What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Oliva sees Ned, and says, hello… you. Welcome. Brook seconds that welcome, and says it’s good to see him. Ned says, Chase persuaded him that it would be a good idea to pay a visit, and Brook says, Chase made this happen? She thanks him, and Chase says he was just trying to help out. Cody steps up with his hand out, and says, they haven’t met yet. He’s Cody. He works with the horses in the stables. Ned says, it’s nice to meet him. Of course (🍷) this estate would have horse stables. Olivia says, this is his home, but Ned says, no. Living in a mansion like this is definitely not his style. Brook asks if this is just a drive-by and he’s not staying, and Ned says, no, he’s not. Olivia says, if that’s the case, then just turn around and leave right now.

Tracy asks what Gregory wants, and he says he’d like to have a few words with her about how she meddled in Chase’s life. She says she has less than zero interest in a lecture from him, and he says, then it’s a damn good thing he’s no longer teaching. She asks if he retired, and he says, something like that. He’s now on the editorial board of The Invader. She says she sees. Now he can tell even more people what to think. Save his breath. She’s not apologizing for helping her granddaughter. He asks her to please stop talking for five seconds, so he can say thank you.

Sam opens the door to Alexis, who asks if Kristina is here. Sam says, hello to her too. No, Kristina’s not here. Why? Does she want to find Kristina? Alexis says she wants to find her all right. She’s just not sure what she’d do if she did. That’s why she came here. She needs Sam to help her resist temptation. Help.

Dante asks Anna, what’s their next move? He wants her to be as safe as possible while they lure out whoever’s trying to kill her. Anna says she’s arranged for townhouse security to make a significant upgrade. Not that she thinks it’s likely someone’s going to attack her in her home, because it’s so specific to her. Whereas if someone is trying to assassinate her at a public pool, that leaves a lot of questions like, was she the target? Was it Sonny? Was it someone else? If they try to kill her in her own home, she was obviously 100% the target. He says, right, but he likes the idea of heightened security here, because you can never be too careful. She says she completely disagrees. The point is for them to make the enemy believe they can get to her, so that’s what she intends to do. The doorbell rings, and she answers. It’s Mac, who asks if she’s heard from Felicia.

Felicia looks in the file, and says, jackpot. A security guard says, freeze. Put her hands where he can see them. She turns around to see the guard with his gun on her, along with Jack and Lucy, who’s wearing handcuffs. She waves to Felicia. Jack says he’ll take his file back, and removes it from Felicia’s hands. Lucy says she’s so very sorry, but there’s no need for handcuffs. She thinks they can work this out together. Jack looks at the file and says, the Maquillage. Felicia says, Lucy couldn’t find a way to keep him occupied for five whole minutes? and Lucy says, they drank a whole bottle of wine. She was stalling. What was Felicia doing? Lying down and taking a nap? Jack wants to know what they’re both doing here in his office trying to steal his confidential client file, and Felicia says she wasn’t trying to steal it; she was just trying to read it. Jack asks if the guard has another pair of handcuffs. He wants Felicia arrested for breaking and entering, and Lucy committed straight up fraud.

Sam tells Alexis, Kristina wanted to be a surrogate for Molly and TJ’s baby. Talk about bad timing. Alexis says, unfortunately, Molly didn’t stick around long enough for Kristina to tell her that she thought it was bad timing. Sam asks if she explained that to Molly, but Alexis says, it wasn’t a good time. Molly and TJ had been up all night because Curtis was in surgery. Sam says, at least they know he’s out of surgery safely, and Alexis says, right, so she’s just going to sit here next to Sam and let Molly and Kristina work this out on their own. Sam looks at her phone and says, she has no text messages from either of them. Molly’s text messages have been silenced. Alexis says, because she doesn’t want to hear from anybody. This isn’t exactly staying out of it. Sam says, Alexis is staying out of it. She’s low-key offering support here. She texts Kristina: R u ok? She says, Kristina is replying.

Walking into the living room, Ned says he didn’t want to come here in the first place. Chase talked him into it. So if he’s not welcome here, he doesn’t see any reason why he should stay. Brook says, they do want him here, but Olivia says, not if he’s just going to turn around and walk out again. He can’t keep dropping in and out of Leo’s life; it’s too confusing. Chase says, Brook texted him, and said Leo got hurt riding Comet. That’s why he and Eddie are here. Ned says, that’s right. How’s the kid doing? Olivia says, his leg will heal just fine, but he’s confused, and Eddie just showing up like this is going to make things worse. Ned says, then they agree, he should leave. He only came because Chase convinced him that he might be able to help this kid understand the situation better. Olivia says she doesn’t see how that’s possible when she doesn’t even understand it herself, and Cody asks if he can have a word with her for a minute. They step outside, and Brook asks Ned to stay and talk to her; just for a few minutes, she swears. He says, sure, he can do that, and she says she’s really glad Chase convinced him to stop by. She knows Olivia is really glad too. She just needs a few minutes to figure that out. She pours a drink, and Ned says he’s not so sure about that, but she seems charming enough, so he won’t go just yet. She hands him the drink and thanks him, and he says, unless that woman, Tracy, who says she’s his mother, comes around. Then forget it. She is really, really intense, so if she comes around, he’s out of here. Brook asks where she is, and Ned says, she’s probably harassing some other person in Rice Plaza.

Tracy says, Gregory wants to thank her for meddling in his son’s life? and he says, yes. He’s grateful for what she did, regardless of her motives. Chase would never be happy if he didn’t get his badge back. Being a detective is Chase’s calling, so he’s glad she did whatever she did to convince the CCRB to give him a second hearing. He’s confident Chase got his badge back on his own merits, but without Tracy’s help, he may not have had that chance. She says, but Chase is upset that she interfered, and he says, because Chase believes in following the rules; he’s always been like that. She says, if he’s such a rule follower, what is he doing with Brook? Their family motto is basically, we’re Quartermaines and rules don’t apply. He says, that may be the case, but he thinks Chase has finally found the woman he’s willing to bend the rules for.

Mac asks what Dante is doing at Anna’s, and Dante says he just stopped by to ask Anna a few more questions about the shooting at the pool. Anna says she hasn’t seen Felicia. Is something wrong? Mac says, she’s on a case, and Anna says she didn’t know Felicia was a P.I. again. Mac says, it caught him by surprise too. She didn’t tell him who her client was, but it has something to do with Martin Grey. Anna says, and Lucy’s out of town too. She guesses that means something. Dante says he’s guessing, nothing good.

Felicia says she thinks if they just stop and take a deep breath, they can find a way to deal with this, and Lucy says she barely knows this woman. Jack says, she told him that Felicia was her sister, and Lucy tells him, what can she say? They’re just not that close. Jack says, Lucy wanted to drag dinner out so blondie here could crack his safe. And when he got suspicious and wanted to leave, she assaulted him. She says she did no such thing, and he says, she tried to push him down a flight of stairs. She says she wouldn’t do that; you, sir, you tripped. He tells the guard, then she stole his car keys from the valet, and she says, because he had a lot more to drink than she did. She was trying to save him from a DUI. He says, they both had wine to drink. Who’s she kidding? She says, he had a lot more than she did, and if the guard doesn’t believe her, give him one of those things… Jack says, breathalyzer. Why is he attracted to these fiery women? He tells the guard, if you please, and the guard puts handcuffs on Felicia.

In the hallway, Jack suggests the guard call for back-up. These two are either going to divide and conquer, or… In the office, Felicia asks how Jack got on to Lucy, and Lucy says, that is not important right at this moment. What’s important is for them to get out of here. She tells the guard, hey, Mr. Policeman Guy. This is the wife of the Police Commissioner of Port Charles. Felicia says, no, but Lucy says, yes, so he can kind of take it easy on them as perhaps a professional courtesy. Felicia tells her not to drag Mac into this, and Jack tells Lucy not to be mad at Ray. He’s just doing his job. Lucy asks if they don’t get one phone call each, and Ray says, they do. Lucy tells Felicia that she knows exactly who they’re going to call.

Alexis asks, what’s TL mean? and Sam says, it’s code for talk later. Alexis says she misses actual words, and Sam says, her too. Does she really think Molly’s that upset that Kristina offered to be their surrogate? Alexis says she thinks Molly is just plain upset. She doesn’t know how much of it is about Kristina, and how much of it is about the fact she has fertility issues. Sam says she was afraid Kristina’s offer would cause friction, and Alexis says, at least everything is out in the open now. She’s going to do everything she can to make sure they work this out. Dante comes in, and says, sorry if he’s interrupting anything. Alexis says, not at all. It’s a nice night. She’s going for a walk. Sam thanks her for coming by, and Alexis says, TL, and leaves. Dante asks how Sam’s day was, and she says, very busy. He says, interesting case? and she says, about that. She thinks it’s time she filled him in on what she’s been doing.

Anna gives Mac a drink and asks where Felicia went. He says he doesn’t know. All he knows is, she took a short flight. She asks, when was the last time he heard from her, and he says, she texted to say she arrived safely early this morning, but nothing since then. Anna says, that’s not long, but he says he can’t shake the feeling she’s in trouble if she’s with Lucy. Anna says she knows, when her phone rings. She shows Mac, and he says, thank God. Anna tells Felicia that she’s here with Mac. They were just talking about her. Felicia says, she’s with Mac? and Anna says she’s going to put Felicia on speaker. Mac says he was starting to worry about her, and Felicia says, surprise. He asks if something’s wrong, but she says, there’s nothing wrong. She just remembered she’s supposed to have drinks with Anna tonight. Lucy says, tell her, and Anna says she’s sorry. She doesn’t remember them having plans. Felicia says she must have gotten her days mixed up. Sorry to bother her. Lucy grabs the phone and says, it’s her. Could Anna please call her friend Jackson Montgomery and tell him not to arrest them? Anna says, who’s going to arrest them? and Mac says he knew it.

Cody says he thought Olivia wanted Ned here, and she says, yes. She wanted Ned here, not Eddie. Leo cannot deal with his father not even knowing who he is. Cody says, nobody wants to see Leo getting more upset, but maybe instead of kicking Eddie out, take this opportunity to talk to him. Make plans to see each other outside of the main Q house. Clearly Eddie showed up today because he cares about Leo’s injury. He may not know he’s Leo’s dad, but it’s still a good sign, right? She says, maybe. She doesn’t know. She wanted Ned here because she thought that maybe being around things that were familiar, it would jog a memory or something. She still thinks it’s a good plan, but she has to put Leo first. Brook is a grown woman, and it still hurts her that her father doesn’t seem to know who she is. Leo is just a little kid. If they can’t handle this, how the hell can he? Cody says, maybe Eddie can take his room above the stables. That way, he’s still on the grounds, but it will be easier to keep him and Leo separate. She asks if Cody would take a guest room in the house, and Eddie would stay in his room, and Cody says, sure. Or he’ll just bunk with Dante and Sam. They’ll figure something out. She tells him that he’s a good man, and hugs him.

Brook says, that’s kind of funny. Ned was challenged by another busker? Ned says he would have won too. People want to hear classic rock. They don’t want to hear grunge. But Tracy stormed in before they could have a sing-off. Leo runs in, and says, dad’s home.

Dante wonders why he gets the feeling Sam’s going to tell him something he’s not going to like, and she says, because he’s probably not. She knows Cody was his camp buddy, and they had a really strong bond. She was pretty worried about him after he got arrested for supposedly stealing Gladys’s bracelet at the Nurses Ball. Dante says he was worried about him too, but the charges were dropped, so he’s in the clear. She says she’s not so sure about that. Before the charges were dropped, she and Spinelli tried to prove Gladys wasn’t a victim. According to Cody, she tried to set him up for another crime. He asks if she and Spinelli were the ones who found the waiter who got Cody exonerated, but she says, no, but she’s pretty sure she knows who did it, and it’s shady times a thousand. He says, who? and she flips over a photo of Cody and Selina talking, and says, Selina Wu.

Anna says, Jackson Montgomery. She never thought she’d hear his voice again. He says, him neither, but it’s a very pleasant surprise. He did tell Lucy that he knew her, but in no way suggested they had a personal or professional relationship. Anna says, there you have it. Lucy doesn’t really pay attention to the finer details. She’s more of a big picture girl. He says, so he found out, but what’s going on with her? He knows she runs a successful cosmetics company, so what is she doing running a scam on him? And is Felicia Scorpio really the wife of the Police Commissioner? Anna says, that last part is true, and she does work as a P.I. He says, that explains that; what’s Lucy’s excuse? Anna asks if he minds telling her the middle part again, and he says, Lucy came in, claiming she was recently widowed, and Felicia was her sister. Talking to Lucy, Mac says, she said they were sisters? and Lucy says, yeah. Felicia said they were sisters, and even said their last name was Martin. Then hummingbird cake got mentioned, and it sort of blew her cover. The restaurant they went to happened to serve hummingbird cake – which is really odd, because most restaurants don’t – and Jack said he didn’t like hummingbird cake, which made her really mad – Mac’s face looks blank as he tries to follow – because it’s Martin’s favorite food. She said he would like hummingbird cake if he ever had the proper recipe, but apparently, he’d had hummingbird cake because he knew Martin’s family’s recipe.

Jack tells Anna, believe it or not, one of his most contentious divorce cases involved a recipe for hummingbird cake. The wife was his client. She was threatening to divulge the recipe to Little Debbie’s for mass production. Anna says she bets the husband in that case was Martin Grey, and he didn’t like that idea. Jack says, he’ll put it to her this way, the husband hated it so much, he knew he could get his client sole custody of the couple’s beach house in Miami if he could just get the wife to sign an NDA, and never divulge the recipe.

Lucy tells Mac, Martin’s mother guards that hummingbird cake recipe like it was gold in Fort Knox, and he says, let him guess. Once Jack connected Lucy to Martin, it was all over. Lucy and Felicia nod like Mac can see them.

Gregory says he’s sorry Tracy couldn’t get through to her son earlier, and she says, wow. He does always eavesdrop on private conversations. He says he couldn’t help but hear it. they were both speaking very loudly. She says, not loud enough to get through to her son, and he says, she certainly did all she could. She says, and she should do what? Just give up? Gee, her son doesn’t remember his family. Maybe he will someday. What’s for dinner? He says, she really makes conversations hard because that’s not at all what he meant. She says, Quartermaines don’t give up. He might stand there idly by and watch his son face plant again and again like he’s some Larry, Curly, or Moe, but she’s not like him. If he wants to abandon his son, go right ahead. She’s not going to abandon hers. Gregory says, and as usual, she doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about.

Ned asks how Leo’s leg is, and Leo says, it hurts, but only when he runs. Olivia tells him that she never thought she’d say this, but then stop running. Why doesn’t he go up to his bedroom? Leo asks Ned, which is cooler, an octopus or a squid? and Ned tells Leo that he guesses he’d say an octopus, but Leo says, that’s not right. His dad would know the answer. He’s really not Leo’s dad, is he? Ned says, no, he’s not, and Leo says, then who is he?

Dante wonders why Cody is with Selina, and Sam says she doesn’t know, but does he know the PCPD has been running surveillance at The Savoy? He says he knows; how does she know? She says she ran into Mac earlier, and Mac knows about Selina’s illegal high stakes poker game in the back room. He says, that explains it then. If there’s a poker game, Cody’s going to sniff it out. That’s what happened to him last June when he got beat up. He was going to take the bus out of town, and missed his bus because of a poker game. She asks if he thinks it was Selina’s, and he says, Cody didn’t tell him whose it was, but could very well have been Selina’s game. She says she told him this was shady. She thinks it’s highly likely it was Selina’s guys who beat up Cody when he first came to town. So it’s troubling to think Cody is more connected to her now. Dante wonders what Cody is up to now.

Anna says she apologizes for her friends, and she’s sorry Jack got caught up in the middle of this. But at the end of the day, was there any real harm done? He asks if she didn’t hear him say that Felicia was going through his confidential client files, and Anna says, let her throw that name out there again – Martin Grey. She wasn’t going through any other files, was she? He says, not that he can tell, but who the hell knows what she saw? and Anna says she can vouch for her friend. If she was there with Lucy, she was only looking at Martin’s files. He says he’s going to need a little bit more. What’s the interest in Martin Grey? She says, Lucy’s dating him. Anna looks on this as a lover’s quarrel. He can see for himself that they’re not criminal masterminds. Could he see his way to dropping the charges? She would be forever in his debt, without a doubt. He looks in at Lucy and Felicia.

Lucy tells Mac, Jack knows the officer who’s arresting them, and convinced him to check with his office before taking them to be booked. Mac says, okay, but why did she take his car keys? and she says she didn’t mean to. It was sort of a panic moment. Is that what he wants to hear? She panicked. She didn’t mean to steal the car. She was doing it as – she raises her voiced – a public service thing. He tells Felicia to take him off speaker and she does. Felicia says she’s sorry. She really didn’t want to involve him in this. He says, and that’s why she called Anna instead of him, and she says she didn’t want him to worry. How angry is he? He says he just wants her home safe, when Jack comes back, and she says she guesses that depends on how well Anna negotiated on their behalf. She just hopes Anna’s convincing.

Olivia tells Leo, it’s past his bedtime, and Leo says, Ned looks like his dad, but he doesn’t know about squids so who is he? Ned says he’s Eddie Maine. He’s a musician. Leo asks Chase, is that true? and Chase says, yes, at least for the time being. Ned says he’s sorry that’s confusing for Leo, and Leo says, people always confuse him, but his dad knows squids are the coolest. Eddie got it wrong. Ned laughs and says, Leo’s right. He doesn’t know the first thing about squids or octopuses. Leo says, octopi, and Ned says, right, octopi. He does know that octopi have eight legs. How many legs do squids have? Leo says, they don’t have legs. They have ten limbs, eight arms, and two tentacles. Brook and Chase leave, and Leo says, the biggest squid is 60 feet, and the biggest octopus is only about 30 feet. Ned says, wow. He always thought octopi were bigger, and Cody tells Olivia, Leo’s got this.

Outside, Brook says she was so happy when Chase walked through that door. Does that mean he’s still talking to her? He says, does she mean after he figured out that Tracy was pulling strings with the CCRB? and she says, yeah. He says, his kiss goodbye didn’t convince her? and she says she was so happy when he kissed her, but she was worried that after he left and thought about it, he would be. He says, nope. He’s not doing that anymore. She says, doing what? and he takes her hands and says he knows he’s a by-the-book guy. That sounds good on paper, but in real life, he needs to be more accepting that life is complicated and it’s messy, and that is okay. She says, he knows her. He’s by-the-book and she’s a leap before you look person. Look what she did with Valentin. She pretended to be pregnant with his baby; that was crazy. He says, no. What she did was gutsy, and it was brave, and it was pretty magnificent. A plan that complicated and messy wouldn’t have occurred to him in a million years. That’s why he thinks their differences make them such a good team. That’s what he’s trying to say. He doesn’t want her to feel like he’s constantly judging her. Because he loves her… exactly the way that she is. She says she loves him too, calling him Mr. By-the-Book, and they kiss.

Gregory says, Tracy has no right to judge him. She doesn’t even know him. She says, isn’t it infuriating when someone just inserts themselves into your private conversations and just starts doling out advice? He says he wasn’t doling out advice; he was offering understanding. He saw how her son’s rejection hurt her. She says, he saw no such thing. Do not project his disappointment about his sons on her. And who is he to give her parenting advice? She knows full well that Finn didn’t speak to him for decades. He says he doesn’t know why he bothered. He’s going to leave her to the one person who can tolerate her poisonous tongue – her. He drops his car keys, then gropes for them on the ground, and she says, so much for his self-righteous exit. Not as effective when you have to fumble around for your keys. Suddenly, Alexis is there, and says, she’s got them, scooping them up and putting them in his hand.

Chase says he’s been wanting to do that all night, and Brook says she’s so glad. At the risk of ruining the mood, she’s ready to tell him everything that she’s been up to with her grandmother. She doesn’t want to keep anything from him. He says he’s going to stop her right there. He thinks it’s better if she doesn’t tell him everything. He’s going to trust that she’ll tell him everything he needs to know, just like he’ll trust she’ll come to him if she’s in trouble. She says, deal, and thanks him for bringing her dad home. He says he was worried if it was the right thing to do. Does Leo seem okay? She says, yeah. So how about his grandmother? Chase says, she took the bulldozer approach, and Brook says, she always does.

Alexis goes over to Tracy, who asks, what’s going on? Alexis says she’s just helping out a friend. No one should have to face Tracy alone in this state. Tracy says, what state? and Alexis asks if Gregory is ready to get out of here. He says, definitely, and Alexis takes his arm. They stroll out of the plaza, and Tracy says, what nerve.

Dante says he’s kind of surprised Mac is sharing police business with a civilian, and Sam says she thinks he did it because he’s worried about Cody. Does he know how long they’ve been running surveillance at The Savoy? He says, it’s got to be three, four months, and she asks if he doesn’t think that’s a long time. He says he does. Normally, you’ve got to have results in three, four weeks to keep something like that going. She says she thinks Mac doesn’t want Cody to get arrested before he takes down Selina’s illegal poker game, and he says, so Mac’s trying to protect Cody? She says, as much as he can. Mac says he loved Dominique and Cody is Dominique’s son, but she thinks there’s more to it. She thinks Mac was disappointed when the paternity test came back, and it revealed Mac wasn’t Cody’s dad.

Sitting next to Ned on the sofa and thumbing through his book, Leo asks if he knows that the brown-nosed three-toed sloth naps up to 16 hours a day. And it’s arms are twice as long as its legs. Ned says he did not know that. Leo sure knows a lot. Leo says he knows a lot about animals, and he loves them all (me too!), even though Cody likes horses best. Cody says, hey, he likes his horses, but he likes other animals too. Leo says, just not beetles, and Cody says, no beetles. Never. I wonder why, and Leo says his mom likes feeding him. Olivia laughs and says, that is true. Leo asks what Ned/Eddie likes, and Ned says he likes music. He picks up a guitar leaning against the wall, and Leo says, that’s his dad’s guitar. Ned asks if it would bother Leo if he plays it. He’ll give it right back. Leo says he’s still learning how to play it. Is Eddie any good? Ned plays a little, and Leo says, that’s really good. So he can play it, until his dad gets back. At least he thinks his dad is coming back.

Jack tells Ray to uncuff them. He won’t be pressing charges. He’s sorry for wasting Ray’s time. Ray uncuffs Lucy and Felicia, and Felicia thanks Jack. Lucy says, triple thank you from her, and he says he’s been around the block a couple of times. Love can make you do crazy things. He hands Felicia the stethoscope and says, I believe this is yours, doc. Felicia thanks him, and he says, it looks like he’ll have to get a better safe. Goodnight, ladies. He hustles them out the door, and closes it. In the hallway, Lucy hopes this wasn’t all for nothing. Did Felicia get something useful? Tell her. Felicia says she doesn’t know if this will help, but she did find out the shell corporation who’s responsible for depositing $50,000 every month in Martin’s account. Lucy asks, who is it?

Gregory suggests he and Alexis sit for a while, and they stop at a bench. He sits down, and she asks if he’s okay. He says he is, and thanks her. He just couldn’t get his fingers to work. She asks if he’s all right to drive home, and he says, it should ease up soon. He’ll just sit here until it’s gone. He’s fine. Really. She says, it’s a lovely night. Does he mind if she joins him? He says he’d like that, and she sits next to him and takes his hand. He smiles at her.

Ned finishes playing, and Olivia tells Leo, it’s time for bed. Leo asks if Ned is staying, but Ned says, no. He’s staying at Sonny’s house. Leo says he knows Uncle Sonny. He’s cool. Ned says, he is pretty cool, and Leo holds out his hand. He and Ned shake hands, and Leo says, goodnight, Eddie. Ned tells him, goodnight, and thanks Leo for teaching him all about animals. Olivia steers Leo to the stairs, and tells him to put on his PJs. She’ll be up in a minute. Olivia tells Ned that she doesn’t mean to push, but there’s an apartment over the horse stables if he wants to stay there; if he’s not comfortable in the main house. He says, that’s very nice of her, but he’s okay at Sonny’s house. She says, fair enough, and thanks him for being so kind to Leo. Ned says, of course (🍷). He’s a sweet kid. He doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He just wants to live his life. She says she just wants her husband back, and Chase jumps up, saying, Eddie. Why doesn’t he take him back to Sonny’s? Ned says, yeah, and leaves with Chase. Olivia cries, and Brook and Cody surround her with a hug.

Lucy asks, why would Martin’s horrible ex-wife number three be depositing 50K in his account every month? and Felicia says, why would any ex send monthly payments? Lucy says, ew. Martin’s getting alimony. Felicia nods.

On the phone, Jack says he just thinks they should know that Lucy Coe and her private investigator were here today asking questions about Martin, and Maquillage.

Sam tells Dante that she thinks Mac wants to give Cody a heads up. But since he can’t interfere in his own investigation, he tipped her off to his surveillance of Selina. Dante says, so he wants Sam to try and get Cody to stop playing in Selina’s poker games, and she says, so should she do what Mac can’t? Does she warn Cody before he gets arrested?

Tracy shuffles into the living room, and says, oh God. What happened now? Brook says, Eddie Maine paid them a visit. Chase is driving him back to Sonny’s now. Tracy says, Ned was here and they let him go? Cody says, that’s his cue to go, and tells Brook and Olivia, good luck. He jets, and Tracy says, they can’t just let him go, but Olivia says, he’s not a prisoner here. Tracy says, that’s because they have no imagination, and Olivia says she’s had enough for one night. She leaves with her glass of wine, and Brook tells Tracy that she’s going to make this really clear. She will no longer spy for Tracy. Tracy says, good. Then she’s going to tell Chase that Brook committed corporate espionage. Brook says, Tracy can’t do that without admitting her own guilt. If Tracy takes her down, she’ll take Tracy down with her. Face it. She has to find another way to get info on Deception. Brook leaves, and Tracy says, good thing she has one.

Tomorrow, Spencer tells Portia that Trina should run away from him as fast as she can; Sasha tells Gladys, no need to prepare when you have nothing to hide; Esme tells Alexis, do not publish that story; and Kristina tells Sonny that her foundation is being ripped out from under her.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht – The Reunion – Part 2

A viewer asks why Daisy thinks Gary couldn’t take the hint about Mads just having fun, and Daisy says, Mads was very direct. She thinks they all need to be aware of what they are saying and doing to other people. Andy asks why Alex didn’t make a move on Mads before Gary did, and Alex says, they have to live together. He wasn’t jumping on the first person who came along. By the time they realized they were into each other, it was late in the season. Andy asks, what was Gary’s reaction to Mads saying she regretted hooking up with him on Watch What Happens Live? and Gary says, it’s not the first time someone’s said that. I’ll bet not. Andy says, if Mads regretted it, why did she keep going back for more? and Mads tells him that she didn’t say she regretted it. She said if she could go back, she’d choose differently. Hindsight is 20/20. She suddenly loses her train of thought, and says, she’s sorry; she has ADHD. Andy asks again why she kept going back, and Mads says, at the time, she didn’t regret it, but she would rather not be in messy drama. She didn’t know that’s how it was going to be at the time. Gary goes the bathroom, and we wait. Daisy tells Andy, welcome to our world. When Gary gets back, Andy says, a viewer asked if Daisy was surprised at how needy Gary was of Mads’ attention after hooking up, and Daisy tells him, she literally said, what the hell? Another viewer asks how Mads could forgive Gary calling her pathetic and Mads says she can take it on the chin, but she didn’t like it. Gary explains that he was calling himself pathetic, and I actually buy it. Andy says, just about as cringy as anything he’s seen on Below Deck, Gary confronted Mads about letting him go down on her when she allegedly had her period. Yeah, I’m cringing again right now – hey, I just relay it. We flash back to that so we can all cringe. Chase slides out of the screen, and Alex says he needs a bathroom break. Gary apologizes and says, it was uncalled for. No one deserves that, and he’s sorry. It was probably one of his lowest points of the season. Mads accepts his apology, and Andy asks if she was over Gary at that point. She says she was. She was exhausted, done, and so ready to leave. It was the cherry on top. Andy asks for Daisy’s reaction, and she says she was horrified. She feels protective over the girls, and nobody should speak about another in that manner. Mads says, the only reason she did so well was because Lucy was there and automatically killed the tension. Andy asks why Alex felt the need to repeat Mads’ joke, and Alex says, it was just the first thing that came out when Gary said he’d gone down there. It wasn’t meant maliciously.

A viewer asks if Gary saw any similarities between Ashley’s actions toward him during whatever season, and his actions with Mads. Gary says, they were both 100% cringe. They were needy and it wasn’t nice to see himself in that light. Andy asks if Gary’s attitude hadn’t been one of just having fun and not looking for anything serious. Did he think he’d gotten a taste of his own medicine? Gary – who’s possibly never had an original thought – says he’s only human, makes mistakes and learns from them. Andy asks, after making out with Chase, did Mads think they could have a boatmance? but Mads says, even though she loves Chase, he’s too sweet and genuine. She’s not a good person sometimes, and it wouldn’t be a good match. She wouldn’t do that to him. Andy asks Daisy’s reaction, and Daisy says she thought Gary was going to try not to jump into bed with the stews this season. Mads told her about it, but Gary didn’t, which was weird. Gary says he didn’t want to tell her straight away because there had been something between him and Daisy in the past. A viewer asks if Daisy agrees she c*ck blocked Gary, or was it that he was a distraction to the stews? Daisy says she lets them do their own thing, but when you’re wearing a uniform, that’s a no. However, she’s earned a kiss in the engine room after her years in the industry. She did think Gary was distracting for her stews, and Gary says she should lead by example. Glenn says he can see both sides. Daisy’s role is to manage her department and she can police herself, but he can also see leading by example. Andy ask if Mads and Alex saw each other after filming, and she says, there have been instances. Alex says, they explored it to see if it was worth continuing, but they’re both busy. They’re geographically close, and they’ve stayed close as friends. They’ve been on trips together, and talk weekly. He’s happy about how it stands. Mads says, their friendship outshines everything, and Andy asks if it’s with benefits. Alex says he technically doesn’t have a girlfriend right now, but he’s hopeful about someone (not Mads).

Andy asks who would want to eat sushi off a naked Gary? I’m out, and only Alex and Mads raise their hands, Mads adding, if she was really drunk. Andy says, they learned that throuples don’t work. It was the first time Glenn had to step in and almost kick an unruly guest off the boat. We flash back to that, and Andy asks how Glenn knew he had to intervene. Glenn says he’s seen that kind of thing before, and wanted to make it clear what was at stake. Andy says, newly single Colin made a move on Daisy. But after learning the truth about her history with Gary, and being mistakenly called Gary in bed (oof!), did Colin regret stumbling into a love triangle? We flash back to all that, and Andy says, we have lots to unpack. A viewer says, on Watch What Happens Live, Daisy said Colin had the most to answer to. What happened? Daisy suggests Colin narrate the story, and Colin says, the first time he saw Daisy again after the season was at a boat show in the UK. They hung out, and also spent some time together in Mexico. He even flew to New York to see her, but it turned toxic, and he ended things. Andy asks why it was toxic, and Colin says, they triggered each other. Daisy says, he’s missing the point of why it turned badly. She found out that after Colin broke up with his girlfriend, he’d been sleeping with someone he was working with. So she retreated, put up walls, and became defensive. Colin made her feel guilty about the Gary thing, and he claimed there was nothing between them; there was no future. Then she found out from some crew members that after she and Colin broke up, he was in a serious relationship with the same woman. It was shocking and hurtful. Colin says, before filming season four, he and Daisy hooked up, and Daisy suggests they go back to season two. Alex makes raising the roof hands, and everyone looks shocked. Colin says, you can’t reason with this woman, and I want to smack him. He says, they hooked up before the season, and he rang Gary and told him. He asked how Gary felt about it, and Gary said he was stoked. Glenn said he was happy about it too. Daisy looks pissed off, and Andy takes out his pitchfork and asks if Daisy told Colin that she’d hooked up with Gary at that point. Colin says he found out halfway through the season, and Daisy again says, go back to season two. Colin was in a serious relationship and pulled her aside, saying, if he was single, she was definitely the person he’d hook up with. At the end of season three he pulled her aside and said he wanted to kiss her, but she walked away. Colin says he’s always had a crush on Daisy.

Andy asks why Daisy made out with Alex, and Daisy says she wasn’t trying to start a relationship. Colin having been in another relationship also made her take a step back, but she can kiss multiple people and not be ashamed. She and Colin had only kissed, and not slept together. When he told her that he’d been sleeping with someone else, she thought they were figuring stuff out. She kissed Alex in a Truth or Dare drunk moment; they weren’t exclusive. Colin says, it was deeper than that. He’d told girlfriend Brit about Daisy, and vice versa. Daisy says, he didn’t tell her until they were off the boat, and Colin says, she blocked him. Daisy says, that’s not what happened, and Colin says, let him finish. She has zero remorse, and turns it around. Andy asks if Daisy is gaslighting Colin, and she gets up and leaves the screen. Colin says he was just laying it all out there, and now it’s his fault. It makes no sense. Lucy says he needs to take Daisy’s feelings into account. She clearly liked him a lot. It’s not a nice situation, and it’s hard to lose a friendship as well. Daisy comes back, and Andy asks why she left, like he doesn’t know she cried in the bathroom. She says she’s f***ed either way. She’s never going to win. It will never matter what she says or does. If she sleeps with someone, she’s a slut. If she’s silent, she’s weak, but if she speaks up, she’s toxic. Chase says, they’re quite empathetic. He thinks Daisy’s been slighted by both Colin and Gary, but nobody thinks it’s malicious; just an unfortunate situation. Andy asks if Colin had real feelings for Daisy, and Colin says, 1000%. There was a genuine connection, and he did his best to try and be with her. He tried to make it work. He’s not badmouthing Daisy, but she was pushing him away, trying to figure out if it was real, and by the time she figured it out, they were arguing. Daisy says, Colin made her feel guilty about Gary. She even stopped talking to Gary and being friends with him. Colin says he thinks his insecurities were justified, and Daisy asks, why not do a show about Colin and his girlfriend? Colin says, watching the show, there were things he saw that were shocking and news to him, and Daisy says, like him flirting with Ileisha.  

Ileisha says, that’s the first time she’s heard that. She and Colin got on well, and got each other as friends. She had a boyfriend, and had no idea what was going on with Daisy and Colin. Daisy asks if anyone will back her up, but there are no takers, and Colin says, he and Ileisha definitely had chemistry and got on well, but he’s curious as to the point here. He wonders if it’s to detract from how Daisy treated him. Andy asks Ileisha if they were flirtatious, and Ileisha says, there was chemistry there, but she didn’t pursue it since she had a boyfriend. Daisy says she’s not allowed to have chemistry with anyone, and Andy asks who called her a slut. She says, everyone online, and Andy says, people online are a-holes and a bunch of trolls. Daisy says she doesn’t know what she’s supposed to do. She’s damned if she does, and damned if she doesn’t. She starts to cry, and Andy asks if Colin thinks Gary expressing interest in Daisy was genuine or ego driven. Colin says he thinks it was ego driven. It was shocking see Daisy and Gary making out. At that point, he thought he and Daisy were a true boat couple. Daisy says, Colin was 100% flirting with Ileisha, and Colin says, Daisy kept saying that she had no feelings for Gary, but watching it back, he didn’t feel that was the case. Andy asks Gary to put himself in Colin’s shoes, and asks if he can understand how rankled or questioning Colin might be. Daisy asks if Gary feels remorse or shame at how he behaved, and Gary says he has a huge defense mechanism because he’s scared of getting hurt. (Oh boo-freakin’-hoo.) Andy asks how it landed with Mads, and Mads says, it was shocking. Everyone was messy. Andy suggests Gary broke bro code. He was sending mixed messages, saying he didn’t have feelings for Daisy and he was fine with her and Colin being together. Lucy says, Gary supposedly liked Mads, and Mads says, there was lots of hypocrisy and they all played a part. Andy asks why Gary told Colin had that he had no interest in Daisy, but told Daisy that he had feelings for her. Who was he lying to? Gary says, probably himself in the end, and I wonder what movie he got that from. He says he has a jealous side that was coming out. Deep down, he felt something for Daisy, but he was still happy for Colin. He’s seeing now that it’s for the best it didn’t work out. Andy asks Daisy if she thought Gary had genuine feelings or was he like a child who wants a toy someone else is playing with? Daisy says she felt like a piece meat or a prize in an ego competition. She doesn’t think Gary has genuine feelings for her, but thinks they have a genuine connection. Being on the show creates a bond, and they’ve been through so much together. They make each other laugh and feel good, and she thinks Gary confused that. She did too. Ileisha says, that’s what happens when you live on top of each other in a yacht. Colin says, he gave it 100%, and they had incredible times and have great memories. He thinks they triggered each other and it turned toxic. Unfortunately for Daisy, he realized first, and was able to move on. He feels bad about it, since it’s never nice to feel rejected. Daisy tells him, calm down, and Colin says, she blocked him, then went on WWHL.

Andy asks if Daisy was in love with Colin, and Days says, she definitely had strong feelings, and was possibly falling in love, but she felt more betrayed that he didn’t tell her that he was with a girl. She thought they were friends, and broke up in friendship. Knowing that others knew for months before her was humiliating. Glenn raises his hand and confesses it was Chase. Andy asks what Glenn’s rection was, and Glenn says, very sad. He thinks Gary could have been less flirty with Daisy, but if he was in Colin’s shoes, he would have expected Daisy to push back harder. He thinks it’s their nature. He’s not condemning them. When he did see her push back, he was like, go Daisy, but it should have been more. He sees why Colin was upset, but he loves them all. Andy wonders where Daisy and Gary will go from here, and Daisy says, if they work together, they work together. They don’t have much of a relationship, but she’s always going to be his friend. He needs her. Andy asks where Gary and Colin are at, and Gary says, they chat now and then. Andy says, they don’t seem great, and Colin says, they’re friends. He doesn’t say anything about Gary that he hasn’t said to his face.

Andy suggests they close this out,. and Colin says, it’s fresh, and there’s a lot of emotion, but he thinks him and Gary will be okay. It’s open with Daisy, but he was taken aback when she was on WWHL. Gary says, Colin hit the nail on the head. He doesn’t see Colin traveling a rocky relationship. Daisy says, they didn’t think they’d be how they were, and Andy says he wants to give Daisy the last word. She apologizes for being emotional, and says she loves them both. This season taught her a lot about herself. She has regrets, but knows she has a good heart and her intentions are good. Onward and upward.

Andy says, Alex is on the new season of Winter House, and Alex says, imagine the Below Deck Sailing crew night out for three straight weeks. It’s pandemonium, just a different version. My emotions are mixed. While I’m happy he hit the descriptive nail on the head, I think, why? He seemed like a decent human. Andy says he’s trying to hook Chase up with Countess LuAnn, but he’s still waiting. I think The Countess will eat Chase alive. Andy asks Glenn for his rose and thorn, and Glenn says, his thorn was the engine being full of salt water. His rose was making it through the season. It was an amazing season and crew, and he’s glad they got to the end and survived. Andy thanks Glenn and the crew for a great season.

🗽 If They Can Make It Here…

I watched some of the new RHONY, and I want to believe it will be better, hipper, and more down to earth, but it’s doubtful. This being the first episode, a lot of it was just set-up, but the pettiness is shining through already. I have difficulty with names, and think everyone should wear a nametag, so an entirely new cast is a pita, but other than being younger, I’m not sure how much they’ll end up differing from the old cast. No doubt, social media will be one factor. Already it starts. One of the women blows off dinner with another, only to go to dinner elsewhere and post about it on Instagram. Pas de classe whatsoever.

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🪁 Breaking the Dreamhouse Ceiling…

Stop in tomorrow for soap and badmouthing the OC. Until then, stay safe, stay voicing your appreciation for public service workers, and stay never divulging your hummingbird cake recipe.