I. If You Love Him, Bring Him His FBI File (1/18)
Sonny: "I used to see myself in your eyes. I saw us, you know, the love we had."
Hannah: "It was real, Sonny. It still is."
Sonny: "That's all they have on me?"
Hannah: "Yeah."
Sonny: "Yeah? You got into their computer? You knocked me out of the database?"
Hannah: "I can try to get into the computer somehow, Sonny. I'll try."
Sonny: "Because you love me so much."
Hannah: "Yes. Yes, I do."
Sonny: "I've asked you more than once not to show up here, but yet you shove your way into my house. You demand that I look at that file. You tell me to listen. But you lie to my face."
Hannah: "Sonny, I'm not lying to you."
Sonny: "You insult me, Hannah, by crying about how much you love me and saying what we had was--ordering me to forgive you. Do you not know who you're dealing with? The kind of man that I am? Have you forgotten that I know about betrayal? You can't fix what you broke! Betrayal costs. It's final. You can't--you can't get back what you throw away. You don't deserve to. Now, you take that file and you get out of my house. And I don't want you coming back here. I don't want you showing up where I am. If you see me on the street, you cross the other way. There's no reason for you to be talking to me. I don't want to see your file. I don't want to hear your voice. Now, I'm--I'm letting you down easy. Get out. Get out! Take that file! Don't come back."
Hannah: "I never would've gone to this trouble if I didn't love you. Sonny, can you see that? Open the door!"
The sight of Hannah banging on the door after she'd just left was so pathetic. This whole sequence of scenes with her begging and pleading and blaming herself was pitiful and distasteful. If Sonny had any feeling for her before, this kind of display would certainly have put an end to it! Hannah was playing the martyr, and it just made me dislike her even more than I already did.
II. And When He Kicks You Out (Again), Tell Daddy All About It (1/18)
Hannah: "Sonny?"
Roy: "Baby, it's just me."
Hannah: "Well, the evidence is destroyed now. The F.B.I. can't touch him now."
Roy: "Sweetie, sweetie--the file was a dummy."
Roy: "I'll do anything to protect my daughter."
Roy: "You are my flesh and blood. I'm not going to stand by and watch while you do this dance. Disobeying direct orders? Stealing from a superior's office? If that file had been real and Sonny Corinthos had read it--"
Hannah: "Sonny would have been safe."
Roy: "You would be on your way to prison right now."
Hannah: "I don't care."
Roy: "Don't say that. You don't mean that."
Hannah: "What difference does it make if Sonny won't forgive me? I might as well end up in prison."
Roy: "Why are you acting like your life is over because of this guy? Why? After all the incredible things you've accomplished, the odds you beat? Hannah, you can do anything you want now. You earned that. It's precious. And you and I--after all this time, we have the chance--the privilege to live in the same place. You want to throw that away like it's not supposed to matter? I can't. I can't. Nothing matters more to me than you. Nothing. Not this case, not my life. Nothing."
Hannah: "All I ever wanted was to be like you--an F.B.I. agent. One of the best. What happened, dad? How did I end up here?"
Roy: "Nobody gets to choose who they fall in love with. It just happens."
Hannah: "What should I do?"
Roy: "You got to walk away."
Hannah: "Have you ever walked away?"
Roy: "Yeah. Once."
Hannah: "When?"
Roy: "It was a long time ago."
Hannah: "How did you do it?"
Roy: "You fight, you know? You don't listen to your heart. You don't cave in to the way you feel. You don't sit around thinking about it, what you had. You do your work. Do your work and make sure you're good and tired before you go to bed at night. That way you don't lie there staring at the ceiling, wondering how bad your dreams are going to hurt. You know, you just--you tell yourself every morning is a blessing, take each day an hour at a time. And you know what? Eventually, you get past it."
Hannah: "I'm not that strong right now."
Roy: "I'll help you. I'm a good listener. I'll watch your back."
Hannah: "That may be a full-time job."
Roy: "Well, I hear being a dad is supposed to be."
Meanwhile, Hannah had been tacked on tight to my favorite new guy on the block. While I loved seeing Roy as a father, sometimes I just wanted him to pound on her head until something jostled into place. I did, however, like the blocking that had her kneel down on the docks with the file and him lift her back up.
III. Can I Get You Some Eggs With That Ice? (1/20)
Tammy: "Just do me a favor, Hannah. Pay your tab when you're through."
Hannah: "You know, Tammy, I really don't need you to magnify what I already feel."
Tammy: "How you feel, Hannah, means zilch to me. Zilch. And it means zilch to Sonny, too--I hope. Can I get you anything else?"
IV. Roy v. Larkin (1/20)
Roy: "Why is it, john, that you're always looking out for me like this? Is it because you're just basically a wonderful guy?"
Larkin: "I respect you, Dilucca. You've done good work in the past. You're almost to the finish line. Don't blow this race over some penny-ante thug."
Roy: "I have no intention of blowing anything."
Larkin: "Then why you dragging your feet?"
Roy: "Like I already told you, I'm going to do this at my own tempo. Nobody tells me when to jump! Not you, not Ford, not the grand-high pooh-bah! We got that? Or do you want to take this conversation again from the get-go?"
Larkin: "Don't say you weren't warned."
Roy's whole face changed when Larkin mentioned Hannah. This was the first time, I think, that we had seen him yell. He would yell at Hannah later as well. Because he doesn't do it all the time, it's very effective when he does!
Hannah: "He was trying to pressure you, wasn't he? God, that guy's completely obsessed."
Roy: "Yeah, well, aren't we all? There are worse obsessions than trying to get the job done, wouldn't you say?"
Roy: "You're the reason I have to stay in it."
Hannah: "I can't stand by and watch my own father bring down the man I love."
Roy: "Then don't watch."
Hannah: "I know what's in this man's heart."
Roy: "Great, great. You can be a character witness at his sentencing hearing."
Hannah: "I know I'm not making you very proud."
Roy: "Pride--has nothing to do with it, baby. I--you're scaring me, all right? I'm afraid for you."
Hannah: "Do you hate Sonny?"
Roy: "I don't give a damn about Sonny! I just wish this was over."
Roy: "Hannah, what difference does it make who brings the man in?"
Hannah: "It makes a difference to me. Why are you doing this to me? Are you trying to punish him for what's happened to me?"
Roy: "Oh, believe me, nothing has happened to you yet."
Hannah: "This is because of me, right? They're threatening me so you'll take Sonny down."
Roy: "I can handle it."
Hannah: "Why should you even have to?"
Roy: "Because you're my daughter and I love you more than anything else on this earth."
Hannah: "But I screwed up so bad."
Roy: "No, you didn't. You just fell in love. But you know what my wish is for you? What I wish you could promise me is that you would try to put this episode of your life behind you because I know--I'm your dad--I know if you don't, you're going to destroy yourself."
Hannah: "I can't promise anything."
Roy: "You're tuning me out."
Hannah: "No, I don't mean to do that."
Roy: "You are. I know how you get when you shut down. You're tuning me out, and I understand why, and it doesn't matter because I'm not going to let up on you. I'm going to keep at you. If I have to burn a groove into your brain, I'm going to do it."
Hannah: "Coffee business?"
Roy: "None of your business."
V. Roy Takes a New Job (1/20)
Roy: "Sorry I'm late."
Sonny: "Five minutes isn't late. Can I offer you a drink?"
Sonny: "Because you know what? If I were an ex-con, I'd be nervous, you know, because, you know, I mean, if something happens and you got to go back--"
Roy: "You know, this is simple. You know, this is--I like my chances."
Sonny: "Fine, fine. Can I ask you why?"
Roy: "I don't see the future in coffee beans. I mean, hauling them around like I been doing, you know? I just--like I said, I think--I think I can do more."
Sonny: "Well, hey, here's your chance."
Roy: "That's all I ask for."
Roy gives a big old smile as he says he likes his chances. Then he takes off with a big ol' silver suitcase that screams out "I'm carrying money," but in the next scene, Bobbie doesn't seem to notice. He also shook hands with Sonny before he left, reminding me of the article on handshakes I'd like to do sometime if I'm ever organized enough to track down all the scenes...
VI. And Gets "Busted" His First Time Out (1/21, 1/24)
Agent #1: "We're giving you a chance here, Roy. This is your one shot. Take it or leave it. You work for Sonny Corinthos."
Roy: "Yes. Yes, I do. I work in his coffee warehouse. And I'm on vacation right now, and I have no idea how I came by this briefcase."
Agent #2: "Big mistake. Taking us for idiots, Dilucca? We've been tracking you. Explain how a dock worker at a coffee warehouse can afford to fly in a private charter."
Roy: "Not that I have to explain anything to you, but the fact is I've been inside for 20 years, and I'm sort of into savoring my freedom. I saved up."
Roy: "Look, I appreciate you offering me a deal. I really do. But I can't tell you something I don't know. It isn't my briefcase. You know, all I can think is that somebody pulled a switch on me. At this point, it's looking like it might be you."
Roy: "You guys can't imagine how much I hated prison. Made a promise to myself--no matter what happened, I wasn't going back."
Agent #1: "Sonny'd roll on you in a second, and you know it."
Agent #2: "Just tell us the truth about this money."
Roy: "Ok. I'm going to tell you exactly what I know. You already know it isn't mine. I'm carrying it. Even though I can't say how or why. But none of it--the money or the trip--has anything whatsoever to do with Sonny Corinthos."
Sonny: "How you doing, Roy?"
And on the next episode:
Roy: "You got an eye for talent. Those guys were good. You had me believing I was on my way back to the joint."
Sonny: "Now I know you won't fold under pressure."
Roy: "And I know I can't trust you."
Sonny: "You did good, Roy. Maybe--maybe get another job."
Roy: "I'm not sure I need another job that bad."
Roy: "With all due respect, sir, you knew damn good and well I was not going to steal your money. Or anything else. And as far as your island goes, I have no idea where it is. Not to mention the fact that I don't care. I was straight up with you from the get-go about what I'm looking for here, Sonny."
Sonny: "You passed one test, that's all."
Roy: "Ok, and so--and so that's the game now? I'm going to prove myself over and over?"
Sonny: "Ahem."
Roy: "I spent half my life in prison. I am not going back. And I'm not going to dance every time somebody threatens to send me. I did exactly what you told me to do today. Exactly. Now, if that doesn't get it with you--"
Sonny: "You know what? I'm going to say this for the last time. I took a chance here, not you."
Roy: "Ok, fair enough. We'll call it even."
Roy actually raised his voice to Sonny as well, calling him by his first name (something I noticed that he does with Larkin as well), and took a wad of cash with him as he went. Crack me up. I loved the sometimes very subtle and always very effective workings of A Martinez's face during all of this. Terry noted the same in her update: "We get more of the menacing of Roy. The agents tell Roy he was followed and taped and that they have hard evidence. Roy sounds like he's controlling his anger but won't change his story. They then make him an offer: if he'll help them out by rolling on Sonny, they'll let him off the hook."
VII. Hannah Discusses Sonny (1/24)
Taggert: "You think you're the only cop that's ever obsessed over Corinthos? I nearly let him ruin my career, too."
Hannah: "Yeah, but you could never prove anything, right?"
Taggert: "Look, I'm--love this man if you have to. But don't kid yourself. The person you're in love with is a professional criminal who makes millions by destroying people."
Hannah: "If he is so terrible, then why hasn't he been caught yet?"
Taggert: "Nobody said he wasn't good. I think he's brilliant. But we got to be better."
Hannah: "I guess that rules out falling in love with him."
Taggert: "As well as personal vendettas. I mean, I used to wake up every morning thinking about how I could stop Corinthos, how I could make his life miserable, what I could do to make him pay. I pushed too hard. If I hadn't, he'd probably be off the street by now."
Hannah: "How did you get over hating him?"
Taggert: "I didn't. I just realized if I was going to enforce the law, I had to respect the law."
Hannah: "I believe that."
Taggert: "You might not stop Corinthos. Maybe I won't, either. But you know what? Doesn't matter. Someday somebody's going to get into that organization. Somebody will bring him down. Just a matter of time. That's all."
I keep waiting for Hannah to truly turn on Sonny, and for the obsession to be reversed. For her to ask Taggert to help her bring Sonny down or something. I wasn't looking forward to a Taggert/Hannah romance heating up, but I have to admit that Taggert would gain point after point with me in these scenes. I've always wanted to like him, and with the stuff about Juan and now Hannah, they've given me reason to do so.
Hannah: "Roy."
Roy: "What are you doing out here? Are you all right?"
Hannah: "Yeah. I was really hoping you'd be by."
Roy: "Shouldn't you be wearing a hat or something?"
Hannah: "No, I'm fine. I--I can't call you anyplace. I mean, the cell isn't secure. I was so worried."
Roy: "Hey, I'm not going to tell you anything, all right?"
Hannah: "What happened?"
Roy: "I lost my temper."
Hannah: "With Sonny?"
Roy: "Yeah, yeah, but, hopefully, I didn't blow the case."
Roy: "I don't think Corinthos is used to getting talked back to that often."
Hannah: "Well, will you get off the case now?"
Roy: "And do what? Give it to Larkin?"
Hannah: "Yes. Yes. Then we can pretend that none of this ever happened."
Roy: "No, no, no, no. No, I'm going to go to Corinthos and apologize."
Hannah: "He's not going to listen."
Roy: "If he doesn't, you're going to jail. They mean it, Hannah. They'll charge you with obstruction. I have to nail the guy."
Hannah: "This is completely my fault. I'm so sorry."
Roy: "You're sorry for what? That I get to see you all the time? That we finally get to live in the same town? There's no fault. You've just needed your dad around, you know? And for once in your life--come here. Oh, Hannah. You're freezing. I don't want you going outside without a hat on. You hear me?"
I loved the bit about her needing a hat.
VIII. Hannah and Taggert (1/26)
Hannah: "What are you looking for?"
Taggert: "My sanity. I think I lost it when I asked Juan to move in with me."
Hannah: "How bad was it?"
Taggert: "Not too bad, but it's headed that way."
Hannah: "So what are you going to do?"
Taggert: "I don't know. I don't know. Play the heavy, give him the sex lecture."
Hannah: "Will you tape it for me? I would love to hear you do that."
IX. Roy Asks for His Job Back (1/27)
Roy: "You know, I just lost my temper. I meant no disrespect. And I came to apologize."
Sonny: "I accept that. You still haven't told me why you changed your mind."
Roy: "Well, after I cooled off, I reconsidered, and--and the fact that you're a careful man, that might work in my favor, actually."
Sonny: "Well, maybe this isn't the right line of work. You know, I--I can't offer any guarantees. There's always a risk that comes with the job."
Roy: "Yeah. But I just want to be clear on that because I can only afford to risk so much."
Sonny: "I can't always control what happens here."
Roy: "No, I know, I know. Take, like, attempted murder, for instance. I can't--I can't afford to take that kind of rap again, you know."
Sonny: "What makes you think I'm a murderer?"
Roy: "I was just speaking hypothetically."
Roy: "Testing my loyalty is one thing. Lying to my face--I can't make peace with that."
Sonny: "I can respect that."
Roy: "Appreciate it."
Sonny: "But honesty works both ways. So does loyalty."
Sonny: "So, you can be reached at Laura Spencer's?"
Roy: "I'm usually at the club."
Sonny: "So this thing--this thing with Luke's working out, huh?"
Roy: "Yeah, I been putting in a lot of time lately since he's been out of town so much."
Sonny: "Yeah. All right, so, you know, we'll be in touch."
We started this scene with a weird shot. We were looking at Roy after panning from a close-up on the crystal ice bucket Sonny has on his buffet. It was rather like a contrast of the expensive possession v. the guy who was always wanting more money. But that was Roy then; would he be interested in the same thing now, or is that a lesson he's learned? Rather, I think it was probably an unplanned reminder of what Roy was after then and the road he might have been on if he hadn't been shot.
Hannah: "Don't I have one last paycheck around here somewhere?"
Roy: "I don't know. Probably."
Hannah: "Did you apologize to Sonny?"
Roy: "Yeah. I think he's going to hire me back."
Hannah: "Please don't hurt Sonny."
Roy: "Hannah, I don't want to hurt anybody. But what happens to you is what I care about. You followed me into the bureau. It's on me to make it right. If Sonny Corinthos has to suffer, so be it."