What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Madeline thought Valentin would be taller. He asks if she’s been following his press, and she says she hears things. She can’t think of a reason why he’d be there. He tells her as Nina’s mother, she has information he can use.

Nina asks how Peter can but The Invader. He tells her that he’s buying it to elevate the content, but she says that’s not what she means. She asks how he can afford it, and he says he’s not without resources. Nina says apparently, he has enough to spread gossip. She doesn’t read it, but she sees it at the salon. Maxie says she sees it at a kiosk she passes. He says they’ll be readers soon. The town needs another voice in journalism

Drew sees Margaux in the park. He says she grabbed him, kissed him, and ran off. Why?

On the phone with Alexis. He wonders if Lucas and Brad need anything. She tells him to stay where he is; what they need is a lawyer. She tells Sam that he’s pretty upset, but she knows two people who feel worse.

Carly tells Michael to let know if her if he needs anything. Michael thinks he has things under control. Sonny asks how he’s holding up. He wants a happy ending for Brad and Lucas.

Brad paces, and Lucas tell him to sit down. Brad says he’s terrified. Lucas is too, but says they have to face it. They can be terrified together. Alexis is sorry she had to deliver the news during their ill-timed celebration. Brad says of course she had to tell them. Lucas wonders if they’re about to lose their son.

Lulu sees Chase at the bar, and asks if it’s been a long day. He says, not long enough. He wanted another shift, but Jordan lectured him on how he needed to rest. Lulu asks why he’s there all alone when he scored the night off. He says it was either here or stare at the walls. Either way, the ghosts stay with him.

Michael wonders what’s worse than having a baby and losing it or not having it at all. Carly says maybe it will work out. She invites Michael to stay the night. He says he knows what she’s trying to do. He loves them, but needs to clear his head. He promises he’s fine, and leaves.

Alexis tells Lucas and Brad that nothing has been determined about custody; it’s yet to be decided. There are provisions in the contract that call for a hearing, and a determination in the best interest of the child. The judge will hear a petition from the birth mother, and their response, and render a decision. Lucas says it sounds fair, but what are the chances they’ll get custody over the birth mother?

Margaux tells Drew it was a kiss. There’s no need to complicate matters. Drew says it’s too late; her pitch muddied the waters. She asks if he thinks she’s trying to seduce him into helping her. He asks if she is.

Nina says Peter proved his chops at Aurora. Doesn’t he think running a gossip rag is a step down? Apparently, she hasn’t been listening, and he says he’s going to change that. He is keeping Page Five intact (which I guess is like The NY Post’s Page Six). It will be a combo platter. The regular readers will love it, but also appreciate hard driving news. Maxie says at least he has some standards. He asks her to come with him, and Nina asks if he’s pinching her fashion director right in front of her. He says he’s offering Maxie something outside of fashion, but Maxie says fashion is what she knows, and reminds Nina that she’s the fashion editor. Nina says she’s been promoted to fashion director. Peter is glad he facilitated something good from their meeting.

Valentin asks Madeline if she’s familiar with Nora Buchannan. She’s a renowned defense attorney, has an excellent record of arguing at parole board hearings, and takes his calls. He can introduce them. Madeline says that’s very gallant of him, but she lacks the wherewithal to hire her. Valentin says he doesn’t. She asks what his price is, and he asks what really happened during Nina’s coma, courtesy of her loving mother? She says Nina would frown on this meeting, but he says she’ll never know. That’s a crucial condition. Madeline thinks they understand each other, and she’ll consider it a deal. She asks what he wants to know about Nina’s convalescence. He says, everything. He read the medical records, and they’re lacking, like someone wanted them that way. Avoiding the narrative, Nina was given drugs, a coma was induced, and she lost her child. He doesn’t think she miscarried. He thinks she had the baby and it survived.

Maxie and Nina discuss Crimson. Maxie thinks each issue should have an everyday woman makeover, who’s given a successful mentor in her field. Nina loves it, and wants champagne to celebrate. She asks if Julian is okay. Maxie says they heard that Brad and Lucas might lose their son.

Alexis says there are no statistics, and the judgments are rendered on a case by case basis. Sam says every case must be different, and Brad asks if there have been any cases like theirs. Lucas says, where the birth mother changed her mind within the thirty-day window, and Alexis says this will be the first. Brad says he can’t be there, and walks out.

Carly tells Sonny that Avery and Mike are napping. Carly doesn’t know how she’s going to get through tonight; she’s distracting herself from thinking about the funeral. Sonny says they’ll face it together. She doesn’t think Michael can handle it. She can’t stand the thought of him being alone, and he won’t open up to anyone. It scares her. He shows his grief for a split second, then the walls go up, as an armor against the pain. Sonny says, he’ll get through it, and they’ll be there if he needs them.

Lulu asks Chase to join her. He says he’s fine, except for the ghosts, but that comes with the job. He knew some cases go unsolved, and people die, no matter how hard you try to stop it. He tries to make the good outweigh the bad, and save as many as he can, but sometimes doubts and regrets catch up. Michael comes in. Lulu tells him that she’s sorry for his loss, and hugs him.

Margaux can’t remember the last time someone was so insulted to be kissed out of nowhere. Drew says if he did that, he’d be considered a harasser, and women would be picketing Aurora. She says, noted, but for his information, she’s not working an agenda. She kissed him because likes – correction, liked him. It was obviously a mistake. He’s actually a paranoid egomaniac or so messed up he don’t notice she was attracted to him. He asks if she said he’s sexy.

Sonny tells Carly tomorrow is a long day, but she doesn’t know if she sleep. He says they’ll stay up until she can, and they kiss. She says she heard Julian showed up at Alexis’s place, making accusations. He says it should be the least of her worries, but she says, too late. She’s worried.

Julian calls Kim, and leaves a message. He could use a friend right now. Brad comes in, and says he needs Julian’s help.

Lucas says Brad still isn’t answering, and Alexis says to give him time. They need to prepare for the hearing. Lucas wants to give Brad space. He says it’s surreal. Brad was always the one who was positive. He knows Brad is in pain, and wishes he could tell him it will be all right, but there’s no way to know. Alexis says she’s sorry, but she has no answers.

Michael asks Lulu to tell Dante not to worry, and stay safe. Lulu tells Chase not to overdo it, and goes back to the table.

Peter is at the table, and thanks Lulu for meeting him. She says his pitch had the right amount of intrigue and promise, and she is hunting for her next big story. He tells her that he bought The Invader. It’s an excellent story, and hers to write.

Nina and Maxie have champagne, which I can’t imagine being too high-end at Charlies. Nina says her heart is breaking for Brad and Lucas. They were hoping and waiting, planning their life. Maxie says, then just like that, it’s taken away. Nina says they’ll never stop missing the baby, just like she’ll never stop missing hers.

Madeline says Valentin has picked up Nina’s habit of wishful thinking. He says he’s seen a woman reunited with her son after a lifetime, so he knows it’s possible. Madeline says the baby would be grown by now, and believes she had a daughter. She wonders what aroused his suspicion. He says she was in coma for twenty years in a facility in Westchester, but according to the medical records, she wasn’t there the whole time. At the beginning, there’s a hole of eight months not accounted for. She should understand why that number would arouse suspicion. She has a parole hearing coming up, and can benefit from Valentin’s connections. His help is contingent on her honesty. Did Nina have a daughter, and did the baby survive. Madeline admits she did.

Peter tells Lulu that she can pick her own subjects. No more softball or human-interest stories, unless she wants them. She’ll be his chief investigative reporter, and seek out the truth. She thinks even if he revamps the current format, she can’t see The Invader turning into a credible news source or being taken seriously. He says he’s not going to disrupt loyal readers, as long as the stories are rooted in truth. They can be a serious news outlet, and have fun at the same time. He asks if she’d like a preview of tomorrow’s front page. He shows her his tablet, and there’s a picture of Margaux kissing Drew.

Drew says he heard her say she found him sexy; she can’t take back. She says, found, past tense. He says it’s understandable, and admits to being a bit of an ass. He apologizes, saying he doesn’t even remember his history with the mother of his son, and just got divorced from the mother of his daughter. He’s not great at relationships. She says she could possibly like him if he works on his technique. He suggests they give it another shot. He thinks he can do better. Nope. Not liking these two together, and I don’t trust her.

Nina tells Maxie that she thought her mother wanted to reconnect, but she was just trying to use them. She wonders why she’d want to connect with the woman who put her in a coma. She’s a businesswoman and a professional now. Maxie adds, and super hot. Nina says she has everything – except a child of her own. Even though it was forever ago, and she should be over it, she finds herself looking for advances in fertility. She still thinks about what having a child with Valentin would be like; what would it look like? Maxie says she had no idea Nina was in pain about it. Nina feels badly about Michael, and Lucas and Brad. She can sympathize. Everyone’s pain is unique, but she can say with certainty that there’s nothing worse than losing a child, no matter how it happens.

Valentin says to tell him everything, and Madeline says she regrets everything. He tells her to save it for the parole; he wants the facts. She says Nina went under, but the baby held on. She knew if she made another attempt, the suspicion might have shifted from Nina’s ex-husband to her direction. She hired a nurse, then transferred Nina. Valentin asks what happened to the baby. Madeline says she’s not exactly the grandmotherly type. So she got rid of her.

Sonny tells Carly about his first job for Skully, and how he got rid of the evidence in Croton. What he didn’t know was that his dad followed. Mike figured if he got wind of it, the cops could. Mike dug up the body, and brought it to Port Charles. Charlie was pouring foundation to expand his bar. Carly says, so it’s possibly in the foundation of Julian’s place of business. Sonny says, it gets better. Julian is planning to renovate.

Maxie tells Nina it sounds like she didn’t get a chance to fully grieve for her baby. Nina asks how you grieve something that never existed or had at least held? Her child was taken away before she had the chance. Maxie says it’s hard, especially because of how it came about. It’s necessary to grieve. On that note, she tells Nina that she’s forgotten to mention one of the highlights of her life is that Nina is her mentor. She’s lucky to have her.

Valentin asks if Madeline killed the baby, and she tells him to stop the melodrama. Any child of Nina’s could lay claim on her inheritance, so she couldn’t be part of the family. She saw to it that someone else’s family were the adoptive parents. If his end game is to reunite them, she used a broker. He asks for the name, and Madeline says, John Smith. It wasn’t a traditional adoption. It was better they remain anonymous, so they couldn’t identify each other in court. He asks if there’s no way of tracking them down, but she didn’t say that. She’ll give him what he wants, but not until his high-powered attorney secures her release.

Sonny tells Carly that he stalled Julian’s renovation. He can’t even get a decent bid, but it’s only temporary. Sooner or later, Julian is going to start construction, unless he sells Charlie’s to Sonny. Carly asks if that’s a possibility, and he says, not likely. She says in the worst case, the dead body is found. Can it be tied to him? Sonny says, that’s the problem. It might be.

Chase tells Michael about waking up on Lulu’s couch, being asked by Rocco if he wanted pancakes. Michael says Rocco is a great kid. Chase says he’s not easily shocked. The bartender gives them drinks, courtesy of the ladies at one of the tables. Chase asks if they should invite them over, but Michael doesn’t know how much fun he’d be. He’s burying his son tomorrow.

Alexis says family courts move quickly with the placement of a child. They need to investigate why the child is better served with each party. Sam points out how last minute it is, but Alexis says the birth mother is within her rights, and won’t be penalized for that. It’s whoever has the most nurturing and safe home. Julian calls and tells them that Brad is at Charlie’s. Lucas heads for the pub.

Julian asks if Brad is sick. He says they were almost in the clear, now it’s up to a judge to decide. Julian says maybe it wasn’t in the cards; they’re going to lose Wiley to the birth mother. Brad says not this birth mother. Wiley isn’t her son to take.

Lulu tells Peter she has a good thing going. He says she’s a Press cub reporter. She was just in the right place at the right time with her big articles. There are other talented writers in senior positions. It will take her years to get her chance on the front line. She can make a difference. Change the world, or at least report on it. She says he makes a good pitch, and when someone says something that’s too good to be true, it is. He tells her to seize an opportunity when she has the chance. He’ll be at the MetroCourt on Friday. If she’s there, he’ll be prepared to negotiate a hard bargain. If she doesn’t show, he’ll know she’s not interested.

Maxie shows Nina a picture of James getting a bath. She suggests Nina come spend the night. They can watch a movie, and play with James. Nina doesn’t want to smother James – or Maxie – but Maxie says they’ll smother back.

Madeline tells Valentin to have Nora contact her as soon as possible, and maybe facilitate an early release. Valentin says it will upset his. Madeline says think how upset she’ll be when she finds out he was there and she told him about her daughter. He says, and the DA’s will sentence her basically for selling a baby. Don’t think he won’t tell anyone. Madeline says he won’t find Nina’s daughter without her, and he says he’s done more with less. Maybe he can’t tell Nina, but he’ll have the satisfaction that Madeline will rot in there. It’s what she deserves. He walks out.

Sonny tells Carly if the cops if know Skully, the know he worked for Skully. Carly says, so did a lot of guys, and Sonny says, but they don’t live in Port Charles where the bar is. He buried the gun with the body, but it wasn’t in the grave. If his dad buried the gun, the cops cold get his prints. She thinks it’s unlikely, but Sonny says with forensics these days, all they need is a trace. The new DA will be all over it. She’d love to put him away for murder.

Drew tells Margaux that he wants to make it clear, if they try again, there will be no talk of Jason or Sonny. They’re just two people trying to get know each other. She says, deal, but if leads to another kiss, try act like a normal person. He says, deal. She leaves, and he calls Curtis. Drew has a job for him, a background check on Margaux.

Chase asks why Michael doesn’t hate his guts. Michael says he’s doing a good job himself. Chase says he’s so sorry. Michael says he’s sorry too. Sorry he ever met Nelle. Sorry he has no plan to make. He planned everything around tomorrow, now his only plan is burying his child. He has nothing to think about, and no plans except what would be if his child had lived.

Brad tells Julian that he can’t figure out how it got to this point. They were happy. They finally had a family, and it was turned on its head. He’s going to lose a son, and go to prison. Julian says he’s not making sense. None of it does. Lucas walks in.

Alexis thanks Sam for being supportive to Brad and Lucas. Sam asks what chance they have. Is there any hope. Alexis says, there’s always hope. Just not that much.

Lucas comes into Charlie’s. He tell Brad that he was getting worried; is he okay? Brad apologizes, saying he couldn’t breathe or think straight. Lucas thanks Julian for looking after Brad. Julian thinks Lucas might need some looking after too. It sounds like they have a tough road ahead. Lucas says they’ll deal with it together. He tells Brad that their son is waiting for them. Brad looks back at Julian on their way out.

Curtis asks Drew if he’s up for the challenge, Michael wants to be alone, and Sam tells Jason that she would have given up without him.

The Real Housewives of Ocean County

Photographers set up at Shannon’s house. She says some friends are coming at the tail end of the shoot, and then they’re having lunch. She explains the photo is going to be included in every meal she sells, so she wants it to look good. The photos are beautiful, but no surprise, she thinks she looks fat. It’s her first shoot ever, and she feels bad about herself. She never wants to get back to where she was. We flash to her going back to the trainer. She says she’s on the weight journey with a lot of people, and never wants someone to say wow when she takes her top off again. I’m guessing that would depend on how the wow is said.

Kelly is proud of Shannon. They’re in the same position; divorced, downsizing, an figuring out how to make money. Shannon is making it work. Tamra and Emily arrive. The photographer takes a few more photos, and they’re done. Shannon says it’s scary to start a business, but if it takes off, she’s doing it herself. The girls sit down to lunch.

Vicki meets with the COTO executives to do a radio spot. She’s owned the company for almost twenty years. We flash back to that journey, and she says it’s time to step it up to the next level. Her partner Ali suggested making it a franchise. They sit down to do the ad. Steve is there, and Vicki says she loves him, but he’s reserved, and it’s zero PDA. Vicki starts to read the ad, and makes a mistake. Ali pulls out some nips of fireball. Vicki makes an off-color remark, and Ali points out that her son is there. She says she has a long history embarrassing Michael. Now that he’s an adult, it’s full throttle. We flash back to some of those moments.

Kelly suggests a happy hour. Shannon says she was supposed to have a court date, but the judge had a full docket, so they’re having a closed, private hearing on Friday for temporary support. In her interview, Shannon says it’s expensive raising kids. David refuses to get a lawyer, so they have to do this. Emily says not having a lawyer holds everything up. Shannon wants to be fair, and just wants it done. In her interview, Emily says it’s the worst part of family law, and can get contentious. Shannon says David claims she drinks excessively. Emily says you can write anything in declarations, and don’t have to back it up. Shannon never wants to talk to him again after the texts he’s sent her. She repeats some of them, where he asks if she’s getting off her lazy fat ass. In her interview, Shannon says he sends them all the time. She had him over for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but he claims it was seventeen years of hell with her. Sorry you feel that way. Thank God you’re out. Emily talks about her husband throwing Gina out after the party. She says the kids were sleeping, and Gina was being Gina, using the f-bomb and being loud. He yelled down, get this chick out of my house! Emily says Gina was responsible and texted an apology. In her interview, Tamra says it’s not cool that he was yelling at a woman. It was a party. Did he expect them to be quiet?

Kelly tells Vicki about going to Shannon’s new place. She says it’s nice, but not worth the money. She tells Vicki about Emily’s husband kicking Gina out after the poker party. She says if Michael yelled at one of her guests, she would have gone psycho. Me too. She tells Vicki that Emily supports him, and that’s probably why they stay married.

Gina picks up Emily. In her interview, Gina says she has three kids. She’s not spending her night out in a fight with Emily. She thinks it should be squashed right away. You don’t want to bring your sh*t into a group of women with strong opinions. Emily gets in the car, and they talk about their kids. Emily says as soon as they met, and she found out Gina had three toddlers, it was an instant connection. Gina tells her Tamra’s interpretation of Shane yelling at her, was that she got the impression that Gina must have done something on her way out, and created a scene. Emily says there was no scene, but she was loud and he’d had enough. Gina thinks he could have handled it more gracefully. She wasn’t doing anything the others weren’t doing. If anything, he owes an apology to her. In her interview, Emily says Shane would never apologize; he doesn’t think he did anything wrong. Emily tells Gina it’s not a big deal, and Gina says she didn’t think so.

Vicki tells Kelly that Shane has never even met Gina. Kelly says he’s Mormon, and Vicki asks if Emily is. Kelly says, no, and they wonder how that works. Kelly says it’s hard enough being married, but Mormons don’t drink. She says they don’t gamble either, and don’t swear. In her interview, Vicki says it would never work for her. She’d be told, put your clothes on and stop drinking.

Vicki and Kelly get there first, and Tamra scooters in next. They order hot toddies. Emily and Gina arrive. In her interview, Tamra says she knows how hard it is to co-parent when you’re not on the same page. Shannon rounds out the table. Vicki asks about court, and Shannon explains they’re having a closed hearing. When she was standing in front of the judge, she looked at David and thought, this is crazy. She feels nothing for him, not even anger. She wonders how in six months, she could feel nothing after twenty years together. Tamra says it was a long time coming. Shannon says Emily told her that when she becomes indifferent, it means she’s ready to date. In her interview, Tamra says, Shannon needs a kick in the ass to start dating. She needs to get laid. Tamra asks how Shannon would feel about meeting matchmaker – today. Vicki says it’s like a menu; you can order what you want. Shannon thinks she should be able to find someone on her own. In her interview, she says she hasn’t done this for twenty years, and everything is new to her.

Matchmaker April come in with her assistant Erica. April likes to get to know her clients first, and she steps aside with Shannon, while Tamra horns in. Shannon thinks it’s awkward. April asks for her background, and she says she’s a one guy girl. She was never a dater. When she moved to the OC, she met her husband, and they were together for twenty years. Tamra tells April that Shannon’s husband put her through the ringer. He left her, threw his wedding ring at their daughter to get to Shannon, and moved in with another woman. And she still took him back. At the table, Kelly talks about dating. She says she’s going out again with The Milkman, and Vicki says none of them have names.

Shannon tells April that she’s looking for a partnership. She needs to know someone before she gets serious. Tamra says she wants sex. Shannon says, awkward, and that she doesn’t need it all the time. Tamra says David checked out a long time ago. April says she’ll find come potential men, run them past Shannon, and set up a date. In her interview, Shannon doesn’t know if she’s ready. The thought panics her. April and Erica leave, and Shannon goes back to the table.

Vicki isn’t feeling 100%, and leaves. Emily has to relieve her husband from children duty, since he came home early to take care of them. In her interview, Tamra says he sounds controlling, like her ex. We flash back to Simon telling Tamra how to dress. Kelly can’t imagine having babies right now. Tamra and Gina talk about Shane. In her interview, Gina says Emily was embarrassed that night. She apologized, and said Shane was acting like a d*ck. Gina says she didn’t think it needed to be discussed, and that they’d squashed it, but that’s not what happened. Even if it was, she did nothing inappropriate or that no one else was doing. She’d respect him more if he’d have come downstairs and talked to her. Instead he started yelling; he was like a sniper. Tamra tells her that he’d said she was the worst of them all. Gina gets that he’s Emily’s husband, but she apologized and called him d*ck. Shannon says it’s not conjecture, but if her husband had come home early to take care of the kids, she wouldn’t want to piss him off. In her interview, Shannon says it brings up memories. You want everyone to be happy, and don’t want anyone to be angry. It’s triggering things. When Gina is talking about him yelling, she can see it. She knows if David had to come home early from work because she was out at a bar, she’d hear about it. Gina says it wasn’t his best moment, but it not the crux of their relationship, so she’s giving him the benefit of the doubt. In her interview, Tamra says that Shannon must know saying David has similarities to Emily’s husband is going to be taken seriously and offend Emily. So to make sure that happens, Tamra asks if Shannon is saying Emily is in a bad marriage. Shannon says she’s doesn’t know that.

Tamra and Vicki go to a permanent makeup artist to get their eyebrows done. Tamra tells Vicki that after she left, there was a conversation about Emily’s husband. He’s not nice. He yelled at Gina. She digresses, and tells Vicki that she went to Gina’s house, and her kids were going crazy. We see a clip of that, and they’re certainly animated. She says Gina has her hands full. She can’t imagine being a single mom all week long. Vicki asks, what’s that story? Tamra says he works in LA all week, and has an apartment Gina has never seen. Vicki is like, what? Tamra says it’s definitely a different situation, and Vicki says people make their marriages work. It wouldn’t work for her. In her interview, she says it doesn’t feel right. If her husband had his own apartment, she’d cement pictures to the wall. Tamra says Emily didn’t stick around to whoop it up, but she went out. Vicki says after Emily’s divorce, she and Shane got married right away. They talk about Emily and Shane not sleeping together before the wedding, and Tamra says what if it was only a quarter inch? Vicki says it wouldn’t matter if he’s a great guy, but Tamra says he wouldn’t fill up her love tank.

Frank the Milkman and Kelly go out for drinks. Kelly says they met at a Mayweather fight. He’s trying to bring back nostalgia, and actually delivers milk. She says he lives in New York, so realistically, he’s not so great for a boyfriend. They order drinks and appetizers. Kelly says she tells everyone that she’s dating The Milkman. He asks her how her dating life is going, and she says she went out with an eighty-year-old. He was livelier than Michael had been though. Frank admits to being difficult to get along with, not unlike herself. She appreciates his honesty; no one sets her straight. Frank says he does, and she says she needs someone like him in her life. He thinks she should take it down a notch. We flash back to Kelly’s craziest moments. He says she needs to be chill about certain things, or she’ll be alone. In her interview, she says she’s not going to be alone, because, hello? For sure she and The Milkman have their own thing going on, but it’s about the thrills, not the bills. It’s fun for now. They talk about Mexican food

Shannon isn’t looking forward to today. She’s never been in a divorce proceeding. In the recent past, David has shown anger, and she feels like she’s walking on eggshells. She doesn’t know what will happen in court. She calls her mom on the way. Pat says it’s just a bump in the road. Shannon wants it over with. In her declaration, there are some things that might set him off. She’s walking into the unknown. Pat asks if anyone is going with her. Shannon says she just ran a red light, and her lawyer is going with her. Pat suggests he walk her to her car afterward, so there’s no hassle.

Shannon and her lawyer, Ben, stop at a restaurant before the hearing. Shannon just wants it over. In her interview, Shannon says Ben attempted to settle, but David said no, and that he was representing himself. Ben tells her a lawyer’s concept is that the lower earning spouse needs support. David’s position is that he’d rather pay a lot of expenses than support. Shannon thinks it’s a control issue. David isn’t fond of Ben, and he says, hopefully, a judicial officer will have more sway. In her interview, Shannon says David handled all the finances. Now that it’s not in his control, it causes anger. She hopes it will feel like a weight has lifted, but reality says it will just make things worse. He won’t be happy with any decision. She doesn’t have a lot of hope.

Three hours later. On the way to the car, Shannon tells Ben it was emotional and scary. He says she has a few more months before she has to worry about stuff. She thanks him. It didn’t happen the way she thought it would. She’s shaken up, emotional, and uneasy.

Shannon calls Tamra from the car. She has no words. Her nerves are shot. The judge ordered David to pay her $30K every month. Holy! How much does he make? Tamra is like, oh-ho-ho, and Shannon says he’s pissed. Out in the hallway, she was talking to Ben, and David went off on Ben. She screamed for the bailiff. He was so livid, and said he hoped Ben was effing happy. Tamra asks if he got arrested, and Shannon says, no, because then he walked away. She felt bad, and thought they should lower it to be nice, so they went back in. Why? Why is she not taking him for everything? She says David was shaking in anger. They settled at $22,500, which is what she needs. She just wants him out of her life. Tamra says, unfortunately, that won’t happen for a long time.

Next time, Vicki’s birthday is coming up, the ladies go golfing, Gina talks to Emily about the situation, and Shannon and Tamra go at it.

🍹 Ashley showed up on Southern Charm Savannah to stir the pot. If she sticks around, I might get marginally more interested in this show.

🍭 It’s Behind You Now…