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March 19, 2024 – Dex Comes Clean About Everything To Anna, Sandoval Is About As Delusional As It Gets, Down In the Valley & Reputation

Posted on March 20, 2024 by theresakp

What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Josslyn comes into Sonny’s old kitchen, crying. The moss bowl🎍is clearly distressed, and Carly asks her, what’s wrong? giving her a hug. Is it Dante? Josslyn says, no. It’s Dex. He’s not shot or anything. Carly asks what she needs, and Josslyn says she just needs her mom. Carly says, Josslyn’s got her, hugging her again, and Josslyn says, Carly is the only person who truly loves her, who doesn’t hide parts of herself from her. Carly asks, what happened? and Josslyn says she and Dex broke up – for good this time.

Anna answers the phone in her office and says, he’s here now?… Her specifically?… Yes, by all means. Send him in. There’s a knock at the door, and she says, come in. Dex walks in.

Sonny walks into Charlie’s, where Kristina has a cup of coffee waiting. He thanks her and says, the hospital coffee will kill you. She says, he was with Dante all morning? Why didn’t he tell her? She would have switched shifts and come to keep him company. He says, Ava was with him, and she says, good. So… He says, no changes. Dante’s still on life s support and there’s no sign he’s going to wake up.

In the boathouse, Jason gets up, but stumbles a little. Danny is suddenly there helping him.

Willow says, unless Elizabeth needs her, she’s going to head out in a few minutes, and Elizabeth says, they’re good. They see Chase headed for Dante’s room, and Elizabeth asks, how many times does this make? Willow says, that’s Chase’s fourth time today checking on Dante, and he’ll be back later if he gets a dinner break. If not, he’ll sneak in just before lights out. Elizabeth says, Dante hasn’t been alone a minute since he’s been here. His friends and family have been here around the clock. It says a lot about how much he means to people. Willow agrees and leaves. John approaches the desk and tells Elizabeth that Dante has a lot of fans down at the PCPD. If he needed blood, the entire squad room would be here in a half hour. As a matter of fact, she can have his right now. Elizabeth thanks him and says, question. Who is he? He says, sorry. John Cates, FBI. He shows her his ID and says he’s here investigating a shooting in Port Charles – Willow listens in – and he overheard them talking about Detective Falconari. Elizabeth says, he’s stable, but still unconscious, and John says he’ll pass that on at the station. But he’s wondering if they might speak. He has a couple of questions. She says, about what? and he says, Jason Morgan.

Danny asks if Jason is okay, and Jason sits down, saying, he’s good. He thanks Danny, and Danny says, no problem. Jason’s timing was good. He just got home from school. Jason asks if anyone is going to be looking for him, but Danny says, no. They’re used to him taking off early. When he was younger, he used to love coming here because there was so much room here. Jason says he remembers. Danny was always asking to stay at Grandma Monica’s.

Willow continues to listen, and Elizabeth says she has patients to check on. What does John need to know? He says, the Bureau and the PCPD are still trying to locate Jason Morgan. They believe he’s responsible for shooting Dante Falconari at the warehouse, and subsequently jumping from a bridge to escape capture. Elizabeth says she’s seen the news, and John says, of course (🍷) she has. It’s probably impossible to avoid, but they have yet to locate a body, and he’s sure he doesn’t have to tell her what kind of damage a jump from that height would do. She says he doesn’t. So far, he hasn’t needed to tell her any of this. He says, bottom line, he knows she has a child with Jason Morgan, and they have a history. He’s sure she understands if he has to ask if she’s heard from Jason since the shooting. She says she hasn’t, and he says, Jason hasn’t tried to contact her or any members of her family? She says, no, and he says he had to ask. You never know where a person’s loyalties lie. She says, a very good man is lying unconscious in the ICU. If Jason put him there, she thinks the only thing that matters is the law, not her loyalties. She starts to walk away, and John says, if. She’s still saying, if he’s responsible. She says she hasn’t heard that anything else has been proven yet, and until it is, she thinks everyone should be saying if. Better yet, allegedly. He says, she’s right, so let him say this, if she’s lying, and if she’s harboring a fugitive, she could be facing federal charges. Willow jets.

Danny tells Jason that he thought high school was going to be different. New campus, new people, but it’s all the same stuff. (I tell him that I hate to break it to him, but it never changes. All of life is just different versions of school.) Sitting around, trying not to get caught looking at your phone… when he had a phone. Mom took his because he’s grounded and now school is more boring than ever. Jason says he would have hated every part of that, and Danny says, him too.

Josslyn says, there are parts of her that wish Dex had lied and denied everything that Nina said, and Carly asks how Nina was involved. Josslyn says, she was there. She watched it happen. Nina exposed a side of Dex she didn’t even know existed ~~because she’s in serious denial about the real world~~. And as much as she hates Nina for it, thank God she did. Now she knows and she still can’t understand how she loves him this much. Carly says, it sounds really fresh right now. Maybe she’s going to have to sit with this for a minute, and Josslyn says, the person she loved and trusted almost more than anybody else isn’t the person she thought he was. All Dex had to do was look at her and she felt loved, safe, and respected. It’s all gone. She doesn’t even have the illusion of him to hang on to anymore. Carly asks, what happened? What did Dex do? Josslyn says, he was going to kill Cyrus because Sonny ordered him to, and Carly says she needs Josslyn to take some time. She’s going to have to get some perspective on this. Josslyn says, no amount of perspective changes the fact that Dex was going to kill him. This wasn’t war. This wasn’t self-defense. Cyrus was an old man lying in a hospital room. That’s premeditated murder.

Kristina asks if Sonny remembers the year she and Dante took their skis up to the roof and went back and forth trying to make the tracks of Santa’s sleigh for Donna and the kids. He asks if that wasn’t the year Dante twisted his ankle playing hockey, but she says, that was the cover story they told him. But really, he slid off Carly’s roof, directly into a pine tree. He had so many pine needles in his hair, it was crazy. There were thousands. They were trying to get them out and it took them forever because they couldn’t stop laughing so hard, but he did smell really good. (I relate since my Pekingese rolled in pine needles once. It was a nightmare.) Sonny thanks her for sharing that and she says, when he wakes up, don’t tell Dante that she told him about the pine tree. He says he’ll keep their secret… when he wakes up. Kristina says, when he wakes up.

Dex (who took a stupid pill along with Josslyn this morning) thanks Anna for seeing him. He knows she has a lot going on. She asks if it has to do with Sonny. She knows he’s distraught about Dante… but he says, it’s actually for him. He’d like to confess to an attempted murder. She says, of whom? and he says, Cyrus Renault. She says, he attempted to murder Cyrus Renault? and he says, yes, on Sonny’s orders.

Jason says, when Danny doesn’t have his phone, what else does he like to do? and Danny says, skiing. He snowboards too, but he likes skiing better. It’s faster and the runs are more challenging. Jason asks what he likes better, height or speed? and Danny says, both. He’s into dirt biking and mountain biking too, and he’s going to take auto shop as an elective next year. Fix up his own car someday. Put a turbo charger on it. Jason says, what about sports? Does he like any of them? Danny says, football. He was going to go out for the freshman team, but mom wouldn’t sign the stupid waiver because she thought he was going to get brain damage. Jason had brain damage, right? Jason says, not from playing football. He was in a car accident. Willow comes in and says, Danny should probably get back to the house before they send out a search party to look for him. Danny says he thought of that. He said he had lot of homework. She says, what if somebody decides to help him with it and he’s not in his room? and he says he guesses she’s right. He tells Jason that he’ll see him later, and Jason thanks him again. Danny says, no problem, and leaves. Jason asks Willow, what’s wrong?

Carly says, Dex was in an impossible situation. He was working for her and Michael, and he was working for Sonny. When Sonny gave him the order to go after Cyrus, Dex didn’t have a lot of options. Josslyn says, Dex could have gone to her and Michael. He could have told them what Sonny wanted. He could have done a lot of things. He could have gone to the police. Carly says, that’s not realistic option and Josslyn knows it. The choices that Dex had to make may have been deal breakers for her, but don’t be naïve about why he made them. Josslyn says, maybe he didn’t have a choice, but she has a choice, and she chose to be with him over and over again. And if she didn’t know what she knows now, she’d still be with him like some lovesick blind idiot. Carly says, come on. She’d be willing to bet Dex shared more with Josslyn than he has with anyone ever, and Josslyn says she never even considered the sweet, amazing guy she loves could kill someone while they’re helpless. How could she not see it?

Anna closes the door and tells Dex, it’s not a court marshal. He can have a seat. He sits, and she says, so walk her through this. Start at the beginning. He says he was initially hired by Michael Corinthos to infiltrate Sonny’s organization and gather information and evidence to incriminate him. She says, Michael hired him for this, did he? and Dex says, he felt Sonny’s choices caused unnecessary pain and risk to the family. She says she’s assuming this was all after the Nixon Falls/Nina situation, and he says, Michael eventually reconsidered. He decided sending his father to prison would rip the family apart, so he changed the terms of Dex’s employment and brought his mother into the circle of trust. They wanted him to monitor Sonny and give them any information if he were ever in any trouble. She asks, what kind of trouble? and Dex says, a situation he couldn’t handle and was in over his head. But other than that, he was supposed to continue working for Sonny and follow his orders like any of his other personnel. She says, so before Michael and Carly tasked him with being Sonny’s guardian angel, did he ever get anything incriminating? Dex says he did. He had evidence that Sonny was moving illegal arms for a company called Pikeman.

Sonny tells Kristina that he knows Dante’s technically not a kid, but Dante’s always going to be his kid. And he’s got so much more to give to the world and his family. Kristina says, and he will, and Sonny says he can count on one hand all the good people in his life, and Dante was one of them. If he could be half as good as Dante, he’d be very happy. He’s been through a lot in his life and done a lot of things he should have paid for. Not Dante. He should be laying in that bed, not Dante. She says, that’s it, and comes around the counter. She says she knows Sonny is sad and scared, and those aren’t comfortable emotions for him, but she’s not going to sit here and listen to him denigrate the dad she adores. She knows she wasn’t planned… He says, it doesn’t matter if she was planned. He and her mom always wanted her. She knows that. She says, he just proved her point for her. He’s always made her feel loved. Always. He says he’s her dad; that’s his job. And she makes it easy. She says, does she though? She sits next to him and says, the older she gets and she reflects, she realizes he’s her anchor. As flighty as she might be – and they both know that’s true – he always keeps her grounded. And there’s not a single thing she’d change about him, imperfections and all. He’s the best dad there is and Dante would be the first one to tell him that.

Willow puts a new dressing on Jason’s wound and asks how he’s feeling. He says he’s fine, and she says, Michael already warned her. He could be on fire and say he’s fine. This is important though. He’s lost a lot of blood, so he needs to drink a lot of fluids. If he doesn’t, he could go into hyperbolic shock and his organs could stop working. He says, got it, and she says, all done. She knows he doesn’t want to be in this boathouse, but please, please, please don’t push himself right now. He won’t make himself stronger. He’ll just use up reserves that have already been severely depleted and he’ll set back his recovery way back. She takes out a bottle of pills, shaking one into her hand. She says, take one now and every eight hours for seven days. Don’t forget. It’s an antibiotic. Don’t miss a dose. She hands him the bottle, and he says, where did she… and she says, don’t ask. He asks if she’s okay, and she says she’s fine. He says, she doesn’t seem like it, and she says, Michael would do anything for him, which is absolutely his right. And she’s okay risking herself, but involving Danny is the worst thing he could have done. He says he didn’t seek Danny out. Danny found him. She says, it won’t matter to that FBI agent, Cates. He’s turning over every rock in Port Charles looking for him. What does he think will happen if Cates get proof Danny helped him?

Aiden comes into the hospital, and Elizabeth says she didn’t know he was coming by today. He says he’s trying a new chocolate chip cookie recipe he got off TikTok, and sets a container on the desk. She asks if he needs a taste tester, and he says he does. She comes around the desk and says she’s not complaining, but why didn’t he ask Jake? Aiden says, Jake won’t exactly talk to him. He’s a little worried about Jake. She asks, why? What happened? He says, she knows how every time their families get together, Dante’s always the first one to get something fun going, like finding a game that includes everyone. And he always makes them laugh, but in a nice way. He never makes fun of anybody. She says, everyone loves him, and he says, Jake’s 100% convinced that his dad shot Dante. When he tried to tell Jake that they still didn’t know if Jason did it, Jake slammed his bedroom door in his face. She says she had no idea. He hasn’t said anything to her about it. Aiden says, he’s not going to either. He said he didn’t want to talk to her about it. She says, why not? and he says, Jake doesn’t want her to defend Jason.

In the nook, Danny is juggling some stones or something and drops them, when John comes in. He says, Danny Morgan? and Danny says, yeah. John says, John Cates, FBI, and shows Danny his ID. He was hoping to ask Danny some questions about his dad.

Dex says, Anna remembers Sonny beat Cyrus up pretty bad, and she says, enough to put him in the hospital. He says, and when the police questioned Cyrus, he said Sonny was responsible, and she says, he couldn’t have been happy with that. He says, so when Cyrus decided to press charges, Sonny decided if Cyrus were to be put down, any potential charges against him would go down too. She says, that seems a little short-sighted, doesn’t he think? Because if Cyrus had died and his death was related in any way to the beating Sonny had inflicted on him, Sonny could have been found guilty of manslaughter or maybe even second-degree murder. Dex says, that’s exactly what he tried to tell him, but Sonny didn’t see it that way. Sonny ordered him to take out Cyrus while he was still in the hospital. And he was prepared to do it. She asks, how? and Dex says he was going to inject his IV with fentanyl, but Sonny showed up at the last second and stopped him. She asks if Dex knows why he reconsidered, but Dex says, no. She says, he does understand that if he swears to this, he’ll incriminate himself as well as Sonny, and he says he does. But he did it and he’s prepared to pay for it.

Sonny says he hopes he never disappoints Kristina the way he disappointed her brothers, and she says, whatever he’s done or thinks he’s done, Michael and Dante will always love him. A lot. And so does she. There’s nothing he could ever do that would ever make her disappointed in him. He says, if there’s even a part of that that’s true, he’s a lucky man, when Natalia walks in. She says, Kristina?

Willow says, Cates seems laser focused on finding Jason. He even tried to intimidate Elizabeth Baldwin by dangling the threat of federal charges in front of her. Jason says, Elizabeth hasn’t done anything, and she says, but now Danny has. He says he never wanted anybody to find him, let alone Danny. He would never put Danny in jeopardy. She says she knows he wouldn’t, and he says he’s going to make sure none of them gets implicated. Not Michael, not her, not Danny. He’s going to make it like them helping him never happened.

John says he’s sorry. He didn’t mean to startle Danny. Yuri, he thinks his name is, let him in. Danny says, Yuri’s a good guy, and John says, he seems like it. He doesn’t want to keep Danny, but has he by any chance seen his father in the last couple days? Danny says, no, and John says, and he hasn’t heard from him at all? No phone calls or texts or emails or… Danny says, no, and John asks if he’s sure. It’s really important he find Jason. Danny says he’s sure, and John says, it’s just that he’s been gone a long time and all of a sudden, he’s back, and all Danny gets is radio silence? He’s Jason’s son. Doesn’t he think that’s weird? Danny says, not really. He hardly knew the guy before he was gone. He doesn’t know why he’s back, but he can tell John, it’s not because of him. Brook comes in and asks Danny to go somewhere else while she has a word with Agent Cates. Danny leaves, but listens in, and Brook says, John is a disgrace to his badge.

Aiden tells Elizabeth, no matter what he says or does, Jake gets mad, but she says, he’s not mad at Aiden. He’s mad at the situation. He doesn’t know what to do with his anger, so it comes out all sideways at Aiden and everyone else he loves. Aiden says, mostly him, and she says she knows and she’s sorry. She knows it doesn’t feel like it, but it’s not personal. She promises she’ll talk to him when she gets home. He tells her, good luck, and she says, just so he knows, they did talk about it when they first found out Jason was back and that he might be responsible for Dante’s shooting. She didn’t want to make things harder on him. Aiden says, it’s hard already for everyone, when Chase comes by. He asks if Elizabeth has a second, and Elizabth says, sure. Aiden asks if Chase thinks Jake’s dad shot Dante.

Carly says she wishes she’d never pressured Dex into staying with Sonny, but Josslyn says, Dex didn’t put up too much of a fight. Carly says, that’s because her mother and brother were pressuring him, and Josslyn says, maybe. She doesn’t know what to believe. Carly says she knows how things work in Sonny’s business. Trust is everything. She never thought Sonny would trust Dex enough to give him an assignment like Cyrus. Josslyn asks if Jason used to kill for Sonny. (Duh – what is up with this girl?)

Natalia says she’s sorry if she’s interrupting, but Kristina says, no, and introduces Natalia and Sonny. They shake hands, and Sonny says, his daughter talks a lot about her daughter. He’s glad they found each other. Natalia says, that’s why she’s here. To ask for Kristina’s help.

Carly says, Jason never talked about it, but he did some things for Sonny, and Josslyn says, did some things like kill people. Carly asks what she wants to hear, and Josslyn says she wants to hear, killing people because they’re inconvenient for Sonny is wrong. Carly says, of course (🍷) it’s wrong, and Josslyn says, then why is she hesitant? Carly says she’s not. She doesn’t want Josslyn asking questions she doesn’t want the answers to. Josslyn says she does want the answers. She’s just not always ready for the ones she gets. Carly says, that’s because she’s judging everything from the outside. She wasn’t in Dex’s shoes, and she wasn’t in Jason’s shoes for that matter. She doesn’t know why they made the choices they did. Josslyn says she loves Jason too, but come on. All it takes is Sonny pointing at someone and saying, go, and that’s it? Carly says, it’s not that simple. It’s never that simple. She trusts Jason. If Jason killed someone, it’s because they were going to kill him. Josslyn says she doesn’t think so. She doesn’t think it would matter to Carly if someone was trying to kill Jason or not. She thinks Carly would stick beside him no matter what. And she thought that’s how she felt about Dex, but it’s not.

Natalia, Kristina, and Sonny sit at a table, and Natalia says, so when she walked into her daughter’s hotel room and found Kristina in her bed, she was shocked. Sonny says, well, anybody who would walk into their kid’s hotel room and find someone in their bed would be shocked, and Kristina says she understands Natalia was blindsided. Natalia says, even more so when Blaze said Kristina was her girlfriend, and Kristina says, that was a big step for them, being open about it. Natalia says she wasn’t ready for it. And obviously, no matter what she said or did, it was wrong. She knew that at the time, but she couldn’t stop herself. Sonny says, now she knows better, and she’ll do better next time, and Natalia says, they already had a next time, and she did not do better. Sonny says, she seems to be having a hard time with this, and she says, wouldn’t any parent? He says, you only worry if your kid ends up with somebody not good enough for them, but Blaze and Kristina are great and they’re great for each other. Kristina thanks him and says she thinks they’re great for each other too. Natalia asks if it was always this easy for him, and he says, was what this easy? She says, having a daughter that’s gay and being okay with it.

Chase tells Aiden, Jason is only a suspect right now. He’s no different from anyone else, innocent until proven guilty. Aiden tells him that he has to say that, but he’s a cop. It’s not the same as asking a regular person. Elizabeth says, Aiden… but Chase says, it’s okay. He knows what Aiden means. His job as a cop is to follow the evidence, and right now, the evidence says, yes. Jason is the one who shot Dante. But the evidence also says, Jason is the one who called 911 and tried to give Dante first aid.

Danny continues to listen as Brook says, thank God Yuri called her before John had a chance to whip out his handcuffs. That really would have intimidated Danny, which is exactly what he was hoping to do, isn’t it? John says, no. He just wanted to ask Danny a few questions. He’s sorry Yuri disturbed her. She says, his unprofessional conduct disturbs her. Yuri told her how he barged in here to talk to a poor minor child without his parent or guardian present. He says, she can tell Yuri, that’s not illegal, and she says, no. It’s just lower than dirt. And she doesn’t need to school Yuri on the state or federal law. He’s familiar with them both. John made the wrong assumption and confused his accent with ignorance. John says he didn’t mean anything by the comment, but she says, yeah, he did. And at the moment, the only truly ignorant person in this house is him. He says he’s sorry if they got off on the wrong foot. Just to be clear, he didn’t come here to arrest Danny and he didn’t know Danny was going to be alone. She says, it didn’t stop him though, did it, from talking to a minor child about a father he hasn’t seen in years? A father he thought was dead. What’s wrong with him? He says, Jason Morgan is the suspect in multiple shootings, but she’s right. He went too far. She says, he should just stop talking and leave before he gives her any more reasons to sue. And trust her, she’s got plenty, and if it were up to her, he’d lose his impressive FBI badge. But since it’s not, she’ll just make sure he has to work real hard to keep it. He says he is sorry. Truly. If she’d please apologize to Danny and Yuri on his behalf. He leaves, and she tells Danny that he can come out now.

Anna asks if Dex has any proof about the attempt on Cyrus’s life, and he says, no, but Cyrus was suspicious when he woke up and Dex was in his room. So he could be a witness, and Nina Reeves also saw him… Anna says, she’s not going to testify. Cyrus might be willing to, but then he couldn’t truthfully testify about Dex’s intention, so his testimony wouldn’t amount to anything. The most he could get is conspiracy, and it would be Dex’s word against Sonny’s. He says, that’s it? but she says, no. Sonny would also have him killed. This isn’t the first time a situation like this has come up and she knows from experience she wishes she didn’t have, prosecution will go nowhere, and it will cost Dex his life. He says he’s willing to risk it, but she says, no. She’s not. That’s why this conversation never happened. Look at her. Does he understand? He says, yeah, and she says, okay. Justice might not have been served this time, but she really appreciates him coming in and trying. He walks to the door, and says, if she ever needs any help in taking Sonny down, keep him in mind. He leaves.

Danny says, Brook was awesome, and thanks her. She says, he doesn’t need to thank her. He just needs to promise her that he’ll never talk to the cops again without a lawyer present. Prison is full of people who talk their way in there because they didn’t wait for a lawyer. He says, grandma isn’t a lawyer anymore, so should he call Diane Miller? and she says, he’s a Quartermaine. He’s got plenty of lawyers, but they’re no good to him unless he uses them. She asks for his phone, but he says his mom confiscated it. She says, then she’s going to have to do something really old fashioned and takes a pad out of the credenza. She says she’s writing down the ELQ attorney’s number. She hands him a paper and says, commit it to memory. And do himself a favor and practice the Quartermaine code. That means, be polite, but do not freestyle with the cops no matter how friendly they seem. Unless of course (🍷) that cop is Chase. He laughs.

Willow says, with any luck, Jason will be able to move around in a day or two. Any idea where he’ll go or what he’ll do? He says he’s not sure yet. He’s just got to figure out what will cause the least harm to all of them, especially Danny.

Aiden asks what Elizabeth is going to tell Jake, and she says, the truth. If Jason did this, he’s going to have to face the consequences. But he’s not a reflection on Jake. Aiden tells her that Jake will just say, I know. Trust him. It’s not going to make Jake feel any better. She says, this situation is terrible, and she thinks being sad is the right way to feel about it. She knows Jake feels awful about what happened to Dante, but it’s not his fault just because he’s Jason’s son. If Jason did in fact shoot Dante, he alone is going to have to carry that guilt. She’s not going to let the weight of Jason’s sins crush Jake.

Carly says she respects Josslyn’s decision. She looked at Dex with clear eyes and saw things she wasn’t willing to compromise on. Josslyn says she just thought there would never be anything that would make her not want to be with him, and Carly says, unless you’re talking about your kids, there’s no such thing as unconditional love. There’s always conditions, and Josslyn found hers. Josslyn says she guesses. Maybe she could have made it work though. Carly says, maybe, and then she would have sacrificed a part of herself. Then she would have hated herself and resented Dex and hated him. As far as she’s concerned, Josslyn spared both of them a lot of misery. Josslyn says, in her gut, it was the right thing to do, and Carly says, but even doing the right thing isn’t always easy, and hugs Josslyn.

Sonny says, Kristina’s always been her own person. Ever since she could talk, she had an opinion. When she was so young, she was intelligent, and interesting. Then when she grew up, he could see pieces of her mother and him in her, and he kind of had an idea of what she was going to be like. And there were a couple things he was right on. They all want certain things for their kids, but their kids can’t be what they want them to be. It’s their life and they have to make their decision to be who they want to be. Natalia says, Kristina is very fortunate to have this man as her dad, and Kristina says she’s always known her dad loves her no matter what. He makes her feel really safe and like she can do anything. And she really wishes Blaze had that with Natalia.

John flops into a chair in his hotel room. There’s a knock at the door, and he hauls himself back up. He opens the door and Anna is there with a bottle of wine. She says she owes him a drink.

Tomorrow, Chase wonders if he should be a cop anymore; Anna tells John that she sees Sonny very clearly now; and Sonny tells Natalia that she can’t act on information she doesn’t have.

Vanderpump Rules

On FaceTime, Ariana says she’s glad she’ll be out of the house when Sandoval has his super cool pool party, and Katie wonders when it’s happening. Right now? Ariana guesses she’d be right. Downstairs, Sandoval explains to Schwartz that he and Ariana have an agreement. The party isn’t a surprise. Ariana asks how Katie feels about having dinner with Lala. She’d like to think it will blow over quick and they’ll have a nice dinner and asks Katie if she’s being too optimistic. Ariana leaves as the guests are having a shot.

Katie meets Lala at a restaurant and asks how Lala is. Lala says, not good, and asks how Katie is. Katie says, better than she was. She doesn’t like how it went, and Lala says, it’s the third time Katie has looked at her like the enemy, and we flash back to those. She asks if Katie feels that she hit below the belt, and Katie says she knows she has, and Lala says she’s retaliated and she’s not proud of that. In Lala’s interview, she says, Katie had been her ride or die for many years, but how they used to fit in each other’s lives is different. Now she’s trying to heal from trauma because doesn’t want to be a miserable bitch, but Katie is happy to be on the warpath. She tells Katie that she’s trying hard to drop the Sandoval thing. It altered her life, and her intent when bringing up her own experience is not to make it about her. Katie says she knows Lala is coming from a good place, but it’s not always received that way. Lala says she’ll work on it. Is there any version of Katie being a softer? Katie says her tone and delivery are a toxic trait, and Lala says she worries they’ll say something to be hurtful that there will be no coming back from. Katie apologizes and says she loves Lala. Lala says, ditto, and they hug.

The pool party is in full swing, and Schwartz wonders about potential romantic encounters. In Schwartz’s interview, he says she feels implicated as Sandoval’s wingman. He’s proud Sandoval is putting himself out there, but maybe he shouldn’t do it under the same roof he shares with the woman he cheated on. Scwartz says, this is weird, and leaves. In Sandoval’s interview, he says, Schwartz is trying to be diplomatic, but he’s not having an orgy in the living room. Billie introduces her girlfriend Tii, and asks if there will be an after-hours situation, but Sandoval says he doesn’t want to cause friction with his roommate. Some girls show up that Sandoval met at See You Next Tuesday, and everyone has more shots. In his interview, Sandoval says, the act of talking to people is like a muscle he hasn’t used. Sandoval is boring AF and tells the girls that his roommate is his ex from a 10-year relationship. He jokes that he keeps her locked in her room and crushes potato chips, putting them under the door for her to eat, but the girls are either appalled or don’t get the joke. Because he’s delusional, in his interview, he says he thinks he can get back into this pretty quickly.

Poor Ann (which is like her name now) cleans up the next morning, and Ariana tells her that Scheana is coming over. There’s so much sticky sh*t. In Ariana’s interview, she says, Ann’s job description has become cleaning up after Sandoval and doing his laundry. She’s taken on a mother role. She loves Ann, but Ann has a sh*tty boss. Ann tells Sandoval that Scheana is coming over and they’ll be downstairs, and in Sandoval’s interview, he says, Ann’s duties include doing some housekeeping. He knows what he can’t get to, Ann will clean up, so he’s not leaving a mess. We see that’s not the truth, as dishes are piled high in the sink and that’s not the worst of it. Scheana arrives and sees all the bottles on the counter. She asks what they’re making, and Ariana says, that’s what she came down to after the sexy singles pool party. Scheana says she didn’t know the party had a theme, and Ariana says, that’s just what she’s calling it. She thinks she should have some people over and do a game night.

Ariana says, people have been telling her that Scheana is upset with her. We flash back to Lala and Lisa talking to Ariana about how she’s coming across, and Scheana says she doesn’t like people telling her how she feels or putting words in her mouth. Ariana says, Lisa told her that she’d mishandled her announcement about Dancing with the Stars, and Scheana says she’d thought she was being considered and wishes she’d heard it from Ariana. It was a punch to the gut, she was disappointed, and had a good cry, but she’s genuinely happy for Ariana. Ariana says she understands how Scheana feels, and Scheana says, Ariana can trust her. Ariana says she hopes she can trust that Scheana is being honest. Scheana says she and Lala have been together more often, and Lala rides hard for her. In Scheana’s interview, she says, Ariana used to be her person that she could talk to about everything, but lately it’s been difficult. She’s not super receptive about Scheana’s feelings. Scheana tells Ariana that when it comes to Sandoval, Ariana knew who he was to her up until March 1^st, and Ariana says, she’s going to miss the person who maybe existed. But then things come to mind that are insidious. It’s hard to hear her best friend misses that person. Scheana says, if years from now she tells Ariana that she’s seen Sandoval did work on himself and he’s a completely different person, and she can see them being friends, how would Ariana feel? In Ariana’s interview, she says she thinks if Scheana is bringing this up, she has plans to be friends with him again. Scheana’s trying to soften the blow for when it becomes a reality. Ariana says she’d give Ariana the side-eye. Not a judgy side eye, but a you in danger, girl, side-eye.

Schwartz and Jo walk in the park, and in Schwartz’s interview, a producer says, it does look like a date, and Schwartz says he could marry Jo and be happy, but he doesn’t want that right now. He just got out of a 13-year relationship, and getting into another seems haphazard. He wants to explore and date some people. They get in a swan boat, and Jo tells Schwartz about how she lost a pet turtle in the sewer. He became a Ninja Turtle. In Jo’s interview, she says, meeting Ally was nerve-wracking because Ally is beautiful, but she’s got a good vibe. The other girls never gave her a fair chance, specifically Katie. Katie is a jealous ex, and Jo thinks whoever Schwartz is with will get a lot of hate. These two are boring squared.

In his interview, Sandoval says, since Tahoe, he’s been trying to reconnect with friends. Any step forward feels good. The group meets at the Belmont, and Katie and Ariana show up. In Lala’s interview, she says she can’t put into words how huge Ariana breathing the same air as Sandoval feels. It’s like Ariana is reclaiming her friends from Sandoval, and she’s here for it. Ariana is prettier to look at anyway.

In Ariana’s interview, she says she can’t let her ex prevent her from hanging out with her friends for the rest of her life. She’s not looking around in cased of stray eye contact, but she can feel Sandoval’s eyes buried into her. She asks the girls to hang out on the patio. Lala and Katie tell the others how they made up, and their safe word is croissant. Ally says, Jo texted her about doing her chart and having drinks, and she said, sure. Ariana says, you in danger, girl. In Katie’s interview, she says, where to start about Jo. Kristen Doute was her best friend, and now she’s infiltrating the rest of Katie’s life. The day of her divorce announcement, Jo texted her, saying she respects, supports, and loves Katie. Then a few months later, she’s living with Schwartz. The girl just moves in sketchy ways. Scheana asks Schwartz how things are over at the house. Ariana said Sandoval had a sexy singles pool party. Schwartz says, it sounds like the game of telephone, and Sandoval joins them. Sandoval tells her that people thought he was looking for a wingman, but the party was rated G. Scheana says she heard from Brock that Sandoval felt abandoned by Raquel. Can any part of him say he didn’t mean it and he’s sorry? In Scheana’s interview, she says, Sandoval used to live on a moral high ground. If he just had more self-awareness and understood it’s not just about the affair. Baby steps forward. She tells Sandoval that he hurt a lot of people. He needs to put his ego aside… He says, it’s not an ego thing, and she says, he’s getting defensive right now. He says he’s tired of being a scapegoat, but Scheana says, it’s about taking accountability. Sandoval says, he is. This is ridiculous. Scheana says, they’re just going in circles, when she’s trying to help, but he says, it’s not helping. She walks away. Outside, James tells Sandoval that he’s burning bridges, but Sandoval says he’s not groveling anymore. He’s out. He walks off.

In Brock’s interview, he says he’s been talking to Scheana about getting a nanny, but she’s very much not good at change. He tells her, it’s important that to have consistency in the house, but she says, their schedule isn’t consistent. Brock says, it hasn’t worked for him. She’s not listening. If she can’t have a schedule, that affects him. Scheana says she loves him, but doesn’t like him right now, and in his interview, he says he’s hoping she comes around. He wants to figure out what’s next for him and his career. Getting a nanny will help him figure out how to be the best dad, husband, and businessman. Gaby comes over, and asks Scheana, how was the Belmont? Scheana says, frustrating. She told Sandoval not to blame others for his situation. He’s not doing himself any favors. She doesn’t remember how it ended, but she walked away. Ariana and Katie were there. She and Ariana had a great conversation and talked about the things that hurt her, like hearing about Dancing with the Stars on Instagram. Brock says, his one concern is, with all the support she has, Ariana hasn’t had time to take a breath. When it slows down… Scheana says, hopefully, it doesn’t.

Ariana and Katie unpack groceries for the party. Sandoval works out in the home gym, and in his interview, he says he’s reflecting on last night. He doesn’t think he’s the reason Schwartz and Katie got divorced, but he’s willing to apologize. He wants to prioritize things important to Scheana because he wants to mend the friendship. Ariana gets a text from poor Ann that the boss man is coming downstairs to make a shake. In Katie’s interview, she says, when Ariana leaves the room, it gets cold and dark, and she can’t breathe. Sandoval comes down and asks if Ariana is having people over. Katie says, they’re going to play games, and Sandoval says he’s been reflecting on shit and wants to apologize for the way acted he last year during the divorce. He knows Katie was going through a lot and didn’t need extra sh*t. Katie says, apologies are just words. At the end of the day, he f***ed up big time. It’s fathomless the way he carried on an affair like that. Sandoval asks if she can’t fathom that happening, and Katie says she walked away from a marriage to someone she loved because she needed to be happy, but she still didn’t f*** Schwartz’s friend behind his back. In her interview, she says she was in love with somebody who couldn’t return the love in the way she wanted or deserved to be loved. Sandoval says he’s trying to look back and reflect. He’s doing the best he can, Katie says she thinks having parties with random strangers in the house he cohabits in with Ariana shows audacity. In Sandoval’s interview, he says he’s trying to take accountability and apologize. He was remorseful at the Reunion. We flash back to that, and Sandoval says, it’s still not good enough. Katie says he needs to try and do better. Stay out of the way and give Ariana more decency and respect. Sandoval says he and Ariana need to have a conversation at some point, and Katie says, Ariana wants to sell the house. He says, the ball’s in her court, and leaves.

Tom journals, and in his interview, he says, Raquel cutting him off is painful. It comes in waves. Journaling and not drinking connects her to him because he knows she’s journaling and not drinking. He shows Schwartz some photos of him and Raquel together, and says, he lost pretty much all his friends and now he’s losing Raquel. It’s a lot emotionally. Schwartz says, Sandoval is feeling sullen, and in his interview, Sandoval says, part of him thought when Raquel gets out, they’d both be in a healthy place to see each other again and connect. He’s figuring out that it’s never going to happen, and it really breaks his heart. 😭Waaah! He cries in the closet, looking at the photos and saying, it will never happen again. Scwartz tells him, never say never. If it’s any consolation, Schwartz feels in his heart and soul that he’s at the tail end of this. Sandoval says, that’s not remotely accurate. He’s being treated like Scott Peterson and that will linger. Schwartz says, didn’t he murder his wife? and Sandoval says, allegedly. He’s feeling destructive. In Schwartz’s interview, he says he doesn’t know how to help. He’s wracking his brain and needs someone with more expertise to show him better days are ahead. He tells Sandoval that he needs a little love. He’s got to break the Raquel spell. Schwartz is in his late life emo phase. It’s time to heal.

Guests arrive, and the Toms stop by to say hi before they slip out. Ariana is like, get the f*** out, and they decide to play Never Have I Ever. Ariana reads, never have I ever cheated on a partner more than once, because there are ever only sex questions in any game. Ally tells James, just drink. There’s a threesome question next, and Brock says he wasn’t involved, but he was in the room. In Scheana’s interview, she says she was once in an orgy with an A-list celebrity. Once upon a time, her body was a wonderland. I don’t know whether to say, congratulations, or be grossed out. Ally says, never have I ever dropped my pet in the middle of nowhere because I didn’t want it anymore. No one believes it’s the real question, but she shows them.

Jax texts Schwartz, saying he thinks it’s okay, but has to check with Brittany. The guys meet at TomTom, and Jo meets Ally for her reading. Brock says, there’s a question mark about what Schwartz’s relationship is with Jo, and Schwartz says, they had a whirlwind romance a while back, but he doesn’t want to date. He does love hanging out with her. Brock asks if Jo knows that, and Schwartz says, yeah. Jo is a sweet soul. Ally gives Jo her reading, and says, Jo is the light at the end of the tunnel for many people. Schwartz is activating her house of friendship, and their bond is proven, but friends date. Your spouse should be your best friend. Ally says she wants Jo to feel welcome. At the end of the day, she’s Schwartz’s friend. Jo says she was called an anorexic crackhead whore, and her mom asked if she did crack. She’s never said a bad thing about them. Schwartz tells the guys that he wants to be single, like when they were all in West Hollywood together. Those times are rarer as they get older. It was the best of times and the worst of times. We flash back to that, and Schwartz says, it was always a little tumultuous with them. Jax arrives. Oh I see. Are we gliding into The Valley?

In Schwartz’s interview, he says, Sandoval and Jax haven’t communicated long time. They’re not friends, but deep down, he thinks they love each. Maybe. Jax says, advice from one person who’s dabbled in infidelity to another. He’s raising kids and living life. We see photos of that, and he says he’s opening a bar, Jax’s, in Studio City, a sports bar. They’re the last people he’d ask restaurant advice from. In Sandoval’s interview, he says, Jax always feels like they’re in competition, and we flash back to Sandoval whining, why can’t Jax be happy for him? Good times… He says, unfortunately they were best friends. He thinks as time went on, he realized nothing brings Jax more joy than celebrating other people’s failure and misery. Jax says he saw Sandoval’s pictures and he looks 50. He heard what’s going on. Sandoval seems to look better… minus the white nail polish. In Jax’s interview, he says, Sandoval lacks emotion, is tone deaf, and selfish. He says, what Sandoval did wrong. What he did was wrong too, but it’s the way Sandoval handled it. Sometimes it’s okay to tuck your tail between your legs. It’s humbling. Tom says, Jax must be humble. Jax is only interesting when he’s talking about him. He’s been relentlessly talking sh*t. Jax says, the whole world has been talking sh*t, and in Schwartz’s interview, he says, this is so bad. Sandoval asks if he dogpiled on Jax when Jax was down, and Jax says, actually, he did. Sandoval is him seven years ago. He owned his sh*t and now his life is the best it’s ever been. He worked his ass off to get where he is. He’s happy and Sandoval is literally a disgrace.

Brock suggests they take a beat. They haven’t seen each other in a while. Jax admits he came in guns blazing, but he was triggered and needed to get things off his chest. Sandoval was a huge part of his life, and if he didn’t care, he wouldn’t be here. He has Sandoval’s name tattooed on his arm. We flash back to that, and Jax says, they’ve all done the same thing. In Jax’s interview, he says she knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. He had the best job on Vanderpump Rules, but because of his ego, he f***ed it up. We flash back to that, and he says he was in a dark place. He felt he’d lost it all. Financially, he didn’t know what to do, and his wife was pregnant. It was rough emotionally. He was thinking, it can’t be poor me, and he had to put his big boy pants on and start at ground zero. He tells Sandoval to call if he needs anything and they hug it all out. Jax says he didn’t mean to come in hot, but it’s been two years. In Jax’s interview, he says he didn’t care about anyone or anything. He was just selfish.

We segue into The Valley...

🍼 Same Pump, Different Day…

Golf and kids in the suburbs; a county fair themed party; Jax saying, a child out of wedlock, 14,000 times; and Jax and Brittany have a goddam storage unit just for Halloween decorations. But I can’t, so…

Jax Taylor Questions Kristen Doute’s Plans to Have a Child ‘Out of Wedlock’

🕺 Stealing Your TikTok Dance Moves…

Join me tomorrow for soap and exciting news from around the globe. The latter is questionable, but it sounded good. Until then, stay safe, stay remembering your phone is not an appendage, and stay not letting your anger go sideways when you’re mad at a situation.

Mar19

March 18, 2024 – Marshall Correctly Diagnoses His Misdiagnosis, Two Goodbyes On Deck, Let’s Talk About Ones & Born

Posted on March 19, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Josslyn asks what Nina means. Dex was there when Cyrus was there? Nina says, that’s right. Cyrus survived the beating from Sonny and also survived his hospital stay, which she’s guessing was just as dangerous. Josslyn asks what Dex was doing there, and Nina says, he was in hospital scrubs. Let’s not forget that detail. Josslyn’s smart. She’ll figure it out. Nina leaves, and Josslyn looks at Dex.

Sitting next to Dante’s bed, Sonny says he knows Dante is in God’s hands, and he believes Dante’s spirit is strong enough to come back to them. He knows Dante can hear him and wants Dante to know he hasn’t given up on him, and he doesn’t want Dante to give up on himself. If Dante can hear him, Sonny wants him to know that his father is always with him. He puts his hand on Dante’s.

Tracy puts a blanket on Olivia, who sits up and says, Dante. Is he okay? Tracy says, no change, and he’d want her to sleep. She was at the hospital all night. Olivia checks her phone and says, no word from the hospital. She thinks she’s going to take a nice, hot shower. Tracy says, actually, she just walked past Olivia’s room, and Sam and Scout are asleep on her bed, and Olivia says, hot coffee it is (because there are no other showers in the house). Tracy says, coming right up, and Olivia says, Tracy is going to make it? She didn’t think Tracy knew how. Tracy laughs, and leaves for the kitchen.

At the gallery, Trini tells Ava, what a talented artist. Ava knows she studied at the University of Paris, right? Ava says she knows that, and Trina says, so many colleges and universities, all a part of each other and around each other. Paris is really the perfect creative environment. Ava says she understands the impulse to throw yourself into work to help you cope, but maybe being here, around all of this, isn’t helping. Trina says, yeah, but she doesn’t know what will.

Diane says, the Appellate Division came for Alexis after a ruling in front of the medical board, correct? That’s a division of the Department of Health, and that’s deep state. Alexis says, now they’ve gone from magical thinking to just being ridiculous. It was regulatory body; she was under oath. Diane says she knows plenty of elected officials who have lied under oath and none of them have been disbarred, and Alexis says she knows a lot of them should have been disbarred, but how does any of this have anything to do with her?

Marshall tells Doc, it’s true. During that time, he was a young Black man, down on his luck. And yes, he felt a certain kind of way toward the world around him. Curtis says, angry, right, pop? and Marshall says, yes. He was angry. Stella says she has to take issue with two things. They don’t characterize low-income people as poor. Being deemed poor isn’t good for one’s self-esteem or state of mind. And that anger Marshall was feeling was justified. But she understands what Doc was trying to say. Marhsall says, so does he, but given how things were back in the day – his age, his social standing, his Blackness – how well-adjusted could he possibly be? That doctor called him schizophrenic. Did he have to be mentally ill to feel how he felt? Doc says, exactly. Marshall just correctly diagnosed his misdiagnosis.

Josslyn asks why Dex went to the hospital, and Dex says he was told to go. She says, by Sonny? and he says, yes. She says, to deliver some sort of message? and he says, no. She asks why he was in scrubs, and Dex doesn’t answer. She asks if Sonny asked him to do something, and he says, yes. She says, to kill him? and he says, yes.

Lois puts a cup of coffee under Olivia’s nose, and Olivia sits up. She says she must be really tired. Wasn’t Lois just Tracy a few minutes ago? Lois says, no. Never in any lifetime. But she did have to go, so she asked Lois to look after Olivia. She said to bring her this – she hands Olivia the coffee – and make sure she enjoys every sip. Olivia says, aww, and takes a sip. She says, damn. That is good coffee. Did Lois make this? Lois says, no, and asks if Olivia is okay, but Olivia says, no. Is there any word from the hospital? Lois says, no, there isn’t, but she can call if Olivia wants her to. She just figured they’d call if they needed anything. Olivia asks if she means like if there’s any change in her son’s condition. Honest to God, she doesn’t know if she should be relieved or terrified.

Ava says she knows it sounds trite, but Trina has to give herself time. She’ll get through this. What did she say about that painting? It’s fire? That’s more than going through the motions. Nina comes in and asks if Ava has time to talk, and Trina says she’ll just take the painting to the back. Trina leaves, and Ava asks if Nina is okay. What’s going on? Nina says she’s not okay. The Invader ran this really insensitive story about the shooting on the pier that mentioned Sonny. Ava asks why she’s acting surprised by this, and Nina says, because she’s the publisher of The Invader and they slipped it by her and published the story. If she’d known, she would have done damage control or she would have killed it altogether. Ava says, if she’s worried about Sonny, he couldn’t care less about the story, and Nina says she ran into Josslyn. She went over to Dex’s and Josslyn was there. Ava asks why she went to see Dex, and Nina says, because she can’t see Sonny. She can’t even go to the hospital to check on Dante. Ava asks if Dex said anything, and Nina says, no, and she probably just made everything worse. But she doesn’t care because she’s being pushed aside when her husband needs her most. She has to find a way to get to him and she’s running out of options. She needs Ava to help her.

Diane says, right off the bat, she wants to take issue with a couple of things. The charge of perjury against Alexis came long after Dr. Byrne’s hearing in front of the medical board in 2020. Right? Yes. And that charge stemmed from Julian Jerome and Britt Westbourne, both of whom were known perjurers, both of whom were criminals, both of whom are dead. Alexis says, but neither of them brought this to the attention of the bar, and Diane says, but they had to be deposed and they’re both liars. That’s off to the side. What she wants to circle back to now is why Alexis never defended herself. Why she never mounted any sort of filing for herself. Alexis says, because it was true, and Diane says, irrelevant. Let’s just say, she was never presented the opportunity… No. She can’t do that. It’s just them here. Alexis knows full well she has the right to mount a defense. So why didn’t she? Alexis says she guesses at the time she didn’t think she had anything left to fight for. Diane says, well, snap out of it. Shake off the poor me’s and wrap whatever’s left of that steel-trap mind because she’s got two things to focus on now. Number one, why working here isn’t working for her, and number two, how she plans to get out of it.

Doc asks if any of them have heard of a book called The Youngest Science, and Stella says she read that. If she recalls correctly, it’s an account about medicine evolving as a science from an influential doctor’s point of view. Doc says, yes. It’s a personal, historical accounting of 20^th century medicine’s evolution. It’s a fascinating read. Marshall says, sounds great. Maybe he’ll pick it up. Why are they talking about it? Doc says, as a reference. Medicine as a science has come a long way, but after a long period of time. Psychiatry is much younger, and as a discipline, it’s made all the same mistakes all the other disciplines have made. Think of it as how astronomers used to believe that the sun revolved around the earth. The point is, scientists and researchers like to be right, and they often fall into the trap of proving what they already believe. Curtis says, that happens everywhere, and Doc says, which brings them to Dr. Braddock and his work. He wasn’t alone in his beliefs and practices. And Doc won’t defend the mistakes his discipline made when psychiatry was still trying to figure out what the heck mental health even was. The point being, the big question at the time was, what is normal and does that mean being like everybody else? Curtis says, like everybody else, and Doc says, right, and if you’re a mid-twentieth century psychiatrist making that determination, you tend to look to the people you already know, which are going to be decently educated, employed, church going, and predominantly white. That was the control group, and if you didn’t belong to this normal, predominantly cultural group, if you don’t share any of those hallmarks, or maybe you’re not as adept at code switching, then you present a problem, an illness.

Josslyn says, so Sonny gives Dex that order and he says, yes, boss. She can’t believe he’d agree to something like that. He says he tried to talk Sonny out of it, and she says, of course (🍷). Dex would never go through with something like that. It’s just Nina stirring up trouble, per usual. He says, except that’s not how it went down. He was going to do it, but Sonny stopped him.

Tracy goes into Dante’s room and says hi to Sonny. She says, any news? and he says he’d give her some if there was some. She says she left Sam and Olivia are both back at the house. They both needed sleep. She hopes he won’t ruin her reputation as being cold and unfeeling, and he says, her secret is safe with him. She says she’s sorry. Every time she sees a hospital bed, it reminds her of seeing Luke lying in it.

Diane says, perhaps Alexis’s memory is impaired, because as she recalls, Alexis wasn’t living her best life at the time. Alexis says, no. She was drinking. Defintiely not making good choices. Diane says, she never even had a proper hearing. She was the one who informed Alexis of the decision by phone. Remember? Alexis says, rings a bell, and Diane says, there’s also a case to be made for bias. Alexis says, why? Because she’s a woman? Diane says, because she’s a lawyer. Who does the medical profession hate more than anyone? Alexis says, lawyers. She hates most lawyers too, but more than anything in the world right now, she wishes she still was one.

Doc says, long ago, psychiatrists deemed aggression, anger or offensive dislocation from the dominant cultural group as a mental maladjustment. Never mind the societal injustices that existed only because they hadn’t been challenged for centuries. Curtis says, which was the actual maladjustment to begin with, and Doc says, right. So defiant, anxious, young Black men were tagged as schizophrenic, whether the diagnosis was accurate or not. Especially when one of the hallmarks of the disease is a misconception of reality, such as an institution or society at large is out to get them. Someone might be obsessed about it or angry about it. Marshall says, or desperate to figure out why his heart is suddenly racing for no reason. Why his hands are sweaty and it’s suddenly hard to breathe, or why people are just looking at him funny. He couldn’t play his horn like that. He was mad and frightened. He thought something was wrong with him. He thought somebody was trying to do something to him. Doc says, so he sought help and he, like a lot of young men, was deemed schizophrenic when all he was doing was perceiving the reality around him. On top of that, the medications he was likely prescribed would cause unexplained behaviors, which would likely reinforce the diagnosis. Stella says, Lord have mercy, and Doc says, an entire generation of unhappy women were prescribed valium. It’s a muscle relaxer. Gay, lesbian, and trans people were tranquilized, hospitalized, or worse, electroshocked into acquiescence. And that’s only if they had health insurance, by the way. Did Marshall? Marshall says, for a short time, until the insurance companies knew he’d been institutionalized, and he was dropped. Out the door with all those others he was talking about who couldn’t pay. They’d be found in the streets or bars or prisons, worried they’d pose a danger at home to the people they most loved – he puts his hand on Curtis’s shoulder – or bring shame on them. Doc says, it’s no shame for Marshall. The shame is, and always will be, ours.

Josslyn asks if it was that night Adam was in the hospital… Oh my God. It was, wasn’t it? She was in the chapel, and he came in. She fell asleep. When she woke up, he was in there, and she remembers thinking how lucky she was that he was there, and she could always depend on him. Now he’s telling her that if Sonny hadn’t stopped him, he would have what? Just come and sat in the chapel with her. He says he doesn’t know what would have happened. All he knows is what did. He was in scrubs. He had lifted a bottle of fentanyl from the pharmacy storage, and he was going to inject it into Cyrus’s IV line, when Sonny showed up. She says, and if Sonny hadn’t stopped him, if he hadn’t walked in right then, Dex is telling her that he would have done it? Dex says, yes, and she says, who are you? (Like, she didn’t know he’d been a mercenary? Told you that she was too immature for him.)

Nina says, Ava promised to help her put her marriage back together. The need to come up with a strategy, a way to break through Sonny’s anger and get him to see he still needs her. Ava says, the timing isn’t very good for Nina. What is she going to say? Sonny, don’t look at your son whose life is hanging on by a thread. Look at me. Nina says, of course (🍷) not. No, it’s more like, Sonny, let me be there to support you. Let me love you. Let me be there while you’re going through this incredibly difficult time. Let me be your wife again. That’s what it would be. She cries, and says she understands why Ava was with Sonny at the warehouse, but that means Sonny trusts her. If Ava advocates for her, he will listen. Trina comes in and says she just tracked the other packages, and another should be coming in today; a delivery was pushed up. Ava says she has to go out. Is Trina up to staying here and receiving it? If it comes before she gets back, just log it in and lock up. Trina says she’s got Ava. Is she all right? Ava says she’ll be fine and leaves with Nina.

Lois asks if Olivia remembers when her Nona told them that boys were easier to raise than girls, and Olivia laughs, saying, she lied. Either that, or she didn’t know any of the kids Dante grew up with. Lois says she thinks maybe it was just their neighborhood, because those boys were maybe just a step above hooligans, and she means a tiny step. Olivia says, and Dante was one of them. That kid got into so many scraps at that high school, they felt they had to send him away for counseling. She was scared to death there was actually something wrong with him. But it turns out it was just Dante being Dante. He was always standing up to bullies, defending the weaker kids, and not letting anyone get pushed around. That’s why he’s such a great cop. The best kind. The ones who know what it truly means to protect and serve.

Stella tells Doc that she was a social worker for many years before she was a patient advocate. The reason she switched was because she saw the inequities I the medical system firsthand. Those mistakes he spoke of were born of racism, sexism, and all the other isms, plain and simple. And what happened to Marshall wasn’t a mistake. It was malpractice, signed, sealed, and systemic. She’s sure he’s seen the stories of how Blacks, minorities, and women experience medical bias. It’s all over the news lately, but it’s nothing new. It’s been going on since the Jim Crow era and they still aren’t taken seriously by medical professionals. She knows because she has patients she has to fight for in this very hospital. Not to mention the ongoing maternal health crisis for women of color. And what burns her up is, they have great, talented medical professionals in this country. There’s no excuse for any of this. She’s sorry. She could go on, but she’s done. Curtis says, as Doc can see, his auntie is a passionate social justice warrior. Stella says, but she’s getting tired of this fight. Why, after all this time, are they still reckoning with things like this? They’re all human. It doesn’t matter the variety. Biology is biology. Doc tells her that she’s an advocate in every sense of the word. He hopes she never stops. He knows an apology from someone like him at this late date is meaningless… Marshall says, no, not meaningless. Not at all. Doc told the truth. He validated what Marshall has been going through most of his life. He just wishes he’d been able to understand all of this sooner, and not handed over his sanity and his life to some guy with a degree because he thought the doctor was helping him. Curtis says, that’s hard to do if the person he trusted to help him was attacking him. It’s insidious. He just wonders how many other people Braddock did this to. Doc says, oh there were others. Braddock was a respected, published doctor. Marshall says, they always figured it was something like this. Not only did Doc confirm it, but he’s shone the light on his life. It’s a lot to process. He gets up and says he’s so grateful to Doc, calling him kind sir, and Doc says he’s sure Marshall is a bit leery of shrinks right about now, but his door is always open if he’d ever like to talk this through. Marshall says he’ll think about it, and Doc laughs, saying, of course (🍷). They shake hands.

Dex says, Sonny gave him an order. He didn’t have to option to refuse. Josslyn says, he’s telling her that he would have killed for Sonny, and he says he didn’t want to. He just didn’t see a way out. But Sonny asking him was a test. And either he passes, or he’s the one who gets eliminated. He’s just lucky Sonny changed his mind. She says, he’s not understanding her. In her head, yeah, he’s working for Sonny, but he’s also working for her mom and her brother, her whole family. She never thought he would cross this line. She’s pictured a life with him that isn’t possible. She was willing to give up everything for him. Now she feels like she doesn’t even know him. He says, that’s not true. She does know him. And he knows her. He’s glad it didn’t happen. He didn’t see the point in getting himself killed for refusing to take out Cyrus. She says, this isn’t about Cyrus. She hates Cyrus. This is different. Neither him nor Sonny were being shot at. There were no guns out. This was a defenseless old man in a hospital bed. She cannot unsee the image of him going into that room. This is about him killing someone. Does he understand? He says he’s killed before, and she says, he’s right. He has. And she’s put him on this pedestal in her head and never imagined this is something he’d be okay with, but she’s not. This changes everything. She can’t do this anymore. She picks up her things and leaves.

On the phone, Alexis says, when they wake up, give her a call and let her know if there’s any news about Dante. Love you. Bye. Diane says, Sam? and Alexis says, voicemail. So what did she find out? Diane says, apparently, she has to file an appeal with the Appellate Court before she can file an appeal with Appellate Court. She’s glad Alexis understood what that means. Maybe she’s remembering how redundant and full of catch-22’s the law actually is. Maybe that steel trap isn’t as rusty as she thought. Alexis says, it’s creaky, but functioning. She’s supposing it has to be a special pleading since she did lie so Neil wouldn’t lose his medical license, and then he lost it anyway. Diane says, Alexis threw away her career for him, and Alexis says, why did she do that again? Diane says, because she’s a rescuer. She wants to be the heroine in everybody’s life but hers. In hers, she’s the arch villain. So no punishment is ever enough.

At the desk, Tracy tells Stella that she’d like to request a phone call if there’s any change in Dante’s condition. Her cell phone number is on file with the hospital board. Stella says she’ll note it in Dante’s file. And speaking of the board, there are a few things she needs to run by Tracy. Tracy says, oh? and Stella says, but they don’t have to get into it right now. Tracy says she’s here right now, so let’s get into it right now. Unless Stella has something else she needs to be doing.

Curtis finds Marshall in the PT room and asks how he’s doing. Marshall says he’s sorry he took off. He just figured he needed some time to himself. Curtis says, some history lesson, and Marshall says, Dr. Collins broke it down for them, didn’t he? But he didn’t say anything they hadn’t already put together. Curtis says, if Marshall wants to be left alone so he can rant, vent, curse, and damn Dr. Braddock’s name to hell, he can take off. Marshall says he came in here intending to do just that, to holler and curse, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t get something Stella said out of his head. Curtis says, which part? She said so much. Marshall says, she’s something else, but she got him when she said they’re all human, and Curtis says he guesses at the end of the day, that’s what it all boils down to. Marshall says, then why in blazes can’t they act like it? It’s so wrong. Most everybody is all wrong about everything they think about. He lost decades because of how people wanted to see him or not see him. That doctor lost a lifelong career because of his misbeliefs. It’s so senseless. Curtis says, Marshall’s being very philosophical about this doctor. Him? Not so much. Marshall says, he’s dead, and now he finds himself in the position where he has to forgive that man. Because that’s what Curtis’s momma would want him to do. Irene always said, forgiveness isn’t for the other person as much as it is for ourselves. If he carries around hate for that man, he’s going to turn into a hateful person. He’ll be just like him. Curtis says, maybe he has to work harder on that, but he will. For Marshall and himself. Marshall sits down and says he just thought of something. That disgraced doctor is six feet under and he’s here. He’s here with his family; his beautiful, accomplished, talented family. A family any man would be proud of. Everything he thought was wrong somehow turned out to be right. Or is it just another proof that there is a God?

Josslyn come into the gallery crying, and Trina hugs her and asks, what happened? Is it Dante? Josslyn says, no. She doesn’t know how Dante is doing now, but… Trina says she needs Josslyn to calm down and stop crying, because she’s two seconds away from joining her, and if she starts, she’ll never stop. So take a deep breath – Josslyn does – and tell her what happened. Josslyn says, it’s Dex, and Trina asks if he’s leaving town again. Josslyn says she hopes so. She hopes he never comes back. Trina says, what? and Josslyn hugs her again.

Stella says, Tracy is the only board member who hasn’t made an appointment for their annual complimentary wellness exam. Tracy says, it’s not necessary. She’s no longer seeing Dr. Finn. His brother is marrying her granddaughter, so it felt a little too close. Stella says, there are a lot of doctors in this hospital, and Dr. Randolph would be happy to see her. Tracy says she’ll get around to it, and Stella says, when? Tracy says, when she gets around to it. What’s the big deal? Does she look sick to Stella? Stella says, no. Tracy looks foolish. She just came down off a soapbox, talking about the inequities in the medical system, and how people are literally dying for proper care, and here Tracy is, the very picture of privilege, refusing to get a free annual exam.

Lois asks Olivia if it isn’t a rip. Olivia’s son and her daughter growing up together, and now she’s going to marry his partner. Olivia says, life is funny. Chase is really a sweetheart. Lois agrees, and Olivia says, very devoted to his job. How is Brook handling that? Lois says, she’s crying her eyes out and hiding it from Chase so that she doesn’t worry him, and Olivia says, that’s her new reality. She honestly doesn’t even know what to say to her about it. Lois says she doesn’t know how Olivia put up with it all these years. She’s terrified that her daughter is about to marry a cop. Olivia says, you’d think it would matter that Dante is on the right side of the law. A bullet doesn’t care. Sonny didn’t get shot. Dante did.

Alexis says she doesn’t think she’s still her own nemesis. She’s had her dark night of the soul. She goes to meetings, she does the work, she knows that she’s going to be the only one to champion herself. Diane says, so she’s out of the rescue business? and Alexis says she may get a cat. Maybe three. Diane laughs, and Alexis says, but in her personal life, she’s hung up the cape. But old impulses die hard. She still roots for the underdog. Diane says, until they get her law license back, the only underdog she wants Alexis rooting for is herself. Now she’s going to see how far and how fast she can push this appeals process along. In the meantime, she needs two things from Alexis. Don’t sleep with any more doctors. As far as she’s concerned, attorneys should just sleep with attorneys. Alexis says, maybe just District Attorneys. That way, they narrow down the pool. Diane says, the second thing is, get rid of that insipid gossip columnist that came for her. She leaves.

Ava puts her hand on Sonny’s shoulder. He looks at it, then back at Dante.

Josslyn tells Trina that she thought nothing could ever change the way she feels about Dex, but she was wrong. She feels like she doesn’t even know him. She feels like he’s a different person. Or maybe he’s always been this person and she’s just now seeing it, but what he’s okay with, she’s not okay with. And what he can live with, she can’t. She won’t. Trina hugs her.

Dex gets on his phone and says he needs the police non-emergency number.

Tracy tells Stella not to make a federal case out of this. She’ll get her free wellness exam. Stella says, good. Should she set it up now? Tracy says, no. She has to check her calendar. She’ll get back to Stella. Stella says, fine. You do that. Tracy says she will. Stella starts to leave, when Tracy calls her name. Stella says, yes, Miss Quartermaine? and Tracy apologizes for being rude. She’d also like it if Stella would call her Tracy. Stella says she was a little worked up already and Tracy has been rude to her before. They both start to laugh.

Sonny says he’s surprised they let Ava in, and she says, no one stopped her. In fact, they told her at the nurses’ station that Dante was stable. He says, they’re not really supposed to give out that information. Only to family. She says, maybe they thought she was Nina, and he says, don’t say that name. She says she’s sorry. She won’t even talk. She’ll just stay and wait here with him a minute. She stands at the foot of the bed, and Sonny takes Dante’s hand.

Tomorrow, Brook says John is a disgrace to his badge; Carly tells Josslyn that it’s not a realistic option; Dex says he did it and he’s prepared to pay for it; Sonny asks if someone can keep a secret; and Jason says, they can make it like it never happened.

Below Deck

Captain Kerry tells Kyle and Jared that he can hear them in his cabin and tells them to hit the sack. In the captain’s interview, he says, it’s the second time he’s been woken up, and this time, it sounds like threatening behavior. He heard yelling and screaming, and it’s unacceptable on his boat. In the morning, everyone fumbles around, hungover. Kyle says, rock and roll. In Jared’s interview, he says he doesn’t feel like he handled last night well. He has a lot on his mind and he’s stressing out. We flash back to him trying to call his daughter and not being very smooth with Barbie. He says, it doesn’t excuse how messy things were. He could have handled it better. The girls talk about Jared getting reamed out by the captain, and Barbie says, he was a total d*ck last night. Ben dances around stupidly, and Kyle says, Jared was on his ass before he had a chance to clean up.

Kerry calls Kyle to the bridge, and in the captain’s interview, he says, there was a lot going on he didn’t see last night, but it looked like Kyle was trying to deescalate the situation. Jared has a history of getting drunk and he’s going through sh*t. He needs to know the facts of the evening. Talking to the captain, Kyle admits he left a mess. They were all drinking. Separately, Barbie tells the captain that Kyle was bunking with her, which was no problem, since they’re stupid friends. Kyle stormed into the room. Captain Kerry asks if he made threats, but Barbie says, it wasn’t directed toward her, so she didn’t feel threatened. Kyle says, it was more demeaning, and Jared was angrier than he needed to be. Barbie says she thinks it was a personal thing. Cat tells Xandi that she feels alone, even though she’s surrounded by people, and Xandi tells her, that’s what she says about yachting. You’re never alone, but you’re lonely. In Captain Kerry’s interview, he says, Jared released heavy equipment on the dock without permission, and he’s made several docking mistakes. We flash back to that, and the captain says, alcohol doesn’t help. We flash back to Captain Kerry lecturing Jared, and he says, at the end of the day, his primary responsibility is the safety of the vessel and crew, and this guy is creating a problem. Barbie tells Fraser about Jared busting into her cabin, and Captain Kerry calls Jared to the bridge. He tells Jared that they had a discussion yesterday and he told them all to have a great night. Jared’s not getting it. He was absolutely f***ed for the second time and exhibited bad behavior. He’s in a leadership role and he’s got to be above the fray. The way he’s treating the crew isn’t acceptable. The captain has tried to show compassion, but Jared’s got sh*t going on and he’s his own worst enemy. He needs to depart the vessel.

Jared says, it sounds like he’s getting the boot, and the captain says, yes. He’s got a lot going for him, but his emotional side apparently isn’t where it should be. Jared says he’s not in the right place at the right time, and Captain Kerry says, exactly. He doesn’t blame Jared. Take the time to work on himself. Keeping him would be doing him a disservice. Jared says he respects that, the captain says, goodbye, and they shake hands. In Captain Kerry’s interview, he says, it’s not going to be easy on the rest of the crew in the short term, but in the long term, it’s the right decision. Jared distressed and acting out, and it’s not fair to his crewmates or safe. He’s got to go. The captain calls Ben to the bridge.

Jared tells Barbie that he’s been let go, and she tells him to go meet his daughter and be happy. Captain Kerry tells Ben that Jared is leaving, so they’ll be down a crew member. Can he handle being bosun if person they’re a person down? Ben says he can, and in Captain Kerry’s interview, he says he doesn’t have a whole lot of choices. Ben knows the boat, so this needs to happen. Ben will have to lead and go along with decisions he might not agree with because the captain said so. He asks if Ben will be okay with more pressure, and Ben says he will. In Ben’s interview, he says he’ll finally be able to show Captain Kerry what he can do. Jared says goodbye to everyone and pretends he’s happy about it. In Jared’s interview, he says he thought he was in a good headspace, but he’d be lying to himself if he didn’t admit that it wasn’t as much as he’d like. The situation sucks, but he does feel lighter. His last words to the St. David are, damn, I’ll miss you. See you down the line. As he leaves, they all yell that they love him.

Kerry texts yacht staffing about a bosun and calls a crew meeting. He tells them that the deck team is down a person. He’ll help and Ben got a promotion. Either they’re going to bust out this charter or unfold. Fraser gives the stews some instruction on making beds, and I take notes on fluffing pillows. Captain Kerry calls a preference sheet meeting. The primary is Lesley, who is a mortgage loan officer. Ben reads that the guests want a surf and turf dinner with Mardi Gras décor. They also want to go to Carriacou, and in Captain Kerry’s interview, he says, it’s the most beautiful, sexy beach on the planet. There are reefs everywhere and people flock there for diving. The place is magnificent. Anthony is happy to read, no French food, and says, it’s like a vacation. Ben reads that the guests request a murder mystery after-party, and the captain congratulates Ben on his promotion. It’s a big deal. How he’ll interact with the crew will need to change. Meanwhile, Barbie tells Xandi and Fraser that her mom is a sex therapist, and in her interview, she says she tells her mother everything. Her father is super conservative and she’s in the middle. It does get weird, but she embraces it. It’s weirder for her brother. Cat’s friend calls and she’s crying hysterically. In Cat’s interview, she says, it’s a situation she can’t talk about, but her friends are her family. So she feels sh*tty that she can’t be there for her.

In Ben’s interview, he says, the tender is out and they’re a deck member down. There’s two of them on deck to run a 60-meter boat and get it off the dock. Provisions come in, and they almost make scrambled eggs trying to balance the egg cartons. There’s the last-minute running around, and Anthony calls his mom, who asks if the guests and passengers are happy. Anthony says, so far, and asks if Fraser wants to say hi. Fraser talks to Anthony’s mom in French, and says, everybody is happy with Anthony. She must be proud of him. In Anthony’s interview, he says he misses his mom.

The guests arrive, and Captain Kerry welcomes them. Fraser gives the tour and promises snacks at all times when he finds out primary Lesley is a snacker. In Captain Kerry’s interview, he says he’s working harder because he’s a team player. He worked with a captain who would be in his room and pretend to be on the phone. He caught him with the phone next to his head and no call. What kind of a-hole doesn’t help when it’s needed? They pull out, and in Ben’s interview, he says he’s nervous, but can’t let it show. He saw the pressure Jared was under and saw Jared’s mistakes before he made did them. He knows what the captain expects. When they get out to sea, Ben says, and we are underway. Thank God.

Fraser schmoozes with the guests and finds out all the women do mortgages and there’s one realtor. Sunny goes out on the tender, and in her interview, she says she was never given the opportunity to prove herself on her other boat. She wanted to learn the tender and she did. She does a happy dance. At least I assume that’s what it is; she didn’t preface it. Fraser welcomes the guests to Pan Asian Japan for lunch and tells Barbie that the table is stunning. Sushi is served, and Fraser tells Anthony that the guests are loving it. Would he lie? Yes. Is he lying now? No. Anthony comes up for compliments from the guests, and Fraser says he has huge lashes like a baby camel. The guests get in the water, and in Captain Kerry’s interview, he says he’s watching Ben and things are running smooth. He has more confidence in Ben than he did Jared. Ben is ahead of the game. The guests get in the hot tub, while Mardi Gras décor is put out. In his interview, Anthony says, tonight is surf and turf, the filet medium rare. If you ask him for medium well, he’ll say, f*** you. Agreed. In Sunny’s interview, she says she went to bed with a lead deckhand and woke up with a bosun. It’s kind of hot. She hopes it doesn’t create a rift in their relationship. Fraser tells the other stews that his sister is at Mardi Gras. She’s got huge knockers. The guests are seated, and even the beet salad is exquisite. In the pantry, Captain Kerry says he’ll do the dishes and fixes Fraser’s tie. As the lobster and filet mignon are served, I realize I’m staring at this amazing dish open-mouthed. Food porn at its finest. In Anthony’s interview, he says he’s like a butterfly flying around the galley. It’s perfect. The guests love it. It’s a celebration day.

The stews are behind with the cabins, and Fraser tells them to go as quick as they can, and Barbie joins in with housekeeping. Anthony comes up with the vanilla cheesecake and takes a bow. Lesley tells the others that you can say what you want in French, and it doesn’t matter. These easy-going guests go to bed at 11:11, and Barbie deflates the unicorn.

Second day of charter, en route to Halifax Harbour. Guest Brian wonders how Fraser is so chipper all the time, and Fraser says he’s got to be. As the boat heads for Tyrelle Bay, Xandi radios Cat several times before getting a response. She tells Cat to check the sinks and mirrors. All surfaces weren’t wiped. Cat says she’s done. She’s over this sh*t. Barbie asks if she wants to talk, but Cat says, no. She goes into the bathroom and cries. Breakfast is lobster eggs benedict, and I weep into my box of water crackers. Fraser asks if Cat is okay, but she says she’s not good, as she sobs in her bunk. She says she wants to push through, but she’s losing her mind. Fraser says he’d rather put her health and mental health first and get her help as soon as he can – if that’s something she wants him to arrange. She says she feels like she might need it. She’s sorry. They hug, and in Fraser’s interview, he says he doesn’t know what’s going on, but there’s a look in the eyes sometimes that says a person has no more to give or do. They’re going through enough. Cat needs to do what’s right for her. He tells her that she’s been amazing and to do what’s right for her. Get her stuff together and they’ll make this happen. Barbie says she thinks Cat is finished, as the guests rave about the incredible food. Kyle tells Ben that Cat is leaving, and Xandi asks if Cat wants to talk. Cat says she can’t, and Xandi says, if Cat does, she’s here for her. Fraser tells the captain that Cat was in tears. She doesn’t want to disclose the information, which is fine, but he asked he if she needed to deal with it immediately and she answered yes. In his interview, the captain says he was worried about Cat’s mental state, and we flash back to Fraser telling him that Cat is fragile. Fraser says, it could be horrific, but maybe not. They need to give her the benefit of the doubt. Captain Kerry says, to Cat it’s horrific. Cat packs and anchor is home. Fraser tells Kyle and Sunny that Cat is leaving. Sunny asks if she’s all right, but Fraser says he doesn’t think so. The captain tells Cat to ask if she needs help, and in his interview, he says, his number one job is to take care of the crew. He’s well aware of mental health and Cat has to go now. He helps her with her suitcases, and Ben radios the crew to the aft deck. A guest wonders what’s going on, and the crew says goodbye to Cat. In Cat’s interview, she says she wishes she could stay, but no. It’s way too much. She needs to be with the people who need her. She’s at her breaking point and needs to protect her mental health. Her support system is at home, not here. She gets in a little boat, and heads for shore. Ben says, that’s yachting, mate, and Captain Kerry says, being one down will be hard. Two down… He sighs. In the captain’s interview, he says he’s been in tough situations before, but this is one of the toughest. Regardless of personal issues, where the guests happiness is concerned, they could all be in trouble.

Next time, a murder mystery party; new guy Dylan arrives, and Sunny is turned on; and a storm.

⚰️️ This Week In Ones…

A helicopter accident; creepier zombie deterioration; progress and redemption through innovation; Michonne reminds Rick of his own words, when folks try to save the world their own way, it tends to go to sh*t; Michonne gets trapped; a double eye poke; a double zombie poke; and lots o’ lovin’.

https://www.cbr.com/the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live-season1-episode4-recap-spoilers

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Join me tomorrow for soap and VanderChatter. Until then, stay safe, stay not standing in front of the elevator (or train) doors when waiting for them to open, and stay being the hero in your own life before trying to be the hero in anyone else’s.

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March 15, 2024 – Heather Gets Surprising News, Clarification, Next, Which Ones, Fallout, Awful Summer, Upcoming Dead, Latest In Pets (!), A Half Dozen Plus One Quotes & Feeling

Posted on March 16, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

On the phone at the hospital, Portia says she’s trying to locate a Dr. Paul Braddock… Yes, this is concerning one of his previous patients… Okay, she’ll hold. Stella, Marshall, and Curtis wait, and Nurse Sarah asks if Portia didn’t want these test results right away. Stella says she can take over and Portia hands her the phone. She leaves with the nurse, and Stella says, yes, she’s here… Yes, she understands Dr. Braddock has retired, but he was part of the Med Psyche Evaluation Faculty. Shouldn’t they be able to reach him?… She thanks them for looking into it. They can call her back at this number. Curtis says he guesses he was being a little overconfident, thinking they could drive down to Maryland and get answers. This Dr. Braddock is hard to find. Stella says, they’ll track him down eventually, and find out why he misdiagnosed Marshall with schizophrenia. Now go on. Marshall asks if she’s trying to get rid of them, and she asks Curtis, does he or does he not have physical therapy? Curtis says he does, and she says, then get to moving. Marshall says, best not to argue with the lady, and Curtis says, bye, Aunt Stella, as Marshall wheels him away.

Gregory thanks Finn, and Finn says, that’s the third time he’s said that. Gregory says, Finn has better things to do than proofread his copy, but Finn says he’s happy to. Gregory says, unfortunately, his keyboard game isn’t what it used to be, and Finn says he can tell. What’s that supposed to be? Gregory reads, went about his way, and Finn says, that makes a lot more sense. He can actually type this for Gregory. It will take him two minutes. Gregory says, it will actually take much longer than that, and Finn is a busy man. His son, the doctor. Finn says, no… when Portia knocks at the door, and Finn asks what he can do for her. She says she just got the radiology report from Heather Webber’s MRI, and Gregory says, that’s his cue to make his exit. It’s good to see Portia. He leaves, and Finn says he takes it there’s something interesting in the report, and Portia tells him, you could say that.

Nina goes into Alexis’s office and says, unbelievable. Alexis says, thank you… Oh, she didn’t mean that as a compliment. Nina says, far from it. That follow-up piece she put in today’s paper about the incident at the docks? Alexis says, what about it? and Nina says, it was an outrage, that’s what about it. Alexis tells her, like Nina said, she ran the piece; she didn’t write it. Nina says, so? and Alexis says, so that’s how it works in local news. Nina says she’s seen how it works, but it was a smear job on Sonny. Sonny knows she’s publishing this newspaper and the last thing she wants is to antagonize him. Alexis says, then quit. Better yet, why doesn’t Nina run the paper, and stop antagonizing her?

At the hospital, Diane looks at her phone as she walks down the hallway with Robert. She gasps and says she’s going to break her kneecaps. He asks, whose kneecaps? and she asks if she said that out loud. He says, she did, when Portia and Finn come out of the elevator. Portia says, DA Scorpio. Just the man she wanted to see.

Standing next to Laura, Doc asks if Heather can state her full name for him, and she says, Heather Grant Moore Taylor… No. Baker, then Taylor. He says, that wasn’t a fair question. How about, what is today’s date? She says, March… something. The days are just blending together. He asks, who’s their president? and she says, the guy with the aviators. She can’t focus. Doesn’t Laura understand? It’s too painful to look at him. All she can see is his brother.

In the hallway, Doc says he wishes he could report Heather is in her right mind, but… Robert says, sane or not sane, he doesn’t really give a damn. She’s being transferred today. Portia says she’d be glad to see the last of Heather Webber, believe her, but unfortunately, she’s not going anywhere.

At Dex’s apartment, he asks if Josslyn can hand him another box, but she says, no. He says, please? and she says, no. She’s not going to help him do the very thing she doesn’t want him to do and that doesn’t have to happen. He says, they’ve been over this, and she says, it still makes no sense. He loves it in Port Charles. He says he does, and she says, and he loves her. He says, even more, and she asks, then how can he leave? He says he’d ask her to come with him, but he knows she needs to stay close to her family, and she says she needs her family, and they need her, but she needs him too. They kiss, and he picks her up, carrying her to the bedroom where they get busy.

Alexis says she has a suggestion for Nina. Why doesn’t she run The Invader the way she sees fit, and leave her out of it? But she can’t, can she? Because she doesn’t know how to edit a newspaper. Nina says, nor does she have any desire to, and Alexis says, then let her do her job. Gregory walks in and says, here you go. Sorry, he didn’t realize she had… Nina snatches the papers out of his hand and asks what Alexis has him writing. Alexis says, Nina… and Nina says, call it quality control. She doesn’t want tomorrow’s paper resembling today’s. Alexis says, that is psychotic, let alone obsessive, and Gregory says, it’s an article on the police department outreach to kids ages 8 to 14. Alexis says, scandalous, and Gregory says, they do field trips, athletics, arts and crafts. His son Chase is one of the volunteer officers. Nina says, it’s highly unprofessional. Look at this, with all of the red marks, the cross outs, the typos. And why didn’t he electronically submit this? Alexis takes it out of her hand and says, if she wants the edition out by tomorrow, Nina needs to get out of her office right now. Out! Nina leaves, saying, whatever, and Alexis slams the door.

Portia says, these are Heather’s MRI images, showing Doc her tablet, and Robert asks, what exactly are they looking at here? Portia says, this is the reason she isn’t being discharged today, not in this condition, and Diane says she loves a good guessing game, but she has the feeling she’s not needed here, so good luck. Robert says he thinks he’s going to need it, and Diane leaves. Dr. Enoch joins them, and Portia thanks him for making the time. Laura asks if somebody can please tell them what’s going on, and Portia tells Dr. Enoch that he can actually speak in front of Mayor Collins. She holds Heather Webber’s health care proxy. Laura says she does? and Portia tells her, that’s what the paperwork says. Laura says, dear God. She supposes she might be the nearest thing Heather has left to family. Doc says, scary thought, and Robert asks if they can get back to the matter at hand. Dr. Enoch says, see these orbs of brightness? They suggest metallosis, specifically, cobalt poisoning. Laura asks how you get that, and the doctor says, fractured or slowly deteriorating hip replacement hardware. Doc says, so Heather’s hip replacement is poisoning her? and Dr. Enoch says, to confirm, they’ll need a blood test, tox screen, and a panel for heavy metals. Finn says, already ordered, and Dr. Enoch tells Doc, that’s the working theory, yes. It’s sometimes accompanied by a spectrum of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Have they noticed any changes, however subtle, in Heather’s behavior in recent years?

Curtis lifts his foot, and Don says, good. As he gets stronger, he can increase the use of weights. It’s going to help his quads and hamstrings. Marshall says, and they’re all for that, aren’t they? and Curtis says, how many reps? Don says, as many as he can tolerate. As long as his pain level doesn’t go above a three. Curtis says he knows Don has other patients. Does he mind if Curtis stays at it a minute? Don asks if Marshall will keep an eye on Curtis, and Marshall says, absolutely. Don says, let’s go for it, and leaves. Curtis thanks Marshall for staying and Marshall says he loves it, watching Curtis work so hard, He’s proud of Curtis. Curtis says he’s proud of Marshall. Confronting Dr. Braddock when he knows Marhsall had reservations. Marshall says, oh, that, and Curtis asks if he’s thought about what he’s going to say to him when they’re finally face to face. Marshall says, if it’s the same psychiatrist he remembers, it won’t be anything nice.

On the phone, Finn asks if there’s anything on those orders Dr. Robinson put through… Great. Thanks. He tells Portia that Heather’s test results should be in, and Portia says she’ll look them up. Here we go. She shows Dr. Enoch, who says his preliminary diagnosis is confirmed. Doc asks, what now? and Dr. Enoch says, the hip that’s failing needs to be replaced immediately. Robert asks if the federal pen of the women’s division can’t do it, and Laura says, Robert… He says, she’s a homicidal maniac, and Laura says, yes, but now they’re learning there may be a medical reason for that. He says, she’s always been a bit loony, and Laura says, loony, yes. She used to do crazy things. Like once she tried to give somebody LSD, and she ended up drinking it herself, but she’s not a murderer. She’s definitely not a serial killer. That’s just… Doc says, new, and Portia says she’s not a fan of Heather Webber, but this is about human suffering. She checked with Dr. Randolph, who agrees with her. If they fail to treat Heather Webber, they can be opening themselves up to an investigation for possible liability. Laura tells Robert that they’ve got to let this go, especially if it poses a risk to the hospital. Robert tells her, right, and walks away as he says, to think he missed breakfast in bed because of this.

The reception phone rings, and Stella answers, Dr. Robinson here… Can they say that again?… She thanks them for getting back to her, and watches as Doc goes up the stairs to his office.

Basking in the afterglow, Josslyn says she’s glad they’re still good at that, and Dex asks if she thought they wouldn’t be. She says, no. It’s nice to know, that’s all. They kiss, and he says he wishes they could stay in bed all day. She asks why they can’t, and he says he has to pack, and gets out of bed. She says, he’s still leaving? and he says he has to. She tells him to stop saying that. He doesn’t have to. He’s making a choice to do this. He says, it doesn’t feel like a choice to him. He realized he didn’t know Sonny as well as he thought he did. Maybe that’s how she feels about Jason now that he’s suspected of shooting Dante. She says, Jason did not shoot Dante, okay? That she knows. What he did do was wrap that bandage around him and call 911. You know how she knows that? The two of them are very similar. They’re both good, decent human beings. Just like how she doesn’t understand how he and Jason are so loyal to someone like Sonny. He says he was loyal to Sonny. He’s also afraid of him. Maybe not him so much, but who he’s becoming because of him. Maybe she should be too.

Alexis says she’s so sorry about Nina, but Gregory says, she doesn’t know. Alexis says she doesn’t care what Nina knows or doesn’t know. She had no right to talk to him that way. It was callous and it was rude. He says, maybe, but as her publisher, Nina is allowed to set standards. And after today, it’s become clear to him that he can no longer meet them. She says she disagrees, but he says, pretending otherwise does him no favors. Please allow him his dignity. He takes the papers out of her hand and says, this will be his last article for The Invader. He heads for the door, and she asks where he’s going with that. He says he’s going to make the corrections that Nina wanted, and then he’ll submit his final copy electronically like all her other writers do. She thanks him, he says, the pleasure’s been his, and he leaves.

As Curtis lifts the weights with his legs, he says he knows how Marshall feels about Dr. Braddock now, but what were his impressions of him at the beginning? Marshall says, Dr. Braddock was kind, at first. He was compassionate and understanding. When Marshall told him that he felt like everything was against him, and he meant that… Curtis says, money, work, and Marshall says, family obligations. He was sympathetic, and assured Marshall that it wasn’t his fault. Curtis says, a chemical imbalance, and Marshall says, the way he put it was, there was a part of his brain that was fighting itself. That was an explanation that gave him relief. It was an explanation as to why everything was going to hell. But he didn’t have insurance, so when the doctor prescribed him pills that he couldn’t afford, he was out there cobbling that money together. Don’t ask him how he did it. Curtis says he won’t, and Marshall says, anything to help him better take care of Curtis, his mother, and his brother, but those pills made him rigid. He couldn’t play. He could barely feel his fingers. His mouth was so dry, the reed just stuck to it. Curtis asks if he told the doctor, and Marshall says, that’s when the doctor offered him those shock treatments at the bargain price of $800 a pop. Curtis says, get out of here, and Marshall says he ain’t kiddin’. Curtis says, so what did he do? and Marshall says he blew up on him. He vented his anger, and he vented his frustration. Curtis asks, how did Dr. Braddock take it? and Marshall says, not well.

Heather says, metallosis? That sounds like something you get when your tongue freezes to the flagpole. (Ha-ha-ha! It does.) Portia says, Dr. Enoch believes the condition is what’s causing Heather’s symptoms, and Heather says, her symptoms? Laura says, both physical and mental, and Heather asks Dr. Enoch if he’s saying this poison is making her think things and do things she normally wouldn’t. Dr. Enoch says, it’s a very real possibility that metallosis has altered her perception and behavior, and Heather says, no doctor has told her anything ever except that she’s crazy. Dr. Enoch asks, how long has the pain in her hip been acute? and Heather says she’s not sure, but it feels like an eternity. He says, they would surgically remove the defective apparatus and replace it with a current model, and she says, he means like, buying a new car, and you just junk the old ship and replace it with this year’s model? He says, as with many surgeries, there are significant risks. A standard hip replacement takes approximately two hours. Hers may be double that. She’ll be under anesthesia and carefully monitored. However, in rare cases, patients experience complications from anesthesia. Heather says, complications meaning you never wake up? and he says, in rare cases. But before they do the surgery, they’re going to start her on cobalt chelation… Heather asks if she could just have a minute, indicating with Laura, and the doctor steps aside. She tells Laura that she doesn’t understand what he’s saying. She hears the words, but all that medicalese just sounds like white noise. Does Laura know what he’s talking about? Laura says she thinks she does, and Heather asks if Laura can just figure out for her, please? Laura is her guardian now. Laura says she’s not Heather’s guardian. It’s just in case she can’t make decisions for herself. She’s just in charge of Heather’s medical care. Heather says, as Laura can see, she’s having a hard time with that, and Portia says, she’s having a hard time with what exactly? Heather says, with making decisions. There should be a will. It’s in her file she thinks. Portia says, yes, she’s seen it, and Heather says, short and sweet. Portia says, she leaves her entire estate to her grandson Ace, and Heather says, not that she has anything to leave, but she doesn’t want to leave him. So what does Laura think? Should she have them take out her whole hip and put in a new one? Laura says, it’s a personal choice, and Heather says, please, help her decide. Laura says she thinks Heather should do it, and Heather exhales.

Finn says, Gregory’s back, and Gregory says he changed his mind. Finn says, about? and Gregory asks if he’d mind retyping this, after work. Finns says he doesn’t mind typing it right now, and Gregory asks if he’s sure. Finn says, positive, and Gregory thanks him and sits down. Finn asks, what was the verdict? Is Alexis a fan? Gregory says, Alexis usually likes what he writes, but he’s decided this will be his last article. Finn asks, how come? and Gregory says, the newspaper gig just isn’t for him. Finn says, it will certainly free up some more time. So he can finish up that Chaucer book he’s been working on. Or he always said he wanted to write a novel. Gregory looks at his shaky hand and says, it’s on his list. Finn says, start scratching a few things off, will he? There’s no time like the present, so they say. Gregory says, the present is all we’ve got.

Diane blows into Alexis’s office, tossing her bag on a chair, and marching up to Alexis’s desk. Alexis asks, what’s her problem? and Diane unfolds the paper and reads, Port Charles own redheaded mob lawyer shacking up with the District Attorney. She tosses the paper onto Alexis’s desk, and Alexis says she never said that. Diane says, her paper sure did.

Stella goes to Doc’s office and says she hopes she’s not interrupting. He says, nothing too important. What can he do for her? She says she was hoping to pick his brain, and he says, pick away. She asks if he ever encountered a psychiatrist by the name of Paul Braddock. He practiced out of Baltimore, but from what she gathers, he was fairly well known. Doc tells her, you could say that.

Alexis says she had nothing to do with that, and Diane asks, is The Invader not her publication? Alexis says, Diane seems to have forgotten she has a new publisher, who has shoved a gossip columnist right down her throat. She hasn’t seen anything about that. Diane says, she might want to start reading it. She assumes Alexis is going to print a retraction tomorrow. Alexis asks what Diane wants her to say, that she’s not a natural redhead? and Diane fake laughs. Alexis says she has something Diane might be happier about, and Diane says, thrill me. Alexis says, Nina has forbidden them to mention Sonny at all. Nada. Zip. Not a word. So Diane’s number one client is officially off limits. Diane asks if the woman has a single redeeming quality, and Alexis says, Diane tells her that like she’s going to follow Nina’s orders, and Diane says, a lawyer can dream, can’t she? Alexis says, she means a redheaded mob lawyer, and Diane fake laughs again.

Josslyn says, what if she told Dex that she’s coming with him? and he says he’d tell her that she was lying to him, but mostly to herself. her family is way too important to her. And that’s a good thing. He wishes he felt that way about his. She says, he’s important to her, but he says, that’s different. She says, yes. She loves her family, but she’s in love with him. He says he loves her too, so much. He’s never said that to anyone before. That’s why he wants what’s best for her and that can’t be him. She asks if it’s Sonny he’s worried about. If it’s that, she might be able to protect him. She’ll talk to her mom; her mom can talk to him. She knows they’re not together, and she knows they’ve been through it, but she has the feeling Sonny will still listen to her. He says, what if it’s already too late? when there’s a knock at the door. Josslyn says, what if what’s too late? and there’s another knock. She says she’ll get it and opens the door to Nina. She asks if Nina is looking for more backs to stab. Sorry. She’s fresh out.

Marshall says, it was nice watching Curtis work so hard, putting all this work into his recovery, and Curtis says, don’t do that. His recovery is quantifiable. If he does his exercises, he’ll be back on his feet sooner, but that wasn’t the same for Marshall. Marshall says, their situations are different. Does he know what that difference is? Marshall ran and gave up. Curtis didn’t. Stella comes in and says, working hard or hardly working? and Marshall says, she knows her nephew can’t stop, won’t stop. Curtis asks if she located Dr. Braddock, and she sighs. He asks, what’s wrong? and she says she’s got good news and bad news. Which do they want first? Marshall says, bad, and she says, Dr. Braddock died just before Christmas. Marshall says, they won’t find him mourning the man, and Curtis says, no one would expect him to. Marshall says he knew all this searching stuff would lead to nothing, and Curtis says, Stella told them that she had good news too. She says, the answers they’ve been searching for aren’t hiding in Baltimore. They’re right upstairs in this hospital.

Laura shows Heather, pictures of Ace on her phone, and Heather says, look how big he’s getting. Laura says, baby today, Mayor of Port Charles tomorrow, and Heather asks if Laura thinks he’ll follow in her footsteps. Laura says she doesn’t know what he’ll grow up to be, and Heather says, better Laura’s path than hers. That is for sure. All this went so wrong. When? How? Besides this metallosis stuff, what happened to her? Laura says she doesn’t know. If it makes Heather feel any better, she feels like she’s lived a few different lives, and sometimes she can’t always connect the dots between them. Heather says, that’s exactly it. It’s so random, so disjointed. Sometimes she feels like she’s in freefall, and the only thing worse than the fall itself is the ground rushing up to meet her. Laura asks if Heather knows the upside to having gotten it all wrong, and Heather says she didn’t know there was an upside. Laura says, there’s still time for her to get it right. (Do I smell a contract in Heather’s future?)

Nina asks if Dex is here, and Josslyn says she doesn’t know. She asks Dex if he’s here, and he comes to the door. Talking at lightning speed, Nina asks if he can relay a message to Sonny. She had no idea The Invader was going to run that story about him today. She’s only been running that newspaper for a very short time, and they don’t run anything by her. Josslyn says she doesn’t think she’s ever seen Sonny read a newspaper, and Dex says, he has not. But Sonny’s very well informed. He just gets his news through other means. Josslyn says, okay, great. So Nina’s in the clear. Okay. Bye. Nina puts her hand on the door and says, hold on. Is Dex going somewhere? Is Sonny going somewhere? Is Dex accompanying him as his guard? Josslyn says, first of all, that’s none of Nina’s business, and second of all, Dex is through with Sonny. Kind of like how Sonny’s through with Nina. Nina says, she is her mother’s daughter, and Josslyn says, and proud of it. Nina says she sees what’s happening here. Dex broke up with Sonny. And that can only mean Josslyn is next.

Alexis says she hates complaining, and Diane says, and yet… Alexis says, the newspaper business is… How does she phrase this? Diane says, miserable? and Alexis says, yes. In general, nobody reads anymore. They scroll. Specifically, it’s this place. It’s this publisher. She’s dishing gossip to make Nina Reeves happy. Who is she? What has she become? Diane says, that’s a rhetorical question? and Alexis says she’d take up the law again for free if it meant giving up this nasty job. Diane says, really? In that case, she has a proposal for Alexis. One that will get her out of this place and away from Nina Reeves for good.

Looking over Finn’s shoulder, Gregory says, the semi-colon should be a period. There are no semi-colons in newspapers. Finn says, noted, and makes the change. Handing Finn a paper, Gregory says, here’s the web address for The Invader worksite. He can post it there. Finn says, this is the password? and Gregory says, yeah. Finn says, all right, and types. There you go. His final article has been uploaded. Gregory says, excellent, and Finn asks if he wants to stick around and have lunch. He knows it’s not the MetroCourt, but the turkey chili is pretty decent. Gregory says, thanks, but he thinks he’ll get home. Try to squeeze in a nap before Violet gets home from school. He thanks Finn again for this, and Finn thanks him for everything. Gregory says he’s not done quite yet, and Finn says, better not be. Gregory says, see him at home? and Finn says, see him at home, and Gregory leaves.

On the phone Finn thanks Boden for getting back to him. Where did they send him this time?… Wow. He heard all hell’s breaking loose there. He realizes his timing is terrible, so he’ll make it quick. His dad’s been diagnosed with ALS… He thanks Boden and says he appreciates that. He knows the course of the disease is different with every patient. It seems to be accelerating with him, and Boden is the best neurologist he’s ever worked with, so he wants to know if Boden has anything. He doesn’t even know what he’s looking for. He thinks a little magic at this point, but… No, he knows the drill. Go save some lives and stay safe. He puts the phone down.

Diane tells Alexis that she doesn’t want to take another hit piece like that gossip columnist just leveled at her. She’s a phenomenal lawyer. Alexis says, Diane isn’t going to get any argument from her, and Diane says, also, she’ hates to think she’s the kind of person who cares what people think of her, but her reputation matters. And she doesn’t want anybody out there thinking she only takes cases for mob money. That’s not why she got into the law in the first place. Alexis asks, why did she? and Diane says she’s going to assume for the same reasons Alexis got in. To be of service. To strive for justice… even if the definition of justice seems to vary a little bit between her and Alexis. Alexis asks if Diane wants her to write a puff piece, but Diane says she just wants Alexis to zip it. Pay attention. Come work with her. Alexis laughs and says, as what? Her receptionist? Diane says, no, as her very esteemed, every other day, colleague. And if Alexis is very good and very nice to her, at some point soon, her partner. Alexis says she thinks Diane is forgetting the small matter of her disbarment. She’s not able to practice law anymore. Diane tells her, says who? and Alexis says, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. It was a swift and decisive ruling, she might add. Diane says, and it’s a ruling she’s betting she can get overturned.

Nina says, now that they’ve established that Josslyn is a chip off the old Carly block, she bets the only secrets Josslyn likes are the ones she keeps herself. Dex says, that’s enough, get out, but Josslyn says, no. What does Nina mean? Nina says, she should really aim that question to her boyfriend, and Josslyn asks Dex what she’s talking about. Nina tells him, don’t be shy. Tell Josslyn about the day she caught him dressed as an orderly coming out of Cyrus Renault’s hospital room.

The guard says, remember, no funny business, and Heather says, there’s nothing funny about surgery if you ask her. There’s paperwork on the tray in front of her, and she asks, who’s got a pen? Laura asks if she’d like Dr. Enoch to go over the procedure with her one more time in layman’s terms before she signs, but Heather says, no. It’s not necessary. Laura thinks she should do this? That’s good enough for her. Portia gives her a pen, and Heather says, gracias, doctore. She signs, and Portia says, they’ll submit her consent and get the ball rolling. Heather holds up her arm, and Portia says, yes, of course (🍷), locking the cuff again. Dr. Enoch says, they’ll talk soon, and leaves with Portia and the guard. Heather asks Laura, what’s Doc like in bed? And Laura says, excuse me? Heather says she was just wondering if there were any similarities with Ryan in that department, and Laura says she thought they were getting along so well. Heather says, they were. They are. Laura tells her, have a good day, and leaves. Heather wonders what she said.

Stella, Marshall, and Curtis sit in Doc’s office, and Doc says he understands Marshall was a patient of Dr. Paul Braddock. Marshall says, once upon a time, yes. He takes it Doc has heard of him. Doc says, he made quite a name for himself, and Curtis says, is this guy famous or something? Doc says, some might go with infamous, and Marshall says, he’s the one who diagnosed him with schizophrenia. Doc says, Stella told him, and Marshall says, gave him all these dire warnings about how it might progress, how he might hurt himself or his family, and the shame it would bring upon them if that happened. He was so scared, he left his boys and let his wife and Stella raise them without him. But none of it was true. Doc says, Marshall didn’t have what Dr. Braddock said he did, and Marshall asks, what would make a doctor tell him that he was schizophrenic when he wasn’t? Doc tells him that he can’t say for certain, and Marshall says, guess. Curtis asks if Doc won’t please help them out. They need answers. Doc says he believes Marshall was misdiagnosed because he was young, male, poor, angry, and Black.

On Monday, Doc says, Marshall just correctly diagnosed his misdiagnosis; Alexis asks Diane what any of this has to do with her; Olivia wonders if she should be relieved or terrified; and Nina asks Ava to advocate for her.

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Sounds like we’ll be getting another two years out of Stone Cold.

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Judging from the photos in their social media, they must be taking Photoshop lessons from Kate Middleton. Where’s Dorit’s other foot???

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The drinks weren’t bad isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement.

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What is wrong with that woman?

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Michonne does double duty.

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He’s a trooper.

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March 14, 2024 – Jason Tells Michael Where He’s Been, Soap Suds, Reunion Ruckus, True Unhappiness, Everything Oscar, Messi Boy & You Don’t

Posted on March 15, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

At the penthouse, Sonny thanks Lois for the ziti. It was just like her mom’s. Lois says, he liked it? and he says he loved it. She says she couldn’t tell; he barely had three bites. He says he wasn’t hungry, and she says, too worried to eat? He says, all the food tastes like cardboard. He doesn’t want to offend her mom’s recipe… She says she didn’t bring the ziti over so he could praise her cooking. She brought it over to keep his strength up. He says, is that all? and she says she wanted to check in on him too. He says he went to the hospital and sat by Dante’s bed and checked on Olivia. He’s terrified his son’s not going to make it.

Kristina taps on Dante’s window to get Sam’s attention, and Sam meets her in the hallway. Kristina wonders how it’s going, and Sam asks if she wants the cheerful and optimistic answer. Kristina says, if Sam’s feeling cheerful and optimistic, and Sam says she’s scared… and confused. Kristina says she doesn’t blame Sam. She would be too. Especially now. Mom said Jason is the prime suspect in Dante’s shooting?

Anna listens to Jason’s 911 call in the interrogation room when Molly asks if she has a minute. Anna tells her, come in, and Molly says, her office wants an update on the Dante Falconari shooting and how it relates to the shot that was taken at Sonny Corinthos earlier that evening. Should the individual face separate charges or do they make the warehouse and conspiracy charges lesser offenses included in the charge of first-degree murder? Anna says, the individual in question is Jason Morgan, but she’s not convinced he tried to murder anyone. Molly says she hopes Anna is right.

Drew goes to the gatehouse and Willow invites him in. He says he saw the light was still on and he was hoping to catch Michael. She says, he had to run an errand. She’s not sure how long he’s going to be. Drew might want to text him. Drew says, it’s not really something he wants to say in a text. He and Carly broke up.

There’s a knock at Sonny’s old kitchen door, startling the moss bowl 🎍and Carly. Carly sees it’s John, who asks if he can come in. She opens the door and asks if he has a warrant, but he says, no. He just wants to speak to her. She tells him, come in, and asks what he wants to say to her. He says he needs her help.

Jason sits up, hears something, and puts his hand on his gun. Michael says, it’s him, and tells Jason not to stand. He needs rest. Jason says, he’s okay, but Michael says he’s not. He will be. Let them take care of him.

Kristina tells Sam that she has to hand it to mom. She gave her and Molly a heads up before The Invader ran the story on Dante’s shooting. Sam asks what she said, and Kristina tells her, everything the article said, just more personalized. That Jason is still alive and he’s the prime suspect in Dante’s shooting. It was confusing to her then and it’s still confusing. She doesn’t know how Sam is holding up. This must be hitting her pretty hard. Sam says she’s still trying to process it all, and Kristina says, okay. Sam says, okay what? and Kristina says she expected Sam to say this was all a big mistake and there’s no way Jason could do this. Sam says, if that’s what she wants to hear, go talk to Carly.

Anna says she was just listening to the 911 call which ID’s Jason’s voice, and Molly says she’s heard it. Even without the tech, she knew it was Jason. Anna says, coupled with that, they have the DNA evidence on the sweatshirt that was used to bandage Dante, and Molly says, Jason’s blood. It appears he was shot while wearing the sweatshirt, then took it off and tied it around Dante’s wound. Anna says, they know he tried to save Dante, but did he also try to shoot him? and Molly says, their preliminary theory is, Dante was pursuing Jason and a second individual. Jason shot his pursuer, and then upon realizing it was Dante, tried to save him. Anna says, that certainly fits the evidence they have so far, and Molly says, but she doesn’t believe it. Anna says she doesn’t want to believe it. That is something else entirely.

Lois tells Sonny that Olivia said he’s been a rock, and he says he’s glad she thinks that. Lois says, he’s doing something wonderful for Olivia. He’s allowing her to pour all her love and hope into his son. But he has a right to his feelings too. Olivia might not be in a place to hear them and share them, but she can. He says, it’s just not fair. Does she know what he means? She says she does, but what’s fair? She loves him. He knows that. God forbid the situations were reversed and it was her child in a hospital bed fighting for her life, he’d be the first person she’d call. So she wants him to lean on her. He can tell her anything. He knows she’s not going to judge him. He says, if Jason was the one who shot Dante, he’ll never forgive him and never forgive himself.

Carly asks why she’d help John, and he says, she seems convinced Jason Morgan is innocent. She says, he is, and John says, help him prove it. The last thing he wants to do is waste Bureau resources by charging the wrong suspects. So help him out. Tell him why she’s so sure Jason didn’t shoot Dante Falconari. She says, because Jason isn’t reckless or stupid. He wouldn’t shoot at someone without knowing who they are, he wouldn’t shoot a cop, and he would never shoot Dante. John asks, why never Dante? Because he’s Sonny’s son? Carly says, that’s part of it, but the other part is, Dante lives with Jason’s ex-wife and they’re raising Jason’s son. He says, for some men, that would be a motive for murder.

Willow asks if she can make Drew some tea. Forget that. Can she pour him some wine? He says, if she joins him, and she says, absolutely. It has been quite a day. He asks how Michael reacted to the news about Jason, and as she pours the wine, she says, he’s thrilled that Jason’s alive. Of course (🍷). Drew says, and convinced he didn’t shoot Dante? and she says, yes. He says, so is Carly. All evidence to the contrary, she believes Jason is innocent and nobody and nothing can shake her faith in him. That’s why they broke up.

Michael tells Jason that Willow said he had to change into some clean clothes, and Jason asks when she got so bossy. Michael says, she’s always been bossy. She used to be a teacher, remember? Now she’s a nurse. The secret is, she’s very subtle about it. She’s so sweet and reasonable, you don’t even realize she’s ordering you around. Jason says, she’s a good nurse, like Michael’s grandmother. Michael’s mom told him about Bobbie. He’s sorry. Michael says, it happened on New Year’s. She was in Amsterdam sorting through Luke’s affairs, and she passed away in her sleep. They were all devastated, especially his mom. Jason says, you know what’s crazy? The first time he held Michael, Bobbie put Michael in his arms. He was a little premature and he had to be in an incubator. Bobbie brought him to the nursery and sat him in this rocking chair and put Michael in his arms. She told him how to hold Michael, how to support his head, and then she let go. That was the scariest moment in his life. Michael says he doesn’t blame Jason. He felt the exact same way the first time he held Amelia. He can’t wait for Jason to meet her. She’s so beautiful. She looks like Willow. Speaking of Willow, she wants Jason to get into some clean clothes, so let’s get on it. He brings out a duffel bag and asks if Jason needs help, but Jason says he’s good. Jason takes off his shirt, and Michael sees the sleeve tattoo. He asks, what happened to him? (Thank God. I thought maybe I was losing my memory or something.)

Drew says he didn’t stop loving Carly, he just realized that there’s no future there, and Willow says she’s so sorry. He says, so is he. She’s an incredible woman. She made him very happy, and he hopes he made her happy too. She says, obviously, he did. He’s been incredible. Generous, supportive, beyond forgiving. He says, not always. Not today. He came down her pretty hard for something he honestly doesn’t think she can help, not that she would want to. Carly’s first loyalty is always to Jason. He means more to her than anybody else, other than her kids. When they all thought he was dead, she was free to pursue other relationships, but now that he’s back, she’s not.

As Jason changes, Michael says he’ll burn the old clothes, but Jason says he needs them. Michael says, there’s a bullet hole in his shirt, but Jason says, when he leaves here, he needs to be wearing those clothes. There can’t be any evidence that somebody helped him. Definitely nothing that tracks back to Michael, Willow, or Danny. Michael says, okay. So when he leaves, where is he going? Jason says he hasn’t figured that out yet, and Michael asks if Jason can at least tell him where he’s been.

Carly says, clearly, that line about her helping John help Jason was just a line to get in the door, right? but John says he’s just pointing out that some men might have a problem when their ex-wife moves on and their kid is being raised by somebody else. She says, okay. So now instead of Jason shooting Dante to avoid arrest, he now lured Dante to the pier and shot him out of jealousy. John says, it’s just a theory, and she says, it’s a ridiculous theory. He says, it’s his job to entertain every possible scenario in the course of an investigation, and she says, really? Because she thought his job was to keep an open mind, to go where the evidence leads him. Is there any proof at all that Jason’s guilty? Because she’s pretty sure there’s evidence that Jason tried to help Dante. He asks how she’d know that.

Sonny says, when Ava showed him the freeze frame of Jason’s face from the drone, he couldn’t believe it, and Lois says, Ava? He says, she went with him to the warehouse. He knew something was going to happen, so he had Spinelli put cameras all over the warehouse. So he went to Dante’s, Ava went to Spinelli’s, she came back, and there was the picture of Jason on the roof with another shooter. She says she’s so sorry. That must have been surreal. He says, when he first saw it, he thought it was fake, but it was legit, and he just couldn’t believe it. She says, it seems impossible, and he says, for her, because they have history, but Ava is more objective. She asks where Ava is right now, and he says, she’s dropping off Avery at school. She says, so let her get this straight. Ava shows him the picture and he sees it’s Jason. He appears to be working with the sniper… Sonny says, no, he is working with the sniper, and she says, okay. He realizes Sonny is the target. Why is Jason trying to kill him? He says he doesn’t know, but maybe it’s been so long since they’ve seen each other, maybe Jason’s just forgotten what it’s like to be loyal to him. (Geez, it’s not like it’s been 20 years.)

Anna tells Molly that she has multiple conflicts when it comes to Jason. A few years back, Jason saved her life. That’s when she got to know him a little better than she had previously. He is… was… is remarkable. He’s cool under fire and a clear thinker, and someone she instinctively trusted. And of course (🍷) her daughter loves him. He made a crucial difference in Robin’s life. All of which makes her want to believe he did not shoot Dante. But of course (🍷) she cannot be in this job wanting to think the things she wants to think. She has to remain impartial, assemble the evidence, and trust the system. Molly says she thinks that’s why she’s really here, to see how Anna does it, stays impartial, because she doesn’t know that she can. Which would mean she’s in the wrong job.

Kristina says, it’s hardly a shock that Carly thinks Jason is innocent, and Sam says, don’t tell Molly that she’s telling her this, but Carly said Jason showed up at her place the night Dante was shot. Kristina says, again, that’s not a surprise that Jason would go to Carly, but why doesn’t Sam want her to tell Molly? (Duh…) Sam just looks at her, and Kristina says, because Molly is an ADA, and she would have to notify the cops, and the cops could get a search warrant for Carly’s house, and if they found any proof Jason was there, Carly could get charged with something like aiding and abetting. Sam says, yeah. Mom would be proud. Kristina says, the daughter of a lawyer, and Sam says she’s got to be honest with Kristina. She really can’t stand the sight of Carly right now. She doesn’t want Carly to go to prison or anything like that; she just wants Carly to leave her alone. Kristina asks if Carly said Jason told her that he didn’t shoot Dante, and Sam says, Carly told her that Jason showed up in her living room. They had a big reunion, the cops showed up, and no word was mentioned about Dante. Kristina says, he’d come from the pier, so even if he didn’t shoot Dante, maybe he was just there, saw it, and called 911. You’d think that would be top of mind and he’d mention it to Carly. (I’m all kinds of frustrated with these two. Jason is the father of Sam’s son, for cryin’ out loud.) Sam says, you’d think. Classic Jason. Never says anything. Kristina asks if Sam really thinks he did it, and Sam says, every minute that goes by, she’s afraid that he did it. Kristina says she’s so sorry. She can’t believe Jason would do that, especially since he’s wanted in connection to the rifle shooting at the warehouse. Her dad has a rip in his coat that… Hey. Danny is headed toward them, but turns around, and Sam says, Danny Morgan, what are you doing here again?

Jason says he didn’t get killed in the tunnel collapse on Cassadine Island, and Michael says, that much is obvious. (Thank you.) Jason says, the tunnel was blocked. He couldn’t get to Britt and the others. So he followed the tunnel out. It led him to the beach, and he was heading to the main house, but there were two guys there waiting with guns. Michael asks, who were they? but Jason says, that part he can’t tell Michael, but they took him prisoner. They flew him out of Greece and eventually, he ended up in a room with no windows, talking to a man who wanted him to do a job, and he had the leverage to force him to agree. Michael says, and Jason can’t tell him what that leverage was? and Jason says, no. Michael asks, what was the job? and Jason says he’d been working as a private military contractor, a mercenary.

Carly says she’s sorry to disappoint John. She hasn’t seen Jason. He didn’t fill her in on his version of events. If he checks his records, he’ll see that one of the people who found Dante at the pier was her daughter, Josslyn Jax. John says he remembers her name from the report, and Carly says, when she and her friend Dex showed up at the pier, they found Dante bandaged with a sweatshirt and a cellphone lying next to him, open to call with 911. That was Jason. Not because he told her, but because she knows Jason. And why the hell isn’t he going with the theory that this other, unidentified suspect was the one who shot Dante, and Jason was the one who saved him? John says, if she knows Jason so well, maybe she can tell him why Jason ran away instead of waiting for the first responders.

Lois says, remember when Jason first started working for Sonny? The Quartermaines were so upset, especially Alan and Monica, but Jason wouldn’t listen to anyone. As far as he was concerned, he liked and respected Sonny, and no one was going to stop him from being Sonny’s friend. Sonny says, there was a point where he didn’t trust anybody more than Jason. Maybe he trusted Jason too much. She asks what that means, and he says, when he was in Nixon Falls, Jason and Carly got together. She says she heard they got married, but Olivia told her that Sonny showed up on the same day and then they got it annulled. She thought that it was like a friendship thing; they were helping each other out. Sonny says, that’s what he thought. Maybe he thought wrong. She asks if he’s saying they were cheating on him behind his back, but he says, no. He’s not saying they slept together, but they were in love. He was the last one to know and he just felt like it broke some trust. She asks if that’s why he divorced Carly the last time. She thought it was because of Nina. He says he’s not denying his feelings for Nina, but he really wanted to make his marriage work. He tried, but Carly made it impossible. She says she’s so sorry, but he says, it really doesn’t matter right now. His son could be dying, and the cops think Jason is the one who shot him.

Carly tells John that she doesn’t know why Jason ran. Maybe because he didn’t want to be arrested for something he didn’t do, or get locked up by the FBI, who already presume he’s guilty. John says he thinks it’s because Jason wanted to remain undetected. Carly says, he’s going to have to explain that to her, and he says he wants to be clear that Jason and the other suspect didn’t know there were surveillance cameras at the warehouse or a drone hovering over the roof. They made no attempt to hide their faces. Which means, at the time Dante was shot, Jason was under the belief that his presence in Port Charles was undetected. He had no idea there was footage of his activities on the roof or that his picture was already in the hands of the authorities. Maybe she should be grateful to whoever shot him. If they hadn’t, he’d already be long gone.

Willow says, Carly and Drew have been through so much together. He went to prison for her. Drew says, taking the plea deal to protect Carly was the right thing to do. He’d do that again in a heartbeat. He doesn’t regret that. It’s just that he’d never want her to stay with him out of obligation and at this point, that’s kind of all it would be. She says she thinks he’s really underestimating himself and Carly’s feelings for him, and he says he knows Carly loves him, but not the way that she loves Jason. He didn’t want to drag it out and didn’t want to turn it into a test where Carly has to prove she’s choosing him over Jason, because they both know, the second there’s a crisis, she’s going to run straight to him. Willow says she’s sorry and takes Drew’s hand. She says, he deserves so much better, and he says he agrees with her there and intends to find it.

Michael asks how long Jason has been back in Port Charles, and Jason says, since yesterday. He was working with a sniper, Hamish. He already told Michael about him. But when he found out the target was Sonny, he made sure Hamish missed. He and Hamish were headed for the waterfront to get out by boat, and that’s when Dante caught up with them, and Michael knows the rest. Michael says, if he hadn’t been sent to shoot Sonny, would he have come back at all? and Jason says he doesn’t know. He’s thought about it every single day, but the job the man gave him in the room with no windows isn’t done. Michael asks what happens if Jason doesn’t finish, and Jason says, something he can’t live with. He has to finish it.

Sam says she can’t believe Danny snuck out for a second time, but Danny says he didn’t sneak out. Yuri drove him. Sam asks, what’s wrong with him? Doesn’t he realize Danny is too young to be ordering him around? Danny says he lied and said Sam wanted to see him, and she says she does want to see him. She loves seeing him, but he has to realize she’s going out of her mind with worry right now, and the only thing that’s keeping her calm is knowing Danny, Scout, and Rocco are safe at the Quartermaines. Kristina says, it’s just a thought, but maybe he’s here because his father Jason is alive and is a suspect in Dante’s shooting.

Molly tells Anna that she’s got her own conflicts of interest with Jason. Sam was married to him. They have a son together. Although she thinks it’s ironic that Sam has more doubts about Jason’s innocence than she does. Anna asks if Molly believes he’s innocent, and Molly says, three years ago, if Anna had asked her, she would have known he was. And no amount of evidence could have convinced her otherwise. She worshiped Jason. She thought he and Sam had to most romantic love story ever. And even after they broke up, Jason was someone that Sam, their whole family, could count on. Jason was an unconventional father, but he loved Danny. He was willing to do anything Sam thought was best for their child. Plus, he literally saved Kristina from a cult, so that’s another thing in the bonus column. Why wouldn’t she give Jason every benefit of the doubt? Anna says, they don’t know where Jason’s been or what he’s been through. What they do know is there’s footage of him acting like a spotter for a sniper taking aim at Sonny. Molly says, hence the conspiracy charges. You don’t just accidentally wind up on a rooftop next to a man with a high-powered rifle, helping him set up a shot. Anna says, if he was willing to participate in Sonny’s murder, why wouldn’t he shoot Dante? But the anomaly is the 911 call. Molly says she keeps thinking Dante was shot by the other individual and Jason tried to help him, and Anna asks, so why wouldn’t he stick around for first responders? All this could be a moot point because there’s been no sign of Jason since he jumped from the bridge. (Has anyone even bothered looking for Hamish???)

Sam tells Danny that she’s so sorry. She should have sat down and talked to him. Danny says, it’s okay, but she says, it’s not okay. She’s been so focused on Dante, she didn’t stop for a second to think he might have some questions himself. He says he’s not a little kid anymore. Dante’s been shot, so of course (🍷) she needs to be with him. Besides, it’s not like she can tell him anything about his father. Can she? Sam says, all she knows is what she saw in The Invader, that Jason is back and he’s a suspect in Dante’s shooting. He’s right. He’s not a little kid anymore, and to be completely honest with him, she has no idea where his father’s been or why he thought it was okay to let them think he had died. But Jason doesn’t think like other people. His father is drawn to danger. He chases it actually. Anyone else would have been trying to get home, but not Jason. Danny says, maybe he has a reason, and she says she’s sure he does, but Jason’s reasons aren’t like anyone else’s either. Kristina comes over and says she’s been quoting Danny’s grandmother a lot today. She’s taught Kristina a lot about law over the years – both of them – and one of the most important things she taught Kristina is that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. So at the moment, it seems like all the evidence is pointing at Jason being the one who shot Dante, but he’s not guilty unless and until he’s charged and tried and a jury says so. She knows Danny has a lot of questions about why Jason stayed away, but his dad is really the only one who can give him those answers.

Michael comes into the gatehouse and sees Drew, who tells him that Willow said he was out running an errand. Michael says, yeah, like ten of them actually. What can he do for Drew? Drew says he’ll let Willow fill Michael in. He’s suddenly feeling kind of exhausted. He’s going to go back and check on Scout and probably go back to bed. He thanks Willow for the wine and for the sympathetic ear. She says, anytime, and just to be clear, no one will ever be better to Carly or better for her than he was. He says, that means a lot, and thanks her. He hugs Willow, tells Michael goodnight, and leaves. Michael asks, what was that about? and she says, his mom and Drew broke up. He says, that’s too bad, and she agrees. She asks if those are Jason’s, pointing to the duffel bag he’s carrying, and he says, yeah. She says she’ll wash them, and he asks if she’s sure she’s okay with this. She says, it’s nothing she would have chosen, but it’s where they are. All they can do is see it through, right?

Sonny says, the thing he feels really bad about is the regret he has because of the distance between them, and Lois says, the distance between him and Dante? Come on. They have a beautiful relationship. She saw it the second she got back to Port Charles, which is a little surprising, seeing Dante’s a cop and Sonny… does what he does. Obviously, they’ve been able to surmount those obstacles. The bond he has with Dante is full of love and mutual respect. Sonny asks if he can tell her something, and she nods. He says, for the last two years, Dante was the only one he could go to. Dante is the only one he can talk to who doesn’t judge him. Dante believes in him. That helps him. It does everything for him. Does she want to know what the last thing he said to Dante was? She says, what? and he says, stop being in my way.

Sam says, right. Danny’s father is innocent until proven guilty. They’re just going to have to hope there’s some explanation for all this. And when Dante wakes up, he can tell them what happened. Danny asks if the doctors know when he’s going to wake up, but Sam says, there’s no way to predict that. It could be today, or it could be ~~another Lulu~~ a while from now. He says he’s sorry he came and worried her, but she says, don’t be sorry. She’s sorry she snapped at him. She loves him. She needs his help. She needs him to promise her that he’s going to go to the Quartermaines, and please, please stay out of trouble. He says he’ll stay out of trouble. He guesses she won’t have to worry about the other two. She asks what he’s talking about. She worries about all of them. She loves all of them. She hugs him and asks him to give Scout a big hug and kiss from her. He says he will, and she asks fi Kristina can take him where he needs to be. Kristina says, of course (🍷), and Sam goes back into Dante’s room. Kristina asks if Yuri is downstairs waiting for Danny, but Danny says, Yuri dropped him off. She says she guesses he’s looking at his ride. Funny. She just got a sudden craving for a maple old fashioned. Does he want to stop by Eckerd’s all-night donut window on the way home? (Thank God we don’t have one of those here.) He says he could go for a chocolate with sprinkles, and she says, oh, he’s a chocolate with sprinkles kind of guy? Sounds pretty good. She thinks she’s changed her mind. She leaves, and he looks in the window at Sam sitting with Dante.

Anna tells Molly that Agent Cates was at one end of the bridge, and she was at the other. Cates told him to keep his hands where he could see them, which he didn’t really comply, but he didn’t pull a weapon. She told him to turn himself in so they could sort it all out and that’s when he jumped. But he did not look desperate. He looked determined, like he knew he could survive the drop in the river… and she thinks he did. Molly asks if the search parties turned anything up, and Anna says, no, but according to CSI, it has something to do with the currents in the river, that if Jason were dead, he’d have washed ashore by now, but he hasn’t. Ergo, he’s almost certainly alive. Molly says, so where is he now? but Anna says she doesn’t know. They’re continuing the search and proceeding with the theory that Jason’s injured and holed up somewhere in the area. Or that he was injured just slightly and got out of Port Charles. He could be out of the country by now, for that matter. He could be anywhere. Molly asks if she really thinks that could be just as likely, and Anna says, yeah. She worked for the WSB for years and she used to see these sniper teams operate and they were professional. They get in, they set up, they make the kill, and get out. And it does appear to be what was happening on the warehouse roof. In which case, Jason is long gone. He could be almost impossible to trace. Molly says, then she guesses she should be relieved. She won’t have to prosecute Jason, but disappearing is basically an admission of guilt, no? Anna says she’s not so sure. The more she looks at the evidence, the less sense it makes to her. Something else is going on here. Something that she’s not seeing… yet.

Lois asks if Sonny doesn’t think Dante’s said things about him in the last few years that he wishes he could take back. But Sonny still loves him, right? Sonny says, always, and she says, so why doesn’t he cut himself some slack? He says, it’s just difficult. Dante only went to the warehouse because of him. Dante tried to tell him about the cops. If he’d listened, Dante would still be home. She says, okay. She’s about to rock his world. He’s not God. He’s not responsible for Dante’s choices or Jason’s for that matter. He can’t control the outcome of events. But it doesn’t mean he’s powerless. He’s a parent and there’s nothing stronger than a parent’s love. That is what Dante needs right now and she knows he can feel it. She knows it like she knows her own name. He says he’s known her long enough that he’s not going to argue with her, she says, that’s good, and they laugh.

Carly says, this conversation’s over. She wants John to leave. He says he didn’t mean to offend her, but she says, yes, he did, and he succeeded. He says, for what it’s worth (🍷), she offended him too. The FBI doesn’t presume anyone’s guilty. They follow the evidence where it leads. His only goal here is to find the truth. She says, great. She can’t wait for him to find the truth and clear Jason’s name, but until then, she wants him to get out of her house and don’t come back unless he has a warrant. He starts walking to the door and stops. He says, it’s funny. Whenever he mentions Jason’s name, boy, does it get under her skin. He leaves, and now the moss bowl🎍is offended.

Jason remembers being cuffed to a table, and John walking in. He says, Mr. Morgan. Special Agent John Cates. Welcome to Quantico. He hopes Jason’s flight was enjoyable. Jason tells him that he has nothing to say without his attorney, but John says, Jason doesn’t have to tell him anything at this point. Just listen. John opens a tablet and says, he’s about to hear incontrovertible proof of RICO violations. Those are federal crimes. They carry a 20-year sentence. In the present, Jason stares at the ceiling in the boathouse.

Tomorrow, Curtis asks if Marshall was able to locate Dr. Braddock; Diane says, a lawyer can dream, can’t she; Heather says, no doctor has ever told her anything; and Dex tells Josslyn, what if it’s too late?

🧼 All the Soap News Fit To Print…

Zoom in on July 14^th.

GENERAL HOSPITAL’s John J. York & Kristina Wagner Reunite!

Almost all growed up.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/fans-barely-recognize-ghs-nicolas-bechtel-in-his-new-headshot

Farewell to a GH vet.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/general-hospital-actress-robyn-bernard-dead-at-64

New soap effort in the works.

Exclusive: Soap Faves Team Up For New Drama

💎 She Was Really Shaking…

What was up with Sutton at the Reunion.

https://people.com/sutton-stracke-health-emergency-rhobh-reunion-exclusive-8607642

Not a big shock that these two were unempathetic and rude.

https://toofab.com/2024/03/14/kathy-hilton-backlash-reaction-sutton-stracke-medical-emergency

🩸 Kinda Late…

Talk about Monday morning quarterbacking.

https://ew.com/joe-manganiello-not-happy-how-true-blood-ended-8608689

🏆 More Than Just a Doorstop…

March 13, 2024 – Drew Adds To Carly’s Already Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Sutton Gets Out Of the Reunion Earlier Than We Do & Truth

Posted on March 14, 2024 by theresakp

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General Hospital

At The Savoy, Marshall says he thought he and Curtis agreed that he’d be the one top open up the club tonight. Curtis didn’t trust him to do it on his own or is Curtis afraid he’ll eat up all the bar snacks? Curtis says, that didn’t occur to him until Marshall told on himself, so now he’ll have to keep an eye out, and Marshall says, do what he has to. What’s going on? Curtis says he has some news that he should share with Marshall sooner than later, and Marshall says, sounds important. Curtis says he found that doctor that misdiagnosed Marshall all those years ago.

Drew says, Jason is the one Carly turns to when she’s afraid or she’s in trouble. He keeps her secrets. He’s the one that she counts on. Carly says, he’s never failed her, and Drew says, what about the last two and a half years when he let her think he was dead? That doesn’t count as failing her? She says she doesn’t know where Jason was or what he was doing, but she knows he came back as soon as he could. Drew asks if she hears herself right now. Because basically, she’s saying wherever he was, whatever he was doing, she’d be okay with it. He could have been lying in a hammock on a tropical island sipping rum and she wouldn’t care? She says she hopes that’s all that happened to Jason, but she has the feeling it was something worse. He says, whatever it is, they both know she’s going to be there for him by his side helping him through it, and he’s not going to be here to watch. (Good. Go. Goodbye.) Carly asks if he’s saying they’re done, and he asks why she’s so surprised. Every relationship she’s had was trashed because… She says, this hasn’t trashed them. Is he doing this because she didn’t call him the second she heard from Jason? He says, no. He’s doing this because it didn’t even occur to her. She made her choice. Jason is it for her. He was somebody nice to spend time with when she thought Jason was dead, but he can’t pretend he’s going to be okay being with her, sleeping with her, while her heart and her mind and her trust is with Jason. He refuses to ride this out to the bitter end because it’s going to hurt too much. So he’s getting out now.

Sonny meets Anna in the interrogation room and thanks her for seeing him. She says, of course (🍷). Any update on Dante? He says, no changes, and she says, he was badly injured. The body takes its own time to heal. He says, that’s why he’s here. Is there any evidence Jason shot his son?

Michael comes into the gatehouse, apologizing for being late, but Willow says, that’s okay. The kids missed him. He asks if they’re already in bed, and she says, in bed and asleep. She checked on them both. He looks awful. He says, gee, thanks, but she says, no. By awful, she means tired. She’s worried. He says he went by the hospital. There’s no change in Dante’s condition. No sign of him waking up. She asks, who was with him? and he says, Sam. She’s still trying to wrap her head around the news that Jason’s alive. There’s a knock at the door, and Michael answers. He asks Danny if everything is okay up at the house, and Danny says, it’s fine. He’s here because he needs a favor.

In the boathouse, Jason takes off his shirt and… Did he always have a tattoo sleeve? I don’t remember that. He puts a new pad on his wound and breathes heavily.

Marshall says, Curtis is telling him that after all this time he found that doctor? and Curtis says, Dr. Paul Braddock. Marshall says, it’s the same Dr. Paul Braddock, who slapped a label on him and ruined his life? and Curtis says he can’t be 100% certain, but he checks all the boxes. He was on the hospital staff working at that hospital in Baltimore when Marshall was brought in for treatment after his arrest. Marshall says, he’s still alive, and Curtis says, according to the information he was able to access. Of course (🍷) he’s retired. He’s living in some fancy retirement community in Westminster, Maryland outside of Baltimore. They can take a road trip tomorrow if that’s something Marshall might want to do. Marshall sits down, and Curtis asks if he’s okay. What is he thinking? Marshall says he’s not quite sure. He always figured the doctor would be dead by now. He never thought he’d be able to confront the man who convinced him that he was a danger to his family, the man who introduced him to the word schizophrenia and tore his world apart. Curtis says, that one word is the reason Marshall cut himself off from everyone he loved and from everyone who loved him, and Marshall says, and it turns out, after all this time, he can still look the doctor in the eye. Maybe he can get some answers about himself and maybe see what kind of man he is. It’s a lot to take in. Curtis says, it’s not too much, is it? He and Aunt Stella aren’t pushing Marshall toward a confrontation he’s not ready for, are they?

Anna looks at some paperwork and tells Sonny, two individuals were observed on the roof of the warehouse, Jason and an unidentified man. Sonny is already aware of this because Spinelli was working for him when he put in those cameras, right? Sonny nods, and she says, Detective Chase says he and Dante observed the individuals 200 yards from the warehouse and that they were moving towards the pier, and that’s when Dante went after them. Eighteen minutes after that, an alarm call came in, reporting that Dante had been shot. Voice ID confirmed Jason made that call, so they know he tried to save Dante. They don’t know that Jason shot him. Sonny says, they don’t know that he didn’t.

John tells the desk sergeant that he needs to speak with the Commissioner, but the sergeant says he’s sorry. She’s in with someone. He’ll have to wait. John sees she’s with Sonny, when Chase comes out. John asks how long the Commissioner has been in with Sonny Corinthos.

Carly says, wait, and grabs Drew’s arm. She wishes she could tell him that Jason didn’t come first. She didn’t know this was going to happen. She didn’t mean to hurt him. He says he knows. It doesn’t matter what she did or didn’t mean, the second she found out Jason was alive, they were done. She says, so everything good between them just ends? They pretend that it didn’t happen? He says, no, it happened. It just wasn’t enough. He loved every second he got to spend with her, he really did, but he’s not going to compete with what she has with Jason. He doesn’t want to. He wants to cut his losses. Speaking of that, he can’t go to work every day and see her. He knows she did an amazing job at Crimson, and he knows she was only there for him. He knows she didn’t want to be there and he’s going to let her off the hook. He’ll find somebody else to run… She says, he’s firing her? and he says, come on. Her heart wasn’t in it. (Wow. The advertisers are really going to love this.) He tells her, take care, okay? and leaves.

Jason pulls his undershirt down over the pad and swallows a bunch of Ibuprofen.

Michael asks what Danny needs, and Danny says, it’s kind of private. Sorry. Willow says, no worries. She has to take something upstairs anyway. She leaves, and Michael asks what he can do for Danny. Danny says, it’s kind of hard to explain. Can Michael come with him? Michael says, right now? and Danny says, it’s important. Michael says, okay, let’s go, and they leave.

Marshall says, Curtis and Stella haven’t been pushing him to do anything he hasn’t been thinking about himself for years. He can let that worry go. Curtis says, okay. Just know he has their support, whatever he decides or decides not to do. Marshall says he knows that, but ever since Stella told him about Dr. Braddock, he hasn’t been able to think about much else. Just the chance to be able to talk to the man himself and maybe making sense of what happened to him fills him with hope that he can know once and for all, what, if anything, was wrong with him. He thinks the professionals call that closure. Curtis says he wants that for Marshall more than anything. He doesn’t care what they call it or label it, Marshall’s suffered enough. Marshall says, he’s a good son and he thanks Curtis. He thanks Curtis for all the hard work he did getting him the answers he needs. Curtis says, if Dr. Braddock can ease Marshall’s pain, even just a little bit, why are they sitting here? He’s got a full tank of gas and just filled his playlist with new jazz music. Selina walks in with her bodyguard, and Marshall says, they’re closed. She says, too bad for their customers. Fortunately, she’s not one of them. She does, however, have some business with Curtis. Curtis says he could have saved her a trip. He’s told her many times, their business is over. She says she believes she has something that will change his mind, and Marshall asks how many times she needs to hear the man say it. She needs to go on and get the hell out of this club. If she’s forgotten the way, he’d be happy to show her. The bodyguard moves closer, but Marshall says he’s not afraid of whatever this is that she dragged in here on the bottom of her shoe. She says, that’s just foolish and he’s never been a foolish man, and Curtis tells Marshall not to get worked up. Don’t do them dirty yet. He can handle this. He tells Selina that he has nothing to say to her, and he’s quite certain he’s not interested in anything she has to say. She says, even if it’s information leading to the identity of the person who shot him?

Anna asks if Sonny has a reason to believe Jason would shoot Dante, and he says, all he knows is that they’re searching for Jason. She says, they’re searching for both men. They’ve identified Jason. They can’t pull a clear image of the other man’s face from the footage, and he’s disappeared and so has Jason. Sonny says, Jason jumped off a bridge so he wouldn’t get arrested, and she says, right. If he died in the fall, they would have recovered his body from the river by now and they haven’t. So therefore, the assumption is that he’s still alive and he’s injured. Sonny asks how she knows he’s injured, and she says, there’s a bullet hole in the sweatshirt used to bandage Dante and forensics pulled two different blood samples from it, Dante’s and Jason’s.

Chase says he doesn’t know how long the Commissioner has been in there with Corinthos, but maybe John can ask her when they’re done. John says, it’s pretty clear she’s not interrogating him, but Chase tells him that he couldn’t say. John says he commends Chase’s discretion, but doesn’t it bother him just a little that his superior is in a conversation with a known racketeer? Chase says, nope.

Drew hits the heavy bag and I wish it could hit back. Jordan comes in and says, working out or beating someone up? He says, a little of both, and she says she knows the feeling.

Carly looks in on Dante, and Sam kisses his forehead, then meets Carly in the hall. Carly takes her hand and says, how’s Dante? Sam says, he’s critical, but stable. Has she heard from Jason? Carly says she’s seen him.

Danny brings Michael to the boathouse, and Michael says, Jason? Jason says, Michael, and Michael moves to hug him, but Jason holds him off, putting his hand to his side. Danny says, he was shot, and Michael asks how long he’s been here. Jason says, since last night or early this morning. Danny found him. Danny brought him a first aid kit, but he didn’t want to ask Danny for anything else. Danny says he doesn’t mind, and Jason says he knows, but it wasn’t fair for him to bring Danny into this. He grips his side, and Michael tells him to sit down. Jason sits and asks if Michael can take Danny back to the house. Danny says he can find his own way, and Jason says he knows Danny can find his way back. He just wants to make sure Danny stays there. Danny asks why Jason doesn’t want his help anymore, and Jason says, because he’s wanted by the police and Danny shouldn’t be anywhere near it. He’s glad Danny found him. He shouldn’t be, but he missed Danny every day when he was gone. Danny asks, what’s going to happen now? and Jason says, Michael is going to help him figure it out. Danny helped him when he needed it, now help him by staying out of it. Danny says, sure. Later. He leaves, and Jason asks Michael to go after him. Michael says he’ll be back, and follows Danny.

Anna says she understands Sonny wants to do something, anything to make a difference for his son. Pray. Go sit by Dante’s side. But do not go after Jason or the other man himself, because he doesn’t have all the information and he’s going to wind up doing more harm than good.

Marshall asks if Selina is saying she has the name of the person who put his son in this wheelchair, and Curtis says, hang on a second. He knows this game and they’re not playing. Selina says, what game? and he says, the game where she gives him so-called information for access to his backroom for her poker games. It’s not going to happen. She says, he has her all wrong, and he says, that would be a first. He’s also aware she’s having trouble finding a new space. She says, there are penthouses all over town who will jump at the money she has to offer, and he asks if she’s sure about that. Because after the FBI and PCPD raid on her warehouse, it would seem her powerbase is shaky at best. She says, that’s quite an exaggeration, but it’s true her life was threatened that night. She cannot and will not abide it. She and Curtis have been deceived. That’s why she’s here. Not to bargain, but to give him a warning. Curtis says he’s listening, and she says, the man who shot him is Jason Morgan, and they both know he only acts under Sonny’s orders. Marshall asks if she’s saying Sonny Corinthos wanted Curtis dead.

Sam asks when Carly saw Jason, and Carly says she saw him last night at her house. Sam says, so before he jumped from the bridge? and Carly says, yeah. Sam says, what did he tell her? Where has he been? Carly says, they barely had a chance to say anything because Anna and Agent Cates showed up and they searched her house. Sam asks if he told her who shot Dante, but Carly says, no. Sam says she was told there was a sweatshirt wrapped around Dante. It was used as a bandage and it had Jason’s blood on it, so he was obviously there. Carly says, seems like it, and Sam says, he either was or he wasn’t, and he obviously was. What did he tell her about the shooting? Carly tells Sam that he didn’t say anything. He didn’t say a word about Dante.

Drew says, it sounds like Jordan has some frustrations of her own to work out – he steps away from the bag – so be his guest. She says she’s just having second thoughts, and he says, about? She says she was Dante Falconari’s superior for a few years. She wants to be out there searching for the man who shot him, but she’s not a cop anymore. She’s the Deputy Mayor… and she just remembered the man they’re searching for is his brother. She apologizes. He asks what she’s apologizing for. Because she hopes the police find Jason? He hopes they do too.

Carly brings Sam over the couches and says she and Jason barely had a chance to talk. When she realized she wasn’t hallucinating and he was really there, she saw he was injured. She went to get a first aid kit, and she was barely able to give him a bandage before the police showed up. Sam says, by injured, she means shot, and Carly says, yes. Sam says, and he didn’t say who shot him? and Carly says, no. Sam wonders if it ever occurred to Carly to ask, but Carly says, there wasn’t time. Why is Sam being like this? Sam says she doesn’t know. Maybe because her ex-husband, who she thought was dead, is alive and possibly shot the man she loves.

Michael brings Danny to the gatehouse, and Willow asks if everything is okay. Michael says, Jason’s in the boathouse. He was shot. Danny brought him a first Aid kit, but he needs a nurse. Can she help him? She says, of course (🍷). She’ll get her medical bag. What about the kids? He says, Danny’s going to stay back in case one of them wakes up, and Willow goes to get her bag. Michael tells Danny to just call and one of them will come right back, but Danny says he doesn’t have a phone. His mom took it because he’s grounded. Michael says, take his. The password is 123412.😐Willow says she’s ready, and Michael says, they’ll be back as soon as they can. Danny says, just make sure he’s okay, and they leave.

Michael and Willow go into the boathouse, and Willow says, Jason? Michael says he needs a nurse. Jason says, no. He doesn’t want her involved, but she says, too late, and opens her bag. Jason says he thought Michael was taking Danny back to the house, and Willow says, he’s at the gatehouse watching the kids. Jason says, kids? and Michael says, Wiley and Amelia. He and Willow have a little girl. Jason says, congratulations. He’s happy for both of them. Willow says she needs to check his wound, and he lifts his shirt. She takes off the pad, and he says, the bullet went through. She says, it will still need to be cleaned and sutured, and he says, okay.

Curtis says, Sonny wouldn’t order a hit on his own son, and Jason would never target him, so Selina’s intel is wack. She asks how well he really knows Sonny. Think about it. Sonny escapes not one, not two, but three attempts on his life, and emerges again and again unscathed. That seems statistically unlikely, does it not? He says, not for someone who’s been on top as long as Sonny. The man is surrounded by bodyguards and security. She says, the shooting at the pool, even the events at the warehouse, those could have been staged. As for Puerto Rico, how do they know what actually happened? Was he there? She certainly wasn’t. He says he’s sorry, but everything she’s saying seems… statistically unlikely. She says, not if you factor what she believes to be Sonny’s long-term plan, and Curtis says he’s waiting. She says, to annex new territory, for which he’d need a trusted enforcer who no one saw coming. Which fits in with Jason’s sudden death on Cassadine Island a little more than two years ago. He says, now she’s the one who sounds paranoid, and she says, there are worse things to be right now. Jason works for Sonny, always has and always will. And it appears Sonny’s done with any kind of compromise, and anyone who stands in his way surely won’t be there long. Just a few things to think about. She goes over to her bodyguard, addresses Marshall, and leaves. Marshall says, this changes everything.

Jordan says she’s just going to ask, and Drew says, go for it. She says, his brother’s wanted for shooting a cop and he wants him taken into custody. Drew says, absolutely. If he’s innocent, the best thing he can do is turn himself in and prove it. She tells him that he said if, and he says he did. She says, then he admits there’s a chance Jason shot Dante, and he says, she would know better than him. He’s sure Anna Devane has briefed her on the investigation. Jordan tells him that she’s just saying she would have expected him to insist Jason’s innocent, and he says, based on what? He wasn’t there. He hasn’t seen any evidence. And he doesn’t know Jason well enough anymore to know what he would or wouldn’t do. He picks up some weights and does lifts on the bench.

Carly tells Sam, Jason would not shoot Dante. And no, she doesn’t have any proof, but she knows that because she knows Jason. Sam knows Jason. He would never do something like that. Sam says she hopes that he didn’t. She prayed that he didn’t, but while Jason has been God knows where doing God knows what, Dante has been here helping her raise Jason’s son. So if Jason is the reason Dante is lying in that bed right now hooked up to those machines, she will never forgive him.

As Willow works on Jason’s wound, Michael asks if Jason can tell them what happened, and Jason says, not all of it. Dante was chasing him and another guy, Hamish. Dante told them to stop. He did; Hamish didn’t. He turned around, Dante recognized him, he lowered his gun, and then Hamish shot him. Michael says he knew it wasn’t Jason, and Jason says, when he went to help Dante and Hamish took a shot at him. Willow says, that’s a lot of shooting, and Michael asks, what happened to Hamish? Jason says, he’s dead, and Michael says, when Josslyn and Dex got to the pier, they saw Dante, he was alone. Jason says he did everything he could for Dante. He called 911 and didn’t leave until he heard the sirens coming. Michael says, he saved Dante’s life, but Jason says he’s the reason Dante got shot in the first place.

Anna says, Sonny knows she wants justice for Dante, and he says, yeah. She says, then let her get it, and he says he can’t believe they’re having this conversation. He’s telling her to go find Jason. Usually, he’s the one hiding Jason. But he doesn’t know Jason anymore, especially the last two and a half years… or more.

Drew tells Jordan that biologically, he and Jason are twins, but that’s where the connection ends. He can’t explain why Jason does what he does. And the last thing he wants is to matter to someone because he’s Jason’s brother. She says, by someone, he means… He says, there’s a long list, but Carly’s at the top. They broke up a few hours ago. He broke up with her. She says she’s sorry to hear that. Breakups are never easy. He says, holding on to something that’s never going to work, that’s worse, and she says she learned her own lesson about that. He says he’s sorry. He shouldn’t be dumping on her like this, but she says, that’s fine. Everyone needs to vent. He says, even the Deputy Mayor? Well… go ahead. He vented to her. Now it’s her turn.

Danny scrolls through the article about Dante and Jason in The Invader, when he hears the door. Michael comes in and Danny asks if Jason is going to be okay. Michael says he thinks so. Willow was able to dress his wound and she’s going to stay with him for a little bit, monitor him and make sure he doesn’t have a fever. Danny says, that’s good, and Michael says, it must have been a pretty big shock for him to find Jason in there. Danny says, it was a shock to both of them, and Michael says, not that he could tell, right? but Danny says he could. As crazy as it was finding him there, it was good to see him. He says he didn’t shoot Dante. Michael asks if Danny believes him, and Danny says he does, but the police think he’s guilty and he ran away. Doesn’t that make him look even guiltier? Michael says, Jason ran because he had no other choice, and Danny asks if Jason told him that, but Michael says he just knows. Danny’s father is a good man, the best man he’s ever known. He has a reason for everything that he did, and when he can, he’ll tell them what those reasons are. Michael’s phone rings, and Danny hands it to him. It’s Ned, and Michael says, Danny’s here. They just got caught up playing video games, but he’ll send him up. Danny says, that was a good cover, and Michael says he’s used to it. Danny had better go. He doesn’t want them sending Yuri because he might check the boathouse. Danny says, okay, and asks if Michael will come to the house in the morning. Michael says he’ll find Danny and give him a full update, and Danny thanks him. He starts to leave, and Michael says, no one can know about this. Danny says he knows and leaves.

Willow gives Jason a jar of juice and says she’ll bring more. He thanks her, and she says, try to rest. It’s very important, okay? She’ll be back with blankets and no food. He says she doesn’t have to do that, but she says, yes, she does. Like it or not, he’s her patient now. She leaves and he drinks some juice.

Curtis says, don’t tell him that Marshall is buying any of that stuff Selina Wu was selling. That woman has reasons for doing everything she does, and none of them involve helping anyone except Selina Wu. Marshall says he’s aware. She’s not exactly what he would call a subtle woman, but Curtis owes it to himself to chase down any lead on who might have shot him, even if the source of that lead is less than ideal. This is not the time for them to be running down to Maryland to make sense of his distant past. Curtis says, it’s not a distant past. Marshall’s misdiagnosis stayed in his heart, every step of every day of his life. He thinks Marshall is still dealing with it. Marshall says, then another couple of days won’t matter. Curtis says, so many people are looking for Jason Morgan, he doesn’t need to be one more, and Marshall says he knows there’s a lot going on here. Maybe it’s best if they stay home tonight. Curtis says he hears Marshall. Tell him this. Until Marshall finds out what led to his misdiagnosis, does he think he’ll ever know one moment of true peace? Because if he can look Curtis in the face and tell him that not knowing doesn’t hurt his soul every day, then they’ll stay right here. Marshall laughs, and Curtis says, that settles it. They’re going to go to the fancy retirement home in Westminster, Maryland. They’re going to talk to Dr. Braddock and get the answers Marshall needs, so he can live some semblance of a peaceful life.

Jordan tells Drew that she understands police work, but city government, it’s like a puzzle where all the pieces can change. He says, so quit, but she says she couldn’t do that to Laura. Besides, Anna’s Commissioner now. He says, she could always go back to being a detective. He’s sure they’d be happy to have her. She says she’s not a quitter. Besides, between all of the meetings, she gets glimpses of the bigger picture. Solving cases helps one person or one family at a time, but good city government helps everyone in the city. He says, for what it’s worth (🍷) he admires her for sticking it out. And he’s also grateful his headquarters are in Port Charles. When the city looks good, so does Aurora. She says, in that case, maybe they can discuss ways Aurora could promote the city of Port Charles and raise its profile. Drew suggests they set a meeting.

Willow comes back and Michael asks, how’s Jason? She says, dehydrated and exhausted. He needs to rest. Can he grab a spare blanket from the hall closet upstairs? She’s going to get all the bottled water and juice boxes they have. He thanks her for helping and she says she wants to help Jason. She just wishes she understood the kind of trouble he’s in.

Sam tells Carly that the doctors keep telling them to be patient, that Dante was gravely injured, and that it’s going to take time. But none of them can say how much time it’s going to take or if Dante is actually going to wake up. Carly says she’s sorry. She wishes there was something she could do. Sam says, there is something Carly can do. If Jason tries to contact her, call the police. She goes back in Dante’s room.

Chase tells John that Anna is his superior and he has no reason to question her actions or motives. Now if John will excuse him, he has a case to work. He walks off.

Willow comes back to the boathouse with supplies, and sees Jason sleeping on the bench, gun in hand. She sets down the bag with the water and juice, and covers him with the blanket. She says, welcome home, Jason.

John walks into the interrogation room, and Anna asks if she can help him. He says he wanted to walk through the evidence, but if she’s busy… She says she is, but Sonny says, they’re done and thanks Anna for giving him some time. She says, anytime, and Sonny leaves, saying, Jagger, as he passes John. John says he’s sorry to hear about Sonny’s son, and Sonny says, why doesn’t John prove that badge of his means something and find the bastard who shot his son? He leaves and John looks at Anna.

Willow leaves the boathouse as Jason sleeps.

Tomorrow, Anna tells Molly that it certainly fits the evidence they have so far; John needs Carly’s help; Sonny tells Lois that he’ll never forgive him and never forgive himself; and Jason tells Michael that he can’t live with that.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Reunion Part 3

Just a little while longer. I can smell freedom.

We backtrack a little, with Andy saying that Teddi claimed Sutton carried vodka in her purse. Was she doing Kyle’s dirty work? Kyle says, absolutely not, and Sutton says, Kyle could have told Teddi that she was wrong. Kyle tells her that there were things she could have said, but she didn’t, and Sutton says, Kyle has to understand her responsibility in the situation at some point. Kyle was relentlessly mean to her this season. Kyle asks, where? and Sutton tells her, as Denise would say, watch the show. Kyle asks where it started and says, Sutton needs to shut up sometimes and listen. It was hurtful at the dinner party to be grilled about her marriage. Sutton says she didn’t bring up Kyle’s marriage. She was just asking questions. Andy asks where they go from here, and Kyle says she loves Sutton. That’s why it hurt her, but she doesn’t see it as something that can’t be fixed. Sutton says she knows in her heart they’ll be fine, and they admit to missing each other. Andy says they should hug it out, and they do. Andy says he’s going to leave it there and take a break before their friend is brought out. He asks if Kathy is coming, and we see Kathy come out of her trailer in a glittery dress.

Kyle says she hasn’t cried yet, and Andy says, she’s about to. Garcelle asks if Kathy was a surprise, and Andy admits that she was. Sutton tells Garcelle that she thinks it’s hot and she’s uncomfortable. Andy announces, the Grand Dame of Beverly Hills, not Lisa Vanderpump, and Kathy sits down. He welcomes her and says, it’s the last place he thought he’d see her again. She says, it’s great to see everyone, and Andy asks how it feels to be back. Kathy says, good. Things happen for a reason, and she wanted to see everyone and support Kyle. Andy asks if she saw the show, and she says she watched all the clips. Kyle says, on the interweb, and Kathy says she doesn’t watch any of the shows, except Watch What Happens Live. It goes by quick. Andy says, Kathy and Kyle’s relationship was under a microscope since day one. Kathy appeared to close the door, but some people continued to blow any way Kathy took them. We flash back to Kyle and Kathy Memory Lane, Sutton and Kim included. We end with Sutton saying, if Kyle is mad about her being friends with Kathy, she doesn’t like Kathy. I think it’s more like Kyle is jealous of their relationship. We flash back to Erika’s interview where she said, a lot of people in this town fear Kathy, because she holds access to something they want. She doesn’t care if she’s on the list. Andy asks Erika if she’s afraid Kathy will lock her out, and Kathy jokes, be careful. Andy asks how Kathy felt about that, and she laughs and says she sent the clip out to people. Andy asks Erika who she thinks is most afraid of Kathy, and Erika says, Kathy is Beverly Hills. She’s set the standard and a lot of women don’t want to run crossways with this one. Sutton suddenly starts shaking, and Einstein Andy says, you’re shaking, like she might not know. Her hands also look swollen, like with Crystal when she ended up in the hospital.

Garcelle asks if they can call someone and thinks Sutton should lie down. A medic comes out, and Garcelle says, Sutton kept saying she was hot. Dr. Kathy says, it’s a hot flash. At 49, it’s bound to happen. Um… I don’t think that’s what this is. The medic says, Sutton’s blood pressure and pulse is high. He doesn’t think it’s necessary to call 911, but thinks she should get checked out at urgent care or the hospital. In other words, we need to cover our asses at Bravo. Erika and Kathy have a side conversation about the holidays, and we find out Kathy just took her tree down. Dr. Annemarie thinks Sutton should lay down, but Sutton says she’s not steady on her feet. Erika explains to Kathy that Sutton has neuropathy in her feet, and Kyle asks for slippers. Crystal says, Suttons blood pressure is as high as hers was, and Garcelle and Annemarie help Sutton to her trailer. Erika says she thinks Sutton lost consciousness for a hot second, and Kathy says, it’s a good way to get out of being here. In her trailer, Sutton says she wants something to eat, and Garcelle gives her a banana. Sutton says she just ate one, and Garcelle says, eat another, then gives her some orange juice. I wonder if Sutton’s ever been checked for diabetes, which can cause something like that. On stage, Erika says, everybody has trauma, PTSD… Andy wants to go back to some women fearing Kathy, and Erika says, she’s the outsider looking in. That’s not her social group. Kathy says, Erika doesn’t care and was like that even when she was married to Tom, and Erika says she doesn’t know if that’s a good thing or not. Kathy can pick up the phone and make things happen. Crystal says, Kathy is a powerful person. She is Beverly Hills. Andy asks how Kathy felt leaving the Reunion. Did she think that was it for her and Kyle? Kathy says, her relationship with her sister is more important than a TV show. The press says certain things, but she’ll count how many times they had a big fight on her fingers. She hides her hand and asks Kyle, how many? Kyle says, three, and Kathy holds up three fingers. That sounds about right for what we’ve seen on the show. Kathy says, they’re sisters. It’s going to happen. Andy says, when Mauricio started his own agency, it caused tension between the family, and we flash back to that. He quotes Mauricio as saying, if they’d paid him what he deserved and shown him an inkling of professional love, he would have stayed. But Rick didn’t see it that way. Kathy says, Mauricio called on Thursday and Rick asked when he was leaving. Mauricio said, on Friday, and Rick said, opening your own business is tough, but the door is always open. Just don’t poach his staff or agents. Mauricio did poach a few, and it put her and Kyle in a bad position. Kyle says she doesn’t want to get in it. She’s been through enough. Then she explains about the poaching, but I’m not interested enough to pay attention and unwrap a mini Tootsie Pop. In Sutton’s trailer, Garcelle says she’ll be okay, and Sutton says she feels sleepy. The medic says, she’s having more symptoms than he knew. On stage, Andy says, Sutton is okay, but she’s going to the hospital because of an abundance of caution, and Garcelle is going with her. They’re all praying for Sutton. He gets their phones, and we find out some of Merce is still in Sutton’s purse.

Kyle says she thought Merce was set free in Spain, and Crystal says, Sutton still had a small amount of ashes. Kyle thinks it’s weird, because she doesn’t understand much outside of her own proclivities. Andy says he’s honored to have Merce there, and Kathy says, at least give her a seat, so they have to explain that Merce was a guy. Sutton and Garcelle leave for the hospital after someone delivers their phones and Merce. Sutton says she doesn’t want to die, but Garcelle says she’s not. She’s still got more people whose feathers she needs to ruffle. Andy asks how Kyle and Kathy came back together, and Kyle says, their niece Whitney got married and she saw them for the first time at the shower. We see a video from that, and Kathy says she’s sorry. It’s not Kyle’s fault. Kyle makes her repeat it. Kyle says, they came to Aspen, and it broke the ice. Andy says, Kyle was worried that things she said on the show would ruin their reconciliation, and Kathy says, sometimes they say things out of anger and she’s 100% more sensitive than Kyle. Kyle begs to differ, But Kathy says, Kyle’s vibe is strong. Kyle says she doesn’t think Kathy realizes how strong hers is, and Kathy says she feels Kyle loves her, but she needs to feel needed. Kyle says she does need Kathy, and Kathy has been there for her in an unbelievable way lately. It means a lot. Andy asks how they think their mom would feel, and Kyle thinks she’s happy and here with them.

Andy says, this is encouraging, but the same can’t be said of all Kyle’s relationships. She and Mauricio seemed rock solid and madly in love. Now Kyle’s marriage and future are hanging in the balance. Kyle is like, thanks a lot, and we flash back to Kyle and Mauricio on the Pont des Arts, aka the Love Lock Bridge, in Paris. Fast forward to 2022, and in her interview, Kyle says she’s not happy about their lack of time together. She doesn’t want to wake up and wonder, who are you and what do we talk about? We flash back to the tattoo argument, Dorit questioning Kyle, the ring and the weed dinner, and Morgan. We see July 3, 2023, and the headlines that Kyle and Mauricio have officially split. In Kyle’s interview, she says, the marriage she had is gone. Things happened that made her lose her trust that she can’t recover from. Kyle looks stoic while watching everything, and Andy says, it’s tough to watch. He tells Kyle that everything seemed good, so when did it change? Is there an event that stands out at the beginning of their hard year? Kyle says, any marriage has issues. You get busy and have kids. There were some issues that never went away and were never worked on, then something happened where she lost her trust. Andy asks if it’s something Mauricio did, like there was ever any question about that.

Kyle says she cares about her family first, and tears up. She says she tried, and when she couldn’t try anymore, there were things she was putting up with that became more apparent. She couldn’t do that anymore. She had a breaking point, but thought it would come back, that it was just a temporary thing, but it didn’t. Andy asks if she wants it to, and she says, of course. She wasn’t married for 28 years for nothing. Erika says, she hasn’t been faking it for 28 years. Andy says, since the beginning of the show, there were rumors of infidelity. We flash back to a bunch of that, and Andy asks if it didn’t start with the tabloids on the cast trip. We flash back to Brandi bringing the magazines along and pointing the finger at Lisa, and Kyle tells Andy that Mauricio would say, they know the truth. Erika says, but the damage was done, no matter what, and Kathy says, it casts a shadow of doubt. Erika says, it’s a campaign of whispers and becomes ugly. Andy asks if rumors caused Kyle’s trust to be chipped away at, and Kyle says, yes. It made her feel insecure. Kathy says, when you’re high profile, people make stories up, and Kyle says, they’re trying to be hurtful or make you feel bad, and it works. Andy says, Kyle and Mauricio were struggling to find time as a couple, but he didn’t have it on his Bingo card ever for Mauricio being on Dancing with the Stars. Kathy says she thought, no way in hell, and Kyle says, if they’d been in the place they used to be, she never would have said yes. She admits to being jealous, and Andy says, when Mauricio dedicated a suggestive dance to Kyle, a viewer said it was a big f*** you to her. Erika says, all the dances are suggestive, and Kyle says, it was hard for her to watch. Andy asks how she feels seeing him and DWTS partner Emma holding hands, and she says, not good. Dorit says, it was like seeing PK hold hands with someone else. Andy says, when Kyle sees him partying with women in Aspen, how does she feel? We see a photo and he should be embarrassed. Kyle says, they’re in the same house. What is he doing? A viewer asks, what’s the real reason for the split up? Why not spit it out?

Andy continues with the viewer saying that Kyle dances around the reason a lot, and Kyle says, because it’s nobody’s f***ing business. I’m not a Kyle fan, but I support that 100%. Andy asks if there have been conversations about someone moving out, and she says, there have been. He asks, who? and after we hear crickets chirping, an owl hooting, and a train whistle in the distance, Kyle says, he would. Andy asks, how are the kids? and Kyle cries as much as you can without ruining your makeup and says, the girls have been strong and supportive. It’s painful for everybody. Kathy says, Mauricio is her family; he’s her nieces’ father. Looking back at the last two or three years, they’ve been traveling. People enjoy success and go in different directions. There’s no time to think, then all of a sudden, there’s devastation. Kyle has been a little weird for the past three years. She’s careful to clarify, not with her, but Kyle says, that’s not the correct timing with her marriage. I have no idea what they’re rambling about, but I’m guessing it’s rich people code for: This has been going downhill for a while, and I don’t want to talk about it. Andy asks if there’s been talk about divorce, and Kyle says, it’s hard for any of them to say that word. Andy says, but if Mauricio is looking for a place to move out and they haven’t seen progress… Kyle says, they get along well, like friends, and Andy asks if Kathy hopes they get back together. Kathy says she wants what Kyle does. Kyle’s happiness is the most important thing.

Andy says he’s hoping for the best, whatever course it takes. The person who got everyone talking was Morgan. He asks Kyle, what was Morgan’s rection to seeing herself on the show? and Kyle says, she’s never seen the show, but there was a lot of scrutiny that Morgan wasn’t comfortable with. Every day there was some speculations about them. Andy asks if the group thought they were together, and we hear more crickets. Crystal says she did before the tabloids said it. She thought it was lowkey. People sent her Instagram pictures and she thought, they’re together. Andy asks what Dorit thinks, and she says, there were a lot of pictures on Instagram, and she thought they looked like girlfriends. Andy says, on the after-show, Annemarie said, Kyle had found someone to make her feel loved, and asks if she’d expand on that. Annemarie says she thinks it’s great when you have a friendship where you get each other. She thinks that’s important during hard times in life. Andy says, Sutton and Garcelle talked about it on the after-show, and we see a clip of Garcelle saying, Kyle went to the doctor with Morgan, and she thought that was a personal thing to do, to go with someone you’ve just met. I dunno about that. It sounds like a girl thing. Andy says, Kyle kind of made Morgan a household name, but Kyle says, all Morgan cares about is making music. Crystal asks when Kyle did the music video, and Kyle says, a month before the story about her marriage broke. She wouldn’t have done it once that came out, but it had already been done. Andy asks what the purpose was, and Kyle says, Morgan was going on tour and said she wanted to support Kyle at the Loreen event, but in return asked her to be in the video. We see a clip of them discussing the video, and Kyle says, Morgan thought it would be a good idea to poke fun at their relationship. She told the director that she’d never kissed on camera, let alone a woman, but if she’s being honest, she was obviously curious. And Morgan is hot. Andy says, and the million-dollar question. Is anything going on between them?

Kyle says, in that way?… No. He asks if they’re a couple, and she says, no. He asks if Kyle has feelings for her, and Kyle says she loves Morgan. Morgan is her friend. Andy asks what Kathy thinks of Morgan, and Kathy says, she’s funny, bright, humble, and refreshing. She saw Morgan perform and was blown away. Andy asks if Kyle could see herself with Morgan, but Kyle says she doesn’t know. Andy says, that’s not a no, and Kyle says she’s evolving and changing. Clearly, she’s going through her own evolution and doesn’t know what the future holds. Andy wonders if Morgan will be on the couch next year. He thinks it’s odd that Garcelle, Sutton, and Merce’s remaining ashes are in an ambulance, but they’re all praying and glad Sutton’s getting help. He asks what each of them is taking away from this season.

Andy says, Annemarie had a rough ride, and asks if she was able to mend fences tonight. Since no one can respond to a question with a straight answer, Annemarie says, it’s important for her to remember that the most important thing is happiness and health. He says, what Crystal is taking away, and she says, that she shouldn’t be afraid to speak out. Her voice matters. Erika says she’s proud she showed up for herself. It’s been hard, but she feels so much better. Andy asks if Kathy feels good, and she says she does. She’s happy to be here with Kyle tonight. At the end day, the women care about each other and have a sisterhood. She respects it. Dorit starts to give her takeaway, when Andy yawns. Dorit says, again? and everyone laughs. Dorit says she’s learned not to trust. It’s her nature to believe it when someone is nice and makes her feel like they’re a friend. She thinks she has to be less naïve. Andy asks if she’s talking about Garcelle, and Dorit says she is. Andy gives Kyle the last word, and she says she may have lost what she felt was her happily ever after, but she’s strong enough to have her happily ever after, no matter what. Andy says, there’s a lot of optimism. While they miss Garcelle and Sutton, he thanks everyone for a great season. We read that Sutton was back home with Avi and her dogs after making a full recovery. We read that Kyle and Mauricio are still under the same roof, but leading separate lives. Mauricio is in search of a new home, and Kyle saw Morgan in concert.

And I say, hallelujah, the season is over.

🥯 Shake, Rattle, and Bagel…

Come on by tomorrow for soap and Oscar talk. Until then, stay safe, stay holding the door open for the next person, and stay using a password more complicated than 123412.

Mar13

March 12, 2024 – Drew Questions Carly About Jason, Ariana Hands Out Ultimatums, Thoughts & Go

Posted on March 13, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sam holds Dante’s hand and says she thought if she kept it together overnight that she’d wake up and find it was just a horrible dream, but he’s here and he’s not awake. And no matter where she looks, there’s someone is telling her that Jason’s alive and Jason did this to him. Laura comes in and asks if there’s been any change, but Sam says, Dante’s the same and her world is in pieces.

On the phone, Finn tells Portia that he’d love to do a consult for her. Who’s the patient?… Oh boy.

Heather says Amy is a nurse. Isn’t she supposed to do more than stand there and watch her suffer? Amy says she’ll be taking Heather’s vitals. They’re just waiting for the doctor. Heather says, why doesn’t she write this in her notes? The next time she touches a patient, wear mittens. Her hands are freezing. Amy says she’ll do that, when Finn walks in. Heather says, it’s so nice to see a friendly face. It’s about the only warm thing in this place. He says his being here is not good news, and she asks if he means for him, but he says, for her.

In the elevator, Molly says she wishes there was something they could do for Sam. She seemed beyond exhausted and so shaky. Kristina says, seeing her big sister like that made her shaky. She’s always been a rock. Molly says, Sam’s still holding up better than she would be, and Kristina says, can she imagine. Your ex-husband comes back from the dead and could be the reason your live-in boyfriend is fighting for his life in the ICU. She’d be curled up in a ball somewhere. Kristina says, all they can do is support her. Starting with getting her some breakfast. She’s got to keep her strength up. Kristina says, Molly’s maternal instincts are already kicking in. She’s going to be such a good mom. This baby is lucky to have her. They get out of the elevator just as Blaze is coming by, and Kristina hugs her. She says she didn’t know Blaze was coming, and Blaze says, her girlfriend needs her. Where else would she be?

Carly sees the headline about Dante on her tablet, and that a manhunt is on for Jason as a suspect. There’s a knock at the door, and she opens it to Drew. She says, he didn’t have to knock. He says he wasn’t sure. He didn’t want to interrupt in case his brother was here. (I see. He’s going to start off in a-hole mode.)

Jason comes to in the boathouse and looks at his wound, touching it gingerly. He groans and sits up.

Finn tells Heather that Dr. Robinson asked him to consult because she’s presenting with a difficult case. Her test results determined she has cardiopathy, which means a weakened heart muscle. She says, no one’s ever accused her of having a weak heart before, and he says, it’s not really an accusation; it’s a fact, and probably the reason she fainted. She says, that’s the reason she was put on those pills? and he nods. He says, unfortunately, she’s not responding to the medication… She says she’s sorry. She can’t possibly concentrate on his beautiful voice when she’s in agonizing pain. She asks if Amy can possibly move her pillow, since she obviously can’t, and Amy adjusts the pillows. Heather says she’s not a doctor, but she’s learned the ins and outs of the medical profession by binge watching Grey’s Anatomy, and she’s also got quite an education over the years from being in various mental facilities. So she feels qualified to ask, why is the Infectious Disease Department’s very own Dr. Dashing checking out her ticker? He says, the two cariologists that examined her before him came back with nothing, so Dr. Robinson asked him to rule out everything else. To that end, has she ever experienced any problems breathing in the past? Heather tells Amy, could she please, higher with the pillow already? No. To the left. Amy pulls the pillow to her left, and Heather says, no, the other left. How many lefts does she have? She asks Finn if they can get Nurse Elizabeth in here. They really understand each other and she’s not vibing with this one at all. (Oh man, she cracks me up.) No offense. She’s sure there’s a few people who really like Amy in this place. Finn asks if Heather can focus for a moment. This is actually important. Her symptoms are important. Heather says she wishes she could, but she’s afraid she’s too distraught. Her complete devastation is swallowing her every thought. In fact, maybe he can help her and, in that way, she can help him. He says, with what? and she says she really needs to see her grandbaby.

Molly tells Kristina that she’s going to see if she can track down TJ and leaves. Blaze asks how Kristina is holding up. How’s her brother? Kristina says, Dante is out of surgery, but he’s still critical. They’re just hoping he wakes up soon and he’s okay. Blaze says, thank God, and Kristina says, it’s a huge relief. Her whole family is here, so Blaze shouldn’t feel like she needs to stay. Blaze says, Kristina is disappointed. She’s sorry. Kristina says, no, that’s not it. She just knows how busy Blaze is and she doesn’t want to be an inconvenience. Blaze says her girlfriend is never an inconvenience. Never. Not a minute goes by that she doesn’t wish she was with Kristina. Kristina says, girlfriend. It seems like that word is much easier for Blaze to say. Blaze says she can’t believe how lucky she is that she gets to say it, and Kristina says she’s lucky to hear it. Blaze says, believe her, if it were anything else, she’d reschedule her morning to be with Kristina, and Kristina asks, what is it about this morning that’s so special? Blaze says her mother.

Carly says, Jason’s not here, and Drew says, but he was last night. She says, yeah, and they go into the living room. Drew tells her, The Invader said that the police were called to search the Shoreline area and not coincidentally, she lives on Shoreline Road. But even without that, he knew Jason would come straight to her. Last night at the Quartermaines when she came to help with the kids, was he already here? Was he hiding out? She says, no, and he thanks her for that. He says, it was good last night. She really helped with the kids and he felt like they were in it together. He would have hated knowing that was a lie. She says she didn’t lie to him, and he says, but she didn’t call him either.

Jason slides himself across the floor and sits against a chair. Danny walks in, sees Jason, and says, dad?

Heather tells Finn, Laura brought little Ace in last night. He’s sick. Finn says, even if her grandson was admitted, he can’t just take her to see another patient, especially a minor. She says, but her baby’s baby was brought to this hospital. He didn’t come here on a tour, so obviously, something is wrong with him. She’s worried sick about what it could be. Please. There must be something he can do. She’s asking him as a grandmother. He says he’ll tell her what. How about she cooperates with him, and he’ll see what he can do for her. She says, okay. Other than the awful pain in her hip, she’s been bloated for a couple of months, which is kind of strange. She asks if Amy shouldn’t be writing this down, calling her ice paws, but Finn says he’ll take it from here. Amy says, good luck, and leaves.

Blaze tells Kristina that her mom called her this morning and asked if she was free so they could get together for breakfast. Given the way they left things, she felt like she had to say yes. Kristina says, Blaze doesn’t have to explain anything to her. It’s perfectly reasonable that she’d want to see her mom. She’s just curious though. How did she sound? Blaze says she’s not sure. Contrite maybe, but their conversation was really short, so she’s not sure. Kristina says, maybe she’s had some time to process and maybe she’s ready to hear Blaze out now. Blaze says, that’d be nice, but she’s not holding her breath. Kristina says she’d be happy to go with Blaze, and Blaze says, even after the way her mother treated Kristina?

Sam sits with Laura, who says she can only imagine how overwhelmed Sam must be with this whole situation, and Sam says, it’s got to be hard for Laura too. She was Dante’s mother-in-law. Laura says she does know what a truly wonderful human being he is. She hopes Sam knows she can talk to her, but Sam says she doesn’t know what to say exactly. It’s like she has all these thoughts roaming around in her head and she just can’t put words to them. These thoughts are swirling around in her head, and she can’t grab hold of one thought or feeling for more than a second. Laura says, that sounds about right, and Sam says she just doesn’t know what to do. Laura says, it’s going to take some time, and a little bit of rest will help a lot. Sam says, it’s like one second, she’s really hurt because Jason could be out there a fugitive, and the next second, she gets all weepy because she’s grateful that he’s alive. Then she has this voice in her head, and it keeps asking her, where has he been all this time? Why didn’t he try to contact her? She doesn’t know. Laura says, it’s very, very complicated, but Sam says, it shouldn’t be complicated, should it? She and Jason were long over before he disappeared. Laura says, yes, but that doesn’t change the fact that he was a very significant part of her life. She loved him. She had a child with him. They share all of those experiences, but she can’t expect herself to see things clearly right now while she’s still in shock. And Laura thinks she is. Sam agrees and says she feels she has to keep it together, if only for her kids. She’d asked the Quartermaines to keep Scout home from school, and she’s sure Danny has read the article in The Invader. Right now, he thinks his father’s the one who shot Dante. How is she supposed to help Danny process this if she can’t even process it herself? Laura says she wishes she had better answers for Sam, but she does know this. If she allows her love for her children to ground her and guide her, everything else just has a way of working itself out. Sam thanks her for saying that and for being here.

Danny and Jason soap look at one another for a moment, and Danny starts to run off, but Jason says, wait. He knows he has no right to ask Danny, but he’s in trouble and he needs Danny’s help. Danny asks why he should help Jason. And don’t say it’s because he’s Danny’s father. Jason says, because the police are after him and he didn’t do what they said he did. Danny says, he didn’t shoot Dante? and Jason says, no. Danny says, swear on it. Swear on something that matters to him. Jason says he swears on Danny’s life.

Blaze says she appreciates it, but right now, Kristina needs to be with her family. She can deal with her own. Kristina asks if she’s sure, and Blaze says she’ll be fine. Just knowing she has Kristina will get her through whatever her mom has to say. Kristina says, okay. She’ll be here when Blaze gets back. Blaze says she’s counting on it, kisses Kristina, and leaves.

Finn says, so for the past few months, Heather said she had ringing in the ears, some tingling in the extremities, and brittle nails. Heather says, which is strange because she always had really strong nails. She’s not saying she had a future as a hand model or anything like that, but does he think that had something to do with her heart? He says he thinks he needs to run some more tests, and she says, he can poke, prod, draw all the blood he wants, but after he finds out what’s going on with her grandson. Laura comes in and says, that won’t be necessary, and Heather says, with all due respect, your mayorship, the good doctor and I have a relationship that’s working just fine without you. Laura says hi to Finn and asks if he wouldn’t mind giving her a moment alone with Heather. They’re long overdue for a talk. Finn says, of course (🍷), and leaves. Laura closes the blinds and turns to face Heather.

Carly tells Drew that her first call last night was to Diane. That’s because Anna Devane showed up with Agent Cates and they told her that Jason was alive, and they had warrant and they wanted to search her house. He asks if that’s the first she heard about Jason, but she says, no. When she got back here when she left the Quartermaines, he was here waiting for her. She walked in her house, and he said her name and she recognized his voice. She turned around and he was standing right there and all she could do was hug him. She realized he’d been shot, so she ran upstairs to get a first aid kit and she came down. She was trying to bandage him up, and that’s when Anna started banging on the door. She starts to cry and says, he didn’t know her mom had died. Drew says, so she told him about Bobbie, and she says she was doing such a bad job at cleaning the wound, she mentioned that she wished she could call her mom and ask for help. He said not to, and that’s when she realized he didn’t know. She told him and she could see it hit his face. She wanted to tell him what happened, and that’s when Anna and John showed up. He asks if Jason told her how he got shot, but she says, no. They didn’t talk about it. He says, the police think he shot Dante, and she says, the police are wrong. He asks how she knows that if she and Jason didn’t even talk about it, and she says, because she knows Jason. He tells her, yeah, that’s what he thought she was going to say.

Jason gets up and tells Danny that he’s just a little dizzy. He’s going to sit over here. He sits on a bench near the door, and Danny asks what Jason needs him to do. Jason asks if Danny can bring him a first aid kit from the house, and Danny says, he was shot, right? Jason says, yeah, and Danny says, then wouldn’t he need more than a first aid kit? Should he go grab grandma’s medical bag? Jason asks if Monica is up at the house, but Danny says he doesn’t know. She might have gone to the hospital. Jason says, don’t get the medical bag. It’s going to draw too much attention. Get a first aid kit from the kitchen or the bathroom and bring it down here. Danny says, sure. He’ll be right back. He starts to leave, and Jason tells him, close the door. He does, and Jason takes his gun out of his waistband and sets it next to him.

Molly says, Blaze couldn’t stay? and Kristina says, no. She was a little surprised at first, but Blaze explained it and it’s not a big deal. Kristina asks if she’s sure. She went from elated to deflated in three seconds. She’s Kirstina’s sister. It’s hard to miss. Kristina says, she went to see her mother, and Molly says, and that’s bad? Kristina says, it’s not exactly bad, but Blaze’s mom’s not her biggest fan. Molly says, that’s ridiculous. Anyone who spends more than five seconds with Kristina loves her. Kristina says, not Blaze’s mother. Not since she found Kristina in her daughter’s bed.

Natalia meets Blaze at ~~Kelly’s~~ Bobbie’s, saying, good morning, and hugging her. She asks, what’s good here? and Blaze says, they’re known for their BLTs and their burgers. They sit at a table, and Natalia says, seems a little early for a burger (never), but a BLT may be too salty. Blaze says, that’s it? She wanted to get together to discuss the menu? Natalia says, if they’re going to end up getting something to eat, they should probably look at it, and Blaze takes the menu out of her hand. She says, this is a Port Charles institution. Everything in here is good, really good. There. They’ve covered the menu. Natalia asks why she’s acting like this, and Blaze says she’s not acting like anything. Natalia is the one acting like everything is the same as always and it’s not. They need to talk. Natalia says she knows, and she’s been doing some thinking. She knows things have changed and there’s something she wants to say to Blaze.

Heather asks Laura not to keep her in suspense. It’s not good for her weakened heart muscle. Is Ace all right? Laura says, yes. Ace has an ear infection, but other than that, he’s going to be perfectly fine. Heather says, fine for a child whose mother is dead, and Larua says, they all agreed… but Heather says, no, they didn’t all agree. Her daughter is gone, and Laura is telling her that her daughter’s child, her grandson, is fine. Just how fine can he be? Especially with Laura having Cyrus Renault and Ryan’s twin in his life. Laura is a mother. How could she not know how critical these early years are to a child’s development? Laura says she’s well-aware of that, and Heather says, and she thinks exposing him to the dregs of his gene pool is the way to a happy and healthy childhood? Good Lord. She might as well have him with her in Pentenville. Actually, a better caliber of people. Laura says, that’s actually why she came here to discuss this with Heather, and Heather says, keeping Ace with her? but Laura says, no. That will never happen. Heather says she assumes Laura came her to apologize for clocking her over the head, but she’s taking her sweet time getting to that, so it’s probably not the reason for her little drop-in. Don’t worry about it. She doesn’t need to apologize. She’s fine. Laura says she came to discuss Pentenville with Heather. She’s soon to be someone else’s problem. She had a conversation with Robert. Heather says, Scorpio? and Laura says, uh-huh. Heather says, how is their little DA? and Laura says, good. And he agrees with her that given Heather’s history of escaping and assaulting, they no longer feel Pentenville is an appropriate place for her. Heather asks if they’re sending her back to D’Archam, but Laura says, no. San Quentin Women’s Federal Penitentiary.

Michael asks Sam if everything is okay with Dante, and Sam says, he’s in critical but stable condition. Michael breathes a sigh of relief and says he saw Sam sitting out here instead of in there with Dante, and thought… It doesn’t matter. How is she? She says she’s not entirely sure, and he says, because of Jason. She says, amongst other things. It’s a lot and it’s nothing she was prepared for. He says, none of them were, and add to that worrying about Dante. She says, that’s kind of why she came out here. She needed a couple of minutes to clear her head. he says, right. He came and he took those away from her. He’ll grab a coffee and leave her to… She says, no. Don’t go. Please stay here. Welcome to her world. There’s always room for one more.

Carly says, Jason would never shoot Dante, and Drew tells her, the police said Dante was in pursuit of two suspects. What if Jason shot at the man who was chasing him without realizing it was Dante? She says, there were two suspects, like he just told her. Obviously, the other guy shot Dante. He says, it’s only obvious to her. She can’t even allow for the possibility that Jason made a mistake. Let alone the fact that maybe he shot Dante… She asks why he’s doing this. Why is he so convinced Jason’s guilty? He says he’s not convinced. He doesn’t know if Jason shot Dante and neither does she. She has no evidence. She doesn’t even have Jason’s account on what happened that night. All she has is how she feels about him and that’s enough for her. She walks to the other side of the room, and he says, it’s the two of them, Jason and Carly. They come first with each other. They always have and they always will.

Heather says, San Quentin. California? Laura says, it’s their professional opinion that it’s the best placement for her, and Heather says, please. Please do not do this to her. Laura says, Heather gave her no choice. She’s proven time and again that she’s a danger to this community. As a matter of public safety, she has to put as much space between Heather and Port Charles as possible to make it highly unlikely that she’ll ever come back again. Heather says, she’s letting Cyrus’s whispers get into her head. She knows Laura. She’s better than this. They used to be friends. Laura says she knows. She remembers. That’s what makes this so hard. Honestly, she’s been struggling to understand what happened to Heather. When they were young, she did some pretty horrible things to people, but she wasn’t this. She wasn’t a killer. Heather says, everything she’s done, she swears, was done out of love for her family. Laura’s a mom. You do things you would never think of otherwise. Laura of all people should understand. Laura says she doesn’t understand, and she never will. All she cares about is making sure Heather can never hurt her family again. Heather says, and there is it. Laura’s family. She laughs and says, this was never about a professional decision between Laura and the DA. It was always a personal one. This has nothing to do with her being a danger to their community. Laura tells Heather that her family is part of the community, and Heather says, damn her family. Ace has brought them together and she knows Laura doesn’t like it. He’s binding them together as grandmothers. It’s about Ace. That poor little boy has lost so much already. She can’t send away the only connection to his mom he’s got in the world. She’s begging Laura, please don’t separate her from the only family she has. Laura says, no. Ace is no longer Heather’s concern. She and Doc are going to adopt him. Heather says she’ll die before she lets Laura and Ryan Chamberlain’s brother raise her daughter’s son.

Kristina tells Molly that Blaze’s mother came in and saw her in Blaze’s bed. Blaze told her mother that she was gay, and her mom’s response was like, the room is messy, and she started folding. Kristina could practically see her brain short circuiting because of the cognitive distance. It was wild. Molly says, that must have been… She doesn’t even know. How does Kristina feel about it? Kristina says, they talked about it ahead of time about her family, so she guesses it wasn’t totally unexpected. Molly says, but experiencing it up close and personal is different, and Kristina says, it was tough. But her mom called her today to talk and that’s a good sign. Doesn’t Molly think? Molly nods, but Kristina says, what? What is she thinking super loud and not saying? Molly says, no, nothing. She hopes Kristina is right. Kristina says she knows what Molly is thinking. Of course (🍷). She’s thinking Kristina is being way too optimistic and this is a set-up for Ally to fall and it’s going to be bad for her, which is bad for them as a couple, which is bad for her, which is bad for the baby, which is bad for Molly because it’s her baby… Molly asks how Kristina even get there from… no. Has she said anything like that?

Natalia says she’s sorry for her behavior when she saw Blaze with Kristina and for when Blaze tried to explain. She’s sorry. Blaze asks if she means that, and Natalia says she does. Blaze has to know that she was totally caught off guard and her response was to completely shut down, but she’s not a fool. She knows what she walked in on, and she heard Blaze when she was trying to explain to her. Blaze tells her that she doesn’t know what to say. She was afraid she was going to go her whole life without Natalia ever saying anything like that. Natalia says she also feels that she should have known what was really going on. And why Blaze would feel more comfortable with a woman right now. Blaze asks what she means, and Natalia says, what happened with Linc Brown was so traumatizing. An experience like that would make almost anyone want to experiment.

Michael says he can’t believe Jason shot Dante, and Sam says, he doesn’t want to believe it. She doesn’t want to believe it either, but they won’t know who shot Dante until Dante wakes up… if he wakes up. Michael says, what Sam and Dante have is something really special. They don’t just love each other; they’re partners in every sense of the word. They work as a team. They co-parent. They have each other’s backs. They’re each other’s best friend. It’s inspiring. That sense of support and responsibility makes their love that much more powerful.

Jason dozes, gun in hand, when Danny comes back. Jason says, he came back, and Danny tells him that he said he would.

Laura says, it’s already been done, but she’ll make Heather a promise. Ace will always be safe, and he will always be loved and Heather can rest easy, knowing she will always take good care of him. But she can never see him again. Heather says, no, and looks super sad as Laura leaves.

Molly says, Kristina asked her for the benefit of the doubt. To trust she’d be responsible and healthy and do what’s right for the baby. So maybe she can ask Kristina to do the same for her. Don’t assume Molly is always judging her because she promises she’s not. Kristina says she can do that, and Molly says, they got into this whole thing because they trust each other more than anybody. Let’s not forget that. Kristina promises and says she loves Molly. Molly says she loves Kristina, and they pinky swear. Molly says, and that trust extends to Blaze. If Kristina thinks she’s worth fighting for, so does she.

Blaze tells Natalia, that’s not what this is about. At least not for her. She’s been with women before. Natalia says, if this is what Blaze needs to heal, being with Kristina, she supports Blaze. Blaze says she can’t believe her, and Natalia asks what she said. Blaze says, who she is, her entire being has nothing to do with what Linc did to her. And the fact that Natalia can’t accept that… She can’t. She gets up, and Natalia asks what she’s doing. Where is she going? Please, just sit down. Let them figure this out. Blaze says she’s lost her appetite and leaves.

Carly tells Drew that Jason’s her friend… No, that’s not true. She doesn’t know if there’s a word to explain how she feels about Jason, but that doesn’t change how she feels about Drew. He says he knows she loves him, and she says she does. She loves him so much. He says, and she loves Jax, and she loves Sonny. She loves Sonny a lot, but none of them will take Jason’s place in her life, let alone her heart. Jason is the one she turns to when she’s afraid, when she’s in trouble. He’s the one who keeps her secrets. He’s the one she counts on. She says, he’s never failed her, and Drew says, what about the last two and a half years when he let her think he was dead. That doesn’t count as him failing her?

Sam tells Dante that she’s gotten so used to him being there, she doesn’t think she ever realized how much she relies on him. She’s got this huge news and he’s the only person she wants to share it with. So she’s going to need him to do this thing that only he can do. Where he backs up her feelings and gives her a new perspective all at the same time. Can he do that now for her? Please?

Danny says he thought about calling the cops, and Jason asks, why didn’t he? Danny says, because Jason said he didn’t do it, and Jason thanks him. Danny hands him the first aid kit and sees the gun. Jason picks it up and says, the safety’s on. It’s that little switch right there. If Danny ever has to handle a gun, always make sure the safety’s on, okay? Danny nods, and Jason puts the gun down. He picks up the kit and opens it. Danny asks if Jason needs help, and Jason says, no, but he needs Danny to do something for him. He can’t tell his mother about this, that Danny saw him or where he is. Danny asks, why not? but Jason says he can’t explain that. He just needs Danny to trust him. Danny says, okay.

Tomorrow, Selina says, she and Sonny have been deceived; Curtis has some news that he should share with Marshall sooner than later; Danny needs a favor from someone; Anna tells Sonny, do not go after Jason; and Jason says, it’s not fair for him to bring Michael into this.

Vanderpump Rules

Tom comes home to poor Ann, and whispers, is Ariana here? In Ariana’s interview, she says, it’s the sound of Sandoval coming back from Tahoe. It’s like the Wicked Witch of the West. She would love to click her heels, but she’s already home. Ann asks if there were any fights, and we flash back to all those. Sandoval says, but they had resolutions, and in his interview, he says, all in all, Tahoe was pretty good. The stench of the scandal is wearing off and he’s being humanized again. He’s optimistic. He tells Ann that he’s going to unpack his clothes and his feelings. He’s going to journal.

Donut! Scheana visits Villa Rosa where Lisa is doing Donut training. Scheana says, the day after she saw Lisa in Tahoe was the most emotionally draining day. She realized she’s going through the stages of grief for her friendship with Sandoval. Lisa asks if she’s worried Ariana will be upset, and Scheana says, when she tries to tell Ariana how she’s feeling, Ariana doesn’t want to hear about it. She’s doing everything to be ride or die, but is it not enough? In Scheana’s interview, she says she’s afraid to express how she feels. It’s only about Ariana, but she’s struggling. When she tries to have a conversation with Ariana, she’s made to feel like her feelings aren’t valid. Lisa wonders if it’s because Ariana is experiencing a whirlwind of attention. Scheana says, someone else told her about Dancing with the Stars, and Lisa says she remembers Scheana saying she wanted it more than anything. Scheana says she took dance classes to prepare just in case. In her interview, Scheana says she can be happy for Ariana and sad for herself. Ariana has come a long way from being her back-up dancer. We flash back to that long-forgotten performance, and she tells Lisa, it was a punch to the gut. Lisa says, if their friendship is as great as Scheana says, she should be able to tell Ariana how she feels. Scheana says, when she does, Ariana shuts her down. She wants a relationship where she’s not the only one being supportive. It’s the story of her life. In Lisa’s interview, she says, Scheana tries to make everybody happy. It’s okay to say someone hurt your feelings. Not that she would say it… Lisa asks when Scheana is seeing Ariana, and Scheana says, they’re having a girls’ astrology night at Ally’s house. Lisa says, it’s up to her.

Lala and Ariana go for coffee, and Ariana shows Lala the photos from the shoot. In one photo, she’s smashing a TV, and she says she feels like she doesn’t let herself get angry. We flash back to a few very angry moments, and Ariana says she wants to hit things more often. She asks, what happened on the trip? Scheana called her crying. Lala says, the trip was weird. She’d never seen Scheana this upset. She thinks Scheana believes if she goes somewhere and Sandoval is around, can she enjoy herself and have fun on a surface level? Ariana says she’s not asking Scheana to fight Sandoval. The internet is ripping her apart about a f***ing photo. Lala asks if Ariana came to Scheana’s defense, and Ariana admits she hasn’t. Lala asks if she couldn’t tell her stans to knock it off, and Ariana says she guesses she could. Lala says, that would have been nice, and in Lala’s interview, she says, Ariana is constantly on social just a-scrollin’. She doesn’t want to post because she doesn’t want to be in the mix, but if she steps out of the house she’s in the mx. If she lifts her finger she’s in the mix. Lala tells Ariana that Scheana was very upset about the affair and caught a restraining order. She thinks Scheana needs closure. She needs Ariana to say they’ll always be best friends and whatever Scheana needs to do to heal, do that. Can Ariana say that? Ariana says she can tell Scheana that she loves her because she does, but her position hasn’t changed. She doesn’t want Sandoval having any access to her life, even through mutual friends. If she’s not down with him being around, she can remove herself if the situation is uncomfortable. Lala says, that’s what Scheana is nervous about, but Ariana says she’s not the person to come to for the Sandoval sympathy train. In Ariana’s interview, she says she’s trying to be compassionate, but Scheana is easily walked over. It’s Sandoval’s easiest route to go get them, and when they all come around, he can ice her out. Lala says, Scheana is nervous that she won’t have Ariana as a friend if she does what she needs to heal. Ariana says she wants Scheana to be happy, but she needs to do what works for her to be happy as well.

Kristina, Katie, Lala, and Scheana meet for dinner. Scheana says her daughter broke her arm, and Lala asks what color the cast is. Scheana says, pink. She wanted it to coordinate with Summer Moon’s wardrobe. In Scheana’s interview, she says, it’s just her luck. She’s terrified to let anyone else care for her kid, and right in front of her own eyes, her daughter broke her arm. They talk about Tahoe, and Scheana says, Sandoval was there. They had a spiritual healing meditation, and for the first time, she knows he shed genuine tears. Kristina says she thinks Scheana is sadder about losing the friendship than Ariana is about losing the relationship, and Scheana says, they’d been unhappy for a long time. Kristina wonders why Ariana would stay, and Scheana says, you don’t know when you’re in it. Look at Jax and Brittany. We flash back to their whole relationship, probably because The Valley needs viewers. Katie says, there are still stories about Jax running around town, and Lala says, it’s beyond. Katie asks where Scheana is at, and Scheana says she’s finally going through the grieving process. Ariana grieved her loss, she’s making millions, and living her best life. Scheana misses who Sandoval was before. When they were in New York, he was the only person who welcomed her into photos with the group. Katie says she’s not hanging onto twelve years ago, and in Katie’s interview, she says she wishes Scheana would wake up. Sandoval never gave a f*** about their friendship. She should cut ties, move on, and be a friend to Ariana. Scheana announces that she slept with the bartender here, and Lala says, recently? Scheana says, no, like 2013. Katie says she’s going to jump off the roof if they talk about Sandoval anymore, startling everyone. Lala says, they’re not talking about him, and Katie says, he never even offered an apology. He interfered in her marriage and made her out to be a monster to everyone. Anyone who’s having trouble getting over that trash bag of a human is a demon. Is it me, or is she the one bringing up Sandoval and proving his point by acting like a monster?

Lisa goes to TomTom, which has absorbed some of PUMP’s former staff. Sandoval meets her and she suggests they sit in the garden. She tells him that they want to make the restaurant more dining oriented, and in Sandoval’s interview, he says, it’s weird to make changes without him and Schwartz knowing. In Lisa’s interview, she says, she’d never consult a 2½% partner. Tom brings ice cream, which Lisa declines until she sees the lavender/honey matches the tablecloth. She asks how Tahoe was, and he says, everyone was kind to him. Lisa says when she saw him at Wolf, he looked like sh*t. He looks happier now. We flash back to that, and she says she doesn’t want to see any of them being that depressed. Sandoval says he’s worried about Raquel. He misses her. Lisa asks if he’s spoken to her, and he says, no. He wants to have a relationship, even if they’re just friends. Lisa says she wasn’t going to tell him, but she and Raquel spoke at length, and she didn’t seem happy with him. In his interview, Sandoval says, Raquel told him that when people are done the program, they often stay there for a while. He told her, the longer she stays, the harder it’s going to be. She seemed to be mad at him if he didn’t 100% agree with what the program said, and they were making him out to be bad for her. Nice to see that he really cares about what’s best for her. What a d-bag. Lisa says, Raquel wasn’t comfortable with lying, and he told her, life is lying. He says he didn’t. He’s worried sick and wants to know she’s okay. Lisa says, if she’s willing to talk to him… and he says, she blocked him. Lisa says, then it’s over, and in her interview, Lisa says, Raquel said she felt manipulated and didn’t love him anymore. She tells Sandoval that he’s got to go forward. She thinks it’s the past.

Lisa meets Lala, along with Jessica, aka Lala’s brain, at Lala’s office. Lisa says Lala is grown up now, and Lala says she’s rebranding. She’s got to get rid of Lala in the name. The products need to stand on their own. In Lala’s interview, she says, when she created Give Them Lala, she was shoving herself down everyone’s throat. She’s changed as a person. She’s more reserved and needs the brand to reflect that. She tells Lisa that she needs money for a sperm donor. Her child is now speaking. Lisa asks if Ocean told Lala that she needed one, and in her interview, Lala says she gets it’s not the norm, but going the donor route is the right decision. She tells Lisa that after this one, she’d like to adopt one, and if she meets a guy, they might have a baby. She’s going to have all the kids in the world. In her interview, she says she wants an absolute, and starts to cry. No matter what, it’s her baby. No one can come in and take it from her. She doesn’t want to share on Christmas. It will be just hers. She tells Lisa that she loves being a mom. Lisa asks if Tahoe was a respite, and Lala says, it was emotionally depleting, but she doesn’t have to be torn. Scheana does. She talked to Ariana about the internet dragging Scheana and told her, why not put out a message? Ariana said she didn’t want the headline, but Lala said, everything is a headline, and Ariana did it. She and Scheana need to have a conversation. Something has to give. Lisa says she sees a sh*tstorm coming.

Schwartz brings Jo to See You Next Tuesday, and they sit with Ally. In Schwartz’s interview, he says he knows some of the other girls have problems with Jo, especially Katie. James joins them on his break, and he and Ally agree that Jo and Schwartz give off BFF vibes. James asks if it’s with benefits, and Schwartz dances around that. He says he thinks Tahoe was a great success. There were mini breakthroughs. James says, part of him was stoked to see Sandoval, and in his interview, he says he and Sandoval are in a better place than they were weeks ago. Now what Sandoval does and says going forward dictates how the friendship goes. Sandoval comes into SUR, and Schwartz tells James that he’s been going down a YouTube rabbit hole with old movies. He thinks it would be cool to have a guy’s night Rat Pack style. They can go to a steakhouse. James says he’s in it, and Sandoval comes over. James invites him to sit down, and Sandoval gives James his pair of sunglasses. In Ally’s interview, she says, it feels like Sandoval is trying to buy James. She hopes this sad attempt at an apology doesn’t end up with James disappointed. Why waste time on a loser? James says, Sandoval was like an older brother, and he never lost one thing Sandoval gave him. Ally looks uncomfortable.

Jo and Schwartz go to a Skee-Ball bar, and in Schwartz’s interview, he says he and Jo never had a formal relationship. Last summer maybe he didn’t divulge how much they cared about each other. Partly because of Katie’s resentment. Jo’s not everyone’s cup of tea. He thinks she’s a great cup of tea. They talk about aliens, and he says he’s not convinced she’s not a tall grey. In his interview, a producer asks Schwartz, when was the last time he and Jo were intimate? but Schwartz says he doesn’t remember. In Jo’s interview, she thinks it was a month ago. She thinks they caught feelings for each other and they’re still there.

The guys meet at a steakhouse, while the girls go to Ally’s for their birth charts. In Ally’s interview, she says, when she heard Teardrops on My Guitar on the radio, she decided she wanted to be like Taylor Swift. We see a clip of Ally singing and playing guitar, and she says, but there can only be only one Taylor, so she decided to be an astrologer. Okay. That’s one alternative. Waitress Beatrice takes the guys’ drink orders and says the guy with the chips will be by. These aren’t nacho chips. It’s a Brazilian steakhouse where you flip the chip to green when you want meat. I went to one of these once and could barely move the next day. I was with a group and had a comedian among us who thought it was a riot to loudly say things like, is that parakeet coming next? It was kinda funny. The girls decide that, rather than one-on-one readings, they want to hear it all. This is not my thing, but here’s the gist of it. Ariana’s planet is about luck, wealth, and opportunity. It’s having a four-leaf clover in your pocket. In Ariana’s interview, she says she didn’t feel lucky when Charlotte died, and her grandma died, and her relationship died. We flash back to all that, and she says, maybe Tom was stomping on her four-leaf clover energy, but once his dumb foot was gone, she bloomed. Ally says, Scheana needs partnership to be shining, but she needs to fill her own cup before others. It allows her to shine brighter. In Scheana’s interview, she says she puts everyone first. It’s the story of her life. It’s how she was raised. But like on an airplane, she has to put her own mask on first. Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! I love when I see one of them have a growth spurt. Ally says, this is not Katie’s first lifetime, and Katie says, before this, she was always a male. In Katie’s interview, she says, if anyone wonders why she has Big D*ck Energy, it’s because she had a big d*ck.

Ally tells Ariana that things are looking up. By March 2024, she’s going to be saying, thank God that happened. Scheana says, it must be tough to process, being separated but in the same house, and Ariana says she’s dealing with a lot of legal back and forth. The internet thinks she’s making millions of dollars, but that’s not true. She wasn’t prepared to move financially. Literally a week before it happened, she’d emailed her agent and manager and told them they have to try and do some sh*t because she’s not in a good place financially. In Ariana’s interview, she says, when she started making decent money, they decided to buy a house. After that, she was playing catch up, then put a bunch of money into the sandwich shop. In March, she was literally on her last $2000. Sandoval created a situation that sent her scrambling to get her sh*t together in a financially responsible way so she could move on to the next step.

James asks about Sandoval’s conversation with Lisa, and Sandoval says, Lisa talked to Raquel. He doesn’t like to talk about it in front of James, but James says he doesn’t need to feel weird. It’s a gentleman’s dinner. No one is going to flip over a table. Schwartz says, the night is young, and he’s only had one coconut [drink]. Sandoval says, Raquel’s not happy with him. He hasn’t heard from her in over a month. He keeps checking his phone, but he’s alone. He can’t do this. WOE IS ME!!! Schwartz says, he’s got to get out and start dating, and in Sandoval’s interview, he says he hasn’t dated in 15 years. Obviously, Raquel has made her decision. She couldn’t even give him closure. He doesn’t want to be in another relationship. He just wants female energy in his life. Schwarz folds first on the meat and is stuck paying.

Lala says, the guys are going to be besties and bond. Guys feel differently. Ariana says, James feels guilty, and Ariana says, that’s because he knows he’s betraying himself. Interesting. That’s the approach she tried with Scheana, like, it’s for her own good. Lala says, everyone is worried about losing Ariana as a friend, and Ally says, James lost both an ex-fiancé and a friend. Lala says, time passes, and the healing starts. She wonders what Ariana’s stance will be, and Ariana says she doesn’t f*** with that.

Lala asks if James decides to kick it with Sandoval and Scheana decides to forgive him, are their friendships with Ariana at risk? Ariana tells Lala that she didn’t say anything about forgiveness, but she’s not down with people going out to dinner. In Scheana’s interview, she says this is what she was afraid of. She was going to have a conversation with Ariana, but seeing her reaction about James hanging out with Sandoval, she’s keeping her mouth shut. Lala says she gets it, but what she doesn’t want to see happen to Ariana is what happened to her. She was so invested in what everyone else was doing. Katie says, they can’t overlook Ariana’s situation, which is different from Lala’s, and Lala says, if she wants to apply her situation to reality, no one is going to like what she says. Katie asks, what kind of friend is that? Say it. Get it off your chest, bitch. Lala tells Katie not to talk to her like that, and they go back and forth for a moment, until Lala says, disengage. Ariana says, what Lala is telling her is that it was worse for her, and in Lala’s interview, she says, no one knows what it’s like. She did have to stay with a sh*tty person, and it will eat you alive. It’s like drinking poison and expecting it to kill the other person. She doesn’t want that for her friend. Lala says she rode hard for Ariana, and Ariana is putting her on defense mode. Why is Ariana bringing it out? She hasn’t done a damn thing to her. Katie says, that’s a bit much, and Lala says, Katie is a bit much all the time. Ally says, all they know is how Lala communicates, and they all communicate differently. In Ally’s interview, she says, universal love. We can all get along if we understand people’s birth charts. Lala says, her intention wasn’t to make it about her and have it get heated. At the end, everyone is laughing except Katie.

This season, James sees babies in the future, but Ally doesn’t feel it; Schwartz and Katie are dating the same girl; Scheana doesn’t think she and Brock will be together forever; a boat ride in rough seas; Katie doesn’t want peace; a brunch hosted by Jax; Sandoval tried to talk to Ariana; and Scheana asks Sandoval what she means to him. He says, a lot, but she asks if that’s because of filming or life.

💭 Thoughts. I realize I’m just seeing the equivalent of a screenshot of people’s lives here, but I think Ariana is making some poor choices. I totally get why she hates Sandoval. I hate him too and would probably never want to speak to him or see him again either. I’m not a fan of being friends with an ex. I am friends with a couple of mine, but they’re also old friends and never cheated on me. As far as I know anyway. I also didn’t hang in a large, incestuous friend group like this. But I think she’s making a big mistake in saying she’ll just cut off anyone who relaxes enough to be friendly to Sandoval on a personal level. It’s not a good look, and it’s easy enough to put friends in categories. Gee. Just don’t tell the people who hang with him your business. Noteworthy too, is how she’s afraid of him icing her out when that’s exactly what she’s trying to do to him. I totally get her grief and anger over this situation, but she’s being rewarded in spades. Living well is the best revenge, but I have the feeling if you’re not gracious about it, you can be knocked down just as quickly. And Katie is really just along for the ride, but geez, leave that BDE in your other bag. I think Schwartz is insufferable and lazy, but it’s over. Quit proving Sandoval’s point.

🥔 Potato-ing My Couch…

Join me tomorrow for soap and at long last, the end of the RHOBH season. Until then, stay safe, stay putting the toilet seat down (you know who you are), and stay not being so invested in what everyone else is doing.

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March 11, 2024 – Sonny Meets With Carly, On the Hunt, More Like Lost, Those Ones, The Wins & Just… You Know

Posted on March 12, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Maxie tells Spinelli to get in the car, and he says, dead end. Maxie says, Jason is in trouble, and he says, that much is clear from the footage. She says, so think. He knows Jason better than anyone else. She tries to start the car, but it stalls, and she asks where Spinelli thinks they should go. She tries again with the same result, and he says, Maxie? and she says, uh-oh.

TJ goes into his office where Jordan is waiting, carrying a paper bag and coffee. She says, not only does he let her hide out in here, but he brings her provisions? Best son ever. He hands her the bag, and says, the donut is from an actual bakery, from a patient that was discharged early. She tells him, so he’s saying it’s edible, and he says, the coffee is GH’s finest. She says she’ll proceed with caution, and he says, smart move. Why is she hiding out anyway? She says she wanted to give Dante’s family some space. She doesn’t suppose he’s heard any updates. He says, not in the last 20 minutes, and she says, they must be going out of their minds. He says, that’s exactly what he’s worried about.

There’s a knock at Elizabeth’s door and Jake answers. It’s Finn, and Jake says his mom’s not home yet. She texted. She’s running late. Finn says, must be some unforeseen hospital business, and Jake says, it’s cool if he wants to come in and wait. Finn thanks him and comes in. He asks, how’s school going? (I groan at the standard question) and Jake says, pretty good. Finn bends down and picks something up. He asks if it’s Jake’s.

Elizabeth is about to leave the hospital when she sees Danny come in. She says, it’s pretty late to be out. What is he doing here?

Sasha sees Cody at the hospital and hugs him. She says she was so worried about him.

Carly says, up until ten minutes ago, she thought Jason was dead. How do John and Anna have a warrant to search her house? John says, they petitioned a federal judge. Based on her long association with the fugitive in question, they had reason to believe he’d come here, and they had reason to believe she’d aid and abet him. Carly says, they can show their warrant to her lawyer when she gets here. Until then, they can wait outside. Jason peeks out from upstairs.

Jake says, oh good. Finn found his game piece. Finn says, it’s not a game piece. It’s from a vape pen, but Jake knew that already. Jake takes the rest out of his pocket and says he swears it’s not what it looks like, and Finn says, okay, handing him the piece. Jake says, it’s not his, and Finn asks, whose is it? Jake says, someone from school. Finn says, and Jake has it because… Jake says, because he was freaked out. He took it from this person. He was using it a lot and Jake knows it’s not good for him. Finn says, they’re still learning about all the long-term effects. They were originally designed to help people stop smoking. Now they’re marketed to kids and they’re highly addictive. How did his friend react when Jake took it from him? Jake says, he was not happy, and Finn says he bets. Jake asks what makes Finn think it’s a friend, and Finn says, if Jake didn’t care, he wouldn’t have taken it from him, right?

Elizabeth says, Danny must be really worried about Dante, and Danny says, him, Scout, and Rocco are staying at the Quartermaines, so their mom could be with Dante. Scout and Rocco are asleep, so he snuck out and caught a Ride Share. He just wanted to check on Dante. She says she totally gets where he’s coming from, and his mom is doing the best she can in an extremely difficult situation. So let’s go talk to her, okay? He says, she’ll be mad, but Elizabeth says, no. Trust her. They leave together.

TJ tells Jordan that Dante’s family is in agony waiting for him to wake up, and he’s worried too. He likes Dante a lot. He’s a really decent guy and he hates that this happened to him. Jordan tells him, that all goes without saying, and he says he just wishes… She asks, what is it? and he says, Dante is Kristina’s brother and brother-in-law. He’s important to her on multiple levels, so of course (🍷) she came to the hospital to see if he’s okay and be with the family. She says, he needs to stop qualifying and tell her what’s going on. Judgement free zone, remember? He tells her, what he’s about to say, she can’t repeat to Molly, and she says she won’t. He says, Kristina’s their surrogate and egg donor. On one hand, it’s awesome that Molly is going to have a biological tie to their child, another Davis boy or girl in the making. She says, and on the other hand? and he says, it’s not clean, like getting a donor egg from someone you’ll never know or never meet. This is really, really close to home. Jordan says, there’s something else. She can tell. He says, guess who else their child is going to be biologically tied to? and she says, Sonny Corinthos.

Sasha says she’s been trying to reach Cody ever since she heard about Dante. She’s been calling, texting, and she left a voicemail. He says, that’s major. He’s sorry he didn’t call her back. His phone must have been off. She says, don’t apologize. She’s just concerned. One of his oldest friends is in the hospital. Cody says, he might not make it, and she takes his hand, asking why he didn’t call her. She would have been here in a heartbeat. He says, that’s why he didn’t.

Sam tells Sonny, he’s still unconscious, and Sonny says, but stable? She says, for now, and Alexis says, stable’s good. Sam asks what Danny is doing here. Does Drew know he’s here? He says he came by himself, and Sam asks if Drew knows he left… So he snuck out again. Elizabeth says, he’s worried about Dante, and Danny says, nobody’s telling them anything. He wanted to see how he’s doing. Sam tells Elizabeth, thank you, and Elizabeth says, of course (🍷). And know that Dante is in her prayers. Alexis says, they appreciate that, and Sonny tells Elizabeth, goodnight. Elizabeth says, goodnight, and leaves. Sam says she’s sorry Danny feels out of the loop, but they don’t know anything right now. She’s touched that he came and knows Dante will be touched that he came, but if he goes home and waits and comes back tomorrow, he can sit with Dante then. Sonny says he’s going to arrange for a car, but Danny says, no. He’s not leaving. Sam says, Danny… and Danny says he’s sorry. No thank you. Alexis says, he wants to stay here? and Danny says, yes. She asks Sam if it would be all right if Danny stayed here with her, and she’ll take him home. She could use the company.

John says he doesn’t think Carly understands how a warrant works, and Anna says, it’s obvious Jason is here. It’s equally obvious that Carly would swallow ground glass in order to give him a head start. So she either gets out of their way or she gets arrested. It’s her choice at this point. Carly says, search. They’re not going to find Jason because he was never here. Anna thanks her for her cooperation, and she and John go inside. Anna tells Carly, stay here out of the way. Just keep out of their way.

Jake says he doesn’t want his friend getting in trouble, but he doesn’t know how else to make him stop, and Finn says, it’s a tough situation to be in. Jakes says, maybe taking the vape was stupid, and Finn asks, how so? Jake says, because his friend is mad at him and he’s just going to get his hands on another one. Finn says, you can’t change someone else’s behavior, right? All you can do, it seems like he’s done already. He can tell his friend that he doesn’t like this thing and he’s concerned about him when he uses it. Jake says, not that he cared, and Finn says, it may seem that way and maybe it’s true. Maybe he doesn’t care. But Finn guarantees he’s going to remember what Jake said to him. Who knows what happens in time? If Jake ever wants to talk about this some more, he’ll be around. Jake says, Finn’s going to tell his mom, isn’t he? and Finn says he thinks she needs to know, but he thinks it would probably be better coming from Jake. Elizabeth comes in and apologizes for being late. She was in a rush to get out of there and… Is everything okay?

Sasha says, Cody didn’t want her to come? and he says, of course (🍷) he wanted her to come. It’s just that they just started talking about hanging out on purpose and he kind of thought maybe it would be coffee, or a movie, or dinner if he was lucky. Not hanging out spending the night in the hospital under florescent lighting. She says she happens to love florescent lighting, and he says, sure. She says she’s really looking forward to whatever comes next, but today they’re friends and she cares about him. He says, back atcha, and she says, that means, whenever he needs her, she’s always going to be there. Got it? he says, yeah, and she says, so next time things hit the fan, who are you going to call? He says, Ghostbusters, and she rolls her eyes. He says, it was a dumb joke. He apologizes. He’ll call her. He thanks her for coming, and she says, always, putting her arm around him.

TJ tells Jordan, in one night, Sonny was the target of an ambush. Apparently, there was a hole in his coat where the bullet almost hit him, and Dante was shot twice and is fighting for his life. And a few weeks ago, Sonny was shot at in Puerto Rico. Kristina told Molly in confidence. Maybe he’s not supposed to know, so please don’t say anything. Jordan says, understood, and he says, his point is, this is exactly what he feared. She asks if he told Molly any of this, and he says, that he’s afraid of her sister being their egg donor because her family is a dysfunctional mess and frequently in danger? Jordan says, maybe not in those exact words, and he asks what he’s supposed to say. He agreed to it. She says, Molly knew he had reservations at the beginning, and he says, so did she. It took a lot of soul searching for them to get to a place where they chose Kristina, but they did choose her. And once they did, Molly was all in. She says, but he doesn’t feel the same way, and he says he tried. But he looks at Dante in the hospital bed and thinks, is this their life now? Their child is born, someone else gets shot at, and they’re just holding their breath until they pull through? He doesn’t want that. He doesn’t want that for himself. He doesn’t want that for his child. Is that so selfish? She says, no. It’s human.

Sam says she’s going to call Drew and let him know Danny’s here, but Alexis says she’ll handle that. Sam should stay close to Dante. She asks if Danny wants a snack from the vending machine, he says, sure, and they leave. Sam tells Sonny that she’s really sorry, but he says she doesn’t have to apologize. Everybody’s on edge. He knows what that’s about. They sit down, and Sonny says he keeps thinking, why did Dante have to go after that guy? Sam says, because it’s his job, and Sonny asks if Dante can’t do his job and stay safe at the same time. Sam says, and risk something happening to Sonny? No. That’s just how he is. Sonny says he wishes just for tonight that wasn’t true, and Sam says she used to make that same wish. He says, not anymore? and she says she’s come to a place of peace and acceptance where Dante’s job is concerned. But there will be no peace and acceptance for the person who did this to him, and she needs Sonny to make sure of that.

On the phone, Carly says, the Police Commissioner is here and so is the FBI. They have a warrant and they’re searching the house for Jason. They’re telling her that he’s alive and she doesn’t know how to fight them. So she needs Diane to call her back as soon as possible and find a way to stop them.

John tells Anna, no sign of him. Her? She says, nothing. (I have a vision of Jason clinging to the ceiling like Spiderman.) It doesn’t mean anything though. Jason knows this house like his own and the security system. He could easily get in and out without a trace if Carly helped him, which clearly, she did. John asks where Jason would go next, and he and Anna find Carly. Anna asks Carly, where are her cars? and Carly asks if she’s required to answer that. Is it part of the warrant? Anna says, they can take her down to the station, and she and her attorney can figure it all out, or Carly can just answer her. Carly says she has two cars and they’re both in the garage, an SUV and a convertible. And there’s a space there for Josslyn’s car, but she has it at school. She doesn’t have a gardener’s truck or anything like that she could have given Jason because he wasn’t here. Anna tells John that they can assume Jason was on foot and he’s injured, and Carly says, wait. Jason’s hurt? Anna says she thought Carly didn’t believe he was alive, and Carly says, what happened to Jason? John says, they believe he attempted to murder Carly’s ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos. He fled the scene pursued by police and shot Dante Falconari twice in the chest. Carly says, that’s insane. Murder Sonny? Jason would never try to shoot Dante. John says, the evidence suggests otherwise, and he wonders where Jason would go from here. Anna says she thinks she knows a place. She’ll tell him on the way. They leave, and Carly looks like she has a headache.

Sonny says he knows how Sam is feeling, but they just can’t jump to conclusions, and Sam says, what other conclusion is there? Dante was shot and he might not make it. Sonny tells her not to say that, but she says, it’s true. She might look all calm and collected right now, but she’s losing her mind waiting for his son to wake up. And she couldn’t say this in front of her mom or her son, but she needs to know there will be payback. That this monster won’t get away with what he did. Does he understand what she’s asking him to do? He says he understands, and she thanks him. She says she’s going to sit with Dante, and he asks if she needs company, but she says she thinks she needs a minute alone. He says he’s here if she needs him, and she goes in. Sonny’s phone dings and he sees a text from Carly: 911. Meet me on the hospital roof.

Jake holds out his hand and Finn gives him the vape pod. Jake tells Elizabeth, Finn found this, and Finn says, hear him out. Elizabeth asks if it belongs to Jake, but Jake says he took it from a friend because he was worried. She says, and he kept it? and Jake says he was going to throw it away, but then he got scared she’d see it and think it was his. She says, okay. She trusts him. She’s sorry he’s worried about his friend. Sounds like he’s lucky to have Jake. Jake says he talked to Finn about it a little. Finn gave him some good advice. She says, then she guesses they’re lucky to have Finn. She hates that they’re seeing more kids with these things. This is a much bigger conversation. Can they revisit this in the morning? Jake says, yeah, thanks Finn, and goes upstairs. Elizabeth says she’s so relieved it’s not his, and Finn says, that was some serious composure, but she says, only on the outside. Inside, she was panicking. He seemed so calm. He says, that’s because he’s not the parent, which begs the question, did he just overstep with her son?

Spinelli says, when Maxie tells him that she’s out of gas… She says, her tank is on E, and he says, right now? She says, mm-hm, and he says, at the precise moment they need the car to move? She says, yes, and he says, so in essence, the worst possible time? She asks how she was supposed to know Sonny’s safe houses are so far apart, and he says, fair enough, but did she not notice it was running low? She says, they always think there’s more gas in there than you think there is, and he says, who’s they? She says, a lot has been going on. She’s been very distracted. She should have paid more attention. He says, no, it’s okay, but she says, it’s not. She let him down. He says, she could never, and she says, maybe there’s a gas station around here somewhere, but he says, unfortunately, there’s nothing for miles. She says, maybe that’s why Jason is hiding out here, and he says, if he could just understand what the footage meant. What was Jason trying to accomplish? She says, the police are going to figure it out, and he says, but the police aren’t interested in those questions. As far as they’re concerned, he’s just a suspect on the run. And if they find him, they’ll treat him as such.

Sonny asks why Carly want to meet him up here, and she says, something happened, and she wanted them to be alone when she told him. He says, she saw Jason, didn’t she? and she says, he was at her house. Sonny asks if he’s still there, but she says, no. The police showed up. How did Sonny know he was alive? He says he saw footage of Jason on the roof at Selina Wu’s warehouse. Jason and some other guy were trying to kill him.

Jason goes to the footbridge, but John and Anna are already there. John says, federal agents. Hands where he can see them. He shines a light in Jason’s face.

Elizabeth says, no. Finn didn’t overstep. He asks if she’s sure, and she says she’s grateful it seems like Jake can talk to him. He says, to be fair, he did catch Jake red-handed. It’s not like Jake sought him out. She says, but when Finn caught him, he stayed, and actually admitted Finn gave him good advice. He says he guesses that’s high praise from a teenager, and she says, the highest. Jake is warming up to Finn in a way he didn’t before. She doesn’t know if it’s because he’s more mature or he sees how happy they are, but she likes that Jake is taking the chance to be closer to him. Finn says he likes it too, and she says, so what about her? If there was an issue with Violet, would he mind her stepping in, and not just as her aunt, as a… He says, parent? and she says, parent adjacent, we’ll call it. He says, she already has three kids of her own. Is she sure she even wants that responsibility? She says she loves Violet, for more than a million reasons. Plus, Violet brings a little girl energy into her life. He says, girl energy. Violet hates nothing if not that. She says, their families are meshing in a very fun and healthy way, and he says, Cam did add him to his family group chat. She says, see? and he says, Aiden did tell him that he was happy to offer any baking advice, as long as he returns the favor. She asks what Aiden needed advice on, and Finn says, somebody he likes. Their name is Tobias.

Jordan says, all the things TJ pointed out were true, but there are other truths too. Really wonderful, beautiful ones. Kristina is having his baby. They’re both healthy. The pregnancy’s going well, right? He says, the baby’s developing beautifully, and Jordan says, a gift Kristina is giving him out of love for her sister. Come on. Who’s more motivated than her to make sure everything keeps going okay?

Alexis hands Danny something from the vending machine and says she hates hospitals. He says, him too, and she says she hates waiting even more, but unfortunately, that’s what they’re going to have to do. He says, it beats being at home. If something happens, they’re close. That sounds dumb, doesn’t it? She asks, why? and he says, it’s not like there’s anything they can do to help him. She says, a long time ago, she was in the exact same circumstance Danny is in now. His mom was hurt, and she was desperate to do something to try and fix it and all she could do was wait for the doctors to fix it. He says, and they did, and she says, they did. And she thinks that’s what’s going to happen for Dante.

Sasha asks why Cody isn’t waiting with Dante’s family, and he says, because he’s not family. He doesn’t want to intrude. She asks if they even know he’s here, and he says he doesn’t know. She says, he’s Dante’s oldest friend. She’s sure they’d welcome his support. He says, they have each other, and she asks who he has. He says, that’s just it. Like pretty much most of his life, it’s just been him. He’s used to taking care of himself. She tells him, so that’s just the way it is, huh? and says pretty much. She says, wow. She thinks it’s about time he learns a new way.

Carly says, Sonny knows Jason wasn’t trying to shoot him, but Sonny says, no, he doesn’t know. She asks what he’s talking about. This is Jason. He’s risked his life for Sonny so many times. Why would Jason try to kill him? He says he doesn’t know. He doesn’t know where Jason’s been the last two and a half years before he showed up tonight. All he knows is, Jason was on the roof with a guy, trying to kill him. And he also knows, when Jason left the roof, Dante went after him.

John says, don’t do anything stupid, when Anna comes around the other side with another officer. She says she doesn’t know what’s going on, but he can’t keep running. Let them take him into custody and they can sort this all out. Please. Come on. Jason jumps off the bridge and into the water. Anna and John look over the railing, and John says, he’s gone. Son of a bitch.

Elizabeth says, Aiden told Finn about Tobias? and Finn says, yeah. His name came up when Aiden was helping him with one of his burnt brownie situations… Wait. Please tell him that she knew, because… She says she knew. Aiden confided in her over Christmas, but he said he wasn’t ready yet to tell anyone else. Finn says he guesses Aiden is now. Or ready to tell him at least. Brownie bonding’s a real thing. She says, apparently, and he says, anyway, no big deal, right? She says, that Aiden’s gay? No. That he felt comfortable enough to tell Finn? She thinks her heart just exploded. He says, they can’t have that. Her heart’s very important to him. They kiss.

Jordan says she thinks what it all boils down to is, does TJ trust Kristina to do what’s in the baby’s best interest? He says, yes, and she says, then in her opinion, the good outweighs the bad. He can’t control everything. He says, why not? and she says, wouldn’t it be nice if we could? (Yes!) All he can do is hope and believe the outcome will be positive. Otherwise, he’ll be paralyzed. He says, that’s exactly how he feels when the anxiety creeps in. He’s frozen. She says she doesn’t blame him one bit. He’s still dealing with the trauma of the last surrogate’s miscarriage. This is scary, and things don’t always go as planned. He says he really needs this to go as planned, and she says she knows. In a perfect world, every pregnant woman would be sitting in a garden with her feet up, surrounded by beauty and calm, ingesting the perfect combination of nutrients. He says, exactly, and she says, but that’s not reality for most people. It certainly wasn’t for her, but guess what? She survived and so did he. He says, they did, didn’t they? and she says, all her way of saying, the odds are actually in his favor.

Maxie asks if Spinelli is having second thoughts, and he says, about what? She says, letting Jason go to jail instead of her, and he says, no. She says, it’s okay if he is, but he says he’d do anything for her. She knows that. And being here with her right now was the only place he wanted to be. She says, stranded in the middle of nowhere, with an empty gas tank, and he says, yes, so he’s not having second thoughts. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel guilty. The FBI now knows who they’re looking for and that’s on him, as they say. She says, he was backed into a corner. She loves Jason, but he’s the one who decided to let his face be seen. So whatever happens next is on him, not Spinelli. Spinelli says, whatever happens next… Any guesses what that’s going to be? She says she does know Jason won’t give up without a fight. So neither will they.

Alexis says, would it horrify Danny if she said she thought they were a little bit alike? and he asks why that would horrify him. She says, because she’s comparing a teenage boy to his grandma, and he says, she’s the coolest grandma he knows. She gives him a side hug and says she thinks when they see an injustice, they want to do what they can to make it right. That’s why she thinks he should go back to the Quartermaines, because Scout is a night owl and she’s going to need him when she wakes up. And that’s a good thing he can do tonight. It may not make it right, but it can make it better. He agrees and says, let’s go.

Carly says, Jason didn’t shoot Dante, and Sonny asks if Jason told her that. She says, no. They didn’t talk about Dante. They didn’t have time to talk about much at all. Sonny asks what Jason said, and she tells him, he said her name. She walked in the house, and she was going up the stairs, and he said her name. She turned around and he was standing there. She thought she was hallucinating, but she wasn’t. He was right there. Sonny asks, what happened next? and she says she hugged him. She realized he was shot, and she went to get the first aid kit. He asks if Jason told her who shot him, but she says, no. He says, it could have been Dante shot Jason by mistake, not knowing it was Jason, and Jason shot back at him, shooting to kill. She says, he doesn’t know any of that’s true, and he says, what he does know is that his son is in a hospital bed with two bullets in his chest. And Jason is an expert shot who never misses. (Yeah, exactly. So why would he miss Sonny three times?)

Anna says she wants a search team on both sides of the river from here to the lake. Find him and you bring him back. Go. Thank you. John asks, why come here? and Anna says, Jason built his bridge. Doesn’t he remember? This used to be an ornamental bridge, like the Pont Neuf in Paris. He says, oh yeah. Kids used to dare each other to come out here. She says, after Stone died, Jason and Robin became close, and they used to meet out here. Robin told her that. The bridge was unsafe and eventually the city tore it down, she guesses about ten, fifteen years ago. Jason donated money and they built it in the same spot. John says, seems like an odd time to check out his public works project, and she says, having spent a lot of time out here, she’s assuming there’s a structure somewhere he could hide and regroup, nearby. That’s why he headed here. John says, now he’s in the river and probably dead.

Finn says he should get going, but Elizabeth says, no, stay. He says, early morning surgery, and she says, right. She thanks him for coming over and says she’s sorry for being late, but he says he’s not. She says, thank you, and he says, not because he didn’t get to spend more time with her, but because he got to spend some time with Jake. He’s a really good kid. She says she knows he is, and Finn says, she has a lot to do with that. She says, this parenting thing is not for the faint of heart, and he says, they’re doing okay, aren’t they? She says, it’s a lot easier now that she has him, and they kiss. Finn says, goodnight, and leaves, giving her a last smile before he closes the door.

Spinelli says, if he hasn’t told her, he appreciates Maxie’s willingness to work with him, despite his subterfuge. She says he doesn’t have to keep bringing that up. Yes, she was hurt and angry he lied, but his heart was in the right place. He says, with her. His heart is and always has been with her. He takes her hand, and she asks why he’s the sweetest. He says he doesn’t know, and she laughs. They kiss, and he says, so all’s well that ends well? She says, yeah. So when can he move out?

Sasha says she doesn’t care how uncomfortable it makes Cody. A lot of people in this town care about him. She’s one of them. He says, noted, and she says, so no toughing it out alone, okay? He says, if she insists, and she says she does. He asks if he should get them some coffee. It’s probably going to be a long night. She says, cream, and they say together, no sugar. She says, he knows her coffee order? and he says he pays attention.

Jordan says, TJ is kind, compassionate, incredibly gifted. She tells anyone who will listen about her son the doctor. She loves him. He says he loves her too, and they hug. She says, and she cannot wait to meet her grandchild and see what kind of dad he’s going to be. He says, let’s hope a good one, and she says she has no doubt. He leaves.

Sonny gestures to Sam and she comes out of Dante’s room. He says he didn’t mean to pull her away from Dante, but there’s something she should know. She says, what’s up? and he says, they were able to get an ID of the guy on the roof. She asks if he means someone who was involved in Dante’s shooting. Who? He says, it’s Jason. He’s alive.

Still on the roof, Carly says, Jason, wherever you are, please be okay.

Anna asks John, isn’t that one of the first rules of police work? Never assume anything? He asks if she thinks Jason survived the fall, and she says she thinks that’s why he jumped; he thought he could survive the fall. He’d rather take his chances with the river than be taken into custody. John says, it makes sense… if he put two bullets into Dante Falconari. Better to jump than be charged with killing a cop.

Clutching his side, Jason walks into the Quartermaine boathouse, shuts the door, and keels over.

Tomorrow, Kristina asks Blaze, what about this morning is so special; Sam tells Michael, there’s always room for one more; Laura says, Heather is soon to be someone else’s problem; Carly asks why Drew is so convinced Jason is guilty; and Jason says he needs someone’s help.

Below Deck

Kerry calls Jared to the flybridge, then shows him a drain on deck that guests shouldn’t see. Fraser names the French toast with no eggs Tina toast, and the other guests say they haven’t seen primary Tina since 9 last night. In Anthony’s interview, he says, tomorrow is the anniversary of his dad’s death. His daddy was his world, and he feels like his dad is watching him. We flash back to Jared saying, the guests want a friendly game of volleyball, and the deckhands get the volleyball equipment together. Guest Eileen joins the others, and we flash back to her head boinking off the jacuzzi. She apologizes for her bad behavior, and Jared tells Captain Kerry that Eileen is a liability. The captain tells him to keep an eye on her. She’s not getting on the ski. In Captain Kerry’s interview, he says, if something happens, they’re a-holes, but if they stop something from happening, they’re a-holes. He once duct taped a guest to the bed. The captain tells Fraser about Eileen’s drunken fall, and Fraser says he wants to talk to Barbie when she’s free. The guests sit for breakfast, and Fraser presents Tina toast, but Tina looks underwhelmed. Maybe she’s just hung over. Fraser says, their energy is soul sucking. Captain Kerry asks Barbie to see him for an update when she gets the chance. Eileen pretends she was a champion volleyball player, but the guests and I are skeptical. Maybe a champion at beer pong. Captain Kerry suggests Sunny learn more about the tender, and in his interview, he says he likes to give the crew an opportunity to learn and grow. If he can encourage Sunny to move forward, he’s going to do that. That’s one thing I like across the board with the captains in this franchise. They all seem to help the crew advance in the field as much as possible.

The crew finishes packing up the volleyball stuff, and in Cat’s interview, she wonders if Barbie has ever done her own laundry. In Barbie’s interview, she says she took a laundry course, but she doesn’t think she learned much. Captain Kerry tells Jared that when he comes back, he’s going to teach Cat the longboard, and in the captain’s interview, he says he can see Cat’s not fitting in. We flash back to Fraser saying that Cat was going through things, and the captain says, the board is his meditation, and he wants to give Cat the opportunity to get away from the boat, center on herself, and get back to full capacity. Barbie says she can’t do water sports. It ruins her hair and makeup. In her interview, Barbie says, Cat’s therapy is salt water. She has to be the bigger person and just be here. I’m so excited for you.

Grand Mal, Grenada, second day of charter. The crew and guests head out for volleyball, and the crew talks strategy on the way. The teams are Chicago for the guests, all of them wearing matching T-shirts, and the Crop Top team for the crew. Fraser says he remembers some cheerleading songs, but Xandi says, maybe he doesn’t need to sing. Captain Kerry asks Barbie about Eileen, and Barbie says, she doesn’t seem injured, but she needs to cut Eileen off and doesn’t know how. The captain suggests giving her just a little alcohol in her drink. He should specify after a couple of drinks when she’s less likely to notice. Old bartender trick. He tells Barbie that if she gets in a place where she’s uncomfortable, get him. Guest Barbara says, the game is being taken way too serious, and Eileen says, this is ace ~~and I’m drunk AF already~~. Back at the boat, Cat has her boarding lesson, while on the boat, Barbie bitches and says, f***ing Cat. She tells Kyle that she wants to jump off the boat and go home. Bye, girl. The guests win 21 to 19, while Jared tells Cat that she did it, just before she falls. Cat gets back on the boat and tells Barbie that she should go on a break, but Barbie says she can’t take a break. In Cat’s interview, she says she doesn’t think Barbie wanted her to go out and have fun. Fraser asks if the guests are ready to rumble, and they head back to the boat. In Jared’s interview, he says, the last time he spoke to his daughter was two weeks ago, between the lack of service and his hours. He wants to be a great father. He knew people with no father, and they were hurt and vulnerable. He wants his daughter to be strong and have support, someone to rely on. He tries texting ex Veronica again, but it’s a fail. In Barbie’s interview, she says she looks up to Fraser, but they butt heads. They’re both honest and forward, but he has a filter, and she doesn’t. They have a toxic relationship right now. The guests come back, and Eileen says, here comes the winning team. Barbie says she wants to die.

Anthony says he’s making a five course Italian/Mediterranean fusion dinner. He loves Italian. He’s like a French Guido. Barbie tells Jared, this is the longest day ever, and in her interview, she says, the potential with Jared is dead. In Jared’s interview, he says he wants to see what the potential is going to be going down Barbie Lane. In her interview, Barbie says, no. Just no. Barbie tells Fraser that she’s unsure about the silverware. She’s used to having a chief stew who tells her what to do. Fraser asks if she wants him to tell her what to do, but she says, no. In Fraser’s interview, he says, Barbie has no respect for authority. He’s not going down the same route as last year with the lack of respect from Camille. We flash back to that, and he says, respect me or walk off. There’s no room for wavering. Fraser tells Anthony that Barbie is being passive/aggressive. If he hears she’s being insubordinate behind his back, it’s going to be a quick departure.

Eileen tells Tina that she loves that glass. Put it in her purse. I think she’s joking, but I’m not totally sure. Sunny tells Barbie that the captain asked her to practice with the tender, and Barbie says, she’s a badass chick. She’s thinking they should have a girls’ night when the guests leave. They can go to dinner early and grab a drink. The guests dress for dinner, and Fraser says, welcome to Italy. Guest Rob wonders what kind of insurance the boat has, because he’s taking that MF’er home. Having been hypnotized by the pizza porn for a moment, I’m not sure what MF’er he’s talking about. The dishes? The bar? Anthony? The boat itself? Fraser asks the guests if the captain can join them for dessert. Of course, they say yes, and when he gets out of earshot, Fraser says, these people are insufferable. Xandi says, Fraser is her type, but she doesn’t think she’s his, and in her interview, she says she was married and divorced at 22. They met in high school, and her dad and his mom had an affair. It lasted six months, but the damage lasted way longer. Captain Kerry joins the guests for dessert, and usually I say, if it’s not chocolate, it’s not worth it, but I’d definitely eat this beautiful confection. Surprisingly, the guests go to bed. Jared keeps trying to text Veronica, but has no luck.

Final day of charter, 6:05 am. Barbie texts the rest of the crew about girls’ night and says, they’ll all meet up later. Fraser tells Anthony that it’s a big day. How’s he feeling? In Fraser’s interview, he says, Anthony lost his dad 2 years ago and he came close to losing his. His father was diagnosed with cancer. He had a tumor the size of a baby’s fist in his esophagus. They were lucky; he kept his dad. Anthony wasn’t, so he’s here for him. Captain Kerry wants the anchor up, and my favorite porn, breakfast porn, is served. On their way to Port Louis Marina, Anthony is concerned that his mom is alone, and in his interview, he says his dad is probably proud of him. The last time his dad saw him, he was a waiter. His dad never saw him as a chef. They had a dream to open a Miami restaurant. Don’t worry, daddy. I will make it happen. Captain Kerry radios the interior to change channels for docking. Once again, Jared fumbles around, not quite understanding meters, distance, or what side of the boat he’s on. In the captain’s interview, he says, it’s stressful. He needs information. He needs to know what Jared sees, but Jared still has trouble. Ben says, Jared makes him anxious, and Kyle asks, what is he doing?

Jared continues to flounder, but somehow the lines get tied. In Captain Kerry’s interview, he says he’s f***ing pissed. Fraser tells Cat that he’s proud of her this trip, and the crew gets ready to say goodbye to the guests. Tina says, the food and the service were amazing, and they’ll be back. The tip envelope is given to the captain, and the guests leave. In Jared’s interview, he says, bye, Felicia. The captain calls Jared to the bridge and tells him that if he’s on the starboard wing, he doesn’t need the distance for starboard. In his interview, the captain says, Jared has a lack of self-awareness. It can be learned, but he doesn’t think Jared has what it takes. He tells Jared that it’s a big boat and he has no idea what’s going on. Jared has to talk to him, or he’ll lose concentration. What if something goes to sh*t? There’s a lot going on. Jared says, the captain is crystal clear. Xandi tells Kyle that she thinks between 29 and 32 is when you go through the most changes (that’s random), but she’s tired of learning lessons.

It’s time for the tip meeting, and Captain Kerry says, everyone did a great job. The tip is $26K, or $2000 each, and he says, go have a good one, but don’t tie one on too hard. They have work tomorrow. Ben tells Sunny to get ready for her tender lesson, and in Sunny’s interview, she says she’s nervous, but excited. Canada is so cold. That’s why she enjoys yachting; she can escape that. She loves the Caribbean sun. Being the only girl on deck, she has to prove herself. Her goal is to be a bosun, and she’s ready for the challenge. Girl power. Fraser tells Anthony about the plan for a girls’/guys’ night before dinner, and Kyle sings, I’m in the mood for nine Coronas, then chugs a beer. That’s a lot of Coronas. The girls leave in one taxi and the guys in another. Barbie tells the bartender that they have four thirsty girls. We find out that she was also married at 22. Covid hit and they had to be around one another. The sex was minimal, and the love was minimal. In her interview, she says, they’d been in a relationship for a year, and she thought he was the one. She got used to him and settled. She says, he’s her best friend and they hang out. They’re still legally married, but neither one of them feels like doing the paperwork. At guys night, Fraser says, the chef doesn’t sleep, and on the next charter, they should all help him. Jared whines, what does Fraser think he’s doing now? and in Fraser’s interview, he says he knows they’re all going through sh*t, but Jared seemed to take an aggressive turn so quickly so after a few drinks. It’s a red flag.

Fraser explains that he’s suggested all of them make a go and do sh*t for Anthony, but Jared says he doesn’t know what more he can do. Maxi says, they need to stay together. They’re a family. They leave to meet the girls, and when Barbie sees Kyle, she says, hot vibes. There’s a band and the crew dances. Jared drinks more, and Cat calls her best friend, who asks if she’s okay. Cat says she’s trying to be herself, but she’s not vibing. Her friend says she’s sorry. It sounds lonely. Cat says, it feels lonely, and her friend says, a lot of people love her and are waiting for her to get back. On the way back, Fraser and Cat hug, and Barbie points out to Max that she shaved her legs, which compels him to feel them. Back at the boat, Fraser says, PJs or hot tub? And Barbie says, hot tub. Anthony goes to bed, and Captain Kerry gets up and wanders around. He sees Barbie and asks her to have everyone tone it down. She tells the others that the captain woke up and they have to stop yelling. Ben kisses Sunny and Kyle smokes a pipe. Ben and Sunny get busy in a cabin bathroom. Fraser says, mummy’s a tired girl, and heads to bed. Jared gets bent out of shape when he sees that Kyle has spilled some tobacco. He says, there’s no I in team, but who gets the blame? Me. Kyle cleans it up as Jared continues to bitch that his tobacco pouch is still open. Kyle and Barbie go to her cabin, while Jared curses and says, Kyle is pissing him off.

Barbie starts cleaning up her cabin, like you do when you’re drunk and bring home a good-looking guy, and says, it’s a mess. She can’t live like this. Jared comes to the door and says, Kyle’s f***ing tobacco pouch is still open, and tobacco is flying all over, which is more than a slight exaggeration. Kyle apologizes, and Jared stumbles around. Barbie goes back to straightening up, and Jared boomerangs back, saying, this is no joke. Make sure his tobacco isn’t all over the boat before Kyle goes to bed. He’s not here to clean sh*t up. Kyle says he’s up at four, and he’ll get it then. In Kyle’s interview, he says, simmer down. Kyle doesn’t need to talk to him like that. In Jared’s interview, he says he’s the boss, and Barbie tells Kyle that not everybody can handle drink. It’s a d*ck move. Kyle says he has thick skin. He’s been talked to worse than that. Jared cleans various things up around the boat while he mumbles, bitches, whines, and growls. He says he’s starting to get pissed off, and beats a path back to Kyle. He says, they need have chat now, and Kyle says he’s brushing his teeth. Kyle says he doesn’t care, and Barbie says, he’s on a roll tonight. Kyle follows Jared to the crew mess, still brushing his teeth. Jared makes him take his toothbrush out and put it on a napkin. Kyle says he was literally going to bed, but Jared says, at the end of the day, they have a job to maintain, and Kyle isn’t done. He’s cleaned a lot, but it’s not enough because it’s all wet. He wants Kyle to vacuum up his tobacco before he goes to bed. At the end of the day (drunk repeating), this is his house. He keeps on going until finally Captain Kerry appears and asks, what’s going on? He can hear Jared two decks up and he’s trying to sleep.

Next time, Cat says she’s over this sh*t; Captain Kerry asks Max and Barbie what happened with Jared; and the captain tells Jared that it’s the second time he’s had to discuss Jared’s bad behavior.

🪤 So Bad It’s Good…

However, NeNe looks fabulous, and Denise doesn’t have her clothes on upside down. This already premiered, but no doubt will be on constant rotation for a while.

https://extratv.com/2024/03/08/denise-richards-jokingly-compares-hunting-housewives-to-surviving-an-rhobh-reunion-exclusive

📲 Bring In Google STAT…

Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I keep trying to watch Love in Translation, one of the most stupid reality shows I’ve seen yet. The men speak English, but the women don’t, which might be interesting if everyone didn’t act like they were in middle school. The women talk rapidly in their native tongue, expecting these less than Einstein level lads to understand them, while the guys talk like you might to a child or someone from another planet, slow and loud. There are various challenges (for lack of a better word), like a more adult version of Spin the Bottle that just seemed juvenile and mean. MILF Manor was kinder.

https://www.tlc.com/shows/love-and-translation

⚰️ This Week In Ones…

A 500 year plan to make the world better than it was; Jadis has a secret file to be released in the event of her untimely demise: I confuse the CRM with PADRE for a moment; old world twisty weed pullers are now called kill sticks for zombies; maps hidden in a couch cushion; Rick tells Jadis that she’s a hero with a bad haircut; and when in doubt, kick that zombie. Read on…

https://www.cbr.com/the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live-season1-episode3-recap-spoilers

🏆 An Honor Just To Be Nominated…

More later in the week, but here’s the winners. Hint to the Academy: Just because it’s boring doesn’t mean it has to win.

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024

And controversy!

https://people.com/oscars-2024-al-pacino-best-picture-winner-announcement-controversy-8607755

🎸 Rock ‘n’ Roll Part 645…

Join me tomorrow for soap and VanderBabble. Until then, stay safe, stay not adding your boss on social media, and stay making something better if you can’t make it right.

Yeah, I know it’s not the song that won, but I hate for him to be left out yet again. And what about Allan?

Mar9

March 8, 2024 – Old Friends Meet Again, Reunion, Secret Side Gig, Diagnosis, New Soap, Bumping Along, No Shock, Salty Talk, No You, Those Ones, The Last, Uncle Oscar, Social Pets (!), A Handful Of Quotes & Survive

Posted on March 9, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Kristina comes into the hospital with Alexis and runs over to Sam, asking if she’s okay. She’s been worried about Sam ever since she heard about Dante. Alexis says, Molly’s still at the office. Otherwise, she’d be here. How’s Dante? Sam says she has good news.

On the phone, Anna tells Chase, great, and thanks him. She asks him to let her know when forensics has any information on that hoodie… Good. Call her back. John comes in and tells Anna that he heard about Dante. How’s he doing? She says, he’s out of surgery, and John says, good. There’s been a new development. He shows her the footage of Jason on his phone, and she says, is that… Jason Morgan? He says, that footage was taken tonight from the roof of Selina Wu’s warehouse. Now they know who was shooting at Sonny.

At the gatehouse, Michael paces and says he should be at the hospital, and Willow says she’s sure pacing here will help Dante as much as pacing there would. He says, like he doesn’t already feel useless enough, and she says she meant Michael’s good thoughts are reaching Dante no matter where he is. Also, she would have said anything to get him to stop. He says he’s sorry. He doesn’t mean to make her as crazy as this is making him. She says, he has every right to be worried about his brother. In the meantime, her fellow nurses are sending her regular updates. See? She shows him her phone, and he reads, no change… no change… no change. That’s good, right? That means that he’s stable? She says, and you didn’t even go to medical school. If Dante’s condition changes – for better, or God forbid, for worse – they’ll get someone to watch the kids and head right over to GH. He says he knows she’s right, but he feels so helpless, and she takes his hand.

In the chapel, Sonny and Ava come close to kissing, but hug instead. She says, sorry, but he says, she doesn’t have to apologize. He smiles at her.

Carly comes home and starts to head upstairs, when she hears Jason say, Carly? He steps out of the shadows, and they stare at each other.

Olivia runs into the chapel and says, there he is, and Sonny asks if there’s any news on Dante. She says, yes, and it’s the best. Their son made it through surgery. Sonny hugs her and she happy cries.

Sam says, they’re getting Dante set up in ICU. She’s glad they’re here. Alexis says, anytime, and Molly says, always, hugging Sam.

There’s a knock at the gatehouse door, and Michael says, it’s Dex and Joss. Willow answers and asks them to come in. She asks if they’ve been to the hospital to see Dante, and Josslyn says, yes. They had to give Commissioner Devane a statement and then she took Dex home to change. Dex says, lucky him. No one had cleaned out his apartment yet. Michael says he can’t thank them enough for what they did at the scene, and Willow says, one of the nurses said that Dante might not have made it if they hadn’t intervened. Thank you. Michael asks if they’re here with an update, and Josslyn says, not about Dante. He was still in surgery when they left the hospital. Dex says, but they do know something about the person who shot him.

Anna takes John’s phone and says, it’s impossible… Oh my God. If this is Jason, he would never work for anyone who would hurt Sonny. John says, they know he was on the roof. They know the shots came from the roof. They know Dante Falconari left the roof to pursue two people. Assuming one of them is Morgan, where would he go? She says, to Sonny, obviously, but he’s here. Or Sam. She looks over to see Sam sitting with Kristina and Alexis, and John says, anyone else? She says, yeah. There is one other person he would run to.

Carly says, Jason, and he says, it’s me. She says, it’s really you? and he says, it’s really me. She runs to him and hugs him, crying. She says, you came back. He says he’s sorry it took so long, and she asks where he’s been. What is he wearing?… He’s bleeding. Was he shot? He says, yeah, and she asks, how bad is it? He lifts his shirt and tells her that he’d say, it’s not bad. She tells him that he always says that, and he says, the bullet passed through. He could use a bandage. He’s going to be okay. She says she has a first aid kit, but she doesn’t want to leave him, and he says he’ll be here when he gets back. She says, promise her that he’ll be standing right there when she comes back downstairs, and he says he promises. She leaves, and he walks to the couch, slowly lowering himself onto it and breathing heavily.

Olivia’s phone dings and she says, Sam just texted her Dante’s room number. Sonny says, let’s go, and tells Ava that he’ll see her later. Ava says she’s so happy about Dante, and Olivia thanks her. She and Sonny run into Nina at the door, and Nina says she heard what happened. Is Dante okay? Olivia says, he made it through surgery. They’re just going to see him in ICU. Nina says, thank God. She’s sure he’s going to be fine. Olivia says, they’re going to see him now, and Nina says, of course (🍷). Sonny brushes past her, and she tells Olivia to please give Dante her best. Olivia says she will, and follows Sonny. Nina goes into the chapel and asks Ava, what’s going on? What the hell happened tonight?

Diane goes to the reception desk, and says, maybe the nurse can help her. Alexis tells Kristina and Sam that she’ll meet them upstairs, and hands Sam a bag, saying, change of clothes, toiletries, snacks. Sam thanks her and says, it completely slipped her mind. The elevator comes, and Alexis says, call her the minute they need her. As the doors close, Kristina says, what snacks? and Sam says, they’re not for her, but Kristina says she’s eating for two. Alexis goes over to Diane, who asks if by any chance she’s seen Sonny around. She knows he’s waiting on word. Alexis says she hasn’t seen Sonny, but she did hear that Dante made it through surgery and he’s in the ICU. Diane says, excellent, and Alexis says she guesses Diane is representing Sonny’s associates who are in custody. Diane says, yeah, and she’s got to update him on the situation, so she has to find him. Excuse her. Alexis says, not so fast. Where does she think she’s going?

Dex says, when they found Dante, someone had already given him first aid. They’d elevated his legs and wrapped a sweatshirt around him as a pressure bandage. Josslyn says, there was also a phone lying next to him with a line to 911. Michael says, so the person who shot Dante also tried to help him, and Josslyn says, yes and they were also risking being recognized because Dante could have seen their face. Dex says, it looks that way, and Michael says, none of this makes any sense. Willow says, why would they shoot Dante and then call 911? and Dex says, maybe they didn’t want to go down for killing a cop? Michael says, there’s another possibility here. What if the shooter helped Dante because he knows him?

Outside the ICU, Sam hugs Olivia and Kristina hugs Sonny and asks how he is. He says he’s fine. The only damage was to his coat. She says, he’s lucky. He’s not bulletproof. He asks how she’s doing and she says, frantic at first when mom first called to tell her about Dante. He wonders if it’s too much stress for the baby, but she says, the way she sees it, with this family, the sooner the baby learns to handle stress, the better. He asks how she’s really doing, and she says, it’s interesting how your body reacts to stress when you know it’s bad for the baby. And also, pushing the stress down could make it worse. She’s just doing a lot of breathing. He smiles and says he bets she is. She says, but Dante is doing better and seeing Sonny helps, and he says, right back at her. Take care of herself, okay? She says, of course (🍷), when a nurse comes out. Olivia asks, how’s her son? and the nurse says, Mr. Falconari is in critical condition, but his vitals are stable. Sam asks if they know when he’s going to wake up, but she tells them, it’s too soon to say. She leaves, and Sam says, Sonny and Olivia are his parents; they go in first. They go in and Sam hugs Kristina.

In the ICU, Sonny says, hey, son, and Olivia says, they’re here.

Diane says she’s got to go find Sonny, but Alexis says, not until Diane tells her why she’s been avoiding her. Diane says she hasn’t really been avoiding Alexis, she just had the feeling perhaps Alexis wasn’t too thrilled with her right now. Alexis wonders if there was some sort of a knockdown, drag out fight that she blacked out, because she’s been sober for a while now and thinks she would have known. Diane says, no. She just knows Alexis wanted her to represent Finn in the malpractice case, and not only was she not able to do that, she was the plaintiff’s attorney, and she got the feeling Alexis was a little unhappy with her. Alexis says, it’s her that Diane is talking to. She hasn’t been disbarred for that long. She knows how lawyers work. She knows what they do. Diane was doing her job. It’s not personal. Diane says she’s glad to hear it, and Alexis says, if Diane was worried about this, why didn’t Diane talk to her? Diane says, normally, she wouldn’t have thought twice about that, but this is Finn they’re talking about, and she knows he’s important to Alexis. Alexis says, and Diane is important to her as well. What she was really disappointed in was that she couldn’t represent him, and she does miss mopping the floor with Diane in court. Diane laughs and says, mopping. She doesn’t think that word means what Alexis thinks it means. Anyway, if Alexis did mop the floor with her, it certainly wasn’t as often as she seems to think. Alexis says she knows exactly how often it was, which is why she misses it, and Diane says she misses going toe to toe with Alexis as well, but jurisprudence loss is journalism’s gain. Alexis says, well, journalism is about to experience another devastating loss.

Ava tells Nina, Sonny and Selina were having a perfectly harmless, perfectly legal conversation, when Anna burst in with the FBI, guns blazing like some kind of raid. Nina says, how terrible, and Ava says, tell her about it. Nina says, it must have been frightening, and Ava says she guesses it was a little. Nina asks what Ava was doing there, and Ava says she thought she could be of some use. Nina asks what she was thinking, and Ava says she had to be there. She was tired of sitting on the sidelines, worrying if Avery was going to end up as collateral damage and that Sonny might… that Avery might lose her father. Nina asks what the active role was that Ava was playing, and Ava says, they had to sell the idea that Selina and Sonny were meeting with a mediator to settle their business conflicts, and Nina asks, how is Ava, the mother of one of Sonny’s children, an impartial mediator? Ava says she used to be in that world, so who better? Nina says she guesses, and Ava says, there’s no way to know if it would have worked anyway because the cops showed up, and that was that. Nina says she can sort of see why Ava did it, but what if something had gone wrong, which it kinda did, Ava could have gotten shot too or killed. Ava says she guesses she could have been. Anybody could have been. They all had to duck for cover. Nina says she’s glad Ava wasn’t. She doesn’t know what she’d do if she lost Ava.

Michael says he appreciates Dex coming back. It’s a good thing he did because he might have saved Dante’s life. Dex says, not alone. Joss did just as much as he did. Josslyn says, honestly, she thinks the only reason Dante was still alive when they got there was because of the pressure bandage. And the only reason Dante was even able to get to the hospital was because that person called 911. Willow asks if it isn’t possible that whoever helped Dante had nothing to do with the shooting, and they were a good Samaritan who had their own reason for not wanting anybody to know they were there. Dex says, they left the pier as soon as the paramedics took Dante away, but Chase and the cops were there collecting evidence, so they have the cellphone and the sweatshirt that was used as a bandage. Maybe it’s enough to track this guy down.

Carly comes back and sits on the sofa with Jason. She says she’s sorry, but she’s going to have to clean it. She puts an antiseptic cloth on the wound and Jason stifles a groan. She says she doesn’t want it to get infected. She just wants to get it clean. He says he thinks it’s clean, and presses a pad to it. She asks how he’s here. She wishes she could call her mom and ask how to help him. He says, no. Do not call Bobbie. She says she can’t. She died. He says, Bobbie’s dead? and looks like he wants to cry. Carly says, yes, already crying. There’s a knock at the door, and Anna says, police. Open the door.

Michael asks if they saw Sonny at the hospital, and Josslyn says, they saw him, he saw them, but they didn’t speak. Dex says, he was with Olivia and Sam. They were all waiting outside the trauma room while Dante was in surgery. Willow says, it was good of them to come to the house and tell Sam and Olivia what happened. She’s glad they got to see him. Josslyn says, one last time? She can’t even think about it. She cannot think about Rocco losing his father. She can’t think about Avery and Donna losing their big brother. But they all know that this could happen. Yes, Dante’s the cop and he takes risks, but they have to be honest here. This would not be happening if it wasn’t for Sonny. (Not necessarily, since he’s not the only target.)

Olivia and Sonny watch Dante, one on either side of the bed. Sonny strokes Dante’s hair and Olivia kisses Dante’s forehead.

Diane tells Alexis that she’s obviously appalled. She can’t say she’s surprised. Alexis tells her, thanks. She always knows just what to say. Diane says, yes, she does. And while a publisher does have the right to overrule an editor, but when it comes to hiring an individual journalist, it seems like a breach of trust. (I dunno. It seems kind of petty IMO. Certainly nothing to quit over.) Alexis says, Nina is all about trust, and Diane laughs. She says, an Editor-in-Chief has the right to determine who does and does not work for the paper, and Alexis says, right. If Nina had recommended a columnist, she could decide whether or not to hire said columnist. That would have been one thing. Diane says, but that’s not what happened, and Alexis says, no. She made a unilateral decision. There was no collaboration. Diane says, so what is she going to do? and Alexis says she’s going to not think about this right now. She’s going to concentrate on her daughter and helping her through this crisis. Diane says, of course (🍷). Of course (🍷) her family always takes first priority. But just so Alexis knows, she has a right to bitch about the b… boss.

In Dante’s room with Sam, Kristina says, so, bro, opening day is right around the corner. She knows he’s not going to miss that, especially since it’s the Yankees’ year. She was at the pub the other day and the game was on. This one bartender is a huge Sox fan, and they were joking around back and forth for a while. By the end of the game, she found herself rooting for them, and she thought, man, her brother is going to kill her. Since he’s been in here, it’s like the whole world’s upside down.

Nina tells Ava that she’s so worried about Sonny. Her marriage is not in the best shape right now, but she loves him. She doesn’t want anything to happen to him, and she’s terrified that whoever’s out to kill Sonny might succeed, and she doesn’t want to have to worry about Ava too. Ava says, she doesn’t have to. Rest assured, after this little misadventure, she’s laying off any derring-do in the future. Nina says, good. This is insane, right? She knows Sonny has enemies, but this? Ava says, for what it’s worth (🍷), they’re getting closer to the truth, and Nina says, wait. Does Sonny know who’s behind this? Does Ava? Ava says, no, she swears, and holds up her hand. Nina says, Ava has no idea? Come on. She needs to know who’s trying to kill her husband.

On the porch with John, Anna tells Carly to open the door, and John says, big house, other entrances. Let’s try one. They start to leave, when Carly opens the door and asks, what’s going on? Anna asks if they can come inside, but Carly says, not until they tell her what’s going on. Anna says, she’s aware Dante was shot earlier this evening, and Carly says, yes. Anna says, they’re pursuing a suspect, and Carly says, okay, but what does that have to do with her? Anna says she’ll explain. May they come inside? Carly says, yeah, and leads them into the living room. Anna says she believes Carly has met her colleague Federal Agent Cates, and Carly says, yes, hello Agent Cates. John says, Miss Spencer, and Carly says, okay. What’s this about a suspect? Anna says, she might want to sit down, and Carly says, why? What’s going on? Did something happen to one of her kids? Anna says, no. Not as far as she knows. It has nothing to do with her children. Carly says, then why does Anna want her to down? and Anna says, Jason Morgan is alive. Jason listens from upstairs.

Sam sits by Dante’s bed and kisses his hand.

Nina says, it’s obvious Ava knows more about this than she’s saying, but Ava says, if she had anything concrete to tell Nina, she would. Nina says, but she’s open to hearing theories, and Ava says, theories are just as good as random guesses right now. Just when we think we have a picture, new pieces appear, and the pieces don’t fit. Nina says, we? Sonny and her? Ava says, and Selina Wu, and Nina says she can sort of understand why Sonny isn’t telling her any of this, but she’d think Ava would realize how important this is to her. Ava says, even when things were good between Nina and Sonny, he kept Nina out of his business dealing, didn’t he? Nina says, yes, he did, but Ava isn’t in the business anymore, and Ava says she was. She knows how it works. She knows the players. She knows that it wouldn’t make sense for Sonny to confide in her about anything else, but in this particular circumstance, she’s a resource. She knows this has got to be frustrating. It has to be frustrating being on the outside looking in, but believe her, Nina doesn’t want to be on the inside… Nina says, this isn’t just about her feeling excluded. Does Ava understand, Sonny is her husband? He needs her, whether he wants to admit that or not. She can’t even support him through this. Ava says, she’s right. Sonny needs as many people in his corner as possible. Nina says, then tell her what’s going on and stop playing Switzerland and Ava says, the last thing she is right now is neutral. Nina says, then why won’t Ava help her with her husband?

Diane says, Sonny’s guards are not under arrest, either federal or local, for now. Sonny thanks her for doing that, and she says, he’s still going to have to answer some questions, make a statement. She can’t imagine Agent Cates is going to be giving him a reprieve earlier than tomorrow morning. He says, Agent Cates can wait until hell freezes over. His priority is his son. She asks, how is Dante? and Sonny says, he’s frail and defenseless, but he’s a fighter. It’s just, sometimes it’s not enough. She says, come on. After everything he’s been through, Dante’s not going to give up on this life. He thanks her and she asks, how is he? He says, she knows him. He just wants to find out who did this and take care of the situation.

Michael says he’s not saying they’re wrong… Josslyn says, but he wants her to let go of her anger for the sake of the family and because it’s not doing her any good, right? He tells her, what he was going to say is that Sonny knows he played a part in what happened to Dante. It’s got to be killing him. She says she knows it’s his son, okay? But she has trouble feeling sorry for Sonny when they have to constantly see people they love get hurt. Willow says, something she’s really started to learn since becoming a nurse, for a lot of people it’s more bearable to be angry than it is to be afraid. So while Josslyn has every right to be angry at Sonny, maybe it’s also a way to feel less afraid for Dante. Josslyn considers that and says, yeah. There was a moment on the pier with Dante where his heart stopped beating and they couldn’t get a pulse. Dex was doing chest compressions, and she was doing the rescue breathing. But he was shot in the chest and there was this voice in her head saying, what if you’re doing it wrong? What if we’re the people who kill Dante? She starts to cry, and Michael dashes over to her, hugging her.

Jason continues to listen, and Carly asks if this is some kind of a joke. Jason died in Greece. Anna says, that’s what they thought… but Carly says, stop. She doesn’t get to do that. Anna doesn’t get to show up at her house in the middle of the night and tell her Jason’s alive. She’s been grieving him every day for the past two years. Do they have proof? If they do, she wants to see it. If not, nighty-night. John says, they have proof. Does she want them to show her? He takes out his phone and hands it to her. She looks at the shot of Jason, and John says, that was taken earlier this evening, on the roof of a warehouse at 257 Water Street. They confiscated it from somebody they believe she knows – Jason makes a face – Damien Spinelli. Carly asks if they’re 100% sure Spinelli took this tonight, and Anna says, in the past four hours, yes. Carly says, and it’s real? Jason’s alive? Anna says, yes, and with her permission, they’d like to search the house for him. The look on Jason’s face says, oh, great.

Nina says, she and Ava have been through a lot. They’re friends, right? Ava says, no friend – and there haven’t been many – has been as loyal and generous to her as Nina has. Nina says, then help her with Sonny, and Ava asks if Nina has signed the divorce papers. Nina says she can’t bring herself to even look at them, let alone sign them, and Ava says, good. Then don’t. Nina says, no problem on her end, but sooner or later, Sonny is going to insist, and Ava says, don’t worry about that. They’re going to come up with a plan. Nina says, what plan would that be? and Ava says she’s going to help Nina save her marriage. Nina says, that would be amazing. She just hopes it’s not too late. Ava asks why she would think it’s too late, and Nina says she’s afraid the longer she and Sonny are apart, his feelings for her are going to fade. That he’s going to force himself to forget what they have together. Or worse, he’s going to decide to move on with someone else. Ava flashes back to almost kissing Sonny, and says, well, they just can’t let that happen. They laugh and hug each other.

Sonny finds Sam outside the ICU and says, any changes? She says she wishes. She felt like she needed to stretch her legs a little. She’s feeling pretty useless. He says, it helps Dante to know she’s here, and she says she knows. He says, she looks beat, and she says, thanks. (What every woman wants to hear.) He says he’ll stay here, and she can go home to rest, but she says she’s not leaving Dante. Sonny’s been here all night. Why doesn’t he go home and get some rest? He says he thinks he’s going to stick around for a while, and they hug. Sam goes back into the ICU, and Sonny watches through the window.

Amelia is heard crying on the baby monitor and Willow says she’d better go handle that before Amelia wakes up Wiley. Josslyn asks if she can come with Willow. She could use a hug. Willow says, of course (🍷) she can, and they go upstairs. Michael tells Dex that his sister is crazy about him, and Dex says, the feeling’s mutual. Michael says, but he’s not sure he’s going to stay? and Dex says, it’s not about what he wants; it’s about what’s best. Michael says, for who? and Dex says, for Joss. Michael tried to tell him once to go and he was right. Their lives are just too different. The best thing he can do for Joss is to just leave and stay gone.

Carly gives John his phone back, and says, they want to search her house for Jason? Anna says, they do, and Carly says she just found out he’s alive. She doesn’t know if she believes them. She doesn’t know if Spinelli gave them that footage. She doesn’t even know if it’s real. Anna says, Jason is familiar with this house, right? The layout, the security system. Carly says, yeah, but… and Anna says, could it be, he slipped inside without her knowledge? Carly says, they’re not searching her house. They don’t have her consent. They don’t have her permission. And if they don’t get the hell out of her house, she’s going to call her lawyer. John says, they asked as a courtesy. They don’t need her permission. They have a warrant. Upstairs, Jason grips his side.

On Monday, Anna says, Carly gets out of their way, or she gets arrested; Jake swears it’s not what it looks like; on the phone, Carly says, call her back as soon as possible and find a way to stop them; and Sam asks if Sonny understands what she’s asking him to do.

👟 Like An Old Shoe…

Let the good times roll.

Laura Wright and Steve Burton on Working Together Again on GH

🤫 She’s Got a Secret…

It’s a movie and she’s in it.

GH’s Kathleen Gati Teases Her Secret New Movie!

💉 Art and Life Combine…

Talk about ironic.

GH’s Kate Mansi Opens Up About Her Endometriosis Diagnosis

💃🏾 It’s About Time…

This sounds just like what daytime needs, a fresh resurgence. Hopefully, it won’t be opposite GH.

New Daytime Soap In Development At CBS!

🤰🏼 Giving You Lala…

It’s all about that bump.

https://people.com/lala-kent-happy-pregnant-baby-bump-jumpsuit-8604953

https://www.eonline.com/news/1396532/pregnant-lala-kent-says-shes-raising-baby-no-2-with-this-person

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-reveals-her-mcdonalds-pregnancy-craving

⌛️ Comes As a Surprise To No One…

Love bubble bursting as we speak.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1396587/teresa-giudice-and-luis-ruelas-marriage-is-under-fire-in-explosive-rhonjs-season-14-trailer

🧂 Contains Less Salt…

Isn’t it ironic that for her to feel seen, there had to be less of her? I don’t know how she can possibly help her daughters feel empowered when she’s given her power away.

https://people.com/rhoslc-heather-gay-felt-pressure-before-taking-ozempic-showed-her-body-positivity-big-lie-8603562

🤼 Shot For Shot…

Let the lawsuits commence.

Andy Cohen Threatens Lawsuit Against Leah McSweeney for Cocaine Claims

⚰️ News Of the Ones…

A peek at episode 3.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live-episode-3-clip-rick-grimes-jadis-bye

And already asking about Season 2.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/will-there-be-the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live-season-2-rick-grimes-michonne

🌁 What’s Up With Us…

Details emerge. Some people take this way too seriously.

https://www.cbr.com/new-the-last-of-us-tv-location

Mostly old news, but in case you want a refresh.

https://www.polygon.com/23634196/last-us-season-2-release-date-cast-news

The parallel world of the game.

https://screenrant.com/the-last-of-us-season-2-casting-faithful-game

🏆 Here Comes the Big One…

The nominations.

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024

About the show. March 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM EDT.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/oscars-2024-watch-96th-academy-awards/story?id=107851439

My dream. Forget the award. I want one of these gift bags.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-gift-bags-2024

You, too, can have an Oscar party.

https://www.thegoldknight.com/2024/03/your-2024-oscar-party-essentials.html

🐕 Sharing the Cuteness…

Pets doin’ it for the ‘Gram.

https://www.eonline.com/photos/19657/celebrity-pets-on-instagram

Some might be dated, but it doesn’t make them any less cute.

https://www.etonline.com/gallery/paws-up-celebs-show-off-their-precious-pets-117103

🦧 Quotes of the Week

Sometimes bad clothes happen to good people. – Carson Kressley, Watch What Happens Live

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. – Chief Seattle (Once again, don’t step on any butterflies.)

Life is problems. Living is solving problems. – Raymond E. Feist

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. – Cesare Pavese

A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. – Marty Allen

🥇 A Winner In My Own Mind…

Make your mark on the weekend, then join me on Monday really Tuesday for soap and awful guests and/or crew on Deck. Until then, stay safe, stay giving from the heart and receiving graciously, and stay not turning your fear into anger. It doesn’t do you any good.

Mar8

March 7, 2024 – John Gets What He Wants, Stoned, The Gossip, Opening Up, Love Song, That House, Final Bow, Petting Zoo & Super

Posted on March 8, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jordan comes into the hospital and asks Laura how Dante is. Has she heard anything? Laura says, not yet. He’s still in the OR. Jordan says she knows how hard this is, but Dante is in the best possible hands here. They couldn’t ask for a better surgical team. She just spoke to Anna. The search for Dante’s shooter is ongoing. They found a few key pieces of evidence and they’re following up. The FBI is also involved. Olivia says she hopes they find the monster that did this to her son, and he’s locked up for the rest of his life, and Sam says, the doctors are doing everything they can for Dante, and they both know how stubborn he is. He’s going to fight this. Olivia says she knows. She’s just got to keep the faith. She thanks Sam for being there for her. She’d be falling apart if it wasn’t for her. But what about Sam? Who’s holding her up? Laura says, they all are, and takes Sam’s hand.

Brook finds Chase, and he asks what she’s doing here. It’s late. He told her that she didn’t have to come. She says, Dante’s her stepbrother. She’s known him for her entire life. She’d be here even if she wasn’t engaged to Chase, but she is. She can see he’s really worried about his partner, and when he hurts, she hurts. They hug.

Drew lets Carly into the Quartermaine mansion and thanks her for coming so quickly. She says, of course (🍷). She came right over. He says, Dante is still in the OR. Everyone’s gathered at GH and he’s watching the boys. Has she heard from Sonny? She says, no. She reached out, but she doesn’t want to push him and Olivia. Is there anything she can do here? How are Rocco and… Danny says, Rocco, what the hell? and the boys come out of the living room, Danny with a handheld game. Danny says, Rocco threw it so hard, he cracked the screen, and Rocco says, bill me, and keeps walking. Drew tells Danny not to worry about the game. They’ll fix it. Danny says, it’s just a stupid game. Rocco’s really hurting. He doesn’t want to deal with this. He just wants his dad.

Spinelli sits down and tells Maxie, it’s impossible. He’s alive and working against Sonny? She asks, who exactly did he see on that screen? He says he saw a dead man walking, and she asks what he’s talking about. He opens the laptop, and she says, oh… my… God. We see the shot of Jason, and she says, it can’t be, can it? He says, pixels don’t lie.

Ava says, it’s him, isn’t it? It’s Jason. Sonny says, it looks like Jason, but it’s a picture. Any digital footage can be manipulated. Why would he believe this is Jason?

Carly says she’s sure Olivia is relieved that Leo’s away with Ned right now, and Drew says, Ned had a business trip in Australia and Leo was out of school, so he took Leo to see the Great Barrier Reef. They’re on their way back after hearing the news about Dante. She says, so it’s just Rocco and Danny here with him and he says, yeah. He’s really worried about them. Rocco is an emotional kid. He wears his heart right on his sleeve. She says, what about Danny? and he says, Danny just pretends he doesn’t have any feelings at all. His phone rings and he asks Sam, how’s Dante? Sam says, he’s the same. She was just checking in to see how the boys are doing. How’s Danny? Drew says, he’s doing his best. He’s trying to hang in there for Rocco’s sake, but it’s not easy. She asks how Rocco is doing, and Drew says, he needs a hug. Sam thanks him for staying there. Help is on the way.

Sam asks if she can talk to Laura for a second and Laura says, of course (🍷). They step aside, and Sam wonders if she can ask Laura for a favor. Laura says, anything, and Sam asks if Laura can leave.

Brook asks if she can get Chase anything. When was the last time he ate? He says he doesn’t need food. He needs to feel like he’s doing something. He should be out there looking for whoever shot Dante. Jordan joins them and says, Anna thinks he’s too close to the situation and she’s right. Let her handle this. He’s right where he needs to be. Chase says he just feels so helpless, pacing around, not doing anything. He needs to feel like he’s helpful. He’s going to donate some blood. If Dante doesn’t need it, maybe somebody else will. He asks Brook to call him immediately if she finds anything out, and she says she will. He leaves, and Brook says, Jordan’s been in law enforcement a while. Jordan says she was, and Brook asks if she was ever in a similar situation; a partner or someone she’s close to got shot in the line of duty? Jordan says, more than once and it was a nightmare every time.

Maxie says, Jason’s alive. He didn’t die on Cassadine Island. Spinelli says, clearly, he survived the tunnel collapse, and she says, how? And if he’s alive, why didn’t he come home? He says, it makes no sense. Jason would never willingly stay away from… Someone knocks at the door and John says, FBI. They have a search warrant. Spinelli hits a key on the laptop, then unlocks the door. John comes in with another agent.

Ava says, that was her first thought too, this has got to be some kind of deepfake, and Sonny says, that’s the only thing that makes sense. She says, Spinelli verified it. It’s live footage, directly from the drone camera. It hasn’t been doctored. It’s real. He says, if that’s true, not only is Jason alive, he was at the warehouse tonight working with the shooter. She says, and Sonny was the target, which means his best friend is now his enemy.

Oliva wonders why they don’t have an update yet. What the hell is taking so long? Sam says, it’s a complicated surgery. Not having an update isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Olivia says she knows, but she’s going out of her mind. She just wants to know what’s going on in there. Sam says she was thinking about what they were talking about earlier, how Olivia said how strong Dante was and how much it took for him to come out of that PTSD. He did that for Olivia. He came back to her. Olivia says, Sam had a lot to do with that, and Sam says she’s still here and Dante is still here. And he’s a fighter. He’s not going to give up now.

Brook tells Jordan, Chase is a cop. She’s always known that, and she’s always known intellectually that what he does is dangerous, that he’s taking a risk every time he goes to work. Somehow, she convinced herself that he’ll be safe. That nothing will ever happen to him. Chase has always said Dante is the best cop he’s ever known; he’s smart and prepared. So if something like this could happen to Dante, then… Forget it. This is about Dante. This isn’t about her paranoia. Jordan says, she was right when she said Chase’s job carries risks, but if she has questions about that, then she really needs to talk to him. Brook says, Chase is in no condition to deal with that right now. He’s focused on Dante, and she doesn’t want him to misconstrue what she’s asking. He might think she doesn’t support him being a cop. Jordan says she gets that, and Brook says, Jordan was in the line of fire, putting her life on the line while her family was home, waiting to see when or even if she’d return. How did she make that work? Jordan tells Brook that she just said it. It’s work. And to be completely honest with Brook, her relationship to Curtis failed in part because she tried to compartmentalize her job from him, and it only drove them apart. Brook says, it sounds like she has some regrets about that, and Jordan says, it’s water under the bridge now, but her advice to Brook is, learn from her mistakes. Let Chase know that he doesn’t have to shield her from the risks of his job, but at the same time, Brook has to be honest with him. Don’t withhold her feelings or lie about her fears by denying what she’s feeling.

Drew says, it’s good to see Laura, although it would be nice if it were under different circumstances, and Carly asks if there’s any word on how Dante’s doing. Laura says she wishes she had some news for them, but when she left the hospital, he was still in surgery. Drew says, hopefully, they’ll be getting some news soon, and thanks Laura for coming. He assumes Sam filled her in. Laura says she’s aware of the situation, and Drew says he made it a little bit easier. Carly says, Drew has been with both the boys since they found out what happened to Dante. He’s been doing great, but they’re two different boys, so they have two different needs. Laura says she’s happy to help them, so may she suggest they divide and conquer? She’ll talk to her grandson and the two of them can focus on Danny? Carly thanks her and the boys come back. Rocco says he heard her voice. Is his dad okay? Laura says, he was still in surgery when she left the hospital, but he has the very best team of doctors and they’re doing absolutely everything they can. She knows he’s old enough to know the truth. She guesses the truth is, his dad’s got quite a fight on his hands.

Spinelli says, it’s an honor to finally make John’s acquaintance. His reputation precedes him. John says he’s heard about Spinelli. Damien Spinelli, computer genius and known associate of Sonny Corinthos. Spinelli tells him, he wouldn’t say genius. He dabbles. John says, and she is? and Spinelli says, a friend who has no idea what’s happening. In fact, she was just leaving. John says, she’s here, so she stays. They found Spinelli’s cameras all over the warehouse at 257 Water Street. They were run through a lot of proxy servers, so they couldn’t get a trace, but fortunately, they were able to identify his DNA on the hardware. Spinelli mumbles that he should have used gloves, and John says, he seems like a decent guy and someone who’s smart enough not to ruin the rest of their life on this. He has no desire to fold Spinelli into Sonny’s problems, but he’s tracking a team of gunmen, and Spinelli is the best lead he has. So if Spinelli would kindly show him what’s on that footage… Spinelli says, as much as he would enjoy cooperating with the FBI, he regretfully cannot help him. He shows John a black screen that says the data is missing.

Sonny tells Ava, if the footage is real, that doesn’t make any sense. They’ve always had each other’s back. If they had a problem with each other, Jason would come face to face and tell him, not shoot him from a safe distance. Ava says she knows how he feels about Jason. He was like a member of Sonny’s family. That was no secret. A lot of people knew that, right? Maybe somebody is trying to use that to their advantage. Sonny says, Jason would never let himself be used against him. They’ve been through a lot. Jason wouldn’t do that to him. She says, then she guesses he’s got to ask himself something. Why hasn’t Jason come to him to warn him when he knows those people want Sonny dead?

John says, put it back, and Spinelli says, put what back? John says, whatever he deleted from the surveillance footage, but Spinelli says, he couldn’t if he’d wanted to. There was no time. Maxie’s been here the whole time. Has she seen him do anything? She says she doesn’t understand how any of this works.

Brook asks, how’d it go? and Chase says, good. He was able to donate some blood and clear his head a little. She says she’s glad, and they hug. He asks what he missed, when Portia comes out. Sam asks, how’s Dante? and Portia says, she’s being told that the surgery is going well, but there’s a lot of damage. Sam asks, how much damage? and Portia says, he has trauma to his heart and to his lungs. He also has broken ribs and sternum, but Dr. Erikson and his team are making progress and Dante’s vitals are good. Olivia says, so he still has a chance?

Carly asks Danny to hold up a minute, and he asks, what’s up? She says she just wanted to check on him. See how he’s doing. Danny says, he’s Rocco’s dad, and Carly says she knows, but he’s a big part of Danny’s life. It’s okay to admit he’s upset, and he cares. He says he’s fine, but he’s got a lot of homework, so… He starts to go upstairs, and she asks if anyone ever told him that he’s just like his dad.

Laura says she understands there was a little incident with a video game tonight, and Rocco says, Danny’s a jerk to whine to them about it. He didn’t mean to break the stupid game. She says, Danny didn’t whine about it at all. Danny’s worried about him and so is she. He says he’s fine, and she asks what video game they were playing. He says, she wouldn’t know it, but she says, he might be surprised. She knows more than he thinks. She’s actually somewhat of a Super Mario Brothers expert. The kids played it all the time when they were growing up, so one day she decided to have a go at it because she wanted to know why they liked it so much and she has to say, she ended up getting a little bit addicted. He says, how addicted? and she says, it’s not like anybody had to do an intervention for her, but she did play a lot. In the beginning, she didn’t know what she was doing at all of course (🍷), but she picked it up pretty quickly and has actually been known to do a few speedruns. He says he wants to see that, and she says, maybe they should play together someday. He says his dad is really good at video games too. Maybe he can play with them when he gets better. She says, they can talk about what’s going on with his dad if he likes. She’s here to listen. He says he doesn’t think he wants to, and she says, okay. She just wants him to know it’s okay to be scared right now, because it’s a scary situation. He says, Danny isn’t scared, but she tells him that she doesn’t think she would say that. He may not know how to show it, but she knows he’s scared. She is too.

Maxie shows Spinelli her handcuffs and says, anymore bright ideas? Also in handcuffs, he says, it worked, didn’t it? and she shows him her cuffs again. He says, John didn’t see him do anything untoward, so she’s in the clear. Just follow his lead and everything will be fine. John joins them and says, let him guess. Spinelli rigged his equipment with a kill switch just in case he got caught. Spinelli gives a blank look, and Maxie says, wait a minute. He’s John Cates, the one who used to live in Port Charles. John says, he is. Why? Maxie says she remembers how much her stepdad talked about him. He really likes John. John asks, who’s her stepdad? and she says, Mac Scorpio. He says, she’s Maxie Jones? Wow. It has been a long time. She says she’s sorry it took her so long to recognize him. Mac is out of the country, otherwise she’s sure Mac would love to see him. He respects John so much. John says, the feeling’s mutual, and Maxie says, so she’s sure he can understand, growing up with Mac as a stepdad, she’d never do anything to impede an ongoing investigation. So if he could just take these off, they can forget this ever happened. John says, how about this? She gives Mac his best and tell Mac that he’s sorry he had to arrest his daughter for obstruction of justice.

Sonny hands the tablet back to Ava and says, if it is Jason, he probably has a motive, has a good reason for doing what he’s doing. Ava says, maybe he’s counting on Sonny believing that. If Jason is involved in some plot to kill him, then Sonny giving him the benefit of the doubt would give him time to set another plan in motion. Until they have more information, they’re just guessing. He tells her that he has to go see how Dante is, and starts to leave, but she says, they were lying in wait for him tonight. Not so very different from what happened in Puerto Rico. And he said it has to be somebody on the inside. Somebody with an intimate knowledge of his property, his business, and who knows his operation better than Jason? He says, she’s not judge and jury, and she says she knows. Believe her. She doesn’t want Jason to be guilty. She’s just trying to figure out what’s going on. He says, that’s what he’s trying to do. It doesn’t add up. She says she knows. This mystery man behind the attacks, didn’t he go by the name Stone? And didn’t Spinelli often refer to Jason as Stone Cold? Jason never hesitated to pull the trigger when it meant protecting Sonny. What if he’s come back and he’s ready to use those same deadly skills and knowledge to take Sonny out?

Laura says, Rocco’s dad dedicated his life to helping other people. So many people’s lives are better because of what his dad does every day. Never forget that. Rocco should always be really proud of him. Rocco says he is. His dad’s the best. But what if… She says, we don’t know what life has in store for us. Sometimes bad things happen, as he knows, and when they do, the only thing they can control is how they react to them. He hasn’t given up hope of his mom waking up from her coma, has he? He says, of course (🍷) not, and she says, then how can they give up on his dad? He’s getting the best possible care at General Hospital. So what they need to do, the best they can do, is stay as positive as they can while they wait for the news. And she’ll be here for him as long as he needs her to be. He says he loves her, and they hug. She says she loves him too, so much.

Danny says, sometimes his mom says he reminds her of his dad, and Carly says, he’s more like his dad all the time, especially tonight. He asks what she means, and she asks if they can sit. They sit on the steps, and she says, it’s not that he doesn’t feel things. He just doesn’t want to show his feelings. And Jason was like that. If he let himself react, he was afraid he might lose control and might hurt himself or someone else, and he didn’t want to do that, so he would just shut down and he would be okay. He’d be the one to handle everything. Danny says, there’s nothing to handle. All they’re doing is waiting. She asks if he’s good at waiting patiently, but he says, not really, and she says, neither was his father. He says, that’s not true. Everyone said he could wait for something, no matter how long it took. She says, that was discipline. Jason wasn’t naturally patient. If anything, it was just the opposite. Jason’s first impulse was to run right at something. She guesses that’s why they got along so well, because that’s her first impulse too. He says, it does kind of sound like him, and she says she knows what it’s costing him to sit around and wait, but it’s where he should be. Because whether he’ll admit it or not, Rocco needs him.

Sam thanks Portia, who says, of course (🍷), and leaves. Sam says, Olivia heard Portia. He has a chance. Olivia says she’s sorry. She’s just out of her mind right now. It’s surreal. A couple hours ago, they were eating cake and laughing at Scout’s birthday party. Now, in the blink of an eye, her son is in there fighting for his life. Sam hugs Olivia.

Chase and Brook step away, and Chase says he appreciates Brook insisting on waiting with him, but it could be hours still. Go home. Get some sleep. She says she doesn’t want to leave, and he says he knows. It’s just… She says, it’s just what? Talk to her. He says, this isn’t what she signed up for. He chose this life. He knew the risks of becoming a cop. She didn’t choose this. He needs her to know that it’s not too late for her to say that this isn’t the life she wants. (He’s very sweet, but once again, a dude is telling a woman that she has no decision-making skills and can’t speak up for herself.)

Jordan tells Portia, Dante is a good police officer and an even better man. Being like this, waiting for word on a cop who’s been shot, she just can’t help being reminded of another late night when another great cop was shot, in the prime of his life, and he didn’t survive. Portia says, she’s talking about Nathan West. She never got a chance to meet him, but from everything she’s heard, he sounds like a remarkable man. Jordan says, he was, and she hates that he never got to live his life with Maxie, be a dad. Another hero cop gone too soon. Then again, everyone who puts on the badge and lives up to the motto is a hero in her eyes.

Spinelli tells John, Maxie had nothing to do with this. Do whatever John wants to him, but please, leave her out of it. Maxie says she appreciates Spinelli trying to save her, but if he’s going down, he’s not going down alone. She tells John that she and Damien Spinelli are a team, and Spinelli says, they are? She says, yeah, and Spinelli says, they are. And since John has no evidence against them… John says, because Spinelli deleted the file? and Spinelli says, no. John says, that’s only a temporary setback. They have experts too. (I have to laugh at how Spinelli and Maxie look like little kids being lectured by the principal.) Although it will take them a while, they will recover the footage he deleted. Then they will follow it to wherever or whoever it leads.

Ava says she knows it might be incredibly painful to even think that Jason might betray Sonny, but there’s an awful lot of evidence here. Sonny says, circumstantial evidence. There’s no way the man he trusted more than anybody in the world would stab him in the back. She says, try not to be emotional about it. Just look at the facts, okay? Before Jason left for Cassadine Island, there was a distance between them. Things had changed. They were tense even. Sonny says, they had disagreements before, and Ava says, maybe so, but all the evidence here leads to one conclusion. Somehow, Jason survived that tunnel collapse, he’s come back to Port Charles to settle a score, and Sonny is playing right into his hands.

📑 Okay, let’s look at other facts. Sonny hasn’t been hit despite three attempts. True, Curtis was mistakenly shot, but he wandered into the scene at the last minute, and it looks like Jason is more the supervisor. Would Jason have screwed up a shot three times?

Brook says, Chase is right about one thing. She had no idea what she was getting herself into when she fell in love with a cop. She’s scared to death every, single day that the next call that comes in about an injured officer could be him fighting for his life. Chase says he understands. It’s a lot to ask of someone and it’s not an easy life, so if she wants out… She asks him, who says she wants out? and he tells her that she just said that. She says she told him that she’s scared, and she is. But she also loves him too much to try and hide this fear from him. Or start their marriage by being anything other than completely honest with him, so she’s sharing this fear with him. If they’re going to be husband and wife, she wants to share everything with him, including her fear of losing him. So don’t tell her to go. Promise her that he’ll never tell her that. He says he promises, and hugs her.

Sam says, sometimes she wishes that Dante would have become an executive and worked for Drew at Aurora – Olivia laughs – or for Ned at ELQ. Olivia says, he would have hated every minute of that, and Sam says, then he could have learned a different trade. He could have been a mechanic or a plumber or something. Olivia says, all of his uncles were mechanics. All of them. He never had the feel for it. If you can’t figure out how to fix a car, you’re probably not going to have a lot of luck fixing plumbing. Sam says, what about baseball coach? That’s perfect for him. Olivia says, he would love that, and Sam says, see? Olivia says, but not as much as he loves being a cop. It means everything to him. It’s everything he believes in. She swears, when he told her that’s what he wanted to be, she burst into tears. She begged him, anything else. A paramedic… anything, but he was so sure, and he was so excited. He was so proud. What could she do? He’s her baby, so she gave him a hug. Sam says, there is no Dante the executive, or Dante the plumber, or Dante the baseball coach. She only said those things because the other thing makes her scared sometimes, but it’s Dante the cop, and she doesn’t think they’d have it any other way, would they? Olivia shakes her head and takes Sam’s hand.

Drew comes into the living room and asks how it’s going in here. Messing with her phone, Laura says, great. They’re just making a gaming date for when Dante is better so he can play with them. Rocco says, they’re going to let dad pick the game, so he has the best chance to win, and they laugh. Drew says, sounds like a plan, and Laura says, but it is getting late, isn’t it? How about if she brings Rocco home and he spends the night with her and Doc? Rocco says, does he have to? and she says, of course (🍷) not. Not if he doesn’t want to. He says he’d rather stay here, just in case Scout has a bad dream and wakes up scared. His dad would want him to take care of her.

John says, the two of them have given him no choice, and tells the agent to take Maxie and Spinelli into custody. Spinelli says, no, he can’t. Maxie has some young children at home. They need her. John says, this is out of his hands now (and I wonder if he’s having a hard time not laughing). He could call Felicia and let her know. Maxie says, no, no, no. Please do not call her mom. She doesn’t want her to worry. She tells Spinelli, although she does think her mom would be proud that they took a stand for one of their best friends. That guy in the footage saved their lives on more than one occasion. They should really repay the favor. John says, one of their best friends, huh? That sounds like somebody who has a lot of friends, someone who’s made a name for himself. That should narrow it down quite a bit. Thank you so much. He hopes their good deed gives them solace when they’re pacing around inside their cell. Spinelli says he made a copy, and John says, no kidding. Maxie tells Spinelli not to say another word. She looks at John and says she can handle whatever happens to her. Spinelli tells her that he has no doubt, but he won’t let the mother of his child be incarcerated for something he did. He tells John, there was a drone recording as it was circling the roof. The footage is in the back-up drive. John says, that wasn’t so hard, was it? and picks up the drive. He says he’s assuming this has got a password, and Spinelli says, does John think he’s an amateur? John says, just give it to him, and Spinelli says, fine. M-A-X-I-M-I-S-T-A. Maxie says, aww!

Sonny says, Ava makes a good argument, but it just… He can’t believe that Jason would be out to kill him. Ava says, well, okay. That settles it. He says, that’s it? She’s not going to keep giving him reasons why he’s cutting his own throat? She says, nope, and gets up. She laid out the facts as she sees them, and he believes in Jason’s innocence. Sonny knows him better than she does, and she trusts Sonny’s judgement. Sonny gets up, thanks her, and says he needed to hear that. It’s very hard for him to trust anybody right now, especially after what happened with Michael and Dex. He can’t even trust his own instincts right now. She says, he made it very clear that he trusts Jason, and he tells her that he didn’t say he trusted him 100%. She says, he just has to promise her something. He has to promise her that he’s going to be careful. Look both ways and all that. He says, if he didn’t know any better, he’d think that she actually cared for him.

Maxie says, Spinelli just gave up their friend to the Feds, but Spinelli says, he has full faith that their friend can take care of himself. She says, obviously, but she’s never seen Spinelli be anything but loyal to him. He says he had good reason for his actions tonight. Doing this keeps her out of jail. She’ll be able to live her life and be with the kids. They need her. And no matter what happens to him, he’ll be happy knowing that. Because she’s not just the mother of his child, she’s the woman he loves. They kiss.

Drew helps Laura on with her coat and thanks her for coming. Rocco seems to be a little bit better after talking to her. She says she feels better after talking to Rocco. She actually thinks it’s a really good sign that he wants to stay here and look after Scout. Sometimes the best way to help yourself is by helping somebody else. They say goodnight and Laura leaves. Carly comes downstairs and says she just looked in on Scout. She’s sound asleep. Drew says, she’s probably worn out from her birthday party. It was only a few hours ago. Carly says, it’s crazy, and gets her coat. Drew helps her on with it, and she says, they’re going to have a huge celebration when Dante gets out of the hospital, but until then, she needs to get home and just relax. He thanks her for coming. It really helped with Danny a lot. She says, just remember, no matter how he acts, Danny feels things just as deeply as the other boys. Maybe even more. He kisses her and she leaves.

In the living room, Rocco looks at a photo of Dante on his phone. Danny sits next to him, and Rocco scoots over so their shoulders are touching.

Portia says, Dante’s out of surgery. They’re moving him to the ICU. Sam says, that’s great news, and Olivia says she wants to hug everyone who was in the room with him right now. Brook says, their prayers worked, and Chase says, they sure did. Portia says, Dante is still in critical condition, but the doctors believe they’ve repaired all the damage. Jordan says, then there’s a good chance Dante will recover, and Portia says, let’s get him through the night, but this is a huge step in the right direction. Chase says, Brook has been holding him up. What can he do for her? Just name it. She says, take her home, and he says, she’s got it. Olivia says she told Sam that he was a fighter. He’s hanging in there just like they knew he would. They hug.

John looks at the footage, and the other agent asks what he’s going to do with Damien Spinelli. John says, time will tell. They got what they wanted. And now they’re going after Jason Morgan.

Ava says, of course (🍷) she cares about Sonny. He’s Avery’s father. Her little girl would be lost without him. He says he’d be lost without her too… Avery, and Ava says, of course (🍷). He moves closer to her and says, remember when he told her that it felt like she was the only person he can trust? She says she remembers, and he says, wouldn’t it be funny if that were true? It looks like they might kiss, but we have to wait.

Tomorrow, Sam has good news; Nina says, Ava knows more about this than she’s telling; Dex tells Michael and Willow that they do know something about the person who shot him (presumably Dante); and Sonny tells Diane that they’re going to find out who did this and take care of the situation.

🪨 A Rolling Stone At Rest…

All about Jason’s return.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/inside-steve-burtons-return-to-general-hospital

Steve Burton Reveals Jason’s Return Storyline Changed!

✒️ He Prefers Social Observer…

The new guy invading The Invader.

Dieterich Gray Is Playing Gossip Columnist Adrian DeWitt on GH

🩺 Hospital Return…

Was she in Australia too?

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/cassandra-james-opens-up-about-her-return-to-general-hospital

❤️‍🔥 Kraze-y For You…

It better be love. They have more chemistry than nearly every other couple on the show.

Listen to Blaze and Kristina’s GH Love Song “It Might Be Love”

🤽‍♀️ Hold Your Nose and Close Your Eyes…

The latest in Summer House. Rather concise, but it’s already more than enough.

‘Summer House’ Recap: Cast Calls Lindsay ‘The Problem’ After Carl Fight

👠 An Icon Remembered…

She was the personification of awesome.

https://people.com/iris-apfel-friend-bruce-sutka-memories-health-details-exclusive-8603482

https://people.com/celebrities-mourn-death-of-fashion-icon-iris-apfel-8603445

🐨 Menagerie Down Under…

Red pandas! Koalas! Capybaras! I don’t think he has much to worry about with that rhino. It couldn’t look less interested.

https://people.com/travis-kelce-opens-up-about-zoo-visit-with-taylor-swift-8605096

🐈‍⬛ On the Catwalk…

Join me tomorrow for soap and Friday’s freefall into the weekend. Until then, stay safe, stay not having loud conversations in public (especially – please, oh, please – on public transport), and stay remembering sometimes the best way to help yourself is by helping somebody else.

Mar7

March 6, 2024 – Spinelli Finds Something That Simply Cannot Be, Beverly Hills Reunion Horror Part 2 & Out

Posted on March 7, 2024 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Anna and Sonny run into the hospital where Chase is waiting, and Sonny asks, where’s Dante? Chase says, they’re working on him now, and Sonny asks, how bad was he hurt? Chase says, he took two bullets to the chest, but Sonny says, he was wearing a bullet proof vest. They were all wearing one, weren’t they? Chase says, they think the bullets were armor piercing rounds.

On the phone as she writes, Alexis says, gunfire exchanged on waterfront… increased police presence. Okay, got it. They have this under control?… Okay. Thanks. She starts to leave the office when she runs into Nina, who’s with an unknown man. Nina says she’s glad they caught Alexis before she left, and Alexis says she’s on her way to meet a reporter… Nina says, that can wait. She has someone she wants Alexis to meet. Alexis says she’d be happy to meet him when she has the time, and Nina says, make time.

Maxie leads Sasha and Cody into her office and says she knows it’s late, so she’ll keep it brief. Cody says he appreciates both of them working around his schedule. The Qs really rely on him to keep a steady presence at their stables. Sasha says she wasn’t busy tonight anyway, and Cody says, Maxie might have had plans tonight. Sasha says, true. She and Cody would be happy to reschedule. Cody says, if she has somewhere else she needs to… Maxie says, oh my God. Stop. She knows what both of them have been up to.

Spinelli is working on the footage, when there’s a frantic knock at the door and Ava says, Spinelli, open up. Sonny sent her.

Anna asks what Chase can tell her about the shooting, but he says, nothing. He was at the station taking a statement from Miss Wu, when the sergeant notified him that someone called 911 and a man had been shot on Pier 55. That was the direction of the suspects in the warehouse shooting when Dante pursued them. So he went to the pier and found Dante. Bystanders were giving him first aid. Anna asks, what bystanders? There’s witnesses? Chase says, there were no witnesses that they know of. Dex Heller and Josslyn Jax found him, and they were keeping him alive.

In the trauma room, a doctor says, blah-blah-blah medical stuff about Dante, and Portia says, he has a severe cardio something-or-other. The other doctor says he needs medical things, and she says, got it.

Alexis goes back to her desk, and Nina says she wants Alexis to meet Adrian DeWitt. (A nod to All About Eve, whose gossip columnist was Addison DeWitt.) Adrian says he apologizes for the unexpected drop-in, and Nina says she and Adrian were having dinner and it occurred to her that the two brightest minds working in journalism should meet. Alexis says, flattering. He’s also a member of the Fourth Estate? Adrian says he is a columnist, and Nina says, a very popular column, and Adrian is looking for a new opportunity now. Alexis says, he wouldn’t by any chance be a gossip columnist, would he? and he says he prefers the term social observer. (My new dream job!) Nina says, what they decided The Invader needs, and Alexis says, Nina means, what she decided.

Cody tells Maxie not to keep them in suspense. What have they been up to, besides lots of work? Between stable handling and spokes modeling, they barely have time to… Maxie says, devise ways to put her and Spinelli together? Because they always seem to have time for that. Cody stammers and tells her that he doesn’t know what to say, and Maxie says, that would be a first. Cody says he likes to relax like anyone else. Toss back a couple of cold ones, throw some sharp objects, croon some karaoke, and if he invites Sasha and Maxie… Maxie asks Sasha to make him stop, and Sasha says she’s sorry. She was waiting for him to come up for air, but clearly, that’s not going to happen. Cody says he was just telling her… but Sasha says, the jig’s up, and Cody says, Maxie is right. They totally meddled in her love life, trying to push her and Spinelli together. Sasha says, but they swear they had the best of intentions. It’s just so obvious Maxie and Spinelli still have feelings for each other. Cody says, and it’s obvious neither one of them are going to do a damn thing about it. So they figured they’d nudge them together. Maxie says, well, it worked. She and Spinelli finally broke down and said they loved each other. Sasha says, that’s awesome, and Cody says, it’s about damn time. Maxie says, and now they’ve never been further apart.

Spinelli pushes Ava inside, looks around, and slams the door. He asks, is Sonny okay? Did the gunmen get apprehended? Does he need to delete footage? Ava says, Sonny is fine, she thinks the gunman got away, and absolutely not. Spinelli says he doesn’t understand. Why did Sonny send her? She says, he wants Spinelli to secure the footage and get it to Brick before the cops know it exists, and Spinelli says he’s already on it. But uploading and rendering twelve cameras worth of footage onto a separate server takes some time. She says, which they don’t have. How can she help?

Portia says, Dante’s trachea is deviated as long as his lung is completely collapsed, and the other doctor says more medical stuff. Portia says, his pressure’s dropping, and Dante’s lung is manually worked.

Chase tells Anna, the paramedics were already en route. They picked up Dante and he waited for units to secure the scene and came straight here. He hasn’t spoken to any doctors and doesn’t even know Dante’s current status. Anna says, so he doesn’t think it was Josslyn or Dex who called 911? when Olivia runs in with Sam, Josslyn, and Dex behind her. She asks, where’s Dante? and Sonny says, in the trauma room. She asks if Sonny has seen him, but he says he was with Anna, and she told him that Dante took a shot. Olivia asks, how was he shot? Did Sonny have anything to do with this?

Sasha says she’s so sorry. If Maxie doesn’t mind her asking, what went wrong with her and Spinelli? Maxie says, turns out, Spinelli hasn’t been totally honest with her, and Sasha asks what not totally honest means. Maxie says, he used her circumstances to orchestrate a rescue, and Cody says, and that’s bad? Maxie says, Spinelli pretended to have burst pipes so he could move into her house and pay her rent and supplement her income during a personal financial crisis. Cody says, hold on. So Spinelli conned her into letting him give her money? That bastard. Maxie says, he’s missing the point, and Cody says he guesses he did, because it sounds like he just did a Spinelli thing, which is super nice and overly complicated. Sasha tells Maxie, of course (🍷) he doesn’t get it. He’s a man. Nobody ever treats him like a damsel in distress or assumes he’s helpless when he’s not. Maxie says, she gets it, and Cody says he really doesn’t. Spinelli did a good thing. Why is she mad at him? Maxie says, if Spinelli’s pipes had actually burst, that would be one thing. But he manipulated the situation so he could give her help that she didn’t want. He was disrespecting her boundaries. Cody says, kind of like what he and Sasha did, and Maxie says, yes and no. She knows both of them meant well. Sasha says, didn’t Spinelli mean well too? and Maxie says she and her mom already had this conversation. Cody asks what Felicia had to say, and Maxie says, a lot. It’s not that she doesn’t appreciate when someone wants to help her, but she doesn’t like feeling handled, no matter how good the intentions are.

Alexis says, when they discussed having a gossip column in The Invader, she was under the impression that the idea was up for further discussion. Nina says, as she recalls, they weren’t debating the column, just who would write it, and Alexis says, life can really be so subjective sometimes. Nina says, however differently they remember that conversation, it took place before she knew Adrian was available. To have a column with Adrian’s name on the byline is going to bring a lot more eyes to the newspaper, which means more money for the groundbreaking, envelope pushing, future award-winning news, which is Alexis’s expertise. Alexis says she’ll be sure to keep that under advisement. In the meantime, she has a reporter that’s waiting for her at a crime scene… Nina says, Alexis needs to tell her why an Editor-in-Chief has to go to a crime scene herself, but in the meantime, she’ll show Adrian around, but Adrian says he’s afraid he, too, must depart. It was a pleasure meeting Alexis. Alexis nods and says, mm-hm, and he tells her that he must say, her reluctance doesn’t surprise him. High culture has long been disdainful of what it considers idle chatter. Alexis says she’s very well-aware of that, and he says, and society reportage used to be diminished disdainfully as women’s talk, if not mere escapism. It can also be an impactful and subversive tool to expose the vapidity and corruption of the upper class. Alexis says she’d love to hear more about this… and he says, so she sees, an effective society column shines the light on people of all social strata and interrogates modern behavior. And it takes a brave publication – and editor – to recognize that.

Maxie gets up, and Sasha asks if she’ll be able to forgive them. Maxie says, actually, she kind of already has, and Cody says, what about Spinelli? Does she forgive him? Maxie asks, since when are Cody and Spinelli on the same team? They hate each other. Cody says, that’s not true. Spinelli doesn’t like him… at least, he didn’t. But since their initial difficulties, which he totally admits are his fault, he’s gotten to know the guy and he’s a good dude. Kind of blindsides you. You think he’s this nerdy tech guy, and all of a sudden, there’s more. He’s a cool guy. Maxie tells him that she’s not sure anybody has said that about Spinelli before, and Cody says, he’s smart, he’s protective, he’s loyal, and honestly, he thinks the world of Maxie. How bad can he be? Sasha says, at the risk of meddling again, why don’t Maxie and Spinelli try and see if they can work things out? They both said they love each other. Maxie says, yeah, but they’ve said that before and it didn’t work out. Maybe it won’t work out again. Sasha says, maybe it will. They already love each other. Why not just see where it goes? Cody agrees, and Maxie says, okay. In that case, she has a question for the two of them. When are they going to follow their own advice?

Anna tells Olivia, Dante was shot in the line of duty, pursuing case suspect, and Olivia says, but Sonny was there too. Sonny says, not when he was shot, and Olivia says, would their son have been there at all if Sonny wasn’t there first? and Sonny looks down. She says, that’s what she thought.

More medical stuff happens with Dante, and Portia says, he needs more blood. She can’t be sure if Dante is even strong enough for surgery.

Sam says, it’s going to take a while. Why don’t they have a seat? Olivia says she’s not done yet. This right here, this is all too familiar. Sonny flashes back to Olivia telling him that he just shot his own son. He tells Olivia that he knows, and Olivia suggests she and Sam find someone who can give them an update. They leave, and Sonny tells Anna that Olivia blames him, and he blames himself. Anna says, Dante was pursuing a suspect, two suspects, he says, suspects that were shooting at him. The last time he saw Dante was at the gym and he told Dante to get out of his way. She says, Dante knows he didn’t mean that, and he says, can she imagine his son was still trying to protect him? He made Dante think that he didn’t want him to. Josslyn and Dex watch, and everyone looks like they’re going to cry.

Alexis tells Adrian that she’s very well-aware of gossip’s historical relevance to journalism, and she’s genuinely impressed that he’d frame his work in those terms. Adrian says, to him, those are the only acceptable terms. He has no interest in penning a scandal sheet. It is his job to help readers better understand the values of their contemporary world. And he believes that’s something that interests her as well. Is it not? She says, call her Alexis, and shakes his hand. He says he’d be honored to, and she says she’ll be in touch. He says he looks forward to it and leaves. Nina says, Alexis can say it now; Nina, you were right. Alexis says she was thinking more along the lines of, Nina, you told me I’d have final approval, and Nina asks if Alexis is telling her that she doesn’t approve of Adrian. Alexis says she doesn’t think the problem is Adrian. She rather likes him. He acquitted himself nicely. His values seem to line up with The Invader. Nina says, great… right? and Alexis says, that depends if he was just giving her a line because he wants a job. As far as the column, even Gregory thinks that it may have merit. Nina says, what about her? and Alexis says she doesn’t not think so. Nina says, so she doesn’t entirely hate the idea and she likes the columnist, or the social observer. Alexis says, true and true, and Nina says, fantastic. Then it’s settled. Alexis says, no, it’s not. What she’s not sold on is Nina.

Sasha says, take their own advice? and Cody says he thinks he already is. Sasha says, in what way? and Cody says he’s working things out with Spinelli. What advice are they supposed to take? Maxie sighs and says, tonight’s meeting is hereby postponed. She picks up her bag and heads for the door. Cody asks if she’s going to find Spinelli. He’s sorry. He shouldn’t have asked. Maxie says she appreciates their efforts as matchmakers. She really does. Cody says, no, she doesn’t, and Maxie says, no, she doesn’t. They’re fired. Cody and Sasha are like, what? and Maxie says, not from Deception, obviously, but she’s opting out of this pro bono love connection. And since they both no longer have her love life to interfere with, they can direct their collective energy elsewhere. Look inward. She leaves, closing the door behind her, and Sasha and Cody look at each other.

Spinelli and Ava stare at computer screens, and Ava says, wow. He asks if she found something, but she says, no. She just got to the part where the cavalry showed up. It’s such a shame. Sonny’s plan almost worked. He says, this is distressing, and she asks if he sees something. He says, no, absolutely the opposite. One of his feeds cut out early. She says, a malfunction? but he says, unlikely. The camera equipment is new. The most likely scenario is the camera was discovered. Thankfully, whoever found the camera won’t have access to the footage, but whoever did abscond with his equipment will likely be trying to trace it to yours truly. She says she’s sure he covered those tracks thoroughly, right? and he says he cherishes the compliment. She says, the shot came through the skylight. He had cameras on the roof, right? He says, they’d be too easy to spot, but he did have a silent camera drone circling. She says, of course (🍷) he did, and he brings it up on the screen. She says, getting closer on his face there, and they both freeze. She says, oh my God.

The phone in trauma rings, and Portia says, they’re moving him now. She tells the other doctor, they’re ready for him in the OR.

Anna goes over to Josslyn and Dex, and says, Detective Chase told her that they’re the ones who found Dante. Josslyn says, that’s right, and Anna says, they’ll have to give an official statement at some point, but right now she’d just like them to tell her everything they remember about when they first saw him. Josslyn says, Dante was alone. There was nobody else there. He was lying down and had a sweatshirt tied around him, almost like a pressure bandage. Anna says, so someone administered first aid before they got there? and Dex says, yeah, and they elevated his legs, bandaged him up, and called 911.

Chase sits with Olivia and Sam, and says he’s so sorry about this. Sam says, they still don’t know what actually happened. How was Sonny involved? He says, there was a raid on one of Selina Wu’s warehouses. He and Dante were with Commissioner Devane, Agent Cates, and some agents. They got inside. While the Commissioner and Agent Cates were questioning Miss Wu and Sonny, someone fired a high-powered rifle through the skylight. Olivia says, and Dante was hit, but Chase says, no. No one was. They believe Sonny was the intended target, but the shot missed him. He and Dante were closest to the door, so they went up to the roof to investigate. They found a sniper rifle abandoned by the skylight and they observed two suspects about 200 yards off that were running rapidly toward the waterfront. Dante told him to secure the scene and wait for back-up. Then Dante went for the suspects. Sam says, so it was him against two suspects? and Chase says, yeah, but Dante told him to secure the scene and wait for back-up. He’s sorry. Sam says, that’s okay. Chase was just doing his job and Dante was doing his. It’s not his fault.

Portia runs to the front desk, and Sam, Olivia, and Chase run there too. Sam asks Portia, how’s Dante? and Portia says, Dante is in critical condition. He’s been shot twice in the chest and they’re prepping him for surgery as they speak. Olivia asks if he’s going to live, and Portia says, they’re doing everything they possibly can to make sure that he does. Dante is wheeled out, and Olivia strokes his hair. The elevator comes, and Dante is wheeled into it.

Ava asks Spinelli if it’s possible someone tampered with the footage between the shooting and now, and he asks if she means, could someone have altered the image? She says, yeah, and he says, it’s possible, but there’s no time and no access. She says, so this is real, and he says, but how? She asks if the drone footage has been loaded on the tablet. They have to show Sonny. He says, it has, but… There’s a knock at the door and he looks at his camera and says, Maxie? Outside the door, Maxie says, let her in. She needs to talk to him. Spinelli closes his laptop, and Ava puts the tablet in her bag. He opens the door and tells Maxie, this is not a good time, as Ava dashes past Maxie. He asks her to wait, but she keeps going, and Maxie asks what Ava was doing here. What’s going on?

Nina says, Alexis is still not convinced she has the experience or vision to take The Invader to the next level? and Alexis says she’s worried the paper will turn into something she’s not comfortable with. Nina says, different doesn’t necessarily mean bad. Like she did with Crimson, she sees opportunity at The Invader. If Alexis believes she’s going to take the paper in the wrong direction, she wants Alexis to compare her first edition at Crimson with her last one. Alexis says she’s not comparing this with Crimson in terms of Nina’s success rate. She’s done very well. Alexis isn’t questioning her intuition. She’s not questioning Nina’s creativity. She knows why Julian hired her. Nina says, Julian hired her to run Crimson into the ground, and Alexis says, and Nina made it soar. She’s not disputing the figures of Nina’s circulation. Nina says, then what’s the problem? and Alexis says, the problem is, Nina has a history with people she knows well, Drew and Sonny being two of them. And that history is not so good. So what she needs to know is, how can she be sure of Nina’s motivation here? Nina says, she can’t. She’s afraid Alexis will just have to trust her. Does she think she can do that?

Sonny kneels down in the chapel and says, bless me, Father, for I have sinned. You know my sins. You know what I’ve done. I will pay for it all, but please don’t take my son. Please, Lord, let him live. Olivia walks in, kneels next to Sonny, and blesses herself.

Sasha says, since their meeting has been postponed, she’s going to go home and finish her book, and Cody asks what she’s reading. She says, Pride and Prejudice, and he says, didn’t they make that into a movie? She says, yeah, a few, and he says, cool. He guesses he’ll head home too. She says, to the stables? and he says, no. He’s probably going to head to the manse first, heat up some of Mama Q’s cooking. Maybe watch a movie. She asks, what movie? and he says he doesn’t know. Maybe Pride and Prejudice. She asks, which version? and he says, whatever’s shortest. Isn’t there a zombie one? They both start talking at the same time, and she says she really hopes Maxie and Spinelli will work through this. He says, it would be a shame if they didn’t. They’re obviously meant for each other. She says, well, goodnight, and he says he really did want to help Maxie and Spinelli. She says she knows, and he says, but this was also an opportunity to spend time with her. She says, and it was an opportunity for her to spend time with him.

Nina says, without trust, this working relationship is a non-starter, and Alexis says, if that’s the case, which one of them goes first? Alexis’s phone rings, and she says, she was just on her way… Is that confirmed?… Thanks. Nina asks, what is it?

Sam thanks Portia and the other doctor for everything, and the doctor says, they’re glad they could help him as much as they did. Portia says, Dante’s strong. He’s really fighting in there. Sam says, that’s Dante. She just wishes there was more she could do to help. She guesses they all wish that though. Portia says, it’s the waiting. It’s the worst part of it all. Time stops. Sam says she’s spent a lot of time in this hospital, mostly waiting on people that she loves, and it never gets any easier. Portia says, the surgery is going to take a while, but she’ll keep checking in with the team and make sure to update Sam and Olivia. (That’s doctor code for, go wait somewhere else.) Sam says, they’d appreciate that, thanks them again, and leaves. The other doctor says, it really doesn’t get any easier, does it? and she says, no, it doesn’t.

Anna and Chase sit with Josslyn and Dex, and Anna says she’d like them to tell her and Chase everything that happened exactly as it happened. Everything they remember. Dex says he and Josslyn were driving back to Port Charles, and Josslyn says, and she has an app on her phone that said police scanners were reporting gunfire out on the waterfront. They assumed that meant Sonny, so they went straight to the pier. (I love how they assumed that meant Sonny. Gunshots? Yep, must be Sonny.) Anna says, Dex works for Sonny, correct? but he says, not anymore. Sonny fired him two weeks ago. Anna says, yet Dex still felt compelled to check on him, and Dex says he did. She says, okay, so what did they see when they found Dante? Josslyn says, they already told them, and Anna says she knows, but she’d like them to tell it again. Because sometimes you remember things you didn’t the first time. Josslyn says, okay. Of course (🍷). They got there and Dante was lying there. The second they got to him, it became clear that somebody had given him first aid, because he had that sweatshirt wrapped around him and his legs were elevated. Anna asks how his legs were elevated exactly, and Dex says, someone folded up a bulletproof vest and stuck it underneath his legs. Anna says, anything else? and Josslyn says, yes. There was a phone next to Dante on a call with 911. She picked it up and spoke to the operator. Anna says, she handled the phone? and Josslyn says, yes. Was she not supposed to? He was lying there bleeding and gasping for air. Anna says she’s just trying to figure out what happened. It’s clear the two of them demonstrated extraordinary presence of mind. They’re doing great. So Josslyn picked up the phone, the line is open to 911. Josslyn says, yeah, and the operator said she’d spoken to somebody else and that they’d left and that the paramedics were almost there. Then they started hearing the sirens and Chase showed up. Chase says he found Dex and Josslyn giving first aid. Shortly after he arrived, Dante’s heart stopped. Dex says, while he performed chest compressions, Joss did rescue breathing, and they got his heart started just before the paramedics got there. Then they took over. Anna thanks them and says, not only is Dante one of their finest officers, he’s also a friend. It’s clear they saved his life, and the PCPD and her personally owe them a great debt.

Olivia prays, eyes closed, holding her rosary. She sees Sonny isn’t beside her, blesses herself, and goes over to him. She says she apologizes. She was afraid. She was so afraid they were really going to lose Dante for good. She shouldn’t have called him out like that. He says, she’s not wrong. Someone was gunning for him, and their son Dante got caught in the crossfire. Again. She says, Dante was doing his duty. As a cop, he knows what that means, even if she forgets it sometimes. Sonny says, Dante was protecting him, and Olivia says, because he’s a damn good cop… and an even better son. She takes Sonny’s hand, and he says, Dante’s one of the people he can count on right now. Olivia’s phone rings and she says, it must be Ned. He’s getting all her messages at once. He tells her, go, and she heads for the door, telling Ned that she’s in the chapel right now. She opens the door and Ava is there. She walks past Ava, and Ava goes inside.

Sonny says, she’s here, and Ava says she is. He asks if she and Spinelli found something in the footage, and she says, they haven’t looked through everything yet… He says, they’ve got to find something. He’s sorry. He didn’t mean that. She says, that’s okay. She’s so sorry about Dante. Sonny must be going out of his mind. He asks why she’s here, and she says she and Spinelli found something important. It’s something he needs to see right away.

Maxie wonders why Ava was here, and Spinelli says he was just following up on a job he was doing for Sonny, and they saw something that was completely confounding. She says, something he doesn’t want to talk about? and he says, not until they can understand it, but Maxie is here now. To what does he owe the pleasure? She says she’s been thinking about things, and she thinks they should talk about how they left everything. He says he couldn’t agree more… She says, okay, she’ll go first, but he says he doesn’t think he’s up to the task just yet. She says, what is really going on? He looks like he’s seen a ghost. He says he has.

Sasha says, Cody knows better than anyone what she’s been dealing with for the past few years, and he says he knows. She says she hasn’t felt ready to move on and be involved with anybody. And she’s not sure she’s ready yet. He tells her that he’s going to say this as many times as she needs to hear it. He just likes spending time with her. So if this happens, it happens. And if it doesn’t, hell, he really wasn’t much of a catch anyway and she probably dodged a bullet. She says she hopes they can finally agree on one thing, and he says, what’s that? She says, they don’t need to find more excuses to spend time together.

Portia calls Curtis and says, no, nothing’s wrong. She just needed to hear his voice again.

Anna asks Chase, who’s running the crime scene? and he says, the PCPD. No sign of FBI yet. She says, interesting. She thought Agent Cates would be all over it. Chase says, maybe he’s busy with something else, and she says, just as well. She wants to keep it in-house for as long as they can. He says he checked with the units on the scene. Forensics is checking for evidence. They have the phone and Dante’s vest. She says her guess is, the phone’s a burner and Josslyn handled it, so it’s doubtful they’ll get anything useful off of that. However, 911 will have a recording of that call, so she’ll have tech coordinate with them. They need a copy of that. She wants to know who placed that call, who was trying to help Dante, and why.

Olivia tells Sam that she spoke to Dr. Park. It’s a little too early for an update on the surgery, but he said even though Dante is unconscious, he’s still showing a really strong will to live. He’s in there fighting for every breath. Sam says, Olivia knows Dante, stubborn to a fault, and Olivia says, he’s the worst, but Sam says, actually, the best. She and Olivia hug.

Alexis tells Nina that the reporter she was supposed to meet on the waterfront just informed her that an officer is down. Nina says, that’s terrible. That definitely qualifies for breaking news. She’ll leave Alexis to her job. She starts to leave, and Alexis says, the officer who was shot was Dante.

Ava holds the tablet and tells Sonny, right here there’s a clear angle of one of the gunmen. Sonny says, they’ll get that to Brick, and he’ll get a name real fast, but she says, actually, that won’t be necessary. She and Spinelli were able to identify him. He says, they identified him? Who is it?

Maxie says, Spinelli saw a ghost? Where did he see it? Spinelli says, he was right there… He was sentient. He was breathing. Maxie says, he’s going to have to give her a little more to work with here, and he says, it’s impossible. It simply cannot be. She says, just tell her. What is impossible?

Sonny says, if Ava knows who it is, spit it out, but she says, some things need to be seen to be believed. She shows him the tablet.

Spinelli sits in front of the screen and says, it’s impossible, both that he’s alive and working against Sonny. Maxie asks, who exactly did he see on the screen? and Spinelli turns around.

Ava says, it’s him, isn’t it? We see the tablet screen with Jason in a freeze frame, and she says, it’s Jason.

Tomorrow, Chase tells Brook that it’s not too late to say this isn’t he life she wants; Laura suggests to Drew and Carly that they divide and conquer; John wants to see what’s on the footage; and Ava says, what if he’s come back to take Sonny out?

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Reunion Part 2

Holding my nose and jumping in.

Andy says, at Kyle’s Celebration of Life, she welcomed the support of the ladies (his word, not mine), but there were other points where there was a marked distance between Kyle and her friends, especially Dorit. Kyle said she was disappointed about the way Dorit handled the Kathy situation at the Reunion. We flash back, and Kyle says she felt Dorit cared more about the audience. Dorit says, that’s the most hysterical thing she ever heard. All she wanted was for Kyle to leave the Reunion being okay with Kathy, and Kathy wanted Kyle to hear her. Garcelle suggests Dorit should just admit she shouldn’t have done it, but Dorit says she’s allowed to speak on her own behalf. Andy says, Kyle is a year and a half sober, and asks how she feels. Kyle says she feels amazing, and even if alcohol isn’t a problem, when you stop drinking, something about it changes you. He wonders if Morgan’s not drinking influenced her, and Dorit thinks that’s a no, but when you hang out with people who don’t drink, you don’t drink. Andy says, some viewers thought the other women were insensitive to Kyle’s sobriety, and Garcelle says, it was in jest. Erika says, if they’d thought she had a problem, it would have been different. Dorit says, it seemed like Kyle changed a lot, but Kyle says she’s worked out since she was a teen because she had to. She was being reckless, drinking and taking drugs. She doesn’t really clarify the latter, but I assume she means too much weed. Sutton says, Kyle insinuated she had a drinking problem and an eating disorder, and we flash back to that. They circle this drain for what feels like eternity, with Kyle saying she doesn’t know if Sutton has a problem or not, but she would never say she did. Then she tries to turn the tables, asking what she ever did to Sutton to warrant what Sutton did to her at the weed dinner. Instead of asking if she was okay, Sutton acted like she did something wrong. We flash back to that, and then somehow get stuck in the Kyle/Sutton/drinking whirlpool again. Crystal says, Kyle had told them she’d had a hard year, but she wasn’t specific, and Kyle says she’d just started figuring things out for herself. Why do they feel entitled to an explanation? Sutton says, they all share what’s going on, but Kyle says, that’s not true. She’s been on the show for 13 years and has never held back. She lists all the life events she’s experienced while on the show, her resumé as it were, and says, all Sutton’s got going on is her horse and a dating coach. Give her a break. I didn’t like Kyle much to begin with, but she’s become insufferable since LVP left.

Kyle says, they’re not allowed to talk about Christian, but Sutton says, that’s a lie. And I’m wondering, if that’s the case, why did we hear all about him, Sutton’s alimony, and their marriage? Was Kyle not paying attention? Was she too stoned to notice? Kyle says, Sutton wanted her to spill what happened in her marriage, and Sutton says, they had questions. Kyle says, Sutton came on this season just to come after her, and Sutton is like, what? Kyle mimics her, and says, maybe Sutton getting a horse and having a cashmere line isn’t enough, so Sutton talks about her. Making a valiant effort, Andy says, back to the actual point, and we’re back at Kyle insinuating Sutton has a drinking problem. Someone let me off this hamster wheel. Crystal says, it was more Dorit, and Dorit says she doesn’t think Sutton has a problem. She doesn’t have evidence of it. Sutton says she doesn’t know if Dorit has a drinking problem either. She doesn’t know how many carcasses are on the floor at night. Ha-ha-ha! Andy says, the group loves a party, and Kyle’s weed dinner took things to new high. We flash back to Denise being nearly incoherent, and Andy asks what was going through their minds. Garcelle says she kept telling Denise, you can’t say that, and Andy says, a viewer suggested Denise was less mad about Erika’s threesome comment than the rumor about her hookup with Brandi. Since LisaR, Teddi, and Brandi weren’t around, she took it out on Erika. Andy moves on to Dorit, saying, at BravoCon 2022, Erika predicted Dorit and PK would be splitsville. He wonders if she was onto something, and as we watch that clip, Erika and Dorit both laugh about it. We flash back to Dorit and PK being at odds throughout the season, and Andy says, Dorit’s style transformation – dark colors, darker hair, and an usually logo-free wardrobe – led a viewer to think PK put her on a budget. As Dorit gives a ten-hour explanation why she changed her look, Andy yawns behind his cue cards. Dorit says, don’t you dare, and we flash back to the first and second time he did that. I’m guessing she’s an energy vampire. Andy says, this season, Dorit was recovering from another horrific robbery, $10K for bonuses that she left in a shopping cart. Dorit says she was on the way to give out bonuses and didn’t think she had enough cards, so she stopped at Marshall’s. This causes an uproar about her shopping in a thrift store, and she admits to loving Marshall’s and Home Goods. I’m with her here. Just because you have the money doesn’t mean you should spend it all and those stores are amazing. She says she realized she didn’t have her bag when she was at the store, and later, camera footage showed she’d been targeted and followed. Andy says, Garcelle questioned the house robbery, and Dorit says, it was a mother’s worst nightmare and Garcelle intimated it wasn’t real. Garcelle says she believes Dorit was robbed, but there were a few things that were off. Dorit says, like what?

Garcelle wonders why Dorit still had her rings, and Dorit says, they’d just gotten back from London and the things she traveled with weren’t in their normal place. Garcelle says, it was strangely kind for the robber to leave Dorit’s phone by the gate because she asked, and we flash back to that. Dorit says, she’d just had a gun held to her head with someone saying, kill her, and Garcelle says she knows the story, but Dorit says, allow her finish, because Dorit is one of those people for whom the tape must run out. Dorit wonders. what’s so unfathomable? and Garcelle says, it’s rare, but Erika says, it’s not impossible. Dorit says, it’s not that crazy, but what is crazy is the narrative Garcelle is peddling. Garcelle says, it’s her opinion. That doesn’t change Dorit’s reality. Dorit tells her, it’s a strong thing to say. It shows that Garcelle couldn’t care less. Garcelle says she’s sorry she hurt Dorit, and Andy moves on to Sutton bringing up the rumor that PK had a woman in the car when he was picked up for a DUI. Sutton says, the streets told her, and Erika asks, what streets is she running? Sutton says she got a spanking for it from PK, and Dorit says, it was mean spirited. Sutton says, insinuating she puts vodka in her coffee is mean spirited. The streets must have told Dorit. Erika says, the mean streets of Beverly Hills, and I think, that’s a great book title.

Andy mentions that Kyle said she never reads the paperwork Mauricio gives her before signing it and asks if she’s met his friend Teresa Giudice. Kyle says, her mom told her to never trust a man, but there’s so much small print and so much paper. Erika says, it’s okay to trust your partner, and Andy says, she’s not a poster child for trusting your partner. Erika says, she’s not a poster child for any of this sh*t. Andy tells Dorit that Julia Roberts was on Watch What Happens Live and said PK should have given her the necklace. We see the clip from WWHL, and Andy says, Dorit struggled with PK not being present. How are they doing? Dorit says, after filming, things got progressively worse until they were at an all-time low, but now things are better than ever. PK had been drinking a lot and it was difficult to have a clear-headed conversation with him, but he’s been sober for 49 days. It was a pivotal moment. Andy asks how Dorit felt when Kyle didn’t trust her enough to share what was going on, and Dorit shared her own life with Kyle. Dorit says she could see that there were no pictures of Mauricio on Kyle’s Instagram. Kyle says she thought Dorit would call, instead of waiting until they were on camera, but Dorit says, it was like Kyle was trying to avoid her. Kyle says, when she’s struggling, she retreats, and Dorit says, their husbands are close. Kyle wasn’t alone. Kyle says she’s been married her whole adult life and it’s painful. They were keeping a front for the kids. She and Dorit agree that after the Reunion, they’ll take a beat, then talk.

Andy says, Erika gave up fighting for Lent, but there were a few old grudges she couldn’t give up on. We flash back to the new same old Erika, and he says, everyone loves a comeback. He congratulates her on her Vegas residency and her special, Bet It All on Blonde, and we see a clip from the latter. He brings up Sutton saying tickets were $7, and Sutton says she was joking, but they might be in the balcony. Clearly, she hasn’t paid to see any kind of show in decades. Andy asks if she was being a showman, and she says, yes. He asks why Erika let Denise get a rise out of her when she’d given up fighting for Lent, and Erika says, she was looking for it. Sutton asks if she feels bad in retrospect, but Erika says, absolutely not. Andy says, Erika was spotted in Vegas with an old friend of Tom’s, and the headlines said he was her sugar daddy, but Erika says, he’s her private lawyer. Andy says, she didn’t want to show empathy for the victims of Tom’s scamming because it might make her seem guilty or complicit, and Erika says, when you’re in a legal process, and told not to comment either way, when you can’t respond the way others think you should, it looks like you have no empathy. Andy says she met with a group of people who were victims, and Erika says she was advised to do it by her counsel. She thought it was important that they saw her as a person, not through the lens of a reality show. She found out a lot, like how one of her paychecks in a client’s trust fund. Andy says, Tom has dementia, but was considered competent to stand trial. Erika says, competent under the law and a medical diagnosis are two different things, and Crystal says, the standard length of survival after diagnosis is 9 years. According to what Erika told them, the disease would have been too progressed for him to be able to stand trial. It seems strange. Erika says, if Crystal means she thinks he’s faking it, just say it, but Crystal says she doesn’t know if he’s faking it, but it was surprising to her. They talked about it 4 years ago. Andy lets it slip, no doubt on purpose, that Kathy is joining them. We see her get out of the limo in her PJs and slippers.

While getting made up backstage, Kathy says Mauricio is doing Dancing with the Stars (Scheana! Scheana!) and she thinks it will be good for Kyle’s healing. Kyle isn’t impulsive and she didn’t decide in a few months. She thinks Kyle’s been deciding for the last three or four years. She shouldn’t say that, but she did.

Andy says, when Sutton was left out of Magic Mike in Vegas, she and her pants had a magic meltdown. We flash back over Sutton’s name ‘em season, and Sutton says she didn’t know the show was like that. He asks what she was reacting to, and she delicately says, the simulation of cunnilingus. Erika asks if she likes it IRL, and then says she’s joking, but we all know she’s inappropriate on purpose. Andy says, Sutton was convinced the elevator was timed, and Sutton says, it seemed suspect in the moment, an opportunity to humiliate her. We flash back, and it does seem like Erika reacted pretty quickly, telling Sutton it was an opportunity for her to apologize. Erika says, Sutton threw a fit at Magic Mike, embarrassing her, and Andy says, later, Sutton said she was upset because her ex was moving to another country. Sutton says, Christian said she and James were moving as well and he gets what he wants. Garcelle says she realized how much hold Christian still has on Sutton, and Sutton says, had. She told him that she and James were staying here. It took courage, but he agreed. Andy says, that’s huge for her, and Sutton says she’s changed over the course of the show. Andy says, many women tell him that the show gave them a voice, and Sutton says, Kyle claims all she has is cashmere and a horse. Kyle makes a face.

Kyle says, it’s a joke, but Sutton says, it’s not true and Kyle hurt her feelings. She has her store, and her new business is a big deal. Kyle says, Sutton doesn’t talk about her personal life. She didn’t talk about the Uber driver. Sutton surprisingly doesn’t correct Kyle, since it was her personal driver, but she says she’s not revealing his name when she hasn’t told her children. Andy says, Sutton revealed that her monthly alimony is $300K on WWHL, and while some applauded, some said she was gloating. He asks what Annemarie, who’s been looking bored AF, thinks, and she says, in her world, they don’t talk about money. She has wealthy and famous friends, but they don’t talk about it. Everyone can do what they want, but in her world, they don’t do that. Andy asks about Kyle and Sutton’s friendship because we haven’t beat that dead horse enough, and Sutton says, any chance Kyle got, she said their friendship was a farce. They had a great private conversation before the weed dinner, privately, but when the camera is on, Kyle’s not a good friend. Kyle says, her kids were asking if her rings were from Mauricio because he cheated, but Sutton says she didn’t say that. Kyle says, Garcelle did from a conversation that she and Sutton had, and Sutton says, they were both hot that night. We flash back and Andy says, Kyle’s visit to Sutton did not go well. Kyle says, it started fine until Sutton started to tell her, name ‘em. She seemed off. Andy says, when Teddi was on WWHL, she said she thought Sutton kept vodka in her purse, and a viewer said Teddi is doing Kyle’s dirty work now. Sutton says, Kyle didn’t have her back, and has been relentlessly mean to her this season. Kyle asks, where? and Sutton tells her, as Denise would say, watch the show.

Next week – the Reunion concludes (thank you, God) – Kathy makes an appearance; more on Kyle’s relationships with Mauricio and Morgan; Andy asks Erika who’s most afraid of Kathy; and Sutton has a medical emergency where Andy says, you’re really shaking, and waves a cue card at her, as Garcelle suggests they call someone. Remind me never to be around these people if I need medical help.

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Join me tomorrow for soap and a mixture of entertainment. Until then, stay safe, stay wiping down equipment at the gym after you use it, and stay remembering that different doesn’t necessarily mean bad.