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Favorite Scenes   October 1, 1993 B: I mean it, Clint, you look great! C: Well, I’ve been better, but at least I’m still alive. B: You sure are. Well, you beat the grim reaper big time. You look like a man who’s just glad to be alive. C: Well, I am. Wish I could say the same about you. Now come on, what is it? What’s wrong here? B: What, with me? Nothing, nothing. Come on, tell me about this trip. C: Bo, don’t pull that with me! Now, I can still tell when something’s not right with my kid brother. Now, what is it? And where the hell is Nora? I was expecting her, I was hoping that she would be here to at least say hello. What’s she doing, working too hard again, as usual? B: She moved out. It’s over. C: It’s over? Bo, it hardly even got started! Now, let me tell you something. Whatever the problem is, you solve it before it’s too late. Don’t you go losing the woman you love. Nora and Hank are at the Palace. H: Are you sure there’s no way to work this out, Nora? N: Hank, I am responsible for Sarah’s death. Bo knows it, he accepts it, and every time he looks at me from here on in, he’ll see what I did to the woman he loved. H: He loves you, Nora. N: Yeah, well, that’s over. H: If you want it to be. You know what you’re doing? You’re making the same mistake with Bo that you made with me- and every other man in your life. N: I didn’t come here for a lecture. H: Well, that’s too bad. Now, you sit down and you listen to me before you throw your life away. B: Talk about irony. The same day that Nora told me about the accident, I was going to give her this. C: Why didn’t you? B: Why? Well, haven’t you been listening to be? C: Yes, have you been listening to you? Look, Bo, I know it must have been a real shock, a real body blow, to find out that Nora was driving the car that ran you and Sarah off the road, but I also hear something else. I hear that you still love her. B: Of course I still love her, I mean, but that makes it even worse. C: Worse? Worse? You know, you have developed one hell of a strange philosophy since I’ve been gone. Are you trying to tell me that love doesn’t heal, that it doesn’t cure, that love doesn’t help? B: Yeah, but when it comes to something like this... C: When it comes to something like this, love is the only thing that’s going to get you through it! You know, you’re not going to give Sarah life by turning your back on Nora. So forgive her. B: I have, and I told her. C: Well, tell her again- and mean it! Let her know that you will work through her guilt and your pain, that you will do whatever it takes. But the longer you two stay apart, the wider the gap is going to get. B: Yeah, but you know something, it’s just not that simple. C: Simple? You want to talk about simple? I’ll talk to you about simple, dying is simple. Dying is just about the simplest thing there is. I mean, it can happen in the blink of an eye, Bo, it can happen just in a heartbeat. So take it from a man who just got back from the brink, as long as there is life, there’s hope. Now Sarah is gone, she’s dead. But you and Nora are still alive. Don’t throw away this chance at happiness. B: You think I want to? I wish Nora’s story just wasn’t true, I wish I could find that it was someone else that caused the accident. C: Why don’t you wish in one hand... B: I know, I know the old saying. C: All right, then. Wishful thinking isn’t going to work here. This is going to be all pure guts and raw courage, and as far as I’m concerned, Nora proved herself by telling you the truth. But what about you? Do you have what it takes to forgive her? And I mean completely, unconditionally? B: And what if I don’t? C: Oh, come on. I know you. And I know you have what it takes. Damn it, Bo, I’d give anything to trade places with you, to be in your boots. If all I had to do was forgive Viki and she’d come back to me, I’d think I was the luckiest man on God’s green earth. Anyway, enough of this serious talk. Let’s get over to the Palace. B: Wait, why, over to the Palace? C: Yeah. B: Now? Why? Are you hungry? C: No, I’m not hungry. I just don’t think I should be late for my own surprise party. B: (laughs) You’re telling me you knew about this all the time? C: Bo, I got hurt, I didn’t get stupid. Come on. N: I don’t have to sit here and take this. H: No, that’s right, just take off and run like you always do. N: What, it’s better for me to stay here and take insults from an overbearing ex-husband? H: It’s better to fight it, Nora, face your problems, you know, meet it head on, and beat it. If you did that, I might not be an ex-husband today. N: Thank you for your kind words, that’s exactly what I need. H: No, what you need is what my old coach used to call a gut check. N: Oh, but that’s a lovely turn phrase. H: Not lovely, but accurate. Look, Nora, there comes a time when you have to stop playing not to lose and start playing to win. N: It may be just peachy when it comes to football, but when it comes to personal relationships... H: Look, I know Bo. The man has never been a coward in his life. N: Oh, and I am? H: Look, Nora... N: No, you listen, coach. You’re right, I can’t play with pain. It doesn’t matter what Bo says. I know a part of me will always suspect that he hates me for what happened to Sarah. H: The man loves you, he could never hate you. N: It won’t be in what he says, it won’t be in what he does, it will always be there, though, in the way he looks at me. That’s why I have to break it off now, Hank, because I can’t bear that kind of pain anymore. Larry: Hi, I thought it was you two. You coming to the party? H: What party? L: For Clint. Asa’s throwing this big surprise welcome home party, right here in the Palace. H: No, somehow I doubt that I’m on Asa’s A list. N: I don’t think I’ll be there either, Larry. L: Well, you’re not having those headaches again, blackouts? N: No, not a one, I haven’t have a symptom for days. H: Don’t listen to her, doc. N: Butt out. H: I saw her take a couple of pills just this last hour. N: It was just one, I was just being on the safe side. L: All right, well, why don’t you be a little safer and make an appointment with that neurologist I recommended? N: Oh, Larry, really! L: I really mean it! You make an appointment and keep it! And in the meantime I don’t want you getting behind the wheel of a car. Nora, these blackouts, I don’t want to scare you, but we don’t know how dangerous they are. You could get in an accident. (she gives Hank a look) Hank notes Clint’s surprise party. H: Somebody’s happy. N: Don’t start with me, Hank. H: Look, Nora, I didn’t mean... N: How about you and Sheila, hmm? They talk about Ben, Sheila’s brother, coming to town. N: You know, it’s amazing, what a family, those Prices, they started out with very little, and look how far they’ve come, and then you have people like Zachary Rosen and Todd Manning, who have every privilege under the sun and they just throw it all away. Hank. (he is looking past her) Hank. H: Well, there’s a lesson there, about throwing things away.   Nora turns around and Bo is behind her. B: Hank, if you’ll excuse me, if you don’t mind... N: Hank and I are having lunch, Bo, please don’t do this. H: Listen, I think Bo’s got something to say. N: (getting up) No, no, he doesn’t have anything to say, everything’s been said. B: Nora, if you could just please... N: I can’t go through this any more, all right? B: If you would just let me... N: If you won’t leave, then fine, I will... (walks away) B: Come on, Nora... H: Bo, Bo, wait... B: Hank, listen, I can’t let this go on any more... H: I never said you should, but you can’t...Look, I was married to the woman. Now, I can shut my mouth, or I can tell you what I know. B: No, please. Just tell me. H: She’s tough, Bo. She’s tougher than any lawyer I’ve ever seen, male or female. But she’s got one soft spot. If she feels that she’s not wanted or needed, well, she can’t handle that. B: Look, I want her, okay? I need her. H: Those are words, that’s not enough. She needs to see it for herself. She needs to look in your eyes and see it, and if she feels or sees any suspicion or doubt, well, she’s going to run away. B: Tell me, she just did! H: Bo, she needs you so much, man, she’d rather live without you than live with the thought that you can’t forgive her. B: No, I can! H: Then tell her. B: That’s what I’ve been trying to do, Hank. H: Then try harder, Bo. Look, she’s going to pull away from you faster than you can reach, that’s the way she is. But you’ve got to keep reaching, no matter what. B: Did you? H: No. No, I didn’t. And that’s why I lost her. But Bo, do you want to duplicate my failure? B: No. H: Well then, learn from my mistake. Look, Nora has found a new love with you, a love that’s made to last. Don’t let her give up on it, man. And don’t you give up on her. C: (talking to Joey) I just wish your Uncle Bo felt the same way about making things right. N: Clint? Welcome home. C: Oh, thanks, Nora. (they hug) Best homecoming ever, almost. Bo told me. And I can’t tell you how sorry I am. N: Oh, well, don’t let it ruin your day. C: Wait a minute, my brother’s happiness means more to me than having a good lunch. Now, look, I know I’ve been out of commission for a while, but I also know how much my brother loves you, and I kind of think that you feel the same way about him. N: I really don’t want to- I mean, I do want to, but what difference does it make, you know? B: (coming up behind her) It makes a difference to me. N: (to Clint) It was really good to see you, I just wanted to welcome you home, I have to... B: Nora, please, talk to me. N: I really... B: Well, maybe you don’t have anything to say to me, but I’ve got a lot to say to you. C: Nora, you want to make this a real welcome home for me? Give my brother a chance. N: I can’t, I just can’t. (she leaves) Nora is out on the terrace. Bo comes up behind her. B: I love when the leaves start to fall. N: I hate it, it means winter’s coming. B: Winter doesn’t last. N: Bo, go back in and be with your family, you belong with them. B: I know where I belong, Nora. N: Not with the woman who killed your wife. B: You weren’t responsible. N: I was driving the car, I lost control... B: You were unconscious, you blacked out, listen, I don’t want to go into all the reasons right now. It happened. I wish that I could go back to that night and change everything, but I can’t. It’s almost too painful to bear, but we can bear it, Nora. Together. N: (turns away) And every time you look at me... B: (turns her toward him) I am looking at you, right now, and I see the woman that I love with all my heart, even the part that still hurts for Sarah. N: And it always will hurt for her. B: Wounds heal, and we can heal them. When I look at you, I don’t see someone who was responsible for that accident. I see a very brave and beautiful woman that I love very much. Now you look at me. N: It’s no use. B: (tilts her head up) Nora, look in my eyes, look in my eyes. Now, tell me what you see. N: I see love. B: Then come home. The kids are blowing their party horns. Bo kisses Nora, but the horns cause him to remember the accident. He pulls away. N: Bo, what is it? What’s wrong?   October 4, 1993 Bo pulls away from Nora. N: What is it? Bo, what’s wrong? B: The horns. There were two horns, why didn’t I think of this before? N: What do you mean, the horns that the kids are blowing inside? B: The car that forced Sarah and me off the road, you know, this all makes sense to me now. I can prove it! N: Prove what? B: You didn’t cause the accident! You weren’t responsible for Sarah’s death! B: I can remember it so clearly now. N: Bo, will you slow down? Remember what? B: The accident, you know? It’s like the whole thing happened in slow motion, there was a blinding light and then this horn kept honking, again and again and again, and then I hit my horn. And it was just a jumble of sounds and light, and then we went over the guardrail, but listen, do you understand what this means? N: No. B: Honey, you say you’re responsible because you blacked out, you lost control of the car, isn’t that right? N: I said this, why are you making me say all of this again. B: Because if you blacked out, how are you going to honk a horn? N: Just because you were hearing horns blasting, it doesn’t prove or disprove anything. B: No, no, you remembered everything else, didn’t you? You remembered that pancake sign, you remembered Scotty’s Car Rental, so wouldn’t you remember honking the horn if you were about to have a head on collision, of course you would remember. N: How do you know what I would remember? B: The reason you don’t remember it is it never happened! N: Okay, Bo. All right. Why haven’t you mentioned this horn blasting before? B: Because I just remembered it. N: Ah. You just remembered it. B: Yes, I heard all these kids in there blowing all those horns, it triggered something! N: Nothing convenient there. B: Convenient, are you kidding me, I wish it would have happened a long time ago, then it would have saved us a lot of grief, but at least now we know that you are not the driver that forced Sarah and me off the road! We know that, I...What, what? N: I know what you’re trying to do, it’s not going to work. Please, please, stop it. B: Honey, you don’t understand. This is great news! N: I am standing here, Bo, I am shaking, I feel like I’m going to crack into a million pieces if I can’t leave here, I hate myself for what I did... B: No, but you didn’t do anything! N: I hate what I put you through because of what I did, but I’m not going to lie about this. B: Nobody is lying, I’m just trying to convince you. N: No, you’re trying to convince yourself. Now we agreed that if you forgive me unconditionally, that we would try to make this work. But you just proved to me that you can’t do that, and I don’t blame you. I know how hurt you are, but I...(can’t understand) B: Now, listen, you’ve got this all wrong, this is new information. N: No it’s not, it’s a fantasy, it’s a fantasy. Because you can’t love me unless I’m innocent, so you created this fantasy to prove my innocence, but it’s not going to work, Bo. B: No... N: No, I’m the driver. I was responsible. Sarah’s dead because of me. Now, a moment ago, you knew that, and you accepted that. B: Yes, but that was before the horns. N: Before you realized that your love, your unconditional love, had one big condition: that you could only love me if I was innocent. B: Look, don’t put words in my mouth, all right? I don’t have to pretend that you’re innocent, you are. N: No, I’m not. No, I’m not, I’m not. And wishing isn’t going to make it so. I’m just glad I found out now. Do me a favor. No more lies, okay? Just... no more lies. (she leaves) B: Nora...Nora, wait a minute... C: Bo, what’s wrong? B: I can’t talk right now, Clint, I’m sorry...Hey Larry! Come here. Just the guy I wanted to see. L: What’s wrong? B: Plenty, doc, and you better have a cure. B: It’s a reasonable question, Larry, can somebody that’s suffered a blackout still perform certain functions? L: What do you mean, like walk and talk and that? B: No, no, no, I mean like mechanical functions, steering a car, honking the horn? L: Bo, a blackout’s like being asleep! Can you imagine someone, I don’t know, driving a car, honking a horn, steering a car while they’re asleep? What are you asking me this for? B: I can’t tell you right now, but believe me, you’ve been a big help. Thanks, Larry. K: Wait, hold on, Bo. B: I’m in a hurry, Kev. K: Can I help, because I know what’s happening with you and Nora? B: I really appreciate it, buddy, but I think everything is going to be all right now, I just have to convince Nora. (he leaves)   Bo is pounding on the door at Nora’s B: Come on, Nora, open the door, I know you’re in there. N: We have nothing more to say to each other, Bo Buchanan, just go away. B: (yells) Not a chance! N: Will you stop yelling in the hallway? B: No way! No way! No way! No... (she opens the door) Thank you. Face it, you’re not going to get rid of me. I came here with some great news. (sees all her luggage) Hey, what is all this doing here? N: I was removing the rest of my things from your house. B: No, our house. Just pack them up, and we’re going to move them back. N: No, we are not going to move...I thought I made myself perfectly clear. B: You haven’t heard my expert opinion. You are innocent, believe me. And I’m not kidding myself, this is not a rationalization, this is a fact. This is a medical fact. N: Medical? B: Yeah. I talked to Larry Wolek, he’s been treating you for the blackouts, hasn’t he? N: You told him? B: Well, not about the accident. I just asked his professional opinion about a hypothetical patient who blacks out behind the wheel of the car. Larry thinks it’s extremely unlikely that you could even steer a car, much less honk the horn in the middle of a blackout. Now, do you understand what that means? N: Are you listening to what you’re saying? Can you hear yourself? B: No, you listen to me! This is the proof we’ve been looking for, you did not force me off the road. N: This doesn’t prove anything! It proves nothing, the only thing it proves is that you can’t live with the truth unless you change it, now please stop tormenting me like this! B: That’s not what I’m doing... N: You can’t change where I was, Bo, you can’t change what I did. I lost control of the car, I caused the accident, I killed Sarah. B: No, you didn’t! Listen to you, you’re so ready to buy into the worst case scenario, you can’t even admit that you’re innocent! N: The only person who can’t admit the truth here is you. B: Oh, for the love of... N: That’s right, Bo. I love you. I love you, but you can’t love me, really love me, unless I’m innocent of Sarah’s death. I wish I were, I wish I could make it easy for you, I can’t. B: Yes, you can! You can right now! N: And right now, I want you to leave! This hurts me too much, I can’t keep listening to you going on like this, please, if you care about me at all, you’ll leave me alone. B: Okay, okay, I’ll leave. I’ll leave But I’m not giving up on you, I’m not giving up on us, I will find the proof, I promise, I will find it! (slams door) B: Hey, Pa, where’s Larry? A: First things first, where did you go? B: No, no, no- just tell me, where’s Larry? K: He’s walking Wanda out to the car with Joey, he ought to be back in a minute, why? B: Thanks, Kev, I’ll catch him in the lobby. A: No, no, wait, hold on. Did you go after your lawyer friend? K: Grandpa... B: No, it’s all right, Kev, yeah, I ran after her, she ran even faster, but I’m not giving up. K: Well, good for you, Bo. A: Good? She’s to blame for Sarah’s death! B: She didn’t do it. A: Wait a minute, everybody just got through telling me she did. B: I don’t care, I can’t prove it yet, but I will. K: Wait a minute, Bo, you’re losing me here. The way Rachel tells the story, Nora is absolutely positive she was the one driving the car. A: Bo, it sounds to me like you’re living on false hope. B: Wrong, look, I’m not going into any details right now, but she couldn’t have caused Sarah’s death. I just have to prove it to her.