(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
The Walking Dead
Dog! Daryl messes with his bike, and gets on. Carol comes by and picks up a map from the ground, and puts it in Daryl’s backpack. The engine isn’t turning over, and she asks if she ever told him about the pedal sewing machine her grandma had. She’d help when her grandma got tired. She said Carol had an especially strong right foot. He says, she followed him out there… She tells him, no one is following anyone, and he says, she wants to come, right? She says she wants to hunt what’s left to hunt, and he needs a spotter. The bike starts, and she gets on. He tells her that he didn’t say she could come, but he takes off, Dog running behind them as they bicker in fun.
They go through the woods. Carol gives Dog a snack, and Daryl says, five miles due south at the east gate. He tells her, stay close, and remember this spot in case she gets lost. She says she’s not going anywhere. Dog spies something, and they follow him to a dead deer. Carol says, the other deer are probably all gone by now. She suggests they find another spot, and Daryl says he’s thinking the river. She says, let’s do it, and they walk.
Carol stops, telling Daryl that she has a foot cramp. He hopes it’s not her very special strong right foot, and she says she’s fine; give her a minute. He thinks they should have gone the other way, but Carol says they should fish before noon. It’s worth a shot. He gives her a stick, and says, be his guest. He tells dog, watch this disaster, and Carol immediately gets a fish. He says, no way, and she shows him. He says, beginner’s luck. She guts and scales the fish, as he watches, and she tells him, say it. He doesn’t think she’s doing it right. He tells her, try closer to the bone, and she says she’s fileted fish before. Why doesn’t he do it himself? He says, it’s fine, but they should go. It’s going to be dark soon. They need to find a place to stay. Carol asks if he thinks their luck has run out, and he asks what she means. She says, Hilltop was hard for everyone to take, but at least they were there to fight for it. But losing Alexandria… He says, they didn’t, and she says, not yet. It feels different, like everything good in the world is not on their side anymore. He says, they’ll build and start over, and she says, until it happens again. They had a good long run; longer than most. He knows this world. The dead will catch up to them eventually. He says, if they let it. He’s not going to let it. He tells her, let’s go, when Dog takes off. Carol wonders if it’s another animal. He calls to Dog, and they follow.
They move faster, and Dog runs into a clearing, where there’s a cabin with a sun porch. Carol asks if Daryl is coming, and she and Dog go inside to investigate. Daryl sees a woman on the porch, petting Dog, but it’s just in his mind. He goes inside, and Carol is there with Dog. He looks around, and Dog acts all busy. Daryl looks out the window.
Five years ago. Daryl sits by the river. Dog as a puppy runs up to him, and he picks Dog up, kissing him, and wondering where he came from. Dog runs off, and Daryl follows. He finds a makeshift shelter, and takes out a map, putting it on the wall. He circles something, and keeps walking. He sees Carol across the river, and asks, what’s going on? She says, nothing, and he asks if she’s sure. She says, it doesn’t matter. Things are just different. He asks, how? and she says, it’s harder to talk; harder to trade. Maggie left. She took Herschel, and went with Georgie. She’s on her own journey now, like him. He says she knows she’s got to do this, right? She says she knows, and he asks how the kids are. She says she doesn’t know. It’s been two years. How long does he plan on staying there? He says he doesn’t know. As long as it takes. She asks if anything has turned up, and he says there’s a spot up the river that he’s going to check out. She says she does understand. If not for Henry and Ezekiel, and things going on back at the Kingdom… Daryl says he gets it. She should go. There’s a storm coming. Carol tosses him a backpack, and he thanks her. She tells him, be careful, and he says he will.
Daryl sees a lone zombie, and looks near it through binoculars, seeing an overturned canoe near the river. He stabs the zombie in the head, and rights the canoe, seeing a body underneath it. It starts to move, and he smashes its head with his foot. That’s one way to get your aggression out.
Daryl sits in the shelter as it storms around him. He realizes his map is getting soaked and damaged. He grabs it, yelling at the sky. Some of the shelter topples, and he walks out into the storm.
One year later. Daryl sees a knife or something sticking out of a tree. Dog is bigger now, and runs to the cabin, Daryl running after him. He follows Dog into the cabin, and kills a zombie. A woman comes out of another room with a shogun, and asks who the hell he is. Daryl puts his hands up, and she says she asked him a question. He says he’s leaving, and she says, no, you’re not.
Dog digs at the floor, and Carol asks if he found something. She pulls up the floorboards, and Dog gets excited. He pulls out a cuttle bone, and runs off with it. Carol asks if she lived here, and Daryl says, it was a long time ago. He goes outside, where Dog is chewing his bone on the porch. He says he already told Carol everything, but she says, no, he didn’t. He asks what else she wants to know, and she says, whatever he wants to tell her.
It’s night, and the woman pulls the downed zombie outside using the rug. Daryl sits by a fire, his wrists bound. He asks if she’s going to kill him, and she says, should she? He doesn’t say anything, and she says, that’s what she thought. Something tells her that he wants to die. Not today. He says she doesn’t know him, and she says, he’s right; she doesn’t. So she’ll ask him again, who the hell is he? What’s he doing out there on her land? He says his name Daryl. He didn’t come looking for trouble. Her dog found him. He was just trying to help. She says he’s tied up in her cabin with a 12-gauge pointed at his head. What kind of help does he think she needs? She lowers the gun, and takes out a pocket knife. She cuts him loose, and he says, she’s letting him go? She tells him, get out, before she changes her mind. He puts on his backpack, and heads for the door. He asks if she’s going to tell him her name, but she says, no.
Six months later. Daryl is using a tree stump as a desk, when Dog runs up to him. They walk together, and the woman sees him heading toward the cabin. She thanks him for bringing Dog back. She says Dog likes Daryl, and Daryl says, he’s just a dog; he don’t know any better. If she won’t tell him her name, what about his? She says, Dog, and he says, just Dog? She asks if he’s got something better, and he says, no. At least he won’t forget what he is. She says, it’s not for everyone; living out in the wild and chasing the dead. He says, it catches up with all of them after a while, but she says, only if you let it. He says he’s going, and she tells him, be careful, and goes inside.
Eight months later. Daryl walks down the river in the water. In the forest, he gathers wood, and a bunch of zombies come out. He shoots one with his crossbow, and stabs another in the head. He hears a gunshot, and the woman motions for him to come. He follows her, and they hide behind a tree, as the zombies toddle past. They’re in pretty close proximity, and Daryl almost smiles. When the zombies are gone, he tells her that she needs to stay away from his camp, and keeps walking. She says, name’s Leah, as she walk in the other direction.
Three months later. Daryl heads for the cabin, and tosses a fish inside, but it’s quiet, and he leaves. While he warms his hands over a fire in the woods, a fish is flung at his head. Leah says she can catch her own damn fish, and he asks why she’s always throwing something at him. He was trying to be nice. She says she doesn’t need him to be nice. She doesn’t him to be need anything. She wants to be left the hell alone. He says he won’t bother her again, and she says, then she won’t come around again. He says, good, and she says, great; bye. He turns around, and says, she’s still there. He says he thought she was gone, and she says she is. He tells her that he gets it; being out there by herself. She asks if he’s been out there a long time too, and he says, he lost track a long time ago. She looks at his hands and asks if it’s frost nip. He says, no big deal; he’s had it before. She says, it’s not a big deal until you lose a couple fingers or a hand. Come on.
Daryl sleeps on the floor of the cabin, and wakes to Leah picking up pieces of glass from a frame. She says, it’s his birthday today, and he sees her looking at a picture of herself with a little boy. She says she didn’t have a family growing up. She knew she had to find her own way, her own family. She found it in her squad. They fought side by side for years, and when the world went to hell, they swore they’d stay together, fight together. They gave her hope, and she tried to give it to her son… Matthew was her son. She didn’t give birth to him, but he was hers. He was born of her sister; that’s what Leah called her anyway. Leah lost her when he was born. It doesn’t matter; he’s gone. She fiddles with her bracelet, and covers the floor hiding spot, smoothing the carpet over it. She walks past Daryl, brushing tears away, and looks out the window. She says she held Matthew tight, Dog’s mama next to her; she was pregnant. The dead came from all sides; there was so much screaming… so much blood. She cries, and says she was separated from her family, and she ran; it felt like she ran forever. She ended up there. Her boy was bit. She said goodbye to him the same day Dog was born, and hasn’t seen another soul since. She turns to him, and says, not until he came along. Who did he lose? He says, his brother, and she asks, how? He says, it was an accident.They never found the body. She asks if Daryl thinks he’s still out there, but he says he doesn’t know. He’s not stopping until he finds out. She says, always the hero, huh?
At the river, Leah shows Daryl the fish she caught. He says, lucky shot, and she gets another. He walks away, and Dog follows.
Daryl and Leah look at the moon, and she says, it’sbeautiful, huh? They lie together next to the fire, and she motions him closer.
Ten months later. Daryl and Leah eat in silence, and he says if she’s not going to talk to him. She gets up, and he says, it’s only going to be for a few days. She wonders where he belongs. Out there on the river, looking for his dead brother, day after day after day? Or does he belong to the family he left because it became too hard to face what happened? Or does he belong there with her? He says he doesn’t know, and she says he does. She tells him that he has to choose, and leaves.
Carol approaches Daryl, as he’s looking at his map. She says she’s happy to see him too, and he says he’s just busy. He asks, what’s up? and she says she was going to ask the same thing. Does that mean he’s coming back? He says, no, and she gives him a sweater. He says, tell him why she really came, and she asks if she can’t bring a friend a gift. She came because she wanted to tell him that it will be a while before she comes back. He says, okay, and she says, things are tough at the Kingdom, and Ezekiel needs her there. He wonders if she’s asking permission, and she says, no. He says she doesn’t need to ask him to move on with her life, and she says, it’s just… He says she wants him to move on with his? She says she wants him to find some peace. She doesn’t want to lose him because he can’t figure out when to stop. He says she ain’t gonna lose him. He’s just got stuff to do.
Daryl walks through the woods. And walks. And walks. He runs.
Daryl calls for Leah. He sees the broken, now empty, frame, and looks around the cabin, but Leah isn’t there. Dog runs up to him. He packs up some cans, and writes a note. I belong with you. Find me. He puts it under the floor, and leaves with Dog.
On the porch, Daryl tells Carol that he should have been there. He could have helped her. She asks if he thinks Leah is alive, but he says he doesn’t know. She says, it’s possible Leah just left, and he says, what? She says, it’s not an accusation. He says he walked away, and she says he didn’t. He thinks that every time he loses something, it’s because of him. He says he made mistakes, and she says, they all do. Losing Leah isn’t on him. Neither is Rick, or Connie. He says, no. Connie on her, because she never knows when to stop. Carol says she’s sorry for Connie, but not sorry for going after the horde, or making Alpha pay for killing Henry, because she was right. He says, and that’s all that matters; you being right. She says, it’s not just about Leah, or Connie, or anyone else. Why doesn’t he say what he wants, that she shouldn’t have gone. He says she wanted to help, but she says she wanted to run, so she ran. What the skins did to Alexandria, she just couldn’t deal with the guilt. He says, that’s not his problem, and she says, his only problem is that he thinks he can save everyone. She doesn’t need a savior. She doesn’t need a martyr. She needs a friend. He says, friends don’t have the damn same conversation over and over again, and she asks if that’s what’s happening. He says, that’s what’s been happening. He’s sick of it. She says he should have let her get back on the boat, and he says he should have stopped her from running. She’s a runner. Run. He knows where he’s supposed to be, and won’t stop her this time. She says she was right. Our luck has run out, you and me. She tells him, no one is around except them, and it’s going be dark soon.
Next time, Gabriel wonders if think things are ever going to go back to the way they were (as we all do), Gabriel and Aaron explore, Gabriel meets a stranger, and Aaron puts a gun to his own head.
⚰️ Sometime In the Future…
Sadly, Walking Dead will come to an end with season 11, but at least it will be stretched out due to the pandemic. There’s always an upside.
The Dead have come and gone, signaling the start of another workweek, or another stretch of seven days, depending on how pandemically affected you are. But regardless of the calendar you keep, stay safe, stay bouncing back from whatever life throws at you, and stay not having the same damn conversation over and over again with your friends.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
I missed the beginning (on a Friday yet <sigh>), but this is how it went. Backtracking, Willow told Carly that she was surprised; Wiley had said she wasn’t his mommy. She started crying, and Michael wondered where Wiley had gotten that idea, then he looked at Nina. Chase came back with Violet, who wondered why there had been no wedding. Chase said Finn would explain tomorrow, and Gregory dropped by. Maxie thought the baby was coming, and Britt suggested they go to the hospital. Mac told Robert to keep Peter there. Peter struggled, yelling for Maxie, and Anna told him to leave Maxie alone. Then…
Peter yells for Maxie, and Britt says, Maxie is in enough pain. Peter is the last thing she needs. Anna tells him, the best thing to do for Maxie is, stay out of the way. Britt and Mac take Maxie out, Mac yelling for Peter to keep away from the hospital.
Finn asks how much Chase told Jackie, and she says she knows Anna never told Finn that Peter was her son, and her sister Alex is his mother. He says, life is funny sometimes; all the parallels you find. She says, when Chase was filling her in, she couldn’t help bite her tongue at the irony, since she’d made a similar decision. He says, there’s one big difference. She never did a test, and doesn’t know if Chase is his son. She says they’re not talking about that now; this is about him and Anna. He says, it’s not just that Anna lied; she confided in someone else. Jackie asks, who? and he says, a guy named Valentin Cassadine.
Violet asks if her grandpa knows what happened tonight, and Gregory says, it’s complicated, as adults like to say. The good news is, she didn’t miss anything. The wedding never happened. She asks, why not? Daddy loves Anna. He says, sometimes grown-ups make a big mess, and things don’t turn out the way they think they will.They can have the best intentions, and still do the wrong thing. She says she doesn’t think she wants to grow up, and I say, I’m with you, little sis.
On Franco’s phone, Drew says he’s gotten to know Franco a little bit. Through Elizabeth’s eyes, and Cameron’s eyes. They really need him. They deserve him, and he wants Franco to understand that one thing, and appreciate it.
Nina says when she realized she had a grandchild, she read all these books on how to address sensitive issues with small children, like if they’re adopted or a surrogate was used. They all said the same thing; to be honest, so it doesn’t become a secret and traumatize them later when they find out the truth. Michael asks if it never occurred to her that Wiley might be confused, and she says she didn’t mean to take anything away from Willow, or get Wiley mixed up. She was just being honest.
Peter tells Robert to let him go. Maxie is having a health emergency, and it’s their baby. He’s going to GH, and disprove Anna’s lies. Anna says, they’re not lies. Maxie is gone, and she’s the only one who will listen to him. He says, there’s no proof, and Sam says he killed Drew, but Peter repeats, there’s no proof. Robert says, not yet, and Peter asks if Robert is going to arrest him. Robert says, the time is coming. He hopes sooner rather than later.
Britt says she spoke with Maxie’s OB/GYN, and Dr. Navarro agrees that it was stress. Maxie says, ya think? and Britt says she’s going to run tests to be on the safe side. Mac says he has to tell Felicia something. She might decide to come back from Texas. Britt says, even though Nathan is gone, she’ll forever consider Maxie as her sister-in-law, and promises to take care of her. She suggests Mac wait for the results before Felicia books a flight.
Drew tells Franco, it only works if he does one thing. He needs to fight, to keep fighting like he has, and have a long life. Fight for Elizabeth and the boys, like Franco fought for himself.
Chase marvels at Gregory’s talent in telling a pirate story that’s entertaining, but gets Violet to fall asleep. Gregory says he doesn’t think about it; it just comes out. There was a lot going on today, and not in a good way. Chase says he remembers when Gregory used to tell him a story. Gregory would put his arm around Chase, and his mom would slip in beside him. Those were good times. Gregory says, it seems like he and Jackie were at their best when they were raising him. He and Chase’s mom are proud of the man he’s become. All they want is for him to be happy. Is he happy? Chase says, that depends on Willow.
Willow says he wants to put Wiley down for the night; it’s way past his bedtime. Michael tells Wiley, lights out for him, and tells Nina, they’ll talk later. He and Willow leave, and Carly closes the door. She says they need to talk, and Nina says, of course (🍷). She’s sorry Willow got her feelings hurt, but she’s not sorry for explaining how she and Wiley are related. Carly asks if she thinks it’s really a good idea to make a two and a half year old doubt the only mother he’s ever known? What the hell was she thinking?
On the phone, Mac tells Felicia that Britt is acting as Maxie’s OB/GYN, and thinks it’s stress. She’s running tests, and they should get the results tonight.
Maxie takes a sip of something, and says, wow, that’s sweet. It’s kind of like drinking straight sugar. Britt says, it’sglucola, and she needs to finish it. Then they’ll test her blood sugar to rule out gestational diabetes. Maxie finishes, and Britt says, her blood pressure is high, which is understandable due to the drama. Fortunately, it’s not so high that it’s a symptom of preeclampsia. She’s still running other tests to be sure, and she’s going to do an ultrasound to make sure the baby is okay. She asks how Maxie is doing; she seems calmer. Maxie says she was so sure it was labor, and Britt says she expects it was Braxton Hicks. It’s not uncommon in the third trimester, usually due to dehydration, which is why Maxie is on an IV. It doesn’t meant the baby will be born prematurely. Maxie says, Jameswas. She was so scared for him, and Peter was right there. He helped her through it.
Robert says, one thing for certain, Maxie and the kid are better off without Peter. Peter says, it’s his child, and a baby needs their father. Robert says, like Peter needed Faison, and Peter says, Valentin put him in Faison’s arms. Valentin betrayed him then like he did now, but Anna also betrayed him. She knew it was a lie, and broke his heart. She says he broke hers when he burned the evidence. He says, there is no evidence. He did nothing wrong. She says she saw it with her own eyes, and he says he doesn’t need her to be his fake mommy. Maxie has faith in him. He’s going to GH, and there’s nothing they can do to stop him. Anan tells him not to go near Maxie, but he says he’ll take his chances, and leaves. Anna sits down.
On the video, Drew says he made his choice, but if he disappears, he has no choice. Cherish the family that loves him. Franco hears, no choice… no choice… and remembers Peter leaning over him (as Drew). Peter says he had no choice because he was never give one, but Helena assured him that Drew would be in good hands. Franco says, my God. It was Peter. It’s been Peter all along. Peter killed Drew.
Anna tells Robert that she doesn’t want hear about how he sounded the alarm. She insisted Peter was a changed man, but she was woefully wrong. Robert says she left out the part where Alex was Peter’s mother, and she says she’s sorry for how she acted. He says he’s going to be gracious, not his strong point. He doesn’t need an apology; Finn, on the other hand, should probably have a big one. Anna says she doesn’t think an apology is going to be enough, and Robert holds her.
Jackie says, Peter is a murderer? and Finn says, yeah. He had his doubts, but Anna always convinced him otherwise. She asks how long Anna has known, and he says she told him that she found out just before the wedding, but the fact is, she lied to him and confided in Valentin. She says, Valentin is an ex-WSB spy. Maybe Anna felt more comfortable because she worked with him. He says, maybe. He doesn’t know, but it’s not a WSB secret; it’s personal, intimate. Was Peter her son or nephew?That’s what Anna was dealing with. She says, okay, Anna lied. It happens. People forgive each other. From what she’s seen, they’re the real deal, and there’s a lot of love and respect. Can’t they get past this? Finn says he doesn’t know. They’d just started talking, and Anna got called away. Jackie takes his hand.
Dante asks if Sam is going to let Jason know what happened, and she says she’s sure he’ll find out soon enough. Too many people witnessed what happened. He asks if she wants Peter to pay for what he did, but she doesn’t know what she wants. She doesn’t think it’s a good idea for Jason to make Peter pay; nothing good could come from it for Jason or Peter. Dante asks if she thinks they’ll find evidence connecting Peter to the crime, but she doesn’t know. She says, he was a cop; tell her. He says, Peter covers his tracks well, but just because there’s no evidence no, doesn’t mean there won’t be at some point. Franco comes running in, and asks if Peter is there. Dante says, he was there, but he’s gone. Franco asks if he left the wedding, but Sam says, there was no wedding. Dante says, Peter’s crimes have finally come to light.
Peter storms into his room, and takes a gun out of the safe.
Nina tells Carly, Wiley’s family history is complicated. In retrospect she should have discussed it with Michael and Willow, and they should have explained it together. When Wiley looked at her, and asked how they were connected, she was thinking, Nelle. No matter what Nelle did, they can’t pretend she didn’t exist, or didn’t give birth to the miracle of a grandson they both share. Carly says she doubts they’ll be sharing him in the near future.
On their way downstairs, Willow tells Michael, Wiley was so fussy. She wonders if what Nina told him got him confused, and he was acting out. Michael says, Wiley is still young. It’s hard to know what’s going on in his head, but it’s important they reenforce that Willow is definitely his mother. He’s sorry it hit her so hard. She thanks him, and says she’ll be okay. She gets her coat, says she needs to get some air, and get her emotions in check, and leaves.
Britt tells Maxie, everything is fine with her daughter. She doesn’t expect any problems. Maxie asks if Britt knew about the accusations against Peter, when there’s a knock at the door. It’s Mac, who says he’s sorry, but he couldn’t wait any longer. How’s his girl? Maxie says she’s fine, and asks him to come in. He asks about the contractions, and Maxie says, Britt thinks it was Braxton Hicks. She’s sorry she made such a fuss. Mac asks if everything is really fine, and Britt says, Maxie’s blood pressure is coming down, but they’re waiting for the official test results. Mac says, so he’ll wait a little longer, and tells Britt, on behalf of the Scorpio-Jones-Devane clan, he thanks her for being there. Maxie asks him to tell Robert that she’s okay, and tell her mother things look good; they’re just waiting on the test results. Mac says he’s sorry about Peter. She knows how protective he is. Maxie says she knows. It’s not just that. A lot has been happening, she felt pain, but now it’s gone. She’s fine. He says, it’s a lot of information to take in all at once. How is she feeling about Peter?
Peter puts a clip in the gun.
Anna asks Robert if it’s an update from Mac, and he says, they’re waiting for test results, but the pain stopped. It looks like Maxie and the baby are fine. She says, thank God. She couldn’t live with herself if something had gone wrong because of tonight. If she’d just had solid proof, she would have taken Maxie aside and explained privately, but he says, even if she had proof, Maxie didn’t give a rat’s ass what anyone said tonight. He couldn’t get a clear idea of what Maxie was thinking prior to the baby trouble. Anna says neither could she. It’s concerning how confident Peter was that Maxie would side with him.
Franco says, so Peter had Drew killed, and Sam says, he practically confessed. Franco asks if he sent the assassin after him and Andre, and Dante says, he was denying it. Franco asks where Peter is now, and Dante says, Maxie went to the hospital; she thought she might be having the baby. He’s pretty sure that’s where Peter was headed. Sam asks why Franco is there, and Franco says, the voice in his head is Drew.
Anna smells her bouquet, and says she hopes Maxie accepts the truth. Otherwise, all this was for nothing. She did her best with what she had on Peter, and hopes Maxie sees him for what he really is. Robert says, face it. Maxie is having Peter’s baby. She thinks she loves him, and believes he is who he claims to be. Anna says she told Maxie that she’d be safe with Peter. She thought Maxie would be safe, but she wasn’t. She told Maxie that Peter was a good man. She sits, and says, it’s just a mask, a part Peter plays. There’s nothing good about Peter, and she doesn’t want to hear that Robert knew it. Robert takes her hands, and says, enough. She could have done better, but it is what it is. Stop beating herself up, and think of a positive solution.
Jackie says, Finn had no clue about any of it from Anna? and he says, no. He’s embarrassed to say, he thought he’d be getting married tonight. Anna knew it was never going to happen. It fell apart quickly after that. She says, when they met, he was a stickler for honesty, no matter how much the truth hurt. That’s why she didn’t question Chase’s paternity. He says, if it had turned out he was Chase’s father, they would have divulged they’d been together that night, and she says, the night that almost made her back out of marrying Gregory. He says he understands now how difficult it must have been. He thought today that he and Anna would start the first day of the rest of their lives. Instead, he found out he doesn’t know what he wants out of life. Worst of all, he has to explain it to Violet. It’s going to break his heart. He starts to leave, but she tells him, don’t go.
Gregory says, it sounds like progress for Chase and Willow, unless he’s missing part of the story. Chase says he took Willow out for a Valentine’s Day dinner. It was great, almost like it used to be, but she went home to Michael and Wiley. Gregory says, like he told Chase before, children tend to draw parents together. Inevitably, he has to accept that. Chase says Willow developed feelings for Michael, and he thinks that’s what keeping her from investing in the relationship. Gregory says he thought Willow and Michael had a marriage in name only, and Chase says, it started off that way. Gregory tells him, like he said to Violet earlier, being an adult can be messy. There’s a knock at the door, and it’s Willow. Chase asks if everything is okay, and Gregory tells her that he was just on his way out. He and Chase will talk soon. He leaves, and Chase says, tell him what’s going on. She says she’s probably overreacting, but – she starts to cry – Wiley said she wasn’t his mother. Chase wonders why Wiley said that, and Willow tells him that she was excited to let Nina be a part of Wiley’s life. It seemed right, since Wiley is her grandson, but when they were alone, Nina told him about Nelle. When Wiley said she wasn’t his mom, she couldn’t handle it. Maybe because… Chase says, because of the baby she lost? and she says, yeah. He holds her, and she says, it all comes back to that. He says he’s so sorry.
Michael goes back to the living room, and asks if everything is okay. Nina tells him that she’s really sorry. She should have discussed it with him and Willow first before she said anything. She didn’t mean to undermine Willow’s relationship with Wiley. She’d never do that. He says, not on purpose, but what happened hurt Willow’s confidence as Wiley’s mother. Nina says she’ll never do it again, and Carly asks how she can say that, when she just told Carly that they couldn’t erase Nelle from Wiley’s life? Michael says they all have the best intentions, but the timing of this bonding experiment isn’t working out. For Wiley’s sake, he thinks they should take a big step back.
Dante asks what Franco means about Drew being in his head, and Franco asks where Jason is. Dante says he thought Franco was looking for Peter, but Franco says Jason needs to know. If they see Jason before he does, tell Jason that he’s still him. He leaves, and Dante asks, what the hell was that about? Sam says, nothing good, that’s for sure.
Maxie says she doesn’t want to talk about Peter, but not with Mac. She knows how he feels about Peter, but she’d like to talk to Britt. She asks Mac to give them a minute; call her mom and let her know she’s fine. He says he’ll be outside, and leaves. Maxie says she wants to know what Britt knew, and when she knew it. Britt says she knew her mother was in town. They had a couple of secret meetings. She knew her mother had been exonerated, and according to her, Peter framed her for her crimes, but she had no proof. Maxie says, wow. She thought the pact they made with Nina at Nathan’s grave meant something. Britt says, it did, she promises. Maxie asks why Britt didn’t warn her, and Britt says she told Maxie to marry someone else. She’s not sure she believed her mother. Her mother has definitely lied in the past, but then – she sits down – Peter tricked her into logging in to the GH server. When he published Franco’s medical records, she realized there might be merit in her mother’s accusations. And if Anna and Valentin were backing her mother up, she knew it was true. Maxie says, it was their word against Peter’s, and they have no proof. Britt wonders if Maxie is actually saying she thinks Peter is innocent.
Peter runs down a back stairwell. He hears his phone ring, and stops. Someone wearing gloves comes out behind him, and raises a crowbar. We see Peter on the floor.
Anna tells Robert, she’d like to see Finn, and he asks if she’s going to see if she can salvage the relationship. She says she should do that, but first she needs to see someone else more pressing. He says, Maxie? and she says, yeah. She needs to face her goddaughter, then face Finn.
Finn tells Jackie that he’s going to get Violet, but she says, Violet is probably asleep. They can talk in the morning, after there’s time to process everything. He says he’s pretty well processed it. The only thing that will make him feel better is to see his little girl. She says when she did the story on medical students, she trusted in his ability to sort out what was going on. She wants to make sure he hasn’t forgotten. It was a reason she was so attracted to him back then, among others. He thanks her for saying that. Gregory listens from around the corner, and turns away looking pissed off.
Willow says she knew Chase would understand. It’s not just what Wiley said, but how it connected back to the child she lost. Chase says he remembers when he told her that Wiley wasn’t her biological son, and Nelle had switched the babies. Her baby had died, and his heart broke for her. It’s one of the reasons he did what he did with Sasha. He wanted to help heal her heart. Willow hugs him, and he says he’ll never hurt her again. Never.
Nina says, please, don’t let one mistake ruin a beautiful thing, but Michael says, sorry. Wiley is the first priority, and he’s already had so much upheaval. He doesn’t want Wiley confused or overwhelmed. Nina suggests he and Willow set guidelines, and she’ll follow them, but he thinks it’s best she not see Wiley for a while. Nina says, no, but he says, it’s not going to be forever. They’ll just take a pause until they can figure out the right way to handle it. She says, why not reconsider, and she’ll only visit when he and Willow are around? He says, right now, he has a confused son, and a hurt mother to consider. Nina picks up her stuff, and says she was just being honest. She leaves, and Carly says she’s sorry it came to this. He says he can’t see Willow hurt like that again.
Maxie tells Britt, to be honest, her mom and Valentin aren’t the most credible of witnesses. She doesn’t know if Peter is guilty or not, but she knows he’d never hurt her. Britt asks if Maxie is thinking of moving forward with Peter, when a nurse comes in, and says the test results came back.
Sam leaves a message for Jason, saying she’s sorry she missed him. She’s calling because all hell broke loose at the wedding, especially regarding Peter. Franco showed up, acting strange again. He was looking for Jason. She doesn’t know what’s going on, but please, just be careful.
Peter lies unconscious. Franco stands over him.
On Monday, Violet asks Chase if her daddy and Anna are getting married, Gregory asks Jackie what happened the night before the wedding, and Spinelli thinks they might have the proof to take Peter down.
Seven no-longer strangers are back in their loft, where they will be real together for six days. I saw the first episode, and it was excellent. I loved the parallels between then and now, and almost cried when Kevin spoke to Julie’s teenage daughter, and realized Julie had still been a teenager when he first met her. It looks like someone will storm out, so some things never change.
At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. – Barbara Bush (Or your pets!)
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela
When deeds speak, words are nothing. – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do. – Barbara Ward
In spite of our rather boastful talk about progress, and our pride in the gadgets of civilization, there is, I think, a growing suspicion – indeed, perhaps an uneasy certainty – that we have been sometimes a little too ingenious for our own good. – Rachel Carson
⛷ Sliding Into the Weekend Like…
See you when it’s time for the Dead to walk. And whether you call the next two days a weekend or not, stay safe, stay sharp, and stay knowing it’s true if Anna and Valentin back it up.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Chase asks Jackie if Violet is okay, and Jackie says, she fell asleep watching a movie. He thanks her for getting Violet out of there, and she says she could tell things were about to go south. What ended up happening? He says, apparently, Anna knew Peter wasn’t her son, and didn’t tell Finn. He’s sure it was hard for her, so he’s trying not to judge, but how can you plan on marrying somebody, and keep something so major from them?
Finn is looking out the window, when there’s a knock at the door. It’s Anna, who asks if she can come in. He steps aside, and she says she’s sure he has a lot of questions. He says, just one. What else is she lying about?
Maxie tells Peter, she’s getting nervous. Why hasn’t he answered her? He says because he can’t believe she still wants to marry him, and she says, of course (🍷) she does. Her love for him hasn’t changed just because his mother has. He asks if she’s sure; he doesn’t want her pity. She says, the one she pities is Obrecht. She was so determined to wreck their lives, she made enemies out of everyone. What Peter does have is her love, her respect, and her heart. She hopes she still has his. He says she does, and he will marry her. Obrecht tells Valentin, Peter isn’t who Maxie thinks he is. The pretense of morality and kindness is all a lie.He’s a manipulator who can’t be trusted. He mustn’t be allowed to go home to her grandson. She owes it to Nathan to keep James safe. She walks over to Dante, and takes out her pen. Britt asks what she’s doing, and Obrecht says, what must be done; Maxie and James must be protected. Valentin practically shouts, sorry, Maxie. He can’t allow this wedding to continue. Not until she knows who Peter truly is. Maxie makes an exasperated noise, and asks Peter what Valentin is talking about. Peter says he doesn’t know, and asks Valentin, what the hell is he talking about? Valentin says, this has gone on long enough. It’s time the truth was brought to light.
At the MetroCourt bar, Carly asks Jax if everything is all right. He says, yes… Nina’s not returning his calls. He thought he’d run into her downstairs, but she skipped out on Maxie’s wedding. Carly says, that’s one sacred ceremony she can’t desecrate, and he makes a face. She says she thinks she might know where Nina is, or rather who she’s with. He asks, who? and she says, Wiley.
Michael opens the door to Nina, and asks her to come in. She thanks him for inviting her over, and he says he’s glad she could make it on such short notice. She says, is he kidding? She would have jumped off an airplane mid-flight to be there. She’s grateful, and thanks him for giving her a chance to get to know her grandson and be in his life. It means the world to her.
On the phone, Franco leaves a message for Obrecht, saying, he checked himself into the MetroCourt, just for the night, until he can check himself into Shadybrook tomorrow. If she feels like breaking into a hotel, give him a call back. There’s a knock at the door, and Franco opens it to Elizabeth and Cameron. He asks what they’re doing there, and Elizabeth says he didn’t bring much stuff with him, so they brought a few things to make it feel like home. Franco says he would have managed, but Cameron says, it was his idea. He got upset, and stormed off. He didn’t have a chance to say goodbye.
Valentin says Maxie needs to listen to him, and Peter says she doesn’t. She says, everyone needs to just stop. It doesn’t matter to her who Peter’s mother is. It doesn’t change her love for him. Valentin says it doesn’t change the way he feels either. He’s not condemning Peter because Alex is his mother. Peter condemned Peter through the actions he’s taken, and the choices he’s made. Peter is a liar. His redemption is a lie. You can’t have redemption if you lack the capacity to acknowledge who you really are. Peter clearly doesn’t have the courage to do that, so he’ll do it for him. Everyone waits…
Jax says, it was generous of Michael to allow Nina to have a relationship with Wiley, and Carly asks if he’s surprised. He says, of course (🍷) not. He’s sure Nina appreciates it. Carly says, she’s sure too, and he asks if she thinks Michael is wrong. She says she thinks Wiley should get to know his grandmother, but she’s still furious at Nina. Her behavior was out of line at Sonny’s grave, and she’d tell Nina to her face, but that’s between her and Nina, not Wiley. But she’s worried about Nina spending too much time with Wiley right now, not once things have settled down, and Nina has faced her new reality. It’s been one shock piled on another. Even before Nina found out Nelle was her daughter, she made excuses for Nelle, painting her as not as guilty as she was. Jax says, trying to redeem Nelle’s memory, and she says, if Nina allows that to bleed onto Wiley, what is that going to do to that little boy?
Willow sees Nina, and says, that was fast. Nina tells her, the name Wiley put some pep in her step. Can she see him? Willow says he’s playing with blocks, and brings Nina into the living room. She says, look who’s here to visit him, and Michael asks if he remembers Nina, his grandmother. Wiley nods, and I’m telling you, that kid is going places.
Franco tells Cameron, enough with the goodbye stuff, and Elizabeth says, it’s a temporary arrangement until the issue with the tumor is resolved. Cameron says, and if they aren’t? and Franco says, those are the only two options, but Terry says while the tumor isn’t shrinking, it’s not growing either. That’s good news. Elizabeth says, very good. It gives them time to figure things out. Franco takes a phone out of the suitcase, and says, what’s this?
Jackie tells Chase, she knows he’s protective of his brother, and he should be, but try not to be too hard on him. Relationships are more complicated than anyone outside of them knows. Chase says he’s figuring that out. He’s sorry for not realizing how strained things were between her and Gregory. He had such an amazing childhood, and so many fun memories. That’s all he knew. She says, it’s all he should know. As a kid, of course, you want your parents to be perfect, and want your world to be secure, and that’s what your parents want for you too. But the truth is, we’re all making it up as we go along, and none of us is perfect.We’re doing the best we can, and sometimes it’s enough, but sometimes it’s not.
Finn says, Anna knew since she got the lab results that Peter wasn’t her son? and she says, yeah. He says, and the plan was to never tell him? She says, there was no plan. When we found out the truth, we realized everything had to be contained. Finn says, we? and she says, her and Valentin. He says, so she trusted that little weasel more than she trusted him.
Peter says he doesn’t know why Valentin is doing this, but Valentin says, yeah, he does. Maxie asks if someone can get Valentin out of there, and Mac starts to move, but Robert stops him, and says he thinks Maxie should listen to Valentin. Peter says he thought Valentin cared about him all these years, and Valentin says he does. Peter is the man he is today because of the actions Valentin took. Don’t think that’s ever been lost on him. That’s why he promised to protect Peter from Jason, but he’s not going to allow Peter to hurt anyone else, definitely not Maxie.
Franco looks at the phone, and asks what phone it is; it’s three models ago. Cameron says Franco might want what’s on it. Franco said he was suffering some side effects of what Shiloh did. When he thought he was Drew, and they were about to do the procedure to bring him back, he asked for a phone to record something on. Elizabeth says, Drew left a video, the one Franco has put off watching for over a year. Cameron says he thought it might help Franco understand the voices he’s hearing, and Franco says, cool, thanks. Cameron says, he’s not going to listen? and Franco says he’d do anything to get Drew out of his head, and looks in the suitcase, wondering what else is in there.
Carly tells Jax, she’s worried Nina is going to tell Wiley her version of who Nelle was, and they know that version is a lie. He says, yes, but it’s not like they can have an open conversation about Nelle. She says, no kid that age should know their mother was insane and a killer, but he shouldn’t believe in a fantasy that’s only going to be shattered. What if when he gets old enough, he does research, and finds out on his own who Nelle was? Jax says, he’ll be devastated, and she says, that’s why she thinks, while he’s still young, they shouldn’t tell him much at all. When he asks, they’ll say Nelle was troubled and had problems; keep it vague. When he’s mature enough to understand, they can tell him that Nelle had a terrible and abusive childhood, and grew up to do terrible, abusive things. Jax says, and Carly doesn’t think Nina is in a place to understand and abide by that? and she says she knows Nina isn’t. But it’s Willow and Michael’s decision, and she has to honor that. She’s scared that their best intentions will turn out awful for Wiley.
Anna tells Finn, she knows how it looks. When everything happened with Jordan and Curtis, she was afraid they were headed down the same road. He says, it’s not the same. He knew what he was getting into when he fell in love with her. He knew certain parts of her life existed in the shadows, but he didn’t think she’d keep secrets from him, and confide in someone else. She says she’s sorry, but he says he doesn’t want an apology; he wants an explanation.
Maxie tells Valentin, this isn’t news to her. She’s aware Peter was coerced by Helena and Faison into kidnapping Drew. Valentin says, but Peter wasn’t an unwitting pawn. He was trying to double-cross his father with Helena’s help. Peter asks why Valentin is lying, and Valentin says, Helena wanted it done, and Peter orchestrated the whole thing, but it was a long time ago. The point is, Peter knew what he did was wrong, and in working to cover it up, he did something much worse in the process. Maxie says, like what? and Peter says, she knows Valentin is a liar. She says she needs to know what Valentin is accusing Peter of. What is this horrible act that was so much worse than anything else? Valentin says, Peter brought down Drew’s plane, and she asks if he’s saying Peter is responsible for murdering Drew. Valentin says, yes.
Sam heads toward Peter, but Robert holds her back. She says, you son of a bitch. She knew it. He killed Scout’s father. Maxie says, it can’t be true, and Obrecht says it’s why she was released. Peter framed her for his crimes. Robert says he suspected as much, and Maxie says, because Robert hates Peter. Peter says, this is absurd, and suggests he and Maxie get out of there, but Mac says he’s not taking Maxie anywhere. Valentin says, first, Drew’s plane went down, and looks at Sam and asks, then what happened? Sam says she was kidnapped by Shiloh, and Valentin says, Shiloh knew Peter was responsible for Drew’s kidnapping. That’s why Peter arranged Shiloh’s escape, and was on the pier with a bag of money. He wasn’t buying an apartment; he was paying Shiloh off. Covering up one crime by committing a worse one in the process.
Franco asks Cameron if he’s going to be buying sunscreen and visors to visit him in California, and Cameron says, no one wears visors. Franco says he loves a visor. Lots of people like them. Cameron isn’t answering his question. Cameron tells Franco, remember when he said he wanted less Drew inside his head? and Franco says, oh, he gets it. Cameron doesn’t want to be pestered about college. Cameron says he catches on fast; good for him. Franco says he’s super smart; everyone says so. Elizabeth’s phone dings, and she says, it’s the hospital. She has to go in. Cameron says he’ll hang out for a few minutes, and meet her back at home, but Franco says, it’s not safe for Cameron to stay there.
Jax says he knows Carly is in a different headspace where Nina is concerned, but he feels terrible. They made a huge mistake in not telling Nina that Nelle was her daughter, and a bigger mistake forgetting Wiley was her grandson. She says, not on purpose, and he says, that doesn’t make right. They don’t get to decide if Nina gets to have a relationship with Wiley. She says she agrees 100%, and he says, it’s actually a blessing… Hear him out. Nina gets to have a relationship with her grandson without Nelle around. Even though she might not realize it, it’s the best thing for Wiley. Carly says, amen to that, and he says he knows he doesn’t get a say, but Carly is right. He doesn’t think Nina is capable of seeing Nelle for who she was. Nina sees her as a victim. Carly says, that’s the picture Nina will paint, Nelle the way she wanted her to be, and Jax says, that’s okay now, but it would be sad if it was a pattern that got laid down. Without realizing it, Nina could inflict pain and grief on her grandson. I guess these two still haven’t learned not to make decisions for other people.
Wiley smashes whatever he was building with his monster truck, and Michael tells Nina, Wiley is in a phase where all the building part is just a means is total destruction. Nina says Nathan was like that. He’d have her spend hours constructing a huge tower, just to have him take it out like Godzilla. Michael looks at his phone, and says, stuff is going down at Aurora. He’ll be back. Willow asks Wiley if mommy can help him build.
Jackie tells Chase that she and Gregory were happy for a long time. She doesn’t want him thinking he grew up in a lie. For three decades she had the most wonderful family, including an amazing son. He says, go on, and she says she could, for hours. He still brings her that joy. She wouldn’t give up the years with him or his father for anything. There were times when she and his dad were on their own tracks; when tracking a story was too tempting not to go after. Maybe she shouldn’t have. Looking back, there are a thousand things she wishes she’d done differently, but it’s just… Chase says, life, and she says, yeah. Life.
Anan tells Finn that Valentin came to her, and told her that Peter was way more culpable in Jason and Drew’s kidnapping than he’d admitted, and he’d gone to great lengths to cover it up. Meaning, that he’d had Drew’s plane sabotaged, and arranged for the assassin to kill Andre and Franco. Finn asks when she found this out, and she says, a couple of days ago. She realized she could no longer be in denial about Peter’s guilt, and pretend his redemption was anything other than a show. They decided Peter couldn’t marry Maxie… Finn says, so they had Peter abducted on his wedding day. She says, yeah, but she did this with Valentin not because she trusts him more than Finn, but because he understands the complexities of her relationship with Peter. Finn says, and he doesn’t? and she says, Valentin had the same relationship with him. She didn’t want Finn anywhere near this. He’s such a good man, she just didn’t want him to be part of the whole tragic, sordid mess. He thanks her for making the decision for him, and she says she knows he’s angry. She doesn’t blame him, but she can assure him that she didn’t know any of this. She didn’t want to accept how bad Peter really was. She starts to cry, and says, it’s not an excuse. It’s the truth. He says, because of her, he allowed his daughter to be around a murderer, and she says she would never let Violet be in any danger. He says, because of her, the wedding Violet thought she was going to be a part of, was never actually going to happen, because she was too busy playing spy games with Valentin. She says, it happened so fast, there was no time to tell him. He asks if he was really that much of an afterthought.
Willow asks if Wiley thinks he can build the tallest skyscraper ever. Show mommy. Nina says, maybe he’ll grow up to be an architect, and Willow says, may be. It’s kind of wild for her and Nina to be part of the same family, playing games together. Nina says, they’ve come a long way, and Willow says, they’re both in a better place. She certainly is. Nothing can make up for losing a child, but it meant so much for Michael to say he wanted her to stay in Wiley’s life. Nina says, not just stay, but legally adopt. After all that heartache, she’s still Wiley’s mom. The doorbell rings, and Willow opens the door to Carly, who trots in. She says she was texting with Michael, and he said Nina was coming by. How’s it going? Willow says, great. She thinks it will be good for both Nina and Wiley. In the living room, Nina tells Wiley that she’s his grandma, like Grandma Carly, but she’s not his mommy’s mommy. That’s not how they’re related. Wiley laughs, probably because he has no clue what anyone is saying, but it’s fun to build and smash stuff.
Cameron tries to argue, but Elizabeth says she can’t get into it now; she has to get to work. Cameron says, go. He’ll be fine for a few minutes. Franco says his mom is right. He woke from a nightmare, and attacked Cameron. Cameron says, that’s such an exaggeration, and Franco says his head’s not right. Cameron says he can’t believe this. Fine. Is Elizabeth coming with him, or is it okay for her to be there alone with Franco? Elizabeth says she’ll be there in a minute; she’ll meet him in the lobby. Franco tells Cameron, wait, and thanks him for bringing the stuff. He’ll see Cameron in a little bit. Cameron leaves, and Franco tells Elizabeth that she shouldn’t be there. If he’s a potential threat to Cameron, he’s a potential threat to her.
Robert says he knows it’s painful, but it makes sense, and Maxie says, except for one thing. Anna knew all this? Valentin says, she did, and Maxie says, Anna would never do that to her. Anna loves her, and she knows Anna would never let that happen. If what Valentin is saying is true, Anna would have told her.
Anna tells Finn that she was wrong; she knows that. She just couldn’t see her way out, which makes her no different than Peter. She was selling him on a lie that she was sharing her life with him, and she wasn’t. She thought she was protecting him, but she was really just protecting herself, trying to avoid this moment. He phone rings, and Finn says, don’t answer. She says, it’s Robert. It’s going to be about Peter and Maxie. She asks Robert, what is it? and he tells her, get down here right now. All the information she and Valentin have been hiding is going to hit the fan. He doesn’t know how Peter is going to react if he’s pushed in a corner. She says she understands, and Finn asks if she needs to go. Anna says she wants to work this out, and he says, she has other properties. She says she’s so sorry; she really is. Finn says, so is he, and she leaves.
Jackie tells Chase, everything will be okay. He’s seen her and Gregory. It’s not like they can’t be in the same room; just the opposite. He says, it’s weirdly cordial, and she says they have too much mutual respect for it not to be. He says, it’s getting late. Does she think he should take Violet? She says, probably. She’d love for Violet to stay there, but she’s still practically a stranger. Violet will be more comfortable with him. He says he’ll get her, and she says she loves him. He says he loves her too.
Maxie tells Peter, she’s right, isn’t she? Everything Valentin is saying is a lie. Peter says, of course (🍷) it is. Valentin is the man who lied to Nina for years, and literally trades in secrets. He doesn’t know what game Valentin is playing – Valentin says, no game – but all that matters is he loves her. She has no reason to believe Valentin. Anna appears, and says Maxie has every reason to believe her though.
Willow brings Carly into the living room, and says, how lucky is Wiley? Two grandmothers in one night. Carly asks Wiley for a hug, and says, it’s so good to see him. Is he having fun with Nina? He says, yeah, and Willow suggests Wiley get in his PJs. Then he can come down and play afterward. She takes Wiley upstairs, and Nina asks if Carly is checking up on her. Carly says, no… Actually…Well… she wants to acknowledge that she may have been too blunt. Nina says, that doesn’t sound like an apology, and Carly says, it wasn’t. They both have good reason not to trust each other, but she assumes they both want what’s best for Wiley. Nina says, yes, and Carly suggests they just leave at that.
Franco says it’s not just that he’s being honest with Elizabeth, but he’s being honest with himself. There’s a realistic possibility that these violent outbursts – she says, just one – are going to get worse. She says he sounds like Jason, and he says, Jason’s not wrong. She says, yes he is when it comes to Franco. Jason doesn’t know him like she does; he doesn’t know them. She tells him that she’s scared, and he asks her to come over to him. She sits next to him on the bed, and he holds her. She says she wants to make things perfectly clear; she’ll never give up on him. It doesn’t matter how dark things get, or how dismal things are, she’ll always be his champion. Not just because of what he does for her, but because she loves him. Nothing will ever change that. Nothing. He says, okay. Good enough. He hands Elizabeth her phone, and she says she’ll call him later. She leaves, and he looks at the phone Cameron brought.
Anna tells Maxie, everything Valentin said is true. Obrecht says, let her guess. Anna has known Peter was guilty the whole time, and allowed her to rot… Anna says, get this woman out of her face or she’ll lose her mind, and Obrecht says Anna’s mind isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose. Valentin drags Obrecht out, still talking, and Anna tells Maxie that she’s sorry. Maxie says, no, because if it was true Peter did those horrible things and Anna knew, Anna would have told her. Anna says she didn’t know until recently. She had her doubts, but she thought she was being paranoid. She thought Peter had changed, but he hadn’t. Maxie asks, when did she have doubts? For how long? Anna says, really too long. She’s sorry. Everyone looks like they’re either pissed off or going to cry. Or both.
Nina picks up her coat, and Michael asks if she’s heading out. Nina says, it’s getting crowd… late. She thanks him for inviting her. Willow comes back with Wiley, and Nina says, perfect timing. She picks Wiley up, and says it was wonderful spending time with him. Willow says, just ten more minutes, and then straight up to bed, and Nina thanks them for thinking of her. Carly asks if Willow is okay, and Willow tells her, Wiley just said she’s not his real mommy. Carly looks at Nina. Okay, my suspension of disbelief is lacking here. Wiley is cute and smart, but there’s no way he got that from what Nina said. I don’t even think he could form that kind of sentence yet.
There’s a knock at Jackie’s door, and she asks if Violet forget something, but it’s Finn.
Franco sits on the floor, and leans against the bed. He looks at the phone, and presses play. He appears on the screen, and says, hi, Franco; it’s Andy. He needs to tell Franco a few things.
At the MetroCourt bar, Valentin thanks Obrecht for interrupting the wedding. If she hadn’t, he would have had to. She says she’s shocked that he abandoned Peter at the end, but he says he didn’t have a choice. Anna was willing to go through with it, but if Maxie had married Peter, she would have never been able to live with herself. She says, his devotion to the scarecrow is annoying at best, but this time, it worked to her advantage. And Maxie’s. At least now, she’ll finally be free of Peter. He says, let’s hope so.
Anna tells Maxie, she knew last year Peter was closely associated with the company who sent the assassin, the man who made the attempt on Andre and Franco’s lives. Peter says he stopped the attack, and she says, amazing that he happened to be there at just that moment. He says, it was luck, and she tells him, just stop. He knew the assassin was there, because he hired the assassin to be there. She tells Maxie that she chose to cover up the connection because she didn’t believe it, for the same reason Maxie doesn’t believe it. She can’t bear the fact that Peter is guilty, but he is. He confessed everything to Valentin. Valentin told her, and she confronted Peter. Peter says they’re both lying. They’re in this together. Anna says, no. She confronted Peter, and gave him every opportunity to tell the truth, but he didn’t; he lied. It made her realize that he will always lie. She doesn’t think it’s his fault, but the man Maxie loves just never existed. Peter says, enough of this. He tells Maxie, let’s get out of here; he’ll explain everything. Mac says, the hell he will, calls Peter a son of a bitch, and punches him in the face.
Maxie sits down, breathing heavily, and Britt and Sam rush over to her. Maxie says, the baby, and Britt says, justbreathe. Maxie glares at Peter.
Tomorrow, Carly asks Nina if she thinks it’s a good idea, Jackie asks Finn if he can get past it, Peter asks if he’s being arrested, and Dante asks Sam if she’s going to tell Jason what happened.
🏖 Since I had the time, I actually paid attention to Summer House. Carl found out his brother had died from an overdose. I have to admit, although I don’t like these people (with the exception of Hannah, who I think is just young), Carl is the most mature of the bunch, and actually seems to be working on himself as a person. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished, so all this has gotten him so far is being the designated watcher, since no one is driving anywhere. These are the last people I’d want to go through a tragedy with. Or a victory. Or anything for that matter. Amanda and Hannah compared notes on who attacked who first, and it was all, no, you. Hannah was the clear winner, since Amanda had thrown a glass at her. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but a wine glass could take an eye out. The guys scattered, while the girls all listened in. This was really nice too, considering Carl was trying to keep it together. Kyle tried to turn everyone against Hannah, saying she was out of control, but again, insulting someone vs throwing an object at them that’s not a pillow? The majority couldn’t give a flying, as long as they weren’t in the line of fire. No surprise, Carl couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
As I’m typing this, I realize nothing really ever happens on this show. And this season, they’re even working from home, but still nothing. Ciara still seems pretty sane, but give her time. She tried to explain to Luke that, relationship or not, he should have treated Hannah with more respect. Ergo, she wasn’t interested in more than friendship with him. For Lindsay’s birthday, Stephen got food from the restaurant where he’d asked her to be his girlfriend. He set up a fish and chips dinner outside, and I thought that was pretty romantic, but she told him that she had higher expectations than just going through the motions. I guess she wanted to be wined and dined in the middle of quarantine? They argued, and Stephen split in an Uber. I don’t know if I was missing something, but it seemed like Lindsay just wanted to start sh*t, and then was shocked when Stephen left. Hannah thought she should order some sage for the house, and Kyle said it was the worst day of all time.
Next time, Lindsay says there’s no coming back from it; Hannah says Kyle thinks he’s boss of the house, but he isn’t; and Kyle gets whacked in the balls with a croquet ball.
💍 Officially Moved On…
It no longer matters what zone she’s in with Luke.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Of all days, I was running late, but this is what I missed. Carly and Michael talked about missing Sonny, and Michael said he told Wiley about Sonny all the time. Carly said Nina was in denial, and wanted to turn Nelle into a wrongedinnocent, but Michael said they’d been through worse. Nina met Ava at the Bistro, and Ava wondered why Nina wasn’t at the wedding. Nina said Maxie had disinvited her. She told Ava that Maxie believed she was still upset about Nelle, but Nina also thought Maxie didn’t want to be reminded of Nathan. Ava was clueless about Nelle, and Nina explained Nelle was her daughter. Ava was glad Nina learned the truth, even if it hadn’t been a happy ending. Nina said she knew Jax would always choose Carly over her, and told Ava about what happened on the cliff, and how she’d heard Carly and Jax talking about it, and confronted them at Sonny’s funeral. Curtis came back from taking a call, and wondered what was going on, and Sam told him about Obrecht crashing the wedding. Maxie accused Obrecht of kidnapping Peter, and said Obrecht was a fugitive, but Obrecht said she had nothing to do with it, and she’d been released. She showed Robert her paperwork, and he said it was legit. She said she’d been exonerated of her crimes, and they could call the WSB to verify it. Robert called, and confirmed it was true. And then…
Michael tells Carly that he feels badly about the scene Nina created at Sonny’s grave, but he wishes it had been enough for her, and she didn’t feel the need to follow up with the FBI and the police. Carly says, fortunately, they didn’t believe a word Nina had to say, and Michael says, it’s over from a legal standpoint, but won’t be good for Wiley if Nina keeps blaming Carly for Nelle’s death. She says that’s the exact reason she went to Nina’s office; she wanted to straighten things out. He says, that’s a nice way of putting it, but be honest. She went to Nina’s office to lay down the law, didn’t she?
Robert says, the WSB exonerated Obrecht, and she was given a full release. Jordan says she thought the evidence was air-tight, and Maxie asks why Obrecht is trying to ruin her special day. Obrecht says, new evidence has come to light that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that she never committed any of those crimes. Curtis says, if Obrecht wasn’t responsible, who was?
Obrecht says she’s not privy to the workings of the WSB, but believes they have a suspect under investigation. From the evidence they’ve gotten so far, it was suggested she be exonerated. She’s a free woman. Lucy says she’s creating a huge nuisance, and asks Obrecht to find the nearest exit, and let her join these couples in wedded bliss. Obrecht says, no one is getting married, but Maxie says she’s marrying Peter. Obrecht says if she does, it will be her final mistake, but it’s no surprise, given the pack of lies she’s been told by the people she trusts most. Anna says Obrecht wasn’t invited; just get out. Maxie tells Obrecht, what she said, and looks at Peter.
Nina asks Ava if she should be sorry for caring about her daughter, and being upset because her life was cut short. She was angry because Carly might have helped, but chose not to. She complained to Jordan, who notified the FBI because Nelle’s body was found across state lines. They questioned Carly, and even though she lied to the police for months, she was cleared of any wrongdoing. Ava says, there were no witnesses or evidence, so it’s pretty standard, and Nina says, Carly thinks she was acting irrationally, and being vindictive because she wants justice. She told Nina that if she continues to spiral, she’ll lose everything, including Wiley. She said Nina would have no one else to blame but herself. Ava says, oh boy. She hates to say it, but in this particular instance, Carly might be right.
Carly tells Michael, she made it clear there can’t be another scene like the one at Sonny’s grave. Then she highly suggested Nina work things out with Jax, and not dwell on the past. Michael says that’s why he and Willow brought Wiley to see Nina, so he can get to know his grandma. She says she gets that, but she was completely blindsided when she found them in Nina’s office. Michael says, not that he can’t guess, but how does it make her feel?
Obrecht says she’s not going anywhere. She objects to this marriage; Maxie’s, not Anna’s. If Anna and Finn want to inflict their misery on each other, feel free, but they’ll have to take their vows another time. Chase says if she doesn’t leave, he’s going to arrest her for trespassing, and Obrecht says if they won’t listen to her, maybe they’ll listen to Anna’s twin Alex. Anna says, she’s dead and can’t hurt anyone anymore, but Obrecht says, Alex left a gift for Anna, and especially for Peter. She plays the video. Alex says, hello, Peter. If he’s seeing this, she’s probably dead, which is so unfortunate, but she didn’t want the truth to die with her.
Carly tells Michael, of course (🍷) she thinks Wiley should have a relationship with Nina – at some point. She doesn’t think it needs to be right this minute, especially if Nina is holding on to her fantasy about Nelle, and imposes it on Wiley. He says, Wiley doesn’t remember Nelle, and Carly says, that’s why she thinks it’s healthier for everyone to take a step back. Nina should go to grief counseling, and can see Wiley when she’s ready. It will be better for both of them.
Nina says, Ava is siding with Carly? Has the world ended? Ava says, it’s still spinning, and asks Nina to put herself in Carly’s position for just a second. She was at her husband’s grave, facing life without him, when Nina showed up confrontationally, crashing the party, so to speak. Nina says, in retrospect, she could have handled it better, but at the time, she was grieving. Ava says, of course (🍷) she was, but to make it worse, she went to the cops, and she had to know how angry that would make Carly. Nina says she didn’t care. She turned her back on Nelle when she was alive. The least she could do is defend Nelle in death. Ava says, hindsight is not always 20/20, and can obscure what really happened. Nina says she went on the stand, and testified against her own daughter, but Ava says, she told the truth. Nina says, if not for her ruining Nelle’s chance of custody, she wouldn’t have run with Wiley, fell, and gotten killed. Ava says, everyone knows that she’s no fan of Carly’s, but Carly was grieving the loss of her husband, and when Carly feels attacked, she fights back. Trust her, Carly will not back down.
Curtis tells Sam, this shouldn’t be happening here, and suggests they put a stop to it. They leave, and on screen, Alex says her sister is quite lethal when she’s threatened, and she’s afraid of the truth. Anna takes the remote, but Obrecht says she’s already texted Alex’s speech to everyone. Anna can’t stop the truth. Anna says, not in front of everybody, but Obrecht says, who’s fault is that? Anna didn’t tell them, so it’s her duty to protect Nathan’s widow and her grandson. Alex says she left this with her ex-husband Dimitri, and he agreed to send it if she didn’t return. She has something important to tell Peter; something that will change his life. Something Anna knows, and most likely neglected to tell him. She’s the one who slept with Faison, not Anna, and in the night they spent together, they created new life – him. Anna is not his mother. She is. Peter starts to cry, and Alex says if he doesn’t believe her, ask Anna. She’ll tell him. Everyone gives each other soap looks.
Sam tells Curtis, it looks like they weren’t soon enough, and Peter asks Anna if it’s true. Maxie says, no. Alex was crazy, and hated Anna. She tells Anna to let Peter know it’s a lie, but Anna says she can’t; it’s true. Alex was Peter’s mother. Peter asks, why lie? Why did Alex give him to her? Valentin says, Alex gave the memory to Anna because she couldn’t live with what she’d done, and Peter says, he knew too? Valentin says, yes, he did, and Maxie says, this is what Obrecht meant at the cemetery when she said Peter wasn’t the man he thinks he is. Finn says, Anna knew all along from when Faison’s DNA was tested, and Anna says she’s sorry. He says, tell Peter, not him, and she says she can explain. Finn walks out, and she follows. Chase intercepts her, and says, let him talk to Finn. He tells Finn, wait up, but when he catches up to Finn, Finn shakes him off.
Obrecht tells Britt, she couldn’t allow Maxie to marry a man who was lying to her, but first, Anna’s halo needed to be removed. Britt says Obrecht stopped the wedding, but Obrecht says, actually, her mission is not yet complete.
Jordan says she wishes she had the authority to arrest Obrecht, and Chase says, it proves that lies, even for the right reason, always end up hurting someone. Jordan says she knows all about that, and Willow says, there’s always forgiveness. She tells Chase that she thinks it’s safe to say the wedding is over. Does he want to leave? He says he’s going to stick around and check on his brother, and she says he’s a good guy. He tells her he’s trying. He says he’ll call her, and she leaves.
Michael asks if Carly doesn’t think the more people who love Wiley, the better. That’s what he had as a kid, and it’s not so bad. She says, Nina will bring up Nelle every chance she gets, and spin it, saying Nelle was a sweet, sensitive person who got a raw deal, instead of telling him the truth. His mother was a psychopath who gave him away at the side of the road. He says, Wiley is going to find out, and they can’t lie about who his birth parents are. She says she’s not suggesting they do. When Wiley is old enough to understand, they’ll tell him the truth. His biological mom died before he knew her. When he’s mature enough, they’ll explain she had severe problems. Wiley will process things on his own timetable, not Nina’s.
Nina tells Ava, she’s Wiley’s family, and she’s going to be a presence in his life. Ava says she gets that. She’s just telling Nina that if she chooses to declare war, Carly will use every weapon in her arsenal to keep Nina away. Doesn’t she see a way of giving peace a shot?
Obrecht says Robert promised to look after Maxie, and keep her safe from Peter. He broke his promise. He says, so she decided to turn up, and blow up the wedding. She says she wouldn’t have if Peter had been proven guilty. She had no choice but to bring him to justice herself. He says he doesn’t see any justice, just broken hearts, and she says, if he thinks that’s bad, just wait. More is coming.
Maxie tells Peter, it makes sense. All the things Alex said to them, she wasn’t speaking as his aunt, but as his mother. Mac says, none of this is Maxie’s fault, and she says, what about Anna? She’s just as bad. She knew the truth, and she lied.
Anna approaches Peter, who asks why she lied to him. She says, because he needed to believe she was his mother, and he says she had no right to make that decision for him. She says, no, but she thought she was protecting him. He wanted a second chance after the horrific life with his father; a chance at love, a chance with Maxie. He asks how long she knew, and she says she always suspected, but didn’t know until last autumn. He says she kept the secret all this time, and Anna tells him to understand this doesn’t have to destroy his life. He’s in control. He says, not anymore. He’s never going be the man Maxie wanted.
Ava says Nina needs to be careful how she approaches Carly. Apologize for the confrontation at the grave, even if she doesn’t mean it. Nina says she did apologize to Willow and Michael, and Ava says, that’s a great start. Nina says they brought Wiley to her office, and it put her in a gracious mood. It was lovely. She got to play with Wiley, and hold him, and they suggested she babysit. Ava says, great. So Michael is open to letting Wiley be in her life. Nina says she thought it was great too, until Carly arrived, and threated to blow it to pieces.
Michael says, Nina is Wiley’s family, and he’s not going to deprive Wiley of his grandmother, the same way he wouldn’t deprive Wiley of Carly. Carly says he can’t trust Nina not to go off the deep end, but he says, raising children is all about trust. You trust they’ll be healthy and happy, do well in school, eat their vegetables, and play well with others. And you trust that love will make it better. He’s saying this as Wiley’s father, and Willow, as Wiley’s mother, agrees with him. It will make everything easier on Wiley, especially if Carly is on board. Willow comes in, and says, sorry to interrupt. Michael wonders why she’s back so soon, and she says, neither wedding happened. Peter disappeared, and Dante found him locked in the utility closet. Carly says, she’s kidding, and Willow says she wishes she was. Peter was fine, and the wedding started. It was underway, when Obrecht arrived. Michael says he thought she was in prison, but Willow says, she was exonerated, and had real paperwork to prove it. It went back and forth for a while, and Maxie asked Obrecht to leave, when Obrecht played a recording from Alex. Apparently, she’s really Peter’s mother. Carly says, it came out at the wedding? and Willow says she felt terrible for Anna, especially when Finn walked out. Carly says, Finn left Anna (looking a little too greedy for gossip IMO), and Willow says she guesses all of the revelations were too much, and he took off. Chase is worried about him.
Jordan says she’d have given anything to haul Obrecht away, and Curtis says, when Obrecht objects to a wedding, she goes all out. Lucy wonders if the apple would fall that far from the tree, and Peter could be like his mother. Jordan says she never trusted him; he seemed to have a secret agenda, and he published the article on Franco’s medical records. Curtis says, it had him questioning Peter’s motive, and Jordan says she put it aside because Peter made Maxie happy, and helped her get over Nathan’s death. Curtis says, it could still happen, no matter who Peter’s mother is, and Lucy says, she thinks it matters to Peter more than anyone else. Curtis says, except Finn. He had no idea Anna was keeping that big of a secret. At least he found out before they got married. He leaves, and Lucy asks, what was that? Not that it’s any of her business, but Curtis seemed to be talking about him and Jordan. Jordan says she lied, and Curtis walked out on their marriage. Lucy says she’s so sorry. Is there any chance it can be fixed?
Obrecht says, Maxie must realize the man she thought she was marrying doesn’t exist, and Sam tells her, back off. Robert says, given time and distance away from Peter, Maxie can get the whole story, but Mac says, that’s Maxie’s decision alone.
Valentin tells Anna, it’s safe to say it didn’t go the way they’d hoped, but Maxie didn’t marry Peter. Anna supposes that’s a consolation, and he says they did their best to save things, but she says, they were a little too late. He says, Peter’s horrific childhood notwithstanding, he committed his own crimes. He lied to her and Maxie. She asks what he’s going to do, and he says, what he told Peter. He’s going to do everything to minimize the pain inflicted on those they love. She says, it’s a bit too late for that, and he says, trust him. She says she’ll have to. She’s got to find Finn.
On the phone, Finn says he appreciates Jackie taking Violet. She needs to be far away from the situation. Let her rest; it’s been a long day. When she wakes up, tell her that he loves her, and give her a glass of milk. She likes that when she wakes up. The wedding didn’t happen, but he’ll tell her about it later. Chase knocks at the door, and says he’s not going away. Open the door. Finn tells Jackie that he has to go; they’ll talk later. He opens the door, and Chase says he knows Finn doesn’t want to talk. Finn says he’s got that right, but Chase says Finn shouldn’t be alone. Finn says he should be. What part of he knows what’s best for himself does Chase not understand? Chase says if Finn changes his mind, he knows where Chase is. You can be really stubborn, but I love you, brother.
Maxie tells Peter, it’s not the wedding they expected, right? He doesn’t reply, and she asks what being Alex’s son really means. He’s still him, the man she loves. He’s going to make a great husband and father. She puts his hand on her belly, and asks if he feels that. It’s their little girl kicking in agreement. She’s asking her daddy to marry her mommy. She wants to be a happy family, and neither one of them can say no to their sweet Lu. She hasn’t said the words officially, but she loves him for better or worse. He’s her heart, and she wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Will he do her the honor marrying her? Valentin closes his eyes.
Willow tells Michael, she decided she needed a dose of Wiley to take the edge off, and Carly says she’s sorry the wedding turned out like that. Michael says, Wiley is upstairs playing with his new truck. It will probably end up at the gatehouse, which Wiley thinks is a big playroom. Carly asks how Willow’s new digs are working out, and Willow says, the gatehouse gets more adorable every day. Michael is on a non-stop renovation kick. Wiley gets to come and go between two homes, and she still gets to have her own life. Carly should come by. She’ll be Willow’s first guest… Second; Chase picked her up there. Carly says she’d love to, but she can’t tonight; she has to go. She tells Michael that she’ll be in touch, and leaves. Michael says, before Willow sees Wiley, would she mind hanging out for a second? She says, sure. What does he have in mind?
Nina tells Ava, Carly couldn’t stand to see Wiley happy and laughing and having a good time.She couldn’t get Michael and Willow out of the office fast enough. When they were gone, Carly kept saying over and over that Wiley was her grandson, and threatened to keep him away from Nina if she didn’t play her cards right. Ava says, then play them right. Make peace for Wiley’s sake. The good news is, Michael is willing to let her in Wiley’s life. Nina’s phone rings, and she says, it’s Michael. Michael says he hopes he’s not interrupting, but he was wondering if she’d like to come over and see Wiley if she has the time. Nina says she’d love to; she’ll be right there. She thanks him, and Ava says, good news? Nina says, great news. Michael invited her over to spend time with Wiley. Ava says, fantastic, and Nina says, Michael understands the importance of family. She’s Wiley’s family, and the only part of his mother that he has. Ava says, birth mother. Willow is Wiley’s mom now. Nina promises to remember that, and act accordingly. She’s going to take Ava’s advice. Ava says, which part? and Nina says she’s going to apologize to Carly.
Jordan tells Lucy that she offered solutions to repair their marriage, but Curtis doesn’t trust her anymore. What happened at the wedding reminded him of why their marriage imploded. Lucy says she’s had more broken relationships than broken nails, so she’s probably not the right person to give advice, but can Jordan say she’s sorry? Can she think about what she did to make Curtis leave, in the hope of trying to make him come back? Lucy thinks they both deserve to be very happy. She squeezes Jordan’s hands, and leaves. Jordan and Curtis look at each other, but Curtis turns away.
Finn looks out window. There’s a knock at the door, and he ignores it for a moment, then opens it. Anna is there.
Robert says, don’t tell him that Maxie is proposing to Peter, and she doesn’t know that she just dodged a bullet. Mac tells Robert to get over himself. He could list the skeletons in Robert’s closet. Peter is just as shocked. Robert says, Peter’s newfound mama is the least of his problems. Personally, Robert thinks they should wait, but Mac says, the priority is Maxie’s happiness. Robert says, maybe Peter will pass up the proposition. Sam tells Britt that she thinks it’s the wrong decision, and Britt says, everyone knows Peter is wrong for Maxie, except Maxie.
Maxie says she’s getting nervous. Why isn’t Peter answering her? He says he doesn’t believe she still wants to marry him, but she says her love hasn’t changed because his mother has. He says he doesn’t want her pity, and she says, who she pities, is Obrecht. She decided to wreck their lives, and made enemies out of everyone. He has her love and respect, and hopes she still has his. He says, she does, and he will marry her. They hug, and Obrecht says, Peter is not who Maxie thinks he is. He shows the pretense of morality and kindness, but he’s lying and manipulating Maxie. He can’t be trusted, and he must not be allowed near her grandson. She owes it to Nathan to keep James safe. She clicks her pen, and Britt asks what she’s doing. Obrecht says, what must be done; James and Maxie must be protected.
Valentin says he can’t allow this to continue until Maxie learns who Peter truly is.
Tomorrow, Carly thinks she knows where someone is, Robert thinks Maxie should listen, Jackie wishes she’d done a lot of things differently, Valentin says it’s time the truth came to light, and Finn asks Anna what else she’s lying about.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
The women were still at Lake George, where the day’s agenda was to go on a boat ride. Marge called Joe #3, and said every time they went away, there was drama. She felt sad because Jackie wasn’t there, and Teresa was hyper-focusing on the analogy, even though everyone was trying to talk to her. Joe said Teresa didn’t understand anyone else’s point, so why bother? Melissa wanted to continue the good vibe, but Marge thought it was weird without Jackie. Teresa insisted she’d already apologized, and we flashed back to her saying, sorry, BUT where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Great apology, T. She thought Jackie must have skeletons in her closet due to her anger level, and Melissa asked for a show of hands as to who thought they were beating a dead horse. In her interview, she said she felt sorry for Jackie, but they couldn’t spend the whole trip trying to convince Teresa she was wrong when she wasn’t hearing it. Teresa asked if everyone wanted a shot before they left, and Marge said, it’s 11 am; why not?
On the way there, Marge said the guys were getting together, and the last time they did, Joe #2 was Gorga-ed. Delores said, don’t compete with a Gorga, and Jennifer said, Bill enjoyed being Gorga-fied. Teresa spoke to her realtor about selling the house, and in her interview said it was hard. She and Joe had built it together, and raised their daughters there, but she was ready to move on. Melissa said Antonia just turned 15, and had a boyfriend; they’d been together since 8th grade, and he was so sweet. Melania told her that he didn’t pressure Antonia to have sex, and everyone had sex. Teresa said she was so not ready for that, and it led them to talking about how old they were their first time. Melissa said she’d rather die than talk birds and bees to her kids, but thought it was becoming necessary. She said she didn’t miss her kids that much, since they hadn’t left her side since February because of quarantine. Joe #2 wasn’t keen on her going to Lake George with the girls, and she worried he was going out.
The women got on a tiki boat with Captain Greg, who informed them it was a boozy boat. Delores thought Teresa should get Joe #2 back for making her lie about him being in a strip club a million years ago, and suggested Teresa say Melissa was talking to another guy. Teresa texted Joe, saying, the owner of the restaurant where they had dinner asked Melissa for her number, and he and Melissa had been texting all day. She added, don’t tell Melissa that she told him, and to delete the text after reading it. In her interview, Jennifer said she didn’t think a practical joke about cheating was a good idea after what they’d just gone through. Case in point, Jackie wasn’t there. Teresa called Joe, telling him the guy was cute, and she was interested, but he kept going up to Melissa. Joe started talking in Italian, and in Melissa’s interview, she said that meant Joe fully believed it. She was surprised he had no faith in her. Teresa told him that Melissa and the guy had taken a walk, and in Marge’s interview, she said Teresa might be the best pathological liar she knows, but she was a genius. Teresa told Joe that she didn’t always have her eye on them, and he said, mama mia, you never know. That’s when she told him he’d ben punked, and he said they’re morons. In his interview, Joe #2 said they got him, but he wouldn’t have listened if it had been anyone else. Marge said Teresa might get the Academy Award, and everyone dozed on the way back.
Back at the house, Melissa made Marge show them her new boobs, and in Marge’s interview, she said, Melissa loves assess and t*ts, so she just goes with it. Melissa must have been a man in a previous life. They decided to order in, as they guzzled rosé, and Marge went upstairs to put on sweats.
Melissa called Joe #2, and said since he’d been speaking Italian, he must have believed Teresa. He said he didn’t want the kids to know their mother was a dirty tramp, and asked the status on Jackie. Melissa said Jackie had sent a text just saying she missed them, but she knew Jackie was upset. She suggested Joe invite Evan to the guys night, and he said he already had, but Evan claimed to be busy. Jennifer told Delores that she’d talked to Teresa’s realtor friend Michelle at the party, and she’d said Joe #2 owed her husband money. In Jennifer’s interview, she said it wasn’t the first time she’d heard that Joe owed someone money. He’d also said he did a kitchen renovation, and the person who really did it, called him out on it. If he was willing to lie about a kitchen renovation, what else was he willing to lie about? She told Delores, Michelle’s husband did motivational speaking for Joe, and was never paid. Delores said, a lot of bombs were being dropped at the party. Jennifer wondered if she should go to Melissa. They’d just made up, and she didn’t want Melissa to flip on her like Teresa did on Jackie. Delores suggested she not ruin tonight. If it was Frank, she’d want to know, but Jennifer needed to watch how she said it.
Frank, Bill, and Joe #3 met at Joe #2’s house. Joe #2 provided an incredible spread, including Tito’s and sushi. They played deuces wild, and Joe #3 cleaned up. Joe #2 told the guys that he’d been faking his night. His sister called, and said the owner of the restaurant where they had dinner was hitting on Melissa, and Melissa had been calling him all day. He told them that he was about to cry. The bottom line was… he got punked. In his interview, Joe said he had a stable marriage, but the cheating word is serious, and you have to be careful. Frank wondered if the girls were having as good a time, but Joe #3 said they were going to be arguing about Teresa and Jackie. Frank said he was three tequilas in, and wanted to make sure he understood about the rumor. Joe #3 said he’d heard rumors Evan had a girlfriend, and Joe #2 said maybe there was something to it. In Frank’s interview, he said the only person who knew if it was false, was Evan, but they went out all the time, and Evan never looked at women or flirted. They agreed Evan was a stand-up guy, and toasted to him. I always find myself smiling and laughing when the guys get together, and they always work out their differences. Maybe they should have their own show. Or their own channel. You could just have them on in the background, and it would feel like you’re at a party.
Tons of food came, and Melissa and Marge sat on Melissa’s balcony. Melissa said she missed Jackie, and Marge said she felt bad. She called Jackie, and said they missed her. Jackie said she missed them too, but she had to do what was right for her family. Evan was disgusted. He worked in finance, and it hurt his reputation. Teresa needed to clear his name. Jackie wanted Teresa to call Evan, and say it was total bullsh*t. In Melissa’s interview, she said it wasn’t a small request. The lot of them couldn’t even convince Teresa that it was wrong to spread the rumor. Melissa suggested Jackie start the ball rolling by apologizing for the bad analogy, but Jackie said she had nothing in the world to be sorry about. Teresa had been hurtful, and it was totally in her court. Marge told Melissa that Jackie wouldn’t have been as upset unless Evan was.
At dinner, Marge said she’d called Jackie, and Jackie wasn’t crying, but she was heated. Evan was upset about his reputation. Teresa said if he wasn’t doing anything, why would he be upset? and Melissa said he was in a different type of business. Teresa said Jackie had no backbone, and was effing weak. She must have an inkling that Evan was cheating, because someone acting like this was out of control. I wondered if it was me, or did Teresa just not make sense. Marge said her friends would hit the roof if they were in Jackie’s position, and Teresa said, when confronted with Joe #1 cheating rumors, she was secure in marriage, so she stayed calm. I realized the question I should have asked was, were we watching the same show? but in her interview, Marge confirmed this by saying, FYI, Teresa’s husband was cheating, and she was not calm about it. We flashed back to that, and Teresa said she was tired of all this. She was about to blow her casket. Everyone was like, um… and she said she was never going to tell Jackie anything again. Although it was atrocious timing – New Jersey, the atrocious timing state – Melissa said Jackie would like Teresa to call her husband. She could say she heard a rumor, but whoever said it was probably a liar. In Teresa’s interview, she said she wasn’t sure if Jackie was trying to imply she’d made it up, but it was something she’d heard. If Jackie didn’t like it, too effing bad. She told the women, Jackie needed to apologize to her daughter. Melissa said she was sure Jackie would do that, and Teresa started whining really loud like she does, saying, oh my God, she’s like a broken record. Melissa said Teresa was 100% wrong for saying it at the party, and Teresa – who can never be told she’s wrong – said she was leaving, They were all a-holes, and could go f*** themselves. I laughed at Jennifer’s face. She really shouldn’t be surprised by now.
Marge said they weren’t attacking Teresa, just showing her another point-of-view, and Melissa said they’d all tried talking to her, but she wasn’t having it. Marge said, while Jackie didn’t bring this on herself, she made the situation worse. The women descended on Teresa in her room, and Marge suggested she and Lexi go upstairs, since there was mass hysteria going on. Delores’s said, enough already, and Melissa told Teresa that they were just trying to bring two people back together, but only had one there. In her interview, Melissa said Jackie had to find a way to move on, or they wouldn’t be able to be together again.
The women put on their matching sweatshirts, and sat around a fire outside, making smores. They heard something in the woods, and Delores and Teresa took off for he house as a prank. The others freaked, and ran after them.
Next time, Marge talks about sleeping with her boss, Jennifer tells Melissa what Michelle said, and Jackie says if no one has her back, there’s no point in being there.
Another day, another fight with my computer and my email. The technical struggle is real. Whatever your struggle, stay safe, stay knowing good times will come, and stay hanging out with the guys and playing deuces wild, instead of going to Lake George where there will be drama.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Lucy approaches Valentin in the ballroom, and says, what is this she sees? The unflappable Valentin looking slightly flappable. He says being Peter’s best man is more stressful than he thought it would be. It’s Peter’s big day, and he can’t have anything go wrong. Finn wonders where the hell Peter is, and Chase says he’s sure Peter will be there soon. Finn says he never should have agreed to this double wedding thing. He thought it’s what Anna wanted. Chase says, and Anna didn’t? and Finn says, the whole thing got twisted around, and he sort of stammeringly agreed. Chase says, Finn stammer? Nooo. Finn says Chase is a great comfort to him in a time like this, and Chase says he’s sure Peter will be there soon. Willow runs in and says she hit traffic on the way. She was afraid she’d be late. Finn laughs, and tells her not to worry. The whole damn wedding is late.
Sam sees Britt in the garden, and says she wouldn’t happen to know where Peter is, would she? as she keeps walking. Britt says, there’s a saying. Maybe Sam has heard of it. I am not my brother’s keeper. She looks to see Sam is already gone, and says, someone is no fun at all.
Robert brings Jackie a drink, and she says, wow. Another drink before the ceremony. He says, an open bar is an effective remedy for an anxious audience, and she asks him if he got that from a fortune cookie. He says, no, your mum, and she says he’s a good mood for attending a wedding he adamantly opposes. She asks if he isn’t going to object, and he says it didn’t work the first hundred times; why bother? She says, what’s with the grin then, and he says, it’s the company. She laughs, and says, right. And it has nothing to do with the wedding being short a groom. He looks around, and says he hadn’t noticed. They clink glasses.
Maxie comes in with Anna, and tells Jordan and Sam, sorry to keep everybody waiting. She just needed to get some fresh air and do a little soul searching. Found it. Her breath and her soul. Anyway, she’s here. Let’s roll. Sam says they both look beautiful, and Maxie says, let’s hope Peter thinks so. Jordan steers Anna a few yards away, and says, there may be a problem. Anna asks, how serious? and Jordan says, at the moment, they’re missing a groom. Maxie hears, and says, oh no. Did Finn get called to the hospital? That’s the problem with being a specialist. No one can cover for you, even when you’re getting married. Jordan says, no, Finn’s inside, and Sam says, it’s Peter. Nobody knows where he is. Maxie says, there has to be some sort of explanation for that. This is their wedding day. He has to be somewhere.
In a basement, a door slams shut. We see Peter, bound and gagged, on the floor of a small room. He’s out cold.
Lucy says hi to Dante, and he says he heard she’s officiating. She says she is, but she wishes she’d seen him sooner to tell him she’s sorry to hear about Lulu. He thanks her and says it’s been pretty rough on all of them, especially Rocco and Charlotte, but they’re holding onto hope. She says, of course (🍷) they are. She knows he has to be strong, especially for the kids, but what about him? How is he? He says he was just thinking about Lulu on their wedding day. She was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen in his life… but that was a long time ago. He’s there for Anna and Finn, and Peter and Maxie. She says, they are taking their sweet time, aren’t they? She’s going to leave him to his beautiful reverie. She thinks it’s good to think about those who aren’t there right now during happy times. It’s good for the soul.
Willow adjusts Chase’s tie, and says he’s an exceptionally handsome best man. He says he wishes he was better at his best man duties, and she asks if he has the rings. He says, yes, and she asks if he threw Finn a bachelor party. He says, God no, and she says, and if Finn asks him for help…? He says, Finn won’t, and she says, the moment he senses Finn needs help, and he knows what Finn needs? He says, Finn won’t want help, and she says, then how he could possibly be a better best man? He says, that’s the problem. He doesn’t know how to help Finn, and keep him from going crazier before the wedding starts.
Gregory tells Finn that he wishes he had some words of advice to offer, and Finn asks if he doesn’t have a quote or two. Gregory says, it could be worse? and Finn says, Shakespeare or Nietzsche? Gregory says, Anna could be the one who didn’t show. Finn says, it’s still early, don’t jinx it, and Gregory says, that would never happen. The woman Finn loves is here for him, not mingling with her ex from before she knew him. He looks over at Jackie and Robert, and Finn says, Robert only dated Jackie; Anna married him. Gregory says, now she’s marrying Finn, which is the salient point. Finn says, that’strue. They’ve gone through a lot to get there, and now they’ve got this. They look at the photo montage; Anna as a child, Finn with Violet, and the three of them together.
Mac says Robert is in a good mood, and Robert says he’s the second person to say that. It’s got to be true. Robert asks if Mac is worried the groom won’t show up, and Mac says, if he doesn’t, Maxie will be devastated. Robert says, it would be the best thing in the world. She’s better off without him. Mac asks how Robert can come to Maxie’s wedding and take pleasure in her misery, but Robert says, it’s not pleasure; it’s relief. Maxie is better off without Peter. Mac says, if Robert doesn’t watch it, people will start to feel that way about him. Mac leaves, and Britt walks over. She says, Robert is quite a stand-up guy, isn’t he? He asks if she wrangled an invitation, or if she’s crashing. She says Maxie told her that he promised to respect her choice to marry Peter. Is it just like he promised Britt’s mother that he’d help her, instead of letting her rot in Steinmaur for crimes she didn’t commit. He says he didn’t break his promise; it’s taking longer than expected to work things out. He says the one thing Britt’s mother and he have in common… She says, they both hate Peter? and he says, the two things they have in common. They both hate Peter, and they both love Maxie. It’s probably a good thing Obrecht isn’t there to see Peter break Maxie’s heart. He walks away, and Britt drains her drink.
Sam tells Maxie, she’s so sorry, but they can’t find Peter. Jordan says they left phone messages, and messages on his cell, but there’s no sign of him. Maxie says she knows how important the wedding is to him. He wouldn’t leave her waiting, unless… She asks if there’s a big news story, like an earthquake or an uprising, but Anna says she knows what the wedding means to Peter, and doesn’t think he’d take off without a call or a text. He just hasn’t had a chance to reach out to her, but he will. He loves Maxie, and would never leave her hanging. Maxie says, yet here she is, twisting in the wind, with Anna and Finn and all of their guests. Anna suggests they put a pin in the wedding for now, and focus on finding Peter, but Maxie says, no, no, no. She does not want to postpone her wedding, but Finn joins them, and asks, who said anything about postponing?
Finn tells Anna that she looks beautiful, and Maxie asks what he’s doing. He says she looks pretty too, but she says he’s not supposed to see Anna in her dress before the ceremony. Now everything will fall apart. Finn says, now everything is going to fall apart? and Anna says, it’s fine. He looks lovely too. He says, this old thing? and asks, why the postponing talk? She says they’re having trouble tracking down Peter, and he says, that’s the word on the street, or in the ballroom, as it were. Maxie asks if everyone knows, and he says, they’re starting to catch on to the plot. She wonders who’s gloating, besides Robert, and he says, just Robert. Anna says if Peter doesn’t arrive soon, they’ll have to postpone, and Maxie says she doesn’t know what’s keeping Peter, but she’s sure there’s a reasonable explanation. She tells Anna and Finn that nothing is stopping them from getting married; she means it. Anna says, then it won’t be a double wedding, but Maxie says, it will. They’ll just take turns. She’ll wait until Peter gets there, then they can have their ceremony. In the meantime, Anna and Finn can have their ceremony and get married now. Finn tells Anna, she heard the lady, but Anna says she can’t leave Maxie there in her wedding dress. Maxie says, Sam will be there, and goes over to Sam. Anna says, they can’t just go on with their day like nothing happened, and Finn says he thinks that boat has sailed, but she says, they agreed to a double wedding. He says he thinks bamboozled is the word she’s looking for, and she says, it’s not just about Maxie. Finn says he’s sorry for being selfish. Peter is her son, and he’s sure she’s worried about him. She says, yes. There has to be a reasonable explanation why he’s not there. He got stuck in the elevator, stuck in traffic, his phone died… She’ll feel better when she can see for herself, and he says, okay. She says he knows she wants to marry him more than anything, and he says, so let’s do that. They’ll do their wedding their way. Maxie can have all the bells and whistles. They can grab Violet, and get married in the elevator on the way to the car for all he cares. He never needed any of this. All he needs is her.
Jordan asks Valentin if there’s any word from Peter, but he says, no. How’s Maxie? She says, about to have a baby, and she’s missing her groom. It’s not a pretty picture. He says he’ll see what he can do.
Anna tells Finn, she’d nothing like more than to run off, get married, and go to a tropical island for a few months. He says, let’s do that, and Anna says he understands why she can’t, right? He says, Peter is her son, and Maxie is her goddaughter. She loves them very much, and can’t leave in case there’s trouble. She says, yeah. It’s inconvenient, she knows; sorry. He says, it’s okay. He knows they’re part of the package, but she can’t blame a guy for taking a shot. The idea of running away sounded romantic. She says, so romantic. Does he know how much she adores him? He says he thinks so, but he wouldn’t mind if he was underestimating. She says he doesn’t see himself as a hero, but he’s rescued her more times than she can count. In big, adventurous ways, and small gestures. She loves his smile, even though he tries to hide it, and she loves how they fight about who gets to protect whom. When they were in Berkeley, and chatting on the phone even though they were down the hall from each other, he reminded her that every moment in their lives leads us to this one. They’ve made mistakes, but it led to this; being with him. It helps her not to regret anything because it led her to this moment, and the next, and the next. She never wants it to change. He says, okay. They’ll tie the knot at a time and place to be determined in the near future, and they’ll never deal with this again. She says, let’s just get past this thing with Peter, then she can spend the rest of her life loving him. He says, okay, and they hug.
Valentin puts on gloves and goes to Peter’s room. He remembers Anna saying she doesn’t want Jason involved. She wants Peter to face justice, not be killed in cold blood. Valentin says, then don’t they have to wait? Gather evidence, so the WSB has to prosecute him themselves. She says, at Maxie’s expense? She can’t live with that. He says, so what do they do? In the present, Valentin rights the furniture in Peter’s room. He continues flashing back to Anna saying, Peter cannot marry Maxie. He tells Anna, so they’ll get him out of town, but she says, if he’s missing, Maxie will go looking for him. He says, with whom? Spinelli can’t stand him. She says, Sam is a good P.I., but he says, she’s another one who believes Maxie is better off without Peter. Who does that leave? Anna says, it leaves her. Maxie has to think Peter left of his own volition. Is Valentin going to do it tonight? He says, no; that’s too soon. Maxie has to think he left her at the altar. Anna says, she’ll be too heartbroken to follow him. He says, she’ll be with Maxie, and he’ll be with Peter, and they’ll just go on as planned. Once Peter is left alone, his people will grab him. She says, Valentin needs to go to the ballroom and take his place as Peter’s best man. He says, some best man. Maxie is going to be devastated; can Anna handle that? She says she doesn’t know, but she’s going to have to. While thinking about all this, Valentin packs Peter’s clothing. He remembers Anna saying that he’ll need to go to Peter’s room, and clear it out. Make it look like he left on his own. He says he’ll leave a letter, and make it sound like Peter wrote it. Anna says, tell her the truth. Say Peter loves her, but he knows too many secrets that will put her in danger. That’s why he’s leaving, and that’s why she can’t look for him. Valentin leaves the note, and flashes back to him telling Anna that he has a property. She asks if it’s under the radar, and he says, of course (🍷). He’ll keep Peter there until they can gather enough evidence to formally charge him. Once the wheels are in motion, they can’t stop. No deciding Peter needs another chance. Anna says, Peter needs to be brought to justice, and until that happens, they have to make sure no one else gets hurt. They’ve made too many mistakes, spent too many years trying to make amends, and they allowed him to exploit that. People died because of that. Peter is dangerous and they have to protect people from him. Valentin leaves Peter’s room with the suitcase.
Dante sees Sam and asks how Maxie is. She says, holding it together. She’s more afraid that something happened to Peter than of Peter not showing up at the altar. He says Peter doesn’t strike him as a runner; he has too much to prove. She says she was thinking the same thing. Letting people think he’s the bad guy they thought he was all along doesn’t make… Maxie comes by, and Dante says she looks beautiful. She thanks him and says, brides are supposed to; brides with grooms look even better. He says, sorry, and she says, is he? Or is he relieved? Sam says Dante is her friend, and Maxie says her friend told her the only reason she loves Peter is because he’s Nathan’s half-brother. Sam asks Dante if he said that, and Dante says he loves Maxie. She’s Lulu’s best friend, and what kind of a friend would he be if he wasn’t honest? Maxie says, a friend who trusts her to know her own heart, and he points out that he’s there in a monkey suit, witnessing her getting married to Peter. She says Lulu would want him to be there, and he’s not the type of person who would blow off the wedding, and tell Lulu that he showed up when he didn’t. He says he’s also not the type of person who would wish her every blessing and happiness in the world if he didn’t mean it, and he does. Sam says they’re there because they love Maxie, and Maxie tears up. She fans her eyes, and says, now look what they made her do. She walks off, and Dante asks if Sam thinks Maxie bought it, and Sam says, it was totally sincere, especially the part where he wished Maxie every happiness in the world, and didn’t even mention Peter. Does he really think Maxie only loves Peter because of Nathan? He says he thinks that’s part of it, and Sam says she wishes Peter was more like Nathan. If he tells Maxie that she said that, she swears she’ll kill him. He says she doesn’t trust Peter either? and she says, of course (🍷) not, but who is she to say anything? She followed her heart, and look what happened. He says, grooms don’t just vanish into thin air. He’s going to take a look around.
Mac tells Maxie that Laura called and sends her love. She’s sorry can’t be there. Maxie says she knows Laura needs to be with Lulu, and Mac says Laura told him to thank her for the beautiful bouquet. Maxie says, Lulu is her best friend. Of course (🍷) she should have the matron of honor bouquet.
Jackie asks how Finn is doing, and he says he’s pissed off. He asks Robert to please tell him that he had nothing to do with this. Robert swears he didn’t lift a finger to make this happen, and Jackie asks why he would think Robert had anything to do with this, and what is this exactly? Finn says, it’s no secret that Robert didn’t want Maxie to marry Peter. He’s not sure how Robert feels about Anna marrying him, ergo – Jackie says he sounds just like his father – ergo, two birds are killed with one stone. Peter can’t marry Maxie, and Anna will be so worried, she won’t be able to marry him. Robert says he wishes he’d thought of all that, and Jackie says, even though he didn’t? He admits he did, but he didn’t act on it. Do they know why? Jackie says because he didn’t want to do this to Anna? and he says, he didn’t want Maxie thinking Peter is a martyr.
On the phone in the MetroCourt basement, Dante says, just hold the phone up to her. He tells Lulu, it’s Dante. He wants to tell her that he misses her a lot. The kids miss her like crazy. He thinks who misses her the most today is Maxie. It’s her wedding day, and he knows Lulu would give anything to be there. He hears banging against the door from inside one of the rooms, and says he wants to tell Lulu that he loves her and misses her. He continues to hear the banging, and says he’ll call again soon. He tries the door, but it’s locked, and he asks if someone is in there. He hears Peter’s muffled voice calling for help, and he says, hold on. He’ll get them out of there. He gets a crowbar, and pries the door open with it. He sees Peter on the floor, and says, what the hell?
Dante releases Peter, and asks if he’s okay. Peter says he thinks so, and Dante asks, who did this to him? Peter says he doesn’t know; they blindsided him. He gets up, and says he has to get to Maxie, and they leave.
Mac tells Maxie, he thinks Anna is right; it’s time call off the wedding. They can’t keep these people there all day. They’ll make an announcement that the wedding is postponed, not canceled. Peter would never do that to her. She says, damn right, he wouldn’t, and Mac says they have to get her home. The worrying isn’t good for her or the baby. She asks how it’s going to be better if she’s at home. She’s just going to worry there like she’s worrying here. She has no idea where Peter is, but she knows he wouldn’t abandon her. He’d never do that. Marrying her, and having the baby and a family means everything to him. She’s worried something is wrong.
Jackie tells Robert, she’s just trying to keep score. Does he or does he not approve of Anna and Finn getting married? He says he wants nothing but the best for Anna and Finn. Now can they get on with it? Finn says, fair enough, but if he’s lying, Robert is splitting the bar tab with him. And don’t act like he’s broken up about Peter being a no show. Robert says he’ll be the first to hoist a few if Peter doesn’t show up, but he had nothing to do with it.
Valentin joins Anna, and she asks how it went, and he says, exactly as… Good Lord, she’s stunning. She should marry someone today. She says, Valentin… and he says, in a few minutes, he’ll talk Mac into having management let him into Peter’s room where he’ll find the letter, and the rest will play out as planned. In a couple of weeks, he’ll leave town on business, and check on Peter. She asks what he’ll tell Peter, and he says that he promised to take care of those Peter loves. And that’s what he’s doing.
Willow tells Chase that Violet is waiting for her cue, and ready to go. They practiced gathering rose petals until her wrist hurt. Chase hates to break it to her, but he doesn’t think Violet is going to get the chance today. He thinks Finn is about to announce a postponement. Finn says he’s sorry to interrupt, and wants to thank everyone for being there. Mac says, as Maxie would too, of course (🍷), and Finn says, given the circumstances, and out of respect for Maxie and Peter, he and Anna have decided to postpone the wedding. Mac adds, it’s not the day they’d hoped for, but… Peter and Dante run in, and Maxie runs up to Peter. She asks where he was; what happened? He says he was about to come down, when someone jumped him, and put a bag over his head. Dante says he found Peter locked in a utility closet. Mac asks if they said anything, and Jordan says she’s on it; take care of his daughter. Anna asks if Peter is hurt, and he says he doesn’t think so. Valentin asks if Peter has any idea who did this, or what they wanted, but Peter says, none. Maxie says she was so scared, and Peter says he hopes she didn’t think… She says, that he’d leave her on their wedding day? Not for a second. She knew something had to have happened to him, but she knew he’d make it. He says he did, and he’ll never let this happen again. He’ll never let anyone keep him from her.
Jordan asks Chase if there were any signs any signs of the kidnappers, but he says, none. He checked with security, and looked at the footage, but whoever took Peter knew their way around the cameras. They’re long gone. She says, in the meantime, she has police searching the hotel. They had Peter stored in a closet; they were coming back for him later. He says, unless their main objective was to keep Peter from the wedding, but what would anyone have to gain? Jordan says she doesn’t know, but they’re not ruling anything out yet.
Mac tells Peter that he wasn’t crazy about him being with Maxie at first, and Peter says, Mac, and a lot of other people. Mac says he’s come to respect that Peter is the man Maxie loves. Peter says he hopes it’s more than that. He hopes Mac considers him worthy of marrying his daughter. Mac says it’s clear Peter loves Maxie, but he needs assurances. He needs to know Peter can keep Maxie safe. Peter says he’d never hurt Maxie, and Mac says, what about the people who came after Peter? They’re not going to be happy that Peter got away. What if next time they get to him through Maxie? Peter swears no harm will come to Maxie, but Mac says Peter can’t guarantee that. Peter says he can guarantee he’ll always do everything in his power to keep Maxie safe.
Maxie thanks Dante for saving Peter, and Dante says, if he’d known it was Peter in the closet, he would have kept… She says, stop it. She tells Anna that Dante is being difficult. Dante was always a good guy. Stop pretending he’s not. He says if she wants him to be the good guy, he’ll be the good guy, and she says, so much better. He asks if Anna is going to thank him too, and she says she didn’t? He says they just kind of talked about it, and she says, thank you for saving Peter. She asks if he saw anything that would help them identify the kidnappers, and he says, whoever did it was long gone. Peter says, if Dante remembers something, they can talk about it later. Right now, he doesn’t care who they were or what they wanted. All that matters is that he’s marrying the woman he loves. Anna says, Maxie is exhausted, and Peter’s been through an ordeal. Valentin says he wants a doctor to have a look at Peter, but Peter says, that’s not necessary. He’s fine. If they don’t believe him, he’ll have his wife bring him to the hospital after the ceremony. He says Valentin and Anna of all people, know how long he’s waited for this day. The two of them helped him to be the man he is today. He’s asking them to please, help him do this thing today. Join him and Maxie today. They’ve waited long enough. He tells Maxie, if she’s up for it, he’d still like to be married today as planned. He understands it’s not what she thought it would be, but what matters most are the promises they’ll make when they exchange vows. He doesn’t want to waste another minute not committed to her – forever. She says she doesn’t want to wait either. When he was missing, even though it was just an hour, it seemed like forever. Any doubts she had weren’t about him, but in her. They vanished when she realized all over again how much she loves him, and how safe she feels with him, and respected. He gives her space to herself, even though sometimes she needs galaxies, but when she looks in his eyes, she knows how much he loves her, and she can’t imagine spending the rest of her life without him. So, yes. She’ll marry him today. Right now. He thanks her, and Maxie says, Anna and Finn are getting married too. Anna starts to protest, but Maxie says she needs Peter and Finn at the podium right now. She, Anna, and Lucy will get their makeup touched up; the bridesmaids too. They’ll go exactly as planned from this moment on. Just a little bit later. Finn tells Anna, this isn’t what they wanted, and she says he can say that again. He says, this isn’t what they wanted, but it’s what they’ve got. They’re not just going to make the best of it; they’re going to make it perfect. So what does she say? They say goodbye to this nightmare of a day, and get on with the dream? She asks if he’s sure, and he says he’s never been so sure of anything in his life. Lucy says, okay then. What are they waiting for? They’ve heard from the brides, and the grooms, so places everyone. This wedding is going to happen.
Britt sits next to Dante, and says, once a hero, always a hero. He asks if she’s stolen any babies lately. Or was that just a one-off?
Jackie says she wants to know more about the not very long rivalry between Robert and Finn. Robert says, that was a long time ago. She says, the Cassadines trying to freeze the world was a long time ago; this seems more recent. He tells her, let it suffice to say that it took a while for him to wrap his head around Anna and Finn’s relationship. But it’s all behind them now. She says, all right.
Chase asks if Finn is ready, and Finn says, 100%. Peter tells Valentin that he meant what he said. If not for Valentin, he never would have made it to this day, this new life with Maxie. Valentin says he’d do anything for Peter. Peter knows that. Sam walks down the aisle, and then Mac walks down with Maxie while the Bridal March plays. Mac kisses Maxie’s cheek, and Peter takes her hand. They wait, and Violet comes out. Finn smiles, and Violet looks serious about her task of throwing petals on either side of the pathway. At the end, she runs to Finn, hugging him, and he picks her up. She and Chase fist bump, Jordan walks down, followed by Anna, who waves to Violet. Violet waves back. Anna looks at Valentin, and she, Finn, and Violet have a three-way hug. Finn puts Violet down, and shows her where to go.
Lucy asks everyone, please be seated. On behalf of Maxie and Peter, and Finn and Anna, she thanks them for being there, and sharing this amazing moment with them. A wedding is just a one day event, but marriage is a journey of days that fills a lifetime. Boy, today has been quite a day; confusing, complicated, trying, and a tad bit anxiety producing. But through all the obstacles and interruptions, these two couples have risen above it all with their love and commitment. They’ve shown us tenderness and strength, and we’ve watched their determination to grow together as they faced adversity. They’ve proven to be a sanctuary for each other, and that they can be for each other, which is far greater than the vows they might speak. She says, without further ado, let her join Maxie and Peter, and Finn and Anna in the bond of holy… Obrecht walks in and asks if they haven’t forgotten something. They must ask does anyone present there object. Violet says, uh-oh.
Tomorrow, Carly tells Michael that everyone needs to take a step back, Ava’s glad someone knows the truth Obrecht says new evidence has come to light, Maxie says it’s a lie, and Finn says they should call everything off.
🧁 Short ‘N’ Sweet…
I had a 2½, almost 3, hour Zoom meeting tonight, and it’s so late now, it’s early. So until we meet again in Port Charles and New Jersey, stay safe, stay warm (or cool, depending on your weather), and stay being a hero, especially if you’ve always been one.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Jackie looks at old photos set up at the wedding venue. Robert hands her a drink, saying, he’s sure somewhere it’s 5 o’clock. She says she barely knows either couple, and feels like a wedding crasher, but he says she’s his plus one. She’d be more than welcome anyway, even if she is separated from Finn’s daddy. She says she’s not sure, and he asks if she’s intimidated by wedding bells.
Finn runs into his room, where Violet is waiting, dressed in her flower girl outfit (which is super cute). She tells him that he’s late. Does he know what day it is? It’s their wedding day.
Valentin tells Anna that if she’s having second thoughts, speak now, or forever hold her peace. Once the plan is in motion… She says she understands it will effect a lot of people’s lives, including Finn’s. She’s wondering if she should give Finn a heads up, but Valentin says, it will make Finn complicit if she does. They have to do this themselves, since they made Peter the man he is. Jordan comes in, and says she thought she heard Valentin. What did she interrupt?
Jason says Franco is hearing voices? and Franco says, just one. Elizabeth says, the doctor in Switzerland thought it was a leftover memory from Drew, not the tumor, and Jason asks if Franco knows whose voice it is. Franco says he sure does; it’s Peter August. Jason asks what Peter is saying, and Franco says, he’s talking about Drew… and Jason.
Alone in his room, Peter says, admit it, father. Wherever he is, whatever corner of hell he’s lurking in, he was so sure Peter would never see this day. He told Peter that he was born to fail, but guess what? He was wrong. Peter buttons his shirt, and says he won. Outside, Dante approaches Peter’s door, and says, time to strike at Peter. Peter says he’s marrying the woman he loves; the woman he’s always dreamed of. There’s nothing Faison or anyone can do to stop him. Not Spinelli, not Robert, not even Jason. There’s a knock at the door, and Peter opens it. He says he’s surprised to see Dante, and Dante asks if he can come in.
Sam tells Britt that Maxie isn’t there, and Britt says she told Sam that Maxie would never risk Peter seeing her dress before the ceremony. Sam says, that doesn’t tell them where she is, and Curtis asks if they’re missing something. Sam says, a bride, and Britt says, Maxie, not Anna. Mac joins them, and wonders if Maxie is ready. Curtis says, they can’t say; she’s not in her room. Sam says she’s looked everywhere. She hates to worry them, but she has no idea where Maxie is.
At the cemetery, Maxie says, oh my God. What are you doing here? We see Obrecht (called it), who says she’s really there, and Maxie says she’s supposed to be in prison for trying to murder Franco and Andre. Obrecht says she was framed, like she said. No one believed her; not even her Britta. Now Maxie must believe her before the wedding takes place, and there’s no turning back. She hands Maxie her release document.
Franco tells Jason that Doc set him up with a specialist in Geneva, Dr. Kirk. He treated Dante for PTSD, and treated Obrecht for being Obrecht. Franco saw Kirk once, and Kirk’s theory was that the voice is a side-effect of the memory mapping. Elizabeth says, from when Drew’s memories were implanted in Franco’s brain by Shiloh and Dr. Cabot. Jason says this tracks for him, but how does Peter fit in? Franco says, unknown. He never had a second visit. Jason asks, why not? and Franco says, Dr.Kirk was murdered.
Maxie tells Obrecht, this makes no sense. If it’s legit, why didn’t Obrecht tell someone? How long as she been in Port Charles? Obrecht says, long enough to learn Maxie was pregnant, and Maxie asks, who else knows she’s there? Obrecht says, Britt and Franco. She saw Franco in Switzerland when he was there with his father Scotty. She assumes Maxie’s godmother, the hypocrite, knows too. Maxie asks why she waited so long to say something. She can’t believe Obrecht’s first stop wasn’t to see her grandson. Obrecht says, it’s been torture being in hiding. She can’t wait to hold James. People would be skeptical about her release. No one believed her then, and she’s sure she’d encounter the same disbelief now. But events have overtaken her, and it’s Maxie’s wedding day. Maxie must believe her. Save herself and her child while she still can.
Mac asks if Maxie mentioned James’s picture. He drew a picture that said Happy Wedding Day, Mommy and Daddy. Maxie was upset because James called Peter daddy. Britt isn’t sure that’s the problem. She reminded Maxie about Nathan, her good brother. Peter could live to be 100, and never live up to Nathan. She says she’s going to keep looking, and leaves. Mac says he doesn’t disagree; Nathan is a hard act to follow. On second thought… Sam says, maybe Maxie needed space. Weddings can be overwhelming sometimes. Maybe she’s thinking she can’t smile now, or got the jitters. Curtis says they talked themselves down from a fancy party, but when you say the vows, for better or worse is committing to a lot. It’s a lot to live up to.
Jackie tells Robert, weddings don’t intimidate her, but they don’t impress her like they used to. Fairytales aren’t quite as appealing after you’ve suffered disappointment in the real world. Robert says they’ve both took hits, but he’d like to think he’s still optimistic. Besides, she has two shots at catching the bouquet this time around.
Finn tells Violet, she looks so beautiful. He just wants her to know, with all the stuff going on, she’ll always be number one where he’s concerned. Chase and Gregory come in, and Chase says Violet insisted Finn needed help. Gregory says, the word she used was hopeless, and Finn says, that would be right. He tells Violet, the wedding is important to her, but not as important as it is to him. He knows she already has a mommy who loves her very much, but he’s hoping she’ll think of Anna as a second mommy. Violet motions him closer, and says, don’t tell Anna, but she already does. He says he loves her, and they hug. Finn wonders where Violet got her big heart, and Chase says, not from Finn. Gregory tells Violet that her nanny is waiting for her to check out the wedding cake, and make sure things are parfait. Violet says, that’s French for perfect, and tells them, au revoir. She leaves with Gregory, and Finn says he doesn’t know what he did to deserve such a beautiful daughter and bride. It’s more than any man has the right to ask for. Chase says Finn doesn’t deserve it, and they laugh.
Jordan tells Valentin and Anna that her cop instincts are almost never wrong. Spill. They’re up to something. Anna wonders if Jordan is asking as a close friend or the Commissioner, and Jordan says, that depends on the answer. Valentin says he has to confess. He’s always been in love with Anna. He was trying to get her to ditch Finn and run away with him. Anna says, the best thing he can do is leave now. He says she still has time to change her mind, and goes. Jordan and Anna go into Anna’s room, and Jordan says, Anna and Valentin were spies together, so seeing them with their heads together is alarming. She’s off the clock, and needs someone to have a happy ending
Valentin walks past Peter’s room.
Peter wonders if Dante is there because he was let go from The Invader, but Dante says he’s not there to get his job back. Maxie’s happiness means everything to Lulu, and because Lulu can’t be there, he thought he’d step in on her behalf. He wants to offer Peter a friendly warning. If he ever does anything to make Maxie regret this day, Peter will answer to him. Peter says Dante seems on edge. He hopes Dante isn’t harboring resentment against him because of Alexis’s drunken attack. Dante says she was going after Franco and he just got in the way, but now that Peter brings it up, he must have known what could go down when he published the story on Franco. Peter says he was just doing his job, and Dante says he appreciates that. They both have a lot of jobs to do, and sometimes people get hurt. He’s ready to complete the mission.
Peter asks Dante, what is it? and Dante says he was thinking about when Peter first come to Port Charles. He was on a mission to tear down his parents; Faison because he was a sociopath, and Anna… why? Peter says he blamed Anna, but he was wrong. He put the resentment down, and decided to find a better path and make something of his life. Be a man Maxie could be proud of. Dante says he’s on a mission of his own, when Valentin knocks at the door. Valentin says he didn’t expect to see Dante, and asks if everything is okay. Dante says he was talking about his mission to say what Lulu can’t say. Valentin says, what? and Dante says, he wishes Maxie nothing but the best, and leaves. Valentin asks Peter, what’s that about? but Peter isn’t sure. He says he was right to terminate Dante as an employee; he seems a bit off. Valentin thinks Anna would agree. She said he hasn’t been the same since he came home. Peter asks if Valentin talks to Anna, and Valentin says, from time to time. He says Peter can count on him to do what’s right, and Peter says, it’s a relief to be able to confide in Valentin, and know Valentin will keep his confidence between them. He wishes he could show Valentin how grateful he is. Valentin says, Peter can forgive him.
Maxie says Obrecht came back to blame Peter, and accuse him of trying to murder Franco and Andre. The problem with her theory is that Peter is the one who saved them. How does she explain that? Obrecht tells Maxie that she never said Peter wasn’t clever and cunning. He’s both, but what he lacks is courage. If Maxie has no doubts, what brought her there when she should be getting ready? She came ask for Nathan’s approval. Did she get the answer she came looking for? Obrecht walks over to Nathan’s grave, and says, her dear, brave son. Don’t worry. She came to finish what he began; to bring the guilty to justice. Maxie tells her, stop. For her sake and James’s sake. Peter isn’t the man Obrecht thinks. Obrecht says Maxie’s got it turned around. Peter’s not man Maxie thinks he is. Peter isn’t even the man he thinks he is.
Sam tells Curtis she was looking for him. She wanted to apologize for interrupting his conversation with Jordan, and talking about buying his end of the business. He tells her not to worry. He’s more excited that she’s willing to buy his half. He gets to live out a dream he didn’t know he had. She says, speaking as his friend and business partner, nothing has been signed yet, if he’s having second thoughts. She knows it’s tough running a club. It’s a big deal, and there’s a lot to learn. Her advice? Make sure he’s running toward something, not away from someone.
Jordan says she has something for Anna; a gift Aunt Stella gave her on her wedding day. She gives Anna an embroidered handkerchief, and Anna says, it’s beautiful. She could never take it from Jordan. Jordan says she’s just following wedding protocol; it takes care of old, borrowed, and blue. She asks if everything is okay, and Anna says she just has a feeling this wedding is not going to happen.
Elizabeth tells Jason, Cameron is upset about Franco moving out, and goes upstairs to check on him. Jason tells Franco, let’s see if he has it straight. Kirk treated Dante and Obrecht, Franco had one meeting with him, and Kirk ended up dead. Franco says, the Swiss police said Kirk was the victim of a mugging. He’s not the one who mugged Kirk, if that’s what Jason was thinking. He actually has no idea what Jason is thinking. Jason asks if a doctor at GH is treating Franco, and Franco nods. He asks if Franco told the doctor about the voice, and Franco says he did. Jason wonders why it wasn’t part of the story, and Franco says, maybe Peter didn’t think it was newsworthy. Jason says, maybe Peter missed it in the file, but Franco says Peter didn’t get that information from his file. He told Peter that he heard his voice.
Peter wonders why he needs to forgive Valentin. Valentin has been his friend; ofttimes, his only friend. Valentin says he’ll always regret his part in Peter’s childhood. He took Peter as a baby, and gave him to Peter’s father because he was furious at Anna. She’d wronged him, and he wanted to hurt her. If not for him, Peter would never have met Faison, and had a toxic childhood. Peter tells Valentin, he’s not saying it wasn’t traumatic, but Valentin has more than made up for it. He mentored and supported Peter, and kept his closely guarded secret. He wouldn’t be the man Maxie is going to marry if not for Valentin and Anna. All the darkness his father tried to instill in him only went halfway because of his mother. To think when he first came to Port Charles, he wanted her dead. Valentin says, they can’t change the past, just shape the future. If it’s not too late. Peter says, for what?
Maxie tells Obrecht, enough. She’s not listening anymore. She’s not listening to any more dire warnings or cryptic comments. She’s gotten an earful from Britt and all the other haters. She loves Peter, and love is all that matters. Obrecht says if Maxie won’t listen to her, listen to Nathan. Maxie says, Nathan is dead. He can’t talk to her. Obrecht says, nonsense. Nathan’s spirit is inside of Maxie; his courage and goodness. If Maxie can’t trust her, trust him. Peter’s not worth it. Maxie suggests they talk about the real reason Obrecht is there. She doesn’t think Obrecht came back to save her from Peter. Obrecht hates Anna, and wants to punish her because Peter’s father loved Anna, and not her.
Finn shoves a pocket square in his breast pocket, and tells Chase that he feels like he’s a monocle away from being the Monopoly man. Chase says Finn has nothing to complain about. He’s marrying the woman of his dreams. What Chase wouldn’t give for that. They both know their father wishes he was sitting there hand-in-hand with mom. Finn says Gregory told him they’d been drifting apart for years, and Chase says Gregory said something similar to him. It shocked him, since he’d always thought they had a perfect marriage. Gregory said Jackie was radio silent for 24-hours before the wedding, and he’d wondered if she was backing out.
Robert tells Jackie, he has to admit, while it took him a while to accept Finn in Anna’s life, he wants the best for them. She says, and the other couple? and he says he’ll put it this way; if the double wedding happens to become a single wedding, he’d consider that a victory. She asks if he thinks it’s possible Maxie got cold feet and she’s not going to show. Gregory joins them, and says, they have a runaway bride? Look in the bride’s room. She might be having a wardrobe malfunction like Jackie did on their wedding day. She stayed in there so long, he thought she was going to be a no show. She says, it was a long time ago, and he says, luckily, she made her way up the aisle in time to say I do.
Curtis sees Dante chugging a drink, and says, easy. The reception is after the ceremony. Dante says he’s not as ready for this day as he thought. Britt comes back, and says, no sign of Maxie. Maybe she listened to Britt, and came to her senses. Maybe she decided to cut her losses while she could. Dante asks if she doesn’t want Maxie to marry Peter, and Britt says she’s just cynical about the institution of marriage. Maybe Maxie decided to skip all the heartache that will likely come to a messy divorce down the line.
Jordan says she’s seen the way Finn looks at Anna. Nothing will keep him from standing at her side, and nothing is going to stop Maxie from marrying Peter. It’s a safe bet the wedding is going to happen. Anna says Jordan is right; she’s just being silly. She asks Jordan to help her choose some earrings, and Jordan says Anna doesn’t usually give up this easy. Maybe she’s right, and Anna and Valentin are planning something. Talk to her. If someone is planning on throwing explosives instead of birdseed, she needs to know about it.
Anna says Jordan has been in the game too long; she suspects everyone has deep, dark secrets. She tells Jordan that she didn’t mean for it to come out like that, but Jordan says, it’s all right. The reason she’s solo is, there were things she couldn’t share with Curtis. She’ll give Anna a minute alone. She gave Anna something old, borrowed, and blue, but here’s something new. Don’t repeat her mistake. In their line of work, secrets and lies are a given, and so are failed relationships. If Anna can’t trust her with what she’s planning with Valentin, trust the man she plans to marry. Jordan leaves.
Finn tells Chase, it’s difficult to know a marriage from the outside looking in. None is Chase’s fault, and he shouldn’t beat himself up about it. Chase says he wants to figure out what went wrong. Did his dad and Jackie get bored? Finn says, about Jackie being right, even though dad is wrong from time to time? and Chase says Finn always knows the right thing to say to make him feel better. But Finn is his brother, and it’s his wedding day. Chase’s issues have nothing to do with it. It’s showtime. They start to leave, and Finn asks if Chase has the rings. Chase says, what rings? and Finn says he gave them to Chase to hold so he wouldn’t forget them. Chase looks confused, then smiles. He tells Finn that he’s an easy mark. He’s got them. He boops Finn on the nose, and walks down the hall.
Gregory asks if Jackie saw Violet; she’s totally adorable. Jackie is sure she is, but says they can’t keep ignoring it forever. He says, ignoring what? and she says, you, me… us. He asks if there’s the possibility of an us. If so, the trial separation was worth it. She says she’s not trying to be cold and cruel, just honest. It’s not a trial separation; at least not to her. It’s the first step on the road to divorce. The sooner they both accept it, the sooner the wounds heal, and they can move on with their lives, including Chase.
Sam says she knows Britt having Faison and Obrecht as parents didn’t make her an optimist, but is she really that cynical? Britt reaches for a glass of champagne, and her hand trembles a little. She says, weddings give her the shakes. Jordan walks in, and she and Curtis nod to one another.
Obrecht tells Maxie that she despises Anna, but that doesn’t mean she’s lying. She’s not trying to hurt Anna; farfrom it. She hopes Anna comes to the realization that Peter is playing a game. He’s desperate and dangerous; no one Maxie should be with. Maxie says she didn’t listen to Britt, and she’s not listening to Obrecht, but Obrecht says she’s begging Maxie. If Maxie can’t trust her, trust herself, and her love of Nathen. Peter can never give her that. Maxie says Obrecht is wrong. Peter loves her and she loves him; Anna too. They see the good in him. If she’s forced to choose between believing Obrecht and Peter’s mother, she chooses Anna and the man she’s going to marry.
Valentin tells Peter that he meant no matter where life takes Peter, he’ll never turn his back. Peter says Valentin makes it sound like goodbye, and Valentin says, after today, Peter’s life is going to be very different. Peter says he’ll be a husband, and soon, the baby will be born. He’ll have less free time, but he’ll make time for Valentin. So no more talk about forgiveness or what might have been done differently. It’s like Valentin said, they carve out their own future. Valentin says, very true. Before Peter says his wedding vows, Valentin has to give him something. He’s earned this. Valentin reaches into his jacket pocket.
Jason asks if Franco told Peter that it was his voice, and Franco says he did. It’s not like he was talking to a priest in a confessional. Jason asks if it came up in casual conversation, and Franco wonders, what’s the big deal? Elizabeth comes back, and she asks if Jason came there looking for answers, or did he come with his mind made up?
Valentin says he couldn’t let the day go by without a gift for the groom. Charlotte helped him pick it out. He gives Peter a jewelry box with cufflinks in it, and Peter says Valentin taught Charlotte well; she has excellent taste. There was a time when he wasn’t sure he could trust Valentin, but the truth is, Valentin stood by him through nearly every phase of his journey, and will be standing by his side on the most important day of his life. Valentin says he wouldn’t be anywhere else.
Jordan tells Curtis, the bride is almost ready, and Sam says, one of them. Maxie is still AWOL. She starts to leave, and Jordan asks her to wait. She tells Sam, the news Curtis was buying a nightclub surprised her, but Sam has always been a good friend to him. If he’s starting a new life, she’s glad Sam is by his side. She thanks Sam, and Sam says, for what it’s worth (🍷), she thinks Curtis will do great. She leaves, and Jordan goes over to Curtis. He hands her a glass of champagne, and thanks her for being gracious. She asks if he’s sure about this; not because she doesn’t think he’ll be great, but it’s a big adjustment. She wonders if he’s having doubts, and he says he feels solid about his decision. He feels it’s the right time to make a change. She says, obviously, he doesn’t need her support or approval, but she hopes it makes him happy.
Gregory tells Jackie that he’s not going to fight her. He’ll never stop loving her, but he understands that sometimes love isn’t enough. Chase brings Finn over, and says they wouldn’t believe who he caught trying to sneak out. He told Finn that he missed his chance, and can’t back out now. Gregory says, it’s too late, and Finn says, that seems to be the case. Chase and Gregory leave, and Jackie tells Finn that he made Gregory proud today, and his brother is happy. Finn included the whole family, Chase’s dream. Finn says whenever she sees him, she makes a point of saying Chase is his brother. She says, that’s who Chase is, and Finn says, unless Chase is his son. She says, it’s his wedding day. Can they drop it for 24 hours? Finn says, the DNA test can wait. Today’s not the day for family secrets.
Maxie says she turned her phone off on her wedding day. What was she thinking? Obrecht says, it makes sense that she’d want to be with her true love Nathan, and Maxie says she lost track of time. Now everyone is wondering where she is, and she’s going to be late for her own wedding. Obrecht tells her, don’t go, but Maxie says Obrecht can’t stop her, and for her sake, she wouldn’t try. Obrecht says, very well. Do what she must. Maxie leaves, and Obrecht kneels down, telling Nathan, and she’ll do what she must do.
Jason tells Elizabeth for her and the boys’ sake, he hopes Franco gets better. He’ll be in touch. Franco says, if Kirk was right, and the voice is a leftover memory, then what? What do they do about it? Jason tells Franco, just take care of his family. He’ll take care of everything else. He leaves, and Franco looks at Elizabeth.
Maxie rushes in, and says, thank God Anna isn’t ready either, and Anna asks where she’s been. Maxie says she has 100 texts. It doesn’t matter where she was. She wants today to be perfect. Something they’ll remember for the rest of their lives. Anna thinks they both will.
Obrecht says she tried her best. Britt tried. No mere words will change Maxie’s mind and convince her to let go of Peter. Peter so does not deserve Maxie. She holds up the flashdrive, and says, the only person who can stop this wedding is the mother of the groom.
Peter says all he has to do is add the cufflinks, and he’s good to go. Valentin says he’ll let the folks know Peter is ready. Peter thanks him, not just for the cufflinks. He thanks Valentin for believing in him. Valentin hugs Peter, and Peter says, it’s his wedding day. He’s the one who’s supposed to be getting emotional. Valentin leaves, and takes out his phone in the hallway. He says, it’s on, and closes his eyes.
Elizabeth tells Franco that he doesn’t have to leave. She doesn’t want him to. No one does. he says, it’s the hardest thing, but whether it was a reflex, a nightmare, or the tumor, he attacked Cameron. It was violent and awful. What if it had been Jake or Aiden? He’d never forgive himself, and she wouldn’t forgive him. He’d never risk hurting them, as much as he loves her and the boys. He’ll be back as soon as he knows he’s not a risk. He leaves, and she sits down.
Gregory says his son told him a lot about Dante, and Jordan asks Mac if he’s ready to walk Maxie down the aisle. He says he’s not sure. No one’s heard from Maxie, and he’s getting concerned. Anna calls, and says she found Maxie; she’s here in the suite. Mac says he’s glad to hear she’s okay, and asks why she’s late. Maxie looks at herself in the mirror, and Anna says she doesn’t know, but everything is back on track though. He says, glad to hear it. He tells the others, both brides are in the building, and should be down soon, but Britt says she only sees one groom. Valentin walks in, and Finn thanks everyone for coming, saying, they’re going to get started soon. Maxie is officially in the building and getting ready. As for Peter, he thinks it’s safe to say, he wouldn’t miss it for anything.
Peter adjusts his cuffs. Someone comes quietly into the room, and throws a hood over Peter’s head.
Tomorrow, Jordan asks if Robert really has something to do with it, Maxie is worried something is wrong, a groom is missing, and Peter lies somewhere tied up.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht
In a voiceover, Captain Glenn tells us, sailing yachts are about the journey, not just the destination. You turn off the engines, and just go with the power of nature, and that’s really cool. When you feel the wind in your hair on a sailing yacht, then you’ll know. He says he’s back, but the crew is all new.
We’re introduced to first mate Gary, who says he’s good with people, and drinks a lot of rum. Alrighty then. The chief stew is Daisy, and the chef is Natasha. Dani is the second stew, and Alli the third. Sydney is the only female deckhand, and also a deckhand is Jean-Luc, who’s 6’9”, and tells us, the girls all want to climb the mountain. We also meet first engineer Colin.
Marina Lav, Croatia. Glenn loves the sailing yacht life because it’s more adventurous and exclusive. He’s excited about the new season. In Daisy’s interview, she says she’s a yachting legacy, as her parents were yachties, and her grandfather also represented Ireland in sailing in the 1989 Olympics. In Natasha’s interview, she says she can’t do anything else, but she’s good at cooking. Gary ends up bunking with Glenn, and says now he can’t get into mischief, but I’m pretty sure he’ll find a way. He seems like kind of a jerk right off the bat. Everyone meets, unpacks, and makes small talk. Natasha checks out the galley. In Gary’s interview, he says he’s never been in this predicament before. Every girl in the crew is attractive. Yep. I called it. I know a budding d-bag when I see one.
Glenn calls everyone to the cockpit for a meeting, and welcomes them. He says, it’s going be long hours, and easily avoidable screw ups cause problems. He wants them to pitch in with each other’s departments. He says he doesn’t need to know everything, and in his interview, Gary says, as long as he looks good, he’s happy. The crew gets ready for the first charter, and Daisy thinks the boat is a sh*t show. I’m pretty sure that’s what they said last time too, when they first arrived. In Colin’s interview, he says that he’d bought a hurricane damaged catamaran, fixed it up, and is chartering it, sailing around the world to make money. Natasha explains to the interior that her pet peeve is people stressing out. In Sydney’s interview, she says, when she was born, they lived on a boat in Key West. She knew it wasn’t normal, but didn’t know what normal was. She’s still not sure. Provisions come in.
Glenn calls Gary, Daisy, and Natasha for a preference sheet meeting. The primaries are Rusty and Nikki, who are bringing friends, Greg, Alex, Rhonda, and Natalie. They’re all sailors, and are taking the trip to honor Nikki’s father. It’s their first time on the water since his passing. Nikki is a hard core vegan, and in his interview, Glenn wonders why we pronounce it with a hard G, and not the same way as we pronounce vegetables, which is a really good question. In Natasha’s interview, she says she’s not intimidated by the vegan thing. Her job is to get it done. Danni says she’s also a vegan. Daisy reads that the guests want a glam 80s rock party, and also a dinner to honor Nikki’s dad. Glenn says they can grab a beer after they’re done, but don’t go crazy. It’s a school night. Gary tells the other guys that he likes the ratio of girls to guys, but don’t screw the crew. Jean-Luc says, that’s never worked out. When he gets ready for bed, we see that Jean-Luc has major tattoos. Unfortunately, his bunk is 74” and he’s 81”. He says it’s the first time he hasn’t fit. He tosses and turns, trying to get comfortable.
In the morning, Gary tells the deck crew to redo the windows, and go over the details. Jean-Luc pours cleaning solution on the deck to get out a stain, and they smell gas. They realize there’s petrol in the container, and in Colin’s interview, he says, some idiot put gas in the cleaner bottle. How unprofessional will they look when the guests smell gas? The most important thing is for them to contain it, and not let it get in the ocean. They manage to get everything under control, when Glenn radios for everyone to get in their charter uniforms, basically a polo shirt with shorts or a skort. Glenn welcomes the guests, and in his interview, he says the guests are just coming out of quarantine. He wants to make it the most unforgettable vacation ever. It’s a miracle they’re here. The guests are greeted with a shot of… I don’t know, and Glenn says, they have a great trip planned. Daisy will give them a tour, and they’ll get going. Guest Greg has arrived wearing a Speedo, which probably says a lot. Primary Nikki tells them that her dad would say, live it up and enjoy it. You never know when it’s going to end. Other primary Rusty says they’re going to bend this bitch over. I assume he means the boat. I hope so anyway.
Glenn brings Sydney up to the helm to help steer. In Glenn’s interview, he says when the guests are avid sailors, it makes things harder. If there are holes in their game, the guests will know. It makes him nervous, because the crew is new. The sails are unfurled, and Greg plays the harmonica in his Speedo on the bow. Sydney surprises Glenn with her skills. It’s her first super yacht job, but he can tell she’s geared to it. Nikki tells Rusty to slow his drinking roll, or it will be an apocalypse. Daisy tells the stews, they’re all getting hammered, but they seem nice.
Anchor is dropped in Stipanska. Poor Jean-Luc is still trying to get some rest. The table is set, and Rusty says they’re going to party. Nikki is okay with the others eating fish, and in Natasha’s interview, she says it’s tough making different menus for the same meal, but she’ll work herself to the bone to make guests happy. Rusty wants vodka with his wine. Alli notes that empty plates are coming back, so they know it’s good. Nikki talks about her dad, saying he came to the U.S. with eight dollars, and got a scholarship. Greg plays the harmonica, and Nikki says this is the worst dinner she’s ever had in her life. She’s effing done. She gets up, and Daisy tells the stews that she feels sorry for Nikki. Her friends are acting like drunk morons. In her interview, Daisy says she sees their tip money flying into the wind. Greg follows Dani around, continuing to play the harmonica. Nikki says, goodnight, MF’ers. Wow. She didn’t seem like the type who would say something like that.
Daisy tells Glenn, it was supposed to be a celebration of Nikki’s father’s life, and she thinks Nikki is offended. He says he’s not going out there. The guests and crew talk tattoos, and Daisy says, 2020 was such a bad year, she got her first tattoo. She shows them the f*** you tattooed inside her bottom lip, and in her interview, she says she loves knowing it’s secretly there. Greg tries to bother Nikki in her cabin, and she tells him, f*** off. I see she’s an expert at the f-word. Gary tells Jean-Luc what he wants done, and in Jean-Luc’s interview, he says he’s not getting any sleep, and he’ll have to be going non-stop. At 6 am, he’s still working, then finally heads to bed.
Nikki tells Rusty that she hopes tonight is different evening. Dani says Natasha adapted well with the vegan menu, and Natasha says she can stress or try to do it. In her interview, she says after she graduated, she got an offer from a Michelin star restaurant that ended up being number one, and got a visa to work in Europe. She did it all on her own. Daisy instructs the stews on how to keep things tied down. She asks the guests about breakfast, and finds out they’d rather go sailing than sit down for a meal. She tells Natasha that they just want breakfast sandwiches and burritos, but Natalie insists Daisy should direct them to sit at the table. In her interview, Daisy says Natasha is acting like it’s her vacation, and wants her to rush them into a breakfast they don’t want. In Natasha’s interview, she says, food is the most important part of the cruise. Daisy should train the stews to set the table first thing in the morning after they get up. In Daisy’s interview, she says, Natasha is like a dog with a bone. She’s not fighting with the chef on the first day, but she won’t be a pushover. She tells Alli about it, and tells the stews to put breakfast up quickly. In Gary’s interview, he says, when he was growing up, his mom busted his balls to do chores, and he’s glad now. Glenn tells Daisy that they’ll get going soon, and Greg thinks he’s still drunk. He bitches that they should skip breakfast. In her interview, Daisy wonders if she’s earned her I told you so name. The guests go to the table, which is set beautifully in blue and white, and seashells. Natasha makes carrot bacon (WTF?), and Danni samples it, saying it’s amazing. In Alli’s interview, she says she’d been a first stew (I assume she means chief), but accepted a second stew position, so she could have fun without all the responsibility. The crew begins to stow everything for sailing.
Glenn says they’re in an area where the wind coming over hills accelerates in certain zones. He wants to give the guests a lively sail. A cutting board comes crashing down from a cupboard in the galley, and Natasha says, WTF? Greg says they’re like rich pirates. Gary wakes Jean-Luc up to grill him about something he didn’t clean on the bow. In Jean-Luc’s interview, he says he doesn’t appreciate Gary waking him up. F*** off. Drinks are served, and they see dolphins, or whales, or something off the side of the boat, causing Nikki to squeal with delight.
They drop anchor in Nivka, and he deck crew puts out the toys. Nikki tells Jean-Luc that she told he oldest daughter, she’s found her future husband. She said she’d get the scoop on him, and asks if he’s married. He says he’s as single as can be. Gary chats with Daisy in the crew mess, but the boom man must have gone to the bathroom, because I can barely hear them. Guests Greg and Alex go paddle-boarding, and disappear. Jean-Luc – who was supposed to be keeping an eye on them – looks around, and Glenn looks out on the water with binoculars. Jean-Luc finally goes out on the tender, and says, this is worrisome.
Since it’s an all new crew, and the first show of the second season, we’re all still adjusting, and it was a lot of getting-to-know-you stuff. I remember thinking this show wasn’t that great when it started its first season, and was kind of bored, but then it got better as time went on. Hopefully, ditto for this one.
This season, Glenn wants the crew to take it up a notch, Natasha doesn’t want Daisy’s constructive criticism, fireworks, the crew parties, Alli gets pissed off at Gary, Glenn curses his life, tears, drinking, dancing, and jumping off the boat.
I just don’t get it. How can it feel like it’s been a long week, when we’re only up to Tuesday? No matter how long it’s been for you, stay safe, stay gallant, and stay not getting drunk in your Speedo, then playing the harmonica. You’ll just annoy your friends.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
The Walking Dead
Lydia narrates some flashbacks, and brings us up to date. We see the fall of Beta. Lydia says they won, and now they’re on the verge of something else; a bigger world full of endless possibilities and uncertainty.
Maggie hurls a knife into a zombie’s head, pinning it to a tree. Judith walks with her, and Maggie asks what Judith told RJ. Judith said she told him that their mom is looking at same stars under the same sky as they are. She said the same to Herschel. It’s true. Lydia helps get a wagon ready to go out, and Negan tells them, be safe. Maggie looks at him, and he says, hey. He didn’t escape if that’s what she’s thinking. Maggie doesn’t respond, and walks past him. He says, well, sh*t. The credits now give us a short history of the story in silhouette.
Carol and Daryl confer, and Maggie joins them. She introduces her people Elijah and Cole, thinking they can stay at Hilltop. Carol seems hesitant, and Maggie asks what it is. Carol leads them to piles of dead bodies outside the walls of Maggie’s old home. She says, Negan was with the Whisperers that night. She wanted Maggie to hear it from her that he’s in Alexandria. Maggie makes a face, and says, they let him out? Carol says, Alpha needed to die. Negan was their best chance. They were going to lose everything, and Negan was the reason they didn’t. Cole asks, what now? They go to Alexandria, where Maggie will live next to the guy who torched the place and killed her husband? Daryl says, they’re still figuring things out, and Maggie says they need to get to Hershel and the others. Daryl tells Carol that she didn’t have to, but Carol says she did. She owed Maggie that much. Maggie will never come around on him, but it’s good to see her though. Daryl grunts out a few monosyllables.
Kelly finds Daryl, and says she wants to come with him. She can be his lookout. He says, come on.
They walk through the woods, led by Maggie. Daryl shows Kelly a piece of material stuck to a branch. Maggie walks faster, but Cole says, they’re 10 miles east. They might not get there before dark. Maggie insists they keep going, but he says they have a half hour if they’re lucky. They shouldn’t be out there. They come to a lot full of storage containers, and see a bunch of zombies behind a metal fence, Maggie says, okay, and Kelly says, okay, what? Daryl thinks they should find higher ground in the forest, but Maggie says they’ll sleep better in a shelter. Daryl agrees, and Kelly says, so all they have to do is clear a parking lot of sickos and break into a container. Cole says, no sweat. They open the gate, slicing, dicing, and using a slingshot on the zombies. Cole does a nice double stab to the eyes, and slash upward through the head. (Talking Dead later saluting this one as The Eyes Have It walker.) Maggie opens a container, but a load of zombies are inside, and start to push their way out. She tries to shove the door shut, and cuts open her arm. She calls for help, and Daryl pushes alongside her. These are some tough zombies. Elijah joins them, and puts enough pressure on the door to nicely squash the head of the zombie still preventing closure. Very impressive. Cole tells Kelly, maybe a little sweat.
Daryl finds Maggie in one of the containers and tells her, it’s all clear. He’s glad Maggie is there. She says she was close to the drop for a long time, but when she was, she just didn’t stop. He sits next to her, and asks, what happened out there? She says, Georgie had all these good ideas about doing for others, and it felt good. They found groups, and did what they could, but it always went sideways. He asks if Georgie is still out there, but she doesn’t know. They were in a place near Knoxville a couple summers ago, and found a group. They taught the group how to find water and forage. Georgie and the twins went to check out another place, but she stayed behind with Herschel. The place fell, and they ran. She hasn’t seen Georgie since. He asks, what happened to the village? and Maggie says, not now. It does her good to say some of it out loud. She just can’t say all of it right now. Maybe she should have gone back after Knoxville. He asks why she didn’t, and she says she took a detour. Her Nana had a place by the ocean. After Beth died, she and Glenn had talked about going there for a little while, but they never did. Herschel loved it. Waves twice his size would knock him down, and he’d get right back up, laughing. They got up at sunrise, and watched the water crashing against rocks; it was so peaceful. There were hardly any walkers. They stayed up late one night, and she told him stories about his family, and his grandaddy. He asked how his daddy died – she knew it was coming eventually – and she told him a bad man killed his daddy. He wanted to know if the man got what he deserved, and was he dead. The truth is, she left because couldn’t have Negan taking up any more space in her head, and she realized she didn’t want to bring Hershel back to that. The next morning they met a community of people who needed her and Herschel as much as they needed the community. It felt like it was meant to be. That’s over too. Daryl says, come on home; Carol did. Maggie says, it’s what she had to do. God knows what she would have done if she’d been there. He leaves, and Maggie sighs.
They emerge in the morning, and Maggie says, it’s time to go. Kelly sees a truck farther out in the woods, and bangs on it. She knocks on the cab window, and opens the door. It’s empty. She looks up and sees a blanket hanging from the top of the container, and starts to reach up for it. Someone grabs her ankle, and she sees it’s Elijah. Maggie says Kelly left her post, and tells her that she can’t run off by herself like that. Daryl tells Maggie that Kelly’s sister is missing. Elijah jumps onto the truck, pulls down the blanket, and tosses down some other stuff. Kelly picks up a notebook, and looks through it. Maggie says, Elijah just lost his too, and tells Kelly, they have to go. Kelly says she just had to check.
Maggie asks Daryl if Kelly’s sister is still out there, and he says he hopes so. They can only look so many times. She says, they’re almost there. She can’t wait for him to meet Herschel. They see smoke, and Maggie says, no! and takes off running. They run behind her, and Cole says, sh*t. It’s them.
Maggie runs into a smoldering building, and calls for Herschel. Elijah runs in, and he and Maggie walk through the house to the back, where Cole, Kelly, and Daryl are standing by a dead body. Cole says, they were followed. They were so damn careful. He doesn’t know how, but it’s them; they’re out there. Maggie says they don’t know that. Cole says, they have two dead, but where’s everyone else, and why haven’t they come back? It’s the Reapers, and Kelly asks, what’s that? Maggie says the Reapers attacked their home, and Cole says, they wipe out anything in their way… Maggie says, enough. They need to get their heads on straight. They need to find their people; find her son. Daryl looks through the rubble, and sees tracks. He says, they scattered. They were running, headed north. They’ll find them; all of them. He asks Maggie if there were more kids in the group, but she says, that’s it. She tells the others, come on. Be quiet and alert. If they run into anything besides their people, kill it.
Daryl kills a random zombie, and they keep walking. Daryl says, the trail splits, and Maggie asks about Herschel, but Daryl says he lost him. Someone could have picked them up. If they split up the group… Cole says, no way, but Maggie says, splitting up is the best way to find them. Cole says, what if something else finds them? and she says, stay alive. Keep heading north, and she and Daryl will catch up. She and Daryl go in another direction. Cole, Elijah, and Kelly keep walking. Elijah stops for a moment, and looks around like he smells something, and continues on with them.
They duck down in a ditch, and Kelly says, something’s out there. They’ve got to move. Elijah stays where he is, and Kelly asks if he’s okay. She crouches down next to him, and says, can he… He lifts his mask, revealing a the face of a young man about her age, and she puts her hand on his shoulder. She says, it’s a lot, but you’re not alone. You and me, okay? Maggie is counting on them. Cole hears something, and Kelly tells Elijah, come on.
Daryl seems to be following a trail as he and Maggie go through the woods. We see someone with a spear crouched down, but Daryl grabs them from behind. Maggie tells him, stand down; she’s one of theirs. (Her name is Ainsley, which I also find out later from Talking Dead, and she’s with Maya and Gus.) Daryl says, sorry, and Maggie asks, what happened? Ainsley says, everything was fine, then the whole place was set on fire. Daryl asks if they saw who did it, but she says, no. They just ran. She tells Maggie a few people didn’t make it out. There was something in the woods that took one out, but they couldn’t get a clear look. Gus says, it’s the goddam Reapers. The Reapers are hunting them one by one. Maggie asks where Herschel is, and Ainsley says, he’s out there somewhere, but they’re the first people they’ve seen. Suddenly, a dart hits Gus in the throat.
They move, darts flying at them. Maggie and Daryl crouch behind some trees, then keep moving. It’s quiet, and they move forward silently. We hear a shot, followed by a scream, and Maya falls in a clearing, clutching her stomach. Maggie and Daryl run toward her, but Daryl says, it’s a trap. They’re trying to flush them out; pick them off one by one. Ainsley runs to Maya, and Maggie says, oh sh*t, calling out Ainsley’s name, but it’s too late. Ainsley falls, but before she dies, points toward them. Maggie says she thinks Ainsley saw Herschel, and that’s what she was trying to say. Daryl says they’ve got to get to Herschel first. Someone shoots at them, and Daryl says, there’s only one shooter. Maggie says, they’ve used three shots. When is it time to reload? She says she’ll go around behind, and tells Daryl to keep their attention. She slips around, and moves toward the shooter, her bow at the ready. She sees the gun sitting on a stand, and looks around.
Daryl goes the other way, and we see an eye watching through the bushes. Maggie hears something, and turns around. A huge dude in tree camouflage appears, and she tries to fight with him, stabbing him. He steps back, and takes out the knife. Maggie steps back as well, and right into a noose that tightens around her ankle. She’s pulled several yards, and he follows, but gets an arrow in his side for his trouble. Daryl flies at him, but arrow or not, this dude tosses him aside like he’s a tissue.
It’s blurry, and we see tree guy remove his camo. He takes a knife out of a tree, while Maggie struggles with the rope. She gets herself loose, and Daryl crawls forward, picking up a weapon on the way. Maggie is on her feet, and says, come on. Tree guy gets an arrow in the chest, and Kelly, Elijah, and Cole surround him. Maggie asks who he is. He’s one of them, right? He attacked their home, and killed her friends and family. Why? They did nothing to them. Who is he? What does he call himself? Tree guy remains silent, and she says, they know it’s just him. Answer or die; his choice. He sees he’s surrounded, and drops his knife. Maggie asks why he did it, and he smiles. He says something that sounds to me like bo-bo chick, but I find out from Talking Dead (tonight’s font of information) that it’s, Pope marked you. He reaches in his jacket, and bringing his hand out holding the pin of a grenade. Maggie yells, get down! and tree guy explodes.
The dust clears, and they move on. Maggie whistles, and hears a whistle back. She looks up to see a cute little Glenn mini me, wearing a baseball cap, and sitting in a tree. He says, hey mom.
Cole sleeps, and Elijah gives Kelly something to eat. They fist bump. Kelly chows down like she hasn’t eaten in a while. Maggie thanks her for helping Elijah. He’s been through a lot. Kelly says, it’s okay. They all have. Maggie asks who’s older, Kelly or her sister? and Kelly says, Connie is. She came as a surprise for their parents. By that point, their parents were too tired, so Connie kept an eye on her. Even when she had her own life, she shared it with Kelly, and tried to take care of her. She says, Maggie had a sister too. Is she the oldest? Maggie asks how she knew, and Kelly says, you can just tell sometimes. It seems like Maggie has been in charge her whole life. She protects them, so she must have protected her sister. Maggie says she hopes to get to meet Kelly’s sister someday, and Kelly says she will. Daryl looks in, and asks if they’re all right. Maggie nods, and says, yeah, and Kelly leaves. Daryl tells Maggie, it’s real quiet out there, and she says, for now. He says, that guy knew he was a dead man. He was just messing with her. They’ll stay a couple more days, sweep the grounds, and make sure. They’ll take the long way back, cover their tracks, and make sure nothing follows them. He asks if this means she’s coming home, and she says, her people deserve it, and so does Herschel. She’ll deal with Negan if she has to, but right now, all that matters is Alexandria.
They get to Alexandria, and see everyone building the city back up. Daryl asks Carol, what happened? and she says the Whisperers left a parting gift. Cole says, home sweet home? and Maggie says, yeah, it is. She takes Herschel’s hand, and walks in. Negan watches as she walks past him, and he goes inside. Maggie walks through the town with Herschel.
Next time, Carol says it feels like everything is not on their side anymore. She and Daryl both know this world is going to catch up with them. Daryl finds an occupied cabin in the woods, and lots of zombies are killed. You’d think we’d be running out of them by now.
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I don’t even know what to say in a year when Borat wins over Hamilton. People have no taste? It fits with our pandemic times?
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