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

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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 10th 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 18th 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.

May12

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

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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 7th 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

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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!

May7

May 6, 2021 – Spinelli Is Interrogated, Million Dollar Return, Sweet Relief, Not That Great & Spring

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Cameron walks into the interrogation room, and Jordan says, while they were checking for gunpowder residue, she was able to screen the security footage from the garage. Like she already told Elizabeth and Scotty, it appears Jason was shot with a bullet coming from behind Cameron. It appears he never fired the gun at all. Scotty says, case closed, and Jordan says, forensics supports it. The bullet Jason was hit with didn’t come from the gun Cameron was holding. She’s dropping the charges, but wants to make something clear; pointing a gun at someone is assault. If the gun had gone off and hit someone, whether or not he intended to shoot them, it’s attempted murder. He should have never picked up that gun. Cameron says he understands, and she says she hopes he does. He came dangerously close to throwing his life away tonight for the next twenty years. He’s free to go. She leaves, and Elizabeth hugs Cameron.

Portia walks into The Savoy, where Curtis is unpacking boxes of liquor. She says, look who’s working late, and he says he’s trying to get the place ready for opening night. He asks if she came from the hospital, and she says, Trina has her car, so she took a Ride Share. They were going past the place, and she saw the lights were on, so she came by to see if he needed any help. A woman comes in, and says she’s sorry she’s late. She thanks Curtis for waiting for her.

Dante comes into the squad room, and Jordan asks if he’s had any luck. He says, Carly doesn’t want to say anything about Jason’s whereabouts, but he’s pretty sure she knows where he is. Jordan says, does he want to bring her in? but he says, there’s no point. Her lawyer is going to say they don’t have probable cause, and she’ll walk right out. Jordan says it’s always the same thing with people like Carly; they don’t play by the rules. He says, and the cops get caught in the crossfire, and she says, ain’t that the truth? She tells him that she’s going home to change, but she’ll be back. On her way out, she sees Sam coming in, and Sam asks if there’s any word on Jason. Jordan nods to Dante, and Sam goes over to him, saying, it was all over the news. They said Jason escaped. Did they find him? Is he okay? Dante says they haven’t found him yet. He knows she’s worried, but they’re doing everything in their power to bring Jason back safely. Sam asks if he’s working on the force again, and he says, just this one case. Everything else is to be determined. She says she’d rather deal with him than anyone else, because if he’s going to bring in Jason safely, he’s going to need her.

At Jax’s place, Josslyn tells Jax, mom still isn’t returning her calls. She knows he said to be patient and wait, but she can’t help it. She’s freaking out about Jason getting shot. Jax says, this isn’t a new situation for Jason. He chose to escape, with a hostage, and he will deal with the fallout. She says, Jason’s the victim here. He didn’t kill Franco. He probably realized that breaking out of the hospital was the only way he could prove his innocence. The doorbell rings, and when Jax opens the door, Carly walks in. She goes over to Josslyn, and hugs her. Josslyn asks, where was she? Why wasn’t she returning Josslyn’s calls? Is Jason okay?

Jason and Britt crouch down behind the bed, and Jason tells her, stay still; someone’s coming. Someone puts a key in the lock, and Jason lowers his gun. She asks what he’s doing. What if it’s Cyrus? He says, Cyrus doesn’t have a key, and she says, maybe he got his hands on one. He says, then he has a clear shot. As the door opens, Jason aims his gun again, and Spinelli comes in. He says, don’t shoot!

Jordan enters the apartment, and looks at boxes being packed. Trina startles her, and says, sorry she didn’t call. Is her dad around? Jordan says, he went to dinner with an ex-cop friend. She has to get changed and head back to work, but Trina is more than welcome to wait. Trina asks if Jordan is moving, but Jordan says, Curtis is. Trina says she’s sorry. She knew they were separated, but she guesses she was hoping… Jordan says, her too, and Trina says, whoever made up happily ever after was totally deluded. Jordan says, a lot of people get one, and Trina says, just not Jordan and Curtis? Jordan says, no. They’re getting divorced.

Curtis says he got the woman’s text, and she says she cleared her schedule. Her phone rings, and she steps away to take the call. Portia says, looks like all of Curtis’s hard work is paying off. She’ll leave him to it. He says, it’s not what she thinks, but she says she’s not judging. She’s been through a divorce, and knows how lonely and painful it is. If he can find companionship, go for it. He says he can explain, but she says, it’s not necessary. He says, maybe it is. Why doesn’t she stay? He could use her help.

Dante tells Sam, everybody and their grandmother is calling about Jason’s escape. He knows she’s worried about Jason, but she should be with Scout and Danny. She tell him, don’t push her away, and he says, when he knows something, she’ll know something. She wants to know all he knows about Jason’s escape, and he says, Jason escaped with a possible hostage, and shots were fired. She says, oh my God, and he says, a bullet has Jason’s blood on it, but they don’t know how badly he’s hurt. He’s with Britt, and hostage or not, she’ll take care of him. Sam says, they have to find Jason before it’s too late, or someone else gets hurt.

Britt thanks Spinelli for bringing the supplies, and he says it’s his great pleasure. He was led to believe Jason was in more dire condition than he appears. Britt says, appearances can be deceiving, and asks Jason how he’s feeling. Don’t lie. She heads for the bag, and Jason says, a little lightheaded, but nothing serious. Britt looks through the bag, and Spinelli tells Jason, they monitored Jason’s escape in the beginning, and it appeared to be going smoothly, but then Jason turned around and ran back inside. Britt says, Jason was saving her life, and Spinelli says, that’s certainly commendable. Britt starts putting something in a syringe, and Jason tells her not to give him anything that’s going to put him under or make him tired, but she says, it’s antibiotics, so his wound doesn’t get infected. She didn’t go through all this trouble just to have him die on her.   

Carly tells Josslyn, Jason is okay, but she was worried about Josslyn. Josslyn says, because she ditched the volleyball tournament? and Carly says, the volleyball tournament, and she went to Pennsylvania to pick up her father, and lied about all of it. Josslyn says she knew Carly wouldn’t let her go if she told the truth, and she wanted to see her dad. Jax says he appreciates it, but she can’t lie to her parents, and Carly says, she needs to know where Josslyn is at all times. Josslyn suggests they go home, and she’ll explain there, but Carly says she wants an explanation now. Josslyn is wearing a boot, and her father’s arm is in a sling. Start explaining, both of them, now.

Back at Elizabeth’s house, Scotty says he can order a sausage pizza, but Cameron says he’s fine. Elizabeth says he has to eat, and Cameron tells her, he said he was okay. She says he hardly spoke on the way home. Maybe tomorrow he could talk to Doc. Cameron says, he knows he was stupid, but he wanted to stop Jason because of what happened to Franco. Then… Elizabeth says, then what? and Cameron says, then he heard her say Jason didn’t kill Franco. Scotty takes off his glasses and rubs his forehead. I’m sure he has a massive headache.

Portia wonders why Curtis would need her. It looks like he has all the help he needs. He says, a second opinion is helpful, and introduces mixologist Angela to his good friend Portia. Angela says she’ll get to work, and Curtis tells Portia, Angela’s website is legendary. She’s created the most innovative and original cocktails he’s ever seen. Portia says, so Angela is his new bartender, but he says, mixologist. It’s the term preferred by those as scientific and original as Angela. He brought her there to give him ideas for his cocktail menu. Portia says she wouldn’t think he’d need help with that, and he says, given a choice between a beer and a fancy drink with an umbrella in it, he’ll choose the beer. He asks if Portia wants to help with the tasting. Angela uses the cocktail shaker, and Portia says, that’s one of her favorite sounds. How can she say no? Curtis tells Angela to give them her best shot.   

Trina says, if Jordan hadn’t lied to protect her, Curtis would still be there, but Jordan says, no. A lot of people thought Taggert was dead, and she’d do it again to protect Trina from Cyrus. Trina says, those people weren’t Jordan’s husband, and Jordan says, because she lied to Curtis, he realized what she’d been ignoring. They’re marriage wasn’t perfect. Trina says, no marriage is perfect. How can it be? Her mom and dad loved each other, but it wasn’t enough to keep them together. Jordan says, Trina’s mom and Curtis are looking for someone who will always be honest with them, and doesn’t hold anything back. Trina says, and Jordan and her dad have secrets. Jordan says, in their line of work, it comes with the job. Unfortunately, it’s not always possible to be honest.

Sam tells Dante, talk to her, or she’s going to dig her heels in. He says he thought she and Jason broke up. He thought she couldn’t deal with Jason’s business anymore. She says she thought he wasn’t a cop anymore, and he says, he wasn’t until tonight. They were short-handed. Chase is tied up at the hospital, Valerie is in court, and Mac twisted his arm. He owes Mac and Jordan a lot, and feels a responsibility to them. Sam asks, why not let her help them by helping him? She and Jason aren’t together anymore, and she’s living a separate life for the kids, but face it. Who knows Jason better than she does?

Britt puts gauze on Jason’s arm after the shot, and says, that should hold him. Unless he reopens the wound, and bleeds all over again. He says he’ll be careful, and she says, that would be a refreshing change. She tells Spinelli that he can open his eyes now, and keep them open. Jason needs to rest, and she wants Spinelli to make sure he does. Jason asks where she’s going, and she says she has to call her mother. Obrecht needs to know she’s okay. Don’t worry. She won’t give anything away. He asks what she’s going to use as a phone, and nods to Spinelli, who hands her one. She says, wow; you guys think of everything. She goes into another room, and Jason asks if Spinelli has heard from Carly. Spinelli says, they were together in the early part of the evening. They were monitoring what should have been a simple and straightforward escape. He admires Jason’s chivalrous impulse – he’d expect nothing less – but he must point out that it threw a monkey wrench into the plans, causing Jason to be injured, and Carly having to go to the meeting of the Five Families alfredo sauce on her own. Jason asks if Spinelli knows what happened, but Spinelli says Carly hasn’t seen fit to update him, and he had to bring the medical supplies. Jason says they need to get to the MetroCourt. He knows how to do it without the cops seeing. He needs to talk to Carly. Spinelli says he’s not taking Jason anywhere. Even if he was willing to risk it, he loathes facing the wrath of The Britch. Jason says, don’t call her that.

Elizabeth tells Cameron, they didn’t intend for him to overhear. Scotty says he thinks Cameron should hear this. He was convinced, like Cameron, that Jason killed Franco. So were the cops; that’s why they arrested him. Cameron asks what changed Scotty’s mind? and Scotty says, the facts. They all point to Peter August. Cameron says, Jason hated Franco, and Elizabeth didn’t see Mr. August standing over Franco’s body; she saw Jason. A witness saw Jason ditch the gun. Those are facts. Elizabeth says she knows how it looks, but Peter tried killing Franco before, to keep Drew’s memories from coming to light. Cameron says, Peter stopped the assassin, but Scotty says, Peter hired the assassin. They don’t know why he called it off, but he’s the one who printed the story about Franco’s tumor. It brought out every crackpot in town, going after his son. Let’s get the serial killer. They know Franco wasn’t that guy anymore. Cameron asks if they can prove Peter killed Franco, and Elizabeth says, they can’t, but it’s true.

Josslyn tells Carly that her dad was caught in the middle of a robbery in Nixon Falls, and got shot trying to help. Jax says, it’s a minor wound, and the robbers were arrested long before Josslyn and Trina got there. Carly asks how he got involved, and how did Josslyn reinjure her ankle? Josslyn suggests Carly give them time to ask their own questions. Like Jason getting shot. Was hospital security responsible? Was it the police? Jax says, when Dante was here, he said Jason escaped, and took a hostage. Carly asks when Dante was there, and Jax says, he was there earlier. He told them Jason escaped, and took Britt with him. Josslyn says she doesn’t buy for a second that Jason would take a hostage, but people will who don’t know him well, especially those who think he killed Franco.

Angela mixes drinks, and Portia asks Curtis if Angela picks the types of drinks he serves. How does that work? He says, that’s why they’re here. He used his phone to scan the QR code Angela emailed him. He asks Angela to show Portia the QR code, and Angela holds up her phone. Portia says, yes, of course (🍷), and Curtis says it contains a proposed cocktail menu. Portia says, what they’re going to be tasting now? and he says, yes. He asks Angela to please surprise them, and she pours two drinks for them. Portia thanks her, and toasts, to the Savoy. May it have a long and successful life. They clink glasses, and take a sip. Curtis says, wow, and Portia says his mixologist knows her stuff. She asks what the name of the drink is, and Angela says, Between the Sheets, and they laugh.

Jordan tells Trina that she needs to change, and get back to work. There’s food in the fridge; Trina can make a snack. Trina says she’s good. She’ll talk to her dad another time. She says she heard on the news that Jason escaped GH, and Jordan says she can’t talk about it. Trina says she gets it. Josslyn must be worried sick. Jordan says tell Josslyn she’ll find him, and bring him back safe. Trina thanks her, and says she can talk to Curtis, and remind him that Jordan lied to protect her. Jordan says, thanks, but like she said, there were cracks in their marriage before. Trina says, the whole trust thing? and Jordan says, exactly. If you don’t have it when it matters most, what is your marriage really about? Trina leaves, and Jordan looks at the boxes again.

Dante tells Sam, you win, and Sam says, he’ll let her help. He says, okay, but only because if he doesn’t, he knows she’ll do it on her own. He has conditions, and she says, name it. He says, she doesn’t go rogue. If she finds out anything, share it with him. She says she has conditions. If he finds out anything, he shares it with her. He says, deal, and she says, deal, and they shake hands. She asks, what’s next? and he says, they’ll start with the obvious; the safe houses. Jason is definitely holed up in one. She says, but which one? She used to know where a lot of their locations were, but she’s been out of the loop for a long time. She does know someone who might know though.

Spinelli apologizes, saying, his cheap shot at Britt was uncalled for. Jason says she saved his life, and Spinelli says Jason needs to heed her advice; rest and heal. Britt comes back, and says, good. Mr. Spinelli was paying attention, unlike his friend who’s determined to ruin her hard work. She gives Spinelli back the phone, and Jason says he’s got to get to Carly, but Britt says she disagrees. She’s betting Carly would too. He was shot, operated on in a very unsafe safe house, and just got a blood transfusion. He needs to heal, or he’ll be no good to Carly or anyone else. Spinelli’s’ phone rings, and he says, greetings, Samantha, but Dante says it’s him. They need to talk. Spinelli asks if Sam is okay, and Dante says, she’s great, but he needs Spinelli at the station. Spinelli asks why Dante is summoning him to a place Dante is no longer affiliated with, and Dante says he’ll explain when Spinelli gets there. Spinelli says, now is not a good time, but Dante suggests he make time, or he’ll send a squad car to Spinelli’s house, and the neighbors will be interested as to why there’s police presence outside his home. Spinelli asks if Dante can do that. Is he an officer of peace again? but Dante hangs up. Spinelli says Dante wants to see him at the PCPD, and Jason says, then he’d better not disappoint. Spinelli says, Dante will be very disappointed. His lips are super sealed. He leaves, and Britt asks if Jason is sure it’s a good idea to let Spinelli talk to the cops.

Cameron says, it can’t be true. Jason didn’t kill Franco. That means all the times he fought with Josslyn and Jake, he was wrong. Josslyn kept trying to tell him that Jason saved his life. He picked up a gun… He could have shot Jason. He runs upstairs, and Elizabeth starts to follow him, but Scotty stops her. He tells her to wait. Cameron needs time to figure things out. When he needs help, they’ll be there for him.

Carly tells Josslyn, Jason is innocent. They know that, and it’s all that matters. They hug, and Jax tells Josslyn that he needs to talk to Carly in private. Josslyn says she’s not a child; he can talk in front of her. He says it’s because she’s not a child that he’s asking her to give them a moment. Carly tells her, it’s okay, and Josslyn leaves. Jax asks if Carly really expects him to believe that Jason escaped all by himself. He had to have someone on the outside helping him. Someone who would do anything for him, and they both know who that is.

Portia wonders where they’re coming up with the cocktail names, and asks if she gets to name her own cocktail. Curtis says he thinks that can be arranged. He picks up the next drink, and says, this looks familiar. They both take a sip, and he says, yeah, and she says, Moonlight Garden. He says she flew to Miami for a medical conference, and she says, he surprised her by showing up at her hotel room. It rained the entire time, and when they weren’t in the room… He says, they were in the bar. The bartender made this very drink for them. She says, the bartender felt bad because they couldn’t go outside; they couldn’t take long walks. She remembers he said, wherever you’ll be, one sip of this, and you’ll feel like you’re in a… They both say, moonlight garden. She asks if it’s staying on the menu, but he says he thinks it’s better if it stays a memory.

Britt tells Jason, she has her own history with Spinelli. Would she save him if his life was in danger? Yes, but would she trust him if hers was? No. He says he trusts Spinelli more than anyone, and she says she recognizes the guy has his good points; his loyalty to Jason, his gadget wizardry. But he has a habit of filling in sentences with twenty words when five will do. Does Jason really trust him not to reveal their location? Jason says he knows Spinelli, and he knows exactly how this is going to play out.

Dante asks Spinelli, where’s Jason? Was he with Spinelli when Dante called? Spinelli says he has no idea what Dante is talking about, and Dante says Jason needed help to escape; computer help, that’s him. Spinelli says he admits he is an expert… and Dante says, quit the games or he’ll put Spinelli in lock-up, and he can hang out with the worst of the worst. Spinelli says, no intimidation will cause him to confess, and tries to get up, but Dante pushes him back into the chair. Sam runs in, and says, enough. Dante promised to take it easy on Spinelli. Dante says Spinelli knows where Jason is, and Sam says, don’t say another word. She’s calling Diane. Dante says she’s going to regret this, and so is Spinelli. He slams out of the room, and Sam asks if Spinelli is okay. He says he’s been through worse. How is she? She seems frantic. She says, frantic is an understatement. She’s scared. She’s frantic for Danny. Scout is too little to understand, but Danny’s not. He can see the news, or look online. Spinelli says, Jason is fine, and she asks if he knows where Jason is. He says, they know Jason is eminently able to take care of himself, and she sits down across from him. She says, Jason was shot. Is he really comfortable trusting Britt with Jason’s life? He knows where Jason is, doesn’t he? She can’t believe it. He’s going to treat her like this, after everything they’ve been through? He doesn’t trust her not to say anything? Where is Jason?  Where is he?

Elizabeth tells Scotty that she’s glad Jake is at a sleepover, and she doesn’t have to tell him until he gets home tomorrow. Scotty says, poor kid, and she says, Jake knew his father was innocent, and kept defending Jason to Cameron, but Cameron wouldn’t hear it. How does she help her boys get through this?

Cameron calls Trina, and asks if she’s got a minute. She says, for him, she’s got five. Did he hear Jason escaped from GH? Pretty wild. He guesses the news has already reached Buffalo, but she says she and Josslyn never made it to the volleyball tournament. Long story, but they ended up going to Pennsylvania to pick up Josslyn’s dad instead. He says, so she’s in Pennsylvania? And she says, no. They’re in Port Charles; they drove back last night. They took her mom’s car, and she dropped Josslyn and her dad off. He asks what she was doing, and she says, long story. And please don’t tell Josslyn, I told you so. She feels bad enough about playing volleyball against her doctor’s orders. He says he’s never been one to tell anybody, I told you so. He’ll talk to her later.  

Carly tells Jax, if he wants to blame someone for this mess, blame Cyrus. As far as she’s concerned, he’s responsible for Sonny’s death, and wants to fill the void Sonny left behind. Jax says, Cyrus didn’t help Jason escape, and Carly says, he’s the reason Franco is dead, and the reason Jason escaped. Jax says he knows Cyrus wants Jason out of the way so he can take over Sonny’s territory, and Carly says, Cyrus realized tonight, it won’t be so easy for him, but she’s sure he’ll keep trying. He says, it’s not her fight, and it’s not her daughter’s fight, but Carly says, Josslyn is right. She’s not a little girl anymore. Jason would take on Cyrus if he could, but someone had to step in to protect Sonny’s family. He says, and that person is her?

Curtis asks Angela if she thinks the menu will be ready in time for the opening, and she says, whatever he wants. He thanks her, and she leaves. Portia says it looks like his mixologist is ready to mix it up with him, and he says she has an active imagination. She says, Angela’s smile said it all. She can’t believe he didn’t notice. He says he cares more about a good cocktail, and she says, really? Maybe he’s not as ready to walk away as he thinks. He says, because he didn’t notice a smile? and she says, because he’s still wearing a ring. Trina starts to come down the stairs, but sees them, and backs up.

Dante comes back to the interrogation room, and says, time’s up. He asks, where’s Sam? and Spinelli says, is he under arrest? If so, he pleads the fifth. If not, he still pleads the fifth. Dante asks Officer Miller to take Spinelli to holding, where he can hang out with some of their other guests. Spinelli asks if those guests are potentially hostile, and Dante says Spinelli can stick to his principles. That’s what the fifth is for, right? Spinelli says he did tell Sam something she found illuminating, and Dante says, which is what? Spinelli doesn’t say anything, and Dante says, okay. Maybe he needs to sit and stew with his new friends downstairs while he thinks of what to say next. Officer Miller takes Spinelli out, and Dante makes a call. He asks if they followed her… Did she see them?… Don’t do anything. He’s on his way.

Scotty says he hopes Elizabeth convinces Cameron to get psychological help, even if it is Doc. Cameron knows she’s there and supporting him, which is good. Elizabeth says, Cameron had to admit he was wrong about Jason, when he took such a strong stance. Thank God he didn’t pull the trigger. Cameron alienated his brother and his closest friend. She doesn’t know how he’s going to bounce back from that. Scotty says, Elizabeth is all over the map. Let him go upstairs and see what’s going on.

Jax says, Jason decided to escape, so she stepped in to take his place? How far is she willing to take this, and how is she going to explain it to Josslyn? She says, Josslyn has heard worse from her, but he says, Josslyn shouldn’t have to hear anything – ever again. For God’s sake, this has got to stop. Carly says, it can’t. Sonny is gone, and Jason isn’t there. There is no one else. He says, there are others who are quite capable of taking over, but she insists there aren’t. She already declared herself in charge, and if she steps back, she’ll leave her family vulnerable, and Cyrus will take over. She has to remain in charge. That’s the deal, and he’ll just have to get used to it.

Jax says, Carly has made her choice, and now he’ll make his. Josslyn stays there. She says, no, and he says, then tell him that he’s wrong to worry. That whatever she put in motion isn’t causing some rethinking of how to best retaliate. She says, Josslyn stays tonight; only tonight. They’ll see how it plays out. He says, maybe they should take it one night at a time, and she says her security people stay there, or Josslyn doesn’t. He says, her security people? Does she like way that sounds? Fine. He’ll allow them to stay. Josslyn asks, what’s going on? and Carly says she and Jax decided Josslyn she’ll stay their tonight. She’ll come by in the morning, and they’ll work everything out. Is it okay with her? Josslyn asks if she has a choice, and Carly says, sometimes you don’t. She’s sorry, but they make the decisions they make because they love her. Josslyn says she knows, and they hug. Josslyn says she loves Carly her too, and Carly tells Jax, take care of her. He says she knows he will, and she leaves.

Scotty comes downstairs, and tells Elizabeth, Cameron is nowhere to be found. He’s not in his room; he’s nowhere. She says he’s not down there. He’s gone. They have to find him.

Josslyn says, Jax and Carly were talking about Jason, weren’t they? and Jax says, a little bit. She heard her mother. Apparently, Jason is doing fine. Josslyn says, what else? and he says, they talked about her, and what’s best for her. She says, which is? and he says, a good night’s sleep to start. The doorbell rings, and he tells her, go upstairs, but she says, no way. She wants to see who it is. The guard says, they have a visitor, but Jax says he wasn’t expecting anyone. The guard says, they’re here to see his daughter. It’s Cameron.

Trina peeks down the stairs, and Curtis says, maybe it’s the right time to make a clean break, and there’s no time like the present. He tries to take off the ring, but it’s stuck. Portia says she’ll give him some assistance, and he tells her, go easy. She gets it off, and hands it to him. Trina watches.   

Jordan asks Officer Miller where Dante is, but he doesn’t know. Dante told him to watch a person of interest. She looks into the interrogation room, and then goes in. Spinelli says, Detective Falconari is out of control, but she says she doesn’t want to hear it. She wants to hear about Spinelli and Jason. Start talking now.   

Sam gets to the safe house, but Dante has followed, and tells her, back away from the door. She says, he followed her, and he says, damn right. It was a test, and she failed. Back off. She says, no way. She’s going in with him. Dante draws his gun, and tries the door, but it’s locked. He yells, police! and kicks in the door, but no one is there.   

Britt drives, with Jason on the passenger side. He tells her to slow down, but she wants to get out of Port Charles as fast as possible. He says it wouldn’t be good if they got pulled over. Stick to the speed limit. She says, sure thing, grandpa.  

Tomorrow, Jax says it’s never going to stop, Cameron says Josslyn doesn’t know everything, Anna tells Valentin that she told Peter the truth, and Carly tells vision of Sonny that she’ll do what it takes to protect her family.

💰 Just a quick rundown on the season premiere of Million Dollar Listing: New York. It started with the beginnings of the pandemic. Fredrik was stuck in LA; Steve said sellers weren’t listing properties; and Ryan said this was going to change everything. Moving to three months earlier, the city was bustling. Ryan said his team from Nestseekers had done 1.4 billion in sales in 2019, and he was looking to do more. Daughter Zena was almost one, and he was renovating his dream home in Brooklyn. New broker, Kirsten (or KJ), was from the Hudson Advisory Team, and looked at real estate as a competitive sport. Steve had cut all his hair off, and said he was taking fewer listings. He found asking prices were too high, and he wouldn’t take a listing unless it was priced right.

Tyler had been floundering last season, wanting to sell at a higher price point. Since he’d never had a sale in the skabillion range, it was hard to get someone to trust him enough to give him a chance. He’d decided to step it up. He got a new wardrobe to dress the part, was working with a life coach, meditating, and working out. He had a new love of his life, a horse named Quinaro, and had begun riding as well. Another new part of his life was assistant Kemba, who went with him to see the ginormous 3000 square foot apartment, that spanned an entire floor and was nearly a block wide. And had a private swimming pool that changed colors. He tried explaining to the sellers that the apartment was over-staged. Potential buyers didn’t realize how high ceilings were because they were looking at the shiny gold couch. He told them that restaging it would be in the $120-150K range, and they needed to go down in price to $11 million. It was what the market was telling him.

Tyler got the sellers to lower the price, but they wouldn’t pony up to restage. Some brokers pay for it themselves and get it back when the property sells, but I guess that wasn’t an option for him, so the furniture was removed entirely. Leaving brokers and potential buyers nowhere to sit during the open house. Hopefully, the $10K in champagne made up for it. And the string quartet. Tyler said one had played as the Titanic sunk, and he felt it would be symbolic if he was going down. Kelly Bensimon, who’d been on RHONY once upon a time, showed up.

So did the other brokers, including KJ, who immediately chatted up the seller. In his interview, Ryan said, if you didn’t keep your client handcuffed to your ankles, Kirsten would steal them because she was a shark. Like him.   

The only other thing really worth mentioning was the faucet in a townhouse Ryan was checking out. It had sensors in it, which caused the hot and cold water to light up red and blue respectively. Even Ryan said he’d never seen that before.  

This season, real estate upstate, Dorinda Medley from RHONY, a llama, Tyler has a win, Fredrik comes back, and Ryan opens his own real estate company.

🏖 In the horror that was Get Me the Hell Out of Here Already Summer House Reunion Part Two, Kyle had walked off, and Paige told Hannah, you have to learn to walk away in your mind without physically walking away. Surprisingly, I thought this was actually decent advise. We took a trip down Carl Memory Lane, which was kind of fun. Clips were shown of all the cast members throughout the season, but Carl got special treatment, since he’d become such a big boy. His clips went all way back to the beginning of this dreadful series. We also found out that Captain Lee (Below Deck) had reached out to Carl, since both Carl’s brother and the captain’s son had died from overdoses. Lindsay said it was the true definition of a Bravo family, but I’d say it was more like a testament to what a decent guy Captain Lee is. Carl said he had a hard time watching the old clips.

In other news, Danielle had been living with Robert for five months, and thought he was the one. Paige and Perry had broken up, Paige explaining that being away from him for six weeks made her realize she wasn’t feeling what she should be feeling. Lindsay and Stephen called it quits because of personality differences. Then there was the obligatory moment of talking at the same time, along with a side of screeching and finger pointing, when sh*t stirrer Andy brought up Hannah telling everyone a psychic said Lindsay slept with Luke. While well-adjusted people would probably laugh or at least shrug it off, you’d have thought from Lindsay’s reaction, the world was coming to an end. What is that line again about protesting too much?

Hannah was now engaged to Des after six months of dating, and said quarantine years were like dog years. Luke and Lindsay ganged up on Hannah for saying Luke was leading her on when she’d been with Des. I still don’t get this, since it wasn’t like she had some kind of commitment with Des or Luke, who kept sending mixed messages. She said Luke had asked her to meet his parents, and Luke had the audacity to claim production had wanted him to do it. Andy was like, um… no, and Hannah walked, saying, Luke was an effing a-hole. He hunted her down and apologized, saying he’d been going through stuff. Ugh. The vaguest, most lame excuse in the world.

Kyle accused Hannah of being a fake friend… or Paige. I wasn’t sure. Maybe it was both of them. Paige didn’t want to seem like she was betraying Hannah and Amanda or being two-faced. Hannah said she was always on the defense, but also couldn’t let go of animosity toward Kyle. This seemed to be the end of Amanda and Hannah’s friendship, but who the hell knows.

Andy thought they should close with gratitude. Since, in one of his many drunken moments, Kyle said he was grateful for sharks, friends, and family, Andy asked if that was still the case. Kyle said, despite the drama, he hadn’t wanted to go home, and Carl said, who had it better than them? Andy ended with a toast – toasted bread – and everyone got a sandwich. Considering how they started eating like they’d never seen food, I’m guessing it was a 50 hour day.

In closing, thank God it’s over.

📺 During the commercial breaks, Andy kept saying he was going to have the greatest Housewives on Watch What Happens Live. I beg to differ, since LVP was nowhere to be seen.

🌃 See You On the Morrow…

Once again, it turned into a day on the hamster wheel, but tomorrow is Friday, and at least I get to change wheels soon. And maybe a little Netflix & Chips. No matter what you prefer with your streaming, stay safe, stay questioning authority, and stay keeping your clients handcuffed to your ankles around KJ and Ryan.

May6

May 5, 2021 – Carly Attends the Meeting, Jackie’s Apple Picking Birthday, a Switch, They’re Done, Newbie Report, No Jill, Tips For Celebration & Heart Sound

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

General Hospital

Jordan says she appreciates Dante coming back to work on this case, and he says, sure. As far as Jason’s concerned, he couldn’t have gotten far, especially if he’s been shot. Jordan agrees, and they arrive at the interrogation room. Dante says, poor kid, but Jordan says, that remains to be seen.

In the room, Elizabeth asks if Scotty can’t make them take the cuffs off, and he says he’ll speak to them. Don’t worry. He’ll do everything in his power to protect Cameron. She says, don’t worry? Her son’s just been arrested for shooting Jason. Cameron says, he didn’t shoot Jason, okay? He didn’t shoot anybody. Why won’t anybody listen to him?

Sonny puts a fancy drink in front of Nina, and she says, what’s this? He says, the Tan-O-tini; it’s his own creation. She asks if she should try it, and he says, come on. She takes a sip, and says, that is delicious. Does she detect a little tangerine? Maybe a little spice? He says she has a nice palate. Squeezed with a little smoked chili bitters, right? Makes it spicy. She tells him, I bet you say that to all the girls, and he says, he’ll let her get back to her… He indicates her phone, and she says, that’s all right. She wasn’t calling anyone. She was checking out some apartment rentals there in Nixon Falls. He says, so she’s thinking of staying there, and she says she’s considering it. They smile at each other. My pipe dream of a couple.

Jax holds the door for Josslyn, and asks if she needs some help. She says, does he? and he says, she’s right; they’re wounded. Good thing Trina was injury free, so she could drive them all the way back from Nixon Falls. She says she’s sorry Nina didn’t come back, and he says, that’s okay; there will be other trips. It’s always too soon to quit. Josslyn laughs, and asks how many quotes he has. He says, enough to annoy her into telling him what’s really going on. Every time he asks her about the ankle boot or college, she gives him a vague answer. Her dad’s just not buying it. She says she was just worried about mom. She was so distracted, she didn’t even grill Josslyn on why she was in Pennsylvania with Jax, instead of at the volleyball tournament. She’s not complaining, but something seems really off with her mom. Did she give him any details?

Cyrus says he appreciates the representatives of the Five Families gelato extending an invitation to his first meeting of the Family heads. Shall they begin? Carly walks in, dazzling in white, and says, not so fast. She walks to the head of the table, and says, now they can begin. Cyrus says, Mrs. Corinthos was not on the guest list, and Carly says, an oversight, she’s sure. There’s plenty of room at the table. Just like there’s plenty of room outside for the rest of her people. Cyrus says, that’s all well and good, but what is she doing there?

Britt tells Jason, she’s doing this under protest; it’s completely against medical advice. If he passes out, or pops a stitch and starts bleeding out all over his nice, clean shirt, she refuses to take responsibility. He tells her, she said that, and she tells him, she’s saying it again. This is ludicrous. He was just bleeding out, and now he’s dressed. He says he’s got to get to Carly. She’s in over her head.

Carly says, as they know, her husband is dead, but his organization isn’t. It’s strong and stable. The only change is the person sitting in Sonny’s seat. From now on, that would be her.

Cameron says, Elizabeth believes him, right? He picked up the gun, and saw Britt being kidnapped. Scotty says, that could show intent. Never say that. He didn’t tell that to the cops, did he? Cameron says he only tried to tell them that he didn’t do it. Jordan comes in, and Scotty says, for cryin’ out loud. Can she take the cuffs off? She says that’s why she’s there. Cameron’s not going to give her a problem, right? He says, why would he? He didn’t do it. He didn’t shoot Jason. Jordan tells Officer Miller to take Cameron to booking, and the cop says, let’s go. They leave, and Jordan says, right now, the charge is reckless discharge of a firearm. They’ll see what the security footage tells them. She leaves, and Elizabeth asks Scotty, right now, what is Jordan talking about? He says, if the footage shows that Cameron intentionally fired, it will change to assault with a deadly weapon.  

Jax tells Josslyn the just spent hours car in the car. That’s why his shoulder hurts right now. She says, sit and ice it, or lay down. She wants to take his temperature, since fever is a sign of infection. He asks how she knows that, and she says she asked questions at the clinic, and read the aftercare printout. She tells him, sit. She’ll get him some water, and maybe he’d like a snack. They could watch a movie. He says, as long as he gets to pick the movie, and she says, fine. She leaves, and Jax says, come on, Carly. What are you up to?

Britt says, maybe Carly would like it if Jason collapsed at her feet. She could use it as a diversion. She can find something meaningful to whisper in his ear while he bleeds to death. He says he’s not going to bleed to death, but she says, contraire. He just went into hypovolemic shock because he didn’t have enough blood to function. He still doesn’t, since Carly couldn’t give him a full transfusion. They still need his minion to deliver. She shudders to think of where it’s coming from, but if he doesn’t get it, he’ll go back into shock, and there will be nothing she can do to save him.

Carly says, please, everyone, take your seats. They all sit except Cyrus, who says, of course (🍷) they all regret Carly’s loss, but being Sonny’s widow doesn’t automatically make her fit to lead his organization. She says, she and Sonny shared everything. She’s been involved in every aspect of the business for some time now. She needs to protect her family, and take care of the business. She asks Cyrus to take his seat so they can proceed. Or if he has misgivings, and is too afraid to answer to her, he can leave. Ms. Wu tells Cyrus, sit down, and he does. She says she has a few questions for Carly. What is her intention for the organization, and is she equipped to maintain control of her late husband’s territory? Cyrus says, good question. Well, actually that’s two questions, so maybe Cyrus isn’t equipped with basic math.

Scotty tells Elizabeth, sit and take it easy. This could take a while. They’re going by the book. She says, the judge said Cameron couldn’t get in any more trouble, but he says, that was a year ago. She says, Cameron is on probation, but Scotty says, it’s fine. It’s been sealed up, and they can’t use it for any of the charges. She says she’s just making sure, and asks what the new charges will be. He says he doesn’t know. They’ll have to wait and see what the evidence shows.

Josslyn asks Jax, what are they watching? but he says, before they watch a movie, tell him what’s really going on with her. She says, nothing, and he says she told him she felt like everything was going wrong. What did she mean? She says she was just being dramatic, and he says he knows she wanted to play in the tournament. She’d hoped it would get her off Southern Coastal’s waitlist. Then she hurt her ankle. He knows it’s devastating, and he doesn’t want her to suppress her feelings and put on a brave face. She says she’s not, and he says, then talk to him. She knows she can. Josslyn is literally saved by the doorbell, and opens the door to find Dante. He says he was wondering if he could have a word with her dad, and she invites him in. She tells Jax, look who it is, and Dante apologizes for coming there unannounced. He looks at them both, and asks, what happened? Josslyn says, a volleyball injury, and Jax says, long story. What can he do for Dante? Dante says, it’s police business, and Josslyn says, he’s a cop again? Great… if it’s something he wants. He says, it’s nothing official; he’s helping with a case. Jax wonders what it has to do with him, and Dante says he’s looking for Carly. He’s looked everywhere, and there’s been no sign of her. Has she been in touch? Josslyn says they spoke to Carly earlier, and Dante asks if she said where she was going. Jax asks, what’s going on, and why does Dante need to find Carly?   

Carly asks the Family heads if they remember a  year ago, before Cyrus arrived. There were no warehouse explosions, no businesses were targeted. It was an efficient, cooperative, and mutually profitable organization. Her people are Sonny’s people, and they know how to run the business and deal with interlopers. Cyrus says, see here… and she says she won’t let him use Port Charles to spread his business across the eastern seaboard. She’ll consider it an act of war, and act swiftly with no mercy, like Sonny would. Cyrus says she’s too reckless, and emotionally unstable, and she tells him to watch his tone, and watch his step. She’s calling the shots, and he doesn’t want to make himself a target. He says they can’t stand there while Carly is threatening them with a unilateral power grab. She’s not part of their organization, and has never run more than a hotel. She made a mistake. The members understand what’s best for them, and what’s best for them is him.

Britt gives Jason a protein drink, and he asks why he can’t move around. She says, so he can go after Carly? but he says, no. Just walk around to do things for himself. She tells him to finish the drink, and says, they’re kicking in. That’s a good sign. If it’s any comfort, when Carly left, she seemed to know what she was doing. He says, Carly is good at bluffing.

Sonny says, it’s a half mile up the road from the Tan-O? and Nina says, it’s a cute street. Sonny says, it’s a year’s lease. Does she know how long… Eli comes in, and says Nina is sticking around? Good news. He thought she was going home. She says, Nixon Falls isn’t getting rid of her yet, and Eli says, sounds like cause for a celebration. Let him take her to the fanciest place in town. She says she doesn’t need to do any more research for the article, and he says she still needs to eat. He was thinking candlelight, wine, and a nice meal; just the two of them.

Nina says she thinks Eli is getting ahead of himself. She hasn’t found a place yet, so they need to hold off on the celebration until she’s settled. He says he’ll hold her to it. Until then, if she needs help finding a place, call him. Sonny says, Lenny and Phyllis went out to dinner, and Eli says he wouldn’t dream of intruding on their date, but maybe he’ll stay for a drink. Nina says she has a call scheduled with Crimson, so if they’ll excuse her… Play nice. She leaves, and Eli looks at his phone. He says he has business to attend to of his own. Tell Phyllis and Lenny that he stopped by to see how they were doing. Sonny says, they’re doing great, and Eli leaves. Sonny goes behind the bar, and Nina comes back. He says, that was quick, and she says she’s discouraged at how well Crimson is running without her. Elijah left? Sonny says, yeah, and she says she knows he can’t stand Eli. He says, what gave her that idea? and she asks, what’s the problem this time? He says he doesn’t think she should go out with Eli. He doesn’t want to see her hurt again. She says, hmm… Is that what this is really about?

Cyrus would like to point out, that although they pay their respects to the memory of Sonny, they’re not there to be reminded of the good old days. They’re looking to the future. He can deliver extraordinary profits, for his business and theirs. It’s up to them. Are they going to let Carly deprive them of their rightful share of a new market? They need to evict her from the table, right here and right now. Carly stands up, and says, if they think for one minute their future will be stable with Cyrus, think again. Everyone knows Cyrus’s operation will swallow their territories one by one, and he’ll trample them in his wake. Before they decide, they need to know, any action will have consequences. Cyrus can attest to the fact that he’s lost before, and he’s about to lose again. She smiles at Cyrus.

Dante tells Jax and Josslyn, Jason escaped. Shots were fired, and there was one fatality. Josslyn asks if Jason is okay, but Dante says he’s not sure, but they think Jason took a shot. He doesn’t know how bad, but Britt is with Jason. Whether she’s a hostage or not, she’s a doctor. Josslyn says, Jason wouldn’t take a hostage, and Dante says, at any rate, Britt will look after Jason. Jax asks why Dante wants to speak to Carly, and Dante says, if Jason is involved, Carly is involved. Jax says he and Josslyn just got back from Pennsylvania. They talked to Carly on the phone on the way back, but that’s it. Dante’s phone dings, and he looks at it and frowns. He says he’s got to go. Let him know if they hear from her. Jax says, will do, and Dante leaves. Josslyn asks if Jax thinks there’s a chance Dante is wrong, and Jason wasn’t hit. She hopes he’s okay, because she really couldn’t stand to lose Jason too.   

Cameron says, they took his fingerprints and photo, but he’s not guilty, and Elizabeth says she believes him. They’re just going by the book, and following the rules. Jordan comes in, and says she got the tests back from forensics. The blood on the bullet they tested confirms their theory that the bullet hit Jason. They still need to check the gun Cameron was holding. Cameron says he didn’t shoot Jason; he swears. Jordan says she’d like to interview Cameron, and Cameron says she can ask him anything. Scotty says he wants to be present, and Elizabeth asks if Cameron is okay. He says he’s fine, but let him do this. He needs to clear some things up. She says she’ll be right outside. Jordan turns on the recorder, and asks Cameron to tell her why he was holding the gun. He says he doesn’t know; it all happened so fast. He can’t remember picking up the gun. Jordan says she understands; there was a lot going on. It was a chaotic situation. Scotty asks if there’s another question coming, and Jordan says, sometimes when you’re experiencing a traumatic event, you can blank things out, like firing a weapon and shooting someone. Someone you think killed your stepfather, who you loved. Cameron says she thinks he did it, and she asks if he’d remember if he did. He flashes back to calling Jason a killer in the hospital, and he says, he didn’t… Jordan reminds him that he said he couldn’t remember picking up the gun, and everything happened fast. Is it possible he pulled the trigger, and blocked it out? Cameron says, no, and Scotty says, all right. Cameron looks freaked out, and Scotty tells him, take it easy. He tells Jordan, we’re done here.

Brando answers his phone, and says, when?… Okay, he’ll let them know. Carly says, contrary to what Cyrus is implying, she has no desire to encroach on their businesses or take over their territory. Brando tells Cyrus something, and Cyrus says, son of a bitch. One of his shipments was destroyed as it was leaving town. It’s an act of war. Carly says she can’t confirm or deny her people were involved, but bringing a shipment through her territory is a hostile act, and she could quantify the response as a necessary retaliation. Are they going to sit back and let Cyrus take over their territories? Cyrus says he’s offering them a piece of the action, and a fair deal. Carly asks, who believes Cyrus knows play fair. Anyone? Mr. Bashima gets up, and goes over to Carly. He says, condolences. Welcome to the table. There will always be a seat for her. He holds out his hand, and they shake. Carly thanks him, and says he’s very gracious. Mr. Novak comes over to her, and says, his sincere condolences. He’s hoping for a harmonious relationship. Carly thanks him, and hopes there’s no repeat of the warehouse. He says, bygones? and holds out his hand. They shake, and Carly says, lessons learned. Ms. Wu tells her, congratulations. I’m guess she’s happy that there’s another chick on board. Carly thanks her, and says, we do what we must. Ms. Wu says, here’s to better days, and I wonder why she doesn’t shake hands. Custom? Cyrus looks at Carly.

Elizabeth asks if Jordan is all done with grilling her son, and Jordan says, she understands how upset… but Elizabeth says she has no idea. It’s tense enough at home, and she just accused Jake’s brother of shooting his father. How is she going to explain it? It’s like a bomb has been dropped on her already fragile family. Jordan says she can imagine how devastating it is. Cameron believes Jason shot and killed his stepfather. Did he ever mention making Jason pay? Elizabeth asks if Jordan is interrogating her now, but Jordan says, no… maybe. She’s known Cameron a long time, and thinks he’s a good kid, but she has to do her job. She can’t let her feelings about the family get in the way. That’s why she has to do it by the book. Elizabeth tells Jordan to apply her professional objectivity, while she goes in to see her son. Jordan says, one more thing. She knows it was traumatic. Is it possible Cameron shot Jason and blocked it out? Elizabeth says, that’s not what happened. Cameron says he didn’t shoot Jason, and she believes her son. He didn’t shoot Jason.

Carly tells Cyrus, he might as well leave. He has no more business there. He says, don’t be too comfortable in that chair. She’s playing in the big leagues now. She says she knows what she’s doing, and he says, destroying one shipment might have made a splash for the crowd, but she can’t sustain it on her own. Speaking of which, where’s Jason? She says, he didn’t hear? Jason escaped. He says, it’s only a matter of time before Jason is found, and she says, too bad the same can’t be said for his shipment. Cyrus tells Brando, let’s go. They need to find Jason before the cops do. They leave, and at the door, Brando turns to look at Carly. Carly tells the guard that she needs a moment. She’ll be right out. He leaves, and she sits down, taking a deep breath.

Britt wonders what happened to Carly’s guy who said he was getting more blood, and Jason says maybe he had to go somewhere else. She says, and do what? Guard Carly at the meeting? Carly would never put Jason at risk to have an extra bodyguard. He says, Carly’s not supposed to be there; it’s supposed to be him. She says she can see he’s worried, and knows he wants to help but… Jason says, she’s right. Him showing up this would be proof that they’re vulnerable. It’s better for him to stay away, and let them think he’s still a threat. It will give them leverage. Britt asks, how? and he says, never mind. She asks if he thinks he’s said too much. It’s not like they’re strangers, stuck in an elevator, telling each other their life stories. They’re fugitives. Or is she technically a hostage? She’s lost track. He asks if she feels like a hostage, and she says she feels like someone who almost died.

Carly closes her eyes, and her guard comes in, saying, someone is here for her. She asks who it is, and Dante walks in. He says, hey, Carly. He thought he might find her there.

Sonny tells Nina, what you do when you don’t have your own life to focus on, you’re aware of what’s around you. You watch and listen, and from what he sees, Eli would be a bad boyfriend for Nina. She says, whoa. Who said boyfriend? If he’s watching and listening so much, he would know she’s not in the market for a romantic involvement with anyone. Sonny asks why she left the door open, and she says she didn’t want to humiliate Eli, especially in front of him. He doesn’t deserve that. What’s with them anyway? She thought Phyllis made them call a truce. He tells Nina, look out for Elijah. He doesn’t fault the guy for trying. She’s beautiful – he laughs – she’s accomplished, kind, fun to be around, and honest. He doesn’t think Eli is good for her. She says, what he said earlier about… He says, yeah, he’s paying attention to her, and maybe he is a little jealous.

Josslyn tells Jax, something’s not right. Carly hasn’t even read her texts. Jax says, she’s probably busy, helping Jason escape, or taking care of him somewhere else. Josslyn says, it’s a relief to think Carly is with him, and Jax says he hopes not. He’s hoping her mother will distance herself, now that Sonny is gone. She says, her mother would never abandon Jason. He’s family. He says, Jason has been accused of murder. If Carly is helping him – and he prays not – she’ll be an accessory. It’s trouble Carly doesn’t need, or Josslyn. He wishes Carly wouldn’t be a part Jason’s life, but Josslyn says she doesn’t care. Jason said he didn’t do it, and as long as Carly is with Jason, she’s okay.   

Carly asks what Dante is doing there, and he tells her, an informant said she might be at a meeting there. She says, informant? and he says, police business. He was asked to help out with a case. She says, she sees; what case? He says he thinks she knows. He’s surprised Jason isn’t there. She wouldn’t know where he can find Jason, would she? She says she hasn’t seen him, and he says, it sounds like she knows Jason escaped police custody earlier. 

Elizabeth asks, what happened? and Scotty says Jordan tried a bunch of psychological mumbo jumbo on Cameron, and Cameron got confused. She says she and Jordan talked outside; it will be okay. She tells Cameron that she loves him, and he says he loves her too. He’s sorry he screwed everything up. She says he hasn’t. He’s the bravest, most loyal person she knows, and she’s proud of him. He says he doesn’t know why. He picked up the gun, and ruined everything, his life, his family… She says, they’ll get through this; she’ll make sure. He says they don’t even believe him. He can tell. He asks if she thinks he shot Jason, and she says she doesn’t care how angry he was. She believes him. They hug, and Officer Miller comes in. He says they need to take a gunpowder residue test.

Jordan looks at the computer, and says, I’ll be damned.

Britt tells Jason that she was immobilized. The cap was off the needle, and she was two seconds away from getting an injection that would have killed her, but then he showed up. It’s an overused cliché, but he saved her life. You saved my life with that cup of coffee; you saved my life with a ride. No. He came into her office, and stopped them. He literally saved her life. What she’s trying to say is, she owes him. Whatever illegal business he and Carly are conducting, their secret is safe with her.

Jordan tells Elizabeth and Scotty, in reviewing the security footage, it appears Jason was hit by a bullet fired from behind Cameron. She’s waiting for the ballistics report, but she’s not expecting that it was Cameron who hit Jason. Elizabeth asks if Cameron can go home, and Jordan says, if it goes the way she thinks it will, she’ll drop all the charges.   

Sonny hopes he didn’t make Nina uncomfortable with what he said, but she tells him, she’s fine. Absolutely good. She wants to start arranging to look at some places. Sonny says he thought he’d chased her out, but she says, no. She’ll see him later. He says he’ll see her later, and heads outside with some trash. She says, oh, Nina. What are you doing?

Behind the Tan-O, Eli asks a guy, why the hell did he text Eli to meet him there? It’s not the time or place. He paid dude’s bail. Leave him alone. Dude says he needs more cash, and Eli says he doesn’t like a shakedown. Dude asks, who’s got more to lose, him or Eli? Sonny overhears them, and Eli takes out his wallet, handing dude some money. Sonny watches, crouching down so he can’t be seen.   

Jax tells Josslyn that he knows it’s hard, but the best thing is to wait for her mother to contact them. She says she knows he’s right, and maybe it’s good they haven’t heard anything. That means Carly is taking care of Jason. He says, whatever Carly is doing, she’ll be in touch when she can. In the meantime, they can talk about what’s really going on with Josslyn.

Dante tells Carly, they know Brick was driving, and Britt was a hostage. Talk to him. The police know Jason was hurt, and she knows what that means. Everyone involved is going to be implicated. She says she doesn’t know where Jason is, and if he has anything else to ask her, talk to her lawyer.

Elizabeth thanks Scotty, and he says, they’re still family. She says she thinks she needs to get Cameron counseling. The whole thing is awful. Even if the charges are dropped, Cameron doesn’t know Peter August killed Franco, not Jason. Scotty asks how she knows about that, and she says Finn told her a couple of hours ago. Scotty says he knew weeks ago. When Cameron got worked up over Jason, Scotty was going to tell him, but he held back. Elizabeth thinks she should tell Cameron that his anger is misplaced. Jason is innocent. Peter is the killer. Cameron overhears.

Britt tells Jason, his blood delivery is officially late. She wants him to drink more, but he tells her, get down, pulling her down next to him behind the bed. She says he’s going to pop his stiches, and he says, someone is coming. He draws his gun.

Tomorrow, Curtis says something is better staying a memory, Cameron confronts Elizabeth, Spinelli comes in peace, and Jason tells Britt that he knows how this is going to play out.

🍂 On The Real Housewives of New Jersey Jackie arranged for a day of apple picking and wine tasting with the women for her birthday. She told Evan that she planned to taste many wines. Delores called to tell Jackie that she had a doctor’s appointment, and she’d meet them at the venue. In Delores’s interview, she said she didn’t really have an appointment, but wasn’t about to ride in a van with this group so soon after the fiasco at the cocktail party. Evan told Jackie, they’re human beings. They should be able to talk while having a disagreement, and not scream. Jackie said, there were human beings, and there were women from New Jersey; those were two different animals. Jennifer redecorated away from Bill’s ornate furniture style, and I was loving the grey sectional sofa. Mom Josephine was angry with Jennifer because of the conversation about her and Jennifer’s father at the mom’s party. Josephine said they’d made a fool out of her, but Jennifer insisted that wasn’t true. I found it highly amusing that Jennifer’s dad was drinking his morning coffee out of a Betty Boop mug during this conversation. Joe #2 helped Teresa organize her garage, and said she needed a man in the house, since he was tired of doing chores there. She asked why he’d told everyone that she was in love, and he told her, Louie was the guy she’d been looking for; why hide it? He pointed out that Joe #1 had never told her anything nice, and we flashed back once again to the scene where Juicy Joe called Teresa a bitch and the c-word. Joe #2 asked if it was serious, and Teresa said Louie was the most amazing guy she’d ever met. Joe said he thought Louie was the right person, and in Teresa’s interview, she said Louie made her laugh, and he was so smart. In my estimation, that’s an open-ended statement, since Teresa isn’t exactly a genius. She said she didn’t trust everything yet. She wasn’t telling everyone until she felt secure in their relationship.

Margaret had a photo shoot for the book at her house, and was including Marge Sr. on the back cover. There was a lot of glam, coupled with props of junk food, and The Marge’s signature pigtails. Delores and Frank’s kids had birthdays a week apart, celebrating together while growing up. Even though they were now grown, the family enjoyed keeping the tradition alive. David joined them, and told Frank that Delores yelled a lot. Frank said David should have seen her at the cocktail party. Delores said the group actually took a poll on whether the Porsche was a ring diversion, but David said he was too old to care about that stuff. Delores said she’d always respect and protect her relationship with David. In her interview, Delores said David showed up when it mattered, and was crazy for her kids. Two phenomenal cakes were presented. One with animals and a stethoscope on it, for Gabrielle, who’s a veterinarian; and one with the NYC skyline, money symbols, and gold bars, for Frank Jr., who works on Wall Street.

Before the trip, the women met for breakfast at Jackie’s house, and Jackie explained that Delores wasn’t coming. Marge said Delores was upset about how they took a poll, and felt no one was her cheerleader. Jackie said, last year, Delores wanted a ring, and now she didn’t. Melissa told everyone that she believed Teresa’s new boyfriend was meant to be her husband, and in Melissa’s interview, she said she could tell Louie was the one. Teresa and Louie went out of their way for one another, couldn’t take their eyes off each other, and Teresa let her guard down with him. The women presented Jackie with a beautiful pair of earrings, and everyone told apple picking stories. Jennifer said she’d taken her parents apple picking, and her mom made it a misery. She told the group that her mom resented the party, and it looked like they wouldn’t be talking for a while. She decided to stop calling her mom out, since it wasn’t getting her anywhere. Melissa got a text from son Gino, saying Joe #2 was in a lot of pain. Melissa called home, and Joe said he thought it was a kidney stone. Melissa said she was coming home, and told Joe to call an ambulance to get him to the hospital. After Melissa left, the rest of the women got in the van and called Delores, telling her why they might be late, and what was going on with Joe #2. Delores told them to call Melissa, and tell her to go to the hospital David worked at; he’d be waiting. Marge found this ironic after Joe #2 had talked smack about David at the cocktail party. They discussed Teresa’s boyfriend, Marge saying Melissa told them she’d met him, but Teresa still wasn’t saying much. In her interview, she said she wanted to make sure it was right before introducing Louie to her friends. She said Joe #2 had diarrhea of the mouth, and Jennifer said that’s why his stomach hurt.

The guide told the group that the winery was like the Disneyworld of alcohol. Delores showed up slightly late, and said she was looking for a bunch of loud, sparkly girls. She told the women, if Joe #2 was definitely passing a kidney stone, he’d have to stay at the hospital until it happened. She thought Joe #2 must be going through something, the way he’d talked about her, but she was more upset about the poll. Jackie said she’d thought Delores wanted a ring, but Delores said her friends took part in a conversation about her, and it wasn’t what friends did. Teresa wondered if they had mactosh apples. Delores told Marge, if someone took a poll on Jackie’s husband or Melissa’s marriage, she wouldn’t have taken part. In her interview, she said she’d taken a lot of heat about her relationship, but they were coming from a place they knew nothing about. She was feeling judged.

They did some apple picking, then a wine tasting at the orchard’s restaurant, where they also ordered food. Melissa texted that the kidney stone had passed, and Teresa said their dad used to get them. Marge told everyone that she was having a combo party for Joe #3’s 65th birthday and Halloween. Delores said she didn’t want David around them because the group had mocked him, but Jennifer said she only wanted for Delores whatever Delores wanted for herself. Delores said life was constantly changing, and in her interview, said she’d learned from her divorce, if something doesn’t go your way, it’s not the end of the world. If she doesn’t get engaged, her life will take a different turn. Marge suggested Teresa bring her man in costume.

Joe #2 told Melissa that he was drinking water non-stop, because David said he was dehydrated. Melissa pointed out that David had been very good to Joe, and Joe should judge him as a boyfriend. Delores was a grown woman, and if she was happy, she’d stay. If she wasn’t, she’d leave. She told Joe not to comment on Delores’s relationship, and he said he’d known Delores before he knew Melissa. Melissa said Delores didn’t like it, and Marge had called him chauvinistic, like Delores needed a man to survive; that was BS. Melissa said as much as Joe wanted it to be otherwise, women could survive without men. Joe said she always pointed a finger at him, and he wanted his old wife back. She said she wasn’t giving up her personal growth or her dreams. She was sick of him feeling like her doing something for herself was taking away from him. She didn’t want to resent him for holding her back. He said he put her on a pedestal, and supported anything she wanted to do. We flashed back as he said, there was her singing, and when she opened envy; he built her a boutique, and got her an au pair when she wanted one. If she wants the moon, he’ll get her the effing moon. Melissa said that he’d told her not to forget about him, and he said for a time she had. She insisted that wasn’t the case, and said it was like talking to a wall. He told her to go be what whatever she wanted to be. We’re done. I honestly think he meant done with the conversation though, not the marriage.

In Teresa’s interview, she said she’d met other guys, but there hadn’t been a connection. She and Louie had things in common, but they were taking it slow. The show ended with Louie coming to the door, sharply dressed, flowers in hand.

To be continued…

🏋️‍♂️ I loved Watch What Happens Live tonight, since the guests were The Real Househusbands of New Jersey. In the intro, the husbands did taglines, and it was pretty funny. I got a bunch of likes for my tweet suggesting they get their own show. Yay me. You can also see the opening here:

🎉 The Party’s Over…

Looks like Kary and Eduardo are calling it quits.

https://people.com/tv/rhod-kary-brittingham-divorcing-husband-eduardo/

👠 First Time Out…

How the new RHONY girl is doing.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/01/rhony-star-eboni-k-williams-debuts-as-first-black-cast-member/

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/04/rhonys-sonja-morgan-luann-de-lesseps-gush-over-eboni-k-williams/

👻 Ghosted Again…

No matter how hard she tries, she’s not going to make it happen.

https://people.com/tv/jill-zarin-wont-appear-on-upcoming-real-housewives-mashup-series-source/

💃🏽 Celebrating…

Hint: Don’t do what I did, and have to crawl home after a couple of way-too-strong margaritas.

https://www.bhg.com/holidays/traditions/celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-respectfully/

🏞 Hitting the Trail…

Is it possible I could go to bed before dawn? No matter what time you dream, stay safe, stay innovative, and stay not counting your territories before they’re hatched.

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May 4, 2021 – Britt Operates On Jason, NYC Reconvenes, a Little Dallas, It’s New York, Season To Come, About Southfork, Last One & Covering C&C

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jordan tells Cameron, put the gun down. More cops run in behind her, and she tells them, stand down. She says she’s going to lower her gun, and her eyes never leave Cameron’s as she does. She says, now it’s his turn. Put the gun down.

Elizabeth leaves a message for Cameron, saying she needs to know where he is; it’s important. Finn says he’s sure Cameron is fine.

In an alleyway, the fake janitor backs up, and Cyrus comes toward him, saying, it was two trained men against one unarmed woman. How did she get away? Janitor that isn’t says, he told Cyrus. He and the other guy had Britt, dead to rights, in her office. All of a sudden, Jason shows up, gets the jump on them, and Jason and Britt take off. Other guy went after them. Cyrus says, and…? and pretend janitor says, Jason had a car and driver waiting. Other guy ran right into an ambush. Cyrus asks why Jason isn’t dead, but un-janitor says he doesn’t know. He’ll find out. Cyrus says, you know what’s unfortunate? He puts his hand on not a janitor’s shoulder and says, that they didn’t shoot him too. He takes out a switchblade, and phony janitor becomes dead phony janitor.

Brick and Britt help Jason to a bed in a safe house, and Jason says he’s good. Britt says, no, he’s not. She’s the doctor, he’s the patient; she gets to say when he’s good. Brick says, she told you, and Britt tells Brick that she needs medical supplies. He opens the door, nearly running into Carly on her way in. She says, thank God. She wasn’t sure if they got away or not. He says, it was close, and there’s a complication. He steps aside, and she goes over to Jason, who’s bleeding like a stuck pig.

Jordan tells Cameron to look at her. That’s right. It’s over now. Lower his arm, and let her take his gun. She knows he’s nervous, but she needs him to nod his head so she knows he heard what she just said. He nods, and she says, that’s great. He’s doing a great job. Now lower the gun. Cameron slowly lowers it as she walks toward him, and she quickly takes it, saying, all clear. The cops move in, and one puts handcuffs on Cameron. He asks, what’s going on? and she says he’s under arrest. He says he didn’t do anything, and she says he has the right to remain silent. He repeats, he didn’t do anything, and she says, listen to what she’s telling him; it’s for his own protection. He looks like he might cry, and says again that he didn’t do anything, and she says louder, listen. He says, okay, and calms down somewhat. She reads him his rights, but she sounds like she’s way in the background of his comprehension. She asks if he understands what she just told him, and he says, yes.

Carly says, there’s so much blood, but Jason says, it’s not that bad. Britt says, it’s very bad. She needs that bag. Brick leaves to get it, and Carly asks, what happened? Britt says, what does she think happened? Other guy pulled a gun, and shot Jason. Carly says, what went wrong? Brick was in the car waiting for him. He got there, but then went back in. Why? Britt says, he went back to save her.

At the MetroCourt bar, Mac tells Dante, the PCPD is really in need of manpower right now. Valerie is testifying in a case that just keeps dragging on (yeah, it’s called The Haves and The Have Nots), and she wants to transfer to forensics. Chase is dealing with this mystery illness, and is laid up at GH. They could use him under any circumstance, but right now, it’s crucial. Dante says he’s flattered Mac is pulling out all the stops for him, but he’s been gone a long time, and after what happened to him, he doesn’t think he can be the cop that Mac thinks he is. Mac says he understands what Dante has been through, but according to what he’s heard from Robert and Anna, his treatment was successful. He’s fit to return to duty. Dante says he’s glad they still believe in him, and Mac says, but Dante has his doubts. Dante says after the last couple of years, of course (🍷) he does. Mac says they all have doubts in their abilities at some point in life. They’re a half-step slower than when they were younger; that’s just life. Dante gets Mac’s point, but says his situation is a little more complicated than that. Mac says Dante has always had great instincts, and understands the job; and he’s always done it with integrity. He really needs Dante back on the force. They hear Obrecht toasting to savoring the pleasures of the unexpected. They look over to see her with Scotty, and Mac wonders if they’re dating.

Obrecht tells Scotty, it seems their presence is causing something of a commotion, and Scotty says, who cares about them? He’s free, and has nothing to hide. She flashes back to the first time they were together, and says, what a change. Neither does she.

On the phone in the kitchen, Brando says he’ll meet Cyrus downstairs. He gets in the elevator, and Sasha is there. He says it’s a nice surprise. Where’s she headed? She says she was just there for a doctor’s visit, and he asks if she’s okay. She says she is, but she doesn’t want to talk about it. He says, okay. He thought that after the other night… He’s sorry. He didn’t mean to pry.

Willow thanks someone, and hangs up the phone. She tells Chase that there’s no more active shooter. That was scary. You’re supposed to feel safe in a hospital, right? Apparently, she’s never checked into GH, whose safety rating is F minus-minus. Chase tries to get out of bed, and Willow asks where he thinks he’s going. He says, it’s an emergency. He’s a cop. He needs to get back to work. She says, he will – she pushes him back down on the bed – when he’s better. He says he’s feeling tons better. He hates this. When is he going to get his life back?

Jason asks if he made it in time for the meeting of the Five Families thin crust pizza, and Carly says, there’s a few hours before the meeting. How long does Britt need to patch him up? Britt says, he needs more than a patch, and Jason says they can do it tomorrow. She says, is he crazy? This is more than a temporary fix. If she doesn’t close his wound, he’s going to bleed to death.

Brick brings a medical bag, and she says, good. She thought she was going to have to rely on a first aid kit. He says, successful operations need to be prepared. Jason tells Brick that he’s okay, and Carly says, he’s not okay, but he’s going to be. Jason passes out, and Britt tells Carly that she needs to stay calm. She asks Brick to assist her, and tells Carly to keep pressure on Jason’s wound. If he regains consciousness, do not let him get up. Carly tells Jason, he’s better off. Britt is going to have to operate, and she doesn’t think there’s anything in the bag to kill the pain. Didn’t Brick just say they were prepared? Not so successful after all. Carly guesses she wants him to stay passed out. He needs to make it. She doesn’t think she can go on without him. Britt puts surgical gloves on, and Carly says this is on Britt. She has to save Jason.

Mac says, the way he sees it, he and Dante both benefit. Dante gets a job, and he gets a top-notch detective that he can trust. He understands having to walk away from police work. When he and Felicia bought The Floating Rib, he thought he was walking away from law enforcement. For guys like them, police work is in their blood; it’s who they are. Dante says Mac makes a compelling argument, but he just… Mac says he’s not asking Dante to make a decision right now. Just think about it. Dante agrees, and Mac’s phone rings.

Jordan tells Mac, she’s at GH in the parking garage; there’s been a shooting. He says, any fatalities? and she says, only one so far. He says he’s ten minutes out, and she says he needs to prepare himself; it’s a sensitive situation. He says, in what way? and she says, the shooter is Cameron Webber. He says, copy that. He’s on his way. He tells Dante, there’s been a shooting at GH, one fatality. He knows Dante hasn’t decided on rejoining the force, but it’s a delicate situation. He could use the back-up. Dante says, whatever he needs, and they leave.

Sasha asks how Brando has been, and he says, good. At least he thought he was. Is this about the other night? Is she having regrets? She says, not at all. It was… memorable. She’s just really distracted by her appointment. Can they talk another time? He says, sure, and the elevator stops. She gets out, and starts walking, but Cyrus says, Ms. Gilmore, lovely as always. She says, Mr. Renault. She’d say it was a pleasure to see him, but she’s had to give up lying as part of her recovery. Cyrus says that was a terrible moment when she hit rock bottom. He so admires her for climbing her way back. Don’t forget that he’s always there to offer a helping hand, or anything else she might need. She says, no thanks, and walks away. Cyrus tells Brando, call Brown, and tell him there’s a mess to clean up in the alley on four. Then get in touch with the warehouse, and make sure we’re on schedule for tonight. He has a tragedy to attend to. He and Brando leave, and Sasha doubles back, getting into the elevator.

Brick cuts Jason’s shirt, exposing the wound, and Britt prepares the wound for surgery.

Jordan tells Cameron that she’s sure his mother will be there soon. Elizabeth runs in with Finn, and sees dead other guy. She says, oh my God, what’s going on? And why is her son in handcuffs? Cameron swears it was a big mistake. He didn’t do it. Jason did.

Jordan tells Elizabeth that she’s advised Cameron of his Miranda rights. Anything he says can be used against him, so it’s better for him if she explains. Elizabeth asks what there is to explain, and Jordan says, Jason escaped tonight, and took Britt as a hostage. They think he was being pursued be this individual. She indicates other guy, and says, he was dressed as a hospital janitor. They’re pulling security footage and will piece together a timeline of events. What they do know is, shots were fired. Cameron flashes back to telling Jason that he wanted to see the man Jake believes in, but he can’t. All he sees is the person who killed Franco. Elizabeth asks what Jordan is doing with her son, and Jordan says when she arrived on the scene, Cameron had a gun, pointing straight at her. There was gunpowder in the air, and shots had been fired; one man is dead. She has to arrest Cameron. Cameron swears he didn’t do it. All he did was pick up the gun. Finn says, stop. Don’t say another word.

Britt asks for medical stuff, and does medical stuff to Jason. Brick assists, while Carly holds Jason’s head.

Chase says Willow has a pretty good bedside manner. He’s going to have to watch his back after she becomes a nurse. Her patients are going to fall in love with her like he did. She says his weakened state has made him sappy, and he says, chalk it up to one more unexplained symptom. He has no idea what’s making him sick. Why? Finn is supposed to be a research genius, and can’t figure it out. The only thing that makes sense is being with her. Loving her is the only thing he’s sure of.

Britt stitches up the wound. Carly frets. Brick takes notes (just kidding).

Finn tells Jordan that Cameron is traumatized by whatever happened, and asks if the handcuffs are necessary. She says she’s afraid so. Shots were fired, and Cameron was discovered holding the gun. Finn tells her, Cameron said didn’t fire it, and she says, the security footage will back him up. She understands he’s been placed in a chaotic situation, and might have acted without realizing it. She tells the officer to take Cameron to a quiet spot. Another cop calls to her to check out some blood on the garage floor, and Jordan says she needs a tech. She puts on gloves, and tells the tech to take a sample. See if it’s a match for Jason Morgan. Elizabeth makes a call.

Carly says Jason doesn’t look good, and he feels clammy. Britt asks if Jason’s hands are cold, and Brick says, very cold. Britt says Jason is going into hypovolemic shock, and they’re running out of time. She tells Brick to cut the thread, and digs through the medical bag. Carly asks what she’s looking for, and Britt says blah-blah-blah some piece of medical equipment. Jason needs a transfusion. They need to get as much O-negative blood in him as possible. Carly tells the guard to get some blood at the hospital, but Britt says, unless it’s next door, it’s not soon enough. They need it right now. Carly says, then use her. Give Jason her blood.

Elizabeth says she got ahold of Scotty, and he’s on his way. Cameron says he didn’t do anything; he didn’t even fire the gun. Why does he need a lawyer? Finn says, the security footage will prove that, but in the meantime he needs a layer to protect his rights. Elizabeth asks Cameron to explain what happened. Why is he there? He says he wanted Jason to admit he killed Franco. He wanted Jason to say the actual words, but Jason wasn’t in his room. The guard was on the floor, and he didn’t know if the guard was dead or what. Jason did it; he killed Franco. That’s why he ran. Elizabeth looks at Finn.

Cameron says, after Jason ran, he followed Jason to the stairwell. He came down to the garage; people were shooting, and Jason was dragging Britt to the car. When the gunman was shot, he dropped his gun, and Cameron picked it up. Finn says, stop. He knows Cameron wants to get it all out, but he can’t say anything. Elizabeth tells him to wait for Scotty.   

Britt tells Carly to keep clenching her fist, so the blood will flow faster. She might get dizzy. Carly says, thank God she and Jason are compatible, and Britt says, and that she knew. How many times have she and Jason bled for each other? Carly flashes back to Sonny’s funeral, and Jason telling her, she’s dressed, standing, and she’s ready. She’s going to get through this because there’s no other option. Carly looks at Britt.

Scotty arrives with Obrecht, and tells Cameron, listen. Zip it, and let him do the talking. Obrecht goes over to Jordan, and says, excuse the interruption, but Scotty said Britt was involved. What does that mean? Jordan says, Cameron saw Jason dragging her to the car, and thinks she was kidnapped. Obrecht flashes back to asking Britt why she’s in danger, and Britt saying, all she knows is that she’s doing a favor for Jason. Obrecht tells Britt that she needs to get as far away from Jason as possible. Trouble and violence follow him like he’s a magnet. Britt says, Jason isn’t the problem. It’s the people who are after him who are dangerous, but Obrecht says, he’s like an Olympic bobsled run; hazardous under any conditions. But Britt won’t get a medal for surviving Jason.   

Carly tells Britt, she and Jason have been through a lot. Does she think this is going to work? Britt says his pulse is stronger, but she can’t give him a full transfusion. Carly’s guard still has to come through. She says, he will. Sonny’s men are extremely loyal to Jason, because he’d do the same for them. Right, Brick? Brick says, ten times over. We watch as the blood flows through the tube into Jason.

Sasha asks if Chase would like company, and he says, sure. She tells him that she was at the hospital, and thought she’d check up on him while she was there. How’s he feeling? He says, not bad for a guy who can’t hold a glass of water. Sasha asks what he means, and Willow says, Chase has neuropathy which makes it hard for him to hold things. Sasha says she’s sorry; she didn’t realize. What caused it? Chase says, he wishes he knew, and Willow says, Finn and the doctors are working hard, but so far there’s been no diagnosis. Chase says, Finn found a partial treatment, and he’s better… kind of. Sasha says he must be frustrated, and Willow says, he’s been strong. Sasha says that doesn’t surprise her, and Chase says he had help. There’s no way he could have done it without Willow. She’s been an absolute rock. Her being there made all the difference.

Mac comes into the garage, and says he canvassed the 10th floor and the stairwells, but there’s no evidence of additional gunfire. Any word on the victim? Jordan says, he was working at the hospital with false credentials. Dante joins them and says Britt’s office is trashed. If she was taken against her will, she put up a hell of a fight. Cyrus arrives, and asks what they’re doing to find his Chief of Staff. Jason has escaped, a member of the staff is dead, and Britt is gone; it’s terrible PR for the hospital. Jordan says, he’s not upset; she’s not surprised. He tells her, he didn’t say that, and she didn’t answer his question. Britt’s safety is of paramount importance to him.

Jordan assures Cyrus that she’ll focus on Britt, and asks about the janitor with the false ID. He says he’s sure HR could give her a better explanation than he can. He sees Obrecht, and says he promises he’ll use his full resources to find her daughter. If she speaks to Britt before he does, please ease his mind and let him know. Obrecht says, he’ll be her first call. He leaves with Brando, and Obrecht says, but if Britt has been harmed, I’ll cut your heart out, schwein.

Finn apologizes for interrupting, but says he needs to check Chase’s vitals. Chase asks if Sasha and Willow would mind stepping out. He needs to talk to his bro… Finn. Willow says, of course (🍷), and Sasha tells Chase, hang in there. Finn says Willow has been spending a lot of time with Chase, and Chase says, she has. He’d like to spend the rest of his life with her, anywhere other than the hospital. Be honest. What is Finn doing to get him out?

Willow asks what Sasha is doing at the hospital, and Sasha says she had a doctor’s appointment, and wanted to pop in on Chase. When she walked in, she could see that he and Willow are really back together. It gave her hope that things can really work out. Willow asks if Sasha is doing okay, and Sasha says she’s fine, maybe a little introspective. She and Michael are over, and it’s for the best, but in spite of that, Willow and Chase are chase making it work. Seeing the spark in his eyes when he’s so sick is an inspiration. Willow says she’s helping any way she can, but it’s hard watching Chase struggle. Sasha says, Chase has always been physically active. She knows how scared he must be. Knowing Willow and Chase ended up together, where they belong, is a reminder that good things happen. They deserve to happy.

Scotty tells the officer guarding Cameron that the Commissioner gave him time to talk to his client in private. The officer leaves, and Scotty says, first, Cameron admitted to picking up the gun. Never admit to anything without his lawyer present. Don’t even comment on the weather. And don’t bring up Jason. Cameron says he made mess, huh?

Obrecht tells Jordan that yesterday, Britt pulled her aside, and said she was getting pressure from Cyrus that made her a target. She advised Britt to stay away, and stay safe. Jordan asks if Britt told her what it was about, and Obrecht says, no, but Britt and Jason are missing, and Cyrus is offering up his lousy fake tears. Whatever happened, he’s behind it. For once, she’s on Jordan’s side. Bring that schwein to justice. Jordan sees Dante, and asks if he rejoined the force, but he says, no ma’am. Mac says he asked Dante to ride along; a test run if he comes back. Jordan hopes he decides to stay. Obrecht just told her that Britt said she was being pressured by Cyrus. She’s convinced Cyrus is behind what happened. Mac says, maybe Britt isn’t a hostage. They’ll find out from GH security. One of the cops hands Jordan an envelope, and she tells him that she needs the footage. She takes a paper out of the envelope, and Mac asks what it is. She says, the blood on the garage floor matches what they have on file for Jason. Scotty tells Cameron, take a deep breath. He’ll be fine. Mac tells Jordan, Cameron denies firing the gun, but she says, he knows how it goes. Cameron was panicked and disoriented. He may have pulled the trigger without realizing it.

Scotty tells Cameron that he wasn’t much of a father to his kids, but Franco fixed that. It’s not Cameron’s fault. He was shortchanged in the father department until Franco came along. Cameron says he doesn’t understand, and Scotty says, Franco was a stand-up guy who helped Cameron, and that’s what he’s going to do; stand up and help Cameron. Cameron thanks him, and Scotty says, next time Cameron has the impulse to do something stupid that will ruin his life, call him first, not later. Got it? Elizabeth says, he’s got it, right? Cameron says, he’ll call Scotty first.  

Carly asks how Jason is, and Britt says she thinks it’s working; he’s warming back up. Carly says, thank God, and Britt says she’s welcome. Carly tells Brick that she has to go home and change for a meeting. He says if she needs back-up, he’s available, but she says Jordan saw him at the hospital. She knows he’s involved. He says, so what? He’s not scared of a bunch of jurors, but she says, it’s a meeting. Everyone will be on their best behavior. Brick needs to handle the thing they discussed earlier, and then get out of town. He asks if she’s sure she still wants him to do it, and she says, hell yeah. They’ve got it coming.

Sasha says when she and Chase decided to push Michael and Willow together so they could get custody of Wiley, they knew it would be painful. They thought they were prepared, but she’s never seen anyone more heartbroken than Chase when he lost Willow. He’s a good guy, and all he wants is the best for Willow. Willow says it’s what she wants for Chase too. Sasha says, it mostly worked out. Willow and Michael are Wiley’s parents, and Chase will get better. He and Willow can finally build a life together. Willow smiles.

Finn says he knows Chase is climbing the walls, and knows how frustrating it can be, but look on the bright side. Chase says, other than Willow, there is no bright side, but Finn says he found a treatment. Chase says he’s grateful for all he can get. He has less pain, but he’s not well. It’s a treatment, not a cure. Finn says, yet, and Chase asks what Finn means. Is he going to be living at GH indefinitely? Finn says he’s doing everything in his power to make Chase better, and won’t stop until he does.

Mac says, Jason was wounded, but they have no idea how badly he’s hurt. It’s not clear if Britt was a hostage or a wiling accomplice. He’s sure Cyrus and his men will be out there looking for Jason, trying to find him before they do. Dante says, if Cyrus finds Jason before they do, Cyrus will kill him, and Mac’s questions remain unanswered. No one knows more about Sonny’s organization, or where Jason may be hiding out, than Dante. Is he up for the job? Dante says he’s not willing to commit past this job, but yes, and Mac says, all he asks is that Dante bring Jason back alive.

Jordan says, they’ve confirmed the blood at the crime scene is Jason’s, and tells Elizabeth, Cameron was discovered with a gun in his hand. She has to take him in for processing. Elizabeth says, he never fired that gun, and Jordan says, they’ll see what the evidence shows, in the meantime, Elizabeth and Scotty can meet them at the station. Elizabeth tells Cameron, it will be okay, but he looks pretty scared.

Britt reaches for something, and her hand shakes. Jason stirs, and she says his name. She asks if he can hear her, and he removes the oxygen mask. He asks, where’s Carly?

At the meeting of the Five Families olive oil, one of the members says, time for the meeting to start, and Cyrus walks in. He says, here he is, on time, and assures them he always will be. He addresses Miss Wu, Mr. Novak, and Mr. Bashima. He appreciates them extending an invitation to his first meeting of the family heads. (Otherwise known as the Five Families ravioli with meat sauce.) He says, shall we begin? The door opens, and we see a pair of righteous high heels walk through. Carly says, not so fast, and removes her white coat, revealing a sophisticated white dress. She says, now we can begin.

Frankly, I always thought Carly would be better at running the organization. God knows, she’s more ruthless than Sonny.

Tomorrow, Britt asks if Jason thinks he said too much, Josslyn asks if there are any details, and Carly tells Cyrus she’s calling the shots now and he doesn’t want to make himself a target.

🗽 On the season premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City, we saw New York City as it was on March 1, 2020, compared to October 1. Protocols were in place by the time they’d started filming. Leah was in a new apartment. I thought of my first apartment, which was in Manhattan. It could probably fit in Leah’s kitchen. And don’t get me started on the smallest closet in the world, which was also triangular, or the antique refrigerator. Leah also got a new fur baby, and Chihuahua named Angel, who was extremely cute. Leah was in the process of converting to Judaism. During a video chat with her father, asking forgiveness as she went into the Jewish New Year. Her father asked if Angel wasn’t Mexican, and she said, yes, and he told her, then the dog is Catholic. I literally lol’d. Ramona and LuAnn were buddy-buddy, and bitched about Sonja being MIA. In Ramona’s interview, she said, when Sonja is feeling vulnerable, she hides, and claimed to know all about Sonja’s psychological makeup.

LuAnn also had a new apartment in the city, and acted all surprised that her view included Tom’s terrace. Leah summed it up best later on Watch What Happens Live, when she said, it’s your ex-husband you know where he lives. Leah met with new Wife Eboni for a walk in the park, and in Leah’s interview, she explained she met Eboni after she’d moved to her new neighborhood. She said Eboni was the epitome of Black Girl Magic; she’s a lawyer and a broadcaster, and has a podcast going on. Eboni asked if Leah had anything going on with her love life, and Leah said she and Pita Chip Guy didn’t work out, but they’d always be friends. In her interview, Leah said she’d sent a nakey photo to Pita Chip Guy, who in turn sent it to a friend, and (mistakenly, we assume) to her.

Sonja didn’t seem very vulnerable as she conferred with assistant #2003, and lounged around in a caftan from her clothing line, a prisoner of her townhouse until it got sold. She invited the girls over for lunch on her gorgeous patio, complete with a fountain and goldfish pond. In Sonja’s interview, she told us, Sonja is on Sonja time, and never ready for the guests, but everything else is always ready for the guests. She felt like she’d had the rug pulled out from under her, since she’d just gotten her big Century 21 deal just before covid hit. LuAnn asked Leah to be her wingman, since she didn’t want to drink, and Leah was in not-drinking mode. When everyone asked where Sonja had been for the last several months, she said she’d been in the desert, but it wasn’t clear if she meant the Sahara, the Mohave, or she was mispronouncing dessert and had been busy eating her feelings. LuAnn invited everyone to her house in the Hamptons, and we saw a flash forward. Looks like there will be a lot of arguing.

Unlike RHONJ and RHOBH, I still enjoy the RHONY. They have their share of brawls, but they seem more genuine, and don’t create drama for drama’s sake. I don’t even think LuAnn and Ramona play to the cameras. I think they’d be divas if the cameras were rolling or not.

This season, a beauty pageant, Leah gives a lap dance, ice skating, burlesque, and is that Tiffany Pollard? Heather Thomas, arguments, Garth, Sonja dressed like a pilgrim, a trip to Salem, and a séance. Leah calls Heather a Karen, sketching a nakey guy, Leah calls everyone a ho (which caused me to go, here a ho, there a ho, everywhere a ho, ho, in my head), and Ramona wonders what happened to class?

🐎 I did catch one cool thing on The Real Housewives of Dallas. They had a murder mystery party at Southfork Ranch. The rooms were designed after various characters from the original Dallas TV series, and the women were able to stay there. I love a themed hotel. To negate the fun, Kary and Brandi managed to get drunk and destroyed the plexiglass in front of a JR display. The owner was very cool about it though. Not so much D’Andra, who Kary decided to throw in the pool, destroying three grand of accessories.

🥂 Yep, It Was…

Interesting pairing.

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/sonja-morgan-tiffany-new-york-pollard-brunch-with-tiffany-web-series-video

🏙 What’s To Come…

Leah and Eboni tell all about it.

https://ew.com/tv/real-housewives-of-new-york-city-season-13-leah-eboni/

🐴 Landmark Destruction…

All about the Southfork debacle.

https://champagneandshade.com/2021/04/28/rhod-season-5-finale-recap/

The actual ranch.

https://www.southforkranch.com/southfork-ranch-history

👮🏿‍♀️ Finding Valerie…

HAHN will begin their final season on June 1st. <sob!>

The Haves and the Have Nots: Season Eight; OWN Sets Debut of Final Episodes (Video)

🦉 Flight Of the Night Owl…

You know it’s a rough week when it’s only Tuesday and you feel like you’ve put in a full one. Whether your week is going rough, smooth, or in-between, stay safe, stay unprejudiced, and stay not wrecking JR’s room when you’re drunk. He’s already had to deal with being shot.

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April 30, 2021 – Unexpected Allies Plan To Stop Cyrus, Close Call, a Tribute, Switching Genres, Sonja Votes No, Lucky 13, Going Down, May Day, New Drag, a Cardinal Number of Quotes & New Jackson

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General Hospital

Carly says she doesn’t have time for Ava, but Ava says, it’s important. It’s about Avery. She’s in trouble. Carly tells her to come in, and asks, what kind of trouble? Ava says, the kind that comes from Cyrus Renault. Ava sees Laura on the couch, and Laura says, what about Cyrus? Carly’s phone rings, and it’s Britt.

Nina goes into the Tan-O, and Sonny says, hi. He asks how her friends is, and she says, on the mend. He asks how she is, and she says, fine. She was hoping he’d fill this thermos with coffee, so she could take it with her. He says, she’s going on a trip? and she says she’s bringing her friend back home. He says, he’s leaving Nixon Falls?

Jax struggles to put on his shirt, when Phyllis knocks on the door. He tells her, come in, and she rushes over to help him. She asks, how’s the shoulder? and he says, every time it flares up, he thinks about how Nina could have gotten shot, and how close he came to losing her. Phyllis says she sees. That means he’s not giving up on her. He says, he’s not, and she says, then he didn’t hear a word she said. He tells her, he heard every word she said, and he agrees with her. He has to respect Nina’s wishes. She asks if that shouldn’t be the end of it, and he says, it’s not the end; it’s a pause, a break between rounds. Because Nina’s worth fighting for.

Trina looks under the hood of the car, and Josslyn says, the dashboard light says, check engine. Trina says she’s checking, but she doesn’t know what she’s looking for. Josslyn looks at her phone and says she’ll see if she can find something online that can help. Trina says she’s sorry, but Josslyn says, what for? It’s not her fault the car overheated. Trina says she doesn’t think they’re going to get to Josslyn’s dad.

Alexis is working in the prison library, when Maggie asks if the warden is a friend of hers. Alexis says, no; why? and Maggie says, a cushy job like this needs connections. Just asking. Alexis hands Maggie two volumes, and says she pulled these books for her. They’ll help with her parole. Maggie thanks her, and says Alexis has been very helpful. She appreciates it. She adds, Alexis needs to watch out. Getting special treatment can put a target on your back. She leaves, and Alexis hears a voice saying he thinks he’s a bit overdue. She turns around to see Shawn, who says, hello, Alexis.

Britt tells Carly that she’s calling to tell her that her appointment has been rescheduled for Thursday, like she wanted. Carly thanks her, and says she’s feeling better already. Elizabeth approaches Britt and asks if she knows who installed all the new faces on the floor, like the janitor (i.e. the guy who was in Britt’s office yesterday) over there. Britt says she doesn’t know. HR approves new hires. Elizabeth asks if any of the new hires are security, or is one guard from Pentenville enough to handle Jason?

The guard says Cameron can’t be in Jason’s room, but Jason asks if he can stay. They need to talk.

Nina says, her friend can’t find his way back to Port Charles, so she’s going to drive him. Sonny says, good. The guy took a bullet. The least he deserves is a free ride, and a thermos full of Lenny’s coffee. She says she told him that she was going to drive to Port Charles; she didn’t say she was going to stay there. Sonny asks what she’s going to do. Drive there, and drop him off at his big mansion, and drive back? She says she’s going to take care of some stuff at Crimson, then she has a few loose ends to take care of. Then she’ll get in the car and drive back to Nixon Falls.  He says, it seems like a long drive to drop someone off and come back. Is her friend worth it? 

Jax tells Phyllis that he has a lot to prove to Nina, and he’s going to start by helping her be a part of her grandson’s life. He spoke to the boy’s father, and he seems open to it. Phyllis says she’s glad he’s doing what he can to help Nina see her grandson, and he says, but? She says she’s hoping it’s not just an avenue he’s using to win Nina back. He says, he loves her, and wants her back, but he wants her happiness more. She asks if he loves Nina enough to let her go.

Trina tells Josslyn, her mom’s motor club is sending someone. If they can’t fix it, they’ll tow them. They should be there within the hour. Josslyn says she’d hate to drive all this way to see her dad, and by the time they get there, he’s gone. Trina says, maybe they should have stuck to Plan A, and gone to the volleyball championship in Syracuse. At least they’d be with their friends. Josslyn says, sorry. She’d rather be pulled over there, with a check engine light. Sitting on the sidelines would be just another reminder that her final season is over, and so are her hopes for getting off the waitlist at SCU. Trina says she knows Josslyn is disappointed, but it’s Southern Coastal’s loss, and PCU’s gain. Think about how much fun they’ll have at PCU. Josslyn guesses she’s right, and Trina says, if Cameron bails on California, and joins them, that’s even better. Josslyn says she knows Trina is trying to make her feel better, but she has no idea what to do about Cameron right now. He’s convinced Jason killed Franco, and wants her to agree, but she won’t. She knows Jason didn’t do it. How do they get past that? Trina says, maybe start be realizing what’s going on between her and Cameron isn’t entirely about Jason. It’s also about Josslyn and Cameron.   

The guard says Cameron can talk to the prisoner, but the door stays open. He’ll be right outside. Cameron tells the guard, yes, sir. He says, Jason wanted to talk, so talk. Jason says, you go first. That’s why Cameron came there. Cameron tells him, he had a lot to say when he first found out Jason was there. Now that he sees Jason, he wants to see Jake’s father, the father Jake believes in so much, but he can’t. He just sees the person who killed Franco.

Britt asks if she has to remind Elizabeth that Jason is a patient there, and will be treated as such. Elizabeth says, so that guy over there has nothing to do with Jason? and Britt says, it might surprise Elizabeth, but HR doesn’t need to clear personnel decisions with the part-time nursing staff. Elizabeth says, something strange is going on. Jason is there for a minor stab wound, something that could have been treated in the prison infirmary. Why? Britt says, maybe it looked worse than it was. Maybe they were afraid of being sued by the Quartermaines. Who knows? Clearly, Jason’s presence there is upsetting Elizabeth. Maybe it’s time they had a talk about her status at GH.   

Carly asks Ava, what’s going on with Avery? and Ava says, Cyrus came by, and claimed he was there to see Nikolas. When she said Nikolas wasn’t there, Cyrus made himself at home anyway. Carly tells her to get to the part about Avery, and Ava says Nikolas thought if he got Cyrus’s mother back, Alexis would be kept safe in Pentenville. Laura says she told him he was making a deal with the devil, and Ava says, they all did. When she suggested to Cyrus that he had no further business with Nikolas, he started talking about family; how Nikolas was his nephew, and she was his niece-in-law. Then he picked up a photo of Avery, and pointed out how she bears a striking resemblance to her father. Carly says, that son of a bitch. Now does Laura see why Carly needs her help?

Nina tells Sonny that she’ll be gone two days, three tops. He says he’s glad to hear it. Who else would risk their toes being his dance partner? He asks if he can be a little pushy, and she says, why stop now? He says, it seems like she’s going out of her way for this guy who hurt her; keeping a secret about her child from her. What decent man does that? She says, he was trying to spare her some pain, which was not his decision to make. He should have trusted her enough to believe she was strong enough to face the truth. Eli comes in, and says, trust. That’s the key to every lasting relationship. Wouldn’t Mike/Sonny agree?

Jax tells Phyllis, if Nina is happier without him, of course (🍷) he’ll let her go. In the meantime, he reserves the right to at least try. She says she can tell he would move heaven and earth for Nina, if he could, and he says he would. She says, what if Nina’s not looking for a superhero, but just someone who will simply tell her the truth? He says, unlike him. He can assure Phyllis, it was an isolated incident. She says, one he can’t take back. Nina came there looking for a different life. It’s too soon to say if she found it, but if she decides she’s found a future there in Nixon Falls, then he has to let her choose it. She wishes him a safe journey, and he says, what if Nina decides her life is in Port Charles? Phyllis says, then he needs to step back, and let Nina come to him.

Josslyn tells Trina that she and Cameron were good until Franco was killed, and Cameron convinced himself Jason did it. Trina says, what if they weren’t? What if something was wrong between them already? Josslyn asks what Trina is trying to tell her, and Trina says she shouldn’t have mentioned it. It’s not her place to say. Josslyn says, since when has that stopped her? and Trina says, never, and Josslyn deserves to know. Josslyn says, know what? and Trina says, not what, who. May he rest in peace.

Alexis says, not that she’s complaining, but how did Shawn get access into the women’s wing? He says, special privilege; to access books the men’s wing doesn’t have on the shelves. Of course (🍷) he had to wait a couple of years to prove himself before they let him in. He asks what her secret is, and she says, they needed a library assistant, and everyone has always said she comes across bookish. He says, when TJ told him that she was sentenced there, he thought TJ made a mistake. She says, just a cavalcade of great personal errors, and he says, TJ told him that she pled guilty. She says she wanted to face the consequences, and as it happens, those consequences are right here. He asks if it’s true she stabbed Dante, and she says she went on a booze-fueled rampage, and almost killed Franco, but Dante got in the way. He says, that’s a lot, and she says it is. Does he remember how he couldn’t quit working for Sonny, and it ended with him being put in there? She couldn’t quit drinking, and it landed her there. He says she remembers them, and she says he’s not easy to forget. He says he doesn’t look back and try to figure out what might have been; not too much anyway. She says, eyes forward, and he says, something like that. She says, it turns out they’re family anyway; they’re in-laws. He says, Molly and TJ. Who knew when they met all those years ago as a couple of kids, they’d go the distance? She says, lucky them, and he agrees.

Elizabeth says she barely has any status left, and Britt says, the fact is, Elizabeth lost her husband, horribly and violently, and then came back to work too quickly. The head of infectious diseases asked that she be reassigned not to care for Detective Chase. If this pattern continues, Britt’s hands will be tied, and she can’t help. She thinks a leave of absence is in order – effective immediately. 

Cameron says, Jake keeps telling him that Jason didn’t do it. Jason says he told Jake the truth, and it’s exactly what he’ll tell Cameron. Cameron wonders if Jason is going to make him ask if he did it. He already knows the answer. Jason says, based on what? Cameron wasn’t there; he doesn’t know what happened. Cameron says, the cops think he did it. They arrested Jason and sent him to prison. Jason says, to await trial. He’s innocent until proven guilty. Cameron says that works great for Jason. He thinks he’ll get away with it, and why not? Jake thinks he’s a hero, Josslyn thinks he’s so great, but Franco is his hero, and he was an art therapist, not a killer like Jason.

Ava says, the way Cyrus was admiring that photo, you could practically hear it would be a shame if anything happened to her tanging in the air. Laura says, this has got to stop, and Carly asks if that means Laura will help her. Ava asks, help with what? but Carly says it doesn’t concern Ava. Ava tells Carly, if it concerns her mother-in-law and her daughter, she’d say it concerns her. Carly says, Ava chose to back Nikolas, who put them in the position of losing the leverage they had left, and Ava tells her, give it a rest. Carly kidnapped a sick old lady. Laura says, in fairness, Florence was well-cared for and happy, but when they had her, they had a check on Cyrus. That check is gone now. Ava says, Nikolas thought he was helping his aunt, and Laura says she knows, but the reality is that Cyrus has been unleashed. Carly says, Nikolas made a huge mistake, so if they find they have the devil at their door, that’s on them.  She’ll do anything to help Avery, but she’s not going to rescue Ava. Ava says she’s not there to ask for help. She’s there to offer it.

Sonny asks how long Eli was listening to their private conversation, and Eli says, does Sonny mean when did he walk into an open public establishment and hear the tail end of a conversation? Just now. Sonny asks where at the tail end did Eli feel there were asking him to give input? and Nina says, enough. She has to go to the clinic, get her friend, and drive him to Port Charles. While she’s gone, are they going to play nice, or does she have to call Lenny to referee? Sonny says he’s got work to do, and Eli tells her, don’t worry; they’ll behave. He hopes she hurries back. It’s not the same without her. She gets her bag, and smiles at Sonny. When she’s gone, Eli tells Sonny, Nina is right. They don’t have to be enemies. They want the same thing. Sonny says, what’s that? and Eli says, they both care about Nina, Lenny and Phyllis, and Nixon Falls, but thanks to the robbery the other night, the town he loves, the town Sonny adopted as his new home, is teetering on brink. Sonny says, and whose fault is that, Elijah?

Josslyn asks if this is about Oscar, but Trina says, it’s about Dev. She didn’t want to say anything because the loss is so fresh, but it’s been there, bubbling beneath the surface undermining Josslyn’s friendship with Cameron, and she didn’t even know it. Josslyn says, know what? and Trina says, before he died, Dev did something selfish, almost borderline creepy. He somehow found her journal, and showed it to Cameron. Josslyn asks if that’s why her journal is missing, and Trina says, yeah. She asks when Trina found out, and why she waited so long to say something. Trina says, it didn’t seem important, and happened a long time ago, but Josslyn says she thinks she should be the judge of that. Trina says she didn’t want to tarnish Dev’s memory, and Josslyn says she can see that. Trina says, and Cameron is still upset, and Josslyn says, he’s upset because Dev took her journal? Trina says, he’s upset about what was in it, and Josslyn says Trina lost her. What upset Cameron? Trina tells Josslyn that she’s already said too much. Josslyn needs to ask Cameron. The tow guy shows up, and says, Dr. Robinson? Trina thanks him for coming so quick, and tells him the car was overheating. He says, I’ll see what I can do about that, doc.  

Elizabeth says, a leave of absence is the last thing she needs. She needs more work. Britt asks if it’s about money, and Elizabeth says, of course (🍷) it’s about the money, but the only helping her heal is to work. Please reconsider. Britt says, okay. They’ll table the discussion for now, but take the rest of the day off – with pay. Britt will cover Elizabeth’s shift. Elizabeth starts to protest, but Britt says, go home. Elizabeth leaves, and the custodian watches.

Jason says he gets that Cameron needs to blame someone, but that doesn’t make it true. Cameron says, what makes it true is Jason pulling the trigger and murdering his stepfather. Britt comes in, and says, what’s going on? She asks what Cameron is doing, and Cameron says, he hopes they keep Jason nice and safe. He hopes Jason has a long life in prison, and dies and old man behind bars. He leaves, and Jason says, let him go. Britt says, he’s a charmer, and tells the guard that she needs to examine Jason, closing the door. She asks what that was about, and Jason says Cameron thinks he killed Franco. Britt says, Cameron is clearly in pain. Why doesn’t Jason help him, and tell him that it was Peter?

Ava tells Carly, Cyrus put Lulu in a coma, and put Jason in prison. She wouldn’t be surprised if he had something to do with what happened to Sonny. Now he’s threatening Ava’s husband and daughter. He’s threatening their girl. As much as Ava doesn’t like admitting it, Avery is theirs. Tell her what they’re up to, and let her help. Laura says she was on the fence until she heard Cyrus’s latest threat, against a child. They have to do something, and they have to do it now and do it together. All of them.

Eli says he hopes Mike/Sonny isn’t blaming him for Nixon Falls failing economy. Brick and mortar is suffering everywhere. Even Drummond’s Pawn Shop is struggling, and it thrives when people are forced to sell. Sonny says, hard times. He’s not blaming Eli for the economy, but he’s not sure about the robbery at the firehouse. Eli says Sonny thinks he had something… and Sonny says, Eli did leave before the shooting started. Eli says, he’s responsible because he wasn’t there? Mike/Sonny was in the thick of it, and not for the first time. Like he told Lenny, crime seems to follow Mike/Sonny wherever he goes. Why is that? What is the secret to his terrible timing?

Nina asks Jax how he’s doing, and he says he’s been released. He signed the paperwork, and back to Port Charles he goes. She asks if he’s walking back. She knows he can’t fly the plane with his shoulder like that. He says, of course (🍷), he’s made other arrangements, and she says, cancel them. She has a full tank of gas, and a thermos full of Lenny’s coffee. She’s driving him back home. She’s parked out front, and ready to roll. He says he’s sorry. He appreciates it, but he’s afraid he has to decline.

Alexis asks what made Shawn decide to get a business degree, and he says he spent the first few years proving how tough he was. Survival of the fittest. She says she’s familiar with that. Unfortunately, Darwin isn’t her friend there.  He says, he figured he had to take something from this place besides battle scars, so he started a group for inmates suffering from PTSD. That’s how he got access to the library. He started reading about business, and discovered he had a knack for it. She says, so here he is, and he says, one day, he’ll put it to use, if he lives that long. She says here’s hoping they both get out of there. She had a close call. He says, just one? and she says, a special one. He says she doesn’t look banged up, and she says, somebody intervened. He says, maybe someone got a notice from someone on the outside? and she says, something like that. She’s sure Sonny looked out for him when he was in there, and Shawn says, he was, but he knew he could trust Sonny. If someone comes to her with a deal that sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Jason says Britt saw how angry Cameron was. If he knew the truth… Britt says he’s right. Cameron would probably get in Peter’s face with the whole, you killed Franco and now I’m going to make you pay, and then Peter would kill him too. It’s good of Jason to take the hit. As long as Cameron keeps his anger directed at Jason, he should be safe. Jason says, until they can prove Peter did this. She smiles, and he says, what? She says, for an unfeeling killer, he can be kind of sweet. He says she shouldn’t be there, but she says it’s the only place they can have a private conversation. He says, Cyrus could be watching, and she says, that ship has sailed; Cyrus already called her out for spending too much time with him.

New custodian wheels his supplies past Jason’s room. He goes around the corner, and calls Cyrus. He says, she’s in with Jason now… He can’t hear. The door is closed… Okay. He’ll let Cyrus know. He watches as Britt sits down by Jason’s bed.

Carly says she doesn’t know what part Ava can play in this, and Ava says Carly is always accusing her of being ruthless. Now’s her chance to use that ruthlessness to her advantage. Laura says, Ava is right. Carly should listen to her. The one thing Carly and Ava have in common is their love for Avery, like she and Ava have their love for Nikolas in common. Let’s be real. They all have their reasons to distrust one another, but the one thing they can all agree on is, nothing is more important than their children. This man has taken her daughter from her, and she’s not going to stand by and watch him take Nikolas too. Whatever Carly has planned, she doesn’t want to know about it, but maybe Ava can help. Carly says she thinks Laura is right. Working together is the only way to stop Cyrus. Ava asks what she can do, and Carly says, call Cyrus and invite him to dinner at Windymere tonight.   

Sonny tells Eli, great question. He goes day to day, minding his own business, and trouble seems to come out of nowhere, like somebody wants bad things to happen to him, and has the force to make it happen. Maybe it’s just his paranoia talking. Does Eli know what the one good thing about Nina leaving is? Eli won’t be able to use her to pump up interest in Nixon Falls while he drives the real estate prices down. Eli says he doesn’t follow, and Sonny says, Eli’s friends keep buying real estate, and everyone is selling. Nina’s article comes out, and everybody says, Nixon Falls is a great destination; everybody’s got to go there. And when they come, Eli will sell – at a profit. Is he right? Eli says, that’s fascinating. For a guy who doesn’t know his own name, he sure has it figured out. Sonny yells that he’s got Eli figured out, Eli yells back, and they start with the no, you stuff. Phyllis comes in and asks if this is the thanks she gets for taking both of them in, and treating them like family. Is this how they disrespect her?  

Nina says Jax came all this way to talk to her, and she offers to spend hours on the road with him, and he turns her down? Jax says, let’s be honest. The two of them in a car after all that’s been said… She says he’s probably right. It’s a bad idea. He says, besides, he’s already made arrangements for a car and driver; they’re waiting outside. Josslyn walks in, and asks if someone asked for a driver. Don’t just stand there. Come hug your daughter… or don’t. What happened to his arm? He’d said it was a minor injury. He says, it’s fine. The bullet barely grazed his shoulder.

Elizabeth asks Cameron what he’s doing there, and he asks why she didn’t tell him that he was there. She says he means Jason. Please don’t tell her that he tried to see Jason. That’s exactly why she didn’t tell him; she wanted to spare him. He says, Jake and Josslyn kept saying Jason didn’t do it. Part of him thought maybe there was something decent in Jason. Jake loves him, so he can’t be all bad. But he is.

Britt tells Jason that she’d better be on her way, before the guard thinks she’s giving him preferential treatment. She wouldn’t want it to get back to the boss. He says, this is her last chance; she doesn’t have to do this. She says she knows the risks to her or anyone she cares about. Thankfully, it’s a small list. She puts her shaking hand in her pocket, and says, nobody lives forever. It’s how you live that matters. She spent a lot of her life on the wrong side. It’s about time she tried the right one. Jason says, but there’s one more thing he needs her to do.

Ava says, excuse her? and Carly says, Ava heard her. Invite Cyrus to dinner. Ava asks if she should make it a family affair, and Carly says, even better. Ava asks how a dinner party is going to neutralize Cyrus, and Carly says, trust has its limits. Call the man. The clock is ticking, and they’re running out of time.

Jax tells Josslyn, yes, it was an act of courage and heroism, and Nina says, he’s not wrong. Jax says he can tell her the rest on the drive home, and Nina says, they have a long drive ahead of them. They should probably hit the road. Jax says, especially in an ankle boot. How did Josslyn get there? He thought she was supposed to go to the state tournaments, and that her ankle was healing. Josslyn says, they’ll talk on the way home, as soon as Trina gets back with the car. Nina says, Trina is here too? and Josslyn says they borrowed her mom’s car. Trina was starving, so she dropped Josslyn off and went to get something to eat. Nina says, so she went to a drive-through? but Josslyn says, she wanted to go to a super cute place they saw on their way here. It’s called the Tan-O.   

Sonny apologizes to Phyllis. He meant no disrespect. Eli says, him either; no excuses. He tells Mike/Sonny, no hurt feelings? and they shake hands. Phyllis says she knows they’re putting on a show right now, but she hopes they actually take the opportunity to learn how to get along. Eli says he’s willing to bury the hatchet if Mike/Sonny is, and Sonny shrugs, saying, that’s part of the show, but if it’s what Phyllis wants, it’s what they’ll do. Eli says, absolutely, and leaves. Phyllis tells Sonny, he knows she can read his tone, and he says, it’s just the fact that Eli thinks he can snow Phyllis that’s disrespectful. Phyllis asks if that’s what Sonny is doing right now, but he says at least he’s telling the truth. That takes some honesty. She says, nice save. She still needs something from him. He says, name it, and she says if he wants Nina to be happy in Nixon Falls, help make it a place where she finds peace, and harmony, not shouting and aggression. Can he manage that? He says he can do that, and she says she believes he can do better than that. He asks if she ever gets tired of being right, and she says, never. Now get to work. He laughs, and they go into the back. Trina comes in the Tan-O.    

Alexis asks if Shawn is telling her to refuse help if it comes from the inside or the outside, and he says, that depends. If it comes from someone like Cyrus Renault, that kind of favor comes at a price. She asks what she should do; quit her job the first day to get the target off her back. He says, hell no. How else could he see his favorite in-law? Just remember, she’s got a friend inside too.

Elizabeth tells Cameron, Jason’s not all bad, but Cameron asks how she can say that. She saw him looming over Franco’s body. She says she saw the way he was talking to Jake. He says Jason lied in Jake’s face. She knows Jason is guilty as well as he does.

On the phone, Ava says she was thinking about what Cyrus said about the importance of family. She’d like to invite him to dinner with her and Nikolas at Windymere. Not just the three of them. She’s invited Martin… If they’re having difficulty in communicating, she’s sure Laura will… Yes, Laura is going to be there… Oh yes, she agreed to come. Dare I say, she’s looking forward to it. It will be a true family affair.

Britt says she knows it’s a change of pace for Jason. She senses asking people for things, such as help, isn’t something he does well. What can she do for him? He says she needs to leave, and she says, and go where? He says, if things go sideways, she needs deniability, from the cops and Cyrus. She says, okay. She’ll take herself to the MetroCourt, and have a very public drink, while all hell is breaking loose there. Get that bastard of a brother of hers. And while he’s at it, try not to die. As his doctor, she would take that personally.

As Carly and Ava walk Laura to the door, Laura says, well done, and Ava thanks her. Laura says she’s going home to try and wrap her mind around what she just agreed to. It should be a night to remember. Laura leaves, and Ava tells Carly, she’ll keep Cyrus at Windymere for as long as she possibly can, and good luck with whatever Carly’s part of the plan is. Carly says, wait. She believes Ava is doing this to keep Avery safe, and believes Ava will keep her end of the bargain, but if she’s wrong, and this is a double-cross… Ava says, it’s not. For once, they’re on the same side. Cyrus won’t know what hit him.

On Monday, Cyrus wonders why they’re at Windymere, Carly tells Spinelli that she doesn’t like it at all, and the guard tells Jason, it’s time to go.

💣 It Would Have Been Chaos…

Sonny almost gave GH the slip.

Maurice Benard Opens Up About Quitting GENERAL HOSPITAL

🕶 Save the Date…

On May 21st, GH will pay tribute to one of our favorite spies.

GENERAL HOSPITAL Announces Date for John Reilly Tribute Episode

🍀 Lucky Gets Lucky…

Funny though, no mention of GH.

https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-season-11-cast-jacob-young/

🦞 No Vote For You…

Not unless she gets a purse full of lobsters.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/28/sonja-morgan-wont-vote-for-ex-rhony-star-barbara-kavovit-for-mayor/

🗽 New New York…

What’s to come on RHONY.

‘Real Housewives of New York’ Fans Will Not Believe Who Pops Up in the Season 13 Premiere

New Wife Eboni and Leah have a pregame dish.

https://extratv.com/videos/it-s-a-new-era-eboni-k-williams-and-leah-mcsweeney-dish-on-rhony-season-13/

🏆 Oscars So Low Rated…

Even lower than the Snow White fiasco.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/media/oscars-ratings-2021/index.html

The search for answers.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/4-Possible-Reasons-Oscar-Ratings-Were-Down-Year-115297.html

💐 Tra-La It’s May…

The lowdown on May Day.

https://www.bhg.com/holidays/traditions/what-is-may-day/

🤯 Mind Officially Blown…

My favorite drag queen of all time does a Jackson duet. (See below for full video.)

Orville Peck and Trixie Mattel Channel Johnny Cash and June Carter in “Jackson” Music Video

🌬 Quotes of the Week

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. – William James

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. – Jim Rohn

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection. – Bernard Branson

You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served. – Nina Simone

Even if it makes others uncomfortable, I will love who I am. – Janelle Monáe

If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself. – Gabrielle Union

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

One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. – Malala Yousafzai

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway. – Mary Kay Ash

Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong. – Peter McIntyre

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Addair

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. – Caroline Myss

We can’t even get cable TV here, and you want romance. – Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates), Fast Times at Ridgemont High

🐧 Sliding Back Out Like…

Here it is again, those days once known as the weekend, before darkness fell on the land. But I hear they might be a thing again soon, so start practicing. And no matter which day it is, stay safe, stay lighthearted, and stay not being selfish and/or borderline creepy by stealing someone’s journal.

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April 28, 2021 – Maxie’s Best Option, Love Is In the NJ Air, VanderMix, Baby On Board, Joe’s Big Mouth, an Accusation, Reality Prisoner & April 1992

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Carly wants to talk to Jason about her plan to get him out of there, but he says, if he wanted out, he’d get out. She asks why he doesn’t want to run, and he says he doesn’t want to make a bad situation worse.   

Britt goes to the computer, but the files say, access denied. Cyrus asks if she’s having computer trouble again.

Elizabeth sees Jason’s name on the patient log, and flashes back to Jason telling Jake, the best thing he can do for Jason is to live his life, take care of his brothers, and do his art. Hold on to the fact that Jason didn’t kill Franco. He’d never do anything to hurt anyone if it meant hurting Jake. Laura asks Elizabeth if everything is all right.

Nina tells Jax, don’t toy with her emotions, but he’s says he’s not. He’s been laying the groundwork with Michael. He’s confident that if Nina comes home, there will be a path for her to not only see Wiley, but have a real relationship with him.  

Valentin says Peter seems lighter, and more hopeful, and Peter says he got Anna to give Maxie the push she needed to be more hospitable to him. His plan is working. Valentin took his best shot and failed, but face it, Peter is smarter than him. And now, he’s getting everything he wants.

Willow is frustrated because she can’t get chips out of the vending machine, but Michael comes along, and says he has something much better. He shows her a take-out bag, and says he thought they’d like something other than hospital food. She says, he’s so thoughtful, and he asks how Chase is. She says, Chase woke up for a second, but he’s still weak, and immediately lost consciousness. She’s scared, but most of all, she feels guilty. Chase is so  invested in the idea of them getting back together, but she can’t tell him they’re not, and it feels wrong to lie to him.

Finn goes into Chase’s room, and says Willow stepped away, but he’s sure she’ll be right back. He knows it all seems pretty scary – hell, he’s scared too – but he’s not going to lose Chase. Peter already ruined so much of his life, he’s not letting Peter take one more thing, especially not him. Chase opens his eyes, and says, Finn? Finn says he’s there, and Chase asks, what did he just say?

Maxie says, clearly, Brook wants something from her. Spill. Brook says, Maxie’s got it all wrong. It’s not about what Maxie can do for her. It’s about what they can do for each other. Maxie says she loves riddles, and Brook lifts her shirt, saying, this is as real as it gets.

Scotty meets Obrecht coming out of the elevator, and says, it’s been a while. She says, has it? and he says he’s been calling her, and all he’s been getting are crickets. She says she’s been busy, and he says, too busy to hook up while he was babysitting? She says she decided against it. Despite their shared love for Franco, she didn’t think Elizabeth would appreciate it. He says, it was probably for the best, but he’s started thinking she’s avoiding him.

Maxie says Brook just hopped from Crypticville to Crazytown. What is this? You show me yours, and I’ll show you mine? She gets that Brook has never been pregnant before, but this is weird by any standard. What’s going on? What is that? Brook says, that, is the answer to both their problems.   

Finn tells Chase that he was just talking to himself. Chase gave them all a scare. Chase asks, what happened? and Finn says Chase’s body was close to shutting down, but he administered treatment, and got Chase out of the woods. Chase thanks him, and Finn says, no sweat. Chase asks what that means. Is he cured?

Michael tells Willow, it’s an emergency, so they have to prioritize. Ask herself, is it more important to be honest, or to support Chase by giving him hope? Hope is a powerful incentive. She says, he’s right. When he puts it like that, there’s no question; Chase needs her. She has to be there for him. Just so she’s clear, she’s in love with Michael. Nothing has happened there to change that. Michael says he knows, and he’s not going anywhere. He would say what Willow is doing for Chase makes him love her more, but he doesn’t think that’s possible.

Nina asks if this is real, and Jax says, as real as the bullet he took for her. She tells him not to joke, but he says he’s not. She can be a part of Wiley’s like, if that’s still what she wants. She says, of course (🍷) it is. Everyone was so furious at her over what happened at the Quartermaines; what changed Michael’s heart? He says he convinced Michael how important it would be, not just for her, but Wiley. She says, that’s sweet of him, but she can’t imagine it went over well with Carly.

Britt tells Cyrus, it appears she’s locked out of the records regarding the pharmaceutical he was developing. He asks why she wants to access the files, and she says she found similarities between Tobadryl, and the drug in a patient’s bloodstream. Obviously, they’re different compounds, but she was hoping it would help develop treatment for ODs in the future. He says, the thing is, now that the Board put the kibosh on the program, it’s best to keep the intellectual property under wraps. Wouldn’t she agree? She says, of course (🍷), and he says, a little birdie told him that she’s been spending time in Jason’s room. Don’t forget she’s Chief of Staff. She doesn’t want anyone thinking she cares more about Jason than her other patients.

Carly says Jason isn’t going back to Pentenville. Her plan… He asks if she thinks it’s a lock, and she says, nothing is a lock, but her plan has been carefully set up, and has minimal risk. He says, the more people involved, the bigger the chance something can go wrong.

Elizabeth tells Laura that she hasn’t seen Jason. She doesn’t know what to say. She’s no longer absolutely convinced that he’s guilty. Laura asks if Elizabeth wants her opinion, and Elizabeth says, always. Laura says, from the first moment she heard about it, it didn’t make sense. Does Elizabeth remember when Ryan kidnapped Carly? Elizabeth says, how could she forget? and Laura says she was working with Jason, the thing she remembers most about him was how level-headed he remained during their insane ordeal. He’s not a person who panics. He doesn’t react in the heat moment, so it didn’t sit well with her; it still doesn’t. She can’t imagine Jason being so worked up that he shot Franco in Franco’s own studio. Did he hate Franco? Yes. Is he capable of killing? Absolutely. It’s the way it happened. Elizabeth says, she knows. She keeps going back to the idea that maybe she saw what she expected to see, and not actually what was in front of her. Maybe Jason was helping Franco, and not hurting him, but there’s a witness. Laura says, they could be wrong. What people think they see, sometimes ends up being different in reality. The truth will come out; it always does. Elizabeth says, okay, and thanks Laura. She says she has to get back to her patient, and Laura tells her to take care.

Laura rounds the corner, and runs into Cyrus. He says, hi, sis.

Valentin says, if Maxie can accept Peter, knowing who he is, he’ll have nothing further to do with it. Peter says Maxie will come to realize that their accusations are a misunderstanding.

Maxie tells Brook, this makes no sense. Brook was in the hospital the same night she was. Britt would have noticed. Brook thanks Maxie, and says she may have pocketed Maxie’s sonogram. Maxie gasps, and Brook tells her, she said thank you. Maxie says, please, start at the beginning, and Brook says, it’s a long story, elevator pitch. Since she got back, she’s been trying to find a way to make things up with her family. Maxie says, since she completely screwed them over by giving her shares to Valentin? and Brook says, because, that. Maxie says she thought Brook’s father forgave her, and Brook says, he did, but who knows? With the Quartermaines, everything is about family, and she wanted to get the shares back. She’d slept with Valentin, so why not pretend he knocked her up, and use it to her advantage? Valentin is a lot of things, but he’s not a crappy father. Maxie says, so she thought she’d use their child in exchange for the shares? Brook says, he called her bluff, and won’t give her the shares until after the baby is born. That’s where Maxie comes in.

Cyrus says he’s glad he bumped into Laura, and she says, that makes one of us. He laughs, and says he just wanted to let her know that his mother is settling in nicely in her new facility. She says, wonderful. Congratulations. She starts to walk away, and stops. She says, this begs the question, why not use this as a turning point? He says he’s not sure he’s following her, and she says he’s gotten everything he wanted; his mother, his freedom, the hospital, and Jason is in prison. Now would be the time to go legit. He tells her, she says he has everything, but that’s not true. She asks, what else is there? and he says, her.  

Carly says she knows Jason hates it, but she’s looked at the situation, and can’t do it alone. He says, she’s not alone, but she says, he’s in Pentenville. He tells her, the trial is the end of it, and she says he wants her to be patient. He says, there’s nothing to convict him, but she says, it’s different this time. The business is a runaway bus, and no one is driving. Sonny is gone, which leaves him. They can’t wait for Diane, and he can’t go back to Pentenville. Cyrus’s men will kill him. He says he can handle it, but she says she’s asking him to do something hard; to trust her. Please, do it her way. Since he’s been in prison, she knows more about the situation than he does. Even if she’s wrong, do it for her. Please. He says he’d do anything for her, and Britt comes in. She says, they have a problem.

Jax says, Carly wasn’t thrilled that he saw Michael, and Nina says she translates that to mean Carly was furious. Jax says, she was, but it doesn’t matter; she has no say. Nina tells him, Carly always gets a say, but he says, legally, Wiley isn’t her son. He’s Michael and Willow’s son, and it’s their call. She says, and? What was their call? What exactly did Michael say?  

Michael tells Willow, he knows this isn’t the best time to bring this up, but he wants to be completely transparent. She says, okay, and he says, Jax approached him, and asked him to consider giving Nina another chance at a relationship with Wiley. She asks what he told Jax, and he says he told Jax that he had to talk to her. She says, is she open to it? Is he?  

Finn tells Chase, damage has still been sustained, and Chase asks, what about the treatment Finn gave him? but Finn says, it’s a temporary solution; not a cure. Chase asks if Finn is saying he’s not getting out of there, when Elizabeth comes in. She asks how her favorite patient is, and Chase tells her, she says that to all her patients. Finn says, she does. He’s going to let Elizabeth check Chase’s vitals, and he’ll be back to touch base. Elizabeth tells Chase, she’ll be back in a second, and he says, don’t worry. Apparently, he’s not going anywhere. Elizabeth goes out in the hallway, and calls to Finn. She says they need to talk. She doesn’t want to overstep, but what was in the vial he gave Chase?

Michael tells Willow, nothing would make him happier than Wiley having both grandmas, and she says, even if they’re at each other’s throats. He says he knows if he asks his mom to get along with Nina, she will for Wiley’s sake. He’s not worried about that, but what happened last time, can’t happen again. Nina needs to have her head on straight. Jax went to see her, and he trusts Jax’s judgement. If he says Nina is in a good place, that will go a long way.

Jax tells Nina, Michael said he’d be open to allowing a visit, and she says, open? He says, it’s better than closed, but she says, Michael didn’t actually promise. He says, formally, no, but he’s known Michael since he was a boy, and Michael is very fair. If he works on Michael a little, he guarantees Michael will come around. He knows where Michael’s heart is. She says she appreciates Jax speaking on her behalf, but he’s describing a vague open-ended conversation; definitely not a promise. She can’t set herself up for another crushing blow. She wont be able take it.

Britt tells Jason and Carly that she’s been locked out of the records pertaining to the drug. Carly asks why that’s a problem, because she’s stupid. Britt says, for the same reason Cyrus noticed the amount of attention she’s giving Jason. He assumes they’re working together. Jason says that makes Brook a target, and Brook says, lucky her. He tells her to make sure Cyrus can’t use anyone she cares about against, and she says, assuming there is anyone she cares about. Jason asks what about her mom, and Britt wonders if it sounds perverse that she wants to see a show down between Cyrus and Obrecht. Carly says, yeah, and Britt says she’ll handle it. Carly says, but she’ll still help Jason get out, and Jason says, no; she won’t.

Peter tells Valentin, Maxie will come full circle, and realize being with him is best for her and the baby. Valentin asks if he’s supposed to be happy for Peter, but Peter says, no. But he wants Valentin to stop focusing on his family, and pay attention to his own.

Obrecht tells Scotty to get his head out of his arsch, and he says he doesn’t think that requires a translation. She says if he believes she’s avoiding him because of their one night, he’s sorely mistaken. He says, well, then prove it to him, and have a cocktail with him. Peter comes by, and says he likes this. The two of them have lost so much, it’s wonderful to see they’re such good friends. Scotty slams Peter up against the wall, and says, Peter killed his son, and he’s going to pay for it.

Maxie says she doesn’t understand how this has anything to do with her, and Brook says Maxie is planning on letting Peter believe their baby is dead, and stashing the baby away. Maxie says, oh my God. How could Brook possibly know that? Brook says, apparently, when Maxie was spilling her guts at Nathan’s grave, Olivia was there and overheard. In order for Maxie’s plan succeed, she knows Maxie’s baby has to disappear. For Brook’s plan to work, she needs a baby. Maxie asks why she would care about Brook’s plan. Her baby isn’t a prop; it’s a human being. Why doesn’t Brook go to a talent agency to find a baby? Brook says, she can’t believe how bitchy Maxie is being, when clearly, Brook is her best option. Maxie asks when Brook ever did anything good for her, and Brook suggests Maxie tell her about her problems. 

Elizabeth tells Finn, she was in the room. They were losing Chase, when Anna showed up, and Finn injected whatever she gave him into Chase’s IV, and he stabilized. He says, she must be mixed up; there was a lot going on. Why would Anna give him medicine? She should just be grateful the protocol worked, and they saved Chase’s life. She says if she doesn’t have all the information, she can’t do her job, but he tells her, leave it alone

Finn apologizes to Elizabeth. He says he’s exhausted, but knows that’s not an excuse. It’s been a trying couple of days for everyone. Just give him a moment to exhale, and he’ll bring her up to speed. She says she’ll check Chase’s vitals, and leaves. Finn sees Dr. Zaslow, and asks if he can have a minute.  

Scotty says he should beat the hell out of Peter, but he’ll let the courts deal with it. Get out. He shoves Peter toward the elevator, and Peter says, he doesn’t know who put that idea in Scotty’s head, but it’s just not true. He’ll chalk up to a misunderstanding. The elevator comes, and he says, here’s his ride. Be good now. Scotty punches the elevator doors, and curses Peter with the fire of a thousand blazing suns. He sees Obrecht smiling at him, and says, what? She says, nothing, and he asks if she liked that. She says she’s seen worse.

Laura says if Cyrus wants a relationship with her, he’ll have to be someone she can have a relationship with. He asks if she’s ever considered that she’s putting the cart before the horse. How about instead of lecturing him on how awful he is, they get to know each other? Who knows? Maybe her good influence can change him.

Britt says she loves when people talk for her, and Jason says he’s not letting her risk her career or her life. Carly says, it’s her asking. Cyrus will destroy Port Charles, and she needs Jason’s help. If Jason goes back to Pentenville, Cyrus will kill him. Jason tries to interrupt, but Britt says, this is between her and Carly. It’s not his call. She’s in.

Maxie tells Brook, imagine how lost and betrayed she felt. She loved Peter, and he betrayed her. He was lying the entire time. Now she keeps asking herself how she fell for it. How could she not see it? She could blame Anna, and she did, but it’s not Anna’s fault. When it came to Peter, Maxie dove in head first, and didn’t stop to check the water. Everyone she trusted told her to be careful; to slow down, and remember why Peter came to Port Charles in the first place. She refused to listen. She couldn’t bear to face what that meant. She was really alone, and back to grieving Nathan. She couldn’t face that, and instead clung to Peter like a life raft, but the thing she thought was keeping her afloat was dragging her down. If it was just her, it would be okay; she could handle it. But now, she’s pregnant with a baby she loves with all her heart, and the father is a monster. So no matter how much it hurts or how hard it is for her, there’s no way Peter will get his hands on this baby. Ever.

Valentin comes out of the elevator at the hospital, and sees Willow and Michael talking. Willow says, there are no easy answers when it comes to Nina, but they’re Wiley’s parents, and they’ll decide together. He says, together. That sounds good, and she says she has to get back to Chase. He gives her the food, and she thanks him. After she leaves, Valentin approaches Michael, and says he couldn’t help but overhear. Is Michael reconsidering letting Nina be a part of Wiley’s life?  

Jax says, so Nina won’t come home? and she says, for an empty promise? He says, it’s not empty, and she says, but it’s not full. He says he’s just trying to make things right, and she says she knows, but he can’t. Doesn’t he see that? When Michael seriously decides she can be part of Wiley’s life, tell Michael to call her. Until then, she can’t go back there. He asks if she’s ever coming home.

Finn asks how Chase feels, and Chase says, his whole body is numb, but it’s better than a seizure. Finn says Chase is still cracking jokes, and Chase says, progress; write it down in his tablet. Finn looks pensive, and Chase says, don’t write him off yet, but Finn says he’s not. He’s thinking about all the time he wasted; all the things he let come between them. Chase says, they’re here now, and Finn says, yeah, they are.

Obrecht and Scotty clink martini glasses, and she says, to Peter getting what he deserves. Scotty says, and much, much more. Obrecht’s phone rings, and she says, Britt, what’s wrong? Britt asks how Obrecht knows there’s something wrong, and Obrecht says, Britt doesn’t call otherwise. Britt says she doesn’t have time for this, and Obrecht says, she knew it. Is Britt in trouble? Britt says, it’s hard to say, but Obrecht might be. She wants Obrecht to lay low, and avoid her hotel room. Is there anyone she can stay with? Obrecht looks at Scotty, and says she thinks that could be arranged.  

Nina tells Jax, she thought visiting Phyllis was just a pitstop, but she’s finding out, the longer she stays away from Port Charles, the easier it is to forget all the pain she endured there. He says, out of sight, out of mind, and she says, some things are harder to forget than others. He asks if the wonderful times they had together don’t count, but she says, they count a lot. She doesn’t know any other way to describe this, but she’s happy there. He says, forgive him for not understanding, but what’s so compelling or life-altering about Nixon Falls that makes her want to stay?

Michael tells Valentin, if he’s reconsidering Nina being in Wiley’s life, it’s none of Valentin’s business. Valentin says Michael has every reason to resent him, but he does have a stake in this. Not only is Nina his friend, but he’s part of Wiley’s family. Michael is going to have to face it. They’re all connected thanks to Brook’s baby.

Maxie sits, and tells Brook that she’s doing her best to string Peter along, but her plan is getting staler by the day. Peter is pushing harder all the time. Brook sits with her, and says she got it in the abstract, but now she gets it for real. How Maxie is freaked out and prepared to do anything for her baby. She doesn’t need to look any further. Valentin thinks she’s having a baby, and if she sells it – and she knows she will – he’ll think Maxie’s baby is his. Valentin is the one person equipped to keep Maxie’s baby form Peter. It’s the safest place for her little girl to be. Maxie says, no, and Brook says, that’s it? Maxie says, sorry, but Brook doesn’t really care about her baby. She just wants to save her stupid stock. This is why Lulu didn’t like Brook; she’s all about herself. Brook says, so is Maxie, and Maxie says, she used to be, 100%, but something changes when you’re a parent, and Brook isn’t a parent. If Maxie never trusted Brook before, why would she do it now, when it’s more important than anything? Brook says, because she’s Maxie’s best option, and Maxie is smart enough to know it.    

Laura says she thinks they’re at a stalemate, and Cyrus says, not for long. The tide is turning in Port Charles, and battle lines are being drawn. Pretty soon, there will be no room left on the sidelines. Laura had best a choose side, lest one be chosen for her. He gets in the elevator, and the doors close. Laura looks panicked.

Carly says, Britt is right. Jason needs help, and he hates it, so he’s giving her pushback. But it doesn’t matter; they’re moving ahead. He says he doesn’t know if it’s a good idea, but guesses they’ll find out while they’re doing it. She says, it’s going to work, and he says, it better.   

Obrecht tells Scotty that she hopes she won’t be too much of a burden, but he says she was a nice roommate over the holidays. He admits it’s been rather lonely for him, and she says it’s been lonely for her too. They get in the elevator, and she fluffs her hair. As the doors close, Scotty grabs her, and they passionately kiss.

Britt says she needs Elizabeth on 10, but Elizabeth says she’s taking care of Chase. Britt says, not anymore. Finn requested she be transferred.

Willow says, Chase is awake, and Chase says, he is. Finn says he was just leaving. As he goes out the door, he looks at them and smiles. Willow says she sees how it is. Chase chose the one moment she wasn’t in the room to open his eyes. He tells her, if he has anything to say about it, he’ll have a whole lifetime of waking up next to her.

Jax says it doesn’t matter what Nina is keeping from him, as long as she’s happy. Nina says, she is, and he says, good. It’s all he wanted, even though she might not believe it. She says she does, and he says, if anyone deserves happiness, it’s her. She says he’s making her sound like some kind of saint, but she’s not. Far from it.   

Brook says she’s the answer to Maxie’s prayers. She’s sorry it’s not the package Maxie wants, and Maxie says, Brook isn’t her savior. Brook says she knows Lulu despises her. She was a bitch to Lulu, and Lulu was a bitch to her. But if they presented this plan to Lulu, what does Maxie think Lulu would tell her? Maxie says, Lulu would tell her to get over herself, and make the best choice for her child. Her phone rings, and it’s Peter. He says he’s done some research on live-in nurses, and he’d be happy to send some over today. Maxie says she appreciates that, but she’s already on it. He asks if she’s sure, and she says she thinks she found someone who can help her. She’ll tell him about it later. She hangs up, and tells Brook, okay. If they do this, they play by her rules. She’s trusting Brook with her child, and nothing can go wrong. Understood? Brook says, completely.

Tomorrow, Josslyn tells Trina that they need a break from Port Charles, Alexis says she knows what Nikolas did, Cyrus says it’s never simple with him, and Sam asks if the hospital stay is part of Jason’s sentence.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey

The women were still at Jennifer’s mom-included party. Josephine said she was embarrassed about her marriage not working out, but no one cared. Jennifer wanted her to see how happy the women were without their husbands. Evan, Frank, and Joes #2 and #3 played golf, and had lunch afterward. Joe #3 said Marge wouldn’t slow down on the house project, and Joe #2 said all the women were on a mission, like they had something to prove. Evan asked if Joe #2 and Melissa were good, and Joe told them about date night. Frank asked about Teresa’s new guy, but Joe said he didn’t know anything. They knew he was holding out, and it wasn’t long before he spilled the tea on T. He said he loved Teresa’s new boyfriend, and in his interview, he said he was supposed to keep it a secret, but Teresa was telling everyone.

Michelle showed Teresa a house, and Teresa was feeling better about her mom, but said her feelings were like a roller coaster. When she started feeling bad, she knew her parents were watching over her. She wanted her next home to be clean and easy. The house was mammoth with an open floor plan, and an entire apartment (or suite as Teresa called it) in the basement. Teresa showed Gia on the phone, and Gia immediately claimed it. We flashed back to 2009, when they’d bought the previous house. Teresa felt it was a lot to maintain, and she wanted a change. Selling the house was like a final ending. This part of their lives was over. She still wanted to see more houses, and Michelle agreed she shouldn’t jump at the first one. She told Teresa to remember what psychic Gina said, that everything would happen all at once. Michelle said Gina also mentioned a new man, and she was having a cocktail party. New guy David was going to be there, and Michelle thought he was a possibility, but Teresa said she’d met someone. She’d just met him, so the jury was out, but in Teresa’s interview, she said, did she want to meet anyone? Not at all, but she didn’t want to alert Michelle. Michelle told her, the cocktail party was just going to be a casual thing.

Joe and Melissa had lunch with The Marge and Joe #3. Joe #3 talked about Joe #2 losing a bet, and having to kiss Frank’s ass. It was either that, or run across a field naked. In Melissa’s interview, she said Joe #2 was like an everlasting frat boy. Marge said she knew Teresa was in love, and in Melissa’s interview, she said she’d been sworn to secrecy, but Joe #2 liked wearing his heart on his sleeve. Joe #2 concurred that Teresa was in love, even though Melissa tried to stop him from talking. Marge said Teresa was drinking pineapple juice by the gallon, so it was obvious.

Delores was scared while waiting for her biopsy. She was also mad at herself and regretful. In her interview, she said she’d thought no sickness would get the best of her, but cancer didn’t discriminate. Her life was where she wanted it to be; her kids were happy, she was financially independent, and had Frank by her side. Everything was in place, and where she wanted it to be. This put things in perspective, because the result could take all that away.

Everyone got ready for Michelle’s cocktail party, and I guess casual means something different to me. I have to mention that Frank kept Delores company as she did her makeup in her closet, which, to you and me, would be a very large dressing room with a full vanity. He wondered why she had roller-skates, and she said Melissa was going to have a roller-skating party, but it was canceled because of the pandemic. She told him that she realized it would be a good workout, and she’d been rollerblading. On roller skates. Someone please explain to her that those are two different things. In the happiest news ever, she found out her tumor was benign, and she was ready to enjoy the night. I’m always hyper aware of the food at every party on every reality show, and this was no exception. It was a magnificent spread, and I would have gone up a size had I been there. In Teresa’s interview, she said she was angry because Marge told her that Joe #2 said she was in love. During the cocktail chit-chat, Melissa said, after the first time she and Joe #2 had sex, he sent her ten dozen roses. Marge said, Joe #3 took a shower, and said he didn’t want to smell like her because his wife might suspect. They discussed David having bought Delores a Porsche as an early birthday gift, and Marge said Delores was locked and loaded. Melissa she said she thought David was buying time, and everyone agreed. In Melissa’s interview, she said Teresa claimed not to be in love, but she was texting a million miles an hour in the corner. It was very obvious. It was even more obvious when Teresa suddenly left.

In Delores’s interview, she said she didn’t blame Teresa for keeping her boyfriend to herself. It was a judgmental crowd. Joe #2 said Delores was in denial, and Delores said she wasn’t interested in someone getting mad because she walked ahead of them to the car. Joe said, a real man expressed his feelings, and in Jennifer’s interview, she said that Joe wasn’t saying it well, but she got his point. In Jackie’s interview, she said she thought Joe was sending a message to Melissa that she’d be nothing without a man. I didn’t get that at all, and besides, not only do I think Delores has a fabulous set-up, if she decides it’s not working out, she can get any man she wants – if she wants one. I mean, look at her. Joe #2 went on to say Delores was a broken woman, which pretty much stunned everyone. In Marge’s interview, she wondered if it was the 1950s. News flash: women don’t derive all their happiness from men. Melissa admitted many of them thought David was stalling about the ring, and Jennifer asked if Delores was crushed. Good Lord. Leave this woman alone. Delores said that David was part of the family, even if their relationship was moving slower than everyone else expected, and she was good with it. That was all that mattered. She finally told them, f*** you, and left, yelling to Frank that she wanted to GO. Marge thought it was insulting that Delores had gotten a beautiful gift, and they were acting like it wasn’t good enough. Outside, Frank asked why Delores was yelling at him, and she said because she was aggravated. Marge said it wasn’t a party unless someone stormed out.

Next time, we meet Teresa’s new dude, Jennifer has a major fight with her mom, and Joe #2 says he and Melissa are done. I’m betting that’s not what it seems due to Bravo’s editing.

🍸 Bravo had a bit of a mishmash of Overserved and what’s to come on Vanderpump Rules. They aired the Overserved episode, Ladies Who Brunch, already commented on here, then James Kennedy and Australian stand-up comic Jim Jeffries were LVP’s guests. I’m not sure what the theme was supposed to be, and the really weird part is, the episode isn’t listed anywhere. Maybe it was special for Bravo. LVP said the dinner was comprised of all things very Vanderpump, so we’ll go with that. James said he wasn’t as nervous being at Villa Rosa as he usually was; LVP had fired him five times. He stuck to non-alcoholic cocktails (well done, James!), and said he’d be two years sober on July 6th. They played Kiss-the-Pony Poker, where they stuck cards to their foreheads and played a hand, having to guess the mystery card. James was the loser, and had to kiss one of the ponies, but I failed to see how that was a loss. Jim said he’d been planning on it anyway. He’s a very funny guy. James mentioned that Jim had mooned Jax (who wouldn’t?), and Jim said some of the Vanderpump Rules cast had been at The Improv, and he did it to mess with production. He said Jax got all silver-backed gorilla on him, and we saw a clip of an altercation where Jax was clearly the loser. Jason, Pandora, Ken, and Giggy (!) joined them for dinner. Jim suggested LVP had so many dogs in order to fart undetected, and since the entrée was lobster pasta, James said, tonight, it’s about the pasta. This had to be explained to Jim, but the story lost something in the translation. James did some rapping, and called Scheana, so LVP could get in on the video chat.  James confirmed he was going to ask Raquel to marry him, and practiced his proposal. They played Get Pumped, but I’m not even repeating any of the Q&A here. They ended with playing a game where they had to get a piece of chocolate from their foreheads into their mouths without using their hands. Jim thought he was a shoo-in since he was the only one without Botox, but LVP won. But of course.

Tomorrow on E!, LVP hosts Sheryl Underwood and Mario Lopez for a Traditional English Roast.

🥂 There were a couple of quickie scenes from the latest Vanderpump Rules, and here’s what we found out. Because of Scheana’s pregnancy, she could move her face for the first time in ten years because, no Botox. We also learned Katie wasn’t ready for a baby, and Randall is a freeballer. In other words, not much, but here’s a little more.

‘Vanderpump Rules’ Season 9: Everything We Know

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/27/vanderpump-rules-finally-returning-season-9-cast-revealed/

👶 It’s a Girl…

Love the name. It sounds like what Sailor Moon would name her kid. Providing she wasn’t a cartoon, and could have a kid.

https://people.com/parents/scheana-shay-welcomes-first-baby-daughter-summer-moon/

😮 Oh No He Didn’t…

Possibly one of the most uncalled for comments ever.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/28/joe-gorga-says-dolores-catania-is-a-broken-woman-in-rhonj-clip/

Dump that tea.

https://people.com/tv/rhonj-joe-gorga-tells-his-friends-sister-teresa-giudice-is-in-love-with-new-boyfriend/

💸 Ponzi This…

Just a little vague.

https://screenrant.com/real-housewives-new-jersey-danielle-accused-joe-ponzi/

🚪 Get Me Out…

I can’t say I’ve ever heard of someone being trapped on a reality show before. Someone who didn’t want to be trapped anyway.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/russian-man-free-after-being-trapped-on-chinese-reality-show/

🌞 When the Morning Comes…

Tomorrow brings the Reunion of Oh My God There’s More Summer House. Part One. How they could possibly have more to screech about than can be contained in a 43 minute hour? Whether you’re there or square, stay safe, stay true to your convictions, and stay knowing when it is or isn’t about the pasta.

Apr28

April 27, 2021 – Anna Races To Save Chase, Patrika Talks Soap, Birthday Wishes, Reflection, a Campaign, Throne Prequel & Clear

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Nina says Jax was going to tell her why he came there, and he says they’ll get to that in a bit, but he can’t shake the image from his mind. When they put him on the gurney, before he was wheeled away, he opened his eyes for a second and saw Sonny. He was standing there, clear as day. But that’s not possible, is it, because Sonny is dead.

Outside Jax’s room, Phyllis asks Sonny if something is wrong. He says he doesn’t feel like dropping in on Jax; the guy doesn’t even know him. She says, Nina knows him, and it would mean a lot to her if he was there.   

Alexis is brought to the visitor room, and she tells the guard, she thinks there must be a mistake. The only visitor she’s allowing is Diane, and Diane isn’t available. The guard says, maybe she suddenly became available. Alexis goes into the room, and sees Valentin.

At the MetroCourt, Sam says she got Dante’s message. Is he okay? He says, that depends on who you ask, but his mother is worried about Maxie. She wants him to look after her. Sam says she thinks it’s a good idea with Peter hanging around all the time. What’s the problem? He says he thinks the problem is him. What if he makes things worse?   

Brook tells Olivia, she was there when Peter burst into the Lamaze class. He acted like he owned the joint, and Maxie. She could see Maxie was upset, but she didn’t realize Maxie was desperate enough to hide her baby from him. Olivia says, Maxie is beyond desperate. She was talking like Nathan could hear her, and she swore she was going to keep her baby safe from Peter, no matter what. Maxie is going to do what Olivia did with Leo, and pretend the baby is stillborn.

Anna says Peter got what he wanted, to see Maxie. He says she knows that’s best for everyone, including his unborn child. She tells him to give her the antidote while there’s still time.

Elizabeth says Finn is holding something back. What is he not telling Chase about his condition? He says he knows how the toxin got in Chase, but he can’t identify what it is. He can ease Chase’s symptoms, but he can’t neutralize the toxin.   

Chase has a seizure, and Willow yells for help. Finn runs in, and says he has to get Chase’s airway open.

Sonny tells Phyllis, he thinks he’d be more comfortable waiting while Phyllis checks on Jax. He can call Nina later.

Jax wonders why he’d be hallucinating about Sonny. He’s sympathetic with the family, especially Carly, and he’s upset that Josslyn is grieving, but Sonny isn’t his favorite person. Nina imagines that Carly is still talking about Sonny, so he has Sonny on his mind, even if it’s subconscious. Phyllis comes in, and asks how the patient is. Nina says, better, now that he took a bullet for the team. Jax says, taking a bullet was all he had to do to get Nina to like him again, and Phyllis says she likes his attitude. She thinks he and Mike will get along. Jax says, Mike? and Nina says, he’s a local man, but Phyllis says, he’s more than that. While Jax was fighting with the one robber, Mike took down the other. Jax says he’d like to meet Mike; they can trade war stories. Phyllis says she was hoping Jax would say that. Mike is outside.

Alexis tells Valentin, she said no visits from family members, and he says, on a scale of one to ten, how is it in there? She says, one hundred. He says, despite her preparations? and she says, it’s worse and more dangerous than she expected. She didn’t expect it to be a picnic, but everything would have backfired, if not for Nikolas. Valentin asks, what about Nikolas? and she says, she suspects Nikolas made a deal with Cyrus. He says, so she’s beholden to her nephew, and her nephew is beholden to Cyrus. Now it makes sense. She asks if there’s something he’s not telling her, and he flashes back to Anna telling him that they can’t let anyone know. They’ll have to stick to the agreement to back Peter up while he reconciles with Maxie. Valentin says, yeah. Congratulations are in order. He’s going to be a father again.  

Brook asks if Olivia is sure she heard correctly. Maxie was super emotional, and pouring her heart out at Nathan’s grave. Olivia identified because of what she went through with Julian, and maybe she was doing that thing… Olivia says, transference? She didn’t transfer anything. She heard Maxie say she wanted to save the baby from Peter. Brook asks if she’s mad that Maxie stole her idea, and laughs. Olivia tells her, don’t laugh, and Brook says she knows enough about Peter to know he’s dangerous. If Maxie plans to fake the baby’s death and hide it, she doesn’t want to know, or care to know. Olivia says Brook has to promise not to breathe a word, and Brook promises. She says she never thought she’d say, poor Maxie. The only thing she has to worry about is whether she’s getting the ELQ shares back before or after the baby is born. Their situations couldn’t be more different.   

Sam says, Lulu is Maxie’s best friend, and Dante is the perfect person to help her. He says he used to be, before he was diagnosed with PTSD. It’s like his brain was rewired. She asks if he’s saying he doesn’t trust Doc. Doc says he’s in full control. He says, that’s Doc’s best guess. Psychology is not quantifiable. He doesn’t know for sure. What if, when Maxie needs him most, he blows it? She says he doesn’t know that, but he does know someone who’s lost the same thing, and didn’t trust who or what they were. He asks if they’re talking about her.  

Peter says, Anna claims she wants to help Chase, but can’t resist digs at him. She won’t acknowledge that he has a vested interest in Maxie and his child, and that his presence might be beneficial to them. Anna says she doesn’t care. She has no time to stand and argue. He won; is that what he wants to hear? He outmaneuvered her at every turn, and she won’t come after him. He asks, what about Valentin? and she says, Valentin won’t make a move against him. It would jeopardize Chase, and Valentin knows she won’t forgive him. Give her the damn antidote. He asks if she’s nervous. She hates not being in control. That’s how he felt when she lied about being his mother. Maxie asks how everything is out there, and Peter says, it’s fine. Take your time. He holds out the vial, and says Anna had better hurry. She might make it, depending on the traffic. Anna grabs the vial, and runs. Maxie comes out, and asks where Anna was off to in such a hurry. Peter says, she has to visit a friend in the hospital. 

Finn asks that the room be cleared, and Elizabeth tells Willow to leave. Chase says, Willow, and she says she’ll be right outside. Finn says some doctor stuff, and says Chase isn’t going to die on him. He’s not going to lose Chase.  

Phyllis tells Nina, Mike is out there waiting; he didn’t want to intrude. Jax says, tell Mike that he wants to meet him, but Nina says, if Mike is feeling shy, she’ll go speak to him. Phyllis says, good idea, and Nina leaves. Outside, Sonny asks how Nina’s friend is, and she says, he’s going to make a complete recovery. Why is he there? He says he just wanted to make sure she was okay, and she says, that’s very sweet, but she’s fine. Can they talk later at the Tan-O? He says if he didn’t know better, he’d think she was trying to get rid of him.

Alexis asks who the lucky girl is, and Valentin tells her it was Brook; one night, and a whole lot of fun. She asks when he found out, and he says he knew before she was sentenced, but he thought he’d spare her his personal drama. She says he seems happy about it, and he says he’s over the moon. She’s a Quartermaine, so that means parental rights will be an ongoing and sustained negotiation. She asks how Charlotte is taking it, and he says, she’ll come around. Alexis says he doesn’t seem convinced, and he asks if she has any advice. She says he wants advice from her? Okay. Ask himself, what would Alexis do, and do the opposite.   

Sam tells Dante, before she knew she was suffering from toxic hallucination, she was hallucinating that Sonny wanted to kill her. So she shot him, and left him for dead. She was still hallucinating afterwards, and it was scary. It was driving her mad until Finn saw what was wrong. He says, that was a physical illness. This is weird psychological stuff. She tells him, she’s trying to say, the way to recover is time, treatment, a little more time, and a whole lot of love from family. He says, they’re the ones who keep you going, and she says she had to learn to believe in herself again. She had to learn to trust her own judgment, not just figure out what do next. It was like learning how to walk again. The trick is, you can’t do it alone.

Brook thanks Olivia, who asks what she did. Brook says she realized that she was taking her baby for granted; putting her feelings about the dad, ELQ, and her love of sushi first. Olivia made her realize, she has to do right by her child. Olivia says, the power of prayer, and Brook says, Olivia told her about Maxie, and she thought of all the ways Maxie was sacrificing to do right by her baby. Brook wants to do right by hers. Olivia says they can go shopping for shop healthy food, and baby clothes, but Brook says she has to restock her prenatal vitamins. She’ll keep what Olivia told her about Maxie in the vault, triple locked. She leaves, and Olivia says, that went well. A little too well.

Maxie brings out the teddy bear, and says she found it. It fell under the crib. She’d put it with the other stuff. He says, their baby is sure going to be one spoiled girl, with him at the head of the line. Maxie says, him and her both. She wishes she could stay pregnant, and protect the baby forever, and he says, pregnancy agrees with her. She looks wonderful. He suggests they have a houseful of kids, but Maxie says, one at a time. This one isn’t even born yet. She needs to focus on her doctor’s orders; avoid stress, stay calm, and get rest. He says that’s why he’d like to hire a fulltime nurse. Maxie says, the nurse would live with her? He says, until the baby arrives, or if she wants, afterward, until she’s back on her feet. She says, that’s very sweet, but she likes being on her own. It’s not like it’s her first baby. He says it’s his first baby, and she has her hands full with James, especially when Georgie visits. If the nurse doesn’t live in, perhaps he can move in, and help shoulder the load.

Elizabeth says, Chase’s blood pressure is dropping, and his heart rate is starting to drop. Finn says blah-blah-blah more doctor stuff.

Anna comes out of the elevator and sees Willow. She asks how Chase is, and Willow says, he had a seizure. They’re working on him now. Anna jets to Chase’s room.  

Elizabeth tells Finn, Chase’s blood pressure is dropping again. His body is shutting down. Anna stands in the doorway, and says, Finn?

Jax asks if Phyllis has any idea when he’ll be released, and she says he just had surgery last night. He’s only been awake a few hours. He doesn’t have to prove he’s a hero. He says he’s not trying to prove anything; he’s worried about Nina. She asks, why? and he says, because she’s there hiding from the world. Part of it is his fault. That’s why he came to see her. Phyllis says, she’s happy here. Why can’t he let her be?   

Sonny wonders why Nina is trying to get rid of him, and she says, because she doesn’t want her Port Charles life to intrude on her life there in Nixon Falls. Last night could have ended worse, but the good news is that it’s not serious. Phyllis says Jax is going to make a full recovery. She’s grateful for that. The sooner he goes back, the better.

Dante tells Sam, if he helps with Maxie and the baby, he could use some help. Sam says, lucky for him, She’s his friend. If he’d be willing to help Maxie – she takes his hand – she’s willing to help him. He thanks her, and he says, this helping thing is a two-way street. The next time she has contact with Alexis in Pentenville, ask her if she needs anything. She says, that’s nice of him, but Alexis made it clear that she doesn’t want to see Sam or her sisters. He says, there’s got to be a reason, and she says she thinks Alexis cares too much about what they think. 

Valentin says Alexis is too hard on herself. Sam, Kristina, and Molly are intelligent, sophisticated, charming young women. They didn’t get that way on their own. Alexis says, maybe they did in spite of her, and Valentin says, they love her; that’s all that matters. She says she’s tested that love. That’s why she doesn’t want them to visit. She feels like she failed. This so much worse than she thought. She underestimated it. She doesn’t want them to see her until she adjusts, but he tells her not to be ashamed. She’s on the road to a better version of herself, and the road to redemption isn’t pretty. It’s not her job to protect her daughters; it’s her job to let them love her, and love them back. That’s part of the deal.

Anna sees equipment being wheeled into Chase’s room, and Finn calls for a defibrillator. Anna holds up the vial, and Finn goes over to her. He asks if this is it, and she nods. He takes the vial, and Elizabeth watches as he puts the contents into a syringe. He then shoots it into Chase’s IV bag. Finn stands over Chase, and Elizabeth continues to observe.

Peter says, it will be like old times. Her, him, James, Georgie when she comes to visit; then the delightful addition of their little Lu. She says, if she agrees to the nurse, will they be on call 24/7? He says, of course (🍷). The nurse can monitor her and the baby’s health, keep the place organized, make sure she’s taking her prenatal vitamins. She says, just until the baby is born? and he says, and after if she needs it. He wants someone he can trust in case of unforeseen circumstances. She says, such as? but he says it’s just him being overprotective. What does she think? There’s a knock at the door, and Maxie answers. Brook breezes in, and says she needs to talk to Maxie. She sees Peter, and he says, by all means, don’t stop on his account. She was saying?

Phyllis tells Jax, when Nina arrived, she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. It didn’t take her long to let go of the pain she brought with her. Jax says he doesn’t deny Phyllis and Lenny have been good for Nina, and Phyllis says, not just them. Nina found another good friend in Mike.

Nina tells Sonny, she knows it’s irrational, and promises to explain later. Right now, she has to convince her ex to leave. Sonny says, she doesn’t think he will? and she says, not until he gets what he wants, which is her. He asks if she thinks she’ll give in, and take her ex back, but she says, no. It’s more like she’s afraid if her ex stays longer, he’ll find out some things about her that she doesn’t want him to know. Sonny says she doesn’t seem to scare easy, so he guesses he doesn’t know her as well as he thinks. He suggests he go in with her, but Nina blocks the door. She says, that’s exactly what she doesn’t want.   

Alexis tells Valentin, she knows how much her daughters love her. That’s what gets her through the day. He says, they can help her in person, but she says she doesn’t know if she can hold it together. He says, they can be strong for her. They can handle it. His time is up, but before he goes, what can he do to make her life easier?

Dante tells Sam, when he had PTSD, he shut out the whole family. He told Lulu to divorce him. He didn’t stop loving her, but he was convinced he was a threat to everyone he loved. That meant he missed out on time with his kids and his wife; time he’s not getting back. He thought he was being selfless, but he was being selfish. She says, maybe he didn’t want them to perceive him as weak, and he says, he was trying to spare them, but he was really sparing himself. She says, she thinks that’s what her mother is doing by telling them not to visit, and he says, whatever Alexis is doing, don’t let it stop her from reaching out. Olivia comes in, and says, they looks so serious. Is everything okay? Sam looks at her phone, and tells them, Valentin says her mom wants to see her right now. She says, wish her luck, and jets. Olivia asks if Dante wants to tell her what’s going on with Sam.  

Peter asks if Brook ever thought of calling first, and she says, she doesn’t know. Has he ever thought of asking if Maxie wanted him at Lamaze class? Maxie says she’s happy Brook is there; she and Peter can talk later. Peter says he’d like to set hiring the live-in nurse in motion, and Maxie tells him to line up some candidates for her to interview before she decides. He says he’ll ask the hospital for some recommendations, and she tells him to call her. He leaves, and Brook asks if aliens have taken Maxie over. Maxie asks, why? and Brook says, Maxie was nice to Peter, who she wouldn’t trust as far as she could throw. Maxie says, what makes Brook think she trusts Peter? 

Willow looks in Chase’s room window, and Anna walks down the hall. Willow follows, and says, if anyone can save Chase, it’s Finn. Anna says, sometimes even the best doctors can’t win against… Willow says, what? and Anna says she doesn’t know. Sometimes circumstances are too great. She asks how long Willow has been there, and Willow says, today? A few hours. Anna says she means since Chase was brought in, and Willow says she’s lucky. Michael and the Quartermaines are taking care of Wiley. She’s been able to spend a  lot of time with Chase. He said it helps to have her close. Anna says Willow must love him, and Willow says they’ve been through a lot together. She hopes and prays Chase comes through this, so they can both find happiness. Anna says, that seems to be a good thing to wish for, and Willow asks if Anna doesn’t feel the same way about Finn.

Finn waits, while Elizabeth checks Chase’s vitals. She says, his blood pressure is rising, and Finn says, cancel the code. The equipment is wheeled back out, and Finn says, keep fighting, son. Keep fighting. He strokes Chase’s hair, and kisses the top of his head. Elizabeth watches. She seems to be doing a lot of that today.

Sonny asks why Nina is acting like this. He thought they were friends. She says, they are, and as a friend, she’s asking him to trust her on this. He says, on what? and she says, on that she can handle her ex without help. Phyllis comes out, and says Jax is asking for Nina. Nina says, great. Sonny/Mike can take Phyllis back, and she’ll drop by later. Nina goes back into Jax’s room, and Phyllis asks if Sonny is all right. He says he’s doing good, and hopes he can say the same for Nina.

Nina says Jax needs to get some sleep, but he says, not until he tells her why he came. It changes everything.

Brook says she doesn’t get it. Maxie doesn’t trust Peter? Then why let him near her? If he brings in a live-in nurse, it will bring Peter closer, more in Maxie’s life. They’ll keep tabs on Maxie. Maxie says just because she and Brook shared one Lamaze class, doesn’t mean they bonded. Brook asks, what about when they were in the ER? and Maxie says Brook was rambling about nothing, and working overtime to avoid Britt. Maxie has a crap detector, and wants to know why Brook is really there.

Valentin runs into Peter, and Peter says he was just thinking about Valentin. Valentin says Peter wasn’t thinking about Anna, and how much he enjoys holding Chase’s life over her head? Peter says knowing Valentin can’t play hero for Anna, puts a smile on his face. He ran into Valentin’s baby mama at Maxie’s, and she was her usual pleasant self. Valentin tells him, if he’s forced to choose between Brook and Chase… Peter says, relax. He was there when Brook barged in. Valentin says, Maxie let Peter in willingly? and Peter says they don’t have a monopoly on fatherhood. Finn will do anything for his son. Anna do anything for Chase, and do anything for Finn. Like asking Maxie to see him.

Willow tells Anna, forget she asked; it’s none of her business. Anna says she and Finn loved each other very much, but they’re both involved in different ways of living. They had to admit that, be honest, and walk away before they hurt each other anymore. Elizabeth comes by, and tells them, the crises has passed, but Chase has a long way to go before they can say he’s improving. Willow goes back to Chase’s room, and Anna cries. She says, they almost lost him, and Elizabeth says she knows. Finn comes out, and Elizabeth joins Willow in Chase’s room. Finn tells Anna, Chase’s vitals are stabilizing. He thanks her, but Anna says, don’t. they both know it’s her fault.

Sonny tells Phyllis, he trusts Nina. He knows she’s a big girl, and can take care of herself. Phyllis says, but he wants to stay, and make sure she’s all right. She knows that’s his impulse, but Nina will think he’s hovering. She knows where to look if she needs them. He asks if Phyllis thinks Nina will need them after her ex saved her. She says she has the feeling Jax is Nina’s past. Who knows what, or who, is in her future? He laughs, and says, all right. Come on.

Nina tells Jax, she’s so sorry, but nothing can change the past. That’s why she’s staying there, and he’s going back to Port Charles. He says he’s trying to tell her that he spoke to Michael. If she comes back, there may be a chance for her to be a part of Wiley’s life after all.

Olivia tells Dante, forget him for a moment. She just had this conversation with Brook. He asks, what happened? and she says she doesn’t know. Either Brook had a massive breakthrough about the responsibility of motherhood, or Brook is playing her like a grand piano. Either way, she needs the distraction. What’s going on with him and Sam? He says, Sam wanted him to look after Maxie, and he volunteered to help. She’s in a tough spot with Peter. Olivia says, Peter is bad news, and he says he doesn’t know if Maxie wants to kick Peter to the curb or bring him back. She says, Maxie isn’t the only one confused about her life. He could use a friend too.

Alexis sits in the visiting room, and Sam comes in.

Willow sits at Chase’s bedside, when he opens his eyes. He says she’s still there, and she says she told him she wasn’t going anywhere. He closes his eyes again.

Finn asks, at what cost did Anna get the antidote from Peter? but she says, don’t worry; just take care of your son. He says he will. He had to use the whole vial to save Chase. What if he needs another dose? Anna says, Finn is going to isolate the toxin, and find a cure. If not, she’ll make sure Chase gets what he needs, Whatever it takes. She goes into the elevator, and Elizabeth looks at Finn.

Valentin tells Peter that he and Anna kept their end of the bargain. They haven’t disparaged him. Peter says, not in public anyway. Think what they will, he’s an honorable man. Valentin says, stay away from Brook, and Peter’s phone dings. Peter says, hold that thought. He sees that Chase is out of the woods, and says he guesses it worked after all. Touching. He tells Valentin, fatherhood has changed him. He guesses it’s changed Valentin too. 

Brook tells Maxie, chalk it up to high school. This is why she’s there. They can start over. Maxie’s best friend is in a coma, and a murdering bastard is her baby daddy. Maxie says, this is not starting over, and Brook says she had time to think when she was in Bensonhurst. They’re both becoming mothers, and she thinks for once, they’re on the same side. Maxie says, Brook clearly wants something. Spill. What does Brook want Maxie to do for her? Brook says, Maxie’s got it wrong. It’s what they can do for each other.

Tomorrow, Chase asks Willow when she’s coming home, Britt says they have a problem, and Carly tells Jason to trust her, and do it her way.

🧼 Y&R Talk…

Patrika Darbo, one of my favorites. And she even has a cool name.

ICYMI Patrika Darbo Guests on Digest’s Podcast
The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Patrika Darbo Talks Joining Y&R Cast

🎂 Who You Wishin’ a Happy Birthday…?

Teresa’s tribute to her new main squeeze.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/23/teresa-giudice-posts-birthday-tribute-to-boyfriend-luis-ruelas/

🎶 She Survived…

I don’t think she could ever top Friday.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/friday-singer-rebecca-black-reflects-on-surviving-internet-infamy/

🤷🏻 Might As Well…

It worked for Arnold, so why not?

https://people.com/politics/caitlyn-jenner-announces-campaign-for-governor-of-california-im-in/

https://people.com/politics/how-caitlyn-jenner-has-described-her-political-views/

🐉 Write Faster, George…

I thought, geez, this is a modern set. Then I realized it was a table read.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1262976/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-teases-start-of-production-with-new-bts-pics

🏃🏽‍♀️ Skedaddling…

See you in Jersey tomorrow, when there’s also a preview of Vanderpump Rules. So I guess that’s a go now? No matter how you feel about that, if anything at all, stay safe, stay remembering May 9th is Mother’s Day, and stay not hiding from the world. Someone is bound to find you anyway.

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April 23, 2021 – Brook Gives Her Baby Daddy Her Terms, Real Transformations, a Baby Bottle At Brunch, Marysol Marries, All You Need To Know, Quote Octet & Speak

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Carly strides into the hospital, and Cyrus says, what a nice surprise. She says she’s not interested, and he says she seems to be in a hurry. He hopes no one in her family is sick, like her mother. She says her mother is fine, and he says, so is his. It’s such a weight off of him to have her back. He hadn’t realized how preoccupied he was, worrying about her. Well, that’s over. Whatever will he do with all his free time?

Michael and Brook go into the Quartermaine mansion, and Brook thanks him for the ride. It’s one less trip she had to make with Yuri, her unwanted bodyguard. He says, no problem, and she says he can talk. He didn’t say a single word on the way home. He says he didn’t feel like talking, and she says she’s glad he’s over that. Now tell her what happened between him and Willow.

An intern hands Britt a folder with the lab results she requested, but she says, too late, the man is dead. She should say, the boy is dead. He was seventeen. The intern says he’s sorry, and leaves. Britt looks in the folder, and says, a chemical compound the same as the drug Cyrus tried to get the board to pass. She sees Jason going by in a wheelchair, and asks what happened to him. He says, nothing, but she’s like, come on, and he says he was stabbed.

The Pentenville warden says he’s surprised the Commissioner is there to investigate an inmate stabbing, and Jordan says, the inmate was sent there to await trial, so of course (🍷) she’s concerned with his stabbing. Was there something that incited it? The warden says, must have gotten off on the wrong foot, and lets her in to see Shawn. Shawn says, Commissioner, it’s been a while.

Laura sees Martin at the MetroCourt, and says hello. He says she’s speaking to him now? and she says she was concerned about Florence, now that she’s back in Cyrus’s care. He says it’s nice of her to inquire since it was her son who had Florence abducted, and handed back over to his brother.

Curtis gets in the elevator, and Valentin dashes in before the doors close. He says he doesn’t suppose Curtis has heard from Nina.

Nina tells Jax that he needs to leave, but he says he’s sure if she listens to what he has to say, they can work through some of this. He doesn’t want her to carry around all this pain. She tells him not to pretend he’s there for her. He just wants to make himself feel better. He says he really wants to work things out, and if that’s not possible, please let him repair some of the damage that he caused by his actions.

Phyllis tells Sonny, enough with this nonsense about Eli. Have some fun. Dance again. He says she hasn’t danced with him yet. He holds out his hand and asks if she’ll do him the honor. She takes his hand, and says, tempting, but it’s her turn to man the raffle table. He walks her over, and she says she’s fine. Go find Nina. As Sonny is about to leave, the man with the bandana, now has it pulled up over his nose (nothing unusual in our world these days), and his gun in his hand. Sonny says, nice costume, but he might be taking the authentic thing too far. Dude draws a gun, and says, this ain’t pretend.

Jordan says, Shawn stabbed Jason? and Shawn says, it was in self-defense. She says she doesn’t see any cuts or bruises. It can’t have been much of a fight. He says he can take care of himself, and she says she doesn’t understand. She thought he and Jason were friends. They used to work together. He says, working with Sonny is what got him there in the first place. Things change. People change. She says, it’s her; cut the act. What’s really going on? He asks if she doesn’t want to figure it out on her own. Isn’t that the way she does things? She asks what he’s saying, and he tells her that he heard Cyrus had TJ kidnapped and tortured, and she didn’t tell him.

At the hospital, TJ says he got Molly’s text, but he only has a twenty minute break. She throws her arms around him, and says, congratulate her. He says, congratulations. What’s up? She says her internship really paid off. DA Scorpio just told her that when she graduates, a position of Junior ADA will be waiting for her. He says, that’s terrific. He’s so proud of her. She says, of course (🍷) the minute she heard the news, the first person she wanted to tell was her mom. He says, she’s going to be thrilled, and Molly says she knows, but she’s had a hard time scheduling a visit. She doesn’t know all the ins and outs of Pentenville. It seems unreal that she has to visit a parent in prison. He says, take it from him, unfortunately, you get used to it.

Michael tells Brook, Willow is supporting Chase while he’s in the hospital, and he’s picking up the slack with Wiley. Why don’t they talk about her and Valentin? She says, that’s pretty subtle, but it’s not a bad idea. She actually invited Valentin to come over tonight. Michael asks if she’s changed her mind, and wants Valentin to be part of the baby’s life, but she says, tonight is more about talking terms.

Laura tells Martin, Nikolas felt he had no choice but to return Florence to Cyrus. He says, for his aunt’s safety, he knows. However, the only reason she’s in Pentenville is because she chose to plead guilty. Still, he’s sure Alexis is safe… at his mother’s expense; at their expense. Nikolas might be sleeping easier, but he’s not. Cyrus claims their mother is well and safe, but since he won’t let Martin see her, he’s just going to have to take Cyrus’s not-so-reliable word for it. She says, Cyrus cut Martin off from his mother? and he says, completely. He’s punishing Martin for inadvertently orchestrating the interview with Jackie. He wishes he hadn’t asked Cyrus for help. It wasn’t until he heard the interview answers that he was aware his mother was unhappy the first time around. Cyrus had her locked away in that house in Oregon. Laura says, Martin didn’t visit her there? and he says, of course (🍷) he did, but she put on a brave face since she didn’t want to worry him. Thanks to Nikolas, they’re back where they started; in the same circumstances. He’s sure Cyrus will meet Florence’s medical needs, while Martin tortures himself about her peace of mind. Since Cyrus holds all the high cards, his only recourse is to stay on Cyrus’s good side, in hopes that one day Cyrus will give him access to his own mother. That’s him. What is Laura going to do? She asks what he means, and he says, Cyrus wants a relationship with his new sister, the mayor. Laura is worried about blood on the streets. Is she willing to placate their brother for the good of Port Charles?  

Curtis says he hasn’t heard from Nina since she left town, and Valentin says, but Curtis wouldn’t tell him if he had. Curtis says, nope, so why ask? and Valentin says Curtis doesn’t know where she is. He’s not the reason Nina left. Jax broke her heart. Curtis says, this time. Valentin will just have to be content with waiting. He doesn’t think Nina is coming back until she’s damn good and ready.   

Jax tells Nina that he’s owned up to his mistake. Don’t let his bad judgement overshadow what they had together. She says, okay, he wants to talk, and suggests they go somewhere else. Where’s his car?

Phyllis says, oh my God, and Sonny advises Dude to put the gun down. Dude says, give him the cash box, but Phyllis says, it’s for a fundraiser. The town can’t afford to lose the money. Dude says, the hell with the town. He’s the one with the gun.

Cyrus tells Carly the Five Families pitted olives are meeting soon. He could use the time to prepare. It’s too bad Jason won’t be able to attend. It’s such a shame. Jason could have been released, and Gladys could have recanted her testimony, but Carly refused his offer. Now his mother is back with him, and Jason is going to be tried for murder. Funny how things work out. She asks if he’s done; she has a prescription to pick up. He says, lovely speaking with her as always. She punches the elevator buttons like a madwoman.

Britt goes to Jason’s room, and tells the guards that they can wait in the hall. They leave, and she says Jason has lost some blood; that’s why he has an IV. He has a few stitches, but otherwise should be okay. It’s unfair that he has to wait for his trial in Pentenville, since he hasn’t been found guilty yet. Not that she’s saying he is guilty, but he knows what she means. He says she seems stressed, and she says, her boss is a psychopath, there’s been another death from an OD tonight – a seventeen-year-old – and Jason shows up stabbed. She knows prison is a dangerous place, but he’s a super skilled fighter. Can’t he protect himself better? He touches her hand, and says, it’s going to be all right. Carly comes in, and says, excuse me.  

Michael says it sounds like Brook is negotiating a merger, not making provision for a baby. She says, can’t it be both? She wasn’t expecting to get pregnant, but here they are, so she’s going to make the most of it and get ELQ back. He says, with all due respect, Brook needs to adjust her priorities, or alter her perception, or something. She says, because…? and he says she’s due any moment, and she’s acting like it’s not real.   

Laura tells Martin that she doesn’t know what Cyrus wants. He’s got his mother back, and it seemed like he was playing mind games; then she thought he wanted to bond. Now she thinks everything is a manipulation. Martin says, just because Cyrus is a manipulator, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want Laura in his life. His mother threw him out of the house at seventeen, and he wants a family. Laura says she knows that. Otherwise, why would he pay for Florence’s medical care after she rejected him for decades? Martin says, it’s the same reason Cyrus punishes him rather than having him killed. Family is his one blind spot, so she can choose to be a positive influence on Cyrus. All she has to do is allow Cyrus in her life. She says, Cyrus is the man who put her daughter in a coma, but Martin tells her, he’s not saying she should love Cyrus, or even accept him, but don’t shut him out. Valentin approaches their table, and says he’s sorry to interrupt, but he and Martin have a meeting to attend. Martin gets up, and says Laura may want to think about it for all their sakes. He leaves with Valentin.

Jordan wonders how Shawn would have felt, knowing TJ was in danger. He would have just been worried sick, like she was, but there was nothing he could have done about it. He says, because he’s there for a crime he didn’t commit. He didn’t shoot Hayden Barnes. She says, no one put the gun in his hand. He pled guilty; he made his own choice. He says, she sent TJ to him because she couldn’t handle a rebellious teenager, and she says she acknowledges that Shawn played a huge role in turning TJ’s life around. He was there when she wasn’t, but she didn’t abandon TJ; she was on an undercover assignment. She tells him that she’s grateful, but he says he doesn’t want her gratitude. He loved TJ like a son long before he knew he was TJ’s biological father. That she chose to keep from him.

Britt asks how Carly got past the guards, but Carly ignores her and asks how Jason is. He says he’s still breathing, and Britt says, it’s a clean wound. There’s no permanent damage; Jason will barely have a scar. It must have looked worse than it was, for them to bring him to GH, instead of treating him at the prison infirmary. Carly says, their tax dollars at work, and Britt wonders, why bring Jason to a hospital that Cyrus runs, when Cyrus wants him dead? Carly asks if it isn’t riskier for Cyrus to go after Jason there. He’d have to tarnish his GH image, when he worked so hard to be respectable. Jason has more allies there than enemies – no thanks to Britt. Britt tells Carly that she and Jason need to discuss something private. Carly can wait in the hall.

Sonny tells Dude that an armed robbery carries a heavy sentence. He’ll be locked up for years, and for what? A hundred dollars? Walk away. No one has seen the gun but them. They’ll let him go, but he can’t have the money. Dude tells Sonny, stop talking or he’ll shut him up.

Jax tells Nina that she won’t regret it. It’s not a car, but it’s an easy walk. Dude #2 approaches them (surprise!), and says they’re not going anywhere. Why he drug them into it, I have no clue.

Brook asks if Michael is mom shaming her, and he says, of course (🍷) not. She says, it’s not the life she planned. If it was, she’d be on the road, headlining a world tour, but things change. Pregnancy is a personal thing, and every woman deals with it differently. He says he just wants her to be sure. The doorbell rings, and she says, it’s her baby daddy, right on time. Michael answers the door, and Valentin is there with Martin. Michael says Valentin brought his lawyer? and Valentin says, apparently. They have some things to iron out. The baby will be there before they know it. Michael invites them in, and tells them to go to the living room.

TJ tells Molly, this calls for a celebration. As soon as he’s not on call, he’ll take her to her favorite restaurant. She says she still has to pass the bar, and he says, is she kidding? She’s going to nail it. A couple of years in the DA’s office, and she’ll learn the ins and outs of the prosecution, which will make her a better defense attorney. She says she hasn’t had the chance to mention it, but she’s given it some thought. She wants to be a DA.

Jordan says she’s not going to defend her life choices, and Shawn agrees. He says, what’s done is done. He has a father/son relationship with TJ, and the monthly visits are the one thing he has to look forward to. Jordan says, that’s the reason she’s there. Why risk time added to his sentence by attacking another inmate? Shawn says, Jason came at him with a chair; he was just defending himself. She guesses Jason will claim the same thing, and he says, yeah.

Carly says what Britt has to say can wait, and Britt asks Jason if Carly has to be there for everything. Carly says she does, so Britt should say what she needs to, or leave. Britt says, it’s her hospital. If anyone is leaving, it’s Carly. Jason says Britt can talk in front of Carly, and Britt says, fine. The bloodwork from the OD was like Sasha’s when she was brought in with a heart attack. He says, from the drug Cyrus tried to manufacture at GH? and Britt says she has to do a more detailed study, but at first glance, yes. Carly suggests Britt get her facts straight, and then come back and give a report, and Britt says, or she could call Pentenville and say Jason has an obnoxious, unauthorized visitor. Jason says, if Britt can prove it’s the same drug, maybe they can use it against Cyrus, and Britt says, okay. She leaves, and Jason asks what the hell Carly was thinking, getting him stabbed? She says, sorry. It was the only way. I wonder how Jason puts up with this tiresome shrew.

At the MetroCourt, Curtis thanks Laura for meeting him. He has good news. The sound engineer he’s been pursuing hard finally returned his call. The current system is okay, but he doesn’t want just loud. He wants top if the line quality. She says she’d expect nothing less from him, and they sit at the bar. She tells him that she’s glad they have a chance to get together and catch up. He says, him too, but unfortunately, it’s not all good news. He wants her to hear it from him first. He and Jordan are getting a divorce. She says she’s so sorry. She knows they both tried hard to make their marriage work. He says, they did, but at a certain point, they had to face the truth and let go. He’s glad it happened before one of them had to leave town.

Jax struggles with Dude #2, and tells Nina to run. She starts to go, and hears a shot. Sonny knocks Dude down, and takes his gun, holding it on him.  

Valentin tells Brook, in the spirit of transparency, he’s been honest about his lengthy contentious battle over Charlotte. He doesn’t want to go through that again, so he wants everything to be above board. She says, like what? and he says he assumes she’ll give birth at GH, but she says, actually, she’d like to be closer to her mother. She’s going to a hospital in Bensonhurst. Valentin says, okay. He’ll make arrangements, and she says, for what? He says, accommodations. If she’s going to be in Brooklyn, he will too. Brook asks if a father can demand that, and Martin says, legally he can’t be in the delivery room without consent, but Valentin says he’s not demanding that. He doesn’t expect to be in the delivery room, holding her hand and feeding her ice chips, but he will be in the hospital, anxiously awaiting the birth. She says, that’s not happening.

Michael asks if they mind if he has a moment alone with his cousin, and Valentin says, it’s Michael’s house; knock himself out. Michael and Brook go into the foyer, and he asks why she’s freaked out about Valentin going to the hospital. She says, they’re not married. They’re not even a couple, and she’d like to cherish the first moments with her baby without Valentin pressing his face against the glass. He says, if she wants control of ELQ back, she’s going to have to give up on this point. Unless she’s changed her mind, she’ll have to be okay with that. She says she hasn’t changed her mind, and they go back into the living room. She tells Valentin, it’s okay for him to be at the hospital, but not the delivery room. He agrees, and she says, if he wants to be a real dad, involved with the child’s health decisions, etc., he’ll have to give back ELQ. He says, all of the shares in exchange for access to his child? Michael says he was willing to give them up for Nina, but Valentin says, not all of them. Brook says, that’s her offer, and he says, if it’s her final one, he’ll see her in court then. Michael says the Quartermaine’s lawyers are the best in the business. They can draw the case out for years. Valentin says he doesn’t need another hostile relationship, certainly not with the mother of his child, but a lengthy court battle doesn’t faze him. Martin says, more billable hours for him, and Valentin says, being the father gives him certain rights, and he’s willing to protect those rights.  

TJ says he know Molly is loving her internship, but what about her dreams of becoming an activist lawyer? She says she still wants to be an activist, but she’ll be acting within the system instead of fighting against it. Seeing the decisions the DA makes about who gets what charges, and who gets offered a plea deal made her realize that she doesn’t want to right wrongs within the system, so much as prevent them from happening in the first place. He tells her, good luck with that. The system is broken. Otherwise, Cyrus wouldn’t be free.

Jason says Carly had no right to call in a favor from Shawn. She put Shawn in a position where he had to stab Jason, and Jason had to let him. She says she was right. She wasn’t going to let him stay in Pentenville. Sooner or later Cyrus’s men were going to kill him. The meeting of the Five Families anchovy paste is going to take place soon, and he has to take Sonny’s place at the table. He asks if this why she set it up, so he could be at the meeting with the Five Families soft breadsticks? She says she set it up because she wasn’t going to let him die because he’s too stubborn to accept her help. He says, this is the opposite of help.

Britt gets on the computer, and looks up the new drug Cyrus invented. Cyrus comes up behind her and asks what she’s doing.

Jordan tells Shawn that he should stay out of Carly and Jason’s battle with Cyrus. He tells her, guys like Renault need to be stopped. Hasn’t she heard? The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. She asks if that’s what he is. A good man who stabbed his former friend? He asks if she’s saying good men don’t end up in prison, and she says she knows plenty of good people who made mistakes, but decisions made in the moment can be regretted later. He asks if she regrets lying to him about TJ, but she says, no.

Jax punches Dude #2, knocking him out, while Sonny tells the first one, stay down. He tells Phyllis, they have to find a way to tie him up. Nina puts her foot on Dude #2, and says she and Jax make a good team, don’t they? Phyllis tells Sonny to give her the gun. She doesn’t like them, but she knows how to use one. Nina asks Jax is he’s all right; he’s bleeding. He says he’s okay, but then drops to the ground.  

Laura tells Curtis, if he needs to talk, she’s only a phone call away. He thanks her, and says he appreciates it. He’s in a strange place now. He’s sad his marriage has ended, but he feels a tremendous amount of satisfaction in The Savoy coming together. She asks if that’s the name of the club, and he asks if she likes it. She says she does, and thinks it will be the place to be. He says he doesn’t need it to be trendy, and it would be nice if it was successful, but he wants to provide good music, good ambience, and a place where people can set their everyday troubles aside, at least for a little while. Laura thinks it sounds perfect.

Jordan tells Shawn, Tommy was a good father. TJ loved him, and she doesn’t regret lying. She does regret how much she hurt Shawn, and he thanks her for saying that. She tells him, he said himself that he already loved TJ like a son before he knew he was TJ’s father. Could Shawn have loved TJ any more if he’d known they were blood? He says he doesn’t think that’s possible, and she says, TJ got two fathers who loved him. How can she regret that?

Molly tells TJ, she was so scared when her mom pled guilty. The maximum could have been a decade in prison, but the judge took into account the mitigating circumstances, and Alexis got three years. To her, it’s a perfect example of the system working. He says, this is one of those times when they’re just not going to see things the same. Her mom’s biggest mitigating circumstance is that she’s white. He’s happy Alexis only got three years, but Shawn pled guilty to the same crime, and could be there ten years before he gets out. So he would say, the system doesn’t work for everyone the same. Does she really want to be a part of that?

Britt tells Cyrus she’s working; she’s pulling another 12-hour shift. She reaches behind her back, changing the page, and tells Cyrus, she wants to change the lag time between lab orders and results. They can’t have a delay when doctors are waiting for important information. He says she’s so thorough; that’s why he hired her. She thanks him, but says she has work to do. She leaves, and he closes laptop. I’m thinking he’s going to look at the history.

Jason says, Carly made it easier for him to escape, but what good is he to her, the business, or anyone as a fugitive on the run? She says he can go to a safe house, and run the business from there. He says, why doesn’t he just go to the island? and she says, absolutely not. He can’t leave her. They’re going to prove Gladys is lying, and that Peter killed Franco. Once Jason’s name is cleared, he can come home. He says he knows that’s what she wants, but it’s not that easy. Britt comes back, and says she checked on the data from the drug trial, and the chemical compound in Cyrus’s drug and the lab results from her patient are a 90% match. Jason says, they stopped Cyrus from distributing the drug through GH, so he took it to the streets. Britt says, Cyrus interrupted her, but she covered, and had to make herself scarce, so she came there. Clueless Carly says they got Britt’s update, she can leave now, and Britt tells Jason to let her know if he needs a sedative. She’s sure he’ll need one after Carly’s visit. She leaves, and Carly says she can’t believe who Jason is working with. He tells her, stop. It’s not too late to go back on this. They can run a bunch of tests, send him back to Pentenville, and Shawn can be his cellmate; they’ll watch each other’s backs. She asks if he’s out of his mind. She called in every favor Sonny was owed. There are no favors left to get him out of Pentenville a second time. Cyrus comes in, and says, Jason Morgan and the widow Corinthos, together again at last. I laugh because I love the way he talks.

Michael says he knows Valentin can afford a lengthy battle, but does he want to miss out on the first months of his child’s life? The Quartermaine lawyers can drag things out for months, or even years. Valentin says he has a counteroffer. He’ll return Brook’s shares to her, which will allow them to retain full control of the company, assuming they can quit bickering and infighting long enough to act as one. Martin says he’s seen it, and it’s a big assumption. Brook says, it’s a deal. Does he have the shares with him? She’ll sign on the dotted line right now. Valentin says he’s not signing anything until the baby is born.

Nina tells Jax to stay with her, and we hear sirens. She tells him, it will be okay, and yells, hurry! There’s a man shot! The paramedics come, and she tells them Jax needs help. One of them asks about the other guy, but she says, he’s just knocked out; Jax has been shot. They tend to Jax, and Nina says, please wake up. Sonny joins her, and asks if she’s all right.  

Brook says she wants the shares now, and Valentin says he’s always wanted to be two inches taller. (He’s apparently been watching Judge Judy.) They can’t have everything they want. He’ll give her the shares when the baby is born. That’s his final offer. Brook says, deal; when the baby is born. They shake hands, and Valentin says he’ll have the papers drawn up. He and Martin leave, and Michael says, on behalf of the whole family, thank you for returning control of ELQ to the Quartermaines. He’s going to call Ned, unless she wants to do the honors. She tells him, go for it, and he leaves. She wonders, where am I going to find a baby? Hmm… who’s really having a baby and needs somewhere for it to go?

Laura tells Curtis, she’s worried that Cyrus will prevent Martin from seeing their mother. Despite his shortcomings, Martin loves his mother very much, and they’ve always been in close contact, even if just by phone. She wonders if she should reach out to Cyrus on Martin’s behalf, and Curtis says it doesn’t surprise him; she’s got a big heart. She asks if he’s saying she’s a pushover, but he says, far from it. She’s anything but naïve, but she knows if she wants something from Cyrus, he’ll want something in return. She says she does know that. Her son returned Florence to Cyrus, and she feels like she should do something to help Martin.

Molly tells TJ, she’s just as angry and frustrated as he is at the systemic unfairness of prison sentences, but she thinks working within the system is the best way to enact positive change. If the system gets the better of her, she can always switch back to working for a non-profit, or as a defense attorney who has a working knowledge of the ins and outs of the prosecuting psyche. He says he’d never bet against her. If anyone can change the system from within, it would be her. He says he’s proud of her, and they hug.

Shawn tells Jordan, TJ is the most important thing; he’s an amazing kid. Wait. TJ is going to be a doctor soon. He’s an amazing young man. She says she can’t believe TJ is all grown up. Her baby is graduating medical school soon. He says, Dr. TJ Ashford. He wishes he could be there to see it. She says she does too, and he says, so Commissioner, are you going to arrest me? She tells him, he said it was self-defense, right? No charges. But before she goes, life is hard enough in there. Steer clear of Cyrus’s people. He says he’ll do what’s necessary to protect his family, and she leaves. He watches her go.

Cyrus says he can’t think of why the guard let Carly into Jason’s room. Clearly, he doesn’t take his job seriously. He’ll reach out to the prison, and have him replaced immediately. He says Jason looks robust for an assault victim. Rest assured, he’ll be well taken care of in Cyrus’s hospital.

Britt goes back to the computer, and tries to bring up the page she’d been on. It says, access denied.   

Sonny asks if Nina is sure she’s all right, and she says she’s just shaken up. He asks if it’s someone she knows, and she says, just a man from her past. It’s the guy she broke up with. A paramedic says they’re ready to take Jax to the clinic, and Nina says she needs to go. Sonny says, he’ll go with her, but she says, no. Jax sees Sonny, but his vision is blurry. He points at Sonny, says, what the hell? and passes out. Nina says she needs to go, and Sonny asks if she’s sure she doesn’t want him to come, but the paramedic says they can only take one extra in the ambulance. Nina says she’ll call Sonny, and leaves with them.

On Monday, Chase says he’s starting to get scared; Anna asks if Maxie will agree to a visit from Peter; Sonny tells Eli, if the cops come around again, he won’t forget to tell them; and Jax says, Sonny.

📺 On this week’s For Real: The Story of Reality TV, transformation shows were the topic. People makeovers, like The Swan, The Biggest Loser, and Celebrity Rehab were examined first, along with interviews with past contestants. The second half of the show covered business/home makeovers, like Tabatha Takes Over – Tabatha Coffey saying that she opened the door for business shows, but didn’t really know what she was doing, since it was uncharted territory. Kitchen Nightmares, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition were two of the others included, with Chip and Joanna Gaines getting their own segment. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and interviews with the original cast rounded out the show. Next time, Shock and Awe. 

🍸 On Overserved, LVP’s guests Lala Kent and Anna Camp were the Ladies Who Brunch. Lala was pregnant at the time, and is sober anyway, so she couldn’t indulge, but she doesn’t need to in order to spill her guts. They did baby bottles (Lala’s not-so-guilty pleasure) and had fabulous breakfast food. My favorite meal. Anna told a story about how she’d been a shoo-in for a part in a school play, but had it stolen from her by a real bitch. Since Anna ended up on the business end of the stage, when a pitcher of water was required, she took it from the toilet, the bitch having to chug it on stage. Later, said bitch told Anna to make sure she washed the pitcher out next time, since there was sh*t floating in it. Little did she know how literal that might have been. I’ve never done anything like that, but if I had, I don’t think you could get me drunk enough to tell that story. They went inside for a game of Pop Star Charades, and pup Schnookie proceeded to hump LVP’s arm the entire time. The best part was how none of them could stop laughing. As parting gifts, Anna was given a bottle of rosé, and Lala got a quart of milk. Next time, Sherry Underwood and Mario Lopez will be visiting Villa Rosa.

🌴 Real Miami Wedding…

In a weird way, I still miss them.

https://extratv.com/2021/04/23/reality-star-marysol-patton-quietly-marries-steve-mcnamara/

🏆 All You Need To Know…

The best dressed.

https://www.purewow.com/fashion/best-oscar-dresses

The red carpet of the 90s.

https://www.stylebistro.com/This+Is+What+The+Oscars+Red+Carpet+Looked+Like+In+The+’90s

All the information on who, what, and how to watch the ceremony.

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021

Where to stream the contenders.

How to Watch 25 of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films Right Now

👄 Quotes of the Week

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. – Carol Moseley-Braun

Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. – Mae Jemison

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. – Daniel Patrick Moynihan

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. – Alice Walker

Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling. – Trevor Noah

You don’t shoot animals with collars. That’s how Yogi Bear has lasted so long. – Mike Baxter (Tim Allen), Last Man Standing

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Pablo Picasso

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. – Richard David Bach (Ain’t it the truth?)

⌚️ Out of Time…

Somehow the day… oh, you know the rest. Until we meet on the Deadside, stay safe, stay changing the scenery once in a while, and stay changing the system any way you can.