General Hospital Transcript Wednesday 12/12/07

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[Alarm]

Epiphany: Dr. Quartermaine?

Regina: His pressure's going to bottom out.

Epiphany: Dr. Quartermaine, this patient is bleeding out.

Monica: Uh, I -- I can’t.

[Alarm]

Nadine: This artery needs to be clamped now.

Epiphany: Do it!

Andy: We're losing him.

Epiphany: Not if I can help it. Go and get a surgeon in here now!

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Luke: Uh -- anybody here?

Skye: Welcome home.

Luke: Oh, this ain't home. This is just a place I crashed for a while.

Skye: Well, I suggest you find a way to make it your own.

Luke: Hmm.

Skye: You're going to be here quite a while.

Luke: Hmm. I love it when you get all aggressive and dominant. See, I was right the first time -- this is heaven.

Skye: Oh. You'll be changing that tune soon enough.

Luke: You're just teasing me, you hot little minx. Huh. There's no way this could turn into hell.

Skye: And three, two, one --

[Door opens]

Girl: Stop it!

Boy: Give it to me!

Girl: No, you rat-faced brat! It's mine! No, stop it!

Boy: Give it to me!

Girl: No! Get off of it! It's mine! I'm telling!

Lulu: Hi, Dad.

Luke: Huh?

Lulu: Honey, come on downstairs. You are right on time as usual.

Girl: Get off of me!

Luke: Ugh!

[Laughter]

Luke: On time for what?

Lulu: You are so funny. Isn't he a hoot?

Logan: Hysterical.

[Glass shatters]

Girl: Now look what you've done. Do you see what he's done?

Skye: Better strap in nice and tight. This ride's just pulling out.

[Dog barks]

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[Lulu sniffles]

Lulu: Uh --

Logan: Sorry.

Lulu: No, I'm sorry. I'm -- I didn't mean the meltdown thing.

Logan: It's okay. Don't apologize, all right? I'm glad I was here. And you get to be scared, okay? Your father's about to have major surgery.

Lulu: I'm -- I'm just so -- my mind is reeling. I just -- I can't reconcile the dad that I know with the man that was in that bed. He was just -- so helpless. And, you know, when I looked at him, it just hit me like a freight train. My dad could actually die.

Logan: I know.

Lulu: And -- and I mean, I know everyone dies eventually. It's just, it's --

Logan: You just don't want to lose your father right now.

Lulu: Yeah, that and I -- I don't want to see my dad deal with coming out of the hospital less than he was when he went in. I swear if my dad makes it out of this hospital healthy and whole, I will never give him any grief about taking off ever again.

Logan: Now I'm sure your father's going to be just fine. Okay? But no matter what happens, I promise you you don't ever have to be alone.

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[Alarm]

Epiphany: Dr. Quartermaine, Dr. Julian is here to take over. Please step back and give him access to the patient.

Leo: Okay, people, speed is of the essence here, okay? Got to get a suture needle loaded and ready, Regina, and I need blood now. We have no room for error -- this patient is slipping away.

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[Dog barks]

Logan: Be right back, guys.

Girl: Come on, it's mine! Give it to me!

Boy: It's mine!

Lulu: Oh, all right. All right, you two. No, no, no, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Boy: No, give it to me!

Lulu: You two stop fighting -- come on. Hey, you don't want to scare Grandpa Luke away!

Logan: Here you go, Gramps. Catch this.

Luke: My little cupcake married to this pile of substandard genetics.

Skye: 10 years and counting.

Girl: Give it to me.

Lulu: Stop fighting.

Girl: I don't care -- it's mine!

Lulu: Let go of the bear.

Skye: Meet the progeny. That little trial is Baldwin, 9 months old -- sensitive digestive tract. That's little Scotty, 6 -- sensitive tummy. And the oldest there -- well, that's little Laura. She's pretty much not sensitive to anything at all. And the dog -- his name's Whizzer. The name is self-explanatory.

[Ding]

Logan: Huh. Come on, tasty cake. We're going to be late.

Lulu: Here you go.

Luke: What?

Lulu: Ugh.

Luke: Oh!

Lulu: Thank you.

Luke: Wait -- wait a minute. Where are you -- where are you going?

Lulu: Lamaze class.

Luke: To Lamaze class? But what -- what about these kids?

Lulu: You are so funny.

Luke: Don't say that anymore.

Logan: Mr. Spencer, come on. We'll be back at midnight, all right?

Luke: Midnight? That's a long way away. Wait, what -- how long does a birthing class take?

Logan: Birthing class -- come on. You know it's date night, right?

Luke: Oh, no. Oh, God, no. Make it stop.

Lulu: Well, have fun.

Logan: I know we will -- you know what I mean?

Laura: Mommy loves me more!

Scotty: Does not!

Laura: Does, too!

Scotty: Does not!

Laura: Does, too!

Luke: Where's Grandpa Scott?

Skye: He's usually too busy for kid duty.

Luke: "Too busy"? Doing what?

[Disco music plays]

Luke: Is it Halloween?

Skye: Just a normal day.

Lesley: Do not wait up for me.

Luke: No, no, no, no -- wait. Lesley, you can't leave.

Lesley: Why ever not?

Luke: Well, you got to take these ankle-biting rugrats off my hands.

Lesley: Sorry -- hot date.

Luke: Why are you dressed like that?

Lesley: You have got to pay more attention to the world outside of your own head. Disco is back!

Luke: No!

Lesley: Got to hustle -- "hustle." I don't know how I come up with this stuff.

Luke: No! No, no, this -- this is too much. This is -- this is just too much. You -- you got to wave your magic things and -- and get me out of here. Put me in the desert or in Antarctica, anywhere -- just get me the hell out of here.

Skye: You really are so funny.

Luke: Oh, please stop saying that.

Skye: No, you are. You're so cute to actually think you have a say in any of this.

Luke: Watch me!

Skye: Ah, ah -- oh. I'd reconsider if I were you. It's awfully hot out there.

[Sizzling]

Luke: Ah! Ah!

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[Tracy sighs]

Scott: Tracy, I'm trying to get an update on Luke's condition but nobody's talking.

Tracy: As if you have the right to ask, as if you even have a right to be here.

Bobbie: Tracy, relax. I called Scott, and he's here to help.

Tracy: Are you kidding? The only reason he is here is to foist his son on Lulu.

Skye: Logan can offer Lulu a little comfort during this horrible time -- I really don't see what the problem is.

Tracy: You know what? You're not family, either, so keep your unwanted opinions to yourself!

Bobbie: Okay, that's enough! Now, I realize that you are terrified, but you do not have a monopoly on fear and love where Luke is concerned.

Tracy: No, of course not. Never mind that I'm the only one that did anything to save Luke's life. I was the one that convinced him to have the surgery. If it was left up to the lot of you, he'd be dead!

Lucky: That's not fair, Tracy.

Monica: I am so sorry.

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Luke: Oh, my God. What does your mother feed you -- mud pies?

Scotty: I'm hungry.

Laura: No one cares!

Luke: Try to be a little nicer to your brother.

Laura: I don't have to. He's not my real brother anyway. We bought you at the mall.

Scotty: I hate you.

Luke: Harsh, but effective. Are you proud of yourself?

Laura: Just weeding out the competition.

[Crash]

Luke: Go see what happened.

Laura: Being with you stinks!

Luke: Yeah? Well, I feel the same way you

Lucky: Oh -- diaper duty again?

Luke: Oh, I gave you life. You owe me. Here -- take over.

Lucky: Oh, no, I can’t. I'm already covering for you. I took over your shift -- remember?

Luke: Covering? What -- the shift?

Lucky: At the station.

Luke: Police station?

Lucky: Yeah.

Skye: You're a member of the PCPD now. You and Lucky are partners.

Luke: I'm -- I'm --

Skye: On the side of law and order forever.

Mac: Hey, how you doing, you old duffer? Ready to take on a few holes?

Skye: You and the police commissioner are golfing buddies now.

Luke: Kill me.

Skye: Already done.

Luke: It's night out there. We can't -- we can't golf at night.

Mac: What are you talking about? There's always plenty of light at big putts miniature golf. Oh, unless you got the little cuties. You know, then we could always just meet up for our traditional mid-week iced tea tomorrow.

Skye: He means real iced tea, not long island.

Mac: Hey, by the way, great job on the candy bar bandit case. You know, you and Lucky just might be what this town needs to clean it up. All right, same time -- Kelly’s.

Lucky: You know, I better get back to work. You might want to think about changing that Baldwin -- sensitive digestive tract.

Luke: Oh. I deserve this? What did I ever do that was so horrible?

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Lulu: What happened?

Lucky: We were just about to find out. Monica?

Monica: I don't know.

Tracy: What do you mean, you don't know, Monica? You're the surgeon. You're the one who insisted on having that surgery tonight. You have to know.

Skye: Tracy, you aren't helping. Let Monica speak.

Tracy: I would love to hear her speak, but so far she seems incapable!

Bobbie: Monica, just tell us, please. Is Luke --

Monica: Dr. Julian is -- is trying to repair the damage.

Tracy: What damage, Monica?

Monica: You were right, Tracy. I never should've ever performed surgery.

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Luke: Whoa -- oh!

[Phone rings]

Luke: Good, now stay asleep, you little pile of -- oh.

Laura: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah.

Luke: Who's on the phone?

Laura: My boyfriend?

Luke: Call back in a decade. You're 10 -- no boyfriends!

Laura: You're boring! I want my other grandpa!

Luke: Oh, I suppose that would be the "too busy to change a diaper" grandpa lowlife!

Laura: At least he's not an old fart!

Luke: I'm an old fart? What's so great about this great-grandpa Baldwin?

Skye: Scotty's the head of an international underground organization.

Luke: Not just in Port Charles?

Skye: Oh, his interests are vast and varied.

Luke: That was supposed to be my life.

Skye: He has hotels and casinos in Rio, Monte Carlo, Marrakech. Oh, if it's happening, Scotty’s got a hand in it.

Luke: Yeah? Well, it's about time he had his hand in a dirty diaper. Two of the varmints are in the kitchen. The one with the sensitive digestive system and the dog are asleep in the crib! I'm going out for a drink!

Scott: No, no, no can do, Spencer. Me and my chicky are boarding my private yacht headed to the opening of my new casino on cat island in the Bahamas!

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Tracy: What's taking so long, lover man?

Monica: It was very arrogant of me to think that I could use my emotional detachment that I had developed as a doctor over the years to just push away Emily’s death, to just block it out and go on and do what I knew I did best, and that was saving lives.

Tracy: Monica, what about Luke?

Monica: I froze. I saw Emily’s face everywhere and I lost focus. And then I thought I was losing him.

Lulu: But when you left the operating room, my dad was still alive, right?

Monica: Yes. Dr. Julian is doing everything he can. I just hope to God he makes it.

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Luke: Excuse me.

Scott: Hmm.

Luke: What did you call him?

Tracy: What's it to you?

Luke: You're my wife, wife.

[Tracy laughs]

Skye: She was your wife. You took off one too many times and Tracy left you.

Tracy: I was just a pit stop. You were never committed to me. I was a cash withdrawal on your way to wherever.

Luke: That's -- that's not true.

Scott: Speaking of cash -- your alimony payment is late, Spencer.

Tracy: Again.

Luke: Alimo-- alimony? My -- you don't need my money! You're filthy, disgusting rich!

Tracy: My lover man likes a little extra mad money. It makes him happy. Sweetheart?

Scott: Mm-hmm?

Tracy: The jet is waiting.

Scott: Mm-hmm.

Tracy: I'll be in the car --

Scott: Hmm.

Tracy: Getting ready.

Scott: Ah! Oh, what a great girl she is. But I don't have to tell you that, do I? Do you have a message for Holly?

Luke: Holly?

Scott: Yes, yes. She's going to be at the opening of my casino, and then her and I are going to slip off to Nassau for a little fun.

Luke: You're cheating on Tracy? Finally, something that makes sense.

Scott: There's no cheating. Tracy -- she loves to share me. I got a great life, Spencer! Great! See you around.

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Lesley: We are all sympathetic for your loss. And we're thankful to you for trying to help Luke.

Bobbie: I was there when you got the results of Luke's last tests. He had to have the surgery immediately. You were courageous to take it on.

Monica: No. No, I was just burying my pain at work, at the expense of a patient. You were right, Tracy. I never should have done that.

Tracy: Don't you talk to me.

Lucky: Nobody said my dad was dead.

Tracy: Oh --

Lulu: When will we know something?

Monica: They're doing everything they can to save him, but I -- I'm not going to mislead you. When Dr. Julian got in there, he was slipping away.

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Skye: Looks like you tired them out.

[Luke groans]

Luke: I'm dead, Blaze. I mean, I'm really dead. You got to do something.

Skye: Out of my hands.

[Luke moans]

Luke: Well, then -- then I need fortification.

[Chimes sound]

Luke: Ah. There is a God. Ah. Hmm. Hey, you got a light? Where's the matches? Where's the matches? Where -- no, don't tell me I can't get a light in hell!

[Chimes]

Luke: Oh. You're an angel. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, I get it. None of them work, right?

[Chimes]

Luke: Ah. Oh, wait. What's the deal here? Dribble glass? I don't care. I'll lick the sides. Hell, I'll suck it out of the rug. Whoa. Oh, no. Oh, you have got to be joking!

Skye: No, we don't joke around here.

Luke: All this because I chose the wrong surgeon.

Skye: You were on that path long before you had a heart attack. The question is, if you could do it all over again -- the carousing, the boozing, the blackmail, the larceny --

Luke: Oh, rub it in. Remind me of the good old days.

Skye: If you knew then what you know now, would you live your life any differently?

Luke: Absolutely not. My life was heaven. What's the matter? Wrong answer? Blaze? Blaze, where are you going? No! Hey! Wait, you can't leave me! Hey, you're my guide! Blaze! What am I supposed to do now?

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Leo: We can't do a bypass on this man's heart. He doesn't have one.

Luke: I heard that.

Leo: I'm afraid there's nothing more we can do for Mr. Spencer. Let's close.

Skye: Is this really how you want it to end?

[Skye's voice echoes]

Skye: Welcome back.

Luke: Blaze? You mean -- I'm not --

Tracy: You're still with us. How are you feeling?

Luke: Huh. Like I've been to hell and back.

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Lulu: I'm so relieved my dad's okay. I was so scared.

Logan: It's good to see you smile again.

[Lulu sighs]

Lulu: Yeah, I really want to see him.

Logan: Well, you go do what you want to do, but you probably ought to let him rest, you know?

Lulu: Yeah, yeah, you're probably right. Tracy is probably all over him. Well, tonight was a horrible night, but it would have been so much worse without you.

Logan: Hey, I wouldn't be anywhere else. Come here.

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