Mick St. John quotes from Moonlight

Mick

At the funeral, you were wearing his ring.

Beth

Yes. Yes, I was, but I realized that even if he had proposed to me, I wouldn't have been able to say "Yes".

Mick

Why not?

Beth

There's someone else.

Beth

Breaking and entering was much more fun when you were a vampire. It's a shame you can't still do that sexy vampire jumping thing.

Mick

Yeah, well, the jumping was kind of tied with the whole bloodsucking thing.

Beth

We gotta narrow down the hiding places.

Mick

It's all about psychology, all right? People hide things in the last place they think anyone else is gonna look.

Beth

Tampons!

Mick

Excuse me?

Beth

I always hide my nice jewelry in a box of tampons.

Mick

Yeah, ok. I'll admit that's the last place I would look.

Beth

Uh, if my jewelry goes missing, I'll know who took it.

Mick

[Sounds surprised] You gotta be kidding.

[Playing guitar] Just in time for my solo, man!

Mick

Is that all you do?

No, Tuesdays and Thursdays I rule "World of Warcraft".

Beth

Did you know my editor was investigating your involvement in a bogus charity scheme?

Josef

Nice to see you, Beth, me I'm doin' great, thanks. Except for the drywall dust. It gets everywhere.

Mick

Beth's editor was killed a few hours ago.

Josef

I'm sorry. So. Am I a suspect? [they nod] Cool! It's like roleplaying, but without the leather.

Mick

Your name came up in connection with a story Maureen was working on.

Josef

Was her body found in the La Brea Tar Pits?

Mick

No.

Josef

That was the only person I killed this week.

Mick

Josef, this is serious.

Josef

No, this is stupid. Look I'm on the board of dozens of charities. I had no idea that this one was bogus until Maureen told me.

Mick

Ok, we'll talk to your PR man.

Josef

Remember the Tar Pits?

Living everyday with a secret that you wanna tell someone.

Mick

Listen to me. Secrets are like a disease, and if we don't share them, they will eat us up on the inside, until there's nothing left, until it feels that we are already dead.

You do have a secret, don't you?

Mick

Yeah, I do. And it ate me up until I finally told somebody.

Josef

[Appears behind Mick and startles him] What are you doing?

Mick

Don't do that!

Josef

What? Use my crafty vampire abilities to sneak up on you?

Mick

Why are you here?

Josef

Guillermo called me. Said you were about to do something extremely stupid. I said, "Wait, that can't be the Mick that I know.”

Mick

You should come, you love a challenge.

Josef

No, see, I'm a lover, not a fighter. No, besides, I'd just get dead trying to protect you; the human liability.

Mick

I can take care of myself.

Josef

[snarls, attacks, pinning Mick against the wall] Is this how you're gonna fight them? This is how you want it to end!?!

Mick

Get off me! Get off me! [Josef suddenly focuses on Mick's throat, leaning closer, before tearing himself away]

Josef

Well, I hope I've made my point.

Mick

Yeah, you did.

Josef

What?

Mick

You were right. I can't save Beth as a human. But I can save her as a vampire. You have to turn me back.

Josef

Whoa, uh-uh. You hold on. This is not-

Mick

You have to turn me back, right now.

Josef

Mick, you’re human again. After all you went through to get the cure, you're gonna give it up this easy?

Mick

You think this is easy for me? This is not easy, okay? I don't have a choice.

Josef

What you're asking me to do-

Mick

Listen to me, all right? He has Beth. He has my Beth. So please. Please, brother.

Josef

Mick, forgive me. [Mick nods and offers his neck. Josef bites him, drains him, and lays him gently on the table. Then takes off his own jacket, bites his own wrist, then holds it in the air, above Mick’s mouth and squeezes out drops of blood that land on Mick’s lips. Mick then starts to lick the blood off his lips.] Come on, Mick. Rise and shine. [Mick’s head raises to Josef’s wrist, which he takes hold of and drinks. Mick then rests his head back on the table and releases Josef’s wrist, then all his wounds start to heal, he sits up slowly, and roars]

Mick

[smiling] Don't worry, dad. I'll be careful.

Josef

Don't call me that.

Mick

Well, you did turn me.

Josef

Returned you. Returned. You were gonna become a vampire again anyway. I'm not your sire.

Mick

You're kinda my step-sire.

Beth

You started over with Layla.

Mick

I know how it sounds, but it just...kinda happened. It just happened.

Beth

So you think Robert ..... how could you not know you had a son?

Mick

When I left Layla, I had no idea she was pregnant. I checked Robert's birthday, it's possible.

Beth

Why did you leave her?

Mick

Because Ray survived. He was in a coma for months, lost his tags, the doctors didn't know who he was.

Beth

The DA's office will narrow it down. Ben's got a good team.

Mick

Ben...wow.....should I be jealous?

Beth

Of course. Even if I have no romantic interest in him, jealousy makes me desirable.

Mick

So, about what Josef said?

Beth

What? that we can't have a baby?

Mick

You wanna have my baby?

Beth

What do you think of "Elliot" for a boy? [Mick looks at her]

Beth

I'm kidding, relax. But I mean, children are the prior of most normal human relationships.

Mick

Our relationship being neither normal nor human, but Josef was right; vampires can't have kids, so, I mean that if it is a deal breaker.....

Beth

Wow...I think we are getting ahead of ourselves. I mean that we haven't slept with each other yet. Look, let's just focus on getting Jacob back and we can worry about our children when the time comes.

Mick

[after reading the DNA test] Robert is not my son. Good for you Ray.

Beth

I'm sorry.

Mick

No. No. This is the way it was supposed to be.I just didn't know how much I wanted family until I almost had one.

Beth

Hey..family is not only about DNA.

Beth

You okay?

Mick

Yeah, except I just got hit in the face with the sacred ass paddle.

Beth

Karma.

Uh-oh. They've got a secondary firewall. They must have updated the system. I'm gonna need a minute.

Mick

You've got ten seconds.

Yeah. Thanks. Yeah, that's really going to make me work faster!