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Oct12

October 11, 2022 – Robert Wants Anna To Abort the Mission, Message From Maurice, He’s Not Joshing, It Just Keeps Going, Ex Talk, Miami Reveal, Goodbye To a Grand Lady & Rising

Posted on October 12, 2022 by theresakp

What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny says he wants to make things right with Michael, whatever it takes, and Michael says, Sonny thinks he can suddenly make things right between them. Sonny says he always wanted to make things right, and thinks deep down inside, Michael does too. Nina slips out to answer a call, and says, everything okay?… She’ll be right there. Michael tells Sonny, it’s too late, and Sonny says, if Michael can look him in the eye, and make him believe he doesn’t want anything to do with him, he’ll walk, and Michael will never have to deal with him again.

Dante says, he wants to ask Dex a few questions about what went down with him and Sonny after Brando was killed, and Dex asks if he should call a lawyer. Dante says, not this time. He’ll keep it simple. Dex has bruises on his face, and his wrists look pretty bad. The way he’s standing there, Dante can tell his ribs are in bad shape too. Want to tell him what happened?

Robert walks into his office to find Anna sitting in his chair, and she says, about bloody time. He says he didn’t know he was expecting company; most people call first. She says, he didn’t pick up. She tells him, close the door and listen to her. If they’re going to bring Luke’s killer to justice, they’ve got a lot of work to do.

Outside Kelly’s, Victor asks if Ava is sure he can’t give her a lift, but she says she doesn’t think that would be very wise. He says, it’s no trouble, but she says, he’s nothing but trouble, and goes inside.

Ava meets Trina, and they hug. Ava says, two days in a row, and Trina thanks her for coming. Ava asks if everything is okay, and Trina says, she heard from her mom that Oz Haggerty was attacked and killed. She wanted to see how Ava is holding up. Is she freaked out? Ava says, don’t worry about her; she’s resilient. Trina’s phone dings, and Ava says, don’t ignore it on her account. Trina says, it’s just Rory. She can’t deal with him right now. Ava says, if there’s a problem, Trina shouldn’t ignore it. She shouldn’t let it fester. Take it from someone who knows. Victor looks through the window. Outside, he tells Johann that he’s just about had it with these distractions. Nevertheless, they should keep an eye on Ava. She’s unpredictable. And of course (🍷) there’s that other loose end they have to take care of, convincing the authorities that Esme Prince is alive and well, and nowhere near Port Charles. Hmm…

Nikolas comes in as Esme is opening the safe, and says, who the hell are you? She makes a mad dash for the patio door, but he grabs her, pulling off her hood. He says, Esme, and she turns around, saying, hello, lover. Did you miss me?

Dex lets Dante into his apartment, and Dante asks if Dex wants to tell him how he got those bruises. Dex says he doesn’t know (really? that’s the best he can do?), and Dante asks if it was from Sonny. Dex wonders why he’d ask that, and Dante says, let’s say, a concerned citizen said Dex was kidnapped and assaulted by his boss. Does he want justice?

Michael says, Sonny is so far away from the man he once called his father, he doesn’t even recognize Sonny anymore. Sonny says, Michael doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and Michael says, he knows Sonny had his employee tortured. Sonny says, they’re not talking about Dex; they’re talking about them. Michael said he wanted to destroy everything that Sonny built, and Sonny has to hand it to him; he did a pretty damn good job of that. He got the harbormaster fired, and he got every major client stop buying Corinthos Coffee. Michael is looking everywhere but at Sonny, and Sonny says, he’s looking Michael in the eye right now. He’s just saying, let’s come to an understanding. Michael says, he’s past an understanding, and Sonny says, they’ve both hurt each other so much, but they just watched Gladys bury her son. They both know what that’s about; the finality of a life cut short. Sonny tears up, and says, the last time he saw Morgan, he was running out the door, and Sonny never got a chance to tell Morgan that he loved him. And he prays to God that Morgan knows, and he wants Michael to know he’ll always love him. Can they just figure out a way to end this – his voice cracks – so they can be a family again? Michael says, Sonny can’t just throw the word family out there, and expect it to erase everything he’s done, and Sonny says, maybe not, but it’s a good place to start.

Nina walks down a hallway at the MetroCourt, when Valentin taps her on the shoulder. She jumps, and he says he didn’t mean to startle her. She tells him, fine. He said it was important. What is it? He says he needs her help getting into Victor’s room, and she asks why he didn’t ask at the front desk. He says he doesn’t want Victor to know about it. It’s a delicate situation. She says she thought they were thick as thieves these days, and he says, maybe that’s what he wants Victor to think. She says, whatever parlor game the Cassadines are playing these days, she doesn’t have the time. She has a lot on her plate. He says, he knows that. He needs her help. And she can’t ask questions, for everyone’s safety… for Charlotte’s safety. She says, I’m in.

Anna says she feels like she’s hit a dead end, and Robert tells her, he can’t say that surprises him. Vic is slick. She says, he’s cunning. He’s spent his entire life honing his reputation for ruthlessness, and now it’s really paying off. Robert takes it his contacts didn’t pan out, and she says she just mentioned Victor’s name and they evaporated; they ran scared. He says, understandable, but disappointing, and she says she’d hoped at least one of them would be up for the challenge. He says, what’s the next step? and she says, this is where he comes in. He asks what she needs from him, and she says, a warrant.

In Victor’s room, Johann says, Esme Prince just posted from San Tropez, and Victor says, good. Keep leaving those digital footprints of Esme’s idyll in the south of France. This mess has already interfered with the plans he’s been making for years. This ends now. There’s a knock at the door, and Johann opens it to find a weeping Lucy. She shoves the bouquet she’s holding at Johann, and falls into Victor’s arms.

Esme says, Nikolas looks like he’s seen a ghost, and he says he thought… they thought… She says, that she was dead? Ava sure tried her damnedest when Ava threw her off the parapet. He says, that’s not what happened, and she says, how would he know; he wasn’t there. She’s sure Ava has him all roped into her scheme. She’s sure Ava spun some tale, making herself out to be the victim, when she was the one being swallowed by cold, dark water. They both left her for dead. She’s sure they celebrated. He got what he wanted – her, gone. Except she’s not. She’s back. He’s really going to have to try harder next time.

Ava says she can tell something is on Trina’s mind. Trina can tell her anything. Trina says, what’s on her mind feels so trivial with what’s been going on. People are dying, and the maniac who attacked Ava is still out there. Ava says, Trina doesn’t need to remind her of that, but here she is. She’s still alive and she’s going to live her life, and Trina should do same. Frankly, she’d like to hear about something other than life and death. So tell her; what is going on with Rory? Trina says, he asked her to go to a comic book convention, and Ava says, that’s cool. Does she like comics? Trina says, yeah, but it’s out of town, and Ava says, that is a significant invitation. Trina says she’s not sure how she feels about going on an overnight trip with Rory yet. She really likes him, and wants to get closer, but she can’t help thinking about the last time she went on a weekend trip. Ava says, this is nothing like when Trina went to Sonny’s cabin; this would just be the two of them. Trina says, she knows, but she can’t shake the feeling that something horrible is going to happen. Ava says, she understands. It’s hard coming back after a traumatic experience like Trina had. It’s hard to trust again; other people, her own judgement. Maybe she’s afraid she’d be leaving herself open to more pain, more hurt. She has to ask herself, does she really want to let what Esme Prince did to her dictate the rest of her life?

Nikolas says, so Esme came back looking for money, and she asks if she doesn’t deserve something after what Ava did to her. While they got to carry on with their lives, she drifted further and further into deep water. She thought she was going to die, just like he wanted. He says he didn’t want her to die. He searched for her. He had to fight to stay alive when he was adrift at sea. She says, thankfully, a fisherman found her, and put her up in a Canadian hostel until she could regain her strength. He says he supposes the fisherman ran out of money, and she couldn’t access her funds, but coming back here was a mistake. She should have stayed out of the country. She says, of course (🍷). That’s exactly what he wanted; to get rid of her. He says he’s talking about the PCPD. They’re looking for her for attempted murder because she drugged that bartender. She says, the cops have it all wrong, and they certainly can’t prove a thing, and he says, Oz Haggerty gave pretty convincing testimony of Esme’s guilt at Trina’s trial. Interestingly enough, he was found murdered this morning. Is that why she really came back? To finish what she started?

Lucy says she thinks she’s ruined Victor’s jacket, but he says, that’s inconsequential. Why is she in such a state? Is it Morton? She says, it’s Martin. No. He’s still incommunicado, and it’s not him. It’s just her; it’s all on her. He leads her to the couch, and she sits. She tells him, it’s just that, Sasha Gilmore, one of her partners, her husband’s funeral is today, and she couldn’t do it. She couldn’t face Sasha, so she wanted to bring her flowers, and now it’s too late. He says he’s sure it’s not too late, and she says, it is for Brando. He gently tells her, calm down. He’s sure Johann can deliver the flowers for her. She asks if Johann has been drinking (ha-ha! poor Johann), but Victor says, he’s perfectly sober. She says, okay. That would be very nice. The reception is downstairs in the gardens. Victor asks Johann to please oblige Miss Coe, and Lucy thanks Johann as he leaves. Victor asks if she feels better, and she says she does – she puts her head on his shoulder – now that she’s with him.

In one of the hotel rooms, Valentin tells Nina, the less she knows, the better. To get the information he needs out of Victor, he has to put a listening device in his room – this room. That’s where she comes in. As co-owner of the hotel, he needs her to call Victor, and say there’s a problem with his suite, and he needs to move into this suite. She asks why he doesn’t just put a bug in the room Victor’s staying in right now? but he says, that’s not possible, because he has a security guard named Johann who does a daily sweep. Johann is busy, so if they can get Victor into this suite right now, it might buy Valentin a day or two before the bug is discovered. She says, what then? and he says he’ll handle it, but that’s all he’s going to tell her right now. She says she knows Victor is Valentin’s father, but he’s a very dangerous man. She doesn’t like that Valentin is taking him on alone. Valentin tells her, don’t worry about him; he has backup. Multiple partners, each playing integral roles. Hopefully, that includes her, but he needs her to make a phone call.

Michael says, Sonny isn’t the same father who put family above everything else, and Sonny says, he’s done the best he could, but Michael says, Sonny hasn’t. Don’t forget, he’s a father too. He’d never hurt Wiley the way Sonny hurt his children. Sonny asks how he knows that; life is unpredictable. How did he know he was going to lose his memory, and live in a town called Nixon Falls? Michael says, this is about what Sonny’s done since he came back. All of Sonny’s choices have led him to here. Take ownership of that. Sonny says, no! Put himself in Sonny’s shoes. What if Wiley thought Michael screwed up, and started treating Michael the way Michael is treating him? Would Michael just give up on him, or would he do everything he possibly could, and hope to God that Wiley met him halfway?

Dex says, three days ago, Dante thought he was a murderer with a hook. Now Dante is all about justice for him? Dante says, things have changed. His source tells him that Dex was the victim of a serious crime, and it’s his duty to follow up on that. Dex says he commends Dante’s commitment to protect and serve, but he’s good. Dante says, so Dex has no comment on this accusation? and Dex asks if this is an official investigation. Dante says, no, but it can be if Dex wants him to file charges. Dex was brought in as a person of interest in a series of vicious attacks. He’s been told, Dex’s boss Sonny Corinthos turned on Dex as a result. Is there any truth to that?

Anna tells Robert that she needs a warrant for Johann Bauer. She knows Robert has been keeping tabs on him. It can be for unpaid parking tickets; it can be for anything. He asks if she doesn’t think he’d have brought Johann in already if he had something, and she says, he drinks. He fell overboard off the Haunted Star, and the crew had to stop and pick him up. Robert says, and she knows this how? and she says, the point is, can they not use that? Say another boater reported it? He says, intentionally jumping into the water from a passenger vessel would be considered unsafe operation of said vessel, and it would be illegal. However, she’s implied that the jump wasn’t intentional. She says she just wants him detained. Bring him in for questioning. The charges don’t have to stick. He says, so they not only abuse his office, now they’re going to waste taxpayers’ resources for… nothing. She says she thinks taking Victor off the street is for the greater good. And this is for Luke. He says, something about this tells him there’s more going on. Annie, it’s Bobby. Tell him the whole story. She says she wants to, but she can’t. So please help her, because she’s running out of time. He says, that bastard did kill their friend. Okay. He’ll make the call, but this the last time. She says, okay, and Deputy Mayor (or whatever she is) Eileen walks in. She asks if she’s interrupting something.

Lucy tells Victor, she didn’t know who to talk to. Martin is still with his mother, and she kept thinking he would know exactly the right thing to say. He tells her that he’ll do his best, and the room phone rings. Nina introduces herself, and says she’s the new co-owner of the MetroCourt. She’s so sorry to bother him, but they’re going to have to shut the water off in his room. She knows it’s a complete inconvenience, but they’ll have to move him to another suite, at least temporarily. He says, now is not a good time, and Nina says she understands, and she’s sorry for the disturbance, but they have no choice because a room on his floor has a leak. She’ll have a staff member there momentarily to help him move his things. Valentin holds up a bottle, and she says, and there’s a bottle of wine, complementary, waiting for him. She thanks him for his cooperation, and he says, if she’s sure there’s no other choice. She tells him, once again, their sincere apologies, and he says, very well. He hangs up, and tells Lucy, apparently, there’s a water leak somewhere, and they’re going to have to temporarily move him to another suite… Something feels off. She says, that completely explains when she was rushing up to see him, she saw some maintenance men in the lobby. That must be why. She guesses he has to get ready, so she’ll leave him to it. She thanks him, and says, she just feels so alone. He says she’s not alone. If she can just wait until he’s figured this room changing mess out, he promises her his full attention.

Esme says, she was the one who was left to drown, and Nikolas is accusing her of being a murderer? He says, her timing seems suspicious. She shows up in town, and the witness who pointed a finger squarely in her direction, winds up dead. She says, the only thing she’s guilty of is loving his son and trusting him. When she was in that Canadian hostel, that man tried to pin everything on her. How do they know he wasn’t hired by Trina’s people or Sonny’s? He says, give it a rest. He’s done buying the victim act, and she says, he knows her intimately. He doesn’t really believe all those horrible things about her, does he?

Dex says he has no idea what Dante is talking about, and Dante says, that’s his story, and he’s sticking to it, huh? Dex says, Mr. Corinthos didn’t do anything but give him a ride home after he was released. Any other questions? Dante says, just one. Is Dex afraid of retaliation? He knows how his father works. Word is, Dex went through something hellacious. Dex opens the door, and Dante says, if Dex was threatened to keep his mouth shut, he’s in a position to make sure his father doesn’t get to Dex for telling the truth. Dex says, whoever told Dante that Mr. Corinthos tried to harm him is a straight-up liar, and Dante thanks him for his time.

Michael asks how he can meet Sonny halfway when he doesn’t know who Sonny is anymore. Sonny turned his back on everything he once believed in. Sonny says, Michael keeps saying that he doesn’t know him anymore. Michael has known him his whole life; that doesn’t count for anything? A lifetime of being a father? He gets it. Betrayal, anger, disappointment. He lived with that his whole life with his father. You think I wronged you; I think you wronged me. It’s like never-ending circle. One thing Sonny wants Michael to know is that he still loves him. This has got to end before it’s too late. They’ve buried too many people already; Jason… Brando… my father. He cries, and says she doesn’t want it to be them. Michael says, look… dad, when Nina has the bad timing to walk in.

Robert says, his door was shut for a reason, and Eileen says, his assistant told her that he didn’t have any appointments. Anna says she was just leaving. She doesn’t want to keep Robert from his work. She believes he was about to make a phone call. She’ll be in touch. She leaves, and Robert says, she’s right; he’s in the middle of something. Eileen says, his call can wait. She’s here on mayoral business. He says, if Laura wants to speak to him, all she has to do is reach out directly, and she says, Laura may be working remotely, but she needs someone on the ground to keep an eye on things. What was his ex-wife doing here? He says, it’s none of her business, but since she stuck her bid in, they’re planning a trip to Australia, and taking their granddaughter, who wants to play the digeridoo. She says she hopes that’s the case, and he asks what that means. She says, Miss Devane has been known to pull the PCPD into WSB business. Laura confided to her that he and Anna were working on the investigation into Luke Spencer’s death. He says, Spencer was a dear friend, and what he does on his own time is his business. She says, they both know that’s not what he’s doing, and she intends to stop it.

Victor opens the wine, saying, voila! He tells Lucy, at least they had the decency to pick out a very nice vintage. He asks if he can pour her a glass, and she says, after the day she had, she’d love some. He tells her to make herself comfortable. She sits on the sofa, and he says he considers himself a good judge of character. He sits down, handing her the wine, and says, although he’s still getting to know her, he’s already recognized she’s a strong, capable woman; the kind who won’t lose her head when the going gets tough. She says, it’s served her well as a woman in business, and he says, which is why it is so out of character that a floral arrangement would reduce her to a hysterical puddle. She says, doesn’t he know, a scheming vixen such as herself sometimes has a very bad day. He says she’s not a scheming vixen. Nor is she being honest with him. So why doesn’t she tell him what’s really going on here?

Michael says, maybe Sonny doesn’t see how much he’s changed. Maybe Sonny hasn’t changed, and Michael is just now seeing him for who he is. Sonny says, don’t back off now; Michael just called him dad. Michael says he was wrong. Sonny isn’t the man he knew. He abandoned his family; he abandoned his code. He’s capable of anything. Sonny says, Michael has no right to judge him, and Michael starts to walk away. Sonny yells, don’t turn your back on me! and Dante walks in. He says, that’s enough. This ends now.

Ava says, Trina’s safety is important, but it shouldn’t be a motive for going away with her boyfriend. Only she can decide if she’s ready to make that step. Trina says she’s so confused. In her heart, she feels like she’s safe with Rory. She doesn’t feel like he’ll hurt her. Ava says, that’s not insignificant. That’s a lot. Trina says, but what if they go away, and that all changes?

Nikolas says, a lot has happened since Esme’s been away, and she says, he makes it sound like she was on holiday, instead of recovering from his wife trying to kill her. He says, Trina has been exonerated, and Spencer is in Pentenville. In an attempt to give Trina an alibi, he testified that he broke out of Spring Ridge. And Oz Haggerty isn’t the only person who was stabbed recently. She says, that’s terrible; crime’s really up. Do the police have any leads? He says, the killer used a large hook, and she says, sounds gruesome. He says, it was. Ava was the first victim. Esme says, but she survived, and he says, thankfully. She says, karma’s a bitch, and he says, Diane Miller was also stabbed. She gave Esme a pretty tough time at Trina’s trial. She says, remind her, what’s his point? and he says, it’s a pretty big coincidence that three of the victims happen to be people Esme thought wronged her in some way. She says, now he knows not only what she thinks, but how she thinks, and he says, he thinks she’s capable of murder, and he thinks she came back for revenge. She says, that would mean he’s next.

Dante says he paid a little visit to Dex Heller, and Sonny asks, why? Dante asks if he can talk to Michael, and Michael says, Dante is here for him, not Sonny? Sonny goes over to Nina at the bar, and Dante tells Michael, Dex said Michael lied about everything. Michael asks what he’s talking about. Sonny kidnapped Dex, and tortured him to force him into a confession, which they know now would have been false. Dante says, this vendetta with Sonny has gotten out of hand. Now Michael is lying to the police about a crime. Michael says, he came to Dante brother to brother, and Dante says, Michael has a family to protect. This beef he has with Sonny is going to lead him to do things that are destructive. Let it go. Dante’s phone rings, and he says he’s on his way. He tells them, looks like we have another victim, and Sonny says, another stabbing? Dante says, yeah. The wound’s consistent with a hook. It looks like they have a serial killer on their hands. You two are on your own.

Robert says, the mayor’s office does not oversee the DA’s office, but Eileen says, she has the authority to initiate an internal review. It’s called checks and balances, and if she finds anything the least bit off, she’ll hold him accountable. Their citizens deserve better. He says, she’s abusing her power and wasting human resources on this pointless review, and she says, we’ll see.

Anna joins Valentin on a park bench, and asks if everything is going according to plan. He says, yes. Robert? She says, detaining Johann. It’s all up to Lucy now. He says, that’s the part that worries him.

Lucy tells Victor that she’s had some hard times in her life. She thinks they’ve shaped he into the woman he seems to admire, but they also left some scars. Sometimes she feels so helpless and scared, and wants someone who makes her feel safe, and Victor does. He says he’s flattered she feels she can talk to him, and she says, the last time she saw Sasha was the day before her husband died. She basically asked Sasha to give up her financial stake in Deception, which she thought was a good idea at the time, and still does, but it really hurt Sasha. Lucy just couldn’t face her, and it started her spinning, thinking about her future, and what will happen in her life. She tells him, she knows it sounds selfish, but he says, they all have fears that can be illuminated by tragedy. She says, she can’t stop thinking about the future. Will she be all alone? He tells her, not if he has anything to say about it, and she says, that was another reason where she thought she could come to him. When he talks about his plans and his future, he sounds confident, like he’s figured everything out. She finds that so comforting. He says he has his own anxieties. That’s why he made the plans. She says, the plans; right. Can he tell her more of them? It’s really what she needs right now. Could he tell her, just for her?

Esme laughs at Nikolas, and says, sorry; she couldn’t help it. What he’s suggesting is ridiculous. He says, is it? and she says she didn’t intend to stay this long, even though she’s enjoyed their little chat. Don’t worry. As soon as she can afford it, she’ll be out of his hair. He blocks her, and says she’s not going anywhere. She tells him, he’s going to let her go. Unless he wants the police to know about her little tumble off the parapet. He says, what tumble off the parapet? Does she think they’ll actually care when they find out she’s connected to three of the stabbing victims? If anything, her alleged fall gave her a motive. He takes out his phone, and she says, he’s not going to do that. He says, why the hell not?

Sonny asks if Nina is okay, and she says, no. Just when she thought this day couldn’t get more brutal, there’s another victim. What are they going to do? He says he doesn’t have all the answers right now, but he’s going to tighten security, and Nina is going to have to keep her bodyguard for a while longer. She says, that’s no problem. She’s glad Sonny is looking out for her, but what about him? How is he doing, dealing with this after ten rounds with Michael? He says he can handle it, and she says she can’t believe Michael, lying to the police about Sonny. She never thought he’d stoop so low.

Michael bangs on Dex’s door, and walks in when Dex opens it. Michael says, Dex lied to protect Sonny, and Dex says, he told Dante that Sonny didn’t abduct or injure him. Michael says, well done. They have Sonny right where they want him.

Robert leaves a message for Anna, saying, they’ve got a problem. They can’t arrest Johann. Whatever she’s doing, stop it. This mission’s got to be aborted and now.

Anna listens in, and says, you’ve got this Lucy… Don’t overplay your hand. We see the missed call from Robert on her phone.

Lucy says, Victor is going to tell her a little bit more about his plans, and she’s going to pretend it’s a bedtime story. So, once upon a time… He says, for many years now, he’s been working on… The phone rings, and he says, if this is about another room change… He picks up the phone, and says, what now? Eileen says, they’ve got a problem.

Johann knocks on the old room door.

Ava says, it’s Trina’s call. If she’s not ready to go away with Rory, then don’t. That’s perfectly fine, but just know that all romance is a leap of faith. You have to be willing to take the chance. Trina says she doesn’t want to miss out on something great with Rory because she’s scared. Okay. She’s ready. She should text him now and tell him. She picks up her phone, and Ava says she just wants Trina to be happy and have fun. Get herself a light saber. Trina says, too bad she can’t get a real one. Then no one would have to worry about her safety. At least she’ll be with a cop, so there’s that.

Nikolas tells Esme to give him one reason he should let her go, and she says she didn’t want to tell him so soon, but he’s forced her hand. You’re not going to call the cops on us. He says, us? and she says, me and our baby. She opens her coat and rubs when could possibly be a baby bump, or a heavy lunch.

I sigh heavily. Didn’t we just have this storyline? And on the off-chance she is pregnant, Nikolas could just say she’s crazy, and the baby is Spencer’s.

Tomorrow, Anna says, Lucy needs to get out of there – now; Johann says, Lucy isn’t leaving until he’s done; Esme says, it’s her get-out-of-jail-free card; and Sonny says, nothing is going to change Michael’s mind.

📜 Regarding the Day…

I love when an actor uses their celebrity for good, rather than exerting undue influence in arenas where they’re no expert.

Maurice Benard Shares an Important Message With Fans

🐎 On Horses & Kids…

A light side dish from the stable hand’s mouth.

Josh Kelly Dishes on One of His GENERAL HOSPITAL Co-Stars

💎 Like the Energizer Bunny…

It’s unbelievable how much this is being hashed over. Pick a lane or take them all.

Insider Shares Why Kyle Richards and Kathy Hilton “Cannot Reconcile” After RHOBH Feud as Paris and Nicky Intervene in On-and-Off Feud

Kyle Richards on If She Regrets Bringing Kathy Hilton to RHOBH, Talks “Difficult” Reunion, and Claims Andy Felt “Bad” For Her, Plus Kathy Confirms She “[Loves]” Kyle

RHOBH’s Kyle Richards on Why She Believes Erika & Rinna Wanted to Expose Kathy as Erika Suggests Legal Action Was Taken, Talks Double Standards

RHOBH’s Kyle Richards Reveals the “Damaging” Lie Told About Kathy Hilton, Calls Feud “Consuming,” Plus What Got Her and Kathy Talking After Aspen

🍊 What a Prize…

Shannon must be glad to be rid of this loser.

https://pagesix.com/2022/10/03/lesley-beadors-ex-got-temporary-restraining-order-against-david-beador/

🌴 What Happens In Miami…

The latest on the comeback kids.

https://okmagazine.com/p/rhom-guerdy-abraira-reveals-upcoming-season-storylines/

🥀 Farewell, She Wrote…

I’ve always admired her career. She did it all, and didn’t compromise. I was blessed to see her in Sweeney Todd on Broadway, and she was absolutely brilliant. There was no one like her, and she will be missed.

https://people.com/movies/angela-lansbury-dead-at-96/

💡 Lights Out…

Come set a spell tomorrow for some soap and Reunion insanity. Until then, stay safe, stay remembering your manners, and stay not judging others, because life is unpredictable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALkaW6CTHJA

May5

May 4, 2022 – Harmony Gives a Last Request To Carly, Back Off, Applying To Sonny, Goodbye Jerry, Barbie’s World & Cantina

Posted on May 5, 2022 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Anna and Robert race for the remote, and Anna wins. She wants to see what’s streaming on Hulu, but Robert says, why bother when you’ve got the classics? She says, it’s called expanding your horizons, and he says, it’s called wasting time. She calls him a stick-in-the-mud, but he says, she loves him for it. She says she doesn’t, but he insists she does; it’s written somewhere. She says, look at them. They used to be facing down deadly assassins. Now they’re fighting over what to watch on TV. He says, there’s a term for that; bliss. She says he might be right, when the doorbell rings. He says, it has to be trouble at this hour, and she says she could do with some trouble. He tells her to turn the telly off, and they go to answer the door. It’s Mac and Felicia, who asks if this is a bad time.

Nina shows up at Charlie’s just as Phyllis is about to close, and Phyllis asks if everything is okay. Nina says, it’s a been a night. Phyllis knows Harmony… Phyllis says, formerly known as Lorraine? and Nina says, yeah. She was rushed to the ER. There was some kind of accident. Phyllis says she hopes Harmony is all right, and Nina says, so does she. Phyllis says, they don’t need a reminder, but life is so short, they have to grab every bit of joy from it they can. Nina says, yeah, and flashes back to dancing with Sonny.

Sonny is thinking about the same thing, and Frank asks if he’s okay. Sonny says, somebody reminded him tonight to carpe diem, and Frank says, seize the day (in case someone didn’t know); good advice. Sonny tells Frank, goodnight, and goes into the penthouse.

Michael tells Willow that he’s been studying up on Paris, preparing for their trip. They’ll go to the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, but did she know there’s a museum solely dedicated to Monet? She says, really, and he says, it’s on the outskirts of the city, and there’s this huge, beautiful park right next to it. It sounds like it rivals Central Park. She says, you know who would love it? Wiley. He says, but only if there’s dogs, because nothing is cool in Wiley’s world unless there’s dogs. (Mine too!) Brando and Sasha come out of the elevator, and Sasha says they’d like to wait with them, but if they don’t want them too… Willow says she wants them here. They sit, and Willow says her mom’s awake, so that’s something. Sasha says, that means there’s hope, right? Michael says, there’s always hope.

Carly tells Harmony that she’s not making any sense. Does she know where she is? It’s Carly, she’s in the hospital, she was in an accident. Does she remember? Harmony says, Willow… and Carly says, Willow’s here. Does Harmony want her to get Willow? Harmony says, Carly needs to protect Willow, and Carly says, of course (🍷) she will. From what?

Anna says she’ll open a bottle of wine, and they can stream the hottest new show on Hulu (which apparently, we’re advertising today). Robert suggests they have a couple of shots of single malt scotch, and watch Bogie and Bacall. Felicia asks if it would be okay if they skipped movie night, and Anna asks, what happened? Felicia says, it’s such a beautiful night. Why don’t they take a look at the stars? She drags Anna outside, and Robert tells Mac, okay, start talking.

Outside, Felicia asks Anna if that’s the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper; she can never tell. Anna asks, what’s going on?

Phyllis brings Nina some tea, and says, let her guess. Nina saw Sonny today. Nina asks if it’s that obvious, and Phyllis says, to her. Nina says, for so long, it seemed impossible, and Phyllis says, and now? Nina says, now it seems there may be a way forward for her and Sonny. She just has to be brave enough to take it. Valentin walks in, and tells them, the sign says, open. Is this a private party? Nina says she thinks there’s room for one more, and Phyllis says, if it’s okay with Nina, it’s okay with her. Nina tells Valentin, have a seat, and he asks how Phyllis is. She says, she’s good; and him? He says, maintaining, and Phyllis says, tea? He says he’ll take something stronger, bourbon, neat, and she says, coming right up. He says, so he and Nina meet again, and she says, they do.

Sonny comes out with a bowl, and tells Frank that he heated up some meatballs. He should try one. Come on in. Frank says he can’t leave his post; he’s sorry. Sonny says, can he just try one, for his boss? and Frank says, as he wishes. He tastes one, and says, it’s delicious. Sonny says, told him, and Frank asks if Sonny is sure he’s okay. Sonny says he can’t sleep, but he’ll be fine. Sonny takes the bowl back in, and leans back on the couch. He opens his eyes, and he’s at the firehouse in Nixon Falls. Lenny says, it’s about time he arrived.

Harmony says she shouldn’t have attacked Carly, but Carly says she’s fine. Harmony struggles to talk, and says, she could have killed Carly. Carly says, but she didn’t, and Harmony says, Carly and Michael… they’re the only ones… She almost ruined it. She ruins everything. Carly says, she didn’t ruin Willow; she’s a beautiful young girl. Harmony says she’s so selfish, and Carly tells he that she needs to calm down. Harmony says she wanted to repair what she’d broken with Willow… She should have told the truth when she had the chance.

Felicia says, there will be a lunar eclipse at the end of the month. Some call it a blood moon. There are some cultures where it’s considered a bad omen for pregnant women. Anna says, oh my God… She’s not…

Mac tells Robert, they enjoyed being around Bailey so much. It’s all the fun and none of the responsibility. Robert says, except to keep the child safe and unharmed while the mother’s gone. Mac says, Robert knows what he’s saying, and Robert says he does. Being a granddad is great. Play with the kid, hand it back, and go to bed. Mac says, unless you don’t, and Robert says, he’s not following. Mac says, what if instead of the granddad, you’re the actual dad? What if you do the parenthood thing all over?

Felicia says, no, she’s not pregnant, and Anna says, for a second there, she thought… Felicia says, Mac wants a baby.

Robert tells Mac to stop talking in riddles and get to the point. Mac says he thinks Felicia wants a baby, and Robert laughs.

Nina says, nice tan. Wherever Valentin has been, it looks good on him. Is he fully recovered? Back to his old self? He says he hopes not. He’d like to think he’s done some growing. She says she’d like to think so too. About herself, not him. Maybe a little about him too. How’s Charlotte? He says, wonderful, and Nina says, she seems like she’s really enjoying boarding school. Valentin says, Nina’s been in touch with her? and Nina says, yeah. She has to admit, she’s surprised. She didn’t think he had it in him to part with his little girl. He says, it wasn’t easy, but when Peter abducted her, he wanted her far away from Peter and Victor. Nina asks if it wasn’t Victor who dropped Charlotte off at school. She’s only saying that because Charlotte made a point of saying she wished it had been Valentin. Valentin says, he was laid up, recuperating. He figured at the very least he could trust Victor with a drop off. Nina says, don’t forget about her. She’s always here, especially when it comes to Charlotte. He says he likes that, and he’ll keep that in mind.

Sonny says, Lenny. Is this the firehouse where he used to dance with Nina? Lenny says, it is. Once again, Sonny’s wardrobe is lacking. Good thing he’s prepared. He hands Sonny a cowboy hat, saying, it’s his; might as well take it. Sonny puts it on. Lenny says, perfect fit, and Sonny says, this is not real. He can’t be here. Lenny says, give him one good reason, and Sonny says, Lenny is dead. Lenny says, look who’s talking. When Sonny crawled out of the river, wasn’t he a goner; a funeral held back home for him and everything? Sonny says, that was different, and Lenny says, that depends on how you look at it. Lenny calls Sonny Mike, and says he looks like he could use a stiff one. What’s his poison these days? Sonny says, club soda. Things have changed since the last time he saw Lenny. Lenny says, good thing he’s got nothing but time. Why doesn’t he start from the beginning, when he went back to Port Charles.

Willow thanks them for being here; it means a lot. Michael says, they woudn’t be anywhere else, and Sasha says, they love her. Brando says, if there’s anything they can do… and Willow says, trust her. They’re doing it.

Carly tells Harmony that she gets it. She was raised by her adoptive mother, but it wasn’t kept secret. The longer she takes to say it out loud, the harder it will be to say it. Harmony says, if she just would have been brave enough, it wouldn’t have gone this far. Carly asks if she means with Neil, but Harmony says, no. If she’d just told the truth, there would have been more time. Things would have been different. Now it’s gone too far. Willow isn’t safe with her, and Willow can never know.

Anna tells Felicia, Bailey is the most adorable little baby, and she completely understands Mac wishing he had one exactly like her. Felicia says, what if it’s more than just wishing? and Anna asks if she thinks Mac is serious about having another child. Felicia says she doesn’t know; they haven’t gotten that far yet. She’s not even sure what he’s saying; she’s getting this vibe. Anna says, what about Felicia’s vibe? Mac may want to raise another child, but does Felicia really?

Robert says, have we got that all out of our system? and hands Mac a drink. Good. He has a story. It’s about an old man who becomes a father, except he thinks the diaper that needs changing is his own. Mac says, ha-ha, and Robert says, seriously, he’ll never forget that Mac helped raise his little girl at a time he couldn’t. Mac says, raising Robin was one of the ultimate joys of his life. He’ll always think of Maxie and Georgie as his own, but he and Felicia have never brought up a kid together. Robert says, this isn’t just Felicia? Mac wants this too?

Sonny tells Lenny that he can’t believe he and Carly are divorced. He thought they’d last until… Lenny says, until death do us part. Take it from him, death is easy compared to divorce. Phyllis can still put flowers on his grave, and think of him when they’re playing their song. Remember them at their best, and not their worst. Sonny says, he envies that, and Lenny asks if he has kids. Sonny nods, and Lenny asks, how are they taking it? Sonny says, they’re young. Donna and Avery are a little confused. They miss Carly, but she’s good about seeing them as much as possible. Lenny says, they’ll be all right, and Sonny says, his son has a problem. He’s grown up, but it’s put a strain on their relationship. Lenny asks what his name is, and Sonny says, Michael. Lenny says he likes that name. Is he in the family business? Sonny says, his son wanted to be at some point, but he shut it down. Now forget it. He doesn’t need or want any part of Sonny or his life. Lenny says, don’t give up on him; that’s an order. Sonny says he’ll never give up on his son, but his son has given up on him. Lenny says, just because Sonny isn’t with his mother? and Sonny says, that’s part of it. Lenny asks, what’s the other part? and Sonny says, Nina.

Valentin says, Charlotte has made the equestrian team, and Nina should ask about it next time they talk. Nina says she definitely will. She’s truly impressed. She’s sure the competition is fierce in an elite European boarding school. He says, where the students not only ride, but have a string of their own expensive horses. Nina says, exactly her point. Charlotte rode one of the horses at the school, and still made the team. His daughter is a talented rider, a true competitor. He says he can’t argue there, and she says, okay, now out with it. He says, what? and she asks how badly he misses Charlotte. He says, desperately, and she asks if there’s a parent’s weekend coming up. He says he hopes so. He needs to check the school’s website. Nina says, it must have been hard for him after everything that happened with Bailey, and he says, he loved Bailey. She says she knows he did, and he says, but he’s come to appreciate that Brook did what she had to do. It was the right thing to protect Maxie’s daughter from Peter. She says, but it’s painful; she can see it in his eyes. She knows what it’s like to lose a child, but it’s even more painful when it turns out she was never yours.

Sasha looks at the pills in her pillbox, then looks in the mirror. She says, if she would have taken one of these, and they’d found it in her system… No. She’s been given a second chance. Don’t blow it. She puts the pills in the toilet bowl, hesitates for a moment, then flushes. Brando asks if she’s okay, and she says she’ll be right there.

Willow says, she’s so aware of it now, and Michael says, what? She says, all the time she kept her mom at arm’s length. Not that she didn’t deserve to be, although it was always more about protecting herself than punishing her mom. He says, she had every right to want to distance herself, and she says, but now it’s just staring her in the face. Her mom could be dying, and she feels it on her heart. All the time she could have spent with her; all the things she could have said to her. She knows she made the right decision for herself back then… He says, but she still wishes she could get the time back, and she says, so much.

Carly asks Harmony, who can never know? Willow can never know she’s adopted? Harmony says, Willow’s had too much too hard. She’s obsessive and possessive. She’ll try to take her away from Michael; she’s dangerous. Carly asks if Harmony is talking about Willow’s biological mother. Does Harmony know who she is? Harmony says, she’s bad for Willow. Willow knows it, and hates her. Carly says, Willow knows this person? and Harmony says, she’s one of two. Her Willow had another half. Carly says, Willow’s a twin? and Harmony says, Nelle. The lightbulb comes on, and Carly says, oh my God. Nina is Willow’s biological mother? Harmony says, try to protect her. Nina’s love will smother her. Carly… please… Alarms start to go off, and Carly promises Willow will be okay. TJ runs in, and Carly gets out of the way. He checks Harmony, and says, no pulse. Some staff, including Amy, run in with the crash cart. TJ uses the defibrillator, then does chest compression.

Valentin says he’ll always regret what he did to Nina, using Sasha to manipulate her emotions and win her heart. She says, the irony is, he already had her heart, but now she can see that his intentions were good. He just wanted to give her the one thing she was missing in her life. It was a beautiful sentiment. He says, poorly executed, and he agrees. He says, ironically, Nelle was in town the whole time. She says she still can’t believe Nelle was her daughter, and everything that played out after that. She discovered Carly kept the truth from her, and had a hand in Nelle’s death, and it set in motion a chain of events that continues to this day. He says, Sonny Corinthos, is he a link in that chain?

Lenny says, hallelujah! Sonny/Mike finally got up the gumption to tell Nina how he feels about her. Sonny says, he doesn’t know what they are. He and Nina are kind of like a slow dance. Lenny says, slow dances are nice and all, but what do they get you? Sonny tells him, take it easy there, and Lenny says, or what? He’ll bust a blood vessel? Been there, done that. Listen up. If Sonny keeps waiting for the right moment, next thing he knows, he’ll be pushing up daisies like yours truly. Sonny says he always appreciated Lenny and Phyllis’s love. It was real and honest, not always perfect, but it was tough like you can go through anything in life. What’s the secret? Lenny says, no secret. You just try to give more than you get, and if you both do that, you can’t lose. Sonny says, Nina gave him a gift. It’s a long story, but she’s not making him take sides against his son. Lenny says, that’s some gift. So what is he giving Nina in return?

TJ says, clear, and gives medical instructions while doing chest compression. Carly watches from the hallway. Amy administers oxygen, but Harmony flatlines. TJ says, time of death, 10:53 am, and tries not to cry.

Sasha joins Brando, and he says, this hospital holds painful memories. Let’s wish for good news tonight. Sasha says, it’s a beginning, when Carly comes back, and tells Willow and Michael to get back to the ICU.

Felicia tells Anna, she’s not sure how she feels about raising a child at this stage of her life. Let’s face it. She’s a grandmother, of three. Anna says, don’t let that be the thing that stops her. She’s young at heart in all the ways that count. If she’s sure this is something she and Mac both want… Felicia says, she’s not sure, and Anna asks if this isn’t a conversation she should be having with her husband. Felicia says, ya think? She and Mac have shares so many adventures; raising a child isn’t one of them. Anna says, whatever Felicia decides, she’ll always be in her corner, and Felicia says, maybe it’s all in her head. It’s probably the last thing Mac wants.

Mac says, maybe he’s got it all wrong. Maybe the last thing Felicia wants is a baby. Robert says, there’s one way to find out. Let’s go ask her. Mac says, Robert had better not. He swears, if Robert says anything… Robert laughs, and says, look at him. Anna and Felicia come back, and Robert says, ladies, what’s it like out there? Anna says, breathtaking. How’s the whiskey? Robert takes a sip, and says, breathtaking.

Sonny says, Lenny is absolutely right, and Lenny says, tell him something he doesn’t know. Sonny says, Nina is putting him ahead of her own interests; he should do something for her. Lenny says, what’s he waiting for? Get out of here. Sonny gets up, and asks, how does he get out of here? Catch the next plane? How does he get home? He turns around, and Lenny is gone, only his hat left behind. Sonny says, where’d he go? Come back. He wakes up, and Frank asks, what’s the problem?

Nina tells Valentin, what she and Sonny had was back in Nixon Falls. Now that they’re back in Port Charles, he has a life, a family, and responsibilities; so does she. He says, sounds very sensible and thought out, and he doesn’t believe a word of it. She says, excuse me? and he says, the tone in her voice changes when she mentions Sonny’s name. She says, don’t tell her that he’s jealous, and he says, there’s a notable change in the tone of her voice when she says his name, and that tells him they’re more than two people living separate lives. She says she’s sure he’s going to tell her his opinion, and he says, whatever happens, whether she gets everything she wants or it all comes crashing down – he takes her hand – she can count on him. She puts her hand on his, and says, she’ll keep it in mind.

Sasha says, she really thought Willow’s mom was going to be okay, that she was going to make it, and Brando says, they don’t know anything yet. Maybe she’s gone into surgery, or taken a turn for the worse… Sasha says, or she could have killed her, and Brando says, it was an accident. Willow knows that. Everyone knows that. She says, why is this happening? and he holds her.

TJ looks at Willow, and shakes his head, looking the saddest ever. Willow says, she’s gone, isn’t she? and he says, they did everything they could. He’s so sorry. Willow cries, and Michael holds her.

Felicia says, they should probably call it a night, and Mac says he has a busy day tomorrow. Robert tells him to rest while he can, and Felicia asks what that means. Robert says, the Chief of Detectives is on call 24/7. Felicia hugs Anna, and tells her to forget everything she said; it’s probably her imagination. Mac says, dinner soon? and Anna says, absolutely. Mac and Felicia leave, and when they get outside, they look up. Mac asks if that’s the Big Dipper or Little Dipper, and Felicia says, that’s the same thing she asked Anna. Does he think it’s okay to make a wish, even if it’s on the wrong constellation? He doesn’t see why not, and they hook pinkies and close their eyes. Mac starts to talk, but she says, shh. Don’t say anything or it won’t come true.

Anna and Robert toast to Mac and Felicia. Anna says, may they get everything they wish for, and Robert says, may the person who gets to the remote get everything they wish for. They race for the remote.

Sonny tells Frank, he just drifted off for a second; everything’s fine. Frank says, bad dream? and Sonny says, actually it was a good dream. He tells Frank, goodnight, and Frank leaves. Sonny calls Nina, and gets her voicemail. He says, he just wanted to tell her that he was so happy to see her tonight. He can’t wait see her very soon

Valentin thanks Phyllis for her hospitality, and she says, any time. He asks if he can walk Nina to her car, and Nina says, that’s chivalrous of him. He says, he’s always chivalrous, and Nina thanks Phyllis for the tea. She says, they’ll talk tomorrow, and Phyllis says, sounds good. Valentin says, after her, and Nina says, again being chivalrous. He says, it’s kind of an infliction, and they leave. Phyllis turns out the lights, and flips the sign to closed. She wipes down the table, and Lenny comes up behind her, putting his arms around her. She closes her eyes for a moment, but when she turns around, he’s gone.

Willow asks if she can have a minute alone with her mother, and TJ tells her to take as much time as she needs. I feel the worst for TJ. He leaves, and Willow asks Michael to come with her. They go in, and Willow sits next to the bed, shaking her head.

TJ comes out, and Sasha says, oh God. TJ says, it’s a good thing they’re here. Willow is going to need her friends more than ever.

Willow takes Harmony’s hand, and says, Harmony needs to know she forgives her and loves her so much. More than Harmony probably realized. Remember their picnic in that meadow in Colorado? Harmony braided Willow’s hair and put wildflowers in it. She doesn’t know if she’s ever felt so beautiful or free. There were good memories too, filled with magic, laughter, love. She kisses Harmony’s hand, and says, those are the ones she’ll tell Wiley about. Hold on tight to that love, and she will too. Michael puts his arms around her, and Carly looks in. She flashes back to Harmony telling her to protect Willow, and that Nina’s love will smother her. She remembers telling Harmony, it’s okay. She’s got Willow. Willow is going to be okay. She leans on the window sill, looking like she might pass out.

Tomorrow, TJ tells Britt, it was worse than he could have ever imagined; Sonny asks Dante, is it him or his business that’s vulnerable; Michael tells Carly, they have to protect Willow from the fallout; and Willow wonders what her mother was trying to hide.

😟 Don’t Be Cruel…

Geez, leave the guy alone. What I like about Sonny’s relationship with Nina is, it’s part of what’s made him a new man, and I like the meld of Mike and Sonny.

Maurice Benard Responds to Fans Bashing His GENERAL HOSPITAL Storyline

🕴🏻 New Guy…

Not much info, but apparently Sonny took out a classified ad and this guy applied for the job.

Evan Hofer Opens up About Joining the Cast of GENERAL HOSPITAL

🥀 Another Great Gone…

I’d forgotten he was in OLTL.

Jerry verDorn, Beloved Star of Guiding Light and One Life to Live, Dead at 72

A Special Tribute to Soap Star Jerry verDorn

Stars React To Jerry verDorn’s Passing

👠 She’s a Barbie Girl…

I love Barbie. I always have and always will. But it’s more about the clothes and accessories for me than anything else. And I’m just going to say it, I don’t see Amy Schumer as Barbie. I also think there was more to it than her wanting Jell-O high heels.

https://screenrant.com/barbie-movie-margot-robbie-amy-schumer-replace-good/

New ‘Barbie’ Trailer Finally Reveals the Plot: Watch

🏂 Slipping Out Early Like…

Come by to take a dip in the soap pool tomorrow, and have a spot of tea after. Until then, stay safe, stay taking periodic breaks from your screen of choice, and stay trying to give more than you get. If we all do it, we can’t lose.

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May 2, 2022 – Willow Begs Harmony To Come Back, Horrible House Replaces Yacht, a Fight, a Return, Father’s Son, Daddy Andy, Gala Fashion & Right

Posted on May 3, 2022 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

At The Savoy, Frank says, it’s almost time, and Sonny says, Frank knows what to do when he gets here. Sonny looks around, and Nina says, looking for someone?

N’neka asks if Austin and Maxie would like anything else, but Maxie says, they’re okay. N’neka leaves the check, and tells them to enjoy the rest of their night. Austin says, they don’t have to be in a rush, and Maxie says, she wishes, but she needs to relieve her mom and Mac of babysitting duty. He asks if she wants to make a plan for tomorrow night, and she says she’s counting on it. They both reach for the check, and Maxie says she was going to treat him, but he says, his treat. She says, she did order that fancy top-shelf drink, and he says he’s a doctor, remember? He can afford to buy her a drink.

On the phone with her boys, Elizabeth says she misses them too, and wishes she could be with them. Things are just difficult right now, but remember, it’s only temporary until they figure out what’s going on at home. There’s a knock at the door, and she says, it’s room service. She loves them, and will talk to them soon. She opens the door to Finn, who hands her a bouquet of flowers.

At the hospital, Michael sees Britt, and says Willow has been waiting for an update on Harmony, but Britt says she’s still in surgery. She’ll make sure Dr. Ashford finds them as soon as she has an update. He says, that’s not good enough.

Sam and Alexis come out of the elevator, and Alexis says, the cafeteria really needs to improve their selection. Sam says, maybe this isn’t a good idea right now. Maybe they should go home. Alexis needs to rest. Alexis says she needs to check on Harmony, and Sam says, Harmony tried to kill her. Alexis says, she and Harmony have unfinished business, and she intends to finish it.

Willow says, her mother being out in the road makes no sense, and asks if Carly knows what happened. Carly says, Gladys told her Sasha’s the one who hit Harmony, and Willow tells her, Sasha said her mom came out of nowhere and ran in front of her car, but why? Why was she there in the first place? That area is so remote. Carly said, she and Alexis were with her mom before the accident at Razzmatazz Point. Carly says, they were, and she and Willow sit. Carly says, this is going to be hard to hear, and even harder to understand. Willow is going to have to prepare herself. Willow asks, what happened? Why was her mother even there?

Felicia holds Bailey, and asks if she’s having trouble sleeping. Mac tells Bailey that he has news for her; sleep doesn’t come any easier when you get older. Felicia tells her, don’t listen to grumpy grandpa. Georgie and James are sleeping just fine. He says, for now, and Felicia fusses over Bailey. She asks if Mac remembers Maxie and Georgie. Does he remember those days? He says, like it was yesterday, and she says, those were wonderful days, weren’t they? He says he wishes he could go back in time and relive those days, and she says, her too. If only that was possible.

Maxie says she’s sorry if she offended Austin, but he says he’s sorry. He thinks maybe the wrong words just came out of his mouth. She bought dinner, so he thought he could pick up the nightcap. Balance is important in a relationship. Spinelli comes in, and goes up to a woman, saying, greetings and felicitations, fair lady. Might he trouble her for a moment of her time? She walks away, and Austin says, ooh. Maxie says, poor Spinelli. He’s trying to reenter the dating pool. Austin says, he just dove in head first, and she says, he and Ellie were such a good match. Now it looks like maybe he’s trying to hard. Austin asks, what’s he wearing? (a suit) and she says, Spinelli has such a unique sense of style, and now it’s like he’s trying to be somebody he’s not. Austin says he could talk to Spinelli, and Maxie says, that’s so sweet. She knows Spinelli is missing Jason. She calls Spinelli over, and he says, it’s a delight to see her as always. Dr. Gatlin-Holt. Austin tells Spinelli to call him Austin, and says, it’s good to see him. Maxie says, this is the second night she’s seen him here. Austin asks if he likes The Savoy, and Spinelli says, it’s the perfect aesthetic for his needs. Maxie says, there’s other places he can meet people, and Austin says, it doesn’t have to be a bar or restaurant. It can be a group with common interests; people who share similar interests. Spinelli says he knows what common interests are, and says he appreciates their counsel, but assures them it’s unnecessary. He’s managing perfectly fine. Maxie says he doesn’t have to lie. They saw that woman turn him down.

Nina says, fancy meeting Sonny here. What brings him to The Savoy, business or pleasure? He says, actually, he’s just taking in the sights, and they’re incredibly beautiful. He nods to Frank, who goes off with another guy, and he tells Nina that she looks beautiful. She thanks him, and says she’s meeting Britt and Obrecht there for a girls night out. He asks where her cowboy boots are, and she says she thinks they only work in Nixon Falls, although they’re a lot more comfortable than the heels she’s wearing. He says, things were a lot more comfortable in Nixon Falls, right? Especially after they exposed Elijah Crowe. She says, it sounds like he misses the place, and he says, sometimes he thinks about what it would be like to go back there, especially after a hard day. She says, a hard day like today?

Michael tells Britt that he’s sorry. Willow is a wreck. He saw his mom briefly in the ER, but couldn’t say anything to her. Then he had to explain to his son why he and Willow won’t be there to tuck him in tonight. Wiley keeps asking why, but he can’t tell him why. He can’t explain what’s going on with Wiley’s grandmothers. She says, and helplessness isn’t a trait he’s comfortable with, and he says, still, he shouldn’t have lashed out like that. She says, it’s a lot of pressure waiting for answers, and another doctor comes out. He says, he and Dr. Ashford need to consult with her, and Britt excuses herself.

Sam wonders if Harmony is seeking some sort of absolution, but Alexis says, if she is, Harmony’s not getting it from her. She won’t let Harmony deflect either. She wants Harmony to understand the full extent of her destruction. Sam wonders if Alexis wants closure, but Alexis says, it’s something she’ll never get if Harmony doesn’t survive.

Britt tells Michael that they have to find Willow now, and he says, she’s in the chapel. They dash to the elevator, and Alexis asks if there’s an update on Harmony. Is she out of surgery? Britt says, Miss Miller’s family will be notified first, and let her know. She and Michael get in the elevator, and Sam goes over to the other doctor. She says she’s Harmony’s niece and this – indicating Alexis – is her sister. Is she out of surgery? He says, she is, and Sam says, thank goodness. Would he happen to know what room she’s in?

Carly says, Harmony attacked her and Alexis, and Willow asks if Carly is okay. Carly says, she and Alexis are both fine, and Willow asks why Harmony attacked her. Carly says, she was in Alexis’s house. Harmony was there, they got into a fight, and Harmony stuck her with a syringe. Willow says, her mother drugged Carly? What were they fighting about? Carly says she discovered a secret Harmony wanted to keep, and Willow asks, what would be so bad that her mom would attack Carly? Carly says she knows Willow has a lot of questions, starting with how Harmony ended up at Razzle Dazzle Point. She drove Carly there in her SUV, but Carly doesn’t know what happened since she was unconscious. When she woke up, she heard Harmony and Alexis arguing, and when she climbed out of the truck, Harmony was about to attack Alexis. Willow says she doesn’t understand, and Carly says she was able to stop Harmony, but when Harmony heard Alexis call 9-1-1, she took off for the woods. She must have found the road, and that’s where she jumped in front of Sasha’s car. Willow asks why her mom attacked Carly in the first place. What secret was she trying to keep? Whatever it is, she promises she can handle it. Britt walks in with Michael, and Michael says, there’s an update on Willow’s mom. Carly says, this can wait; she’ll give them some privacy. Carly leaves, and Willow asks, how is she? Britt says, Harmony made it through surgery. She did, however, suffer several substantial injuries. She’s been admitted to the ICU. Willow asks, what’s wrong with her? and Britt says, internal bleeding, as well as damage to several organs. The surgical team did all they could, but Willow’s mom became hypertensive, and they had to stop operating. For now, they’ll continue to stabilize her, while evaluating the extent of her injuries. Michael asks if she’ll need more surgery, and Britt says, that’s to be determined. Willow asks if she can see Harmony, and Britt says, she’s unconscious, but she’s allowed to have visitors. Willow thanks her, and Britt leaves. Willow says, all this time in nursing school, and her mind is blank. What does this mean? He says, it’s still touch-and-go, and she says, so now it’s up to her mom to survive, and he holds her.

Sam and Alexis look in on Harmony, and Alexis says, this seems wrong. What if Harmony’s not even awake? Sam says, then they stay until she opens her eyes. This could be Alexis’s last chance to get closure. It’s up to her. Does she want it or not?

Spinelli sips a drink, and Maxie says, it was that woman’s loss, not his. Austin tells him, it happens to everybody; don’t even think about it. Spinelli says, like the Quartermaines don’t think about him trying to wrangle a share of their company? Maxie says, Spinelli… and Spinelli mumbles an apology. Austin says, it’s getting nice out. He was thinking about going out on the lake kayaking. Maybe Spinelli would like to join him. Spinelli says, his schedule is rather full these days, and Maxie says, kayaking sounds like fun. Is he sure he can’t go? Spinelli says, he’s sure he can move some things around, and tells Austin to let him know when he’s going. Maxie says, it’s settled. Now she and Austin have to go. They get up, and Austin says, if Spinelli gets the chance to talk to another woman, don’t overthink it; just be himself. Maxie says, yeah, don’t overthink it, and they head for the exit. Spinelli looks pained.

Nina asks if Sonny wants to talk about his hard day, and he flashes back to his argument with Michael, and saying, if Michael wants his forgiveness, he’ll have to beg. Michael tells him, don’t hold his breath. Sonny tells Nina, it’s nothing he can’t handle, and she says she’s sure he can… Obrecht grabs her arm, and says, she reserved a table. She drags Nina away, and Frank comes back. Sonny asks if everything is good, and Frank says it is. Sonny asks Frank to wait for him outside, and Frank leaves. Spinelli approaches Sonny, and says, he just wanted to pay his respects. Sonny asks what he can do for Spinelli, and Spinelli says, there’s far too many unsavory characters here tonight, and watches as Austin and Maxie go up the stairs to the outside.

Finn tells Elizabeth that he and Violet spent the afternoon at the nail salon. He actually got a nice lavender high-gloss, but it didn’t go with his shoes. She laughs, and he says, Violet is over the moon. Between her Uncle Chase staying with her and her new manicure, she barely acknowledged his departure. She says, he makes it sound like Chase moved in, and he says, temporarily. Finn took the room next to hers. She says, the whole point of her staying here is so she’d feel safe, and be away from whoever’s stalking her. She doesn’t want to be upending his life. She’ll be fine. He says, she’s always brave for everyone else. She can admit she needs someone too. That’s why he’s here, and because he owes her. She asks, for what? and he says, for a start, when he thought he killed Peter August, and was working himself into the ground to find a cure for Chase. He wasn’t the easiest person to be around through all that. She showed him nothing but kindness, and was supportive. It’s the least he can do to thank her. She says, he doesn’t owe her anything, and he says, one of the best parts of their relationship… Is it okay if he calls it a relationship? She says she’ll allow it, and he says, just this once? They trust each other, and they’re honest with each other, and they’re there for each other. She agrees, and he asks, how is she really? She says she’s totally freaked out. She just wants to go home with her boys like this nightmare never happened. He says he thinks he might be able to help with the last part.

Willow wonders how this happened. How did her mom end up like this? Michael says, things seem grim right now, but she can’t lose faith. Her mom is tough; she’ll make it through this. Willow says she thought so too, but after what Carly just told her… He asks what his mom told her, and she says, she’s sorry. She knows she should tell him, but she can’t think about it right now. He tells her, that’s okay; he’ll get the story from his mom. All Willow has to do is focus on how much her mother loves her, and will do everything in her power to stay with Willow. She says she prays he’s right, and lights the one conveniently unlit candle. She says she’s ready to see her mother.

Spinelli asks if he can purchase a cocktail for Sonny, or whatever he prefers beverage-wise. He takes out his credit card, and Sonny says, platinum, huh? What did he do, win the lottery? Spinelli says, he’s working on a new business venture, and Sonny says, what’s that? Spinelli says, it’s still in the planning stages, but when he’s ready to launch, Sonny will be the first to know. Sonny says, it sounds like Spinelli’s got a lot going on in his life; a new business venture, maybe a new woman.

Nina asks Obrecht, what the hell was that? She completely ignored Sonny. Obrecht says, the man threatened mein Scott, and Nina says, Scotty provoked him. Obrecht says, so Scotty was asking for it? but Nina says, Obrecht knows about Scotty and Sonny’s history, and their tempers. Sonny won’t hurt Scotty again as long as Obrecht’s boyfriend doesn’t go around looking for trouble. Obrecht says she doesn’t care who seeks out whom. If something happens to Scotty, Sonny is going to feel her wrath. Nina says, Obrecht is going to take on Sonny? That’s a good one. Obrecht says, a gunfight will be a pleasant memory compared to her vengeance, and Nina says, let it go. Britt approaches, and Obrecht says she can’t believe Nina would side with that man against her own family. Nina says she’s not siding with anyone; don’t force her to. Britt asks if the two of them are actually fighting over guys.

Felicia asks Mac, if there was a way to relive those days, what does he think it would look like? He says he’s not following, and she says, he never had a child of his own. He says, it never mattered to him that Georgie, Maxie, and Robin weren’t his own biological children. He loved and raised them as if they were. She says, he was a father to them in every way that counted. She was, and still is, grateful for that, but surely he would have wished for a child of his own; one they raised together. He says, that would have been nice ~~and don’t call me Shirley~~, and she asks if he still feels that way. He asks what they’re talking about.

Alexis goes into Harmony’s room, where she’s hooked up to a bunch of machines, and says, this is ridiculous. How is she supposed to talk to Harmony when she’s like this? She wants to tell Harmony how absolutely furious she is with her; furious doesn’t even begin to cover it. She never asked for Harmony’s friendship, but Harmony came along when she needed it most, and she valued their friendship. She stood up for Harmony when everyone told Alexis to dump her. She sits next to the bed, and says, now she learns Harmony’s friendship was just a way to clear her conscience about killing Neil. She thought she glimpsed a good person in Harmony. Was any of it even real? Maybe if Harmony could have had a different life; she could have had a relationship with Willow based on honesty. Willow says, Alexis? and Alexis turns around to see Willow and Michael at the door.

Spinelli asks Sonny, who, pray tell, is this new woman? and Sonny says, maybe not new, but rediscovered. He saw the way Spinelli looked at Maxie when she walked out with her boyfriend. Spinelli says, he’ll always love Maxie – she’s the mother of his child – but not romantically. He just wishes for her happiness, and a better man than that would-be Quartermaine. Sonny says, man to man, if there’s a woman Spinelli cares about, that he’s after, whether it’s Maxie or not, he has to follow his heart and tell them he cares, what they mean to him, before it’s too late. Spinelli thanks Sonny for his for hard won wisdom, which of course (🍷) he knows Sonny goes by.

Britt says, it’s just a punch in the gut, how close Willow is to losing her mother. Especially since it hasn’t been that long since she and Obrecht reconnected. Then she almost killed Obrecht with a speargun. Obrecht says, but Britt didn’t. Here she is, safe and sound. Britt says she knows she’s supposed to keep a professional distance, but she’s reminded none of them have as much time as they think. Nina says she regrets the missed opportunity to be close to her daughter; they’re very lucky. Life is really short, and she’s not going to waste time being mad at the people she loves. Obrecht says, neither will she.

Felicia asks if Mac has ever seen such an angel, and he says he’s looking at one. She kisses him, and says, about reliving the past… and he says, is that what they were talking about? She says, weren’t they? Maxie and Austin come in, and Felicia asks how they’re doing. Maxie says, other than tripping at the MetroCourt – she shows them a sprained finger – they had a great time. They went to a wine tasting. Mac says, other than the finger, sounds like fun, and Austin says, it was pretty good. Maxie says, the way he downed that foie gras, she thinks it was more than pretty good. Austin says, in his life so far, his tastes have run to the can of beans and hot dog over an open fire kind of thing. It turns out goose liver is delicious. Mac says, Maxie has always had expensive taste, and Felicia says, there’s nothing wrong with wanting the finer things in life. Mac tells them, all he’s saying is, it’s a good thing Maxie’s company went public, so now she can pay for the finer things. Maxie says, it’s better than when she ran up his credit card in high school, and Mac says, laugh now. Wait until it’s her turn. It may seem like years from now, but blink, and her own kids are going to be running up their own extracurricular shopping. She says she’ll be thinking of him when that day comes, so be kind.

Elizabeth says, so now that the dinner portion of their evening is over, how is Finn going to make her forget she’s being stalked by a dangerous weirdo? He says, funny she should ask, holding up a deck of cards. She says, they’re playing cards? and he says, not just any cards; this is slapjack. She’s never played slapjack? She says, no, and he says, they each get a pile of cards, and take turns flipping them over. If one of them gets a Jack, they slap. Whoever slaps it first, gets the take. Any questions? She says, no questions, doctor, and he says, ladies first. Her first card is a Jack, and she slaps it first. He says, you’re kidding me, and she asks, who taught him how to play? Violet? He says, his daughter loves a semi-violent card game. His turn. They play, and she asks how he knew this was exactly what she needed. People in her house, hearing voices… He says, what voices? Did someone try to contact her?

Alexis tells Willow, she’s so sorry about Harmony, and jets. Michael asks if Willow wants some privacy, and she asks if he minds. He says, he’ll be outside the room if she needs him. Willow says, oh mom, what have you done?

In the hallway, Sam asks if Alexis got what she needed, and Alexis says, yes and no. Carly comes in and hugs Michael, who says he’s sorry they keep missing each other. Carly says, he’s been with Willow, which is where he needs to be, and he says, Carly had a tough night too. She says, yes, but Willow is more important. Michael says, she’s in with Harmony now, so Carly can tell him. What were she and Alexis doing in the ER, and what does it have to do with Harmony? Alexis says she just wants to go home, and Sam asks if she’s sure. Alexis says, Carly can handle things from here, and Carly thanks her for everything she did tonight. Alexis says, back at her, and leaves with Sam. Michael says, care to explain? and Carly says, Harmony drugged her and tried to kill Alexis. Michael says, why? and she says, Willow.

Willow asks Harmony what she’s supposed to think? She knew Harmony was capable of doing harm, of doing wrong, but she thought Harmony was misguided. She never thought Harmony was a murderer. There’s got to be more to the story. Her rehabilitation wasn’t an act… unless it was, and Willow didn’t want to see it. Because despite everything Harmony has done to her, and others, Harmony is still her mom. She’s never stopped loving her, even when it hurt. She puts her hand on Harmony’s, and says, so please wake up. She still loves Harmony. Isn’t that worth living for?

Nina says she’s going to the ladies room, and Britt says she’ll order Nina another drink. Nina says, she’ll just take a Ride Share home, and leaves. Britt says she’s glad Obrecht and Nina kissed and made up, and Obrecht says, Nina is as good to her as Britt is. She wishes them both happy and full lives. She knows Britt’s diagnosis weighs on her – how could it not? – but she still has much to look forward to. Britt says she’s trying. It’s just been a rough couple of days. Obrecht says, aside from this woman having a terrible accident, what else happened? Britt says, for one thing, she was stood up by the stupid date that the stupid matchmaking service set her up with, and Obrecht says, that schwein. How dare he reject her beautiful and intelligent daughter? Britt says, it was the guy with the cat, and Obrecht says she told Britt not to date the cat man. If she wants an attentive person, find someone with a ferret. Britt laughs, and says, okay. Here’s the thing. Why waste time she doesn’t have on a man? Obrecht says, is it that Britt doesn’t want any man, or she just wants the one she lost? Britt says, she didn’t lose him, but Obrecht says, she did. Jason should have chosen her. If he had, all their lives would be different. What is indisputable is that he saved Britt’s life, and helped Britt save hers. Britt is different; stronger, yet more vulnerable. It’s unfair that what was left between them went unfinished, and Britt has every right to grieve, but the greater waste would be to deny herself happiness in the present, longing for a man who’s dead, and a love that is gone. Britt says, Jason made a strong impression, and Obrecht says, that’s why she should broaden her horizons. Instead of a dangerous man who will rescue her in a hail of gunfire, find someone who will get her out of the hospital to do fun things. A shoulder to cry on, someone to share a laugh with. If Britt won’t do it for herself, do it for her. Britt says, Obrecht is sure playing hardball, and Obrecht says, doesn’t she always? Britt says, okay. She’ll carry on with her manhunting. Obrecht says, good. She has to go. Scotty awaits, and has promised an eventful night. Britt tells her, go; get out of here. Obrecht says she loves Britt, and to tell Nina auf Wiedersehen.

Felicia asks if Mac doesn’t just love being a grandparent, and he says, other than being near her, it’s the best feeling in the world. She says, he’s such a charmer. She just loves spending time with those precious little ones, and he says, he’d spend all his time with them if he could. She says, absolutely. She couldn’t ask for anything more. He says, she could.

Elizabeth tells Finn, no one contacted her; it was nothing. He asks what she meant about hearing voices, and she says, a patient called to remind her about getting him a blanket. He started by saying, don’t forget me. Finn says, like the intruder said to her, and she says, at first, it sounded like a completely different voice, almost otherworldly. But obviously, she misheard him; it was a long day. He asks if she’s sure Lucy didn’t get in her head, and she says, she’s not sleeping, she’s stressed. Between the Ouija and hearing Lucy talk about her beliefs, she doesn’t know what to think anymore, except that she’s completely losing it. He says, no. He can’t imagine anyone handling this as well as she has. These occurrences would have broken a weaker person. He knew shew as strong, but he’s in awe of her. She says she doesn’t feel strong, or awesome, but he says, it doesn’t matter. He’s going to keep telling her that she’s strong. He kisses her, and says, awesome, and kisses her again. He says he thinks she’s perfect, and they kiss some more.

Austin asks if the kids are asleep, and Maxie says, sleeping the sleep of the innocent. Austin says, as they should be. It sounds nice. He should get going. He thanks her for a lovely evening, and says, they should do it again sometime. She tells him, name the day, and he says, tomorrow. She tells him, they did say they’d do something tomorrow. Or did they? There was so much going on between that photographer and Spinelli. She thanks Austin for being so kind to Spinelli. He’s usually standoffish like that, but he’ll like Austin when he gets to know him. She’s worried Spinelli is lonely. He lost Jason and Ellie within a few months, and he’s trying to figure out what’s next for him. Austin says, Maxie, and she says, she really does want to see him tomorrow, but Georgie and James have a lot of activities. She really needs to bake, or go to Eckerd’s and throw herself at their mercy for four dozen cupcakes, which will probably bankrupt them… He says, if she doesn’t want to hang out tomorrow, she can just say so.

Nina asks where Obrecht is, and Britt says, she dumped them for Scotty. She told her to tell Nina, auf Wiedersehen. Nina says, who would guess that out of the three of them, Obrecht has the love interest? and Britt says, never would have thought. She has a busy day, so she’s going to call it a night. What about Nina? Nina says, she’s going to be sulking at Britt calling it a night. She’s going to finish her wine, and no matter how short their visit is, it’s always nice to see Britt. Britt says, back at her. Britt passes Spinelli’s table, and says, his drink is certainly colorful. He says, he was hoping it would lift his mood. Speaking of… She says, how is she doing since her date stood her up? She’s feeling wonderful, confident, no self-pity at all. He says, research shows, the majority of people who sign up have a good experience with matchmaking services, and she says, so she’s in the minority? He tells her, he saying she should keep on trying. Her Mr. Right is out there, and waiting for him is definitely worth the effort. Just don’t give up. She says he sounds like her mother, and he says, heavens forbid. She thanks him, saying, she needed it, and he asks if that means she’ll take his advice and give matchmaking a try again. She says she did it to pacify her mother; don’t push his luck. Enjoy his drink.

Sonny asks Nina, is this seat taken? Finishing the cliché, she says, it is now.

Michael says, so Carly saved Alexis’s life, and Carly says, Alexis saved hers too. She doesn’t know what would have happened if Alexis hadn’t shown up. She thinks Harmony was going to stage some sort of accident, so it looked like she drove off Rhoda Morgenstern Point. Michael asks what she was trying to cover up, and she says, a secret about Willow, but before he asks, she needs to tell Willow first. She’s just debating whether to tell Willow tonight; she’s got a helluva lot going on right now. Michael says, Carly doesn’t have to protect Willow. She’s strong and she deserves to know the secret her mother was willing to kill for. They look through the window at Willow and Harmony.

Willow says, if Harmony doesn’t come back, there are so many things they didn’t get to say. They have a lifetime of things left to say. Please give them that chance. Willow is begging her. Willow cries and Harmony opens her eyes.

Tomorrow, Lucy says, it’s about to get hotter; Austin wonders if Maxie is looking for an excuse to push him away; Valentin says, he’ll do what has to be done; Willow asks Carly to just tell her; and Elizabeth yells for Finn.

🏖 There was no Below Deck tonight due to an onslaught of Summer House episodes, which ended the season. Thank you, God. I’ve been watching this show peripherally on the embarrassment level of paying to see an archaic freak show. Maybe I just can’t believe it’s real. Actually, what I think I can’t believe is real is that these immature jerks display their behavior for the world to see. I don’t mind if the VP of my bank goes wild on the weekends in the Hamptons, behaving like they never left high school, but I don’t want to see it. I’m pretty sure my trust factor would plummet. Unfair? Maybe, but I’m being honest.

And please, I’m the last one to say guys can’t show emotion or everyone can’t let their freak flag fly, but between Kyle and Andrea, you could have floated an ark on the tears. Don’t get me started on the whining. I’m guessing Paige latched onto Craig so she can jump ship to Southern Charm. Hopefully, it doesn’t go horribly wrong and Craig gets absorbed into the Hamptons house. As for bedroom roulette, I lost track of who was hooking up with who. Or is it whom?

At least Andrea is single, and not inflicting his emotional wreckage on anyone (yet – another bullet Paige dodged), but Kyle… Amanda doesn’t seem stupid or insane, and her parents seem like they were a decent example of a couple. I just don’t get why she decided to hitch her star to this mess of a wagon. To each his own I suppose. She probably thinks she’s going to fix him. Never. Going. To. Happen.

The surprise highlight of the season was Ciara losing her sh*t at a dinner, when Danielle defended Lindsay for Austen-blocking her. Ciara felt like Lindsay had intentionally disrespected her, and went off Housewives level, throwing wine in Danielle’s face, and everything going everywhere. This is why these people shouldn’t have nice things.

There was a lot of whining, tears, and anger over a pre-nup between Kyle and Amanda, but as far as I know, it never happened. Robert wanted Danielle to move to Charleston, and I wondered if she’d do double Southern Charm duty. Even though he’s never been on the show, it looks like they have a few slots to fill. In the same-old category, Lindsay spent a lot of time getting opinions about her decisions until she found one that agreed with her own. Carl had broken up with McKenzie, and went back to meditation and working out.

To continue keeping tethered to their high school days, the group decided to have a prom. Kudos to the ladies for being able to fit in their old dresses at 50 40 32, but why? I remember my father calling me two years after I moved away from home, saying he found a roll of film (yes, we had no digital camera), and it had my senior prom pictures on it. The point is, I never even realized they were missing. Once I graduated, I wasn’t too interested in reliving the moments. But again, different strokes. While there were traditional prom factors, it was basically a barbecue in the backyard where some people dressed up and some didn’t. Kyle ended up having a baby cry, and in his interview, he said he bottled up his emotions, and it came out at the wrong time. He was right, but his delivery was wrong, and it was the story of his life. Cue the violins. I think Peter Pan is probably closer to the story of his life. Oh, and no surprise, everyone jumped in the pool with their prom clothes on. I did think it was cute that Craig faked Paige out, saying he had to go somewhere else, then showed up in his fancy prom duds.

The season finished with Carl – ordained online several weeks prior – marrying Kyle and Amanda at the house, which was at least a fitting venue. The biggest shocker for me was seeing jewelry designer under Luke’s name. I thought he was a lumberjack or buffalo hunter or something. Didn’t he tap maple trees?

The Reunion is next. I still can’t believe this trash is on TV. Even worse, I can’t believe I keep looking at it. Maybe I expect them to unzip their suits and newly minted high school graduates will come out.

🥊 About That Fight…

This pretty much sums up Ciara’s meltdown. I can tell you one thing, I wouldn’t have cleaned up that mess.

‘Summer House’ Cast Weighs In on Danielle and Ciara’s Wine-Toss Drama, Fight

📰 GH OG Returns…

It’s kind of sad she missed the good part.

Nancy Lee Grahn is Back at GENERAL HOSPITAL!

🎭 Footstep Following…

Sonny’s son is back on GH.

Joshua Benard Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL This Month!

General Hospital Bringing Back Joshua Benard

👶🏻 Two Times a Daddy…

Congrats to Andy – it’s a girl!

https://people.com/parents/andy-cohen-introduces-son-benjamin-to-newborn-baby-sister-lucy/

👠 From Wow To WTF…

Met Gala fashion

https://pagesix.com/2022/05/02/met-gala-red-carpet-2022-live-updates-of-the-celebrity-outfits/

With a small side of shade.

https://pagesix.com/2022/05/02/tom-ford-brings-the-shade-on-met-gala-2022-red-carpet/

🌅 Healthy, Wealthy and Wise…

Come by tomorrow to recharge your soap knowledge and shudder at the New Jersey Reunion. Until then, stay safe, stay being a risk taker, and stay following your heart. Tell people that you care and what they mean to you, before it’s too late.

Apr26

April 25, 2022 – Carly Confronts Harmony About Willow, Gabriela Makes a Decision On Deck, Retiring, Dead Balance & Vacay

Posted on April 26, 2022 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sonny comes by the cottage, and asks Willow if he can come in. She says, of course (🍷), and tells him, Michael is up at the main house. There’s a little party for Leo to celebrate his adoption. Sonny says, it’s official? That’s great. He thinks it’s best Michael isn’t here, since he wanted to talk to her in private. She says, about? and he says he needs to ask her a favor.

Chase says he’s sorry he’s late, and Brook says, he should be, taking the flowers. She says, he missed the party, and he says he figured; there was a situation. She says she bets there was. Leo was really bummed. He says he tried to call, but his phone was smashed and he doesn’t have her number memorized. She says he should work on that, and he says he will. She asks if his phone being smashed has anything to do with the situation he mentioned. He says he was knocked out cold, and she runs over to him, asking if he’s okay. How badly was he hurt? He says he’s okay; he’s got a hard head. She says, doesn’t she know it, and they almost kiss, when Michael comes in, and asks if Brook has a minute. He needs to talk to her about ELQ.

Finn says, it can’t be a coincidence. Chase gets knocked out, and the footage that would show them what happened is mysteriously corrupted? Jordan says, she’d like to get her tech people on it. With Elizabeth’s permission, they can start by accessing the network remotely. If they hit a dead end, they can come and retrieve the hardware. Elizabeth says, whatever Jordan thinks is best. Finn says, this pretty much rules out the possibility of an accident; it has to be the intruder. Quietly, Elizabeth says, unless it’s Franco’s ghost. Hey, I just thought. Might it be Elizabeth?

Curtis says, since Marshall missed the ferry, he’ll have to wait for the next one. It will give them an opportunity to talk. Curtis sits down with the file in his hand, and Marshall asks, what’s that? Curtis says, Marshall’s sealed arrest record. He doesn’t get Marshall. He made it seem like his arrest was some horrible, life-changing incident that justified him leaving his family, but now he knows that wasn’t it at all.

In her office, Alexis flashes back to Harmony asking her to kill the story, and saying, it’s the least Alexis can do after all Harmony’s done for her. Diane comes to the door and asks if it’s a good time, and Alexis says she was just having an editorial debate with herself. Diane says, those are the best; on what? Alexis says, on whether not to run Smoltz’s feature on Nina Reeves. Diane asks why she’d even think of doing that.

At Alexis’s house, Harmony takes Neil’s file on her out of Brendon’s bag, and puts the papers in the fireplace, saying, she’ll burn them, and that will be the end of it. She can’t find matches and goes to look for them. Carly knocks at the door, and calls to Alexis. There’s no answer, and she almost leaves, but she says she knows that’s Harmony’s car in the driveway. Harmony comes back with matches, when Carly walks in. She says she’s sorry to interrupt, and Harmony says, just give her a second. She’s getting rid of some personal papers; tax documents, stuff like that. She lights up the paperwork.

Brook asks if the issue with ELQ has to be ironed out right this second, and Michael says, he’ll keep it brief. Chase can stay if he wants. He and Drew have been brainstorming, and think it’s a good idea to merge ELQ with Aurora, thereby diluting Valentin’s shares. She says she can see the benefit in that; good thinking. He says he’s worried that Ned is less than enthusiastic, and she says, now they’re getting to the real problem. He says he thinks Ned believes his position is being threatened, and wants her to know everything is above board. She says, so she’ll talk her dad off the ledge in case he goes into ski mode? and he says, it would be nice to avoid the family disfunction if they can. She says she’ll keep an eye on him, and Michael thanks her. He tells Chase it’s good to see him and leaves. Brook says, if only someone had had this conversation with her before she decided to fake a pregnancy, but Chase says he thinks the pregnancy did a lot of good.

On the phone, Jordan says, keep her posted, and tells Elizabeth and Finn that the team were able to access the equipment remotely. Finn says, that’s good news, and Jordan says, they’re running diagnostics. If all goes well, they’ll get some answers soon. Elizabeth thanks her, and Finn asks how concerned they should be, since the intrusions are escalating and getting more threatening, and she says, that’s often the case with stalkers and there is a need to be concerned. Has Elizabeth thought of anything else since the last time she was questioned? Someone close to her who’s no longer in her life; someone who had access to her home? Elizabeth says, no, certainly not with access to the house. She’s had the locks changed, and Finn said when he and Cameron got back, the alarm was armed. Jordan says, the ability to circumvent the alarm took meticulous planning, similar to when Franco’s studio was destroyed. The studio itself was deserted, the floor was empty, and no one was injured. Finn says, it seems deliberate, and Jordan says, if she had to guess, she’d say the perpetrator doesn’t want to harm anyone, which is consistent with the other intrusions. It’s unsettling, but none of them were violent. Finn says, until now, and Jordan wonders, what is it about Chase? Why attack him? Finn says, he thinks the only explanation is, Chase was here to protect Elizabeth, and the intruder wanted him out of the way.

Marshall asks if Curtis got a court order to access his record, but Curtis says he used other methods. Marshall says, so he broke law. Why would he do that? He has everything to lose. He has a successful club, a new home, a wonderful woman with a terrific daughter. His life is ideal. He has everything Marshall would want his son to have. Why risk that to get his hands on a file he has no right to see? Curtis says, because Marshall left him no choice.

Diane says she certainly doesn’t want to tell Alexis how to run her newspaper, and Alexis says, not to mention Diane has a vested interest in the story being published. Diane says, very true. Michael and Willow are her clients, and Smoltz’s story goes a long way to bolstering their argument for not allowing Nina visitation. That said, it’s a good story. Alexis says she knows it is, and Diane says, all the loopholes in the legal system that allow someone like Nina with an endless history of bad behavior to even file a petition in the first place. Alexis says she knows. She read Smoltz’s notes and saw the rough draft. It’s an exceptional feature. Diane says, then why even consider killing it? and Alexis says, because Harmony begged her to.

Harmony tells Carly, identity theft is an epidemic these days, and since she doesn’t have a paper shredder… Carly says, doing it the old fashioned way, huh? and Harmony says, exactly. Carly says, that’s smart; you can never be too careful. Harmony asks how she can help Carly, and Carly says, Harmony can tell her what’s really going on between her and Nina Reeves.

Willow tells Sonny, if this is has anything to do with Nina or her petition for visitation… but he says, no, it doesn’t. It’s about Michael. He knows they’ve had their differences; it’s not the first time they’ve been estranged. She says, Michael told her. He blamed Sonny after AJ’s death, and got temporary custody of Avery. Sonny says, it was brutal, but in time, they reconciled. Carly built a bridge. Now, here they go again. Michael is angry and lashing out, and Carly isn’t going to build a bridge; she’s encouraging the distance. That leaves Willow. He wants to know if she’ll talk to Michael. Let Michael know that Sonny loves him. Michael walks in.

Marshall says, Curtis had another choice, namely respecting his privacy, and leaving it alone. Curtis says, how? and Marshall says, by focusing on the future instead of digging in the damn past. Curtis says, he thought Marshall was in the Witness Protection Program. He thought Marshall had enemies that put a target on his back; one that could make Portia and/or Trina, and/or TJ, collateral damage. But it was all a big lie, wasn’t it? His ass wasn’t in no Witness Protection Program. Marshall tells Curtis, he never said he was. Curtis came up with that theory on his own. Curtis says, Marshall let him believe it. Why not tell him what really happened? Because the truth doesn’t justify him ghosting his family.

Sonny says, hello, son, and Michael asks what he’s doing here. Sonny says he doesn’t like them being at odds, and Michael says, that’s a polite way of putting it. Sonny says, Michael is angry and he gets it, but he thinks they should move forward now. Michael says, so Sonny was just chatting with Willow while he was waiting for Michael to come home? but Sonny says, he wanted to talk with Willow directly. He thought she could help them work things out. He knows it’s not fair to put her in that position, and Michael says, since when did Sonny care about what’s fair? Sonny tells Michael, he never said he was perfect. He’s just trying to do the best he can as a father. Michael says, then don’t make his case to Willow; make it to him.

Harmony tells Carly, she doesn’t understand. She and Nina are connected through Wiley. Carly says, she knows, but she has the feeling there’s something more to it. When Harmony asked her for a job at the MetroCourt, she said she owed Nina. Harmony says she misspoke, but Carly says, something is obviously bothering her. Harmony says, no offense, but she hardly knows Carly, and Carly says she knows when someone is really wasted like Harmony was last night, and she got really jumpy every time Nina’s name was mentioned. Is Nina blackmailing her? Harmony says, no, and asks why Carly would think that. Carly asks if it’s from back when Harmony worked with Phyllis, but Harmony says she didn’t work with Phyllis. Carly says, they worked in the same building. Phyllis took care of Nina when she was in a coma. Did Harmony have contact with Nina too?

Diane wonders why Harmony would care, and the lightbulb comes on. She says, Harmony is afraid that Smoltz digging in her background will reveal the truth that Willow isn’t her daughter. Alexis says, not her biological daughter, and Diane says, and not her adopted daughter, legally speaking. Alexis says, Harmony is afraid she’s going to lose Willow, and Diane says, of course (🍷) she’s adamant that the story shouldn’t run. Alexis says, she told Harmony that she was overreacting, but she just dug in her heels, and said if Alexis was her friend she’d kill the story after everything Harmony has done for her. Diane says she hopes Alexis didn’t agree, and Alexis says she didn’t answer. However, she did tell Harmony they need to reevaluate their living situation. Diane says, reevaluate nothing. Kick her keister to the curb.

Chase looks at a photo of Bailey, and says he misses her, and Brook says, she does too. He says, actually, he misses all of it, and she says, he misses pretending to be Bailey’s father to protect her from a complete psychopath? He says, maybe not that part. It was fun co-parenting with her. Their little morning routine in the kitchen. She warmed up the formula, and he made the first pot of coffee. She says, thank God for that coffee, and he says, then they’d kick their feet up when Bailey went down. They had a nice little groove going. She says, they did, and he says, minus the time she was mad at him and refused to talk to him. She says, because she overheard him dragging her to Dante, and he says he still feels really bad about that, but she says she knows he was just throwing Dante off. He says he hates that he hurt her, and she says, the things he said hurt a lot… because some of them are true.

Jordan says she got the report and the cameras were jammed. Elizabeth asks, how? and Jordan says, there are devices on the market used to corrupt images on surveillance cameras. Finn says, and that’s what happened in this case, and Jordan says she’s sorry, but someone did this to Elizabeth deliberately.

Curtis says he has to admit Marshall’s tales of Witness Protection and gangsters make him disappearing almost understandable, even defensible. Maybe that’s why he lies so much; so he’ll feel better. Marshall says Curtis doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He wasn’t in Marshall’s shoes. He wasn’t facing what Marshall was facing. Curtis says, Marshall was arrested at a protest that got out of control. He wasn’t tried; he wasn’t sentenced. Instead, he was remanded to a mental institution for evaluation and treatment. Marshall asks if Curtis is happy now, and Curtis asks, what does he think?

Brook tells Chase, it’s no secret she’s told her fair share of lies. She totally gets it if he doesn’t trust her. He says he does. She’s maybe not 100% truthful all the time, but he trusts her to do the right thing. She’s someone he can count on. Someone who gets him, like he gets her. She says, he gets her? and he says he’d like to think so. She asks what she’s hoping for in this exact moment, and they’re about to kiss, when Leo comes in, and asks why Chase missed his party.

Sonny apologizes, and says, he should have gone straight to Michael, and shouldn’t have put Willow in the middle. On the side, Willow asks if Michael wants to talk to his father alone, and Michael says, no, but it’s her call. He hates involving her in this, but since she’s already involved… She says she’ll stay, and Michael tells Sonny that he’s listening. Sonny says he hopes Michael hears what he’s saying, even if he doesn’t understand or agree. Michael is his son, and there’s too much love between them to throw it away.

Diane tells Alexis, she’s sorry. That was a little blunt, even for her. Alexis says, that’s all right. She’s already decided Harmony needs to move out; too many warning signs to ignore. Still, Harmony was a friend to her when she needed someone to be, and she feels obligated to help. Harmony is desperate to stop this feature. Diane says, so Alexis complies as a parting gift? and Alexis says, why not? She helps out Harmony, pays off Smoltz, and the two of them go their separate ways. Diane says she understands the impulse, and Alexis is absolutely right. She has a vested interest in this story; it will help her a lot. She’d like Alexis to consider one other thing. What happened the last time she went against her instincts, and she did something wrong to support someone? Alexis says, she lied for Neil and ruined everything.

Harmony tells Carly, she was a caregiver for someone else in the building, and part of that included walking her dog. She struck up a superficial acquaintance with Madeline Reeves. Carly says, Nina’s mother, and Harmony says, Nina was in a coma, but that’s the extent of what she knew. It wasn’t until Nina contacted her about helping with Wiley that she made the connection. Carly says, so Harmony doesn’t feel that she owes Nina? and Harmony says, no. She does feel for Nina, being deprived of her child. When a woman wants to be a mother, she reaches the point where she’ll do anything. Carly says, last night, Harmony said she wished Willow was hers. How is Willow not hers? Harmony says, they were estranged for years and it’s entirely her fault, and Carly says, but they repaired that relationship. Harmony says, they’re working on it, but sometimes she still feels that separation, like Willow’s not fully hers. Where are her manners? She hasn’t even offered Carly a drink or some water. She’s going to run up and grab her phone, and she’ll be back to take Carly’s order. She goes upstairs, and Carly looks at the fireplace. She looks in the folder, and pulls out a paper that got missed. It’s some of Neil’s notes indicating Harmony is not Willow’s mother.

Michael says, it’s classic that Sonny says it like that; that he’s not fully responsible for trashing their relationship. That Michael is somehow to blame. Sonny says, it’s all on him? and Michael says, it is. Sonny says, they’re a lot alike in many ways, but Michael says, no, they’re not. Sonny says, they both struggle with anger. Sonny’s is hot, and Michael’s is ice cold, but in the end, it’s the same result. They lash out and regret what they say. Michael says, no, but Sonny is right about one thing. He’s furious at the way Sonny treated his mom. She literally risked her life to hold Sonny’s business together, and to pay her back, Sonny dropped her for Nina. Sonny says, that’s not what happened, but Michael says, that’s exactly what happened. Sonny says, his business with Michael’s mom is their business. He tried to work it out with her over and over, but she didn’t want to. She filed for the divorce. Michael asks Willow if she hears this. His mom filed for the divorce after she caught Sonny in bed with Nina. What the hell did Sonny expect her to do?

Curtis says he gets the stigma attached to mental illness. He knows it was bad for Marshall, especially back in the day. He imagines it’s very hurtful for Marshall, but there’s nothing in this file about a diagnosis. So if Marshall was sick or the judge sent him to a mental institution to avoid… Marshall says, he’s not talking about this, and Curtis says, there’s no judgment here. He’s trying to understand; can Marshall help him with that? No matter how difficult or torturous his ordeal was – and he’s sure it was plenty of both – Marshall had a wife and two sons, and he thought the best option was to walk away from them?

Finn says, if Elizabeth doesn’t want to stay with him, fine. It can be Laura’s, the Quartermaines, the MetroCourt, but it can’t be here. Not after what happened to Chase. She says she knows he’s right, and he says, here comes the dreaded but. She says, but her instinct is to stay put. He says, no, and she says, this is her home. She doesn’t want to leave. He says, at the risk of getting hurt or, God forbid, worse? She says she can’t explain it. She just has this feeling. He says, what feeling? when Aiden walks in. Elizabeth asks what he’s doing here, and he says he found out about Chase getting hit on the head. It has to be Franco. It has to be.

Leo tells Chase, this was his special day. He’s a Quartermaine now. Chase was supposed to be there, but he wasn’t. Brook says, Chase had to help some people in trouble, and Leo asks if those people are friends. Chase says, yes, and Leo asks if they’re more friends to Chase than he is. Does Chase like them better, and that’s why he didn’t come?

Alexis says, it’s always a mistake for her not to follow her instincts, and Diane says, amen. Alexis says, while killing this feature isn’t rising to the level of perjury, it does compromise her ethics. Diane says, The Invader is thriving, and so is Alexis. She’s active and engaged. She’s a powerful voice for progress and fairness in the community. She’s fighting the good fight, just like she did when she was an attorney. Don’t sabotage her second act. Don’t sabotage herself. Alexis says, that’s quite a closing argument, counselor, and Diane says, she’s Diane Miller, and she’s Alexis’s best friend. Alexis says, Smoltz’s feature has to run. Now what is she going to do about Harmony?

Carly looks in fireplace, since Harmony’s phone must be on the roof. She picks part of a paper out of the fireplace, and sees it’s Neil’s stationery. Harmony comes in with a syringe behind her back, and asks what Carly is doing. Carly says, Harmony’s not burning tax documents; these are notes from a therapy session with Neil Byrne. She reads, Harmony suffers from intense guilt about the child. Harmony holds out her hand, and says, those are private; give them to her. Carly reads, Harmony rationalizes keeping the child. Harmony says, it’s all lies. Neil Byrne was a drug addict. Give them to her. Carly says, no. This is what Harmony meant about Willow not being hers. She’s burning papers that prove Willow’s not her biological daughter. Harmony raises the syringe, and they struggle. Carly pushes Harmony away, saying, get off of her, and the syringe slides across the floor. Harmony gets Carly down on the couch, and they tumble off, fighting to get to the syringe.

Diane says, Harmony provided support when Alexis needed it, but that doesn’t mean Alexis is indebted to her for life. There’s a lot she doesn’t know about Harmony. Clearly, she’s a very troubled woman, and that’s sad, but it’s not Alexis’s job to fix her. Alexis says she knows that, but troubled or not, Alexis won’t like herself very much if she doesn’t try to help Harmony. She doesn’t even have a place to live. Diane says, how’s this? Alexis pays for first month, last month, and security deposit on a decent apartment, and until the lease is signed put up Harmony at the MetroCourt. That’s fair. Alexis says, more than fair. She thanks Diane for helping her talk through this. Now she’s going to go home and have this conversation with her soon-to-be ex-roommate. Diane says she can come for moral support. She’ll just stand in the back look and look pretty, but Alexis says she needs to handle this herself. However – Diane says, uh-oh – can she talk to Lucy, and ask her to do a search? Maybe she can find Harmony a decent place to live. Diane supposes as a favor to Alexis, Lucy will take the commission, and Alexis says, she’d better. Diane says, very well. She’ll deal with Lucy. Alexis says, Diane is her good friend, Diane says, she’s Alexis’s best friend. Don’t forget it.

Sonny says he thinks if Michael’s mom had given him more time, they could have resolved something. Right now, Michael is acting like a child. He’s an adult. He doesn’t have to take sides. Michael says, it’s clear Sonny cheated, and Sonny says, before Michael judges him, not many years ago, he walked in on Carly in bed with Jax. So what does that mean? Michael says, Sonny can tell himself whatever he needs to justify it. No one’s going to believe him, except maybe Nina. What’s funny is, before all this happened, if someone had asked him to sum Sonny up in a few words, he would have said, honorable and loyal. He used to be. Sonny says he still is, and Michael asks, where’s the loyalty in putting Nina first? Where’s his honor in abandoning his family? Sonny says, he’s here. He’s not running; he’s not hiding. He’s trying to make things right. All he’s asking Michael is, as his son, to meet him halfway. Michael says, there he goes again, refusing to take responsibility. Sonny says, he is, and Michael says he doesn’t want to hear anymore. Sonny says, of course (🍷), and Michael says he doesn’t want to see Sonny anymore. From this point on, Michael wants nothing to do with him. He’s done.

Chase says he loves hanging out with Leo, and wishes he’d been here to celebrate with him, but his other friends needed him. He can’t be in two places at once. Leo says, no one can, except in comic books. Chase says, but Brook was here, and Brook says, it’s like Leo told her, that whale pods sometimes babysit each other. Leo says, when one pod is away, another pod helps them out, and Chase says, that’s a perfect comparison to him and Brook. Brook says, except for the whale part. Chase asks if the party was fun, and Leo says, it was, until they wanted him to do something he didn’t want to. Brook says, Olivia wanted Leo to recite a poem he’s learning for his theater group performance, and Chase says, that’s cool. Brook says, except he doesn’t want to do it, which is fine. Chase says, too many people? and Leo nods. Chase says, it can scary in front of a lot of people. That’s how he felt when he performed at the Nurses Ball. He’ll tell Leo a little secret. If he pretends he’s performing for one person, it will feel like he’s in his living room performing for a friend. Leo says, like him and Chase listening to Brook’s songs, and Brook says, they listened to her demo? Leo says, when Chase lived here. Since then, Chase sings them too. Brook says, he does, does he? and Chase asks if she remembers sharing her playlist with him. She may have accidently included some of her demos. She says she has to comb that playlist, and he says he thought she wanted him to have them. He loved singing for Leo. Does Leo think he could say his poem for him?

Finn says he hopes Aiden doesn’t mind, but he was talking Chase, and Chase said Aiden thinks Franco is behind the stuff that’s happening. Aiden says, ghosts move things. Franco’s ghost must have moved whatever hit Chase. He’s been trying to reach them. Finn asks, why? and Aiden says, because he’s mad that they’ve become so close with Finn. Finn says, Franco loved Aiden, his brothers, and his mom. Would he really want to scare them? Aiden says, why not ask him and find out?

Marshall says, he did what he thought was best for his family, and Curtis says, they’re going in circles. How was it best leaving them to grieve? How was it best him growing up without a dad? Marshall asks how Curtis can be certain they would have been better off had he stayed. Isn’t it possible the exact opposite would have happened? That he gave them a gift by vanishing from their lives? The real mistake was coming back.

Brook tells Leo, try it now, just for Chase. Leo tells Chase where to sit, and tells Brook to stand where he can’t see her. She says, copy that, and Chase sits, saying, it’s just them. He’s just a friend in the living room. Leo recites a poem about our earth.

Elizabeth says she knows Aiden wants to help, but she agrees with Finn. Franco loved them. He would never want to frighten them this way. Finn says, before they blame the ghost of Franco, maybe they should make sure it’s not someone alive and well who’s doing this, for whatever reason. Aiden says he guesses it makes sense, and Elizabeth tells him to grab some clothes. He’ll be staying with Grandma Laura a while longer. He goes upstairs, and Elizabeth thanks Finn for handling it so well, but he says, what’s there to handle? and holds her. He says, they’ll figure this out eventually. It has nothing to do with ghosts. She flashes back to finding the slashed dress, the portrait, and DON’T FORGET ME.

Curtis says, when Marshall first got there, he wanted Marshall gone. Now Marshall’s the one who regrets contact, but Curtis is grateful he did. He’s not okay with any of this; the lies, the cover-ups, the questions that still need answers. But he’d rather have his father with him, no matter how difficult, than believe he’s dead. So can they use this as a turning point, an opportunity to start fresh. No more secrets. What happened in the mental institution? Did he receive treatment? What was the diagnosis? Marshall suggests Curtis consult the precious file he’s holding; the one he broke the law to get, and violated Marshall’s privacy to read. If the answers aren’t there, then he’s out of luck, because Curtis isn’t getting them from him. He takes his bag, and walks off.

Sonny says, Michael needs to be sure about this. Some words can’t be taken back. Michael says he doesn’t want to take them back. Sonny tore this family apart, and he doesn’t want to smooth it out or gloss it over. He even thought of changing his name back to Michael Quartermaine, but then thought why should he change his name because of Sonny? Why not redeem it and turn it into something good, so when people hear the name they think of him and Wiley. Sonny’s lies, disloyalty, violence, and crimes will be forgotten. It will be like he never existed. Sonny says he loves Michael. Michael is his son, and he’ll always love him. Michael tells him, so he keeps saying, and Sonny says, but he’s not going to forget this. If Michael wants him to forgive, he’ll have to beg. Michael says, don’t hold his breath, and Sonny says he won’t. Sonny leaves without looking back, and Michael hugs Willow. Outside, Sonny says, goodbye, son.

Alexis walks into her house, and says, she and Harmony need to talk. She sees signs of a struggle, and asks if Harmony is there. She makes a call. Harmony is driving, when her phone rings. Alexis leaves a message, saying, please call her. She’s extremely worried. She sees a scrap of paper in the fireplace, reads it, and puts it in her pocket. Diane calls, and says she’s just checking to see if Alexis got home all right. Alexis says, her house is torn apart. Harmony’s car is here, but there’s no sign of her. Alexis thinks she’s having some kind of breakdown. She flashes back to Harmony talking about going to Something-or-Other Point, and how it looks peaceful, but looks can be deceiving. Alexis says, she knows where Harmony is.

Harmony sits in the car, a knocked out Carly in back. We see the car is at the edge of the same cliff where Harmony pushed Brendon to his death.

Tomorrow, Elizabeth tells Finn, she can’t do this; Willow asks Michael if he’s prepared to cut his father out of his life; Sonny tells Dante, you don’t judge unless you’ve walked in somebody’s shoes; and Harmony says she can’t stop now.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Gabriela feels defeated. The interpersonal part of job isn’t working, and she doesn’t know how make it work. Glenn tells the crew that a water taxi will take them to the restaurant, but they’ll be coming back by taxi. They get ready to go out, and Daisy tells Ashley that she promised Gabriela a clean slate, and that has to come from Ashley as well. Gabriela promised to work on stuff, so Ashley has to promise as well. Ashley says she’s willing to try, but it’s not going to happen overnight. I can’t stand Ashley. She’s one of those women who doesn’t like other women, and only befriends one if it benefits her. Captain Sam comes in the water taxi, and takes them to shore. Ashley says Gary and Daisy should just do it already, and Daisy says, it’s easier to flirt with Gary than fight with him, so she’s staying on the flirting train. Then she gets what she wants. They go to the restaurant, and order drinks and food. Daisy is excited about the $20K tip. The crew disperses for smokes and bathroom breaks, and Colin and Gabriela are left at the table. Gabriela tells Colin that half of the problem is being in her own head, and half is pissing people off. Colin says, happy Gabby is f***ing amazing and hilarious, and Gabriela says, but sometimes there’s hyper-sensitive Gabby. In Colin’s interview, he says, it’s difficult. It only takes a few people not getting along, and the whole crew feels it. It’s not a good vibe. As challenging as it is, he feels for her. The others get back, and Kelsie toasts to Gabriela, new beginnings, and fresh starts. She wonders if Glenn is in the hot tub by himself, having a good time, but we see he’s watching a documentary on eel reproduction. The crew heads back to the boat.

Kelsie goes to bed, and Gary tells Ashley that he wants a massage. Colin tells Gabriela, Ashley is desperate for Gary; she’s out of control. Gabriela says, it’s a game for her. Ashley told her that. She’s over it. She feels she’s been out of control. It’s weird it’s Gary. Ashley straddles Gary in the hot tub, and in Colin’s interview, he says, it’s like Gary has a magic wand that casts a spell on girls. He might accidentally hook up with every girl on the boat without trying. He thinks Gary is going to regret this in the morning, 100%. Gary and Ashley go to a guest cabin. Behind closed doors, we hear a lot of questionable things, ending with Gary laughing and saying he’s being a bad boy. He tells Ashley they’re not having sex, but she insists they are. Gary leaves, promising he’s coming back, but he goes to his cabin. He tells Marcos and Colin that he doesn’t know how to deal. He was getting a massage, turned around, and she was naked. In Gary’s interview, he says, his intention was to get a back massage, but other things might have happened. Since Ashley’s in her bunk eating a candy bar, I’m not so sure about that.

Kelsie is looking for her water bottle, when she keels over. Daisy tells her to stay down, but Kelsie says she’s fine, and wants to get in bed. In Kelsie’s interview, she says, when you’re dehydrated and lacking sleep, alcohol bites you in the ass. She’s never drinking again. Ha-ha! Famous last words. In the morning, Gary asks Ashley, what happened? since he doesn’t even remember getting back to the boat. In Gary’s interview, a producer asks if they had sex, but Gary says he was getting a massage and fell asleep. Glenn asks if the guys had fun, and says, Gary looks like he did. Ashley tells Gary that he didn’t fall asleep, but she thinks they agreed to stop. The crew leaves for the villa, and Glenn tells them, have fun.

Colin thinks the villa will be epic. The views are pretty fantastic, and it’s equipped with everything, including cute floaties in the pool. In Gabriela’s interview, she says, this is exactly what she needs; to let her hair down and not get in her head. She’s at such a low, it couldn’t come at a better time. They jump around in the pool, and play chicken, Gabriela on Marco’s shoulders, and Ashely on Colin’s. Ashley now insists she gave Gary a BJ, and he’s surprised it was working. In Ashley’s interview, she says she doesn’t understand how Gary has no recollection, since every other male is obsessed with her. Bleh. In Marcos’s interview, he says he’s known people like Gabriela in the past. he remembers his ex-girlfriend used to make him snap. It’s useless to react, and better to avoid it. Marcos says, Gabriela’s been picking on him all day, and Colin says, she’s being obnoxious. Daisy asks Gary, what happened last night? and he says, Ashley says they did it, but he doesn’t think so. He was white girl wasted. Ashley tells Gabriela that she was giving Gary a back massage, and somehow, his pants came off. Gabriela drinks straight from a bottle of who-knows-what, while Gary naps on a lounge chair. Marcos dunks Gabriela, who doesn’t think it’s funny. She asks if he remembers the time he wasn’t being a d*ck, and Colin says, boys will be boys. Gabriela says, she’s never getting married. If this is what a man is, she’s good without one. Marcos whines to Daisy that Gabriela has been picking on him all day. Gabriela says she was just joking around. If he thinks she’s picking on him, that’s his problem, but he has ten people on his side. In his interview, he says he has no patience for this kind of behavior. He’s done. I don’t know if I’m missing something or what, but I’m not so sure what the big deal is. Except maybe these people shouldn’t drink so much. Gabriela seems more depressed than anything else.

Marcos tells Gabriela that she’s going to embarrass herself, and in Gabriela’s interview, she says, no one gets her. She’s a real-ass bitch, and her feelings are genuinely hurt right now. She goes inside, and Daisy follows, asking if she’s okay. Gabriela goes into one of the bedrooms for a nap, while Colin pours water on a sleeping Gary, which is the highlight of the season so far for me. Back at the pool, Daisy says she just wants a cigarette, a drink, and peace and quiet. Marcos asks Colin if he was too rude, but Colin says he was fine. Marcos tells Daisy that he doesn’t want people talking to him like that, and she says, it’s not about him. Gabriela is dealing with some stuff. He says, she still has to be respectful. He lived in a dark space for many years. Whatever that means. In Daisy’s interview, she says she’s on a huge learning curve. People aren’t happy, and it’s frustrating with all of them. On the phone with his mom, Glenn tells her that he’s having bouts of insomnia, and has dreams about flying donkeys.

The crew takes selfies, and gets ready to go to dinner. Gabriela tells Marcos that she doesn’t want to fight, and he holds out his hand. She asks if it’s a one-way thing, and they hug it out. In Marcos’s interview, he says, if it’s the only way to keep the peace, he’ll do it. They sit for dinner, and plates of food come out, including one of my favorites, paella. Gary is about to serve everyone, but Gabriela serves herself, then says, now he may. She says, she’s happy they’ve all come to her home, and Daisy says she wishes this was her home. Gabriela shushes her, and in Gabriela’s interview, she says, she came off her nap refreshed, but you piss one person off, and five people are mad. The fight was hours ago. See? Like right here. Unless they cut something, I wouldn’t even call that a fight, and no one seemed pissed off just now. It almost seems like she has a perception problem. Gary asks Daisy to Riverdance and she does some Irish stepdancing, while the crew provides some vocal back-up. Gabriela tells them, thanks for coming, but she’d like them to all leave now, and Daisy says, on that note, time to vamonos. In the taxi, Colin says, that was slightly uncomfortable for a moment. Gary says Daisy has to talk to her, and she says she doesn’t know what to do.

They get back to the boat, and Daisy tells Kelsie that she doesn’t know what to do. Colin sits with Ashley, when Gabriela approaches. She asks if she’s interrupting, but Ashley says she’s not. Gabriela asks Colin to get her and Ashley a beer, but Ashley says she’s okay, and Gabriela decides to go to bed. Gabriela’s other problem is Ashley. She doesn’t seem to realize this one is out to sabotage her, but she has to at least be picking up on it subconsciously.

In their cabin, Gabriela tells Ashley that she almost made it the whole day without getting into it with anyone. She doesn’t think Marcos likes her, but she doesn’t need him to. Why is she confiding in this backstabbing bitch? The next morning, everyone does what they need to do with the boat. Daisy is dreading talking to Gabriela, but Colin says, it will just get worse. In Daisy’s interview, she says, the crew is being massively affected, and she needs to have a talk with Gabriela, but it’s complicated. She needs to handle it delicately. She tells Colin, when Gabriela is in a good mood, she’s great to be around. Gabriela stupidly tells Ashley, one little thing with Marcos undoes all the progress she’s made, but Ashley cuts the conversation short, saying, she doesn’t want to be making beds until 1 o’clock. Glenn asks Daisy if the crew had fun, and she says there were a few crew problems. She thinks it’s affecting everyone. Glenn says, if she needs him, he’ll get involved, but she says, she’ll take care of it. She’s just making him aware. Colin and Gary work on the sliding doors, fixing the broken belt. Glenn calls Daisy, Gary, and Marcos for the preference sheet meeting.

The new primary is Dr. Kim Nichols, who’s a cosmetic dermatologist. She wants to yacht crew to address her as Dr. Nichols, and Gary says, she’s not on a high horse. Well, guess what, KIM? I won’t be typing all that. She’ll be joined by her not-doctor husband Chris, and some friends. They want delicious drinks, and to watch the action of the crew sailing. Marcos reads that they want a variety of cuisine based on their preferences, and says he’ll figure it out. In her cabin, Gabriela calls friend Cookie, and says she’s not doing well. She’s not vibing, and feels like an outsider. It’s uncomfortable because she has to work and live with them. Yesterday, they all got wasted, and the day was going fine until she and chef got in an argument, and she got mean. She’s 33, and feels like a child. She’s embarrassed, and feels weak. Cookie says, part of the reason she’s having problems is that she’s holding things in. That’s when the passive/aggressive comes through. It’s not about them; it’s about her. She cries, and says she’s not happy. She’s sure they’re worried, wondering when she’s going to snap, and no one wants her to get to that point. Cookie says, it’s a vicious cycle, and she needs to release that.

Everyone is eating in the crew mess, and Gabriela comes in, asking to talk to Glenn. They go to one of the lounges, and she tells Glenn that she thinks she’s not in an environment inducive to her mental well-being. She loves her job and what she does – he says she’s good at what she does – but she has work to do on her interpersonal relationships while working and living on a boat. She doesn’t want to disappoint him or let him down, but she doesn’t want the crew to feel uncomfortable or affect them negatively. She feels the healthiest thing is for her to leave. She doesn’t want to quit before pick-up, but it’s the best thing for her to do. Glenn says, normally, he’d be disappointed, but under these circumstances, she’s making the right decision. He supports her doing what’s right for her. They’ll get her home, and he agrees with her decision to get herself in the right place. In Glenn’s interview, he says he doesn’t know what’s going on, but after 22 years in the business, he knows it’s important to take care of yourself. He tells her, they’ll figure out how to move forward on their end. It’s important that she take care of herself. She has a lot of potential, and he’d love to work with her in the future. She says, that means a lot, and I love Glenn right now. He thanks her for her hard work, and in his interview, he says, he’s sad to see her go, but people know when they’re at their limit, and you’ve got to respect that. They hug, and in Gabriela’s interview, she says she hates quitting. She doesn’t want to be a quitter, but her work performance is suffering, and it’s going to get worse if she stays. Glenn tells the crew that Gabriela is going to leave. He doesn’t want them to find out by seeing her walk through with her bag. Daisy says she’s sad to see Gabriela is going, and feels guilty because she couldn’t make the situation work. Glenn says he’s working on getting a replacement. The most important thing is for them to do the best job they can for the guests.

Kelsie asks Gabriela if she’s okay, and Gabriela says, no. She has issues she needs to work on. Kelsie says, if Gabriela thinks it’s the best decision, she supports her. She’ll miss Gabriela a lot. Gabriela says she’ll miss Kelsie too. In Kelsie’s interview, she says, despite Gabriela’s crazy antics, they bonded and got along. She’s hopeful Gabriela will become the better person she wants to be. Marcos tells Daisy, it’s not her fault. Ashley says, all she knows is, she’ll get the bottom bunk. In Marcos’s interview, he says, Gabriela is making the right decision for herself. He wants her to become better, and the Parseval III is not the place to fix her problems.

Gabriela tells everyone goodbye, and thanks them for being as supportive as they could be. She’s going through stuff, and needs to take care of herself. There are hugs all around, and in Gabriela’s interview, she says, whatever strength she has left is getting her off this boat and saying goodbye. Even though she knows taking care of herself is the right thing to do, part of her feels like she blew it. She tells them they’re rock stars, and leaves. Glenn says, it’s a lonely walk, but only she can do it. Wow. He’s a philosopher too.

This season, a marriage where Daisy catches the bouquet; a very demanding guest; a lead deckhand arrives; new stew Scarlett is introduced, and Gary says, here’s trouble; Ashley insists she and Gary had sex; Glenn races another boat; a guest does a belly flop; a chain wraps around the anchor chain, and they drag; Glenn says, it’s the worst thing you can do.

🚶🏽‍♂️ Speaking Of the Worst Thing…

I understand. He’s been playing Sonny for a million years, and wants to concentrate on something else, but I will seriously miss him when he goes.

General Hospital’s Maurice Benard Drops a Bombshell About His Future as Sonny: ‘I Hate to Say That, But… ’

⚰️ About Last Night…

They balanced out the love story by killing one of the characters? That’s not balance, it’s typical, depressing Walking Dead. Bring back Z Nation.

https://ew.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-charlie-alexa-nisensen-mourning-cloak/

🌞 Leave Your Worries On the Doorstep…

Stop in tomorrow to check out the usual soap and the end of the invasion of Nashville by New Jersey. Until then, stay safe, stay understanding the limitations of others, and stay focused on the future instead of digging in the damn past.

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March 11, 2022 – Video Aftermath, Why, Recast, Bel Air Return, Sonny’s Son, Wu’s Back, Kandi’s World, Claims, Deaf Shah, Sly Guest, Lala’s Ex, Ringless, Excuse, Changes, Winning Country, Ennead Of Quotes & Run It

Posted on March 12, 2022 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Willow asks Michael, on a scale of one to ten, how much does he think Wiley loves Annabelle II? He says, it’s an eleven for sure, and she says she wishes their schedules weren’t so hectic; they could get a dog of their own. (Let me just note here, they’re having this conversation in the nook of the main house, so I guess someone from there can’t look after a dog?) He says, someday, and she asks, when will that be exactly? It’s not as if things will slow down when she becomes a nurse. He says, you know what he can’t wait to do? Sleep in when they’re in Paris. She asks if he’s out of his mind. She’s never been, and there’s so much to see; the Louvre alone. He says he guesses he’ll have to find other ways to get her to stay in bed, and she says, he can be very convincing. They kiss, when Brook walks in. She says, it’s good to see some things haven’t changed. At least the two of them are still together.

Chase goes to Finn’s office, and Finn asks what Chase is up to. Chase says, very little. Does Finn want to know how many hours are left for his suspension? Finn says, Chase has two more months to go, and Chase says he does, but he can still tell Finn the answer to that question. Finn says he knows Chase may be bummed, but Violet is loving having her Uncle Chase at her tea parties. Chase says, that is one up side to unemployment. When is Finn’s next date night, so he can babysit? Finn says Chase is welcome to visit Violet any time he likes, but his date nights with Elizabeth are over.

Elizabeth asks how Cameron wants his eggs, but he says he’s not too hungry right now. She says, who is he and what has he done with her son? Is he not feeling well? He says he went to bed late, so he’s half asleep; he’s fine. Jake comes in, and asks, what’s for breakfast? Cameron says he thought Jake didn’t have school today, and Jake says he doesn’t. Cameron asks why he’s up so early then, but Elizabeth says, this is so nice, all of them eating together. Jake says, Finn too? and she says, no, but she’s glad he brought Finn up. They need to talk about him.

At the MetroCourt, Ava and Nikolas look at her phone, and she asks Nikolas if it isn’t a little ornate. He says, it is, but isn’t that the point, to make a show of their vow renewal? Draw Uncle Victor in under the guise of family togetherness? Assuming Spencer shows for the ceremony and the family is actually together. She says, that is the plan, but the ceremony isn’t only about Victor, or Spencer for that matter. It’s still very much about them, isn’t it? She loves him, and can’t wait to exchange vows with him and actually mean the words. He says he can’t wait for that either, and they kiss.

In the elevator, Esme looks at her wrist, and pulls her sleeve down. She walks out into the MetroCourt, sees Nikolas and Ava kissing, and tells herself, it’s show time.

Josslyn walks into the kitchen, and Carly tells her, good morning. Josslyn says she hopes it’s okay that she slept here, and Carly says, is she kidding? Best surprise ever. Josslyn says she would have given Carly a heads up, but it was late, and Josslyn didn’t want to wake her. Carly says, no heads up needed; this is her home. Is everything okay? Josslyn says, yeah. She just didn’t feel like sleeping at the dorms last night. Carly says, any particular reason why? and Josslyn starts to cry and says, she can’t go back to school. Never. She throws herself into Carly’s arms.

Ava says, the flowers must be spectacular of course (🍷), and a fabulous bouquet for when she walks down the aisle. Esme says, wedding planning? and Ava says, for their vow renewal, yes. Esme sits down, and says, Laura told her that they were having a private ceremony, just the two of them, which is super romantic, but Avery would make an adorable flower girl. Nikolas says, actually, they’ve changed their mind about that, and decided they want their family there. Esme says, really? Spence didn’t mention anything; does he know? Nikolas says, not yet, and Ava says, they just decided last night. Nikolas says he’s going to visit Spencer, and invite him in person. Esme says, she hates to say it – Ava says, but she will –she wouldn’t bother inviting Spence at all.

Michael asks how the visit with Brook’s mom went, and Brook says, good. Her mom said and did all the right things, she got to see her cousins, and they went to all their favorite spots. Michael says, Giuseppe’s? and Brook says, of course (🍷). Willow asks, what’s that? and Brook says, only the best pizza in Brooklyn. Michael says, it’s off the charts, and Willow says, sounds like Brook kept busy. Brook says, it was great to back in the old neighborhood; she needed to get away. Michael says, now she’s back, and Brook says she guesses the first order of business is getting her stuff out of the beach house. Michael says, that’s done. Everything had to be out last week, so he and Chase moved her stuff. Brook says, what? Sorry. Thank you. He says, no problem, and she says she guesses it’s time to get back to real life. Willow asks what that looks like for her, and Brook says, she has absolutely no idea.

Elizabeth says they won’t be seeing Finn for a while, and Cameron asks if they broke up. She says, more like taking time apart. She just wants to be able to spend time with their family right now. Jake asks if it’s because of the weird stuff that’s been happening, but Elizabeth says, it’s more than that. She does have to figure out what’s going on, but she wants to make sure her boys are safe and happy. They are her number one priority. Cameron says they know that, and Elizabeth asks if Jake does. He says, yes, and she says, good, but things haven’t really felt safe and happy lately, right? Which is why she made Jake an appointment to see Dr. Massey today. Jake says, a shrink? and she says, a psychiatrist. She thinks it might be good for him to talk about his feelings. Jake says, that’s just great. She thinks he’s a psycho. He walks out of the kitchen.

Chase asks, what’s going on with Finn and Elizabeth? and Finn says, she’s concerned about the whole portrait thing. Chase says he gets that, and Finn says, he does too. Chase says he spoke with Dante, and he has a patrol going by every hour, and Finn says, that’s a big relief. Chase says, but? and Finn says, Elizabeth thinks it might be something closer to home; in the home, to be exact. She thinks Jake might be acting out. Chase sits down, and says he thought Jake and Aiden denied doing it. Finn says, they did, but now that Betsy Frank has been crossed off the list, Jake is the mostly likely suspect unfortunately. Chase says, so Elizabeth breaks up with Finn because she’s having issues with Jake? Isn’t that an overreaction? Finn says, not when you consider everything the kid’s been through.

Carly tells Josslyn, talk to her. Let her help. Josslyn says she can’t. It’s too horrible. She can’t even think about it, let alone say it out loud. Carly says, Josslyn can tell her anything. Tell her what’s going on, and they’ll fix it. Josslyn cries and says, it can’t be fixed, but Carly says, try her. Josslyn says, the weekend they spent at Sonny’s cabin, she and Cameron had sex, and it was their first time. She never thought something like this could even happen. She feels so stupid. Carly asks if Cameron got her pregnant.

Nikolas says, Esme really believes Spencer won’t come to the ceremony? Last time he saw Spencer, it felt like they were making progress. Esme says she thinks things are getting better with Nikolas and Spence too. It’s just… Ava says, Spencer will never accept her as part of the family, and Esme says she’s sorry, but he won’t. Nikolas says he hopes she’s wrong, because Ava’s not going anywhere. Ava’s phone rings, and she steps away to take the call. Esme peers at Nikolas, and he says, what is it? She says he’s not the man she thought he was. She had a picture in her head from everything Spence told her about his father. He says he can guess what Spencer said about him, but she says she doesn’t think he can.

Michael says he guesses it’s hard to get back to normal life without Bailey, and Brook says she still has Deception. She gets up, and says she’s going to be fine. This was always the plan. Actually more than the plan; this was the goal. For Bailey to go back home to Maxie where she belongs. Willow says, of course (🍷) that was always the plan, but that doesn’t mean Brook didn’t fall in love with that little girl, and it’s not hard on her. Michael gets up, and says, it’s okay to admit that. She wasn’t in Port Charles at the time, but he’s sure his family filled her in, when he found out Sonny was responsible for AJ’s death. Brook says, the father that raised him killed his biological father; that must have been brutal. He says he retaliated. He took from Sonny what he loved the most – Avery. He was able to find legal grounds to prove Sonny was unfit, an was appointed Avery’s custodial guardian. For months he was her only parent. He knows it’s not a perfect parallel, and she says, close enough. He says, Avery was his child, she was his sister. He knew the whole time deep down that the situation was only temporary, but all those months, he saw her and was with her every single day. He was the one to read her stories, to feed her, to change her. He brought her to work, and played blocks with her… Willow joins them, and he says, then when his mother convinced him to give Avery back, Avery left a huge gaping hole in his life and in his heart. And even though he knew it was the right thing to do, that didn’t make it any easier. Brook says, okay. Giving up Bailey is excruciating, but she’s going to get over it. And when she does, she’s going to go back to her single, carefree life; the life she always wanted before all this. Michael asks if she thinks she’s the same person, and Willow says she doesn’t. Michael says, Brook did an amazing thing protecting Bailey from her father, and Brook says, it didn’t start out that way. Michael says, it doesn’t matter how it started, and Willow says, Maxie was in trouble and Brook came through for her friend. Brook says, they didn’t expect that from her, did they? and Michael says, no, but he should have. He’s always known she had a big heart. Brook says she didn’t do it alone. When she needed help, Chase was right there.

Chase says, wow, he didn’t know Jake went through all that, and Finn says, pretty grim stuff for anyone, but a kid that age? Chase says, no wonder he’s having a hard time, but that was years ago, right? Wasn’t he doing better? Finn says, he was, after some serious counselling. He was doing really good, but think about it. First, he loses Franco, then Jason, Finn enters the picture, and all of a sudden, these strange things start happening. Elizabeth’s wedding ring, her dress, the portrait… Chase says, all unsettling, but not overtly dangerous, and Finn says, exactly. What if it’s Jake crying out for help?

Elizabeth says, first of all, she doesn’t like the term psycho, and Jake says, fine. Nuts? Crazy? Loco? Take your pick. She says she doesn’t think he’s any of those things, and Cameron says, look. Seeing a therapist doesn’t mean you’re crazy. Elizabeth says, they all need to talk to someone once in a while, and Jake says, they think he put the painting there, even though he swore he didn’t. They don’t believe him. Cameron tells him, that’s not what mom’s saying; Jake’s just been through a lot lately. Jake’s phone dings, and he says, Conner sent him a video, asking if it’s really Cameron. What did he post? Cameron says, nothing, and as Jake is about to open it, Cameron says, don’t!

Josslyn says she’s not pregnant, and Carly says, thank God. Josslyn says, they used protection; that’s not the problem. Carly asks, what’s going on? and Josslyn says, that night was perfect. At least that part was. It was everything a first time should be. But then, in sociology class, everyone’s phones started blowing up, and all eyes were on her and Cam, and they had no idea why. She begins crying again, and says, someone sent this video to Professor Kahn’s computer. And the whole thing played in front of the whole class on this giant screen. Carly says she doesn’t understand. What was on the video? Josslyn says, Cameron and her, having sex. Someone filmed them and sent it to the entire school.

Esme tells Nikolas, that’s not what she meant at all; Spence loves him. It borders on worship actually. He said Nikolas was the best father in the universe. It made her jealous of how close they were when Spence was growing up. Spence made it seem like it was the two of them against the world. He says, she told him that he wasn’t the man she expected him to be, yet Spencer painted him in a positive light. She says, glowing light, and he asks if that means he’s worse than she expected.

Carly asks how someone could do that to Josslyn, and Josslyn says, she guesses it’s not the worst thing in the world. Everyone has sex tapes or naked photos… Carly says, it’s not funny; this is not a joke, and Josslyn says she doesn’t know what else to do. Carly says, this is a complete violation. Someone took a private moment between Josslyn and her boyfriend, and made it public without her consent. She’ll get Spinelli to take it off the web. How did this happen, does she know? Josslyn says she doesn’t know. She didn’t even know there was a camera (ha-ha! I typed Cameron) in the bedroom; neither did Cam. Sonny wouldn’t have… Carly says, God no, and Josslyn says she didn’t think so. The only people in the cabin that night were her, Trina, and Cameron. Carly asks, what about Esme and Spencer? and Josslyn says she told Carly, they left. Esme had the nerve to accuse Trina yesterday. Carly asks if she’s serious. Did Esme really think they’d fall for that? Josslyn doesn’t say anything, and Carly says, Joss? Josslyn says she doesn’t know. Trina got pretty drunk at the cabin, to the point she didn’t remember what happened. Carly says, that doesn’t sound like Trina, and Josslyn says, and she didn’t drink that much. It just seemed to affect her like that. She also told them she felt left out when Josslyn and Cam got together. Carly asks if Josslyn really thinks Trina could have sent that video.

Cameron grabs Jake’s phone, and Elizabeth says, what is going on? Cameron says, it’s just a stupid video of him, and he doesn’t want Jake to see him making a fool of himself. He deletes it, and Jake takes his phone back, saying, he can still find it or just have Conner send him the link. Cameron says, leave it alone, please, and Elizabeth tells Jake to get dressed; his appointment’s in 45 minutes. Jake says, what about breakfast? and she says he can eat after he’s dressed. He says, fine, but he knows she’s just trying to get rid of him. He goes upstairs, and Elizabeth tells Cameron, he’s going to watch that video. Cameron says he knows, and she says he may as well just tell her. He asks if he can just die instead, but she says, not an option. Did he do something stupid or dangerous? He says, nothing like that, and she says, then what? He says he can’t tell her while she’s looking at him, and she keeps her back to him, pouring herself some coffee. He says, there’s a video of him going around, and she says, that much she gathered. A video of what? He says, him and Joss having sex.

Chase says, knowing that about Jake, he can see where Elizabeth is coming from, but it’s still a bummer. Finn says, the hardest part for him, is thinking about Elizabeth dealing with this on her own. He’d like to be there for her, but if he does, he’s not respecting her wishes. Chase says, Finn’s between a rock and a hard place, and Finn says, pretty much. If she feels the only way he can help is to keep his distance, so be it. Chase says, how long? and Finn says, how long what? Chase says, how long is this… pause going to be? Finn says, it’s hard to tell. It’s all very depressing. Tell him something good. How’s Brook? Chase says, as far as he knows, she’s still out of town, and Finn says, as far as he knows? Chase says he hasn’t heard from Brook since she left.

Brook says, it blows her mind that Chase just stepped up. He said he was Bailey’s father without her even asking him. Willow says, that’s a good friend, and Michael says, they regret giving Chase a hard time. Willow looks at the clock, and says she has to go; she’s observing rounds at GH. Michael tells her, show those doctors up, Nurse Tate, but she says she’s not a nurse yet. He says, soon enough, and she leaves. Brook tells Michael that he and Willow are nauseatingly cute, and he says, things are going well. What about her? It’s nice to have Willow by his side, someone to do life with. She says, so? Coupledom isn’t for everyone. Some people value their space. He asks if she’s saying she’s one of those people, and she says, isn’t it obvious? He says, not the way she was talking about Chase.

Finn tells Chase, that surprises him. Brook is dodging his calls? Chase says he hasn’t called her, and Finn says, yet people say Chase is the people person. Chase asks what that means, and Finn says, Chase is the one who said he wanted to at least be friends with Brook, and he hasn’t reached out to her? Chase says, he texted her, and Finn asks what he said… wrote… whatever. Chase tells him, he said, how are u? He just put the u; he didn’t spell it out, Finn says, pure poetry, and Chase says, Brook replied, but all she put was a thumbs up, nothing else. So obviously she doesn’t want to talk to him. Finn says, Chase should definitely give up then.

Brook asks if Michael is forgetting the part where she and Chase were pretending to be partners in crime, not romance, he says, she told him Chase was there for her. She says, he was, because he’s a good guy and they’re friends. He says, that’s it? and she says, that’s a lot. It might be a shock to him, but she doesn’t have a long list of close friends; she can’t afford to lose one. Besides, even if she felt something for Chase, it was probably a result of the situation; heightened emotions from taking care of Bailey together. He says, it looked like more, and she says he needs to get his eyes checked. They sit on the window seat, and he says he went over to Chase’s to apologize. She asks how it went, and he says, pretty good, actually. He thinks in time, if he plays his cards right, he and Chase might be friends again someday. But the point of him telling her that is, he could tell Chase was lost without her and Bailey. Just like she is. She says, he could tell how? Did Chase say he was interested in her?

Josslyn tells Carly, there’s no way. Trina would never humiliate her like that, or Cam. Carly says, it sounds more like something Esme would do, and Josslyn says, my God. Everyone saw her having sex. Carly puts her arms around Josslyn and says she’s sorry, and Josslyn says, a lot of people think she did this on purpose; not only film it, but make it public. How sick is that? Carly says, no one who knows her and Cameron would ever think that, and Josslyn says, people who don’t would think that. She’s just a freshman; she’s new on campus. She had so many messages, she had to turn her phone off. Carly says, from random people? and Josslyn says, mostly, but some of the girls on the volleyball team texted her, wanting to know what’s going on. How will she face them? How will she face anyone again? She sits on the floor, and Carly holds her.

Elizabeth says she can’t believe someone sent that video to Cameron’s whole class, and he says he thinks to the whole school. She asks if he can find out who it was, but he shakes his head, and says, it’s pretty easy to stay anonymous when you send stuff out like that. Plus, once it’s out there, it’s out there. Even Jake’s friends are seeing it. She says she’s sorry he’s going through this, and he says, it’s way worse for Josslyn. There’s still a double standard about sex. While he’s getting virtual high-fives, she’s being called a slut. It’s not right. She says, it’s not, and asks how Josslyn is holding up. He says, she turned off her phone last night, and Elizabeth says, smart move. He says he hasn’t heard from her, and he’s a little worried. Elizabeth says she’s worried about him. Double standard or not, this is happening to him too. Does he wasn’t to tell her how he’s feeling about it? He says, he never wants to talk about it ever again, and she says, he can tell her anything. He says, just not this, okay? but she says he should talk to someone. He says, a friend? and she says, if he wants to. He says he doesn’t. He wishes Franco was here. She says, her too, and he says, Franco would know what to say. Or at least find a way to get him to laugh about all this. She says, he’ll get through this, but he asks, how?

Nikolas says, letting Spencer believe he was dead, he’ll always regret that decision, but Esme says, he misunderstood what she meant. Spence described him as a man with singular focus. For example, when Spence was young, that focus was on him. Now. according to Spence, he’s all about Ava, but she can see that’s not true. There’s room in his heart for more than one person. He says, of course (🍷) there is, and wonders why Spencer can’t see that. Ava is no threat to him or Nikolas’s love for him. Esme says she’s so sorry she helped Spence hurt him and Ava. They were wrong, and she’d like to make ~~almonds~~ amends. She’s been talking to Spence on his behalf, urging him to reconcile with Nikolas. Nikolas says he appreciates that, and she says, maybe she should talk to him about the vow renewal; soften him up before Nikolas speaks to him. Ava comes back, and says she’s sorry she took so long. Nikolas says, important call? and she says, it was about Ryan.

Elizabeth says if Jake wants breakfast, he should come downstairs. He comes down in the same clothes, and she says she told him to get dressed, but he says he’s not going. He doesn’t need to see a shrink. She can’t make him go. She says, actually, she can. It’s not punishment. She thinks talking to Dr. Massey can help him. He says, he knows he messed up after Cassadine Island, but he was a kid then. He’s fine now. Why doesn’t she believe him? She says she doesn’t think any of them are fine, not after losing Franco the way they did. Now Jake’s lost his dad. She knows he misses him; she misses him too. He says, it’s not the same, and she says he’s right. She hasn’t been with his dad in a while, but she’ll always love him because they made Jake. She can see him in Jake. Jake says, she can? and she says, he’s so strong, just like his dad was, and when Jake gets upset, he gets quiet like his dad. He says, dad didn’t talk a lot, and she says, he didn’t, but he always listened to Jake, didn’t he? Jake has so many people who love him, but sometimes it’s easier talking to a stranger. It helped when he talked to Dr. Maddox, didn’t it? He says, yeah, and she says she’s sorry he isn’t around anymore, but Dr. Massey is great. Will he at least give it a try? Cameron listens from the kitchen.

Carly says, Josslyn has nothing to be ashamed of. The video was made without her knowledge or permission, and she didn’t decide to make it public. Josslyn says, people don’t know that, and Carly says, the people who matter do. As far as the rest of them, screw ‘em. You can’t control what people think. Josslyn says she can’t believe this is happening. She’s never been so embarrassed in her life. The whole world saw her naked. Carly says, that’s not true. She doesn’t want to minimize what Josslyn is going through or how she’s feeling, but she wants Josslyn to keep it in perspective. She knows Josslyn feels like everyone is judging her, but they’re not. Josslyn says, but the people she sees every day, what about them? Carly says she knows this seems insurmountable, like she’ll never be over it and never live it down, but life goes on. People forget, and the next scandal is going to replace this one. Trust her, she’s weathered her own and she’s still standing. Josslyn says Carly is stronger than she is, but Carly says, no. Josslyn is stronger.

Michael says, Chase didn’t come out and say he was interested in Brook, but they’re not exactly buddy-buddy right now, so why would Chase confide in him about something like that? Brook says, here’s the deal. If she told Chase that she wanted to be with him, and he wasn’t into it, there aren’t enough words in the English language to describe how awkward that would be. They wouldn’t be able to look at one another, let alone be friends. Why would she risk losing Chase altogether, when she doesn’t even know how she feels about it? He says, she’s looking at it all wrong. Instead of focusing on what she might lose, how about focusing on what she might gain?

Chase sees Willow at the hospital, and she says she’s sorry. She has to run. She doesn’t want to miss rounds. He says, the life of a nurse? and she says, nurse in training. She got so caught up talking to Brook, she didn’t realize the time. He says, she spoke to Brook on the phone? but Willow says, in person. She’s at the house right now. Willow keeps walking, but Chase stops, stunned.

Nikolas asks who’s calling Ava about Ryan, and she says, Doc. He’s been monitoring Ryan from a distance to keep tabs on him at Spring Ridge, but he went to see him face-to-face, and there’s no change. Ryan is still locked inside his body. He wouldn’t even communicate with Doc; no blinkity-blink like he does. Under the table, Esme digs her nails into her palm, and Nikolas says, Ryan shouldn’t be communicating with anyone after what he did to Ava. They should toss him in a cell and lose the key. Ava asks Esme if there’s something wrong, but Esme says, no. It’s just terrible what Ryan did to her. Ava says, yes, but it’s over, and so is he. She’s just relieved they can plan their ceremony without worrying about that monster. There’s absolutely nothing Ryan can do to them from Spring Ridge. Ava’s phone chirps, and she says she has to get back to the gallery. Nikolas says he’ll go too, but Esme says she was hoping they could talk a little more about Spence. Ava tells him to stay, and he says he’ll walk her out. He wants all the time with her that he can get. Esme says, aww, that’s so sweet, and Ava says, they don’t call him a prince for nothin’. Esme tells Nikolas to take his time, and looks at her palm.

Elizabeth walks into the hospital, and sees Finn. Jake walks in behind her, and she tells Jake that she’s proud of him for agreeing to see Dr. Massey. He tells her, let’s just get it over with, and keeps walking. She exchanges looks with Finn and follows.

Brook flashes back down Chase Memory Lane, from her seeing him again for the first time after pretending to be pregnant, and ending with their kiss in the hospital. There’s a song part, and she looks at his number in her phone. She wonders what she’d even say, when Chase walks in, and says, hi. You’re back.

In the MetroCourt elevator, Carly tells Josslyn that Spinelli was able to wipe the video from all the public websites. That’s good, right? Josslyn says, yeah, but who knows how many people have it saved in their private files? Carly is sure not as many as Josslyn thinks. It’s a start. Josslyn agrees, and Carly asks how she’s feeling. Josslyn says, exposed? She guesses a little better after making through the lobby without any whispers or stares. All she can say is, these better be the best blueberry pancakes she’s ever had. Carly says, they will be. She’ll make sure of it. Everything is going to be okay. Spinelli’s on his way to the cabin; he’s searching for a camera. They’re going to find out who did this, and they’re going to make them pay. They get out, and see Esme on her phone. Carly takes Josslyn’s hand and marches her over to the table. Using her best concerned voice, Esme asks how Josslyn is doing. Josslyn asks how should she be doing after someone purposely humiliated her and Cam with that video? Esme says, it’s so awful. Josslyn is so brave to be out in public with this. She doesn’t know if she could do it. If they’ll excuse her… She gets up, but Carly blocks her path, saying, I don’t think so. Sit down.

On Monday, Curtis asks Selina, what’s in it for him besides the money; Josslyn tells Carly that she needs to fight her own battles; Cameron says Spencer can’t drag him down; Carly asks whose life Esme is going to ruin now; and Britt asks, how much trouble could they get into? I’m guessing a lot.

🌡 Absentee Inga…

Luckily, she wasn’t out of commission for long.

Inga Cadranel Reveals Why Harmony Was Recast on GENERAL HOSPITAL

👩🏾‍🎓 A Different Path…

While I’m sad to hear there will be a new Trina, good for her in furthering her education. I wish I’d done that.

Trina Recast on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

🌴 Fresh Move…

She’s going back to a town called Bel-Air.

‘Fresh Prince’ Alums Daphne Maxwell Reid & Vernee Watson-Johnson To Guest Star On Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’

👨‍👦 Proud Papa…

Like father, like son.

Maurice Benard’s Son Joshua Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL!

👠 Wu Wu…

Glad to hear she’s back. I like the female mob boss thing.

Exclusive: Lydia Look Returns To GH!

🍭 Inklusive Kandi…

Kandi gives brings the diversity to her new show.

https://pagesix.com/2022/03/04/kandi-burruss-talks-lgbtq-inclusivity-on-kandi-and-the-gang/

💰 Bandwagon Of Claims…

The number just keeps growing.

RHOBH: Tom Girardi’s Bankruptcy Reveals $517 Million in Claims as Erika Jayne’s Company Remains Suspended

💵 Marketing Op…

But is she paying taxes on it?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10596451/RHOSLCs-Jen-Shah-releases-not-guilty-merch-ahead-fraud-trial.html

🛥 Shady Rose On Deck…

I don’t like this woman.

https://pagesix.com/2022/03/08/bdsy-guest-erica-rose-gary-is-too-good-for-two-faced-daisy/

💫 In Lala’s Orbit…

What a toad.

https://pagesix.com/2022/03/10/lala-kent-claims-randall-emmett-calls-paps-when-hes-with-daughter/

By God if they’re not right.

PHOTOS: Randall Emmett Steps Out With Rumored 23-Yr-Old Girlfriend as Fans Deem Mystery Woman a Lala Kent “Knockoff”

💔 Possible VanderSplit…

Why all the mystery? It just seems like with all the blabbermouths on that show, there would be something more definitive.

PHOTOS: Katie Maloney Seen Without Wedding Ring Amid Divorce Rumors, See Her Instagram Posts Amid Potential Tom Schwartz Split

😍 Exclusively Charmed…

Sounds pretty flimsy.

Why Craig Conover Didn’t Want to Be “Exclusive” With Paige DeSorbo

🦋 Ever-Changing…

I dunno. The Kardashians are magicians with makeup and filters, so who can tell?

PHOTO: Kathryn Dennis Accused of Looking Unrecognizable in New Pic, Did Southern Charm Star Go Under the Knife?

🪕 For Those a Little Bit Country…

The winners and the fashions at the ACM Awards.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/entertainment/acm-awards-2022/index.html

https://www.eonline.com/photos/34087/acm-awards-2022-red-carpet-fashion

🎺 Quotes of the Week

You keep coming back like a bad smell. – Tom Brooks referring to Jesse Meester, Darcy and Stacy: Tell All

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

Survive and tell me what’s harder, zombies or senior year? – member of the archery team, All Of Us Are Dead

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you don’t know about. Be kind. Always. – Robin Williams

I was pretty well grounded. I was being teased and whatever and I didn’t have anger skills, so I would go to the parents and say your children are brats and tell them they were bad parents. – Michael Berryman

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Gustav Jung

People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good. – Mark Manson

I don’t know if I have the strength to keep going back and forth with this lady. – Cynthia Bailey referring to Ramona Singer, Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip

Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

🎆 Rocking Off To the Casbah…

See you next time the Dead Walk. Until then, stay safe, stay remembering to turn your clock back, and stay knowing you can’t control what people think. So if they don’t matter, screw ‘em.

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January 28, 2022 – Peter Sees His Daughter, Subbing, Connections, Parry’s Start, New Venture, Rinnafish, Salty Talk, Unfollowed, Calendar, Puppies (!), a Countdown’s Worth Of Quotes & 28th

Posted on January 29, 2022 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Brook backs into an examining room with Bailey in her stroller. Chase is there in his briefs, and she says, sorry to interrupt. TJ said he’d be in here, and it’s really important. She turns around, and says, oh, hi.

Esme asks if Spencer heard what Josslyn just called her. Trina’s a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, and somehow that makes her a manipulative bitch? Josslyn asks if she wasn’t clear. Esme’s always been a bitch from the moment she got into town. Playing that stupid drinking game is just her stupid way of proving it. Cameron thinks it’s settled; the bar is closed for tonight. No more alcohol for any of them. Josslyn says she’s not going to let Esme blame alcohol for what happened tonight. She’s jealous of Spencer’s friendship with Trina, so Esme deliberately set out to humiliate her by dredging up the past. Trina ran out of here in tears, but she’s guessing that’s exactly what Esme wanted. Esme says, really? Josslyn thinks it was her goal to hurt Trina? Josslyn says, hurt her, embarrass her, one or the other. Josslyn looks at Spencer, and says, and what about him? Can he finally see Esme for who she really is?

Stella meets Curtis at Charlie’s, and he says she looks fantastic. She thanks him, and sits down. He says, her time at the wellness center agreed with her, and she says she can’t thank him enough for arranging that. She feels better than ever. Catch her up on everything. She doesn’t need to hear about him and Portia; she can tell by the look on his face. He says, that obvious, huh? and she says she’s happy for both of them. TJ’s been texting her about the latest doings at GH, but there’s at least one empty space in her family album. How are things going with him and Marshall? He says, improving. Kind of. But at least he’s not in the dark anymore. Marshall told him everything. She says, he did what?

Marshall (temporary Marshall – see below) walks into Kelly’s, and puts a little plant on the table Epiphany is sitting at. He says, he was told he could find her here, and sits down. She asks, what’s up with the plant? and he says it’s to thank her for looking out for him after he spoiled their date. She says, he didn’t spoil anything. He had a health crisis. She’s just glad it wasn’t anything serious. He says, it was his serious chance to get to know her better. He just hopes he gets another crack at it.

Martin sees Laura at the Bistro, and she says thanks for meeting her. He sits down, and says he’s just sorry he missed Luke’s memorial. He never met the man, but he wanted to be there to support her. You know what they say about the life of an attorney; it’s either feast or famine. She says, right now, as she understands it, he’s feasting on Peter August’s retainer, and he asks, who told her? She says she’s the mayor, remember? The DA is a good friend of hers. Does he have any idea what he’s in for?

Peter pulls at his handcuffs, and flashes back to talking to Victor saying, Brook and Maxie conspired to pass off Louise as Brook and Valentin’s child, so Peter would be convinced his child had been kidnapped and disappeared into thin air. Dante comes in, and Peter asks if it’s an official visit, or is Dante just dropping by as a concerned friend? Dante laughs, and says, he’s there to tell Peter that he’s now being transferred to Pentenville tomorrow. They want to do some more tests; make sure they dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s. Peter says, they already cleared him to go, and Dante asks, what’s a few more hours? Does he have someplace to be? Peter laughs.

Valentin shows the reception nurse his driver’s license, and says, she can check Bailey’s file and see he’s her father. The nurse leaves, and Victor says he couldn’t help but overhear. What does Valentin want with Bailey’s medical records? She’s not his daughter. Valentin says, legally, she still is. For whatever reason, Brook hasn’t updated Bailey’s birth certificate or medical records. Victor says, makes you wonder, doesn’t it? and Valentin says, wonder what? Victor says, whether Brook is hiding something.

Chase puts on his pants, and asks if Brook ever knocks. She says she’s sorry. When the nurse said he was in this room, she didn’t mention he’d be doing a strip routine. He says, that tends to happen when you’re having a physical, and she asks if he’s all right. Did he have a setback? He says, no. His blood pressure’s stabilized, and he passed with flying colors. She says, good, and he says, which is ironic. If he wasn’t suspended, he’d be cleared from desk duty and back out in the field. But the upside of being suspended is, he gets more time with Bailey. He tells Bailey that she’s the best little workout buddy. He’s never run so many miles so fast. Brook says it’s too bad Chase is her father in name only. Bailey could get used to having him around.

Esme tells Spencer to say something, and he asks, how’s Trina? Is she okay? Josslyn says, no, she’s not okay. He saw her; she ran out of the room in tears. She won’t even come out of the room. Josslyn had to talk to her through the door. Cameron says, the alcohol hit her hard, but Josslyn says, the problem was not what was in the mug. Cameron says he’s never seen Trina drink before, and he thought that might have been it. Josslyn says, the problem was Esme implying Trina had feelings for Cameron, but Cameron says, it doesn’t make sense. It’s ancient history. Why would it bother her now? Esme says, maybe it never stopped bothering Trina, or she didn’t want to bother them with it. Or maybe Trina’s just a drama queen. They had plenty of those at boarding school. Spencer says he doesn’t think Trina’s a drama queen. He thinks she’s legitimately upset. Esme says, Josslyn and Cameron must be thrilled. Now they’ve even got Spence doubting her. All roads lead to Trina. Trina has Spencer wrapped around her little finger, and he doesn’t even see it. She stomps off, and Josslyn asks if Spencer heard her; how she’s trying to make this Trina’s fault. What is wrong with him? Trina is his friend. She’s given him chance after chance. Why can’t he call Esme out for the snake she is?

Stella asks Curtis, when he said Marshall told him everything, what exactly did he mean? Curtis tells her, he said he got mixed up with some shady characters, and he was afraid they were going to use his family as a bargaining chip to keep him in line. So Marshall decided, in order to keep his wife and kids safe, he would disappear and make everyone think he was dead. She sighs, and he asks if she’s okay. He knows it comes as a shock. She says, he has no idea, and he tells her, Marshall didn’t say it in so many words, but his father was in the Witness Protection Program. She says, he believes that? and he asks if she’s saying he shouldn’t.

Epiphany says, Marshall needs to keep taking those new pills the doctor prescribed, and focus on lowering his blood pressure, and she needs to get back to work and finish her shift. He says, the medication is working already; he can feel it. But why does she sound like the one with a problem? She says, no problem. The doctor that wrote him the prescription reminded her of something. That there are some dreams, no matter how sweet, that deserve to die.

Peter tells Dante, the only place he’s going is the courtroom, and the sooner, the better. His attorney is going to get all these charges dismissed, and he can move on with his life. Dante says, the only life Peter is going to have is inside a prison. The question is, is it going to be in Pentenville or Steinmaur? Peter tells Dante, he’s going to beat these charges. Then he’s going to do what everyone, including the PCPD, failed to do. Find his daughter. Dante asks, what makes him think he’s going to find Louise when no one else has? Peter says he has some resources that have yet to be tapped into, and Dante says, like what? Peter says, he could tell Dante, but then he’d have to kill him, and Dante asks if he’s threatening a police officer. Peter asks if Dante is trying to entrap an innocent man. Come on. Don’t they have some tests to run to initiate his transfer? Or is Dante going to risk getting charged with police brutality by compromising Peter’s mortality?

Valentin asks, what makes Victor think Brook is hiding something? and Victor says he’s not the one looking into Bailey’s medical records. Think about it. He starts to leave, but Valentin says, hang on. If he tells Victor something, can he trust him?

Spencer asks what Josslyn wants him to say. Esme’s his girlfriend. Back in boarding school, when he thought his father was dead, she stood by him. When they came to Port Charles, she repeatedly had his back. She thought she was going to be living at Windymere, and when he told her that he’d decided they were living at his grandmother’s house, she didn’t complain at all. Josslyn and Trina made it well-known that they don’t like Esme. She hasn’t felt accepted by any of his friends. Josslyn says she knows that Esme has some kind of hold over Spencer, but he’s got to wake up and see all the hurt she’s done. When she’s not burning down a car, she’s burning down his friendship with Trina. He asks what Cameron thinks. Cameron has always tried to mediate, and see Esme’s perspective. Cameron says he can’t believe Spencer has to ask him that. Cameron saw how Esme treated Trina. The question is, did Spencer?

Esme goes into the master bedroom, and says, perfect.

Stella tells Curtis that she’s not saying he should doubt Marshall’s story. It just really surprises her. He says he’s sorry if it upsets her, but at least now they know why Marshall felt the need to disappear. But when he tries to find out more, like who those guys were and if they’re still a threat, Marshall tells him to back off. It’s funny to him, since he was the one who wanted no part of Marshall. Now Marshall is telling him to lay off. She tells him, maybe he should do as Marshall says, and set aside his interrogation for a while. He says, wait a minute. She’s his Bible scripture quoting auntie, who’s always reminding him that the truth shall set you free. So where is it written that Marshall gets a pass?

Marshall tells Epiphany, dreams don’t die, unless you give up on them. He doesn’t know her well, but she doesn’t strike him as a quitter. She says, that’s the thing. She thought she knew what kind of treatment he needed, but that wasn’t her place. He says, her place was to speak her mind, and he’s grateful she did. She thanks him, but says, it’s the last time she’s going to tell a doctor what to do. He says, even if the doctor is wrong? but she says, that’s the thing; Dr. Rose wasn’t wrong. Marshall just needed to adjust his blood pressure medication, right?

Martin tells Laura, every defendant is entitled to legal counsel. It’s right there in the Constitution, and Peter August is no exception. She asks if he’s saying he took the case in the spirit of justice under the law, and he asks, why shouldn’t he? His little sister isn’t the only person who cares about the public good. She says, how noble of him. And does doing the public good come along with a big, fat check made out to Martin Grey, Esquire?

Victor says he’s Valentin’s father. Of course (🍷) Valentin can trust him. Valentin says, but he’s a one-time ally to Peter August, and Peter says, it was strictly a business arrangement that terminated on the Island of Crete, when Peter crossed the line. Doesn’t he remember? It was the first time he and Valentin teamed up together. And when he got back to the states, he provided information to help track Peter down. What does he have to prove? Whatever’s troubling Valentin, he shouldn’t carry this burden alone. It’s too bad lovely Anna isn’t here by his side. And why this interest in medical records of a child that’s not even his, and what has it got to do with Peter?

Chase says, he could get used being around… Bailey, and Brook says, he missed a button. She fixes it for him, and says she hopes he gets to be a real father someday. He’s got the touch. He says, so does she. She didn’t tell him why she was looking for him. Did she hear from Maxie? She says, no. She’s been sitting on pins and needles. What if being in Pawtuck somehow jars Austin’s memory, and he remembers Maxie handing Louise off to her? He says, Maxie knows what’s at stake; keeping her precious little girl away from Peter. Come on; let’s go home. They leave, as Peter is being wheeled around the corner. Peter looks at Bailey, and I wonder, did Peter get a perm??? Peter says, what a beautiful baby, and Brook says, they think so. Chase says he’s one proud dad, and Peter says he’s sure Chase is. Chase asks Dante what Peter is doing here, and Dante says, a final bit of clearance before Pentenville. Peter says, he never saw the resemblance before, but now he gets it. Bailey looks just like her mother. Chase says, get him out of here, and Dante says, sure thing, and they wheel Peter into the elevator. He stares at Bailey until the last possible second, and then gives a creepy smile.

Martin tells Laura, they were in hiding for months. He couldn’t work. It’s not like he doesn’t have expenses; his mother’s around the clock care for one thing. Then there’s the herd of ex-wives, none of whom will ever get married, because they’re having way too much fun playing the alimony mambo. Of course (🍷) there’s his private wine collection. It should be a tax deduction, since he only has it to impress his clients, but try telling that to the IRS. She asks if he’s going to tell them about the expenses of courting Lucy, and he says, no, and neither is she, especially when Valentin is around. He’s got this thing about conflict of interest. She says, as the mayor, and defender of their Constitution, she wholeheartedly believes in Peter’s right to competent legal counsel, but as his sister, does it have to be him? Peter has hurt so many people; Maxie and her baby. He says, about that. She doesn’t think Peter will ever get his hands on that little baby girl, does she? Nobody’s known about her whereabouts for months. She says, that’s her point. The only way Peter will get his hands on that little girl is if someone as smart as Martin finds a way to exonerate him. Martin says, fine. Laura is going to make a play for the cheap seats.

Valentin tells Victor that Brook used Bailey to help the Quartermaine family regain control of ELQ. He would say, turnabout is fair play, wouldn’t Victor? Victor says, so Valentin is hoping to find something in the medical records he can use to his advantage. Like what for instance? Valentin doesn’t know; he’s fishing. He’s throwing a line in the water and seeing if anything bites. Victor tells him, happy fishing. He hopes Valentin catches something. The nurse comes back with Bailey’s folder, and asks if there’s something in particular Valentin is looking for in Bailey’s records.

Marshall tells Epiphany, changing medications isn’t going to heal the family he abandoned. She says, but he came back. He’s here now, and the longer he lives, the better chance he stands of making his family whole again. He says he’d rather talk about her dream of becoming a doctor, and she says, while she appreciates his interest, she thinks he should save some of his concern for that family of his.

Stella says she’s not giving Marshall a pass. She’s just asking why Curtis can’t accept his father’s version of events, and move on. Or is he using this as an excuse to keep from letting his father into his life? He says, Marshall’s already got one foot in the door. This is about his family’s safety; him, her, and TJ. What if the trouble that caused him to leave all those decades ago is still out there? If he opens that door just a little more, and trouble follows Marshall in, doesn’t she think he deserves to know what to expect? Or is none of this news to her? Does she know something he doesn’t?

Esme comes out with her coat, and says she’s leaving, but Spencer suggests taking a minute to cool off. She says she’s not spending another minute with small-minded people who have never, and will never, accept her for who she is. Josslyn says, the problem is, they know who she is. That’s why they don’t accept her. Esme asks if Spencer is coming or not, and he says, they all had those hot toddies, and with icy conditions, he doesn’t think it’s safe for either of them to drive right now. She says she ordered a car, but it seems he’s made his choice. He’s choosing them over her. Spencer says he’ll go with her, but first, he’s going to check on Trina. Then he’ll get their bags, and he’ll meet her outside. Esme says, Trina’s asleep, and they can send for their things; let’s go. Spencer says, sorry, guys, and follows her out. Cameron says, so much for their weekend getaway. He’s so sorry this all blew up. Josslyn says she’s not. She can’t stand Esme, and she’s thrilled that she doesn’t have to pretend otherwise. She feels horrible for Trina, but remember when they got drunk on the Haunted Star? The only cure is to sleep it off, so she guesses for now, it’s just the two of them.

Outside, Cameron tells Josslyn, the stars are very beautiful tonight; very close. Josslyn says, the more she thinks about it, this whole getaway was Esme’s idea. He says, so? and she asks if he thinks this was Esme’s plan all along; to embarrass them, and humiliate Trina? He says he hopes not. The funny thing is, he always thought Esme was so sure of herself, but after tonight, he realizes how insecure and terrified she is of losing Spencer. She says, here’s hoping by the time they’re down from the mountain, Spencer realizes Esme was trying to hurt his friends, and he dumps her. Cameron says he’s tired talking of talking about Esme, and Spencer. He thinks they should stop talking altogether. They kiss, and she nods, and they go inside.

Stella tells Curtis, honestly, until this moment, she never suspected Marshall was mixed up in dirty business. He says he’s not trying to upset her, but now that she knows, does it ring any bells? Can she think back 40 years ago, and remember any names or faces that might have been mixed up with Marshall? She says she wasn’t even there, and Irene is no longer with them. All the more reason to consider what Marshall is saying, and leave things alone.

Marshall says, things are good with TJ, and getting better with Curtis, but Epiphany says, that’s not what he said when they went out to dinner. He says, while Curtis owns a nightclub, he still thinks like a P.I.; he questions everything. But he’s sure in time, Curtis will come around. She says, remember what she told him about her son? and he says, yeah, that they don’t always have as much time as they think they do. But doesn’t that apply to her as well, with her dream of becoming a doctor?

Brook asks if Chase saw the way Peter was smiling at Bailey. It’s almost as if he knows the truth. He tells her, Peter said she looks just like her mother; he meant her. She says, did he? What If he suspects the truth? What if he was saying Bailey looks like Maxie? Chase says, she has to remember, that’s just who Peter is. He wants to get under your skin, if not with poison, than with words. But Peter can’t possibly know. Laura approaches them, and says, Peter can’t possibly know what?

Peter says he can’t wait to get back to Pentenville, and Dante says, really? The place where he was poisoned, and it almost killed him? Peter says he’ll take the risk of lax security if it means getting to trial faster. (Ha Security doesn’t get any less lax than at GH.) Martin walks in, and Peter says, speaking of which, here’s his attorney. Martin asks if Dante will do him a favor, and give him five minutes with alone with Peter. Dante says he’ll be right outside, and leaves. Peter asks, what brings Martin here? Good news he hopes. Martin says, that depends on which side of those handcuffs you’re on. He’s sorry, but he finds it necessary to recuse himself from Peter’s defense. Peter says he sees. If Martin no longer wishes to represent him, they’ll go their separate ways; no hard feelings. Martin asks, what’s the catch?

Valentin asks if he and Victor can meet later, and Victor says, of course (🍷). He’ll make a reservation at the PC Grill. Valentin thanks him, and he leaves. Valentin thanks the nurse for getting his daughter’s file, and she tells him that the file can’t leave this floor. He says, understood. He’s looking for a sonogram from the third trimester. He’s a bit of a sentimental, and wants a copy. He’ll treasure it for always. He flips through the file, and says, there’s no sonogram in the file. How’s that possible? He was there when it was taken. Did somebody deliberately remove it? She says, no, it was never in here, and he says, of course (🍷). It would be in her mother’s file. He doesn’t suppose she could let him have a look at Brook’s information without permission, and she says, no. He says, so he can be prepared in case of an emergency, his daughter’s blood type is O negative, right? She says, no, his daughter is O positive, and he thanks her.

Brook tells Laura, they were just talking about what an awful human being Peter is. How much harm he’s caused to Maxie, and Elizabeth; to her family, especially to Monica. Between Jason dying, and Drew being locked away in that prison for all that time, Peter deserves to be locked up until the end of time. Chase says, they’re hoping when Peter goes to trial, he’ll be convicted, and sentenced to life. Laura says she has the same hope. It’s really easy for young adults, new parents, to lose their sense of faith with all the responsibility, but they can’t let that happen, for Bailey’s sake. Because she will grow up in a better, safer, kinder world, where Peter can’t come back to haunt any of them. Brook says, amen to that, and Chase tells Brook, anything to protect Bailey

Peter tells Martin, there’s no catch. If Martin can’t give his defense the time and attention it deserves, he’ll find someone who will. Martin thanks him for being so understanding, and Peter says, naturally, Martin will be returning his retainer. Martin says, ordinarily, he’d deduct the time he’s already spent working on Peter’s case, but what the hell? It’s a small price to pay for his conscience. Peter says he didn’t know Martin had one, when Dante comes back. He asks if everything is okay here, and Martin tells him, he’d say so. Peter no longer requires his services. He wishes them both a good night, and leaves. Dante says, Peter fired Martin? but Peter says, no. Martin walked away from him. Dante says, smart man. He’ll leave Peter with Officer Bridges in case he gets scared. Peter tells him, sleep tight, and Dante says he’s sure he will, and leaves.

Epiphany tell Marshall that she doesn’t have time for dreams, and her break is almost over. He says he was about to go too, but not before she hears him out. Whatever Dr. Rose told her, he had his reasons, but he wants her to know that he trusts her with his life any day. He knew he was in good hands that night because she was there. He puts some money on the table, and tips his hat. He leaves, and Epiphany smiles.

In the car, Spencer asks Esme, was Joss right? Did she get everyone to the cabin to humiliate them, and blow up his friendships? She looks at him coldly.

Cameron and Josslyn go into the bedroom, and there’s a song part. They kiss, and he asks, is she sure? She says, she’s so sure, and they get busy. I used to work at a women’s clinic, and a brochure popped into my mind that had a cartoon condom saying, wait! Stop! Put me on!

Esme asks Spencer, what difference does it make what she says? He’s so ready to believe the worst of her. He says, that’s not an answer. He needs to know if what Joss accused her of is actually true. Esme remembers going into the master bedroom, and looking in the mirror. She wipes some tears away, and takes out her phone. She sets up the phone behind some plants on a dresser, pointing the camera toward the bed, and putting it on to film. In the present, she tells Spencer, all she wanted to do was get to know his friends better, and for him to make great memories before he goes to prison. Does he think she planned this weekend to be something diabolical? It just makes her sad.

Basking in their first afterglow, Cameron tells Josslyn, wow. Don’t get him wrong. He’s glad they waited, but… She says she’s glad they waited too, but she’s also really glad they had this moment. To think how close they came to letting Esme ruin this for them… He says he doesn’t want to think about Esme right now. He wants to focus on her. They start getting busy again, and we see the phone camera filming. I have to say, I don’t see the purpose. They’re exclusive and in college, for Pete’s sake. Even if Esme was going to doctor it in some way, both Cameron and Josslyn are sober, and who would everyone believe?

Stella says, Curtis clearly has a choice to make. Does he want answers that might tell him things he doesn’t want to know, or does he want his father back in ? Marshall walks in, and says, small world. Do they mind if he joins them?

On the phone, gliding through the hall, Martin says, la Lucy, his sexy, sexy thing. His schedule just opened up. What say they catch a flight to the Big Easy and get themselves a nice heaping helping of Mardi Gras?

Laura goes into Peter’s room, and he says, madame mayor. To what does he owe this honor? She says she just saw Martin, and he was smiling ear to ear, because he no longer represents Peter. He told her that Peter didn’t argue or put up any fight to try and keep him. She had to wonder, why so magnanimous? Peter flashes back to seeing Bailey, and saying she looks just like her mother. He says he has faith in the system. Somehow, he just knows things are going to work out for the best.

Valentin walks through the hospital parking lot, leaving a voicemail for Anna. He tells her to call him. He’s got a lead on Louise. A thug runs up behind him, chloroforming him, and knocking him out. Someone picks up Valentin’s car remote, and we see it’s Victor. He says, be careful; that’s his son. He opens a hatchback, and a fancy – and very clean and spacious – trunk opens up. He tells the thug, oh, and cancel his dinner reservations. The thug puts Valentin in the truck, and it’s closed up.

On Monday, Phyllis asks if she knows Stella, Esme says she doesn’t want to go home with Spencer, Carly says that happiness seems further away, and Ned tells Sonny that he should reconsider whatever he’s planning.

👨🏽‍🔧 Filling In…

For how long, no one knows.

https://www.soapoperanews.net/2022/01/damien-leake-books-role-on-general.html

👥 Shared Experience…

I love how Maurice Benard has mastered his illness, and used it, and his position, for good.

Maurice Benard Connects With Fans Over Sonny’s Important New Storyline

🎬 First Time Out…

Before he was Brad, he danced. Sort of.

GH’s Parry Shen Shares a Clip of His Very First TV Appearance!

🧼 Nuevo Suds…

This looks pretty good, and it’s got some great people in it.

SOAP STARS IN NEW SERIES

💋 Checking Motive…

I tend to agree that it’s probably a bad spray tan job.

https://screenrant.com/rhobh-lisa-rinna-blackfishing-image-erika-jayne-instagram/

🧂 Bringing the Salt…

What went on in Salt Lake City last week.

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/23/rhoslc-recap-jennie-nguyen-broke-husbands-ribs-in-fight/

I have the feeling she’s not coming back.

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/22/mary-cosby-has-not-filmed-anything-for-rhoslc-season-three/

The cast keeps getting smaller.

https://people.com/tv/bravo-fires-jennie-nguyen-from-rhoslc-after-racially-insensitive-posts-resurface/

🚫 Next Comes Blocking…

I can’t believe people keep track of this stuff.

https://people.com/tv/rhobh-sutton-stracke-garcelle-beauvais-feuding-with-erika-girardi-source/

🏆 All the Awards…

This year’s calendar of events.

https://www.etonline.com/sag-awards-grammys-and-more-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2022-awards-season-177460

🐕 Pup Alternative…

I can’t think of better hosts.

https://people.com/pets/martha-stewart-and-snoop-dogg-hosting-puppy-bowl-2022/

A sneak peek.

https://ew.com/tv/puppy-bowl-xviii-first-look-penalty-french-bulldog/

🐘 Quotes of the Week

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. – Indian Proverb

It’s like a summer camp for drunk third graders. – Kate Chastain, referring to some guests on Below Deck

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost. – Robert H. Schuller

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. – Bruce Lee

There are no regrets in life. Just lessons. – Jennifer Aniston

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. – Joshua L. Liebman

Speak out on behalf of those who have no voice, and defend all those who have been passed over. – Proverbs 31:8 (TVT)

Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance. – Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France

🚙 Am I There Yet…?

I’ll be stepping out until another month is ripped off the calendar, if you’re still using one of those. Three sunsets for the rest of you. See you then for some soap and the Deck. Until we meet again, stay safe, stay bending, but not breaking, and stay remembering, dreams don’t die, unless you give up on them.

Nov6

November 5, 2021 – Spencer Dethrones Himself, a Goodbye, Proud Papa, Allegedly, New Focus, Paid For, New Wives, Winter Louse, Lala’s Lot, Yet More Costumes, 3×3 Quotes & Blue

Posted on November 6, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Cameron switches the sign on Kelly’s door to open, and Josslyn comes in the side. He asks what she’s doing there this early, and she says she’s wishing him a good morning, and kisses him.

At the gallery, Trina says she’s dying to show Portia these new photos. She doesn’t know how the photographer does it. She doesn’t know how he has the time or the energy. Portia says she’s sure he gets some of his energy from a healthy breakfast, and holds up a bag from the MetroCourt. Trina says she forgot they were meeting for breakfast. She’s so, so sorry. Portia says, there’s no need to apologize. It’s totally worth it to see that she’s so invested, and in such a worthy cause. Trina says she means, as opposed to a boy?

Esme and Spencer come into Kelly’s, and Esme says, get a room. Spencer says, they get an A for enthusiasm, and a solid B for technique, and Esme says, they’re so cute together, stealing kisses. She says they’ll leave Cameron and Josslyn to it, and walks to the counter with Spencer. Josslyn says, a solid B. At least they didn’t get sent abroad to learn how to kiss. Cameron wonders where it’s written that every time they’re alone, they get interrupted, and she says she doesn’t know, but they’re both pretty resourceful, so they should do something about that.

Shawn gives Alexis a gift bag, and says, a gift for her; inspected and approved. She jostles the bag, and says, usually nail files to break out of prison are heavier. She asks, what’s the occasion? and he says he couldn’t get her nephew arrested, so he’ll settle for making him pay.

Nikolas and Ava come into the MetroCourt, where Carly is working on something. Sonny asks if she’s busy, and she hugs him, saying, she missed him. He says, he missed her too. The weather was bad, then it wasn’t. He was up in the air, and here he is. How does that work? She says, it works perfect. Tell her, how did things go with Cyrus? He says they’ll get into that later, and asks, what’s going on with Joey Novak? She says, not much to tell. He was a jerk, he was dealt with, so thank you. He says he hasn’t dealt with Joey yet. Ava and Nikolas approach them, and Ava says she heard about the incident with Joey Novak at The Savoy. If he’s that brazen, it can only mean one thing, right? Another mob war is heating up. So does Sonny still think Avery is safer with him?

Shawn says, the last time he saw Alexis, they had that conversation about Nikolas, and she says, regarding his involvement with Hayden’s shooting. He says he went to Spencer, and told him that his father arranged the attempt on Hayden’s life. Spencer took the bait and went straight to his father. Then he had Spinelli record the conversation. She says she finds it hard to believe Nikolas would come clean about what he did to Hayden, and he says, there was so much evasion and damage control, it was clear Spencer knew his father was guilty. She asks how Spencer took it, and he says, it was crushing. She asks, what about Nikolas? and he says, Nikolas covered all his bases; even Hayden knew what he did. He paid her off. So he’s going to use this money, and do the right thing.

Ava says, she and Nikolas feel, at least for the time being, Avery is much safer with them, and Sonny says, Avery is safe where she is at home. Ava says, she has more than one home; he knows that. Sonny suggests instead of trying to spend more time with Avery, they should find a family counselor for Spencer. That way, all three of them can have a little more peace. Sonny tells Carly, let’s get out of here, and they leave. Ava says, my God, the hypocrisy is staggering, and Nikolas says, still, Sonny could be right about Spencer.

Portia says, Trina isn’t kidding about these pictures; they are amazing. She’s so proud her daughter took the initiative to bring a National Geographic photographer of Joel Sartore’s stature to Port Charles. She looks at the tablet, and says, look at that one, and Trina says, that’s a golden snub-nosed monkey, and it’s one of the most endangered species on the planet. Sometimes, the females will deliberately have affairs with the reticent males behind the lead male’s back. Portia says, that takes some strategic skills, and Trina says, it has to for survival. Portia tells her, just be careful, and Trina says, right. You’d think she was going into the wilderness to photograph these animals herself, or is Portia talking about Spencer?

Cameron says, Spencer is there early, and asks if he’s trying to make up for going AWOL the other day. Spencer says, it hasn’t escaped his attention that today is payday, and Cameron says he’s sorry, but there’s no paycheck for Spencer. Spencer says, what? and Cameron takes an envelope out of his pocket, saying, congratulations on Spencer’s first earned money ever. (How is he getting paid when he just started, and ditched half a day? Hell, I’ll work at Kelly’s.) Spencer looks at the check, and says, wow, this is paltry, and Cameron says, he’s only worked there two days. What does he expect? Spencer shows Esme, and asks how he’s supposed to live on this, and she says, he’s not. He’s supposed to make things right with his father, play nice with Ava, and go back to being the prince he was born to be.

Shawn says, as much as he’d like to turn Nikolas in to the cops, there’s not enough evidence, and Alexis says, then he’s better off holding the threat over Nikolas’s head, and charging him a fortune to be quiet. He says he’s glad she agrees, and she says, typically, she’s not a fan of blackmail, but Nikolas deserves that in this case. So what is he going to do with his windfall? Is he going to buy a yacht? He says, no, the money isn’t coming to him personally. He wouldn’t take a dime from that corrupt bastard. Nikolas is setting up a trust for a non-profit. Shawn has some ideas for the greater good. She says, that is genius, and he laughs, thanking her. He asks if she’d care to join him as one of the administrators.

Ava asks if something else happened with Spencer, and Nikolas says, they had another confrontation. Ava says, about us? and Nikolas flashes back to Spencer questioning him about Hayden. She asks, what happened between him and Spencer?

Spencer says he can’t go back to his father, besides, Ava’s the one who controls the trust. She says, then go to Ava, but he says, he can’t give in to her. There has to be another way. He approaches Cameron, and says he needs more money than this. Cameron says he’ll get it, and Spencer says, great. When? Cameron says, a week from today, and Spencer asks if he can have an advance. Cameron says, no. Why does he need an advance? Spencer says, a decent lawyer can mean the difference between freedom and prison, and Cameron says he only passes out the checks; he doesn’t sign them. It’s not in his power to give Spencer an advance. He’s sorry. Esme tells Spencer to do what he needs to do, and after, they’ll get a hotel room and celebrate. Spencer asks if he can borrow Cameron’s car, but Cameron says, no. Borrow one of the delivery bikes. Does he know how to ride one? Spencer says he does, and Cameron tells him, wear a helmet. His mom’s a stickler about traumatic brain injuries.

Trina says she knows Portia is suspicious of Spencer. Good news, she is too. Ever since she found out he’s the one who’s been terrorizing Ava, she’s been keeping him at arm’s length. Portia says she’s glad to hear it. He’s a very troubled young man. Trina says, he’s just spoiled and angry; he’s not a psychopath. Portia tells her, she didn’t say he was a psychopath, but he needs help, and if he comes to Trina for it, she’s unqualified. Trina says, then Portia should know, he came to her the other night, but she told him she’s not a shoulder for him to cry on. Portia doesn’t have to worry about her; she’s got this. Portia says she trusts Trina to make good choices, and she’s proud of Trina, for everything; for the magnificent young woman she’s become. Trina says Portia and Taggert can take some credit for that, and Portia laughs and says, can we now? She has to get to work, and tells Trina not to forget breakfast; it’s the most important meal of the day. Trina says, some things never change, and she and Portia hug.

Carly and Sonny get out of the elevator at the hospital. Carly needs to pick up a prescription, but says she wants to hear more about Sonny’s meeting with Cyrus. He says, the only important thing Cyrus said to him was warning him about Joey Novak. He knew Joey was going to make a move, but he didn’t think it was going to be this stupid, or this quick. She says, it doesn’t make any sense. Joey approached her, and the next thing she knows, he was beaten within an inch of his life. So if Sonny’s not the one who ordered the attack, who was?

Esme sits down with Josslyn, and says, sorry if she overstepped with the get a room thing. Sometimes her mouth works faster than her brain. She thought she was being funny, and it wasn’t. Josslyn says, okay, and Esme says she was hoping they could put the tension between them in the rear view and start over. Josslyn says she’s got a lot of work to do, and Esme says she’ll let Josslyn do that. Esme goes over to Cameron, and tells him that Josslyn’s still upset with her. He says, she’ll get over it, and Esme says, he thinks so? He says, or she won’t; what does Esme care? She says, they’re Spence’s friends, and she wants to be friends with them too. She was going to pitch the cabin idea again, but Josslyn didn’t even give her a chance; she just shut Esme down. If they could all just get away for a day or two… He says, it’s a nice idea, but how are they supposed to do that, when she and Spence are having a hard time making rent? She says, they’ll figure it out, and if he and Josslyn would be more comfortable with separate bedrooms, she’s sure they can be accommodated. He asks why they’d need that, and she says she gets it. He’s a real gentleman that way.

Spencer comes into the gallery with a helmet in his hand, and Trina says, he rode a bike there? Did his chauffeur call in sick? He says he borrowed a delivery bike, and she says, and here he is – again. He says he’s not stalking her, if that’s what he’s implying, and she says, isn’t stalking kind of his thing? He says he deserved that. He’s not actually there to see Trina; he wants to talk to Ava. She asks why he needs to do that, and he says, he needs to tell Ava that he accepts her marriage to his father. She asks who he thinks he’s fooling. He wants his money.

Nikolas says, he and Spencer argued about something that happened years ago, long before Ava was in the picture. He’s afraid he’s lost Spencer for good, but she says, Spencer might think that he hates Nikolas right now, but he will cool down. He has to, right? He needs his father’s financial support. He says he doesn’t want Spencer to just come back for money, but she says, beggars can’t be choosers. She knows it’s not the most desirable or admirable way to rebuild their relationship, but it is a beginning. Spencer will come home to him.

Alexis tells Shawn, congratulations on turning her nephew’s wrongdoing into something really good. The non-profit is going to be amazing, she knows it, but she can’t administer from there. He asks if Nikolas didn’t offer to fix it for her, and she says, with that awesome gubernatorial pardon, if she keeps her mouth shut about Hayden. He says, how about it? but she says she can’t. He asks, why? It seems like she had a pretty good life out there. Doesn’t she want it back?

Portia goes in to see Joey, and introduces herself. She says he had an extremely rough night last night, but he’s going to be okay. Can he communicate to her his level of pain? He grimaces, and she says she can take care of that, and adjusts his intravenous medication. He says, why… what… and she says, someone attacked him last night outside The Savoy nightclub. The police will want to talk to him at some point. His pain meds should kick in soon, and she’ll be back to check on him in a little while. She leaves.

Carly tells Sonny, whoever went after Joey moves fast. She’d barely gotten home from The Savoy, when Dante was knocking on her door, wanting to ask her questions. He’s going to want to talk to Sonny. Sonny says he expected it, but before he does anything else, he needs to see Joey. Portia comes by, and says hi, and Sonny asks how she is. She says, Curtis told her what happened at The Savoy. Is Carly doing all right after the incident? Carly says she’s fine, and Portia asks if Sonny is there about Mr. Novak. Sonny says, first of all, that incident should have never happened, and if she could tell Curtis he apologizes? She says she’s sure Curtis would appreciate it, and would tell Sonny that it’s not necessary. It’s good to see them both. She leaves, and Carly says, what’s next? and he says he’s going to end this. He’s going to see Joey right now.

Joey’s buddy asks if he’s getting any good drugs, and Joey says, not good enough; it hurts all over. It just happened so fast. He was just talking to her at the club, he went to get his car, and then, he doesn’t know. Dude asks if Joey remembers who got him. How many of them were there? Sonny’s guy Frank opens the door, and Sonny is there. Dude says, Mr. Corinthos, how are you this fine morning? Joey just woke up. Please tell him… Sonny says, take a hike, and dude jets. Sonny tells Frank, close the blinds, and grabs the nurse call button so Joey can’t use it. He says, here’s the thing. Joey threatened his wife, and there’s no coming back from that. He tells Frank to wait outside, and Joey says, he told Sonny’s guy last night, from now on he’ll stay away; he gives Sonny his word. Sonny says, from now on doesn’t fix what he did last night. Joey says he’s sorry. It was a mistake. He was angry and grieving. Sonny says, he should be sorry, but that’s more than his uncle; he wasn’t sorry at all. As a matter-of-fact, he tried to take out Carly and Jason, right up until his car blew up. But does Joey see what he’s talking about? He leans closer, and says, if Joey threatens anybody he cares about, he’ll make Joey disappear. Joey says, all right. What does Sonny want to make this go away?

Carly goes the reception desk, and Elizabeth says she heard Nina was arrested. Carly says, arrested, extradited, and released the next day on bail. Elizabeth says, after keeping Sonny away from Carly all those months, now she’s allowed to walk around free? Carly says, it’s unbelievable, and Elizabeth says, she must be furious. Carly says she’s beyond furious, and Elizabeth says, honestly, if it happened to her, nothing would stop her from destroying the person who came between her and her family.

Cameron says, he’s a gentlemen? Thank you? Esme says he knows what she means. It’s really sweet, like a Jane Austen hero. Honestly, she wishes she and Spence would have waited before they got so close. Sex is no way to resolve disagreements. A way to put them aside, but talking them out is so much healthier. So it’s good he and Joss will have that foundation of communication before they take it to the next level. Cameron says he needs to work in the kitchen, and Esme goes back to Josslyn’s table. She asks how studying is going, and Josslyn says she’s learning a lot. Esme says, about what? and Josslyn says, manipulative conniving women who will do or say anything to get what they want no matter who they hurt. Esme says she knows they got off on the wrong foot, but that’s a little… Josslyn holds up her book, and says, Lady Macbeth. Esme says, right. Out, damned spot. Josslyn says, yet Esme thought she was talking about her. Esme might want to think about that. Esme says, even lady M had a conscience, like she does, and Josslyn tells her, saying she’s just like Lady Macbeth is not the best case she could make for herself. Esme asks if they can’t just start over, and Josslyn asks if she has a time machine. Esme says, think about it. The four of them going away together. They can get some girl time away from the boys, and understand each other better. Josslyn says she thinks they understand each other just fine, and Esme says, if she’s worried about approaching Cam… Josslyn asks why she’d be worried, and Esme says, he’s already on board with them renting a cabin for a few days, separate rooms for Joss and Cam, of course (🍷).

Alexis tells Shawn that she misses her family. She sees them all the time, but it’s not the same. She misses being at home with them around the dinner table, her girls fighting, her disapproving of Kristina’s life choices, just so Kristina can throw prison in her face. He says, it is a great house, and she says, Julian bought it for her when his mafia ties blew up her other one. They sit, and he says, she must have some happy memories of the place. She says, most of them are pleasant. She thinks like, fifty-one and a half percent. What does he like about it? He says, the kitchen, and she says, it had a kitchen? She knew it did; she almost burned it down. He says he enjoys it. He turns on the music, and whips up a couple of meals for TJ and Molly, who barely get to eat. She asks what he makes, and he says he could tell her, but it’s probably different from what she’s eating there, and would be a cruel and unusual punishment. Seriously, he loves the place. She gets up, and says she does miss it, and he says he knew it. She says, that is not a positive statement, but he says, it could be. Walk out of this place, and help him make the non-profit a force for the good. She says, it’s different for him. He bested Nikolas, and made him pay for it. He’s her nephew. She tried instill a sense of right and wrong in him, and failed miserably, and she’s not going to let him be the reason she gets out of there.

Ava says, Nikolas knows she’s right. Soon Spencer will realize he misses the life he was born to. Nikolas says, when Spencer was younger, he had a distain for the locals; he called them the townies. He won’t want to see himself as one of them. She says, they can use his own snobbery against him, and he says, then he should take as a win if Spencer comes back for the money. She says, not if, my love, when, and he says, when he comes back for the money.

Spencer tells Trina, it’s not about the money. He really wants to make peace with Ava. Trina says, no he doesn’t. She thought they’d gotten somewhere when he apologized for using their friendship, hoping she wouldn’t hate him. She has to hand it to him; it sounded like he meant it. He says he did, but she says, it’s clear to her that he has no respect for her or Ava. What is it he really wants? Is the job too hard? Is it beneath him? Because he went from swearing he’d never speak to Ava again, to coming in here, helmet in hand, hoping to snow Ava into believing he accepts her back in his father’s life. He says, okay, yes, he needs money, and she says, good luck with that. He says, for a lawyer, so he can get a place for him and Esme. They have no time alone. They can’t even afford to go out to eat. This is no way to live. She says, oh my God, he is so pathetic. He’s nothing more than a spoiled child of privilege, and worst of all, he’s a liar. He wants to trick Ava into thinking he’s accepted her into their family, so he can get some cash, so he doesn’t have to slum it, working for a living like the rest of them. She’s done with him. Get out.

Sonny tells Joey, his terms are that he wants everything. Everything that’s left of Joey’s uncle’s organization; Novak’s holdings here and offshore. Joey says, but that’s worth… and Sonny says, he knows what it’s worth. That’s what he wants. Joey says, the family… and Sonny says, the family’s not going to take it well, but that’s not his problem. That’s between Joey and them. Joey said he’d heard Sonny changed, since he got back from where he was. Sonny says, he did, and sits on the bed, leaning on Joey’s arm in the process. Joey makes in pain sounds, and Sonny says, sorry. He didn’t mean to do that; out of habit. He did change. The old him would have handled this differently. The new him is handling it this way. He’s letting Joey walk out of here, but if he does anything like this again, if he threatens anyone Sonny loves, Sonny is going to take him out. Joey says, okay, and Sonny says, okay what? Joey says, he’ll give Sonny everything; all of it is his. Sonny says, you know what? He laughs, and tells Joey, he never thought he’d say this, but great doing business with him. He opens the blinds and looks out. He says, Joey never should have tried to fill his uncle’s shoes. Has he ever heard of a word called hubris? A friend of his told him about it while he was away. Hubris. It’s like arrogance on steroids, and you know what? It’s made way better men than Joey go down fast and hard. He leaves.

Carly says, she would have thought Elizabeth would advise her to forgive and forget, and Elizabeth says, then she would be wrong. Carly says she’ll see Elizabeth around, and Elizabeth says she really hopes Carly gets the justice she deserves. Carly leaves, and Portia comes over to Elizabeth. She says she wants to thank Elizabeth again for the sketch she did of the mystery man. Elizabeth says she’s happy to help. Did Curtis recognize him? Portia says, Curtis didn’t, but TJ did. So did the bartender at The Savoy.

Esme says she knows she and Josslyn can find some common ground. All they have to do is spend a bit more time together. With her and Spence being in such close quarters at his grandmother’s, she knows it would be good for Spence to get away too. Josslyn says, it sounds like what Esme needs is some alone time, just her and Spencer. Esme says she understands why Josslyn is nervous, but maybe if she and Cam spend some time alone together, she can get past whatever’s stopping her from being… Josslyn says, from being what? and Esme says, from being as beautiful, and as close as two people can be. She says she has to study too, for her internship. She needs to learn everything there is to know about the criminally insane. Surprisingly, Josslyn doesn’t say something like, there probably isn’t much for her to learn on that front, and Esme leaves. Josslyn goes over to Cameron, and he says he was wondering what she was doing later. She says, funny. She was just going to ask him the same thing.

Nikolas says he has to wait Spencer out, and Ava says, exactly. Let him come crawling back. Trust her; he will. Nikolas thanks her, and says she makes him feel like he might actually get his son back. He sees Shawn come in, and says, if she’ll excuse him… She says, business? and he says, business. He walks over to Shawn, and gives him a manila envelope, saying, it’s all set up the way Shawn wants it. The money’s in a trust, the non-profit has been filed, Shawn is the administrator, and has the ability to appoint other administrators as he sees fit. Shawn says he knows a good lawyer who will look at it, and Nikolas says, it’s perfectly legal. So they’re finished. Shawn says, for now. Nikolas asks what Shawn means, and Shawn says, he means if the non-profit needs additional funding, Nikolas will provide the funds. And if Nikolas ever screws him over again, he promises Nikolas will be very, very sorry. He leaves, and Ava walks over. She says, now Nikolas can tell her what that was all about – the truth. He says, okay, but he’d rather do it someplace quieter. She says, anywhere he likes, and he says, just after he makes a call.

Spencer says, Trina, please, and she asks why he’s still there. She asked him to leave. She’s working on a very important project, and doesn’t have time for him. He says he’s sorry. He doesn’t know what to do, and she says, she told him what to do. She told him, go to work, and be his own man. Not Esme’s boyfriend, and not his father’s son. Not some money grubbing little phony. Be himself. Be the guy who convinced her to go to her graduation party, not the creep who rigged the sprinklers to shower her with fake blood. He says he’s apologized for that a million times, and she says she knows. When she first met him, or rather when she met Victor, sure, he was lie, but he was a much better person than this mess she’s seeing in front of her. If he wants to do right, find him. Find the part of him that rises above the selfish idiot she sees in front of her. Be the person who learns from his mistakes, and be a better person, the bigger one. One she might be able to respect, and maybe someday call her friend. This person he is now is no one she wants to know.

Nikolas and Ava walk into the gallery, and Ava says she takes it he’s there to see Trina. He says, actually he was looking for her, and Ava says, is that so? Nikolas says, don’t tell him that he’s finally going to make peace with Ava. Spencer looks at Trina.

Josslyn says, her dorm room’s out, and Cameron says he thought Trina was busy with the art exhibit. Josslyn says, she is, except when she’s not. Trina’s schedule has become completely unpredictable. What about his house? He says, tonight’s his mom’s birthday, and she says, happy birthday to his mom. A parental birthday party is probably not the best opportunity for alone time. He says they have just a little party and cake planned, but after that, his mom is going out with friends. She says, and his brothers? and he says, they’re at sleepovers. So does she want? She says, yeah, she does. Esme watches.

Spencer says, he just wants to tell them, he’s happy Nikolas is with Ava, and Nikolas says, he’s glad to hear that. Spencer says he also wanted to let them both know that he no longer wishes to be a prince. He doesn’t want one single filthy penny of their family’s money. From now on, he intends to find his own way in the world, and he will. Nikolas says, he’s proud… and Spencer says, as of now, he’s no longer his father’s son. He’s no longer Nikolas’s son. He starts to cry, and says he’s no longer a Cassadine. Goodbye, Nikolas. Goodbye, Ava. He thanks Trina for what she said. She showed him the way, and he’ll be forever grateful. He walks out, and everyone just looks sad.

Shawn comes back to Spring Ridge, and Alexis says, just in time for her to thank him for this beautiful scarf. (It is very pretty.) She puts it on, and he says he hates to say, you’re welcome, at the same time he’s asking a favor. He holds out the envelope, and asks if she’ll have a look. She says, sure, taking the papers out, and sitting down. He says, Nikolas swears it’s legit, but he doesn’t trust Nikolas as far as he could throw him. She says she thinks he could probably throw Nikolas a fair distance, and looks through the papers. She says, it’s a first glance, but it seems to be in order. It looks like Shawn is the administrator of a well-funded nonprofit. He says, he can appoint other administrators. Consider his offer on the table permanently. The warden comes in, and says he has some good news. The governor issued Alexis a pardon. Alexis seems skeptical, and he says he’s just as surprised as she is, but it’s official. She’s going to be released.

Portia tells Elizabeth, she doesn’t know what it is, but there’s something about that man in the sketch. Or maybe she’s overreacting to a coincidence. Elizabeth says, want to know what she thinks? Trust her instincts. The elevator comes, and Portia says, good advice. She thanks Elizabeth, and gets in.

In another elevator, Sonny says he doesn’t think Joey is going to do anything stupid like that again, but Carly asks if he’s met the man; he’s pretty stupid. Sonny says, but he’s alone; he has no back up. Carly asks what Sonny did, and he says he took everything the Novaks had; their holdings, their people, everything. She says, really? and he laughs and says, yeah. She asks what he thinks the Novaks will say about that, and he says, to him, probably nothing. To Joey, probably a lot. She says, so instead of eliminating him, Sonny gave him a fate worse than death, and Sonny says, mercy is a funny thing. She says, just when she thought he couldn’t impress her more. Did Joey give him any idea who attacked him? He says, not at all, and she says, if it wasn’t Sonny, and it wasn’t her, who did it?

On Monday, Esme asks Spencer exactly how close he got to someone, Peter tells Britt there’s only one way off the island for her, Diane says it sounds like Carly misses being the one in charge, and Sonny says there’s something else he can do for someone.

😢 Ciao, Papa…

A sweet tribute from a loving son.

GENERAL HOSPITAL Star Maurice Benard Mourns the Death of His Father

🎶 On a Happier Note…

The circle of life and all that.

Maurice Benard Shows Off Son Joshua’s Musical Talents!

👠 Picture Of Privilege…

I hate to say it, but it sounds like something that would come out of Ramona’s mouth.

Here’s the Racist Comment Ramona Singer Allegedly Made About Eboni Williams Which Led to Complaint as Ramona Speaks Out, Plus Eboni Reportedly “Dissatisfied” With Investigation Outcome

Ramona Singer In Hot Water For Alleged Racist Comment

💎 Phew…

Out of the hotseat and into the courtroom. Maybe.

RHOBH’s Erika Jayne “Grateful” Reunion is Over, Source Shares What She is Focusing on Now, Plus See Unaired Reunion Clip

💸 The Kindness Of Almost Strangers…

They were probably afraid of a lawsuit.

https://pagesix.com/2021/11/01/andy-cohen-claims-bravo-paid-for-kim-richards-2011-rehab-stay/

💰 The Wives You Didn’t Know You Needed…

Carolyn Stanbury? Maybe Lindsay Lohan? Excessive spending? Count me in.

RHOA’s Phaedra Makes ‘Real Housewives of Dubai’ Trailer Cameo, Cast Revealed

https://autos.yahoo.com/autos/bravos-real-housewives-dubai-announcement-143820073.html

🤪 Old Frat Boy House…

These people all need to do something more meaningful with their lives. And probably get therapy.

Ciara From ‘Winter House’ Says Austen Kroll ‘Doesn’t Really Want’ Lindsay Hubbard – but Will They Sleep Together Again?

https://pagesix.com/2021/11/03/lindsay-hubbard-says-she-needs-a-strong-break-from-austen-kroll/

🍸 First World Problems…

Oh just cry, eat some ice cream, and move on.

https://pagesix.com/2021/11/03/lala-kent-going-through-a-lot-after-randall-emmett-breakup/

🎃 Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop…

More costumes. From the soap world.

Your Favorite Soap Stars Celebrate Halloween — See Their Awesome Costumes!

Soap Stars Celebrate Halloween — See Their Awesome Costumes!

Halloween personified.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/29/heidi-klum-halloween-costume-2021-video-exclusive-pics/6175859001/

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👩🏽‍💻 Quotes of the Week

Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver. – Mark A. Clement

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. – Henry Ward Beecher

It is mental slavery to cling to things that have stopped serving their purpose in your life. – Chinonye J. Chidolue

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it. – Ann Landers

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Ray Bradbury

If you don’t believe me, then google it. – Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), General Hospital

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand. – Milton Friedman

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

We’re at different points in our life, because we’re actually at different points in our life. – Robby Fakhouri, 90 Day Fiancé: The Single Life

🃏 Knowing When To Fold ‘Em…

Halloween is over – hello, left over fun size special dark Hershey bar – and it’s only a breath before we roll into what’s known as the holiday season. Try not to forget that little holiday called Thanksgiving. It always gets lost in the shuffle. See you in the Dead zone, but until then, stay safe, stay uninfluenced by so-called influencers, and stay remembering, just because someone is spoiled and angry, doesn’t mean they’re a psychopath. Most of the time.

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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

Posted on August 28, 2021 by theresakp

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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 77^th 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 95^th 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 88^th 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.

Jul31

July 30, 2021 – Spencer Fake Pleads With Ava, New Lease On Life, Soap Celebration, Happy Birthday, Support, Pushy Countess, Be Better, Possible Ax, New Status, Rumors, Dead Talk, Quotes Tenfold & Hello

Posted on July 31, 2021 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Spencer asks if Ava thinks they can put the past behind them and start fresh. Is it possible they can declare a truce? He holds out his hand, and she hesitates for a moment, but takes it, and they shake. She says she appreciates the offer, but he doesn’t have to worry about forging a relationship with her. She’s out of Nikolas’s life now. He says, it didn’t look that way a little while ago.

Jason comes into the MetroCourt, and asks if Carly is ready to go. She asks if he’s ready for this, and he says, for Wiley’s birthday party? Sure. He managed to get all the gifts in the car. She says, there weren’t that many, and he gives her a face. She says he knows what she’s talking about. This is their first family thing as a couple. He asks if she’s nervous.

Michael knocks at the gatehouse door, and Willow motions him in. He hands her some cellophane tape, and she thanks him, saying, she thought she’d have to break out the masking tape. He says he’s surprised he found any, considering the mounds of presents and all the decorations. She asks if they’re spoiling him, and he says, absolutely, but it’s Wiley’s birthday, so they get a pass. They’ll let him have all his presents and balloons… She says, don’t forget about cupcakes, and he says Wiley reminded him this morning. Now everything’s all set for their birthday boy.

Brook comes in to find Chase messing with some balloons, and says, look at him. She looks around the room, and says, look at this. He says, this is Olivia’s work. He followed her around with a tape dispenser. It is funny how Brook reappeared just when the decorating is finished. She says, timing is everything. She sent Yuri down to help. He says, good thing. He couldn’t help hang the banner for anything. She says, it will happen soon enough, and he says, not soon enough for him. He can’t wait to walk up to Willow, and show her that he’s back.

Shawn meets Sam in the park, and she hands him some coffee. She says she hopes he didn’t mind meeting her there. She had to drop Scout off at Lila’s Kids. He says he loves it outdoors; he can’t get enough of it. She says she’s the same way, and it sure beats the exercise at Pentenville. He asks why she wanted to meet, and she says she’s afraid she has bad news.

There’s a knock at Elizabeth’s door, and she lets in Nikolas, who asks if she’s okay. She sounded stressed on the phone. She mentioned Hayden; has she heard from her? She says, unfortunately, no. He asks, what’s going on? and she says Sam was there, asking about the time Hayden was shot. It made her remember something. He says, dammit. He knew this was going to happen.

Chase tells Brook, Willow is at the gatehouse and he’s upstairs. He doesn’t feel like they can start their life together yet. He’s so sick of this chair; he can’t do anything. She says, excuse me. He’s the one who sang Bailey to sleep, which is more than she can manage, and Bailey loved it. He says, she did seem pretty blissed out, which is puzzling to him since Brook took so long to get her settled. Brook tells him, let it go, and says, this place looks like a birthday party on steroids. They didn’t need her help. Kids Wiley’s age are more interested in the boxes anyway. (Truth!) He bets her 50 bucks it doesn’t hold a candle to the parties she’ll throw for Bailey, and she says, he’s on. They shake, and she says they’ll see if Wiley’s more interested in the gifts or the boxes. Valentin walks in with Austin, and says, look who he found. Brook asks what Austin is doing there.

Elizabeth says, so Nikolas knows what she’s talking about, and he says, Sam spoke to him as well. He told her that he didn’t know where Hayden was, and she should just leave it alone. The last thing he wanted was for Sam to come there and upset Elizabeth with questions about her sister, on top of everything else. She says he’s right; she’s upset. Shawn has spent all those years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Nikolas says, Alexis explained the situation. Of course (🍷) Shawn shouldn’t pay for a crime he didn’t do, but he pled guilty. She says, now that Shawn denied shooting Hayden, it made her wonder, who did? She remembered something Nikolas said back then; something she didn’t want to believe – that he had Hayden shot.

Ava tells Spencer that she and Nikolas plan to keep their divorce civil and drama free, but make no mistake, the marriage is over. He says, let him guess. Father doesn’t agree. She says, well, he knows his father. He wants what he wants, and doesn’t take no for an answer. Spencer says, sounds like him.

Jason asks who Carly is nervous about seeing. Is it Monica? He talked with her, and they went through all the history with AJ… She says she’s not nervous that way; it’s just the transition. All the family things they’ve gone to over the years, they’re now going as a couple. She was talking to Laura last night, and wondering if it’s too soon after Sonny, and how people’s perception might bother her, how it might diminish her love for Sonny, and how it’s hard for her. She knows they have to get married, and she knows it’s the right thing to do, but it’s difficult. He says, they both know why they’re doing this. They made the best choice they could. So now they just have to move forward with it. She says she’s glad he’s in this with her.

Austin hands Brook a wrapped gift, and says he’s there because Michael invited him. He said it was a family celebration. Brook says, it’s just that he’s early, and he tells her, his mother always said, if you’re on time, you’re late. She says, that makes no sense, and he asks if she argues with her mother. She says, all the time, and he asks if she wins. She says, okay, and puts the gift with the others. Chase introduces himself, and Valentin says he should have made the introductions. Sorry about that. Monica comes in, and says she’s glad Austin could make the family celebration. Has he met everybody? Austin says he has, and Valentin says, so it’s true. Austin is a legitimate Quartermaine?

Michael holds his finger in the middle of the ribbon, and Willow makes a bow. I have to say, I’ve never made a bow that way, or seen anyone else do it. She says, and that’s that, and he asks if she’s really okay. She says, sure, and he says she’s going out of her way to make sure Wiley’s birthday celebration is happy and joyful, but he knows this is also the anniversary of her son’s death. He’s been thinking about him too. For the longest time, Michael thought Jonah was his son, so it’s a bittersweet day. She says, this morning when she was putting flowers on Jonah’s grave, the birds were singing so loudly, like they were serenading him. He wishes they could have gone together, and she says, Chase was there. Michael is glad she wasn’t alone, and she says, it was Chase who told her that her baby had died. He held her as that awful truth sunk in, and she grieved. He comforted her, and got her through this unimaginable time in her life, and she’ll always be grateful to him, but she wishes Michael had been with her.

A woman goes to Jonah’s grave, and leaves flowers.

Nicholas says, they both know he didn’t shoot Hayden, and Elizabeth says, no, they don’t both know. She remembers that time in The Floating Rib when she asked him point blank if he’d done it, praying he’d say no, but he didn’t. He said he had Hayden shot to protect her. He says, it was a long time ago; emotions were high. She says, Hayden was blackmailing them for the mess she made with Drew, lying to him to hold on to him. Nikolas says, there was plenty of upheaval back then, but when she was able to catch her breath, and asked him about Hayden again, he came clean. He admitted he’d been lying. Doesn’t she remember?

Sam and Shawn sit on a bench, and Sam says, neither Elizabeth or Nikolas know where Hayden is, or know where to find her. Any progress on finding Hayden’s mother? He says, Naomi Dreyfuss is not returning his calls, and Sam says, they’re back to square one. He says, Curtis told him that he’d check his notes from when he originally worked on the case, but he didn’t sound too encouraging. She says, what did they expect? It’s a six year old case. It’s not impossible to turn up new leads, but it’s going to take some time. They’ll have to find some witnesses and try and jog their memories. The ones that are still alive anyway. He says she’s thinking of Drew. First, his name is Jake Doe, then he’s Jason Morgan, then he turns out to be Jason’s twin Drew Cain, the man Sam married and had a child with. She says, it’s pretty ironic, isn’t it? When Shawn was the one who was supposed to kill him that night.

Spencer says he can see his father is struggling without Ava, which is a real change, considering he’d insisted their marriage was a sham, and the only reason he stayed with Ava was to preserve their family money. No offense. She says, none taken. That was exactly how their marriage started. It was a cold-blooded business arrangement. Then she and Nikolas surprised themselves, falling in love along the way. But the stalker has made it clear he won’t stop as long as they’re together, and she won’t risk Avery’s safety. He says, then she’s adamant about going through with the divorce, and she says, whether Nikolas likes it or not. He says, then why does she keep sending his father mixed signals?

Monica says they’re still waiting for the DNA test results, and Valentin says, so this is a case of keeping your enemies close? She says she doesn’t consider Austin an enemy, and Valentin says, Ned and Michael do. A word to the wise, being a Quartermaine is a study in Darwinism, survival of the fittest. Austin says, he tries to stay reasonably fit, and Valentin says, having an ally helps. Monica says, let her guess. That would be him. Warnings, Austin; warnings all around. Valentin says he knows what it’s like to be an outsider in a powerful family, and Brook says she’s been meaning to speak to Valentin about Bailey, and drags him into the foyer. Monica thanks Chase for taking care of the decorations, and asks if she can get anybody something to drink.

In the foyer, Valentin asks if Brook really wanted to talk to him about something, or did she just want to get him away from Austin? She says, it was a big, fat attempt to stop him from sucking up to that interloper, and he says he thought he was the interloper. She tells him, stop. What he needs to do is back off. If Austin is a real Q, does Valentin really think Austin is going to side with him over his family? He says, we’ll see, and she says, overconfident much? He says he usually gets what he wants, and she says, but not always.

Willow tells Michael that they should get the gifts up to the main house. Wiley will be up from his nap soon, and the guests will be arriving. She holds open a bag, and he says, whatever doesn’t fit, he’ll carry. As they put the gifts in the bag, their hands touch, and Willow pulls away. She says, next year, on Wiley’s birthday, Chase will be walking, and they can be together. He says he’ll wake them up with a puppy, and she says, they’ll all cuddle in the bed; the puppy too. They’ll come down and make birthday pancakes. He says, they’ll see Jonah and hear the birds. They’ll have a birthday celebration with family, and when Wiley’s worn out, they’ll put him and the puppy to bed, and it’s their turn. She says, next year, and he says, next year, and they start kissing.

Elizabeth tells Nikolas, she remembers both conversations. The first one weighed on her. Then she remembers calling and asking him to meet her at work. He says, they talked in the stairwell so no one would hear them. We flash back to Elizabeth telling Nikolas that she hasn’t been able to sleep since he told her what he did to Hayden. She never asked him to do that. He says, Hayden is going to be fine. She’s talking. She doesn’t know that Jake is Jason. Elizabeth says, he had her shot, but he says, no, he didn’t. He lied. Shawn confessed that he’s the one who shot Hayden. She asks why would Nikolas say he did it? and he says, it’s stupid. He wanted her to think he’d do anything for her. She asks what she’s supposed to do with that. If he lied, how is she supposed to believe him now? He says, because Shawn confessed. Why would he confess if he’s not guilty? He’s ashamed he lied to her, but he wanted her to love him because he loves her. He sees now that’s not going to happen. In the present, Nikolas says he swallowed his pride and told her the truth. She says, told her the truth, or told her what she wanted to hear? He needs to be honest. They both know Shawn didn’t shoot Hayden. Was it him?

Monica says, Austin has met Chase, and he says he has, and asks where Chase fits in to this Quartermaine puzzle. Chase says he’s Willow’s husband, and Willow is Wiley’s mom. Dr. Quartermaine has been kind enough to let him stay there while he recovers. He tells Monica that he can’t thank her enough, and hopes to be out of there soon, but she tells him that he can stay as long as he wants. She says, Austin is a new doctor on staff at General Hospital. Chase says, that’s great, and Austin says, it is. Monica excuses herself to see if everything is ready, and when she’s gone, Austin slides closer to Chase. He says, from one outsider to another, what does he think about these Quartermaines? Does he have to watch his back like Valentin says?

Valentin says, presently, he has a beautiful new daughter, and he’s the CEO of a company that’s highly profitable, both of which he owes to Brook. She tells him, don’t count your chickens, and he asks if she really thinks the family is going to vote him out. She asks if he thinks he can stop them, and he says he thinks she’s worried he might. He believes she thinks Austin is going to prove himself and side with him, and that’s why she’s watching Austin like a hawk. She asks, who says she’s watching Austin? and Valentin says he does. He can see she’s clearly shaken by that man.

Willow and Michael kiss some more. She starts to walk away, but he pulls her back. Carly knocks at the door, and Michael and Willow quickly separate. Carly walks in with Jason, and Michael says they were just finishing up with Wiley’s gifts. Carly hugs Willow, saying, she can’t believe Wiley is three. She asks where the birthday boy is, and Willow says, he’s at the main house, probably just waking up from his nap any minute. Carly suggests Michael and Jason take the presents, and she’ll hang out with Willow for a minute. Michael says they can all go together, but Willow tells him to go ahead. Michael and Jason leave with Wiley’s gifts, and Carly asks, what are you two doing?

Brook tells Valentin, she’s not shaken by Austin. As far as she’s concerned, the jury is still out on the guy. Austin delivers Maxie’s baby, and then leaves the crazy nurse to run off with Louise? Valentin says, after being knocked unconscious, and she says, she just wonders if he knows more than he says. He just happens to be hiking at the exact same moment in the exact same place Maxie happens to be having her baby. And then, it just so happens he owns the house where Peter and that crazy henchwoman bring Maxie? Valentin asks if she thinks Austin is involved in Louise’s kidnapping, and she says, she won’t go that far. Let’s just say she’s keeping an eye on the guy.

Chase tells Austin, the Quartermaines have always been good to him. They have strong personalities, but big hearts. Austin says, that’s not their reputation, and Chase says, they’re an intense family. They take some getting used to, but they protect their own and band together when it counts. If Austin’s claim is legit – Austin says, it is – he’ll find his place. He can’t be thin-skinned though. Austin says he’s not afraid of a little bloodletting; he’s a doctor. He asks what Chase does, and Chase says he’s a detective with the PCPD. Austin says, super. Any leads on Maxie’s baby?

Ava tells Spencer that she’s not sending his father mixed signals. She’s been clear that they can’t be together. He says, yet he just saw them in, shall we say, a close moment. She says she didn’t mean for that to happen, and he says, it doesn’t matter what she intends. It matters what she does. She says, excuse me. Didn’t he just approach her requesting a truce? What happened to that olive branch?

Brook asks what they’re talking about, and Austin asks where her better half is. She says, Valentin is feeding Bailey, and Chase says, Austin was just asking about the search for Maxie’s baby, which he can’t talk about. But how lucky was Maxie that he was hiking in the woods when he was? Austin says he’s the lucky one. He’s glad he was there. Maxie did great. The delivery was remarkably simple given the circumstances. It’s only afterwards, that things became problematic, and even then, only for him, because he keeps having this peculiar dream. In the dream, he’s there, and helps Maxie deliver her baby, and gets conked in the head. This is where the peculiar dream gets weird. He keeps hearing these two women talking, which is so weird, because Maxie was alone when he woke up. Chase says, maybe his subconscious heard the fake nurse and Maxie, and Austin says, maybe. Brook looks pretty rattled.

Willow tells Carly that she and Michael are raising Wiley together, that’s all. Carly says she knows her son, and Michael loves her. Is Willow telling her that she doesn’t feel the same? Willow says she couldn’t live with herself if she abandoned Chase when he needed her most, and Carly says, that’s because she’s a kind and loyal person. Carly admires that about her, but sometimes the best of intentions can lead to the worst outcomes. An act of kindness can cause more harm than good. Lord knows, she’s in no position to pass out advice. She’s made more than her share of mistakes, and told more than her share of lies. At the time, she told herself that she had a good reason, and she’s sure Willow does too, but it’s clear she and Jason walked in on something. She’s just glad it was them and not somebody else. Willow has a terrible poker face. It’s almost impossible for Willow to hide her feelings for Michael, and if Carly can see how much she loves him, other people are going to see it too.

Michael wonders if he shouldn’t go back and get Willow; she’s probably being grilled by his mom. Jason says, Willow told him to go, right? and Michael says his mom means well, but… Jason asks if he has something on his mind. They sit at the patio table, and Michael says, Jason knows, right? That he’s in love with Willow. Jason says, okay. Does she feel the same? Michael says, she only married Chase because of his health. They were waiting to tell Chase until he can walk again. He feels happy and guilty at the same time. He never thought he’d be the other man. Jason tells him not to fault himself for having feelings. He has to trust himself. He’ll figure it out, and make the right decision. He never worries about Michael. Michael thanks Jason for his vote of confidence. He knows Jason has his own challenges he’s going through. Jason can always count on him. Jason says he appreciates that. And now, about all these gifts. Michael says he knows it’s crazy, but he’s not going to go overboard all the time. It’s just one day, and the rest of the days, he’s going to take a page out of Jason’s book. He hopes he can give Wiley the same sense of self and confidence Jason gave him when he was little.

Shawn tells Sam, he was wondering when they’d talk about all this; get it out in the open. Yes, he was sent to deal with Drew, but he was Jake Doe back then. nobody knew who he was or what he was up to. He was doing his job. She says, on Sonny’s orders, and he says he’s just glad Jordan made him miss the shot. She says, her too. Or she woudn’t have daughter right now. She’s glad they had a chance to clear that up. Okay. Back to square one. There is some good news. The garage is still there, so she can go back to the scene of the crime. He says, six years later? He guesses… if she wants to take a field trip. She say she knows it’s a long shot, but it’s all they’ve got. He says he’ll do more work on Naomi Dreyfuss, but Sam says maybe it’s best if he doesn’t do this. He just got out of prison. Enjoy his life. Enjoy this park. Doesn’t he want that? Doesn’t he want to start a future and make a life for himself?

Nikolas says he did not have Hayden shot, and Elizabeth says, then who did? If it wasn’t him, and it wasn’t Shawn, who tried to kill her sister?

Ava says, perhaps Spencer is unclear on the concept of truce. Or maybe he’s too angry at her to make one work. He says he’s sorry; he didn’t mean to snap. He’s not angry; he’s afraid for his father. This guy got into Windymere. He must be a criminal genius to get past the security detail. Then he got into their hotel suite. Whoever this guy is, he’s a legitimate threat. Spencer already lived through losing his father once. He doesn’t want to again. Please help him protect his father from himself.

Nikolas tells Elizabeth, they may never know who shot Hayden. She has to remember who Hayden was back then. She arrived in town committing fraud. Ric paid her to encourage Drew to lie about his past. She helped herself to a fortune in diamonds from the profits of her father’s Ponzi scheme. Who knows what enemies were after her, in or out of Port Charles? Elizabeth says, she really believes Hayden wanted a fresh start there. It wasn’t until she had Violet that she turned a corner. He guesses they turned a corner too. She fell in love, and married Franco. He married Ava, and fell in love. She says, happily ever after, at least for a little while… until life got in the way.

Ava says Spencer doesn’t need to worry about his father. This divorce protects him too. As long as they’re apart, the stalker has no reason to pay attention to Nikolas at all. Spencer says he’s glad to hear her say that. Sometimes his father makes rash decisions, and doesn’t understand the consequences. She says she’s doing everything she can to protect her daughter and his father. He says he appreciates it, but the stalker is unpredictable. He heard Trina was doused in fake blood. What if the next time it’s real? She says he doesn’t have to keep reminding her. She knows what’s at stake. He says, then make him understand. Get her feelings out of it, and make his father stop fighting this divorce.

Willow says, Carly isn’t telling her anything that she doesn’t know in her head already. She doesn’t want to hurt Chase. She truly cares about him, but her heart is with Michael. It’s getting harder and harder to hide those feelings. Carly takes Willow’s hand, and says Willow is in a tough situation. So is Michael. Willow is trying to be generous, and it seems kind and supportive, but the heart’s tricky. It can be selfish and strong-willed, and sometimes there’s no denying or reasoning with it. Hearts are stubborn that way. Willow says she’s never heard it put quite like that, and Carly say she speaks from experience. Willow is Wiley’s mom, and she’s family, and Carly is always there to talk. Willow thanks her, and says she supposes she should splash some water on her face, and Carly says she’ll get out of Willow’s hair. Willow says she’s really happy to be part of Carly’s family. Growing up, all she really wanted was to be accepted and loved for herself, even with her faults. She and her mom never had heart-to-heart talks like this. Carly asks if she means awkward and intrusive. Then she’s come to the right family, since it’s Carly’s specialty. They hug.

Valentin asks Austin how the lawsuit is going, and Austin says, great. He asks if Austin thinks he’ll win, and Austin says, yeah. He wouldn’t be contesting Edward’s will if he didn’t think he had a legitimate cause. Valentin says they should have lunch. Discuss ELQ under his continued leadership. Austin says he does like lunch.

Chase tells Brook that he thinks he’s going to lie down for a minute, and wheels himself out. Brook looks at Austin, and says, this is so not good. Monica brings in Michael and Jason, and says they have more guests, and more presents. Michael shakes Austin’s hand, and says he’s glad Austin could make it. Valentin says, right on time. He and Austin were just discussing ELQ and how it’s currently thriving. It’s gutsy to change CEOs; it could affect the bottom line. Michael says, it’s a strong company. One that was already thriving when Valentin took the helm. Monica says, they’re not going to discuss business today, and Michael tells her that he was just making his position clear, so Austin knows where he stands. ELQ is a Quartermaine business that should be run by Quartermaines. Ned is the CEO that ELQ needs, not Valentin.

Chase wheels himself into another room and closes the door. He unlocks the chair, and says he can do this. He painstakingly lifts himself up.

Shawn tells Sam, part of him wants to forget all this, and never look back. Then he sees TJ and Molly, full of hope and determination, striving so hard to make a difference in this world. They’re something else. He asks himself what he can do to make a difference. Maybe putting an attempted murderer behind bars instead of letting them get away with it. Sam says, what about him and his fresh start? He says he wants that. He wants to build a better life for himself. Of course (🍷) he wants to connect to his son, and be part of TJ’s life. But first he has to find the person who tried to kill Hayden; he has to. Who knows how many other people he’s hurt?

Elizabeth says, Nikolas is right; she has a lot on her plate right now. She’s glad to get this off of it. She hopes he’s not mad at her for grilling him. She had to know. He says he’s glad he could put her mind to rest where he’s concerned. He’s always there for her if she wants to talk about anything. She thanks him, and he says he thinks it’s best if she puts that painful time behind her. Life goes on, right? She says, right, and hugs him. He leaves, and I get the feeling she’s not buying his story.

Ava says, Spencer is right. She has been holding on to the slightest hope. Maybe even sending mixed signals, and maybe that’s why Nikolas refuses to believe this marriage is over. But that ends now. She and Nikolas don’t even need to speak. They can communicate through their lawyers. Spencer thinks that’s best, and he humbly appreciates it. He’s sorry it’s taken something this drastic for him to see her for who she truly is. She says she’s glad Spencer and his father are on better terms now. Nikolas missed him, and knows he’s glad Spencer is back. Spencer says he is too. He sees he got there just in time. Since I’m hating on Spencer right now, I wonder what such a handsome face is doing with a dad bod, especially at his age. There. I said it.

Monica says they’ve waited long enough for the guest of honor. They need to get the party started. Where is the birthday boy? Willow says, taking an epic nap. She’ll wake him. Carly asks if she can do it. She’ll take all the time she can with her grandson as possible. Willow says, enjoy, and asks where Chase is. Brook says, he decided to rest before the party, and Willow wonders if she should check on him, but Brook says, he’s fine. He’ll be back in a few minutes. Don’t worry. He’s fine.

Chase struggles, and finally gets on his feet. He says, yes. How about a step? He takes a step forward. Austin watches.

Willow tells Michael that she’s going to get Chase. He’s resting before the party, but she knows he’ll want to be there when the birthday boy makes his big entrance. On her way to get Wiley, the doorbell rings, and she yells that she’s got it. She opens the door, and says, oh…

I’m guessing the woman at the cemetery? I don’t think it’s Harmony though. Maybe Shiloh’s mom?

On Monday, Jordan asks if Portia and Curtis are a couple now, Stella can’t help but worry it will end up that way, Chase says Willow honestly thought that was a good idea, Nina doesn’t know if it’s a blessing or curse

Million Dollar Listing New York

KJ brought her younger brother Alex to West 95^th Street, where there were two apartments she was listing. Built in 1971, the building had gone condo, and an investor had purchase the apartments still occupied by rent stabilized tenants. As they moved, the investor revamped the apartments for buyers. I totally get this, since I lived in an apartment that did the same thing, but went co-op. We eventually bought our apartment for cheap when the investor wanted out. Ha-ha, score one for the tenant. In KJ’s interview, she said they were smaller apartments at lower price points, and she wanted Alex to help her with his digital marketing skills as a millennial. He handled her website and social media accounts. Social media was king, since they weren’t having open houses. They met with the developer, who was also Alex. Despite covid, KJ had already sold an apartment for $770K, another for almost $1.5 million, and yet another for $1.8 million, but there were two 949 square foot, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartments with river views, lingering. Alex2 showed her newly added closet space to one of the apartments, but even so, KJ thought they should lower the price of $1.595 million to a post quarantine price point. She thought $1.495 million would get them some bites, as well as new imagery to freshen the listing. Alex2 was amenable, but needed to check with his dad, who was head of the company. In the meantime, KJ was having Alex1 help her develop a TikTok account. In her interview, she said it was like he was speaking another language. She had no idea what young people were talking about. This seemed pretty weird, since it’s not like she’s ancient, but I guess her job and kids keep her pretty busy.

Fredrik and team member Charlé went to Harlem to visit the Ali Forney Center, where they met yet another Alex. Seriously, WTF? A drop-in center for LGBTQ+ youth, complete with a disco ball, it had been named after queer youth activist Ali Forney who’d been murdered. Alex said they did their best to create a fun environment. They also provided homes for LGBTQ+ young people, kicked out because of transphobia and homophobia. Alex3 said LGBTQ+ youth were eight times more likely to be homeless. They were converting the Bea Arthur Residence, left to them in her will, from a rental model to an ownership model, but needed even more space. A private anonymous donor had given them a $4-8 million budget, and they were looking to house 8-20 people in a 4-9 bedroom house with community space and a yard. Fredrik said they’d donate any commission back to the center.

Fredrick and Charlé met Alex3 at Hamilton House in West Harlem, where they were joined by art director Marcia and community developer Jase. This was one fabulous house, with amazing original detailing. Built in 1910, the house was 4796 square feet, and 20 feet wide, which is a thing when you’re in the city. The asking price was $4.5 million, but Fredrik thought he could get it down to $4 million. Marcia said it had a family feel, and Jase said it was truly a home. Everyone thought it was perfect, and Fredrik said it wasn’t about the commission, but helping the kids.

Tyler’s assistant Kemba had quarantined with her bae Evan (thank God his name wasn’t Alex) when they’d only been dating a couple of weeks. His parents were relocating to Florida, and selling a family home on West 87^th Street. This was another gorgeous piece of real estate. Built in 1890, it was 5231 square feet, and 18 feet wide. It had 4 floors, 5 bedrooms and 5 baths, 8 gas converted fireplaces, and 2 garden terraces. Among the other fabulous details were hand printed wallpaper, a summer kitchen with high-end appliances, a garden level living room, and a wine cellar literally in the cellar. There was even an original faucet shaped like a dolphin, eventually reproduced for Sherle Wagner, a company founded by Evan’s grandmother. Tyler said Evan knew the history of the house, and that’s what got people excited. Sometimes he made up stories for buyers, but he had the real deal this time. Tyler said one advantage he had was a good relationship with stagers who could help Evan’s parents pack and move what was still in the house. He explained the other houses on the block were either in need of renovation or, if already renovated, in the $10 million range. They needed to find the sweet spot in between, and Tyler suggested $6.995 million, which made his potential commission $209K and change.

Fredrik and the group from the Forney Center checked out the West 87^th Street house, but didn’t feel it had enough space. Fredrik also showed them another house down the block with the asking price of $3.750 million. They met with broker Ronita, who told them the house had been used for an art exhibit, so be prepared for a lot of pieces that had been left behind. Most of it seemed to be sculptures of the bottom half of a female body, or as Fredrik said in his interview, the house had a lot of ass-ets. It was 4500 square feet, and 20 feet wide, 5 bedrooms and 5 baths, but the group thought too much work would have to be put into it. They were still sold on Hamilton House, and in Fredrik’s interview, he said when someone found the perfect house, seeing anything after that just made them love it even more.

KJ’s plan to increase traffic and get bites for the West 95^th Street house was a success using the new pricing and social media push. Buyers were looking for a turnkey property with outdoor space, but as it was a buyer’s market, it was hard to make it stand out when there were a lot of listings in the same price point.

Fredrik was meeting with Alex3 and company at the Hamilton House, and when Alex3 said the donor had pulled out, my mouth literally dropped open. I wondered how anybody could pull the rug out from under a bunch of kids like that. Fredrik had the scathingly brilliant idea to try and negotiate a lease with an option to buy. Alex said the rent had to be equal to what they were paying, which was $12K a month. Outside, Fredrik called broker Ian, explaining the situation, and telling him the seller would get full asking price in 6 months. By the time Fredrik went back inside, Ian was calling back to tell him that the owner loved the center’s work, and gave them the deal. Even I had tears in my eyes.

Next time, KJ revisits her first big sale, and Ryan and Steve work together. Maybe.

💘 Happy Anniversary…

While GH has its moments, OLTL was always my favorite soap.

Happy Anniversary to ONE LIFE TO LIVE — Relive Four Decades of Drama in Llanview!

🐭 Terry Mouse…

She wears the ears well.

Cassandra James Celebrated at Disneyland — See the Fun Pics!

💫 He Gets It…

Being a champion of mental health is one of the things I love about Maurice Benard.

GH Star Maurice Benard Supports Olympian Simone Biles

🗽 Countess In the City…

Um… no. Just no.

https://okmagazine.com/p/luann-de-lesseps-pushing-for-kim-cattrall-sex-and-the-city-role/

🏛 A Pandemic State Of Mind…

The best piece of advice he could give is, be better? That’s right up there with just say no.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/25/rhop-star-robyns-husband-juan-says-be-better/

🐐 Singer Scapegoat…

I doubt it’s all Ramona’s fault if the ratings have dropped.

REPORT: Ramona Singer To Be Fired From RHONY Amid Ratings Drop and Racial Tensions, Plus How Ramona Feels About Alleged Axing

⚖️ And the Award For Most Ridiculous Lawsuit Goes To…

Although I could understand them slapping her with a fine for bad taste in partners.

https://pagesix.com/2021/07/29/braunwyn-windham-burke-claims-she-was-sued-for-kissing-tamra-judge/

🗳 It’s Official…

Now if we can just free Britney.

https://people.com/tv/tom-girardi-conservatorship-made-official-court-major-neurocognitive-disorder/

👶🏼 And the Test Says…

Wow. People sure read a lot into meaningless things.

PHOTO: Is Stassi Schroeder Pregnant Again With 2nd Child? Vanderpump Rules Alum Addresses Rumors After Sharing Pic With Husband Beau Clark

⚰️ Walking Closer…

The beginning of the end starts on August 22.

The Walking Dead Season 11 Trailer Welcomes You to The Commonwealth

The last villain.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37176236/the-walking-dead-first-look-pamela-milton/

Spinning off.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37154860/the-walking-dead-spin-off-daryl-carol-hint/

🧧 Quotes of the Week

I’m a werewolf, okay? Let’s not make a big deal of it. Woof. – Carolyn Collins (Chloe Mortiz) Dark Shadows

Trust is like a mirror. You can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that motherf***ing reflection. – Lady Gaga, Telephone video

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. – Charles Bukowski

Quitting can be a hard choice to make, but often it’s a brave one, as well. – Susan David

Fried chicken just tends to make you feel better about life. – Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer), The Help (Agreed.)

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius

I am big. It’s the pictures that got small. – Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), Sunset Boulevard

Threats are the resort of the uninspired and impatient. I like to think of myself as persevering and imaginative. – Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), General Hospital

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes. – Roy T. Bennett

By hero, we tend to mean a heightened man who, more than other men, possesses qualities of courage, loyalty, resourcefulness, charisma, above all, selflessness. He is an example of right behavior; the sort of man who risks his life to protect his society’s values, sacrificing his personal needs for those of the community. – Paul Zweig

🐝 Buzzing Off…

Well, the weekend is here… I think. Are we pandemicking again? Luckily, reality TV and GH march on, so see you in three days. Whatever your pandemical status, stay safe, stay knowing all situations are temporary, and stay enjoying the box as much as what’s inside.

Jul30

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

Posted on July 30, 2021 by theresakp

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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 4^th. 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.