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September 16, 2021 – Sonny Makes a Choice, Wedding Blessing, L.A. Highlights, Research, Second Goodbye, Fan Fear, Another Take, Beyond Housewives & Pocket

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Music plays way too loud as Mr. Novak walks into the chapel. He and Jason give each other the eye. Spinelli asks Jason if he’s sure about this. He’s not referring to the wedding, but the other thing. Jason says, sure, and Spinelli says, let fate take its course. Monica comes in, and tells Jason that he looks so handsome. The bride is a lucky woman. He says he thinks he’s the lucky one, and she says, they disagree; that’s good. What’s a Quartermaine wedding without a little conflict? He says, true, and she asks if he’s nervous. Who is she talking to? Of course (🍷) he’s not nervous. He says he’s glad she’s there, and she says, he’s her son. Where else would she be? They hug.

Bobbie comes into Carly’s dressing room, and says she’s dazzling. Jason won’t know what hit him. She’s going to take his breath away. Not that she’ll be able to tell. Carly says she will, and Bobbie says, that’s true. If anyone can read what Jason is feeling, it’s her. Carly says he can read her too, and Bobbie says, no bridal jitters? No second thoughts? Carly says, no, and Bobbie says, because she happens to know Carly disappeared for a couple of hours this morning. She thought Carly might have a case of cold feet. Carly says, no. She was feeling nostalgic. She was remembering how she and Jason first met, and everything they’ve been through. Jason tracked her down, and they had a long talk. Bobbie says, good. She can actually get Jason to talk. If that’s not love, she doesn’t know what is. Carly says she was late for the makeup artist, but Josslyn helped her pull everything together. How did she get such an amazing daughter? Bobbie says, circle of life. One day, they come into town, hellbent on destroying you, and all of a sudden you blink, and they don’t need you anymore. Carly says, that’s not true. She’s always going to need Bobbie. They hug, and Josslyn walks in with the bouquet. She says, Maxie asked to deliver these, but she made Maxie let her. She hands the bouquet to Carly, and asks if she’s ready. Carly holds the bouquet and asks what they think. Bobbie says she’s one beautiful bride, and Josslyn tells her, what grandma said.

Cameron looks at his phone, when Trina snatches it out of his hand. She says she thinks it’s time for a digital detox, and he says he was just waiting for her. They hug, and he says, Josslyn told him that Trina’s mom was in an accident. Is she okay? What happened? Trina says, thankfully, yes. She doesn’t want to get into it right now, but let’s just say, it’s been quite a day. He says he’s glad she’s all right. He’s also glad Trina is there. Josslyn’s been so busy with her maid of honor duties, he’s been at major risk of boredom. She says, and now that she’s here? and he says, it’s time to have some fun. Or, they can be bored together. She says, sounds like a plan.

Ned tells Olivia to stop giving Austin the evil eye, and she asks how else she’s supposed to put a curse on him. He asks if a curse isn’t a little extreme, and she asks who the hell Austin thinks he is, telling her there’s something wrong with her child. Ned says, a doctor?

Maxie tells Austin that she needs to check in with the bride. Can she trust him to be on his own for ten minutes? He says he hopes so, but realistically, there’s probably one or two people left in Port Charles that he hasn’t unsettled. She asks, what Olivia is miffed at him about anyway? She usually stays out of ELQ business. He asks how she knows that, and she says, because Olivia often says, ELQ, not my business. He says, that’s probably a pretty good clue. Olivia isn’t upset at Austin the Quartermaine; she’s upset at Austin the doctor. She says, so this has to do with whatever he and Ned were talking about after he found Leo. He tells her, here’s what he’ll say. He can hardly blame Olivia for being defensive; she just cares about her kid. Maxie says, of course (🍷) she does, and he says, so do I.

On the phone, Brando tells Sasha to put her feet up, and he’ll bring her a slice of cake. He wants her and the baby to take it easy, and he’ll see her soon. Gladys walks in with Novak, and she says, he remembers her son Brando. He says, of course (🍷). It’s a pleasure to see him. They shake hands, and Gladys says, wasn’t it kind of Mr. Novak to bring her as a guest to her dear, departed cousin’s widow’s wedding? My Lord, what would Sonny make of his wife moving on so soon after meeting his maker?

Nina tries to go back inside the Tan-O, but Jax says he’s not letting her go in there. It’s too dangerous. She says, Mike’s still in there; they have to help him. She yells, Mike! and struggles with Jax.

Lying unconscious in the middle of the burning Tan-O, Sonny coughs.

Diane tells Jason that she’s happy for him and Carly. Jason says they’re happy too, and she says she’s glad to hear it. Carly was full of substantial misgivings when she first approached Diane about it. He says, she was afraid it would ruin their friendship, but Diane says, it was a little deeper than that. Carly thought it was the first step in losing him, and Diane told her it was patently absurd. He says, she did? and she says, of course (🍷). She told Carly, with all the stunts she’s pulled, all the plans gone wrong, and the messes Jason has gotten her out of, if she hadn’t lost him by now, she never will.  

Brando imagines Novak has gotten to know Sonny pretty well over the years, and Novak says, as well as you can know a respected colleague. Brando says, then well enough to know what was important to Sonny, and Novak says, the late Mr. Corinthos always said, nothing was more important than family. Brando says, then they agree that Sonny would want the two people closest to him to find happiness, and Novak says Brando makes an excellent point. Gladys says, her boy is so loyal; Sonny valued that. Novak says he couldn’t place Brando when he saw him earlier with his lovely lady at the MetroCourt, then it occurred to him – Cyrus Renault’s driver. Is that right? Brando says, that’s right, sir, and Novak says he heard what Cyrus did to Brando and his enchanting mother. An unscrupulous man; no honor. Brando says, then Novak must remember, if it weren’t for Carly, Cyrus would have killed him and his enchanting mother. Gladys says, don’t give Carly all the credit, and Brando says, Jason deserves his share as well. She says, Jason? and he says, Renault was still trying to force Carly to hand Gladys over, but Jason came back at the risk of his own freedom. If Jason hadn’t shot Renault when he did, who knows what would have happened? Novak says, true. Cyrus was a difficult man, as he’s sure Brando knows. By the way, if Brando is looking for work, the Novak association appreciates dedicated men. Gladys is all happy, and says that’s very generous of Vincent, but Brando says, considering they both barely escaped with their lives, he thinks it’s best if he and his dear mother steer clear of any association with his former line of work. He hopes Novak understands.

Ned tells Olivia, he’s just saying, she went from zero to sixty with Austin. She says, for good reason. Austin was willing to take advantage of poor, sweet, innocent Chase to his own ends. Chase was practically dead, he could barely walk, and his heart was broken into a million pieces. Then this nice guy manipulated Chase, a guest in their home, to get Edward’s papers. Ned says, this isn’t about ELQ, but she says, what if this game he’s playing with Leo is just about jockeying for position at ELQ, trying to ingratiate himself? Why take it on faith when this guy did nothing to deserve it? Ned says, they shouldn’t, but they should also leave room for the possibility that he’s on to something. She says, he’s not the doctor Leo is seeing, and Ned says, he’s not, but Leo has a connection with him, and that should count for something. Olivia gives Austin another evil eye.   

Michael tells Willow, that’s quite a dress (eh), and she says she doesn’t think anyone will be looking at her. All eyes will be on the bride. He says he’s not too sure about that, because whenever she walks into a room, he finds it impossible to look at anyone else. She says, it’s almost showtime. Shouldn’t he be getting ready? He says, what’s to prepare? He just has to stand next to Jason while Jason does all the work. Besides, after months of having to steal time with her, he doesn’t want to be rushed. She says, if she has her way, they have a lifetime ahead of them. She wants to make sure he’s okay. He says, about? and she says she knows he’s happy for his mom, but he’s got to be thinking about his father right now. He says she really does know him inside out (like this would be a hard call), and she says she’s been paying attention. He says his dad has been on his mind a lot, but right now, he doesn’t feel sad. He feels like his dad is with them.

A fireman tries to get everyone to move, but Nina says she’s not going until she knows Mike is safe. Jax says they will move, but they want to stay close until they know their friend is safe. The fireman says, fine. Follow him.   

Inside, Sonny coughs. He seems to be regaining consciousness, and sees the vision of Carly from behind. He says he knows this woman.

Carly thanks Josslyn and Bobbie for standing beside her, and Bobbie says, always. Josslyn says, and forever, when Maxie comes flying in, asking, where’s the bouquet? She trusted Josslyn with it. She better not have lost it. Carly produces it, and says, it’s right here. Maxie says, the bride is a vision, the groom is dashing, and the chapel is full of love. Let’s get this show on the road.

Gladys tells Brando, he blew that, and he says he told her, he’s only pursuing legitimate business ventures now. She says, he calls stripping a legit business venture? and he says he calls it a paying job. She says, there are jobs that pay better, and he tells her, stop. First she tries to get Carly and Jason to hire him, and now Novak? She of all people knows what that world is like, or does he have to remind her of the bullet wound she’s got to show for it? She says she was just trying to set him up for success. He claims he wants to move in with Sasha, and support her and his child, this is his chance. Vincent is clearly interested, and he’s a man with influence. He says he promised Sasha that he’d stay away from Novak’s kind of influence. She says, where is Sasha, by the way? and he says, the OB appointment didn’t go as smoothly as planned. Sasha’s blood pressure was a little elevated, so the doctor decided to put her on bed rest. Gladys says she’s sorry to hear that. Is the baby all right? He says, both the baby and Sasha are fine. It’s just a precautionary measure to protect them both. She says, if there’s anything she can do… and he says, actually there is. If she’s really concerned about Sasha’s blood pressure, stop trying to get him a job in organized crime.

Buscema asks Novak if it’s set, and Novak nods. Woo says, so there’s been no deviation from the plan? and Novak tells them, let’s just say, it will be a wedding to remember.

Diane goes over to Spinelli and says, let’s see if she’s got this straight. The rather heavyset gentleman is Vincent Novak. The other gentleman is Charles Buscema. The very elegant woman is Ms. Woo. He says he believes so, and she says, he believes so? He’s hacked into every device known that holds their secrets. He says he can neither confirm nor deny, and she says, now that they’ve established that, let’s sit back and watch the two people she never thought would, get married. He says he has to agree it surprised him at first, but now it seems inevitable. She tells him, don’t count your chickens. They watch Monica head toward Jason, and Diane says, it looks like the groom’s mother is going to make one last attempt to talk him out of it.   

Monica tells Jason, she noticed his lawyer is here. Does he think she brought a prenup for him to sign? She’d sorry. She should never have asked that. Jason says he knows it’s not ever going to be easy for her and Carly, but Carly told him that she showed up to offer them her blessing, and it meant a lot to Carly. Monica says she’d do anything for him, and they seem genuinely happy. He says they are, and she says she noticed he’s also very magnanimous; he invited his brand new cousin. He says, actually, he didn’t, when Epiphany joins them. She says, he cleans up nice.  Carly is the most obstinate, high-maintenance woman she’s ever known, but the two of them together, it works. They deserve happiness, especially him. He was always kind to her son, and always had her back. Jason says she’s always been good to him, and she says, even when she shouldn’t have been. She tells Monica that she’s not referring to anything specific, and Monica says she’s not listening. Jason says he’ll always have Epiphany’s back, and he knows she’ll always be straight with him. She says, always. Good luck. With that bride of his, he’s going to need it. Monica laughs.  

Novack approaches Jason, and says he heard there was another dust-up with his nephew Joey. Jason says Joey crashed his bachelor party, and Novak says, that boy is out of control. Which is why he got Joey a one way ticket to Gdansk. He offers his sincere regrets if any offense was taken, and Jason says, it almost sounds like an apology. Novak says, it almost was. These things have a way of working themselves out. Jason says he can be sure of that, and Maxie says, excuse me. If everyone could please be seated, the ceremony is about to begin.

Canon in D major – otherwise known as the theme from Ordinary People – plays, as Josslyn walks in. Cameron smiles at her. Here Comes the Bride starts to play. 

Nina is coughing her head off, and Jax tells her that she should see the paramedics. She won’t budge though, and he asks, what the hell happened? Nina grabs a fireman, and says, there’s one person in there. A beam collapsed, and he’s under it. The fireman says they can’t get in, but Jax says, there’s a delivery entrance where he can get to the bar. It was smoky, but clear enough for him to get Nina out. The fireman tells the others, go, and asks if they know how the fire started. Phyllis says, it was set deliberately, and he asks Nina what her friend’s name is. Nina says, his name is… Sonny, but he answers to Mike.    

Inside, Sonny sees the back of Carly like he did in the beginning. She walks away, and he says, Nina. You’ve got to help me. Please. Come back.

Carly walks down the aisle.

Sonny says, wait. Who are you? Come back.

Carly gets to the altar, and Spinelli and Diane are all giggly. Novak, Buscema, and Woo exchange looks. Carly gives Josslyn her bouquet, and winks at Michael. Everyone is smiling, and Carly and Jason join hands, eyes twinkling.

The minister says they’re gathered for the wedding of Caroline and Jason, who are long time friends. So rather than bearing witness to a new love, Jason and Carly are affirming the latest chapter in their lives together. They open with a reading from Josslyn, which I later find out is the Apache Wedding Blessing (see below).  

Sonny is by the river again, and Mike tells him to get on his feet. Sonny asks who Mike is, and Mike laughs, saying, he thinks Sonny already knows. Sonny says he remembers Mike, and Mike says, of course (🍷) he does. Who could forget a face like this? Sonny says Mike helped him when he washed up. Mike gave Sonny his jacket. Mike says, that’s a good first step. What else does he recall? Sonny says, it seemed like time stopped. He looks at his wrist, but his watch is no longer there. Mike asks if he managed to get it working, and Sonny says, yeah, he did, but he let the watch go. Mike says, well, he let go of a lot. What would Lenny say about leaving loved ones behind? Sonny says, Mike knows Lenny? He doesn’t understand. Mike shows him Lenny’s dog tags, and says, Sonny was in a bad way. He made sure Sonny got somewhere he knew he’d be safe; to a brother in arms. Sonny says he owes Mike and Lenny a lot. They helped Sonny survive and come to Nixon Falls. Sonny says, Lenny was one of the reasons why he settled down there, and Mike says, that’s beautiful, but it’s time to go home now.

A fireman says, they’re doing everything they can to rescue their friend, but the building is likely a total loss. Nina says she’s so sorry; it’s her fault. If she hadn’t lied, the Tan-O wouldn’t have gone up in smoke with Mike inside. Phyllis says, it hurts to lose the Tan-O, but it’s brick-and-mortar. As for the lie, that discussion can wait. The important thing is saving a man they both care about. A police officer asks who owns the property, and Phyllis says she does. He says the captain told him, the fire was started intentionally. Can they tell him who torched the place? Nina says she can tell him exactly who did it. His name is Peter August, and he’s a wanted man. Jax is like, huh?

Phyllis goes with the fireman, and Jax says, Peter did this? Nina says, Peter confronted her about where Maxie is keeping the baby. Then he ran into Sonny, and used that information to blackmail her. He says, she knew Peter was stalking Maxie and searching for her baby, and didn’t tell anyone? How long did she allow Peter to operate unchecked? She says, it wasn’t like that, and he says she could have died; Phyllis too. And all to keep Sonny’s identity a secret? She says, Peter threatened to kidnap James, and he knows as well as she does, as far as Peter is concerned, Maxie’s other children are expendable. Jax says, all the more reason to let go of Sonny, and she says she was going to do that exact thing, but thought she had another out. He says, Valentin? and she says she set Peter up on a false lead; Obrecht was supposed to ambush him. He says she’s kidding. She conspired with Obrecht? She says she didn’t ask for details. She just knew that when Obrecht got done with Peter, he would never hurt anyone again. Jax asks how that worked out, and she says, it worked out great. She’s proud of what she’s accomplished. Thanks for pointing that out. It really helps. Peter alluded to the fact that something happened to her aunt. Does he know anything about that? if she loses one more person she loves because of her actions, she won’t be able forgive herself.

The minister invites the bride and groom to share their vows with one another. Wake me when it’s over. Jason says they know and accept each other. They trust each other, and there’s nobody he’d rather build a life and future with. So with her hand in his, it starts the rest of their lives together.

Sonny tells Mike, Nixon Falls is his home; the Tan-O, his friends, Nina. He’s happy there. He’s got everything he needs. Mike says he knows something about embracing life and love after the slate’s been wiped clean. He found it’s possible to make new memories and find happiness without the baggage from the past. Sonny laughs, and says, this guy gets it. He doesn’t have to justify his decisions to anyone. Mike says, another thing he’s learned is that you can’t run away from the past and who you are. Not really. Sonny says, it’s working for him, but Mike says, you can’t turn away from who you are, and the past will always find you. Sonny asks, what if he doesn’t want to be found? and Mike says, he knows Sonny likes his life in Nixon Falls, and loves being Mike, but there’s only one problem with that. Mike is dead.

Nina tells Jax, obviously, she made a terrible mistake, but she had her reasons, and she’s doing her damnedest to fix them now. He says he hopes it’s not too late, because Peter is still out there, putting pretty much everyone she knows in danger. She says, laying blame doesn’t help anyone, and he says she’s right. Only one thing will help, and that’s getting the word out. Nina goes over to Phyllis, and says, waiting for… Sonny is tortuous. She asks if Phyllis needs anything. Does she want Nina to call a paramedic for her? Phyllis says it’s not herself she’s worried about. She tells Nina to listen to herself. Even now, she can’t decide what she wants to call him. Nina says, when  he comes out, she’s going to tell him the truth. Phyllis says, and if he doesn’t make it? Nina says she can’t think about that, but Phyllis says she has to. If Sonny dies in there, which man will she mourn? (I’d hazard a guess, it won’t be Sonny.) A fireman says they were able to reach the building, and Nina asks if they found him. He says, unfortunately, the hallway was engulfed. There was no way to reach the bar room. Nina asks, what exactly does that mean?

Sonny says he doesn’t know why Mike is pushing him like this. Life is good here. He’s fine. Mike laughs, and says, he can’t be fine, not until he knows his past, and knows who he is, and embrace it. Once he knows the facts, he can move forward in any direction he chooses, but he needs to know. Close his eyes. Sonny just looks at him, and Mike says, do you trust me? Sonny closes his eyes, and remembers when he was first in Port Charles. Omg, he looks like a child. He flashes back to shooting Dante, visiting Morgan’s grave, and catching Julian on the bridge. He sits down on the ground, and asks, what the hell was that? Mike says, his past, his life, and Sonny says, he’s supposed to embrace that guy, whoever he was? So much hurt, so much death because of him. Mike says, he was also generous, and loyal, and at times, even heroic. Sonny says he didn’t see a hero, and Mike crouches down in front of him. He says, despite Sonny’s flaws and sins, he was pretty damn proud of who he was. Sonny says, there’s no way he should have been, but Mike says, yes, he should. He made mistakes… Sonny says, he thinks they’re called crimes; he killed people. Mike says, he did what he did to protect his family, and Sonny says, if his family was targeted because of him, then they’re better off without him. Mike says, it’s not for him to say, and not for Sonny to say either. Those painful memories are just part of his story. Why did he stop looking for the rest of the picture? Sonny says, because he’s seen his bad side, and Mike says, so he thinks the man he was, has nothing to do with the man he thinks he is now? How did Nixon Falls Mike sniff out that con artist? How did he hustle a poker game, or handle a gun with ease? The best parts of that Mike, come from who he really is. The protector, the friend, come from who he really is. Sonny says, Mike told him that he knows something about this, and Mike says, yes. Sonny asks, what would you do? and Mike says, given the choice, he’d always choose to remember. He’d fight for everything he was. There’s a bright light, and Sonny sees Carly’s back, but this time, she turns to him and smiles.

Carly says, Jason, my dearest friend. When they met years ago, playing pool at Jake’s, there was an instant connection. She couldn’t describe it then, and still can’t. What she does know is, this isn’t chance; it’s a choice. She chooses to stand by him for the rest of their lives. Her determination isn’t as quiet as his, but it’s just as fierce. She cherishes their past, and can’t wait to step into their future together.

The fireman says the Tan-O is structurally unsound, and the hallway’s impassible. There’s no way they can reach the bar room. Nina says, their friend is still in there. They have to get him out. He says, he’s sorry. They’re doing their best they can, but there’s no way to reach him. Jax makes a call, and says, come on; pick up.  

The minister says Jason and Carly are going to light a remembrance candle; honoring those loved ones who can’t be there in body, but are with them in spirit. Maxie looks at her phone, and sees a call from Jax coming in.  

Carly walks to Sonny and Mike, and Mike says, Sonny may have found love in Nixon Falls, but he found it as someone else; as Mike. Sonny asks if Mike is saying his love isn’t real but Mike says, of course (🍷) it’s real. But there’s real love in the world he chose to forget; the love he has for others, and the love others have for him. Is he still willing to turn his back on what’s right in front of him? It’s up to him. Which home does he want to go to? He can die as Mike, or live as the man he really is. (When you put it that way…) Sonny asks if Carly is a part of that life, and Mike says, the best and the brightest.  

Jason and Carly light the candle. The minister says, this candle burns in memory of those we’ve loved and lost.

Sonny goes to Carly, and she holds out her hand. He takes it, and I feel sad. Sonny flashes back to telling Carly she’s his wife and the mother of his children. He’ll always love her. She says she loves him too, and they kiss. Back when we were all in diapers.

Sonny opens his eyes, and says, Carly.  

Tomorrow, the old speak now or forever hold your peace, Maxie wonders why Jax was calling, and Nina says they have to get Sonny out before it’s too late.

🙏 What She Read…

The prayer Josslyn read at Carly and Jason’s wedding.

The Apache Wedding Blessing

💰 In this week’s highlights from Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Fredrik got a listing for an incredibly ornate house, complete with custom-made furniture, which was included whether the buyer wanted it or not. I didn’t catch the square footage, but one of the 11 bathrooms was 1200 square feet, so that gives you an idea. It was filled with beautiful touches like handmade fabric wallpaper, and a floral wallpaper that matched the floral headboard and footboard of a bed. It also had a view to die for, but don’t they all in L.A.? Fredrik thought the 6 bedroom house had a suggested retail price of between $26 and $28 million. No surprise, the representative for the seller insisted on 28. Also included was a bright orange kitchen island, and the rep said, everyone loves orange. Um… I’d still take it though. It was built in 1987, but I would have thought it had come from the Downton Abbey days. While Fredrik was afraid he’d lose a deal over the flowered bed or too much marble, he hoped the caché would offset the orange. The only catch was, the rep wanted him to co-list it with JoshA. Fredrik sucked it up and made the call, and Josh agreed. Because of the pandemic, the usual open houses and events were out of the question, so Josh and Fredrik created a YouTube video, showcasing not just the house, but their different styles. To get even more eyes on the property, they were going to have viewers vote for who they liked best. That ought to be good. I can’t see either one of them accepting being second best.

In the meantime, since Tracy’s buyer had backed out because he felt he was too tall for the house, she had to explain that one to the seller. The seller, who was weird to begin with, not wanting anyone inside the house, got weirder, wanting a buyer with no contingencies. I was fuzzy on exactly what contingencies were in regard to real estate, so I saved you the trouble of googling. See below. Tracy ended up getting the deal done with one of the buyers with a back-up offer. JoshF got a listing for a Rat Pack throwback house, built in 1956. While the house was around 2400 square feet, and only 2 bedrooms, the lot was nearly 18,000 square feet (it’s the land, Katie Scarlett), and the view included the Hollywood sign. I loved the house, but I’m enamored of the 50s/60s/70s real estate. The owner loved the house too, but was recently divorced, and wasn’t keen on living there alone. It was kind of out of the way. At first, she was open to offers from developers, but then decided she was willing to wait for the right buyer; someone who appreciated the vibe. If she could take about $3,499,995 off the price tag, I’m her buyer.

Next time, Fredrik meets Dolph Lundgren.

🏡 What They Are…

Everything you wanted to know about real estate contingencies, but were afraid to ask. Or not.

https://www.soldnest.com/blog/what-does-contingent-mean-in-real-estate/

👮🏾‍♀️ The Commissioner Has Left the Building…

It took me a while to get used to new Jordan, and then she became just Jordan. I got to like her, and now I’m back to square one.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/briana-nicole-henry-says-goodbye-to-general-hospital

👠 Intentional Slip…

Apparently, a tease about Ava got the interest that was hoped for.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/fans-fear-maura-west-is-leaving-general-hospital

🚗 Accidents Run In the Family…

This was pretty amusing. They left out the part where an extra roll was added to Erika’s son’s car though.

https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-11-episode-17/

💋 Of Course They Did…

It’s the ultimate crossover.

https://ew.com/tv/days-of-our-lives-beyond-salem-stars-housewives-bdsm/

🌜 Goodnight, My Someones…

We inch toward another week’s end, and ponder, just how many times did Erika’s son’s car roll? I don’t have all the answers, but I do have soap, tea, and maybe some answers for you tomorrow. Until then, stay safe, stay paying your fair share, and stay knowing you can’t turn away from who you are. The past will always find you.

Sep11

September 10, 2021 – Nina Tells Jax That He Won, Comparison, Shah Much Trouble, the Ultimate, Kandi’s New Gig, Throwing Back, New Puppy, OctoQuotesy & Double W.K.

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Austin tells Maxie, it’s totally okay. She told him not to bother her, and he won’t anymore. She says, it’s no bother. She was wondering if he’d like to attend the wedding of the century. By that, of course (🍷) she means the wedding between Carly Corinthos and Jason Morgan. Actually, she’s planning most of it, and it is coming out really nice if she does say so herself. He says, weddings just aren’t his thing, and she asks if he’s sure. He could be her plus one. Curtis comes in carrying Jordan, and says they need some help. Austin springs into action and calls for a gurney. Curtis puts Jordan on it, and Austin asks, what happened? Curtis tells him that Jordan got locked in a basement with a gas leak. Austin asks if Jordan can hear him, but there’s no response. He tells the nurse to take her to the ER, and follows. Maxie asks if Portia is okay, and Portia sits down. She coughs a little, and asks Brook to go to the desk an tell the attendant she was exposed to a gas leak. Brook says she’s on it, and Maxie asks if there’s anyone she can call, but Portia says, no. She doesn’t want her daughter to worry. Maxie says, speaking as someone’s daughter, she’d want to know what’s going on.

Gladys joins Brando and Sasha at a table in the MetroCourt, and apologizes for being late. She walked straight into the paint cans he had in the hall. She has a bruise on her leg that’s going to be there for days,. That’s going to look great for Carly and Jason’s wedding. Brando says they were going to discuss that with her, but Gladys ignores him, asking him to put the box with the changing table in his room. Every time she walks in her room, it’s in the way. He says, the baby takes top priority. He’s trying to get the nursery ready. She asks if that’s why he invited her to lunch; to find out when she’s getting her own apartment, and he says, Sasha’s about to have the baby, and he needs her room. Gladys says she already told him, the baby can share his room. It’ll be too young to appreciate some fancy nursery. Besides, she doesn’t want Brando to be by his lonesome in the apartment. He says he’s not going to be lonely when Sasha decides to move in with him.

Nina says, Carly and Jason are getting married tonight? and Jax says, they want to present a united front to their business associates. She asks if he doesn’t see. If they get married, everything’s going to be okay. Because there’s not going to be a hole for Sonny to fill. There will be no life waiting for him. If Carly and Jason get married, then Sonny can stay dead. She and Mike can have a future. All he has to do is walk away. Please. She’s begging him.

Phyllis finds Sonny, and says it looks like they had the same idea. He needs peace and quiet as much as she does. He asks if she’s seen Nina, and she says, no, why? Is everything all right? What happened? He laughs, and says, for one thing, he told Nina that he loves her. Phyllis smiles and says, ooh, and they both laugh.

Ms. Woo and Mr. Novak meet Mr. Buscema at the docks. Novak asks what they’re doing there, and Buscema says, the plan is set, unless something’s changed. Woo says, they agreed. The best time to hit the warehouse is tonight, while Ms. Corinthos and Mr. Morgan are distracted by the wedding. Buscema says, the plans haven’t changed, but he has a message from Cyrus Renault.

Carly and Jason kiss, but it’s one of those soap kisses where he’s really kissing her upper lip. She says she wouldn’t mind doing that again. Maybe not, but I don’t want to see it again.

Portia lies on an examining table, wearing an oxygen mask. She takes it off, and asks, how’s Jordan? Deanna says, mask back on, please, and Portia says, in a minute. Deanna says, doctors always make the worst patients, and Portia says, while she was in that basement with Jordan, she performed chest compression, and monitored her breathing all the way to the hospital. It would really help her to know Jordan’s condition. Deanna tells her to put the mask back on, and she’ll check. Deal? Portia says, okay.

Maxie thanks Brook for the coffee, but doesn’t think it’s going to calm her down. Brook says, it’s not about calming her down. It’s about being alert while they wait. Maxie says, they’re not family. The hospital isn’t going to give them any information on Jordan’s or Portia’s conditions. Brook says, she’s concerned about them, but they’re waiting for Austin. Maxie was just about to invite him to Jason and Carly’s wedding.

Austin comes out from Jordan’s cubicle, and Curtis asks how she is. Austin says, they’re treating her with pure oxygen to get the levels in her blood back up. Curtis asks how long it will take, but Austin tells him, it’s hard to say. It varies from patient to patient. They’re waiting to get her bloodwork back to find out how much carbon dioxide is still in her system. Curtis says he’d like to see her, and Austin says he’s sure Curtis would, but he can’t allow that. He’s sorry. From his understanding, Curtis and Jordan are divorced, and it’s family only. Curtis says Austin understood wrong. They’re not divorced; he’s still her husband. Austin says, mazel tov. Go ahead.

Curtis goes in to see Jordan, and tells her, the doctor says she’s doing great. He sits down, and takes her hand. He says her heartbeat is steady. He just needs her to wake up. He kisses her hand, looks up, and says, please.

Phyllis hugs Sonny, and says, that’s wonderful news. How did Nina respond? Did she say she loves him back? Sonny says, she did, and Phyllis says, just as she predicted. He says, she predicted this? and she says, not to him and Nina. She wanted them to figure it out for themselves, but now that they have, why isn’t he with her? He says, because her friend Jax is back. He’s talking a lot, and it’s not good. She says, that man never takes no for an answer. She can’t tell him how many times she and Nina have told him to back off. He says, so has he, but now Nina wants him to back off to talk to Jax in private. She asks if they’re at the Tan-O, and he nods. She starts to walk away, and he says, no one wants to go back to the Tan-O more than he does, but Nina told him that she wants to talk to Jax alone, so he’s going to respect her wishes – for now.

Jax asks if Nina hears herself. Sonny can stay dead? He’s not dead. He was just here. Jax was talking to him. Please don’t tell him that Sonny is some made up person named Mike. Nina says, Mike’s not made up, and he’s nothing like Sonny. Jax says he was pretty quick to threaten him. He told Jax to leave before he got shot again. That sounds like the old Sonny he’s always known. She says, he didn’t mean anything. Mike is just protective of the people he loves. Jax says, stop calling him Mike, and she says, Mike is free from the mob. Mike is free from the violence that’s followed Sonny his whole life. And Mike isn’t grieving a son who was killed. He isn’t focused on revenge, power, and greed. Mike can be the good man inside that he always has been. Jax says Mike gave Nina what he could – honesty – and she’s paying back his honesty with lies.

Jason tells Carly, if they get married, it’s going to be real; she doesn’t have to worry. She says, and they can stay best friends, figure out how to be husband and wife, fall in love and all that stuff. That’s scary. He says he knows, and she says she’s looking forward to it. He says, him too, and she asks if this is happening. He says, does she need to hear it? and she says she does. He says, Carly, will you marry me? and she says, with all her heart, and they hug.

Maxie tells Brook, while they’re waiting, tell her about Louise… She means, Bailey. Starting from when she woke up this morning. Was she smiling, hungry, fussy? She wants to know everything.

TJ goes in to see Portia, and asks if she’s okay. What happened? She says she’ll be fine, but his mom was with her, and she’s been injured.

Curtis asks Jordan to open her eyes. She’s nothing if not a survivor. She’s beat the odds so many times, he needs her to beat them again. He needs her to wake up, smile at him, and tell him, she’s got this. Austin says Jordan’s blood results are back, and asks to talk to him outside. Curtis goes out with him, and says Austin’s doctor face tells him the news isn’t good. Austin says, the normal level of carbon dioxide in an adult who doesn’t smoke is less than 2%. Curtis says, and Jordan’s? and Austin says, her level is 58%. Curtis says, that doesn’t sound good, and Austin says, they’re going to do everything they can. They’re going to get her levels down quickly, and if that doesn’t work, they’ll put her in a hyperbaric chamber, because if they don’t do that, they could lose her. Curtis says, she can’t die.

Nina tells Jax, Mike is happy here. Mike has found peace with himself in a way Sonny never has. He asks if she remembers how happy she was when she found out Sasha was her daughter. She was so happy to have her child in her life; they were the perfect mother/daughter match. But did her happiness justify Valentin’s actions? She was torn apart when she found out the truth, but she wasn’t interested in Valentin’s good intentions. She only cared that he manipulated her and lied to her; told her what she could and couldn’t know about her own life. Is that what she wants for Sonny? She says, of course (🍷) not. She can’t bear to see the pain in his eyes. He says, but she will. That’s inevitable. She starts to cry, and he says, eventually, Sonny is going to find out the truth about who he really is. She says she can’t lose Mike; she won’t. He says she won’t lose Mike, because he doesn’t exist. He never has.

Gladys says, Brando and Sasha hardly know each other. Why would they want to move in together? Sasha says, what better way to get to know each other? and Brando says, they’re having a baby. It makes sense to keep the family together. Gladys says she’s family, and he’s not thinking twice about kicking her out, and Sasha says, maybe Gladys’s new friend Vincent Novak can help her find a place. Gladys says, maybe he will. Vincent at least knows how to treat a lady right. Brando asks if she didn’t learn anything with her involvement with Cyrus, and Gladys says, her involvement with Mr. Renault was a business transaction. Vincent doesn’t want anything from her except the pleasure of her company, and she’s not discussing this with him anymore. Know what else she’s not discussing? Moving out. It’s not like he’s even there most of the time. Sasha says, Brando’s been busy with his side gigs, and Gladys says, side gigs? Why does he need extra work? The garage is doing just fine, isn’t it? He says he needs to save up some money for the baby, so he needs extra cash, and Sasha says, Brando has some amazing hidden talents. Her son is quite the entertainer. Gladys asks what that’s supposed to mean, and Brando says he’s a stripper. Gladys chokes on her drink.

Novak says, Mr. Renault wants to remain in control, calling the shots, even from prison. Woo says, at least they know he’s contained. They don’t have to worry about the threat his operation once posed to their own. Novak says, once they get rid of Jason and Carly, Port Charles will finally be open to them. They can split it three ways, and operate as they see fit. Buscema says they only have one chance to bring down the Corinthos organization, and Novak says, tonight, when the heads of the Five Families rigatoni with vodka sauce are at the wedding, they’ll make their move.

Sonny looks at his phone, and Phyllis says, any word from Nina? He says he’s afraid not. If he doesn’t hear from her soon, he’s going over to the Tan-O, and make sure she’s okay. Phyllis says, good. That Mr. Jax is way too pushy for her taste. He says Nina said she could handle him, and she says she’s sure Nina can, but only to a point. He’ll try to wear Nina down, and draw on their history together. She knows Nina has conflicting feelings where he’s concerned, and she’s worried Mr. Jax could undermine her belief and the life she’s made for herself. She asks how long he’s going to wait, and he looks at his empty wrist. She asks where his watch is, and he flashes back to throwing it in the water. He says he decided to let it go, let the past go, and concentrate on the future with Nina.

Carly says she needs to text Josslyn, and tell her she’s sorry for taking off, but Jason says he already texted that he found Carly. Carly says Josslyn called him when she realized Carly wasn’t home? but Jason says, actually, he stopped by to pick up his suit. She says, his suit was at the house; their house. She knows he’s been staying there for months, but staying there is very different from living there. He says, there’s a big difference, and she says, this is creepy. It’s just hitting her. They’re getting married. She was so caught up in the politics, and the Five Families caprese salad mix, and wondering if she could go through with it, but this is happening. It’s real. Today’s their wedding day.

Austin tells Curtis, in this moment, it’s his duty as a physician to inform him of the worst case scenario. He has every right to know what kind of jeopardy Jordan is in, but he doesn’t believe there’s any medical value in guesswork or trying to predict an outcome. He does believe there’s incredible medical significance in someone who cares about the patient – like him – hoping for the best. So let’s just do that. TJ comes running up, and asks, how’s his mom? Austin says he and Curtis were just discussing her condition. His mom has severe carbon monoxide poisoning. TJ says, she’s only got one kidney. Is she in danger of renal failure? Austin says, it’s a possibility her renal function has been compromised, but they’re monitoring it. Curtis tells TJ to go see his mom, and TJ goes in to see Jordan. Austin says he’s going for a consult with a nephrologist. He’ll be paged if there are any changes.

Brook tells Maxie, Bailey/Louise goes right to sleep. Then wakes up about an hour later, fussing. She and Valentin find it hard not to go in. Maxie says, they just let her cry? but Brook says, absolutely not, but if she wakes up, and she’s not crying, just making noises for attention, they try to wait it out and see if she’ll fall asleep on her own. Maxie says, no. She’s too young for self-soothing. When James was that age, she let him fall asleep in her arms. Brook tells her, experts say, it’s really important to get a child into a routine, and Maxie says, she knows routines are important. She has two other children. Brook asks if Maxie is implying she’s a bad mom.

Gladys coughs for a while, and says, a stripper? Sasha says, he’s really good. Everyone at Carly’s bachelorette party was thrilled. He was very entertaining. Gladys says, he stripped for Carly? and Sasha says, she was very appreciative. Gladys says, of course (🍷). Of course (🍷) she’s the type to hire a stripper. She has no class at all. Brando says, actually, Olivia Quartermaine hired him, and Gladys says, that’s beside the point. He could do anything; why this? He says, he’s at the garage all day. He needs night and weekend gigs, and there aren’t many of those that pay well. Stripping does. Gladys says, what about Miss Face of Deception? Can’t she cough up the cash?

Sonny tells Phyllis that he’s tired of thinking about a past he can’t remember, and she says, that’s quite a gesture. He says, what is a watch compared to the woman he loves, and who loves him? She says, his watch was from his past, and he wants to show Nina that he’s ready to move forward with her. He says he’s got everything he needs right there with Nina, and Phyllis puts her arm around him, saying, she’s so glad her two favorite people found each other. Sonny says, come hell or high water, he’s not letting Nina go.

Nina says Jax doesn’t understand. Mike brought her back to life. When she lost her daughter and lost him, she was so upset and heartbroken, and Mike changed all that. The love they share is real. Jax says, then it should survive the truth. If Nina really thinks Sonny will chose her over his old life, at least give him the information he needs to make that choice. She says, but it won’t be a choice. The instant people know Sonny is alive, Mike will be trapped in that world again. Jax says, because that is his world. Sonny chose it over and over. He made himself kingpin. He was ruthless and ambitious, and he got exactly what he wanted. He’s not going to stand by and let Carly marry Jason, so she can manage his territory, when he’s alive and can manage it himself. She says, of course (🍷). This isn’t about Sonny, and this certainly isn’t about her. It’s about Carly.

Carly tells Jason, just to be clear, she’s still committed to the business aspect, and putting on a show for the Five Families panettone, but like he said, the wedding is about them. Jason says, it will be, and she says, they should celebrate. He says, trust him. Maxie will make sure they celebrate. She says, not Maxie’s celebration; their celebration. Right here at Jake’s, where it all began. He says, Jake’s is gone, and she says, it’s where they first met; where they had their first dance. She knows there’s no pool table or bar. He says, and there’s no music; he doesn’t hear any music either. She says she can hear music. He can just follow her lead. He says they’re going to dance at the reception, but she says, that’s a show for everybody else. This is just for them. She puts her arms around him, and sways back and forth. This is really stupid. She says she thinks he likes dancing, and he says he does not like to dance, but he can’t say no to her. She leans in for another kiss, but his phone rings. It’s Tony, and he asks, what is it?… What’s wrong with her?… Okay. Thanks. He tells Carly that one of their people saw Jordan being brought into General Hospital. It looks like she was attacked. She asks if he thinks Cyrus was involved, but he doesn’t know. He suggests they go find out.

Nina says she’s such an idiot. She should have known this is all about Carly for Jax. He says, that’s not true. He knows she’s scared because she knows her happiness with Sonny can’t last. Even if he kept Sonny’s identity a secret, eventually, he’s going to remember. She says he doesn’t know that; no one does. He says he understands if she wants to ignore Carly’s feelings, but she can’t ignore Sonny’s kids. His kids are in Port Charles grieving their father. Donna and Avery are small children, and deserve their dad in their lives. She says, doesn’t he think she knows that? and he says, remember what it felt like to have Wiley back in her life? That’s Sonny’s grandson. Doesn’t he have the right to know Sonny, and doesn’t Sonny – not Mike, Sonny – have the right to know Wiley?   

Brando says, Sasha’s finances are none of Gladys’s business, and Sasha says, they intend to co-parent, and split the cost down the middle. Gladys says, and Sasha thinks that’s fair? Her son is taking his pants off, when she makes more than enough dough to keep her grandson in designer onesies. Brando says, no one asked for her opinion. It’s their baby, and they’re going to make decisions on what’s important to them. Mr. Novak comes by the table, and says, Gladys. What a pleasant surprise. She’s looking lovely, as always. She says, that’s so sweet. Just wait until he sees what she’s wearing to Carly and Jason’s wedding. Novak says, just remember, it’s bad form to overshadow the bride.

TJ tells Jordan, here they are again. Like when she was waiting on a kidney transplant. She pulled through then, and she’ll pull through now, right? Who else is going to make sure he puts his head on right? And he’s not above playing the guilt card, because she knows how much he loves her, and how destroyed he’d be if she left. So she can’t stay there. Just… stay.

Maxie says, she could not stand by if her infant was upset, but Brook says, she’s not just sitting there, filing her nails. She just thinks it’s better to let the baby fall asleep on her own if she can. Maxie asks if it’s easier for Brook to ignore Bailey because she’s not Bailey’s own mother, but Brook says, she doesn’t ignore Bailey. And as long as Peter is still out there, and is a threat to Maxie and her baby, she is Bailey Lois’s mother. And she’ll parent Bailey the best way she can.

Carly and Jason walk into the hospital, and Carly sees Portia. She tells Portia, they heard Jordan was brought to the ER. What happened? Portia says she was with Jordan. They were trapped in a basement with a gas leak. If Curtis hadn’t found them, they would have died. Jason asks if they know who’s behind it.

Curtis asks Austin what the nephrologist thought, and Austin says, if Jordan’s kidney function doesn’t improve, they’ll put her on dialysis. Curtis goes in to see Jordan, and TJ gets up. Curtis says he doesn’t have to go, but TJ says, he’ll be right back. Curtis goes over to Jordan, and asks if she’s really going to keep all the people who love her worried.

TJ calls Shawn, and says he’s in the ER. His mom’s there. They brought her in because she had carbon monoxide poisoning. It’s bad for anyone, but having one kidney makes it worse… Thanks. He hangs up.

Curtis says, even though he and Jordan couldn’t be together anymore, he never stopped loving her. He couldn’t if tried.

Sonny laughs, and asks Phyllis, what? She says, nothing. She just loves seeing him so happy. He says he has to give Nina the credit, and Phyllis says she’ll be sure to thank Nina. Not to meddle, but doesn’t he think it’s time he made sure Nina is okay? He says, Jax should be getting home by now. He’ll see Phyllis later. He leaves, but his phone is still on the bench.  

Nina tells Jax, congratulations; you won. She can’t think of anything that would justify keeping Sonny away from his kids, and denying Avery and Donna and Wiley the chance to know him. So Mike is going to find out the truth, that he has a whole other world she was keeping from him. He has people who love him, who are waiting for him. Their life there in Nixon Falls, their time together, was just an illusion. Jax says he’s sorry; he really is. If she thinks he did this to hurt her, she couldn’t be more wrong. She says, do her a favor. Let her tell him in private. If he has any feelings left for her, give her this. He nods, and says, here’s her chance. We hear the door. 

Portia tells Carly and Jason, there was a body in the basement. They believe it to be a man named Roger Barstow. She and Curtis went there to speak with him, and Jordan was there on a different case. Carly asks if it has anything to do with Cyrus, and Portia says she thought Cyrus was in prison. Jason says, that doesn’t mean he’s powerless, and Portia says, this Barstow was an employee of a medical clinic by the name of Creighton-Clark. Carly and Jason look at each other.  

Brook says, it was Maxie’s decision to give Brook her daughter, and let Brook pretend she’s hers and Valentin’s. But she should know, Brook loves Bailey, and will always do what’s best for her. Maxie says she knows Brook is doing the best she can, but Brook’s not her mother; Maxie is. She should be making decisions about Bailey’s care. Brook asks if Maxie thinks it’s time she claimed Bailey as her own. 

Shawn arrives at the hospital, and TJ thanks him for coming. Shawn thanks TJ for calling him. Does he know what happened? TJ says, not really. Someone told him that his mother and Portia were being treated there because they were in some accident. Shawn says, Portia’s here? and TJ says, Portia told him that she and Curtis were going to question some guy. Then his mom showed up, and he doesn’t know how it happened, but his mom took a blow to the head; she’s got a concussion. Of course (🍷) they’re monitoring that, but the real problem is carbon monoxide poisoning. Does Shawn think it’s connected to the work he was doing with TJ’s mom? Shawn says, it has to be. TJ’s mom was going to question a man named Roger Barstow who had a possible connection to Naomie Dreyfuss. He has no idea how Curtis and Portia got involved. TJ says, it’s a good thing they did. He thinks they saved his mom’s life.  

Curtis tells Jordan not to break his heart again, or TJ’s. She still has so many great things to do in this world. He knows how she hates leaving Anything unfinished. So fight as hard as he knows she can.

Nina and Jax leave the Tan-O, and Nina says, please. Let her be the one to tell him. Jax says, okay. She gets to tell Sonny about his past on her own terms, but he’s not leaving Nixon Falls until he knows she told him. She says she’s not going back on her word, she just needs to do it in her own way. He says, yes, but she needs to do it right now. She says, give her some space, please, and she’ll do it, and he leaves.

Maxie tells Brook, she’s not sure it’s safe yet. Maybe they should… Austin approaches, and Brook says she just remembered, she needs to check in with Yuri. She doesn’t want him searching the hospital for her. Maxie asks how Jordan is, but Austin says, that’s confidential. She says, right; family only. Maybe they could go back to the question she was asking before they got interrupted. Will he go to Jason and Carly’s wedding with her? Brook listens from around the corner, and he says, is that an actual question? Maxie says, why wouldn’t it be? and he says she made it clear that seeing him was a painful reminder of her losing Louise. He doesn’t understand why she’d want to attend a wedding with him.

Gladys tells Mr. Novak, this is her son Brando, and his… Sasha Gilmore. He says it’s a pleasure to meet them, and Glady’s invites him to join them. Brando says, unfortunately, he and Sasha can’t stay, and Sasha says, they have an appointment. Novak says, of course (🍷). Another time. Brando quietly tells Gladys, be careful, and he and Sasha leave. Novak wonders if Gladys’s son has a problem with him, and she says, Brando has a short fuse these days. He’s been working hard to support his baby-to-be. He deserves better. Novak says, circumstances can always change, and she asks, how so? He says, stick with me, doll, and good things will come to you and your family.

Portia asks if Jason and Carly think she and Trina are still in danger from Cyrus. Jason says he doubts it, but if he hears something, he’ll let her know. Portia thanks him, says she’s going to check on Jordan, and leaves. Carly says, how random that they’re investigating a guy with ties to Creighton-Clark. Drew was there at one time. He says he heard, and she wonders what that investigation is about. He says they have their own things to focus on right now, when her phone dings. She says, it’s Josslyn, letting them know that they’re now officially late. He says, then they should get going, and she says, see him at the altar. She leaves, and Jason’s phone rings. He says, yeah… He’s listening.

TJ tells Shawn that he let his supervisor know there was a family emergency, so another doctor is taking over rounds for him. Shawn says his mom is tough; she can get through this. TJ says, that’s what he tells himself, but still… Shawn hugs him, and Portia watches. She goes in to Jordan’s cubicle, but stops when she sees Curtis is there.

Curtis cries, saying, Jordan’s family needs her. He needs her. The way he sees it, she has no choice; she’s got to come back to them. She moves a finger, then opens her eyes. He kisses her hand. Portia watches them.   

Nina comes back into the Tan-O, and looks at the picture of her and Mike/Sonny on her phone. She makes a call, and Phyllis says, Nina? Nina asks if Mike is there, and Phyllis says, no. He accidently left his phone, but he’s on his way to the Tan-O. Is everything all right? Nina says, everything is fine. She hears the door open, and says, never mind. He’s here now. They’ll talk soon. She turns around, but it’s Peter.

I’d actually forgotten all about him. I guess St. Lucia didn’t pan out too well…  

On Monday, Trina tells Josslyn that Spencer lied about something else, Maxie asks Brook if ELQ is worth all the devastation, and Peter wonders how best to handle Nina.

👠 Anything You Can Do…

I honestly don’t know whose troubles are worse, and I dislike both of them equally.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/03/jen-shah-compares-her-and-erika-jaynes-legal-problems/

👮🏽‍♂️ Here’s Shah More…

One Wife’s opinion.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/10/whitney-rose-calls-jen-shah-fakest-in-rhoslc-cast/

The arrest.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/08/jen-shah-arrested-in-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-clip/

🍲 Recipe For Disaster…

Someone at Bravo said, I have an idea…

https://ew.com/tv/real-housewives-ultimate-girls-trip-cast-photo-peacock/

And the Biggest Drama Queen goes to…

https://www.eonline.com/news/1301748/melissa-gorga-reveals-which-real-housewife-caused-the-most-drama-on-ultimate-girls-trip

🎭 Broadway Kandi…

Kandi brings her talent as a producer to the stage.

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/09/kandi-burruss-making-her-broadway-debut-as-a-producer/
Kandi Burruss Joins ‘Thoughts Of A Colored Man’ Broadway Producing Team

💥 Blasts From the Past…

Some fun 90s throwback pics of reality stars.

https://www.essence.com/articles/90s-reality-tv-throwbacks/

🐕 No More Agonized Sighs…

Griff has a new best friend. Who doesn’t love a puppy?

Matt Cohen’s New Puppy Is the Cutest!

🐙 Quotes of the Week

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les Brown

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. – John Muir

A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. – Maya Angelou

If you fall, make it part of the dance. – LuAnn de Lesseps

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. – Ruth Gordon

Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world. – Amit Ray

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. – Albert Einstein

October 2021
Never Forgetting

🔌 Unplugging…

Whether a respite from work or just two more days coming up, do something that brings you, if not joy, at least a modicum of curiosity and novelty. See you when the Dead are walking. Until then, stay safe, stay appreciating the small things, and stay remembering that it’s bad form to overshadow the bride.

Sep10

September 9, 2021 – Jax Confronts Nina, Listing Quickie, Quite a Dame, Neff House, Wedding Photo, New Move, Only Friend, Dancing Cast & Wedding

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Portia sits at the bottom of the basement steps with Jordan’s head in her lap. She says Jordan isn’t the only one with secrets. She has one too. Trina doesn’t know the truth about her father; who he really is. Portia knows she waited way too long to tell her. She says she’s not going to leave Trina, and lies Jordan gently on the floor. She runs up the steps.

At the hospital, Maxie asks Brook why they’re still waiting; her appointment is over. What’s the point of sticking around? Brook points at Austin, and says, that, right there. Maxie is going to follow him. Go. Maxie asks why she’s following him, and what does she do if he sees her. Brook says, say something nice, something to cover. Maxie asks if Brook is trying to set her up with Austin.

Jason finds Carly at the renovation site, and asks if she’s thinking about Jake’s. She says, Jake’s, that time in their lives… Sorry she took off. He says Spinelli tracked her phone and he found out where she was hiding. She says she wasn’t hiding, just nostalgic. She’s not sure if that even describes this feeling. He asks, what’s going on? and she says, it started the other night at the pool (🍷). They were dancing, and it was like she was right back there, at Jake’s, dancing with him, feeling everything she used to feel, and it scared her.

Sonny asks who Jax thinks he is, coming there and talking about the truth. He lied to Nina. He betrayed Nina. This is the truth; their truth. It’s all they need to know. Jax says what Nina is doing is wrong, and Sonny asks what he thinks Nina is doing. Jax says, doesn’t he get it by now? He’s not Mike, and Nina knows it.

Maxie says when Brook offered to come with her to her postpartum appointment, she thought, wow, she’s being a good friend, but as usual, she has an ulterior motive. Brook says, of course (🍷) she does; she’s a Quartermaine. And this was a doctor’s appointment, not a night out on the town. Maxie says she gets Brook’s point, and Brook says now that they know Maxie has a clean bill of health, Maxie has to go spend some time with Austin. Maxie says, no, she doesn’t, and Brook says she doesn’t understand what the problem is. Maxie says, yes, she does, and Brook says, Austin delivered Maxie’s baby in the woods, and was in the woods with them the night Maxie gave Brook her daughter to protect her from Peter. Maxie says, which is exactly what they don’t want him to remember, so quit pushing her in his direction. Brook says he might be a good distraction for Maxie; lift her spirits a little bit. Maxie says her spirits are fine, but Brook says they’re not. And spending time with a guy who thinks she’s charming might be the perfect little pick-me-up.

Portia bangs on the basement door, and screams for help. She begs Jordan to keep breathing. Someone will hear. They’re not going to die down there. She yells, somebody! Please!

Maxie says, first of all, she’s so not ready for another man in her life, and if she was, it so wouldn’t be Austin. She’s had to listen to Brook go on and on and on about Austin’s claims on ELQ. How he could possibly back Valentin, and prevent her father from becoming CEO again… Ooh, that’s it, isn’t it? Brook said she had an ace in the hole when it came to Austin. She was talking about Maxie, wasn’t she? Oh my God. Ned comes by, and asks how long Brook has been there. Maxie says, too long, and Ned asks if Brook has seen Leo. He needs to find him.

Jax says, Sonny doesn’t want to know his real name? and Sonny says, he told Jax; this is his life now, and he doesn’t want anything to interfere with that. Jax says, so he doesn’t care that he has a whole family out there who loves and misses him? Sonny says he thought about it, and he could have been digging a little deeper, but he hasn’t. Jax asks why he didn’t, and Sonny says, that family Jax mentioned, who love and miss him so much, where are they? Why haven’t they come looking for him? Jax says he doesn’t know, and asks Nina why she thinks Sonny’s family hasn’t come looking for him. Sonny says Jax has no business butting into their business. Jax lied to Nina. He chose his ex-wife over her, and has no right to come there and accuse her of anything. Jax says, Sonny has no idea? and Sonny says, he might not know who he was, but he knows who he is now. And he knows Nina, and she’s been nothing but good to him. She’s his life. Nina asks Jax to just leave them alone. Please. Can he just do this one last thing for her? Jax says he’s sorry, he can’t, and Nina tells Sonny that she needs to talk to Jax alone.

Jason says, ever since he and Carly started talking about the wedding, even before they actually decided, it’s like she’s been in this fight with herself. Carly says, because she has been. She knows why they should get married. She knows it’s the best way to keep the family safe. It’s great from a business standpoint, but is it what Sonny would have wanted? Jason says, Sonny’s gone. He misses Sonny every day, but this is about them. They’re the ones getting married. If that’s still what they want. She asks if he’s backing out, but he says, no. He’s just saying they do have the option to call it off. She says, what about the Five Families baked baccala? and he says, there will be a huge fallout. It won’t be good, but he’ll deal with it. The business is important, but who they are to each other is more important.

Sonny says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea to leave Nina alone with Jax, but she says, she’s fine. He asks if she’s sure, because when he came in there, she seemed pretty upset. Maybe Jax is the one who should go, before he gets shot again. Jax says he’s still the same person he was before, and Sonny asks why he says that like it’s a good thing. Nina tells Sonny, stop. This isn’t him. This isn’t the man she’s come to know and love. He says, now she’s going to use the L-word to soften him up. She asks if it’s working, and he says, maybe a little bit. She says she’ll straighten it out. She’ll get Jax to understand how much they mean to each other. He says he’ll be in the back, but she says, he can’t be there. Let her work it out. Trust her. Sonny says he trusts her with his life, but he doesn’t know what Jax is capable of. Nina looks at Jax, and says, Jax wants what’s best for her, right? and Sonny asks if she means Jax wants what he thinks is best for her. Nina says that’s her point. She’s going to help him understand that they get to choose what’s best for them, and she can’t do that if she’s worried he’s going to bust in there any second and rescue her. Sonny says he knows she’s perfectly capable of rescuing herself, since she rescued him. He walks up to Jax, and says, if he does anything to Nina, Jax is going to have to answer to him. Jax says he had a feeling Sonny was going to say that, and Sonny says, trust that feeling. He leaves, and Jax asks how long Nina has been keeping Sonny from his family.

Curtis goes back into the house, and calls for Jordan. Portia starts yelling again, and he opens the basement door. He sees Jordan at the bottom of the stairs, and runs down. Portia says Jordan has a head wound; he’s going to have to carry her. Be careful; there’s a gas leak. He asks if Portia is going to be okay, and she says she’s going outside. Just hurry.

Maxie tells Ned to breathe. It’s going to be okay. They’ll find him. Ned says, it’s a big hospital; he could be anywhere. Brook says she just spoke to hospital security, and they’re all over finding Leo. Ned thanks her, and says he turned his back for ten, fifteen seconds, to talk to the pediatrician, and when he turned around, Leo was gone. Maxie says, kids do that. She thinks Georgie can teleport. Brook says, with Spinelli as a dad, she’s not surprised, and Maxie says, Leo is going to be fine. Ned says he hopes she’s right. He’s going to call Olivia.

Austin walks into an examining room to find Leo playing with his fidget spinner. Leo says he likes this, and Austin says he thought Leo might. He was so brave when he was there to get his tetanus shot. How’s his finger? Leo says, good, and Austin says Leo isn’t scheduled to visit him today. Does his mom know he’s there? Leo shakes his head, and Austin says, what about his stepdad? Leo says, nope.

Nina says she came to Nixon Falls because she wanted to see her friend Phyllis, and Jax says he knows. She says, please don’t interrupt her. He wants to know what happened, right? She’s trying hard to tell him. He says, go ahead, and she says she was really hurt and heartbroken when she found out what he and Carly did to her, that they hid the identity of her daughter. She’s really sorry she made a scene at Sonny’s funeral, and she’s really sorry she confused Wiley. He says, speaking of Wiley… and she says he doesn’t have to tell her that Wiley is Sonny’s grandchild; she already knows that. He says, but somehow she’s justified keeping him from Sonny. She says she came to Nixon Falls to be with Phyllis because Phyllis cares for her. Phyllis doesn’t judge her. She saw Phyllis, and was on her way out of town, and ran into Sonny. She couldn’t believe it, just like Jax right now. She couldn’t believe it, and then after talking to Sonny, she realized he’d lost his memory, and the only clue to his identity was his watch that he still wears. It said, To Mike, Never enough time, Love, A. Now he calls himself Mike. Jax says, his watch, and his father’s name. When she realized Sonny was alive, why didn’t she tell Carly?   

Carly tells Jason not to put himself in an impossible situation just to make things easier for her. He says, why wouldn’t he? Look at where they’re standing. It’s Jake’s, where it all began. She was the first friend he made on his own, who knew nothing about who he was before the accident. She always talks about what he does for her. Why don’t they talk about what she does for him? She accepted him, and believed in him. She fought for him. She says she sure did that, and he says he doesn’t know who he’d be if he hadn’t met her. He’s just lucky he did. He trusts her; he trusts her instincts. If she thinks they shouldn’t get married, then they shouldn’t do it.

Curtis brings Jordan outside, and lies her down on the porch, saying, come back. Portia checks Jordan’s pulse.  

A security guy tells Ned that they haven’t been able to locate Leo yet, but they’re actively looking. Ned wonders if they should bring in the police, when Austin comes in with Leo. He says he thinks they might be looking for something, and Leo runs to Ned and hugs him. Ned says, they’ve been looking all over for him, and Austin found him. Austin says, actually, Leo found him. Leo was waiting for him in the examining room where he got his tetanus shot because he wanted to tell Austin how much he liked his fidget spinner. Ned asks why Leo didn’t tell him that he was going over there, and Leo says, because he wanted to see Dr. Austin.

Nina tells Jax, she did call Carly, the second she found out what was happening to Sonny. She tried to tell Carly, but before she could get one word in, Carly lit into her. She said if Nina sued for any rights to see Wiley, she’d dredge up every horrible thing Nina had ever done in her life. She was relentless, and kept pounding the hammer on Nina’s coffin over and over, until Nina couldn’t take it anymore. She starts to cry, and says she knew it was wrong. She knew she should have told Carly, but in that moment, she couldn’t bring herself to even care. He says, let him get this straight; she kept quiet out of revenge? She says, no… yes… no… Maybe in the moment she did. he says, what about other moments, like when he came to visit her, or when she went back to Port Charles when he arranged for her to visit Wiley? How could she just stand there, holding Wiley, when she knew she was keeping Sonny from his entire family? They were still grieving him. How could she do that for all those months?

Carly says it doesn’t feel wrong to marry Jason. She knows he’ll treat her with respect. She knows he’ll be great with the kids, and would never lie to her. It’s not a question of him being a good husband; he’ll be a great husband. The problem is Jake’s. She fell in love with him back then, and realized that she could fall in love with him all over again.

Sonny sits on a bench near the water, and flashes back to Jax saying he has a whole family who love and miss him. He says, the family Jax mentioned, where are they? Why haven’t they come looking for him? Jax says, doesn’t he get it? He’s not Mike and Nina knows it. Sonny looks at his watch.

Nina tells Jax that she tried to come clean with Carly. She thought about coming clean when she went to Port Charles. He asks why she didn’t, and she says, because when she was visiting Wiley, Carly showed up again. Then all of a sudden, her visitation is over. It’s Wiley’s bedtime, and it’s enough with playing with Grandma Nina. She thought, back in Nixon Falls, there’s this a lovely man waiting for her. He says, Sonny, but she says, Mike. He says, they’re the same person, but she says, they’re not. Sonny is a ruthless mob boss. Mike is a simple guy who wants what he has there, a simple life with his friends Phyllis and Lenny. He says, and her? She says, and her, and he asks if she’s told Sonny that she knows who he is; that the answers he seeks are right in front of him? Here’s where Jax is wrong though; Sonny isn’t seeking them. She says, no, and he asks, why not? She says she thought about it a lot of times, but knew if she told him, he’d look up who he was, he would discover all the crimes Sonny committed. Even though Sonny was okay with it, Mike wouldn’t be able to live with it. It would change him. Jax says, or he’d want to return to his old life whether he remembered it or not. But she didn’t want that because she’s in love with Mike. She says she is, and from what she’s heard, Sonny is not a good guy. He says he agrees with her there, and she says, Mike is a good man. He’s devoted and kind, and she got something from Mike she’s never gotten from any man – honesty. He asks how much honesty she’s given Mike in return, and she asks if he has any idea what a difficult decision this has been for her every single day. So the question is this. Who is better for this world; Sonny, who kills people, or sweet, kind Mike? He says it’s not her decision to make because there is no Mike. There is only Sonny, and he’s married to Carly. She says, Sonny found himself there, who he truly is. He’s Mike and he’s happy… and she’s happy. Does Jax want to take that from her again?

Brook asks how long Leo was with Austin before he decided to tell someone, and Austin says, 58 seconds. She says her stepbrother goes missing, and just happens to show up with him? and he says he knows this one; she’s implying something. She says, kind of convenient when he’s trying to ingratiate himself with her family. Leo goes missing, and when they’re just about to call the cops, he shows up and he’s the hero? Ned says, Austin treated Leo for the cut on his finger a few weeks ago. Leo liked him, so it makes sense that Leo would seek him out. He just wishes Leo would have asked him first. Austin imagines he did, and Brook says, it’s just Leo being Leo. Austin agrees, and asks if he can talk to Ned for a second. Ned asks Brook to keep an eye on Houdini, and Austin says he has something he thinks Leo will get a kick out of, and shows him a gyro wheel. Leo seems fascinated.

Portia tells Curtis, Jordan’s breathing is getting better, but she isn’t regaining consciousness. She breathed in more of what was in that basement than Portia did. He says, she’s only got one kidney; that has to make it worse. Portia says, the gas puts her in danger of renal failure, and the remaining kidney could be compromised. Let’s get her to a hospital right now. They pick Jordan up, and carry her to the car.

Ned and Austin go into an examining room, and Ned says, if this is about ELQ… but Austin says, this is way more important than ELQ. Ned may recall he asked Olivia to bring Leo back to see him. Ned says he does, but Olivia thought Leo was okay, so he took Leo to his own pediatrician for the all-clear. Leo’s finger seems to have healed nicely. Austin says, it looks great, but he didn’t need to see Leo about the cut. Ned asks, then why did he want the follow-up?

Carly says she was so surprised when she fell in love with Jason. She was so busy chasing after Tony, and lying to AJ, and one day it dawned on her that he was the one she wanted, and she was so, so in love with him. Of course (🍷) she had to get him to fall in love with her, which wasn’t easy since he had his guard up, but little by little, she found a way. They were so close, then she met Sonny, and everything changed. Jason left Port Charles, and she and Sonny fell in love. When he came back, the feelings she felt, she couldn’t let herself feel them, so she locked them away, and woudn’t let herself think about them to the point where she believed they were gone. Now she’s starting to feel them again. She’s not in love with him yet, but she’s on the way, and just can’t go there alone.

Sonny looks his watch, and takes it off. He remembers Nina saying, this watch is the evidence of a life he used to have. He has to learn who he was before he came to Nixon Falls. Until he does, she can’t give him all of her.

Jax says, all he wanted was for Nina to be happy, and she says, then can he leave, and forget what he saw there? He says he wishes he could. He honestly means that. Everyone at home is grieving Sonny, and his absence has put everyone in Port Charles in danger, including Josslyn. She asks what he means, and he says, she asked him a while ago who the world would be better off with, Sonny or Mike. It pains him to say this, but Port Charles needs Sonny. She says she thought everyone would be safer with Sonny gone, and he says she has no idea what she’s done. The lives that have changed. The things she set in motion.

Austin says he’s observed some behavior from Leo that he thinks warrants attention. Ned asks, what behavior? and Austin says, there’s no cause for concern. He just wants to observe the kid a little bit more. Ned asks, why? Does he think there’s something wrong with Leo? Austin says he doesn’t think anything’s wrong with anyone. He just thinks Leo might benefit from seeing a specialist. Ned says, in what? and Austin says, every human being is different, and every child is different. He’s seen a lot of kids and what he’s trying to articulate is that he thinks Leo would enjoy learning a more effective way of communicating. At least discuss it with Olivia. Ned says, actually, he has. He’s mentioned Leo’s quietness concerns him sometimes, but Olivia won’t hear it. Austin says Ned needs to try again because some kids really benefit from treatment. Ned says, for introversion? and Austin says, if he’s shy, he’s shy, but it could be a range of other things; none of them is bad. This is great. What human being doesn’t deserve the right to learn the skills to connect to the world a little bit better? Ned says he’ll talk to Olivia about it, and Austin says, tell her to reach out to him if she has any questions, and the same goes for Ned. Ned starts to go, and Austin says, this has nothing do with anything other than Leo, and Ned leaves.

Brook says Austin is so into Maxie, and Maxie tells her, so she keeps saying. Brook says, he may be an interloper, but Maxie may see him in a different light. Maxie says, stop pretending this has anything to do with her; it obviously doesn’t. Brook would do anything to protect the family business. Exhibit A: faking a pregnancy to save ELQ from Valentin. But hey, she gets it. That’s what the Quartermaines do. But her pregnancy faking days are over, and she’s not a Quartermaine. She doesn’t want to get mixed up in whatever plan Brook has going on next. Brook says, just invite him to Carly and Jason’s wedding. Just spend a little time with him; put her toe in the water. What harm could it do? Ned comes back, and thanks them for looking after Leo, and Maxie says, of course (🍷), like anyone was even looking in Leo’s direction. He could have disappeared again ten minutes ago. Brook asks if Austin tried to weasel his way into the family business, or what? and Ned says, something like that. Brook tells Maxie, all the cards are out on the table. Could she just spend some time with Austin, and see where it goes? Could Maxie do that for her?

Sonny looks at his watch, and remembers Nina saying, there are a million reasons why they shouldn’t be together. With all those reasons, and the fear that what they have will collapse when he finds out who he is, she’s still here. And if that’s not love, she doesn’t know what is. He asks what she’s saying, and she takes his hand and tells him that she’s saying she loves him too.

Jax tells Nina, when Sonny disappeared, his business became vulnerable, and by extension, so did Carly and her family, including Josslyn. Nina says she doesn’t know the ins and the outs of mob business, but she assumed Jason could handle things, and Carly would benefit from it. He asks if she’s read about Cyrus Renault, and says, things escalated from there. Jason was either behind bars or on the run, so Carly felt that she needed to take over the family business. And Carly’s only way to maintain power, or keep this illusion of peace, is to marry Jason. Nina says he told her they were engaged, but she thought it was just for show. She didn’t expect them to actually get married. He says, well, it’s happening. And it’s a little tricky, because the bride-to-be is married to a man who’s alive and well, and being hidden there by Nina.

Carly says she and Jason can stop, take a step back, tell everyone they’ve reconsidered and they’re not getting married. It will be awkward for a while, but they’ll be fine. She cherishes his friendship, and can’t live without it. The butterflies she’s feeling will eventually go away, but if they get married, she’ll keep falling and won’t stop. When he doesn’t return the feelings, she’ll be angry, resentful, and hurt. She can’t have that between them. He asks why she assumes she’ll be falling alone. <gag>  

Maxie tells Brook, it’s very disconcerting, and Brook says, what? Maxie says, Brook, and her plan. Brook says, what plan? She’s simply encouraging Maxie to spend time with a guy who’s clearly interested. Maxie says, that right there is exactly what she’s talking about. Brook is pretending there’s no plan, when obviously, there is a plan. On one hand, Brook is a total lifesaver. She’s great with the baby. She’s keeping the baby safe, and she’s loving and protective. Brook says, her pleasure, and Maxie says, and just when she thinks she can relax, that everything is under total control, Brook starts plotting and scheming, all over these stupid ELQ shares. Brook says, first of all, they are not stupid ELQ shares. They’re very valuable, and they’re her great-grandfather’s legacy. And second of all, who is Maxie to talk to anyone about scheming, Miss Schemer McSchemerson? She could give a master class. Maxie says she’s scheming to save her baby, but Brook sys, it’s still a scheme. That’s okay. They’re not mutually exclusive. Maxie tells her, says the woman with a blatant ulterior motive, and Brook asks if it isn’t possible for her to protect Bailey/Louise while at the same time safeguarding her family’s company. Maxie says, and by <air quotes> safeguard <end air quotes> she means cutting Austin out, and Brook says, maybe. Maybe not. Maybe Austin is a really nice guy, with a legitimate claim. What would help her out is someone she could trust – like Maxie – spending time with him. Maxie says, okay. Fine. She’ll do it. Brook thanks her, and Maxie says, but if it happens to jog Austin’s memory about what happened in the woods the night Louise was born, she’s going to blame Brook. Brook says she takes full responsibility… whatever that means. Austin comes by, and Brook calls his name. He says, no thank you, and keeps walking. Brook follows him, saying, they didn’t offer him anything. He says what she has to offer him is unfounded accusations, but he’s full up. Try again tomorrow. She says, definitely. In the meantime, Maxie has something she wants to say to him. Maxie says, well… um… and Austin says, it’s okay. She said she didn’t want him to bother her again, and he won’t. She says, it’s not a bother. She wondered if he’d like to attend the wedding of the century. And by that, she means the wedding of Carly Corinthos and Jason Morgan. She planned most of it, and it came out really nice if she does say so herself. He says, weddings aren’t his thing, and she says he could be her plus one. Curtis comes in carrying Jordan, and says they need some help here. Jordan coughs.

Sonny remembers saying, he may not know who he was, but he knows who he is now. And he knows Nina, and she’s been nothing but good to him. She’s his life. He puts the watch to his lips, gets up, and tosses it into the water. I so want this to work, and I so know it won’t. I’m not into the romance stuff, but this makes me want to cry.

Nina tells Jax, as far as Carly knows, she’s a widow. And she’s not too far off. The man she married is gone. Mike doesn’t even know her, and he doesn’t fit in her glamorous life any more than she fits in his. Jax says, there’s no justifying this. There’s no rationalizing this. So much damage has been done because of her lies. If she continues to keep this secret about Sonny, things are only going to get worse. She asks what he expects her to do. Sonny doesn’t know who he is. He says, because she hasn’t told him. She has to come clean. She has to make this right, and tell Sonny who is right now. Because the wedding is tonight.

Jason says he did fall in love with Carly when Michael was a baby. Then she was with Sonny, so he would only let himself see her as a friend. A friend who he loved, and a friend he’d die for. That’s how he justified putting her first, because he wasn’t in love with her, and it wasn’t about having her. But now the feelings are coming back. It’s like she said. They can stop it now, and it will be awkward for a little while, but it will pass, because they’ve definitely been through worse. Or they can get married for real; spend the rest of their lives together. She says, can he make that promise? and he says, yes, he can. She asks if he’s not just saying that because he thinks he should, and he takes her hands. He tells her, he’s saying it because it’s true, and they kiss. Bleh.

Tomorrow, Brook asks if Maxie is saying she’s a bad mom, TJ tells Jordan that she can’t stay there, Curtis says Austin’s face tells him the news isn’t good, and Sonny tells Phyllis that he’ll respect her wishes for now.

🥜 In a Nutshell…

On Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, David and/or James said Fredrik would never get another listing from them, since he bragged about a sale when the client had asked for it to be on the DL. Derek told Fredrik that the LA guys were just threatened by him, since he was encroaching on their territory. But it was a legit complaint, since we saw a clip of the client sounding pretty pissed. JoshF teamed up with Nikki Haskell to broker a deal on one of the most beautiful homes I’ve seen on here. It had been owned by Peter Bogdanovich and Diane Keaton (not at the same time), and George Washington Orson Welles had also slept there. Designed by Wallace Neff, it was 8200 square feet, with 7 bedrooms and 9 baths, and Spanish tiles to die for in the kitchen. The asking price was $17.4 million, and the deal was done at $16.455 million. A bargain! In the meantime, JoshA was busy with a house in Bel Air, near the Playboy mansion and the late Aaron Spelling’s place. On the flipside, Tracy had a buyer who backed out because, at 6’5”, he felt he was too tall for the house.

Next time, a client wants Fredrik to team up with one of the Joshes, JoshF lies to a client, and Tracy’s client says she can’t go through it again.

💃🏻 Go, Go, Girl…

I knew I’d heard Nikki Haskell’s name before. And she was also a stockbroker before she became a real estate broker. She’s had a busy life.

https://pagesix.com/2021/05/18/nikki-haskell-turns-80-with-studio-54-themed-bash/

🏯 Amazing Place…

The Wallace Neff house from tonight’s MDLLA episode.

https://www.dirt.com/moguls/fashion/serge-azria-house-bel-air-1203324012/

👰🏼 Don’t Look…

Tradition says it’s bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the wedding, but it looks like Carly and Jason didn’t listen. We all know that marriage is doomed anyway. Maybe. You never know.

https://ew.com/tv/general-hospital-carly-and-jason-wedding-photo/

🎥 Congrats To Chloe…

The late Nelle seems to be doing quite well with her next chapter.

GH Alum Chloe Lanier Shares Exciting News With Fans!

👄 Of Course She Is…

Does it surprise anyone that LisaR would be like a suckerfish on Erika?

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/08/lisa-rinna-is-erika-jaynes-only-friend-left/

Including his link because he did do that apology tour.

Lisa Rinna Is Erika Jayne’s ‘Only Friend Left’ As Remaining RHOBH Cast Turn Their Backs Amid Legal Troubles

👠 Latest Dance…

It’s not exactly my thing – I’d rather be dancing than watch dancing – but both Martin Kove and Mel C? I might actually watch this season.

https://parade.com/1240447/mikebloom/dancing-with-the-stars-cast-season-30/

The hosts.

https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast

🐄 Cows Officially Home…

If you listen real hard, the sound of the weekend, which is hopefully becoming a clearer concept these days. Unless you don’t want it to be. Then feel free to march to a different calendar. See you tomorrow for soap, tea, and a few wise words. Until then, stay safe, stay counting your blessings, and stay not being a Miss Schemer McSchemerson. It always ends up weaving a tangled web.

Sep4

September 3, 2021 – Two Pre-Wedding Parties, Victor Who, Pioneer Return, Who’s On, Holiday Film, Debbi’s Drama, Livestream Soap, Just a Cold, Refresh, NYC News, More Erika, Sad Goodbye, Mauricio Talks, GoT Alums, Exactly Eleven Quotes & Real Job

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

At The Savoy, Curtis tells Nika that he just got confirmation the party is on their way. She says she can’t believe three guys booked the club for the whole night. He says, believe it, and tells her to make sure the drinks are filled and everyone is having a good time. Sam comes in, and tells Curtis that she has news about Drew’s plane crash. He suggests they go someplace else, and she says they don’t have to go anywhere; it won’t take long. He says he might not have to, but she might want to.

Dante sits at the MetroCourt bar, when Olivia comes in. He says he didn’t think she was working tonight, and she says she’s not. She’s on her way to Carly’s bachelorette party. She’s helping set it up, and has a surprise that’s going to blow Carly’s mind. So, is he seeing Sam tonight?

On the phone, Brando tells his boss that he’ll do what he’s paid for. Doesn’t he always?

Sasha sees Willow arriving at the party by the pool (🍷), and says she wasn’t sure Willow was going to be there between nursing school, Wiley, and everything else she’s got going on. Willow says, when Olivia invited her, she decided she was going to treat herself to a break. She doesn’t know if anyone told Sasha, but there’s definitely good news; Chase can walk again. Sasha says, fantastic, and Willow says she’s so happy for him. Sasha asks if something else is going on, and Willow says, Chase learned she and Michael were together before they could tell him themselves. Sasha says she’s so sorry, and Willow says she put off telling Chase, and only ended up hurting him worse. Sasha says, it was an impossible situation; she did the best she could. If Chase doesn’t realize that now, she’s sure he will eventually in time. Please tell her that she and Michael are happy. Willow says, very happy. What about Sasha and the baby? Sasha says, the baby is fine, and Willow says, and the mommy? Sasha says she’d feel better if she knew for certain Brando isn’t working for the mob again. Josslyn and Bobbie come by, and Josslyn says, Carly is on her way. Bobbie tells them to get ready, and Carly walks in. They yell, surprise!

Curtis tries to steer Sam away, and she asks, what is this? Why is she suddenly not welcome there? He says he’ll explain it later, but right now he has to get her out of there. Spinelli comes in with Michael, saying, a proper sendoff is in order, and a proper sendoff he shall have, and Michael says, it’s what his dad would have wanted. Spinelli sees Sam, and says, greetings and salutations, fair Samantha. Forgive him for asking, but what is she doing there? She asks if she’s not supposed to be there, when Jason walks in. Curtis says, this is why he wanted her out of there, and Michael tells Jason, one drink, a couple of toasts, and they’re gone. Spinelli says, maybe two drinks… Okay, one drink is acceptable. The point is to celebrate Jason’s nuptials. Jason looks trapped.

Phyllis sees the outside table, and tells Mike/Sonny, it looks lovely; like an outside café. They could be in Paris instead of Nixon Falls. He says it was his idea. His first official date with Nina. She asks how it went, and he says, it was great… until they ran into a roadblock. He doesn’t think there’s any way around it.

Ava asks what Jax could possibly have to say to her about Nina, and he says, it’s about his visit to her in Nixon Falls. She says she heard the highlights. He played the hero, and two robbers got shot in the process. He says he stopped one of the robbers, and Nina’s new boyfriend stopped the other. She says, the mysterious new boyfriend. The one who replaced him. Jax asks what Ava knows about him.

Spinelli says, libations are certainly in order. Can they head to the bar? Sam asks if she can speak to the man of the hour, and Jason tells Spinelli to order him a beer. Michael urges Spinelli toward the bar, and Sam tells Jason, tomorrow’s the big day. He says, it is, and she says she’s sure the wedding will be everything he and Carly want. He says, Maxie is working on it, and she says she’s sure Maxie is. She wishes them all the best. He thanks her, and says he wishes the same for her. He goes to the bar, and Curtis asks if Sam is okay. She says she will be. She’s had a lot of time to digest that Carly and Jason are getting married. Carly has always been really important to Jason, so was Sonny. Most of the time, Jason chose Carly first. Now he doesn’t have to choose anymore.

At the bar, Spinelli says, it never occurred to him that fair Samantha might be there, and Jason says, it’s fine. Michael says, it’s still pretty awkward. Jason didn’t want a bachelor party in the first place. Jason says, actually, he was wrong. He and Carly are getting married tomorrow; it deserves to be celebrated. They clink glasses.

Carly says, oh my God. How did she not know they were planning this? Josslyn says they fooled Carly Corinthos, and Carly says, Olivia told her that the pool (🍷) was reserved for a Sweet 16 birthday party. Bobbie says they didn’t want her to know what they were up to, and they wanted to tell her they love her. Josslyn adds, and how happy they are she’s marrying Jason, and Carly says, so there’s no imaginary Sweet 16 party she has to take care of? Josslyn says, all she needs to do is relax and enjoy herself, and Carly says, with her favorite people there, how could she not? Carly says, it’s so lovely, and Josslyn says, and exciting. It’s the day before her wedding day. Carly says she’s starting to feel like a real bride, and Bobbie asks why she’d say that. Of course (🍷) she’s a real bride.

Sonny tells Phyllis that Nina said she doesn’t want to get closer to him until he finds out who he is. She said when he finds out who he is, he’s not going to want to see her anymore. (That’s not exactly what she said, but okay.) What does he do with that? She says, his feelings for Nina are real. That has to count for something. Nina comes in, and asks Phyllis how she is. Then she says, that’s a really dumb question. Forget she said that. Phyllis says, she’ll always be grieving for Lenny, but she knows he wouldn’t want her life to stop. He’d want her to live it to the fullest; to find joy where she can. And since he’s not there to ask Nina, she’ll ask for him. Why can’t the two of them simply live in the moment?

Jax asks Ava to please tell him everything she knows about Nina’s new boyfriend in Nixon Falls, and she says, jealousy doesn’t become him. And she’s certainly not going to confide in the man who conspired to keep from Nina the death of her daughter; a daughter she didn’t even know she had, and is now dead. He says she can’t even imagine how sorry he is for his actions, but believe it or not, he’s trying to help Nina now. She tells him, just go. They’re done here. He flashes back to Josslyn telling him that the sauce is exactly like Sonny’s, and Trina picked it up in a bar in Nixon Falls. He says he’s not leaving until Ava gives him some answers.

Dante asks how many times he has to tell Olivia, his personal life is just that – personal. She says he is seeing Sam, and she thinks that’s great. He says he’s glad she thinks it’s great. They’re meeting there to investigate something. She says, right, and he says, stop. She says she’ll leave him to it. She has to make sure everything is right for Carly’s party, especially the entertainment. It’s going to be such a surprise. She leaves, and Brando comes out of the elevator, carrying a duffel bag. He asks Dante how it’s going, and Dante says, no complaints. He congratulates Brando on becoming a father, and Brando asks if he’s got any tips. Dante says, don’t mess it up. Brando laughs, and Dante says just do the best he can; trust his instincts. Brando says he met Rocco a few times while Sonny was still with them. He seems like a great kid. Dante says, he is a great kid. He’s excited to have a cousin on the way. Sonny would have loved to be there to see Brando become a father. Sasha approaches them, and asks what Brando is doing there. Dante says he’ll see them, and jets. Brando says he’s there on a job, and she says, one of those side gigs he mentioned? He says, one of them, and she asks if he’s going to tell her which one. He says he’s making sure the baby has whatever he or she needs, and then some once it’s born. She says just promise her whatever he’s doing is not mob related, and he says, trust him. He thought she was supposed to be at Carly’s bachelorette party, and she says she was taking a break to powder her nose, which is probably a poor choice of words for her. He says, Carly’s party is there? and she says, out by the pool (🍷). Call her later after his mysterious side gig. She leaves, and Dante comes back. Brando tells Dante that he has a problem.

Sam says she found out some information on Drew’s plane crash that she thinks Curtis will find interesting, and he says, information is only as good as the source. She says she and Dante were able to get ahold of the WSB files on Drew’s plane crash, and it was a charter flight, not a private rental. And there was another passenger on board, but the name wasn’t listed. It was paid for by a company called Leethy Unlimited. He wonders why the name sounds familiar, and she says, because it was the parent company for a clinic in Scarsdale called Creighton-Clark. He says he knows that name from somewhere, and she says, it burned down before he came to Port Charles, but Drew was held captive there, and Nina was a patient, along with a lot of other people. He says he knows where he heard the name from; when he was searching for Nina’s daughter. She asks if he knows anybody who worked there, and he says he just might.

Spinelli says he’s so glad to be out socializing. It’s a welcome break from heartache. Ellie is adamant that their parting be permanent. He asks Michael to please tell him that he’s luckier in the romance department, and Michael says he hates to break it to Spinelli, but he is luckier. He and Willow are together, and they couldn’t be happier. Spinelli says he’ll drink to that.

Olivia tells Willow, talk to her. There’s obviously a huge change in her relationship with Michael. Brook implied that there were some developments, but she wouldn’t go into any details, so she came to the source. What’s going on? Willow says it’s very complicated, and she definitely could have handled things better. She suggests they talk in the next day or two; after Carly’s party. Olivia says, just so she’s clear, Willow and Michael are a couple? Willow says they are, and Olivia says, Chase is a great guy, but between the two of them, she always thought Willow and Michael belonged together. Willow says, they agree. It just took them a while to figure it out. Olivia says Willow looks happy, and she’s happy for her, and they hug.

Carly tells Bobbie that she can’t wait to marry Jason. It’s just been a whirlwind trying to get everything ready. Bobbie asks if that’s all it is, and Josslyn says her mom’s been really busy. Yes, Maxie’s planning the wedding, but there’s still a million details to sort out and decisions to make. She’s helping Josslyn get set up at PCU, there’s dissention with her dad… Bobbie asks if Carly and Jax are at odds, and Carly says, really? They’re supposed to be having fun. Why did Josslyn bring that up? Josslyn says, sorry. She should have kept her mouth shut. Her mom and dad fight all the time, and they always work it out.

Jax tells Ava that he still cares about Nina. Knowing he hurt her is bad enough. He doesn’t want to see her get hurt again. Ava asks what he wants to know, and he asks, when was the last time she spoke to Nina? She says she doesn’t hear from Nina all that often. Just a text here and there, about how happy she is. He says, with her new boyfriend? and she says, Nina doesn’t really say very much. Last time she and Nina had a heart-to-heart, Nina was pretty evasive about him.

Phyllis says, right before Lenny’s diagnosis, he’d decided to live in the moment. He was going to take her dancing. She was on her way to buy a new dress when Dr. Ford showed up, and their lives changed. Sonny says he’s going to do everything he can to honor Lenny’s memory. Phyllis says she knows he will, and she hopes Nina tries to do that too. She leaves, and Sonny asks where Nina was. He was trying to reach her. She says she’s sorry she ran out on him, and he says they’re supposed to be living in the present. She says, he is, but she’s still struggling. When she saw his watch last night, a piece of his past, it made her stop and think for once. He asks if she came to any conclusions. Does he have to find out who he is in order for her to move forward with him?

Carly, who is now wearing a tiara, tells Olivia that she’s sneaky, and Olivia tells her, what can she say? She was motivated. What’s the point of renovating the pool (🍷) if they’re not going to use it? She wanted to wish Carly happiness; no one deserves it more than her. Carly says, that’s sweet, but Olivia says she’s not sweet. Neither is Carly. They tell it like it is. It was the first thing she liked about Carly. Carly says, since they’re telling it like it is, she thought Olivia would think it’s too soon after Sonny. Olivia says, if it were anybody else, she would think they were acting out of grief, or afraid to be alone. She would have been wrestling with herself; should she say something or keep her big mouth shut? But Carly has known Jason forever, and knows what she’s getting. She’s getting a Quartermaine for an in-law – Olivia hands her a drink – so good luck with that. Carly says they’re Olivia’s in-laws too. They’ll be allies. They clink glasses, and Olivia says, always.

Willow asks if Sasha is okay, and Sasha says she ran into Brando in the restaurant. He’s on the job, but woudn’t tell her what it is. Willow asks if she thinks he’s with the mob again, when Carly interrupts, saying, he’s not. Brando made it very clear that he is done. Sasha says, there was a part of Brando that liked the excitement working undercover for Sonny. What if he’s revisiting that part of his life? Getting in deep again, under the guise of wanting to support her and the baby.

Dante says, Brando is kidding, and Brando says he wishes he were. Dante laughs, and Brando asks if he has any advice. Dante says he’s got to bite the bullet. Do what he was hired to do. Make that money. Pay for that baby. Brando asks if Dante can just arrest him, and Dante says, not unless he breaks the law.

Curtis tells Nika that he has some business to take care of, and asks if she’ll be okay by herself. She says, it’s all good, and he leaves. At their table, Michael says he knows Jason and his mom never expected to get to this place, but now that they’re here, he knows they’ll be good for each other. Spinelli says, perhaps it’s fate, destiny, and if it is, how wonderful that it’s Carly. Michael says, incoming, and Joey Novak walks in with several other guys. He says, here it is. Here’s the groom, and a bachelor party that’s crying out for some action.

Sasha says she told Brando that if he wanted to be in her life, and the baby’s, he couldn’t work for Carly and Jason anymore, and Carly says, he’s not. Sasha says she heard Carly and Brando at his garage the other night. He was promising to let her business associates know that he was open for business, and Carly thanked him for helping her. Carly says, Brando offered to listen, that’s all. He’s not going to put himself in danger. Sasha says, what if the danger shows up anyway? What if Brando just can’t say no? Carly says Brando is crazy about Sasha and the baby. She has to trust him. How can they have a family if she doesn’t? Olivia announces, the entertainment is here, and says, Owen, cut the lights. The lights dim, music plays, and Brando comes out in a tux, and dances around. Everyone is shocked, and he makes lovey-dovey shark eyes at Sasha.

Sam tells Dante, she let Curtis in on the information they got about Drew’s plane crash. She figured he’d want to know since he and Drew were such good friends. She mentioned Creighton-Clark to him, and he said it seemed familiar. Then he remembered he knew someone who worked there who might be able to give them more information about the clinic. He says, that’s great, and she says he hasn’t been listening to a word she said. He says he heard everything, but she says, no, he hasn’t. He apologizes, and says he was distracted. She says, about what? and he says, about what’s going on at the MetroCourt pool (🍷) right now, at Carly’s bachelorette party.

What’s going on is, Brando is still dancing, with the girls all egging him on. He comes closer, takes off his tie, and pulls Olivia out on the dancefloor. She dances around for a hot minute, and he goes back to his solo act, taking off his jacket. He comes back to the group, and Carly tries to cover Josslyn’s eyes, but Josslyn is like, no way. Brando rips his shirt off, and Josslyn says, nice abs. He’s actually a pretty good dancer. He dances with Olivia for a second, and goes to Sasha, dancing with her, all romantic. Brando rips off his pants, and he’s in tighty blackies. Everyone comes out to dance, except Sasha, and Brando motions for her to come.

Nika tells Joey and his pals, it’s a private party. They’ll have to come back another night. Joey says, oh come on. There’s plenty of room for them. They promise not to disturb the private party. Jason gets up, and tells Nika, he’ll take care of this. Joey says, like Jason took care of him? Strongarming his uncle into getting him out of the country. He walks to the bar, and says, a round of top-shelf whiskey for the room. He wants to toast the groom, since he won’t be at his wedding tomorrow. He’ll be in Siberia. One of his cronies says, isn’t he going to Poland? Joey says, to the groom, and to his gorgeous bride Carly, who is as hot as they come. Michael gets up, and says, that’s enough, and Joey says, Spinelli agrees with him, right? Carly Corinthos is quite the babe. I’m literally lol’ing, because these guys always sound like they’re from the 1940s. Spinelli (who also sounds like that) says, stop this vulgarity at once, and Jason puts his hand on Spinelli’s shoulder. He says, they were just on their way out, and Spinelli says, they were? Jason puts some money on the bar, and says, Joey and his friends are going to drink on him. He tells Michael and Spinelli, let’s go, and they head for the door. Joey says, hey Morgan. How does it feel to be hitting your dead boss’s wife? Is it good? Like you won a stuffed toy at the fair? Spinelli comes flying at Joey, says, you creep, and punches him.

At the pool (🍷), Brando comes back out, fully dressed, and the women all applaud. Brando says, honestly, he had no idea he was reporting to Carly. His boss just told him it was a party at the MetroCourt pool (🍷). Olivia says she’s the one who called the agency to hire the stripper. She had no idea it was him. Willow asks how badly he wanted to die when he saw all of them, and he says he was hoping the ground would swallow him up. Bobbie says, they’re glad it didn’t because he was really good. Sasha says she’s sure he needs a drink, and Josslyn hands him one, saying he deserves it. Sasha takes his hand and leads him away. Carly remembers when she and Jason almost kissed. Bobbie says, hey, is she okay? and Carly says, why wouldn’t she be? Who knew Brando was so gifted, right? Bobbie says she’s not urging any scandalous behavior where Carly’s daughter is present, but she thought Carly might relax, cut loose a little, considering she is marrying her best friend. Carly says, that’s true; she is. Bobbie asks, so what’s the problem?

Nina says, Mike/Sonny will never know how much she wants him in her life, but it doesn’t seem right that he can’t remember who he was before. He has flashes of that other woman, and he knows she means something to him. He says he doesn’t even know if that woman is real, and she says, he won’t know until he finds out who he really is. He says, he’s Mike. He’s the guy who cares about her. He gets that she doesn’t want his past life to come crashing down on her. She doesn’t want to be hurt again. That’s why she came to Nixon Falls, to let go of her past. She says, so he understands, and he says, yeah, and he’s going to do everything he can to prove to her that he does. He doesn’t know how he’s going to do it, but he will. Because he’s in love with her.   

Ava tells Jax, Nina probably wants to keep the new part of her life separate from the old one. Does it really surprise him that Nina would want to make a fresh start with Mike? He says, Mike? Does he have a last name? She says she’s sure he does, but she doesn’t know what it is. He says, and she didn’t ask? Ava says, Nina has made an art of skillfully avoiding her questions about him. Now here’s Jax, interrogating her about a man neither of them has ever met. Does he want to tell her what this is really about?

Curtis calls Phyllis, saying, he’s not sure if she remembers him. She says, of course (🍷) she does. He’s the private investigator who tracked her down, and put her back in touch with Nina Reeves. How can she help him? He says, he’s not a private investigator anymore, but he’s looking into something for a friend. It involves the facility where she worked, when she was Nina’s nurse. She says, Creighton-Clark? and he says, that’s the one. Is she still in touch with anybody she worked with there? She says she wasn’t there long. Besides, she was a private nurse so she didn’t really know any of the staff. He says, maybe she can think on it and give him a call, and she says, wait. There is someone. He friended her on social media a while back.

Sam says, Olivia hired a stripper from an agency that happens to be Brando? That’s priceless. Dante says, he’s making some money for his baby, and she says she’s not laughing at him. She thinks he should be proud. She thinks there’s something really charming about a guy who will do whatever it takes to provide for his child. Dante would, woudn’t he? He says he’s thankful he has a job where he can keep his clothes on, she says, that is too bad. His phone dings, and he says, dammit. He has to go. Work. He hopes to see her again soon. She says he can count on it, and he leaves.

Jax tells Ava, he’s worried about Nina. That’s all. He knows Ava tried to steer her in the right direction when it came to Carly. Ava says she did try, but apparently Nina didn’t take her advice when it came to making nice with Carly. Apparently, she did the opposite. Jax asks what she means, and she says, something happened a long time ago. She was mad, and she told Carly that as a grandparent in the state of New York, Nina has the right to sue for visitation with Wiley. Shortly after that, Nina called Carly, and Carly was all fired up and went for the jugular. He says, that’s what Nina told her? and she says, words to that effect. Everyone knows that Nina was wrong to tell Wiley about Nelle. Nina knows it. She regrets what she did, but Carly is Carly. She rarely gives anybody a second chance. He says, believe him, he knows.

Sonny says he guesses he threw Nina a curveball. He’s sorry. It’s how he feels. He really couldn’t go another minute without telling her. She tells him, she doesn’t know what to say, and he tells her, she doesn’t have to say anything.

Brando asks if Sasha sees now why he was being mysterious about his new job. He didn’t think she’d be a fan of him dancing. It’s just one of his side gigs. She asks, what are the others? Centerfold modeling? Escort service? He says, ha-ha. Try cleaning the deep fryer at Kelly’s, and after-hours custodial work at a bunch of offices downtown. He’s sorry if he embarrassed her tonight. She says she bets the money is good, and he says, it’s real good, but if she doesn’t like it, he’ll quit right now. What they have is a helluva lot more important than this performance tonight.

Willow says she hates herself for enjoying Brando’s performance so much, and Josslyn says, you and me both. Olivia says, in her day, it was empowering for women to go to a strip joint. The women could enjoy strip teases as much as the men. Willow says she can only imagine the men back then. The hair… Olivia says, the fake tan, the screaming women… Josslyn says it sounds like Olivia did a lot of clubbing, but Olivia says, bite her tongue. She was a good, Catholic girl. The only thing she knew about strip joints, and what went on inside of them, was what she read. They all laugh.

Bobbie says, when she thinks back on Carly and Jason when Michael was a baby, it was just the two of them. She used to get so frustrated with Carly at times, she wanted to tear her hair out. Jason was always good for her; he always believed the best in her. And to be fair, no matter how much the rest of them doubted her, she justified that faith. Now after all these years, they’re getting married. Tomorrow they’re going to slip into their new life as husband and wife. That’s the sweetest kind of love there is. Carly thanks her, and they hug.

Brando says he’ll call his boss right now, and tell him it’s his last gig as a stripper, but Sasha says, don’t you dare. Compared to working for Cyrus Renault, this is the safest job in the world. He says so she’s okay with women stuffing bills in his costume? She says, they can stuff as many bills as they want, as long as he always comes home to her.

Curtis asks who Phyllis’s friend was, and what he did at the clinic. She says, he worked in the records department. Would he be able to help Curtis? Curtis says, he just might. Text him the contact information, and tell him to expect Curtis’s call. She says, of course (🍷), and he says, if her friend can help, this could be a very big deal.

Michael gives Spinelli some ice in a cloth, and says, he did most of the heavy lifting… or should he say, heavy punching? Jason says, party’s over, let’s go, and heads for the door a second time. Nika is coming in, and he says, if what he left on the bar isn’t enough to cover everything, let him know. He’s sorry this happened on her watch. She says, she’s sorry, but once the fight started, she had to follow the rules. Spinelli says, what rules? and Dante walks in with some officers. A disheveled Joey gets up, and says he was raising a toast to Jason, and this little dweeb went off on him. Michael says Joey deliberately baited Spinelli, and Spinelli says he denigrated the bride-to-be. Joey says he did nothing of the kind. He was complimenting… Dante tells them, shut up, or he’ll take them all down to the station. Spinelli says, actually, they have a wedding to attend, and Dante says, maybe they’ll think more clearly in the morning.

Carly tells Bobbie, there was a time when all she wanted to do was marry Jason. She lied, she schemed, she left a trail of wreckage. Now years after she let that fantasy go, it’s happening. Bobbie says she and Jason have something magical, and Jason would do anything for her. Carly says, and she doesn’t know why that is; she never has (that makes two of us). She just knows that Jason has always been there for her. Even when he thinks she’s wrong, he’s there. Bobbie says he loves her as she deserves to be loved, and Carly says she’s a lucky woman. She’s a lucky bride.

Sonny takes Nina’s hand and says she doesn’t have to pretend she has feelings for him if she doesn’t have them. Maybe she will one day, maybe she won’t, but it feels good for him to tell her how he feels. So he’s going to leave her with that, okay? She says, okay, and he goes in the back.

Ava tells Jax, Carly and Nina must have been able to smooth things over, since Nina is seeing Wiley again, but she gets the sense it’s a fragile peace. Which is another argument for Nina to stay in Nixon Falls. She’s much less likely to cross paths with Carly there. He says, it certainly seems that way, and thanks Ava for taking the time to talk to him. He appreciates it. He starts to leave, and she asks what he’s going to do. He says, what can he do? Except make sure Nina is happy and safe.

Outside on the phone, Jax tells someone, get the jet ready. He’s going to Nixon Falls, Pennsylvania. Where I’m sure they have an airport.

On Tuesday (there’s a rerun on Labor Day – see below), Shawn tells Jordan that there has to be something to lead them to Hayden’s shooter, Nina asks Sonny what happened, and Ava is surprised.   

💣 Baddie Backstory…

Who is Victor anyway?

What Happened to Victor Cassadine on GENERAL HOSPITAL

🏕 PC Pioneer, Second Class…

Wyatt to the rescue… again.

Patrick Gibbons Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL!

🎢 Holiday Break…

Which soaps aren’t airing on Labor Day.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/abc/soap-opera-soaps-holiday-schedule

📽 Changing Lanes…

Curtis joins two GH alums for the holidays.

Three GENERAL HOSPITAL Fan Faves to Star in a New Holiday Film!

📺 A Long Way From Pine Valley…

An AMC alum joins a new series. It looks pretty good too.

‘Our Kind Of People’: Debbi Morgan Joins Fox Drama Series As Recurring

💻 DOOL Stream…

Livestreaming September 8th, it will only be available to Xfinity Rewards members, but the series Beyond Salem will be on Peacock starting September 6th.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: BEYOND SALEM Livestream Event!

🤧 She Swears It’s Just a Cold…

I can’t say I’ve ever heard of an unknown cold though. What does that even mean?

https://pagesix.com/2021/09/01/vicki-gunvalson-denies-report-she-has-covid-19/

🧪 New Faced…

Wow. It took like a whole eight hours off her age.

https://extratv.com/2021/08/31/rhoc-alum-jo-de-la-rosa-shares-face-refresh-after-plastic-surgery-journey/

🗽 New York Minute…

The rumors of her coming back are greatly exaggerated.

https://okmagazine.com/p/bethenny-frankel-reveals-hasnt-spoken-bravo-since-quitting-rhony-not-returning/

But there might be room.

https://okmagazine.com/p/real-housewives-of-new-york-luann-de-lesseps-ramona-singer-sonja-morgan-reportedly-demoted-friend-of/

💎 Continuing Saga…

Apparently, there’s no paperwork on Tom’s crash.

Did Tom Girardi’s Car Accident Actually Happen? Erika Jayne’s Story is Questioned as It’s Revealed Pasadena Police Have No Evidence of Crash

What a shock. LisaR couldn’t keep something to herself.

Did Lisa Rinna Tip Off Erika Jayne About RHOBH Cast’s Meeting? Sutton Stracke Claims She Knew About Their Secret Chat Before Kyle’s Dinner

The tracks of Kathy’s tears.

https://www.inquisitr.com/6495331/kathy-hilton-reveals-she-was-crying-over-erika-jayne-at-rhobh-di

🎩 A Gentleman For Sure…

I haven’t been a NeNe fan in a while, but I’ve always liked Gregg.

https://people.com/tv/nene-leakes-husband-gregg-dead-from-colon-cancer-at-66/

🗣 Real Talk…

Mauricio gives the lowdown on all things real.

👑 Off the Throne…

A new gig for Grey Worm, and a reunion for the Khal and his Khaleesi.

https://ew.com/tv/game-of-thrones-star-jacob-anderson-to-play-louis-in-interview-with-the-vampire-amc-series/

https://ew.com/tv/game-of-thrones-reunion-jason-momoa-emilia-clarke-drunk-photo/

🏌🏽‍♀️ Quotes of the Week

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. – Socrates

Our urge to speak is often rooted in an inflated view of our own opinions. – Tripp Prince

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. – Beverly Sills

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. – Linda Grayson

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. – Seneca

This is housekeeping, not Project Runway. – a hotel staff member on The Bachelorette, when asked to fix a bridal gown

Don’t worry about being worried. You’re heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else. – Tracy Kidder

Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. – W.E.B. Du Bois

It’s a general moral principle that the more power you have over someone, the greater your duty is to use that power benevolently. Well, who is the one person in the world you have the greatest power over? It’s your future self. You hold that life in your hands, and what it will be depends on how you care for it. – Rick Hanson

Can the world be your oyster if you’re allergic to shellfish? – Hyundai commercial

🌞 And Have a Pleasant Tomorrow…

Hope you didn’t get drenched by Ida or her remnants. We remained unscathed this time, but it only takes once for the word hurricane to cause anxiety, and wondering where you’re going to put stuff. But it looks to be a beauty of a long weekend, or the next three days, if weekend is no longer in your vocabulary. See you at Dead time, but until then, stay safe, stay saucy, and stay never denigrating the bride-to-be. Especially if she’s marrying the mobster best friend of her late mobster husband. No good can come of it.

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August 27, 2021 – A Plan To Lure Peter To St. Lucia, Million Dollar Finale, Team KJ, Guessing, a Surgery, Salem Preview, Tributes, More Troubles, Shade Feud, VanderShare, Doom’s Rouge, Dead Talk, a Half Dozen Quotes & Feeling

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jax goes to the MetroCourt, and Carly says she’s not in the mood, but he says she came to apologize. She says, go on, and he says he’s sorry he made Josslyn’s special dinner awkward. She says she hopes he plans on apologizing to Josslyn, and he says, of course (🍷) he does. He asks if they can start over. Mr. Buscema comes in, and Carly welcomes him to the MetroCourt, saying, it’s an honor. He says it’s an honor to be her guest. He received her save-the-date, hand-delivered no less. She says she wanted to make sure he got it, and he says, consider this his RSVP. He wouldn’t miss it for the world. He’s sure all of her late husband’s business associates won’t either. Jason comes by, and says, excuse them, steering Buscema to the bar. Jax tells Carly, if that guy is any indication of the guest list, their daughter isn’t getting within a mile of the wedding.

Harmony tells Alexis that she has two visitors. Spencer and Esme are there, and Alexis says, no way, Spencer! He’s all grown up. He says, that depends on who you ask, and wonders if there are rules against hugging loved ones. She says, since when did he care about rules? and they hug. Alexis says, Nikolas said he was back, but didn’t say anything about him visiting. He says, his father hasn’t been keeping up with what he’s been doing, and he intends to keep it that way.

Ava puts sunflowers on Kiki’s grave, and says, her sweet girl. She misses Kiki so much. Ever since the stalker left Kiki’s ID, Kiki is all she can think about. A cruel reminder of how she couldn’t protect Kiki, and pointed her in Ryan’s direction. Then Ryan took Kiki’s life in a sick desire to please her. She’ll always regret… She doesn’t know where to begin. She has so many regrets. Nikolas appears, and says, so does he.

At the MetroCourt, Austin gives Scotty the paper from Edward’s office, and says, that ought to do the trick. Maxie runs in, looking around for something, and Austin asks if he can help. She says she thought she left something there, but it seems to be gone. He says they probably have a lost and found, and she says she’ll check there. He says, the last time he saw her, she was leaving town. Did it help? She says she’s afraid not. The thing with some problems is, no matter where you go, they follow you.

Obrecht asks Nina what the problem is, and Nina says, Peter is alive. Obrecht asks if she’s certain, and Nina says he’s there in Nixon Falls.  

Outside the Tan-O, Sonny says Peter isn’t just a business associate of Nina’s, and Peter says he’d like to think they’re friends. Sonny asks why he gets the feeling Nina doesn’t like Peter much. Peter says Sonny doesn’t mince words, and Sonny says he calls it the way he sees it. And the way he sees it, Peter makes Nina very uncomfortable. He thinks it’s time for Peter to get out of town.

Obrecht tells Nina, that schwein. She knew they hadn’t seen the last of him. She asks if he’s made contact, and Nina says, unfortunately, he’s as malignant as ever. Obrecht says, since Nina is freely speaking, he must not be with her, and Nina says, he’s outside, so she has to make it fast. Obrecht says, if Nina is jeopardy, call for help, but Nina says she’s not. He made threats, but she’s not in immediate danger. Not yet. Obrecht says it’s good Nina hasn’t called the authorities. The jailhouse is too good for Peter. She has much better plans for him.

Peter admits he and Nina aren’t exactly friends. They’re professional rivals, and what Sonny thinks is tension, is nothing more than healthy competition. Sonny asks if Peter thinks he’s a good liar. Peter’s got a better shot at playing the lottery than playing him. Phyllis returns, and asks if that’s how Sonny treats Nina’s guest.  

Austin says he’s happy to see Maxie back, and she thanks him, calling him Dr. Gatlin-Holt. He says he loves being a doctor, but after everything they’ve been through, she should call him Austin. She says, of course (🍷). She has a lot on her mind. He says, of course (🍷), and she says, goodbye, Dr… Austin. She leaves, and Scotty says, well, well. Austin is making himself at home. Austin says, it’s just a routine follow-up. Back to business. Scotty says. this document is gold. It’s Austin’s ticket to ride.

Carly tells Jax, that guy is a colleague, but Jax says, everything about that guy screams gangster. She says, go to hell, and he says, his name is Buscema? Doesn’t she think he knows who the Five Families Ragu alla Bolognese are? He learned everything about them when Sonny became Josslyn’s stepfather, and just gave himself a refresher course when that Joey Novak guy approached her. Carly says Josslyn is not just going to be at the wedding, she’s going to be the maid of honor. Josslyn is an adult, and makes her own decisions. He says, they should be informed decisions. Won’t Josslyn be heartbroken when she finds out she’ll be standing up for a sham marriage?

Buscema thanks Jason for meeting him, and says he’ll be brief. Like Jason, he’s concerned about the Novak organization’s lack of control over Joey. Joey approaching Carly’s daughter was unacceptable, and he intends to make his feelings known. Jason says, like Buscema, like any of them, he won’t tolerate his family being threatened. Especially now that his and Carly’s family are about to become one. Buscema says he respects that, and they shake hands.  

Ava asks how Nikolas found her… Wait, don’t tell her. He asked her bodyguard. He tells her not to blame the bodyguard; it’s his fault. She says she should have hired her own. She offered the job to Shawn, but he’s busy tracking down whoever framed him. Nikolas knows it’s dangerous for them to be seen together. He says he figured they wouldn’t have much of an audience there, and she says, they had an audience at the gallery, but he’s here now. Say what he came to say. He says he feels bad, intruding on her there, and asks what’s in her hand. She shows him Kiki’s ID, and says, a gift their stalker left after they torched her car. He says he’s so sorry. He convinced himself that Spencer was the stalker, and  he was wrong, very wrong. She says, which leaves them with one very alarming fact. The danger is real.

Spencer introduces Esme as his girlfriend, and Alexis says he brought his girlfriend to prison; how lovely. Esme says the pleasure is all hers. Spencer’s been positively enthused about Alexis. Alexis says he’s been tight-lipped about Esme, and Esme asks Spencer, why is that? but Spencer is busy staring at Ryan. He says, so it’s true. Ryan Chamberlain is here. Alexis says, every single day, and Spencer says, someone should make sure that freak of nature never draws another free breath.   

On his way out, Buscema says, it’s good to see you, Mrs. Corinthos, or shall I say, the future Mrs. Morgan? He’s looking forward to her nuptials. She says they’re happy to have him, and he tells her, until then, good health, and a long life. She says, same to him, and Buscema leaves. Jax asks what the deal is, and Carly says she doesn’t know how many times she has to tell him, she and Jason really do love each other. It’s sad that he can’t accept that. He says every move she’s made since Sonny died was to shore up Sonny’s illegal business. This sprint to the altar is nothing more than theater, with Josslyn as an unwitting player. She tells him not to expect an invitation, and don’t crash the wedding. He asks if she’s really comfortable putting their daughter on display in front of those dangerous people; her business associates. She tells him that he needs to leave, and he says she needs to care enough about her kids not to paint bullseyes on their backs. But hey, if Josslyn gets killed, she’ll still have Sonny’s blood money to keep her warm. He leaves, and Carly asks if Jason heard that. Jason says, he heard enough, and she says she has to get back to work. He says, not like this, and she says she needs a drink, but she’s on the job. Although, she’s the boss. She can do what she wants. She turns, but he grabs her hand, and asks her to come with him.

Scotty says, the correspondence shows Edward intended to include Austin’s father in inheriting ELQ voting shares. He’ll go to the courthouse tomorrow, and see if he can get the hearing moved up. Austin wonders how long it will take to hear back, and Scotty says, the wheels of justice turn very, very, very slowly, so don’t panic while he’s our of  town. Austin asks where Scotty is going, and Scotty says, to a tropical, romantic island where he’ll be doing all kinds of fun stuff you do on an island. When he gets back, they’ll get Austin his ELQ shares. Can Austin get this drink? He’s going to be rolling in dough soon. Scotty leaves, sticking Austin with the tab.

Ava tells Nikolas, Doc gave her the broad strokes. Has he spoken to Spencer? He says his son refuses to have anything to do with him. Spencer is ignoring his calls, texts, and emails. He even messaged Spencer on social media, but nothing. She wonders if Laura can’t run interference, but he says his mother made it clear she’s sick of his antics too. Ava says she’s so sorry, and he says she told him not to accuse Spencer unless he was absolutely sure. And he knows she sent his mother and Doc to stop him. She says she didn’t know what else to do, and he says she did what she could. He just wishes he’d listened. She says she wishes she’d been wrong. Things would be so much better for everybody if Spencer had been their stalker.

Harmony takes Ryan outside, and Spencer says, pretty sweet gig for a serial killer; minimum security, full-time attendants. How is that legal? Alexis says, it’s absurd. When she inquired about it, she was told to butt out, and if she didn’t like it, there was a cement wall and a shiv waiting for her at Pentenville. Esme says Spencer told her that he was Doc’s brother, but it didn’t quite prepare her, and Spencer says he’s glad Ryan is a vegetable now. Alexis says, his condition is called locked-in syndrome, and Esme says, he can’t move or speak, but his mind is as sharp as ever. She saw a movie based on a locked-in guy’s memoir, which he’d written by communicating letters one by one. Spencer says, it sounds like hell. Good. Alexis says, have a seat. She doesn’t want to spend their visit talking about Ryan. He asks how she is, and she says, pretty much as he sees her; this is as good as it gets. She asks, what’s going on with his father? She figured if Spencer could forgive Nikolas for faking his death, he could forgive anything. Spencer says, she’d be mistaken, and Alexis says, clearly, Nikolas didn’t heed her advice. He accused Spencer of staking Ava, didn’t he?

Maxie gets her notebook from behind the bar, and thanks the employee. Some papers fall out, and Jax helps her pick them up. He says he sees she’s back to planning weddings, and she say she’s planning Carly and Jason’s. Isn’t it great that they’re getting married?

Phyllis tells Peter to please forgive her friend Mike. He’s the most loyal and protective guy he’ll ever meet. Which means, sometimes, courtesy takes a backseat. Peter laughs, and says, no apology necessary. He’s just glad to know Nina has such good friends there in Nixon Falls. Knowing Nina, he’s sure she’d want to make sure all of them are protected in return.

Nina tells Obrecht that Peter wants her to use her connection to Valentin to help him find Louise. If she doesn’t, he said he’ll take James. Obrecht says Peter is targeting her grandson? and Nina says, his exact words were, if she doesn’t help him, James would be more than an adequate replacement. Obrecht says Nina knows there’s only one way to deal with him, and Nina says she does. If Obrecht can’t for any reason, she’ll do it herself. Obrecht says she can most definitely manage it. She has to go, but whatever happens, do not panic. Keep her head on straight. Nina hangs up, and Peter walks in. He asks, who was that?  

Spencer says he bets Alexis’s clients were never able to lie to her, and she says, rarely; stop deflecting. She and his father know about the letter Ryan wrote him. He says, which he returned, and she says, unopened. Esme says she saw a coffee machine in the lobby (prisons have a lobby?) and asks if they want anything. They say, no thanks, and Esme leaves. Alexis says, lovely girl; intuitive. Spencer says, lovely and intuitive, just like her. She says clearly, he’s picked up his father’s tactic for evading uncomfortable conversation, but Spencer says, he’s nothing like his father.

Nikolas says, if Spencer had been the stalker, they could have gotten him help, and Avery would be home. Instead, they’re more alienated than ever. Now, here they are. Ava says, together. It’s open provocation to the stalker. He says, the irony isn’t lost on him that they’re going against the express wishes of the stalker, but he already lost his son and his mother. He can’t lose her too

Outside, Harmony asks if Ryan would like to continue with Moby Dick, or read Frankenstein again. He blinks, and she says, it’s interesting that he’s so fascinated in a book about a monster. Esme comes out, and she says she was hoping Harmony could help. She’s there visiting her boyfriend’s aunt, and she was telling Esme that Ryan has locked-in syndrome. She’s never heard of it before. Harmony says, put simply, he’s lost voluntary control of all his muscles except the eyes, but his cognitive functions are unaffected. He’s fully alert and aware of his environment. Esme asks if she can speak to him, and Harmony asks Ryan if it’s okay. He blinks, and she tells Esme, he said go ahead. Esme says, hello, and Ryan blinks. She asks what he said, and Harmony tells her, hi there.   

Scotty tells Obrecht, good evening my waffle strudel. Is she excited to go to St. Lucia and soak up the sun? She says, perhaps now is not the right time for this venture, and he asks, why not? She was all about going to the medical conference to find out about Britt. What’s going on? What changed her mind?   

Phyllis says she wondered why Sonny was hustling her out. It’s a good thing she came back for her glasses. Sonny says, the guy is creepy; he doesn’t deserve courtesy, but she says, if he’s in her bar, he does. Sonny says that’s why he took Peter outside. She asks, what’s with him? He always takes an immediate dislike to anyone who gets close to Nina. He says, it’s been two people; Peter and Elijah. She says maybe he should question why he’s suspicious of anyone from Nina’s former life.

Peter asks if Nina was talking to Valentin, but she says, no; it was just Crimson business. If he’d just leave, she could calm down, call Valentin, and get what he needs. Peter says if she double-crosses him before he leaves to start a new life with James, he’ll not only wreck this little fantasy she’s got going in the middle of nowheresville, he’ll make sure she can never show her face in Port Charles again.

Jason brings Carly to the pool (🍷), and she asks, what the hell is going on? Where are her servers? He says he arranged for a private party, and she says, when? He says, when he saw Jax unloading on her. It was this, or punch him in the face. He stopped himself. Josslyn doesn’t deserve to be in the middle of this. Jax doesn’t get why they’re getting married, and the way he’s acting, Jason is starting to think Jax doesn’t know anything about Carly. She says, maybe not, but Jason does.

Maxie sits with Jax at the bar, and she asks if he’s feeling weird about Carly getting married, especially since he’s single. He says, Carly is important to him. They share a child together, and he doesn’t want to see anything bad happen to her, so… That’s not what she asked him. She asked if he felt weird about Carly getting married, and the answer is, no. She says, forgive the observation, but he seems less than thrilled. He asks how Nina is doing, and Maxie says, she seems happy. Jax says, she seems happy to have a relationship with Wiley again, and he hopes they can be friends when she comes back. Maxie says she didn’t get the impression that Nixon Falls was a detour for Nina. She got the feeling Nina was putting down roots.

Peter asks how Nina will feel, not holding her precious grandson ever again. When Michael and Carly find out what she’s been keeping from them. When Mike discovers this grandson she’s so afraid of losing, is also his. She says he’s made his point, and he says he hasn’t even gotten started with Jax yet. Her knight in shining armor. How’s he going to feel when he finds out she’s been playing footsy with Carly’s husband, a man he loathes?.

Obrecht tells Scotty, it’s imperative that she find out about the latest research on Huntington’s, but there’s no need for Scotty to sit through boring presentations. He says he’s been to his fair share of legal conferences, and one he’s learned is, once you’re signed in, your colleagues don’t know whether you’re sipping martinis, laying on the beach, or elsewhere. She says he’s a genius, and he says he’s heard rumors of that. She says, they shall discuss how much, or how little she should pack, but she has to make a quick phone call.

Ava says Nikolas hasn’t lost her; he has her heart. If anything their stalker’s attempt to come between them backfired magnificently, hasn’t it? It just made them love each other more. He says, so there is a silver lining; who knew? She says, but they are under siege. Until they find out who’s doing this… He says, they will find out, and she says she hopes so. The threats are escalating. Nobody has been hurt, but how long before that happens? She can’t live like that. Can he? He says, no, but he can’t live without her either. She says, then they’re at an impasse. Their stalker doesn’t want them together, but they can’t seem to stay apart. So it will be her job to keep them apart. He asks, how far apart? and she says, oceans apart.

Alexis says Nikolas was just trying to teach Spencer a lesson, and Spencer says, by pretending to stab him? Alexis says she told Nikolas it was a bad idea, but he did anyway. She’s sorry if it hurt Spencer, but she’s also sorry for his father. He asks how she can possibly be sorry for his father, and she says, because he was raised in the middle of a tug-of-war for power between Helena and Stephan. Can he imagine how hard it is to grow up in that environment and have a moral compass; to know right from wrong? Does Spencer have any idea how lucky he is?

Esme says it’s nice to speak to Ryan. It’s incredible. Does he communicate through Harmony? Harmony wonders why she’s asking, and Esme says she’s starting classes at PCU; she’s going to medical school. She imagines in working with patients who have that diagnosis, there’s never a dull moment. Harmony says, sure enough, and Esme says she has an idea. Maybe she could volunteer there. Ryan blinks like crazy, and she asks what he’s saying. Harmony tells her, he’s saying, go, go, go, over and over.

Jax says he thought all Nina needed was a reason to come home, and Maxie says, now she has a reason to stay. He says, Phyllis? and she says she should get back to wedding planning. He says, no, come on. What’s the real reason Nina is staying in Nixon Falls? She says, it’s not a what; it’s a who. Nina has found someone special, and Maxie is under the strong impression it’s getting serious.

Peter says, Nina has been keeping Sonny’s identity a secret to get back at Carly, and she asks if he doesn’t think she knows what she’s done, what she has to lose. He says, but it’s so much fun to remind her, and she says, why don’t you just get out, you psycho? So she can get him a lead on Louise. Sonny and Phyllis come back in, and Sonny asks if Nina is okay. She says she’s fine. She’s going to walk Peter out. Phyllis says it was nice meeting him, and she hopes Peter drops by again. He says she can count on it, and he and Nina leave. Sonny says, see what he means? and Phyllis says, there was definitely some tension. He says, some tension? and she says, Nina will either explain or she won’t. Until she does, they have to respect her privacy. If Nina doesn’t like Peter hanging around, she’ll tell him where to go.

Outside, Peter says Nina has twenty-four hours, before the people she loves suffer the consequences of her stalling.  Are they clear? She says, yes, and he says, good, and leaves. Nina calls Obrecht, who says she can tell by Nina’s voice things have gotten worse, and Nina tells her, she could say that. Obrecht says she knows under normal circumstances, Nina would rely on lawful means to end Peter’s reign of terror, but since Peter has threatened James, that’s not an option, right? Nina says Obrecht read her mind.

Esme says, Ryan can’t want her gone already. Is Harmony sure that’s what he’s saying? Harmony says, sometimes when they’re tired, people with locked-in syndrome can suffer eyelid spasms, and Esme says, that must be it; he’s just tired. Ryan glares at her, and she tells him, get some rest. She thanks Harmony for her time, and says she didn’t catch her name. Harmony introduces herself, and Esme says, she’s Esme. Harmony says she was going to guess that. She looks like an Esme. Esme says she knows, right? She hopes to come back and visit both of them. 

Ava says she needs to get as far away from Port Charles as possible, and Nikolas says maybe they can figure out an alternative. She says, there’s no alternative that includes the two of them together. She’s hoping to get far enough off the grid that the stalker loses interest. He suggests they grab Avery and go, but she says it would defeat the purpose. There is something he can do for her though. He says, anything, and she says, make peace with Spencer. He says he wants to, and he’s trying, but Spencer and his girlfriend have moved in with his mother. She says, girlfriend? and he says, Spencer had a secret, just not what he suspected. She says, poor Trina.   

Spencer asks Alexis, how is he lucky? Look at everything that’s been done to him. He has every right to be angry. Alexis says, furious, livid; yes, he does. But isn’t the real reason he’s angry, because Nikolas didn’t trust him and accused him of stalking Ava? She knows things will be difficult to fix between him and his father, but it’s worth it. Don’t be so focused on punishing his father that he ends up punishing himself. Esme comes back and stares at them.

Carly says, the pool (🍷) looks beautiful, and Jason says, they did a good job. She says, it’s a long way from Jake’s, and he says, Jake’s was okay too. She says, Jake’s was paradise, and he says he woudn’t go that far. She says, that’s because to him, it was a place to shoot pool and drink beer. For her, she spent all day, every day, running, lying, and manipulating; chasing she doesn’t know what. Some idea of what she thought would make her happy, but what really made her happy was when she was with him.

Obrecht tells Nina, it would be a blessing to wipe Peter off the map, and Nina asks what she needs to do. Obrecht says, tell him that Anna and Valentin got a lead in St. Lucia. Nina asks, what’s there? and Obrecht says, a medical conference… and her alibi. Nina says, Peter is as good as there, and Obrecht tells her, take a breath, drink some champagne, and give herself a hug. Soon, Peter will never bother anyone ever again.

Jax asks Maxie who Nina’s mystery man is, and Maxie says she doesn’t have a lot of details, but she’ll say this. Lately, Port Charles has given Nina nothing but pain. She thinks Nina wants to keep her life in Nixon Falls separate from her life there, including the people in it. She only told him because she thought he should know that Nina moved on. Maybe he should too.

Esme tells Spencer and Alexis that she’s sorry to interrupt, but from the looks of the guard, time’s up. Alexis says it was nice meeting Esme. She’s sorry they didn’t get more time to chat. Come and visit her in prison any time. Spencer too, and remember what she said. They hug, and Harmony wheels Ryan back in. Esme looks at him, and gives him a little wave. She and Spencer leave, and Harmony tells Alexis, her nephew’s girlfriend, Esme, she’s trouble. Alexis says, she thinks so? and Harmony says she’s had a lot of experience with wayward girls. Some are victims, some are not. If Alexis’s nephew knows what’s good for him, he’ll steer clear of that one.   

Nikolas asks if Ava knows where she’s going, and she says there are a couple of artists she’s been trying to woo in Europe. That will take a few weeks. After that, who knows? He says, maybe she’ll come back, but she says, only if the stalker is caught, but at this rate… She’ll miss him. He says all he wants to do is talk her into staying, and she says, all she wants to do is let him. He says, unfortunately, he had one more lesson to learn. He’s done trying to control people he loves. She says, it’s a lousy time for him to start building character, and he says he hopes she comes back. She promises to love him wherever she is.

Carly says, back then, when she walked into Jake’s and Jason was there, he always gave her a good night. He says, him too, and she says she always thought she annoyed him. He says, she did… sometimes… most of the time, but he always liked seeing her. She says, know what she liked? and he says, oh no. She says, dancing. He brought her here to make her feel better, and dancing would make her feel better. They put down their beer bottles, and he says, will she dance with him? They dance, and she smiles. They come close to kissing, and I cringe. She suddenly pulls away, and says she has to get back to work. Thanks for the beer. He says, anytime, and she leaves, while he ponders.

Phyllis tells Sonny, whatever is going on with Nina and Peter, it’s definitely not romantic. He says, that’s not what bothers him about the guy, and she asks, what is it? He says, when he and Peter first met yesterday, he got the feeling Peter knows who he is.

On Monday, Anna tells Obrecht that she’s not giving up until she finds Peter dead or alive, Carly says someone is going to find out why Jason has the reputation he does, and Sonny asks if Peter knows who he is.

Million Dollar Listing New York

KJ told husband Stefano that she was ready to sit at the table with the big boys – i.e. start her own team. Kemba called Tyler with an offer on Whitney’s 77th Street apartment. The buyers loved Whitney’s style, and wanted a lot of things included. She said, Whitney wasn’t married to the furniture, right? but Tyler said she was married to everything. If she could peel the paint off the walls and take it to Florida, she would. Fredrik was in L.A., but called team member Charlë in NYC, who said she’d done a deal with KJ at the Baccarat. Woman to woman, they did pretty good.

Ryan went to a listing appointment in downtown Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Point building, and met with developer Ari. In Ryan’s interview, he said, not in his wildest dreams did he think one of the biggest developers would call his new company. They’d completely changed the skyline in NYC, everywhere. If he got this, it would be a complete game changer; everyone would call. It was the tallest building in Brooklyn, with 483 apartments, and a 25 year tax abatement. That means no property taxes, folks. You know the drill; luxury appliances, custom cabinetry, amazing fixtures, some of them copper. Ryan didn’t know you could get views like that outside of Manhattan. The building had from studios to 3 bedrooms, and the top floor had extra high ceiling, giving the feeling of a penthouse. The three bedrooms ranged from $2.5 to $3.5 million, and the 2 bedrooms ranged from $1.8 to $2.5 million. The amenities included a state of the art fitness center, with a 35’ rock climbing wall, and a 65’ salt water pool. Ryan told Ari, if he lived there, he’d retire, since he’d have no reason to leave. Yep, me too. In his interview, Ryan said he was no longer working for a firm; he was the firm. Everything was on his shoulders, so he had to get this listing, which would be over $400 million in value. Ari wanted to know what Serhant was all about, and what Ryan’s competitive advantage was. Ryan told Ari that Serhant was a real estate firm that sold real estate, and I wondered where all his Rico Suave went. In Ryan’s interview, he said he was nervous, and his palms were sweating. Get it together. He admitted to Ari that his new company hadn’t signed any new buildings yet, and Ari said they were aware. Like this guy wouldn’t have checked Ryan out ahead of time. Ryan said they were in the middle of negotiations, but they’d just started. The building would get his personal attention, since it would be his baby. He’d decided he wasn’t going to change even though it was his company. He’d still show, because he loved it; he’d still sell, because it was what he was best at; and he’d still focus on brands, because that was how he’d built his career. Ari said they were eager to make a decision, and Ryan said, let’s go. Ari said they would take a leap of faith, and in his interview, Ryan said he was so effing freaked out. The potential sales were $460 million.

KJ met developer Alex at 175 w 95th Street. Alex’s family had bought the remaining rental units in a condo from the previous developer. As the rent stabilized tenants left, they renovated the apartments, getting them ready for buyers. At the beginning of the pandemic, she’d been tasked with selling nine of their units. In her interview, she explained that developers were sitting on finished units, and it was costing them a ton in carrying costs. They still had five units to sell, and we flashed back to KJ advising Alex to lower the price to $1.495 million. I know, I write this like it’s some every day cost, but when in NYC… She’d gotten an offer of $1.425 for a mid-floor apartment, all cash, and the buyer would pay the closing costs. Alex said, a year ago, the apartments were $1.6 million, and KJ told him for the billionth time that the market was competitive right now, and everyone was looking for an opportunity (aka, lowballing). Alex said he appreciated her honesty, and decided to roll with the deal. In KJ’s interview, she said, now she had to move on to the next one on a lower floor. She told him that she’d gotten an offer of $1.35 million for that one, and Alex was like, oh my God, but understood the market is what it is, and agreed on that one too. KJ said she had one more for the highest floor, starting at $1.35 (she should have gotten the defibrillator ready for Alex), but she had a good feeling. Alex pointed out the beautiful view, and she said the buyers were investors from Hong Kong, and had all cash; it was an attractive offer. They wanted to take it sight unseen, at least not in person, and she thought she could get them to come up to the 1.4’s. Alex said he needed $1.5 million to make the deal work, and KJ called Karishma. Karishma said she’d spoken to the clients, and they were willing to come up to $1.4 million, but KJ said she needed something closer to $1.5 million. The developer was getting more for apartments on the lower floors, and the clients would be getting a good deal. In her interview, KJ said that it was a smart move to sell the property at a lower price. Rip the bandaid off and move on. Karishma called back, and KJ told Alex, they countered at $1.435 million, but Alex was concerned if they accepted the lower pricing on the higher floors, they’d be setting a precedent. She told him that there was a lot of competition and a lot of inventory. Eventually, the market would change, but it was time to move on, and focus on the apartments coming up. She thought it was the best offer they could get, and a one-off because it was during covid. It was time to get it off the books, call it a day, and move on. Alex agreed, as long as KJ would get him better pricing next time. Sold at $1.435 million, KJ’s commission being $126K.   

Ryan did a video shoot at Brooklyn Point from the roof, telling his viewers that it was the highest infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere. Steve invited the brokers to an open house at Hudson Yards. 

Fredrik was in L.A., and spoke to developer Cliff, owner of the $15 million penthouse Fredrik was now living in. We flashed back to Cliff saying he’d extend the listing with Fredrik if he agreed to live there, and promote it on his social media. In Fredrik’s interview, he said, the strategy was a little awkward – we flashed back to a broker telling him that he needed to make his bed – but there had been interest. However, the feedback had also been unanimous – the price was too high. You couldn’t argue with the market, and the price reduction had worked. There was a huge amount of interest, and he’d done a lot of showings. He called Cliff, and said he’d gotten an offer of $9.995 million, full asking price. Fredrik thanked Cliff for the opportunity, and said social media was his best selling tool. Cliff thought social media was a colossal waste of time, but Fredrik asked if $10 million was a waste of time. As we know from General Hospital, two things can be true. After Fredrik hung up with Cliff, broker Glenn called. His clients had made an offer of $9.8 million, but Fredrik had told him to come up. So, sorry not sorry. Glenn whined that the apartment had been on the market for a long time, but Fredrik said he’d told Glenn to move fast. Glenn was pissed off, and Fredrik told him the only way was to come in over the asking price substantially. They had another deal. It would have to be cash and quick, with the buyer paying closing costs. No playing around. Glenn said his buyers told him to go to $10.7, all cash, and paying the closing costs, but he needed to know he had the deal. They wanted it done in three days. Fredrik told Glenn to promise he wouldn’t back out, and he’d call him right back. Fredrik left the car by the side of the road – a convertible, open to any and all thieves – jumped out, and ran across the street where he jumped around in a fountain. He called Cliff with the offer, and in his interview, Fredrik said it felt good to close a deal at a pre-covid price. New York is waking up and roaring. She is back. He was returning soon, and going to do a victory lap when he got there. He got back in the car, and as he continued to drive, yelled, I love New York… and L.A.! I love both coasts!

Steve went to the Sky Rink, meeting his hockey buddy Adam to play ice hockey. In his interview, Steve said it brought him back to childhood. It was fun and he played once or twice a week. It was good for him both physically, and psychologically, and was like real estate; super competitive, sometimes you got in fights, and there was a winner and a loser. He liked to win. They were also meeting Preston, the broker who had a possible renter for Steve’s client, and also an old hockey buddy. We flashed back to Steve showing the rental, and in Steve’s interview, he said he’d told Preston to bring him the offer on the ice. Steve had played competitively when he was younger, and knew his way around an ice rink, but it was only a hobby. Preston said the six month lease was a challenge. His clients didn’t want a one-year term. Steve said furnished properties of that caliber were few and far between. Right now, he had the only one. The owner had to turn the apartment over, painting and taking care of repairs, in between renters. A shorter term meant more wear and tear. In Steve’s interview, he said he thought this might actually be beneficial. In six months, the market would be different, and his client could raise the price. He’d bought it as an investment property. Steve called his client, telling him it wasn’t ideal, but the offer was 6 months at $60K a month. Right now, rentals were up because of the uncertainty of the market. People wanted to see what was going to happen. Steve saw an opportunity, and suggested they offer full ask for six months, then get a long term offer after the market was better. Steve came back to Preston with an offer of $60K a month if it was one-year, or the full price of $69.5K a month for six months. Steve continued to play hockey while Preston made the call, and came back with 6 months at the full ask, and in his interview, Steve said, six months from now, he’d get to rent it again. It was a win-win for him.

Tyler has a dog named Peggy, which I find worth mentioning, since I think it’s amusing when pets have human names. In his interview, Tyler said, before he could turn Whitney’s apartment back into a whitebox, buyers came along who said it was their exact taste, and loved everything. They made a $4.1 million offer, but wanted some of the furniture and curtains included. In Tyler’s interview, he said, it wasn’t uncommon, but it was far from his favorite thing to do. Buyers didn’t consider what the seller had paid for it, or the sentimental value. He just had to try and make it work. He told Whitney that she should be flattered, and she said she was, but it didn’t sway her. We flashed back to Whitney saying she was taking the curtains, and I flashed back to the previous owner of my house wanting to keep her curtains when we’d already agreed they came with the house. It has 21 windows. I held firm. And seriously, what was she going to do with them in senior living? Whitney told Tyler, it was like, my furniture is coming with me; thanks for coming. He asked if she didn’t want her legacy to live on. Plus, she didn’t need nursery furniture. She said she’d poured her heart and soul into her son’s room, and wasn’t giving his crib to a stranger. He managed to wheedle most of the furniture the buyers wanted, minus the crib, and made a deal at $4.1 million. He told Whitney, well done-ish. He would take an ish. His commission? $123K.    

In her interview, KJ said, after some hard conversations about the future – we flashed back to her talking to Ryan and Fredrik – she decided it was time for her to start her own team. Elliman had the best infrastructure, and the top producing agents in the city. She gathered her new team – Benjamin, Karishma, and Jill – and told them that it wasn’t just like she was moving to a different firm, she was creating a team. Jill was her COO, and would be keeping them on brand and helping grow the business, but they had room for another agent or two, so keep their eyes open. In her interview, she said she’d hand-selected people who were in line with her values and also had incredible experience.  Getting teary, she said she’d spent years thinking that others did it better. If you believed in yourself, you could do it, but it took time. It didn’t happen overnight, but one day you woke up and said, holy sh*t; it’s real. She felt a ton of pressure, an told her team they’d be working a lot.

Steve said, the $29.5 million penthouse at Hudson Yards was the accumulation of years of hard work. It was a game changer. Since he could only have a limited amount of people at an event, he’d invited the top brokers for an open house. In Ryan’s interview, he reminded us that he was the reason Steve got the listing; he’d brought Steve a buyer for the other apartment. We flashed back to that, and Ryan said, you’re welcome. To refresh your memory, the penthouse was 5211 square feet, 4 bedrooms, and 5.5 baths, two floors, 26’ ceilings, and 270* unobstructed views. In his interview, Ryan said he’d seen a lot of apartments, and this one screamed penthouse. It was a piece of art, and whoever bought it would crush it. $30 million today will be $60 million tomorrow. Watch. KJ and Tyler joined them, and in Tyler’s interview, he said he was excited to be invited, but even more excited to see the penthouse. It was everything. This was the dream. He thought Steve looked good in his tux. He’d brought prom to the penthouse.  Steve gave them the tour, and said they were the first to see it.   

Steve broke open the champagne, and in KJ’s interview, she said, in the future, she saw expansion of the business. She saw herself getting larger deals and building a well oiled machine that would run until she died. She’d be doing this to the grave. In Tyler’s interview, he said he’d busted his ass. He was proud of himself and his team. They’d sold more than they ever had before. He didn’t just want to build a team in the city. He was also starting one in the Hamptons. Even though there had been challenges, he was most excited about their growth. Fredrik arrived, wearing a bright yellow jacket, and in his interview, he said, since he moved to L.A., he’d been dressing brighter. He was the sunshine of New York, and when Freddy came back, it brightened everything. He’d moved past the Ryan thing. He didn’t need that kind of negativity in his life, and he was closing so many deals, chose to focus on that. In Ryan’s interview, he said Fredrik had been arguing with him for nine years. He was over it. They’d never be best friends, and never see eye to eye on everything, because they were naturally born competitors who played in the same market. We saw they both had property listings in buildings across from each other.

Steve showed Fredrik the 88th floor views from the primary bathroom, and Fredrik mentioned that the old Steve wore scarves and wrinkled T-shirts. Steve said, the old Steve wasn’t in a committed relationship with a child. People changed. In Steve’s interview, he said it had been a horrible market, but the downs only made them more successful. He and Luiza were stronger as a couple, and baby Rose was almost two. He wanted to continue to be competitive and be better, but at the end of the day, he had all he needed. Look where they were standing. The sky was literally the limit. In Fredrik’s interview, he said he wouldn’t change anything about the past year. His business was very different than it was 10 years ago. He moved to L.A. when the pandemic hit. He’d wanted to have a foot in each coast. He couldn’t travel, but he moved with it, just like Robot Freddy. Would it ever replace the real thing? Never. He expected to be number one in New York and L.A. in the coming year.

Steve thanked everyone for coming, and in his interview, Ryan said it had been a lot of work, but super exciting. If they handled this year, they could handle anything. He thought he said that about last year too, but scratch that. This year was f***ed. They were all new people. He’d spent more time at home in 2020 than he ever thought he would. He worked the entire time, and wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else other than Amelia and Zena. When people looked back in ten years, they would say, this was the start of the greatest real estate boom in the history of New York City. Steve said, to the next chapter and a brighter future. To New York. Ryan said, New York is back, baby!

This was the season finale, so no preview.

🎺 Getting On the Bandwagon…

KJ on starting a new chapter.

https://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing-new-york/style-living/kirsten-jordan-talks-starting-her-own-team

🤔 Sonny’s Speculation…

But what about poor Nina?

Maurice Benard Previews Sonny’s Return on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

👉 Blackie’s Trigger Finger…

Some people will do anything for an Instagram story.

https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/john-stamos-undergoes-surgery-reveals-hospital-photos/

🧼 Release the Trailer…

Behold Beyond Salem. It looks pretty good.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: BEYOND SALEM Trailer Released!

💖 Loved By All…

Tributes to Michael Nader from those who worked with him.

Stars Pay Tribute to the Late Michael Nader

👠 Can’t Catch a Break…

Well, she wanted to be famous.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/25/erika-jayne-ducks-paparazzi-questions-on-tom-girardi-on-cvs-run/

It’s even more XXPEN$IVE to be her now.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/27/erika-jayne-sued-for-25m-in-girardi-keese-bankruptcy-case/

Get in line I’m sure.

https://people.com/tv/tom-girardi-law-firm-owes-101-million-in-debt-bankruptcy-case-filing/

🧮 But She Is Annoying…

And irrelevant, and boring, and hardly accountable, and yeah, what is she doing here?

https://screenrant.com/housewives-garcelle-teddi-feud-twitter-guest-shady-comment/

Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave Slams Garcelle Beauvais For Calling Her An “Annoying Gnat” On Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, But Then “Reaching Out” To Her “In Private”

🍸 Sharing…

I’m kind of over Vanderpump Rules. I’ll always watch LVP, but I miss that show where she got the celebrities drunk. She was really in her element with that one. And Vanderpump Dogs. That was good too.

Lisa Vanderpump Details Run-In With Stassi Schroeder, Shares Where She Stands With Jax and Brittany and Teases New Season of Pump Rules

💣 Doom Addition…

Doom Patrol was one of my favorite comics as a kid. I haven’t seen the series yet, but this woman looks just like the one in the comic book.

https://ew.com/tv/michelle-gomez-madame-rouge-doom-patrol-season-3-photos/

https://screenrant.com/doom-patrol-season-3-images-madame-rouge-villain/

⚰️ Dead Start…

Everyone weighs in on The Walking Dead’s first episode of the last season. Daryl, Maggie, and even Negan.

https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-norman-reedus-daryl-negan-maggie-archeron-premiere/

https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-maggie-negan-premiere-archeron-angela-kang-showrunner/

https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-jeffrey-dean-morgan-negan-glenn-season-premiere-archeron/

🖋 Quotes of the Week

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. – Martin Luther King Jr.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – e.e. Cummings

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. – John Lubbock

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. – Alexander Graham Bell

If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. – Shirley Chisholm

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies. – Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

☮️ Peace Out…

Thus ends another week, or seven Xs, however you’re counting. Until we meet on the Deadside, stay safe, stay leaving them wanting more, and stay letting the downs only make you more successful.

Aug27

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

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

😥 Farewell, Dimitri and Dex…

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

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

🎼 It’s All His…

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

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

👄 Any Publicity Is Good Publicity…

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

Attorney Hopes To Depose Lisa Rinna For Erika Jayne And Tom Girardi Embezzlement Investigation
RHOBH’s Lisa Rinna Asks Fans to Be “Patient” and Defends Erika After Death Threats, Claims They’re “Devastated for the Victims” as Attorney Accuses Her of “Pretending” to Care

🍸 New Rules…

LVP dishes on the new season to come.

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

🐓 Early To Bed…

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

Aug7

August 6, 2021 – A Letter From Ryan, James Finally Makes a Decision, Sadness On Set, a Dinner, the Latest On Erika, Block Lifted, Everything Dead, Slightly More Than 10 Quotes & Free

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

At Spring Ridge, Nikolas asks Sam how the investigation into Hayden’s shooting is going; any progress? Sam says, working on it, and he says, if anyone can figure it out, it’s her. The hard truth is, they may never know who shot Hayden. Alexis comes in, and says she’s glad to see Sam. They hug, and Nikolas asks if he can cut in on that. Does Alexis have a hug for her favorite nephew? She hugs him, and Sam says, he’s her only nephew; there’s no competition. Alexis says, it wouldn’t matter, and Sam asks if Alexis is doing okay. Alexis says she is, but the company leaves a lot to be desired. Sam says, Ryan? and Nikolas asks, how is Ryan?

Ava sits at a table by the pool (🍷), and Shawn comes along. She says, as she lives and breathes, and he says, good to see she’s still doing both. She says, despite the efforts of many. She heard he was out of prison. How long was it? He says, six years, and she says, all to protect Sonny. Was it worth it?

Carly leads Jax to a private room, and says they can talk in there instead of by the pool (🍷). No one can hear them. He says they didn’t need to before, and she says, before, they weren’t talking about the Novaks. He says, she means the mobster who accosted Josslyn? and she says, Josslyn wasn’t accosted; she was approached. He says, it wasn’t an act of violence, just the threat of one. She just got through telling him that nothing she and Jason have done has put Josslyn in harm’s way. It was obviously a lie.

Laura thanks Dante for meeting her at the MetroCourt, and he says, of course (🍷). They sit at a table, and he asks how New York was. She says, fine: very little traffic, and he says he assumes she didn’t want to meet up to talk about congestion on the FDR. She says, no. She was there to meet with Lulu’s doctors. He asks how Lulu is doing, and she says, the news is not good.

Anna is getting a shake at Kelly’s (which seems to be a thing now), when Finn and Elizabeth come in with Violet. Violet runs to Anna, who hugs her, and says, what a great surprise. She asks how Violet is, and Violet says, daddy’s team won the softball game. Anna congratulates Finn, and says she was just on her way out. Finn says, Violet’s excited about coming over for afternoon tea this Saturday, and Anna says she’s going to make some scones; it will be great. She gives Violet a kiss, and leaves. Outside, Joey Novak sits with his cronies, being loud. Elizabeth tells Violet, victory milkshakes are on her.

Jason does pushups in the boxing ring, and Spinelli calls. Jason says, Joey Novak approached Josslyn… No, she’s fine. He just needs to have a talk with this guy. Can Spinelli fine out where he is right away? Obrecht approaches the ring, dressed like a spy from a James Bond film, and asks if Jason is plotting an assassination, or is he busy arranging his upcoming nuptials? He tries to leave the ring, but she steps in front of him and says, nein. He will not get away free and clear this time. He was with her Britta at the most vulnerable moment of her life. She gets in the ring, and says, then he abandoned her for his best friend’s widow. What kind of man is he?

Jason tries to get past her, but that’s not happening. She says her daughter trusted him with her heart. She trusted him with her life. More important, Obrecht trusted him with Britt’s heart and life. Her Britta might be jaded, but next to Obrecht, she’s Heidi the something-I-don’t-catch maiden. He says he doesn’t… and she says, Heidi the orphan girl. She swears, he’s as illiterate as he is inconsiderate. He’s one of only three people who knows Britt has the genetic marker for Huntington’s, and when she needed him, he walked away. He says he knows. He let her down.

Violet says, the game was so fun. For a while, she thought their team was going to lose. Finn says, they were all worried they were going to lose, and Elizabeth says, Violet’s daddy really gave his all today. She couldn’t believe it when he stole third. Finn says having his daughter there to cheer him on really inspired him, and they clink milkshake glasses. A woman comes in, and says, Violet, is that you? Doesn’t Violet know her? She’s grandma. Violet runs to her and hugs her. Finn and Elizabeth look at each other like, whaaat?

Carly tells Jax, Josslyn is their daughter, not just his. He asks if she’s sure, because he’s the only one acting like a parent. She says he needs to calm down and back off, and he says, he needs to back off? She painted a target on Josslyn’s back, and he’s the one who needs to back off? Carly says she didn’t paint a target on Josslyn’s back; it’s the first time she’s been approached. He says, it better be the last, and she says, it will be. He says, good. Josslyn should never be put in the position where a rival crime family can threaten Carly by approaching her. Carly says she’s handling it, and he says, of course (🍷) she is. She is the head of the Corinthos Organization.

Shawn sits with Ava, and she asks if he regrets giving up years of his life for Sonny, only to be released after Sonny is no longer around to reward him? He says he can live with the decisions he’s made. Can she say the same? She says, touché, and asks if he’s there to get marching orders from the belle of the mafia, Carly. He says he doesn’t work for Carly; his choice. She says, in that case, she has a proposition for him. She needs a man.

Alexis says, Ryan is as locked in as ever, but there’s something she finds troubling. He has an aid who’s been helping him write letters. Sam says she thought his condition had him locked off from the rest of the world. How’s he even communicating? Alexis says, with his eyes; he blinks. She saw him dictate a letter that way. An excruciatingly slow process, but psychopaths are notoriously patient, and he’s got nothing but time, right? She was wondering if he’s abetting Ava’s stalker or actually is the stalker by proxy and using these coded messages through his writing. Nikolas says, anything is possible with that guy. They need to talk to his aide. Alexis says, one more thing. His aide, they know her. Sam asks, who is it? and Alexis says, there she is now. They see Harmony dealing with a patient.

Carly says she had to step up after Sonny died, and Jax says, had to? He hears, chose to. I wonder if Carly shouldn’t be wearing some foundational support with that dress, and she says it was the only way to protect her family. He says, that’s the biggest lie right there. If she’d walked away from Sonny’s business after he died, there would be nothing to protect them from. She says, that’s not how it works. It’s really easy for him to judge a complicated situation he knows nothing about. He says he knows his daughter – sorry, their daughter – is in danger because Carly is determined to hold on to Sonny’s territory. Just like he knows her marrying Jason is a business arrangement.

Laura tells Dante, Lulu’s doctors were very direct. They’ve been caring for her for eight months, and there’s been no improvement. He asks if she’s thought about looking at medicine beyond Western medicine; some kind of alternative medicine? She says she has, but it hasn’t produced any results. He says he doesn’t get it. She’s young, she’s healthy; there’s got to be something they can do. She says she’ll never give up on Lulu, but she’s given this a lot of thought, all the way back to Port Charles, and she thinks giving up isn’t the same as moving on.

Shawn says he’s listening, and Ava asks if he’s heard about the troubles she’s been having. He says he knows she and her husband are getting a divorce, but she says, a stalker. He says he also heard she had some trouble at the gallery, and she says, that was one incident of many. That’s why she needs a bodyguard. He looks at a guy lying on a lounge chair, and says, it seems she already has one; he can tell when someone’s carrying. She says, he works for Nikolas, and she has to make it perfectly clear that she’s cut all ties with Nikolas. He says, she needs to prove that o her stalker? and she says, yes. Sadly, it’s necessary, so she needs to hire her own protection. She was impressed with him back in the day. He says he didn’t think she liked him very much, and she says, he worked for Sonny. It was the competition, and his competence made her life difficult. She’s been out of the game for quite a while now, and so has he. They woudn’t have any conflicts of interest; they’d be on the same side. So what does he say? Will he protect her? She bats her eyelashes, and he laughs.

Nikolas says, isn’t that Shiloh’s disciple from Dawn of Day, who drugged Kristina? Sam says, Harmony. She actually flipped on Shiloh, and helped get him convicted. Alexis says, after aiding and abetting him for years. Nikolas says, maybe Ryan doesn’t need to send letters to the stalker. Maybe it’s someone he sees every day. He goes over to Harmony, and says they haven’t met, but he’s Nikolas Cassadine. She knows his cousin Sam. Harmony says hello to Sam, and he says it’s his understanding that she works for Ryan Chamberlain. She says, not exactly. She works for the Department of Corrections as a health aid at this facility. Mr. Chamberlain is one of several inmates she assists. Nikolas asks if her duties include doing Ryan’s dirty work, and Sam says, Nikolas. He says, just answer the question, and Harmony says, which is? He says, someone has been using Ryan’s playbook, including recordings of his voice to stalk and threaten his wife, so if she was involved in any way, it’s in her best interest to come clean right now.

Finn says he didn’t know Naomie was planning to visit, and she apologizes for the lack of advance notice, but she just couldn’t wait to see her granddaughter. He says she couldn’t call, text, or shoot off an email? and she tells him, you know what they say about hindsight. She says hello to Elizabeth, who barely responds, and says, Violet looks so much like her mother. Violet asks, where’s mommy?

Obrecht says she must hand it to Herr Morgan. His façade of quiet concern for her Britta, fooled even her, and she lowered her guard, letting him in. He says he hasn’t broken that confidence, and she says he only broke her Britta’s heart. Tell her, was everything they discussed that day a lie, or is his sole redeeming trait that he made sure Peter August’s absence continued? Anna has come in during the conversation, and has been listening. She asks what’s going on, but Jason gets a text, and jets while he can.

Obrecht puts on gloves, and Anna say she didn’t know Obrecht boxed. She says she doesn’t; she just likes to hit things. Anna says Obrecht proved that at the Rage Room, and Obrecht says Anna was pretty good herself. She could use a spotter. Anna holds the bag as Obrecht punches, and Obrecht says, Jason Morgan is lucky there’s no sledgehammer available today. Anna says, not to undermine her righteous anger at Jason, but Obrecht does realize he was just humoring her by listening to her tirade? Obrecht says, of course (🍷) she knows that. Despite his many glaring faults, he’s a chivalrous person. Perhaps he thought listening to her tirade was a way of paying penance for failing Britta. Anna says, perhaps. He doesn’t normally let people down. Obrecht says, then there really is a first time for everything. Anna asks what this has to do with Peter, and Obrecht says she thought, or at least hoped, that Jason played a role in Peter’s disappearance, which would mean Peter is six feet under the Pine Barrens where he’s no longer a trouble to anyone. Obrecht makes one last punch, and goes to towel down. She says she heard on the news that Anna is working with local investigators to locate Peter, and Anna says they’re sharing information. Obrecht says, perhaps in the spirit of generosity, Anna wants to share what the investigation has uncovered. Anna says, nein, and Obrecht says, no need to say anything now. Her inability to bring Peter to justice has taken it’s toll. So – she shoves the gloves at Anna – it’s her turn.

Shawn tells Ava that he’s not for hire anymore. He already has a job; finding the person who shot Hayden. She says someone hired him to investigate a cold case? but he says he’s working for himself now. She says, a noble pursuit, and she sees why he’d want to do it, but so much time has passed. He says, a cold trail is still a trail. Whoever did this needs to pay for what they did to Hayden, and him.

Harmony says she knows some people – Nikolas’s aunt among them – still think Ryan is dangerous. Sam says, Ryan is dangerous, and Harmony says, maybe before he was locked in. Sam says, as long as Ryan can communicate in any way – hell, as long as he’s breathing – Ryan Chamberlain is a threat. Nikolas asks how they know Harmony isn’t following his orders. She has access to him, and he communicates through her. Harmony says, it’s not telepathy. She points to letters on a board, and he blinks to let her know which ones he wants her to wrote down. Nikolas asks if Ryan is dictating letters or issuing instructions, and she says, okay. She’s sorry for whatever happened in his life that’s made him so afraid, but she’s there to assist Ryan with his comfort and correspondence. She’s not doing anyone’s bidding outside of this facility. Sam says, they’re supposed to take her word for that after everything Harmony did to her, and especially her little sister? Harmony says she can’t apologize enough for what she did. She was literally brainwashed, but she’s not anymore. What she is, is on parole, and she has no intention of going back to prison. She’s trying to turn her life around. Sam says she actually believes Harmony. From someone who’s also on parole, she knows where Harmony is coming from. Can Harmony at least tell them how long she’s been working with Ryan? Harmony says, a few weeks, and Alexis says, the stalker’s threats were going on long before that. Nikolas asks who he writes to, and Harmony says, lots of people; she doesn’t remember their names. Most of them don’t write back. In fact, most of the letters are returned unopened. Sam asks if the letters are at Spring Ridge, and Harmony says, yeah, but their harmless. There are no threats, there’s nothing unusual. They’re screened before they’re mailed. Nikolas says, maybe Ryan’s sending coded messages, and Alexis says, it woudn’t be the first time. Nikolas asks to see the letters.

Carly tells Jax, if she’s marrying Jason for love, business, or because she has nothing better to do on Thursday, that’s her business, not his. He says, that’s funny, because the last time he checked, where Josslyn’s safety is concerned, that is his business. He says, never mind. Just tell him what this incident with the Novak family actually means. Carly says, it wasn’t the Novak family, just one rogue idiot named Joey Novak.

Joey peeps into Kelly’s window, looking like a creeper, and Violet asks if her mommy is with Naomie. Naomie says she’s sorry, but no, and Elizabeth says Violet must be sticky from her milkshake, and suggests they get her cleaned up. They go to the bathroom, and Finn asks what the hell Naomie was thinking. She says, regarding? and he says, just stopping in like this after ignoring Violet for a year. She says she was in Europe, and he asks, what was the guy’s name? She says, what does it matter? It didn’t work out. Now all she wants is her family around her, and since she doesn’t know where her daughter is, that means her granddaughter. He doesn’t think that’s a good idea, but she says, please. Let her make it up to Violet. She’s begging him. Don’t punish her for her daughter’s mistakes. Finn asks what that’s supposed to mean.

Outside Kelly’s, one of Joey’s cronies asks why they’re hanging around; there’s no action here. Joey says, there’s about to be, and gets up. Jason walks up, and Joey says, took him long enough. If I were Jason, I’d grab Joey by the ear, and bring him to his uncle.

Harmony says she can’t let them see the letters. Ryan still has a right to privacy, never mind that they’re someone else’s letters, and that’s illegal. Alexis says, mail theft. It’s a Federal crime that carries a maximum sentence of five years. Nikolas says, then he won’t get caught, and Harmony says, he won’t, because he’s not getting anywhere near those letters. Nikolas asks if she did any research. Does she have any idea what Ryan’s done? She says she’s aware, and Nikolas says, if there’s any chance Ryan is sending coded messages, and continuing to torment people, how can she let that continue? She says, because she can’t lose her job, and she can’t do more time. She’s sorry.

Shawn brings Ava a drink, and she says, now that he’s back out in the world, where is he staying? He says, TJ and Molly, and Alexis’s house, and she says, that’s great. She hopes he and TJ are making up for lost time, but he says, TJ and Molly are so busy, they’re hardly ever there. In the meantime, he’s looking for his own place. She says she can understand that. She has to ask. Now that he’s a free man, and she’s a free woman, him and Jordan? He says, that’s the past, and she says she thought they were pretty serious before he went to Pentenville. He says, before he found out Jordan was a DEA agent, or TJ was his son? She says, sometimes a fresh start is best, and toasts to fresh starts. They clink glasses.

As Anna punches the bag, she says, Obrecht knows she can’t share information from an ongoing investigation with her, but Obrecht doesn’t see why not. She’s hardly a stranger to the case. Did her family not suffer because of Peter? Anna says, yeah, and Obrecht says, was Nathan not killed because Peter lured Faison to Port Charles? Maxie was terrorized, and her baby kidnapped on Peter’s orders. Anna says she agrees with Obrecht; Peter has a long reach. Obrecht says, how disappointing to hear her speak of him in the present tense.

Dante asks if Laura has been talking to his mother, and Laura says, about what? He says, about what’s going on with Lulu. He guesses Olivia is just worried about him. Between being a cop and being a dad, and these visits with Lulu, she thinks he might be a little stuck in limbo. Laura asks if that’s how he feels too, and he says he didn’t think about it until Olivia brought it up. Laura says, now that she has? and he says, life is busy. With Rocco and being back on the force, he’s got a full plate. She says, but? and he says, there are things he could have in his life beyond being a cop and being a dad, and he doesn’t want to run anymore. He never stopped loving Lulu. She says she knows, but she doesn’t expect him to wait for her.

Carly says she’s texting Jax the contact information for Josslyn’s bodyguard, and Jax says, fantastic. A bodyguard. What every college freshman dreams of. Carly says, Devon is discreet, and he looks young, so he’ll blend in on campus. He says she just got him thinking. His daughter’s first year of college, having someone there to look out for her might not be such a bad idea. She says, Cameron will be there too, and Trina. He says, Josslyn’s been through a lot. Having two good friends there is fantastic.

Finn asks what Naomie means by Hayden’s mistakes, and she says, abandoning Violet of course (🍷). He asks if she’s sure she doesn’t know where Hayden is, and she says she only wishes she did. Now will he give her a chance to reconnect with her granddaughter? Violet and Elizabeth come back out, and Violet asks if Naomie is staying, Finn says, grandma has to go, but they’ll see about setting up a playdate in the future. Violet says they can have a tea party, and Naomie says she’d like nothing more. She’s staying at the Woodbridge Motel until she finds a more permanent place. Finn says, she’s moving to Port Charles? and Elizabeth says, permanently? Naomie says she’s wasted too much of her granddaughter’s life already. She doesn’t want to waste another second. She sends Finn her number, and says she hopes he calls soon. He says, like he told her, they’ll figure something out. Naomie says she’ll see Violet soon and leaves. No hug, no anything, which is really weird. Elizabeth says, what was that?

Jason tells Joey that he crossed the line when he spoke to Josslyn Jax. Joey says he doesn’t know; she seemed receptive. (Another clueless man!) He says, a pretty girl like that, and Jason steps closer. He says, further contact with Josslyn will result in full retaliation. Joey asks if this is coming from him or from Mrs. Corinthos. She’s the one in charge, right? Jason says Joey is in over his head, making trouble nobody wants, not even his own family. His uncle will not tolerate this show of disrespect, and neither will the other families. Joey literally snorts, and says he’ll take his chances. He walks off, the rest of his idiots following.

Laura says she prays for Lulu’s recovery every day and always will, but she knows her daughter, and knows Lulu wouldn’t want her to put her life on hold just to sit by her bedside every day. Lulu wouldn’t want that for him either. Every day they get to be in the world, laughing, crying, watching the sunrise; they are all precious, and she knows Lulu would want him to live them to the fullest. For Rocco too, because Dante has to show him how. Dante knows Laura is right, and Lulu would be okay with whatever changes may come… She asks if he’s met someone.

Sam hugs Alexis goodbye, saying she has to pick up something for her kids. The next time she won’t bring Nikolas’s problems with her. He says he heard that, and she says she meant for him to hear it. Next time he wants to question someone, go away and let her do it. Nikolas says, pity she has to go, and Alexis tells them to quit it. Kiss the kids, and get a brownie at Kelly’s; tell them it’s from her. Sam leaves, and Alexis tells Nikolas it’s too bad they couldn’t get through to Harmony. He says, maybe Sam was right and he pushed too hard, and Alexis says, she was and he did. But she understands why it’s important to him. He says, the only way to stop the divorce is to identify the stalker, and prove there’s no longer a threat. Harmony comes in with a stack of files and sets them on the table. She says, dammit. She hopes she doesn’t accidentally misplace Ryan’s file with those letters in it. She’ll just come back and look for them in about 20 minutes. She leaves, leaving Ryan’s file behind.

Shawn tells Ava that he’s sorry about Kiki. He sees her face, and says he didn’t mean to upset her, but she says, it’s okay. She’ll take any reminder. He says, and Avery? and Ava says, she’s perfect. She’s wonderful. She’s a delightful little chatterbox, always has been. She misses her dad, of course (🍷). Right now she’s staying with Carly, since Ava doesn’t think it’s safe for Avery to be with her. He says she really thinks the stalker would hurt Avery? and she says, yes. He broke into their hotel suite, and left a teddy bear for her to find; a bear with Ryan Chamberlain’s voice. He says, that’s messed up, and she says, it’s very messed up. She can’t forget it. Avery standing there with an unfamiliar toy with an unmistakable voice.

Finn puts headphones on Violet, and sets her up with an activity book. Elizabeth asks if Naomie said anything about Hayden, and Finn says, only that she doesn’t know where Hayden is. Elizabeth wonders how much contact Naomie should have with Violet, and he says he’s just worried it will make Violet miss her mother more, and ask more questions that he doesn’t know the answers to. How does he explain Hayden’s absence when he doesn’t understand it himself?

Anna says, one usually refers to the subject of a manhunt in the present tense, and Obrecht asks if she’s saying it wasn’t Peter’s body that had law enforcement crawling in the basements and subbasements of GH. Anna tells her, she can say this, if Peter were dead, she’d tell Maxie right away. She couldn’t allow Maxie to continue to be in fear of her life. Obrecht says she’ll continue to hope Peter has been dispatched, but until they know for sure, they must all be on their guard. Peter is his father’s son, and she and Anna know better than anyone how people underestimated Faison. They would assume he was dead, only to meet their own demise. Anna says she won’t believe Peter’s dead until she sees his body herself.

Anna and Obrecht sit on a bench near the ring, sipping drinks from Kelly’s, agreeing that they’re refreshing. Anna says, they could do with a smoothie bar, and Obrecht says, or a water fountain. As for Kelly’s, their attempt at schnitzel was an attempt at sadness. It’s good to know they can get something right. Anna says, despite their differences, she doesn’t think anyone understands their aggression the way they do. Obrecht says, in the meantime, she looks forward to Peter’s capture… or death. She’s partial to the latter. May it be slow, excruciating, and final.

Finn packs up Violet’s stuff at Kelly’s, and Violet says, now that grandma’s back, maybe she can take her to see mommy. He says, we’ll see, and she says, that means no, doesn’t it? Elizabeth pays the check, and Sam comes in. She says she was going to call Sam, and Sam asks what she did this time. Elizabeth says, yesterday, Sam asked her about Hayden. Guess who showed up in town today? Her mother, Naomie Dreyfuss.

Dante says he’s not seeing anyone, and Laura says, don’t panic. She’s not there to give him the third degree. Besides, she thinks Olivia probably has that one covered. He says, she does. He thinks she should be recruited for the PCPD because if she doesn’t badger a confession out of a perp, she can coax it out of them with her ziti. Laura says if he needs mayoral approval, he’s got it. When he starts dating again – and he will – she doesn’t want him to feel he needs to hide it from her. She considers him a part of her family; he’ll always be a part of her family. All she wants for him is his happiness.

Carly says, so both she and Jax are going to PCU’s Parents Week? and he says, them, and her security team. She tells him to give it a rest, when there’s a knock at the door. She says, come in, and Jason asks if she’s got a minute. Jax asks if Jason knows Josslyn was approached by Joey Novak today. Did he handle it? Jason says he did, and Carly says they can talk about Parents Week another time. Jax says he can see the happy couple wants to whisper sweet battle plans into each other’s ears, and Carly says he needs to let it go. He says he doesn’t think he will, and leaves. Jason closes the door, and Carly asks, what’s going on? He says, something’s up. Joey was way too confident when he confronted him about Josslyn. She says, confident how? and he says, when he told Joey that his uncle and the other families woudn’t tolerate this show of disrespect, he laughed it off. She asks if he thinks Joey has allies, and he says, could be. Let’s go. They leave and Jax watches.

Shawn tells Ava, this was actually quite pleasant, and she says he doesn’t have to sound so surprised. He says he’s not. He tells her to take care of herself, and leaves. His phone rings, and it’s Sam, who says she just got some very interesting news. Hayden’s mother is in town.

Ava calls Avery and asks, how was her day?… She misses her too. So much.

Nikolas and Alexis go through the letters, and Nikolas says, Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Chicago again, Venezuela, Russia… It’s mostly university professors and psychiatrists. She says, offering his medical expertise on mental health. When she  thinks of the arrogance… She stops, and he says, what is it? She shows him an envelope addressed to Spencer in France.

On Monday, Scotty wonders if they’re about to get rich, Austin thinks he has a way to turn this long shot into a sure thing, and Alexis says, no need to panic.

Million Dollar Listing New York

Steve talked about how much he loved living in the apartment in Chelsea; it was where they brought Rose home and became a family. He’d convinced the owners to let him sell apartments there, and done well, so he asked for more apartments. He’d been given two 3 bedroom apartments and one 4 bedroom. They were harder to sell, so he actually put on a suit, which was rare. First up was a 3 bedroom, 4 bath, just under 3000 square feet, going for $7.450 million. Steve said the building was a piece of art in architecture, and I had to agree. It was designed by Zaha Hadid, a Pulitzer Prize winning architect, who, sadly, had passed away. The coolest thing about it was the glass curtain wall construction with hand-hammered steel, which was a constant photo op for people passing by. Amenities included a 75’ skylit pool, a spa suite that could be booked privately, a kids innovation lab that I would have loved to play in. In Steve’s interview, he said he could show the amenities with passion and pride since he knew what it was like to live there. There was a private IMAX theater, and an automated parking garage, although the garage was a little pricey, costing around another $500K for a spot. But if you’ve ever had to park in NYC, you might actually think that was worth it. In his interview, Steve said the building was amazing, but there was a lot of inventory on the market, so he had his work cut out for him.

Ryan’s Australian buyer James had been shown a million place, but none of them hit home for him. Really? Ryan was super frustrated, and I didn’t get WTF this guy wanted either. All the showings were being done virtually, and since James didn’t even know the city, he was an ignoramus. In Ryan’s interview, he wanted to sell an apartment on the other side of the world without the client actually being there, since it would be a major achievement.

Meanwhile, KJ was in Switzerland with her family, visiting her in-laws. While she was there, good friend Giovanni called he about selling one of his assets in Tribeca. He’d been renting it at $30K a month, but the tenants were moving, and Giovanni thought it was time to sell and invest in something new. Because of travel restrictions, Giovanni couldn’t travel from Italy, but agreed to have mutual friend Jacopo show her around. The apartment had been KJ’s first big sale for $3.6 million in 2012. It had been a foreclosure and took a year of negotiations. It had made her feel like a badass broker. The apartment was gorgeous (like there are ugly ones on this show), 3652 square feet, 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, and 10½’ ceilings. It was the old Sugarloaf building, built in 1882, which had been converted into condos in 1992, and housed a lot of celebrities, like Orlando Bloom, Taylor Swift, and the Olsen Twins. Although it had been renovated, a lot of original details remained, like cast iron columns. In her interview, KJ said those details equaled dollars. Jacopo thought KJ could bring in $10 million, but she thought that was a little ambitious for the market. She was thinking along the lines of $9.4, but Jacopo said Giovanni didn’t need to sell, and would rent again until the market improved if he couldn’t get the price he wanted. She had a two-week window to sell, which she said in her interview, was nearly impossible. The potential commission was $300K, and KJ said, it would be like closing the circle.

Ryan had a place on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street that he thought would be perfect for James, and checked all the boxes. It was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, all on one level, a full-service building, and within James’s budget. He met with the seller’s rep Michelle, and noted the spectacular views (he was not kidding about that – they were to die for) and beautiful finishes. In his interview, he said you couldn’t get more NYC than being on Fifth Avenue. He got James and broker Sammi on separate phones to give the tour. The apartment was 1554 square feet and 10’ ceilings for $3.950. James said it was just what he was looking for, and they were almost there. He wanted something bigger. Michelle said she did have something bigger, but it was in the mid sixes, so a different price point. I had the feeling there was just no pleasing this jerk. In Ryan’s interview, he said it was called the upsell. You thought he didn’t have any more listings in his pockets? That’s what he had pockets for. The other apartment had the same views, but was 1954 square feet, had 2.5 baths, was on a higher floor with 11’ ceilings, and priced at $6.725 million. Ryan said he’d have to invent new boxes for James to find more to check. James whined that it was hard to tell what you could fit without it being furnished, and Ryan was like, really? James said, spot on, mate, but still made no commitment, saying he’d get back to Ryan after he and Sammi had a chat.

Emelia brought Zena over to Steve’s for a playdate with Rose, since the girls were besties now. Steve told Zena that she had better style than her father in her sweet bunny outfit. Ryan thought he might have some buyers for the 4 bedroom, but wanted to check it out himself first, so they were killing two birds with one stone. As apartments had gone down in price, Steve’s had been $12 million, but now the same one upstairs was going for $8.995 million. Steve showed Ryan around his own place, and his closet was pretty amusing with a clothes rack where 50 of the same white T-shirts were hanging. Ryan thought if the price was right, the upstairs apartment would work for his clients. He thought Chelsea was the perfect neighborhood for a family new to NYC.

KJ was busting her ass looking for buyers, but had no offers yet. She told Jacopo that it was against odds, but she was hopeful for the weekend. In her interview, she said it would mean a lot to her to sell it the second time around. KJ had several showings, including a virtual one with an Italian architect who was looking for a second home, but she said the market was speaking loud and clear, and confirming what she thought – it was overpriced.

Ryan had good news and bad news for James. The apartment he’d liked had been sold. In Ryan’s interview, he said someone had literally swooped in and bought it, which sucked, since it was the only one James showed real interest in. The good news was that there was another off-market apartment available. It was the same exact layout and footage, but on the 46th floor (the other had been on the 50th), and on the opposite side of the building. The original price was $6.7 million, and had been dropped to $6.1 million, but Ryan thought he could get it down the mid fives. James wanted to see the view, but Ryan said there was no time. There was already a potential buyer who hadn’t pulled the trigger, but was in conversation. By the time he was able to show it to James, it would already be too late. This sloth of an Australian was literally learning the meaning of the American phrase, you snooze, you lose. Still, he said he’d need to see the floorplans and have a chat with Sammi before submitting an offer. In his interview, Ryan said James needed to act quickly or he’d lose this one too. He got on the phones with James and Sammi, and James suggested starting with 30% off the original asking price, which was $4.750 million. I literally laughed out loud. In Ryan’s interview, he said, while it could sometimes be bad giving a low offer when other buyers were already bidding, he didn’t know what the other offers were, and at least James’s foot was in the door. He sent Michelle the offer, which she said was too low, but $5.5 million would get the deal done. Since James seems to have a brain issue, he offered $5 million, to which Michelle said if he didn’t come up, they were going with the other buyer. Back on the phones, Sammi suggested $5.2 million, and Ryan said he was like the United Nations of real estate right now. Ryan put in the offer, and told James and Sammi that they’d pushed, and he was sorry, but James would have to buy a condo in NYC for $5.2 million. In his interview, he said, this was the future of real estate, selling anywhere, and it felt good.

Next time, an apartment 900 feet in the air selling for $29 million, and Ryan calls one of Fredrik’s clients directly

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Steve’s Chelsea Building

📽 Could Be Worse…

At least he died doing what he loved.

https://ew.com/tv/general-hospital-jay-pickett-dies-movie-set/

🍽 Drama Be Damned…

No matter the drama, you still gotta eat.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/03/ramona-singer-eboni-k-williams-have-dinner-amid-rhony-drama/

👠 And This Is Just the Beginning…

Speaking of Wives drama, the latest Erika news.

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/05/erika-jayne-accuses-garcelle-beauvais-of-betraying-her/

https://pagesix.com/2021/08/05/erika-jayne-feels-bravo-pulled-a-fast-one-with-garcelle-spat/

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/30/erika-jaynes-inconsistent-statements-from-rhobh-to-be-used-in-court/

🔧 David’s Condition…

These kids have a shrink already, right?

David Beador Allows Daughters to Film RHOC Under This One Condition After Producers Step in, Plus Shannon Beador Shares Why Ex Wanted to Block Kids From Show

⚰️ Bring Out Your Dead…

What’s going on with Season 11.

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📬 Quotes of the Week

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. – Lewis Carroll

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming. – Muhammad Ali

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Dennis P. Kimbro

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. – Mark Twain

If you can’t laugh at yourself, at least let me do it. – Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen), Two and a Half Men

You’ve been given the innate power to shape your life…but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can’t just want it; you have to do it, live it…BE it! Success isn’t something you have, it’s something you DO! – Steve Maraboli   

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day. – Brad Meltzer

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. – Richard Dawkins

Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering. – Santosh Kalwar

🛣 Am I There Yet…?

This week has been at least a year long, but hey, there’s another one coming. Regrouping, but until then, stay safe, stay doing things you love, and stay being notoriously patient. It’s not just for psychopaths anymore.

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July 29, 2021 – Dead Or Alive, Nixon Falls Debunk, She Doesn’t Care, Bad Week In BH, Jill’s Battle, New Miami, a Joke, It’s Over, Another Story, Renewed, Nominated, Goodbye Ron & Somewhere

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Cameron opens the door to Josslyn, and invites her in, saying he’s just got to get his keys. They start to kiss, when Elizabeth walks in. She says, sorry. She didn’t mean to interrupt.

Ava and Trina go to the pool (🍷), and Trina says this is their second time working remotely. Is Ava sure she can keep the gallery closed this much? Ava says, if someone needs her, they can call her. Besides, before she knows it, Trina is going to be off at PCU. She should take every opportunity to enjoy this time with friends. Spencer appears, and says he couldn’t agree more.

Sam sits down with Nikolas at the MetroCourt, and says her mom told her that he came to visit at Spring Ridge. What did he think? He says, it’s not bad for a minimum security prison. The facilities are imminently better than Pentenville. They focus less on incarceration and more on rehabilitation. On the whole, he thinks it’s better for Alexis. She says, but…? and he says, Ryan Chamberlain is currently being housed there.

Olivia asks who’s going to help her decorate, and Brook says, Valentin can’t. He’s missing Bailey’s feeding for an important meeting. Valentin says he thought she’d enjoy spending time alone with their daughter. He finds his phone in the couch cushions, and asks if it wouldn’t be too much trouble for Wiley not to play with it. Brook says, ask Michael or Willow; not her kid, not her problem. He rushes to the door, and Olivia asks if they can expect him for Wiley’s birthday party. He says he wouldn’t miss it for the world. He tells Bailey not to miss daddy too much, and jets.

In the foyer, a wrapped gift tumbles off of Chase’s lap. Valentin picks it up, and says, please tell him this isn’t another toy for Wiley. Between Olivia, Michael, and Willow, they have that area covered. Chase says, Willow told him to only bring himself, but Wiley’s his stepson; he didn’t want to show up empty handed. Valentin says he owes Chase an apology.

Anna looks at a picture of her and Finn on her phone, when there’s a knock at the door. She lets Dante in, and he asks why she’s holding out on him. She says she’s not, but he says he thought they were sharing their information into Peter’s disappearance. What changed?

Chase asks what Valentin has to apologize for, and Valentin says he’s the reason Peter was raised by his father, Cesar Faison. He turned a blind eye to Peter’s worst traits, and was slow to react. He didn’t do anything until it was too late. Chase says, there’s a lot Valentin should be sorry for, but putting him in this chair isn’t one of them. Only Peter is responsible for Peter. Valentin says Chase is a kind man, and thanks Chase for his willingness to let him off the hook. Chase says, almost dying had its good points. It sped up his relationship with Willow. Valentin says, that’s amazing, and congratulates Chase on his marriage. Chase thanks him, and says he’s just waiting until he can get out of this chair and be Willow’s husband in every sense of the word. Valentin tells him, they say attitude is everything. He has no doubt Chase’s positive attitude will work wonders in his life. Just know that he deeply regrets his part in the collateral damage left in Peter’s wake. He leaves.

Anna says she just saw Dante yesterday. If she found out anything more, she would have told him. He says, just like she told him that she and Finn were going to be in the subbasement? She says, it was a spur of the moment thing. It was a long shot. She didn’t know when they went down there that it was a legitimate lead. Did he hear anything from forensics? He says, they’ve been working through the night, picking up partial prints. Mostly unusable. She asks if there are any fingerprints or DNA that will help them identify Peter’s companion, and he says, blood mostly, in the corridors and elevator. (So no one noticed that on their way down?) All belonging to Peter. She asks if it’s a droplet or smear pattern, and he says, droplets. She says, that means Peter wasn’t dragged, and he says, it means Peter was carried out of there, or walked out under his own power. Either way, it means Peter is still out there.

Elizabeth tells Josslyn, good morning, and Josslyn returns the greeting, saying she’ll meet Cameron at the pool (🍷). She leaves, and Cameron says, so he and Josslyn are kind of together. Elizabeth says, kind of? They looked pretty together to her. He asks if she’s mad, and she laughs, saying, no. Josslyn’s a sweet girl. She’s been a good friend to him, and they’ve known each other forever. She’s glad they have each other. He says, him too. He’s sorry about not telling her sooner. He wasn’t intentionally keeping it from her. He guesses he’s kind of used to going to Franco with these kinds of things. Elizabeth hugs him.

Brook says, once again, Olivia is criticizing her mothering skills, but Olivia says, once again, Brook is getting defensive over nothing. She’s giving Brook a compliment. Brook is always putting down her own mothering skills, and she’s trying to tell Brook the opposite. She’s a amazing; she’s a natural. It reminded her that she trusted Brook with Leo as a newborn. She’d forgotten how good Brook was with babies. Brook says she guesses she keeps forgetting too, and Olivia says she knows firsthand that Brook has this amazing love and selflessness. Now with her own baby, she thinks Brook is being generous with Valentin because she’s afraid to let herself feel that overpowering mother love. Brook guesses she never thought of it that way. Valentin is so good with the baby, she figured why wouldn’t she support that? Olivia says, it’s okay to be vulnerable. To let herself love this baby. That tough shell of hers, the baby already cracked it.

Spencer says he’s a firm believer in friends enjoying themselves, and Trina says, old friends or new? He says, it’s always more interesting hanging out with new friends, don’t you think? Ava says she wasn’t aware that Trina and Spencer knew each other. Until the other day when Spencer exposed Trina trying to get her and Nikolas back together. Parent Trapping, she thinks he called it. Trina says she shouldn’t have gotten involved, and Spencer says it was his fault too. He and Trina learned a valuable lesson – to stay out of other people’s business. Ava says she hopes he means that, and he says he does. He’s sorry she didn’t bring Avery with her; he would have loved to say hello. Oh, he’s sorry. Is she still living with Aunt Carly? Ava tells Trina to order whatever she wants from the bar, as long as it’s non-alcoholic; her treat. She’s going to order herself a very bloody Mary. Have fun. Trina thanks her, and Ava leaves. Spencer says, that was generous of Ava, and Trina says he seems surprised. Ava’s actually been a good friend to her, and she thinks she knows how to be one to Ava. He asks, how? and she says, by finding out who’s been stalking her and Nikolas.

Sam says her mother didn’t tell her that she was in the same facility as Ryan, and Nikolas says she probably didn’t want to worry Sam. She says, but he did? and he says, there’s nothing to worry about. Ryan can’t move, he can’t talk. He’s not a danger to Alexis or anyone else. She says she’s not buying anything about that raging psychopath, and Nikolas says he parked Ryan in a corner, literally, and he couldn’t so much as twitch in protest. All he could do was blink. She tells him, she’s sorry to say this, but she thinks Ryan is capable of fooling anyone, including Nikolas and his doctors. He says, whether it’s Ryan or not, he and Ava are getting divorced, since it’s what the stalker seems to want. She says, but getting a divorce wouldn’t be his first choice? and he says, it’s not his choice. The stalker proved he could get to Avery, and that was it for Ava. It’s a line she won’t cross. How can he blame her? Enough about him. What’s going on with her? She says she’s working a case, and it’s kind of a secret that Shawn didn’t shoot Hayden. He hired her to find out who did, and that’s why she tracked him to the MetroCourt. Because Nikolas is going to help her find him.

Brook says, listen, kid, you’re cute, but she thinks it’s better if they keep their arrangement strictly professional. She knows Bailey can’t do that with her daddy, since he doesn’t know she’s not really his. Does she feel guilty about it? Yes, because Valentin turned out to be a really good father. He’s a pretty decent guy too, but no. She’s sorry to be the one to tell Bailey this, but her biological father is a wall-crawling psycho. So it’s actually much healthier for her to bond with Valentin. He’ll protect her regardless, but it doesn’t hurt that he absolutely adores her. She places Bailey in the bassinette, and says between the two of them, she thinks it’s better if neither one of them gets too comfortable. So save her adoring eyes for her real mother. Chase wheels in, and says, real mother? What does she mean by that?

Elizabeth says she’s sorry Cameron doesn’t have Franco to talk to anymore, but he’d be thrilled that Cameron and Josslyn are together. He always just wanted to see Cameron happy. Cameron thinks so too, and She says, it’s tough, isn’t it? Getting used to not having him around. Sometimes when she has a difficult day at work, she comes home and thinks she can’t wait to tell Franco about it. Cameron says she can always talk to him, and she says he can always talk to her. He thanks her and says he’ll see her later. Before he leaves, he tells her that Franco would want them all to be happy. Elizabeth flashes back to walking in the park with Finn, and telling him, the last thing she wants is for him to turn himself in to protect her, and him saying, the last thing he wants is for her to be implicated. She tells Cameron that she has some things to work through first; nothing he needs to worry about. She promises she’ll be as happy as Franco would want her to be. He says, good, and leaves.

Dante asks if Anna is expecting someone. She seemed surprised to see him. She says, Valentin. He wants to bring Peter in as much as they do. He guesses who she decides to collaborate with, is up to her, and she says, yes, it is. He says, Valentin doesn’t have the most assuring track record, but she says she thinks he’s changed. He says, people don’t change. Valentin is out for himself, no matter who gets in the way. She says she’ll take it under advisement, and Dante opens the door. Valentin is there, and asks if Dante has found Peter. Dante says, not yet; has he? Valentin says, not yet, and Dante leaves. Valentin asks Anna if they were exchanging information, and she says, not over this.

Sam tells Nikolas, Hayden visited Shawn while he was in prison, and indicated she might know the identity of her shooter, but she left Port Charles before Shawn could press her for any information. He says, the first time she left? Months after the shooting? Sam says, correct, and he says, then he can’t help her. She says he was married to Hayden, and he says, operative word being was. Their relationship was complicated to put it mildly. Technically, they were still married when he was presumed dead. She says, is that what he’s calling it? He says, how about when Valentin tried to kill him, he chose to go into hiding? and she says, for three years. He says, then he decided to take back his life. He contacted Hayden, and she and Jax worked with him to reclaim what was rightfully his, and he intended on cutting her in on a share of the proceeds, but she took off because she was afraid of Valentin. She says, leaving Violet with Finn. Finn told her that Hayden hasn’t been in contact with Violet at all. Nikolas says he tried to track Hayden down, but it was like she disappeared in a black hole. Sam says they tried to contact Hayden’s mother, Naomi Dreyfuss, hoping she could steer them in the right direction, but they hit a wall there. Can he do her a favor, and if he can find out any information on Hayden, will he let her know? He says, of course (🍷). He sees Ava go to the bar, and says, just remember, Hayden made toxic friends and questionable choices. His advice to Sam and Shawn is, stop looking for her, unless Sam wants trouble on her doorstep. Now if she’ll excuse him…

Trina reads a magazine, and Spencer clears his throat to get her attention. She says, he’s still here? and he asks if he may join her. She says, it’s a free country, and he gets on the lounge chair next to hers. He wonders what they should charge to Ava’s tab first. Does a virgin pina colada sound good? How about a Mai Tai minus the rum? She says she doesn’t think he was included in her tab. Besides, can’t Cassadines buy their own drinks? He says, a Cassadine cannot only buy his own drinks, he can supply them, along with a castle and a state of the art sound system. She asks if that’s an invitation, and he asks if she’s accepting. Josslyn comes by, and says, accepting what? Trina says Spencer if offering to throw them a party. Spencer looks pretty surprised.

Nikolas tells the bartender to put Ava’s drink on his tab. He asks if she shouldn’t be swimming in the pool (🍷) instead of a bloody Mary, and she says, the pool (🍷) bar doesn’t serve booze before noon. He shouldn’t be seen with her; their stalker could be watching. He asks if that’s what has her so upset, and she says she was just reminded she can’t be with her daughter until they’re divorced. He says he’s sorry. Does it help that he saw Ryan? She says, when? and he says, he visited Alexis in Spring Ridge. Ryan is staying in the same facility. She asks why he didn’t tell her sooner, and he says, because there was nothing to tell. Ryan’s condition is unchanged; he’s completely locked in. Nikolas doesn’t see how Ryan could be stalking anyone, or even communicating to anyone to carry out his orders. She says, if that’s true, it really just makes things worse. They have no idea who’s terrorizing them, just that they’re as sick as Ryan, and their anonymity makes them even more dangerous.

Josslyn says it’s so nice of Spencer to throw them a party, and Trina asks if they’re going to have a photo booth. Josslyn adds, a DJ and a full-lighting package. He says, slow down, he hasn’t agreed to anything, and Trina says, so much for making it up to her. Cameron joins them, and asks what Spencer has to make up for now. Trina says, first he sabotages her plan to get Ava and Nikolas back together, then he offers to throw a party to make amends. Now he’s backing out of that party. Cameron says, dude, you’ve got to throw that party. He thought Spencer was the guy with no limits. Didn’t he rent that yacht that time in I-biza. Spencer says, first, it’s pronounced I-bi-za, and Cameron says, sorry, he doesn’t know what he was thinking, and Spencer says, second, he’s not backing out of anything. Whatever the lady wants, the lady gets.

Olivia opens the door to Dante, holding a bottle of glitter. He says, that’s a lot of glitter. She has glitter in her hair too. (Take care of kids long enough, you’ll grow to hate glitter. And Play-Doh.) She lets him in, saying, Charlotte thought it would be a good idea to make Wiley a birthday card out of glitter. Rocco may have thought it would be a better idea to throw glitter all over the backyard. He says, and all over her? and she says she’s glad the boys are good friends. They’re very happy. Charlotte, not so much. Rocco told her that Dante is taking him to see Lulu in the next couple days. Dante says, that’s the plan, and she says, that’s good. Rocco should be seeing his mom. He says, why does he get the feeling she’s going to tell him something he doesn’t want to hear?

Brook says Chase could give a girl a heart attack, sneaking up on her like that, and he asks why she’s telling her daughter that she’s not her real mother? She says because she doesn’t feel like Bailey’s real mother, and he says he’s no expert on babies, but he thinks she’s selling herself short. He thinks she is a real mother to Bailey. He was her roommate. He’s seen firsthand how fiercely devoted she is to the people she cares about.

Valentin asks if Anna’s seen Finn, and she says she did. He says, and? and she says, it was him. He was on the roof with Peter. He says he’s so sorry, and she says, it is what it is. She just has to figure out a way to protect him. He asks why Finn needs protecting. What’s going on? What happened on that roof? She says, Finn pushed Peter, and he fell down the stairs. Finn is convinced he’s dead.

Elizabeth opens the door, and says, well, this is a surprise. Sam walks in, and Elizabeth asks if she brought more of Jason’s stuff to burn. She thinks they both needed to blow off some steam after hearing Jason and Carly were engaged, and asks if Dante is giving Sam a hard time. Sam flashes back to Dante kissing her, and says, it turned out all right at the end. Elizabeth asks what brings Sam by, and Sam says she needs to find Elizabeth’s sister Hayden.

Anna tells Valentin, Finn confronted Peter on the roof when Peter was waiting for the helicopter. He begged Peter for the antidote, but Peter refused, and chose to toss the vial off the roof, which infuriated Finn. Finn lost it, and shoved Peter, who fell down the stairs, smashing his head open in the process. By the time Finn got to him on the landing, he checked for a pulse, but there wasn’t one. At that point, it was more important for him to save Chase, so he took Peter’s body and deposited it in an abandoned lab in the subbasement. Valentin says, Helena’s lab, and she says, yes. He put Peter’s body in a freezer. Valentin says, by himself? and she says, he was vague about that. Valentin says, meaning he had help, and she says, possibly… probably, but he refuses to admit it. But listen, this is the important part. He put Peter’s body in the freezer because he couldn’t figure out a safe way to move it. Finn took her there yesterday to show her the body, but the body’s gone. There was no sign of Peter. Valentin says, dead or alive, and she says, that’s the million dollar question. The PCPD found traces of Peter’s blood in the lab, the elevator, and the access corridors, but it’s not clear if the body was carried out there. He says, or Peter walked out. Does Dante know? She says, just that Peter’s missing and hurt. He found a lot of blood. Obviously, the PCPD doesn’t know about Finn’s connection to any of this. Jordan said she wants to put most of her attention on the other person on the roof with Peter, which is concerning. All they’ve proven is, dead or alive, Peter was removed from the freezer.

Brook tells Chase, this whole baby thing has her rattled. She was fine when Olivia gave her Leo to take care of. Here, she feels like she’s under a microscope. He says, lots of people under one roof, telling her how to raise her baby? and she says, and not enough space to get this mothering thing right. Although, shock of all shocks, Olivia told her that she’s doing a good job. He says, if anyone can sense someone going through the motions, it’s Olivia. He wishes he could say the same for himself. She asks what he’s talking about, and he says, going through the motions. He feels like he’s putting on a front for Willow. It’s like he’s this optimistic guy who thinks he’s going to jump out of the chair any day. She says, he will, and he says he’s trying. He’s grateful to the Quartermaines for asking him back to stay in the house. She says, they’re putting up Valentin; you’re easy-peasy. He says, it’s the perfect situation for him. The house has wheelchair access because of Lila, and Willow is just down the driveway. What more could he ask for? She says, to walk, and he says, yeah, that. It’s like he’s faking it or bluffing, until one day he miraculously wakes up and feels like Willow’s husband. Brook says, meanwhile, thanks to Nelle and her scissors of doom, she can’t even sing Bailey a lullaby. He says, maybe he can help with that. Can he hold Bailey? She says, of course (🍷), and gives the baby to Chase. He tells Bailey that when his mom wanted him to sleep, she’d sing him this son. He sings Lullaby and Goodnight, and I die laughing because Bailey makes a ton of faces, like she might cry, but then this is cool, then, no it’s not. I think we might have another Wiley on our hands.   

Olivia says every time Dante sees Lulu in that facility, it costs him. Don’t get her wrong. She’s thrilled that he’s back at the PCPD, being a detective, but a job does not equal a life. He says, Lulu was his life. Now he barely has a legal right to see. Thankfully, Laura allows him too. Olivia says, of course (🍷) she does, and he says, the point is, he’s the one who wanted the divorce. She says, and he’s been beating himself up about it for months, but it seemed like he’d been lightening up lately, cutting himself some slack. She wonders if it has something to do with Sam.

Elisabeth tells Sam, so Shawn was framed for Hayden’s shooting. The judge who sentenced him is being investigated for racial bias, and now Shawn’s been released, and the governor commuted his sentence to time served. Sam says, that’s pretty much it, and now that the truth is out, whoever framed Shawn could pose a danger to Hayden. She knows Elizabeth and Hayden weren’t friends at the time… Elizabeth says, they didn’t even know they were sisters, and Sam says, but they eventually became closer. If maybe there’s some information Hayden told her that she didn’t think was important at the time, but is now. Anything that could help them figure out who shot her sister. Elizabeth remembers asking someone if they were behind it.  

Spencer asks if Trina wants something to drink or eat. He’ll put it on the Cassadine tab. She can save Ava’s offer for another time. She says she’s good, thanks, and he gets up. She follows and calls to him, and he asks if she changed her mind. She says, yes, about the party at Windymere. If he thinks his dad won’t approve, don’t have it. She and Josslyn kind of forced him anyway. He thanks her, and she says she knows things are just getting back on track with him and his dad. She doesn’t want to spoil that. He tells her, just get ready, and she says, for what? He says, for the biggest rager Port Charles has ever seen.

Ava walks to a private area with Nikolas, and says, until they figure out who the stalker is threatening them and Avery, there’s no future for them. He tells her, don’t say that, please, and she says, don’t make this more difficult. He says he didn’t mean to. Doesn’t she know, there’s nothing he wants to do more than make her feel safe, and she says she does know that, but she hates to see him hurting too. He hugs her, and she hugs back.

Valentin says they’ve got to find Peter before the PCPD does, and before he hurts anyone else. She says, but they don’t know if he’s alive or dead. Finn is convinced he’s dead. Valentin tells her that he’s saying this as delicately as he can. He’s not emotionally attached to Finn like she is. He doesn’t have to give him the benefit of the doubt. She asks where they go from there. She’s lying by omission to Dante and Jordan. He says, there are two possible scenarios. Peter is dead, and somebody moved the body, or he’s alive. And he’s hiding. And we’ve got problems. And he thinks it’s more likely Peter’s alive.

Brook says, Bailey is sleeping like, well, a baby, and Chase says his singing put her to sleep. Would she mind telling Willow that? He can’t help but feel this version of him isn’t enough for Willow. She says, any woman would be lucky to have him, and he says, Bailey is lucky to have her as a mom. He sees the way Bailey looks at her, and the way she looks at Bailey. He knows he’s not a parent, but going all in on loving your child, that’s half the battle.

Dante says he and Olivia talked about this. He and Sam are just friends. And barely that after she threw them both in the harbor on the 4th. She says, you see? This is what she’s talking about; that spark. He says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about, and calls for Rocco. She says he’s smiling, and he’s laughing. He even made spontaneous brags about the Yankees. He’s got such an amazing capacity to embrace life. Maybe it has something to do with Sam, maybe not, but she knows if Lulu was there, she would want him to stop moping around. She’d want him to live his life. He says he’s trying to be in the present moment as much as he can, but it’s really tough. Maybe he does have to start thinking about letting go of Lulu. Olivia says, so she’s right? and he says, as much as it pains him to say it, she is.  

Sam asks if Elizabeth can think of anything Hayden told her that could be relevant, but Elizabeth says, no. She can’t think of anything. She’s just trying to process what Sam told her. Sam says, Shawn seemed convinced Hayden knew who was behind her attempted murder, and Elizabeth says, Hayden didn’t talk to her about that, but there were a lot of things they didn’t talk about. She changed a lot when she became a mother. Everything she did was for Violet. She was loving and committed. That’s why it still doesn’t make sense that she’d disappear leave Violet behind. Sam says, maybe she disappeared to protect Violet, and Elizabeth says, or something happened, and she can’t come back.

Josslyn asks if Trina and Spencer were finalizing the details of the party. She and Cameron sit down, and Trina says she let Spencer off the hook, but he’s not having it. He swears it’s going to be an epic party. Cameron says, don’t get your hopes too high. Sometimes Spencer doesn’t deliver what he promises. Trina asks if Cameron is saying Spencer is a liar, and Josslyn says, more of a compulsive exaggerator. Spencer is capable of incredible things, but he thinks he needs to be all incredible all the time. Sometimes to the point of being obnoxious. Trina asks if they’re warning her away from Spencer.

Ava says she misses Nikolas, and she misses Avery. We see Spencer slipping around to watch them, and Nikolas says, him too.

Alone again with the baby, Brook tells Bailey that she’s trying not to get attached. Bailey is Maxie’s daughter, not hers. But Bailey is growing on her. Who wouldn’t fall in love with a face like hers? Already a ham, Bailey faces the camera instead of Brook.

Dante runs out of the house, yelling to Rocco, no glitter on your person. Get it off before he gets in the car. He gives Olivia a kiss on the cheek, and she tells him, come back if he needs advice. He says he knows where to go if he wants to talk, but he’s good for now. He only has one thing to say about Sam – butt out. He leaves, and Olivia smiles.  

Sam tells Elizabeth that she’s sorry if this dredged up painful memories for her. If she learns where Hayden is, Elizabeth will be her first call. Elizabeth thanks her, and Sam says, of course (🍷). As soon as Elizabeth closes the door, she gets out her phone, and calls Nikolas. She tells him that he needs to come over right away. They need to talk about Hayden. He says, what about her? and Elizabeth says, about what he did to her.

Josslyn says she’s not warning Trina away from Spencer, and Cameron says, although it actually might be a good idea. Josslyn says, she has a non-interference clause when it comes to getting involved in other people’s relationships, or lack thereof. If Trina wants to be with Spencer, or Victor, or someone else, or nobody at all, she’s there to support not judge. Trina thanks her, and Cameron says, besides, he and Josslyn are still figuring things out for themselves. Trina asks what there is to figure out, and Josslyn says, for one thing, Cameron’s mom walked in on them, and Trina says, embarrassing. Cameron says, very, but his mom was actually pretty chill about it. Trina says, lucky him. She would sink through the floor if her mother caught her kissing a guy.

Spencer sees Ava drying her tears, and asks if everything is okay. She asks what he wants, and he says he guesses he deserves her suspicion. He wasn’t very subtle in his anger toward her. She says she knows he has his reasons. She knows he needed her to testify to help him with Valentin. And when his father came home, she practically blackmailed him into marrying her. He says, no one’s perfect, and she says, certainly neither of them. He says, since he’s been home, he’s seen how much his father loves her, and she loves him. Does she think they can put the past behind them, and start fresh? Isi t possible for them to declare a truce? He holds out his hand.

Anna asks why Valentin believes Peter survived, and he says, who made off with the body? What’s the point? Unless Finn has some unknown ally ready to cover for him. This is Peter they’re talking about. He’s not the first dead man to get up and walk away in Port Charles (ha-ha!). And now he’s had weeks to go underground and cover his tracks. She says, that makes sense. She can’t help hoping he’s dead. He says he knows, and she says it would just be a relief to know she’s not the one who had to kill him. Valentin says, that’s how they’re different. He’s ready to kill Peter himself. He wants Peter dead, and buried, and no longer a threat to anyone he loves.

Tomorrow, Brook tells Valentin to back off, Elizabeth says Nikolas had Hayden shot, and Austin asks Chase if he needs to watch his back.

🏡 No Break Needed…

The mobster with a heart of gold, and faulty memory, sets the record straight.

Maurice Benard Debunks the Rumors About GH’s Nixon Falls Storyline

👠 Zero F***s…

Erika doesn’t care who believes her, but if you call her a liar, she’ll come for you. A woman of contradictions.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/22/erika-jayne-i-dont-care-if-rhobh-co-stars-believe-me/

Zero F***s? Erika Jayne Doesn’t Care About ‘RHOBH’ Cast

Erika’s recap of Tom’s accident.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/21/erika-jayne-says-tom-girardi-was-unconscious-after-car-crash/

🐝 Instant Karma…

Is it just bad luck, or is what came around, going around?

https://people.com/tv/rhobh-kyle-richards-hospitalized-bee-stings-teddi-mellencamp-vertigo-injuries/

💰 Mall Of Shame…

One step further from her dream of being the friend of a friend of a friend of one of The Real Housewives of NYC.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/21/jill-zarin-in-hideously-unglamorous-court-battle-over-a-midwestern-rite-aid/

🌴 Miami, Here We Come…

They’re back, and filming in the Hamptons.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-real-housewives-of-miami-filming-montauk

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/15/real-housewives-of-miami-seen-filming-with-new-faces/

🗽 Sooo Funny…

Although now that she mentions it, I think they should do a season where some of the Wives switch places.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/13/rhod-star-tiffany-moon-jokes-about-replacing-ramona-singer/

🍗 But I Liked Him…

Apparently, Metul wasn’t all he was cracked up to be. I’m so disappointed. He introduced me to butter chicken.

https://screenrant.com/southern-charm-naomie-olindo-ex-boyfriend-metul-shah/

🤡 Love To Hate Him…

John Carroll Lynch talks about his latest AHS spin-off role.

https://ew.com/tv/john-carroll-lynch-american-horror-stories-drive-in-interview/

🦌 Sweet Renewal…

I loved the first season of this show, and was hoping for another.

https://comicbook.com/news/netflix-sweet-tooth-renewed-season-2/

🏆 Nominations To Love…

This was a great show, and definitely deserving. What a shame HBO didn’t give them a season two.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/lovecraft-country-emmy-noms-hbo-cancellation-1234650890/

https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/lovecraft-country-emmy-awards

⚙️ But Wait, There’s No More…

The grandaddy of infomercials has gone to that great Bass-O-Matic in the sky.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-set-it-and-forget-it-infomercial-star-dead-at-86/

🌜 TGIAlmostF…

Due to Million Dollar Listing New York only being shown at 8 tonight (why? who knows? ), I’ll post it tomorrow. Until then, stay safe, stay peculiar in a good way, and stay enjoying time with friends, both old and new.

Jul29

July 28, 2021 – An Empty Freezer, Pool Love, BRB, Soap Spin-Off, Chat Room Smack Talk, Questionable, Veil Of Tears, Not Responsible, Engaged, Celebration & Swim

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

At the MetroCourt bar, Carly looks at her engagement ring. She remembers taking off her wedding set, and telling Jason she’s not ready, but it has to be done. Then she flashes back to Jason giving her the new ring. Laura arrives, and apologizes for being late. She had some last minute business repairing potholes. Carly says, you can’t talk too much about potholes, but Laura begs to differ, and she didn’t come there to talk about business. She came there to celebrate Carly’s engagement to Jason. Carly says she just saw the bartender set aside a bottle of their best champagne for Laura. That is not necessary. Laura says, it absolutely is. Think about it. All the bad news they had this year. It’s important to celebrate the good times. Gladys joins them, and says she agrees with the mayor, and please let her offer her congratulations. When’s the wedding date so she can put it in her calendar?

Brando and Sasha come in and sit at a table. He says he’s already ordered them drinks – non-alcoholic. She says just because she’s pregnant doesn’t mean he has to abstain, but he says he wants to. He wants to go through everything she’s going through. (Good luck with that.) Sasha says, he’ll share her labor pains too? and he says he would if he could. He asks if that’s too weird and stalkerish, and she says, from anyone else, kind of, but from him, not in the least. He says, good, and just so she knows, he told Carly that he’s not interested in working in her and Jason’s business. She asks how Carly reacted, and he thinks relieved, but mostly happy that they’ve gotten together. Carly likes her a lot. She says she likes Carly a lot. When she was using, Carly really tried to help her. She was kind and supportive… He says, but she still doesn’t want their baby anywhere near the Corinthos business. She says, nor the baby’s father, and he says two of her wishes have come true. What’s her third wish? She says to know where they go from here.

At the pool (🍷), Josslyn hands Trina a sparkling green tea infused with mango, specialty of the house. Trina says, this is good, and Josslyn says, it was her mom’s idea. She wanted the non-alcoholic drinks to be just as good as the ones with booze. Trina leans back in her lounge chair, and says, this is so nice and relaxing. Josslyn says, sometimes, without Spencer around. Trina says, he’s not so bad, and Josslyn says, he can be; proceed with caution. Trina says this sounds like her talking to her mom, and Josslyn says, she told her mother to proceed with caution? Trina says, she almost did. Her mom is seeing someone. Josslyn says, like dating them? and Trina says, it’s the first time her mom has ever been serious enough about a guy, besides her dad, to tell her about it.

Curtis and Portia kiss, and she says she can’t believe this is real; they’re really together. He says, they are, and she says, which is why she hesitated to tell Trina. Does he know what a huge deal that is? She’s never spoken to Trina about any man she was seeing. He asks, why? and she says, no one was ever important enough.

Dante goes to Jordan’s office, and she says she got his report on David Hopkins, the helicopter pilot. He says they got some good info from Anna. He’s been going over the security footage from the hospital, the day the pilot was going to pick up Peter from the roof. She says, any luck? and he says Cyrus had the cameras disabled from the stairwells leading to the rooftop. She says, so no information on Peter’s accomplice? and he tells her, Anna said the pilot’s description was a bit vague. She says she read it in his report, and asks if Anna told him what she’s doing to follow up.

Finn says, ready? and he and Anna open the freezer, but it’s empty, reminding me of Al Capone’s vault. She says, it’s empty, and he says, that’s impossible. He put Peter’s body in there himself. She says he needs to be really honest with her. Who else knows about this?

Elizabeth tells Jason, she and Finn put Peter’s body in the freezer themselves. If Finn moved the body, he would have told her. Maybe it was Anna; maybe she found out. He says, somebody would have seen her. The cameras weren’t disabled until a few minutes before he went to the basement. She says, unless Anna figured out a way around the cameras. She saw them in Finn’s office. The way they looked, she thinks Finn was telling Anna that he killed Peter.

Trina says she honestly doesn’t know why she’s so weirded out by her mom dating. Maybe because it feels like life is changing so fast, and she wants her mom to stay the same. Josslyn says she knows what Trina means. They’ll be going to college soon, and it seems like their moms are taking advantage of their new lives to start new lives of their own. Trina says, Josslyn’s mom is marrying Jason, and Josslyn says, and Trina’s mom is getting serious about dating. Trina says, it’s hard seeing her mom as anything other than a mom and a doctor. Maybe that’s partly why she’s so confused. Josslyn asks, what’s the other part? and Trina says she thinks it’s the man her mom is seeing.

Portia asks Curtis, what’s that look about? and he says he’s just touched that she told Trina about him. He’s also surprised. She says, why? and he says he knows Trina’s happiness is her priority. She pours them some wine, and he says he has to know, what was her reaction? She says, Trina admitted she felt a little weird – her word – talking about it, but in the end, she just wants to see Portia happy. He says, if her reaction had been different, would he be sitting there right now? and she says, probably not. He laughs and says, that’s fair, and she says, she would have done her best to convince Trina to see the man that she sees. He says, they both know how convincing she can be when she wants to be, and she tells him, don’t you ever forget it. He says, when she’s ready, can he convince her and Trina to let him treat them to dinner?

On the phone, Jordan says she’ll let them know. She’ll handle it personally. She tells Dante that it was Monica. Some of the security cameras at GH were down again. He says, the same ones that were just fixed? and she says she’s afraid so. He says, Cyrus is in jail. That means his network is still intact. She says, maybe they want to continue to operate out of the hospital. Let’s go.

Jason says there’s no way Anna made it to the basement before him, and Elizabeth says she was sure Finn was telling Anna everything when she barged into his office. She even gave him an excuse to leave, and he didn’t take it. Jason says he heard her, but he was already on his way to the freezer; they would have crossed paths. She says if somebody else found the body and stole it, why haven’t they contacted Finn?  Or her? He says maybe somebody’s trying to protect her. Peter had a lot of enemies. There are a lot of people who would be glad he’s dead. She says, grateful enough to be their guardian angel? Enough to cover up Finn pushing Peter down the stairs? He says, there’s hundreds of people coming in and out of this hospital every day. It’s possible somebody stepped in. She asks if there’s a way to find out, and he says, there is.

Finn says he told Anna, no one else knows that he put Peter’s body in the freezer, but she says someone could have seen him without him knowing. He says, maybe, but if he was watched, why would someone move Peter’s body? She says, to protect him? and he says, why wouldn’t they tell him? She says, it depends on who this person is. There is, of course (🍷), another explanation. He says, which is? and she asks if he’s absolutely certain Peter is dead.

Brando says, if Sasha was granting him the where do we go from here wish, he’d say he’d like more time with her. She asks if he thinks they should get to know each other better before the baby arrives. He says, it would help with co-parenting, doesn’t she think? Her phone beeps, and he asks if he’s keeping her from something. She says she set a reminder on her phone to go check for apartments. Her studio is so tiny, even she can barely fit into it, let alone a new baby. He says, which reminds him, he needs to baby-proof his apartment, for when she and the baby come over. And maybe someday, the three of them will move in together – no pressure. She says, the three of them as in her, him, and the baby, or her, him, and Gladys?

Carly tells Gladys, they haven’t set a date yet, so invitations aren’t an issue. Gladys says she hopes they won’t be an issue where she’s concerned. Remember Sonny – may he rest – was her dear cousin. Laura says, and her dear friend, and Gladys says, then Laura realizes he’d want people at the wedding who remember him fondly, instead of dancing on his grave. Carly tells Gladys, she will not be on the guest list, and Gladys says, after she risked her life to exonerate the groom? Carly says, after Gladys perjured herself to make sure he was arrested in the first place. Brando runs over, and says he just saw Gladys was there. Would she like to grab a drink? She asks if he can afford it; the prices are so high there, and he chose not to join the lucrative Corinthos Coffee business. Laura says she’s sure he had good reasons, and Carly says, like a successful garage, but Gladys says, not as successful as the family business. Brando says, that’s enough, Sasha’s waiting, and leads her away. Laura says, oh my God, and starts laughing. She says she’s sorry, and Carly says she’s sorry Laura had to hear that. Brando is sweet, and it’s the only reason she doesn’t have Gladys thrown out of her restaurant. Laura asks how she feels about what Gladys said, and Carly says, that she’s dancing on Sonny’s grave? It’s just Gladys. Petty, nasty, and dead wrong.

Josslyn says Trina’s mom is seeing Curtis? and Trina says, on the one hand, she spent months hating Curtis for not doing more to save her dad. Then she realized her dad wasn’t really dead, so she had to take a step back, apologize and reassess. And that was before Curtis saved her and her mom from Cyrus, so it was already completely complicated. Then, on top of everything, Curtis is dating her mom. Josslyn asks if Trina thinks that’s why her mom and Curtis got together, because of what happened with Cyrus? Trina thinks that’s part of it, but she suspects it started before then. For a while, she thought her mom was the reason that Commissioner Ashford and Curtis split up.

Jordan tells security guy Bob, Bill, or whatever his name is, that Monica thought there was an issue with the new security measures she put in place, specifically the cameras installed in the stairwells leading to the roof, and the hallways leading to the basement. He says he thought it was best to let Monica know, so she could bring in the PCPD, in case Cyrus’s people are involved again. Dante asks how they access the hospitals basements, and he says, this way. They follow him.

Portia loves that Curtis wants to get to know her daughter better, and promises to take him up on the offer after the spend a little more time together, get a little more comfortable. After he… He says, after he tells Jordan. Of course (🍷). She says she knows speaking with Trina isn’t going to be easy, and he says that’s not what worries him. She says, then what is? and he asks, exactly how much did she tell Trina about them? Did she mention that they had an affair when Portia was still married to her father?

Gladys asks how her grandchild is, and if Sasha is taking good care of him or her. Sasha says, of course (🍷). This baby is her number one priority. Gladys says, like Brando is hers. If this baby is anything like his dad, be prepared for changing lots and lots of diapers. Sasha says she’s prepared, and she’s sure Brando will be prepared too, and Gladys says, of course (🍷), but Sasha and the baby can’t move in with them; there’s no room. Brando says he wanted to talk to her about that. He thinks it’s time she moved out.

Laura says Carly and Jason are planning a future together, and that is something to celebrate. She clinks her glass against Carly’s, and Carly thanks her. She asks if Laura thinks it’s too soon after Sonny, and Laura tells her not to let Gladys get to her. Carly says she’s not. She knows Gladys makes anyone a target. Laura says she has to admit, when she heard they were engaged, she was a little surprised, and Carly asks if she means so soon after Sonny’s death. Laura says she’s not passing judgement, and Carly says she’s sorry. It’s not Laura. It’s not Gladys. It’s her.

Jason tells Elizabeth that Spinelli confirmed he disengaged the cameras in the stairwells leading to the roof, and the stairwells below the parking garage. She says, so security couldn’t have seen him taking the elevator to the subbasement, and he says, or entering it either. When he didn’t find Peter’s body, he had Spinelli check the footage to see if anybody was heading down to the basement before the cameras were disabled. She says, and? Did he see someone? Jason’s phone dings, and he says, it’s Spinelli. He’s got an answer.

Anna imagines things were moving really fast. Could Finn have been mistaken about Peter’s death? He says he thinks he knows when somebody is dead, and she says, the conditions were less than ideal. Chase was in critical condition, and he needed to move Peter’s body before it was discovered. He wouldn’t be the first doctor to make a mistake. Jordan and Dante walk in, and Jordan asks what Anna and Finn are doing there. Anna says, sorry to catch them off-guard. She was just following up on what they talked about. Dante says they got a call from Monica. Some of the cameras in the hallways leading to the subbasement were also turned off. Jordan asks what Finn is doing down there.

Trina says Josslyn knows her dad is staying with Commissioner Ashford. She went by one night, and saw Curtis’s stuff in boxes, waiting for him to pick them up, but she had a good talk with Commissioner Ashford. She said the reason she and Curtis split up was because she kept too many secrets. So her mom had nothing to do with it. She sits on the edge of the pool (🍷), and puts her feet in the water. Josslyn says, so she has nothing to worry about, and joins her. Trina says, she still feels bad for Commissioner Ashford, especially since she went to Curtis’s nightclub right after. Josslyn asks, why? What happened? and Trina says, Curtis was taking off his wedding band… with her mom’s help. Josslyn says, that’s strange, and Trina says she told Ava, and Ava said not to worry, but now her mom and Curtis are dating, and she can’t shake the feeling they’ve been involved earlier. Josslyn asks, how much earlier? and Trina says, that’s what’s freaking her out. What if Curtis cheated on Commissioner Ashford with her mom?

Portia says she definitely did not tell Trina that she and Curtis were a thing when she was married to Trina’s father. That would break her heart. He says, but Trina forgave Taggert for faking his own death. If she can handle that, maybe she can handle this. Portia says she understands how he feels about secrets, and she’s usually right there with him, but how is this something Trina needs to know? He says, what if their history blows up in their faces? Secrets come out. Just ask Jordan.

Gladys says Brando is kicking her out? Sasha put her son up to this, didn’t she? Brando says, no, it was his idea. He needs the second bedroom for the baby. She asks if Sasha is moving in too, and he says, they’re not ready for that yet. Sasha says, but there will be times the baby stays overnight with Brando. Gladys says, and will sleep in his room. Brando is going to need her help changing diapers, and getting up for late-night feedings. He says he thinks he can handle it. The baby needs a nursery though, so she’ll have to find a place to live. She says he can’t afford her rent, especially since he’s not working for Jason and Carly; that’s where the money is. He says he’s not paying; she will. She asks how he expects her to pay for it, and he says, the same way everyone else does. Get a job.    

Laura asks if Carly is having second thoughts, but Carly says, not at all. She and Jason made this decision together, and their committed. There’s no one else she’d rather spend her life with. Laura says she can think of one other person, and Carly says she loved Sonny. She still does. She misses him so much; she thinks about him a thousand times a day. Sometimes, she starts to text him a picture of Donna, or she wakes up thinking he’s going to climb into bed next to her. Laura says, of course (🍷) she does. Love doesn’t go away overnight. Carly says, Jason gets that. He’s grieving for Sonny too. Laura says, a part of Carly will always be with Sonny, and him with her. And that’s okay. It’s only natural that the friendship she has with Jason would develop into more now that Sonny is gone

Jason tells Elizabeth, Spinelli saw nothing on the security footage to indicate anyone got to the elevator down to the lab before he did. She says, Cyrus had the cameras turned off when he was the head of GH. There was no surveillance when Finn confronted Peter on the roof, and pushed him down the stairs. He says, or when she and Finn put Peter’s body in the freezer. The cameras stayed off for several more weeks. There’s no way to know who took Peter’s body.

Anna says she told Dante that the pilot was supposed to pick Peter up from the roof. Dante says he let Jordan know, and Jordan says, and someone else was on the roof with Peter. Anna says she thought she’d retrace Peter’s steps since he wasn’t picked up by the helicopter. Finn took her to the roof, then she found the abandoned elevator shaft, and came to the subbasement. She was vaguely familiar with this place. Jordan asks how Finn got involved, and he says when he saw Anna on her way to the roof, she told him what she was doing, and he offered to help. He thought he could find some hidden exit that Peter used. Dante tells Jordan he found some blood.

Gladys says, what kind of job? and Brando says she has tons of work experience. She says, he means slinging hash, selling perfume at department stores, and cleaning houses? He says, it’s honest work, and she says, it was hard work. Sometimes, Mike would hit the right pony, and threw a few bucks her way, just so she could put food on the table, and not send Brando to school in torn shirts. He says he appreciates it. Didn’t he send her money when he was in the military? Sasha says, when she told everyone Brando was dead? and he says, the point is, his kid deserves the best life he and Sasha can give them. And that means turning the spare bedroom into a nursery, and filling it with a crib, and toys, and a changing table. Gladys asks where she’s supposed to live, and who would hire her? She’s not as young as she used to be. Sasha says she’ll hire Gladys. Work at Deception.

Carly says she guesses she’s not used to the idea of marrying her best friend, and Laura says she and Doc were friends long before they fell in love. Those are the best marriages. Carly asks if their friendship changed, and Laura says, if anything, they got closer, because they started out as friends. Doc gave her this amazing sense of stability. That no matter how crazy life got – and it did – he’d be there to catch her if she fell. They can disagree, and they still like each other, and respect each other. They work well together; they complement each other. In time, their feelings for each other deepened. Carly says she’s lucky, and Laura agrees. She gives thanks every day for Doc. She doesn’t know how she would have gotten through this tragedy with Lulu without him.     

Josslyn tells Trina, when she was a kid, she thought her parents were perfect. When she grew up, she found out they make mistakes like everyone else. Trina asks if Josslyn thinks her mom lied about when she started seeing Curtis? but Josslyn says she doesn’t know Trina’s mom like Trina does. Does it seem like something she’d do? Trina says, blow up someone else’s marriage? Her mom’s not like that. Josslyn says, then she probably didn’t. Trina says Josslyn is right, but it’s unsettling. If something sketchy was happening, and Curtis could do that to Commissioner Ashford, he could turn around and do it to her mom. Josslyn says, at the end of the day, they’re adults, and what they do is their business, not Trina’s. Trina says, wrong, and gets in the pool (🍷).

Portia says the secrets Jordan kept from Curtis have nothing to do what she does or doesn’t tell her daughter. Curtis respectfully disagrees. Secrets are alike in one pivotal way. They’re ticking timebombs, waiting to explode, hurting everyone who’s close to them. There’s already too many people who know about the affair they had when she was still married to Taggert. She says, Taggert would never ever tell Trina, and neither would Jordan. His Aunt Stella likes to stick her nose where it doesn’t belong, but she doesn’t think even Stella would want to hurt Trina in that way. He says he knows Laura would never say anything, but when this many people know about a secret, it’s bound to get out, intentional or not. He’s surprised she’s not more worried about this, and she says she’s surprised how hard he’s pushing her to go against her better judgement, and tell her daughter something that serves no purpose and she doesn’t think Trina should know. Curtis says, hold on. Are they having a fight?

Jordan and Dante look at the blood, and Dante says, if Peter made his way down there from to roof, he could be hurt. Jordan says, or maybe he hurt the person he was on the roof with. Dante says he’ll check the corridor, and see if there’s any more evidence. Jordan tells Anna and Finn, it’s officially a crime scene, so don’t touch anything, but Anna says they already did. They were in such a rush, neither one of them thought to glove-up. Jordan will have to tell forensics to account for their fingerprints and DNA. Jordan says she’ll let them know, and leaves. Finn thanks Anna for covering for him, but what happens to her if Jordan finds out she was withholding information?

Jason tells Elizabeth, the cameras were off for weeks before anyone made it to the subbasement. Anybody could have gone down there and not been seen. She says, that’s the point. Nobody goes down there. Most people don’t know the subbasement even exists. It’s not even on the hospital floorplans. He tells her to take him through what happened again; what she saw, not what Finn told her. Everything she remembers. She says she was worried about Finn, and we flash back to the scene as she talks. When she got to the 10th floor stairwell, she found Peter’s body. He was lying on the landing, bleeding from the back of the head. It was obvious he had fallen. She checked for a pulse, and couldn’t find one. She looked up and saw Finn standing in the doorway to the roof. Then he came down the stairs. Peter was dead. Finn couldn’t risk an investigation when Chase was critical, and that’s when she remembered the elevator on the roof that goes straight down to Helena’s lab. So they dragged Peter’s body up to the roof, and into the elevator, and down to the lab, and put him in the freezer. Then she went back to the stairwell to clean up the blood, and make it look like nothing ever happened. Jason asks if she’s sure she checked Peter’s pulse, and she says, yes. There was no pulse; he wasn’t breathing. He asks if Finn checked Peter’s pulse, and she says she thinks so. Honestly, she doesn’t know; she doesn’t remember. Why? Jason says, maybe he wasn’t dead, but she says, of course (🍷) he was dead. She and Finn know what dead looks like. He says, they were in a panic and rushed. Maybe they made a mistake. She asks if Jason thinks Peter climbed out of the freezer and just walked away, and he says, either that, or someone saw them, and took his body. She says she thinks Anna and Finn may have some answers. She’s calling Finn.

Anna tells Finn not to worry about her. The police believe Peter’s still alive, and with no body, there’s no evidence of a crime. Finn says, there’s blood, but she says, they can’t connect it to him. He says, so they’re just going to let them assume Peter is alive? and she says, they can’t be sure he’s not.

Gladys says, work at Deception? As a model, like Elizabeth Hurley? Sasha says she was thinking of something more administrative. They have an assistant position open. She’d be answering phones, helping with scheduling, answering emails… Gladys says, sounds tedious, and Sasha asks what Gladys thinks of when she thinks of Deception? Gladys says, glamour, the beauty, perfect women… Sasha says, and that’s what people will think of her when they find out she’s working for the company. They’ll know she has a glamorous job, dealing with beautiful people. They will be in awe of her, knowing she’s part of Deception’s world. Brando looks like he’s in awe of Sasha’s smooth talking, and Gladys asks if she can have free makeup; all the products. Sasha says, of course (🍷), and Gladys says, then she’ll take it, but the first person who asks her to make coffee… Sasha says, will be told to make their own coffee. Gladys laughs, and Brando smiles.

Carly tells Laura, when Michael was a baby, all she wanted was to marry Jason. Now she’s actually marrying him. She knows it’s the right thing for her family, and Laura asks why she sounds so unconvinced. Carly says, she’d like to think Sonny would approve, but wonders if it’s wishful thinking. Something she’s telling herself to feel better about moving on so soon after Sonny’s passing. Laura say she knows Sonny just adored Carly, and she knows Sonny would understand. In fact, she thinks he’d be grateful Jason is there to look after her.

Anna tells Finn, with no body, and a potential blood trail, they have to consider the possibility that Peter is still alive. He says, maybe she believes that because it might exonerate him, or at least reduce the charges, and she says, Finn put him in the freezer, and he’s not there. They have to figure out what happened to him. Finn wonders where they begin, and she says, that is the question of the hour. They divide and conquer. She’ll take the police, and he can find Elizabeth. She clearly wanted to say something to him when she interrupted their conversation. He starts leave, but stops and thanks her.

Elizabeth tells Jason, she and Finn have tortured themselves since this happened. Afraid to leave Peter’s body in the freezer, in case somebody finds it, but unable to move it. What if they’ve been worrying all this time for nothing? What if someone moved the body the minute they left the lab? He says, that’s the best thing that could happen. Peter’s gone. No body; nothing to cover up. It’s like nothing happened. There’s a knock at the door, and Finn says it’s him. Elizabeth opens the door, and Finn says, whoa, when he sees Jason. Elizabeth tells him that Jason knows everything, and Finn says, so does Anna. Elizabeth asks if they found the body. Did they move it? He says, there was no body. Nothing. It was empty. And the PCPD are investigating. She asks if they know, and he says, Anna covered for him. Jason asks, what about Elizabeth? and Finn says he left her out of it. No one knows she’s involved.    

Jordan tells Anna that she’s called in her top crime scene investigators and forensic specialists to investigate what happened down there. Anna asks, what about the K-9 unit? and Jordan says it was her first call. Dante joins them, and says, found something.

Gladys says she must prepare for her new life. Sasha won’t regret hiring her. She kisses Brando on the cheek, and says she’ll see Brando at home. She leaves, and Brando does a slow applaud, saying, bravo. Good work. Sasha deserves the gold medal for handling Gladys. It takes years of hard practice. Does she know what she got herself into? Sasha nods, and says, keeping his mother busy, and out of their lives. Now they can finally have some privacy before the baby comes. He says, before their lives explode in a million pieces of joy and dirty diapers. Sasha thinks the joy will outweigh the dirty diapers, and he says he’s counting on it.

As they get out of the pool (🍷), Josslyn asks what Trina is going to do about her mom and Curtis. Trina says, the first thing is keeping an eye on Curtis. If he’s not treating her mom right, he will know pain. Josslyn says she almost feels sorry for that man. Remind her not to get on Trina’s bad side. Trina says she can’t think of any situation where that might happen, and Josslyn says, same here.

Portia tells Curtis, no. They’re not having a fight. They’re having a disagreement, and it’s over. He says, fight or disagreement, he doesn’t want her mad at him. Trina’s anger was scary enough. She asks where he thinks Trina got it from. Does he want more wine? He says, that depends on her, and she suggests they save the wine until after he speaks with Jordan, and after their first official date. He asks what that date looks like, and she says, definitely dinner, some candlelight, a bit of soft music, and seeing where the night takes them from there.

Dante says he found more blood, and Jordan asks, how much? He says, if it’s Peter’s, he’s hurt really bad. She says, they’ll find out. She just told Anna that she’s throwing everything at this. Anna asks, what’s her first step? and Jordan says, finding the man on the roof with Peter.

Carly says she does think Sonny would approve of her marrying Jason, and Laura says, but it doesn’t make her miss him any less. Carly says, no, and Laura says, the thing about marriage is, it’s not a sprint. It’s definitely a long distance race, made up of a million different moments shared between two people, big and small. Personally, she thinks it’s a huge advantage to going into that with someone you already know and trust. She thinks over time, Jason will take more of Carly’s heart. That’s how it was for her and Doc. Carly puts her hand on Laura’s hand.   

Elizabeth thanks Finn for keeping her off Jordan’s radar, and he says, of course (🍷). He thinks Anna suspects someone helped him move the body, but she’s keeping quiet about it. The police believe Peter’s alive, so they have that working for them. Elizabeth asks what Jason thinks, and Jason says, as long as the cops don’t know they put the body in the freezer, he thinks they’re off the hook – for now.

Tomorrow, Nikolas tells Sam to stop looking for Hayden, unless she wants trouble; Trina asks if Josslyn is warning her away from Spencer; Spencer asks Ava if they can put the past behind them; and Valentin asks Anna why Finn needs protecting.

🏊‍♂️ All Hail the Pool…

Personally, I think the moss bowl deserves just as much love.

https://ew.com/tv/general-hospital-new-pool-metro-court-hotel/

https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/general-hospital/inside-general-hospital-new-metro-court-pool-set

https://www.tvinsider.com/1004849/general-hospital-metro-court-pool-spa/

https://hiddenremote.com/2021/07/08/new-general-hospital-pool-spa-set-will-bring-summer-heat/
https://generalhospitaltea.com/general-hospital-gh-spoilers-new-metro-court-pool-set-the-site-of-summer-drama/

🙋🏼 Taking a Break…

Maxie will be taking a temporary leave of absence from Port Charles.

https://www.etonline.com/kirsten-storms-taking-a-break-from-general-hospital-following-brain-surgery-169627

🦚 Stream This…

Is it worth it or not? Who knows, but I’m not so sure I want to be supportive of LisaR after her antics on RHOBH.

Days of Our Lives Spinoff Beyond Salem Ordered at Peacock; Lisa Rinna Returns as Billie in 5-Episode Limited Series

💻 Too Bad…

Well, there goes that. She was the only one I actually liked on Summer House. Although if Chat Room comes back, I’ll still watch it. I love me some Kate.

Hannah Berner Won’t Return to ‘Bravo’s Chat Room’ After ‘Summer House’ Exit
Kate Chastain: Hannah Berner ‘Chose’ for Us Not to Be Friends on ‘Chat Room’

🍇 Sour Grapes Guest…

No glow sticks should be all of our worst problem. Methinks this is a CYA move from a bad guest. The worst was how they kept calling Captain Sandy girl. I also doubt they were told not to say Bravo, since that’s not a thing.

Below Deck Med Charter Guest Reveals Behind the Scenes Rules and the Word That’s Forbidden, Plus She Talks Being “Annoyed” With Katie Flood

😭 Fake Or For Real…?

The tracks of Erika’s tears.

https://screenrant.com/real-housewives-beverly-hills-tom-girardi-employee-erika-jayne-tears/

🚫 Not Her…

Regardless, I’m guessing Heather isn’t sad to see Kelly go.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/23/heather-dubrow-denies-shes-responsible-for-kelly-dodd-rhoc-exit/

💍 Finally, It Happened To Her…

I wish her well. Face it, she’ll never be a rocket scientist. As a matter-of-fact, I’m not so sure she could handle a job at Johnny Rocket’s.

https://people.com/tv/vanderpump-rules-star-scheana-shay-engaged-to-brock-davies-details/

🥂 Charming Anniversary…

It still bugs me out that his last name is Ravenell.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/25/southern-charm-star-kathryn-dennis-celebrates-year-of-dating-boyfriend/

🧸 Tucking Myself In…

It’s been a stressful day, chasing a FedEx package and getting vaccinated. And so to bed. Okay, email, then bed. Until we cross paths again, stay safe, stay rolling with whatever your state mandates are, and stay not being petty, nasty, and dead wrong, like Gladys.

Jul2

July 1, 2021 – Carly Makes an Announcement, Irreplaceable, Life After GH, a New Role, Nervous, a Bummer, Questionable, Recovering & Ten Minutes

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Cameron’s graduation celebration at Charlie’s has begun, and Laura asks how it feels to be graduating. He says it’s awesome, and Portia says they’re so proud of all the kids have accomplished. Laura says, they persevered, even thrived. It’s truly admirable. Trina asks if they can believe they’re headed for college. Soon she’ll be in a dorm. Portia asks if she can please enjoy the last few months with Trina, and Trina says she’s not moving to another state. She’s not even moving to another city. Besides, she knows her mom, and Portia will be getting into all kinds of trouble with her out of the house. Freedom! She and Cameron high-five, and Curtis walks in.

Doc tells Nikolas, it was very nice of Ava to close Charlie’s for this. He’s just sorry she can’t be there. Nikolas says he is too, and Doc says Laura filled him in; he’s sorry to hear about the divorce. Nikolas says, there’s not going to be a divorce. He’s doing everything in his power to make sure Ava and Avery come home to him.

Nina walks into the gallery, and asks Ava if she’s ready for their long overdue catching up. She knows they said martinis, but she reconsidered, and brought wine for the occasion. Ava says, thank you, no. She’s mainlining water right now. Did they set something up? Not that she’s not happy to see Nina; she is. Nina says Ava doesn’t remember because they didn’t set anything up, but she saw Ava’s post from last night. Throwing her wedding rings at Nikolas’s foot? Ava says, one of her finest moments, to be sure, and Nina pulls up a chair, saying, Ava has to spill. When Ava mentioned divorce, she thought Ava was exaggerating. She and Nikolas were in love. What happened?

Bobbie says Josslyn got the biggest cheer when she went up to get her diploma, and Josslyn says, because they were so loud. Carly says, even Jason piped in, and Jason says, it doesn’t happen often, but when it’s something as important as Josslyn graduating high school… Josslyn says she’s glad he was there, and he says, him too. Michael says, his little sister, all grown up, and Josslyn says, college bound. He says, it seems like only yesterday he was teaching her to dive a speedboat, and she says, now he eats her wake. He asks if he can have a hug, or is she too cool for that now? but she says she’s never too cool for a hug, so they do.

Carly tells Jax that he doesn’t have to worry. Whatever he did to Michael, he doesn’t have to worry. Michael would never tell Josslyn. He would never do that to his sister.

Jason’s phone rings. It’s Britt, who says, she was thinking, since they got interrupted last night, how would he like to have dinner with her on Friday?

Jax tells Michael, what a day, and Michael agrees. Jax says he’s really happy for Josslyn, and Michael asks if they can not do this small talk thing. Jax says, he’ll get straight to the point then; thank you. Michael says, for what? and Jax says, for not telling Josslyn about what happened between them. Michael says, what happened? That’s a nice way of putting Jax blackmailed him. He’s not going to tell Josslyn because Jax is her father, and it would break her heart, but to be clear, he might be smiling in photos with Jax, but he hasn’t forgotten or forgiven him. Jax broke something, and the worst part is, he didn’t even have to. Jax made his choice, now he has to live with the consequences. Michael walks away, and Josslyn comes by. Jax says, there’s his graduate, and she asks if everything is okay. He says, everything is fine, but more important, how is she doing? She says she’s good, and he says, she just graduated high school with honors and she’s just good? She says she’s on the fence about going to Cameron’s party, and he asks if things are still tense between them. She says, it’s not so much tense, but distant. They’re headed in different directions, so she doesn’t know. Now that Cameron is going to PCU, she guesses all that could change. He says, if they’re drifting apart, and Cameron is no longer going to be a part of her life, would she miss him? and she says, yes, a lot. He says he thinks that says it all, doesn’t she?

Jason asks if Britt can meet him tonight, and she says, absolutely. What time? He asks if now is good, and she hesitates, but says, now is great. She’s in her room at the MetroCourt. He says he’ll see her soon, and she looks around her mess of a room. She says, crap, jumps up, and heads for the bathroom.

In the MetroCourt restaurant, Obrecht says she’s glad Scotty could join her for coffee, but he says he can’t really stay. He’s late. She asks if he’s meeting with a client, but he says, no. Cameron’s graduation party. Just like that – he snaps his fingers – Cameron is off to college. She says she sees; a family only affair. He says, Trina’s coming, and Trina’s mother, Josslyn… He doesn’t really know. She asks if he could bring a date.

Ava says she and Nikolas can’t be together, and Nina says, that sounds very different that not wanting to be together. Ava says, it’s not really what she wants, and puts her hand to her head. She says she has this headache, and really needs it to go away before Trina’s party. Nina says she’s so sorry. Curtis invited her. Ava asks if she’s going, and Nina says she doesn’t know. She has a gift for Josslyn, but thought it would be weird to just show up on Carly’s doorstep. Ava says, it would; that’s good thinking. Nina says she doesn’t mean to be rude, but Ava doesn’t exactly look party ready. Ava laughs, and says to tell her the truth, it’s the last thing she feels like doing, but she told Trina she’d be there, so she’ll be there. Nina asks if Ava has eaten, and Ava says, no. Nina suggests they grab a bite, and then go to the Savoy, and Ava says, okay. Nina says, great. Let’s go. Ava can tell her what’s really going on with her and Nikolas. She grabs Ava’s hand and pulls her up.

Curtis congratulates Portia on her day, and Portia thanks him. She says she didn’t realize he’d be there. Doesn’t he have to get ready for tonight? He says, please. He has people for that. Being the boss means you get to show up when the party starts. I dunno about that. It is the soft opening. He says, she looks beautiful. Is she ready to party, or what? She says she has to make a call to check on one of her patients, excuses herself, and walks off.

Trina and Cameron see Jake, and Trina asks, who won, him or Aiden? He says, won what? and she asks who gets Cameron’s room when Cameron goes to the dorm, and who stays in the one they share now? Cameron asks who says, he’s giving up his room? They’ll have to fight for it. Jake says, no battle. Aiden can have it. He likes the room he has. Cameron says, Jake is the older brother, and his room is bigger; Jake should have it. Jake says, his has better lighting, and Aiden doesn’t care. He spends most of his time in the kitchen. He’d rather keep the room he has. He tells them that he’s going to say hi to his grandma, and leaves. Trina says she guesses Jake is still mad at Cameron for accusing his father of killing Franco, and Cameron says he wishes Jake would get mad. He wishes they could have a huge, screaming fight, where Jake could unload all his anger, but it’s not like that; it’s just… polite. Josslyn warned him this could happen. That by the time he realized he was wrong and was ready to apologize, it would be too late. She says, it’s never too late. He’s Jake’s older brother, and Jake wants to forgive him. He’s just got to give Jake a chance. He says he’s apologized, and she says, keep apologizing until Jake knows he means it. Deep down, Jake misses Cameron as much as Cameron misses Jake.

Nikolas sits down with Doc, and says, whoever’s sending these threats, has Ava afraid for Avery’s life. Doc says he’s been keeping an eye on Ryan’s condition, and hasn’t changed at all, but Nikolas says he doesn’t think Ryan is the stalker. Doc says, Ava does, and Nikolas says, or someone equally as dangerous. He has to prove to her whoever is doing this is just playing head games, and there’s no reason for them to be apart. Doc says, it would help if they knew who the stalker was, and Nikolas says, it just so happens, he may find out tonight. Doc asks, how? and Nikolas says, he set a trap.

Jason tells Josslyn that he has to go, and she says, that’s okay. She thinks she’s going to go to Cameron’s party now… unless that’s weird. He says, for him? He doesn’t have a grudge against Cameron. She says, really? and he says he appreciates her having his back, but she never has to be the one who fights for him. He doesn’t ever want something he did to cost her a friendship or anything else. She thanks him, but says, she stood up for him because he was innocent. As much as she hated fighting with Cameron, she couldn’t pretend to believe something that she just didn’t. Yes, Cameron was grieving, and probably not thinking clearly, which is why she chose to forgive him, but defending Jason was as much for her as it was for him. He says he’s so proud of her; he loves her. She says she loves him too, and they hug. Jason goes over to Carly, and says, Britt called. He’s going to go see her. She says, okay, and he leaves.

Scotty says, so Obrecht wants to go to Cameron’s party? and she says, why not? He says he just didn’t give it any thought, and she says, he doesn’t want her there? He says he didn’t know she’d be interested, and she says, well, she is. He says, let’s go, and she says, yeah? He says, yah, and they get up. Nina and Ava walk in, and Obrecht hugs Nina, saying she didn’t know Nina was back in town. Nina says, surprise, and Scotty tells Ava that he has a little legal business to discuss. Nina and Obrecht step away to chat, and Scotty tells Ava that he talked to Nikolas’s lawyer about what they discussed. Ava says, and? and Scotty says, he knows nothing. She says, he knew nothing about how to proceed? but Scotty says, he knew nothin’ about nothin’. Nikolas never called him about the divorce.

Nikolas asks Doc, the stalker is focused on Ava, and where does she go every day? Doc says, the gallery, and Nikolas says, he added some extra security and connected it to his phone. If the stalker trips the silent alarm, he’ll know about it. Doc asks if the gallery doesn’t already have security, and Nikolas says, so does Windymere. It didn’t stop them from getting around it. He added a motion sensor at the entrance that only he knows about. Doc says Nikolas isn’t thinking of confronting this person on his own, is he?

Laura asks if Elizabeth has heard from Scotty, and Elizabeth says, he just texted and he’s running late. And he’s bringing a friend. Any idea who that is? Laura says she thinks she might.

Trina asks Cameron where Josslyn is, but he says he doesn’t know. She never gave him a formal yes or no. Trina says, she’ll be there. Josslyn and Cameron are back to being friends, right? He says he hopes so.

Britt straightens up her room like a madwoman, and gets dressed. Jason knocks at the door, and she tells him, come in. She took the liberty of ordering dinner since they have to eat, but the night is totally flexible. We can eat before… or after, or… What’s wrong? He says he has something to tell her, and really needs her to hear him out.  

Scotty says hi to Elizabeth, who says she didn’t realize Obrecht was his mystery guest. Obrecht says she’s thrilled to be part of their family gathering, and Scotty says he’ll get them a couple of stiff drinks. Elizabeth says she’s glad Obrecht could join them, and Obrecht says she thinks Franco would be too, doesn’t Elizabeth? Laura tells Scotty, bringing Obrecht to a family celebration. Wow. Big step. She laughs, and asks if she’s reading too much into it.

Nikolas tells Cameron to enjoy his moment; he’s proud of him. He hugs Cameron, and goes to the bar. Cameron asks if Trina heard that Nikolas and Ava are getting a divorce. Trina says she did. Ava tried to hide it, but she looked miserable at the ceremony.

Ava tells Nina, she’s been getting threats. Nothing violent yet. Just a creepy little gifts and notes. Whoever is doing this obviously doesn’t want her and Nikolas together. Nina says, so that’s it? Some whacko is fixated on breaking them up, and Ava goes immediately to divorce? Ava says, not immediately, but everything changed once the whacko made it clear they could get to Avery.  

Josslyn asks Carly if she’s sure it’s okay if she goes, and Carly says, it’s her graduation night. She can do what she wants… within reason. She hugs Josslyn, and says she’s proud of her. Jax says he thinks she speaks for them all, and Bobbie says, he definitely speaks for her. She hugs Josslyn, and tells her, have a good time. Carly says Milo is going to be with Josslyn all night. Don’t go anywhere without him. Josslyn says, copy that, and Michael says he loves her. You did good, little sis. She says, so sentimental, and he says, just this once. She asks him to give Wiley a kiss for her, and he says, of course (🍷). Jax says he’ll walk her out, and on their way to the door, she says she wishes Lady Jane could have been there. Jax says, him too, but she was with them in spirit, and so were Morgan and Sonny. She says, and Grandpa Mike, and he says, right. Everyone who loved her. Now go paint the town red, or whatever the PCU colors are. She hugs him, and says she’ll call him tomorrow. She leaves, and Jax tells Carly that he’s thinking of heading out, but she asks him to wait a minute. There’s something he should hear. They go back to the living room, where Bobbie and Michael are, and Carly says she knows they have lives to get back to, but bear with her minute. She has something important to tell them.

Britt says Jason sounds ominous, and he tells her, what he’s going to say changes things… a lot. She says, don’t make her stand there and dread it; spit it out. He says he and Carly are getting married. She laughs, and says that might possibly be the last thing she expected to come out of his mouth. She would think he was joking, but he doesn’t do that. He says, it’s not a joke, and she says, when did… How long have you been.. engaged? He says, it just happened, and she says, like right before he got there? He says, yeah, more or less. They realized it’s what’s best for the family and each other for them get married, so that’s what they’re going to do. She says, okay. Thanks for the update. You can go now. She heard him; he’s getting married. She opens the door, and says, get the hell out of her room. I hate Carly even more now, and hope Jason never sleeps through another night.

Laura says, so? and Curtis says, so… She says he and Portia seem to be enjoying each other’s company a lot. Has he asked her out yet? He asks if they’re in junior high, and she laughs and says, yes. He says, they’re just friends, but she says, not from where she’s standing. Friends don’t generate those kind of sparks.

Josslyn comes in, and Trina says, told you. Cameron says Josslyn made it, and Josslyn says she did. He hands her something to drink, and she says, they’ve been friends for a long time; nothing can change that. Trina says, finally, they can celebrate properly. She doesn’t know what else to say except, they did it. Cameron says, they did it, and Josslyn says, this is huge. They clink Solo cups.

Nina says, the teddy bear with Ryan’s voice is beyond creepy. Ava says, it’s disturbing. Luckily, Avery thought it was just a toy, but she got the message loud and clear. She even sent Avery to stay with Carly, just in case. Nina says, that must have been hard, and Ava says, it broke her heart, but she knew it was the right thing to do, like she knows she and Nikolas must divorce. Nina says, Nikolas doesn’t feel the same way, and Ava says, no, but despite how much they love each other, she and Nikolas are coming from different places. Kiki was murdered, and it’s not something she’s just going to get over. Nina says, she shouldn’t, and Ava says, Nikolas doesn’t have a memory like that, but she does. She simply can’t take any chances. If she ignored this, and stayed with Nikolas, and something happened to Avery, she wouldn’t survive; she just wouldn’t.

Carly says she and Jason are getting married, and Bobbie says, Jason who? Carly says, what does she mean, Jason who? Their Jason. Jason Morgan. Bobbie says, it’s a little sudden, and Carly says, it is, and it isn’t. They’ve both been struggling since Sonny died, and left a big hole in their lives. She knows they’re not unique to that; everyone has their own grief and loss. But after their friendship, and all the years they’ve known each other… Sonny wasn’t just her husband; he was Jason’s best friend. The three of them were a team, and the central person is now gone, and Jason’s the only person who really knows what she’s going through. And not just that. They need each other, and Sonny would want them to take care of each other. They’re not just doing this for themselves, but they’re doing it for their family, and she’s asking them to accept it. I hate Carly.

Jason goes to the door, but closes it. He says, yes, he’s marrying Carly and he can’t be with Britt the way they were, but he understands what she’s facing. He said he’d be there for her, and he will. She says, wow, unbelievable. Thanks but no thanks. She doesn’t need his pity, and definitely doesn’t need his support. She doesn’t know why she’s so surprised. It was obvious from the day they met, Carly comes first. They have a commitment between them that can’t be broken. She witnessed it the night Carly literally opened a vein for him, and gave him her blood. That’s great. Good for them, but she’s not going to stand in line waiting got a few minutes of his time, like some charity case, because he happened to be with her when she found out she was dying. He says, that’s not the way he sees her… but she says, it’s good. Trust her. He did her a solid. Even she can admit that, with his whole, if it suffocates you rather than frees you thing. He’s right; now she knows. She has her whole life ahead of her, but you know what? He will not be there for her. He will not show up for her. He will not lend her a hand, or anything. Because he’s now otherwise engaged, pun intended.

Ava tells Nina, she has to admit Avery is happy at Carly’s. The next thing on her list is finding a place to live. She can’t camp out at this hotel forever. Nina says she has an idea. Why  doesn’t Ava camp out in her newly decorated guest room? She’ll be the first to stay in it. Ava says she couldn’t impose, but Nina says, she’s not. Besides, it used to be Ava’s apartment. Ava says Nina paid fair market price, and Nina says, thanks for the not discount. That doesn’t mean she can’t offer a really good friend a room. Besides, Ava would be doing her a favor; she’s hardly ever there, and her future plans are up in the air. Ava asks if it’s got anything to do with Nina’s new friend, and Nina says, she and Mike/Sonny have a connection; at least it feels that way. It has none of the disfunction of her past relationships. Ava says, so no lying, no deception, like with Valentin, and Nina says, no. Mike is an open book. Ava asks, what’s this guy do? and Nina says, he’s a bartender. She met him through her friend Phyllis. They have a lot of fun together. Ava asks, how much fun? and Nina tells her to get her mind out of the gutter. They haven’t even had a real date. She’s just happy to be around him. Ava says, it sounds so nice, like it has real potential. Nina says, could be, and Ava asks, when Nina isn’t in Port Charles, is she thinking about being with Mike.

Michael congratulates Carly, and Bobbie says, yeah. If any two people know what they’re getting into, it’s Carly and Jason. They trust each other implicitly. Carly says, they do, and Bobbie says, if it feels right, she’s all for it. Michael says he is too, and Carly says, so soon after his dad passed? He tells her, like she said, dad would want this. For her, for Jason, for all of them. He believes Sonny would understand better than anyone. Carly says Jax is awful quiet over there, and he says no one ever stopped her and Jason from doing what they wanted to. He wouldn’t dream of trying now. She says she’d appreciate it if he kept it quiet. She’d like to tell Josslyn herself; she knows Josslyn is going to have a lot of questions. He says, ya think? and she asks if that’s a yes. He says he thinks he’s going to do what he thinks is best for their daughter, and walks out. Bobbie says she guesses not everyone is thrilled with this development.

Britt asks why Jason is still there, and he says, because she matters to him. Not just because she saved his life. He cares about her. Britt wipes her tears away, and says he has an interesting way of showing it. He says he’s not the kind of person who spends a lot of time thinking about if things were different, but if things were different, they’d be at dinner on Friday; they’d be in that bed right now. She says, remember when he told her, he’s not good at what ifs? She really liked that about him. Don’t lose it now; just get out. She turns her back to him, and he reluctantly leaves. She cries, and I hate Carly.

Someone dressed like a ninja walks into the gallery with a tool bag. We see their eyes, and it looks like it might be a woman. Hmm… I wonder if it’s Hayden.

Laura asks Portia, where’s Trina? and Portia says, she went to the gallery to talk to Ava. She wanted to let Ava know that she doesn’t have to feel pressured to come tonight. Laura says, always thinking of others, her little girl, and Portia says, not so little anymore. Laura guesses not, and Portia says she’s so sorry to hear about Ava and Nikolas, but Laura says, relationships don’t happen in a vacuum. Sometimes outside forces can pull a couple apart. Portia looks at Curtis.

Cameron tells Josslyn, this is going to be the summer of the lake, doesn’t she think? Before things get crazy? She says, it sounds great, but she doesn’t know how much time she’ll be able to spend there. The PCU volleyball team starts training in a couple of weeks, and their schedule is intense. He says he totally understands. She’s going to be pretty busy. She says, looks like it.

The ninja hears someone, and grabs their tool bag. Trina walks in, and call out, asking if Ava is there.

Nikolas’s phone chirps, and Doc asks if that’s what he’s been waiting for. Nikolas says, yeah. He has to go. Doc says he’ll come; Nikolas shouldn’t go alone. Nikolas says he’ll call the police on his way there, which we all know he has no intention of doing.

Nina tells Ava that she’s thought of relocating, and it’s not just Mike. She’s fallen in love with the town. She loves the people, and loves who she is when she’s there. Of course (🍷) this was before Michael changed his mind about Wiley. Now she’s just trying to figure out what to do about Mike. Ava says, that’s not a big deal. Get to know him some more, figure out what he means to her, and if she can’t live without him, maybe he could come there. Nina says, no, that can’t happen, but Ava says, he’s a bartender; he can work anywhere. Nina says they should get going. Trina’s party is probably starting… Ava asks why Nina has to choose between having Mike or Wiley in her life. She can have both, can’t she? Nina says, trust her. If she knows one thing, it’s that there’s no future for her and Mike in Port Charles.  

Bobbie says she doesn’t know how Carly is going to tell Monica, but she would proceed with extreme caution. She is not going to be happy. Michael says, actually… No. Bobbie is right. She’s going to hate this. Carly says she and Jason have weathered worse than Monica. They’ll be fine. Jason comes in, and Bobbie tells him, congratulations, and hugs him. She says, welcome to the family, not that he hasn’t always been a part of it. She says she has to go, and tells Carly they’ll talk soon. Jason says, so Michael’s mom told them the news? and Michael says, she told them that they’re getting married, and she explained why, but she didn’t explain everything, did she? He looks at Carly.

Curtis tells Portia and Laura, he’s about to get ready for the next party. Laura says, have a good time, and Portia says she’ll see him there, and he leaves.  

Scotty says he’s so glad Obrecht came with him, and she says he’s welcome for the suggestion. He asks if that’s a smile he sees on that pretty face of hers, and she says she’s just happy. She’s with a nice man, and Britt is with a nice, if somewhat dangerous man. All is right with the world.

Britt shoves the cart with dinner on it into the hallway, leans on the door, and cries. She pulls herself together, and says, to hell with him. She gets her bag and jacket, and leaves.

Josslyn follows Cameron outside, and says, even with volleyball, she’ll always make time for him and Trina. Save her a chair at the lake for her. He says, it’s going to be a great summer, and she says, yeah, but they start with tonight. He says, they do. Shall we? He gives her his arm, and she takes it, and says, we shall. Scotty and Elizabeth watch them from the window.

Trina goes back into the main gallery room, and runs into someone. I think it’s Nikolas, but we don’t see a face, and he and the ninja are both dressed in black.

Tomorrow, Curtis tells Portia that he thinks it’s intentional, Doc believes the trap has been sprung, and Michael doubts that’s the reason why Carly and Jason have to get married.

👑 🥀 Good Night, Sweet Prince…

I was remiss in not posting this yesterday. Stuart Damon was truly a treasure. I actually stopped watching GH for a while after they killed Alan off. Realizing their mistake, and bringing him back as a ghost did not make it any better. I still miss him reading the Christmas story at the hospital party every year, and no one will ever be as charming of a prince.

Stuart Damon (1937–2021), starred as Dr. Alan Quartermaine on “General Hospital”

💣 Moving On From the Mob…

What comes after life in Port Charles.

Jeff Kober Reveals What’s Next After GENERAL HOSPITAL

📽 Carrrlos…

He certainly didn’t let being shot and dumped in the river slow him down. And he was Don Draper’s guru.

Jeffrey Vincent Parise’s New Role Is a “Dream Come True!”

💏 Can’t Say I Blame Her…

He’s too old and he has three kids.

https://people.com/tv/rhobh-lisa-rinna-is-nervous-about-daughter-amelia-hamlin-dating-scott-disick/

🔬 An Unwelcome Return…

I’m not exactly a Nene fan, but I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, and give her credit for being so supportive. God help me though, I couldn’t help noticing her amazing cheekbones. Did she have implants? Is she on the Keto diet? What’s going on there?

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/nene-leakes-confirms-gregg-leakes-cancer-has-returned-details

❓ He Has Questions…

I haven’t seen this, but I get the impression it’s like that Kurt & Courtney documentary.

https://people.com/tv/andy-cohen-addresses-questionable-erika-jayne-documentary-and-how-it-might-affect-her-rhobh-future/

👨🏼‍🦽 Hope He Has His Own Bell…

Michael has possibly one of the best jobs on earth. While he obviously works hard, I’m sure he will never lack for anything. I love these two, and wish they had their own spin-off show. Whitney could make cameo appearances.

https://people.com/tv/southern-charms-patricia-altschul-butler-michael-kelcourse-after-spinal-cord-stroke/

🏃🏽‍♀️ Freedom For Me…

Calling it an early night. Tune in tomorrow, for soap, a pot ‘o tea, and only the best quotes. Until then, stay safe, stay being proud of whoever you are, and stay always making time for old friends.