February 11, 2009 Transcript
"I Don't Want to Risk Losing You, Too"

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Mac: Somebody from the FBI has to know how this biotoxin reacts to fire. Listen to me. My niece's husband, along with a lot of other innocent people are trapped in that building. I need a straight answer. No, don't refer me to Agent Rayner. He referred me to you. Wait a minute. Don't put me on hold.

Alexis: What idiot is trying to land his helicopter on top of the roof, the hospital roof, in the middle of a blizzard?

Mac: The firefighters can't get past the ninth floor.

Alexis: So, what are you sending a pilot on a suicide mission?

Mac: It was an unauthorized volunteer who owns his own helicopter, not to mention a private jet or two.

Alexis: No.

Mac: Listen, I couldn't stop him.

Alexis: Are you telling me that Jax is up there doing that?

Dispatcher's voice: Repeat, all teams, clear the south lot. The chopper's coming down.

Mac: That crazy bastard.

Alexis: I'm going.

Mac: Wait, wait.

Alexis: He needs me.

[Explosion]

Mac: Alexis, I promise, you're not going to want to see what's left of him.

Alexis: I got to get out there. He needs help.

Mac: There are plenty of ambulances and EMTs. You'll be in the way.

Alexis: He needs me.

Mac: And I need cooperation. Can you manage that? Alexis, General Hospital is burning to the ground, all right? Patrick is in there, along with your daughter, remember? Not to mention Ric and Sonny.

Alexis: I understand that. He's my best friend.

Mac: And the last time I saw my grand-niece Emma, she was heading into a blizzard with Maxie and the heir to the Zacchara organization. I don't have time to fight with you.

Jax: Take it easy, Commissioner. I could hear you halfway across the parking lot.

Alexis: Jax.

Jax: Hey, I'm okay. I'm afraid I'm going to need another chopper.

Mac: What, so you can crash that, too? I don't think so.

Jax: I admit that the wind is a little high. I was forced to make an emergency landing in the parking lot. A couple of cars are a bit worse for wear. I got out just before the chopper exploded.

Mac: You're the luckiest guy I know, Jax. Not to mention a damn good pilot to manage a landing in any of this.

Jax: Look, Mac, if I can get another chopper, I know that I can land it safely on the roof this time.

Mac: To do what? So, you can crash that, too? What about the innocent people you'll have onboard?

Jax: Should I assume that you have a better plan, that the firefighters have miraculously landed on the 10th floor, cleared it and they're evacuating everyone in an orderly manner? I didn't think so.

Alexis: It is not safe enough for you to try that stunt again.

Jax: Listen, I want to rescue as many people as I possibly can in a safe way. Right before I crashed, I saw Carly on the roof and she was reaching out for me to save her and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Jax: I can fly a police department helicopter, fire department, privately owned, it doesn't matter, but we don't have time to argue about it.

Mac: What if you crash again?

Jax: I won't.

Alexis: You may not be so lucky a second time, Jax. The winds are still terrible.

Jax: Okay, this is the bigger chopper and the weight of the passengers will provide stability. I know what I have to do differently on this flight, Mac. Look, I know the police department keeps at least two helicopters fueled and ready to go at all times. All you have to do is say the word.

Alexis: You aren't seriously considering this.

Mac: The risk of doing nothing may be higher than the risk of trying again.

Jax: I agree.

Alexis: Find another pilot.

Mac: I can't order anyone up in these conditions.

Jax: I have just as much experience as his pilots, maybe even more.

Mac: All right, take a police chopper. Be careful and get Patrick out of there.

Jax: Consider it done.

Alexis: Not so fast.

Jax: Look, Alexis, almost everyone you love is in that building. You told me that yourself. I can save them.

Alexis: I'm pulling rank. Until the storm clears, Jax is not allowed anywhere near a police or a fire department helicopter.

Alexis: You just proved that you can't land a helicopter in gale force winds and heavy snow. And if you can't do it, nobody can.

Jax: Listen, there's fire in the stairwells. People are suffocating. They're going to die if we don't do something, Alexis.

Alexis: Which is why I don't want to risk losing you, too.

Jax: You have the chance to save all of those people. Now we're relying on you to make the right call here, and sometimes the right call doesn't always make sense.

Alexis: You're going to do this no matter what I say, aren't you?

Jax: If you don't authorize a police department a helicopter, I will find one on my own, but it's going to take more time.

Alexis: Give him as many choppers as he needs.

Mac: You got it.

Jax: You could wish me luck.

Alexis: You don't stop, do you?

Jax: You know, from one friend to another, you could just say that this expedition will be one big, grand adventure.

Alexis: If you crash, I will kill you.

Jax: No threats, okay? Just wish me luck.

Alexis: You don't need luck. You're the luckiest man I know. It's going to be a piece of cake.

Jax: Yeah, it'll be a piece of cake.

Robin: Hey, Uncle Mac.

Mac: Thank God.

Robin: Okay, so everyone is cleared out except the 10th floor. When was the last time you talked to Patrick?

Mac: We lost communication a few minutes ago.

Alexis: Jax landed the helicopter on the roof, so the passengers are getting loaded.

Robin: Okay, but he's still running things right?