What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts, recaps, and the whole GH enchilada on Fridays)
General Hospital
Sonny says, if Nina can bury the hatchet with Drew, maybe she can do the same with him. She says, absolutely notā¦ Thereās no hatchet to bury. Everything that went wrong is on her. He says, not everything, and she says, almost everything. When she finally told him the truth, it was too late. Their relationship was founded on a mirage named Mike. Mike never really existed. Sonny says, he did and he cared, and Nina says, she canāt forgive and forget because thereās nothing to forgive and she doesnāt want to forget. He says, there are a few things he can forget, and they laugh. She says she wants him to be happy and he says he wants the same for her. She says, heās happy being a father, and if Ava and Scotty are stupid enough to approach her, sheāll tell them that sheāll testify against him, then blindside them with examples of how great a father he is. He asks if sheās trying to make him fall in love with her again, and she tells him, good luck with Ava. She hopes he gets custody for Averyās sake.
At the pool, Josslyn finds Gio daydreaming and tells him that people are waiting for towels. He runs to assist them, while Carly brings a pina colada to Lois. Lois says, Carly and Sonnyā¦ she can pretend nothing is going on and itās none of her businessā¦ Carly says, she could accept itās none of her business, but itās good to see her. She thanks Lois for bringing Gio to Port Charles, and Lois says she asks him to play one wedding and he falls in love with the entire town. Carly says, Olivia hired him, but she thinks he’s a great kid, and Lois says she wants to make sure his future is bright. Gio comes back and tells Josslyn that it wonāt happen again, but she says, her mom doesnāt care. She asks if everything is okay, and he says, itās fine, except he may have overstayed his welcome.
Valentin asks Anna to come with him. They belong together. She says, they have no time to talk. He needs to take Charlotte and disappear. He says heās ready to go except for her. He knows she wants to. She just put her life on the line to warn him. She says, for Charlotte. She needs her father in her life. If it was just him, sheād let Cates take him. He says, she wouldnāt. Sheād face charges too, but sheās here because she loves him almost as much as he loves her. She can disappear as easily as he can. Come with him and theyāll start a new life together.
John yells, open up or heās coming in, and Jason opens the door. John asks, what took so long? and Jason says, this is where he lives. They should talk at the warehouse. John (whoās becoming more of an a-hole every time he opens his mouth, which is a shame since heās sooo good looking) says, theyāll talk where and when he wants on whatever subject he chooses. Jason forgets he holds all the cards. Jason says, how can he when John reminds him every ten minutes? and John says, Jason will do what he says, or Carly pays the price.
Nina says, she was warned about Ava over and over again. She should have listened. Sonny says he should have taken his own advice. Why did he think he could rely on Ava and let her in? Nina says she wonders why too, but he doesnāt owe her any explanation. He says, because of Avery. Heās very protective of his childrenās mothers, even Ava. She says, itās a very Mike thing to do, and he says, Mike is a great guy. She says, Mike has great taste in women, and Sonny says, the other reason was because he was so messed up over losing her. She says, for what itās worth (š·), she was messed up too. Sheās better now. He says heās glad to hear it. Heāll see her later. She says, what about him? Howās he feeling? He says heās ready for anything, and she says, such as? He says, not letting anyone take advantage of him, and she says, there he is. She wants all the best for him. He says he wants all the best for her too, and leaves.
Josslyn asks if someone said something unwelcoming, but Gio says, itās nothing like that. Donāt look. His Aunt Loisā¦ She says, Lois is always going on and on about how great he is, and he says, sheās always been his biggest fan, but she suggested he go back home. She says, that makes no sense. Lois brought him to Port Charles.
Anna says, Valentin wants her to leave her life and be a fugitive, but she doesnāt want to live like that. He says, but itās okay for Charlotte, and she says, itās not ideal, but sheāll have her father. Heās her entire family. She left Robin once and wonāt again. Sheās not sacrificing her time with Noah and Emma for ā she tears up ā any reason. So unless heās planning on turning her inā¦ He says heād never do that. When the FBI comes, heāll be long gone, but theyāre going to connect the dots. She says, dots arenāt proof, and there wonāt be any proof, but he says, prison is no place for a cop, especially an ex-WSB agent. Donāt throw her life away. Come with him. She kisses him and says sheās sorry. She loves him, but canāt go with him.
Natalia is waiting for Sonny at the penthouse and says sheās sorry. His housekeeper said she could wait. He asks what sheās doing here, and she says she knows heās upset with her and has every reason to be. Her comments did nothing but cause trouble for Allison and Kristina. Sonny says he doesnāt like what she said, but Ava was the one who used it and made it national news to get back at him. She, Allison, and Kristina are collateral damage. She says, thatās why sheās here. For Allisonā¦ Blaze rather.
Geo tells Josslyn that Lois lined up a gig for him as a session musician in Manhattan. He knows. First world problems. She says, what a monster. Maybe she just wants to get him back to New York. She was a music manager and knows what sheās talking about. Maybe she thinks itās a nice opportunity. Gio says, that has to be it. Why else would she want him to leave?
Lois tells Carly that thereās nothing Gio canāt play. He once played a slow version of AC/DCās Back In Black for her and had her sobbing. Carly says she heard Sonny paid for Gioās music education, and Lois says, he did. Camilla was a cousin of the Cerullos from Italy. She was a violinist like Gio and came to America to play with the New York Philharmonic. She was there 6 months and fell in love with Francis Palmieri. He was as handsome as Gio, but was already scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan. They had a whirlwind romance and eloped. It wasnāt until after he left, she found out she was pregnant with Gio. But before she was able to tell Francis about the baby, she found out he was killed in action.
Valentin asks if thereās nothing he can say, and Anna says, donāt even try. He asks if sheās afraid heāll convince her, but she says, no. It was just hard to say no once. Whatās Charlotteās ETA? He says, sheāll be here soon, and Anna says she has to ask. Does he have contingencies in place? Money, cash, new IDs? He says, theyāll be fine, and they both wipe tears away. She says, he was always going to be fine. He was set financially with ELQ and enjoyed the work. Charlotte was happy in school, and he built a good life. Why risk it all for Pikeman? What happened? He says, she did.
John says he needs Jason to turn over any and all information about Sonny, but Jason says, that wasnāt the deal. The deal was to get information about Pikeman, not Sonny. John says, Sonny is in the purview of the investigation because he was involved with Pikeman, and Jason says, let him make this clear. Heās not answering any questions about Sonny. John sighs (because itās catching) and asks how Jason can be loyal when Sonny tried to kill him. When Jason came back and didnāt fall in line and assume his place in Sonnyās organization, Sonny tried to take him out. Jason asks, then why is he still here? and John says, because the guys Sonny hired arenāt as good as him. Sonny is only about Sonny. He uses people and discards them. He used Jason and discarded him. He literally destroyed Jasonās life. Jason says, Sonny didnāt destroy his life. John did. (Truth!)
Maxie goes to Ninaās office wanting to discuss the timetable for Deceptionās ad campaign. She wonders if they should continue with No One Cancels Love campaign or put it behind them and move forward. Thoughts? Nina says, Sonny was just here, and they had a good conversation. He was like his old self. Maxie asks what he wanted, and Nina says, to bury the hatchet. Maxie says, in who? (ha-ha! thatās actually what Iād say) and Nina says she told him there was no hatchet to bury. Itās not like they want to fight anymore. Maxie says, not to open old wounds, but does Nina want Sonny back? and Nina says, sheāll always have feelings for Sonny and always love him, but sheās not hopelessly, desperately in love with him. Sheās stronger now and sheās finally ready to move on.
Carly says, itās so sad. Gioās parents had such little time and Francis never got to know his son. Lois says, the family was heartbroken and rallied around Camilla. Sonny was in town and wanted to make sure Camilla was okay. She went back to playing after she had Gio, but just when they thought Gio and Camilla would finally get their happy ever after, Camilla died. Gio was ten at the time and had already started his musical education. It was expensive, so Lois reached out to Sonny. Of course (š·) he agreed, and paid for everything, even Gioās two years at Fordham. Then Gio got a scholarship at PCU. Carly says she gets that Sonny is generous, but she doesnāt understand why he never mentioned Gio to her.
Anna asks how long Valentin has been involved with Pikeman, and he says heās always been aware of them, even in the planning stages, which included the head of the WSB. They wanted her on the ops team so they could look legit. Anna says she had questions, but wasnāt in a position to know, and Valentin says, they just wanted to get the ten million to form a money funnel for the weapons. He resigned as a traitor, but kept in touch with Pikeman. They liked his expertise, and he liked the money. When Anna busted Brennan, it created a vacuum. She says she knows why he couldnāt, but she wishes heād told her, and he says he does too. She asks when he was going to that, and he says, maybe during the brief window when they were openly in love and said they trusted one another. Ā
Jason says heās been risking his life. He lived in hell when the people he loved thought he was dead. John says, he could have let Carly take her chances, but Jason chose to be an informant the way Carly chose to present herself as mob leadership. The only one who never had to pay was Sonny. He destroys lives and right now, heās using his money and power to take Avery away from her mother. The woman is terrified. Jason says, Ava Jerome? Heād think twice about believing anything that woman has to say.
Natalie says, they worked so hard on Blazeās career, and she trashed it in an instant by saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. Sonny says, itās what she meant, and she says sheās painfully aware of the effect of her words on their daughters. Kristina made her thoughts on the subject spectacularly clear. She can see both Kristinaās mom and Sonny in her, and she had it coming. Even though she may not join a parade anytime soon, itās clear Blaze and Kristina love each other. He says heās happy sheās seeing clearly, but she says, too little too late. The damage is done, and she canāt say she blames them if they never speak to her again. He asks if she wants him to be a go-between, but she says, thereās not much she can do about her relationship with her daughter, but she can save her career.
Maxie asks, what happened? Nina was hellbent on getting Sonny back. Nina says she hates to say it, but Ava was right about her and Sonny. She was so desperate to hold on to their relationship, but their lives donāt fit. They never did. Maxie says, wow. Forgive her, but itās about time Nina realized. She wanted to be wrong. Itās been known to happen. Nina says, the worst part is, Carly was right. Theyāre not special, and she feels like an idiot. The worst part was that she was turning herself into the perfect woman for Sonny, instead of holding onto who she is. Although a lot of people consider her the worst. Maxie says sheās not one of them.
Sonny asks if thatās why Natalia is here. She wants him to help save Blazeās career. She says, Sonny was in the music business and owned L&B records in the 90ās, and he says he invested. The founder was an old friend, someone he was in love with. Natalia says, so for personal reasons, not unlike now for Kristina. If he invests in Blazeās career, theyāll put the money toward releasing a new album and new material on a private label. There are so many indie labels now, it will take money to get noticed. Sheād put every dime she has into it, but itās not enough. Thatās why sheās here. He says, she wants him to bankroll a brand-new record label?
Valentin looks out the window, and says, it crossed his mind to tell Anna, and she says, before or after he took over? He says, before, when they were in love and claiming to trust each other. She asks why he didnāt, and he says he didnāt want to force her into a position to arrest him. She says, yet here we are, and he says, sheās not arresting him and sheās letting him go. She says, before he does that, Cates got ahold of five yearsā worth of correspondence between her and Brennan, all fabricated. Valentin says, that was him, but he was careful. So careful not to say anything that would hold up as evidence. Just red herrings to make John believe they were talking about Pikeman. Just a diversion. Heād never incriminate her. She says, he loves her, but still couldnāt resist using her.
John asks if Jason is so far gone that anyone who speaks out against Sonny is lying, but Jason says, trust him. Ava can take care of herself. John says, he sounds like Sonny. Jason got his and the hell with the rest of the world. Jason tells him, thatās not what he said at all, and John says, the Jason he knew was a good guy. Do the right thing and give him something he can use to bust Sonny so Ava can keep her kid. Jason asks, since when does the FBI concern itself with custody battles? And John says, Sonny has to be stopped before he wrecks his daughterās life like heās wrecked other lives. Admit Sonny tried to kill him. Jason says he has nothing on Sonny, and he looks at the clock. He gets the phone from the fire escape, and says, but he does have this. Itās Valentinās phone and proof heās the one running Pikeman. John asks if heās sure itās Valentin and not Anna, and he says, itās Valentin. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of recordings, including the facilitation of illegal arms transports. John asks where he got it, and Jason asks if he really wants to know. John asks how long heās had it, and Jason says, a few hours. John asks why Jason didnāt tell him sooner, and Jason says, John was so busy trying to get him to flip on Sonny, he couldnāt talk. John makes a call and says he wants all units at 2100 Belleforest Drive now.
Gio tells Josslyn that maybe he should go home and take the gig. Lois went through a lot of trouble and it would be rude to turn her down. Josslyn asks what he wants to do. The people who love them and want whatās best for them can still be wrong. He says, what if theyāre the ones who are right? but she says, nobody learns from the right decisions. Itās up to them to figure out their own lives and what makes them happy.
Sonny says he doesnāt know anything about the music business, but Natalia says she does. He says, itās risky, but she says, his investment will make a hundredfold when Blaze is touring. He says, if sheās successful, and Natalia says, she will be. She knows she can run a new label. He asks what Blaze thinks, but she says, Blaze doesnāt know yet. Even if Blaze never forgives her, she believes in Blazeās talent and knows sheās a star. If Sonny says, no, donāt worry. Sheāll accept it and no one will ever know he turned her down. He says heās in.
Maxie says sheās proud of Nina. She wanted a relationship with Sonny, but realized there was no future in pretending she was the Nina that Sonny wanted. Nina says, she couldnāt swing it. Itās all on her. Maxie says, so much for girl power. Even though sheās sorry it happened, Nina got some wisdom. Nina says sheās not sure about that, and Maxie asks if sheās talking about the Drew situation. Nina says, theyāve gone through so many stages. From loathing to not exactly mutual respect, but theyāre able to help each other now.
Valentin says heās sorry he used her, and Anna says, heād do it again. He says, that doesnāt mean heās not sorry. The problem is, any good in him is because of her. She says, thatās not true. He has a good heart. Sheās been here too long. As soon as Charlotte gets back, he has to take her and leave. He takes her hand and says, she canāt go with him, he knows that, but tell him that she wants to even if itās not true. She says, if she could, she would go with him in a heartbeat. She cries a little, and he asks if she means that. She says, heāll never know, when the door opens. Charlotte says she came as soon as she couldā¦ Whatās wrong?
Natalia asks if Sonny just said yes, and he says, absolutely. They laugh, and she says she canāt thank him enough. He says, one condition. No one is to know heās doing this. She says, okay, but sheās used to working with people who want credit, and he says he wants Brook to have credit. Brook is in charge. Thatās his offer. Take it or leave it.
Nina says, being a good citizen, sheās giving it her all to make sure Drew is elected, and Maxie says, how civic minded. Nina says she does believe in Drew, and heās helping her with Willow. Willow reached out and wanted to talk to her, mother and daughter, for the first time. Maxie says, thatās amazing. Sheās happy for Nina. Nina says, thereās a chance Willow might let her be a part of her life. She canāt mess it up. If Willow is convinced Drew needs to be elected, sheāll support him for her.
Jason goes to the pool and asks if Gio is the one who played the violin at Brookās wedding. Gio says he did, and heās Jason Morgan. Is he looking for Miss Spencer? She was just here. Can he get Jason something while he looks for her? Jason asks how Gio would know, and Gio says, Josslyn said to treat him like a VIP, but Jason says, only Joss and her mom do that. He enjoyed Gioās playing. Gio thanks him and says heāll find Carly, but Jason says, itās okay. He sees her right now. It was nice to meet him. Jason goes over to Carly, who asks, what brings him here? He says, itās done, and she says, what? He says he gave the FBI what they wanted. If Cates keeps his word, theyāre freed.
John shows up at Valentinās house with some men. They draw their guns, and he says, 3ā¦ 2ā¦ 1ā¦ mark! They bust in, and John yells, FBI! Down on the ground! One of the men says, the bedrooms are clear, and John says, fan out and search. (I say, wah-wah.)
Outside in her car, Anna smiles.
This kinda, sorta brought tears to my eyes. I rarely invest in the couples, since most of the time thereās zero chemistry, but I love Anna and Valentin together.
Tomorrow, Blaze says, any hope of reviving her music career is gone; Carly asks Jason to promise her something; and Sonny tells Brook that his and Nataliaās plan depends on her.
šŖ Thereās a Camel In My Soupā¦
What happened in Dubai. It was pointed out in an interview that you could get arrested for arguing in public, but it didnāt stop Taleen.
As NeNe once said, stay out of womenās business. At least when youāre the husband of one of the Housewives.
š° Spiraling LAā¦
Tracy says, the market is sh*t, and JoshA says, in this market, you donāt sleep. Closets to die for, bigger than my first apartment. JoshF dressed as a shark. Read on for this weekās Listings.
š Tag This Lineā¦
Tamra works being rude like itās a second job.
šø VanderWTFā¦
What is wrong with this guy? The average sociopath has better social skills.
To make it even creepier.
Not surprising that he backpedaled. Dude. Cut Sandoval loose already.
šæ The Internet Is Evilā¦
This is exactly what I hate about the internet. I canāt fathom whatās in peopleās heads to justify this sort of behavior. I donāt care if sheās the freaking Elephant Man. Thereās just no reason for it. The only conclusion I can come to is that they hate themselves and are taking it out on someone who is making the most of what they have and doing well with it.
š Cringing In Plathvilleā¦
This was just so uncomfortable. As usual, he whined and she was stone cold, her big blue eyes filled with tears.
Seriously, I was shifting around in my chair.
š¦ Furred and Feathered Fringes Of Fameā¦
All I can think of when I see things like this is the woman who got her face ripped off by the pet chimp. By no means does this make the chimp bad. Heās just being the animal he is and proving he is not a pet, but belongs in the wild or a sanctuary. Tiger King was eye-opening, as well as trainwreck entertaining, so Iāll be watching this for sure.
https://people.com/tonia-haddix-subject-of-tiger-king-director-new-series-chimp-crazy-8678996
An interesting tributary.
https://people.com/pets/alan-cumming-missing-chimpanzee-costar-found-moved-to-rescue/
š¦ Hottest new couple.
https://people.com/zoo-tries-to-save-endangered-macaw-species-with-love-match-8679024
š¤·š½āāļø Summer Of Ambiguityā¦
Stop in tomorrow for soap and less than nine oranges in a bowl. Until then, stay safe, stay steering away from political discussion at get togethers of all kinds (my neighbor recently had a near fistfight at a family party), and stay knowing that the people who love you and want whatās best for you can still be wrong. Even if theyāre right, nobody learns from the right decisions.
What I Watched - TV With Theresa 