Blair arrives at the country club and Todd zeroes in on her and calls her over to his table.

Todd: Hey Blair! Come on, sit down, I'll buy you an orange juice.
Blair: How can I resist such a charming invitation?

She sits down next to him.

Todd: You know --
Blair: Hm?
Todd: I didn't get a chance to tell you last night just how much I liked your singing.
Blair: Thanks.
Todd: I had no idea you could sing like that.
Blair: I don't do it much. Getting up on stage and pouring your heart out to people, it makes you kind of vulnerable.
Todd: (laughing) Yeah, I'll bet! I guess that's why you ran off the stage, huh? In the middle of the song?
Blair: Maybe. Maybe I just didn't want to finish it. Stupid for me to get up and sing a love song like that, especially after the way Cord tossed me aside yet again for Tina.
Todd: Yet again.
Blair: Look, and don't go into those "I told you so"s, 'cause this time I've learned my lesson. I am through with Cord Roberts for good!

Just then, Cord enters the dining room. Todd and Blair both look up and see him, and Todd immediately (and with a touch of triumphant excitement) jumps to his feet and goes to cut Cord off before he can come talk to Blair.

Todd: What's up, Cord? You lookin' for someone?

Cord and Blair look at each other.

--end scene--

Cord: Hey, Todd, how you doin'?
Todd: Oh, I'm great, thanks.
Cord: Look, excuse me, I need to talk to Blair here for a second, okay?

Cord tries to brush past Todd, but Todd refuses to budge.

Todd: Are you really sure that Blair wants to talk to you?

Cord ignores Todd and focuses on Blair, who is still sitting at the table.

Cord: Blair, I understand that you're upset about me running out on you yesterday --

Todd anxiously turns around and looks at Blair.

Todd: Look, you don't gotta talk to this guy if you don't want to, right?
Cord: (to Todd) What are you -- are you her pet pitbull all of a sudden?
Blair: You know, Todd, it's all right. I would actually enjoy hearing Cord's creative excuse for blowing me off this time.
Todd: All right, cool with me. If you change your mind, I'll be in the lobby.

Todd turns to leave and brushes past Cord.

Todd: (imitating a dog) "Ruff."
Blair: (to Todd) Thank you.

Once Todd has gone, Cord turns his attention back to Blair.

Cord: What is it -- what is he? Your guardian angel now? Huh?
Blair: He is my friend. Which is more than I can say that you've been lately.

From there, Cord and Blair get into a fight about his habit of dropping Blair to rescue Tina. Blair ends up telling Cord that they are through for good, and she storms out of the dining room, but not before overhearing Clint telling Cord that they are close to finding out what they need to know about David Vickers.

--end scene--

Later, Blair returns to the club and finds Todd at the bar studying his paycheck in disgust.

Todd: Oh come on man, you gotta be kidding me. What, everybody gets a cut -- except me? This is pathetic!
Blair: Todd? Come on, you're not playing Who's Most Pathetic without me, are you?
Todd: Everybody's allowed a little solitaire, don't you think? Especially when it comes to a check like this. Check this out: they took out -- they took out $10.49 for Social Security. Like that's going to buy me a cup of coffee when I'm sitting in an old folks home in, like, 2045.
Blair: Somehow I don't see either one of us in rockers on a porch. I doubt if we'll even live that long or care.
Todd: Okay, I get it. You wanna play one more round of The Most Pathetic Contest because you finally got dealt a winning hand. So tell me. How did you let Cord get to you this time?
Blair: It's no fair saying "I told you so."
Todd: I don't even know what happened yet.
Blair: You know what happened. Exactly what you said would happen happened.
Todd: Fine. I told you so.

Blair sighs unhappily, leans her elbow on the bar, and holds her head in her hand.

Todd: Well, come on. I can't even rub it in unless you give me the details.
Blair: All right, look, I might as well face it. I laid my heart on the line again, and it got stomped on -- again.
Todd: So what happens now? You just hang out, see if Cord's going to take you back?
Blair: No way. If Cord wants to get up on his white horse and start galloping off to save Tina, well, he's not going to have me waiting for him. It's goodbye and good riddance.

--end scene--

Blair: You know, if Cord Roberts thinks that I'm going to wait around this town until he comes back from his mission, well, he's nuts.
Todd: You really let Cord get to you this time.
Blair: Yeah.
Todd: Well, come on. Tell me what happened.
Blair: Come on, Todd, you're just going to say, "I told you so."
Todd: I already said that. Why don't you just tell me? Come on.
Blair: I should have listened to you. But no, did I? No. I was an idiot. All right, I asked him to move in with me.

Todd starts to laugh.

Blair: Wait, wait, Todd, wait. It gets much worse than that -- more pathetic. I was actually hurt when he said no. Now, is that rock bottom or what?
Todd: All right. I'm ready to concede The Most Pathetic Contest to you. But Blair?
Blair: What?
Todd: Nothing. Look, I'm just surprised you let Cord get to you like that.
Blair: Look, Todd, I will survive, okay? From now on, I am my sole concern. I'm going to get my business, Melador, off the ground. It's going to be a success in no time, and then I will show everybody in this stupid town how much they underestimated me.
Todd: Not everybody. I always knew you were a champ.
Blair: Yeah? Well, Blair has a new motto: "work hard, play harder." And I do believe it is now playtime.

Blair leans over Todd's shoulder.

Blair: So...you up for it?

--end scene--

Todd and Blair prepare to leave the club.

Todd: So where are we going?
Blair: Umm, how about Olanov's?
Todd: Come on Blair, think about it: your ex-husband owns that joint. Why would we go there?
Blair: Todd, I am not going to let Asa get between us and a good time.

But before they can leave, they are approached by Paul, one of the club's bartenders.

Paul: Hey, Todd. Almost forgot. You left this here the other night. (he hands Todd the key from Peter Manning)
Todd: That's okay, Paul. You can keep it.
Blair: Well, wait, wait, wait -- isn't that the key that your father gave you?
Todd: Yeah, if you want to call him my father. This is my big inheiritance. Look at it. Thanks, but no thanks.
Blair: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me see this key.

Paul hands it to her and then leaves. Blair inspects the key.

Blair: You never know, Todd. This key might unlock Fort Knox. You never know.
Todd: The only thing that key's going to unlock is Peter Manning's Hall of Horrors, and I don't need those memories. You coming now, or not?
Blair: You bet.
Todd: Look, we're going to have to go Dutch. I'm afraid your tastes run a little too pricey for a working stiff like me.

Todd heads out the door. Blair stays behind for a second, watching him.

Blair: (talking to herself) Oh, Todd, come on. You're not going to start with that pathetic stuff again, are you?

She puts the key to her mouth teasingly and then follows Todd out the door.

--end transcript--