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TESS & VIKI QUOTES
2005
2005 ++ 2006

[Viki doesn't realize that Jessica has DID and that she's speaking to Tess]
Viki: There's obviously something wrong. You are clearly not yourself.
Tess: Of course I'm myself. I mean, look at me. See? Right here.

Viki: I'll see you then at home, all right?
Tess: Mm-hmm. Don't wait up.
[Viki leaves and Tess mutters to herself]
Tess: I really want to have dinner with bionic woman. Jeez.

Dr. Jamison: Isn't your mother and Jessica's mother one in the same?
Tess: I guess if you catch her on the right day, she is.

Dr. Jamison: You seem to harbor a lot of resentment towards Jessica's mother. Did she have something to do with this childhood trauma?
Tess: Please. That bitch couldn't mother me if she tried.

[Todd, anxious to tell Viki that Jessica has DID, has brought Tess to Llanfair. Tess goes off on Viki when Viki asks her what's going on]
Tess: You want to know the truth, really? Okay, fine, I'll tell you the truth. These past couple of months, all of my problems, the meds, everything -- it's all your fault! My life's a mess because of you!

Tess: (to Viki) It's your fault. Every bit of it.
Viki: I -- what is? I don't understand.
Tess: How could you with your head buried so far --
Todd: (interrupting Tess) Hey!

[Todd tells Tess that he wants the truth]
Tess: The truth, really? Well, get out of my face because Princess Victoria has come down off of her throne to grace us with an audience!
Viki: (completely bewildered) Have I done anything?
Tess: You've done everything!
Todd: Don't you make this about her!
Tess: Why? Everything else is about her.
Todd: She doesn't need to hear this crap.
Tess: Oh, no, I disagree, and I'm on a roll.

[Viki has had a heart attack as a result of Tess yelling at her]
Todd: Viki? Can you hear me? Jess, call 911.
Tess: No.
Todd: For God's sakes, call 911! She's having a heart attack!
Tess: Oh. That again?

Tess: (singing to herself) "Mama had a heart attack, I'm not taking Antonio back...Natalie, Kevin they all fall down."

Viki: I will do whatever I can for you. I mean that, honey. I'm your mother. I'm here.
Tess: Yeah, you might be here, but you're not my mother.
Viki: Why do you think I'm not your mother?
Tess: Because I -- I don't feel it. I don't feel what you're supposed to feel. And I want to. I want to feel what everybody else on the planet feels. And if I have this baby, if I become a mother myself, then...

Tess: I have been living my new life, my own life, one that I never imagined that I could ever have. Where nobody was telling me what to do, nobody was telling me how to act. I could do whatever I wanted. I could be just me. And let me tell you, I had a blast. I was on my own, and that's how I liked it. For a while. Till Nash. He gave me a home. He did so much for me. And if I stay here, I lose him. And if I leave, I'm never coming back, ever.
Viki: Why? Jessie, if you've fallen in love --
Tess: Jessica hasn't fallen in love! I have!

Tess: You know, I was always such a problem for Jessica. She's so perfect. No wonder everybody loves her. It's enough to make you sick. Well, me, anyway. But now I'm living the life, my own life. And, sure, you know, at first it was all partying and stuff. It was so not like Jessica. And then I realized, you know, you couldn't go at it alone in this world. You need a little bit of the considerate Jessica stuff, you know, the yin, the yang. Except Jessica got most of the yin part. I got the sexy part of the deal. Now I don't know what to do with her. I don't know what to do without her. We've just been together for so long, I'm just -- now I'm scared.
Viki: Darling, what are you saying?
Tess: I'm afraid of the person that I am now.

Viki: Please, tell me, who are you?
Tess: It doesn't matter.
Viki: You don't have to worry about my heart. I'm better now. I can handle anything.
Tess: You know, I was thinking about that last time. I went off on you and I gave you a heart attack. I was glad. I wanted you to die. I was a bitch back then. I didn't love anybody. I didn't think anybody could love me. Till I stole Nash's car.

Viki: You -- you're not Jessica, are you?
Tess: Nope. No, I'm not.
Viki: Who are you? What's your name?
Tess: Oh. It's Tess. Get it? Jess, Tess -- kind of like --
Viki: Viki and Niki.
Tess: Exactly.
Viki: You're an alter?
Tess: No. I'm a person, just like you.

Viki: I don't understand this. When you were a little girl, there were no problems. You had the happiest childhood.
Tess: You think so?
Viki: Yes, I did. I had no idea. Why does Jessica need an alter?
Tess: Are you really that clueless?

Viki: When I had the heart attack, that was you.
Tess: Yeah, well, I just told you that.
Viki: And you wanted me to die.
Tess: Then, not now, though I think it would be easier, regardless of what Jessica says. She seems to think that we both need you.

Viki: You need a doctor.
Tess: Really? So you can integrate me? So you can get your precious Jessica back? No way.
Viki: It's for your good as well as hers.
Tess: Oh, go to hell! You only care about Jessica. You don't care about me.
Viki: No, that's not true. I love you, Tess. I love you just as much as I love Jessica.

Viki: I do love you.
Tess: No, you don't. Nobody loves me, nobody but Nash. And he loves me for who I am, not some psycho version of Jessica.

Viki: I do understand, better than anyone.
Tess: That's why you want to get rid of me.
Viki: No. I am so grateful to you.
Tess: Grateful?
Viki: Yes, because you're helping my Jessie through this, whatever it is.

Viki: I am so sorry. I should have seen the signs. Of all people, I should have known.
Tess: No argument here.

Viki: We have to make you whole.
Tess: "Whole"? Don't you mean transform me into Jessica?

[Nash tries to defend Viki]
Tess: God, you don't know her! She's Victoria Davidson. She's the empress of Llanview. She's a bona fide nut job!

[Tess is taken to the hospital and put in restraints -- Viki is horrified]
Tess: You know why this is happening. Tell them to stop, Mother.

[Tess has demanded to speak to Niki Smith; Viki pretends to be Niki]
Tess: (to Dr. Jamison) Is she really Niki?
Viki: (pretending to be Niki) What's she? And what's it to you? And who the hell do you got to sleep with to get a drink around here?
Tess: I hear you. Why don't we go to your favorite watering hole? What was the name of it again?
Viki: Who cares what it's called, as long as the sign says "open" on the door? That's all that counts.
Tess: Oh, yeah, yeah, but I'm sure you remember that big buffed-out bartender -- tiny! That was his name, wasn't it?
Viki: Tiny was his I.Q.!
Tess: Nice play, Victoria. There was no Tiny. Who do you think you're dealing with here? I know the woman, and you're not Niki.
Viki: Who are you calling a fake?
Tess: This conversation is over. Where's Nash?

[Tess comes out of a hypnosis session and finds Viki and Clint looking at her]
Viki: It's all right, honey. It's -- it's me. It's Mom. Niki's gone.
Tess: Yeah, like you tell the truth.

Viki: Jessica agreed to let you out so that we could talk to you. Jessica decided this.
Tess: Jessica's an idiot.

Tess: (to Viki and Dr. Jamison) Two, four, six, eight, I don't want to integrate.

Viki: You know, I've been thinking. When Jessie was about 4 years old, I walked into this library and Jessica was walking up and down on the sofa in her shoes. And I said to her she had to stop that and get down. And she looked at me and stuck her little chin out and she said, "Sofas are not as important as little girls." That was you, wasn't it?
Tess: You had a lot of rules.
Viki: And you taught me what matters and what's not important. You are my daughter, and I love you, and I love you because you're funny. Mostly, I love you because you bore the pain that Jessica couldn't handle. But the thing is that pain is still with you and now it's time for it to go away -- not you, the pain.
Tess: Ok. That's enough. Stop talking.
Viki: You think that talking about it is going to make it more real, but, in fact, talking about it is what will make it start to go away. Tess?
Tess: You said my name.

Tess: (to Viki, Clint, Antonio and Dr. Fox) God, what a bunch of control freaks you guys are. It must be driving you nuts dealing with an unknown quantity like myself.

Viki: You would become a part of Jessica when you're integrated.
Tess: Really? That's nice, because I've always wanted to be the little toe of a WASP princess.