 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 that's why
27:55I'm rooting for
27:56a happy ending
27:56for you.
27:58Because as rough
27:59as it's been
27:59for the two of you,
28:00you guys still
28:02have hope.
28:04You do,
28:05and you still
28:05have a future
28:06together if
28:07everything breaks,
28:08right?
28:09Leave it to you
28:10to say something
28:10sweet and
28:12absolutely perfect.
28:15You're right.
28:17I should be
28:18thanking my lucky
28:19stars that Mariah
28:19is still here.
28:20and I should be
28:24thanking those
28:24lucky stars for you
28:25too,
28:26didn't you?
28:28I don't know
28:29how I would have
28:29got through
28:30any of this
28:30without you.
28:34Everyone thought
28:35you were going
28:35after Chancellor
28:36to get Lily back.
28:38If I thought
28:39that would have
28:39worked,
28:39I would have
28:40gone after her
28:40ten times harder.
28:42I knew Lily's
28:43heart wasn't
28:43going to be swayed
28:44by me buying
28:44her a company.
28:45She would have
28:46seen it as too
28:46easy,
28:47and she would
28:48have been right.
28:48So instead,
28:50you tried to
28:50reunite Jill
28:52and Billy?
28:53You don't
28:53believe me?
28:54Well,
28:55let's assume
28:55I don't believe
28:56anything you say
28:57until proven
28:57otherwise.
28:58Okay.
28:58Well,
28:59you know,
28:59I don't know
28:59how one proves
29:00what's in their
29:01heart,
29:01but I'm telling
29:01you the truth.
29:03I didn't
29:03dangle Chancellor
29:04in front of
29:05Billy's face
29:05to toy with him.
29:06I did it so
29:06Jill could have
29:07a chance to
29:07make amends
29:08to her son.
29:09You were being
29:09a good guy.
29:10I was trying
29:10to stop Jill's
29:11heart from breaking,
29:12and that's the
29:12truth.
29:13She felt terrible
29:14about what she
29:15felt she had to
29:15do to Billy
29:16and what that
29:18did it anyway.
29:20Her selling
29:20Chancellor to
29:21Victor was the
29:22knockout punch
29:23that Billy has
29:24still not recovered.
29:25Oh, please.
29:26Jill thought
29:26Billy was going
29:27to destroy the
29:27company,
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
29:39it was worth
29:40a shot.
29:42Okay.
29:44Okay.
29:45Okay.
29:46Okay.
29:47That's it?
29:47It's complicated,
29:49but it's plausible.
29:51One question.
29:51Yeah.
29:52What changed?
29:53How did Billy
29:54go from being
29:55worthy of redemption
29:56and second chances
29:58to being back
29:59out on the street
30:00again?
30:00Just by being
30:01himself, Jack.
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
30:09him.
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
30:20partner.
30:21I'm not arguing
30:21the motive.
30:23Yeah, Billy
30:24is a frustration
30:25to work with
30:26sometimes.
30:27I am arguing
30:28the verdict
30:28that he is
30:29no longer
30:30worthy of redemption.
30:31Redemption
30:32is exactly
30:33what he needs
30:34to prove to Jill
30:35and to himself
30:36he's not a
30:37total failure.
30:38It's interesting
30:38that you use
30:39those words.
30:40Now, why would
30:41you say it that way?
30:42Because didn't you
30:42turn your back
30:43on Billy?
30:44No one's
30:44blaming you, Jack.
30:45I mean, and Billy's
30:47made a science
30:47out of alienating
30:48everyone who's
30:49ever cared about him
30:50but isn't that
30:51exactly what you
30:51said to him?
30:53That enough
30:53is enough?
30:58So, let me get
30:59this right.
31:01I get a hold
31:02of this doomsday
31:03machine
31:03and then I hand
31:06it over to him.
31:07That's your plan?
31:07I think he can
31:13explain it to you
31:14better than I can.
31:16It would protect
31:17Chancellor
31:17from any
31:18future attack.
31:20It would also
31:21give you
31:22immense power.
31:24I hardly think
31:25it's a fair trade.
31:26Jill, do I need
31:27to remind you
31:28when I purchased
31:29Chancellor
31:29from you
31:30I promised you
31:31I would keep
31:32your company
31:33and Catherine's
31:34legacy
31:35intact.
31:35I think I've
31:37kept up my end
31:38of the bargain.
31:39Have I not?
31:41Yes, on that.
31:42But on this
31:43I need further
31:44proof.
31:45I want to see
31:47that letter
31:48that the old
31:49woman sent
31:50when Colin
31:52allegedly swindled
31:53her.
31:54And I shall
31:55get you a copy
31:55of that letter.
31:56I want original.
31:57I want to get it
31:58authentically.
31:59I will keep
31:59the 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
32:08evidence
32:09you have.
32:11Good, Jill.
32:12It's good
32:12seeing 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
32:37Nashley's a threat.
32:39And then we have
32:40a solution to it.
32:42About that,
32:44what really is
32:46your solution?
32:47I didn't really do
32:53anything all that
32:54special.
32:55You've been
32:55distracting me
32:57for months.
32:59By being a
33:00demanding guitar
33:01student?
33:01No, by being
33:02an A-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.
33:13It'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 clamoring
33:24to listen to me.
33:26People who would also
33:27help me entertain
33:28Aria when I was
33:29at the end of my rope
33:29and saved me
33:32from a fussing daughter
33:34with cloud magic
33:35and gummy bears.
33:37Now,
33:37that 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
33:46let you do something
33:47that dangerous
33:47on your own.
33:48And what we found
33:49was disturbing.
33:53No one who freaked
33:54you out by saying
33:55that the guy
33:55might come after
33:56your 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 of it
34:07and I shouldn't tease.
34:09But,
34:10you know,
34:11I'm just happy
34:11that I could be
34:12there for you.
34:16Daniel,
34:16I want you to
34:17stop being so modest
34:18and I want you
34:20to hear me.
34:22Okay.
34:24You've been
34:25a lifesaver.
34:30You've been
34:31more than just
34:31a friend.
34:34You've been
34:35my best friend.
34:41This is the first
34:45I'm hearing
34:46about you
34:47planning to get
34:47a hold of
34:48the AI program
34:49yourself.
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.
35:02Don't have to
35:03destroy it
35:03as long as
35:04Cain Ashby
35:06believes it's
35:06destroyed,
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
35:43knife in
35:43his back?
35:49Be 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 grant
35:58you that.
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
36:06that
36:06question?
36:06Has
36:06there
36:07ever
36:07been
36:07a
36:07different
36:07answer?
36:08I
36:08will
36:08never
36:08stop
36:09looking
36:09for
36:10a
36:10different
36:10answer
36:10if it
36:10means
36:11helping
36:11my
36:12family.
36:12Is
36:12my
36:12brother
36:13a
36:13frustration?
36:14Yes.
36:15In
36:15helping
36:16him,
36:16is it
36:16sometimes
36:17better to
36:17let him
36:18go his
36:18own
36:18way?
36:19Absolutely.
36:20Well,
36:20that sounds
36:21a lot like
36:21banging your head
36:22against the wall.
36:27and tell
36:28me you
36:29don't
36:29understand
36:30the
36:30perpetual
36:30desire
36:31to save
36:32the people
36:33we love
36:34from
36:34themselves.
36:35The desire,
36:36sure.
36:36Yeah,
36:37my intention
36:37was to
36:38help
36:38Billy.
36:39Okay?
36:40Believe me,
36:40but it came
36:41at too
36:41high a cost,
36:42so I cut
36:42my losses.
36:43You forgave
36:44your father
36:45after everything
36:46he did to
36:47you,
36:47to so many
36:48people you
36:49care about?
36:49Yeah,
36:49but there's
36:49a difference,
36:50Jack.
36:51Colin changed.
36:52According
36:53to you.
36:54No,
36:54not just
36:55me.
36:56Once
36:57you ask
36:57her.
37:00Hello,
37:01Jack.
37:03Would you
37:04excuse us,
37:04please?
37:06Cain and I
37:06need to speak
37:07privately.
37:08Glad to see
37:09you made it
37:09to town,
37:10Jill.
37:10I was hoping
37:11that perhaps
37:12we could have
37:12a little chat
37:13as well.
37:14We're overdue.
37:15Why?
37:16So you can
37:17fill my head
37:18with a lot
37:18of negative
37:19things about
37:20Cain,
37:21the way
37:21Billy and
37:22Victor just
37:23have?
37:25Is it
37:25working?
37:27Well,
37:28that
37:28remains
37:29to be
37:29seen.
37:30Well,
37:31that
37:32remains
37:32to be
37:33seen.
37:33I
37:35have
37:36been
37:37to be
37:37to be
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