JJoyce
I don't want to go to a shelter. I want to go home!
[after Brian beat her and broke her cheekbone] What if you have a kid with him?! Is this what you want for your children? You want him to beat them the way he did you?!
JJoyce
He wouldn't do that-
Oh, wake up, Joyce! This is it! This is your chance to get away! Right now. It doesn't matter how 'wonderful' he can be sometimes! If you go back now, you are telling him it's okay to do this to you, and it is NOT okay! [pause, more gently] It's not okay.
[After Abby is beaten up by Brian, Luka enters a bar. He sees Brian on the phone; Brian sees him advancing and hangs up quickly]
BBrian
I don't have a problem with you, man, ok-
I have a problem with you.
BBrian
I got angry- It was a mistake.
You hit women by mistake? Huh?
[Luka swats the beer bottle out of his hand; it shatters on the floor]
Let's see you hit me, huh? [shoves Brian back and continues advancing]
BBrian
I didn't mean to, come on- [Luka slaps him] I lost my temper!
Lose your temper with me! [shoves Brian back into the pool-cue rack; the bar goes quiet]
BBrian
Ok, I'm gonna go to the cops right now and turn myself in- [Luka socks him in the jaw, then grabs him and yanks him upright] Wait, just wait!
Better start swinging back! [shoves him back and punches him again]
BBrian
Wait!! [in tears] I was wrong, I got angry- She took away my wife!
[Luka punches him in the stomach, doubling him over, then hoists him upright again]
You took away your wife! (throws Bryan against the pool table)
BBrian
[sobbing and bleeding from his mouth] I know, I know, I know... but I loved her! She was everything to me, and I lost her- [Luka grabs him by the collar and raises his fist] I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I won't mess with Abby again. I won't. [pause] I won't even talk to her. I'll move, I'll move out of the building! Please, I'm sorry. Please...
[Luka lets go for a moment, then suddenly grabs him and leans forward until they are eye-to-eye]
[quietly] You touch her again... I'll kill you.
CCarter
[When Eleanor leaves the room after Mickey starts vomiting blood] Mom, what are you doing?
I can't. Please, take care of him...
CCarter
No, the only reason I'm here is 'cause you asked for my help.
I can't see him in that kind of pain, not again...
CCarter
What did you expect?
CCarter
You cannot get this kid's hopes up and then leave.
[Eleanor heads for the elevator]
CCarter
You're really going to do this? You're gonna drag me back here and then bail when it gets too tough? The kid does not think he'll have to go through this alone again. Don't leave him!
I am not choosing between my two daughters.
You don't have to. I'm choosing for you.
And what am I telling her by letting you ship her away?
That she needs to grow up. That she needs to take responsibility. That what she does has very real consequences for people besides herself!
She realizes that. Do you think she would actually hurt Ella again?
Either she's out of the house by the time I take that baby home or I'm not taking that baby home!
Hold on, calm down. Take a breath before you start issuing ultima...
I know that! She's mine, too!
Then start acting like it!
[storms off]
