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March 18, 2021 – Jordan Has an Eyewitness, Something In the Water, Really, New Chefs, a Thought & Proud

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Apparently, I’m doomed to repeat history, and missed the beginning. What happened was, Jordan brought Jason into the station in cuffs, Carly railing and ranting that she couldn’t arrest him based on what Elizabeth had said. Diane arrived shortly afterward. At Kelly’s, Sam told Peter that he wouldn’t see Jason coming, but Peter said he thought Jason had bigger problems. Valentin went to the hospital to check on Maxie, and Britt said he should worry about himself, and Peter coming after him. The nanny brought Violet to the hospital to see Finn, and Olivia was surprised to find a pregnant Brook lying on the couch. Brook practically lunged for the take-out bags in Olivia’s hands. Chase went to the gatehouse, and told Willow about Finn being his dad, and told her the whole, sad story. Brando and Gladys met at the bistro, and Jax showed up at Franco’s memorial. Then…

Chase says Willow must be tired of talking about this, but she says, of course (🍷) not. She asks if he wants to sit, and hands him a plush frog. She says, it’s not Wiley’s favorite, but he left it there for when he needs comfort during anxious moments. Wiley wouldn’t mind if Chase borrows it for a while. He says he might, and she says it’s nice to see him smile. He says he can’t help thinking about the talk show segment that’s been his life, and she says, coming from a mundane background, she can’t tell how he’s feeling. She imagines Finn is thinking the same things, but Chase says he doesn’t know. He hasn’t talked to him. She says, maybe it’s time to change that.

Violet tells Finn that she misses her dollhouse and her bed, and he says she’s due a proper tea party. He’ll phone Trish at the MetroCourt, and they can do it after he gets home. She says, tea is at four, and he says, then they’re on for four tomorrow at the hotel. It will be like Eloise at the Plaza. She asks if they can invite Anna, and miraculously, Anna appears. She asks if someone is planning a tea party, and Violet runs to her. She says she misses Anna, and  Anna says she misses Violet too. Violet asks if they can go home together now, and get married.

Gladys says her heart broke when she heard Brando was shot. It must have been hard dealing with Sonny’s family with Carly in the mix. Sonny could have done better. Carly is selfish to the core, but she’s going to reap what she’s sown. He says, how so? What does she think Carly deserves?

Carly says, every moment Jordan focuses on Jason, Franco’s killer has time to cover his tracks. Jordan asks if Carly is worried about getting justice for Franco, but Carly says she’s worried about Jason going down for a crime he didn’t commit. Diane says she’s there to address any potential injustice. Jordan leaves, and Diane asks why Carly is there. Carly says she was with Jason when Jordan brought him in, and Diane says, as distressing as it was, Carly should have stayed home. Jason asks, what’s going on? and Diane says Jordan doesn’t make an arrest if she doesn’t think it’s going to stick. She’s got something on Jason. Carly says, impossible, and Jason wonders what Jordan has. Diane says she doesn’t know yet. Is there anything he hasn’t told her? He says he didn’t do it, and she says she has to find out what Jordan has. As it stands, it looks like he’s in serious trouble.

Anna tells Violet, she knows it was unfair that her big night got interrupted, and Violet suggests they do it again. This time with no interruptions. Anna says, sounds like a good idea. She wishes she’d thought of it. She came to talk to Violet’s daddy about that very subject, but she’ll let them continue to plan their tea party. Violet says, how about scones and hot chocolate? and Anna says those are her absolute favorites. How did Violet know? Finn says he’ll get hot chocolate and scones from Kelly’s, and hugs Violet. Violet hugs Anna, and goes off with the nanny. Finn says, sorry. He thinks Violet still expects them to be a family, like everything is okay. He should have prepared her better. Violet blows him a kiss from the elevator, and he catches it, and blows one back.   

Brook tells Olivia, it smells amazing; it’s good to see Olivia too. Olivia looks at Brook’s belly, and says, this certainly is a surprise. Brook says it was a surprise to her too. In the words of her mother, you can take all the precautions you want, but nothing avoids pregnancy like good choices. Olivia asks if Brook’s father knows. The last time she saw Brook, she and Ned were mending fences after the brouhaha with Valentin… Is Valentin the father? Brook says, he doesn’t know yet, and Olivia says, no. He should never know about this.

Valentin says he’s touched by Britt’s concern, but Peter isn’t coming after him. Britt wonders if that’s humor talking or insanity. Valentin set the course for Peter’s entire miserable life, and in Peter’s mind, Valentin double-crossed him. Valentin says he thought she was single-minded when it came to Peter, but she says, just because she knows who Peter is, doesn’t mean the man who made him that way gets a pass. Now she gets to watch her remaining sibling follow in their father’s footsteps. He tells her not to let it cloud her judgement. Maxie and her child come first. She says, without them, what does Peter have left? and he says, Peter is a lost cause. She says, because his mother was Alex Marick and his father was Cesar Faison? Her father was Faison and her mother is Obrecht. Does that make her a lost cause too? Her hand begins to shake uncontrollably, and she slams it on the desk. Valentin is concerned, and says he wants to make sure she’s taken care of.

Dante meets Obrecht at the cemetery, where she tells him that the WSB wants a permanent solution to Peter. Peter is still a clear and present danger. They have no idea what he’s going to do next. Dante says he’ll keep cultivating leads. Something has to shake out. She says, it’s been decided, and he asks what she means by a permanent solution. She clicks her pen, and says Dante must complete the mission. He must assassinate Peter.

Sam asks what Peter thinks he knows about Jason, and Peter says he wouldn’t spread any information that hasn’t been completely vetted yet, and doesn’t want to put a strain on Sam and Jason’s relationship. She says Peter killed the father of her child, and he says, unfounded allegations. He gets it. The anxiety with Jason, her mother’s drinking; she’s got a lot on her plate. Her family is practically falling apart. He’s sorry about her difficulties, but it’s good that she created distance between herself and Jason. She doesn’t want to be dragged down with him. She asks, for what? and he says, the murder of Franco Baldwin.

Gladys asks why Brando cares. What has Carly done for him except be ungrateful for him saving her life? Carly should be down on her knees thanking him, but treats him like a poor relation. She knows Carly was the one who told Sonny to boot him out of the family because he got a better offer than working in a garage. He suggests she drive back in the car Sonny gave her, and he’ll deal with the mess she’ll leave behind. She says she’s the one who’s been cleaning up messes, and he asks what she did. She says, her civic duty.

Diane tells Jason, Jordan will be back to question him. What is he going to say? He says, I don’t know or I don’t recall, and Diane tells Carly, for the record, that’s how it’s done. Jordan is going to want to gather information, and so will she. What evidence does Jordan have that’s so compelling, she had the confidence to arrest him? Word has it, Jordan is fast tracking Jason’s arraignment. Carly says, good. They want Jason out as soon as possible, and Jason says he has no time to be sitting in a cell. Diane says she’ll do what she can, but they have to prepare for the possibility that Jason will be held without bail, especially with his extensive rap sheet. Carly says, that’s why they have Diane on retainer, and Diane says she’ll do her utmost, but she needs to hear what the evidence is before she can refute it. Jordan comes in with a gun in an evidence bag, and says, it’s the gun that was used to kill Franco. Does Jason recognize it? Jason says he’s never seen it before, and Jordan says, interesting. An eyewitness saw it in his hand.

Nina says she didn’t expect to see Jax. Is he paying his respects to Franco? He says, to be honest, he was hoping to find her there, but it’s an impressive display. If someone had told him ten years ago what Franco would accomplish… She says, he never would have believed it. Franco turned his life around. Jax says Nina turned her life around, and she says she has her moments, but what she did at the graveside wasn’t one of them. He says he doesn’t blame her, and she says she’s not asking his forgiveness. He says he understands, but actually, he’s asking for hers.

Chase tells Willow that he doesn’t see the point in going to Finn. He doesn’t know what to say. Willow asks what makes it his responsibility? She’s guessing Finn has lot to say to him, and Chase asks if she’s met Finn. She says, Finn is a great guy and a great dad. He’s done right by Violet, and she bets anything Finn wants to do right by him too.

Finn asks how Maxie is, and Anna says she hasn’t seen Maxie, but thinks she’s good. Maxie and the baby are doing well, all things considered. He says, good, and she says he sounds professional. Can’t they just talk like them? He says, sure, and she asks how he is. He says, managing, and her? She says she feels a bit beaten up… lonely. She keeps looking behind her at the house, thinking he’s there, and hearing little footsteps upstairs, thinking it’s Violet. She misses them both so much. She loves him. Finn says, we feel the same way, and she asks if that isn’t what’s important. That they love each other. Isn’t it enough to bridge the distance? Why doesn’t he come home, and they can work it out? Unless he doesn’t want to.

Obrecht says Dante has procured Maxie’s phone. He’s going to use it to lure Peter with a text message. Then he’s going to use this to kill him. She gives Dante a gun, and says, when Peter is dead, walk away. Leave him, and throw the gun into the harbor. If he’s questioned by the authorities, remember he’s to say he was under the orders of Dr. Kirk, who dictated Dante’s course of action before he left the doctor’s care in Switzerland. Does he understand his directives? He says he does, and she says they have to protect Maxie, her child, and countless others. Dante won’t be troubled by Peter’s death. He must complete the mission. He repeats, must complete the mission, and she leaves. He looks around, and looks at the gun and the phone in his hands.

Sam tells Peter, Jason didn’t kill Franco, and he asks if she doesn’t think Jason is capable of it. It was no secret that Franco’s mental health was unstable, and his condition was volatile. She says, and Peter made sure everyone found out. She doesn’t need a recap. He says he thinks she dodged a bullet, but she says she thinks he has. He looks at his phone, and says he has to go. Maxie wants to meet him. She says he’s lying, and he tells her, see for herself, showing her Maxie’s message to meet her at Nathan’s grave. They have to talk. Sam wonders why Maxie would want to meet at Nathan’s grave, and he says Nathan was his brother, and Maxie’s husband. Another way they’re connected. Excuse him. He has other pressing priorities.   

Britt tells Valentin, she knows she has nurses on staff who are waiting to justify their salaries, and he says he just wants to help. She says she’s fine, and he says he’s read about people who can take excruciating pain, but she says, he’s the one who’s going to be hurting. Peter is going to want payback, and he’s going to take a page from Faison’s playbook. He’s going to hurt the people Valentin cares about. If Valentin wants to protect Anna, Maxie, and Maxie’s child, he has to stop Peter.

Olivia tells Brook, she’s so sorry. She swears she’s not judging, and Brook says Olivia isn’t in a position to judge. Olivia says, that’s her point exactly. She didn’t want Julian to be part of Leo’s life, but the truth came out, and it might come out for Brook too. Brook has to play it close to the vest right now. Valentin is smarter and more duplicitous than Julian. Brook saw Valentin’s ELQ takeover, and how he played her. Her advice is to look to Charlotte, and take her cues from that. Brook says all she did was ask for some food, and now she’s getting extremely premature parenting advice from someone who has no business doing it. Olivia says it’s because she loves Brook. Brook says, and Olivia loves her father. Michael told her Olivia and Ned were having hard times. Is Ned there? Olivia says Ned isn’t living there right now, and Brook says, don’t tell her father. He has enough to be miserable about.

Finn tells Anna that he thinks about Violet, and what’s best for her. He tried to come up with an arrangement where he can deal with being involved with a WSB agent… She says she’ll quit. She doesn’t need the job, and they don’t need her anymore. She gave her life to the Bureau, and they’ve taken more than enough in return. She doesn’t care about it anymore; he and Violet are all that matters. He says he appreciates the gesture, but they’ve had this conversation before. He’d thought their future was secure, but then she left for six months to find her sister. She says, Alex is dead, but he says, it’s not about Alex; it’s about her. She’ll always have her own priorities and the need to do things on her own, and that’s good, but he’s old-fashioned and thinks marriage should be a  partnership. Any time the past comes up, she shuts him out. It was hard for him to deal with before Violet, but now, he can’t tear her life apart on a moment’s notice. He has to know they’ll be honest with each other, and next time there’s a crisis, they’ll face it together. Anna says it’s the least he should expect, but she can’t guarantee she won’t have to deal with something from her past. He says he doesn’t know what kind of relationship he can have with someone who only reveals part of themselves, and keeps another part hidden. She says, she doesn’t mean to keep anything hidden, but it’s like a reflex; it kind of just happens without her thinking about it. He says he gets it, but it’s working against them and their life together. If she could learn to tell the truth and be honest, maybe they could find a way to move forward with this. If they can do that, maybe they could have a tea party.

Chase tells Willow that Gregory will always be his dad. If he takes steps toward Finn, it will hurt Gregory like hell. She asks if he thinks his dad will feel like Chase is leaving him behind, and Chase says Gregory wouldn’t want to, but you can’t help how you feel. She suggests he talk to Gregory. They were always close; maybe it can help their bond. Things might change, but Gregory will be there for him if they confront it together. Chase says, okay. In the meantime, he’ll let Finn come to him. He can’t even look Finn in the eye, much less talk to him. She says, what if Finn is thinking the same thing, and waiting for Chase? If they’re waiting for the same signal, and never get it, they’ll never get anywhere. He’s definitely the wronged party, but the longer he waits to deal with it, the harder it will be. Chase asks why he has to be the one, and she says, maybe because he’s better at handling it than Finn. Finn cut himself off from the family, and there were years of silence and distance. The longer Chase waits, the more likely it is they won’t be able to repair this mistake.

Finn tells Anna, when he was watching Violet sleeping, he didn’t think there was a path back. Maybe he still doesn’t. Anna says, no, and he says, the lies have to stop. Promise him that, and maybe there’s a chance to make it work. She says she wishes she could make that promise, but there are things that are too dangerous for him to know, that could put him, and God forbid, Violet at risk. There might be times when she has to deal with a situation on her own, or turn to someone trained to provide cover. He says, like Robert or Cassadine, and she says she’s not choosing them or trusting them over Finn. She’s taking action to keep him and Violet safe. He says, including lying to his face, and she says, in her line of work, sometimes it’s necessary to lie. He says, like the ones she was telling herself. It’s not the first time he and Violet moved out. He suspected Peter was dangerous, but she convinced him otherwise. She knew Violet was a priority, and knew if she told him the truth about what Alex and Peter were capable of, he and Violet would leave. Anna says, he’s right. She did, and she’s sorry. It was really selfish, but she loves them so much. He says he doesn’t blame her. He knows what it’s like. Thinking you’re doing something right has a way of clouding your judgement. Secrets and lies keep you sick. He understands from his disease. His life was turned upside down, like now. He doesn’t need much justification to reach for an injection or a pill, but he can’t jeopardize his sobriety. It’s not just for himself anymore. He has people who need him. She asks if there’s no other way, and he says he’s looking, but he can’t see it. The only way forward is to be apart.

Jax says he tried calling Nina a few times, but she says she wasn’t up to talking. He says he understands; he just wanted to make sure she was okay… and apologize. He desperately regrets how things turned out, but he’ll never regret loving her. She says she can’t listen to this, and starts to walk out. He says, if there’s a chance that things can work out between them, he wants to take it, because they’re worth fighting for.

Carly says, this is crazy. It’s one thing for Elizabeth to make things up – she’s hysterical – but to believe them? Diane says she reviewed Elizabeth’s statement, and nowhere did she read that Elizabeth saw her client with a gun. Jason wasn’t there when Franco got shot, and when Elizabeth arrived, she and Jason were in each other’s presence until the medics arrived. Jordan asks Jason if it’s true that he was always in Elizabeth’s sight, but Diane says, he can’t attest to someone else’s observation. Jordan asks if he didn’t step into the corridor when he called 911. Carly says, when he called for help. That proves he was trying to assist with the situation. Jordan says, it proves that he can’t account for his whereabouts for a brief time. Diane says, emphasis on brief, but Jordan says, it was enough time to drop the gun down the laundry shoot, which is where they found it. Diane asks if Jason’s fingerprints were on it, and Jordan doesn’t say anything. Diane says she didn’t think so, and Carly says Elizabeth was with Franco the whole time. She couldn’t have possibly witnessed anything that corroborates Jason getting rid of the gun. Jordan tells them, she didn’t say Elizabeth was the eyewitness.

Brando says, Gladys did her civic duty? She doesn’t have a civic-minded bone in her body. She says she did Port Charles a service at great risk to her personal safety. Gladys remembers telling Jordan that she was standing in a loft on Talmage Street, a short term rental. She heard a noise, and looked out the door. She saw the studio door open, and he came out with a gun. He dropped it in the laundry shoot, and went back inside. Jordan asks if she’s certain, and Gladys says she’s sure. She’s seen him plenty of times, and would know those cold eyes anywhere. She looks at a picture of Jason, and says, it was him, Sonny’s guy. Jason killed that man, she swears it on Mike’s grave. Huh. Nice little twist.

Finn tells Anna, it’s okay. They’ll make arrangements to come by and get Roxie. She says, whatever he wants is fine. She’ll make arrangements to get Violet’s tea set over to the hotel. She knows Violet wants it. She was thinking, if he wants her to talk to Violet, she can explain or reassure her. Unless he prefers she stay out of it. He thanks her for the offer, but he doesn’t know how Violet is going to react. He’s going to do his best to explain. He wants Anna to know that he’s not going to take Violet away from her, or her away from Violet, and she says she’ll be there anytime he asks. She tells him, it seems like she’s resigned to walking away, but she’s not. Finn says, him neither, and smiles. He says, it’s good to know they went down fighting, and she says, yeah. When she fell in love with him, she told herself it was for the last time. She cries a little, and says, it felt like a fresh start for her. He did change her. He takes her hand, and says she changed him too. They just didn’t change enough. She guesses not, and they hug. She leaves, and he says, goodbye, Anna.

Willow asks Olivia if that was Brook, but Olivia is on the phone. She tells Ned that she’s at the house, and asks if he can come over. She needs to speak with him right away.

Finn is looking at his tablet, when Chase comes in.

Britt calls to confirm her appointment, and asks what they mean, reschedule? She can’t do that. She needs to see the doctor now. Her hand shakes even more.  

Brando says, Jason shot Franco? He finds it hard to believe, and Gladys asks if he’s calling her a liar. She’s been working up the nerve to see him. She already went to the police. She says she thought he’d be grateful. Jason is a menace, and the streets are safer without him. She thanks him for lunch, and says she’ll see him at dinner.

Diane asks Jordan who the unnamed eyewitness is, and Jordan says Diane will get the information during discovery. In the meantime, she’ll see them in court. She leaves, and Carly asks, what happens now? Diane says, now, they have a problem.   

Valentin meets Nina outside Kelly’s, and asks if she’s been waiting long. He came as soon as he could. She thanks him for meeting her, and he says, it sounded urgent. She gives him an envelope, and asks him to give it to Charlotte. She’d give it to Charlotte herself, but she’s leaving. She needs to get away from Port Charles. He asks, what happened? and she tells him not to make it harder than it is. Just tell Charlotte that she loves her. He says he tells Charlotte that every night, and she says he’s a great father. She touches his face, and walks away. He starts to leave, and comes face to face with Brook.   

Obrecht sees Jax, and says, Heir Jax. He says he heard she was out, and she says she understands he’s been busy breaking her niece’s heart. He says she’s probably not too happy with him, but she says, not at all. He did what he thought necessary for the greater good; she knows the feeling. It’s a shame Franco, who truly turned his life around, is gone, while those who are evil and pretend to be good are walking free. Jax leaves, and she says, but not for much longer, and smiles.

Sam tries calling Maxie, and says, pick up. Don’t do this to her.

Dante puts Maxie’s phone in his pocket. Peter arrives, and asks, where’s Maxie? She texted him to meet her there. Dante says, Maxie didn’t text Peter. He did.

Tomorrow, Olivia wants to talk to Ned about his daughter, Finn wants to run another paternity test, Carly asks why Elizabeth is sure Jason is guilty, and Dante has to complete the mission.

🏖 On Horror Summer House, Lindsay claimed Stephen did nothing terrible, but he wasn’t giving her what she wanted in the relationship. Kyle – possibly the most humongous baby of a man I’ve ever seen – whined that he’d literally lost sleep over his clashes with Hannah, and Amanda told him to decide which battles were worth the fight. He questioned whether Hannah believed in his and Amanda’s relationship, and I failed to see why he should even care. He and Hannah had yet another argument where Hannah compared Kyle to her father, then screeched at him not to bring her family into it. I’m telling you, there’s something in the water there that makes people unreasonable and immature. Hannah told Ciara that she’d wanted to have fun this summer, so why did she have to be attacked by a little blonde leprechaun? In Hannah’s interview, she said having to win at tennis to get her dad’s love as a child caused her to fear not being good enough, and she couldn’t handle it when men were aggressive. Luke did the first smart thing since he got there, and stayed out of it, playing his guitar on the back porch. Carl was quarantined in his room, after having made a trip home after his brother died, which was probably a blessing in disguise. Later, Hannah said she’d reflected, and was sorry for the negativity. She said she looked up to Kyle, and in her interview, Lindsay said she was no actress, but was calling bullsh*t. Everyone was friends again.

Hannah started talking up Des, and in Luke’s interview, he called Des a backup plan for Hannah. The group had a beach picnic, and Lindsay broke up with Stephen over the phone, saying she thought they should go their separate ways, even though she acknowledged he’d been trying. This one is so spoiled, I don’t think she knows what she wants. He kept doing what she told him to, and then the terms would change. He most likely dodged a bullet. Ciara thought it was weird that Lindsay seemed to feel unbothered, and said she would have been bawling. The other girls predicted a Luke and Lindsay hook-up by the end of the summer. Amanda told Kyle that she wanted to start a family right away (God no), but Kyle said, although Loverboy was doing well, he wasn’t ready for responsibilities like a house and mortgage. Hannah’s psychic told her that Luke and Lindsay were POS, and she was better off without Luke. The girls speculated as to whether Lindsay and Luke had already hooked up, and Amanda insisted they had to get to the bottom of it. For whatever reason, Paige was recruited to question Luke, and she said she was so chicken, she was going to throw up. I guess it must get boring after a while, sipping margaritas on a swan floatie in the pool, and eating barbecue.

Best exchange of the night:

Ciara: Welcome to the single girls club. Lindsay: Well, I’m thirty-four and you’re twenty-four. Ciara: A welcome is a welcome.

Next time, sexual tension is in the air, Lindsay asks if they know who she is, Luke says he doesn’t like Kyle, and a possible fistfight. Yay.  

📺 For Real: The Story of Reality TV, hosted by Andy Cohen, will air on E! Thursday, March 25th at 9 pm.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/andy-cohen-e-tv-news-roundup-1234907438/

🔪 Bravo’s Top Chef Portland will begin on April 1st at 8 pm. No foolin’.

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/top-chef-season-18-cast-premiere-date-trailer

💭 Just a thought. People who remove messages all the time on social media or messenger should have their phones taken away. Maybe people would start thinking more about what they write before they write it. It’s so annoying. I want to see what you wrote when you were drunk/pissed off/just being an idiot.

🍵 Tea You Tomorrow…

It got late while I wasn’t looking, but there will be time for tea and GH tomorrow. In the meantime, stay safe, stay buckling your seatbelt, and stay appreciating any welcome you get.

Mar12

March 11, 2021 – Cameron Believes Franco Is Alive, Not Going Anywhere, Worst House In the Hamptons, Starting Out, Seeing Red, Coming Soon, High Class Hoarders & Girls

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jackie goes to Anna’s place, and says she’s sorry for dropping by unannounced, but she needs to talk to Finn. Anna says, Finn’s not there. He didn’t come home last night, and she’s not sure he’s going to.

Chase tells Finn, good morning, and Finn says, is it? Chase says, is it good, or is it morning? which is already more talking than I can handle first thing. Finn asks, where’s Violet? and Chase says he figured with the day Finn had yesterday, he’d want to sleep in. He called the nanny to take Violet out to breakfast, and maybe the park afterward. He told her that Finn would be in touch. Finn’s phone dings, and he sees 12 missed calls from Jackie.

Phyllis tells Lenny, the bank won’t give them an extension, so they pay the mortgage. It’s as simple as that. Lenny says, it’s not simple at all. They have to replace the stock the vandals smashed. Otherwise, they’ll be serving the customers tap water, and how much can they charge for that? In the hallway, Sonny makes a call. He asks if it’s still on for today, back of the garage. He’ll be there.

Jason meets Carly by the hallowed bowl of moss, and she gives him some coffee. She asks if he slept much, and he says, not much. She says, her neither. She gets that Elizabeth has to blame someone because she’s grieving, but she shouldn’t have blamed him.

On the phone, Elizabeth thanks Nikolas, and tells him, just get home safely. She looks at a picture of her and Franco, then goes to the kitchen. Terry is there, and Elizabeth tells her that Nikolas will be on the next flight out, after he tells Ava. She and Franco were good friends. She asks where the boys are, and Terry says, Jake and Aiden are watching a movie upstairs. Elizabeth asks if they ate breakfast, and Terry says they did. Cameron, not so much. He left early, and didn’t say where he was going. She assumed to clear his head. She says, there are some eggs on the stove if Elizabeth wants, and Elizabeth says she didn’t have to do all this, but Terry says she wanted to. She takes Elizabeth’s hand and says she’s not alone.

At the hospital, Josslyn asks Trina what she thinks Cameron’s text was about, but Trina says she doesn’t know. Josslyn can’t believe it, and Trina says, they’ve all lost so much, and now Cameron loses Franco? Josslyn says she feels awful for him, when Cameron comes in. She goes to him, and hugs him, saying she’s so sorry. Trina says, her too, and asks how he’s doing, hugging him. He says he’s all over the place, and Josslyn says, sounds about right. He thanks them for meeting him, and Josslyn says, of course (🍷). Trina asks what it’s about, and he says he needs their help getting out the truth. Trina asks if he knows who killed his stepdad, and he says, it’s nothing like that. He spent all night going over everything in his head, and it hit him. Franco’s still alive.

Jackie says Finn’s not returning her calls, and Anna says, so she thought she’d try the sneak attack. Jackie says, it doesn’t really work if he’s not there, and Anna asks if there’s anything she can do to help. Jackie flashes back to Gregory telling Finn that they hadn’t planned on having a family. Chase was a happy surprise, and they joked that he was a souvenir from their honeymoon… Oh. Finn and Jackie were together the night before their wedding, and nine months later, Chase was born. Is Chase Finn’s son? Jackie tells Anna, it’s just a family matter, and Anna says if she hears from Finn, she’ll tell him to get in touch. Jackie thanks her, and asks if she’s okay. She knows what happened between Finn and Anna is none of her business… Anna says, it’s hardly private at this point, and Jackie says, Anna didn’t tell Finn that Peter was her nephew and not her son. Maybe if she explains, Finn will understand where she’s coming from. Anna says, there really isn’t an explanation. She was completely at fault.

Chase asks, what happened? and Finn asks if he wants to narrow that down. Chase says he means between Finn and Anna. Does he think it can be salvaged? They fold the blankets from the couch as they talk, and Finn says he doesn’t know. The lies cut pretty deep. He can’t help wondering if it’s not symptomatic of something greater. He thinks the question is, if Anna had been involved with Robert or Valentin, would she have kept the secret from them? Chase wonders if Finn asked her, and Finn says he wants to ask her a lot of things, but she walked out.

Carly says she doesn’t want to speak ill of the dead, but she can’t believe Franco involved Jason in that ridiculous plan of his; to have Jason kill him if he starts showing signs of psychotic behavior. It’s like Franco was planning for something to go wrong, and of course (🍷) it did. Now it’s all going to land on Jason. He says, it’s okay, but she says, no, it’s not okay. The police have been trying to make a case against him for forever. It’s no secret he hates Franco. He attacked the man in a hospital full of witnesses the day he came back to Port Charles. He’s going to be arrested, and he could be held over for trial. She knows it’s a long shot, but he could go to prison. He says, it’s a very long shot, but she says, people are railroaded every day. Hell, she was railroaded. She’s grieving for Sonny every day. She can’t lose Jason. She won’t.

Cameron tells Josslyn and Trina, he knows it sounds crazy, but when you think about it, it’s the only thing that makes sense. Josslyn says, walk them through it, and he says, Franco faked his death, just like Trina’s dad did. Trina says, yes, that happened with her dad, but it was to protect her from Cyrus. What makes him think that happened with Franco? He says he was so upset when he didn’t get to say goodbye to Franco, but that’s when he realized, Franco knew how hard it would be for them. Josslyn says, to say goodbye? and he says, yes, if he died from the tumor. There’s this long, drawn out process when he’d get sicker and sicker, and Franco would do anything to avoid that kind of pain for them. Trina says, so he faked his death, and Cameron says, and Jason probably helped him. Franco is probably laying low right now, until he’s cured, and it’s safe for him to come back home again. Josslyn says, okay. Say he’s right, and that’s what’s going on. How does he prove it? He takes off his backpack, and unzips it, saying, they do the same thing they did for Trina’s dad with his mom’s computer, and access Franco’s medical files. Trina says, after that security breach, she thinks security has gone way up. Her mom told her there’s a two part authentication process, plus a code on the back of their badges. He shows them Elizabeth’s ID, and tells them, Trina was saying?

Elizabeth digs around the couch cushions, and Terry asks what she’s looking for. Elizabeth says, her ID; she can’t find it anywhere. Terry says Elizabeth just lost her husband. She’s not thinking of going into work, is she? Elizabeth says, no, but she still has to go to the hospital; Franco is there. He was there last night, and it just seems wrong that he was alone. Terry tells Elizabeth, what was at the hospital, that’s not Franco. His heart and soul, and everything they shared, is still with her. Wherever Franco is, he’s not alone. What Elizabeth needs to do is take care of herself and her family, and let some of them take care of her. She offers to check on the kids, and Elizabeth thanks her. The doorbell rings, and Elizabeth opens the door to Sam.

Sam asks if she can she come in, and Elizabeth says, it depends. Is she there to dance on Franco’s grave? Sam says, whatever she felt about Franco, she knows the pain Elizabeth is in now. Elizabeth was there for her a few months ago when she was hurting, and she wanted to return the favor. Please. She hands Elizabeth a cup of to-go coffee.   

Carly says she doesn’t understand why Jason went along with Franco’s plan to begin with. It’s a trap. Franco does something bad or dangerous, and Jason kills him? It’s all Jason’s fault, and he goes to prison. He says she’s right. He didn’t know what to do. He hasn’t known what to do about Franco from the day he got back. Jake loved the guy, and when Franco’s tumor was removed, he wasn’t held responsible for the things he did. Jason wasn’t in a position to hold him responsible because Elizabeth has full custody of Jake. Carly says, it’s something he agreed to a million years ago because he didn’t know Elizabeth would turn around and marry Franco, and he says, but she did. Franco was the man she wanted; the man she wanted in the life of her kids. And Jake was happy. All he could do was make the respect Elizabeth’s choice, and try not to get in the way.

Sonny asks Lenny how it’s coming along, and Lenny says, they either pay the mortgage, and they’ll have nothing to serve their customers, or they stock the Tan-O, and the bank forecloses. Phyllis says she can cover one mortgage payment by parting with her china; they never use it anyway. Lenny says, but it’s not just one payment; the margins have been thin for years. With so many businesses are shutting down, he’s not sure there will be any customers left to serve, but Phyllis says he’s just scared. She has to believe the customers will come back when they reopen. Lenny says, and if they don’t? A man walks in, and Sonny says they’re still closed, but he says he’s not a customer. 

Anna tells Jackie that she hopes it’s not inappropriate, talking to her about this, but Jackie thinks they passed inappropriate eons ago. Besides, in her line of work, the best insights can come from the most unlikely people. Anna says, in her line of work too. The fact is, she’s been woefully blind where Peter is concerned, about who he really was. Did she know the truth? Not for certain, but enough people she trusted told her. Her instincts kept taking her in that direction, but she refused to see it because she didn’t want to believe Peter was guilty. She didn’t want to think the man Maxie was in love with was just this illusion. She should have faced the truth head on, tried to work through the problem, and try to solve it, but she didn’t. She enabled Peter. She kept trying to find excuses to explain the holes in his story, and his bizarre behavior. So the all fallout is really hers. Jackie says, all the fallout? and Anna says, a large portion was her responsibility. Of course (🍷) Finn is really furious, and he has every right to be. She lied to him, and not just about who Peter was, that he wasn’t her son, but the extent of the crimes Peter committed. Because she knew all that, she had this feeling that… the wedding wasn’t going to happen. She should have warned Finn, prepared him, but she didn’t. Just when Finn was trying to figure everything out, she had to leave to deal with Peter. Her life is kind of falling apart, and she doesn’t have anyone else to blame but herself.

There’s a knock at Chase’s door. It’s Gregory, and Chase says, look who stopped by. Finn asks what Gregory is doing there, and Gregory says he wanted to see how Finn was holding up. He took a gamble that Finn’s brother knew where he was. Chase tells them that he has to shower before work; make themselves at home. He leaves the room, and Finn says something tells him that he wasn’t the one Gregory was looking for, and Gregory says, he wasn’t. He just needed to see his boy. Finn says Gregory’s not planning on telling Chase that Finn might be his father, is he?

Phyllis says, look who it is, and hugs the man. She asks how he’s doing, and he says, fine; and them? She says they’re hanging in there. Lenny introduces the man to Mike/Sonny as their old friend Elijah. Elijah says, nice to meet you, and Phyllis says they missed Elijah at the last town council meeting. Elijah says work has been keeping him busy, and Phyllis says she bets. They heard the strip mall he’s building is doing pretty good. Lenny says he doesn’t know why Elijah chose to build in a ghost town, and Phyllis says, it was a great area way back when, until it started getting dangerous. Elijah says, word on the street has it that it’s not looking great here either. Phyllis says, they’ve seen better days, but it’s hardly a ghost town. Elijah says, crime goes up, the population drops, and businesses shut down; it’s a vicious cycle. He asks if they have enough in the bank to weather the storm. Maybe he can do something to help.

Gregory tells Finn, he’ll always be Chase’s father, no matter what some DNA test says, but to answer Finn’s question, he sees the point Finn and Jackie were making last night. There’s no reason to tell Chase unless they know for sure, and even then, they’ll decide what’s best. Finn is glad they see things the same way, and Gregory laughs. He says, all these years, he blamed himself for how strained their relationship has been. He thought Finn was overreacting to his getting remarried, but he carried the guilt for decades, guilt that he chose his own happiness over Finn’s. He was a fool not to see it was the other way around. Finn was the one who carried the guilt and shame, but he was forcing Gregory to carry it will him. Finn says, it was never his intention. He didn’t want to hurt Gregory more than he already had. He left because he didn’t want to take away Gregory’s happiness. Gregory says, but he did. Finn took away his oldest son by keeping this secret. For a parent, there’s nothing worse.

Jackie tells Anna, for what it’s worth (🍷), she’s sorry. Regret is a horrible burden to bear. Anna says, if she could do it over… Jackie says, but they can’t. Anna says, no, they can’t. She guesses they just have to learn from their mistakes. Jackie asks, how’s that going? and Anna says she thinks the biggest takeaway for her, is that you can’t have real love, real communication, and family if all these secrets are buried underneath. It’s not possible, no matter how much you want it. Secrets are like toxic waste underground, waiting to bubble to the surface at an inopportune moment. Which is exactly what happened tonight at the wedding. Jackie tells her, good luck, Anna says, her too, and Jackie leaves.

Chase comes back, and his phone rings. He says, wait… What? Do they need him to come in early?… Okay. Thanks for letting him know. Finn asks if everything is okay, and Chase says, Franco Baldwin was murdered last night.   

Cameron tries to access the files, and Josslyn tells Trina, it’s not Jason, but as of now, he’s the only suspect. Of course (🍷) Cameron would rather believe Jason was helping Franco. Trina says, Jason helped save their lives, and they’ll always be grateful for that, but Cameron has created an alternate universe where Franco is still alive. Josslyn says, that’s why they have to help him, and Trina asks if they shouldn’t level with him. Josslyn asks if it would have worked with Trina when they were trying to find out the truth about her dad, and Trina says, no. Josslyn says, then they need to do what Cameron needs them to do, so he can figure it out for himself. Cameron says, dammit. He’s tried the passwords a hundred times; his mother must have changed it. How can he get answers now? Josslyn says she thinks she might know one way, and picks up Elizabeth’s ID.

Terry comes down, and says, all good upstairs. Elizabeth thanks Terry, who says she’s scheduled to work, but if Elizabeth wants her to stay… Elizabeth says she’s fine, and Terry says she’ll call later. She leaves, and Elizabeth thanks Sam for the coffee. Sam says she figured Elizabeth could use it, and Elizabeth says she figured right. Sam says she knows the feeling. Like Elizabeth said to her, she might not be the first call if she needs someone to talk to, but she’s happy to be the second. If she hears anything from her sources at the PCPD about who did it, Elizabeth will be the first to know. Elizabeth says, Sam has no idea, does she? Sam says, about what? and Elizabeth says she knows who killed Franco. It was Jason.

Jason tells Carly that he didn’t kill Franco, but he was there, and because he didn’t kill Franco, he can’t control the situation. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, with zero means to protect himself. Carly says they just have to hope once this first wave of grief passes, Elizabeth realizes he had nothing to do with it. He was too smart to let this happen. He says all they can do is let the cops investigate. The evidence will be there or not, but what matters is, he didn’t do it. She says, that means somebody else did, and he says, that’s what they need to focus on. There are a lot of people who didn’t like Franco, but there’s one person who had actual motive to kill him. She asks if he knows who did this, and he says he thinks it was Peter.

Terry comes out of the elevator, and goes to the reception desk. Cameron, Josslyn, and Trina run into the elevator, thinking they’re being stealthy, but Terry sees them.  

Sam tells Elizabeth, that can’t be right, but Elizabeth says, it is. Didn’t Sam hear about the deal they made? Sam says she remembers, but Jason wouldn’t. Elizabeth says she watched Jason stand over Franco’s body as he bled to death. Sam says, there has to be an explanation, and Elizabeth says, Jason hates Franco, and he killed him. Sam says, what if Franco… Elizabeth says, did something to deserve it? Was that what Sam was going to say? Sam says she’s going to go, and Elizabeth thinks that’s a good idea. Sam says, for what it’s worth (🍷), she knows the pain Elizabeth and her family are going through, and would never wish it on anyone. She says she’s so sorry, and leaves.

Carly says, the voices Franco was hearing… and Jason says, one voice. She says, so Franco wasn’t losing his mind; it was a memory? He says, yes. From Drew, when he was in Afghanistan and was kidnapped. It proves Peter was there, and in on it the whole time. Then Franco told Peter about hearing his voice… She says, soPeter knew Drew’s memories were resurfacing in Franco, and he says, Peter knew it was a possibility, and knew he could be implicated for his original crimes. It sounds like a motive to him. What does she think? She says, Peter has claimed all along that Helena and Faison coerced him into the kidnapping, and he was a victim, not the perpetrator. If Drew’s memories prove otherwise, it will blow Peter’s life apart. He thinks Peter killed Franco to keep it from happening; to shut him up for good.

Lenny asks, what kind of arrangement? and Elijah says, one that could provide them with financial backing for the time being. Phyllis says, in what way? and Sonny says, don’t fall for it. He knows a sweet talker when he sees one. Elijah knew they were in trouble; it’s why he came there in the first place. Elijah says, Mike what? and Sonny says, just Mike. Elijah says he appreciates just Mike looking out for Lenny and Phyllis. He owes them a lot. He rented a room from Phyllis after he finished grad school and was buried in debt. But he’s right. Not about the sweet talking, but coming here with an agenda. He’d like to go into business with them. Lenny says they’re listening, and Elijah says, when the spike in vandalism stops, the town will be hungry for local businesses again, but not all of them will survive long enough to get over the hump. His company can provide the cash flow the Tan-O needs. Lenny asks what Elijah wants in return, and Elijah says, to be blunt, he wants to buy the place from them.

Finn says, Franco’s dead? and Chase says, he was murdered in his art studio last night. He was shot to death. Finn asks, by who? but Chase doesn’t have any details; they just wanted to give him a heads up. He tells Gregory, the victim was married to Violet’s aunt, and Gregory says he’s so sorry. Finn says he’s going to go see Elizabeth and find out if she needs anything, and Chase asks Finn to send his condolences. Finn says he’ll call the nanny on his way over, and tell her that he’s picking up Violet. Chase says Finn forgot his phone, and picks it up. He looks at it, and says, DNA test results. What’s that about?  

Finn asks if Chase doesn’t need a warrant to search a phone, and Chase says he just picked up the phone, and it was on the front screen. Why did Finn order a DNA test? Finn says he can’t talk about it; it’s for work. Chase says Finn is an infectious disease specialist, but Finn says he orders lab tests all the time. Chase says, but it wasn’t on the physician’s portal. It came in on an app patients use. He’s asking again why Finn ordered a DNA test, and why didn’t Finn say that Chase’s mom called him a dozen times? Does it have something to do with what Finn and Gregory were talking about? Finn insists it’s about work, when Jackie comes in, and says, stop. They can’t keep doing this.   

Carly tells Jason, this is huge, and he says, it could be. They need proof, but nothing is going to get resolved before he meets with the five families. She says, about Cyrus? and he says they have to make sure everybody is on the same page. He needs to make sure everybody knows Carly and the family are off limits, but if he’s facing legal trouble… She asks what he’s going to do, and he says he’ll find some way to be there. Somebody has to show up from Sonny’s organization, and he’s the only option.

A technician in the autopsy room hears a yell, and Trina runs in. She tells him, come quick. Her friend fell, and she thinks she hurt herself. He runs out with Trina, and Cameron sneaks in. He looks on a chart to see which locker Franco’s body is in.  

Elizabeth’s phone rings. Terry tells her that she just saw Cameron and his friends sneaking around the hospital. She thinks Elizabeth should get down there.

Cameron looks at the nameplate, and reaches for the handle. He opens the locker, and slides out the body. He lifts the sheet, and sees Franco. He cries, and stumbles back, sliding to the floor. Okay. I’d actually thought the same thing. That it might be a Taggert situation, maybe something to set up Peter. There goes that theory.

Phyllis says they’re not ready to sell, and Elijah says he hears that. The Tan-O is nothing without them at the helm. They could think of him as a silent partner. The place would be theirs to run, and when they’re ready to retire, leave it to him. Lenny asks what Elijah would get out of the deal, and Elijah says, he’s a businessman. He sees the opportunity to turn a modest profit there, one day; only when they’re ready. He also thinks of it as a way to repay their kindness. The Tan-O was supposed to be their retirement nest egg, but it’s become a financial drain. He can help. Lenny says, they’ll talk it over, but that’s all he can promise. Elijah says, fair enough. Nice meeting you, just Mike. He leaves, and Sonny says he’s sorry, but he doesn’t like Elijah. Lenny says, he can be a little much; he has an intense personality, but he’s a good egg. Phyllis says, they’re not going to sell him the bar, are they? and Lenny says, it’s not like they have kids to leave the place to. It would solve a lot of problems. Sonny says, there’s somewhere he needs to be. Don’t decide anything until he gets back.  

Jason is messing with his phone, when Sam comes in. She says she went to his house, but he wasn’t there, so she figured he’d be there. Carly says she’s going to check on Donna, using the kid excuse to leave. Jason asks if Danny is okay, and Sam says, Danny is fine. She just needs to hear it from him. The truth. Did he kill Franco? He says, no. He found Franco shot at the art studio. She says, okay, good. She wouldn’t want anything to come between Danny and Jake. She’s sorry he’s being blamed for this, but he says he’ll be okay. She says, do her a favor and be careful, and leaves.

Cameron sits on the floor, and Elizabeth calls to him. He quickly covers Franco’s face, and Elizabeth walks in. She asks what he’s doing down there, and he says he thought that Franco was protecting them, and he was… somewhere. But he’s gone. He cries, and she holds him. He says he misses Franco so much. Terry comes in with Josslyn and Trina.   

Anna looks at a picture of her and Finn.

Jackie shuts the door, and Chase asks, what the hell is going on here? Finn says, please don’t, and Jackie says she’s sorry, but she doesn’t want what happened between Anna and Peter to happen to them. The one thing that will never change is that she’s Chase’s mother, so she’s going to make the call on this. Chase says, the call about what? and Jackie says Chase needs to know the truth – about everything. Finn gives her a soap stare.

Tomorrow, Willow needs to find the right words to tell him, Anna doesn’t want someone ending up like their father, Jason says the damage has already been done, and Sonny says he’s in.

📰 Read All About It…

Roger is making a temporary exit, but it’s unclear whether Franco is.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/roger-howarth-temporary-exit-from-general-hospital

🏖 On the God-awful Summer House, Kyle was the winner of the Big Baby award this week. Not only did he act like one when a couple of the girls asked him to turn his music down, calling them senior citizens, Hannah perfectly summed it up in saying he was being passive/aggressive and a d*ck, after he talked about her instead of to her. Lindsay just wanted to celebrate the last minutes of her MF’ing birthday, which she did by having shots with the girls. Luke sent Ciara her favorite flowers, hydrangeas, but she insisted she and Luke were strictly platonic. She didn’t want to give Luke mixed signals, since he tends to run with that sh*t. Amanda and Hannah apologized to each other, but when it was suggested Kyle apologize, he said he didn’t even know what he did, and was going to lose his sh*t. Sh*t, along with literally, were the words of the night. Lindsay was pissed about Stephen leaving without saying anything, since she had abandonment issues due to her mother jetting on the family when she was young. She wasn’t the only one with parental problems, since when Amanda confused Ciara saying she missed her cat with saying she missed her dad, it caused Ciara to cry. She explained that her father remarried when she was 14, and because she and her sister didn’t like his fiancé, they were disinvited to the wedding. Hard to make a judgement on that, since she didn’t go into detail as to how much animosity there was. Stephen called Lindsay repeatedly, and when she asked for his thoughts on the relationship, he sent her a power point presentation, complete with a pie chart. Lindsay said that’s how Stephen thought – in pie charts, bullet points, and stick figures – and she was all for it. He also sent a bouquet of sunflowers, along with a request for a new beginning. Lindsay said she just wanted to be happy, but didn’t know if that meant being with Stephen. After calling them senior citizens, Kyle whined that the Gen Z girls did no work around the house. Lindsay claimed they were the more mature ones, subsequently falling drunkenly down the stairs. Amanda said she was emotionally drained by the Kyle/Hannah drama, and thought they were both wrong, but to take Kyle down meant taking her down too. Still, karma got Kyle back by whacking him in the nuts via a toss from some kind of yard game. This was actually the highlight of the show, along with Carl returning with a beard. On his face. He’s not gay as far as I know. Verdict: still horrible in the Hamptons.

Next time, Amanda tells Kyle that she’s ready to get off the Pill (which frightens me), Hannah’s new squeeze Des arrives, and Luke walks out. Almost.  

🧼 Soap Starts…

The road to stardom begins with a first step.

https://ew.com/gallery/celebrities-soap-operas/

👠 Ahead Of the Carpet…

How Grammy fashion will work this year.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1247182/all-the-details-on-e-s-2021-grammys-red-carpet-coverage

📺 They’re Comin’ Up…

Some shows to look forward to.

https://www.essence.com/articles/most-anticipated-tv-shows-spring-2021/

💰 Just For Fun…

The rich, they’re just like us.

https://nypost.com/article/hoarder-houses-apartments-nyc/

🚤 Cruising Into the Weekend…

Another Friday is here, or the day you used to look forward to in more normal times. Regardless of your sense of normalcy, stay safe, stay hoping for the best and preparing for the worst, and stay not falling for sweet talkers with an agenda.

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March 4, 2021 – Anna Tells Maxie and Finn the Truth, Summer House Is Still Awful, an Engagement, Covered In Clay, Jen Tells All, Wanda’s Grief, New Horror Story & Key’s Day

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Chase asks Jackie if Violet is okay, and Jackie says, she fell asleep watching a movie. He thanks her for getting Violet out of there, and she says she could tell things were about to go south. What ended up happening? He says, apparently, Anna knew Peter wasn’t her son, and didn’t tell Finn. He’s sure it was hard for her, so he’s trying not to judge, but how can you plan on marrying somebody, and keep something so major from them?

Finn is looking out the window, when there’s a knock at the door. It’s Anna, who asks if she can come in. He steps aside, and she says she’s sure he has a lot of questions. He says, just one. What else is she lying about?

Maxie tells Peter, she’s getting nervous. Why hasn’t he answered her? He says because he can’t believe she still wants to marry him, and she says, of course (🍷) she does. Her love for him hasn’t changed just because his mother has. He asks if she’s sure; he doesn’t want her pity. She says, the one she pities is Obrecht. She was so determined to wreck their lives, she made enemies out of everyone. What Peter does have is her love, her respect, and her heart. She hopes she still has his. He says she does, and he will marry her. Obrecht tells Valentin, Peter isn’t who Maxie thinks he is. The pretense of morality and kindness is all a lie. He’s a manipulator who can’t be trusted. He mustn’t be allowed to go home to her grandson. She owes it to Nathan to keep James safe. She walks over to Dante, and takes out her pen. Britt asks what she’s doing, and Obrecht says, what must be done; Maxie and James must be protected. Valentin practically shouts, sorry, Maxie. He can’t allow this wedding to continue. Not until she knows who Peter truly is. Maxie makes an exasperated noise, and asks Peter what Valentin is talking about. Peter says he doesn’t know, and asks Valentin, what the hell is he talking about? Valentin says, this has gone on long enough. It’s time the truth was brought to light.

At the MetroCourt bar, Carly asks Jax if everything is all right. He says, yes… Nina’s not returning his calls. He thought he’d run into her downstairs, but she skipped out on Maxie’s wedding. Carly says, that’s one sacred ceremony she can’t desecrate, and he makes a face. She says she thinks she might know where Nina is, or rather who she’s with. He asks, who? and she says, Wiley.

Michael opens the door to Nina, and asks her to come in. She thanks him for inviting her over, and he says he’s glad she could make it on such short notice. She says, is he kidding? She would have jumped off an airplane mid-flight to be there. She’s grateful, and thanks him for giving her a chance to get to know her grandson and be in his life. It means the world to her.

On the phone, Franco leaves a message for Obrecht, saying, he checked himself into the MetroCourt, just for the night, until he can check himself into Shadybrook tomorrow. If she feels like breaking into a hotel, give him a call back. There’s a knock at the door, and Franco opens it to Elizabeth and Cameron. He asks what they’re doing there, and Elizabeth says he didn’t bring much stuff with him, so they brought a few things to make it feel like home. Franco says he would have managed, but Cameron says, it was his idea. He got upset, and stormed off. He didn’t have a chance to say goodbye.

Valentin says Maxie needs to listen to him, and Peter says she doesn’t. She says, everyone needs to just stop. It doesn’t matter to her who Peter’s mother is. It doesn’t change her love for him. Valentin says it doesn’t change the way he feels either. He’s not condemning Peter because Alex is his mother. Peter condemned Peter through the actions he’s taken, and the choices he’s made. Peter is a liar. His redemption is a lie. You can’t have redemption if you lack the capacity to acknowledge who you really are. Peter clearly doesn’t have the courage to do that, so he’ll do it for him. Everyone waits…

Jax says, it was generous of Michael to allow Nina to have a relationship with Wiley, and Carly asks if he’s surprised. He says, of course (🍷) not. He’s sure Nina appreciates it. Carly says, she’s sure too, and he asks if she thinks Michael is wrong. She says she thinks Wiley should get to know his grandmother, but she’s still furious at Nina. Her behavior was out of line at Sonny’s grave, and she’d tell Nina to her face, but that’s between her and Nina, not Wiley. But she’s worried about Nina spending too much time with Wiley right now, not once things have settled down, and Nina has faced her new reality. It’s been one shock piled on another. Even before Nina found out Nelle was her daughter, she made excuses for Nelle, painting her as not as guilty as she was. Jax says, trying to redeem Nelle’s memory, and she says, if Nina allows that to bleed onto Wiley, what is that going to do to that little boy?

Willow sees Nina, and says, that was fast. Nina tells her, the name Wiley put some pep in her step. Can she see him? Willow says he’s playing with blocks, and brings Nina into the living room. She says, look who’s here to visit him, and Michael asks if he remembers Nina, his grandmother. Wiley nods, and I’m telling you, that kid is going places.

Franco tells Cameron, enough with the goodbye stuff, and Elizabeth says, it’s a temporary arrangement until the issue with the tumor is resolved. Cameron says, and if they aren’t? and Franco says, those are the only two options, but Terry says while the tumor isn’t shrinking, it’s not growing either. That’s good news. Elizabeth says, very good. It gives them time to figure things out. Franco takes a phone out of the suitcase, and says, what’s this?

Jackie tells Chase, she knows he’s protective of his brother, and he should be, but try not to be too hard on him. Relationships are more complicated than anyone outside of them knows. Chase says he’s figuring that out. He’s sorry for not realizing how strained things were between her and Gregory. He had such an amazing childhood, and so many fun memories. That’s all he knew. She says, it’s all he should know. As a kid, of course, you want your parents to be perfect, and want your world to be secure, and that’s what your parents want for you too. But the truth is, we’re all making it up as we go along, and none of us is perfect. We’re doing the best we can, and sometimes it’s enough, but sometimes it’s not.  

Finn says, Anna knew since she got the lab results that Peter wasn’t her son? and she says, yeah. He says, and the plan was to never tell him? She says, there was no plan. When we found out the truth, we realized everything had to be contained. Finn says, we? and she says, her and Valentin. He says, so she trusted that little weasel more than she trusted him.

Peter says he doesn’t know why Valentin is doing this, but Valentin says, yeah, he does. Maxie asks if someone can get Valentin out of there, and Mac starts to move, but Robert stops him, and says he thinks Maxie should listen to Valentin. Peter says he thought Valentin cared about him all these years, and Valentin says he does. Peter is the man he is today because of the actions Valentin took. Don’t think that’s ever been lost on him. That’s why he promised to protect Peter from Jason, but he’s not going to allow Peter to hurt anyone else, definitely not Maxie.

Franco looks at the phone, and asks what phone it is; it’s three models ago. Cameron says Franco might want what’s on it. Franco said he was suffering some side effects of what Shiloh did. When he thought he was Drew, and they were about to do the procedure to bring him back, he asked for a phone to record something on. Elizabeth says, Drew left a video, the one Franco has put off watching for over a year. Cameron says he thought it might help Franco understand the voices he’s hearing, and Franco says, cool, thanks. Cameron says, he’s not going to listen? and Franco says he’d do anything to get Drew out of his head, and looks in the suitcase, wondering what else is in there.

Carly tells Jax, she’s worried Nina is going to tell Wiley her version of who Nelle was, and they know that version is a lie. He says, yes, but it’s not like they can have an open conversation about Nelle. She says, no kid that age should know their mother was insane and a killer, but he shouldn’t believe in a fantasy that’s only going to be shattered. What if when he gets old enough, he does research, and finds out on his own who Nelle was? Jax says, he’ll be devastated, and she says, that’s why she thinks, while he’s still young, they shouldn’t tell him much at all. When he asks, they’ll say Nelle was troubled and had problems; keep it vague. When he’s mature enough to understand, they can tell him that Nelle had a terrible and abusive childhood, and grew up to do terrible, abusive things. Jax says, and Carly doesn’t think Nina is in a place to understand and abide by that? and she says she knows Nina isn’t. But it’s Willow and Michael’s decision, and she has to honor that. She’s scared that their best intentions will turn out awful for Wiley.

Anna tells Finn, she knows how it looks. When everything happened with Jordan and Curtis, she was afraid they were headed down the same road. He says, it’s not the same. He knew what he was getting into when he fell in love with her. He knew certain parts of her life existed in the shadows, but he didn’t think she’d keep secrets from him, and confide in someone else. She says she’s sorry, but he says he doesn’t want an apology; he wants an explanation.

Maxie tells Valentin, this isn’t news to her. She’s aware Peter was coerced by Helena and Faison into kidnapping Drew. Valentin says, but Peter wasn’t an unwitting pawn. He was trying to double-cross his father with Helena’s help. Peter asks why Valentin is lying, and Valentin says, Helena wanted it done, and Peter orchestrated the whole thing, but it was a long time ago. The point is, Peter knew what he did was wrong, and in working to cover it up, he did something much worse in the process. Maxie says, like what? and Peter says, she knows Valentin is a liar. She says she needs to know what Valentin is accusing Peter of. What is this horrible act that was so much worse than anything else? Valentin says, Peter brought down Drew’s plane, and she asks if he’s saying Peter is responsible for murdering Drew. Valentin says, yes.

Sam heads toward Peter, but Robert holds her back. She says, you son of a bitch. She knew it. He killed Scout’s father. Maxie says, it can’t be true, and Obrecht says it’s why she was released. Peter framed her for his crimes. Robert says he suspected as much, and Maxie says, because Robert hates Peter. Peter says, this is absurd, and suggests he and Maxie get out of there, but Mac says he’s not taking Maxie anywhere. Valentin says, first, Drew’s plane went down, and looks at Sam and asks, then what happened? Sam says she was kidnapped by Shiloh, and Valentin says, Shiloh knew Peter was responsible for Drew’s kidnapping. That’s why Peter arranged Shiloh’s escape, and was on the pier with a bag of money. He wasn’t buying an apartment; he was paying Shiloh off. Covering up one crime by committing a worse one in the process.

Franco asks Cameron if he’s going to be buying sunscreen and visors to visit him in California, and Cameron says, no one wears visors. Franco says he loves a visor. Lots of people like them. Cameron isn’t answering his question. Cameron tells Franco, remember when he said he wanted less Drew inside his head? and Franco says, oh, he gets it. Cameron doesn’t want to be pestered about college. Cameron says he catches on fast; good for him. Franco says he’s super smart; everyone says so. Elizabeth’s phone dings, and she says, it’s the hospital. She has to go in. Cameron says he’ll hang out for a few minutes, and meet her back at home, but Franco says, it’s not safe for Cameron to stay there.

Jax says he knows Carly is in a different headspace where Nina is concerned, but he feels terrible. They made a huge mistake in not telling Nina that Nelle was her daughter, and a bigger mistake forgetting Wiley was her grandson. She says, not on purpose, and he says, that doesn’t make right. They don’t get to decide if Nina gets to have a relationship with Wiley. She says she agrees 100%, and he says, it’s actually a blessing… Hear him out. Nina gets to have  a relationship with her grandson without Nelle around. Even though she might not realize it, it’s the best thing for Wiley. Carly says, amen to that, and he says he knows he doesn’t get a say, but Carly is right. He doesn’t think Nina is capable of seeing Nelle for who she was. Nina sees her as a victim. Carly says, that’s the picture Nina will paint, Nelle the way she wanted her to be, and Jax says, that’s okay now, but it would be sad if it was a pattern that got laid down. Without realizing it, Nina could inflict pain and grief on her grandson. I guess these two still haven’t learned not to make decisions for other people.    

Wiley smashes whatever he was building with his monster truck, and Michael tells Nina, Wiley is in a phase where all the building part is just a means is total destruction. Nina says Nathan was like that. He’d have her spend hours constructing a huge tower, just to have him take it out like Godzilla. Michael looks at his phone, and says, stuff is going down at Aurora. He’ll be back. Willow asks Wiley if mommy can help him build.   

Jackie tells Chase that she and Gregory were happy for a long time. She doesn’t want him thinking he grew up in a lie. For three decades she had the most wonderful family, including an amazing son. He says, go on, and she says she could, for hours. He still brings her that joy. She wouldn’t give up the years with him or his father for anything. There were times when she and his dad were on their own tracks; when tracking a story was too tempting not to go after. Maybe she shouldn’t have. Looking back, there are a thousand things she wishes she’d done differently, but it’s just… Chase says, life, and she says, yeah. Life.

Anan tells Finn that Valentin came to her, and told her that Peter was way more culpable in Jason and Drew’s kidnapping than he’d admitted, and he’d gone to great lengths to cover it up. Meaning, that he’d had Drew’s plane sabotaged, and arranged for the assassin to kill Andre and Franco. Finn asks when she found this out, and she says, a couple of days ago. She realized she could no longer be in denial about Peter’s guilt, and pretend his redemption was anything other than a show. They decided Peter couldn’t marry Maxie… Finn says, so they had Peter abducted on his wedding day. She says, yeah, but she did this with Valentin not because she trusts him more than Finn, but because he understands the complexities of her relationship with Peter. Finn says, and he doesn’t? and she says, Valentin had the same relationship with him. She didn’t want Finn anywhere near this. He’s such a good man, she just didn’t want him to be part of the whole tragic, sordid mess. He thanks her for making the decision for him, and she says she knows he’s angry. She doesn’t blame him, but she can assure him that she didn’t know any of this. She didn’t want to accept how bad Peter really was. She starts to cry, and says, it’s not an excuse. It’s the truth. He says, because of her, he allowed his daughter to be around a murderer, and she says she would never let Violet be in any danger. He says, because of her, the wedding Violet thought she was going to be a part of, was never actually going to happen, because she was too busy playing spy games with Valentin. She says, it happened so fast, there was no time to tell him. He asks if he was really that much of an afterthought.

Willow asks if Wiley thinks he can build the tallest skyscraper ever. Show mommy. Nina says, maybe he’ll grow up to be an architect, and Willow says, may be. It’s kind of wild for her and Nina to be part of the same family, playing games together. Nina says, they’ve come a long way, and Willow says, they’re both in a better place. She certainly is. Nothing can make up for losing a child, but it meant so much for Michael to say he wanted her to stay in Wiley’s life. Nina says, not just stay, but legally adopt. After all that heartache, she’s still Wiley’s mom. The doorbell rings, and Willow opens the door to Carly, who trots in. She says she was texting with Michael, and he said Nina was coming by. How’s it going? Willow says, great. She thinks it will be good for both Nina and Wiley. In the living room, Nina tells Wiley that she’s his grandma, like Grandma Carly, but she’s not his mommy’s mommy. That’s not how they’re related. Wiley laughs, probably because he has no clue what anyone is saying, but it’s fun to build and smash stuff.

Cameron tries to argue, but Elizabeth says she can’t get into it now; she has to get to work. Cameron says, go. He’ll be fine for a few minutes. Franco says his mom is right. He woke from a nightmare, and attacked Cameron. Cameron says, that’s such an exaggeration, and Franco says his head’s not right. Cameron says he can’t believe this. Fine. Is Elizabeth coming with him, or is it okay for her to be there alone with Franco? Elizabeth says she’ll be there in a minute; she’ll meet him in the lobby. Franco tells Cameron, wait, and thanks him for bringing the stuff. He’ll see Cameron in a little bit. Cameron leaves, and Franco tells Elizabeth that she shouldn’t be there. If he’s a potential threat to Cameron, he’s a potential threat to her.  

Robert says he knows it’s painful, but it makes sense, and Maxie says, except for one thing. Anna knew all this? Valentin says, she did, and Maxie says, Anna would never do that to her. Anna loves her, and she knows Anna would never let that happen. If what Valentin is saying is true, Anna would have told her.

Anna tells Finn that she was wrong; she knows that. She just couldn’t see her way out, which makes her no different than Peter. She was selling him on a lie that she was sharing her life with him, and she wasn’t. She thought she was protecting him, but she was really just protecting herself, trying to avoid this moment. He phone rings, and Finn says, don’t answer. She says, it’s Robert. It’s going to be about Peter and Maxie. She asks Robert, what is it? and he tells her, get down here right now. All the information she and Valentin have been hiding is going to hit the fan. He doesn’t know how Peter is going to react if he’s pushed in a corner. She says she understands, and Finn asks if she needs to go. Anna says she wants to work this out, and he says, she has other properties. She says she’s so sorry; she really is. Finn says, so is he, and she leaves.

Jackie tells Chase, everything will be okay. He’s seen her and Gregory. It’s not like they can’t be in the same room; just the opposite. He says, it’s weirdly cordial, and she says they have too much mutual respect for it not to be. He says, it’s getting late. Does she think he should take Violet? She says, probably. She’d love for Violet to stay there, but she’s still practically a stranger. Violet will be more comfortable with him. He says he’ll get her, and she says she loves him. He says he loves her too.

Maxie tells Peter, she’s right, isn’t she? Everything Valentin is saying is a lie. Peter says, of course (🍷) it is. Valentin is the man who lied to Nina for years, and literally trades in secrets. He doesn’t know what game Valentin is playing – Valentin says, no game – but all that matters is he loves her. She has no reason to believe Valentin. Anna appears, and says Maxie has every reason to believe her though.

Willow brings Carly into the living room, and says, how lucky is Wiley? Two grandmothers in one night. Carly asks Wiley for a hug, and says, it’s so good to see him. Is he having fun with Nina? He says, yeah, and Willow suggests Wiley get in his PJs. Then he can come down and play afterward. She takes Wiley upstairs, and Nina asks if Carly is checking up on her. Carly says, no… Actually… Well… she wants to acknowledge that she may have been too blunt. Nina says, that doesn’t sound like an apology, and Carly says, it wasn’t. They both have good reason not to trust each other, but she assumes they both want what’s best for Wiley. Nina says, yes, and Carly suggests they just leave at that.

Franco says it’s not just that he’s being honest with Elizabeth, but he’s being honest with himself. There’s a realistic possibility that these violent outbursts – she says, just one – are going to get worse. She says he sounds like Jason, and he says, Jason’s not wrong. She says, yes he is when it comes to Franco. Jason doesn’t know him like she does; he doesn’t know them. She tells him that she’s scared, and he asks her to come over to him. She sits next to him on the bed, and he holds her. She says she wants to make things perfectly clear; she’ll never give up on him. It doesn’t matter how dark things get, or how dismal things are, she’ll always be his champion. Not just because of what he does for her, but because she loves him. Nothing will ever change that. Nothing. He says, okay. Good enough. He hands Elizabeth her phone, and she says she’ll call him later. She leaves, and he looks at the phone Cameron brought. 

Anna tells Maxie, everything Valentin said is true. Obrecht says, let her guess. Anna has known Peter was guilty the whole time, and allowed her to rot… Anna says, get this woman out of her face or she’ll lose her mind, and Obrecht says Anna’s mind isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose. Valentin drags Obrecht out, still talking, and Anna tells Maxie that she’s sorry. Maxie says, no, because if it was true Peter did those horrible things and Anna knew, Anna would have told her. Anna says she didn’t know until recently. She had her doubts, but she thought she was being paranoid. She thought Peter had changed, but he hadn’t. Maxie asks, when did she have doubts? For how long? Anna says, really too long. She’s sorry. Everyone looks like they’re either pissed off or going to cry. Or both.

Nina picks up her coat, and Michael asks if she’s heading out. Nina says, it’s getting crowd… late. She thanks him for inviting her. Willow comes back with Wiley, and Nina says, perfect timing. She picks Wiley up, and says it was wonderful spending time with him. Willow says, just ten more minutes, and then straight up to bed, and Nina thanks them for thinking of her. Carly asks if Willow is okay, and Willow tells her, Wiley just said she’s not his real mommy. Carly looks at Nina. Okay, my suspension of disbelief is lacking here. Wiley is cute and smart, but there’s no way he got that from what Nina said. I don’t even think he could form that kind of sentence yet.

There’s a knock at Jackie’s door, and she asks if Violet forget something, but it’s Finn.

Franco sits on the floor, and leans against the bed. He looks at the phone, and presses play. He appears on the screen, and says, hi, Franco; it’s Andy. He needs to tell Franco a few things.  

At the MetroCourt bar, Valentin thanks Obrecht for interrupting the wedding. If she hadn’t, he would have had to. She says she’s shocked that he abandoned Peter at the end, but he says he didn’t have a choice.  Anna was willing to go through with it, but if Maxie had married Peter, she would have never been able to live with herself. She says, his devotion to the scarecrow is annoying at best, but this time, it worked to her advantage. And Maxie’s. At least now, she’ll finally be free of Peter. He says, let’s hope so.   

Anna tells Maxie, she knew last year Peter was closely associated with the company who sent the assassin, the man who made the attempt on Andre and Franco’s lives. Peter says he stopped the attack, and she says, amazing that he happened to be there at just that moment. He says, it was luck, and she tells him, just stop. He knew the assassin was there, because he hired the assassin to be there. She tells Maxie that she chose to cover up the connection because she didn’t believe it, for the same reason Maxie doesn’t believe it. She can’t bear the fact that Peter is guilty, but he is. He confessed everything to Valentin. Valentin told her, and she confronted Peter. Peter says they’re both lying. They’re in this together. Anna says, no. She confronted Peter, and gave him every opportunity to tell the truth, but he didn’t; he lied. It made her realize that he will always lie. She doesn’t think it’s his fault, but the man Maxie loves just never existed. Peter says, enough of this. He tells Maxie, let’s get out of here; he’ll explain everything. Mac says, the hell he will, calls Peter a son of a bitch, and punches him in the face.

Maxie sits down, breathing heavily, and Britt and Sam rush over to her. Maxie says, the baby, and Britt says, just breathe. Maxie glares at Peter.  

Tomorrow, Carly asks Nina if she thinks it’s a good idea, Jackie asks Finn if he can get past it, Peter asks if he’s being arrested, and Dante asks Sam if she’s going to tell Jason what happened.

🏖 Since I had the time, I actually paid attention to Summer House. Carl found out his brother had died from an overdose. I have to admit, although I don’t like these people (with the exception of Hannah, who I think is just young), Carl is the most mature of the bunch, and actually seems to be working on himself as a person. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished, so all this has gotten him so far is being the designated watcher, since no one is driving anywhere. These are the last people I’d want to go through a tragedy with. Or a victory. Or anything for that matter. Amanda and Hannah compared notes on who attacked who first, and it was all, no, you. Hannah was the clear winner, since Amanda had thrown a glass at her. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but a wine glass could take an eye out. The guys scattered, while the girls all listened in. This was really nice too, considering Carl was trying to keep it together. Kyle tried to turn everyone against Hannah, saying she was out of control, but again, insulting someone vs throwing an object at them that’s not a pillow? The majority couldn’t give a flying, as long as they weren’t in the line of fire. No surprise, Carl couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

As I’m typing this, I realize nothing really ever happens on this show. And this season, they’re even working from home, but still nothing. Ciara still seems pretty sane, but give her time. She tried to explain to Luke that, relationship or not, he should have treated Hannah with more respect. Ergo, she wasn’t interested in more than friendship with him. For Lindsay’s birthday, Stephen got food from the restaurant where he’d asked her to be his girlfriend. He set up a fish and chips dinner outside, and I thought that was pretty romantic, but she told him that she had higher expectations than just going through the motions. I guess she wanted to be wined and dined in the middle of quarantine? They argued, and Stephen split in an Uber. I don’t know if I was missing something, but it seemed like Lindsay just wanted to start sh*t, and then was shocked when Stephen left. Hannah thought she should order some sage for the house, and Kyle said it was the worst day of all time.

Next time, Lindsay says there’s no coming back from it; Hannah says Kyle thinks he’s boss of the house, but he isn’t; and Kyle gets whacked in the balls with a croquet ball.

💍 Officially Moved On…

It no longer matters what zone she’s in with Luke.

https://extratv.com/2021/03/03/summer-house-star-hannah-berner-engaged-to-des-bishop/

⚱️ Countess Of Clay…

Why? Who knows?

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/22/luann-de-lesseps-strips-down-on-vacation-covers-herself-in-clay/

👠 Shah-mazing…

Jen talks about changes, feelings, and a new season to come.

https://www.distractify.com/p/jen-shah-rhoslc-season-2

🦸🏼‍♂️ Profound Marvel…

As WandaVision comes to a close, Vision becomes more poetic.

https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/wandavision-grief-love-persevering-line-director-matt-shakman/

🧿 A Different Spin On the Story…

American Horror Story will be changing it up this season. And this has to be the shortest teaser in the history of the world.

‘American Horror Stories’ Reveals It’s Own Horrors in Short Teaser

✌🏽 Peace Out…

See you for soaps and tea tomorrow, but until then, stay safe, stay reliable, and stay not serving fish and chips to someone with high expectations.

Feb27

February 26, 2021 – Cyrus Is Handed His First Setback, Woman Of Action, a Sigh Of Relief, a Friend’s Goodbye, Another Awful House, Your Rights, Today’s Fact, One Less Than Twelve Quotes & Grace

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Curtis tells Finn, word on the street is, he’s getting married. He congratulates Finn, and they bro hug. Finn invites Curtis in, and Curtis says, look at him, all cool and calm. How’s he feeling? Finn says he doesn’t know about cool and calm, but he’s okay; he’s good. Violet is so excited, she’s practically levitating. Curtis says he can imagine. He’s happy for Finn, and Finn says he’s glad Curtis is there. Curtis played a big part in this. He helped Finn get his life back on the right track. Curtis says, it was all Finn. Finn got sober and stayed sober, and now he gets to live the life he deserves. Finn says, still, he’ll never forget what Curtis did. There’s a knock at the door, and it’s Chase, who says, this is it, the big day. Is Finn ready to spend the rest of his life with Anna? Finn says, sure. Why not?

Jordan walks into Anna’s house, and says, her official ride has arrived, and her dress has been delivered to the MetroCourt. She sees Anna sitting on the couch, staring into space, and says she’s ready, and Anna is… Anna says, oh, hi. She’s just finishing her tea. Jordan says, forgive her for saying it, but Anna doesn’t seem very excited. Is everything okay? Anna says, yeah, and asks if Jordan will be okay with seeing Curtis. Jordan tells her not to worry. She and Curtis are adults. They can handle being at the same social events. The doorbell rings, and Jordan answers it. Anna flashes back to Peter burning the evidence, and Jordan says Valentin is there. Valentin walks in looking grimmer than we’ve ever seen him look.

Peter sees Britt at the MetroCourt, and asks where his bride is, but she blocks the door. She says he’s not getting anywhere near Maxie.

Inside on the phone, Maxie tells Felicia that she got the presents. Open them before the ceremony? She figured. She tells Felicia, it’s okay. They’re Aunt Liddy’s only relatives, and she needs Felicia. She has Nina there to help her get ready. She has to go, and tells Felicia that she loves her too. Nina asks if she’s okay, and Maxie says although she’d love to have her mother there, her aunt Liddy, who is really her great-grandmother Mariah’s cousin, took a fall and needs Felicia, which she fully supports. Nina says Felicia is being generous, since she’s sure Felicia would want to be there on her daughter’s big wedding day. She takes Maxie’s hands, and asks where they start. Maxie asks if Nina is sure she’s up for this.

Jason sees Sam, and says she looks great. She thanks him, and says she’s on flower duty. She told Maxie that she’d make sure the ballroom looked perfect. She asks how he is; how’s Carly after Nina’s meltdown? He says, she’s okay. The Feds are satisfied that Nelle’s death was an accident. Sam says Carly is really lucky to have a friend like him.

Laura brings Lesley some coffee in the hospital boardroom, and says it went so much better than she expected. Lesley says Laura can be very persuasive. She doesn’t know where Laura gets it from. Laura says, Cyrus’s day is about to get a whole lot worse, and they laugh.

Cyrus comes stomping out of the elevator, looking at his tablet. He throws it down in front of Jackie, who’s standing at the reception desk, and says, what the hell is this?

Cameron is reading The Invader, where the headline says, Criminal Ties, next to Cyrus’s picture. Franco comes downstairs and sits on the couch, and Cameron asks if he wants breakfast. Franco says that’s nice of Cameron, but he doesn’t think he can manage it right now. Cameron says he picked up some extra shifts at Kelly’s since it’s winter break, and starts to put on his coat. Franco sits up straight and says, before Cameron does that, can they please have a conversation about his decision to not go to college? Cameron says, what about it? and Franco says Cameron has to go to college. It’s a bridge to his future. He has to go and practice being amazing, so he can be amazing in the world. Cameron says, the world will still be there after Franco… after Franco doesn’t need his help anymore. Franco says he won’t allow Cameron to postpone his life, and Cameron says, being there is the right thing. Elizabeth comes downstairs, as Franco says he wonders how Cameron can even say that after he attacked him. Cameron looks at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth asks, what happened? Franco was asleep when she got home last night, but Cameron didn’t say anything about an attack. Cameron says, Franco is just being dramatic. Franco was sleeping, Cameron woke him up, and it startled him. Franco says he almost hurt Cameron, and Cameron says, but he didn’t; he’s fine. Elizabeth says, just tell her what happened, and Cameron says, Franco was having a nightmare, and when he woke Franco up, Franco grabbed him. Franco says he didn’t just grab Cameron. He pinned him down on the couch. Cameron says, and Franco stopped the moment he realized it was him. Franco starts to argue, and Elizabeth says, okay. Was Franco angry when he grabbed Cameron? Franco says, the point is, he attacked Cameron, and Cameron asks if they can stop saying attacked. Elizabeth asks if Franco is talking about moving out, and Cameron says, no. He was just saying that he’s not going to college. Elizabeth looks startled.

Chase asks how Finn is, and Finn wonders why everyone is asking him that. Does it look like he’s trying to find the exit door? Anna is the best thing that ever happened to him, except for Violet. Chase says, and him, and Finn says, yeah. There’s a knock  at the door, and Chase says, by the way, he invited dad. Finn says, what? and Gregory comes in.

Laura tells Lesley, she still can’t get over the fact that Lesley and Monica worked together on this. Lesley says, she and Monica will always have their differences, but General Hospital comes first. She and Laura join hands.

Jackie tells Cyrus, it’s called journalism. Part of the free press aspect of our society. He says, that’s libel, and if she talked to his mother, she’s an accessory to kidnapping. She says, Florence gave her no indication that she was being held against her will, and he says, tell him where his mother is now.

Spinelli gets off the elevator at the MetroCourt, and walks over to Jason and Sam. He says, greetings on this most curse-ed day, and Sam asks if he’s going to be able to handle the wedding. He says he promised Maxinista that he’d come… to witness what he knows will be the biggest mistake of her life.

Maxie tells Nina, when she, Nina, and Britt were all at the cemetery, they said they were family, right? Nina says they did, and Maxie says, family means telling each other the truth. Nina just found out the daughter she was searching for was Nelle. It’s a pretty traumatic thing to process. Is Nina sure she’s in the wedding mood?

Peter asks Britt what he did now, and she says, nothing is wrong. Tradition says she can’t let him see the bride before the wedding. He says, oh, that, and she says, of course (🍷). What else? She suggests they go get a drink in the lobby, and he says, it’s 10 o’clock in the morning. She says, so? They’ll dress it up with coffee.

Anna tells Jordan, she just wants to make sure everything is sorted out, and has to talk to Valentin. Jordan tells her, don’t be too long, and leaves. Valentin asks Anna how she is, and she says, devastated. She’s furious, at herself mostly, for not seeing what was right in front of her face. She finally gets it. Peter is not the man she thought he was. He’s beyond their help. Robert tried to warn her; Jason tried to warn her. She put Maxie in harm’s way, and now it’s up to them to make sure Peter never hurts anyone again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Chase says Finn left is tux in the bag; he has to let it breathe. Finn says, it’s a suit, an inanimate object, and asks Gregory if he has enough coffee. Gregory says, it’s fine. He’s just preoccupied about Jackie. He married two incredible women, and has two fine sons to show for it. They make all the pain and heartache of love worth it. Finn gets a text on his phone saying, your DNA test results are ready.

Jackie tells Cyrus that she doesn’t know his mother’s current location. She’s sure Florence was moved following their conversation. He asks who set up the interview; Jason Morgan? She says a reporter never reveals their source, and Florence specifically said she didn’t want to see him. He says, she’s an old woman in poor health, and easily confused, but Jackie says her mind seemed clear as a bell when they spoke. A woman approaches Cyrus and says, the Board meeting is about to begin. She hands him some papers, and he snatches them from her. He tells Jackie, they’re not done.

Curtis approaches Jordan, and says, hi. She tells him that he looks great; she was just texting Anna. He says, she’s not here? and Jordan says she’s sure Anna is on her way. How has he been? Sam comes in, and apologizes for interrupting. She tells Curtis that her lawyers have been waiting on the paperwork for the sale, and asks if his have drawn them up yet. Jordan says, sale? and Sam tells Curtis that they can talk later. Curtis says he’s sure there was a mix-up. He’ll have his lawyer get it to her as soon as possible. Sam leaves, and Jordan wonders what’s going on… or is she not allowed to ask anymore?

Cyrus walks into the boardroom, and sees Laura and Lesley. He asks where the Board is; they have a vote scheduled. Lesley says, had, and Laura says, it’s all over.

Spinelli tells Jason that he’s glad Georgie has tonsilitis and isn’t there to participate in this farce of a ceremony. Sam sees Peter and Britt come in, and says hi loudly. Spinelli asks what one of the grooms is doing wandering around the lobby, and Peter says he’s glad he ran into Spinelli. He’d like to have a word about the wedding. Spinelli says, sure, and follows Peter to somewhere more private.    

Nina tells Maxie that she admits it crossed her mind that she’ll never help her own daughter get ready for her wedding. That’s what makes helping Maxie get ready more precious. She asks what present Maxie wants to open first, but Maxie says she can’t chose, and tells Nina to pick one. Nina hands Maxie a jewelry box, and Maxie opens it, finding a garter laced with a blue ribbon. Maxie says, of course (🍷), and Nina says she’s proud of Felicia. She took care of the blue and the new. She gives Maxie another jewelry box, and there are beautiful earrings inside. Maxie says they belonged to her sister Georgie, and were her great-grandmother Mariah’s before that. Nina says, there’s the old and the borrowed, and truly loved. You can’t beat that. Maxie says, you can’t.

Cameron suggests he postpone college, and get a job. Franco says he’s leaving out the part about the college being in California, and that he’s been admitted. Cameron tells Elizabeth, he got accepted to Stanford, and asks Franco if he’s happy now. Elizabeth says it wasn’t even on Cameron’s list, and Cameron says, it was a reach. Franco says, apparently not. Before they have this conversation about possible postponement, he feels a gap year is to find out what your passion is, and figure things out, not for taking extra shifts at Kelly’s to unfairly help with your parent’s financial responsibilities. Elizabeth suggests they put a pin in this important conversation for now. They need to talk about what happened last night. Franco says, they’ll totally put a pin in it, and they’ll talk about everything, but not now. There’s something else he has to say. He can’t stay there anymore.

Anna tells Valentin, Peter doubled down on the lie about Obrecht framing him. When she confronted him with the incriminating documents, he took them right out of her hand and threw them in the fire. Valentin says, burning the evidence, and she says, but it was the way he justified it; his sense of entitlement and his blatant disregard for the truth. She saw him clearly for the first time. Valentin says she wanted to believe in his redemption – they both did – but he was raised by Faison. She says, Faison is dead, and Peter is a man now, responsible for his own choices. People can change, but it appears Peter doesn’t want to. He killed Drew, and almost killed Andre and Franco. And not out of malice or vengeance but to cover his tracks, which means he’ll continue to do that. Valentin says, it’s up to them, and she says, it is. Any hope she had of Peter’s redemption went up in flames, along with the evidence.

Valentin asks why Anna didn’t call Peter out on his lies, and she says she wanted to give him one last chance. One last test to see if he’d tell the truth, but he didn’t. She’s done. She can’t delude herself any more. Peter has to face justice for what he’s done. Valentin says, not quite yet.

Finn looks at his phone, and Chase asks what’s so fascinating. Something from Anna? Finn says, it’s an emergency at the hospital. He has to leave. Gregory says, don’t be ridiculous. He’s the groom. Finn says he’ll be right back. He can get ready in five. Chase tells Gregory to save his breath. If his patients need Finn, he’s there. He’s a dedicated doctor. Gregory tells Finn, go on then. They’ll be there waiting. He puts his arm around Chase, and says, right, son? Chase says, right, and Finn leaves.

Britt tells Jason, the Board was supposed to vote today, but she hasn’t heard anything; she’s been there. Sam asks if there’s something going on at GH, and Jason says, yeah. He’s just been keeping tabs on Cyrus. Britt asks if Sam has spoken to Dante. How’s he doing? Sam says, he’s doing fine, and Britt says, alrighty. Good talk. She leaves, and Jason tells Sam to take him through exactly what made her mom go after Franco. Sam says, her mom was drinking, and read the article in The Invader. She thinks it pushed Alexis over the edge, and made her act out. He asks how Franco was acting, and she says, he was agitated. At one point, he was talking to himself again, the same way he did when he showed up at the penthouse. She was scared. He says, okay, and thanks her. She says, of course (🍷), and he leaves.

Franco tells Elizabeth, he can’t stay there anymore. They talked about it; him not being a danger to her and the boys. Cameron says, Franco… and Elizabeth says if Franco feels he might be a danger to someone, then they can check him into Shadybrook. Cameron says, what? and she says, just until they figure out what’s happening. Cameron says, Franco’s not dangerous; he had a nightmare. She says, this is just for Franco’s peace of mind, and Cameron says, what about their peace of mind? They need him there. Jake and Aiden are still young. They need Franco. Franco says he’ll still see them, and Cameron says, just not at home. Cameron runs upstairs, and Elizabeth says it’s just because Cameron loves Franco; they all do. Franco says, and he loves them, but wants her to understand this is what he has to do. They agreed if he ever acted dangerously… Elizabeth thinks he was just startled. Cameron woke him up in the middle of a nightmare. Franco says, a nightmare about Jason.

Spinelli says he doubts Peter invited him up for a toast, so he’ll just say it… Peter says, stop talking. He’s tired of the games. He doesn’t want Spinelli at the wedding. Spinelli laughs, saying he doesn’t want to be there, but he promised Maxie, and they have a child together. Peter says he’s come to grips with Spinelli and Maxie co-parenting, but he’s not going to have Spinelli lurking at the wedding, stirring up trouble. Go. Away. Now.  

Nina says she’s always admired Maxie, and Maxie says she’s always had a flair for accessorizing. Nina says, she has, but she admires Maxie for having the courage to find love after losing Nathan. A blow like that isn’t easy to recover from. Maxie says, James drew her a picture today. It said, happy wedding day, mommy and daddy. Nina asks, what is it? and Maxie says, it’s just that drawing… James always referred to Peter as Peter, and James has pictures of Nathan. They  talk about him all the time. So for James to call Peter daddy, it got to her. She doesn’t know why. Nina says she gets it, but if Maxie is feeling guilty or disloyal, don’t. Doesn’t she think Nathan would want James to have a father? Maxie says she does, but she doesn’t know if Nathan would want him to be Peter. She went to Nathan’s grave, and asked for his blessing, but she didn’t get it. Nina asks if she’s sure, and Maxie says, usually when she visits Nathan, she can sense him; she feels warmth in her chest. This time, all she felt was cold.

Cyrus asks Laura, what’s going on? and she says, as he knows, her mother is a board member emeritus. When the Board read Jackie’s article, they agreed to meet early to discuss the vote. He says he can’t believe anyone paid attention to that article. It was a hatchet job; sensationalist tabloid garbage. Laura says, still, Jackie’s credentials carry a certain amount of prestige. Her mother and Monica simply suggested they read it. Lesley says, it was a close vote, but ultimately, the Board decided to turn him down. Laura tells him, don’t bother trying to fight it either. The drug was developed at GH, and GH isn’t going to submit it to the FDA.

Elizabeth gives Franco his shaving case, and tells him that his meds are in it. He thanks her, and says Doc is going to meet him there tomorrow morning, and help him check in. He’ll stay at the MetroCourt until then. There’s a knock at the door.    

Chase tells Gregory that he steamed Finn’s suit. He can’t believe Finn spent the night there so he wouldn’t see Anna before the wedding. Who knew either of them was so traditional? Gregory says, it’s a way to mark the end of your single life, and take a pause before your life as a married partner begins. Chase says, he and mom didn’t do that, did they? Mom is anything but traditional. Gregory says, actually, Jackie insisted on it. He didn’t see or hear from her for 24-hours before the wedding. Part of him started to wonder if maybe she’d changed her mind.

Jackie comes out of the elevator at the hospital, and sees Finn. She asks if he isn’t getting married in a few hours, and he says, something came up that couldn’t wait. She says, what could possibly be… Is it about Harry(Chase)? He says he did the DNA test, and the results are at the lab. When he gets them, he’ll know if Chase is his son. She says he can’t do this.

Cyrus says Laura and her mother had no right to meddle. GH needs the income stream this new drug could bring. Lesley says she thinks he’s talking about his income stream. Doesn’t he hold the patent for the drug? Laura says, it’s for the best. The FDA would have done more testing, and what they did was save General Hospital from public embarrassment. He says, this isn’t over, and leaves. Lesley says, it felt so good, and Laura says she thinks Lesley and Monica should team up more often. Lesley says they may not see eye to eye on much of anything, but they agree Cyrus is wrong for GH. Laura says, Cyrus was just handed his first major setback since he took over as Chairman. Lesley says she’s going to savor the memory as her plane takes off, and Laura says, she’s leaving?

Curtis tells Jordan, all he needs to do now is finalize the paperwork, and she says she didn’t realize that he was unhappy being a P.I. He says, neither did he, until he recognized and decided he needed a change in his life, a different direction. She asks if he has any idea what he’s going to do next, and he says he’s buying a nightclub.

Anna asks if Valentin still wants to protect Peter after everything he’s done, but he says, no. Peter burned the evidence, which is a good thing since Anna withheld it. She could have gotten arrested. They need proof of Peter’s crimes. Anna says, and let him marry her goddaughter in the meantime? No. Maxie needs to know the truth about who she’s letting in to her life. He says, if she tells Maxie the truth, it could get Peter killed.  

Nina says she had no idea Maxie had doubts about marrying Peter, but Maxie says she was talking about Nathan. Her phone rings, and it’s Spinelli. She asks if everything is okay with Georgie, and he says, Georgie’s condition remains unchanged. His, however, is not. Sadly, he’s succumbed to an unfortunate stomach malady, and needs to go home. He’s so sorry. She says, what? He’s not coming to the wedding? He says he’s afraid not, but please know he wishes her only the best of everything. Her happiness is truly all he’s ever wanted. Again, he’s so sorry. He hangs up, and says, satisfied? Peter says, quite. Now go home. If he sees anyone, pretend to be sick. Spinelli says, he won’t have to pretend. This marriage nauseates him. He leaves. 

Maxie tells Nina, Spinelli just apologized. He said he’s sorry, but he’s not coming to the wedding. Nina says she’s sorry, but Maxie says, it’s fine. It would probably be too hard for him to watch her marry Peter anyway. Like it’s too hard her for Nina for different reasons. Nina just had her heart ripped out, and shouldn’t be forced to paste on a smile and be in a partying mood. Nina says, of course (🍷) she’ll be there, but Maxie tells her, consider herself uninvited. Nina says, what?

Jason asks Elizabeth if Franco is there, but she says, it’s not a good time. Franco says, it’s fine; come on in. Is there something Jason wants to ask him?

Cyrus stomps around the reception area. Finn tells Jackie that he knows how she feels, but sorry; the test results are waiting, and he needs to know the truth. She says, at any cost? A woman brings a phone to Cyrus, and says, the Board is on the line, and wants to discuss the vote. He takes the phone. Jackie says, Finn hasn’t changed a bit, has he? It’s all about facts, not people. He doesn’t stop to consider the ramifications of the truth. He says he thought the truth didn’t matter in journalism, but she says, not with this. Gregory will always be Chase’s father, and they’re still family. If Finn finds out Chase is his son, it will devastate Gregory. Finn has no idea what Chase means to Gregory; they’re so close. Chase will lose everything; the father he’s loved his whole life, the mother who kept the information from him, and the brother he’s come to care about and adore. Is it worth taking all that from Chase?

Chase asks if Gregory thought his mom was going to leave him stranded at the altar. Was he paranoid? Gregory says, they fell in love fast, Jackie was younger, and he kept wondering what this beautiful, intelligent adventurer saw in a quiet history professor. Chase says, there must have been something; she showed up, didn’t she? Gregory says, she did. She spent so long in the bride’s room, he thought she’d never come out, but when she did, his life was never the same. Chase asks if she ever said where she was, and Gregory says he didn’t ask. Once they were married, it didn’t seem important.

Jason tells Franco, Sam said he was talking to himself before Alexis attacked him. Can Franco tell him what that was about? Cameron comes down, and asks what Jason is doing there. Jason says he came to speak to Franco, and Elizabeth tells Cameron, they’ve got this; go upstairs. Cameron says he’ll go when Jason goes, but Franco says, please do as his mom asks. They’re fine. Cameron leaves, and Franco says Cameron thinks Jason is a  threat to him. Elizabeth says, but his fears are unfounded, because any agreement Jason made with Franco is off. Franco says, so Jason was asking why he was talking to himself. He’s hearing voices.

Valentin says, if Anna tells Maxie, she’ll tell Spinelli. Anna says, and he’ll tell Jason. Valentin says she knows how Jason will react, and she says Jason tried to warn her, but she didn’t listen. Valentin says, Jason will kill him, and she says she wouldn’t be surprised if Peter turned up dead. They wouldn’t be able to trace it to Jason, but it would be his work.   

Anna says she doesn’t want Jason involved. She wants Peter to face justice, but not killed in cold blood. Valentin says, then don’t they have to wait? Gather evidence, so the WSB can prosecute Peter themselves? Anna says, at Maxie’s expense? She can’t do that. He says, so what do they do?

Laura says she wishes she and Lesley had more time together, but she’s grateful Lesley is going to be with Lulu. Lesley tells her, don’t worry. She’s going to consult with Lulu’s doctors, and make sure her granddaughter is getting the best possible care. Laura says she keeps hoping and praying Lulu will wake up, and Laura says, they have to keep believing. Lesley says, their girl is strong, like her momma, and Laura says, and like her momma. They hug, and Laura tells her mother that she loves her.

Jackie says she’s begging Finn, please think about the people he loves and what they stand to lose. Finn nods, and says, okay. Maybe she’s right. Today is not the day for this. He won’t go to the lab and get the results. She thanks him, and says he’s saved them all a lot of pain.

Jordan tells Curtis that she hopes it works out. He deserves to be happy. He thanks her, and she asks him to save her a table for his opening night at the new club. He says she’s got it, and she says she’d better go. Anna will be there any minute. She walks to the elevator, and Curtis says she looks incredible. She goes into the elevator, and tries not to cry.

Jason says, Franco is hearing voices? and Franco says, just the one. Elizabeth says the doctor in Switzerland thought it was left over from Drew’s memories, not the tumor. Jason asks if Franco recognizes the voice, and Franco says he does. It’s Peter August.  

Peter looks at his tux, and says, it won’t be long now before he marries Maxie.

Sam and Britt go to the bride’s room, and Britt asks if Maxie is ready for the finishing touches. Sam wonders if she’s still getting dressed, and goes into the other room. Britt sees the garter, and Sam comes back, saying, Maxie’s not here; she’s gone. Britt wonders where she could be.   

At Nathan’s grave, Maxie says, it’s her again. She’s getting married in a few hours, and had to come check in with him first, because she doesn’t know what to do. He always knew the right thing to do, so please, she needs his guidance. She hears footsteps, and says, oh my God. What are you doing here?

Maybe Obrecht?

On Monday, Curtis says he feels solid in his decision, Sam says they have no idea where Maxie is, Maxie says Peter isn’t the man someone thinks he is, and Valentin says, it’s not too late.

📖 An Open Book…

Jackie, on the other side of the interview.

Kim Delaney Opens up About Joining the Cast of GENERAL HOSPITAL

🔊 False Alarm…

Taggert got a false positive, but still had to skip work.

GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Réal Andrews Tested Positive for COVID-19

🙌🏿 Farewell To a Friend…

I love Sonja Eddy. Sadly, her friend was claimed by covid.

GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Sonya Eddy Mourns the Death of Her Dear Friend

😱 Most Frightening Reality Yet…

Merging the cast of the God awful Summer House with Craig and Austen from Southern Charm sounds like the Frankenstein’s monster of Bravo.

https://www.distractify.com/p/winter-house-cast

⚖️ Just In Case…

You never know.

https://www.mic.com/p/your-rights-at-a-protest-heres-what-you-should-know-62199909

📌 That’s a Fact…

Josephine Baker was a spy for the French during WWII. You can read about her here:

https://www.dw.com/en/josephine-baker-erotic-dancer-spy-and-civil-rights-activist/a-56220683

📋 Quotes of the Week

Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time. There is no short-cutting to life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time. – Asha Tyson, American Author and Public Speaker

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. – Leonardo da Vinci

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions–as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso

If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself. – Albert Einstein

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. – Mark Twain

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

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits. – Alexandre Dumas-fils

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

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston S. Churchill

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

🍌 Making Like a Banana and Splitting…

We’ve come to another weekend, or 24-hour cycle if you haven’t foregone time altogether. This Sunday, the Dead go back to walking and talking, and until they do, stay safe, stay being more genius than stupid, and stay not opening a DNA test at an inappropriate time.

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February 18, 2021 – Nina Wants Carly Arrested, Same Old (Awful) House, Today’s Fact, a Quote for BHM & Spangled

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Valentin meets Martin, who says he’s glad Valentin showed up. Valentin wonders why he’s surprised, since Martin asked him to join him at the Port Charles Grill, but Martin says Valentin has been avoiding him for weeks. Valentin asks why Martin is being so dramatic. He has more pressing issues in his life. Martin says, apparently finding his mother isn’t one of them. All Valentin has been doing is wasting time with Jackie, who won’t do anything other than dig up dirt on his brother. They argue as Jackie walks in. She goes to their table, and says she found Martin’s mother. Does that help?

Phyllis cries over the damage at the Tan-O, and wonders how they’re going to recover from this. Lenny looks at the cash drawer, and says, damn. They were cleaned out. Phyllis starts to pick things up, but Sonny tells her, it’s best to wait for the cops, and she says he’s right; she wasn’t thinking. Sonny gets a chair for her, and she says she shouldn’t be so upset. It’s just things, but the level of destruction is so angry. She’s glad Sonny wasn’t there; he could have been hurt. Lenny asks where Sonny was. He was supposed to be watching the bar. What happened? Officer Finchley walks in, and says he’d like the answer to that himself.

Carly tells Jax, Diane wants to go over everything that happened with Nelle on the cliff, step by step. Jax wonders why, and Carly says, Diane wants to be prepared for whatever. She hopes Diane is right about what she anticipates, and the PCPD leaves well enough alone. She asks if Jax is okay, and he says he is, considering he just destroyed Nina.

Jordan tells Nina that Nelle probably just fell, but Nina says, Nelle wasn’t alone. Carly was on the cliff with Nelle when it happened. She’s been lying to them, and the police. Jordan asks why Nina supposes that is, and Nina says she wants Jordan to arrest Carly for Nelle’s murder.

Britt tells Jason that Cyrus’s research is fiction, and she thinks he must have complete control over Dr. Roberts. She did her own research, and the drug is addictive on the first use. Cyrus must have told the doctor and his team to change the data, so the Board wouldn’t vote against the drug. Jason asks if she still has her research, and she says she does. She’ll print it out and show him. Cyrus made a mistake thinking he could fool the Board and falsify data. It’s a good thing she ran her own tests and can prove the result, so she can expose Cyrus’s lies. Her laptop says, file empty.

Cyrus says he’s putting Brando on notice. He tasked Brando with finding his mother weeks ago, yet he hasn’t made any progress. Perhaps Brando isn’t as useful as he originally thought. Brando says he’s been trying to find Cyrus’s mother, and he’s made some headway. Cyrus says, go on, and Brando says he tracked the SUV caught on the security camera the night his mother disappeared. Cyrus says, and? and Brando says he can confirm it’s not the one that transported her off the premises. Again, Cyrus says, and? and Brando says, that’s it for now. Cyrus raises his fist and says, not good enough.

Jackie sits down, and Martin asks where his mother is. She says, Vermont probably, and Valentin asks her to please explain. She says Carly’s mother is working in Vermont, nursing a private patient. Martin says, she needs a job, but Valentin says, it makes sense that Carly would involve her mother. Bobbie is a competent nurse, and has unequalled loyalty. That would explain why Bobbie didn’t come back for Sonny’s funeral. Jackie says she’s going to Vermont to check it out, and Martin asks, when are they leaving?   

Portia explains Cyrus’s offer of refusing to cooperate and testify against Taggert. She says she can tell he hadn’t heard about it, and he says, it’s the first time he’s hearing about it. Why is she coming to him? She says, because Cyrus made the offer to Jordan, and she turned it down. He says, Jordan must have some leverage over Cyrus, and Portia says she doesn’t blame her for not wanting to take a deal from Cyrus, but once again, she’s out of loop on something that directly impacts her family. He says he doesn’t expect Jordan to check in with him on police matters, but Portia says, if Taggert isn’t protected and not prosecuted, he’ll go to prison. It will impact her daughter, so will he please talk to Jordan and find out what she’s thinking. He says he doubts Jordan will tell him anything. They’re officially separated.   

Jordan tells Nina that she’s making allegations about a case that’s been closed for months. Maybe she should take it down a notch. Nina says she’s not letting people turn a blind eye to protect Carly; not this time. Jordan says, that’s not what she’s doing, and asks Nina to sit and start at the top. Nina says she was at Sonny’s funeral, when she overheard Carly and Jax talking about what happened on the cliff. Carly heard Nelle calling out, and hesitated. She let Nelle fall, and left her there. Jordan says, Carly told the police that she fought with Nelle in the clearing, and Jax said that’s where he found her. They never went to the cliff. Is Nina accusing them of lying to the police? Nina says, that, and so much more. The truth has to come out about what happened to her daughter. Jordan says, her daughter? and Nina says, yeah. Nelle was her daughter. She fingers the necklace.

Josslyn comes home, and Carly asks if she’s okay. Josslyn says she was at Trina’s, trying to do homework, but couldn’t focus. What happened at the cemetery? Why did Nina lose it? Jax asks what she overheard, and Josslyn says, Nina accused him and Carly of doing something to her daughter. Carly tells Jax that she already explained to Josslyn that Nelle was Nina’s daughter, and Josslyn asks what Nina is accusing them of. What does Nina think they did to Nelle?  

Sonny tells Finchley that he drove a drunk customer to the motel in the customer’s car, and had to walk back. Lenny says, leaving the Tan-O ripe for the picking. Did he even lock the door? Sonny says he did, and Lenny can check the damage on the lock. Lenny says, none of it would have happened if Sonny had been there watching, and Finchley asks how long Sonny was gone. Sonny says, twenty, twenty-five minutes, and Finchley says, it took him that long to drive to the motel and walk back? Sonny says, he took the customer to his room. He didn’t want him found frozen. Finchley says Sonny is a regular good Samaritan, and Sonny says, he can’t say; he doesn’t remember. Finchley says that seems to be his answer for everything, and Phyllis asks what he means. What is he implying? Finchley says he’s not implying anything. He’s saying straight up that Mike/Sonny is a liar.

Jason asks Britt, what’s wrong? and she says, her research is all gone, erased; even her back-up. Jason says, obviously Cyrus found out and covered his tracks. She says she’ll confront Dr. Roberts, but Jason says he can’t let her do that. She says, don’t tell her what to do, and he says, he respectfully requests that she hear him out. The smart move is to do nothing. Take their time. She says, time is something she doesn’t have, and he asks, why? Is she going somewhere?

Jackie tells Martin, she works solo, but he says, not this time. He and Valentin are going. Valentin says he can’t drop everything for a Vermont road trip, and Martin asks, why? Is it ELQ, or Valentin’s obsession with his ex? His romantic woes can wait; they need to find Martin’s mother. Valentin says he’ll even pay for the trip, but if they find evidence, they’re to go directly to the Vermont police. Jackie says she’s not going to try and rescue Florence by herself, but it’s moot until they’re certain she’s there. That’s why she needs to keep a low profile. It makes sense for her to go first, and alone to scout the location. Martin says he’s absolutely going. End of conversation. She says, then prepare to fail. If he goes, he’ll ruin everything.

Portia brings Curtis into one of the examining rooms, so they can talk privately. She says she’s so sorry to hear he and Jordan are separated. She knew they were going through a rough patch, but thought they’d work through it. They obviously love each other. He says, it takes more than love to make a marriage, and she asks if he’s saying it’s over. He says, no. He’s saying it’s on pause, but he’s tired of living a life of lies and omission, no matter how well-intended. She asks if that isn’t the actual job description, and he says, he knows the boundaries of the job. When he and Jordan worked together in Baltimore, he knew more about her personal life than he does as her husband. Portia says she gets it, but she doesn’t think Jordan intended to shut him out. He says, it keeps happening, and Jordan is so good at it, he wonders what else she’s not telling him. He’s exhausted, waiting for the other shoe to fall. If they can’t be honest, what’s the point? She says, honesty is the backbone of a marriage. That’s why she and Taggert didn’t make it.

Nina shows Jordan how the necklaces match, and says, two halves of a whole. Nelle had it the entire time, even when she was a little girl. Nina didn’t know until it was too late. Jordan says she’s so sorry. She knows how long Nina had been searching. It must be devastating. Nina appreciates Jordan’s understanding, and says, now that Jordan knows, she can help. Nina wasn’t Nelle’s mother when Nelle was alive, but she can still fight for her. Jordan says she understands the instinct to do something, but as she explained… Nina says, Carly is responsible for Nelle’s death. She could have saved Nelle, and did nothing. She needs to be held accountable. Carly is the reason Nelle is dead.

Carly tells Josslyn that she hesitated; she thought it was a trick. She thought Nelle would pull her over. She finally looked, and saw Nelle dangling. She reached out, and tried help, but Nelle fell. She was kneeling there in shock, when Jax showed up. Jax says he was afraid if the police showed up, they’d accuse Carly of pushing Nelle, and Carly says, so they went to the clearing. That’s where she told the police she fought with Nelle, Nelle ran off, and it was the last time she saw Nelle. Josslyn says, so she lied, and Carly says, she did. Josslyn says she made the right call.

Phyllis tells Finchley, that’s an outrageous thing to say. Mike/Sonny has been open and above board with them. Lenny says, he had his doubts, but that was before he had the chance to see Mike in action; he’s a hard worker. Finchley says, good to hear, and Phyllis asks why he’s so dead set against Mike. Finchley says Mike showed up just as the smash and grab robberies started, including this one. Sonny says he wasn’t there, and Finchley asks if the customer had a name. Sonny says, they didn’t have a conversation; the customer was too drunk. Finchley can check with the motel. Finchley says he will. He won’t take anything Mike says at face value, especially since he ran Mike’s fingerprints. We all go, WTH? Does he know Mike is Sonny? But it’s a commercial.

Sonny says, Finchley ran his prints even though he said no? and Lenny says, it’s within the man’s rights. Lenny asks how Finchley got them, and Finchley says he took a cup he saw Mike/Sonny drinking from. Sonny asks if Finchley ID’d him. All this time, Finchley has been harassing him when Finchley knew who he was?

Brando says he’s proven himself to Cyrus over and over, but Cyrus tells him to prove himself again; find his mother. Brando says, he needs time. but Cyrus says he’s made himself perfectly clear. He hired Brando as a source of information about Sonny’s organization. Now Sonny is dead, and Jason has no loyalty to Brando. Brando needs to prove his worth in other ways. Find his mother. If he doesn’t, he’ll have Brando terminated.

Britt tells Jason, she has a full plate. She has a staff to manage, and a department to oversee. If Cyrus discovered she did her own research, he’s bound to come after her. Jason says he won’t let that happen, and she asks how he’s going to stop it. He says, any way he has to. He has enough leverage to back Cyrus off. She asks, what kind? but he says he can’t tell her. He gets a text from Brando, saying, Saint Street alley. ASAP, and tells Britt that he’s got to go; be careful. She says she can take care of herself; she always has. He leaves, and Britt looks at her hand shaking. She says, this, she might not be able to fight.

Carly says she doesn’t know if lying was the right or wrong decision, but it’s the one she made in the moment, so she’s seeing it through. Josslyn says she understands. She doesn’t want Carly going to prison for something she didn’t do. It’s like what happened with Nelle all over again, when Carly went to Ferncliff for pushing Nelle down the stairs. Even though she was innocent, she was locked up anyway. Josslyn never wants that to happen again. Jax says they’ll do everything in their power to make sure it doesn’t, and Carly says, Nina is grieving. She’s lashing out about the daughter she’d imagined, and blaming Carly. It’s not fun, but she’s survived worse. She and Josslyn hug.

Portia tells Curtis that she gets it. Taggert had so much locked away, she felt abandoned emotionally. Then she met Curtis, and she was the one holding back. Ultimately, the only thing they shared was Trina. Even when Taggert was home, they didn’t have enough life together to make the marriage work. Curtis says, everyone has a secret or two, and he understands, but the secrets Jordan has been keeping directly effect their lives. She knew TJ was kidnapped long before she told him, and she knew he blamed himself for Taggert’s death. Meanwhile, Taggert was safe, and in hiding. Jordan might have her reasons, but at the end of the day, he doesn’t want to live like this, no matter how hard it is to walk away.

Jordan looks at her and Curtis’s wedding photo. She gets her coat, and leaves her office.

Martin tells Jackie that he resents the implication. He’d never do anything to put his mother in danger. She says, not on purpose, but he’s too emotionally involved. He’ll probably charge in and try to rescue her the minute he lays eyes on her. Martin says he does know his mother is all right, and Valentin asks, how? Martin says he spoke to her, and Jackie says, how? When? He says he received a dedicated phone, and she asks if his mother said anything like the name of her nurse or her location, but he says all she told him was that she was being treated well. Nina walks in, and Valentin excuses himself. Martin says, they’re not finished, but Jackie says she thinks they are. He says, very well, and she says, then it’s decided. He says he’s coming with her.

Valentin sits with Nina at the bar, and says he hasn’t seen her in a while. She says, he knew that Jax knew Nelle was her daughter. She’s not asking how he knew, but it was just the tip of the iceberg. He asks, what happened? and she says, Carly was on the cliff when Nelle fell. Jax convinced Carly to lie, so she wouldn’t be arrested. For all his fancy talk, insisting he was protecting her feelings and saving her heartache and grief, the whole time, the person he was protecting was Carly. Valentin warned her, didn’t he? He was right. Jax always puts Carly first, and she can never forgive that.

Carly opens the door to Jordan, who thanks Carly for seeing her. Carly asks if she had a choice, and Jordan comes in. Jordan says she was hoping Jax would be there; otherwise, he was her next stop. Jax asks what they can do for the Commissioner, and Jordan says she’d like to do this privately. Carly asks Josslyn to go upstairs and check on Donna. They exchange I love yous, and Josslyn leaves. Carly says Jordan is aware Sonny’s funeral was a few hours ago, and Jordan says she’s sorry, but she had to come tonight. There are allegations against them, so she’s going to ask flat out, did Carly push Nelle to her death? BTW, regular Jordan is back. Funny thing, I never even noticed. I guess I’d already forgotten about tween Jordan.

Portia tells Curtis, she’s so sorry it’s come to this. She hopes Jordan realizes what she’s losing, and he finds it in himself to change his decision. He says, it’s not just about Jordan. He needs to refocus his own life. She asks, in what way? and he asks if she remembers their conversation at the gym. He’s tired of trading in secrets, his and other people’s. He makes a living uncovering other people’s dirty laundry, then blows their secrets wide open. He needs something new… something more.

Nina tells Valentin, Carly admitted she hesitated. How do they knew she put in any effort at all, with all the bad blood between them? And Jax blindly backs her without question. He didn’t care enough about Nina to think she deserved the truth. Valentin says, so he didn’t see Nelle fall, and Nina says, if Jax can lie about Nelle being her daughter, how can she believe anything he and Carly say about what really happened? Valentin says, she can’t.

Jackie tells Martin, there’s no proof Bobbie is looking after his mother; it’s just a hunch. He says that’s good enough for him. He’ll be her back up. She says she doesn’t need back up, and he says, what happens if she gets caught, or Bobbie gets wind she’s been asking questions? Jason will relocate his mother, and they’re back to square one. She says she’s not an amateur. She’s navigated war zones. She thinks she can handle a sleepy Vermont town. Cyrus approaches, and asks if they’re planning a trip.

Finchley says he couldn’t ID Mike/Sonny, and Phyllis asks why Finchley did it. It’s plain that he’ll make any excuse to blame Mike. Lenny says, Finchley took Mike’s fingerprints without his consent, and stole a cup from him to do it. Finchley says he’s concerned with stopping the robberies, but Sonny says Finchley isn’t catching anyone when he’s fixated on him. Lenny says, the robberies were going on before Mike got there, and Sonny offers for Finchley to check his room. He’ll see Sonny didn’t steal anything or bust up the place. Finchley says, don’t mind if I do, and goes upstairs. Sonny thanks Lenny and Phyllis for sticking up for him, and says Finchley isn’t going to find anything up there. Phyllis says she’s sorry, but he can’t stay there any longer.

Curtis tells Portia, now that he’s realized what he wants, he sees no reason to stay. The job he’s working on will be wrapping up shortly, and it might be the last one. Portia says, the nightclub? and he says, yeah. He’ll be stylin’ tomorrow night, and blending in. He’s going to finish the job and make his money. Does her offer to help with the case still stand?

Carly tells Jordan that she didn’t kill Nelle; it’s the God’s honest truth. She knows Nina made allegations. She barged in on Sonny’s funeral while they were laying roses on his grave. She got upset, and leveled unfounded accusations. Carly knows Nina is in pain, but so is Sonny’s family, and so is she. Jax says, Nina was distraught about Nelle being her daughter, and Jordan says she’s still wrapping her head around that, but it’s her job to investigate. Nina heard Carly say she had been on the cliff, but that wasn’t in Carly’s statement; why is that? Carly wonders if this is an official interview, and says she’s calling Diane. Jordan says, that’s not necessary, but before she leaves, she has to say something.  

Sonny tells Phyllis, he’ll go, but he just doesn’t want them thinking he did this to them. She says she’s not asking him to leave because she thinks he’s a criminal, and Lenny asks, what’s the deal? She says, obviously, Finchley is fixated on Mike/Sonny. If he stays there, the only way it will end is with Mike behind bars, and she doesn’t want that. Lenny says, so she doesn’t want Mike to go? and she says, of course (🍷) not. She’s thinking about what’s best for Mike. Sonny says, all right, he’ll stay. He’d like to think he’s needed there, and he needs them, but he’s got to tell them, he doesn’t think their troubles are over.

Valentin says he’s sorry Jax betrayed Nina’s trust, but Nina says he knew it was coming; so did Ava. Valentin says he takes no pleasure in being right. He doesn’t like to see her in pain. Nina says, ironic, considering how much he hurt her, and he says he’d do anything to make it up to her. She says, then prove it.

Cyrus takes his jacket off, and says, cozy. Martin says they were just enjoying a cocktail, and Cyrus says, and discussing Vermont. Jackie says she was looking into Martin’s allegations that Jason kidnapped his mother, and Cyrus says, Martin told her? Martin says Cyrus knows him, and knows he’d do anything to get their mother back safely. Jackie says she was thinking of taking a trip to Vermont to speak to the staff who were on duty when his mother disappeared, but Cyrus says her inquiry isn’t necessary. He’s confident that his man understands the urgency and the consequences if he fails.

Brando tells Jason that he can only put off Cyrus for so long. His time is up. Cyrus is going to terminate him if he doesn’t show results. Jason says, define terminate, which is what I was thinking, and Brando says Jason’s guess is as good as his. Cyrus is either going to fire him or kill him, unless they come up with a solution.

Sonny thinks the Tan-O is a target, but Lenny says, they’re not the only ones. The hardware store was also robbed. Sonny says, but this is the second time since he’s been there. He disarmed the first guy, but this time it’s more than a robbery. Look around. Whoever did this wanted to do as much damage as possible. Finchley comes back, and says Mike/Sonny’s room is clean. Lenny thanks him for coming by, and Finchley says he finds Mike’s story flimsy. It will be hard to prove with no name, and he could have checked out by now. Sonny says, law enforcement is harder than it looks, and Finchley says he’s got his eyes on Sonny. He leaves, and Phyllis says, what did she tell them? Finchley is like a dog with a bone. He’s not going to let up. Is Mike sure he wants to put himself through this? Sonny tells her, like he said, he’s not leaving them in the lurch, especially with all the kindness they’ve shown him. As long as there’s trouble there, he stays. Lenny guesses they’d best start cleaning up then, and Sonny says he’s Lenny’s man.

Portia asks if Curtis wants her to help with the case, and he says, nothing dangerous, he promises. She says she knows he’d never put her in jeopardy. Okay, she’s in. What does he need her to do? He says he wants her to be his Valentine.  

Jordan tells Carly and Jax, Nina is not going to let this go. She wants Carly arrested. Jax says he doesn’t care what she wants. Carly didn’t kill Nelle. Jordan says, Nelle’s body was recovered in Pennsylvania (on the other side of the river), and it’s out of her jurisdiction. She’s going to have to notify the Feds, and thinks it would be wise for Carly to alert Diane. She leaves.

Martin asks if Cyrus has any promising leads, but Cyrus thinks it’s best he keeps them to himself. Martin says he’s sure Cyrus intends to keep him in the loop, and Cyrus says he’s going to keep their mother safe at all costs. He tells them to enjoy their drinks, and leaves. Martin tells Jackie, he hopes she understands that if Cyrus finds their mother first, he’ll move her to another location, and she’ll be lost to him all over again. Please, he’s begging her. He’s got to find his mother. Jackie says, okay. She’s going to track Bobbie, and hopes it leads to Florence.   

Valentin says he’ll do anything for Nina. What does she need? Nina says, help her make Carly pay.

Josslyn comes back, and tells Carly that she changed Donna, and she’s asleep. She asks if Jordan left, and Jax says, yeah. Josslyn asks if Carly is going to be arrested, but Carly says, no. There’s no evidence, and the simple fact is, she didn’t do anything wrong. It’s just a formality. Everything will be okay. They hug.

Britt looks at her phone, and calls Dr. Todd Walsh. She says she’d like to make an appointment. The referring physician is Dr. Britt Westbourne… The symptoms are intermittent tremors in the right hand... She’d like the earliest available appointment.

Brando tells Jason, he’s doing everything he can, but he’s out of time. Cyrus is out of patience, and he needs a solution now. Jason says, Brando is right; that is a problem. He turns his back, and Brando says, so that’s it? Jason’s not going help him? He did his best for Sonny, and now he’s on his own? So be it. He walks away, and Jason shoots him in the back.  

I literally said, whoa! out loud, and something about what a dirtbag Jason is, but after some thought, I’m guessing he’s just putting Brando out of commission for a while. Even though I’m not really a Jason fan, I don’t see him shooting someone in the back. At least not Brando. If that’s not the case, then he is a dirtbag.

Tomorrow, it’s Valentine’s Day in Port Charles, Britt says there’s no one she’d rather be with, TJ says it’s a big night, and Jordan asks who someone is protecting.

🏖 The awful people living in Summer House were still just as awful tonight. I found it particularly distasteful when Luke tried to gaslight Hannah, while confirming she was in the friendzone. She said he was no friend of hers, and he said she was delusional and overly dramatic, but I’ve met his kind before. He’s a jerk whose M.O. is benching certain girls, and not worth her time. It’s been a while since I was in the dating pool, and while the meeting place might have changed, the players haven’t. Still far from Luke’s narcissism, Kyle comes in at second place for humble bragging about working 80 hour weeks in the Hamptons. But I thought summer was supposed to be fun?

📌 That’s a Fact…

On March 30, Alvin Ailey and a group of young, black modern dancers perform for the first time as members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York’s 92nd Street YM-YWHA.

The rest is history, and you can read about it here:

https://www.alvinailey.org/about/history

📣 That’s a Quote…

I am writing this book to redefine Blackness and establish a new ‘Black Card,’ so to speak. Carriers of this car will no longer be ashamed of admitting that past traumas have hurt them….Trauma isn’t just war flashbacks. It’s having to raise your siblings because you were fatherless. It’s have to raise yourself because your mother was dealing with her own crises. It’s having a father who left you and your siblings at home while he roamed the streets looking for a fix. It’s being neglected because you were raised by a single parent who dealt with their trauma in silence. – AD Thomason, Permission to Be Black

🏇 That’s a Finish…

While there will be plenty of Port Charles Valentines and tea tomorrow, I have to work on some copywriting, so I’m off. Until we meet in the Saint Street alley, stay safe, stay sure of yourself, and stay the hell away from dudes like Luke.

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February 11, 2021 – Nina Crashes Sonny’s Funeral (Yes, I Got It), a Little Charm, Some Summer, Ramona’s Rules, Arrested Alexa, Marks Remarks, Covid Impact, Last Bow, New Kathryn, Bowl Stuff, Today’s Fact & Family

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What I Watched Today

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

🤫 Oops, I snagged it again.

General Hospital

Michael looks at the funeral program, and walks into the church. He looks at all the flowers, and Sonny’s picture. Willow takes his hand. Josslyn and Trina come in next, and Josslyn hugs Michael. He asks how she’s doing, and she says, Sonny was his father; how’s he doing? He says he’s glad everyone’s come together to honor Sonny, and she says, that’s an evasion. How is he really?  He says, it feels like a bad dream, and yet, very real. She asks, where’s mom?

Carly tells Jax, she’s not going to think about Nelle, or that night on the cliff. Nelle is dead, and that night can die with her. Nina listens from outside the door, and Jax says, he never wants to think about Nelle again, but it’s not that simple. He hates keeping things from Nina. Carly says, it’s too late to rethink things, and he says he understands that. No one can ever know Carly was there the night Nelle went off the cliff. Carly says she still has nightmares about that night; Nelle calling out for help, seeing her hanging on for dear life. She really wanted to help, but she thought it was a trick. When she realized it wasn’t, and reached out to help her, Nelle just couldn’t hold on. Nina looks horrified.

Alexis chugs her vodka nip, gets herself together, and turns around to see Molly in the doorway. Molly asks if something is wrong, but Alexis says she had trouble finding her phone. They can go now. Molly says she forgot her scarf, and Alexis finds it on the couch. Molly says, before they go, she knows how rough today is going to be for Alexis, and that Sonny’s death will make it that much harder for her not to drink. She’s grateful Alexis is hanging in there. Alexis takes the empty nip out of the cupboard, and hands it to Molly, saying, here you go. Sam and Kristina come in, wondering what’s taking so long. Molly says Alexis was just showing her a bottle she’d missed before, and Kristina asks if Molly caught her, but Molly says, she confessed. Kristina says, and she drank it? and Alexis says, yes. She made it through one day, right? Go ahead let her have it.

At the hospital, Laura tells Brando, she can’t believe his boss didn’t have the decency to let him attend his cousin’s funeral. Cyrus walks in, and says, is that right? What kind of a heartless bastard would do that?

Lenny tells Sonny that he has some errands to run, but won’t be long. Some of Phyllis’s chili is in the fridge, and Sonny can help himself, but just so he knows, she’s real proud of it, so don’t tell her how to improve it. Sonny thanks Lenny, and Lenny asks if Sonny is okay. He hopes Sonny isn’t still thinking about the run-in with Officer Finchley. It’s over; move on. Sonny says, it’s not that. He doesn’t let cops bother him. Lenny says, just today, or in general? He can see Sonny has something on his mind. Any chance he remembers something about who he is?

Dante tells Olivia, he doesn’t see Alexis there, and she says, not yet, but she’s sure Alexis will be there. He wonders if they’re gong to be avoiding her all day, and Olivia wonders why Dante is still defending her. Dante says she wasn’t aiming for him, and Olivia says, but Dante almost died to save Franco. She knows we’re all God’s creatures, but… He tells her not to make a big deal out of it. He saw someone who needed help, and jumped in. It just happened to be Franco. She says, her son, the saint. Sasha walks in, and goes over to Michael. He thanks her for being there. She tells him she’s so sorry about his father, and Willow says she’s going to see if there are any last minute details she can help with. She’s glad Sasha is there. She leaves, and Sasha asks Michael if her being there is really okay. He says, of course (🍷) it’s okay. They’re still friends, aren’t they?

Jax tells Carly, considering the horrible things Nelle has done, anyone would have been suspicious. It’s not her fault for hesitating. Anyone would have hesitated in her place. She says, he’s right. Just like he was right for her not to admit to the police that she was there on the cliff when Nelle fell. And that’s all she’s saying about it, because today is about Sonny, and finding a way to say goodbye. Jax says he’s there for her, whatever she needs, and they hug. They hear someone outside the door say, can I help you? Father Reyes comes in, and says he’s sorry to interrupt, but someone is looking for them.

Sam says, so Alexis drank it, and fessed up to Molly without her even asking, and Molly says, pretty much. Kristina says she’s not going to judge Alexis. She’s just going to say she hopes Alexis gets better. Molly says, her getting better is all any of them want, and Sam says, recovery isn’t a straight line. There are going to be bumps along the way. Alexis says she knows. Day one? Molly tells her, keep it simple. Aim for day two. Sam says they just want Alexis to know that they love her, they’re here for her, and they’re going to do this together. They want her happy and healthy, and around for a really long time. Alexis tries to smile, goes to the cupboard, and takes out two more unopened nips. She hands them over, saying, they can get rid of those too. They have a Davis group hug.

Dante says he keeps expecting Sonny to walk through the doors, and Michael says he knows. Every time someone walks through the doors, he expects it to be Sonny. It’s just that it’s so different not knowing for sure. Morgan’s service was the same way. Dante says he knows, and Michael says, they felt Grandpa Mike there, but obviously it wasn’t the same. Dante says he still regrets not being there for the service, and Michael says, Sonny told him how much Dante coming back meant to him. He was never happier than when all his kids were around.

Jason asks Carly if everything is okay, and she says she just wanted to go through the service with Father Reyes. He asks if she minds if he stays, and she says, no. She asks Father Reyes if it will take long, and he tells her, just a few minutes. He leaves to get his notes, and Jax says he should go; he’ll leave them to it. Jason closes the door behind Jax, and asks how Carly is holding up. She says, she doesn’t know if she can do this, but she will. He tells her that she’s not alone. Everybody who’s there is there for Sonny, but they’re there for her too. She says, just not the person she needs the most.

Sonny tells Lenny that he hasn’t remembered anything specific, except how to make sauce and handle a gun. Lenny says, and not to sweat the cops, and Sonny laughs. Lenny says, Officer Finchley might have given Sonny a hard time, but he’s a good guy. Sonny tells him, if he says so, and Lenny says he does, but the robberies have Finchley on edge, and they’ve caused him to be suspicious of Sonny. He’s sorry about that. Sonny says, Lenny was suspicious of him in the beginning, but now they’re sharing Phyllis’s best chili. That’s a step forward. Lenny says, huge, and tells Sonny that he has to go. He suggests Sonny put on some music. It will perk him up.

Nina goes to Nelle’s grave, and says, it’s me, your mother. She kneels down, and says she hates that they didn’t get time together as mother and daughter. It was such a cruel twist of fate, discovering Nelle was her child only after Nelle was dead. But as it turns out, it wasn’t fate that took Nelle from her; it was Carly.

Cyrus says, and here he’d thought that Laura acknowledged he has a heart. She asks if he’s talking about his little walk down Memory Lane the other day. All that proved was that he had a childhood, and she knew that already. The real measure of a man isn’t his distant past, but his present actions. Why would he keep Brando from attending his cousin’s funeral? He says, that was never his intent. All Brando had to do was ask. She says, like he wouldn’t see it as an act of disloyalty, and he asks if that’s the kind of game she thinks he plays with his employees. She says, not just him; men like him. He asks what kind of man that is, and she says, narcissist. He thought she was going to say gangster, didn’t he? He says, perish the thought – I smile, because these two are great verbal sparring partners – but thanks for reminding him about his colleague’s funeral, and his relationship to Brando. He says Brando is going to accompany him to All Saints Chapel, so they can pay their respects to the late, great Sonny Corinthos. She says, oh no. Hell no.

Michael asks how Carly is doing, and she says she knows having the funeral is the right thing. It sends a powerful message, and keeps them safe. That’s what’s getting her through this. That, and knowing how many people loved his dad.

Spinelli throws himself at Jason, hugging him, and says his most heartfelt condolences on this solemn day. Sonny did not suffer fools, and yet, he allowed Spinelli to bend his ear on many an occasion. Diane has come in too, and she laugh/cries at Spinelli’s words. Spinelli says, despite Sonny’s alleged occupation, he truly believes Sonny did more good in his life than harm. His passing leaves a void in the universe. Diane says, a lot can be said about the man. Despite choosing a profession that often required attorney/client privilege, and not always having the purest of motives, Sonny managed to touch people’s lives in a very positive way.

Nina says, Carly was there when Nelle fell; she knows that now. Carly could have saved her, but she didn’t. And Jax lied about it. Not just to the police; he lied to her. All his fancy talk about protecting her from the pain of losing a child, it was just to protect Carly. He would have let Nina spend her entire life not knowing Nelle was hers, just to make sure Carly was never punished for letting Nelle die.

Sonny polishes glasses as he listens to some oldies. There’s a knock at the door, and he turns around to see a woman in the doorway, her face obscured, but what we can see looks like Carly. He approaches, and he’s suddenly in a wooded garden. He asks where she went, and sees her back turned to him. He asks if she’s looking for him. She keeps walking, and he tells her, wait.

Laura says Cyrus is not going to Sonny’s funeral, but he says he wants to pay his respects. She says, no he doesn’t. He wants to rub it in Carly and Jason’s faces that Sonny is dead. He says, not at all, but if he did, could she blame him? Jason abducted his mother just to see him suffer. She tells him, stay away from that funeral, understand? For Sonny’s family. He says she means his wife. Carly and Jason are – excuse the expression – thick as thieves. He’s sure Carly knew about his mother’s abduction. She says, then for the rest of Sonny’s friends and family, and for his children. Of course (🍷) he must suspect all of them too. He says he took time out of his very busy schedule to attend the service. He supposes if there was something to occupy the gaping hole in his schedule, he could forego the funeral. She asks what he wants, and he says, have coffee with him. Let’s get to know each other. She says, so that’s the price for Sonny’s family to grieve in peace; that she misses the funeral, and has coffee with him instead. Brando looks amused, and Cyrus says, if it’s amenable to her. She says, it’s fine with her, and he says, excellent. He tells Brando, Laura is right. He shouldn’t miss the family gathering. Call Ruiz to fill in, and he can go. Brando thanks him.

Molly tells Alexis that she made some tea, and Alexis says, just what an alcoholic wants to hear on day one of recovery. Molly asks if she wants a different tea, but Alexis says, it’s fine. Molly is there with her, not babysitting her. They sit, and Molly asks, what’s her defense strategy? Molly knows Martin wants Alexis to plead diminished capacity. Alexis says, or temporary insanity, and Molly says, she doesn’t agree? Alexis says, it’s definitely the best defense, and what she’d recommend, and Molly asks, then what’s the problem? Alexis says, that she prided herself on being unbreakable, and here she is, broken. It’s a matter of public record, and truthfully, the only thing it makes her want to do, is drink more.

Sam tells Jason she’s so sorry, and hugs him. He says he’s really going to miss Sonny, and she says, they had a long history together. He tells her that he still can’t believe it. He asks if Molly and Alexis are there, but she says her mom was feeling sick, so Molly stayed with her. He says he’s glad she’s there, and she says she wanted to be there… for him.

Standing at the entrance, Brando tells Carly, he’s so sorry for her loss. He and Sonny didn’t know each other long, but Sonny taught him the lengths people will go to for family. Kristina says, he clearly didn’t learn much if he’s still working for Cyrus, and Carly tells her, Brando is her family too. She thanks Brando for his condolences, and says they’re all Sonny’s family, and they’re going to get through this together.

Jax asks how Josslyn is holding up, and she says she’s okay… she thinks. He thanks Trina for coming, and she says, that’s what best friends are for. He says, the ceremony is about to start, and they sit. Brando approaches Sasha, and she wonders if Cyrus is there. He says, he was threatening to come, but the mayor took care of it. Sasha says, thank God. She wondered if Brando would be there, and he says, he’s Sonny’s family, but she says she’s surprised Cyrus let him come. Unless he sent Brando as a spy. Brando is sure he’ll expect a recap, just out of curiosity. She says, of course (🍷). Why else? He asks if he can sit with her, and she nods.

Michael finds Carly outside, and says, it’s time. Is she ready? They go inside, and organ music plays. Father Reyes says, they’re here to celebrate the life of Michael Corinthos Jr., better known to all of them as Sonny.

Dante reads the 23rd Psalm (the Lord is my shepherd…), and we see everyone’s sad faces.

Still at the hospital, but with a to-go cup of coffee, Laura tells Cyrus, he has until she finishes her coffee, but she’ll sip it slowly. He wonders where to begin, and she says, at the beginning. She’ll let him know if he has to fast forward. He says he knows she killed a man, David Hamilton, when she was just a teenager, and she says, it was a horrible accident. David said some hurtful things to her, she lost her temper, she shoved him, he hit his head, and he died. She’s regretted it since that day. He says he understands. He and his father had just had a terrible fight. He got in the car, when his father stepped in front of him, and in his agitation, he stepped on the gas instead of the brake. Laura asks why he keeps telling her this. Why even bring it up? He tells her that he wants her to see things from his perspective. Would her life have been different if her family had thrown her out at 17, and turn their backs on her, the way his did to him?

At the pulpit, Kristina says her father was always there for her. She was terrified when she came out to him; he could be so Catholic. He gave her so much love and support, she wishes she could have trusted him to tell him sooner. She loves him. She’s not going to say goodbye.

Next up, Michael says, his dad taught him to face a tough situation head-on. Whenever he needed anything, his dad was always there. He cheered the loudest when Michael had an accomplishment, and when times were tough, was a shoulder to lean on. He’s going to miss that shoulder.

Nina says Nelle is so alone there, just like she was in life. It breaks Nina’s heart to know her daughter was struggling all by herself to find a way. Unlike Carly, who always has people tripping over themselves to make sure she gets what she wants. Carly wanted Nelle gone. Nelle came to her and asked for help, but instead of helping, she turned her back on Nelle, and believed Carly. But no more. She promises that she’ll get justice for Nelle. Whatever it takes.

Carly looks at Jason. He shakes his head, and she gets up. She thanks everyone for being there. Those of them who Sonny loved were truly blessed. Sonny loved big, intense, and loud. How do they say goodbye to a man like that? She knows she can’t. He’s always going to be with her in his children’s eyes, and smiles, and laughter. And he’s going to be in her heart forever, and in the memories of his friends and family. They won’t ever forget him. She looks at his picture near the flowers.

Sonny says, don’t go. He knows her, doesn’t he? She turns, but we still don’t see her face, and they’re suddenly hugging. He says he missed this. He missed her. He never wants this to end.

Lenny comes back to the Tan-O, and asks if Sonny is okay. Sonny yawns, and smiles.

Alexis tells Molly, she wants to get sober more than anything, but she doesn’t know how. She just wants to drink all the time, and it’s pathetic. Molly says Alexis is still the strongest person she knows, but strong doesn’t mean perfect. She stumbles, but so does everyone. Alexis says, she almost killed a man. Shouldn’t she pay for that? Molly asks, how? and Alexis says, maybe she should change her plea to guilty.

Laura asks what Cyrus wants her to say; that she would have made the same choices, or gone down the same path? He says, his mother threw him out; she refused to speak to him. What did Laura’s mother do when she found out Laura had killed the late, unlamented Mr. Hamilton? She says he knows what her mother did. She took the blame to protect Laura. He says, but she didn’t go to prison. Neither of them did. Laura says, because she was traumatized, she’d blocked it out completely, but when she remembered, she confessed. Because of her age, she was put on probation, and later it was ruled an accident. He says, what if, instead of protecting Laura, and buying her the time she needed to recover, her mother had told the police she’d killed David Hamilton in cold blood? Does she think her life would have been as good as it’s been? She admits, no, it wouldn’t.

Sonny tells Lenny, he must have dozed off. Phyllis said the meds might make him drowsy until they found the right dosage. Lenny laughs, and says, it’s just like him. Sleeping on the job, and everything is still ready to go. Sonny says he was listening to the radio. He heard a song, and had a dream. Lenny says, it must have been some dream.

At the cemetery, where there are surprisingly few people, Father Reyes says, as they lay Sonny’s soul to rest, beside his much loved father Mike and his son Morgan, he’ll lead them in prayer. In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through His Son Jesus Christ, we commend to Almighty God, Michael Corinthos Jr., Sonny to his loved ones. Earth to earth; ashes to ashes; dust to dust. The Lord bless him and keep him, the Lord shine His face upon him, and be gracious to him. The Lord lift up His countenance upon him, and give him peace. Amen.

Everyone places white roses on the grave. Olivia kneels, and starts to cry. Sam hugs Diane. Carly is last, and she says she loves him. Nina watches, and Jax turns to see her really pissed off face. I say, ooh, out loud.

Molly tells Alexis, the question is, how does sending her to prison instead of rehab benefit anyone? It doesn’t. Alexis says, so if Molly were standing in front of a judge… Molly says she’d argue that locking Alexis away would only hurt the community. Alexis asks, how? She wouldn’t be supporting the liquor stores and the bars? It’s not like she’s been an asset to citizenry. Molly says, even without a law license, Alexis can still consult, and volunteer, and lots of other things she knows are out there, but none of that will be available in prison, where she knows substance abuse runs rampant. Therefore, Alexis needs to fight this and win. The defense rests. Alexis says Molly is going to make a helluva lawyer, but does she want to know something? Molly says, of course (🍷), and Alexis says, the one thing she wants more than anything, is a drink. Molly puts her arm around Alexis, and leans her head on Alexis’s shoulder.

Laura says, it must have been horrible for Cyrus to be out on the streets alone at 17. She does know what it’s like to be desperate, and she’s done her share of shameful things. He says, exactly. They’re not so very different. She says they’ve both made regrettable choices, but the difference is, she considers hers mistakes; he considers his achievements. He rolls his eyes, and she says, he chooses to live off of people’s weaknesses. She chooses family and community. She chooses love.

While the mourners hug Carly, Jax reaches for Nina, but she backs away from him. He says he didn’t expect to see her there, and she says she was at Nelle’s grave. She walked over there because she was hoping to find him. They need to talk. He says he has to go to the reception, but he can talk after. She says, it has to be now, and he tells her, Josslyn needs him. She says she’s sure Carly needs him too. He says, yes, but can’t they talk afterward? She says, no. They’re going to talk right now. She’s starting to get loud, and everyone is starting to look in their direction. Jax says he can’t right now, and she says, she knows what he did. Carly looks at Jason.

Lenny asks what Sonny’s dream was about, and Sonny says, he’s not sure, but he was happy. He didn’t want it to end. Lenny says, what is it? and Sonny says, I remembered someone.

There was no preview, but we’re two days ahead. I always take preemption as a challenge.

🍹 As I’d thought, Southern Charm Secrets Revealed showed nothing secret, and wasn’t very revealing. It was still enjoyable though. The Secrets Revealed shows are always more lighthearted, as they show everyone actually getting along and having a good time. Stuff that was left on the cutting room floor, since they want conflict for the show. Some of the highlights were: Danni selling her engagement ring, since things didn’t work out with her fiancé  (I hadn’t known this – see below), Kathryn getting hair extensions, the guys playing virtual beer pong, and a 7th anniversary party for Republic. Apparently, the cast has lived a quarter of their lives at the restaurant, and it brought back a lot of memories. Leva said she’d expected to do well, but hadn’t expected it to be The Peach Pit. Even Madison seemed surprisingly human.

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/southern-charm-danni-baird-ends-engagement

🏖 The horrible, horrible cast of Summer House had a roller skating party, and Luke finally showed up, along with someone he’d had a little something with in the past. Hannah, the only person I like on this show, had thought she was having a thing with him, but he stuck her in the friendzone, after gushing about how much he loved her and wanted her in his life. Both girls confronted him, and Hannah got the short end of the stick, with Luke saying they’d never dated in the first place, and acting like they’d just been good buddies. Even worse, I’m pretty sure new old squeeze Ciara won’t care, and she’ll be sleeping with Luke, while Hannah is stuck in the house with them. I felt embarrassed for her, and it only confirmed once again, how awful the people on this show are. Ptooey!

👠 Virus Be Damned…

So were her 50 60 75 girlfriends there too?

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/02/ramona-singer-parties-at-mar-a-lago-amid-rhony-covid-shut-down/

🍊 Alexa, You Have the Right To Remain Silent…

TBH, I don’t remember her. I barely remember Lynne.

https://people.com/tv/alexa-curtin-sentenced-after-pleading-guilty-to-multiple-criminal-charges/

📿 Enlightenment By Meredith…

On her elevated masking during the finale.

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/03/meredith-marks-discusses-her-rhoslc-finale-face-mask/

An odd inspiration for a career move.

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/03/how-a-mugging-inspired-rhoslc-star-meredith-marks-jewelry-career/

🏘 Quarantine House…

The rain falls on horrible people too.

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/04/lindsay-hubbard-on-how-covid-19-impacted-summer-house/

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/04/new-summer-house-star-ciara-miller-is-a-covid-19-nurse/

🎭 A Final Curtain…

I was blessed to see Christopher Plummer, along with Brian Dennehy in Inherit the Wind on Broadway several years ago. It was phenomenal. Who better to pay his respects than Captain America?

https://people.com/movies/christopher-plummer-mourned-by-chris-evans-and-more-after-his-death-at-91-what-an-unbelievable-loss/

💕 Charming Chleb…

Kathryn has a new boyfriend, and a new look.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1235429/southern-charms-kathryn-dennis-reveals-if-she-boyfriend-chleb-ravenel-have-talked-marriage

https://people.com/style/kathryn-dennis-says-boyfriend-chleb-ravenell-loves-her-blonde-hair/

🏈 Bowling For No One…

First, the important stuff. The ads.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/super-bowl-commercials-2021-ranked

And everything else.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/super-bowl-2021-highlights-best-moments-clips-performances

📌 That’s a Fact…

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of Negro History Week, the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.

Read more at: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month

🌉 Day Is Done…

I’m off to squeeze in some copywriting for https://mupoentertainment.com/. Give us a click, and while you’re there, check out my work on the interview with Jane Badler on MUPO & Friends. You might remember Jane from the 80s sci/fi classic V, as chief lizard Diana, out to make earthlings he slaves… or her dinner. No matter what planet you’re from, stay safe, stay humane, and stay keeping it simple.

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February 4, 2021 – Nina Proposes a Pact, the Reunion Concludes With a Beer, Covid Or Hangover, Kathryn’s New Beau, Kristin Picks a Side, Award Time, Today’s Fact & Fight

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Sam comes into Dante’s room, and finds him getting dressed. She asks if he said anything about checking himself out, and he says he has a job to do. Sam says, he means to tell her that Peter can’t live without him for a couple of days, Franco or not? Suddenly, Dante keels over. Sam catches him, and calls for help. Franco and Elizabeth run in.

Walking into the MetroCourt, Jason tells Carly, they have to figure out a way to tell Martin about Florence, without them losing their leverage on Cyrus. She says, then she can concentrate on the other million and one things that need her attention. He asks if she’s sure Nina isn’t going to be a problem, and she says, Nina isn’t going to be a problem. She just wants to get this Martin thing taken care of, so she has one less fire to put out today. Scotty comes in, and says, trust him. Today’s not the day. Jason heaves a sigh.

On the phone at the bistro, Jax leaves a message for Nina, saying he knows she’s upset. They should have let her know they minute they realized Nelle was her daughter. Can they talk about this in person? If not, send him a text to let him know she’s okay. He’s worried about her.

Nina walks into the cemetery, and sees Maxie. She says she knew she wouldn’t have this place all to herself, and Maxie says, where else would she be? Nina puts her arm around Maxie.

In the ring at the gym, Chase tosses Gregory a headguard, but Gregory says, it won’t be necessary. They’re doing a little light sparring; emphasis on the light. Chase says Gregory has to protect that face. He doesn’t want to give his mom any reason not to get back together with him.

Finn tells Anna, he doesn’t know if he can do this. She says he can. As operations go, it’s pretty simple. All he has to do is get a DNA sample, and they’ll have the means to determine whether Chase is his brother or his son. She thinks he can pull it off. He says, if he even wants to, and she says he doesn’t have to run the test; nothing has to change. He can go on living like before. He says, never knowing whether Chase is his son? and she says, he has to ask himself, can he live without knowing?

Maxie says she wasn’t sure she was going to see Nina for a little while, and Nina asks, why not? Maxie isn’t the one who lied, and she’s the fool who shunned the only child she’ll probably have. Maxie tells her, don’t say that. Nina had no idea Nelle was her daughter. Nina says she didn’t come there to talk about her issues. What kind of sister would she be if she let her problems get in the way of honoring her brother? Britt arrives, and says, what kind indeed? Room for one more?

Finn says, if someone had told him a couple of years ago that he and Chase would be on speaking terms, let alone Chase would be his best man… Anna says, he would have laughed out loud. He says, he and Chase have nothing in common. Chase likes ice fishing. She says, don’t knock it until he’s tried it. Watching him and Chase interact is moving; the respect and trust. He wonders why he’s risking that. What does he have to gain by knowing? She asks what he has to lose, but he says, what does his dad what have to lose? Gregory loves being Chase’s father, and Chase is excited to reunite the family. What does Chase have to lose? Anna says he’s asking all the right questions, and Finn says, the problem is, there are no answers that lead to a good decision. She says, it’s his choice. It’s not so much about getting to the truth, as what he does with the information when he has it. No one is saying he should upend his life. Just because he knows the truth, no one else has to. He says, if Chase is his brother, he doesn’t need to know. If it turns out he’s Chase’s father, is it worse to know and say nothing?

Chase instructs Gregory on boxing, and Gregory asks if Chase thinks it’s his first time in the ring. He got tips from the greatest. Chase says, from Mohammad Ali? Please. Gregory asks if he’s read his mother’s interviews, and Chase asks if Gregory tagged along. Gregory says, being Mr. Jackie Templeton has it’s privileges. Chase says, last he heard, they haven’t signed the divorce papers. This means there’s hope for them, right? There’s marriage counseling; maybe Gregory can fix it. Gregory says he’s not sure there’s anything left to fix.

Sam tells Elizabeth that Dante is planning on checking himself out, but Elizabeth says a doctor has to sign off on it. Dante asks if it’s a hard and fast rule, and Elizabeth says, he can leave, but she can’t just let him walk out. Did he call Olivia? Dante says, she has a lot on her plate. Can’t Elizabeth bend the rules? Elizabeth asks if he wants her to get fired, and Dante says he wouldn’t be there if not for Franco, and suggests Franco do it, but Elizabeth says, Franco is busy. He can’t take responsibility. Sam says she’ll do it.  

Carly tells Scotty that she has no patience for him today. Scotty says, he does want to give her his condolences, and tells her that he’s sorry for her loss. Sonny lived by the sword, and died in a river in New Jersey. Carly says she’ll talk to Jason later, and walks away, and Jason asks why Scotty talks so much. Scotty will probably forget what said, but Jason won’t. Scotty tells him, funny he should say that to the guy who holds his miserable, stinking, wasted, thug life in his hands.

Scotty tells Jason that he had a conversation with his son about a cockamamie plan to have himself killed if the tumor makes him nuts. Does that ring a bell? Jason asks why he’d care about what Scotty and Franco talk about, and Scotty says if something happens to Franco, he’ll make sure Jason spends his life in a hamster cage. Jason says then he better watch his step. Jackie comes in, and says, Scotty Baldwin, as she lives and breathes.

Dante says he doesn’t want Elizabeth to get fired. He won’t take off without an escort. Franco doesn’t have to babysit. Franco says, Dante saved his life. What thanks would it be to let him die today; maybe fall down and crack his head open? He asks why Dante did it? Old body reflex from being a cop? He’s just compulsively heroic? He really wants to know. Dante doesn’t say anything, and Franco asks if his gratitude is boring Dante. Dante says, he doesn’t know. It’s just something he had to do. Sam comes back, and he says, ready? She says, Elizabeth filed his release form, and they leave. Franco watches them, frowning.

Valentin thanks Anna for meeting with him. It was good of her to agree, even though her fiancé finds him despicable. She tells him not to needle her; she has no patience for it. He asks if she’s found any answers about Dante, and she says she has, but the answers have given rise to more questions. 

Carly meets Jax at the bistro, and he says he took the liberty of ordering her a vanilla latte. She asks how he’s holding up after last night, and he says he’s a bit of a mess. She says he hides it well, but she can see how it’s affecting him. He says he and Nina were just starting to build something. They were turning a corner, and Nina had finally let go of her dream of finding her child. Now she knows the truth, and he can justify it a million different ways, but the bottom line is, he betrayed Nina’s trust, and broke her heart. Carly says, it seemed like the right thing to do, and he says, not anymore. She asks where Nina is and if they’ve talked, and he says, no, but he knows exactly where she is.

Britt says she hopes Maxie and Nina can stand one more, and Maxie says, Nathan loved Britt. Of course (🍷) she can stay. Britt looks at Nina, and says she can come back later, but Nina says, no. Of course (🍷) stay. Britt was gone from Port Charles so long, she forgets Britt and Nathan were close. Britt says, so close, they almost slept together before they realized they were siblings. Another branch on their twisted family tree. Nina says, it’s only getting nuttier, and Britt asks if she missed something. Nina says she just learned about another addition to their sweet family, and Britt says, congratulations. Are Nina and Jax adopting? Nina says, no, but does Britt remember the daughter she was looking for? She just learned it was Nelle Benson. Britt says, baby switching Nelle Benson? Just when she thought their family couldn’t get messier.

Chase and Gregory leave the ring, and Chase says he regretted letting Willow go for months. Gregory can avoid it before the divorce. Pull out all the stops; weddings bring out the best in people. Gregory says he doesn’t think Finn’s wedding is the proper place for him to resuscitate his marriage. Chase says, ask mom to dance. See what comes of it. If he wants to save his marriage, he has to put in the effort. That’s what he wants, right? Gregory says what he wants doesn’t matter if Jackie doesn’t want it too. Chase asks him to explain how he and Jackie got there in the first place. Finn stands by the ring, listening.

Gregory tells Chase, he doesn’t have an easy answer. Over time, couples settle into a routine and take each other for granted. You lose curiosity about the other person. It’s no one’s fault; you drift apart. Chase asks if paddling back is out of the question. Is he even going to try? Gregory sees Finn, and says, right on time, a referee. Finn asks if boxing is over, and Gregory says Chase was coaching him in the art of romance. Chase says he was telling their dad to get off his ass, and pull out all the stops to win his wife back while he still has a marriage. Finn says, it’s none of his business, and Chase says, excuse him for wanting to help. Finn says, did their dad ask Chase for help, or did Chase just push it on him? Chase says, that’s funny, because he doesn’t remember asking for Finn’s help in regard to Willow, but he offered it. Finn says, as he recalls, Chase shut him down pretty good, and Chase asks if he means like father like son.

Scotty says, Jackie Templeton, and Jackie says, in the flesh. Why don’t they get a drink, and catch up? Scotty says give him two minutes, and Jackie tells him that her sister was asking about him. She’d wondered if anyone had snapped him up. Scotty says, many have tried. Her sister was asking…? Jason starts to wander off, and Scotty says, they’re not through. Jackie steers him toward the bar, and says he’ll thank her for saving his ass. Jason sees Dante come in with Sam.

Jax tells Carly, he’s sure Nina is visiting her brother’s grave; it’s the anniversary of his death. Carly says she didn’t realize, and asks if Jax shouldn’t be with her. He says he tried to reach out, but he’s not going to impose on Nina mourning her brother’s death. She says, it’s not an imposition. Nina could use the support, coming off of finding out Nelle was her daughter. He says he knew, and didn’t tell Nina, but Carly says he was sparing her the grief. He says that’s one of his thousand justifications, but the bottom line is, he had no right to play God with what Nina could handle. Carly says, it’s not certain. There was no DNA test. He says, a DNA test would have confirmed it, but it’s a foregone conclusion. Nina went through Nelle’s things, and found a photo of a little girl wearing the necklace. There was no mistaking it. She says, then there’s nothing left for them to do, except make sure Nina doesn’t push it further.

Nina wonders what Jay would think of their family right now, and Britt says, about the same as he did when he left them; pain and disfunction wherever you look. Nina says she can’t argue with that. Madeline died in prison, and Obrecht is there too. Britt is connected to a reputed drug trafficker. Britt says, a philanthropist, slash, reputed drug trafficker. Nina says, and her boyfriend lied to keep her from finding out the truth about her daughter, but she did anyway. Britt says, sounds bleak, but Nina says they have Maxie’s wedding to look forward to. Maxie is going to start a new life with Peter. They love and adore each other and the kids, and have another little one coming. Nothing but blue skies, right? Britt says, or is paradise not what it’s cracked up to be?

Valentin says, all he wants to know, is if Dante can be trusted around Charlotte, but Anna says she has no answer for that. Dante was housed in a WSB psychiatric facility in Geneva, and under the care of a Dr. Kirk, who was allegedly treating him for PTSD. He asks, why allegedly? and she says, Kirk worked for a specialized unit. It would be rare for him to treat someone for that. Valentin suggests they reach out to Kirk, but Anna says, they can’t; he’s dead, murdered. He asks if it was before or after Dante was released, and she says, after. The WSB chalked it up to a mugging, but no perpetrator has been apprehended. He says, too much of a coincidence, and she says, especially given Obrecht was also his patient. He says, she’s in Steinmaur, but Anna says, Kirk had her transferred. He says, now Kirk is dead, and Anna says, now Obrecht’s file is classified to where it’s above her clearance level. Valentin says he hadn’t realized clearance went that high. She says, Franco had a preliminary consultation with Kirk, then Dante saved his life. Why would he do that? He has no use for Franco. Why go out of his way to save his life? Valentin says, Kirk was treating Obrecht, Franco, and Dante. Other than that, what’s the connection? Anna says, it’s got to be Peter.

Gregory asks if Chase is worried he’s going to turn out like his old man. Chase says he doesn’t mean that, and Gregory knows it. Gregory says he realized early on that he fathered polar opposites. His first born was aloof, particular, and preferred books to people. Which didn’t prepare him for the second, who’s a motor-mouth morning, noon, and night, like the world’s friendliest puppy. He never met anyone he didn’t like, and always wanted to play. Chase asks if that’s how Gregory sees him; he’s a cop. Gregory says, everyone loves puppies. It’s a compliment; and he got it from his mom. He recognizes his standoffish qualities in Finn. Chase guesses he’s his mother’s son, and Gregory says he’s lucky to have both of them. He hopes they won’t repeat his mistakes, and trusts they won’t end up like their old man.

Elizabeth asks Franco if he talked to Dante. Franco says he got no answers, and no explanation as to why Dante would risk his life. She says, he’s looking for a complicated answer, when simple makes more sense. Dante is a good guy, and did a good thing for another good guy.

Jason asks how Dante is feeling, and Dante says, ready for his next life-threatening injury. Sam says Dante was told to take his time before going back to protecting Peter. Dante says, that job falls to whoever is next. Peter fired him.

Jackie asks why Scotty was provoking Jason, and Scotty says Jason doesn’t intimidate him. Jackie says from what she learned in her research, he should, and Scotty asks what she thinks she knows about Jason. She says he was Alan and Monica’s golden boy until AJ caused an accident. Afterwards, Jason worked for Sonny, and was considered the best enforcer in the business; he flourished at it. Sound correct? He says, yeah, but she left out before the accident. Jason had a closet full of sweaters and tennis rackets. She says, Scotty left out the part about how, currently, Jason has serious beef with Scotty’s son. What’s that about?

Carly tells Jax that Nina would just rewrite history. She already thought Nelle could be redeemed before she found out. Nina could push the investigation, and they know how eager that cop was to build a case against her. He says, there is no case to build; she didn’t kill Nelle. She says, she knows, but could she have done more to save her? Nina would think so, and she doesn’t need extra scrutiny. She has to focus on her family, and keeping Cyrus at bay. Jax says, not to mention she has a hostage situation.

Maxie says she’s madly in love with Peter. They have a beautiful family, and a baby on the way. She’s sure Nathan would be happy that she fell in love again. Britt says, no offense, but she’s not exactly radiating joy. Be honest. Is it Peter? Maxie says, Peter isn’t the issue, and Nina says, but there is one; what is it? Maxie says, Dante, and Spinelli, and Robert, and Jason, who’s rarely wrong, but he’s wrong about this. She’s told them over and over that Peter is a good person, and she loves him. Here she is, on the verge of her wedding, and all she’s doing is looking for warnings or worried looks about her fiancé. What does she have to do to get acceptance? Britt says, marry someone else?

Gregory steps away to refill his water bottle, and Finn tells Chase to let their dad fix things on his own. Chase wonders if Gregory is capable of it, and Finn says, the point is, it should be his choice. If he decides confide in Chase, it’s up to him. Chase says, he’ll regret giving up without trying. Look at what Finn and Anna went through to come together, and he’s doing his damnedest to fight for Willow. Gregory needs to face it, and fight. Finn says, maybe it’s not in him, and Chase asks who they got it from then. Finn says, maybe each other.

Scotty says Jackie is trying to get him to say something about his son to use in a story, but she assures him that she’s not pumping him for information. She’s sorry it took this long to get in touch. They should do it again; get the 80s gang back together. Who else is around? He says he prefers one on one, and she says they’ll make a plan. She’ll give Robert a call, and Scotty can invite his ex. She’d love to know what Bobbie is up to.   

Carly says she doesn’t know what Jax is talking about, and he says, Jason had Cyrus’s mother abducted from a healthcare facility in Vermont. It doesn’t ring a bell? Even if she didn’t help, she knew about it. She wonders why he’s asking, and he says, Valentin brought it up at Sasha’s TV shoot. Valentin was trying to make trouble between him and Nina. She tells him not to let Valentin bait him, and he tells her, that’s what Nina said. She said he should let Carly do things her way. She’s not only the woman he loves and lied to, she’s also Carly’s ally. Carly says, is, or was?

Maxie says, now Britt has a problem with her marrying Peter? Britt tells her, she didn’t say that, but Maxie says, she kind of did. Nina says Peter is Britt’s brother, and Britt says she knows exactly who Peter is. So does Nina, and so does Maxie. He’s the son of a Eurotrash murdering monster, and people will always see his father when they look at him. Maxie says Faison is Britt’s father too, and Britt says, exactly. She sees the way the world looks at her. If Maxie thinks after marrying Peter, people are going to forget where he came from, and line up to like him, she’s bound to be disappointed. Nina asks if Maxie really needs the world to bless her marriage, and Maxie says, of course (🍷) not, but it would be nice to have a smidge less grief about it. Nina says they can do something about that.

Anna tells Valentin, Dante works for Peter as head of security. Peter saved Franco’s life from an assassin who tried to kill him in the OR. The connection between Obrecht and Peter is obvious; she hates him. She blamed Peter for Nathan’s death, and framed him for her crimes. Valentin asks why Franco met with Dr. Kirk, and Anna says, Doc referred him because he was hearing Peter’s voice in his head. Kirk thought Peter’s voice had something to do with Franco being imprinted with Drew’s memories.

Franco tells Elizabeth, it still doesn’t add up. Why would Dante have the instinct to save his life? There was a time Dante would be gunning for him, not helping him out. She says, those days are over, and they’re not coming back. They need to make sure of that today. Franco says he can’t it put off any longer. Terry texted that she’s waiting in oncology. He asks if Elizabeth will still want to make out with him if he loses his hair from radiation, and she says he’s saying that like it’s his best quality. They get in the elevator, and he says he knows it’s his body. The only reason she loves him is his bod.

Chase’s phone rings, and he says, it’s the station; he has to take it. He steps away, and Gregory says he’s glad he and Finn have a moment alone. He hasn’t been completely honest when he says he wasn’t worried about them turning out like him. Finn always sees the world the way it is, good and bad. Chase is trusting, which is a strange thing to say about a cop, but he was relieved when he heard Chase was moving to Port Charles. He’s happy Finn decided to step up and kept an eye on him. Finn says, despite the time and distance he put between them, and Gregory says, what’s a little time and distance between brothers? Chase says he has to get to work, and Gregory leaves with him. Finn looks in the garbage can, and takes Chase’s water bottle out. 

Scotty tells Jackie that Bobbie’s in – kind of. She says, good. As fallings out go, it’s kind of impressive. He says he inspires that in people, but as soon as he mentioned her name, Bobbie stopped yelling, and said she’d love to see Jackie as soon as she’s back in town. Jackie asks if she’s traveling, but Scotty says it sounds like a job. Jackie says she thought Bobbie worked at GH, and he says she did, until Cyrus became Chairman and took over. He fired her. She’s out now taking private nursing jobs God knows where. There should be a law about that.

Valentin says, so it has to do with memory mapping? and Anna says, Kirk’s theory was that they were left over memories from Drew. Jackie calls Valentin, and says she has a potential lead on Florence. He says, good luck finding her, but she’s going to do it without him. He has a pressing matter that needs his full attention. He hangs up, and tells Anna that Drew would have known Peter’s voice from working at Aurora, but she says, no. They were memories of Drew’s life before he came to Port Charles. He says, if Kirk was right, and Franco is hearing Peter’s voice from the memory transfer, that means Drew and Peter met years ago when Drew was still in the military. Anna says, if that’s true, why has Peter never said anything?

Sam says, Peter fired Dante? He kept saying he needed to get back to work. Dante says he must have meant to look for a job. Jason asks if there was a security breach, and Dante says Peter told him that it complicated things. Jason asks, how? and Dante says he got the idea Peter thought he didn’t want him to marry Maxie. It’s just a hunch. Sam says she’ll buy him lunch, and they go to eat.

Nina says, no one has the right to judge Maxie, and she shouldn’t have to face it alone. She proposes a pact; the three of them, in honor of Jay and each other. They stand together, united, no matter who, no matter what. Attack one – she takes Maxie’s hand – attack all. Maxie holds out her hand to Britt, who takes it. Maxie says, ladies, officially have chills. Britt says she never had female friends before, and Nina says, not just friends. They’re family.

Carly says it started when she lied to the cops about being at the cliff. She had no idea Nina was involved, and Nina could blow up everything with the truth. Jax suggests Carly call Diane and get ahead, just in case there are any changes. She asks if he’s going to work things out with Nina, and he says he’s going to try.   

Maxie says she never thought she’d come to Nathan’s grave, and leave feeling better. Britt asks Nina where the rally-the-troops speech came from, and Nina says, them; her family. When she woke up today, she felt more lonely than when she woke up in the hospital after losing years and her child. Then they reminded her, they’re all connected; they’re family through Jay. She’s connected to someone else too – her grandson. Maxie says, Wiley, and Nina says, with all the drama, that fact went over her head. They gave her clarity. Nelle is gone, but Wiley isn’t. She missed her chance to know her daughter. She’s not going to make the same mistake with her grandson.   

Tomorrow, Jackie says she’s scared of where this is going, Valentin says someone is obviously lying, Britt asks why Peter was at Nathan’s grave, Sonny has conditions, and Carly asks Jax if he thinks it’s going to work.

Southern Charm – The Reunion – Part Two

Andy said, hide your girlfriends and lock your liquor cabinets, the newest cast member is single and ready to mingle. He introduced John Pringle, and asked Madison what her impression had been of him. She said, overall, he was a gentleman, and wasn’t too inappropriate with her. Pringle talked about how he landed in Charleston, and said he’d tried San Diego, but came back to where he had the support of family and friends. Craig brought up how Pringle was always saying how much he missed his kids, and asked, why he left, since he trades off the computer. Pringle said something about taking an opportunity across the country, and making his kids’ lives better, which didn’t exactly answer the question regarding him doing business online. He said it was the hardest decision he’d ever made, and had a lot of guilt, but come at him about his kids and he’ll wake TF up. I wasn’t sure if that was directed at Craig, who’d made it clear it was an honest question, or just a general comment. Pringle said his ex was supportive, which everyone found impressive, and we flashed back to her visit. Leva wondered if they’d ever get back together, and he said she was amazing, but it wasn’t in the cards. Andy asked Austen about Patricia trying to get Madison to trade up, even when they were still together, which obviously didn’t sit well with him. Austen said when they weren’t filming, Patricia liked them together, but once they started filming, Patricia pawned Madison off on the first drunk that came along. Ouch for Pringle. Madison said Patricia had never done her wrong, but Austen on the other hand… Austen said Patricia paid her, but Madison said Austen was just mad because her income from Patricia was more than he made in a year. Pringle said Patricia knew it would be incendiary. (Hey, she’s bored in that house with Michael and the dogs.)

Madison announced she’d had a complete mommy makeover six weeks before, and said Austen hadn’t seen it, but Austen begged to differ, and Craig confirmed that. Craig said Austen and Madison had slept together since then, Madison dated multiple people, and she was a horrible person. I can’t attest to the first two, but we’re definitely in agreement on the third. Madison told him to keep it up; she had some things on him. I rest my case. Craig said she weaponized everything, and she told him to fix his hair. The Kirstin Cavallari/Jay Cutler thing came up, and Madison scrolled through her phone like an MF’er. Danni just kept saying, oh my God. Andy read a DM from Jay Cutler, asking if Madison recommended any good restaurants in Charleston, and Leva wanted to know if Madison had recommended hers. Points to her being business minded among the dreck. Craig said Madison was a terrible person and trashy, which triggered Kathryn, who told him not to use those words. She was called trash for years; why he was being a douche? We found out that Madison had split from her ex because she was trying to build an empire, while he wanted to live life day by day. No surprise there. I suddenly missed Chelsea, who was a real human being. Austen said he’d opened up a new world for Madison, since she’d complained that all she did was go to work and go home, but Madison said their relationship had been nothing but fun. When it stopped being fun, she wanted out. Okay… Craig said, then let Austen go, and Madison said she’d taken Craig’s advice. Shep said she was manipulative, and Madison said she’d been nothing but nice to Shep, and would hate for that to change. Shep asked if that was a threat, and there was a bunch of loud back and forth.

When things calmed down, Andy asked about Austen’s beer, and Austen said once his beer moved to cans, everything changed. He’d met with Leva’s husband not long ago. Leva said she was the one who’d arranged it, but she was pissed now because Austen had taken issue with something she’d said on Watch What Happens Live. We saw a clip from a game called Charming or Alarming, and Leva said she found Shep’s penchant for dating younger women alarming. Afterwards, Austen had said she was the biggest sh*t talker he knows. She said she wished he could control his emotions, and not pop off like a crazy person. Austen asked if she was saying that she didn’t want to do business with him now. She said she didn’t know, he ended up apologizing, and all was well. Andy asked Madison if she thought Austen had grown as a businessman, and Craig – who just can’t help himself – said Austen’s beer was now in stores, while Madison rented a chair in someone else’s salon. Andy told Craig to stay out of it, and read a question from Robert from Boston, asking if Madison picked guys she had the upper hand with, and she said 1000%. Austen said, in watching the show, he realized Madison didn’t care about him, and never had. His friends had been telling him that for years. He was effing done. She was like a monster, and if she didn’t have a son, her heart would be non-existent.  

Andy said when the show started, Kathryn was living with Thomas, and asked Kathryn what it was about Thomas that kept pulling her back. She said it was hard to shake the thought of them being a family unit. Pringle said when you’re with your ex, the reasons you got together in the first place come back. Kathryn said, the door was closed. Pringle asked Kathryn if she and Thomas had hit their stride co-parenting, but she said, no. Thomas was suing her for custody again. It was unclear why, but she thought it was because he was moving. She hadn’t seen his new baby, and had never talked to his baby mama. She said Kensey had a crush on Chleb, and Andy asked what was different about Kathryn’s relationship with him. Kathryn said he was supportive, and more like a teammate. She better understood how a good relationship was supposed to work. Andy said viewers questioned the timing. They said she was trying to course correct. She said Chleb hadn’t thought the monkey emoji was racist, but explained to her why it might be to other people, then they went through that whole thing again. Leva said she’d tried to help Kathryn, but Kathryn thought Leva tried to isolate her, and make her storyline bigger by riding on her mistake. Leva said she’d gotten death threats, and Kathryn said it was hard for her, and she was doing her best. Leva said she never said Kathryn was racist, but her actions were tone-deaf. Madison looked bored, since it didn’t have anything to do with her. Leva said it started with their voices, not hers.

Kathryn said it had been very difficult, and started to cry, but Leva calmed down, and gently explained why Kathryn had been tone-deaf. Andy asked about Danni and Kathryn’s friendship, and Danni wanted Kathryn to answer. Kathryn said they’d visited, and it was like old times. Danni said she didn’t hold grudges, but if she didn’t agree with something, she’d say so. They discussed the racist actions of their ancestors, and Craig said the extra L was added to Chleb’s last name to separate that branch of the family from the Ravenels who’d owned them. Shep said it was important to raise awareness by protesting, but to change the system, you had to change the people in power who wanted to keep it that way. Pringle said you also had to raise your children right, and Leva said those who were ahead of people who had been oppressed, had the responsibility to help those who lagged behind. Kathryn said she was becoming more cognizant. Watching Leva’s reaction to the Calhoun statue being taken down was cool. It made her more aware, and she genuinely wanted to make it right. Austen admitted he needed to grow and learn, and Leva said she wanted them to understand that they lived in a bubble of freedom; for example, they didn’t have to worry about one of their sons going out while wearing a hoodie. They all had to be sensitive, kind, and empathetic.

During a break, Kathryn approached Leva, and said she wasn’t the best with words, but wanted to articulate that she cared. She wanted Leva to understand that, and Leva told her, just speak from your heart. You can tell Leva is a mom, the way she talks to Kathryn.

Andy said there was still a lot of unfinished business, but one thing they’d learned is that you never stop doing the work. He wanted to know how the year had changed everyone as people, and Danni said she’d become enlightened about white privilege. It was an awakening, in a good way. Pringle said he discovered he was more offensive than he thought, then asked Andy to come back to him. Austen said he regained control of his own happiness and narrative, and Andy asked if he and Madison were going to cut the infinity loop of terror; their co-dependent and toxic cycle. Madison said she got to know her worth, and what she deserved in a relationship moving forward. Andy couldn’t decide if he thought it was totally over. Andy said Kathryn had a big year, and she said she’d learned, when conflicts happened, instead of going on the defense, she needed to accept humility and what she had to learn. Shep said he could sum it up in one word – Taylor. Craig said he was hungry (metaphorically… I think). He wanted more, and was going to keep trying to make as much money as possible. Madison got up and sat next to him, putting her hand on his leg. Just kidding. He said he was still going to stick up for his friends, but he learned you could only give so much of himself before you had to stop caring. Leva said she was grateful. So many lives had been lost, and every day wasn’t guaranteed. Since this had somehow turned into future resolutions, Pringle said he was going to drink less and quit hitting on guys’ girls. At first, Andy thought Pringle was saying that he was going to quit hitting on guys, and frankly, I thought the same thing.  

Glasses of beer were brought out, and Andy asked Leva to give the toast. She toasted to health and happiness, and everything they had. She said they were a lucky bunch, and what made them lucky was their friendships. She said, cheers to sharpening friendships, and being charming while doing it. Shep suggested the next Reunion be at Andy’s apartment.

Until next time, ya’ll.

🏖 This season on Summer House, everyone is still just as awful, but they’re quarantined together for six weeks, working from the Hamptons house as well. This sounds like a true nightmare. Right out of the gate, Carl said when he’d tested positive for covid, he thought he was just hungover. To his credit, he decided to sober up after he met friends for dinner, and was already so wasted, he couldn’t stay conscious. Hannah, one of the few likeable people, thought she had a thing with Luke, until he said he was bringing a female friend with him. Unless she’s his cousin or something, we all know what that means.

🍺 All About That L…

A little bit on tonight’s episode.

https://pagesix.com/2021/02/04/kathryn-dennis-hasnt-met-thomas-ravenels-new-son-amid-their-new-custody-battle/

Some fun facts about Chleb, but in the Ravenel(l) department, all it says is, he’s not related to Thomas.

10 Intriguing Facts About Chleb Ravenell, Kathryn Dennis’ Beau
Southern Charm’s Kathryn Dennis’ New Man Chleb Ravenell: 5 Things to Know

💟 Team J-Lo…

I tend to agree with Austen about Madison not having a heart. You could see she was having a hard time not blowing her stack at the Reunion.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1234952/kristin-cavallari-proves-shes-team-jennifer-lopez-after-alex-rodriguez-and-madison-lecroy-revelation

🏆 And You Get an Award…

It’s virtually that time of year.

https://extratv.com/2021/02/04/sag-nominations-2021-the-complete-list/

📌 That’s a Fact

Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. There were actually several women who came before her; one of whom was Claudette Colvin.

It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks’s stand that launched the Montgomery bus boycott. Claudette had been studying Black leaders like Harriet Tubman in her segregated school, those conversations had led to discussions around the current day Jim Crow laws they were all experiencing. When the bus driver ordered Claudette to get up, she refused, It felt like Sojourner Truth was on one side pushing me down, and Harriet Tubman was on the other side of me pushing me down. I couldn’t get up.

Claudette Colvin’s stand didn’t stop there. Arrested and thrown in jail, she was one of four women who challenged the segregation law in court. If Browder v. Gayle became the court case that successfully overturned bus segregation laws in both Montgomery and Alabama, why has Claudette’s story been largely forgotten? At the time, the NAACP and other Black organizations felt Rosa Parks made a better icon for the movement than a teenager. As an adult with the right look, Rosa Parks was also the secretary of the NAACP, and was both well-known and respected – people would associate her with the middle class and that would attract support for the cause. But the struggle to end segregation was often fought by young people, more than half of which were women.

– from www.PBS.org/black-culture

🕰 Closing Time…

As another week comes to a close – or 7 sunrises and sunsets, depending on your perspective of time these days – we pin our hope on sunnier days, both in temperature and temperament. It hasn’t been an easy road, and we’re still on it, but at least we have plenty of company. So stay safe, stay occupied, and stay accepting humility and what you have to learn.

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January 28, 2021 – Sonny Is Returned By a Trooper, a Not So Charming Reunion, House Again, Temp Jordan, Ex-Jordan, Delay At Cannes, Another Game & Key

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

I missed the beginning, but here’s what happened. Dante was in the parking lot, hearing, complete the mission, in his head. Jordan saw him (she’s being played by a temp – see below), and tried to have a conversation, but he said he had to be somewhere. Jason asked why Peter was threatening Britt, and at the Tan-O, a state trooper brought Sonny back to Phyllis and Lenny. At the hospital, Curtis told Portia that he was on a case involving infidelity, and Sam, Elizabeth, and Franco got all loud in the reception area. Alexis stayed out of it, busy drinking from a nip she’d brought along in her purse. And then…

Curtis tells Portia, his client believes her husband is stepping out on her at some club, and she says, doing surveillance at a nightclub doesn’t sound bad. He says, the nightclub’s glory days are behind it. It’s a shadow of what it used to be. He’s not looking forward to staking it out to catch a guy someone claims they care about. She asks if he wants to talk, but he says he can’t put her in that position again. She says, he’s just venting about his job; it happens to everybody. He says he doesn’t think she’d ever be disenchanted about medicine, but she says she has her days. Why doesn’t she come with him?   

Jordan says, so Dante is involved with security, and he says, it pays the bills. She says she also knows he’s a seasoned professional, who’s dealt with complex cases. She thought he might return, but he says he doesn’t think he’s ready to handle the stress. She starts to say something else, but he interrupts, telling her that she didn’t hear him. He’s got somewhere to be. She apologizes, and says they all miss him. She asks him to keep them in mind when he’s ready, and he says, yeah. He’s sorry. It’s a generous offer, and he’ll keep it in mind.   

Peter tells Jason, he and Britt were just having a sibling disagreement. It has nothing to do with him. Britt says, but it does have to do with her. Peter used her GH log-in to access Franco’s medical records. He accessed private information, and splashed it across the front page, causing panic inside and outside of the hospital. She’s the lucky one who will have to give an answer when asked how he got it. Peter says he lost his temper. The last time Franco had a tumor, people got hurt; people close to them, like Lulu. As soon as he heard the tumor was back, he had to get the word out. He can’t be only one who thinks Franco is a potential threat. He’s quite sure Jason feels the same way.

Alexis drinks from a nip in the examining room, and Elizabeth tells Sam, they’re not doing this here. Sam says she wants an explanation from Franco, and Franco says he’s not the same person. He knows he hurt Sam. He knows he hurt a lot of people. When he found out the tumor was back, he made arrangements. Sam asks, what does he mean? What kind of arrangements?  What could he have done that would possibly protect her? He says, at the first sign of him reversing to bad Franco, if he thinks for a second that evil Franco is coming out to run the show, he’ll be put down. Sam looks at Elizabeth, and says, what?

Phyllis asks if Sonny is okay, and Lenny asks the trooper why he has Mike. The trooper says, Mike was waiting outside the hardware store before it opened. Sonny says, he wanted a job, and the trooper says, when he was told they weren’t hiring, he refused to leave. Sonny says, he’s handy. He’s good with tools and people, but the owner didn’t see that. He could have increased the business tenfold. Lenny asks, what happened? and the trooper says he took Sonny to the station when he wouldn’t leave.

Jackie asks how Sasha’s drug use began, and Sasha says, it started so simply; it was gradual. She wasn’t dealing well emotionally, and one night, she had too much to drink. Jackie says, drinking to cover the pain, that’s not unusual, and Sasha says, no, but she had a photo shoot the next day and overslept. She looked like hell, and someone on the set saw her struggling, and offered the drugs to her. Nina tells Jax that she can’t wrap her head around why Sasha would be wearing the necklace, but he says the jeweler told them it wasn’t an uncommon design. Sasha would have no reason to think it belonged to Nina’s daughter. Nina says, that’s not the point. Why did she wear that design? It can’t be a coincidence. He says she can’t do anything now; Sasha is in the middle of an interview. He’ll call Carly to see if she knows anything. He calls, but says, it’s going straight to voicemail. While he leaves a message for Carly to call him right away, Nina gets in the elevator.

Lucy tells Carly that she can’t stop Sasha. She can’t shut down the interview. Maxie agrees, and Carly says, Sasha is having a wardrobe malfunction, but Maxie says, she looks fine. Sasha says that’s how her habit started growing, and Jackie asks her to describe how taking the drug made her feel. Sasha says when she felt lost or lonely, one hit made her problems disappear. Until it wore off. Then she’d have to do more. The more you take the more you need to get high. Valentin notices the necklace, and Nina comes in. 

Sonny says he and the trooper met before, when the hiker found him. The trooper says, when Sonny claimed not to know who he was. He said his name was Mike, and he didn’t remember anything else, but had two people who would vouch for him. Then he realized, Sonny was another stray. Phyllis says Sonny is staying with them, but he didn’t mean any harm. There’s no reason to charge him. They’ll take responsibility for his actions if he’s released into their care. Lenny says, they will? and Phyllis asks if the trooper doesn’t trust them. The trooper says he knows Phyllis’s word is her vow, but be careful who she trusts. Lenny walks the trooper out.   

Jackie asks Sasha to tell the viewers about her heart attack. Sasha says she went to the restroom, and sampled a new batch. She doesn’t know if it was too strong or she did too much, but her heart felt like it was exploding. It was crazy, but what’s crazier is, she thought she might be dying, but the other part of her brain was scrambling to come up with an explanation. Valentin notices the necklace on Sasha.  

Curtis says Portia wants to do surveillance with him at a rundown club? She says, it might be less conspicuous if he’s half of a couple, and it sounds like he could use the company. He says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea, but she asks if they’re not friends. She knows he’s going to work things out with Jordan. He says he hopes so, but they don’t seem to be making any progress. Jordan is pushing him to come home, but he doesn’t want to give her false hope. They can’t paint over it and move on. Portia says, he does want to work things out, doesn’t he?   

Britt tells Peter, she doesn’t care. No one threatened him. She has a mind to call the PCPD, and tell them that he manipulated her to get access to Franco’s medical records. Jason says, obviously, it’s her call if she wants to let Peter slide this once, and Britt says Peter might not grasp the concept of accountability, but it’s her butt on the line. It’s against the law to publish someone’s medical records without permission. Jason asks Peter if there’s any way it can be traced back to Britt, but Peter says he’s a professional. He covered his tracks. His sister will never take the blame for his actions. Britt says, fine. She won’t come forward with what she knows – this time. If it happens again, family or not, she’ll not only throw him under the bus, she’ll be driving it. She leaves, and Peter thanks Jason, who says, they’re not friends. Peter says maybe they can be allies. He knows as much as Jason dislikes him, he hates Franco even more.

Curtis tells Portia, he does want to work things out with his wife. He loves her very much. That hasn’t changed. She says, but something has, and he says he doesn’t think he can get past the lies. She says, she’s not defending Jordan. The secret she kept about Taggert damn near destroyed Trina, but being realistic, she also lied to Curtis, and when she confessed, he was gone before she had a chance to make things right. He seems to have a hard time with people who keep secrets. He asks if she’s saying it’s his fault, but she tells him, she’s saying relationships are a two-way street. They get in the elevator.

Sam asks what Franco means by put down, but Elizabeth tells him that he’s said enough. She suggests they go home, and Franco doubles over, hearing Peter’s voice say, be Drew Cain. Dante runs in, and at the same time, Alexis grabs the syringe from the examining table. She runs over to the chaos, and stabs Dante with it by mistake.

Alexis backs up, horrified, and Sam asks what she’s done. Dante falls to the floor, and Elizabeth asks if he can hear her. She tells him, stay with her, and Alexis says she’s so sorry. Sam asks what she was thinking, and Franco glares at her.

Curtis asks if Portia doesn’t think everyone should be honest, and she says, in a perfect world, of course (🍷), but people aren’t perfect. He’s never lied? He says, when he was using, but he holds himself to a higher standard now. She says, everybody lies. If they didn’t, he’d be out of a job. When the pain isn’t so raw, maybe he can find forgiveness for the people who’ve hurt him. They come out of the elevator, and see the turmoil around Dante. Portia runs over, asking, what happened? Elizabeth says, Alexis stabbed Dante with a syringe. Jordan gives them instructions, and asks Dante to stay with her.

Jackie says, even though Sasha almost died, she was more focused on covering up? Nina tells Valentin, that’s her daughter’s necklace. She starts to move forward, but he grabs her arm, and says, don’t. They’re on national TV. Sasha says she couldn’t admit she had an issue, and Jackie says, they’re about out of time. She thanks Sasha for sharing her story. As she said, hopefully, since she was brave enough to tell them, it will help someone. Sasha thanks Jackie for allowing her to share her side, and Jackie turns it back to GMA. Maxie tells Lucy, their social media is probably blowing up; she’ll go check. Nina approaches Sasha, and says, how could she do this? Sasha knows how much the necklace means to her. Sasha asks what she’s talking about, and realizes what she’s wearing. She says, oh my God, and Nina asks how she could be so heartless. Carly nearly has apoplexy.  

Sonny says Lenny and Phyllis are two of the best. Waking up one day, and not knowing who he is, he couldn’t have picked kinder people in the world to help him out. The trooper didn’t know what he was talking about. Lenny asks why Sonny took off; he had a job with them. Sonny says he’s grateful, but he heard them talking about him. They said something was wrong with his brain. Phyllis tells him to go upstairs and clean up; he’s been out all night. Sonny says he just needs to go someplace where they’re willing to listen to him. Lenny says, they might be kind, but they have limits. He’s more than willing to call the trooper back. Sonny needs to take care of himself. Sonny says, all right; he’ll wash up. He goes upstairs, and Lenny says Phyllis knows he loves how big a heart she has, but she’s gone too far. Mike – if that’s his real name – helped them out, but they’ve more than repaid him. If it’s a mental issue like she suspects, he could be dangerous and not know it. Phyllis doesn’t think he’s dangerous, but he does need help. Lenny says he knows how she works to help every person she can is her way of doing penance for the private adoption. She feels guilty for giving that woman’s baby away.

Nina asks Sasha why she chose to wear the necklace. She thought Sasha was owning up to her mistakes; not compounding them. Sasha says she has no idea why the necklace was put on her, and Jax pulls Nina over to him. He says, the cameras are off, but it’s not a good idea to do this in public. There’s still a reporter here. Jackie says, don’t stop on her account, and Willow says, Chase is driving her to the hospital to sign forms for the nursing program. Does Jackie want to come with them? They’ve barely had a chance to talk. Jackie says she knows they’re trying to distract her, but she’ll take any excuse to spend time with her son. Willow tells Sasha, good luck, and Jackie leaves with Willow and Chase. Nina says the reporter left, and she’s still waiting to hear why Sasha is wearing the necklace. Sasha says wardrobe picked out her accessories. She didn’t even see it until Nina pointed it out. She has no idea why it was chosen. Valentin says, Carly might, and they all look at Carly. Valentin gives a small smile, and I laugh.   

Portia says Dante’s pulse is racing and thready, and his breathing is shallow. Do they know what he was injected with? Sam says, the syringe is on the floor, pointing to it, and Portia says, no one touch it. She needs a full analysis of what’s in it. Elizabeth gets on the phone and calls for a security lab tech; there’s been an accidental injection. Sam asks Alexis what she was thinking, and Alexis says she was trying to protect Sam. She thought Franco was going to hurt her. Sam says she came out of nowhere, and Alexis repeats that she thought Franco was going to hurt Sam. Sam says Alexis can’t take the law into her own hands. Can she honestly say if she was sober that she would have picked up the syringe? Alexis cries.

Valentin says, Nina was very concerned. She tried to get the interview shut down. Carly says she knew what Nina was thinking when she saw the necklace, but Valentin says, it looked like she was serving her own interests. Nina says she can’t hear any more lies. She trusts Carly to tell her the truth. Does she know where the necklace came from?    

At the hospital, Jackie tells Willow, it’s commendable of her switching careers. Willow says she hasn’t given up on teaching. Her goal is to combine nursing and teaching in some way; teaching nursing students, or starting a health program at the school. After she works hard. Jackie says, Chase never mentioned that she was so ambitious. She likes it. She’s learning something new about Willow all the time. Chase says, him too, and Jackie says, it’s not a bad thing. It keeps the relationship fresh. Chase’s phone rings, and he steps away to take the call. 

Britt asks if Jason wants to tell her what happened. All he’s been doing is warning her not to trust Peter, and now he’s defending Peter? Jason says he thinks it’s safer if Peter thinks she’s his ally, and Britt says, it makes sense. But she doesn’t need protection from Peter, Cyrus, or anyone else. There are plenty of people who would say she needs protection from him. She leaves, and Jason hears Chase say, Dante was attacked at GH? He’s heading to the first floor.    

Phyllis tells Lenny, when she took that baby girl to Florida all those years ago, she had no idea Madeline was conning her. She thought she was helping Nina. Lenny says he knows that, and from what she told him, Nina understands. Phyllis is too noble, and keeps wanting to balance the scales. It could backfire this time. Sonny comes back down, and  thanks them again for handling the trooper. He’ll get out of their hair real soon. Phyllis says they promised to be responsible for him. If he doesn’t stay there, he’ll be tossed in a jail cell, and he can’t make bail. If he’s going to stay there, there will be some conditions. Sonny says, which are? and Phyllis says she wants him to come back to the clinic, and speak with a mental health specialist who volunteers from time to time. (Could that be Doc?) She doesn’t have a lot of experience with psyche patients, but she knows enough to recognize the symptoms. It seems he may be having some sort of mania. Sonny smiles.

Nina says, if Carly knows, she has to tell her, and Avery says, it’s hers. She gave it to Sasha. She didn’t mean to make Nina mad. It was for good luck. Nina tells her, no one is mad. Can Avery tell her where she found it? Avery says, outside where mommy took her to the cabin. Valentin looks at Carly. Lots of looks going back and forth today.  

Curtis sees Jordan at the hospital, and he asks if she was called there to investigate. She says, dispatch sent a detective, but she was close by, and decided to have a look. Apparently, there was an assault. He says he arrived after the fact, but Alexis stabbed Dante with a syringe full something. Jordan asks if she was drunk, then says, sorry. Forget she asked. She’ll wait for the report. Can they please not do this; small talk and pleasantries? Can they have an actual conversation? They’re both entitled to their feelings about what happened about what she kept from him. He can’t keep them in limbo forever. It’s been over a month. If he wants to work it out, they have to try. She needs him to come home. That, or tell her to stop waiting. She tells him, she deserves that much, and walks away.

Portia says, Dante was injected with a near lethal dose of lidocaine. They’re looking at a toxic infusion, and he needs a liquid infusion stat. Someone asks if there will be lasting damage, and she says, his pressure is bottoming out. If they don’t start the infusion, they’re going to lose him. Jason sees Franco, and says he heard someone was attacked. Franco says, Dante; it was an accident. Alexis was trying to kill him, and Dante got in the way.

Alexis sits on the stairs, and Sam shakes her head. Chase joins them, and says he received a report about an attack on Dante. Do they care to shed some light on it? Alexis says, she didn’t mean it; it was an accident. Chase asks if Sam witnessed the incident, and she stammers. She says she doesn’t know what happened; it was so fast. He asks her to tell him what she remembers. She can tell him there or at the station. Dante is in bad shape, and she’s a witness. Sam says she saw the whole thing. Her mother stabbed Dante with a syringe when she was trying to attack Franco.  

Britt tries to do some paperwork, but her hand starts to shake.  

The alarms go off next to Dante, and Portia does chest compression on him. She says, come on.

Franco tells Jason, if it weren’t for Dante, he’d be a dying man. Jason asks, why? and Franco says there’s long list of reasons why Alexis would want him dead, but Jason says, no. Why did Dante sacrifice himself for Franco?   

Alexis says she knows what Sam is doing, and Sam says she’s saving Alexis from herself. If today wasn’t rock bottom, Sam is scared for Alexis’s life. She’s sorry, but it’s time for Alexis to pay some consequences. Alexis asks if Sam wants her to go to jail, and Sam says she wants Alexis to sober up. If she’s in jail, she’ll be able to.

Jordan asks Chase what the story is, and he says Alexis’s attack on Dante was confirmed by her daughter, and Jordan says, that was brave of Sam to do. They’re going to have to bring Alexis in. Jordan reads Alexis her rights, while Chase cuffs her. Jason and Franco watch as Alexis is led away. Jason looks at Sam with longing.  

Sonny says, Phyllis thinks he’s crazy? He’s some kind of maniac? She says, not at all. It’s a medical term; racing thoughts and little sleep, along with bursts of energy. She’s sure they can help him out at the clinic, but he says, no way is he getting his head shrunk. Lenny says, those are the conditions. Go with Phyllis and get checked out. If the doctors say he’s fine, so be it. He needs help, and he can get it. If he can’t go along with the conditions, Sonny will deal with the trooper instead. It’s his decision. What is he going to do?

Jackie tells Willow, she knows they’re still figuring out what’s next. She hopes she’s not overstepping. Willow says, overstepping doesn’t seem to be a problem for Jackie, and Jackie admits it’s not. She wants Willow to know how much she cares about her, and that she’s happy Willow is giving Chase a chance to make things right. They get in the elevator.   

Michael says it’s time to get Avery home, and asks if Sasha wants to go. Nina says, before Sasha leaves, she needs the necklace. Sasha says, of course (🍷), and gives it to her. She swears she was so focused, she didn’t notice them putting it on her. Carly tells Jax, she doesn’t know if she left the real necklace at Windymere, or the duplicate. Nina  promises Avery that she’ll return it right away, and thanks her for finding it. Avery leaves with Michael and Sasha, and Nina tells Jax that Avery found it in the woods. If it matches the one she’s wearing, that means it belonged to her daughter. She looks hopefully at the necklace in her hand.

Tomorrow, Nina wonders if the necklace is her daughter’s, Sonny wonders why Lenny and Phyllis care about a complete stranger, Mac tells Alexis there’s no justification for her actions, and Olivia says please tell her Dante is alive.

Southern Charm – The Reunion – Part One

Madison said she never went in thinking anyone would have her back, but if someone came for her, she would the last word, and they all knew it. It’s not like this one is the brightest bulb in the box, and pretty girls are a dime a dozen, so I don’t get why everyone seems afraid of her. BTW, Kathryn is a blond now.

Andy said Kathryn didn’t look pregnant, and that’s because she’s not. He said she almost had another Ravenel baby, which she clarified was with 2 l’s. Leva’s restaurant business was alive again, and Craig has officially been declared a pillow magnate. Andy asked who took the virus the most seriously, and the consensus was Leva. A viewer asked Kathryn if she was glad to have an excuse to social distance, and she said, absolutely. We saw a clip of Whitney sharing a bottle of scotch with the guys, but making everyone sit 20 feet away from each other. There were also clips of Austen and Craig on Tik Tok during quarantine. Craig said Madison was busy sleeping with married men. particularly an ex-MLB player, but Madison denied it. She claimed they’d only DM’d, and both Craig and Austen called her a liar. Craig said she’d FaceTimed with the guy when she was right next to him.

We saw a clip of Madison on Watch What Happens Live, talking about Craig’s girlfriend Natalie. While Leva (who was also a guest) said she thought Natalie was wonderful, Madison said Austen had slept with her, and it was too close to home. She told Craig he’d been in denial, but Craig said she brought it out in a disgusting way. He said Madison weaponized everything. More pearls of wisdom from Craig. Andy said he’d met Natalie when he was hosting Love Connection; she’d been a connection. Craig said Austen had introduced them in Aspen, and Madison was a trash human. She was a sociopath who’d tried to gaslight Natalie. Madison produced the usual receipts from her cell phone, and read a text where she’d apologized, saying, she hadn’t meant to hurt them. She said she had a folder for all of them, reminding me of Cruella de Vil. Craig said she deliberately tried to hurt people, and she told him to have a thick skin and quit running his mouth. Call me trash one more time… He said she was trash. She’d thrown away ten years of friendship, and he was never speaking to her again after today.

Shep said he was ready for battle. Andy said he’d been a bit of a lost cause, but with a new girlfriend and a therapist. Rose was less thorny. Shep talked about writing a book: Average Expectations: Lessons in Lowering the Bar. I do like the title. Andy asked who could have predicted Shep being in a serious relationship, and that was a nobody. Shep said it was an adjustment, but had happened organically. Taylor had refused to give him a reason to run away, and they’ve been together a year. John’s advice was not to take her for granted. Kathryn though Shep was calmer, kinder, and a better listener. He was a more nurturing person. Andy asked what set Taylor apart, and Shep said he sees every day what a good person she is. Andy asked if he’d been faithful, and he stumbled a little, saying, they’d had some hiccups. There were text messages, and he’d kissed a girl, but that’s all it was. It was a moment of weakness when he was drinking. He’d also texted an old flame. Austen said Shep finally took an honest look at himself, and decided who he wanted to be with. Leva thought they were romanticizing cheating. John asked what if Taylor did the same thing, and Shep said he would ask to talk about it. Andy asked Madison if it was hard not to take pleasure in Shep’s relationship drama, but she was there for the apology tour. Andy asked what Shep had learned in therapy, and Shep said to ask himself if he was happy today, and not project. He was trying to be present.

The topic of Shep making fun of a homeless person on Instagram was brought up. John said he told Shep to take it down, and sent Shep a documentary about people who collect cans, but Shep brushed it off. He said it was funny, and that’s all he cared about. Shep said he was drunk, and in a bad headspace. Afterward, he met his parents in Alaska, and when his dad confronted him, he broke down, Andy asked if there was peace between him and Madison, and they said there was, but Austen said they weren’t friends. Madison told him to shut his Muppet mouth, and I was like, ugh. I don’t like Austen all that much, but I think he’s just immature. Madison is just plain mean; a POS wrapped in a pretty package. Shep asked at what point Austen was culpable. Why would Madison let him go when he was cheap labor. Austen said he’d have his time.

Craig’s career ambitions, or lack thereof, were discussed. Andy said Craig’s pillow success must be tough for Shep to swallow, but Shep said he supported Craig and his pillows. We flashed back to times Shep dogged Craig, and Andy gave him he opportunity to eat crow. Shep said he wanted Craig to prosper beyond his wildest dreams. He’d come further than all of them. Craig said they were able to survive during quarantine, and did a quarter million dollars in sales in November. Shep asked if he could borrow some money. Craig said he was opening a brick and mortar store next to Leva’s restaurant. He wanted to do kitchen stuff, and John suggested a Craig body pillow. We flashed back to Patricia saying her pillows luxury, while Craig’s were affordable. Craig said Patricia’s pillows went for $20, while theirs went for $58, which is more than I’d pay for a Craig pillow. Madison said he was nasty, but he said the truth only seemed to hurt Madison. Kathryn thought Patricia was wrong to throw shade at a younger person coming up.

Andy asked Leva what the best part of her experience was, and she said, getting to know everyone better. She and Kathryn had their ups and downs, but she got to know the good parts of her. They all had good hearts, and were good people; she enjoyed them – in doses. Andy asked what the worst part was, and she said when she felt like no one was hearing her. Viewer Francoise viewer asked her to spill the tea about Charleston night life, and she said Shep had to be ushered out of the bar. Shep thought it was a great way to leave. There was a finality to it. Kathryn said the first time she’d had a love connection with Thomas was at Republic. She told Lamar to watch Kathryn. Craig said they’d let Kathryn get pregnant by a 52-year-old man. They didn’t do a good job. Andy asked what other firsts there had been at Republic, and John said he’d kissed Kathryn there. He still couldn’t get the lipstick out of his shirt. Leva said she wouldn’t spill the tea though. It was an industry thing; they were all protected. Andy said she’d talked about being an outsider, and she said interracial couples were more common now. Shep thought Charleston was progressive for a southern city, and Leva agreed. She talked about getting in a car accident, where she’d hit another car. She said the guy got out, and his first question was, are you illegal? Geez, you’d think it would be, are you all right? That’s the usual first question. She said he asked if it was even her car. She also had a guy say he didn’t want her Yankee money when she was trying to buy property. Andy said there had been a lot of Tweets about her son being named Little, and she said his name was Lamar Alfred Bonaparte III. In the South, thirds are usually called Trip or Trey (wow – I learned something new), but it hadn’t fit. When Lamar would change the baby, he’d say he was big Lamar, and their son was little Lamar, and that stuck.   

Andy asked about Leva’s relationship with Cameran, but Leva said it wasn’t there anymore. They’d been close, but she hadn’t heard from Cameran. There was no bad blood though. Andy wondered if Cameran was upset about Leva doing the show, and Leva said she assumed Cameran didn’t want to know about it. Craig said Cameran loved doing it, and Kathryn said Cameran was given an offer to come back right up until yesterday. Craig thought Cameran was regretted not doing it, but Shep thought he was wrong. She liked being part of the group. Danni said Cameran liked control in her life, and regretted not being part of it, but… and Kathryn said Cameran made the decision to leave before anything had happened between them. She hadn’t made up the rumor about Jason cheating, and she thought Cameran was inauthentic and fake. She used Kathryn when it was to her benefit. Craig said he knew there was no truth to the rumor, but Kathryn hadn’t made it up. Cameran was all gung-ho with him and Shep to do the show, and at the 11th hour, decided not to. No one knew why, which was really weird, especially since no one believed Jason had cheated either. Leva said there were rumors about every one of them, and she was surprised it was taken seriously. She said she never repeated that stuff, and always kept it real. Kathryn told Leva that she’d said hurtful stuff, and even made fun of her voice. Leva agreed it was low, and apologized. Kathryn said Leva distorted her narrative.

Next time – the conclusion of this messiness – a bathroom break, Madison talks about her mommy makeover (too bad she can’t get a personality makeover), Leva wishes Austen would stop popping off like a baby, John tells Craig to never mention his kids, and Shep asks if Madison is threatening him. Looks like a good time.

🏖 The horrible people from Summer House are back. Now I like this show even less because I’ve grown to like Hannah Berner on Chat Room, and I’m embarrassed that she’s on it. Last summer was a bust here, but apparently, a new season was filmed in the Hamptons. Tonight’s episode reflected on the past four summers, and gave a preview of the new season. Yep. They’re just as awful.

👮🏾‍♀️ Temp Work At the PCPD…

Temporary Jordan looks like she just walked off the Saved By the Bell set. They might have made an effort to make her look less like a teenager.

Tiffany Daniels Is the Temporary Jordan Recast on GENERAL HOSPITAL

🦊 Old Jordan’s New Move…

It’s getting hard to keep all the Jordans straight.

Vinessa Antoine’s Series DIGGSTOWN Heads to Fox!

🎞 In Case You Were Going…

The dates for Cannes have been moved again.

Cannes Film Festival & Marche Delay Until July – Update

👑 Animation Game…

I’m not sure how I feel about this.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/game-of-thrones-animated-series-hbo-max-1234894042/

🧔🏻 Leaving the Building With Elvis…

I’m off to do some work for https://mupoentertainment.com – give us a click if you can. And no matter what, stay safe, stay respectful of the environment, and stay knowing which necklace you switched. If your prone to do that sort of thing.

Jan5

January 4, 2021 – Cyrus Accuses Jason Of Kidnapping, a Drunken Guest Takes a Midnight Swim, Not a Crush, a Hit, Unwelcome Return, She’s Still Here & Good

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Jason tells Carly, he had a shot at Cyrus, and she asks why he didn’t take it. He says, because she was there. If there was a witness or things had gone sideways, she could be an accessory and he couldn’t take that chance. He had to let Cyrus live. Cyrus knows why, and now they’ll be vulnerable. Carly’s phone dings, and she looks at it. She tells Jason, they won’t be vulnerable. She solved it. The house phone rings, and Jason answers. He says, send him up, and tells Carly, go upstairs; Cyrus is there. She says, it worked, and he says, what worked? What did she do?

Ava and Nikolas walk into an empty Charlie’s, and Ava says, Julian was so proud of this place. She was proud of him having it. It’s not easy getting out of the business he was in. This place gave him a foundation and a purpose. He poured his heart and soul into it, trying to make a legitimate living, but it wasn’t enough to save his life. Being a Jerome is a hard habit to break. Nikolas asks if she’s expecting trouble, and she says, nothing she can’t handle.

Portia looks for Mac, but finds Jordan in the office. She says she didn’t realize Jordan was back. She needs to speak to Taggert before he’s released. Jordan says she owes Portia an apology. She hopes to fix the damage that’s been done. Portia says it will just be an excuse, and she doesn’t have time for empty promises. They both know Jordan will do the exact same thing again.

Laura meets Martin at the MetroCourt. He says she seems to have something on her mind. In the spirit of their newfound status as siblings, can he do anything to help? She says, actually, yes. He’s guessing it’s about Cyrus, and she says she needs leverage against their brother.

On the phone with Josslyn, Jax says he understands. Let him know if she changes her mind… He’ll talk to her later… He loves her too. Nina asks if everything is okay with Josslyn, and he says, not really. His daughter refuses to come to Australia with him. Nina says she thought it was all set, and she’d agreed, but he says, she comes from a long line of stubborn women on both sides. Nina asks how much danger Josslyn is really in, and he says, that’s just it. As long as Sonny is missing, no one knows what the next move will be on his so-called territory. Seeing a mob war in Port Charles isn’t pretty, and his daughter is refusing to stay out of the line of fire. 

Carly opens the door, and asks how she can help Cyrus. He says she can’t. He walks up to Jason, and says, this bastard took his mother.

Nikolas tells Ava, the Jeromes attract their fair share of trouble, but the Cassadines have been known to cause chaos from time to time. She says they really are a perfect fit. Someone tries the door, and Nikolas opens it to Alexis. She says she saw the light on, and thought… She doesn’t know what she thought. Nikolas says he understands. Ava says she knows what Alexis is looking for. She blamed all of her problems on Julian, and now she’s realized too late that she wanted him back after all.

Portia says, Jordon doesn’t get to validate her feelings to assuage her guilt, and Jordan says, it was the only way. She wishes that wasn’t the case. Portia says, even if Jordan couldn’t tell her at first, why didn’t she say something after Portia started helping her? She falsified medical records for Jordan, and put her career on the line to buy her time. Jordan says, she appreciates the risk, and Portia asks if she didn’t do enough for Jordan to tell her that her ex was alive, and comfort her daughter with the truth. Jordan says she was trying to protect Trina, and Portia says they see how that worked out. Trina is devastated. Jordan took Trina’s father from her twice; once, pretending he was dead, and then destroying her faith in him.

Martin says Laura cuts right to the point, and she says she thinks they have the rest of their lives to get to know one another. Cyrus is dangerous right now, so she figured she’d start there. Please help her. He asks why she assumes he can, and she says she hasn’t known Cyrus that long. She never dreamed she’d have a half-brother who turned out to be an infamous drug lord. He reminds her that it’s alleged infamous drug lord. Cyrus was cleared of his crimes. She asks Martin not to tell her that Cyrus is a poor, misunderstood philanthropist. He sent a team of gunmen to Port Charles last winter, and she was one of the victims. He had a bomb planted in The Floating Rob that put her daughter into a coma. Martin says, something Laura has to understand about him, is that he’s a representative of the court; a servant of the law. He makes decisions based on evidence, not conjecture or hearsay. There’s no credible evidence to overturn Cyrus’s release. In the eyes of the law, he was cleared. That’s all they know, or can be sure of. She says she can’t tell if he’s turning a blind eye, or she read him wrong and he’s working for Cyrus.

Cyrus says his mother is a fragile, elderly woman, in need of constant medical care, and Jason asks what that has to do with him. Cyrus says, don’t BS him. Jason took her. Bring her back or there will be hell to pay. Jason says he doesn’t know where she is, but he can make inquiries. Cyrus tells Jason that he needs to do more than that. If his mother is harmed… Jason says, threats are not helpful. Like he told Cyrus on the pier, don’t try to escalate. If they keep the peace, no one will get hurt. Cyrus says, including his mother?

Jax says that he was counting on Carly to talk sense into Josslyn, and Nina says, maybe it slipped her mind. He says, her child’s safety? and she says, Carly’s husband is missing. He says, all the more reason for Josslyn, and the entire family to get out of town. What kind of a life is it for her? If he pisses someone off in his business, no one has to go into hiding. She asks if Josslyn told him why, and he says, she wanted to stay with her mother. She also mentioned Avery and Donna. She remembered Michael and Morgan being there during difficult periods of her life, and she wanted to do the same for her sisters. Nina says, she’s got a great heart, and he says he knows that, and he’s proud of her, but the agreement has always been, at the first sign of danger, she leaves with him. Nina says, he made the agreement when Josslyn was a kid. She hates to break it to him, but Josslyn isn’t a kid anymore. He asks what she’s saying. He should let Josslyn stay? She says, no. She’s saying maybe he needs a new agreement, but not with Carly – with Josslyn.

Laura asks if that’s how it is. Is Martin in Cyrus’s pocket? He says, no. He doesn’t work for Cyrus, or represent any of Cyrus’s legal affairs. She should be pleased to know they have no business aspirations in common. Laura says, that’s a relief, and he says, no matter how much he disapproves of Cyrus’s alleged misconduct, he owes Cyrus for his significant financial support of their mother. She says she understands family loyalty, and regardless of what Cyrus has become, he and Martin shared a childhood. She doesn’t have that loyalty. She and Cyrus are related, but they’re not family. Martin says, family are the people you come to love, no matter how. The city is an extension of her family, and she does what she can to protect it. Laura says she’d rather go against one brother than two, and he laughs. He says, he’s no crime lord, but he won’t be her enemy or adversary. She asks if he’ll be her ally.

Alexis says she saw the light, and was hoping… Ava says, for what, or who? Nikolas suggests Ava not kick Alexis while she’s down, and Ava asks if she should wait until Alexis sobers up. She was there when her brother did everything he could to win Alexis back, but it was never enough for her. Alexis thought Julian was unworthy. Alexis says, it’s an oversimplification, and Ava says, Julian made a million mistakes. He was a coward in many ways, but he was also heroic. Alexis says, he had his moments, and Ava says, generous of Alexis. She’s not blind. Julian had his faults. He made bad choices, scrambled to cover them, making worse choices, which eventually led to his death. If she wants to be angry at the people who hurt Julian while he was alive, she has the right to be. Alexis broke Julian’s heart. Nikolas says he gets it. It’s complicated. Feelings are complicated, but taking it out on Alexis isn’t helping. The momentary sensation of power Ava gets won’t ease the pain of Julian’s death. Ava says, power is better than grief, but he’s right. She has to consider that Julian never stopped loving Alexis. She doesn’t think he’d want her lashing out. Nikolas says, probably not, and Alexis says, are they kidding her? Is she seeing what she’s seeing, or is she that drunk? Have Nikolas and Ava fallen in love with each other?

Jason says Cyrus told him that he talked in facts not emotions. The fact is, Cyrus’s mother is missing, and making demands gets him no closer to finding her. Cyrus asks, what does? What does Jason want? Jason says he wants Cyrus to leave, and Cyrus says Carly is awfully quiet. She doesn’t seem that upset for a woman whose husband has vanished. Perhaps they arranged this between them. Carly says she can’t speak to his mother’s whereabouts, but she thinks his mother will find her way back to him. He’s lucky Jason is going to make inquiries; he usually finds what he’s looking for. Jason says Cyrus needs to leave before he calls the guards. Cyrus says, he and Sonny had their differences, but Sonny understood honor. He would never kidnap an elderly woman and use her as a hostage to guarantee Cyrus’s good behavior. Jason says, he’s not Sonny, and Cyrus leaves. Jason turns to Carly, and says, she took his mother? Carly says, they needed leverage. Now they have it.

Jason says Carly needs to tell him exactly what happened. How did she figure out where Cyrus mother was in the first place? She says, Laura, and sits down. She tells Jason, Laura’s biological father was Gordon Grey. He was married to Florence, and had two sons, Martin and Cyrus. Jason says, Cyrus is Laura’s half-brother? and Carly says, Laura just found out. She tracked Florence to a long-term care center in Vermont. He asks how she knows this, and she says, Laura stopped by, asking for Sonny. When she said Sonny was gone, Laura said they’d need protection, and Cyrus has a weak spot. Laura was referring to herself, but when she was explaining, she told Carly that Cyrus’s mother was in a facility in Vermont. After she left, Carly called Spinelli. He hacked into the facility’s computer, and arranged a transfer. Carly sent two guards and a nurse to take her to a safe house. Cyrus will never find her.

Alexis says, as absurd as a lecture is from the person who blackmailed her nephew into marriage… Ava says, what she’d like Alexis to understand is that she and Nikolas started out as adversaries, but found a connection deeper and more profound than they expected. Alexis says, that entire field has been fertilized how many times? The scenario is the same, and will play out for Ava and Nikolas, then end up the same way two people who are passionately in love with each other end up – at each other’s throats, fighting to the death.

Jordan tells Portia that she’s truly sorry Trina is hurting, but she was being watched. Because her grief was genuine,  Taggert was able to stay hidden. Portia says they let Trina go on in pain, and Jordan says it provided a cover for her to make sound choices. Portia says Jordan makes it sound easy, but Jordan says she knows how much Taggert loves Trina. They hated this, but genuinely believed it kept Trina safer to be kept in the dark. Portia says while she’s grateful for Trina’s safety, she doesn’t allow decisions for her child to be made in a vacuum. She has a right to know. How would Jordan feel in her place?

Laura tells Martin, even if he won’t side with her, he’s not going to interfere with Cyrus being brought to justice, is he? Martin says he hears what she’s saying… and Laura says, but he won’t help her. He tells her, he didn’t say that. Cyrus runs in, and makes a beeline for their table, saying, she’s gone. Martin says, who? and Cyrus says, their mother is missing. They kidnapped her. Martin asks, who’s they? and Cyrus says, their sister. It can’t be a coincidence that mere days after Laura discovered where their mother was, their mother disappears. He looks at Laura, and says, it’s all her, isn’t it?

Martin says, someone has taken their mother, and Laura knew? Laura says, of course (🍷) not. She swears it’s the first she’s hearing of it. She’d never put their mother in harm’s way. Cyrus asks if he’s supposed to believe that Laura didn’t tell Carly about her new brothers and their ailing mother. Martin says, the Corinthos crime family has their mother? Laura says, before she’s convinced, does Cyrus have proof? Cyrus says, whatever she told Carly, was passed onto Jason. He has a reputation for being lethal. He went there, and tried to guarantee their mother’s safety, but Jason refused. Laura asks if Jason said they have her, but Cyrus says, of course (🍷) not. That self-righteous bastard never incriminates himself, but he knows Jason has her. Laura says, if Jason has her – and that’s a big if – she can’t believe he’d let anything happen to her. Cyrus asks if that’s supposed to be a word comfort. Martin says, their mother needs constant care. If they don’t know where she is, how do they know she’s all right? Laura promises to do everything in her power to bring their mother back safe and sound. Cyrus says she’d better keep her promise. If anything happens to their mother, the fact that she’s his sister won’t help her.

Jason asks who’s taking care of Florence? and Carly says, the best nurse she knows; her mother. He says she brought Bobbie into this? She says, her mother was happy to help. Cyrus had Julian plant a bomb in The Floating Rib that put Lulu in a permanent care facility. She was willing to do anything. Florence is perfectly safe and receiving excellent care, and as long as they have her, Cyrus won’t hurt the people Carly loves. Jason says he has two options. The first, is taking Florence back to Vermont tonight, or play this out – on one condition. He plays it out. If Cyrus finds out Carly set this in motion, he’ll retaliate against her. Let Cyrus think he did it. From now on, Florence is his hostage. She says, everyone who knows him, knows he wouldn’t kidnap an old lady, but he says, that’s the deal; stay completely out, or he takes Florence back tonight. She says, fine, but she’s not sorry. He says he’s not asking for an apology, but it was a line he thought he’d never cross, and she just crossed it for him. He walks out.

Jax says, Josslyn feels that she’s old enough to stay. She knows the truth about Sonny, who Sonny is, and understands the courses that need to be taken, especially after a long, extended lockdown. Nina says, Josslyn sounds like she’s making an informed decision. Given what she’s had to live through, she’s wise beyond her years, and very strong. Jax says, that’s his point. She should just be a kid, and enjoy life, not mourn her friend who’s been killed by a bomb. Nina says she agrees, but that’s not her reality. She thinks taking Josslyn away, if she wants to go or not, will be a terrible mistake.

Nikolas suggest they sober Alexis up, but Ava says, a cautionary tale like this deserves two fingers. He tells her that she’s not helping, and Alexis says, it’s foreplay, isn’t it? Them sniping at each other? Nikolas says he’s not discussing what goes on in his marriage bed with Alexis, especially given her condition. Ava gives Alexis a drink, and Alexis says, he’s right. It’s inappropriate for her to discuss things like that with him. He thanks her, and she turns to Ava, asking, when Nikolas sees Ava – really sees her – does he see all of her? Not just the shiny smother parts, but the shards, the broken pieces that were swept away in the dark corners of her soul. Ava says she believes he does, and Alexis says, to expose yourself in that way to someone you know you’re not supposed to trust, but do it anyway is so intoxicating and forbidden, it makes you devour each other. Ava says now that Alexis’s law career is over, she can start a new one, writing romance novels. Alexis says Ava is wrong about her and Julian. It had nothing to do with him being unworthy. Ava says, Alexis could have fooled her, and Alexis says, he was bad for her, and she loved him because of it. Ava says she knows, and Alexis says, it was crazy love, but it was great. She never felt more angry or passionate. She loved every minute, even the parts she hated, because it was poison, like Ava and Nikolas will be. Nikolas says, that’s enough.

Jordan tells Portia, the situation had no good options. She made the choice that would save the most lives, and she stands by it. Portia says they have no reason to discuss it further. She’ll speak to the desk sergeant. Jordan says, she won’t be able to bail Taggert out; he hasn’t been arraigned yet. Portia asks when the arraignment will be, and Jordan says, tomorrow. Taggert will be charged with fraud for faking his death. Portia says, which Jordan helped with, and Jordan says, keeping Taggert in custody while Cyrus is free is the safest place for him. Portia asks, what about the Feds? and Jordan says, eventually, Taggert will have to answer for perjury and false testimony, but for now, they’ll figure things out one at a time. She can arrange a meeting with Taggert and Trina, and Portia says, Trina will want to tear into him. Jordan says, if Trina wants to tear into her too, her door is always open. Portia says she’s always been honest with Jordan about her conversations with Curtis. She saw Curtis Christmas Eve. She said she understood that Jordan lying to protect Trina made him angry, but she told him to go home and talk to her.

Jax says he thought Nina was with him on this. If it was her daughter, wouldn’t she want to swoop in and take her away from danger? Nina says, of course (🍷) she’d want to, but it would still be wrong. It doesn’t matter what she’d think she’d do. She’s never met her daughter; her child is a blank slate, abstract. He and Josslyn have a great relationship. Josslyn is strong and brave, and knows her own mind. He and Carly raised a great kid, who’s eighteen now. She suggests he respect Josslyn’s wishes, and preserve the bond they have. Josslyn will be safer, thinking she has a wonderful father she can go to when she needs to, rather than him breaking his word, and proving he doesn’t trust her judgement by taking it away.

Nikolas tells Alexis, he’s sorry she’s hurting. He can’t imagine how Julian’s death has affected her. She says he won’t have to if they keep going down this road. He says she can’t take out her grief, rage, and loss on Ava. Alexis tells Ava that she’s sorry, and Ava says, no harm done. Nikolas says Alexis was right about one thing; her relationship with Julian was toxic. Look what it’s done to her. He and Ava are far from perfect, but whatever issues they have, they’re nothing like her and Julian. Alexis hopes he’s right. She doesn’t think he is, but she’s been wrong before. Nikolas says, it’s been a long night. He’ll drive her home. She says, it’s not necessary, but he says he’s not letting her drive. She says, neither would the state of New York. Her law license isn’t the only license she lost. Try saying that three times. (It is kind of hard.) She doesn’t want them to make the same mistake. Nikolas says he’ll get her a car, but Ava says, no. If they can benefit from honest advice, she’d like to hear what Alexis has to say. Alexis says, at some point, the seduction will end, the bond will end. And it will just be lies, deception, and manipulation; looking over their shoulders to see what scheme their partner is scheming, who they’re lying to, and what lies they’re telling for them. Then it constantly replays over and over until it becomes exhausting, and one day they wake up and realize it’s not love, but addiction. She’s an addict, but so are they, just like her. She walks out the door, and Nikolas follows.   

Portia says she’s never seen Curtis happier than with Jordan. She hopes they can fix what’s broken. Jordan says, whatever choices she makes moving forward are her business, and Portia says, if she’s being informed by someone else’s experience, maybe Jordan can learn from their mistakes. Maybe there’s something Portia will say that can help, if Jordan decides to listen. Jordan says, all right, and Portia says she loved Taggert very much when they met and when they marred, even when she realized their marriage would always come in second. It was lonely. Knowing that his communication with his partner was more important than with his wife didn’t help, but they broke up because they couldn’t share a life together; she was shut out of so much of it. Jordan says, and Portia thinks that’s going to happen to her and Curtis? Portia says she knows it can, and it might be already. As angry as she is, she doesn’t wish it on Jordan or Curtis. She leaves, and Jordan sits at her desk, looking really sad.  

Ava asks if Alexis got off all right, and Nikolas says he put her in the car. Whether she goes home or to another bar, she’ll probably end up drinking more either way. Ava says, far be it from her to judge. At least on that account. Nikolas says, Alexis was wrong about their relationship. Her relationship with Julian was twisted, and they made it work, but what she and Julian did to each other isn’t them, and will never be them. Ava says, of course (🍷) it won’t. Their feelings for each other, the way they need each other… He says, it’s totally different, and Ava says Alexis is seeing it through vodka colored glasses.

Martin says he’s never seen Cyrus so… He was going say concerned, but that doesn’t cover it. He’s afraid. Cyrus says, of course (🍷) he is. Their mother is old, sick, and frail. Just moving her… Martin says he knows, but what’s frightening Cyrus most? Her dying or never forgiving him?   

Carly goes to Jax’s house, and he says he takes it there’s no word from Sonny. Carly says, not yet, and Nina says she hopes there is soon. Jax says, in the meantime, he’d like to know, if all hell breaks loose, will their daughter be caught in the crossfire?  

Laura goes to Sonny’s house, and Jason answers the door. She says she needs to speak to Carly right away, but he says, sorry; Carly is out. She walks past him into the house, and says, he’ll do.  

Tomorrow, Nina tells Valentin that she needs to quit kidding herself, Dante wants confirmation from the WSB, Laura tells Jason that he’s turned it into a war, and Franco tells someone to stop it.

Below Deck

Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. Ashling asks what time Elizabeth went to bed, and she says it was late. Ashling asks if she and James were in the hot tub, and Elizabeth admits they kissed. She wonders what James going to say. In Elizabeth’s interview, she says, it was amazing last night. She feels excited and giddy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use the word giddy in real life. Eddie texts his mom about the virus. Francesca asks him if it’s hitting the U.S., and he says they’ve had the first death. It’s everywhere now. James does pull-ups using one of the railings, and Ashling says she feels fresh. Elizabeth is washing dishes, and Francesca notes that she got straight into it. She says Elizabeth seems flustered, and Elizabeth says she isn’t; she started working at 8:30. Francesca meets with the stews, and says, despite what happened with Elizabeth, she doesn’t want animosity. She wants them to work as a team, and no one is better than the other. She asks Ashling to clean the captain’s room, and puts Elizabeth on laundry. In Francesca’s interview, she says she’s still pissed at Elizabeth. It was super immature, and she could have been fired even before that. Elizabeth keeps disrespecting her, and it’s time for a wake-up call.

The captain tells Eddie that the new charter wants to be picked up in Jolly Harbour, two hours away. That’s what  they’re about, making the guests happy. Eddie tells Izzy that Rachel bothered him last night. When she’s working, Rachel is a great master of her art, but when she’s drinking, it’s like an evil switch flipped. Izzy says, she’s like a gremlin on crack. The deckhands get the boat ready, and Rob says they’re living the dream.

The crew congregates in the crew mess, and Elizabeth is all giggly to be around James in close quarters. In James’s interview, he says he’s been in relationships on boats before. The less people who know, the better. He asks Elizabeth if Ashling knows, and Elizabeth says it was written all over her face. In his interview, James says he’s a little peeved, but he can’t let her know. Rachel calls Vincenzo, and tells him that she loves him. In Rachel’s interview, she says she’s worried. Vincenzo is traveling between France and Italy, in areas that are quarantined, and it’s scary. Milan has been quarantined, and the grocery stores are empty. Everything becomes overwhelming, and she needs to keep a clear head. Vincenzo is her best friend.

Eddie says he needs more sleep, and we flash back to Francesca telling Eddie and Rob goodnight, and Eddie telling Rob that she’s into him. In Rob’s interview, he says Francesca is giving off steamy vibes, but she’s above his paygrade. She’s like a steamy nut. Hot, but you can’t touch it. Rachel cleans up the galley, and the captain gets ready to dock. He tells the deckhands, they nailed it this time. Elizabeth and Izzy sit in the crew mess, and Izzy asks what Elizabeth did. Elizabeth says, nothing, but Izzy insists she did something. She asks if Elizabeth had kissy kissy with James, and Elizabeth admits she did. Izzy says she knew this would happen. In Izzy’s interview, she says she’s pretty sure James just wants a root to boot (new one on me), but Elizabeth wants to love on him and have an emotional connection. There’s no way it’s going to work out. Francesca wants to talk to Elizabeth, and they sit in the Sky Lounge. She tells Elizabeth that the reason she came in when Elizabeth was talking loud with Izzy, wasn’t because she was annoyed that they were talking about her and how Elizabeth felt. It’s how it’s affecting the crew by her screaming it. Trying to provoke Francesca and get attention is immature. Elizabeth says she tried not to talk about it, but Francesca says she doesn’t give a f***. Shut the door. Don’t get anyone else involved. Elizabeth agrees with Francesca, and Francesca says she’s letting Elizabeth know it’s unprofessional. Everyone gossips, but it’s the way she was doing it. Elizabeth says she respects Francesca, and wants to keep rocking the charter. In Elizabeth’s interview, she says Francesca took her stripe; now she’s taking her co-worker’s sympathy. Thank God for James. 

Izzy says she heard James had fun in the hot tub, and he pretends not to know what she’s talking about. She says she’s proud of herself. She called this happening three weeks ago. Did he use protection? Rachel tells Captain Lee that she’s making the space work for her. He says, if she hasn’t been efficient so far, he’d like to see what happens when she is. He’s impressed. It’s time for the preference sheet meeting.

Primaries Tina and Mark are avid boaters, and socialize with their yacht club friends, some of whom will be coming. In Francesca’s interview, she says, these people are bad news. Boat people know everything they do. They want a Great Gatsby party, with a six-course tasting menu, and the water toys and jet skis. They don’t sound too awful, but in this bizarro yachting world where the most-likely-to-be demanding guests turn out to be a delight (and having seen the preview), I have the feeling they will be. Eddie asks James about Elizabeth, and James again feigns ignorance. Eddie asks if James thinks he was born last night. In Ashling’s interview, she says she thinks Izzy has a crush on James, but she doesn’t like to express her feelings. She’s better off, since James is a f***boy. Sorry, Elizabeth. Boy, she couldn’t have been more wrong (see below). Francesca calls for party decorations, feathers, and headpieces.   

James texts Elizabeth, and they meet on deck. Elizabeth asks what James’s mom does, and he says she’s happily retired. Elizabeth says her mom is too. They talk dogs, and we find out James has French bulldogs, and the viewers collectively squee at their photo. In James’s interview, he says he wants to take it slow, and be careful. They discuss their common interests. and first loves. In his interview, James says she cheated on him, but never admitted it. It was five years ago, and why he doesn’t have relationships anymore. They go to bed, separately.

Everyone is up early for charter, and in Izzy’s interview, she says her body aches, and everything she eats tastes like sick. Provisions come in, and the captain calls Francesca for his pants. Elizabeth can’t find the starch, and radios Francesca, who asks Ashling where it is. Ashling says she told Elizabeth, and comes to the laundry room. Francesca says they’re stressing her out for no reason. They need to communicate. In Ashling’s interview, she says she’s always helping Elizabeth, and picking up the slack. She’s 100% team Francesca, and making her look bad in front of her boss is not okay. Francesca tells Elizabeth to listen more. Elizabeth brings Captain Lee his Cheerios. Funny, my dad had Cheerios every morning too, and also gave a bowl to the dog.

Francesca forgets to put on her third stripe, and Eddie asks if she demoted herself too. Elizabeth laaaaughs. The guests arrive, and Captain Lee says, they’ll get the luggage on board, Francesca will give them the tour, and they’ll get out of there. Eddie thinks it’s a good sign that they seem classy. Rachel makes a charcuterie platter. My Seanna moves out. All the lines are in, and Elizabeth pops more champagne. The crew gets in their blues, and the boat heads to Five Islands Harbour. Rachel finds her phone in the freezer where she put it by accident. In her interview, she says, her phone is frozen, and covid is happening. Now she can’t talk to her boyfriend. It’s f***ed up, and she’s going to have a breakdown. Will it be worse than the last one she had? Will she really punch someone in the scrotum this time?

Impatient for a drink, Mark wonders if the stews will be mad if they self-serve. Izzy tells Eddie that she’s run down, and has a head cold. He asks if she wants some vitamin C. Mark says, everyone is sober, but Tina tells him, it’s still early. He’d better pick up the slack for all of them. A couple of the guests wander to the galley, and tell Rachel that they’re looking for champagne. She radios Francesca, who radios Elizabeth, who’s already on her way. The guests tell her that she doesn’t have to ask if they want another. Alrighty then. In Izzy’s interview, she says she’s powering through. She doesn’t like to feel like she can’t do her job. One of the female guests tells Eddie that they need the shirt off his back, and he says he has a lot of shirts. Nice save. Rachel marinates some Wagyu beef, and prepares mahi-mahi for lunch. In her interview, she says, locally sourced products are really yummy. Did she go to the Rachel Ray School of Culinary Arts?

Eddie tells the guests that they have big trouble. There’s way too much fun planned. He tells them they have horseback riding on the beach slated for tomorrow, but Tina says she wants to go shopping in town. Another guest says, what about a party on the beach? and guest Karen says, put the slide up. I laugh, since it had to be a Karen. (Sorry, Karens of the world.) Primary Tina asks if Captain Lee can join them for dinner. In Eddie’s interview, he mimics the guests by talking with his hands, and says he hates boat people, making air quotes.   

The guests drink some more. Francesca tells Captain Lee, they’re coming at the crew from all directions. They want to do it all at once. He says they don’t have enough people for that, and she says, they invited him to dinner. It’s a roaring 20s theme. Ashling helps Rachel thaw out her phone, and tells her about James and Elizabeth. Rachel says, shut the front door. James tells Izzy that her body is freaking out. She needs to rest. The guests go on jet skis, and Delores rides sidesaddle. The captain tells Rachel that he’s not wearing a silly ass costume, but Rachel says, a tuxedo is Great Gatsby. The guests move to the hot tub. In Francesca’s interview, she says, the guests are drinking a ton. They just arrived, and they’ve almost cleaned her out of champagne. She doesn’t know if they’re making it to dinner, and she’s scared. Eddie tells Captain Lee to do whatever he’s got to do to get out of this dinner. This group is going to be difficult. Tell them he came down with a cold and needs to sleep.

Rachel’s phone comes back, and she tells Elizabeth, she can’t believe she froze it, but it’s working. Francesca pours a drink, and Delores says, one, two, three, four, now’s the time to stop the pour. Five, six, seven, eight, now your drink is really great. The toys come in, and Francesca and Ashling decorate for dinner. Ashling tells Francesca, romance has begun with James and Elizabeth. In Francesca’s interview, she says she’s not surprised. There’s no work ethic going on. It’s a match made in heaven. Eddie tells Izzy to call it a night. Rob says, the guests have been drinking since 1 o’clock.

Izzy calls her sister Tori, who asks what she’s sick with. Izzy say she doubts it’s the virus. She was on a plane three weeks ago. Now I’m scared. In Izzy’s interview, she says she hasn’t been this sick long time. She’s hoping her immune disorder isn’t acting up again. She doesn’t want to end up paralyzed in a hospital. She wants to end the season, and feel like she accomplished something.

Izzy sleeps, and the guests gaze at the fish in the water. Delores says she wants to get in. Rachel makes waffles out of sweet potato tater tots. In her interview, she says she wonders what Great Gatsby is anyway. Leo DiCaprio waddling around? To her, a roaring 20s dinner is shenanigans. Something different, bigger, more over the top. She loves it, and would sign up for that. Delores wonders if she has champagne eyes. Tina and Mark check out the tablescape – feathers, bowler hats, pearls – and Tina says, it’s beautiful. Rob thanks he and James met in a previous life. In his interview, he says, the chemistry of two lost wandering souls found each other at sea. He loves fun guys. The guests sit, and Captain Lee joins them, wearing his dress uniform. He tells them, this is as Gatsby as he gets. He answers questions from the guests, like how many years he’s been a captain – thirty-five – and does he have any tattoos – no. Delores suggests they bring him downstairs. I have no idea what that means, and I’m sure he doesn’t want to find out. James and Elizbeth wash dishes, and in Rachel’s interview, she says she and Elizabeth are friends, but she was super effing disappointed to find out Elizabeth and James hooked up. James has been hitting on all the girls, and he pushed harder on the weakest link. Rachel plates. At the table, Delores burps. Loudly.

The next course is served. Elizabeth scarfs down a shrimp in the galley. Delores looks like she might get sick, and definitely doesn’t know what Rachel is saying when she presents the shrimp scampi. James pours Prohibition shots. Delores suggests they talk about the elephant n the room, and says they haven’t seen the captain naked in the water. She babbles nonsensically, and Mark says he’s going to put her in time out. Delores asks, how? and says he can put her in the water. In his interview, the captain says, Delores is drunker than a four-peckered goat. I have no idea what that means, and neither does anyone on Reddit. The guests think the waffles are amazing, and Captain Lee says Rachel has quite an imagination. Vincenzo texts Rachel, telling her that he’s home and not to worry. She says, thank God.

An incredible looking chocolate mousse dish is served, and Delores randomly tells Captain Lee that she could fix him up on jet skis he couldn’t imagine. He pretends to answer his radio, saying he thinks he heard an alarm. Mark says they can dress her up, but can’t take her out. The captain takes his leave, and heads for the galley, saying, that was full-on. He tells Rachel that the dinner was great. Francesca realizes she has to watch Delores, who wants to jump in the water. Francesca tells her, it’s not safe, and Tina tells her, there are sharks, and she doesn’t like sharks. The captain leans over the railing above, and says, no; she’s not getting in the water. That’s not happening. If he has to come in after her, she’s not going be happy. In his interview, he says, she’s very drunk, and it’s nighttime. She’s crossing the line, and he’s pissed. He’s not putting up with that; not for a second. Delores asks Francesca for peas, and says, fish like peas. She suddenly dives into the water, and Captain Lee says, son of a bitch, and runs downstairs. James offers to go in, but Francesca says he’s not going into the water either.  

In Captain Lee’s interview, he says, it’s the ultimate f*** you. She’s drunk, it’s dark, and he doesn’t need someone who’s going to jeopardize their own life on his watch. It’s not going to happen. The other guests have heard the splash, and wonder what’s going on. In Francesca’s interview, she says, WTF? It’s total disrespect to the captain, her, all of the crew. It’s about safety. This has reached another level. It’s just mental. Francesca asks the captain if it’s okay for James to jump in. Tina says Delores is a good swimmer, but Captain Lee says he doesn’t care; she’s drunk. He doesn’t need any dead bodies. Delores yells to them, asking if she can have a drink. Or maybe it’s peas she wants. I’m not sure. The captain says she’s not having anything, and tells her, get your goddam ass back to this boat now. He adds for her to go around the other side, since there’s no way up on that one. She wonders if he’s pissed at her, and he says, very pissed. In James’s interview, he says, this woman gives zero f***s. At the table, one of the guests says, now Captain Lee won’t like them anymore, and points the finger at another guest, adding, because Delores is their friend.

The captain says Delores has stepped over the line, and he’s not tolerating this behavior. Delores rambles about how much she paid, and he says he doesn’t give a sh*t. Tina tells Delores not to ruin their time, and the captain says her charter just ended. He’s done. Get her ass out of the water. He’s going back to the dock. Elizabeth tells Rachel about Delores jumping in the water in her white dress, and says, now the captain is screaming at her. The captain stomps over to the table, and tells Mark, their charter is over. There’s a guest in the water, drunk, and she won’t come out. He’s headed back to the dock. He’s not putting up with this. In the captain’s interview, he says he’s so mad he can’t see straight. He doesn’t want to be responsible for someone that reckless with their own life. He doesn’t need the liability. Get your effing sh*t and get off my goddam boat. This is total bullsh*t.

There was no preview. I guess they’re just leaving it up to our imaginations. Will Delores walk the plank? Will she be drawn and quartered? Will another boat pick her up, and give her an eye patch and a parrot? Is the charter really cancelled? No more champagne for you.

🔮 No Discernment Award For Ashling…

I don’t think Izzy had a crush on James.

https://people.com/tv/below-deck-star-izzy-wouters-comes-out-as-lesbian/

⚾️ Hitting It Out Of the Park…

I’m actually half-watching this now, but I know I’ll love it. The only thing better than watching TV is watching other people watch TV. Combine it with the Deck, and you’re bound to have a hit.

‘Below Deck Galley Talk’ Is a Huge ‘Below Deck’ Hit With Fans

🏖 They’re Ba-a-ack…

The awful people from Summer House are back on February 4th, to lead their double-lives as sub-human teens in the Hamptons on the weekends, while working high-level, high-paying jobs in Manhattan during the week. I’ve actually come to like Hannah Berner on Chat Room, but the only redeeming quality of this show is how easy it is to make fun of. Watch the trailer. If you dare.

https://people.com/tv/summer-house-season-5-trailer-premiere-date/

🤷🏻 Is She Or Isn’t She…?

The details are sketchy about her collapse, but apparently, Tanya Roberts is still hanging in there. I’d read this morning in the New York Post that she had died, but I wasn’t sure what I was more upset about, her death, or that they hadn’t mentioned The Beastmaster. I met her once at a convention (remember those?), and she was a very gracious person. As of this post, she still is.

https://abc7.com/tanya-roberts-still-alive-bond-girls-a-view-to-kill/9354423/

🕺🏽 A-Leaping Out Like the Eleventh Lord…

It’s time to reprogram myself away from full-time eating, TV watching, and napping. You’d think I meant after the holidays, but unless the holidays started in April… While I’m readjusting, stay safe, stay maintaining balance, and stay not disobeying the captain by drunkenly jumping in the water after dark to feed peas to the fish.

May7

May 6, 2020 – Robert Drowns His Sorrows, Two Hours of Dreck, Teddi’s Retreat, Returning, Jimmy’s Soap, the Latest On Erika, Atlanta Reunites, Non-Essential, NOS4A-Part 2, a New Gala & Balloons

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

 

General Hospital

I honestly don’t know wth happens. I think I have extra time, then I run late. I’m usually here by the time the opening credits roll, but still. So here’s the set-up. Robert is crying in his beer at The Floating Rib, and Anna arrives; it’s Dante’s birthday, and Sonny went to visit Mike; Brook and Michael spar at Sonny’s gym, and Jax catches up to Carly at the MetroCourt bar.

Sam tells Kristina, it’s no secret that Carly and Sonny are Jason’s closest friends. Jason knew them before she came along, and she’s fine with that. She supports it. Alexis asks Kristina, what’s going on? Why is she saying hurtful things to Sam? Kristina says she’s not trying to be hurtful. She’s trying to get Sam to see the truth. Molly says, it sounds like something Kristina learned from DoD, but Kristina says, just the opposite. She’s gained perspective since then, and is trying to be a better person. Molly says, so now Kristina is a relationship expert, despite never having had a healthy relationship herself? Is she jealous of Sam’s love for Jason?

At The Floating Rib, Mac thanks Anna for coming. Robert is sad, but okay. He’s been drinking a lot of beer. Robert says he can’t believe Holly is gone. He texted Luke, but he’s probably preoccupied with Ethan. Mac says, it’s horrible, losing a parent. Robert says, Holly could charm the pants off of you, steal your wallet, and you’d still be charmed. He really did love her. Anna asks how he is, and he says, lousy. Mac tells Anna, he didn’t lose a great love, but Holly was a great friend. Anna says she’s sorry, and Felicia says, Holly would want them to celebrate her life, not mourn her death. Anna says, champagne and caviar, everything first class. On someone else’s dime, of course (🍷). Maxie and Peter come in, and Maxie asks, what’s going on? Robert says, it’s a terrible time. He doesn’t need Peter around, so get out.

Sonny shows Mike Dante’s picture on his phone, and says it’s his grandson. Does Mike recognize him? Mike says, nice phone. Felix comes in, and asks if Mike needs anything. Mike asks if Felix wants to play checkers, but Sonny says he needs to talk to Felix. He’ll be right back. He leaves Mike his phone, and they go into the hallway. He tells Felix that his dad is struggling to eat, but Felix says, Mike had some applesauce when he woke up. Is it a problem? Sonny says, it’s not a problem. It’s just that Mike is eating the same thing his baby daughter is eating, and it’s strange for him. Sonny goes back into Mike’s room, where Mike is staring into space and smiling.

Jax tells Carly that Nina had a front row seat to the custody war between Lulu and Valentin, and they called a cease fire. Carly says, that’s great, but Charlotte’s case is nothing like Wiley’s. Nina said she wanted to protect Wiley, and that’s why she hired Nelle. He says, if there’s no smoking gun, Nina isn’t going to plant one, and Carly says, why not? Nelle has done it often enough. Turnabout is fair play. He says, Nina looks at Nelle and sees herself. She never got the love of a mother. She says, it’s the same sob story Nelle has given before. It’s an act. She’s a total manipulator, and Nina should know better.

Nina says Nelle misinterpreted the conversation. She wasn’t defending Nelle; she was just  trying to understand. Nelle says, that’s more than anyone else has done or tried to do. Nina says, if Nelle is honest, she’s given people reason to doubt her; even to fear her. Nelle says, she can’t deny that, but can’t people change? Learn from their mistakes, and become a better person? Like Nina. Nina says, it doesn’t matter what she thinks, what matters is what the judge thinks. Nelle says, the judge will listen to Nina, but Nina says she doesn’t know why she should get involved, since the custody hearing has nothing to do with her.

Brook tells Michael, he can hit harder; put some muscle into it. Get in touch with his anger. He needs to get his aggression out, or disaster will strike. He’ll see Nelle, and lose it, calling her out for the psycho bitch she is. Then Nelle will turn on the waterworks, and tell the judge he’s abusive and vindictive. Michael says, that’s why he’s going to be under control, but she says if he goes in cold and calculating looking to inflict maximum damage, he’ll regret it. That’s why he has to vent while he’s there. Pretend she’s Nelle, and let her have it. He punches harder, and she says, that’s it. Now pretend he’s that girlfriend stealing Chase, and give him what he deserves. Michael turns around, and sees Sasha and Chase standing behind him, outside the ring.

Anna tells Maxie and Peter, Charlie’s might be a better fit. Robert is hurting, and drowning in beer. Maxie explains to Peter that Holly was Robert’s ex-wife. He says, Robert was married to Anna, but Maxie says, you can have more than one great love; look at them. Anna says her relationship with Holly was complicated. Sometimes they were friends, sometimes enemies; they were frenemies. She feels bad, especially since Robert adored Holly. Peter says she’s right. They should go to Charlie’s. Maxie says she wants to give Robert her condolences first. It was so sudden. He must be devastated.

Sonny tells Felix, it’s great having him there for his dad, and Felix says he’s glad to help. Sonny says he knows it’s tough, putting in the extra time, but Felix says he’s glad Sonny reached out. He’s always liked Mike, and if his being there makes Mike more comfortable, that’s the reason he became a nurse in the first place. Sonny says, he appreciates it, and goes back into Mike’s room. He tells Mike, he’s learning things about him all the time. He likes his pillows firm, but not too firm. Now he’s learned Mike likes applesauce. Who knew? He’s tired of thinking about what Mike wants, and needs Mike to tell him what he needs. How does he want to live the remaining time he has left? Does he want the doctors to take every measure they can to save his life, or does he want them to do nothing? Mike’s got to tell him something. What does he want? Mike motions him closer, and says, Yankees.

Carly tells Jax, she gets that Nina has unresolved issues about babies and motherhood, but Nina will be to blame if Nelle gets her hands on Wiley. Jax asks if that’s not a little unfair. Carly says she knows Jax is thinking about what she said regarding Nina not being a mother, but she thinks Nina paints a romantic picture of motherhood. Just because you carry and deliver a baby, doesn’t mean you become a good and selfless person. Look at Nelle; there’s been no maternal bonding. Jax says Carly admitted she wasn’t good or selfless until she had Michael. Isn’t that what changed her? Carly says it did, but it wasn’t like a magic wand. She didn’t go to bed a gold-digger, and wake up a Madonna. She had to make choices, and had to give up things she liked. She hated it, and had to learn to sacrifice things she loved when she realized it was the best thing for her kids. Nelle never learned that. That’s why she’s dangerous.

Nelle wishes she knew how to convince Nina she’s changed. Nina says, if she agreed to testify – and it’s a big if – the only thing she could say is, in the brief time Nelle has worked there, she’s been a good employee. She can’t vouch for Nelle’s motive or character, or how she’d be as a mother. Nelle says they’ve talked about it. She told Nina what she’s up against, and why she needed the job. She knows what happened with Sasha still hurts, and how badly Nina wanted it. That’s how she feels about Wiley. Don’t believe Brad. She didn’t give the baby away; she believed he died. Now she has an incredible second chance to hold her son. Nina says, Nelle is good; she’ll give her that. Nelle says, she’s not good. Everyone knows that, but she has a chance to do better for Wiley. It’s a start, and maybe one day, she’ll grow into someone people admire, like Nina, but she can’t unless somebody gives her a second chance.

Sasha says she had no idea Michael would be there, and tells Chase, let’s go. Brook says, don’t leave on their account. Not that they care. Chase says it doesn’t involve Brook, but Brook says Michael has a custody hearing tomorrow, and can’t risk beating up a cop. She’s in a different boat. Chase tells Sasha, let’s go, and Brook says she was willing to give Sasha the benefit of the doubt; a bad girl who turned her life around because of the love of a good man. It was a fairytale she was willing to buy into, but Sasha isn’t just bad. She’s rotten to the core. A liar and a user; one step above Nelle. Chase tells her to stop, and she says, and him. A cheating cheater who cheats. Willow found out her baby died, and he jumps into bed with her supposed friend. Sasha says if Brook’s got a problem, bring it to her. Brook says Sasha’s got it.

Kristina agrees with Molly. Her love life has been like the Titanic, where she’s reaching for a life preserver that isn’t there. But she doesn’t want to feel desperate. She wants a relationship like Molly and TJ have. Molly says, the one where she cheated on TJ, and Kristina tried to convince her not to tell him? Sam doesn’t want to talk about Jason, TJ, or anyone else. All she wants is a drink right now. She looks at Alexis, and says, sorry. Kristina says their mom has been sober for years, and Molly says she doesn’t think mentioning a drink will send Alexis to a bar. Alexis says, since they’re being brutally honest, she’ll tell them what she’s already told Sam. She’s only been sober for two weeks.

Maxie tells Robert, she’s so shocked. It doesn’t matter how long they were apart. She knows how much he cared. Peter tells Mac and Felicia, sorry for their loss, and Felicia says that’s kind of him. Robert says, the late Holly Sutton. How does that happen? It makes it better when you say late. She’s not really dead, just late. Anna says he’s not being fair to Peter, and Robert says Peter always means well. He laughs, and says, Henrik, how is it that such a remarkable woman like Holly’s got to die, and a completely unadulterated dirtbag like you gets to live?

Sonny and Mike watch a baseball game on TV, and Sonny says, Mike’s got a hit. Felix says, it’s a nice father and son moment. Sonny says he asked his father what he wanted. He was thinking about life and death, but Mike said, the Yankees. They all love baseball, especially Dante. They didn’t raise him, but it’s in his DNA. Even with everything Mike’s forgotten, he remembers baseball. He wishes Dante was here. He’d love it as much as Mike.

Jax tells Carly, he knows Nina seems to be wavering, but she cares more about Wiley’s welfare than Nelle’s. Trust her to do the right thing. Carly hopes he’s right. On top of the hearing in the morning, there’s a lot going on with Mike. Sonny has some difficult decisions to make. Jax says he’s sorry, and she says, that’s why she was hoping to uncover something that would lock up the case for Michael getting custody, and it would all be over with Nelle. He says he would help in any way he can with either situation. He’d drop everything, and hopes she knows that. She says she does, because Jax is the guy he is. He’s the good guy who wants to swoop in to save the day, but he can’t. He says, as far as the custody hearing goes, he’ll talk to Nina. She thanks him, and says, if Nina will listen to anyone, it’s him.

Brook steps out of the ring, and tells Sasha that they can go ten rounds, but Sasha says she’s not like Lulu, who will back off after a few insults. Chase tells Sasha not to stoop to Brook’s level; let’s go. Michael suggests they all cool down, and Brook says, what was Sasha thinking? She’s obviously too shallow to appreciate Michael’s loyalty and commitment, but he’s the shining star of the Quartermaine family. He’s got prestige and connections, and a bottomless bank account. Sasha could have been sitting pretty. Instead, she jumped into bed with Chase. Brook punches Sasha in the face, and is like, oops.

Molly says she’s sorry, and asks if Alexis is okay. Alexis says, she’s fine. She had one drink, and went straight to an AA meeting. Molly asks, what happened? and Alexis says, maybe her and Neil testifying at the hearing. Maybe there was too much pressure, and she took the easy way out. Sam says, that’s not what happened. She went off on Alexis, and said some things she shouldn’t have. Alexis says, Sam didn’t make her drink; she did. If she drank every time they exchanged words, she wouldn’t have a liver. She’s ready for whatever comes. Kristina asks if she means Neil, and Alexis says she’s not sure.

Felicia tells Robert, no more beer; coffee. Peter says he’s going to get out of everyone’s way, and steps outside. Maxie tells Robert, she loves him, and knows the pain he’s experiencing, but he doesn’t get to talk to Peter like that. Robert asks why Holly had to die. He knows in his heart that she wasn’t ready; it wasn’t her time. Mac says they’ve all lost people, and Felicia says, no one ever thinks it’s the right time. Out in the hallway, Peter sends a text: Need answers. NOW. Maxie comes out, and says, sorry. It’s the grief and a lot of beer talking. Peter asks if she’s telling him not to take it personally, and she says, with Robert, it’s always personal, but it’s not Peter’s fault Holly died.

Sonny says, are you kidding him? He was off by a mile. He sees Mike is asleep. Carly comes in, and says she can hear Sonny down the hall. He says his dad wanted to watch the Yankees.

Nina tells Nelle, before she even considers testifying on her behalf, Nelle has to do more than promise to be a better person. A child is at stake. A child who’s been taken away from the only parent he knows. Nelle says that’s why she needs Nina. Michael’s family is going to raise Wiley to think that she didn’t want or deserve him. He’ll wonder why his mom is a stranger. She needs him to know she didn’t turn her back on him. Will Nina give her a second chance? Help her out? There’s a knock at the door, and Jax asks if he’s interrupting.

Brook tells Chase, she’s calling a Ride Share. She’s going to check on Michael at the hospital, and make sure he doesn’t do something stupid, like forgive Sasha. He says she can’t go around punching people, and she says, it was an accident. He wonders why there are always accidents when she’s there, and she says, look around him. It’s a boxing gym. People are supposed to throw punches. Don’t blame her for his bad mood, and that he lost his girlfriend because he couldn’t keep it in his pants.

Felicia tells Robert that he can use some more coffee.  Robert says, fine, and Mac says, drink up. Robert tells Anna, it’s not like he said anything bad, and she says he told Peter that he should feel guilty for being alive. He says that’s not the way he meant to say it, and Mac asks if there’s a right way. Felicia says Robert owes Peter an apology. Holly would want that. Maxie comes back, and Anna asks where Peter is. Maxie says, he needed some air. She doesn’t blame him.

Outside, a guy approaches Peter. He says he got there as fast as he could. What’s the problem? Peter slams him up against the side of the building, and the guy asks, what’s wrong? Peter says he told him to distract Robert, not kill Holly. The guy says, they were monitoring her, but had nothing to do with the incident. Peter says, if he finds out the guy is lying… and they guy swears it’s the truth. Peter lets him go, and he asks if Peter still wants them to do something to distract Robert. Peter says, there’s no need now. Fate seems to have done it for him.

Carly and Sonny go into the hallway. Mike says, the Yankees were Mike’s idea. He told Mike it was Dante’s birthday, and Mike mentioned the Yankees. He connected the two things. Carly says, maybe Mike was telling Sonny what he wanted to hear, and Sonny says, could be, but at least his dad connected it. He wanted to talk about the DNR, and asked Mike if he wanted the doctors to let him go or take extra measures. That’s when he brought up the Yankees. That says his dad isn’t ready to give up.

Jax asks if Nina is done for the night, and she says she is. Nelle says, actually, they were in the middle of a conversation, but Nina says, Jax is right. Nelle has a big day tomorrow, and should get some sleep. Nelle thanks Nina for listening, and hopes Nina thinks about what she said. Jax says, goodnight, Nelle, and Nelle grabs her stuff and leaves. Jax asks what Nelle wanted, and Nina says Nelle wanted her to be a character witness. He says, wow; she’s shameless. Nina doesn’t respond, and he says, she isn’t seriously considering it, is she?

Chase tells Brook, she needs to clean up her own life before she points fingers at him. She asks if it makes him uncomfortable; her pointing out that he’s a lying, sleazy cheat who betrayed her cousin. It’s a funny thing about the Quartermaines. They talk about each other, but close ranks when an interloper like Sasha. Chase says, what they do behind closed doors is her business, but… He takes out his ticket book, and says, disturbing the peace is his. He’s citing her for public disturbance. Be grateful it’s not misdemeanor assault. She can pay online or in person. He hands her the ticket, and she rips it up, saying that’s what she thinks of his ticket.

Maxie tells Mac, she knows how much he loved Holly too. Peter joins them, and Mac asks if he’s feeling better. Peter says, very much so, and Mac asks him to overlook Robert’s words; it’s the grief talking. Peter says he understands. What happened is tragic. Felicia tells Anna, when the shock wears off, they need to have a proper memorial. Not too proper; Holly loved a good time. She asks Anna, what is it? She’s been quiet all night. Anna says she read the report from the WSB about the incident where Holly was killed. Felicia wonders why the WSB is involved, and Anna says, Holly did contract work for them. Felicia asks if Holly was killed while she was working, and Anna says, that’s classified, but let it suffice to say, she saw enough to believe there’s more to the story.

Sonny tells Carly, he’s not ready to make a decision on how Mike should live his final days. He’ll  try to talk to Mike tomorrow. Carly asks if he wants to turn off the TV, so Mike can sleep, but he says, leave it on, in case he wakes up. He looks in on Mike one more time, and they leave.

Brook calls Chase a glorified meter maid, and he tells her that she shouldn’t have done that. She asks if he’s going to write her another ticket for littering, and he says, no. He takes out his handcuffs, and says, she’s under arrest – again.

Nelle sits at the MetroCourt bar, and calls Martin. She says he’s going to be proud. She thinks she may have found a character witness that will make the case a slam dunk. Um… hardly. Not only does Nina have a past of her own, wasn’t she just bamboozled by Sasha? That doesn’t exactly speak to her credibility as a judge of character.

Nina tells Jax, she didn’t tell Nelle that she would testify for her. Jax says she didn’t tell Nelle that she wouldn’t. She says she has a lot think about between now and the morning. he says he admires her compassion, and respects her opinion, but if she gives Nelle the benefit of the doubt, Wiley will end up paying the price. Can she live with that?

Kristina says, Neil lost his license because he and Alexis were involved? Alexis’s phone rings, and she says, it’s Diane; she has to take it. She asks Diane if it’s good news or bad news. She can’t talk; she’s with the girls. They’ll talk tomorrow. Sam asks, what happened? and Alexis says she’s been disbarred.

Tomorrow, Trina tells Portia that she doesn’t trust Jordan, Sasha tells Michael to stop being so nice, and Sonny says the plan is already in motion.

🤽🏻‍♀️ Since Andy Cohen hates me, RHOBH was on at 8 pm with no rerun encore performance tonight. Instead, Summer House had a two-hour finale – a final episode, followed by a reunion at home, doubling as Watch What Happens Live. Why those awful people should be allowed a two-hour block of air time is beyond me. I wasn’t paying a lot of attention, but they had some huge party that I think was supposed to have a rave theme. Unfortunately, this stupidity is being stretched out, with a Secrets Revealed special next week. I don’t want to know.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

It was the weekend of Teddi’s retreat, and she said she wasn’t tolerating any bullsh*t. Sutton decided to apologize to Teddi and go to the retreat, but Teddi acted like the unappreciative jerk she is, and was annoyed. It’s not surprising that she didn’t understand why telling people she didn’t care if they came or not caused a negative reaction. Her own feelings take up so much space, she doesn’t have room to decipher anyone else’s. Dorit was late, which didn’t sit well with Kyle, especially when she saw Dorit’s Instagram. Apparently, her tardiness was due to getting hair and makeup done so she could squeeze in a Glam Barbie photo shoot. Dorit screeched that she had a life, as though no one else did and commitments don’t matter. Oh, wait. That’s right. They don’t to Dorit. To Teddi’s credit, she did explain that she’d been put on the defensive when LisaR asked what if someone came and caused sh*t (the sh*t being caused wasn’t specified). She said it shifted everything for her. Although I stand by my theory that she was breaking up with them before anyone broke up with her, because she’s so insecure and afraid of failure.

After a boxing exercise, where Sutton looked lost, there was I have no idea what, then lunch, and free time in the afternoon for spa treatments, journaling, or whatever. Yeah. Like any of these women are going to write about their feelings when they could be getting a massage. I wouldn’t either. And I like to write. In the evening, there was an hour of meditation, and in her interview, Dorit said that she’d rather go to the DMV for a month than do an hour of meditation. Wow. Either she has one easy time at the DMV, or she can’t sit quietly for an hour. I can’t clear my mind either, but there’s no time for a nap like at meditation. When Dorit said she was going to be leaving early, Kyle called her out, saying she’d been hours late, skipped meditation, and now wanted to leave early. Dorit again said she had a life, adding an effing in there for emphasis. In Kyle’s interview, she said Dorit was shallow and selfish. Erika said it best and simplest when, in her interview, she thought they should just admit no one wants to be there. Although there are two different camps here. The ones who don’t want to be there, but they’re actually being supportive, keeping that to themselves, and participating; and Dorit, who makes it clear she doesn’t want to be there, and pretends she’s being supportive. Actually, there was a third camp. The ones who were supportive from afar.

Amelia was back from NYC, and feeling happier for it. She wanted to get an evaluation. LisaR said, when she’d seen Amelia in the city, she thought Amelia was in trouble. Amelia said, when things get difficult, her decision making tactics shut down. LisaR told Amelia that she barely made it through three months of college, then proceeded to gesture wildly to the paparazzi. Amelia said she was a handful. That’s one word for it.

Garcelle took her sons out for dinner, one of whom informed her he wanted Gucci. She told him, get a job, and he said he was eleven. She was like, exactly. So you don’t need Gucci. So far, I like Garcelle. In her interview, she said she grew up in a strict family with a Black mama who was not playing. She told her sons that they weren’t getting Gucci anything. It’s obnoxious.

Denise was over living in Malibu. She had PTSD from the fire, but didn’t want to move and take the kids out of school. She was getting ready to have everyone over for a not typical Beverly Hills dinner party in the backyard. They were having pizza made in a pizza oven, and a sundae bar that sounded magical. An ice sculpture carved into a huge diamond, like the ones they hold in the opening, was delivered. This thing looked absolutely beautiful after it got dark, and there were lights on it.

Apparently, Dorit had been on repeat, talking about Kyle sharing a bed with Teddi, and Kyle wondered if Dorit was jealous of their friendship. Dorit might be jealous of their more well-behaved children, since Jagger wailed and whined when Dorit had to leave the house. If that’s here effing life, no thanks.

When the women sat down for dinner, sexual exploits were discussed, with Garcelle saying she kissed a girl and liked it when she was a model, and Erika saying she had been part of a threesome with a couple (before Tom). Denise was concerned about the kids overhearing, and in Erika’s interview, she wondered why pearls were being clutched. In Denise’s interview, she says she’s open sexually – we flashed back to last season’s happy ending conversation – but that didn’t mean she wanted her kids hearing it.

Dorit said it was a pattern that Kyle had blind defensiveness when it came to Teddi, and in her interview, said Kyle and Teddi were a package deal. If you had an issue with one, you had an issue with the other, and she was frustrated with it. Kyle was mad at her for being late, when it was Teddi’s event, and Teddi wasn’t mad. Kyle said she was late to do her Glam Barbie look for working out, when she wasn’t going to work out. In her interview, Dorit wondered why TF Kyle cared. Kyle said she didn’t think Dorit was genuine, and Denise asked them to cool it when the kids were around. Erika took up somewhat for Dorit, explaining that Dorit thought Kyle blindly rushed to Teddi’s defense. In Kyle’s interview, she said she lost one of her closest friends defending Dorit, and Dorit had a selective memory. LisaR said Kyle was the same way with her, and defending her sister. Although, that was a whole different thing. LisaR was talking real smack, and it was untrue. Kyle insisted that wasn’t the case, and the text said, to be continued…

Next time, Kyle walks, and Denise gets into it with Kyle. I’m starting to notice, I’m making this more of a personality analysis than a recap.

🛥 FYI, Below Deck Mediterranean will be back this summer.

🧫 In a Time Of Social Distancing…

A different kind of soap is born.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/abc/soap-stars-in-jimmy-fallon-the-longest-days-of-our-lives

💌 Erika’s Update…

OLTL’s beloved Vicki shares what’s been going on.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/one-life-to-live/erika-slezak-shares-update-with-fans

💅🏿 You Can’t Keep a Good Housewife Down…

Even during quarantine, there are glam squads and short fuses.

https://pagesix.com/2020/05/06/atlantas-real-housewives-skirt-quarantine-rules-with-hair-makeup-teams/

https://pagesix.com/2020/05/02/tempers-flare-during-first-virtual-rhoa-reunion/

🤦‍♀️ Girl…

While at present, my hair is looking like a horror show, I’m not so sure my stylist is considered an essential worker.

https://pagesix.com/2020/04/22/vicki-gunvalson-wants-beauty-services-re-opened-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

⚰️ Speaking Of Horror…

NOS4A2 is back for a second round.

https://sciencefiction.com/2020/05/06/nos4a2-season-2-trailer-and-posters-announce-its-june-return/

🐩 All Fashion and No Bite…

A gala attended by a different kind of bitch.

https://www.vogue.com/article/james-corden-pet-gala-video

And in case you’re interested in the actual Met Gala fashion.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1143411/get-ready-to-swoon-over-the-most-omg-met-gala-looks-of-all-time

🦋 Somewhere In the Distance…

Whether you’re working from home or hardly working, know that this too, has an end. Stay on track, stay imaginative, and stay away from those cookies. Here, have a balloon.