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Niki: You're trying to blame me for something that happened, like, 20 years ago because you're mad, because Nash likes Jessica.
Tess: You shut up about that already.
Niki: Hey, you're going to have to face it sooner or later, you know. The second that guy laid eyes on that kid, boy, he wanted her, and he has been chasing Jessica ever since.
Tess: Well, if that's true, then he's going to get dumped twice.
Niki: How?
Tess: Wherever I go, Jessica goes. And he's never going to see either one of us again or this baby. That's a promise.


Tess: What does Nash see in Jessica, anyway? It can't possibly be her personality.
Niki: Nah, you got that right.
Tess: Maybe the question is, what doesn't he see in me?


Niki: Honey, you're an intruder. They want to get rid of you. And they don't give a damn if this baby is yours and Nash's or Jessica's and, you know, the other guy. As long as it's still a part of the Buchanan/Lord package. And Nash -- he wants the girl that comes with the bonus pack. Don't take it personally, ok? At least he had the hots for you.
Tess: Great. Thanks.


Antonio: That's a really stupid move, Brennan. How does ending up in the E.R. with hypothermia help Jessica? And what made you think you were going to find her in a shed of all places?
Nash: That's where I found her New Year's Eve. After I found her, I took her to an inn. It was great. It was just her, me, and the baby. I guess it was just wishful thinking that she'd go back there again, huh?


Nash: Tess! Tess, thank God. Are you ok?
Tess: What makes you think that this is Tess?
Nash: Jessica, I'm sorry. I -- I thought you were -- are you ok? Jessica? Honey, can you hear me?
Tess: Did you just call me "honey?"
Nash: Tess, I'm sorry. I thought you were Jessica. Are you all right?
Tess: I knew it. I knew how you felt about her. I just didn't want to believe it.
Nash: No, no, Tess. I --
Tess: I have nothing else to say to you.


Nash: Jess -- Tess thinks I'm in love with Jessica.
Antonio: She thinks what?
Nash: If she really believes that, she may never come back.


[Knock on door]
Nash: Hello? Is anybody in there?
[Knock]
Tess: Nash?
Tess: Oh.
Nash: I was worried sick.
Tess: Oh, Nash, I knew it. I knew you loved me. I knew Niki was wrong.
Nash: Of course I still love you, Jessica.
Tess: Jessica? No. No, you're in love with me, Tess.
Nash: Tess -- look, Tess, we -- we had some laughs. But the moment I met Jessica, it was no contest. She's good, she's sweet, I can trust her, and she's not a ghost. I need a real woman, and Jessica -- she's real. I'm sorry.
Tess: No! No, you love me, you love Tess!


Natalie: Did Tess ever say any place that she would want to run away to?
Nash: Well, the only place we ever dreamed about was the winery, but I got somebody to keep an eye on the place. I don't think she would go there right now. She wants to be as far away from me as she can.
Clint: Nash, what are you talking about? What happened?
Nash: Somehow Tess got the idea that I've got something for Jessica. Last time I called her, she hung up the phone, and if her cell phone's working, she's won't pick up.
Natalie: Wait a second. Now, I talked to Tess for all of two minutes and I could tell how much she was in love with you. Why all of a sudden would she think that you're in love with Jessica?
Antonio: Because maybe he is.


Nash: This is all just a misunderstanding. I will prove to Tess that I am still in love with her, all right?
Natalie: Well, we need to find her first. If she thinks she's got nothing to come back to, she's not going to be in any hurry to be found.


Tess: You know, I'm stronger than Jessica will ever be. She's even afraid to live the life that she already has. You know, never rock the boat, always a good girl, always doing whatever everybody expects. Well, who needs that? Who needs it? You know, I would have such an incredible life if I wasn't always worried about when Jessica was going to pop out and ruin it, or my so-called family trying to shrink me off the planet. And now -- now that little bitch has turned Nash against me. Well, I'm not dead yet. And you know what? I am going to show him. I am going to get strong enough so I make sure that Jessica never comes out again, and I am going to go away, so he'll never see me or Jessica again.


Antonio: When Jessica comes back, I want you nowhere near her. If she needs comforting, I'll take care of that.
Nash: I'm not into Jessica, all right? She's not -- well, she's not Tess.


Tess: Nash is going to be there.
Niki: Well, so will I. I'll keep you from getting soft.
Tess: Soft? Soft? Please. If I'm playing Jessica, and he even so much as makes a move on me, I will beat him so hard, harder than those hired thugs ever could've.
Niki: I don't know what you're talking about. You don't get mad, kid. You get even. You lead him on, you make sure he can't live without you.
Tess: Jessica.
Niki: You get him all twisted up, you know, and then you dump him. Then you send him a post card from some beach someplace, with you and baby dripping in cabana boys.


Tess: Okay, Niki, what do you need to know?
Niki: What makes you powerful?
Tess: You know, forget him. I make me powerful. It's my will to live.


Nash: I'm not leaving here without Tess. She could be out there freezing to death. Her and the baby need me!
Antonio: And we'll find her, ok, but the two of us roaming in the woods accomplishes nothing. We need the map with the list of properties. Now, let's go.
Nash: Oh, Tess. Tess!


Nash: Tess is out in those woods. I'm not giving up until I can look her in the eyes and assure her that she's the only woman I'm in love with!
Clint: You know, you may not want to admit it, Nash, but Tess is not the only woman that you have feelings for.
Nash: Now, this is insane. First, Tess thinks that I'm falling for Jessica, now you're telling me the same thing?
Clint: I am saying that Tess is a part of Jessica and they can't be separated no matter how much you might want to.
Nash: Not for me. I barely even know Jessica, all right? I've a had a couple of conversations with her and once in a while, yeah, I get a glimpse of the woman that I fell in love with, but Jessica is not Tess.
Clint: Nash, you're not listening to me.
Nash: No, and I'm not even interested. I don't care what you or Mrs. Davidson or the doctor tell me, your Jessie is not my Tess.


Nash: Hey, did you find her? Because, look, my ankle is fine, it's good to go! You point me in the right direction, I'm there!


Nash: I love Tess! How many times do I got to tell you? There's only one woman in this world for me, and her name is --
Ranger: Is Tess! We get it already.
Nash: And she knows that. And if she doesn't, then I will find a way to make her understand that.


Tess' voice: "Hey, Nash. Since you're reading this, you obviously found the cabin. Niki and I are hitting the road, so I'm long gone. I'd like to have said goodbye, but truth is I didn't want to. Not now that you're falling in love with Jessica."
Tess' voice: "Niki made me see I was living in dream world. Alters never get the guy. Too high-maintenance. Don't beat yourself up about it. You're the normal one and Jessica's me without all the headaches. I'm cool with that, really. I can take care of myself. Who knows, maybe I'll see you around sometime. I doubt it, though. I don't plan on coming back. It's time for me to go my way and for you to go yours."


Nash: I got to get to Tess, all right? I have to make her understand that I don't love Jessica! I never have, I never will! All right, I'm out of here.
Antonio: No, you're not.
Nash: Oh, come on, you're -- just let me --
Clint: Nash, I am not letting you run out of here halfcocked. Now, you got to let Bo and the troopers handle this, all right? We'll get involved once they have a plan.
Nash: Tess is out there! She's angry! She's upset! She's not thinking right! She's pregnant with my baby! I've got to get to her before Niki Smith does any more damage!


Tess: I am going to start my own life -- no you, no Nash, no nobody, just me and my kid. Now, pull the truck over on the side of the road!


Tess: Now I've got to hitch myself a ride.
[Tess waves down a car and it stops on the side of the road]
Tess: (smiling proudly) I still got it.
[She approaches the car and looks in the window]
Tess: Hey, going --
[Nash is the driver!]
Tess: Nash.
Nash: Hi. You all right?
Tess: How did you find me?
Nash: Everybody's looking for you. Look, where's Niki? Or is she Viki now?
Tess: I don't know and I don't care where Niki is.
Nash: Get in. It's freezing out there.
Tess: Oh, I'd rather freeze to death than go anywhere with you.


Nash: Tess! Tess, Tess --
Tess: Let go of me!
Nash: After what I've gone through, I don't think so.
Tess: Do you even know who I am?
Nash: Would I go through this for anybody else, Tess?
Tess: Ok, great, now you know who I am, but when I called you earlier --
Nash: I do not love Jessica!
Tess: So why did you call me "honey" when you thought it was Jessica?
Nash: I called the girl at the coffee shop who gave me coffee "honey" the other day!


Nash: Come on, get real. Do you really think that I'm in love with Jessica?
Tess: I know what goes on, okay, when I'm not out, and I know that Viki even accused you of making a play for Jessica!
Nash: Viki was wrong! Viki was wrong!
Tess: Viki's never wrong!
Nash: She was wrong that time!


Nash: Just think about it.  If Jessica was my type, would I really go for you?
Tess: So you're telling me that you have zero feelings for Jessica and I'm just dreaming this all up?
Nash: No, I can't say that.
Tess: I knew it!  I knew you loved her, you son of a bitch.
Nash: Tess, you asked me if I had feelings for her.  How could I not?  Every time I look at her, I see your face!  And the woman I love -- you, Tess -- is inside of her trying to get out.
Tess: Right!  Like that's the only reason!
Nash: Well, she also happens to be carrying our baby.  All right, I want to be with you, the two of us. Look, I wouldn't care if I never saw Jessica again because it'd mean that we won, you and me.  Tess, we can make this work. All right?  We can do it.  But I can't do it alone.


Tess: I'm not going anywhere with you.
Nash: Well, you're not going anywhere without me. All right, you can run as far as you like, but I'll find you. I'm nothing without you, Tess. I never have been and I never will be.
Tess: Why should I believe you?
Nash: You want to know why?
[Nash kisses Tess]


[Nash and Tess have found a cabin to take shelter in -- the key was under the doormat]
Tess: I thought that people only hid the keys under the doormat in the movies.
Nash: I guess it's just lucky for us that whoever owns this place lacked imagination, huh?
Tess: Well, it's a good thing we do things your way. I was about to throw a rock through the window.
Nash: Yeah, well, you're very direct.  It's one of your most appealing qualities.
Tess: Not always.


Nash: (to Tess)  Feels good to be hugging you again.


Tess: I used to think that you were the only person in the world that would ever be straight with me.
Nash: And one week on the lam with Niki changed all that, huh?


Nash: Something freaked you out.  Because instead of coming to me, you ran off.
Tess: Well, I didn't know what else to do.
Nash: Well, you could have thought back to our time in Napa.
Tess: Yeah, that was a great time.
Nash: It was an amazing time.  We can have that again.
Tess: Well, you sound pretty sure for somebody who was just hitting on a girl that was trying to destroy me.
Nash: I wasn't hitting on Jessica.  I was being nice to her.
Tess: Yeah, right.
Nash: Tess, look at me.  Tess, look in my eyes. Come on.  Tell me, is there anyone else for me?  There is only one person who owns my heart, and that's you, Tess.  Tell me you can see that.


Nash: Jessica was upset, and it was tearing me up.  I felt sorry for her.  I don't know -- I thought that maybe trapped inside of her, you were feeling the same way, so I helped her out.  But not because I love Jessica. Tess, I love you so very, very much.
Tess: Well, Niki says that's all going to change, and eventually you're going to fall in love with Jessica.
Nash: Did Niki happen to say why?
Tess: Well, because she's Princess Jessica, and she never gets mad. She never swears, she never drinks, and she never does anything stupid.
Nash: So, Jessica's pretty sweet, huh?
Tess: Enough to make you sick.


Nash: You know, you never used to pick stupid fights.
Tess: All right, you know, get out.
Nash: You -- you'd wrangle free meals and steal my car and crash great parties. I kind of liked that. You know, as a matter of fact, I fell in love with that girl. I fell in love with you, Tess.
Tess: Till you met her.
Nash: Tess, you can't pull this off. You know as well as I do that you have me wrapped around your little finger.
Tess: No, I'm not talking about sex.
Nash: Good. Because neither am I. You and I are so much more than that. You know it. Look, if you want to be mad at me because I didn't tell you about -- about Claudia Reston, fine, I'll buy it. But if you're going to be mad at me because you think that I'm in love with someone or anyone more than I'm in love with you, then I -- you're full of it.


Tess: I'm scared.
Nash: Well, everything about this is scary. But we're not going to get through this unless you believe in me as much as I believe in you.
Tess: She's better than me.
Nash: Ah. I love you.
Tess: You have bad taste.
Nash: Uh-uh.


Nash: Tess, wouldn't you want your family to know that you're safe with me?
Tess: Right, fine. What are you doing?
Nash: Well, your family should know you're safe -- tomorrow. Maybe tonight should be for us.


Tess: Oh, come on. 30 seconds ago, there was a karate kid in there. Oh. There, you feel it kick?
Nash: I felt it. I felt it.


Tess: Hmm. I wish we could stay here forever.
Nash: Hmm.
Tess: Don't you?
Nash: Of course I do. But unfortunately, we got to --
Tess: No, no, no. No, no. Don't say it. Don't you dare say "reality."


Nash: I'm taking you to Llanview.
Tess: Oh. Right. Yeah, that's a great idea.
Nash: I'm serious. I'm taking you home, where you belong.
Tess: You mean where Jessica belongs.


Nash: Do you really think that I'd come up here in the rain and the sleet and the snow and whatever else the powers that be could throw at me just so that I could betray you? I love you, all right? I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. I thought I made that perfectly clear last night. Obviously, if it was up to me, we'd be back in Napa picking out baby names, I mean, building a nursery, watching the sunset behind the diamond mountains, but we can't have that, not yet, but we will.
Tess: Yeah, not yet, not until Jessica and I are one person. Right? That's the only way the Buchanans are going to stop hounding us. So I guess you figure if Jessica and I are integrated, then you'll have the whole package and you won't have to work so hard for a woman who's only around half the time.
Nash: Oh, that is it. I'm not going to defend my feelings to you anymore. It's like banging my head against a freaking wall!
Tess: Poor Nash.
Nash: That's it. You on the sarcasm, that's just what I need.
Tess: What you need? What about what I need? What about these voices in my head, Niki and Jessica? They're pulling me in all of these different directions and messing with how I feel! Do you have any idea how to shut them up? Do you??


Tess: This secret is the only thing that's keeping me from being sucked in to Jessica's psyche. That's why I can't go back to Llanfair. Don't you see? Her family is never going to stop trying to figure it out. And once they do, it's over for me. So I can't go home right now.
Nash: I am your home. You remember?


Nash: (to Tess)  We can take on your family. We can take on the whole damn town if we have to. You won't have to do it alone. I promise.


Nash: Unless you want me to pick you up and throw you and your preggy belly over my shoulder, you'll come with me willingly.
Tess: Oh, I'm scared.
Nash: I'll be with you every step of the way. I promise.


Nash: Look, I know you're scared, but it's all right. I'm here and I'm not going to let anything happen to you.
Tess: I don't want to be here, I don't want to be with these people. I just want to be with you, in Napa, just us --
Nash: You know that wouldn't work. All right? And, yes, that's what I want, too, but it wouldn't be more than, what, two hours before Antonio and his people came running after us? Tess, we owe this to your family. They love you.
Tess: They love Jessica.
Nash: They love you. All right? We got to address this until it comes chasing after us and we have to. And next time, our baby might be a part of the equation and that'll be even uglier, so let's just put this in our past and we'll get on with our lives. Yeah. All right.


Kevin: Ok, Nash, maybe you can tell us what happened to my mother.
Tess: He doesn't know anything.
Kevin: Well, then maybe you can tell us.
Nash: She doesn't know anything, either.
Kevin: Well, that's convenient, isn't it? Both vouching for each other.


Nash: Don't worry, Tess, I'm always going to keep you safe.


Clint: You having second thoughts?
Nash: Always having second thoughts, third, fourth. There'd be something wrong with me if I wasn't, right? Oh, no, if you're asking if I'm bailing on Tess, no, sir. What we have, it's the real thing. Tess and that baby are the only family I've got.


Kevin: The more he hangs around, the harder it will be for my sister to come back out.
Nash: Do you have any idea how much I didn't want to come back? Tess wanted us to disappear, to run away, to start over so that she would never have to see you all again. Unfortunately, I know better. I understand what we're dealing with here, how dangerous it is. But, having said that, I'm getting a little bit sick of you and Natalie and that Antonio guy hearing only what you want to hear. When are you going to get it through your thick skulls that Tess is right in there? She's real. How we feel about each other -- it's kind of real. The fact -- hello? -- The fact that she's probably carrying my baby -- that's very, very real.
Clint: Kevin, he's right about that.
Nash: You know, because I care about Tess, I'm going to go back in there so that she doesn't have to wake up alone with no family.


Tess: I ruined that test.
Nash: I know. It's ok, go back to sleep.
Tess: I didn't want to know it was Antonio's baby.
Nash: What did you just say?
Tess: What?
Nash: About destroying the paternity test?
Tess: Oh -- Antonio -- I think he's the father. I don't want him to be, though. I want you to.


Tess: I'm sorry.
Nash: You have nothing to be sorry about.
Tess: There is. You're too good for this.
Nash: For you? I don't think so.
Tess: The baby -- it -- you deserve better. I smashed the test, and if I hadn't, we'd know, and you could leave me.
Nash: I am not just here because of the baby, Tess. Obviously, I want it to be mine. This is so hard to believe. He or she is going to be here so soon.
Tess: Hmm. Too soon.
Nash: Tess, I love you as much as I love your kid. Even if it turns out that Antonio's the father --
Tess: No.
Nash: Shh. We don't even know anything yet, all right? I love you. Nothing is ever going to change that, but I need you to keep fighting to be with me, no matter what happens. Please.


Tess: It's Jessica. She's getting stronger.
Nash: All right. You just keep on fighting. I'm going to take care of you and the baby.
Tess: We could run away.
Nash: You don't want to do that.
Tess: Chicken?
Nash: Never.
Tess: Hmm.
Nash: Your family loves you.
Tess: It's Jessica's -
Nash: They're your family, too. Tess, you want them to respect you as a person in your own right. I know this is hard. I know you're not used to it, but if you want the Buchanans to respect you, then you're going to have to try to respect them back.


Nash: Come on. You got to take care of yourself and our baby.
Tess: I heard Jessica. She's trying to get out and I can't let her.
Nash: It's all right. You just keep fighting for us in there. I'll keep fighting for us out here. I'm not going to lose you.


Nash: Even if Clint and Niki do find the bar, chances are that nobody's going to remember something that happened 20 years ago, right? Ok, and even -- even if they do find out your secret, I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. Everything's going to be all right. You're going to be all right, all right?
Tess: Oh, my God --
Nash: What?
Tess: This pain. Something's wrong with the baby.


Nash: How long has it been already?
Tess: Will you stop asking me that?
Nash: Oh, come on, it's been hours. If there's something wrong with the kid, they should tell us so we can deal with it.
Tess: Forget about the baby for now, okay?
Nash: Forget about the baby?


Nash: Look what I got from the sleeping patient across the hall.
Tess: Nash, if you don't get out of here and find Clint, then Niki is going to find him first, tell him my secret, and then it's only a matter of time till I'm history.
Nash: You have to calm down. All this stress is no good for you or the baby.
Tess: Well, a little bit of stress is nothing compared to what Niki is going to do to us. You said that you'd keep us safe.
Nash: I'm doing my best. All right? But first of all, we got to make sure that you and the baby are ok. If you're going into labor, it's too soon.
Tess: Do you not think I know that already?
Nash: Okay. You're scared, I'm scared. We're both scared, but, hey, at least we're scared together.
Tess: For how long?
Nash: Well, at least I'm still fighting like hell to keep you out here.


Nash: Stop pushing me away.
Tess: Oh, I'm not pushing you away.
Nash: You are pushing me away. It's what you do when you're scared. There is no use in me going after Niki and Clint. It'd just be some crazy, wild-goose chase. The whole time, I'd be freaking out over what's going on here, but what I can do is stay here with the woman I love -- that's you -- and the baby that we created to make sure that my family comes out of this ok.
Tess: Okay.
Nash: Okay. You going to your part, try to relax?
Tess: Yeah, okay, I'll try.
Nash: Okay. Because our baby needs us, both of us. So don't even think of trying to get rid of me, all right?


Nash: I mean, if the baby comes too soon, if you go into labor --
Tess: Okay, don't talk like that because it's way too soon for that to happen.
Nash: Okay. If we should run into trouble --
Tess: Then we will talk about it then. But right now, it's the two of us -- well, the three of us.
Nash: That is the first time I've heard you say that. I like that.
Tess: Well -- you're always going on and on and on about family. Maybe I'm starting to get used to the idea.


Tess: Could you just call out and get me a burger or something? I'm serious. I'm really hungry.
Nash: I will get you something real to eat just as soon as the doctors say it's ok.
Tess: Oh. Yeah, well, better make it good. It could be my last meal.


Nash: You're getting stronger and stronger every day. You can fight this.
Tess: Yeah, to a point I can. But if Niki tells Clint, and Clint makes Jessica deal with what happened, and Jessica remembers, then it's bye-bye, Tess. I will get sucked into the all-powerful Jessica. Best-case scenario -- you'll get to share custody with Antonio and Jessica. Worst-case scenario -- it'll be like I never happened.
Nash: You happened. You changed my life. You know what? Maybe it's not everybody else who's got to see you as real. Maybe it's you, huh?


Doctor: Tess, Nash? I've got your test results right here.
Tess: Well, what's wrong? Is my baby going to be ok?
Doctor: The baby's fine. The pain you experienced is commonly known as Braxton-Hicks. It's false labor. It's completely normal at this stage of your pregnancy.
Tess: Huh
Nash: So everything's fine?
Doctor: Oh, it's perfect. But since you're here, would you like to hear the heartbeat?
Tess: Yeah, ok. Nash: Yeah.
[Heartbeat]
Nash: Do you hear that?
Tess: Yes, it's really fast.
Nash: Fast.
Tess: This is really happening, isn't it? Antonio --
Nash: Jessica?


Doctor: Tess, are you ok?
Nash: Yeah, you know what? She's fine. We just need a minute alone to talk about this. It's great. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Tess: Antonio --
Nash: No, Antonio's not here. It's me, Nash. Tess -- Tess, fight this. Hey, don't you leave me. Don't you leave me now. Come on, Tess. Tess, I know you're afraid of your secret, but we're not going to let them get that secret, all right? All right? Nothing's going to happen to you. Because you love me. You can fight this. You can beat her. I love you. I love you. Don't -- I love you. I love you.
Tess: Nash -- oh, you brought me back. You brought me back.


Tess: Oh, you do love me.
Nash: Of course I do. Niki -- Niki was wrong about me and Jessica. All right? She was just messing with your head. I love you.
Tess: I just don't know why you love me so much. It's only a matter of time till I'm gone.
Nash: Listen, I don't believe it is a matter of time until you're gone. All right? I think that our love and our baby is going to make you strong enough to stay around for a long, long time. I got to believe that.
Tess: Then I do, too.


Nash: You did it. You fought Jessica, and you won. You're still here.
Tess: Because you were with me. You brought me back. If I had been by myself, I'd be gone right now, maybe forever.
Nash: I don't believe that.
Tess: Well, don't you get it, Nash? Every time we're together, every conversation, every kiss could be our last one, especially if Niki gets what she wants -- Niki and Clint and Viki and the whole crew of them.
Nash: We will figure out a way to keep you here forever. Whatever it takes, I promise you that.


Tess: What makes you so sure that I can stay in control, especially with Antonio hanging around?
Nash: Well, I guess it's a good thing that that fine fellow got his foot caught in a bear trap.
Tess: Couldn't have happened to a nicer person.


Nash: I have faith in you.
Tess: Will you stop being such an optimist?
Nash: Right, because pessimism and paranoia is so much better.
Tess: Well, it's always worked for me, okay?
Nash: Hmm.
Tess: You're different. You like to believe that there's a good in people, and I know better, okay? I know that they're trying to get rid of me. I'm not fooled into thinking that they all love me -- except you.
Nash: Well, at least you realize that.


Tess: Nash, please don't argue with me, ok? I have to go to that bar and stop Clint and Niki.
Nash: You are pregnant. Think about your baby.
Tess: Pregnant women get upset all the time and have healthy babies. I am doing this, and nothing you can say is going to stop me.


Nash: Hey, you're feeling better, right? No more contractions? No more --
Tess: No.
Nash: No? Well, what are we doing hanging out in a hospital?
Tess: Let's blow this joint.
Nash: Let's! Let me see what I can do about getting you out of here.


Nash: So, any more of those Braxton-Hiccup things?
Tess: No, but if that's what false labor feels like, I guess real labor is going to be a real treat.


Tess: My God, I have to go again. I hate being pregnant sometimes.
Nash: Oh, well, it's all for a good cause. Just remember that.


Tess: I can't believe I have two more months of this. I'm going to get bigger. I have to go to the bathroom more often. Ah, just say it, Jessica. You'd be loving it. It's too bad, because you're not here. This is my body, my life. It's my life, it's my mistakes, it's my body, it's my boyfriend. It's my baby kicking me. My life. And I'm going to fight you for it. So you might as well give in and give up.


Tess: You always take such good care of me. I hope one day I can start taking care of you.
Nash: You already do. Just being in my life.


Nash: I promised Mr. Buchanan I'd get you back here as soon as you were released from the hospital.
Tess: So what?
Nash: Well, he's been an upstanding fellow and I owe him that back. Besides, it'd be a good idea to stay on his good side, I think.
Tess: (grudgingly) Yeah, well, at least you're getting a free room out of the deal. That's decent of him, I guess.


Nash: You need your rest. You had a scare today.
Tess: Yeah -- false labor.
Nash: Yeah.
Tess: I can hardly wait for the real thing.


Tess: Nash? Thanks again for sticking with me at the hospital.
Nash: Haven't you realized yet? I will stick by you for everything.


[Tess, furious that Nash didn't tell her about Mr. Reston's visit, walks in on Nash talking to Natalie]
Nash: I am doing the best that I can for the woman who I am in love with. Now, maybe you're right. Maybe you're right. Maybe I am doing more harm to Tess than I am doing good, but I can't just leave Tess and the baby.
Tess: Oh, that's real touching, Nash, but we sure as hell can walk away from you, you lying son of a bitch.
[Tess slaps Nash]


[Tess pours herself a drink at the bar]
Nash: That better be for me.


Tess: You promised me -- no more secrets.
Nash: I'm sorry. Do you think this is easy for me?
Tess: No, I would think it'd be quite hard juggling all your stories.


[Tess is shocked when Nash tells her that Claudia was at Rodi's earlier]
Tess: I don't believe this. Claudia was sitting right there in my seat?
Nash: Yeah.
Tess: And when I came back and asked you why you were acting so weird, what had happened, your response to me was "it's not worth mentioning?" So let me get this straight -- a visit from the ex-from-hell isn't worth mentioning?
Nash: Tess -- she caught me off-guard. I -- I wasn't thinking. She -- she's stalking us!
Tess: I don't care if she was masterminding a bank heist. You lied to me. You should've told me the second you saw her!


Nash: Tess? We're supposed to be a team here. Hey, remember -- like we were at the E.R. come on. Do you have any idea how much it hurt me to see you in that much pain, to see Jessica almost come out?
Tess: I didn't know that losing Jessica would be such a sacrifice for you.
Nash: Oh, you are deliberately not listening to me.
Tess: Oh, I'm sorry! Then maybe you should speak slower and use smaller words for poor, trashy Tess.
Nash: Okay, I will. This is what Claudia wants. She's trying to put a wedge between us. Is that what you want? Do you really want to let Claudia win?
Tess: No. No, I don't.
Nash: Good.
Tess: But it's better that we figure this out now before it blew up in our faces later.
[Tess leaves the mansion.] Nash: This day so sucks! (he throws the drink at the fireplace and it smashes into pieces)


[Tess is crying after her breakup with Nash]
Clint: Darling, let me help you.
Tess: I don't want your help. I don't want anybody's help. I don't understand why everybody just doesn't leave me alone. I wish I had never come back to Llanview, and I wish to God I had never met Nash Brennan.


[Tess considers calling Nash but doesn't]
Tess: No way. You're supposed to apologize to me, Nash, and if you love me, you will.


Viki: Look, we need your help.
Nash: You're asking the one person who would do anything to keep Tess around. Now, I'm sure that you find that selfish, but I'm sorry. I love Tess. I want to be with Tess forever.


[Nash explains to Viki why he wants to leave town]
Nash: Tess is angry. She is confused. And as I'm sure you're aware, she can be a handful.
Viki: Oh, yes, yes, that, she can.
Nash: She's got an awful lot of stuff on her plate right now. Antonio, Jessica, the baby, me. It's all overwhelming her.
Viki: But that's precisely why you should stay.
Nash: No, I'm afraid that's precisely why I have to leave. The irony. You see, I need her to be tough. To be tough, she needs to cool off. And to cool off, I need to not be here.
Viki: We don't want Tess to be tough.
Nash: That's because you want Jessica. But I love Tess. If I don't give her a little bit of space right now --
Viki: You think she'll revert to being Jessica?
Nash: Yeah. I can't lose her again. The only way for me to keep Tess is for me to leave Tess.
Viki: I'm sure that must be very difficult for you to do.
Nash: Oh, I'm not leaving forever. I love her too much for that.


[Nash considers calling Tess but doesn't]
Nash: Oh, damn it, Tess, why do you always got to make things harder than they have to be?


Clint: Nash, you going somewhere?
Nash: California. I thought it best I put a little distance between myself and Tess.
Clint: California?
Nash: Yeah.
Clint: That's a lot of distance.
Nash: Yeah.
Clint: You don't want to be that far away from her, do you?
Nash: I don't want to be away from her at all.


[Tess reads the letter Nash left for her]
Nash's voice: "Tess, by the time you read this, I'll be gone. I know you're furious with me right now. You're doubting the things I said, the way I feel. That's why I need you to know that the only thing that could ever make me leave you is my love for you. Please, believe in my love, as I believe in yours. I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye in person. But then I never would've had the strength to leave. When things calm down, when I can help and not hurt you, I'll come back. But until then, you're with me in my heart, always. Nash."
Viki: What did he say?
Tess: He said that he loved me so much that he had to leave me. And people say I'm crazy.


Todd: Where's your boyfriend?
Tess: I don't know where he is. He bailed. He left me some letter saying that he loved me too much to stay. It was a bunch of bull. And he can go to hell.
Todd: So you're just going to let him go?
Tess: What would you have me do? Chase him to the ends of the earth? He doesn't want to be around, he doesn't want to be around.
Todd: You're nothing but a fraud. When did you go soft, anyway? What happened to that nasty chick I used to know? Got everything, did everything she wanted.
Tess: I am doing what I want.


[Todd wants to inspire Tess to fight for Nash]
Todd: Why don't you prove me wrong if you're such a fighter? Why don't you fight back? Why don't you call Nash? Get him on the horn? Tell him you've had it with him. Tell him his letter sucks. Tell him "if you love me, you'll stick by , and I will stick by you." And you say "trust me, Nash." And he'll love that. That's all he'll need to hear. No, you can believe me, man. I lived it. If Blair had meant it when she said that to me, I might be with her right now instead of running for my life.


Tess: Thanks.
Todd: For what?
Tess: For giving me hell. I'm not going to let Nash get away that easy.
Todd: Smart girl.
Tess: Good luck.
Todd: Yeah, you, too.


[Mr. Reston tracks down Nash in Napa]
Mr. Reston: You see, you damaged something that was precious to me. And you are going to pay in kind.
Nash: "In kind." What, is that another threat against Tess?
Mr. Reston: You know, you've got a vivid imagination.
Nash: Do I?


[Nash wants to convince Mr. Reston not to go after Tess]
Nash: Come on, I don't care about Tess. I'm just after her money, right? That's my M.O., you remember?
George: And the kid that she's carrying?
Nash: Kid? That kid's probably not even mine, and even if it is, her family will take care of it.
George: You know, that's pretty cold even for you, Brennan.
Nash: Yeah, well, it is what it is. So, hey, if there's nothing more --
George: So it wouldn't bother you if Tess were in some kind of accident?
[Nash tenses up but tries not let on that he's effected]
Nash: (in a low voice) I don't like to hear about anybody getting hurt.


[Tess is flying out to Napa to find Nash]
Woman: What's his name?
Tess: Who?
Woman: The guy you're going out to meet. The only thing that would make me that nervous is a man.
Tess: Oh, my God.
Woman: What, is it some kind of, like, Internet thing or a blind date?
[Tess pulls the blanket over her stomach down so the woman can see that she's pregnant]
Tess: What do you think?


[Tess pours herself a drink]
Woman: (about the baby) Poor kid.
Tess: Excuse me? "Poor kid"? What about "poor me"? The louse ran out on us eight weeks before I'm supposed to pop. I'm going to California to call him on his bluff. One little drink is not going to kill the brat.


[Tess gets a kick from the baby and she decides not to drink after all]
Tess: Oh -- oh, God. All right, all right, all right, I get the picture. Oh, this sucks.


[Nash is in Napa making arrangements to sell the winery with Shelly, the realtor]
Shelly: Please feel free to tell me that this is none of my business, but there's something about this that just doesn't make sense. You have a beautiful home, a growing business, and you have managed to bounce back from a fire. Why sell now?
Nash: Yeah. Well, I don’t want to. This place is my dream.
Shelly: Oh.
Nash: I've run into a little something, and if I want to get my lady back, well, it's been made clear to me that it's either her or this place, so....


[Jessica appears to Tess and urges her to go after Nash]
Tess: What if you're wrong about Nash? What if I'm just another Claudia Reston that he wants to take advantage of?
Jessica: I see the way he looks at you.
Tess: So? He's good.
Jessica: Tess, look into your heart. If you really thought that we were just another payday for this guy, would you really be flying across the country to see him?


[Nash has a fantasy about Tess and the baby. Afterward he is frustrated]
Nash: Agh, this is not going to happen this way. Reston is not taking my family from me. I'm coming back to you, Tess. Somehow, I'm coming back to you.


[Nash reads the flier for the sale of the vineyard]
Nash: "Romantic starter house, vineyard included magical property for the right owner." I am the right owner. Damn it!


[Tess, to Nash's surprise, arrives at the cottage]
Tess: (referring to her stomach) Do you think this door's big enough for --
Nash: Hmm. It better be.


Tess: I surprised you.
Nash: You sure did.
Tess: Yeah, well, I surprised myself, too, especially after that "Dear Jane" letter you left with Clint after you ran out on me.


Nash: You know, I know from experience that you're not going to believe this, Tess, but I did what I did because I thought it was best for you.
Tess: They talked you into it, right? The Buchanans, my non-family.
Nash: Tess --
Tess: You and this baby are the only two things I have in this world, and you left me.


Nash: Look, I didn’t know if I would be able to take care of you and the baby, but I knew that the Buchanans could.
Tess: Well, then it's a good idea I came here.
Nash: Yeah, I don't know.
Tess: Yeah, well, do. Because every time I pull up that driveway, everything just falls away. This is the only place in the world that I feel at peace. And -- look. Look, the vines are growing.
Nash: Yep. Full of fruit. It's going to be a good harvest.
Tess: I was thinking that we could name our first vintage after our first baby, even though I'm not going to be popping one out every year at harvest time, so don't you get any ideas. You're not laughing.
Nash: It's -- it's not going to be our first vintage.
Tess: You're selling the vineyard?


Nash: No, it just wasn't practical for me to hold on to this place.
Tess: It never was practical, Nash. It was our dream.
Nash: Yeah.
Tess: You were going to make something wonderful of this place, and I was going to cheer you on.
Nash: I remember.
Tess: Look at you. You look so --
Nash: Defeated. Is that the word you're looking for?
Tess: I guess.
Nash: Yeah, maybe I am just a little bit defeated.
Tess: I'm sorry.
Nash: Nothing to be sorry for. You haven't done anything wrong.


Tess: When you left you didn’t want to be found. You're too nice of a guy to tell me that when you -- when you took off, you wanted to stay gone.
Nash: You think I'm leaving you? Tess, did you see the look on my face when you were at the door? Did -- do you know what it means to me that you always find me? Do you know what it means to me that, with everything that you've got going o you want to be here with me? Tess, everything I do, I do for us. All right?


Nash: Do you want anything? I mean, I pretty much cleaned out the kitchen, but I'm sure that I can find something for you to --
Tess: I almost had a drink on the plane. Double vodka soda.
Nash: Why?
Tess: I don't know -- they come by with those little carts, and they offer these little bottles to you, and -- and I just thought it might take the edge off.
Nash: You were nervous.
Tess: No, Nash, I was feeling great. I was flying all the way across the country to see the man I love who, for all I know, has dumped me. And I might walk in to him sitting in front of the fire with his new girlfriend -- or his old one.
Nash: Hey.
Tess: You're right, I'm sorry. That was a low blow.
Nash: Yeah.
Tess: Yes, I was terrified. But I got strong. At least, I think it was me.


Nash: Listen, you know, maybe after -- when the baby's born, we'll go out and celebrate. Uh -- once you're done nursing.
Tess: I'm sorry -- done what?
Nash: Nursing. This book says that nursing is really important for the newborn. It really helps with his immune system.  (he flips through the book until he finds the page and shows it to Tess)  Here it is, right here.
Tess: Oh, great. Maybe I should start a knitting circle, and then I'll learn how grow organic carrots to cook and feed the little brat so he can spit them up on me. Dear God.
Nash: Last trimester is not much fun, huh?
Tess: You know, if you think having this baby is so miraculous, maybe you should have the next one.


Tess: I just don't understand why you have to sell this place.
Nash: I just -- I just thought it would help simplify --
Tess: You keep on saying that. I don't understand -- simplify what?
Nash: My life.
Tess: What's so simple about giving up on your dream?
Nash: Hell, I'll have other dreams. There will be other vineyards. Some things are not as easily replaced.
Tess: If you just don't want to hurt me, you just don't want to tell me that I've messed everything up for you --
Nash: Messed everything up for me? Tess, think back. Think way, way back. When we met, I was living in a crappy little walk-up apartment, lower side of Manhattan, begging to borrow my friend's car so I'd look cool talking about all my dreams. You're right -- I was a dreamer. But now look. We're here. We're in a vineyard. Now, it might not happen because things have gotten a little bit complicated, we'll say. But at least now I know that I can do it. I will do it. I owe that to you. Mess things up?
Tess: So you don't regret being with me?
Nash: Since I've been with you, I regret every minute that I haven't spent with you.
Tess: Well, I hope you mean that because if we're going to be together, it's going to be a really big fight.
Nash: Hmm. Well, making up is always so much fun.


Tess: I never thought this would be who I'd be.
Nash: Uh-oh. Who you be?
Tess: I’d be a woman lucky enough to be in love with this beautiful man and have his baby. I know this is your baby. I feel it in my soul.
Nash: Well, I'll tell you what I feel in my soul. I don't need this vineyard. I don't need anything as long as I have you.

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