Ned and Alexis (cont.):

Ned: "I have this sixth sense."
Alexis: "Mm-hmm. I'm pretty crazy about the other five, so maybe I can deal with another one. Hi."

Alexis: "'Eddie Maine--' huh. Reservation for two. You taking Juan?"

Ned: "Who would I most like to share a hotel room with? The reservation's for you. You're coming with me."
Alexis: "I can't."

Ned: "I thought you wanted to celebrate."
Alexis: "I was thinking of a hot tub and a bottle of champagne."
Ned: "Michigan has hot tubs."

Ned: "Now, I thought we worked out your fears about me going back out as Eddie Maine."
Alexis: "I did when we thought that was a one-time thing. Now it's becoming a regular occurrence."
Ned: "No, look. Eddie is a role I play. I put him on, I take him off with the leather pants."
Alexis: "Yeah, but every time you put on those leather pants, you become someone else. You're a musician, you talk like a musician, you act like a musician, you wear that funny little hair thing under your lip, and girls want you to sign your name on their bras, which I find incredibly bizarre. I think it's very schizophrenic."
Ned: "I feel the same way when you walk into a courtroom defending a case. You're standing in front of a judge, but I know it's you."
Alexis: "That is--"
Ned: "But different."
Alexis: "Not the same thing at all. I'm Alexis wherever I go. You're Ned here, you're Eddie there. It's two different identities. It's two different worlds."
Ned: "Talk about deja vu."
Alexis: "I know that Lois had a problem with this, too."
Ned: "Lois only wanted Eddie. She didn't think that Ned was even real."
Alexis: "But I'm talking about lifestyles. I'm comfortable with Ned's lifestyle. I'm not comfortable with Eddie's lifestyle."
Ned: "All right. If you feel this way, why did you push me to keep going back out doing concerts as Eddie?"
Alexis: "Because I know how much you enjoy it. I know how much you like performing, and I wanted to be a supportive partner. I just didn't know that you would take my advice. Do you see the logic there?"
Ned: "Not exactly a great legal mind at work. But lovable."
Alexis: "Cynical, sexy, corporate-raiding, gate-keeping Ned. I know how to fit with him. I don't know how to fit with Eddie."
Ned: "I see. And Eddie Maine travels in a different world."
Alexis: "But you understand that world, and if you like it, you should do it, but I just can't do it with you because I feel like an outsider. Eddie Maine is a nice place to visit. I just don't want to live there."
Ned: "Well, I don't want to live anywhere without you. So, I'll be happy to say good-bye to Eddie Maine. Say the word, and I bury him in Detroit."

Alexis: "You love being Eddie Maine. I would never ask you to give that up."
Ned: "I get a kick out of Eddie, but I love you."
Alexis: "You would walk away if I asked you to?"
Ned: "Say the word."
Alexis: "Well, I would never ask you to, although I'm tempted."
Ned: "Eddie's like a fantasy, and I'm happy when I'm in it. But it's not real. What we have is real, and I don't want to ever risk losing that. Not a chance."
Alexis: "You say the nicest things."
Ned: "So we'll give old Eddie a proper sendoff and be done with it."
Alexis: "We most certainly will not."
Ned: "Wait a minute. I thought--I thought you just said--we--and we agreed."
Alexis: "No, I was just expressing my anxiety about it. The truth is, is that I passed my bar exam with flying colors, so if, if I'm that smart, I can certainly figure out a way to get around in Eddie Maine's world."
Ned: "But you don't have to. I'm happy to say good-bye."
Alexis: "Maybe I'll ditch my suits and wear leather pants."
Ned: "You wouldn't."
Alexis: "Yet I'll still be Alexis and you'll still be the ruthless, conniving, manipulative yet pragmatic man that I love."
Ned: "You have a very strange set of values."
Alexis: "Aren't you glad? I know I'm weird."
Ned: "And I love you for it."

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