Expert: Crystal - 1/17/2008

Question
QUESTION: Hi Crystal! I was wondering if you could tell me what Dylan says to Kelly after she puts baby Erin is his arms in the episode "Sex, Lies and Volleyball" and also what is it that Dylan is saying to Erin after Kelly leaves the room. I couldn't hear him over Erin's cries. I love this scene, Dylan was so sweet and looked so cute holding Erin. Your help is greatly appreciated.

ANSWER: Hello Marissa,

This is what I caught by watching those scenes using closed captioning...

When Kelly hands him Erin: Uhhh, Kel, I don't know anything about babies.

After Kelly leaves the room (and he's trying to get Erin to stop crying and succeeds by talking to her): Hey, hey, hey. Come here. What a sweet girl. It's okay, it's okay. [Oh yes, what a sweet girl. You got a nice setup here, you know that? Can you tell? Yeah, you got a mom and a dad.] You got a brother, David, a sister, Kelly. You like that? Let me tell you something, though, you take it from me, don't let them get too close. You'll just get burned. Rule number one, the only person you can trust in this world is yourself.

Note: comments in the [ ] were heard from the baby monitor.

Hope this clears it up for you.

Take care,
Crystal

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QUESTION: While we're on the topic. When Dylan says "don't let them get too close, you'll just get burned." do you think he was referring to the Walsh family drama? I mean, in "Wedding Bell Blues" he tells Jake and Brenda that he shouldn't have gotten so close so do you think he was still upset about how Jim was treating him? Just a question I've always thought about while watching this scene with baby Erin.

Answer
Strictly my personal point of view here:

I think Dylan is referring to every time he's let his guard down with another person and gotten close to them, be it the Walsh family or his own parents. Throughout his life, most of the time when Dylan put his trust in someone and got close to them, he ended up hurt (burned). The Walsh family drama seemed like it was the "straw that broke the camel's back".

My guess is that Dylan never fully got over the way Jim was treating him, even after he and Brenda broke up and he was dating Kelly. It's understandable though, Dylan saw Jim as a father figure and Jim rejected him.  

Take care,
Crystal