Todd & Blair [2003, Part 1]

[Blair and Dorian are eating at the country club]
Dorian: If Walker contacted Jessica, we have to find out what she told him.
Blair: I don't understand why you're so obsessed with this man. I mean, it's no big deal. It's not like he's any threat to us.
[Suddenly, Walker approaches them]
"Walker"/Todd: (gesturing towards an empty seat) May I?


"Walker"/Todd: (to Blair) I'm Walker Laurence. You know, Ms. Cramer, you are even more beautiful than people said you were.


"Walker"/Todd: So, I've been going around town. it seems people have a very bad opinion of my brother.
Blair: He was a rapist, a murderer, and a thief.


"Walker"/Todd: I've heard all the things that my brother supposedly did -- well, probably not all of them, but enough.
Blair: You've heard them, I lived them.


"Walker"/Todd: I want to find out what happened to Mitch. and if what everyone says is true, I want to make amends.
Blair: Amends?
"Walker"/Todd: It was very nice meeting you, Blair. I'm looking forward to the next occasion.


[Walker shows up at Dorian's house soon after Addie was attacked by someone at St. Anne's]
Blair: What do you want?
"Walker"/Todd: Nothing. I heard about your mother. I came to see you.


"Walker"/Todd: I'm on your side.
Blair: All right. Well, if that's true, then will you answer something for me, please?
"Walker"/Todd: If I can.
Blair: Did Mitch happen to mention anything about Todd Manning?
"Walker"/Todd: Your ex-husband? You think Mitch did something to him?
Blair: Look, if you know anything, will you just please tell me? That was my little girl, and she asks about her father every day and I have a little boy and he's just a baby, but I know that he misses his father.
"Walker"/Todd: I'm sorry. I never heard Mitch say that name.


"Walker"/Todd: Maybe the fact that Mitch never mentioned Todd means he doesn't know anything about him.
Blair: Something happened to Todd.
"Walker"/Todd: Well, I'm sorry if my brother caused it.
Blair: I wish your brother had never been born.


Blair: I really don't want to hear anything good about Mitch.
"Walker"/Todd: I know. I know. But you have to understand, he was like a superhero to me.
Blair: He's not a superhero anymore, Walker.
"Walker"/Todd: I know. He's become what he used to protect me from -- our father. How does that happen? How do we become what we hate most?


"Walker"/Todd: I won't let Mitch hurt you or anyone else again.
Blair: How are you going to stop that?
"Walker"/Todd: I know what I have to do.


[Walker saved Blair from Mitch and then nearly died in a fire -- he and Blair reunite at the hospital]
Blair: Walker? Oh, my God, are you all right?
"Walker"/Todd: I'm okay.
Blair: What happened? Where's Mitch?
"Walker"/Todd: I don't know.
Blair: I was so worried about you. Thank God you're all right.


[Walker, having nowhere else to go, ends up staying at Dorian and Blair's house]
"Walker"/Todd: Hopefully, I won't have to stay long.
Blair: Anyone who saves my life is entitled to stay in my home as long as they want.


"Walker"/Todd: You have a way about you. I felt it the first time I saw you. You're very beautiful, but it isn't that. It's something unpredictable and dangerous, I have a feeling.
Blair: You can spare me the moth-to-the-flame routine. I've heard it before.
"Walker"/Todd: Hmm. I bet you have.


Dorian: What exactly is the nature of your relationship with Blair?
"Walker"/Todd: Well, we just went through hell together, that's all.
Dorian: She's very grateful to you for saving her life.
"Walker"/Todd: Thank God I did.
Dorian: Yes, thank God. So you and Blair have gotten close?
"Walker"/Todd: Well, you know the old saying -- when you save someone's life, you're --
Dorian: That's right -- you are then responsible for them for the rest of your life or something like that.


Blair: (to Walker) I don't think Todd's still alive. I've never said that out loud. I guess how do I expect Starr to get over him if I can't, either.


[Blair is shocked to learn that Dorian offered Walker a job at "The Sun"]
Blair: (to Walker) Look, I am so sorry that my aunt misled you, but she couldn't offer you a discount subscription to "The Sun," much less a job. My ex-husband owns that paper.
Dorian: Blair, it's really not healthy for you to keep pretending this way. As difficult as it may be, you have got to accept the fact that Todd isn't coming back.
Blair: We don't know that for sure, Dorian.


"Walker"/Todd: My interest has always been investigative reporting.
Blair: Really? I don't see you collecting bribes down at city hall.
"Walker"/Todd: Oh. What about you? You think you're going to be back to work for "The Sun"?
Blair: Yeah. I'm going to go big guns for my daughter's future.
"Walker"/Todd: I'd love to work with you.


[Blair allows Walker to stay at Todd's penthouse]
Blair: I have a really hard time talking about Todd. I'm sorry.
"Walker"/Todd: You really loved him?
Blair: Oh, I hated him. But, yeah, I loved him. Todd was -- he -- well, you know what? The place is vacant, so you're welcome to take it as long as you like, but if Todd does come back --
"Walker"/Todd: If Todd comes back, I can't think of a happier reason to get kicked out of a penthouse.


[Starr is furious to learn that Walker is now living in Todd's penthouse]
Starr: Dad's going to come back. He is.
Blair: I hope that you are right, sweetie.
"Walker"/Todd: Hey, Starr? If your dad comes home, I'll move right out of the apartment. No questions asked.
Starr: I don't like it.


[Blair goes to visit Mitch in prison]
Mitch: Two Cramer women in one day. "Then there came two women, both harlots, unto the king and stood before him."
Blair: Are you done? I hope so, because I don't have a lot of time to spend on scripture. I'm just going to lay the facts out here on the line, all right? My testimony could have a big influence on your sentencing. But I'm willing to negotiate. I'll go easy if you tell me what really happened to Todd. I want to know. And so do my children. Is he alive?
Mitch: Well, if I was a betting man, I'd bet on death. It comes to us all, sooner or later. Sometimes sooner. "And he laid a hold of the dragon and cast him into a bottomless pit and shut him up."
Blair: (visibly upset) I have to go.


Dorian: Honey, you're still upset over seeing Mitch, aren't you?
Blair: The freak practically admitted that he killed Todd.


Blair: (about Walker) He took a bullet for me and he hardly knew me, and that's points in my book, so I trust him.


[Walker/Todd has just convinced Mitch to give him control of his assets]
Mitch: Well, this is quite a leap of faith on my part, brother, trusting you with this. I'm taking that leap because I believe in the bond of our blood.
"Walker"/Todd: Is this everything? (referring to Dorian) She won't get your money, brother. Is it "deliver him from going down into the pit, I have found a ransom"? Is that sort of how it goes?
Mitch: Job 33:24.
"Walker"/Todd: Yeah, I'm sure you're right. No, she won't get the money. And you'll never see it again either. After all, you're going to rot in prison till the day you die.
[Walker/Todd laughs to himself as Mitch stares at him in shock]