What I Watched Today

(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)

 

General Hospital

Curtis tells Jordan that he has all the evidence he needs to link Jim to illegal drilling. Jordan tells him she wasn’t there. They have to get the information anonymously to the PCPD. They start to leave, but hear something, and draw their guns. Jordan says he told her no one was home. He says no one was. He tells her to stay there, but she says, negative; she’s coming. He says if he gets caught, he gets arrested. If she does, it’s her badge. He moves forward.

Chase knocks on Jim’s door. He wants to ask Jim some questions about Drew and Franco.

Nelle looks at “Morgan’s” scarf and says, pretty convincing, if she does say so herself. She asks if the baby approves of the special present for Granny Carly. Ava comes in and asks, what’s that? Nelle tells her that she doesn’t want to know. Ava wonders if it’s part of Nelle’s plan to neutralize Carly. Nelle says she’s not just getting rid of Carly, she’s going to make Michael need her again.

Michael meets Francesca for their big date at Kelly’s. I see he spared no expense. Since he’s wearing a suit, she jokes about it being a job interview, and says she likes his office. She’s glad he texted. He’s glad she gave him her number. Great. Two boring people find each other.

Sam tells Elizabeth the foundation has already been laid. She calls 911, saying that Drew and Franco are stuck in the basement; she can hear them. She tells them to send an ambulance, the fire department, anything they can.

Chase brings Jim to the station. Jim says Chase is wasting his time. The last time he saw Drew was at the hospital, and he hasn’t seen Franco since before the earthquake. Chase shows him Drew’s ring, and asks if he recognizes it. Jim asks if he should, and Chase says it was recovered from his hotel room.

Ava tells Nelle that she’s right. The less she knows, the better. Nelle knew she’d understand. Ava knows she’s repeating herself, but maybe Nelle should call it off before she gets in too deep a hole. Nelle says she has no other road to take. Ava asks what happens if she succeeds, adding it’s a big assumption. Nelle says Michael will have no choice but to turn to her. Ava says she can’t make Michael need her. She tells Nelle that she used to rely on manipulation. Nelle points out all the things Ava has – the gallery, Griff, her face back – and Ava says that’s only because she stopped. Nelle says it would benefit Ava too. Doesn’t she want Avery back full time? Ava says nothing will eliminate Sonny having custody. She doesn’t want to get involved because she won’t risk losing Griff. In perfect soap timing, Griff walks in, and says, how would she lose him?

Michael says Francesca is different than he expected – in a good way. She tells him that she usually wears scrubs on her dates, and asks if he did any social media research on her. He compares it to stalking, but she says she checked him out. She noticed that family seems important, but other than that, he has no posts anywhere. He says his job keeps him busy, and she suggests maybe he wants to keep a low profile because he’s hiding something. He’s like, what? and she says she’s just messing with him. He says it’s been a while since he’s done this, and Francesca says it’s been a minute for her too. She tells him she goes to a lot of concerts, since she has some friends in bands. For her, it’s the louder, the better, so she can zone out and clear her head. Michael doesn’t know the last time he’s been to one, and she says she hasn’t been able to do much lately with nursing school work. Michael asks if she doesn’t give out her number to everyone, and she says, no; he’s the exception.

Curtis brings out Betsy, who babbles about not knowing when he’ll come back. He introduces her to Jordan.

Chase tells Jim that Sam found the ring in his room. Jim says it’s news to him, and asks if Chase can prove it was there, and if they don’t need a warrant. Chase says there’s no proof yet, but he’s getting a statement from Sam. Jim tells Chase that Sam and Elizabeth came to him, upset they couldn’t help locate Drew and Franco. Chase asks if he’s admitting they came to see him, and Jim says he has nothing to hide. He gets that they were worried, but as for the ring, Chase should question Sam more closely. Chase asks if he has a theory, and Jim says the return of her previous husband had a traumatic effect on Drew, which led to marital difficulties. Franco and Elizabeth’s wedding was also postponed. Chase asks what his point is, and Jim says maybe they’re avoiding the real issue. He’s not going to take the fall for their marital problems. Maybe Drew and Franco walked out. He suggests they need a relationship counselor, not the police.

A fireman tells Sam there’s no proof they’re down there. Elizabeth says they know Jim took them. Sam begs him for help.

Nelle tells Griff that Ava thought a piece she was pitching might be too provocative. He says he’d love to see it, but Nelle says Ava is right. It was too out there. She leaves, and Griff asks Ava if he just ruined the next big thing in the art world, but Ava says, just the opposite. She dodged a bullet. He reminds her that she said he brings out the best in her. She says he does, but she wants more.

Michael asks if Francesca is looking for something serious. She says she’s looking for uncomplicated and stable; no games, no drama. She can tell pretty quickly if it’s worth her while. She tells him blah-blah-blah about music. He says Mumford & Sons aren’t bad, but she says not to settle for not bad. He should be open to the good stuff.

Jordan puts on the light, and asks Betsy how long she’s been there. Betsy doesn’t say anything, and Jordan leaves to get her water. Curtis says Franco hasn’t heard from her in months. She asks if he knows her boy, and he says they’ve looked everywhere. Drew and Franco are worried. Jordan comes back, and tells her everything will be okay. Curtis asks her to help him wrap his head around something. Has she been there the whole time? Jordan asks if Jim did this, and she nods. Curtis says she needs to tell them why he kept her there.

Chase tells Jim that he’ll investigate the domestic angle, but he wants to hear about Jim’s interaction with Drew and Franco. Jim suggests he look at their interactions with each other. They have bad blood that goes back to their childhood. He briefly dated their mom, and there was always something not right about Franco. He tried to kill Drew, and Betsy had to separate them. She sent Drew to an orphanage, and although the present Drew is a successful businessman, he never got over the abandonment. Maybe he wanted to settle the score, or Franco wanted to finish what he started.

The fireman tells Sam and Elizabeth that even If any part of it is still intact, the subbasement is already buried. Sam says there has to be another way in, but he says it doesn’t look good.

Francesca tells Michael that the band, Heinz, is playing an earthquake benefit. He says he’s never heard of them. Neither have I. She suggests they go, and if it’s not his cup of tea, at least he’ll be helping the earthquake survivor’s fund. He says maybe he could use a distraction from his routine, but he’s not moshing. She says moshing is optional, but crowd surfing is mandatory. He says as long as he’s spending more time with her, he’s in. Nelle listens from around the corner.

Griff asks what Ava means, and she says she has a tendency to want too much; some would say she’s greedy. She tells him to forget it. Griff says he’s greedy for her time, and it seems like forever since the wedding. She says they’re both lucky they weren’t seriously injured. She doesn’t know what she would do if she lost him. He says she doesn’t have to worry about that, and tries to kiss her, but she steps away. He asks what’s the matter? She says, remember the last time they were at the gallery, and she told him that she loved him? She didn’t want him to feel pressured. He says she told him she valued his honesty, and it meant the world to him. Ava says she lied.

Betsy says they can’t let him find her, and Jordan says she’s safe; no one can get to her. Curtis asks if it has anything to do with the natural gas deposits, but Betsy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. She wants to leave and find Franco, and tell him. Curtis asks if she knows Andy grew up to be Andrew Cain. She says she didn’t mean any harm; she was trying to protect him. Jordan asks what it has to do with Franco, but Betsy doesn’t want to tell her; only Bobby and Andy.

Chase asks Jim how old they were when the incident occurred, and Jim says it was when they were kids. Chase asks how old, and he says three or four. Chase asks if he witnessed it, and Jim says they’re looking in the wrong place at the wrong man. He has nothing to do with them, other than having the misfortune of dating their mother years ago. He hopes Chase finds them before they kill each other – if they haven’t already. As he’s leaving the station, Chase tells him not to leave town. Jim asks why would he? He has a lot of cleaning up to do. I can tell Chase isn’t buying it, and when Jim is gone, he calls someone about a petition for a search warrant.

The fireman tells Elizabeth and Sam that the subbasements on level five and six are still intact, but even if the cement hasn’t set, they can’t reach them. It would take weeks to drill through it. It’s physically impossible. Sam says she’ll find another way.

Drew pulls himself out of the water and laughs. He calls to Franco, and helps him out. He tells Franco that he smells like a sewer, and Franco says Drew doesn’t smell so great himself. Franco thanks him, and Drew asks if he can walk. Franco says if there’s a possibility of him getting his hands around Jim’s throat, he’ll run. They leave the pier.

Nelle asks Michael how it’s going. He introduces Nelle, who realizes she’s seen Francesca at GH, saying she’s been in and out of there a lot. Francesca hopes nothing is wrong, but Nelle says, just the opposite. She and the baby are doing fine. She tells Michael that she scheduled their childbirth class for Friday, and hopes it works for him.

Ava tells Griff that she was lying to herself. She does need to be loved. No matter how much cares for all of humanity, she needs him to care a little more about her. He says lately, he’s been spending every waking hour at the hospital. His place was damaged in the earthquake. She asks where he’s sleeping, and he says in the doctors’ lounge, but he’s also been picking up extra hours. She asks why he didn’t tell her; he can stay with her.

On the phone, Chase asks if he needs probable cause, and says he’ll get a statement. The desk sergeant tells him the commissioner is on the other line. Jordan asks if he still has Jim there, but Chase says there wasn’t enough to hold him on; he’s working on a search warrant. Jordan tells him to find and arrest Jim for unlawful imprisonment. She’ll fill him in when she gets back, but there are also other charges pending. Sam and Elizabeth run into the station, and Sam says they need help. Drew and Franco are trapped under where Jim’s crew poured cement, and the fire department can’t help them. Chase starts to say he’ll see if there’s anything he can do, when Drew and Franco walk in. The girls run to them.

Michael and Francesca go down to the docks. Oddly enough, to the same exact spot where Drew and Franco came up for air. Michael tells Francesca that he didn’t know Nelle was pregnant until after they broke up. He says he’d always wanted to be a father, but they’re not together, and never will be. Francesca says, but they live together. He says his grandmother invited Nelle to stay after the damage to her apartment from the earthquake, but there are thirty-seven rooms. Holy! That’s bigger than Grey Gardens. He says they’re at the same address, but they’re not together. Francesca says Nelle wanted her to think they were. He says she has a talent to spinning things. She asks if he didn’t know that until the break-up, and he admits he did, but chose to believe she’d changed. He was going to tell Francesca, but didn’t know the right time. She says it’s tricky. Full disclosure before they even have coffee comes on too strong, but wait too long, and you’re withholding. Michael says he was waiting until the second date. They were in the process, but this sped up the time table. She asks if he still wants to go, and he asks if she does.

At Kelly’s, Nelle sees Michael and Francesca kiss in her mind. She says Michael isn’t someone else’s happily ever after. He’s hers. It’s beyond me why anyone would even be interested in this lackluster dude.

Ava asks Griff, what if the situation was reversed? Would he want her in a sleeping bag under her desk? He tells her that relationship politics are still new to him. It’s like learning another language. He’s trying to tell her to be patient, which she says is a new language for her. She asks him to help her keep her word. Move in with her.

Sam tells Drew from the smell, they must have crawled out through the sewer. Franco says it was a long, strange, putrid trip. Franco is hoping they’re arresting Jim, and Chase says he’ll need statements. Franco tells them about how Jim buried them alive, but they pried open an entrance to a tunnel, and swam out. Everyone is all huggy-kissy.

Francesca tells Michael that she’s looking for something uncomplicated. Michael says he’s trying to uncomplicate his life. but doesn’t know if that’s possible right now. After the baby is born, and Nelle moves out, things will be different. Francesca says, maybe, but she can’t do this right now. He tells her, fair enough. She says, sorry, and he says, him too. She hopes things work out. Before she leaves, she tells him to save her number just in case. The cheese Michael stands alone.

Griff asks Ava if she’s asking him to give up the lumpy couch in exchange for an actual bed. She says, with her, and he tells her he’d love to. Temporarily, until his apartment is repaired. Have we ever seen Griff’s apartment? They kiss, and Nelle comes back in. Ava thought she’d left for the night, and she says she left her computer charger. She tells Ava that she’ll lock up. Ava asks if Griff would like to go home, and he says he likes the way that sounds. They leave, and Nelle takes out the scarf. She says, oh, Michael, so sorry about your mom. Good thing you have me to lean on.

Jordan thinks Betsy should see a doctor, but Betsy says she has to see Franco and Drew. It’s been a lifetime too long. She has to tell them the truth.

Elizabeth says that once Sam saw the freshly poured concrete, she called 911, but they couldn’t get them out. Franco says he bets she thought she was rid of him, and she tells him that he smells like a landfill, but she still loves him. Chase asks why Jim would try to kill them, and Drew says something happened in the past. He doesn’t know what, or how Jim is involved. Elizabeth thinks they should get checked out at the hospital, and Sam agrees, since they just crawled through a sewer. I’ve seen Monsters Inside Me enough times to concur. Chase says he’ll need statements later, but on behalf of the squad room, please go to the hospital.

Drew wants to talk to Franco for a moment. He asks if Franco has the rabbit’s foot. Franco takes it out of his pocket, saying it’s worse for the wear, but here it is. Drew thought it was a little weird at first, but it came in handy, for both of them. He bro pats Franco on the arm.

Tomorrow, Carly wants to talk about Josslyn and Oscar, Finn accuses Julian of being jealous, and Andre says Anna needs to come clean.

🌠 Throwin’ Back Thursday to 2007 with Some Puppies…