[Luka leans up against his car at the motel, Sam is getting ice from the ice machine.]
[sighs] What are you doing, Sam?
This is what I do, you know that. I don’t stay in one place that long.
How long are you going to keep doing that?
Luka You can’t keep running away.
This isn’t just about Steve.
Sorry, sometimes there’s a little collateral damage. I have to do this for Alex.
From what I can tell, it’s not working for him.
Yeah well, he’s 10, he doesn’t know what’s working for him.
Is this the life you want for him? For yourself?
[opens her mouth as if to say something, but is speechless] I don’t know what else to do.
Go to your car and follow me back to Chicago. You don’t have to do this alone, I’m here, you can trust me.
[A tear runs down Sam’s cheek. Luka pushes her hair back and caresses her face with his hand.]
That’s not something I’m good at.
Why not give it a try? It can’t be any worse than this, can it?
[They both smile and softly laugh]
TJTiffany James
Can I get something to eat?
TJTiffany James
I've been here almost 18 hours.
I'm aware of that. You've held up a bed, woken up two judges in the middle of the night and now the head of the public health department is coming here to do your exam.
Really. He's driving all the way in here from Lake Forest just for you. And he's real happy about it too. He says he hasn't actually done a pelvic in about 10 years, but he's willing to "give it a shot". So... you can either wait here for another hour for the old guy to get here and give you what I'm sure will be a remarkably painless and gentle exam or you can let me do it right now.
[Luka wakes up, turns to see that Sam is not there and gets out of bed. Sam is at the open window. Luka comes out of the room and hugs her.]
You’re not sleepy? You will get cold like that.
He’ll come back [Sam moves away from Luka.] We won’t have any idea when. Sleeping in one morning or on our way home from a movie, and he’ll just show up.
I don’t know why you would want to. [she looks into Alex’s room where he is sleeping]
I can think of a reason. [Luka closes the window.] This place is too small. You should both come and live with me.
My apartment has two floors. Alex can sleep downstairs.
Luka! If we all move in together it is going to be because it is something we all want, not because you think we need to be protected!
[Sam walks away and mumbles something about a shower.]
Hey! [Sam stops and turns and Luka picks up the frying pan.] Scrambled or fried?
I don't know what happened.
You had a rough time. It's not hard to understand.
I guess. I just thought it would help somehow.
Help what? What else is going on?
You looked bad all day. I wasn't the only one who noticed.
Well, I did get hit in the head by a psycho patient.
You can talk to me, John.
I've been having trouble sleeping. I keep having these dreams. I miss her. And I miss the baby. And I miss all the stuff I thought we were going to have. And I don't know how to get any of it back.
[Luka says goodbye to Carter. Sam give Carter a med record and follows Luka out the door and chases him down.]
I thought you were still on?
For awhile, yeah. Ah, you know what you said, earlier, on the steps? [Luka nods] Me too. So… come on by later and I’ll make you some eggs.
[They both turn to go. Sam turns and yells out]
[Sam runs to Luka, he grabs her in his arms as he laughs and they kiss.]
[Neela is sitting in a registry/intelligence office]
WWoman
So you placed very high on your placement test, but you haven't got a lot of experience in any other service industry. No retail, no sales. Secretarial?
WWoman
Uh... Bookkeeping?
[Neela shakes her head]
[Neela shakes her head]
WWoman
Electrical?.....Perhaps we'd have better luck if you told us what sort of things you can do.
Well, let's see: I can crack open your chest, reinflate your lung and squeeze your heart back to life.
How's the night shift going?
Ugly- but it's been quiet for the last hour or so.
Well, that won't last. Sunburns, blown-off fingers, potluck food poisoning- nothing like the E.R. on the Fourth of July.
You sound like you're looking forward to it.
Anytime you mix alcohol, gunpowder and the great outdoors, you're in for a good time.
[while Luka and Alex are playing video games] You're going down, you little freak.
You're worse at this than you are at soccer.
Bite me, you Slav bastard.
[as she walks in the door] Alex! What did you just say?
I heard you. [to Luka] You heard him. What did he say?
I didn't hear anything. Might have been the game.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you heard the game, Mom.
Yeah, well, I don't wanna hear that kind of talk out of you. [to Luka] Or you.
