EJ recovers from being paralyzed but doesn't tell Sami. Sami finds out EJ was faking his paralysis (note: he wasn't faking the whole time, just the time her recovered until Sami found out). EJ figures out Lucas shoot him from opening Lucas's package.
E.J.: Samantha's falling in love with me, aren't you, darling? She admitted her feelings while we were in the hospital together. (December 4)
E.J.: Are you sleeping? You're so pretty. I shouldn't say that. I should say you're handsome, aren't you? You're a handsome boy. You're a very handsome boy. We're gonna make the most beautiful family -- you, me, and your mother. Hmm? She just needs to make a clean break from her past. Yes, she does, and with Lucas. Is that an itch? It's okay. If I'm not mistaken, she's doing that right now. Right now. (December 5)
E.J.: Look, Samantha, before you go, there is no doubt in my mind that you are the reason that I'm alive. You gave me faith in us. You reminded me of my son. I have no greater reason to want to fight to walk again. You gave me that strength. (December 6)
E.J.: What I really want is for you to hold me in your arms again, like you did at the hospital. I know it's gonna take awhile before you trust yourself to lie into my arms. It's kind of funny, ironic, one of the two, when you think about it. I mean, I loved you, wanted you for such a long time. Now you're my wife. All I ever dreamt about was picking you up, taking you into bed, sweeping you off your feet, lying beside you as a complete man. (December 12)
E.J.: Snowflakes or doves?
Sami: What?
E.J.: Our Christmas cards. I think I prefer doves.
Sami: You're sending Christmas cards?
E.J.: Yes, I am. Oh, don't worry. I'll sign your name for you. I also wrote one of those bragging letters that you Americans seem to like so much. Let me show you. There you go. It's been, you know, such an eventful year this year that I thought we would do well to keep the families up to date with everything that's going on. Could you get me your address list?
Sami: We're not sending this out.
E.J.: Why? The grammar's not that bad, is it? (December 20)
Sami: What?
E.J.: Our Christmas cards. I think I prefer doves.
Sami: You're sending Christmas cards?
E.J.: Yes, I am. Oh, don't worry. I'll sign your name for you. I also wrote one of those bragging letters that you Americans seem to like so much. Let me show you. There you go. It's been, you know, such an eventful year this year that I thought we would do well to keep the families up to date with everything that's going on. Could you get me your address list?
Sami: We're not sending this out.
E.J.: Why? The grammar's not that bad, is it? (December 20)
E.J.: Get out. Get out! Go on, out! You want to get out? Go! You'll be back. You know why? 'Cause you need me. 'Cause you want me. (December 21)
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E.J.: Samantha. I know that what I'm saying frightens you, but that's because deep down, you know that it's true.
Sami: [Laughs] You think you know me so well. You don’t. But I know you 'cause you're exactly how I used to be and then some. You're sneaky, selfish, thinking only of yourself and what you want. Somehow, I managed to outgrow that. I don't think you ever will. (December 21)
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E.J.: Samantha. I know that what I'm saying frightens you, but that's because deep down, you know that it's true.
Sami: [Laughs] You think you know me so well. You don’t. But I know you 'cause you're exactly how I used to be and then some. You're sneaky, selfish, thinking only of yourself and what you want. Somehow, I managed to outgrow that. I don't think you ever will. (December 21)
Tony to EJ: Did you put her well-being above yours, her happiness before yours? You gave her your obsession, but not your heart. I think you have to dig a little deeper for that. And, Elvis, you know, on Christmas or any other day of the year, there is no greater gift that you can give to a woman than your heart. (December 24)
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Tony:I had a choice -- life or death. I chose life -- not a bad one, at that. You're your own island. What are you going to choose, being a soldier doing Stefano's bidding, or do you live life on your own terms, become your own man?
E.J.: I suppose that's the problem, really. I can't be my own man and be Stefano's son.
Tony: But you may turn out to be the kind of man that Samantha Brady can finally love. (December 24)
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Tony:If you had one wish this season, what would it be?
E.J.: To build a life with Samantha and my son, to love them without conditions, and most of all, to have them love me. (December 24)
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EJ to God: " I want to be a good father.I want to know what it's like to love somebody without without conditions. To love them truly and not for myself. I want to know what it's like to feel that love. Please just give me another chances with Samantha and I promise you...I will be a changed man." (December 24)
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Tony:I had a choice -- life or death. I chose life -- not a bad one, at that. You're your own island. What are you going to choose, being a soldier doing Stefano's bidding, or do you live life on your own terms, become your own man?
E.J.: I suppose that's the problem, really. I can't be my own man and be Stefano's son.
Tony: But you may turn out to be the kind of man that Samantha Brady can finally love. (December 24)
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Tony:If you had one wish this season, what would it be?
E.J.: To build a life with Samantha and my son, to love them without conditions, and most of all, to have them love me. (December 24)
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EJ to God: " I want to be a good father.I want to know what it's like to love somebody without without conditions. To love them truly and not for myself. I want to know what it's like to feel that love. Please just give me another chances with Samantha and I promise you...I will be a changed man." (December 24)
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