(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Looks like we’ll be getting a new episode tomorrow. Barring all unforeseen trials and/or tragedies. If you missed today, it was posted on February 11th, and you can find it here:
Tomorrow, Cyrus says winds of change will be blowing at General Hospital, Sonny tells Phyllis that it felt like someone was important to him, and Nina wants the whole world to know what Carly and Jax did.
🐴 I saw the last half hour of The Real Housewives of Dallas, and it was much of the same old. Kary had invited the women for a weekend at an estate in Austen. Apparently, D’Andra had been saying Kary was a bully behind her back, and Kary called her out for it at dinner. D’Andra offered to leave if Kary didn’t like it, and Kary didn’t disagree. Zzzz… I think Kameron should have a box in the corner where she does diagrams of whatever’s going on, like the people who do signing for speeches. This show needs something to perk it up. I thought it was Tiffany, but she ended up breaking down in tears at the table, instead of force-feeding everyone chicken feet.
🤵🏼 Scotty Gets Real…
A glimpse into the private life of Port Charles’s favorite lawyer.
I hope you’re watching Big Sky. It won’t be back again until April 13th, but you can catch up On Demand. It’s well worth your time. Whether you take me up on that or not, stay safe, stay assertive without being aggressive, and stay choosing not to air your gripes during a group dinner.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Curtis punches the heavy bag, when a guy asks when he’ll be done. He says, 15 minutes, and the guy tells him that he said that 15 minutes ago. Curtis gets angry, and calling him dumbass, and telling him, he already said when he was going to be done.
Jordan has tea with Anna at the MetroCourt. Anna says, it’s long overdue, and Jordan says it’s not too late for Anna to change her mind about a bridal shower, with all the trimmings. Anna says she’s sure Jordan would do a bang-up job, but she prefers the lowkey approach.
Jackie goes the reception desk at the hospital, and says she’s there for Sasha’s medical records, telling the nurse that Sasha called ahead with her approval. The nurse says everything seems to be in order, and gives her the file. Finn sees Jackie, and asks why she needs Sasha’s records. She says, not that it’s any of his business, but she’s doing an interview with Sasha. Finn asks if she finds that necessary. Everything isn’t a story. Haven’t Sasha and Chase’s lives cost them enough?
At the MetroCourt, Chase tells Sasha that he’s having second thoughts about her doing an interview with his mom. Sasha asks, why? She enjoyed meeting Jackie; she’s great. Chase says, she’s also known for her tough questions. Has Sasha really thought through going public? She says she knows what she’s doing, and she needs to let Michael and Willow know what’s coming their way.
Willow tells Michael, it’s a strange concept. Once they file the papers, their marriage will have never existed. They both know that’s not true. He says, it’s a legal maneuver so you don’t have to worry about dividing up property. They took so much time making the decision, it never occurred to him to think about what the next step would be; separate lives and separate living spaces. She says it’s time for her to start thinking about moving out, and he says, it’s the next logical step. She tells him that she has an appointment to look at an apartment.
Nina tells Jax, she and Carly will never be best friends, but she respects any woman who fights for the people she cares about. She’d do the same. Jax says he really appreciates how clearly Nina sees things. She recognized Valentin’s agenda for what it is, and also understands that Carly being in trouble is a difficult trigger for him to ignore.
Bobbie says she doesn’t blame Ava for being angry. She loves her daughter, but at times Carly is her own worst enemy. However, Bobbie has no doubt the two of them can be the adults in the room. Ava says, an adult perspective; how refreshing. Bobbie says, the surest way to get Carly to dig in her heels is to confront her directly. Ava can’t go after her daughter.
Carly sneaks into Avery’s room, and immediately sees the necklace, placed conveniently in the dollhouse. Carly says, she’s so sorry, but Avery will never know the difference. She looks at the necklaces, and starts to put one back, but hears a noise, and drops them. Nikolas asks if she’s looking for something.
Curtis wants to start a fight with the guy, but Portia tells him, stop it. Let the man use the bag. She asks Curtis what this is about. It’s not like him to fight over trivial things. He says he doesn’t feel like himself nowadays. It was a tough week. She asks how she can help, but he says she’s a doctor, not a mind reader. She says she’s a friend offering to help. Talk to her. What’s going on? He wonders what kind of P.I. he is, when he can’t even tell when his wife is lying. It’s the very nature of his job. The objective is to get the truth, no matter how many people want to keep it a secret. Jordan has lied many times, but for some reason, he missed the clues. Portia says, that’s because he’s looking at Jordan from the point-of-view of a husband, not a P.I., and he says he had this crazy idea that couples confide in each other. Jordan has lied so many times – about her health, her past with Cyrus, TJ’s kidnapping – at some point, he realized her first instinct will always be to lie. Portia says she doesn’t know, and he says he doesn’t either, but what he does know is, he’s not okay with it anymore. He needs something to change.
Anna tells Jordan, she’s been thinking about words for her and Finn that mean something. She’s done the traditional vows before, and learned the hard way that they don’t always apply. Does Jordan have any ideas? Jordan says Anna shouldn’t come to her for marriage advice. She’s barely holding on to her own marriage.
Willow tells Michael, she wants the transition to be as smooth as possible, and he says he doesn’t want Wiley to feel like he’s missing out on anything with them not being together. Before she moves, they should take turns putting Wiley to bed separately, and having separate rituals. He says, not that it’s not a great idea, but they can still tuck Wiley in together. She says, of course (🍷); it’s settled. Now she’s off to look at apartments. She leaves, and Michael ponders.
Nikolas asks if Carly minds explaining herself, and Carly says she and Ava had a disagreement. She came up there to cool off, and was checking out Avery’s dollhouse. Nikolas says, right. She can explain herself to Ava. He takes the necklace from her, and she sees the other one on the floor.
Bobbie tells Ava, she knows Carly is trying to be strong for the family, but her husband has been presumed dead. She’s a wreck inside. While most people would want to curl up, Carly’s instinct is to come out fighting. Then there was the shock of Ava taking Avery. Ava says, it shouldn’t be a shock. Avery is her daughter and belongs with her. Bobbie says her point is, Carly overreacts on a good day. Now she’s hurting and defensive. Nikolas comes back with Carly, and says he found Carly in Avery’s room looking for this. He holds out the necklace, and Ava says, really?Well, well, well. Bobbie had no interest in being the adult in the room. Ava knows this con; Bobbie was the distraction. What she doesn’t understand is, why all this fuss over a little girl’s necklace?
Sasha arrives at the Quartermaines, and tells Michael, surprise. She should have texted, but it couldn’t wait. She hopes he and Willow have time to talk. He says, Willow is running some errands, and she says, then she’ll tell him, and he can tell Willow. She’s doing an interview with Jackie Templeton on national television. He says, it will be great PR for Deception, but what does it have to do with them? She says, the interview isn’t about Deception. She wishes it was that simple. The rumors about her drug use and hospitalization are circulating, and she thinks the best thing is for her to tell all on camera. The interview is about her overdose, and what led up to it, including the lies she told.
Jackie thanks Finn for his vote of confidence, but she didn’t go after Sasha. Chase asked her to do it. They want to get Sasha’s version out to the public before it’s torn apart. She called in some favors, and they’re doing GMA 3 tomorrow. Finn asks if Chase explained the origin of the problem, and she says, how they staged an affair to push Michael and Willow together to assure Michael got custody of his son. He says, when they came up with the plan, he tried to talk Chase out of it, but he was so determined for Wiley’s sake. Finn begged Chase to tell the truth, but he wouldn’t listen. She says, wow. His view of telling the truth has evolved. When he was Chase’s age, it wasn’t so black and white. He guesses he’s matured. He doesn’t take things at face value the way he used to. She asks if that’s supposed to alarm her, and he says, no, as long as she didn’t lie about who Chase’s father is. She asks if he really wants to get into this now; maybe it’s too late. He tells her not to do that. He just wants to talk. She’d told him that Chase is his brother, not his son, but the dates don’t add up. Did she do a DNA test? She says, no, and he says, so she never ruled out the possibility that Chase is his son. He guesses she’s not the only one who doesn’t want to know the truth.
Willow comes into the gym, and Chase says, it’s good to see her. She says, him too, and he asks if Sasha found her and Michael. She says she hasn’t seen Sasha, and he says Sasha must have just missed her. She was determined to find them before tomorrow. Willow asks what she’s missing, and he says, Sasha asked his mom to conduct a tell-all about everything she’s been going through. Willow says, that’s brave of Sasha to expose herself like that, and Chase says, Sasha doesn’t want negative attention brought to Wiley’s adoption. Willow tells him that she and Michael actually signed the annulment papers. They’re still Wiley’s parents legally, but they’re no longer husband and wife. He doesn’t know what to say. He knows they were talking about it, but why now? She says they agreed it’s time. They both need to see what’s on the other side of their marriage.
Nina tells Jax, when you’re married to someone, and become close, you find yourself repeating the same patterns. He promises he’ll be more judicious regarding when Carly actually needs him. She has a tendency to overreact. Nina says she’d never fault him for being a good guy. Look at them; all alone, no one around, no one to rescue. However will they fill the time? Jax says he has a couple of ideas, and they hug.
Carly says she was planning a surprise for Avery until Ava derailed it, and had Josslyn give her the necklace. It occurred to her that she could borrow it, and continue with the surprise. Nikolas asks, what surprise? and Carly says, it’s no deep dark secret. They know Avery loves Donna, so she was going to have a copy of the necklace made, to connect Sonny’s daughters. Bobbie says, it’s a lovely gesture, but Nikolas asks Ava if she’s buying this. Ava says, of course (🍷) not.
Ava says she knows how important the necklace is to Avery, because it connects her to Sonny, and Carly knows if it went missing, Avery would be frantic. She doesn’t think Carly would do that. Nikolas suggests Carly would think faster if he called the police, and Bobbie says, that’s rich. He’s threatening Carly with the police for borrowing a necklace. Ava asks if she doesn’t know the difference between borrowing and stealing, and Carly asks if they call snooping in a dollhouse a criminal offense. Nikolas says she was wandering around without permission, which is trespassing, and Carly asks if Ava remembers the time she was searching Morgan’s room for his medication to replace it with a placebo. Nikolas faked his death, and blamed an innocent man for murder. Ava tells Carly to get out of her house, and count herself lucky that Avery loves her.
Jordan tells Anna that Curtis was beating himself up about Taggert, and Trina gave him hell for failing to save her dad every chance she got, and she said nothing. Anna says, it must have been hard to stand by and watch him suffer like that, and Jordan says, there’s plenty of suffering to go around. Curtis was devastated when he found out Taggert was alive. It might have been okay if it was the first time, but it was the latest in a series of lies. And not just about police business. She lied about being sick, and she lied when TJ was missing. The lie about Taggert seems to be the last straw. Curtis has had enough.
Portia says Curtis told her that he wants a change. In what way? He says he’s over P.I. work. He’s sick of trafficking, and all the lies. She suggests he look at it from a different angle. What would he do for a living if he wasn’t a P.I.? What if he hadn’t left law enforcement? He says he thought he’d collect his pension, then do something different. She says, picture a future alternate universe. Who does he see standing by his side? He says, Jordan, and she says, he seems to have already decided what he wants to change, and he’s not willing to give Jordan up. He thanks her, saying, she was always a good listener.
Michael tells Sasha, he’s watched Jackie’s interviews, and she can be brutal. Sasha says, Jackie is tough, but fair. She wants the real story, not a sanitized version. Sasha wanted Michael and Willow to hear it from her first. She’ll do her best to keep them out of it. She doesn’t want to tarnish the life their building together. Michael asks if Sasha can pretend, because he can’t, and she says she could never deny how important they were to each other. About what happened after… He says, she and Chase pretended to have an affair. Chase knows the history, and he can’t imagine Jackie would dig deep if her son was involved. She says, if Jackie does, she wants him to know she’ll protect Willow and Wiley. He says he knows it’s hard, but whatever comes out in the interview, he’ll take care of Wiley. As far as Willow goes… They signed the annulment papers. It was a mutual agreement; they thought it was time. The point is, he and Willow will be okay. What he wants to know is what she’s doing to protect herself. Going public and taking accountability, isn’t she afraid it will send her back to a dark place? She asks if he’s worried she’ll start using again, and he says, is she?
Willow comes into the gym, and Portia says she heard Willow is starting nursing school. She thinks it’s a terrific idea. If Willow needs anything, or help with her courses, let her know. They need dedicated nurses at GH. Willow says she’s excited about it, and Portia leaves. Chase says, she’s going to nursing school? and she tells him, teaching there made her start thinking about the next step. Maybe pediatric nursing. He says, good for her, and she asks if he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. He says he thinks it’s fantastic, but he’s so out sync with what’s going on in her life. He had no idea she was contemplating big changes. She says she thinks it’s time for a change, but has so much more to sort through. He says, with all the changes and sorting, he hopes there’s room for him. She says, her too.
Jackie asks if Finn really wants to have this conversation there now, and he says, sure; why not? He steers her to an examining room, and closes the door. She says, the location doesn’t matter; the conversation is irrelevant. Chase was born over 9 month after they slept together. There’s a remote chance he came late, and Finn could be his father. Technically it’s possible, but it’s more likely Chase was conceived after her wedding with Gregory. He asks if she doesn’t want to know for sure, and she says, what she does know is, when she told Gregory, he was over the moon. They spent time together, and built a life, falling deeper in love. He asks if it doesn’t bother her, and she says, not in the slightest. Finn disappeared from their lives. The baby grew to adore his father, and his father adored him. Chase is a man now, and loves his father, and Finn has a big brother who loves him. That’s all there is. Finn says, it matters to him.
Curtis gets take-out at the MetroCourt, and Anna tells Jordan that she thinks there’s something she’d prefer more than them getting a massage. Jordan asks what it is, and Anna says Jordan’s husband is picking up dinner. She thinks what Jordan is missing with him is more important. She tells Jordan, go over there; fight for him. She knows Jordan is scared she’ll be rejected, but she won’t know until she tries. Jordan says, wish her luck, and she goes over to Curtis. She says, please. She loves him. Please don’t shut her out.
Jax answers the door to Carly and Bobbie. Carly says she needs to talk to him now, and Nina says she’ll get some coffee. Carly and Bobbie come inside.
Michael says he’s not asking Sasha because he’s judging her, but because he cares. He still worries about her. She says she knows he’s not judging her, and it would be silly not to be honest with him. The first thing she was taught in drug abuse class was, even when they make the decision to quit, the desire doesn’t go away. She admits she still feels the pull, but she doesn’t act on it. She’s dedicated to counseling and sticking to the program. She, Maxie, and Lucy worked so hard to get Deception off the ground, and she almost single-handedly tanked it. She’s determined to live up to her promises, and doesn’t want to disappoint the people who gave her a second chance. He says, talking to him took guts, and he wants her to know that the people who know her, like him, are rooting for her. He thinks she’s going to make it through this and come out the other side.
Anna sees Finn and Jackie, but doesn’t make herself known. Finn tells Jackie, he deserves the truth, but she says he got more than he deserved. Chase is happy, and his brother loves him. He says, it’s not enough, and she says she has other priorities. If he thinks she’d take a DNA test behind Chase’s back that could potentially unravel his world, Finn can go straight to hell. Jackie gets into the elevator, and Anna approaches Finn.
Nikolas brings Ava a martini, and asks if she’s sure she wants to do this. She says she’s not doing it for Carly’s sake. Like it or not, Avery loves Carly. Avery just lost her father. She can’t cut Carly, Josslyn, and Donna out of Avery’s life; it’s not good for her. Sonny is gone, and can’t threaten her. Carly has to come to her for access, and she’d do well to remember that, hold her tongue, and not throw Ava’s past mistakes in her face.
Nina gives Bobbie some coffee, and Bobbie says she’s being gracious. Bobbie knows how it must look; them just showing up like a house on fire. Nina says she’s not threated by the bond between Jax and Carly. She’s impressed with Jax’s loyalty, and if he’s a source of comfort in Carly’s time of grief, she’s not going to stand in the way. On the terrace, Carly tells Jax about trying to switch the necklaces, so they weren’t a match. She says, then Nikolas walked in, and she doesn’t know if they have the right or wrong one. He asks why she’s telling him, and she says, it’s one complication too many. Sonny is missing, and presumed dead, and Cyrus is a threat. If Nina finds out Nelle was her daughter, it’s more than Carly can handle right now.
Michael takes Sasha’s hands, and she jumps up. He tells her, good luck. He’ll make sure to let Willow know. He says, even if he hates that she’s holding up her private life for public scrutiny, he’s not ashamed of having loved her. She says, she appreciates it, tells him goodbye, and leaves.
Anna says she walked in on quite the moment. Is Finn okay? He says he assumed Jackie got a DNA test on the baby, but she seems to think it would hurt Chase. That’s the last thing he wants to do. She asks what he’s going to do, but he doesn’t know. He’s spent almost 30 years believing something that may or not be true. Now he needs to know for sure if Chase is his brother or his son. He needs to know the truth. Will she help him get it?
Willow comes back, and says she has news to tell Michael. He says he has news too, and she says she ran into Chase at the gym. Sasha is doing a TV interview with his mom. Michael says he heard it from Sasha. She stopped by to give them a heads up. She’s going to do everything she can to make sure they’re not in the story, and focus on her drug abuse and subsequent recovery. Willow asks if he’s afraid of the story going to press, but he says he’s more worried about Sasha putting herself up to scrutiny. Willow agrees, and says, it’s gutsy for her to expose herself. He says, she’s hoping to help someone with the same issues. Willow says she hopes so too, and Michael says he’d hate to think it would backfire in her face.
Jordan tells Curtis, one night. Just them. No fighting; just them, being. They need to remind themselves of what they had. He says he’d like nothing more than to be lost in her; absolutely lost in their love. Because loving her is like breathing. She says, so he’s coming home with her? but he says, no. He can’t go with her. It’s killing him not being able to trust her.
Bobbie says, respect and understanding each other is the foundation of any lasting relationship, and Nina says she feels the same way. Bobbie says she can assure Nina, Carly respects their relationship too. She’ll never have to worry about Carly coming between them. Carly tells Jax, Ava looked so mad. Josslyn told her that Ava took the necklace, and she thought this was something she could fix. She should have known better. Not because she couldn’t switch the necklaces, but because it’s Ava. When she sees Ava, she thinks how Morgan would still be alive if not for her. Sonny is gone, and there’s so much loss. Jax says he’s worried about her, but she says she’s fine. He says, don’t give him that. She’s the most resilient person he’s ever known, but grief like that isn’t good. It’s not poetic, and he senses it’s blinding her and impairing her judgment. She says, that’s how she feels. Like she’s poking around in a fog, and he says, the next time she feels like tangling with Ava, call him first, and get a second opinion. She agrees, and they hug. Carly cries.
Nikolas says, Carly always has an ulterior motive. Isn’t Ava curious? Ava says, no. For once she’s not convinced about Carly’s motive. Carly is on the outside looking in, hungry for a few hours with Ava’s daughter. Ava has everything she needs right there; her beautiful little girl, and her very handsome husband. She doesn’t have to care about Carly. They hug, and Ava looks at the necklace in her hand behind his back.
Tomorrow, Michael says he doesn’t want Willow going anywhere, Jackie asks if the interview is still on, Nina asks if it’s damage control, Peter tells Dante that he’s about to earn his salary, and Obrecht says they have to act.
🐎 Since The Real Housewives of Dallas was rerun at 10:30, I could have conceivably watched it, but, Big Sky. IMO, it’s one of the best shows on TV, especially on one of the used-to-be big three networks. Tonight started their new season, or the second half of the first season, or whatever they’re calling it. I call it excellent. I’ll give a mini-cap of Dallas later in the week, although I did see the second half. For some reason beyond my comprehension, D’Andra took a wig on a stand with a face along on a girls trip. It actually seemed a little creepy. Even more so when she put a face shield on it. And can someone please tell me who these Chrisley Knows Best people are? Why do they have a TV show, and why does it seem to be on all the time? They’re cute and all, but I don’t get it.
See you at the corner of Orange County and Salt Lake. Until then, stay safe, stay keeping your head above water, and stay away from Avery’s dollhouse. It will just be one complication too many.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Cameron comes home, and tells Franco that he snagged the last piece of pie at Kelly’s, handing him the bag. Franco says he couldn’t eat a bite, let alone a piece. Cameron asks if it’s because of the cancer.
Someone bangs on Alexis’s door. She opens it to Valentin, who says, she lives. In a manner of speaking.
Tracy says, clearly, Olivia has something to say to her. So say it. Olivia says, fine. What really happened when Alexis drove off the road? Tracy says she really doesn’t want to get into this, and Olivia says, that’s too bad. Tracy says there’s more to the Alexis story than she’s letting on, but before they delve deeper, Olivia has to ask herself if she really wants to know. She left the details out because she wasn’t sure what good would come of them. Olivia says, whatever it is, she wants to know, and Tracy says, even if it’s painful to her and Ned? Olivia wonders what Alexis has to do with her and Ned, and Tracy says, the night she drove Alexis home from the MetroCourt, Alexis gabbed the whole way about Olivia and Ned, and their unconventional marriage. Olivia asks what that means, and Tracy says, her word is unconventional; Alexis’s word was a sham. Olivia says Alexis thinks their marriage is a sham? and Tracy says, apparently. And Alexis had some other choice words to describe Olivia. Olivia says, do tell, and Tracy hesitates. Olivia says she’s an adult and she can handle it. Tracy says, it contained, but wasn’t limited to, gold-digger, common, trash, and slut.
Valentin tells Alexis, he was knocking quite a while. He was starting to get worried. She says that’s because she finally fell asleep, and he sees the photo mess on the table. He asks if it’s an arts and crafts project, and she says, it’s purging of sorts. Let go of the reminders, and hopefully the memories will follow. She asks if he’d like a drink, but he says he’s got plans. She says she vaguely remembers those, and he asks if she’s drinking herself into oblivion. She says she’s nowhere near oblivion, but goals are important. She was a planner not long ago; a planner of career, family, and partnerships. But all those partnership plans make you really reconsider your commitment to the concept. Valentin says maybe she should consider scaling down her plans, but she says, go big or go home. He says, speaking of plans, he has one this evening. There’s a knock at the door, and she says, oh goody. Another intervention? He says, nope, and answers the door to Martin, saying, it’s the cavalry.
Cameron asks if he’s missing something. He brought Franco food, and Franco said he wasn’t hungry. It’s literally never happened the entire time he’s known Franco. Franco says, he’s kind of stuffed. He ate a monster burrito the size of a human head, and he’s not hungry. He didn’t mean to worry Cameron. Cameron apologizes for going all code red, and Franco wonders why. He says next time he’ll be all like, so thoughtful of you. Please put it in the refrigerator so I can enjoy it later this evening. He hands Cameron the bag, and Cameron takes it to the kitchen. Franco asks how he is. He’s got a lot going on for a kid his age. Looking after his mom and brothers, he’s a high school senior, so there’s girls, soccer, other girls, the mail. Franco picks up an envelope, and says, this would be for Cameron from the admissions office of Stanford university.
Jason goes to Britt’s office, and asks if it’s a good time. She says, it’s as good a time as any, but she’s not sure about the place with Cyrus lurking around. He says, Cyrus isn’t the problem, and she says, since when? He says, since Cyrus has been dealing with some difficulties. She says, that’s vague. Care to share. He says, her first.
After talking on the phone to Terry about Franco’s treatment, Elizabeth runs into Sam. She asks what Sam is doing at the hospital, and Sam says she’s picking up Lucas. Did she just hear Elizabeth right? Elizabeth says, it depends on what she heard, and Sam asks if she heard brain tumor, as in the brain tumor. Elizabeth says, this isn’t the place, but Sam wants to go somewhere and discuss it. Elizabeth steers her to another area, and says her private conversation is none of Sam’s business. Sam says it is her business. It’s everybody’s business if Franco’s brain tumor is back. Isn’t it? Elizabeth says, it is, but don’t jump to conclusions. It’s not like it was before. Sam says, like when Franco went on a murdering spree before? Elizabeth says, there are other factors complicating Franco’s diagnosis, but Sam says, things are already complicated enough. Elizabeth says she knows Sam is scared, but Sam says Elizabeth doesn’t understand. The last time, Franco made her believe he’d raped her and she’d gotten pregnant. She was one of the lucky ones; she survived. Elizabeth says, it’s not like last time, and walks away. Sam says, really? Everyone could be in danger, including Elizabeth and her children.
Franco tells Cameron, the envelope is kind of thin, and Cameron asks if he thinks that’s bad. Franco says he doesn’t know. In this day and age, he doesn’t know why they don’t send an email. Cameron takes the envelope, and Franco says, it’s also kind of early. Cameron says he applied for an early decision, and Franco asks if his mom knows that. Cameron says he didn’t tell her; he didn’t tell anyone. Franco says, check him out; a man of mystery. Cameron says she doesn’t even know he applied to the west coast, and Franco asks if he told anyone. Cameron says, no, and Franco says, not even his friends? That wouldn’t be because he’s afraid they’d think less of him if he wasn’t accepted at Stanford University? That would be ridiculous. And it would be a lie because of Cameron. Franco couldn’t possibly think little of him. He thinks a lot of Cameron, and it’s a problem. He’s going to have a freakishly large head, and chicks will think that’s weird. Cameron says he’ll try his best.
Nina tells Jax, this is unexpected, and he says, not unwelcome, he hopes. She asks if he’s insane. Her incredibly handsome boyfriend, with the beyond sexy Australian accent just told her that he loves her. It’s the worst day ever. He says, but something still seems off? Was it too soon? She says, no, and he says, not soon enough? It’s been on his mind for a while, but he was searching for the perfect moment. She says they’ve been skirting disaster for months now, but he says, it shouldn’t matter. He should know that when you tell someone you love them, you don’t need to dress it up. You say it because you feel it, when you feel it, and he’s felt it for a long time. Does she forgive him? She says, for what? and he says, being inexcusably late. They kiss.
Alexis asks Valentin who this person is, and why they’re in her living room. Martin thanks her for the warm reception, and Valentin says, he’s Martin Grey, his personal attorney. He’s tasked Martin with representing her for her DUI charge. She says, that’s very kind, but she already has representation. Valentin says, Diane? and she says, no. Martin says he agreed to help in exchange for Valentin rescuing his mother. He didn’t agree to work a minor miracle on a lost cause. Alexis points out that she’s right there, and says she has the matter well-handled. Valentin says, does she? and she says she has the defense drawn up. Valentin says she sounds confident, and she says she lost her license to practice because she was indiscreet, not because she was bad at her job. Valentin says, then he’s sure her defense will stand up to peer review. She doesn’t mind if Martin takes a look, does she?
Tracy tells Olivia, she had no idea Alexis was harboring such vicious feelings. Olivia says, she was pretty drunk, and had to be cut off at the bar. She wasn’t thinking straight. Tracy says, that’s the problem; a drunk Alexis has no filter. A drunk Alexis says what she thinks, decorum and everyone else be damned. Olivia asks if Tracy thinks Alexis actually believes she’s a gold-digging slut, and Tracy says, Alexis has failed in every aspect of her life. She’s casting about, looking for someone to ride her ship. What about good old reliable Ned? Olivia says, what about he’s married? Tracy says, so? Alexis is convinced Olivia isn’t good enough for him. She’s terrified if Olivia doesn’t keep them apart, Alexis will convince Ned too. Ned comes downstairs.
Ned asks if Sam and Lucas are there yet? Leo is getting a little antsy. Tracy says, of course (🍷) he is. It’s the celebration of his official entrance into the Quartermaine clan.Julian Jerome, buh-bye. Ned says, mother… and Tracy says, Julian may have provided the DNA, but he provides the love and security. He’s Leo’s father. She asks if Olivia doesn’t agree, and Olivia says, of course (🍷) she does. Leo loves Ned very much.It’s not going to make him forget Julian, but it will make it a lot easier. Ned leaves to check on something in the kitchen, and Tracy tells Olivia not to give credence to anything Alexis said. Olivia says, she doesn’t. People have been calling her a slut since she was a pregnant teenager. She’s been waiting for gold-digger since she and Ned started dating. She’s surprised it took so long. Tracy tells her, don’t give it a second thought. She’s more than good enough for Ned. More than good enough for all of them. Olivia says, but she’s not good enough for the truth. Whatever Alexis said hurts, but it doesn’t fill in the holes in Tracy’s story. What is Tracy not telling her?
Jason looks in a microscope, and tells Britt, it’s been a long time since he took organic chemistry. Britt says, he took organic chemistry? And he says, so he’s been told. What is he looking at? She says what’s left of her friend Mortimer’s grey matter. He was a lab rat. He asks if she always names her test subjects, but she says she tries not to, for fear of introducing bias. The last thing she wants is empathizing with it. This one just screamed Morty. He asks what Morty did for her, and she says, gorged on a steady flow of Cyrus’s wonder drug. She wanted to see if his claims of its potency are legit, and are they ever. It opens the dopamine floodgates like nothing she’s ever seen before. He asks when Cyrus put it on the market, and she says, he didn’t. He asks if he has her passing the stuff to the staff to use on the patients, and she says, excuse me? What is he accusing her of?
Sam tells Elizabeth, if the tumor comes back, so does the behavior, but Elizabeth says, she doesn’t think so. There have been no signs; no aggressive thoughts or tendencies. There’s been zero evidence that the tumor is affecting Franco the same way. Sam says, so it is affecting him in some way?
Franco asks if Cameron is going to open it or what. Franco offers to give him some privacy, if he wants to be alone, but Cameron says he was thinking of waiting for his mom. Franco says, it’s grown-up mail, and Cameron’s call. He thinks she’d want to be there for the moment. Cameron says, if it’s a good moment, and Franco says, on the flipside, she wouldn’t want him to spontaneously combust while he was waiting. Cameron asks if Franco has his back, and Franco says, no; he’s on his own. Just kidding. Franco has his back. Cameron says, okay then, let’s go, and opens the envelope. Franco hears Peter’s voice saying, please be Drew Cane.
Nina says, only Jax would apologize for telling a woman he loves her, but he says, no; for not saying it sooner. She says, the right time never existed, with her being preoccupied with Valentin, and Sasha, and Nelle, and looking for her daughter. No wonder he couldn’t find an opening; there wasn’t one. He says, but he’s not wrong, is he? There’s a little hesitation on her part. She says, he’s not wrong, but it’s not what he’s thinking, or what she thinks he’s thinking, if that’s what he’s thinking. He says, so what is it? She says the truth is, she’s both longed for and been afraid of him saying those words. He asks, why? and she says, her experience with someone saying I love you is, that’s when it starts going downhill, or things start getting better. She wants the latter. He says, it will be, and she asks how he knows. He says, together, they’ll make it happen.
Franco continues to hear, please, be Drew Cane, and tells Cameron, come on, dude. The suspense is killing him. Cameron opens it and says, he got in. Unless he’s misreading it or hallucinating. Franco says, it looks like he’s going to college. He needs to learn to read. It says, congratulations, not congratulations on a rejection letter. He did it. He got in. They hug.
Sam asks Elizabeth to please tell her what’s been happening, and they sit. Elizabeth says, Franco has been experiencing some symptoms; only one symptom actually. It’s not affecting his behavior, and it’s not putting anyone in danger. The doctors aren’t even sure it has to do with the tumor. Sam says she’s not following, and Elizabeth asks what else she needs to know. Franco is going to die. Sam takes Elizabeth’s hand, and Elizabeth says, Franco’s brain tumor is inoperable. The best they can hope for is that the radiation will buy him time before the bomb in his head goes off. Then, it’s just a matter of how much time he has left.
Alexis asks if the reviews are in, and Martin says, there’s only one B in sober. And the court may look more favorably if on her case if she’s refers to the officer as Detective, not Defective Chase. She says she didn’t write that, and Valentin asks if it’s the final draft. Alexis snatches it out of his hand, and says, obviously before she files it, she’s going to proof read it. Martin says, that is a relief. Would she care for his overall assessment, or should he just toss her a dictionary and be done with it? Alexis says she doesn’t need council from Nelle Benson’s stooge, and Martin says he would have won, if Nelle would have followed instructions. Instead, she insisted on doing things her own way. Valentin says, that sounds familiar, and Martin asks if Alexis wants to win. He can do that for her. All she has to do is swallow her pride. Can she do that?
Olivia says she’s dying to believe Tracy. It would be so much easier, but it wouldn’t be right. Tracy says she has no idea what Olivia is talking about, and Olivia says, the way Tracy tells it, Alexis disabled the alarm. Tracy says, and…? and Olivia says, she and Sam checked with the security company. When the alarm goes on or off, a record is kept in an electronic log. It was set in the afternoon, and not touched until 24-hours later when Alexis returned to the house after she’d been in custody. Tracy says, so? and Olivia asks, how the hell did they get in without Alexis touching the alarm? Tracy says, how would she know? and Olivia says she thinks they never made it back to the house. Tracy says, or Alexis was so drunk, she didn’t set the alarm. Olivia says, Tracy told her Alexis used the code, and Tracy says, who cares what she said? Olivia says, she does. No matter what Alexis said about her, Alexis is facing a DUI because of the lies Tracy is telling. Alexis swears she didn’t get behind the wheel of the car that night. Tracy says, that’s ridiculous. If Alexis wasn’t behind the wheel, then who was? Olivia says, you.
Olivia says, Tracy was driving when she and Alexis left the MetroCourt. She thinks Tracy was still driving when the car went off the road. Tracy says, if that’s true, why didn’t Alexis just say it? Olivia says, because she was wasted. She was incoherent. Pretty convenient, isn’t it? Tracy says, how dare Olivia make these baseless accusations. Olivia doesn’t think they’re so baseless. The only thing that doesn’t make sense is why. What does Tracy stand to gain by framing Alexis? Tracy asks if it every occurred to Olivia that it might not be about her. That she might be doing something for somebody else. Olivia asks, who stands to gain from Alexis being thrown in jail… Wait. Tracy did this for her?
Alexis says, she’ll bite. How is Martin going to win her case? He says, it starts by knowing thy enemy, which clearly she does not. She says she’s argued before Judge Herbert plenty of times. He says, on drunk driving charges? And she says, no. He says her procedural arguments won’t work. He’s going to be inclined to believe Chase. She says, Chase was sloppy, and Valentin asks if she means defective Chase. Martin tells him, don’t help. The judge plays basketball with Robert Scorpio, and will be inclined to give Chase, an officer of the law, the benefit of the doubt. Something he’ll give to her as well, if they play to his foibles. Care to hazard a guess as to what his drink of choice is? Alexis says, water, straight up? and Martin says, perish the thought. He’s a whiskey man. Martin has enjoyed many with him while at the club. Valentin asks, what country club? and Martin says Valentin has way too much money. Less country, more strip. Alexis says, gross, and Martin says, it’s where business gets done. The relevant point is, the judge can’t handle his liquor, and never enters the club without giving his keys to his sober driver first; the way Alexis did handing them to Tracy. Boom! That’s her defense.
Franco tells Cameron, they need a celebration. They’ve got his mom, his brothers, Josslyn and Trina… Scott, Laura, and Lesley is in town; from what he hears, she never says no to a party. Cameron says, no party. He doesn’t want a big deal. He doesn’t want to tell anybody. Franco says, he got into Stanford; it’s a big deal. Cameron says, it’s not if he decides not to go, and Franco says, he applied early. That says it’s his first choice. Why wouldn’t he go?
Elizabeth tells Sam, she’s fine. She doesn’t have the luxury to be anything else. Sam says, okay, but if Elizabeth ever needs a shoulder to cry on or an outlet, she can come over. Or if she’d rather talk to Jason, Sam could call him, if that would be helpful. Elizabeth says, Jason doesn’t know, and Sam asks what she means. Elizabeth wonders why Sam is asking, and Sam says she probably should have told Elizabeth this at the beginning. Franco showed up at her house the other day, and he was looking for Jason. Elizabeth says, for what? and Sam says, obviously, Franco didn’t know Jason didn’t live there anymore. He went to leave, and had a giant headache. He didn’t tell her? Elizabeth says, anything else? and Sam says, he was mumbling, but she couldn’t make it out. She was scared for him, and she was going to call 9-1-1. By that time, Jason showed up, and she excused herself. When she came downstairs, Jason said if Franco came back, to call him immediately. Elizabeth asks if Jason said why, but Sam tells her, no. Elizabeth says she needs to go home.
Britt tells Jason, think what he wants about her, but she’d never foist an unapproved, unproven drug on her patients. He asks how she got her hands on it, and she says, she’s Chief of Staff. She can get her hands on whatever she wants. He tells her, this is a bad idea. Cyrus is dangerous. He knows from personal experience that Cyrus will kill anyone who gets in his way. She says, so? and he says he’s the one who put her on this track. He doesn’t want her in jeopardy because of it. She says so she’s not capable of taking her own chances? She’s not capable of realizing that Cyrus is bad news and looking into it? That has to fall on his big, burly, powerful shoulders? She’s the daughter of two world-class criminals. She knows how to snag something from the hospital without tripping the alarms. So if she’s going to thank him for anything, it’s the wake-up call, but not for protecting her, or telling her to stay out of it.
Nina tells Jax, it’s a lot to take in, and he asks if she wants some time. She asks if he’s kidding. After all that… How many ways can she say it? Te amo... Je t’iame. He says that’s one of his favorites. She says something nonsensical that sounds like pig Latin, and he says he’s not familiar with that one. She says, it’s a private language that only she and her brother knew when they were kids. It drove their mother crazy. It’s really the only phrase she knows. English is better. She loves him too. They hug.
Cameron tells Franco that he hasn’t decided where he wants to go, and Franco says, if Cameron hadn’t applied early, he’d believe him. Cameron says, it’s not set stone. Franco asks if that’s what Cameron wants. Is it the money? California is far away. Is that it? Cameron says, it’s his choice. Let him make it. Franco tells him, don’t go through it alone. It’s not fair. At least tell his mom. Cameron says when he has a plan, she’ll know it too. Franco says, awesome.
Olivia tells Tracy, she doesn’t understand. What would she get out of Alexis being arrested. Tracy asks if Olivia is sure she wants to keep pushing. Ned comes in with Sam, and says, look who made it. Sam says she’s sorry she’s late. Lucas sends his apologies; something came up at GH, but he’ll be there as soon as he can. Ned says, the life of a doctor, and Tracy says, more cake for her. Ned suggests that he grab Leo, and they can get the party started.
Alexis asks Martin if he’s saying Tracy had a duty of care as far as she was concerned, and he says, when Tracy took her keys, she assumed responsibility. It didn’t end at Alexis’s front door. Tracy had a duty of care to make sure Alexis wasn’t a threat to herself or anyone else. Instead, she took her eyes off Alexis, and that negligence allowed Alexis to run out the door, and drive off the side of the road. Valentin says, so if not for Tracy… and Martin says, Tracy was a poor excuse for a sober driver, and someone the judge will agree can’t be relied on. Alexis says, none of this would have happened. Also – I just now thought of this – how would Alexis have gotten her keys back? That would fall under negligence too, I would think.
Sam asks how Tracy feels being a granny again. Tracy says, she doesn’t respond to that word, and Sam needs to watch her step in this house. Her betrayal cost the family dearly. Sam says if Tracy wants to talk about ELQ, she’s game for whenever, but Tracy says she’s talked out, thanks. Olivia flashes back to Ned and Alexis talking about being there for each other at The Floating Rib, finding Alexis drunk at the MetroCourt and Alexis telling her to worry about herself and her marriage, and Tracy not letting her go with Ned to help Alexis. She remembers telling Ned they can make it work, and Ned saying, that depends on if she can ever forgive him. She asks, for what? and he says, doubting her. He should have known she was faithful. Ned comes down, and says, Leo is video-chatting with Lucas, and needs a few more minutes. Olivia says, oh my God, and he says, what’s wrong? She says, he wanted her to forgive him for doubting her, but there was so much more for her to forgive, wasn’t there?
On the phone with Obrecht, Franco says he had another episode… It’s hard to say. It was still Peter’s voice, but it was different this time. It would be great if she’d just treat him for this, because it’s getting old. He thanks her, and says get back to him. Elizabeth comes in, and he says he’s happy to see her. She says she wishes she could say the same. He’s been lying to her.
Britt says Jason tells her that her boss is trying to turn Port Charles into an addiction hub, and he expects her to do nothing? He says he didn’t expect anything, since he doesn’t really know her. She says, but he knows of her, doesn’t he? Her torrid past, the people she’s hurt. She doesn’t need his permission. She knows who she is, and she plans to do good in the time she has left, like it or not. So he can look at her, and reduce her to The Britch, or one of the other lovely nicknames they have for her, but she’s none of those things. She’s not her mother, or her father. He says, and not her brother. He shows her the laptop screen, where we see the front page of The Invader and Peter’s picture.
Tomorrow – if not preempted – Elizabeth asks why Franco is so quick to throw that away, Anna tells Robert that she doesn’t believe it for a second, Jason asks if Britt is going to see what she wants to or see the truth, and Ned says, this ends now.
🩺 Supposedly, GH will be preempted in the US tomorrow. I’ll see if I can find it anywhere though. Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Leave it to Jill to find a way to turn the pandemic into a profit. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, as long as you’re not ripping people off.
Episode 6 of Big Sky is slated for Tuesday, January 26th at 10 pm, so you still have time to catch up with the first five. If you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to check it out. IMO, it’s well worth your viewing time.
I have a meeting on Tuesday nights, so I missed Real Housewives of Dallas, and Bravo didn’t rerun it. How is it that I’ll see the same episode of RHOC listed a hundred times, and I didn’t even get twice for this one? I’ll possibly catch up on Thursday. Yeah, that should be my worst problem. So I’m turning in early. I hope. Please, God, please. Tomorrow is the Inauguration, so stay extra safe, stay clear and cool headed, and stay assuming responsibility if you become the sober driver.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
In keeping with the tradition of every long, yet rushed, week, I missed the beginning, but here’s what happened. Dr. Kirk told Franco that he believed the voice Franco was hearing was a leftover memory of Drew’s. Scotty caught Obrecht outside the office, and wondered if she’d escaped from prison. Olivia told Alexis her marriage was just fine, and Alexis asked if she was sure. Tracy interrupted, and steered Alexis away from Olivia, and toward the bar. At one of the tables, Nikolas and Ava were celebrating, and Nikolas said he had a surprise for Ava. It was the post-nup, which he tossed on the table. Sam met Carly at the MetroCourt, and Dante met Olivia. Sam told Carly that she and Jason had separated, and Dante told Olivia that he was thinking about taking Rocco home. Jason and Sonny went to NYC, where Jason thought Spinelli would be able to locate Julian. He told Sonny that he and Sam had separated. Julian knocked on an apartment door, and a woman opened it, but kept the chain-lock on. Julian said he was looking for Kim Nero, and…
The woman says he’s in the right place. This is Dr. Nero’s apartment. He asks if she’s Kim’s roommate, but she says she works there. He says he thought maybe Kim no longer lived there, and she says she knows who he is. He’s Charlie.
Jason tells Sonny, the explosion was terrible. For Sam to think maybe her son could have been in there… He had nothing to do with anything. He dropped Danny off at the Quartermaines, and went to the hospital to talk to Britt. He had no idea what happened until he saw the alerts when he was driving over. He doesn’t know how it felt, standing in the parking lot, thinking their son was dead, waiting to see if they carried his body out. The same way he didn’t know what it was like when Morgan died. He hears Sonny and Carly talk about it, and he grieved when he found out, but he wasn’t there. He didn’t watch it happen. So Sam connected those two things – Morgan’s death could be Danny or Scout’s death – and she doesn’t want that. She’s not wrong.
Carly tells Sam, it’s a big decision, and she knows it cost a lot. Sam says, nothing means more to her than her kids. Standing in The Floating Rib parking lot, not knowing Danny’s condition… Carly says, torture, and Sam says she didn’t want the last memory of her son to be his baseball cap. She wants to watch her kids breathe, grow, and make beautiful lives for themselves. Because of that, it means she can’t be with Jason.
Sam tells Carly, she had no idea what she said. It all came tumbling out; the regret, the fear, all of it. Carly says she knows; Jason just stood there took it. Sam says, yeah. Part of her wanted him to fight for her so bad. To come up with a miraculous loophole where he could still work for Sonny, but keep them safe. She knows it doesn’t exist, and she can’t keep pretending it does.
Sonny says he’s sorry. He can see how bad Jason is hurting, but he’s not surprised. Something changed in Sam that night. Jason says he didn’t see it. He was caught up in everything else, and didn’t realize. Sonny says, he was blindsided, and Jason says that’s why he was late. He was on his way out, when Sam stopped him, and asked him not to come back. He was standing there listening about her fears, and how it’s not the life she wanted for Danny and Scout. He wanted to comfort her, but he couldn’t. He wanted to fight it, but he said he wouldn’t. All he could hear in his head was that he let this happen. He bangs the steering wheel, and says, he let this happen. He knew better. He knew he never should be a father.
The woman lets Julian in, and he says no one has called him Charlie in a long time. She says Kim showed her pictures, and told her how he helped her through her son’s terrible death. He says he wishes he could have done more, and she says, the way Kim talks, he did plenty. He asks how Kim is, and she says Kim never got over losing Oscar, but she was able to pick up the pieces. She got a job at the hospital. She’s going to be surprised to find him there. Julian says, it’s a surprise to him too.
Ava says she can’t believe Nikolas chose now to throw the post-nup in her face, but he says he’s giving it to her to destroy it. She asks why he didn’t say so, and he asks if she’d like to do the honors. She tears it up, and throws it on the table. They toast to love, and she says how good it is to get rid of it. He says, one less threat to their happiness. They only have to take care of one more.
Tracy tells Alexis that she and Luke started a promising enterprise in Amsterdam, and they need a good lawyer. Alexis says she lost her license, and Tracy asks if that means she lost her knowledge and experience. Alexis says, no, and Tracy says, it pays well, and Amsterdam is a beautiful part of the world. Alexis can start over. She’s offering Alexis an opportunity. Alexis says it doesn’t sound appealing.
Dante tells Olivia, his gut is telling him to take Rocco home, but he’s worried about it. He’s pretty much a stranger to his own son. He hasn’t been there, and Rocco doesn’t know him. He’s comfortable at the Quartermaine’s, and Leo is there. If he hadn’t left, and this didn’t happen, and Lulu and Rocco had been secure with him, this wouldn’t be the case. Olivia asks if he really believes that, and Dante says he sees it in Rocco’s eyes and body language. Rocco knows Dante is his dad, but he doesn’t feel the way should feel, and Lulu isn’t there to bridge the gap. He needs help knowing what to do with his son.
Franco tells Kirk, he’s read the file now. Most of his life he was a seriously messed up person who did seriously messed up things. When the tumor was removed, all that disappeared, and his impulses were gone. Kirk says, so he’s thinking now that the tumor is back, they’ll return? Franco says he’s terrified, and Kirk says, they’ll take it as it comes, but he’s convinced he can help.
Obrecht tells Scotty to keep it to himself and calls him a dummkopf. She says his only redeeming quality is that his son is an amazing human being. He says Franco thinks she’s as guilty as he does, but she says, once she explains the truth, Franco will see the light. Franco comes out, and says he’s all ears.
Obrecht tells Franco and Scotty, she’s been exonerated, but the person who framed her is out there. If they know she’s free, they’ll cover their tracks. She’s staying there until they can obtain proof. Please, tell no one. Kirk says he hates to break up this reunion, but he needs a word with Obrecht. He’ll see Franco tomorrow. Kirk and Obrecht go into the office, and Scotty says, unbelievable. Franco says, yeah, and Scotty says, wait a minute, mister. He’s not buying that hogwash, is he?
Olivia tells Dante she’s sorry. Without even realizing it, she’s been running interference between him and Rocco. She thought she was making it easier, but in doing grandma stuff, she thinks she built a wall. He says, that’s not what the conversation is about. She’s been his touchstone, and he’s grateful. She says she gets it, but thinks maybe Dante needs to be Rocco’s touchstone. It’s the only way they can build a bond. They’ll struggle through it, day by day. As much as she loves having him there, maybe it’s best if he takes Rocco home.
Alexis asks, what’s gotten into Tracy? She dragged Alexis over there, now she’s begging her to pack up and move to Amsterdam. Tracy says Alexis isn’t hearing begging. She’s doing this for her. Alexis laughs, and Tracy asks, what’s funny? Alexis says Tracy doesn’t do anything for anyone, unless it’s a Quartermaine. This is about her and Ned, isn’t it?
Nikolas and Ava stand by Ryan’s bedside, and Ava says, it’s over. Ryan is never going to threaten, blackmail, or manipulate her again. Sonny knows everything, and Julian is dead. He jumped to his death before she could kill him. She only wishes she’d killed Ryan a long time ago.
Julian tells the woman, he was hoping to reconnect with Kim. Let her know he’ll never forget her. She says, it sounds final, and he says he came to say goodbye. Crying comes from another room, and Julian asks if there’s a baby there.
Jason says, he got together with Sam in the beginning because she was pregnant with Sonny’s baby. Looking back, he knows he stepped up for Sam and the baby, but he was also doing for Sonny. Sonny and Carly had just gotten back together, and he wanted them to stay together, for all their sakes. They were his family, and there was no possibility of him turning his back on Sonny, and going away to have something separate with Sam. He knew that about himself, which was why, when Sam wanted to have kids, he should have fought against it. He should have been stronger. He tried for a long time, but he loved Sam so much, and she wanted it so bad. He doesn’t regret Danny exists; he loves Danny. Sonny says he knows, and Jason says he’s proud of Danny. He sees parts of him and Sam in Danny, and would never undo that. Sonny says Jason would die for his son, and Jason says, but now Danny is having his life ripped apart, and let’s be real. It’s on me.
Ava tells Nikolas, there’s nothing there that can hurt them anymore, but Nikolas thinks they should make absolutely sure. He picks up a pillow, and Felix walks in. Felix asks what they’re doing there, and Ava says, just checking on Ryan. They were making sure he was under guard, but there’s no security. (Funny. I’ve been saying that about GH for years.) Felix says, if Ryan regains consciousness, he guarantees there will be guards all over the place. Ava asks if there’s been any change, but Felix says, no. Nikolas asks about the prognosis. If he wakes up, will he be functional? Felix says he’s not allowed to say, but for what it’s worth, he hopes Ryan doesn’t remember his name for what he did to Kiki. He still misses her. Ava thanks him, and says she does too. Felix leaves, and Ava asks if Nikolas was really going to kill Ryan. Nikolas says, no. They were going to do it together. They walk out, and Ryan moves his index finger, and his eyelids flutter.
Scotty tells Franco that he wouldn’t trust Obrecht as far as he could throw her. Dr. Kirk too. Franco says Dr. Kirk is going to help him, and stop the voice in his head.
Kirk says Obrecht took a big risk allowing them to see her. She says it wasn’t her intention, but it happened. He says, it did, but they mustn’t let it interfere with their time together. He sent the staff home, and they’re alone. They can finally be together now. He grabs her, and dips her over his desk.
Olivia tells Dante that he and Rocco should be having this conversation. They’re missing Lulu, and they need each other. He says he wants to be able to make it okay for his son, but he doesn’t know how. She says he won’t until he actually does it. Dante asks if she doesn’t think Rocco will balk at the suggestion, but she says he’s not moving to New Zealand. It’s Rocco’s childhood home, and holds his memories. Rocco can still spend three nights a week at grandma’s house, and play with Leo. They need to get him on a schedule.
Alexis says Tracy knows she and Ned slept together. Tracy says, what?! and Alexis says, knock it off. It was stupid, drunk, and one night; it didn’t mean anything, but Olivia should know. Tracy says Alexis isn’t going to tell her… and Alexis says she has no intention of breaking up their marriage. Tracy says, but she’s drinking. That could lead to loose lips, misjudgments, and blackouts. Is Alexis going to tell her that’s never happened? Alexis says, go to hell. She’s going home. Tracy says she’ll drive her, but Alexis says, unfortunately she’s not drunk. Tracy says, really? and Alexis says, fine. She’ll come back to get her car tomorrow. Tracy says she’s driving Alexis’s car, and won’t take no for an answer. Fork them over. Alexis gives Tracy her keys, and says, in that case… and chugs the rest of her drink.
Carly says she knew Sam was scared, but had no idea she felt this way. Sam says she didn’t either, but she’s had moments in the last couple of days where it hit her so hard. Last night, Jason had to leave, and Danny was really disappointed. They sat down and had a conversation. They talked about feelings, and Danny told her that he was upset when Jason would leave, and he didn’t know when Jason was coming back. He told her that he hated having guards, and the thing that really broke her heart was when he said he couldn’t have friends over because their parents were afraid of Jason. Danny shouldn’t have to deal with that; Scout either. So that means their life with Jason is over. It’s not Jason’s fault; he’s who he is, and never pretended to be otherwise. Carly says, Jason hasn’t changed, but you have.
Jason says he was surprised at the timing, but not that it happened. He’s known all along there was a chance Sam would reach a point where it didn’t make sense for her; all the risks she’d take for herself, she can’t take for Danny and Scout. At that point, he wanted to say he was leaving the business, and taking them somewhere safe, but he can’t do that. It’s not him. If he left, and something happened to Sonny and his family, he couldn’t live with that. So his only choice is to do what Sam wants, and she wants them to be over. He sighs.
Julian looks at a photo of a baby. The woman comes out, and says, it’s all good now. He just needed a fresh diaper. Julian asks if he’s her son, and she laughs. She says, no. She’s the nanny. It’s Kim’s baby.
Dante thanks Olivia for helping him make sense of this, and coming up with a plan. More important, he thanks her for coming to Geneva. It’s the reason he turned a corner; hearing her on the other side of the door, refusing to give up. She tells him, get used to it. She’ll never give up. She knows the kind of man he is. She sees how he struggles every day, and keeps showing up struggling. It’s all they can ask, that he keep doing his best. She loves him so much, and she’s so proud of him. He says he loves her too.
Alexis says she gets Tracy wanting her son to be happy; Ned is a good man. Tracy says, that he is, and Alexis says she told Ned to tell her. Tracy says, what? and Alexis says she told Ned to tell Olivia. Things have a way of coming out anyway. She feels bad about what she did, and for Olivia. Her husband cheated on her, and she doesn’t deserve it. Somebody ought to tell her. Tracy gives Alexis a look.
Sam tells Carly, she’s envisioning a bright future for her kids. It’s what she wants and knows it’s right, but it comes at the price of losing an incredible man she loves so much. She guesses that’s what happens when you grow up and become a parent. You put the kids first, rather than following your own heart. She’s sorry if she said anything offensive, but Carly says she didn’t. They’re very different people from different circumstances, and the choices they make will be different. Sam is doing what she thinks is right for her family, like Carly is doing what she thinks is right for hers.
Sonny asks if Jason thinks Sam is doing the right thing, and Jason says, he told her as much. They’re adults, and they’ll be okay, but the people whose lives are upended are Danny and Scout. No explanation can change the fact that they’re losing their family. Sonny was damaged by his father, and never really healed until he was grown, and Mike just passed away. He doesn’t want that for Danny and Scout, but he doesn’t know how to stop it from happening. Sonny says there’s a big difference between Jason and his dad. His dad ran away; Jason isn’t doing that. It’s hard on Danny and Scout, but they’ll know he acted in honor. They might not know now, but as they get older, they’ll know it meant something. Jason’s phone rings, and he says, it’s Spinelli. He must have information. Jason answers, and asks what Spinelli’s got.
The nanny says, Kim never told Julian she was pregnant? She knew before she left Port Charles. He says they weren’t exactly on the best terms, and asks the baby’s name. She says, Andrew, but they call him Andy.
Franco tells Scotty that Kirk thinks the voice is a leftover memory of Drew’s. Better than that, he thinks he can fix it. Scotty says, that would be great, and Franco says, but…? Scotty says he thinks they have an agenda, and he intends to find out what it is.
Obrecht says, consummating their relationship in Kirk’s office wasn’t the romance she imagined. He says any way they’re together is perfect. She says, it’s not, and he says, she claims to love him, but her actions show him otherwise. He thinks she’s using him to get what she wants. She says what she wants is her freedom. To force her to do sexual favors for it is disgusting. He couldn’t handle a woman like her. He picks up the phone, and says he’s sounding the alarm. Anna needs to know Dante is coming for her and her son. Obrecht puts a pocket knife to his throat, and tells him to put the phone down.
Franco calls Elizabeth, and says he has good news. In the office, Obrecht and Kirk struggle, and Scotty walks in. He asks, what’s going on? and punches Kirk in the face. Kirk falls on the knife. Oops.
The nanny says, it might be a while until Kim is home, and asks if Julian wants to leave a note. An alarm goes off, and Julian asks, what the hell is that? She says, the fire alarm, and he asks if she was expecting a drill. She says she doesn’t know, but to be safe, they should get out of there. In the hallway, Jason hides.
Scotty tells Obrecht, it was a small blade. He’ll be okay, right? She says, wrong. He’s dead.
Olivia tells Dante, it’s so sad to see people buckle. Like Alexis. She’s an admirable woman, but she’s been spewing hate. Dante says he was talking to her earlier, and Olivia tells him, try not to take on her poison. Alexis was drunk, and implying there was something she knew about Olivia’s marriage that Ned wasn’t telling her. Dante says, she has no idea what Alexis was talking about? and she says, no clue.
Alexis is behind the wheel of the car, unconscious. Tracy says, there are those say she’s questionable as a mother. They might be right, but Olivia is the best thing that’s happened to Ned. She refuses to let one mistake ruin his marriage. Since she can’t trust Alexis to keep her mouth shut, she’s doing what she needs to. She gets out of the car.
Nikolas looks in on Ryan, and tells Ava, no signs of life. They’ll make a plan to be free once and for all. Is she sure about this? He should have been there for her when she confronted her brother. When it comes to Ryan, he will be.
We see Ryan’s eyes are open.
The nanny leaves the apartment, and when she’s gone, Jason comes out. On the phone, Jason tells Sonny, awoman just left, but it wasn’t Kim. He’s going in. He draws his gun, and kicks the door open, but the apartment is empty.
Carly says Sam seems at peace with her decision, and Sam says she is. Carly thinks that means she made the right one. She has to say she’s sorry it’s come to this for all of them, and Sam says she’s sorry too. She thanks Carly, and Carly says she’s always there for Sam. Sam leaves, and Carly looks like she’s in pain. She calls Jason, and says she just wants him to know that she loves him, and she’s there. Whatever he needs.
The nanny calls Kim, and says the man Kim warned her about showed up. She got rid of him. He has no idea Kim’s baby is his.
Julian jumps down into an alleyway. He starts to leave, but Sonny is there with a gun. He says, don’t run off, Jules. We have a lot to talk about.
On Monday, Maxie has some bad news, Franco wonders who’s on the other side of the door, Cyrus knew someone would see eye to eye with him, and Sonny tells Julian that the information he’s got is keeping him alive.
While I was perusing Netflix to watch something for my gig athttps://mupoentertainment.com/theresa-krakauskas/, and feeling like Dory from Finding Nemo, I said, oh look! Tiger King! I’d been out of the loop when it was everyone else’s pandemic distraction, and then forgotten about it. So for the next however many hours it took, I watched the entire series, including Joel McHale’s follow-up The Tiger King and I. I’d forgotten how funny he is. If you haven’t checked this documentary out, by all means do. It’s a different kind of horror show, the entire cast reminding me of a tribe of people the Z Nation group would have come across. (And yes, I’m still bitter about Z Nation’s cancelation, and always will be.) Not since Steve Rubel opened Studio 54 have there been so many screwed up people in one place. A tragedy in the making, all I could think about was how much somebody needed to step in for the animals. The documentary of the battle royale between self-proclaimed Tiger King, Joe Exotic, and Big Cat Rescue owner, Carol Baskin – who may or may not have killed her husband and fed him to a tiger – is a horror of the reality kind. Truth is ultimately stranger than fiction. You can’t make this stuff up.
🏞 Another Good One…
Big Sky is coming up to it’s mid-winter finale (whatever that is), but you can see it all On Demand. John Carroll Lynch’s performance alone is worth the price of admission. Warning: This article will either contain spoilers or fill you in if you want to catch up quickly.
There’s no other way to say it. I Love a Mama’s Boy pisses me off. It’s one of those shows I watch with horrified fascination, wondering if these people are for real. From the mother who started crying at a toy store because her son said she couldn’t get her granddaughter an extra toy, to the full-on bitch in this article. Probably a spoiler, but it won’t matter. You will still watch with your mouth hanging open.
Awards shows make for strange bedfellows. While I’m not into the adult film industry, I saw one of these awards shows once when it surprised me in coming on after a non-adult film I was watching late at night. Another thing I watched in horrified fascination, although it was actually pretty amusing, and definitely less offensive than Mama’s Boy.
The one guy who should have been fired long ago for his God-knows-what fueled tirades, homophobia, misogynism, and a whole host of other disgusting behavior.
Tyler is at it again. This time on BET+. There are several ways to stream it; one is through Amazon Prime. I haven’t seen it yet, but this show looks awesome.
The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had. – Eric Schmidt
I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it’s an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I’ve learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them. – Sasha Azevedo
A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. – Tom Stoppard
This week, Washington State officials announced they had discovered the first known murder hornet nest in the U.S. Inside the basketball-sized hive were 200 queens, which really is just too many. – from Mic.com
As to wishing it had not happened, one can’t help momentary wishes: guilt begins only when one embraces them. You can’t help their knocking at the door, but one mustn’t ask them in to lunch. – C. S. Lewis, From The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III
Cute is for Chinese babies. – Howard Howe (Michael Parks), Tusk
We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. – Whoopi Goldberg
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Maya Angelou
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. – Abraham Lincoln
🚀 To the Weekend and Beyond…
We made it to the end of another seven-day stretch. Masks on, masks off. But always, stay safe, stay ethical, and stay not letting loose lips sink anything.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Portia says she has an update for Britt. Britt asks if it’s about the guy who looks like a linebacker, and Portia says it is. They weren’t able to save his life. They did what they could, but couldn’t bring him back. He died a few minutes ago. He was a year older than Portia’s daughter, and now she has to face his family, and let them know his life is over. It’s all so pointless. Britt thanks her, and when Portia is gone, she bangs the desk with her hand. Jason watches.
Ava and Nikolas are in the elevator, and Ava says they have to pick up Avery. She doesn’t want to give Carly any excuse to complain that she’s late. Nikolas says he’s been careful not to bring up Ryan, and Ava appreciates his tact. Ryan is an unpleasant subject, who’s fortunately out of her life forever. He says, it would seem so. It’s amazing how Ryan was attacked just before he was about to tell Sonny something important. She says she guesses they’ll never know what it was Ryan was going to say.
Julian says Cyrus said he has something for him; what? Cyrus says, a deal of sorts. He arranged for protection per Julian’s request. Now it’s time to settle accounts.
Cameron comes in to find a grim-looking Elizabeth and Franco, and asks, who died? and Elizabeth says, nobody died. Cameron says he knows. That’s why it’s a joke, but nobody is laughing. They look stressed. What’s going on? Franco says, nothing. Some stuff is going on, but it’s nothing that can’t wait until after the SATs. Cameron asks, what kind of stuff? He’s already distracted. If it’s a money problem… Elizabeth says, it’s not that, and Cameron says they’re kind of freaking him out. Somebody tell him what’s going on. Franco says he had bad news from the hospital. He has another brain tumor.
Trina and Josslyn are studying on the terrace, when Dev shows up. He says he’s good at cramming. He knew everything about Bridgeport in a week. Trina says they’re all set, and Josslyn says they’ve got it covered. He says he’s studying for the SATs too. The least he can do is help out. Josslyn asks if he means after the horrible things he said.
Carly tells Sonny, the clasp is loose on the necklace, and she told Avery that she’d get it fixed. Sonny says that’s nice of her, and asks if Ava has been there yet. Carly says, she’s late again, and Sonny says, good. They need to talk. He wants to talk to Michael, and she says, what about? He says he was at the hospital, and Sasha had a heart attack; they say she OD’d. Carly asks if Michael knows, and he says, Michael is with her now. She asks, what happened?Was it cocaine? He asks how she knows, and she says when they were at Nina’s the other night, she could tell Sasha was on something, and she thought it was coke. He says he’ll give her three guesses who Sasha got it from.
Michael looks at Sasha through the room window, and Willow tells him that Sasha is still in love with him. He says, it’s complicated. They were good friends, all of them. They cared about each other. That’s why it was so devastating when the friendship had to… No one knew except Sasha, but he thinks it was more than a broken heart. The Deception launch was too much stress for her, and she had no one to talk to about it. Willow goes to get coffee.
Jason sees Britt sitting on a bench with her head down. He says, everything okay? and she says, yeah. He asks if it’s about the news Portia gave her, and she says, he heard that? Life is so unfair.He was a PCU freshman. At first, she assumed he was a party animal frat boy jock, until she met his girlfriend. It turns out he’s a poetry major, and he OD’d. He didn’t make it. She thought he would, and maybe it would be a wake-up call. He had his whole life ahead of him. It’s the one thing in Port Charles that changed. She doesn’t remember having drug related cases, and they’re up to several a day now. He asks what she’s seeing. Coke? Opioids? She says, both. He asks what caused Sasha to OD. He needs to know about the drugs in her system.
Portia looks at a chart. Taggert, disguised in surgical garb, including a mask, stands nearby, giving her the side-eye.
Julian says he promised Cyrus loyalty, but Cyrus says if he wanted loyalty, he’d get a dog. Julian knows how this works. Loyalty is fleeting, but debt is forever. Julian says, it’s clear they’re not friends. What does Cyrus want? Cyrus says there’s no reason they can’t be civil given their new relationship. Julian says he’s not afraid of Cyrus, but Cyrus says he should be. Cyrus takes some papers out of his breast pocket, and says, Ryan may no longer be a threat, but the secrets he kept are.
Jason tells Britt, the theory is, it’s coke, but she’d have to ingest a lot of it to go into cardiac arrest. Britt says, it could be the fillers it’s cut with, and Jason says he needs to know what was in her system. Britt asks if his boss wants to cover his tracks. He says, people are dying from drugs. Doesn’t she care what’s happening? She tells him that he and Sonny should start caring about the city, and stop bringing illegal contraband across the border. He says she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
Cameron says Franco’s tumor was removed, but Franco says he has another one. Elizabeth tells Cameron, they didn’t want to say anything until he had more information. Cameron says, so he’ll just have surgery, but Franco says, it’s inoperable. There are a lot of people who will see the irony in that. Cameron says he doesn’t care what other people think. He needs Franco to live.
Dev says he knows he said some stupid things, and crossed the line, but in all fairness, so did Trina. Josslyn says he crossed all kinds of lines, and now he wants to blame Trina? He was talking trash about Cameron, and Trina did nothing. Trina says he’s clearly not sorry, but Dev says he is, and apologizes to both of them.
Ava and Nikolas arrive at Sonny’s, and Sonny says, Avery is upstairs, getting her books ready. Ava says she’s sure Avery will bring more than she can possibly read. Nikolas’s phone rings, and he says, it’s Spencer. Sonny points the way to the study, and Nikolas leaves to take the call. Sonny tells Ava, she knows he’s not a fan of Nikolas or their relationship, but Avery seems to like him. Ava says, she does, and Nikolas likes Avery too – a lot. Nikolas has been supportive lately. It’s nice to see that side of him, especially with what happened with Ryan. Sonny says, it’s a lot to handle, and Ava says, any time Ryan pops up in her life, it’s draining. He says he understands, and also understands how it would be tempting to want to make sure Ryan can’t pop up any time soon.
Julian asks if that’s what he thinks it is, and Cyrus says, that depends. It could be the letter Nelle sent or a contract. He sees it as a contract. Julian wanted a certain outcome, and he delivered it. Julian’s life was in his hands then, just as it is now. Either Julian cooperates, or the letter ends up in Sonny’s possession. Any questions? Julian asks, what exactly does Cyrus need him to do?
Franco asks Cameron to sit and listen for one second. Franco says, Cameron’s mom, Cameron, and the boys mean everything to him. He’s the happiest he’s ever been, and wants to do everything he can to stick around. Cameron says Franco has to fight. He can’t just give up. Now he knows what Josslyn felt about Oscar. It’s always a brain tumor. Okay, that was kind of funny – a little nod to a soap staple. Oscar’s tumor was inoperable, but he did radiation and chemo. Elizabeth says they have to make an appointment with Terry, and Cameron says, okay. She and Franco have a lot to talk about, and he’s late. Elizabeth says they want to talk to him, but he says Trina and Josslyn are waiting, and he’s got to go, and he jets.
Chase sees Willow sitting on a bench, and says he hates being the bearer of bad news, but the cafeteria is still on the first floor. She says she needed a moment, and he asks if she wants to talk. She says, that’s kind of him, and she appreciates it, but doesn’t he think it would be awkward with everything that’s happened? He says, there is no unfinished business with them. She has every right to move on with her life. All he’s wanted is for her to be happy. She says she is, but despite what he did, she never wants him to suffer like Sasha is, and prays that he won’t.
Michael is still looking at Sasha, when Carly arrives. She says Sonny told her what happened. How’s he holding up? He says, they think Sasha OD’d on coke. Why would she do that to herself? How did she fall so far so fast? He cut her out of his life, and couldn’t have known what she was going through. He’s been cold to her, but despite everything, Willow seems to think Sasha is still in love with him.
Dev says he’s sorry for not being a good friend, and Josslyn says, that’s an understatement. Maybe there are a few words on their flash cards that are appropriate. Josslyn looks through them, and says, misogyny, egotistical, vindictive… Trina says, entitled; ohh, supercilious. Josslyn says, it means lordly, superior; someone who does and says whatever they want.
Ava wonders if Sonny is trying to ask if she killed Ryan. He was there in the room with her. He says, not personally, but she could make arrangements. She says she was just as shocked as he was, although she didn’t shed a tear. Sonny says, it was all over her face. He can’t shake the feeling something is off about this.
Jason says Britt needs to use her knowledge of the past and the city when it comes to Sonny. She says she realizes he contributed to the Nurses Ball, but Jason says the wing Sonny funded was in memory of Stone Cates. He was living on the street when Sonny found him. Britt says she was involved with Patrick; she knows the story, chapter and verse. Jason says, then she knows Stone got AIDS because he slept with a girl who was a drug user. Stone was like a brother to Sonny. To this day, it kills him. She asks, then why is Sonny trafficking drugs? but Jason says, he’s trying to keep drugs out of Port Charles. She says, that’s quite a story, and Jason says, it’s the truth. She just said it before. She doesn’t remember drugs being a problem, and they haven’t been. Until now.
Cyrus tells Julian, the Corinthos organization is working to block him. Sonny acts with impunity as long as Jason fulfills his wishes. He’s of the opinion that the truth would be more effective if Sonny was deprived of his right hand. Julian wonders if Cyrus is asking him to kill Jason, and Cyrus says, Jason needs to be taken off the gameboard. Julian asks how Cyrus suggests he go about doing that, but Cyrus says he’s not making any suggestions. Accidents happen though. Like the accident that almost took the life of Julian’s son, and his then-husband, who’s now in jail for keeping Wiley away from his father. Julian has so much to hide, it would be in his best interest to be helpful. All he’s asking is for Julian to make a delivery.
Taggert runs from the elevator into an office, and Epiphany follows. She asks what the hell he thinks he’s doing.
Chase tells Willow, it’s not her job to shield him and Sasha from pain. Not after the pain they put her and Michael through. She says, when she said Sasha was still in love with Michael, it wasn’t a theory. Sasha all but admitted it when they had a glass of wine together at Charlie’s. She could have told Michael then, but she didn’t. She told herself it wasn’t her place to get involved. Now she wonders if it was more than that. He asks if she was worried it might interfere with her relationship with Michael, and she says, maybe. Maybe some part of her didn’t want Sasha and Michael to get a happy ending if she and Chase couldn’t.
Michael tells Carly, the last time she was in the hospital, Sasha had Nina at her bedside. Now she has no one. He knows before Carly says it, he has a right to be angry, but if he’d handled things differently, would Sasha have spiraled out of control? She says he can’t keep doing this to himself, and he says he wants Sasha to pull through, and be better. They hug, and Carly says, she does too. She truly does.
Josslyn tells Dev, she never intended to give him mixed signals. Her feelings changed. She was being honest. Trina says, what Dev is mad about is that he didn’t get who he wanted when he wanted. Life is full of disappointments. That doesn’t justify talking trash, and saying hateful things. So don’t be surprised… Cameron joins them, and says, what’s going on? Lay off him.
Ava tells Sonny, Ryan killed more than one cellmate. He wasn’t Mr. Popularity at Pentenville, and he had no shortage of enemies on the outside. Sonny agrees, but it was the timing. Ryan was about to tell him something of great interest to his family. She says he fell for Ryan’s mind games, and he asks why Ryan would play games with him, especially out of the blue?
Epiphany locks the door, and asks Taggert what he’s doing there. She didn’t risk her life helping to make everyone think he’s dead, and patch him up after he was shot, for him to do something stupid. He says, as grateful as he is, he didn’t ask her to do any of it. He doesn’t understand why she did it. She says, then they’re even. She doesn’t get why he’s there in a two-bit disguise, just asking to be caught. She grabs his ID, and asks what his name is, and what his specialty is. That’s what she thought. What is he doing in the hospital where his ex works? He says someone else knows he’s still alive. Supposedly they’re staying quiet, but it’s just a matter of time. He’s trailing Portia and Trina, to make sure they’re safe.
Julian says, delivery, huh? and Cyrus says, a package will arrive shortly. Hold onto it. Don’t open it. Julian will receive instructions on where Cyrus wants it dropped off. When and where depends on where Jason ends up going. It’s a shame there are so many historic local buildings in disrepair. Faulty wiring, gas leaks; it’s a wonder why one of them hasn’t… He makes an explosion sound.
Jason says Britt told him the number of ODs is increasing. Is it the same at Mercy? She says she was just on a call with the Chief of Staff, and it’s affecting them more than the rest of the country. If drugs are coming into the waterfront, how are they getting into the city? He says, they’re coming through GH.
Julian says, he’s delivering a bomb? and Cyrus says, he asked Julian to deliver a package, nothing more. Julian says, what if an innocent party wanders through, or an innocent person gets killed whenit goes off? Cyrus says, due diligence will be done. Like Jason did when he blew up Cyrus’s warehouse. Julian says he doesn’t want blood on his hands; either theirs or his. Cyrus says it’s the only choice Julian has. Julian flashes back to telling Sonny that he saw Taggert, and he looked healthy for a dead guy. Julian says he can offer Cyrus something else.
Ava tells Sonny, who’s to say what goes on in Ryan’s twisted mind? Sonny says Ryan reached out her and him. He doesn’t think it’s a coincidence Ryan was attacked, and doesn’t think it was a coincidence that Ryan was about to tell him something important, but was taken out before he could. She says if he wants to ask her something, just come out and ask. He says, if she lies to him, just know there are consequences. Nikolas returns, and tells Sonny, enough. Back off.
Trina tells Cameron, no disrespect, but he doesn’t know what’s going on. Josslyn says Dev did something they didn’t appreciate. Cameron asks if it’s really that bad they can’t be friends, and Josslyn supposes not, but they have a right to be pissed for a while. Trina says they need a minute, and Cameron says, that’s valid, but don’t take too long. You never know what could happen, and can’t take anything for granted. Trina asks if everything is okay, and he says, they’re seniors. They’ll be going their separate ways soon. Why waste time being mad? Josslyn thinks they should split up, and get together tomorrow when they’ve cooled down. She and Trina leave, and Dev thanks Cameron for having his back. Cameron says, for sure. He doesn’t know what that was, but at the end of the day, they’re friends. It can’t be that serious. Dev flashes back to creating a fake journal in Josslyn’s handwriting, and says, yeah, friends.
Epiphany says she can’t fault Taggert for wanting to look after his family. Trina is a sweet girl, and Portia is an amazing doctor and a great person. They talk about him a lot, and think the world of him. He says, both of them?Portia too? Epiphany says, Portia married him, didn’t she? He says, and divorced him. It didn’t end well, but he wants to do everything he can to make sure they stay safe. Trina is his world, and he can’t have her exposed to mob violence. She says she hears that. Her son got caught up in that world about a decade ago. He didn’t make it out alive. Taggert says he’s sorry, and she says, that’s a wound that never heals. You try to make it the best world you can every day. That’s the main reason she agreed to help him. She doesn’t want Trina to end up like her Stan.
Portia comes out of the elevator, and Michael says he knows she’s not supposed to discuss Sasha with him. She says she can, since he’s still listed as next of kin. Michael says, Sasha has no family in Port Charles, or any family left at all really. He asks if she’ll be okay, and Portia says, she’s stabilized. She can confirm Sasha had a mild cardio infarction; a heart attack. The next few days will be critical to her recovery, and depending on how long she was using, she may experience withdrawal. He asks if he can see her, and Portia says he can, but let her sleep. He goes into Sasha’s room, Carly following him. He sits next to Sasha’s bed, and tells her that he’s there.
Willow says, Chase and Michael feel they could have done more, but it was up to her. Things might have been different had she spoken up, and told Michael how Sasha felt about him. Chase says Willow bears zero blame. Sasha made her own choice. Willow wonders if Sasha would have made the same choice if she’d known how Michael felt. Maybe they would have patched things up, or at least worked toward it, and she wouldn’t have started this downward spiral. He says, it might not have made a difference, but Willow says he can’t possibly know that. Chase says, he can.
Elizabeth tells Franco that Terry can squeeze them in for tests tonight. Franco says Terry is a good friend to her, and Elizabeth says, to both of them. He says, getting the tests sooner is probably better than later. He didn’t tell her because he didn’t want to see the look on her face, or the one on Cameron’s face. He has no idea how he’s going to face Jake and Aiden. She says she doesn’t know what the boys would do if they lost him. She doesn’t know what she would do if she lost him.
Jason tells Britt, Cyrus isn’t the philanthropist he claims to be. He’s been using the hospital to run drugs without raising suspicion. She asks, is he telling her that she wouldn’t know drugs were being smuggled in right under her nose, or does he think she’s secretly allied with a drug cartel? He says, is she? and she says he took a big chance telling her his theory. How does he know she won’t run to the man who hired her? Does he think she won’t turn him over to Cyrus? He says he guesses he’ll find out.
Cyrus says, whatever Julian has can’t be worth more than the assignment. Julian says, information has been kept from Cyrus, but Cyrus says he has people everywhere. There’s little that can be kept from him for long. Julian says, it’s about Taggert.
Epiphany tells Taggert, sorry. All this Cyrus stuff is pulling in demons from her past. He says, no need to apologize. She’s an amazing woman. If he wasn’t clear earlier, thanks for saving his life – twice. She says if he really wants to thank her, get his butt out of the hospital before he’s spotted. Better yet, get out of Port Charles altogether. The longer he’s there, the greater the odds he’ll be exposed.
Cyrus says, what about Taggert? and Julian says he finally got Cyrus’s attention. New deal. He’ll tell Cyrus what he knows, and Cyrus gives him the letter. Cyrus says he doesn’t like playing games. Tell him what he knows about Taggert. Julian says, Taggert is alive. He knows it for a fact.
Sonny says Nikolas just walked in on a private conversation. Nikolas says, no disrespect, but Sonny has it all wrong. Ava had nothing do with the attack on Ryan. Sonny asks if Nikolas knows who did, and Nikolas says he ordered the hit on Ryan.
Michael says Sasha probably can’t hear him right now, but he wants her to know he regrets what he said in anger. He was in pain, and knows she was too. He had no idea she was struggling like this, and that she felt so alone. Carly flashes back to talking with Sasha in Nina’s bathroom, saying, if Michael knew what Sasha and Chase had done. What they’d sacrificed… and Sasha saying, he won’t. Michael finally has Wiley, and Wiley has him, and they both have Willow. They’re a family now, and she can’t take that away from them. Neither should Carly. Michael tells Sasha that he should have never turned his back on her. People were judging her and taking sides, and he should have stopped it. That’s on him, and he’s so sorry. Carly tells him, stop. He doesn’t know what happened or why.
Chase says Sasha would have never gotten back with Michael, even if he forgave her. That was never the point. Willow says, what wasn’t the point? and Chase remembers Sasha tearfully telling him, before Wiley’s third birthday, or maybe sooner, Willow will be madly in love with Michael, and be the happiest woman on the face of the earth. Willow asks Chase to tell her what’s going on.
Carly wrestles with her conscience for a moment, and tells Michael, Sasha didn’t sleep with Chase.
Chase tells Willow, it was a set-up. It was a lie. He never cheated on her.
Tomorrow, Jason thinks Britt will do the right thing when the time comes, Willow asks Chase how they could do something so awful, and Cyrus tells Julian that he has no one to blame but himself.
🔧 Like Pulling Teeth…
Here’s a little more information on the new face of Lucas, but not much.
📺 A little FYI. The premiere of new show Big Sky gets a big thumbs up from me. It wasn’t as weird as I thought it was going to be from the commercials, but there’s still a lot of the unexpected. I did not see the ending of the first episode coming, and they totally surprised me, which is saying a lot. I don’t surprise easily. On the second season side, His Dark Materials looks to be off to a good start. But I still hate the monkey.
🙋🏻♀️ No More Harmony In Port Charles…
Inga Cadranel is moving on. I’m sorry to hear this. Her part might have been somewhat thankless, but she has great screen presence.
And the fashion. Seriously, it’s really the only reason to watch awards shows. A year from now, no one remembers who won, but they’ll remember a meat dress.
Tomorrow, it’s double the Wives. I’m still not sure if Salt Lake will prove to be much different, but Mary is certainly interesting. It’s not every day you meet someone who married their step-grandfather, and who loves Valentino so much. Even though some restrictions have been amped up, continue to look forward to a better year ahead. But just to be on the safe side, never say, it can’t get worse, out loud. Also continue to stay safe, stay focused on what you can do, and stay not being supercilious.
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