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Dec5

December 4, 2020 – Nikolas Says Ava Is Enough, Two Exits, Intimidated Intimidator, Holidays, a Lawsuit, Coming Out, Breaking Up, Walking Out, Engaged, a Baby, Fashion Fight, New Old Show, Steve’s House, More Than 10 Quotes & McKenzie Twelve

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Going along with how the rest of the week has been, I missed the beginning, so here are the takeaway points. Avery told Carly that her favorite necklace was missing, and Carly reminded Avery that she’d taken it to have it fixed, but didn’t know when she’d get it back. Carly went to Pizzulo’s where Jason and Sonny were talking about Julian. Trina went to see Josslyn, who was in the kitchen where the notorious bowl of moss lives. Britt tried to call Julian at Charlie’s, and was surprised to find out he hadn’t been in all day. Willow told Michael, it was time to face the truth, and here we are…

Nikolas tells Ava, it’s okay. Back up, and tell him what happened from the beginning. She says Ryan threatened to expose Julian’s part in Wiley’s kidnapping, and Nikolas says, Julian helped? She says no one knew about it, but Nelle left a letter tying Julian to the kidnapping. That’s what Ryan was using to blackmail her into divorcing Nikolas. Julian was scared Sonny would kill him, and Jason came looking for Julian. She always knew her brother would meet a violent end, but she was scared Sonny would make him suffer. She starts to cry, and Nikolas says, that’s why she decided to kill him herself; like a mercy killing. She says she wanted it to be quick. She thinks Julian understood, and he understood he was living on borrowed time. She was about to pull the trigger, when Sonny and Jason burst in. She got distracted for a second, and Julian took the opportunity to jump. Nikolas says, from the turret. It’s an extremely hazardous fall, but she survived. Maybe Julian did too. She says Nikolas was there to save her. Julian – God help him – had no one.   

Chase approaches the reception desk, and asks Britt if he can see the toxicology report on Sasha. She asks if he has a warrant. He says he’s not investigating the patient, but needs to know about the substance they ingested. He asks her to please show him the report.

Sasha tells Nina, she didn’t OD; she had a heart attack. Nina says, at her age, that’s hardly normal, and Sasha admits she’s done a few lines to take the edge off. Nina says, Sasha would rather think she had a heart condition than own up to a drug problem? It scared her when she heard what happened. Even though she’s not Sasha’s mother, she still cares about her, and doesn’t want her to throw away her life like this. Sasha asks if Nina really cares, and Nina says Sasha has her whole life ahead of her. She needs to wake up and do better. Please? Sasha smiles, and thanks Nina, and tells her that she really does appreciate Nina’s concern.

Chase opens Sasha’s door, and says he’s sorry to interrupt, but he needs to speak to Sasha. Nina says she has to go anyway. She just wanted to see that Sasha was all right with her own eyes. If Sasha needs anything at all… Sasha says she still feels like Nina’s daughter. Anyone would be lucky to have her for a mom. Nina leaves, and Chase asks how Sasha is feeling. She says, it depends, and he says, on? She says on whether he’s there as a friend or a cop.

Michael tells Willow that he wants to start by saying how much he’s always admired her. He’s thankful Wiley has her for a mother, and like they’ve both been trying to say, they’ve always been good friends, but lately his feelings have deepened and changed. Willow says she’s been feeling the same way. She thinks they were on the verge of something new, but then they found out Chase and Sasha had lied. Michael says she told him that she didn’t regret what happened, and he flashes back to them basking in the afterglow. She says she doesn’t regret anything, and he says, neither does he. She says, but learning that Chase and Sasha never cheated changes things, doesn’t it? and Michael says, does it?

Trina says her father could be hiding, right? and Josslyn says Trina has been spending all her time clearing her dad’s name, and now she thinks he’s alive? Where is this coming from? Trina says, the more she’s been thinking about it, the more it makes sense. Maybe her dad faked his death, and recovered in secret. It sounds crazy, but she’s starting to believe him. Josslyn asks who told her that her father is still alive? and Trina says, Cyrus. 

Carly tells Sonny, Taggert is just as bullheaded as ever. She had to talk him down from going after Cyrus. He’s not going to stay in hiding much longer. Sonny says he has something to tell her too; Cyrus was just there. She asks, why? and Jason says, damage control. Sonny says, Cyrus confirmed Jason was the target, and Julian was responsible for planting the bomb. That much is true. Carly asks, why would Julian want to take Jason out? and Jason says, Cyrus told him to. Carly wonders why Julian would be taking orders from Cyrus, and Jason says Cyrus had leverage over Julian. Carly says, like what? and Sonny asks if she’s ready for this. Julian knew for months that Wiley was Michael’s son. Carly is speechless, a rarity.

Britt sees Lucas, and ask’s to speak to him. Brad told her Lucas saw him. Brad nearly died, and Lucas wouldn’t even give him the time of day. Lucas says it’s none of her concern, but she says Brad is her best friend. She didn’t expect a warm and fuzzy reconciliation, but she also didn’t expect cruelty. He says she knows what Brad did, and she says, Nelle took advantage of Brad’s grief; he wasn’t in his right mind. Lucas says, Wiley lived in a house with people who weren’t his family, and spent his first pivotal year with people who weren’t his parents. Brad watched Michael suffer for a year, and said nothing. He ultimately only looks out for himself. She says, but Brad didn’t. He pled guilty, and took all the blame. He says, Brad was the only one to blame, but she says, that’s not true.  

Chase tells Sasha, he’s a friend above all, and she says she could use one, but he seemed liked a detective when he came in. He says, maybe that’s because he’d just gotten done checking out the toxicology report. She ingested dextrose amphetamine along with the cocaine, a stimulant on top of a stimulant. Britt spoke to the lab technician, who said she’d never seen a combination like that before. Where did she get the drugs? She says, so he is interrogating her, and he says he’s trying to make sense of this situation. There’s bad stuff out there, and he’s trying to track it down. That she’s using anything makes him feel like crap. He should have seen she was struggling. Sasha tells him, don’t. He tried, and it’s her fault she was using. She’s the one who covered it up. She was coping with losing Michael, and falling down on the job at Deception. One line made her feel like she could handle anything – for the moment anyway. She’s weak. He says she’s not weak. She says she doesn’t regret lying to save Wiley. It was the right thing to do, but Chase has been hurting too, and he kept it together. He says, no, he didn’t. He told Willow the truth. He told her that he and Sasha never slept together; it was all a set-up. She asks, how could he do that?

Willow says she knows Michael stayed with Sasha all night when  she was brought into the hospital. Obviously he’s worried about her. Michael says, Willow is too, and Willow asks if he’s been back since. Have they talked? Michael says, no, and she asks, why? He says he doesn’t want to do the wrong thing. He’s so angry, he doesn’t know what would say.

Carly says, Julian knew? He kept Brad’s secret, and watched Michael suffer and said nothing? That’s what Nelle had over him. That’s why he married her. She knew. Sonny says, Julian was probably the one who kidnapped Wiley when they were at the Nurses Ball telethon. Jason says, he chloroformed Monica so he could take Wiley, and Carly says, bastard. All that talk about his love for Lucas, when he was lying to Lucas’s face, and letting him keep a baby that wasn’t his. She says, please tell her Sonny is going to make him pay, and Jason says, maybe he already did.

Carly says she knew something was up when Nelle trotted Julian out as her husband. Sonny tells her, don’t worry. Nelle is dead, and she can’t hurt them anymore. Carly says, that’s not necessarily true. There’s something she has to tell him. Something about Nelle and Nina. Jason makes a really good soap face.   

Nina meets Jax at the bistro, apologizing for being late. He tells her, it’s okay, but she seems scattered. What’s going on? She says she visited Sasha at the hospital. She’s worried about Sasha. She’s been in pain since she and Michael broke up, and has no one to talk to. Jax says, like her, and Nina says, when she brought Sasha to the penthouse, she knew Sasha was suffering and high. She wishes she could have talked to her then. Jax says he hopes Sasha realizes how lucky she is to have Nina care about her, especially after she lied. Nina says, for a time, she couldn’t even look at Sasha, she was so angry, but seeing her alone and lost, with no one to talk to makes the past unimportant. He says Nina has a generous spirit, and sees the good in people, and she says she’s champion of the underdog, or maybe president of the club. They all make mistakes, some more than others. Now that the truth is out, maybe somehow she and Sasha can find their own honest relationship. He says, if she forgave Sasha, does that mean she forgives Valentin as well?

Ava tells Nikolas, she was up all night, searching for any sign of Julian or his body. That’s why he saw her walking on the cliffs. She’d been there for hours. She’s sorry she didn’t tell him the truth. He says he doesn’t care, but he does need to understand. She and Julian were close. She let herself be blackmailed for him. What made her want to kill him? He’s not trying to making her feel bad. She’s probably better off without Julian complicating her life, but he’s family. Ava says Nikolas is her family. He’s her future. She chose him. He says he chooses her. She can trust him. She says she wants to, and wants to tell him everything, but it’s so bad… She swears she didn’t have anything to do with it. She had no idea whatsoever. He says, just tell him. What did Julian do? She says, he’s the one who planted the bomb in The Floating Rib.  

Lucas asks Britt what this is about. His family is grieving, and his cousin is comatose. His plate is full, and he has no time for her games. She says he forgot to mention his husband was almost stabbed to death. He says, ex-husband, and she says he’s so self-righteous. Brad shouldn’t have shielded him. He lost Wiley, and that’s sad. He lost Brad, and it’s ironic, since if not for Brad, he would have lost more.

Sasha asks Chase why he told Willow. Why blow it at this late date? He says he had to be honest even if it caused more pain. He had to tell Willow that he loved her. Sasha says, so he did this for himself? and he says, for everyone. (We’ll leave out the fact that originally, Sasha was the one who told him to tell Willow the truth.) She says, when did he tell Willow? and he says, the night she was brought in. She asks if he thinks Willow told Michael, and he says he assumes so. She says, maybe that’s why Michael was with her when she was unconscious. Does Chase think Michael could forgive her?

Michael tells Willow, he was just so angry at Sasha, being so self-sacrificing that she was willing to throw their relationship over for a lie. He lost her, and the lie worked. Then she turned to drugs and nearly killed herself. What were Sasha and Chase thinking, being so reckless and… Willow says, shatteringly messy, and he says, that sums it up. He can’t unload on Sasha; she’s recovering. So he hasn’t been back. Intellectually, he understands what she did for Wiley, but emotionally, he’s still angry. He doesn’t want to say anything to make things worse. She says she gets it. It blows her away that Sasha and Chase chose to manipulate them, rather than talk openly. Michael says he wants to forgive Sasha, but he doesn’t know if he can.

Willow wonders how they can fault Sasha and Chase for what they did, and Michael says, it’s how they did it. He replayed every conversation they’d had, leading up to Sasha and Chase being together. Willow says, but they weren’t; it was a lie. Michael says, but the pain was real. He questioned everything, wondering how he missed it. She says, they didn’t miss anything. There was nothing to miss. They’d made it up. Pain and hurt aside, that’s the reality, and she and Michael have to figure out what that sacrifice means to them. How they feel about themselves, and Chase and Sasha.

Sasha tells Chase, Michael stayed there all night; it has to mean something. If Michael is worried, maybe he still cares. Chase says Michael was definitely worried, and still cares, but don’t get ahead of herself. She asks if he knows something, and he flashes back to finding Michael and Willow together. He says maybe they can talk another time, and she says, about what? What does he know? Just tell her. He says, Michael and Willow’s marriage… it’s a real marriage.    

Lucas tells Britt, if she has something to say, say it. She says he knows Brad. Does he really think Brad could have kept a secret for so long all by himself? He had help, but he took the fall anyway.    

Josslyn says, Trina talked to Cyrus? She knows he’s dangerous, and shouldn’t have been anywhere near him. Trina says she doesn’t like or trust Cyrus, but when he told her that her father might be alive, something in her soul said he was telling the truth. She believes him. She remembers when she was in the hospital with her father. They were laughing, talking, and planning stuff they were going to do. She went get him some candy, and when she came back, he was gone. It doesn’t make sense. Josslyn asks if Trina thinks maybe she wants it so bad, she’s grasping at straws? and Trina says, maybe, but wouldn’t Josslyn feel the same way if it was her dad? Wouldn’t she do everything in her power to see if he was alive? She has to find out one way or another. Josslyn says, okay; Trina’s got her. She thinks they should talk to Carly and Sonny, but Trina says, absolutely not. She has to promise not to say a word.  

Nikolas says, Julian set off the bomb that left Lulu in a coma, and lying in a hospital in Manhattan? and Ava says, he said Cyrus was threatening his family, even her and Avery. He asks, why bomb The Floating Rib? and she says, to kill Jason. Cyrus said he was going to lure Jason there after hours, and all Julian had to do was drop off the bomb. Nikolas says, it was a crowded restaurant, and she says, somehow Cyrus knew Jason would be there. He says, if Julian was supposed to wait until Jason was alone, why it set off? and she tells him, Julian said Cyrus tricked him. He was supposed to call Cyrus afterward, and the call detonated the bomb. Julian knew not to trust Cyrus, but he was so desperate to save himself from Sonny, he didn’t care about all the people he put at risk. He asks why Ava hid Julian there, and she says she didn’t know the extent of the damage. She didn’t know about Lulu, but as soon as she found out, she knew she had to make a choice. Let Julian drag her down again or choose her own future. She let herself have a moment of clarity, and for the first time in her life, she listened to it. He says, and she chose him. She says, she chose him, and she’d do it again.

Michael says he doesn’t know how he feels about Sasha, and Willow thinks he owes it to himself to find out. Clearly, he still has strong feelings about her. He says, what about them? and she says, whatever they are or could be, they can’t move on until they’re both positive Chase and Sasha are really behind them. He guesses he should take the time to figure it out, after the feelings of anger and confusion are done clouding things. She says she needs to do the same. Clearly (her WOTD), she’s all over the place. At least they know one thing for sure. They’ve always been friends, and she never wants to jeopardize that. He says, it can’t and won’t happen. They’ve been through too much, but they will always be Wiley’s parents, no matter what. She says, no matter what.

Sasha asks if Chase is telling her that Michael and Willow are sleeping together, and he says, yes. They were supposed to get an annulment. Now he’s not so sure. She asks what Willow said when he told her the truth. Did she say it was too late for them? He says, she was mostly stunned. He told her that he loved her, and she had no reply. Sasha says, that’s it then. She knew they’d never recover from this. Michael and Willow will never forgive them. Chase’s phone dings, and he says, it’s Willow. She wants to see him.

Britt says she has to go, and Lucas says she can’t drop something like this on him and take off. She’s telling him Brad had an accomplice other than Nelle? She says, Brad wasn’t Nelle’s accomplice; he was her victim. He had to help. He asks why Brad would take the fall. What was in it for him? She says Lucas doesn’t get it. Everything Brad did, he did for him. Brad loves him, and knew Lucas loved his family. He’d lost Wiley, and Brad wanted him to keep the family he had left. She walks away.   

Josslyn says she certainly doesn’t want to fan the flames of tension between Cyrus and Sonny. She doesn’t understand why he’d bomb The Floating Rib. Trina says there are a lot of reasons not to tell, so please promise her. Pinky swear.

Sonny says, Nelle is Nina’s daughter? and Carly says, it all adds up. When she found out Nelle was dead, Nina felt terrible. She blamed herself for testifying against Nelle at the custody hearing. How is she going to feel when she finds out she testified against her own daughter? Jason has to admit, he didn’t see this one coming, and Sonny asks if anyone else knows. Carly says, Jax. She’s been wanting to tell Sonny, but there was so much going on, she thought it could keep. Sonny asks if Jax is threatening to tell Nina.

Nina asks Jax if he means, is she forgiving Valentin for trying to make her happy by giving her a pretend daughter when he couldn’t find her real one? She doesn’t know. It was wrong, but she understands it a little bit more now. She saw Sasha earlier, when they were saying goodbye to Lulu, and all that pain in Charlotte was in, she would have done anything to take it away. They try to comfort the ones they love, and sometimes go too far. Jax admits he’s guilty of that, and she says, of course (🍷) he is; he’s Sir Galahad. He says, not always. She’s right. Holding on to a lie only hurts the people you love. The truth is always best.

Ava tells Nikolas, she doesn’t know what to feel anymore. She betrayed her brother. She loved him very much, but all she knew was she had to do it for Nikolas, to make amends for what Julian did to his family. But that means, Nikolas is all she has left. Can he accept that? Accept them? And if he could, would that be enough for him? Nikolas says, yes, more than enough. He’s fooled around most of his life, and he’s ready to move forward, together. They’ll build a future together. She says she hopes he doesn’t regret his choice, and he says he loves her too. They kiss, and I breathe a sigh of relief, since I really like them together.

Jason asks how sure Carly is that Jax will protect her secret. If he tells Nina, who knows what else he’ll say. She says Nelle’s fall from the cliff wasn’t her fault, but he says, Nina might not see it that way. She says he cares too much about Nina to tell her that not only is Nelle dead, but Nelle was her daughter. Sonny says, he held Dev’s secret, despite a lot of pressure, and he hopes Jax keeps his mouth shut. Not that I think there won’t be more problems later.

Jax says he needs to tell Nina something, but she says he doesn’t have to. She takes it all back, everything she said about the truth and hope. It’s not that simple. The truth can be brutal, and hope is sometimes the only thing that sustains them. She was dreaming for such a long time that she’d be able to find her child, but the truth is, her daughter isn’t a child anymore. She’s a woman, and Nina prays the family who adopted her loved her and supported her, and gave her the confidence to reach her full potential. Every path to her child led to a dead end. The only thing that comforted her, was that she hoped her child had a good life, even if she doesn’t get to be a part of it. Jax says, maybe Nina’s intuition is right. Maybe it’s time to stop looking.   

Josslyn pinky swears with Trina, and swears she’ll keep the secret. Trina thanks her, and they hug. Josslyn asks what the plan is. She knows Trina has one. Train says they need to find more information – something to prove or disprove Cyrus’s claim – and she thinks she knows where to start.

There’s a knock on Sasha’s door, and Michael comes in.  

Chase goes the Quartermaine mansion and finds Willow. He says he got her text.

On Monday, Willow has something she needs to say to Chase, Violet asks who Gregory is, and Franco says he has voices in his head.

🩺 I Guess It’s Permanent…

A heads up would have been nice. I’m still having to remind myself, this is Lucas, ever time he comes on screen.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/stars-say-goodbye-to-ryan-carnes

👋🏼 Dev, We Hardly Knew Sen…

I’m sorry I didn’t get the young love quadrangle I’d wanted, but I’m sure he’ll be gracing the pages of whatever magazine teens read now for a while.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/ashton-arbab-says-goodbye-to-general-hospital

💣 Love To Hate Him…

I loved him as Dodger in China Beach. It’s a shame they made him so bad, he’s going to have to go. Of course, no one ever really dies in Port Charles. I’m still convinced Faison has an evil twin, or will show up without a brain.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/jeff-kober-opens-up-intimidating-first-day-as-cyrus

🎁 Celebrate With the Great…

A nice soap opera holiday gallery.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/abc/spend-holidays-with-daytime-favorite-families

💸 Yikes…

I wonder if she still gives zero f***s.

https://people.com/tv/erika-tom-girardi-sued-for-allegedly-using-divorce-to-embezzle-money/

🌈 Let Your Rainbow Fly…

Here’s hoping this brings Braunwyn happiness. I’ve felt badly for her this season.

https://extratv.com/2020/12/02/real-housewives-star-braunwyn-windham-burke-comes-out-i-m-gay/?adid=extra_eme_27766_2020-12-03_features2

☄️ That Was Quick…

At least she didn’t marry this one. Has anyone ever congratulated Vicki on her accuracy in predicting when Meghan’s marriage would end?

https://www.eonline.com/news/1213632/meghan-king-edmonds-and-christian-schauf-break-up-after-6-months-of-dating

👠 Bye Felicias…

I’ve kinda sorta been watching this again.

https://people.com/tv/rhop-karen-huger-walks-out-of-her-own-event-after-monique-samuels-invite-drama/

💍 They Never Learn…

Has she seen Southern Charm? Although there isn’t going to be a prenup. Just saying.

https://extratv.com/2020/12/03/reality-star-thomas-ravenel-engaged-to-heather-mascoe/

🍼 A Baby Situation…

Another guido or guidette is on the way.

https://extratv.com/2020/11/24/reality-star-mike-the-situation-sorrentino-and-lauren-pesce-expecting-first-child/

👗 You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Fashion…

Veronica is a bitch woman who knows what she wants.

https://pagesix.com/2020/12/01/haves-and-have-nots-star-angela-robinson-on-fighting-tyler-perry-for-fashion/

🕵🏾‍♂️ Everything Old Is New Again…

I vaguely remember liking this show the first time around. With Queen Latifah starring, I’m sure I’ll like it equally as well, if not more.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-equalizer-reboot-lands-post-super-bowl-premiere

🐾 Fun Real Estate…

Blue’s Clues’ Steve is selling his pad.

https://people.com/home/former-blues-clues-host-steve-burns-selling-unique-brooklyn-townhouse-for-3-4m-see-inside/

🌬 Quotes of the Week

I’d bet on rabbits if you could get them organized. – Charlie (Charlie Sheen), Two and a Half Men

I love how masks have become face fascinators. – Kate Chastain, Chat Room

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. – Alexander Pope

There isn’t a shoe size so big my mouth won’t accommodate it. – Rick Legarski (John Carroll Lynch), Big Sky

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude. – Julia Child

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. – Steve Maraboli

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. – Harry S. Truman (Or as my friend, Patty, says: Murphy was an optimist.)

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison

Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care. – Criss Jami

Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. – James Langston Hughes

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. – Saint Francis of Assisi

I could iron now for days. I love to iron. – a grandmother after smoking weed for the first time. She inhaled. – from The Daily Skimm

⛈ Is 2020 Over Yet…?

Here we are again, cruising into yet another weekend, or another two days into, what day is it, anyway? Regardless of which side of the week fence you sit, try to change it up a little. Even with yo-yoing restrictions, there’s no restriction on creativity. And there’s always Netflix. No Dead this weekend, due to holiday films, which look like they’re an all-weekend thing on AMC. This is a win for me, since the premiere of 90 Day Fiancé (season 8) is happening, and it looks promising. So until we meet for Monday in PC, stay safe, stay inventive, and stay true to your pinky swears.

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December 1, 2020 – Goodbye To Lulu (For Now), Jim Makes Some Visits, a Notion & Winter

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

In a plane over Mexico City, Curtis wonders if Sonny would mind if he and Jordan rerouted his plane to honeymoon in Tahiti. Jordan says, when this is over, Tahiti is definitely in the books. He asks if that means she sees an end in sight, but she says, right now, all she can see is Cyrus’s hold on her, and the explosion at The Floating Rib they know Cyrus is responsible for. He says, then they don’t leave until they get the information they need on Cyrus.

At the hospital, Brando looks at Dev’s fake ID. Maxie asks if he needs help, but he says he’s good. She tells him that he doesn’t have to pretend with her. She heard about Dev and she’s sorry. He thanks her, and she says, to be honest, he looks a little lost. Maybe he should go home. He says he can’t; he’s working.

Cyrus asks for a moment of Portia’s time (soon to be a new drinking game), but she says she doesn’t have a moment. He asks how Lulu is.  

Laura looks in on Lulu, and thinks about when Lulu was a baby. Doc tells her that Tracy is there. Tracy gives Laura some coffee from Kelly’s, and joins her at the window.

Sonny tells Jason, Julian had Duke killed, and he stayed out of it. Julian held a knife to Alexis’s throat, and claimed it was a show, and Alexis stayed with him. He let that one go. Jason says, Julian planted a bomb at The Floating Rib, killed Dev, and was just minutes away from killing Danny. Sonny says, exactly. Julian has pushed him too far.

Julian asks if Lulu is dead, and Ava says, no, but she might as well be. What are they going to do now?

At the hospital, Charlotte asks if Valentin is scared of visiting her mama too, and he says he doesn’t like the machines. He hates the idea of her being hooked up to them. Charlotte says, she’s not herself? and Valentin says, kind of like that. Charlotte says that’s why she can’t go in room. Her mom will feel how scared she is, and it will make things worse for her. Nina comes in, and says, not if she has back-up. Charlotte runs to Nina and hugs her.

Laura tells Tracy, she doesn’t know if she said it before, but thanks for coming. Tracy says, how could she not? Lulu is her stepdaughter. It’s too bad she couldn’t get ahold of Luke. When Luke is off on an adventure, it’s radio silence, sometimes for days or weeks. It’s going to break his heart that he’s not there. Did they get a second opinion? Laura says both Patrick and Griff agree with Lucas’s diagnosis. Lucas is an excellent neurosurgeon, and she trusts him. Tracy says, if Monica was still in charge, Lulu’s injuries would have been detected before she collapsed, but Doc says, it’s not possible to know that. Tracy says, when Ned told her Monica had been replaced as Chief of Staff by that she-wolf Britt Westbourne, she couldn’t believe it. Doc says, they’re all finding it difficult to accept, and Tracy says, of course (🍷) they are. What’s happened to this hospital? What’s happened to Port Charles? And who is going to make it right? 

Portia says she already told Cyrus, she can’t divulge confidential patient information. He says Lulu is the mayor’s daughter, and he needs to know that she’s getting the best care possible, and that no effort is being spared in preventing her from deteriorating. Portia says, every patient there gets the best care. She suggests he doesn’t offer the family his condolences. His concern certainly isn’t welcome.

Curtis asks Jordan, when she was with the DEA, did Cyrus ever mention any family? She says, he was tight-lipped about his personal life. Their investigation never uncovered anyone he was close to. Curtis says, no wife or girlfriend? and she says, Cyrus had girlfriends, but they were more like trophies. She doesn’t think he cared about any of them. Curtis wonders who Cyrus had shut up in Oregon, and where they are now, and Jordan says they’re flying to Mexico to find answers. He says, that raises another question. Why did Cyrus purchase the medical equipment in Mexico City, and not America? She asks if it matters. It’s just another clue like the postcard. He says, which Cyrus tried to burn. Why leave the supplies, unless he knows they’ll lead to a dead end? She says they’ll find out soon enough. She can’t stay away much longer. Cyrus is going to start wondering about her condition, and demanding to see her. He thinks Cyrus has his hands full with the explosion. Portia calls, and says she has an update on Lulu.

Jason tells Sonny, retaliating against Julian will do nothing to stop Cyrus. Cyrus is the problem. Sonny disagrees, and says, Julian needs to pay. Jason suggests they play this another way. Julian can finger Cyrus as the one who planted the bomb, and Cyrus won’t want Julian to talk. He also thinks Julian has information they can use against Cyrus. Sonny asks if Jason is saying they should keep Julian alive, and Jason says he’s just throwing out possibilities. Sonny says he has another possibility. They get the information from Julian, and then kill him.   

Julian sees that Ava has a gun, and asks what she’s going to do with it. She says she hasn’t decided yet, and he tells her, put it away. She says, so he can distract her and grab it? but he says he’s not killing her like she won’t kill him. She says he planted a bomb at The Floating Rib. Lulu is in a coma, and her boyfriend is dead, along with Sonny’s cousin. He doesn’t think he should be punished for that? He says Cyrus told him the place would be empty. He said he was going to lure Jason there after the place closed. Cyrus lied to him. She says, of course (🍷) he did. That’s what Cyrus Renault does; he lies. Julian made the choice to believe him so he could feel better about what he was doing. Julian says, he had no choice; the man had his foot on his throat. She asks what he thought Cyrus was going to ask him to do in return for killing Ryan? Give him drinks on the house for a month? Julian says he was desperate, and she says he’s always desperate. She begged him to run. He says, then what? Put Sam and Lucas in Cyrus’s sites, and Danny and Leo? What about her? She says, so he put a bomb in a bar. Her hero. He says he’s sorry with all his heart, and she says he’s always sorry. That never seems to stop him from making bad decisions. Think how different his life would be if he’d told Lucas the truth about Wiley. He could have saved Lucas from the fallout, and it might have brought them closer. Now Lucas can’t stand the sight of him. Julian says he needs support, not judgment, and she says he just doesn’t get it. Innocent people are dead because of him. He says he screwed up a thousand times over. He gets it. He can’t stay there, so he’s leaving. She says, no – she raises the gun – he won’t.

Maxie goes up to Cyrus, and he says he recognizes Maxie from her recent article in The Invader on her excellent work at Deception. There was also a glowing mention about Sasha, the face of Deception. How is she doing? He was sorry to hear about her trouble. Maxie says, what trouble?

Jordan says, Curtis told Sonny why they needed to borrow his plane, but he didn’t tell her the plan after they land in Mexico City. What’s their next move? He asks if she speaks Spanish (in Spanish), and she says, muy bueno.    

Sonny tells Jason that he’s not going alone; he needs back-up. Jason says he can handle Julian, and Sonny says, what about Ava? She may be siding with Julian. Jason asks if Sonny thinks she’ll listen to him, and he says, she’ll listen to Avery’s father. Let’s go.

Julian tells Ava to think about the consequences of killing him. It’s not going to solve anything. It will just create more problems for her. She says, no one knows he’s there, and he says Jason already came looking for him there. He’s going to come back. What’s going to happen if he sees them together? What is she going to tell him? She says, the truth. She protected him until she learned the full extent of his crimes, then she killed him. He promises her that he can fend for himself; let him walk away. She tells him that he said it himself, Cyrus is after him. As long as he’s alive, Cyrus can use them all as leverage. He says, they’re family, and she says, so is Nikolas. He says, Nikolas used Kiki’s memory against her, and threw her into Franco’s arms to ditch her so he could keep his fortune. She’s choosing him over her own brother? She says, yes. She loves Nikolas.  

Nina hugs Charlotte, who says, she came. Nina says she always comes when Charlotte calls her, and Valentin says Charlotte didn’t tell him that she called Nina. Charlotte says she didn’t know how he’d feel, or if Nina would come. He says he’s glad Nina did, and doubly glad that Charlotte called her. He thanks Nina, and Nina says she and Charlotte are friends. That’s what friends do; they show up when you need help. Charlotte asks if Nina will come with her to ICU, and stand outside the room while she visits. Nina thinks that’s a great idea, and they leave. Martin tells Valentin, it’s a lovely picture, doesn’t he think? Funny how things ended up with Lulu just the way Valentin hoped they might.

In Lulu’s room, Nikolas tells Dante, it’s hard to believe she won’t wake up. Dante says, her face is still as beautiful as ever. He wishes he knew the right words to say to wake her, and Nikolas says, except this is no fairytale. Doc calls them out of the room, and in the hallway, Laura is thanking Portia. Nikolas asks, what’s happening? and Portia says, the team from the long-term care facility has arrived, and they need to prepare Lulu for transfer. Laura thinks what Portia is trying to say is, it’s time to say goodbye.

Julian says, it’s easy to see why Ava fell in love with Nikolas, but what about her own brother? She says, of course (🍷) she loves him. Does he think this is easy for her? Does he think she wants to do this? He’s the one who talked about having no choices. He’s right. He’s run out of choices. He had plenty, but he squandered them all. Cyrus wants to cover his tracks, and Sonny wants him dead for revenge. She doesn’t see either one of them as being merciful like she’ll be. He tells her, don’t kid herself. She’s not doing him any favors by killing him. She says responsibility, from one Jerome to another.  

In disguise, Curtis and Jordan go into an office, and the receptionist asks how she can help them. (In Spanish) Curtis says his incompetent assistant forgot to schedule their tour of the facility before they return to New York. He introduces himself as the Chief Logistic Officer of a medical supply start-up. They provide quality personal protective equipment to medical personnel, and they’re interested in partnering with the company. He’d like to get a tour before they open discussions. The receptionist says, sorry, but the factory floor is closed for the day. Curtis gets loud at Jordan, and says he knew this would happen. He never should have hired her. He has a good mind to fire her, and leave her in Mexico City to fend for herself. The receptionist asks him to calm down, and calls security.

Valentin asks if Martin thinks he wanted this. That’s cynical, even for him. Martin says Valentin has to admit it turned out well for him. Valentin says Charlotte is hurting, so he’s hurting. Martin suggests they discuss shoring up custody before Lulu’s mother intervenes, and Valentin tells him, he’s fired, and joins Nina and Charlotte.   

Laura asks where the people from the long-term care facility are, and Portia says they’re waiting in the conference room. Laura thanks her, and thanks her for everything she’s done. She’s going to talk to them about the transfer, and she’ll be back.

Maxie says, Sasha had a heart attack? That’s not possible. Cyrus says he thought his driver told her. He’s the one who found her, and brought her to the ER. Maxie says, Sasha is so young; what happened? Brando says, it was caused by a drug overdose, and Maxie says, Sasha was doing drugs? She knew Sasha was struggling but…. Okay. She’d like to see Sasha, and she’ll have to cancel the trunk show. She sees Laura, and asks, what’s going on? Laura  says, the people from the long-term care facility are here to take Lulu to Manhattan. Maxie says, it’s too soon, but Laura says, GH isn’t set up for this type of care. She wanted Maxie to have the opportunity to say goodbye. Maxie says, of course (🍷), and hugs Laura. Cyrus tells Laura, he’s so sorry to hear about Lulu. He’s come to know her daughter, and admires her. He’ll keep the family in his prayers. If there’s anything he can do as Chairman of the hospital, or a concerned citizen, please reach out. Laura reaches out, and smacks him across the face. 

Ava takes Julian to the parapet. He says, it’s pouring, and she says, easier to clean up. He asks if she doesn’t want to get blood on her husband’s carpet. She tells him to turn around and kneel down, and he asks, what’s the matter? She can’t look him in the eye when she murders him? Sorry. He’s not going to make it easy. She says, it’s either her, Cyrus, or Sonny; take his pick. He walks out with her behind him with the gun. She asks if there’s anything he wants her to tell his children, and he says, tell the kids he loves them. Tell them when they’re faced with difficult decisions, not to go with fear like he did. Tell them he’s sorry he caused them pain, and he was such a failure. She says he’s not a failure. He’s sacrificing himself for them; what a true father does. She’ll make sure they remember him like that. She tells him, goodbye, and he says, don’t worry. They’ll be seeing each other soon enough, since they’re both going to the same place.

Sonny and Jason arrive at Windymere, and find Julian and Ava. While Ava is distracted, Julian jumps off the parapet. Saw that one coming.  

Curtis apologizes to the receptionist, and says, security isn’t necessary. The receptionist tells the guard, that Curtis is from an important company in New York, and would like a tour. The guard says, at this late hour? and Curtis says he knows it’s late; please forgive him. He starts to leave, and the receptionist asks the guard, who she’s obviously familiar with, if they couldn’t make an exception just once, if they accompany them. He says, of course (🍷), and Curtis tells Jordan to stay there; she’ll just get in the way. He goes with the guard, and the receptionist tells Jordan, she had a boss just like him. What a monster. She leaves, and Jordan puts a flashdrive into the computer.  

Doc holds Laura back, and Brando starts to intervene, but Cyrus says he takes that to mean she doesn’t want his help. Laura says, oh my God. Mac Scorpio said The Floating Rib was a bombing. The PCPD will trace the bomb to the maker, and back to him. So help her God, nothing is going to stop her from taking him off this earth. He says, do what she must. No one ever stopped her before. Doc takes Laura away while Martin watches.

Tracy tells Lulu, her dad is off on an adventure, but she knows what he’d say. He’d give her hell for just lying there, taking it easy, and she’d have no choice but to give him hell right back. Luke’s darling girl. She knows Lulu likes to do things in her own time, but please don’t make him wait too long to tell her how much he loves her; how much they both do.

Nikolas tells Lulu, it’s not fair that someone with so much warmth, spirit, and kindness should end up like this. Ever since she was a little kid, he promised to protect her. How many times he broke that promise. How many times he broke her heart. Don’t start counting. He’s trying to be the man she wants him to be. The big brother she can be proud of. When she wakes up – and she will wake up – he’ll be waiting to show her. It’s one promise he won’t break.

Charlotte tells Lulu that she’ll take care of Rocco. She doesn’t have to worry about him. Just get better, and please come home as soon as she can.

Valentin tells Lulu, Martin isn’t entirely wrong. All the court fights, trying to take Charlotte away from her. He wanted Charlotte for himself, and Charlotte changed mind. He realized how much Charlotte needs her, and of course (🍷) that means he needs her. She’ll find a way back to Charlotte, but until she does, he’ll keep her safe, he promises. But he can only make her so happy. Without Lulu, it’s just not enough.

Maxie tells Lulu she’s sending Deception products over to the facility. Lulu is going to be pampered like crazy, and because she’s the greatest friend in the entire world, she found a beauty specialist to keep Lulu’s skin healthy. She can’t lose her natural radiance. Everyone is rooting for her, and sending good thoughts her way, and they’ll be there when it’s time for her to come home. Dante comes in, and Maxie starts to cry. He holds her.   

Valentin tells Charlotte that she’s incredibly brave. He knows her mom can hear her, and feel her love. Charlotte says she told Lulu that she’d take care of Rocco, and Valentin says Rocco is going to need her. She’s going to need him. Nikolas asks if Nina has spoken to Ava, but she says she hasn’t. Is everything okay? He says he’s not sure. She said she had something to take care of, and he thought she’d be done by now.

Sonny asks if there’s any sign of Julian, but Jason says, the surf is strong, and it’s too dark, even with the lightening. Sonny asks if Ava knows what Julian did, and Ava says she knew he was in trouble. He came to her last night, and said Sonny and Cyrus were after him, and he was looking for a safe place to stay. Jason asks if Julian told her why Cyrus and Sonny were after him, and she says, not at first. Nikolas got a call that Lulu was in the hospital. Sonny says, she got a brain injury from the explosion at The Floating Rib, and Ava says, when she heard that, everything became clear. So came back to kill him herself.

Jordan hears them coming back, and tells the computer, come on. She grabs the drive, and Curtis comes in with the guard and the receptionist. He thanks them for the tour. He’s sure their companies will be successful together. The receptionist tells him to have his assistant get in touch. They’d like to work with her. He supposes she deserves a second chance. She’s not entirely useless.

Sonny asks why Ava didn’t call the minute she found out about Julian. She says she wanted to save him, and Sonny says she wanted to kill him herself? She says she wanted it to be quick, from someone who loved him. He says, she can still say that after what he did? Ava says, he was family. She wanted to protect him. She had to protect the innocent, and Julian’s children are a little safer now. Sonny asks if she realizes, just because he’s gone, it’s not over. She says it’s over for her. Jason comes back and says he checked everywhere, and there’s no sign of Julian.  

Laura tells Doc, it went as well as it could. She believes Lulu will have the best possible care, but she just wants to hold Lulu in her arms, and tell her it will be okay. She wants her love for Lulu to bring Lulu back; to her, to them, to the family. Doc says, he knows, and deep down Lulu senses her love. It will give Lulu something to hold onto until she’s ready to come back to them. She thanks him, and says she thinks she can do this now.

Dane says he bets Lulu would tell him that he’s an expert at saying goodbye, but he’s not, so she’d be wrong for once. He honestly thought leaving her and the family would be the worst he could feel, but now he knows the ones left behind suffer the most. He’s sorry for making her feel like that. He takes her hand and puts it on his chest, saying he has a broken heart. He cries, and says he doesn’t know how to mend it except to wait for her. So that’s what he’s going to do; wait for her. She’s got to come back to him so he can earn her forgiveness for all the times he’s hurt her. Only then, if she tells him to, he’ll go.

Jordan looks through the information from the computer, and Curtis asks if she found anything. She says, Cyrus has an account with the medical supply company for a patient by the name of Gray.

Cyrus tells Brando that he’s dismissed for the day. Brando doesn’t move, and Cyrus says, don’t make him repeat himself. Go. Martin tells Cyrus that he knows how to clear a room, and Cyrus says, his driver? Martin says, the mayor actually. She didn’t seem convinced by his deepest sympathy act. Cyrus says he doesn’t recall asking Martin’s opinion, and Martin says, tell him. In all these years, has Cyrus ever known him to wait to be called upon?

Jason says, now that Julian is gone, how does Sonny want to handle Cyrus? Sonny says, maybe they can use Julian after all, since Cyrus doesn’t know he went off the parapet. Jason says they could leave a trail for Cyrus that he’ll think leads to Julian, and Sonny says, what Cyrus is going to find at the end of the trail is a bullet. Jason says, that could work, unless Julian survived the fall, and is still alive. Sonny says, if that turns out to be true, he’ll make sure Julian wishes he were dead.

Julian lies at the bottom of a cliff. Dead or unconscious, we don’t know.

Nikolas paces at the hospital. Ava comes in, and takes his hand.

Laura says she knows Lulu can hear her, but she can’t answer, and that’s all right. Her body needs to rest right now. She knows exactly where Lulu is. Rest, but don’t sleep too long, okay? Lulu has been through so many things in her life, and she always managed to overcome and fight her way back, so please fight her way back to her. Laura cries, and says, please. Because if she goes, Lulu will take her heart with her.

Lulu is taken out on a gurney, and we hear Laura in a voiceover. She says Lulu brought new colors into her life. She filled in blanks Laura didn’t know were there, and she will rejoice when Lulu comes back to her again. Nina holds Charlotte, and Laura and Doc walk with Lulu to the elevator. Laura’s voiceover says she rejoiced the day Lulu was born, and she’s rejoiced every day since. As Lulu goes into the elevator, she says, Lulu will come back. She’s Lulu’s mom, and knows better than anyone, and she knows Lulu will never give up until she comes home. The elevator doors close, and Laura breaks down. Doc holds her.

Tomorrow, Curtis asks if Jordan thinks Cyrus is onto them, Franco asks Cameron to do something for him, Carly tells Sam to leave Josslyn out of it, and Sonny thinks Sam needs to know Julian almost killed her son.   

The Haves and The Have Nots

Hanna asks Derrick why he’s there, and he says there are things he needed to fix. She asks how he got in, and he says he has a key. She tells him, don’t come near her, but he says, please. She repeats, don’t come near her, and picks up a knife. He says, it’s like that? and she says, it’s like that. He raped her. He says, sorry, and she says, he’s sorry? That’s all he has to say? He says, she won’t let him talk. Put the knife down. Hanna tells him, get out, but he says, just let him say this. She says she’s calling the police. He continues to take advantage of her, and won’t leave. She calls 9-1-1, and at first tells them, never mind, but when Derrick says, let him talk, she asks them to please send someone to 7431 Drummond. There’s a person who won’t leave. The officer asks if it’s her house, and she says it’s her boss’s house, but she’s in charge. He asks if there are weapons, and she says, not that she knows of. He asks if she’s safe, and she says she will be when he sends someone. He tells her an officer is on the way.

Derrick tells Hanna, they’ll take him to jail, and she says, then he needs to leave. He says he’s willing to go to say this to her, and she says, then he’s a talking going to jail ass. He says she needs to deal with this at some point, and she says she’s dealt with it for years. He says he’s sorry, but she says she doesn’t care about his sorry. Get out. He says he doesn’t want this to hurt her anymore. She’s a good woman and he knows she hates him, but he can’t take it back. He’s changed; let him prove it. She says, okay, then honor her wishes and get his ass out. He asks if she’s never going to talk to him again? and she says, that’s the plan. He knows he’s fired, right? He says, Mrs. Cryer has to do that, and she says she has power of attorney over the house and all of Kathryn’s affairs, so he’s fired. Don’t come around again. Are they clear? He says, okay. He’ll never see her again. She hopes to God she doesn’t, and he says he’s a changed man; he’s a Christian. She says, amen. He knows God? He asks if she doesn’t believe in forgiveness; then forgive him. She says she has for herself. What he did to her was killing her inside. He says he’s sorry, and she tells him not to say it again. He says he thanks God that he’s changed, and she asks if he’s leaving now. He says, okay, and she thanks him. She asks if he really loves God, and he says he does. She asks if he hopes to see God one day, and he says, yes. She tells him, come back around there or her ever again, and she’ll put him on that trip to see Him sooner than he thinks. He says he gets it, and she says, good. He leaves, and she follows behind him. He opens the door, and the police are there. Two officers get out of the car, and one asks if Hanna called. She says she did, and he asks who Derrick is. She says, just the help; he used to work there. The cop asks if Derrick has ID, and if he’s trespassing. Derrick says he works there, and the officer asks, what’s the problem? Derrick looks at Hanna, who says, no problem; he’s leaving. The cop says he still needs to see Derrick’s ID, and Derrick asks, why? The cop says, just give it to him, and Derrick says he didn’t do anything. He takes out his wallet, and looks at Hanna, saying, he told her. The officer says, stay there, and goes to the car. Derrick says he didn’t do anything; he works there. The other cop asks what he does, and Derrick says, he’s a repairman. The cop looks at Hanna, and she says she’s the estate manager. The first cop comes back, and tells Derrick, step down, and put his hands behind his back. He has a warrant out for assault in the system. He reads Derrick his rights, and cuffs him. Poor Derrick.

Jim’s doctor comes in, and asks how he is. Jim says he feels like hell, and the doctor says, sorry to hear that. He had to put screws in Jim’s shoulder, since it was shattered badly. Jim says he needs to get out, but the doctor doesn’t advise it. Jim says he’s not asking for advice, and the doctor says he can’t keep Jim. Jim tells the doctor to get his clothes, give him the strongest pain meds they have, and let him out. He absolves the doctor of any responsibility, and he’s a judge. The doctor goes to see about Jim’s clothes, and Marty comes in. Jim asks what the hell Marty is there for, and Marty says they need to talk. He went to see Kathryn, and has to tell Jim some disturbing news. Wyatt was brought in here late last night. Jim says, dammit; why? and Marty says, it seems Wyatt tried to take his own life. Jim says, that damn kid. Is he okay? Marty says, he seems to be. They bandaged him up, and he’s awake now. He’s sorry to tell Jim, but Kathryn wanted him to. Jim thanks him, and asks how she’s doing. Marty says, she wants to get out, and Jim says he bets she does. Jim struggles to sit up, and Marty says he doesn’t think Jim should be doing that. Jim says he doesn’t care what Marty thinks; help him get dressed and take him to his son. Marty helps him out of bed.

Celine sees her son Jimmy in the hallway, and Jimmy says she didn’t tell him about the eviction notice. She says she spoke to an attorney who’s going to help. Jimmy says he’ll go into that room, and put Jim’s face in the wall. Celine says, what room? and Jimmy says Jim knows he’s there. She asks, how? and he says, don’t worry about it. She asks what he said to Jim, and Jimmy says, all he wanted to. She says she’s got it handled, and tells him to stop. Jim comes along, and Jimmy says he’s an a-hole. Jim says, thank you, and Jimmy says his mother is being put out of her house. Jim says he doesn’t care, and Jimmy says he knows that. Celine says, stop it, and Jim tells Jimmy to move out of his way. Jimmy says, move him, and Jim laughs. He says, as much fun as that would be, Jimmy is lucky he didn’t call the police on his sorry ass. Celine says, about what? and Jim says, Jimmy didn’t tell her? Sonny boy pulled a gun on him. Jimmy says, the son of a bitch deserves it, and Jim says, whatever. He tells Jimmy, get out of the way. He’s going to see his real son. Jimmy says, the drug addict, and Jim says, that’s the one. He has more than Jimmy’s sorry ass. Jim tells Celine, check the milkman, and moves on. A man asks to see Celine, and she tells Jimmy to go. She needs this job.

Celine goes to the man’s office, and he tells her, have a seat. She says, that was her son, and promises he won’t come around again, but he says, it’s not about her son. One of the doctors said she was harassing a patient – Jim Cryer. She says she wasn’t, and he says she knows about the policy there. She says she didn’t harass him, and he says, sorry; he has to… She says, wait. He’s going to fire her? She’s good at her job. He tells her, calm down, even though she is calm. I hate when men use phrases like that to control women, so I’m pissed at this point. She tells him that Jim is the father of her son, and won’t take care of them. He can’t fire her. He says he’s not firing her, but this will have to go on file. If Jim complains again, he’ll have to let her go. Jim wanted him to fire her, but he said, no. Don’t make him regret it. Stay away from the patients. She thanks him.

Jim knocks on Wyatt’s door, and Wyatt says, dad? Jim says, it’s dad now is it? and Wyatt says he’s sorry. Jim says, really? Wyatt is good; damn near believable. Wyatt tells Jim to send him upstate. He’ll go to rehab. He doesn’t know what got into him. Jim says, he’s an addict. That’s what got into him. Say it. Wyatt says, he’s an addict, and Jim says, that needs help. Say it. Wyatt says he’s an addict who needs help. Jim says Wyatt tried to kill him, and Wyatt says he’s so glad he didn’t. Jim says, really? and Wyatt says, just help him. Please. He can’t stay in jail; send him to rehab. He’s sorry. Jim says because his sorry ass can’t stand prison. He told Wyatt the whole time. He swears, if Wyatt is lying… Wyatt says, he’s not, and Jim says, make him believe it. Say it one more time. Wyatt says, please, dad, and Jim says he’ll think about it. He needs to process this information. He’s going to check on Wyatt’s mother. Wyatt says, I love you, dad, and Jim says, yeah, right. Wyatt asks Jim to tell him that he loves him, and Jim says, I love you, you sick little SOB. Wyatt says he’s sorry, and Jim says, so is he. He leaves, and Wyatt says, wish you would die, you bastard.

David walks into Jim’s room, and Jim tells him, Wyatt apparently tried to kill himself. David says, damn, and Jim says, tell him about it. David says, sorry to hear it, and Jim says David’s son is doing better than his. Does he think Jeffrey would check on Wyatt? David says, sure, and Jim says he doesn’t know what to do. If Wyatt stays in a cell, it will kill him. He’s like his old man. David suggests taking Wyatt to a facility to get help, and Jim says, that’s the plan. He wanted Wyatt to pay for what he did; that son of a bitch shot him. David says, there have to be consequences, and Jim says, of course, but please ask Jeffrey to see him. David says he’ll call from his car, and Jim says his plans for Veronica are in place. David’s not changing his mind, is he? David says, never, and Jim asks if he’s sure. David wishes he could kill the bitch twice, and Jim laughs, saying, that’s the old David he knows. He needs to see Kathryn first, and David says he’ll drive. Jim thanks him, and they leave.

Jeffrey looks at a sleeping Madison and smiles. He moves around, trying to wake Madison up, and Madison opens his eyes. Jeffrey says he slept in, and Madison says Jeffrey is thinking about his mother. Jeffrey denies it at first, then admits he was. Madison mentioned she might come after him. Madison says, it’s okay. Jeffrey is worth it. Let him deal with it. Jeffrey says, what about Colby? and Madison says she doesn’t know Colby can be more of a bitch than she is. He puts his money on Colby. He tells Jeffrey, stop worrying about her, but Jeffrey says how can he not? He wonders what she’s doing, and Madison says, hanging upside down, getting some rest. Jeffrey laughs, and Madison says, she’s plotting; he can feel it. They’re going to have to stay one step ahead of her. Jeffrey says, impossible, and Madison says Jeffrey talks about her like she’s a witch. Jeffrey says, she is. The way she thinks and calculates, it’s brilliant. Madison says, it’s insane, and Jeffrey asks if most brilliant people aren’t insane. Madison says, no, but she is. He says he doesn’t want to spend the morning talking about Jeffrey’s mother, and Jeffrey’s phone is ringing. Jeffrey answers, and David asks, did he interrupt anything? Hearing it, Madison laughs, and Jeffrey asks what that’s supposed to mean. David ignores the question, and says he wanted to know if Jeffrey would go by and see Wyatt. He tried to hurt himself. Jeffrey asks if Wyatt is okay, and David says, he will be. Jeffrey says he needs to tell David something, but David says they’ll talk at home. He’ll be there in a few hours. Madison asks if everything is all right, and Jeffrey says, no, but it will be. Madison snuggles on Jeffrey, who frets.  

Jeffrey walks into Wyatt’s room, and Wyatt is surprised they let Jeffrey in; they’re not letting him have visitors. Jeffrey says he’s there, and Wyatt asks if the guard is outside. Jeffrey says, no, and Wyatt thinks maybe he could make a run for it. Jeffrey says, not in restraints, and Wyatt asks how he is. Jeffrey says, okay; how about Wyatt? Wyatt says, they won’t let him out, and Jeffrey says he tried to kill his father. Wyatt laughs, and Jeffrey asks why he’s smiling. Wyatt says he’s trying to get sent to rehab, but Jeffrey says, it doesn’t work like that. The DA is pressing charges. Wyatt says his father won’t, but Jeffrey says he will. Wyatt says his father is weak. He’s playing the son card, like he’s sad, and like he cares. As soon as he goes to rehab, Wyatt is done with him. His father took all his money, and ruined his life. Jeffrey says, a lot of people come from nothing, and Wyatt’s parents gave him a lot. Wyatt asks if Jeffrey thinks money means anything, but Jeffrey says he thinks opportunity makes a difference. Wyatt says, whatever (no doubt having learned that from Jim), and Jeffrey says he sees nothing’s changed. He just wanted to see Wyatt, and now he’s just going to leave. Wyatt says, tell him something, and Jeffrey says, here we go. Wyatt wants Jeffrey to listen, and says he doesn’t want to be Jeffrey’s friend anymore. Jeffrey asks if they were still friends, and Wyatt says he doesn’t want to hear from Jeffrey or see him again. Jeffrey says, okay, and Wyatt says he hopes Jeffrey rots in hell with his parents. Jeffrey says he’ll do that, but just so Wyatt knows, his words don’t hurt Jeffrey anymore. Wyatt needs to grow the hell up. Wyatt says, just get out, and Jeffrey says he’s changed his number. Wyatt says he’s changed his too, and Jeffrey says, to a prison number. Wyatt says, well, it changed. He hates Jeffrey anyway. Jeffrey says he’s out, and leaves. Wyatt struggles against the restraints, and says, bastard. Get him out of this sh*thole. He yells for the nurse.

Kathryn goes into the visitor room, and sees Jim. She asks how Wyatt is, and Jim says, I’m fine, thanks. She repeats, how is Wyatt? and Jim says, he’s fine. She doesn’t see him in a sling? Kathryn sweetly says, hello, Jim. How are you? and he says, hello, Kate; just swell. How is she? She says, just peachy, and he says she looks like hell. She says, that makes two of them, and he says, seriously, how the hell is she? She says she should ask him, and he says he knows she loves him. Kathryn says, that’s a stretch, but she hates him a little less. He asks how that happened, and she says when she saw him dying. She was actually celebrating. He says, that’s a remarkable coincidence. He was disappointed when he heard her voice. He thought he’d finally gotten rid of her. He tells her, let’s cut the BS, and talk about her being in there. He has a workaround. She says, good. She hopes he’s faster than Marty; she’s tired of being there. He says, it’s liable to cost them money, but he’s working on it. She says, good.

Kathryn says she doesn’t want Jim going to the house, and he says he’ll go to the loft. She says, he can’t do that; she sold it. He says, and he can’t go house? She says she’s having the house cleaned, and tells him, go to the hotel. It has a revolving door with his name on it. He says, excellent idea, and she says, son of a bitch. He’s enjoying this. She wishes she could go to a hotel, and he’s rubbing her face in it. He says, soon enough, and laughs. He tells her, Marty is working on her bail, and she says, tell him to work faster. He says she doesn’t have a choice, and she says he’s enjoying it. He says she has no idea, and she asks how solid George’s case is. He says, very solid, and asks how it feels. She says, how the hell does he think it feels? and he says he knows exactly how it feels. Here’s the part where she says he was right. She says she’d rather die first, but he says she can say it; try it. Jim, gee, golly, you were right. She says, Jim, gee, golly, she’s going to punch him in the shoulder. She tells him to get out, and calls for the guard. He says she can’t call a guard. It’s not like room service. A guard comes to the door, and Jim says she looks so good in orange. She says she’d like to go back to her cell, and tells Jim, she’s still Kathryn Cryer. Don’t forget it. As she’s leaving, he says, Jim, gee, golly, you were right. How hard is that, big orange? He laughs, pushes his chair back in, and leaves. Because everyone just wanders around this jail.

David brings Jim back to the house, and asks if he’s sure he wants to stay there. Jim says, yeah, and tells David that Kathryn said she had it cleaned. He wanted to stay at the loft, but she said she sold it. He asks David to get the door, and David lets Jim in. Jim points, and says, that’s where he did it. David says, it could have been worse, and Jim says, don’t remind him. David says, it’s all clean now, and Jim says his blood is in this house, literally. He doesn’t know what to do with that kid of his. David says he doesn’t have to make a decision right now. Wyatt is in the hospital. Take a night and rest. Jim says, easy for him to say, and David says he has his own stuff. Veronica is always lurking in the shadows. Jim says he’ll handle her; it won’t be long. David hopes not, and says, she has protection, but Jim says his guy will strike fast and hard, at exactly the right time, What he thinks is funny, is remembering how David once protected her. David says, after what she did to Erica and his son, the only thing he feels for her is blind rage. Jim suggests the drink a toast to blind rage, but David says Jim is on pain pills. Jim says he’s been shot. He’s not scared of a few pain pills and bourbon. David says, it’s not good, and Jim says he’ll be the judge of that; pun intended. David gets the decanter of bourbon and glasses, telling Jim, the only reason he’s getting it is because he needs it. He asks how Kathryn is, and Jim says, not well. He thinks she’s at her breaking point. David says, hmm, and Jim asks what that means. David says, it’s time for their ships to rise, and Jim says he can’t take Kathryn out. He hates the bitch, but something about her amuses him. She says she’s got him by the balls and purse strings, and he needs those purse strings right now. He’s out $8 million. David says, Candace? He should have had her killed and been done. Jim says, she’s untouchable right now; the Malone family. Vinny is running it, and he knows how angry Vinny can get. Candace did a favor for Mama Rose and her tall grandson. David says, Mitch and Benny, and Jim says she threatened to take whatever he has left – whatever that could possibly be – if he didn’t leave Candace alone and forget the money. David wonders if Jim asked Rose or Vinny, but Jim says, if he asks her, it will be like calling her grandson a liar, and it won’t go well for him. David says, maybe that’s part of Mitch’s plan, but Jim says, it’s too big a gamble. David says, maybe he’s right, and Jim says, maybe not. Is there a way David can find out? David says he’ll ask around. He tells Jim, there’s another play in hand – Kathryn. Jim says he’s not taking her out of the game, but David says, hear him out. Kathryn is in jail. As her husband, Jim should have access to everything. Jim says he already thought about that, and David asks why he hasn’t done anything about it. Jim says he didn’t think it was worth risking throwing $8 million away. David asks, what about looking into getting control of the estate while she’s away? and Jim says, everything is in her name, and there’s an ironclad prenup. David says, convince her to give him power of attorney. If she’s convicted, she could lose everything. Jim thinks he can do that, and David says, he’s a snake oil charmer. Jim says he knew he kept David around for a reason. This is a good idea. David says Jim has to be careful, and tells him, stop drinking. Jim wants to take the decanter upstairs, and David asks if he can get there on his own. Jim says, no, but he’s not on his own. David helps Jim up, and Jim says he likes painkillers. They’re good. He laughs, and David helps him up the stairs.

Hanna is sitting on the bed, looking through paperwork, when Jim and David walk in. Jim asks, what the hell is she doing?

She didn’t hear them come in? Just saying.

Next time – the power is shifting between those who have, and those who have not. Get ready. It’s all been building up to this. Jim tells David to deal with it, Hanna clocks David, Celine tells Veronica that Jim is trying to get her fired, and Marty tells Kathryn that there’s nothing he can do for her.

💉 A Patient Named Gray…

Here’s one theory.

https://meaww.com/general-hospital-spoilers-december-2-episode-martin-cyrus-related-brother-laura-sister-fans-reaction

🧚🏽‍♀️ Perchance To Dream…

It’s been a long year so far, but we’re still here, and all bad things must come to an end. At some point. So until that happens, stay safe, stay relatively sober, and stay not squandering your chances.

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November 29, 2020 – Double the Finale, Beyond To Come & Back To Work

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What I Watched Today

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

The Walkng Dead: World Beyond – Finale, Part One

Last time, we found out Huck, whose real name is Jennifer, was Elizabeth’s daughter. Huck got pretty excited over a sandwich that Elizabeth brought her. Huck told Elizabeth that Hope wasn’t ready for integration yet, but she’d make it work. She said there were others, but it had been unavoidable. Elizabeth said nothing was unavoidable, and she wanted this to succeed. Elizabeth insisted Huck take her dad’s watch giving her some bullsh*t about it uniting their family. I noticed they’ve followed Fear the Walking Dead’s lead in changing up their opening credits each week.  

The girls worried about Elton and Silas. We got backstory on Felix, who flashed back to interviewing Huck for security intake, and Will crashing the interview.

The tire blew on the group’s truck, secretly courtesy of Huck, and they had to look for somewhere to find supplies. They came across a mini horde of zombies, and fought them off. Iris looked like a born zombie fighter, but Hope stuck her flashlight in a zombie’s mouth, which did nothing but distract everyone. Felix had a wound, but it was unclear as to how he’d gotten it exactly. He brushed it off when Huck asked about it, saying he’d been hooked by barbed wire.

Meanwhile, Elton moped over the his mother’s necklace and the book. Then ripped up the book, scattering the pages to the four winds. Thinking better of it, he gathered up the pages, but the dedication page (it was dedicated to him) kept blowing from his grasp. When he finally pinned it down, there was blood on it. He searched around, and found Percy dealing with a zombie. Percy babbled something about having the money, and fell over.   

The girls, Felix, and Huck searched a retirement home for something rubber and waterproof to fix the tire. Felix said it looked like the house has been evacuated quickly. Huck felt like Iris was avoiding her, and told Iris that she could have trained with them. Hope only did it because wanted to go to Omaha, and it took Hope months to catch on, while it only took Iris weeks. Huck said Hope was more like her, but Iris was disciplined and principled, and was who Huck wanted to be. She suggested the situation with the girls’ dad might not as bad as they thought. While she and Iris were searching the house, Huck looked inside a room, and quickly came out, closing the door. She said the people who lived there were still there, and they weren’t leaving, making a triggering gesture at her temple. She told Felix that they should ditch the car, and go by foot from there, but it would be over mountainous terrain.

Felix remembered getting busy with Will, who said Felix had been in a mood. Felix told Will that Dr. Bennett wanted him to stay behind and watch the girls when he left for the research facility, but he thought the doctor might have wanted him to stay because he was happy. He felt like he owed Dr. Bennett, and the doctor had made him promise, even though Felix wanted to go on security detail. Will said that Felix didn’t trust anyone to take care of things, and just because someone had saved Felix’s life didn’t mean he had to live the rest of it for them.

Elton dragged Percy to an open field. Percy asked why Elton was bothering with him at all, since he was going to die anyway. Elton said he needed to try and save Percy. The wind had brought him there, and it was a sign. Percy said Elton had better bandage him before he bled out. It turned out that the Percy Elton was talking to was an illusion; a stress relief. The real Percy was unconscious. Illusion Percy said Elton didn’t want to look at him too closely because he was scared to find out what Silas had done, and Elton wanted to prove him wrong. He looked Percy’s body over, and saw he’d been shot. Since a wrench doesn’t shoot bullets, it obviously wasn’t Silas.

Felix and the others came across a bunch of school bus blockades, and Felix suggested they go around, but Hope insisted on climbing over. Felix ended up falling off of a bus, and managed to hurt himself even worse by rolling his ankle. He said the pain was no big deal, and he’d already started on antibiotics for the cuts. Huck told the girls to look for a splint, and told Felix that he wasn’t going anywhere for a while. In a flashback moment, we discovered Huck had been the one to slash Felix with the barbed wire.

Felix remembered hanging with Dr. Bennett, Will, and the girls. Felix pumped Dr. Bennett for information on the security detail, and found out Will was being added, and to make it worse, Will had asked to go. Later, Will said he only wanted what was best for Felix, and he was going for Felix, so Felix didn’t have to worry about Dr. Bennett. When he got back, maybe things would be different. Will told Felix that he loved him, but it wasn’t up to Felix to carry everyone else. Felix had to figure out how to let it go and trust other people.

Elton tried to tend to Percy’s wound. He asked who did it, and Illusion Percy asked if it mattered, since he was a figment of Elton’s imagination. Elton made a poultice for Percy’s wound, but Percy said it wouldn’t make any difference; he was dying. Elton insisted it wasn’t over, and Percy told Elton to look behind him. Elton did, and saw several zombies headed their way.

Hope said Felix wouldn’t make it far, and wondered if taking more time would make a difference. Iris said they weren’t going to leave him.

Elton dragged Percy up the hill. Figment Percy told Elton it was okay to leave him and save himself. It was over for him, but not Elton. It was cool. He told Elton that he had a minute, and the zombies slowed down. He and Elton sat on the hill, and Figment Percy told Elton, good people could sometimes be disappointing, but it was still a beautiful world. Elton was no longer just the guy behind the camera; he was part of it now. Elton said this wasn’t the way it was supposed to be, and Percy said, it never was. Elton didn’t want him to die, and that was a noble thing. He told Elton that he would save people down the line who would change the world. Elton said it would be only fifteen years before the world was extinct, according to his mom’s research, but Percy said Elton’s mom had more faith in people than Elton thought. Otherwise, why would she have a son, and a daughter? He told Elton, there was a big, beautiful world waiting, and to fight for it. Be brave like his mom knew he could be. Elton wept as the zombies came closer. He looked at his mom’s necklace, and finally turned his back.

But then he said, no. He dropped his stuff, and took out a pokey/wrench stick, and a thing you zip-tie bundles with. He whacked one zombie, bundled another two together, who fell over, and smashed the fourth’s head with the wrench end of the stick.

Felix thought about the night Will left. Hope had made herself scarce, and Will told him that anger was the soul’s attempt to avoid sadness. Some people couldn’t bear to say goodbye, but there was no point trying to outrun pain. It would wait patiently until you were too tired to run.

Iris thought the highway would be easier, but Felix wanted to stick to the original plan. She said it would be impossible for him to hike, and he said they didn’t need him. He would hold them up, and put them in more danger. They’d needed him in the beginning, but not anymore. He said Iris was more than capable, and he believed in her; in who she’d become. Huck said they were leaving first thing in the morning. Iris thought it was bullsh*t, and they shouldn’t even be discussing it. Huck told her take a deep look inside, and she’d see it wasn’t bullsh*t. She’d know her purpose was to find her dad. If Felix stayed there, he’d be safe.

Hope brooded by herself. Iris found her, and asked about Huck’s life before this, and Hope said Huck had been in the military. Her mom died when she was little, and she’d been found on a raft. She wondered why Iris was asking, and Iris said, what if they couldn’t trust Huck? She thought something was off, and she had a gut feeling that Huck was untrustworthy. Hope asked if that was because Huck was willing to make hard choices. Huck had been there for her in ways Iris didn’t understand. Huck had saved her life, and when Hope had told Iris how their mom died, Iris had started to look at her differently. She’d told Huck everything, and said Iris didn’t know her as well as she thought. Iris asked if Hope was originally going to tell her that she was going to Omaha, and Hope said, no.

After everyone was asleep, Hope woke Huck, and said they had to talk. She told Huck that Iris didn’t want to move on without Felix, and he’d drag them down. She wanted to leave immediately. Huck said she’d grab her stuff.

Elton found a walkie talkie and tried to radio Felix. To his credit, Percy was still breathing.

On the road, Hope thanked Huck for believing in her, and Huck said she was glad Hope felt that way. I could see wheels of doubt turning in Hope’s head though, when Huck wanted a moment alone. She went behind a shed, and took out her radio, hearing Elton. Elton started to tell her where they were, and told Percy that he’d gotten ahold of Huck instead of Felix. Percy sat up, and said she was the one who’d shot him.

Iris told Felix that Hope and Huck were gone. Felix aka Captain Obvious said they’d been left.

Hope flashed back to figuring out some codes on a map. It said, en route to pick up the asset in a raft, and all four expendable. She reached into her back pocket for a gun.

⚰️ Part Two ⚰️ 

Will tripped near a super old zombie coming up from the ground, that looked like a Halloween decoration. He was being chased by military men.

In no one in particular’s flashback, Dr. Bennett thought about his daughters as he had dinner with Dr. Belshaw. She asked what he thought they’d be doing, and he said Iris must be helping someone, and Hope must be getting in trouble. Dr. Bennett told Dr. Belshaw that it had been sad to lose Dr. Abbot. Dr. Belshaw said, apparently he’d gotten word that his sister wasn’t well. I had no idea/couldn’t remember who Dr. Abbot was, so it was like a non-conversation.

Hope asked who the hell Huck was, and held a pistol on her.

Elton saw smoke from a chimney, and found Silas, who said he shouldn’t have come. Elton said he’d found Silas’s cassette player and headphones, and something else. Sitting in a wagon, Percy said, just for the record, he was doing good.

Iris couldn’t believe Huck and Hope just left, and Felix said sometimes it was easier that way. Iris said she’d told Hope something she hadn’t wanted to hear. She didn’t trust Huck; something was off with her. Felix said just because there was something wrong with Silas, didn’t mean there was something wrong with Huck, and Iris told him the room Huck said was filled with bodies was the only one they hadn’t searched.   

Hope told Huck that she had decoded the map, and knew who she was, but wanted her to say it. Huck said she didn’t want to hurt anyone. It was like the night with Hope and her mom. Huck’s manipulation didn’t work, and only irritated Hope, who fired a shot. Huck said part of Hope knew she was on her side, and Hope said when Huck had agreed to come with her, she knew she was the asset. A load of zombies started coming out of nowhere.

Huck swore she wouldn’t hurt Hope, and told her to put the pistol down, so they could fight together. Hope didn’t have to, since a zombie knocked it out of her hand. There were about a dozen of them by now.

Felix and Iris checked out the room, which was full of medical supplies. Iris said they could have used some of it treat Felix’s ankle, and fix the tire, but Huck had avoided it.   

Percy told Elton and Silas that Huck had killed Tony, and tried to kill him, but he didn’t know why. Elton told Silas that what they knew for sure was that Silas hadn’t done it. Silas was hella relieved not to be a monster, and said they had to save Hope and Iris.

Huck said, all the training showed what Hope could do if she applied herself. Hope said she thought Huck was a friend, and cared about all of them. Why were the others expendable? Huck said it wasn’t supposed to be this complicated. Her dad was never in danger. The last two messages weren’t from him; they were from her. She thought it was the easiest way get Hope to leave, and Huck thought she was strong enough to go. She was right. She’d thought Iris would try to talk Hope out of it, Hope would come to her, and just the two of them would go. She needed Hope to see civilization, and that the world was worth fighting for. It was the same thing the Civic Republic was fighting for. That’s why she told Hope about the greater good. Other people getting in the way of her seeing it made them expendable. Huck did everything she could to split them up, so they could go on their own. Hope asked about Tony and Percy, and Huck said if the second location had been compromised, the whole thing would have been over. She killed them to save everyone else. Hope asked, why her? and Huck said Hope had no idea who she was.

Dr. Bennett told Dr. Belshaw about how, when Hope was six, she completely took apart a computer because she was curious. She had it put back together by the by next day, all by herself. Maybe she’d save the world.

Huck was impressed that Hope had cracked the CRS cypher, and Hope said she thought they were a bunch of idiots. Huck said people like her had to make sure the gifts of people like Hope weren’t being wasted. Hope asked, what if they’d just made it there like they’d intended, and Huck said, it would have been easier. They had to find shelter for the night, but Huck told Hope not to think of running. The CRS wouldn’t do anything to her, but they always find you.

Silas, Elton, and Percy decided to find Hope. Percy said Huck would pay for what she’d done. They saw a truck, and Silas said there were refueling stations close by. Percy told them, men had just gotten out with guns, and they ran.  

Iris repaired the tire, and Felix thought, with luck, they’d get 50 miles out of it. He told Iris that she’d have to drive, and she said she’d never learned. He said she was going to now, and told her to be one with the car. She said, he did not just tell her that, and he said her father had taught him to drive.  

Huck said there was more going on than Hope knew; maybe more than she knew. They heard the truck, and Huck doused the lanterns, saying Hope had to trust her. Felix and Iris came in, and Huck wondered how they’d gotten the truck going. Iris jumped right on Huck about supplies being in the room she’d claimed bodies were in, but Huck told Iris that she must be mistaken; she’d never said that. She said they were there, and safe, all together; all good things. Huck said she’d pull the truck around, and Felix handed her the keys, making sure she’d drop them. When she bent to pick them up, he grabbed her gun, and asked what the hell she was doing with Hope.

Dr. Belshaw said she cared about Dr. Bennett, their future, and everyone’s future. She said Hope was going to be there in the morning. When he’d told her about Hope’s gifts and genius, he trusted her, but she’d had to tell them. They need generations of great minds. Hope had seen the world, and now and she was ready to bring back the world. It would take the brightest minds brought together, but if they didn’t make progress, human life would be gone in 30 years. She could live with him hating her, so the world could live. We see saw she wasn’t actually talking to him, but practicing her speech.

Felix aimed the gun at Huck, and told Iris to take Hope and go. Iris said the CRS wanted Hope, but Huck said they couldn’t save her by walking away; bringing her there was the only way they’d live. She said she wanted Felix to be happy, and she was sorry, then knocked him down the stairs. A lantern went with him, and started a fire.

In the meantime, Silas, Elton, and Percy hid  from the trucks. Silas said he thought he knew a way out, and told the others to follow him.

Huck and Felix struggled, and Felix told Iris to take the truck and go. Iris told Hope to find the gun, and Felix and Huck fought like characters out of Conan the Barbarian, while the house started to burn. It was a pretty decent fight, and for a guy with an ankle injury, Felix brought his A-game. Hope found the gun.  

As he led Elton and Percy to the back gate, Silas thought of all the good stuff he’d done. As soon as the other two were outside, he locked himself in. He cut his palm with a knife, and said he was saving them.

Felix told Hope to take a shot as he struggled with Huck. Zombies started coming toward the house, and Iris fought them off. Huck was in a position to kill, and said she was sorry as she stood over him, but Hope fired a warning shot. She told Huck if she didn’t get away from Felix, she’d shoot herself, and held the gun to her own head. She told Iris and Felix to take the truck. The CRS needed her to help her dad with research because of who and what she was, and Huck’s mission was to get her there. She’d decoded the message, and realized she was the asset. She was smarter than they’d thought.

Silas told Elton that he’d be okay. Getting him would slow them down. Elton had believed in him when he didn’t believe in himself. Elton was his best friend. He told them to protect Iris, and gave himself up.

Felix said it wasn’t too late, but Hope said the CRS would just keep looking for them. She was doing what she was doing because she had what she had. She told Iris that they’d always protect each other, and they’d all be okay. Felix said Hope was just a kid, but Huck said, not anymore. She wanted Felix to know he was ace, and sometimes you had to do bad to do good in this life.

Dr. Bennett told Dr. Belshaw, something sensitive had been eating at him. The place was important to them – he wasn’t questioning that – but the military scouting mission had been gone for a few days. He thought it was possible they were being lied to, but he needed her help to find out for certain.

Percy and Elton had no idea where they were going. Elton said he didn’t know what lay ahead, and it wouldn’t be easy, but they were part of it now. He’d thought they were the last of their species, but he’d seen the impossible happen. He knew they could find the others because they could do the impossible. They could make their lives count, not because they were the last generation, but the beginning.

As they walked, Hope told Huck that she was thinking about the big picture. They walked out into a field where a helicopter met them. Elizabeth popped out, and she said Huck’s judgment had been in question, and she had to make sure the mission was an unmitigated success, with no loose ends. As far as the campus colony went, they’d talk. She said the Bennetts would accomplish great things together.

Felix told Iris that they had to find shelter and food. Telling Felix about their conversation, Iris thought back to talking to Hope, and saying they would get them back, and kick Civic Republic ass. Hope said, the two of them together were the asset. Iris was smart, had good instincts, and bravery. She had no clue how they were going to beat them. They thought they were saving the world, but Iris would save the world from them. Felix asked Iris, how? and Iris said they just would. They were the future.

Iris and Felix heard something in the woods, and saw people in the distance. One of them broke away, and it was Will. He and Felix embraced, and a bunch of people came out from the forest.

 🎬 Another Reason…

I’m sure most of us will be glad to kiss 2020 goodbye for many reasons, but one is television going back to filming new season. If all goes according to plan, World Beyond’s Season 2 should see it’s premiere in the summer of 2021.

https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-world-beyond-season-2-release-date-story/

🥧 Calling It a Weekend…

While the non-stop eating was fun, part of me will be glad to get back on the exercise and food moderation track tomorrow. While there’s no new Deck, I’ll see you at the Hospital, and I’ll also pour you some tea. So whether it was a long weekend for you, or just a coupla more days, until then, stay safe, stay blue skying, and stay believing civilization is worth fighting for.

Nov25

November 24, 2020 – Julian Begs Ava To Hide Him, Wyatt Uses Another Of His Nine Lives, Ruthless Tyler & Thanks

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Outside what’s left of The Floating Rib, Sam asks Jason where Danny is, and Jason says he dropped Danny at the Quartermaines. Sam hugs him, and says, thank God. He tells her, it’s okay. Julian watches, puts Danny’s baseball cap on the ground, and walks off.

Alexis continues to drink, and tells Valentin, he’s done his duty. He crashed the intervention, and said his piece. Molly is upstairs avoiding her, and he doesn’t need to stay. She has all the company she needs right here. He says he’ll stay until they hear about her grandson, but she says she doesn’t need a watchdog or a babysitter. He says he’s got a glass; where’s his lime?

Mac tells Officer Williams, no one gets into the wreckage. They’re still working inside. Maxie and Peter come along, and Maxie asks if everyone is out. Mac says he thinks so, but they’re still checking. Lulu and Dustin were inside, and taken to the hospital. Maxie says, please tell her they’re okay.   

Lulu tells Dante, Dustin is gone and she wasn’t even with him. Dante holds out the ring, and says Dustin left this for her. His last words were about her, and he wanted her to have it. He gives it to her, and she cries. He holds her.  

Brad tosses and turns, saying, don’t kill me. Please. Britt tells him that he’s okay; it’s a bad dream. Brad says, it’s more than that, and she says, more how? He tells her, it was like a premonition. Whoever tried to kill him is going to finish the job. She says, it was just a dream. Trust her; she’s a doctor. He needs to calm down, relax, and focus on feeling better. He’s safe. He says, seriously? If Cyrus wants to take him down, there is no safe place, especially not there. She says she’ll see about that.

Cyrus and Brando come into the hospital. Cyrus says he heard the terrible news, and Portia says, the casualties are being brought in, and she’s on top of it. She keeps moving, and he tells Brando, he needs the names of who survived, and who didn’t.   

Sam says she was so scared when she couldn’t reach Jason. He says he dropped Danny off, and then he was working. Danny is safe. Sonny says, it was a hell of a scare, and Sam says she wasn’t as scared as Julian (really? she seemed pretty hysterical). She says, he picked up Danny’s cap. She looks around, and sees the cap on the ground, but no Julian. She wonders where Julian went, and asks why he would just take off like that. Jason is sure they’ll see him again.

Ava looks around the docks, and says, dammit, Julian. It’s just like him. He tells her it’s an emergency, she comes out on the launch, and he’s not even there. Julian comes out, and says he’s there. He had to make sure it was her, and that she wasn’t followed. She says, that doesn’t bode well for the evening, and he says she has to hide him at Windymere. She asks, what happened? and he says she hasn’t heard? She says, clearly she hasn’t. Bottom line it. What’s the problem? He says, the problem is, if she doesn’t hide him, he’s a dead man.

Britt tells Brad, think about it. Would Cyrus kill him in his own hospital? Brad says, hell yes. Everyone will think it was Sonny, who has plenty of means and motive. She tells him, calm down. She’ll find a way to keep him safe. He says, good luck with that, and Britt tells him, try to get some sleep.  

In the hallway, Britt sees Lucas, and says she’s surprised he made the effort. He says, to what? Come to work? She says she thought he stopped by to see Brad, and he says, Brad is here?

Maxie says, tell her Lulu and Dustin are okay, but Mac says, all he knows is, Lulu walked out, and Dustin came out on a stretcher. Maxie tells Peter, instead of going into a panic, she’s going to the hospital; she’ll get a Ride Share. He says he’ll take her, but she asks if he has another reporter there. He says, no, and she says, then it’s on him. He’ll be more useful there.

Lulu tells Dante, she replays it in her mind, and it’s in slow motion. One minute, Dustin is alive and asking her, and the next… She starts to cry again, and Dante says she’s in shock. He tells her to sit tight. They have to make sure all she has is a headache. She says, Dustin brought the ring out, and got on one knee. Then everything went dark. She didn’t even get to say goodbye.

Alexis says she recognizes that she and Valentin have a certain kind of kinship. She might say there are moments they actually like each other, but she can’t imagine he cares one way or the other if she leads a sober life or ends up face down in the gutter. He says he’s man enough to know when he’s beaten. With all the good intentions in the world, he can’t save her. She was raised by Cassadines, and grew up in their world. She says, here’s to that, and he says, sometimes you can only find solace in the bottom of a glass. Alexis says, it’s more complex than that. She doesn’t expect him to understand. He says he was raised be the same wolves. He still hears them now.

Sam gives Jason the baseball cap, and says, that’s how close they came to the explosion. Jason says he took Danny to the Quartermaines before it happened, and asks how everyone else is; Cameron and Dev were inside. Carly and Sonny join them, and Carly says, Cameron is okay. Sonny says, Dev didn’t make it, and they keep walking. Sam says now that she has Jason alone, why didn’t he call her when he heard about the explosion? He says, something urgent came up, and his phone died. When he got it back, and saw what happened, he was close by, so he just came there.   

Sonny looks inside at the wreckage. He tells Carly, Dev crossed half the globe by himself to be a part of their family. Family is supposed to protect you and keep you safe. It’s not supposed to end like this.

Maxie runs into the hospital, and asks Deanna where Lulu is. Deanna says, in there, pointing, and Maxie goes in. Dante leaves, and Lulu cries in Maxie’s arms, saying, Dustin is gone.

Peter looks inside The Rib, then sees Mac. He wonders if he can ask Mac some questions, and Mac says, as his future son-in-law or the press? Peter says, both, and Mac says as soon as the firemen are finished, the PCPD will proceed with their investigation. Sonny asks if Mac knows anything, but he says they’re still checking. Sonny says he lost someone – Dev – and Mac says he’s sorry for Sonny’s loss. Sonny says, maybe it was an accident, maybe it wasn’t. He’d appreciate it if Mac would tell him when he finds out.

Lucas asks Britt, who tried to kill Brad? but she thinks he should talk to Brad. Clearly, he still cares. He asks again, who tried to kill Brad? and she says, all he needs to know is Brad is lucky to be alive. He needs all the support he can get. Lucas goes into Brad’s room. Brad has his eyes shut, and says, Britt? He opens his eyes.  

Julian tells Ava that he’ll explain on the way, but she says, explain now. She guesses Cyrus called in his marker. What did he ask Julian to do? He says, Cyrus wanted him to kill Jason.

Jason tells Sonny, he’s sorry about Dev, and Sam says, he was a good kid. Sonny thanks them, and Sam asks how Brando is taking it. Sonny says he called Brando, but he hasn’t called back. He doesn’t want Brando to hear it from someone else. Carly wonders where Brando is, and Jason says, Cyrus is probably at GH. Odds are, Brando is with him. Sam says she’s going to pick up Danny, and Jason tells her that he’s going to head over to the hospital first. She says she was hoping they’d go home together, and he says he won’t be long; it’s important. Sonny suggests it can wait, but Jason says, if it could, he’d let it. Carly and Sonny leave, and Sam asks if it has something to do with whatever is going on with Sonny and Cyrus. Jason says he’ll explain later, and they hug.

Lulu tells Maxie, she thought she wanted to make a life with Dustin, then Dante came back, and had a hold on her heart. She started to question what she wanted, and when she met with Dustin, she was about to tell him that she wanted to take a step back, but she didn’t get the chance… Maxie says Lulu doesn’t have to relive it, and Lulu shows her the ring. She says, Dustin asked her to marry him, then the explosion happened. Dustin loved her so much, before he died, he asked Dante to give it to her. Maxie asks, if the explosion hadn’t happened, was Lulu going to say yes?   

Peter asks Mac, off the record, any theories? Mac says, maybe faulty wiring. He and Felicia stay on top of things like that, but something could have gotten past them. Dante looks inside, and says, complete the mission, in his head. Mac asks if Dante is okay, and Dante says, it’s just a lot of destruction; it’s tough to look at. He left Maxie at GH with Lulu. Peter asks how Lulu is, and Dante says, she made it through; Dustin didn’t. Peter says, it’s terrible. Lulu must be devastated. Dante says, it’s pointless and unfair. Good people are gone, and people who deserve worse are walking around alive and well.

At the hospital, Carly asks if Sonny still hasn’t heard from Brando, and Sonny says he hasn’t. Carly says they need to find him. He has to hear it from one of them. Cyrus walks in with Brando, and sees Jason and Sonny. He’s obviously surprised.  

Julian tells Ava, he was given a package with instructions to kill Jason. She asks if he’s saying the package on his doorstep was a bomb. He says he didn’t have a choice, and she says, that song again. He never has a choice. Maybe he still has time to get the package back. He says she doesn’t understand. It went off. It was just supposed to kill Jason. She asks if he put it in Jason’s car, and he says, it was in The Floating Rib. She says, that place is always packed. How is that possible? He says, Cyrus was supposed to lure Jason there alone, but that’s not how it turned out. Jason is alive, and his grandson was with him. He almost killed Danny too. Ava asks, what does he mean too? She grabs him, and says, who died tonight?

Valentin tells Alexis that he sees her pretending to be the Quartermaines’ butler to see her daughter, and raises her giving an innocent baby to Faison to raise. She says, good one, and flips through their makeshift cards. She says she sees Peter, and raises the man she loved holding a knife to her throat. He says he’d call that a draw, and she says she’ll drink to that. She just thought of something. It’s been 20 minutes since she touched her glass. Was that part of his plan? Sam comes in, and Alexis asks if Danny is okay. Sam says, Danny and Jason are fine. Jason left Danny at the Quartermaines before the explosion. She went to pick him up, but he was having such a good time with Annabelle II, she let him spend the night. Alexis suggests Sam just say she doesn’t want Danny to see her drunk. Sam says, the thought crossed her mind, and when she came in, there was Alexis, drink in hand. She should have known better than to leave her with Valentin. He brings out the worst in everyone, especially her.

Jason leads Sonny to an office, and Sonny asks, what’s the information Jason uncovered? Jason says it’s best for Sonny to hear it straight from the source. He opens the door, and Britt is waiting.  

Lulu tells Maxie, Dustin was a great guy and she loved him, but if she’s honest, when Dustin offered her this beautiful ring, she was going to say no. Maxie says, because of Dante? and Lulu says, because of herself. As much as her life with Dante was over, the life she was building with Dustin was suddenly full of uncertainty. She thought they could take a break, and she could take the time to sit with everything, and figure out what her heart wanted. Maxie says she knows Dustin loved Lulu, and he was a great guy. More than anything, he wanted her to be happy. it’s not fair that he died, but if there’s a lesson, it’s that time is too precious to waste. Don’t wait to say how she feels. She might not get another chance. Don’t edit. Just tell Dante how she really feels.

Alexis tells Sam, please know that despite appearances, Valentin is a good friend. Sam says, with friends like him… and Valentin says he should go. Alexis asks him, please stay. Would he like to play another round? Sam looks at what they’re drinking, and says, tequila? Alexis says Sam hid the vodka. Guess how many she’s had? Valentin says he wants to see what she’s got for his entire life being used by someone, only to find out they were an evil twin. Alexis gets back in her seat, and says she sees his Anna and Alex, and raises him running down her daughter’s abusive boyfriend with her car. He folds.    

Lucas looks at Brad’s chart, and says he had a close call. If the attacker had come from a different angle… He has an excellent prognosis. He’d say Brad is a lucky guy. Brad says, yeah; he’s a lucky guy. At least he used to be. Deanna pops in, and says Lucas is needed in the ER, and Lucas leaves.  

Julian tells Ava, sorry. He doesn’t know who else was there. He stayed long enough to find out Jason and Danny were okay. She says he doesn’t know who else was hurt? and he says he thinks Trina’s friend, Dev. She says, Sonny’s cousin, and Julian says, he didn’t make it. She says Julian killed an innocent high school student. Who else is dead because of him? He says, nobody… that he knows of. They’ve got to go. If she doesn’t help him, he’s going to be the next to die.

Carly says Cyrus seemed surprised to see Sonny and Jason, but Cyrus says, no. He was just thinking how fortunate they were not to be at The Floating Rib. Such a tragedy. Carly asks if she can speak to Brando privately. It can’t wait; it’s a personal matter. Cyrus says if Brando needs a moment, he’ll step away, but Brando says, anything Carly can say to him, she can say in front of Cyrus. She says, Dev was at The Floating Rib, and Brando asks if he’s okay. She says, no, he’s not. He didn’t make it.

Jason closes the door, and tells Sonny, Britt was the one who called him away from The Floating Rib. Sonny says, good thing. Otherwise… She says she knows. The one time in her life that her timing was excellent. Jason tells Britt to tell Sonny what she told him, and Britt says, when Brad and Nelle switched Michael’s baby with Willow’s, they were working alone that night. Sonny says, that night? and Britt says, not long afterward, months before the truth came out, Brad asked for help in covering it up. Sonny says he needs a name, and Britt says, Julian.

Lulu tells Maxie, Dustin just died. Is Maxie telling her to run to Dante and confess her love? Maxie says, not this second, but soon. Lulu says she’d be honoring her feelings, but what about honoring Dustin? Maxie says if she loves Dante – which she already admitted – then she’ll say it. She could have died, and Dante would never know how she felt. Lulu says, as much as she loves Dante, there’s still all this pain. She can’t put herself and her family in that position again. Dante would have to guarantee he’ll never leave again. Maxie says she loves Lulu, but she’s asking for the impossible. If they learned anything tonight, it’s that nothing in life is certain.

Cyrus says he’s sorry for Brando’s loss. Take as much time as he needs. He leaves, and Brando sits with Carly. She asks if he’s okay, but he says he’s not sure. He and Dev barely knew each other, and he was pretending Dev was his son. He didn’t want to do it at first, but after a while, it was more than just building a pretend relationship. Dev would come to the garage, and ask him about girls, and tell him about his school life and stuff. Carly says, fatherly advice, and he says, yeah. She says, Dev knew he could count on Brando, and he says, damn. He’s going to miss Dev. Carly says she’s going to miss him too. She pats Brando’s shoulder. Cyrus watches, then sees Portia, and asks for a word. She says she’s so busy, she doesn’t have time to avoid him. He says he wants an update on the latest casualties, and she suggests he call the police or the mayor. She’s trying save lives. Every life is precious. She walks away, and Cyrus says he can think of an exception.

Julian says, if Cyrus finds out, Ava could have a problem, and she asks how he can threaten her after what he’s done. He says, it’s not a threat; he’s begging. She says, if Sonny finds out she helped him, she can kiss Avery goodbye, and probably her life. Julian’s phone dings, and he’s got a text from Cyrus, saying, we need to talk. 

Sonny says, Julian knew Wiley was Michael’s son, and didn’t say anything? Jason says, that explains why he took up with Nelle; she blackmailed him into marrying her. That must have been what he was doing on the docks. Nelle got her hands on Wiley because of Julian. Britt’s pager beeps, and she says she has to get back to work, but Jason says, tell Sonny what Brad said about who stabbed him. Sonny says, Brad was stabbed? and Britt tells him, Brad said the guy who did it worked for Cyrus. Sonny wonders how Cyrus is Brad’s enemy, and Britt says, the only person who would want Brad dead is Julian. Her pager beeps again, and she says she has to go. She leaves, and Jason tells Sonny, Cyrus must have gone after Brad as a favor to Julian.

Sonny lights a candle in the chapel, saying he hopes Dev finds peace. He tells Jason, he was praying, but couldn’t get his thoughts out. If Cyrus tried to take out Brad, what did he want in return? Jason says, there’s only one way to find out. He’ll find Julian.

Julian tells Ava, he’s a dead man. There are a thousand places he could hide at Windymere. She says, it’s the first place they’ll look, and he says he needs time to make a plan, then he promises he’ll vanish. He needs her help. She’s all he has left.

Carly tells Brando, only Dev could get arrested stopping a robbery. Then think he’d get out of lock up by telling the cops to call Sonny. Sonny asks if he heard his name, and Carly says they were talking about how Dev messing up a crime in progress was the way he met the family. Brando tells them, he was going say, that’s my boy. Sonny asks if Brando wants to talk, but he says he has to get back to work. Brando thanks them for telling him, and Sonny says, sorry for his loss. He leaves, and Carly says, Cyrus was very surprised to see Sonny and Jason. Sonny says, is that right? and she asks where Jason is. Sonny says, out getting answers, and she says, about what? He says, Julian.

Alexis sleeps on the couch, and Sam comes back downstairs. She says, Scout is fast asleep. It looks like she’s not the only one. Why is Valentin still there? He says he thought he’d check in before he left. Sam says, and tell her how he let Alexis drink after he forced his way into the intervention? He says he didn’t let Alexis do anything, and she says he didn’t stop her. He says he couldn’t stop her, but he slowed her down. Sam says, she’s passed out, but Valentin thinks she’s sleeping. Sam says Valentin will use anyone to get what he wants. He says, absolutely anyone, and Sam says, but whatever game he’s playing, it was a nice distraction. He used his evil powers for good. He says, don’t tell anyone, and she says she has no one to tell. She thanks him for staying, but he says he doesn’t need her gratitude. He leaves, and she covers Alexis with a blanket. She takes out her phone, and says, dammit, Jason. Where are you?

Britt tells Brad, she can’t stay, but wanted to see how it went with Lucas. He says, not good. He wanted to say so many things, but Lucas wouldn’t even look at him. She says he needs to give it time, and he says, assuming he has any left. She says he has plenty, and he asks how she knows that. She says she made a deal with Sonny. She offered him and Jason information in exchange for Brad’s protection. She told them about Julian, and how he knew the babies had been switched. He asks why she did that, and she asks if he’d rather she left him unprotected. He says, it’s not about him. How is Lucas going to take it when Sonny kills his father?

An officer brings Mac the preliminary report from the investigation. He looks at it, and says, damn. Someone did this on purpose.

Lulu is in the chapel, when Dante comes in. He says he got her text; is she okay? She says, thanks for meeting her. She had to talk to him in private. He asks if she’s been checked out yet, and she says, stop. She needs to tell him something. He says she can tell him in the privacy of her room, but she says, let her say it. She starts to cry, and says she loves him, then keels over into his arms.

Tomorrow, Cameron finds out about Dev, Jason says they need to know how it was planned, and Dante calls for help.

The Haves and The Have Nots

Alissa runs from David’s house, screaming, help me! David tells Leo, bring her back in, but Leo says he can’t ignore this. David asks Alissa if she’s lost her mind, and drags her back in, telling Leo, close the damn door. She bites David, and he throws her down, saying, crazy bitch. What the hell is wrong with her? She lies on the floor, laughing. She says, she got him, bitch, and he asks what the hell she’s talking about. She says, he did this. He took her sister away; he separated them. David asks if she’s crazy, and she says, now she’s got him. He says, all of this was about revenge, and she says he’s going to jail like all those people he put in there. He’s going down. She laughs.

We get jazzy new opening credits. And an ad for Tyler Perry’s Ruthless, which is having its season premiere on Thanksgiving Day, November 26th.

David says he knew Alissa was up to something, and she says she knew he couldn’t turn her down. He was too weak, and now she has vaginal bruising, and her arm; he did that. She’s sure the neighbors are calling the police. David suggests she call herself, but she says she doesn’t have her phone. He gives it to her, and tells her to call 9-1-1. The dispatcher answers, and David plays a recording of Alissa threatening him. She hangs up, and asks what that is. He says, rich people’s sh*t. He recorded her in every room. Would she like to see some video? She says, no, and he tells her to get her ass out of his house. She says he can’t blame a girl for trying, but he says he can blame a girl for being stupid. She says, sorry, and he says, get the hell out. She says she had to try. He took her sister from her. He says he was doing his job as a judge, but she says he separated them, leaving her and abandoning her. He killed her sister. Her sister’s blood is on his hands. He says he took her from an abusive situation. Her father was hurting her. She says her father hurting her was easier than everything else she went through. He can’t even say he’s sorry. He says, after what she did to him – tried to do to him… She says she needed him to feel like she did, and hurt like she did all these years. He says, too bad her plan didn’t work. He’s asking her one more time. Is she sure his ex-wife didn’t send her? She says she doesn’t know that bitch.

The police show up at David’s, and an officer tells Leo, they got a call about a woman screaming. Leo says, it’s under control, and the officer asks who he is. Leo says, security, and the officer asks for his ID. Leo shows him, and he asks, who’s inside? Leo says, the homeowner and a guest. The officer says, a lady? and Leo says, yeah. The officer says he needs to go in, and Leo tells David, who says, let him in. The officer says he got a call about a domestic disturbance, and David asks Alissa if she wants to tell him, or should he. She says she was acting. They were role playing; David likes to play kinky games. The officer asks if she’s okay, and she says, doesn’t she look okay? He’s kind of cute. Does he want to make sure she gets home safely? The officer tells them, keep the noise down, and David thanks him. When the officer is gone, David tells Leo to get her out, but she says, there’s no need. She knows where the door is. Can she at least have her shoes? He says, no; she’ll get them later. She says she’s sorry. She really is. She leaves, and Leo asks if David is okay. David says he knew she was up to something, and recorded her in every room. She changed her tune when he played back the audio. People can be so ruthless. (Nice plug.) Leo says he sees it more and more. David says he understands Leo’s reluctance to get involved, and Leo says, sorry. David says it’s Leo’s job to protect him. If it happens again, he’s fired. Leo says, it won’t. David’s son wanted him to tell David that he’ll be home in the morning. David says, Jeffrey was here? Did he know a girl was here? Leo says Jeffrey knew someone was there, but didn’t know it was her.

Police cars surround Wyatt’s car, lights flashing. An officer says, the car belongs to Jim Cryer, and his partner says, the guy who ran for governor. What the hell is wrong with the rich? The officer says, he checked the guy’s ID, and it says he’s Wyatt Cryer; he skipped from the hospital. His partner says, there’s an APB out on him, and he says, maybe he should have stayed in the hospital. His partner asks if Wyatt is dead, and the paramedic says, he has a pulse, but it’s faint. She says, he’s got nine lives, and the officer says, but they run out. Let the sheriff know they’ve got Wyatt. They thought he was dead, but the paramedic said he had a heartbeat. He’s taking Wyatt to the hospital. Let the chief know.

In the bedroom, Veronica pours drinks for herself and Samuel, who lies on the bed in his underwear. He says, damn, and she says she told him that she was that good. It’s called maturity. Young girls got no seasoning. He says she’s sexy as hell. He noticed the first time he saw her, but the sexiest thing she did was when she pulled that pistol. It turned him on. She says, he likes to live his life dangerously? and he says, 100%; he loves it. She says he’s her kind of man. She’s a ruthless bitch. He says, see? There it is. She’s turning him on right now. She says, let’s go, and he says, again? She laughs, and says, yes. She can go all night. She’ll teach him all about it someday. He asks if she’s not satisfied, and she says she’s just going to make him better. He gets up, and says he has to go; Laura has been texting him all night. She says, so? He’s so beautiful. He says, so is she, and she asks him turn around. He does, and she says, mommy and daddy must be proud. Why don’t they spend time together, with plan to eventually be together? He says he’s not leaving his wife, and Veronica says, what if she leaves him? He says, she’d never do that, and she asks if he’s sure. He says he is, and he has to go. Are they good? She says, get rid of her. That’s her job now. She tells him to take what he wants, and he says he did. She says she means the money. She knows he needs it. He says, it’s a set-up. if he takes the money, he’s in it for a short time. If he doesn’t, he’s in it for longer. She knows his game is long. He kisses her, and she sits on the bed. She tells him, go see little Miss Goody Two-Shoes. She has the feeling Laura is going to leave him soon. He says, it’s never going to happen, and leaves. Veronica says, a waste of her damn time. All that damn pretty for nothing. She knows that bastard stole some of this money. Why are the pretty ones so damn dumb?

Marty brings Don and John to the Cryers’ house to see Hanna. She clears the dining table, and they sit. Marty introduces Don and John as Kathryn’s accountants, and says they’ve come to fill her in on the businesses. John tells Hanna that Kathryn owns 64 properties, several of which are hotels, the Artisian being the biggest. She also owns a condo that Wyatt used to live in, and recently had them take it off the market because she has a guest there. Kathryn also has a stock portfolio that’s diversified, and worth $75 million, with a 4% return (wow). He tells her, they’re waiting for the quarterly reports, and need to know what to do. He asks if she’s following, and if she wants him to explain. She says she doesn’t need him to explain. Just give everything to her, and let her look it over. John says, as Kathryn’s advisors, they think she should sell. Hanna says she’ll look over, and he says they have to make a quick decision or it could cost Kathryn millions. They need an answer. Hanna is insistent, and says, once she sits and looks at it, she’ll tell him. John says, okay, and Hanna asks if there’s more. Don says Kathryn’s reported net worth is $286 million, and she needs to sign the finance status update. Hanna says, after she looks it over. Marty assures her it was examined thoroughly, and everything is in order, but Hanna says she hasn’t examined it. He asks how long she needs, and she says she’ll get back to them in 24 hours. Marty thinks they can work with that, and Hanna asks them to leave everything with her. Marty says he’ll call her later. Outside, Don asks, who the hell put the maid in charge? and John says, it was not a good idea. Don thinks Marty should talk to the Board, and John says he was surprised, but this is crazy. He thinks they should have a judge rule that she’s incompetent to protect Kathryn’s assets. She can’t be thinking clearly. Hanna was lost the entire time. Mary says, no. They’re just going to do what she asked. Don says Kathryn is still married to Jim. They could get him to go before a judge, and have her power of attorney revoked. John reminds him that Jim is still in the hospital, and Don says they have to do something.

Hanna watches them from the window. She goes back to the kitchen and opens her laptop. She says, shareholders…

Landon talks to his press connection Raven, and says he’ll give her Candace’s biggest story. Wait for her mother, and get quotes. Email her some questions. Raven asks if he’s tracking Hanna to find out where Candace is, and Landon says he’s a professional. She says Landon had a guy put on the no fly list because he was upset with him. Landon says, that was different. Just do it. She says he owes her big time. Everyone is talking about Candance. She doesn’t get it, but okay. He says, just do it. He didn’t get where is not knowing what he’s doing. She says she was told he got there from sleeping around. He says he’ll pretend she didn’t say that, and she says she’ll pretend he’s not offended. He’s a slut. Landon says, bye, and Oliver says they have the EPA reports and judicial nominees to deal with, and Landon is on the phone talking about Candace. Landon says he’s on the phone to make him (i.e. Charles) feel better. One day, Oliver will learn. Hopefully soon. If you make your boss happy, all else rides. Oliver asks if that’s a sexual reference, and Landon asks if that’s an annoying sound coming out of Oliver’s mouth. Olivier says, okay; he’ll do them alone. Landon says, it’s his job, and Oliver says he bets Landon wishes he could fire him. Landon asks why Oliver is so annoying. He’s in Landon’s face, bickering, trying to one-up him. Oliver says he’s doing his job, and Landon says he’s Oliver’s superior. Go sit in the other room; he’s done with Oliver. Oliver says he’s being put in time out? and Landon says, forever. He asks how long Oliver has had a cocaine problem, and Oliver asks what the hell Landon is talking about. Landon says, sometimes Oliver is calm, and sometimes he’s over-the-top. Sometimes he can see the glassiness in Oliver’s eyes. Keep it up, and everyone will know. Oliver says he doesn’t have a cocaine problem, and leaves. Landon says, bitch.

When Hanna gets home, she sees a woman outside. The woman introduces herself as Lisa, saying she just moved in. Does Hanna mind if she borrow a cup of sugar? Hanna says, people really do that? and she says, they do. Hanna says she just stopped home, but she has to get back to work. She’ll see what she’s got. Lisa asks if she can help, and Hanna says, no. Lisa asks if she’s sure, and Hanna says, sorry, where does she live? She says, next door, and Hanna says, that’s Mrs. Hill’s house. Lisa says she’s her daughter, and Hanna asks, what’s Mrs. Hill’s first name? Lisa says, umm… and Hanna says, uh-uh. Hanna doesn’t know who she is, and wants her to get her ass away before she calls the police. What is she trying to pull? The woman says, nothing, and Hanna asks, who is she and what does she want? The woman says she should have known she couldn’t pull anything over on Hanna. Her name is Raven and she’s a reporter in Washington. Is it true Hanna’s daughter lost her son, and Hanna tried to shield him? Is it true her daughter’s father is a rapist? Is it true she’s a horrible mother, and kicked Candace out at 14? Can she get some answers? Hanna goes inside.

Kathryn says she can’t believe she’s still in this cell, and the woman in the next cell says, believe it. Kathryn asks if anyone is talking to her, and the woman says she’s talking to Kathryn. Kathryn tells her, shut up, and the woman says Kathryn should be glad she’s in a cell by herself, and calls her princess. Kathryn says the woman doesn’t scare her, but the woman says Kathryn will need a bitch like her when she gets to prison. She’s going to wish for this place. Kathryn says she’s not going to prison, and the woman tells her, if you say so. Kathryn is going to need her. Kathryn asks, why is that? and the woman says she’s got answers and Kathryn’s got money; they match. Kathryn needs her. Kathryn sees Kendrick, and the guard tells her, they found Wyatt. He’s in the hospital. He tried to commit suicide. She says she knows, but he says, the first time, the wounds were superficial. This time, they’re deep. He was found in a car on the side the road. He’s so sorry. She says she needs to speak to her lawyer, but Kendrick says, sorry. She says, how much? She’ll have his salary in the bank in the morning. Just help her now. She knows he can use the money. He says he can’t do that; it’s not right. Kathryn says, in life, there are a lot of things that are just not right. Please help her. He says he’ll consider it, but not for the money. He could lose his job. She says she needs to get help for her son. Please let her call her lawyer. He says, the chief leaves at shift change. He’ll come back, and try to get her to a phone.

Samuel calls Derrick from the car, and Derrick asks, what’s up? Samuel says he needs Derrick to cover for him, but Derrick says he already did. Laura called. Where was he? Samuel says, at Regina’s, and Derrick says, no he wasn’t. She called too. Samuel says, damn, and Derrick says, tell him what’s going on. Samuel says he met a new chick. Derrick knows how it is. Derrick asks how it’s going with Veronica, and Samuel says he’s making good moves to get her. Laura is making progress too. Derrick asks if he’s sure he’s not messing around, and Samuel says, with that old broad? Derrick says, she’s dangerous, and Samuel says, Derrick told him that. Derrick says he’s telling Samuel again. Be careful. Samuel says he hears Derrick. Let him get home. Derrick says, they went to Mickey’s.  

Laura hears Samuel’s key in the lock, and when he comes in, she asks where he’s been. He says, with Derrick; they had some drinks. She says he didn’t have his phone, and he says, the game was on. She knows how he gets watching the game. She says she does know; that’s why she’s asking questions. Why isn’t he asking any? Well? Doesn’t he see her standing there in sexy-ass lingerie? He says, sorry. She looks good. She says she’s horny, come on, but he says he’s tired. She says, from watching the game? and he says he’s been working all day. She says she’s the one who’s been working. See? He says he bets Veronica gave her this, meaning the lingerie, and says, it’s a turn-off. She asks if he doesn’t think she looks sexy, and he says if he wanted Veronica there, he’d have invited her to the house. Laura says she’ll take it off. Samuel says he just wants to shower. Sorry.   

As she’s about to go into the Cryers’ house, Hanna’s phone rings. She says, Candace? but it’s Al. She says, sorry. Her screen is cracked. He says she can afford to get a new one since she’s executor. Hanna says, it’s not her money, and it’s not even funny to suggest. He says, sorry. He called to hear how it went. She says she hasn’t slept. She was blindsided when the accountants came to the house. He asks if there’s anything he can do, but she says, no. It went okay, but to be honest, she came out with more questions than answers. He says he can walk her through it, but she says she’s supposed to meet with her boss, and Kathryn will give her the information she needs. He says, too bad. He was looking for a reason to see her. She says she doesn’t know if that’s possible. She knows he’s interested in taking her out, and thanks him, but says, sorry; she’s just distracted. She asks if she can call him back.   

Landon goes through the states with Oliver, who says, so far, they’re on track. Landon’s phone rings, and it’s Raven. He asks how it went, and she says she pissed Hanna off. He thanks her, and says he’ll give her the story first. She says she didn’t believe that girl went through all that, but when she asked Candace’s mother, she showed it all. Landon says, it worked. Oliver says, what worked? and Landon says, his plan to have Candace’s mom call her. Oliver says, what? and Landon says, never mind. Oliver says, they hate each other, and Landon asks how he knows that. Oliver says he knows a lot about her. Landon asks how Oliver knows something he doesn’t, and Oliver says he’s deeply connected. Landon says he knows Candace and her mother have issues, but hate is a strong word. Oliver says, hate is what it is. Charles pops in, looking disheveled, and asks for a moment with Landon. Oliver leaves, and Landon says they tried be quiet. Did they wake him? Charles says he had a dream about her. Landon asks if he’d care to share, and Charles says, she was in flames and he couldn’t… Landon says, save her? but Charles says, no; too literal. There was a bear and a mountain. Landon asks what Charles ate before he went to bed, and Charles says, very funny. Landon thinks Charles just misses her, and Charles says he does. Landon suggests Charles call her, and Charles says, and get venom in the heart? Landon says, she’s calming down, and Charles asks if he’s talked to her. Landon says he has, and Charles asks what she said. Landon says, she told him to tell Charles that she can’t stand that bastard. Tell that bitch-ass… Charles says, punk-ass… They trade insults back and forth, and Charles pretends to be mad, asking Landon if he thinks sh*t is funny. Landon looks all serious, and Charles says he’s kidding. He tells Landon to go and see her. Make sure she’s okay. Landon says he’ll gladly do that.

Hanna looks back and forth, from the laptop to the documents, and makes notes. She hears the front door open, and asks, who’s there? She sees Derrick, and he says, Hanna.

Next time, Hanna takes out a knife, David tells Jim to look into getting control of Kathryn’s estate, Jeffrey tells Wyatt nothing has changed, and Wyatt says he doesn’t want to be friends with Jeffrey anymore.

🗡 People Can Be So Ruthless…

I’ve never seen this show, but it sounds good. I guess they figure everyone will be home for Thanksgiving.

https://premieredate.news/tv-series/6097-ruthless.html

🦃 Almost Turkey Time…

While I’m perfectly fine not traveling on or before Thanksgiving, since it’s an absolute nightmare, it sux for the people who want to. Some will be doing it anyway, but just don’t bring anything back except leftovers. Hold back on those hugs, and perfect your elbow bump. Stay safe, stay masked during eating off-times, and stay knowing that time is precious and nothing in life is certain.

Nov23

November 22, 2020 – A New Kind Of Taxidermy, a Split World, the Eternal Train Returns & a Duet

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What I Watched Today

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

Fear the Living Dead

The dead feed on a deer. Some Rangers on horseback shoot them. In a car with Victor, Dakota says the Rangers are slowing them down. Without an escort, they’d be there already. He says, without an escort, they might not make it. She asks if he thinks the Rangers are there to keep her safe. He says he assigned them, so yes. She says they’re keeping an eye on her. They’re just a bunch toy soldiers. They’re keeping an eye on him too. Ginny doesn’t fully trust him yet. He says, she will, and Dakota asks when he’s going to do it. He says, do what? and she says what he was planning at the molasses plant. He says he has no idea what she’s talking about, and she says she’s sure he doesn’t. She looks out the car window, now covered in blood. She says they could run away; there aren’t enough Rangers to stop them. A lot of the Rangers are dead, and John has been missing for a week. Now is the time to do it. Victor says, people are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened, and calls Dakota a font of sisterly love. She says he doesn’t know the half of it. A Ranger says, hold up, and they slow to a halt. Victor tells Dakota, wait here, and gets out. Terry’s horse comes back without Terry.

Victor and Ranger Samuels ride forward, and Victor says, Terry was scouting ahead. He tries to get Terry on the radio, but there’s no answer. He thinks they should check to see if there’s a horde in front of them, and he and Samuels ride on. They come to a downed tree, and Victor said they’d need to get men with saws out there. He tries Terry again, but still gets nothing. A team of riderless horses gallops by. Samuels and Victor follow them. When they get back to where the convoy was, they find everyone dead, lining the road on both sides. The dead begin to rise, and Victor and Samuels shoot them. Samuels asks if Victor thinks it’s the same a-holes who attacked Tank Town. He says, there’s only one person who matters, and she’s gone. Victor gets down, and looks through the people, but Dakota isn’t there.

Alicia looks at a map in a ranger station in the woods. Charlie is out on the balcony, looking through binoculars, when Victor’s voice comes over the radio. Charlie looks in at Alicia. Victor says, it’s an emergency; he needs her. He sees walker activity. Charlie says, he’s been trying all day. Maybe Alicia should see what it’s about. Alicia says, they’ve been there six weeks. What has Victor done for them? Nothing. So that’s what they’re doing for him. Victor says he needs to talk to Alicia. She’s the only one who can help. She finally picks up the radio, and says, what does he want? Talk.  

Alicia and Charlie meet with Victor and Samuels. He asks if he can trust Alicia; lives depend on her agreeing to help them. Samuels takes the horses, and Victor says their convoy was attacked. Alicia asks if he knows who, and he says he thinks it’s the same people who attacked Tank Town. She asks, what happened there? and he says, it’s gone. Luci and Wes are okay though. Alicia asks what they were doing out there, and he says he was taking Dakota to a safe house. She asks where Dakota is, and he says he thinks she fled on foot. He’s screwed if Ginny finds out he lost her sister. She knows they were delayed, and it should be a half a day before heads start rolling. Alicia asks, what makes him think she’ll have a better chance of finding Dakota? and he says Dakota looks up to her and trusts her. If she helps him, he’ll deliver Dakota to the place she’s meant to be situated, then finally do the damage they talked about. He promises. She asks if he means that, and he says that’s what it’s all been for. He tells Alicia, when she finds Dakota, click three times, and she says she knows the drill. She tells Charlie, come on, and Victor thanks her.

Alicia and Charlie walk through the woods. Charlie asks why Alicia is helping Victor, but Alicia says she’s not. It’s not about Victor, it’s about the Rangers who brought her back when she ran. They need someone to deal with the Rangers. Whoever attacked the convoy and Tank Town, can do the damage they need. Charlie wonders if Alicia is going to ask them for help, and Alicia says she wants to see who they are; know who they are. Charlie asks if she thinks Dakota can tell  them, when a couple of zombies toddle out of the trees. Dakota and Alicia stab them in the head, but Alicia spaces out as a third comes toward her. The zombie knocks her down, but Charlie stabs it in the head. The zombie looks like it’s been modified, and Alicia says, someone did that. Charlie says, whoever did that is crazy. They see an old hunting lodge, and Alicia says if she was kidnapping someone, she’d go there. She tells Charlie to be the look-out. She’ll go in and check. They have no other choice. They need to find Dakota. She goes to the lodge while Charlie waits.

Alicia smashes a window with her pokey weapon, and goes inside. She looks around with a flashlight. She sees a taxidermied bird, and keeps walking hears music, sees more taxidermy. (Useless trivia: The song playing is Tonight You Belong to Me. Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters sang it in The Jerk.) She goes upstairs, following the sound of the music. She hears sounds of the dead from below looks down, seeing a guy experimenting on a zombie strapped to a table she backs away. She looks again, but doesn’t see him. He comes up behind her, and says, don’t worry, it won’t hurt much. He sticks her with a syringe.

Alicia opens her eyes sees a counter with things like eyeballs in a jar sitting on it. Her hands are tied, and she’s strapped down.  She struggles up, and she’s able to cut the duct tape on her wrists, sawing it against a pair of antlers. She hears someone at the door, and looks around for a weapon. She breaks one of the antlers off, and stands to the side of the door. It’s Dakota, who says, no one saw her. Alicia says they have to get out now, and the guy who was working on the zombie says, what’s the rush? Alicia tells him, don’t come any closer, but he says he thinks it was a misunderstanding. Dakota says the convoy she was with got attacked, and Ed thought maybe it was her. Ed says he found Dakota while he was hunting, and she seemed shaken from what happened with Ginny and her community. Alicia says she’s not talking until he tells her what he was doing with the walker. He says he was working on something to scare people; keep them from getting close. Dakota tells Alicia, he’s okay, and Ed says he doesn’t suppose any of them are chess players.

Ed puts on some music, and plays chess with Dakota. I wonder where Charlie is. Ed says Dakota reminds him of his daughter. They used to come there every summer to get out of the city. The last summer they came, it rained the entire time. They stayed in the game room, which wasn’t the worst way to pass the time, especially after the world went south. There’s something comforting about at least one thing not having changed. It’s nice to play with someone again. Dakota asks, what happened to his family? and he says, the same thing that happened with most people’s families. Dakota says, Ginny killed her parents, and Alicia says they should get going. Ed says they’re not going anywhere. Whoever attacked the convoy is still out there. This is the safest place there is. Alicia says she’s cold, and asks if Ed will start a fire. He says he will, but in the meantime, he has blankets. He tells her where they are, and Alicia takes a lantern to go looking for more than blankets. She finds Charlie, and asks how she got in there. Charlie says when Alicia didn’t come out, she snuck in, but now the doors are all locked, and the windows are shut. Alicia says, there’s got to be a way out, and Charlie says, not without making noise. Alicia tells Charlie to stay hidden, and opens a closet, looking at tools. Dakota joins her, and asks, what’s going on? Alicia says, the whole place is locked; they can’t leave. Dakota says she doesn’t want to leave. By now, Ed is there too, and says he’s trying to keep them safe. Alicia says, if that’s what he really wants, he has to let them go. Dakota is Ginny’s sister, and Ginny is going to come looking for her. Letting her go is the only way. Ed says they can leave at dawn. They’ll have a better chance when it’s light. He leaves, and Charlie asks why Alicia told him about Dakota. Alicia says she’s keeping Dakota alive. He’s not who they think he is. The walker he was working on was a Ranger. Charlie wonders why he was doing that, and Alicia says she doesn’t know, but if they stay, they’ll end up like that. Dakota says, when they were attacked, she thought she could finally get away from her sister, and thought this was the place to do it. She can’t go back. Alicia asks if Ginny really killed their parents, and Dakota just looks at her. Alicia asks, why? but Dakota says she doesn’t know. Alicia says they’ll leave first thing in the morning. Get some sleep.

Alicia finds a radio, and shuts the door. She fiddles with the dials, and asks if Ginny copies.

Ginny picks up, and asks what Alicia is doing on that channel. Alicia says she’s with Dakota. The convoy was hit; the Rangers are dead. Ginny says, and Victor? but Alicia tells Ginny, Victor wouldn’t tell her what happened until she found Dakota. Ginny says, smart man, and Alicia says, she found Dakota, not him. Let her and Charlie go, no questions asked. They get a fresh start, and Ginny doesn’t look for them – ever. Ginny asks where they’re going to go, and Alicia says she knows a place. Do they have a deal? Ginny says they do.

Charlie watches Alicia sleep, while outside, the zombies gather. Ed watches from the balcony, and Charlie asks what he’s doing. He says bringing back all of his creations. Alicia wakes up, and seeing all of the zombies outside, asks, what the hell is this? Ed says, they won’t leave until he tells them to. It wasn’t safe; he’s making it safe. He’s not letting it happen again. Alicia says, what? Ed comes downstairs, and says, his father did taxidermy. He couldn’t understand how his father could do that to an animal who was vibrant and alive; freeze them in time. His dad said he was preserving them in their most perfect state forever. It’s the same reason he came up there. He wanted to be able to hold onto things as they were, what the place was to them. They had food for years, and they were happy there. The trouble was, things inside were preserved, but not out there. When he was on a supply run, the Rangers got there, and took over. Emily and her mom tried to protect the place. Ginny killed his family too. He should have done more. He could have done more. He bangs on the door, and the zombies clamor. He says he started making them. He wanted them to be scary (like regular zombies aren’t scary enough). Alicia says, to keep people away, and he says, yes. The kind of people who would hurt them, and her. He can keep them safe. He takes out a gun, and says, let’s go upstairs.

Loud music plays, and the zombies gather outside. Dakota tells Alicia that she should have kept going. She was just looking for a way not to feel trapped. She knows it sounds stupid, but Alicia says, it doesn’t. The door opens, and Charlie comes in. She says, he’s asleep and she got his keys. Alicia says, he’s going to wake up, but Charlie says, not anytime soon. Alicia says, they’ll lower the music, and wait until the zombies clear out, then go. Dakota says she knows a place where Ginny can’t find them. The music stops, and the zombies start to wander off. Alicia says, it’s working. Ed appears, and says, you have to hit a vein to make it last. He holds a gun on them, and Alicia asks why he’s doing this. He says he’s just trying to keep them safe, but she says he can’t keep them there. He makes her put her weapon down, and she says he’s going to get them killed. Dakota is coming with them. Ed tells her, no, she’s not, and Alicia asks if he’s doing this for Dakota, or for himself. He says Alicia is one of Ginny’s people, but Charlie says she’s not. He asks how come his radio was set to Ginny’s channel? Alicia rushes him, and he ends up impaled on one of the many pairs of antlers lying around. Poetic justice, I’d say. Dakota tells him that he’s going to be okay. The zombies outside get energetic again, and Charlie says the zombies heard them.

Alicia pulls out the antler, and Ed cries out. The zombies push at the door, and Charlie says, it’s not going to hold. He tells them to go out the side door. He’ll buy them time. Leave now. He’s resigned to be with his family. Alicia tells him not to do this, but he says the first one he was working on got loose, and it was his fault. Alicia says he did it because of his family, but he says again, it was his fault. He created them, but couldn’t control them. He tells her to go, as the zombies start to break through the door. She leaves, and the zombies start to pour in. Dakota watches from the balcony, and Alicia joins her. Ed opens his arms, as if embracing his fate, and the zombies take him down. Upstairs, the three girls break open the door. They see the zombies leaving the house, and Dakota wonders where they’re going.

Alicia runs downstairs, and sees a zombie with antlers approaching. Morgan comes through, slicing and dicing, and Alicia begins to help. Dakota and Charlie watch from above. When they’re finished, Alicia and Morgan hug. She asks how he’s there, and he says he heard the music. She says, no; how is he alive? Charlie and Dakota join them, and Charlie says they heard what he said on the walkie and a gunshot. Morgan says he had help, and Alicia asks, from who? He says he’s been trying to figure that out.

Ed is buried, and Dakota says he was just trying to keep her safe. Alicia says, he did. Morgan says they should get going, and Dakota asks why he’s wearing Emile’s clothes. He says Emile tried to hunt him down, but it didn’t go his way. Alicia asks who Emile is, and Dakota says, a bounty hunter Ginny sends after people who run. Morgan says, he won’t be going after people anymore. They need to leave before Ginny finds this place. Alicia asks where they’re going, and Morgan says, it’s a spot he’s been building up. Al and Dwight are there already. Pretty soon it will be all of them. They should go.

Alicia sits on a porch swing, and Charlie asks if she’s okay. Alicia says, yeah, and Charlie says what happened to Ed isn’t her fault. Alicia is silent for a moment, and says, he was right. She did make a call to Ginny’s radio. Charlie asks where she was taking them, and Alicia says, the stadium. It’s not as far as Charlie thinks. She just couldn’t figure out how to shake the Rangers. Charlie says, the stadium is overwhelmed. Is that why Alicia was training her to kill walkers back at the watchtower? Alicia says she was trying to do what Ed was, bring back something that was gone. Charlie says, she’s not turning Dakota over? but Alicia says she doesn’t know. Ginny is expecting her to deliver her sister. Charlie says she can’t do that to Dakota.

Inside, Morgan packs whatever supplies he can find. Alicia asks where the place is, but he says it’s easier to show her. She says they’re bringing Dakota, right? Morgan puts his hand on his chest, and she asks if he’s okay. He says they’ll talk about that, but now, how to get everyone back. Alicia says Ginny has people who are important to them, and they have someone important to her. Morgan says, that’s what they’re up against; doing things they never would have done before. Alicia says, it was him. He attacked the convoy. Morgan says he gave them a choice, and they chose Virginia. She says he killed all of them? and he says, there was no other way. They’ve got to get the ones they haven’t lost back. She asks if he blew up Tank Town, but he says it wasn’t him. She asks if he knows who it was, but he doesn’t say anything. Alicia says she gets what he’s doing. She was going to trade Dakota in for herself and Charlie. After seeing what Ed did, creating things that destroyed the people he cared about… They don’t have to do that. Morgan says, it’s the only way to get everyone out. Charlie and Dakota join them, and Charlie asks, what’s going on? Dakota asks why they’re fighting, and Alicia tells them, let’s go. They’re taking Dakota to the place Morgan talked about, but they’re not going there. Morgan says, it doesn’t have to go this way, but Alicia says they can’t do it his way. He begs them not to go. He can’t watch them walk out; he can’t let that happen. Everything they’ve done, they did to get all of them back together. It doesn’t work if it’s not all of them. He’ll do whatever takes to get them all there, and Dakota is welcome. They all are. Alicia says, okay. Alicia, Charlie, and Dakota head out, and Morgan nods, saying, okay.

Outside, Victor picks up a necklace, and radios that he’s checking on the house. Alicia comes out, and he asks, what happened? He saw the smoke, and knew he could count on her. He sees Dakota, and says he’s glad she’s all right. He’s taking her back. Alicia says, Dakota isn’t going there, and Victor asks, why? Morgan comes out, and says, they’re coming with him. It’s good to see him. Victor looks stunned, and asks if Ginny knows Morgan is alive. Morgan says, she does, and he’s guessing she doesn’t want him to be. He found a place that’s safe, where she won’t find them. He’s getting the others; Victor should come join them. Victor says they’ll be targets for the rest of their lives. Ginny is on her way there, and he’s taking Dakota. He draws his gun, and Morgan draws his whatever that new weapon is. Victor asks if he really wants to do this, and Alicia draws her pokey weapon, asking, does he?  Morgan says they’ll do what they have to, and Alicia and Victor’s eyes meet. Victor ponders a moment, and says he won’t be there to protect them. He tells Alicia, this is going to dismantle everything they’ve been working for. He gives her the necklace, and we see it’s a St. Christopher’s medal. She says she’s just doing what he asked her to do. She tells the others, let’s go, and they leave.

Victor gets back to Lawton, and Ginny asks where Dakota is; is she safe? Victor says, yes, and she asks if he and Alicia are in cahoots. They made a deal for him to bring Dakota back. He says she’s with Morgan, and Ginny grabs Victor, getting in his face, asking, which side is he on? He says, hers, and she touches his badge. She says, okay; come with her. She knocks on a door, and they go through it into an alleyway. She says she told him the day would come when she’d call him for the big show. Today is that day. She moves aside some shelves to reveal a secret door. She goes inside, and he follows. Grace is there, and Ginny tells her, get up. Victor suggests Grace do what Ginny says. Victor asks where they’re going, and who does Ginny want next? Ginny says, all of them. She wants every single person they took from that damn gulch.

Next time: Death, destruction, and decay; it’s inevitable, but from this death comes life. Someone has been looking for someone like Alicia for a long time.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Silas was tied up outside, taking deep breaths, while the others discussed what to do about him. Iris insisted that Tony and Percy must have had enemies out for revenge, but Huck said there was no evidence. Silas was passed out at the scene, covered in blood. Hope said she didn’t want to believe it, but she’s heard the stories. Elton said Silas was their friend, and had earned their trust. There had to be an explanation. Iris said they never found Percy’s body; what if he was alive? Felix said they followed a blood trail to the river, and he was most likely dead. Elton wondered why Silas would attack those who tried to help him. Huck said she thought she knew when she saw this at camp, and pulled a copy of the Tiger poem and Iris’s drawings out of Silas’s bag. Iris said those were hers.   

This week, we got more of Silas’s backstory, seeing how abusive his father was; screaming at him. throwing things at him, slamming him up against the wall, and trying to choke him. Finally having enough, Silas cracked his father over the head with a picture frame, and punched the crap out of him. His father seemed to be dead, when there was a knock at the door.

Hope thought it was messed up. Iris had thrown the drawings away. She said Silas liked Iris, and was different with her. Maybe he’d seen that she liked Percy. Elton said all they had was what they carried on their backs, and Silas thought it was important, but Hope thought he had no right to take them. Huck told Felix that they should take Silas back for a trial, but Felix was hesitant. The girls weren’t going to turn back, and Huck wondered if they should leave them behind. Elton disagreed with Silas’s hypothesis, since the only time he’d seen Silas be violent was in self-defense or defending someone else. He didn’t think Silas would hurt anyone without just cause, but Silas said he didn’t remember.

Silas remembered his dad ripping his headphones off at the dinner table. In his flashback within a flashback, the knocking on the door continued. Silas finally opened the door to a woman who wanted to see his mother. She said she didn’t want to alert the authorities, but she knew people who could make sure Silas and his mother were safe. Silas asked her to leave, but when he went back to where his father had been, his father was gone.

Elton told Silas, if he couldn’t believe in himself, he’d do it for him. He was going to find proof Silas wasn’t involved. If he didn’t, Silas was going to be left behind. Huck and Hope dug a grave for Tony.

Felix checked on Silas, and Silas asked, what if it wasn’t him? He couldn’t remember, and his dad was the same way. Felix asked if Silas had killed his dad in self-defense, and if he could trust Silas not to put anyone in danger. Silas said he didn’t want to be like his dad.

Silas flashed back to looking around for his dad. When he saw the picture in the now-broken frame, he remembered the good times they’d had. Silas kept looking, and called to his dad. He followed the blood trail to the bedroom, and remembered his mom covering her bruises with makeup when he saw a bloody towel. He heard noises upstairs, and went up.

Huck told Hope that she had to keep asking herself how to serve the greater good, and Hope said she had the wrong sister. Huck said it wasn’t always about right and wrong, but about doing your best for everyone, even if it was going to hurt. Every choice Hope made had to be about getting her and Iris to their dad, and getting where they needed to go. Iris told Hope, none of it made sense. Even with everything that happened, she had the feeling that Silas didn’t do it; he wasn’t capable of it. One mistake didn’t make you a bad person. Hope said they were so close, they couldn’t let anyone stand in the way of getting to their father. Iris said maybe Silas thought he was protecting her, but Hope said that would make it worse.

Felix found Elton by the river, and told Hope to keep an eye on him. Elton said he’d been following Percy’s trail, looking for evidence that would exonerate Silas. The only fact he knew was that he hadn’t had a family in a long time, and now he did. Hope asked if that meant he’d let Silas get away with murder, but Elton said, you don’t get away with it; it’s something you have to live with. Hope said they had to do whatever was for the greater good, and Elton said he thought that meant staying together.

In his mind, Silas went up an excruciatingly long staircase until he finally found his father. He said he just wanted his dad to stop, but it was too late; dad was zombiefied. He attacked Silas, who was pretty stunned, and pushed him away a couple dozen times. Silas locked himself in a room, and was like, wtf? He tried to get out a window, but there were bars on it, and then I was like, wtf? Going back further in time, Silas remembered his father telling him to lie down on the floor, and putting a speaker blaring loud music next to his head. He told Silas to close his eyes, and said, that’s what a concert sounded like before it all turned to sh*t. He turned it up louder, got on the floor with Silas, babbling about 1988 and how this was what music should be like. You needed to feel it with your entire body. This bummed me out, since obviously there had been better times in Silas’s household. While his zombie father scratched at the door, Silas put on his headphones, and turned the music up louder, until zombie dad finally wandered off.

Here’s where it got kind of scary. While Silas was reminiscing within reminiscing, a zombie came by. It was outside he fence but started banging itself against the seam, which started to give way. In Silas’s head, the tape ran out, and he listened at the door. He heard his mom come home, and then scream. He ran downstairs. In the present, the zombie got through, and moved closer to Silas, while in the past, Silas fought with his zombie dad, finally smashing his head on the floor, and finishing him off. His mother quietly freaked out. Silas got as far away as possible from the zombie, but then seemed to accept his fate and looked up at the stars. He opened his eyes to Hope saying, what the hell? She asked why he didn’t yell, and he asked why she saved him. She said enough people had died, and fixed the fence.

Iris went to Silas, and asked why he kept the drawings. He said they were too beautiful to throw away, and she said if he told her that he didn’t kill anyone, she’d believe him. He didn’t say anything, and she started to leave, but he told her to wait. He showed her that he’d gotten himself free, and said he wished he could tell her what she needed to hear. He just remembered being angry, and it had happened before. He thanked her for believing in him, and wanting him to be a hero. He killed his dad, Percy, and Tony; he was a killer. He didn’t want to cause any more problems, and while he was sorry she met him, he was glad he met her. He said he’d never forget her. Iris went back to the others, and I felt mega dissatisfied.

Iris told the group that Silas was gone. Huck wondered if Silas would come back for them, but Felix said, no. Silas wanted a fresh start. Maybe he would finally get one. Elton told Hope that he’d come to a difficult decision. He was going to join Silas. Silas’s odds of survival would be better, and if Elton didn’t do this, Silas would spend the rest of his life thinking no one believed in him. Silas would be believing a lie, and he couldn’t let that happen. Hope asked, what about family? and Elton said Silas was family too. He told her, everything happens the way it’s supposed to, and he was supposed to find Silas, and his mother and sister. Hope said, what if they weren’t out there? She admitted she’d lied to him, thinking she was protecting him from the truth, but she’d only made it worse. She couldn’t let him look for someone who wasn’t there. She gave him the necklace she’d taken from his mother, saying, he forgave Silas. Maybe he’d forgive her one day. She told him about shooting his mother, and no surprise, it didn’t make him want to stay. He put on the necklace, and headed out to find Silas.   

Silas trekked on, wearing his headphones, which was probably a bad idea. Then he whacked a zombie in the head with a 2×4, which was a good idea. Before moving on, he left his headphones, which was the best idea, although just carrying them would have been sufficient.   

Flashing back to a few days earlier, Elizabeth, who I all but forgot about, told her guard to bring someone in; her daughter was late, but she made it. She was risking everything because there’s no easy way. The guard brought Huck in, who said she could only get away for 48-hours. Elizabeth asked about their asset, and Huck said, safe. Elizabeth said, and her? and Huck said she was fine. Elizabeth told her to clean-up, and she’d be debriefed. But first, here was her dad’s watch. 

Next time, a two-episode season finale. No surprise, lots of zombies, and Elton finds Silas.

🚝 Because I Can’t Wait…

Snowpiercer is coming! Snowpiercer is coming! Not only does season two begin January 25th, season three has already been ordered. 2021 is really not that far away, and it’s got to be a better year, right? Right?

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/snowpiercer-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-nycc

➖ Dashing Off…

See you on Deck tomorrow, and hoping you continue to stay safe, stay tough, and stay doing your best for everyone.

Nov16

November 15, 2020 – A Fire In Tank Town, Percy Creates the Louvre For Iris & Lovely

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What I Watched Today

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

Fear the Walking Dead

A woman named Page runs through the woods. We hear horses following. She falls near a zombie downed by a tree. Ginny rides up with John and Ranger Hill. Ginny says it doesn’t have to be the end for her. Page asks what she did, and Ginny calls Hill over. He takes a can of spray paint out of her backpack, and Ginny says she’s been marking the trees. Page says she’s marking which ones to fell, and Ginny says, like this one? pointing to the one on top of the zombie. It says, The End Is The Beginning on it, and Ginny says they’ve found it a lot in the woods, and other places. What the hell does it mean? How long has Page been working with them? She tells Page, Jasper lost his way, and asks Hill if they didn’t bury Jasper around there. They’ve been chopping the lumber she’s using to build a future, and she’d do anything to protect it. Page smiles, but Ginny says she doesn’t recall saying anything worth smiling about. Page says Ginny is scared, and Ginny asks if she looks scared. Page says she does. Ginny asks Hill if Marcus is finished back at Lawton, so she can get the answer she needs. Page grabs Hill’s gun, and says, it’s not about them, but it’s about what Ginny is building. Their future. Ginny says, what about it? and Page shoots herself. Hill asks what they’re going to do with her. A zombie is already gnawing on Page’s arm, and Ginny says, see what she’s got. Cut her stomach open, and see what she ate. There may be a clue. Then bury her where Jasper’s leg is.

We hear voices on an unattended radio. June stands in the back of a truck, and motions two zombies toward her, stabbing them in the heads when they get close enough. She closes up the truck, and Sarah says June is good at making new friends. Malcolm is on a table, surrounded by medical equipment, and June asks when was the last time he ate. He says, a couple of days. June examines him, and tells Sarah her findings. Sarah looks something up, and says, ruptured appendix. He should have been there yesterday. June says, it has to come out, and he asks if she’s done this before. She says, there’s nothing to worry about, and gives Sarah some surgical gloves. June says she’s seen dozens of emergency appendectomies; he’ll be fine. He asks if Sarah is a nurse, and she says, truck driver; a marine before that. She was booted out of boot camp. She told them stick it sideways. He wants to wait for the doctor, but Sarah says, he’s not so good anymore; he’s dead. June gives him some booze, and he says, it’s terrible. Sarah says she’s working on it. June tells him that she’s giving him a shot to make him calm and sleepy. Everything is going to be okay. Sarah says, he’s stable, and June says, let’s do it. They hear a zombie outside, but June says she needs Sarah to stay there. June cuts into Malcolm’s side, and looks at the instructions Sarah is holding. The monitor begins beeping like crazy, and June says he’s going in shock from the infection. He flatlines, and June gets on top of him to begin CPR, telling Sarah to get the adrenaline. She says, come on, Malcolm, and continues, but Sarah says, it’s not her fault. It’s over. June won’t stop pumping on Malcolm’s chest, and Sarah unplugs the monitor. June still keeps going, and Malcolm turns and wakes, throwing her to the ground, him tumbling on top of her. He’s totally crazed, and Sarah stabs him in the head.

June buries Malcolm, and Sarah hands her a flask. June takes a swig, and coughs, saying, she’d hate to taste the bad stuff. Sarah says, it doesn’t matter. Like her brother always says, as long as it gets you to the same place at the end. They pass the flask back and forth. June asks where Wendell went, and Sarah says, wherever June was. June asks how long they’ve been away, and June says, 29 hours. They have to be at Paradise Ridge in three. June says they can’t keep this up, but Sarah says she’s got No-Doze. June says they’re stretched too thin, and there are too many people too far apart. They keep doing too little too late. Sarah says everything June is asking, to build a hospital, Ginny won’t go for it. She already asked, didn’t she? June says Ginny told her it was too dangerous for people to travel. Sarah says, too dangerous for Ginny. Speaking of which, where’s Terry; he’s late. John comes on the radio, and asks if they’re still near marker 68. Terry is sleeping one off, so he volunteered. He tells them, sit tight. He’ll be there in five. June can ride with him.

In the car, June tells John that she lost Malcolm. She told him it was going to be okay and she lost him. When Ginny put her in charge, she thought she’d actually be saving lives. John says they could leave. She asks what he’s talking about, and he says, the cabin is 100 miles from Paradise Ridge. If they’re careful, they can make it on the gas they’ve got, although they might have to hoof it for the last 10 to 14 miles. She says they can’t leave, but he says, Janis and Cameron had a whole plan before Cameron died. Janis tried to give it to him so he and June could escape, but he didn’t take it. She says she wants to save people and make a difference. How can she save anyone by running? John says she can save him. He can’t stay there. He has the feeling if he does, he’s not going to last long. June says, whatever happened, he doesn’t need to protect her. They could get as far away as possible, and Ginny will hunt them down. He says, not if she can’t find them. They’ll be there before she knows they’re gone. June says they can’t leave everyone behind, but he says he wants this for them. Wouldn’t she? Come with him. They hear someone on the radio say, get their asses to Tank Town. There’s been an accident. It’s bad. June tells John, no one will know they’re  gone if they don’t show up. He suggests they go, and put some cans of gas in the car. they can have gas to spare to look for supplies. I wonder why Ginny is so unoriginal with town names.   

They pull up, and see people blackened with soot, some still coming out from under the bridge. June tells Sarah to start assessing who needs help. She asks Luci, what happened? and Luci says, a well blew. They were digging a new one, and everyone got hurt who was working there. There are open flames near the tank. She says they have to go back in, and Sarah tells June, they have to get them out. June asks if they can walk, but Luci says, no. That’s why they’re still there. Another car comes, and Luci says, sh*t. Ginny gets out, and I say, sh*t. Luci says, workers are still in there, and June says she’ll do what she can. Luci tells Ginny, she’s not stopping them, but Ginny says, she wouldn’t dream of it. She came to make sure to keep everyone alive. Luci says, it was safe; they did everything by the book. Ginny tells a Ranger to question the people outside, and tells John to go up above. Make sure oil is the only thing raining down on them. John tells June that Ginny is only helping people for her own ends, but June says she’s going to help those people come out. Then they’ll go away together. They have a brief kiss, and she goes to the truck.

Sarah drives them in, and Luci tells her, be careful. The soil might be unstable. June asks, what happened? and Luci says they had to drill a new well. Sarah asks if she knows why, but Luci says, no. Oil spurts up and is pouring down everywhere. Luci says they don’t want get stuck in it. Keep their eyes on the wind. If it changes direction, they might have to get out. June says, don’t breath it in, and don’t look up. Sarah asks if she’s done this before, and June says, it’s kind of how they met.

They get out, and Ginny asks how long this could go on. Luci says, for months, actually years. Ginny wants them to stop the oil flow, but Luci says they’ll get the workers out first. Ginny looks up, and says, they’re resident philanthropist has been at work. We see a water tower with The End Is The Beginning written on it. Ginny says, it wasn’t there this morning. That’s not an accident; someone meant to do this. She’s not leaving until she finds out who. June says she won’t be finding out anything if they’re not alive, and yells for stretchers. She asks a guy lying on the ground if he’s okay, and Ginny asks his name. June says, he might have a perforated eardrum, and has someone move him. She sees Wes, and asks if he can walk, and Ginny asks where the bunks are. She has to narrow down the field somehow. June calls for bandages, and tells Wes he did great. There’s shrapnel in his stomach, and they have to stop the bleeding. A zombie toddles in, and June fights with it. Ginny shoots it, and looks at scratches on June’s arm, saying, it looks like she arm wrestled with a polecat. We see razor blades attached to the zombie’s fingers, and June says, someone put those on there. Ginny asks what Wes isn’t telling them. This is what she’s there to find out. June asks why she makes it so hard, but Ginny says, everything she does is to protect people. June gives a nearby woman a flask, and says, to take the edge off. The woman takes a swig, and says, it’s terrible. Ginny tells someone to get the woman in the truck, but she says she doesn’t know anything. She tells June, she’s not doing so hot, and June says, load her up. Luci tells the woman, she’ll be fine, and June tells Wes to do his best to stay still. Ginny says they need answers, but June says he’ll die if they move him. Luci says, Wes didn’t do it, and Ginny says, maybe; maybe not. She calls to one of the Rangers to show them what he found in Wes’s bunk. The Ranger dumps out some spray paint cans, and Ginny say she wants to know why he’s spreading destructive ideas around the community. She tells June and Luci that they’re going to help her figure it out.

Ginny asks how long he’s been doing this, and Wes says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She asks why he has paint, and he says he likes to paint. She says, here’s the deal. Tell her what she wants to know, and he’ll stop hurting. June says, he needs to be sedated; get him in the truck. Ginny asks why he likes paint, and Wes says he just does. She presses on his wound, and he cries out. She asks where his brother is, and he says, dead. She asks if his brother was with the rebels, but Wes says he doesn’t know. She pushes on his wound again, and he yells. Ginny says, come on. Answer the question. June sticks in the syringe, giving him the sedative. She tells Ginny that she’s going to kill him, and Ginny says, all right. Get him in the truck, but she’s not letting him out of her sight until he answers every question. Is that clear? Ginny looks unhinged, which we’ve never seen before.

June tells Ginny, don’t even look at him until he’s patched up. Ginny says she doesn’t let people die for no reason. They both want the same thing. June says she wants to help these people, and she can’t even help her husband. They open the truck to find everyone has turned into zombies. I guess June won’t be helping them either. June stabs their heads, and Ginny shoots. Sarah gets Wes into the truck, and June tries to lure the zombies away. Luci calls to June, and closes the truck. June says she’ll be right behind. Ginny continues to shoot at the zombies, and the tank that’s on fire blows up. It’s a domino effect, and everything blows and burns.  

Ginny lies unconscious. She opens her eyes, and a zombie next to her gets up. June wakes up near them, and the zombie is on top of Ginny. She smashes it’s head with something, but still gets bit on the hand. She says, no, no, no, and cries. Karma anybody? Couldn’t happen to a nicer person. I’d actually like to see zombie Ginny.

On the radio, Hill asks if Ginny is okay. Ginny says, no, and he says they’re trying to get entry. She tells him, try harder. Where the hell is he? He says, the whole place went up. It’s going to take time. She says she doesn’t have any more time, and smashes the radio. She takes off her belt and makes a tourniquet. She pours alcohol on the wound. June grabs an ax lying nearby, and Ginny says she can do it with that. June says, yeah, but she’s not going to. Ginny asks what she said, and June says, Ginny heard her. Those people died because of her. She made them wait while she asked questions. Ginny says she’ll do it herself. Give her the ax. June won’t give it to her, and Ginny goes all Joan Crawford, repeating, give me the ax. Ginny knocks June down, but June fights back. She sits on Ginny, and picks up the ax. Sarah radios, and Ginny asks June to help her. June says, some dogs you need to know when to put out to pasture. Sarah needs help with Wes, and June gives her instructions. Ginny says she was trying to save everyone from something effecting all of them. June thinks this rag tag group is going to help, but they don’t know what they’re doing. Page blew her own head off rather than answer some questions. They care more about themselves than their women. June may not like her, but they need her. She’s the only thing standing between them and what’s out there. June says Ginny is the problem; she always has been. Ginny asks what June wants. She’ll get it for her; anything. June says she wants to wake up and have her husband back. Sarah comes on the radio, and says they goddam did it. Wes is stable. Get her ass out there. Ginny says June helped people after all. One thing she’s begging June for… Dakota, her sister. June needs to make sure Dakota is all right and taken care of. Everything she’s done, she did because she wanted Dakota safe. That’s all she wanted. Maybe June will have better luck. She does love Dakota; she did love her. June has no idea what it’s like to care so much about someone, and not able to help. June says she does, and puts the grain alcohol on the ax. Ginny asks what she’s doing, and June says, something she may regret. Ginny yells, and we hear a chop.

Ginny comes to, and June tells her, don’t move. There are two things that can calm a rising wound; gun powder and hot metal. Today is Ginny’s lucky day. Ginny says, that’s not what it feels like. June asks what Ginny knows about these people. Who did this? Ginny says they should talk; they’ll talk. June says they will. Ginny was right. There is something she wants. Ginny asks, what is it? John comes through the wreckage, and he and June hug. He sees Ginny, and radios for a stretcher.

Ginny is in the car, and Hill asks what she wants him to tell her sister. She says she needs to talk to her. She needs to hear Dakota’s voice. He radios for someone to find Dakota. June asks Luci if Wes is okay, and Wes says he’s in one piece. Sarah says they can’t say the same for Captain Hook, and asks June, what happened? June says she saved Ginny’s life, and Wes asks why’d she do that? Luci says she was wondering the same thing, and Sarah says, that makes three of them. June says she’s giving them a hospital, but Luci says they can’t trust her. Good people died; their people. They have to matter. June says they have to make it matter. They can watch their backs. They’d be calling the shots, not Ginny. They get to choose where to put the hospital, and who works there. Sarah says they’re force isn’t exactly John Hopkins, and June says she made Ginny give them another medic. Or at least someone who should have been one. A car pulls up, and Wendall says, got room for him? Sarah runs out, and hugs him. I get a little teary.

John tells June, they’ll be clearing out soon, and June says they’re going to be given a hospital. She can’t leave. She doesn’t want to leave. He doesn’t understand. Every time she’s run, it leads to something worse. She wants to lead; she doesn’t want to run. He says he can’t stay, and June says, they might need him too. Ginny goes past in her car, and John says Ginny pulled the wool over June’s eyes like she did with him. June says, it’s them, here, now; and John says, maybe she can do it.  Sarah tells June, they’re going scouting, and Wendall says they have no gas to burn anymore. June asks if John will follow behind, and he says, of course. She runs to the truck.

John follows the truck until they get to a fork in the road. He goes the other way.

Next time – the mid-season finale – Dakota tells Victor, now is the time to do something; Morgan says, it doesn’t have to go this way; Alicia gets into trouble; and Ginny asks Victor who’s side he’s on.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Huck had a weird ass acid trippy dream involving a bar with a jukebox. She woke up, cleaned her gun, and went out hunting for whatever she could find. She rifled through a zombie’s clothes, taking what was usable, and found a Marine pin, which she took as well. A truck came by, and she hid until she saw it was Felix. He took her back to where they were holed up, and she passed out clothes. Tony showed Elton some magic, and it was all good. For a minute.

Huck gifted Felix with a full bottle of Mountain Dew, and he said he would never stop missing it. He drank it like water back in the day. She told him, as long as they kept to the side streets, they should be good, but he said they didn’t have enough fuel to get to New York. Tony said he had a lead on where they could get some more, and showed them a military map. He said it looked to be useless, but looks were deceiving. He took out some sheets of plastic, and explained he’d used them in illusions. When they put the plastic on the map, and shined a light on it, it oil drops were revealed. Tony said, that’s where the hidden CRM fuel caches were. It was all gas they needed. Percy told them it was where the helicopters touched down to refuel. Tony asked Felix when they were going to drop him off, but Felix didn’t know yet. He told Tony that the girls’ father was in a secret research facility. 

We got some of Huck’s backstory when she flashed back to the same bar her dream took place in. She was there in a blindfold playing darts, and hit the target in the center. She flirted with a guy there, who said they had each other’s backs. Suddenly, there was breaking news on the TV that a 6th hospital was on lockdown.

Percy found Iris using the plastic sheets on another map, and asks if she found anything. She told him to get Hope, and said it was the map the colonel gave her. She pointed to something, saying, there it was; a double helix. Now they knew where their father was. Everyone was happy. For a minute.  

The kids found some liquor, and partied upstairs. Felix wanted to put a stop to that, but Tony told him, let them be teenagers. Huck excused herself, saying she was tired. Her trip had brought back memories. Tony and Felix shared a flask.  

Elton said the booze was like a warm sack of nails hugging his insides, and Hope said, let’s party. They pulled some couches over, and Percy suggested they play Truth or Dare. Elton didn’t know what that was, but he was in. Iris chose truth, and Percy asked, if she could do anything she wanted, what would it be. She said she’d hit the Louvre, and Percy said he’d been hoping for an answer with a less tranquilizing effect, but she said, a girl can dream. Percy made a toast to dreaming.  

Felix drank with Tony, and wondered if he was helping or putting everyone in more danger. Tony said they couldn’t predict the future. He was a man of many lives before he became Percy’s legal guardian. He got money from the state, and thought he’d hit pay dirt, but it wasn’t a day before he knew he’d give his life for Percy’s. Who knew? They heard the kids laughing, and Felix said, who knew?  

It was Hope’s turn, and she also chose truth. Percy asked what was the worst thing she’d ever done, and she said she locked the faculty bathroom after spiking the teachers’ coffee with laxatives. Percy didn’t think it was the truth, and said, you can’t con a con man. Silas told him to stop, but Hope said he was right. The worst thing she’d ever done was agree to play this stupid game. She left, and Elton followed her. He hugged her, and she told him that he was drunk, and she needed to be alone.

On the roof, Huck pondered the Marine pin, and remembered being back in the military, along with the guy from the bar. The sergeant told them they were being deployed to the city. They were to locate civilians, escort them to safety, and eliminate the hostile targets they encountered. Everyone yelled, kill! They shot a bunch of zombies, one of the Marines asking, what the hell were those things? Huck said they had been people, and a shot in the head shot seemed to take them down. Huck and her friend heard live people in a building, but it was dark, so they had to put on special goggles that made the live people show up in red. They shot the zombies, and Huck told the people they were safe.     

Hope found Huck on the roof, and Huck told her that she shouldn’t be up there drunk, or there at all. She asked what was eating at Hope. Something had been up since the blaze, and it wasn’t something small. Hope said she’d killed someone the night the sky fell. She didn’t know who the woman was, but the woman was scared Hope’s mom was going to take her truck, and freaked out. Hope started to cry, saying, it was all her fault. She told Huck, the woman dropped the gun, and she picked up, pointing it at her, and it went off. The woman was pregnant, and Hope killed her. She was Elton’s mom. Huck told Hope that she was just a kid, and the woman had killed her mom in front of her. Hope said Iris knew, but didn’t know it was Elton’s mom. Huck told her, she shouldn’t. They couldn’t change what was done, but they could carry the truth for others. They had the strength to do it. She said, welcome to the party, kid. The night managed to get darker, but she promised the light would come.

When they got to the fuel cache, Tony told them there was gas enough for whatever they wanted. Hope told Huck that she’d finished his mother’s book, and thought she was smart and kind. She thinks his mother just freaked out because of what was happening, and thought Elton would forgive what happened, but Huck told her to choose the finer thing. Hope said they’d be stuck living lie, but Huck said no one knew it was a lie. The others got to live, while the two of them would pay, but the others would live because of them.

Huck flashed back to getting orders from Central Command; Sunset Protocol. They were to kill all targets in the grid, and put down anything walking. Friendly or unfriendly; civilian or hostile; living or dead.

Still on the roof, Huck heard a noise, and thought it was Hope. She went inside to find a guy holding a gun to Hope’s head. Downstairs, Tony and Felix were checking the place out. Tony said his philosophy had been keep moving, keep conning, keep surviving. He’d been living on the streets, surviving on anything, when he met a girl who showed him there was more, but it’s different now. Felix said, maybe it didn’t have to be. They went into a room filled with pipes, and found the fuel. Tony said, jackpot.

The guy told Huck to stand back, and she said she was a statue. She saw a wound on his leg, and he said, they were the helicopters. He asked how many more there were, but Huck said she and Hope were just scavenging; they weren’t them. He said they had the same symbol on their jackets, and asked who they were. The place was belonged to his group, and they took it, so his group took it back. Huck said it wasn’t them, and he said he woke up, and his brother had turned. Huck told him that he wasn’t going to last much longer with that leg. She said their names were Hope and Huck, and they were just passing through. She asked his name, and he said, Walter. Huck told him that she could help him, but he had to let her friend go first. Then he could train the gun on her. Hope was just a kid; focus on her. Walter let Hope go, and he asked how she could save him. It was impossible. She said, trust her. They could do it. He let Hope go.

In Huck’s mind, her friend said a Central Command order was like a order from God. What if it was the only way they could stop it from spreading?

Walter said they shouldn’t be there. Maybe none of them should be. It wasn’t personal. Huck said if he shot her, he’d be taking his own life. She could help him. She’d seen people survive after the infection.

Huck remembered the sergeant saying he had verification on Sunset Protocol. He didn’t like it any more than they did, but it was absolutely necessary. Any Marine that failed to comply with orders would be taken into custody, and brought up on charges.

Walter said, it wasn’t supposed to go this way. Huck took his gun from him, and told him it was okay. Huck flashed back to seeing live people behind a fence, including children, frightened and crying. She kicked the light switch, and shot all of the Marines, including her friend. In the present, Huck shot Walter, and Hope said Huck told him that she could save him. Huck told her, sometimes, you have to forgive yourself. The others joined them, and Huck said she saved Hope. She suggested they get the hell out of there, and Tony looked at a CRM notebook Walter was carrying. He said it was something to work with.

Iris checked out the notebook, and said Hope was more bummed than she usually was. She felt like they were changing, and Hope said she felt like it was just a start. Tony announced that he and Felix talked it over, and he and Percy decided to extend the terms of their agreement. They were going to stick around and help find the girls’ dad. After that, who knows? Let the chips fall where they may. Felix said they were getting on the road at first light. Percy told Iris to come to the truck in an hour. She asked, for what? but he told her to just come. Silas kept an eye on all of this. Elton told Hope that he was sorry about what happened. It meant everything that she was still alive and with them. He did a disappearing card trick, and said he wouldn’t want lose her like the queen of hearts. Show someone the impossible, and suddenly everything seems possible. She thanked him for sharing his mother’s book, and said, she was an amazing woman. Elton said she was, and maybe she still is. Who knows? Everything is possible. Hope agreed.

Hope told Huck that she was right. If she’d told Elton, she would have just been doing it for herself. The truth would crush him. Huck said Hope was a good person, and Hope showed her a necklace, saying she took this from Elton’s mom. Did Huck still think she was a good person? Huck said she knew it, and the necklace proved it. It was a reminder, something she wore every day, to remember something bad she’d done. A reminder to keep living to do good. It was the only way to make the bad mean something.

Iris looked inside the truck, and Percy had made it like a room in the Louvre. At least as much as you can make a truck look like that. He had posters of artworks hanging up, and a larger reproduction of the Mona Lisa with a light on it. There were candles all around, and books on art. Iris fell asleep reading one, and when she woke, went back inside to find Percy. What she found instead was Tony with his face bashed in, and Silas’s wrench nearby. She called to Felix and Hope, and they saw a trail of blood leading to another body. Elsewhere, Silas was drunk and passed out.  

Next time, Felix says Silas was found passed out covered in blood, Iris says Tony and Percy must have had enemies, Elton tells Silas they’re going to leave him, and we see Silas tied to a tree while a zombie approaches.  

⛴ Until the Ship Sails…

I have to get up early, so that’s all, folks. I’ve tried that staying up all night stuff, but then I crash by noon. Until we meet on Deck, stay safe, stay unflinching, and stay living to do good, and making the bad mean something.

Nov9

November 8, 2020 – Dwight Almost Makes a Change, the Travelers Hitch a Ride, an Explanation, Final Question & Early

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Fear the Walking Dead

Shari looks at an infinity symbol she’s written on her letters to Dwight, while he makes breakfast for dinner. Candles are lit everywhere. He tells her, the bubonic plague couldn’t even keep them apart. She says she forgot a lot of places she wrote from, and he says it kept him going. In a way, they were connected. No matter where he was, or what he was doing, he wanted to make sure he was the man she fell in love with, so she’d have nothing to feel sorry about. They kiss. Dwight hears voices on the radio, and realizes he forgot to check in. He says, sorry about that, and tells Hill that they’d had to clear a herd. Hill says Ginny wants them to head back, but Dwight says there are some spots on the map they’d like to check off. He thinks it will be worth their while. Hill says, it had better be, and tells him to be back in 48 hours. Shari asks if Dwight wants to look for Al, and he says he’ll go when the sun comes up; he doesn’t want Shari mixed up in this. He says they could run away, but she says Ginny hunts people down. He says, not if she thinks they’re dead, but Shari is worried Ginny would still find them. He says, there’s got to be a place she won’t. They got back to each other. If they can do that, they can do damn near anything. Shari says, sorry. She can’t run away with him. She gets up.

Dwight hears something, and it’s not Shari. He takes his pick ax, approaches the door, and asks, who’s in there? He hears banging, and calls to Shari. He goes closer to the door, and someone comes in wearing a mask like in those home invasion movies. Dwight turns around to find more of them, when they grab him, and a cover is put on his head.

Dwight has zip ties on his wrists, and the hood is removed. He asks where he is, but none of the masked people say anything. He yells for Shari, and tries to attack one of the masked people. He’s pretty good at this, since he knocks the guy down, and gets his gun. He says, tell him where his wife is, and the guy says nothing. Dwight looks up, and  the wall is lined with snipers. A masked woman says, it’s okay, and takes Dwight’s gun. She takes off her mask, and it’s Shari. Dwight asks, what’s going on? Who the hell are these people? She says she wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for them, and tells them to lower their guns. She tells Dwight, they’re outcasts, people Ginny didn’t think were good enough, people she was going to kill. Shari calls for a meeting, and Dwight asks why she didn’t tell him. She says she didn’t think he’d want to be a part of it, and he says, of what? A now unmasked Oswald says, there’s no telling what Virginia is going to do next. Dwight says he doesn’t know, but Oswald says he doesn’t buy it. Shari says he’s telling the truth, but Oswald whips out a video of Dwight and Al communicating with Virginia. He says, that’s the only explanation, and Dwight asks why they care where Ginny is going to be. Oswald shows Dwight a video of Al telling him, whatever they say, don’t do it. Oswald says they needed assurance of his cooperation, and Dwight says he and Al work for Ginny, but that doesn’t mean they enjoy it. He asks where Al is, and Oswald says if he doesn’t tell them where Ginny is going to be, they’ll be scrubbing his friend’s brains off the tile for weeks. He starts to count down.

Another masked guy arrives, and asks what the hell they’re doing. Oswald says, getting answers, and the guy says, not like that. He takes off his mask, and Dwight says, I’ll be damned. Shari asks if they know each other, and Rollie (an ex-henchman of Logan’s) says, remember the guy he told her saved his life? Twice actually. He tells Oswald that he was working for Ginny once too; let him go. Whatever they’re trying get out of him can wait. They have to roll out now; it’s their only chance. Dwight asks what’s happening, and Rollie says, a Hail Mary. Shari says they might have a shot to bring them down, but they need to blow up the van. Al joins them, and says they can’t blow it up. It’s designed to be impenetrable; they won’t do sh*t. If they want to take Ginny down, they don’t destroy something like that. They steal it.

The group waits on horses Shari takes Dwight’s hand. They all put their masks over their faces as the van approaches. As it passes, they take off behind it. Inside, the driver radios that he refueled, and he’s heading back. He sees the riders in his rearview mirror. One rides up to the van, and cuts the wire for the radio. The driver says, sh*t. Dwight asks if he’s really doing this, and Al tells him, ride like hell. The driver says, not today, and opens up the widow for the guns, but the riders get close, so it shoots over them. The bullets run out, and Dwight gets close enough to climb on. The driver floors it, then makes a sharp turn, but Dwight hangs on. The driver turns the other way, and Dwight climbs higher, getting to the top. The driver jerks the van around some more, but Dwight is tenacious (would that make him Tenacious D?). The driver sees the riders coming, and cocks his gun. Dwight is in the cab, and says the driver is out of bullets; they’re not. He smacks the gun out of the driver’s hand, and as the driver reaches for it, Dwight kicks his ass right out of the van. He gets control of the steering, and manages to stop.

Everyone has gathered at the van, and Dwight says, he got away. He saw the driver’s face, and he’s going straight to Virginia. Morgan rides up on a horse, dragging the driver behind him. Dwight says, Morgan, and Rollie asks if Dwight saved his life too, but Dwight says, the opposite actually. Morgan asks if hey lost something. He laughs, and looks at the driver, saying, he thinks he found it. 

Al says Morgan realizes she has to interview him again. She asks what he wants when they’re settled, and Dwight says he thought Morgan was dead. Morgan says, Dwight knows he doesn’t die. He’s letting Ginny believe he’s dead. Dwight asks how he survived, and Morgan says, some woman saved him. He’s not sure who. Al asks if he’s been out riding like the Lone Ranger. He says he kept them in the dark to protect them. Things changed since that night in the gulch. Dwight says, no sh*t, and Morgan asks how long since he found Shari. Dwight says, a little over a week. Ginny had nothing to do with it. Morgan says he’s happy for Dwight, and Dwight says he couldn’t have found her without Al. Morgan asks how long Shari has been with these folks, and she says, a few months. They were kicked out of where they were. Al says it’s a better situation than the one they left behind, and Morgan asks if Dwight knows where everyone else is, but Dwight says he’s been on the road. Morgan asks if they know where Grace is, but Al says, sorry. Morgan says, they’ll find her. They’ll find everybody.  

There’s a German Shepherd behind a fence where Shari’s group is staying, and Al asks what the dog’s story is. Rollie says they found the dog near a wildlife sanctuary. They tossed him scraps, and he’s been with them since then. He thinks the dog has wolf in him. He tells Dwight, they may have had differences in the past, but after what Dwight did today, he’d go so far as to consider Dwight a friend. Shari asks what Morgan is doing out on his own, and he says he’s looking for somebody. He thought she might be with them, but he’s glad he found them. He’s building something. He found somewhere Ginny can’t find, and need people like them to help make it what it can be. Shari says they don’t need a place. They’ve got everything they need to take out Ginny. Morgan doesn’t think now is the time to strike, but Rollie says, it’s the perfect time. Ginny has no idea they have firepower. Morgan says, that doesn’t mean they need to use it. Shari says she was told Morgan believes all life is precious. This is different. If one can control so many others… Morgan says, he’s been through this war too long, and seen the end of too many lives; so has her husband. They have friends that are still inside. If they strike, and it doesn’t go their way, they’re putting all of them in danger. Al says they want to make sure to get their people out first. Morgan says, not until they have somewhere to go. He’s got a place he’s getting ready. He’s going there tomorrow. Whether they come or not, all he’s asking is that they don’t make a move until the right time. Please.

Dwight has a smoke, and Shari asks if he wants to go with them. He says Morgan and Al are like family. They’re a big part of the reason he is who he is now. She asks if Morgan wasn’t how he ended up inside Ginny’s walls, and he says they wanted a place to disappear. They should give it a shot. They can get Ginny when the time is right. Shari asks when that will be. She appreciates what Morgan is trying to do, but they have a plan; right here, right now. The only way to have what they want is to take her out. She tells Dwight, if he wants to, go with Morgan, but she’s not leaving until Virginia is dead. He ponders, then says he’s not leaving without her.

In some kind of cave, the driver is bound to a chair with a hood over his head. Loud music is playing. Dwight, Shari, and Oswald come in wearing their masks. They take his hood off, and Dwight asks where Virginia is going. He’d better not say again that he doesn’t know. Dwight thinks he has a lot of guts, but he needs more. Dwight dumps a bucket of literal guts on him, and the driver says, what the hell? Does Dwight think that will make him talk? Dwight says, no, but he might. Rollie comes in with the dog, baring his teeth and growling on the end of his leash. Dwight asks where Virginia is going to be next, and the driver says, if Dwight kills him, he’s got nothing. Dwight says he’s got one happy dog. The driver asks, what did she do to you a-holes? and asks Shari if the cat’s got her tongue. Dwight says, don’t talk to her. He removes his mask, and says he will kill him. The driver says he sees why Dwight wears a mask. Dwight says the driver has seen his face now. He can’t let him go back, unless he helps them deal with Virginia. Where is Virginia going to be? The driver says Dwight is the a-hole with the chess pieces. What happened? He saw Dwight at the truck stop. Dwight grabs his neck, and  the dog is practically in the driver’s lap, snarling and snapping. Dwight kicks the driver’s chair out from under him. Morgan comes in, and asks, what’s happening here? Dwight says he’s asking questions, but it seems the driver doesn’t have the answers he’s looking for. Dwight and Morgan leave. 

Outside, Morgan tells Dwight, he’s got to wait, but Dwight says they might not get another chance. Morgan says he’ll put people they know in danger. Why go there in first place? He’s got a place waiting. Dwight says, Morgan tells him that he’s got a place where it’s safe; where he’ll help protect them. He’s heard it before. Why is this place, this building, any different? Morgan says, he’s different. He does things different. Dwight says he’s sorry, but Shari is right. Nothing will be different until Virginia is gone. Morgan says he can’t let Dwight do this, but Dwight says he is doing it. If Grace was asking Morgan to do the same thing… Morgan considers that for a moment, and says, sh*t. Dwight walks away.

Back at the tank, Shari asks if Dwight wants to talk about it. He says, no, and Rollie asks if he wants the dog back out. Dwight says, there are other ways to get the guy to talk, and Rollie asks, what ways? Dwight says, ways that will make him wish they were still using the dog. Shari says they don’t need to find out where Ginny is going to be. They can make her come to them. Rollie says, she’ll smell that coming a mile away, but Shari says, not if it’s coming from her own people. Isn’t time for Dwight’s next check in? Dwight says it is, and gets on the radio. He asks if Hill copies, and Hill says he’s late. Dwight says they found a place where there are still living people, and Hill asks, how many? Dwight says, over 100. They want to make sure Ginny makes the first overture. Hill tells him, stay put. They’ll be there by nightfall. Dwight tells Shari, soon enough, it will all be behind them. I tell him, famous last words.

Dwight says he’ll show Shari how to do the guns; sometimes it sticks. He asks, what’s wrong? and she wonders if he was really going to let the dog kill that guy. Dwight says he had to let the guy think that’s what he was going to do. She asks if he had to do that before, at the Sanctuary. He says, they can’t take any chances on screwing this up, including Morgan and Al. They might have to stand by until he’s done. She says, she thought he told her they were like family, and he says they’re like family; she is his family. He’s not going to let anyone get in the way of what he has to do. She asks what he has to do, and he says, when Ginny gets there, he’s killing her himself.

Morgan says, Al lied about the van, and she says, if worse comes to worse, she can take out the steering column. She hopes she can get the tank out of range. Otherwise it might blow up. Morgan says, screw up their people and pay the cost. Dwight knew if he tried something, there would be consequences. It might not work, and he’s going to make it worse. He tried it Dwight’s way. This time, they’re doing it his way. Al says, it’s not his call. It’s theirs. Rollie opens the gate, and stands there with her crew. Morgan sets aside his ax, and raises his hands, saying, okay. Al raises hers, and they all go out. Shari looks sad.

Rollie opens up one of the buildings, and says, the driver is out cold. Dwight asks if they searched him. Morgan says he’s sorry, and asks if Dwight is too. Dwight says, no, he’s not, but they both want the same things. Maybe Ginny does too. They all have their own lives, and their own rules, so there’s a fight. Somebody’s got to lose. He asks if Shari is okay, and Shari tells the guard, make sure he stays in there too. She tells Dwight, she can’t have him be part of this. It’s the only way. She won’t let him be the person he used to be. He goes inside with Morgan and Al, and Shari walks off.

They pull the van into the woods. Rollie tells everyone to get into position now. They should be here in 10 minutes.

Dwight pouts, Al bites at the ties on her wrists. Dwight says, Morgan was right. Taking Ginny out now is not the right time. He wanted to be with Shari so bad, he thought this was what she needed. Morgan says, Shari has to figure out what she needs for herself. Morgan says he spent so long thinking his way was the only way, he didn’t realize the trouble he was causing them. He didn’t realize he had to change until it was almost too late. Dwight says Shari is in the dirt with them, and Morgan asks what he’s doing to make sure she doesn’t have to go through what they did.

Rollie radios that they’re heading toward the gates. Shari cries quietly. Several cars come up the road, and form a line across it.

Dwight gets himself free. Rollie tells Shari they’ve got company, and she asks, who? Dwight opens the passenger door, and she asks what he’s doing. He says the same thing she was trying to do for him. Don’t be a fool.

Ginny isn’t with them, and Dwight tells Shari, don’t do this. Don’t kill her own people. She’s about to end up dead too. Wait a while. Work with them. It’s not going to work the way she said. Shari says, somebody has to do something, and Rollie radios, it’s now or never. Dwight tells her, she said she didn’t want him to turn into someone he hated. He doesn’t want that for her either. On the radio, Hill says, if Al and Dwight are listening, there had better be a damn good reason for this. Shari puts her hand on the lever to open up the guns, but her hand shakes. The cars leaves, and she smacks Dwight. She says he had to make it hard, and gets out of the van.  

Shari cries in her room. Dwight knocks at the door, but she says, not now. Dwight hesitantly comes downstairs. He site, then kneels in front of her. He asks what Ginny did to her, and she says, it’s not about Ginny. It never was. She gets up, and Dwight says, it’s about Negan. She says she could have done something a hundred times, but she didn’t. He says, this isn’t then. They can’t change the past; not him or her. He wanted to be with her more than anyone, but not like this. People are trying to change them into something they weren’t. He’s not standing around and watching it happen again. She says, then he needs to leave. She needs this. There’s the truth. That’s who she is, but he’s right; they can’t change who they are. At least he can’t because – she takes his face in her hands – he actually reminds her of who they used to be, before all of this. So go. She tells him louder, go. He leaves, and she cries.

Dwight leaves the building, and approaches the dog. The dog growls at him, but he puts his hand on the fence, and the dog licks it. He opens the gate, and lets the dog out. Great, now I have another dog to worry about. Dwight takes a last look.

Dwight meets Morgan and Al, who tells him that Shari and the others took off with the driver. Al asks how she is, and Dwight says, not good. He doesn’t think she’s going to be for a while. Morgan tells him, come with them, and he says he’d really to take out Ginny. Morgan says they will, but they’re going to need more than the van. Al says Dwight found his way back to Shari; she’ll find her way back to him. Dwight says he needs Al’s hat and jacket. He puts it on a zombie, and puts his own on another one. They put hoods on the zombies, and Morgan beats the crap out of the zombies’ heads. They lead the zombies away, and Morgan asks if Dwight is sure they’ll find them. Dwight says, they patrol every day. Al says, she’s got some people she wants Morgan to meet, and the three of them drive off.  

Al and Dwight open a truck, where Nora and the others have been waiting. Morgan asks, what’s going on? and Al says, they’re looking for a place to settle down. She thinks she’s found one for them, with help from a friend. Nora asks if they can trust him, and Al says she thinks so. Morgan says, he has to warn them, the place they’re going needs work. The people come out of the truck, and Dwight gets inside. Above the door, he draws an infinity symbol and an arrow. Morgan leads Everyone down the road on his horse.  

Next time, John suggests he and June leave, June performs surgery, and Ginny says, it doesn’t have to be the end.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Hope spoke in a voiceover, as we saw shadow puppets go from a happy world to an apocalypse. She told us, it had been a world with pets and homes, jobs and weekends, then everything changed. People died and returned; neither living or dead. The love they’d felt had been erased. The memory replaced by a hunger that was never satisfied. Everything they’d counted on couldn’t save them. Roads crumbled, cities fell, and to those born right before, the end of world was their beginning.

Iris, Hope, Silas, and Elton found the guy stalking them in the woods. Felix had gone looking for them, caught up, and questioned the guy. He said his name was Percy, and he’d just been taking a leak. Hope said, and he suddenly decided to rob them? but he swore he hadn’t, and had nothing on him. Felix said there were no signs of anyone else being with him, and they invited Percy to eat with them. Percy explained that he’d teamed up with a pair of nice enough guys named Mike and Tony. They gave a biker vibe, and bickered like an old married couple, but they ended up robbing his ass. They said they were from a settlement that seemed friendly to newcomers, so they found a place to camp, and went to sleep. When he woke up, they were gone, and so was his stuff. He said they were headed for an abandoned town called Andersonville, and he was going to get back what was his. Felix said he should be grateful for his life, and move on. Percy said it wasn’t a vigilante deal or the principle, but some things can’t be replaced. Elton said he understood that.

Percy told them, early on after the apocalypse, he was looking for a place to camp in the snow. He heard zombies coming, and thought, the world was so screwed up, why fight so hard to live in it? He got on a car roof, closed his eyes, and braced himself for the end, but nothing happened. He opened his eyes, and saw 200 bison crossing the overpass he was on. It was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. The real is surreal. Hope realized the timeframe wasn’t right, and thought he’d stolen the car. He said telling them he had a car, was like telling someone he had buried treasure, and not expecting them to look for it. He’d been in a truck carrying refined fuel, when it was stolen from him. Iris suggested they help him get his truck, then he could drive them where they needed to go. Felix thought it was too risky, and Huck suggested they get back-up, but Iris said they had no time. Percy said when his truck was hijacked, he hadn’t seen any guns. Felix relented, and said they’d go at dawn.

Elton told Hope about his mom, saying, she was the coolest. She saw death and decay as no better or worse than any life cycle. He was working on finishing his mom’s manuscript about nature, and said he wanted to pass the book along when he was done. Iris explained to Percy that she and Hope were going to save their father, and he thought she was lucky still having someone to save. Silas told Felix that he didn’t like Percy, and didn’t understand how anyone could.

They got to Andersonville, when a truck pulled in. Percy said it was his truck, and Felix thought they should do a smash and grab. Silas thought they shouldn’t do this. The truck stopped, but there was no movement, and Felix and Percy went to check it out. Percy said the driver was dead, and Felix wanted them to go back to the campsite, but that was a no. Felix agreed to help him, and Elton and Hope went around to the front of the building to find a door that wasn’t boarded up. Felix told  them to stay there, and I wondered why he continued to give orders when no one ever listens. He met Percy inside, while Iris paced. She told Silas she was going in, and he said she’d promised Felix she wouldn’t, like that meant something. She asked how they were going to save her dad if they were always waiting for people to save them, and Silas said he wouldn’t stop her. I would go zero places by myself in the apocalypse.

Iris found an entrance, and a random mannequin scared the hell out of her. She almost shot Percy, then a zombie popped its hand through a gate, and scared the hell out of me.

Elton told Hope that her dad had encouraged him to finish the manuscript. Her father hadn’t known his mom, but admired her research. Hope looked at the picture of Elton’s mother, the same woman she’d killed the night the sky fell. The thunder continued off and on, and I wished it would rain already, since that’s been going on since last week.

Felix checked out the building, killing random zombies, while Percy and Iris searched upstairs. Percy rifled through some pants pockets, and found car keys. The weird part is, I didn’t catch any explanation as to why the driver didn’t have keys or why they weren’t in the truck. As they started to leave, Percy looked in a room, and saw his stuff. He gave Iris the keys, and told her, find Felix and start the car. He was getting his stuff back. She left, but on her way downstairs, heard him argue with someone for a moment, then heard a gunshot. She debated with herself on the stairs, but went back up. Felix heard zombies, and got ready. It finally started to rain, and while Silas was staring at the door, the truck driver got up. Iris found an empty room where Percy had been, and the driver was apparently not a zombie as we all thought. He grabbed everyone’s stuff, jumped in the truck, and took off. Hope looked around, but found nothing except a zombie in the bathtub. Silas ran in to get Hope and Elton. Hope ran after the truck.

Iris saw Percy also headed for the truck. They locked eyes, and Percy ran, going out one of the windows. Iris followed, but fell into a dumpster. Percy jumped into the back of the truck as it drove away. Hope told Iris that help was coming, but a zombie popped out of the garbage. Iris got ready to spike it in the head, but then another one popped up behind her. Silas and Elton dealt with a bunch of zombies, while Felix got the dumpster gate down, rescuing Iris. Percy came back, and the driver told everyone to get in the truck. They left just in time, since it was going to be zombie city in a moment.    

Felix said, no good deed goes unpunished, and Percy – who called the zombies has-beens – introduced his Uncle Tony aka the driver. Felix asked if they should feel grateful that all Tony and Percy had changed their minds, and Tony said, out there, this was as good as it got. Tony did magic tricks, and told them he’d worked in Vegas as an illusionist and ventriloquist. Percy explained that his mom had split, and Tony raised him. Tony said Percy was a quick study; he was grifting kids in the sandbox. Iris was seriously bummed, and wandered off to be moody. Percy followed her, and she said he didn’t have to pretend that he cared now. She’d thought she had good instincts. Percy said she did; she came back to help him. He’d done this grift before, and every single person had taken the keys and run. She saw him as someone worth saving. That’s why he came back. She’s who he wanted to be now, and it was on him to prove he could be more like her.

Hope wanted to read Elton’s mom’s book, and he said he thought he must have been the last person who knew her. Now someone else would. At this point, I wondered if she was really dead. Tony tinkered with the truck, when Felix said he wanted to talk. Tony said he intended to make good on the ride, and asked about the emblem on Felix’s jacket. Felix said it was a university emblem from where they lived, and Tony told him not to bullsh*t bullsh*tter, especially one from Vegas. He thought whoever Felix was involved with didn’t mess around. He saw helicopters with the same emblem, periodically flying by. He said they’d incorporated avoiding these a-holes in their routine. He asked Felix, if they were in a bind, could his patch get them out, and Felix said, of course it could. Tony said he’d take them tomorrow, but first, a little acting.   

Silas told Felix, some people made starting over look easy. Iris told Hope, she wished she knew what was a lie, and what was real. Hope said Percy and Tony weren’t much different from them. They all had parts they wanted to hide. Tony and Percy did shadow puppetry like at the beginning, about the end of the world. It started out happy, then got sad, but ended with hope.

Next time, the group gets ahold of a military map, Percy says there’s fuel for the taking, and Iris is held hostage.  

After the preview, there was an extra scene. We saw a female scientist looking over Hope and Iris’s father’s notes, including personal correspondence from the girls. She received a call from Elizabeth, and promised Elizabeth that the doctor wouldn’t be a problem when the group arrived. After she hung up, we heard zombie noises, presumably from the ones she’s experimenting on. See below for more on this.

⚰️ Dead End…

A detailed explanation of the end after the end.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-post-credits-scene-explained-crm-106-shadow-puppets/

😢 What Is Goodbye…

Saying farewell to a class act.

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Trebek-brought-consensus-class-to-a-nation-in-15711891.php

🌱 Back To the Beginning…

Once again, it’s Monday, or another day, depending on whether or not you’re still paying attention. No matter what, I’ll see you on Deck tomorrow. For now, stay safe, stay exceptional, and stay away from people wearing masks. Unless you’re one of them. Or unless it’s Halloween.

Nov2

November 1, 2020 – Ginny Makes an Example, Felix Throws In, the Spy We Loved & Forever

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What I Watched Today

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

Fear the Walking Dead

John writes to June, I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately. Maybe it’s being away from you – my heart, my everything – that my thoughts drift to my family. We weren’t together nearly as long as I would have liked, and I suppose I could say the same thing now. He packs a bag, and puts the letter in. He goes out into a little town. The neighbors are friendly. They smile and wave. He goes into an establishment that flies a flag with a key on it, and gets his guns. They’re still important to me, things I care about to this day. He goes to a guardhouse next to the Lawton sign, and relieves the man on duty. The letter continues, one thing I was told that I’ve carried particularly close, is that people deserve to live in a world where they know which way is up, or have someone else who knows if they can’t. I suppose that’s the reason I became a cop, and the same reason I became a cop again when Ginny asked me to. I eased into the role because I had reservations. Understandable, given the way things played out the last time I wore a badge. This feels different. Life here isn’t as I imagined. In the guardhouse, he reads the letter over. People give up some freedoms, but I’m starting to believe it’s worth the cost. They haven’t lost a soul in the 246 days I’ve been here. It’s a comfort, knowing I played a part in that. It’s not the world my dad dreamed of, but the people know which way is up. I hope you can find out for yourself. Maybe one day we can be together here. He knocks at a door, calling to someone named Cameron, saying Cameron missed his shift. There’s no answer, so he goes around to the back. He sees a man stuck on a barbed wire fence, being eaten by two zombies. John kills them, and the newly zombiefied guy, presumably, Cameron. The letter concludes, until then, sending you all my love, always.

Morgan goes to a storage space, and picks up a hoodie. He ponders it for a while. He gets in his truck, and shows it to a bloodhound, saying Daniel left it for them. The dog smells it, and Morgan asks if the dog will bark now, when they get closer. He asks if he should take the dog to the last place he saw him. He looks in the windshield mirror, and wonders if he’ll be recognized, and drives out.

At Cameron’s place, a small crowd has gathered. Ginny, says, don’t move him. She tells John, he knows how it can take its toll, especially if it’s one of theirs. The best thing is to go home. He says he’s trying to secure the scene, and she says, understood, but they should round the people up. Cameron warned her about his drinking. He must have gotten too close. John says, one way to find out is to look into it, but she says he can’t exactly investigate. He says he can collect the body. The last thing they want is anyone else getting hurt. She appreciates that he takes his duties seriously. It hasn’t gone unnoticed. He thanks her, and she and her Rangers leave. John looks around near the fence, where the guy , and picks up an earring.  

A car comes by, and Victor gets out. He and John hug. John sees a key on Victor’s lapel, and asks how he ended up with the hardware. Victor says, the same way John did. They do what they can to get by. He’s going to a meeting of the settlement council. John tells him about finding Cameron dead in the barbed wire, and says Ginny thinks it’s an accident. Victor says, and John? John says he’d be lying if he said he didn’t have doubts. Victor asks if he can do anything, and John says, no, but if that changes, he’ll let Victor know.

John goes over to Janice, who’s scrubbing some clothes on a washboard. She says she doesn’t have a letter, but John says that’s not what he’s there for. He wants to talk about Cameron. They were close, right? She says she did his laundry. She asks if he knows what happened, and he says Cameron was tangled in the fence, but he doesn’t know how or why. He shows her the earring, and asks if it looks familiar. He found it near the body. She says, it’s not hers, and he says he knows, but since she does laundry… She says she’s never seen it, and asks, what’s going on? He says he doesn’t know, but until he does, be careful. She’s the closest thing he’s got to family.

John goes to see Ginny, and tells her that he went back to Cameron’s. He says he doesn’t think Cameron stumbled. He doesn’t think Cameron was drunk. There was a bottle of moonshine in his house, and he hadn’t touched a drop. What if he was pushed? She says, by who? and he shows her the earring, saying he found it in the dirt. He bets whoever has the matching one is the person they’re looking for. She looks at it, and says, a man in the first place she lived murdered a friend over a can of tuna. The town elders made a show of it to keep everyone in line. They tied him to a stake outside the walls, and blasted music to draw the dead. He was picked clean to the bone, like a turkey on Thanksgiving. He says he doesn’t want that. She’s talking punishment. She says he doesn’t even know if a crime was committed, and he says, and he won’t, unless he looks further. She says she’d appreciate it if he kept it quiet. A place is only as safe as the people feel it is. He says, making people feel safe is good, but actually making them safe is better. She says he’s right. She’ll put on more patrols until they figure out what’s what.

Rabbi Jacob speaks at Cameron’s grave. He says, in Hebrew tzedakah means charity. We need to do what is right. Cameron answered the call, making their lives safer until his last breath. His life is a reminder that they should dedicated their lives to tzedakah, to be worthy of the world they inhabit, and goodness will prevail. They all put handfuls of dirt on the grave. John hands Dakota a piece of candy, saying he’s off of them until he gets his tooth sorted out. He asks if she knew Cameron, and she says, only that he was on Ranger detail outside of the gate, and Ginny had been having a hard time with him. Ginny comes by, and tells Dakota to go home.

John sees Janis being handcuffed, and trots over. The officer says she was trying to sneak to the fence. Ginny asks if Janis was trying to run off again, and tells John to check her bag. He dumps it out, and we see a few supplies. Ginny looks through them, and picks up an earring that matches the one John found. She says, how about that?

John visits Janis in her cell, and she says she lied to him when she said it wasn’t her earring. He shows her a sketch pad, and says he found this in Cameron’s house under the mattress. He was pretty talented. He flips to a sketch of the back of a woman, sleeping in bed, and asks if it’s her. She doesn’t say anything, and he says he can’t help if she doesn’t talk to him. She says he can’t help her even if she does. Ginny has had it out for her since she and Tom refused to kiss her ass. She had Tom killed. If Ginny decides it’s so, than it is. He says, no. She wants people to feel safe; that won’t happen. Janis says she wasn’t lying when she told him the earring wasn’t hers. She thinks Ginny planted them. John tells her, be straight. What’s going on? She says she and Cameron were together, but they hid it. They were afraid Ginny would use it against them, and try to split them up. They piled up supplies, and figured in a few more days, they could leave this place for good. She didn’t want be there without him. Cameron wasn’t perfect, but he listened and cared. She was lonely, and so was he, and they found each other. They thought they may as well be lonely together. It sure sounds crazy it, doesn’t it? The guy at the desk calls to John, saying, Ginny needs to see him. He tells Janis, if he can, he’ll set this straight. She says she knows he will.

Ginny tells John, the strawberry yield was good. It makes her think they’re on the right track – in more ways than one. He bites into some toast and jam, and she tells him that he should have someone look at his tooth. She thanks him, saying, if they hadn’t had that talk, she never would have doubled up Ranger rounds, and Cameron’s killer would be half way to Mississippi. John tells her, Janis says it’s not her earring, and Ginny says Janis was trying to run away during the funeral. He says he knows how it looks, but he didn’t even properly inspect the body. She asks if he’s going to dust for prints. She knows what he wants to believe, and asks if it’s intuition or that he doesn’t want to lose his carrier pigeon. He asks if she read his letters, and she says, every single one. Cameron made sure of it. She tells him not to worry. The things he said show he believes in this place. He’s invested in what happens. Janis is an example that needs be made. She tells him, go home, get some rest, and be proud of the work he’s done there. She is. She thinks his daddy would be too. I get angry, since she’s using his dad as a manipulation tactic, and someone did that to me once.

When John goes outside, Dakota asks if he was a cop. He says he was, and she asks if he ever killed anyone. He says he did, but he didn’t mean to. She tells him, don’t listen to her. He’s doing the right thing. She’s protecting someone. He asks, who? but Dakota doesn’t know. He needs to keep on it. Ginny pops out, and tells Dakota to get back in the house.

John lies awake in bed. He finally gets up, and goes to Cameron’s grave, digging down to the body. He looks it over, covering his nose and mouth. He sees Cameron’s throat has been slit. A zombie tumbles in, and John puts Cameron’s body between him and it. Another falls in, and John struggles to keep their mouths away from him. He pushes them off long enough for him to grab the shovel, and he kills them with it. He looks in Cameron’s hand, and takes something out of it. He looks at it, and it’s a piece of a knife. He hoists himself out of the grave.  

John tells Victor, Cameron’s throat was cut. It was plain as day. He stands near the grave, where a couple of guys deal with what’s left of Cameron and the two zombies. Victor says, Cameron got chewed up in there, and John nearly got chewed up with him. John says, not by choice, and Victor says, even if Ginny wanted to get to the bottom of it, the evidence has been chewed up and spit out. Showing Victor the knife piece, John says he found this in Cameron’s hand; it must have broken off. Victor says, Janis couldn’t have gotten a knife out of lockdown without anyone knowing, and John wonders who would have access to the sign-out list.  

Victor waits while John looks through drawers. He tells John, the next shift starts at five, and who would be dumb enough to bring the murder weapon back? John says he’ll see who checked it out, and flips through a ledger. Victor says it’s his ass if Ginny find out. John says, hand-carved bone, and Victor asks when it was checked out. John says, the page is missing. Someone doesn’t want him to find it. He’s going to find the rest of the knife. It’s got to be there, or just outside the gate. Victor says, what then? and John says, people only safe feel if they know what’s going on. Victor asks if he thinks Ginny is going to sit by, and John says, she won’t have a choice. Even her sister thinks she’s protecting someone. Victor tells him, think long and hard before he commits to this course of action. If he goes down this path, there’s no going back.

John goes to Janice’s cell, and she says he shouldn’t be there. He says he thought it would give them a chance to talk. Ginny is protecting someone. He doesn’t know who or why, maybe a ranger, but there’s no way Janice could have gotten her hands on the weapon he found. She tells him, stop. He says he can get her out. Ginny comes in with Victor and some others, and she says she wasn’t expecting him. Victor says he sees John got his message, and thanks him for coming. He tells Ginny, they’ll need a witness, and John says, for what? Ginny says, her confession. Janice says she knows she said she was innocent, but she did it; she killed Cameron. She lied to him. She was there the night Cameron died. They were planning on running away, but he said he couldn’t go; what they had wasn’t worth it. She was hurt and angry, and the fight spilled outside. She got out of control, and pushed him into the fence, then watched the dead tear him apart. Ginny thanks her for unburdening herself, and hopes she makes peace with it. John says, she confessed; it has to count for something. Ginny says she knows he’s invested, but people need to feel safe, and she has to make sure they do. She’ll give them time alone to say their goodbyes. Victor locks eyes with John before he leaves.

John asks Janis why she’s making it easy. Ginny isn’t going to take mercy on her. Janis says, it’s okay. She has no one in her life. Tom, Cameron, there’s nothing more for her, but there is for him. She tells him, look under the floorboard in Cameron’s place, there’s a can of gas for the generator and a spare key; Tom has a dirt bike. She gives him the directions to where it is, and tells him, take it. Get out of here. The place is rotten. It spoils everything it touches. Sooner or later, there’s going to be something he doesn’t want to do. He tells her not to give up, but she says she’s not. She’s setting them free. He says, it’s not just her life, but the truth. She says, it’s okay. Let her go.

John looks at a map, and drinks. There’s a knock at the door, and Jacob comes in. He says he thought John might need company. John guesses Jacob heard about Janice, and Jacob says, she’s set to be executed at daybreak. He spoke to her as her officially sanctioned spiritual advisor. She’s a brave women facing a cowardly act. John says he always followed the rules; the rules made sense to him. Jacob asks if he’s thinking of running away, and John says Janice wants him to. She told him, find June, and get the hell out of there, but he’s not going to do it. Jacob asks what he is going to do, and John says, get Janice out. Jacob says, there are only a few Rangers on duty during shift change, and John says his dad had a case when he was knee-high. The term didn’t exist then, but it was a serial killer. They found him living in a compound with a bunch of people he’d brainwashed, who thought he was the second coming. He was nothing but a two-bit mortician, spouting about death and new beginnings; nonsense that he made sound profound. The entire force, his dad included, combed the place. The guy was guilty, but they couldn’t pin it on him. His dad found a purse from a missing woman squirreled away in a back closet. It was enough evidence to put the SOB away for the rest of his life. Jacob says it sounds like his father was a her, and John says he planted the purse. He knew the man was guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, and broke the rules to set things right. He felt like the people living in the world knew which way was up. The people who knew were happy to get a dangerous guy off the street, and saved the women he would have hurt, but they never looked at him the same way. They weren’t certain they could trust anything he did now. His parents’ marriage fell apart. His dad moved north, and he started drinking. He did the right thing, and it cost him something hard. Jacob says, it’s going to cost John, but he seems to know that. John says he’s not worried about himself, and he trusts Ginny won’t hurt June. She needs people who know medicine, but he know he’ll never see June again. When his dad disappeared, it was hard on him. His dad had to do what he did, and he knows there are people alive who wouldn’t have been, whose lives his dad saved, even if it cost him the one he was living. It’s the choice he’s making. Jacob says they could find another way. He could talk to Ginny; buy them more time. John says, there’s none to buy, and asks Jacob to make sure June gets the letter he’s written, so she knows why he had to do this. They hug, and John thanks Jacob. Jacob says, who knows? John may yet see her again. John says, let’s hope so. Jacob leaves, and John puts his head in his hands and cries.

John packs a bag, puts the map inside, and blows out the candles. He goes to Janis’s cell, and sees it’s empty. He says, no, no, no, no, and goes out the gate. He hears music coming from a boombox, and sees zombies feeding. He shoots them, and finds a body that been totally mutilated. He looks up at the radio and sees zombie Janis on the ground, a noose half in her mouth, and her hands tied. He comes closer to her, and his face shows a thousand emotions. He shoots her, and then shoots the radio.   

John pounds a cross into the ground in the cemetery, and hangs the plaque with Janis’s name on it.

John strides into town, gun in hand. Jacob comes out, and John says, they moved up the execution. Jacob says he knows, and John asks if Jacob told her. Jacob says, someone told him, and Victor comes out. John asks Jacob if he told Victor, but Victor says, he didn’t have to. He knows John. John asks if Victor arranged for Janis’s confession, and Victor says it was Janis’s idea. John asks if Victor told Ginny what he was going to do, and Victor says he told Ginny that Janis was a flight risk. John hits Victor a good one in the head. Victor falls down, and John walks away, but Victor gets up, and they fight. They’re both on the ground, and John says Victor killed her. He keeps punching Victor in the head, and reaches for the gun nearby, but Jacob grabs it up. Victor says Janis was going take the fall, and he kept John from going with her. John says, they could have gotten away, but Victor says, Ginny would have hunted him down killed them both. Jacob suggests Victor get cleaned up, and John says, Janis was right. This place destroys everything.

Ginny stands on a porch in front of a crowd of townspeople. She says they’re all after same thing. Not just Lawton, but all the settlements in the franchise. They want to feel safe from the danger lurking beyond the place they call home. Cameron’s murder tested their stability, and they won because of one man’s pursuit of the truth. John stands next to her, looking a little sad and unkempt. She says, with men like him on watch, their enterprise is rife with promise. He was there for them in their hour of need, and she asks him to accept this small token of gratitude. She pins a key to his lapel, and says, the key to the future; their future. She quietly tells him, congratulations, Ranger boy. He’ll find the honor will afford him many privileges. He looks at Dakota, then looks down sadly.

John can’t sleep, which is understandable. There’s a knock at the door. It’s June, and he asks what she’s doing there. She says, Ginny didn’t tell him? Ginny transferred her. She’s based out of Lawton now. He wonders why, and she kisses him. She asks, what is it? and he says, nothing, Junebug. He tells her to unpack, and he’ll clean up. He’s glad to see her. She goes inside, and he turns, and closes the door.

In the bathroom, John pokes at his tooth, and pulls it out himself with a pair of plyers. You may now flinch as I did. He lets it slide down the drain. He looks long and hard at himself in the mirror. A song plays, and we hear, I won’t cry as long as I have you…

Morgan drives, and tells the dog, they’re almost there. He puts up the window, and the dog lies down on the floor. Morgan says he’s not going to lie. This is the last place in the world he wants to go, but if that’s what it takes, right? He laughs, and a car comes out of the blue, T-boning him. He asks if the dog is okay, and he is (thank God – I can’t believe I have another dog to worry about now). He sees the other car has stopped, steam coming from the engine. He rubs his shoulder, and tells the dog to stay there. He gets, bringing his battle ax with him.

A guy tumbles out of the car, and Morgan asks if it was an accident. Now would be a good time to say he’s sorry. The guy asks, where’s Emile? and Morgan says, Virginia knows where he is. The guys asks, who’s Virginia? and Morgan sees that another guy is on his other side. The new guy says he just wants the key, but Morgan says he doesn’t know what they’re talking about. He tells them, stay back; he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. The second guy has come closer, and they move in for an attack, but Morgan slices into the second guy, disemboweling him, as I say, ooh, then OH. His intestines literally fall out. The first guy gets Morgan in a headlock, and we see a key on a chain around Morgan’s neck. Morgan slices that guy open too.

Morgan looks at the key, and says, what the hell do you unlock?

Next time, masked people, Al tells Dwight that it’s not his call, Dwight tells Shari that it will all be behind them, and Dwight is trapped and surrounded.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Huck told everyone, what was on the other side was rougher than what they’d seen before. Felix got Elton on the side to confer, but Elton said he hadn’t told Felix he was in. Felix said Elton hadn’t said he wasn’t in either. He told Elton, the Mississippi would be the last chance to get everyone home safe, and he’d need Elton’s help to do it. Elton asked why Felix thought anyone would listen to him, and Felix said Elton cared about them, like he did. Felix told Huck that Elton was with them, but she thought maybe they should head to Plan B. The best way was for one of them to go with the girls, and the other with the boys. They stopped at a dock, where there was a lone boat, and Elton said it had probably been used as an escape route, and this boat was the last one. Iris suggested they get creative, and build their own. She saw a hull, and thought they could do a remodel. Silas thought it could work, and Felix was like, damn!

They looked through a supply warehouse, where we got Elton’s backstory. Elton flashed back to being with his dad and pregnant mom in his dad’s office at the Natural History Museum, where his dad was apparently a paleontologist. He told Elton about the end of the dinosaurs, and said it was never too early for science. Elton also felt his little sister move, and named her Esmerelda. His mother said they’d talk about it. She had to leave for a meeting, and said she’d heard there was a lot of police activity near the hospital. Elton’s father told her to stay safe, and after she left, he showed Elton how to dust a fossil. They began to hear a lot of sirens outside.   

Felix told the kids, they had no engine to fight the current. Elton tried being discouraging, but Iris thought they could get parts from an air conditioner, and make a steamboater. Silas compared it to the dorm furnaces he had to fix.

Hope said the river was the last big thing in their way, and Felix told Huck, the closer they were to finishing the boat, the harder it would be to convince them. Huck said she thought maybe they should let the plan go. Hope eavesdropped, and asked Elton if he was involved. She told Iris and Silas that Elton was working with Felix, and asked Felix what Plan B was, to sabotage the boat? Felix said he was going to have them take the boat downriver, then go back to the university. They didn’t know where they were going, or what they were doing when, or if, they got there. They didn’t even know for sure if their dad was in trouble. He could have sent more messages while they were gone. Hope said he didn’t even believe his own words, and he said he’d made a promise to their father to keep them safe. Iris said they didn’t have time for an argument, and Felix needed to leave his sh*t at the door. Without everyone giving 100%, they wouldn’t make it across the river.

Huck and Hope looked for a fuel source, and Huck said she’d tried to do what was best for everybody. Hope asked who’s side Huck was on. She’d heard Huck tells Felix they should call it off. Huck said she was all for stopping them for a long while, but now she didn’t know. Going cross country was big, and doing sh*t like that was what made them stronger and better. She explained she’d been found floating down the Missouri in a raft with a broken arm. She’d messed up, and wasn’t sure if she was coming or going. The next thing she knew, they were calling her Huck, which she thought was kind of cool. She said she left a lot out, but she hadn’t known if she was going to live or die, and came close to giving up; just letting the water take her away. She had to push every single moment, and the pushes she’d overcome caused her to be stronger and better. Maybe that’s what this would be for them. Maybe even Felix. Hope thought Huck should tell him, but Huck said it wasn’t her place. Maybe Felix had to figure it out for himself in his own way.

Felix tried talking to Hope, who said she was pissed at herself for thinking she could turn him. She and Iris never got a brother, since he never acted like one. They weren’t his sisters; they were his problems. She’d trusted him more than anyone, and he should have told their dad not to. She guessed it was time for her to grow up.

Silas said the nail polish box at the warehouse could help them with the fuel situation. It started to storm, and Iris asked if Felix thought her dad was really safe. He said he did. He had to be, and so did Will. He should have gone, but their dad asked him to stay behind, and Will took his place, but Felix wasn’t there to protect him. Silas and Elton dumped all the polish into containers. Elton said people knew death was inevitable, but was so horrible a concept, they tried to put it off for a while. Fear was the body’s reaction to risk, and if they understood risk on a conscious level, there was no need to fear. He flashed back to being with his dad, who told young Elton he was going to find them a safe home. He was locking door, and gave Elton a giant tooth fossil that he said was special, and would keep anyone safe who was holding it. It sounded like chaos outside, with a lot of screaming and shooting. He put Elton in a crate, and closed the lid.

Iris told Felix, something was weird, and asked if his skin was tingling. Felix pushed her down, and lightning struck. A bunch of zombies toddled out of a nearby bar.

Iris and Felix ran back to the makeshift boat. Iris told Huck the empties were coming, and they couldn’t risk the rising water washing the boat away. Hope suggested they get in when the sh*t hit the fan. Elton and Silas ran back, but Elton tripped and fell, spilling the nail polish. He swore it wasn’t on purpose. Silas helped him up, and when they got to the boat, iris poured the polish into the engine, and got it going. Flames shot up, and then it died. The zombies from the bar were headed their way, and Felix put fishing line across the trees a bunch of times to slow them up. Iris said a belt had come off, and that’s why the engine failed. They needed someone small to go underneath, and Elton was small enough. Elton said he was claustrophobic, and Iris said, please, which sent him back to being in the crate. She told him that he could do it. Felix kept an eye on the zombies, holding a sword as they pushed against the line. Elton recited the planets to himself, along with young Elton in his head. He got the engine started again, but got stuck trying to wriggle back out. Hope and Iris had gone to help Felix, and Elton remembered his dad giving him the fossil. He put the same faith in a paintbrush, using it for magical protection, but Hope and Iris got back in time to pull him out. Good thing, since I don’t think the paintbrush was going to do much for him, and the zombies had broken free. The group pushed the boat, but it was slow going, and the zombies were getting closer. Hope thought they’d better run for it, but Felix joined in, using a piece of lumber as leverage, and the boat moved. The zombies were just a few feet away when the boat was all the way in the water, and they jumped on. Everyone was all proud of themselves.

Felix admitted that he’d was going to turn them around, but said he realized he’d do zero good, and told Hope that she was stubborn as sh*t. Huck thought it might be good for them, and turn them into the people they were supposed to be. Hope said the clues she’d left weren’t just because she hoped he’d turn them around, but that he’d help, and he was there now. Huck told Hope that Felix would keep them safe, and keep Will safe when they found him. She said the best thing was to divide and conquer. Their intel was weak, and she told them she’d be back in 48 hours max, but she was leaving them in good hands until then.

Elton looked at the sky and remembered his last time with both of his parents, and cried. He wrote in the margins of a book that nature had accounted for everything in the human race except self-awareness. Humans can act in ways nature isn’t expecting or ready for. It lets them see a path in the wind, even if for a moment. Sometimes a moment is all you need. Young Elton came out of his hiding place, and went out in the hallway. He saw his dad dead, shot in head, and everything was a mess. He picked up a messenger bag, put the fossil in it, and walked out into the world. As he exited the museum, he picked up a flyer that said Public Evacuation. Hope asked if he was okay, and he told her, the night the sky fell, his father told him not to be scared, and he wasn’t. He said his father was scared, probably more than he’d ever been, but that didn’t stop him from doing what needed to be done. He was brave because he was scared, not in spite of it. Hope wished she could have met his parents, and thought they must have been pretty cool to make a kid like him. He said he sometimes thought his mother was still out there somewhere, and his sister Esmerelda. Hope said that wasn’t so crazy, but looked at his mother’s picture, and remembered shooting her.

As they sat around a campfire, the group heard something. It was a zombie, and Iris said she had this.

Next time, an uninvited guest, a group of robbers, and zombies in garbage.

🍸 A 00Goodbye…

Somewhere at a heavenly bar, a suave sharply-dressed man sits down, and orders a martini, shaken, not stirred.

https://people.com/movies/sean-connery-hollywoods-quintessential-james-bond-dies/

🦅 Gotta Fly Now…

Tomorrow, lots of costumes and a new Deck. Until then, stay safe, stay serene, and stay aware while you’re driving, even in an apocalypse. And don’t forget to vote.

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October 27, 2020 – Sasha Creates a Scene, Veronica Is the Real Queen, Fast Break & a Dance

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

I missed the beginning. Apparently it’s going to be one of those weeks. But here are the highlights. One of them literally high. Dustin came into The Floating Rib to join Lulu, and saw Dante there; Carly brought a bottle of wine from Sonny’s wine cellar to Nina as a peace offering, but Jax answered the door, since Nina was at a meeting; and Sasha was high and harassing the bartender at the MetroCourt, who suggested she have some water. Valentin saw her, and said she was in a better mood than the last time he’d seen her. She grabbed a cherry from someone else’s drink, which the bartender wasn’t too happy about. Valentin offered to take her to her room, but she told him to get his hands off her. Chase came in, and told Valentin to back off, and now we’re up to speed.

Doc tells Anna, first, he wants to make sure he has his facts straight, so he can understand. Her history with Faison goes back many years. She says, early in her career, she thought she was smarter than everyone else; she was reckless. A lot of the time is a blur. She was running on adrenaline and coffee, and it was a recipe for disaster. It’s not inconceivable that nine months of that time should be shrouded in darkness. There were so many lies… He says, her mind was open to extended memory implanting, and she tells him, the memories she has of that time are the night she spent with Faison as part of an elaborate sting operation, Peter’s birth, and her decision to put him up for adoption. All she thought was that it lined up perfectly for that period in her life. She worked hard to put it behind her. She needed to bury it so she could survive. Doc says, then she learned she was one of Cabot’s subjects, and she says, and she wondered if her memories were hers at all, or her sister’s.

Dustin says he didn’t know Dante was joining them, and Lulu says he wasn’t invited. She realizes how that sounds, and says they know what she means. Dante says he wasn’t invited. He just stopped by for a beer, and he and Maxie were catching up. It was spontaneous. Dustin says, as long as he’s there, maybe it’s time they got to know each other.

Jax looks at the wine, and tells Carly, good year. He’s surprised Sonny let it go. She asks, who said Sonny knows she took it? He says, Nina doesn’t drink red wine anymore; the tannins give her a headache. I identify, since I can’t drink it either. Carly says she can go grab a bottle of white and come back, but he says he doesn’t think a bottle of wine is going to make Nina forgive her. Carly says she was hoping Nina had cooled off. It was an accident. She didn’t intend to knock the headstone over. He says, but she did know Nina is important to him. If she’s trying to make peace for his sake, it’s thoughtful, but what would have been more thoughtful would have been not going to the grave in the first place. She made a conscious choice. What was she trying to accomplish? She asks if he’s sure Nina isn’t going to drink it, and suggests he get two glasses. She’ll tell him everything.

At the MetroCourt, Curtis gives Nina a folder, saying it’s his information on her Phyllis Caulfields. One of them may be her ex-nurse. She’s extremely lucky that the jeweler gave her a name. She’s that much closer to her needle in a haystack. He was able to access the database of registered nurses. She asks, how? and he says, when he wants something, he can be charming. He weeded out the nurses who were inactive in the early 90s, and narrowed it down to six women who could have been her nurse. Unless they can determine a birth or married name, it’s the best he can do. She says, it sounds simple and incredibly complicated. Of the six, one knows the truth about her child.

Chase asks if Sasha is okay, and she says she’s fine. Valentin says, Chase misread the situation. Sasha was out of line with the bartender, and he wanted to keep her from making a scene. He sees his presence is no longer necessary, and leaves her in Chase’s capable hands. He whispers to Chase that he’d called Chase the last time Sasha needed a friend, and she could use one now. He leaves, and Sasha says, whatever Valentin whispered, she’s fine. She doesn’t need a babysitter. He tells her, stop lying to him.

Jackie tells Finn that she’s supposed to meet up with Chase, and Finn says Chase wants to do a family dinner with the three of them and Anna. Did he mention it? She says, not specifically. The last time she saw him, he was intent on mending fences between Finn and their dad, but they both know that’s not happening. Finn says, Chase thinks the only reason he doesn’t talk to their dad is because he remarried fast. He needs to go on thinking that. She says, even if it doesn’t make sense? It’s been decades, and Finn’s not a vindictive person. It doesn’t add up. She sees that, and his brother sees it. Maybe Chase would stop pushing the issue if he knew what really happened between them.

Anna tells Doc, it started to trouble her because her memories of Peter are very compartmentalized. There’s the deception, the birth, and adoption; it’s very specific. When she compares them with her memories of Robin’s birth, they’re more scattered, and it’s not the same. He asks if she can account for her whereabouts on the date Peter was born, but she says she can’t. In intelligence work, everything is a cover. Maybe part of her doesn’t want to know the truth, and she’d rather leave it the way it is. Peter is going to start his own family, and there’s the lingering threat that her sister is going to ruin everything. She feels she should find out once and for all if Peter is her son, or if he’s Alex’s. Doc sits down, and asks, what can he do?

Dante says Dustin shares a house with his son. He thinks he should be getting to know Dustin. Maxie comes over, and says Dustin is finally there. Did he have a flat? He says he was stuck at a PTA thing, but tonight’s not about him. He hands her a gift, and says, happy engagement. She shakes it, and he says she doesn’t have to open it now, but she asks if he’s kidding. Dante tells them to have a good night, and starts to leave, but Dustin says Dante and Maxie go way back, and Lulu says he should stay.

Curtis tells Nina, he won’t know which one he’s looking for until he does an extensive background search. It may require in person interviews, and he may have to outsource some it down state. She tells him to do what he needs to, and he says, even with the friends and family discount, it’s a pricey undertaking. Nina wonders why he’s trying to talk her out of it. Money is no object when it comes to her child. She’ll make sure Curtis gets what he needs. Valentin approaches, and says, that’s not necessary. He’d like to pay for it himself.

Chase tells Sasha, he doesn’t know what happened before he got there, but he thinks Valentin is trying to help her. She asks what gives him the impression she needs help, and he says Valentin called him after her presentation, and said she needed a friend. He thought she just needed cheering up, and he got distracted by what happened with Brook. She’s bad off. She has crazy mood swings, and sometimes sleeps until noon. She says she wants to forget her problems, and have fun. Just for an hour, she wants to stop thinking about everything they gave up so Michael and Willow could be happy. What’s wrong with that? He knows better than anyone how she feels, so sue her if she wants one drink too many. He says he gets that, but if anything else was going on, she would tell him, right?

Jackie says, Harry’s not at fault, and Finn says, he goes by Chase now. She says he’ll always be Harry to her. He’s an investigator, like she is, and he sees the strain, and he’s going to wonder why. Finn is sure there’s a breaking story on the other coast, and asks how much Chase knows. She says he knows she met Gregory through Finn, and he asks if she did her story about him. She says he still has the same plus size ego. Her story was about shadowing first year residents at a Boston hospital. He says he doesn’t remember her seeing the other residents like she did him, but she says she stuck to her journalistic standards, and didn’t cross the line with her personal involvement. She didn’t want to make the same mistake twice. She met Finn’s father when she was shadowing Finn, and they hooked up. He asks if that wasn’t crossing a line, and she says she doesn’t have to explain her choices to anyone. He asks, what about her choice to marry his father… after what they did before the wedding?

Dante tells Lulu, he appreciates the offer, but he’s getting out of there. He asks if he can have a word with Peter before he goes, and they step aside. Peter asks what’s on Dante’s mind? and Dante says he owes Peter an apology. Lulu tells Maxie, she’s sorry Dante is raining on her big night, but Maxie says, he didn’t rain on anything. It’s great to see him, and he was 95% supportive. Lulu asks, what about the other 5%? and Maxie says, it’s over and forgotten, and Dante wished her well. It’s Lulu’s turn tonight to celebrate Maxie’s future. Dustin says they have a future of their own to celebrate. They’re making their living arrangements permanent. He’s officially moving in.

Finn asks if Jackie wants him to say the words, and I nod because I want to know. She says she slept with him the night before she married his father, but don’t throw it in her face like he’s innocent. It was mutual; she never seduced him. He tells her, he didn’t say she did. He takes full responsibility for his part. He thought maybe she’d postpone the wedding, and they could figure a few things out. She says, when she started dating his father, she knew she might have feelings for him. He says, did she? and she says, of course (🍷), but she didn’t want to get involved with another subject. The night before the wedding, she couldn’t ignore it anymore. She had deep feelings for Gregory, but her feelings for him were just as real. He’d said she should call off the wedding. He kissed her, and she thought he was declaring his love for her, but in the morning, he couldn’t get out fast enough, and told her to forget what happened between them. Finn says he slept with his father’s fiancé, and didn’t react well. He made his choice, and she made hers. She says she wasn’t giving away everything she had with Gregory for a fantasy. The really sad part is, she kept looking for him at the church, thinking he’d show up, and tell her not to go through with it, insisting she be with him. At the very least, she thought he’d tell his father what happened, but he never showed up. Not at the wedding or anywhere else afterward. So she went ahead and married his father.

Sasha tells Chase, nothing else is going on. She’s just blowing off steam. She’s sure he has another place to go, and he says he does, but they’re running late. He can stay with her if she needs him. She says she doesn’t need a babysitter; go. He tells her, if she plans on going anywhere else, call a Ride Share. She says, yes, detective, and he says he’ll call her tomorrow.

Curtis tells Valentin that Nina doesn’t want his blood money. Valentin says that’s not what he’d call it. It’s penance. Nina asks if she can have a minute alone with Valentin, and Curtis says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. She says, probably not, but it’s something she needs to do. Valentin says Nina knows how badly he feels about the masquerade with Sasha. Let him pay. She says she has her own money. Even if she needed it, she would sell cookies or start an online fund before she’d let him near the search for her child. 

Jax says, wow. Carly is still having nightmares. She says, it’s not like it’s on a nightly basis. She goes days without one, but there are times she’s seen Nelle. He says he’s not a psychiatrist, but there must be a reasonable explanation. Maybe part of her wonders if there’s something else she could have done to save Nelle. Carly says, it was horrible when Nelle fell. She’s asked herself a thousand times, if she’d moved faster, could she have saved Nelle, but she’ll never know the answer. None of it changes the fact Nelle was a horrible woman. She was a danger to Carly and her family, and they’re safer now that she’s gone. She hasn’t shed a tear, but what makes her sad is that Wiley will grow up without a biological mother. She’ll have to tell him about Nelle. She doesn’t feel guilty, but it feels like a warning.

Jax says, she’s telling him her nightmare is a warning? What about? She says she wishes she knew. It’s not fair. It’s like something she forgot to fear; something important she needs to remember. But the harder she concentrates, the faster it slips away. She’s replayed that night over and over. What about Nelle’s fall could she have forgotten?

Nina tells Valentin, it’s too late; she’s moved on. Valentin says, even if that’s the case, he still cares about her. Her happiness matters to him. She says she’s super happy with Jax, and he asks where Carly fits into the situation. He’d like to know how she reconciles how, with Jax, Carly comes first.

Sasha demands the bartender change the music, telling him, jazz is so boring. It’s practically elevator music. Can’t he put on something with more of a kick? He says if she’s looking for rock and roll, security can give her directions to The Floating Rib. She says she knows the MetroCourt owner; she used to date her son. But if he doesn’t want her money, she’ll go elsewhere. She takes her bag off the bar, along with the glassware, knocking everything on the floor, and dropping her bag, the contents spilling out. Nina hears the glass shatter, and runs in. Curtis goes over to help Sasha, who covers up the baggie of coke that was in her purse. She scoops everything up, and tells him that she doesn’t need help; she can be clumsy sometimes. He says he bets. She tells the bartender, it was an accident. She’s not paying for the glasses. Nina asks her, what’s going on? Is she all right? Curtis says, she just slipped; it was a total accident. Sasha says she’s so sorry, and the bartender says, whatever, lady. Curtis quietly tells Nina, he doesn’t like to talk out of turn, but he’s had personal experience in this area. Nina asks what he’s talking about, and he says, Sasha is high as a kite, and he doesn’t think it’s the first time she’s used.   

Finn asks, what if he’d stopped the wedding. Would Jackie have married anyone? His father was a hell of a consolation prize. She says, not true. She was torn between the two of them, and when Finn pulled his vanishing act, she had one path to follow. She loved Gregory; it wasn’t fleeting. Their marriage, and having Harry, have been the best times, the best years of her life. She’s hurt Gregory over the years, but every couple goes through things. Finn broke his father’s heart. He gave up his father’s name. Finn says he was ashamed of himself, and no longer felt he deserved it. He doesn’t know what to say. He’s sorry. She says she didn’t want to keep the secret. She told him that his father deserved the truth, but he wanted to keep it quiet, insisting they take it to their graves. 

Anna tells Doc that Peter has the genetic testing marker for rheumatoid arthritis. He thought it was from her, but when she was diagnosed, she found out she didn’t carry it. When Nathan found out he was Faison’s son, he got genetically tested, but doesn’t have it. As far as she knows, Britt doesn’t have it, so it leads her to believe Faison didn’t have it either. Doc says if she can confirm Faison didn’t carry it, that means Peter inherited it from his mother. She says, yes, and it would make Alex his mother. That’s why she and Finn were in his lab. She knows he was conducting experiments on the brains of serial killers, and knows Faison’s brain was donated for study. If he could release that or a sample, she could get it tested, and get the answers she wants. She doesn’t know what else to do. Doc says he’s not going to release Faison’s remains to her. He can’t.

Dante says, when Peter said he and Maxie were getting married, he was less than gracious. He had a kneejerk reaction that Nathan would be forgotten. It was no excuse. Peter says even though he’s Nathan’s biological sibling, Dante was more of a brother to Nathan than he was.

Maxie says, so Dustin and Lulu are officially living together? Wow. She’s so happy for the both of them. How is it that she’s just hearing about it now? Lulu says, so much has happened since they discussed the idea… logistical stuff… furniture. Maxie says she’s got to check on James’s sitter. She’ll be back. Dustin tells Lulu that he’s confused. Before, Lulu said she didn’t want to put their relationship on pause because Dante was back in town, but does she not want him living with her anymore?

The bartender says he’s had enough of Sasha, and he’s calling security. Nina says she takes full responsibility; security isn’t necessary. She’ll get Sasha back to her room. Valentin says he’ll pay whatever the damages are, and whatever the bartender needs for his  trouble. Sasha thanks Nina, but says she doesn’t have to do this. She doesn’t even know why Nina is offering. Nina doesn’t know either, but says she doesn’t like to see anyone in pain. Sasha says she’ll be fine. She can make it to her room herself. Nina says she knows Sasha is high, and shouldn’t be alone coming down. She takes Sasha’s arm, and they walk out.

Lulu tells Dustin, of course (🍷) she wants him to live with her. She’s had no time to process it; how they’re going to work it out, or even how to tell the kids. It’s one thing, him just crashing there, but it’s a whole other thing now that Dante is back in their lives. She tells him to listen to her. She wants to make something very clear. She loves him, and Dante’s return doesn’t change that. He says he loves her too, and they hug.

Peter asks what Dante is doing for a job now that he’s staying in town. Dante says, security work maybe, but he has to find a company that doesn’t mind a two year gap. Peter says he might have a lead for Dante.   

Doc tells Anna, Faison’s organs were donated to scientific research by his next of kin, which is Peter. He can’t release any samples to a third party, let alone a non-medical one, without Peter’s consent. He assumes she already knew this, or she and Finn wouldn’t have broken in. Anna says she did, and he says it would be impossible for him to release any samples, even if he was allowed. He’s already scheduled a wide battery of tests to be done immediately. She asks, what kind? and he says, no one has actually looked at sociopathy and auto-immune disorders, and he thinks it’s worth investigating. To confirm that, he’s having a variety of genetic markers checked, like diabetes, Addison’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. She smiles and thanks him.  

Jackie tells Finn, he has no idea how many times she wanted to tell his dad the truth over the year. He asks why she didn’t, and she says, too much time had passed. There was too much to lose. It would have been easier if they’d told him from the start, but she kept quiet because of Finn. Finn says his father was broken up when his mom died. Jackie brought him out of his grief, and Finn didn’t want him losing her, or his son. She says, he lost his son anyway. They made the decision years ago, and now they’re living with the consequences, including Harry. He’s an innocent bystander, and wants a family with his brother and parents. Doesn’t he deserve it? Finn says, for so many years his dad has been believing he hates him. Knowing what they did, he doesn’t know if they could ever bridge the gap. She says he doesn’t know if he doesn’t try. Chase knocks on the door, and Finn takes Jackie’s hand. He says, it’s not about his father anymore. He knows how complicated it could get, and they both know what’s at stake. Jackie opens the door, and Chase is surprised to see Finn.    

Chase says, sorry for interrupting, but he and Jackie were supposed to meet up twenty minutes ago. Jackie says she totally forgot, and Chase is sure she was shocked to see Finn. He’s been trying to bring them together as a family, but Finn keeps turning him down. Now he’s here. Finn says he came to tell Jackie, enough is enough. Chase asks what Finn means, and Finn says, if he can get a raincheck for the family dinner, he and Anna would like to join them. Chase says, really? and Jackie says, really. Finn says, after all, they’re family, and Chase hugs him.     

On the phone, Doc says, great, and thanks someone. He tells Anna, they’re set. He managed to get a rush job on the lab tests, and the results will be done overnight. Anna says, so this time tomorrow, she’ll know if Peter is her son or not.  

Lulu asks Peter if she even wants to know. What did Dante want? Peter says, it went well. Dante was gracious, and congratulated them. Maxie says, awesome. Peter wants to ask Lulu something, but if she’s against it, he won’t do it. She says, okay… and he says, the investigation of Cyrus could put their office and staff in incredible danger, and he wants more security. Dante is looking for security work. How would she feel if Peter hired him? 

Outside, Dante sends a text. I’m in. Infiltrated Peter August’s organization.

Valentin tells Curtis he’d have no trouble taking Sasha to some other bar, as long as she doesn’t create more drama. He’s more concerned though, after talking to Curtis. Does Curtis know something Valentin would like to know? Curtis says he thinks Nina’s got it handled, and walks away.

Carly tells Jax, she knows it doesn’t make sense, but she can’t shake the feeling there’s something missing; something she’s supposed to remember. Something important. He says the best way to remember something is to think about something else. Think about this. He’s with her, and they’ll get through this together. They hug, and Carly thanks him. Nina and Sasha walk in, as Carly is telling Jax, he’s so great.

Tomorrow, Willow is looking for the next step, Nina says the only thing Carly is sorry about is being caught, Carly wonders what a nice girl like Sasha is doing with a face like that, and Cyrus tells Franco that he’ll buy the next round.

The Haves and The Have Nots

Wyatt begs Vinnie for his life, and Vinnie says, Wyatt wanted to die. Wyatt says, don’t do this, and Vinnie says, it’s done. Wyatt says, too much blood, and Vinnie says, know how much he lost? Wyatt apologizes, and says he’ll give Vinnie jewelry if Vinnie lets him go. Vinnie says, go where? and Wyatt says, Boston. Vinnie asks if Wyatt thinks jewelry can fix this. Wyatt says, Vinnie likes money, right? and Vinnie says that’s the problem with Wyatt. He thinks money can fix everything. Does he think it can fix Wyatt stabbing him? He’s dead. He’s dying. How does he like it? Wyatt says, sorry, and Vinnie says he has nothing for Wyatt’s sorry ass. Wyatt says, call his dad, and Vinnie says, die. Wyatt starts to pass out, and goes limp

Candace’s phone rings. It’s Mitch He says he’s been trying to call. Benny knows. She says, knows what? and Mitch says, he knows about Derrick. She asks, how? He says he doesn’t know, and she asks, who told him? Mitch doesn’t know that either, but says Benny is pissed. He came into the bar, and he’s even more mad because Mitch lied. Candace asked him to do this, but he doesn’t like it. She says she’ll talk to Benny. She’ll tell him that she asked Mitch to lie. Mitch says she can’t. Benny will wonder why they’re so close. She says, it’s okay, but he says he’s got it. He never told Benny that she’s the one who said it. She doesn’t have to worry about that. She thanks him, and says, sorry, but he says, he’s sorry; it’s stupid. She asks if he knows where Benny went. Does he have an address? He says he can get it, and she asks if he’ll help find Benny. He says, it’s only a matter of time. Benny is on this dude, and they have to hurry. She asks if he can help her, and he says he’ll see what he can do. She says, if he finds anything, let her know. They hang up, and Mitch leaves the Iron Bone.

Veronica’s phone rings, and security guy/thug Marco says he’s at her door. She tells him, come in, and says she’s tired of sitting around. He says she can move, and she asks if it’s safe. He says he’s tracking whoever’s tracking her. She can go about her day. She wonders how assured she is that she’s safe, and he says she hasn’t paid him yet. She asks where Jim is, and Marco says, still in the hospital. She says, and his wife? and Marco says, in jail. She says she means David, and he says David is between the hospital and home. Is there anything else she needs? She says, make sure she’s safe, and he says, that’s a given. She says, find out who’s trying to take her out, and he says he’s working on it. She tells him, she might want to go out, and he says he’ll be close. She says, this body is too pretty to have holes in it, and he says, that, he understands.

Hanna tells Al that she thinks she gets it. He says he knew she would, and she says, it’s late. They’ll be here soon. He asks if she wants him to stay, but she says she’ll handle it. He says he thinks she can, but if she can’t, call him. He’ll be glad to help. He tells her that she’s a beautiful woman, and he’d kick himself if he didn’t ask her out to dinner. She says she’s got a lot on her mind, and he says the pastor told him she’d say that. He said she’s turned down more men than she’s said yes to. She says she’s glad he’s watching, and Al says, Jesus is too. Hanna laughs, and says, amen. He says he thinks it’s great that she’s selective, and she says, very. He says he’d love to take her out to dinner, and she says, it’s like that, huh? He says, a guy has to try, and she tells him, she’d love go out with him, but give her a minute. She has a lot going on. He says he’s going stay on her butt, and she believes him. She thanks him for everything, and he says he’ll see her tomorrow. He wants to hear how it went. She suggests she call him and tell him, and he says he’ll be waiting.

There’s a knock at Justin’s door, and he asks who it is. It’s Veronica, the real queen. He asks what she wants, and Tanner asks, who the hell is that? Justin says, it’s no one. Veronica walks in, and asks if she’s interrupting something; something disgusting. Tanner asks, who is this? and Veronica says, that bitch’s fairy godmother, nodding toward Justin. Tanner says, what the hell? and she asks who he is. Tanner says, Justin’s brother, and she says, something created two of them? She tells Justin, she wants to know who the girls were who were in her pool. He and Jeffrey sent girls to her pool. Justin says he has no idea what Veronica is talking about, and asks what she’s going to do. She says, he’s not scared, is he? Justin says he didn’t do anything, and she says she believes him. Tanner again wonders who she is, and she says, she’s that bitch. That’s all he needs to know. She tells Justin to stop shaking in his panties; she believes him. Now thank her. He does, and she says, you’re welcome. She walks out, saying, see you ladies, and Tanner asks Justin, who the hell…? Veronica comes back, and says she’s Jeffrey Harrington’s mother. The young man Justin sexually assaulted in the back of hid police car. Tanner says, what? and she says, he didn’t know. That’s the kind of thing Justin is into. She leaves for real, and Tanner says, what the hell was that about? Justin says, she’s crazy. He can’t take this. Tanner says, tell him what the hell’s going on, and Justin says, okay.

Benny walks into Candace’s hotel room, and she says, hey. He says, don’t hey him. Did she tell Mitch? She asks, what’s going on? and he wants to see her phone. He wants to know if Mitch called her. She asks, what’s wrong with him? and he says, they lied to him. Does she know that dude raped their mother? She says, who told him that? and he says, Veronica. She asks how Veronica would know, and he says, she knows everything . Why did they lie to him? She says she didn’t want him to do anything crazy. Benny says he found Derrick, pulling into the Cryers as he was leaving. She asks what Benny was doing there, and he says, asking mommy. She tells him that he needs to stay away from there, and he says, why lie? She asks, what did he do? and he says, he hit Derrick’s bitch ass. He’s a coward; he wouldn’t get up and fight. She says, that was a long time ago, but he says, it still happened. She tells him, as bad as it was, she wouldn’t be here. Has he ever thought of that? He needs to try and let it go. He asks if she just let it go, and she says, it’s a work in progress. With mama and her. Hanna doesn’t want to see Derrick anymore, but she’s trying. He’d be surprised at the amount of things women have to let go to just get through this life. (Preach it, sister!) He says he wanted to break Derrick’s neck, and she asks, why didn’t he? He says he felt sorry for Derrick, but he should have. She says he did what he was supposed to, and he says he’s pissed her and Mitch. She says they did what was best for him. Get over it. Relax. Let it go. Please. He asks for a drink, and she says, they’re more than ten dollars. He sits on the bed, and says she’s got jokes now. She says, it’s okay, and he says, easy for her to say. Candace says, she’s his daughter.

Madison sits on the couch with Jeffrey, and says he can’t believe it. Do not do that again. Does Jeffrey like Colby? Jeffrey says, he’s fun, but Madison says, no. Does Jeffrey like him? Jeffrey says he likes that Colby is fearless. Madison isn’t jealous, is he? Madison says, Colby is a friend, and Jeffrey suggests he take Madison out to dinner. Madison says, why? and Jeffrey says, just get ready. Madison asks again, and Jeffrey says, they need to talk. Madison says, oh no, and Jeffrey says, it’s a good thing. Madison says, what about? and Jeffrey says, just them. Madison asks what Colby said, and Jeffrey says, Colby helped him see Madison better. Madison says it had nothing to do with seeing him naked, and Jeffrey says, it had everything to do with that. Madison says Jeffrey is buying, and gets up to get dressed, but Veronica walks in, holding a mask like you get from Home Depot. She looks at Jeffrey, and says, so this is where that girl keeps you. Madison tells her to get out of the apartment, and she asks, what kind of furniture is this? I thought you girls had better taste. Madison threatens to call the cops, and she says she’ll have Jeffrey arrested for trespassing. Madison says, she shot at him, and she says she’s not talking about bullet holes in the pool. She’s talking about the filth left behind by those things. Madison says he has a restraining order against her, but she doesn’t care; her husband has one too. He asks how she got in, and she says their wrists are too loose to lock the door. She asks if it was Madison’s idea to send those things to her house, and Jeffrey says it was his idea. He’s starting to get free. Remember what he did last time. She says she wants his bitch ass to do it again, and Madison says she needs to leave now. Get out. Veronica says he doesn’t scare her. He says he’ll remove her himself, and she says, try it, and he’ll see a side of leaving he’s never seen. She just wants to look around. She starts to put some surgical gloves on, saying, you can’t be too careful. Jeffrey says, get out, and Madison moves toward her. She says, don’t touch the $5000 dress, and Madison says he saw it on the sale rack for $85. She says of course he’d know where the ladies shop, and he says he can spot a fake from a mile away. He starts to move her along, and Colby comes in. He says, damn, and she says, there it is again. Colby says, it, and Madison says, Colby… Veronica asks what his full name is, and Colby says, Colby Jones Willis. She asks what he’s doing there, and he says he didn’t see her broom outside. He says Jeffrey needs to stand up to this wannabe. She wants to be rich, but she’s wearing knockoffs. He saw her dress on the sale rack for $85. I guess he and Madison go shopping together. He asks what this bitch is doing there, and Madison tells Veronica, please, just leave. Veronica says, so Jeffrey is living there. Colby suggests they give this dinosaur a show. He rubs against Madison, and says, if this bitch won’t leave, he’ll make her leave. Veronica says, she’s leaving. She got what she came for. Colby says he’s all about getting what he came for, and Veronica says, thank you, Colby Jones Willis, saying it with a lisp. She laughs as she walks out, repeating his name. When she’s gone, Colby says they need to sage this bitch. What the hell? Madison says he can’t believe her, and Colby says he needs a drink. He had one helluva date.

Alissa is on top of David, when he tells her, stop. She says she can do better, and he says, this is crazy; her here. She says, sorry; she gets it. He’s thinking about Erica. He says he’s thinking about a lot of things, and Alissa says, but mainly her, and he says, yeah. She asks if he’s talked to someone about it, like a psychiatrist. He asks how she knows about that, and he says she doesn’t, but she feels like it’s what rich people do. Maybe he should. He says, maybe she should, and she says she didn’t mean to upset him. He says, it’s not her, but don’t touch his back. He tells her, he knows she’s been through a lot, and she thanks him for saying that. Thanks for letting her tell him the truth. He asks where her phone is, and she gets it. He has her unlock it and sign in, and she gives it to him. He says she’s not asking him what he’s looking for, and he can go through everything. She tells him, go through anything he wants. She wants to be a kept girl by a good guy. He says she’s got the wrong guy, but she says they’ve already established that he’s a good guy. He gives her a new phone, and asks if she needs any of her contacts. She says she doesn’t need anything. He asks if she has it back up, and she says, no. He says, if she’s lying… and she says she’s not. She knows what he’s been through. She asks if there’s anything she can do, and he says, no. Be quiet. They lie on the bed, looking at each other.

Laura checks out the clothes Veronica gave her, and asks if Samuel doesn’t like any of this. He says he doesn’t like Veronica. He doesn’t trust this chick. Laura says she loves all of these things. She could get used to this. He says he knows, and she says, as long as he’s not sleeping with her. He wonders why she keeps saying that, and she says, sorry. She asks him to kiss her, and he tells her, take that crazy ass wig off. If he wants to sleep with a wig, he’ll take his ass over to her house. She goes into the bathroom, and he looks at his phone. Veronica sends a text, saying, call her if his wife isn’t around. He calls her, and she says she knew she’d get his attention. She wants him to come over tonight. He says he’s married, and she says she did some digging. Does he want to tell her about Regina? He says, it was a long time ago, and she says, her house, tonight. The little girl he married will never know, and she’ll show him what a real woman does. She asks if his wife is around, and he says, yes. She asks if his wife can hear him, and he says, no. She says, exciting, isn’t it? and hangs up. He says, damn.

Veronica’s doorbell rings, and she comes slowly down the stairs. She asks, who is it? Big surprise, it’s Samuel. She offers him a drink, but he says he told her, he doesn’t drink. She says he told her that he was faithful. He says, she was just a little… and she says, everyone needs a little side piece. It will be their little secret. She tells him to call her Veronica, and he says, Veronica, look… She asks if he doesn’t find her attractive, and he says he he doesn’t feel good about this. She says, come with her; she’ll make him feel good. He follows her upstairs. She asks him why they lied about their son; they don’t have kids. What are they up to? He says, nothing, but she says, yes they are, and she’s going to find out what it is. He asks what she’s up to, and she leads him to the bedroom. She lies across the bed, and says he wants to hustle old bitches. He says, what? and she says, that’s what he’s doing. She knows what he’s up to. He says he’s not up to anything, and she says, keep it up. Stay with that girl, doing petty crimes, or let her upgrade him. He doesn’t think he can, and she tells him close the door, have a drink. He closes the door, and pours from a decanter, drinking it down. She says, good boy. Now she’ll see what he can and can’t do. Take his clothes off. He takes off his shirt, and she says, pants. He takes those off, and asks, how’s that? She says, very nice, and he asks if she’s got condoms. She tells him, in the box; pick his color. He takes one, and she laughs, saying, so that’s the color he chose? She tells him to come over there. He does, and they get busy. The bed is covered with money, and Veronica remembers all of their interactions up until now.  

David looks at Alissa’s old phone, and he says she touched his back. He asks, who’s Nick? and she says, an old boyfriend. He asks why Nick texted her so much, and she says he knows why. What she just did to him? That will make him text. She asks if she can she talk to him about her house. He tells her, she said apartment, and she says, but he’s rich. He laughs, and says he’s not buying her a house. She says, yes he is, and he says, no. She tells him, one way or another, he is. He asks, what does that mean? and she says he’ll see. She puts on her dress, walks over to the door, and slams her arm in it. She screams, and runs off yelling, he raped me, and for someone to help her. Security guard Leo walks in, and she grabs him. She says, David raped her. Call the police. She acts hysterical, and runs out the door. David wonders if she’s lost her mind, and tells Leo, go get her. I think, poor David. Then I remember, he’s not really so nice.

A woman walking her dog sees Wyatt in a parked car. She screams, and calls 911. She tells them, there’s a dead man inside of a car.

💥 This was the season finale, but the new season starts in a month, premiering on November 24th.  Just when I think I have the non-seasonal seasons down…

🥱 Baby, It’s Late Outside…

Is it Friday yet? This week, also called the day before Halloween. Are we still having Halloween? The shame of it is the perfect storm of the holiday being on a Saturday and there being a full moon. Sometimes life just isn’t fair. Regardless, stay safe, stay inquisitive, and stay not thinking about what you’re trying to remember.

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October 25, 2020 – A Chance Meeting Happens, Felix Asks Elton For Help, Pumpkin Watching & Dead

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What I Watched Today

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

Fear the Walking Dead

Morgan checks out the baby, and Rachel looks through the haul. She says they brought back a lot, and he tells her that he brought back clothes and books too. She takes out a jar of homemade jelly, and asks where he got it. He says he knows someone on the inside. They don’t know where he is, and they won’t; not until he’s ready to get everybody else out. He starts to leave, and Rachel asks if he wants to hold the baby. He says his arms aren’t up to it yet, and she says, it will be nice to have a playmate. He goes out the door, and she asks where he’s going.  

Morgan  sharpens a stick, and tells Rachel, people didn’t used to change much, but it feels like he’s been sixteen different somebodies since it happened. He’s going to find Grace, and bring her there. He’s scared he won’t be the man everyone knows, and Rachel says either he changed or he’ll still be the man they know. He checks out the ax that he made for himself, having moved beyond the pokey stick.

Dwight breaks into a boarded up house, and we hear zombie noises. Al comes in behind him, filming, and he tells her, come on. She films and kills zombies at the same time, multitasking. Some things never change. She says, it’s day four, into the microphone, and asks Dwight how long he thinks they’ve been dead. He says, two or three months; let Ginny figure it out. She looks in the guy’s wallet, and says, Arizona. A straggler zombie toddles out, and Dwight says, he can be Alaska, but when he checks the wallet, it’s Montana. Al says she counted fifteen sleeping bags. How many did they get? He says, not enough, and suggests they check upstairs.

Al bangs on a trashcan in some kind of medical office, but nothing happens. She looks in some drawers, and hears someone on the radio, giving coordinates. She looks for a pen and starts jotting them down. While she’s distracted, a fairly fresh-looking female zombie comes up behind Al, and traps her against an examining table. Al tries to reach for her weapon, but can’t get it, and Dwight runs in and stabs the zombie in the head. He asks if Al is okay, and she says the zombie smells like formaldehyde. She thinks someone embalmed her. He wonders what kind of psycho would do that. He radios in; fifteen dead, no living. He says they’re at a funeral home, and there’s nothing worth scavenging. Al wonders how they died, but says they’re not staying. Dwight says, they have no choice, but she says, bullsh*t. He wonders how many they’ve checked, and she thinks a couple hundred. He says, it’s always the same sh*t. What went wrong, and why did they die? If Virginia gave a sh*t, she would have gotten to it before it happened. He tells Al, he said there was nothing worth scavenging, but… He shows her a six-pack.

They have a beer on the back stairs. Al says the beer is skunk, and Dwight asks if she’s thinking about beer lady (i.e. Isabelle); tell him her name. He spits, and says the beer would taste better with a bag of pretzels. They clink bottles, and the radio comes to life. Al grabs for it, but Dwight holds onto it. He asks who hell that is, and what’s drop sight Baker? She says, trust her. The less he knows, the better. He tells her, she says that every time he asks her about beer lady. It’s her, isn’t it? What’s Ground 17? Al asks if his camera is off, and takes the radio. She says, yeah; it’s her. She thinks drop sight Baker is in the city, and says they switch channels a lot, but she’s been trying to track Isabelle’s movements. Dwight asks if Al knows where she might be, and she says she does. He asks why they aren’t heading there, and she tells him Isabelle has protocol. He says, screw protocol, and Al says they have it too. He says, maybe beer lady is having the same conversation. Al can be there when the helicopter lands; meet her, and run away. Al says, if she goes AWOL, Ginny will kill her, and Dwight says, not if Ginny thinks she’s dead. They’ll find a walker who looks like her, a fairly recent one, and he’ll tell Ginny that she bought it. She says she can’t put that on him, and he says, he walked halfway across the country because his wife left a note. If Shari was out there, and Al didn’t push him, he’d kick her ass. She says she’d like to see him try. He says, let’s go find beer lady, and they get in the car.

Dwight sees a zombie on the ground, gurgling, and smashes its head with his boot. He says they’re at drop sight Baker, and checks the zombie’s wallet. He says, Alaska, and shows Al. He thinks it’s a sign. They go inside the building, and The End Is The Beginning is spray painted on the wall. Al says, the world goes to sh*t, and everybody is a philosopher. They investigate, opening a door, and a trio of zombies toddles out. They run through a door that has catwalks and stairs, and see a cage with a rat in it. A zombie drops down from another flight of stairs, and they see a bunch on a landing above that’s blocked with furniture. Dwight says, it’s not going to hold, and they make a run for it, shutting the next door quickly behind them. They turn around to see two live people holding a gun on them. A woman (Nora) asks what they’re doing in the building, and Al says they’re trying to get to the roof. Nora says, if they think whoever is landing on the roof is going to save them, think again. The man says the last guy who went up there got a bullet for his trouble. Nora asks why Al is recording, and tells Al, the guy was a friend of hers. They put Al and Dwight in an office and lock the door.

Dwight tells Al that he doesn’t know them. Does she think it’s beer lady who shot Alaska? She says he has no way of knowing, and Dwight asks how she knows she’s not going to get shot. She says she doesn’t, and Nora and the man come back. Nora asks if that’s what Al does, goes around recording, and Dwight says they hope to stop it from happening for the people still there. Nora tells Al to turn it on. They need her help.

Nora takes them to what looks like a makeshift camp in an office. She says, it’s everyone who’s left. She tends to a sick guy, slumped at his desk. Al takes Dwight to the side, and says, it’s the Bubonic plague. (Like a zombie plague isn’t enough.) She saw it in Algeria. Dwight says they’ll get them some antibiotics, but Al says she can’t do this. They head for the stairs, and Nora asks where they’re going. Dwight follows Al out the door, and asks if she’s going to let them die. Al breaks out a fire ax, and he says, she’s still going? She says he’s the one who convinced her to go, and he says that was before he knew she might get shot. She asks what the alternative is. Keep doing what they’re doing, and call it living? They made a game out of seeing where dead people came from. The last time she felt alive was with her. Even if means taking a risk just for a moment, she’d still choose that over this. He ask how much time they have, and she says, an hour. He tells her that she’d better get going.

Al comes up against a locked door, and says they have to find another way up. Dwight kills a zombie, checks the wallet, and says, Tennessee. Maybe Al is right, and they shouldn’t be doing this. She says it’s a game she played with her brother, using license plates and no dead people. He asks what she’s going to say to beer lady, and Al says, why is beer lady pointing a gun at her? Dwight says, when and if she puts it down, what will Al say? Al asks what he’d say to Shari, and he says he’s made peace with the fact it’s not going happen. She asks, what about Ginny? She said she knew someone who broke bread with Shari. He says, bullsh*t. He thought he heard her, but it was when he was dehydrated and thought he was going to die. They go into an office, and Al knocks on a door. They hear zombie noises on the other side, and go down the hallway to another room. Al knocks on a wall, then punches a hole in it, since it’s nothing but a sheet of plaster. She looks inside, where there’s a maze of pipes. They get in, and climb up the pipes to the next level. They start to crawl, and see loads of rats. Dwight says, they could be infected, and Al says, yeah, but they have to keep moving. Mind you, these are cute pet rats, which is always how they look in film and TV. They never look like subway rats. They bust through another wall.

They see tons of zombies, blocked in by furniture. Dwight says, the plague? And Al says, they died of it; let’s go. They run into a bathroom, and I think, why? You’re not going to find much in the way of weapons, and there’s usually no alternate way out. In this case, I’m wrong. There is another door, and Al asks what’s on Dwight’s neck. He looks at a wound in the mirror, and she says, he’s infected.

Zombies scrabble at the door, and she says she told him not to come. He says he was trying to help her, and got sick. He wants to make it right. He tells her, stay away. He doesn’t want her to get sick, but she says, it doesn’t spread that way, person to person. He asks how long it takes, and she says, two days, usually. He says, maybe there was a rat in his sleeping bag, and she says, maybe. He was trying to do a good thing for her. He says, it’s not over. He’s going to get her up to the roof. He went through so much crazy sh*t, trying to find Shari. It’s the least he can do. She says they need to get him some cipro, fast. They hear something at the door, then gunshots. The door is kicked in, and it’s Nora with dead zombies behind her. She says they’re lucky she didn’t shoot them. Nora tells Al, call her boss;  they need antibodies. Dwight says Nora was right. She won’t do anything, but he’s got a truck full of gas, and can go to a pharmacy. Nora says, Al has been exposed too, but Al says she can take care of herself.   

Nora looks at the crowd of zombies behind the furniture, and says, it was a holiday party. They have to get to the other side of the door. Al asks if Nora worked there. Nora says she did, and Al says, she knew them. Nora says they made it to the fifth floor when they started to get sick, and couldn’t go any further. Dwight says, let them out, and he’ll kill them. They’ll take it nice and slow. Al asks how many bullets Nora has, and Nora says, three. As the zombies come out, Nora stabs one in the head. Al bashes another with a piece of office equipment, and Nora whacks one with the bottom of an office chair. She lingers over it, and looks like she might cry. Al says they need to go, and Nora shakes her head. She says, don’t record. No one should remember them like this. It’s hard to remember what they looked like before. Al takes the chair bottom out of Nora’s hand. Al asks what Nora’s friend’s name is; the one who went to the roof? Nora says, Mark; why? and Al takes out his license, giving it to her. Nora cries, and thanks Al. Nora takes her knife, and heads for the door.    

Nora says, roof access is two flights up. Dwight says Al better get going, and she tells him to hit every pharmacy he can find. He says he will, and Al tells Nora to make sure Dwight is okay. Nora says she will, and Al says Nora still thinks she’s an a-hole, but Nora shakes her head. She says she sold timeshares to people trying to escape their boring lives, while she was too chicken to go to exotic locales. Al is braver than her, or maybe just stupid. They laugh, and Dwight says, if he saw Shari, he thinks he’d just hold her as tight as he could. He hopes Al gets to do that with beer lady. He doesn’t think she’ll shoot Al. Al tries to give him the recorder, but he says he left something on there for her. She goes out to the roof.

The landing pad is empty, and Al looks around. She sits on a cement block, takes out the camera, and looks at the video. Dwight comes on screen, and says she’s taking a leak or something, so he only has a minute, Wherever they end up, wherever they’re going to, crack one open for him. Don’t forget the present. He loves her. She puts the camera away, and sets off a flare. She radios ground 17, and says, reverse course. Isabelle’s voice says, who’s on this channel? and Al says, someone who wants to help her. She says, with what? and Al says, this place is filled with dead, infected with the plague. It’s not safe to land here. Isabelle asks if Al is infected, and Al says she doesn’t know. Maybe. Isabelle says, thanks for warning her, and Al should stay off this channel. Al copies that, and she says, there’s some beer in the supply crate. She hopes it’s not Al’s last. Al thanks her, and watches as the helicopter turns around. Al says, wait. She just wants to say it’s good to hear her voice… because there aren’t many people left. Isabelle copies, and radios her partner, saying, drop sight Baker is burned. Drop sight downtown. Al stands alone on the roof. She opens the supply crate, and takes out the beer. Underneath is a box of cipro. She radios Dwight, who asks why they’re talking. She tells him, stay where you are. She’s coming down to him.

The cipro is passed out to the people still alive. Dwight asks Al, what happened up there? and she says she guesses she didn’t want this to happen again. They hug, and she tells him get himself some cipro. She asks if Nora has been there since the beginning, and Nora says, yeah. She looks at a travel poster of an island, and Al says, it’s not like that anymore. Not that it ever really was. Nora asks what it’s like where Al is from, and Al says she doesn’t want to go there. They’ll find her someplace better. Nora nods, and goes back to the others.

Al and Dwight stand near the rat cage, and Al wonders if the spread from the rats was an accident. Dwight says someone like Ginny could have made the people sick. Al says, if she had to guess, she’d say whoever spray painted  the message in the lobby, and points out an empty can of paint. Dwight says he’d better check in, or Ginny will start asking questions. A woman’s voice comes over the radio, saying, I saw a flare. Is someone in trouble? Dwight grabs the radio from Al, and says, honey, is that you? Shari says, Dwight?

He runs outside, and Shari is in at the end of the alleyway. He runs to her, and stops. She cries, and they kiss. Al and Nora come out. Al smiles.  

Next time, John tells Ginny that they’re making them safe, Ginny tells Dakota to get inside, a funeral, and Victor says if they go down this path, there’s no going back.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

As the group walked, Iris explained that the research place wasn’t where their dad stayed. Hope thought it was all shady as sh*t, and Elton said  they should feel lucky that the Republic hadn’t taken over the world, but Felix and Hope agreed they didn’t really know that. A storm was approaching, and they found a school hidden behind some overgrowth, and went inside. While she was looking at a yearbook, Iris imagined how things were before the pandemic apocalypse, when the kids were all lively, and roaming the halls. Felix suggested combing the place, and they split into twos: Silas and Iris, Felix and Elton, and Huck and Hope.  

This week, we saw some of Hope’s backstory when she flashed back on talking to her father. She told him she’d waited for him at the principal’s office, but he never showed. He said he was working between classes, and forgot. Then thought if she stayed there all afternoon, she’d think twice about setting off a stink bomb. Then, he forgot again. She said at least he’d done good with Iris, and he said the agency had told them that Hope and Iris shared a crib; they were inseparable. They’d bonded before he and their mother met them. He told Hope that he knew they would protect each other, even if their parents couldn’t protect them. He said she was exceptional. and wished could see herself the way he saw her.

Hope wondered about her dad putting himself in danger for people he didn’t know, but he insisted they were good people. She said if they were, they would tell him where he was going. He told her that his brain said any chance he gets to train people is the only way the world would survive. She told him the world he was trying to save was over. That’s what her brain was telling her. He said, if it was the end, it would be easy, but it wasn’t. They still had a shot, and he was going to take it. She promised not to be a screw up anymore, but he said that wasn’t why he was going. He told her that she wasn’t a screw up; she was just frustrated, and they’d talk when he got back – and he would be back. He said he wasn’t supposed to communicate, but had figured something out. He could be bad too. He told Hope that he loved her.

Huck and Iris noticed that Fall Out Shelter signs in the hallways were either pulled down or hanging off. Felix and Elton saw a streak of blood on the floor, and Elton wondered if it was an empty. Felix said, maybe, but maybe not. He radioed Iris and Silas, but got crickets. Felix and Elton followed the blood. They noticed a couple of zombies banging from the inside of lockers. I thought, geez. Even in the apocalypse, poor nerds get locked in lockers. Elton flashed back to being inside a locker himself, and Felix asked why he had the shakes. Elton made the excuse that he was claustrophobic, and Felix said he thought none of them were ready for this. He didn’t even know if he was ready. He told Elton that his tattoo was to remind him of everything and everyone he had lost. He lost his parents and friend, and the person who taught him how to pick a lock. He couldn’t lose anyone else. He said he needed Elton’s help to convince the others to turn around, and asked him to think about it.

In the gymnasium, Silas told Iris how he was made fun of, and said it wasn’t like that anymore. She asked him to play something for her on his portable CD player, and she was surprised at his choice. It was some kind of classical piece, and Silas said it was his grandma’s favorite. He told Iris that his grandmother took him to ballroom dance lessons at the senior center when he was four, and Iris asked him to show her, but he said he didn’t remember. She made him get up anyway, and they danced, imagining the gym filled with people at a dance. He made his grandmother sound so ancient, I did some quick calculations, and figured his grandma was probably between 40 and 50 when he was four. And probably listening to hip-hop.

Huck and Hope (sounds like a P.I. show) came across a wolf that wasn’t too friendly. They holed up in one of the classrooms, the wolf guarded the door across the hall like it was his/her job. They decided to just go, and the wolf let them pass. I was relieved Huck didn’t have to shoot it. Huck thought it was protecting its young, and that there was a whole other thing going on they didn’t know about. Hope thought maybe she had her dad’s sh*t all wrong, and maybe he was trying to protect her, but she didn’t know from what. They found a pantry, where Huck killed a zombie.

While one zombie clamored at the door, one of the grates inside the gym started to shake. Silas and Iris teased it in, and then ran past it, locking the door. Felix and Elton met Silas and Iris in the basement, and Felix said something was roaming the hallways that he didn’t think was friendly. He told Silas and Iris to stay put.

Zombies had Iris and Silas trapped in the basement, and then broke into the room. The two realized avoidance wasn’t possible, and they’d have to fight. Hope and Huck heard what was going on through the wall (there are a lot of flimsy walls in the apocalypse). Silas said, they always keep coming, and speared one through the head. He flashed back to whoever it was we presume he killed, and briefly to being choked himself. He then proceeded to punch the ever-loving sh*t out of a zombie, which isn’t the usual way, but whatever works. The others ran in, and Elton ran to pull Silas off the twice-dead zombie, but Silas threw him off. Felix yelled, and Silas snapped out of it, looking at his bloody hands, and saying, sorry.

Iris thought she and Hope should have told each other about what happened the night the sky fell. They would have been there for each other. Elton was worried about Silas, and asked Felix how they could turn around. Felix said their best chance was in Mississippi, but he’d need Elton’s help. It’s how they could keep everyone alive.

Iris cleaned Silas up, and he said he was upset about hurting Elton. Iris said it was an accident. He said he knew she’d heard what was said about him, and asked if she thought he killed his dad. Avoiding giving an answer, she said it didn’t matter. Maybe she could have done it herself, and maybe he should have let her, but he saved them twice now. That’s what mattered.

The group reconvened, and Elton took a group photo. Iris wondered, since when did he take pictures of people, and he said, since now, and told them to smile.

Next time, Elton tells Felix, he didn’t say he was in, but Felix says, he didn’t say he wasn’t; the group comes across a collapsed bridge, and gets trapped by zombies.

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I’m a zombie myself after this weekend, so I’ll see you on the virtual Deck tomorrow. Until then, stay safe, stay appreciating the little things, and stay away from diseased vermin. Of all types.