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Feb5

February 4, 2022 – Carly Meets Drew On the Footbridge, Suds Sweep, AMC News, a Pledge, a Goodbye, Dating Again, Threatening, Carol Tattles, Whining, Salty Talk, Puppies (!), Practically 10 Quotes & People

Posted on February 5, 2022 by theresakp

What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Mac asks Dante if there’s any sign of what caused Kendall (apparently the driver’s name) to lose control of the vehicle. He and Dante look around the van with flashlights. Inside, the guard tells Peter that Kendall must have hit an icy patch and gone off the road. Dante says, all four tires have been punctured. They didn’t hit ice; they’ve been sabotaged. They see headlights coming toward them, and draw their guns.

Brook tells Bailey to sleep well. Mommy loves her.

Maxie says she’s glad Austin finally knows the truth about Louise. It’s been awful lying to him. He says he can imagine she’s had to juggle a lot of lies to really well-meaning people. She says she had to do what she had to do, and he says, he can’t help but wonder if her kissing him now is just another diversion.

Nina comes in to Charlie’s and, walking past Obrecht, she asks the bartender if Phyllis is around. Obrecht asks how long Nina is going to avoid her, and Nina says, Obrecht is responsible for her relationship with Mike coming out in court, so she doesn’t know. Obrecht says she did Nina a favor, and they both know it.

Chase asks if Bailey went down, and Brook says, like a champ. She had a big day. He says, all those people cooing over her. It must be exhausting being that cute. She says he should know, and he thanks her. She says she means when he was a baby. She bets he had really chubby cheeks. She puts her feet up, and he says he’ll never understand wearing shoes that hurt you. She asks, what is there to understand? These boots make her legs look amazing. He says, they do. Believe it or not, he really enjoyed today. She says, her too. She’s just glad they got out of there before the WSB came to arrest granny. He says, it woudn’t be a Quartermaine party if the police weren’t involved, and she says, that’s so true. He says he hopes it didn’t mar Ned and Olivia’s big day, but she says, no way. Nothing could diminish their happiness after how hard they worked for their marriage. He says, she’s right. Sometimes two people just belong together.

Sonny stands on the deck of the Haunted Star, wearing a white tux and holding a red rose, when Kristina comes out. She says, look at him. Carly won’t know what hit her. She asks what he’s doing out here; it’s freezing. He says he didn’t want to wait inside. He’s getting anxious, and wants to see Carly arrive so he can greet her with his rose. She says, very romantic, and he thanks her for what she did inside. She says her pleasure, and what he did to the state room looks amazing. It definitely has an island vibe. He says, not too much? but she says, no. Carly will see all the effort he put in, and see how much this night means to him. He says he just wants everything to be perfect, and Kristina says, it won’t be if she’s still here, so she’s out. She hugs him, and says, good luck, and he says he hopes this makes it right for him and Carly.

Carly walks on the footbridge, and flashes back to Sonny saying, if she’s not ready now, maybe she never will be. Drew comes onto the bridge, and says, they meet again.

Mac says, it could be an ambush, and Kendall comes up behind Dante and slugs him.

Brook tells Chase, she and Olivia have had their issues. She’s had them with her dad too, but she’s come to appreciate how good Ned and Olivia are together. He says, he’d hoped his mom and dad would find their way back to each other, but he’s had to accept that’s probably never going to happen. Maybe they don’t have what Ned and Olivia have; that connection, that something that makes you want to fight against all odds. She says, no one’s ever fought that hard for her, and he says she deserves a love that strong. She tells him that he doesn’t have to say that, but he says he said it because he believes it. She says, it’s a mighty generous thing to say to a person like her, and he says, a person like her? What is that supposed to mean? She says, it means he can cut the act. She knows what he really thinks of her. She stomps off, and out to the patio.

Felicia tells Anna, she still wishes she could have gone with Mac and Dante. She wanted to watch Peter get locked behind bars. That way, she could have taken a picture and sent it to Maxie, and Maxie would know for sure, and get on with her life. Anna says, now that Peter has been dealt with, they can get on with finding Louise. Felicia says, Maxie’s been through so much already. A dangerous psychopath is the father of her child, and all those fruitless searches for Louise. And the whole time, she’s had to handle it alone. Anna says, maybe Austin will change that, and Felicia says she likes him. He seems like a really good man. Lord knows Maxie deserves that. She doesn’t know what she’d do without Mac. How long has it been again? Anna says, not long. She’s waiting for a message from Valentin. Felicia says, Anna told her that Valentin had a lead on Louise. Wouldn’t it be wonderful? Peter behind bars, and a chance to bring Louise home? Anna says, everything would finally come together.

Maxie says she thought Austin understood, and he says he understands she was under a lot of stress, and it was really hard for her that the people she loves were really worried about Louise. She says, and she hated every minute of it; she told him that. But that has nothing to do with their kiss. She wanted to kiss him. He says he can’t help but wonder if there aren’t other factors in play, given her state emotionally. She says, that is a very clinical assessment, doctor. She knows how she feels. He says, she’s been lying to him. She’s been keeping a secret from him since the moment they met. Did she befriend him out of some kind of necessity? Everybody in this town knows her very well, and would know something was up, so she turned to him to keep them at bay because he’s new and safe. She says, he’s anything but safe. She and Brook lived in constant fear that he was going to remember what went on in the woods that night. She should have stayed away from him like she intended to, but she was drawn to him because she feels something for him. Is she alone in that? His phone rings, and he asks if they can talk later. She says, sure, and he jets.

Nina says she would have risked prison before betraying Sonny’s trust like that, and Obrecht says, that’s easy to say now, knowing it won’t happen. Nina starts to leave, but Obrecht says she doesn’t want to fight. Nina is her niece, and knows she’s always on her side. Who did Nina call to help her with Peter in Nixon Falls? Her. Nina says she did, and Obrecht almost died because of it. Obrecht says, that’s all over. She understands what it’s like to make bad choices for love’s sake; to be condemned for following your heart. If Nina needs a friendly face, here it is. Let’s sit. Nina says she was looking for Phyllis, and Obrecht says, Phyllis isn’t here, but she is. Please? They sit down, and Obrecht asks if Nina has eaten. She was supposed to have dinner with Britt, but she was a tiny bit late, and Britt ditched her. Nina says she’s not hungry, and Obrecht says, then they’ll drink. What happened to ruin her appetite? Nina says she had another run-in with Carly. It doesn’t seem to matter where she goes, Carly is there, and no matter what she says or does, Carly takes it in the worst way possible. With good reason, but Nina gets the feeling Carly is more interested in hating her than she is in helping her own husband. Obrecht asks, why does Sonny need help?

Drew asks if Carly is missing Jason, and she says, always. He was her sounding board, her voice of reason. Even when she didn’t agree with him, he never held it against her. He says he’d be willing to listen, or he can just go and let her think in peace, but she says she doesn’t want him to go. What about him? Is he thinking about Jason tonight too? He says, actually, Oscar’s been on his mind, and she says, she and Josslyn miss him a lot. Oscar and Josslyn used to come to this bridge all the time. He says he’s grateful for the few years he had with his son; he just wishes they’d had more time. She says, life is precious, and he says, they shouldn’t waste a second. She wonders why she’s stuck on this bridge trying to make a decision, and he asks what she’s trying to decide. She says, about her and Sonny.

Sonny sets the rose down on the steps, and leans on the deck railing. He says, she’ll be here.

Felicia tells Anna, still no word from Mac. She knows it’s silly of her to try. He’s got a lot going on, but she can’t help it. He said he’d call her as soon as he got to the prison. Shouldn’t he have gotten there already? Anna says, the roads are frozen. It might have slowed them down. Felicia says, maybe. Does Anna really believe that? Anna wonders if Felicia thinks something’s wrong, and Felicia says, when has dealing with Peter ever gone right? Anna says she’ll meet Felicia in the car, and takes off, Felicia not far behind her.

Carly’s phone rings, and it’s Kristina. Kristina says, it’s probably none of her business, but she wants her dad to be happy. He’s waiting for Carly on the Haunted Star. Does she want to show up? Carly says she knows Kristina loves her father, but she’s right, this is none of her business. Kristina says, he’s standing on a freezing deck with his heart on his sleeve. Can’t Carly at least meet him halfway? She helped him put everything together, and trust her, he’s pulled out all the stops to show Carly how much their marriage means to him. She can’t turn her back; it will crush him. Carly says, that’s not what she’s doing. All she asked for was a little bit of space. Kristina says, well, just show up. Please tell her that she’ll at least hear him out. Carly says she can’t do this right now. Goodbye. Drew asks if Carly is okay, but she says, no.

Nina says she wanted to talk to Obrecht, but how could she after what happened in court? Obrecht says, she only told Scotty what she suspected to keep Nina out of prison, and it worked. Thanks to Scotty’s brilliant strategy, she’s a free woman. These are different circumstances. Whatever’s going on now, she promises not to say a word to anyone; she swears. Nina says, Sonny is having some health issues, and it got so bad, she was afraid to leave him alone. She even spent a harrowing night at his place. She’s just thankful she got him to realize that he needed some help. Right after that, she ran into Carly, and tried desperately to tell her that her husband was in trouble, but Carly refused to listen to her. Obrecht says, Nina told her Sonny was sick, and she didn’t care? but Nina says she never got that far. Carly wasn’t hearing anything Nina had to say. Obrecht says, it sounds like she wasn’t trying very hard, and Nina says she’s a little conflicted because Sonny doesn’t want Carly to know what he’s going through. Obrecht says she doesn’t care what Sonny or Carly want; she cares what Nina wants. And she doesn’t think Nina wants Sonny and Carly to get back together.

Chase comes onto the patio and says, Brook can’t just tell him something like that and storm out. He puts a blanket around her shoulders, and says, besides, he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She says, please. He acts all nice, but she knows the truth. He asks, what truth? and she says, when they first moved in, she overheard his conversation with Dante, telling him what a horrible person she is. How he wants to protect Bailey from her influence. He says he’s been trying to figure out why she’s been so hot and cold with him lately. That was just talk; he didn’t mean it. She asks why he said it, and he says, because he slipped. He said it would be a mistake if he developed feelings for her. She says, much better. Thanks for clearing that up. He says he was referring to Bailey. That’s what they’re doing here, right? If he developed feelings for her, it would complicate things, so he had to downplay it to Dante. Dante is a sharp guy, so he said all that crap about her not being his type. She asks if he really had to take it that far. He said awful things about her character. He tells her, she said herself that he’s a terrible liar, so he went too far to make sure Dante bought it. She says, so he doesn’t think she’s a horrible person? and he moves closer to her, saying, just the opposite. He says, he’s come to realize what a truly good person she is.

Spinelli tells Sam, crisis averted. James just wanted a glass of water. Where were they? Her and destiny; choosing a path. New life with Dante; second chance with Drew… She says, things with Dante are great. She loves seeing him with Scout and Danny; he’s a great father. He’s really stepped up, and taken care of all the kids’ needs. He says, what about her needs? and she says she’s not discussing her sex life with him. Okay, no complaints; none. He says, but by her own admission, she has unfinished business with Drew, and she says, if Jason hadn’t come back, they were starting a whole new life together, so it’s hard not to say what if? He says he sees no harm in asking, when Maxie walks in. She says she didn’t know Sam was here. Are Georgie and James sleeping? Spinelli says they’re both asleep, and Sam asks if something’s wrong. Maxie says, she kissed Austin, okay? Sam says, and? and Maxie says, it was horrible.

The police radio asks what the status is; please advise. Lying on the ground, Dante reaches for the radio, and says, 10-99. He repeats, 10-99. Officers down. Multiple injuries. The radio falls from his hand, and we see another man down by the van.

Carly tells Drew that Sonny planned this elaborate surprise at the Haunted Star. He’s recreated Martinique. Drew says, which is where they got married, right? She says, second wedding. Sonny really knows how to make a romantic gesture. He asks, so what is she doing here, and not there? and she says, she doesn’t need romance right now. She needs some space to figure out her feelings. Sonny wants her to commit right here, right now to fighting for her marriage. Is she wrong for not wanting to meet him halfway? He says, back up a moment. She just said she didn’t need romance; she needs time. And she said this to Sonny? She says, yes, and he says, and Sonny went ahead and planned this elaborate surprise, and wants her to come despite how she’s feeling right now? She says, yeah, and he says, that’s not about meeting Sonny halfway. That’s just Sonny being Sonny, trying to fix things on his timetable. The fact that she’s here right now is proof she has doubts. She’s 100% justified in feeling the way she does. She thanks him, and says she’s so glad he understands. He says he thinks he does, which is why he’s going to ask this. Is she positive she doesn’t want to go?

Brook asks if Chase really thinks she’s a good person, and he says, he doesn’t think; he knows. Look what she did for Maxie. Not to mention she put herself at risk to protect Bailey from her lunatic father. She says, and she lied to her family… So much lying. He says, good thing she can lie with the best of them, and she laughs. She says she never thought she’d hear Detective Harrison Chase condone duplicity, and he says, what she did was incredible. It might not have started out for the noblest of reasons, but she came through with flying colors. She stuck to her promise, and protected Bailey. Brook treated Bailey like her own daughter, all while she was taking serious hits to her reputation and character. She says she’d do anything to protect that little girl, and he says, him too, because they’re partners, which is exactly why they can’t be any more than friends. She says, but has he considered it?

Anna walks around the van, gun drawn. She looks in the van, and sees only the guard, lying across the seat. She checks for a pulse. She says, all clear, and Felicia comes out and checks Dante. She says, he’s just unconscious, but where’s Mac? Anna says she doesn’t know; be careful. Anna turns Dante over, and asks if he can talk. Felicia sees Mac, on the ground, shot, and says, oh my God, Mac. Dante asks, where’s Peter? and Anna says, he escaped.

Sonny sits on the steps, and takes a new wedding ring set out of his pocket and looks at them. He hears footsteps, and goes to the railing. He says, Carly?

Nina says, Obrecht told her that she doesn’t want to fight, but then accuses her of not wanting Sonny and Carly’s marriage to work. She gets up and grabs her coat, but Obrecht says, slow down and calm down. She’s not accusing Nina of anything, except perhaps not going after what she wants. She’s on Nina’s side, and wants her to be happy. Tell her, does she love Sonny? Nina says, Sonny is committed to his marriage, and Obrecht says, that wasn’t her question. Nina sits back down, and says, Sonny fell in love with her when he was Mike, a man without a past. Obrecht says, he was Sonny then, and he’s still Sonny now. Scotty told her that Sonny even admitted under oath that he loved Nina; that doesn’t just disappear. Nina says, it does when you have a wife and children. She can’t forget about that little detail. Sonny loves Carly. Obrecht says, perhaps he loves Nina too, but Nina says, she cannot be the woman who breaks apart Sonny and Carly’s marriage. Obrecht tells her, don’t be ridiculous. Marriages break up all the time. Is Nina going to live her life based on what others think? Does she think Sonny and Carly do? If Nina loves Sonny, and he loves her, why shouldn’t they be together?

Kristina tells Sonny, sorry; it’s only her. He says he saw her leaving, and she says, she did, but she came back. She thought he’d see her coming up the dock, but he says he was busy. He shows her the rings, saying, when he came back from Nixon Falls, he lost his wedding band, so he bought two more, since it’s the beginning. She says she’s sorry, and he says, she doesn’t have to be sorry; Carly is always late. She knows how important this night is to him. He asks what she’s doing here, and she says she wanted to be there for him… because Carly’s not coming. She called Carly. He says she didn’t have to do that, and she says she couldn’t help herself. She knows how important this night is for him, but Carly said she couldn’t do it. He says, do what? and she says, meet him halfway. He says, Carly told her that? She didn’t even want to try?… So Carly’s not coming? Kristina shakes her head.

Carly tells Drew that she can’t decide what to do. Does she show up at the Haunted Star, or call Sonny and tell him that she can’t come? He says he gets it; let’s work it through. She says, okay. She knows this much. Champagne and candles are not going to fix what’s wrong between her and Sonny, and he should respect her request for space. Drew says, agreed but is that something Sonny would really do? She says, who knows anymore? Sonny has been all over place since he came back from Nixon Falls, but he should at least try for her her sake. He says, absolutely, and she says, this is typical Sonny though. He has to be in control of everything, and he made tonight feel like an ultimatum; show up or else. Drew says, what if it is?

Mac is on a stretcher, and the paramedics tend to him. Felicia says, they have to get him to General Hospital, but a paramedic says, if they move him before he’s stabilized, they could lose him. Felicia tells Mac, please hang in there; she loves him so much. Dante asks Anna, what’s going on? and she says, Mac was shot. They’re trying to stabilize him right now, then move him to GH. He says he can’t believe he let Peter escape, and she asks if he can tell her what happened. He says he was in the van with Peter and the guard. The van lost control and was swerving everywhere. Then it just stopped. She says, spike strips; she managed to avoid them. He says he’s glad somebody did. He got out, and left Peter and the guard in the van. Mac joined him in searching for what caused the accident. He noticed the tires had been punctured. Then a light came from over here. He points, and she says, a car? Description? He says, no. It was an SUV because the lights were too high. He sensed someone walking behind him, and it was Kendall. He hit Dante over the head. Anna asks if he knows who shot the Pentenville guard or this man, pointing the guy near the van, but he says, no. He came to, and called the dispatcher. He asks, how’s Mac? He doesn’t hear any sirens. She says, they’re still working on him, and he asks if there’s any sign of Peter, but she says, no. Her guess is, he and Kendall took someone’s car. Dante says, he could be anywhere, and she says, they’ll find him. They have to.

Spinelli says, for clarification’s sake, Austin’s kiss was not satisfying? Maxie says, what? and Sam reminds her that she said it was horrible. Maxie says, that’s not what she meant. The kiss was great. It just got really messed up afterwards. Sam says she needs to hear this, when Maxie’s phone rings. She steps away, and says, Austin, hi. Austin says, they have patients coming into the ER. There was a shooting on Route 31. Maxie says, that’s the road to Pentenville. Sam asks, what’s going on? and Maxie says, there was a shooting on Route 31. Spinelli says, he’s on it, and goes to his laptop. Maxie tells Austin that she’s putting him on speaker, and asks, who was shot? He says he doesn’t have any details, but he knows one cop was injured. Sam says, that must be the prison van, and Maxie says, oh my God, Mac and Dante. Sam asks if there’s any other information, and Austin says, this is what he can tell them; multiple injured and two fatalities.

Drew tells Carly, Sonny has to know he’s in the wrong. He’s got to know that he shouldn’t be pushing like this, but it’s almost like he can’t help it. Because he can’t stand the idea of losing her and the kids and the family. All of it is way too much for him to lose. What if it’s not an ultimatum, and it’s more of a cry for help? He’s got to believe they have a future together, so what if instead thinking of it as caving, she thinks of it as throwing him a lifeline?

Sonny closes the ring box and looks like he might pitch it into the water, but he doesn’t. He opens the box, takes one of the rings out, and looks at it.

Brook tells Chase, what is she saying? Of course (🍷) he’s considered it. He’s hot; she’s hot. He says, that’s not what he meant, and she says, he doesn’t think she’s hot? He says, no… yes… definitely. He was talking about her as a person. He likes her – Brook Lyn. That’s why they’re friends. He moves closer, and she says, friends, right. Because anything more would be too complicated. He says, exactly. So it’s out of the question. She says she never even considered it, and he says, neither did he. They look as though they might kiss.

Nina tells Obrecht that she’s going to the ladies room. Feel free to order without her. She’s leaving her stuff; don’t steal anything. Nina leaves, and Obrecht says, a drink it is. Kristina comes in on the phone, saying, she was already late for work as it was. She gets the point; he’d rather not let her see him in pain, but she should have seen the look on his face when he realized Carly wasn’t coming. It broke her heart. He told her to leave, now her dad is all alone on the Haunted Star… Right… She knows. She’ll give him some time, but she’s calling him when she gets off work. Speaking of work, she’d better get going. Thanks for listening, mom… Love you too. She sees Obrecht standing at the bar.

A detective asks what Anna thinks, and she says she thinks Kendall saw the strip in the middle of the road and did nothing to avoid it. That he intentionally disabled the van to allow the gunman, or gunmen, to move in. She needs tire track prints from the other car on the shoulder. An officer walks up, and asks if there’s any news on the chief, and she says, he’s on his way to the hospital; thanks for asking. What about Kendell? Did they find him? The officer says, five miles up the road, and Anna says, great. She’ll follow him in her car. She wants answers. He says, she won’t get them from Kendall. Kendall’s dead.

Maxie and Sam come into the hospital, and Maxie asks Austin if there’s an update. He says he doesn’t know; he just got here. Felicia comes out, and hugs Maxie. She asks where James and Georgie are, and Maxie says, they’re with Spinelli. What happened? Is Mac…? Felicia says, Mac was shot. He’s lost a lot of blood, and it took forever to stabilize him, but he’s here now. It doesn’t look good. Maxie says, he’s going to be okay. Sam asks Austin about Dante, and he says, table two. She thanks him, and goes in. Dante is hooked up to a couple of monitors, but she hugs him anyway. He says, he’s okay; he’ll be fine. He’s sorry to put her through this though. He guesses it’s the downside of dating a cop. She says, there is no downside to having him in her life, and he says he’ll make sure she remembers that. She says she’s lucky to have him in her life. He says, he’s lucky to have her, and they kiss

Obrecht orders a vodka tonic, and goes back to the table. Nina has come back, along with a glass of wine that magically appeared. Obrecht says, now’s Nina’s chance, and Nina says, for what? Obrecht says, she just heard Sonny’s daughter on the phone. Kristina was saying Sonny is in a bad way. Perhaps he’s still sick. Nina says, she thought he got his medication, but maybe he didn’t. He could be in trouble. Obrecht says, there’s only one way to find out. Sonny’s on the Haunted Star… all alone.

The detective tells Anna, they’re checking for signs Kendall was injured here. He probably succumbed to his injuries, and was dumped where the police found him. Anna says, don’t waste your time, and the officer says, Kendall was shot point blank. He died instantly. His guess is that Kendall and Peter had a disagreement, but Anna says, no; it was planned. Peter hates loose ends. She tells them to send an update that the prisoner is traveling alone, and should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.

Maxie asks Austin, what about Mac? Can they see him? He says, one of them can go in there, and only for a minute. Maxie says, that would be Felicia, and Felicia goes. Maxie asks Austin to please tell her one of those dead bodies was Peter, but he says, no; he checked first thing. Peter’s still out there.

Carly tells Drew that she’s not ready to give up on her marriage. So this isn’t about what’s fair. It’s about what they both need emotionally. He says, okay, and what does she need right now? and she says she needs Sonny to know she’s still in this. She’s not giving up, but they can figure things out without closing the door on their marriage. Right? She thanks him and gives him a hug. She says, thanks for talking to her and clarifying things. He says, always. He’s glad they bumped into each other. She says, her too, and his phone rings. He says, Anna… Wait… What happened to Dante.

At the van, Anna asks if he can hear her. Mac and Dante were transporting Peter to Pentenville, and they were ambushed. They’ve both been hurt. He says, what about August? and she says, there’s no sign of him. He says, dammit, and Carly says, what? He tells her, Peter August escaped.

Sonny closes the ring box, and says, that’s that. He turns to leave, and sees Nina walking out onto the deck.

Chase says, they should get back, and Brook says, of course (🍷). Chase’s phone rings, and he says, Dante, what’s up? At the hospital, Dante says, there’s something he should know. Mac was shot tonight. Chase asks, how bad? but Dante says, they don’t know. He’s on his way to surgery now. Chase asks, what happened? and Dante says, the transport van was ambushed. Peter escaped. Brook says, what? and Chase says, the transport van was ambushed. Mac was shot and Peter escaped. She says, oh no, and runs inside. Chase runs after her, and Dante asks if he’s still there. Brook and Chase run into the nursery, and Bailey’s crib is empty. Brook starts to cry, and says, no, no, no!

In a moving car, Peter tells Bailey/Louise, hello, sweetheart. Safe and snug. They’re together, and he’s never letting her go.

On Monday, Austin says, it’s a helluva story; Chase says, all signs point to Peter; Anna asks if Robert wants to go down that path; and Sonny says, his and Nina’s time together never happened.

🧹 Sweeping Up…

What’s to come on the soaps this month.

February Sweeps Preview

👄 La Lucci Speaks…

The diva of Pine Valley tells all.

Susan Lucci Talks ALL MY CHILDREN’s Future

Susan Lucci Shares an Update on the AMC Reboot, PINE VALLEY

👩🏾‍⚕️ Front Line Help…

She might not be a nurse off-camera, but she’s just as caring.

GH Nurse Sonya Eddy Pledges To Help Real-Life Nurses!

☄️ Farewell To a Star…

Another loss to the soap world.

Donald May, Beloved Star of The Edge of Night, Texas, Dead at 94

👠 She’s Available…

Randall is an idiot.

https://people.com/tv/lala-kent-dating-again-after-randall-emmett-split/

🍊 OC Delusion…

I wanted to like her, but I’ve come to the conclusion she’s batsh*t crazy.

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/rhoc-newbie-noella-bergener-talks-feud-with-heather-dubrow-says-costar-sees-her-as-a-threat/

🗽 Accessing Production…

Like this matters anymore.

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/31/carole-radziwill-bethenny-frankel-had-access-to-rhony-producers/

🛥 Ultimate Complaint…

What a shock. Brandi is mean.

Vicki Gunvalson Calls Brandi Glanville “So Mean” as Brandi Responds, Talks Cancer Battle, Shades RHOC Ratings, and Says New Cast Members Are “Cheap”

🧂 Rubbing Salt In the Wound…

This week’s recap.

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/30/rhoslc-recap-lisa-barlow-implies-meredith-marks-cheated-on-husband-seth/

Exit stage Mary.

https://pagesix.com/2022/02/03/mary-cosby-exits-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city/

Everybody is getting into the act.

https://pagesix.com/2022/02/04/john-mayer-drags-rhoslc-star-lisa-barlow-in-andy-cohen-tribute/

🐶 They’re Coming…

All you need to know about the upcoming Puppy Bowl XVIII.

https://www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-bowl/see/puppy-bowl-announcement

🦜 Quotes of the Week

Fashion is a movie. Every morning when you get dressed, you direct yourself. – Thierry Mugler

For a New Yorker anything is possible. – Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), The Gilded Age

Don’t let anyone who hasn’t been in your shoes tie your laces. – Judge Faith Jenkins

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. – Ida B. Wells

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker

Above all else, go with a sense of humor. It is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lip is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. – Hugh Sidey

Don’t lose your sense of humor. – the only advice my father gave me when I left home. I’ve come close.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied. – George Washington Carver

🚶🏽‍♀️ Time To Skedaddle…

It’s here – the weekend for those still doing the 9 to 5, and the next two days for those off the work grid. Come join me on the third day for soap and a Deck Reunion. Until then, stay safe, stay pragmatic, and stay off any yacht you’re not invited aboard.

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October 29, 2021 – Gladys Comes Bearing Intel, New Gig, Reboot, Invaded, Not True, More Erika, Denial, Nobody, Ultimate News, Deck Farewell, Sequel, Haunting Quotes & Thrill This

Posted on October 30, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Anna sees Finn at the hospital and tells her, welcome back. She thanks him, and he says, still no sign of Peter? She says, no. She was just talking to the agents on the ground in Crete, and nothing. Not yet anyway. He says, as much as he wishes she had Peter in custody, or another freezer, he’s glad she’s okay. She says she wishes they all were.

Elizabeth tells Valentin, he’s doing remarkably well for a man with a gunshot wound who’s been shipped halfway around the world. How is he feeling? He says, like he could wrestle a bear, and Austin comes in, saying, he thinks Valentin would need a note from a doctor. Elizabeth asks if there’s something she can do for Austin, and he says, sure, but right now her tact and discretion are gift enough. She doesn’t need to worry. He’s not there in a medical capacity. He has business with the patient.

Brook tells Charlotte to eat her cereal so they can get going, but Charlotte says she can’t. Papa doesn’t let her eat sugary cereals. Brook says, just this once won’t kill her. Now, hurry up, so they can go to the hospital and see her dad. Brook’s phone rings, and she tells Lucy, this isn’t such a great time… She had Gladys working on that. She told Gladys she’d finish it, but she forgot… No, Brook has no idea where she keeps that calendar… Has Lucy tried calling her phone?… Oh, of course (🍷) she’s not answering. Fortunately, Brook knows exactly where to find her.

At the MetroCourt, Sasha tells Brando that his coffee smells good. It has real caffeine in it, doesn’t it? He says, mm-hm. She misses it, doesn’t she? She says, so much. She doesn’t dream of fitting back in her clothes or riding a roller coaster. She dreams of morning coffee, a double-shot latte with extra foam. Maxie comes in, saying, she’s sorry she’s late. Sasha says, no worries, and Brando says he enjoyed the extra time with Sasha. Maxie says, enjoy it while he can. He won’t have a free minute once the baby is born.

Gladys goes to the bar, wearing a bathrobe and slippers, and asks the bartender, what kind of a spa doesn’t have alcohol? She needs a bottle of Dom, and are strawberries in season? Never mind. If they’re covered in chocolate, it doesn’t matter. (Yes, it does.) She’ll take half a dozen. Brando asks what she’s doing there, and she says, the works. Eyebrow threading, mani-pedi, and some kind of treatment with gold leaf that’s going to take ten years off of her. He asks if she isn’t supposed to be at work, and Maxie says, that’s what she’d like to know.

Ava asks if Spencer would top off her coffee one more time, and Spencer says she’s already had four cups; the fifth one might kill her. Coming right up. Ava asks if that’s any way to talk to a customer, and Spencer says, perhaps Nikolas can spare his wife by taking her somewhere more suitable. Ava says, such as? and Spencer says, somewhere else. Nikolas says Spencer seems to have forgotten, he has no moral high ground here. He stalked Ava for months. He terrorized Ava, him, and Avery. He won’t allow Spencer to be rude to Ava on top of it. Spencer says, that’s rich. The man who let him think he was dead for three years is lecturing him on his tone. Nikolas says he’s Spencer’s father, and Spencer says, that can’t be helped. Next time Nikolas climbs on his high horse, just remember he’s no innocent himself. Shawn comes in, and looks at Nikolas.

Brook sends a text to Maxie that says, 911! AGAIN! Charlotte comes in, and says she gave Bailey a kiss goodbye from both of them, and said she’d tell daddy that Bailey loves him, and she gave the nanny Bailey’s top three favorite toys in case she won’t stop fussing. So they can go now? Brook thanks her, and says she’s so good to Bailey. Charlotte says, of course () she is; Bailey’s her sister. Brook says, off they go, and Charlotte asks if she’s sure they shouldn’t bring Bailey to see Papa. The nanny can get her ready in ten minutes; five if she helps. Brook says she wishes they could, but she thinks it would be too much commotion for Valentin. Charlotte supposes Brook is right. Besides, she might be scared by all the machines. Brook asks if Charlotte is nervous, and says, her Papa is going to be fine. He’s looking forward to seeing her. She’s very brave, and Brook wants her to know that she doesn’t just have Valentin; she has Brook too. Charlotte says she knows, and hugs Brook. Brook says, so Bailey is with the nanny, check; spoonful of sugar, check. Are they forgetting anything? Charlotte says, Yuri, and Brook says, that is one giant oversight. Let’s get Yuri, and let’s go see your dad.

Gladys says she has the day off, and Maxie asks if Brook is aware she’s not at her desk. Gladys puts a credit card in the folder to pay her bar tab, and says, it was Brook who gave her the day off. Maxie snatches the card, and says she supposes Brook also told Gladys that she could use her corporate card? Gladys holds out her hand, and says, it’s hers to use, but Maxie says, this is a corporate credit card. She’s part owner of the corporation, and it’s not for frivolous spa treatments or strawberries and champagne. Gladys says, Brook told her it was okay, and Sasha says she’s sure this is a misunderstanding. What did Brook say exactly? Gladys says, Brook was clear. Brook told her to enjoy her well-deserved reward day for all the hard work she’s done. Maxie laughs, and asks if she’s talking about the bare minimum they practically have to beg her to. Brando says he thinks it’s best if they postpone Gladys’s spa day, and she can reward herself this weekend. Gladys says she’s going to do what she was promised, she’s going to do it today, and she’s going to pay for it with that card, like she was promised.

Ava says Nikolas has been preoccupied all morning. Is there anything he wants to discuss? He says, what’s to discuss? Despite his job, his kid is nowhere close to doing what’s right. She says, and Alexis? and he says, what about Alexis? She says he told her before that Alexis’s pardon might not work out. That’s got to be weighing on him. He says he does have a lot of family business on his mind, and she if he wants to elaborate. He says, there’s been some trouble with some real estate the Cassadines used to own in Greece. He needs to make some inquiries. She asks how it affects him, if the Cassadines no longer own the property, and he says, maybe it doesn’t, but he’d like to head to GH to make sure. Valentin was shot on the property.

Finn says he heard Peter shot Valentin, and Anna says, he did. He says when he heard, all he could think about were those two little girls, Valentin’s kids. Because of Peter, they could have lost their father. It never should have come to this. He wishes he’d killed Peter. Anna says, no he doesn’t, and pulls him aside. He says, he does. If Peter would have died, none of them would have to worry about him going on this rampage. She says, at what cost to him though? and he asks if she’s talking about his conscience. He thinks he would have slept just fine knowing Peter was in the ground. She says he would have spent the rest of his life looking over his shoulder, wondering when it was going to catch up with him. And if it had, what would have happened to Violet? He says, at least he would have known that Violet and everyone else was safe from Peter. She says, that day will come because Peter’s starting to get desperate, and along with desperation comes mistakes, so he will get caught. Finn says, if he does, he’s interested to see if Peter will tell the authorities about the whole stairwell/freezer incident. She says, if he does, they’ll probably throw Finn a parade. She knows how much he love crowds and attention. He says he does love a good parade, but seriously, when she’s out there looking out for the world, who’s looking out for her?

Valentin says he hasn’t forgotten his agreement with Austin. If Austin wins his suit against the Quartermaines, he’ll support Valentin’s bid to stay CEO of ELQ, and Valentin will pay him off in any way Austin sees fit. Austin says he’s only there to tell Valentin that he’s going to have to hold on to his job on his own. He’s agreed to stop pursuing his claim against ELQ. Valentin asks, why he would do that? and Austin says, the mother of Valentin’s daughter. Valentin asks what Brook’s done now, and Austin says she manipulated him into making a HIPPA violation. Then she made him an offer. He gives up his rights as Jimmy Lee’s son, or he could give up his medical license. Valentin says he’s sorry to hear that. Brook can be a tenacious little minx when it comes to her family. Austin says, she sure is. He recognizes, as Bailey’s father, Valentin doesn’t have a choice, but he does. He doesn’t want anything to do with the Quartermaines. He’s out. Brook says, works for her, and stands in the doorway with Charlotte and Yuri.

Valentin says, mon petite, and Charlotte runs to him, saying, mon papa. Austin says, it’s suddenly really crowded in here. He thinks he’ll split. Brook tells him not to let the door hit him when he’s leaving. Charlotte asks if Valentin is okay, and he says he’s tougher than he looks. She says, he looks terrible, and Brook says, she should see the other guy. What is this, life number six or seven? He says, at least eight, and Brook says she has some Deception business to tend to, and they have some father/daughter time to make up for, so get on that. Outside the door, she tells Yuri that she has some calls to make, and to stay there with Charlotte. She’s his number one job. As she walks down the hall, Austin says he still hasn’t gotten the official word from the Board about going back to work. Could she prod that along? She says, not now, and he tells her to take her time. It’s just his future, his career, the lives of his patients. No worries.

Maxie says Gladys is an assistant. Nobody owes her a spa day or anything else aside from her weekly salary, provided she actually earns it. And she’s confiscating the card until further notice. Gladys says she doesn’t think Maxie wants to do that, and Brando tells her, stop. She can’t talk to her boss that way. Maxie’s phone dings, and she says, that’s Brook. Gladys says Maxie can ask her herself, but Maxie says she has to meet Brook at GH; Valentin is in the ICU. Gladys says, that poor wonderful man, and Sasha tells Maxie to go; they’ll reschedule. Maxie says, as for Gladys, she expected her back at her desk ten minutes ago. She leaves, and Gladys tells Sasha, before she says anything, she was telling the truth. Sasha says they’ll get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, Gladys has to remember that she reports to Brook. Gladys says, how can she forget? and Sasha says, and Brook reports to Maxie. Gladys says, Maxie was just lording that over her; Sasha doesn’t need to repeat it. Brando says, if they’re constantly reminding her of who her boss is, maybe she needs to hear it. Gladys says she’s sick of it. Nobody talks down to her, least of all some fraud who’s barking out orders at her when she should be getting a paternity test. Brando says, hey! Apologize to Sasha right now, and Sasha says, Brando is this baby’s father, without question, and she doesn’t need a test to prove it. Gladys says, of course (🍷). She didn’t mean that. She’s sorry; she’s overwhelmed. Which is why she needs a spa day. She runs out.

Anna tells Finn, this manhunt for Peter has been exhausting; mentally and physically. And the sheer carnage he’s left in his wake. Now there’s two little girls whose father is in ICU. He says, he took the liberty of looking at Valentin’s chart. Exploratory surgery isn’t without risk, but given Valentin’s age and condition, he hates to say it, but he thinks Valentin is going to make it. She laughs, and thanks him for that. She’s happy they still want what’s best for each other. As far as Peter is concerned, Finn’s peace of mind is more important than having him in custody. His death on Finn’s conscience, she would never want that for him, ever. Or Elizabeth. Finn looks at Elizabeth, standing at the reception desk.

Ava says, Valentin was shot? and tells Nikolas, great. She hopes he was sent out a window and belly-flopped into the Aegean. He says, but she’s not one to hold a grudge, and she tells him to let her enjoy it. She asks, who shot him, and why the hell would Nikolas care? and Nikolas says he’ll explain on the way to the launch, but she says he’ll explain on the way to GH. She’s going with him.

Shawn walks into Kelly’s, and Spencer wonders why they call it serving when you spend most of the time cleaning up. Shawn says he’ll get the hang of it, and maybe even come to enjoy the work. Spencer says he’ll take Shawn’s word for that, and asks what brings him back so soon? Did he forget something? Shawn says he came back to see Spencer.

Elizabeth asks if Finn is sure Anna isn’t going to say anything about what they did to Peter, and he says he thinks Anna has their back. She says, okay. She should thank Anna. She guesses she should cut Anna a little slack. She’s doing everything she can to catch Peter, but Elizabeth can’t help thinking how many lives Peter will destroy before he gets stopped. He says, Peter will never harm Elizabeth or her family again; he’ll make sure of it. She asks, how? and he says he just will. She says, sounds like a plan, and thanks him. He says, speaking of families, he feels kind of terrible for prying into hers.

Valentin asks Charlotte how things are at the Quartermaines without him. Is she helping Brook with her baby sister? She says she changed Bailey’s diaper, twice, and he says, he’s proud of her. He knows it’s been an adjustment, and wants her to know how much he appreciates her effort. She says she enjoys taking care of her sister. It happens a lot when Brook’s friend comes to visit. He says, Maxie? but she says, Detective Chase. They’re constantly playing games and watching movies. Valentin says, they’re friends, and she tells him, if he says so. He says he cares very much about Brook because she’s Bailey’s mother, but he’s glad she has friends. She asks if he has friends, and he flashes back to kissing Anna in the tavern. He says he has her and Bailey, and that makes him the luckiest man in the world.

Gladys is carrying a humongous teddy bear, and tells Austin that she’s looking for a room. Valentin Cassadine. He says he’s terribly sorry, but only family is allowed to visit, but she says she is family. Gladys Corbin, and she comes bearing gifts… She whispers, and intel. He says, oh, intel. Intel wouldn’t have anything to do with the Quartermaines, would it? She says, would it ever, and he says, you don’t say. It’s a crying shame hospital policy prevents him from telling her that Valentin is in ICU-1. She says, thanks for nothin’, winking at him. He says, pawsitively my pleasure, slapping the bear’s paw. She leaves, and he says, damn, that was gold. Maxie asks, what’s gold?

Shawn says, when he was there earlier, Spencer made a crack about how he used to be able to get his father to do anything for him. Spencer says, first of all, Nikolas is his father, not his dad. Second of all, those days are long gone; his father has washed his hands of him. Shawn says, Spencer might feel that way, but he’s sure that’s not true. Spencer says, care to put money on that? He could use it. Shawn says he would, and he’d win. Spencer says Shawn thinks this is one of those tough love kind of things, but it’s not. Shawn says he thinks the connection between Spencer and his father runs deeper than both of them realize. He also thinks they’re both incredibly stubborn. Spencer says he can’t disagree on the second part, and Shawn says, behind the stubbornness, they’re both longing to reconnect. He thinks if there’s anyone in the world Nikolas would come clean to, it’s his son, and Spencer says, come clean about what?

Anna sees Nikolas and Ava, and says she wanted to talk to Nikolas. He asks what he can do for her, and she says he saved her a trip to Spoon Island. She wanted to ask him about a Cassadine property in Crete. He says, any properties there were sold off years ago. He might be able to provide her with some more information later, but right now he’s here to see Valentin. Anna says, that’s odd. It wasn’t that long ago that they nearly came to blows at the MetroCourt. Not to mention Valentin shot Nikolas out a window and into the sea, and Nikolas was in hiding for three years. He says, recent events have taught him to rely on his better angels. Can she tell him where he can find Valentin? She says, ICU, but visitation is limited. Ava suggests they come back another time, and Nikolas asks Anna to let Valentin know they were there. She says she’ll be happy to, but while she’s playing messenger, is there anything he’d like to say to his Uncle Victor? Nikolas says, what about him? and Anna says she thought Nikolas would have heard. Victor’s alive.

Valentin asks if Charlotte has seen Scout, and Charlotte says, Scout and Danny were over. He asks if Scout is still interested in ballet, and Charlotte says she is. He says he’s glad. Yuri stops Gladys from coming in, but she says she’s a friend. Valentin says, Miss Corbin? and she says, Gladys. She told Yuri she was a friend; now let her inside. Yuri says, Charlotte is visiting with her father, and Charlotte asks Valentin, who is this person? Gladys says, isn’t she a delight? And pretty. She bets Charlotte knows it. Valentin introduces them, and Gladys says, now will Yuri let her in? Valentin suggests Charlotte take Yuri to the cafeteria for cocoa or something, and they leave. Gladys comes in, and says, my God, it’s worse than she thought. Don’t worry. His Gladys is here now.

Brando tells Sasha, he can’t believe his mother. He thought she dropped the whole paternity thing months ago. He’s so sorry. She says, first of all, it’s not his fault. She’s not excusing Gladys, but she’s dealing with a lot. In the past few months, her living situation and employment status changed. He says, both for the better, and Sasha says, and she got shot. He says, which is bad, but she’s wearing it like a badge of honor, and she says, on top of everything, the first man she showed interest in, who showed interest in her, literally got blown up on their first date. He says he gets it, and she says, his mother may be… all of the things she is, but she has been through it. He says, even so, she still has to respect Sasha, not only as the mother of her grandchild, but as her boss. He wouldn’t blame her if she fired Gladys.

Austin tells Maxie, you had to be there. He cracked an unappreciated pun. She says she’s glad sense of humor’s back. Does that mean he’s okay with everything? He says he’ll never be okay with giving up his birthright, but in a weird way, he’s kind of grateful that Brook tried to ruin his career. It reminded him how much he enjoys being a doctor. She says she knows what Brook did was wrong, but she doubts Brook would have gone through with it. He says he’s pretty sure she would have. There’s this thing he’s trying to figure out that he doesn’t understand. Maxie was engaged to an extremely bad dude, and she’s besties with a morally bankrupt woman. Is he the only one who thinks she deserves better?

Brook sees Charlotte with Yuri, and says she thought Charlotte would still be visiting with her father, but Charlotte says he sent her to get hot cocoa. Brook says she’d love to join them, but she has to find Maxie. They move on, and Brook gets in the elevator, and says, and ruin her day.

Finn says, Violet found the picture of Elizabeth and her father… and Elizabeth says, she’s bound to have questions. He says, Violet is a very curious little girl, especially where her family is concerned, and she says, that’s understandable, given all things concerned, and he says, even so, he shouldn’t have pushed her, comparing her relationship with her father to his with Gregory. He shouldn’t have done that. Every family is different. She says, she simply doesn’t have a close relationship with her dad, and Hayden never knew him. She’s sorry he’s not an active grandparent to her boys or Violet, but that’s just who he is.

Nikolas says, his uncle is alive? and Anna says, alive, well, and in custody. He was colluding with Peter. They were holed up in a compound in Crete that Nikolas claims is no longer part of his family’s ownership. Nikolas says, to the best of his knowledge, it isn’t, but he can contact his lawyers. She says she would appreciate that, and he asks if Victor has said anything he should know about, and she says, he hasn’t told them much so far. He’s intimated there are secrets to be shared, but he’s angling for a deal obviously. He says, sounds like his unscrupulous uncle. So what’s going to happen to him? She tells him, it’s difficult to say. Victor didn’t survive, and lay low for six years without someone’s help. Maybe it was Peter; maybe it was someone else. Anyway, she’ll be in touch. She leaves, and Ava asks Nikolas, tell her, what is it he’s hiding?

Shawn says Spencer must know he went to prison for shooting Spencer’s former stepmother Hayden Barnes, but he was falsely accused. Spencer says, he’s out now, so they must have found who shot Hayden. Shawn says, the authorities didn’t, but he did. He needs Spencer’s help to bring them to justice. Spencer asks, what can he…? He puts down the tub of dishes he’s holding, and asks what any of this has to do with his father. Shawn says, everything. Nikolas is responsible for Hayden’s shooting.

Nikolas asks what Ava means, and she says, it’s clear he knows more about Victor than he’s letting on. If she could see that, so could Anna. So she must ask, is whatever it is going to come back to bite them? He says, if Victor had given him up, he’d be in custody and being formally questioned right now, and she says, given him up for what? He says, Valentin shot him and almost killed him, and she says she remembers very well; she was there. He says Victor found him and nursed him back to health, and she asks what Victor wanted in return. He says, they struck a deal. He kept Victor’s anonymity, and Victor kept his. He promised when he reclaimed the Cassadine estate, he would give Victor a home base, and keep his secret. She asks what this has to do with Peter. How deep is Nikolas in with him? He says he had no clue Victor was up to anything with Peter, and she asks if he can trust his uncle to keep him out of it. He says he thinks so. His uncle is an opportunist, and needs Nikolas where he is. She says, unless he’s found a way to leverage Nikolas for his own freedom. He knows as well as she does, betrayal comes most often from those closest to us.

Spencer asks what Shawn means when he says, Nikolas was involved with Hayden’s shooting? Is Shawn saying he shot her? Shawn says, no. We believe Nikolas hired someone to do the job for him. Spencer goes outside, and Shawn follows. Spencer says, who’s we? and Shawn says, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that Nikolas is the one who hurt Hayden, not him. Spencer says, if what Shawn is saying is true, then his father let Shawn serve six years for something he… What proof does Shawn have? Shawn says, none right now. That’s where Spencer comes in. Spencer says he wants no part of this, and Shawn says, just ask Nikolas about Hayden. That’s all. Spencer asks why he should, and Shawn says, for Violet, Hayden’s daughter. That little girl is without her mother just like Spencer. Doesn’t he want to know if Hayden is staying away because of something his father did to her? Spencer seriously doubts his father is going to confess to him, and Shawn says, then he doesn’t. Spencer says, what if he does? What does he do then, turn Nikolas over to the police? Shawn says, Spencer tells him, and he’ll tell the police. Spencer says he doesn’t want his father to go to prison, and Shawn asks if Spencer isn’t facing prison right now. Nikolas is holding Spencer’s feet to the fire for stalking Ava, while Nikolas arranged for someone to kill Hayden. Who committed the greater crime? Spencer says he’s sorry, but he needs to get back to work, and Shawn says, follow his instincts. Do the right thing. Shawn leaves, and Spencer takes his apron off and jets. Shawn watches from around the corner.

Sasha tells Brando, Gladys is never going to be a perfect fit for Deception, and he says, he appreciates her hiring Gladys. It gave her a sense of purpose. She says, she also wanted Gladys to earn an income so she could move out. He says, that too, and look how Glady’s repaid her; insulting everybody, and helping herself to the corporate card. She says, Gladys honestly thought she had Brook’s blessing somehow, and he says, how? He doesn’t know Brook that well, but she doesn’t seem like the type who would treat his mother to a spa day. Sasha says, she isn’t, which is why she needs to get to the bottom of this. He says, or she could just fire Gladys. It’s obviously not working out. She says, let her talk to Maxie and Brook, and figure out what’s going on. As for Gladys, she still has a job… for now.

Gladys says, that Charmain of his is a real beauty, and Valentin says, Charlotte. She says, like the web? and he says, like the web. Both of his daughters are rare beauties. She asks, where is that precious bundle of Brook’s? and he says, at home. Why is Gladys here? She says he was so good to her and she wants to return the favor. She took a bullet recently too. He says he heard. She seems to have made a remarkable recovery. She says, it’s not all bad; she’s a weathervane now, meaning, she can tell when a storm is coming. He says, that must be useful, and she says, it is. He thanks her for the visit and the gift, and she tells him to remember the bear is for him, not the rug rats, no matter how beautiful they are. He says he will. He doesn’t want to be rude, but he really should rest now. She says, of course (🍷). You poor, poor thing. He must be exhausted. She sits next to the bed, and asks if he knows she works for Brook.

Maxie says she knows Brook isn’t Austin’s favorite person right now, and she can sympathize. There was a time she and Brook hated each other. He asks, what changed? Brook is still superficial, caustic, entitled, and opportunistic. She says, they’ve been though a lot, and she can’t forget the good things, and he says he can’t forget the promise he made to his father. She asks if he’s at least been reinstated, and he says, he got an informal notice that Brook retracted her statement, but he’s still waiting for them to make it official so he can see his patients. She says, that’s good. It means this whole thing is effectively over. He says, it’s not over, when Brook walks up, and he adds, not by a long shot.

Finn says he knows it’s a difficult subject, but he’s only asking for Violet, and Elizabeth says, she wants to see the picture again. He says, she’s asked a couple of times where the picture of her grandpa Jeff is. He looked, but he couldn’t find it. Does she know what happened to it? She flashes back to tearing it up, but says she has no idea.

Sasha tells Brando, she has an idea or two about how to reach Gladys, and he asks if she’s sure. She knows how his mother is. The more someone tries to manage her, the more she doubles down to cause trouble. Sasha says she’s got this. He can leave Gladys to her.

Brook says she’s been calling and texting Maxie since last night. Why hasn’t Maxie gotten back to her? Maxie says, something was wrong with her phone. She wasn’t receiving any texts or calls, and they suddenly came in a few minutes ago. What is going on? Brook grabs her, and says, they need to talk, pulling Maxie away from Austin. Austin says, before they have this little tete-a-tete, he’s done everything Brook asked him to do, yet somehow, miraculously, he hasn’t been officially cleared to see his patients. Brook says, that sounds like a you problem, and he says, the problem is for his patients because he doesn’t get to see them. She says she did her part. She’s sorry if the administrative wheels of this hospital grind slowly. She’s sorry, but she has bigger fish to fry, and Maxie says, like Valentin? Brook says, like her assistant. Something has to be done about Gladys. Maxie says she caught Gladys using Brook’s corporate card, and had to order her to go back to work. Austin asks if they’re talking about Gladys Corbin, and Brook asks how he knows Gladys. He says he doesn’t know her well, they just met, but she was looking for Valentin.

Gladys tells Valentin, she’s Brook’s assistant, but she’s treated more like an indentured servant. She doesn’t understand how a classy guy like Valentin got mixed up with a bossy bridge and tunnel princess like that. He closes his eyes, and asks why Gladys is there, and she says, he was so understanding the few times they kept each other company. He listened, and accepted her for who she is. Does he know what that is? He says, a force of nature? and she tells him, that’s not what she was going to say, but she likes that better. She asks if she can call him Val, and says, if knowledge is power, than anyone who crosses her had better take cover.

Ava calls to Anna, who says she thought Ava left. Ava says she’s on her way out, but she just wanted to reiterate that if Anna needs anything from her or Nikolas, just let them know. Peter’s reign of terror has to end. Anna says she couldn’t agree more. It was nice to see Ava together with Nikolas. She’s so glad that whole stalker nightmare is over. Ava says, Spencer is facing the music, and she and Nikolas are ready for their happily ever after. Anna says she certainly hopes that’s the case, and Ava says it sounds like Anna has doubts. Anna says she’s not sure that’s even possible, happily ever after with a Cassadine.

On the phone outside Kelly’s, Shawn says, they picked up his tail?… Great. He’s on his way.

Nikolas is at the docks when Spencer joins him. He asks if Spencer isn’t supposed to be finishing his shift at Kelly’s, and Spencer says, something more important came up. It couldn’t wait. Nikolas asks what Spencer’s done now, and Spencer says, it’s not about him. It’s about Nikolas. Tell him about Hayden.

On Monday, Sonny says there’s something Carly should know, Valentin asks if Gladys’s knowledge concerns him, Spencer asks if Nikolas arranged for his stepmother’s murder, and Britt tells Jason, they’re so close, they have to find her.

🕳 What Comes Next…

Glad to see she’s recovered from that fall.

Don’t Miss Chloe Lanier’s Exciting New Role!

🌲 Pine Valley Legend…

And just think. She can start a new streak of not winning awards.

Will Erica Be in the AMC Reboot? — Susan Lucci Speaks Out!

😧 Yikes…

Not that it’s in any way her fault – she’s totally the victim here – she just got done talking about how pricey her wardrobe was on the RHOBH Reunion.

https://pagesix.com/2021/10/28/dorit-kemsley-reportedly-held-at-gunpoint-during-home-invasion/

🚬 Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em…

Josh Flagg? Really?

https://pagesix.com/2021/10/25/luann-de-lesseps-leah-mcsweeney-dont-believe-cigarette-story/

https://pagesix.com/2021/10/27/josh-flagg-says-he-was-kidding-about-sonja-morgan-cigarette-vagina-claim/

💎 If You Didn’t Get Enough…

August 26, 2021 – The Moss Bowl Disappears, Tomorrow, Final Exit, Personal Preview, Beverly Hills Support, VanderDish & Buddy

Posted on August 27, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Chase does squats, and let’s just say it. For someone who’s been bedridden for so long, he’s in amazing shape. I’ve never seen him do one crunch, yet he’s got abs for days. He remembers telling Willow that he’s grateful for having had her in his life, and her asking, how many people can say they loved as deeply as they did? He flashes back to her taking off her ring and giving it to him. He picks up the ring, and there’s a knock at the door. Finn comes in, surprised to see Chase is walking. Chase says, look, ma, no hands. Finn says, it’s incredible. Just one question. Why didn’t Chase tell him?

Willow sees Michael is working from home, and he says, the luxury of being his own boss. He asks where Wiley is, and she says, at the pool (🍷) with the nanny. He says, it’s a good day for it, and she agrees. He tells her that he missed her last night, and she says she missed him too. She hopes he understands… He says, that after returning Chase’s ring, she needed a minute? Of course (🍷) he understands. She says she did need a minute, but what she really needs is him. He says she’s got him for as long as she wants him, and she says, that could be a long time. He says he’s counting on it.

Brook comes in with Bailey, and says she’s getting heavy. She needs to lay off the formula. Just kidding. She tells Bailey to get as big and strong as she can. Show the world what she’s got, but first, it’s nap time. Where’s her favorite binky? Don’t tell her they lost it.

At the MetroCourt, Maxie puts Bailey/Louise’s binky in her pocket. She sees Carly, and says, just the person she’s been looking for. She was batting ideas around for Carley’s wedding. How does she feel about motorcycle ice sculptures?

In the home of the moss bowl 🎍, Jason asks Josslyn if everything is okay. She says, yes… no. Does he have a second to talk? If he doesn’t, it’s no big deal. He says he’s good, and sits down. He asks, what’s going on? and she says she had dinner with her mom and dad last night. She’s sure Carly told him, and he says, she mentioned it. How’d it go? She says, it was terrible.

Britt is staring at her tablet at the MetroCourt, when Obrecht sits with her. She asks what has Britt so enthralled, but Britt doesn’t know if that’s the word. More like resigned. She shows Obrecht Jason and Carly’s wedding announcement, and says, they’ve set a date.

Phyllis busses some tables at the Tan-O, and Sonny says he has it covered. She says she was going stir-crazy at the house. All those well-meaning neighbors stopping by, and the clinic insisted she take a week off. Can he believe that? Don’t they know work is the best thing for her now? He says, her neighbors and co-workers care about her, and want to help her like he does. Phyllis says if Sonny wants to help her, then tell Nina how much she means to him. Trust her. Nina could be taken away tomorrow, and all he’ll be left with is regret.

Outside, Peter thanks Nina for letting him crash at her place last night. She says, as if she had a choice; he threatened her nephew. He says he would never hurt James, and she says, no. He’d just take James away from his mother. He says, like Louise was taken from him. An eye for an eye, as they say. Or in this case, a child for a child.

Chase says he didn’t tell anyone about his progress, especially Willow. Finn says, he wanted to surprise her? and Chase says, that was the idea, but he found something out, and decided to keep it from her on purpose. They sit down, and Finn asks, what’s happening right now? Chase says, Michael and Willow are together, and Finn says, together together? Michael, Chase’s best friend, and Willow his wife? Chase says, not anymore, and picks up the ring. Willow wants an annulment. Finn asks, since when? and Chase says, since she’s in love with Michael.

Michael says it’s okay if Willow doesn’t want to talk about it, but she says, it’s fine. Once they were alone, and faced that it was time to put an end to all the lies and all the pretending, the anger and resentment washed away. The pain was still there obviously, and the sadness over what was lost, but she and Chase went back to where they started. Two people who only want the best for each other. He says, sounds like Chase, and she says, doesn’t it? He wonders if they can all be friends again, and she says she thinks so. Not now, while everything is still so fresh, but she hopes eventually. He hopes so too, and she says, it’s strange, isn’t it? Not having to hide anymore. They can just be them; Michael and Willow. He says, or Willow and Michael; ladies first. She says, if he insists, and Brook asks if she’s interrupting.

Carly reminds Maxie that she wanted understated, and Maxie says, remember the wedding of the century? Carly says, no melting motorcycles, and Maxie says her ice sculptures don’t melt, but whatever. Color palette? Carly asks what Maxie is thinking, and Maxie says she was thinking yellow. Not sunflower yellow, but a soft butter yellow, with hints of cream. They could pick it up in the bouquets and boutonnieres. Carly says she knows how much Jason loves a boutonniere, and tells Maxie how much she appreciates it. Maxie says, really? She got the feeling Carly and Jason were humoring her, but Carly says, not at all. For some reason, this has been hard. Not marrying Jason – that’s the easy part – but it just feels really weird, and she doesn’t know why. Maxie says she does.

Josslyn tells Jason, it was just so awkward. Hey, wait. Where the hell is the moss bowl 🎍? There’s a bowl of floating flowers on the kitchen island. Where do I protest this travesty? Josslyn says, they were fighting in this weird passive/aggressive way she’s never seen before. She knows they had a huge custody battle when she was a toddler, and Jason says, but she has no memory of that. She says, zero. The only thing she’s ever known is them being the poster couple for divorced parents. Even during the times her dad was furious at Sonny – and she means steam coming out of his ears furious – her mom and dad still shared a mutual respect for one another. Jason takes it last night wasn’t like that, and she says, they literally couldn’t hide their resentment. The only reason she could think of was because her mom’s marrying him.

Obrecht says she’s so sorry, and Britt asks, why? Obrecht says, because she got her heart broken. Britt says her heart is still intact, and Obrecht says, and not by a man she can easily write off. She can tell Britt had real feelings for Jason, and she lost him, and that hurts. She wants to help Britt somehow. Britt says she’s hurt, and angry, and doing stupid things like making speeches about toothbrushes that she won’t bother Obrecht with the details of. But does she wish none of it happened? It’s a shame it didn’t last, but that doesn’t make any of it less meaningful.

Nina and Peter go into the Tan-O, and Sonny introduces Phyllis to Peter. She says, he’s the author, and Peter says, Peter Sinclair; it’s a pleasure to meet her. They shake hands, and Peter says he’s so sorry to hear about her husband. Nina told him about Lenny last night. Sonny says, he was with Nina last night? and Peter says he spent the night at her place. Nina says she has the room, so the least she could do was offer up her couch. Peter says, it’s very fortunate that he ran into someone that he not only knew, but was sympatico with. Phyllis says, sympatico? and Sonny says, Peter and Nina both lost children. Peter says he thinks he can speak for Nina when he says neither of them wants to experience anything like that ever again.

Finn tells Chase, he feels like an idiot. He had no idea; he was so focused on other things. Chase says, like saving his little brother’s life? and Finn says, amongst other things. Willow seemed so loving and supportive. Chase says, she’s still both those things. She’s just not in love with him anymore. Finn asks why she didn’t just tell Chase, and Chase says, when would have been a good time? When he collapsed and was on the brink of death, or when he could barely walk, then couldn’t walk? It was just one thing after another. Finn says, okay. What’s Michael’s excuse? It’s a pretty crappy thing to do to a buddy. Chase says he was pissed off, but once he thought about it, Michael and Willow were married. They’re co-parents to Wiley; something Chase put in motion, by the way. They fell in love. They wanted to tell him, but there was never a good time for it. It was downright awful. Not because of Michael and Willow, but… Finn says, because of Peter. Chase says he wishes it was some trashy affair. Willow lying and running around behind his back, but it wasn’t like that. And that’s the part that hurts the most.

Willow says she can take Bailey to the nursery if Brook and Michael want some privacy, but Brook says, Bailey had better get used to the drama in this family. She asks how Chase is, and Willow says, hurt, sad; they both are. But they actually ended up in… Good is the wrong word. The better place. Brook says, how very Chase of him, and Willow says she knows Brook and Chase are close. She just wants to say for the record that this was a colossal mess, and it was all her fault. Michael says it wasn’t even close to being all her fault, but Willow says she should have told Chase the truth a lot sooner than she did. She hates that she didn’t have the courage to. Brook says, she was just having a conversation about this. Don’t worry; no details were exchanged. Sometimes in life, you’re faced with a crazy situation, and no matter what your intentions are, you’re forced to live with it. Should Willow have told Chase the truth? Maybe, but when? When Chase was dying, or when he thought he was never going to walk again? Willow messed up, but it’s clear it was out of care and kindness, not selfishness. Willow says, that’s very generous, and Brook says, it’s Chase they’re talking about. He will find the grace to see it for what it is. Maybe not today, but he will. Willow says she’s hopeful for that too. Brook says, if they could all be so lucky, and Michael asks what she means. She says, Chase could have been more volatile, someone you don’t know how they’re going to react if you cross them. He asks if she means like every single member of their family, and she says that’s exactly what she was thinking about.

Maxie tells Carly, it’s one thing to know you’re getting married, and be happy about it even, but it’s a completely different thing to contemplate spending the rest of your life with someone you didn’t know you were going to spend the rest of your life with. Carly says Maxie is right. She needs to change her perspective. This is an adjustment, but she’s still marrying Jason, and it’s still going to be wonderful, and it will reflect that. It just needs to be significant. Maxie says, but understated, and Carly says, that’s where Maxie comes in. Maxie asks if she’s thought about her vows. Does she want to go traditional or write them herself? Does she want Maxie to write Jason’s? Carly suggests they stick with traditional. If she gets up there and says what Jason means to her, they’ll be there all afternoon. Maxie says, traditional it is, but it’s going to be a wedding to remember. Carly says she has no doubt about that.

Britt tells Obrecht, typical, right? She finally finds the perfect guy, and it turns out he’s bonded for life with someone else. Obrecht says, someone woefully inferior, and Britt says, maybe. Obrecht says, definitely, and Britt says, Carly is a lucky woman. She thanks Obrecht for her support, saying, it means a lot. But while she’s pissed off and hurt, and all of the other things, she’s not sorry, and that feels really good. When her other relationships ended, she was left with this feeling of regret, of second-guessing what she did, and wishing she’d been different, better. But not this one. And that is something to celebrate. Obrecht tells her, if she says so, and Britt says she does. Come on. Lift her glass. Obrecht does, and Britt says, there you go. Cheers. Obrecht reluctantly clinks glasses with her.

Josslyn doesn’t understand why Jax has a problem with it. Yes, Jason is in the business, but he’s a good person, and Jax knows that, so she doesn’t understand why he’s acting this way. Unless he’s flat out jealous. He’s still in love with her mom, and can’t admit it. Jason tells her to listen to him for second, but she says, let her get this out. She loves her dad with all her heart, but he’s just wrong about this. She’s so happy Jason is marrying her mom. Josslyn doesn’t think there’s another person on earth who’s better for her, or better to her. She didn’t always understand that. At first, she was too young, then he was gone all those years, but when he came back, and she saw how happy he made her mom and how her mom trusts him, she hopes that makes up for everything else. She just feels bad that, for the first time – that she’s witnessed anyway – her dad is being a jerk.

Phyllis says she’s so sorry for Peter’s loss. She wishes she didn’t know that pain, but she does. He says she’s lost a child as well? and she says, her daughter. He says they always wish they could turn back the clock, don’t they? and Nina says, but unfortunately, they can’t. He says, but fortunately, they can take solace in other people who understand their pain. Sonny asks how long Peter is staying, and Peter says, that depends. Thanks to Nina and her hospitality, he was just passing through, but thinks he might stick around for a while. In fact, they’ve been discussing a project of mutual interest. Sonny asks, what kind of project?

Chase tells Finn, Willow wouldn’t have an affair. She’s not a cheater. Finn says he wouldn’t peg her as one either, and Chase says, so if she’s with Michael, that means she loves him. Having been loved by Willow before, he knows how lucky that makes Michael. He can’t even say Michael is undeserving; he’s a good guy. He knows Michael didn’t set out to hurt him, but it happened that way. Finn says, wow. Chase is being way more forgiving about this than he thinks he’d be. Chase asks what choice he has, and Finn says, being angry as all hell. Chase says, he was angry, but now he’s just sad. Sad for what was. What he and Willow had was gone, and he misses it, but in the end all he wants is for Willow to be happy, and she is. Finn asks what Chase meant about setting this in motion, and Chase says, when he and Sasha lied. Finn asks if Chase could go back and do things different, would he?

Brook says, speaking of family, can they discuss how Michael gave Austin the keys to the kingdom? Michael asks what he was supposed to do, and she says, destroy the evidence, shred it, basically anything except what he did. He says, she does realize there’s another copy of that memo out there. Doing something shady would only come back to bite them. She says he gave Austin a leg to stand on, and Michael says he did, but it doesn’t prove his case. All it proves was that grandfather had a conversation with his lawyer. It doesn’t say anything about a will being drafted. It doesn’t say anything about something being signed. People have wills drawn up all the time, but without a signature, it means nothing. She asks if he thinks the judge will rule in that direction, but he doesn’t know. He does think it’s better to be transparent; it makes damage control that much easier. Willow watches this conversation like she’s at a tennis match, and Michael says he knows Brook cares because she wants her father to be head of ELQ, and he gets that. That’s why when she did all that stuff with Bailey and the shares, he stepped aside, and he thinks it worked. He thinks they can retain control of ELQ. I’m confused as to why this is even an issue, since it’s not like Edward would have left Jimmy Lee with 51%. He says, what would be the worst thing? and Brook says she can’t tell if he’s joking or not. He says he hates to admit it, but Valentin is a good CEO. They’re all making money, ELQ is in the black, and whether or not she likes it, Valentin is part of this family now because of Bailey. So if Austin gets those stocks, and votes Valentin in, would it really be the end of the world? (Another good point.) It’s certainly not worth the backlash of doing something unethical. He knows she doesn’t see things this way because of her father, and Brook says Michael is giving him way too much credit.

Maxie joins Obrecht and Britt, and Britt asks when she got back. Maxie says, yesterday, and she’s been non-stop busy ever since. Obrecht asks if her time in Texas was healing, and Maxie says she’s never going to heal completely until Louise is home, and Peter is behind bars, but yes. Being with the family helped. So did seeing Nina. Obrecht says, she saw Nina? and Maxie says she stopped by Nixon Falls. She was hoping to spend more time with Nina, but Nina convinced her to come home. Britt tells her, welcome home, and asks what’s kept her so busy. Deception stuff? Maxie says, that, and she’s up to her eyeballs planning Jason and Carly’s wedding. Obrecht says, it sounded like she said Jason and Carly’s wedding, and Maxie says, because she did. Obrecht asks if she’s lost her mind.

Jason says Josslyn’s dad loves her, and he’s concerned about her. He’s not going to lie; he has every reason to be. The life he and her mother lead isn’t a normal life. She says, that’s one way to put it, and he says, Jax is allowed to have a problem with that. That being said, he thinks marrying her mom is the right thing. Nothing her dad does is going to change his mind or her mom’s. She says, God no. Not that her mom has any doubts, but because her dad is acting this way, it would only make her more determined. He laughs, and says, that sounds like Carly.

Peter says, Mike doesn’t know the unwritten rule between author and editor. They never kiss and tell. Sonny says, and they don’t keep secrets. Peter says, is that so? and Officer Finchley comes in. He says he wanted to offer his condolences to Phyllis, and she says, it’s kind of him. He remembers Mike and Nina, right? He says, how could he forget? and she introduces Peter. He says he knows Peter.

Chase tells Finn, if he could do it over again, the selfish part of him would say yeah, because he loves Willow and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. But the way it turned out, the most important thing happened. Michael and Willow got Wiley. Finn says Chase made quite a sacrifice, but Chase says he doesn’t know about that. Finn says, if Nelle had gotten custody, it could have gone a lot of different ways, none of them good. Chase says, in the end, he guesses he would do it all over again, and Finn says he’s a good man. Chase says, please, and Finn says he’s not good at accepting compliments (pot meet kettle), but he’s a good man. Chase says, it runs in the family, and Finn asks, what now? Chase puts the ring on the table, and says, now he gets on with the rest of his life. He’s on the mend, and getting stronger every day. He wants to get back to work. He likes being a detective, and being a favorite uncle. Finn says he’s the only uncle, and Chase says, semantics. Finn says, that gives him an idea.

Brook says, Michael assumes she only wants to protect her father, and she does, but she also doesn’t like Austin. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Like at all. Michael suggests she tell them how she really feels, and she says, he showed up there like he was this nice guy who’s helping Maxie. Then, boom. Just kidding. He’s actually Jimmy Lee Holt’s son, and wants all of their money. Michael says he doesn’t want all of their money, and she says, sorry. He just wants his fair share. Grandfather exiled Jimmy Lee Holt for good reason, and she hasn’t seen Austin do one good thing that entitles him to be part of this family. The best thing would be to send him packing. Michael remembers Willow is there, and asks if she can help him out, but she says, actually, she’s with Brook on this one. Honestly, another thing I don’t get. They weren’t exactly welcoming, and I get that Brook is paranoid he’s going to remember her, but what the hell with Willow?

Maxie asks if there’s a problem, and Obrecht says, yah, while Britt says, no. Obrecht says, a big problem. Does Maxie not know Jason broke her Britta’s heart? Treated her like something he scraped off the bottom of his shoe. Britt asks if she and Obrecht did not just have the conversation they had, but Obrecht says, it’s principle. Her love and devotion to Britt as her daughter is one thing, but her disdain for that schwein and his hussy is something else. Maxie says, whoa, and Britt says, a little extra, right? Obrecht says Maxie shouldn’t be doing favors for those despicable people, and Maxie says, first of all, she’s sorry about Britt and Jason. Britt says, don’t be, and Maxie says, but she thinks, in their own way, Jason and Carly love each other. Obrecht says, please. If Carly truly loved him, she’d realize he was better off with Britt, and let him go. But Carly wants what she wants when she wants it. Who cares about the rest of the world? Britt says, you know who that sounds like? and Obrecht says, who? Britt says, us.

Jason tells Josslyn that he has to take off, but before he goes, he wants to say this. What’s going on between her mom, her dad, and him, is between the three of them. Her carrying that or taking on that weight is probably one thing they can all agree they don’t want. She says she knows, but it’s hard to separate. He says he gets it, but just be aware. The best thing she can do is be there for them, love and support them, and they’ll do the exact same thing for her, all in their own ways. She’s going to college. He can’t even believe it, but she needs to live her life, and take advantage of this opportunity. She says she knows, and she’s so excited… He says, but… and she says, but it’s kind of weird, because it’s the first thing she’s going to do that her mom can’t give her advice on. Her mom never went to college. She’s imagining what she thinks it will be like, instead of having gone through it herself. She guesses she never realized how much she relies on her mom’s experience. He says he gets it, and she’s right; her mom’s never been to college. She’s stepped out into a new overwhelming world, and made her place in it. She may not have college experience, but she’s faced a lot of challenges, and knows how to overcome them. And she’s behind Josslyn 100%; so is he. Josslyn tells him, she’s said it before, but it can’t hurt to say it again. She’s happy they’re getting married. He says, him too, and they hug. Note to self: A job as mob boss lady does not require a degree.

Peter says he doesn’t believe he’s had the pleasure, and Phyllis tells Finchley, Peter is new in town. Nina says, he’s just passing through. Always on the run, isn’t he? Peter asks if she’s trying to get rid of him already, and she says she just knows how much he’s wanted back home. Peter says, and home is… She tells Finchley , they knew each other in Port Charles, and Peter says, Port Charles, Manhattan, Los Angeles, Chicago; they’ve known each other so many places, haven’t they? He fingers the gun in his waistband, and Phyllis thanks Finchley for stopping by. She knows how busy he is. He says he’s just a phone call away, and Phyllis says she’ll remember that. He leaves, and Sonny says, isn’t it nice, knowing how many people care about her? Phyllis says, nice and exhausting. She asks if Sonny will take her home, and he says, absolutely. He asks if Nina will be there when he gets back, and she says she will. She tells Phyllis to get some rest, and Phyllis says she will. She tells Peter that it was nice meeting him, and he says it was nice meeting her too. They leave, and Peter tells Nina, she just made a fatal mistake.

Chase says, a camping trip? and Finn says, fishing, s’mores, hikes to the waterfall. Chase isn’t sure he’s hiking ready yet, and Finn says he can sit that out. He can help set up the tent. Chase says, Finn told him that Elizabeth and the boys are going, and Finn says Chase worked his tail off to get back in shape. What did he do it for? To show off his abs at the MetroCourt pool (🍷); it’s been done already. Get off his butt, and spend some time with his family. Chase says, he’ll think about it, and Finn says, he’ll take it.

Willow says, Michael is thinking about things from a business perspective, and that’s great, but in the time they’ve been together, she’s come to know his family; to love them and think of them as her own. She, too, gets major sketch vibes from Austin. Brook says, see? and Willow says she just doesn’t know if he has the family’s best interest in mind. She gets why Michael did what he did, and she’s not saying he’s wrong, but she agrees with Brook. Brook says she loves them as a couple, and Michael says, oh my God. Brook says, Willow is a good addition to the family. Willow tells Michael, that’s not to say she doesn’t have huge respect for him as a businessman, because she does… Brook says, no backpedaling. Willow is with her on this one. Jason comes in, and Michael says, perfect timing. He’s being ganged up on. Brook says, it’s Bailey’s nap time, and they have to find Yuri. She leaves with Bailey/Louise, and Michael says, he texted Jason for a couple of reasons. He wanted to give Jason a heads up on their new family member, Austin. Jason says, Monica filled him in, and Michael says, the other thing is – he takes Willow’s hand – he and Willow are together again. Willow says she ended her marriage to Chase, and Jason says, that’s great (which sounds so wrong); he’s happy for them. He’s actually glad Michael texted. There’s something Jason needs to ask him.

Carly comes into the kitchen, and I keenly feel the absence of the moss bowl 🎍. She says she’s been thinking about Josslyn all day. She feels terrible about what happened last night. Josslyn says, it’s okay, but Carly says, it’s not okay. Things got tense with her and Josslyn’s dad, and it was supposed to be about Josslyn, to celebrate her. She feels terrible, and doesn’t want the disagreement she had with Josslyn’s dad to affect Josslyn’s relationship with him. She doesn’t want it to affect Josslyn at all. She just wants her and Jax to handle their own issue, and for Josslyn to be the amazing college kid that she is. Josslyn says she already talked to Jason, and she’s good. Another great thing about Carly marrying him. For somebody who doesn’t speak a whole lot he gives good advice.

Britt says, not one of them can talk to being selfish; they’ve all had their moments. Maxie says, preach! and Obrecht says, humph! Britt asks if Maxie could do something for her, and Maxie says, anything. Britt says, make the wedding beautiful. Maxie says she’s on it, and Britt says, she never planned on having a happily ever after, but she thinks it would be great if Jason got one. Obrecht says, that much generosity, she can barely handle. One ounce more, and Britt’s spine will turn to pudding. Besides, the wedding can be nice, but maybe the band forgets an instrument, or there’s a hair in someone’s… Britt says, mother… and Obrecht says, nothing to ruin the day. Just a minor hiccup. Maxie says she’ll see what she can do, and they laugh.

Peter says, Nina is lucky the officer didn’t recognize who he was… despite all those clues she kept feeding him. She says, maybe he filed those clues away, and he’s checking up on Peter Sinclair as they speak. He says he hopes not, for her sake. One siren in this direction… She says, do not threaten her nephew again, and he says, she built a nice cozy life for herself in Nixon Falls. It would be such a shame if something were to happen to the widow Caulfield, wouldn’t it? Or better yet, her precious Mike. She says he’s bluffing, and he says, maybe, but does she really want to risk it? Sonny comes back, and we can tell he knows something is up.

Finn tells Chase to let him know what he decides, and Chase says he will. Finn asks if he’s going to be okay, and Chase says, yeah. Finn says, then get back to work, and leaves. Chase closes the door, and picks up rings.

Jason tells Michael that he and Carly set a date, and Michael says, congratulations. Willow asks, when’s the big day? and Jason says, September 17^th. He was hoping Michael would be his best man. He can’t think of anyone he’d rather have by his side. Michael says Jason didn’t have to ask, but he’d be honored.

Josslyn tells Carly, she loves her dad – Carly says, of course (🍷) she does – but no matter his feelings on the subject, she’s thrilled Carly and Jason are getting married. She needs Carly to know that. Carly says she does, and it’s the perfect segue to their next topic of discussion – dress shopping. Josslyn says, for Carly? and Carly says, and for Josslyn. Her maid of honor needs to make a statement. Josslyn says, heck yeah, and Carly asks if that’s a yes. Josslyn says, no, because there was never any question. Of course (🍷) she’ll be Carly’s maid of honor. They hug and say they love each other so much.

Sonny asks if everything is okay, and Peter says, of course (🍷). He was just pitching an idea to Nina. A true crime story about a woman in a small town, not unlike Nixon Falls. She does everything in her power to save the people she loves. Is Nina interested? Nina says, she’ll consider it, and he says, fair enough. He’s going to take a walk; soak up the atmosphere. It might come in handy if she gives him the green light. Sonny says he’ll come with Peter, but Peter says, it’s not necessary. Sonny says he insists. He used to be a stranger there himself. Peter says, very well, and Sonny shoots Nina a look before they leave.

Britt thanks Obrecht for buying, and Obrecht says she’s paying? Britt says, considering the day she’s had, she thinks it’s appropriate. Obrecht says, now Britt is all torn up, and Britt asks if Maxie has time for a drink. Maxie says she wishes, but she can catch Britt up on everything in the elevator. Obrecht tells Maxie to give James a kiss from his oma, and Maxie says she will. Maxie and Britt leave, and Obrecht sits down to sign the tab. Her phone rings, and she sees it’s Nina. She says Maxie was just talking about her, but Nina says she doesn’t have much time. Is Obrecht alone? Obrecht asks, what’s wrong? and Nina says she has a problem she thinks Obrecht is perfectly qualified to solve. If Obrecht can’t for any reason, Nina will do it herself.

Outside, Sonny says Peter and Nina aren’t just business associates. Is he right? Peter says he’d also like to think of them as friends, but Sonny asks why he gets the feeling Nina doesn’t like Peter.

Tomorrow, Nikolas tells Ava that there’s always a silver lining, Scotty says it’s Austin’s ticket to ride, Jax says Josslyn isn’t coming within a mile of Carly’s wedding, and Sonny tells Peter, it’s probably time to get out of town.

💰 I couldn’t get Million Dollar Listing New York online yet, so we’ll cover that tomorrow.

😥 Farewell, Dimitri and Dex…

He had the best of both soap worlds, daytime and prime time.

https://people.com/tv/dynasty-and-all-my-children-actor-michael-nader-dead/

🎼 It’s All His…

James Patrick Stewart talks about his second album, and how, this time, it’s personal.

GH’s James Patrick Stuart Previews His Second Album, Clean Slate

👄 Any Publicity Is Good Publicity…

Sutton doesn’t have to worry about getting involved. LisaR is involved enough for both of them.

Attorney Hopes To Depose Lisa Rinna For Erika Jayne And Tom Girardi Embezzlement Investigation

RHOBH’s Lisa Rinna Asks Fans to Be “Patient” and Defends Erika After Death Threats, Claims They’re “Devastated for the Victims” as Attorney Accuses Her of “Pretending” to Care

🍸 New Rules…

LVP dishes on the new season to come.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/20/lisa-vanderpump-dishes-on-new-season-of-vanderpump-rules/

🐓 Early To Bed…

One can hope. I was up way too late last night, watching All About Eve in the wee hours, like I haven’t seen it a thousand times. That one never gets old though. Tomorrow begins another of what I believe we’re calling the weekend again, and I’ll be hear with soap, a real estate finale, tea, and ~~sympathy~~ wise words. Until then, stay safe, stay self-confident, and stay not doing anything shady. It could come back to bite you.

Jun29

June 28, 2021 – Jason Says Peace Is Not an Option, Returning Deck, New Crew, Soap Reboot & It’s There

Posted on June 29, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Nikolas punches the heavy bag, and flashes back to Ava telling him that he knows her better than anyone, and must know if anything happened to Avery, it would kill her, so they’re done. He punches harder. Lucy comes in, and throws him a towel. She says, trouble? With Ava Jerome? Good luck. Ta! She leaves him standing there with the towel in his hands.

On the phone, Nina says she thought it would be nice to hear Mike/Sonny’s voice again. She’ll call again soon. She misses him. She looks at the picture of them together on her phone. Ava says, she knows that look. That is the face of a woman in love. They hug, and Nina says, it’s good to see Ava. Ava says, it’s good to see Nina too. Clearly, they have some catching up to do.

At the hospital, Sasha runs into Brando, who asks if they didn’t just have breakfast. She says she has a vague recollection, and he says if he’d known she was coming there, they could have walked over together. She knew he was going to see his mother, and didn’t say anything. Is everything okay? She says, everything is fine. It’s just a routine OB appointment. He asks if there’s a reason she didn’t want him to know.

Valentin, Austin, and Anna are in the woods, and Valentin asks Anna if she wants to walk the area again. She says she does. She knows he’s thinking it’s a waste of time, but she can’t help thinking Dante might have missed something. That one little clue that will lead them to finding Peter and Maxie’s baby.

Laura sees Maxie at the MetroCourt, and apologizes for not coming by, but Maxie says, it’s fine. Laura has been busy, and she’s been lousy company anyway. That’s one of the reasons she couldn’t stand being alone with herself in the apartment anymore. Laura says she must be crazy with worry. There is nothing is worse than not knowing where your child is. She has the feeling they’ll find Maxie’s baby soon, and Maxie says she prays Laura is right.

In the hallowed halls of the moss bowl, Carly asks if Brick would like coffee or something stronger. He says he’ll stick with Corinthos’s finest, and says she’s sorry to call him back so soon. Not that it’s not a pleasure to see him. He says he’s always there to help any way he can, and Carly says, be honest. How much trouble are she and Jason in? He says, that depends on their next move, and Jason comes in. Jason thanks Brick for coming, and Brick says he was on his way to L.A., but Sonny’s business is always a priority; Jason knows that. Carly asks what the damage is, and Jason says, most of the shipment was saved, but the warehouse is a complete loss. She asks if he’s sure it was Novak, and Brick says, it was definitely the Novaks. His sources say this is going to amp up the pressure. Jason and Carly are running out of time to push back.

Nina apologizes for not calling Ava, and says, it was a surprise trip back. Michael invited her to see Wiley. Ava says, wonderful, and asks how it went. Nina says, wonderful; it was really great. She promised not to mention Nelle’s name, which she gets. Ava asks if she’s sure, and Nina says, does she like it? No. Does she understand? Of course (🍷). Ava asks, how long before Carly showed up? and Nina swears Carly teleported there. Ava says she’s happy Michael and Willow came to their senses. She hopes Nina will be able to see more of Wiley now that she’s home. Nina says she thinks the door’s open for her to be more in Wiley’s life, but as far as home is concerned, she honestly doesn’t know where home is anymore.

Brando and Sasha sit down, and he says he knows she’s not ready to make plans, and they’ve done this upside down. Most people don’t have their first date this far into the pregnancy. Sasha says, true. They haven’t taken the conventional route. Brando says he has every intention of being there when she needs him. He’ll also do his best to respect her privacy and need for space, but when it comes to baby’s health, and hers, he prefers to be kept in the loop, not on the sidelines. She says she appreciates that, but it’s not the reason she didn’t tell him about the appointment. It just didn’t occur to her. She’s so used to taking care of herself, it never crossed her mind. Brando says, she forgot about him? but she says she wouldn’t put it that way. He says, that’s kind of what happened, and she says, that’s exactly what happened, but she wouldn’t put it that way. It’s embarrassing. He says, maybe next time, and she promises to let him know. Definitely next time; she’s going to have lot of appointments. Brando says, now that he’s not working for a drug lord, his time will be more flexible, and she says she’s glad he’s standing by her. There’s so much she doesn’t want to get wrong. Every day there’s some new lesson, and the books only tell you so much; it can be overwhelming. He says, next time, let him know if there’s something he can do, but she says, the next item on her agenda isn’t something he can help with. He tells her, try me, and she says, okay. How does she tell Nina that she’s pregnant?

Laura tells Maxie that Mac said they’d found the kidnapper’s body, but there was no sign Louise had ever been with her. Maxie says, it was kind of a good news/bad news situation. She kept thinking, if the kidnapper has the baby, the baby isn’t with Peter. Laura asks if Maxie thinks Louise is with Peter, but Maxie says she has to tell herself that Louise isn’t. That’s another reason she wanted to get out. She kept waiting for someone to call her, and say Peter was caught, but it never happened. It’s agonizing. Laura says it’s good she got out; even an hour or two can help. Maxie says, Georgie and James were so excited to have a baby sister. She wanted to give her kids a happy, safe life. So what did she do? She opened the door, and let a monster walk in.

Anna says, there’s no sign of a struggle around the mine shaft within a 50 foot radius, and Austin says, would there be signs of struggle in a forest? Valentin says, if you know what you’re looking for, and Austin says he’s a little lost. What is Anna getting at? Anna wonders if it’s possible the kidnapper simply fell, and Austin says, when the sun goes down, it gets very dark in the forest. She might not have known there was a mine shaft there, and the wood had rotted. Anna says, obviously, she handed off the baby before she fell, or she possibly was pushed. Whoever took the baby… Valentin says, took care of the kidnapper, and Anna asks if Austin had any sense that there had been another person there when he woke up. He says he was pretty out of it, but he was focused on Maxie and the baby. Anna says, something feels off.

Brick says, right now the Novaks are playing downhill; all the momentum is on their side. Jason says, not after tonight. The Novaks are going to experience a major setback in their territory, which will make them think twice about expanding into Sonny’s. The moss bowl is suddenly gone from the kitchen island, and I desperately look for it. Brick asks if Jason needs help, but Jason says he just needs intel; the mechanics are taken care of. Carly says he can’t. When Sonny was alive, Jason was the one who handled the mechanics. Now that Sonny is gone, Jason and Brick made it clear to the Five Families ~~focaccia~~ that Jason is running the show. Not her and Jason together. Jason says, that’s why he’s sending the Novaks a message, and she says, he can’t be the one to send it. Brick says, Carly’s got a good point.

Sasha tells Brando that she was hoping to tell Nina in private, but Nina has been out town. Now Lucy set up a business meeting for the three of them and, given her and Nina’s history, it seems cruel to spring her pregnancy on Nina in front of other people. He takes it a text won’t cut it, and she says, the only way to do this is in private, face-to-face. He suggests she get there early, and talk to Nina before she goes in. He saw how concerned Nina was when she was in the hospital. Maybe Nina will be happy for her. She says, one of the things that makes her relationship with Nina so special, is that it’s also so fragile. After everything that happened, everything Sasha did, they reached a good place. The last thing she wants is for her pregnancy to bring back the pain she caused, and remind Nina of the person she used to be. Gladys rolls up, and says, perfect ~~soap~~ timing. Continue. She’s dying to hear about the person Sasha used to be.

Laura says Maxie opened up her heart, and it’s a very brave thing to do. Unfortunately, it turned out that Peter… Maxie says, was just as bad as his father? and Laura says, Peter is a very a bad man, but he fooled a lot of people. With a little luck, Maxie and her kids will never see Peter again, and when her kids see Maxie again, they’ll see what strength and resilience looks like, and that’s what they’ll remember. Nina comes in, and signals to Maxie, who says she has to go. She thanks Laura for saying that; she needed to hear it. Laura says she’s welcome, and she’s there for Maxie anytime. Maxie says she might take Laura up on that, and Laura says, good.

Maxie goes over to Nina, and says, thanks for getting her out of the apartment. Nina says, it’s her pleasure. Maxie looks beautiful. Maxie says, all things considered, and Nina says, all things considered, she looks beautiful. Maxie says, it’s amazing how makeup can hide the look of fear, anxiety, dread… Nina says, and deception.

Austin says he hates to abandon them in the middle of search, and Valentin says, he has somewhere else to be? Austin says he does. He has another engagement out of town. He gives Anna the keys, telling them, make themselves at home, straighten up before they leave, and leave the keys in the drop box. They have his number. Anna thanks him, and Valentin says he’s been a big help. Austin says, it’s been a pleasure. Let him know if there’s anything else he can do. He leaves, and Valentin asks Anna, what is it? She says, there’s something familiar about him. Is Valentin getting a déjà vu vibe. (So this is how we’re dealing with Austin looking exactly like Franco?) He says, no, and she says she forgets that their histories don’t line up as much as she thinks they do. He says she has excellent instincts, and she says, when her judgement isn’t compromised. He says her instincts were spot-on; she just didn’t trust them. He’ll always trust her instincts. She says, that’s nice of him to say, all things considered. He asks what her instincts are telling her about Austin. Did he have something to do with the kidnapping? She says, no, not that. She’s not sure. It’ll come to her.

Brick says, Jason was respected as Sonny’s enforcer, but as the person in charge, he can’t get his hands dirty. Jason suggests he get the Novaks to back off, then they can reevaluate, but Carly says, what if Jason gets shot, or arrested, or he dies? Then she’s in a worse position than she was before. He says nothing is going to happen to him, and she says when she was planning his escape, and saw him in prison, he told her that she had to consider how the plan would work, and how it would fail. What if he fails? Is it worth the risk of doing it in person? Jason tells Brick, the logistics are in place. Does Brick have a team to do the work? Brick says, just a phone call away, and Jason says, make the arrangements. Brick says, consider it done, and Carly thanks him. Brick says he’s happy to help, but with all due respect, the Novaks are just a symptom. The two of them are the problem. They still haven’t sent a message saying one of them is in charge, and the other one is out. Until they do, the competition will come right on coming. Jason sighs, and I wonder if he, too, is fretting over the moss bowl’s absence.

Scotty tells Laura that he’s looking for Ava, and asks if Laura has seen her. Laura says, no, but her head was down in her work. Scotty says he hates squeezing in emergency marital issues into his busy schedule. Ava comes up behind him, and says she’s there. Unlike her attorney/client privilege, which – from the look on Laura’s face – went out the window. Scotty says, Laura asked, but Laura says she specifically chose not to. He says, that’s how she gets him to talk. For cryin’ out loud, he assumed Ava’s soon-to-be ex-mother-in-law knew about this. When Ava called him, she said she wanted a quick, public divorce. She’s got it. Thank you. Laura asks what Ava is doing.

Ava apologizes if the news blindsided Laura. She should have known not to expect discretion from Scotty. Scotty says, the way he sees it, he did her a favor. She wanted it out there, and – he snaps his fingers – now it’s out there. Laura asks if she can have a minute alone with Ava, and Scotty tells Ava, he’s billing Ava for this. He drew up what she wanted him to. He shows her a manila envelope, and says, irreconcilable differences. Laura says he’s violating attorney/client privilege again, and he says, so sue him. As if Laura’s son wasn’t going to tell his mother. As Ava’s attorney, he’s wondering how many zeros they’re looking at. He’s looking at nine. Ava says, zero zeros. She doesn’t want to take anything from Nikolas. He asks where Ava has gone, when his phone rings. He says he has to take this, but before he does, he wants to tell her that he thinks she’s a fool. When you have a Cassadine on the hook, you take them to the cleaners. (Nothing like a mixed metaphor.) His phone rings again, and he looks at it, saying he has to call back. See what she made him do? He stomps off, and Laura says, things were going so well between Ava and Nikolas. What happened? Ava says, the first thing Laura needs to know is that she never loved anyone more than she loves Laura’s son, with the exception of her children. It’s too late for her to save Kiki, but she’s damn well going to save Avery. That’s why she and Nikolas are through.

Carly thanks Brick for his help, and he says, always. They hug, and Brick leaves. Carly asks if Jason is mad, and he says, yeah. She asks if he thinks she’s wrong about delegating, but he says, no. Brick has a team. It’s fine. Let him handle the Novaks, but it’s not always going to be like that. There are some things he’ll have handle in person. She says, some, but not all, and he agrees, but adds, Brick is right. The real problem is that they look weak. She asks how they prove they’re strong, and he says, they can’t. The Five Families ~~fettucine~~ are going to expect him to push her out. If he doesn’t, they’ll increase the pressure, and test them for weakness. They’re going to hope Sonny’s organization splits, then they’re going to walk in, carve up the territory, and take it. She asks what they’re supposed to do, and he says, they make it expensive. You make a takeover expensive, so the families don’t want to pay. When they’re hit, they hit back harder. She says, so peace is not an option? and he says, no.

Nina asks if Maxie is sure this isn’t not too much too fast, but Maxie says, no. She’s desperate to keep busy, and keep her mind off Louise. She would do anything to lose herself in one of those powerhouse workdays they used to have. Nina says, like everything and everyone you don’t want to face, they’re not in these pages – she pulls the magazine out of her bag – they’re not in the office; those things will just have to wait. Maxie says, it’s like having a moat, and Nina agrees. Maxie says she could really use a moat right now, and Nina says, okay. In that case, the next thing she has in her busy schedule is a meeting with Lucy and Sasha. Maxie says, ouch, and Nina says, they’re not excluding Maxie, they’re just… Maxie says, excluding her, but Nina says, no. They know how much Maxie has on her mind, and they decided not to burden her with it. If they knew how Maxie felt, they’d be really glad to have their brilliant partner back with them. So why doesn’t Maxie join her and surprise them? Maxie asks if Nina means just jump right back in, and Nina says, yes, but if it’s too much… Maxie says, it’s not. Does Nina know how wonderful a business meeting sounds right now?

Gladys says, don’t let her interrupt. She’d love to hear about Sasha’s life before. After all, Sasha is carrying her grandchild. Sasha says she doesn’t want to get into it now, but Gladys says, why not? She’s sure Sasha has come up enough in the world, that her sordid past isn’t an obstacle. Sasha says she definitely has, but she told Jackie Templeton everything – her and the rest of America. She’ll send Gladys the link. Gladys says she thinks it’s still on her DVR. When the baby is old enough, she looks forward to watching it with them. Sasha says, if Gladys is still living… in Port Charles. That sounded awful. Gladys says, good thing Sasha is the face of Deception, and not the voice. Sasha says she’s also a partner in the company, and has other responsibilities. The price of success she supposes. Gladys says Sasha must be under a lot of pressure. It must be difficult to stay on the wagon. Brando says, okay. Is Gladys ready to go? Gladys says Brando that papers need to be signed at the desk first, and he says he’ll be right back. Play nice. Gladys says it’s good to see Sasha, and Sasha says, likewise. She’s missed their chats. Gladys says, now that it’s just us girls, she wants to know what kind game Sasha is playing at.

Ava tells Laura, if it was just her and Nikolas, she’d dare the stalker to come after them. But Ryan killed Kiki, and she can’t risk losing Avery; she won’t. Laura says, of course (🍷) not. She completely understands. She just wishes there was another way. Nikolas has been so happy, the happiest she’s ever seen him. Ava says she was happy too, but she has to do what needs to be done. She should go; she shouldn’t keep Scotty waiting. Laura tells her to take good care of herself. Ava goes over to Scotty, and asks if he’s done playing phone tag. He hands her the envelope, and says he’d go over the document with her, but since she has no intention of going after money, property, or assets, he has no interest. She’s killing him. She says, not yet, but it’s on her to-do list, and he says, if she has any changes, give him a call. He has a meeting to get to. She says she’s touched by his compassion, and he says he’ll see her later. He leaves, and Nikolas comes out of the elevator. He starts to say something, but Ava says, don’t. Please don’t. He says he’s not giving up on them, and she says, that’s his mistake; they’re finished. If he can’t see that, she’ll have to make him see it. She gets in the elevator and the doors close.

Valentin tells Anna, he thinks it’s safe to say they’ve reached the point of diminishing returns. It’s an exposed crime scene, and they’ve been over it multiple times. It’s deteriorating with every moment that passes, plus it’s been 72-hours since the baby disappeared. He doesn’t have to tell her what that means. Anna says, the longer she’s out there, the less chance they have of finding her.

Lucy goes into Nina’s office, and says it’s so very good to see her. Nina says it’s nice to see Lucy too; it’s been too long. Lucy says, it’s been way too long, but it gave her the opportunity to work on the proposal and marketing for a brilliant idea she can’t wait for Nina to see. Nina says she can’t wait to see it, and Lucy says she’ll have to wait a tiny bit longer, because they have to wait for Sasha, but teaser; it’s an idea, a concept they kind of worked on a while ago. Maxie walks in, and says she’s glad Lucy is there. She had to step out for a second… Lucy says Maxie can’t be there. She simply can’t. She needs to leave immediately.

Sasha says Gladys asked what she’s playing at? She was going to use the baby to rope Brando in. She missed her shot at Michael, but Brando is Michael’s cousin, the next best thing to give her access to the Corinthos money. How does that sound? Gladys calls Sasha a little gold-digger, and says if Sasha thinks she’s not going to tell Brando… Sasha starts laughing, and says, oh my God. Gladys’s face. It was totally worth it. She and Brando are figuring things out, and whatever Brando wants to tell Gladys about the baby is up to him. Brando returns, and says, no one is bleeding, broken, or dead, and Sasha says, not yet. He says, great. Is Gladys ready to go? Gladys says she has an idea. How about the three of them going for coffee, her treat, and they can talk about living arrangements after the baby is born? She’s looking forward to being a babysitter. Sasha says she has to take a raincheck; she has a meeting to go to. Gladys asks if it’s an AA meeting, and Sasha says she goes to NA, not AA, but it’s a Deception meeting. She thanks Gladys for the offer, and Brando says he’ll see her later. She leaves, and Brando tells Gladys that she has to let up on Sasha. Gladys says she’s been nothing but cordial. Sasha was the one talking through her fangs. It’s not her fault Sasha is keeping him at arm’s length from the baby.

Laura tells Nikolas that she couldn’t help but notice what was going on with him and Ava. Is he all right? Ava told her about the divorce. He says, Scotty? and she says she thinks Scotty is the one doing the paperwork. Nikolas says, that was fast, and she says, Ava is terrified. Ava told her about the note with the knife in it, and the bear with Ryan’s voice, and how both times there was no sign of forced entry. Nikolas says, it’s all very unnerving, and Laura says, especially for Ava; she’s been traumatized. Ryan murdered her daughter, and Ava doesn’t want to leave him, but she has to.

Scotty is about to sip his martini, when Austin joins him. Scotty says, it’s nice to meet Austin, but he didn’t get Austin’s last name. Austin says, just Austin is good for now, and Scotty says Austin can call him Mr. Baldwin, Esq. He guesses this is some sort of legal matter, and Austin says, it is. He understands Scotty is familiar with the families in Port Charles. Scotty says, if he is, why would that be of interest to Austin?

Jason tells Carly that the move against the Novaks should slow them down, and she says, what If it doesn’t? He says, then they have to keep escalating. The more the Novaks lose, maybe the other families will realize their best strategy is to accept that he’s taking Sonny’s place. Carly says, taking Sonny’s place. She never thought she’d hear him say those words. He tells her that he never thought he’d say those words, and she sits. Jason says he never wanted this, and she says she knows. He says she’s probably the only person who truly understands that, but if he steps back, the Five Families ~~bruschetta~~ will rip the city apart fighting for control, and the people they love will get hurt. Since she went to that meeting, their first target will be her. He’s not going to let that happen.

Scotty tells Austin, let’s narrow this down a little bit. What families is he interested in? Austin says he’ll be happy to tell Scotty as soon as he knows he can trust him. Scotty says, no; he’s a lawyer, and Austin says, thank you for your honesty, and gets up. Scotty says he’s just kidding. He holds a client’s secrets very sacred. He doesn’t hold much sacred, but that he does. What can he do for Austin? Austin asks what Scotty knows about Jason Morgan, and Scotty says, find someone else to deal with Jason. He’s not interested. Austin suggests he tell Scotty specifically what he’s looking for, and then he can decide if he’s interested.

Nikolas tells Laura, Dante has a theory that it’s all for show; empty threats designed to scare them. Laura says, clearly, Ava doesn’t feel that way, and he says, in all fairness, seeing Avery hold the bear with Ryan’s voice made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. Laura says she doesn’t believe it’s possible that it’s Ryan, and he says, copycat? She says, maybe, or some disciple of Ryan’s. Whoever it is, if they’re cruel enough to do this, who knows what else they’re capable of? He says he’s been asking himself that constantly, and she says she knows how much he loves Ava, and sees how much Ava loves him, but he has to see the toll this is taking on Ava. He says he sees it. Watching Ava suffer like this is excruciating. Filing for divorce is the one thing she can do that gives her peace of mind. She asks what he thinks about that, and he says he’s going to do everything in his power to avoid it.

Ava arrives at Carly’s, and says she hopes she’s not interrupting. Carly says she told Avery that Ava was coming, and Ava says she misses Avery so much. Carly says, Avery was telling her about her room at Windymere. It sounds like they’ve made her happy there. Ava says, they try, and thanks Carly for keeping Avery’s room how she likes it. She knows it will be a comfort when she tells Avery that they’re not going back to Windymere. Carly asks if Ava and Nikolas are finally moving out of that drafty castle, but Ava says, just her and Avery. Nikolas is no longer in the picture. Carly asks, why? She thought they were crazy about each other. Ava says, they are, and Carly asks if it’s because of what happened the other night. Jason has come downstairs, and asks, what happened the other night? and Ava says, long story short, she and Nikolas have been getting threats from a stalker. Now the staler has proved they can get to Avery. Jason says, if it happens again, let him know, but Ava says she’s already taken steps to address the situation.

Scotty says, well, well; a lifetime opportunity, and Austin says, it is. Scotty says, call him Scotty, and Austin says, okay, Scotty. He thought Scotty would be intrigued. Scotty says, very intrigued. They’re going to ride this all the way.

Brando tells Gladys, he and Sasha are new to this baby thing, and figuring things out. She says if he asks her, Sasha should be grateful he’s not running for the hills, which is what he should have done before he hopped into bed with her. He says, it’s a good thing he didn’t ask her. If Sasha needs time to figure things out, he’s going to respect that. She says, one of the most precious lessons she’s learned is, there are people who are private and people who keep secrets. Lucky for him, she can sniff out one from the other. He says, really? Because she didn’t sniff out Cyrus. She says, that’s her point. Cyrus was a hard lesson. One he should learn. The sooner he figures out the differences, the better. Let’s get out of here.

Lucy says, it’s not that she doesn’t want Maxie there; she simply can’t be there. It’s good to see Maxie, and Lucy thanks her for coming, and she says this with a lot of love – she makes a heart with her hands – ta! Nina tells Lucy, calm down. This is Maxie’s company too. Maxie says, no, it’s okay. She knows what’s going on. Lucy is planning a surprise party for her to cheer her up. Lucy says Maxie is absolutely right. It’s a great big… Sasha walks in, and Lucy says, surprise?

Anna tells Valentin to go home to his daughters. She’ll look around some more. He says, no. Absolutely not. She says she’ll be fine, but he says she’s not fine now. She’s blaming herself for what happened to Maxie’s daughter. He’s not leaving her alone out in the woods with only her guilt for comfort.

Laura asks what Nikolas’s plan is, and he says, it’s shockingly simple. He’s going to give Ava the peace of mind she needs right now, and let the stalker believe what he wants. Laura says, then what? and he says, then, when this Ryan knockoff is basking in the glory of their false victory, he’ll be laying a trap. And he will catch them.

Ava tells Carly, Dante is investigating, but he has no solid leads. She can’t take any chances, so she has to divorce Nikolas… Don’t both of them offer her sympathy at once. Carly says she’s sorry Ava is being stalked, and Ava says, she’s sorry it’s costing her the man she loves. It would be nice if marriage was really just a romantic pact that didn’t matter to anybody else. Just two people making a promise, a vow. It’s a sort of theater, a performance to demonstrate a legally binding contract, two people becoming one. If an enemy strikes at one, they strike at both. She used to find it comforting until a stalker got to Avery. She’d like to see her daughter if it’s okay. Carly says, of course (🍷), and Ava goes upstairs. Carly asks Jason, is he thinking what she’s thinking?

Tomorrow, Maxie asks Brook if she heard what she thought she did, Josslyn asks what changed Michael’s mind about Nina, Britt wants to make a deal with Obrecht, and Jason says it’s the best option he’s heard so far.

Below Deck Mediterranean

It’s a new crew, so bear with me. Chief stew Katie is the first to arrive, and meets Captain Sandy. In Katie’s interview, she says she’s not a typical chief stew. On her last boat, she had seven girls under her, and thinks if you’re in a higher role, you should show you can work as hard as the others can. You get more if you keep a good vibe, than by being a psycho bitch, telling them what to do. Then it’s like, f*** you. In Captain Sandy’s interview, she says, last season was the hardest. Everyone looks back and has regrets, but she was ready not to do this anymore. It’s the stuff that defines your character. She decided to come back because she loves mentoring people, and loves leading a team. Returning bosun Malia shows up next and meets Katie. Chef Mathew arrives, and in his interview, he says he’s worked for a lot of prominent families, as well as Hugh Jackman. He’s nervous about it being a new job, and wants to make people happy. Malia says hello to Captain Sandy, and tells her that she’s just off of a Mediterranean charter. In her interview, she says, it’s a crazy feeling being back in Croatia. The first time she was there, she was a green deckie. Captain Sandy’s guidance made her want to stick with yachting. Mathew sets up the galley.

Stew Lexi informs us in her interview that she was Miss Bahamas in 2013, but doesn’t tell other crew members or they act like the boss of her. In Malia’s interview, she says, the break-up with Tom took a toll on her. She just wants to put her head down and work. Deckhand Mzi – call me Zee – is next, and in his interview, he says he’s the youngest of five siblings, and calls himself the black sheep of the family. A joke because he’s the only Black kid in the family. The oldest has been in yachting for 20 years, and is a captain. It’s a jump for him, having never worked on this big of a boat, and he’s nervous. Malia says they’re starting washdowns, and Zee says he’s going to take notes. In her interview, Malia says she loves the notebook. That means she can teach him like Captain Sandy taught her. She’s come full circle, and that’s special to her.

The captain asks the crew to meet in the main salon. She tells them, it’s the beginning of the season, and she loves their energy. If they want a career in yachting, she’s there to help make it happen. She wants to go over the guidelines and protocol, and tells them if anyone – them or a guest – is injured, she wants to be the first to know. If they’re on prescription medication, they need to log it, and no drinking on charter. In her interview, she says, the Lady Michelle was designed for charters. There are so many stairs, the crew can go to each deck without being seen. She tells them, let’s get the boat turned around, and get ready for tomorrow. The deckhands get to cleaning, and provisions come in. It’s a literal truckload, and Captain Sandy says she’s never seen that before. In Mathew’s interview, he says he thought it would be a sh*t show before the provisions arrived. He overordered, and now he’s stressed. He tells Captain Sandy that he wanted to impress the guests. In Courtney’s interview, we find out that she became queen of laundry on yachts, but before that worked at Disneyland Paris, as a promo girl, a nanny, and a bartender. She gets bored easy. It’s the same with men. Katie meets the other stews, and Malia. In Malia’s interview, she says she learned a lesson last season in choosing a lead deckhand based off of CDs. Katie says she’s not a crazy chief stew, and in Lexi’s interview, she says she has a love/hate relationship with chief stews. When they get to that level, they can get a lazy bitch mentality.

Mathew says he has to get two floors down on a winding staircase. He’s thinking about the guests arriving in 24 hours, and has to put everything away. He makes a misstep, and hurts his knee. The captain calls Malia, Katie, and Mathew to the crew mess for a preference sheet meeting. Terez is a marketing professional, and husband Lee is in real estate. Primaries Clint and Karry had to cancel their original wedding plans, and want to have a beautiful, intimate ceremony with their closest friends in attendance. They also want to have a 40^th birthday party for guest Jordan, and a neon dance party afterward. They want a bachelor and bachelorette party, and want the captain to officiate at the wedding on day three. In Mathew’s interview, he says he loves weddings, but it will be the first one he’s done alone. His parents married, divorced, and married again. He was conceived during the divorce, and they call him their bastard child.

We find out Katie’s ex is Jack from season whatever, and he got a tattoo of her face on his ass when he was drunk in Thailand after knowing her a few days. In her interview, she says, they were young and passionate, and it was never going to work out, but they spent a year and a half together, so it was worth it. Right? Mathew hopes the guests aren’t a-holes. He asks a lot. He gets up 3:30 am, and in his interview, he says he’s nervous. He couldn’t sleep since he was thinking menus, wedding, everything. He’s not prepped at all. He calls Captain Sandy, and asks her to meet him in the galley. He tells her that he feels like he can’t do this properly since he hurt his knee. She asks if he needs help, but he says it won’t be the same, and he’s freaking out. He doesn’t know what to do, and wants to get an x-ray and an MRI. Malia joins them, and the captain sends her to call the doctor.

Deckhand David shows Z what do, and in David’s interview, he says he was born in Italy, and didn’t meet his dad until he was 17. His mentors were captains, and he wants to help as many people as he can. Malia tells Katie about Mathew, and Courtney volunteers to help. In Katie’s interview, she says they have no time to be angry or upset. She doesn’t want to let her third stew go, but they have no choice. Malia says, and it’s only day one. She asks if anyone has experience in cooking, but no one does. In Captain Sandy’s interview, she says she’s ready to vomit, and it’s just the first day. She can’t determine if someone has an injury or not, and has to follow protocol. She can’t get a new chef because of covid, since they’d have to quarantine for seven days. Courtney goes to the galley, and helps Mathew prep for the meal. Sandy makes a call to get Mathew an MRI.

It’s 30 minutes until the guests arrive, and in her interview, Katie says, every chief stew has their own ways. She can’t stand wet towels on the floor. Dudes not using bathmats drives her insane. The captain explains to the crew that the chef injured himself, and they’re going to leave him at the dock so he can get an MRI. He’s prepared lunch, and should be coming back for dinner. David says he’s never been on a chefless boar, and Sandy tells them, don’t give up. Malia tells the deckhands, once the luggage is on board, their soul attention is on getting the boat off the dock.

Captain Sandy welcomes the guests, and introduces Katie. She says Katie will show them around, and then they’ll take off. In deckhand Lloyd’s interview, he says he has a lot of apprehension. He’s sure the guests are going to be more demanding than what he’s used to. Katie gives the tour, and tells the guests that Croatia is amazing. This is seriously one big boat. Mathew whines, and Malia curses her life. When the guests get to the bridge, Captain Sandy tells them about the chef’s injury, and says he’s getting an MRI. He did prepare lunch, and they’re going to try and make it happen. The guests are all, oh my God, and the captain says their hands are tied because of covid. Terez says she’ll have to tip them, and in her interview, the captain says this has never happened in her entire career. They could be f***ed. She tells the guests, they’ll make it happen.

In her interview, Malia says, it’s nerve-wracking docking with a new team. One little mistake can cause a big problem. The stern lines are on deck, and they move out. The guests rave over lunch, which they describe as perfect; light but filling. In Lexi’s interview, she says there’s good money in yachting, but she prefers someone handing her champagne. Malia asks Lloyd to help with the anchor, and in Captain Sandy’s interview, she says this coastline is more nature, country, and small villages. She loves it. In Katie’s interview, she says she’s a laid back kiwi, but sometimes turns into a stressed out bitch. She’s not perfect. Courtney says she put some of Terez’s clothes in the laundry, and Terez has a mild freak out, saying nothing should be washed. Courtney takes the clothes back out. Katie makes espresso martinis, and Terez gives Courtney glow sticks and sundries for the neon party. The dreaded slide is brought out, and the captain checks on Mathew, but so far, he’s gotten no results.

Captain Sandy asks if she can borrow a sous chef from a neighboring boat in quarantine. In her interview, she says, it’s not a chef, but they can figure this out together. She has a crew meeting in the crew mess, and tells them that she has the feeling Mathew isn’t coming back. They have a sous chef to help in the galley, but they’ll need to make dinner. Everyone looks dazed, and she says, it’s surf and turf. In Malia’s interview, she says, they’re f***ed. Captain Sandy helps with the oysters, and tells David to google lobsters. She cringes hearing how they’re prepared, and in David’s interview, he says he’s not the hunting type. The captain asks Siri how to kindly kill a lobster.

The guests get into the hot tub, and sous chef Duska arrives. She knows nothing about lobsters. In David’s interview, he says a chef that can’t cook lobsters after he murdered them? and laughs. Duska gets to work, and Malia asks, are we loving charter? Captain Sandy says, it’s not fair, and Duska says, life is unfair. You got that right, sister. The table is set, and in Lexi’s interview, she says she doesn’t do tacky. The neon theme hurts her soul. Courtney says, this is not okay, and in her interview, says the best she’s done is cook for the family she nannied for. Duska doesn’t seem to know what’s going on, and in the captain’s interview, she says, what’s happening in the galley is a disaster. In the worst case, they’ll make paninis. Lloyd puts on a red cap, and Malia says he looks like Mario. We see Mario and Lloyd side by side, and by God, he does. They try grilling the lobster.

The guests toast to Jordan’s birthday, and Duska says, meat! The guests begin to eat, and do not look thrilled. Courtney tries the lobster in the galley, and thinks it’s chewy. The guests say things like, sucks, dry, and disgusting. In Katie’s interview, she says, it’s not yachting; it’s surviving. Someone asks if there’s a Domino’s anywhere, and everyone agrees it’s horrible. In her interview, Katie says, it’s not acceptable, but in terms of the situation right now, it’s all they can offer. Sandy tells Duska that she appreciates the help, but she can go now. In her interview, the captain says, dinner was a sh*t show. She prays the chef comes back. Terez says she wants to talk to Sandy, since apparently she didn’t pay attention when Sandy talked to her earlier.

Lexi tells the captain that the primary is looking for her. Heads up; she doesn’t look too happy. Sandy goes to Terez’s room, and Terez says, girl, this not acceptable. Did she taste dinner? The steak, ‘kay, but not good. Oysters not okay. She gave the chief stew lights and stuff, but they didn’t get the party they wanted. In Captain Sandy’s interview, she says, it’s not easy to hear criticism, but she failed them. Terez screeches, it’s a mega yacht. A mega yacht!

There was no preview. Why? Who knows?

🛥 You Figure Them Out…

The new Med crew.

https://www.bravotv.com/below-deck-mediterranean/about

👢 We Live In Hope…

It was a dark day in Soapland when AMC and OLTL were canceled. At least we still kept Todd/Franco/Austin on GH.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/all-my-children/eva-larue-promises-all-my-children-reboot-is-very-real

🚣🏽‍♂️ And So It Goes…

I need sleep tonight to store up for Temptation Tuesday, along with those wacky Wives from NYC, and the usual soap. So until then, stay safe, stay making your point clear, and stay trusting your instincts, but not compromising your judgement.

Jun26

June 25, 2021 – Repeating the Vote, Daytime Wins, What’s News, Goodbyes, May Be the Last, Already Sniping, Curses, New Love, Traci’s Test, She Tried, Reality Pay, Going Down, In the Shade, Quotes Twelvefold & Wild

Posted on June 26, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

There was no new GH anywhere today. Those who had it, got a rerun from when Josslyn and Trina went back in time, and saw their foremothers as Suffragettes. That was a great episode, and I would have watching it again, but it was not on in my area. So I watched People’s Court, which I only see, like, once a year anymore.

Speaking of which, People’s Court won a Daytime Emmy, and as a preempt consolation prize, so did GH, Sonny, and Mike. Read on for the scoop.

🏆 And the Winner Is…

Who got the award.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daytime-emmy-awards-2021-winners-list-1234972638/

Who wore what.

https://parade.com/1227649/paulettecohn/daytime-emmy-awards-red-carpet-photos-2021/

Who shouldn’t have worn that.

Fashion hits and misses from the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards

🧼 In Other Soap News…

Maxie is recovering nicely.

Kirsten Storms Recovery Update

A peek at the AMC reunion.

E! Releases First Look At ALL MY CHILDREN Reunion

🥀 Those We’ve Lost…

Three more soap greats left us recently, along with Andy Cohen’s old buddy, sadly discovered after he’d been missing for a month.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisa-banes-dies-age-65-hit-and-run-accident/

https://people.com/tv/john-gabriel-dead/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/robert-hogan-actor-who-appeared-everything-laverne-shirley-wire-dies-n1269288

https://nypost.com/2021/06/21/andy-cohens-friend-found-dead-four-weeks-after-going-missing/

🍑 Nothing We Haven’t Heard Before…

But if it is her last season, will Peter be her replacement? He’s always desperately wanted to be a Housewife.

https://okmagazine.com/p/cynthia-bailey-talks-about-future-on-real-housewives-of-atlanta-says-this-could-be-my-last-season/

💸 Place Your Bets…

I wonder how long the divorce is going to drag out, and just how nasty it will get.

https://people.com/tv/erika-girardi-accused-of-refusing-to-turn-over-bank-records-using-glam-lifestyle-to-hide-assets/

https://people.com/tv/erika-girardi-claims-bankruptcy-case-lawyer-made-false-statements-about-her-on-social-media/

🤬 No Surprise…

If she had a swear jar, she’d be an effing millionaire.

https://pagesix.com/2021/06/22/brandi-glanville-crowned-most-foul-mouthed-reality-star-on-twitter/

👩‍❤️‍👩 She’s Movin’ On…

Braunwyn has a new main squeezette.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9718519/Braunwyn-Windham-Burke-works-sweat-new-girlfriend-Fernanda-Rocha-Palm-Springs.html

👠 Possible Addition…

Or is this just a test?

Tiki Barber’s Wife Traci Lynn Johnson And Caroline Rauseo Are Rumored New Cast Members On Real Housewives Of New Jersey

https://radaronline.com/p/tiki-barber-wife-traci-lynn-johnson-bravo-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-rhonj/

🗽 Operative Word: Attempted…

I don’t know exactly what Heather was doing, but she was definitely trying too hard.

https://pagesix.com/2021/06/09/heather-thomson-attempted-to-fit-in-on-rhony-via-eboni-k-williams/

💵 A Housewife’s Worth…

Who gets the most filthy lucre in the franchise.

The Highest Paid Bravo Real Housewife is Revealed! Plus Find Out Teresa Giudice’s Salary and How Much the Cast Gets for Their Reunion Dresses

📉 Nose Dive…

I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s very obvious that LisaR wants screen time, and is the mean girl ring leader, even though Kyle – who bores the pants off me – thinks she’s queen. Now we have Crystal, who’s chosen to sit at their lunch table, stirring the pot.

RHOBH Season 11 Debuts to Low Ratings, Find Out How Many Viewers Tuned in After Episode Two Hits New Lows

No amount of accountability coaching will save them either.

https://champagneandshade.com/2021/05/25/rhobh-season-11-teddi-mellencamp-returning/

🕶 Take Off Your Sunnies…

Andy and LVP are throwing shade, but not at each other.

https://pagesix.com/2021/06/16/andy-cohen-shades-danielle-staub-and-dana-wilkey-over-erika-jayne-doc/

Lisa Vanderpump Shades Kyle Richards’ Nose Job as RHOBH Alum Says Kyle’s “Always” Trying to Make Her “Look Bad”

📣 Quotes of the Week

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. – Orison Swett Marden (Or smack them out of the way.)

The commonality of who we are is not what we believe, but how we love. – Jackie Griffin

The courage to admit when you’re wrong doesn’t show weakness. It shows your strength. Your integrity speaks volumes about you as a person. – Blaque Diamond

You have the need and the right to spend part of your life caring for your soul. It is not easy…To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution. – Jean Shinoda Bolen (Getting off social media once in a while won’t hurt either.)

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. – Phyllis Diller

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them. – William Arthur Ward

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. – Mark Twain

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. – Cathy Guisewite

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. – Marilyn Monroe (I was going to say, she’s a genius, but I’m not sure if I should…)

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. – Arthur Koestler

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. – Albert Einstein

If you’re going to die in your sleep and get all growly and sh*t, you got to let a brother know. – Braithwaite (Bechir Sylvain), Black Summer

🤸🏽‍♀️ Got No Strings To Tie Me Down…

It’s here, that thing more people are calling the weekend again. Except some of them want to call it that from home now. There’s no Dead on tap, so see you next week with I don’t even know what. And whatever your weekend vantage point, stay safe, stay grounded, and stay walking boldly through your obstacles, or giving them a good swift kick out of the way.

May28

May 27, 2021 – Carly Meets Cyrus At the Pier, He’s Back, Road Trip To Pine Valley, KJ Breaks a Townhouse Streak & Beatles Garden

Posted on May 28, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Peter lies at the bottom of the stair landing, blood pooling around his head, and his and Maxie’s new passports beside him. Someone sees him (it looks like one of the hospital staff), and runs down the stairs.

Four hours earlier. On the phone, Peter tells Chloe to check in with him as soon as she gets to the house. He wants to make sure they’re on schedule for Louise’s birth. He checks out the new fake passports for him and Maxie.

Chloe comes at Maxie with a syringe, and Maxie raises the fireplace poker, saying, you’ll never get my baby, bitch! She whacks Chloe in the knee, and Chloe drops to the floor. Maxie runs outside, screaming for help.

Sam is at the baseball field when Dante shows up. She says, first the PCPD. Now he joins the softball league. She’d say that’s a pretty major comeback. He sees she has a bottle of water, and asks if she has another one of those. She puts her foot on the cooler and says, team rules. She takes a sip, and says, it is refreshing though. He puts down his equipment, and says he’s been watching her out there. She says, scouting out the competition? and he says, maybe a little bit. She really takes her pre-season training seriously. He’s never seen anyone practice sliding as much as she does. Or was she just tripping over herself?

Britt says she never pegged Jason as the love ‘em and leave ‘em type. He says, that’s not… She says, that was fun; bye, and he says he’s not leaving. She asks if he didn’t say he had to go back to Port Charles, but he says, just for a few days to figure things out. She says, two days, two weeks, he’s still leaving, and he takes her hand. He says he just needs her to trust him and stay there. He promises he’s coming back for her. She kisses him.

At the hospital, Carly gets a call from Unknown. It’s Cyrus, who says she has something he wants, and as it turns out, he has something she wants even more. We see he has Spinelli, and she says she has no idea what he’s talking about. He says by all means, let him explain, and tells Spinelli, say hello. He holds the phone up to Spinelli, who tells Carly not to worry about him; he’ll be fine. She says, Spinelli? and Cyrus says, her friend speaks the truth. He’ll be fine… as long as she hands over Gladys.

Sam tells Dante, she’s sorry. A lazy, tragically confident PCPD would have no idea what it’s like to be a committed player. He says, commitment? Is that what she calls that slide? She says, head first, baby. Practice hard, play hard. He asks if that’s the Aurora model, and she says, it should be, but just so he knows, they do intend to win this year. He laughs, and she asks, what’s so funny? He says it’s just that they kind of suck. They’ve been in the basement ever since they came into the league. She says, there’s a first time for everything, and you know what they say about the underdog? It gives you the mental advantage. He asks if she knows what would give them the actual advantage. Someone on their team who knows how to hit.

Jason tells Britt, it doesn’t have to be there. He can have Spinelli fly her to the island. She says, so the options are Puerto Rico or Canada. She’ll stay in Canada. He says, so she’ll stay? and she says, for now, but let’s be clear. She’s not some package he can deposit somewhere, or a damsel in distress just waiting for his orders. He says he’s not ordering her to do anything, and she says, really? He says he’s asking her to stay there until he can make it safe. Please. Just give him a chance to make this right. She says, make what right? and he says he’s the one who got her involved in this whole Cyrus investigation. He opened the door, and she was there. He knows she took him up on the chance – she says, really – but he still feels responsible. She says, truth? She would like to think that she would have figured out Cyrus was using the hospital on her own, and she would have made the choice to work against him, not turning a blind eye. And maybe she would have, but what she knows is, when Jason showed her who Cyrus really was, when he opened that door, she walked through. Not because he forced her, but because she wanted to. He says he gets that, and she says, okay. And she gets that he was a professional rescuer, but that’s not how she operates. Sitting around while the big strong man fixes things. And not to mention, sexual performance notwithstanding, he’s not fully healed. On top of that, he’s the fugitive. Maybe she should be the one going back to Port Charles. He says he’s a fugitive running from the law; she’s running from Cyrus. She says, Cyrus wants him dead, and he says, no question, but that’s not why those guys were in her office that night. They were there to kill her, sent by Cyrus, in his own hospital. Does she know how risky that is? That’s how bad he wanted her gone. So please, stay there, stay safe. Give him enough time to end this.

Carly tells Cyrus, Gladys is a woman, not a library book. She’s not sure if she can even get access to Gladys. He says, for her friend’s sake, she’d better figure it out. Pier 55, one hour; her, not one of her minions. She’d better not keep him waiting. He hangs up, and Carly says, son of a bitch. Nikolas and Ava, who have been just standing around watching all this time, walk over to her. Nikolas asks, what happened? and Ava says, that didn’t sound good. Carly says she can’t talk about this right now, and Ava says, let her guess; Cyrus. He has some kind of leverage on Carly. Most likely holding someone for ransom? It’s written all over Carly’s face, and it’s how the man does business. They have a couple of very important interests in common – keeping Avery safe, and stopping Cyrus. They can do this together. Let her help. Carly says, Cyrus has Spinelli. He wants Gladys in exchange, and she has one hour. Nikolas says, Gladys is in surgery, and Carly says she knows. Ava says, what she needs is a stand-in for Gladys. Carly asks if she has any ideas, and Ava says, her.

Peter peruses the passports.

Maxie stumbles through the woods, and tells Louise that she has to find a road… or any semblance of human life actually. Where are they? Just stay put until she can find someone to help them. She leans on a rock, and says, or better yet, a hospital. She has contraction, and says, Louise can’t be born yet.

Britt asks what Jason means by, it’s on him. Getting leverage over Cyrus, or getting Cyrus arrested? He says, he’s going to end it. She’s a good doctor, right? That’s what she does? She says she tries, and he says, this is what he does. Not as often as people think, but he’s capable, and it’s time. She thinks he’s underselling himself, and he motions for her to sit with him. He says, when Sonny first gave him a job, he was grateful, not just for the work, but to have someone treat him like a competent human being. He figured out pretty fast how well he could use a gun, and it was a skill he could develop. Sonny needed an enforcer, somebody he could trust. She says, he needed somebody to do a job, and Jason did it well. Jason says he never questioned if it was the right choice to make; he just made it. But now the choice is, when and how to use that skill, and when the circumstances call for it. This is one of them. She asks if he’s proud of that skill. He doesn’t say anything, and she puts her hand on his knee. He says, no, but he’s grateful for it. He’s able to use it to protect the people he loves. She says it’s given him a lot of grief. Don’t worry. There’s more where that comes from. An endless amount actually. She sees now that people make a lot of assumptions about what he does, and how he lives his life. They think he doesn’t feel, but she thinks he does. He takes her hand.

Nikolas tells Ava, this is insane. She’s not standing in for Gladys. She says, the only way to stop Cyrus, is to stop him, and he asks what that even means. She says, look at the situation. He’s taking hostages. He tried to kill somebody, and he failed. So this man, who hasn’t made a single mistake until now, is spiraling out. He’s getting sloppy. He’s leaving himself open. This is their chance. Nikolas says, no, and she says, all she has to do is fool him long enough for Carly’s people to make their move; isn’t that right? Carly says, that’s right, and Nikolas says he doesn’t care how vulnerable she thinks Cyrus is, this isn’t happening. Carly says, if Ava is serious about this, she can set it up so Ava isn’t in any danger. Nikolas asks if this is some kind of a joke. Carly isn’t a mob boss. She’s a widow, and she’s making it up as she goes along. They think Cyrus is spiraling? How did he get his hands on Spinelli or Gladys in the first place? Because Carly is out of control. He tells Ava, come on, but Ava says she’s not going anywhere. She loved him, and she supported him when he did what he thought he needed to do with Cyrus’s mother, even if she didn’t agree with it. Now it’s his turn to support her. He says, excuse him if he’s not going to stick around and watch this, and walks out. Carly says Ava doesn’t have to do this, and Ava says she knows. Carly says she needs some time to iron out some details. She asks if Ava knows Sonny’s guy Trent, and Ava says she does. Carly tells her to meet him at the hospital entrance. Ava starts to leave, and Carly says, thank you. Ava says what Carly doesn’t seem to understand is, she wants this bastard taken down just as much as Carly does. She leaves, and Carly gets on her phone. She tells Brick to stop whatever he’s doing, and assemble a team right now.

Chloe struggles to get up, grabs the poker, the syringe, and her phone, and limps out of the house. I’d limp on into hiding if I were her.

There’s a knock at Peter’s door, and he opens it to find Valentin, looking grim. He says, what do you want? and Valentin asks if Peter doesn’t have his hands full, toying with Chase. Why does he have to torment an innocent pregnant woman on top of it?

Maxie cries out, wondering why she has to have her children in the great outdoors. First James, now Louise. Can’t Louise wait a hot minute to discover nature? She has to be born there? She has another contraction, and says, okay, okay. She hears her. Louise is ready to be born. This is happening, but trust her, it’s better than what Louise’s father had planned.

Carly says, great. Brick understands her instructions?… She’ll let him know when everything’s in place. She looks at her phone, and her hand hovers above the screen.

Sam says Dante seems to know an awful lot about a softball league he hasn’t played in for years. He says he missed it, and she asks if he doesn’t want to get out there. He asks if she’s making fun of him, and she says he’s cute. He says she means tough, but she tells him that she said cute. He says he can’t wait to play them. He really hopes she tries to steal third base. He’s going to tag her so hard, she won’t know what hit her, but she will know because it’s going to be this glove. She says, he’s playing third base? but he says, no; shortstop. She says she plays shortstop. Maybe she can actually give him a few pointers. He says, that would be great, and she says, gotcha. She would never do that. He’s her enemy. He says he was just humoring her, and she says he’s so full of himself. He says he should be. He literally has thousands of hours of baseball under his belt. From stickball to little league, to JV, to varsity. She says, ooh, wow. Is there a bomber jacket? He says she knows his mom has it. Not to mention the lifetime he’s spent watching minor league and major league baseball. He can literally rate and rank any player within ten minutes of watching them. She asks how he rates her.

Jason asks if Britt understands now why she has to stay there, and she says, she sees that’s how she stays safe, but what’s the point? He asks what that even means, and she says, she fully accepts the fact that Cyrus is trying to kill her, and could kill her, if she goes back to Port Charles before he ends this. But if they’re honest, Cyrus would be doing her a favor. Jason says, no, and she says, he would. She has a death sentence; not just any death sentence. The most horrible, agonizing, horrific death a person could possibly experience. So Cyrus shooting her, or drugging he, or whatever he plans to do, would be a picnic in comparison. He asks if she really believes that, and she says she does. She finally gets what it means to live like you’re dying. When she thinks about all the fries she didn’t eat, or the wine she didn’t drink… all the chances she didn’t take. She’s not fearless like he is. The idea of being in pain or uncomfortable, no thank you. And death was the scariest of all, but she’s not afraid of it anymore. Now that she knows what’s coming, it makes everything – and she means everything – that’s coming look better. He says, what if between now and then is thirty years? and she says, it could be six months. He says, all that time, she could have lived. She wipes away tears, and he says, it’s her life. It’s her choice, but for what it’s worth (🍷) he’d still like to get to know her six months from now. She says she’d like to get to know him too. His phone rings, and he says, Carly. Carly asks how healthy he is, and he says, what happened?

Valentin tells Peter, Brook is being watched, and Peter expects him to believe he’s not responsible? Peter asks what use he’d have for Brook and her child? and Valentin says Peter finds use for a lot of random people. Detective Chase for instance. Peter asks how Chase is feeling, and Valentin asks if Peter thinks he has him over a barrel because he’s toying with Chase’s life. Peter says, doesn’t he? and Valentin says, to a point. If Chase dies, Anna will be devastated, and he doesn’t want to see that. But if Peter starts messing with his daughter or her mother, he’ll kill Peter. Peter says, killing Chase in the process, and Valentin says, so be it. Peter asks if Valentin thinks he’s an idiot. He knows Valentin could end him. Anna’s wracked with guilt, but he knows Valentin. The rest of the world be damned, what he wants is his children. Valentin says, damn right, and Peter says, there are two things he knows for certain. One, he’s still breathing because of Valentin’s sentimental attachment to Anna, and two, making trouble with Valentin would be a death sentence. So if someone is following Brook, it’s not him.

Maxie says, this is all going to work out. She’s going to get Louise born, and figure out what to do next. So whatever that is, she’s going to do everything in her power to protect Louise. She puts her robe on the ground in front of a rock, and gets down on it, leaning against the rock. She says, this is good actually. They say that the third baby comes faster than the first two, right? It’s just you and me. Let’s do this. A light shines in her face, and says, no.

Carly tells Jason, put Britt on the phone. He hesitates, and she says, put Britt on the phone or she’s hanging up. Jason hands Britt the phone, and Carly asks, how’s Jason? And before Britt asks, this is life or death. She’s begging Britt to tell her the truth. Britt says, he’s remarkably healed. Carly asks if she’s sure, and Britt says, his wound is clean and closing. She wouldn’t recommend lifting anything heavy, or getting into a boxing ring, but he’s not in danger of bleeding out anymore. Carly says, okay, and asks Britt to put Jason back on the phone. Britt hands the phone to Jason, who asks, what’s going on? Carly says, Cyrus has Spinelli, and Jason asks what Cyrus wants. Carly says, he wants Gladys. She was going to exonerate Jason, and Cyrus grabbed her. There was a gunfight, and Gladys was hit. He asks if Carly is okay, and she says she is, but Gladys is in the hospital. She couldn’t give Gladys to Cyrus if she wanted to. He says, that’s fine. All that matters is that she agree to an exchange. She says, it’s not like Cyrus gave her much choice. She’s supposed to meet him on Pier 55 in less than an hour. He says they can work with that; have Trent handle the trade. She says they can’t do that. Cyrus made it clear he only wants to deal with her. Jason says she has to make it clear that she won’t give Gladys to Cyrus until she sees Spinelli for herself. She says she’s got it, and he asks if she has somebody who can be the decoy. She says it’s all set, and he tells her, don’t get too close. Whatever happens with Cyrus or Spinelli, don’t get within fifteen feet. She says, okay. Brick’s on another line; she has to go. They hang up, and Britt says she hopes Jason knows she lied for him. Everything she told Carly was a load of crap. One punch to his stomach, or anything else, and he’s definitely bleeding out. He says he won’t get punched in the stomach, and she shakes her head and smiles. He says he has to go. She says she knows, and he kisses her goodbye, and leaves. She goes to the door, and watches.

Dante says Sam is actually pretty good. She has good mobility, she’s quick. She could use some accuracy help, and her hitting is a little weak. She says, weak? She hit every single one of those balls tonight. He says, exactly, and she asks what he means. He says her pitcher is either throwing her easy pitches because he knows she’s the boss, or he’s a bad pitcher. Either way, she’s going to get smoked out there because her stance is all wrong. She picks up a bat, and says, show her. He says, no way; she’s the enemy. She says, pleeease. Show me. Please? He gets behind her, and tells her to bend her knees more. Sit, sit, sit. Arms up. Put her hands back by her shoulder. All right. He touches her chin, making her look at him, and says, the most important part is, don’t take her eyes off the pitcher. How’s that feel? She says, good, and he says, good. Forget everything he just said. She might actually start hitting the ball now, and they’ll get out of the basement. She says they’re headed to the finals, and he says he’ll believe it when he sees it. She says, keep your eyes peeled, Falconari, and hands him back the bat. She leaves, and he says he will.

Maxie squints, and sees it’s… Roger Howarth! Finally! She says, thank God he’s not Peter. He says, thank God she’s not a bear, and she says, there are bears out here? He says, tons of them. They love themselves some blueberries. He was coming around the bend the other day, and saw the most beautiful mama bear, and she had these adorable three baby cubs, and he ran the fastest mile he’s ever run. She tells him, you don’t say, and he says, so who’s Peter? She has another contraction, and asks if he wants to call 9-1-1, or call someone, anyone; she doesn’t care who. He says, cell service is a little spotty out there. So how long has it been between contractions? She says she’s not really sure, and he says, okay. Her choice. He can wander around and try to find some spotty cell service, or he can deliver her baby for her. She says, oh yeah? He happens to be a doctor? He says he is, and she says, seriously? He says he happens to be a doctor, and she says, he’s not some crazy mountain man nutjob? He says, you’re the one having a baby in the forest, ma’am, and she says, he makes a good point, and don’t call her ma’am again. He says, noted, and holds out his hand, saying, Austin. She shakes his hand, and says, Maxie. He says, nice to meet you, Miss Maxie. Is she ready to have this baby? She says, not even a little bit.

Peter says Valentin has always been good at prioritizing, and Valentin says, thank you. Peter says, top of Valentin’s list, Charlotte and the baby. Then Brook, because she’s carrying said baby, and Anna and Nina, women he supposedly loves. But at the end of the day, they all get sacrificed… for the children. He knows that about Valentin. That’s why he would never go near Charlotte, or the baby, and therefore, Brook. Valentin says, strange. For the first time in months, he feels Peter is telling him the truth. Peter says he is. Now if Valentin is through threatening his life, there’s the door. Valentin says, not yet. Anna’s left town for the funeral of an old friend. Peter says, that’s bold, and Valentin says he knows, but if she hadn’t gone, it would have raised eyebrows. In the meantime, he’s watching over Chase, and there’s something he wants from Peter. He’d like a dose of the antidote on hand. Peter asks why he’d do that, and Valentin says, Chase is staying at the Quartermaine mansion. As it happens, he and Charlotte are also staying at the Quartermaine mansion. Should Chase fall ill, he would like a dose of the antidote on hand, ready to be administered. Or would Peter prefer Chase dead? Peter says, and as Valentin so aptly pointed out, lose his upper hand.

Cyrus waits at the pier, when Carly arrives with her bodyguards. He asks, where’s Gladys? and she says, not before she sees Spinelli. He gives a sidelong glance, and two of his guys come in, one on either side of a bound and gagged Spinelli. Cyrus says, and now? She says, Gladys wasn’t feeling very cooperative. Outside, Trent gets out of a limo, and walks around to the other side, where Ava is sitting in the back seat.

Carly tells Cyrus, Gladys is locked up in the car, and Cyrus looks at one of his guys, who leaves. Cyrus says Carly should be grateful he’s taking Gladys off her hands. She is a piece of work. Carly says, before the exchange takes place, she has an alternative she’d like to discuss. He says, oh? and she says, there’s another way they can resolve this. He smiles.

Peter says he doesn’t have the antidote on him, but he’ll have a vial prepared for Valentin. Valentin says, good; he’ll go. He heads for the door, when Peter says, there is one thing he still admires about Valentin. Valentin says, what’s that? and Peter says, that he’s a good father for Charlotte. He’s somehow managed to make himself a better man for her. Probably only for her, because in every other facet of life, Valentin is an awful person. (Pot, meet kettle.) Valentin asks if Peter has a point, and Peter says, his point is, Valentin showed him that it’s possible. And he intends to do the same with his child. Be a better man – for her. Don’t get in his way. Valentin says, good luck with that, which we all know means, all the luck in the world won’t help you. Peter may find it’s more difficult than he thinks. We see Valentin was carrying a weapon as he closes the door.

Maxie has another contraction, and ~~Roger Howarth~~ ~~Todd~~ ~~Franco~~ Austin says, the contractions are coming more quickly now, and Maxie says, and monumentally more painful. He says, it’s no big deal. She just has to breathe. She says, easy for him to say. He sits cross legged and tells her, in through the nose and out through the nose. She breathes with him, and says she bets he wonders why she’s out there. He says, not at all. It’s his job to keep her calm and focused. He asks if she has other children, and she says, this is her third. He says, so a little medical history. The other deliveries were easy? and she says, it depends on what you consider easy. He asks how far along she is, and she says, full term. Her doctor actually recommended she induce. She’s been doing pre-natal yoga, and taking her folic acid religiously. He says, folic acid, awesome! This is all great news. She says, except for the giving birth in the woods with a stranger part. He says, that’s the best part. It’s going to be a great story she can tell her little… Does she know what she’s having? She says, a girl; Louise. A contraction comes, and he claps his hands, and says, they’re going to bring baby Louise into the world. Is she ready? He says, on the E of three, he wants her to bear down. Can she do that? She nods, and he says, one.. two… three. She bears down, and yells.

Carly tells Cyrus, look around. The wheels are coming off his bus. He says, is that right? and she says, yeah. He barely managed to grab Gladys, the police know she was abducted now, and there was a shooting at a warehouse. Everyone knows he’s losing control, and about to be exposed for the criminal that he is. He says, and she has a solution he gathers. She says, cut your losses, and disappear. It’s his best bet. Hand over Spinelli, and walk away. It’s not like he doesn’t have the money and the resources, and he’ll get no pushback from her. Just a clear path to the exit. He’s a smart man; take the out.

Ava tells Trent, something’s wrong. This is taking too long. He needs to move his people into position. He says he doesn’t work for her. They go when Carly says they go.

Cyrus says Carly is very good, very persuasive. She even threw a compliment in there. But if anyone’s out of their depth there, it’s her. He’ll hand it to her husband and Jason. They commanded a great deal of loyalty. The men they worked with continue to follow her orders, but that won’t last. The horrible botch she made of this will show them that she’s no leader at all. So he’s offering her this out of the goodness of his heart. Get her friend and retreat, because if she comes at him again, he will show… no… mercy. Or he could keep Spinelli, and send her a couple of his fingers. She tells one of her bodyguards, get Gladys. Outside, Trent tells Ava, show time, and opens the car door. Ava puts on her humongous black sunglasses.

One of Cyrus’s guys shoves Spinelli front and center. Another comes in and tosses Nikolas to the floor, saying, he found Nikolas lining up a shot. Cyrus grabs Spinelli, and takes out his gun. Carly says, don’t.

Peter picks up his overnight bag, and says he will get the happiness he was denied his entire life, and he will give his daughter everything he never had. He takes a gift box out of his bag; the soap opera wrapping, where you can just take the top off, and not mess it up. He takes out a silver rattle, and I notice that his manicure is better than mine. In his mind, Maxie hands him an infant, and says, say hello to your daddy, sweetheart. He takes the bundle of joy, and Maxie says, isn’t she beautiful? He says, just like her mommy. Out of his daydream, he puts the rattle back in the box, and puts the top on it. He puts it in his bag, and zips the bag up.

Valentin leaves a message for Anna to call him back when she gets the chance. He has a sneaking suspicion Peter is about to make a run for it.

Austin holds the baby wrapped in a blanket, and tells Maxie, she’s here. She’s here and she’s beautiful. Maxie asks if he can hold her up so she can see her. He looks concerned, and takes a towel out of his bag. Maxie says, Austin? What’s wrong? Why isn’t she crying?

Dante’s phone rings, and he says, Falconari… Tell the Commissioner, he’s on his way.

Britt sits on the hearth with the fire going, and thinks about getting busy with Jason.

Carly says, no, and Cyrus asks if this is her big plan. Setting up an ambush with this fool. She says she has no idea why Nikolas is there, but they had a deal. Cyrus says, she blew the deal. Now he and her friend are leaving. Carly will be seeing Spinelli in pieces.

Tomorrow, Maxie asks if Peter sent Austin after them, Chase hears Michael and Willow talking, Sasha says that train has left the station, and Jason tells Cyrus to let Spinelli go, or he’ll drop him.

🎭 New Old Face…

This has been a stellar week on GH for me.

Revealed: Roger Howarth’s New General Hospital Character — and New Love Interest?

🏞 Children Reuniting…

E!’s new show, Reunion Road Trip, reunites some of the All My Children cast on June 10^th.

https://daytimeconfidential.com/2021/05/06/watch-all-my-children-stars-to-reunite-on-e-s-reunion-road-trip

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2021/05/reunion-road-trip-all-my-children-a-different-world-scrubs-queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy

Million Dollar Listing New York

We started off with some NYC trivia, and Ryan explaining that the first Duane Reade, a drug store chain that’s a staple in NYC, was between Duane and Reed Streets in what is now Tribeca. Ryan was looking at an apartment in the area, and met with owner Jeff, who was also a developer and investor. He’d renovated the humongous 4000 square foot space to move his family into, but after 24 years in their Upper East Side apartment, his wife decided she loved living in that neighborhood. Now he wanted Ryan to sell it. Built in 1855, it had been a wreck of offices, and Jeff created a 4 bedroom, 4 and a half bath apartment, with nearly 10 foot high windows imported from Switzerland. He’d exposed the original detail and original steel columns, and put in luxury appliances along with dual islands in the kitchen. The master bedroom was 17 feet, and had a 14 foot closet. He’d also put in an indoor/outdoor space called a loggia, and yet another shower that could probably fit a dozen people. But wait, there was more. Jeff said he had a secret to show Ryan. In Ryan’s interview, he said he’d seen weird things in Tribeca, like a seller who had a pet kangaroo, also on Duane Street, but this topped them all. Jeff took Ryan through a door to another apartment that he wanted Ryan to sell. It was also 4000 square feet, making a total of 8000 square feet between two buildings. It was similar in design, but not exactly the same. In his interview, Ryan said the building spanned the entire block, and each apartment had its own lobby and elevator. One apartment was furnished, and ready to go for photos and videos. Ryan explained to Jeff that they should only put the furnished one on the market; he didn’t want to compete with himself. If he listed both, he’d cannibalize his buyer base, and potential buyers and brokers would wonder if something was wrong with the property. He said he was going to surprise buyers the same way Jeff had surprised him. Jeff was thinking along the lines of $12 million for both, but Ryan said Tribeca had changed. In his interview, he said, a couple of years ago, you couldn’t buy in Tribeca for under $2000 a square foot, but now it was closer to $1000, because of excess inventory. Jeff agreed to Ryan’s suggestions; keeping the unfurnished apartment off-market, and lowering the price. The potential commission for Ryan was $165K, and he said it was Jackpot Tuesday. In his interview, he said it was as if he was on a date with a beautiful girl, and she surprised him with a friend. He then asked the producers to cut that part, since his wife would be watching.

Steve headed to look for a property at the Ansonia, which had once been a hotel. I knew this building, since I had a friend who used to live there. It was one of the tiniest apartments ever, but it was absolutely charming, with a round window. Steve gave a little history to his driver, saying there had once been a swingers bar in the basement, and at one time, the Continental Baths had been there. Music buffs might recall that Bette Midler got her start there, along with Barry Manilow, who played back-up for her. Steve said when that was gone, the swinger’s club Plato’s Retreat moved in. I have some vague recollection of reading about it closing down. Steve said the Ansonia was legendary, and went on to talk about other renowned buildings like the Chelsea and the Dakota. He asked the driver if he knew what famous person had died in front of the Dakota, but the driver didn’t know it was John Lennon, and then had no idea John Lennon was one of The Beatles. When Steve asked him, he said Led Zeppelin. I not only felt old, I wanted to cry over the lack of this dude’s knowledge. When I was a kid, I knew who people like Bessie Smith and Frank Sinatra were. The seller Ehud took Steve on a tour of the apartment, and Steve said it was like walking through an old film. I loved this apartment so much. It was 2600 square feet, 4 bedrooms, and 3 baths, with 12-foot ceilings, and some round rooms; Steve said it was classic architecture. There were antique fixtures and herringbone floors, and a round room even had a curved door, which Steve had never seen before. In Steve’s interview, he said, with charm came quirks. The layout was funky, the galley kitchen was dark and small, and the previous owner had taken the dishwasher. Ehud said he did investments for the family who bought it. They’d acquired it during a bankruptcy for $3.8 million, and were selling at $3.5 million. We also found out that Babe Ruth had lived in the building, and Single, White Female had been filmed there. Steve told Ehud that the apartment needed sprucing up enough for a buyer to believe they could take it from there. He thought if they spent smartly, the family could actually make some money. Ehud agreed that what they’d done so far wasn’t working, but balked at Steve’s estimation of $200K. He asked if Steve could get it done for $100K, and Steve said it would be tight, but he’d make some calls. He was looking at a potential commission of $105K.

In those little filler scenes, they included an amusing clip of Ryan trying to get his voice-activated trash can to open. I could have done it manually a dozen times by the time it finally worked.

KJ was doing a relaunch of the Greenwich Street townhouse, and said all the work was paying off. Team member Zach had an interested client, and KJ was giving her a private showing. KJ’s client was husband Stefano, and in her interview, she said because Zach was on her team, she was able to get inside info about Rachel, the potential buyer. The asking price was $8.25 million, and Rachel loved the townhouse. It checked most of her boxes, but her problem was timing. Zach was selling their existing apartment, and she didn’t want to do a short term rental. She asked if they could rent there in the interim, and Zach asked KJ if they could be creative. My husband and I actually did that when we sold our apartment in Queens, and moved to a house. There was a gap between closings, and our buyer let us rent from her for that time. In KJ’s interview, she said it wasn’t an ideal scenario to present to Stefano. If Rachel changed her mind, there would be wear and tear on the apartment. Rachel asked what if they gave her a big deposit, and KJ said they could figure it out.

Steve began the renovation on the Ansonia apartment, and got estimates on removing wallpaper ($5000) and staining the floors ($2500). In his interview, he said it was always the extras that got you when you renovated, but in this case, it was better to go over budget than over time.

Ryan had armoire put in between the apartments on Duane and Reade Streets. In Ryan’s interview, he said the apartments were like Narnia, and he’d never been this excited in his entire life. His ideas were genius, but the way might not be easy. He had some workers take the back off a wardrobe, and put it in between, which he explained was some kind of fire escape hallway. He put on a lion costume, citing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for his theme. In his interview, he said, of course he was dressing up. He had to give the people what they wanted, or it would be like salsa without chips. He was fully aware that he looked ridiculous, but also fully aware that his company sold more real estate than anyone else. He was selling enthusiasm. He welcomed the brokers and potential buyers to The Ryan, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and a look at a classic, but modern Tribeca loft. It was a lion of a deal. Everyone was extremely impressed with the property, and after the tour, Ryan said he had a surprise. He told them to growl like lions in order to see the surprise, and when they did, he told them to follow him to a fantastical land. He took everyone through the wardrobe into the empty apartment, where he’d let loose 1000 balloons of various colors that clung to the ceiling. The effect was pretty fantastical. He told them it was a different apartment that was for sale, but not on the market yet. In his interview, he noted that a lot of people were taking pictures. They’d put them on social media, and sharable content would turn into clients. If this didn’t work, he’d just spent more money on balloons than anyone ever had ($6000), and got hot and sweaty for nothing.

KJ knew that at the price point of the townhouse, buyers were super picky. Rachel had to sell her current home, but live somewhere in the meantime. KJ and Zach had a private meeting, and she told him that $100K would be enough to cover rent and any touch-up costs if necessary. Zach said Rachel should be good with the $100, but wanted to make an offer of $7.5 million. KJ said they’d already come down in price by a million, and Stefano would flip on her, by which I assumed she meant get angry, but Zach said it was an offer in hand. In her interview, KJ said that the market at that price point was saturated, and it had taken two years to find a buyer. She called Stefano, who was okay with the rental and $100K, but balked at the offer, KJ told him to think of it as an opening bid, and to come back at $8.1 million. KJ presented to Zach the fact that Rachel would have a hard time getting another seller to agree to a rental. They’d also be taking out the staging, and bottom line, Rachel loved it. Zach spoke with Rachel, and told KJ that her best and final was $7.950 million. Zach told KJ that they couldn’t get to $8 million in their minds, and he didn’t think that was going to change. KJ told Stefano that with the $100K, they were basically getting 8, and Stefano said, lock them up. In KJ’s interview, she said the apartment had been on the market for two years, and she closed it. Her commission would be $268K. She’d taken a break to have kids, but now that her youngest was 2½, she was unstoppable.

Next time, a ~~tree grows in~~ property in Brooklyn, KJ looks at an apartment that spans an entire floor, and the pandemic begins; offices begin to shut down, and everything is canceled.

💃🏽 Dancing In the Supermoonlight…

The long weekend is coming up, or an actual excuse for eating ~~forbidden~~ special food, and drinking, depending on how you look at it. Regardless of your viewpoint, stay safe, stay remembering what Memorial Day is really about, and stay knowing the basics. Like who The Beatles are.

May14

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

Posted on May 14, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Million Dollar Listing New York

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

👫 Old Friends…

Fredrik talks Kelly.

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

🍷 Whetting Your Appetite…

All about the Aperitivo.

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

🚌 Get Ready To Roll…

Pine Valley hits the road on June 10^th.

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

🍻 Coming Back To Remember…

Felicia returns for Sean’s memorial.

Kristina Wagner Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL!

🐕 Real Housedogs…

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

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

✔️ Another One Ends…

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJLoYd8xak

Apr17

April 16, 2021 – Cyrus Meets Anna, Good Report, a Tribute, New Project, Glory Days, Her Reaction, Tiffany’s Closet, No Way, Old Feud, Thrones On Stage, Bad Hosts, an Invite, Not Quite Twelve Quotes & Sunshine

Posted on April 17, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sasha brings take-out coffee into the garage, and Brando asks if she got one for him. She says she got him a latte, and he thanks her. She says she thinks she left her phone there, and he says she did. He found it in the car after she left, and he put it in the back. She says she wants to tell him something, and he says, that it shouldn’t have happened, but she says she was about to say she’s glad it did, and Brando smiles.

Sonny asks if Nina is okay, and Nina says, yeah, wrong number. He says he made coffee, and she says she’s desperate. He says she’s not desperate. All she has to do is take her time, and it’s up to her to pick and choose where she goes from here. She asks if he’s talking about Eli, and he says she barely knows Eli. She says, Phyllis and Lenny are fond of him, and Sonny says, but Eli is a stranger to Nina. As a matter-of-fact, so is he.

Valentin asks Anna if she has any news about Chase, and she says Finn is keeping her up to date. They haven’t made a diagnosis that it’s poison yet, but she and Valentin can’t tell them. Peter will take off with the antidote. He says, so they honor the agreement, and wait while Peter reconciles with Maxie, and she says, they have to fix this. Jason is in prison, thanks to Cyrus, and Peter is going to take off. Valentin says, not if he can do anything about it. Carly meets them at the door of her house, saying, the guards let her know they were there. She invites them in, and says, no more waiting around. They have to act now.

At Perdino’s, Laura leaves a phone message for Nikolas, saying, she doesn’t know what’s worse. Him being in league with Cyrus, or him going radio silent. Please call her back. Martin comes in, and says he couldn’t help overhearing her leave a message for her son. She asks why it’s his business, and he says he was hoping Nikolas kept his promise. Laura asks what her son promised him. More to the point, what did Martin offer Nikolas in return?

On the phone, Nikolas says he’s narrowed the search to a bakery in Stowe, Vermont where he thinks Martin ordered a hummingbird cake for his mother’s birthday. He knows it’s a long shot, but he needs to know if Martin, or anyone else, ordered a hummingbird cake from the bakery, and he needs to know any corresponding address. Call him as soon as they have some names. Ava asks if he’s really doing this; finding Cyrus’s mother, despite the fact that she and Laura advised against it. He says, if bringing Florence back to her son means keeping Alexis safe, then she’s right, he’s doing this.

Alexis’s cellmate Maggie brings her to the gym/yard area, and says, they have an hour of the yard, and then do the work they’re assigned. You don’t learn to survive by lessons some advisor gives you. If you’re tough, you survive. If not… A large, disappointingly stereotypical inmate walks over to Alexis, who asks if she can help her. The inmate pushes her.

Maggie says, this one is new, Elda. Don’t worry. She’ll keep her in line. Elda walks away, and Alexis asks Maggie what the hell Elda’s problem is. Maggie tells her, steer clear. If Elda takes a dislike to her, compared to what she can do, incarceration will seem like a day at the spa. Alexis asks if the guard just watches, and Maggie says Alexis has a lot to learn. Alexis says that’s what Sam warned her about, and Maggie asks who Sam is; Alexis’s husband? Alexis says, her daughter. She said being locked up would seem like a foreign land, with its own rules and languages. She’ll have to be more careful if she’s going to survive another day, let alone three years.

Ava tells Nikolas, once Cyrus’s mother is back, Cyrus will have no incentive to help Alexis. Not to mention he’ll have free reign to get even with Jason and Carly for taking Florence in the first place. Nikolas says, all that power and money won’t give Cyrus the one thing he’ll want after he gets his mother back. Ava says, Cyrus has money. Sonny is gone, and Jason is in prison, so Sonny’s territory is ripe for a takeover. What more could Cyrus possibly want? He asks what means more to them than money and power, and she says, love and family. Cyrus thinks Nikolas can convince Laura to accept him as part of the family. He says, it worked with Martin. He offered to repair Martin’s relationship with Laura, and Martin offered him a clue that might lead him to Florence. Ava says, the bakery where he got Florence the cake, and Nikolas says, Cyrus will come back to him sooner or later, and ask him to build a bridge to his sister. Ava says Nikolas is actually kind of sexy when he has things figured out, and they kiss.

Martin tells Laura, he gave Nikolas nothing; he has nothing to give. Laura says Nikolas can manipulate with the best of them. Is Martin sure he didn’t tell Nikolas where to find Florence? He says, of course (🍷) not. He has no idea where she is. She asks what Nikolas promised, and he says, to intercede with her on his behalf. Nikolas volunteered to mend fences between them. Martin knows how angry Laura is with him for his contribution to Julian’s escape, but please believe him, he had no idea Julian was responsible for what happened at The Floating Rib. Laura’s daughter is his niece, and now Lulu… He swears on his soul, if he knew about the death and destruction Julian created, he would never have helped. She says, despite the blackmail? and he says, for all the good it did him? Even though he gave into Julian’s blackmail, in a few short weeks, everyone knew Cyrus was his brother. And now he and Laura are on the opposite side of something, and any progress they’ve made as brother and sister seems to have vanished, which is exactly what Cyrus wanted. Cyrus is afraid he and Laura will end up on the same side, allied against him. When Cyrus walked in on Laura giving Martin a birthday cake, Cyrus’s instinct kicked in, and his bag of tricks. He exaggerated Martin’s guilt in the hope of obscuring his own. She tells him, don’t worry. No matter how disappointed she is in Martin, she’ll never forget that Cyrus gave the orders to plant the bomb in The Floating Rib. Cyrus approaches their table, and says Laura never ceases to amaze him. He didn’t think she and Martin would be on speaking terms after what she learned about him. Maybe there’s hope for him and Laura.

Brando says he didn’t know if he’d see Sasha again… in that way. Last night was all about… She says she’d just ended the relationship with Michael, and he thought she was on the rebound. He asks if she can blame him, and she says, not really. She and Michael were pretty serious, until they weren’t, but even when she still hoped she and Michael would pick up where they left off, Brando was always there. He says, stalking her? and she says she never minded. He says he figured that out when she didn’t call the cops, and she says, as much as she tried to ignore it, something was between them. He says, internal combustion, and she says he’s comparing her to a car; how romantic. Can she at least let her have an eight-cylinder engine with turbo charging? He says he’s been meaning to ask her how she knows so much about cars. She asks, why wouldn’t she? Did he think the face of Deception has no life beyond the glamorous shoots? He says he was hoping to hear more about it.

Nina tells Sonny that Eli doesn’t trust him either, and Sonny says, tell him something he doesn’t already know. She says, for the record, she’s not in the market for a new relationship, and he says, if she were… She says the perfect man has to make her fall in love with him, and then completely break her heart. He says she’s too hard on herself. She doesn’t deliberately choose these guys; she’s much better than they are. She says, is she? and he says didn’t she come there to get away from her bad choices. She’s way too smart not to know she’s in an unhealthy relationship is like. She says, is she? the thing is, it doesn’t stop her from missing the person she ran away from. Maybe she should just write the article and move on. He says, maybe, but when you move on, you take yourself with you. She says he doesn’t know who he is, does he? and he says, look what happened to him, and she says, what if he could get himself back?

Carly asks if Valentin and Anna have made any progress with Gladys, and Valentin says, Gladys is a shallow, selfish, greedy beggar with a huge interest in self-preservation, like Carly said. Anna says she’s sure Cyrus has put the fear of God in Gladys, and she knows if she changes her story, Cyrus will kill her. Valentin says, not to mention what Peter is capable of doing to her, and Carly asks what Peter has done now. Anna says, nothing, but he insists on being in Maxie’s life, and had to be escorted out of the hospital. Carly is sure it’s a nightmare for Maxie, but thinks Peter is less of threat to Maxie than Cyrus is to all of them. The only thing that’s stopping him from burning Port Charles down is that she has Florence – for now. Anna asks what she means, and Carly says Cyrus tried to offer her a deal; Florence, in exchange for Gladys changing her story so Jason could go free. He didn’t seem disappointed or angry when she turned him down. It sounded like he had another deal in place.

Sonny asks what makes Nina think he can find out who he is? She says, no one is completely anonymous. If he really wants to uncover his past, he can reach out on social media. He says he’s not sure he wants to find out what happened to him before Nixon Falls, and she asks, why not? He says he likes it there. He likes the people and the pace. He likes the fact that the highlight of the season is a dance at the firehouse. Nina says, it sounds like a lot more fun than the Met Gala, and he asks, what’s that? She says, a ball where people dress up to impress each other and raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She admits it’s a worthy cause, and he says, it’s her world. She says she could show him pictures of her and her friends dressed up on the red carpet outside the museum, everyone smiling, but no one is actually happy. He says she seems happy there, and she says, he does too. He says, why go somewhere else to find happiness? I expect them to break out in a song from Oklahoma! any second.

Brando says, so Sasha had a summer job in high school? She says, working at a garage. It was mostly in the office, but she occasionally helped with repairs. She had spending money, and discovered she liked the work. He says he pictured her playing with Disney princess dolls, and she says she did that too, but she’s not a stereotype any more than he is. He’s Cyrus’s driver-slash-bodyguard; the one Cyrus keeps around to clean up his messes, but it’s just a front. He says, don’t go calling The Invader, and she tells him, don’t worry. She likes him better alive than dead. She admires his bravery; walking a tightrope to protect Carly and her family. He says he’s more like an idiot, and she says, you don’t win medals for being an idiot. She has to get going. She has a photo shoot, and grease on her face is not a good look for the face of Deception. He says he thinks she looks great, but he’s not being very objective. He wipes her face with a clean rag, and they almost kiss, but he says he almost forgot; her phone. He leaves to get it, and she smiles.

Cyrus sits at the table, and says, the three of them breaking bread. He asks Laura if this isn’t better than their petty squabbles. Maybe one day, his mother will join them. Laura says she thought Florence was happy where she is, and Martin says, she is. Wherever she is, mama makes the best of things. Cyrus says, she’ll be happier back in the loving arms of her family, and Laura asks what he’s planning. Cyrus says he gives her his word that he’s not planning anything. Mother’s fate, as she well knows, is out of his hands.

Ava tells Nikolas, don’t distract her, and he says, he’s distracting her? She says she’s concerned about his involvement with Cyrus. Why is he certain he can find Florence when Cyrus’s own people couldn’t? He says the man he was talking to is Colonel Jackson. He served in various hot spots around the globe. He’s retired from the military, and opened his own company. She says, a mercenary? and he says, security consultant. His people can be anywhere at a moment’s notice. They’re infiltrating the bakery to find out if hummingbird cakes or any other Southern desserts have been delivered to a nearby address. Ava asks what it’s costing Nikolas, but he says, it doesn’t matter. If he finds Florence, Alexis is safe. She says, one does not guarantee the other, and he says he can’t leave his aunt in Pentenville with no resources. He has to make sure she’s protected. She says she loves him for wanting to protect his aunt, but doesn’t think this is the way to do it. Think about Cyrus, look at his history. Think of all the people he’s betrayed, including her brother. If Nikolas thinks he can trust Cyrus to keep his word, he’s making a big mistake.

Carly tells Anna and Valentin, if Cyrus gets his mother back, they lose leverage. Gladys is going to keep following Cyrus’s orders, and lie to the cops. Peter stays free, and Jason stays in prison, at least until the trial. Anna says, that would be the case, and Carly says, then they have to put more pressure on Gladys. Valentin says he’s not kidnapping Gladys, and holding her in Anna’s basement, and Carly says, why not? It’s a start. Anna says, a coerced confession won’t hold up in court, and Carly says, Anna is worried about what’s legal now, after she covered for Peter for months? After Jason warned Anna, and told her to come forward? What is going on here? Where is the help Anna promised her? Is she going to get Jason out of prison? Anna says she understands Carly’s frustration, but Carly has to trust her. If Carly goes after Gladys, she’ll make Jason’s situation worse. Carly asks what Anna is telling her. Better luck next time? Jason is just going to rot in prison? Valentin tells her, that’s not what they said, but Carly says, that’s what it sounds like. They said they wanted to stop Peter from killing someone else, to stop insinuating himself into Maxie’s life. So what are they going to do about it? Anna says, nothing. And neither is Carly.

Alexis wonders what she did to get on Elda’s bad side; she just got here. Maggie says, Elda has no other side; it’s all bad. Did Alexis defend her and lose? Alexis says she’s never seen Elda before, and Maggie says maybe Elda was her mortal enemy in another life. She has to go back inside and prepare for her parole hearing. The tips Alexis gave her are really going to help. Alexis says she was told not to trust anyone there, but… Maggie says she gets it. It’s tougher without someone to talk to. She thought a smart woman like Alexis could have fancy-talked her way out of Pentenville. Alexis says she could have plead guilty and gone to trial, and Maggie asks why she didn’t. Alexis says it’s a long story, and Maggie says she’s got the time. She sits on a bench, and Alexis says, come to think of it, she does too, and sits next to her.

Ava says all Nikolas has done is give Cyrus an opening to threaten Alexis any time he wants something. It’s what Cyrus did to her brother. He threatened Julian’s family to get him to cooperate. It’s just a manipulation. Nikolas says, he’s not Julian. Nobody manipulates him. He needs to know they’re in this together. If one of them feels threatened, they have to set aside their doubts and questions, and come together. Isn’t that the kind of marriage they’ve created, despite the odds? She says he doesn’t play fair, and he says he’s not playing. He needs to know she’s with him. Today, tomorrow, always. She asks if he needs proof, and he says, always. They kiss, and he picks her up in his arms.

Gladys comes to the garage, and sees the tools around the car. She asks if Brando doesn’t have the morning off. Why is it always all work and no play with him? Sasha’s head pops up, and she says, it’s nice to see Gladys again. Gladys asks what Sasha is doing there, and I’m hoping they weren’t doing it under the car.

Laura says Cyrus might try to make his fingerprints invisible, but it’s clear to her that he’s pressuring someone else to find his mother. Someone who loves his Aunt Alexis very much, and wants her to be protected while she’s in prison. Martin says, Nikolas was concerned about his Aunt Alexis when they last spoke, and Laura says she thought Martin didn’t tell Nikolas anything. Martin says he didn’t. For the last time, there was nothing to tell. He doesn’t even know his mother’s current location. Cyrus says, don’t blame, Marty. They rarely agree, but they both want the best for their mother. Laura laughs, and says she doesn’t think so. Martin loves his mother for who she is, but Cyrus needs his mother to validate his life. She didn’t approve when Jason took Florence, but it was the only way to contain Cyrus’s violence and greed, and it worked. Since Jason’s had Florence, there have been no shootouts. Cyrus wants his mother back because he doesn’t want Jason to have that leverage over him. She say she’ll be damned if she’ll let Cyrus use her son to make it happen, and walks out.

Carly says, they expect her to do nothing. Why? What aren’t they telling her? Anna says, Peter took steps to protect himself. It’s probably his first step in his strategy for leaving Port Charles. Carly asks what the hell Peter has done, and Valentin says they can’t tell her that, but they’re working hard to fix the situation. Anna says, if Peter even gets a hint they’re working against him, someone innocent will die. Carly asks if this innocent person has a name, and Anna says Carly isn’t the only one who wants Jason free, or Peter to be brought to justice. If she goes for Gladys, she’s going to escalate an already dangerous situation. So can she take a deep breath, and let them handle Peter? Carly says she was only working with Anna because Jason wanted her to, but Jason is in prison, so she has to follow her instincts. If they can’t tell her why she should give them time, she can’t promise them she will. Anna says, then Peter won’t be the only one with blood on his hands. He can live with it. Can Carly?

Sonny tells Nina, he’ll throw in a danish if she tells him what’s on her mind. She says, what if she told him that she did something selfish that might hurt a lot of people? He says he wouldn’t believe her. He’s seen her with Lenny and Phyllis, and she’s not a selfish person. She says, she is, but the weird part is, she believes she’s doing the right thing, a good thing; not just for herself, but for someone who will never know. Sonny asks if it’s someone he knows, and she says, it’s someone who deserves to be happy. Someone who deserves a fresh start. She’s making sure they have both of them. He says, that’s a good thing, not a selfish thing. She says, that’s what she tells herself, and sometimes she even believes it.

Sasha says she was helping Brando fix the carburetor, and Gladys says Sasha would risk her manicure to help out at the shop? Brando comes out from the office, and says he charged Sasha’s phone; it was losing juice. He sees Gladys, and asks what she’s doing there. She says she just came to check on her boy. It sounds like he had an interesting evening.

Martin says, he was hoping he and Laura could find a way past what happened on his birthday, but once again, like the Angel of Death, it takes Cyrus one minute to ruin everything. Cyrus says, relax, Marty. As soon as mother comes back, Laura will get over her anger. Martin says, do him a favor. Let’s review, shall we? In one way or another Cyrus is responsible for putting Laura’s daughter in a coma. Now Cyrus is trying to coopt her son. In what universe would Laura look at Cyrus with anything other than loathing?

Walking into Perdino’s, Valentin says, how much does Anna want to bet that Carly doesn’t wait around long enough for them to take down Peter? She says she doesn’t want to take that risk, and they go inside. They see Cyrus and Martin, and Valentin asks if Anna wants to go to the MetroCourt. She says, no. She wants to say hello. She goes over to their table, and Valentin follows. She says Valentin has been telling her how helpful Martin has been in establishing parental rights for Brook’s baby. She doesn’t think she and Cyrus have been formally introduced, and says she’s Anna Devane, Peter’s aunt. Cyrus smiles.

Ava and Nikolas bask in the afterglow, and Nikolas says he needs Ava to believe that he’ll protect the ones he loves; his mother, Alexis, Spencer, especially her. Ava says, her whole life she had to protect herself, and he says she doesn’t have to anymore. He’s here for her, like she’s here for him. If he was in danger, wouldn’t she do everything in her power to save him? She says, in a heartbeat, and they get busy again.

On the phone, Carly tells Bobbie to put the guards on extra alert, and do it without scaring Florence… All right… She loves Bobbie too. The doorbell rings, and she says she has to go. Call her if there are any signs of trouble. She opens the door to Laura, who asks if something happened. There are more guards than usual. Carly says she’s just taking extra care. What did Laura want to see her about? Laura asks what it would take for Carly to surrender Florence, before someone gets hurt.

Cyrus says he’s pleased to finally make Anna’s acquaintance; her reputation precedes her. She tells him, don’t believe everything you hear, Mr. Renault. He tells her to call him Cyrus, if he may call her Anna, and she says, of course (🍷). Cyrus says he hears congratulations are in order. Valentin is going to be a new father again. Valentin says, how about that? Cyrus’s brother takes care of a lot of his interests, and will tell Cyrus that family means a lot to him. Cyrus says, as it does to all of them. Anna tells Valentin that she’s suddenly famished, and they go to their table. Martin asks, what the hell was that? All the pointed looks going back and forth, the least Cyrus could do for his brother is shout duck. Cyrus says, just marking their territory.

Valentin asks if Anna would like to explain that interaction, and she says, sometimes you just have to look your enemy in the eye to figure out your next move. He asks if she has, and she says, most definitely.

Carly asks if Laura has noticed that Port Charles has been fairly calm since Florence started her extended stay with friends, but Laura says, it’s not going to stay that way. Carly knows that already. Carly asks why Laura is saying that, and Laura says she was just talking to her brothers. Since they’re all family now, they feel free to share with her whatever is on their dysfunctional little minds. Carly says, which is? and Laura says, Martin was way too eager to make her believe he’d kept Florence’s location a secret, and Cyrus was too self-assured, even for him. Carly asks if he knows where Florence is, and Laura says she doesn’t think so – not yet – but she thinks Nikolas does.

On the phone, Nikolas asks if they found the find bakery… Excellent. Did they have subsequent orders for Southern desserts?… Bobbie Spencer? She’s the mother of one of the parties involved in Florence’s kidnapping. Does he have an address?… Terrific work, Colonel, thank you. When they arrive at the address, he wants them to establish a parameter, reconnoiter the area, but don’t make a move until he gets there. Understood? Ava asks if Nikolas found her, and he says he’ll know soon enough. Ava asks why not order Colonel Jackson to take Florence the moment he finds her. Is Nikolas having second thoughts? He asks if he hasn’t convinced her to change her mind, to understand why he’s doing this, and she says, if she tells him that he hasn’t, will he call it off? He says, no, but he’d rather do this with her than without her.

An inmate suddenly plops between Alexis and Maggie, and they get up. Alexis says, it was the combination of a lot of booze and a lot of bad decisions that got her into this lovely location. Maggie says, and a few bad men? and Alexis says, one or two contributed. In the end, it was on her. Maggie says Alexis obviously knows how the parole board thinks. They want to hear inmates take responsibility for their actions, basically saying what they did was wrong, but they learned their lesson. Alexis says, it will be a while before she sees a parole board. What’s crazy is, she chose to plead guilty because she wanted to be accountable for the things she’d done. Not just for other people, but for herself. As naïve and insane as it sounds, after three years, she wants to walk out of this place a better woman. Elda approaches them, and tells Maggie, take a hike. Alexis says, it’s okay. Three’s a crowd. Maggie leaves, and the guard leaves with her. Alexis and Elda face each other.

Nina tells Sonny, thanks, but she’s going to the library to research the early days of Nixon Falls for the article. He says, since they’re both going to the firehouse dance, they should go together. Nina says she’d love to go with him, but Eli already asked her, and she said she’d go with him. He says he’s not surprised Eli beat him to it, and she says she’ll save him a dance. He says there are things she doesn’t know about Eli, and she says there are things Mike/Sonny doesn’t know about himself, and there are things he doesn’t know about her. He says, true, and she asks if he’s trying to tell her something. He says, will she save that dance? and she promises she will.

Sasha thanks Brando for finding her phone, and Gladys tells her, next time, be more careful. She goes to the other side of the room, and Brando says, but not too careful. You might miss out on something good. He apologizes for his mom, but Sasha says, in her own way, Gladys is just trying to look out for him. She has to run, and he asks, who’s looking out for her? She says, she thought he was, calling him Mr. Stalker. He says, so his stalking is welcome now, and she says, maybe because she’ll also be stalking him. Unfortunately, I can see the Twitter reaction now being right up there with Baby, It’s Cold Outside. <heaving a heavy sigh over people being offended too easily and in any context>

Anna tells Valentin, it wasn’t until she was face to face with Cyrus, that she realized they weren’t entirely powerless. He asks if she wants to share what’s on her mind, and she says, poisoning an innocent, and holding on to the antidote for ransom is classic Faison (ha-ha! Faison Classic). It’s appalling, but not surprising that his son would follow his example. What Peter doesn’t realize is, the same tactics that brought down Faison, can bring him down too.

Martin says if Cyrus is grimacing at Anna, he advises him to stop. Cyrus says he’s smiling, and Martin says, Valentin is very protective of Anna, and he’s also very dangerous. Not in the hairy back, knuckle-dragging, let’s-break-their-knees way, familiar to the garden variety simians Cyrus employs. The last place Cyrus wants to be is on Valentin’s bad side. Cyrus says he’s counting on Martin to keep the peace between him and his client. As to Anna, what does Martin know about her? Martin says, he’s an attorney, not one of Peter’s muck-raking journalists, and Cyrus asks if Martin doesn’t find it fascinating. First, Anna was Peter’s mother; now she’s his aunt, and they’re not good terms. Apparently a lot of dirty laundry was spilled at the wedding that didn’t happen. It might prove useful as leverage. Martin says, to who? Against who [sic]? Cyrus’s new friend Peter? Why does he care about the man anyway? Cyrus says he doesn’t. Peter is merely a means to an end. And if it goes well, the end may soon be in sight.

Carly tells Laura, now it makes sense. Now she knows why Cyrus wasn’t upset when she rejected his offer to trade Florence for Jason’s freedom. He already had a plan in place with Nikolas. Laura says, she’s right then. Martin let something slip to Nikolas, so Cyrus is getting his mother back, but through her son. Carly asks if Nikolas doesn’t know he’s walking into a trap. Cyrus has all the power. This is what he does; creates danger, then offers to erase it. Laura says, and before you know it, he owns you, and Carly says, he did the same thing to Julian, and Nikolas is married to Julian’s sister. Can’t Nikolas see where this is headed? Laura says she’s not defending Nikolas, but Carly has taken risks to protect the people she loves. Carly says she knows; they both have. Even if Cyrus keeps his word, and protects Alexis in Pentenville, that’s great for Alexis, but it leaves Jason in an even worse position. Laura says, and it gets Nikolas in even deeper with Cyrus. Carly asks how they stop Nikolas.

Nikolas talks to the Colonel again, and asks if he can overcome the Corinthos guards. Ava tells Nikolas, whatever he decides, she’s with him. He tells the Colonel to wait for his signal.

Alexis tells Elda, crazy weather, huh? Elda asks who Alexis is calling crazy, and pins Alexis against the wall.

On Monday, Curtis asks how bad someone wants to find out, Cyrus wants Martin to celebrate with him, Anna visits Jason, and Elda says she’s going to make sure Alexis remembers. And I don’t think Elda means her birthday.

🩺 By the way. John Stamos (ex-Blackie) was on Watch What Happens Live this week, and had nothing but wonderful things to say about the cast of General Hospital. No surprise.

💣 The Spy Who We Loved…

An upcoming tribute to John Reilly will include his real life daughter.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/general-hospital-john-reilly-tribute-caitlin-reilly-casting-1234951545/

https://www.tvinsider.com/995144/general-hospital-john-reilly-tribute-episode-caitlin-reilly/

🎥 The Other Kendall…

Life beyond Pine Valley.

AMC Alum Alicia Minshew On New Project

🕶 It Was the Bomb…

Emma Samms revisits my favorite soap time period. I loved all that spy stuff.

Emma Samms Looks Back On The Glory Days of Soaps

🖐🏽 Kardashian Kast-Off…

I have no doubt she didn’t hold back.

https://extratv.com/2021/04/13/lisa-rinna-s-unfiltered-reaction-to-daughter-amelia-dating-scott-disick/

👠 Look Out Imelda Marcos…

Spoiler: Tiffany has shoes that have never been worn, but just make her happy to look at.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/13/rhod-star-tiffany-moon-gives-us-a-tour-of-her-closet/

😱 Can’t Blame Them…

I wouldn’t want my mother on RHOBH either.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1257794/why-paris-and-nicky-hilton-didnt-want-mom-kathy-to-join-rhobh

🐇 If Anyone Still Cares…

I watched The Girls Next Door. I read Holly Madison’s book. Like Kendra said, Dude, it’s 2021.

Crystal Hefner Claims Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt ‘Despise Her’ Amid Feud: ‘I Side With Kendra’

🎭 Broadway Game…

A mishmash of New York-ish entertainment news, including Game of Thrones coming to Broadway. I have mixed feelings.

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/06/game-of-thrones-headed-to-londons-west-end-in-2023/

🏆 Good Times…

Remember when life was maskless? Before we had to social distance? When at the Academy Awards meant people accepting awards in person? Remember when Anne Hathaway and James Franco screwed that up?

https://nypost.com/2021/04/15/why-anne-hathaway-and-james-franco-bombed-as-2011-oscars-hosts/

📜 You’re Invited…

But will there be an open bar?

The Vanity Fair Oscar After Party Is Open To The Public, So You Too Can Party With Hollywood’s Finest

🎺 Quotes of the Week

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Bernard M. Baruch

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius

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

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes. – Roy T. Bennett

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection. – Bernard Branson

You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter. – Nicholas Sparks

There has never been a time in my life where I have experienced deep grief and have not come out the other side of it completely new and fresh and wiser. – Glennon Doyle

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. – Marilyn Monroe

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. – Amelia Earhart

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. – Carl Sagan

Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schlesinger

🧳 Packing It In…

Putting on my copywriting hat, until I switch to Dead mode on Sunday night. If you want to check out my interrogation skills, my copywriting is featured on Mupo and Friends, at 2 pm on Sundays. This week’s guest is Han Soto from Cobra Kai, and you can catch it on YouTube or MupoEntertainment.com. Change up your weekend, or whatever you might call it these days, and until we next meet, stay safe, stay encouraged, and stay doing it for the right reasons if you must do something selfish.

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March 5, 2021 – Wedding Blow-Up Aftermath, Rewarded, Wes Responds, Maurice Directs, Goodbye Gil, VanderStalled, Back In the Loft, Then and Now, Award Dates, Less Than Ten Quotes & For Free

Posted on March 6, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

I missed the beginning (on a Friday yet <sigh>), but this is how it went. Backtracking, Willow told Carly that she was surprised; Wiley had said she wasn’t his mommy. She started crying, and Michael wondered where Wiley had gotten that idea, then he looked at Nina. Chase came back with Violet, who wondered why there had been no wedding. Chase said Finn would explain tomorrow, and Gregory dropped by. Maxie thought the baby was coming, and Britt suggested they go to the hospital. Mac told Robert to keep Peter there. Peter struggled, yelling for Maxie, and Anna told him to leave Maxie alone. Then…

Peter yells for Maxie, and Britt says, Maxie is in enough pain. Peter is the last thing she needs. Anna tells him, the best thing to do for Maxie is, stay out of the way. Britt and Mac take Maxie out, Mac yelling for Peter to keep away from the hospital.

Finn asks how much Chase told Jackie, and she says she knows Anna never told Finn that Peter was her son, and her sister Alex is his mother. He says, life is funny sometimes; all the parallels you find. She says, when Chase was filling her in, she couldn’t help bite her tongue at the irony, since she’d made a similar decision. He says, there’s one big difference. She never did a test, and doesn’t know if Chase is his son. She says they’re not talking about that now; this is about him and Anna. He says, it’s not just that Anna lied; she confided in someone else. Jackie asks, who? and he says, a guy named Valentin Cassadine.

Violet asks if her grandpa knows what happened tonight, and Gregory says, it’s complicated, as adults like to say. The good news is, she didn’t miss anything. The wedding never happened. She asks, why not? Daddy loves Anna. He says, sometimes grown-ups make a big mess, and things don’t turn out the way they think they will. They can have the best intentions, and still do the wrong thing. She says she doesn’t think she wants to grow up, and I say, I’m with you, little sis.

On Franco’s phone, Drew says he’s gotten to know Franco a little bit. Through Elizabeth’s eyes, and Cameron’s eyes. They really need him. They deserve him, and he wants Franco to understand that one thing, and appreciate it.

Nina says when she realized she had a grandchild, she read all these books on how to address sensitive issues with small children, like if they’re adopted or a surrogate was used. They all said the same thing; to be honest, so it doesn’t become a secret and traumatize them later when they find out the truth. Michael asks if it never occurred to her that Wiley might be confused, and she says she didn’t mean to take anything away from Willow, or get Wiley mixed up. She was just being honest.

Peter tells Robert to let him go. Maxie is having a health emergency, and it’s their baby. He’s going to GH, and disprove Anna’s lies. Anna says, they’re not lies. Maxie is gone, and she’s the only one who will listen to him. He says, there’s no proof, and Sam says he killed Drew, but Peter repeats, there’s no proof. Robert says, not yet, and Peter asks if Robert is going to arrest him. Robert says, the time is coming. He hopes sooner rather than later.

Britt says she spoke with Maxie’s OB/GYN, and Dr. Navarro agrees that it was stress. Maxie says, ya think? and Britt says she’s going to run tests to be on the safe side. Mac says he has to tell Felicia something. She might decide to come back from Texas. Britt says, even though Nathan is gone, she’ll forever consider Maxie as her sister-in-law, and promises to take care of her. She suggests Mac wait for the results before Felicia books a flight.

Drew tells Franco, it only works if he does one thing. He needs to fight, to keep fighting like he has, and have a long life. Fight for Elizabeth and the boys, like Franco fought for himself.

Chase marvels at Gregory’s talent in telling a pirate story that’s entertaining, but gets Violet to fall asleep. Gregory says he doesn’t think about it; it just comes out. There was a lot going on today, and not in a good way. Chase says he remembers when Gregory used to tell him a story. Gregory would put his arm around Chase, and his mom would slip in beside him. Those were good times. Gregory says, it seems like he and Jackie were at their best when they were raising him. He and Chase’s mom are proud of the man he’s become. All they want is for him to be happy. Is he happy? Chase says, that depends on Willow.

Willow says he wants to put Wiley down for the night; it’s way past his bedtime. Michael tells Wiley, lights out for him, and tells Nina, they’ll talk later. He and Willow leave, and Carly closes the door. She says they need to talk, and Nina says, of course (🍷). She’s sorry Willow got her feelings hurt, but she’s not sorry for explaining how she and Wiley are related. Carly asks if she thinks it’s really a good idea to make a two and a half year old doubt the only mother he’s ever known? What the hell was she thinking?

On the phone, Mac tells Felicia that Britt is acting as Maxie’s OB/GYN, and thinks it’s stress. She’s running tests, and they should get the results tonight.

Maxie takes a sip of something, and says, wow, that’s sweet. It’s kind of like drinking straight sugar. Britt says, it’s glucola, and she needs to finish it. Then they’ll test her blood sugar to rule out gestational diabetes. Maxie finishes, and Britt says, her blood pressure is high, which is understandable due to the drama. Fortunately, it’s not so high that it’s a symptom of preeclampsia. She’s still running other tests to be sure, and she’s going to do an ultrasound to make sure the baby is okay. She asks how Maxie is doing; she seems calmer. Maxie says she was so sure it was labor, and Britt says she expects it was Braxton Hicks. It’s not uncommon in the third trimester, usually due to dehydration, which is why Maxie is on an IV. It doesn’t meant the baby will be born prematurely. Maxie says, James was. She was so scared for him, and Peter was right there. He helped her through it.

Robert says, one thing for certain, Maxie and the kid are better off without Peter. Peter says, it’s his child, and a baby needs their father. Robert says, like Peter needed Faison, and Peter says, Valentin put him in Faison’s arms. Valentin betrayed him then like he did now, but Anna also betrayed him. She knew it was a lie, and broke his heart. She says he broke hers when he burned the evidence. He says, there is no evidence. He did nothing wrong. She says she saw it with her own eyes, and he says he doesn’t need her to be his fake mommy. Maxie has faith in him. He’s going to GH, and there’s nothing they can do to stop him. Anan tells him not to go near Maxie, but he says he’ll take his chances, and leaves. Anna sits down.

On the video, Drew says he made his choice, but if he disappears, he has no choice. Cherish the family that loves him. Franco hears, no choice… no choice… and remembers Peter leaning over him (as Drew). Peter says he had no choice because he was never give one, but Helena assured him that Drew would be in good hands. Franco says, my God. It was Peter. It’s been Peter all along. Peter killed Drew.

Anna tells Robert that she doesn’t want hear about how he sounded the alarm. She insisted Peter was a changed man, but she was woefully wrong. Robert says she left out the part where Alex was Peter’s mother, and she says she’s sorry for how she acted. He says he’s going to be gracious, not his strong point. He doesn’t need an apology; Finn, on the other hand, should probably have a big one. Anna says she doesn’t think an apology is going to be enough, and Robert holds her.

Jackie says, Peter is a murderer? and Finn says, yeah. He had his doubts, but Anna always convinced him otherwise. She asks how long Anna has known, and he says she told him that she found out just before the wedding, but the fact is, she lied to him and confided in Valentin. She says, Valentin is an ex-WSB spy. Maybe Anna felt more comfortable because she worked with him. He says, maybe. He doesn’t know, but it’s not a WSB secret; it’s personal, intimate. Was Peter her son or nephew? That’s what Anna was dealing with. She says, okay, Anna lied. It happens. People forgive each other. From what she’s seen, they’re the real deal, and there’s a lot of love and respect. Can’t they get past this? Finn says he doesn’t know. They’d just started talking, and Anna got called away. Jackie takes his hand.

Dante asks if Sam is going to let Jason know what happened, and she says she’s sure he’ll find out soon enough. Too many people witnessed what happened. He asks if she wants Peter to pay for what he did, but she doesn’t know what she wants. She doesn’t think it’s a good idea for Jason to make Peter pay; nothing good could come from it for Jason or Peter. Dante asks if she thinks they’ll find evidence connecting Peter to the crime, but she doesn’t know. She says, he was a cop; tell her. He says, Peter covers his tracks well, but just because there’s no evidence no, doesn’t mean there won’t be at some point. Franco comes running in, and asks if Peter is there. Dante says, he was there, but he’s gone. Franco asks if he left the wedding, but Sam says, there was no wedding. Dante says, Peter’s crimes have finally come to light.

Peter storms into his room, and takes a gun out of the safe.

Nina tells Carly, Wiley’s family history is complicated. In retrospect she should have discussed it with Michael and Willow, and they should have explained it together. When Wiley looked at her, and asked how they were connected, she was thinking, Nelle. No matter what Nelle did, they can’t pretend she didn’t exist, or didn’t give birth to the miracle of a grandson they both share. Carly says she doubts they’ll be sharing him in the near future.

On their way downstairs, Willow tells Michael, Wiley was so fussy. She wonders if what Nina told him got him confused, and he was acting out. Michael says, Wiley is still young. It’s hard to know what’s going on in his head, but it’s important they reenforce that Willow is definitely his mother. He’s sorry it hit her so hard. She thanks him, and says she’ll be okay. She gets her coat, says she needs to get some air, and get her emotions in check, and leaves.

Britt tells Maxie, everything is fine with her daughter. She doesn’t expect any problems. Maxie asks if Britt knew about the accusations against Peter, when there’s a knock at the door. It’s Mac, who says he’s sorry, but he couldn’t wait any longer. How’s his girl? Maxie says she’s fine, and asks him to come in. He asks about the contractions, and Maxie says, Britt thinks it was Braxton Hicks. She’s sorry she made such a fuss. Mac asks if everything is really fine, and Britt says, Maxie’s blood pressure is coming down, but they’re waiting for the official test results. Mac says, so he’ll wait a little longer, and tells Britt, on behalf of the Scorpio-Jones-Devane clan, he thanks her for being there. Maxie asks him to tell Robert that she’s okay, and tell her mother things look good; they’re just waiting on the test results. Mac says he’s sorry about Peter. She knows how protective he is. Maxie says she knows. It’s not just that. A lot has been happening, she felt pain, but now it’s gone. She’s fine. He says, it’s a lot of information to take in all at once. How is she feeling about Peter?

Peter puts a clip in the gun.

Anna asks Robert if it’s an update from Mac, and he says, they’re waiting for test results, but the pain stopped. It looks like Maxie and the baby are fine. She says, thank God. She couldn’t live with herself if something had gone wrong because of tonight. If she’d just had solid proof, she would have taken Maxie aside and explained privately, but he says, even if she had proof, Maxie didn’t give a rat’s ass what anyone said tonight. He couldn’t get a clear idea of what Maxie was thinking prior to the baby trouble. Anna says neither could she. It’s concerning how confident Peter was that Maxie would side with him.

Franco says, so Peter had Drew killed, and Sam says, he practically confessed. Franco asks if he sent the assassin after him and Andre, and Dante says, he was denying it. Franco asks where Peter is now, and Dante says, Maxie went to the hospital; she thought she might be having the baby. He’s pretty sure that’s where Peter was headed. Sam asks why Franco is there, and Franco says, the voice in his head is Drew.

Anna smells her bouquet, and says she hopes Maxie accepts the truth. Otherwise, all this was for nothing. She did her best with what she had on Peter, and hopes Maxie sees him for what he really is. Robert says, face it. Maxie is having Peter’s baby. She thinks she loves him, and believes he is who he claims to be. Anna says she told Maxie that she’d be safe with Peter. She thought Maxie would be safe, but she wasn’t. She told Maxie that Peter was a good man. She sits, and says, it’s just a mask, a part Peter plays. There’s nothing good about Peter, and she doesn’t want to hear that Robert knew it. Robert takes her hands, and says, enough. She could have done better, but it is what it is. Stop beating herself up, and think of a positive solution.

Jackie says, Finn had no clue about any of it from Anna? and he says, no. He’s embarrassed to say, he thought he’d be getting married tonight. Anna knew it was never going to happen. It fell apart quickly after that. She says, when they met, he was a stickler for honesty, no matter how much the truth hurt. That’s why she didn’t question Chase’s paternity. He says, if it had turned out he was Chase’s father, they would have divulged they’d been together that night, and she says, the night that almost made her back out of marrying Gregory. He says he understands now how difficult it must have been. He thought today that he and Anna would start the first day of the rest of their lives. Instead, he found out he doesn’t know what he wants out of life. Worst of all, he has to explain it to Violet. It’s going to break his heart. He starts to leave, but she tells him, don’t go.

Gregory says, it sounds like progress for Chase and Willow, unless he’s missing part of the story. Chase says he took Willow out for a Valentine’s Day dinner. It was great, almost like it used to be, but she went home to Michael and Wiley. Gregory says, like he told Chase before, children tend to draw parents together. Inevitably, he has to accept that. Chase says Willow developed feelings for Michael, and he thinks that’s what keeping her from investing in the relationship. Gregory says he thought Willow and Michael had a marriage in name only, and Chase says, it started off that way. Gregory tells him, like he said to Violet earlier, being an adult can be messy. There’s a knock at the door, and it’s Willow. Chase asks if everything is okay, and Gregory tells her that he was just on his way out. He and Chase will talk soon. He leaves, and Chase says, tell him what’s going on. She says she’s probably overreacting, but – she starts to cry – Wiley said she wasn’t his mother. Chase wonders why Wiley said that, and Willow tells him that she was excited to let Nina be a part of Wiley’s life. It seemed right, since Wiley is her grandson, but when they were alone, Nina told him about Nelle. When Wiley said she wasn’t his mom, she couldn’t handle it. Maybe because… Chase says, because of the baby she lost? and she says, yeah. He holds her, and she says, it all comes back to that. He says he’s so sorry.

Michael goes back to the living room, and asks if everything is okay. Nina tells him that she’s really sorry. She should have discussed it with him and Willow first before she said anything. She didn’t mean to undermine Willow’s relationship with Wiley. She’d never do that. He says, not on purpose, but what happened hurt Willow’s confidence as Wiley’s mother. Nina says she’ll never do it again, and Carly asks how she can say that, when she just told Carly that they couldn’t erase Nelle from Wiley’s life? Michael says they all have the best intentions, but the timing of this bonding experiment isn’t working out. For Wiley’s sake, he thinks they should take a big step back.

Dante asks what Franco means about Drew being in his head, and Franco asks where Jason is. Dante says he thought Franco was looking for Peter, but Franco says Jason needs to know. If they see Jason before he does, tell Jason that he’s still him. He leaves, and Dante asks, what the hell was that about? Sam says, nothing good, that’s for sure.

Maxie says she doesn’t want to talk about Peter, but not with Mac. She knows how he feels about Peter, but she’d like to talk to Britt. She asks Mac to give them a minute; call her mom and let her know she’s fine. He says he’ll be outside, and leaves. Maxie says she wants to know what Britt knew, and when she knew it. Britt says she knew her mother was in town. They had a couple of secret meetings. She knew her mother had been exonerated, and according to her, Peter framed her for her crimes, but she had no proof. Maxie says, wow. She thought the pact they made with Nina at Nathan’s grave meant something. Britt says, it did, she promises. Maxie asks why Britt didn’t warn her, and Britt says she told Maxie to marry someone else. She’s not sure she believed her mother. Her mother has definitely lied in the past, but then – she sits down – Peter tricked her into logging in to the GH server. When he published Franco’s medical records, she realized there might be merit in her mother’s accusations. And if Anna and Valentin were backing her mother up, she knew it was true. Maxie says, it was their word against Peter’s, and they have no proof. Britt wonders if Maxie is actually saying she thinks Peter is innocent.

Peter runs down a back stairwell. He hears his phone ring, and stops. Someone wearing gloves comes out behind him, and raises a crowbar. We see Peter on the floor.

Anna tells Robert, she’d like to see Finn, and he asks if she’s going to see if she can salvage the relationship. She says she should do that, but first she needs to see someone else more pressing. He says, Maxie? and she says, yeah. She needs to face her goddaughter, then face Finn.

Finn tells Jackie that he’s going to get Violet, but she says, Violet is probably asleep. They can talk in the morning, after there’s time to process everything. He says he’s pretty well processed it. The only thing that will make him feel better is to see his little girl. She says when she did the story on medical students, she trusted in his ability to sort out what was going on. She wants to make sure he hasn’t forgotten. It was a reason she was so attracted to him back then, among others. He thanks her for saying that. Gregory listens from around the corner, and turns away looking pissed off.

Willow says she knew Chase would understand. It’s not just what Wiley said, but how it connected back to the child she lost. Chase says he remembers when he told her that Wiley wasn’t her biological son, and Nelle had switched the babies. Her baby had died, and his heart broke for her. It’s one of the reasons he did what he did with Sasha. He wanted to help heal her heart. Willow hugs him, and he says he’ll never hurt her again. Never.

Nina says, please, don’t let one mistake ruin a beautiful thing, but Michael says, sorry. Wiley is the first priority, and he’s already had so much upheaval. He doesn’t want Wiley confused or overwhelmed. Nina suggests he and Willow set guidelines, and she’ll follow them, but he thinks it’s best she not see Wiley for a while. Nina says, no, but he says, it’s not going to be forever. They’ll just take a pause until they can figure out the right way to handle it. She says, why not reconsider, and she’ll only visit when he and Willow are around? He says, right now, he has a confused son, and a hurt mother to consider. Nina picks up her stuff, and says she was just being honest. She leaves, and Carly says she’s sorry it came to this. He says he can’t see Willow hurt like that again.

Maxie tells Britt, to be honest, her mom and Valentin aren’t the most credible of witnesses. She doesn’t know if Peter is guilty or not, but she knows he’d never hurt her. Britt asks if Maxie is thinking of moving forward with Peter, when a nurse comes in, and says the test results came back.

Sam leaves a message for Jason, saying she’s sorry she missed him. She’s calling because all hell broke loose at the wedding, especially regarding Peter. Franco showed up, acting strange again. He was looking for Jason. She doesn’t know what’s going on, but please, just be careful.

Peter lies unconscious. Franco stands over him.

On Monday, Violet asks Chase if her daddy and Anna are getting married, Gregory asks Jackie what happened the night before the wedding, and Spinelli thinks they might have the proof to take Peter down.

👰🏼 Double Payoff…

The weddings that didn’t happen.

It’s Been a Long Time Coming, But the General Hospital Double Wedding Payoff Was Worth the Wait

🎭 He’s Just Misunderstood…

The real Peter. The Peter behind the mask.

GH’s Wes Ramsey Responds To Peter Criticism

📹 Sonny’s New Direction…

Check out his directing debut.

Watch GH Star Maurice Benard’s Directorial Debut

☄️ Farewell To the Best Bad Guy…

Ray Gardner was the baddest of them all, and Gil Rogers was so good at playing him.

Soap-Hopper Who Played One of Daytime’s Vilest Baddies Dead at 87: He Was a ‘Shameless Flirt and a Fierce Protector’

🍸 A Hold On the Rules…

LVP and the two Toms seem to be stuck in limbo.

https://pagesix.com/2021/03/04/vanderpump-rules-filming-is-still-on-hold/

🗽 Welcome Home…

Seven no-longer strangers are back in their loft, where they will be real together for six days. I saw the first episode, and it was excellent. I loved the parallels between then and now, and almost cried when Kevin spoke to Julie’s teenage daughter, and realized Julie had still been a teenager when he first met her. It looks like someone will storm out, so some things never change.

https://tv.avclub.com/the-real-world-homecoming-new-york-is-exactly-the-sort-1846390531

Sadly, the man with the grind tested positive, and couldn’t live in the loft.

https://tv.avclub.com/eric-nies-lived-separately-from-rest-of-real-world-reun-1846402126

👑 The Second Coming…

Garcelle Beauvais! Shari Headley! John Amos!

https://www.essence.com/entertainment/the-cast-of-coming-2-america-then-and-now/

🏆 All the Awards…

The schedule to end them all.

https://ew.com/awards/2021-awards-season-calendar-dates/

👩🏽‍🏫 Quotes of the Week

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. – Barbara Bush (Or your pets!)

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela

When deeds speak, words are nothing. – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do. – Barbara Ward

In spite of our rather boastful talk about progress, and our pride in the gadgets of civilization, there is, I think, a growing suspicion – indeed, perhaps an uneasy certainty – that we have been sometimes a little too ingenious for our own good. – Rachel Carson

⛷ Sliding Into the Weekend Like…

See you when it’s time for the Dead to walk. And whether you call the next two days a weekend or not, stay safe, stay sharp, and stay knowing it’s true if Anna and Valentin back it up.

Feb16

February 15, 2021 – GH Is Catching Up, a Pandemic Halts the Deck, Behind the Real, Another AMC Reunion, Reuniting On Edge, Valentine’s Soap, Daytime Goodbye, Real Take Two, a Different Stand, Fashion Break, Today’s Fact, Two Holiday Quotes & Respect

Posted on February 16, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

There don’t seem to be any new episodes out there, and today ABC aired this one:

https://tvwiththeresa.wordpress.com/2021/02/10/february-9-2021-not-preempted-4u-phyllis-gives-nina-a-confirmation-will-they-or-wont-they-all-about-alex-unmasked-a-goodbye-new-wonder-dead-news-globe-list-today/

I’m guessing we’re done with preemption… for now.

Below Deck

Jolly Harbour. Francesca tells Elizabeth that every charter, she’s been putting in her energy, and checking up on her. Elizabeth sleeping in the guest cabin was the final straw. She’s been super disrespectful of the interior, and Francesca has come to a decision that she’s going to have to let Elizabeth go. Elizabeth looks panicked, and says, what? Francesca says, sorry, and Elizabeth asks if they can’t stick it out. Francesca says Elizabeth has exhausted her chances; sorry. Captain Lee says Francesca will help Elizabeth get her stuff together, and Elizabeth tells him, sorry. He says, sometimes it just doesn’t work out. Elizabeth tells Izzy that she’s been fired, and Izzy says, what the sh*t? Rachel asks Izzy if Elizabeth just said she got fired. In Elizabeth’s interview, she says she’d be the first to admit if she was wrong or she sucked, or she did anything to deserve it. It feels like it’s not even real. She says she can’t believe Francesca is doing this, and Francesca says Elizabeth’s behavior toward her is bullsh*t. It’s not nice, and she’s disrespectful. She’s been chatting to everyone about Francesca, and it’s coming back to her. Really? How come we never saw that? Elizabeth asks if Francesca will talk to the captain, but Francesca says she made the call. Rachel tells Izzy that sh*t rolls downhill. The only person actually keeping it together is Ashling. In Rachel’s interview, she says she understands Elizabeth’s foibles, but Elizabeth is close to her heart. We flash back to them having fun together, and Rachel says, it sucks, and it’s unfair. Francesca tells Elizabeth that she’s given her chances, and when Elizbeth reaches for Francesca’s arm, Francesca says, please don’t touch me, which is just a little overdramatic IMO. In Francesca’s interview, she says she doesn’t want to be a bad chief stew. Elizabeth was given chances. We flash back to Francesca calling Elizabeth out, and Francesca says Elizabeth shouldn’t be surprised. Elizabeth tells Rachel that Francesca doesn’t respect her, and wants her to go. Rachel says, stay calm, and just pack. Francesca tells Ashling about firing Elizabeth, and in James’s interview, he says he’s going to miss her. Izzy asks if James is okay, and he says he’s fine. In his interview, a producer asks if a part of him is relieved, and he asks why they said that to him. God, I’m an a-hole. At least he admits it. Elizabeth wails that now she has to go back to New York, and deal with the virus. She doesn’t want to go.

James tells Izzy that it shows how bad Elizabeth and Francesca got on, and Izzy says she thinks it’s personal. She tells James that she and Rachel had plans to get Elizabeth a birthday cake. Ashling the snake hugs Elizabeth, and in her interview, Ashling says, in some ways, she feels guilty. It should have happened three or four charters ago, but it never did. She doesn’t think yachting is for Elizabeth. Izzy tells Rob something about rinsing down the side of the boat, and he walks away, saying, just smile and nod. Francesca starts carrying Elizabeth’s bags downstairs. In Eddie’s interview, he says Francesca was looking for an ultimate reason to fire Elizabeth. It’s pretty evil, but it’s what’s best for the crew. Elizabeth tells Rachel that she’s okay. She says goodbye to everyone, and tells them that she loves them. James tells her, keep in touch, and she says, this sucks. He says he knows, and in her interview, she says, when an opportunity closes, it’s like a compass for her, and sends her in a better direction. She feels wronged, but believes in karma. What goes around, will come around for Francesca. She decides to call her energy healer.

March 13, 2020. Rachel says, it’s the eighth charter, and she’s so frustrated. In her interview, she says, Elizabeth is gone; who is going to be blamed now? Francesca’s done nothing to fix the problem. She tells Eddie, everything will come out in the wash, and become clear as day. In Francesca’s interview, she says it’s like a huge weight has lifted from her shoulders. Rachel is pissed about Elizabeth, but at this point, Rachel can jump off the boat. Rob tells Ashling, they’re going to nail it, and the crew gets ready to go out. The captain says, the whole goddam world has gone mad. James’s mother calls him, and tells him about all kinds of things being canceled, and how they can’t get hand sanitizer or soap. She thinks it’s going to get worse before it gets better. He wonders if he’s going to be stuck in Antigua, but she says it’s better than being stuck in the house.

They get in the taxi, and James says, Elizabeth was his drinking partner, and now he has no one. I play my violin. Ashling announces that it’s traumatic in Italy; all the shops are closed. Francesca says, it’s mental, and they all scroll their phones for news. Eddie thinks it will get bad for two weeks, then probably get better. Ha-ha-ha! That’s what we all thought. The birthday cake comes out, topped with sparklers, surprising Rachel. Francesca stupidly toasts to Elizabeth’s birthday, and everyone starts grabbing at the cake. The waitress says they started before she brought the knife, and Rachel says, it’s already in somebody’s back. BA-DUM-CHH! In Rachel’s interview, she says she ordered the cake, but then canceled it, and the sh*t showed up anyway. Francesca seems super stoked that Elizabeth isn’t there. Let’s celebrate. That’s f***ed up. Izzy tells the rest of them that she and Rachel assumed this wasn’t happening. Rachel leaves the restaurant, and Francesca suggests they go back to the boat. Outside having a smoke, Rachel says, tasteless as sh*t. Francesca sees Rachel sitting on a bench, and asks if she wants to come, but Rachel says she’s good. She thought what happened with the cake was distasteful, and not appropriate; she needs a moment. In Francesca’s interview, she says, Rachel is a ticking time bomb. She feels like if she says anything wrong, Rachel will explode. In Rachel’s interview, she says she was upset that the cake came. She thought that it was distasteful and handled wrongly. In the taxi, James says, Rachel is just using it as an excuse to be mad. Rachel takes a separate taxi back by herself.

Francesca feels she should talk to Rachel, but Eddie says he wouldn’t. Rachel comes back to the boat, and says it was the most distasteful thing she’s seen. Eating someone’s cake on their birthday when they’re gone was the wrong move. In her interview, Rachel says, there’s a pandemic, and these a-holes are celebrating Elizabeth’s departure. She doesn’t think it’s right. Rachel walks through the crew mess, and says, fine, whatever, and as she’s walking, she tells Francesca to shove the cake up her ass. Go Rachel. On deck, Rob tells James, it was the icing on the cake. Groan.

Rachel calls Vincenzo, who tells her that it’s 5 am. She says her friend got fired, then her birthday cake showed up at dinner. The crew cut the cake and celebrated, so she walked off. Vincenzo says, he’s happy to hear her voice, and in Rachel’s interview, she says Vincenza is her confidante. He makes everything better. She says she’s glad to see his face, and in her interview, she says he takes her away from a sh*t situation. Francesca whacks her head on the top of her bunk, and I laaaugh.

March 14. A newscaster says, they don’t know much, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg. In Rachel’s interview, she says, last night was a huge deal. Francesca is a super bully. She had to fire someone because she’s inept and incapable of training them. She effing sucks. Eddie tells the crew that the goal is to put things away, and leave them better than they found them. James says, the UK has been shut down. Rachel radios the captain, asking if he’s available, and Francesca wonders what she’s going to say. She knows Rachel is upset about Elizabeth, but what else might she say to the captain? She’s been trying hard to maintain a relationship, and not say anything. Rachel tells Captain Lee, this isn’t okay. She has issues with service. Captain Lee says they have two more charters; six effing days. He could do them standing on his head. He sees her frustration, but Francesca had to pick up the slack for Elizabeth. She’s been going to bed too late, and getting up too early, like Rachel. In his interview, the captain says, both Rachel and Francesca care about what they do, and want the same end result, but they each take a circuitous route. It’s a sh*t sandwich. Time to take a bite.

HA-HA-HA! Francesca hit her head on an open cupboard door. In Izzy’s interview, she says she’s starting to think she’ll have to talk to Rob. That sh*t brings up anxiety in her. She tells James that she doesn’t want to act like an a-hole, but she has to point out her authority. In her interview, she says Rob takes pleasure in bringing her down. She doesn’t know if it’s insecurities that he needs to talk to a therapist about, or he’s genuinely a d*ckhead. Eddie says he hates this effing island. Rachel radios Francesca to talk in the galley, and in her interview, Francesca says the last thing she wants to do is have a meeting with Rachel, but they have two charters left, and have to sort something out. Rachel says when Francesca is on service by herself, and needs help, she understands. Elizabeth wasn’t the best stew. Francesca says she gets where Rachel is coming from, but don’t take it out on her. Rachel apologizes (!), and says, they should make a good go of it, and kill it. In Rachel’s interview, she says, there are certain people you can’t bark at. If she gets aggressive with Francesca, she can’t get the end result she needs. Francesca says, if something isn’t working, they’re both proactive enough to fix it. In her interview, Rachel says, opening the communication barrier will help them be cohesive. They have two charters left. Then Francesca can s*ck her effing d*ck. Alrighty then.

Rob points out that James is using half a jar of peanut butter on his sandwich, and James says that’s because he’s on a diet. The captain looks at his phone, and tosses it down. He says, Jesus Christ, and ponders heavily. He says, the world is going to hell in an effing handbasket. He radios the crew to be in the main salon in five minutes. Rachel wonders what happened, and Eddie says, something’s not right. The crew gathers, and the captain says they have a situation. Their last two charters have been canceled, and effectively, their season has ended. In his interview, the captain says it’s something he’s never experienced, and it’s scary as hell, and frustrating. There’s not an effing thing he can do about it, and he’s not used to that. He tells the crew they’ll make their exit tomorrow. He’ll take care of the travel arrangements. In Francesca’s interview, she says she can’t believe this is happening. Her family isn’t well, and she’s afraid of what she can bring back. It’s a situation she doesn’t want. The captain says they’re done; they’ll wrap up tonight. Carry on. Rob says, that escalated quick, and Eddie goes to the bridge. He and Captain Lee agree that it got real, and in Eddie’s interview, he says he never thought this would happen. He’s worried about his family. He’s hearing there’s no toilet paper, and he doesn’t know what’s going on. Captain Lee tells him, it’s been a pleasure.

James calls his mom, and Izzy calls sister Tory. In Izzy’s interview, she says she’s not ready to leave. She’s not ready to go out and face the world in a pandemic. James tells his mom to fill the fridge, and put on an apron. There’s cooking that needs to be done. Ugh. I think he’s joking, but coming from him, it rubs me the wrong way. Rob whines that they lost five grand. I seriously doubt two more charters would have netted them five grand. More like three. Rachel texts Vincenzo, and in her interview, she starts to cry, saying, she can’t see her boyfriend. She loves him, and he can’t come to the US. She just wants to see him. Vincenzo tells her, don’t stress. They’ll organize tomorrow In her interview, Rachel says she just wants to go home. The crew gathers in one of the lounges, and Eddie says he’s disappointed to have it end this way. They pour drinks, and the captain walks through. They offer him something, but he says he’s not in a celebratory mood. Francesca wonders why he’s not in a celebratory mood, since she’s such a moron, and Eddie says they might as well celebrate what they did this season. Francesca pops some champagne, and they toast. They put on some music, and take pictures, dancing and jumping around like idiots. Eddie finally decides to go to bed.

Francesca says going to Australia means quarantining for 14 days. In Rob’s interview, he says he was just setting up there. He feels nervous. He commanded boats to escape the rest of the world, but he can’t this time. He tells Eddie that his dad messaged him from Canada, and he thinks he has to go there. In Francesca’s interview, she says she has a 30 hour flight back, and doesn’t know what to expect. I break out my violin, and think, at least Elizabeth got a head start.

March 15, 2020. To top things off, it’s raining. In Captain Lee’s interview, he says, when he woke up, for a brief moment, he thought he had to get up for charter pick-up. Then the realization hit him, and he sat there going, WTF? He needs to be home with his family to take care of them. The engineer and delivery crew will take the boat back to the owners, and they’ll see how everything shakes out.

Francesca asks Eddie what his rose and thorn of the season were, and Eddie says his rose was charter one. We flash back to those very entertaining gay dudes, and he says his thorn was the entire goddam deck crew. Izzy tells James the way Rob acts toward her is rude, and we flash back to Rob being extremely disrespectful to her. James texts Rob, telling him, heads up. He thinks Izzy wants to have a chat with him about his rudeness. In his interview, James says, he likes them both, but Rob’s his boy. Izzy says, Rob has locked himself in the bathroom, so no one can speak to him. In Rob’s interview, he says he thinks it’s time for him to get back into the science swing of things. He likes mixing it up. Rob sees Izzy, and says he’s been meaning to talk to her, weirdly turning the tables. He wants to say he’s sorry for giving her a hard time. If anyone deserved to be lead deckhand, it’s her, and he’s glad. She says the way he treated her, and his passive comments were disrespectful, especially to someone in a new management position. It’s not appropriate, and a 32 year old shouldn’t act like a 12 year old. He says he’s sorry he made her feel that way, but she says she knows he doesn’t give a f***. He says, sometimes you see the error of your ways, and she asks if he has. She doesn’t think so, but hopes he has a safe trip home. He thanks her for taking the time to talk to him. Ashling and Francesca eavesdrop like they’re 12 years old, and Francesca says she didn’t know the extent of the issue.

In Ashling’s interview, she says she sums up the experience as fun, vibrant, interesting, and weird. She says goodbye to Francesca, and in her interview, says, it’s goodbye for now. Who knows what the future holds? She might not be able to leave the country. Rachel goes to the bridge to say goodbye to Captain Lee. He tells her that she’s a talented chef, and he enjoyed working with her. In his interview, he smiles, and says, Rachel is a piece of work. She’s brilliant at her job, but there’s no doubt she’s wound up a little tight. He doesn’t mind. She wanted a shot at redemption, and she did him proud. Now that he knows which buttons not to push, he’d work with her again. In Rachel’s interview, she says she has no regrets, but she’s happy to get off the boat, and deal with what’s happening in the real world.

Francesca passes around a shammy for everyone to sign. Izzy tells James that she knows he tipped Rob off. In her interview, Izzy says, James is infatuated with Rob; they have a bromance. But she’s disappointed in him. It was a d*ck move. She tells him that he’s a sh*tbag. In her interview, she says she’s disappointed that James didn’t have her back, but it’s such a bromance, she’s not surprised. In James’s interview, he says he wants to go back to complaining about the English weather, going to the gym, and winding his parents up. The season was a muddled blur of work, arguments, and drama, with a sprinkle of fun. He and Izzy hug, and in her interview, Izzy says, they’re not divorced. They’re separated and taking a break separated. It’s a conscious uncoupling. James leaves, and Eddie tells Francesca, everything is nuts. Izzy goes to see Captain Lee, who tells her that she was a pleasure to work with. She says she learned so much, and has so much more to learn. She wants to prove she can do it. He says he thinks she’s capable of more than she realizes. He’s proud of her. They hug, and in Izzy’s interview, she says, the season ended much how she imagines sex with James would be – abrupt and unsatisfying. She started as third stew – she and Eddie clink beer bottles – and she’s ending the season where she deserves to be. She has a good feeling. She thanks Eddie for encouraging her to be an effing legend. He says if she keeps going the way she is, she’ll be bosun in no time. They hug, and she thanks him again. In Eddie’s interview, he says, it gets him choked up.

Francesca tells the captain goodbye, and gives him the shammy signed by the crew (sans Elizabeth), to remember the season by. He tells her, it’s sweet, but he won’t forget it any time soon. In his interview, he says that Francesca had big shoes to fill, but she’s very bright, and genuinely loves to please people. In Francesca’s interview, she says she had a lot to manage this season, and it was exhausting. It will be nice to go home, and see her family. Especially in times like these, that’s what’s most important. I wonder what the hell Francesca is wearing. She has a huge infinity scarf hanging over a nude top, and it looks like she’s wearing no top except the scarf.

Eddie goes to the bridge, and tells Captain Lee, the time has come. He has a flight to catch. The captain says, they made it – sort of. Eddie says, it sucks that it ended like this, but it was a wild ride, and the captain says he’s proud of Eddie. He made progress, and handled his team well. There were a few speed bumps, but there always are. The captain gives him a set of stripes, making him a first officer. Eddie says, it’s the second pair the captain has given him, and we flash back to seven years ago, when Eddie was made bosun. Captain Lee says he appreciates Eddie, and Eddie says, it was a good season. In Captain Lee’s interview, he says Eddie made the season easier. He worked tirelessly, and made the season for him. Eddie is what he would have wanted his son to turn out like… had he lived. He tells us, that’s all he can say, and I want to cry, looking at his face. He quietly says, he’s a great kid.

In Eddie’s interview, he says he’s honored to be given another stripe from Captain Lee. The captain is someone he holds to a high standard, and considers a good friend. It means the world to him. He walks down the dock, and says, that’s it, rounding the corner.

Captain Lee packs. In his interview, he says, it really sucks. He started the season in a hospital – we flash back to him telling Eddie that he has broken ribs – it didn’t start well – we flash back to Shane being let go, and Rachel walking off – and it didn’t end well – we flash back to the firing of Elizabeth, and news of the coronavirus, the announcer saying, this just may be the tip of the iceberg. The captain says, this year was tough. You have tough years, but don’t toss in the towel. You pick yourself up keep going because there are people who depend on you. It’s not the end of the world. We’re tougher and better than this. He hopes everyone gets home safe, and maybe to a better place than the one they left. As always, he tells us that he has the best goddam job in the world. He tells the boat, thanks, old girl.

Next time, I assume The Reunion.

😈 That evil mastermind of reality television, Andy Cohen, is premiering a new show. For Real: The Story of Reality TV will begin on March 25^th, on the E! network.

🙌🏽 Reunited Again…

Join some of the Pine Valley residents on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 3 p.m. EST.

Don’t Miss This ALL MY CHILDREN Online Reunion!

🌃 On the Edge…

And somewhere in Monticello, another reunion will be happening on Thursday, February 18, at 3 p.m. ET.

Don’t Miss This EDGE OF NIGHT Online Reunion!

💘 Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us…

Except they get Godiva instead of Dove.

See How Your Favorite Soap Stars Celebrated Valentine’s Day

🧛🏻‍♀️ From the Shadows…

A sad farewell to a vet of the soap world.

GENERAL HOSPITAL Actor Christopher Pennock Dead at 76

🗽 More Real In NYC…

I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that they were all available. Have they been held in suspended animation since the show ended? Don’t they have jobs? Since Eric will be around, can we get The Grind back too?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/the-real-world-returning-to-paramount-with-original-new-york-cast

🎡 A Stand-Up Ending…

The Stand has concluded on CBS All Access. Apparently, it met with Stephen King’s approval, and mine too. Alexander Skarsgård was especially impressive as devil incarnate Randall Flagg. WARNING: SPOILERS IN THIS ARTICLE.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-stand-finale-differences-stephen-king-book/

👗 A Moment of Fashion…

What does that even mean, broke the internet? Mine’s still working just fine. And please. Since when does fashion have a moment with a seven-year-old?

https://www.eonline.com/news/1235524/from-jennifer-lopez-to-north-west-these-are-the-fashion-week-moments-that-broke-the-internet

📌 That’s a Fact…

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773. Born in Gambia and sold to the Wheatley family in Boston when she was 7 years old, Wheatley was emancipated shortly after her book was released.

Bars Fight, written by poet and activist Lucy Terry in 1746, was the first known poem written by a Black American. Terry was enslaved in Rhode Island as a toddler, but became free at age 26 after marrying a free Black man.

Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter, was the first novel published by an African American, in 1853. It was written by abolitionist and lecturer William Wells Brown.

– from Oprah magazine

🔥 Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. – Joan Crawford (My contribution to and acknowledgement of Valentine’s Day.)

🏛 Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson (My contribution to and acknowledgement of President’s Day.)

⛸ Time To Skate…

Since tomorrow is a heavy work day, it’s time for me to slide over to another lane. See you tomorrow with whatever I can come up with, but until then, stay safe, stay evolving, and stay not tossing in the towel. You have people depending on you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF-gQP91iIE