"Todd"/Victor & Spencer [2005-07]

"Todd"/Victor: I still don't know what we're doing here.
Blair: Spencer Truman saved our son's life, Todd. It's the least that we can do.
"Todd"/Victor: No, the least we can do is nothing.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Blair about Spencer) Haven't you ever met someone you just didn't like from the get-go? I just don't trust him.


"Todd"/Victor: (imitating Spencer) "Aw, shucks, Ms. Cramer, I'm just doing my job." Boy, is this guy just the phoniest son of a bitch you ever met, or is it just me?
Blair: It's just you, Todd.
"Todd"/Victor: Wonder what's taking this cat so long. What's he doing, ironing his hair?
Blair: It hasn't been that long. I mean, maybe he had to take a call. He is a doctor, after all.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah, like that makes him God or something.


Spencer: You threatened to have me excommunicated from the medical profession if I told Blair what really happened, right.
"Todd"/Victor: That's right, hey, and I'll do it, too. I don't care how high and mighty you think you are. You don't want to mess with me.


[Spencer gives some of his blood to Todd for a transfusion]
"Todd"/Victor: Can smarmy be transmitted through blood?


"Todd"/Victor: All right, smart ass, you win. Margaret stabbed me.
Spencer: And Margaret is?
"Todd"/Victor: Don't you read anything that isn't about you?


"Todd"/Victor: Margaret is the psychopath who terrorized my family and threatened to kill Blair.
Spencer: Well, she almost killed you, too.
"Todd"/Victor: We're talking about Blair here.


Spencer: Todd, Blair's had a bit of a shock.
"Todd"/Victor: Don't explain my wife to me.


Spencer: You know, Manning, if you want to stop by the office for a checkup, it might be a good idea. Anybody who's carrying around that much stress might end up doing something they regret.
"Todd"/Victor: Well, if I need a doctor, I'll call one that doesn't want to sleep with my wife.


Spencer: Just trying to be a friend, Todd.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah. We're not friends, Zeke.


"Todd"/Victor: (about Blair) In addition, won't you be her big hero.
Spencer: Well, if the cape fits, I suppose.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) You're slick. I got to give you that. You come down here with your -- your white good-guy hat and your "aw, shucks," and it's unbelievable.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Dorian about Spencer) You can't underestimate this creep. He will pretend to fold under cross-examination, and then he'll make himself out to be a hero. He'll get his conviction, and he'll make Blair believe that I'm guilty, and then he'll comfort her with his fake smile and his wall-to-wall jaw. All this guy wants is Blair.


Dorian: I've had the time to learn just exactly what kind of man Spencer really is.
"Todd"/Victor: He's the devil.


"Todd"/Victor: (about Spencer) What's he done for us?
Blair: Well, he saved your life, he saved Jack's.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah, he's a doctor. That's what he's supposed to do.


Blair: Todd, stop it! Stop it. Nothing happened here, all right? Spencer's here to show support.
"Todd"/Victor: Oh, I know what he's trying to show.
Spencer: I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way.
"Todd"/Victor: I didn't take it the wrong way. I'm right.
Blair: Spencer, I am so sorry.
"Todd"/Victor: Don't -- don't you apologize to him. You don't owe him a damn thing.


"Todd"/Victor: (about Spencer) You could practically see the sincerity dripping from this guy's mouth. And he never lets you forget he's a doctor. This whole "I'm so humble," and all the while, he's throwing out his credentials like he's the surgeon general or something.


"Todd"/Victor: The only thing you and I have in common is a hatred for Spencer Truman, right?
Dorian: Keep talking.
"Todd"/Victor: He's after Blair.
Dorian: Oh. So you aren't so preoccupied with yourself that you failed to notice that.


Evangeline: Who's more scary than you?
"Todd"/Victor: Spencer Truman.


"Todd"/Victor: "Dr. Spencer Truman is the 2006 recipient of the Scarborough prize for medical research. He will be presented with this honor during a ceremony at the palace restaurant on Friday." Doesn't anything ever go wrong for this jackass?


Evangeline: If you do something crazy and get caught, Spencer wins. And if you succeed in actually killing him, Spencer still wins.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah, but at least he'd be dead.


"Todd"/Victor: You're not going to say anything? How you know Spencer's behind the whole thing?
Paige: I can't say that. I have no proof.
"Todd"/Victor: Why is everybody so afraid of this guy?


Spencer: This execution can't come soon enough.


Spencer: Blair and the kids will be well taken care of after you're gone.
"Todd"/Victor: Well, I wouldn't make any long-term plans if I were you.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) Oh, you're scared. Hmm. Ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum. Oh, yeah, you are. I can smell it on you. Well, I'll tell you what. Since you've been such a great guy to come down and visit me like this, I'm going to return the favor. Six months from now, when they've busted you and put you in here for killing Margaret and her baby, my son -- when you got the menu in front of you and you're choosing your last meal, I'm going to come down and I'm just going to pay my last respects.


Spencer: Well, if your grip and your appetite's any indication, I'd say you were well on your way to a full recovery.
"Todd"/Victor: I feel wonderful. And I got you to thank for that, doc.
Spencer: Yeah, well, if I hadn't been at the prison to support Blair, you would be dead by now.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah. I'm sorry about that because then you and Blair would be living happily ever after now, wouldn't you? Snowball's chance of that now.


Spencer: I'm sure you can imagine the trauma Blair suffered through after Margaret disappeared. Slowly but surely, though, she managed to pick up the pieces of her life, very bravely, I might add.
"Todd"/Victor: With a little help from Dr. Feelgood.


Spencer: You know, Blair needs stability, Todd. I can provide that, you can't. What she does need from you is closure. You could give her that and help her move on with her life.
"Todd"/Victor: So you can maintain your grip on her? Yeah, but you know how she works. She has a little relationship problem, a little man problem, she just goes out and puts on her red dress, you know? Looks for a man, catches a man, throws him away, comes back to me. Hmm. Let's face it -- you're not here for her well-being. Your relationship with her is a house of cards. I huff and I puff and it comes down, and it's over for you. It's already over actually. She's on to you.


"Todd"/Victor: (about Blair) You know, she was sitting where you are when I woke up, and I don't recall her mentioning your name at all. I recall her saying, "please forgive me, Todd." "Take me back, Todd." It was fantastic -- the tears running down her cheeks and the hand-wringing and -- you lost her, my friend.
Spencer: Well, that's a nice story, Todd. It must be the medication. I will go see about getting you some more.


"Todd"/Victor: You better get your priorities straight, doc. You're all worked up over what Blair's going to do. You ought to be worried about what I'm going to do.


David: (to Todd) A grudge match between you and Spencer? Why do I see all of Llanview burning?


Spencer: Listen, I'm a doctor, all right? I was drugged. I know the effects, and I certainly didn't drug myself.
John: Do you -- you have any proof of this?
"Todd"/Victor: Hey, he says so. Isn't that proof enough?


"Todd"/Victor: It's a bad day, Doc.
Spencer: You're not going to get away with this, Manning.
"Todd"/Victor: I'm sorry. I know that you've been falsely accused and what a nightmare, your picture in the paper like this? Whew. I'm just happy that the allegations aren't that serious. I mean, they could've said that you murdered the woman who was pregnant with your child.


"Todd"/Victor: Listen, buddy, I'm going to make sure everyone in this town knows what kind of sick, twisted son of a bitch you are. Including Blair.
Spencer: Everybody in this town knows you to be the sick, twisted one. And now I'm going to go straight home and make love to your ex-wife.


Spencer: (to Blair) Now that Todd is a member of the very exclusive "back from the dead" club, people are willing to listen to just about anything he has to say about damn near everything.


"Todd"/Victor: Well, it's a bit of a cliche, isn't it? Huh? Doctor golfing on his day off? Of course, I understand you've had a lot of days off lately. People aren't exactly lining up to have you operate on them.
Spencer: Well, you seem to have profited from my surgical skills. The thing about it is, Todd, you know, since I got to Llanview, all I've done is work, work, work. I think it's helpful for a man to take a little time for himself every now and again, you know? Besides, I'm rich enough.
"Todd"/Victor: You know what we ought to do? Get a little foursome together -- me, you, Bo, John McBain?
Spencer: Sounds like fun. I think I'll pass.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah, it's probably very tough to be around people who know what you did. Maybe not.
Spencer: You know the thing I like about golf the most, Todd? That there's very little talking involved, save the occasional buffoon in the peanut gallery.


"Todd"/Victor: Hey, where's Blair? Huh? Because I know there's nothing she likes more than whacking at balls. Honeymoon over? You guys no longer joined at the hips?
Spencer: Yeah. It's kind of like a fine racehorse, you know? You got to let them rest once in a while.


Spencer: So, keep on buying flowers and throwing those nice little surprise parties, paying for those expensive eye surgeries, and, hell, you'll be out of money in no time.
"Todd"/Victor: That's all right. I'll just make some more.


Spencer: I think I'm done.
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah, you're done, all right. You are done. You're losing your grip, doc. Little by little, you're losing your grip.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) Now, are you following me? Because everywhere I go, there you is.


[Spencer wants to take Starr to run some tests after her fall in the quarry]
"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) I'll get the nurse and take her down there myself. I remember it well. I was here taking some tests myself after I died.


Blair: Why would he bring you back to life after the execution if he wanted you dead?
"Todd"/Victor: Because he can't help himself -- he thinks he's God.


Spencer: Yes, Todd? You look like you have something to say. Go ahead, say it.
"Todd"/Victor: She is never going to marry you, dummy.


Spencer: Are you really that jealous, Todd? You have to throw me in jail here on some falsified charges just to keep me from having sex with your ex-wife?


Spencer: (about Blair) You're never going to have her again, man.
"Todd"/Victor: I already do.


Spencer: You just really can't handle the fact that Blair's going to be my wife, can you, Todd?
"Todd"/Victor: I wouldn't schedule any conjugal visits if I were you, Truman.


Spencer: Doesn't anybody ever sleep in this town?
"Todd"/Victor: You think this is bad, you should see death row.


Spencer: I know all about your little sexual hang-ups. You know, your pathological jealousy. I mean, let's face it, dude. Blair's ruined for you, man.
"Todd"/Victor: Well, she didn't have to fake it when she was with me.


Spencer: Blair told me all about your sordid history, man.
"Todd"/Victor: Well, you should have thought of my homicidal tendencies before you ran your mouth off about it.


"Todd"/Victor: You're afraid. And let me tell you something, my friend -- you should be afraid. It's going to get a lot worse from here on out. You're going to go to jail, and they're going to beat you, and they are going to abuse you. And that's nothing compared to the chamber. When you're strapped to that table and you see that poison put into your veins -- man, you don't know what fear is. Well, maybe you have some idea because you were there and you were watching me, right, waiting for me to buy it. I guarantee it's going to happen to you. You are going to be terrified. You're going to die unless --
Spencer: Would you make your point already?
"Todd"/Victor: Unless you tell me where my son is.


Spencer: (to Blair) I sure thought what we had was real. I sure did. I guess I should've known better, huh? The thing is, I didn't lie about loving you, and I would do everything that I did all over again. I am not sorry for what I did in order to be with you, you understand?
"Todd"/Victor: That's so sweet, Spencer. Because, you know, love means never having to say you're sorry. Isn't that right, Blair?


"Todd"/Victor: I want to know if there's anything I can do to help you out.
Spencer: You could drop dead.
"Todd"/Victor: I already did -- then you brought me back.


Spencer: Nobody even told me I had a son.
"Todd"/Victor: Lucky for him. That's how come he turned out so decent.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) I just want you to know that I'm really going to look forward to seeing you die.


"Todd"/Victor: (about Spencer) I tell you, if this bastard's a Buchanan, that's one more reason to hate him.


"Todd"/Victor: It's okay, Spencer, you can talk to me now. I'm -- I'm not interested in a confession or anything like that. Just wanted to get a few things straight, like are you really Asa's kid? Or are you just jerking his chain a little? Come on, Spence. Gunning for Buchanans is my favorite hobby. So, did Asa knock up your mom and then dump her? And then why did you -- why did you pull all this over stuff -- you know, castrating Kevin and setting up Bo? I'm curious. Did Mommy tell you to do it? I mean, is it like a -- oh, we got like a "Psycho" thing going here? You like Norman Bates, huh? Boy, I'm glad Blair didn't have the shower scene done to her, you know what I mean? Come on, Spence! Talk to me! Where's Mummy? Mummified? Hmm? Did you off that cow, too?


"Todd"/Victor: I'm going to hire somebody to come in here and beat you up.
Spencer: I got a better idea. Why don't you just wait till I get out of here? Then you can try to do it yourself.
"Todd"/Victor: Sounds wonderful.


"Todd"/Victor: You're not getting out of this, Spencer. And even if you do somehow manage to walk away, I'll kill you.
Blair: And if he doesn't, I will.


[Todd goads Spencer into a breakdown in the courtroom]
Spencer: It's Asa's fault! He broke my mother's heart.
"Todd"/Victor: Your mother was a liar and a whore.
Spencer: Did you sleep with my mother?
"Todd"/Victor: Uh-huh.
Spencer: Did you have her?
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah.
Spencer: Did you have my mother, too, son of a bitch?
"Todd"/Victor: I bet I wasn't the first person to give your mom a ride --
Spencer: I'm not crazy, you're crazy!
"Todd"/Victor: Kick her to the curb!
Spencer: And you're crazy!
Officer: Get him back, move him back.
Spencer: I want my mother! Blair!
[Spencer is dragged from the courtroom]
Viki: Was that necessary?
"Todd"/Victor: Very.


"Todd"/Victor: All right, Spencer, say hello to Mr. 9 Millimeter.


[Todd has hijacked Spencer from the police vehicle and is now driving him to a different location]
"Todd"/Victor: Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun that it will be to make Spencer Truman pay hey! Merry Christmas, everybody. Ha-ha-ha! Oh, merry Christmas, Spencer. I love to drive.
Spencer: I always knew you were full of it, Manning. But I never thought you'd be full of the Christmas spirit.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) You're going to go back to the nut house, that's for sure. Just when and in how many pieces, I'm not sure.


Spencer: How many of these poorly thought out, ill-conceived, little schemes of yours have blown up in your face, huh? All of them, right? This one will, too.
"Todd"/Victor: You know, I think this trip has done wonders for your dementia. I don't hear you talking to mama anymore.


Spencer: I know you hate me, buddy. I really do. But this is about more than that, isn't it?
"Todd"/Victor: I don't know -- I hate you quite a bit.
Spencer: Yeah, I bet you do, but I can't figure out what it is, though. You know, was it the fact that I successfully had your ass executed, or the fact that I had your girlfriend in love with me afterwards? Which one is it?
"Todd"/Victor: No, I don't think -- you're full of questions, aren't you? Are you going to start screaming "Are we there yet, are we there yet?"


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) I don't want to give away the ending and spoil all the fun. But I tell you what, though, it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt so bad you'll wish you were dead.


Spencer: The cops are on their way right now to take me to "Wing nut-dale" and arrest you for assault, kidnapping, whatever else they can throw your sorry ass in jail for!
"Todd"/Victor: Cops couldn't find their butts if it had a bell on it.


"Todd"/Victor: I'd like to play a game. What's it called? Oh, yes, the "How Should Todd Manning Torture Information About His Son Out Of Spencer Truman" game.
Spencer: You are insane.
"Todd"/Victor: Maybe.


"Todd"/Victor: I figured out a way to torture you without leaving a mark.
Spencer: Oh, yeah? What are you going to do, talk me to death?


"Todd"/Victor: Can I tell you something? You were brilliant. It worked like a charm, and you got your mistrial, sent away to the funny farm to get all patched up with arts and crafts and bogus shrink session.
Spencer: I thought you might be impressed. Yeah, I like those shrinks, Todd. I got a really hot one, and you know all about her, don't you?
"Todd"/Victor: Yeah.
Spencer: Yeah, Wingdale -- it's not going to be so bad, I don't think.
"Todd"/Victor: No?
Spencer: I heard they have finger-paints.


"Todd"/Victor: Did you know that Chinese water torture did not originate in China?
Spencer: You can't be serious.
"Todd"/Victor: Oh, I'm very serious. I mean, I know it's kind of cliche, but like I said before, I can't leave a mark, and I got other stuff to do, and this takes care of itself. So, here's how it's going to work. Let's see. I'm going to drip water on your head -- on your forehead, to be precise -- very slowly. One little drop at a time. Let's see. Oh. That's perfect. Now, here's what's going to happen to you. It's going to become very irritating to you -- yeah, see, it already is. And then you're going to start to anticipate every drop -- hut! Oh -- hut! Right?
Spencer: Yeah.
"Todd"/Victor: And then you're just going to start to dread it -- you know, the anticipation, the tension, the waiting, right? And then panic is going to set in and it's going to grab you by the throat, buddy. And then sooner or later, you are going to go stark-raving mad. What do you think of that?


Spencer: I knew it. I knew you didn't have the guts to kill me, Manning.
"Todd"/Victor: You know, when I was a kid, I used to catch flies in a glass. And then I'd take them out and let the sun go through the glass, and they'd just fry. Of course, the longer it took, the happier I was.


[Blair is seriously injured after a fall from the roof and Todd tries to revive her as Spencer lies forgotten nearby]
"Todd"/Victor: Just hold on, Blair. Just -- just hold on. You're going to be just fine. It's just a couple of minor scrapes, no problem. You're going to be all right.
Spencer: Yeah, good as new.
"Todd"/Victor: YOU SHUT UP AND DIE ALREADY!


"Todd"/Victor: I just talked to Paige and she's got me thinking.
Spencer: Hey, no small accomplishment there, huh?


[Dorian comes upon Todd threatening to kill Spencer with a scalpel and she eggs him on]
Dorian: Oh, Todd -- do it. End that bastard's miserable life. Go ahead, Todd. Cut his throat, then we can watch him bleed to death.
Spencer: Yeah, Todd. Go ahead, do it, man. Come on, what are you waiting for? Do it!
"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) Tell me where my son is.
Dorian: He's lying if he says he knows. And if you kill him, you'll know that you're protecting your children -- and you could be the first man in history to be executed twice.
Spencer: Sounds to me like somebody's still pissed off about being left standing at the altar. Go ahead, Todd, make your kids orphans. Do it, man, do it.
Dorian: Todd, if something should happen to you and to Blair, I promise you I will raise those children. They won't have their parents, but they will want for nothing else. Kill him!
"Todd"/Victor: I'm not going to leave Blair or the kids alone, ever.
[Todd ultimately drops the scalpel]


Spencer: Todd, you're such an idiot -- you know why? Because all of these years, you've been living and you still don't even know what the most important thing in life is. You know when I discovered that about you? When I was sleeping with your wife when she told me what a failure you are as a husband.
"Todd"/Victor: All right, that's enough!

[Todd wants to rescue Marty from Spencer]
Marty: Todd, please, there's nothing you can do.
Spencer: Yeah, that's right, Todd. You should have stayed outside. You should listen to her, though. Or are you still the same big man you were back in your college days when you couldn't understand that "no" means "no," hmm?


Spencer: You're here to kill me, aren't you? Be swift, Todd. Be merciful. God, just get it over with.
"Todd"/Victor: There's nothing I'd like more than to kill you, Spencer. You know that. They wouldn't let me see you without this armed guard. He has orders to shoot me if I touch you. Maybe I should. Maybe I should. He shoots me, and the bullet goes through me, kills you.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer) I want to congratulate you on the fine job you did at shooting yourself. It was excellent work. It was -- it was almost surgical.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Spencer about Blair) I'm going to ask her to marry me. Today. And of course, she'll say yes. And she'll be my wife. What, you're not going to congratulate me? Nothing? Huh? Oh, yeah. Yes, it's -- it's happily ever after for me and Blair. Not for you, though. No, for you it's pretty much over. You're going to lose everything. Blair, your career. And soon, your life. Game over, Spence. Spencer, when they have you locked up in that padded cell -- oh, sweetheart -- don't cry. Don't cry. You're just going to be imagining me and Blair having sex.


"Todd"/Victor: You okay, honey?
Blair: Spencer, he's -- he's dead.
"Todd"/Victor: Yes, I know.
Blair: He's gone.
"Todd"/Victor: We're going to celebrate later.


"Todd"/Victor: (to Bo) All you really need to know is that I'm pleased as punch that Truman has met his demise. And my only regret is that I'm not the one who killed him, because whoever did saved Blair's life, and I hope to hell he gets away with it.


[Spencer's left a video will]
"Todd"/Victor: I'm not buying anything Spencer's selling.
Evangeline: Even from the grave?
"Todd"/Victor: Especially from the grave.


[The reading of Spencer's video will]
Spencer: Which brings us to Todd Manning, an annoying little cockroach of a man who just didn't have the sense to accept his fate. I'll never know what you saw in him, Blair. Old habits die-hard, I suppose -- pun intended.
"Todd"/Victor: At least I'm still here, Truman.


[Spencer's ghost haunts Todd]
"Todd"/Victor: You watched as the state executed me.
Spencer: Yeah, that was fun. And you cried just like a little baby.
"Todd"/Victor: How's hell, Truman? Hot enough for you?
Spencer: Well, it's not so bad. I've got plenty of company -- like that little boy of yours. T.J., Peter -- whatever he calls himself nowadays.
"Todd"/Victor: No baby goes to hell.
Spencer: Well, yours did. I mean, do you really think that the big guy upstairs wants to keep company with anyone related to you? Hmm?
"Todd"/Victor: He was innocent.
Spencer: His parents were you and Margaret Cochran -- the sins of the father, Todd. I mean, someone has to pay for all the pain and suffering that you two caused. But don't worry, Todd. I'm going to take real good care of him -- until you join us, of course.


Spencer's letter: Dear Miles, obviously you've opened the locker and understand that Todd Manning is my enemy. He is a monster. He is pure evil. He tried to take away everything I cherished. He tried to steal the love of my life. He tried to steal Blair from me. Death didn't even stop Todd. He came back to destroy me.


Lindsay: Doesn't memory serve me correctly in remembering that Spencer Truman left some kind of clue from the grave that got you stabbed, kidnapped, and nearly killed?
"Todd"/Victor: That's Spencer, all right. He was a laugh a minute, boy.