>> Phyllis: I'm sorry.
I-- I'm sorry.
I don't mean to be in your way.
That's accidental.
I didn't do it on purpose,
but don't, you know, say that
to anyone in this town.
They won't believe you.
[ Phyllis chuckles ]
Hello.
This is a surprise.
>> Nick: What's, uh, going on?
>> Phyllis: Buy me a drink
and I'll tell you.
♪♪
>> Nikki: Victor, evading
my question only makes me
more suspicious.
Now, I've asked you, where
are you going at this hour?
>> Victor: And I have told you.
>> Nikki: But you didn't give me
a straight answer.
>> Victor: Because I don't want
to worry you.
>> Nikki: You don't think
it worries me that you won't
answer a simple question?
>> Victor: All right,
I'll tell you.
>> Nikki: Thank you.
>> Victor: Have a seat.
So...
I've heard from Jordan.
>> Nikki: And?
>> Victor: She took my bait.
>> Nikki: What does that mean?
>> Victor: I want to meet
with her.
>> Nikki: Oh, Victor, no.
>> Victor: Yes.
Don't worry.
Everything's under control.
>> Nikki: So that's where
you're going right now?
To meet Jordan?
>> Victor: Yeah.
[ Jordan humming ]
[ Jordan chuckles ]
[ Jordan sighs ]
>> Victor: Yes, send him in.
>> Nikki: How do you know that
Jordan's not planning a trap
of her own?
>> Victor: I'm sure she is.
But I have it under control.
I have the upper hand, okay?
>> Nikki: We have thought that
before, Victor,
but look where we are.
>> Victor: Sweetheart, I promise
you, this time will be
successful. This is the last
stage of a plan I have
to make sure that woman
will not cause pain
to our family again.
>> Michael: Okay, I'm here.
What's the emergency?
Oh.
>> Victor: All arranged?
>> Michael: So, this is it, huh?
This is really happening
tonight.
>> Victor: Yes.
>> Michael: Well, uh, yeah,
everything's arranged
as ordered, uh, but I want
to tell you that I'm not crazy
about this.
I don't like the legal risks
you're taking
or the legal risks I'm taking.
>> Nikki: All right, well,
one of you please tell me
what is going on?
What is happening,
and where did this last stage
of your plan come from?
>> Victor: Sweetheart, the less
you know, the better, all right?
I have this under control.
I'll be back
and tell you everything.
Um...
I adore you.
You know that.
You've gotta trust me now,
all right?
Let's go.
>> Claire: Nikki?
I didn't expect to find you up
at this hour.
Are-- are you okay?
>> Nikki: Oh, yeah, yeah.
I've-- I've just been handling
some things.
Uh, I'm too keyed up
to go to bed yet.
>> Claire: I think I have
the perfect solution.
>> Nikki: And what would
that be?
>> Claire: Let me distract you
again.
Only this time,
you tell me a story.
>> Nick: Nah, drink's not gonna
happen for you.
I feel like
you've had plenty already.
>> Phyllis: Sometimes you just
need to annihilate the darkness.
>> Nick: Really?
>> Phyllis: Mm-hmm.
>> Nick: Okay, Phyllis.
>> Phyllis: I had an epiphany.
Do you want to hear it?
>> Nick: Sure.
>> Phyllis: Don't try to change.
Ever.
It's a waste of time.
>> Nick: You know that's
not true, Phyllis.
I've admired the way
you've tried to change.
>> Phyllis: It's true.
Oh, what good has it done?
I mean, my kids...
still walk around me like
they're walking on eggshells.
[ sighs ] My friends...
I don't even have any friends,
that's for sure.
And, uh, then...
I thought I really had a chance
at happiness.
That just blew up in my face.
It was crushed under...
the history...
that I have that I will never,
ever escape from.
So, why try?
>> Nick: I don't suppose this
"second chance at something"
has anything to do with
a certain rock star that we were
talking about at Society
the other night?
>> Phyllis: It doesn't matter.
>> Nick: All of a sudden,
Danny Romalotti doesn't matter?
>> Phyllis: Oh, don't say
his name, please.
Don't say his name.
Uh, why did I even try?
>> Nick: Well, when we were
talking, you gave me
the impression that things were
on the upswing with you two.
>> Phyllis: Yeah.
Well, I was wrong.
He told me who he really wanted,
and it's not me.
>> Nick: He actually said that?
>> Phyllis: Yeah.
He actually said that.
[ Nick sighs ]
You know, when I was standing
there, humiliated
and rejected...
you know what my first
impulse was?
>> Nick: Well, I hope I'm wrong
about this, but I'm guessing
it was revenge.
>> Phyllis: It was revenge.
That's what
my first impulse was.
See? I can't change.
It's like my default.
It's just my tiger stripes.
I've been trying to change
this whole time, and I can't.
It's just obviously who I am.
[ Phyllis sobbing ]
So why should I even try
to change?
>> Nick: Okay, don't--
don't do that.
>> Phyllis: Do what?
>> Nick: This "you can't change"
garbage, and that's what it is.
All right?
We both know that's not true.
>> Phyllis: Yeah, how do you
know that?
>> Nick: Because we've all
watched you do it for months,
and do it very well, by the way.
You can change.
You did change.
>> Phyllis: Oh, I haven't, Nick.
I haven't.
And even if you think I have,
so what?
So damn what?
Where's my drink?
>> Nick: No, we're not gonna do
that, all right?
I've got a better offer for you.
>> Phyllis: What is
your better offer?
>> Nick: Instead of a drink,
why don't you let me buy you
some dinner?
Junk food.
All you want, whatever you want.
>> Phyllis: What kind
of junk food?
>> Nick: Name it.
>> Phyllis: Um...
how about, uh,
room service junk food?
[ laughs ] I mean--
>> Nick: Really?
>> Phyllis: Yeah, it is
the best, because no one
will see me eating.
[ Phyllis laughs ]
And I want to change
out of this dress.
I feel embarrassed, so...
>> Nick: Okay.
Let's do it.
You lead the way.
Hey, let's, you know,
just-- let's leave that.
[ Phyllis laughs ]
>> Phyllis: Ooh.
>> Nick: Okay, o-- okay.
>> Phyllis: Yeah, it's okay.
It's okay. It's all right.
>> Nick: You're doing great.
>> Phyllis: It's okay.
>> Nikki: It's sweet of you
to try to distract me, but...
I'm afraid I'm just not up
to telling stories tonight.
>> Claire: Not even
the legendary story of how
Nikki Reed met Victor Newman?
I read about a million versions
of it, and Jordan spoon-fed me
more dirt on all of you
than I ever wanted to know.
[ Nikki sighs ]
>> Nikki: I can only imagine.
Well, all right.
But you asked for it, so...
fasten your seatbelt.
>> Michael: I don't feel great
about this location, Victor.
>> Victor: Why?
>> Michael: I think it was
a mistake not to bring
police back up.
If Jordan shows up to meet you,
they take her into custody.
It's over. End of story.
>> Victor: She would have
noticed that a mile away.
>> Michael: I do have one favor
to ask you.
>> Victor: What's that?
>> Michael: Don't make me a liar
to my wife.
No heroics, no surprises.
Look, I promised Lauren I'd be
home in a couple of hours,
safe and sound.
>> Victor: Lauren has nothing
to worry about, okay?
[ clattering ]
>> Victor: Now you have given
yourself
an impressive advantage.
I mean, look at those rooftops.
No way I could position
the sniper.
Not that that thought
ever occurred to me.
>> Jordan: No, because that
would be so unsportsmanlike.
So un-Victor Newman of you.
>> Victor: I said I would come
with my lawyer.
No cops, just one man.
I kept my word.
>> Jordan: Well, that's funny,
because my sister never said
that about you
before she died.
But that was decades ago.
People do change.
>> Victor: Well, some do,
and some don't.
>> Jordan: You are beginning
to bore me.
So let's get right
to the point, okay?
Mr. Man of His Word,
tell me about this restitution.
[ Michael clears throat ]
What have we here?
>> Victor: It's your new life.
>> Jordan: Oh.
You've got my attention.
Tell me more.
>> Victor: It's a bank account
with 10 million bucks in it.
>> Jordan: Nice.
>> Victor: And a new passport,
new identity,
new birth certificate.
Ball of wax.
>> Jordan: Go on.
>> Victor: And keys
and a deed to a new house
in the south of France.
>> Jordan: Oh.
With or without a pool?
>> Victor: Well,
what do you think?
Imagine.
You can start a new life.
Beautiful home,
beautiful country.
Don't have to worry
about a damn thing.
[ Jordan scoffs ]
>> Jordan: Sounds
so very tempting.
>> Victor: Just think.
You no longer have to be
on the run.
No cops on your tail.
No worries about prosecution.
All you have to do
is leave the United States.
Never look back.
>> Nikki: I guess the best place
to start would be my late teens.
Not a part of my life
that I'm particularly proud of.
>> Claire: Why?
What was going on with you?
>> Nikki: Oh, I was very naive
and a bit promiscuous.
Kind of a wild child.
I took every wrong path
I came across.
>> Claire: Like what?
>> Nikki: Well...
I signed on to a modeling agency
that turned out to be a front
for prostitution.
And then I joined a commune
that turned out to be a cult.
>> Claire: I'm so sorry, Nikki.
I didn't know any of that.
>> Nikki: Then I got a job
dancing at a club
called The Bayou.
I'm certain
you heard about that.
>> Claire: It was one of
Jordan's fixations, yes.
>> Nikki: Well, in the meantime,
a very handsome,
successful older man
named Victor Newman
was going through a rough time.
His first wife had left him,
and he was depressed.
So one night, his best friend,
Douglas Austin, decided
to cheer him up
by taking him out to a club.
>> Claire: The one where
you were working?
>> Nikki: Exactly.
So Victor was sitting
in the audience when I came out
on stage that night.
It was the first time we ever
laid eyes on each other.
>> Claire: Did he ask you out?
>> Nikki: Um, no, not exactly.
It was more like
he took me under his wing.
He was determined to transform
this mess, street-smart,
punk kid
into a sophisticated young lady.
Uh, he arranged
for etiquette lessons,
and I learned how to dress,
learned how to carry on
proper conversation
at a cocktail party.
>> Victor: We'll have
to make time for music.
The piano you have at home
probably isn't very good,
so I want you to come here
and practice for about an hour
or two every day.
And then you'll need
some coaching,
and I'll arrange for that.
>> Nikki: Well, those lessons
are gonna cost a lot of money.
>> Victor: Well, I can afford
to indulge my whims,
and right now it just suits me
to give you some music lessons.
>> Nikki: And what do you want
in return?
I mean, nobody takes the time
and money to do this
sort of thing for a person if
they don't want something back.
>> Victor: Well, the finished
product will be my reward.
I mean, when I'm done with you,
you'll be ready to go anywhere
and meet anyone.
You'll be an accomplished
and cultured woman.
So now, play again.
And this time with more legato.
>> Nikki: Oh, you-- you know
about music, too?
>> Victor: I know something
about almost everything,
and so will you.
>> Claire: And in the process,
the two of you fell in love?
>> Nikki: Oh, well, I did.
He didn't. Not-- not yet.
>> Claire: Jordan said that the
two of you were married
several times.
>> Nikki: Well, that is true,
uh, to each other
and to other people.
We've both been through a lot,
but, um, we always managed
to find our way back
to each other.
And I guess that's a testament
to the devotion we have for one
another and for our children,
our grandchildren.
Family is very important to us.
You see, Victor was raised
in an orphanage.
>> Claire: I had read that,
but Jordan said that that was
just a phony publicity story
manufactured by
Newman Enterprises
to counteract Victor's
ruthless reputation.
>> Victor: Well, for his sake,
I wish that were true, but
he did grow up in an orphanage,
and family was something
that he always yearned for.
And now that he has one,
he makes damn sure that nothing
will happen to any of us,
including you.
>> Claire: Me?
After everything I did?
>> Nikki: As far as he's
concerned, anyone with a drop
of Newman blood is family,
and he will love
and protect them forever.
>> Claire: This doesn't sound
anything like the terrible man
I grew up hearing about.
When did Eve Howard
come into your lives?
[ door opens ]
>> Phyllis: Wait here.
>> Nick: I plan to.
>> Phyllis: Okay.
>> Nick: Wow. [ sighs ]
Hey, how's it going?
Uh, could I get
some food sent up?
Yeah, um, let's go with
a couple of cheeseburgers,
some fries, uh, onion rings,
and mac and cheese.
Yeah, two orders of each.
Thanks. Bye.
>> Phyllis: Did you get onion
rings or grilled cheese?
>> Nick: Uh, I got onion rings
and mac and cheese, so...
>> Phyllis: Oh, mac and cheese!
Oh, my favorites.
Because you know my motto,
do you remember?
"I never met a carb
that I didn't like."
Yeah.
>> Nick: Yeah.
>> Phyllis: Well, you can go.
Yeah, you can go.
Thank you for taking care of me
for, like, the one-...
billionth time that I'm not
at my best, so thank you.
>> Nick: Yeah, that's not
gonna happen.
You think I'm gonna let you have
all this food to yourself?
No.
[ Phyllis clears throat ]
>> Phyllis: Listen, if you could
not tell Summer or Daniel
that this happened,
I'd really appreciate it.
I know that's a lot to ask,
you know, considering, um,
my luck these days.
I'm not counting on it, but...
>> Nick: I promise you,
neither one of them's gonna hear
a word about this from me.
>> Phyllis: Thank you.
>> Nick: Sure.
>> Phyllis: Do you want
a nightcap?
>> Nick: No, I'm good, thanks.
>> Phyllis: I mean, do you mind
if I make myself one?
>> Nick: Not at all.
>> Phyllis: All right.
Thank you.
[ Phyllis clears throat ]
>> Nick: You know, you could
just put the drink down,
and we could talk about whatever
it is that's bothering you.
You could, uh, rant, whatever.
Get anything you want off
your chest.
I'm here to listen.
>> Phyllis: No judgment?
>> Nick: I wouldn't,
even if I was thinking it.
>> Phyllis: So, um, Abby gave me
the restaurant, and, I mean,
the entire restaurant plus
the kitchen because Danny
was gonna make his pasta recipe.
His, um...
He makes a special,
uh, sauce,
and he was gonna make it.
Um, so it was just gonna
be one last night
before he, um, went on tour.
>> Nick: So Danny
is leaving town?
>> Phyllis: Yeah,
he's leaving town.
>> Nick: Well, I mean, it sounds
like you came up with a pretty
cool way to say goodbye.
>> Phyllis: Yeah.
It's very romantic.
>> Nick: Please tell me
he showed up.
>> Phyllis: Yeah, he showed up.
With Christine.
>> Nick: Oh. Ouch.
>> Phyllis: Ouch.
>> Nick: Sorry.
>> Phyllis: Yeah, it was
kind of ouch.
You know, this time I really
felt like Danny and I
had a chance.
I know it sounds weird,
but I just felt like, um...
that I was being rewarded for
changing like I've been doing.
I've been working really hard.
And I felt like it--
it was fate.
They were giving me a do-over.
Um...
you know, that I was
getting a chance to...
right so many wrongs
from my past.
You know.
And I felt like, um,
Danny and I really connected
in a different way this time.
>> Nick: Sounds to me like
you did a great job.
You know, you might be looking
at this the wrong way, though.
It's not a matter of
good versus bad.
It's just a human thing,
you know, a connection.
Danny and Christine,
they always click.
>> Phyllis: I click
with him, too.
I didn't just imagine that.
I mean, it was really there.
I guess I'm...
just not enough.
Wow.
How am I not enough?
>> Nick: You are.
You are enough, all right?
And you...
you will be for...
someone else.
>> Phyllis: Who?
Who?
Where are they?
It's weird talking
about this with you.
I can't talk about
this with you.
It's just really hard. Um...
I've been working so hard
at being better.
Being better than I was,
at least.
It's just difficult trying
to be the person
that my kids want me to be.
And be the person that everybody
in this town wants me to be.
Every day is hard.
And at the end of the day,
I just feel alone.
That's all.
And lonely.
>> Claire: Nikki, I'm sorry.
That was stupid.
Your story's wonderful,
and I shouldn't have asked
about my grandmother.
Just skip over
the Eve Howard part.
It's probably the last thing
you want to relive right now
after the nightmare
you've been through.
>> Nikki: Well, you know what?
It might be helpful for me
to just get it all out.
That's a long,
complicated story.
Did Jordan ever tell you
that Eve tried to poison Victor?
>> Claire: No.
She always made it out like
Eve was so innocent and loving,
that Victor betrayed her.
>> Nikki: She was a menace,
just like her sister.
She was arrested and taken
to a psychiatric facility.
>> Claire: Oh, like me.
>> Nikki: No, not like you.
Everything she did was
of her own free will.
And unlike you,
she didn't want to get well.
So she just continued
on her path of destruction.
And then she read in the paper
that Victor and I
were getting married,
so she infiltrated our wedding,
disguised as a caterer,
and tried to stab me.
>> Claire: What?
Knives and the disguises
and the poison, it's--
it's just like Jordan.
I didn't know any of this.
>> Nikki: Well, no,
of course not.
She couldn't tell you the truth
about these things and still
pretend to be righteous.
I didn't tell you this
to upset you.
I'm so sorry if I did.
I just think that you deserve
to know the truth about
both sides of your family.
>> Claire: I do, yeah.
Thank you for telling me.
It's just...
It makes me think.
>> Nikki: About what?
>> Claire: Everything I did.
The lies, the deception,
the drugging,
the alcohol in your IV.
>> Nikki: Honey, that was all
Jordan's influence.
>> Claire: But still,
I'm the one
who did those things.
What if their madness is in me?
>> Michael: For Pete's sake,
the offer's on the table.
Take it or leave it.
>> Victor: Now, Jordan, you know
that your sister Eve would not
want you to spend the rest
of your life in prison
just to avenge her.
>> Jordan: Of course
she wouldn't.
So what's the catch?
>> Victor: Nothing. No catch.
>> Jordan: Really?
>> Victor: No.
>> Jordan: So what's to stop you
from calling the authorities
and informing them about my new
identity and then having them
arrest me at the airport
before I even board the plane?
Or perhaps, perhaps,
you've already rigged that
lovely chateau in France to go
boom the minute that I show up.
I'm not an idiot, Victor.
>> Michael: Neither is Victor.
He antic--
He anticipated that
you'd think that.
>> Victor: I have a solution.
I will assure you that
this won't happen.
>> Jordan: I can't wait
to hear it.
>> Victor: You take me...
as your hostage.
>> Jordan: So take you
as my hostage?
>> Victor: Mm-hmm.
>> Jordan: Tell me how
that would work.
>> Victor: Very simple.
You take me to a hideaway
that only you know about.
You lock me up...
until you have made your escape.
Then you call my lawyer.
Tell him where he can find me.
>> Jordan: What if I should
decide to just leave you there
to rot?
>> Michael: Then I will
personally see to it that
your $10 million...
bank account vanishes
into thin air and your location
and new identity
is reported to Interpol.
>> Victor: Think about it.
Dream of your new life,
a beautiful country,
beautiful mansion, swimming
pool, more money than
you can ever dream of.
And all shattered...
because of you.
>> Nikki: You are nothing like
your grandmother and your aunt.
I won't even let you
think such a thing.
The fact that you were able
to change so dramatically
after all those
miserable years with Jordan,
I mean, that just proves what a
kind and decent person you are.
>> Claire: Your opinion
of my mental state...
of my decency, really...
it's what I've feared
the most, so...
thank you for saying that.
>> Nikki: I'm not just
saying it.
I mean it.
Jordan tried to destroy
both of us.
But look at us now.
And if Victor is right,
things may take a turn tonight,
and we will be rid
of Jordan forever.
>> Claire: How?
What's happening tonight?
>> Nick: Phyllis, no.
[ Phyllis moans ]
No. No.
>> Phyllis: Yes.
>> Nick: All right?
This is a bad idea
for a lot of reasons.
>> Phyllis: Oh, it's not.
Name one reason.
>> Nick: Stop. Stop it.
All right?
For one, you're not thinking
clearly right now,
and I'm a gentleman.
All right? And...
we both know where
this goes from here.
We cannot go back to that.
>> Phyllis: Okay, listen,
I'm gonna propose this.
How about this?
No strings.
All right? Just two...
lonely people...
who love each other very much.
>> Nick: I'm...
I never said anything
about being lonely.
>> Phyllis: Yes, you are.
Yes, you are lonely.
Yes, you are. I could see it.
Sally dumped you for Adam.
>> Nick: Okay.
Now we brought up Adam.
That's like
an instant cold shoulder.
[ knocking on door ]
Food's here.
All right, perfect.
Let's get some carbs
in you ASAP.
Hey, how's it going?
Thank you so much.
All right, here you go.
Thank you. Appreciate you.
>> bellhop: Sir.
>> Phyllis: I know you love me
just a little.
>> Nick: I mean, we've talked
about this many times, Phyllis.
We will always be woven
into each other's lives.
And it's not just
because of Summer.
It's also because of our, uh...
amazing history.
Which includes
a lot of mistakes.
A lot of mistakes.
But I hope you know,
no matter how tough times get,
you can always count on me.
Just like I know I can
always count on you.
Well, I mean, usually.
>> Phyllis: Always.
You can always count on me.
I love talking to you.
I love listening to you.
We could have done this in bed.
>> Nick: Yeah, we could have.
You would have regretted that.
>> Phyllis: No, I wouldn't.
>> Nick: Oh, Phyllis.
I'm gonna go.
Yeah, I'm gonna go.
Are you okay?
>> Phyllis: Well, I mean,
I'm fine.
Thank you, thank you
for everything tonight.
>> Nick: Glad I could help.
[ both laugh ]
>> Phyllis: Thank you.
I mean it. Thank you.
>> Nick: Anytime.
>> Nikki: All I know is that
Jordan reached out to Victor
tonight and they made plans
to meet.
Aside from that, I'm as much
in the dark as you are.
>> Claire: God, I hope
he's okay.
>> Nikki: Just don't lose
sight of the fact that
if Victor's plan works tonight,
we have you to thank.
>> Claire: No.
Not me at all.
>> Nikki: Yes, you.
You had the strength
to reach out to a woman
who terrifies you, all for
the good of your new family.
The courage that it took for you
to set tonight in motion,
that's the Newman side of you.
You have proven that
deep in your soul,
you are a Newman.
>> Victor: So what is it
going to be?
A life of wealth?
And freedom that you could
never have imagined?
Or the life you have today?
Alone.
Despised.
Hunted like an animal.
Do we have a deal?
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