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May 26, 2021 – Cyrus Has Something Carly Wants, Ending On a Sweet Note, Look Out Tahoe, Beverly Hills Newbie & Boots

Posted on May 27, 2021 by theresakp

What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Someone falls down the stairs. We see it’s Peter, with blood pooling around his head. Next to him are new passports for him and Maxie.

Five hours earlier. Chloe drives with an unconscious Maxie in the passenger seat. She says if her car needs new suspension, she’s making Peter pay for it. These country roads are the worst. At least Maxie gets to sleep through it. By the time that sedative wears off, they’ll be at the house. They just need Peter to join them.

Brook calls Maxie, and gets voicemail. She says she’s calling from the burner phone, per Maxie’s orders. She’s heading out; she just has to get rid of Yuri. Valentin walks in, and asks how Brook feels, and she says, good. The new crib came; it’s in the nursery. He says he’s looking forward to seeing it. Since they’ll be meeting their baby soon, he knows it can be taxing. She says, that’s one word for it, and he says, it will be worth it. Everything is coming together. She says, it sure is.

Michael and Willow walk in the house with Chase, and Willow says, home, sweet home. Chase says, only until he’s better, and she says, however long it takes. Chase asks if they mind if he sits down. He knows he just got out of the car, but… Michael says, sure, and leads him into the living room. Brook asks what Chase is doing there, and he says he just got out of the hospital. She suggests he get a room at the psyche ward, so they can help if he has a relapse. He says he’d planned on going home, but Michael was kind enough to let him stay there. Brook says, what a great idea, not meaning it at all.

Eli grabs Nina, and she says he really wants to let her go, but he says it doesn’t matter what either one of them wants anymore. She asks what he’s going to do. This is a public park, and unless he wants to get arrested for assault… He says it’s pretty quiet there, and she says, it’s going to get louder once one of them starts screaming. He says, that’s not necessary – for now. All he wants to do is talk. What is really going on between her and Mike? And why do they want to get in his way?

Brando aims the gun at Gladys, who shrinks from him, then suddenly turns it on Cyrus. He shoots, but the gun just clicks, and Cyrus says, performance issues?

Ava goes to the reception desk at the hospital, and asks if Cyrus is in. She just checked his office, but his assistant isn’t at her desk. The nurse says, he’s gone for the day, and asks if Ava would like for her to message him. Ava says, that’s okay. She’ll catch up with him another time. Nikolas comes along and asks what she’s doing there. She stammers a little, and says she’s there to deal with some paperwork; Avery’s physical is coming up. He says, right. Or, she came there to see Cyrus, didn’t she?

Two of Cyrus’s guys come in, and Cyrus points his gun at Brando. He says, in case Brando was wondering, this one is loaded. He heard Brando was Sonny’s plant from the start. He gave Brando chance after chance to choose the winning side, but he didn’t. He regrets to inform Brando that he failed his final test.

On the phone, Carly asks if Trent has his men in place… Okay, stand by. They have to wait for Spinelli to get eyes in the warehouse. They need to know what they’re walking in on. She prays to God they get Gladys out in one piece.

Britt tells Jason, he doesn’t have to, and he asks if she wants to. She kisses him, and they move to getting busy. She says she forgot that he’s hurt, but he says, it’s fine. She asks if he’s sure, and he says he is. There’s a song part, and they get busier.

Willow asks if Chase is sure he doesn’t want to go straight to his room, and he says he thinks he can make it in a minute. She suggests she get his pain meds; it will make the trip upstairs easier. She leaves, and Chase thanks Michael for letting him stay there, saying, it’s very generous of him. Michael says, it’s their pleasure, and gets Chase some water. He tells Chase just not to expect peace and quiet around there, and Chase says he knows Michael’s family can be a bit contentious. Michael says, that’s a good word. Chase says he’s sorry to impose, but glad he’s there, for Willow’s sake. Michael asks, why is that? and Chase says he feels bad about all the time she spent with him at the hospital. She must have wanted to be there.

Nina asks if Eli wants to know who Mike is, and he says he wants to know who Mike is to her. She says other than Mike being one of Phyllis’s strays, as Phyllis likes to call him, she doesn’t know anything about Mike. Except for the firehouse dance, she doesn’t think she’s seen him outside of the bar. Eli says he’s not buying it. He thought she was a nice lady, classy, but she was never real with him. She broke into his office and stole information that she had no right to see, let alone take. She says, maybe she did. Maybe she was just looking for her lost earring, but it doesn’t matter now. She tells him to listen to her. That information is out there now, and neither she nor Mike are going to allow him to take the Tan-O from Lenny and Phyllis. He asks how she’s going to stop him, and she says, right now, Mike is giving a copy of the bank statement to the police. That was the plan all along. She was going to go out with Eli, and keep him busy, and Mike was going to drive the last nail into Eli’s coffin. Eli yells, damn you! She’s ruined his life.

Nikolas says he doesn’t know what’s worse; Ava coming to see Cyrus alone, or coming to see Cyrus at all. She says, please. And what is he doing there? He says he was there for Cassadine Industries, and she laughs, saying, stop it. She knows he came there to see Cyrus too, after they agreed to handle him together, as a team. He says she did the exact same thing, so don’t pretend she’s taking the moral high ground. She supposes they have to get used to this teamwork stuff, and he says, apparently. Why did she come without him? She says she thought if she came alone, Cyrus would be more receptive to believe she’s on his side in all of this. What about him? He says, similar. Olive branch, say he wanted to work with Cyrus, provide a front for his business, and make a lot of money. She says, okay, and holds out her hand, saying, they’re going to make a deal then; they work together. They shake hands, and he says, like they did with Ryan? and she says, hopefully better than that. They decided to let Ryan live, and now he’s sending her creepy gifts. He says, they can’t make the same mistake with Cyrus, and she says, no. They have to take Cyrus out for good.

Carly’s phone rings, and she asks Spinelli, what’s going on? At the warehouse, Spinelli says he’s trying to get the lay of the land. He successfully set up a fiber optic camera in a vent. She asks what he sees, and he says, nothing yet, but he does have audio. She asks if he hears Gladys, and he says, not yet, but he hears someone. He listens, and says, is it Brando?

Brando says he was willing to take Cyrus’s orders, up until the time Cyrus asked him to kill his own mother. Cyrus says, yet here she is, still breathing, which means Brando’s loyalty has limits. Brando says, in his position, Cyrus would have done the same thing, and Cyrus admits he would have. Unfortunately for Brando, Cyrus is a big believer in double standards. He’s afraid neither Brando nor his mother are going to leave this warehouse alive. Gladys gives a muffled, no, and Brando says, please. Let him say goodbye to his mom. Cyrus says, make it quick, and Brando squats down and takes her hands. He says he knows they haven’t always seen eye to eye, but he loves her. Through the duct tape, she says she loves him too, and Cyrus says, time’s up. Brando slowly gets up, and turns, and one of Cyrus’s guys yells, get down! Everyone scrambles, and Trent’s men come in. A shootout begins.

Britt and Jason continue being busy, and there’s more music.

Michael says he’s sure Willow doesn’t regret any of the time she spent with Chase at the hospital, and Chase says he’s sure she’d deny it, but how could she not? She was there day after day, holding his hand, listening to him whine, and mutter deliriously. All that time, she could have been here with Wiley. Michael says he can assure Chase that Wiley wasn’t neglected in any way, and Willow didn’t want to be there. Chase says he knows, but now it will be easier on Willow, with all of them in one place. Willow comes back in.

Nina struggles with Eli, and says he’s sorry, but she brought this on herself. She kept pushing him and pushing him. She tells him to listen to her, but he doesn’t, and Sonny comes up behind him, hitting him in the head with a hefty branch. Eli goes down, and Sonny asks if Nina is okay. She falls into his arms.

Carly asks if Spinelli is okay, and he peeks out from behind a crate. He says he’s uninjured for the moment; the shooting seems to have stopped. She says she has to know what’s going on in the warehouse, and he hopes his camera isn’t a casualty. He opens his laptop.

Trent calls to Brando that it’s all clear. Carly sent them to get him and his mother out of there. Brando brings Gladys out, but she’s been shot in the shoulder. He takes the duct tape off of her mouth, while Trent undoes her wrists. Brando fashions something out of his tie for her shoulder, and Trent says, when she stabilizes they’ll be taken to a safe house. Brando says, there’s no time. They have to get her to a hospital. Brando picks up Gladys, and carries her out, while Trent follows with his guys.

Brook asks Michael if he’s for real. Chase is staying here? He says he ran it by Monica, but she says, Monica’s not the problem. She’s letting Valentin, and Charlotte, and that Ukrainian mountain man stay here. He asks, what is the problem? He thought she liked Chase. She says, of course (🍷) she does; it’s impossible not to like Chase. It’s just that this is a disaster waiting to happen. Chase is still a detective. Michael says, so? and she says, detectives notice things, like gestures and behaviors, and longing, yearning, aching looks. It’s just a matter of time before Chase catches on that Michael and Willow are in love.

Maxie wakes up on a couch, and asks where she is. Chloe comes in, and she asks where they are. This is definitely not the spa where she made a reservation. Chloe says, sorry. There won’t be any pampering for Maxie tonight. Maxie asks if Chloe drugged her, and Chloe says, mm-hmm. This is where little Louise will be born… tonight.

Carly says they need to know what’s happening on the ground, and Spinelli says, alas, the camera was indeed damaged, but he still has audio. He listens, and says, they’ve triumphed. Cyrus’s men have been routed. (I had to look this up. It means defeated.) She asks, what about Cyrus? but he says he doesn’t hear Cyrus’s voice. He asks if Trent reads him, and listens. He tells Carly, according to Trent, Gladys has been shot and Brando is taking her to the hospital. She says she’s on her way, and tells him, get out of there now. He says, like the wind, and closes his laptop. He gets up, and sees someone. He says, greetings and salutations.

Police mill around the park, and Nina tells Finchley that Sonny knocked Cyrus out before he could really hurt her. He’s glad she’s okay, and asks if she’s telling him these documents will connect Eli to the robberies in Corinth. She says, and around Nixon Falls, and he says, and Eli just happened to be carrying incriminating printouts of illicit activity on his person? She says she certainly hasn’t seen them before… She watches Sonny gesturing behind Finchley, and says, they fell out of Eli’s pockets. She picked them up, and gave them back to Eli, and that’s when he got so desperate, because there was no way out. Finchley says, right. Their forensic accountant will look at them. Nina says she’s sure they’ll verify what she just said. She and Mike were looking at the papers just before he came. Finchley says, so Mike handled the documents too? and Sonny says, yeah, when Nina showed them to him. Finchley says they can go over the details at the station. Mike is still under suspicion for breaking and entering Eli’s office, so Mike is going to have to come with him.

Michael tells Brook, he and Willow are just friends, and Wiley’s parents; that’s all. She says, okay, but just in case she’s right, be careful. He thanks her for her concern, but says he’s got this. She says she’s hoping against hope that he does.

Willow asks if Chase is feeling any better, and he says, just being out of the hospital makes him feel better. She tells him to remember what ~~his brother~~ ~~his father~~ the doctor said; take it easy, and don’t push himself. He says, copy that, and takes her hand, saying, actually, she’s the one he’s worried about.

Valentin comes downstairs, and Brook asks if he checked out the crib. He says, not yet. He was halfway out the door when he realized he left some important documents upstairs. He thinks the imminent arrival of their child has him distracted. She asks where he’s going, and he says she was in the room when he told Cook that he’d be dining out. She asks why he and Charlotte get along with Cook; it’s weird. He says, they speak the same language, and she says the language of pure evil? He says, there are those who call it French, and she says, quel fromage (what cheese). He says, who doesn’t like cheese? I say, nobody, and he tells Brook, au revoir. He leaves, and she says, time to get going. She just has to get rid of her shadow.

Maxie says, she’s not giving birth until next week, but Chloe says Peter is moving up the timeline. Maxie says he didn’t tell her, and Chloe says he didn’t think she needed to know. Maxie says, excuse me? and Chloe says it was her job to get Maxie there. Peter will join them soon, but for now, she’s going to induce labor. She prepares a syringe, and Maxie says, no. She can’t give birth there; she has to be in a hospital. Chloe says they have everything they need there. Even an incubator upstairs in case the baby needs oxygen. It’s all under control. Maxie says, is it? That’s just great. She starts yelling for help.

Jason and Britt bask in the afterglow, and Jason kisses Britt’s forehead. She removes herself from his arms, and he asks if she’s okay. She says she’s fine. It was just unexpected – not in a bad way. It was just not how she thought this day would end. Is his side okay; is it bothering him? He says it’s fine, and she says, right. Well, okay, that happened, and they’re both okay with that, and… thanks.

Brando carries Glady’s into the hospital and yell for help. Portia asks, what happened? and he says, she was shot. Only once as far as he can tell. Portia asks her name, and Brando says, Gladys Corbin; she’s his mom. Portia tells him, keep her steady, and nurses bring over a gurney. Brando places Gladys on it, and Portia tells her that she’s at General Hospital. They’re going to take good care of her. She tells a nurse to keep pressure on the wound, and take Gladys to a cubicle. Gladys is whisked off, and Portia tells Brando to wait there. Ava and Nikolas come along, and Ava asks what happened? Brando says his mom was shot. Cyrus was holding her… Ava says, Cyrus shot Brando’s mother? but he says he doesn’t know who shot her. There was gunfire, and Cyrus had kidnapped her. Nikolas asks if Brando can tell them why, and Brando says, because Cyrus found out Gladys changed her mind. She was trying to protect him, because Cyrus was going to… He has to find Sasha right now. Brando pulls out his phone, and jets.

Sonny says, you know what, Trooper… and Nina runs over to them. She asks if this is really necessary. Obviously, Eli is accusing Mike because they found out what he’s up to. Finchley says they can sort all that out at the station, and Sonny asks if there’s any evidence that he broke into Eli’s office. Finchley says, not yet, and Nina says, so, no, and Finchley guesses they’re free to go. Sonny tells Finchley, look on the bright side. At least he’s got those bank statements. He’s no lawyer, but ~~remembers an awful lot about the law~~, he thinks it’s probably cause to look into Eli’s finances. Finchley says he’ll need them both at the station tomorrow to give their official statements. He leaves, and Nina squeals, we did it! and throws her arms around Sonny, who hugs her back.

Carly strides into the hospital, and picks up speed when she sees Brando. He says, Sasha’s not picking up, but Carly says, it’s okay; she took care of it. Ever since his mom agreed to speak to the DA, she had one of her guys protecting Sasha. Nice of her to let him know. He thanks her, and she asks, how’s Gladys? but he says he doesn’t know. Brando leaves, presumably to get information, and Nikolas tells Carly that he and Ava were there when Brando brought Gladys in. Ava says, Portia told them that she’ll be out as soon as they know anything. Carly says, thanks, and Ava asks, what happened? Carly says, Cyrus tried to kill Gladys because she could testify against him. He used her to frame Jason.

Jason gets dressed, and Britt says, she was thinking, they can’t stay in the Canadian wilderness forever, no matter how much they like the scenery. They’ll eventually have to deal with Peter, so Maxie and Louise don’t have to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives. He says she’s right, and she says she was expecting an argument. Okay, great. He says, now that he’s had time to recover, he can act instead of just react. Britt says, we; we can act. She’s his accomplice, remember? He says she’s done enough.

Maxie continues to yell for help, but Chloe says she has to save her strength for labor. All this screaming isn’t going to do the baby any good. She walks over to Maxie with a syringe, and says, besides, ever since the mine closed down, there’s really no one around to hear her or help her. Except Chloe. Maxie says, lucky her, and Chloe tells her, don’t worry. As soon as little Louise is born, Peter will come to take Maxie away. Maxie says, away where? and Chloe says she doesn’t know, but she’s definitely going in style. Peter booked a helicopter to come pick her up. Relax. She put the kettle on for some tea. Does Maxie want some? Maxie says, Chloe – if in fact that’s her real name. She doesn’t know what Peter told her, but it’s a lie. He’s a killer; he’s dangerous. Chloe says he told her Maxie might say something like that, and Maxie says here’s something he didn’t tell Chloe. You know what Peter doesn’t like? Witnesses. He hires people to do his dirty work, and then eliminates them. Chloe says Maxie is desperate enough to say anything, and Maxie says, whatever Peter is paying her, she won’t be alive long enough to spend it. Chloe says, chamomile or peppermint?

Willow asks why Chase would be worried about her, and Chase says, as much as he appreciates all the time she’s spent with him, on top of her nursing classes, he’s worried she’s going to run herself ragged. She says, all he has to worry about is getting better. She’s just fine.

Brook holds some screws in her hand, and yells for Yuri, telling him, come quick. He comes into the foyer, and she says, thank God he’s there. They’re trying to kill her baby. He asks, who? and she shows him some screws, saying she found them under the crib. Then she checked the crib; it’s super rickety. He says, what is super rick…? and she says, it’s loose… shaky… It’s bad. He says, oh, bad, and she says she’s convinced the delivery guy set it up wrong, and it’s going to collapse the moment she puts her precious baby in it. He says, not sweet baby, and she asks if he’ll please fix it. He says, for her, he fixes, and takes the screws. She thanks him, and says, for a guy who could kill someone with his thumb, he’s such a sweetheart. As soon as Yuri is out of sight, Brook grabs her overnight bag, and dashes to the door. She opens it, and Valentin is there. She says she thought he left, and he says he did. He was pulling out of the driveway, and realized he had Charlotte’s science book in his car. Are they going somewhere?

Britt says, not what you want to hear from a guy you just slept with; you’ve done enough. He says that’s not what he meant, and she says, really? So he’s planning on abandoning her in the Great White North after pity sex? He says, first of all, he doesn’t pity her, and she says, thanks, but she wasn’t referring to herself. Face it. She’s way out of his league, and everyone can see that. He asks if she’s finished, but she says, no. Just because she has the genetic marker for Huntington’s, doesn’t mean she’s useless. Not yet anyway. He says he doesn’t think… and she says, doesn’t think what? That she’s useless? Then why does he want to leave her?

Nikolas says, Gladys can testify that Cyrus committed criminal offenses that can put him away? and Carly says, yes. Ava suggests they not count their chickens; it is Cyrus they’re talking about. Carly says she can’t get into it right now. She thanks them for staying with Brando, and says they can go now. She goes over to Brando, and Nikolas says there’s no way he’s leaving now. Ava? She says, nope. No way in hell.

Brook says, if Valentin must know, she’s going to visit her girlfriend Cecilia. She’s throwing Brook one last girl’s night before the baby comes. He doesn’t think that’s such a good idea, and she says she didn’t think he would. And yet, she doesn’t care. She’s not his hostage, and doesn’t need his permission to live her life. He says he knows that, but they’ve been over this ad nauseum. He has enemies. She says, that sounds like a you problem, and he says, not when she’s carrying his baby. He needs her to take this more seriously. She says she wasn’t going to say anything, but she had a bit of a wake-up call, in Wyndham’s, of all places. Someone was following her. He asks if she’s sure, and she says she saw him lurking by the dressing room, and thought he was just a random perv, but then she noticed him looking at her when she was picking out baby clothes, and realized it wasn’t so random. He asks why she didn’t tell him before, and she says, because of Yuri. The big lug was right there, and made her feel safe. She won’t set foot outside this house without him by her side. He says, good, and she thanks him for taking such amazing care of her and her baby. He says she’s welcome, and she starts to pick up her bag, but he tells her, hang on a second. He’s not done.

Chloe says she can assure Maxie, Peter doesn’t want to hurt her or the baby; he’s crazy devoted to her. Maxie says, no, he’s just crazy. Would a sane person toss her and a newborn onto a helicopter, taking her away from her other children, Georgie and James? She can’t be without them. She suddenly cramps, and tells Chloe, she’s not feeling so good. Could she have some of that tea? Chloe says, of course (🍷). How lucky. They might not have to induce. How long has Maxie been cramping? Maxie says she’s not in labor, and Chloe says, it’s fine if she is. It’s so much better going into labor naturally. Maxie says, this can’t be happening, and Chloe says, here’s her tea. She hopes it’s not too hot. Maxie takes the cup, and says, no, it’s perfect. She throws the tea in Chloe’s face, and Chloe goes down to her knees, covering her face.

Nina breaks away from Sonny, and he asks if she’s sure she’s okay. She says she’s fine. How did he know where they were? She never told him where Eli was taking her. He says, when he didn’t see her at the barbecue, he thought he’d guessed wrong. He started thinking, where would Elijah take Nina? and he started asking people if there was a make-out spot where there was privacy, and this was the second spot he checked. She tells him, good detective work, and he says he wanted to stop Eli, and protect Lenny and Phyllis, just like her. He didn’t want to put her in any danger, because she’s important… more than all this. She says when she realized Eli knew it was them who broke into his office, she knew she was in danger. She was so grateful that he showed up. He puts his hands on her arms, and says, do him a favor. Never leave him behind again. She shakes her head, and he kisses her. Woohoo. Two from my wish list in one week. But also, rut-roh. I can’t see this one as turning out well.

Valentin says he knows who’s having Brook followed, and he’s going to address the situation. She and Yuri enjoy girl’s night. Are they leaving soon? She says, as soon as Yuri gets a move on, and yells in Russian, are you still working? Yuri says, da, and Valentin says she speaks Russian. She says you don’t spend as much time in Little Odessa as she did and not pick up something. He says, Little Odessa? and she says, Brighton Beach. He says, right, and leaves. I spent a lot of time at Brighton Beach in my single days, and it does have a large Russian population.

In the living room, Willow puts a blanket on Chase, who’s asleep on the couch. Brook calls to Yuri, asking how it’s going. He says, a loose screw, and she slips out. Outside, she says, Maxie, I’m coming, and walks away from the house.

Britt says she didn’t take Jason as the love ‘em and leave ‘em type, but he says, he’s not leaving her.

Michael comes downstairs as Willow is coming out of the living room. He asks how Chase is, and she says Chase is sleeping. Yuri runs down the stairs, saying, he needs a special wrench. He asks where Brook is.

As she struggles to get up from the floor, Chloe feels around for the syringe on the table. Maxie, who’s cramping for real, gets a fireplace poker. Chloe gets up, brandishing the syringe, and Maxie says, you will never get my baby, bitch, and raises the poker.

Sonny and Nina kiss, but she finally pulls away. He says he didn’t expect that to happen, but he’s glad it did. He moves in for more, but she holds up her hands. He asks, what’s wrong? but she says, nothing. She’s fine. She’s really fine. It’s been a long day, and she needs to go home. So… bye. She runs off, and Sonny watches her go.

Portia comes out, and Brando asks, how’s his mom? Portia says, she’s been taken to surgery. She thinks he should know she’s required by law to report all gunshot wounds. The police are there now and would like to speak with him. Behind Portia, Carly nods, and he says, okay; lead the way. Nikolas tells Ava that Gladys could be in surgery for hours. They should probably go. She says she thinks it might be worth it to stick around a little bit longer. Carly’s phone rings, and she sees the call is from Unknown. It’s Cyrus, who says, she has something he wants, and as it turns out, he has something she wants even more. We see he has Spinelli, bound and gagged.

Tomorrow, Carly begs someone to tell her the truth, Ava wants to help, and Valentin threatens to kill Peter.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey – The Reunion Part 2

Andy welcomed us to the intense conclusion of the RHONJ Reunion. We jumped right in, with Marge saying that if Teresa said she started the Evan rumor, it was going down really bad. Jackie said there were also rumors about Jennifer out there too, and karma was a bitch. Andy clearly wasn’t ready for this topic, and said they’d talk about it later; moving on. A viewer said they loved drunk Jennifer, and Marge should lighten up. Delores thought Marge was thinking of her own childhood. Marge said it hadn’t been the first time, and Jennifer insisted she wasn’t a sloppy drunk. A sloppy drunk was someone who went home with a stranger. Huh? Marge wondered why it had to involve men. Jennifer was falling on her face, and blackout drunk. Teresa said it was fun, and Marge wondered why. A viewer asked why Jennifer slut-shamed Marge about sleeping with her boss. Andy asked if Jackie had ever experienced sexual harassment on the job, and she said she had bosses who massaged her shoulders when she didn’t want them to. Teresa asked if Jackie let them, and Jackie said she didn’t want to get fired. Teresa said no one touched her unless she wanted them to, and I wondered what jobs she’d ever had. Did she work a McDonald’s window for ten minutes? Marge said that sounded like victim-shaming; like Teresa was saying they allowed it to happen. Teresa insisted it would never happen to her, and I insisted that was because she’s never worked a day in her life. Marge said this was why more women didn’t come forward. Jennifer said Marge had been easy-peasy, and Andy said, moving on again, which he probably said ten times throughout the show. He asked if there was a path ahead for Marge and Jennifer, but Marge didn’t know. Jennifer said she didn’t want to have to defend herself. She hadn’t wanted to call Marge slutty. So I guess is her definition of defending herself is name calling, not just refuting the point. Got it. Marge said, despite the bullsh*t, she always did the right thing, and griped because nobody thanked her for leaving them champagne and autographed copies of her book. Teresa thought Marge was getting back at her for the hair pull, but Marge said she wasn’t a retaliator. Andy asked Delores if David had gotten angry about her vaginal surgery, and Delores said he had. Teresa said maybe he’d change his mind once he put it in. Wow.

We went down Delores Memory Lane, and Andy asked if Delores and David were still together. She said they were, but she never moved into his house. She was renovating her own house, and admitted a bit of the reason was to stick it to him. She felt he loved her, but didn’t know how be in a relationship. David had been married before, but it had been 14 years since he was divorced. He had four kids, who Delores said she was close to. Jackie said most men wouldn’t tolerate Delores’s close relationship with Frank, and suggested, instead of a ring, David had given Delores Frank, and that was what was good for her. I’ll say it again, Delores has the ideal situation. Andy asked if Delores thought David didn’t want to get married to anyone, or just her. We saw a clip of Andy speaking with Frank Jr., and asking if he thought Delores and David would ever get married. Frankie said he spent a lot of time with David and heard things others didn’t. Andy asked if Delores would marry David, and she said she would, but she had a list of demands.

Andy said Teresa had been sex obsessed and pineapple crazy. She’d finally ended her marriage, and was in love with a mystery man. We flashed back to Teresa’s love life this season, and Andy asked if Louie was the first guy she’d dated after the divorce. She said she’d talked to other guys, but was vague on what that actually meant. We did find out she and Louie say I love you, and he has two sons, seventeen and nineteen, the oldest having autism, Teresa said she got along with his children, and thought his ex was a lovely person. The subject of Juicy Joe’s cheating or not came up, but I wasn’t sure why that was even still an issue. I can’t imagine he wasn’t. End of story. Andy asked if Louie was the only man Teresa had sex with outside of Joe #1, which even I thought was intrusive, but she said he was. We found out Joe #1 was moving to the Bahamas, and would be going back and forth from there to Italy. Teresa and Louie had met Joe in there for dinner, which wasn’t too awkward. To make things even more awkward, Andy brought up Kim D accusing Louie of mistreating his exes, but Teresa said she didn’t talk to sewer rats, although she felt bad, since his public humiliation was because of her. She thought she’d redeemed herself this season, and Jackie asked if she was sure. Teresa defended herself all over the place about the rumor thing, from saying she wasn’t trying to ruin the party to pretending she just wanted Jackie to know, like any good friend would. Jackie said, funny, since Teresa had told everyone but her.

The husbands joined, and no big shock, the Evan rumor was discussed again. Evan said he hadn’t thought it could get worse than his kids hearing he didn’t get BJs. He was concerned about his reputation at first, but in the end, had only gotten a lot of good natured ribbing. Once again, Joe #3 was put in the hot seat, Andy asking if he’d really heard the rumor elsewhere, but he said he’d heard it from the yentas talking in his house. Teresa made more excuses, and Andy asked if she’d done it to hurt Jackie. She said, no, but Jackie said, bullsh*t. A rumor like that had the potential to ruin a marriage. Teresa whined that Jackie kept bringing up her having gone to jail, and Jackie said she mentioned it twice, which was correct.

Andy said Danielle had claimed Marge was the source of the rumor, and Delores said Danielle blamed Marge for everything. Andy said Jennifer had thought so too, and Jennifer said Marge claimed she’d heard it from someone in Tenafly, and Marge hung out in the Tenafly circles. I had absolutely no idea what she meant or who traveled in these circles. She thought it had gone from Marge to Melissa, to Joe #2, to Teresa, but Marge said she was close with Jackie, and if she’d heard anything, would have told her. When Teresa said Jackie should have explained she was giving an analogy first, and all would have been well, I actually said, oh God, help me, out loud. A viewer asked if Joe #2 would ever check Teresa on her bad behavior. He hemmed and hawed, and said he backed Teresa up because she’s his sister. I think he’s scared of her. He sure looked nervous. Teresa kept saying she hadn’t spread the rumor, when she’d clearly told several people at Jackie’s party. I wondered WTF she called it. There’s no way someone could be this stupid, could they? Please, tell me they can’t. Teresa said Louie liked to golf, and suggested a playdate with Evan, who thought that was a cool idea. Andy said the national nightmare was over, and I literally lol’d.

I get it. This is entertaining on a certain level, like wrestling. But while wrestling is real in the sense that the people are really champions in the sport – the dance, as I like to call it – they’re given storylines to follow. So they’re also actors. These are real people and it disturbs me when someone so vicious suffers no consequences for it. Teresa stomps all over people, refuses to see reason, seems to have no understanding of the English language whatsoever, and gets free reign because she’s being paid to be obnoxious and perpetually table flip. At least Andy is starting to check her, but I think it’s time for people like her to go. We have enough hate in the world. I feel for what she’s been through. Even she didn’t deserve Juicy Joe’s fast track to jail, but enough already. For God’s sake, she thinks throwing a chair isn’t going ballistic.

Andy said this year, it was fitting to say goodbye with something a little sweeter, and pineapple drinks with umbrellas in them were served. Actually, it looked like a tiny island floating in there. Teresa wondered where hers was, and Louie brought it out. Andy invited him to stay for a moment, and asked what he loved about Teresa. Louie said she was open and real; she was genuine. Andy asked him to make his best toast, and he said, to ending one season, and to another one with no drama. Hmm… If that was his best toast, maybe they are perfect for one another, and someone can be that stupid. But lame effort or no, he asked a lot. The women came up with new beginnings, a fresh start, and a clean slate. All of which ought to last all of five minutes. Louie met the other guys backstage, and it was a nice thing to end with. I really do think this group of husbands should get their own show. The women said Andy was next, since they were all paired up, and Jackie said she had a nice Jewish guy for him.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Erika picked out a wardrobe for Tahoe, and Sutton came over to keep her and her clothes company. In Erika’s interview, she said when she first met Sutton, she thought Sutton was over-the-top. Erika thought someone was over the top. Sutton no less. What? She said once she got to know Sutton, she saw that Sutton was a proper Southern lady. Sutton told Erika that she’d sold her house, which had been symbolic of her marriage and dependence, and decided to build. She thought she had a pretty mess inside. Inside her was a strong, impassioned woman who gave a f***. She and Erika did a weird high-five, and I wondered, wasn’t it Erika who sang about giving zero f***s?

Garcelle met with Kyle to discuss Kyle calling her out for non-payment of a charity bid. Garcelle said they had an address she hadn’t had in years, and asked if Kyle would have said that to one of the white women. She felt the issue had been weaponized against her. She didn’t think it was intentional, but it reflected a stereotype, indicating she didn’t pay her bills. Kyle said she hadn’t even thought about that, and Garcelle said that was because she didn’t have to, since she didn’t experience it. In Garcelle’s interview, she said there was a lot of stuff people didn’t realize Black women needed to think about before they do anything. No one asked what it was like being a Black woman in Hollywood, and it made her feel like an outsider. To Garcelle’s credit, she explained it well, and to Kyle’s credit, she got it. Crystal tried to get her daughter to drink some green juice by making a game of it, and in her interview, she said it was a cliché to call a Chinese mom a tiger mom, but she was one. She talked about husband Rob’s work, saying she didn’t like to brag about herself, but she liked to brag about him. Scheduling was a passion, and the family’s schedule was color-coded according to member. She told us no one was allowed to change it except her. Her brother was currently living with them because of covid, but his day job was being a pop star in China. She said while he was there, she’d appointed him her manny. She wanted to instill respect for the elders of the family in her children, but wasn’t sure it was working because her kids were crazy.

Garcelle and LisaR were the first to show up for the flight to Tahoe, and in her interview, Garcelle said she was excited to go, but it was awkward being there with LisaR. Kathy was also going with them, and had never gone on an all girls trip. She’d only jet-setted with her husband. Garcelle was afraid of small planes, but it was only a one-hour flight, which is two seconds in TV time. They were driven to an Airbnb called Lake Sherman estates; 17,000 square feet, a private chef, and an amazing view. Garcelle did change her room from the first to second floor when it was noted that bears were at ground level, the manager telling them to keep the sliding doors locked. She said, second floor, no bears, she was good. They had to carry their own bags, and it was as though a tragedy had befallen. In Kyle’s interview, she said she was happy to have Kathy back in her life again. She’d had anxiety and depression not speaking to her sister, and they’d finally worked through their problems. I swear, every time I just saw LisaR, my blood pressure went up.

Even though they had a chef, Kyle wanted to cook. They laughed about Kathy mistaking Garcelle for Kyle, and Erika said when Tom had conversations with people he didn’t remember, she could tell because he didn’t introduce her. Kyle set the salmon on fire, and in Erika’s interview, she said it wasn’t blackened; it was burnt fish. We found out that Kyle’s family nickname was Doogie, and Sutton brought gifts. Something she thought was important during covid, but they also had an election week coming up. Inside the gift bags, the women found flasks engraved with their initials. Kyle wondered if you pulled a flask out of a beautiful bag, was it wrong? I toyed with the idea of carrying one.

Dorit suggested a game of Two Truths and One Lie, where you make three statements about yourself, and everyone has to guess which is a lie. LisaR acted shocked when two of Crystal’s statements were that she worked in an escort agency, and was asked to be a madam. That everything is so dramatic with that one is annoying too. Crystal said she had worked for an escort service, but she’d answered phones, which was exactly what I thought she was going to say. We found out Sutton worked at Starbuck’s, and Erika only revealed that she was adopted – by her stepfather. She said she’d explain the other two privately, but of course, no one said, hey dude, that’s not playing the game. LisaR said she wasn’t a good liar, which isn’t exactly owning it. Garcelle pointed out LisaR was an actress, and in Garcelle’s interview, she said LisaR claimed she wasn’t close with Denise, proving she was a good liar. All of Kathy’s were true, and in Kyle’s interview, she said Kathy had no interest in following rules. Kyle, Crystal, and Sutton stayed up drinking, while Garcelle sought out LisaR. Garcelle told LisaR about her conversation with Sutton, and said LisaR seemed to think it was all good, but it wasn’t. LisaR said she’d told her husband (#WhatDidHarryDo) that it had been a step in the right direction. Garcelle said she’d seen a side of LisaR that she’d never seen, and it was scary. She didn’t trust LisaR. Denise had felt she and LisaR were good friends, but LisaR had said they weren’t close. In her interview, Garcelle said that trust was always important to her, but became more so after her divorce. Without it, you couldn’t have a relationship. She asked LisaR how she knew trusting her wouldn’t backfire, but LisaR said she couldn’t promise that. Garcelle said she could promise not to go after LisaR, so what was up with that? LisaR said she thought Garcelle wanted to punish her a little, which was idiotic, and Garcelle said she’d always been passive. She’d had to learn how to say how she felt. In her interview, she said Black women were often seen as aggressive or angry, so they tended to hold back. She told LisaR it would take time, and LisaR got all excited, no doubt hearing, you’re my best friend now. She jumped up and down, happy about being honest. In LisaR’s interview, she said, Denise hadn’t wanted to deal with issues, and ran. Don’t run, don’t hide, and don’t send cease and desists. Just be honest. I’d say Denise felt like she was being attacked, and removed herself from the situation. Just being honest.

Kyle told Crystal and Sutton about her lunch with Garcelle, and Crystal said stereotypes were so painful, sometimes you didn’t see anything else. Sutton said she wasn’t talking racial stereotypes, and she’d been stereotyped as a redneck too. They were a group of educated and traveled women. Crystal asked if Sutton claimed not to see color.

To be continued…

Next time, some kind of weird, pedal-powered vehicle on train tracks; an altercation, but I can’t figure out with who; Crystal calls Sutton uptight; and LisaR says Sutton is ridiculous. Really?

💎 I caught a little of an unseen footage episode of last week’s RHOBH. Otherwise known as, Bravo milking the franchise. In an amusing moment, Kyle said she’d sent Kathy some tragic story, and Kathy responded with LOL. It seems Kathy thought that meant Loads Of Love. D’oh!

🍹 New Wife In the House…

All about Crystal.

https://thetab.com/uk/2021/05/19/meet-crystal-kung-minkoff-the-newest-housewife-of-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-205916

🌉 Night, Night, Baby…

See you tomorrow for soap and gorgeous unaffordable apartments. No matter your price point, stay safe, stay never letting them see you sweat, and stay away from Tenafly circles. Not only do they start rumors, that actually sounds like something you get from an insect bite.

May26

May 25, 2021 – Cyrus Tests Brando, Heather Arrives In the Hamptons, No Show Heather & Sorry Or Not

Posted on May 26, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Peter lies on the stair landing, blood pooling around his head.

Six hours earlier. Sasha waits for the elevator, while Peter walks into the hospital on the phone. He asks why they’re not returning his calls. He says something about the spa, but the automatic doors are so LOUD that I can’t hear it. He says he just arrived at GH. Meet him on the 7^th floor. Sasha gets into the elevator, and Peter yells, hold it, please. He gets in and says, seventh floor, please. Sasha presses the button, and they stand on opposite sides of the car, arms folded. He asks if Sasha is tired of taking the stairs, and she says, excuse me? He says he saw her earlier, slipping into the stairwell with Brando.

Maxie says if she tells Spinelli, he has to promise to never tell another soul. He promises not to betray her confidence. Is something amiss with little Louise? She says, no, Louise is great. Healthy and kicking up a storm. He says, she told him that once Louise is born, she might not be able to hold her; that she’d have to say goodbye before she said hello. What did she mean? What’s going to happen to Louise?

Britt and Jason get back to the lighthouse, and Britt says, it’s cold. She starts to put some wood in the fireplace, and says she’s glad they found that radio station. Sometimes, you just need some good old rock and roll. It puts you in a good mood, without all the depressing things going on in the world. It’s not like there isn’t enough tragedy to go around. The violence, the conflict, the natural disasters. People face tragedy every day. What difference does it make if one more person gets a terminal diagnosis?

Trooper Finchley (my bad yesterday; he didn’t introduce himself, and I’d forgotten him) tells Sonny, Elijah Crowe’s office was broken into the other night, and Sonny asks what that has to do with him. Finchley says, Eli claims Sonny and Nina are behind it. Sonny says, Nina is with Elijah right now; they’re on a date. So if he’s accusing her of breaking into his office, she’s… Sonny starts to walk toward the door, but Finchley stops him, and says he only has Sonny’s word that Nina is with Eli. He’ll have to question her about the break-in, after he interviews Sonny. They can do it there, or down at the station, whichever he’d prefer.

Eli hands Nina a drink, and she says, so this is the famous Founder’s Day signature cocktail, and he says, brings back good memories of past Founder’s Days with Lenny and Phyllis. Unfortunately, when he went to order it, the jerk next to him called it a Nixon’s Folly. She says, maybe because of the downturn in the economy, and takes a sip. She says, but this drink is still really delicious. He thanks her for agreeing to go out with him again. He didn’t think she would. She asks, why? Because he had to cut their last date short? He had a really good reason; his office was broken into. He says, not just that. He wasn’t sure if their interest in each other was mutual, since she and Mike/Sonny seem to be a team.

Carly asks Trent, how’s Frank? and he says, Frank seems to be a little out of it, but told him what he remembers, which isn’t much. She asks, what happened? and he says Frank told him there was a commotion in the stairwell. He went to check it out, and someone got him. She says, they took Gladys. Dammit. He says he’s sorry. What does she want to do now? She says they have to get Gladys back.

Brando tells Cyrus, what the hell? Another guy comes in, and pats Brando down. Brando says, it’s in his back, and the guy takes Brando’s gun and leaves. Brando says he guesses Cyrus doesn’t need this, tossing the envelope he was holding on the floor. Gladys tries talking, but her voice is muffled, and Cyrus says he thinks she’s trying to tell Brando something. He wonders what it could be. That she was about to betray him? Gladys says something else, and Cyrus says he thinks that’s what it is.

Britt tells Jason that his dressing probably needs changing. She forgot. He gets a bullet hole in his side, and it doesn’t slow him down. He makes up his mind, and he powers through. She’d ask him for pointers, but what good would that do? She can’t power her way through Huntington’s with a good mental attitude. Sorry. He says, for what? and she says, talking about something that can’t be changed, that she doesn’t even want to think about. What good would it do? They both know where this is headed. Losing the ability to control her movements, twitching and jerking rigidity in her muscles, impaired walking and balance, and at some point she’ll lose complete independence, and need constant care. She won’t know how to speak anymore or swallow, and after years of that, she’ll die. He says, go on, and she says, go on what? He says, keep talking, and she says, because he won’t? What does he want her to say?

Nina says, Eli thinks of her and Mike as a team? A team of what? A tennis team? Bowling? He says, it just seems like they’re close, and Nina says, Mike pours her a cup of coffee in the morning, and pours her a glass of wine in the evening. That’s about as close as she and Mike get. He asks if she’s sure, because Mike is circling the drain, and he’d hate to see her go down with him. She says she has no idea what he’s talking about, and he says, Mike is the one who broke into his office. She asks why he’d think that. What could Mike possibly want in his office? He says Just Mike has been in his face since the day they met. Maybe he wanted some fast cash, or just to mess with Eli’s head; it doesn’t matter. State troopers are investigating. They’re questioning Mike as they speak.

Lenny returns to the Tan-O and asks, what’s going on? Is there a problem? Finchley says, there wouldn’t be if Mike/Sonny would answer some questions, but Sonny/Mike says, they don’t have time. Nina is in trouble because of Elijah.

Trent tells Carly, they’re searching all of Cyrus’s properties… that they know of. She asks what that means, and he says, the guy is good at covering his tracks. He uses shell companies to cover his real estate purchases. They watch him, but he’s got places they don’t know about. She says, they’re going to have to find those places, because Gladys can exonerate Jason, and tie Cyrus to obstruction charges that will get his ass thrown back in jail. Not to mention, she promised she’d keep Gladys safe. She’s got to find her. He says he’ll be back, and she tells him to check the security feed. She needs him in touch with her every twenty minutes, because she needs to know what’s going on.

Sasha asks if Peter is keeping tabs on her, but he says he was just surprised to see she was still at the hospital. She says she didn’t realize her whereabouts were any of his business. The elevator doors open, and she tells him, have a nice day, and strides out. Peter flashes back to talking to Cyrus about seeing Sasha with Brando, and tells himself to stay focused. He has more important things to worry about.

Maxie says she has a plan to protect Louise from Peter, and Spinelli says, excellent. He’s at her service. His phone rings, and he says, it’s Carly. They’ve been working together to uncover evidence of Peter’s crimes. Maxie tells him to take it; Carly might know something that can help them. Spinelli says, greetings, and Carly says, something’s come up; she needs him. He asks if it can wait.

Willow sees Sasha at the hospital, and Sasha asks how she is. How’s Chase? Willow says, unfortunately, Chase’s symptoms are pretty severe. They haven’t been able to diagnose him yet, but he’s desperate to be released. Dr. Finn agreed, but only because Michael said Chase could stay at the Quartermaines’, where he can be monitored 24/7. Sasha says, that sounds like Michael, and Willow says she knows; he’s always so helpful. She asks if Sasha is there for an appointment, and when Sasha hesitates, Willow asks if everything is okay. Sasha says Willow will hear about it soon enough. In fact, Lucy is planning to build an ad campaign around it. Willow asks if Sasha is pregnant.

Brando asks what his mother did, and Cyrus says, mommy dearest went over to the other side. Carly convinced her to go to the police with information that was damaging to him. He stoops down and puts his face near Gladys’s, and says he can’t imagine what Carly offered in exchange for it, but he wonders if it has something to do with the fact that Sasha is carrying Brando’s child.

Sonny says he doesn’t have any proof yet. He talked to a couple people in Corinth, where Eli did some real estate deal with the strip mall. He got some information. Lenny says, like what? and Sonny says, Elijah was behind the vandalism at the hardware store and the Tan-O, and he also paid the thugs to rob the firehouse dance. So because of Elijah, nobody is coming into Nixon Falls to live or do business. Lenny says, Elijah loves living here. He’d have no reason to destroy Nixon Falls. Sonny says, that’s what he does. He drives down the real estate prices through vandalism and robbery, then turns around and buys property below market value, and sells them right to the developers. If Lenny had sold Eli the Tan-O, he’d have made it a restaurant chain. Finchley says they can chat about business another time. He has questions about the break-in at Eli’s office. Sonny tells Lenny, Eli is accusing him and Nina of breaking into his office, and he’s with Nina right now. Lenny says, and he thinks Nina is in danger? and Sonny says, yes. Lenny asks Finchley what it will take for him to let Mike/Sonny go, and Finchley says, Elijah claims Mike and Nina broke into his office the evening of May 13^th, between 8 and 9 pm. If he has an alibi, he’ll walk out; no harm, no foul. Sonny says he was at the Tan-O, remember? and Lenny says he can’t remember what he had for lunch, never mind a few days ago. Lenny says he’ll check the logs, and be right back.

Nina asks if Eli has any proof that Mike was the one who broke into his office, and he says, not much, but he suspects if the police do a deep dive into Mike’s past, they’ll find out it’s less than spotless. She says, all she knows is, Lenny and Phyllis really trust Mike. They’re letting him stay above the Tan-O, like they did Eli. Does he have any information the rest of them don’t know? He says, only that Mike’s not the friend they all think. Like he said, his instincts are working overtime. If he’s wrong, he’ll apologize to Mike. Nina says she’ll hold him to that, and he says he really didn’t want to spend all their time together talking about Mike. Come on. He wants to show her a pond nearby, where bullfrogs sit on lily pads for real. (I want to go too!) She says, it sounds interesting, and he says she’ll love it. He holds out his hand, Nina takes it, and they walk off.

Britt says she could go to a lecture about how she could take care of her health before she gets sick; or she could join a Huntington’s group online, and share her story; raise funds for research. One woman actually wrote on the Huntington’s website about how she didn’t want to have kids, and now she doesn’t have to worry about passing along the gene. The one child Britt carried wasn’t actually hers, so she guesses she found the silver lining.

Spinelli says he’s in the middle of something with Maxie, but Carly says, this could actually help Maxie. She needs him to find Gladys, so she can testify that it was actually Peter who killed Franco. He says he sees, and she tells him to meet her at the MetroCourt in room 808. Maxie says, it sounded important, and he says, it was. Carly may have found a way to bring charges against Peter. She says, that’s great, and he asks what about her plan to keep her baby safe from Peter? She says, if he can help Carly put Peter in prison, then she can actually (WOTD) relax at the spa, and not worry about bringing Louise into the world. He says, sounds like an excellent plan, and soon she’ll be holding that precious baby in her arms. She tells him to give James and Georgie a kiss for her, and he hugs her. He tells her to take care of herself, and that soon-to-be bundle of joy. She says she will, and he leaves.

Peter sees Chloe, and asks what took her so long. Maxie is leaving for the spa tonight. She says the longer he spends time yelling at her, the longer it will take to get what they need. He says, stop with the attitude, or he’ll find someone else to handle the situation. She says, at this late date? Maxie is going to pop at any minute. The kid will arrive whether he’s there or not. He tells her to do what she needs to do. Just make it quick.

Spinelli gets to Glady’s room, and asks Carly, what happened here? She says, Spinelli, thank God. She was keeping Gladys safe, or so she thought. Gladys was going to recant her statement about seeing Jason ditch the murder weapon outside of Franco’s studio, and testify that she actually saw Peter do it. He says, that’s most welcome news indeed; what changed her mind? She says, Cyrus was targeting Brando, and the only way for Gladys to keep herself and her son safe, was to make sure Cyrus went to prison. Carly had her there, while Diane was at the PCPD negotiating an immunity deal, but clearly, Gladys is gone. He asks if it was Peter or Cyrus, and she says she doesn’t know. They’re obviously working together. She doesn’t know if Gladys had her phone on her, or the kidnappers dumped it somewhere… He tells her, say no more, and sits down, opening his laptop.

Britt tells Jason, a lot of Huntington’s carriers think a cure will be found before the disease manifests. She was never an optimist. She sits down, and he sits next to her, saying, it could be years, or decades before the symptoms manifest. She says she never thought of him as an optimist either, but he says he’s a realist, and right now, she doesn’t have any symptoms. She’s strong – she nods – she’s healthy, and she has a clear mind. Right now, that’s a lot. He can’t tell her to appreciate this moment, but he knows he does.

Finchley says, those are pretty serious allegations Mike/Sonny made against Eli. He and Nina talked to people in Corinth? Sonny says, there’s nothing illegal about that, and Finchley says, true, but it is illegal to break into someone’s office, and hack into his computer. Sonny says he’s just a bartender. He doesn’t know anything about computers. Finchley says, maybe; maybe not. He better hope Lenny comes up with an alibi for him. Finchley’s phone rings, and he says, Finchley… He’s on his way. He tells Sonny that he’ll be back later to take their statements. There’s an open fire hydrant on Maple that he has to investigate. He leaves, and Lenny comes back. He tells Sonny, neither he nor Phyllis were working the night Eli’s office was broken into. Sonny was there alone. That’s why he opened up the hydrant, to get rid of Finchley.

Nina says Eli is right; this is lovely. He says, isn’t it? Great weather, wonderful musical backdrop, and perfect company. She says she’s sure the other Founder’s Day revelers are going to join them soon. She just hopes no more armed robbers come to terrorize them. He asks why she’d think that, and she says, no reason. It just seems to be a pattern these days; vandalized stores, terrified residents. Suddenly, Nixon Falls seems like a dangerous place. He grabs her arm, startling her.

Sasha tells Willow, this pregnancy was definitely unplanned. Like she said, Lucy is thinking of incorporating it into a Deception campaign. She only just started to tell people. Carly knows. She asks Willow to promise not to tell Michael. She wants him to hear about it from her. Willow says, of course (🍷). She won’t keep Sasha from her check-up. She starts to leave, and Sasha says, wait. She just realized how that must have sounded. Michael is not the father. She knows Willow is with Chase now, but they’re Wiley’s parents, and she just wants to be clear. Wiley isn’t getting a sibling. Willow says, good, and Sasha says, at the moment, she can’t tell Willow who the father is. The situation is… complicated.

Brando says, Sasha told Cyrus, the baby isn’t his, but Cyrus says, Sasha is lying, probably to protect Brando. Tell him, did Brando and Sasha sleep together to defy him because Brando knows he has a soft spot for Sasha? Brando says Cyrus has a soft spot for the woman he almost killed? and Cyrus says, they’ve already discussed Brando’s inability to follow his orders. Is it because he’s been confiding in her; pillow talk, shall they say? He’s sure Sasha has already told Brando to stop working for him. Brando tells Cyrus, get to the point. What does Cyrus want in exchange for letting his mother go?

Chloe tells Peter, they’re all set. Everything they need is in her bag, and ready to go. He says, and it’s safe for a pregnant woman, especially at this late stage? She says she told him a thousand times already, she’s not taking any chances with his child. She can only imagine what he’d do to her if things went wrong. He says, good, and no one was suspicious? She says she used to work with the pharmacist on call tonight, so she was able to use her real name and nursing accreditation. She’ll deliver his baby girl to him. He says, and they’ll start a new life together; him, Maxie, and their child.

Maxie packs, and asks Louise if she’s ready for a little adventure. She’s glad she didn’t tell Spinelli the truth. He would have just told her how dangerous her plan is, and would have told her to use his computer skills to sabotage Peter. They don’t have time for that. She makes a call, and asks Bobbie if she’s okay. She’ll meet her in Beecher’s Corners. She thanks Bobbie, and calls the spa. She says she booked the babymoon package with them. She’s calling to make sure her baby nurse is all set to be pampered too. Can they confirm that Chloe Jennings is booked for the deluxe mani/pedi, full body scrub, and two-hour ultimate transcendence? Generous? No. Nurse Jennings has been so good to her. She just wants to return the favor. On another call, she looks outside, and says, good. Both burner phones are working… No, she’s not paranoid. Peter could be monitoring her and it’s important they use a burner phone too. She has the nurse all set with spa treatments. She’s going to pretend her water broke, and convince the staff she’s going to the hospital. Will Brook be able to ditch Yuri, her bodyguard?… Okay, don’t blow it… No, she doesn’t doubt Brook’s skills. She’s a great liar, and has the gold medal in subterfuge. Maxie picks up a stuffed toy and says she’ll be fine, because if the choice is to give her precious baby girl to Brook or Peter, there is no choice. She’ll see Brook soon. She puts the toy on top of her luggage, and says, we can do this, right? She thinks she felt a kick of agreement, and says, she thinks it’s going to be hard for both of them, but it’s worth it to keep Louise safe.

Willow asks if Sasha and the father are on good terms, and Sasha says, excellent terms. He’s a wonderful guy, but there are circumstances that make this pregnancy difficult for them. Willow asks if that means they’re a couple, and Sasha says, like everything else with this pregnancy, they’re still figuring that part out.

Gladys has managed to get her hands untied and rips the duct tape off her mouth. She says she didn’t do anything. She did everything Cyrus told her to do. Cyrus’s guy suddenly appears again, and Cyrus says, shut her up. He says, permanently? and Cyrus, Brando, and Gladys all say, no. Cyrus says he’s going to leave that for Brando to take care of.

Carly thanks someone on the phone, and Spinelli says, any luck? She says, someone hacked into the MetroCourt surveillance system to create a loop to run when Gladys was taken. Spinelli says, let him guess, the camera showed the bodyguard outside the room the entire time. Does she want him to trace that? She says, no. They have to find Gladys. Any luck locating her phone? They hear a beep from under the bed, and Spinelli says, that page is Gladys’s phone. Whoever kidnapped Gladys was smart enough to relieve her of her phone. Carly reaches under the bed, and says, not as smart as he might think. She gave Gladys a burner phone, and it wasn’t under the bed with this one. He says, give him the number, and they’re back in business. He knows they’ll find her.

Britt says, Jason actually has feelings. Who would have guessed? He says, don’t tell anybody, and for the first time ever, Jason makes me laugh. She says, cross her heart and hope to die… There’s that word again. He says, it happens to all of us, you know? She says she does know, but her death comes with all kinds of fun side effects. Turns out, she lied. He asks what she lied about, and she says, why she went through with the test. She chokes back tears, and says, she told herself it was because the not knowing was torture, and that was true, but deep down, she convinced herself if she was brave enough to take the test, she’d be rewarded with the result she wanted. She’d find out she didn’t have the genetic marker for Huntington’s Disease, and that she had the rest of her life in front of her. He says, she still does.

Sonny asks if Lenny believes him about Eli, and understands that Nina is in trouble, but Lenny says he doesn’t know what to think about the stuff Mike/Sonny is accusing Eli of. Sonny says he knows Lenny and Phyllis care about Eli, but if Lenny doesn’t believe him, why did he let the trooper go? Lenny says, if Sonny is right, and Nina gets hurt, he’d never forgive himself. Neither would Phyllis. He asks if Sonny has any idea where Eli might have taken Nina, and Sonny says, she told him something about a barbecue. He goes over to the bar, and picks up his phone. He says he was trying to look it up, when the trooper interrupted. Where could Eli have taken Nina?

Eli brushes back Nina’s hair, and says he’s sorry. He just noticed her earrings. They’re the same ones she was wearing the other night. She says, excuse me? and touches them like you know you do when you’re checking to remember which ones you’re wearing. He says, on their date. After the break-in, she came back to his office to find the one she lost. She says, that’s right. Her brother gave them to her, so naturally, she wouldn’t want to lose one. He says, that makes sense. Does her brother live in Port Charles? She says, no. Her brother is dead. He was shot. Murdered. Eli says he’s so sorry; he had no idea. She says she couldn’t help but think of her brother when the shooting broke out at the firehouse dance. They already talked about all the terrible things that have happened in Nixon Falls, so tell her; why does he think this is happening? He asks if she thinks he had something to do with these crimes, and she says she didn’t say that. She thinks it’s time they got back to the barbecue. She starts to walk, and he puts out his hand to stop her. She drops her purse, and the papers she copied fall out. I know hindsight is 20/20, but since she was meeting Eli, she might have left those at the Tan-O. He says, look at this. Printouts from his office computer. How do you like that?

Maxie opens the door to Chloe, and Chloe asks how Maxie and the little baby bump are doing. Maxie says, fine, and she can’t wait for their babymoon. Chloe says, her too. She parked the car in front of the building, and she didn’t want Maxie to do any unnecessary walking, so she brought this. She pushes in a wheelchair, and Maxie says, no. She does not need a wheelchair. Chloe says she didn’t want to say anything, but she noticed Maxie’s blood pressure was still high. If she refuses the wheelchair, she’ll have to tell Peter, and Maxie knows what that means. Maxie says, he’ll put her in the hospital, and tell Dr. Navarro to induce labor. This is blackmail. Chloe says, call it what she will, but it’s her job to protect Maxie and the baby. So no wheelchair, no spa.

Carly leans over Spinelli’s shoulder, and says, anything? He says, this kind of work requires intense focus, and hovering creates the opposite. She says, sorry. He knows how important this is, right? He says, no one wants Peter arrested and charged more than he does. Maxie and her baby will not be safe until he’s incarcerated. She says, the best way for that to happen is for Gladys to say she saw Peter ditch the murder weapon. They have to find her.

Cyrus thanks his guy, and says he can leave the premises. He’ll let Brando handle it from here. Brando says, handle it how? and Cyrus tells him, don’t be obtuse. He knows perfectly well that Gladys has become a liability. If Brando takes care of it, at least he knows her demise was accomplished as painlessly as possible. Brando says he’s not killing his mother, and Cyrus says, Gladys is going to die. If not by him, by someone who’s more loyal to him than Brando is. And if that happens, Sasha dies as well, along with his unborn child. Brando says, he wouldn’t, and Cyrus says, try me, which is the standard reply.

Britt asks if Jason is insensitive or just plain cruel. The life she has ahead of her is slow deterioration leading to an inevitable death. He says, or she could get hit by a bus tomorrow. She says, there’s not a lot of bus traffic here, and he says, a hundred million things could happen before she starts to show symptoms. Amazing things, disappointing things, but there’s no way to predict because that’s not how life works. The future’s an idea; it’s not a guarantee. The only thing they know is that it won’t go according to plan. She laughs, then laugh/cries, and he says, so why not make the most of it for most of the time she has?

Maxie gets in the wheelchair, and says, happy now? Chloe says, very, and thanks her. Maxie says she’s not spending her babymoon in this wheelchair, just so Chloe knows. Chloe tells Maxie that she really needs to calm down. She prepares a syringe of… something, and says, Maxie knows stress isn’t good for the baby. Maxie says she’s calm. She’s feeling very Zen right now. Well, she was before Chloe showed up with this completely unnecessary wheelchair. She feels Chloe giving her a shot, and says, what the…? and passes out.

On the phone, Peter says he needs a chopper, fueled and ready to go at the private heliport in somewhere. Keep it available. He’ll let them know the specifics later. There will be three traveling; two adults, and one infant.

Lenny says, Elijah took Nina to a barbecue… They’re at the Nixon Falls Founder’s Day Picnic. Sonny asks where it’s at, and Lenny says, Nixon Falls Park. Sonny asks if he’s sure, and Lenny says, Elijah loved attending the Founder’s Day Picnic when he was living here. Now go. Bring Nina home. Sonny jets out the door.

Nina says, these papers are the various payouts in Eli’s scheme to drive down the real estate prices. He says he’s hurt by her lack of faith in him. These documents are A, private and privileged, and B, don’t prove a damn thing. She snatches back the paper from his hand, and says they’ll let the police decide. She starts to walk away, but he grabs her arm and says, she didn’t think it would be that easy, did she? She struggles, but he won’t let go.

Spinelli says, got it, and Carly grabs her phone, saying she loves him. She’s bringing Jason home. She calls Trent, and asks if he has the team ready. She knows where Gladys is.

Cyrus says Brando’s mother is a parasite. All she cares about is money. She sells herself to the highest bidder, regardless of the consequences. She told Sonny and his family that Brando was dead. Brando traveled halfway across the country, just to avoid her. Don’t tell him her life suddenly has value to Brando now, especially as it compares to Sasha’s, and his unborn child. Brando thinks for half a second, and holds out his hand. Cyrus gives him a gun, and he walks over to Gladys, who’s crying and shaking her head. Cyrus smiles.

Sasha tells Willow, she doesn’t really know the baby’s father all that well, and Willow says Sasha told her he was wonderful. Sasha says, he is. They started off as friends. She guesses she was really attracted to him; they used to flirt like crazy. Willow says, and one thing led to another? and Sasha says, you could put it like that. She thinks they could be really good together, and he does too. Willow says, after the sacrifices Sasha and Chase made for her and Michael so they could keep Wiley, she deserves to be happy. Whatever that looks like for her.

Brando aims the gun at Gladys, and she cowers. Cyrus continues to smile, and Brando suddenly turns, aiming the gun at him.

Jason says, the test tells Britt that she has the genetic marker, but it doesn’t tell her how she’s going to die. It doesn’t tell her how she’s going to live. Only she can decide that. She says, just treat every day as a gift. He brushes her hair back, but not in a creepy way like Eli did with Nina. They kiss. And kiss some more.

Tomorrow, Brook says, it’s a disaster waiting to happen; Valentin says, everything is coming together; Ava tells Nikolas, they have to take Cyrus out; Cyrus regrets to inform Brando, he failed his final test; and Britt asks Jason if he’s sure about this.

The Real Housewives of New York City

I missed the first two minutes, in which Sonja had a meltdown over Wells Fargo. LuAnn left the scene, and in her interview, said she couldn’t watch Sonja go down same rabbit hole she did. Sonja was only going to change if Sonja wanted to change. Eboni said Sonja was married to her story, which I thought was pretty accurate. Leah said Sonja couldn’t communicate when she got upset, and it was a lot. The next morning, Ramona had to explain to Sonja that she’d had a tough night. Leah talked to Sarah about their grandmother’s illness, saying their grandmother seemed like a huge burden on her mom, but not so much for the two of them. Eboni talked about her grandmother to her mom, who needed to make a decision about a feeding tube. Eboni’s mom said her grandmother’s life had become about quantity, not quality, and Eboni was concerned her mom was trying to put the decision on her. Ramona reminded Sonja about her Wells Fargo rant, but Sonja stuck to her guns, saying, it was her daughter’s future. In Ramona’s interview, she said, Sonja was making no sense. Where Eboni’s daughter got her mortgage wasn’t going to affect Sonja’s daughter’s lifestyle. She thought Garth bothered Sonja, and Sonja said Garth was driving her nuts. Ramona finally wheedled out of Sonja that she was afraid to be alone. Sonja was also discussed at length among the women the next day.

Leah told the caterer that she didn’t know how the woman worked for Ramona; she was such a bitch. Then Leah bitched at Ramona about being a bitch. She said Ramona was so rude and fake, she couldn’t handle it. Garth paid the women a visit for a morning workout. In Sonja’s interview, she said she was happy for LuAnn, but Garth was not the greatest thing since sliced bread. Ramona thought LuAnn had done well for herself. She and Sonja joined LuAnn for the workout, and in her interview, Sonja said, first, she had to hear about Garth; now she had to work out with him. Couldn’t she just go to the kitchen, and grab doughnut? Leah and Eboni opted for beauty treatments, and Leah told Eboni that she was going to take a vow of silence until 6 pm. Eboni said she’d be the voice for the voiceless, and explained to the others that Leah needed some self-care, and wasn’t speaking. In Sonja’s interview, she said she understood. She should have taken one 20 years ago with Ramona.

The women took a limo to an oyster farm, and on the way, there was a whole bit whoop-de-doo about Tom, with Sonja saying he was her bald guy. Finally, LuAnn had enough, and said Sonja had been a one-night stand. Tom hadn’t married Sonja, and he was never Sonja’s guy. Then Sonja moved on to Harry (will we never get rid of him?), while Ramona, Leah, and Eboni texted each other. Eboni said she thought Sonja didn’t feel valued, and in her interview, said she thought Sonja needed affirmation about the woman she is, not a supposed friend saying she was only good for a one-night stand. In LuAnn’s interview, she said she got that Sonja was in a bad place, but don’t ruin her party. In Sonja’s interview, she said she felt like chopped liver whenever a new guy came into LuAnn’s life. Yep. I knew women like that in my single/dating days. I was never like that though. During the day on Saturday was always for friends. In Eboni’s interview, she said what was bizarre about this friend group was that they’d go at it, and five minutes later were like, I love you. Leah tried to convey that she’d accidentally said thank you to the driver, but finally just told them. Eboni said she was bad at charades, and in Leah’s interview, she said, she was not a mimer. The oyster farm it was more beautiful than you’d think it would be. They were shown the various types of oysters, including ones that stuck together. LuAnn said that’s how Ramona and Sonja woke up, and in the most disgusting comment possibly ever, Sonja said, stuck together and crusty. In her interview, Ramona was just like, eww! After learning oyster facts, the women were taught how to shuck them. The shucking master told Ramona that it was more a matter of patience than brute strength, as she tried to pry an oyster open with her teeth. Not really, but that would have been fun to see. In her interview, she said now she knew why they’re so expensive. When 6 pm hit, Leah told everyone, if she seemed weird, it was because she was struggling with something. She was nervous about Heather coming, since she didn’t know Heather. They’d only met for five minutes in the Berkshires. She talked about the women in the press, saying nasty things. She wondered if later on, Heather would talk about her or Eboni. Ramona said Heather had a good heart. She was a good mother, a businesswoman, and had been married a long time. Eboni said being a good mother always made everything all right. She’s a raving lunatic bitch, but she’s a good mom. Ramona dropped the bombshell that Heather would be staying over.

Ramona hosted a Breakfast at Tiffany’s dinner, and the table was gorgeous, with white feathers and pearls. Heather arrived, and since everyone was dressing up, she asked Sonja with help crafting her updo, but Sonja declined. In her interview, Sonja said that was the last thing she was going to do after Heather had talked about her. Next, Heather would want Sonja to carry her luggage. Because of all the flack, Ramona relegated Heather to the downstairs, and in Heather’s interview, she said she’d been banished to the dungeon, but it was okay. She liked a little separation. Everyone dressed in black with pearls, except for Leah, who wore a black and white Versace dress. In her interview, Ramona said Leah was a rebel, but it was all good, since it was Versace. After Ramona downed some secret shots, the bartender told her to pace herself. After they sat down to dinner, the subject of podcasts was brought up, and Heather said she’d just launched podcast. In Leah’s interview, she said if she showed up in a house full of women she’d trashed on her podcast, she’d be shying away from that word. This was all Leah needed to pull up receipts on her phone, reading from articles about what Heather said, including the suggestion that LuAnn did hard drugs. In Heather’s interview, she said she’d gone into the lion’s den, and for some reason, was being ambushed. The funniest part was that no one listened to the podcast. LuAnn was bothered that Heather had talked about her like that, but Heather said some crap about it being taken out of context, and changed the topic to Leah having told her that they were painting a naked man. She asked if it was Garth, and at the mention of his name, all was well with LuAnn. LuAnn said, it wasn’t Garth, but a male model would be the subject. Then the dinner table talk turned to sex, and Ramona wondered who talked about things like that. Not her. She still had elegance and class.

Next time, the party continues, Ramona demands to know why they’re talking about d*cks, the women have a painting lesson, Eboni and LuAnn argue, and Leah calls everyone a ho’. Here a ho’, there a ho’, everywhere a ho’, ho’. Sorry. I just have to every time I hear that.

🗽 I actually have my own Heather story. I used to enter a lot of contests, and some radio station had one for a pass to a cocktail party some local celebrities would be at, including Heather and Kristen Taekman, who was also on RHONY at the time. Supposedly, they were friends. I won, and dragged my husband along to the Manhattan hotel where the event was happening, which had a fabulous view of the city. They served appetizers, and had an open bar, both of which were top notch. The white wine was excellent, and I wondered if it was Ramona’s but I never did find out. Anyway, Heather never showed. Kristen did though, and she was a lot of fun, answering questions, and being genuine and gracious. So I agree. Pfft! on Heather.

🦦 Logging Off…

Tomorrow, those wacky women from New Jersey will be continuing their relentless pursuit of an analogy, as well as more screeching from LisaR of Beverly Hills. So until we all need to put in earplugs, stay safe, stay indomitable, and stay knowing you deserve to be happy. Whatever that looks like for you.

May22

May 21, 2021 – Memorial For a Spy, Tribute Talk, New Love, a Battle, Too Bad, New Shows, Old Shade, Freddy’s Back, Balancing Docs, Close To 12 Quotes & Bowl This

Posted on May 22, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

County Kerry Ireland. We hear bagpipes play. Annie tells Felicia and Mac that she can’t believe how many of them came, all the way from America. Felicia says, that’s how much they loved her dad, and how much they wanted to be there to support her and her mom. Annie says, it means a lot that they came to honor him, and Felicia says her dad loved her. She was his pride and joy. Annie thanks Felicia and hugs her. She says, the inn is just over the hill; she hopes they can stop by. Felicia says, of course (🍷). Annie leaves, and Anna asks Felicia if they can talk, but Felicia says, now is not the time, and she and Mac leave. Anna looks at Sean’s gravestone.

Robin sets out pictures of Sean, alone and with the family, and tells Robert, when she heard the news, she wondered why she hadn’t made more time to see Sean and Tiffany in Ireland. The kids would have loved it. She wonders if they should have left Anna and Felicia at Sean’s grave. At least Mac is there. She doesn’t think she’s ever seen Felicia so angry before.

Maxie tells the baby, they’re almost there. They just have to make sure her father is removed from the equation. Trust her; it’s for the best. There’s a knock at the door, and Peter says it’s him, because his antennae go up every time Maxie moves. He says he wants to say goodbye before she goes to the spa. She says, speak of the devil.

Monica and Laura look at the programs from the memorial, and Monica says, it was a beautiful service, wasn’t it? Laura says, the priest was really eloquent. And Tiffany. That was so brave. She doesn’t know how Tiffany held it together like that. She was really proud of her. Monica says, her too. While she was watching Tiffany, she thought of herself standing there at Alan’s funeral. It’s all so surreal. You’ve lost your life’s partner, you try to get through the loss, and just be grateful for the good times. Laura says, and Sean Donely was definitely a man who appreciated a good time. They laugh, and she says, now that all the religious stuff is over, she thinks Sean would want them to celebrate his life. Monica says, hear, hear.

Maxie tells Peter that she’s just packing for her spa trip, and he asks, where’s Chloe? He thought she understood she was to be with Maxie at all times until the baby is born.

Felicia comes back with Mac to find her umbrella, and Anna asks if she can please stay so they can talk. Felicia says, trust her. Anna doesn’t want to hear what she has to say. Anna says, she does. They can’t get past this until they go through it. Mac says, they just said goodbye to Sean, and they were two of his favorite people. He would hate to see them at odds, so if it’s possible for them to talk it out, think of it as a last wish of Sean’s. Felicia says she’ll stay… for Sean. Mac says he loves them both, and leaves.

Annie comes in, and Laura asks if Annie’s mom is there. They barely got to speak at the memorial. Annie says, she and Connor took some of her father’s ashes to spread them at his local village. Robert says, Sean told him stories about that place. He said it reminded him of Annie’s namesake. Robin says, if Annie doesn’t mind her asking, how bad was the dementia? Did Sean know who she was? Annie says, yes and no. Her last good memory of him was last Christmas when he gave her this ring. She shows them, and Laura says, it’s beautiful. Annie says, his last year was pretty muddled, but there were some days he was sharp as a tack. He knew that the Christmas star was going to be visible in Ireland for the first time in 800 years. He said it was a miracle, just like her. Laura asks if the ring has any significance, and Annie says, cubanite is known to attract magnets. Robert says, that’s how Sean saw her. Laura says she heard the reception was better outside, so she’s stepping out to call Tiffany. Annie says she knows her mother would be thrilled to hear from Laura.

Outside, Laura calls Tiffany, who asks if she’s supposed to call Laura Madam Mayor now. Laura says, just Laura, and laughs. She says it’s good to hear Tiffany’s voice, and Tiffany says she feels the same way. Laura says she wants to hear about Tiffany’s life; the good, the bad, and everything in between. She doesn’t have to edit. She can say what she’s feeling. Laura says she’s there for Tiffany, and Tiffany says, as you always are, darling.

Robert tells Annie, Tiffany told him that she applied to the Bureau. How’s that going? She says she was hellbent on following in her father’s footsteps, and Robert says, was; meaning past tense? She says she completed her training, but then, nothing. They were supposed to contact her for her final test, but they never did. She assumes she didn’t make the cut. He tells her not to be too disappointed. It’s not easy to get into the Bureau. She says, the WSB contacted her after her father died, but not to offer condolences. Her dad still had sensitive WSB documents, and they’re sending a courier for them tomorrow. Robert says he knows it’s a lot to ask, but he and Anna were close to her dad, and still have clearance. Is it possible for them to have access to the files?

Tiffany tells Laura, from the moment Sean walked into her life until the second he left it, he was heartbreakingly handsome, exasperating, terribly funny, and fun. We see flashbacks as she talks. She says, he had the driest sense of humor, and a twinkle in his eye. Even that time he broke her heart. In the 35 years they were with each other, they had the most magical life together. It was the best life she could ever have dreamed of. He gave her a wonderful stepson, Connor, and an amazing, fantastic daughter. She can’t wait to see Laura tomorrow. Laura says she loves Tiffany, and Tiffany says she loves Laura too. Her dear, dear friend. Laura says, tomorrow. She looks at her room key, as someone approaches. She drops the key.

Maxie says Chloe has to pack for their spa getaway, but he says, it doesn’t take all afternoon to pack. He’ll stay until Chloe gets back; he doesn’t want her to be alone. Bobbie arrives, and says, Maxie won’t be alone. She’ll be with Maxie. She’ll take care of Maxie, so Peter can go.

Robin asks if anyone has seen Laura. She went outside to call Patrick, and found this. She shows them Laura’s room key.

Annie tells Robert that her dad was very protective of his files, He designed the safe himself, and it requires a retinal scan to open it. Robert says, so now that Sean is gone, no one can access it? She says she can, and Robert says, it’s an old case, and they’re dealing with something similar now. Sean’s case files may hold the key. She says she’s sorry, but she can’t give him access.

Anna thanks Felicia for talking with her. She knows she deserves Felicia’s anger. Felicia says, it’s not anger; it’s rage for what Anna did to her daughter. Maxie’s life is in tatters thanks to Anna. Anna is Maxie’s godmother, and Maxie believed in Anna because Felicia put her in a position of trust in Maxie’s life. Peter was Faison’s son, and admitted to working with him. They should have been more suspicious. She takes it back; she was suspicious. Anna convinced them to give Peter a chance, and because of her, Maxie believed in him. Maxie loved him, but the second Anna had doubts, she should have let her and Mac know. If she was uncomfortable with that, at the very least she should have told Maxie. Anna didn’t protect her goddaughter. And worse, her closest friend gave her no chance to protect her own child. She walks away.

Robert asks if anyone has seen Laura. Robin found Laura’s key outside, Mac went to look for Laura, and now he’s gone. Monica says she hasn’t seen him, and Annie says neither has she. Mac walks in, and Robert says, one down. Now they just have to find Laura. Mac says he hates to admit it, but he can’t find Laura’s room. The rooms aren’t ordered with any rhyme or reason. Robert says, Annie rented the place for them. Can she take him to Laura’s room? Annie says, no problem, and she and Robert go upstairs. Robin says she’s worried, and asks if Anna talked to Felicia. Anna says, Felicia talked; unloaded would be more accurate. She supposes she had it coming, and Robin says, Felicia has the right to her anger, but Anna also has the right to explain her side too. Try again. Be brave like she taught Robin. Anna says she loves Robin, and Robin says, back at her. Felicia comes in, and Robin makes herself scarce. Anna says, everything Felicia said is true, but she doesn’t know how to begin to apologize. Felicia says, then don’t. She doesn’t think she can forgive Anna.

Peter tells Bobbie, there’s no harm in him sticking around too. He is the baby’s father. Bobbie says she’s a licensed nurse, with decades of experience. She knows about Maxie’s high blood pressure issues, and knows that Peter’s presence exacerbates them. He can leave or be escorted out. Peter says, since Maxie is in good hands, he’ll go. He says he’ll miss her, and Maxie says she’ll see him after the babymoon. He leaves, and Maxie says, thank God Bobbie came. Bobbie says, two questions. What the heck is a babymoon, and why was it so urgent that she come over? Maxie says she needs Bobbie to deliver her baby.

Upstairs at the inn, Annie says, the door to Laura’s room is open. Robert looks in, and calls to Laura. He says, the room is a wreck, and Annie says, it looks ransacked. Robert says he’ll try calling Laura, when Robin joins them. She asks, what’s going on? and Annie says, the locks on Laura’s room look jimmied, and she’s gone. Robert says he’s getting no answer. Annie picks up a Mexican flag wrapped around a toy gun, and says, her dad worked in Mexico, under the alias El Patron. Robert says, he was an arms dealer; not one of his finest hours. Annie says, Laura is missing. Someone broke in and left this for them to find. Could all of this have something to do with her dad?

Mac tells Monica, they’re low on ice, but there’s none in the icemaker in the kitchen. She says Annie told her the caretaker keeps an extra refrigerator in the garage. He says, he’ll check it out, and leaves. Monica sits down with her drink, and someone approaches. She drops the glass, and it shatters on the floor.

Anna tells Felicia, she made terrible mistakes where Peter was concerned. She let the whole thing go on for too long. Felicia says, Maxie was literally at the altar when the horrible truth finally came out. If Anna had just warned her, she could have made arrangements to come home and be by Maxie’s side. Now her daughter is broken. Anna says, no. Her daughter is down, but certainly not out. Felicia asks if that’s what Anna is telling herself; Maxie is strong enough to overcome the disaster Anna made for her. Anna says she wanted to believe the best about Peter. She ignored the warning signs, and kept seeing what she wanted to see. By the time she realized how wrong she was, the wedding was upon them. She regrets her actions every single day. Maxie has started to forgive her – she thinks – and she’s doing everything she can to put Peter away. Please tell her that counts for something. Felicia says she hardly remembers a time when they weren’t friends. They’ve been through so much; her and Frisco, and Anna and Robert. No one was better suited as Maxie’s godparents than Anna and Sean. Anna was there for Maxie, long after Sean and Tiffany left town, and for her. We flash back to when Anna and Felicia were practically babies, and Anna asks how she can make amends. What can she do for Felicia to forgive her?

Robert says he’ll call the local police, and Annie says, they’re not close by, but he should be able to get them on the phone. She suggests Robert go to the window in the hallway; she’s gotten better reception there. Annie tells Robin, it’s no secret her dad had enemies. This could be one targeting her dad’s friends.

Maxie says she trusts Bobbie as much as her mom, and Bobbie says, Maxie is obviously in trouble. Maxie says she had a plan to deliver her baby, and keep her safe from Peter, but those plans fell through. Bobbie says, so what’s the new plan? and Maxie says she’s made arrangements to go to a spa that caters to pregnant women; that’s the babymoon part. She’s going to ditch the private nurse Peter insisted she hire; then make it look like her water broke, and she went to the hospital. Instead, she’s really going to a house in Beecher’s Corners to have the baby. Her doctor said it’s safe for her to be induced. Bobbie says, so that’s where she comes in. She’s assisted with enough births to know what to do, and her contact at GH can get supplies. She can meet Maxie at Beecher’s Corners. Maxie says, thank you so much, and Bobbie says, one question. Who will be taking care of the baby until Peter is no longer a threat?

Robert comes back, and tells Annie that the police said they’d be there in twenty minutes. She asks what he thinks is going on, and he says, for all the good work Sean did for the WSB, he also spent time on the opposite side of the law. Sean was absolutely ruthless when he needed to be, and if the payoff was enough. He even tried to kill Robert once. We flash back to Sean and Robert fighting in an aerial tram, and Robert falling from it. Annie says she’s well aware of her dad’s past mistakes. She hates thinking his past mistakes are coming back to haunt his friends. Robin says her parents have had a lot of experience in situations like this. Whatever is going on, they’ll get her through it.

Felicia tells Anna, she didn’t want to come there. Partly because, it was so close to Maxie’s due date, but also because she knew Anna would be there. She wasn’t ready to have this conversation. In the end, she knew she owed it to Sean to be there, and to herself. Sean was always special to her; he was like a father to her, and watched over always. Anna says, her too. Maybe he still is. Felicia says she knows what he’d say if he was there. He’d tell her to forgive Anna, and he’d be right. They have too many years invested in their friendship to throw them away. They’ve always overcome the odds, and they need to do that again. They need to overcome their differences, and work through them for Maxie. They hug, and Mac sees. He says, thank God. Annie comes back, and says they have a situation on their hands. Laura is missing, and there are signs of forced entry to her room. And she found something that leads her to believe whoever did this is aware of her dad’s days as El Patron. Anna asks if anyone knows where Monica is.

They find Monica’s chair empty, and the broken glass next to it on the floor.

Anna says, Monica isn’t in the kitchen, and Robin says, she’s not in her room either. Annie says, oh my God, and picks something up from the floor. It’s a tiny replica of Mt. Rushmore. She hands it to Anna, and Anna asks Robert if he remembers when they fought the terrorist group. Annie wonders if it’s the terrorist group targeting her father’s friends, and Felicia asks, what happened to Mac? They look in an adjoining room, and see the ice bucket and ice on the floor. Anna says, what is happening?

Felicia says she’s going to look for Mac, but Robert says she’s not going by herself; he’s going with her. They leave, and Robin tells Anna and Annie, let’s be logical. This place is old, but there are a lot of valuables, so there have to be security cameras, right? Annie says there are, and Robin asks where the footage is stored. Annie says, there’s a computer in the caretaker’s office. Robin says, lead the way, but Anna says, before they go, she’s convinced there’s some information they need in Sean’s files. Is there any way Annie could open the safe for them? Annie says, as she already explained to Robert, even though she’s not a WSB agent, the oath she took means something to her. She suggests they at least look at the security footage, and see what that tells him.

Maxie says she has a plan, but the less Bobbie knows, the better. She’s certain the baby will be loved and cared for. Bobbie says, she won’t press Maxie, but she knows the pain of giving up a child, so no judgment. She’s going to support Maxie through all of it. Maxie said she didn’t want to make Bobbie think about losing BJ (I was thinking she meant Carly, but okay), and Bobbie says she’ll always miss BJ, but she’s deeply grateful for her legacy, the heart beating in Maxie’s chest. Maxie says, BJ’s heart made her life possible, and her children lives. She’s forever grateful for that.

Felicia tells Robert, it’s kind of ironic. If Sean was here, he would know exactly what was going on. Robert says, without a doubt, and Felicia says she always had faith in Sean, from the moment they first met. Robert asks if Sean didn’t give her the nickname Princess, and she says that’s always how Sean treated her. We flash back to Felicia’s wedding to Frisco, and Sean acting as father of the bride.

Anna asks if Annie knows the password, and Annie says, it’s 791ElsieMay. Anna says she loves it; Tiffany’s real name. She enters the password, and asks if Annie is sure that’s it. Look at what’s happening to the screen. The screen goes black, and Robin says, it looks like the hard drive was wiped clean. Annie says, sometimes magnets do that, and Robin says, didn’t Annie tell them that there’s a magnetic component in her ring? Annie says she hasn’t been close enough to the computer for it to have done any damage. They hear a scream, and run to find Robert on the floor. Anna asks, what happened? and Robin asks if he’s all right. He says he’s not sure. He was walking toward Felicia, and someone hit him on the head. Robin asks, where’s Felicia? and Anna says they heard her scream. Annie says, she’s with the others, and shows Anna some pieces of jewelry. Anna says she thinks they’re meant to represent Felicia’s Aztec jewels. Annie’s father and Robert fought to the finish over them. She thought Sean had killed Robert. Robert says it was dicey for a while, but their friendship survived. Annie says, whoever took Felicia, obviously knows the story. Much like the incident at Mt. Rushmore, and her father’s days as El Patron. It’s all about her dad. They’re picking us off, one by one, and any one of us could be next.

Robin says she’ll get some ice for Robert’s head, and Anna says she’ll go with Robin. Annie should come. She shouldn’t be alone. Annie promises she’ll catch up, and when they’re gone, Annie sees a phone on the floor. She takes a look at something on it, and says, no.

Robin asks Robert and Anna, what happens next? when Annie walks in, and asks if she can talk to Anna alone; it’s important. Anna asks Robin if it’s okay, and Robin says she’ll be fine. She can take care of her dad. Anna says, stay there, be careful, and she’ll be in the hallway. She leaves with Annie, and Robin tells Robert that she feels bad for Annie. He promises it will be over soon, and she says she hopes so. She asks if Robert thinks there’s anything in Sean’s files that could bring Peter down.

Anna asks Annie what she couldn’t say in front of Robert, and Annie says, when Laura went missing, Robert said he called the local police station, and they told him it would take 20 minutes to get there. He dropped his phone, so she checked to see what time he made the call, and there’s no record. Robert never made the call. He lied. Anna says they can’t jump to conclusions, and Annie asks, what else there is to conclude? Robert has to be in on this. He has to know where the others are. Anna says, what about the bump on his head? He didn’t do that himself. Perhaps the people who took their friends tampered with his phone. Annie asks why they would do that, and Anna says, to make them mad at each other, like Annie is now. Annie has to trust them. They all loved her father very much. They will get to the bottom of this, but they have to stick together. Annie says she needs a second to gather her thoughts, and Anna says, don’t stay too long. Be careful. She leaves, and Annie picks up Anna’s bag from a chair. She looks in it, and takes out a magnet. She says, oh my God.

Anna asks how the patient is, and Robert says, in these trying times, it’s nice to be sitting there with his ex-wife and daughter fussing over him. Annie comes back in and says, it’s both of them. Robert and Anna are involved in whoever is taking her dad’s friends. She found Robert’s phone, and he never called the police. Now she found a magnet in Anna’s bag; the one that wiped the hard drive clean. Where are the others, and what have they done with them?

Robin says Annie is talking about her parents. How can she possibly suspect them? Annie says, Robin’s mom had a magnet in her purse that she managed to place close enough to the computer to wipe out its hard drive. Anna says she didn’t put that in her purse. She can only assume whoever’s kidnapping their friends, planted it there when she was out of the room. Robert says, whoever’s behind it wins if they all turn on each other. Anna says she’s convinced that they can find everyone if they can just access Sean’s file. Can Annie please open the safe? Annie says she can’t, but Anna says Annie has to. She can’t think of another way to find them.

Maxie tells Bobbie, she’s not allowed to fly, but she wishes she could have gone to Ireland for the memorial. Bobbie says she thought about going, but got the feeling she should stay close to home. Now that she understands Maxie’s situation, and knows where the feeling came from. It’s what Sean would want for his goddaughter. Maxie says, maybe Sean aligned the stars so Bobbie would be there; that’s what godfathers do, isn’t it? Bobbie says, that’s what Sean does.

Annie says, it’s clear they haven’t been honest with her since they got there. She believes they made the others disappear to manipulate her, so they could do whatever they want. She cannot and she will not open the safe. Robin says, what if she’s wrong? Would she consider it to save her dad’s friends? Annie says she swore an oath to the WSB. Even if she didn’t become an agent, the oath is a lifetime commitment. If she broke it, she would dishonor her father’s memory, and she’s not going to do that. Anna says, spoken like true agent, and Annie asks, what’s going on? Why are they smiling? The rest of them come into the room, and Annie says, they’re okay. Laura says, all of them, and Annie says she doesn’t understand. Anna says, congratulations. She passed the final test. Robert says, the Bureau reached out, and asked them to help. Felicia says, it was a set-up, and Anna says she asked the caretaker to usher the others to a secret location, so she and Robert could test Annie’s loyalty to the Bureau. Mac says he left the calling cards so she’d think her father’s enemies were upon them, and Robert says, he left his phone lying around for her to find. Annie says, but Robert got hurt, and Felicia says, so sorry about that. She conked him harder than she was supposed to, but she had to make it look real. Mac is sure his brother deserved it for something or other, and Annie says, Anna’s purse. Anna says she left it for Annie to discover. Now she’s an official agent with the WSB. Annie says she doesn’t know whether to be furious or shout with joy, and Robert says, she should be as proud of herself as they know her father would be. He gives her an ID, and she says, it’s her dad’s badge number. Anna says, now it’s hers. Congratulations. They toast, and Annie hugs Robert.

Maxie says she hopes Sean is watching out for her and Louise. They need it. Bobbie says she believes he is.

Laura tells Annie, congratulations; job well done, and Monica says, agreed. Holding the phone, Annie asks if her mom heard that. She’s officially an agent. Tiffany says, congratulations, my darling Annie. Now she knows why Tiffany had to keep her distance. She could have never gone through with this charade. All of them know she’d definitely would have had to jump right in, and then they’d have to kidnap her. Besides, she was absolutely confident Annie could handle it on her own. Always remember, she’s her daddy’s daughter, and every bit as brave and resourceful as Sean was. Annie says she’d like to think she has a little mom in her too, and Tiffany says she’s so proud of Annie. Her daddy is forever watching over her, protecting her, and loving her. If she needs to feel his love, just look up and remember that night they watched the most beautiful Christmas star together, and always cherish that memory.

Robert says, Sean made them laugh. We flashback to Sean and Tiffany getting married, and Sean discovering that Tiffany’s real name is Elsie May Crumbholts during the vows, and barely making it through them because he’s laughing so hard. Robert says, well, it’s goodbye, old friend. He’s so going to miss Sean. Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. We hear bagpipes, and everyone drinks.

We see Sean’s picture, and it says – In loving memory of John Reilly.

One of the best memorial episodes ever. They made it more fun than sad, but they also went through it with us for real. You could see it in their faces at the end.

On Monday, Spinelli thinks he knows what’s going on, Brando thinks he has the chance at something amazing, Sonny asks Nina why she wants to take a risk, Cyrus would like a small favor, and Jason tells Britt that the tests are in.

🙌 Farewell, Old Friend…

They really put a lot of thought into this. No doubt, John Reilly was looking down and smiling.

General Hospital Ends the Week on a High Note With a Smart and Fun Tribute Episode to John Reilly’s Sean Donely

https://daytimeconfidential.com/2021/05/21/caitlin-reilly-talks-super-special-general-hospital-tribute-to-dad-john-reilly

💏 Aww…

Teresa thinks he may be the one. I actually hope it works out for her. She’s often a dumbass, but no one deserves Juicy Joe, especially going to jail for him.

RHONJ’s Teresa Giudice ‘Feels Like the Luckiest Girl’ With Boyfriend Luis: She’s ‘Crazy in Love’

🐎 Feud In Dallas…

I haven’t really been following RHOD this season, but there seems to be some nasty stuff going on. I’m disappointed in Kameron, although I was disappointed in Tiffany first, for making a big deal over the chicken foot. No one is insulting your culture by not wanting to eat its delicacies. The culture on my maternal side of the family eats feet too. Pickled pigs feet. And I am not going anywhere near them. I also couldn’t seem to find out what Kameron’s original sex worker comment was. Inquiring minds want to know. Frankly, I think all these women should stay off of social media.

Dr. Tiffany Moon Seemingly Quits the RHOD After Just One Season, See What She Revealed on Twitter Amid Racism and “Cyberbullying” Drama With Kameron Westcott and Her Family

D’Andra Simmons is “Disturbed” by Kameron Westcott’s Family Tweets as She Addresses Nasty Feud Between Tiffany Moon and Kameron, Plus Tiffany Thanks Fans After “Overwhelming Week”

RHOD’s Tiffany Moon Accuses Kameron of Comparing Her to a S-x Worker as Kameron Fires Back in Twitter Feud and Says Everything Tiffany Does is “Fake”

💰 Rich People Problems…

As Erika pointed out, bigger life, bigger problems. As I’m pointing out, bigger life, bigger resources. I doubt her bankruptcy was half as nerve-wracking as mine was. (Which, luckily, is far in the past now.)

https://radaronline.com/p/erika-jayne-real-housewives-beverly-hills-husband-bankruptcy-lawsuit/

RHOBH’s Erika Jayne Tries to Stop Investigation Into Finances as Trustee Wants to Research Potentially Hidden Money From Thomas Girardi Amid His Bankruptcy Case

🎡 Spin, Girl, Spin…

Kandi has a new show spinning off, and a few other tidbits.

Below Deck and Kandi Burruss Spinoffs Coming Soon, Find Out Where Below Deck Adventure Will be Filmed, Plus All the Details of RHOA Star’s Vanderpump Rules-Style Series

💎 No Surprise…

Shade from the Beverly Hills Botox Gang.

Kyle Richards and Lisa Rinna Call Lisa Vanderpump ‘Bitter’ and ‘Angry’ for Allegedly Defacing RHOBH Photo as Teddi Mellencamp Admits She Feels “Really Special”

👞 Freddy’s In (Two) Towns…

Fredrik is officially bi-coastal.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/real-estate/real-estate-star-fredrik-eklund-sets-up-shop-in-la-1234947634/

https://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing-new-york/style-living/fredrik-eklunds-new-bel-air-house-in-los-angeles

🩺 Surgical Balance…

The doctors tell us how they have it all.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/18/botched-doctors-terry-dubrow-and-paul-nassif-balance-family-and-work/

💡 Quotes of the Week

You’re never drinking alone with Jesus. – Kate Chastain (Below Deck) claims her grandmother said this.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. – Aristotle

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. – Coco Chanel

Things just tend to accumulate after Labor Day. What can I tell you? – Little Edie Beale (Drew Barrymore), HBO’s Grey Gardens

If my answers frighten you, Vincent, then you should cease asking scary questions. – Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), Pulp Fiction

When you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences. – Dr. Phil

When you’re too deep in anything, you lost your perspective. – Crime Story: Cecil Hotel, Netflix

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. – Henry David Thoreau

Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. – Beyoncé Knowles

If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries. – A.A. Milne

🕺 Doing the Curly Shuffle…

Here we are again at the weekend, or seven days after we were here the last time, if you no longer care. Until we see what John Glover is doing on Dead, stay safe, stay being appropriate, and stay appreciating a good time, like Sean did.

May20

May 19, 2021 – Cyrus Removes His Protection, New Jersey Reunites, Beverly Hills Begins, Thoughts & Victoria

Posted on May 20, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Chase tells Finn that he’s tired of living his life in the hospital. He’s checking himself out. Finn says, against medical advice. He can’t just leave. Chase says, watch him, and Finn says, his life depends on it. Chase says he wants out of this bed, out of this room, out of this building today. Finn says he knows how Chase feels, but Chase doesn’t think so. He says he’ll show up for treatments whenever Finn wants him to, but he can’t fight this illness there. Not without going crazy. Finn sees Michael and Willow at the door.

Britt and Jason sit in a doctor’s office, and Britt says, this is ridiculous. He says, what is? and she says, them being there. They could get caught. He says they’re not going to get caught, but she says, their fake IDs could get flagged. Hello? He’s a fugitive. It’s not worth it. In fact, it’s the dumbest thing they could do. Come on. She heads for the door, but he grabs her arm, and says, if she’s leaving to protect him, don’t. He isn’t worried. She asks if he even knows how to worry, and he says she’s leaving because she doesn’t want to know what’s going on with her. And that’s her right. Then they should go.

Laura opens the door smiling, but her smile drops when she sees Cyrus. She asks what he wants, and he says, just a little familial catch-up. He hasn’t seen her since that unfortunate dinner at Windymere. Can she fault him for missing his sister? She says she’s not doing this with him, and he says she’ll appreciate what he’s come to tell her. She says, okay, five minutes. And then she calls the police. She lets him in.

Brando comes running into the Deception office, and Sasha asks what he’s doing there. He asks if it’s true. Is she pregnant? She asks who told him, and he says, Cyrus, who apparently heard it from his mother. So is she? She says, look… and he says, they slept together. Ever since, she’s been avoiding him and putting him off, so he’s asking her to tell him the truth. Is she pregnant with his child?

Carly thanks Gladys for coming by on such short notice, and Gladys says Carly didn’t give her much of a choice. Carly says, no, she didn’t, and Gladys asks if Carly is going to tell her what she’s doing there, or does she have to guess. Carly says they have a problem in front of them, and they can solve it two ways. They can go the pleasant route, or the unpleasant route. Which works for her?

Sonny grabs the man near the dumpster, and pushes him up against it, startling Nina. Sonny says, how about that? He comes looking for answers, and what does he find? The thing is, what is Sonny going to do with him? Nina runs over, and says, wait. Sonny asks if the man doesn’t want to get his uniform dirty, and if he likes working there. The man says he had no other option; everything else was closed. Sonny asks how the pay is, and the man says, that depends on what you call decent. Sonny says, a man’s got to do anything he can, right, to earn extra cash. No matter how it comes. The man says he doesn’t know what Sonny is talking about, and Sonny tells him, try and connect the dots. Now why would a guy like him want to hold up the Tan-O? The man says he thinks Sonny has him confused with someone else, but Sonny tells, no I don’t – he points to the man’s nametag – Walter! Now tell him who he is.

Finn lets Willow and Michael into the Chase’s room, and says Chase isn’t listening to him. Maybe they’ll have better luck. Chase says, Finn is the one not listening. Finn asks if Chase thinks he likes this. He hates seeing Chase in the hospital. He hates every second of it. Michael says, maybe there’s a compromise to be had. Chase can come in for treatments, a monitoring system, daily check-ups… Chase says, excellent idea, but Willow says, that won’t work, and Finn says, Chase is in constant danger of relapse. Chase says, hence the check-ins, and Finn says, what if Chase is unconscious on the floor during one of the check-ins? Willow says, what if his check-up is in the morning, and thirty minutes later, he’s home and having a seizure? Finn says Chase has to be patient with them, and Chase says he keeps saying that. Finn says, because that’s the reality right now, and Chase asks if Finn is any closer to finding out what’s wrong with him, but Finn doesn’t say anything. Chase says, that’s what he thought. Finn can’t keep him there like some experiment in a lab; it’s sucking the life out of him. Finn says he’s doing everything in his power to help Chase. If he could trade places with Chase, he would do it in a heartbeat, but he can’t.

Gladys asks what this is, the riddle portion of their visit? Carly says, it’s not a riddle. She gave Gladys two options, pleasant or unpleasant. Gladys says, let’s go with door number one, and Carly says, good option. Gladys wonders why she’s listening to any of this, and Carly says she’s about to give Gladys an offer she’d be an idiot to pass up. Gladys says, such a sweet talker, and sits down. Carly says it’s no secret she wants Gladys out of Port Charles, and out of her life. Gladys says Carly has made that crystal clear, and Carly says, then consider her a fairy godmother of sorts. She sits next to Gladys, and says she’s willing to set Gladys up in Bridgeport in a coffee shop, a store, whatever floats her boat, and Carly will subsidize it. Gladys says she’s not serious, but Carly says she’s very serious. Before Gladys says no, she needs to really think about it.

Britt asks what Jason would do. Would he find out if he had the marker for Huntington’s, or would he just let it be? Jason says, before kids, he wouldn’t want to know. He’d just go on with his life like normal, until one day when he started showing symptoms, and then he’d just deal with it. But now that he’s a dad, he feels he would owe it to his kids to find out. She says, because he could pass it on to them, and he says, yeah. He could monitor himself, and when he started to show symptoms, make his next decision with his kids in mind. She says, pre-children, he could handle the not knowing? Every time his hand shook a little, and he wondered, is it or isn’t it. he could handle it? He says he thinks he could, but she says she doesn’t know if she can.

Cyrus settles himself on Laura’s couch, and she asks if he’s waiting for her to offer him coffee or tea. He says he’d be waiting a long time, and she says, yeah, it’s not going to happen. He says, at least she’s consistent in her rejection, and she asks if he was expecting something different. He says, no, not anymore, and she asks why he’s there. He says, it was a painful lesson, but if that evening at Windymere taught him anything, it’s that a congenial relationship with her isn’t in the cards. She says, good. Then they’re on the same page. Finally. He asks if she can imagine the hurt he felt, arriving for a family dinner, in good faith, only to learn that neither her nor her son did the same. It was all a ruse to keep him occupied, so Carly Corinthos could make a power play, and step into Sonny’s shoes. He shakes his finger at her, and says, it’s not in his nature to play games. He thought she knew that about him.

Brando closes Sasha’s office door, and says, when he was asked to be Dev’s father, you know what popped into his head? He’s not a dad. He knew that because he was always careful. He never wanted to bring a kid into this world, and not do right by him or her. When they were together, he wasn’t thinking about anything except them, because she’s incredible. For a million and one different reasons, but if she’s pregnant with his child, he needs her to tell him. Please. He needs to know. She says, yes. The baby is his.

Laura says, clearly, Cyrus craves something he’s incapable of attaining – to be welcomed into her family. All she has to do is look at her unconscious daughter to know what family means to him. He says he hates what happened to Lulu, and she says, that might be true, but she also knows he’s responsible. So he’ll never know the love she shares with her children. He tells her, so she’s said, over and over. Congratulations. She’ll never have to say it again.

Sonny tells Walter, this is how it’s going to work out, and Nina says Sonny doesn’t have to do this. Sonny says he wants Walter to take out his phone, and save this number. Sonny gives him a 555 number, and says, let him see. He looks at Walter’s phone, and says, okay. He’s got it right. The next time Walter gets in trouble or needs cash, call him, and Sonny will help him out. Nina smiles.

Britt tells Jason, ever since her mom told her Faison had the disease, and it could be passed down, she’s been living in a prison of fear. She went to get tested once, in the beginning, but she walked in and walked right out. He says, she wasn’t ready, and she says she couldn’t stand to know. She tried put it behind her, and focus on anything and everything else. It worked for a while, but the fear crept back in until it took over her life. She worked at trying to push it away and not think about it, until it became all she did. She knows it will just get worse until her life is one big, tangled ball of uncertainty. Jason asks if she wants to know, and she says, it makes sense, doesn’t it? If she finds out she doesn’t have Huntington’s, then she’s free. Jason says, if it is? and she says, that would be really awful, but at least she could come up with a plan.

Carly says, Gladys gets to go home to Connecticut, and have a nice, comfortable life, one she could never have before because she couldn’t afford it. Think about it. No more worrying about bills, or whining about her car, no more waiting tables to make ends meet. Gladys would be in control, and have a nice, functioning business of her choosing. Hell, if Gladys stumbled on a house she liked, Carly would co-sign the mortgage, within reason. Gladys says, but only if she gets out of Dodge, and Carly says, exactly. Gladys says, no. She’s not going anywhere. Her son is there, Brando, her pride and joy, and she’s got friends there. Carly says, like Cyrus Renault? and Gladys says, among others. You’re not running me out of Port Charles, Miss High and Mighty. Carly says, okay, and Gladys says, okay? Carly says, what she’s hearing is Gladys is turning down her offer, which is okay. It just means they do it the unpleasant way.

Sasha says, big news, huh? and Brando says, kind of the biggest. He doesn’t want to tell her what to do, or shove himself in her business, but at the same time, he’d like to support her. He’d be really happy to have a place in his kid’s life. She says, she was blindsided. Just like him, she was thinking about nothing but them that night. She should have been more careful. He says, they both should have. She says she knows she told him that she was on birth control, and she was, but she hadn’t been consistent, and she knew that. She doesn’t know how it’s going to play out, but she gets what he’s saying about wanting to be involved, and she’s totally open to that. He thanks her, and says, even though it’s the last thing he expected, he’s glad it happened.

Chase apologizes, and says he knows how hard Finn is working. He didn’t mean to lash out. it’s not Finn’s fault he’s sick. He’s going crazy and doesn’t know how long he can take it. Finn says, as long as it takes, and Chase says, easy for Finn to say, and Finn says, none of this is easy, but it’s the way it has to be. Chase says he has options, and Finn says, those options will get him killed. Chase says, well, and shrugs, and Willow says, don’t say that. Finn doesn’t know why Chase would take the risk of having a seizure, or falling and cracking his head, and Chase says, because living like this isn’t living. Why can’t Finn see that? Finn says he’s doing everything he can. He can’t let Chase go home alone. Michael says, what if Chase comes home with him?

Finn says he can’t let Michael do that, but Michael says he offered. It’s not like they don’t have the space. Even with everyone who’s staying there, they have ten empty bedrooms, and a full staff of housekeepers. Chase can have his privacy, and still have someone check in on him. And his grandmother is a doctor. Finn says, one of the best, and Michael says, plus, they have some awesome neighbors. Right down the driveway, there’s a mom and her little boy. Willow says, he’s really cute. Chase might like him. Michael says, it’s a win-win. Willow won’t be terrified for him, and they can see each other whenever they want. What does he say? Chase smiles.

Gladys says Carly is confusing herself with Sonny. She admits she was afraid of her cousin, but she’s not afraid of his greedy grasping wife. Even if Sonny was still there, it wouldn’t matter. She’s friends with someone just as powerful; if not more so. Carly says she’s Cyrus worshiping again, and Gladys says, Cyrus likes her. He respects her, and views her as someone he can do business with. Carly says, business; is that what they’re calling it? Gladys says, and he likes her son. Cyrus gave Brando a job when they kicked him to the curb. Carly asks if Gladys loves her son, and Gladys tells Carly, don’t dare question her love for Brando. Carly says she’ll take that as a yes, and Gladys says, of course (🍷) she loves him. Carly sincerely hopes she does, because she’s three breaths away from getting Brando killed.

Sonny says, if Walter ever finds himself in a jam, or the friend comes back who sent him to the Tan-O… What was his name? Walter tells Sonny, he didn’t say, and Nina takes out her phone. She shows Water a picture of Eli, and says, is this him? Walter says, that’s the guy, and Sonny says, if he comes sniffing around, wanting a favor, it’s better that Sonny handle him than Walter. Walter says, okay, and Sonny says he’s glad he ran into Walter. Remember what he said, and everything will work out fine. Now go back to work. Walter leaves, and Nina looks at Sonny. He says, what? and she says, nothing. She’s just so impressed. Next time Elijah calls Walter for his dirty work… Sonny says, Walter will come straight to him. She says, brilliant. He’s brilliant. They high-five, and Sonny holds on to Nina’s hand.

The doctor introduces himself to Britt and Jason as Dr. Gannon, and asks Jason to wait outside while he talks to Jason’s wife. Britt says, she’d like her husband to stay if that’s okay, and the doctor says, of course (🍷). They all sit, and the doctor asks, what’s going on? Britt says she’s been having tremors in her right hand, and pain. He asks when the tremors started, and she says, about five months ago. They were erratic, but have started happening more frequently. He asks if she has any underlying medical conditions, and she says, possibly. Her father had Huntington’s Disease. Up until now, she’s elected not to get tested. He says, so she doesn’t know if she has the marker? She says, no, and he asks if she wants to know. She says, that is the question of the day.

Chase can’t believe Michael is going to let him move in, and Michael says, why not? Chase asks if Michael is sure everyone will be okay with it, and Michael says, the only person whose opinion matters is his grandmother, and given the circumstances, he’s sure she’d agree this is the best option. She’s letting Valentin live there while they’re waiting for Brook’s baby to be born, so Chase is a major step up. Chase says, okay, but he doesn’t want to go against medical advice. He needs to check with his doctor. Finn says, Chase was prepared to leave a minute ago, but Chase says, things change. Finn says, if Monica is willing to sign off on it, so is he. Michael says he’ll call her now, and Finn suggests they use his office; he wants to talk to Monica himself. They leave, and Chase tells Willow, Michael stepping up like that after what happened, he’s truly one of the good ones. She says, Michael is remarkable.

Dr. Gannon suggests they start with the actual thing Britt has. They’ll run a battery of tests on her hand, and see what comes up. Then she can decide if she wants a test for Huntington’s. Is that good? She nods, and he asks her to come with him. She looks at Jason, and he says, it’s okay. He’ll be there.

Carly suggests she and Gladys review who Gladys has gotten into bed with since she got there. Cyrus Renault is a drug pushing murderer. Gladys says, like Sonny never killed anyone. At least Cyrus values her opinion. Carly says Cyrus is using her; it’s clear as day. He winds her up with a compliment or a glass of wine, and off she goes, regurgitating anything he wants her to say. Gladys says, that’s not true, and Carly says, he’s a despicable human being, who, when he doesn’t get what he wants, resorts to blackmail. Gladys says he’s not blackmailing her, and Carly says, because he prefers to do that to her son. Does she really think Brando is working for Cyrus because he wants to? Brando is so far under Cyrus’s thumb, he’s basically a hostage because Gladys told Cyrus about Dev. That’s how he works. Cyrus doesn’t trust her with his secrets. He thinks he has leverage over her. Cyrus doesn’t trust anyone.

Sasha puts Brando’s hands on her stomach, and he says he guesses they have some things to figure out, and she guesses they do. First on the list, they need to decide how to protect him from Cyrus. He says, screw Cyrus. Cyrus sent him there to sniff out the father. She says, then he already suspects it’s Brando, but Brando says he’s done with Cyrus’s bullying and threats. He’s going to quit his job, and let the chips fall. Does she think he’s crazy? She says, no, but she wants him to take a breath, hear her out, and then let her know what he thinks.

Cyrus tells Laura, things are about to change, and she asks, how? He says she’s made it clear she wants no familial relationship between them, so her children no longer get his protection. Laura says, is that what he did for Lulu? And he says he’s referring to Nikolas. He’ll deal with Nikolas’s interference the same way he would a stranger who gets in his way. She asks if he’s threatening her, and he says, no; it’s a promise. If Nikolas continues with his plan to privatize Pentenville, he’ll have no choice, but to stop him. He starts to leave, and turns when he gets to the door, telling her, be careful what you wish for. She didn’t want him as a brother. Now she has him as an enemy

Gladys tells Carly, stop trying to scare her, and Carly says she should be scared. Her lie is going to fall apart. Gladys says, what lie? and Carly asks if Gladys is kidding her. Jason didn’t kill Franco. Gladys says she saw him… and Carly says she saw what she was paid to see, but when the truth comes out, and Jason goes free – because he will– she won’t just be left holding the bag, she’ll be facing perjury charges. What does she think happens in Cyrus’s world when someone goes from being an asset to a liability? He’ll kill her without a second thought. Not to mention he has a really good reason to kill her kid. Gladys says Carly is just jealous because Cyrus is good to her boy, but Carly says, not for long. She has one name – Sasha Gilmore.

Sasha says she was in a really messed up place when she met Cyrus. They were about to have a flat out transactional relationship; sex for drugs. Knowing that about herself, that she could stoop that low, was horrible, but it wasn’t going to stop her. She would have slept with Cyrus that night, and hated herself for it, and it would probably have killed her int the end. He says, the heart attack saved her life, and she says, so did the guy who brought her to the hospital. That’s how she sees it. A tragic fate that she narrowly avoided. In Cyrus’s view, she was the perfect trophy. She was his property. Does Brando think Cyrus would be willing to let that go, to share it, to allow it to have its own choices? He says, no; she’s right. Cyrus thinks she’s his property. She says, when he finds out young, strong, sexy Brando knocked her up when he couldn’t even get her into bed, what does he think Cyrus will do? Be honest. He says Cyrus is going to try and take him out. Her phone rings, and she says, Cyrus is there to see her? Send him in.

Willow sees Michael in the hallway, and he says Monica is on board, like he thought she would be. She offered to speak to housekeeping about a late night check-in. Willow doesn’t know what to say. Chase would have lived alone. Michael says, he knows, and she says, this is obviously what’s best, and she’s so grateful, but it’s going to be hard. Everyone at the house will think she and Chase are together. Michael says they can handle it, and Willow says she’s glad one of them is confident. He says, sometimes the right thing to do is hard. Apparently, Michael memorizes fortunes from cookies. He says, and this is the right thing to do. Chase is a major important piece in her life, and he’s Michael’s friend. Willow says, what he did tipped the scales in the custody hearing. Without him, they might not have Wiley. He says, Chase made a huge sacrifice. Now it’s their turn.

Nina says Sonny scared her for a minute. She thought he was going to hurt the guy. He asks why she’d think that, and she says, it would be completely understandable that he’d be angry that the guy tried to rob Phyllis and Lenny. He says, someone has to be down on their luck to pull a gun on a stranger, especially one that hasn’t done anything to them. Eli is bad people, but most people are just desperate. Nina says, bad situations make for bad choices, and he says, if the hiker hadn’t found him in the woods and taken him to the clinic, he would have never met Phyllis, which led to her taking him in… She says, he could have ended up like Walter. He says, it’s possible. It’s best Walter knows he can turn to somebody. Nina says she couldn’t agree more.

Britt comes back, and Jason asks how it went. She said they did an x-ray, an MRI, and some other medical term where they take a small needle and use a light current to test the nerves. What’s ridiculous is, she could have ordered the tests herself, but if it led to where she was scared of it leading… He says she didn’t want anyone at GH to know, and she says, most of all, Cyrus. Jason asks where the tests led, and she says she has postural tremors. He asks what that means, and she says she’s stressed, and needs to take better care of herself. Jason says she has a reason for the tremors. That’s got to be a relief. Britt says, yes and no.

Finn tells Chase that he spoke to Monica at length, and she’s on board. Chase wonders if he’s making a mistake, imposing on the family like this, but Finn doesn’t think Michael would have offered if they couldn’t handle it. Monica helped Finn, and he selfishly feels better knowing there’s a doctor in the house in case anything goes wrong. Chase says, typical. Finn making it all about himself. Finn says, it’s a good compromise. He’ll find a cure, Chase has someone to monitor him in case he needs it, and he’ll get time with Willow outside of the hospital. Chase says he can’t get Willow alone soon enough.

Michael says, it won’t be forever, and Willow says, when Chase is well and strong, they’ll tell him the truth. He says, now is not the time. They need to treat their friend with kindness and dignity. She says, Chase is lucky to have him, and he tells her not to nominate him for sainthood yet. It’s just one room in a huge house; it’s the least he can do. Willow says, as hard as it is, it couldn’t be so much harder if she weren’t going through it with him. They join hands briefly, and Willow leaves.

Laura leaves a message for Nikolas, saying, she just had a visit with Cyrus. She needs to see him as soon as possible.

Carly tells Gladys, Sasha was in a bad place. Cyrus was hitting on her big time; a young, flashy, trophy. He got Sasha hooked on drugs, and she OD’d. (Okay, I just have to say it. Is Carly just making this up as she goes along? Is everyone? We saw none of this along the way, except for him giving her drugs once.) Gladys says, that’s not Cyrus’s fault, and Carly says, no, but does she know what Cyrus’s solution was when Sasha collapsed? For Brando to get rid of the body; just get rid of the problem altogether. Her son couldn’t do that, so he saved Sasha’s life. Gladys says, that’s her boy, and Carly says, yeah. Sasha is pregnant, and Brando is the father. How does Gladys think Cyrus is going to react? Not so well. So the only person who can save Gladys and her son is Carly.

Brando asks Sasha if he should go out the back, but she says, no. It’s better for Cyrus to see him, and they can confront things head-on. Cyrus knocks at the door, and she opens it. She says, perfect timing. They have a lot to discuss.

Nina asks if Sonny has ever given much thought to before; how people’s earlier choices restrict their later ones. He asks what she means, and she says, people get caught up in the quest for power, drive to succeed, and their need to protect what’s theirs. They talk themselves out of kinder impulse they’d have in situations. He says, he sees it. It’s kind of weird. He doesn’t know who he was before, but maybe it’s better not to know. There’s something liberating about the idea. He feels free to help Lenny and Phyllis. He doesn’t have to think he needs to beat the hell out of someone, and can look from their perspective. She says, there are no outside forces, and no personal history forcing him to react a certain way. He’s free. He says, maybe what happened was a blessing in disguise. Not that he wanted it. It’s not what he would have chosen, to have no money and no memory, but he doesn’t regret it for one second.

Britt tells Jason, yes, this obviously means the possibility she doesn’t have Huntington’s is still out there, but so is the fear, and it’s just as real. Does he see how paralyzing this is for her? She double-thinks everything in terms of if she has the disease or not. Jason said if he had no kids, he wouldn’t want to know, right? He says, they’re two totally different people with totally different lives, and she says, she knows, but it’s important to her to understand why he wouldn’t want to know. Jason says he doesn’t make decisions based on what ifs. He’s actually bad at what ifs. He doesn’t know. If his kids weren’t in the equation, he thinks he’d just want to live as long as he could, and as fully as he could. Then whatever happens to him, happens to him, but he’s not everybody. She wishes she was like that, and Jason says, if not knowing is suffocating her, she should know. Dr. Gannon comes back, and asks if she’s made a decision. Britt says she’d like to get tested for Huntington’s.

Tomorrow, Laura asks if that’s the only reason Nikolas wants to buy the prison, TJ visits Shawn, Sasha tells Cyrus that she’s saving the best for last, and Carly says the only one who can save Gladys and her son is her.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey – The Reunion – Part One

The set was super cool, with all kinds of boardwalk games to represent the Jersey Shore. Although I’m not sure if Andy had RHONJ confused with the show Jersey Shore, since this group’s idea of the Shore is Tom’s River, which ain’t exactly boardwalk territory. Everyone went with a white/silver color scheme, and as always, amazing earrings. My favorite dress was Melissa’s, which was very princessy with a silver lace overlay. They talked about their kids, but it didn’t take long before the arguing started. Jennifer whined that Marge looked down on her being a stay-at-home mom, but Marge countered that she had been a stay-at-home mom, and that wasn’t the issue. She said Jen had married to a plastic surgeon prominently displayed on her social media bio. Jennifer said it was a fact, and Teresa said Bill was a doctor, and it was something to be proud of. She added that Marge wouldn’t be saying married to a plumber on her social, but I’m not sure why that wouldn’t also be an asset, since they make a small fortune. Not to mention, look at all the construction work Marge gets done for free. I wish I was married to a plumber. Marge told Teresa that wasn’t nice, like Teresa cares. Jennifer was still not speaking to her mom, which she thought was for the best. Her mother wanted an apology for her taking in her dad, and it wasn’t going to happen, since she’d done nothing wrong there. I don’t blame her on that one. Melissa said Jennifer constantly threw her mother under the bus, and they all talked at once, which meant I could hear nothing. Jackie agreed with Melissa, which somehow prompted Teresa to bring up the analogy. Apparently, Andy wasn’t ready to discuss that yet, and told them that they weren’t talking about that right now. Jennifer said her mom was always starting arguments about the past, and Andy mentioned emotional neglect was also abuse. Jennifer said her mother wanted the whole family to punish her father. Viewer Jodi from Milwaukee thought Jennifer jealous of Melissa, and Melissa said Jennifer constantly talked about her and Joe #2 in the confessional. Jennifer said Marge told her off-camera that she and Joe #3 knew that Joe #2 didn’t pay people. Marge called Jennifer, the biggest sh*t starter known to man, and told her, if she’d said that, it would have been on the show. I can’t say I don’t agree. And if they hadn’t used it, it would have been shown right then. I don’t think she said it. I don’t dislike Jennifer, but I think she’s highly insecure, and afraid she won’t have enough storyline to keep her job.

Joe #2 came out, and we flashed back to idiotic things he said this season. Melissa said they were both jealous people, and had been joined at the hip for the first half of their marriage. Joe said fame was a devil that made you forget who you are, and Marge said Melissa had to take advantage of her time to shine. Joe’s comment about Delores being a broken woman was brought up, but Delores had the perfect response. She said when someone called her something that she knew she wasn’t, she didn’t get mad. I totally hear her on this. I’m the same way, and my response is usually to laugh. Melissa and Joe agreed they were in a good place now. We revisited Teresa and Joe #2’s father’s memorial, and Teresa said it had been one thing after another. Joe had gone to jail, she went to jail, she lost her mom, and then her dad. She wanted a break, and Andy said he thought the break was Louie. Teresa said she’d met Louie on the same street where she’d asked her parents to send her a great guy. Sounds like a keeper. For now. We went back over the fight that started with Joe #2 talking smack about Joe #1, and Teresa saying Juicy Joe was a classy guy. That was even hard to type. Joe #2 said their parents had held in their dislike for Joe #1 because of the kids. When Teresa went to prison, all of them went to prison too. Teresa said her kids saw the things her brother said, and Andy showed a clip from Watch What Happens Live, where Gia talked about how it bothered her. Joe #2 said he had held it in for years, but it was a reality show and that was real life. Agreed. Andy brought up Joe #1 having told the press that Joe #2 stole from his parents and never helped them, and never visited his mother in the hospital. I find all that a little hard to believe. Somehow, this turned into something about Jackie, Teresa, and the… oh never mind. At this point, Joe #2 was dismissed.

A viewer asked about Marge’s hair evolution, since she seemed to have ditched her pigtails. She said she still wore them (I do remember seeing her in them this season), but she often felt like she was in a theme or costume where they didn’t apply. Jennifer asked if Joe #3 wasn’t submissive to Marge, basically just to start sh*t. Apparently, Jennifer had also been slut-shaming Marge on Twitter, and said Marge had slept her way to the top. Marge’s response was, at least I’m at the top, you only slept your way to Paramus, and I literally lol’d. Jennifer said Marge was the cause of the rumor, and that Teresa would back her on that. Marge said it was going to go down very bad.

Next time – Part Two – the husbands join the group, and a dead horse is beaten – i.e. the analogy,

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Along with Kathy Hilton as a friend, added to the cast this season were new Wife Crystal Minkoff and Sutton, who finally got her diamond. It was just after quarantine, and in Erika’s interview, she said she’d been on a roll. She was on the New York Times Best Seller list, a best-selling author, and two weeks short of ending her run in Chicago on Broadway, when it all came to a screeching halt. And she didn’t want to make sourdough. It sounded like most of the women hadn’t talked to each other much, although PK and Dorit had gone to Mexico with Mauricio and Kyle. Kyle was surprised Garcelle had unfollowed her after she’d accused Garcelle being a deadbeat with a charity auction win. Garcelle, Sutton, and Garcelle’s friend Sheree (no, not that Sheree) drank some kind of health concoction, but then chased it with Fireball. In Garcelle’s interview, she said she and Sutton had become friends. Sutton was fun, a little odd, and a little kooky, but she liked it. Sutton said she’d tried texting Denise, but gotten no response. She didn’t understand why they all couldn’t get along.

LisaR, Dorit, and Erika visited Kyle, who’d broken her nose, and got a nose job along with the fix. Dorit wanted to get dolled up, and have a barbecue or cocktails for the ladies, outside at her house. Dorit’s said the year had been easy on them. Sutton had sold her house, but her new house needed a facelift, so she was renting Kyle’s old house to the tune of $25K a month, which Kyle called the friends and family discount. I wondered what the full price was. Kyle came for a visit, and we flashed back over Kyle’s memories of the house. In her interview, she said it made her feel sad to see how different it was.

Garcelle met with LisaR, who she said she didn’t like right now. LisaR said she cared about Garcelle, and always had. She’d taken some time to self-reflect, and her intentions hadn’t been to hurt Garcelle. She apologized, saying she’d been hurt, and wanted to hurt Garcelle. She admitted to being harder on Denise than she’d needed to be, and had rather she’d stood by her friend. She’d 100% f***ed up. In Garcelle’s interview, she thought LisaR was trying to own it quickly, so Garcelle didn’t come for her. Garcelle asked why LisaR couldn’t have just been there for Denise, and let the others come for her. (Two words: screen time.) LisaR said she couldn’t, and Garcelle asked, why? Was it that LisaR had to be right? LisaR said no one cared about Brandi, or what she and Denise had done, but Garcelle said it hadn’t seemed that way. LisaR said she’d thought she and Denise’s friendship had been deeper than Denise and Brandi’s. So… What does that mean? LisaR was jealous? Garcelle asked how she could trust LisaR not to do the same to her. LisaR said she’d been protective of Denise, and Garcelle said if that was how LisaR protected her friends, no thanks. LisaR admitted being a c-word, and Garcelle said, even though that wasn’t a word she liked, she couldn’t disagree. Ditto. LisaR wanted to move on, and Garcelle said she was open, but treading lightly.

In Erika’s interview, she said she’d never taken her success for granted, but quarantine taught her how, on a dime, the world can change. She’d lost her job, and Tom told he that she wasn’t good at being still. She said there was only so much she could clean up and organize. Dorit visited Garcelle, who had an awesome fish tank, that was huge, round, and narrow, and had two small fish in it. Garcelle showed Dorit her office, and said she’d gotten her dream job as co-host on The Real. She had an inversion table in the bedroom, and Dorit asked if it was for sex, but Garcelle said, just her lower back; it didn’t vibrate or do anything else. On their way to visit Crystal, who was also a friend of Kathy’s, Kyle told LisaR that she was going to have lunch with Garcelle, and LisaR said she felt good about the dinner they’d had. Garcelle told Dorit that she didn’t know if she could trust LisaR, and Dorit said it took a while for her to get it back after she and LisaR started off on the wrong foot. We flashed back to the dinner where LisaR asked if Dorit did coke in the bathroom at parties. Garcelle asked if Dorit trusted LisaR now, and Dorit said she did, but there was a long pause first. It didn’t go unnoticed by Garcelle who asked why Dorit had hesitated. We never quite got the answer to this.

LisaR and Kyle met Crystal’s husband Rob, who’s 25 years older than Crystal. In Kyle’s interview, she said she didn’t think there was anything wrong with an age gap. Look at Erika and Tom. She could see why they were together. I choked on my coffee. Rob had directed the animated Lion King, so there were all kinds of tchotchkes from the film in their library, which were fun to look at. I’m still not sure how you direct a cartoon though.

That evening, the women went to Dorit’s for her glam barbecue. In Dorit’s interview, she said she was glad to be glamming again, and hosting a party. It had been 100 years. They all squealed and air kissed when they saw each other, and I was already annoyed. Dorit toasted to a great rest of this sh*tty year. In Crystal’s interview, she said she felt underdressed. The group dressed very loudly, and she was more conservative. She thought it could be because she saw her older friends dressing young and cringed. I wasn’t 100% positive if she was throwing shade at the group or just making a comment. I’ve told my friends, if they ever catch me dressing age inappropriately, please take me out back and put me out of my misery. Crystal also said that people in Beverly Hills knew one another, and if you didn’t know someone, maybe it was someone you didn’t need to know. Is Crystal a snob? Mauricio and PK made themselves scarce, and in her interview, Erika said, the truth was, none of these women knew how to throw a barbecue. It would have been better if they were on a yacht in the Mediterranean, but they were at Dorit’s in Encino. She’d take it. LisaR invited everyone to Lake Tahoe, and in the creepiest moment, Kathy said in her interview that, as a child, she did pretend dentistry on the neighborhood children. LisaR told Dorit that she and Garcelle had a great, really good dinner, and she thought they’d be okay. Garcelle told Sutton that she was open to growing and figuring things out with LisaR, but Sutton said she thought LisaR believed they were all good. In Garcelle’s interview, she said it took more than one drink to fix a friendship. Sutton told her if there was dishonesty in how she felt, she should go back and revisit the conversation, so there were no splinters. Garcelle said, there were going to be splinters regardless. LisaR told Dorit she wanted to be better not bitter, and Dorit acted like that was the most clever thing she’d ever heard. Yeah. LisaR is really good with the little sayings, but she’s still an a-hole.

Everybody kept saying how long it had been. LisaR wanted to know everyone’s best moment and hardest moment of quarantine. Sutton said stayed in bed for 2 months, and Kyle said the unknown was the worst for her anxiety, but she loved having the kids at home. Crystal said they never would have had this kind of time, and Garcelle said when she didn’t have her kids, she was lonely. Erika said it was a very dark time for her. In her interview, she said she was always busy, but when she came home from NYC, it was really silent. She was walking the halls and not sleeping, and feeling incredible dread. She’d thought seeing a psychiatrist was a sign of defeat, but caved. She told the women, she’d started dreading waking up, and ended up seeing a psychiatrist and going on Lexapro. The problems were still there, but her attitude toward them was different. LisaR said she’d had to sit with herself instead of running from herself. Erika said she’d been running too, and in her interview, she said there was so much the women didn’t know about her life and her personal life. The bigger your life is, the bigger your problems are. Wow. If that isn’t conceit, I don’t know what is. Kathy asked if anyone thought about people they could weed out since they didn’t miss them, and Erika said she was down to two, and they were duking it out.

Next time, Garcelle questions Kyle about calling her out, the trip to Lake Tahoe (it’s some house), and Garcelle asks how she can trust LisaR.

🗯 My take on the women. As weird and inappropriate as she is sometimes (hey, she’s Southern and eccentric), I like Sutton, and I love Garcelle. The jury’s still out on Crystal. It’s way too early to tell, and I want to like her, but some of the things she said were iffy. I suppose at this point, I’m indifferent to Kyle. I think she’s tone deaf in a lot of ways, and not especially bright, but obviously Mauricio loves her, so there must be something there. Dorit is Dorit, and Erika, I dunno. I think she has her reasons for being the way she is, but when you’re her age, they’re not excuses. I haven’t liked her much in a while, although her wardrobe still rocks. LisaR is the lowest of the low, that word Garcelle and I don’t like, and, as Judge Milian (People’s Court) says, I wouldn’t believe her if her tongue came notarized.

🕯 Burning It At Both Ends…

Time for tea with a little NYC real estate mixed in tomorrow. For now, stay safe, stay living to the fullest (whatever that means for you), and stay making sure there are no splinters in your relationships.

May19

May 18, 2021 – Sonny Recognizes Someone, Ramona Gets Busted By Leah, Did She Donate, Fashionable Fashions & Hamptons Magic

Posted on May 19, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny and Nina get to the Corinth Outlet Mall, and Nina says, this is the place. Sonny says, the first stop on Elijah’s list of real estate acquisitions. She says, it’s the opposite of local charm. The words boring and mundane spring to mind. He says, the word that springs to his mind is corruption.

Carly lets Diane in, and says, before she asks, this is billable. Diane says she’s delighted to hear it. Which of the myriad of situations Carly is handling are they discussing? Carly says, Jason. She thinks she found a way to bring him home.

Britt stands in what looks like a lighthouse, and Jason walks in. She asks how it is, and he says, the perimeter is clear. She says, it certainly is isolated. She’s holding a deck of cards, and he asks what she’s got. She says, they’re in luck. Only the seven of diamonds is missing. She should probably check his stitches and change his bandages, but he says he wants to clean up first. She says she’ll be there, and he goes upstairs. She takes out her phone, and starts to punch in numbers. Jason suddenly appears, and asks who she’s calling.

Peter shows up at Maxie’s apartment, and says he was so happy to get her message that she wanted to see him. She says she did ask that he call, but never mind. He’s there now. He asks how she’s feeling, and how’s little Louise? She says, they had a rough night. That’s why she wanted to speak to him. He asks if she had contractions, and if they should go to the hospital, but she says, it’s nothing like that. She needs to leave town.

Anna calls Robert, and leaves a message that she needs to talk to him. She’s at the hospital, but she can meet him in 20 minutes. Call her back; it’s important. She hears Finn telling Chase that he’s working around the clock to find a protocol; to make it safe for Chase to go home. Chase says he wants out, but Finn says Chase just had a major setback. Chase suggests they talk about his setback, and talk about his mysterious condition. What is Finn not telling him?

Willow looks at her phone, and Michael asks, what’s got her so absorbed? She says, she was just researching Chase’s illness. She knows it sounds ridiculous. If Finn can’t figure it out, a Google search isn’t going to be much good. She can’t believe Finn’s found no diagnosis in all this time. Michael asks if she thinks Finn isn’t telling Chase all he knows about Chase’s condition.

Ned walks into the Quartermaine mansion, as Brook is coming downstairs. She tells him, good morning, and he asks if everyone is alive after Valentin’s first night there. She says she’s seen no signs of bloodshed, but it’s probably the calm before the storm.

Valentin wanders around upstairs, and opens a door. There’s a scream, and Olivia yells, get out! Ned runs upstairs, and Brook says, yeah. That’s more like it.

Willow asks Michael, what if Finn is withholding information about Chase for his own good? He says, like they are? and she says, exactly. She’s in no position to criticize, but she knows Chase wants the truth. Michael says, what if they ask Finn straight out? Would it violate confidentiality? She says, actually, it wouldn’t. Chase told Finn that he wants her informed about his condition, so she has consent. But she doesn’t feel right probing into it with Finn. Michael asks, why? and she says, how much is too much? Chase thinks she’s his girlfriend, and so does everyone else. If she exploits her access to privileged information, it does feel like another lie, and she just can’t do that to Chase.

Finn tells Chase, believe him. He gets no joy in keeping Chase cooped up, and watching him eat orange gelatin. Chase tells him to find out what’s taking so long, and Finn says he’s doing the best he can. He can’t have Chase go back to his apartment, and chance his fever spiking and him having a seizure. He left Chase for five minutes, and came back to a 105 temperature, and Chase delirious. What if Chase is alone and couldn’t get help, and Finn can’t get to him? Chase says Finn will find a way to keep him safe, and Finn says, they have that. It’s called staying in the hospital.

Robert comes out of the elevator, and Anna motions for him to keep his voice down. He says he thought he’d find her there, but she says he didn’t have to come. She could have met him. He says he was at the hospital, interviewing a witness. It sounded important. What’s up? It’s not Chase? She says, no. She called Tiffany, and has some really bad news. Sean passed away. His old friend is gone.

Olivia flies downstairs, and asks why Valentin is strutting around half-naked? He strolled into her bedroom, wearing only a towel and a look of astonishment. What’s going on? What the hell is he doing here? Brook says, Monica didn’t tell her? and she says, tell her what? Are Valentin and Brook a couple? Brook says, no, but what if they were? Ned says, they’re not. Valentin and Charlotte are living there for the time being. Olivia says, they’re what?

Britt says, she just wants to make one call; it’s important. Maxie is high risk, and she’s Maxie’s OB/GYN. She needs to make sure Maxie is all right. He says, the police could be monitoring her associates. It’s a long shot, but they could be looking at Maxie. She says, that’s why she’ll just be on for a short minute. Come on. She trusted him all the way to a Canadian lighthouse. Now he needs to trust her.

Diane says, if Carly thought of a way to exonerate Jason, by all means, enlighten her. Carly says, the case relies on Gladys’s claims that she saw Jason getting rid of the murder weapon. They know she’s lying, and if Gladys recants, the case is over. Diane asks why Gladys would do that, and Carly says she’s going to convince Gladys that she’s making a mistake, aligning herself with Cyrus. Diane asks if they’re talking about the same Gladys. Carly can’t appeal to Glady’s better angel. She doesn’t have a righteous bone in her body, and she’s terrified of Cyrus. Does Carly know something she doesn’t? Carly says, Gladys will be singing a different tune when Gladys hears what she has to say.

Nina tells Sonny, when they were driving into Corinth, she was thinking it was a cute little town, with charming houses. Then they got to the strip mall that looks like it was dropped in the center. Before they came, she did some research, and looked at the town. Main Street was thriving, and had all these cute mom and pop businesses. Where are they? What happened to the local community? He says, Elijah happened.

Peter asks what Maxie means by leaving, and Maxie says, she’s not leaving leaving, just going away got a few days. Whispering Pines is a spa resort, and they have a baby pampering package. She’s going to treat herself. He asks if this babymoon is for couples, but she says, the spa is for women only. It’s supposed to be calming and relaxing, and she could use some alone time. She just got terrible news. Her godfather Sean died. He says he’s sorry; he had no idea. She says, someone important leaves her life just as someone important enters it. She needs some quiet to process. He understands, doesn’t he? He says, of course (🍷). He hopes it will be a relaxing time, and she says, it will be. He says, of course (🍷) it will. Chloe will be there.

Jason says Britt thinks he doesn’t trust her? and she sarcastically says, no. That’s why he didn’t want her to make a call. He says he just wants her to understand the risk to use the phone. Obviously she does, so go ahead. She says, that’s it? and he says, that’s it. They’re in this together. She doesn’t have to sneak around; just ask for the phone. Or she can keep the phone, and he’ll ask. Britt says, great, and he tells her, make her call. She says she will, and he goes back upstairs. She watches him, and smiles.

Robert tells Anna, he knew Sean was suffering from dementia, but he didn’t think it was bad enough that he’d die. Anna says, Tiffany and Annie are devastated. They knew it was coming, but even when you’re prepared, it’s just… Finn comes out, and asks if Robert is okay. Anna says, their friend passed away – Sean Donely. Finn says he’s sorry. He knows they mentioned Sean lived in Ireland, and Anna says, the memorial is tomorrow. Robert says, so soon? They have arrangements to make. He’ll check the flights. Anna says, no. She’s sorry. She can’t go.

Willow tells Michael that she’s sorry. It’s not fair, but Chase is in the hospital with an unknown illness, and getting him through it is all that matters. She hopes Finn isn’t withholding information like Chase thinks. Michael says, Chase was pretty out of it. Maybe he’ll feel differently today. Willow hopes so. She’s heading over to the hospital. She wants to grab some time with her advisor, and look in on Chase. He asks if she wants a ride. She can sit in the back if she doesn’t trust herself with him. She says she’ll try to control herself, and thanks him.

Brook tells Olivia, it wasn’t her idea, but upon further consideration, as bizarre as it is, it makes sense. Like Valentin said, there are more wings in the house than Quartermaines. (Apparently, they thought that was as funny as I did, since they used it twice.) Valentin says he’s sorry he intruded on Olivia, and she asks if he doesn’t believe in knocking. He says he was under the impression that he and Charlotte had the guest wing to themselves. Olivia says he thought wrong, and Ned asks why she was in the guest wing. She says she’s been sleeping there since he left. It doesn’t feel right, sleeping in their bed without him. Brook smiles.

Sonny and Nina visit a park where the trashcans are overflowing. She says, the park is like the rest of Corinth. It’s obviously seen better days. Imagine how charming it used to be. Sonny sees a woman sitting on a bench, and says, maybe one of the locals can give them some insight on the park. He walks up to the woman, and says, hi, Barb. She asks if she knows him, and he says she’s wearing a name tag. She says she’s on break, and Nina says, the mall must be busy. What about the rest of Corinth? Did it go the way of the strip mall? She saw pictures on the website, and the town looked so cute. Barb says, it’s a different town. It’s changed since she was growing up, especially after what happened five years ago. Sonny asks, what happened? and she says, crime; robberies, vandalism, petty theft. People got scared and stopped shopping here. Nina says, what a shame. It must have been hard on businesses. Barb says, they started shuttering and boarding up. When they were offered a chance to sell, they jumped at it. They didn’t expect the lots to be combined for a strip mall. Nina asks if Barb thinks the owners wouldn’t have sold if they knew, and Barb says they would have at least held out for more money. Sonny says they have a similar problem in Nixon Falls. He leans over to Nina, and says, very similar.

Carly tells Diane that she recently learned something that could make Gladys switch sides, but she’d be breaking a confidence. Diane asks if it would give her the leverage she needs to get Gladys to recant her story, and Carly says she thinks so. Diane asks if it would put Carly’s source in danger, but Carly says she doesn’t think so; it’s personal and none of her business. Diane says, then she needs to ask herself this question. What’s more important, a clear conscience regarding her source’s secret, or the possibility of Jason being exonerated? Carly says, question. Anything she says is covered by attorney/client privilege? Diane says, unless Carly is going to tell her that she’s murdering somebody. Don’t murder anyone, and don’t tell her. She doesn’t want to know. Otherwise, everything is covered. Carly says, Sasha is pregnant, and Brando is the father.

Ned says, Olivia can’t sleep in their bed alone without him? He’s been having trouble sleeping too. Olivia says, stop here. Question. What’s Valentin doing camping out there, when she gave him the best suite in the MetroCourt? Valentin says he’s there to keep an eye on Brook. She insists on ditching her security detail. Olivia says, and Monica is okay with this? and Ned says, she’s surprisingly on board. Michael and Willow come out of the living room, and Michael asks, what’s going on? Brook says, not much. Valentin saw Olivia naked. Olivia says she was not naked, but Valentin was only wearing a towel. Ned says Valentin needs to walk around in proper attire, but Brook says she kind of likes the towel. Valentin says he’s sure, and goes back upstairs.

Nina tells Barb, when she was parked across from the mall, she saw lots of cars. Barb says, people drive in from all over to shop at the outlets. That’s the reason a lot of people went out of business; they can’t complete with the low prices. Don’t get her wrong; she’s grateful for the jobs it brought. It’s just a different town now. She supposes it’s progress. She leaves, and Nina says, it sounds like the town lost its heart, and Sonny asks if it was lost, or stolen.

Diane asks Carly to explain how Gladys learning Sasha is pregnant with her grandchild will make her recant, and Carly says, Cyrus is into Sasha. She’s sure Cyrus thought Sasha was a trophy, and hooking her on drugs would keep her on a leash. It didn’t turn out that way, and Sasha has kept her distance. Cyrus, not so much. He won’t appreciate being shown up by his younger driver. If Cyrus found out, he’d kill Brando for being close to Sasha. Gladys has a lot of faults, but she loves her son. Diane says, the best way to protect Brando is to get Cyrus convicted of a felony for obstruction of justice. If Gladys admits she lied, and further admits that Cyrus incentivized it, Cyrus will be facing serious criminal changes. Carly says if she reveals Sasha’s secret, she’ll feel terrible using Sasha’s situation for her own benefit after all Sasha has done for Michael and Wiley. She gave up Michael, and nearly lost her life. Carly feels terrible, but there’s no other way to help Jason. Diane says, maybe she can offer Gladys something else.

Robert says, Anna is going to miss Sean’s memorial? What could be more important? Anna says she wants to go, but she’s needed there. Finn asks for a minute, and Robert gives them privacy. Finn tells Anna, she can’t do this, and she says, she’s not. She’s going to make sure Chase has another dose if he needs it. Finn says, no; she can’t miss the memorial. She’ll regret it if she doesn’t go. She says she’ll regret it more if something happens to Chase. She wants to be there for the family, but she can’t be in two places at once. She guesses she can asks Valentin to deal with Peter. Finn says, either way, she should go. She’ll regret it if she’s not there. She thanks him for looking out for her, and he says he always wants what’s best for her. She says she feels the same way about him.

Maxie tells Peter that she doesn’t need Chloe. There will be a whole staff there to pamper her. She won’t have to lift a finger if she doesn’t want to. He says, the whole point of hiring a nurse was so Maxie would have a medical professional with her at all times in case of an emergency. It will be good for her peace of mind to have Chloe there, and his. Her phone rings, and she sees it’s Britt. She tells Peter that she needs to take this. She says, hello? and Britt says, thank God she answered. Are she and the baby okay? Has she managed to keep Peter away?

Peter asks, who is it? and Maxie says, hi, Trish. How are you? She was so worried when she didn’t hear from her. Britt says, Peter is there? and Maxie says, yep; she’s managing. Is Trish okay? Britt says she’s fine, but she won’t be back soon. What is Maxie going to do? Maxie says, she made other arrangements. She heard Trish couldn’t help because she was in a jam. Britt asks if Maxie found someone else to deliver her baby, and Maxie says, Trish knows her; she’s on it. She just has to wrap up a few details. Britt says she’s so sorry. Please, be careful. Maxie says she will. Is Trish sure she’s doing okay? Does she need to send a casserole? Britt says, she and Jason are okay. He didn’t kidnap her; he actually saved her. Maxie says she already knew that, and Britt says she can’t stay on the phone much longer. She’ll think good thoughts for Maxie and her baby. Maxie says, thanks. She wishes Trish could have made it too. Britt says she’s confident Maxie’s got this, and she’ll find a way to keep the baby safe from Peter. Maxie says she’s definitely working on that.

Sonny tells Nina, he bets it’s the same story with the other towns. Crime goes up, businesses sell, and the strip malls and chain stores take away the remaining business, selling higher inventory at lower prices. She wonders if that’s the future for Nixon Falls, and he says, it’s already happening. That’s what Elijah does. He buys cheap, and sells to developers for more cash. She says, there’s already an uptick in crime. Phyllis said that several of her friends who wouldn’t sell, are selling now because of the robberies. The last straw. Now the town is a target. He says, didn’t he tell her that Eli was a bad guy? She says, he is. She can’t stand the thought of Eli taking advantage of Phyllis and Lenny, when they’ve been so good to him, and taking advantage of sweet little towns. That’s the real story, not a puff peace on a charming little town, but how Elijah is using the specter of crime to drive up real estate prices, and sell the soul of sweet little towns.

Britt is playing Solitaire, when Jason walks in. She says she hoped he was sleeping, but he says he wanted to check again. She says, too bad for him. The more rest he gets, the faster he’ll heal. By the way, how long are they staying in this bucolic spot? Can they actually get a good night’s sleep? He says they should be good there, and she says, by good, he means… He says, if they take reasonable precautions, they could stay there a couple days, maybe longer. Long enough for her to see a doctor about her hand.

Michael says he and Willow are going to check on Chase. When he opens the front door, Anna and Robert are there. Michael says he and Willow were heading out, unless they’re here to see him. Robert says, they’re here to see Monica. Anna says she was just at the hospital, and Willow asks if she saw Chase; how is he? Anna says, a little restless, and Michael says he guesses they should get going. They leave, and Olivia comes downstairs. She says it’s good to see Robert and Anna. Valentin comes into the foyer, and Anna asks what he’s doing there. Robert tells Olivia, they need to see Monica. The world lost a really good guy, and them, a dear friend. Ned asks, who? and Robert says, Sean Donely.

Chase has papers all over the bed, and Finn asks, what’s all this? Chase says he asked for his bill so far. Even with insurance paying 90%, staying here is a fortune. Finn tells him, don’t worry. He’ll cover it. Chase says he pays his own way; no. Finn says, now might be a good time to accept help, but Chase tells him, he said no. He’s the one lying there, and he’ll pay it. Finn says, no, he’s not, because it’s his fault.

Sonny asks if Nina is going to do an exposé in her magazine, and she says she thinks it will be interesting reading, and it will shine a light on what’s happening in these towns. He asks if she’s going to send reporters to Nixon Falls, but she says, no. She thinks she’ll do it herself, and expose how Eli incited crime to bring down the property values, and bundle the real estate to sell to national chains. The only problem is, they need hard proof. He says, he saw Eli talking to the thug who robbed the firehouse dance, and he heard the thug say Eli paid his bail… Sonny looks at a man on his phone near a dumpster behind Nina, and she says, what’s the matter? He says, he thinks he knows that guy.

Carly tells Diane, it’s worth a shot. As painful as it would be, it’s worth it to keep Sasha’s secret safe. Diane says Carly can always have it in reserve, in case this fails, and Carly says, she would hate to betray Sasha. Diane tells her, Sonny made choices he hated, but he made them; it’s the nature of the business. While Carly is running this thing, sentiment is a luxury she can’t afford. Diane leaves, and Carly ponders.

Britt asks if fugitives like her and Jason aren’t supposed to avoid places that keep records, like medical facilities. He says she has a fake passport. The hospital is free, and she can get the answers she needs. She says, there’s no way she’s walking into a hospital with a fake passport, but he says, she got into the country with a fake passport, and no one questioned her. Go in as a patient, and try not to pick a fight with the doctors. She asks if he just made a joke. Wow. He asks why she’s dodging this so hard, and she says, because she’s scared.

Brook says she thinks Monica is in the study, and Ned says he’ll check. Olivia suggests they get some coffee in the living room, and Valentin hangs back. He tells Anna that he’s sorry. Sean was a hell of an agent, and more important, her friend. She says, he was good friend, and behind them, Brook sneaks out the front door. Anna asks why Valentin is there at this hour of the morning, and he says he’s keeping an eye on Brook, who he sees disappeared again. Anna asks if Brook is avoiding him, and that’s why he moved in, but he says he’s living at the Quartermaine’s just until they can neutralize Peter. He asks if Sean was her best hope for an antidote, and she says she thought so. Like she told him, Faison poisoned Sean’s wife. She thought Sean might have something in his files from back then that she could use to help Finn.

Peter asks Maxie if everything is okay with Trish. He doesn’t recognize the name. She says, Trish is a mom from James’s music playgroup. She was going to take James for a playdate, but she got the flu. It’s okay though; Spinelli is going to take him. Now where were they? Oh yeah, Chloe. He says, going to the spa with her, and she says, right. The more she thinks about it, the more she agrees with him. Chloe should go. She’s so close to her due date, it would be irresponsible for her to refuse. He says he knew she’d see reason. She’d never do anything to jeopardize their baby. She says, never. She’ll do everything in her power to keep the baby safe.

Robert tells Olivia, Sean was one of his oldest friends. He was Robin’s godfather, and his daughter was named after Anna. Olivia says she’s glad he’s going to the memorial; it’s important to say a proper goodbye. (I’m guessing she’s going to end up going with him.) Ned comes in, and tells Robert that Monica will see him in the study. Does he know the way? Robert says he does, and thanks… to both of them. He heads for the study, and Ned tells Olivia, they should talk. She asks if he’s really okay with Valentin being there, and he says he’s 100% not okay with Valentin walking in on her, but he’s come to see the wisdom in Valentin staying there. He and Monica agree that it’s a way to assure Valentin keeps his promise to sign over Brook’s shares. She says she should have known it was something about ELQ. God forbid they forget the bottom line. Ned says, the family is so comfortable doing battle, they forget to protect who they’re truly fighting for. He’s grateful Olivia is there for Brook. Brook puts on a good front, but she’s in over her head with this pregnancy. She needs guidance, and there’s no one better to give it to her than Olivia. Olivia says, she’s a handful, that one, but if Brook will have her, she’s got Brook. She’s happy to help his daughter.

Sonny looks at the man, and flashes back to holding a gun on the robber who tried to steal from the Tan-O. Realizing it’s the same man, Sonny tells Nina, he does know that guy.

Carly calls Gladys, and says she’s sure Gladys is surprised to hear form her. She needs Gladys to come by the house. She’s sent a car to pick Gladys up. There’s something important they need to discuss.

Anna and Valentin sit on the steps, and Anna says she’s going to Sean’s memorial. She hates the fact that she’s leaving Chase with Peter in control of the antidote, but Valentin says he’ll handle it. She thanks him, and asks if he’s sure it’s okay. He has a lot on his plate. He says he’ll take care of Peter. Go say goodbye to her friend.

Outside, Brook makes a call to her friend CeCe. She says she’s good, but girlfriend, her family is stifling her. She needs a break before the baby arrives. A couple of days of R&R. Can CeCe tell her family that Brook is staying with her?… Here’s what CeCe should say if they come looking for her…

Maxie schedules treatments on her laptop. She wonders how long Ultimate Transcendence takes. Two hours? Perfect. She’ll schedule it after the mani/pedi, and other treatments. She says, enjoy it, Chole. You’ll be polished, buffed, and blissed out before you even realize I’m gone.

Britt tells Jason, she doesn’t want to be alone at a Canadian hospital, while some strange doctor calls her Teresa, and tells her that she has Huntington’s Disease. He says, first of all, she’s not going to be alone. He’s going with her. She says, even knowing what a risk he’d be taking? and he says, taking risks is a new thing for him. She laughs, and he almost smiles.

Chase says it’s not Finn’s fault he’s sick, and it’s not Finn’s fault that he can’t make Chase well. But it is Finn’s fault that he’s refusing to let Chase leave. Finn says Chase doesn’t understand, and Chase says Finn doesn’t understand. He’s checking out. Finn says, against medical advice. Chase can’t just leave. Chase says, watch him, and Finn says, your life depends on it. Michael and Willow stand in the doorway.

Tomorrow, Chase says he wants out today, Cyrus says Laura will appreciate what he’s come to tell her, Laura tells Gladys that she’d be an idiot to pass up the offer, and Sonny confronts the robber, saying he knows exactly who he is.

The Real Housewives of New York City

While lounging in Ramona’s bed, Ramona and Sonja discussed the healing session. Sonja said she was surprised that Eboni had shared about her grandmother being sick, since she was new to the group. In Sonja’s interview, she said she was happy that Eboni felt comfortable enough to share. Sonja was at the point where she felt she needed to be more vulnerable and start sharing, or she’d be stuck. LuAnn found Eboni, and said Eboni had given them an Irish goodbye (i.e. ghosted them – I had to google that), but Eboni said she’d had a good time. Parts of the day had been a lot, like Ramona calling waitress Michelle the help. LuAnn said it was part of the Ramona package, and we flashed back to moments Ramona was being ignorant, rude, and/or insensitive, of which there are many. Eboni told LuAnn that her grandmother had worked as a domestic her entire life; she was the help. LuAnn said she didn’t think Ramona meant anything racial by it, but Eboni said it was the idea of seeing people as less than. She cared more about the intention than the actual words. Everyone got ready for the day, and Leah was wearing these awesome pants of many patterns, which made Ramona dizzy. She told Leah they weren’t going on safari, and in Leah’s interview, she said, it’s always a safari with these animals. She thought she was dressed perfectly. As they got in the limo/bus, Sonja noted that LuAnn was now LuAnn when she spoke to the driver, and we flashed back to when LuAnn insisted on being called Countess. While headed to a winery, LuAnn yapped about new man Garth (who she’s already broken up with), and in Sonja’s interview, she said LuAnn had a new guy, and was acting like a teenager. Garth was LuAnn’s covid flirt; reel it in. LuAnn told them about the day she planned for them in Northfork.

At the winery, Leah wondered if LuAnn was uncomfortable, only being one month sober, but Ramona said LuAnn was cool – because LuAnn said she was. In LuAnn’s interview, she said she wanted to feel included, so she brought her fake rosé. At lunch, Eboni told Ramona that her help remark had been triggering; it made people feel devalued. In Ramona’s interview, she said she liked how Eboni told her in a non-condescending way why it wasn’t cool. Ramona talked about finding out she had covid after the fact, and being tested for antibodies. Leah challenged Ramona on having said she donated plasma, and Sonja said it hadn’t been on Instagram, so it didn’t happen. Leah said it wasn’t just a test; it was a whole process. Ramona just kept saying she got tested, and wouldn’t directly answer Leah’s question. In her interview, LuAnn said Ramona was obviously lying; her face was red, and she was dodging the question. In Leah’s interview, she said Ramona had tried to make herself look better after her sh*t behavior in the pandemic. Like she was a charitable woman who donated plasma. She told Ramona, it was like propaganda, and Ramona got loud, and gave Leah the finger. Leah told Ramona to tone it down, since she was spitting her food everywhere. LuAnn said Ramona was making herself look guilty by being defensive. Ramona suddenly had to go to the bathroom, and Leah said she wasn’t the covid police, but don’t lie. Ramona called Leah a vicious girl, and in her interview, she said the best way to handle Leah was to ignore her and walk away. Leah said nobody else seemed to give a f***, and in Eboni’s interview, she said she got that it was a morally bankrupt thing to do, but what were they going to do? Leah was never going to get what she wanted with that approach.

LuAnn said she was going in, and followed Ramona inside the restaurant/gift shop. Eboni said Leah had caught Ramona; now rest your case. Ramona yelled from the bathroom that she had diarrhea, and LuAnn apologized to the cashier. LuAnn went back to the table, and told the others that they’d given Ramona diarrhea. In Leah’s interview, she said it was time for Ramona to see a doctor. You couldn’t slurp oysters, and guzzle rosé with IBS. (Isn’t Ramona’s drink of choice pinot?) Ramona said Leah was always attacking her, and decided to go for a walk. Sonja said she’d come along, and Leah said now she was the enemy because she was looking for the truth. Sonja said she knew Ramona was wrong, but she was going to hold Ramona’s hand while she licked her wounds. Sonja said something to Ramona about cancel consolation, telling her, these days, everyone wanted to cancel everyone. She commented on Ramona’s leopard attire, and Ramona let out a screech. Oddly enough, although it was heard throughout the winery, no one even got up to see what was going on. Ramona said she felt better. In her interview, Leah said she wasn’t going to get any acknowledgement from Ramona, but every time she saw Ramona, it was going to be in the back of her head. Ramona told Sonja that she liked how Eboni explained herself in a way that wasn’t aggressive. In Eboni’s interview, she said she was cautiously optimistic about a friendship with Ramona.

In proving rich people are just like us, before leaving, the women put any leftover lobster rolls in napkins to take with them. Sonja said she never left lobster, and we flashed back to the infamous lobster boil, where Ramona and Sonja shoved lobsters into tote bags. In her interview, Eboni said it was blowing her mind seeing Sonja evolve into very tipsy. She wondered if she missed Sonja taking seven shots, but she hadn’t. Geez you’d think this was Eboni’s first… oh wait, it is. On the way back, Sonja got irritated about LuAnn’s repetitive praise of the great and wonderful Garth, and in Ramona’s interview, she suggested Sonja was jealous. It was what all of them wanted, and LuAnn got it, during covid no less. They moved on to doing some shopping in town, and in LuAnn’s interview, she said there was nothing like shopping to make a girl feel good in general. I did like the local stores, which carried a lot of unique handmade and vintage stuff. It reminded me of shopping in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where I went to a convention a few years ago. Leah bugged Ramona about inviting Heather to dinner, and Eboni said she hadn’t shucked oysters since she worked at Hooters, where she was hired for her personality. In Leah’s interview, she said she didn’t know if Sonja wanted LuAnn for herself or Garth for herself… or both. LuAnn offered to buy Sonja something from one of the (no doubt expensive) clothing stores, which Sonja readily accepted. In her interview, LuAnn said she was spoiling Sonja because Sonja was starting to spiral. Sonja whined that the blouse she wanted looked better on LuAnn. In Ramona’s interview, she said, trouble is on the way and it has one name, alcohol. Yep.

During the usual sex talk in public, Sonja said, too big is just a nuisance. I have to admit, I literally lol’d. In Eboni’s interview, she said she liked Sonja’s free spirit. I thought it was more like Sonja had too many spirits. They went to a bar/restaurant, and in her interview, LuAnn said her nerves were on edge. She felt tempted in this fabulous bar, so she went out to have a smoke. You couldn’t expect her to give up all her vices. Hey, no judgement from me, sister. Leah thought LuAnn drinking fake rosé out of a wineglass might be hurting her by keeping her attached to alcohol. In Leah’s interview, she said LuAnn was closer to a drink than she thought. Part of getting sober was getting away from that, but LuAnn didn’t want to hear her. Sonja said she didn’t want to be a canceled consolation, and Ramona wondered why anyone wanted to cancel culture. Ramona took Sonja’s drink away, saying, Sonja was getting close to the danger zone. In her interview, Ramona said that Sonja was going through something, and the drinking was taking her to the deep end. They sat down for dinner, and Leah messed with her phone, looking up all the things Heather had said. Besides talking smack about Sonja’s facelift, Heather said there was nothing authentic about LuAnn, and she was doing drugs. In LuAnn’s interview, she said, she and Heather had been fine. What the hell? LuAnn said, at first, she thought they should uninvite Heather, but on second thought, let her come. They could give it to her. Who the hell is that bitch to talk?

LuAnn FaceTimed with Garth at the restaurant, and Ramona said she was happy for LuAnn. LuAnn said he was the real deal, and Sonja drunk-called one of her male friends. Ramona said Sonja thought it was a competition, and in her interview, Eboni said she’d never been to a dinner with energy like this. She felt like Alice in Wonderland. It wasn’t her jam, but she was intrigued. Sonja got somewhat incoherent, yelling about contributions, and in Leah’s interview, she said, there’s a point where alcohol stops working and it’s not fun. Sonja wasn’t in a great place, and it exacerbates where you are right now. Sonja bothered her friend a second time, and Eboni engaged in a discussion with him about banks. She said Wells Fargo’s rates were better, but his bank helped to close the wealth gap for her people, so she was supportive. This caused Sonja to totally bug out, yelling that they wanted to talk about Wells Fargo, but it wasn’t her family, J.P. Morgan.

Don’t touch the effing Morgan letters!

Next time, Sonja goes over the edge, LuAnn says she can’t be around Sonja, Garth meets Sonja, and Heather comes to dinner.

🩸 Did She Or Didn’t She…?

The great plasma debate.

RHONY: Leah McSweeney Is Convinced Ramona Singer Lied About Donating Her Plasma Post-Covid

👗 Statements Of Fashion…

Why does everyone look so much better here than the more upscale award shows?

https://people.com/movies/mtv-movie-and-tv-awards-2021-red-carpet-arrivals/

🌞 Then the Morning Comes…

Tomorrow, the Jersey Wives reunite, when no doubt we will hear the word analogy more times than our ears can take. RHOBH is also premiering its new season, although it just ain’t the same. Whatever Wives are your jam, and even if none, stay safe, stay being your best self, and stay refusing to be a canceled consolation.

May15

May 14, 2021 – Plan C Is Set In Motion, Secret Sonny, Sad Situation, All About Brandi, What a Girl Wants, Reunion Shade, New Series, Why He Left, VanderPreview, This Summer, Perfect Match, A Suit’s Number Of Quotes & Beautiful

Posted on May 15, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny gets into Eli’s office, and a security alarm goes off. He starts tossing things around, pulling things out of drawers, and throwing them on the floor.

Eli tells Nina that he’s glad they got that straightened out. That means he can do something he’s wanted to for a while. He moves in for a kiss, and Nina says, ~~how about them Mets?~~ It’s a lovely night. Why rush things? Now that she’s decided to stay in Nixon Falls, they have all the time in the world.

Sonny continues to mess up Eli’s office.

Carly thanks Diane for coming on such short notice. Can she offer Diane a glass of Sonny’s scotch? That’s how they discussed legal matters, right? Over a glass of single malt? Diane thinks her, but says she’ll take a raincheck for now. The main matter is Jason. She finds it a little disappointing and disconcerting that two clients wouldn’t trust her enough to fight groundless charges, and instead, chose to resort to a dangerous, albeit daring, criminal escape. While she’s certain she can still argue that Jason didn’t kill Franco, he now faces additional charges. Carly says she’s sure Jason did what he felt he had to do. Now she has to do the same. She has some legal work she needs to go over with Diane. Diane asks, what kind of legal work? and Carly says she needs her will revised. She needs Diane to bring it up to date.

Michael sees Willow coming into the Quartermaine mansion. She says she knows it’s Wiley’s bedtime, and wanted to say goodnight before he fell asleep. He says she’s about 15 minutes too late. The little guy was out like a light. She says she’s just going to tiptoe into his room and give him a kiss; he won’t even know. Michael says, he will. A kiss from her is pretty hard to forget.

Lucy approaches Brando at the MetroCourt, and says she owes him a big, fat apology. He says, for what? and she says he probably knows Sasha is such an asset to Deception, an asset that’s expanding every day now. She never properly thanked him for saving Sasha’s life.

In the restroom, Sasha is on the phone. She says she’s a patient of Dr. Navarro’s and wondered if she can prescribe something for morning sickness… Great. She’ll be expecting their email. She puts some water on her face, and leaves. Gladys comes out of one of the stalls, and says, so. The super model went and got herself knocked up. Damn.

Brook reads about water births from her laptop. Labor pains will still happen, but the water provides a relaxing, soothing environment. She listens to a narrator talk about water birth, while hearing a women groaning with labor pains in the background. Her phone rings, and she says they’re not going to believe the video she just watched. She’s completely on board with getting Bobbie involved. In fact, she thinks it was a stroke of genius. Maxie says she doesn’t have long to talk. Her live-in nurse brought her to GH to meet her new OB/GYN. She needs Brook to meet her there. She needs to Brook the keys to the house in Beecher’s Corners, so Brook can meet her when the baby is born. She needs Brook to go there, stock it with supplies, so everything is ready… Is Brook still there? Maxie and her baby need her. Brook says, don’t worry; she’s all in. Brook opens the door to leave, and Valentin is there. He says, going somewhere?

Maxie turns around and sees Peter. She asks how long he’s been there. What is he doing there? He says, as the father, he was informed of her appointment with her new OB/GYN. He’s just there to offer moral support. She says, that’s so considerate. Fortunately her live-in nurse came with her. She introduces Chloe to Peter, and Peter says so she’s the woman Maxie chose to care for their child. It’s nice to meet her at last. Chloe says it’s nice to meet him too, and Maxie rolls her eyes.

Valentin says he and Brook had an agreement; they’re in this together. She says she wasn’t aware their agreement meant she had to clear her comings and goings with him, and he says they agreed to do what’s best for the baby. She says it might have helped if he hadn’t hired Boris Badanov to, quote unquote, shadow her. He’s about as inconspicuous as a two-legged fridge. He says, Yuri is a good man. He trusts Yuri with her. She says she knows what’s good for her baby, and he says, their baby. She says, their baby. But Valentin is the one with the long list of enemies. If anyone’s putting them in harm’s way, it’s him.

Sasha comes back, and sees Lucy talking to Brando. Lucy says, if he hadn’t acted so quickly, they wouldn’t have just lost a spokesmodel, but a very dear friend. It could have been a million times worse if he hadn’t just jumped in. He says he’s sure anyone would have done the same thing, but she says he’s being way too modest. Deception owes him an extreme debt of gratitude, and Sasha owes him her life. Gladys joins them, and says, really? Tell her more. Brando says it doesn’t concern her, but she says, her son concerns her. Lucy was saying he saved Sasha’s life. Lucy says she wasn’t there, but Sasha told her all about it, and Brando managed to step in in the nick of time.

Sasha looks at her phone, and says, thank God; a prescription for nausea. Cyrus comes by, and says, good evening, Ms. Gilmore. Small world.

Diane tells Carly, in her dealings with Sonny, she knew what she wanted to know, and made very sure she didn’t know what she didn’t want to know. And she doesn’t want to know about Carly’s new responsibilities. Carly says, okay. Then let’s leave it at this. She wants Diane to update her will in the event that something should happen to her. The house phone rings, and Carly says, of course (🍷). Thank you. She asks Diane to excuse her, and goes to the door. Ava is there with Avery, and says, Avery has been wanting to have a sleepover with her sisters, so she took the chance of dropping by. Or is this a bad time? Avery says, please?

Eli tells Nina, time has a habit of slipping away, and he doesn’t want to lose a moment with her. He starts to move in again, but his phone dings. He looks at it grimly, and she asks, what’s the matter? He says, it’s a message from his security company. There’s been a break-in at his office. She says, what? How horrible. He says, the police have already been contacted, and he’s sorry, but he has to get over there. He’ll drop her off. She says, no! She’s coming with him. He says, that’s really sweet, and she looks at her watch.

As the alarm continues, Sonny is copying information from Eli’s computer. He says, come on, speed it up. He hears sirens, and sees flashing lights through the window.

Michael asks Willow if Chase’s condition improved after he left, and she says, whatever Finn gave him, helped with the symptoms, but unfortunately, it still isn’t a cure. Chase thinks Finn isn’t telling him the whole story. He asks why Finn would withhold information, and she says, it doesn’t seem like something he’d do, but Chase brings it up every time they talk. He says, maybe Chase is just bored and frustrated. He would be in Chase’s place. The doorbell rings, and Michael lets Ned in. Michael says he can’t get used to Ned ringing the bell; it’s still his place. Ned says, not at the moment. He came back because he forgot something. Michael asks if that’s really it, and Ned laughs, and says, busted. Today was really a breakthrough. Things weren’t quite as tense between him and Olivia. They actually enjoyed themselves singing songs. It was only for a few hours, but it was really nice to be part of the family again.

Valentin says he and Brook may have gotten into this situation accidentally, but she’s carrying their baby; that means something. She says she knows she’s been hard on him, and she’s not backing down from their agreement about the stock, but that being said, she finds it reassuring knowing the baby has him. She has faith that he’ll do everything he can to protect this baby, and she finds that really comforting. Ned comes in, and asks if everything is okay. Brook says they’re just resetting some ground rules. She asks if she can go to the bathroom, or is Yuri going to follow her in there too? She leaves, and Valentin says, it’s the hormones talking, but Ned says, it’s the DNA talking Get used to it. Brook dashes out the front door.

Peter says he thinks Maxie is overtaxing herself by coming there, considering she’s still on bedrest. She says, if it makes him feel better, she had Chloe check her blood pressure before they left, and it was stable, so there’s no risk to the baby. Chloe confirms that, and Maxie says, besides it’s really important she has this meeting. She was so comfortable with Britt, and she needs to get to know Dr. Navarro. He says it’s such a shame his sister is no longer in charge there, and tells Chloe that he’s counting on her to do whatever is necessary for the baby. Understood? Chloe says, that’s the plan.

Avery says, hi, Aunt Diane, and Ava says, sorry. She didn’t know she’d be interrupting anything. Carly says, Avery is always welcome, and tells Diane, Ava thought Avery would like a sleepover with her sisters. Avery says she made a picture in school of Donna, and Diane suggests the go up and show it to her. They go upstairs, and Ava says, look at that. One smile from Avery, and it can melt even Diane Miller’s cold heart. Diane says she heard that, and Carly says she’s thrilled to have Avery there, but they both know the surprise sleepover is just an excuse. What does Ava want? Ava says, the truth.

At Eli’s office, Nina arrives with Eli, and they go inside with an officer. Eli says, they really trashed the place, and the cop says, just like all the other robberies. He’ll dust for prints, but doesn’t expect to find anything. Just another smash and grab. Nina says, this is becoming way too common in Nixon Falls, and Eli says he doesn’t understand why anyone would break in his office. He doesn’t keep anything of value there. Petty cash… He looks in the box, and says, which they seem to have found. It makes him wonder. Is this just another robbery, or is someone trying to send him a message?

Sonny puts the cash in the register at the Tan-O, when Phyllis comes in. She says he’s not fooling her. She knows what he’s been up to. She saw him put money into the register. He should be saving up for his future. That’s the trouble with him; he’s too darn generous for his own good. Not only with Lenny and her. He says he doesn’t know what she means, and she says she’s talking about Nina. How come she’s out with Eli tonight instead of him?

Eli tells Nina, he can’t figure out why anyone would break in his office. He doesn’t keep anything there worth the risk of breaking in. Nina takes off her earrings, and quietly drops them to the floor. The officer says he’ll have to get a statement from Eli, and Eli tells Nina that he has to go to the station. He’ll drop her off. She tells him not to think about that. He has to move quickly to find out who did this. She can walk; she needs to get in her 10,000 steps. He says he’s sorry their night had to come to an abrupt end, and she says, her too, but if he can help the police find out who’s behind this, then it’s worth it. He says he’ll take a raincheck, and they can finish what they started, and she nods enthusiastically, and walks out with him.

Carly asks if Ava wants to explain what truth she’s after, and Ava says, she’s sure Carly remembers that recently she asked Ava to host a dinner party; the guest of honor being Nikolas’s new Uncle Cyrus. Carly says she remembers it ended sooner than it was supposed to, and Ava says if Carly had told her the reason she wanted Cyrus to stay, she could have been better equipped to detain him. Carly says, the real reason, and Ava says she wants to play it like that? She’ll play, and she’ll state the obvious. While she was entertaining Cyrus, Jason was escaping from General Hospital. That can’t possibly be a coincidence.

Cyrus says, not to be unkind, but Sasha doesn’t look well. Is she feeling all right? She says there’s something going around, but fortunately, her doctor has something to remedy the situation. If he’ll excuse her… He says he’s heading to GH shortly. He’ll tell Brando to bring the car around. She says, no thank you, and he says he’s disappointed she’s so standoffish. He was hoping they could put past mistakes behind them. She says, like she told him, as part of her recovery, she has to be careful who she associates with. He says, what could be more beneficial to her recovery than being with the Chairman of the Board of the very hospital that saved her life? She says, the way she remembers it, the night she collapsed, he didn’t care if she lived or died.

Lucy tells Gladys, there was actually a time when Sasha was on a date with Cyrus Renault. Apparently, they ended up back at his penthouse. Power does make a man very attractive to an ambitious young woman. Gladys asks how her Brando fits in, and Lucy says, unfortunately, Sasha had a sudden heart attack, and Brando stepped in at just the right time, and got her to GH. Gladys says her son is a hero… Now it looks like Sasha and Cyrus are closer than ever.

Valentin says he wants to know what’s going on with Brook, and texts Yuri, but Michael says, in case he didn’t notice, Brook values her independence. Valentin says he noticed. He would never dream of stifling her independence, but he needs to know that she and the baby are protected. Willow thinks Valentin’s concern for the baby is touching, and Ned says it bodes well for their future as co-parents. Valentin says, it bodes well for the whole family, because once he returns the shares he acquired from Brook, the Quartermaines will be in control of ELQ once again. Ned says, this isn’t about ELQ, and Michael says they’re doing well. Let’s just take a breath. Yuri comes in, and says he got Valentin’s text. Valentin asks where Brook is, and Yuri says he thought she was with Valentin.

Deanna tells Maxie that Dr. Navarro will be with her soon; come with her. Maxie says Peter doesn’t need to stick around. She’s just having a casual meeting with Dr. Navarro. Brook gets out of the elevator, but stops when she sees Peter. Maxie suggests Peter and Chloe take this time to get acquainted. After all, hiring a nurse was his idea. Brook scoots around the corner, and Peter says it makes him happy that Maxie sees them as one big team. (Ugh.) He’s sure he and Chloe will find plenty to talk about. Maxie heads for where she saw Brook go, but Deanna comes out of the examining room, and says, all set? Maxie goes in with her, and asks if Deanna every does private nursing. Chloe is nice and all, but she’d rather it be Deanna. Deanna says she’s flattered, but her schedule at GH is full at the moment. Brook sneaks around some more.

Valentin tells Yuri, Brook’s car is gone. Is this what Yuri calls keeping an eye on her? Yuri apologizes, but Valentin says Yuri better hope she turns back up, or he’ll be looking for another job… in the Ukraine.

Ned tells Michael and Willow, there’s a part of him that’s very proud of Brook for refusing to let Valentin boss her around. However, as a father… Michael says, we have rights, and Ned says, exactly. He knows Valentin is worried about the baby, as he should be, given his history with making enemies. Valentin listens outside the door, and Willow says she can only speak to her experience of Valentin with Charlotte, but he’s a loving, devoted father. She imagines he’ll be the same with this baby. Michael says, leave it to her to find a way to bring this family together, especially when there’s a child involved.

Deanna leaves the examining room, and Brook jets in. She says, that was a close call. She looked like a deer in headlights. If Peter would have turned around and seen her… Maxie says they don’t have much time. She gives Brook the keys to the house in Beecher’s Corners, and says they need to go over the plan one more time, just so she knows they’re on the same page. Brook says, they leave town separately, and Maxie says, so Peter and Valentin can’t track that they’re together. Whoever gets there first will set up the house, and make sure they have supplies. Brook says, and Bobbie will come to deliver the baby. She’ll wait in another room… Maxie says, no. Brook will need to help. Brook says she’s been watching a lot of videos, and doesn’t think she’s cut out to be so up close and personal with a delivery. Maxie says she knows the situation is anything but ideal, but without Britt, they have to make it work. Louise’s life depends on it. Brook says she’s right. Keeping Maxie’s baby safe is the only thing that matters, and if she has to be part of the delivery, she’ll manage. But Maxie has to manage stringing Peter along, and make him not suspicious. Maxie says Brook has to do the same with Valentin, but Brook says, Valentin’s not so bad. He hovers, but he means well, and actually respects her as a person. He’s not some creepy stalker like Peter. Sorry. Maxie says, don’t ever apologize for speaking the truth. Peter is dangerous and deluded, and he can never go anywhere near this baby. Brook says, he won’t. She promises to meet Maxie at Beecher’s Corners. She slips out, and goes to the elevator, and Maxie tells the baby, it won’t be long now, sweetie. Maxie knows her birth is going to be a little unorthodox, but as soon as she knows Louise is safe from her father, they can be together forever.

Carly tells Ava, sometimes a family dinner is just a family dinner, and Ava says, and other times, it’s a diversion. Carly needed to free Jason, and she needed to do it that night because he had to be at a very important meeting. Carly says she doesn’t know what Ava is talking about, and Ava says, she may be out of the game, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t still hear things. The Five Families ~~stuffed shells~~ met for the first time since Sonny’s death. From what she heard, Cyrus was late, but he did show up, and things could have gone very differently for the Corinthos family, but apparently, they did not. Carly says, enough. If Ava has something to say, say it. Ava says she wants to tell Carly something. After everything she heard – unofficially, of course (🍷) – she has a new appreciation for Carly. She knows they have a rocky past, but they have a common enemy in Cyrus, so she’ll tell Carly again. If there’s anything she can do to help bring that man down, count her in.

Sonny tells Phyllis, Nina’s a big girl. If she wants to spend time with Elijah, so be it. He thought she was Eli’s biggest fan. She says, she’s quite fond of Eli, but the truth is, she expected Sonny to make a move on Nina by now. He laughs, and she says she recognizes sparks between to people when she sees them. Or maybe he doesn’t care as much about Nina as she thought. He says he definitely cares about Nina, and walks over to the phone.

In Eli’s office, Nina sits at his desk. She turns on the computer and puts in a flashdrive. The screen says, initializing keystroke history, and it signs her in. She says, okay, she’s in. Let’s see what she can find.

Valentin says, Brook has not checked in to General Hospital, and Ned says he’s not going to call the jail? Valentin says he was hoping Brook could resist provoking local law enforcement, since she’s pregnant. Brook walks in, and says, don’t stop. He was saying? Valentin asks to speak to Brook alone, but Ned’s not so sure that’s a good idea. Brook says she’s got this, and Ned says he never doubted it. He, Michael, and Willow leave, and Brook says, now that they’re alone, is this where Valentin tells her the deal is off?

Peter tells Chloe that he’s happy to see this is working out so well. Maxie seems to already trust her. She says, a crucial part of her job is gaining clients’ trust. He knows that, or he wouldn’t have hired her. He says, shhh… Maxie is the one who hired her. Don’t ever let her think otherwise. It’s important Chloe cultivate trust with Maxie, so when the time comes for the baby to be delivered… She says she knows the plan. She makes sure Maxie and the baby leave Port Charles, and arrive at the place in Podunk. He says, Pautuck. He likes to think of it as an idyllic getaway for him and his family, before they vanish to begin their new life, far from the reaches of everyone there who wants to keep them apart.

Dr. Navarro tells Maxie that she and the baby are right on schedule. Maxie says she can’t believe it. It won’t be long before she’s holding little Louise in her arms, even if it’s just… The doctor asks if everything is all right, and Maxie says, everything is great. Dr. Navarro says she’ll see Maxie soon, and leaves. Peter asks how it went, and Maxie says, couldn’t be better. He says, good. That’s just what he wanted to hear.

Cyrus calls Brando over, and says, the lady would like a drink. He can handle that, can’t he? Brando asks what she’d like; a martini, vodka and soda? She says she’ll be fine with just sparkling water, and Brando goes to the bar. Cyrus says she’s really taking her recovery seriously, isn’t she? and she says, more than he knows.

Gladys says, they certainly seem to have some chemistry, don’t they? and Lucy says she never noticed before, but something is going on. They’re practically giving off sparks. Gladys says she could imagine if they had kids, with her good looks and his determination, and Lucy says, that would be a devastating combination. Lucy asks Gladys to excuse her, and intercepts Sasha on her way to the bar. She asks if she can steal the face of Deception for a teeny, tiny moment, and steers Sasha to the other side of the bar. She says, oh my gosh, it’s him, isn’t it? Sasha says she doesn’t know what Lucy is talking about, and Lucy says she doesn’t know why she didn’t think of it sooner. The two of them were splashed all over Page Five. Cyrus Renault is her baby daddy, isn’t he?

Carly says she doesn’t know what Ava heard, or who she heard it from, but her main concern is keeping her family safe until Jason is exonerated, and assumes control of Sonny’s business. Ava says, Jason does have a talent for beating charges, but in the meantime, know that if there’s anything she can do to keep Avery safe, she’ll do it. All Carly has to do is ask. Diane comes downstairs and says she doesn’t see any blood on the floor. She’ll take that as a good sign. Ava says she and Carly have reached a new understanding. Please give Avery a goodnight kiss for her. She leaves and Diane asks if Carly wants to tell her what that was actually about. Carly says, Ava just paid her a compliment, and Diane says, proceed with caution. When Ava Jerome becomes a member of your fan club, it’s time to reassess. Carly says, don’t worry. She doesn’t need Ava’s approval, or her help.

Sonny says he’s starting to get worried about Lenny. Maybe Phyllis should check on him at the clinic. He’ll hold down the fort. The phone rings, and he says he’ll take care of it. Phyllis says, if she were a more suspicious person, she would think he’s trying to get rid of her. She leaves, and Sonny says, Tan-O. Mike speaking. Nina says, their plan worked like a charm. Eli and the police think it was just an ordinary Nixon Falls break-in. She came in through the back door that he left open, and thanks to the software he installed, she has access to Eli’s computer. He says, tell him about her victory later when she’s out of there. Has she found anything incriminating? She says she found something interesting that could lead her to more. He says they don’t need more; they need her out of there. She says she has to print a hard copy of the things she found, and has to make sure there’s no trace of her being on Eli’s computer. The documents start printing.

Ned tells Michael, when he sees Olivia, just tell her how much he enjoyed seeing her today. Michael says, he’s got it. he’s pretty sure Olivia enjoyed it too. Ned hopes Michael is right. He really needed this. He leaves, and Willow says she should be getting back to the gatehouse. Michael says, before she goes, he wanted to thank her. When it looked like Ned and Valentin were going to DEFCON 1, she stepped in and helped keep the peace. She tells him, what can she say? Someone has to be the voice of reason. He says he hopes she provides that voice for a very long time to come. He walks her to the door, and they say goodbye.

Valentin tells Brook, their deal is very much still on. He’s not sure why she would think otherwise. He realizes he can’t ask her to give up her life just because he’s made some enemies. She says, welcome to the 21^st Century, and he says he thinks he’s come up with the perfect solution. He, Charlotte, and Yuri will be moving in. That way, they can all be together.

Peter says Chloe is outside, waiting to take Maxie home. He likes Chloe, and thinks Maxie made the right choice in picking her. Maxie says, her too, when Dr. Navarro walks in. Maxie says she remembers the baby’s father, Peter, and the doctor says, of course (🍷). It’s good to see him again. Peter says if the doctor wants to see Maxie alone, he can step out, but Maxie says, it’s okay; he can stay. She’s a little confused though. She thought Dr. Navarro said everything was okay with the baby. Is there a problem? The doctor says, the baby is fine, but she was going over Maxie’s birth plans. Dr. Westbourne said she’s open to inducing? If that’s the case, there’s really no reason to wait. She recommends they induce right now. I don’t know much about birthin’ babies, but I find it difficult to believe the doctor would suggest that if there’s nothing wrong. On the day she and the patient are supposed to be getting acquainted, no less.

Sasha tells Lucy, Cyrus is definitely not the father of her baby, and stop trying to figure out who is. She already told Lucy, the father doesn’t even know she’s pregnant. Lucy says, then Sasha needs to tell him, and let her know as soon as she does. She’ll call Sasha later; feel better.

Brando brings Sasha’s water over to her, and says, the last time he saw her at GH in the elevator, she said they should talk another time. How about right now? That night at the garage, she seemed happy, and he knows he was, so if he said or did something wrong, he doesn’t want to lose their friendship because of it. She says he didn’t do anything wrong, and he says, then what is it? What’s wrong?

Gladys tells Cyrus, she heard congratulations are in order, and he says, excuse me? She says she heard he’s becoming a father. He looks pretty puzzled, and I laugh.

Diane says she and Carly have known each other a long, long time, and while she’d never presume to speak for Sonny, she can advocate for those two little adorable girls upstairs. It’s very apparent, in the brief time she’s known Avery and Donna, even to this cold heart, how much they love and rely on Carly. Carly says she loves them just as much, and will do whatever it takes to protect them. Diane says she knows Carly is more than capable of doing that, but it comes at a price. So she’s going to talk to Carly, not just as her lawyer, but as her friend. Of course (🍷) she can change some things about Carly’s will, but please, don’t do anything to change her life, because it’s their life too. And they need her in it. Diane picks up her bag, and leaves.

Sonny says, Nina, dammit! Get out of there. She says, it just finished printing. She’s on her way. She takes some papers out of the machine, folds them up, and shoves them in her bag. Eli walks in, and asks her what she’s doing there. Sonny listens, still on the other end of the phone.

On Monday, Brando asks Sasha what’s going on, Peter asks if there’s something the doctor isn’t telling them, Cyrus says some messes are unavoidable, Nina says she can explain everything, and Brook says, over her dead body.

🏡 She Has Her Reasons…

I’m not in a hurry either.

Cynthia Watros Reveals Why Nina Is Keeping Sonny a Secret on GH

👨‍👩‍👧 Caught In the Middle…

Jennifer and her mother are still not on speaking terms.

https://www.distractify.com/p/jennifer-aydin-parents

🤸 Nothing To Cheer About…

The former Dallas Cheerleader has had a rough couple of years. And apparently, it was not LeeAnne who spilled the infidelity.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/11/brandi-redmond-details-tragic-october-2020-car-accident/

‘RHOD’ Brandi Redmond Opens Up About Husband Bryan’s Infidelity and Shares Marriage Status, Plus She Suspects LeeAnne Locken Leaked Cheating Video as Stephanie Admits Fearing Brandi Would “Do Something to Herself”

RHOD’s LeeAnne Locken Leaks Text Messages From Brandi Redmond and Denies Sending Cheating Video of Bryan to Brandi’s Daughter as Brandi Admits Video of Husband Hurt Their Family

⚠️ Dudes, Pay Attention…

What Eboni is looking for in a man. Start brushing up.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/11/rhonys-eboni-k-williams-on-what-shes-looking-for-after-broken-engagement/

🕶 Well, We Already Knew He Was Shady…

I didn’t see the RHOA Reunion, but I did notice on the commercial that they were all wearing black and the most giant earrings ever seen on this earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/one-rhoa-reunion-moment-had-142100625.html

💃🏾 Porsha Spins Off…

She’s done pretty well for someone who once thought the Underground Railroad was a real railroad.

https://people.com/tv/porsha-williams-getting-limited-series-bravo-focusing-life-and-family-source/

🏖 Stepping Away…

That’s exactly why I stepped away from watching Jersey Shore.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/13/ronnie-ortiz-magro-stepping-away-from-jersey-shore-over-mental-health/

🍸 Lala Speaks…

The new mom tells all about the new VPR season.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/04/lala-kent-new-season-of-vanderpump-rules-will-be-very-different/

📺 Summer Watchin’…

What’s coming up for your viewing pleasure.

https://ew.com/tv/summer-2021-tv-preview/

✨ They’ll Party Hard Together…

Two of my favorites collide.

Andrew W.K. & Kat Dennings got engaged

🐝 Quotes of the Week

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. – George Orwell

We know how gravity works. – Leah McSweeney, The Real Housewives of New York City, when answering if she thought Ramona had a facelift

Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let’s stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another. – Anne Raver

The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. – George Carlin

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits. – Alexandre Dumas-fils

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. – Oscar Levant

Do you want to drink about it? – Somebody on Summer House; it doesn’t matter who

What I did or said should never be more important than why I did it or said it. – Andrea Kelly

Pizza and vodka’s her favorite. – Jennifer Love Hewitt on Drew, regarding Betty White

If you get too many men alone and leave us alone for a while, we kind of become morons. – Andrew Yang

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi

The great Western disease is, ‘I’ll be happy when… When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job.’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It’s in here. And happiness is not next week. It’s now. – Marshall Goldsmith, American Author (Adding my favorite, when I lose weight.)

🙃 Wherever You Go, There You Are…

Another week is done, or you’ve tallied another five days on your wall, depending on how you look at it. Hopefully, if you’re not at the former yet, you’re getting closer. Or you don’t care. No matter your viewpoint, stay safe, stay fearless (withing reason; don’t be an idiot), and stay never apologizing for speaking the truth.

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May 13, 2021 – Sasha Reveals a Secret To Lucy, Pool Party In the Townhouse, a Friendship, a Taste, Road Trip, Returning, Dogs Of the House & On My Mind

Posted on May 14, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sasha is sitting at a table in the MetroCourt. A server walks by with a tray of coffee, and Sasha looks like she might be sick. Lucy comes in, and tells her that she looks awful. She asks if that’s why Sasha wanted to meet. Is she using again? Sasha says, no, absolutely not, and Lucy says, then what’s wrong? Sasha says she’s feeling a little off. Lucy says, that much is obvious. Is she sick? Sasha says, no. She’s pregnant.

Alexis asks Nikolas what he’s doing at the prison library, and he says, it’s a little complicated. Can they go somewhere more private to talk? Shawn says, no worries. He has work to do anyway. She asks if Nikolas remembers Shawn, and Nikolas says, of course (🍷). How is he? Shawn says he’s hanging in there, and Alexis says he’s been hanging in for years, for a crime he didn’t commit.

Nina walks into the Tan-O, wearing a short cocktail dress, and clears her throat to get Sonny’s attention. He says, wow, and she spins around. He says she looks too good for Eli, and she says, it’s for a worthy cause. After tonight, they’re going to know all of Elijah’s secrets.

Carly says, Jax doesn’t want their daughter to be anything like her? Wow. That says a lot. He says he doesn’t mean to be harsh, and she says, really? She gets that he’s worried about Josslyn, and she can’t deny that things are different right now, but taking cheap shots doesn’t help. He says he’s trying to get her to see it from his perspective. It was bad enough when she was married to the mob, with Jason and Sonny constantly in danger, but now they’re both gone, and she has a choice. But instead of taking the first off-ramp, and getting herself out of the crosshairs, she’s done the exact opposite. She says she knows that’s what it seems like, and he says, that’s what it is. She’s turned herself into Sonny. Can’t she see? She’s no longer collateral damage. She’s the target. (Maybe it’s the scotch.)

Britt asks how Sam found them, and Sam asks if Jason is okay. He says he is. He got shot, but Britt took care of it, and he’s okay. Sam says, thank God. When she saw the bloody bandages at the safe house… He asks if anybody knows she’s there. Could she have been followed? She says, no. She kept her eye out the whole time, but Dante is at the gas station two towns over. He says, Dante saw her? and she says he did, and he’s not going to be far behind.

Alexis asks if Shawn has any idea who did shoot Hayden, but he says, no clue. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was sure he was guilty until Hayden came and told him herself that it wasn’t him. (I don’t remember this, but why couldn’t Hayden have told that to the judge?) Alexis asks how Hayden knew, and he says she doesn’t know, but Sam backed her up. He never got any intel on who the real shooter was. He tells them that he’ll let them talk; it’s good to see Nikolas. Nikolas says good to see Shawn too. Shawn goes back to his table, and Alexis asks what Nikolas is doing there. She thought only the inmates and staff were allowed in. He says he can go wherever he wants, and she says, because of a favor he owes him-who-shall-not-be-named? He says he’s no longer working with Cyrus.

Britt says she still doesn’t understand how Sam found them, and Sam says, this is one of the Cassadine properties. She figured Britt would know about it from the time she spent with Nikolas. Jason asks if Dante knows she’s there, and Sam says, not yet. Dante is there because someone matching Britt’s description was at the gas station buying supplies. It didn’t take him long to put two and two together, but Dante is stalled for now. Jason asks, how? and she says she slashed his tires. Jason thanks her for doing that, and for coming there. She says, of course (🍷), and hands him a passport, saying, courtesy of Spinelli. They better get moving. She mapped out their route to Canada, and there’s a bus station near the border where they can drop Britt off.

Carly tells Jax, if what he’s saying is the case, that she she stepped in for Sonny, then she’s only doing what’s best for her family. He says, wow. All in the hypothetical. She’s got the slang down. She says she should after 20+ years. He says, it’s a repeating nightmare. Every time he thinks he’s gotten through to her how destructive this life can be, and that she’s better off away from it, he didn’t. Isn’t that what their entire marriage was about? They were in love and had an amazing family. They could have kept that going forever. She says, no, they couldn’t, and he says, of course (🍷) not. Sonny was this pit of quicksand, dragging her under. Now here she is, miraculously free from all of that, but she made a conscience choice to go back. Why? She says he know why, but he says, no; he honestly doesn’t. Think of the time she had with him, and compare it to the time she had with Sonny. Which is healthier? She says, stop… With him, but it’s not where they are right now. She needs him to hear her. This off-ramp that he thinks she has, she doesn’t. All Sonny’s death has done is made her position more dangerous.

Sonny says he doesn’t like Nina putting herself on the line, but she says she’s a big girl. He says, what if Elijah figures out the date is a ruse? and she says, he won’t. He asks if she’s sure, and she says she knows she seems sweet and innocent to him, but she knows how to play someone when she has to. If Eli is behind these robberies, they need to know. He says, Eli is involved. He saw Eli paying off his thug. What he wants to figure out, is why. What would Eli get out of ripping off a charity dance? She says, that’s what she plans to find out. She can handle this. The real question is, can he?

Lucy asks Sasha how it happened; was it planned? Sasha says she’s a single recovering substance abuser, and Lucy asks if she used birth control… Never mind. There’s a baby on board, and that’s all that matters. Sasha asks Lucy to lower her voice. She’s the first to know. Lucy says, really? and Sasha says she felt she owed it to Lucy. Lucy stood by her when she was using, and kept giving her every reason to bail. It meant everything. Now her circumstances have changed… Lucy asks if Sasha really thinks Deception would distance itself from a pregnant unwed woman? and Sasha says, not necessarily. Lucy says, it’s the 21^st century, and Sasha says she thought she’d give Lucy an out because of everything. Lucy asks who the dad is. Michael? Sasha says, no, and Lucy says, Valentin? Sasha says, Cassadine? and Lucy says she’ll take that as a no. Jasper Jax? Sasha says, Jax used to be Michael’s stepfather, and Lucy says, okay. Someone corporate and dashing. Maybe not corporate, but very dashing. Chase? Sasha says, she’d never, and Lucy says, Finn? Sasha says, he’s Chase’s brother, and Lucy says, he’s a very successful doctor. Sasha says, not Finn, and Lucy asks, who is it? Brando comes by, and says he hopes Sasha is feeling better.

Sasha tells Brando, much better, and thanks him. He says she had him worried the other day. She says she knows; sorry. He caught her at the wrong time. He says he’s glad she’s on the mend, and Gladys joins him. She says their table is ready, and Lucy says she bets they have so much to catch up on, as she and Sasha do. Please enjoy your meal. Ta! Gladys says, no need to give them the bum’s rush, and Brando says, take care. They leave, and Lucy asks, so who is the baby daddy? She wants to know. Does Sasha even know? Sasha says, yes, she knows, but he doesn’t, and she’s not ready for him to. Lucy says, fair enough, and Sasha says, so how does Lucy want to handle her pregnancy?

Sonny tells Nina, forget what he said about being jealous. He wasn’t talking about her… He was talking about her, but he was talking about how he doesn’t like Eli, so… She says, when she asked if he could handle it, she was really asking if he could handle his part in tonight’s plan. He says he can, and she asks if he has everything he needs. Did he learn anything about breaking and entering? He says he did a lot of reading. She wonders why that doesn’t fill her with reassurance, and he promises he’s not as dumb as he looks, but she says the last thing she thinks he is, is dumb. He asks, why does she always do that? She says, do what? and he says, always look at him like she knows him better than he knows himself. She says, it’s probably really annoying, but he says, no; he likes it. She says she should get going. She’ll see him afterwards. He tells her, be careful, and she says, him too, and leaves.

Carly tells Jax, it’s only a temporary situation. Jason will be exonerated, and come back and take over. He asks when that will be, and she says she doesn’t know. Soon. He asks if someone can’t take over for Jason, but she says, no. He says, why not? and she says, it’s not just about protecting her family, but protecting Port Charles. Think about it. If they weren’t in charge, this city would become the biggest drug port on the Eastern seaboard. Wholesalers would be slaughtering each other; the gangs would be at war, trying to take over the territory. The only reason this situation has been relatively stable is because Sonny has been in charge. Like it or not, he’s kept the peace.

Britt says it’s nice of Sam to make plans for her without asking her first, and Sam says, there’s no time for hurt feelings. Dante is back with the PCPD, and her guess is, he knows a lot more about Sonny’s organization than they think he does, including the safe houses. Jason says, Dante has no jurisdiction in Canada, and Sam says, those tires are only going to stop him for so long. If he finds them, they’re all screwed, so they need to get going. Jason says he appreciates her coming there, and the information about Dante was helpful, but she’s not going to Canada. She can go back to Port Charles now, and forget she saw them.

Alexis asks Nikolas, what’s going on? and he says he hit a snag in his relationship with Cyrus. She says, define snag, and he says he started to worry that Cyrus wouldn’t keep his word to keep her safe, so he decided to take an action of his own. Say hello to the soon-to-be new owner of Pentenville.

She says, he bought Pentenville? and he says, it’s not a done deal, but Cassadine Industries is in talks with the State to take it over privately. He should have thought of it before, but you know what they say about hindsight. She asks what he knows about running a prison, and he says, not much, but his HR department will find the best, most competent people for the job. She says she happens to know something about private ownership of prisons, and he says, some of them are hellholes. She says, once there’s a profit motive, inmates stop being people and become products. There’s an incentive to cut corners, and keep inmates there longer than they need to be. The violations of human rights are horrible. He asks if she really thinks he’d let whoever’s running it mistreat the prisoners? Has he sunk that low in her eyes?

Lucy says she’s proud of Sasha. She straightened out, and became a perfect representative of Deception. She’s relatable and reliable, and she did that emotional TV interview. She’s been wonderful. Motherhood is beautiful and natural, and guess what? Pregnant women wear makeup too, don’t they? Lucy starts getting excited, and says, so many celebrities are expecting. It should be the Year of the Mother, and if it’s not, they’ll make it that way. It’s wonderful news. Not just for Sasha, but for Deception too. Sasha says, really?

Gladys asks if Brando thinks Sasha is back on the hard stuff; she looks terrible. He says he didn’t ask Gladys to dinner so she could bad mouth Sasha, and she says she’s his mother. She’s worried about him. He says he’s worried about her too, and she says, that’s sweet, but she’s fine. He says, is she? and she asks, why wouldn’t she be? He says, two words – Cyrus Renault.

Carly tells Jax, Sonny is gone, and the rivals are circling. It’s more important than ever that she stay where she is until Jason can run things. He asks when that will be, and she says, not right now. He says he can tell she believes she’s keeping the peace, and she says she is. He says just because she believes it, doesn’t mean it’s true. She saasks him to tell her how he sees it, and he says she’s painting a bullseye on her back. She’s putting herself and their daughter in danger. She’s Josslyn’s mother, and one of the most important people in his life. She could wind up dead. Does she understand that? He’s terrified; for himself, Josslyn, Donna, and Avery. She doesn’t understand how much the kids need her; now more than ever. Of course (🍷) she has a reason for everything. She has this illusion of holding it together until Jason is back, and everything will be fine. That’s the kind of thinking that’s ill-advised any time. In this situation, it could get her killed.

Sonny packs bag. He puts in a gun, and a flashlight.

Eli says Nina looks fantastic. Did he already say that? She says he did. He looks great himself. He says. that’s big praise coming from the Editor-in-Chief of Crimson. He asks what that look is, and she says there’s nothing he doesn’t know about her career, but she’s in the dark about his. He says she knows he’s in commercial real estate, and she says, true. In a town that’s trending downward. He asks if her piece isn’t going to save the day, but she says, that won’t be published for a while. To be honest, she has the feeling she might be being hypocritical. The town is lovely, but violent. There was an armed robbery at the local dance, not to mention the other robberies. It’s a shame. Where does Eli think it’s coming from?

Sam says she hasn’t forgotten the decision she made for the safety of the kids, but this isn’t about her wanting to go on the run with Jason or getting dragged back into the life. It’s about getting Danny’s father out of the country. If she doesn’t, they’ll find him, and when they do, he’ll go back to prison, and guess what happens then? Cyrus will kill him. She’ll just get him across the border safely, and go home. He asks, what if she gets arrested? She’ll be an accessory, and violate her parole. She’ll go back to prison, and Danny and Scout will lose both of them. He’s a fugitive, and whether he digs himself out or not, that’s on him. He won’t let it spill onto her and the kids.

Nikolas tells Alexis, he’d convinced himself that he was doing the right thing, playing Cyrus’s game to protect her. Then he realized his mistake. She asks what Cyrus did, and he says, Cyrus was talking about Spencer like he knew him; dangling it like a threat. He swears, if Cyrus goes anywhere near Spencer… And Ava, Laura, and Avery’s safety is important. She says, this is his solution? and he asks if she can’t muster a little faith. She says she has so much faith in him, and prefers this to him being in league with Cyrus. He says, that’s the spirit, and she says, besides, while she’s in there, she can keep an eye on things, and keep him honest. He says, no doubt he’ll answer to her, and she says, damn straight. He says he has to see the warden; he’ll be right back. She tells him, good luck, and he leaves. Shawn says he remembers that look of determination, and she says he has a good memory. She’s not going to let up until she convinces him to fight for his exoneration.

Jason tells Sam, please. It wouldn’t be fair to her, and especially Danny and Scout. She says, he’s right. She can’t take that kind of risk. She’ll go. She hands Britt her passport, saying, Britt is taller than she is, but she thinks it will hold up. Britt thanks her, and she says, good luck. Sam tells Jason, please be careful, and he says he will. She tells Britt, on behalf of her kids, she thanks Britt for saving their father’s life. Britt says she’s welcome, and Sam leaves. Britt says, okay, super expert. She gets it. He’s right. They’ll never stay more than ten hours from now on. She’ll put a timer on her phone. He says, her part is done. This is where she cuts out.

Eli says he knows Nina doesn’t want to hear it, but the unpleasantness started taking place after Mike arrived. When Mike showed up on the scene, the tranquility was broken. She says she looked online, and the uptick in crime started happening way before Mike got there. He says they don’t actually know where Mike was before he showed up, and Mike doesn’t remember. Who’s to say he wasn’t there without them knowing it? She say, the way she understands it, Mike was in a bad place when he came to the clinic; he’d been exposed to the elements. He says, maybe Mike did it, or someone else did it to him on purpose. Maybe trouble follows Mike wherever he goes. The point is, they don’t know. Nina tells him, all she can say is, she doesn’t see the shadiness… at least not the kind he’s alluding to. He says she likes the guy, and she says she does. He says he can tell, and it got him wondering. Is Mike the reason she hesitated when he asked her out?

Sonny sneaks around, and starts to pick the lock on Eli’s office door.

Jax says he can’t believe how confident Carly is, and she asks why she shouldn’t be. He says her plan to break Jason out of the hospital went about as bad as it could go. It’s not hard to follow the timeline. He, Josslyn, and Trina were on their way back from Nixon Falls, when Jason went missing, and she was MIA. They know because they were desperately trying to get ahold of her. She asks if he’s guilt tripping her, but he says he’s just stating the facts. She thought it would go one way, and it went in the complete opposite. She’s convinced herself that if she just keeps the plates spinning until Jason comes back, everything will be right with the world. It won’t.

Shawn tells Alexis that he made peace with the situation. She doesn’t have to be his crusader. She says she’s not… Maybe she is crusading a little bit, but she just wants him to try. He says he can’t show remorse for a crime he didn’t commit. She says, if he had committed the crime, he’d have remorse. Think about that when he’s before the parole board. Just get out of here. He needs to be with TJ, and he needs to call Sam. He needs to find who shot Hayden, and clear his name. If he can’t do it for himself, do it for his son. He asks if she’s playing dirty, and she says, is it working? He says, okay, but he’s not just doing it for TJ and himself. He’s doing it because if he doesn’t, she’ll never stop hounding him. She says, truer words, and Nikolas watches them.

Lucy tells Sasha, she just thought, they missed Mother’s Day, and it would have been perfect to bring in the Year of the Mother Deception campaign then. Sasha says she’s grateful she still has a job, but Lucy can’t make the announcement until she figures out what to do about the father. Lucy says she can go with that, but make it snappy; she’s excited. She tells Sasha, eat up. Her baby needs nutrition. She tries to get Sasha to smell the food, seabass with garlic and capers, saying, it smells so good, but Sasha says, nothing smells good these days. Lucy says, a touch of morning sickness?

Brando says, when Gladys lied about seeing Jason with the murder weapon, she got into bed with someone seriously dangerous, and she asks, who said she was lying? He wonders if she’s that hard up for cash, and she says, Cyrus has been so good to him. He says, because Cyrus is blackmailing him. She told Cyrus that he lied about Dev being his son, and Cyrus threatens him every day. However nice Cyrus is being, it’s just the carrot. The stick is coming. And pretty quickly, she’s going to hit the point where Cyrus thinks what he’s paying her isn’t worth it.

Nina asks if Eli is suggesting there’s something between her and Mike, but he tells her that he didn’t say that. He just thinks there’s interest there. She says, as friends; friends being the operative word. He says, there’s a familiarity. It almost feels like she knew Mike in a previous life. She says, Phyllis likes Mike, and her trusting Phyllis’s opinion goes a long way. He says, so she and Mike aren’t heading in that direction? and she says, not that she’s aware of. She wonders if her answer made Eli happy, and he says, very happy.

Sonny continues to pick the lock. Is he out of practice?

Britt guesses she won’t need the passport, and Jason says she won’t. Spinelli will get her one of her own. She says, so they’re going along with Sam’s plan? He’s dropping her at a bus depot, and she’s going back to Port Charles? Why don’t they go over her options for when she gets there? She can lie, say he’s evil, and he dragged her off at gunpoint – which would be perjury – or she can tell the truth, which means they’ll slap her with aiding and abetting. It won’t make much difference, since whatever she picks, Cyrus is going to kill her. He says Cyrus isn’t going to kill her, and she asks how he can guarantee that. He says he’s going to kill Cyrus first, and she says it’s insane that she’s reassured, because she knows he actually means it. He says he does want to take her to the bus station, but she’s not going back to Port Charles. She’ll go to Queens Point, where Spinelli will pick her up. He’ll take her to one of Sonny’s safe houses, or even the island. She says, Sonny has an island? and he says, yeah, in Puerto Rico. She’ll be safe, and protected, and not a target like when she’s with him. She asks if he’s kidding, and he says she already went above and beyond. She says he wants her to leave him, with an unhealed gunshot wound, while she’s off on some Puerto Rican vacation? She’s not going to do that. He says the chances he took were for himself. Does she know how stupid he was to leave the hospital; to break out? He knew it was the wrong strategy, but Carly was losing her mind, so he did it. He knew better, but he did it. The fallout is on him, and nobody else. She says she loves how he acts like this is some big revelation. She’s not a block of wood. She gets the dynamic between him and Carly, sort of. He was about as enthusiastic over Carly’s plan as he’d be for a root canal. It’s a tiny part of why she went along with him. He says, to stick it to him? and she tells him, she said a tiny part. Usually, there’s no arguing with him; what he says, goes. So it was fun to watch someone order him around for once. The bottom line is, she didn’t have to do any of this. When they got to the safe house, she could have called a Ride Share, and been done with it, but she operated on him because she wanted to; because she owed him. He says, she didn’t, but she says, he saved her life. And there’s a good chance she doesn’t have much of one left. She can be on the run with him to Canada, or watch herself deteriorate. It’s a tough call. She wipes away some tears, and Jason asks if she’s absolutely sure. She says she’s in this for the long haul, but she’s curious. What is the long haul? Does he have a plan or what?

Carly says she can keep the plates spinning for as long as she wants to. It turns out she’s good at it. All the years of watching Sonny and Jason, allowed her to take what worked for each of them and combine it. He says, finally, there it is, the truth. She actually likes it. It’s going to continue, and if Jason goes to prison, it will continue indefinitely. Is he getting that right? He can’t tell her what to do, but what he can do is take their daughter out of this house.

Gladys tells Brando, now it’s her fault because high and mighty Carly put all her eggs in one basket? Everything is Jason this, and Jason that. Oops. He killed someone, and proved it by running away. That’s not her fault. She reported what she saw. It was her civic duty. Brand asks if she remembers who she’s talking to. If she could see further than her petty motives, she’d see who she was dealing with and steer clear. As soon as Cyrus has no more use for her, she’ll be done. She says she thought he was making up for him missing Mother’s day, but he obviously brought her there to browbeat her. No thank you. She gets up, and strides out.

Lucy shoves a lemon in Sasha’s face, and tells her to breathe it in. It really helped her when she was pregnant with Sirena. Sasha jets from the table, and Lucy gets on the phone. She says she has absolutely wonderful news. She can’t disclose it, but has a fabulous idea for a new ad campaign. The face of Deception is now the face of conception.

Alexis asks Nikolas how it went, and he says he spoke with HR so he can vet new employees. He wants to make sure they’re right for his new version of Pentenville. She says she has good news too. Shawn has decided to fight for his freedom. Shawn says Nikolas’s aunt is relentless, and Nikolas says, it’s one of her best qualities. Shawn says he figured once he gets out, he can do right by Hayden. He’s going to nail the person who shot her and thinks they got away with it.

In the restroom, Sasha makes a call to the hospital. She says she’s a patient of Dr. Navarro’s, and wonders if she can prescribe something for morning sickness… That would be great. She’ll come by to pick it up. She puts some water on her face, and leaves. Gladys comes out of one of the stalls. Like no one saw that coming.

Jason tells Britt, they’ll cross the border to Canada, and she says, and go where? He says he knows a place, and she says, him being scarce on the details is shocking. He asks if there’s gas in the car, and she says she just filled it. He says they should be able to make it on one tank, and she wonders where the keys are. He has them, and says they’re not having this argument again. She says yes, they are; she’s driving. He says she’s a terrible driver. She’s aggressive, switches lanes too much, and goes too fast. She says, sorry. She thought they were on the run from the law. Her bad. He says they don’t need to call attention to themselves.

😕 Unreal. There’s a special report – to tell us vaccinated Americans no longer need wear masks. This couldn’t wait two minutes? I find the rest from my secret ~~sauce~~ source.

Britt promises she’ll do better. She’ll drive in the middle lane and do the speed limit. Who has the critical gunshot wound? He says, not her, and she asks if he wants to get to Canada alive. That won’t happen if he passes out behind the wheel. Hand them over… Please. She really needs him to trust her. He hands her the keys, his hand lingering on hers for a few beats.

Jax tells Carly, he’s not allowing their daughter to be exposed to this anymore. She’s coming home with him. She tells him, because he says so? but he says, no, because it’s the smart thing to do. She asks if he’s talked to Josslyn, but he says, no. She says so he doesn’t know Josslyn’s thoughts on the matter, and he says, he knows she wants to live. She says their daughter is going to college soon, and will be living on her own. Their daughter is all grown up, so maybe this is something she should weigh in on. He says, fine, and she says, great. He says, they’ll leave it up to Josslyn then, and he leaves.

Eli says Nina has this all figured out, which means he can do something he’s wanted to for a while. He leans in to kiss her.

Sonny finally gets into the office. An alarm goes off.

Tomorrow, Cyrus was hoping he and Sasha could put past mistakes behind them, Brook asks if this is where Valentin tells her that their agreement is off, Phyllis knows what Sonny has been up to, and Carly wants her will revised.

Million Dollar Listing New York

Tyler said his party to show the luxury apartment was a bigger success than he thought it would be, but what wasn’t on the invite was someone else showing his clients the penthouse. In KJ’s interview, she asked, who lets their client walk around a party with a bunch of brokers? The penthouse was amazing, 3300 square feet, and KJ made some suggestions to Tyler’s clients for when they were prepared to show it. In her interview, she said it was a strategic decision to prove she had more knowledge, and could do a better job. Down the road, they would realize she was right, and call her. Broker Bonnie thought she had a client for Tyler’s apartment, but wanted to see it without the crowd.

Fredrik announced, Freddy is back! and screeched that he loved New York. In his interview, he said being bi-coastal was exhausting, but he thought it was the best option for his family. He was showing a townhouse on St. Luke’s Place, which he called quintessential New York. He met his associate Keith there, having decided to hire Keith to help him to the $718,750 potential commission. He told Keith, no pressure, but wanted him to feel the pressure. Whatever that meant. In Fredrik’s interview, he said, co-listings for him could be challenging, but it was about putting in the right energy when it was needed. Fredrik did some private showings, doing what Freddy does best. As he said, no one wants to work with a boring broker. The townhouse, built in 1903, was five floors, had a wine cellar, and a 6-foot hot tub/plunge pool. I was majorly impressed with the basement and its 13-foot ceilings and brick archways. In his interview, Fredrik said it was a New York dream; Sarah Jessica Parker would be jealous.

Kelly Bensimon, who was an old friend of Fredrik’s, came by, along with her client, potential buyer Ron, who looked like an old-time movie star. Fredrik had recently learned Kelly got into real estate, and said she was a true New Yorker and well-connected. Ron seemed thrilled with the place, but not so thrilled with the $28.750 million price tag.

KJ – who, BTW, looks a lot like a young Lauren Hutton – got some acupuncture done, saying it kept her focused. She was taking, like, 15 different supplements a day, and the acupuncturist told her, sometimes less is more. Her assistant called in the middle of her session to ask about beverages for KJ’s upcoming open house where she was having an Aperitivo, which she described as an Italian happy hour. She was selling a townhouse that had been on the market for two years.

Ryan was showing the ginormous townhouse that had commercial space on the bottom, and a wow on every floor. Going for $18 million, he focused on the idea that the owner could run a business on the ground floor, and live above in the townhouse. Amelia had come up with the idea of a pop-up shop along with the open house, which Ryan thought was genius. Her friend Madeline had a swimwear line, which she displayed on the ground floor, and Ryan dressed as a lifeguard, complete with zinc on his nose, and one of those read things the Baywatch lifeguards carry. Ryan pointed out the fireplace that changed colors, as well as the red/blue hot/cold faucet water. There was a view of Hudson Yards, a hot tub, a massive shower that they crammed at least 12 people into, and of course, the pool, which had a current you could swim against. Steve showed up, and seeing Ryan’s attire, asked if the place had a pool. Ryan said, no; he just felt like dressing that way, and in his interview, said Steve had the nerve to question his outfit when he came there in a Steve Jobs costume. He said, it was funny how he and Steve were now talking about being dads, when it seemed like just yesterday Steve told him to stop crying, and drink some milk.

KJ said she was always anxious about events, and this one would have a lot of Italians coming, who were the most difficult clients ever. They questioned every single thing. She’d lived in Italy for three years, married an Italian, and often traveled there. She invited her whole Italian network.

Fredrik went back to L.A., where he and Derek had a tantric yoga session. In Fredrik’s interview, he said he thought yoga had helped him be calmer and more present. His phone also rang during the session, with bad news from Kelly, saying her client wasn’t buying the townhouse. He was between girlfriends, and wasn’t sure if he was going to end up with the uptown or downtown girl. In his interview, Fredrik said it had been tough. He’d had so many showings, and it was a tricky market, but it was going to be okay. He called Keith, and they agreed they needed to throw the most epic event ever.

Tyler called his life coach, who he said helped him block out the doubt and fear. He told her about the relaunch, and said broker Bonnie was coming back to look at it privately. She asked him what was harder; selling the unit, or losing 200 pounds? It was time for him to stand up and shine. Bonnie said her client had a family of five, and wanted a wow apartment. Once again, I had no idea what a chef’s kitchen meant. Isn’t every kitchen a chef’s kitchen? I have to google that one of these days. He showed her the 50-foot pool that was on the wraparound terrace, and in his interview, Tyler said, when showing a raw space (i.e. no furniture), he had to paint a picture. Bonnie got the picture, but thought 3000 square feet wasn’t going to be enough for her client. She said they’d thought about combining apartments, and Tyler told her there was a 2-bedroom up above that he just happened to have the keys to. In his interview, he said the biggest secret for brokers was to get to know the building’s staff. That’s how he got the keys to the penthouse. Bonnie thought it would work well, but knew her client would have questions, and expect an incentive.

In KJ’s interview, she said she thought Italians would better understand the aesthetics of the building. Italian’s were sassy, funny, and high energy, but trusted no one, and were super critical. She thought the Aperitivo would resonate with them. She also made sure to dress well, since to Italians, the most important thing after the food was what you were wearing. A double kiss from an Italian woman, also meant a double look up-and-down. She spoke to the guests in Italian, telling them that this was the penthouse closest to her heart, since her husband had built the building. She pointed out how everything had been imported from Italy. Her team member Zach thought he had a buyer, which would be a double win, and in her interview, KJ said an Aperitivo was a bite, a taste; something to whet the appetite. Zach’s buyer could lead her to the main course.

Tyler’s client gave him the go-ahead on combining the apartments, but Bonnie said her clients wanted an elevator installed, and only offered $11 million. Considering the larger apartment was $12 million, and the one upstairs was nearly $3 million, Tyler said it was like a BOGO deal. His client didn’t mind doing the construction, but wanted $12.5 million. Bonnie said she’d been authorized to give a final offer of $12 million, and Tyler thought it was a big ask, but told his client that it wasn’t a bad offer, and would be all cash. They had a deal, and a $360k commission. Tyler said it wasn’t so much about the money, but about proving himself. He’d just sold an apartment that the owners had tried to sell for a few years. He always second guessed himself, and thought he wasn’t good enough for the luxury world, but he didn’t have to wonder any more. He was good enough. He and Bonnie decided on getting a nice meal, and some nice clothes.

Next time, Marc Jacobs’s house, Tyler gets a listing by a firehouse (I once lived near one in NYC – you get used to it), and Ryan and KJ do a co-listing.

👫 Old Friends…

Fredrik talks Kelly.

https://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing-new-york/style-living/fredrik-eklund-reacts-kelly-bensimon-real-estate-career

🍷 Whetting Your Appetite…

All about the Aperitivo.

https://www.eataly.com/us_en/magazine/culture/aperitivo/

🚌 Get Ready To Roll…

Pine Valley hits the road on June 10^th.

Don’t Miss the ALL MY CHILDREN Reunion Road Trip!

🍻 Coming Back To Remember…

Felicia returns for Sean’s memorial.

Kristina Wagner Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL!

🐕 Real Housedogs…

No doubt they have better personalities than some of the women.

https://woofrepublic.com/blog/the-real-housewives-new-jersey-dog

✔️ Another One Ends…

Join me tomorrow for tea, a little soap, and some wise words. Until the pour, stay safe, stay discriminating, and stay knowing that sometimes less is more.

May13

May 12, 2021 – Dante Rejoins the Force, The Marge Has a Double Party & Morning

Posted on May 13, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

We see a guy in the shower. He reaches for a towel, and we see his feet come out. He wipes the steam from the mirror, and it’s Dante. A clean-shaven Dante. I don’t know if I like it. I kind of liked the scruffy Dante.

At the MetroCourt, Curtis examines flyers for his club at the bar. Portia dashes in, and apologizes to Trina; she’s running late. Trina says she just got there, but she’s decided, whatever dessert they get, she wants it to be on fire. She’s not specific about if she means something that’s actually flaming, or the colloquial term. Portia suggests Trina grab a table; she wants to say hi to Curtis. Trina says, Curtis can wait. Their table is ready and waiting. Portia is sure they’ll seat Trina without her, and she’ll be right behind her. Trina goes to the table, and Portia walks over to the bar. She says, what is all this? and Curtis smiles at her.

At another table, Nikolas tells Ava that he’s sorry to leave, and she says she knows. He has a pressing engagement. She hopes he’s taken all the necessary precautions. Cyrus will have all his people in place. He promises he’s covered all of his bases. It’s time they stopped looking over their shoulders, and Cyrus started looking over his.

Alexis is pushing a book cart through the library, and Shawn is reading at a table. He says she can’t give it up, can she? She says, give up what? and he says, being a lawyer. He heard she was instrumental in helping her cellmate prep for her parole hearing. She says she can’t drink in there; allow her one vice. Anyway, parole hearings aren’t that complicated. You just have to take responsibility for what you did, say you learned a lesson, and show remorse for the crime, and Maggie did that, so… He says, here’s hoping, and she says she’s really going to miss Maggie as a cellmate. She liked Maggie, and you never know who you’re going to get next, right? She says she’ll be really happy for Maggie if she gets out, and asks if his parole isn’t coming up soon. She thinks it is, and if he needs a lawyer, he’s got one. He says, thanks, but he won’t be attending his parole hearing.

Fresh Dante knocks on Jordan’s door, and says, Detective Falconari reporting for duty. She says, welcome back, Detective. She gets up, and says she thinks he’ll be wanting this, handing him his badge. He looks it over, and she says she can see he’s missed it. He says he didn’t realize how much until he came back for that one case. She says she thinks that was Mac’s strategy all along. He knew if Dante came back, he’d want to stay. He nods, and she says, glad to hear it. Now let’s get to work.

Josslyn opens the door to Jax, and he says, hi. She says, hi, less than enthusiastically, and walks away, leaving the door open. He comes in behind her, and says she can pretend she’s glad to see him. She says she’s always glad to see him… mostly. She just wishes they didn’t have to do this today. He says he knows, but he and her mother agreed they can’t put it off any longer, and decisions have to be made. She rolls her eyes, and they walk into the living room, where Carly is waiting. Carly thanks Jax for coming. She knows things have been a little hectic lately. He says, that’s one way of putting it, and she says, Josslyn is the priority. She was hoping he could help her convince their daughter that it’s time to stop putting off her life.

Jordan points at the computer screen, and tells Dante, the two fake janitors enter Dr. Westbourne’s office here… and here’s footage of Jason Morgan and an orderly leaving the 10^th floor. Now… wait for it. He watches, and says, what the hell? Jason’s made it out, and he turns around and runs right back in. She says, mm-hmm. And where did he go? Dante watches, and says, Britt Westbourne’s office. He could have gotten away. She says, free and clear. Al he had to do was keep going, although she doesn’t think she can say the same for Britt.

On the phone next to her car, Sam tells Spinelli, the passports are perfect. Jason is probably avoiding Sonny’s safe houses, but she thinks Britt might know a place. Nikolas owns a property east of Elmira, a nature preserve. It’s a perfect place for two fugitives to hide… Well, if she’s wrong, she wasted an afternoon, but if she’s right, she could help Jason get away.

Jason says he doesn’t want to push Britt. Under other circumstances, he wouldn’t even ask. She says, under other circumstances, he doesn’t even talk. Can they just pretend these are those circumstances? He says, okay, but they’re on the run, and if something is wrong, he needs to know what it is if he’s going to protect her. She says, that’s actually very sweet, but if this is what she thinks it is, no one can protect her. She’s sick. She has Huntington’s Disease.

He asks if she’s sure, and she says, yeah; her father had it. He says he remembers, and she says, as luck would have it, it’s hereditary. If you have the genetic markers for the disease, it’s not a matter of if you get sick and die, it’s when. He asks if she has the markers, and she says she has a 50/50 chance. He says, so she doesn’t know? and she says her mother insisted she get the test. She lied, and said she did, and it was negative. She knows it sounds creepy, but she didn’t want her mother to worry, and she wasn’t ready to make the call. It’s not like she can do anything about it anyway, so she decided to stay in the dark. But it turns out, Huntington’s likes the dark.

Jax says he and Carly both know how badly Josslyn wanted to attend Southern Coastal University, but that’s looking more unlikely. Meanwhile, she’s been accepted at three other excellent schools, all with volleyball programs. Carly says she’s going to have to make a choice.

Curtis tells Portia, Olivia hooked him up with the MetroCourt PR person. They’ve been talking promotional strategies for opening night. Portia says, that sounds promising. The MetroCourt is always packed. She’s sure they’ll be able to put some magic together for him. He says, here’s hoping. He knows he has to pull out all the stops for this. He just needs all the right people to show up. She says, and she’s on the list? and he says, right at the top. Portia preens, and Trina watches.

Nikolas tells Ava, Cyrus is an egotistical, narcissistic thug, and she says, yes, but do not underestimate him. Nikolas says, Cyrus thinks he can hold Alexis and Avery over their heads? No. Cyrus might cling to the fact he’s Laura’s brother, but he’s about to meet Nikolas’s father’s side of the family.

Dante says, that’s one of the janitors from Britt’s office, and Jordan says, that’s the one who was shot in the garage. He asks, what happened to the other guy? and she says, no trace of him. Dante says, the wreckage in Britt’s office indicates there was a fight in there, and Jordan says, which means that Jason, instead of getting away minutes earlier, went back in and stopped these two men from attacking Britt. He says, the question is, how does Jason know Britt’s being attacked when he’s in the garage? What’s the connection between them? She says, or something else. Computer forensics looked at Britt’s access logs, and she recently made several failed attempts to log into the GH drug database. He says, the Chief of Staff is locked out? and Jordan says she’ll give him three guesses as to who. He says, Renault? and she nods. He says, Britt must have done something to piss him off. Maybe she starts questioning what’s going on in the lab, he locks her out, sends his guys after her, Jason figures that out, and goes in to get her. Jordan says, but it looked like a kidnapping to Cameron Webber, and Dante says, but Jason was really rescuing Britt from Renault’s guys. She says, they have no way of proving who they worked for, considering one is in the morgue, and the other will probably wind up there if they ever find the body. Dante says, so it not only looks like Jason saved Britt’s life, from what they found in the safe house, it seems that Britt saved Jason’s life too. Jason is going to disappear, until his gunshot wound has healed. She says, that’s why she’s glad he’s back on the job. He understands how Jason thinks. Find him. He says, someone matching Britt’s description was spotted at a gas station buying medical supplies, 50 miles east of Elmira. He’s going to check that out now. She says, okay; keep her posted. He says he will, and she tells him, stay safe He says, copy that.

Alexis says, now Shawn lost her. Why would he serve the full term if he doesn’t have to? He’s been a model prisoner. If they give him a parole hearing, take it. And if he needs a lawyer, her schedule is free. He says, knowing her, she’ll probably help him even if he doesn’t let her. She says, harsh, but true, and he says, being granted parole takes more than being a model prisoner. They want to hear you learned your lesson, and see remorse. She says, and? and he says, he’s far from an innocent man, but he can’t show remorse for a crime he didn’t commit.

Curtis tells Portia, all he can say is, he wishes he could say more, but he doesn’t want to ruin any surprises that may or may not be in store for his many, many patrons. She say, that’s fine, since she’s very anti-spoiler. She likes seeing him this happy. It looks good on him. It reminds her of the night they met. He says he approached her in a bar. What was the immortal line he used? She says, excuse me, but this is a cop bar, and you don’t seem like a cop. And what did she say? He says, she told him, no, she’s a doctor. How could he tell she’s not a cop? She says, then he said he used to be one, and could tell one of his own. He was in such a good mood that night. He’d just gotten his three-year chip, and she was thinking, why… He says, celebrate in a bar. Then he explained to her that he was an addict, not an alcoholic, and for every anniversary, he liked to go to a bar. She says, so he could prove he was in control. He says, then she asked, was he always in control? and he said… She says, only about this. The rest of me is free. They laugh, and he asks why did she leave the bar with him? She says he was sober and sexy, and she honestly assumed she’d never see him again. He says, damn, and she asks why he left with her. He says he was sober, she was sexy, and he assumed he’d have to see her again.

Ava asks Trina if it’s a private viewing party, or can she join? Trina says she was just… and Ava says, she was watching her mother with Curtis. Why is she so upset?

Josslyn tells Jax and Carly, she thought if Southern Coastal saw her play in the tournament, they’d change their minds. So she over-practiced and got an injury. Then she made a dumb decision, and injured herself more. Now she’s completely out of the running. Carly says, it’s a bummer, but look on the bright side. Josslyn says, there is no bright side, but Jax says, sure there is. The news is officially behind her now, and she doesn’t have to worry about it. Her foot will heal, and she’ll play volleyball for the school she chooses to go to. If she doesn’t like it, she can transfer, maybe to SCU. Josslyn says, if they want her, and he says, going to an alternate school is a change in plans, not a change in direction. She’s still moving forward. Carly says she might discover it was the best thing to happen to her. Like it or not, she has other options out there. Carly’s phone rings, and she steps away. She tells someone that they need three more men on the docks, and two more at the warehouse. Eyes open; Cyrus will retaliate. Let her know when the next shipment is coming in. She goes back to the living room, and says, where were they?

Josslyn says they don’t need to do this now, but Carly says, they do. Jax says, all schools have a waitlist, and as a courtesy, Josslyn needs to make a decision. Josslyn says, then there’s no reason to wait. She’ll go to PCU. At least Trina will be thrilled. Jax says, he’s thrilled, selfishly. She’s going to be closer. Carly says, but not too close. Josslyn can live in the dorm. Carly gets another call, and she says she needs to take this. Jax asks if it’s something more important than Josslyn, and she says, sorry; it’s business. He says, hotel business, coffee business, or some other business?

Curtis says, when he and Portia were together, she’d just finished her residency, and was working non-stop. She says she still feels like she’s working non-stop, and he says he respects people who do the tough stuff. They show up when they’re needed, no matter the circumstances. She asks if this is residual guilt because he’s no longer a cop or a P.I., and he says he’s not a P.I. because he made that choice, and not a cop because he made other choices. But even with messy cases, he helped someone. Now that he’s moving away from that… She tells him, stop. It’s okay to make a change in his life, and it’s certainly okay to enjoy it. As far as helping others, when the people he cares about are in need, he shows up. Family, friends, even Trina, and all she does is yell at him. He says he thinks they’ve gotten past that, mostly. She says he even helps his exes. She suddenly seems somewhere else, and he asks, where’d she go? She says, the hospital parking garage, and he says, and Jordan. She says, talk about somebody who has the guts to walk into the worst situation time and time again. She can’t stop thinking about it. How Jordan talked Cameron into handing her the gun he’d picked up. Cameron is such a good kid. She’s sure he was terrified and in shock. There are so many ways it could have gone wrong, but Jordan kept her cool. He says, Cameron is lucky to be alive, and she says, thanks to Jordan. She has a lot of respect for Jordan.

Trina says she doesn’t mind that her mother and Curtis are friends, and Ava asks if she’s sure. Trina says she really doesn’t. But Curtis and Commissioner Ashford are getting a divorce, and she feels like it’s partly her fault. Ava says, no; she’s certain it’s not. Trina tells her, she said partly. And she’s starting to think that her mom also might be part of the problem.

Alexis asks Shawn why he’d plead guilty to a crime he didn’t commit, and he says, it’s not the first time anyone has ever done that, as he’s sure she knows. She says she’s done many a plea deal on both sides of the courtroom, but typically, innocent people plead guilty to avoid jail time, not get more. Why would he do something like that? He says, at first, he believed he was guilty, since he took a shot at someone, someone got hit, and he was arrested. It seemed pretty open and shut. She says, why would he not fight it, and let the court prove that he did it? There was her or Diane; he could have gotten any number of decent attorneys that could argue reasonable doubt. He says, it came down to a simple decision. The deal Jordan arranged with the DA, or do the time. She asks what the offer on the table was, and he says, turn State’s evidence against Sonny or accept his sentence, but Sonny didn’t force him to be where he was, or do what he did. It was his choice, and these are the consequences.

Britt tells Jason that she started getting tremors in her hands a few months ago. They only happened every now and then, so she figured it was stress or… not Huntington’s? She knew it was a possibility, but it could be anything. Anyway, that was then, this is now, and now they’re happening more often, and not easy to stop. Sometimes she has to wait until they pass . He says, it could still be something else; she hasn’t been tested for the markers, so she doesn’t know for sure. She says she was ready to know, and had the test lined up, but then things got crazy, and they went on run… it’s fine; she can reschedule. Jason asks how fast Huntington’s progresses, and Britt says, as fast as it wants, or as slow. There’s no predicting it. She could have been symptom free until 40, 50, or 80. Then this started. Involuntary movements are a big part of Huntington’s. Of course (🍷) other symptoms are far more insidious. Faison is the poster boy for the Huntington’s related cognitive of psychiatric disorders. He says she’s not going to become her father, but she says he doesn’t know that, and neither does she.

Carly tells Jax, she doesn’t have any other businesses, and tells Josslyn, what she meant is that it’s not too late for Josslyn to room with Trina. Josslyn says they don’t need to do this, and Carly says, do what? Josslyn says, pretend everything is normal, when it’s not. Jason isn’t missing and injured, and Cameron held a gun on him. That’s a little more important than housing in the fall. Carly says she understands that Josslyn is worried about everything that’s going on, but right now Josslyn has to worry about her future. Josslyn says, her future can wait; the present is a disaster area. Carly says it’s wonderful that Josslyn is worried about those she loves and cares about, but she needs to worry about herself. Josslyn asks if her deciding on PCU isn’t enough for tonight. She’s going to call Trina. She leaves, and Carly tells Jax, she guesses they should send in a deposit. She doesn’t know why Josslyn is so upset. He says, maybe it’s Carly. She’s more interested in concentrating on business than on Josslyn. Carly says, not true, and he asks if she wants to tell him what was so important it couldn’t wait. It’s not the hotel; Olivia and Carly’s assistant are there. Does she ever think Josslyn isn’t comfortable with her mother running an organized crime enterprise from her living room?

Jason says he understands Britt is overwhelmed. It’s not the possibility of the disease, but the uncertainty. She says, that’s a big part of it, if she has it or not. She starts to cry, and Jason says, the tremor could be something else. He has to admit, she had good reason to be afraid. She says, terrifying as it was nearly being drugged to death, then dragged through a hail of gunfire, they weren’t powerless. They could run for their lives, and it worked – at least she thinks it did – but you can’t fight Huntington’s. You can’t escape. Jason can’t grab her hand and help her outrun it.

Sam sits in her car, and sees Dante approach the gas station attendant. She says, dammit, and gets out. Dante shows the guy Britt’s picture, and asks if he recognizes her. She’s pretty memorable. She bought a first aid kit, and she’s a person of interest in a high profile incident. The guy says, he’s just not sure, and Dante says, she’s with a suspected murderer, and her life is in jeopardy. Is there anything the guy can tell him? Sam approaches them, and says she needs to talk to Dante. He says if she’s there, he knows he’s on the right track. What’s she doing on a lonely street off the freeway? Don’t tell him. Go back before he has her arrested. It will be detrimental to her kids, and his mother won’t talk to him for months. She says she appreciates his concern for her children, and his mom’s support, but what are the charges? He says, he doesn’t know; interfering with police business. She says, they won’t stick, and she’ll sue for harassment. It will take most of the night, and whoever he’s looking for will be long gone, but he has another choice. He asks, what’s that? and she says, they can work together.

Portia tells Curtis that she has to get back to Trina. They’re celebrating Trina getting into PCU. He says, okay. Give Trina a big congratulations from him.

Trina tells Ava, now she gets why Jordan and her dad did what they did. They were protecting her from Cyrus, so Cyrus couldn’t use her against them. Ava says that sounds like Cyrus’s fault, not hers, but Trina says Jordan told her that she kept too many secrets for her marriage to work. Jordan told her to apologize to Curtis and her mom, and when she went ask Curtis to forgive her, her mom was there at The Savoy. Ava asks what they said when they saw her, but Trina says, they didn’t. Her mom was so busy helping Curtis take off his wedding ring, she didn’t even know Trina was there, and she left. Ava says, his ring, huh? and Trina says, it’s so stupid, but Ava says Trina’s mom is an adult. She’s entitled to a little privacy, but Ava thinks Trina’s mother would be honest and tell her the truth. Portia joins them, apologizing for being late. It took longer than she expected. So what were they talking about?

Carly tells Jax, it was one phone call and a text. People need decisions made. He asks, what people? and she says, it doesn’t matter, but he says, it does, especially if it involves breaking the law. She says, it didn’t, and he asks if he’s supposed to take her word for that. She asks if he’s saying he doesn’t believe her or doesn’t trust her, and he says, should he? They agreed a long time ago to be honest with each other, and do their best for Josslyn. She says, he wants to know what she’s doing? She’s protecting their daughter.

Dante says, no, and Sam says, just like that? He says the last time they worked together, just yesterday, she screwed him over. Now he doesn’t trust her anymore. She says she deserves that, and he says, yeah, she does. But even if he did trust her, he wouldn’t trust her with this. Is she going to tell Jason to turn himself in? She says, of course (🍷) not, and he says, wrong answer. She says, it’s the absolute right answer. If he goes back to prison, Jason is a dead man. Dante knows that. He says he’ll put Jason in protective custody, but she says, that’s not going to happen. How about this? They find Jason and Britt. Dante takes Britt back to Port Charles. He can tell Jordan that he rescued Britt, and Jason got away. He says, it’s way more believable if he brought Jason in, because he’s got a gunshot wound, and say Britt got away. She says, Jason is an innocent man; Dante knows this. Peter killed Franco, and is most likely working with Cyrus. Take Britt, and let her take Jason somewhere safe. He says that’s not how he operates, and she knows that. The attendant says he remembers something about the woman Dante was asking about, and Dante tells Sam that he’ll come back. He’d love it if Sam was there when he does. She says, fine, but as soon as he goes to talk to the guy, she looks around, and runs behind the gas station.

Dante tells the attendant, so the woman bought a first aid kit, and then what? The attendant says, she bought two to-go coffees. Dante looks toward his car, and gets a worried look on his face.

Alexis tells Shawn, she has good news and bad news, and they’re both the same. Sonny is dead. He doesn’t have to lie to protect Sonny anymore. Just tell her what went down, and they can work on his parole hearing strategy. He says he knows she’ll make a great case, but it doesn’t concern her. She says, it does. His son and her daughter are domestic partners; that makes them family. Telling her that a family member is serving time for a crime they didn’t commit, then saying it’s none of her business, is wrong.

Curtis goes to Jordan’s office, and she asks, what brings him by? He says he wanted to check on her. He knows it’s been a rough couple of days. She says, that’s a major understatement, and he says he heard she was a hero with Cameron. She says she doesn’t know about being a hero, but Cameron was in a bad situation, and she talked him down. He says Cameron is lucky she found him. Not every cop would be so quick to deescalate. She thanks him, and says she appreciates him checking in. She sees a manila envelope in his hand, and asks if it’s for her.

Josslyn calls Trina, who says she knows Portia just sat down, but she’d like to take this. Portia says, as long as it’s not at the table. (Thank you.) Trina steps away, and asks Josslyn, what’s up? Josslyn says she thought Trina would like to know she accepted the offer from PCU. Trina says, that’s the best, and Josslyn says she’s glad they’ll be going together. Trina says, if Cameron decides to join them, even better. I get déjà vu since Trina has said that before.

Portia thanks Ava for keeping an eye on Trina. Ava says she loves spending time with Trina, but had no idea she was such a romantic.

Jason says they’ve got to get going, but Britt says, they’ve been through this. There’s no way the police can trace them there. He says, by now they’ve probably figured out she’s not a hostage, and will look for places connected to her. She says she and Nikolas haven’t been together in ages, but he says, it doesn’t matter. She bought medical supplies… She says, a first aid kit, but he says, the attendant might have noticed and informed the police. Even if he didn’t, they’re over the ten-hour limit. She says, if he insists. Where are they going? He says he’ll tell her when they get there.

Alexis asks Shawn to please let her just look. She’s an advocate and a lawyer. She can’t sit by and let an innocent man stay in prison for something he didn’t do. Nikolas walks in, and she asks what he’s doing there.

Curtis says, Jordan doesn’t have to look at them today, and she says, their divorce papers. She can’t believe it’s really happening. He says, it’s all real, and she says, yeah. She shrugs, and thanks him for bringing them by. He tells her, take care, and she says, him too. He leaves, and looks like he wants to cry. Jordan takes off her wedding and engagement rings.

Portia says she never thought of Trina as particularly romantic, and Ava says, Portia remembers what they were like at Trina’s age. Portia says, vaguely, and Ava says, seeing the people they know getting along just fine. Smiles, a hair flip, and a laugh. You just assume there’s an attraction. Portia says, speaking of romance, where’s that handsome husband of Ava’s? Ava says, he’s at a business meeting, but they’re planning a night out for the opening of The Savoy. Will Portia be there?

Trina tells Josslyn, everything about home is driving her crazy. Would Josslyn be into rooming together? Josslyn is deep in thought, and Trina says, Joss…? Josslyn says, yes. Let’s do this. She’s so ready to get out of there.

Jax says he sees Carly is working overtime to protect Josslyn, but it’s the things Carly is involved with that are putting Josslyn in harm’s way. She says, she’d never do that, and he says, yet she is. She’s not the only one who wants, or can, protect Josslyn. She says she knows Jax can protect Josslyn, and he says, just not as well as she can. He guesses they’ll have to see. He’s going to ask Josslyn to move out of there and stay with him until she goes to college. Carly says, that would be a huge mistake. The compound is the safest place for her. He says, Josslyn shouldn’t have to live in a compound, surrounded by armed men to protect her, and she says, too bad; it’s the situation they’re in. He asks, who’s fault that is. It’s not Sonny’s anymore; he’s gone. Who does that leave? It’s unbelievable; she’s changed. She says she’s trying to protect her family, and he says, he knows. From Cyrus, the Five Families ~~shrimp parmesan~~, rival factions. None of that would matter if she were just importing coffee and running a five-star hotel. He used to think he wanted Josslyn to be just like her, with her heart and her passion, but seeing what she’s becoming, he doesn’t want Josslyn to be anything like her.

Sam is nowhere to be seen, and Dante gets in his car. An alarm sounds from the dashboard, and he gets out, stepping on something that crunches. He sees his tire is flat, and says, son of a bitch.

Britt asks if Jason is going to give her directions, and he says, no, he’s driving. She says, the last thing she needs is for him to pass out behind the wheel, but he says, he won’t. She shows him the keys, and says she knows he won’t, because she’s driving. They open the door, and Sam is there.

Just a suggestion, but maybe Sam should be a cop. She found them in ten minutes, while the police have been looking for how long?

Tomorrow, Nina says, the question is, can Sonny handle this; Sam tells Jason, don’t fight her on this; Sasha gives Lucy an out; and Jax says Carly is no longer collateral damage, she’s a target.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey – Season Finale

We finally met Luis, and in Teresa’s interview, she said Joe #1 didn’t know how to act, but she laughs every day with Louie. She said he was smart, an entrepreneur, and also had two sons. He took Teresa out to dinner, and they talked about when they first met. He said it was like a dream come true, and in her interview, Teresa said that she loves that Louie gets her. She didn’t know what the future held, but it was the best she’d felt in a long time. Probably since she married Juicy Joe.

Everyone was getting ready for Halloween. Delores and Frank tried Halloween costumes on Delores’s dogs, which was pretty amusing. Jackie was carving pumpkins, and Jennifer thought kids would be willing to walk down her king size driveway for king size candy. Marge was preparing for her party, and said Joe #3 was in cranky mode. In Marge’s interview, she said they were getting ready for Joe’s Halloween/birthday bash, and if he didn’t get the house presentable, no birthday sex for him. Melissa bitched at the kids for being on their phones, and wanted them to give some time to real life. (Thank you.) In her interview, she said things had been tense since she and Joe had the fight. Joe told her that he just wanted her to put as much time into their relationship as she did in her brand, and she said, when he’d been working and she was home with the kids, she could have said the same thing to him. In Joe’s interview, he said, in the beginning, Melissa had asked him to come to events, and he felt included, but not so much in the past few years. She wanted to do it herself. She told him that he’d had his personal success while she raised his kids, and in her interview, she said it was a battle in her head. She didn’t want to make him unhappy, but it had been 16 years. Now it was her turn.

Jennifer and Bill were celebrating their 18^th anniversary, and in Jennifer’s interview, she said, when Olivia knew her parents were having a romantic dinner, that meant they were still in love. This time, the kids were all included; a chef preparing the dinner. Jennifer said the reason she loved Bill was that he gave her all of them, so they should enjoy the night together. Olivia deconstructed her hors d’oeuvres, and not in a good way, prompting Jennifer to say. gourmet food was wasted on children. Jennifer explained that Bill had never directly asked her to marry him, as the elders in the family give a promise for engagement. Bill said that he hadn’t had the money for a ring (he certainly made up for it later), and got down on one knee, presenting her with a mammoth 9-carat yellow diamond ring. In Jennifer’s interview, she said she knew she was the luckiest girl in the world. She felt bad that her mom didn’t get to have her fairy tale, but she thanked her parents for giving her a better life, and thanked God every day for what she had.

Frank was doing work on Delores’s house, and told the contractors to listen to him, not Delores. In Delores’s interview, she said, back in the day, the world revolved around your man. She had to learn to live on her own, and she never wanted to live with a man again. She couldn’t understand why the girls couldn’t accept it. Frank told her that people knocked things they couldn’t understand. Teresa made some apple pies with the apples she’d picked at the orchard, and had bonding time with her daughters. Gia asked if Teresa was going public with Louie, and Teresa suggested they see how it goes. She wanted a moment for herself first.

It was time for The Marge’s party. Joe #2 and Mellissa came as a mermaid and merman; Marge and Joe #3 were Morticia and Gomez Addams; Jackie and Evan came as Sonny and Cher; Jennifer and Bill were J-Lo and Prince; Delores and Frank were an accident victim and… the Tiger King? I really wasn’t sure; and Marge Sr. came as Marilyn Monroe, with Teresa arriving last as Cotton Candy. The actual confection. That’s not a stripper name or anything. In their kiki before the party, Marge told Joe #3 that the last time they were all together, was when Delores had a fight with Joe #2, and everyone was still upset with him. She was a little concerned. The décor and food were so beyond amazing, it made Halloween at Bluestone Manor look like amateur hour. Jennifer said she was ready to turn it up, and started downing tequila two seconds in the door. Delores told Marge that the poll thing had upset her most, but Marge didn’t want to give Joe #2 a pass, just because he’d known Delores forever and was cute. Teresa came alone, and Marge asked when they were going to meet Louie. Teresa said she wanted to be sure… and Marge said, before her friends abused him, but in Marge’s interview, she said, enough with this taking it slow. No surprise, early on Jennifer got sloppy and dropped a plate of food on the ground, not even making a move to pick it up, and instead, hopping away from it like it was a live spider. Delores tried to give her a soda, reminding Jennifer about last time when she got sick, but Jennifer insisted she was okay. In her interview, Marge said nothing anybody did was going to ruin this night,

Marge made a speech, thanking the most important person in her life, her dog Bella. Just kidding. She said Joe #3 stood by her through everything. He let her be her. In her interview, she said she got emotional because they were both in relationships that weren’t the best for them. When they found each other, they knew how special and precious it was. She had hit the jackpot. She told the guests that Joe let her be independent, and put up with what she wanted, never diminishing her. In Joe #2’s interview, he wondered if Marge’s praise of Joe #3 was also a dig at him. If she thought he was holding Melissa back, she was wrong. Marge said she was blessed, and told Joe #3, happy birthday. Afterward, Joe #2 approached Marge, and asked if she really thought he was chauvinistic. She said the way he’d spoken to Delores was chauvinistic. While watching this conversation, Delores told Teresa not to let any of them get involved in her relationship, and Teresa said Joe #2 was already running his mouth too much. Joe #2 told Marge that he’d known Delores since he was five, and Marge said, some men thought a woman’s happiness was derived from a relationship, but that wasn’t the case. His mind was in 1985. Joe #2 said Marge had him all wrong, when Melissa joined them. In Melissa’s interview, she said she was watching them and sweating. She loved that her friends were backing her, but she didn’t want to see her friends and her husband end up not liking each other.

Melissa told Teresa that Joe #2 and Marge were having an argument, and she was getting the brunt of it because of what Joe had said. She was pissed because Joe was wrong – Delores wanted her independence – but Joe was upset because he was being called a chauvinist. Melissa said it was hard for him to flip the switch, and see her as independent. The guys had a group chat, and Bill said Marge had a point. He wanted Joe #2 to listen, and Joe told him, STFU. Melissa said she’d been battling this for years, and in her interview, she said, no matter how annoyed she was, she was going to defend Joe. She didn’t want to hear their two cents. She told them whatever they thought she was dealing with, it was probably more. Delores was worried about what was to become of Joe and Melissa if this wasn’t fixed. She told Melissa that usually a man needed to see what he had to lose before he changed the way he thought. Joe #2 came over, and asked what was going on.

Melissa said he needed to apologize to Delores, and Delores asked if he thought because she was independent, she wasn’t happy. She loved it, and it made him get nervous and insecure. He said, not true, and in his interview, he said he was sick of everyone telling him that he was holding Melissa back. He only asked that she not deprive him; not forget him. He asked Melissa if she thought he was okay with change, but she said she wasn’t having a relationship talk with the girls. She told the group, if they were real friends, they wouldn’t talk about her marriage. She’s the one who had to deal with that. Melissa told Joe #2 that she could say what she wanted about him, but she didn’t want to hear it from the others. If there was a problem with the relationship, they didn’t need to be discussing it among themselves. Jennifer wondered if it was serious, and Delores told her it was. Melissa wanted her independence, and Joe #2 didn’t want that. Melissa said the way she and Joe lived was old school, but he said he thought she was in lala land. In her interview, Melissa said it was her own fault. She created a keep-your-man-happy world that her mom and mother-in-law believed in, but she didn’t. She didn’t want to die unhappy. She wanted to be fulfilled, and not just as a mom. She’d never seen Joe fight so hard against something she wanted, and she was getting scared about the relationship. She’d never felt such exhaustion, or felt like giving up. Big Baby Joe said he wanted to go home. Marge told the women that Melissa and Joe #2 had to work on it, but Joe didn’t want to. Delores said, at the end of the day, Joe and Melissa were adults, and had to figure it out. (Well, one of them is an adult anyway.)

Sine this was the finale (I would say, phew! but I’m sure I’ll hear the word analogy a thousand times at the reunion), there were little summaries at the end. Melissa was building her brand, and had just started a new workout line, but said her hardest job was still being Joe #2’s wife. Jackie’s family threw a double Bar Mitzvah for her boys, and she was staying away from analogies. Joe #3 had completed the construction on his and Marge’s house, and they were getting along better than ever, while looking for something to fight about. Sadly, Jennifer was still not speaking to her mother, and she still couldn’t find a housekeeper. Delores was enjoying her independence from David, and considering more plastic surgery. She was not, however, taking a poll. Teresa finally admitted she was madly in love, and she and Luis bought an investment property together. If that doesn’t say commitment, I don’t know what does.

The show ended with Teresa on the phone with Louie, who said he was in it for the long haul. He’d be with her until her boobs sagged to the floor. Ah, true love. We’ll see I guess.

😵 The Late Me…

Due to dealing with a mini home emergency, I ran later than expected for a Wednesday, but there’s time for tea tomorrow, when we’ll visit the hospital, and maybe check out some Million Dollar real estate. So until Fredrik’s return, stay safe, stay finishing what you start, and stay not keeping yourself in the dark.

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May 11, 2021 – Cameron Learns About Privilege, NYC Hits the Hamptons, My Face Is Red, New Host, No Awards, Two Struggles, Premiere Party & Magic

Posted on May 12, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jordan hits the heavy bag at the gym. She flashes back to Cameron holding the gun on her, telling her officers to stand down, and getting Cameron to lower the gun. Portia asks if everything is okay.

Michael says, Wiley is quite the little builder, and Willow says, until he becomes a one-man wrecking ball, and starts destroying everything he just put up. Michael says, we just put up, and they both reach for a block. Their hands touch, and they kiss.

Chase says if he has to lie around, he might as well lie around in his own apartment, but Finn says he needs access to Chase there. Chase says, so Finn can poke him with needles? Anna asks if she’s interrupting, and Chase says, yes, thankfully. Could she please tell Finn to discharge him, so he can be bored at home? Anna says she doesn’t have that authority, but can she steal Finn for a second? Chase says, be his guest, and Finn tells him, stay. Finn leaves with Anna. In the hallway, Finn says Chase is wondering why he feels this way, and has no idea he’s been poisoned. After finding a cure for one of the nastiest diseases on the planet, he still can’t do a thing to help his own son.

Peter gets in his car near the woods, and puts on a headset. He asks fake Chloe if she copies, and she says she’s good to go. He says he needs her to do exactly as they discussed. She knocks on Maxie’s door, and Maxie says, Nurse Jennings? Fake Chloe (who we’ll just call Chloe from now on) says, that’s her, and Maxie invites her in, saying, it’s nice to meet her.

Brook listens on her phone, and says, voicemail again? Britt, where are you? Dante walks in, and says, just who he was hoping to see. She asks him, what’s up? and he says he was wondering why she was calling Britt’s phone six times in the last four hours.

Jordan tells Portia, she was just thinking about Cameron. She doesn’t know if Portia heard what happened. Portia says, it was all over the hospital this morning, but she doesn’t think Trina knows. The news didn’t identify the possible shooter. She asks if Jordan is doing okay, and Jordan says, sure. Portia says, really? She doesn’t know how in the world Jordan could be okay.

Sam enters the Kitchen of the Moss Bowl, and Carly asks what brings her by. Sam says she wanted to see how Carly and the kids were doing. And find out why Carly is having her followed.

Britt tells Jason, maybe she should have been a surgeon after all. She did a better job on him than she thought. Jason thanks her for changing the bandages. He doesn’t think he could have done it by himself. She asks if he just admitted to needing her help, and he says he appreciates everything she’s done. She says, but he’s convinced he could have survived without her, huh? He says, he didn’t have to; she came back. They need to move in a couple of hours. She says, no, they don’t.

Cameron comes into the Bistro, and Trina asks why he didn’t get back to her. Was he with Josslyn? He says, why is she asking? Did Josslyn say anything? Trina says, they haven’t talked since they got back from Pennsylvania. Josslyn has been really worried about Jason. Trina apologizes, asking if that’s a forbidden topic, but Cameron says, not anymore. He knows Jason didn’t kill Franco. Trina is glad to hear that, and she’s sure Josslyn is too. He says he doesn’t know how Josslyn feels about him right now. He did something really stupid. She says, with Joss? and he says, it affected her, but it was so much more. Trina says, just tell her, and he says he picked up a gun and pointed it at Jason. He didn’t shoot, but he got arrested anyway.

Jordan takes it that Portia wasn’t in the hospital last night, and Portia says, no. She was… It doesn’t matter, but she’s clear on what happened. She heard Jordan deescalated a highly volatile situation so no one got hurt. By no one, she means Cameron. Jordan says she came into the situation with her gun drawn, and Cameron had a gun pointed straight at her, She ordered him to put it down, but he didn’t respond. By the look on his face, he was frozen; it was pure panic. Her officers arrived, and she ordered them to stand down, but Cameron was still holding the gun. She remembers thinking she was going to do whatever it took… Portia says, to keep him from getting shot. Has she ever been a situation like that before? Jordan says she has, but they didn’t look like Cameron. Portia says, they looked like TJ and Trina.

Anna tells Finn, she’s afraid she doesn’t have any good news. She traced the scientist who created the original poison for Faison, but he died years ago. She’s hoping to find one of his associates. Finn thanks her, and she asks how his research is going. He says he’s been analyzing the residue from the vial of the antidote, but the compound is volatile; it deteriorates as soon as the seal is broken. She guesses it’s almost impossible to duplicate, and he says, unless he has a breakthrough, they’re at Peter’s mercy.

Maxie tells Chloe, James is very a very active little boy. He has a babysitter, but she might need help from time to time. Chloe says, not a problem; she loves kids, and Maxie says she values her privacy, and values discretion above all else. In his car, Peter tells Chloe what to say, and she tells Maxie, she understands. She’s completely discreet with all her clients. Maxie says she’ll expect strict confidentiality, with anything regarding her health, or something Chloe sees or hears while she’s working there. Chloe says, of course (🍷), and Maxie says, given all this, how would Chloe go about her job there? Peter continues feeding Chloe lines, and Chloe says, while allowing Maxie as much autonomy over her life as possible, she wants to help Maxie maintain a normal life. Maxie will call the shots. She’s only there to provide support and peace of mind. Maxie tells her, well said. She’s checked Chloe’s references, and everyone raves about her. She’s got the job. Chloe thanks Maxie, and promises to do her best by Maxie and her daughter. Maxie asks how Chloe knew she was having a girl.

Willow tells Michael, they can’t. They agreed. He says, right. Sorry… He’s not entirely sorry, since he couldn’t help himself. She says, neither could she, but Chase is so vulnerable right now. He says, right. Chase has to be the priority right now. It must be exhausting being so noble.

Dante says Britt’s calls are logged, and Brook says, Britt is on OB/GYN. She wants Britt to deliver her baby. He says, now that she’s taken up with Jason, that’s not going to happen.

Sam tells Carly, she noticed a tail this morning. At first, she thought it was Cyrus or his men, but she realized it was Trent, and he’s one of Carly’s guys. Is there a threat against her that she should know about? Carly says, it’s a precautionary measure. Anyone who’s close to Jason is being protected from a possible retaliation by Cyrus. Sam asks if she knows where Jason is. Is he okay? Carly says, he was shot, but he’s okay. Jason is safe. That’s all she knows. Sam asks if it’s all she knows, or is it all Carly is willing to tell her?

Anna tells Chase that she’s going to take off, but next time she’ll bring him cookies from Kelly’s. He asks why she’d do that; he’s going home today. She says, all in good time, and he says, Willow is on her way to pick him up and they’re going back to the way it used to be. Anna feels his forehead, and says he’s burning up. She calls out for Finn.

Chase asks Anna to help him get the IV off, when Finn comes in. He asks, what’s going on? and Anna says, he’s burning up. Finn tells Chase to hold still, and takes his temperature with a forehead thermometer. He says, 105, and tells Anna, make the call. He needs another dose. She runs out, and Finn tells Chase, it’s going to be okay.

Maxie says she never mentioned she was having a girl. How did Chloe know? Chloe says she could tell the way Maxie was carrying. She’s worked with so many moms-to-be, she’s good at predicting it. Maxie asks when she can start, and Peter says, right away. Chloe repeats that, and Peter smiles.

Willow tells Michael, it will help a lot if they can just limit their contact to spending time with Wiley, and nothing else. He says, avoid being alone with each other in the same room at all costs, and she says, it’s risky. When they’re alone, she just wants to… He says, him too, but they can’t.

Brook asks if Dante thinks Britt is in danger, but he says they don’t know if she’s a hostage or not, but he thinks she’s fine. Britt takes care of Britt. She says, that doesn’t sound like an unbiased assessment. Does he really think he should be handling this investigation? He says he thinks he can handle it, personal feelings aside. She says, personal feelings about a woman who helped herself to an embryo he and Lulu created, and then carried the baby to term, and tried to pass it off as her own? She sees how this could mess with his objectivity. He says he has a problem with a woman trying to keep a child away from its rightful parent, and she says, like his mom kept him away from Sonny, or Leo from Julian? He says, those were completely different circumstances, and she knows it. Why is she defending Britt so hard? Michael comes in, and asks if Dante has any update on Jason, but Dante says, you tell me.

Near the woods, Peter gets out of the car, and says, nice save. Chloe says she told him that she didn’t need coaching. She knows exactly what she’s doing. He says he doesn’t take chances. He wants to know everything she observes when she’s with Maxie. Understood? She says, understood. She looks at her phone, and says she just received his payment. He says she did well today, and there’s more where that came from. She says she promises to be everything he wants her to be, and he says, good. He takes the headset off, and his phone rings. Anna says, Chase needs more of the antidote, and he says, no hello, or how are you? She says, Chase needs more medicine now. Please. He says he’s busy right now, and she says meet her at the hospital, on the 7^th floor, and he says he’ll see what he can do. She says, come now, please. He makes a call, and says it’s him. There’s something else he needs them to do.

Britt says they’re perfectly safe there, but Jason says they’re not. She says she told him, this place is never used. Nikolas probably forgot he owns it. Yes, there’s a caretaker, but they’re paid through a business manager. As long as Spencer is away, Nikolas has no interest in it. He says, it doesn’t matter. Nikolas is the legal owner. She and Nikolas have a history, the cops know she’s with him, and eventually they’re going to put the pieces together and check there. They need to be gone before that happens. She says he’s reaching, but he says, no. He’s following the ten-hour rule. She says, fugitives have rules? Why doesn’t he share?

Finn says, any word? and Anna says she thinks Peter is on his way. They can’t be seen together, or Peter will suspect Finn knows the real reason Chase is sick. She told Peter that she’d said it was an experimental treatment she was getting from some contacts, and he seemed to buy it, but he won’t if he sees them together. Finn says he doesn’t trust himself not to kill Peter, and she says, don’t do anything stupid. He’ll end up in jail, and Chase needs Finn there to look after him. He says he doesn’t know how much more Chase’s body can take.

Cameron tells Trina that he saw Jason dragging Britt to the car. At least looked like he was dragging her. The guy next to him got shot, and dropped his gun, so he picked it up. She asks if he’s crazy. Why did he do that? He says he wasn’t thinking. He didn’t fire it, but he had it in his hand, when Jordan showed up with a ton of cops. Instead of going after Jason, they went after him. Trina says, because he was holding a gun. Does he even know how lucky he is to be alive?

Jordan tells Portia, she just knew she had to stop things from escalating. As a mother, she wanted to make sure to keep Cameron safe for his mother. Portia says, thank God Jordan was there. Things could have ended up very differently. Jordan says, that hasn’t escaped her. It pains her to say it, but if Cameron’s skin had been a different color, and her officers had gotten there first, they might not have given him the benefit of the doubt. Portia says, it’s an unfortunate reality that she can’t believe they’re dealing with to this day, and Jordan says, neither can she. Just when she thinks their world is pivoting forward, they find themselves yanked back into a mire of hate and bigotry. And not just here; everywhere. Portia says, it’s unfathomable. She feels horrible for their kids. At least they grew up with a sense of hope. They felt empowered, and wanted to embrace their culture. They reaped the benefits of their parents and grandparents struggle, and passed it on to their children happily. Their kids grew up watching television shows that celebrated diversity, that showed them a vision of a more inclusive world. They grew up with people in the White House who look like them, and now they’re back to this reality, with their kids looking at them with pain and confusion, wondering why they have to proclaim their lives matter. It’s the most hateful bait and switch ever. Jordan wonders if she was naïve to think she could enact change. There’s been progress, but obviously not enough. She’s the Police Commissioner, but she’s not sure she can keep her son safe outside of her jurisdiction. Even there in Port Charles, TJ was wrongly accused of using a stolen credit card because he was trying to buy something nice for Molly. That was 2015, now it’s 2021, and she still has to warn him about wearing hoodies, and remaining calm in the face of police harassment, or an unprovoked traffic stop. Portia says, when calm is the last thing anyone feels in those situations, and Jordan says, exactly. Cameron was neither calm nor compliant. She had to talk him down. When Elizabeth came at her with righteous anger and fear, as a mother, she understood. She would do the same. But as the Commissioner, she wanted to remind Elizabeth who she was yelling at, and tell her to back off and consider Cameron lucky, but she held off and bit her tongue. Portia asks, why? but Jordan says she thinks Portia knows.

Carly says she doesn’t know where Jason is at the moment, and Sam asks if he’s still with Britt. She went to one of Sonny’s safe houses, and saw a bunch of bloody bandages there. Jason was obviously hit, and someone patched him up. It was Britt, so she’s not being held hostage; she’s helping him. Carly knows as well as she does, this is too much for Britt to handle. Sam has to find him. Carly says, sorry. She can’t help.

Jason says, well, Dr. Westbourne, when you drop out of sight, the first two days you don’t stay in any location more than ten hours, and we’re almost at our limit. She says, no my friend, you’re almost at the limit. The transfusion really helped and the sutures are holding… so far. But he needs to give his body time to heal. He should rest. He says he just did, and she says, try eight more hours, then they’ll talk, but he says, no. If they stay eight more hours, they’re going to get busted, and all of this will have been for nothing.

Dante tells Michael, they’re considering Jason armed and dangerous, so the safest thing would be for him to turn himself in. Michael says, if Jason calls, he’ll give him the message. Dante asks if he doesn’t agree, and Michael says, Jason was stabbed in prison. He had a hit out on him. Maybe he had no choice but to escape. Dante says, and drag Britt with him? Brooke sees Willow in the foyer, and says, before Willow heads out, she had a question about nursing classes. Willow asks if Brooke is considering them, and Brook says, no; not for her. She was wondering if Willow ever considered labor and delivery. She’s so good with babies, Willow could probably deliver a baby on her own right now. Willow says she thinks she knows why Britt is asking these questions.

Peter strolls into the hospital, and Anna asks if he brought it. He says, does she mean this, holding up the vial. She reaches for it, and he tells her that she didn’t say the magic word. She says, please, and asks, what’s wrong with him, playing games with people all the time? He says, the people who cross him pay the price, especially those he once trusted. She says she trusted him too, and he says she lied to his face, and tried to dismantle his life. She forced him to protect himself, and now, poor Finn. How does she thinks he’s going to feel when she fails to recognize his generosity, and Chase dies because of it? Finn will never forgive her. She reaches for the vial again, and says, give her the damn antidote. He pulls his hand back, and tells her to watch how she speaks to him. He’ll crush it like he did the first one, and then were will Chase be?

Finn puts a cover on Chase, and says, it’s going to feel cold, but he’s got to get the fever down. Chase says, something’s not right, and Finn says he’s sorry. It should be him, not Chase. Chase asks about Willow, and Finn says, she went home to spend some time with Wiley. Chase says, Wiley? and Finn says, her son. Chase says, he has a son?

Willow tells Brook, it’s natural to be scared to give birth. You want to make sure every possible scenario is covered. Brook says giving birth has been on her mind a lot lately, when Willow’s phone rings. She says, Finn? How’s Chase?… She’s on her way. Michael and Dante come out, and she says she has to go to the hospital; Chase had a setback. Brook asks if he’s okay, but Willow says she doesn’t know. Michael says he’ll drive her, and Dante says he has to head back to the station, and asks them to keep him posted on Chase. After they leave, Maxie calls Brook, and Brook says she can’t get in touch with Britt, and Dante was just there. Maxie says, listen to her. She just hired a live-in nurse and she seems great. Maxie thinks she could be an ally. Britt says, an ally for what? They don’t even have a Plan C. Maxie says, they do now.

Sam asks what Carly means by she can’t help her. Sam knows Jason checked in. There was a burner phone in every safe house. Tell her if he’s okay. Carly says she can’t tell Sam because Sam’s not a part of this anymore. She made the decision to separate herself from Jason and this business. This is what separate means. Sam says, Jason is Danny’s father, and Carly says, and Sam is Danny’s mother. She made the decision to protect Danny, Scout, and herself. She’s out. Carly can’t help her.

Jason says, it’s a toss-up who’s going to find them first; Cyrus, the cops, or Peter. Britt says, same difference. Peter and Cyrus are working together. Jason says, they’re allies, but they might have different objectives. They both want him dead, but Peter might want to protect her. Britt says, Peter was just pretending to tolerate her for Maxie’s sake. He’s probably thrilled she’s Jason’s hostage. He’d be the first to shoot her one sight. Actually, she just realized Peter needs to shut her up. She’s the one who can link him to Franco’s medical records. Everyone else suspects what he did, but she witnessed it. Jason says that could be a problem if Peter ever stands trial for Franco’s murder, but right now it’s a long shot. She says, Peter is obsessive about tying off loose ends. Look at what he did to eliminate Drew. Not to mention Peter hates her because she’s Nathan’s full sister… which is ironic since she and Nathan couldn’t be less alike. Nathan was loyal, generous, and kind, and she’s none of that. Jason says he doesn’t know about that. She was generous to those kids on Valentine’s Day, and she’s been generous to him. She smiles. I don’t often get into the couples thing, but I like these two.

Willow asks Finn how Chase is, and Finn says he’s getting Chase hydrated and getting his body temperature down. Chase says, Willow? and she says she’s right there. He asks if she brought their son, and Finn whispers that Chase is disoriented. He has to check on something. Will she be okay there? Willow says she will, and Finn leaves. Michael looks into the room window, and Willow tells Chase he’s going to get through this. He has to fight. Okay? Chase says, don’t worry; he’ll never leave her. She locks eyes with Michael through the window.

Anna gives Finn the vial, and he runs back to Chase’s room.

Maxie says she has a good feeling about Chloe, and Brook asks if she’ll deliver the baby. Maxie says she doesn’t know Chloe that well, but thinks she’ll be useful in dealing with Peter. Now here’s Plan C. She’s going to tell Peter that she needs a spa day, some last minute pampering; then she’ll leave town. Brook will tell Valentin that she’s going to Bensonhurst because her mom is throwing her a baby shower. They’ll meet at Beecher’s Corners in the house that she rented because no one will look for them there. Brook says it’s great they have a place set up, but they need someone to deliver the baby. She thinks Dante suspects that Britt isn’t a hostage and is helping Jason. She’s on the run, but if she ever comes back, she’s in trouble. Either way, they have to face the fact that Britt is unavailable. Maxie says she’s already there. Part two of Plan C; they bring in someone else.

Jordan says, as whimsical and magical as Black Girl Magic is, it’s also exhausting. Portia says, it is exhausting. Their kids refer to the talk as the one they give them about the police. The talk they got was about how they have to be better. They have to be twice as good in order to compete. She took that to heart; through school, through medical school, through all her jobs. Being a doctor was in perfect alignment with her ability to compartmentalize. She can’t fall apart when she loses a patient, no matter how young or beloved. And she has to provide the best medical care to everyone, no matter how hateful or criminal they may be. But watching less qualified people get promoted and celebrated, that’s not in the Hippocratic Oath. She can’t tell Jordan how many times she wanted to call out mismanagement at Mercy, but she didn’t want be labeled as angry. But now she’s thinking, why not? Why shouldn’t she be angry? She has just as much right to outrage as anyone else. Jordan says she hears Portia. Mac and Anna never had to be magical to hold down her job. The standards she’s held to shouldn’t be higher or lower. If she fails, she fails; if she succeeds, she succeeds. She’s accountable for her own choices, but that’s not the case for everyone, is it? Portia says, if they feel anger about injustice, that’s not stereotypical or based on some trope. It’s righteous, and completely founded in reality. Unfortunately, they’re living in two different realities, and it’s far past time for that to change.

Cameron asks why he gets the feeling Trina is mad at him, and she says, maybe because she is. Does he think she’s overreacting? He says, no… maybe. It all happened so fast. It was a blur. It was surreal. It was an out-of-body experience. He had the gun in his hand, and he froze. Even though Jordan kept telling him to put the gun down, he couldn’t make his hand move. She says, which means, not only was he armed, he was ignoring police instruction. Thank God he is who he is. He asks what she means, and she asks if he remembers last summer, when the both of them and Josslyn were driving on the backroads. They were just driving and talking, and he was going to show them where the waterfall was. She remembers a cop stopped them, and asked where they were going and what they were doing. Cameron says, it pissed him off; it’s not like he was speeding. Trina says, instead of giving the cop his license and registration, Cameron asked why he’d been stopped. She was terrified. He asks, why? and she says, because he was questioning a cop, which means being uncooperative. Doesn’t he watch the news? People are told to get out of their cars; they’re patted down, even made to lie in the street just because they’ve been stopped. He says, none of those things happened to them, and she says, exactly. Because Cameron is Cameron, and Josslyn is Josslyn. If they hadn’t been there, it might have happened to her.

She says, after it was over, he and Josslyn were laughing and complaining about the cop, but she couldn’t stop shaking. Cameron says he had no idea. Why didn’t she tell them? She says, she was embarrassed. They weren’t even fazed, and she had a visceral response, so she swallowed it. Like she does when someone asks to touch her braids, or if her hair is real. They’re called microaggressions, and start to add up. He doesn’t have to deal with that, so he doesn’t have to care. He says, of course (🍷) he cares, but he didn’t understand. He’s so sorry. She says she knows. It’s a lot, but maybe now he can start by realizing how lucky he was on that backroad, and last night.

Jordan tells Portia, she’s unloaded long enough. Portia says, speaking the truth is healing, and she thinks it’s important to have a little session now and then, to remind themselves what’s real and how powerful they are. She says she sees Jordan, and Jordan says she sees Portia too. Feel free to schedule another session when she needs to. Portia asks what Jordan is going to do now, and Jordan says, what she always does. Pull herself together, square her shoulders, and go to work. Same as Portia. Portia says she’s actually on her way to the MetroCourt to meet Trina. Jordan thanks her, and tells her to take it easy. Portia says she’ll see Jordan soon. Jordan leaves, and Portia looks at a picture of her, Curtis, and Angela at The Savoy.

Brook says, Maxie wants to involve someone else? She just got done saying that she couldn’t trust her new nurse. Who else can she trust enough? Maxie says, Bobbie Spencer. She knows Bobbie will come through for her, no questions asked.

Finn tells Willow, Chase’s fever has dropped, and he’s stable, if she’d like to see him. Michael and Willow head for Chase’s room. Anna joins Finn, and says she heard. Thank God. She looks at her phone, and he asks what she’s doing. She says she put a track on Peter’s car. She’s hoping he’ll lead her to where he’s holding the antidote.

Michael tells Willow, crisis averted. He’s going to take off unless she needs him. She says she’s good, and thanks him for bringing. He says, of course (🍷), anything she needs, and leaves. She goes back into Chase’s room, and asks how he’s feeling. He says, better. He was pretty out of it. He thought they had a son? She says he did, and he says, sorry about that. She says he had a fever of 105; a little confusion is allowed. He says, about that fever. He doesn’t think Finn is telling him everything he knows about his condition.

We see a tray of antidote vials being put into a vault. The person turns around, and it’s fake Chloe.

Sam guesses she’s not trusted anymore, but Carly says, this isn’t about trust. It’s about the choice Sam made as a mother. Jason honored that choice, and she’s going to honor it too. For the safety of Sam’s kids and the protection of Sam’s peace of mind moving forward, there’s nothing Carly can tell her. Sam says, got it. She goes to the door, and turns around. She says, when Carly does talk to Jason, tell him that she and the kids wish him luck, and she leaves.

Britt tells Jason, how about a compromise? He sleeps for four hours, then they take off, and he gets to pick the next destination. He says, two hours, and she’s the one who needs to rest. She says she slept most of the night, and she’s not shot. He says, she’s tired; her hand is shaking. She says, can she help it if she’s nervous? She’s a fugitive, he’s recovering from a gunshot wound, and her psychotic brother wants her dead. He says, whatever it is she’s hiding, she can tell him.

On the phone, Dante says, yeah, Britt Westbourne… Got a lead?… Where?

Tomorrow, Jordan welcomes Dante back, Ava asks Trina why she’s upset, Sam says she could help Jason get away, and Britt says, if this is what she thinks it is, no one can protect her.

The Real Housewives of New York City

Leah visited Eboni in Tribeca, where she had a gorgeous place her ex was paying for. She didn’t want to sleep in the bedroom because they had planned on sleeping there together, but in her interview, Leah said she would just enjoy the apartment, and bring in all the men she wanted. In Eboni’s interview, she said, people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Their season was up. I have to mention that Leah was wearing a giant bow, just short of the size you see on those car commercials. No. Just no. Leah asked what Eboni thought about Ramona, and Eboni said her vibe was totally pleasant, but she was reserving judgement. She was surprised Ramona invited her to the Hamptons, since they really didn’t know each other. In Leah’s interview, she said she was supposed to go to Burning Man, but it was out because of the pandemic. So she was having a Burning Man themed dinner at Ramona’s. She didn’t think there was a chance in hell that these women would ever hang out in the desert doing drugs, so why not bring it to them?

Sonja went to a healer named Avida, or Aviva, or Evita; I’m not sure. The healer said Sonja was in tune with herself, and they needed to get into the deep stuff. Underneath that was a tremendous amount of power. She also said the colon and the brain were connected. The more you know. Sonja said she needed this for herself more than a haircut and facelift, and ended up crying about her ex-husband. She said she’d lost both her best friend and a wonderful marriage. Even though he wasn’t dead, for all intents and purposes, he was gone. She said a lot had culminated, and when she realized Century 21 wasn’t coming through, she just wanted to go somewhere and not deal. She let her emotions flow with the healer, and then went lingerie shopping, since Ramona was on a lingerie jag. She said she didn’t keep up with the Joneses; she kept up with the Singers. Ramona wasn’t taking any chances this time, and hired caterers for the party. We flashed back to the vibrator in the chicken at her last party. She decided she was going to bring it for Leah’s Burning Man dinner. On the way there, Leah told Eboni that she felt a little guilty, going to the Hamptons even though her grandmother was sick, but she was seeing her directly after she got back. LuAnn said she wanted gage where Sonja’s head was at.

Ramona said she had a good feeling about Eboni joining the group, and when Leah arrived we flashed back to her nakey tiki torch rampage last season. In Leah’s interview, she said, this year, she was bringing Burning Man to Ramona’s backyard, minus the burning. Ramona called the caterers help, and Eboni told Leah that she thought it was degrading and demeaning. Oddly enough, although I understood what Eboni was saying, for once I could follow Ramona’s logic. All she knows is, the caterers are helping her. Sonja wasn’t sure she was ready to immerse herself in Ramona and Leah, but they were her friends, so she wanted to see them. Ramona said she’d invited Heather (Thomson), and Leah said Heather had been talking sh*t about LuAnn on her podcast. In Leah’s interview, she said she barely knew Heather – she’d talked to her for five minutes in the Berkshires – but she was constantly talking about Ramona, Sonja, and LuAnn in the press. She didn’t trust Heather. When Eboni asked who the blip Heather was, Ramona didn’t answer. When Eboni wondered what was up with that, Ramona said she had a hearing problem, but in Eboni’s interview, she said she thought Ramona had a listening problem. Agreed. She said Ramona had been welcoming, but after the help comment, her jury was still out.

Sonja gave the best quote of the show when she said, nothing works when you hit it anymore, referring to the old days when she used to hit the TV to get it to work. The women got ready for the Burning Man event, and Ramona donned a sparkly silver fringed skirt, matching pasties, and a sheer black top. Leah said her own look was Mad Max meets Coyote Ugly, which was a spot on description. She flipped out when she saw Ramona, and in her interview, she said she was so touched and happy that Ramona was wearing black mesh and iridescent pasties, and working it. In Eboni’s interview, she said, live, bitch, live, a quote to live by. Leah said she was going to have fun in the Hamptons again, but this time without alcohol. In LuAnn’s interview, she said, last year, she was more apprehensive about being with the women in the Hamptons, and not drinking. This year, however, she had her frozé, and was ready to party. Leah brought in a healer (a different one), and Ramona wondered what they were supposed to be healing from. Leah told her not to intellectualize it, and the women sat in a circle, talking about what was on their hearts. Leah said she had her grandmother on her mind because she was so sick. She’d been the one person who loved Leah unconditionally. Eboni said she had a grandmother who was also ill, and she was concerned about her mother. She wanted to expand her definition of family. LuAnn wanted to follow her gut more, saying whenever she ignored it, things hadn’t gone well. She wanted her spirit guides to show her the way. Ramona said her only daughter was now gone, and she wanted to pay more attention to her friends. In LuAnn’s interview, she said she gave Ramona credit for trying, but didn’t think anyone was buying it. Sonja said she wanted to be a better friend, and be more vulnerable. She wanted to trust her friends more with her feelings, but had a hard time even showing her vulnerability to her daughter. Eboni said, in showing her vulnerability, she’d be showing her daughter her strength. In Ramona’s interview, she said Sonja needed to stop wallowing in her misery. Positive energy yielded positive results. The healer created a sound bath, twirling a wand around some bowls and humming, then everyone screamed. Leah started bawling, and Ramona said she felt like her mind got massaged.

Eboni slipped off to her room, and Leah checked on her to make sure she was okay. Eboni told Leah that she felt lighter and free, but was just tapped out. She hadn’t been sure about hanging with an entire group of white women, but she felt she could tell her truth, and if something rubbed her the wrong way, she could say something. Ramona said it had been a great event, and they all screamed again together.

Next time, Eboni tells Ramona that the help comment was triggering, Leah asks if Ramona is lying, and Sonja freaks out about Wells Fargo.

😳 Shameful Moment of the Night…

Watching the late night rerun of The Real Housewives of Dallas: Reunion Part 2, shoving pickle chips in my mouth as Brandi talked about a video surfacing of her husband cheating, and realizing I was watching it like it was a Lifetime movie. What was really sad is, someone sent it in a DM to her daughter’s Instagram. What is wrong with people? The majority seemed to think it was LeeAnn, and D’Andra said it was because Brandi was still on the show, even though she’d made racist remarks, but LeeAnn wasn’t. Tiffany said that Brandi had been inappropriate, thinking it was funny, but she wasn’t a racist. LeeAnn had used her remarks in anger. I still don’t think that necessarily makes LeeAnn racist, although I can’t defend her actions. I wouldn’t put a lot of things past her, but I find it difficult to believe she’d send that to a child.

👠 Hosting the Carpet…

I can’t think of anyone better. She rocks.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1267618/laverne-cox-named-host-of-e-s-red-carpet-award-show-coverage

👟 No Carpet…

Although I support the causes, I buy Tom Cruise even less than I buy Ramona.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/05/10/golden-globes-2022-ceremony-dropped-nbc-after-hfpa-scandal/5026394001/

🍹 Harder Than It Looks…

Not one, but two, of the RHONY cast members talk sobriety struggles.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/04/rhonys-leah-mcsweeney-reflects-on-sobriety-amid-pandemic/

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/11/rhonys-luann-de-lesseps-opens-up-about-her-sobriety-struggle/

🎇 A Night To Remember…

Leah plays hostess to an eclectic crowd.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9546683/Lourdes-Leon-parties-Azealia-Banks-Leah-McSweeney-RHONY-premiere-party.html

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/05/inside-leah-mcsweeneys-insane-rhony-premiere-party/

🏓 Taking My Toys and Going…

Thankfully, tomorrow is the finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, rightfully titled House of Horrors. It wasn’t all bad, but Teresa needs a vacation or something. Those pineapples just aren’t cutting it. Until then, stay safe, stay cool under pressure, and stay understanding realities other than your own.

May8

May 7, 2021 – Cameron Admits He’s Wrong, Real Competition, Quarantine Strikes Again, a Split, Summer Schooling, Stay Quiet, Too Much Corn, Derby Girl, Unbelief, Worst Performances, Septteen Quotes & Home

Posted on May 8, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Josslyn tells Cameron, they’re alone. Is he going to tell her what’s going on? He says, Jason escaped from GH, and she says she knows. Dante was there earlier looking for her mom, and he told them. Cameron says, trust him. She doesn’t know everything.

Valentin sees Anna at the hospital, and asks if she’s there for her phlebotomy, but she says, no. She heard there was a lockdown, and wanted to make sure everyone was okay. Him? He says he has to meet with Charlotte’s pediatrician. He needs a hard copy of her vaccination records. How are Finn and Chase? She says she doesn’t know, and he says, she hasn’t seen them? Chase is on seven. She says she knows. She just doesn’t want to get in Finn’s way. He says, lockdown is over. As he sees it, she’s going to do one of two things. She’s going to go up to seven, and get in Finn’s way, or she’s going home because she’s too scared to run into him.

Chase tells Finn, that’s great, when Willow walks in. She says, good news? and Chase says he seems to be getting feeling back in one of his hands. She says, that’s great. She should leave to get coffee more often. Finn says he’ll check in on Chase later, and Chase suggests he go home; it’s late. Finn says he thinks he has a few more hours in him, and leaves. Chase says, he’s working too hard, but Willow says, Finn is just trying to find a cure for him. Chase says he knows, but lack of sleep isn’t going to help Finn find it any faster. Michael pops in, and asks if Chase is up for some company. He sees Willow, and says he didn’t mean to interrupt. Chase tells him, don’t be ridiculous. You know what they say. Michael says, three’s a crowd? but Chase says, he was thinking of, the more the merrier.

Maxie lets Brook into the apartment, and says, she wasn’t followed? Brook says she ditched her bodyguard, and Maxie says, and she parked far away from the building? Brook says, on the next block. Why is Maxie so paranoid? Maxie says, any time she pretends her baby is dead to get them away from her ex, she embraces paranoia. Brook says, she knows how serious this is, but Maxie has to chill out. Her blood pressure is going to go through the roof. Peter will move in quicker than she can say, I’m giving Brook Lynn my baby. Maxie says she’ll calm down when they have a plan set, and Brook says, then let’s get started, but Maxie says, not until Britt is here. They can’t do this without her.

In the hallway at the safe house, Sam says, Dante followed her, and he says she’s damn right. This was a test, and she failed it. Back off. She says, no; she’s going in with him. Dante tries the door, but it’s locked, so he says, police! and kicks it in. The room is empty, and Dante tells Sam, stay here. He searches the other room, and she sees an empty bag of plasma. She looks in the garbage, and sees other spent medical supplies. Dante says, they’re gone, and Sam shows him the trash. He says, looks like the bullet did some damage. Jason’s in trouble.

On the phone, Carly asks why Jason let Britt pick. Why does she get to decide?… She gets it. Britt saved his life tonight; she gets to take him wherever she wants… They’ll talk about that tomorrow, but right now, he needs to rest. She’s hanging up so he can do that. Stay safe. She loves him. She pours herself a scotch, and says, I did it, Sonny. I did it. Sonny appears, and says, he knows she did.

Valentin says, Anna doesn’t want to go home. She wants to see Finn. She insists she doesn’t. Finn is working overtime to find a cure for Chase, and that’s enormous pressure. She’s sure the lockdown didn’t help. He says he heard there was a shooting; what has she heard? She says, Jason was transferred there from Pentenville for a stab wound. He got away, and took Britt with him, allegedly as a hostage. Valentin imagines she went willingly, and Anna says, she certainly wasn’t a hostage. Whoever helped him is beside the point, because he’s probably going to go after Peter now. Valentin thinks Jason has probably decided that Peter needs to be eliminated entirely now, and Anna says, that’s not good news for them. They need Peter alive, so he can produce the antidote for Chase. He says, at least until Finn can come up with a cure. How’s that going to work, since Finn can’t even diagnose the nature of Chase’s illness? She says, he knows. She told Finn the truth.

Willow asks if Michael has heard any news about Jason, but he says, not yet. His mom isn’t returning his calls. He can only imagine what she’s going through right now. Chase says he’s sorry; he wasn’t thinking. Being stuck in a bed, it’s like nothing happening outside the room is real. Michael says Chase doesn’t have to apologize. He has his own issues he’s dealing with. Jason can take care of himself. Willow says, but Jason’s hurt, and Michael asks what she’s talking about. She says she thought he knew. She heard the nurses talking. The police think Jason was shot during the escape.

Dante says, Jason has lost a lot of blood. He’s going to need more help than Britt can give him. This got completely out of control, and it’s all because Sam didn’t trust him. She says, no, she didn’t.

At the PCPD, Olivia tells Robert, she just got a text from her son, saying he’s on a case. Does Robert know anything about this? He says, when Jason escaped from General Hospital, Mac asked Dante to step in and lend a hand, so to speak. She asks if Mac really thinks Dante is ready for this, but Robert says, it’s just this case. Dante understands that Jason knows how Sonny’s organization works, and he agreed to be part of it. She says her son is a total professional, but if someone asks him for help, he’s going to give it, no matter what the cost to his personal well-being. She’s got to talk to Mac about this. He says, Mac is conducting a search for Jason. The Commissioner, on the other hand, is looking into a case at the harbor; a ship sank. No loss of life, but a complete loss of cargo. She says he doesn’t seem upset about it, and he says, something about the cargo stinks. She says, is this it? Did Cyrus make a move tonight? Robert says, he tried to. They ascertained the ship’s cargo, and someone wants to take Cyrus out.

Sonny says, Carly is drinking scotch, and she says she wanted to feel closer to him. He says she had a big night, attending one of the meetings of the Five Families ~~pasta primavera~~, and sinking one of Renault’s drug shipments. She says she had to protect the family; protect their interests. Cyrus won’t underestimate her again. Sonny says that’s what he’s afraid of.

On the phone with Jax, Elizabeth says she’s been trying to reach Josslyn, but she’s not answering her phone. Is she with him? Jax says, she is. What’s wrong? She says she can’t find Cameron. Is he with her? Jax says, he is, and she says, thank God. Is he okay? Jax says, he seemed a little upset, but he’s not hurt. What’s going on? She says she’ll explain later. Just don’t let him leave before she gets there.

Cameron tells Josslyn, Jason didn’t kill Franco, and she says, finally. She’s glad, but what made him change his mind? He says, Jason got shot; he saw it happen. She asks, how? and he says, after he left her and Trina, he stayed at the hospital. He was going to confront Jason. He was an ass; a complete ass. Beyond. He went and accused Jason of killing Franco. He dared Jason to confess to his face that he killed Franco. Josslyn says, now she’s confused. He just said he knew Jason didn’t kill Franco. He says, he does now, but he didn’t then. He yelled at Jason, then he left. When he felt like he needed to yell at Jason more, he went back to Jason’s room, and he was gone. The guard was lying on the floor, and he figured Jason escaped. That’s when he went to the garage, because that’s where Jason would be, right? When he got there, there were these people shooting. The guy next to him got shot, and dropped his gun. He went to pick it up, and… he could have shot Jason.

Michael says, Jason was shot? He didn’t hear about this. Willow says, the nurses were gossiping; it’s possible they heard wrong. Chase says Michael should go check on his family, and Michael says he’ll swing back another time. Chase says Michael won’t find him there; he’s hoping to be released.

Valentin says, she told Finn that Chase was poisoned? and Anna says, by Peter, yeah. She told him there’s a treatment, but no cure. Valentin says, she knows when Peter realizes they broke the deal, he’s going to let Chase die, but she says, Peter isn’t going to find out. He says, Finn will go to the police, but she says, he won’t. He understands the need for secrecy, and she trusts him. He’s going to focus on keeping Chase alive, and it’s up to them to deal with Peter. He asks what they’re going to do now, and she says she has an idea that might be of some help.

Brook asks if Maxie called Britt, and Maxie says, of course (🍷). She also texted Britt, but she’s not answering. Brook says, rude, but Maxie says, maybe there was an emergency at the hospital. Brook says, then call the hospital, and Maxie is about to call, when there’s a knock at the door. Maxie says, finally, and looks through the peephole. She backs up, and asks, who is it? Peter says, it’s him. Is she okay?

Dante says he thought he and Sam were becoming friends, and she says, they were, until he decided to become a cop again. He asks what she has against cops, and she says, they take orders, and they’re part of a system that punishes innocent people before they protect them. He says, no one considers Jason innocent, but she says, Jason didn’t kill Franco, and Dante knows it. He says, Jason escaped police custody, and took a hostage. She asks him to please take his cop hat off for a second, and talk to her, but he says, can’t do it. The hat stays on until they find Jason and Britt. It’s also the reason he has to take her in right now for questioning.

Sonny says he doesn’t want Carly going up against Cyrus. That’s his world, not hers. She says, he’s not there. And it’s her world too. It has been, since the first time she married him. He says he did everything he could to protect her and the kids, and she says, he did protect them. Now it’s on her. At least until Jason can clear his name and come home. He says he’s sorry. He never wanted her to face his world alone. She says, neither did she. She’d give anything to have him back. To be able to truly talk to him. She did not want to go to that meeting tonight. She didn’t want any of this, but she got it, and she’s going to do what it takes to protect their family.

Josslyn says, is Cameron saying… He says, he didn’t, and she asks why he scared her like that. He says he owes her the truth. He screwed up, big time. He was wrong about everything, just like she said, because he wouldn’t listen… to the point where he picked up that gun. And for two hours tonight, everyone thought he could have been the shooter, to the point where he started believing it himself. She says, but he didn’t; he’s sure. He says, the police have evidence from the security footage that the shot came from someone standing behind him. She says she’s glad – not that Jason was shot, obviously – but that it wasn’t him. Because if he had shot Jason, she could never forgive him.

Brook wonders what Peter is doing there, but Maxie doesn’t know. Peter asks, what’s going on? and Maxie says, it’s late; she was sleeping. He says, now that she’s up, could she open the door? He brought her a present. Maxie tells Brook that she has to hide. Peter thinks they’re enemies, and she’s running out of excuses. Brook messes up Maxie’s hair, and Maxie asks what she’s doing. Brook tells her, she said she was sleeping. She’s just giving Maxie bedhead. Brook throws a blanket on the couch, and hustles to the bedroom. Maxie lets Peter in, and he looks around. He asks, who’s there with her?

Anna reminds Valentin that Peter’s plan was a variation on something Faison did to control Sean Donnelly. She wants to find the creator of the original toxin. He asks if she thinks Peter used the same scientist, but she doesn’t know. It’s a long shot, but it’s the only lead they have right now. He says he’s been doing some checking of his own. he can’t find a lab that’s had anything to do with Peter since he’s been back in Port Charles. She says, maybe the toxin was something he already had on hand. If she finds the creator, they might also have a cure that could save Chase.

Chase says he knows Willow is worried about Michael, and she says, and his family. Carly, Josslyn, the Quartermaines. Poor Monica. He says, this is why she should go home and hold her son. And she can keep Michael company.

Robert comes into the squad room and says, Olivia is still there? She says she’s not leaving until she sees her son, and he asks if she doesn’t have something better to do, like repair her marriage? She says, since when did he get his therapist license? She tells him, sorry. She doesn’t know if there’s anything left for repairing in her marriage. When she and Robert were in Monte Carlo, it was so exciting. It was liberating even, to be more than just Ned’s wife, or Dante and Leo’s mom. She was a secret agent, saving him and Ethan from the bad guys. When she told Ned, she could see how much he resented her for it. If Ned knew she was talking to him, he wouldn’t be very happy about it. Robert says, it’s not his fault Nedki’s jealous, and she tells him to take the smirk off his face. Something between her and him? That’s crazy… right? Dante comes in, and Olivia asks if he’s back on the force. He says he can’t explain right now; he’s questioning a suspect. Olivia asks, who? and Sam says, me.

Elizabeth arrives at Jax’s house, and asks, where’s Cameron? Jax says he’s out on the deck with Josslyn, but before she goes, can she explain a few things first? She says, Cameron almost threw away his entire future tonight.

Josslyn says she knows Cameron was angry at Jason. She knew he blamed Jason – he’s only told her that a thousand times – but even when they were fighting and he was being totally unreasonable, she still thought somewhere deep down, he was the Cameron she’s always known. And when it came down to it, if he was face to face with Jason, or in a parking garage when Jason was trying to escape, he’d see the truth. That Jason was a man who’d saved his life. But she guesses not. He was able to pick up the gun, and could have shot Jason. He says, but he didn’t, and she says she knows, and that’s good, but she can’t believe it’s gone this far.

Carly tells Sonny, she’s not going to stand by and let Cyrus come after her family. He says he loves it when she gets on fire, and laughs. She tells him, put those dimples away. She’s trying to make a point. He says she doesn’t have to convince him. He knows how strong she is, and he loves it. She says she doesn’t feel strong. She just misses him. He says he’s there; she’s not alone. She hears Michael come in, and Sonny disappears. Michael asks if she’s home, and she comes out. She asks if he heard about Jason, and he asks if it’s true Jason got shot. She says, Jason is okay. She’s sorry, but that’s all she can tell him. He says she doesn’t have to lie to him; just tell him everything that’s been going on.

Willow tells Chase to call if he needs anything, and leaves. Finn comes in, and asks if Willow is going for more coffee. Chase says, she’s going home for some well-deserved rest, just like Finn should be doing. Unless he’s come to tell Chase that he’s being released. Finn says, maybe it wasn’t clear the first thousand times he explained it, but the treatment is to alleviate Chase’s symptoms; it’s not a cure. Chase says he understands that, but he’s feeling better. Why can’t he go home? Finn says, it’s not safe. Chase can’t leave the hospital.

Valentin says, while Anna is looking into Faison’s scientist, they need to find out where Peter is keeping the antidote. They need to keep Chase alive long enough for Finn to find a cure. She says she’s been thinking about that, and she’s convinced Peter is keeping it nearby. He didn’t hesitate to crack a vial of medicine right in front of her face to make a point, which tells her, he’s confident he can get more, and fast. Valentin says, of course (🍷) it’s nearby. It’s his only leverage, but it’s not going to be easy to find.

Maxie asks what Peter is talking about. There’s no one there with her, except for James. He says he heard voices, and she says she fell asleep listening to a podcast. It took her forever to figure out how to turn it off. She asks if this is her surprise, and he hands her a milkshake and a paper bag. He says he was going by, and he saw the lights on. He thought she might have a craving. It’s a butter pecan milkshake from the diner on the corner. He remembers her telling him that she craved butter pecan when she was pregnant with James and Georgie. She thanks him, and says she really should get some sleep. She needs her beauty rest. He says he doesn’t like that she’s falling asleep with all the lights on. That tells him that she’s too tired to turn them off. She’s not taking care of herself. Maxie indicates a pile of papers on the coffee table, and says she was looking at resumés for the live-in nurse. She found someone she wants to interview tomorrow, on the top of the pile. He says, she found the one? and she says, she seems pretty perfect on paper, so as long as she doesn’t have a belly chain, she’s in. She tells him that she’ll put the food in the kitchen, and share it with James tomorrow. When she’s gone, Peter snaps a picture of the resumé. Maxie comes back, and he says he’s glad she found a live-in nurse. He only wants what’s best for her and the baby. He wants them to be safe and happy. She says she knows, but she really should get some sleep. He says he knows when he’s not wanted. Kiss James goodnight for him. She says, of course (🍷), and Peter leaves. In the hallway, he looks at the resumé grimly. Maxie tells Brook, she doesn’t think Peter suspected Brook was there, but this is why they need Britt; she can be a go-between. Brook is still going to need an OB/GYN. It makes sense she’d go to Britt. Brook asks if Maxie trusts Britt to keep her non-pregnancy a secret, and Maxie says, Britt wants her baby away from Peter as much as she does. She’ll go along with their plan to pretend Brook gave birth to Louise. Brook says, while Maxie pretends her baby died. Okay. Britt works. Maxie says, there’s just one problem. Britt’s not here.

Michael asks Carly to tell him everything, from the beginning. She says he’s never been a part of Sonny’s business. That has been the deal since the beginning. That doesn’t change just because he’s gone. He says, Jason is family. He needs to know more than just, he’s going to be okay. She says, Jason is safe, and she’s going to keep him that way. He says, what about Britt? Does that mean she’s not a hostage? Carly says, no. Britt going with Jason was an unanticipated wrinkle, but she’s glad things turned out that way because Jason needs to be under a doctor’s care. He asks what he can do to help, and she says, please just keep things normal for Josslyn and Donna. Be their beloved big brother. Be a great dad to Wiley, and be her amazing son. Can he do that please? He says he can, and they hug.

Jax asks Elizabeth, what was Cameron thinking? Why would he pick up a gun? She says, he was traumatized. She doesn’t think he actually understood what he was doing. Thank God he didn’t pull the trigger. Jax says he can’t help thinking that none of this would have happened if it hadn’t been for Sonny still ruining everybody’s lives. It’s never going to stop, is it?

Josslyn asks Cameron if Jake knows, but he says Jake is at a friend’s house; a sleepover. He doubts Jake even knows Jason escaped from GH. She asks if he’s going to tell Jake that he almost shot his father, and he says she’s acting like he did. But he didn’t. (Agreed.) He picked up the gun – it was stupid, the stupidest thing he’s ever done in his life – but the didn’t pull the trigger. So why is she acting like he did?

As Brook sips Maxie’s milkshake, Maxie paces on the phone. She says, are you kidding me?… She knows they’re not kidding, but this is horrible. Of course (🍷) she’ll keep Britt in her prayers. She thanks Amy for telling her. Brook asks, what’s wrong? What happened to Britt? Maxie says, Jason escaped from GH tonight, and Brook says, good for him. Maxie says, yeah, except he took Britt hostage.

Robert asks Sam why she was at the safe house tonight; other than to wreck a police investigation. She tells him, she has nothing to say without her lawyer present, and he pushes a notepad toward her. He says, when her lawyer is present, and she has something to say, write it down. Contrary to popular belief, she just might be helping Jason. She says, if he wants to help Jason, drop the charges against him and arrest Peter August. He says, my dear, I would love nothing more than to do that, and leaves.

Olivia asks Dante if he’s sure he’s okay with being back on the force, but he says, it’s just temporary. She says he’s not starting off on the right foot, and he asks what she’s talking about. She asks if he’s forgotten that Sam is still on parole. If she gets arrested, and that parole gets revoked, she gets thrown back in Pentenville with her mother. Danny and Scout always have a place at the Quartermaines’, but haven’t those kids been through enough? Is he going to send their mother to Pentenville for the terrible crime of trying to save their father? She thought she raised him better than that. Robert comes by, and tells Dante, she’s all yours.

Chase asks if something is going to happen to him if he leaves the hospital, and Finn says he needs to be monitored 24/7. What if he has another seizure while he’s driving, and hurts himself or someone else? What if it happened in the shower, and he fell and couldn’t get help? Chase promises he won’t drive, and he’ll keep his phone close at all times, but Finn says, a phone’s not going to do him much good if he’s unconscious. He thinks the best thing for Chase is to just sit tight while he researches a treatment. Chase says Finn knows how he feels about this, and Finn says, if it’s any consolation, he hates it too. Chase says, when the hospital was on lockdown, he was ready to drag himself to the garage, just so he could be part of the investigation. Finn asks what stopped him? and Chase says, Willow. She practically sat on him to keep him there. Finn says, good for her. He promises Chase one thing; the world is still going to be there when he gets cured. So will his job, and so will Willow. Chase says, then that’s all that matters.

Michael lets Willow in, and says he wasn’t expecting her. She says she was worried about him after she blabbed about Jason getting shot. He says he spoke to his mom, and Jason is okay. She didn’t need to come; Chase needs her. She says he needs her too, and right now, that’s more important. They hug.

Sonny tells Carly, that’s some kid they got, and she tells him, she always said that Michael was the best of both of them. He thanks her for protecting Michael and keeping him out of the business, because it’s not his place. She says, no, it’s not. It’s hers.

Josslyn walks across the terrace, and looks out to the yard. She says, Cameron is right. He didn’t shoot Jason. All he did was pick up the gun. It was an unbelievably stupid move, but no one got hurt. It’s over. He asks if she really means that, and she tells him, she said it, didn’t she? He says she warned him all along that he was wrong and he’d be sorry. And all along, he wanted to apologize, but thought it might be too late. Is it too late?

Brook tells Maxie, it makes zero sense. Jason doesn’t take hostages. Why would he make an exception for Britt? Maxie says she knows, but according to Amy, it’s what the police are saying. Brook says, the police are idiots. Chase is an exception, of course (🍷). Maxie asks if Brook can please focus. They have a major problem here. Their OB/GYN is on the run with Jason Morgan. What if she doesn’t come back by the time this baby is due? How can they go on with their plan without Britt to help them? Brook says, time for Plan C, whatever the hell that is.

Peter looks at the picture of the resumé on his phone, and makes a call. He says, Maxie has made her choice. The nurse is Chloe Jennings… It’s happening tomorrow. Now, it all depends on Miss Jennings.

Valentin asks if Anna has had any luck, but she says, no. She traced the scientist to a cemetery in Leipzig. Valentin says he assumes he’s dead, and she says, very. So much for tracing the cure to the source. He says he’s sorry, but she says, it’s okay; she’s not giving up. She has another way to get into Europe’s shady scientific community. He says, dare he ask? and she says, maybe this man has former colleagues that can help them. He says, okay. While she’s busy cozying up to her shady scientific community, he’s going to track down Peter’s antidote.

Sam is writing, and Dante looks over her shoulder. She’s drawing a picture of a devil, and he asks if it’s him, but she says, this guy is way better looking. He laughs, and she says if he’s going to interrogate her, she needs to call her lawyer. He tells her, relax. He’s cutting her loose. She asks, why? and he says, because technically, what she did tonight would violate her parole. If she gets arrested, she’ll be sent back to Pentenville to finish out her sentence, and whether or not she deserves that, her kids definitely don’t. She thanks him, and says she’s sorry if her actions tonight damaged their friendship, but he says, her loyalties lie with Danny’s father; he respects that. But it does put them on opposite sides. He guesses that goes for the friendship too. She leaves without saying goodbye.

Finn tells Chase, everything looks good. Does he want something to help him sleep? Chase says, no more drugs, unless it’s a cure, and Finn says he’s working as hard as he can. Chase says, no; he didn’t mean it like that. Finn says he knows how frustrated Chase must be, and Chase says no one is working harder than Finn. He’s glad Finn is on his side. They’re in this together. Finn says, right, and Chase says, then there’s no way they can lose.

Willow says she wants Michael so badly, and he says, but they can’t. She steps away from him, and says she won’t sneak around behind Chase’s back. He says he feels the same way, but it’s hell staying away from her. She says, not until Chase is better. Finn is going to cure whatever’s wrong with Chase, and then she’ll tell him the truth about them. He says, then they can be together.

Carly says she misses Sonny, and he says he’s sorry he left her alone, but he’s always right here… in her heart. He disappears, and she takes a deep breath. She moves to the chair he was sitting in, and says she’s ready. She’s ready to be head of the family, in every way.

Cameron says he really is sorry, and Josslyn says she knows, and it’s okay. She means, it will be okay, but she’s not the one he needs to apologize to. He needs to say he’s sorry to Jake and Jason… if he ever gets the chance. She goes inside, and tells Elizabeth, Cameron just told her what happened. She’s really glad Cameron isn’t the one who shot Jason. Elizabeth says, the police exonerated him, and Cameron comes in. He tells Elizabeth that he’s sorry, but he had to see Josslyn. She says, that’s okay. It’s been a long night. She suggests they go home, and talk about it in the morning. Elizabeth thanks Jax, and leaves with Cameron.

Outside, Cameron says, why did he pick up that gun? It was so stupid. Elizabeth says, it’s okay; it was a terrible mistake. He says, Josslyn warned him that he was going to be sorry, and he didn’t listen to her. Why couldn’t he hear her? She says, Josslyn has a good heart. She’ll understand, eventually. He says, she told him over and over that he was wrong, and now he’s lost her. His best friend. Elizabeth hugs him.

On Monday, Ned tells Olivia that it feels like a new chapter, Cyrus tells Peter that his disregard is a monumental mistake, Carly says everything that happened is on her, and Britt tells Jason that she’s out.

📺 Competition reality shows were this week’s topic on For Real: The Story of Reality TV. Andy talked about how shows like Star Search and So You Think You Can Dance? led to American Idol, and how Project Runway largely got off the ground because Heidi Klum was looking to expand her career, and thought it would work. I have to say, I did not think I’d get as interested in that show as I did. I can’t sew worth a damn, but it sure is fun to watch other people create crazy clothing out of 12 tube socks, a fishing net, and a bubblegum wrapper. We saw Top Chef clips from when Padma was practically a baby, and Andy talked about how the show spun off into versions for quite a few other countries. Shows where there was a central boss, or gatekeeper, that made the winning contestant an insider were covered, like Master Chef and Top Model. I’ll watch anything with Gordon Ramsay in it, but I lost interest in Top Model after Janice Dickinson left. I did always wonder why some contestants flipped out, and not in a good way, over getting makeovers. Isn’t that part of it? The show that taught us to smize, was another one that had incarnations all over the world. Andy tried to make it sound like Top Model was a public service of some kind, which made me wonder if he got residuals or something. There was a virtual chat with Mona Scot Young, producer on Love & Hip-Hop, Kandi Burress, Holly Carter, producer of Preachers of L.A., Detroit, and Atlanta, and Vivica A. Fox. No surprise, they saved The Apprentice for last, getting somewhat political, along with an interview with Omarosa, who’d been in almost 30 reality shows, beginning with The Apprentice.

In wrapping up the series, Andy said reality TV would continue to produce winners and losers. It teaches us that it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, people admire the guts it takes to put yourself out there. I’m not so sure about that, but okay. He said reality TV used to be a guilty pleasure, but over the years, it had gained prestige, along with two Emmy categories. Project Runway has also won the Peabody Award, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honoring the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. That’s a lot. Carson Kressley summed it up by saying that the cast members are a lot more like us than not like us, and Andy finished, telling us, whether we’re shocked and awed, our lives are made over, we’re addicted to love, or want to see how the other half lives, we’re sharing what it is to be human.

🗽 That’s the Reality Of It…

The latest on the latest RHONY cast member.

https://www.essence.com/love/eboni-k-williams-fiance/

📸 Fun While It Lasted…

Another one for The Countess’s scrapbook.

https://extratv.com/2021/05/04/luann-de-lesseps-and-garth-wakeford-split/

🏖 Still Echoing…

Recapping the highlights of the worst Reunion of the worst people ever.

The award for Most Changed for the Better goes to:

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/06/summer-houses-carl-radke-talks-sobriety-after-brothers-death/

And the award for the Biggest Jerkface on the Planet goes to:

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/06/luke-gulbranson-says-summer-house-producers-meddled-in-hannah-berner-plot/

🤫 Don’t Speak…

Continuing the quiet.

https://comicbook.com/horror/news/quiet-place-part-2-trailer-final-horror/

🌽 For the Thousandth Time…

Did we really need another one?

‘Children of the Corn’ Reboot Gets First Images

🏇 Coming In First…

The whole Anna Nicole thing was so tragic, kudos to her dad for stepping up.

https://people.com/parents/dannielynn-birkhead-attends-kentucky-derby-with-dad-larry-birkhead/

🐾 Daddy Gaga…

Probably nothing you didn’t know, but there are some cute dog pics.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/30/lady-gagas-dad-says-he-never-believed-unusual-story-of-woman-who-found-dogs/

🪓 But Mommie Dearest Never Gets Old…

And what the hell was wrong with Cats? Did no one see it on Broadway? It was pretty much the same thing.

https://ew.com/gallery/oscar-winners-who-have-razzies/

🤺 Quotes of the Week

The liver is strong here. – EvanGoldschneider, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, referring to the level of drinking

Hope is the destination that we seek. Love is the road that leads to hope. Courage is the motor that drives us. We travel out of darkness into faith. – Dean Koontz

Think before you speak. Read before you think. – Fran Lebowitz

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Mahatma Gandhi

You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you. – Katherine Johnson

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. – Plato

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming. – Muhammad Ali

Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with it all. – Diana Keaton

Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost. – Kellie Elmore

Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do. – Roy T. Bennett

You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed. – Misty Copeland

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. – Jack Kornfield

There is no friend as loyal as a book. – Ernest Hemingway

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. – Audrey Hepburn (Ain’t it the truth. Every year, I believe I’ll get tomatoes.)

🐄 Cows Officially Home…

Once again, we’ve come to the end of another workweek. Or another five days have passed, depending on your situation. Whatever way you’re rolling these days, give it a rest for a moment, and shuffle things around. Do something you haven’t done in a while, or never did. Until we reconvene on Dead night, stay safe, stay keeping yourself on your toes, and stay not worrying about winning or losing. Just have the guts to put yourself out there.

And don’t forget your mom this Sunday!