What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital – Thursday

Nathan wakes from a bad dream. Maxie tells him he was talking about a shooting. Well, he is a cop. That’s not exactly weird. She asks what he was dreaming about, but he says he doesn’t remember. Maxie whips out her tablet to show him pictures from the Nurses Ball. He asks what’s up with Griff being her escort. She explains she was going to spring Nathan, but Griff said he couldn’t leave the hospital and attended in his place. She also tells Nathan that Griff is a priest. Griff comes in with Nathan’s discharge papers.

Bobbie tells Carly that Lucas is stable but unconscious. Carly asks how this could happen and Obrecht tells her to ask her friend Finn. She leaves them both perplexed. Monica tells them Lucas’s vitals are good. Carly marches over to the desk and wants to know what Obrecht is talking about. Monica explains that Lucas’s blood test showed a muscle relaxant only used during surgery. She tells Carly there’s an investigation going on.

Finn shows up at Windemere. Hayden asks if he’s there to yell at her some more and tells him about Nicholas. Finn says apparently it’s not a good time and he hopes everything works out. He’s about to leave and Hayden says he came all this way, so what does he want? He gives her back the check. She says he could have mailed it, so why go all the way to Windemere?

Elizabeth tells Jordan that she has information on Hayden connecting her to the disappearance of Nicholas. Really? Isn’t Elizabeth a known liar at this point? Hello? Remember Jake Doe? Elizabeth says that ever since Hayden came into Nicholas’s life, she’s been concerned. She says Hayden’s past is catching up with her, giving her a reason to kill Nicholas.

Jason tells Sam he’s not running, but he’s not sitting around waiting to be arrested either. He’s going to find out what happened to Nicholas himself. Sam wants to come, but he tells her no. He says he’s about to become a fugitive and she’ll be his accomplice, and what about Danny? She says he loves staying at the Quartermaines. Jason relents.

Griff says he just needs to do a final check on Nathan and then he can sign the release. Maxie says she’ll get started on the paperwork and goes out to the desk. Griff asks Nathan to be honest with him. Nathan asks if he’s really a priest.

Carly can’t believe that Obrecht is accusing Finn of injecting Lucas with a drug. Obrecht reminds Carly about her and Finn sneaking around in the records room. Monica says that two other patients have died under suspicious circumstances, and Obrecht adds they were under Finn’s care. Carly says it doesn’t make sense, and Obrecht says maybe Lucas wasn’t the intended target.

Jordan asks what motive Hayden would have? Elizabeth says she can’t say for certain that Hayden was involved in her father’s ponzi scheme, but she profited from it. She tells Jordan about the diamonds, that Nicholas sold one and Hayden was furious about it. Jordan says maybe that’s a motive, but why is Elizabeth sticking her nose into it?

Finn apologizes for his outburst and says Hayden isn’t responsible for her father’s actions. He tells her that his foundation had been set up to fight a disease that his wife suffered and died from. He says today is her birthday and she wouldn’t approve of him keeping the check. Hayden says normally she’d refuse to take it back, but she’s strapped for cash right now. Finn asks for a glass of water and when Hayden goes to get it, he nearly collapses.

Obrecht says it was Bobbie’s room that the attack happened in. Carly says even if it’s all true, they have no reason to suspect Finn. Obrecht says he left his last job under a cloud of suspicion and there were rumors of drug use. Monica refuses to hear that.

Elizabeth says she wants Hayden away from the family, especially Spencer. She asks if they’re looking at any other suspects except Jason. Jordan says while Hayden has motive, she also has an alibi and Jason doesn’t.

Sam and Jason show up at the hospital. Sam tells Monica it’s hard to see Lucas the way he is and Monica says they’re doing everything they can.

Nathan tells Griff there’s something weighing on his conscience. He says he’s lying to Maxie and wants advice. Griff says maybe Nathan could be more specific. Ya think?

Maxie talks to Sam about Lucas and tells her Nathan is being released, adding that Sam is fired. She’s decided to put the whole Claudette thing behind her. She said Nathan getting shot has put everything in perspective and she wants to concentrate on their future.

Carly tells Jason it’s been a bad day. They discuss Nicholas’s disappearance.

Monica tells Sam and Jason that she’ll keep Danny for as long as they need her to.

Carly overhears Obrecht saying she’s going to pull all of Finn’s patient files and flashes back to seeing his syringe works in his hotel room.

Hayden brings Finn the water and asks if he wants her to call for help. He asks for his bag. They banter a little and it’s pretty good. They have a nice chemistry between them. He asks her to open his case and give him what’s inside. He needs to give himself a shot.

Maxie comes into Nathan’s room and Griff says Nathan can be officially released. Maxie gives Nathan a change of clothing. She said she forgot something at the desk, but she really wants to talk to Griff. She tells Griff they have some unfinished business.

Finn says it’s not what Hayden thinks and she says she realized that when he didn’t heat anything in a spoon. He tells her that he has a type of diabetes and thanks her for her discretion. She says what discretion? and jokes that she’s posting it on YouTube. Ha-ha! He thanks her again and tells her good luck with Nicholas.

Jason and Sam arrive at a cabin belonging to Sonny. Jason remembers he has to call Elizabeth because he was supposed to see Jake tonight.

Jordan tells Elizabeth she can’t arrest Hayden for a crime she clearly didn’t commit, but thanks her for the information. Jason calls Elizabeth. He tells her he won’t be able to see Jake tonight, but everything will be fine. She tells him not to make it worse for himself.

Sam makes a timeline using Post-It notes. They go over the events that happened after they got to Windemere. Jason maps out the position of the furniture and says it didn’t sound like there was a fight.

Elizabeth shows up at Windemere and tells Hayden she still has stuff to pick up. Really? How much stuff could she have had since everything was lost in the fire.

Maxie thanks Griff for escorting her to the Nurses Ball. She also thanks him for saving Nathan’s life. He tells her she’s welcome and says he has to get to his patients.

Monica tells Obrecht to keep her suspicions about Finn to herself. She says Obrecht is only out to get petty revenge. Obrecht wonders why Monica is defending him since he’s obviously disturbed.

Carly tells Bobbie the whole thing makes no sense. Bobbie says they’ll figure out who did it. Carly sees Finn enter the hospital.

Jason says it doesn’t feel right. He goes back to the previous fight he’d had with Nicholas and how the furniture was moved, but says they didn’t wreck the whole room. He says this time, the entire room was trashed.

Jordan goes to Windemere. She tells Hayden she has more questions, but not about Nicholas’s disappearance. She says it seems Hayden might be in possession of diamonds that are registered. Hayden says she already told the Feds she had nothing, but go ahead and call the FBI. Jordan says they’re already here.

Griff asks God why Nathan was put in his path.

Maxie says Nathan even looks amazing in sweats. Well, yeah. She starts talking about the wedding plans and he stops her. He says before they get married, there’s something she needs to know.

Finn goes to the chapel where Carly finds him. I swear, no one ever gets any peace in there. What’s wrong with this picture? He asks how Lucas is. Carly says she wants to talk about his so-called diabetes and what he was shooting up. She says she knows he’s been lying to her.

Tomorrow, Carly tells Finn she should call the cops, Elizabeth tells Hayden she’s going down, and Monica tells Obrecht to back off.

Here’s what I’m thinking. Finn is the one with the disease and he’s experimenting with a drug on other people. Either his wife also had the disease too, and that’s how all of this started, or she also died from one of his experiments. Or maybe I have no idea what I’m talking about.

General Hospital – Friday

Jordan leaves to meet the Feds. Hayden tells “smug little cow” <snort!> Elizabeth that she’s behind this, and Elizabeth says yep, she is.

Brad talks to an unconscious Lucas, asking him to come back.

Monica talks to Dr. Mays, who actually shows some concern. Obrecht says if she was still in charge, the maniac who tried to kill Lucas would be behind bars. Monica says Obrecht has been on a witch hunt with Finn since he got there. Obrecht says somebody has to care. Dr. Mays says Monica has done more in three weeks than Obrecht did in three years. Has it really been that long? Obrecht says Monica should have insisted on autopsies. She says Lucas might pay for Monica’s indifference with his life. Mays asks if Obrecht thinks the others were injected. Obrecht says Finn left his last job under auspicious circumstances and there were rumors of drug use. Monica says there were rumors Obrecht used to be a man. Ha-ha!

Carly bugs Finn while he’s in the chapel. He’s surprised that she believes Obrecht over him. She tells him to convince her she’s wrong – with the truth this time. Finn says Carly crossed the line and she’s being manipulated. He says the rumors from his old hospital are wrong; he’s not a drug addict. She says he’s keeping something from her though, and he says he is.

Jason thinks the room was trashed on purpose to look like there was a fight. Sam asks to cover up what? and he says that’s what they have to find out. Sam says the surveillance only covers outside the house and since there are tunnels, there could have been ten guys waiting for Nicholas. Jason says they should be concentrating on the why, not the how.

Spencer tells Laura he can assure her that Nicholas is never coming back. Hey, remember that painting? Think it has anything to do with this? Spencer says a fall to the rocks would be fatal and Laura says Spencer wasn’t there, so he doesn’t know what really happened. She says she really doesn’t want to think about Nicholas falling out a window. Spencer says he didn’t mean to upset her and his teachers tell him he can be too blunt. I’ll bet.

Elizabeth says that Nicholas told her about the diamonds, so after Hayden killed him, she went to the police. Hayden says she didn’t kill him, reminding Elizabeth that she has an alibi, and Elizabeth says she probably hired someone else to do it. Elizabeth says the diamonds prove she profited from her father’s crimes and Hayden doesn’t want to listen to any more, but the Feds come in, so she has to stay put. Okay. First of all, I highly doubt Elizabeth would be allowed to stay there while she’s being questioned, and secondly, why does the fact that Nicholas had the diamonds prove anything about Hayden? Doesn’t that say more about Nicholas? Especially since he sold one? Isn’t he the one looking bad here?

Jordan says the agents are allowed to search the place, and if they want, question Hayden. Jordan has to go back to the station. Elizabeth asks if there’s any news about Nicholas, but Jordan says no. Hayden asks Elizabeth if she ever gets tired of her own hypocrisy and brings up both her keeping Jason’s identity a secret from him and her knowledge of Nicholas having Hayden shot. Elizabeth totally ignores this, saying she’s going to take her sweet time collecting her stuff and one way or another Hayden is going down today. I am going crazy wanting to punch her through the TV screen.

Brad continues to talk to Lucas, who is going to awaken soon just to tell him to shut up. Brad says he can’t promise to never make another mistake, but Lucas has made him a better man. He says he loves and needs Lucas, and asks him to squeeze his hand if he hears him. Nothing.

Monica says the police have been notified and the internal investigation is continuing. Obrecht asks if she told them about the other two patients. She says she’ll let them know herself. Monica tells her, don’t you dare. Mays says she’s just trying to make Monica look bad. Obrecht asks if he’s sucking up or is there an inappropriate relationship going on? I don’t think he’s Monica’s type.

Finn won’t give Carly any particulars, but says if she wants him out, do what she needs to. She says she needs a reason to trust him. He mentions that he’s the one who helped Lucas. Carly says why doesn’t he wake him up then and Finn says maybe he can. They both go out to the desk where Obrecht, Monica and Mays are still arguing. Finn gets on the computer. Mays tells Finn that Lucas isn’t his patient. Everybody wants it both ways today.

Monica says as grateful as she is that Finn helped Tracy, they can’t keep second-guessing the other doctors. Finn wants them to look at the computer screen and recommends an antidote. Obrecht suggests he wants to finish the job he started and finish off Lucas.

Doc joins Laura at the park and she introduces Spencer to him. Spencer asks if he’s there in an official capacity, but Doc says no. Spencer goes off to play with his drone. Laura tells Doc that Spencer seems detached and Doc thinks maybe he’s hiding behind logic.

Sam thinks Hayden is the obvious choice in who pushed Nicholas out the window, but Jason doesn’t. Sam wonders who else would want Nicholas to disappear. Jason says the Quartermaines and brings up the lawsuit. Sam says that just made Jason a prime suspect all over again.

Elizabeth says Hayden is afraid of what she’s going to find. Hayden tells her that Nicholas wasn’t above lying to her and there are no diamonds. The Feds come in the room and say Hayden has some serious ‘splainin’ to do.

Finn suggests that Obrecht doesn’t want Lucas to regain consciousness because he might point the finger at her. Monica thinks maybe they should listen to him about Lucas. Obrecht infers Monica will be complicit in Lucas’s death. Carly says Finn saved Tracy and she trusts him more than any of them.

Brad asks Lucas to squeeze his hand again and he does – barely. Lucas opens his eyes.

Elizabeth asks if they found the diamonds. The agent says no, but they found a list. Hayden says Nicholas was aware of the diamonds and it must belong to him. She says he was obsessed with her father’s assets, and he let Elizabeth in on that. The agent says they’re going to test the paper for DNA and tells her not to leave town. When they leave, Elizabeth says who knows what else they’ll find? and Hayden will be in prison soon. She says she’ll be back to get her stuff later. I think Hayden should change the locks. This is starting to infuriate me. Elizabeth no longer lives there, showed up out of the blue when Nicholas disappeared (hmm…) and now won’t leave. Whatever’s going on, I’ll bet she’s in on it.

Hayden calls the bank to close her account. She starts to leave, but Elizabeth is on the porch. OMG – I can’t stand her.

Doc and Laura talk distractions. He says he used to paint as a therapeutic exercise, using it after his marriage to Lucy imploded. He says focusing on codes also helped him to deal with it. Laura asks if he’s implying she should take up a hobby. He says not necessarily, but wants her to know he’s there if she needs him. She says if Nicholas is dead, she’s responsible for Spencer, but she doesn’t know where to start.

Jordan looks over the paperwork from Nicholas’s disappearance.

Sam wonders if Nicholas trashed the room and committed suicide. Jason says he wouldn’t do that to Spencer and why would he launch himself through the window rather than just opening it? Jason thinks they’ve been looking at it entirely the wrong way.

Brad gets Dr. Mays, but there’s no further response from Lucas. Carly yells at Lucas to wake up and he tells her don’t shout. That’s right, he had to wake up in self-defense.

Doc tells Laura that talking in the neutral way he is, might be helping Spencer to cope. He asks her if she’s accepted what’s happened. She says there’s still hope since no body has been found. In this town, it doesn’t even matter if a body is found. Doc tells her she can always talk to him as a friend or a professional. She says she’s had a lot of losses in her life, but this is different. She says it’s not the first time, and tells him about leaving Nicholas behind when she ran from Stavros. When she met up with Luke again, she never told him because it was too painful, but years later when a bone marrow transplant was needed and no one matched, Nicholas saved his sister’s life. She says Nicholas loved and forgave her and she feels like this is all her fault.

Jason says what if the current didn’t pull Nicholas in?

Stupid asshat Elizabeth pushes Hayden back into the house and they start physically fighting.

Lucas asks how long he’s been at the hospital, and Brad tells him just one night. Dr. Mays asks if he knows what happened to him and he says yes.

A woman walks into Windemere and asks what in the world is going on? It’s Hayden/ Rachel’s mother.

Laura says what if she can’t handle things and Doc says to ask her friends, starting with him.

Jordan asks for a warrant to arrest Jason.

On Monday, Sam asks Jason where Nicholas’s body is, Jason says Nicholas is alive and playing all of them, Nathan tells Maxie he killed someone, and Jordan interviews Lucas.

Quotes of the Week

He seems trustworthy. A bit brooding, perhaps. I suppose it’s understandable, considering.
— Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) referring to Jon Snow on Game of Thrones.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. — Marilyn Monroe.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt. Or as my friend, Jane, put it, Only you can make you feel like an asshole.