A very big thank you to Sheila who went to all
the trouble to transcribe these scenes.....*S*

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April 22 and 23, 1998 *The night of the proposal*

Del and Téa enter the penthouse

Del: Okay…Oh…kay…now I get it…

Téa: Get what?

Del: The appeal…of the heel. It comes in a very nice package. Is this view for real?

Téa: It's a penthouse. It comes with a view. Besides, you know. Todd takes care of the money side of things.

Del: It doesn't mean you're not paying. You never could stand it, could you? Being the janitor's daughter, living in a dark basement apartment. You always wanted something better, something higher up the ladder. Well now you've got it, you're way at the top.

Téa: Why don't you just go ahead…tell me how angry you are with me and let's get it over with.

Del: Okay, so you made a mistake.

Téa: To which mistake are you referring to? Marrying Todd or…telling him you're my brother.

Del: Well, I've had my cover blown before, but never by my own sister.

Téa: He won't say anything to anyone…

Del: Right, yeah…uh-huh…

Téa: He won't…I…I trust him.

Del: As much as he trusts you?

Téa: He does trust me. He made a huge leap of faith tonight. I mean how did it look, huh? Me in a flea bag motel with a strange man?

Del: To him…probably funky.

Téa: Right. Right. But Todd trusted me before I told him you were my brother. It was like pulling teeth, but the point is, he did it.

Del: Okay, so what happens now? You're back in your fancy penthouse. What happens now?

Téa: I…I don't know.

Del: I do. You leave right now.

Téa: I…I don't…I can't just walk out on him. He's gonna be home any minute. I…I…

Del: Come here, I'll help you. Téa, come on.

Téa: You know…I can't…I can't think straight.

Del: Look, how long have you lived with this guy? Don't you know him by now?

Téa: Well that's why I can't just walk out. I *do* know him. Okay, okay, okay. So Todd could be a little…a little out of control, you know. But, uh, tonight…tonight something changed.

Del: He trusted you.

Téa: Yes, yes. He did. And it was…it was a good thing. It was a flash of something true and good. It was a connection.

Del: Téa, quit running. Quit running. Look at me.

Téa: I don't want to look at you.

Del: Okay then look at yourself. Hard. And tell me if a piece of something good is enough for you.

At the Palace Bar

Sam: Whoa…well you look like a man who spent the night in jail.

Todd: Very funny. I'll put a laugh in the envelope with your next check, neither of which you deserve.

Sam: Look, pal, you put yourself back in that jail cell, you know what I mean? And you're lucky that cop cut you some slack. Now, would you like something to drink maybe?

Todd: No, I want my wife back

Sam: Okay. Where do you stand with her?

Todd: Better I guess.

Sam: How so?

Todd: Well, Bible Boy is out of the way and turns out that this wino…cop…you know, gimme-gimme a scotch, three rocks. Anyway, I think that things with Delgado that…it… could be okay.

Sam: Okay? Well, coming from you that's unbridled optimism.

Todd: Yeah, I'll give it a shot. Only…

Sam: Only what?

Todd: Only…I'm stuck.

Sam: What? You don't know what to do next?

Todd: Yeah, I could blow th…uh…I could blow the thing with like two words and I…I don't know how to get her to stick around.

Sam: Well, in three words, let her go.

Todd: No, I don't know how to get her to stick around.

Sam: Todd, look. The way you hold on to a wild bird is with an open palm, all right? As soon as you close your hand they fly away. You gotta just…uh…let her be free.

Todd: You're fired.

Sam: I'm outta here.

Todd: No, no, no…sit down…

Sam: Todd, what you gotta do is you gotta tell Téa how you feel

Todd: Okay, now you're really funny

Sam: No, no…sit down, sit down, sit down. Look, what I mean is, if you want Téa to stay she's gotta stay voluntarily, and the only way she's gonna do that is if you set her free.

Todd: You sound like a…like a Buddhist bumper sticker.

Sam: Well, you asked me what you should do, I'm telling you.

Todd: Why are you coming on to me with all this sixties crap?

Sam: Because it's true and it works.

Todd: You're telling me the way to get Delgado to stay is…is…to cut her loose.

Sam: In essence, yeah.

Todd: Okay, that may go over real big with the Zen crowd, but I got a big problem with that.

Sam: Namely?

Todd: What if I let her go, and she stays gone?

At Bo's birthday bash

Nora: Todd's out of jail…I wish he was out of Téa's heart.

Sam: Well, yeah, well, you know love is stubborn, kinda like a disease.

Nora: So what happens now?

Sam: Well, I told Todd what I think…and he knows what I think he ought to do. It's just a matter of whether or not he has the courage to actually go ahead and do it.

Nora: God, I hope he doesn't.

Sam: I…Look, I understand why you feel the way you do about Todd, but…I gotta tell ya, I feel that he's salvageable.

Nora: Well that's a hardly a word I've ever associated with Todd Manning

Sam: Yes, yes…a-and…you know I don't know why, but for some reason Todd has always
moved me. He's so alone. You know, sometimes you can just stand there and almost hear the wind whistling through the empty rooms.

Nora: He made his life, didn't he?

Sam: Yeah, he did, and now he really wants to change it and I'm gonna stand behind him. I'm gonna help him change. I just have a feeling that if he doesn't get Téa back, he's gonna have nothing left for the rest of his life but empty rooms.

Nora: One woman can make that much of a difference?

Sam: Oh, yeah…yeah, one woman can make all the difference…in the world.

Back at the penthouse

Téa: Todd is not a lost cause.

Del: Then why do you look so sad. You're lonely, aren't ya?

Téa: Sometimes. But there's a great antidote to that right upstairs. Starr.

Del: Manning's little girl.

Téa: Yeah. Todd totally changes when he's around her. His face softens, he smiles from some place nobody else can reach. A man who loves his daughter that much *can't* be hopeless.

Del: You know…hit men, people who poison wells love their children too.

Téa: Look, Todd's hurt, okay?

Del: Oh please…

Téa: Trust me on this. He…he needs…he needs things.

Del: What, a wife to kick around?

Téa: No! He needs warmth, he needs companionship, he needs love, Del.

Del: And you're gonna give it to him. Téa, haven't you tried this before, huh?

Téa: Well…I want to try again. (a pause where Del notices her toying with her necklace)

Del: This Mami's necklace? (she nods) Remember? What it was like when she left? Yeah, Papi's heart was broken. And even though you were the youngest one in the family, you held us together, you know. You took it on like…like it was your job.

Téa: A big job.

Del: Well, a job you never should have had to do because you were a little girl and your heart was broken too. But Papi, Papi's…Papi counted on you to uh…keep him happy.

Téa: Maybe things back then were…pretty terrible, huh?

Del: Then why are you putting yourself through it again, huh? I mean you're in a penthouse instead of a basement. You're a hotshot lawyer instead of a…a third grader in pigtails. It wasn't your job to make Papi…happy. And it's not your job to keep Todd happy. Okay?

Téa: Listen, Todd…

Del: Look, I'm sick and tired of hearing about Todd, what he needs. What about what you need, huh?

Todd walks in

Todd: Get the hell out of my house. I want to talk to my wife alone

Del: Keep it to yourself what you know, okay?

Todd: Come on, you're not fooling anybody. You're a cop, you look like a cop, you smell like a cop, you're a cop.

Del: But nobody's I'm her brother, so you keep it to yourself.

Téa: It's all right… it's all right…

Del: Well yeah, we'll soon find out. A luego (he kisses her on the cheek)

Téa: A luego.

Del: I'll meet you later…at the *Palace Bar*. (he leaves)

Téa: Listen, Todd…

Todd: Shut up for a second…I got something I got to say.

Téa: What?

Todd: You can have your divorce.

Téa: What?

Todd: You heard me. You're free.

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Téa: Why are you doing this?

Todd: It's springtime, I'm giddy.

Téa: What's the catch?

Todd: No catch.

Téa: You're just giving me the divorce uncontested…

Todd: You don't want to be here, there's no point in you being here. Get the hell out.

Téa: What are you going to do?

Todd: Figure it out.

Téa: Thank you.

Todd: Yeah. You'd better go…pack.

Téa: Yeah. I guess…(she starts to go up the stairs)

Todd: Delgado, wait…um…ohhh…I…hate…words

Téa: Try a few anyway.

Todd: It…it a-always…it comes out funny, you know…l-like I'm an idiot or it's some kind of joke…

Téa: But this is no joke, is it. Is it, Todd?

Todd: No.

Téa: Then talk to me… please.

Todd: Aww…talk…it-it's so…it…it's cheap. Talk is cheap. And it doesn't…doesn't do anything. It doesn't…it doesn't change anything

Téa: It doesn't have to be that way

Todd: And sappy talk, I mean, that's the worst. Somebody like I…somebody would say 'I-I love you' or 'I'll never leave' and then…then they leave. They all... My mother left…

Téa: Yeah, so did mine.

Todd: So let's just skip…the talk.

Téa: No. No, I don't want to. What do you want to say to me, Todd?

Todd: All right. I-I want to say that…um…that I-I won't split on you the way your mother
did…because…

Téa: What?

Téa: I know you have the words in you, Todd. I've heard them. When you put Starr to sleep at night, when you talk to her?

Todd: That's so stupid, that's a kid. That's completely different.

Téa: Yeah, but you…you love her. I remember…one night it was raining a lot and the wind was making the windows shake? Yeah, and Starr was scared, so you sat with her and talked to her about the air ponies…how they'd galloped through the sky sometimes, and that was what made the wind. Hearing your voice coming out of Starr's dark room…it…it made me feel safer.

Todd: You do it, you do it…you… y-you talk…y-you're the one that's good with the words.

Téa: No, no. I want to hear your words, Todd. Listen, if you want me to stay, we-we have to talk to each other, huh? Otherwise there'll never be anything between us but dead space.

Todd: All right, look…you know I uh…I'm mixed up. I'm *messed* up, you know that. But I feel like…like you and me we see…different things…

Téa: What do you mean?

Todd: Well, when you look at me, you…

Téa: Like…go on, go on…

Todd: When you look at me you…you…okay I look at me I see garbage, you…see something else…something okay. I'm all twisted up. And you…help me to untwist.

Téa: H-how do I do that to you?

Todd: And that's what real people do, right? They…they help…people to untwist.

Téa: H-how did I…?

Todd: You you um…I was having a nightmare and then you just talked to me, and…and…I could sleep. That's…that's how you help me.

Téa: And what about me?

Todd: What about you? You're fine, you don't need help.

Téa : That's not true. I need help…too in some ways

Todd: Ohh…how?

Téa: Well, we made a deal and we called it a marriage but I need…I need different terms…I need real ones.

Todd: Ohhhh…like…?

Téa: Like I want to be a real woman with a real husband and a real family

Todd: You want the whole nine yards, huh?

Téa: Yeah. I want warmth…passion…compassion, I want a man who will hold me close in his arms and even closer in his heart.

Todd: You got a long list…

Téa: Can you give me everything on it? Can you promise me all that and more, without one second's hesitation? (long pause…Todd is paralyzed and cannot speak) There's my answer.

(she leaves)

commercial

At the Palace Bar

Sam: Téa. Téa, are you all right?

Téa: Yeah close enough…uh, you'll probably hear from Todd soon.

Sam: Well, good news I hope.

Téa: Yes for me. He's uh… he's agreed to the divorce.

Sam: What?

Téa: Yeah…um…that's the end of it.

Sam: Well, I'm uh sorry to hear that. Excuse me, I have to go.

(she goes to Del)

Del: I heard, I heard.

Téa: And don't tell me. You can see it in my face.

Del: There's a lot there. So listen, is this something that you really want? Or isn't it?

At Bo's bash

Viki: Todd? Are you looking for somebody?

Todd: Yeah, I'm looking for my lawyer

Viki: Sam? Well, he was here earlier, but uh…why, what's wrong?

Todd: Not here…

Viki: No.

Todd: Everything's wrong.

Viki: Téa?

Todd: Téa's history. And that stupid sorry excuse for a lawyer I was dumb enough to hire is too. He totally screwed me up.

Viki: How?

Todd: He gave me some great advice. You know what he said? I should give Delgado a divorce.

Viki: He must have had his reasons.

Todd: He has a reason. He's a Buddhist.

Viki: That doesn't make any sense.

Todd: Nothing makes sense around here.

Viki: Sit down and talk to me. Just for a minute, okay? Come on…just tell me what happened.

Todd: The brilliant Rappaport said that if I gave Delgado a divorce that maybe she might want to stick around on her own.

Viki: She didn't?

Todd: No, she went right out the door.

Viki: I'm sorry. Did she give you a reason?

Todd: Yes, she said she wanted to have a big happy family. (eating some leftover food on the table) How can I do that?

Viki: Are you nuts? Of course you can do that.

Todd: Hey, look, human is hard for me, normal is like Everest…I…She's a people person. She talks about her feelings and...and forget it.

Viki: Well you obviously did.

Todd: Why?

Viki: Why? You have conveniently managed to erase a entire section of your life from your memory, just so you can maintain this absurd image you have of yourself as some sort of freakish doomed loner. You've totally forgotten your daughter, haven't you? Starr came into your life and changed it, Todd. And now Téa is offering you another chance at love and happiness. You have to take that, you have to grab it, you have to stick with it.

Todd: It is completely different. Starr's a little girl. Delgado…Delgado's a lawyer.

Viki: Don't you ever *think* about giving up, please. Listen, I never thought I would see my son out of a hospital bed much less at a party. But Kevin did it.

Todd: (looking back at him) I never liked Kevin.

Viki: Ohh…all right. Listen to me, this is for you. I want you to have this.

Todd: What? What?

Viki: What? It's a ring…take it. That ring belonged to our father's great great great grandmother…I think I have enough greats in there…her name was Ruth (he starts to bite it) Don't do that.

Todd: Sorry. Never heard of Ruth

Viki: Really, what a surprise. She left Philadelphia in the 1860s, she rode the Oregon Trail all the way to California, and buried her husband along the way.

Todd: Did she shoot him?

Viki: Oh aren't you funny. She got out West; she started her own business, she raised five kids all by herself. And when she died at 86, she was a very rich and a very contented woman. So don't you ever, ever talk about giving up.

(Interestingly enough, the song "Then Came You" is playing in the background…not sure that is the title, but one of the lyrics goes: "I never knew love before, then came you, then came you.")

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At the Palace Bar

Téa: Todd's trouble, you're right. And I should never have let a good man like Andrew go, but I didn't…

Del: Téa…you did the right thing, okay?

Téa: Then why does it hurt so much?

Todd enters the bar, as Viki and Sam follow

Sam: Will you tell me what the hell is going on? Talk to me…what…

Todd: You…you…right there and you…you here.

Viki: What…

Todd: (to Viki) I'm uh…I'm gonna go West. (he turns to Téa) All right look, I've got my gang here…everybody who thinks that they can pretty much stand me. And then-then this guy means something to you for whatever reason. So they're all…they're all… witnesses.

Téa: To what?

Todd: Words. I've got the words, okay, and I'm going to say them right now in front of everybody or I'll…I'll…never say them. I…uh… I have been thinking… about a-about what you said everything you know…all that junk that you wanted…the devotion and…and friendliness… all that garbage and-and… Well, I'm up for it.

Téa: Todd…

Todd: Now shut up for a second a-and…look this is not…I'm not good at this…I'm not good at…at… happiness…but I'll-I'll try, I will, Téa, I promise you I'll try. Okay. (he clears his throat and kneels down)

Téa: Oh…no…you don't have to…

Todd: Okay shut up and let me finish all right? This is a uh…this is a… ring that was handed down to me by a woman that who will have to go through a hell of a lot…well she went through more roadblocks than you'll have to if you marry me.

Téa: Marry you? We're already married…

Todd: Yeah, but we're gonna get divorced, so we'll get married again and it-it'll be different this time…

Téa: You mean…

Todd: N-not like a business agreement, I mean something that-that we…want to do.

Téa: I don't know what to say.

Todd: Then say yes. Come on, say yes before I think about how crazy and stupid this is, huh? You'll have it all…the gown…that thing in front of your face…music…I love you Téa.

*The next episode*

(lines are repeated with a little variation…)

Todd: And it'll be different this time…

Téa: You mean…

Todd: I mean it-it wouldn't be like a business deal, it…we would get married because we want to.

Téa: I don't know what to say

. Todd: Well then say yes, huh? …before I think about this too much and realize how crazy and stupid it all is. I'll give you the whole thing….gown…that…thing in your face that…music…I love you Téa.

Téa: (after an emotional pause) Yes.

Todd: What, yes? Y-you just said yes?

Téa: Yes, I said yes.

(Téa takes off her old ring, and Todd reacts with dejection, taking it the wrong way and puts out his hand for it, as if she is somehow rejecting him…Téa realizes this and gets up)

Téa: Oh…no, no, no…I'm just changing its location…so that there's room on this hand…for that one. (Todd thrusts forward his hand with the ring and Téa takes it) Well it fits so that's a good sign.

Viki: The first of many. I wish you all the best (she embraces Téa)

Hey, congratulations (she kisses Todd on the cheek)

Todd: Thanks. (he smiles!)

Sam: Yeah, well, uh, I'm proud of you there Boomer. It took a lot of courage to go on record like that in front of a large audience. And I know that you meant every word of it. Now all you have to do is show up. (Todd is about to respond, but is stopped by Téa's words to her brother)

Téa: Be happy for me please?

Del: (they embrace) We'll talk later.

Sam: (grabbing Todd's arm as he tries to escape) Okay…no no no no no no no no….time to kiss the bride, pal.

Viki: Yes. Your current and future bride.

(Todd walks over to Téa and they kiss. Andrew happens to enter the bar during this moment.)

(commercial)

Sam: Hey, how about champagne for everybody?

Viki: Oh yes that's…thank you so much. (takes a glass) Well I say we drink to family.

Sam: Yeah, how about family and new beginnings?

Viki: Cheers.

Sam: Cheers.

Viki: (she sees Andrew) Excuse me, Sam.

Sam: Sure.

Viki: Andrew, I don't really think that this is a time for you to be here right now

Andrew: No, I think my timing's right on the money

Andrew: (walking up to Todd and Téa) I guess congratulations are in order

Téa: Yes.

Andrew: You're staying…

Téa: We've decided to um…reconcile. There's going to be a big wedding this time (she's giggling!)

Andrew: Well I would just like to…I guess what I need to say here is…

Todd: You don't need to say anything.

Andrew: I wish you both the best I wish you all the happiness in the world, Téa. (he leaves and Téa takes a big gulp of champagne)

Viki: My goodness I wish I had had my camera with me because I don't think anyone is going to believe that this actually happened. (Todd slips out)

Téa: Tell me about it, but I've got the ring to prove it

Viki: Yes you do. The ring actually belonged to our great great great great grandmother Ruth. I hope that it brings you much happiness in life.

Téa: Oh…did you tell Todd that?

Viki: Uh-huh.

Téa: Oh you did? Todd? Todd?

(At Bo's bash, after Andrew wishes Bo "Happy Birthday")

Nora: Hey, Andrew, is it bad?

Andrew: Yeah. Yeah, it's bad.

Nora: Is Dorian gonna die?

Andrew: Dorian…um, yeah, I'm sorry…I was thinking of somebody else.

Nora: What? Téa?

Andrew: Yeah…there's some late-breaking news from the bar. Todd and Téa are officially reconciled.

Nora: What?

Andrew: Yeah, they got the ring. There's going to be a real wedding this time

Nora: Please, for Téa's sake, tell me this isn't true.

(Téa walks back into the Palace Bar, confused)

Viki: Any luck?

Sam: The groom's disappeared.

Viki: Well, why don't we go see if he's found himself some secluded corner somewhere.

Del: Is that his MO? Make one decent move then quit and run?

Téa: Look, you don't understand him.

Del: From what I've seen I don't want to.

Téa: Give him a chance. He's trying, he is, he wants to be different…

Del: Oh he's different all right (his beeper goes off) I gotta go.

Téa: Okay.

Del: I'll call you later, okay?

Téa: Okay (he kisses her on the cheek)

(Nora comes in)

Nora: Téa? Just answer me this. Did you do this on your own or did Todd make you?

Téa: Gee…aren't you full of good wishes…

Nora: Téa…

Téa: No, he did not make me. He offered me the divorce free clear and immediate. No strings attached.

Nora: Yes! And you jumped at it, right?

Téa: I realized that I-I didn't want to leave. I want to be with Todd. I…I love him.

Nora: No, you don't. I mean, you think you do, but you don't. I mean, and-and it's because you think you can change him. But I'll tell you something…Todd is Todd, he's bad…he can't change…

Téa: I can change him, and you know how I know that because it's already started to happen. Nora, if you could have seen Todd propose…so intense…so, so Todd, but also sweet and nervous going over a list of things in his head of what he should or shouldn't do. Todd is not a lost cause.

Nora: Téa, I want to be a good friend to you, I want to be a good lawyer too. I gotta tell you something: even marriages made in heaven are challenging…at the best of times.

(commercial)

(Carlotta walks over to Andrew sitting alone at a table outside Bo's party)

Carlotta: Well now…you don't look very festive. What's up?

Andrew: Téa and Todd have decided to retie the marital knot. I lost her.

Carlotta: Well, I wish I could say that I'm surprised. But I'm not.

Andrew: You know Téa better than anyone. Why, Carlotta? What is the bond between these two? I just…I don't get it.

Carlotta: Maybe only that man up there that we pray to really understands that.

Andrew: And I'm not surprised…either…

Carlotta: That what? That Todd and Téa are back together?

Andrew: Yep. Because deep down I always knew that she loved him. That was my deepest fear. It wasn't that Todd was going to find some way to keep her from leaving him, I knew it. And I lied to myself because I…needed Téa, I used Téa to fill that void that you know…Cassie left…this loneliness. And I came between a husband and a wife.

Carlotta: Andrew, don't blame yourself. Téa's marriage was a sham, basically a business deal…

Andrew: It was a marriage. It was a marriage, nonetheless. And where there's love, and believe me, there *is*, it's true marriage and I pretended not to see it. And I deliberately attempted to split up these two people. I did Todd and Téa an extraordinary injustice.

Carlotta: I'm sure that in your heart you tried to do what was right.

Andrew: No I didn't. No I didn't. I was serving my own needs, Carlotta. That is not the life I chose for myself. I was lonely, you know…I was lonely, and I…tell you what, you know what, I'm beginning to think that maybe God has chosen a path through this chaos for me where I finally learn to walk alone.

(The song playing in the background appropriately enough is "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?")

(At the penthouse)

Sam: Hey, that was not a cool move tonight, Boomer. You don't leave a place like that in your moment of sweet personal victory…

Todd: Okay, just leave me alone, all right?

Sam: You're gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine.

Todd: Yeah right.

Sam: You having second thoughts?

Todd: Yeah, I'm having second thoughts! Look… it-it took a lot out of me just to ask her and I haven't even thought about what I…what I would do if she said yes The last thing I thought would happen was all the hugging and the kissing and the-the champagne and…I just couldn't take it…

Sam: All right, uh-huh…I know…Well, if it makes you feel any better, there's not a guy that I know who doesn't through that same thing after they've proposed, all right? Weddings aren't a guy thing.

Todd: See, I can deal with all the girl stuff but what I'm talking about is-is it freaks me out that- that Delgado…*trusts* me.

Sam: Well that's exactly why there's all that hugging and well-wishing and kissing…

Todd: You-you don't understand, all right? She-she chose me over the Bible Boy and now I…now I got to measure up to him somehow. It's a lot of pressure.

Sam: Todd, come on look. You- you took a big step tonight, all right? I mean, you made a commitment and you're scared and that's natural. But I'll tell you that…what's worse than making a commitment is never having reached out at all.

Todd: I-I'll still wind up alone.

Sam: Oh, bull.

Todd: Look, that's where I am now, right?

Sam: Well look you got yourself here. You picked this place, right? I mean…I-I don't think it's
a very good idea.

Todd: So what do I do? She's going to walk right through that door, Sam. What I am…what am I going to do?

Sam: I'll tell exactly what you do. You go to her, you look in her eyes, you tell her that you love her and you just *love* her. It's that simple

Todd: Perfect. I-I feel like…Shirley Temple in that movie where she's dancing up and down the stairs with that tall guy.

Sam: Todd, when was the last time you got any sleep?

Todd: Got a calendar?

Sam: I kinda had a feeling. Look I-I think it would be a good idea if you got some shut eye before Téa got here. And with that in mind, I brought this uh…this is an herbal relaxant, you just put it in some water and it-it'll knock you right out. It'll make you sleep.

(Téa walks into the penthouse)

Téa: Todd? What happened to you?

Sam: I'll…I'll leave you guys…alone. (he leaves)

(At Bo's bash)

Nora: Oh, there's Sam. I may have to uh…I wonder if he uh…he knows what happened with Todd…and Téa.

Bo: Well, honey, I guess you'd better find out because you're not gonna rest until you do.

Nora: I love that you know me so well.

Bo: Go get 'im.

Nora: (approaching him) Sam?

Sam: Hey! Hi.

Nora: So did you find Todd?

Sam: Well I think Todd's in his apartment having a…little meltdown. You know, the public declaration of love made him feel a little um…crazy.

Nora: Crazier than usual?

Sam: Nora…

Nora: He's a psychopath, Sam

Sam: Look, now I understand that you will never be able to forgive Todd, but Téa sees Todd with different eyes. Besides, she is a client.

Nora: A client who didn't take my advice.

Sam: All right. Still, they're young and they need our support and our love.

Nora: Not if we don't mean it, no. No, I can't support that marriage. I despise it.

Sam: Well, you know that raises kind of an interesting legal question, which is…what do you do…I mean, when a client doesn't follow your advice, when do you…walk?

Nora: You run. You run away from this marriage.

Sam: That raises just another interesting question. I mean, do you represent the case or the client or the case at hand? I mean, personally, I made my career representing clients.

Nora: But so did I.

Sam: Until now.

Nora: Todd Manning is a rapist and I was once almost one of his victims. I want nothing to do with him. My client happens to be committed to him. And…you can call it unprofessional,
but I hate it.

Sam: I understand. Still, as a lawyer, I think that you really have to get over your personal feelings.

Nora: No.

Sam: Well, don't you feel somewhere down deep in your heart that everyone can change, anyone can change?

Nora: No, not Todd.

(Back at the penthouse)

Todd: Well…this is weird, huh…this whole…marriage thing…

Téa: It's not like it's the first time.

Todd: No. It's real, right? And you did say yes? (She waves her ring finger)Yeah, I thought so.

Téa: Hey relax, okay? I'm not walking into this blindfolded. I…I know you…and I trust you.

Todd: Hmmm.

Téa: I dream about you, do you know that? I dream about…what it would be like to make love to you…

Todd: No, I didn't know that…

Téa: (she laughs) Actually, you know, this is kind of weird for me too…uh…it'll definitely take some getting used to…not-not that I would have said no…

Todd: No?

Téa: No. No, I'm with you now. Though how it happened, I really couldn't tell you. But it did.

Todd: (he comes to her, as if he was going to respond somehow, but…) Drinks. Celebrate with drinks. (he goes to the kitchen)

Téa: (laughing) Hey, you know, Todd, we could go all the way you know.

Todd: What did you just say?

Téa: (still laughing) I mean with the wedding! You know, we could have a…a big corny do, you know, the whole nine yards.

Todd: Is that what you want?

Téa: Well, if we had like two hundred and fifty people…all there to dance and cheer us on and…well, then nobody could say that our marriage wasn't real, you know.

Todd: Yeah, I-I…I've been thinking about the whole marriage thing you know and I think maybe…well, downsizing is probably the way to go, right?

Téa: And ruin my dream…how *could* you?!

Todd: Well, I…

Téa: Hey, Todd, lighten up, I'm kidding! (She tosses a pillow at him)

Todd: I…I knew…you…you were kidding. (He tosses it away)

Téa: Yeah right (She tosses him another one. As Todd clutches the pillow, Téa approaches him.

Then suddenly he tosses the pillow aside and embraces her in a kiss)

How real do you want this?

Todd: Sure.

Téa: You don't want to wait?

Todd: No.

Téa: Give me a minute then to get ready, okay? (She starts up the stairs) Oh…and hey, don't run out on me this time!

(commercial)

(Todd puts the herbal relaxant in his wine glass and starts to taste it when Téa walks in wearing a provocative negligée.)

Téa: You're so ready you started without me? (She takes Todd's glass of wine) I'll catch up.

(She starts to drink the wine)

(commercial)

At Llanfair

Viki: It's not going to be easy for them.

Clint: Who?

Viki: Todd and Téa. Of course, when are love and marriage ever easy? But I must say, my hopes are very high. I guess seeing Kevin walk tonight restored my faith in happy endings.

Clint: Well I'm all for that. And I'm glad to hear that you're uh…feeling positive. But you know, I didn't come by to talk about the younger generation. Why don't we just let them take care
of themselves tonight, huh?

(Back at the penthouse)

Todd: You tired?

Téa: No offense but yes…I guess the last few days have been more intense and uh …emotionally draining than I realized (yawn) Oh, excuse me, I am suddenly so exhausted (yawn) Todd, is this really us?

Todd: I don't recognize me but…I'll check my driver's license.

Téa: I just don't recognize us like this. I mean, not a couple days ago, I was sitting in my room alone, wondering what you were doing down here, wondering if…you ever thought of me…as a woman?

Todd: Believe me, I-I know what you are.

Téa: You know, maybe after the wedding, we could go somewhere you know? Someplace sunny and beautiful that neither of us have ever been to before, you know, so we could discover it together? Have you ever been to Greece? (yawn)

Todd: No.

Téa: (yawn) We could go to Greece.

Todd: I don't want to go to Greece.

Téa: You don't want to go to Greece? (yawn) We could (yawn)…we could go to Bali. Bali sounds beautiful…We could go to Bali, and uh, leave Starr with Blair, and go, you know, just the two of us. Just the two of us. And find out what it would be like for us to be…all alone, halfway across the world from everyone we knew.

Todd: (a pause) And everything we are…

(Téa is asleep)

Todd: Oh…I'm sorry I… you know what, I…(sits on the couch near her) Look, I meant what I said before about trying, but this is all going so…fast and…and intense. And since you…since you Téa, you know I've been seeing in my head you know way way way way back, this-this little kid…before I got all tangled up…that would never hurt anybody. I see him and-and I d-don't mind him so much. But he's dead. Long dead. It's so dark in here, but maybe…you just maybe…I can't give you what you want Téa, but I promise you I will try never to hurt you. I promise I'll try.