"O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!" "That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain." "No smile on such a beautiful morning?" "Shame." "Drink this." "I won't have you dying before I kill you." "That's it." "Don't be afraid." "You think I'm afraid?" "I'm not afraid of you." "You can threaten me all you want." "You can talk in your stupid riddles all day." "You can take my world, you can take my life but you won't get my fear." "I'm not afraid of you, and I'm not going to be." "You think your woman is afraid?" "He hath given his empire up to a whore." "You touch her and I'll kill you." "You understand me?" "Are you listening?" "You touch my wife and I'll kill you." "Get off of me." "I'll kill you!" "Hey!" "Dad's not coming home, is he?" " Don't say that." " It's true, isn't it?" "No, it's not true." "Your fa..." "Be right back, okay?" "Mrs. Scott." " Yeah." " Do you remember me?" "Officer Stevens." " Yeah, I remember." "I know there are detectives handling things, but I've been going over the evidence and following a few leads of my own quietly." "Why quietly?" "What does that mean?" "It means I'm not a detective and this isn't my case." " I shouldn't even be here." " So why are you here?" "I became a cop to help people, Mrs. Scott." "And ever since this case became official I've carried around the fact that I sent you away that first night." "I'm sorry." "I need to fix that." "Okay." "Um, how can I help you quietly?" "Okay." "Uh..." "Is there anything that you haven't told us or shown us?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Just a second." "Nathan brought this back for our daughter and I found it at the airport, so..." "Okay." " You were smart to bag it." " I didn't bag it because I was try..." "Heh." "I just wanted to keep it the way that it was." " I'd like to have it back when you're done." " Of course." "Anything else?" "Anything or anyone suspicious or out of the ordinary?" "You mean besides his father, Dan?" "I know we released him, but what do you think?" "I don't know." "I've given up on Dan Scott." "Game-winning double." " Baseball." " He loves it." "I thought you said you lost everything in the fire." "Where are you, son?" " Hi." " Hey." "Are you okay?" "He's up for parole." "Xavier." "What?" "How can that be?" "He murdered Quentin." "They never convicted him of Quentin's murder." "They convicted him of kidnapping and aggravated assault." "And now he's up for parole." "That guy's a psychotic maniac." "Whether they convicted him or not, he needs to be locked up." "He wants to meet with me before his hearing." "No way." "I think I should." " Why?" " I wanna look in his eyes and see if he's still the same person he used to be." "All right, Clay, talk to me about the person that you have become." "Well, for instance, uh, what's your daily routine?" " What's a day in your life like?" " I don't know." "Um..." "I work a lot." "I spend time with Quinn." "And we cook, play video games, go to the comic-book store." " Yeah?" "Who do you like?" " Wolverine and Batman." " Ah, the loners." " The solitary heroes." "Fair enough." "What else?" "Well, I'm awesome in bed, so she begs me to have sex a lot." "Uh, heh, I don't know." "I mean, I don't know." "We hang out." "We get drunk, uh, we watch Haley and Nathan's kids." "Not when we're drunk." "Um, she buys me weird clothes online and calls me Sergio." " Jeez, no wonder I'm in here, right?" " Sad to say you sound boringly normal." "I understand your friend Nathan is missing." "I'm sorry." "How's his family doing?" "I think they're holding their breath." "We all are." "I was, uh, supposed to be the one to go to Europe." "Why didn't you go?" "Because I started having these stupid fugue episodes and Nate wanted to help me." "Clay, do you feel responsible for this?" " Why the hell would you ask me that?" " Because I know you." "Hell, yes, I feel responsible." "It should have been me." "He sounds like a good guy." "Yeah." "Yeah, he's more than that." "He's a great guy." "With an amazing wife and kids." "I would do anything for that family." "You see him yet?" " No." "You?" " No." "Yeah." "Uncle Lucas." "Hey, bud." "Give me a sec." "You don't write, you don't call." "Hi." "Hi." "Buddy, come here." "Let me get a look at you." "Uh-huh." "Well, you look exactly the same." " I do not." " Ha, ha, I'm serious." "I was thinking by now you'd have a mustache or something." "See Lydia?" "She has your eyes." " I think she looks like Jamie." " You remember my sister, Quinn, right?" " Of course." " It's good to see you." " You too." "How's Sawyer and Peyton?" "They're good." "They should be." "They team up on me and get their way." "Ugh, I missed you so much, bud." "Me too." "You better have." "Come on, let's go get some food." " Okay." "You gonna take her?" "Yeah." "Hello?" "Unh." "This is him." "I understand." "Thank you." "Hey." "Oh." "Uh..." "Wait." "What?" " Hey." " Oh." " Chase." "Baby, I gotta go." "Oh, no, no, no." "One more pony ride." "No, you can't afford it." "Besides, you weren't that good at it anyway." "Bye, boys." "Bye, Pony." "Did she just leave in her underwear?" "She's a stripper." "I think they do that." "Dude, awesome damn night!" " Not so loud." " Jeez." "What's with you, anyway?" "I just got called to active duty." "What?" "You got drafted?" "Can they do that?" "I'm in the Air Force, Chris." "Really?" "Why?" "Did Pony just leave me?" "Awesome damn night." " I don't think you should go to see him." " I have to." " Why?" " I'm not afraid of him." "I'm not gonna be afraid of him." "Well, then you can not be afraid of him from here." "I wanna believe in forgiveness." "I wanna believe that I have that capacity in my heart to forgive someone, but..." "Some things are unforgivable." "I can forgive my part of it but not Quentin's." "I have to go there." "I just..." "I have to." "Not "I." "We. "" "You and me." "You and me." "Knock it off, budala." "Hey, man." "Check this out." "Unh..." "Come on, man." " What?" " Are you Chuck on the Gossip Girl?" "No means no." "What are you doing here?" "I just need some speed." "Kids are eating that stuff like gummy bears, man." "So it was Nathan who introduced you to Quinn?" "Well, sort of." "He introduced us and then forbid me from seeing her." "Why do you think he forbid you?" "Because he was a client, I guess." "What about Nathan made you wanna sign him?" "You know, he was struggling." "He'd been through some rough times but he was driven to rise above it all." "Like you." "Yeah." "And he had a family." "Why do you mention that?" "Well, because helping him was helping them." "You know, they were dreaming his dream with him." "Sometimes for him." "Clay, do you ever resent that he, uh, had a family?" "You're asking some screwed-up questions today, aren't you, doc?" "Wouldn't be a terrible thing to resent someone who has something that you could've had." "I've never resented Nathan's family for a second." "I've been jealous of them." "Well, sometimes I still am." "But I've grown to be protective of them." "You ever resent that you couldn't protect Sara?" "Every day." "You know, it's interesting, Clay that, uh, yourjob involves protecting people and yet in your personal life, you struggle to do just that, isn't it?" "I'm just an agent, doc." "What if he's dead and he's not coming back?" " He's coming back." " I don't..." "Luke, I need to say the words out loud and let them shock me because I have to face the reality of the situation." "Nathan is missing." "There's a good chance that he's not coming back." "The chances are better that he is." "I know you've done the research." "Ninety-five percent of all missing persons are located." "And of the ones that aren't, most abductees are dead within three hours." " You don't know that he's been abducted." " Then where is he?" "This is Nathan we're talking about." "He has been through hell and back." "He's overcome it." "What do you think happened?" "You think he got amnesia and he's gone?" "And he's got a new identity somewhere?" "Do you think he left me?" "No." "He's not home because he can't come home." "I can feel it in my soul, Luke." "Haley, this is Nathan, and he will come home." "Now, say that out loud." "He's coming home." "Yeah." "Talk to me about the, uh, person you became after Sara's death." "You were coming to see me and then you just stopped." "I never asked why." "I just got tired of talking about it." "I got tired of sleeping 15 hours a day." "I got tired of that apartment." "I got tired of running into friends and seeing the polite grin on their face because they didn't know what to say or how to say it." " So I left." " Where'd you go?" "Nowhere." "I just got in the car one day and started driving." "I stayed at cheap hotels, ate fast food." "Nobody saw me." "Nobody looked me in the eye." "That's how I wanted it to be." "I drove, um..." "I drove as far as I could." "And I decided that, uh, when I ran out of road I would, uh, check into a hotel somewhere and I'd kill myself." "That's when I saw her at the end of the road." "She was standing on the balcony of this, uh, stupidly large beach house." "Sara." "So I rented it." "And I sat up at night talking to her like we used to." "And she told me to stop feeling sorry for myself and to get back to work." "So I did." "And then I found Nate." " I can't find my dad." " What, buddy?" "The video he sent me." "I put it on my iPod, but I didn't bring it." "Okay, well, I mean, you know it's at home, right?" "But I wanna take it with me." "It's the last video he sent me from Europe." " Wait, you have your laptop." " Yeah, but it's not on there." "It's on the computer in my room." "We could call someone and have them send you the file." "Or, I mean, when I get home, I can." "We could call Julian." " They have a key and he'll know how." " Perfect." "And, Jamie, we're gonna get your dad back video and for real." "Call Julian." "Julian, it's Jamie." " Chuck Scolnik in the house." " Hey." " What's going on with you?" " Nothing." "Dude, sit down." "Have a root beer." "How's your dad?" "Good." "Yeah, really good." "My dad's awesome." "So you think he'll be sticking around for a while?" "Yeah, I guess." "Why?" "Well, um, I have to go back to the Air Force." "When?" "The next couple days." "But you'll have Chris and your dad, so you'll be all right." "Yeah." "Hey." "It'll be all right." "How about we hang out tonight?" " We can do something fun." " I can't." "I have plans with my dad." "He needs his dad." "We all do." " What are the police saying?" " Ha!" "Not much." "I don't know, they don't seem as concerned as they should be or as active as they should be." "It's not good enough." "It's a nightmare." " I really think I should just come back." " No." "No, there's gotta be something more I can do." "No, you're doing it." "I need you to take the kids out of the house before I completely lose it and Jamie realizes how bad things are." "Look, they'll be happier with you guys." " Okay." " Okay." "And as soon as Nathan comes home you'll be a family again." "And he will, Haley." "I promise." "I wish you could keep that promise more than any other you've ever made." "But I think it's really bad this time, Luke." "I think that it's really, really bad." "There he is." "My cash cow." "You should be mooing for me, cow." "Our terms have been received and my people are willing to renegotiate the contract for your death." "So are you afraid now, Nathan Scott?" "Because you should be." "It doesn't matter how far I go, Jamie Scott." "You're always with me." "Even when I'm in some ghetto in wherever I'm at." "But, uh, you be good." "Be good to your mom and Lydia, help out around the house." "I'll be home soon." "You're a good man, son." "I love you." " What's this?" " Lunch." " You want some?" " No." "Well, maybe." "The burgers smell pretty good." "You know, the secret to a good burger is..." "Never mind." "Here, this is a video I thought you might like." "There's a laptop in the trailer." "I'll see you later." "I gotta go to prison with Brooke." "Prison, huh?" "They're gonna love you there." "Yeah, thanks." "It doesn't matter how far I go, Jamie Scott." "You're always with me." "Even when I'm in some ghetto in wherever I'm at." "But, uh, you be good." "Be good to your mom and Lydia, help out around the house." "I'll be home soon." "You're a good man, son." "I love you." "You're a good man, son." "I love you." "Man, son." "I love you." "Man, son." "I love you." "Son." "I love you." "How do you feel about children, Clay?" "What do you mean?" "Oh, family, kids, you." "I guess there was a time I would've said not for me." "But being around Nate's family, you know, his son, Jamie, and the baby it's nice." " You spend a lot of time with them?" " Yeah, we have Jamie quite a bit." "And Quinn's been watching Lydia, so we've pretty much seen her grow up." "So I don't know." "What if Quinn got pregnant?" "I mean, if you're asking if I love her, then yes, I do." "That's good, but that's not what I asked you." "I saw you play once." "You lost." "You fall behind in fourth quarter, you not come back." "Sometimes there's no comeback." "Can I have a drink?" "Water." "You forgot to say "please. "" "Please." "Nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility." "But when the blast of war blows in our ears he imitates the action of the tiger." "I like you, Nathan Scott." "Too bad I have to kill you." "How's that for a comeback, huh?" "Yo, Dmitri." "Yo, Dmitri." "I didn't think you'd show." "You said you wanted to talk to me, so talk." "Just like that, huh?" "Look I'm sorry for what I done to you." "I've had a lot of time to think about the mistakes that I made and to make peace with them." "And I just wanna do right." "I just wanna go about my business and live my life." "So I'm sorry for what I done to you." "That's all." "And what about Quentin Fields his family, what about him?" "They never convicted me of that." "I have two children." "Boys." "They have their entire lives ahead of them." "Just like my friend Quentin Fields once did." "Like Xavier Daniels once did." "I hope that when they're adults they'll believe in redemption and rehabilitation." "I hope they'll believe in forgiveness." "Because I do." "I just don't believe in it for Xavier Daniels." "I don't believe he's changed." "I don't believe he's sorry." "And I don't believe he's paid for his crimes." "He is an angry hateful, violent human being." "And I'm sorry, but it would be a mistake to release him." "I won't feel safe, and neither should any of you." "Can he change?" "I hope so." "But has he?" "No, I don't think he has." "And I don't think he will." "There he is, Chuck Scolnik." "Thought you were hanging out with your dad tonight." "We are." "Yeah, I mean, we were." "We had a great day." "Yeah?" "What did you do?" "Dad took me to the go-kart track." "You know, the one by the highway?" "Heh, you should have seen this one race." "We wrecked everybody else on the track." "It was pretty awesome." "Chuck, uh, that go-kart track's been closed for months now." "Oh, yeah, did I say the one by the highway?" "I meant the other one." "There's another one." "It's new." "So, what are you doing here, anyways?" "I just came by to see you." "Well, uh, yeah, we should probably keep it down because my dad's asleep inside, and my mom says he needs his rest." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I love you too, Sawyer." "I miss you." "Yeah." "Okay." "Okay, put your mommy on the pho..." "Yeah." "She hung up on me." " Typical." " Of course she did." "She can talk on the phone for hours." "But, you know, it's the listening part she's not big on." "Flight 417 is now boarding at Gate 5." " That's us." " Yeah." "Flight 417 is now boarding at Gate 5." " We should probably go." "I'm gonna give you some space." "I'll wait there." "Thanks, Quinn." " Come here." "Give me a hug." "We're gonna miss you and Lydia so much." " See you soon, okay?" " All right." "Luke, thank you." "Take care." "Ready for your big adventure?" "You're gonna go stay with Uncle Lucas and Aunt Peyton." "They're gonna take such good care of you, baby." "And as soon as your daddy gets back, you're gonna come straight home, okay?" "Because he misses you, and so will I." "I love you, sweet girl." "All right, well, you always wanted to stay with Uncle Lucas." "I'm fine, Mom." "Come here." "He is coming home." "I know." "Do you also know that I love you with everything inside of my heart?" "Because I do." "I know that too." "I'm fine, Mom." "Well, I'm not." "Ha, ha." "Okay." " Thank you for everything." " Don't..." "Just..." "Thank you for letting me." "Thank for calling me, for letting me help you for once." "Just thank you for being you, Hales." "I could never thank you enough for that." "I miss you, Lucas." "I love you." "Yeah, that too." "Okay, I'm gonna go walk away, because if I don't, heh, I won't." "So..." "Okay." "Mwah." "Oh." "Bye." "Bye." " Call me when you land, okay?" "All right." " Be good and take care of your sister." "Okay." " Okay." "We will." "Hey, Mom?" "It's gonna be okay." "It doesn't matter how far I go, Jamie Scott." "You're always with me." "Even when I'm in some ghetto in wherever I'm at." "But, uh, you be good." "Be good to your mom and Lydia, help out around the house." "I'll be home soon." "You're a good man, son." "I love you." " Are you hurt?" " No, I'm okay." "All right." "I'll get you out of here." "Hang on." "There's an exit through the next room." "If you run into trouble, shoot first." "Stay near the road, look for my squad car." "I'll catch up." "Go." "Welcome back, my friend." "Do I have to do everything myself?" "Do you think I'm a bad person for what I said?" "No, I think you're a great person for what you said." "I could tell." "When I asked him about Quentin, I could tell that he hadn't changed." "The first time you had to face him, you were so brave and strong and I fell in love with you." "And today in that room, you were just as brave and strong and I fell in love with you even more." "I couldn't have done it without you." "Either time." "You don't think they'll let him out?" "So, listen, uh, I know your dad's in town but I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out until I leave." "Just me and you." "And maybe Chris." "Okay." "All right." "All right, then, I'll see you later." " Dude." " Ugh." " Dude, are you okay?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "What's going on there?" " Nothing." " Chuck." " I just fell off that stupid bike you gave me." " Let me see." " No." " Chuck, let me see." "Oh, jeez." "Chuck, does your...?" "Does your mom know about this?" "No, and you can't tell her, okay?" "She'll take my bike away." "You won't tell her, right?" " How'd you fall?" " I don't know." "I just hit the curb and I fell." "It's no big deal." "I gotta go." "You're a good man, son." "I love you." "Right there." "Push in on that." "Hold on, I can make it better." " What is it?" "Does that mean something?" " Yeah." " Well, that's good, right?" " No." "It's not good at all." "You okay?" "Are you worried about Nathan, Clay?" "Am I worried for his safety?" "Of course." "But Nathan Scott is the strongest guy I know." "Wherever he is, however he is, he's getting stronger." "He'll come home." "And if he can't someone's in for the fight of their life." "How can you do this?" "You're a cop." "I'm a desk cop." "At least to them, I am." "They're wrong." "They don't wanna make me a detective?" "Fine." "This definitely pays better." "By the way your wife says hello." "Okay." "Okay." "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers." "Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully." "Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds." "And let our hearts, as subtle masters do stir their servants to an act of rage." "Good news." "We've reached new financial agreement." "So they send more money and then you die."