What I Watched Today

(Weekday bites, Friday’s whole GH enchilada & media minutiae)

General Hospital

🍕 Weekday Slices…                                                                          

Monday: 

Carly asks what the hell jack is doing there, and he asks where is he.

Chase told Curtis that they’d find the other driver, and Curtis told him that he thought the paint from the guardrail would lead them to whoever it was. Trina told Curtis that Michael James Scott was there, and Curtis left. Brook looked sick.

Lucas nosed around Windymere, when Pascal saw him. Pascal wasw carrying a fireplace poker and made a veiled threat saying he shouldn’t be there.

Gio greeted Michael JS, and introduced him to Curtis and Trina. He told Michael JS that Trina was a great singer too, and Trina said she’d seen him in Atlanta.

Josslyn asked Nathan to let go of her arm, but he said he was afraid not and called her Agent Jax.

Jack stomped around making accusations, and Carly told him to get out. He asked if she thought she could humiliate him with no consequences and asked how long and who the hell was it. She said, turn around, and Valentin was there with a gun.

Jack said, of course (🍷). It made sense now. Valentin manipulated her. This was his revenge. She was his pawn. Valentin said he was wrong. Meet his attorney from Steinmauer. Carly had come to him,

Cody wanted to go on Molly’s book tour with her, and she asked if they were ready to take that risk.

Brook told Chase that she was lightheaded, and he thought she missed Phoebe, but she said she’d be okay. This was important to Gio. Gio brought Michael JS over and introduced them, telling Michael JS that Brook was his mother.

Lucas said he lived there, and Pascal accused him of snooping. Lucas said he was checking Pascal’s work, and Pascal said Marco should never have brought Lucas there. Lucas was responsible for Marco’s death and Marco had deserved better. Lucas should remove himself before someone else did. Lucas asked if that someone was him, when Ava and Sidwell walked in.

Josslyn said no one, including Nathan, knew what had happened to him, but he could get help. Nathan said this couldn’t be helped, and she told him to think about James. Don’t do anything that would make him lose James.

Kai met Trina at The Savoy and told her about Derek. She said Kai was a really great guy, and he asked if there was anything he could help her with, then kissed her.

Lucas told Sidwell that they were having a heated discussion about dusting, and Sidwell said he thought Pascal was thorough. He asked Pascal to get them some wine and invited Lucas to join them. Lucas said he’d love to, and Pascal left. Lucas said Pascal was grieving and taking it out on him.

Jack kept asking why Carly would help Valentin. He knew what they’d had was real. She agreed it was, and he said, then why? Valentin hated him. She asked why he thought she did it. What could he have done to make her turn to Valentin and make her want to destroy him?… Fine. She’d say it. He’d recruited her daughter, her child, into the WSB. He’d turned her kind, sweet, honest, beautiful girl into a lying, murdering spy, like him.

Nathan said he couldn’t let Josslyn go, and she fought with him. She ran to the kitchen and got a knife.

Carly said Jack had done what he could to tear down her defenses and she’d let him into her life and home. He’d claimed to love her and lured her daughter into the WSB. He’d seen Josslyn grieving and took the opportunity. Josslyn told him how she’d found out Cyrus was responsible for Dex’s death and he’d set her up to kill him.

Nathan told Josslyn to stop fighting, but she said, him first. He threw her over the couch and put her in a headlock until she passed out.

Cody said he wanted Molly to relax and have a good time, and she said she couldn’t help wondering how they’d travel together. They’d be together 24/7. What if they had opposing travel styles? He said he thought they’d manage, but she was concerned

Michael JS told Gio that if he wanted to play again in the orchestra, just call him. He went to get ready, and Gio told Emma that he was probably just being polite, but she said he knew how talented Gio was. It was a huge opportunity. He said he’d never considered it before.

Lucas told Sidwell about the tennis court memorial, and Sidwell thought it was ironic, since she was a Corinthos. Lucas said Kristina credited Marco for saving her life, and Ava said Marco was a hero. There was no better way to honor him than putting his name on a safe space where young people could meet and have fun together. Sidwell said he agreed and he’d pay for the tennis courts himself.

Jack said he hadn’t intended for Josslyn to kill Cyrus, but Carly said she didn’t give a damn. She didn’t care that Cyrus deserved to die. Josslyn didn’t deserve to be his killer. Jack put her in that situation and pulled her into the WSB. From the moment she found out, her goal had been to get Josslyn out of the WSB and away from Jack. Jack said Josslyn wanted to be a part of something bigger than herself, and Carly asked if Josslyn had said it or if he had said it to her… That’s what she’d thought. She might not get Josslyn out of the WSB, but Josslyn would never be the same regardless. Her future was gone because of Jack. All the good things he’d done didn’t matter. There were no amends he could make. He’d hurt her kid and there was no coming back from that.

Lucas said it was generous, but too generous, and Ava said, if Sidwell covered the cost, Kristina wouldn’t feel like she was honoring Marco. Perhaps an anonymous donation would be better. Sidwell said she was right, when Pascal’s phone rang and he left to take the call. It was Nathan who said he needed help with a situation.

Lucas said Kristina was determined to get things moving, when Pascal came back and nodded to Sidwell.

Jack said, he couldn’t do it over again, but he’d protected Josslyn, and Carly asked if that was supposed to make her feel better. He said his feelings for Carly had snuck up on him after Josslyn was recruited. Had she asked Josslyn how she felt? He bet Josslyn didn’t regret him recruiting her.

Molly told Cody that she was surprised how right it felt. There was something real happening. He said he looked forward to them traveling together. He couldn’t wait for her to take the book world by storm. She said she couldn’t wait to storm.

Brook told Chase that she felt better. Gio had introduced her as his mom and she was grateful to have him in her life. Chase said Gio was lucky to have her and so was Phoebe.

Sidwell suggested they all go to The Savoy.

Jack said Josslyn loved being an agent. It gave her a purpose and he’d protected her to his own detriment. Carly said, don’t turn it around. He just didn’t want her to blame him. Valentin said Jack only cared about how if affected him, and Carly said if Jack thought he was going to score points by protecting Josslyn from a world he’d pulled her into, he was crazy. Jack said Carly lied to him and slept with his enemy, and Valentin said he’d thought they were old friends. Jack had arranged for his transfer. Jack realized Carly had convinced him, and Carly said she’d been motivated. Jack said he hoped it was worth it. It was going to end in a way they never saw coming.

Jack said, if he turned Valentin in, he would escape again, but Carly didn’t have that luxury. The Bureau would pick her up and charge her with treason and harboring a fugitive. Valentin would grab Charlotte and vanish and leave her to face the consequences. He wouldn’t save her. Maybe she’d get lucky and they’d throw her in a pit with Jason. He started to walk out, but Valentin said it wouldn’t happen and Jack asked if Valentin was going to add murder to his charges. Valentin said Jack was going to help them or he’d give Jack up to Cullum. Cullum would need a fall guy to frame for his crimes and Jack was the perfect patsy.

Lucas, Sidwell, and Ava arrived at The Savoy, and Curtis introduced Michael James Scott. Everyone applauded and cheered, and Michael JS came out. He sang You’ve Got a Friend in Me from Aladdin. It was funny to see Sidwell bopping along, and afterward, everyone applauded wildly.

Kai said Michael JS singing spoke to his soul like when Trina sang, but she said there was no comparison. She suggested getting out of there, and he said, follow him.

Valentin said he’d contact Cullum and say Jack was onto him. Cullum would frame Jack and make sure he went to prison for the rest of his life. Maybe he’d be in a pit with Jason. Cullum outranked Jack and had resources to make him look guilty. Jack was just a lackey. Maybe he’d leave Jack alive, but it was easier to frame a dead man. Jack said he’d lied to Carly, but never lied about loving her. He’d wanted to spend his life with her. Whatever revenge she thought she’d gotten, she’d played into Valentin’s hands, and he wondered how long before Valentin betrayed her.

Sidwell left the table, and Ava told Lucas that she was glad they’d come. She asked how much of a problem Pascal was, and Lucas said Pascal basically threatened to stab him with a fire poke. He had strong feelings for Marco and was projecting his grief in ways that were more than inappropriate. Ava didn’t like it and said she might have to discuss it with Sidwell.

Gio said when he found the joy that Michael JS had, he’d be ready to play, and Emma said it sounded like the joy would find its way back to him. He said he wasn’t there yet, but she’d be the first to know, and he kissed her.

On the phone with Pascal, Sidwell asked if the situation had been handled.

Kai and Trina went into the apartment and started kissing. Trina called to Josslyn, and when there was no answer, Trina said she thought Josslyn had gone out. Kai wondered what they could do, and she said she had some ideas. As they headed for the bedroom, the camera focused on a candlestick.

Josslyn woke up in the same room Anna had been in (or a clone of it). She saw the two-way window and banged on it, calling for help.

Tuesday:

By the boathouse with Phoebe, a bare-chested Chase (per his contract, he has to be nearly nakey at least once a month) told her that she was going to be charged with spitting up on his shirt. But what jury could convict that cute, little face?

Brook found Tracy in the living room waiting for a guest, and told Tracy how anxious she was about the investigation. Tracy told her to rise above her guilt, and Brook asked what she should do if the police came to her.

Turner went to Laura’s office, and Laura asked where she was with the investigation into Jordan’s accident. Turner said they had a lead on the other driver and were seeking a warrant for a suspect’s vehicle. Laura asked if that was wise.

Curtis asked if Jordan was ready to go home, and she said she’d never been more ready for anything.

Ric found Elizabeth at the hospital and tried to give her a bouquet, but she said they’d made a deal – no more flowers at work. He said he’d give them to the patient of her choice, but had one condition.

At the pier on the phone, Ethan said they weren’t answering, calling him back, or returning his texts. Delilah needed to show up or he couldn’t help her. Sonny joined him and asked what he had on Ric, and Ethan said, plenty.

Laura said she assumed the suspect was Isaiah, and Turner said she assumed Laura had spoken to Curtis. Laura said they were old friends and Curtis needed someone to confide in. She asked about the evidence, and Turner said Curtis asked them to look into Isaiah. The analysis of the paint confirmed it was a black BMW and Isaiah drove a black SUV. Laura said, so did a lot of other people, but Turner said they didn’t know his whereabouts at the time of the crash and he hadn’t been working that night. He could have been the other driver, but they may never be able to prove it.

Brook told Tracy that Curtis said the police were closing in on a suspect, but Tracy said nothing was tying Brook to the accident. Brook said, someone else could get blamed, but Tracy said the only way the police would find Brook was if she turned herself in. Brook said that wasn’t going to happen.

Ric asked Elizabeth to go away with him for the weekend, and she said she’d love to.

At the hospital as she packed, Jordan said she couldn’t exhale until they were home, and Curtis said everyone was impressed with her progress. She asked if he thought she sounded ungrateful, but he said whatever she was going through, he wanted to hear it. She asked if he was okay with not telling anyone that she was being discharged. If Stella found out, there would be a party, but she needed time to adjust. He said he’d make sure she’d get it and wondered about follow-up appointments. She asked about Michael James Scott, and he said she was changing the subject. She said she needed a break, and he said Michael JS’s performance was phenomenal. He noticed the flowers and asked where she got them. She said Brick had come by last night.

Sonny told Ethan about Ric going to the MetroCourt and talking to Ava. He’d stuck around, and after Ric and Ava talked, Ava ran straight to Sidwell. He didn’t hear what they’d said, but he thought Ava was trying to relay a message from Ric. Sonny asked why Ric didn’t just talk directly to Sidwell, and Ethan said, Lucy was there. He didn’t think Ric wanted her to hear what he had to say, so he’d used Ava. Sonny said the only problem with that was that Ethan didn’t like Ric. Why should he trust Ethan’s take?

Brook told Tracy that she wouldn’t abandon Phoebe. Phobe belonged with her and Chase. She’d already fallen in love with Phoebe and wanted them to be her parents. Tracy said she had the family’s full support, but Brook asked her to stay out of it. Chase wouldn’t like them using their connections and she hadn’t even talked to him yet. Tracy said if Brook wasn’t sure, talk to him, and be honest about her feelings for Phoebe.

Ric made Elizabeth say yes again, and she did. She said he’d been talking about the Hudson Valley lately and she’d expected it. She said it was risky, but she wasn’t living her life in the past. Things had been going well and it should be celebrated. He kissed her and left to deliver the flowers.

Curtis wondered why Brick came around when he was away, but Jordan said Brick was harmless. Elizabeth came by with Jordan’s discharge paperwork and wanted to go over it.

Ethan said Sonny was right. He and Ric didn’t like each other. Sonny was having him follow Ric, so it sounded like he questioned Ric’s loyalty. Ric and Ava were definitely conspiring. Sonny said he had a lot to think about, but don’t make a move until he said so. Ethan said, understood, and left. Sonny called Ric and said he needed to see him.

Jordan asked Curtis to go get the car, but he wanted to stay. Jordan said okay, and Elizabeth continued. She told Jordan about cleaning the wound.

Laura said she’d taken a personal interest in the case because she and Curtis were personal friends, and Turner said she and Jordan were close friends too. She wanted to do what she could to make this right. Laura said she was sure Curtis did too, but she was concerned his personal feelings about Isaiah were clouding his judgement. Turner said she was interested in judgement not a witch hunt. Given the facts, Isaiah fit, but it was still early and they hadn’t questioned him yet. Laura said she was hoping it wasn’t Isaiah. He’d saved her daughter’s life.

Brook joined Chase, who said he’d just wanted an excuse to hold Phoebe. They talked about how cute she was, and Brook told him that she wanted to adopt Phoebe. He said so did he.

Ric met Sonny at the pier, and Sonny said this place felt like it belonged to him. Ric said they’d get the piers back, but Sonny said Sidwell proved tough to beat. Ric said Sonny was smarter than Sidwell. He was playing the long game, while Sidwell was reacting. Sonny said, the day before, Ric had questioned his judgement on hiring Ethan. Did he still think it was the wrong call?

Ethan went to see Tracy, who asked how things were going. Lulu’s couch was like sleeping on a board that smelled like popcorn. Ethan asked if she was going to question him about working for Sonny, and she asked how it was going. He said, so far so good, and she said, quit.

Ethan asked why he’d quit, and Tracy said a better opportunity came up. Michael needed a man in Australia to scout locations for Aurora Wellness. He said he knew nothing about wellness, but she said he was a natural and Michael could trust him. He told her why she wanted to get him out of town, but she said, not out of town. Away from Sonny.

Ric said he didn’t think Ethan was trustworthy, and Sonny said Ethan had turned down the money to get out of town. The test was Ric’s idea and Ethan passed. Was the tension a problem? Ric said if Sonny insisted that Ethan stick around, he’d be professional, and Sonny said Ric had dashed out when Ethan showed up. Where did he have to go? Ric said he’d had a meeting in the DA’s office, and Sonny said if it was about his grandson, but Ric said, no. It was another client. Sonny said he hoped Ric would tell him if it was about Rocco, and Ric said he’d never hold anything back.

Laura told Turner that Isaiah saved Lulu’s life and was a close friend of her son. Of he’d knowingly left the scene of an accident, he should be held accountable. She hoped the investigation cleared him, but Jordan deserved answers. Turner’s phone dinged and she saw a message that said, Meet me at the studio, from a blocked number.

Elizabeth told Jordan, good luck and don’t hesitate to reach out, and Jordan thanked her for everything. With Curtis by her side, an intern wheeled Jordan into the elevator.

Curtis said he knew from the time they’d brought Phoebe home, and Brook said, on some level she’d prepared to let Phoebe go. He said he didn’t want to get ahead of himself, and she said she’d spoken to Alexis, who’d gone over the steps with her. He said he’d looked it up and they couldn’t let Phoebe be a ward of the state, and Brook said Alexis told her that they’d have to fight for her. He suggested they do it, and she agreed. She told that Alexis said they should conduct their own search for the family and there would also be a rigorous background check of them. It wasn’t him she was worried about, but her.

Curtis brought Jordan home, and she said all she’d wanted was to come home. It was great to be back. She went through what had happened before the accident and said they were so happy. Now she looked around and it was like nothing had changed. Everything was the same except for her.

Turner met Sonny at the secret apartment and said she wasn’t there for some afternoon delight, but he said he didn’t mean to give her the wrong impression. He didn’t come there to jump in bed. It was about his brother. Did he have a meeting in her office yesterday?

Elizabeth told Laura about going away with Ric, and Laura said Aiden could stay with her, but Elizabeth said she just didn’t want him alone for the entire time. Laura agreed to have him over now and then, and asked if Aiden knew Elizabeth was going away with Ric. Elizabeth said Aiden seemed fine with it, but it was a big step. Laura asked if it was too big.

Brook told Chase that her past didn’t look great on paper. She’d passed Bailey Lou off as her own. Chase said she was saving the baby from her abusive father and Maxie would give her a statement supporting her. Brook said they were the only family Phoebe had known and she was afraid she’d be the reason they lost her. He said he felt the same way about his demotion, but they had to try even if they were afraid. Brook was a Quartermaine with resources and influence. They had a congresswoman on their side. They had to pull out all the stops. Brook said Phoebe belonged with them.

Tracy told Ethan, staying away was the only way to stay safe. Sonny had caused Luke a lot of grief. Ethan said he wasn’t a law abiding citizen and neither was his father, and Tracy said Sonny was the reason people she loved were dead. Sonny couldn’t hurt someone else she loved. He said he’d been taking care of himself for a long time and didn’t intend to stop anytime soon, and she asked if he’d come there wanting to work for Sonny. He said, no, and she asked why he was there. He said he was supposed to meet up with someone.

He’d been working a job with a partner and they were supposed to meet, but she hadn’t shown up. Tracy asked why he’d chosen Port Charles to meet, and he said it was the closest place he had to home. It was nice to be in a familiar setting and take a breather. She asked him to consider her offer, and he said she meant Michael’s offer. She asked him to think about it before it was too late.

Jordan told Curtis that she’d finally been happy. All she’d had to do was keep her eyes on the road. Curtis said, it was an accident. The other driver also bore responsibility. They could have gotten help sooner if the other driver had stopped, but he thought he’d found them.  

Brook and Chase came into the living room, and Brook introduced Chase to Ethan. She asked what he was doing there, and Ethan said Tracy invited him over, but then she’d dashed out for an emergency about Hades and told him to stay and finish his tea. He asked about Phoebe, and Chase explained they were fostering. Ethan asked how that came about, and Brook told him that they’d been with Phoebe’s mother before the birth, but she’d passed away. He asked if there was no other family, and Brook said, so far, the only thing they knew was her mother’s name – Delilah Wilson.

Laura said she knew Ric was working for Sonny and she was close with Sonny, and Elizabeth said she knew not everything Sonny did was legal. Laura asked if she’d considered the danger in Ric’s close proximity to Sonny, and Elizabeth said, of course (🍷) she had, but Ric had been upfront. She’d had her doubts, but Ric had changed. He’d been torn between the good, smart, funny man who loved her and the man consumed with anger against his brother. He and Sonny were getting along and Ric was experiencing peace. She was ready, and excited for what happened next in their relationship.

Outside on the phone, Ric asked if Ava had talked to Sidwell… Yes he still wanted to go through with it, but it had to be under absolute secrecy.

Turner said no one had a meeting with Ric, and Sonny thanked her. She asked what was going on, and he said his brother Ric had gone after him and his family for years. Recently, Ric had an epiphany that life was too short and wanted to work with him and be his brother. He’d found out Ric lied to him again and he was worried Ric wanted to finish what he’d started years ago.

Wednesday:

Curtis told Jordan about the paint that was found on the guardrail, that it was from a black BMW, and that Isaiah drove a black BMW. Jordan asked if he thought it was Isaiah.

Brook told Ethan that they were so focused on getting Delilah to the hospital, they didn’t get details, and Chase said she’d only arrived in Port Charles that day. Brook said they were fostering Phoebe, but wanted to adopt her.

Nathan went to the hospital and asked to see Isaiah privately. They went to an exam room, and Nathan said he needed doctor/patient confidentiality.

Ric went to see Laura, who’d texted him to come to her office. She told him that she wanted to talk about Elizabeth.

Britt asked who was covering the NICU, and Elizabeth asked if Britt was okay. Britt asked her to just not.

Turner asked why Sonny thought Ric was a threat, and Sonny said Ric had covered up because Ric didn’t want him to know something. She asked if he was mad because Ric lied or because he’d given Ric another shot, and Sonny said, either way, it was Ric’s last shot.

Elizabeth said it was obvious Britt was going through something, but Britt wouldn’t spill. Dante came in and asked to speak with Elizabeth, but Britt said he could wait.

Jordan wondered why Curtis suspected Isaiah, and he said Isaiah had no alibi. Portia had no idea he suspected Isaiah and said he’d been at a private house call, which meant he’d taken Route 91. He could have gotten Jordan out sooner if the other driver had stopped and helped, and he kept thinking of how different it would have been.

Chase and Brook said they hadn’t found Phoebe’s family, and Brook said they were the only family Phoebe knew. They’d found Delilah unconscious near the park.

Isaiah said Nathan had questioned his integrity as a doctor and now he wanted a favor, but Nathan said he’d just been trying to protect Rocco. He thought he had a cracked rib and there couldn’t be a record. Isaiah said Lulu was his friend and she wasn’t too happy with Nathan. Why should he ignore hospital protocol and the law without knowing why?

Turner said Sonny and Ric’s conflict was a matter of public record. When Ric was DA, he’d been gunning for Sonny and Jason. Sonny said he thought they’d moved past it, and she said Ric had gotten Ava off, so she’d been surprised when he hired Ric to defend Rocco. What made him think Ric had changed?

Laura said she was concerned about Ric inviting Elizabeth away for romantic getaway, and Ric said he didn’t want friction between them, but it was… She said, none of her business, and he assured her that he hadn’t pressured Elizabeth, but she said, Elizabeth didn’t have all the facts. He said, what facts? and she said, him being involved in a criminal conspiracy with her and Sonny.

Ric said it wasn’t a conspiracy. Sidwell was framing her. Laura said instead of calling the police, she’d called Sonny, then concealed the body when Nathan showed up. Now she was using her position as mayor to further Sidwell’s personal agenda. Ric said blackmail was also a crime, and Laura said Ric was now a co-conspirator, but he said he was only obliged to inform the law if she told him she was concealing another body. She said the day was young, and he said she’d survived Frank Smith and Helena Cassadine. She said she’d like to survive this too, and he said he’d find a way to neutralize Sidwell. She said, the more public Ric made his relationship with Elizabeth, the more danger Elizabeth was in. She’d sent Doc and Ace away because Sidwell had threatened her grandson. Their safety the most important thing. He said Elizabeth’s safety was just as important, and she said Sidwell knew that Elizabeth used to be her daughter-in-law and was the mother of one of her grandsons. If he found out she was romantically involved with Sonny’s brother… They’d made their choice, but Elizabeth knew nothing and had no chance to make a choice.  

Britt said she wanted to review the NICU schedule, and Elizabeth said she could see it online. Dante wondered if Britt had time to answer more questions, and Britt made herself scarce. Dante told Elizabeth that he had another favor to ask and it was a big one.

Jordan wondered how Curtis decided to investigate Isaiah, and Curtis said he’d heard about the paint, but she said there was no way to directly connect the two. Curtis said, forensics found the paint wasn’t more than 72 hours old and Isaiah could have been on the road. He didn’t like Isaiah, but he didn’t want to be right. She said he’d have to tell Portia and their hard won peace would be blown to hell… and he said if Portia thought he was persecuting Isaiah.

Chase and Brook told Ethan about Delilah’s death, and Ethan said it was great they were able to stay with her and save the baby. Chase said Delilah thought she was lightheaded because of the pregnancy, but it was possible she wasn’t telling the truth. She had no ID. They’d found her purse, but there was nothing in it, so it was possible she was mugged. Brook said, Delilah was disoriented and focused on other things, but Chase said he couldn’t shake the feeling Delilah had something to hide.

Nathan said Lulu had been on edge and Isaiah walked in on a difference of opinion, and Isaiah said, show him the wound. Nathan lifted his shirt, exposing a bruised torso, and Isaiah said it looked like the perp put up one hell of a fight.  

Sonny told Turner that he hadn’t spoken to Ric in years, but Ric came back to be with Molly when Kristina had the accident and lost the baby. They’d avoided each other up until Rocco’s trouble. Ric told him that he’d had a near death experience and wanted to be his real brother. Ric said he couldn’t fix the past and wanted a different future for them, so he gave Ric a try.

Isaiah said Nathan had popped two ribs and needed a CT scan, but Nathan said his name couldn’t be on the paperwork. Call him John Doe.

Curtis told Jordan that he needed to know if Isaiah was the other driver and so did Portia. He couldn’t let someone like that near his child. Jordan said it was possible Isaiah didn’t realize they’d crashed, but Curtis said, once he heard about it, he would have realized what had happened. She said, possibly, but there were a lot of unknowns, and Curtis said, leaving was an innocent mistake, but why not speak up if he had nothing to hide?

Chase told Ethan that the PCPD had gone through Delilah’s luggage, but found nothing to ID her. She had some high-end clothes and a list of art galleries. They ran her prints, but nothing showed up in the database. Ethan said maybe she’d never been in trouble, but Chase said she was young and had zero online presence. That was unusual, and from a cop’s perspective, he thought she was covering her tracks. Ethan said, good thing they got her to the hospital and could now take care of her daughter, and Brook said Phoebe was wonderful and they were talking about adoption. Chase said, it was like it was meant to be.

Dante told Elizabeth that they’d found evidence on the pier the night Cullum was shot. The WSB took jurisdiction and moved Jason out, so he stashed the evidence. Something seemed off, like there was a cover-up, so he was looking into it. The lab examined the gun before the WSB got there, and there were two blood samples. One should be a sample of Jason’s blood because his skin had been caught by the slide, which would be weird, and the other had to be Cullum’s. Elizabeth wondered if Dante should ask Cullum for a sample, but Dante told her that Cullum wouldn’t say yes. Then the WSB would find out, shut him down, and take the evidence. She said, that lead to the favor.

Ric asked if Laura was saying he should tell Elizabeth, but she said she didn’t want Elizabeth involved. He’d made the right choice. Dishonesty and deception had been a problem for him and Elizabeth before. When he told her that Elizabeth was going away with him, he’d talked about how he changed and how up front he was with her, but here he was keeping a huge secret. Didn’t it bother him?

Sonny told Turner that after Rocco was arrested, he would have usually called Diane, but he figured he’d give Ric a chance. Turner said she was relieved when Ric walked in. She always did her job, but sending a 15-year-old to juvie on the word of a sketchy character like Dalton wasn’t right. She knew Ric was the kind of lawyer to pull out all the stops, then trust the system to do the rest. Sonny said that’s where they parted ways. When Ric was 100% motivated, he was fantastic. He’d trusted Ric would be loyal and now he thought Ric set him up.

Ethan said it had been lovely catching up and congratulated Brook and Chase on the adoption. Brook said it wasn’t a done deal and there were no guarantees, but Ethan said they could clearly give Phoebe what she deserved. It was obvious they loved her. Phobe was a very lucky little girl.

Jordan told Curtis, Isaiah took an oath. If he’d found out later, he would have come forward. Curtis said, unless he had something to hide. Isaiah had visited Jordan because he felt guilty. She said, Isaiah was checking up on her as a friend, but he said Isaiah had insisted she was okay and her injuries weren’t as bad as she thought. Isaiah just wanted that to be true.

Dante told Elizabeth that he needed a sample to run against the gun. He knew he was putting her in a bad spot with HIPPA, but the shooting happened in their town with people they knew. He didn’t trust the WSB. Elizabeth said, the WSB took Jake’s father. She didn’t trust them, but she trusted Dante.

Ric told Laura that he loved Elizabeth. He’d never stopped, but he was also aware he wasn’t good enough. He’d been jealous of Sonny and had a misguided sense of wanting to make him pay, but he was a better man now. He’d justified his actions and lies by telling Elizabeth that he was trying to protect her, but he knew what he was doing was wrong. But this time, he wasn’t wrong. He was doing what was right. Elizabeth would do the same thing. Laura said she knew that, but didn’t want to put Elizabeth in danger, and Ric said he’d die before he let Elizabeth get hurt, but he couldn’t just let her go, especially since he couldn’t tell her why. If he ended things now, she’d never give him another chance.

Jordan told Curtis, of course (🍷) Isaiah wanted it to be true. They all did. How much did he share with the police? Curtis said he spoke with ADA Turner because she was Jordan’s friend and just as determined to find the other driver to see if there was a case. He promised it wasn’t about Isaiah’s relationship to her or Portia. He wanted to know what happened that night. Jordan was the one who got injured, so if she asked, he was sure Turner would drop the whole matter. Then he would too, if that’s what she wanted.

Ethan left, and Brook said she and Chase went on and on to him about Phoebe and didn’t ask him one question about himself. They were the worst. Chase said, nothing was more interesting than Phoebe (I have to admit, she’s a cute little bundle), and Brook said Ethan was the first person besides Tracy that they’d told about adopting her. Admitting they wanted to keep her was wonderful and terrifying at the same time. She was so happy that they were in this together. She believed they were the right people to raise Phoebe, but she was afraid the state would take her. He said, then they were in for a huge fight, and Phoebe made baby noises. He said she agreed with him.

On the pier, Ethan sniffled as he looked at a photo. He said, I’m so sorry, Delilah. I should have been here. We saw he was holding a picture of Delilah, and he said, you were supposed to be safe, and cried.

Isaiah told Britt that he’d been called in to prep for a liver transplant, and she said she’d alert the media. He said he had a patient in Exam Room One. He had bruised ribs and they’d just done a scan. Britt said she was an OB/GYN. Palm him off on someone else.

Sonny said he’d taken his eyes off Ric and Ric betrayed him, and Turner asked why he was so sure. Sonny said Ric lied to his face about where he was, and Turner said she just lied to her assistant about where she was going. People lied for all kinds of reasons. Maybe he had a doctor’s appointment. Maybe he was getting Sonny a birthday gift. Sonny said it wasn’t his birthday, but Turner said he knew what she was saying. Ric lied, but it didn’t have to be about Sonny. Before he condemned Ric for being a traitor, find out why he lied.

Jordan told Curtis that she didn’t believe Isaiah was behind the wheel, but if there was solid, undeniable proof that he was the other driver, she wanted to confront him. Curtis said he’d move forward, and she said she wanted the other driver held responsible. If it was Isaiah, so be it.

Laura told Ric that she wasn’t saying he shouldn’t be with Elizabeth, but going away now, with so much going on with Sidwell… Ric said he’d put a target on Elizabeth’s back, but Laura said, he’d put a bigger target on her. All she was asking was that he back away a little bit right now, until they’d dealt with Sidwell and he was less of a threat.

Elizabeth told Dante that he got lucky. Cullum’s blood draw was today. She gave him an envelope and said she was trusting him, and he thanked her. She said, for what? She had no idea what he was talking about.

Turner told Sonny that Ric was a good ally to have. Before he cut Ric loose, find out why he lied. Sonny asked if she thought he overreacted, and she said the problem with both of their respective professions – he said, alleged professions – was that they often saw the worst in people. People you could trust were hard to come by. She understood his doubts, but for what it was worth (🍷), she had a hard time trusting too.

Isaiah told Britt that she just had to give the patient basic instructions for bruised ribs. Please take care of this. She’d thank him later. She said, fine, but he owed her, and why would she thank him later? Isaiah was already gone, and she looked at the chart. She said, John Doe. No good deed… She walked into the exam room, saw Nathan, and asked, what the hell happened to you?

Chase told Brook that they’d been with Phoebe since the day she was born. They weren’t going anywhere.

Looking at Delilah’s photo, Ethan said he’d seen the baby. Her name was Phoebe and she was beautiful. No one would ever have to know. With tears streaming down his face, he set the photo on fire with his lighter.

Thursday:

Sonny went to see Alexis about Ric.

Ric met Molly and Cody at the MetroCourt Gardens, and Molly said they had some exciting news to share. Ric asked if they were engaged.

Emma and Gio went to the gallery, and Trina said she was wondering how Gio felt about getting back into music.

Willow worked on exercising Drew’s limbs and told him that the moment she was sure he wouldn’t retaliate, she’d stop the injections and he’d make a full and miraculous recovery.

Valentin asked if Carly heard from Jack, but she said, no. She was trying to reach Josslyn to tell her everything was out in the open, but Josslyn wasn’t picking up. Valentin said Josslyn must have told Jack that she was stepping out on him. Now Jack knew it was with him.

Britt asked what happened to Nathan, and he said he was in a fight. She asked, with who [sic]?

Josslyn yelled for Nathan to let her out.

Trina said she was going to do the showcase and would feel more confident with Gio accompanying her, but he said there were better guitarists and his mom knew everyone. Trina said she needed him. She wanted to do it with somebody she trusted. Emma said it was a no brainer. He should do it.

Nathan said the less Britt knew, the better, but she said it had Cullum and Sidwell written all over it. She wondered if they’d roughed him up because she was taking too long, but he said it wasn’t about her. It was about something else. He’d bought them some time. Just finish the job, so they could go on with their lives. Once Sidwell and Cullum had the prototype, they’d leave town. If things went sideways, they’d deal with it then. Until the prototype was complete, her son and his son weren’t safe.

Jack went to see Cullum, and Cullum said he was waiting for the all-clear from the doctors. Jack asked if he needed a ride to the airport, but Cullum said he wasn’t going anywhere.

Sonny asked Alexis if Ric wasn’t the same lying bastard he always was, and she said she couldn’t believe she was saying it, but she had no reason to believe Ric was lying, a bastard, or a lying bastard. Did Sonny? Sonny said Ric lied to him about where he was going and who he was meeting. If there was something to it, Ric was planning on stabbing him in the back – again.

Molly told Ric that she and Cody weren’t engaged. Her book was hitting the shelves next month. Ric said he was proud of her, and Cody said she was going on a promotional tour. Ava came by and asked to talk to Ric. They had unfinished business to discuss.

Emma said she knew Gio missed playing, but she didn’t want to pressure him. She had a doctor’s appointment, but supported whatever decision he made. She left, and Trina said if it was something he didn’t want to do, just say no.

Nina went to Willow’s house, and Willow said she needed someone to look after Drew. He needed another dose and she didn’t want Travis around. She didn’t trust him, especially since Sidwell had hired him. She asked Nina to wheel Drew to the bedroom because Kai was coming over, and Nina agreed he shouldn’t spend time with Drew. Drew had been trying to communicate and Kai knew Willow had shot him. She asked if it wasn’t safer to let Kai go, but Willow said she wanted him close so she could keep an eye on him. Nina said she sounded like Sonny, but Willow said Kai wasn’t her enemy – yet. Besides, he was a good intern.

Britt gave Nathan a breathing device that he had to use once an hour, along a million other instructions. She said she knew he loved James, but James wasn’t his son. He asked if she loved Rocco any less, but she said they knew who they were to each other. He said he’d tell James and Maxie when time was right. It was something for down the line, but right now, Sidwell and Cullum were prepared to take Rocco and James if they stepped out of line. She said, if Cullum found out Rocco was the one who shot him… Nathan said Cullum would realize that Rocco knew he was a double agent and would kill him, and Britt said then there was a chance that neither of them could stop him.

Jack said he thought Cullum was recuperating in Brussels, but Cullum said he was getting back to work. He needed to see the operation through.

Carly said, obviously Jack knew already, and Valentin asked, who else knew? She said, Jason and Lucas, but Lucas didn’t know it was him. Valentin said her daughter was WSB and it probably hadn’t taken her long to figure out Carly was crazy about him.

Josslyn banged on the door, yelling for Nathan, then looked around, digging through everything. She found a something to try and unlock the door with.

Sonny asked if Alexis had reason to believe history was repeating itself, but she said she thought Ric understood the cost of going to war with him. Sonny said Diane told him not to trust Ric, but he didn’t listen, and Alexis told him not to convict Ric just yet.

Ric and Ava stepped away, and Ric told Ava to never bother him again when he was with his daughter, but she said it couldn’t wait. She passed along the message and the terms were agreed to. They’d seal the deal tonight, but he’d better keep his end of the bargain. He said he planned to, no matter what.

Molly wondered what was up with Ric and Ava, and Cody asked if she thought something was going on between them. Molly asked if he didn’t, and he flashed back to finding Ric in Alexis’s basement. Molly said Ric seemed devoted to Elizabeth, and Cody promised her that her father wasn’t getting back together with Ava. She asked how he could be sure, and he said Ric knew how much Molly didn’t like her.

Kai brought Willow the list of who was pro and con WSB funding, and she said it looked evenly split. She’d have to sway some votes. Kai gave her a suggestion and offered to call, and she said that would be perfect. He asked if he could say hello to Drew, but she said Drew was taking his nap.  

Britt found Emma in an exam room and said Dr. Navarro had an emergency, so she was taking over her appointments and Emma was there for her annual GYN exam. Emma said she’d reschedule, but Britt said she was already in the gown, but okay. She looked at the schedule and said, could it wait until August? Emma said, fine. Let’s do it.

Carly said Valentin was probably right. Josslyn was the one who told Brennan. She needed to find her right now.

Nathan told Josslyn that it wasn’t going to work and to step away from the door. He came in with a tray of food and a blue Star Trek drink. (Seriously, what the what?) He said if she was thinking about going on the offensive, don’t. He had the advantage. She said she could help him, but he told her that Nathan was dead. She said she knew he was in there somewhere, but he explained that he was really Nathan’s twin brother Cassius Faison.

Ric came back to the table, where Cody sat alone, and Cody asked what was going on with him and Ava. Ric said he wouldn’t have anything to do with Ava if it wasn’t important, and that was all Cody needed to know. Cody said he hadn’t told Molly anything about Ava, Kristina, and Alexis keeping Ric prisoner in the basement, and Ric said he was grateful for Cody’s silence and for saving his life. Cody said Molly was important to him, and Ric said he wasn’t going to do anything to mess it up or mess up his relationship with his daughter. Molly came back and asked what they were talking about.

Alexis said she’d seen Ric working hard to earn back Sonny’s trust. He’d told her how important the relationship was. Maybe he was telling the truth. Sonny said they had the bond he’d wanted, but Ric had fooled all of them, and she told him that her gut said Ric didn’t want to jeopardize that. Sonny said his gut told him the same thing, but why did Ric lie and what was he hiding?

Britt went through the usual with Emma and asked if she wanted to renew her birth control prescription. Emma said she did, and Britt said they just had to do her pelvic exam and pap smear. Emma asked if it was necessary, and Britt said it was kind of the whole point.

Trina said she didn’t want to pressure Gio. If he didn’t want to, she’d understand. He said he had mixed feelings about it, when Carly walked in. She said she couldn’t get ahold of Josslyn, but Trina said she hadn’t seen Josslyn since last night. She’d figured Josslyn was pulling an all-nighter at the library. Carly said she was sure that was it, and Trina said if she saw Josslyn she’d tell her that Carly was looking for her.

Josslyn said she’d never heard about a twin brother, and Nathan said his existence had been kept a secret. Obrecht thought he’d died in childbrith. To be fair, it was his father’s idea. She said, he’d been pretending? and he said not many people had questioned his memory lapse because they were grateful to have their beloved Nathan back. She said, Anna questioned it. She’d had his body exhumed and it was missing. He said he’d arranged it because he knew the DNA wouldn’t match and he hacked the PCPD database to replace Nathan’s fingerprints with his own. Josslyn said, why confess now? and he said she may as well know the truth. She asked if he was planning on killing her.

Trina said she’d call Gio tomorrow, but he said Emma was right and it was better than picking up the violin again. The guitar was fun. She said they’d let it be fun then, and he said, let’s do it. Kai came in and said, do what?

Britt said Emma was done except for a nurse doing a blood draw for SDIs the pap smear couldn’t detect. Emma said her mom got HIV from a guy who didn’t know he had it, and Britt said partners sometimes lied. Emma said Britt knew about that, like how Britt had lied to her dad about being pregnant. She asked if they were done, since Britt was making her headache worse, and Britt asked what was up with that. Emma said it was from her birth control. Dr. Navarro had explained it sometimes did that. Britt said it was a common side effect, but Emma could switch to a different pill. Would she like to discuss her options? Emma said, sure.

Willow told Nina that she knew how to get leverage over Drew. The night she’d shot him, she was totally desperate. Now she was ready to move on. She just wanted Drew out of her life. Nina said they couldn’t let him recover until they were sure he wouldn’t come after Willow, and Willow said, that’s where Chief Brennan came in. She’d offered to get him more funding for the WSB and give him the credit, and Kai was helping her do that. In exchange, Jack would find something for her to get leverage over Drew. It was the only way to get her life back and ensure she’d keep her kids. Her phone rang and she had to take the call. She told Nina to give Drew his shot and left the room, and Nina said she couldn’t go one like this anymore.

Cullum said he had a clean bill of health and he wanted to look at the evidence from his shooting, but Jack said they didn’t have it. The PCPD collected it and it was theirs. He’d been acting on orders from Cullum’s office. Britt had ID’d Jason as the shooter and Jason hadn’t contradicted it. Cullum said, once again, Jack’s incompetence proved he had no business running the Port Charles station. Therefore, he was taking command immediately.

Carly told Valentin that she still couldn’t find Josslyn and Trina hadn’t seen her since last night. Valentin said they didn’t know if Josslyn was actually missing, but Jack might have something to do with it. He might have sent her away on assignment. Carly said they had to figure out where she was and force Jack to bring her back, and Valentin said he had a way, but she wasn’t going to like it.

Josslyn said she knew Nathan’s real identity, so he couldn’t let her go, and he said he was improvising, since he hadn’t known last night would get so out of control. She wondered how the room was set up perfectly for a hostage and asked who else had been there. He told her to stop asking questions. He’d bought her act until Britt told him that she was WSB. She said she knew she couldn’t trust Britt and Britt had known his real identity the entire time. She assumed he was also working for Cullum and Sidwell, and he said he and Britt wanted out. He didn’t want to kill her. She told him that she wouldn’t say anything and could help him, but he said she wasn’t going anywhere and didn’t even know where she was. No one would suspect the golden retriever of the PCPD had anything to do with her disappearance.

Britt told Emma that she could pick up her prescription at the pharmacy and schedule a follow-up with Dr. Navarro, but Emma said she may as well stick with Britt for now. Britt said see her in six weeks.

Ava arrived at the gallery and said she had a private sale later, so Trina could take the rest of the day off. She insisted.

Cody told Molly that he’d been asking what was going on with Ava and Ric, and Ric told them, like Ava said, it was unfinished business, nothing important. He asked about Molly’s book tour, and she said she’d be gone in the summer for at least a month. Cody said he’d be going with her, and Ric said that was good. He’d noticed how happy Cody made her. Cody said he couldn’t take all the credit. Molly had been happy since Ric stuck around. Molly agreed and told Ric, please don’t do anything to screw that up.

Sonny told Alexis that he wasn’t surprised Ric betrayed him, but was surprised he didn’t want it to be true. She said it seemed they were closer, and Sonny said they were closer than ever. That’s why he was giving Ric the benefit of the doubt. Alexis said, what if Ric was going after him again? and Sonny said he didn’t know what he’d do, but they’d be done. There would be no coming back.

Jack asked if he’d be reassigned, but Cullum said he’d be staying on for now and taking orders directly from him. Unless he wanted a transfer. Jack said he wanted what was best for the Bureau, and Cullum said, first, Jack would hand over all his files, including the list of agents working for him.

Nathan said he’d be back later and asked Josslyn to quit making a run for it. She asked, what about Cullum and Sidwell? They didn’t strike her as the types to leave witnesses. He said he’d do his best to keep her alive, but she had to trust him, and she asked why she should. He asked if she had any other options… Right. So she should stop thinking of him as her captor and start thinking about him as her best shot of surviving this. He left.

Nina said, as much as she hated Drew, she didn’t take any pleasure in this. No one should be kept in this condition, even him. She was sorry. She prepared the shot and said she just had to support her daughter and trust they’d find a way out for everyone sake. Her phone rang and she left the prepared syringe on the table, where Drew eyeballed it. Valentin told Nina that he had a job for her.

🫔 Friday’s Enchilada…

Sonny asks what Ethan’s got, and Ethan says he’s been on Ric all day. He met up with Ava at the MetroCourt Gardens – again. They left separately, but they met up later. Sonny asks, where? and Ethan says, Ava’s gallery. Sonny says, just the two of them, and Ethan says, just the two of them. It was just the two of them when he left, yeah. Sonny bangs on the table and says his brother’s slipping. He’s not covering his tracks like he used to.

At the gallery, Ric tells Ava, don’t even think about backing out now, and she says, he came to her, remember? She didn’t ask for this. He tells her that he’d say she asked for plenty – he taps on his briefcase – and she’ll get it. She says she’d better, and Ric asks what time he’s getting here. She says, soon, and he says, how soon is soon? She tells him to relax and he says, that’s easy for her to say. She says she told him, she’s going to follow through on her promise. Doesn’t she always?

Nina wheels Drew into the bedroom and suggests they stay in there because Jack Brennan is on his way here. He’s going to walk in with no idea what he’s walking into. Not that she’s any better, because Valentin didn’t say anything to her when he called. He didn’t tell her anything. But because Drew’s been trying to communicate so much, she has to give him his weekly dose before Jack gets here and before Valentin can think of some other chore to call and interrupt her with… Oh. Oh my God. No, no, no. She runs into the living room.

At the MetroCourt, Lucas tells Felicia, this was nice, and she says, it was. It is. He says, it’s nice seeing her outside the hospital walls. They should do it more often. She says, yes, they should, and they will. Unfortunately, she’s fallen down on the job lately. He says, what job? And she says he knows his mom likes her checking in on him and his sister. He says, don’t worry. He’s fine. She says, uh-oh. Does that mean that Carly’s not? He says, depends on who you ask.

Nina runs around like a chicken with its head cut off, and grabs the syringe. She goes back in the bedroom and closes the door. She says, okay. She definitely doesn’t need anyone walking in on them while she’s injecting him, so she’s just gonna do it here. All right? Where they have some privacy. And she totally doesn’t need anyone listening to her talking to herself. So… She preps his arm with alcohol and says she doesn’t know how Willow does it. She makes it look so easy, but Willow told her that he was overdue, so they have to do this… Can he please not look at her while she does it? He continues to stare at her, and she’s about to give him the shot, when she hears someone outside and runs back to the living room.

Carly says, absolutely not, but Valentin says, it’s already set in motion. She says, he has to unset it. He has to come up with a solution that doesn’t involve her. He says he’s willing to do whatever it takes to find out where Jack took Josslyn. Is she? She says, of course (🍷) she is, but whatever it takes shouldn’t involve putting her daughter’s life in Nina’s hands.

Nina runs around some more and finally puts the syringe under a toy truck on a shelf. She opens the door to Jack, and he says, so. She has something for him on Valentin? She says, hi to you too.

Dante takes some Alka-Seltzer and flashes back to telling Elizabeth that he needs a sample so he can run it against the sample found on the gun. He knows he’s asking a huge thing. This is not just keeping a dog bite off the books and he knows he’s putting her in a bad spot with HIPPA and everything, but this shooting, it happened in their town with people that they know, and he doesn’t trust the WSB. She says, the WSB took Jake’s father. She doesn’t trust them either. There’s a knock at the door, and he lets Elizabeth in. She says she hopes she’s not in any trouble, and he says, no, of course (🍷) not. Does she want to have a seat? She sits, and he says he got the test results from Cullum’s blood sample. She says, that was fast, and he says, yeah. He had them put a rush on it. She says, and? Was it Cullum’s blood on the gun?

Lulu goes out on the porch, when Nathan approaches, and she asks, what happened to him? He says, it was a perp. Where’s the kids? She says, out, and he asks if she can get Rocco to come home, but she says she’d rather not. Why? What’s going on? He says, she’s got to send him away tonight or Cullum will end his life.

Valentin says, she forged an alliance, and Carly says she knows that. He says, they don’t need Brennan suspicious when she reaches out to him, but she says he’s giving Nina more credit than she deserves. The stakes are too high. She doesn’t trust Nina. And if he’s right that Jack has shipped Josslyn off to some WSB outpost for the sole purpose of getting back at her… My God. He says he’s sorry. He should have seen this coming. He should have known that Jack would use Josslyn as a way to retaliate. He goes to a storage cabinet, takes out his gun, and puts it in his waistband. He says he can make it right, so let him, and he walks out.

Jack says he assumes Nina brought him here because she finally has something for him on Valentin, and she says, he looks terrible. Is he all right? He says, just tell him why he’s here, and she says she wanted to discuss the arrangement he has with Willow. He says he wasn’t aware he needed to discuss his arrangement with her, and she says, well, it shouldn’t be a big surprise. Willow is her daughter and she’s working hard to secure WSB fundings through her congressional office. He says, yeah, she better be, and Nina says, now she needs to make sure that he’s going to hold up his end of the bargain. Is he positive he can find incriminating evidence against Drew? He says, if he were her, he’d worry less about his arrangement with Willow and more about her promise to him and what’s going to happen if she betrays him.

Lulu says they already talked about this, but Nathan says, things are different now. Cullum got out of the hospital. She says, today? and he says, yes. And they both know the first thing he’s gonna do is find and punish the person who shot him. She asks why she would know that, and he says, come on. Rocco told them that he shot Cullum in the back while he was facing Jason, which means that Cullum knows that Jason couldn’t have been the one to do it. And yet Jason still hasn’t denied it. So then the question becomes, who is important enough to Jason to protect. Right? She says, right, and he says, okay. So once you ask that question, once you start taking stock of all of the people who connect to Jason and Britt, how long do you think it’s going to take Cullum to get to Rocco? He may have done it already. He may have figured it out already. She asks if he’s trying to scare her, but he says, no. He’s trying to save her son’s life.

Dante says, so, that was not Cullum’s blood on the gun, and Elizabeth says, okay. Any theories on whose it is? He says, that’s why he wanted her to come by. He has another favor to ask her. She says, look, she wants to help him and she will help him, but getting Cullum’s blood sample without a warrant will get nothing. She only did it because she trusts him. He says, no. He knows that too. He won’t ask her to put herself at risk again. He promises. She thanks him, and he says he’s just got stuff going through his head a little bit and he was hoping that he could work through it with her. She says, well, then she’s listening, and he says, so Jason’s blood was on the gun. Jason handled the gun. That part is not up for debate. She says, well, so did somebody else, right? and he says, right, but it wasn’t Britt and it wasn’t Cullum. She says, which would indicate that there was at least one other person on the pier that night, and he says, right, but Cullum, Jason, Britt, none of them made any mention of anyone else being there. But they know someone else handled that gun. So one or all of them are lying about what actually went down that night.  

Ric says, Ava following through on her promises, that’s rich, and she says, name one that she’s broken. He says, let’s see. When she went behind his back and started working with Alexis. She says, he did it to her, and he says he had to. She was being reckless. And by the way, he hasn’t forgiven her for her little part in holding him hostage in Alexis’s basement with the ball gag. She says, if he keeps talking about that, she’s going to start to think he liked it, and he says he and Elizabeth could have been killed in that car wreck. If anybody deserved to benefit from that payout, it would be them. She says, there it is, and he says, there what is? She says, God forbid he should go five seconds without bringing up his precious Elizabeth.

Sonny tells Ethan that he didn’t want to believe it. Ric’s up to something with Ava. Ava’s in bed with Sidwell. You do the math. Ethan says, on the surface, it doesn’t look good, and Sonny says, no, and there was no meeting. Ethan says he’s sorry, and Sonny says he had his reservations, but now he positively knows, Ric is out to get him.

Dante says, Jason shooting Cullum isn’t beyond the scope, right? and Elizabeth says, no, but the way it was all handled doesn’t sound like him at all. Dante says, no, but that’s not really what’s bothering him, and she says, okay. What else? He says, Jason’s fired how many guns in his life and he gets a slide bite. It’s a rookie injury. Makes him think someone else got their hands on that gun and Jason decided to cover for them. She says she thinks she knows who it was.

Lulu tells Nathan that the only people who know Rocco pulled the trigger as of right now are them, Jason, and Britt. And he promised Britt would stay quiet. He says, she will, but right now, it’s Rocco they’ve got to worry about, and she says, why? He says, she knows why. The kid is clearly struggling. He could crack at any moment. Hell, he kind of already did. He told Britt everything. The only thing protecting Rocco right now is the fact that Cullum does not know. She says she’ll talk to Rocco and make sure he understands, but he says, they tried that already, and still the kid cracked under the guilt. And he doesn’t blame him. What he’s going through is terrible, but it’s only a matter of time before he tells somebody else. And maybe it’s Danny or Charlotte, but maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s a total stranger. Look, the guilt is clearly getting to him. He’s getting sloppy. It’s not safe for him to be here. She says, stop telling her how to protect her son. Sending him away is only going to cause more damage. He needs to be here with his family, with her, his mother, who knows exactly what happened and why. She will do everything in her power to help him… Don’t look at her like that, like she’s some kind of child that doesn’t understand. He says, that’s not what he thinks of her. He just thinks that she is vastly underestimating how lethal Cullum is. She says she doesn’t care. She’s not sending Rocco away based on hypotheticals and what-ifs. He says, fine. Then he needs to ask her a question and needs her to be honest with him. Nobody knows her son like she does, right? She says, that’s right, and he says, okay. So knowing that, knowing what she knows and the pressure that he’s under, does she really think Rocco can keep this secret much longer?

Lucas gets a text from Carly asking where he is and he says, oh, speak of the devil. Felicia says, Carly? and he says, she wants to know where he is. Felicia says, tell her to join them. She’d love to see her. He says he’s surprised Carly wants to see him, and she asks, how come? He tells Felicia that he’ll just say he pushed her to rethink her relationship patterns, and she says, that makes sense. He says, it does? and she says, maybe he doesn’t want to lose Carly the way he lost Marco. How is he doing? He tells her that when he said he was okay earlier, he lied. He’s a mess. She says she thought that might be the case, and he says his emotions are all over the place. Answering, how are you? it just feels impossible sometimes. She says, it’s easy to put on a brave face, just tell everybody he’s okay, and he says he loved Marco. She says she knows he did, and he says he didn’t realize how much of Marco he’d asked until it was too late. She says, it’s not his fault Marco died, but he says, it’s not guilt that he’s feeling. It’s more regret. Not that it does him any good. She says, it rarely does, and he says, Marco’s gone and there’s nothing he can do to bring him back, but he can’t let go until he does something to honor him.

Nina glances at the syringe under the toy truck and says, the sooner Jack finds evidence against Drew, the better for everyone. So what has he found so far? Jack says he has several promising leads, and she says, really? In the bedroom, Drew concentrates on listening, and Jack says, yes. Nothing actionable yet, but yes. She says, okay, leads are good. What are they? He says he doesn’t trust her not to interfere, and she asks what he’s saying to her. Is he trying to tell her that he doesn’t have anything? He tells her that what he’s trying to say to her is that he has a superior who has taken over his office and he can’t afford to have him tipped off to their arrangement. So he will make his move when the scrutiny lets up. She says, okay, but when will that be? and he says, when it lets up. He’ll just have to patient and so will she. She says, okay, so he’s telling her that he doesn’t have anything. She needs him to find something. Okay. All right. He needs to leave. And he needs to leave Port Charles – now.

Lulu tells Nathan that she can’t say for certain what Rocco will do, and he says, exactly. She says, but she can only hope that someday he will see that he saved the lives of the people he cared about. But until then, she knows in her heart that sending him away all by himself is not the answer. He says, then go with him. Take him to Ireland to visit Kevin and Ace. She says, for what? A mother/son bonding trip? He says, sure, why not? It’s almost summer. No one will question it. She asks what he’s talking about. His father would. He has one. Remember? Dante loves Rocco. He’s not going to be okay with her just taking him to Europe without him knowing why. And even if he was, he might not agree to it. Nathan says he’s not talking about forever. Just until the scrutiny passes. She says, okay. What about Charlotte, her mom, their home, school? She and Rocco have a life here. He says, she’s not listening, but she says, no. He is not listening to her. Rocco is a child who is dealing with something traumatic, and his solution is to rip him away from the people who care about him. He says, no. His solution is to save Rocco’s life. She says, if Cullum finds out… He says, it’s not a matter of if, and she says, when Cullum finds out, regardless of what anyone else says, including his father, she will take her son and run. She knows what to do and she will do it if necessary. It’s just not necessary yet.

Elizabeth tells Dante that she’s treated slide bites before. In fact, she treated one the night of the shooting. At least she’s 90% sure that’s what it was. Dante says, 90%. That’s pretty good odds. She says, yeah, but there’s a chance she could always be wrong, and he says, look, if she knows something and she doesn’t feel like it’s going to put herself at risk and she wants to tell him, then… It could help free Jason, bring Jake and Danny their father back. She says she had a patient come in with an injury that was consistent with having fired a gun, and he says, this injury being a slide bite. She says, consistent with a slide bite, yes, and he says, got it. He’s gone over the evidence several times. He doesn’t remember seeing anything from GH about that. She says, well, that was her fault. She knows she’s supposed to report any gun related injury… He says, but she didn’t. Why not? She says she was trying to do a favor for a friend, just like she is now, and he asks, who was the patient? She says, it was Rocco.

Ethan asks, so what’s the move? and Sonny says he needs to confront Ric tonight. Ethan says, all right, let’s do that, and Sonny says, he’s going to positively deny it and things are going to get ugly. Ethan says, how so? and Sonny says, because he’s going to need to know why Ric’s involved with Sidwell and Ric’s not going to give it up that easily. Ric’s just going to look him straight in the face and say, on their mother’s grave, he has nothing to do with Ava or Sidwell. Ethan says he stands by what he saw. He can’t walk that back. Sonny says, good. Because once this starts, there’s no stopping it.

Ric tells Ava, come on. Do not pretend like he broke her heart. But she got her divorce settlement from Nikolas intact. He’s still waiting for his thank you card, by the way. She says, that money was stolen from her. She was just recovering what was hers. He says, yes, and she got it. Now she’s going to have several crisp new reasons to keep that buried. She says, he’s working awfully hard for this transaction. What’s in it for him? Sonny is going to be none too pleased when he finds out that Ric’s partnered with her. Ric says he’s just doing what he has to do, when Ava’s phone dings. Ric asks, what is it? and she says, he just texted. He’s here.

Carly walks into the restaurant, and Felicia says, look who’s here. Lucas didn’t tell Carly she was with him? He says he didn’t think he had to. Did he? Carly says, no. It’s always so great to see her. He says, Carly looks – she says, careful – upset, and she says, it hasn’t been a great few days. Felicia says, sit, and Carly sits down. Lucas says, tell them everything, and she says she and Jack Brennan are done.

Nina says, Jack has to go, and he says, she called him over here and now she can’t wait for him to leave. She says, please trust her. He has to leave. He asks why she needs him to leave so badly, and Valentin says he was kind of wondering the same thing. He stands in a doorway with his gun drawn and says, close the door, and Nina closes it. Valentin says, Nina, Nina, Nina. He was warned about her, that she couldn’t be trusted. He guesses he should have listened. Hi, Jack. Thanks for joining us. Want to get down to business?

Jack says, so that’s what this is all about? She brought him in for Valentin? She says she didn’t have a choice. He knew about their deal over Charlotte. He figured it out. Jack says, that’s just it, huh? She’s serving him up to Valentin on a silver platter. She says she didn’t know he’d bring a gun, and Valentin says, that’s enough. He tells Jack to hand over his weapon, and Jack gives Valentin his gun. Valentin puts it on the mantel and asks where Jack sent Josslyn. Jack asks what he’s talking about, and Valentin says, don’t play dumb. Jack asks, what happened to Josslyn? and Valentin says he doesn’t have time for this. Jack says, Valentin thinks he sent Josslyn somewhere to punish Carly? and Valentin says, he didn’t? Jack says, no, and Valentin says, see, here’s the thing. If Jack is lying, then they’re through here. If Jack’s telling him the truth, then Jack is useless to him. And neither scenario ends well for him.

Carly says, they were both right about Jack. Lucas warned her how many times? He says, too many to count, and she says, and Felicia. Felicia spoke up in the hospital after she was poisoned. Felicia says she remembers, but no one is judging Carly, least of all her. She knows from experience what it’s like to love someone whose first allegiance, despite their best intentions, will always be to the Bureau. Carly says she knows Felicia does, and Felicia says, there’s no way to build something real, something honest, when that’s the foundation of your relationship. Carly says she guesses she learned that the hard way, and Felicia says, knowing that doesn’t make it hurt any less. Carly says, it doesn’t, and thanks Felicia for saying that. Felicia says she’s going to lave the two of them to talk, and tells Lucas, we’ll do this again soon? He says, absolutely, and Felicia leaves. He tells Carly, okay, spill, and she says she did. He says he wants the real reason she and Jack broke up. It certainly wasn’t because he told her to. She says, how does he know? and he says, because she never listens to him. Jack found out she was cheating on him, didn’t he?

Dante says, Rocco, that can’t be, and Elizabeth says she’s so sorry. She can’t imagine what he’s feeling right now and she knows it sounds crazy. He says, it does sound crazy, Rocco shooting a WSB agent. He’s never even held a gun. She says she’s only telling him what she witnessed, and he says he knows. Okay. Maybe can she start from the beginning? She says she was on duty at the hospital when Lulu came in and Lulu had her paged specifically because Rocco had cut his hand. He says, right. Rocco was helping Lulu in the kitchen. There was an accident, a knife slipped. She says, that’s what they told her too, but it wasn’t a knife cut. It was a slide bite. He says she seems pretty certain, and she says, at the time, she didn’t have any context, so she didn’t question it. But then… Remember at the hospital, he asked her how Rocco seemed because he felt Rocco had been awfully quiet and withdrawn. He says, yeah. She said she noticed it too. She says, yeah, including the night of the shooting. Rocco was not himself and neither was Lulu. Lulu was all on edge and she just thought maybe Lulu was just worried about her son’s hand. But then… He says he doesn’t believe it, and she says, and he’s right. Jason wouldn’t make those kinds of mistakes. And the list of people he would go to prison for just isn’t that long. He says, but Sonny’s grandkid, Danny’s brother, he’d be on that list.

Lulu says, for the time being, Rocco stays here and so does she, and Nathan says he thinks she’s making a mistake. She says, he’s made several. Starting with coming into her home and lecturing her repeatedly about what’s best for her child. And then he all but demands that she listen to him instead of doing what she thinks is right. Like he knows Rocco better than she does? He tells her that he never said this, and she says, get this and get this now. She will not send Rocco away to God knows where for God knows how long. He says, then she’s leaving him with no way to protect him or her. Why is she being so stubborn and naïve about this? He thought she was smarter than this.

Dante wonders, why would Rocco do such a thing? but Elizabeth says she doesn’t know. She just knew that she didn’t want to get him into trouble. And she didn’t want to put Dante in the position that she’s put him in now. He says, she didn’t out him anywhere. This isn’t on her. If anything, everything’s falling into place right now. Jason and Britt’s statement. Rocco… Saying his name doesn’t even feel real. She says she’s really sorry, but he says she shouldn’t be apologizing to him. He should be apologizing to her. She says, what? and he says, Jason is Jake’s father. Jason is in a WSB prison for covering for his son. Elizabeth has stakes here too. She says, not in the same way, and he says, Jason just took the fall for his kid. She says, and that’s the only part that does make sense, because that is something Jason would do.

Carly says, yes, Jack figured it out and he knows everything, and Lucas says, yikes. She says she wonders how that happened, and he says, don’t look at him, but she says she’s absolutely looking at him. He says, first, he and Jack Brennan don’t talk, okay? Secondly, he would never do that to her. And not just because it’s wrong, but because, as she knows, he was worried about what would happen if Jack found out. She says, he was right to worry because Jack’s dangerous and she gets that now, and he says, better late than never. She says she needs to know how Jack found out, and he asks if she’s sure Jack didn’t just figure it out on his own. She says, he didn’t just figure it out on his own. When he came over, he let himself in. He barged into her bedroom and he was angry. Someone told him. And if it wasn’t him… If he didn’t say anything to anyone, how did it get back to Josslyn?

Ava says, now that Ric got what he so desperately wanted, she believes they discussed today’s commission for her having introduced the two of them. He says, actually, it wasn’t so bad, and she says, practically painless. He says, maybe for her. She got what she wanted. She says, don’t kid yourself. We both did. He hands her an envelope of money and as she’s counting it, Sonny and Ethan walk in.

Jack says, so this is how it ends, huh? Valentin lures him here, gets the drop on him, and pulls a gun. Valentin says he knows. It’s too easy. Jack’s lost his edge. But Jack did let him take the fall for him. Sent him to Steinmauer. Remember that? Jack says he remembers Valentin being in Steinmauer, and Valentin says, that went well. Almost admirable. And now he’s targeting girls like Josslyn. That’s low, even for him. Jack says he doesn’t know anything about that. Now why doesn’t Valentin put down the gun? Because if something happened to Josslyn, Valentin is going to need him to find her. Valentin says, no. He found someone he likes working with a lot more. Nina screams, no! as Jack lunges for Valentin’s gun. They struggle and Nina tells them not to kill each other. Stop! Drew continues to listen, and Valentin loses the gun. Jack knocks him to the floor, and Valentin crawls toward the gun, but Jack pulls him back.

Elizabeth says, they were looking into Cullum’s shooting and she was just praying that when he was done, it would be Cullum’s blood on that gun. Dante says, it would have made things whole lot easier, and she says, some things, maybe. She gets up and heads for the door and says, he knows how much she cares about Rocco and she’ll do anything to protect him. He says, that’s supposed to be his job though, right? As a parent, he was supposed to protect him. And he failed. She says, but he didn’t know Rocco needed protecting, and he says, yeah, but he should have. She says, how? and he says he doesn’t know. She knew. She says, because she had information he didn’t, and he says, this whole time, Rocco was struggling. He just thought Rocco was feeling for Danny because… The guilt must be eating him alive, you know. Like he shot someone. That brings its own trauma, but he’s also the reason Danny’s now without his father, right after he’s lost his mom. She says she knows. It’s too much for both of them. He says he could have been there for Rocco. He could have helped him through this. He shouldn’t have to shoulder this weight alone… He wasn’t alone, right? She says she doesn’t think so, and he says, Britt must have known. She says she assumes so, and he says, Lulu knows too. Elizabeth says she’s pretty sure Lulu does, and he wonders how she could do that. This whole time their son has been struggling in this enormous amount of pain. How could she lie to him about something this important?

Lulu asks if Nathan is saying she’s stupid, but he says he thinks she’s failing to grasp how dangerous this situation is. She says, I’m sorry, detective. Then he obviously doesn’t know her, because she knows exactly what’s going on. He says, then she would know that all he wants to do is protect Rocco, and she says, really? By destroying him? Because that’s what sending him away would do. And if he can’t see that, then she thought he was smarter than that. He says, come on, and she says, consider himself removed from the situation. He says, all right. Her son, her secret. He won’t do anything to change that. He leaves and looks at her for a moment through the window before he walks away from the house.

Lucas says he’s just fine with Brennan no longer being Carly’s hug honey. The way she ended things might not have been ideal, but her whole thing wasn’t healthy, so why would the break-up be any different? She says, Josslyn didn’t want her with him from the beginning, and he says, same. She says, okay. Well, maybe Josslyn figured things out and she told Jack because she wanted to drive them apart. He says, let him ask her this. Is Brennan worth her tanking her relationship with her daughter? She says, of course (🍷) not, and he says, then she needs to talk to her. She says, that’s all she wants to do. The only thing that matters is finding Josslyn and making things right.

Drew looks as worried as he can, while Nina continues to holler in the living room. She keeps yelling, no! Stop! Valentin kicks Jack away and grabs the gun, and they struggle over it again. Nina grabs the syringe from under the toy truck and stabs Jack with it near his neck. She backs away, and both Valentin and Jack look surprised. Jack drops to the floor.

Ric asks what Sonny is doing here, and Sonny says he could ask Ric the same thing. Ava asks if they can have their family reunion someplace else? but Sonny says, no, they can’t. She says, then she’ll have to be the one to leave, but Ethan says he thinks they’ll all just stay put for the moment. Sonny cocks his gun, and Ric says, wait, wait. Whoa, whoa. What the hell’s going on here? Sonny says, Ric came to him and said he could trust him. Then Ric betrayed him again. He’s telling Ric right now, this is the last time.

On Monday, Carly tells Charlotte that she can’t do that, no matter what happens; Drew moves his finger; and Lulu asks if Dante has evidence that Rocco shot Cullum.

🧼 All the Soap News Fit To Print…

The first thing I thought was how nice it was too.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospital-exclusive-eden-mccoy-on-josslyns-fight-to-survive-cassius

My guess is, there is no next for Jack and Carly.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospital-exclusive-whats-next-for-jack-carly-laura-wright-chris-mckenna-talk-fallout

Two different connections dissected.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospital-ric-and-eilzabeths-twisted-romantic-history-explained

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospital-ethans-connection-to-delilah-baby-phoebes-mother-revealed

Just for fun. Hmm… I wonder if it’s harder for him to get a date now.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospitals-cameron-mathison-opens-up-about-dating-after-divorce

💉 A Dose Of Reality…

Below Deck Down Under

Mike baited Alesia, telling her that she should have been 2nd stew, but Alesia didn’t take the bait. Daisy said she’d warned him about gossiping and he was working until 9 pm. He said, we’ll see about that, and she said she’d have him kicked him off the boat. She went to see Captain Jason – ha-ha! Jason has a pet fish – and gave him a rundown on the situation. The captain called Mike to the bridge, and Mike went from being his own HOD to being fired. Captain Jason said Mike was the source of the toxicity on the boat. He’d been disrespectful to a team leader and he was sending Mike home. In Mike’s interview, he said it wasn’t the first time he’d been sacked for being entertaining, but he couldn’t change who he was. Ellie told Alesia that Jenna was evil, and Ben whined about wasting time with the wrong woman. A new stew was coming and Daisy didn’t want to room with sh*t stirrer Ellie, so to accommodate the new stew and herself, she moved in with João and shuffled everyone else around. Of course Ellie made it about her. Sujay and Brenna were the primaries for the next charter, and were bringing along some friends and Sujay’s parents. In Sujay’s interview (new thing alert – guest interviews), he said his parents had sacrificed everything for their children’s education. He was a doctor now and he wanted his parents to live their best lives. The friends he was bringing were all in the medical field and also all kids at heart. First on the agenda was an 80s night, and while the décor was rad, I think disco balls are more 70s. When Daisy helped make shrimp cocktails, Ellie grabbed a shrimp out of her hand, which was not cool and all uncool. Alesia told Daisy that Ellie was talking about her behind her back, and Daisy asked what Ellie thought this was. Days of Our Lives? Alesia said she didn’t know what that was.😯In Daisy’s interview, she said Ellie was gaslighting front, back, and center. If she kept it up, she’d be fired next. Ellie bitched endlessly to Ben, saying Jenna and João were two snakes, and told Alesia that Jenna and João were all over each other in the hot tub. Jenna was evil.

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Real Housewives Of Rhode Island

Alicia rented a 28-bedroom castle in Newport for a girls’ trip and the property was beyond fabulous. Old-timey cars had been sent to take them there, and the package included two butlers as well. It was also the 100^th anniversary of the town. Kelsey broke up with her sugar daddy, and said being an adult was stressful.😕It was amazing how much she didn’t know, like how to keep a checkbook or cross the street. There was a doll tea party with each woman being assigned a doll, which was kind of cute. Then a masquerade dinner where they were assigned masks that matched their personality. They were to reveal something about themselves as they took their masks off, which was actually somewhat interesting. Jo-Ellen claimed that not getting enough love in her childhood was what made her into an a-hole. I paraphrase. Ashley spoke about leaving the sugar bowl, but her ex was still helping her, so not quite. There was a big to-do about Ashley saying her father left them homeless and Liz not having it. In Liz’s interview, she said Ashley had a big family and moved in with her grandparents, which wasn’t exactly shabby. There was a whole bunch of stuff about Rosie not telling the truth, and in Liz’s interview, she said the castle was big, quirky, and wild, not unlike them.

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Summer House

Jesse had volunteered for a summer camp for kids with cancer, since he was a cancer survivor and wanted to give back. West and Ciara came with him, and in Ciara’s interview, she said she’d missed West as a friend. Of course, we’re all looking at this with West and Amanda eyes now, so everything is examined microscopically. Lindsay told Amanda that Carl’s mom had brought up past pain. Carl never had a respectful conversation with her and she was tired of being treated like a villain, while they were the victims. She couldn’t handle it anymore. It was the housemates’ last weekend in the Hamptons, so they began it with a water gun fight. KJ said he’d been himself for first time there and it was ending too soon. That’s one perspective. Ciara said suggested to Kyle that he and Amanda spend a month apart while still going to therapy and having date nights. They could fall back in love. She’d had the same conversation with Amanda, who said she didn’t disagree, but felt like it was a last ditch effort. In Ciara’s interview, she said Amanda deserved more, but she knew Kyle. He was wrong, but he had feelings too. Ciara told Kyle that she thought there was too much togetherness, since he and Amanda lived and worked in the same space together. In typical juvenile fashion, those at the first night’s dinner chanted and banged their silverware on the table until Carl and Bailey kissed. In Carl’s interview, he said the Australian Bachelor had nothing on him. Kyle announced that he was going to Vegas, where he was working on a residency contract for 2026. Lindsay asked if he’d discussed it with Amanda, referencing the Reunion where Amanda said she wanted to have kids with someone who wanted to have them with her. He clearly wasn’t ready, but Amanda was. Kyle said Amanda wasn’t ready, and they talked about Amanda like she wasn’t there. Kyle said he felt like he was under attack. He spiraled, yelled, walked out, and threw things. Carl followed him out, telling him to chill, and a fist fight commenced. Ho-hum.

Summer House Season 10 Episode 14 Recap: Kyle Crashes Out On Carl And Amanda

The Valley

The group went to San Diego and Schwartz invited his new girlfriend Kiana along. When they got to the Airbnb or whatever, Jesse and Zack acted like Ramona 1 and 2, grabbing their rooms. They took a trip to an amusement park, and although Kristen said she was feeling like sh*t, she toughed it out. In Kristen’s interview, we had to hear TMI about her first period after having the baby. Since Michelle had recently lost her mother, Lala commiserated, telling Michelle about how much she missed her father.  

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Southern Hospitality

Continuing in the DR, Lake was outed for sleeping with Oisin, and there was a bunch of discussion about it at breakfast. The group went ziplining and had something called Dinner in the Sky, which you couldn’t pay me enough to do. The dinner table was on a platform a million miles up (okay, I exaggerate… a little), so God forbid you should drop your napkin. Molly said Emmy had a weird vibe, but I’m not sure how you’d tell with this bunch. Michols and TJ seemed to be catching feelings, and they also went to a crazy Mardi Gras-ish burlesque type club which was glamourous and crowded to capacity.

Southern Hospitality Season 4 Episode 10 Recap: A Moment’s Peace

Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills – Reunion Part 3

Erika said Dorit’s claims that she was being antagonistic to save her job were hurtful and untrue. Dorit accused Sutton of being a social climber, and Kathy suggested Sutton explain that she was a socialite. Andy said Sutton had been to the Met ball numerous times, and Dorit apologized, but Sutton said she didn’t care. Dorit felt attacked and screeched about Kyle talking behind her back. She insisted that Kyle went into the season with a plan, and threw around the c-word. Then she moved on to insisting someone told Erika – probably Kyle – to go after her and whined about Erika not being at her book cover reveal. Again I ask, who has those? Even my husband – who couldn’t care less – asked why anyone would have that. After an incredible amount of thought, Erika summed it up by saying she was really sad, but I think she just gave up trying to convey anything to Dorit. In the end, Erika and Dorit decided to take a break. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but I wouldn’t be able to tolerate Dorit for more than five minutes. Maybe. As they wrapped things up, Andy asked what everyone would be manifesting, calling it the Amanda Francis impact. Kathy wanted happiness and good health for everyone and desired they would all be full of joy. Jennifer wanted to win the World Series of Poker, and Amanda said, goodness for everyone (zzzz…) and more of the great life she already had. Erika wanted to be free from her old life and onto new things, and Sutton chose having a man in her life, which Erika called man-o-festing. Rachel wanted to keep laughing through life and have a guy who made her laugh to make out with. Dorit was manifesting staying on track with PK and said she knew it was her year. Kyle wanted to survive her daughters moving out, along with manifesting inner peace and peace within the group. Good luck with that. Boz had a great answer and closest to the one I’d give. She wanted to manifest never hearing the word manifesting again. Andy had someone bring out Machatinis, along with two cakes for Kathy’s birthday. Kyle gave a toast to learning and growing, and having peace within themselves, their relationships, and the group. She hoped they all found peace together one day. Double good luck with that. Andy lifted a glass to 15 more seasons, which Amada thought was wonderful, apparently assuming she’d be there.

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She just said no.

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Because I miss them already.

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Keeping Archie in our thoughts and prayers. Please reach out to Shannon if you have any intel.

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👀 Last Weekend’s Watch…

Trick. TubiTV, et al. Released in 1999, this isn’t exactly a new movie, but I needed a pick-me-up and it never fails. Gabriel is a young, gay musical writer in NYC, who’s not very good at being gay. Looking for love in all the wrong places, he meets Mark, a go-go boy. They try to find a place to be alone and fail miserably. An inconsiderate roommate, a clueless best friend, a nasty mean queen ex, and the universe in general conspire to keep them from hooking up, but along the way, they discover… Well, watch it. Despite the deceptive title, it’s the kind of film that will leave you smiling, funny and sweet without being saccharine. One of the things I loved most about it was the way it captured that time in life when you’re just starting out, optimistic about the future, and feel you can do anything. Having gone to acting school in NYC, I thought it was incredibly believable and captured the aura of struggling, hopeful artists to perfection. Tori Spelling is especially funny as Gabriel’s BFF and leading lady, and does a monologue about sh*t that never fails to crack me up. Supposedly, a Broadway musical is in the works, and I’d love to see that happen.

https://decider.com/2016/06/15/the-gay-we-were-trick

https://ew.com/article/1999/04/19/trick

Mr. Crocket. Hulu. – Children go missing, parents are found mutilated and dead, and the former host of a children’s show has made himself a presence in their lives via an old video tape. Mr. Crocket – a cross between Pee-wee Herman and William Marshall in Blacula – leaves a bloody trail in his wake, believing he is rescuing children from the abusive fate he had as a child. The town police are dummies and when two parents of missing children figure it out, they go to the dark side, where they find a skewed version of Mr. Crocket’s television show where he isn’t such a great housekeeper. The acting is authentic, the story both original and a little poignant, and there are some genuinely creepy moments.

[REVIEW]‘Mr. Crocket’ Slays the Huluween Lineup

https://culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/mr-crocket-2024

Mr. Crocket (Review)

Prey. Netflix. In this dubbed German film, a group of male friends get together for a getaway at a national park, a last hurrah before one of them gets married. It’s not long before they realize someone is hunting them and they’re picked off one by one. Simple and relatively short at around an hour and a half, I didn’t hate this. The acting is excellent, and while the premise isn’t incredibly original, the killer is a bit of a surprise. I also liked that it wasn’t a slow burn, and pretty relentless all the way through.

REVIEW: ‘Prey (2021)’ Hits the Target

https://vanessasnonspoilers.com/archives/39082/prey-movie-2021-review-netflix-thriller

💃🏽 Artistic Fashion…

The Met Gala red carpet.

https://ew.com/met-gala-2026-red-carpet-photos-11963241

I don’t think there’s really a lot to unpack here.

https://ew.com/met-gala-2026-theme-explained-11965244

Lena Dunham, just no.

https://radaronline.com/p/met-gala-2026-red-carpet-best-and-worst-dressed-stars-photos

I figured Bad Bunny was the old guy in Grace by Eric Enstrom.

https://people.com/the-best-and-worst-of-the-2026-met-gala-11966648

I didn’t think Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ gown was so awful. While it was simple, maybe she was playing it lowkey to give others a chance for the spotlight.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a71204010/best-worst-dressed-met-gala-2026

After the ball is over.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a70820808/2026-met-gala-after-party-looks

🎭 All the World’s a Stage…

This year’s Tony nominees.

https://ew.com/2026-tony-awards-nominations-see-full-list-11961826

🧹 I Smell a Sequel…

A third installment of the tale of the Sanderson sisters is on the horizon.

https://ew.com/hocus-pocus-3-officially-in-development-bette-midler-sarah-jessica-parker-kathy-najimy-11968539

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/hocus-pocus-3-sequel

👿 Restoring the Condemned…

A fast and loose adaption of Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun about a 17^th century witchcraft trial. I was always a big Oliver Reed fan, so I’ve seen this a couple of times. Not for the weak.

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-devils-4k-restoration

🐶🐱 How Pet Moms Can Celebrate…

📸 Have your photo taken.

https://pethelpful.com/pet-news/petco-mothers-day-event-pet-moms-2026

💞 Deepen your bond.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/dog-mothers-day-on-saturday-bond-with-pets

💐 Make sure they’re safe.

https://www.aspca.org/news/make-your-mom-and-your-pets-smile-guide-pet-safe-mothers-day-bouquet

🐕 Care about their stories.

https://bestfriends.org/stories/features/7-animal-super-moms-marvelous-mothers-day

🐝 Quotes of the Week

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

Just because the answer’s not what you want doesn’t mean it’s not true. – Rosie Woods DiMare, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies, and the character of his friends. – K@$H

She is the Grand Poohbah of slutdom. – Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), The Golden Girls

🎢 Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year…

Until next time, stay safe; stay taking a spring digital detox, stepping outside of your comfort zone (or at least just stepping outside), and developing yourself as a person; and stay making sure guests don’t think your couch is like sleeping on a board that smells like popcorn.

Video> Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not to Come (BBC in Concert, 7.12.1972)