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September 29, 2021 – Carly Confronts Nina, Kathy Arranges a Boat Ride, Rumor Mill, Tom Talks, Attack Of the Jen, VanderZoo & Bidi Bom

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny and Jason walk into the hospital, and Sonny thanks Jason for talking about his bipolar disorder. He knows it’s a difficult subject to start. Jason says, they’ve been through worse, and Sonny says, no kidding. Jason is right. He has to get his bloodwork and the scripts; whatever he has to do. He says, Jason doesn’t have to stay, and Jason says he has to call Diane. They have to figure out what they need to do for Sonny to be declared legally alive. He has the feeling that he, Sonny, and Carly are going to be filling out a lot of paperwork. Sonny says, paperwork can wait. He needs to see Carly and tell her that Nina knew he was alive the whole time.

Carly tells Nina, you stole Sonny’s life, and bitch, you’re gonna pay. Nina says she sees Sonny told Carly. She has every right to be angry… Carly says, don’t tell her what she has a right to feel. Tell her why. Then give her one good reason not to kill her. Ugh. I hate Carly more all the time.

Josslyn leaves Carly a voicemail, saying, she knows Carly is mad at Nina. So is she, but Nina is still Wiley’s grandmother, and the last thing anybody wants is for him to get stuck in the middle. So if she hasn’t found Nina yet, and she gets this message, just count to ten. She joins Cameron and Trina outside Kelly’s, and Cameron asks if they’re really doing this. Josslyn says, hell yeah, and Trina says, okay then, handing Josslyn (I assume) something caffeinated, get amped. Today’s the day Spencer and Esme get what’s coming to them.

Esme says, it’s been hours, and Spencer’s father isn’t back yet. He says, it isn’t unusual or alarming, and she asks if he doesn’t find it alarming that his father went after Ava. He should have tried harder to stop it. He puts his arm around her, and says, it’s moot now. Ava is probably halfway across the Atlantic. Esme says, here’s hoping the plane crashes and she’s the only casualty, and he laughs. He says, in more great news, he can’t believe his Uncle Sonny is alive. She says, yes, Josslyn mentioned it. How wonderful. He asks if Josslyn told her how it all went down, and she says, Josslyn was in a hurry. She wasn’t too informative. Spencer says, Sonny can tell him himself. He can’t wait to see him. She says she’s sure Sonny would appreciate a visit once he’s settled, and he says, his feelings for Ava aside, he is happy for Avery. He knows that little girl and her daddy adore each other. Oh, okay. It’s all right for Avery to have her mother torn from her though.

At Kelly’s, Scotty picks up the envelope with the divorce papers, and tells Ava, they’re going to get her unhitched. She takes the envelope, putting it back on the table, and he says, what’s the big deal? It gets easier every time, divorce. She asks how many times he’s been divorced, and he says, too many. He says he’s getting his fee, but does she want him to file this with the court, or does she want to stay married? It’s her call. Temporary Nikolas walks in.

Carly says she knew she would find Nina there. One last visit with Wiley before Michael and Willow found out? She’s a stellar human being. Says the person who… oh, never mind. Nina says all her lies are blowing up in her face, while Carly got her husband back. Can’t that be enough? Carly says Nina played God with Sonny’s life for the past nine months, and now she’s caught and wants it to be enough? Hell no. She did it, and now she’s going to pay the consequences.

Epiphany comes out, and Sonny smiles at her. She says she heard, but she needed to see it with her own eyes. He says, hello, and she says, this is a miracle, and hugs him. Britt goes to the reception desk, and Sonny says it’s good to see Epiphany. He’s there to see Dr. Sullivan. She says, very sensible, but first, they need to get him into a room. She needs to take his vitals so she can declare him officially back from the dead. They leave, and Britt tells Jason, twice in one day. He asks if it’s a problem, and she says, not for her.

Nikolas says he’s been looking everywhere for Ava, and she asks how he got past Bubba. He says, just hear him out before Bubba comes to, and Ava asks if Nikolas is saying he knocked Bubba out. Scotty says he’s going to give Mr. Bubba his card. When he comes to, he might want to sue Nikolas. Ava says, always a charmer, and Scotty leaves. Nikolas sits down, and says he’s glad he caught Ava. She says he didn’t; he’s too late. Aside from a few practical matters, she’s ready to leave Port Charles. Next stop, London, her new base of operations. He puts his hand on the envelope, and asks if this is one of those practical matters. She says, the most practical of all; the divorce papers, signed, sealed, and all Scotty has to do is deliver them. He says, then he got there just in time, because there’s no need for Scotty, no need for divorce papers, no need for her to head anywhere but home to Windymere with him. She says, they’ve gone over and over and over this… and he says he has news. Something that will change everything. Sonny is alive. She says she knows, and he says, she does? She says, she stopped by his house this morning to say goodbye to Avery, and he says, why did she say goodbye? Doesn’t she see this changes everything? She says, it doesn’t. It changes nothing.

Josslyn says, they need to move fast. It’s go time. Cameron tells them, hold on. Are they really sure about this? Josslyn says, he’s backing out now? and he says, nobody’s backing out of anything. He’s just asking them to hear him out. Yes, Esme and Spencer’s behavior could warrant suspicion in their involvement of the stalking of Ava and Nikolas… Trina says, that’s why they’re doing this, and he says, without any evidence? Josslyn says, why? They’re not a court of law. Trina tells him, like she said, where there’s smoke, there’s fire, but he says, what if it’s just smoke? Trina says, if they’re wrong, great – Josslyn says, we’re not wrong – it will exonerated Spencer and Esme once and for all. Josslyn says, no one is getting exonerated. Trina says she’ll buy Spencer a new designer belt, and she and Esme will braid friendship bracelets together. Josslyn says, that’s not even in the realm of possibility, and Trina says, no, but she gets what Cameron is saying. They need to keep an open mind. Cameron says, okay, but if Spencer and Esme find out what they’re doing, even if it proves them innocent, do Trina and Josslyn think they’re just going let it go; no hard feelings? Spencer can hold a grudge longer than anyone he knows. Josslyn says, which would explain his motive for stalking Ava, which is why she still thinks it’s a risk worth taking. Trina says, it is for her. She barely knows Spencer, and doesn’t like Esme anyway. Josslyn can’t imagine who does, and Trina says, her point is, if they’re right, Ava can stay in Port Charles with her husband and daughter. Josslyn says, and those two will be exposed for the schemers they are. It’s a win-win. Trina says, for the last time, is Cameron in? He says, let’s spring this trap.

Nina says she knows what she’s done, and Carly says, does she? Because she wants to hear it from Nina’s own mouth. Nina says, okay. She kept Sonny from his family for months, and her lies put a lot of people in danger in Nixon Falls and Port Charles. Carly says, it wasn’t enough for Nina to make a scene at Sonny’s funeral, she had to make sure he stayed dead to the rest of them? Nina says, she’ll forever regret the unintended consequences of her actions, and Carly says, unintended consequences? Her husband almost burned to death because of Nina. Nina says, is that what he told Carly? and Carly says, he told her that he was trapped in a fire, so she’s guessing Nina had something to do with it. Nina says she’s so sorry for all the pain she’s caused, but Carly says she doesn’t think so. Nina says maybe she’s not as contrite as Carly wants her to be, because Carly hasn’t owned up to her part in all this. Carly asks how any of this is her fault.

Sonny tells Epiphany, he was trapped. There was fire everywhere, and it came to him. She says, just in time to remind him about everything he had to live for. He says, it’s good to be alive; to be himself, and know who he is. She says she’s sure his family is over the moon, but he says, they’re not as happy as he is. Michael, Dante, Josslyn, and Kristina all came over. She says she’s sure they were happy to see him, and he says, Donna is too little, but Avery held on to him so tight, and wouldn’t let go. Epiphany says, of course (🍷) she did, and he says, even though he was gone so long, it didn’t matter; he was home. She says, believe her, it mattered. Everyone was devastated when he died, especially Carly and Jason. He says, Jason had a lot to deal with. He heard Jason got arrested. Epiphany says, did he now? Even in death, Sonny doesn’t miss a trick. Sonny says he’d love to hear the details, and she says she wasn’t there for all of it, so some is secondhand, but he says he won’t ask her to swear to anything. Epiphany sits down, and says, Jason was framed by Peter for killing Franco. He was sent to Pentenville, where he was conveniently stabbed, and brought there. Someone – she doesn’t know who – arranged for his escape. He says, someone knew it was easier to break him out of the hospital than prison, and she says, rumor has it that he was free and clear, but he ran back to save Britt, when Cyrus’s thugs tried to kill her. At the time, the police thought Britt was a hostage. Sonny says, Jason would never do that, and she says, not everybody knows that. Jason was shot, Britt fixed him up, and they ended up on the run for a while. The rest, as they say, is hospital gossip.

Britt asks Jason why Sonny is there, and Jason says, to check in with his psychiatrist. Any word about her mom? She says, no, not yet. Finding Liesl Obrecht isn’t exactly a high priority for the WSB. Britt knows Obrecht is who she is, but she’s still her mother. She’s all Britt has. He says his offer still stands if she wants him to look into it. She says she meant what she said the first time, Marriage or no marriage, she doesn’t need his help anymore. 

Nikolas says, he knows he and Ava aren’t Sonny’s favorite people, but Sonny has resources they don’t. She asks, what resources don’t they have? He’s a Cassadine. He says, we are Cassadines, but she says, not for long. He asks if she told Sonny why she was leaving. What did he say? She says, he wasn’t happy about Avery having been approached, but he wasn’t too broken up about her leaving. He asks if she’s suggesting Sonny is no longer the type of man who would find the person who threatened his daughter, and make them suffer. Avery is safe. Ava says, she’s not, and she’ll be in danger as long as Ava stays. That psychopath set fire to her car; who knows what else they’ll do? What about that doesn’t he understand? He says she’s right. He’s sorry. He thought Sonny would be the solution they needed. She says, the only solution is the one she’s already arrived at. She has to walk away. Scotty sits down with them, and tells them, he can’t believe he’s going to say this, especially to them, but it would be a shame for them to give up on each other.

Cameron goes to Windymere, and Spencer says, well, if it isn’t the townie. Cameron says, live and in person, and Spencer asks, to what does he owe this unexpected pleasure? Cameron says, the pursuit of higher education. Did Spencer take the Roman Civ notes today? He doesn’t know what’s up with him, but he couldn’t make heads or tails of it. Spencer says, that’s because Cameron is intellectually ungifted, and Esme says, be nice. Not everyone gets to grow up in boarding schools and haunted castles. Spencer says, Windymere isn’t haunted, but Esme says, it is so haunted. Cameron says, he knows. He asks if Esme can back him up. Isn’t it Spencer’s duty as his intellectual superior to help him out? Esme says, it is, but Spencer says he didn’t take notes. Cameron says that’s because he remembers everything he hears, but Spencer says, it’s because he’s not taking the test. He’s just auditing the class to keep his father off his back. Cameron asks how that’s working out, and Spencer says, so far, so good. Cameron asks if that means there’s going be another rager? and Spencer asks why he’d do that. Cameron says, when the cat’s away… His dad is leaving right?

Epiphany says she takes it Carly and Jason brought Sonny up to speed, and he says he wishes he’d gotten out before Jason and Carly got married, and blew so much money on deposits. They laugh, and Sonny says he guesses his timing is off. Epiphany says, for a man just barely made it out of a raging inferno, he has remarkably good vitals. Sonny says he’s going to head upstairs for another appointment, and Epiphany says, it’s good to have him back. She missed him. They hug.

Nina tells Carly, at the heart of it, it’s about her grandson. Carly says, who happens to be her grandson too, and Sonny’s. Nina says she realized that. That’s why she called Carly immediately to tell her. Does she remember that phone call? Before Nina could get a word out, Carly threatened her with court about visitation with Wiley. Carly says, so she deserved months of loss, grief, and pain for one rude phone call? Nina says, if Carly doesn’t believe her, ask Jax. He figured out what was going on, and encouraged her to tell Sonny the truth. Carly says, encouraged? and Nina says, insisted. She agreed, and Jax said he’d trust her to do the right thing. Carly wonders, why the hell would Jax do that?

Spencer asks what Cameron means about his father leaving, and Cameron says, sorry; wrong word choice. Spencer says his father can’t leave; they just moved in. Cameron says, Nikolas is taking a trip to Bora Bora, and Spencer asks, what makes him think that? Cameron says Spencer’s dad talked to Trina about getting two first-class tickets. He and Ava are celebrating calling off their divorce. He asks if he can use the bathroom, and Spencer tells him, help himself. He leaves, and Esme says, when will Spencer learn that she’s always right.

Trina’s phone dings, and she tells Josslyn, it’s done. Thanks to Cameron, phase one is in motion. It’s too late to turn back now.

Ava asks if Scotty is saying she and Nikolas shouldn’t get divorced, and Scotty says, yeah. He’s still charging a fee though. She asks where this is coming from, and Scotty says he’s been doing a lot of thinking lately about love and life, and how sketchy it can be. The uncertainty of a separation is a kind of death in its own way. Getting bounced out of an airplane like a guy who had too many martinis got him thinking. Nikolas asks if there’s any word on Obrecht, but Scotty says, no. He’s going to find her. He’s going to turn over every rock if he has to. He has to say this; true love is worth fighting for. Nikolas says he never pegged Scotty for a romantic, and Scotty says he’s been hopeless at times. He can’t control this whole thing with Obrecht, but what he can control is them. He’s not letting them throw in the towel. There must be something they can do to keep them together. Ava says, they’ve been through all that, but Nikolas says, Scotty is a clever guy. Maybe he can come up with an unconventional solution. Scotty thanks him and says, so they’ve got a little stalker problem… Ava says she doesn’t think it’s so little, and he says, what he’s thinking is, so this weirdo goes crazy when they make eyes at each other. There’s only one solution. Nikolas says, do tell, and Scotty says, date other people.

Jason tells Britt that he’ll always care what happens to her, whether he helps her or not. She says, she doesn’t give a damn about him. She walks away, and sees Sonny. She tells him, welcome back, and he says, it seems they have a lot of catching up to do. She says, he’s been gone a long time. On thing she’s learned about Port Charles; you miss a day, you miss a lot. She leaves, and Sonny says, Renault tried to have her killed, right? Jason says, yeah, and Sonny says, and Jason got shot going to get her. Jason says, that’s right, and Sonny says, Epiphany filled him in. He guesses Jason wasn’t going to. Jason tells him, there’s not much to say. It happened; it’s over. Sonny asks, did Jason leave Britt for Carly?  

Carly says Nina had nine months to do the right thing. While Sonny’s kids grieved, Donna forgot her father, and Jason went to prison, Sonny was tending bar in some dive and Nina did nothing but lie to their faces. Why would Jax expect her to tell the truth? Nina says, and Carly feels qualified to judge since she knows so much about the truth. Carly says, screw you. Nina stole nine months of Sonny’s life because Carly hurt her feelings? Nina says, at least she got Sonny back. She’ll never see her daughter again. Carly says, now the truth comes out. This was payback for Nelle.

Sonny says, he’ll never forget that Jason and Carly made that sacrifice to marry and protect what’s his. Maybe now he can go pick up the pieces with Britt. Jason says he doesn’t think Britt agrees with that, but Sonny says Jason can change her mind. Jason says he’s not sure that’s possible, and Sonny says, do him a favor. Ask himself if Britt makes him happy. Jason’s phone dings, and he says he should handle this. How long is Sonny’s psych evaluation? Sonny tells him, don’t worry; he’ll have Tony pick him up. Sonny gets in the elevator, and Jason calls Josslyn. He asks, what’s up? and she says she’s kind of meddling here, but she feels like if she doesn’t, things could escalate. He asks, what happened? and she says, mom found out something about Nina, and now she’s on the warpath. She’s not responding to any calls or texts. He says, don’t worry; he’ll find her. He calls Spinelli, and says he needs Spinelli to find Carly; put a track on her phone for him.

Nikolas says, Scotty is advising his wife to date another man? and Scotty tells him, don’t be thick, Nik. Nikolas, of all people, should understand subterfuge, and Nikolas says, so she should date another man for show? Scotty says, put on a show for this crackpot, but Ava says she tried it. She flirted with Austin at the bar. Nikolas says, and her car was still set on fire. Scotty says, Austin is a good choice, but did she give it the old college try? What about Nikolas? Has he stepped out with anybody? Nikolas says, of course (🍷) not. He would if he thought it would help. Ava looks at him, and he says, subterfuge. Scotty says, look who’s jealous. She wants Nikolas to be jealous, but not her. Nikolas says, there would be nothing to be jealous of, and she says, woudn’t there? Scotty says, okay, fake dating’s not going to work. How about skipping town? Nikolas says he was all for it, but they can’t leave their children behind. Scotty says, take the little turds with them, but Ava says, any plan that uproots the kids is out of the question. Scotty says he has another idea. Nikolas is very resourceful with resources and everything. Why doesn’t he get Mr. Bubba to take the guy out? Get a real assassin to get the job done. Ava says, they were just talking about the Cassadine resources, and Nikolas says they’ve exhausted those options, and no new intel to show for it. Scotty says he guesses they’ll have to put their thinking caps on. Nikolas says he appreciates Scotty trying to help. It’s helped him finally realize something. Ava’s solution is the right one. Until they figure out who the stalker is, and how to handle them, they have to cut ties with each other.

Esme says, Spencer was so sure they’d scared Ava into leaving, but she told him that Nikolas would win her back. He says he can’t believe his father is choosing Ava over him again. Just when they’ve started rebuilding their relationship. What the hell did he do all this for, if Nikolas can leave him at the drop of a hat? Esme is sure Ava is dropping more than a hat. That’s why Nikolas can’t think straight, but don’t worry; she’s got this. His father just needs to be brought back to reality. He says, they’ve called off the divorce. They’re probably already on the Cassadine jet. It’s too late. She asks if he trusts her. She saved him before, and she’ll do it again. He says, of course (🍷) he trusts her, but he wonders if this has all gone far enough. She says, let her decide how far is too far. She’ll be back, and so will his dad. She goes out the door, seeing Cameron in the entryway. She says, sorry, she’s got to run, but please come again soon. Ciao. Cameron asks Spencer if he’s okay, and Spencer says, never better. Cameron says he thought they were past hiding how they really feel, because they’re worried one will make fun of the other. Spencer says, okay, cards on the table. Total honesty. Cameron says, absolutely, and Spencer asks, what’s the real reason Cameron came over?

Cameron sends Josslyn a devil emoji, and she tells Trina, she-devil is on the move. Trina says, Cam might have needed a little nudge, but he definitely delivered. Josslyn says, the launch will be here any second. Is Trina still tailing Esme like they discussed? Trina says she doesn’t know. Spencer’s the slippery one, right? Anyone who managed to avoid everyone they knew in Port Charles for weeks needs two sets of eyes on them. Josslyn says, she’ll follow Esme and report back, and Trina tells her, be careful. If they’re right, Esme set Ava’s car on fire. Who knows what that chick is capable of? Josslyn says she survived Nelle. She can handle what Esme’s got.

Carly says Nina acts like Nelle was a martyr. She was a murderer, and the world is better off without her, and so is Wiley. Nina says, how dare Carly say that to her? Nelle was her child. Carly says she didn’t know that until after Nelle died, and Nina says, Carly means after she watched Nelle plummet to her death. Carly laughs, and Nina says, how dare she laugh? Carly stayed silent, didn’t tell the police anything, and let Nelle rot, not allowing Nina any closure. Carly says, so Nina decided to balance the scales with nine months of grieving a man who wasn’t dead? If Nina wanted to hate her and make her suffer, fine, but how does she justify making Sonny’s kids suffer, or Sonny? Nina says, she’ll gladly apologize to Sonny, his children, his family, his friends, even his seventh grade math teacher while she’s at it, but she’ll be damned if she ever apologizes to Carly. Ugh. I know Nina did wrong, but I hate Carly. She’s got nothing for anybody who’s not so-called family.

Trina looks at her phone, and says, Cameron, you should be out of there by now.

Esme walks into the hospital, and Josslyn follows at a distance. She says, Esme, what the hell are you doing?   

Spencer says, obviously Cameron isn’t there to get his notes, and Cameron says, of course (🍷) not. Spencer’s auditing the class. Spencer asks, then why? and Cameron says, it’s obvious. He practically told Spencer.  Cameron came to check up on him. The last time they all hung out, he felt tension. Spencer asks if Cameron means when he, Josslyn, and Trina all huddled and gossiped about him and his girlfriend, and Cameron says, sorry. It wasn’t cool. Spencer asks what they talked about. What did they say about him and Esme, or can’t Cameron tell him? Cameron says, they just all think Esme… He doesn’t know how to say this without it sounding weird. Spencer says Cameron always sounds weird; spit it out. Cameron says they think Esme has some kind of hold over him; like an influence. Spencer says, Esme loves him, and Cameron tells him, he didn’t say she didn’t. Spencer says Esme looks out for him more than his own father, and Cameron says Spencer’s father loves him. Spencer says, the way Augustus loved Tiberius; exiled, and choosing him last every time. Cameron says, it looks like Spencer did take notes, and Spencer says, if he’s not enough for his father, why is he still fighting for him? Cameron asks how Spencer is fighting for Nikolas, but Spencer says, it doesn’t matter anymore. Cameron says his relationship with Franco was rough when Franco started seeing his mom, but they worked at it. They developed a relationship, but with time and effort, they became like a real father and on. Things worked out, and it’s not too late for Spencer and Nikolas to put everything behind them, and move forward together. Spencer says, that’s just it. He’s not Cameron, and never will be.

Ava thanks Scotty for trying. She knows he’s going through a difficult time, and appreciates him meeting her. He says he’s still going to bill her, and she says she knows. He says, Nikolas too. He’s got to  meet a client. Should he take the papers with him? Ava doesn’t say anything, and he takes the envelope. Nikolas tells Scotty that his resources are at Scotty’s disposal to find Obrecht, and Scotty says he might take Nikolas up on it. Scotty leaves, and Ava says that was kind of Nikolas. Nikolas says, true love is always a worthy cause.

Epiphany asks Britt if everything is all right, and Britt says, yes. Why is she asking? Epiphany says she gets that Britt has to be the untouchable Chief of Staff. Just so Britt knows, Epiphany sees through her.

Nina says, Carly let her daughter die, lied to her for weeks, and did everything in her power to rob Nina of her grandson. Carly says, and she’d do it over all again. If Nina wants to hate her for it, come and get her, but don’t use someone like she used Sonny. Nina says, look at the bright side. At least Sonny’s back; she should be overjoyed. Carly asks if that’s supposed to make it okay. All’s well that end’s well? Nina says, none of this is okay, it’s just better. Everybody is happy Sonny is back, but really the question is, will Sonny stay happy? Carly asks what the hell that’s supposed to mean.  

Britt says, Epiphany sees through her? and Epiphany says, always have, always will. Britt asks, what is it she sees? By all means, enlighten her. Epiphany says, she bets Britt is going through a lot, and it might even become overwhelming. So if Britt ever needs to talk it through, use her as a safe space… within reason.

Ava says she needs to get going, and Nikolas says, fine. He’ll let her go, but he’s not giving up. He’ll move heaven and earth to find out who’s doing this, and when he does, they’ll be together again. She thanks him for not standing in her way, and he says, anymore? She says, anymore. He just has one request – wait for him. She fixes his lapel, looks at him for a moment, and leaves. Outside, she leans against the door for a moment.

Spencer says, Cameron is like the poster child for upstanding sons, and Cameron laughs, and says, clearly Spencer has been away far too long. How does he figure this? Spencer says, even for a short time, Cameron and Franco were like father and son. They had a bond. Maybe he doesn’t deserve that kind of bond with his own father… Not after everything he’s done. Cameron asks what Spencer means. What has he done?  

Sonny asks Epiphany if he’s good to go, and she says, not bad for a member of the recently deceased. She’ll get his after-visit summary. She leaves, and Esme comes up to Sonny. She asks if he’s Sonny Corinthos, and he says, who’s asking? She says, thank goodness she found him. Josslyn watches.

Nina tells Carly, things were simpler in Nixon Falls. Mike was actually happy. Carly says, stop calling him Mike, but Nina says, that’s who he was there. Jason comes in while Nina is talking, and Nina says, it’s who he wanted to be; not consumed with ambition, and riddled with guilt and regret. He wasn’t mourning the death of a child to violence. Carly launches herself at Nina, saying, don’t use the name of her child (which technically, Nina didn’t), but Jason runs in and intercepts her. Carly struggles with Jason, and tells Nina, get out. Nina says, tell Wiley that she’ll come back, but Carly says, Nina is never seeing Wiley again. Nina says Carly can’t change the fact that she’ll always be Wiley’s grandmother, and Carly says, Nina is nothing to him. Nina leaves, and Carly jerks away from Jason, whining that Nina threw Morgan in her face. He says, that’s because she knows she lost. Carly got Sonny back, and Nina’s got nothing. Let it go. Carly says, she’s going to burn Nina’s life down, and spit on her ashes. For an emotionless dude, Jason looks pretty horrified.

Tomorrow, Jason says someone’s feelings will be the least of their problems, Ava has unfinished business, Alexis asks what Shawn is trying not to tell her, and Sonny says Esme was right in coming to him.  

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Still in San Diego at the Del Mar, the women, minus Erika, took limo busses to Lorimar Vineyard, where they did a wine tasting, driving to various areas of the winery in a Rice-A-Roni cable car with tour guide Jared. I loved the cable car. It was like it had gone rogue off the tracks. Kathy brought her scooter along, and in her interview, told us it was see, sniff, swirl, and sip – then swallow. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, if dating was like wine tasting, she would love it so much more. She could line them up, and decide which one she wanted to take home. While they sat at a long table, swirling, sniffing, and guzzling sipping, Kyle announced that Tom’s brother was wanting to put him in a home, and told everyone about the burglary. LisaR jumped in, confirming everything, and lowering the times Erika’s son’s car rolled, making it four. In Sutton’s interview, she suggested someone put this man somewhere he could be taken care of. In Crystal’s interview, she said, this can’t be real. She’s never seen snow in L.A. In Dorit’s interview, she brought the car roll back to the original five, and said, this was stuff you only saw in movies. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, Erika’s stories were unbelievable, because they were hard to believe. Sutton added that she was not playing Nancy Drew. Let Scooby and his friends figure it out. Crystal said she knew what it was like to love someone with dementia. Husband Rob had stepped up, and was all in, getting her father everything he needed. Not everyone had that. Kathy excused herself to go back for a massage. She had a migraine and a neckache. In her interview, she explained that she’d been hit with a golf ball when she was a kid while doing a Barbie commercial, and had suffered ever since. By the end of the excursion, they’d had a lot of wine, and after enjoying a beautiful sunset, Kyle dared to do an impression of Erika. Even more daring was Sutton following with another one. I’ll have what they’re having.

Kyle, Sutton, and Dorit gathered in Kyle’s room for a kiki before dinner. Dorit felt badly for Erika. She felt Erika had cleared up a lot at the picnic, which Sutton hadn’t gone to. That was the first time Erika used the word alleged in regard to Tom being unconscious for twelve hours. Sutton asked, how can you be allegedly unconscious? and in her interview, she wondered why Erika’s story changing all the time, adding, I think y’all allegedly drank the Kool-Aid. In Dorit’s interview, she said she didn’t want to push it with Erika, but then they were left looking like idiots for asking, The women met in the lobby, and walked to dinner together, Kathy using her scooter. Dorit remarked that Erika was wearing latex, so it must be a good day. In Kyle’s interview, she said, Erika was not going to give Sutton any chances. The ice queen was not cracking on this one. Erika was back to getting a hot toddy, and said she was so overwhelmed; she’d needed a minute. What she was going through sucked, but there were people who could step up for Tom. He’d done a lot for a lot of people. Why was her kid there? We also got the official Erika approval stamp on her son having rolled his car five times. In Sutton’s interview, she said, something was weird. It was like the women wanted to prove they were Erika’s friends, She compared it to Denise last year, and we flashed back to that bitch LisaR, and all the she said that you said that they said garbage. In her interview, Garcelle said they were all kissing Erika’s ass, and it all seemed phony. Suddenly, Kyle asked Sutton if a kitty cat had her tongue. WTF?   

In Sutton’s interview, she said, Kyle watched Erika threaten her. Who’s this helping? In Kyle’s interview, she said, Erika had been so down, she just knew she was going home and crying. It made her happy to see that Erika was in good spirits, and she hoped no one ruined it. If I’d had something in my mouth, I would have done a spit-take, after what she’d just asked Sutton. If anyone was going to ruin it, Kyle made a good start. Surprising everyone, especially Sutton, Erika brought Sutton into the conversation, and in her interview, a producer asked if Erika was trying to smooth things over. She said she wasn’t smoothing anything, but why ruin anyone else’s time? She added that she was the best person in the group, and the most adult, then laughed, but I’m not quite sure she didn’t mean it. The next morning, Garcelle had coffee with Sutton on Sutton’s balcony, and Sutton said she was surprised that Erika spoke to her, and Garcelle said, it was like nothing happened. Did she trust it? Sutton said she’d see what the day brought. LisaR called to video chat, and was so loud, Erika heard her from the room upstairs, and came out on her balcony. Luckily, they weren’t talking smack, and Garcelle said it seemed like Erika had a rebirth. LisaR said it had been a long time since they’re seen the real Erika. It was joyous. Sutton said they’d never seen that side, and Erika finally called down that she could hear everything.

Yoga instructor Kory came to teach a class of yoga on paddleboards in the pool. Crystal and LisaR were the only takers, and oddly enough, I didn’t see Kory’s ass on a paddleboard. In LisaR’s interview, she said, finally, there was somebody adventurous in the group, and not afraid to get her hair wet. In Crystal’s interview, she said she was self-conscious in a bathing suit, especially next to LisaR. But LisaR convinced her to wear one, swearing she was wearing a teeny bikini, and showed up in yoga pants. Garcelle and Sutton joined them, but plopped into chaise lounges. LisaR said she didn’t know they’d have an audience, and Garcelle said it was more like hecklers. Kyle and Erika played (I guess) paddle-ball? It was on a tennis court, and like ping pong, but with a bigger ball and paddles. They didn’t keep score, and just hit the ball around, then had champagne. It reminded me of the semester I had tennis in phys-ed in high school, minus the champagne. My best friend was in my class, and we mostly goofed around. LisaR and Crystal both ended up falling in the water, trying to balance on one leg, Garcelle said if tried that on a paddleboard, she’d be using a scooter like Sutton. LisaR marveled that Erika had talked to Sutton, and Sutton said she was surprised, but didn’t know if the door was still closed, and if not, what the angle was. At least now she thought they could get through it. Erika told Kyle that she was feeling better. She couldn’t wallow because life goes on. She had zero dollars, and told her lawyers that she expected nothing. She said they told her that was the most courageous thing they’d ever heard, but it only makes sense that you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, and there was a long line for any assets. In Kyle’s interview, she said, no one wanted to see themselves with nothing, but the victims needed to be paid. Erika said, every day was a new disaster, and full of bullsh*t .

In Kathy’s interview, she said that she’d rested up, and was psyched for the boat trip she’d planned. She’d hired celebrity chef Brian full of Malarkey to cook, and I actually remembered him from Top Chef. They went to Shelter Island Marina, where a massive sailboat awaited them. Erika confused us all by talking to Sutton as they walked up the dock, telling her it had been rough. Sutton started to apologize, and Erika said – wait for it – it’s okay. At the boat, LisaR said, oh my God, they’re talking, like no one had eyes. Erika said she had to lash out, and apologized. Sutton said Erika was too pretty to be mad at her, which was funny, although I’m not sure if Sutton meant to be funny. In Sutton’s interview, she said she’d gotten a mild apology. She didn’t trust it. She wanted to, but she didn’t. In Erika’s interview, she said, no, she didn’t want to work it out, but she wasn’t ruining everyone’s trip because she hated Sutton, Alrighty then. They met Captain Troy, not of any Deck. Sutton had a huge struggle getting up the stairs wearing her boot, and I wondered why they couldn’t have gotten a ramp for her. The women took tons of pictures, and had the captain move the boat for better lighting. In LisaR’s interview, she said she’d move a mountain for the right light, She’d find the right light in a coffin, Dorit asked what happened with Sutton and Erika, and Sutton said she’d let Erika tell the story. Erika said her life was in shambles, and she was angry and hurt. It wasn’t kumbaya, but it was an opening. She’s in a good mood, the moment was right, and Sutton was receptive. In Kyle’s interview, she said you just didn’t know what you were going to get with Erika. She could snap, then it would be fine. Erika said they were adults. It wasn’t going to be fixed overnight, but it didn’t have to be. In her interview, Kyle suggested Sutton just not talk, which was pretty much what Sutton had been doing. Erika said as far as the press went, if she looked like she was having too much fun, she wasn’t remorseful. If she hung her head, she was guilty. She was damned if she did, and damned if she didn’t. In her interview, LisaR said she thought Erika’s lawyers told her not to talk about anything. I’ll bet they also told her to play nice with everyone, and that was why she apologized to Sutton. Crystal said, despite their rocky start, she was enjoying the time with Sutton. Everyone agreed they were all having a good time, and Crystal ran across the boat to give Sutton a hug. Garcelle said she wanted to play Never Have I Ever, and Kathy said she’d done a background check on everyone, and there was nothing she didn’t know. I never know when Kathy is being serious, so… Garcelle said, never have I ever stolen anything.

In LisaR’s interview, she just made a horrified face. In Erika’s interview, she told us, say it or don’t say it, but she doesn’t like this sh*t. In Dorit’s interview, she said she may have stolen a few hearts as a teenager. Aww. The rest of the questions were all about sex, the women ignoring the captain was about a foot from them, and hearing everything. I’m not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but no. Just no. In her interview, Sutton said, some of Erika’s comments had an underlying scariness to them (which I’d have to agree with), but she’d have rage too, if she lost all her money. They were wowed by the pink sky, and Sutton talked to Kathy, while the others went to the bow of the boat, playing Titanic. Sutton told Kathy, she wondered how friends could become foes so quickly. In her interview, Sutton said she didn’t want a friendship where she was scared all the time. She told Kathy that she couldn’t not ask questions, but it wasn’t to hurt anybody.   

Next time, Garcelle goes on a tailgate date, Crystal has a party for Chinese New Year, Garcelle wants to see LisaR reach out to Denise, and Sutton says she and Erika need to talk.

🥗 Please Pass the Rumor…

I wouldn’t be surprised.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/27/lisa-vanderpump-kyle-richards-spread-erika-jayne-rumors/
https://pagesix.com/2021/09/28/kyle-richards-laughs-off-lisa-vanderpumps-erika-jayne-claims/

📉 Rut-Roh…

Not a good look for Erika, but what is he doing wandering around in the first place?

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/23/tom-girardi-seemingly-implicates-erika-jayne-in-legal-battle/

👠 ShahMeanie…

I actually don’t like this kid that much, but one, he’s a kid, and two, this is just not cool

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/26/meredith-marks-slams-jen-shah-for-twitter-attacks-against-son/

🍸 Lions and Tigers and SUR…

I compare them to twelve year olds, but to each their own.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/28/lisa-vanderpump-compares-pump-rules-cast-to-wild-animals/

🛵 On the Road Again…

No doubt houses to cry over, otherwise known as Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, will be on Friday, but join me tomorrow for a little soap and a little tea. Until then, stay safe, stay pursuing your dreams, and stay believing that true love is a cause worth fighting for.

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September 28, 2021 – Carly Hunts Down Nina, New VanderBabies In Town, Times Two, Temp Nik, Special Guest, Frid Story, It’s Off, Dead Stuff & Jungle

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Crete, Greece. Anna and Valentin walk into a bar (not the start of a joke), and Anna says, that was totally unsatisfying. He says, just what every man wants to hear, and she laughs, saying, she meant retracing Chloe’s steps. They sit at a table, and Anna says she was hoping to find something more other than the site of the accident. He says they did find something more; they found a road to this quaint little town. He asks if they shouldn’t take a night off from sleuthing. Just one, and have themselves a little drinkie. She says she’s in, and he goes to the bar.

Drew is drowsing in his cell, when Russ comes in, and says he’s got company. Drew says Russ brought him a roommate; how thoughtful. Russ says, enjoy, and tosses Obrecht into the room, slamming the door behind her. She says, my God. Drew Cain? He’s alive? He says, Dr. Obrecht, right? She says he vanished; it’s been years. He says he’s guessing she’s not the reason he’s in there, which begs the question, who managed to capture her?

Michael and Willow sit with Wiley while he colors. Michael says his boy is the next Picasso, and she says, that’s his boy all right. He asks if she’s suggesting he’s not artistic, and she says she’s not saying he’s not not artistic. He says he’s wounded, but she says he’ll get over it. Yuri comes in, and tells them that Brook took Bailey upstairs for naptime, but he has a treat from Charlie’s for Wiley. He holds out a bag, and Willow says, how sweet. She thinks they’ll save it for dessert. Yuri lingers, and Michael asks if there’s something else. Yuri says, Wiley has a visitor, and Nina comes in.

Josslyn leads Maxie into the former home of the moss bowl🎍, and Carly asks, what’s up? Josslyn says, Maxie has something she wants to tell Carly, and Carly says, sounds serious. Josslyn says, it is, and Maxie says, she’s of two minds. A big part of her thinks, it’s not her business, just stay out of it (which gets my vote), but another part of her, also big, says she has information Carly has a right to because she’s Sonny’s wife. And if she were Carly, she’d want to know.

Jason tells Sonny, it was his idea to have the funeral. Carly wasn’t ready, nobody was ready, but he said they should do it. Sonny says he did right. Jason had to send a message that Sonny was gone, and he was in charge of the business. Jason says he hated every minute of it. He felt like he couldn’t actually grieve. Sonny says, the good news is, Jason doesn’t have to grieve anymore.

Valentin says, life is so strange, isn’t it? and Anna says, in what way? He says, it’s cyclical. It teaches us the most interesting lessons in the most unexpected ways. She says he’s in a mood, and he says he’s in an unburdening mood; is that a turn-off? She says, no. She likes it. Keep going. How is life unexpected and interesting? He says, being back in Greece for one. It helped him to see how after, in his mind, she rejected him because of the way he looked. She says, it had nothing to do with the way he looked, and he says, he told her, in his mind. He became obsessed with recreating himself, and getting his hands on the Cassadine inheritance. She says, and taking his place as that Cassadine, and he says, and all the evil crap. It was to pay for his expenses, his final surgeries, and also to fund his quest for the Cassadine fortune. It was also about circling back to her. He wanted to stand tall in front of her, and say, look at me, Anna Devane, I’m strong. And I’m rich. I’m a Cassadine. He doesn’t think he ever appreciated how much of a burden he was to himself.

Obrecht says, of course (🍷) she’s not the reason Drew is there. Does he think if she wanted to hold someone captive, she couldn’t come up with a better facility than this? He says he sees she’s not into the accommodations, but they grow on you. She says, that’s quite the professional beating he received, and digs in her bag, bringing out a syringe. He asks, what’s that? and she says, antibiotics. She’s been told to treat him for possible infection. He says he doesn’t think that’s a good idea, and she says, why not? He says, if memory serves – and he could be wrong about this – she was some kind of evil villainess, wasn’t she? She laughs, and says he has much bigger problems than her. He says, is that so? and she says, he really doesn’t know who’s holding him there, does he? He guesses she’s not about to tell him, but she says, on the contrary. She’d be delighted. She gives him the shot.

Michael tells Yuri, it’s okay; Nina is family. Yuri leaves, and Willow tells Wiley, look who’s here. Nina says she doesn’t know what kind of grow pill Wiley is taking, but it needs to stop right now. He’s grown a foot since she last saw him. She’s missed him so much. Willow says Wiley has missed her too, and Nina asks if she can have a hug. Wiley hugs her, and she says, it’s the best hug ever. She says she got him something, and hands him a box which probably contains toy trucks. He goes to the table with it, and Willow says, he loves it, although how she can tell, I’m not sure, because Wiley is not talking today. Nina says she heard Willow and Michael got back together; she’s so happy for them. Michael says they’re happy for them too, and Willow says, it seems like the whole family has been given a second chance now that Sonny’s home. Michael asks, what about Nina? Is this a quick visit, or is she back for good?

Sonny asks Jason for details of what happened when he was gone, and Jason says, ask him anything. Sonny says he knows Jason wouldn’t have had a funeral first of all, and he definitely woudn’t have gotten married to Carly if the situation didn’t require it. Jason says, they had no choice, and Sonny says, then Dante showed up when he came home. Was that as a policemen? Jason says, there was an explosion in a limo outside their wedding, and Sonny asks, who was in it? Jason says, Novak and Buscema, and Sonny says, what are the odds? He can’t see Jason inviting two guys to a wedding who he was going to blow up, but he could see them coming to a wedding to blow Jason and Carly up. He was one step ahead, right? Jason says, they owe it all to Ms. Woo, and Sonny says he always liked her. Jason says, him too.

Carly asks Maxie what it is they’re talking about. What does she know? Maxie says she’s going to tell Carly, and Carly says, then tell her. Maxie asks if she can do it her way, and in order. And please, try to reserve any judgement, which she knows will be difficult. It would be for her too. They’re kind of alike in that way. Josslyn says she gets that Maxie is trying to help, but the way she’s building this up is making it sound really bad. Maxie says, well, it is, and Carly says, what is it? Maxie says, fine. Nina has known for months Sonny was alive.

Valentin tells Anna, does he hate that Helena Cassadine is his mother? Of course (🍷) he does, but he’s free of it. She says, yes, he is, and he says he has two beautiful daughters that he loves and adores. He has money of his own; he’s his own man. Of course (🍷) they still have a messy history, and Anna says, so messy, but he says he’s not tethered by it. He doesn’t drag it around like a ball and… She says, chain? and he says, he’s free to pursue her because he wants to, because she’s gorgeous, and she captivates him, and he could make her dizzy with a dozen fancy words for why he just likes to be around her. She thinks that’s enough ouzo for him, but he says, maybe it’s not enough ouzo for her. She asks if he’s trying to get her drunk, and he says, hell yes. If she thinks he’s handsome now, wait until she gets a buzz going. She laughs, and he calls for two more. He says, this is the perfect atmosphere for this conversation. If they’d had this conversation back in Port Charles, she’d  be so guarded. She says she’s not guarded. She needs to keep up a professional demeanor. He says she’s guarded. She never lets her defenses down. Here, it’s just the two of them in the field. When the sun comes up, she can pretend this never happened. She can just dismiss his words as those of a drunken fool, but tonight, he’s saying everything.

Obrecht asks what was the last thing Drew did as a free man? and he says, he sent Andre Maddox back to Port Charles. He got on a charter plane to Afghanistan – at least he thought it was headed to Afghanistan. He was going to return the money his good buddy Archer stole, but somewhere along the line, they veered off course, and landed on some island. She says, then what? and he says, two guys with guns boarded the flight. He tried to resist them, then, lights out. For him, not them. He woke up in this place, and he’s been here ever since. She asks what that tells him, and he says she must really like the game Twenty Questions. It tells him that somebody wanted him abducted. He didn’t know who then, and still doesn’t. She says, it was two people, working in tandem, and he says, and those people would be…? She says, the first, the one who originally arranged for his abduction, is none other than Peter August.

Sonny tells Jason, he assumes with Buscema and Novak out of the picture, nothing ties them to their deaths. Jason says he and Diane will have to go down to the station for a while, but there’s nothing to find. Sonny says, good, that means they’re in a decent position, but Jason doesn’t know, because Buscema and Novak wouldn’t have acted on their own. Even from prison, he’s still connected. Cyrus is definitely not gone. Sonny says, they’d better work on a strategy, and Jason says, what? Sonny says he can just picture that bastard sipping coffee, learning about the two guys that died, and he’s alive. He laughs, and says he’s standing in front of his grave, and he’s not in it. He feels like a winner. He cannot be touched. Jason says, then they need to have this conversation.

Nina tells Michael, it’s a little early to say if she’s back for good. TBD, how about that? Willow says, but no more… Nina says, Pennsylvania. She said goodbye to her time there. Michael says, when one chapter closes, another begins, and Nina tells him, that’s what they say. Wiley looks so happy. Willow says, they’re trying, and Nina says, they’re succeeding. She says there’s something she needs to tell them.

Josslyn asks if Maxie just said Nina knew, and Maxie says, yes. Josslyn says, so when she went to pick up her dad in Nixon Falls, Nina knew Sonny was there? Maxie says, yes, and Josslyn says, she was hiding him away, letting all of them grieve, and putting her mother through hell? Carly says she wants to know what Nina knew, and when, and when Maxie found out. Maxie swears she didn’t know when she planned the wedding. She didn’t find out until this morning when Nina came to her. She was really upset and very remorseful. She said she made a terrible mistake. Carly says, mistake? Is that what we’re calling it?  

Valentin says, Anna’s turn, and she says, to drink or talk? He says, both. They don’t have to talk about him all night; they can talk about her. What does she think of him? She says since he’s not even going to remember his name in the morning, she’ll tell him. She missed him. She missed what they were to each other; their friendship. She knows it was her who messed it up, but then when everything happened, and he came back into her life, there was a problem. He asks, what was the problem? and she says she likes him. She doesn’t want to, and it keeps getting worse. She thinks, in a way, he understands her better than anyone else. Robert is the closest obviously, but he’s a good soldier. That’s the difference; he never sold out. Robert never compromised himself like she did. He says, they both did, and she says she’s not saying Robert looks down on her. She’s saying, she looks down on herself when she’s with him. Valentin asks if she’s with him because he’s so much worse, and she says he is, but that’s not what she meant. He says, the first thing that changed his life completely was the birth of his daughter Charlotte. And she knows the second thing. It was her.

Drew says, oh my God. Of course (🍷). Peter was in Afghanistan. Peter paid David Archer to hand him over to Helena. Obrecht says, something he didn’t remember at first, but when it started to come back years later… He says, that son of a bitch didn’t want him to rat him out. She says, Peter was anxious to keep hidden what a demented human being he is. Someone who stole Drew from his life, and scrambled his memory. He says, Peter saw him as a threat, and she says, specifically Drew’s standing with the people Peter holds most dear – Maxie and his unborn child. So Peter went extreme, as they say. Not that she hasn’t been there herself, but there’s a difference between doing nefarious things because you’re blindly in love with the person you’re doing them for, and doing them just because it’s expedient. He asks what Peter did to Maxie.

Jason tells Sonny, Carly wanted to be there to talk about it, but since the moment came up, he will. How’s Sonny doing with his bipolar disorder? Has he been on his meds? How’s he dealing with it, because he seems like he’s doing okay right now. Sonny says he was lucky, because one of the people who took him in, Phyllis, is a nurse. She noticed his erratic behavior from the beginning. Jason asks if it was bad, but Sonny says, it didn’t get really bad. He didn’t sleep a couple nights, and Jason knows how he gets when he’s having a manic episode. Anybody else would have thrown him out or call the cops, but they were fantastic. They just told him to go to the doctor and get treatment. Jason says, it sounds like a real blessing, but that doctor was treating a bartender named Mike, so Sonny should see his psychiatrist.

Nina says she can’t tell Michael and Willow how much it means to her that they gave her a second chance. To be able to be with Wiley is such a gift. Michael says, what it boils down to is, Wiley loves her, and she loves him, and Nina says, so much. Willow asks how they could take that away from him, and Nina says she’s so grateful. Not only for that, but also, that they’re Wiley’s parents. They’re really great parents. They put Wiley first, and you can tell. He’s such a happy, all-around awesome kid. She gives them all the credit. Michael says he doesn’t know about that, but Nina says she does. They’re decent, kind, good people. They didn’t have to let her be part of Wiley’s life, but they did it anyway. She knows there was a little coercion with Jax, but she believes if they thought she was bad for Wiley, there’s no way they would let her in his life. They gave her a chance. Willow says Nina is very kind to say all that, but Nina says she means it; she’s grateful. Michael says, so are they.

Maxie tells Carly, the situation with Wiley had gone bad, as she knows, and Nina wanted to get out of town to clear her head. She stopped by Nixon Falls to say hello to a friend, and she was floored when she saw Sonny. Carly says, so floored, she couldn’t tell them? and Maxie says, Nina told her that she did call to tell Carly that she saw Sonny, but they got in some kind of argument? Josslyn says, so now this is her mom’s fault? and Maxie tells her, she didn’t say that. Josslyn says her mom wasn’t nice to Nina, so that gave her the right to lie, and keep Sonny a secret for months? That is crap. Really? We can’t do better than that line?

Anna says she changed Valentin’s life? This should be good. He says it was miraculous seeing her again. She’d completely changed her life around. She’d gone from a sad, flawed, compromised sellout… She says, don’t hold back, and he says she’s become so much better. He admires her. He could never reach the level she’s reached, but she’s showed him that he can make better choices. She says she can see that; she sees him. He says he knows she does, and she says, she knows he sees her better than anyone does. He shakes his finger at her, and she tells him not to get all juvenile about this. He says, where has he heard this before? Not the juvenile part, but the other part. He knows – from himself. He’s been saying that all along. He gets her, right down to her socks. She says she’s not wearing any socks, and he says, that’s a good start. They kiss, and I’m so in.

Obrecht says, Peter and Maxie conceived a child together, and Drew says he thought Maxie had better instincts then that. She says, he won her over, and he was convincing. He completely sold Maxie on the fact that he was reformed. She fell for it too for a while. Maxie was her daughter-in-law, and Obrecht wanted to be on good terms with her. Drew asks how that worked out for her, and she snorts. She says, when Peter’s past was on the brink of haunting him, he framed her for his own crimes, and had her shipped off to Steinmaur. He says, so she was at Steinmaur, and they sent her here, but she says, there was this whole interstitial with Maxie realizing how despicable Peter was, rejecting him, and him arranging to induce her labor, so he could kidnap her and his child. Drew asks, what happened? and Obrecht says, it backfired. The woman he hired to preside over the birth, ended up stealing the baby, handing her over to someone else, and meeting an untimely end. So now that precious baby is out there, and Maxie doesn’t know where to find her. He says, so she thinks this was a set-up by Peter? and she says she’s positive. The only thing Peter cares about is finding his daughter. Which is clearly why he’s working with Victor. Drew asks, who the hell is Victor?  

Nina sits down, and Michael says, they’d forgotten how much Nina came through in the original custody hearing. She told the truth about Nelle, and he knows it made a huge difference. Nina says, at the time, she didn’t know Wiley was her grandson, and Michael says, he thought about that; if knowing what they know now would have changed what Nina said, but Willow says, it doesn’t matter. Nina came through for Wiley when he needed her, and they’ll always be grateful. Michael says, it was definitely a turning point in the custody fight, and Nina says, what she remembers about that day is, she just generally wanted to do the right thing. Even though in her heart she wishes things could have been different for Nelle, and for her, the fact that things turned out the way they did for Wiley, she’s thankful for. That part, she’ll never question or regret, because Wiley has them.

Josslyn says she’s sorry. She’s not mad at Maxie; it’s Nina she’s mad at. But she’s got to say, it kind of seems like Maxie is defending her. Maxie says she’s not defending Nina. What she did is indefensible, but does she feel empathy for Nina? Yes, because she’s been at a place in her life where she convinced herself – out of fear, anger, or pain – that doing something wrong was okay. She’s been there, and isn’t in a position to judge Nina. Is Carly? Right now I want to knock Josslyn and Carly’s heads together, so I vote no.  

Sonny tells Jason, he really hadn’t thought about it, since he was on his medication. He was doing well. Jason says he’s glad, and Sonny says, but Jason’s right. He’s got to check it out, take care of himself. Did Jason and Carly talk about this, about him? Jason says, of course (🍷). It’s a big deal that he’s back; it’s a lot to figure out. Sonny says, sorry Jason got stuck with this. All the hell Jason has been through, and he wasn’t there. Jason says it’s not Sonny’s fault, and Sonny says, no, it’s not. It’s Nina’s.

Valentin tells Anna that she’s a good kisser, and she says, they need to sober up. He says she told him that she wasn’t drunk, and she says, he needs to sober up. He asks where the fun is in that? and she says she’s going to get them a gallon of water and a gallon of coffee. Then they’re going to sober up, and go back to the hospital. He asks, what about her socks? and she says, oh boy. She goes to the bar and asks for water and coffee, but when she turns around, Valentin is passed out, his head on the table.   

Drew says, Victor Cassadine didn’t die in that explosion at Creighton-Clark? and Obrecht says, no, he survived, and he’s been pulling strings ever since. To what extent she’s not certain. All she knows is, on her way to St. Lucia… He says, St. Lucia? and she says, to take care of Peter, as he so richly deserved. She was abducted and wound up there, with a pit stop at Victor’s lavish compound. He says he bets she’s missing that place right about now, but she says, the company is better here. He says, let him get this straight. Victor and Peter are working together because Peter wants to find his daughter. She says, yes, and he says, but Peter is an incredible lowlife; Victor’s got to know that. She says, please. Anyone who’s met Peter for five minutes knows that, and he asks, what’s in it for Victor? Obviously, he’s not doing this out of the goodness of his heart, so what’s he getting out of this arrangement?   

Michael says Nina probably wants some alone time with Wiley, and suggests he and Willow take a walk. Willow says she’d like nothing more, and they leave. In the foyer, Willow asks if Michael got the feeling something is going on with Nina. She seems upset, or lost, or… Willow doesn’t know. He says, that’s probably part of the reason she’s here; seeing Wiley will be good for her. Willow says, it always does wonders for her. In the living room, Nina asks if she can help Wiley with his coloring and sits on the floor. She says she’s sorry she was gone for so long. They have to make up for lost time, right? Wiley says, yeah, and she says, lost time might be all we have left.

Jason asks what Sonny is talking about. Nina who? Sonny says, Nina Reeves, and Jason says he doesn’t understand. Sonny says, remember the Phyllis he told Jason about? She hired him to work at the bar. She was friends with Nina, and Nina left Port Charles to come and see Phyllis. She saw him, and knew that he was dead, but she saw him alive. Jason asks, for how long? and Sonny says, pretty much most of the time. Jason says, she knew and didn’t say anything to anybody? but Sonny says, it’s complicated. Jason says, it doesn’t sound that complicated to him, and Sonny says, what happened was, Nina was upset with Carly over the whole Nelle thing and Wiley… Jason says, he knows, but they went through hell. Carly and the kids were devastated. Now Sonny is telling him that they didn’t have to be devastated? That Nina held the key to all this pain, and didn’t use it? Sonny says he gets that Jason is angry, and he is also. Jason says Sonny isn’t angry enough.

Carly tells Maxie that she’s done terrible, questionable things, but that doesn’t justify what Nina did. She stole Sonny’s life for months, and for what? Out of spite? She literally took Sonny’s free will, and sat back and watched his family grieve, so no, Nina doesn’t get an excuse. Maxie says she doesn’t disagree with Carly, and Carly says, what Maxie did today was the opposite of what Nina did to Sonny. She kept him a secret because it suited her. Maxie told the truth because she believed Carly deserved to know. Maxie says she’s going to feel bad if she doesn’t say this, but she still loves Nina, even though Nina did something very wrong. Carly says, that’s the painful part of loving someone who messes up, but this was Nina’s choice, and she’s going to have to live with the consequences.

Anna tucks Valentin in. She smooths back his hair, and turns out the light. She leaves, and we see the tattoo of the Cassadine crest on his forearm.

Obrecht says Drew is a very shrewd man; he cuts right to the heart of it. Victor never does anything without an ulterior motive. There’s always a goal he’s working towards. He says, Peter is helping him achieve that goal, and she says, Peter has something Victor wants or needs, or plans to acquire. She hopes he gets it. When Peter is no longer of use to Victor, that will be the end of Peter August. He says, none of which helps them. He doesn’t know about her, but he can’t wait until it plays out between those two psychos. How are they going to get the hell out of here? She says, music to her ears, and they hear the door. Drew gets back on the cot, and Russ comes in, saying, time’s up. Obrecht says, this man is very ill. His kidney may be bruised, and she needs to see him again soon. Russ says he’ll tell the boss. Let’s go. Before she leaves, Obrecht turns and gives Drew a slight nod.

Anna asks the bar musician if he speaks English, and he says, yes. She says she’s headed to the U.S. Consul hospital to check on a patient there. Her friend is asleep upstairs, and she may not be back until morning. He says, not to worry. He’ll make sure her friend gets the message. She thanks him, and says she loved his playing. She leaves, and as he closes his guitar case, we see a tattoo matching Valentin’s on his forearm.

Jason says, Nina took nine months from Sonny. Nine months where he wasn’t living his life with his wife and kids. Why isn’t he furious? Sonny says he was furious, but what’s the point? Nina is a sad woman. Her mother screwed her over, she went through a bad period in her life. Then she finds out she had a child, and it’s Nelle. That would mess anyone up. He’s not making excuses; she absolutely should have told the truth. She made a bad decision. Jason says, it’s more than one bad decision. She took so much from Sonny. Sonny says he’s not happy about that, but he doesn’t see the point in wasting his energy on hating her. Maybe he doesn’t want to let himself get angry. He’ll have to talk to his psychiatrist about that one. Jason says, sounds like a plan, and Sonny says, let’s get out of here. He points at his gravestone, and says, get rid of it. It should have been gone yesterday.

Nina tells Wiley to say cheese as she takes selfies with him. Yuri comes in, and says, Wiley has another visitor. Nina says, of course (🍷) he does, because he’s irresistible. Carly walks in, and Nina suggests Yuri take Wiley. She thinks she and Carly will need time alone. She gives Wiley a fist bump as Yuri takes him. Carly closes the door and says, you stole Sonny’s life, and bitch, you’re going to pay.   

Tomorrow, Trina says, today Esme and Spencer are going to get what’s coming to them; Scotty tells Ava that it’s her call if she wants to stay married; Sonny asks if Jason left Britt for Carly; and Carly says Nina is going to pay (again).

Vanderpump Rules

LVP and Ken discussed reopening after lockdown, and met with Nick Alain. James practiced his DJ skills in the living room, using the applause button on his keyboard for response. We saw Lala’s daughter Ocean, and Lala putting breast milk in her coffee. Scheana was also a new mother to Summer Moon Honey. Wow. Pick a lane. In LVP’s interview, she said they’d been locked up for a year, and everyone wanted to come out and party. We’re back baby. Schwartz and Katie were trying for a baby, but so far, had no luck. Luckier on the business end, Schwartz was opening a new place with Tom. We saw clips of them in the unfinished space, and talking about the features they wanted to install. Since the two of them are d*cks, LVP had to be the one to ask about what she’d heard through the grapevine, and they were too scared to tell her. Puffy! They admitted they were going to open a new bar/restaurant, and Tom said they were thinking of calling it Schwartz & Sandy’s. In Katie’s interview, she said she thought the name didn’t convey the funky and fresh vibe the Toms were going for. She told Ariana that she wanted to get involved with the new bar, and in Ariana’s interview, she said, she and Katie had gotten close, but Katie and Tom had always clashed. She wasn’t too sure how he was going to feel about that. LVP told the Toms that she and Ken were supportive, and it was all good.

At SUR, LVP asked Raquel about James, and in Raquel’s interview, she said James was two years sober, and had made progress. He’d been sober since she’d given him the ultimatum. We flashed back to that, and she said, but he still smoked weed. He was California sober. James met with LVP, and told her that he’d been self-reflecting. In his interview, he said he was actually doing better without the alcohol; his DJ’ing was on another level now. He wanted to get back into SUR, and LVP asked if he understood the boundaries. He said he never saw everything as clear as he did now, but she had some receipts showing the opposite. He’d sent Max a series of rage texts, calling Max a pr*ck, and saying Max was fat and nobody liked him, using the word fat in nearly every text. James has zero body fat, which isn’t necessarily complimentary, but I don’t know if he just knows it’s an extremely hurtful thing to say, or he actually has some huge aversion to essentially a normal body type. Regardless, I guess he’s not seeing things as clearly as he thinks. He told LVP that he and Max had a big blow-out. The sad part was, he’d known Max for a decade, and this had to do with splitting a plate of food in a restaurant. James said it was one of those little bumps in a friendship, and Max had blocked him all over the place. LVP said she’d block him too. He acted like an a-hole.

In Scheana’s interview, she told us that she and Brock were seeing each other, the pandemic hit, they moved in together, and nine months later, they had a baby. She was sure he was the one, and knew she’d said that before, but she’d never felt this secure and in love. He is really cute with the baby, and just plain cute, so I think this is a win for her. In Lala’s interview, she talked about being pregnant, and how her kid just flipped out of the cookie. Yes, we saw pictures. She’d written a book, Give Them Lala, and said she’d been writing it for a year. We saw a headline where she talked about shoving Randall’s toothbrush up her butt when they’d had a fight, and she said Randall’s reaction had been, WTF? but now when she was pissed, he thought twice about brushing his teeth. She told Katie she’d had two babies this week, Ocean and the book. While visiting Lala, Katie got a text invite to Scheana’s hibachi birthday dinner, hosted by Tom and Ariana.

Brock asked Scheana if she was going to invite Lala, and Scheana said that it was upsetting that Lala hadn’t been there for her during her miscarriage. Instead, she’d gone out to dinner with celebrities. We saw a clip of Scheana’s vlog, where she wept while talking about her miscarriage, and she told Brock, it had been devastating. She’d needed Lala, but Lala was having dinner with Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly. At Lala’s place, Lala asked Katie, and where was Brock? Golfing. Scheana had gone on a podcast, and talked about Lala not being there for her, and Lala had gotten some intense messages. In Lala’s interview, she said she got DM’s saying she deserved to miscarry. She was having intense hormonal depression, and it sent her into a full-on spiral. Scheana told Brock, from day one, she had Lala’s back, while Lala told Katie that Scheana was not getting an apology. You could only smack the bee’s nest for so long before getting stung.

In Tom’s interview, he said it was going to be their first get-together in the new house. When they first moved in, people were judgy about them having no furniture, but now they could shut up. You get a chair! You get a chair! Everybody gets a chair! Scheana called Tom and Ariana to thank them, but really to tell Ariana that Lala had been talking smack about her on a podcast. Ready with the evidence, Scheana played a clip for Ariana, where Lala said, with Ariana, it is what it is. Ariana didn’t give a f*** about her, and vice versa. In Ariana’s interview, she said she didn’t give a f*** about 99% of people, but she’d gone out of her way to give a f*** about Lala. She’d opened up about her anxiety and body issues, and had let Lala eat her cookie. Tom wondered if Lala just wanted to be controversial, but Ariana said, if that was the case, don’t use her to get attention. She was over being chill and reasonable. F*** her.

LVP wanted Max to work it out with James, because Max was in the restaurant five days a week. She’d invited James over, and in James’s interview, he said it was like being called to the principal’s office when he was five. If that really happened, he must have been pretty mature at five. Most of us weren’t even in regular school yet. Is he Benjamin Button emotionally? In LVP’s interview, she said out of all the people on the planet, her son was the only person on James’s side. She thought it was a relationship worth saving. Discussing it in the kitchen, Max asked why James had been so aggressive, and James said Max complained about them charging $10 to split a plate. He went off because they’d taken a pre-workout supplement. Um… steroids? I don’t know many supplements that would jazz you that much. James said it brought out the Alpha male in him, and Max said he took the same thing, so why had he been chill? James said, Max hadn’t been chill. Max bummed him out over a ten dollar charge. Max said James was playing the victim. When James used to drink, it was an escapade of belligerence every time they went out, and now this. James said he didn’t mean any of it, but Max said he didn’t want James at SUR. Because James still can’t take any pushback, he told Max that he was just the boring little boy he’d always been – which was really smart to do in front of his mom – and Max walked out. LVP said, that didn’t go well, and James started crying, one of his go-to moves. LVP said he was responsible for the situation, and James wondered why he treated his friend like that. Seriously. It was one of those times where anything other than an apology is a bad idea.

Katie wanted be involved in the new restaurant, and told Schwartz, since they didn’t have a baby, that could be their baby. She wanted to be Hot Bitch in Charge. In Schwartz’s interview, he said, Katie didn’t like people, and the industry revolved around people. The theme for Scheana’s birthday was Mom’s Night Out, and she’d asked everyone to wear pink or black, because the only cute thing that fit her was a pink dress. Ariana was wearing pink, but said her soul was black. Tom made a special cocktail called Summer’s Eve, not knowing that was the name of a douche. Ariana asked if Scheana and Lala were going to duke it out. Magician Ben was introduced, and in Lala’s interview, she said, really? A magician for a grown-ass birthday party? She loved magicians, and thought they were super cool – when Randall got them for his child’s party. Ben’s finale was making Scheana’s ring disappear on a balloon that rose to the sky, then reappear in a wrapped box. In her interview, Lala added, okay. That was pretty dope. The chef and server, both Jonathans, appeared, and dinner was hibachied and served.

Katie told Tom that she wanted to be the maître d of the new place, and Tom said, okay, but it was one of those okays that doesn’t really mean okay. Schwartz said, Schwartz and Sandy sounded like they should be serving matzo ball soup. Agreed. It sounds like a Jewish deli. Katie said it was uninspired, and in Tom’s interview, he said he’d like to see the receipts of what she’s done, and her achievements of amazingness. Then there was this huge deal about the name, and Tom told Schwartz that he was done arguing with Katie; no more. James stood up like he was going to give a toast, and invited everyone to Palm Springs. There wasn’t going to be a Coachella this year, so he thought they could recreate it. Tom said they’d make their own Coachella. Scheana told Brock that she still needed to have a conversation with Lala, and grabbed Lala as she was going inside. She asked if Lala would sit down with her, and Lala was like, now? but Scheana was insistent. She said she’d needed Lala in Palm Springs. Lala didn’t understand how hard it had been for her. Lala said she’d answered every phone call, and offered to come. Scheana said she wanted to be by herself. When Scheana said she was ready to see Lala, she was on her way to dinner. She wasn’t there for Scheana the way Scheana wanted her to be, but she was there. She wasn’t apologizing. Scheana asked if Lala ever considered she wasn’t thinking clearly; she’d just lost a baby. Lala said she got that, but what Scheana had done wasn’t cool. The day she found out she was having a baby girl was the moment Scheana chose to publicly say Lala wasn’t there for her when she miscarried. She was already fighting depression, and got messages saying people hoped she miscarried Ocean. From the stands table, Ariana relayed to the others that Lala was crying. Something is happening. Lala says she gets what Scheana went through, but Scheana should have called and told Lala that she’d hurt her. Scheana said, that’s how she reacted, but she understood; from Lala’s perspective, she felt she was there. She was sorry she’d expected Lala to be a mind reader. Lala said they needed to get on the same page. She hated that they didn’t share their pregnancy experiences. Those were moments they couldn’t get back. She wanted their kids to be friends.

Raquel asked Lala if they were all right, and in Raquel’s interview, she said, time and again, she’d experienced the wrath of Lala. But she’d rather lead with compassion and empathy, than worry if Lala was going to lash out. Lala told Raquel that she hated how she and Scheana couldn’t get their pregnancies back, and weren’t communicating. She thought they’d had a breakthrough with their friendship, and wanted to stop with the pattern. Raquel said she didn’t know what to expect from Lala. She didn’t know where she stood. Lala said she liked Raquel her right now, and Raquel said she no longer felt she needed Lala’s approval, although she did for a long time. She was over it. instead of realizing Raquel was telling Lala that she’d grown as a person, Lala took it as an insult, and asked if Raquel was trying to battle her. Raquel said she wasn’t. She wanted them to be on the same page, but had felt attacked. Lala said she thought they’d moved on from that. Raquel needed to be babied more, so she’d baby her. Raquel said, just a little bit, making a joke out of it, and Lala said she’d baby the f*** out of her. The next time she wanted to rage, she’d redirect it to Charli. She seemed like a bitch who could take it. Ariana said Lala had raged about her out of nowhere on a podcast. Lala said she talked sh*t a lot because she wore her emotions on her sleeve. She and Ariana had been surface for a while, and she didn’t even hear from Ariana ever. Ariana said that wasn’t true, and Lala asked if It wasn’t true that Ariana didn’t give a f*** about her. Ariana said Lala wanted it to be, and it wasn’t true before, but it was now. Lala said she didn’t need this, and left. Ariana said Lala consistently gaslighted her, and never apologized.

Next time, Schwartz tells Katie that he and Tom have to present a united front; Katie could have sworn Schwartz said til death do us part to her, not Tom; the group goes to Palm Springs; Raquel does the bend-and-snap; and Lala and Charli go at it. And not in a good way.

🕺🕺 Here’s my take on the Toms. They were on Watch What Happens Live afterward, and Tom Sandoval is sooo full of himself. He says Tom Schwartz has a voice and can be aggressive, but I don’t believe that for a second. I think Sandoval steamrolls right over him, as evidenced during the name argument. Which, BTW, Sandoval won. The restaurant is going to be called Schwartz and Sandy’s. When there was a vote as to who was top guy now that Jax – still the worst human being in the world – is gone, Sandoval won that too. Schwartz said he was happy being number two, and I believe that.

🤵🏽 Nikolas For Now…

GH is temporarily recasting Nikolas. There’s no explanation, but I’m guessing positive covid test, or family emergency and his scenes were already written.

Adam Huss Is the Temporary Nikolas Recast on GENERAL HOSPITAL

🦽 Keep On Wheelin’…

It took 58 years, but she finally did it.

Meet GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Very Special Guest Star!

🧛🏻 Good Vampires Never Die…

This sounds intriguing, and Ian Buchanan is the perfect choice.

Inside ‘Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story’

💔 Real Break-Up…

I guess Vicki realized even a wedding wasn’t going to save her.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1304102/real-housewives-vicki-gunvalson-and-steve-lodge-break-up-2-years-after-engagement

⚰️ Playing Dead…

And just for the record, contrary to EW’s belief, the TWD episode using the subway cars was not like Train to Busan.

https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-on-the-inside-connie-virgil-daryl-angela-kang-interview/

https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-commonwealth-out-of-the-ashes-angela-kang/

✨ Starlight, Starbright…

Join me tomorrow for some soap and a look into the life of Erika Jayne Girardi, otherwise known as RHOBH. Until then, stay safe, stay environmentally conscious, and stay knowing that when it’s your choice, you have to live with the consequences.

Sep25

September 24, 2021 – Nina Encounters Sonny, Throwback For Sale, Seeing Double, Garcelle Talks Reunion, No NYC Reunion, Evasive, After the Party, Going On With the Show, Only Five Quotes & Moon

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Britt asks Maxie to just tell her. Is her mom okay? Did she contact Maxie? Maxie says, sorry. She didn’t mean to mislead Britt. She hasn’t actually heard from Obrecht. Britt tells her, but she just said… when there’s a knock at he door. Maxie lets Scotty in, and he sees Britt. He asks if this is about Obrecht, and Maxie says she spoke with Nina, and has some information on Obrecht’s disappearance.

Josslyn is at the gym when her phone rings. Cameron asks if she’s busy, and she says, kind of. She’s at the gym; volleyball practice got cancelled. He asks when she’s going to be done, and she says, about an hour. Why? He says he’s at Charlie’s with Trina right now, and she wants to run a theory by Josslyn. Josslyn says she wants to finish her workout. Can it wait an hour?

Spencer asks Nikolas if Doc left, and Nikolas says, just now. He asks where Esme is, and Spencer says, Esme left for kickboxing, and mentioned something about going to an interior design boutique afterward. She wants to redecorate her room. Nikolas says, Esme is full of ideas, and Spencer says, Esme is all about creativity, and thinking outside the box. Nikolas says Spencer chose to miss all that to hang out with his father? and Spencer says, the lesser of two evils.

Jason asks if Carly is okay, and she says, Sonny’s back, and she’s beyond grateful he’s alive. Jason says, him too, and she says, but beneath all that joy, she keeps wondering, what happens next?

Sonny visits his own grave, and turns around to find Nina standing behind him, holding a white rose. He asks if she’s stalking him, and she says, no. She was taking this to her brother’s gravesite. She saw someone there, and wasn’t sure if it was him. He says, she didn’t recognize the wardrobe? and she says, partly, but she didn’t know he’d be up and around so soon. He left the clinic against medical advice. How’s he doing? Is he feeling any aftereffects from that smoke? He says she doesn’t get to do that, and she says, do what? He says, act like she gives a damn. This is the gravesite where his family grieved because of her. Don’t think for a second that he’ll ever forget that.

Maxie tells Britt and Scotty, it turns out Peter was tracking her when she went to Texas, and followed her when she went to visit Nina in Nixon Falls. When Maxie left, he pressured Nina to help him find Louise. When she refused, he tried to kill her. Britt asks if Nina’s okay, and Maxie says, no thanks to Peter. He tied up Nina and her friend, and set the building on fire. Scotty says, for cryin’ out loud, what does this have to do with Liesl? and Maxie says, Peter told Nina, Liesl had been handled. He asks what they means; he killed her? Britt says, maybe that’s what he wants everybody to think. Handled could mean anything. Typical Peter doublespeak. Besides, he’s on the run, looking for Louise. Why take the time to get to her mother? Maxie says she was just about to get to that part.

Victor walks into Obrecht’s room, and she says, it’s been days. She’s going stir crazy in this room. His staff barely looks her in the eye, just nodding and smiling. He says he warned them not to fraternize. He can’t have her charming his people into doing her bidding, the way she did that poor fool Kirk in Geneva. She says she didn’t charm Dr. Kirk; she survived him. Where has he been? He says he wanted to give her time to adjust to her new reality, and she says, all he’s done is give Scotty and Britt time to find her. He says, why would they be looking for a dead woman?

Nikolas and Spencer play chess, and Nikolas says he’s glad Esme is making the room her own. He wants her to feel comfortable there. Spencer says, Esme is comfortable wherever she goes, and Nikolas says, that’s an admirable trait. He’s glad to get to know more about the girl who’s captured his son’s heart. Spencer says, Esme is the coolest. She’s beautiful and smart, she tells it like it is. He never connected with anyone the way he’s connected with Esme. Nikolas says, Esme sounds very special. It’s good to have someone like that in your corner. Spencer says, Esme’s the best.

Cameron tells Trina that Josslyn’s at the gym, and asks if she can hang out a while she finishes up. Trina says she can, and he gives her the phone. Trina tells Josslyn, bottom line, Esme’s up to something, and she’s dragging Spencer along with her. Esme walks into the gym and waves to Josslyn, and Josslyn says she’ll be right there. Esme tells Josslyn, hi, and asks if she’s there for kickboxing class. Josslyn says, actually, she was on her way out. Enjoy the class. Esme says, wait. Josslyn can’t leave.

Sonny asks if Nina likes his headstone. His family wanted to leave him a marker even though they didn’t find his body. They wanted a place where they could grieve. Of course (🍷) he’s one state away, thinking, where’s the family who cares so much about him? They’re not looking for him. She says he has every right to be angry with her, and he says, she’s damn right he does. She knew about this, and he was just going on with his life. She could have stopped it months ago, but she didn’t. She says she knows it’s not enough to say it, but she’s so sorry for the pain she’s caused him. He says, him? What about his family? His kids? Avery knew who he was, but Donna didn’t recognize him. He was like a stranger to her. Nina claims she feels bad about what she did to him, but not one word about his wife Carly.

Jason asks Carly how it went after he left, and she says, good. Sonny stayed up practically all night with the kids. She went up to bed to give them some time alone, and Sonny slept in the guest room. She had Sonny’s clothes brought down from the attic, and he put on one of his suits this morning. It was really great to see him looking like himself. Jason says he bets it was, and she says, what about him? Where did he go? He says, home, to his apartment, and she says, he hasn’t lived there in a while. He says, she and the kids needed him there. They don’t anymore.

Trina asks if Cameron didn’t say there were surveillance cameras in the parking garage. Maybe she can get her mom to get security to let her look at the footage, to see if Esme was anywhere near Ava’s car that night. Cameron says he’s going to be honest. He thinks involving her mom is a bad idea. Remember the trouble he nearly got his mom in when he accessed hospital records using her password? She says she gets where he’s coming from. They’re back to trapping Esme and Spencer into confessing they’re the stalkers. He says he doesn’t think that’s the right way either, and she says, he sure is coming up with a lot of obstacles. How about solutions? He says he’s sorry, but he personally thinks the best option is being straightforward. Maybe if the three of them talked to Spencer… She says, she already tried confronting Esme and Spencer, and it was a disaster. Think about it. If they were guilty, why admit to it? Cameron has a history with Spencer. Is he the confessing type? He says, no. Spencer’s fallback is always deny, deny, deny. She says, okay then. They have to be as devious as Esme and Spencer. They have to lay a trap for them.

Josslyn says, she can’t leave? Why not? Esme says she has the feeling Josslyn is avoiding her, but Josslyn says, no. She needs to be somewhere. Esme says she thought this would be a good opportunity for them to spend some time together… hang out. Spence told her what a good friend Josslyn has been to him. Anyone important to him is important to her. Josslyn says, it sounds like things are getting pretty serious, and Esme says, definitely. Did Josslyn know they just moved into Windymere? Josslyn says she thinks Spencer mentioned it, but things have been so crazy since Sonny came back. Esme says, wait, what? Sonny Corinthos, Spencer’s uncle? She thought he was dead. Josslyn says, it turns out he’s not. She’s sorry. She has to change. People are waiting for her. Esme says, no worries. They’ll be plenty of time to get together. She’ll be around.

Nikolas says he was surprised when Spencer introduced him to Esme, and Spencer says, it was a night of surprises. Nikolas says, starting with the party Spencer hadn’t cleared with him, and Spencer says, and ending with Nikolas terrorizing him and his guests. Nikolas says, he hopes Spencer found a way to forgive him for thinking he was Ava’s stalker, and Spencer says, they’ve already hit the reset button on that, haven’t they? Nikolas says he knows how difficult it can be to let go. Forgiveness doesn’t come easy to us Cassadines… Check.   

Sonny says, Nina stole months of his life to get back at Carly, but she says, that’s not what it was about. He says, then why? and she says, because Carly was trying to take Wiley away from her; Carly was trying to erase her from his life. He says, so Nina wanted to erase him from Carly’s life. She wanted to punish Carly, and make her pay. She was talking about her grandson’s other grandmother and how unfair it was… She says, everything she said was true. She just wants to be in Wiley’s life. He even told her to fight for Wiley. He says, he did not say that; that was Mike. Mike doesn’t exist; he’s a phantom. His name on the back of his father’s watch. He clung to that, to Phyllis, to Lenny, and… She says, and to her. She didn’t think she’d find him in Nixon Falls. She didn’t expect to keep him a secret, certainly not for all those months. She admits at first it was about Carly, but the second she knew what happened to him, she picked up the phone to tell her, and Carly threatened her with all kinds of legal action, and she froze. She couldn’t do anything. Yes, she held back. Sonny says, Nina wanted to hurt Carly, and Nina says, she wanted to hurt Carly as much as Carly had hurt her. But that all changed when she got to know him as Mike; sweet Mike. They got closer and closer. She didn’t plan any of this. She didn’t expect things to wind up the way they did. He says, that’s her excuse? but she says, there’s no excuse for any of it. She was just hoping maybe he’d understand. He says, he understands. She stole his life from him.

Carly tells Jason, she keeps thinking about how she thought they would get so much pushback when they told people they were getting married. In the end, all of their family and friends said, of course (🍷) it makes sense. He says, because it did. They got married because they thought Sonny was dead. Otherwise, they never would have done it. She says, right, and now Sonny’s back with his family where he belongs, but she can’t help but think, if things had been different, they would have had a wonderful life together. He says he thinks so too, but that’s not what happened.

Josslyn sits with Trina and Cameron, and asks, what’s going on? Trina says, Ava is leaving Port Charles, walking away from her entire life because of this stalker situation. Josslyn says, okay, but when Trina called, she said this was about Spencer and Esme. She just ran into Esme at the gym, and she’s positive she was right the first time. That girl is not to be trusted. There’s just something about her. Trina says, right? She’s sketchy… beyond. Josslyn asks what Trina thinks Esme has gotten Spencer into, and Trina says she thinks Esme and Spencer are Ava’s stalkers. They’re acting as a team. Sure, Spencer was at Windymere the night Ava’s car got torched, but that was also the night Esme showed up. She had a supposed alibi, but it was lame. Josslyn says she’s not defending Spencer, but she doesn’t see him torching a car. Trina says, because he didn’t. Esme did. Josslyn says, but if they’re in on it together… and Trina says, maybe Esme did it and Spencer didn’t know about it, or maybe he did, and he was okay with it. Either way, they’re working together. Josslyn says, Cameron is being silent. What does he think? Cameron says he knows he’s been pumping the brakes on this, but it is kind of weird, Spencer being in town on the downlow for so long. He was really upset when Ava refused to testify against Valentin. That’s why his grandmother sent Spencer away, for his own good. Spencer holds a grudge. Josslyn says, and Esme’s working him every chance she gets. Spencer likes to think he’s all sophisticated, but she thinks he’s in over his head with Esme. Trina says, Esme’s very persuasive with Spence.

Spencer says Nikolas said he was surprised when Esme showed up as his girlfriend. Why? Doesn’t Nikolas think he’s got game? Nikolas says he knew Spencer had game. He’d just seen Spencer with Trina, and it looked like they were connecting. The couple times Spencer mentioned her, it sounded like she was important to him. Spencer says, it’s not like that. Trina is great, and he likes her a lot, but as a friend. Nikolas says, all he can tell Spencer is, that night on the turret, he didn’t seem like a guy with a girlfriend.

Britt says, Nina had Peter in her sights, and didn’t call the cops, or Anna? Scotty says, so the trip to St. Lucia was a cover-up, so Obrecht could knock off Peter August. Maxie says, that was the general impression she got, and Scotty says, she should have called the cops. Maxie says, she couldn’t because Peter was blackmailing her. Scotty asks what Peter would be blackmailing Nina over, and Maxie says, Sonny. Scotty asks, what the hell does Sonny have to do with this? and Britt tells Maxie that she already knows. Jason told her. Scotty says, you two girls need to tell me what’s going on, and Britt says, Sonny Corinthos is alive. He asks her to say it again. He’s starting to think he’s in the middle of a nightmare, and Britt tells him, Sonny Corinthos is alive and well. He came home last night. Scotty says, of course (🍷) he did, because he’s impossible to kill, because he’s like a palmetto bug. Ha-ha-ha! I love Scotty. Maxie thinks they should refocus. Liesl told Nina to tell Peter that there was a lead on Louise in St. Lucia, and Anna and Valentin were hot on the trail. Nina thought that would convince Peter to go, but somehow, Peter found out what was going on, and turned the tables on them. Scotty says, so he and Obrecht were gassed up, they hijacked the plane… Wait a minute. That’s why Liesl said she couldn’t die; she needs to help Nina. Britt says, plane crashes are Peter’s M.O. He did it to silence Drew Cain. Who’s to say he woudn’t do it again? I think someone needs to tell he that an M.O. happens more than once. Scotty says, but why chuck him out like a sack of potatoes? He was a loose end. And where’s the evidence of a plane crash? Britt says, because there wasn’t one. Her mother’s not dead.

Obrecht suggests she and Victor stop this cat and mouse. He’s proven he can get to her whenever he wants. That being the case, let her go back to Port Charles. She has urgent business there. He says, family business. A grandson, a very troubled niece, and that bumbling idiot she calls a boyfriend. She says she also has a daughter who needs her mutter now more than ever. He says, yes, Britt’s diagnosis is troubling. Huntington’s; dreadful disease. Yet one more reason to hate her father. She says, Cesar is dead. Hating him is a waste of time and energy. She must focus on her daughter. She was supposed to attend a medical conference touching on cutting edge research for Britt’s condition. He says, remarkable how a symposium on inherited diseases just happened to pop up in her inbox at this exact moment in time. She says, there was no medical conference. It was a trap. Has he no shame? He says, why should he be ashamed? Everything’s worked out neatly. He’d always planned to bring her there anyway, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. She says, and now he detains her when Britta needs her, and he says, Britt needs her alive. He saved her from herself. He says they both know she had bigger plans than attending a medical conference.

Sonny says, Nina took advantage of the situation. She didn’t give a damn about him and his real life. And while he was cleaning beer off a bar, the entire empire he built, everything he cares about, was threatened. Nina says, but he was away from that. He was away from the mob for once. He was in danger. He was safer there in Nixon Falls than he would have been here. He asks if she’s saying she was protecting him for his own good. That’s not her job, and he doesn’t want it. He’s not some drifter living off the kindness of strangers. He could have taken all the worry form Phyllis and Lenny. He could have made a call, and erased all their debt. He would have given them security, and maybe, for just a little bit of time, Lenny could have had peace. Nina says what he gave Lenny and Phyllis was so much more important. He gave them friendship, love, and loyalty. He’s right. She lied to him. She kept him away from his family, friends, and business, but he’s wrong about Mike. He wasn’t just a hapless drifter. He was loyal and hard-working. He was fearless and a devoted friend. He was a good man. Maybe the kind of man Sonny always longed to be. So take it from someone had the privilege of knowing him up close and personal, Mike the bartender was just as real as Sonny Corinthos.  

Carly tells Jason, this morning, she walked in the kitchen, and Sonny was making coffee, like always. He asks if it finally tasted right, and she says, it did. She tells Jason that she missed him, and she’s worried about him, but he says she doesn’t have to; he’s fine. She tells him, he always says that, and he says, because it’s true. He sighs and shrugs, and says, maybe things will just go back to the way they were. It’s what they’ve got to do. She’s got a life and a family with Sonny. She says, and he’s a huge part of that life. Please tell her that’s not going to change.

Trina says, maybe they can record Spencer and Esme without them knowing. What if she accuses them and leaves? They might say something incriminating when they think they’re alone. Cameron says, so she’s talking surveillance equipment, and Josslyn says, don’t hate her, but she’s the one having second thoughts now. Esme is one thing, but do they really want to trap Spencer? Trina says, what if it exonerates him? That’s the outcome she’s hoping for. She thinks Josslyn is right. Spencer’s in over his head with Esme. Before Esme came, Trina was getting to know Spencer. Sure, he’s a lot, but underneath all that posturing and arrogance is some real vulnerability. Maybe even some kindness. Josslyn says she agrees. Spencer can be astonishingly sweet… when not being self-absorbed and oblivious. Trina says, despite everything, that’s why she doesn’t want anything bad to happen to Spencer. Despite herself, she’s kind of gotten to like him.

Spencer tells Nikolas that he and Trina are good friends, and Nikolas asks, is that all? Before he met Esme, he thought Spencer and Trina were headed toward something. Spencer admits, there was an attraction, a spark. Trina’s beautiful, smart, direct, and she’s a good person; one of those people who genuinely wants to do the right thing without being too preachy. Why wouldn’t he like her? But it can’t go anywhere. Esme’s his person. Esme comes in, and says, oh good, they’re together. Spencer asks, what happened to kickboxing and home décor? and she says she had to rush back to tell him. His uncle is alive. Spencer asks what she’s talking about, and she says, his uncle, Sonny Corinthos. He came home last night. Josslyn just told her. He says, Uncle Sonny’s alive? That’s fantastic! Wait until she meets him; he’s the best. Nikolas says, if Sonny’s back, Avery is protected. Ava won’t have to worry about her daughter so much. He thanks Esme, says he has to go, and jets. Esme asks why Spencer is standing there grinning like the Cheshire Cat? He says, because his uncle, who he loves, is alive, and she says, and his father just took off so fast, he left a vapor trail. Can’t he see this is a disaster?

Victor says, when he intercepted Obrecht, he also let Peter know that he almost walked into her trap. He was most appreciative. She says, he’ll regret his dealing with Peter. Everyone does eventually. To be clear, that degenerate has threatened to kidnap her beloved James, and use him as a substitute for his own lost child. If that happens, if Peter gets his hands on James, or harms Nina, or Maxie, or her Britta, she will hold him responsible. He says he’s well aware of the hazards of associating with Peter. Although he still thinks Henrik suits him better. She says if he’s trying to win her over by disparaging Peter, don’t waste his breath. She loathes Peter, but that doesn’t make her feel any warmer towards him. He says, it’s not good strategy to antagonize him, and she says, has she hurt his feelings? He says, she’s acting against her own interests. Britt may not have long before her symptoms manifest. Does Obrecht really want to spend what might be Britt’s last healthy months there, locked up in this room? She asks what he wants, and he tells her, forget her foolish, stubborn pride. Let him back in her heart.

Britt plops into a chair, and says, she’s okay; she’s just really relieved. Maxie says she prays Britt is right, but what makes her think Obrecht is still alive? Britt says, Scotty just said it; he’s a liability. Peter hates loose ends. If he wanted to get rid of her mother, he would have crashed the plane, whether Scotty was on it or not. Maybe he’s holding her mother hostage for leverage. It’s the first time she’s felt confident that they can find her mother, and rescue her. Assuming she doesn’t rescue herself first. Scotty says, he was given the bum’s rush, and thrown out of the plane, but he’s here. He tells Britt, he has a new mission, and that’s to save her mother’s life.

Sonny tells Nina, just because he remembers who he is, doesn’t mean he forgot what happened for the last nine months. He remembers when she came to him; they were talking, they were dancing. He remembers everything. How she led him on, and didn’t say anything is unforgivable. She says she knows, and he says, that’s all she’s got to say. She says she has plenty to say, but none of it will make a difference. All her reasons, all her justifications, her excuses she made to herself; it’s not going to make a difference. Yes, she was angry at Carly, but nothing she did in Nixon Falls was malicious. Just the opposite. She can see him, how he was there; laughing and at peace. She wanted to give that to him. He says he didn’t know what he’d lost. He didn’t know what her lies took from him. She says she hopes she didn’t cause any problems between him and Carly. She knows he’s not going to believe this, but all she wanted was for him to be happy.

Jason says he’s not going anywhere, and Carly says, no matter what it costs? He says, it cost him nothing. You can’t lose what you never had. What she had with Sonny, that’s real. Did Sonny say anything else about where he’s been? She says, just a small town in Pennsylvania, and the locals were good to him. She thinks he’s waiting to talk to Jason about it. Jason says, probably, and she says, Sonny’s never going to understand the big hole he left in their lives when he disappeared, or the void she would have fallen into if it wasn’t for Jason. She puts her hand on his, and he says, they were there for each other. He puts his other hand over hers, and she says, like always.

Spencer tells Esme, lighten up. She’s going to love his Uncle Sonny. He can be a little intense, but when he loves you, he’s got your back 100%. She says, that’s what she’s worried about. Did he hear his father? He said Sonny could protect Avery, which takes away Ava’s incentive to leave. Where does he think his father’s heading right now? Ava. Just when they were this close to breaking them up for good. They have to do something.

Nikolas goes into Charlie’s, and asks Trina if Ava is around. She wasn’t at the gallery. Trina says, that’s because Ava already said her goodbyes. He asks if he can talk to Trina for a second, and she steps away from the table with him. He says he knows how close she and Ava are… and Trina says, she’s sorry, but she has to stop him right there. She can’t tell him anything Ava told her in confidence. He says he gets that, but he needs to know where Ava went. If he can find her, he may be able to stop her from leaving Port Charles. She asks, how? and he says he hasn’t got time to explain. All he can say is, the situation has changed. Will Trina help him?   

Obrecht says, Victor told her that he’d let her see Britt. Why should she trust his word? He says, because as she can plainly see, he still has feelings for her. She says she can plainly see he’s trying to manipulate her; lure her into complacency. He says, just the opposite. She’s a brilliant woman. He wants them to help each other. She laughs, and says he has a strange way of asking for her help. A gilded cage is still a cage. He says, collaborate with him on a certain research project, and he guarantees she’ll have contact with her daughter. She says, and if she refuses? and he says, then she stays there, far away from her last surviving child. All those years she spent devoted to Faison, and how did he repay her? By murdering her beloved son. Britt’s all she has left. She’s a lovely woman. She reminds him a lot of Obrecht. No sign of Huntington’s yet, and he can give her a way to be with Britt. All she has to do is cooperate.

Carly says she’s glad she and Jason requested donations to the Alzheimer’s Association in lieu of presents. Now she doesn’t have to return anything for the shortest marriage in history. How long were they married? Three hours tops? She knows it wasn’t legal, but she meant the vows when she said them. He says, so did he, and she says, they’ll be okay, right? He says, they are okay, because she’s got him, and he’s got her. No matter what. She says, no matter what, and puts her head on his shoulder. He puts his arm around her.

Sonny tells Nina not to worry about him and Carly. He’s at home with his family where he belongs. She says, good. She’ll try to stay out of his way. She’s really sorry about the pain she caused him and his family, and the time she took from all of them. And she’s really sorry about letting him fall in love with her. She should have known better, and she should have known better than to fall in love with him too.

Trina says she wishes she could help Nikolas, but Ava might already be gone. He asks if Trina thinks she left, and Trina tells him, she did say something about making one last stop and unfinished business. Nikolas thanks her, and leaves. Trina sits back down, and Josslyn asks, what was that about? Trina says, inspiration. She knows how they can trap Esme and Spencer.

Spencer tells Esme, don’t overthink this. Ava is leaving today. She might already be gone. Father can try all he likes; he won’t change her mind. Esme asks if they should really take that chance, after all their hard work? He says, their hard work paid off. Ava’s made up her mind. Any last minute appeal made by his father won’t make a difference.

Britt tells Scotty, her mother’s been in tight situations before and survived. The just need a lead; some idea of where she might be. Maxie says, Obrecht has held her own with Peter before. Peter is so arrogant, and over-confident. Scotty says, that will be his downfall. Letting Scotty live, big mistake, because he’s going to find Obrecht, and take Peter August out.

Obrecht tells Victor that she can’t lose Britt, not after losing Nathan. She has no choice but to trust that he’ll keep his word. He puts his hands on her shoulders, and says, don’t worry, darling, the worst is over now. She whips around, and puts a knife to his throat, saying, wrong again, darling.

Sonny tells Nina, whatever happened in Nixon Falls is over. Nina says he’s back in his life; she accepts that. But she can’t pretend the last nine months didn’t happen. Mike will always be in her heart. Sonny remembers kissing Nina, and says she’s got to stop fooling herself. Mike’s gone. She has to forget he ever existed. She says she can’t do that. She can never forget what she and Mike shared.

Carly sits up, and asks if it’s weird for Jason. He says, it’s a little weird, but it will wear off. She says, getting there is going to be… He says, yeah, they’ll get there. He has to go. He needs to talk to Diane about this whole Buscema/Novak thing. He knows the cops are going to call. She says, there’s something they need to talk about. What are they going to tell Sonny? About what? It’s not like they slept together.

On Monday, Chase asks what’s up with Finn and Elizabeth, Obrecht tells Victor that he won’t be so lucky, and Sonny tells Nina they were great together. Although I have the feeling there’s a but coming after that.

Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

JoshF was dealing with Jeannie, the owner of the Macapa house, a throwback to the Rat Pack days (the house, not Jeannie). She wanted to sell, but wanted a buyer who was not going to tear it down. I can’t imagine why more of these old homes aren’t kept as is, since they clearly have historic value, but, way it goes. She also wanted Josh to sell in two weeks. He called his friend Zach, who did a lot of deals in the area, and dealt with people who appreciated an historic home. Josh told Zach, the house was in Hollywood hills east, had fabulous views, and a lot of land. Zach asked if the house was something salvageable, since he had a writer couple who loved re-doing homes. He asked Josh to send a video, but still wanted to take a look in person. He wanted protocol taken though, since he was a germaphobe who wouldn’t touch elevator buttons before the pandemic.

James and David went to look at house in Windsor Square, Hancock Park. Apparently, it had been the place to be in the 40s and 50s for people with old money, and began appealing to the Hollywood crowd. Both Nat King Cole and Mohammad Ali had once had homes there. The seller’s rep Hilary met them at the house, which was pretty big; 8058 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 7 baths, the primary suite alone being 1500 square feet. It was built in 2016 and had an entertainer’s kitchen. As I’ve said before, they’ve never explained these terms, and I have no clue what they mean, but I have the feeling entertainer’s means bigger. There was a boutique-style closet, which I took to mean as big as a store. Hilary said it was the size of her first apartment, and I thought, I could fit my first apartment in one of the dresser drawers. In his interview, David or James said it was a unique house, which should appeal to every demographic, but the area usually attracted older clientele. It was a beautiful place, but didn’t have the same cache Beverly Hills. The house also had a movie theatre, which prompted (I’m pretty sure) David, to tell us in his interview, that he’d always wanted to be James Bond, because he was so suave, but it was never going to happen. Agreed. Hilary said her client’s bottom line was $10 million, and either David or James said he thought it was a good number, but the other one said he thought it was too much for the area. In their interviews, one said it was unusual for them to disagree about pricing, but the other said they always disagreed. Apparently, even they don’t know what’s going on with them. They did some showings, but didn’t have much luck. Everyone loved the house, but thought it was overpriced, but Hilary wouldn’t budge.

JoshF met Zach at the Macapa house, wearing a full-on orange Hazmat suit. Zach wore a bandana anyway. Although using a bandana instead of a mask when he was so paranoid, didn’t make sense. Zach said the house wasn’t ideal, but the bones were incredible. He took a ton of pictures, including the unobstructed view of the Hollywood sign. He FaceTimed with his client, and in Josh’s interview, he said a lot of people were buying houses without seeing them because of covid. Zach made a great pitch, getting pretty excited about the house, and what features should be kept.

On his way to Dolph Lundgren’s house, Fredrik called his brother to brag. In Fredrik’s interview, he said, growing up in Sweden, he wanted to be Dolph. Dolph explained that he was going to be doing Aquaman 2, would be away a lot, and wanted to sell. He’d acquired the 5230 square foot, 4 en suite bedroom house for $3.9 million. It was nice, and very big, but the word that sprang to my mind was suburban. There was a beautiful lap pool, a full gym, and a movie theater. The most impressive thing was a poster from Rocky IV that Sly Stallone had gifted him. It had been made in Africa, and painted on burlap. The house had panoramic city views, but even I noticed the ginormous telephone pole outside the primary suite, and the abundance of poles and wires outside. Dolph suggested planting palm trees. Fredrik felt it should be priced at $3.995, and while there were crickets for a moment, Dolph agreed. He just wanted to jet. He wanted Fredrik to get it sold in 60 days, but although it was priced well – because of the pole – Fredrik said houses in that area usually took 90 days, and he didn’t want to disappoint his childhood hero. Dolph told Fredrik, if he lies, he dies.

James and David continued to show the Windsor house, which somehow acquired GH’s moss bowl 🎍. It was a really gorgeous house. In (I think) David’s interview, he said, they could get clients in the door, but the house next door was half the price. If they wanted to do it, they had to be more realistic. James insisted they could do it, and in his interview, he said, being positive sometimes worked to his advantage, and sometimes didn’t, but if you went in not believing in the price, the energy would rub off on the client and agent.

JoshF met Zach privately at Dan Tana’s. Privately like they closed the restaurant for him. Zach said he had an offer of $2.8 million, and Josh said Jeannie had rejected $3.2 million. Zach said the main thing was, they wouldn’t tear it down. After some back and forth, Zach got his clients up to $3 million, and Josh tried to convince Jeannie that anyone who would pay top dollar would tear it down. There was value in them keeping it intact. Doing something he wouldn’t normally, Josh put Zach on the phone. In his interview, Josh said, sometimes a client was so emotionally invested, they needed to hear it from someone other than him. Jeannie liked that they weren’t developers, and was good at $3 million. Josh gifted Zach with the Hazmat suit. Meanwhile, David, or maybe it was James, tried to tell Hilary that the Windsor house was overpriced, but she wasn’t hearing it.

Fredrik did some private showings of Dolph’s house, and was pretty nervous because, Dolph. One potential buyer called Dolph’s pool a spool, since it was small, and when they got to the pole, he called the view a spiew. WTFueiw? In his interview, Fredrik said, a good broker had to take a negative and turn it into a positive, so he said the pool’s advantage was that it was private. Because of the pole, the house was priced lower than those with unobstructed views. Still, the spiew was a deal breaker.

David and/or James said they’d done countless showings, got two offers, and all they ended up with was pushback about the price. In maybe David’s interview, he said he trusted his gut, and took matters into his own hands, telling the buyer that the seller was flexible on the price. He said, sometimes you had to help the client by doing the opposite of what they wanted. They got two offers of $8.8 and $8.9 million, and went to visit Hilary and her two cute dogs. James admitted he’d f***ed up, and David admitted he’d gone outside the rules. He said he knew Hilary must know something they didn’t, and Hilary said, of course she did. The seller’s bottom line was $9.5 million, not 10. She told them, the best generals don’t ask for permission, but beg for forgiveness. They ended up having a deal at $9.450.

Next time, JoshF meets with Suzanne Sommers, Dolph pressures Fredrik, and Tracy’s sister puts her house on the market.

🔥 Into the Fire…

The doubles in the Tan-O.

Meet the GENERAL HOSPITAL Stunt Doubles!

🍵 Spilling the Tea…

Garcelle talks the reunion.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/22/garcelle-beauvais-erika-jayne-divulged-a-lot-at-rhobh-reunion/

😥 Sniff…

Looks like no RHONY reunion. I’d say I’m so disappointed, but then my First World problems would be showing.

https://ew.com/tv/rhony-reunion-season-13-canceled-bravo/

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/17/bravo-no-real-housewives-of-new-york-reunion-this-season/

https://people.com/tv/rhony-will-not-film-a-season-13-reunion-due-to-scheduling-challenges/

💸 Rut-Roh…

Looks like Jax has more than his racism and homophobia to worry about.

Vanderpump Rules’ Jax Taylor Fails to Pay Off $1.2 Million Tax Debt After Losing Paycheck From Bravo as His Salary is Revealed

👠 Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough…

More Emmy fashion.

https://ew.com/emmys/see-all-the-celebs-at-the-emmys-afterparties/

🎭 Light the Lights…

Tony’s back.

https://www.tonyawards.com/

📡 Quotes of the Week

For it’s not light that is needed, but fire; it’s not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind and the earthquake in our hearts. – Frederick Douglass

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it. – Candace Bushnell

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. – John Maxwell

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Being crazy isn’t enough. – Dr. Seuss

💃🏽 Doing the Hustle…

This hellacious week finally over, I’ll see you when Dead meets Walking. Until then, stay safe, stay holding on to your principles, and stay remembering a gilded cage is still a cage.

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September 22, 2021 – Sonny Reunites With His Kids, Beverly Hills Goes To Del Mar, It’s Official, Moved In & Last One

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny says, so Jason and Carly got married. Great strategy. It’s all right now, because he’s back. Carly says she can’t believe it, and he says he’s sorry to burden her. She tells him, don’t apologize. He didn’t stay away on purpose. It’s no one’s fault. The doorbell rings, and Jason goes to see who it is. Carly says she can’t believe Sonny is back. She touches his face, and takes his hand, kissing it, and he says he’s here. She says she just has one question. What the hell is he wearing?

At the bottom of the stairs, Jason takes off his wedding ring. He opens the door to Dante, who says he has a few questions for Jason about the guys who were blown up outside his wedding.

Jax goes into the examining room where Nina is, and she asks if he’s had any word from Anna or Valentin. Have they found Peter? Please tell her this nightmare is over. For Maxie and her baby’s sake.

Chase says Brook’s daughter is an angel. She’s out like a light. Brook says she was listening, and Chase is really good with her. He says, she’s easy, but Brook says, not always. She asks how he got to be such a baby whisperer, and he says, it comes natural. She thanks him again, and says she might need him to move back in the house. Michael and Willow come in, all happy, and Brook says, on second thought, that might get a little awkward.

Hanging out with Cameron and Trina at the pool (🍷), Josslyn says, the summer went by so fast. It’s hard to believe the pool (🍷) is already closed for the season. (Nooo!) Trina says she knows, right? Good thing they know the owner’s daughter. They have the pool (🍷) all to themselves. Wasn’t the wedding beautiful? Josslyn says, it was. She’s glad her mom found happiness again. Now they have the rest of the night to just enjoy and relax. Just them. Trina says, that sounds perfect, and Cameron joins them. He says there may have been one small thing he forgot to mention.

At Charlie’s, Ava hands Kristina a set of keys, saying, this place was very important to her brother. She trusts Kristina will take care of it until it sells. Kristina says she will, and appreciates the responsibility, but is Ava sure this is the right thing? Leaving town and leaving Avery? There has to be another option. Ava says she’s explored all the other options. The only thing she can do to make sure Avery is safe, is to go. How about Kristina? How is she holding up? It must be tricky with Carly getting remarried. Kristina says, it’s a little weird. 6She loves Jason, but… Ava asks if she was invited, and Kristina says, yeah, but she decided not to go. Partially out of loyalty to Sam, but also because Carly moving on makes her dad’s death feel all the more real.

Sonny wonders where to start, and Carly says, wherever he wants. He says, nine months of not knowing who he was. If someone had asked him, he would have said that he was happy, but something inside of him felt something was missing. He guesses he got used to it. He didn’t even notice it anymore. She says, and now? and he says, for the first time in a long time, he’s not 100% there, but he’s close. He does know what he was missing was her and the kids. Us.

Ava says, she and Kristina’s father certainly had their issues, but he sure loved their daughter. Carly loves her too, which makes leaving Avery slightly less unbearable. Kristina says she almost forgot – she brings out a manila envelope – these were left there for Ava. Ava says she had her mail forwarded there, since she’s been moving around so much lately. She opens the envelope, and Kristina asks if something is wrong. Ava says, no. She just thought Scotty might be so busy with Obrecht’s disappearance, he wouldn’t get around to these. Kristina says, these being… and Ava says, her finalized divorce papers. All she has to do is look them over and sign them, then bring them to the courthouse, and her marriage will be officially over.

Cameron says he’s sorry, and Josslyn says, please tell her that he told Spencer not to bring Esme. Trina says, O-M-G, you didn’t? and he says, no, but Spencer didn’t say anything about Esme, so… Trina says, maybe he won’t bring her. Josslyn asks if she’s delusional. In what universe would Esme let Spencer go anywhere by himself, let alone hang out with them? She’s like a human barnacle. Cameron says, come on. Is she really that bad? and Josslyn and Trina both say, yes. He says he’s sorry. It’s just that the last time he spoke to Spencer, they had a pretty decent talk the night of his party. Josslyn says, they get it; he was trying to be nice. He says he was throwing Spencer a bone. It’s a pretty crappy thing when your dad dresses up like a stalker and stabs you. Trina says, fake stabs, and he says, whatever. Josslyn says, it’s true. Spencer has been through a lot, but it’s like the second you start to feel bad for him, he does something stupid, or selfish, or entitled, or just plain out wrong, and all of that emotion just evaporates. Spencer says, tell him how she really feels.

Willow says, they didn’t realize Chase would be there, and Michael says, they just came from his mom’s wedding. Chase tells them, stop. This is their house. They don’t need to explain themselves. Brook says, Chase just came by to drop off a gift for Monica, and Chase says, to thank her for her hospitality. Willow says that’s nice of him, and Brook says, of course (🍷) she had to put him to work, making him rock Bailey to sleep. He says he wanted to. He missed her. Brook says, Bailey missed him, and Willow says they’ll go down to the gatehouse, and give them some space, but Chase says they don’t have to do that. No more eggshells. They’re good. Willow says, he really means that? and he says she meant too much to him once. They both did.

Jax tells Nina, he hasn’t been able to get ahold of Valentin or Anna, but they did promise they’d let them know if Peter was apprehended. She says, that’s not good news, and he says he’s sorry. He’s just glad she’s still here. She says, as opposed to chasing after Mike… Sonny? She says she’s made such a mess, hasn’t she? She kept Sonny away from his family for so long. Carly and Michael are not going to let her see Wiley. So where is she supposed to go now? She can’t go to Port Charles, and she can’t go to Nixon Falls, because of what she did to these people. They were so kind to her, and now they have to pay for her choices. Phyllis walks in, and says she wants Nina to know, the Tan-O’s gone.

Jason says there’s something Dante needs to know, and Dante says, without Diane here? That’s a first. Jason says, it has nothing to do with Diane, and Dante says, so it has nothing to do with the bomb that went off outside the church? Jason says, it has to do with something else, and Dante says, here they are again. Jason’s on one side; he’s on the other. They’re practically family, but he’s there to investigate a crime. So he’s going to ask Jason questions, and if Diane’s not there to answer them, he’s not going to get the answers he’s looking for. Just hear him out. Two people were ID’d, the heads of the Novak and Buscema families. They were dead in a car that exploded outside of the church where he got married and they attended. Given that they’re both alleged crime family heads, he assumes they had a hit out on Jason and Carly, and Jason found out about it first, and set up his own bomb instead. Jason asks if he’s finished, and Dante says, sure. Jason says, because there is something important he has to tell him.

Sonny says he was going after Julian on the bridge. The bridge collapsed, and he fell into the water. It was so cold and the current was so strong, he had to get to the surface. She says, thank God he did, and he says, so he woke up in the woods. She says, he could have froze to death, and he says, he was in the snow, and he had a dream about his dad. He came to Sonny, and said he had to walk. He saved Sonny’s life. She says she believes that. She believes Mike came to Sonny when he needed Mike the most, and he got Sonny up and got him moving. Sonny says, remember he told her about the hiker that found him? He asked Sonny’s name, but he didn’t know who he was or where he came from, and he wonders why… She says, why what? He says, what got him on his feet, what was so important, what was worth living for. Now he knows why. Her and the kids, this moment. He lived for all of them. She puts her head on his shoulder.

Chase says he only wants the best for Willow and Michael, and Willow thanks him. Michael says, that means a lot, but he couldn’t help noticing Chase used the past tense, that they meant something to him. Chase says, just because he’s ready to move on with his life, doesn’t mean they can go back to the way things were. He doesn’t see how that’s possible. Brook says, who knows? Maybe in a couple of years, they’ll all be laughing about this. It’s all very Three’s Company when you think about it.

Jax says he’s going to see if he can find out any more information about Peter, and leaves. Nina tells Phyllis, she doesn’t know what to say, and Phyllis says, that makes two of them. Nina says she’s so sorry; she didn’t mean to hurt anybody. Phyllis says, really? And what does she think Sonny’s wife would say about that?

Sonny says, he always had this feeling that he wanted to know who he was, but then time would pass, weeks would pass. He got into his new life, and got distracted. Carly says, they don’t need talk about that right now. There’s plenty of time. She just wants to focus on him and being home. She says, her rings, and goes over to her jewelry box, and takes them out. She says, it was torture taking them off. She never dreamed she’d be putting them back on. He asks if he can do it, and she says, yeah. He does, and she says, perfect fit. He says, they always were, and she says, that’s them, imperfectly perfect. She just can’t believe this is real. He says, it’s hard to believe she and Jason got married. They can fix that. He’s got other things he needs to. She says she thinks he needs to have a drink, and he says, yeah, and he needs to see his kids. He heads for the door, and she looks at the rings from Jason. He says, is she coming? and she goes with him. We see the ring set.

Jason tells Dante, he’ll have Diane come there, or she can meet them at the PCPD. They can talk for hours about what did or didn’t happen to Novak and Buscema, but right now, he needs Dante to sit down. Dante asks, what’s going on? and Jason says, his dad’s here. Sonny comes downstairs, and they hug.

Ava tells Kristina, it’s getting late. She’ll have to wait until morning to go to the courthouse. Kristina says she has twenty minutes, but Ava says, that’s hardly enough time. Kristina looks at her, and Ava says, what? Kristina says she was just wondering if Ava is having second thoughts. Ava says, about divorcing Nikolas? and laughs. She says, she’s had second, third, and twenty-seventh thoughts about that. Then she comes back to the first one; terror that her daughter will be hurt if she doesn’t do exactly what the stalker wants.

Spencer asks if this is going to be another lecture on his many faults, and Josslyn says, she doesn’t know. Did it land the first time? He sits next to Trina, and says, he was such an ass. He’s really sorry. He took advantage of her, and it was as Josslyn said, a selfish, and entitled, and just plain wrong thing to do. Trina says, it’s fine; apology accepted. He says he means it. He’s not just saying this because he’s scared Joss will push him in the pool (🍷) or something. He thinks she’s awesome, and he feels horrible for lying to her, and making her lie for him. It was… Josslyn says, just plain wrong? Cameron says, stupid? and Josslyn says, selfish? Spencer says, yeah. Can she forgive him? Trina says, maybe in the next century or so, she might possibly be willing to think about it. He says, so she’s telling him there’s a chance? Esme comes in, saying, the valet took forever to bring back her phone. They must park the cars on Neptune. So, what did she miss?  

Nina tells Phyllis, Carly was really cruel to her, and that was the day she decided not to tell her. Phyllis says, what about all the other days? and Nina says she didn’t know what she was going to do. Not a day went by that she didn’t want to tell him the truth, but then Sonny became Mike for her, and he was so happy there. Nixon Falls was the best and worst thing that ever happened to her. She got to spend precious time with Phyllis and Lenny, but also fell in love with Mike.

Michael looks at his phone, and says he’s got to go. Willow asks if everything is all right, and he says his mom texted. She wants him to find Josslyn and get to the house. Brook asks, what’s going on? and he tells her, his mom says It’s good news, but it’s still strange. He asks Willow to kiss Wiley goodnight for him, and  kisses her goodbye. He leaves, and Brook’s phone rings. She says she has to take this; it’s pain in the neck Gladys. She answers, asking Gladys how she is, as she walks upstairs.

Dante asks how Sonny is standing there right now, and Sonny says, it’s a long, convoluted story. Can he tell Dante about it? Dante says he does want to hear about it, but he wants to tell Sonny something first. He recently had a conversation with Jason about Sonny, and the role Sonny played in his life, and how he didn’t get a chance to tell Sonny, and regretted it. Now it looks like he gets the chance to say something to Sonny, and he’s grateful for that. Carly says, grateful seems to be the word of the night, and Dante says he loves Sonny, and he’s glad Sonny is his father. It’s important to him that Sonny know that. Knowing Sonny has been amazing. They’ve had their ups and downs, but it’s bound to happen when people are playing for different teams. But always, underneath it all, there’s been a lot of love, and a lot of respect. He wants Sonny to know that. He missed Sonny every day, and whatever happens, whatever fight they get into, he’s going to remember this moment. He’s not going to back down for Sonny, but he’s not going to forget how much he loves him. He’s happy Sonny’s back. Sonny says he won’t forget either. He knows it seems… Dante doesn’t know what he’s been through, but they don’t have to get into that right now. It’s a gift. They have to see this as a gift. Does Dante know what that gift is? That he gets to stand there, in front of his son, and tell his son what he means to him. He loves Dante too. They hug, and Carly and Jason exchange a look.

Ava asks, since when does Kristina care if she and Nikolas stay married? Kristina says her family has had issues with Ava and Nikolas over the years, but she’s not blind. Nikolas crawled himself out of a dark place, and it’s pretty obvious it’s because of Ava. The way she sees it, they made each other better. Ava says, they do… They did. Kristina’s phone dings, and she say she has to take off. Ava asks if everything is okay, and Kristina says Carly texted that she needs to get to the house right away. She doesn’t think anything is wrong, but it sounds important. Ava says, go. Good luck. Kristina jets.  

Esme says, so today was the big day. Didn’t Josslyn’s mother marry that enforcer guy? Josslyn says, his name’s Jason, and he’s not an enforcer anymore. Esme says, no, he’s the big gun now. See what she did there? Josslyn says, clever, and Esme asks how she feels about getting a new stepfather. Is it awkward? Josslyn says, no. It’s actually super great, and Esme says she doesn’t know how Josslyn does it. Josslyn says, which part? and Esme says, all those bodyguards, and people staring at her all the time. It must be like she lives in a fishbowl. Josslyn says, sometimes, but the positives far outweigh the negatives. Esme says, how so? and Josslyn says, if someone really pisses her off, they’ll disappear. You know. She gets home, someone asks, how are things? and she says she kind of had a rough day because of fill-in-the-blank, and they’ll just vanish – poof! – into thin air. Cameron says, come on. No one’s actually vanished because she didn’t like them, and Josslyn says, not yet, but there’s a first time for everything. Josslyn’s phone dings, and she says she has to go. Trina says, what? Why? and Josslyn says she’s sorry. Michael is downstairs with a car to take her to her mom’s. It’s kind of urgent. Trina says she hopes Carly is okay, and Josslyn says, her too. Cameron asks if she wants him to come with her, but Josslyn says, no, stay. She’ll let him know if it’s anything serious. She jets, and Spencer gets up, clapping his hands. He says, can we get this party started now or what?

Chase asks Willow, how was the wedding? and she says, really nice. The flowers were gorgeous; Maxie outdid herself. She takes it that his recovery is going well, and he says he managed to go camping. She says, for someone who was recently in a wheel chair, impressive. It’s a big deal. He says, he’ll be back on the force soon, and she says, that’s great. He tells her that he needs to get something off his chest. He feels ashamed of how he took advantage of the Quartermaines’ hospitality by poling around for the document for Austin. That’s not who he is, or who he wants to be, and he feels lousy about it. She tells him, it’s safe to say, it was an extreme situation, and none of their finest hours. The good news is, they got through it, and they’re all coming out the other side. He says he’s trying, but she says he’s doing better than that. Look at him. He’s on his feet, about to go back to work. As sorry as she is about how it ended, she doesn’t regret loving him. She’s happy for him as he goes on with his life. He says he’s happy for her too.

Carly lets Michael and Josslyn in, and Josslyn asks, what’s going on? Carly says, something really good, and Josslyn says, okay, but she hasn’t told them what it is. Carly tells them, come inside. They’re going to get the best surprise. They go into the living room, and Sonny is there. Josslyn says, oh my God, and Michael says, dad? Sonny says it’s good to see him, and they hug.  

Nina tells Phyllis, it’s not an excuse because there are none, but when she looks at her life, it’s such a pattern. Phyllis says, what is? and Nina says she’s deathly afraid of being abandoned by the people she loves and who love her, but either she turns a blind eye or goes to extremes. It’s something she’s going to try and look at, but what she can’t make peace with is how much she took from Phyllis and Lenny. She doesn’t know how to make it right. Phyllis says she can’t.

Esme says, Josslyn is so… How should she put it? Trina says, amazing? and Esme says, forceful. Cameron says, always has been, and always will be. Spencer says, Josslyn knew her mind when they were kids, and she knows her mind now. He always figured she and Cameron would get together. Cameron says, he played hard to get, and Trina says, he’s so full of it. He was a goner for Joss from the start. Spencer asks, do they think they can drop Josslyn’s name in the restaurant and get something to eat? Cameron says he might be able to. Spencer, on the other hand, doesn’t stand a chance. Spencer says he can feel his blood sugar plummeting, and Cameron says, they can’t have that. Any requests? Trina says she likes the caprese, and Esme says, tuna tartare or miso conch. Cameron says, alrighty. He’ll see what he can do. He and Spencer leave, and Esme says, good. It gives her and Trina a chance to chat. I’m guessing Trina would probably rather have a root canal.

Phyllis says, even she can see the person Nina lied to the most was herself. Nina agrees, and says she latched on to this belief that not telling Sonny the truth was in his best interest. That was the only thing she’d let herself believe. It had already been so long – a week would have been too long. How could she explain two, three, eight months? There’s no explanation for that. So here she is, standing there knowing what she did was wrong, and having no idea how to fix it What does she do? Phyllis says, we can’t undo mistakes we’ve made in the past, but we can move forward. Nina asks how she does that, and Phyllis says, by owning up to what she did, and facing the consequences.  

Josslyn asks if this is actually happening, and Michael says, it’s incredible. The doorbell rings, and Jason says he’ll get this one. It’s Kristina, and she tells Jason that she got a random text from Carly. Jason says there’s something she needs to see. She says, that was cryptic, and walks in. She says, dad? and runs to Sonny, hugging him, and saying, oh my God. She starts to cry, and he says he missed her too; it’s okay. She says, typical, her making a fool out of herself. This is amazing. Sonny says, want to know what amazing is? That he’s there with his whole family. That, to him, means everything. Jason smiles because he’s been drinking heavily. Not really, but he has a beer in his hand and probably wants to be.

Willow tells Chase to take care of himself, and he says, only if she does the same. She says, deal, and goes into the living room. Brook says they should both have halos, and he asks what she means. She says, they’re so civil. If something like this happened to someone on her mom’s side, prison and/or murder would be the least of it. He asks if everything is okay with work, and she says, yeah, but Gladys droned on and on and on. She had another brainstorm. She checked on Bailey, and she’s sleeping soundly with Yuri keeping watch. He assured her that the house is secure. Chase’s phone dings, and he says, the PCPD still hasn’t spotted Peter, and she says, maybe he’s still in Pennsylvania, fingers crossed. Chase asks if she’d be comfortable leaving the house for a few hours, and she asks, why? He says, let him take her out for a beer, and she says, ugh. He says, or whichever libation her heart desires, and she says, okay. That’s an offer she can’t refuse.

At Charlie’s, Ava takes out the papers and looks at them. She puts them back, and says, these will keep until morning.

Esme says, she was just wondering, and Trina says, about what? Esme says, what Josslyn said to Spence behind Trina’s back. She’s sure Josslyn was just defending Trina, but she completely misinterpreted what happened. She even implied that Spence led Trina on, which is obviously ridiculous. Trina says, they worked it all out, She and Spencer talked and they’re. Same thing with Joss. Sure she can be over-protective, but that’s what best friends do. They look out for each other. Esme says she could tell. Trina and Joss are a team, just like her and Spence. Esme’s phone dings, and she tells Trina to excuse her; she has to use the ladies room. Trina flashes back to Spencer telling her that he didn’t want Nikolas to know he was back. Then she remembers Esme showing up when she and Spencer were alone at the party. She thinks back to confronting Esme about knowing Kiki’s given name was Loren, and says, hell yes, you and Spence are a team.

Jax comes back, and says, Dr. Green wants to see Phyllis. Nina thanks Phyllis, saying, she knows she doesn’t deserve any of this. Phyllis leaves, and Nina puts her head in her hands. Jax says, no news on Peter, and she says, he’s very sweet. She knows he left so she could have some time with Phyllis. He asks if it helped, but she says she doesn’t think anything is going to help until she confronts this disaster. Phyllis has a way making things clear and she’s right. She can’t undo the past. She just has to face it and move forward. He says, sounds like a plan.

Michael struggles to open a champagne bottle, and Josslyn tells him, hand it over. Carly wonders how Josslyn knows how to open champagne, and says she’ll get Josslyn a bottle of sparkling cider. Jason says he’s going, and Sonny says he’ll walk Jason out, but Jason tells him to be with his family. Sonny thanks him for looking out for them. He doesn’t know how he’ll ever repay Jason. Jason says, Sonny has repaid him a million times, and Carly was really the one who held everything together. Sonny says he doubts that, and Jason says he did the best he could, but he could never be Sonny. Welcome home. They hug, and Sonny goes back to his family. Jason watches for a moment, seeing Carly hug Sonny. She catches his eye, and he leaves. Everyone is happy, clinking glasses and having champagne, and Kristina says she has to ask. What’s up with that shirt? Dante says, flannel? Really? Sonny says they don’t like his look? and they all say, no, in unison. Kristina says, it’s just not him, and Sonny says, they’re a tough crowd

Tomorrow, Spencer says he’s not sure it’s going to work, Trina tells Cameron that she knows who the stalker is, and Carly tells Sonny, there’s no guarantee he can keep that promise.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Everyone packed to go to Del Mar, and in Kyle’s interview, she said it was the first girls trip Kathy was organizing. They’d gone from not spending the holidays together for a number of years, to going on girls trips together, and it was amazing. Kyle talked to Crystal about Erika and Sutton, since no conversation this season is complete without an Erika mention. Dorit tried to gossip about Garcelle to Kathy, but Kathy was packing at the same time, and couldn’t concentrate on two things at once. Sutton had been suffering from foot pain for years, and had a sprained ankle. She was going to fight to get back in her shoes. Erika brought her pup Tiago, so she was driving on her own, and in Crystal’s interview, she thought it was brilliant how Erika was getting away from people by having a dog. Okay, I admit it. We’ve used the dogs as an excuse to leave someplace early, so I identify. Kathy forgot her phone, and in Kyle’s interview, she explained that their mom had babied Kathy until she passed Kathy to Rick, Kathy’s husband. She was a lot of work. Luckily, she’s rich too, so they had The Lady – as in Kathy telling Kyle to call the lady who works for her, since apparently she doesn’t have an actual name – drive Kathy’s phone to an intersection, where Kathy met her. The Lady is probably used to this, but I’m sure she gets paid well.

In Erika’s interview, she said no one understood what she was going through. Every day, it was another baseball bat to the head. She didn’t want to sit at home, and hoped going out would ease what she was going through. Kyle bunked with Kathy, and got the Presidential Suite. In her interview, Kyle said when she traveled with her sister, it was always the best suites in the best hotels. Kathy arranged for a pop-up picnic at La Jolla Cove, where sea lions cavort. I’m not sure how different a pop-up picnic is from a picnic, except everything was all set up when they got there. The sea lions were extra frisky, two of them getting busy. Kathy averted her eyes, and in her interview, she said they needed to get a room. Sutton had gone to the ER, and found out she was going to be on crutches for a while. Although she was absent from the picnic, someone made sure she was there in spirit by bringing up the kerfuffle with Erika. Erika said being called a liar was major for her, and we flashed back to her scaring the hell out of Teddi. She told the women, it was something she would not tolerate, and Dorit asked if Sutton had actually used the word. Erika said she had, when referring to Tom allegedly being unconscious for twelve hours. Since she’s too much of a coward to say it to Erika, in Kyle’s interview, she was surprised Erika had added allegedly to the story. She said Erika gave them the information that he’d been unconscious. She guessed this was what happened when you were married to a lawyer for that many years. In Dorit’s interview, she said she thought it was the truth, but not all the information, which made it debatable. Erika said she didn’t care what anyone else said, she was there. She’d been living with it for years, and wasn’t apologizing. She didn’t care if Sutton felt threatened, and said Sutton should be threatened. Yikes.  

The hotel was absolutely humongous, and in Garcelle’s interview, she said, wasn’t this how horror movies started? It was a beautiful hotel, but if she saw a pair of twins staring at her, she was out of there. Black people were always the first to get killed. Sutton got back, and said, thank God it wasn’t a break, but she had a terrible sprain, and had to stay off her foot completely for a week. Garcelle asked her if there was any hope for the Erika situation, but Sutton said Crystal told her that Erika said it was closed door. We flashed back to Crystal telling Sutton that there was no moving forward. She didn’t know whether to respect that, or knock on the door, but Garcelle said, girl, you do not want to knock on that door. In Sutton’s interview, she said Erika had threatened her, and now she had her own situation going on. Someone else would have to play detective. She was out. Kathy and Kyle were late for dinner. So late, that LisaR started calling and texting, but there was no response.

After everyone was seated, Kathy said she was anxious, since she felt there were lingering issues going on. Sutton admitted she did call a meeting sans Erika because she was in a nervous place. She wasn’t apologizing though; she’d just been asking questions. Erika did hurt her feelings, and she was scary. Frosty Erika said, don’t call her a liar, and Sutton said she didn’t. Erika said she didn’t care how Sutton felt, and asked why Sutton was speaking to her. They went back and forth with the small-minded/small town thing, until Erika said she wasn’t giving this any more energy. Kathy wondered if she couldn’t be a little forgiving. Maybe Sutton had chosen the wrong word. But Erika wasn’t having it, and said it wasn’t going to be fixed. Sutton asked why she was the bad guy, and Garcelle pointed out how Dorit had been egging Sutton on. Dorit said she was just helping Sutton tell the truth, and in Garcelle’s interview, she failed to see how pushing someone was helping them. She thought it was getting like it had been for Denise last season. And although Garcelle wasn’t there, like LVP the season before. Does anyone sense a pattern? Dorit said Garcelle had done the same thing to her. In Kathy’s interview, she tried to say this must have been the straw that broke the camel’s back, but said it was the toe with the camel, obviously confusing it with camel toe somehow. Kathy needs her own show. Dorit said she preferred her friends to be honest, upfront, and transparent, and LisaR said Garcelle had told them, she didn’t feel comfortable. Garcelle told her, what she’d said was, she didn’t feel accepted. LisaR asked if Garcelle liked the women, and Garcelle said, some more than others. LisaR said if Garcelle wanted to be included, she had to make an effort. In LisaR’s interview, she said that she thought if Garcelle made the effort, it would make her feel comfortable. Friendship was a two-way street. They’d had a party for Garcelle’s birthday, and she didn’t even know Kyle’s birthday. She said Garcelle could be shady, and needed to be straight up. This, coming from LisaR. As for not knowing a birthday, thank God for Facebook.

Dorit wasn’t buying that Garcelle felt like an outsider, but Garcelle said because she felt a certain way, didn’t negate how anyone else felt. She was already the only Black person in the group. It wasn’t about race, but had anyone ever thought it might be odd for her? Kyle said she had, and Garcelle said if Kyle didn’t verbalize it, she didn’t know that. She might be strong, but that didn’t mean she didn’t have feelings, or was fragile, and trying to fit in. Her whole f***ing life she’d been trying to fit in. Erika said she fit into the group, but Garcelle said it didn’t feel like that. She felt like she always had to prove herself. She asked if anyone ever felt like they were the only one who was different, and Kathy said she had, although I’m not sure if being the richest one in the room counts. Kathy said she was glad Garcelle was saying it, and in Kyle’s interview, she said she felt bad for Garcelle, but she liked that Garcelle was being vulnerable. It allowed the relationship to go to the next level. Like a video game. Everyone tells Garcelle how beautiful it was that she opened up, and there were lots of hugs. In her interview, Garcelle said that she thought it was a breakthrough for all of them.    

Kathy arranged for a sound bath, and in her interview, she said they had one at Kim Kardashian’s baby shower. She thought it was relaxing and spiritual. She saw it as being cleansing. The guide explained that it was a meditative concert for relaxation and stress reduction. In LisaR’s interview, she said it was one of those things where you thought something was going to happen, but really nothing was happening. Kathy fell asleep, which is what I think I’d do. Kyle said she’d texted Erika, who hadn’t shown up for the bath. LisaR said, according to Page Six (see below), the court had put Tom’s brother in charge of his conservatorship, and the brother wanted to put Tom in a mental facility that treated disorders such as dementia. It was a big turn of events.

Erika got together with LisaR and Kyle in her room, which was not as big as the Presidential Suite, but still generous.  After reading the article, Erika was ready to have a nervous breakdown. Regardless of what was going on legally, she and Tom had been married 22 years. In typical Erika fashion, she’d known before going to dinner the night before, and sat with it. Kyle asked if she agreed with the brother’s decision, and Erika said her grandmother had been put in a similar home for dementia. In Erika’s interview, she said her grandmother was her most beloved person. She watched her grandmother die, and she didn’t want to see it happen again. She told LisaR and Kyle that Tom had been there for her grandmother. She thought he needed a caretaker, but didn’t think he should be in a home. It’s supposed to be great care, but if they lash out, they get medicated. The only way is down. Kyle wondered who would be visiting, and Erika was concerned he’d be left to rot. She wondered where was his family now that he was of no use to them? LisaR said they didn’t want to deal with what was going on, and Erika said they didn’t want the public scrutiny and the association. It was tragic all around. In LisaR’s interview, she said, whatever Tom had done, Erika felt a motherly connection, and wanted to protect him. Erika told them that she and Tom were getting a divorce, but she hadn’t divorced herself from caring, and clearly, Tom couldn’t care for himself. She didn’t want him in a facility, and not being taken care of. She said, if you want to know who your friends are, get old and go broke.   

Next time, a vineyard and wine tasting, Erika says she has zero dollars, and Garcelle and Sutton discuss Erika, who can hear them.  

📰 What She Said…

The Page Six article LisaR referred to.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/14/tom-girardis-conservatorship-made-official-amid-divorce-lawsuits/

🏢 Where Is He Now…?

I guess Erika didn’t get a vote.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/17/tom-girardi-living-at-belmont-village-senior-living-facility/

⚱️ Walking Like an Egyptian…

Tune in tomorrow for soap and possible real estate. Until then, stay safe, stay thrifty but not cheap, and stay knowing you can’t undo the mistakes of the past, but you can move forward.

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September 17, 2021 – Wedding Day Surprises, a Thought, In Memoriam, Keeping On, No Support, L.A. House, Patrick For the Win, Wives In Jep, Wrong Side, Sneaky Pup, New Digs, Tributes, Ten-Spot Of Quotes & Rod’s Maggie

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jason and Carly light the memorial candle, as the minister says, this candle burns in the memory of those we’ve loved and lost. Our loved ones may be gone, but they’re never far from our hearts.

Sonny lies unconscious, the Tan-O burning around him. He opens his eyes and says, Carly.

Nina tells the fire chief, he has to find a way inside. Mike/Sonny is trapped in there; they have to get him out. He says they’re doing the best they can. Phyllis says, she heard the fire captain; it’s too dangerous. Nina says, too dangerous to save a life? and Phyllis says, there’s no way he survived this much time in that fire. He’s gone, and they have to accept that.

Jax says, come on, Maxie. Pick up the damn phone.

At the wedding, Maxie looks at her phone. Austin says, catering crisis? and she says, Jax knows she’s at the wedding. Why is he calling? Across the aisle, Epiphany clears her throat, and gives Maxie a stern look. The minister reads from Genesis about man and wife becoming one flesh.

Nina asks Jax what he’s doing, and he says he’s trying to reach Maxie. He needs to tell her that Peter set a fire in Nixon Falls to kill her and Phyllis. Mostly, she has to know Peter is alive and on the run. Nina says, forget Peter. They have to get Sonny out of that building before it’s too late.

Sonny struggles to get up.

The minister says, blah-blah-blah about marriage, and all the couples glance at each other. He says, as Jason and Carly give themselves to each other today, let their love be an example – Gladys steals Novak’s pocket square to dab at her eyes – and inspiration to them all.  Austin asks if Maxie is okay, and she says she was just thinking about how happy she was when she was marrying Peter. That would have been an epic mistake. But watching Carly and Jason just feels right.

Nina makes a move to go back in the Tan-O, but Jax grabs her. He says she heard the fire captain. The building is on fire. Any attempt to rescue Sonny now will just result in more loss of life. There’s nothing they can do. She says, he’s still alive, and she has to get him out, but he asks how she’s going to do that? The front door’s blocked, the back hallway’s engulfed in flames. She says, he’s in there. They have to find him. They have to find Mike. Jax says, Nina, and she says, what does the name matter? There’s a man trapped in a burning building. They have to help him. She collapses, crying in Jax’s arms.

Sonny tries to push the beam off his back.

The minister says, marriage is not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently and deliberately, and in accordance with the purposes it was instituted by God. Only for making babies. Just kidding; he didn’t say that last part. Into this union, Carly and Jason come to be joined. If any of them there today can show just cause why they may not be lawfully married, speak now or forever hold thier peace. I have to mention, I’ve been to a lot of weddings, and even had one myself, and have never, ever heard this at a real wedding. Monica tells Ned, she keeps thinking Tracy is going to barge in there, and do anything to keep Carly from marrying into this family again. No one says anything, but there’s a lot of looking around. The minister says, good. They can proceed. He asks them if they have any reason not to get married, and to say it now before God and all these witnesses. That’s a new one on me.

Sonny finally gets the beam off, and stands up, but he falls back down to his knees, and coughs.

Carly and Jason begin their vows. I study Carly’s floral hair ornament. Ned tells Olivia, it reminds him of their wedding, and she says, her too. Gladys noisily blows her nose into Novak’s pocket square. Trina says, Joss looks so beautiful, and Cameron says he knows. The minster asks if the audience witnesses will do everything in their power to uphold this union, and everyone says they will. Novak and Buscema exchange looks.

Nina says she has to find Mike, which is getting pretty old. Jax says, it’s no use. He’s not going to let her throw her life away. Phyllis says she loves Mike too, but it’s too late to save him. I might be able to take this more seriously if Nina didn’t keep looking around like Carrie did at the end of Carrie. Nina says, it’s not too late, and Jax says he’s going to get them checked out by doctors, but Nina says she won’t leave Mike. She sinks to her knees, crying, and saying, it’s not too late.

Carly and Jason say all the traditional stuff, and exchange rings.

Jax tells Nina that he’s taking her and Phyllis over to the clinic to get checked out. They help Nina up.

The minister pronounces Carly and Jason, husband and wife. Everyone applauds. He says, those whom God has joined together, let no one put asunder. Everyone chuckles, which is really weird.

Jax asks if Nina is all right, and she shrugs off his arm. She and Phyllis watch the Tan-O burn, and Phyllis says, it’s all gone. She collapses, and Jax calls for a medic. Nina says, oh my God, and runs for the back of the Tan-O. Jax says, Nina, no, like she might listen. Behind the Tan-O, Sonny is walking out as Nina runs up. He slumps down, and she holds him.

Jason kisses his bride. Everyone applauds again, and they get a standing ovation.

Nina rocks Sonny, and tells him that he’s going to be okay.

Josslyn gives Carly the bouquet, and says she’s happy for them. Carly says she’s happy too, and Jason says, him too. The Wedding March plays, and they walk out to more applause. Outside the chapel, Jason asks what they do now, and Carly says, they shake a lot of hands and kiss a lot of cheeks. He says, that’s one option, and she asks what he’s talking about. He says, let’s go, takes her hand, and they jet.

Jax runs over to where Nina is with Sonny, and she says, he made it. Jax calls for the paramedics, who bring a stretcher over. Jax pulls her away, and suggests he take her to the clinic, but she says she’s not leaving. He almost died because of her, and she’s not going to let him die. He has too much to live for.

Olivia tells Ned and Monica, when she first heard about Carly marrying Jason, she thought it was all kinds of wrong. Sonny’s not gone even a year. Ned asks if she told Carly this, and she says, she would have, if Carly had asked, but luckily she didn’t, so she kept her big mouth shut. She’s so happy she did. Did he see Carly? She was so happy. She was positively glowing. Monica says she certainly had her doubts. Why wouldn’t she? Carly single-handedly destroyed AJ’s life (she says this like AJ had nothing to do with it). But a lot of time has passed, and Jason seems genuinely happy. Ned asks if she’s saying she approves, and she says she doesn’t know. Maybe she’s just a sucker for weddings.

Diane asks Spinelli if he’s feeling a bit melancholy, and he says, he and Ellie agreed to part ways, but he does miss her. He knows in his heart, it’s for the best. She would not have approved of today’s events. Diane says, the ceremony or the guest list? and he says, he understands the necessity of having certain business associates in attendance, but doesn’t she think they put a kind of pal on the festivities? She says, considering Carly and Jason got married to send a message to said guests, it only makes sense they’d be there to receive it. He asks if she doesn’t think they detract from the ambiance, and she laughs, saying, oh please. She thinks Carly and Jason could have cared less. She thinks they were completely oblivious. He says, that’s true. The bride and the groom seemed to have eyes for no one but each other.

Willow says she’s so proud of Michael, and he says, for handing off the ring? She says, yes. For not doing that thing he does where he pretends he can’t find the ring. That is so lame. He says, with Jason as the groom and his mom as the bride? Is she kidding him?

Austin tells Maxie, if it’s going to make her unhappy to talk to Jax, don’t do it. She says she’s not even thinking about Jax, and he’s going to have to wait. She has a job to do. She goes over to Diane, who tells her the ceremony was gorgeous, and the flowers are beautiful. Congratulations on a job… Maxie says, don’t compliment her just yet. They haven’t even gotten to the reception venue. She turns to Spinelli, and says, and on that subject, the DJ has not checked in yet. Can he check on that for her? She’ll text him his contact information. Spinelli says, on it, and leaves.

Gladys says if Brando wants to check on his baby mama before the reception, don’t worry about her. Vincent will make sure she gets there safely. He says, except the Novaks do make him worry.

Woo approaches Novak and Buscema, and says, it was a lovely ceremony, don’t they think? Novak says, no doubt about it. They’re legally married now. Buscema says, which makes them twice as dangerous in his book. 

Bobbie wonders where the bride and groom are, and Epiphany says she thought the receiving line was going to be at the church. Josslyn says, her mom and Jason wouldn’t just take off, would they? but Michael says, they’re not here. Josslyn says, so the question is, where’d they go? 

Jason and Carly go to where she was getting dressed, and he says he can’t believe she came with him, no questions asked. She says, he knows she trusts him completely, and he says, it’s the no questions part that surprised him. She says she thought he could use a break from all the pomp and circumstance. She was impressed he made it through the entire ceremony without wanting to bolt. He says he’d never leave her, and kisses her hand. They sit, and she says, there was this moment when she looked up at Monica smiling at her. And her mom had tears in her eyes, and Josslyn and Michael were grinning from ear to ear. He says, it’s not just about them. It’s about their friends and family; their people. She says she loves the sound of that. Their friends, their family, their life together. He says, starting now, and they almost kiss, but Josslyn and Michael walk in. Josslyn says, don’t let them interrupt, and Carly says, it’s not fair; sneaking up on them. They’re newlyweds, remember? Josslyn says she knows. Everyone’s out there waiting for them. That’s why she and Michael came to find them. Carly says she promised the church secretary that she’d clear out of there, and she wanted to get started. Michael asks if she doesn’t have people for that, and Josslyn says she doesn’t know if Carly has people, but she has a maid of honor and a best man. That sounds like a job for them. Michael says, not to mention, there’s a wedding planner that’s going to have a major breakdown if Carly deviates from her schedule any longer. Carly says, it sounds like they’re being kicked out, and Jason says he thinks so. Carly says, all kidding aside, she thanks Josslyn and Michael for standing up for them and making the day special. She loves them so much. Josslyn tells Jason, she’d say welcome to the family, but he’s already a part of it. Jason says he’ll take it anyway, and they hug. Michael awkwardly hugs Jason, and tells them, get out here.   

Epiphany asks if Bobbie has any guess where her daughter and brand new son-in-law are, and Bobbie says, no. Her biggest worry was if anyone was going to object. Epiphany asks if Bobbie really thought someone was going to do that, and Bobbie says, she didn’t? Epiphany says, like who? Bobbie says she happens to know Jax is not happy with who Josslyn’s new stepdad is Jason, and Epiphany says she’s glad he realized the ceremony wasn’t the place to air his objections. Bobbie says, he’s not entirely wrong, but he’s not taking into account the bond between Jason and Carly, and how committed they are to each other and their family, which of course (🍷) includes Josslyn. Maxie comes out, and asks where the bride and groom are. See this schedule on her phone? Every minute of the day is planned, and there’s no room for Jason and Carly to go rogue. Olivia says, here are the newlyweds, and Maxie goes over to them, asking where they’ve been. Carly says, they just needed a minute alone, and Epiphany says, mm-hm. Well, they’re here now. Let them congratulate the couple. Everyone applauds.

Inside the chapel, Gladys tells Novak that they should join everyone. He tells her to go be with her son. He’ll be there in a moment. She says, he’d better, and leaves. Novak asks Buscema what he thinks. Should they join everyone? Buscema says, why not? Carpe diem. Novak says, seize the day, just in case someone didn’t know what that meant, and Woo says, most people forget the rest of that famous quote. Quam minimum credula postero. Buscema says, which means? and she says, don’t put your trust in tomorrow.

Outside, Epiphany is hugging Jason, and Bobbie says, that’s one long hug. Epiphany says, is she kidding? Jason is the groom. It’s the one time he has to let her hug him. She goes back for seconds, and everyone laughs. Monica says, congratulations, and Ned tells Carly, welcome to the family… again. Olivia says she’s glad to have another ally, and Carly says she can’t wait. Woo approaches, and tells Carly, it was a beautiful ceremony. Thanks again for inviting her. Carly says, of course (🍷), and Woo says, and the groom. She hugs Jason, whispers something in his ear, and tells Carly that she’ll see her at the reception. Woo leaves, and Carly looks at Jason.

At the clinic, Nina coughs, and Jax says, she needs to get herself checked, but she says she’s fine. She coughs some more, and he says, if a doctor says she’s fine, he’ll stop bugging her, but she may have an injury she’s not aware of. She says, she may see a doctor later, but right now, her focus is on Mike. He was in that fire a lot longer than she was. Jax gives her a look, and she says she knows who he is – Sonny. She’s not delusional. He tells her, he didn’t say she was, but she hasn’t been thinking clearly for months. He knows there’s no love lost between her and Carly, and she may not care how Carly is affected by this, but Sonny is a father. His kids have been missing him for almost a year, and that includes Josslyn. He asks if she remembers when they were dating, how close she and Josslyn were. Josslyn’s been missing her stepfather for months. That must mean something to her. This has to stop. She understands, right? He’s not keeping this secret. Keeping Sonny from his kids would just be cruel. A doctor comes out, and Nina asks how he is, but the doctor keeps moving. Phyllis follows, and Nina asks her how he is. She says, he’s conscious, but he’s inhaled a lot of smoke. Nina says, but he’s going to be okay, right? and Phyllis says, the doctor told her it was a miracle he survived. Nina asks if she can see him, and Phyllis looks at Jax. She says, he wants to see Nina, but Jax says, don’t do it. Let the doctors deal with it. Nina goes in anyway.

Nina goes into the examining room, and Sonny sits up. He’s wearing and oxygen mask, and Nina says he should lie back down after everything he’s been through. He asks if she’s okay, and she says she’s fine, thanks to him and Jax. She calls him Mike, and says if he hadn’t risked his life… He takes the mask off, and says, his name’s not Mike. It’s Sonny. She’s always known that. He remembers everything. And he means everything. Oh man, is he going to be all mean about this now?

Michael tells Josslyn, people are waiting, and she says she knows. She was just thinking, most of her friends don’t believe in marriage. That makes complete sense. Her mom’s been divorced, her dad’s been divorced, Trina’s parents are divorced, Cam’s mom is divorced… but she doesn’t know. Seeing her mom and Jason be so excited to commit to each other, she finds it refreshing and encouraging. Or is she just being hopelessly naïve? Michael says he’d use a lot of words to describe her, but naïve isn’t one of them. She says, the whole notion that everyone gets just one great love in their life, if that was the case, she’s already had Oscar. Does that mean she’s going to be alone for the next 60 years? Is that what the universe wants? He says he can’t imagine any universe wanting her to be alone for the rest of her life, and she says, what about him and Willow? She knows the first time they got married, it was to secure custody of Wiley, but are they getting married again, this time because they’re in love? He says he doesn’t want to get ahead of things, but it’s definitely a possibility. She hugs him, and says, it’s such a happy day, and he suggests they get out there. They don’t want to miss what happens next.   

Gladys comes back into the chapel, and tells Novak that she knows he said to go along without him, but patience isn’t her strong suit. She just doesn’t want him to miss anything. He says he’s sorry, but something’s come up. He has business to attend to. She says she was looking forward to dancing with him, and he says, if he wraps it up quickly, he’ll be happy to dance with her. Brando comes in, and asks if everything is okay. Novak tells him to make sure his mother has a good time. He has to sort out some business. He’ll join her if he can. Gladys says she’s going to hold him to that, and Brando suggests they go join everyone. Buscema says, from what I hear, the reception is going to be a real blow out. Brando takes note of this, and I say, oh come on.

Austin tells Maxie, the guests are happy, the bride and groom are smiling. Nice job, wedding planner Maxie. She can relax for a little while now. She says, a wedding planner’s job is not done until the last tuna tartare has been eaten, and the final dance is over. She wonders why Jax called. He never calls her. He knows she’s at a wedding. Granted, a wedding he’s not very happy about, but still, it’s Carly and Jason’s big day. Spinelli flings himself at Jason, hugging him.

Phyllis tells Jax, it was one thing to hear the truth about Mike being Sonny; it was another to see it for herself. That man with Mike’s face is someone different. Kind and appreciative, but a  whole different energy. He says, she just met Sonny Corinthos. She says, Nina knew who he was the entire time, and he says, unfortunately, yes, she did.

Nina says she can see it in Sonny’s eyes; he’s different now. He says it took a near-death experience to remind him of who he was before he washed up in Nixon Falls. She says, the good news is, she doesn’t have to lie anymore. They can start from scratch. Knowing who he was before, and knowing the kind of connection they made together… He says, she really believes that? and she says, the name Mike might be false, but the way they feel about each other is real. He asks why she did it, and she says, if he remembers everything, his memories as Sonny, but also as Mike, then he already knows the answer.

Maxie asks if everyone has their bubble makers ready, and Epiphany says, locked and loaded. Maxie says, okay, people. It’s time for bubbles. Inside, Michael tells Jason and Carly they’re going to be drowning bubbles. Carly takes Jason’s hand, and they walk out between the two lines of guests. Bubbles fill the air, and they kiss.

In a limo, Buscema says, now that he and Novak are alone, not to mention away from Gladys, they can speak freely. He knows Novak has questions. Novak asks if the plan was Cyrus’s idea, and Buscema says, Cyrus is in maximum security; that’s not changing. But Cyrus is right about one thing. The world is about to be a better place without Jason and Carly in it.

In their limo, Carly tells Jason, they did it. Even with a church full of Quartermaines, Corinthoses, and business associates, lightning didn’t strike the steeple. He says, let’s not get over-confident. They still have the whole reception to get through. She says she’s not worried. They deserve their happy ending, and they’re going to get it – or die trying. Why the hell would she put it that way?

On the phone, Epiphany says she understands… She’ll see them soon. Bobbie says, let her guess. GH needs her. Epiphany nods, and says, save me a piece of cake? and Bobbie says she will.

Diane says, Spinelli doesn’t approve of Maxie’s date? and Spinelli says, Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt. He barely knows the man. Diane laughs, and says, she highly doubts that. He says he barely knows Austin personally. He’s well acquainted with Austin’s history and online presence. She says, he did a deep dive, and he says, for good reason. He’s challenging Edward’s will; he wants a piece of ELQ. She asks, who’s representing him? and he says he believes it’s Scotty. She wonders why no one reached out to her. She did the probate for Edward’s will, and knows all of the provisions. What say the two of them get to know Dr. Gatlin-Holt a little better? He says, by all means. If she’ll excuse the observation, he does seem to be hovering a little close to Maxie. Perhaps they could give her a break. He’s sure she would be most grateful. As would he. Diane laughs, and they walk over. Diane says, Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt, I presume, and introduces herself. She says, you’re a Quartermaine. They’re just coming out of the woodwork. Come. Tell me things about yourself. He excuses himself, and Maxie says, did Spinelli ask Diane to do that? He says he thought she might want Austin out of the room when he passed along the instructions from the DJ. She says, right. Did the DJ get back to him? She steers him out at a fast clip.

Gladys tells Brando, wasn’t that sweet of Vincent to promise to meet her at the reception? Brando says, that’s not exactly what he heard, but maybe if they’re lucky, Novak’s business will keep him busy all night. She says she hopes fatherhood teaches him to be more trusting of people. Not everyone is out for number one.

Sonny asks Nina how he’s supposed to know the reasons for her keeping his true identity a secret. She tells him, think back to when she and Phyllis were trapped in the fire. He told her that he loved her, and it gave her the strength to fight for her life, and survive. Doesn’t that prove to him that what they have is real? He says, he can’t do it. He’s got to see his wife. He gets off the examining table, and she says, if he leaves there, she wants him to know something. That she honestly loves him. He tells her, don’t say that.

Carly says, when they were in the receiving line, Mrs. Woo whispered something to Jason. What did she say? He says, she was confirming something he already knew.

Buscema looks at his watch, and tells Novak, the surprise should be happening at any moment. Novak says, Gladys took his pocket square. Like he’d want it back after she blew her nose in it. Buscema says, relax. The device has been planted. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan’s love story is about to come to a violent end. Something blinks from underneath the car.

Carly tells the driver, step on it. They can’t wait to celebrate with their family and friends.

A button is pressed, and there’s an explosion near the chapel.

The text says: In Loving Memory of Joseph Behar, Director

On Monday, Valentin tells Anna that he’ll shoot someone on sight (probably Peter), Maxie says she could use a bride and groom, Nina tells Sonny he can’t leave, and Sonny says, try and stop him.

💡 Even though they didn’t show it, I’m guessing it’s Novak and Buscema’s limo that’s blown to bits.

📺 Who He Was…

GH’s Joseph Behar.

Joseph Behar, Director of DAYS and GH, Dead At 94

👱🏾‍♀️ New Normal…

I’m all for getting your blonde wig on, but is it me, or is she looking more like Kim Zolciak these days?

https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/nene-leakes-husband-3/

👎 No Vote For You…

It’s not Vicki’s year.

Vicki Gunvalson’s Son-in-Law Ryan Culberson Won’t Support Steve Lodge’s Run for Governor as He and Briana Officially Confirm They’re Having a Girl

🏰 It’s That House…

JoshF shows off his Million Dollar Listing. Amazing photos of the tiles. I forgot to mention, the people who bought it want to remove them. I think I immediately blocked it from my mind.

https://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing-los-angeles/style-living/josh-flaggs-copa-doro-listing-see-inside

🍾 Scene Stealer…

He was an angel at the dinner from hell.

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kathy-hilton-butler-patrick-rhobh-cast-reacts

⚖️ Which One…?

While they both have serious problems, still, First World. But who has it worse? Jen Shah…

https://extratv.com/2021/09/10/rhoslc-star-whitney-rose-talks-jen-shah-s-legal-drama-and-how-she-s-doing-after-her-arrest/

https://okmagazine.com/p/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-lisa-barlow-says-co-star-jen-shah-fighting-for-her-freedom/

Or Erika Jayne. You decide.

RHOBH’s Erika Jayne is Offered a Settlement Deal After Claiming $24 Million in Losses in Over 10 Years According to Attorney, Details of Deal Revealed

https://www.etonline.com/bethenny-frankel-says-she-was-aware-of-erika-jayne-and-tom-girardis-money-issues-years-ago-172257

🥈 Runner Up…

Or Kelly, who is her own worst enemy.

Kelly Dodd Calls Out Andy Cohen for Saying She’s on “Wrong Side of History” and Insists History “Supports Her Opinions” on Pandemic

🐶 Pay No Attention To That Dog In the Picture…

I don’t normally follow the royals, but I loved this.

https://people.com/royals/james-middleton-alizee-thevenet-married/

🏘 Real Estate Therapy…

I’m going to miss Metul. He turned me on to butter chicken.

PHOTO: Southern Charm’s Naomie Olindo Shares Pic of New Home as Fan Applauds Her as “Breakup Inspiration” After Split From Metul

🌠 Funny Guy Gone…

Tributes to Norm MacDonald.

https://people.com/tv/late-night-hosts-pay-tribute-to-norm-macdonald-after-his-death/

https://ew.com/tv/stars-pay-tribute-late-comedian-snl-alum-norm-macdonald/

🐬 Quotes of the Week

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. – Clint Eastwood (This was before he started talking to empty chairs.)

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. – Miguel de Cervantes

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. – Mark Twain

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. – Napoleon Hill

Here’s your reminder that you are not a robot. You’re a human being, and that means some days aren’t productive, some days are messy, and some days are just for living life – and that’s okay. – Georgie Collinson, naturopath

Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein

If you’d have a drink, I’d make a lot more sense. – Nucky (Steve Buscemi), Boardwalk Empire

⚔️ Ending the Week…

It’s that time again. The time those using the traditional calendar system call the weekend. And for those making lines on a cave wall, it’s two more of those. It’s when I switch gears, and write interviews, the latest of which is Thaao Penghlis – the original Victor Cassadine – streaming on YouTube at 2 pm, Sunday, on Mupo & Friends. Be there or be a rectangle. Until I see you on the Deadside, stay safe, stay practical when life calls for it, and stay seizing the day. Don’t put your trust in tomorrow.

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September 16, 2021 – Sonny Makes a Choice, Wedding Blessing, L.A. Highlights, Research, Second Goodbye, Fan Fear, Another Take, Beyond Housewives & Pocket

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Music plays way too loud as Mr. Novak walks into the chapel. He and Jason give each other the eye. Spinelli asks Jason if he’s sure about this. He’s not referring to the wedding, but the other thing. Jason says, sure, and Spinelli says, let fate take its course. Monica comes in, and tells Jason that he looks so handsome. The bride is a lucky woman. He says he thinks he’s the lucky one, and she says, they disagree; that’s good. What’s a Quartermaine wedding without a little conflict? He says, true, and she asks if he’s nervous. Who is she talking to? Of course (🍷) he’s not nervous. He says he’s glad she’s there, and she says, he’s her son. Where else would she be? They hug.

Bobbie comes into Carly’s dressing room, and says she’s dazzling. Jason won’t know what hit him. She’s going to take his breath away. Not that she’ll be able to tell. Carly says she will, and Bobbie says, that’s true. If anyone can read what Jason is feeling, it’s her. Carly says he can read her too, and Bobbie says, no bridal jitters? No second thoughts? Carly says, no, and Bobbie says, because she happens to know Carly disappeared for a couple of hours this morning. She thought Carly might have a case of cold feet. Carly says, no. She was feeling nostalgic. She was remembering how she and Jason first met, and everything they’ve been through. Jason tracked her down, and they had a long talk. Bobbie says, good. She can actually get Jason to talk. If that’s not love, she doesn’t know what is. Carly says she was late for the makeup artist, but Josslyn helped her pull everything together. How did she get such an amazing daughter? Bobbie says, circle of life. One day, they come into town, hellbent on destroying you, and all of a sudden you blink, and they don’t need you anymore. Carly says, that’s not true. She’s always going to need Bobbie. They hug, and Josslyn walks in with the bouquet. She says, Maxie asked to deliver these, but she made Maxie let her. She hands the bouquet to Carly, and asks if she’s ready. Carly holds the bouquet and asks what they think. Bobbie says she’s one beautiful bride, and Josslyn tells her, what grandma said.

Cameron looks at his phone, when Trina snatches it out of his hand. She says she thinks it’s time for a digital detox, and he says he was just waiting for her. They hug, and he says, Josslyn told him that Trina’s mom was in an accident. Is she okay? What happened? Trina says, thankfully, yes. She doesn’t want to get into it right now, but let’s just say, it’s been quite a day. He says he’s glad she’s all right. He’s also glad Trina is there. Josslyn’s been so busy with her maid of honor duties, he’s been at major risk of boredom. She says, and now that she’s here? and he says, it’s time to have some fun. Or, they can be bored together. She says, sounds like a plan.

Ned tells Olivia to stop giving Austin the evil eye, and she asks how else she’s supposed to put a curse on him. He asks if a curse isn’t a little extreme, and she asks who the hell Austin thinks he is, telling her there’s something wrong with her child. Ned says, a doctor?

Maxie tells Austin that she needs to check in with the bride. Can she trust him to be on his own for ten minutes? He says he hopes so, but realistically, there’s probably one or two people left in Port Charles that he hasn’t unsettled. She asks, what Olivia is miffed at him about anyway? She usually stays out of ELQ business. He asks how she knows that, and she says, because Olivia often says, ELQ, not my business. He says, that’s probably a pretty good clue. Olivia isn’t upset at Austin the Quartermaine; she’s upset at Austin the doctor. She says, so this has to do with whatever he and Ned were talking about after he found Leo. He tells her, here’s what he’ll say. He can hardly blame Olivia for being defensive; she just cares about her kid. Maxie says, of course (🍷) she does, and he says, so do I.

On the phone, Brando tells Sasha to put her feet up, and he’ll bring her a slice of cake. He wants her and the baby to take it easy, and he’ll see her soon. Gladys walks in with Novak, and she says, he remembers her son Brando. He says, of course (🍷). It’s a pleasure to see him. They shake hands, and Gladys says, wasn’t it kind of Mr. Novak to bring her as a guest to her dear, departed cousin’s widow’s wedding? My Lord, what would Sonny make of his wife moving on so soon after meeting his maker?

Nina tries to go back inside the Tan-O, but Jax says he’s not letting her go in there. It’s too dangerous. She says, Mike’s still in there; they have to help him. She yells, Mike! and struggles with Jax.

Lying unconscious in the middle of the burning Tan-O, Sonny coughs.

Diane tells Jason that she’s happy for him and Carly. Jason says they’re happy too, and she says she’s glad to hear it. Carly was full of substantial misgivings when she first approached Diane about it. He says, she was afraid it would ruin their friendship, but Diane says, it was a little deeper than that. Carly thought it was the first step in losing him, and Diane told her it was patently absurd. He says, she did? and she says, of course (🍷). She told Carly, with all the stunts she’s pulled, all the plans gone wrong, and the messes Jason has gotten her out of, if she hadn’t lost him by now, she never will.  

Brando imagines Novak has gotten to know Sonny pretty well over the years, and Novak says, as well as you can know a respected colleague. Brando says, then well enough to know what was important to Sonny, and Novak says, the late Mr. Corinthos always said, nothing was more important than family. Brando says, then they agree that Sonny would want the two people closest to him to find happiness, and Novak says Brando makes an excellent point. Gladys says, her boy is so loyal; Sonny valued that. Novak says he couldn’t place Brando when he saw him earlier with his lovely lady at the MetroCourt, then it occurred to him – Cyrus Renault’s driver. Is that right? Brando says, that’s right, sir, and Novak says he heard what Cyrus did to Brando and his enchanting mother. An unscrupulous man; no honor. Brando says, then Novak must remember, if it weren’t for Carly, Cyrus would have killed him and his enchanting mother. Gladys says, don’t give Carly all the credit, and Brando says, Jason deserves his share as well. She says, Jason? and he says, Renault was still trying to force Carly to hand Gladys over, but Jason came back at the risk of his own freedom. If Jason hadn’t shot Renault when he did, who knows what would have happened? Novak says, true. Cyrus was a difficult man, as he’s sure Brando knows. By the way, if Brando is looking for work, the Novak association appreciates dedicated men. Gladys is all happy, and says that’s very generous of Vincent, but Brando says, considering they both barely escaped with their lives, he thinks it’s best if he and his dear mother steer clear of any association with his former line of work. He hopes Novak understands.

Ned tells Olivia, he’s just saying, she went from zero to sixty with Austin. She says, for good reason. Austin was willing to take advantage of poor, sweet, innocent Chase to his own ends. Chase was practically dead, he could barely walk, and his heart was broken into a million pieces. Then this nice guy manipulated Chase, a guest in their home, to get Edward’s papers. Ned says, this isn’t about ELQ, but she says, what if this game he’s playing with Leo is just about jockeying for position at ELQ, trying to ingratiate himself? Why take it on faith when this guy did nothing to deserve it? Ned says, they shouldn’t, but they should also leave room for the possibility that he’s on to something. She says, he’s not the doctor Leo is seeing, and Ned says, he’s not, but Leo has a connection with him, and that should count for something. Olivia gives Austin another evil eye.   

Michael tells Willow, that’s quite a dress (eh), and she says she doesn’t think anyone will be looking at her. All eyes will be on the bride. He says he’s not too sure about that, because whenever she walks into a room, he finds it impossible to look at anyone else. She says, it’s almost showtime. Shouldn’t he be getting ready? He says, what’s to prepare? He just has to stand next to Jason while Jason does all the work. Besides, after months of having to steal time with her, he doesn’t want to be rushed. She says, if she has her way, they have a lifetime ahead of them. She wants to make sure he’s okay. He says, about? and she says she knows he’s happy for his mom, but he’s got to be thinking about his father right now. He says she really does know him inside out (like this would be a hard call), and she says she’s been paying attention. He says his dad has been on his mind a lot, but right now, he doesn’t feel sad. He feels like his dad is with them.

A fireman tries to get everyone to move, but Nina says she’s not going until she knows Mike is safe. Jax says they will move, but they want to stay close until they know their friend is safe. The fireman says, fine. Follow him.   

Inside, Sonny coughs. He seems to be regaining consciousness, and sees the vision of Carly from behind. He says he knows this woman.

Carly thanks Josslyn and Bobbie for standing beside her, and Bobbie says, always. Josslyn says, and forever, when Maxie comes flying in, asking, where’s the bouquet? She trusted Josslyn with it. She better not have lost it. Carly produces it, and says, it’s right here. Maxie says, the bride is a vision, the groom is dashing, and the chapel is full of love. Let’s get this show on the road.

Gladys tells Brando, he blew that, and he says he told her, he’s only pursuing legitimate business ventures now. She says, he calls stripping a legit business venture? and he says he calls it a paying job. She says, there are jobs that pay better, and he tells her, stop. First she tries to get Carly and Jason to hire him, and now Novak? She of all people knows what that world is like, or does he have to remind her of the bullet wound she’s got to show for it? She says she was just trying to set him up for success. He claims he wants to move in with Sasha, and support her and his child, this is his chance. Vincent is clearly interested, and he’s a man with influence. He says he promised Sasha that he’d stay away from Novak’s kind of influence. She says, where is Sasha, by the way? and he says, the OB appointment didn’t go as smoothly as planned. Sasha’s blood pressure was a little elevated, so the doctor decided to put her on bed rest. Gladys says she’s sorry to hear that. Is the baby all right? He says, both the baby and Sasha are fine. It’s just a precautionary measure to protect them both. She says, if there’s anything she can do… and he says, actually there is. If she’s really concerned about Sasha’s blood pressure, stop trying to get him a job in organized crime.

Buscema asks Novak if it’s set, and Novak nods. Woo says, so there’s been no deviation from the plan? and Novak tells them, let’s just say, it will be a wedding to remember.

Diane goes over to Spinelli and says, let’s see if she’s got this straight. The rather heavyset gentleman is Vincent Novak. The other gentleman is Charles Buscema. The very elegant woman is Ms. Woo. He says he believes so, and she says, he believes so? He’s hacked into every device known that holds their secrets. He says he can neither confirm nor deny, and she says, now that they’ve established that, let’s sit back and watch the two people she never thought would, get married. He says he has to agree it surprised him at first, but now it seems inevitable. She tells him, don’t count your chickens. They watch Monica head toward Jason, and Diane says, it looks like the groom’s mother is going to make one last attempt to talk him out of it.   

Monica tells Jason, she noticed his lawyer is here. Does he think she brought a prenup for him to sign? She’d sorry. She should never have asked that. Jason says he knows it’s not ever going to be easy for her and Carly, but Carly told him that she showed up to offer them her blessing, and it meant a lot to Carly. Monica says she’d do anything for him, and they seem genuinely happy. He says they are, and she says she noticed he’s also very magnanimous; he invited his brand new cousin. He says, actually, he didn’t, when Epiphany joins them. She says, he cleans up nice.  Carly is the most obstinate, high-maintenance woman she’s ever known, but the two of them together, it works. They deserve happiness, especially him. He was always kind to her son, and always had her back. Jason says she’s always been good to him, and she says, even when she shouldn’t have been. She tells Monica that she’s not referring to anything specific, and Monica says she’s not listening. Jason says he’ll always have Epiphany’s back, and he knows she’ll always be straight with him. She says, always. Good luck. With that bride of his, he’s going to need it. Monica laughs.  

Novack approaches Jason, and says he heard there was another dust-up with his nephew Joey. Jason says Joey crashed his bachelor party, and Novak says, that boy is out of control. Which is why he got Joey a one way ticket to Gdansk. He offers his sincere regrets if any offense was taken, and Jason says, it almost sounds like an apology. Novak says, it almost was. These things have a way of working themselves out. Jason says he can be sure of that, and Maxie says, excuse me. If everyone could please be seated, the ceremony is about to begin.

Canon in D major – otherwise known as the theme from Ordinary People – plays, as Josslyn walks in. Cameron smiles at her. Here Comes the Bride starts to play. 

Nina is coughing her head off, and Jax tells her that she should see the paramedics. She won’t budge though, and he asks, what the hell happened? Nina grabs a fireman, and says, there’s one person in there. A beam collapsed, and he’s under it. The fireman says they can’t get in, but Jax says, there’s a delivery entrance where he can get to the bar. It was smoky, but clear enough for him to get Nina out. The fireman tells the others, go, and asks if they know how the fire started. Phyllis says, it was set deliberately, and he asks Nina what her friend’s name is. Nina says, his name is… Sonny, but he answers to Mike.    

Inside, Sonny sees the back of Carly like he did in the beginning. She walks away, and he says, Nina. You’ve got to help me. Please. Come back.

Carly walks down the aisle.

Sonny says, wait. Who are you? Come back.

Carly gets to the altar, and Spinelli and Diane are all giggly. Novak, Buscema, and Woo exchange looks. Carly gives Josslyn her bouquet, and winks at Michael. Everyone is smiling, and Carly and Jason join hands, eyes twinkling.

The minister says they’re gathered for the wedding of Caroline and Jason, who are long time friends. So rather than bearing witness to a new love, Jason and Carly are affirming the latest chapter in their lives together. They open with a reading from Josslyn, which I later find out is the Apache Wedding Blessing (see below).  

Sonny is by the river again, and Mike tells him to get on his feet. Sonny asks who Mike is, and Mike laughs, saying, he thinks Sonny already knows. Sonny says he remembers Mike, and Mike says, of course (🍷) he does. Who could forget a face like this? Sonny says Mike helped him when he washed up. Mike gave Sonny his jacket. Mike says, that’s a good first step. What else does he recall? Sonny says, it seemed like time stopped. He looks at his wrist, but his watch is no longer there. Mike asks if he managed to get it working, and Sonny says, yeah, he did, but he let the watch go. Mike says, well, he let go of a lot. What would Lenny say about leaving loved ones behind? Sonny says, Mike knows Lenny? He doesn’t understand. Mike shows him Lenny’s dog tags, and says, Sonny was in a bad way. He made sure Sonny got somewhere he knew he’d be safe; to a brother in arms. Sonny says he owes Mike and Lenny a lot. They helped Sonny survive and come to Nixon Falls. Sonny says, Lenny was one of the reasons why he settled down there, and Mike says, that’s beautiful, but it’s time to go home now.

A fireman says, they’re doing everything they can to rescue their friend, but the building is likely a total loss. Nina says she’s so sorry; it’s her fault. If she hadn’t lied, the Tan-O wouldn’t have gone up in smoke with Mike inside. Phyllis says, it hurts to lose the Tan-O, but it’s brick-and-mortar. As for the lie, that discussion can wait. The important thing is saving a man they both care about. A police officer asks who owns the property, and Phyllis says she does. He says the captain told him, the fire was started intentionally. Can they tell him who torched the place? Nina says she can tell him exactly who did it. His name is Peter August, and he’s a wanted man. Jax is like, huh?

Phyllis goes with the fireman, and Jax says, Peter did this? Nina says, Peter confronted her about where Maxie is keeping the baby. Then he ran into Sonny, and used that information to blackmail her. He says, she knew Peter was stalking Maxie and searching for her baby, and didn’t tell anyone? How long did she allow Peter to operate unchecked? She says, it wasn’t like that, and he says she could have died; Phyllis too. And all to keep Sonny’s identity a secret? She says, Peter threatened to kidnap James, and he knows as well as she does, as far as Peter is concerned, Maxie’s other children are expendable. Jax says, all the more reason to let go of Sonny, and she says she was going to do that exact thing, but thought she had another out. He says, Valentin? and she says she set Peter up on a false lead; Obrecht was supposed to ambush him. He says she’s kidding. She conspired with Obrecht? She says she didn’t ask for details. She just knew that when Obrecht got done with Peter, he would never hurt anyone again. Jax asks how that worked out, and she says, it worked out great. She’s proud of what she’s accomplished. Thanks for pointing that out. It really helps. Peter alluded to the fact that something happened to her aunt. Does he know anything about that? if she loses one more person she loves because of her actions, she won’t be able forgive herself.

The minister invites the bride and groom to share their vows with one another. Wake me when it’s over. Jason says they know and accept each other. They trust each other, and there’s nobody he’d rather build a life and future with. So with her hand in his, it starts the rest of their lives together.

Sonny tells Mike, Nixon Falls is his home; the Tan-O, his friends, Nina. He’s happy there. He’s got everything he needs. Mike says he knows something about embracing life and love after the slate’s been wiped clean. He found it’s possible to make new memories and find happiness without the baggage from the past. Sonny laughs, and says, this guy gets it. He doesn’t have to justify his decisions to anyone. Mike says, another thing he’s learned is that you can’t run away from the past and who you are. Not really. Sonny says, it’s working for him, but Mike says, you can’t turn away from who you are, and the past will always find you. Sonny asks, what if he doesn’t want to be found? and Mike says, he knows Sonny likes his life in Nixon Falls, and loves being Mike, but there’s only one problem with that. Mike is dead.

Nina tells Jax, obviously, she made a terrible mistake, but she had her reasons, and she’s doing her damnedest to fix them now. He says he hopes it’s not too late, because Peter is still out there, putting pretty much everyone she knows in danger. She says, laying blame doesn’t help anyone, and he says she’s right. Only one thing will help, and that’s getting the word out. Nina goes over to Phyllis, and says, waiting for… Sonny is tortuous. She asks if Phyllis needs anything. Does she want Nina to call a paramedic for her? Phyllis says it’s not herself she’s worried about. She tells Nina to listen to herself. Even now, she can’t decide what she wants to call him. Nina says, when  he comes out, she’s going to tell him the truth. Phyllis says, and if he doesn’t make it? Nina says she can’t think about that, but Phyllis says she has to. If Sonny dies in there, which man will she mourn? (I’d hazard a guess, it won’t be Sonny.) A fireman says they were able to reach the building, and Nina asks if they found him. He says, unfortunately, the hallway was engulfed. There was no way to reach the bar room. Nina asks, what exactly does that mean?

Sonny says he doesn’t know why Mike is pushing him like this. Life is good here. He’s fine. Mike laughs, and says, he can’t be fine, not until he knows his past, and knows who he is, and embrace it. Once he knows the facts, he can move forward in any direction he chooses, but he needs to know. Close his eyes. Sonny just looks at him, and Mike says, do you trust me? Sonny closes his eyes, and remembers when he was first in Port Charles. Omg, he looks like a child. He flashes back to shooting Dante, visiting Morgan’s grave, and catching Julian on the bridge. He sits down on the ground, and asks, what the hell was that? Mike says, his past, his life, and Sonny says, he’s supposed to embrace that guy, whoever he was? So much hurt, so much death because of him. Mike says, he was also generous, and loyal, and at times, even heroic. Sonny says he didn’t see a hero, and Mike crouches down in front of him. He says, despite Sonny’s flaws and sins, he was pretty damn proud of who he was. Sonny says, there’s no way he should have been, but Mike says, yes, he should. He made mistakes… Sonny says, he thinks they’re called crimes; he killed people. Mike says, he did what he did to protect his family, and Sonny says, if his family was targeted because of him, then they’re better off without him. Mike says, it’s not for him to say, and not for Sonny to say either. Those painful memories are just part of his story. Why did he stop looking for the rest of the picture? Sonny says, because he’s seen his bad side, and Mike says, so he thinks the man he was, has nothing to do with the man he thinks he is now? How did Nixon Falls Mike sniff out that con artist? How did he hustle a poker game, or handle a gun with ease? The best parts of that Mike, come from who he really is. The protector, the friend, come from who he really is. Sonny says, Mike told him that he knows something about this, and Mike says, yes. Sonny asks, what would you do? and Mike says, given the choice, he’d always choose to remember. He’d fight for everything he was. There’s a bright light, and Sonny sees Carly’s back, but this time, she turns to him and smiles.

Carly says, Jason, my dearest friend. When they met years ago, playing pool at Jake’s, there was an instant connection. She couldn’t describe it then, and still can’t. What she does know is, this isn’t chance; it’s a choice. She chooses to stand by him for the rest of their lives. Her determination isn’t as quiet as his, but it’s just as fierce. She cherishes their past, and can’t wait to step into their future together.

The fireman says the Tan-O is structurally unsound, and the hallway’s impassible. There’s no way they can reach the bar room. Nina says, their friend is still in there. They have to get him out. He says, he’s sorry. They’re doing their best they can, but there’s no way to reach him. Jax makes a call, and says, come on; pick up.  

The minister says Jason and Carly are going to light a remembrance candle; honoring those loved ones who can’t be there in body, but are with them in spirit. Maxie looks at her phone, and sees a call from Jax coming in.  

Carly walks to Sonny and Mike, and Mike says, Sonny may have found love in Nixon Falls, but he found it as someone else; as Mike. Sonny asks if Mike is saying his love isn’t real but Mike says, of course (🍷) it’s real. But there’s real love in the world he chose to forget; the love he has for others, and the love others have for him. Is he still willing to turn his back on what’s right in front of him? It’s up to him. Which home does he want to go to? He can die as Mike, or live as the man he really is. (When you put it that way…) Sonny asks if Carly is a part of that life, and Mike says, the best and the brightest.  

Jason and Carly light the candle. The minister says, this candle burns in memory of those we’ve loved and lost.

Sonny goes to Carly, and she holds out her hand. He takes it, and I feel sad. Sonny flashes back to telling Carly she’s his wife and the mother of his children. He’ll always love her. She says she loves him too, and they kiss. Back when we were all in diapers.

Sonny opens his eyes, and says, Carly.  

Tomorrow, the old speak now or forever hold your peace, Maxie wonders why Jax was calling, and Nina says they have to get Sonny out before it’s too late.

🙏 What She Read…

The prayer Josslyn read at Carly and Jason’s wedding.

The Apache Wedding Blessing

💰 In this week’s highlights from Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Fredrik got a listing for an incredibly ornate house, complete with custom-made furniture, which was included whether the buyer wanted it or not. I didn’t catch the square footage, but one of the 11 bathrooms was 1200 square feet, so that gives you an idea. It was filled with beautiful touches like handmade fabric wallpaper, and a floral wallpaper that matched the floral headboard and footboard of a bed. It also had a view to die for, but don’t they all in L.A.? Fredrik thought the 6 bedroom house had a suggested retail price of between $26 and $28 million. No surprise, the representative for the seller insisted on 28. Also included was a bright orange kitchen island, and the rep said, everyone loves orange. Um… I’d still take it though. It was built in 1987, but I would have thought it had come from the Downton Abbey days. While Fredrik was afraid he’d lose a deal over the flowered bed or too much marble, he hoped the caché would offset the orange. The only catch was, the rep wanted him to co-list it with JoshA. Fredrik sucked it up and made the call, and Josh agreed. Because of the pandemic, the usual open houses and events were out of the question, so Josh and Fredrik created a YouTube video, showcasing not just the house, but their different styles. To get even more eyes on the property, they were going to have viewers vote for who they liked best. That ought to be good. I can’t see either one of them accepting being second best.

In the meantime, since Tracy’s buyer had backed out because he felt he was too tall for the house, she had to explain that one to the seller. The seller, who was weird to begin with, not wanting anyone inside the house, got weirder, wanting a buyer with no contingencies. I was fuzzy on exactly what contingencies were in regard to real estate, so I saved you the trouble of googling. See below. Tracy ended up getting the deal done with one of the buyers with a back-up offer. JoshF got a listing for a Rat Pack throwback house, built in 1956. While the house was around 2400 square feet, and only 2 bedrooms, the lot was nearly 18,000 square feet (it’s the land, Katie Scarlett), and the view included the Hollywood sign. I loved the house, but I’m enamored of the 50s/60s/70s real estate. The owner loved the house too, but was recently divorced, and wasn’t keen on living there alone. It was kind of out of the way. At first, she was open to offers from developers, but then decided she was willing to wait for the right buyer; someone who appreciated the vibe. If she could take about $3,499,995 off the price tag, I’m her buyer.

Next time, Fredrik meets Dolph Lundgren.

🏡 What They Are…

Everything you wanted to know about real estate contingencies, but were afraid to ask. Or not.

https://www.soldnest.com/blog/what-does-contingent-mean-in-real-estate/

👮🏾‍♀️ The Commissioner Has Left the Building…

It took me a while to get used to new Jordan, and then she became just Jordan. I got to like her, and now I’m back to square one.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/briana-nicole-henry-says-goodbye-to-general-hospital

👠 Intentional Slip…

Apparently, a tease about Ava got the interest that was hoped for.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/fans-fear-maura-west-is-leaving-general-hospital

🚗 Accidents Run In the Family…

This was pretty amusing. They left out the part where an extra roll was added to Erika’s son’s car though.

https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-11-episode-17/

💋 Of Course They Did…

It’s the ultimate crossover.

https://ew.com/tv/days-of-our-lives-beyond-salem-stars-housewives-bdsm/

🌜 Goodnight, My Someones…

We inch toward another week’s end, and ponder, just how many times did Erika’s son’s car roll? I don’t have all the answers, but I do have soap, tea, and maybe some answers for you tomorrow. Until then, stay safe, stay paying your fair share, and stay knowing you can’t turn away from who you are. The past will always find you.

Sep16

September 15, 2021 – Drew Tries To Make a Deal, Dorit Reveals Her Wedding Dress Line & Pale

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Harmony tells Sam and Dante, Willow made it clear she wants no part of her life unless she truly changes. So that’s what she’s trying to do so she can be a part of Willow’s life and her grandson’s life. Sam says she has it all wrong. They’re not there to accuse her. They actually need her help. Harmony asks if it has to do with Shiloh, and Sam says, Shiloh… and Drew Cain.

Drew is thrown onto his cot, Russ asks how Drew is feeling, and Drew says, never better. Russ tells him after the beating, maybe he’ll stop trying to escape, and Drew says he’s just trying to figure out where the hell he is. Russ says, paradise, and Drew tells him, and people say he has no sense of humor. He’s been listening to the guards, and a lot of them speak Greek to each other. Is this about the Cassadines? Is that who his big boss is?

Maxie walks into the hospital, dressed up for the wedding, and Britt says, hey there, hot stuff. Where are you headed so dolled up? Maxie looks at the invitation in her hand, and Britt says, right. She forgot. Today’s the day.

Michael comes into the church, finding Jason sitting alone. Jason says Michael is early, and Michael says he thinks the best man should be. Jason’s looking sharp; ready to go. Jason says he’s been ready for a long time.

Still in her robe, Carly checks her makeup, and flashes back to talking to Jason where Jake’s used to be. He tells her the marriage will be real, and she’s not in this alone, then officially asks her to marry him. She smiles, and sighs.

The Tan-O is in flames, and Phyllis and Nina struggle to free themselves behind a wall of fire. Sonny is coming up the walk, and says, what the hell? He runs inside, calling for Nina, and asking if she’s there.

On his way into the church with Olivia, Ned tells her, nothing says wedded bliss like an army of security out front. Olivia says, the third rule of a Corinthos or Corinthos related wedding – don’t skimp on the bodyguards. He says, they got frisked in the parking lot, and she says, maybe it’s a little over-the-top. Just be glad the kids weren’t invited. Imagine what Leo would have made of that. He says, speaking of, and takes out his phone. He just wants to check in at home, and she asks what he thinks is happening. Leo and Rocco are running Brook Lynn and two nannies ragged. He says he just wants to make sure there isn’t any trouble, and she says, with Leo? Why would he think that?

Maxie says she doesn’t mean to pry, and Britt asks when that’s ever stopped her. Maxie says, it seems like this wedding might be really hard for Britt, and she’s sorry. She knows what it’s like being on the outside looking in on somebody else’s happiness, and it’s the worst. Britt says, it’s not ideal. She finally found the guy, and it turns out the guy is eternally taken. Oh well, you gotta keep going, right? Maxie says, you do, and hopefully, one day not too long from now, it’s a little less painful. Britt says, you know what would make this day astronomically better? Maxie says, vodka, and Britt says, that, and her mother plotting Jason’s murder. Inappropriate? Probably, but it would mean she was here, and Britt could stop worrying about her. Maxie says, still no word, huh? and Britt says, no, and she knows if anyone can survive whatever’s happening, it’s her mom, but she is only human. She just keeps thinking, what if this is the one challenge Liesl Obrecht can’t finagle her way through? Maxie says she gets it. She’s worried about Obrecht too. But then she remembers all the crazy things she’s been through, and lived to tell the tale. So no matter what it looks like, the odds are actually in her favor. Wish her luck. There’s her date. Britt turns to see Austin in a suit, and says, her what?

Terry asks if Elizabeth is ready to go. She wants to dance with somebody. Elizabeth says she can’t believe she’s about to do this, and Terry says, what? Have some fun? Elizabeth says, lots of things are fun, like going back to her house, opening a bottle of wine, and watching a movie; Terry’s pick. Terry says, this can’t be the same Biz who used to drag her to raves in high school. Elizabeth says, yeah, three kids ago, and Terry tells her that she needs to cut loose. And pitching a tent with her quasi brother-in-law is not the release she needs. Elizabeth says, tell her about it, and Terry says, that’s it. What exactly happened on that camping trip?

Michael sits next to Jason, and says, you know what’s crazy? This is what he wanted when he was a kid, but he couldn’t let himself fully want it because of Sonny. He loves his dad. At the same time, he knew there was something amazing and unbreakable between Jason and his mom. He’s really happy for them. And he’s happy for himself. Is that selfish? Jason says, no, because when you think about it, Michael was the first significant thing Jason and his mother shared. He was the only child Jason was able to raise as an infant, and the fact that he and Carly are here today, is a large part because of Michael.

Josslyn goes to Carly’s dressing room, and Carly tells her come in. She sees Josslyn’s face, and says, oh no. She thought the makeup artist did a good job… She looks in the mirror, and Josslyn says her makeup is perfect. She’s perfect. Carly says, stop, she’s not even dressed yet, and Josslyn says, it doesn’t matter. She could walk down the aisle in her bathrobe, and still be the most beautiful bride she’s ever seen. Carly says if she needs an ego boost, she knows who to call, but Josslyn says, something is different. It’s like she’s glowing from the inside out. She knew marrying Jason was something Carly wanted, but she felt like something was holding her back. Carly says, because it was.

Sonny calls to Nina, and I guess he finally sees them, because he runs outside and grabs a chair. He’s about to smash the window, when Jax grabs the chair, and says, don’t.

Michael says Jason is giving him too much credit, and Jason says, he and Michael’s mom liked each other before he came along, but it was him being born – them taking care of him, and doing it together for him – showed them the way to love each other. Michael says, in that case, he’s welcome, and Jason tells him, he knows he’s said this before, but today of all days, he has to say it again. It was truly one of the greatest joys and privileges of his life to raise Michael. To watch him grow up and be a part of his life. Jason can’t tell him how much it means to have Michael standing next to him today. Michael says, Jason is marrying his mom, and Jason says, that’s the plan. Michael says it means so much to him too.

Austin says, sorry to keep Maxie waiting. She looks great. She thanks him, and says, he does too. He says, thanks, and tells Britt that they’re going to a Quartermaine affair. All the bigwigs at the hospital are going to be there, so he assumes they’ll see her later. Britt says she wasn’t able to get away. Have fun. She leaves, and he says he knows this one. He said something wrong.

Terry says she’ll get it out of Elizabeth eventually. After she gets Elizabeth’s opinion on this bartender at the club tonight. She thinks he’s totally into her. Maxie comes by, and asks if they’re going out tonight. Elizabeth says, that was the plan, and Maxie says she’s sure they know Britt’s mother is missing, and Jason’s wedding is in her face every five seconds. She looks at Austin, and says, that’s her ex. Austin tells her, he did say something wrong, and Maxie says, she knows Britt’s not their favorite person, but she’s their co-worker. They should have her go out with them. Elizabeth asks if that’s not a little transparent. They’re hardly friends. Maxie says, so be subtle about it. She could use the distraction. It will take her mind off of things. This is a place of healing, isn’t it? This is their chance to heal.

Carly says she got into her head a little bit, and Josslyn asks, how? Carly says she kept coming up with challenges – it’s too soon, what about the business, is it going to change her relationship with Jason? Josslyn says, of course (🍷) it will change it, but in all the best ways, right? Carly says, right. She was looking for a guarantee to make her feel better, but life has no guarantees. As soon as she let that go… Josslyn says, she was free, and Carly says, free to be happy, and live in the moment, and be at peace. She’s marrying Jason, her best friend, who she loves and trusts completely. She’s so excited, even though she has no idea what’s coming. Josslyn says, and she has the perfect partner to handle it with, and Carly says, together, she and Jason can handle anything.

Sonny asks what Jax is doing. There’s a fire in there. He can’t get through, and Nina is inside. Jax says, there could be a backdraft. There has to be another way in. Sonny says, there’s a delivery entrance. Let’s go. They go around the back.

Sam says, maybe Drew’s out there, maybe he’s not, but they’ll never know without having more to go on. Dante says their leads are thin at best, and Alexis says, which is why they came to Harmony. Dante says, ten years ago, Peter handed Drew over to kidnappers, and they know he didn’t do it alone. Sam says, but they think Shiloh helped him, and Harmony says, okay… Dante says, more recently, Peter sabotaged Drew’s plane to go down. They don’t think Shiloh had anything to do with that. Sam says, but maybe someone he knew did, and Harmony says, oh, she gets it. Someone like her.

Drew says, whoever Russ’s boss is, Russ has got to realize they have more use for him than Russ. Why does Russ think he’s still alive? Russ says, it’s a question he asks himself every day, and Drew says, they’re keeping him on ice for a reason. Russ whacks Drew in the knee with his club, and Drew falls to the floor, clutching it. He asks, what was that for? and Russ says, so Drew doesn’t try to jump him like he’s done the last three times. Drew says Russ prides himself on how intimidating this place is, but believe him, Kandahar was way worse. He points at Russ, and says, that’s how he knows, and Russ says, knows what? Drew says, he’s been grabbed by true believers, and Russ isn’t one of them. The only gleam in Russ’s eye is for money, and lucky him, Drew’s got a lot of that. Drew pulls himself back up on his cot, and Russ says, they’ve been through this. Drew says, yet, it’s never computing, and Russ says, maybe he’s not interested. Drew says, that doesn’t make sense. This isn’t a military installation. Russ isn’t a terrorist. He doesn’t live and die by his cause. He’s a mercenary, which means he has no loyalty to anything except his bank account. He’ll pay Russ whatever their paying for Russ to keep him there, and a whole lot more if Russ gets him home. So from a financial perspective, which is the only perspective Russ cares about, he’d be far better served to work with Drew than against him.

Harmony asks if Sam is suggesting she had something to do with the disappearance of her ex-husband, but Alexis says she doesn’t think that’s what Sam meant. Dante says they know she was in custody at the time, and Sam says Harmony is a capable woman; anything can be orchestrated behind bars. Harmony says, if she was so capable, would she be making rent by cleaning up after Ryan Chamberlain? Sam says, then tell her that she had nothing to do with it. Harmony says, visiting hours are wrapping up. She suggests they get a move on. I can’t say I blame her.

Spinelli comes into the church, and tells Jason, gracious greetings on this momentous occasion. Is he ready? Jason says he is, and Spinelli says Carly was one of the first people he met through Jason. He had to work hard to win her over. Jason says he remembers, and Spinelli says he’s always been in awe of their friendship; it was so pure and unwavering. It’s funny. It never occurred to him that they’d wind up together, but now that they have, he can’t imagine it any other way. Jason thanks him, and says, neither can he.

Olivia says, so Austin Wannabe Quartermaine is talking to Ned about Leo? and Ned says, he suggested Leo might benefit from seeing some specialist. She says, what kind of specialist? and he says, someone that can help him communicate better. She says, their son communicates just fine. She understands him perfectly; doesn’t Ned? He says he does, and she says, then what’s the problem? He says, it’s not a problem per se… and she says, don’t per se me. He says, it’s just something Austin thought they might want to follow up on, and she says, then he’s making a Federal case out of nothing. The same guy who tried to weasel his way into their family, using poor, innocent Chase to do it. Ned says he got the impression Austin was genuinely concerned, and she says, then he’s overreacting. Leo cut his finger; end of story. He’s overreacting. Ned says, what if he’s not?

Carly says, what is it? and Josslyn says, what’s what? Carly says she can tell Josslyn wants to ask her something, and Josslyn asks how she does that. Carly says, it’s a mom thing. What is it? Josslyn says she doesn’t know if it’s the appropriate time to bring it up, but Carly says there’s no inappropriate between them. Josslyn can ask her anything at any time. Josslyn tells her, when she said that thing about worrying if it was too soon to get married… Carly says, she thought about Sonny. Josslyn asks if Carly is thinking about him too, and Carly says she always thinks about Sonny. He’s always with her, but today she’s marrying Jason. He’s her best friend, and she loves him, and she’s so proud that she gets to say her vows with Josslyn standing beside her. Josslyn says she can’t wait, and Carly says, then let’s get me ready to get hitched. Josslyn says not before she gives Carly this, and brings out a jewelry box.

Nina and Phyllis have passed out, when Jax and Sonny run in. Jax tries to rouse Phyllis, while Sonny asks if Nina can hear him. Wake up. If I were them, I’d just drag Nina and Phyllis out, chairs and all. This is no time for pesky details.

Russ looks out in the hallway, and closes the door. He says Drew has a lot of confidence for a guy in a cell, and as he walks past Drew, Drew hits him from behind, and he falls. Russ gets up, and asks why Drew didn’t take him out, and Drew says, he would have gotten halfway down the corridor, and Humpty and Dumpty would have built their brick wall. His ribs hurt already, the only car available is gone. The great escape is not his ticket out of there. Russ is. Help him, and he’ll help Russ in return. Russ says Drew is dead, remember? Dead men don’t need bank accounts. Drew says he won’t be dead much longer.

Dante asks if Sam is hungry. There’s an Eisenhower era cupcake in the vending machine, and he’ll rock-paper-scissors her for it. Sam say she totally screwed that up, going for Harmony like that. It was so stupid. He tells her not to be so hard on herself, and she says, so she didn’t screw it up? He says he wouldn’t go that far. He gets that it’s not easy for Sam, breathing the same air as that woman. She says, her mom is doing a good job, and he says, in her mom’s defense, it’s probably Harmony or a serial killer or something. On the other side of the room, Alexis tells Harmony, for what it’s worth (🍷), she doesn’t think Sam believes Harmony had anything to do with Drew’s disappearance. Harmony says, she could have fooled me, and Alexis says, Sam has been through a trauma. Harmony says she knows it’s difficult, and knows she deserves Sam’s scrutiny, but she meant what she said. She’s just trying to turn her life around. She goes to bed every night hoping tomorrow she’ll wake up, and not be reminded of the past or the crimes she committed in Shiloh’s name, or the people she’s hurt. That day is yet to come. Alexis says, but she still goes to bed with some hope, right? The minute they stop doing that, they become that criminal or that disease, and that’s never going to change.

Outside the church, Austin asks Maxie to stop, and says he has a quick question. Are there any other fraught social situations he has to look forward to at the wedding? He doesn’t want to miss offending someone else today. She says she thinks it’s too late to make a first impression on the core Quartermaines, and he says, that ship has sailed. She says, she wouldn’t ask Jason about his line of work… or how he met Carly. Or… You know what? Just don’t talk to him at all. He says, he’ll tell Jason, congratulations, and she says, perfect. He sees Ned and Olivia near the door, and asks if Maxie can give him a second. She says, sure, and stays outside, messing with her phone, while he goes in.  

Spinelli tells Jason, it’s terribly painful when you love someone and realize your lives are going in different directions. It’s no one’s fault, but it gets to the point of where staying together means you’ll no longer be your true selves. Jason says he’s sorry, but Spinelli says, don’t. He’s not talking about the situation to dwell on it, but to shine a light on how happy he is for Jason. Jason and Carly accept and understand each other completely, so that day will never happen for Jason. They say marriage is a test. Jason has already passed with flying colors. Maxie says, sorry to interrupt. Not really, because it’s her job. She tells Jason, everything seems to be in order. She spoke to the director, Carly’s putting on her final touches. Nothing else to do but keep everyone on schedule. Spinelli says, and get married, and she says, yes, and get married. Jason says, that he can do. 

On the phone, Britt asks Scotty if he’s heard anything… She knows. She just thought they’d know more by now. She figured Anna was more likely to reach out to him more than her. Just please keep her in the loop… Thanks. Hey, does he think her mom is okay?… She laughs and says, right. Pretty soon, whoever has her will be begging to give her up. Talk soon. At the reception desk, Terry tells Elizabeth, she does look pretty upset. Elizabeth says, she knows, and Terry says, but the DJ is doing a Whitney Houston retrospective tonight. Elizabeth says, it’s Terry’s call. Britt is her Co-Chief. But Elizabeth is Terry’s friend, so whatever she wants to do, Elizabeth is in.    

Carly says Josslyn didn’t have to give her anything, but Josslyn says she did; she’s the maid of honor. It’s a delicate gold chain bracelet with the symbol for eternity in the middle. Josslyn says, originally, she wanted it to check all the boxes; old, new, borrowed, blue. But she realized the old tradition is about warding off the evil eye with good luck, and that’s bull, because Carly never relies on luck or just takes what life hands her. Carly says, that’s not her style, and Josslyn says Carly sees more than what’s offered, and fights for better than what she gets. She makes the impossible possible, and isn’t that what today is about? It’s proof that losing one love doesn’t make it impossible to find another. Carly says, know what she thought was impossible? Loving Josslyn more than she already does, but it just happened. They hug, and Josslyn says she loves Carly too.   

Jax gets Phyllis untied, and Sonny tells Nina, don’t you dare go anywhere. Phyllis comes to, and says, Jax? He asks if she can stand up, and as he walks her out, she says, Nina? Sonny tells them, just go. He’ll get Nina out. Jax takes Phyllis out, and Sonny tells Nina, stay with him. He loves her too much to lose her. She says she loves him too, and kisses his forehead. Um… They might want to get moving.

Spinelli says, as usual, Maxinista, you’ve outdone yourself, but Maxie says, save the congratulations until after the vows are said and the cake is cut. As they know, anything could go wrong. He says he’s available to troubleshoot should the need arise, and she says, and save a dance for her, she hopes. He says, if Austin won’t mind, and she says, let him.

Austin tells Ned and Olivia, daddy used to say it’s not a Quartermaine wedding until someone throws a drink or there’s a duel at dawn. What do they think they have to look forward to today? Olivia asks if he’s serious. He’s going to stand there and act all folksy and familiar with her? One of the gang? He says she seems angry, and she says she is angry. Quit nosing around her kid. He asks how Leo is, and she says, he’s perfect. He says she never brought him by for the follow-up they talked about, and she says, Ned took Leo to his actual pediatrician, who said – wait for it – everything’s perfect. Austin tells her, he’s not suggesting there’s anything wrong with Leo, and she says, he kinda was. He says, he’s only suggesting everyone might benefit from another specialists opinion. She says, or he’s using her kid to worm his way into this family, the same way he used Chase’s crumbling marriage. He asks if she thinks he would manipulate a child to improve his situation in business, and she says, would he? He says, no, he woudn’t. Look at it this way, either way, she wins. Either she proves him wrong, and he hopes she does, or she gets valuable medical information, and they can figure out what to do next. Michael and Jason come out, and Michael asks if there’s a problem. Olivia says, yeah. A big one.

Terry walks past the reception desk, and Britt says, heading out? Terry says, she has plans. And Britt? Britt says, does she have plans or is she going out? Terry says, either one, and Britt says her plan is to catch up on email. Terry says, don’t stay too late, and Elizabeth runs out. She tells Terry, they’ve got a problem. Terry asks, what’s wrong? and Elizabeth says, she tried to update a shared document about the meeting, and she must have pressed the wrong button because it’s just gone. Terry says, the whole thing? and Elizabeth says she doesn’t know what happened. Terry says, there goes her night out, but Britt says, maybe she can help.

Carly says, enough of this or she’ll have to call Angela to redo her makeup. Josslyn says, then she probably shouldn’t tell Carly this. Cam proposed. Carly says, what?! and Josslyn says they’re going to do the chicken dance tonight. Carly tells her, don’t do that again, and Josslyn says, don’t worry. She’s a long way away from getting married. Carly says, years and years and years, and a few more years after that. Someday Josslyn will find someone to love and spend the rest of her life with. When that happens… Josslyn says, if that happens, and Carly says, it will. When that happens, her wish for Josslyn will be that she’s as sure of the person she’s marrying, as Carly is about Jason. Josslyn says she wishes that too.   

Jax deposits Phyllis on one of the patio chairs outside. She asks where Nina and Mike are, and tells Jax, don’t worry about her; go help them. Jax says he’ll be back, and goes inside, while Phyllis coughs her head off. Sonny gets Nina untied, and helps her up. They’re almost out the door, when he looks up. He pushes her out of the way, as a beam comes crashing down on him. Jax grabs her to keep her from going back, and pulls her out. What did I say?

Alexis tells Sam and Dante, she talked to Harmony. She was hoping to convince her to help, but doesn’t know if she was successful. Dante says they’re about to find out right now, when Harmony joins them. She says she can give them a name, and Dante says they’ll take whatever she’s got. She says, Dallas Kirby. Shiloh knew him from his days in the military, and would reach out to Dallas when he needed help… removing an obstacle. Sam thanks her, and Harmony says, be careful. She never met Dallas; she didn’t want to. But all of Shiloh’s associates were dangerous. Sam says, so are they.

Drew looks out the door window, and tells Russ, his nurse is gone. Russ suggests she was apprehended, but Drew says, let’s say she’s not. Where does he think her first stop will be? He’s guessing the U.S. Consulate… or a five-star hotel. He thinks they can both agree she’s completely believable; there’s nothing untrue or fake about her. Chloe is going to tell her story, and it will be backed up by their good friend the internet. Someone is going to enter her name into a search engine, and bingo; who she is, where she’s from, all of it. And their dark little site there, isn’t going to be dark for much longer. Russ is running out of time, so come on. When his boss gets wind of this, he’s got a reason to keep Drew alive, but Russ, not so much. They’ll want to cover their tracks, and he’s a goner. On the radio, Russ hears the guards saying there’s no sign of Chloe, and Drew wonders what’s closer, a hotel or the U.S. Consulate. His offer still stands.

Terry says she can probably reconstruct the notes from memory, but Britt says, two heads are better than one. Terry says, it’s her staff meeting; Britt won’t even be there. Britt says, true, but they’re both Co-Chiefs, and if one of them doesn’t do well at the job, neither of them does. Terry says, you win, and Elizabeth says she’s so sorry. Britt tells her, next time, just be careful. She gives Elizabeth her credit card, and says, maybe they can order pizza. Whatever toppings they want. It’s going to be a late night. Elizabeth looks at Terry, who smiles.

Maxie comes out, and asks if she just heard the word problem. That can’t be right. There are no problems today. None. Nada. Zip. At least none that can’t be postponed until after the wedding. Right, everyone? Ned says, absolutely, and suggests Olivia come with him to check out the flower arrangements in the chapel. Olivia says she already saw them when Maxie ordered them, but he says they can see how they turned out, and steers her away. Maxie says, and Austin. He says, yes? and she says she did mention that she planned the wedding. He says, of course (🍷) she did, and she says, which means she chose the color theme, arranged the flowers, music, reception, and the ten million other details. She did this in less than a month, which is a near super human feat. So please, try not to torpedo it. Michael says, the first, and hopefully the last, crisis averted, and Spinelli tells Jason, it’s time to take his place and await his bride. Jason says, let’s do it.

Josslyn puts the bracelet on Carly, and says, the finishing touch. Carly thanks her again, and Josslyn says she’s just glad Carly likes it, and Carly says she loves it. She stands in front of the mirror, and asks what Josslyn thinks. Josslyn tells Carly, she knows what she said about the bathrobe, and it’s true, but the dress… Carly says, it’s a step up, right? and Josslyn says, it’s almost as stunning as the woman in it. Is she ready? Carly says she is. Let’s get married.

Nina struggles as Jax pulls her outside. He says he’s not letting her go back in; it’s too dangerous. She says she can help him, but Jax won’t let her go. She yells, please, Mike, get out of there! She knows he can do it.

Sonny lies unconscious, as everything burns around him.

Tomorrow, Ned says Austin may be on to something, Trina tells Cameron it’s been quite a day, Spinelli can neither confirm nor deny, and Maxie says, let’s get this show on the road.

The Erika Show Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Dorit and PK had someone personally deliver the invitations to Dorit’s bridal dress launch/reveal, along with a white rose. Dorit met with party planner Nick, and in her interview, she said, it never rains in L.A. Unless you’re planning a big party outside. She might be a virgin in the bridal business, but she was a pro when it came to throwing parties. We flashed back to some of those, including the Boy George appearance. Dorit and Nick FaceTimed with designer Nektaria. Dorit explained that she wanted to create an atmosphere that seemed like the guests were going to a wedding. She wanted them transported into the mindset of what the dresses represented.

Kathy invited Erika, Kyle, and LisaR to her house for a session with Reiki master Lejla, who also put a 24 karat mask on their hands and faces. LisaR and Kathy went first, while Kyle chatted with Erika – i.e. pumped her for information. Kyle asked about Sutton, and Erika said that door was closed; they weren’t working through it. She didn’t need it in her life. She then told Kyle that Tom’s house had been broken into. He’d confronted the burglar, and now needed eye surgery. How we got from a burglary to eye surgery, was a blank space. Afterward, Erika’s son went to check on Tom in the hospital, and ran into snow on his way back, flipping his car five times. Where he hit this snow was also unclear. In Kyle’s interview, she said it was a pattern with Erika. They would find out later there was a big situation going on that she’d kept to herself. When she withheld information, it made it hard to support her. Her story sounded unbelievable. That didn’t mean Kyle didn’t believe her, but it sounded unbelievable. Yeah. I’m starting to think so too. Especially since Erika seems dead behind the eyes.

Garcelle’s dating coach Damona came by, and we flashed back to their last meeting. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, after her divorce, trust issues kept her from dating. Call her old school, but she didn’t want to swipe to meet someone. Damona had called upon matchmaker Bonnie, and Garcelle had submitted her list. She wanted a strong, confident man, who knows who he is. A great father if he had kids, as well as good to his mom, and confident enough to let her be her. He needed to be monogamous, kind, sexy, and know how to dance. She would do the cooking. Bonnie showed her a picture of a guy with abs for days, who looked a little like Kevin Costner. Kyle visited Crystal, who talked about how she and her husband were reconstructing the basement to the tune of six-figures. Down from a million. In Crystal’s interview, she said her father was frugal, and so was she, but Rob, not so much. She did spend money on things that increased in value, like her $95K Hermes bag, and renovation would appreciate their home. They talked about Erika and Sutton, which is already getting old, and how Garcelle felt like an outsider. Crystal thought Garcelle didn’t have a large circle of close friends. She was more guarded, and took more time to open up.

Dorit and PK had dinner with Kyle and Mauricio. Kyle passed along Erika’s story to Dorit, adding another car flip, and making it six. Dorit repeated the story at dinner, and told PK and Mauricio about the other accident Erika claimed Tom had. PK wondered what the odds were statistically for Tom to have two of those accidents, and thought it was impossible. Dorit asked if he was suggesting Erika wasn’t telling the truth, and PK said he was suggesting Erika was still being controlled. Mauricio said there were lies all over the place, and in Kyle’s interview, she said this was making her question herself. It was more difficult when you were closer to the situation. Dorit admitted there were details missing, but didn’t believe Erika was lying. In Dorit’s interview, she wondered why anyone would make up a story that difficult to believe. Dorit brought up PK’s opinion on Erika’s Instagram, and PK said he loved a comeback, but Erika wasn’t going to get one if she couldn’t break loose of the shackles she was in.

Everyone got ready for Dorit’s party, and in Dorit’s interview, she said, if it hadn’t been for covid, she would have had a bigger launch. It would have been in a warehouse, with the models on 15’ ladders, and clouds in the sky, but she had to scale back, and was doing it in the house. At least it was going to be special, and she was definitely throwing money at it. Sutton brought boyfriend Michael, and was understandably nervous. In Crystal’s interview, she said she was floored. It felt like she was at a wedding. I had to agree, it was beautiful; all white, and gold, and white roses. Erika showed up wearing a crazy ponytail hanging from a hoop in her hair; Kathy brought architect Jesse, I guess as a friend; and LisaR had a hard time getting up the steps, her pencil skirt was so tight. Apparently, scaled back meant no one except the people in the cast.   

Before dinner, Dorit turned everyone’s attention to a glass wall with a curtain behind it. In her interview, she said putting her name on something meant it was her work, creativity, and design. The curtain rose, and the models were there, displaying Dorit’s collection. In Sutton’s interview, she said the models were beautiful, and the dresses were beautiful. Dorit pulled it off. And she’d been to a lot of fashion shows. Dorit thought that since her friends were fashionable, their opinions were a good indication of how her dresses would be received. It was a euphoric feeling. Everyone sat down, and Dorit’s daughter Phoenix kicked the pseudo runway show off by playing flower girl, and scattering rose petals. The models came out, one by one, as Dorit described each style, concluding with the one she was wearing. In LisaR’s interview, she said it was a far step from Beverly Beach. One design used 14,000 pearls, and Kyle thought her entire wedding probably cost as much as the dress did. Afterward, there was a lot of applause, dinner was served, and Dorit said, mission accomplished. The doorbell rang, and Harry joined them, Kathy saying, they hadn’t seen him since they brought covid to his house. He talked to Erika, asking how she was holding up, and everyone congratulated him on his upcoming role as Tom Brokaw, after which he did a mean imitation. Dorit told everyone to mingle, as much as you can mingle with a handful of people, which basically meant the guys split off from the women and went outside. In this week’s edition of Kathy’s caper, Kyle told everyone that Kathy thought the photo of Bernie Sanders in mittens was the new Elf on a Shelf. She wondered who this old man was she was seeing everywhere. Does this woman never read a paper, look at the news, read a book, look at anything other than her place settings? It’s definitely amusing, but also mind-boggling.

Kyle said Garcelle had everyone up in arms over a social media comment that went everywhere. She’d said people were coming after her, and she was going to be coming after them. In Garcelle’s interview, she said when she’d made the comments, it was after LisaR’s lip kit launch (try saying that five times, real fast), when things were heated. Dorit demanded to know who Garcelle was talking about, and Garcelle said, Dorit, for one. Dorit insisted she hadn’t come after Garcelle, and in her interview, she said, if Garcelle had a problem, she should voice it. Don’t just be provocative to be interesting. No comment. She said she thought they’d moved past their issues, and Garcelle said she could still have her opinions. Dorit said she spoke four languages, and it didn’t make sense in any of them.

LisaR, who was sitting at the table with Erika, wondered if they should go over, but Erika said she wasn’t doing that. Garcelle said she felt like no one stood up for her at LisaR’s launch except Sutton. No one ever took her side. Dorit said she didn’t believe Garcelle was an outsider, and Garcelle had to explain it was how she felt, and had nothing to do with what Dorit thought. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, LisaR claimed she wanted to repair the friendship, but never stood up for her. Now she was just watching. In LisaR’s interview, she said Garcelle had been called out for being jabby and shady. If she felt like injustice had been done, she’d say something, but Garcelle was a big girl. Translation: she’d only back someone up if she got something out of it. Harry wondered if it was safe, but LisaR told him, no, and he wisely retreated back to the patio. In her interview, Garcelle said, Dorit wanted the truth, but could she handle it? She’d be honest and see how it went.    

Next time, the Grand del Mar, seals mating ,Erika asks why Sutton is talking to her, and Garcelle says that she’s tried to fit in her whole life.

🛺 Getting a Move On…

See you next time with soap and Million Dollar highlights. Until then, stay safe, stay crazy like a fox, and stay not negating anyone’s feelings, no matter how many languages you speak.

Sep15

September 14, 2021 – Peter Sets the Tan-O Ablaze, Thoughts, Postponed, Gala, Video Wins, Must Watch & Boom

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Harmony works with a patient at Spring Ridge, when Alexis walks in. She asks how Ryan is enjoying his afternoon excursion, and Harmony says Ryan is in his room resting. This is Greg. She says, she knows Ryan’s presence there concerns Alexis, but Alexis says it does more than concern her; it alarms her and fills her with dread. Every time she walks in there, she has to brace herself that he’ll be in there. Harmony says, and when Alexis sees him, is there ever any change? Ryan’s been reduced to an invalid; he’s no threat to anyone. Alexis tells her, so says every teenager in a horror film before the guy with the chainsaw shows up. Harmony says she’s not responsible for Ryan being there. She didn’t ask to be assigned to him. Her job is to care for him, so she’s going to do that to the best of her ability, but don’t mistake that for liking him or defending him, because she doesn’t. Alexis says, it would be easier to believe Harmony if she didn’t know how susceptible Harmony was to a certain kind of monster. This, coming from Alexis, of all people.

Dante swings a baseball bat, and Sam says, strike three. He says he didn’t know she was counting balls as strikes. She says he missed by a mile, and he says, he did, but he was distracted a little bit. She says she wonders why, and he laughs.

Chloe checks Drew’s wounds, and says he’s lucky. His ribs are only bruised, not broken. He says, the guards must be slacking. At least they spared his pretty face this time. It worked. She says she had to turn him in for stealing a pen, and he says, which gave them a reason to trust her. She says, he’s a Navy SEAL, right? Didn’t they teach him how to lock pick? Why didn’t he escape? He says, and leave her there? No way. She says he’s lost the pen, and he has multiple bruises. What do they do now? He says, get the hell out of there.

Josslyn sees Spencer at the MetroCourt, and says, hello, Spencer. Or should she call him Victor? He says she can’t possibly be mistaking him for his late, unlamented great-uncle, and she says, no. She was mistaking him for someone who had maybe grown up a little bit, and achieved some decency. Her bad. He’s taller, but he hasn’t grown at all inside. He’s still just as spiteful and dishonest as ever. He asks how she really feels, and she says she really feels like punching him in the face, but it would just give him another excuse to feel sorry for himself. He asks what she’s talking about, and she says, poor, poor, pitiful Spencer, with his trust fund, and his mansion, and his boarding school in Europe. He doesn’t get along with daddy, so that justifies him buying and using people, right? Getting Trina to keep his secret, and telling her that his name is Victor, and for what? It’s all just going to blow up in his face. Does he know why? Because the truth always comes out. Always.

Sonny looks around the bench for his phone, when Jax comes by. Sonny asks what he wants, and Jax says he’s just trying to spare the people who care about them as much pain as possible, and that includes Phyllis and Nina. Sonny says, there’s not going to be any pain once Jax leaves town, and Jax says, Nina hasn’t talked to him yet? Sonny says he lost his phone, came to look for it, and it’s not there, and Jax says, so he still doesn’t know the truth. Sonny says Jax makes that sound like a threat. He doesn’t give a damn about Jax’s truth. He just wants to find Nina, so they can get on with their lives. Jax says, it’s a little late for that. Always has been.

Nina tells Peter, just go. Leave them in peace. The longer he’s there, the greater the chance he’ll be discovered. Peter says he intends to leave, and soon, but she and Phyllis won’t be. In fact, the two of them won’t be setting foot outside the Tan-O again. Nina tells Phyllis, don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. She knows Peter. He’s just a big talker, but he’s really just a typical insecure bully. He’s going to crumble like a paper cup when Valentin alerts the police. He says, nice try, but even if Valentin did pick up on her feeble attempt to warn him, he’ll be long gone before law enforcement shows up. She and Phyllis, on the other hand, will succumb to a different fate.

Sam says, she thought Dante was the one who had thousands and thousands of hours of experience with baseball. He tells her, he thinks he said tens of thousands, and she says she thinks that time was wasted, because he has a serious flaw in his swing. He says, so she’s the expert now. He holds out the bat, and asks why she doesn’t show him how it’s done, but she says she’s not giving her tips out. Besides, her team is going to the championship, as she predicted. Where’s his team going? Nowhere. Cuz you guys got beat. He says, just like he thought – girl talk – and holds out the bat again. She takes it, and he pulls her to him. She says, not so tight, and stands behind him with her arms around him. She says, shoulders back… He choked up. He says, no, he didn’t, and she laughs, putting her head on his chest.

Drew asks, how many guards Chloe has seen, total? and she says she hasn’t kept count. Ten altogether? At different shifts. He says, any guess on nationality? and she says, they seem to be from all over. He says that could actually work for them, and she asks, how? He says, they’re mercenaries. That means they’re in it for the money. They’ll do their jobs, but they’re not going to risk their lives to stop an escape. A guard bangs on the door, and says, time’s up. Drew says they need to get the keys, and she says he took that beating; what’s a little more pain? and he says, what? She tells him to pretend to be dying, and pushes him on to the cot, pressing on his wounds. He yells out, and she tells him, louder. She calls to the guard, saying, she thinks Drew punctured a lung. They need to get him to a doctor. The guard comes in, and Drew writhes in pain on the cot. The guard says Drew can die for all he cares, but she says she’s pretty sure Russel cares, and whoever Russel works for. They think this man is valuable, and if he dies, who does the guard think they’ll blame? Drew takes note of where the keys hang on the guard’s belt.

Spencer asks how much Josslyn knows. Or should he say, think she knows? She says, Trina told her that he got back to Port Charles long before his family knew, and how the night he met Trina at her graduation party, he told her that his name was Victor. He says, so Trina told her, and she says, he spent a couple of days playing games; chatting her up, and mysteriously refusing to meet her friends or let her take his photo. But then Trina came up to her and Cam at the MetroCourt pool (🍷) and they introduced her to their old friend, Spencer Cassadine. She could have busted him right then and there – like she should have – but he let her keep his secret. He says things are complicated with his father, and she says, how convenient. He says, excuse me? and she says she doesn’t excuse him, and she doesn’t feel sorry for him either. It’s a shame he has a rotten relationship with his father, but other people have it much worse. They don’t have the luxury of a bottomless bank account, or a grandmother, who would drop everything to rush by their side. Which reminds her, how could he do that to Laura? How could he be in Port Charles for weeks and never try to see her? What was so important? He says it’s none of her business, and she says, when they were kids, that was his tell. When he said something was none of their business, that meant he was lying, hiding, or doing something he wasn’t supposed to. Is that still how he operates? Is that why he needed Trina to keep his secret? He says, Trina was just being a friend, and she says, no. He was taking advantage of Trina’s compassion to play mind games with daddy. He flirted with Trina to get her to cooperate, without ever once mentioning he had a serious girlfriend. This is still his fundamental problem. He has no idea what the word friendship actually means.

Harmony says she’s not asking Alexis to forgive or forget her involvement with Shiloh and Dawn of Day. Alexis says, considering what he almost did to her daughters, it will never be forgiven or forgotten. Harmony says, and she went to jail for that. She paid her debt to society, just like Alexis is trying to do. She starts to put some books away, and Alexis follows. Alexis says, that’s true. She’s not in a position to throw stones, while she sits there as an inmate. And she admits Harmony was helpful giving Nikolas those notes from Ryan’s correspondence. Harmony says she understands Alexis wants to help her nephew. Is everything all right with her nephew? Is that what’s bothering her? Alexis says, that, and other things, and Harmony says she knows better than to ask what those other things are, so she’ll get back to work. Alexis says, she has this friend who’s about to make a terrible mistake.

Jax tells Sonny, he’s just trying to minimize the damage, and keep Nina from being harmed. Remember that when he gets his memory back. He’s called Mike, but they both know that’s not his name. Sonny flashes back to kissing his watch goodbye, and says, Mike is the only name he remembers. The only name that means anything to him. He and Nina let go of the past. All he cares about is their future together. Jax says, the funny thing about the past is, you can run from it, you can even hide for a while, but eventually the past is going to catch up with you. And guess what? Today’s your day, Mike.

Nina says, Peter’s issue is with her, not Phyllis. Let her go. Phyllis takes Nina’s hand, and says she’s not leaving her. No way. Peter says, the loyalty between them is quite touching. Does she have any rope in the back? Phyllis asks what he’s going to do with rope, and he says, what does she think? Go get it. And some duct tape. Uh-oh. Duct tape is never a good sign. He tells her, hurry. Look hard, and look fast. If she’s not back in three… no, let’s make it two minutes, Nina’s blood will be all over her hands. Nina tells Phyllis, it’s okay, and Phyllis starts to leave, but Peter says, oh. Before she goes, leave all the cell phones on the floor. She takes one out of her sleeve, and puts it down. She starts to go again, and he says, all the cell phones. She takes another out of her pocket and puts it on the floor. He tells her that she’s on the clock, and she heads for the back. He tells her, remember, he has her gun from behind the bar, so don’t even think of being a hero again. I’m thinking, she could have a Howitzer in the back for all he knows. He squats down in front of Nina, and says, I thought she’d never leave.

Spencer says he’s sorry he doesn’t meet Josslyn’s lofty standards, and she says, right. Because it’s too much to ask him not to use people. He says he had a plan for how he was going to return to life in Port Charles. Meeting Trina wasn’t part of that plan. Meeting her was a total surprise. He thought he was going to lay low in town for a while, stay under the radar, until he figured out how he was going to deal with his father. She says, then he met Trina, and started lying his head off? and he says, besides calling himself Victor, when did he lie to Trina? She says, he told Trina that he’d meet her friends on 4th of July, but he knew if he did that, she and Cam would recognize him. Of course (🍷) he didn’t show up. He says, oh, all that, and she says, yeah, all that. He left Trina twisting, talking about some guy she met who never showed up. He says, Trina wasn’t like anyone he’d met at boarding school. They hit it off almost instantly. She says, that’s the definition of using. He saw Trina liked him, and that’s how he got her to keep the secret. He asks if Trina said she liked him, and she says, really? That’s all he got from this conversation? Another prop for his gigantic ego? He asks if Trina said those specific words, that she’s into him, and she asks why he cares. He says because he likes her too. In perfect soap timing, Esme joins them, apologizing for being late. She sits down, and asks what she missed. Josslyn says, a lot.

Drew howls in pain some more, and Chloe tells the guard, whatever’s going on with him is way past her expertise. They have to get him to a doctor; he might not make it. He says he’ll go get help, but she says they have no time. She’s a nurse. She can recognize when someone’s dying. He knows how important Drew is. If Drew dies, they’ll kill him too. The guard goes over to Drew, who kicks him, jumps off the cot, and knocks him down with a roundhouse kick. Drew checks the guard, and says, he’s out. He gets the keys, and gives them to Chloe. She unlocks his cuffs, and they run out; Drew closing and locking the door behind them.

Dante takes some swings, and Sam tells him, much better. He says, thanks, coach, and she says there is one more thing she needs him to work on. He says, what’s that? and she says, his home run trot. He says she’s really the one who should be practicing that, since she has something to celebrate. She says she does? and he says, the end of her parole. She says, every time she thinks about it, it reminds her of why she’s on parole. Because she rid the world of Shiloh.

Alexis tells Harmony, she doesn’t need to get into the details, but suffice to say, she can relate to him. He’s been trying to do the right thing, but the road to hell is paved, etc., etc. Harmony asks if that’s how she ended up in prison, and Alexis says, that’s what she tells herself, but the truth is, her best intentions were fueled by alcohol. Harmony guesses she could say she’s addicted to men like Shiloh. It’s a very hard habit to admit, or break. Alexis says she knows. She’s been known to fall under the sway of an unworthy man or two… or ten. Harmony asks what advice she has for her well-meaning friend, and Alexis says, the same thing she failed to do – stay out of it.

Sonny says it sounds like Jax is the one who’s running away from something. Or does Jax expect him to believe he came all the way out there for Nina’s sake? Jax says he’ll admit, he’s made mistakes. He thought he was doing the right thing at the time, and drove away people he cares about. Sonny says he should learn from that, and Jax says Sonny sounds like Alexis. Sonny says, who? and Jax says, a friend. She says he’s too much of a fixer, that one person can’t save everyone. And if you try, sometimes you end up getting burned yourself. Sonny says Jax should take her advice and go home, and Jax says he would, but this isn’t just about Nina. Sonny says, then what is it about? and Jax says, you and me.

Peter says, Nina really thought she could just run away from home, forget all her troubles, all the damage she caused, and start a shiny new life with a man who wasn’t even hers to begin with. Think of it this way. Now she won’t have to face Carly, and explain why she kept Carly’s husband all to herself. He starts to laugh, and says, if she thinks about it, he’s freed her from a world of grief. And if she’s lucky, maybe there’s a little corner of hell where she and Nelle Benson can be reunited. Wouldn’t that be nice? She says, you sick, twisted, son of a bitch. You’re baby is so much better off without you in her life. He says he’s going to find his baby, but her… The phone alarm goes off, and he says, she’s running out of time. He guesses Phyllis didn’t turn out to be that good of a friend after all. He points his gun at Nina, and Phyllis runs out, saying, don’t shoot. He says she’s cutting it a bit close, and Phyllis says she forgot where the duct tape was. Peter tells Phyllis to tape Nina’s hands behind her back, and then tie her to the chair; then he’ll tie Phyllis. Nina asks how Peter is going to find his baby while he’s in prison. He should get out of there while he’s still free. She’s sure by now Valentin has alerted Anna, and he knows what that means. The WSB is on the way. He says he doesn’t think they’re going to like what they find when they get there.

Dante asks if Sam wants to hit something, and she says she’d love to. Any mention of Shiloh reminds her of his connection to Peter, and how they were conspiring to hand Drew over to Helena. He says, that’s ancient history, but she says, is it? What if Shiloh knew who Peter August used to arrange for Drew’s plane to go down? He says, even if he did, Shiloh’s dead, and she says, there is someone else. Someone who was very close to Shiloh who is still alive.

Harmony tells Alexis, while it’s her job to look after inmate’s health, she’s always thought it included emotional well-being. Alexis says she’s not dying for a drink, if that’s what Harmony is thinking, but Harmony says she thinks Alexis is lonely, and there’s no shame in that. An occasional visit from family and friends doesn’t always help. Sometimes it makes things worse. Like when her nephew came with his girlfriend. Alexis says, what about it? and Harmony says, as Alexis recalls, she had a bad feeling about Esme. Alexis says, and Harmony has such good instincts about people. Harmony says she deserved that, but she does know trouble when she sees it. Why was she so interested in Ryan? Alexis says she doesn’t know. Some people are fascinated by criminals. Harmony says, fascinated is one thing, but from what she observed, Esme seemed to be upsetting Ryan. How does Alexis explain that?

Esme says Josslyn should know, she and Spence have no secrets. Anything Josslyn can say to her boyfriend, Josslyn can say to her. Josslyn says, anything she has to tell Spencer, she’ll say to Spencer, and Spencer says, Trina told Josslyn that he was in town before he told anyone else, and used a fake name and everything. Esme says, everything? and Josslyn asks if there’s something else she should know. Spencer asks if it isn’t enough that he made Trina keep his secret? Does she think he’s proud of it? Esme says, poor Trina. She’s such a… What’s the word? Josslyn says, human being? and Esme says, that’s two words. An idealist. She’s always looking for the best in people. Spend a few years in boarding school, and you’ll never be an idealist again; you become too jaded. But Trina? She must be so disappointed in Spence. How can she help him make it better? Josslyn says, Esme can’t. If Spencer wants to make things right, start by telling his father the truth. Spencer says, or what? She’ll tell his father for him? He’s sorry he doesn’t have a perfect relationship with his dad like she does.

Jax says, he and Sonny have their own history, but Sonny says he doesn’t see how. Jax is part of Nina’s past. Sonny is her present and future. Jax says Nina isn’t the first woman they fought over. Hell, she’s not even the second. Sonny says, enough with the hints. If they fought over women in the past, that means Jax knows who he is. Jax knows his name. What’s his name? Does he have kids, does he have a family? Don’t even tell him, because everything that comes out of Jax’s mouth is a lie. Jax says he promised Nina that she could be the one to tell Sonny who he is, but he’ll tell Sonny this much, there are people who have risked their lives to hold on to what’s supposedly his. Sonny says, what’s his is there in Nixon Falls with Nina.  

Nina says she doesn’t know why Peter is going to all this trouble. He could have chartered a plane and been on his way to Mexico by now. He says, and just wave goodbye to her and Phyllis on the way? Ignore the fact they’re witnesses? He’s a fanatic about tying up loose ends. Nina says he has no time. Mike will be back. He says, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. Doesn’t she mean Sonny? Phyllis asks, who’s Sonny? and Peter says Nina didn’t tell her? He’s so sorry to disappoint her, but her friend Nina has known exactly who Mike really is all along. In fact, she knows his wife and his kids. She just chose to lie about it all this time.

Out in a hallway, Drew tells Chloe, when the guard doesn’t check in, they’ll know something’s wrong. They keep moving, and he says he’s pretty much only seen the inside of his cell; she’s had the run of the place. Where to now? She tells him, outside the door, there’s a courtyard where they park their cars, and he says, he’ll just hotwire one of them, but it will take them a minute. She says, that’s why they have the keys, holding up a car key. He asks how long she’s had it, and she says since he took the beating. He tries different keys on the guard’s ring, trying to open the door, when a guard asks where they think they’re going.    

Dante says, Sam wants to go see Willow’s mom? and she says he has a lot of catching up to do. She goes by the name of Harmony, and Shiloh hardly ever made a move without her knowing about it. Dante says, so he had something on her? and Sam says she doesn’t think it’s something, but more like some sort of attraction. Sam thinks Harmony thought he was charismatic, and that’s all he needed. Harmony would basically do anything he asked, including drugging her and Kristina to initiate them into the Dawn of Day. Dante says Sam had every reason to kill that guy, although he wishes Shiloh was still there to question about Drew. She says, they have the next best thing. She holds out her hand, he takes it, and she pulls him along.

Alexis asks Harmony how anyone can upset a sociopath like Ryan. Esme came off entitled and spoiled, but maybe she’s just a harmless teenager. Harmony laughs, and says, there’s nothing harmless about that girl. The smile, the perfect manners, they’re all a cover, so she can slip the knife in your back, and make off with your wallet. Alexis thinks Harmony has been there too long, and Harmony says, Shiloh collected Esme’s type at Dawn of Day; beautiful as butterflies, but vicious as a nest of vipers. Harmony walks over to help Greg.

Esme says Josslyn has known Spence much longer than she has. She’s sure Josslyn realizes Spence’s feeling for his family is complicated. Josslyn says, that’s one word for it. Esme says, just so Josslyn knows, she told Spence that she thought it was wrong for him to mislead her and Cameron into thinking he’d just come to town, and she was very much against him asking Trina to keep his secret. Spencer says, good to know it’s unanimous. Everyone thinks he’s a jerk. Josslyn says, what a shock, and Esme says he knows she doesn’t think that. He just needs to work on his communication skills and his trust issues. Isn’t today Josslyn’s mom’s wedding day? Shouldn’t she be focused on that? Josslyn says she can multitask, and Josslyn says, so it’s more important for Josslyn to threaten Spence’s new understanding with his father?

Phyllis asks what Peter is saying. Does she know Mike’s real identity? Peter says, shame on Nina, lying to a nice woman like Phyllis, manipulating her. Phyllis let Nina into her home, opened her door to her, and sang her praises, and Nina deceived her all this time. Nina calls him a psychotic bastard, and he says, excuse me. He’s not the one who let Mike believe he was Mr. Nobody. She knew all along he was Sonny Corinthos, a married man, with a beautiful wife, and a whole bunch of grieving children back in Port Charles. Phyllis asks, is this true? like it matters right now, and Nina says, please. Phyllis has to believe her. The man called Sonny Corinthos is gone. He drowned in the Lantano River, and a much better man named Mike took his place. Peter says, that’s rich. He reinvents himself as Peter August, and he’s sick and twisted. Nina reinvents herself, and she’s the goddess of love. Nina says he’s right. They both made a lot of mistakes, but he has a chance to turn everything around. All he has to do is go; leave them alone. He says he thinks he speaks for Phyllis when he says they’ve heard enough of her lying mouth. It’s time to shut her up. He puts duct tape over Nina’s mouth, and Phyllis says she doesn’t want to die. He says he knows. Next time, chose better friends. Scratch that. They both know there won’t be a next time.

Chloe tells the guard, help her. She found this prisoner trying to escape, and she was trying to stop him. As she’s talking, she pretends like she’s scared and goes behind the guard. The guard says, it doesn’t look like it, and Drew asks if the guard is calling Chloe a liar, and punches him. Chloe stabs the guard in the neck with a syringe, and he drops. Drew says, don’t tell him she was planning that too, and she says, sometimes you have to improvise. Help her get him out of here. They pick the guard up, and drag him off.

Alexis says, that’s the second time Harmony mentioned her nephew’s girlfriend. If Esme is trouble, why does she care? Harmony says, because Alexis isn’t the only one who’s lonely. Harmony and her daughter are estranged, for good reason, but not only is she cut out of Willow’s life, she’s cut out of her grandson’s life, which is a long way of saying, she could use a friend too. Sam comes in, and Alexis tells Harmony that she’d like to pick up this conversation, but right now she has a visitor. She hugs Sam, saying, this is a surprise. Sam says she’s happy to see Alexis too, but she’s a collateral benefit. They’re here for another reason. Dante joins her, and says they’re here for a professional visit. They want to talk to Harmony about a case they’re working on.   

Josslyn says, what happened between Spencer and his dad is his business. However, he needs to apologize to Trina, and he’s going to have to work for it. If he’s going to make Josslyn choose between him and Trina, she’s choosing Trina. It’s not even a hard call. He tells Josslyn that he tried to explain to Trina that it’s not about her; it’s about him and his father. Esme tells him, listen to Josslyn. She believes 100% that he wasn’t trying to treat Trina poorly, but he did. Be the guy she knows he is, and apologize. Acknowledge that he put Trina in an impossible situation, and it wasn’t fair of him. He says, him? He did this. All by himself. Josslyn asks if he’s saying there was someone in it with him, and looks at Esme.   

Jax says Sonny claims he loves Nina, and Sonny says, they’re not just words. He loves Nina, and she loves him. Jax says, then trust her to tell him the truth. She’s probably back at the Tan-O. They can go there together… Sonny says he’s not going anywhere with Jax. Jax asks if he doesn’t trust Nina, and Sonny says, he trusts Nina; he doesn’t trust Jax. So Jax can go, he can stay, he can do whatever he wants, but stay the hell away from Nina. Sonny stomps off.

Peter brings out a can of kerosene, totally freaking Nina and Phyllis out. He says, they thought Mike would save the day. He guesses Mike is no more heroic than Sonny. He takes a sniff of the kerosene and warns them about the fumes, telling Nina, it’s certainly no Chanel No. 5. Not to worry. He starts to pour the kerosene on the bar, and says, this will all be over in a few minutes. Nina and Phyllis struggle and try to yell, but there’s no point. Peter pours the kerosene all over the place, and says, dead women tell no tales. He tried to work with Nina, but she had to run to her Aunt Liesl. He pours the kerosene over the boxes, and says, let’s look on the bright side. He, Maxie, and their daughter will live happily ever after. And they’re taking little James with them. He can grow up with a new dad. He knocks some boxes over in front of the door, and gets on the door side. He produces a box of matches that says, Tan-O on it, which he finds amusing. He lights one, and drops it. The flames leap up, and he leaves.   

Drew hopes they can find the right car, and messes with the keys, trying to unlock the door again. An alarm goes off, and he says they must have found the guard he locked in his cell. He continues trying keys, and tells her to go take the car. He’ll hold off the guards as long as he can. She says she can’t abandon him, but he says he’ll be all right. He gets the door open, and tells her, go somewhere public, very public, where they have security cameras, like the U.S. Consulate or a luxury hotel or something. She protests, but he says, someone wants him alive for whatever reason. She’s wasting time. Go. She jets, and Drew slams and locks the door. Two guards confront him, and he rushes them, knowing it’s futile. They punch the crap out of him.

Alexis says, Sam and Dante are working on a case that involves Harmony? and Harmony says she doesn’t know what they suspect her of doing, but she’s doing her best to clean up her act. Willow has made it clear that she wants nothing to do with Harmony’s life, unless she truly changes, which is what she’s trying to do… Sam tells her, hold on. Wait. They’re not here to accuse her. They actually need her help.

Esme says, maybe she’s being too hard on Spencer. She should have made sure he told his friends that he had a serious girlfriend. She should have made sure her appearance at the party was excepted, and not a big surprise. That way, Trina would have known his situation; that he was definitely unavailable. And that way, she wouldn’t have gotten any unrealistic expectations. They’ll just have to admit they messed up, and will do better moving forward. Right, Spence? Josslyn, who’s been watching this with interest, says, okay. She’s got to go. She has to get ready for her mom’s wedding. She tells Esme, as always, a pleasure. She leaves, and Spencer thanks Esme for throwing him under the bus. As if he did all this by himself, like she wasn’t a part of him arriving in town early and in secret. As if she hasn’t been part of the stalking. She’s the one who set Ava’s car on fire, something they never even discussed. She says she’s sorry. She just didn’t think it was the right call to let Josslyn think they were in this together. Trust her. This is his chance to make things right with his father. She’s only thinking about him. Josslyn watches them while she’s waiting for the elevator.  

Phyllis and Nina trapped, and struggle to get free, with walls of fire all around them. Sonny comes up the walk, and says, what the hell? He runs inside, and yells for Nina. Things start falling, and he looks through the flames

Tomorrow, Drew asks if that’s who the big boss is, Spinelli tells Jason that he wouldn’t have it any other way, Maxie tells Britt that the odds are in someone’s favor, and Carly says they have no idea what’s coming. Truer words.

💭 So, I’m wondering if Sonny will get knocked in the head saving Nina and Phyllis, and get his memory back. I’m also thinking, Esme isn’t really from Spencer’s school, and she has something on him. He does not seem interested. Also, Jax is like a head taller than Sonny. I never really noticed before. Maybe there haven’t been the two of them alone in many scenes.

🗽 About That Reunion…

Apparently, the RHONY Reunion has been iffy, but I missed the memo. However, it’s now on.

Eboni K. Williams Shares Her Hopes For The ‘RHONY’ Reunion & Whether She’d Return For A 2nd Season
Sonja Morgan Confirms ‘RHONY’ Will Have Reunion, Talks Filming Season 14

https://screenrant.com/rhony-cast-finally-coming-together-for-in-person-reunion/

👠 Meta Fashion…

What is this party even for anyway?

The beautiful:

https://people.com/style/the-met-gala-2021-red-carpet-looks-you-must-see/

The weird:

https://mashable.com/article/met-gala-2021-fashion-kardashian

And the after party:

https://people.com/style/met-gala-2021-afterparties/

https://www.eonline.com/photos/33233/2021-met-gala-after-party-photos

Bonus: The food:

Photo of Food Served at 2021 Met Gala Goes Viral, Thanks to Host Keke Palmer: ‘The Hell Is That?’

🛸 Moon Men 2021…

The VMA winners:

https://people.com/music/2021-mtv-vmas-complete-winners-list/

Megan Fox has nowhere to go but naked next year. The only important thing:

https://parade.com/1260711/paulettecohn/mtv-vma-fashion-2021-red-carpet-photos/

📺 Coming Up…

Some shows to look forward to this fall.

https://ew.com/tv/must-watch-fall-dramas-2021/

🍁 Taking My Leave…

Tune in tomorrow for soap and the latest in the Erika saga, otherwise known as RHOBH. Until then, stay safe, stay making movement part of your day, and stay knowing that sometimes you have to improvise.

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September 10, 2021 – Nina Tells Jax That He Won, Comparison, Shah Much Trouble, the Ultimate, Kandi’s New Gig, Throwing Back, New Puppy, OctoQuotesy & Double W.K.

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Austin tells Maxie, it’s totally okay. She told him not to bother her, and he won’t anymore. She says, it’s no bother. She was wondering if he’d like to attend the wedding of the century. By that, of course (🍷) she means the wedding between Carly Corinthos and Jason Morgan. Actually, she’s planning most of it, and it is coming out really nice if she does say so herself. He says, weddings just aren’t his thing, and she asks if he’s sure. He could be her plus one. Curtis comes in carrying Jordan, and says they need some help. Austin springs into action and calls for a gurney. Curtis puts Jordan on it, and Austin asks, what happened? Curtis tells him that Jordan got locked in a basement with a gas leak. Austin asks if Jordan can hear him, but there’s no response. He tells the nurse to take her to the ER, and follows. Maxie asks if Portia is okay, and Portia sits down. She coughs a little, and asks Brook to go to the desk an tell the attendant she was exposed to a gas leak. Brook says she’s on it, and Maxie asks if there’s anyone she can call, but Portia says, no. She doesn’t want her daughter to worry. Maxie says, speaking as someone’s daughter, she’d want to know what’s going on.

Gladys joins Brando and Sasha at a table in the MetroCourt, and apologizes for being late. She walked straight into the paint cans he had in the hall. She has a bruise on her leg that’s going to be there for days,. That’s going to look great for Carly and Jason’s wedding. Brando says they were going to discuss that with her, but Gladys ignores him, asking him to put the box with the changing table in his room. Every time she walks in her room, it’s in the way. He says, the baby takes top priority. He’s trying to get the nursery ready. She asks if that’s why he invited her to lunch; to find out when she’s getting her own apartment, and he says, Sasha’s about to have the baby, and he needs her room. Gladys says she already told him, the baby can share his room. It’ll be too young to appreciate some fancy nursery. Besides, she doesn’t want Brando to be by his lonesome in the apartment. He says he’s not going to be lonely when Sasha decides to move in with him.

Nina says, Carly and Jason are getting married tonight? and Jax says, they want to present a united front to their business associates. She asks if he doesn’t see. If they get married, everything’s going to be okay. Because there’s not going to be a hole for Sonny to fill. There will be no life waiting for him. If Carly and Jason get married, then Sonny can stay dead. She and Mike can have a future. All he has to do is walk away. Please. She’s begging him.

Phyllis finds Sonny, and says it looks like they had the same idea. He needs peace and quiet as much as she does. He asks if she’s seen Nina, and she says, no, why? Is everything all right? What happened? He laughs, and says, for one thing, he told Nina that he loves her. Phyllis smiles and says, ooh, and they both laugh.

Ms. Woo and Mr. Novak meet Mr. Buscema at the docks. Novak asks what they’re doing there, and Buscema says, the plan is set, unless something’s changed. Woo says, they agreed. The best time to hit the warehouse is tonight, while Ms. Corinthos and Mr. Morgan are distracted by the wedding. Buscema says, the plans haven’t changed, but he has a message from Cyrus Renault.

Carly and Jason kiss, but it’s one of those soap kisses where he’s really kissing her upper lip. She says she wouldn’t mind doing that again. Maybe not, but I don’t want to see it again.

Portia lies on an examining table, wearing an oxygen mask. She takes it off, and asks, how’s Jordan? Deanna says, mask back on, please, and Portia says, in a minute. Deanna says, doctors always make the worst patients, and Portia says, while she was in that basement with Jordan, she performed chest compression, and monitored her breathing all the way to the hospital. It would really help her to know Jordan’s condition. Deanna tells her to put the mask back on, and she’ll check. Deal? Portia says, okay.

Maxie thanks Brook for the coffee, but doesn’t think it’s going to calm her down. Brook says, it’s not about calming her down. It’s about being alert while they wait. Maxie says, they’re not family. The hospital isn’t going to give them any information on Jordan’s or Portia’s conditions. Brook says, she’s concerned about them, but they’re waiting for Austin. Maxie was just about to invite him to Jason and Carly’s wedding.

Austin comes out from Jordan’s cubicle, and Curtis asks how she is. Austin says, they’re treating her with pure oxygen to get the levels in her blood back up. Curtis asks how long it will take, but Austin tells him, it’s hard to say. It varies from patient to patient. They’re waiting to get her bloodwork back to find out how much carbon dioxide is still in her system. Curtis says he’d like to see her, and Austin says he’s sure Curtis would, but he can’t allow that. He’s sorry. From his understanding, Curtis and Jordan are divorced, and it’s family only. Curtis says Austin understood wrong. They’re not divorced; he’s still her husband. Austin says, mazel tov. Go ahead.

Curtis goes in to see Jordan, and tells her, the doctor says she’s doing great. He sits down, and takes her hand. He says her heartbeat is steady. He just needs her to wake up. He kisses her hand, looks up, and says, please.

Phyllis hugs Sonny, and says, that’s wonderful news. How did Nina respond? Did she say she loves him back? Sonny says, she did, and Phyllis says, just as she predicted. He says, she predicted this? and she says, not to him and Nina. She wanted them to figure it out for themselves, but now that they have, why isn’t he with her? He says, because her friend Jax is back. He’s talking a lot, and it’s not good. She says, that man never takes no for an answer. She can’t tell him how many times she and Nina have told him to back off. He says, so has he, but now Nina wants him to back off to talk to Jax in private. She asks if they’re at the Tan-O, and he nods. She starts to walk away, and he says, no one wants to go back to the Tan-O more than he does, but Nina told him that she wants to talk to Jax alone, so he’s going to respect her wishes – for now.

Jax asks if Nina hears herself. Sonny can stay dead? He’s not dead. He was just here. Jax was talking to him. Please don’t tell him that Sonny is some made up person named Mike. Nina says, Mike’s not made up, and he’s nothing like Sonny. Jax says he was pretty quick to threaten him. He told Jax to leave before he got shot again. That sounds like the old Sonny he’s always known. She says, he didn’t mean anything. Mike is just protective of the people he loves. Jax says, stop calling him Mike, and she says, Mike is free from the mob. Mike is free from the violence that’s followed Sonny his whole life. And Mike isn’t grieving a son who was killed. He isn’t focused on revenge, power, and greed. Mike can be the good man inside that he always has been. Jax says Mike gave Nina what he could – honesty – and she’s paying back his honesty with lies.

Jason tells Carly, if they get married, it’s going to be real; she doesn’t have to worry. She says, and they can stay best friends, figure out how to be husband and wife, fall in love and all that stuff. That’s scary. He says he knows, and she says she’s looking forward to it. He says, him too, and she asks if this is happening. He says, does she need to hear it? and she says she does. He says, Carly, will you marry me? and she says, with all her heart, and they hug.

Maxie tells Brook, while they’re waiting, tell her about Louise… She means, Bailey. Starting from when she woke up this morning. Was she smiling, hungry, fussy? She wants to know everything.

TJ goes in to see Portia, and asks if she’s okay. What happened? She says she’ll be fine, but his mom was with her, and she’s been injured.

Curtis asks Jordan to open her eyes. She’s nothing if not a survivor. She’s beat the odds so many times, he needs her to beat them again. He needs her to wake up, smile at him, and tell him, she’s got this. Austin says Jordan’s blood results are back, and asks to talk to him outside. Curtis goes out with him, and says Austin’s doctor face tells him the news isn’t good. Austin says, the normal level of carbon dioxide in an adult who doesn’t smoke is less than 2%. Curtis says, and Jordan’s? and Austin says, her level is 58%. Curtis says, that doesn’t sound good, and Austin says, they’re going to do everything they can. They’re going to get her levels down quickly, and if that doesn’t work, they’ll put her in a hyperbaric chamber, because if they don’t do that, they could lose her. Curtis says, she can’t die.

Nina tells Jax, Mike is happy here. Mike has found peace with himself in a way Sonny never has. He asks if she remembers how happy she was when she found out Sasha was her daughter. She was so happy to have her child in her life; they were the perfect mother/daughter match. But did her happiness justify Valentin’s actions? She was torn apart when she found out the truth, but she wasn’t interested in Valentin’s good intentions. She only cared that he manipulated her and lied to her; told her what she could and couldn’t know about her own life. Is that what she wants for Sonny? She says, of course (🍷) not. She can’t bear to see the pain in his eyes. He says, but she will. That’s inevitable. She starts to cry, and he says, eventually, Sonny is going to find out the truth about who he really is. She says she can’t lose Mike; she won’t. He says she won’t lose Mike, because he doesn’t exist. He never has.

Gladys says, Brando and Sasha hardly know each other. Why would they want to move in together? Sasha says, what better way to get to know each other? and Brando says, they’re having a baby. It makes sense to keep the family together. Gladys says she’s family, and he’s not thinking twice about kicking her out, and Sasha says, maybe Gladys’s new friend Vincent Novak can help her find a place. Gladys says, maybe he will. Vincent at least knows how to treat a lady right. Brando asks if she didn’t learn anything with her involvement with Cyrus, and Gladys says, her involvement with Mr. Renault was a business transaction. Vincent doesn’t want anything from her except the pleasure of her company, and she’s not discussing this with him anymore. Know what else she’s not discussing? Moving out. It’s not like he’s even there most of the time. Sasha says, Brando’s been busy with his side gigs, and Gladys says, side gigs? Why does he need extra work? The garage is doing just fine, isn’t it? He says he needs to save up some money for the baby, so he needs extra cash, and Sasha says, Brando has some amazing hidden talents. Her son is quite the entertainer. Gladys asks what that’s supposed to mean, and Brando says he’s a stripper. Gladys chokes on her drink.

Novak says, Mr. Renault wants to remain in control, calling the shots, even from prison. Woo says, at least they know he’s contained. They don’t have to worry about the threat his operation once posed to their own. Novak says, once they get rid of Jason and Carly, Port Charles will finally be open to them. They can split it three ways, and operate as they see fit. Buscema says they only have one chance to bring down the Corinthos organization, and Novak says, tonight, when the heads of the Five Families rigatoni with vodka sauce are at the wedding, they’ll make their move.

Sonny looks at his phone, and Phyllis says, any word from Nina? He says he’s afraid not. If he doesn’t hear from her soon, he’s going over to the Tan-O, and make sure she’s okay. Phyllis says, good. That Mr. Jax is way too pushy for her taste. He says Nina said she could handle him, and she says she’s sure Nina can, but only to a point. He’ll try to wear Nina down, and draw on their history together. She knows Nina has conflicting feelings where he’s concerned, and she’s worried Mr. Jax could undermine her belief and the life she’s made for herself. She asks how long he’s going to wait, and he looks at his empty wrist. She asks where his watch is, and he flashes back to throwing it in the water. He says he decided to let it go, let the past go, and concentrate on the future with Nina.

Carly says she needs to text Josslyn, and tell her she’s sorry for taking off, but Jason says he already texted that he found Carly. Carly says Josslyn called him when she realized Carly wasn’t home? but Jason says, actually, he stopped by to pick up his suit. She says, his suit was at the house; their house. She knows he’s been staying there for months, but staying there is very different from living there. He says, there’s a big difference, and she says, this is creepy. It’s just hitting her. They’re getting married. She was so caught up in the politics, and the Five Families caprese salad mix, and wondering if she could go through with it, but this is happening. It’s real. Today’s their wedding day.

Austin tells Curtis, in this moment, it’s his duty as a physician to inform him of the worst case scenario. He has every right to know what kind of jeopardy Jordan is in, but he doesn’t believe there’s any medical value in guesswork or trying to predict an outcome. He does believe there’s incredible medical significance in someone who cares about the patient – like him – hoping for the best. So let’s just do that. TJ comes running up, and asks, how’s his mom? Austin says he and Curtis were just discussing her condition. His mom has severe carbon monoxide poisoning. TJ says, she’s only got one kidney. Is she in danger of renal failure? Austin says, it’s a possibility her renal function has been compromised, but they’re monitoring it. Curtis tells TJ to go see his mom, and TJ goes in to see Jordan. Austin says he’s going for a consult with a nephrologist. He’ll be paged if there are any changes.

Brook tells Maxie, Bailey/Louise goes right to sleep. Then wakes up about an hour later, fussing. She and Valentin find it hard not to go in. Maxie says, they just let her cry? but Brook says, absolutely not, but if she wakes up, and she’s not crying, just making noises for attention, they try to wait it out and see if she’ll fall asleep on her own. Maxie says, no. She’s too young for self-soothing. When James was that age, she let him fall asleep in her arms. Brook tells her, experts say, it’s really important to get a child into a routine, and Maxie says, she knows routines are important. She has two other children. Brook asks if Maxie is implying she’s a bad mom.

Gladys coughs for a while, and says, a stripper? Sasha says, he’s really good. Everyone at Carly’s bachelorette party was thrilled. He was very entertaining. Gladys says, he stripped for Carly? and Sasha says, she was very appreciative. Gladys says, of course (🍷). Of course (🍷) she’s the type to hire a stripper. She has no class at all. Brando says, actually, Olivia Quartermaine hired him, and Gladys says, that’s beside the point. He could do anything; why this? He says, he’s at the garage all day. He needs night and weekend gigs, and there aren’t many of those that pay well. Stripping does. Gladys says, what about Miss Face of Deception? Can’t she cough up the cash?

Sonny tells Phyllis that he’s tired of thinking about a past he can’t remember, and she says, that’s quite a gesture. He says, what is a watch compared to the woman he loves, and who loves him? She says, his watch was from his past, and he wants to show Nina that he’s ready to move forward with her. He says he’s got everything he needs right there with Nina, and Phyllis puts her arm around him, saying, she’s so glad her two favorite people found each other. Sonny says, come hell or high water, he’s not letting Nina go.

Nina says Jax doesn’t understand. Mike brought her back to life. When she lost her daughter and lost him, she was so upset and heartbroken, and Mike changed all that. The love they share is real. Jax says, then it should survive the truth. If Nina really thinks Sonny will chose her over his old life, at least give him the information he needs to make that choice. She says, but it won’t be a choice. The instant people know Sonny is alive, Mike will be trapped in that world again. Jax says, because that is his world. Sonny chose it over and over. He made himself kingpin. He was ruthless and ambitious, and he got exactly what he wanted. He’s not going to stand by and let Carly marry Jason, so she can manage his territory, when he’s alive and can manage it himself. She says, of course (🍷). This isn’t about Sonny, and this certainly isn’t about her. It’s about Carly.

Carly tells Jason, just to be clear, she’s still committed to the business aspect, and putting on a show for the Five Families panettone, but like he said, the wedding is about them. Jason says, it will be, and she says, they should celebrate. He says, trust him. Maxie will make sure they celebrate. She says, not Maxie’s celebration; their celebration. Right here at Jake’s, where it all began. He says, Jake’s is gone, and she says, it’s where they first met; where they had their first dance. She knows there’s no pool table or bar. He says, and there’s no music; he doesn’t hear any music either. She says she can hear music. He can just follow her lead. He says they’re going to dance at the reception, but she says, that’s a show for everybody else. This is just for them. She puts her arms around him, and sways back and forth. This is really stupid. She says she thinks he likes dancing, and he says he does not like to dance, but he can’t say no to her. She leans in for another kiss, but his phone rings. It’s Tony, and he asks, what is it?… What’s wrong with her?… Okay. Thanks. He tells Carly that one of their people saw Jordan being brought into General Hospital. It looks like she was attacked. She asks if he thinks Cyrus was involved, but he doesn’t know. He suggests they go find out.

Nina says she’s such an idiot. She should have known this is all about Carly for Jax. He says, that’s not true. He knows she’s scared because she knows her happiness with Sonny can’t last. Even if he kept Sonny’s identity a secret, eventually, he’s going to remember. She says he doesn’t know that; no one does. He says he understands if she wants to ignore Carly’s feelings, but she can’t ignore Sonny’s kids. His kids are in Port Charles grieving their father. Donna and Avery are small children, and deserve their dad in their lives. She says, doesn’t he think she knows that? and he says, remember what it felt like to have Wiley back in her life? That’s Sonny’s grandson. Doesn’t he have the right to know Sonny, and doesn’t Sonny – not Mike, Sonny – have the right to know Wiley?   

Brando says, Sasha’s finances are none of Gladys’s business, and Sasha says, they intend to co-parent, and split the cost down the middle. Gladys says, and Sasha thinks that’s fair? Her son is taking his pants off, when she makes more than enough dough to keep her grandson in designer onesies. Brando says, no one asked for her opinion. It’s their baby, and they’re going to make decisions on what’s important to them. Mr. Novak comes by the table, and says, Gladys. What a pleasant surprise. She’s looking lovely, as always. She says, that’s so sweet. Just wait until he sees what she’s wearing to Carly and Jason’s wedding. Novak says, just remember, it’s bad form to overshadow the bride.

TJ tells Jordan, here they are again. Like when she was waiting on a kidney transplant. She pulled through then, and she’ll pull through now, right? Who else is going to make sure he puts his head on right? And he’s not above playing the guilt card, because she knows how much he loves her, and how destroyed he’d be if she left. So she can’t stay there. Just… stay.

Maxie says, she could not stand by if her infant was upset, but Brook says, she’s not just sitting there, filing her nails. She just thinks it’s better to let the baby fall asleep on her own if she can. Maxie asks if it’s easier for Brook to ignore Bailey because she’s not Bailey’s own mother, but Brook says, she doesn’t ignore Bailey. And as long as Peter is still out there, and is a threat to Maxie and her baby, she is Bailey Lois’s mother. And she’ll parent Bailey the best way she can.

Carly and Jason walk into the hospital, and Carly sees Portia. She tells Portia, they heard Jordan was brought to the ER. What happened? Portia says she was with Jordan. They were trapped in a basement with a gas leak. If Curtis hadn’t found them, they would have died. Jason asks if they know who’s behind it.

Curtis asks Austin what the nephrologist thought, and Austin says, if Jordan’s kidney function doesn’t improve, they’ll put her on dialysis. Curtis goes in to see Jordan, and TJ gets up. Curtis says he doesn’t have to go, but TJ says, he’ll be right back. Curtis goes over to Jordan, and asks if she’s really going to keep all the people who love her worried.

TJ calls Shawn, and says he’s in the ER. His mom’s there. They brought her in because she had carbon monoxide poisoning. It’s bad for anyone, but having one kidney makes it worse… Thanks. He hangs up.

Curtis says, even though he and Jordan couldn’t be together anymore, he never stopped loving her. He couldn’t if tried.

Sonny laughs, and asks Phyllis, what? She says, nothing. She just loves seeing him so happy. He says he has to give Nina the credit, and Phyllis says she’ll be sure to thank Nina. Not to meddle, but doesn’t he think it’s time he made sure Nina is okay? He says, Jax should be getting home by now. He’ll see Phyllis later. He leaves, but his phone is still on the bench.  

Nina tells Jax, congratulations; you won. She can’t think of anything that would justify keeping Sonny away from his kids, and denying Avery and Donna and Wiley the chance to know him. So Mike is going to find out the truth, that he has a whole other world she was keeping from him. He has people who love him, who are waiting for him. Their life there in Nixon Falls, their time together, was just an illusion. Jax says he’s sorry; he really is. If she thinks he did this to hurt her, she couldn’t be more wrong. She says, do her a favor. Let her tell him in private. If he has any feelings left for her, give her this. He nods, and says, here’s her chance. We hear the door. 

Portia tells Carly and Jason, there was a body in the basement. They believe it to be a man named Roger Barstow. She and Curtis went there to speak with him, and Jordan was there on a different case. Carly asks if it has anything to do with Cyrus, and Portia says she thought Cyrus was in prison. Jason says, that doesn’t mean he’s powerless, and Portia says, this Barstow was an employee of a medical clinic by the name of Creighton-Clark. Carly and Jason look at each other.  

Brook says, it was Maxie’s decision to give Brook her daughter, and let Brook pretend she’s hers and Valentin’s. But she should know, Brook loves Bailey, and will always do what’s best for her. Maxie says she knows Brook is doing the best she can, but Brook’s not her mother; Maxie is. She should be making decisions about Bailey’s care. Brook asks if Maxie thinks it’s time she claimed Bailey as her own. 

Shawn arrives at the hospital, and TJ thanks him for coming. Shawn thanks TJ for calling him. Does he know what happened? TJ says, not really. Someone told him that his mother and Portia were being treated there because they were in some accident. Shawn says, Portia’s here? and TJ says, Portia told him that she and Curtis were going to question some guy. Then his mom showed up, and he doesn’t know how it happened, but his mom took a blow to the head; she’s got a concussion. Of course (🍷) they’re monitoring that, but the real problem is carbon monoxide poisoning. Does Shawn think it’s connected to the work he was doing with TJ’s mom? Shawn says, it has to be. TJ’s mom was going to question a man named Roger Barstow who had a possible connection to Naomie Dreyfuss. He has no idea how Curtis and Portia got involved. TJ says, it’s a good thing they did. He thinks they saved his mom’s life.  

Curtis tells Jordan not to break his heart again, or TJ’s. She still has so many great things to do in this world. He knows how she hates leaving Anything unfinished. So fight as hard as he knows she can.

Nina and Jax leave the Tan-O, and Nina says, please. Let her be the one to tell him. Jax says, okay. She gets to tell Sonny about his past on her own terms, but he’s not leaving Nixon Falls until he knows she told him. She says she’s not going back on her word, she just needs to do it in her own way. He says, yes, but she needs to do it right now. She says, give her some space, please, and she’ll do it, and he leaves.

Maxie tells Brook, she’s not sure it’s safe yet. Maybe they should… Austin approaches, and Brook says she just remembered, she needs to check in with Yuri. She doesn’t want him searching the hospital for her. Maxie asks how Jordan is, but Austin says, that’s confidential. She says, right; family only. Maybe they could go back to the question she was asking before they got interrupted. Will he go to Jason and Carly’s wedding with her? Brook listens from around the corner, and he says, is that an actual question? Maxie says, why wouldn’t it be? and he says she made it clear that seeing him was a painful reminder of her losing Louise. He doesn’t understand why she’d want to attend a wedding with him.

Gladys tells Mr. Novak, this is her son Brando, and his… Sasha Gilmore. He says it’s a pleasure to meet them, and Glady’s invites him to join them. Brando says, unfortunately, he and Sasha can’t stay, and Sasha says, they have an appointment. Novak says, of course (🍷). Another time. Brando quietly tells Gladys, be careful, and he and Sasha leave. Novak wonders if Gladys’s son has a problem with him, and she says, Brando has a short fuse these days. He’s been working hard to support his baby-to-be. He deserves better. Novak says, circumstances can always change, and she asks, how so? He says, stick with me, doll, and good things will come to you and your family.

Portia asks if Jason and Carly think she and Trina are still in danger from Cyrus. Jason says he doubts it, but if he hears something, he’ll let her know. Portia thanks him, says she’s going to check on Jordan, and leaves. Carly says, how random that they’re investigating a guy with ties to Creighton-Clark. Drew was there at one time. He says he heard, and she wonders what that investigation is about. He says they have their own things to focus on right now, when her phone dings. She says, it’s Josslyn, letting them know that they’re now officially late. He says, then they should get going, and she says, see him at the altar. She leaves, and Jason’s phone rings. He says, yeah… He’s listening.

TJ tells Shawn that he let his supervisor know there was a family emergency, so another doctor is taking over rounds for him. Shawn says his mom is tough; she can get through this. TJ says, that’s what he tells himself, but still… Shawn hugs him, and Portia watches. She goes in to Jordan’s cubicle, but stops when she sees Curtis is there.

Curtis cries, saying, Jordan’s family needs her. He needs her. The way he sees it, she has no choice; she’s got to come back to them. She moves a finger, then opens her eyes. He kisses her hand. Portia watches them.   

Nina comes back into the Tan-O, and looks at the picture of her and Mike/Sonny on her phone. She makes a call, and Phyllis says, Nina? Nina asks if Mike is there, and Phyllis says, no. He accidently left his phone, but he’s on his way to the Tan-O. Is everything all right? Nina says, everything is fine. She hears the door open, and says, never mind. He’s here now. They’ll talk soon. She turns around, but it’s Peter.

I’d actually forgotten all about him. I guess St. Lucia didn’t pan out too well…  

On Monday, Trina tells Josslyn that Spencer lied about something else, Maxie asks Brook if ELQ is worth all the devastation, and Peter wonders how best to handle Nina.

👠 Anything You Can Do…

I honestly don’t know whose troubles are worse, and I dislike both of them equally.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/03/jen-shah-compares-her-and-erika-jaynes-legal-problems/

👮🏽‍♂️ Here’s Shah More…

One Wife’s opinion.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/10/whitney-rose-calls-jen-shah-fakest-in-rhoslc-cast/

The arrest.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/08/jen-shah-arrested-in-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-clip/

🍲 Recipe For Disaster…

Someone at Bravo said, I have an idea…

https://ew.com/tv/real-housewives-ultimate-girls-trip-cast-photo-peacock/

And the Biggest Drama Queen goes to…

https://www.eonline.com/news/1301748/melissa-gorga-reveals-which-real-housewife-caused-the-most-drama-on-ultimate-girls-trip

🎭 Broadway Kandi…

Kandi brings her talent as a producer to the stage.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/09/kandi-burruss-making-her-broadway-debut-as-a-producer/
Kandi Burruss Joins ‘Thoughts Of A Colored Man’ Broadway Producing Team

💥 Blasts From the Past…

Some fun 90s throwback pics of reality stars.

https://www.essence.com/articles/90s-reality-tv-throwbacks/

🐕 No More Agonized Sighs…

Griff has a new best friend. Who doesn’t love a puppy?

Matt Cohen’s New Puppy Is the Cutest!

🐙 Quotes of the Week

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les Brown

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. – John Muir

A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. – Maya Angelou

If you fall, make it part of the dance. – LuAnn de Lesseps

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. – Ruth Gordon

Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world. – Amit Ray

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. – Albert Einstein

October 2021
Never Forgetting

🔌 Unplugging…

Whether a respite from work or just two more days coming up, do something that brings you, if not joy, at least a modicum of curiosity and novelty. See you when the Dead are walking. Until then, stay safe, stay appreciating the small things, and stay remembering that it’s bad form to overshadow the bride.

Sep10

September 9, 2021 – Jax Confronts Nina, Listing Quickie, Quite a Dame, Neff House, Wedding Photo, New Move, Only Friend, Dancing Cast & Wedding

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Portia sits at the bottom of the basement steps with Jordan’s head in her lap. She says Jordan isn’t the only one with secrets. She has one too. Trina doesn’t know the truth about her father; who he really is. Portia knows she waited way too long to tell her. She says she’s not going to leave Trina, and lies Jordan gently on the floor. She runs up the steps.

At the hospital, Maxie asks Brook why they’re still waiting; her appointment is over. What’s the point of sticking around? Brook points at Austin, and says, that, right there. Maxie is going to follow him. Go. Maxie asks why she’s following him, and what does she do if he sees her. Brook says, say something nice, something to cover. Maxie asks if Brook is trying to set her up with Austin.

Jason finds Carly at the renovation site, and asks if she’s thinking about Jake’s. She says, Jake’s, that time in their lives… Sorry she took off. He says Spinelli tracked her phone and he found out where she was hiding. She says she wasn’t hiding, just nostalgic. She’s not sure if that even describes this feeling. He asks, what’s going on? and she says, it started the other night at the pool (🍷). They were dancing, and it was like she was right back there, at Jake’s, dancing with him, feeling everything she used to feel, and it scared her.

Sonny asks who Jax thinks he is, coming there and talking about the truth. He lied to Nina. He betrayed Nina. This is the truth; their truth. It’s all they need to know. Jax says what Nina is doing is wrong, and Sonny asks what he thinks Nina is doing. Jax says, doesn’t he get it by now? He’s not Mike, and Nina knows it.

Maxie says when Brook offered to come with her to her postpartum appointment, she thought, wow, she’s being a good friend, but as usual, she has an ulterior motive. Brook says, of course (🍷) she does; she’s a Quartermaine. And this was a doctor’s appointment, not a night out on the town. Maxie says she gets Brook’s point, and Brook says now that they know Maxie has a clean bill of health, Maxie has to go spend some time with Austin. Maxie says, no, she doesn’t, and Brook says she doesn’t understand what the problem is. Maxie says, yes, she does, and Brook says, Austin delivered Maxie’s baby in the woods, and was in the woods with them the night Maxie gave Brook her daughter to protect her from Peter. Maxie says, which is exactly what they don’t want him to remember, so quit pushing her in his direction. Brook says he might be a good distraction for Maxie; lift her spirits a little bit. Maxie says her spirits are fine, but Brook says they’re not. And spending time with a guy who thinks she’s charming might be the perfect little pick-me-up.

Portia bangs on the basement door, and screams for help. She begs Jordan to keep breathing. Someone will hear. They’re not going to die down there. She yells, somebody! Please!

Maxie says, first of all, she’s so not ready for another man in her life, and if she was, it so wouldn’t be Austin. She’s had to listen to Brook go on and on and on about Austin’s claims on ELQ. How he could possibly back Valentin, and prevent her father from becoming CEO again… Ooh, that’s it, isn’t it? Brook said she had an ace in the hole when it came to Austin. She was talking about Maxie, wasn’t she? Oh my God. Ned comes by, and asks how long Brook has been there. Maxie says, too long, and Ned asks if Brook has seen Leo. He needs to find him.

Jax says, Sonny doesn’t want to know his real name? and Sonny says, he told Jax; this is his life now, and he doesn’t want anything to interfere with that. Jax says, so he doesn’t care that he has a whole family out there who loves and misses him? Sonny says he thought about it, and he could have been digging a little deeper, but he hasn’t. Jax asks why he didn’t, and Sonny says, that family Jax mentioned, who love and miss him so much, where are they? Why haven’t they come looking for him? Jax says he doesn’t know, and asks Nina why she thinks Sonny’s family hasn’t come looking for him. Sonny says Jax has no business butting into their business. Jax lied to Nina. He chose his ex-wife over her, and has no right to come there and accuse her of anything. Jax says, Sonny has no idea? and Sonny says, he might not know who he was, but he knows who he is now. And he knows Nina, and she’s been nothing but good to him. She’s his life. Nina asks Jax to just leave them alone. Please. Can he just do this one last thing for her? Jax says he’s sorry, he can’t, and Nina tells Sonny that she needs to talk to Jax alone.

Jason says, ever since he and Carly started talking about the wedding, even before they actually decided, it’s like she’s been in this fight with herself. Carly says, because she has been. She knows why they should get married. She knows it’s the best way to keep the family safe. It’s great from a business standpoint, but is it what Sonny would have wanted? Jason says, Sonny’s gone. He misses Sonny every day, but this is about them. They’re the ones getting married. If that’s still what they want. She asks if he’s backing out, but he says, no. He’s just saying they do have the option to call it off. She says, what about the Five Families baked baccala? and he says, there will be a huge fallout. It won’t be good, but he’ll deal with it. The business is important, but who they are to each other is more important.

Sonny says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea to leave Nina alone with Jax, but she says, she’s fine. He asks if she’s sure, because when he came in there, she seemed pretty upset. Maybe Jax is the one who should go, before he gets shot again. Jax says he’s still the same person he was before, and Sonny asks why he says that like it’s a good thing. Nina tells Sonny, stop. This isn’t him. This isn’t the man she’s come to know and love. He says, now she’s going to use the L-word to soften him up. She asks if it’s working, and he says, maybe a little bit. She says she’ll straighten it out. She’ll get Jax to understand how much they mean to each other. He says he’ll be in the back, but she says, he can’t be there. Let her work it out. Trust her. Sonny says he trusts her with his life, but he doesn’t know what Jax is capable of. Nina looks at Jax, and says, Jax wants what’s best for her, right? and Sonny asks if she means Jax wants what he thinks is best for her. Nina says that’s her point. She’s going to help him understand that they get to choose what’s best for them, and she can’t do that if she’s worried he’s going to bust in there any second and rescue her. Sonny says he knows she’s perfectly capable of rescuing herself, since she rescued him. He walks up to Jax, and says, if he does anything to Nina, Jax is going to have to answer to him. Jax says he had a feeling Sonny was going to say that, and Sonny says, trust that feeling. He leaves, and Jax asks how long Nina has been keeping Sonny from his family.

Curtis goes back into the house, and calls for Jordan. Portia starts yelling again, and he opens the basement door. He sees Jordan at the bottom of the stairs, and runs down. Portia says Jordan has a head wound; he’s going to have to carry her. Be careful; there’s a gas leak. He asks if Portia is going to be okay, and she says she’s going outside. Just hurry.

Maxie tells Ned to breathe. It’s going to be okay. They’ll find him. Ned says, it’s a big hospital; he could be anywhere. Brook says she just spoke to hospital security, and they’re all over finding Leo. Ned thanks her, and says he turned his back for ten, fifteen seconds, to talk to the pediatrician, and when he turned around, Leo was gone. Maxie says, kids do that. She thinks Georgie can teleport. Brook says, with Spinelli as a dad, she’s not surprised, and Maxie says, Leo is going to be fine. Ned says he hopes she’s right. He’s going to call Olivia.

Austin walks into an examining room to find Leo playing with his fidget spinner. Leo says he likes this, and Austin says he thought Leo might. He was so brave when he was there to get his tetanus shot. How’s his finger? Leo says, good, and Austin says Leo isn’t scheduled to visit him today. Does his mom know he’s there? Leo shakes his head, and Austin says, what about his stepdad? Leo says, nope.

Nina says she came to Nixon Falls because she wanted to see her friend Phyllis, and Jax says he knows. She says, please don’t interrupt her. He wants to know what happened, right? She’s trying hard to tell him. He says, go ahead, and she says she was really hurt and heartbroken when she found out what he and Carly did to her, that they hid the identity of her daughter. She’s really sorry she made a scene at Sonny’s funeral, and she’s really sorry she confused Wiley. He says, speaking of Wiley… and she says he doesn’t have to tell her that Wiley is Sonny’s grandchild; she already knows that. He says, but somehow she’s justified keeping him from Sonny. She says she came to Nixon Falls to be with Phyllis because Phyllis cares for her. Phyllis doesn’t judge her. She saw Phyllis, and was on her way out of town, and ran into Sonny. She couldn’t believe it, just like Jax right now. She couldn’t believe it, and then after talking to Sonny, she realized he’d lost his memory, and the only clue to his identity was his watch that he still wears. It said, To Mike, Never enough time, Love, A. Now he calls himself Mike. Jax says, his watch, and his father’s name. When she realized Sonny was alive, why didn’t she tell Carly?   

Carly tells Jason not to put himself in an impossible situation just to make things easier for her. He says, why wouldn’t he? Look at where they’re standing. It’s Jake’s, where it all began. She was the first friend he made on his own, who knew nothing about who he was before the accident. She always talks about what he does for her. Why don’t they talk about what she does for him? She accepted him, and believed in him. She fought for him. She says she sure did that, and he says he doesn’t know who he’d be if he hadn’t met her. He’s just lucky he did. He trusts her; he trusts her instincts. If she thinks they shouldn’t get married, then they shouldn’t do it.

Curtis brings Jordan outside, and lies her down on the porch, saying, come back. Portia checks Jordan’s pulse.  

A security guy tells Ned that they haven’t been able to locate Leo yet, but they’re actively looking. Ned wonders if they should bring in the police, when Austin comes in with Leo. He says he thinks they might be looking for something, and Leo runs to Ned and hugs him. Ned says, they’ve been looking all over for him, and Austin found him. Austin says, actually, Leo found him. Leo was waiting for him in the examining room where he got his tetanus shot because he wanted to tell Austin how much he liked his fidget spinner. Ned asks why Leo didn’t tell him that he was going over there, and Leo says, because he wanted to see Dr. Austin.

Nina tells Jax, she did call Carly, the second she found out what was happening to Sonny. She tried to tell Carly, but before she could get one word in, Carly lit into her. She said if Nina sued for any rights to see Wiley, she’d dredge up every horrible thing Nina had ever done in her life. She was relentless, and kept pounding the hammer on Nina’s coffin over and over, until Nina couldn’t take it anymore. She starts to cry, and says she knew it was wrong. She knew she should have told Carly, but in that moment, she couldn’t bring herself to even care. He says, let him get this straight; she kept quiet out of revenge? She says, no… yes… no… Maybe in the moment she did. he says, what about other moments, like when he came to visit her, or when she went back to Port Charles when he arranged for her to visit Wiley? How could she just stand there, holding Wiley, when she knew she was keeping Sonny from his entire family? They were still grieving him. How could she do that for all those months?

Carly says it doesn’t feel wrong to marry Jason. She knows he’ll treat her with respect. She knows he’ll be great with the kids, and would never lie to her. It’s not a question of him being a good husband; he’ll be a great husband. The problem is Jake’s. She fell in love with him back then, and realized that she could fall in love with him all over again.

Sonny sits on a bench near the water, and flashes back to Jax saying he has a whole family who love and miss him. He says, the family Jax mentioned, where are they? Why haven’t they come looking for him? Jax says, doesn’t he get it? He’s not Mike and Nina knows it. Sonny looks at his watch.

Nina tells Jax that she tried to come clean with Carly. She thought about coming clean when she went to Port Charles. He asks why she didn’t, and she says, because when she was visiting Wiley, Carly showed up again. Then all of a sudden, her visitation is over. It’s Wiley’s bedtime, and it’s enough with playing with Grandma Nina. She thought, back in Nixon Falls, there’s this a lovely man waiting for her. He says, Sonny, but she says, Mike. He says, they’re the same person, but she says, they’re not. Sonny is a ruthless mob boss. Mike is a simple guy who wants what he has there, a simple life with his friends Phyllis and Lenny. He says, and her? She says, and her, and he asks if she’s told Sonny that she knows who he is; that the answers he seeks are right in front of him? Here’s where Jax is wrong though; Sonny isn’t seeking them. She says, no, and he asks, why not? She says she thought about it a lot of times, but knew if she told him, he’d look up who he was, he would discover all the crimes Sonny committed. Even though Sonny was okay with it, Mike wouldn’t be able to live with it. It would change him. Jax says, or he’d want to return to his old life whether he remembered it or not. But she didn’t want that because she’s in love with Mike. She says she is, and from what she’s heard, Sonny is not a good guy. He says he agrees with her there, and she says, Mike is a good man. He’s devoted and kind, and she got something from Mike she’s never gotten from any man – honesty. He asks how much honesty she’s given Mike in return, and she asks if he has any idea what a difficult decision this has been for her every single day. So the question is this. Who is better for this world; Sonny, who kills people, or sweet, kind Mike? He says it’s not her decision to make because there is no Mike. There is only Sonny, and he’s married to Carly. She says, Sonny found himself there, who he truly is. He’s Mike and he’s happy… and she’s happy. Does Jax want to take that from her again?

Brook asks how long Leo was with Austin before he decided to tell someone, and Austin says, 58 seconds. She says her stepbrother goes missing, and just happens to show up with him? and he says he knows this one; she’s implying something. She says, kind of convenient when he’s trying to ingratiate himself with her family. Leo goes missing, and when they’re just about to call the cops, he shows up and he’s the hero? Ned says, Austin treated Leo for the cut on his finger a few weeks ago. Leo liked him, so it makes sense that Leo would seek him out. He just wishes Leo would have asked him first. Austin imagines he did, and Brook says, it’s just Leo being Leo. Austin agrees, and asks if he can talk to Ned for a second. Ned asks Brook to keep an eye on Houdini, and Austin says he has something he thinks Leo will get a kick out of, and shows him a gyro wheel. Leo seems fascinated.

Portia tells Curtis, Jordan’s breathing is getting better, but she isn’t regaining consciousness. She breathed in more of what was in that basement than Portia did. He says, she’s only got one kidney; that has to make it worse. Portia says, the gas puts her in danger of renal failure, and the remaining kidney could be compromised. Let’s get her to a hospital right now. They pick Jordan up, and carry her to the car.

Ned and Austin go into an examining room, and Ned says, if this is about ELQ… but Austin says, this is way more important than ELQ. Ned may recall he asked Olivia to bring Leo back to see him. Ned says he does, but Olivia thought Leo was okay, so he took Leo to his own pediatrician for the all-clear. Leo’s finger seems to have healed nicely. Austin says, it looks great, but he didn’t need to see Leo about the cut. Ned asks, then why did he want the follow-up?

Carly says she was so surprised when she fell in love with Jason. She was so busy chasing after Tony, and lying to AJ, and one day it dawned on her that he was the one she wanted, and she was so, so in love with him. Of course (🍷) she had to get him to fall in love with her, which wasn’t easy since he had his guard up, but little by little, she found a way. They were so close, then she met Sonny, and everything changed. Jason left Port Charles, and she and Sonny fell in love. When he came back, the feelings she felt, she couldn’t let herself feel them, so she locked them away, and woudn’t let herself think about them to the point where she believed they were gone. Now she’s starting to feel them again. She’s not in love with him yet, but she’s on the way, and just can’t go there alone.

Sonny looks his watch, and takes it off. He remembers Nina saying, this watch is the evidence of a life he used to have. He has to learn who he was before he came to Nixon Falls. Until he does, she can’t give him all of her.

Jax says, all he wanted was for Nina to be happy, and she says, then can he leave, and forget what he saw there? He says he wishes he could. He honestly means that. Everyone at home is grieving Sonny, and his absence has put everyone in Port Charles in danger, including Josslyn. She asks what he means, and he says, she asked him a while ago who the world would be better off with, Sonny or Mike. It pains him to say this, but Port Charles needs Sonny. She says she thought everyone would be safer with Sonny gone, and he says she has no idea what she’s done. The lives that have changed. The things she set in motion.

Austin says he’s observed some behavior from Leo that he thinks warrants attention. Ned asks, what behavior? and Austin says, there’s no cause for concern. He just wants to observe the kid a little bit more. Ned asks, why? Does he think there’s something wrong with Leo? Austin says he doesn’t think anything’s wrong with anyone. He just thinks Leo might benefit from seeing a specialist. Ned says, in what? and Austin says, every human being is different, and every child is different. He’s seen a lot of kids and what he’s trying to articulate is that he thinks Leo would enjoy learning a more effective way of communicating. At least discuss it with Olivia. Ned says, actually, he has. He’s mentioned Leo’s quietness concerns him sometimes, but Olivia won’t hear it. Austin says Ned needs to try again because some kids really benefit from treatment. Ned says, for introversion? and Austin says, if he’s shy, he’s shy, but it could be a range of other things; none of them is bad. This is great. What human being doesn’t deserve the right to learn the skills to connect to the world a little bit better? Ned says he’ll talk to Olivia about it, and Austin says, tell her to reach out to him if she has any questions, and the same goes for Ned. Ned starts to go, and Austin says, this has nothing do with anything other than Leo, and Ned leaves.

Brook says Austin is so into Maxie, and Maxie tells her, so she keeps saying. Brook says, he may be an interloper, but Maxie may see him in a different light. Maxie says, stop pretending this has anything to do with her; it obviously doesn’t. Brook would do anything to protect the family business. Exhibit A: faking a pregnancy to save ELQ from Valentin. But hey, she gets it. That’s what the Quartermaines do. But her pregnancy faking days are over, and she’s not a Quartermaine. She doesn’t want to get mixed up in whatever plan Brook has going on next. Brook says, just invite him to Carly and Jason’s wedding. Just spend a little time with him; put her toe in the water. What harm could it do? Ned comes back, and thanks them for looking after Leo, and Maxie says, of course (🍷), like anyone was even looking in Leo’s direction. He could have disappeared again ten minutes ago. Brook asks if Austin tried to weasel his way into the family business, or what? and Ned says, something like that. Brook tells Maxie, all the cards are out on the table. Could she just spend some time with Austin, and see where it goes? Could Maxie do that for her?

Sonny looks at his watch, and remembers Nina saying, there are a million reasons why they shouldn’t be together. With all those reasons, and the fear that what they have will collapse when he finds out who he is, she’s still here. And if that’s not love, she doesn’t know what is. He asks what she’s saying, and she takes his hand and tells him that she’s saying she loves him too.

Jax tells Nina, when Sonny disappeared, his business became vulnerable, and by extension, so did Carly and her family, including Josslyn. Nina says she doesn’t know the ins and the outs of mob business, but she assumed Jason could handle things, and Carly would benefit from it. He asks if she’s read about Cyrus Renault, and says, things escalated from there. Jason was either behind bars or on the run, so Carly felt that she needed to take over the family business. And Carly’s only way to maintain power, or keep this illusion of peace, is to marry Jason. Nina says he told her they were engaged, but she thought it was just for show. She didn’t expect them to actually get married. He says, well, it’s happening. And it’s a little tricky, because the bride-to-be is married to a man who’s alive and well, and being hidden there by Nina.

Carly says she and Jason can stop, take a step back, tell everyone they’ve reconsidered and they’re not getting married. It will be awkward for a while, but they’ll be fine. She cherishes his friendship, and can’t live without it. The butterflies she’s feeling will eventually go away, but if they get married, she’ll keep falling and won’t stop. When he doesn’t return the feelings, she’ll be angry, resentful, and hurt. She can’t have that between them. He asks why she assumes she’ll be falling alone. <gag>  

Maxie tells Brook, it’s very disconcerting, and Brook says, what? Maxie says, Brook, and her plan. Brook says, what plan? She’s simply encouraging Maxie to spend time with a guy who’s clearly interested. Maxie says, that right there is exactly what she’s talking about. Brook is pretending there’s no plan, when obviously, there is a plan. On one hand, Brook is a total lifesaver. She’s great with the baby. She’s keeping the baby safe, and she’s loving and protective. Brook says, her pleasure, and Maxie says, and just when she thinks she can relax, that everything is under total control, Brook starts plotting and scheming, all over these stupid ELQ shares. Brook says, first of all, they are not stupid ELQ shares. They’re very valuable, and they’re her great-grandfather’s legacy. And second of all, who is Maxie to talk to anyone about scheming, Miss Schemer McSchemerson? She could give a master class. Maxie says she’s scheming to save her baby, but Brook sys, it’s still a scheme. That’s okay. They’re not mutually exclusive. Maxie tells her, says the woman with a blatant ulterior motive, and Brook asks if it isn’t possible for her to protect Bailey/Louise while at the same time safeguarding her family’s company. Maxie says, and by <air quotes> safeguard <end air quotes> she means cutting Austin out, and Brook says, maybe. Maybe not. Maybe Austin is a really nice guy, with a legitimate claim. What would help her out is someone she could trust – like Maxie – spending time with him. Maxie says, okay. Fine. She’ll do it. Brook thanks her, and Maxie says, but if it happens to jog Austin’s memory about what happened in the woods the night Louise was born, she’s going to blame Brook. Brook says she takes full responsibility… whatever that means. Austin comes by, and Brook calls his name. He says, no thank you, and keeps walking. Brook follows him, saying, they didn’t offer him anything. He says what she has to offer him is unfounded accusations, but he’s full up. Try again tomorrow. She says, definitely. In the meantime, Maxie has something she wants to say to him. Maxie says, well… um… and Austin says, it’s okay. She said she didn’t want him to bother her again, and he won’t. She says, it’s not a bother. She wondered if he’d like to attend the wedding of the century. And by that, she means the wedding of Carly Corinthos and Jason Morgan. She planned most of it, and it came out really nice if she does say so herself. He says, weddings aren’t his thing, and she says he could be her plus one. Curtis comes in carrying Jordan, and says they need some help here. Jordan coughs.

Sonny remembers saying, he may not know who he was, but he knows who he is now. And he knows Nina, and she’s been nothing but good to him. She’s his life. He puts the watch to his lips, gets up, and tosses it into the water. I so want this to work, and I so know it won’t. I’m not into the romance stuff, but this makes me want to cry.

Nina tells Jax, as far as Carly knows, she’s a widow. And she’s not too far off. The man she married is gone. Mike doesn’t even know her, and he doesn’t fit in her glamorous life any more than she fits in his. Jax says, there’s no justifying this. There’s no rationalizing this. So much damage has been done because of her lies. If she continues to keep this secret about Sonny, things are only going to get worse. She asks what he expects her to do. Sonny doesn’t know who he is. He says, because she hasn’t told him. She has to come clean. She has to make this right, and tell Sonny who is right now. Because the wedding is tonight.

Jason says he did fall in love with Carly when Michael was a baby. Then she was with Sonny, so he would only let himself see her as a friend. A friend who he loved, and a friend he’d die for. That’s how he justified putting her first, because he wasn’t in love with her, and it wasn’t about having her. But now the feelings are coming back. It’s like she said. They can stop it now, and it will be awkward for a little while, but it will pass, because they’ve definitely been through worse. Or they can get married for real; spend the rest of their lives together. She says, can he make that promise? and he says, yes, he can. She asks if he’s not just saying that because he thinks he should, and he takes her hands. He tells her, he’s saying it because it’s true, and they kiss. Bleh.

Tomorrow, Brook asks if Maxie is saying she’s a bad mom, TJ tells Jordan that she can’t stay there, Curtis says Austin’s face tells him the news isn’t good, and Sonny tells Phyllis that he’ll respect her wishes for now.

🥜 In a Nutshell…

On Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, David and/or James said Fredrik would never get another listing from them, since he bragged about a sale when the client had asked for it to be on the DL. Derek told Fredrik that the LA guys were just threatened by him, since he was encroaching on their territory. But it was a legit complaint, since we saw a clip of the client sounding pretty pissed. JoshF teamed up with Nikki Haskell to broker a deal on one of the most beautiful homes I’ve seen on here. It had been owned by Peter Bogdanovich and Diane Keaton (not at the same time), and George Washington Orson Welles had also slept there. Designed by Wallace Neff, it was 8200 square feet, with 7 bedrooms and 9 baths, and Spanish tiles to die for in the kitchen. The asking price was $17.4 million, and the deal was done at $16.455 million. A bargain! In the meantime, JoshA was busy with a house in Bel Air, near the Playboy mansion and the late Aaron Spelling’s place. On the flipside, Tracy had a buyer who backed out because, at 6’5”, he felt he was too tall for the house.

Next time, a client wants Fredrik to team up with one of the Joshes, JoshF lies to a client, and Tracy’s client says she can’t go through it again.

💃🏻 Go, Go, Girl…

I knew I’d heard Nikki Haskell’s name before. And she was also a stockbroker before she became a real estate broker. She’s had a busy life.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/18/nikki-haskell-turns-80-with-studio-54-themed-bash/

🏯 Amazing Place…

The Wallace Neff house from tonight’s MDLLA episode.

https://www.dirt.com/moguls/fashion/serge-azria-house-bel-air-1203324012/

👰🏼 Don’t Look…

Tradition says it’s bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the wedding, but it looks like Carly and Jason didn’t listen. We all know that marriage is doomed anyway. Maybe. You never know.

https://ew.com/tv/general-hospital-carly-and-jason-wedding-photo/

🎥 Congrats To Chloe…

The late Nelle seems to be doing quite well with her next chapter.

GH Alum Chloe Lanier Shares Exciting News With Fans!

👄 Of Course She Is…

Does it surprise anyone that LisaR would be like a suckerfish on Erika?

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/08/lisa-rinna-is-erika-jaynes-only-friend-left/

Including his link because he did do that apology tour.

Lisa Rinna Is Erika Jayne’s ‘Only Friend Left’ As Remaining RHOBH Cast Turn Their Backs Amid Legal Troubles

👠 Latest Dance…

It’s not exactly my thing – I’d rather be dancing than watch dancing – but both Martin Kove and Mel C? I might actually watch this season.

https://parade.com/1240447/mikebloom/dancing-with-the-stars-cast-season-30/

The hosts.

https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast

🐄 Cows Officially Home…

If you listen real hard, the sound of the weekend, which is hopefully becoming a clearer concept these days. Unless you don’t want it to be. Then feel free to march to a different calendar. See you tomorrow for soap, tea, and a few wise words. Until then, stay safe, stay counting your blessings, and stay not being a Miss Schemer McSchemerson. It always ends up weaving a tangled web.