"Dixie flips out on JR when she finds out that he has plans to cancel Little Adam's christening. JR insists that the decision has been made, but Dixie is most concerned about what this will do to Tad. JR starts to walk away but Dixie refuses to put up with that kind of behavior. JR tells her that he won't simply sit around while she waxes positively about Tad, Babe and Jamie, especially when he knows a completely different story. Dixie promises that she has given up trying to get him to sign on for letting bygones be just that, but she still feels that there is no need to keep upping the ante. She admits that at the very least, she thought that he and Tad were making progress. She further admits that she is upset that JR seems to be in a backslide - and employing classic Adam moves. JR denies that his decision had anything to do with his father, and says that he sometimes forgets whose side she is on. She assures him that he will always come first in her life. JR then notes that she went all the way to Europe to get away from Tad - and then questions why she is so willing to give Tad yet another chance at ruining her life. Dixie doesn't think that is happening, but JR doesn't buy it. He tells her that she can hook up with Tad if she wants, but that if she does, she should just say goodbye to her son and grandson right now. Fed up, Dixie insists that she doesn't want Tad back in her life like that. JR tells his mother that because she lives in his house and takes care of his son, he can't risk her life being destroyed all over again. He also tells her that she can fall in love with whomever she wants - as long as it's not Tad. Dixie then tells JR that she won't let him control her love life. She then tests the boundaries and asks what he would do if she really did want Tad back. Although it turns out to be a hypothetical situation, Dixie notes that JR missed the point. She tells him that her love life is no more his business than how little he has in his life is her business. She conjures up the image of the lot of them, 50 years from now. With Adam gone, JR will be holding the family revenge torch and both he and Adam will have taught the youngest Chandler heir all they know about how to torture the human spirit. She envisions the 3 of them, still together, bitter, in the same house, Little Adam with a string of bad marriages behind him. She asks JR if that's what he really wants for his son.
Tad meets with Aidan at their office and tells him that they need to back burner all of their cases in favor of protecting Dixie. Tad wants to put everyone they know to use, and call in any and all favors that Aidan may have with the Feds so that they can find out any and all information on Dixie's ex-boyfriend Kevin. Aidan is slightly confused, as Tad announced that Kevin wasn't the guy that put the hit out on Dixie. Tad clarifies and says that while he may be innocent of the actual charge, Kevin may be acquainted with the guilty party. Tad then says that they need to have someone watch Dixie 24/7, and while he rambles on about just how close they'd have to be, Aidan slips in that Tad is the perfect person for the job. Tad agrees to it before he realizes what he is saying. Aidan tries to battle Tad over his decision - mainly because there is no hard proof of his theory. Tad thinks that the circumstantial evidence says enough - because a string of near death experiences can't just be chalked up to bad luck. Aidan acquiesces, and ponders Tad's future aloud - after they figure out who the threat is and they neutralize it, what will Tad do? Tad makes a quip about writing his memoirs. Aidan thinks that without an excuse to hang around Dixie 24/7 protecting her from the evils of the world, Tad will have to stop and admit that he is still in love with Dixie, and that he wants her back. Tad vehemently denies that he has lingering feelings for his ex-wife. His only concern for her comes out of the fact that if she is in danger, so are JR and Little Adam. He then runs down the list of near misses that Dixie has dealt with over the past couple of weeks, and notes that there is no way they can not investigate. Glibly, Aidan insists that Tad simply catch him up to speed and then let him handle the whole case while Tad takes on something else or takes a vacation. Tad, sensing the patronization, asserts that his feelings for Dixie are platonic. He goes on to tell his business partner that while he's not stuck in the past, he can't forget everything that happened between and because of them. He notes that he and Dixie will always be connected by the waters they traversed. Because of that, he can't just stand by and watch Dixie get gunned down for falling in love with the wrong man.
Dixie tells JR that all she wants is a better life for him - and that it makes her sick to see him sit around suffering week after week, stewing over the hits he's taken and how he will next exact his revenge. JR refuses to let the people that crossed him off the hook, but Dixie tells him that she could care less about them at the moment. She wants to see JR use his power to cut himself loose and to move on to a better future with her and his son. Although she felt like she made a good case, she is still unable to crack through JR's tough exterior, and he excuses himself before she can bombard him any further. Alone but for a moment, she announces aloud that she probably made the situation worse. She then turns around to find Tad standing there. Tad tells her that he dropped by to give her the case file he had on her, and Dixie seems a bit relieved that he has finally given up the ghost. Tad tells her that he had done no such thing - but that since she insists that she is safe, he won't waste any more time trying to prove her wrong. He pauses and she thinks he is waiting for thanks. On the contrary, he tells her that he would be fine with saying goodbye - and that the Chandler Mausoleum is the perfect place to do it. He tells her that from this point on, he is completely out of her life. This sets Dixie off and they take turns screaming in each other's faces about the things that the other lacks, and how that contributed to the demise of their relationship. When they finally run out of steam, they lock into a passionate kiss.
David shows up at the Roadside Bar looking for Babe. He doesn't find her, but he turns around and finds her mother. Krystal, clearly agitated over the fact that Babe is MIA, tells David that she can't save their daughter - and that he'd better be up for the task. They have a seat, and after David orders a drink to help him swallow whatever Krystal is about to throw at him, she fills him in on what Babe is facing. David knows that Babe's situation is not her fault, but rather the doing of Phoebe and JR. He initially thinks that Babe will dump Jamie, but Krystal quickly clarifies what really has to happen. David seems pleased, but Krystal reminds him that Babe will also be breaking her own heart. David waits to see how Krystal thinks he can help and she drops a bombshell: give up the secret that he has about Dixie, and JR will be powerless to carry out his grudge against Jamie. David doesn't care what happens to Jamie, and thinks that Babe would be better off without him. Krystal plays to his ego, and reminds him that Jamie would be better off without Babe as well - because then he could go on to be a doctor, and probably would be one before David ever got his license back. Perturbed, David thinks about giving in for a split second and realizes a bright spot: if Jamie becomes a doctor, Tad will go to him with all his ailments. David is sure that Jamie is so incompetent that he would kill Tad - and there's nothing wrong with that. Irritated at David's flippant attitude, Krystal tries to plead with him on an emotional level. She tells him that as a parent, you should want to do any and everything you can to ensure your child's happiness. With that in mind, she begs him to dig deep enough to get past his hatred of the Martins. She reminds him that Babe already has to suffer through life without one of the guys she loves more than her own life - and asks him to give up what he knows so that Babe can at least keep the other. Frustrated that she isn't getting the response that she wants out of David, she offers money to anyone who is willing to beat him up. David acts as if it's all a joke, tells everyone that she had too much to drink, and coaxes her back to the table. In his own way, he apologizes for getting so much joy out of the damage the situation would cause Jamie. He then says that if he actually had a secret about Dixie so powerful that it could bring JR to his knees, he would wait for the right moment to reveal all - and that moment is AFTER Babe dumps Jamie. Krystal tries one more time to get David to show his hand, for Babe's sake, but David refuses. He tells her that he will only let everyone in on the secret when it will get him exactly what he wants. He starts to get ready to leave, and Krystal hurls threats about what she could arrange that will get him beaten down to pay for leaving her hanging in the wind. David is unmoved, leaves money for his drinks and goes to walk out of the bar. He opens the door, and is rewarded with a punch to the face. He falls backwards, and Adam is revealed as the assaulter. With David out cold, Adam tells Krystal that they need to get the goods on Dixie. Krystal replies that David is bound to be in a more cooperative mood now, and that she knows the tack to take to get it out of him.
At the Pine Cone, Josh is setting the scene for his rendezvous with Babe - complete with candlelight and flower petals. There is a knock at the door, and a smile breaks out on his face as he thinks that his date has arrived. He opens the door, and to his surprise, Amanda is on the other side. She proceeds to march into the room and mock the situation. Josh is none too pleased and only tolerates her for a few moments. When he's had enough, he picks her up and tosses her out of the room. Unwilling to give up that easily, Amanda causes a ruckus outside of the hotel room until Josh lets her back in. Josh demands that she stop trashing Babe, but Amanda only partially gives him what he wants. She admits that Babe is as amazing as he thinks, and that she is very noble for wanting to do whatever it takes to get Jamie to be a doctor. Josh notes that Amanda is more about getting Jamie for the money he will make, not for the person that he is. Amanda admits that she is nowhere near as pure of heart as Babe is, and that Babe knows exactly where she stands with regard to going after Jamie once the deed is done. She then tells him that he needs to lighten up because soon, they will both have Babe and Jamie right where they want them.
At their apartment, Jamie is setting a similar candlelit scene. Babe enters the room, and is shocked at what she sees. She tries to cover up her disappointment by telling him that she was surprised, and Jamie lets it go momentarily. He tells her that he ordered Chinese food, and that after dinner, they would turn off their phones and make love. He starts to move in for a kiss, but she rebuffs him, catching him off guard. She tries to hide her true intentions once again, but it's becoming harder. She tells him that she hates to leave him when he has gone through so much trouble. Jamie comes up with a simple solution and makes a phone call. Babe belatedly realizes that he's calling the bar, and she tries in vain to stop him. Failing, Jamie finds out that Babe has already called out on her shift. Jamie then thinks that Babe is hatching a plan - perhaps to get more time with her son - that she hasn't told him about. This is more hurtful because she promised that she would never hide anything from him again. Somewhat at a loss for words, Babe manages to tell him that she doesn't have a plan - but can't think of much more to add. Jamie pleads with her to let him in on what is going on, and Babe simply tells him that she isn't hiding anything. He can tell by her voice that she's lying, but she says that she also has the same tone when she has screwed up. She tells him that she has plans to meet her mother, and he understands that she can't cancel. He tells her that they can reconvene when she gets back, and after a kiss goodbye, she walks out the door, leaving Jamie to ponder what happened.
Depressed, Jamie sits alone in the apartment, putting out the candles and waiting for Babe to return home. There is the knock at the door and surprised, Jamie goes to find out who it is. Amanda comes bursting through from the other side with music and drinks, and belatedly realized that she walked in on a scene that perhaps she shouldn't have. Jamie tells her that he and Babe have plans for when she returns. Amanda offers to stay and keep him company until then. Jamie, now used to her ulterior motives, asks for the real reason why she showed up. She tells him that she wants to prove to him that she really does want to be his friend. She tries somewhat valiantly to act as if there is no more to tell, but Jamie isn't anywhere close to believing her. He believes that Amanda knows what is going on with Babe and demands that she spills the details. Amanda flounders for a moment, and then confesses that she hates being in the middle of things. Jamie urges her to tell him everything and finally, she tells him that Babe didn't go to meet her mother - she went to be with another guy. Jamie asks if she is doing more dirty work for JR, and Amanda admits that while it might sound like it, she isn't. She tells him that she saw Babe get into Josh's car, and this peaks Jamie's interest. She follows by saying that she thought they were acting strangely, so she followed them - to the Pine Cone. She then apologizes, saying that even when she is on the level and trying to do right by her friends, she still messes up. She tells him that she can leave and stay out of their business once and for all, but she has lost Jamie's attention. Robotically, he grabs his car keys and storms out of the apartment. Left behind, Amanda silently gloats over her success.
At the motel, Babe stands outside, contemplating what she is about to do. After a moment, she knocks on Josh's door. He lets her in, and she is surprised at the lengths he went to so that it would look convincing. He reminds her that it should look that way when Jamie finds them, but she is sure that when Jamie shows up - the last thing that he will notice is the décor. A short time later, they have shed their clothes and they are under the covers. Josh doesn't think that the Pine Cone is the best backdrop for a first time, and Babe takes this moment to fill him in on a little history: the first time she was with Jamie, they had a room at the same motel. To make the current situation more perfect, when she was with Jamie, she was cheating on someone else, which makes "once a tramp, always a tramp" fit her perfectly. She pauses for a moment, and goes in for her first kiss with Josh, never looking back. Unfortunately, it doesn't go as well as Babe had hoped. She can't get Jamie out of her head, much less get herself into the situation. Josh tells her that while he could get the task done (because he has never had a problem with sex for sex's sake), that kind of thing implies that there is some fun to be had - and Babe isn't bringing it. Babe insists that they need to go through with it, but Josh has an alternate plan...one that has probably been used since the beginning of time (but never with him): fake it. They're in a motel room, naked, in bed - there is no reason that they can't make it appear as though they had done the deed without actually doing it.
Inside, in the library at the Chandler mansion, JR sits sipping a drink when he realizes that he is not alone. Amanda dropped in for a visit, and tells him that she just gave him a present - and now he needs to pay up. Not believing a word she has to say, JR asks what she could possibly give to him. She tells him that at that very moment, the relationship between Jamie and Babe is going up in flames.
At the Pine Cone, Josh tries to come up with ways that they can fake Jamie out without actually making love. Babe is skeptical at first because she knows that Jamie will remember the fake out that she pulled with Bianca. Josh then comes up with an idea so hysterical that they can't help but laugh uncontrollably. Babe picks up a pillow and starts to swat him with it when Jamie comes in and bears witness to the scene. With his anger boiling just below the surface, Jamie glares at the couple, who are now frozen where they lay."
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