(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
Fear the Walking Dead
When we last left, Teddy had set off the bomb, and Morgan let Teddy jet with Dakota. Morgan told Victor to get lost, and was alone in the control room of the submarine.
Seagulls fly overhead. We see a sign that says, Coastal Access – 3 miles, lying on its side. Rachel tries to take the tire off of her truck, as baby Morgan cries in the backseat, and bloodhound Rufus waits in the truck bed. She gets on a walkie talkie, and asks if anyone can hear her. She needs help. Anybody? She sees the missile go up, and hears Morgan say he’s still going to try and stop what Teddy started. He’s not sure it’s possible. The missile is going to reenter the atmosphere, and has multiple warheads. This could be all the time they have left. Use it. Make it mean something. Give yourself the end you wanted, even if it’s not the one we all imagined. Rachel says, this isn’t the end, and goes back to the tire. The jack falls a little, but she keeps trying, but the jack lets go completely, and the car falls on her leg. A title says: Promise me you’ll find someone. She’s not messing around, and duct tapes her broken leg, bone hanging out and all, to a makeshift splint. She takes out Baby Morgan – who I have to mention has an amazing head of hair – and hobbles down the road, Rufus running ahead. She falls, but the baby is okay, even if crying. She says she’s sorry. They can’t do this. She sees the missile divide, and kisses her baby. She says she just can’t, and takes out a knife. We think she’s going to kill the baby, but instead, she rigs up the backpack to put the baby on her back. She says, this is the end for me, but not for you. She ties a rope around her waist, tying the other end to Rufus, and telling him to find people. She puts a gag in her own mouth, and says she’s sorry. She stabs herself, and keels over, as Baby Morgan cries.
Daniel screws with the radio, and hears Morgan giving his speech about the end. A title says: Dame el Arma. Rollie squeals into the parking lot, and he, Wes, and Riley get out of the car. Rollie says Riley knows where a bunker is where they can ride things out. Funny what you can get out of a true believer when they’re pulled away from their leader. Daniel asks why they should believe Riley. He heard a voice on the radio giving coordinates to a safe place to go. Rollie asks if it was Morgan, and Daniel says, no. It was someone else, but he knows that voice. Rollie says he remembers the last time they took Daniel’s word for something, and Luci says they have no time for this. Is Daniel sure about what he’s telling them? He’s a little iffy, so she says they’ll go with what Riley said. It’s their only choice. They all get in the truck, and drive over some zombies loitering in the road. Sarah gets on the radio, and says, if Wen can hear her, stay where he is. Daniel asks Riley, why not remain silent, and die for his cause? Why would he tell them about a safe place when they’re so close to the end? The truck suddenly fishtails, and Rollie says, the brakes went out. Sarah asks Jacob if he’s fixed brakes before, and they get out. Rollie says, all hands on deck; they have company. A cluster of zombies approaches, and Jacob helps to keep the zombies at bay, while Sarah works to patch a hole in the accumulator. She tells Jacob that they may not make their way to the bunker, but he says they will. She asks, what comes next? and he says she and Wen will be together, one way or another. She does some welding.
Daniel asks Riley, if he’s all about destruction, why help them survive? Riley says he wants to see their faces when it all turns to ash. They said Teddy and his group were all insane, but it’s just the beginning. Sarah says, it worked, and Riley tells Daniel, the next will rise, or some kind of nonsense lik that. Sarah says it’s a patch job, but should get them there in one piece, and Rollie says they’ll make it out of this thing yet. Daniel talks to Luci in Spanish, asking her to give him the gun, and he shoots Rollie. Daniel says, he was one of them. That’s how Teddy found out they were at the sub. That’s why they were prepared. Riley is shot from behind, and we see Charlie holding the literal smoking gun. He’s not dead, and Luci asks Riley if it’s true. He tells her, they lost their faith and turned on each other behind the wall. Daniel has himself to thank. Otherwise they would have never been found out. Nobody is going anywhere. Warheads start to come down, and Daniel says, the coordinates. They can still make it. Luci says he knew truth about Riley. They’re putting their faith in him. They read out the coordinates.
Dwight and Shari ride up the road, and stop. Dwight says, there’s no school there. Shari wonders if they took a wrong turn, and Dwight says, they’ll go back. There’s got to be something nearby. They gallop away, and they hear Morgan on the radio, saying, give yourself the end you wanted, even if it’s not the one we all imagined. They see a cabin, and Shari says, maybe there’s beer and pretzels in there. He asks if she’s serious, and she says, it’s the one thing they said they’d do when they found each other, and they haven’t done it yet. If this is the end, it’s how she wants to go out; just them. A title says: Enjoy the view, a-hole. They go to the cabin, and Dwight says, maybe it’s not just them. They go inside, and Dwight checks the kitchen, while Shari looks at a photo of a couple with a baby. She goes out to the backyard, and Dwight joins her. He says he couldn’t find pretzels, but he found these bad boys, handing her a beer. He says, they’re warm, but they’ll do the trick. They drink, and Shari wonders why they didn’t do this sooner. They found each other, after everything. That doesn’t just happen, but she couldn’t get past the past. She wasted so much time being pissed off; trying to fight the bad guys, but the bad guys always win. They’ve seen that every time, and nothing she did was going to change that. She cries, and says, all it did was cost her time with him. He takes her beer, and puts it with his on the porch, and holds her. He says, everything she did, everything she’s done, she has nothing to be sorry for. He kisses her, and says they still have this life, even if it’s just for now. The woman and man from the photo come out, the man holding a gun, and Dwight says, they don’t want any trouble. They thought the cabin was empty. Shari says, they’ll get out if they know a place where they can hole up. The man says they had a place, but they took it. Dwight asks what he’s talking about, and the man says, a storm cellar. They were about to go down, when two jackasses showed up, and forced them up. Dwight asks who they were, and the woman says, they didn’t introduce themselves. They just ranted about, the end is the beginning. A little girl comes out, and we assume she’s the baby from the photo. The woman says, just give them their house back, and Dwight asks where the cellar is. He’ll get it back for them. The woman asks, how? and Dwight asks if they have any rope.
Dwight ties one end of a rope to the horse, and the other to the cellar door handle. He slaps the horse’s flank to get it moving, and it runs, pulling the door off. Two guys come out shooting. Shari shoots one, killing him, and shoots the other, who falls, but gets up and runs. Dwight shoots him in the back, and he crawls. They all run over to him, and Dwight turns him over. The guy says, do it, and Dwight says he looks scared. A zombie is heading their way, and the guy says, please, but Dwight says, no. He doesn’t think so. He’s going to do for the guy what the guy tried to do for the family there. Give him a front row seat to the sh*t show they brought on them. Someone shoots the zombie, and Shari shoots the guy in the knee, calling him an a-hole. As they walk to the cellar, Dwight tells Shari, maybe they’re both right, and the bad guys don’t always win. They go to the cellar door, and see the missile divide. They rush inside.
Driving with Dakota, Teddy hears Morgan on the radio, saying he’s still going to try and stop what Teddy started, but he’s not sure it’s possible. Dakota snaps the radio off, startling Teddy. She says she’s sorry she saved Morgan. She’s the only reason Morgan is alive. If he’d died at the gulch, there would have been no one stopping the missiles. Teddy says he’s glad it went the way it did. Otherwise, he never would have met her. Dakota asks if he means it, and he says she gets him. All those others, hanging on his every word, doing what he tells them, not a single one understood what he was doing the way she does.
A title says: You have nothing to be sorry about. Teddy and Dakota stand at a viewing station, and look out. He says, it’s almost time. Look at it. Here they are with a front row seat. Dakota says Teddy told her that she got him. He was the first person who didn’t look at her like she had something wrong with her, and try to make her change. He takes her hand, and says, imagine if they’d found each other sooner. John comes up behind them, and tells Teddy, step away from the girl. Teddy asks if John is spending his last moments before he turns to mulch, putting him down. John says he’s there for Dakota. He’s not fixing to hurt her; he just wants to say something. Dakota says, he’ll try to make her change her mind, and John says, she can still make her life mean something. She just has to believe people are better than she thinks they are. She says that’s how John Jr. ended up with a bullet in him, and John says, even though he walked out on his son, John Jr. still found it in himself to forgive him years later. She asks what he’s going to do with her, and he says, forgive her for killing John; for taking her son’s life. Teddy tells Dakota not to listen to him. She has nothing to be sorry about. She asks if he means that, and he says he does. John puts his gun down, and Teddy raises his, but it’s shot out of his hand. June walks up, saying, John didn’t come alone, and John says she’s a better shot than he is. Dakota asks why they’re there, and June says she forgives Dakota too. It’s not too late, even if Dakota believes it is. As long as you’re alive, it’s not too late. Dakota asks, if June believes that, why did she kill Virginia? and June says, when she lost John, she lost what she believed, but she found it again. So can Dakota. John steps on something hard, and says, what the hell is under there? He brushes aside the grass, and sees a camouflaged trap door. It opens to a ladder going down into a tunnel. He says he thought Teddy was the end. It looks like he plans on sticking around. His talk about the beginning was just hot air to get his lambs to march to slaughter. June says John isn’t lying to Dakota. Teddy is here to do what he believes. Dakota asks, what the hell is this? and Teddy tells her they’re going to shoot off the rest of the missiles. When he dust clears, he can finish what he started. Dakota says, he didn’t mean it about her understanding him, but Teddy insists he did. She says, then why didn’t he tell her? He says he couldn’t risk anyone else finding out. He wanted it to be about her and him. Why else would he bring her? John says, he needs two people to launch a missile; only one can’t turn both keys. He doesn’t care about Dakota. He just needs her. Dakota says, he’s her family, and doesn’t want her to be something she’s not. Teddy says, John abandoned his son, and June tells Dakota that she has a chance to survive; it’s a sign there are second chances. They see the missile divide, and John says, it’s starting soon. Dakota can die being who she is, or go with them. She says, and pretend to be someone she’s not. He says, it’s her choice. She points the gun, but seems unsure, and points it at Teddy.
Riding down the road on a horse, Victor hears Morgan over the radio, saying the missile is going to reenter the atmosphere, and it has multiple warheads. A title says: Which man are you? He goes into a building fighting his way through zombies inside. He tries a door, but it’s locked. A zombie gets him up close and personal, but he stabs it in the head, and runs into a stairwell. He goes up to an empty floor, and asks if anybody is there. He sees dead people, but not like that kid in Sixth Sense. They lie all over on the floor. He looks out to the parking lot, and at the crowd of zombies wandering around. He yells at the top of his lungs, and sits on the floor. He hears something in the distance, and follows the sound. He opens a door and hears a recording of a man singing the blues. He walks into a humongous room where a lot of art is being stored. He hears a gun click behind him, and a man asks how he got past the dead he let in. Hand over his gun, and start talking. Victor turns around, and says, he didn’t see it? and the man says, it was hard to miss. Is it hitting there? Victor says, it’s hitting everywhere. The man asks how Victor knows, and Victor says, he was there. Unless the man has someplace to shelter, there’s nothing more he can do. The man says he guesses that’s the ballgame, puts his gun down, and asks if Victor likes bourbon. It’s from a distillery in Texas. It used to be in Texas anyway. He asks Victor to turn the record over. He says, it’s “Lemon Blind” Jefferson. He mostly played around Dallas in 1926 to ’29. Victor says he knows his history, and the man says he hopes so. He’s a historian, or he used to be. He was a teacher before the world did what it did. Victor puts the needle on the record, and asks if that’s where all of this came from. The man says, it came after. From museums, city halls… The flag is from the Alamo. He figured somebody should try to preserve history. Victor sees a medal around the man’s neck, and asks if he’s a religious man. He says, no; his wife was. She said it would protect him. So much for that. (I dunno about that; he’s still alive.) Victor says he gave one just like it to someone, a dear friend. The man asks what Victor was trying to protect them from, and Victor says, it’s complicated. The man says, now’s not the time to be cryptic, and asks Victor, who is he? What is he doing up there? What happened out there? Victor says they were trying to build a future, while the ones they were up against were trying to end it. He was trying to stop it. He should have stopped it. The man asks why he didn’t, and Victor says, it came down to two men. They had to give their lives to save everyone, and when push came to shove, one couldn’t. The man asks, why not? and Victor says, he wanted to survive. He wanted the tales of glory for himself, and consigned everyone to be destroyed trying to circumvent death. The man asks, which one was he? and Victor says, he was the one who ready to die. The man asks why he’s there. Why isn’t he with the rest of them? Victor says, something led him there, This must be the ending he deserved, or thought he did. They hear the warheads, and see one coming down in the distance. The man says he wishes they’d met sooner, and introduces himself as Howard. Victor says, he’s Morgan. Morgan Jones.
Grace watches the missile, and hears Morgan on the radio, telling everyone to make it mean something, and give themselves the end they want. She throws the radio, and rages a little. A title says: I can hear her. She looks into the submarine, and says she knows the ending she wants. She goes down the ladder. Morgan is cursing his life at the controls, when she comes in. He tells her that he said he’d keep trying. He’s got to make it happen. She says he can’t make stop, but he says, it’s not over. She says, they don’t know where the missiles hit, but it’s close enough. Even if they survive, with the radiation and fallout, the won’t want to live in this world. She’s seen what it does. It will be worse than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dying from radiation is extremely long and painful, and there will be no escaping it. He takes her hand, and she says she’s not watching it happen again; not to someone else she loves. That’s the problem with her. Don’t tell her it’s not too late. Morgan kisses her, and tells he that he loves her. She says she knows, and puts her gun on the desk. She says, please don’t make her watch it again, and he says, he thought he’d die in the gulch, but there was a reason he kept breathing. It was her. He wanted to take care of her, to build something for Athena. She says, it’s not going to happen. She’s sorry, but neither one of them were meant to be there. He says he’s sorry; he truly is. He’s sorry for them, and for what could have been. He actually let himself believe he could have a family again, be a husband… be a father. She says he can be, just not there. When Athena was born Grace wished so long to hear her cry, but it never came. She needs to hear her baby cry. They hear something outside, and Grace says, it’s the warheads separating. He picks up the gun, and says he’s sorry it has to end this way, but she says, it’s for the best. They hug, and put their foreheads together. He puts the gun against the back of his own head. We hear a baby cry, and Grace says, I can hear her. Morgan says, he can too, and they realize it’s a real baby, not Athena in their heads.
Outside, Rufus barks. He’s leading Rachel, who’s now a zombie. Morgan says, Rachel, and Grace grabs the dog. Morgan hesitates for a moment, but then stabs Rachel through the head with his pokey stick. He catches her as she falls, and takes Baby Morgan out of her backpack. I have literally never seen a head of hair like this on a baby this young; it’s amazing. Morgan laughs, and Grace hugs the dog. He says, it feels like a gift from Athena.
Wes and Sarah get out of the truck, followed by the others. Wes asks if Daniel is sure he had the right coordinates. Charlie says, there’s nobody here, and Daniel says he’s sorry. Sarah says, maybe Wen will be okay, and Riley says, he told them, there’s no escaping. Daniel grabs him, pulls him out of the truck, and throws him on the ground. He’s either knocked out or dead, and Wes goes through his pockets. Charlie looks up, and is the first to see the helicopter headed their way. Sarah says, sh*t in a sandbox, and Luci says, Daniel was right; she knew it. The helicopter lands, and they run to it. Sarah wonders who the hell it is, and the person on the passenger side says she’s glad they got the coordinates. Don’t ask the pilot any questions. The less they know, the better. She’s wearing a facemask, but we assume it’s Al. I also assume the pilot is Isabelle.
Dakota aims her gun at John again, and June says, please, but Dakota says she doesn’t have to change for anyone. John asks if he ever told June about the St. Louis Barnraiser, and she nods. He shoots in the air, and Dakota shoots at him, getting him in the arm, as June shoots the gun out of her hand. June and John go down into the tunnel, leaving Dakota and Teddy behind. Dakota asks if Teddy ever really gave a sh*t, or did he just need her to turn the key? He doesn’t say anything, and she shoots him, saying, that’s what she thought. She shoots him again in the head, and tells him, he said she should never change, and she’s not. Now, he never gets to see his ending.
Victor and Howard go to the window, and watch the warheads come down.
Dakota looks out, everything goes white. She’s been burned to a crisp, and I laugh.
John and June duck, and everything blows apart.
Dwight, Shari, and the family huddle together in the root cellar. They hear the door banging, but it suddenly stops.
Luci says, if they stick together, they’ll be fine. The helicopter takes off, and we see Wes has painted, This Isn’t The End on the road; the word End on Riley’s back. Riley gets up and walks away, as a mushroom cloud rises in the distance.
Everything is blowing up everywhere. Grace sees a dust cloud coming , and Morgan says, go! They run, Morgan holding the baby, and Rufus gets in a truck. As usual, the dog is my main concern. Morgan and Grace go under a car with Baby Morgan, and it looks like that move The Day After.
Victor grits his teeth and closes his eyes, but then it’s over. He and Howard they see mushroom cloud. Victor laughs, and Howard asks why he’s laughing. Victor says, because he’s alive. After everything he did, he’s still there. Howard says, everything he did? and Victor says he’s not the man he told Howard he was. He’s the other one. He’s not Morgan Jones; he’s Victor Strand. He’s a man who’s thrown other men to the wolves when it was necessary. He’s not afraid to the cut the cord when he’s had to. He’s a hustler and a backroom dealer, and he’s cheated if the opportunity presented itself. Howard asks, why? and Victor says, survival. He’s done it all his life. Despite the critics, he’s still there. He came from nothing, but he knows how to survive. He’s had to rebuild himself from the ground up, over and over again. They have a great future behind them. They can take that future and rebuild, with art, and books, and music, and good bourbon. It feels like the dawning of a new day to him. They look at the cloud, and Victor asks, how about Howard?
Grace coughs, and she and Morgan come out with the baby. They see a zombie going by, the back of him smoking (dubbed Backdraft Zombie by Talking Dead). Morgan waits for it to approach, and stabs it in the throat. They hear some popping sounds, and Morgan looks at Grace, and then Baby Morgan.
No preview, since this was the finale.
⚰️ So I’m thinking about this episode as I’m editing and listening to Talking Dead, where they’re talking about FWD having a new reality for its characters due to the bombings. And I thought, but wait, doesn’t this mean they’ll have to do the same for Walking Dead, and whatever other shows are connected to it in the same timeline or after?
A wonderful list of horror films. This article also contains one of my favorite horror film titles of all time, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama. I’ve never actually seen it, but I have seen Tammy and the T-Rex, also on the list. It was… interesting.
Finally, my dog saw the vet, after screaming, crying, and stamping my feet to get an appointment that wasn’t three weeks from now. Slight exaggeration, but I was persistent. His health issues were dealt with, so hopefully, I’m back on track now. Until we meet for soap and a sail, stay safe, stay resilient, and stay being a survivor, but without throwing anyone to the wolves like Victor.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Valentin shows Bailey/Louise the stars, and explains their names. He tells her that Polaris is also called the NorthStar. In olden times when sailors were lost, they’d use it to chart a course home. He says he’ll always be her NorthStar. If she loses her way, find him. He’ll get her home.
Elizabeth is in the chapel, when Anna comes in. Anna asks, what’s wrong? Is it Chase?
Chase says he thought Finn was going to tell him that he was cured, and Finn says he wishes he could. It didn’t work. Chase says, Finn was so certain, and Finn says, by combining Jackie’s DNA with his, Chase’s body should have accepted the cure, and for a second, it worked. Chase says he did feel better, and Finn says, all the signs said it was right, and it should have worked, but he’d be lying if he didn’t say it was their best shot.
Maxie flashes back giving Louise to Brook, and telling Louise she’ll be close by, making sure Louise is okay, and she loves her very much. There’s a knock at her room door. Spinelli announces, it’s him, the father of her oldest child, and she says, for second, she thought it was Peter. He says he’s so sorry about Louise. He should have been there in Maxie’s hour of need. She tells him, that there’s nothing for him to feel guilty about. He’s there now. He says, no one will rest until her child is found.
Valentin sees Brook, and asks how long she’s been standing there. She says, not long Mr. NorthStar. He says he meant every word. It’s a beautiful night for stargazing. She should stay out, and pick a star for her and their daughter. Just not the NorthStar. That one is his. He tells her that he’s going to put Bailey down, and goes inside, speaking French to the baby. He sees Nina.
Willow steps away from Michael, and says she’s sorry. If someone saw them… He says, they’d see the truth; them comforting each other. What happened to Chase isn’t fair. While he’s suffering they can’t tell him they’re together. All they can do is just be kind to him and each other. She says he has an amazing way of putting things in perspective. It’s one of the 2001 reasons why she loves him. He says, 2001? Why not a million? She says Wiley asked her to could to a million the other day, but when she got to 38, he got bored and told her to stop. He says, that’s their son. He has the attention span of… a three-year-old. A three-year-old who’s about to see his other grandma. She says she hates that Jax did that to him… to them, but she doesn’t hate Nina seeing Wiley. He says, neither does he. Jax trashed a large part of his childhood to make it happen. He’s angry, and sad, but he can’t say anything because his hands are tied, just like Jax wanted.
Jax’s doorbell rings, and he opens the door to Carly. She asks what he did to make Michael change his mind about Nina.
Willow asks when Nina said she was coming, but Michael says, she didn’t give an ETA. He got the feeling she had to take care of some things before she left the town where she’s staying. She says, it will give them time to prepare Wiley. She just hopes Nina is ready for this, and that she’ll see Wiley for the sweet, intelligent, curious little boy he is, and not project her grief over Nelle on him. Michael thinks Nina learned her lesson. He’s more worried about his mom. He couldn’t think of one reasonable explanation as to why he suddenly allowed Nina access to Wiley. If his mom finds out Jax is blackmailing him, all hell will break loose.
Jax asks if he can get Carly anything, but she just wants him to answer her question. He says he had a reasonable conversation with Michael about allowing Nina back into Wiley’s life. She says, so reasonable, that after months of Michael keeping Nina at a distance, he suddenly changed his mind? He asks why she’s so upset. He gave her a heads up about his intentions. Does she still want to punish Nina for telling Wiley that Nelle was his birth mother? She asks if he really thinks Nina isn’t going to make the same mistake again. She’s sure Nina promised him and Michael that she wouldn’t make the same mistake, but she wanted to save Nelle. She believes Nelle could have been a different person, and wants Wiley to believe that. She wants to tell Wiley a fairy tale, that’s only going to hurt him worse when he grows up and finds out the truth. Jax guesses he has more faith in Nina that Carly does, and Carly says, that’s because he still wants to win Nina back.
Valentin says, you’re back, and Nina says she’s looking for Michael. A man with an Eastern European accent told her to wait there. Valentin says, that’s Yuri, Brook’s bodyguard. She says, and Brook needs a bodyguard because… He says, because he insisted, and she says, Brook’s safety is a priority to him because… Brook comes in, and says Bailey’s not a star; she’s an entire constellation. She tells Nina hi and asks when she came back. Valentin says, Nina is confused. He and Charlotte live there now. He introduces Bailey Lois, and says she’s his daughter with Brook.
Maxie tells Spinelli, one of the last things Peter said to her was that he’d find Louise. If he does, he’ll disappear with her. Spinelli says, it’s true Peter has the resources to stay at large a very long time. He’s sure Peter’s father taught him well. She says he’s not making her feel better, and he says, of course (🍷);apologies. He says she told him that she had a plan to keep Louise safe; what went wrong? How did a deranged nurse steal her? She says her plan blew apart before she left the apartment. Most of it did anyway. He asks what she means.
Anna says she was going to say some prayers for Chase herself, and when she saw Elizabeth there, she thought the worst happened, but Elizabeth says, not yet. Finn found a cure, and they were so confident it was the right formula. Anna says, it didn’t work? and Elizabeth says, now he seems so lost, like he’s out of options. Anna says, they do have options. Peter. Anna leaves, and Elizabeth says, forgive me. Please forgive me and Finn.
Finn says he gave Chase some epinephrine as a pick-me-up, and Chase says, but it’s temporary, since Finn has given up on finding a cure. Finn asks, who said he was giving up? He’s going to keep going until he finds a cure. Chase says, and if Finn can’t do it, how long does he have left?
Finn says he never encountered Chase’s condition before. He’s checked with every specialist he knows, and they’ve never seen it either, so they’re flying a little blind. Chase says, so what does he have? Months? Weeks? Days? Finn says he wishes he had the answer, but he doesn’t know. Chase says, in his line of work, he stared down death, a lot, but he always knew he could defend himself. He had weapons, crisis intervention training, and back-up. This time, he has nothing. Finn says, that’s not true; Chase has him, for what it’s worth (🍷). Chase says, it’s worth a lot. Finn should probably tell mom and dad. Finn asks if Chase is sure that’s what he wants, and Chase says, they have to know. Finn goes out, and talks to them, as Chase watches through the window from his bed. They seem understandably upset.
Willow says she came close to telling Chase that she and Michael are in love. Now that he’s had another setback, she’s glad she didn’t. Michael says he guesses what happens next depends on Nina. If she’s good with Wiley, follows the guidelines, and there’s no mention of Nelle, she can be allowed to continue to see him. Jax gets his way, but if he feels Nina is detrimental in any way… Willow says, then of course (🍷) they can’t allow it. If Jax goes running to Chase to retaliate, she can’t even begin to imagine how it will devastate Chase. Michael puts his hand over hers.
Jax says Carly knows what it’s like to grow up under difficult circumstances; to feel unloved, and like you have no control over your life. Instead of focusing on the differences between her and Nina, why doesn’t she acknowledge the similarities? She asks if this is about her and Nina, or him and Nina. He used her grandson to lure Nina back to Port Charles, when Nina made it clear she didn’t want to come back. He says, that doesn’t mean he stopped caring about Nina or doesn’t want to see her happy. Why can’t she be a part of her grandson’s life? Carly says, because it’s unhealthy for Wiley, but he says, Michael doesn’t seem to think so. Not anymore. She says, emphasis on not anymore?Something changed for Michael. Someone or something pushed him to change his mind, and she’s going to find out what it is.
Spinelli says Maxie suffered the tortures of the damned. Drugged by an imposter nurse who took her to a hidden place to steal her child, but yet she says part of her plan worked. How? She says, it’s not important. He went through hell too. He was Cyrus’s hostage; Cyrus could have killed him. He says he should have left, but he lingered, and Cyrus scooped him up, and threatened to… let’s just say dire harm, in order to force Carly into a hostage situation. Had Jason not come out of hiding to save him, he might not be sitting there talking to her. Georgie would be fatherless. Maxie says, but she’s not. He’s alive and well. Jason’s a good friend. He says he should have been a good friend to Maxie. He should have worked harder to get her to divulge her plan to keep Louise safe from Peter. Had he helped, maybe there would have been a different outcome. She says, if he’d gotten involved, he could have been hurt, or worse. Can they just call it even, and move forward. She wants to see Georgie and James. He says they’re eagerly awaiting her return, and she asks what he’s said to them about their little sister. Has he told them she’s not coming home?
Nina says, so Brook and Valentin are parents together. How? Valentin says, the usual way, and Nina says, so they’re in a relationship, but Brook says, God no. It was one night. A great night, no regrets whatsoever. They actually saw her at the MetroCourt the next morning. Remember? Nina says, actually, she does, and Valentin says, Brook left town abruptly without telling him about the ensuing development, and Bailey Lois came to him as a complete surprise, as she is to Nina. Nina says she’s sure he’ll be an amazing father to Bailey. Congratulations. Brook says Valentin has moved in – temporarily – so if she’s come to say, all is forgiven, he’s free and available. Valentin says Nina is there to see Michael. Nina says, he agreed to let her visit with Wiley. Brook offers to look for Michael, and leaves. Valentin says, Brook is a lot of things, but subtle isn’t one of them. He’s glad Michael is willing to let her back into Wiley’s life. She says she’s happy for him, and he says he wishes she could have been theirs.
Elizabeth asks if Finn wants some company, and sits next to him. She says she knows how it feels when your children are suffering, and he asks if this is the Finn you have to be strong speech. She says she wants him to know that he’s not alone, but she thinks he knows that. He asks, then why is it so damn hard?
Jackie asks if Chase needs another blanket, but he says he’s good. Finn gave him a shot of something. She doesn’t have to worry about him. She says, great. Now she’ll have time for her Sunday crossword. He says, so funny, he forgot to laugh (which makes me laugh), and Gregory tells him that he used to say that when he was little, every time Gregory would make a history joke. Chase says, that James Buchanan one was real funny. He almost expected them to take it as a joke when he said he wanted to be a cop, but they didn’t. They pretended not to be disappointed that he didn’t want to go to law school; they supported him. Gregory says they weren’t disappointed, and Jackie says they were proud of his decision. Gregory tells Chase, don’t ever think for one second that they wanted him to be anything other than who he is today, and Jackie says, every time he would call and tell them that he’d put another bad guy away, she and Gregory would high-five each other. Chase laughs, then coughs, and says he wishes he could have seen that. He says, too bad this particular bad guy is putting him away. Jackie hugs him, and Gregory makes it a three-way hug.
Michael tells Willow, Brook texted that Nina’s already at the house. He guesses she couldn’t wait. He should go, so they can go over the ground rules before Nina sees Wiley. He’s sorry they can’t be there together. She says, he’ll do fine, and thanks him for understanding why she needs to stay there. He tells her, if there’s any change, let him know, and she says, of course (🍷). Good luck with Nina. He says, her too. He loves her. She says, I love you too, and he leaves.
Jax tells Carly that Michael said he and Willow talked, and they decided to allow Nina to see Wiley. She says, maybe, but she knows her son. When he told her that he’d reached out to Nina about letting her see Wiley, she could tell he wasn’t telling her the whole story. She asks what he said to Michael, and he says he was simply being honest. She says, about what? and he says, the importance of Nina being in Wiley’s life. Why shouldn’t she be a grandmother to him? She says, those are very careful words, and she’s sure they’re true. She’s also sure they’re not the whole truth. What isn’t he telling her?
Valentin tells Nina that he’s sorry. That was… She looks great. Getting away really agreed with her. She says, it did, and asks how Charlotte is doing. How’s she doing with her new baby sister? He says, she’s been slow to warm up to Bailey Lois, but he thinks it has more to do with the current living situation. Nina says she can’t say she’s surprised. It must be… awkward living there. She’s sure Charlotte will warm up to her baby sister. She has this big, beautiful heart. Valentin hopes so, and Nina says she’d like to see Charlotte while she’s back. He says, she’s not staying? and she says she doesn’t know. She wants to see Wiley and spend time with him, but she’s not sure she can leave behind what she left in Nixon Falls. He asks, what is that exactly? and she says, someone she never expected to find. Well, that’s an understatement. He asks if there’s any chance for a reconciliation with Jax, and she says, no. Brook comes back, and says she texted Michael. He’ll be there soon. He wants to meet Nina outside the gatehouse, so Brook will take her. Valentin asks if he’ll see Nina again, and she suggests they just arrange a time for her to see Charlotte. She leaves with Brook, and Valentin tells Bailey Lois/Louise that he just made a fool of himself. Nina’s moved on. She’s found something in that little town that helped her to heal. He should be happy for her, and he is. Bailey helped him to heal, her and her sister both. He wasn’t much of a man before he was a father. He doesn’t know what he was, but he was broken, and she helped him heal. She’s a gift from the universe that he didn’t deserve. He’s a lucky man. Too lucky to ask for more. He’ll let her in on a little secret. He looks toward the door, and says, he does want more. Anna comes in, and says the guard told her that he was in there. Is that guy from Belarus? He says, that’s Yuri, and she has good ears. She says she does, and she knows who this beautiful creature is. She walks to the crib, and says she was so involved with finding Maxie’s daughter, she forgot his had put in an appearance. He says he can hardly believe Bailey Lois is his.
Spinelli tells Maxie, they haven’t told Georgie and James anything. They weren’t sure what Maxie wanted them to say. She says she’s not sure either. She’s glad he and Ellie didn’t say anything. It’s her job to explain; to make it okay for them. He says, if she’s ready, he’ll take her home.
Carly says she was hoping she was overreacting, but the longer this conversation goes on, where he dances around giving her a straight answer, the more she’s convinced that he twisted Michael’s arm, and forced him to let Nina see Wiley. He asks if she really thinks so little of Michael, that she thinks he’d have to be forced to do the right thing, and she says he’s evading. There’s something he doesn’t want her to know, and there’s something Michael doesn’t want her to know. Why is that? The only thing she can think of, is that Michael is staying true to form. He’s always been the fixer. He’s always been the one who wanted to preserve the family, and Jax has known Michael since he was a little boy, so he knows this. Michael would never want to fight, and he’d never want to put Josslyn in the middle, and not only does Jax know this, he’s counting on it.
At the gatehouse, Nina asks Brook how Maxie is. Did she have her baby? Brook says, she did, and Nina says she can’t wait to see them. Michael arrives and apologizes for keeping her waiting. They didn’t know she was arriving in Port Charles so soon. She says a friend in Nixon Falls insisted she come tonight. He knew how much she wanted to see Wiley. Brook says she has to get back to Bailey; enjoy her stay. Brook leaves, and Michael says they need to go over some ground rules. She says, of course (🍷). She understands, and promises not to mention Nelle. He thanks her, and says he and Willow managed to straighten things out with Wiley, and Wiley knows Willow is his mother, but he can’t have Willow hurt like that again. She says she completely understands, and she’s grateful for him giving her a second chance with Wiley. She promises she’s not going to mess it up this time. So can she go in to see her grandson?
Valentin asks Anna if they’ve gotten any closer to finding Maxie’s baby, and she says, unfortunately, no. There’s an APB out on the nurse who took her. They’re trying to establish her real ID. They’re also looking for Peter, who teleported himself out of the hospital, without a trace. He asks, what about Chase? and she says, Finn thought he had a breakthrough in finding a cure, but it didn’t work out. Chase’s condition is really deteriorating. He says, so if she doesn’t find Peter and this antidote… She says she doesn’t think Chase is going to last much longer. Unfortunately. He says he should have killed Peter, and she says, hindsight is 20/20. Let’s look at the facts. Peter was last seen at GH, but there’s no record of him leaving. But there are so many people who come in and out on the hospital on a daily basis, he could have disguised himself. He asks, what about Peter’s car? and she says, his car is still there in the hospital parking garage. He says, the garage is a labyrinth. Peter could be hiding somewhere.
Willow goes to Chase’s room, and says, sorry; she’s interrupting. Chase says she could never interrupt, and she asks how he is, and he says he’s always happy to see her. He needs to speak with her, and Jackie says she and Gregory will be right outside. They leave, and Chase tells Willow, Finn has no idea why the cure didn’t work, or what there is left to try. She asks what that means. What’s going to happen to him? He says, what happens to him depends on her. The toxin has narrowed his world and his focus. Seeing her there, every day, every night; she didn’t run, as so many others would have. She stuck by his side. She showed him love in all the ways that count. He hopes she knows how much he loves her. Will she marry him?
Maxie tells Georgie, who’s practically a teenager now, that James is down for the count. She played with her little brother so much, he’s exhausted. Georgie says she made something for Maxie, and they sit on the couch. Maxie unrolls a drawing of a family that says, Welcome To Our Family, Louise! She says, it’s beautiful, and Georgie asks if she can see her baby sister, but Maxie says, not yet. When Louise was born, a friend of hers was with them, and she instantly fell in love with Louise. She doesn’t have any children of her own, and she’s usually very sad and lonely, but being around Louise made her happy, and Maxie knew it would make her very, very happy if she could just take care of Louise for a little bit. Georgie asks if Louise will ever come home, and Maxie says, of course (🍷) she will. They’ll have a party with balloons and cake. Georgie says, but when?
Valentin says, Peter could be anywhere, using an alias, prepared for any eventuality. Anna is just concerned that he disposed of any antidote before he ran. She says Valentin knows how vindictive he is. He’ll want her to blame herself. He says, the only one to blame for Peter’s actions is Peter. He can’t be saved, he can’t be redeemed, he has to be stopped. It’s the only way they can save those they love. Brook stands in the doorway, and Anna says, little Bailey. Valentin says he’s head over heels in love, and Anna says, it looks good on him. He says he wants to help with the search. They’ll need more than lucky guesses to save Chase’s life. Brook says, save Chase’s life? What’s going on now?
Chase is sorry he can’t get down on one knee. He doesn’t even have a ring. So if she wants to turn down his less than romantic proposal, feel free. This isn’t how he remotely planned it. He started to plan it before he and Sasha hatched that brilliant idea for her and Michael to get custody of Wiley. He was going to ask her to marry him. Instead, he pushed her away. She says, she and Michael did get custody, but he says he still broke her heart. Now he’s being totally unfair, asking her to marry him, but Finn said he doesn’t know how long Chase has. Like they say in the movies, my days are numbered. She tells him not to joke, and he says, but they are. And he wants them to be filled with her as his wife. He knows he sprung a lot on her just now, so if she wants to run from the room, feel free. She says she doesn’t want to run from the room. She’d be honored to be his wife. She hugs him.
Michael brings Wiley to Nina, who says she doesn’t know if he remembers her, but she’s his Grandma Nina. She brings out a box, and says, look. She brought him something. It’s a toy truck, and Michael says his dad used to get him toy trucks when he was Wiley’s age. She says a friend told her that she should get something for Wiley, and the toy truck just called to her. Michael says he’ll be upstairs if she needs him, and she thanks him again for letting her visit with Wiley. She promises not to mention… well, he knows. He thanks her and leaves. Nina tells Wiley she missed him so much.
Jax asks what he could possibly have on Michael? Michael is above reproach. Carly says, just because Michael has a good heart, doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any secrets. She sits next to Jax on the couch, and says, what could he possibly have on her son? He says, when you can’t find anything, maybe, just maybe, that’s your answer. She says, Michael knows that if he lets Nina back into Wiley’s life, that could cause problems for him and Willow, not to mention Wiley. When she finds out what’s going on between him and Michael, if it’s what she thinks, he’s going to regret it. She walks out, and Jax thinks about that.
Nina says Wiley is the sweetest, most precious thing that’s come into her life in a long time. Wiley plays with the truck, and she says she ran into his grandpa, and she really cares about him. And he’s happy… and he’s free. She tried to do the right thing; she tried to tell his grandma Carly, but she was so mean to Nina on the phone. She can be that way sometimes. She even said that she was going to get the judge to keep Nina away from him, but here they are. She’s free to visit him. Her grandson. Like it should be. Wiley looks at her like he actually knows what’s going on, and she says she just doesn’t know what to do. She asks if Wiley thinks she should tell Grandma Carly that Grandpa Sonny is alive.
Maxie tells Georgie, she doesn’t know exactly when, but Louise will come home. She and James will have their little sister to play with. She asks Georgie to hang the drawing in Louise’s room, so it’s the first thing she sees when she comes home. She leaves, and Spinelli tells Maxie that Georgie believes her. She believes Louise is coming home. Maxie says, Louise is coming home. Peter will be caught. Louise will come home. She has to believe that. She can’t give up hope. He says she doesn’t have to. He promises they’ll find a way to bring Louise home.
Brook says, that’s awful, and Valentin says he’s sorry. He knows she and Chase are close. Anna says, excuse her. She promised Maxie that she’d keep searching for Peter. Valentin says, and Louise. Brook goes over to the crib, and Anna says, Maxie doesn’t believe she’s going to be safe until he’s arrested. Brook looks at the baby, and Valentin tells Anna to take care of herself. She tells him to look after his family. Anna leaves, and Brook asks if Valentin and Anna are a thing now. He says they have a long, fraught history; they’re friends. Brook says, friends? Is that what they’re calling it? He asks what she calls the thing between her and Chase. Oh come on. After the surprise obsession of Cyrus’s for Sasha, now Brook and Chase have something between them? I never got that vibe.
Elizabeth finds Finn, and tells him that Jackie and Gregory are going to see Chase. Does he want to join them, or stay there for a while? He says he’s not ready to surrender Chase to this toxin. Elizabeth sits down next to him, and says he’s done everything humanly possible to save Chase. He says he doesn’t want to stop, but he’s all out of options.
Chase says Gregory and Jackie are just in time. Jackie says, for what? and he says he just asked Willow to marry him, and she said yes. Gregory says, that’s wonderful news, and Jackie says, congratulations, hugging Willow.
Michael calls Jax, and says, Nina’s at the gatehouse. She’s with Wiley. Satisfied? Jax says, thank you, but Michael says don’t thank him. Just keep his end of the bargain. Nobody can know about him and Willow.
Nina walks around, holding Wiley, and says, when she had to leave Port Charles, and had to leave him, she was so empty. But now that she has him in her arms, she’s filled with happiness. She loves him so much, and she always will. From now on, Grandma Nina is going to spend lots and lots of time with him. Carly stands in the doorway, and shakes her head.
Shawn says maybe TJ should rethink coming to see him; Alexis says, of course (🍷) she’s trying to stir things up; Chase says he knows what Finn is doing, and he’s asking him to stop; and Michael asks if Carly is going to let Jason run the business.
Million Dollar Listing New York
The show began with production being shut down on March 20, 2020. The brokers did their own filming, and Steve said everything was cool at his place. I thought, for now. He, Louisa, and baby Rose had gotten covid pre-lockdown, and decided to stick around where the best hospitals were, just in case. Ryan was in Dublin, New Hampshire at his parents’ place, which also had a guesthouse that he was using for an office and a gym. Must be nice. KJ was at her grandfather’s home in Massachusetts, and Tyler was in East Hampton. Fredrik was kind of digging being stuck in L.A., since he and Derek had never had time together uninterrupted, and with no nannies. Ryan said the contracts they’d had pre-pandemic were on hold. They were waiting to see what happened, finding the silver lining, and planning the future as best they could.
KJ said business was not booming, and she was trying to resuscitate deals. I laughed about her having to take care of her own kids, and one of them screeching while she was trying to Zoom. Ryan didn’t know what day it was anymore. Now it was just, day. Ryan filmed with baby Zena in a playpen near him, and he said he put the baby in quarantine every now and then. He was social distancing from her. The Serhant team had a Zoom meeting, and Ryan said they had to plan and prepare for life not going back to normal soon. It didn’t stop him from doing an $11.6 million deal, where he snagged a $368K commission though.
Fredrik said, in L.A., business was slowing down. They were working harder, but in a different way. It was tough for him to see NYC on television, and not be able to be there. By the beginning of the summer, Steve felt that real estate was coming back, and they were navigating a new normal. There had been a migration. Tyler had a daily meeting with his team, and they’d been video marketing properties. He thought it had the potential to make them more efficient. KJ was doing virtual tours as well.
June 21 2020. We saw the headline, Governor Cuomo to NYC: It’s on! Tyler went back to the city, his first stop to look at friend Whitney’s apartment, as she wanted to sell. The building had been designed by one of his favorites, Thomas Juul-Hansen, and Tyler said that when Whitney had described her apartment décor as bold, she meant BOLD. He called it granny chic, and it was busy, but I liked it. At 1500 square feet, it had 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The first chandelier we saw, a colorful piece designed by St. Louis for Hermes, cost $24,400. The interior design as a whole had cost half a million. Can you imagine? I can’t. There was a lot of busy wallpaper, one of my favorites having an old-fashioned hot air balloon pattern. That one was in the powder room. There was also one of my all-time favorite patterns, palm leaves. Tyler pointed out that the same pattern had been used for Blanche’s wallpaper and bedspread in The Golden Girls, so I’m not sure what that says about me. There was a private elevator going right into the apartment, as well as a custom kitchen. Tyler told us that it was a buyer’s market, and people wanted covid discounts. Sellers were taking hits. Whitney had invested a total of $5.4 million in the apartment, and Tyler got what sellers were going through. They had a lot of money tied into apartment values, but they were nowhere near where they’d been. He thought if she wanted to sell it as is, the most likely scenario was that it was someone’s dream apartment. The aesthetic wasn’t for everybody, but a lot of people loved Riverside Drive. He thought her best bet was to ask $4.96 million. He told us that it was an emotional thing to sell, and part of his job was making people feel okay during a difficult process.
Tyler said the pandemic had made finances different, work situations different, and people’s personal lives different. Steve said things would change, but NYC wasn’t going anywhere. Ryan said covid had changed the rules, and now they were getting back to work. It was weird because he hadn’t been there in so long. His driver Yuri had gone on vacation, and he wondered who went on vacation in the middle of a pandemic? Apparently, Yuri. His pool of 80 buyers was gone, but he thought it was time to give team member Holly the listing for an $8 million townhouse. He told her a lot of people thought it was too east (whatever that means, unless it’s a transportation issue), so she had to play up the benefits of the location. Before quarantine, the seller had the townhouse built, but made the decision to sell. He had Holly role play, selling him the townhouse, which was 5100 square feet, and had 20 foot ceilings. It also contained custom kitchen cabinetry, a sub-zero refrigerator, custom closets, and an upstairs patio. Ryan thought Holly clearly knew the house, and was ready to go. She could handle any potential buyer. Her potential commission would be $240K.
KJ’s a friend Stephanie, who lived on 14th Street, wanted to see, and KJ felt she needed to reduce the price of her apartment to under $2.7 million. KJ said she’d originally told Stephanie the price was too low, but now the market had changed. KJ showed us how she used a visualization technique, imagining what you wanted as if it happened, and putting it out in the universe. She called Stephanie, and said the asking price was too close to $3 million. She knew it wasn’t what Stephanie wanted to hear, but she had to do something drastic if she wanted to sell. Stephanie agreed to $2.625, but said she wasn’t cutting any more than that. KJ told us that short-term price reductions were now a staple. A lot of people had left the city, and there was a ton of inventory. Her potential commission was $78 and change. Her manifesting worked. I still don’t have my millions though, and I’ve been putting that out there for a while.
Steve headed for Cornelia Guest’s farm in upstate New York. She’d always wanted to rescue animals, and fell in love with the property. It was two hours north of NYC, and Steve said upstate was hotter than ever in lockdown. He’d been in business mode, and gotten licensing in other states, reaching out to people who wanted to get out of the city, and have more outdoor space. At present, the asking price was $2.9 million, although it had once been listed at $4.2 million, and sat on the market for a year. Cornelia said no one knew about it, and Steve thought it hadn’t been marketed properly. There hadn’t even been showings. Steve literally ran out of gas just before he got there, but managed to get to a gas station on fumes. The farm had a private drive, and Steve said there was nothing better than a long approach to a house. Yeah, unless you’re a trick-or-treater. He met with property manager Tim, and told Tim that the property was incredible. Tim said it was 456 acres, with 35 rescue animals. Steve began giving some of the pigs the other brokers’ names. They took a buggy around property, and Tim showed Steve the 900 square foot guest cottage, a watering hole, 2 miles of stream. He said it was half the size of Central Park. Here’s a clue; Central Park is big. The main house was 6000 square feet, and had been rebuilt in 1990, although some of the original detail had been retained. It had 7 bedrooms, and 5 baths, and an antique garland stove, which apparently is hard to come by. Steve said, it wouldn’t be fun without a challenge. The bathrooms were meh, the floors weren’t done, and the upstairs was unfinished upstairs. He knew Cornelia had been let down in the past by brokers, and he wanted to perform to her expectations.
Fredrik said he couldn’t go to NYC because he couldn’t be away from his kids for a month because of quarantine. He had no idea when he’d be back, and had to rely on his team. Video chatting with team member Ellis, Fredrik asked Ellis to show him a friend’s 5th Avenue apartment as if he was a buyer. It was 3500 square feet, with an open floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a private terrace. Ellis was not that great, and Fredrik told him, to show real emotion, and not act like a car salesman. It also had a private outdoor shower. Why? Who knows? Fredrik said he wanted to be part of the showing. They needed the full Fredrik experience.
Ryan told Zena it was busy time, and to give him his phone. He was getting calls from everybody taking their fingers off the pause button. We went down Memory Lane with the fabulous West 17th Street townhouse; the pool party open house, and the canceled private showings. A buyer made an offer at $15 million, and Ryan said the sellers did the smart thing, and agreed. The house was worth more than that, but who knew what the future market would bring? Ryan was proud that he’s sold it completely virtually in middle of pandemic. He called Jeff, who owned the adjoining apartments, and we revisited Ryan’s self-proclaimed epic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe open house, and the balloon clad empty apartment next door. He said when lockdown hit, everyone went away. He told Jeff that a buyer had fallen in love with the empty apartment, and was offering $5.525. Another couple wanted to rent the first apartment for $15k a month, and Ryan suggested renting it to them for a couple of years, and then selling it to them when the market was better. Jeff said he’d agree to an $18K a month minimum. Ryan said he’d get back to Jeff, and wondered why Zena always said goodbye after the person had hung up.
Ryan said life was pretty great, but every year he had to do more. So he was going to start his own brokerage.
Next time, a Fredrik robot and a llama, KJ virtually meets Fredrik, Whitney decides she wants to sell her apartment without showing it, and Ryan’s biggest risk in his career
Ryan’s Renovation
August 2020. Ryan talked about lockdown, and going to his parents’ house in the middle of Nowhere, New Hampshire. In May, they came back to NYC, but Emelia went to Greece with her family for the summer. They were allowed to travel there since they were citizens. It was one month to completion, after they’d restarted construction as soon as it was safe in June. They’d made a lot of progress; the elevator was in, and the plumbing and electric had been installed. Ryan had spent $80k during quarantine just to keep things current and not loose workers, so he thought saving a cool $220K on postponed roof terrace and landscaping work was the best bet. Hopefully, Emelia would be fine with it because he was doing it anyway. He called Emelia in Greece, and said, not only had they spent a bundle, the timeline had been extended to December. They also needed to extend a staircase to make it stroller friendly, but Emelia’s dad Leonidas took a virtual look, and said he’d do it gratis. Yes, that’s his line of work. He’s not a fisherman or something.
Ryan got a call from fellow broker Brad, saying he had a client who was interested in buying Ryan’s townhouse. He thought Ryan could get $15 million, and they’d bought it at $7.6 million, (I think) also putting in about $2 million in renovation. Ryan said the husband side of him knew Emelia would be pissed, but the broker side was tempted. Ryan was nervous to agree to a showing, but did it anyway. He said maybe the buyer would hate the house, and they could pretend the whole thing never happened. Leonidas, or as Ryan called him, King Leonidas, was at the townhouse when Ryan got back. Ryan said his opinion meant a lot, and the first thing he said was, the living room was too small. In their interview, Ryan told Emelia that her father was scary, and she told him, don’t mess with the Greeks.
Ryan got a call from Brad, saying the buyer thought the townhouse felt like home, and was offering $15 million. Ryan asked when they wanted to close, and then wondered why he said that. Emelia got back with Zena, and everyone gathered to see the olive tree Ryan had planted in lieu of landscaping. Ryan didn’t know what to do about the offer, but decided they’d literally planted roots, so let’s keep renovating.
Next time, a house blessing, painting, and another delay.
🗿 Quotes of the Week
Maybe this world is another planet’s hell. – Aldous Huxley
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. – John Muir
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. – George Orwell
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. – Jodi Picoult (I vote for lowering expectations.)
The border to eternity is never ahead of us. It runs parallel to life and can be crossed over at any moment by old and young. – Reinhard Bonnke
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland
We can’t have our delivery drivers or people out there in the community attacking people, punching people in the face. – Sheriff Ray Kelly, Castro Valley, CA
You’re an only child and still not his favorite. – Rita (Lana Parilla), Why Women Kill
😵 Ending a Stellar Week…
Sorry, no tea tonight, but I promise you a potful next time we meet. My dog finally got a vet appointment for Sunday. It’s been hell getting appointments since the pandemic started. I fell behind, and then AOL did… something, and my email is a pita. No matter. When next we meet, I’ll have recharged. I hope anyway. Until then, stay safe, stay enjoying whatever your view is, and stay not being just a star, but an entire constellation.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Chase asks if Michael is ready for softball season, and Michael asks if he means when Aurora shuts out the PCPD in the open. Chase says Michael is very wrong. When he takes the mound and throws his famous slider, Michael will be embarrassed to call himself a player. Finn suggests they not get ahead of themselves. Chase will be recovering for a while. Chase says Finn doesn’t want him to leave. He feels fine. He already feels the antidote working. His nose starts to bleed, and he asks if this is a side effect Finn didn’t tell him about. He suddenly has a seizure, and Elizabeth rushes everyone out and closes the door. They all watch through the window.
Brando is pushing Gladys in a wheelchair, and she says if she’d known he was going to take such good care of he, she would have gotten shot sooner. Brando tells her, be honest. She loves the attention she’s getting from the media. Heroic woman survives shootout; names real killer of Franco Baldwin. She says don’t forget, she also confirmed Cyrus coerced her into making a false statement. Brando says he knows, claiming Jason disposed of the murder weapon. He thinks at this point the entire world knows, but there is an upside. She says, all those lovely gift baskets from the media outlets who want to interview her. He tells her, he was going to say, now that they’re both free of Cyrus, they can finally think about the future. Sasha approaches them, and says she took a chance they’d be there.
Laura is in the chapel, when Martin comes in. He says, forgive him. He’d hoped to catch her at the Board meeting, but one of the nurses told him that she was headed in this direction. She says if he’s curious what the Board decided to do about Cyrus, they’ll make an official statement tomorrow. He says, considering his brother is under arrest for a veritable laundry list of offenses, he assumes Cyrus will be replaced as Chairman of the Board. What’s amazing to him is, he almost feels sorry for Cyrus. Cyrus always had big dreams. She says, built on lies and extortion, and he says, Cyrus actually thought he could take the place of Sonny Corinthos. She says, interesting how Sonny prevailed, even in death.
At the Tan-O, Lenny and Phyllis walk in. Lenny says, business is picking up, and Phyllis tells Sonny, they ran into the Chief of Police at the market, and crime is down. Sonny says, now that Elijah was arrested, Nixon Falls is back to normal. Phyllis asks if Nina is coming by for a drink later, but Sonny says, she got a call from her grandson’s father, and he’s going to let Nina be part of the child’s life. Phyllis says, wonderful. She can’t wait to hug Nina. Sonny says, the hug will have to wait. She’s on her way back to Port Charles right now.
Handcuffed to a hospital bed, Cyrus asks where his lawyer is. He has the right to see him. Carly walks in, and he says, Mrs. Corinthos. You went to law school when I wasn’t looking? The guard closes the door, and Carly says she didn’t go law school. If she did, she certainly wouldn’t represent him. He says then she can’t be there, and she says, yet here she is. And there he is, arrested and handcuffed to the bed. Sure is funny how things work out.
Cyrus asks Carly, how much did she pay the cop to let her in? but she says she doesn’t have to pay for favors. He says, the Corinthos name commands so much respect, and she says, too bad he didn’t realize that months ago. He could have saved himself a lot of time and trouble. Maybe even avoided his present circumstances. He says, a temporary setback, and she says, Peter is on the run, and he’s not showing up to rescue Cyrus. Cyrus asks why he’d care about the publisher of The Invader. Has he done something Cyrus should know about? She says, like kidnap Gladys, and take her to a warehouse, where Cyrus ordered her son to kill her? Cyrus laughs, and tells Carly, keep thinking that while he’s temporarily in Pentenville, building his network of associates. His lawyers are working to have the charges thrown out. Carly says his lawyers are going to have bad news for him. He’s not going to Pentenville, but he’ll wish he was.
Sonny tells Phyllis and Lenny, Nina said she was going to come back, but he doesn’t know. Once she gets to Port Charles, and sees her grandson, she might change her mind. Phyllis tells him, don’t be a pessimist. Nina loves it there, and she has the article about Nixon Falls to finish, He asks what Phyllis thinks she’ll want more, to finish the article or spending time with her grandson? Phyllis says she got the idea there was more tying Nina to Nixon falls than the article. After what happened with Eli, Nina and Sonny are closer than ever. Sonny says they had a good talk, and Phyllis says, and…? He says, she got a call from her grandson’s father and left. Phyllis says, so that’s it? They said goodbye, no regrets? He says, actually, he gave Nina some of his special sauce so she wouldn’t forget him. Lenny says, he left Nina with tomato sauce? Get on the next flight to Port Charles and surprise Nina.
Brando steps away with Sasha, and asks if she’s okay, and she says, all good. She just had a check-up, and the baby is fine. He says, that’s great news. Of course (🍷) he’s glad to see her, but he thought she was transferring her care to Mercy. She says, that was before Cyrus was arrested. She doesn’t feel like she’s got to look over her shoulder every time she stops into GH. She tells Gladys it’s good to see her, and Gladys says she’s told she’s making a good recovery… thanks to her son’s love and care. He laughs, and she tells him, don’t be modest. He saved her life. She would have died for sure without him. Sasha says she doesn’t see him doing any less, but she owes a debt to Gladys. She was the one responsible for Cyrus’s arrest, and freed her and Brando to figure out their future.
Laura tells Martin, it’s been a very long day. She wants to go home to her husband. He says, of course (🍷). He’s sorry for Cyrus. He’s been saying that his whole life. He’s relieved and grateful that she’s emerged from her hostage ordeal, and has a family to return home to. Laura says, not all of her family; not her daughter. He says he’s sure Laura suffers her absence every single day. He knows what that’s like. She asks if he wants something, and he says, fair play. Cyrus refuses to tell him where he’s hidden their mother. He knows it’s a big ask, but perhaps she could visit her brother and ask where he’s keeping her. She asks what makes him think Cyrus would tell her? and he says, unlike him, she has something to bargain with – his sister’s love.
Elizabeth says Chase’s blood pressure is dropping, and Finn yells for an IV push. Elizabeth puts something in the IV. Outside, Gregory arrives, and asks Jackie if there’s been any change, but she tells him, no. Michael tells Willow that Finn and Elizabeth are the best. If anyone can get the seizures under control, they can. She says she doesn’t understand why Chase had a seizure in the first place. Finn was convinced he had a cure. Finn comes out.
Finn says, Chase’s seizure has stopped, and his breathing and blood pressure are stable. Gregory asks, how long will he remain stable? and Finn says, it could be a couple of hours, maybe longer. It’s hard to know for sure. Jackie says she doesn’t understand. She thought he found a cure; what happened? Finn says, he believed combining her DNA with his would work. A Trojan horse to trick his body into accepting it. It should have worked. Willow asks, what about the short term treatment? and he says, unfortunately, it’s not available. He sent Chase’s bloodwork to the lab. They’re good and fast, and maybe they’ll find something he missed. Gregory says, so there’s reason to hope? and Finn says, there’s hope. Jackie says she has to see her son, and goes in. Willow tells Michael, she really thought it was almost over, and Chase would be okay. He says, there’s still a chance, and she says she has to keep believing. She won’t give up, and neither will Chase.
Laura says Martin overestimates her influence on Cyrus. She tried to talk him down when he was holding her as a hostage. She couldn’t get anywhere, and believes if it had gone on any longer, Cyrus would have killed her. Martin says, he would have killed anyone else a lot sooner. The only one who has any influence over Cyrus besides Laura is his mother. She’s his motivation for everything; for wanting to succeed, trying to be the king of the world. Laura understands that. She was able to engage with him, and keep him talking long enough to avoid tragedy. Just maybe, she can get him talking again, and they can avoid another. She says she knows she can get Cyrus to listen to her, but she doesn’t believe for a minute he’ll tell her where their mother is. He says, all right then; he’ll leave her to it. Reflection and her husband. Safe home. She tells him, wait. What’s the worst Cyrus can do? Say no? He says, God bless her for trying.
Gladys says she’s always happy to help, but she’s tired. Can Brando take her back to her room? Sasha says she needs to pick up some pre-natal vitamins downstairs, and Brando says he’ll go with her, if she doesn’t mind waiting while he wheels his mother back to her room. She says she doesn’t, and says, Ms. Corbin, it’s nice to see you again. Gladys tells Sasha to call her Gladys, now that Sasha and her son share a child. She’s sure a staff person can get her back, and tells Brando to go with Sasha. He says he’s not going to let her fend for herself, and asks a passing orderly to take Gladys back. He tells her not to eat all the chocolate out of the gift baskets.
Carly asks if Cyrus remembers the boat that blew up. There were class A drugs found floating in the water; all surviving the explosion. He asks what that has to do with him, and she says, the DEA traced the boat back to one of his shell corporations. Not only is drug enforcement sniffing around his businesses, so are the Feds. He says, let him guess. The DA is ceding jurisdiction to the Feds, and she says, he’ll be facing Federal racketeering charges, in addition to multiple counts of kidnapping and attempted murder, etc., etc. Pentenville will feel like a spa compared to the maximum security prison they’re going to send him to. She starts to leave, and he says, perhaps she’ll be joining him there, since he intends to tell law enforcement that her family was sheltering an illegal immigrant from Turkey, giving him false identification as Sonny’s cousin and an American citizen. And she made Josslyn an accomplice. She tells him, don’t dare mention her daughter’s name, and he wonders if they have mother/daughter prison cells. He’ll mention her name and Josslyn’s, and of course (🍷) Dev’s, or she can capitalize on all the respect the Corinthos name commands and intervene for him for the US Attorney.
Sonny says, he was thinking of going with Nina, but he’d just get in the way, and Lenny tells him, suit himself. Lenny takes out his phone, and says, just a reminder of what he’s missing. He sends Sonny a picture of him and Nina, and Phyllis says she doesn’t think they’ve seen the last of Nina. She’ll get her fill of pattycake and choo-choo trains, and think about Nixon Falls and everything and everyone she misses. Suddenly, Lenny keels over.
Phyllis asks if Lenny can hear her. She checks him out, and asks if he hurt himself when he fell. He says he doesn’t think so, and she and Sonny get him up. Sonny says he’s calling 9-1-1, but Lenny says, over his dead body. He just got a little dizzy. Phyllis says, maybe he’s dehydrated, and asks Sonny to get him some water. She’s getting the blood pressure monitor. Lenny says he’s fine, but she says, it’s either that or the clinic; his choice. Sonny gives Lenny a bottle of water, and says, tell him what’s going on. Lenny tells him, he said he was fine, and Sonny says he knows what Lenny told him, and what he didn’t tell Phyllis. How bad is it?
Carly says she should have realized Cyrus would stoop this low. And she did. When she brokered the deal with the Feds to grant Gladys immunity, she also got immunity for her family. He says she’s bluffing, but she says, Diane has the agreement on file. The US Attorney agreed not to investigate Dev’s legal status and ID, so Cyrus’s threats are as empty as he is. Have a nice time on the inside. He says he and his attorneys will figure a way out of this, but she won’t find it so east to fill Sonny’s shoes. She says, no one can, and no one ever will. He says, not even her? and she says she knows better than to even try. He says so she’ll be running Sonny’s territory her way, and she says she has many resources, starting with Jason. She has to say, it was smart of him to team with Peter, and frame Jason for Franco’s murder. Although it had no chance of succeeding long term; he had to know that. He doubts Gladys would have made a convincing witness, which was why he was hopeful Jason would never make it to trial. She says because he wanted Jason dead in Pentenville, and when that didn’t work, he tried to kill Jason at GH and failed. Jason is free, and he’s competent, and Sonny’s territory is secure, and it’s going to stay that way. He says, under other circumstances, he’d tell her to watch her back. It would be a cakewalk for Jason to eliminate her, and take Sonny’s businesses for himself. She says that just shows how much he doesn’t know about her and Jason. He says, either Jason devoid of ambition, or completely in her thrall. Either way, it puts her in the driver’s seat. He senses she enjoys the power, but be careful what she wishes for. The deeper you wade into this business, the harder it is to get out.
Sasha says she had a real wake-up call when she saw this, and shows Brando the ultrasound. She says, meet your son or daughter, and he says, he made this? She tells him not to be so greedy; it takes two to tango. He says he’ll never forget that particular tango, and she says, now that Cyrus no longer has a hold on them, what’s next? He says now they have time to figure out a lot of things, including this. He holds up the sono picture.
Laura tells Martin it’s better if she talks to Cyrus alone. She sees Carly coming out of Cyrus’s room, and says she’d like a word with Mr. Renault. Carly asks if she doesn’t mean the prisoner, and Laura says, actually, she means her brother. She goes in, and Cyrus says he’s glad she doesn’t hold a grudge. She tells him, who says she doesn’t?
Carly asks Martin if there’s any reason Laura would want to visit Cyrus after he held her hostage. He say she’s doing it for him; more precisely for his mother. Thankfully, Jason is free, but his mother is still in captivity. Even though it’s gilded, it’s still a cage. Carly says, the dynamics have changed. She may be able to help him get his mother back.
Jackie and Gregory stand by Chase’s bed. Jackie says, he looks so peaceful; you’d never know. Gregory strokes Chase’s hair.
Michael gets something from the vending machine for Willow, and she asks if everything is okay. He says he was going to tell her earlier, but Nina is on her way back to Port Charles to visit Wiley. Willow says they agreed to give her another chance, but she thought he’d let her know. He says, Jax insisted that he call Nina tonight and extend the invitation, and she says she knows he’s been advocating for Nina, and of course (🍷) he’s Josslyn’s dad and part of the family, but isn’t he overstepping? Michael says, Jax blackmailed him, and she says, what? He says, Jax saw them together that night in the gatehouse. She says, together together? and he tells her, Jax said Chase doesn’t need to know if he agreed to let Nina back into Wiley’s life. She says, she’s so sorry. If things had been different, Jax wouldn’t have had a chance to make good on his threat. He asks, what things? and she says she almost told Chase.
Finn looks at some journals and in his microscope. Elizabeth looks at him through the window, and comes into his office. She says, nothing? He says he checked the formula a thousand times. In theory he thought he’d done it right; it was perfect. In practice, it failed. He didn’t fail just any patient; he failed his son. If that wasn’t bad enough, he killed the one person who had the antidote. He swipes the papers off his desk, and walks to the door. She asks where he’s going, and he says he’s turning himself in to the police.
Laura tells Cyrus, she’s there to speak for someone who can’t speak for herself. Someone he claims to care about more than any other. He says, tell Marty not to worry; their mother is getting the best of care. She deserves nothing less. Laura says, she deserves to be able to see Martin. She could be living in the lap of luxury, but it wouldn’t matter if she couldn’t see her own son. He says, ah, yes. The golden child who could do no wrong, unlike him. She asks him to put aside his anger for a moment, and think only of his mother. Who’s going to take care of her when he’s in prison? The people he hired are going to abandon her, and him, when they stop getting paid. If he’s the only one who knows where she is, she’s likely to be alone, and suffer, or worse. He says he won’t let that happen, if she can use her influence as mayor to get his sentence reduced. She laughs.
Brando tells Sasha, it’s okay. Cyrus isn’t lurking around.He’s three floors down, guarded 24/7, a prisoner in his own hospital. She says she thinks it’s going to take her a while to get used to the fact that he’s no longer part of their lives. He says he gets it. He got so used to being under Cyrus’s thumb, ignoring what he cares about, not showing weaknesses. It’s going to take him a minute to relearn how to live. She says they talked about dating, like going to a movie, going out to dinner. He says, catching a baseball game, and she says, it all sounds so normal. She’s not even sure she can do normal anymore, and he says, if it makes her feel any better, making a baby before you even go on a first date isn’t really normal. She guesses they never did anything in the correct order, and asks if that makes them messed up. He says he doesn’t think so. They did something exactly right. They look at the sono picture and smile at each other. Gladys opens the door to her room a crack, and sees them hug. She doesn’t look happy.
Sonny says whatever Lenny tells him, he won’t repeat to Phyllis, but she already told him that Lenny went to a clinic. Three weeks ago. Lenny says, he was having chest pains. He told Phyllis it was heartburn, but she knows he has a bad ticker, and insisted his doctor check him out. The doctor showed him a picture of his heart, and it’s not pretty. Sonny says, Phyllis doesn’t know? Lenny shakes his head, and Sonny says, she has to know. They’ll have to make decisions… Lenny says, Phyllis isn’t going to know, and Mike/Sonny is going to keep his mouth shut. It’s his life, and his decision. Sonny says, Phyllis is a nurse; she can handle it. Lenny isn’t worried about Phyllis, and Sonny knows what he’s worried about. He’s scared. Lenny says, he’s talking to a Marine. Marines aren’t scared of anything. Sonny says, except your feelings. Does Lenny think it was easy to tell Nina how much he cared about her? The don’t even know each other, but Lenny and Phyllis have been together for a lifetime. She’s got a right to know. She won’t love him any less. Phyllis comes out with the blood pressure monitor and says, let’s do this.
Willow tells Michael that Chase had his room fixed up to look like Nantucket. His family has a house there, and they’d made plans to visit a long time ago. Chase was so sweet. He wanted to do something nice for her, and she realized the longer this goes on, the worse Chase is going to be hurt. She couldn’t lie to him anymore. But before she could tell him, Finn rushed in saying he’d discovered the cure. Michael says, a cure that doesn’t work, and Willow says, she thinks now is a bad time to tell him. It has to wait until he’s better, and he has to hear the truth from her, not Jax. Carly comes by, and asks, what about Jax? (One of those true soap moments.)
Elizabeth says Finn is making a mistake, and he says, it won’t be the first time. She says, if he decides to go to the police, tell them whatever he wants, but not when Chase’s life depends on him. He asks if she heard what he said. He took his best shot, and failed. Maybe his theory was flawed, or maybe it’s karma, payback for pushing Peter down a flight of stairs. Elizabeth says, he’s a scientist; he knows better. He says science hasn’t been very good to him, and she says, science saved him from Blackwood’s, and it will save Chase. He has no right to lose faith. Not now. Not ever. Finn’s phone dings, and he says, the lab results are in.
Phyllis asks what she missed, and Sonny says, ask Lenny. He’s sticking to bartending. She looks at the results, and Lenny says, not good? She says she thinks he knows that already. After all these years, if he doesn’t talk to her, she doesn’t know what they have. Certainly not a marriage. He says he loves her, and she has no idea how scared he is of losing her.
Carly asks why they were talking about Jax, and Michael says, Nina is on her way back in Port Charles to see Wiley. Carly asks if it’s permanent, and he says they’re going to talk about boundaries first, and he’s going to make it clear that she can’t mention Nelle. Willow says, assuming Nina can abide by the rules, they thought it would be good for Wiley to have both his grandmas doting over him. Carly asks what that has to do with Jax.
Laura says Cyrus just can’t help himself. He loves to manipulate people. He can’t wait to exploit those vulnerabilities. She hates to disappoint him, but she has no influence she can use on his behalf. He says, and even if she did, she’d never help him, and she says, he didn’t ask her for help. He tried to extort it from her. Her phone rings, and she laughs, and says, Martin. Martin asks if she’s gotten anywhere with their brother, and she says, what does he think? Martin asks if she’d mind putting Cyrus on. There’s someone there who’d like to speak with him. She hands Cyrus the phone, and says, it’s for you. Cyrus says, Martin, there’s nothing you can say that will make me change… Mother?
Brando and Sasha go to Gladys’s room, and she asks if Sasha got what she needed. Sasha says she did. She approaches Gladys bed, handing her the sono picture, and says, she and Brando thought Gladys would like to see this. Gladys looks at it, and says, my grandchild. Brando says they can’t tell if it’s a boy or girl yet, but Gladys says, it doesn’t matter. She sees a family resemblance. Brando says, she can’t tell anything from that, but she says he’s wrong. This little person is going to need all the love they can get. They’re going to need her as much as he does.
Michael tells Carly, Jax made the request. He still cares for Nina, and he’s convinced that it would be good for both Nina and Wiley to be in contact. Carly asks what Michael thinks. Jax is extremely biased. Do they think it would be good for Wiley? Willow and Michael suddenly jet. Carly sighs because the attention isn’t on her anymore.
Finn has come out, and Gregory asks if he figured out what went wrong, but Finn says, not yet. Jackie asks if the lab results are in, and Finn says, the toxin is still in Chase’s system. For reasons he can’t explain, it’s making the symptoms more intense. Willow says, there must be something he can do, and Elizabeth says, Finn just needs more time. Finn says he needs to check on Chase.
Sonny watches Phyllis and Lenny through the window. Lenny says he didn’t want to worry Phyllis, and they hug. Sonny looks at the photo of him and Nina on his phone.
Carly tells Willow and Michael, how awful for Chase’s family. She wouldn’t wish it on her worst enemy. (I’m not so sure about that.) Michael says, no one should have to go through what they’re going through, and they hug. Carly says she has to go, and tells Michael, he has no idea how much she loves him. He says he loves her too, and not to worry about Nina. He won’t let her pull another stunt like she did last time. She says she’s not worried, says goodbye to Willow, and leaves.
Gladys thanks Sasha for sharing the picture, and Sasha thanks Gladys for sharing her son with her. She says she should go, and Brando says he’ll call her later. She leaves, and Brando says, so, grandma… He’ll frame a copy of the ultrasound for her to take to Bridgeport. She says she’s been meaning to talk to him about that. There’s nothing for her back there. There’s so much more here, which is why she’s moving in with him until they find a larger place, and she can take care of him and her grandchild.
On the phone, Cyrus says, no. That’s not true. He wants what’s best… Mother? Are you there? He gives the phone back to Laura, and she says, Martin found their mother, and will take charge of her care. He says, with Carly’s help, he’s sure, and she says, kind of poetic, isn’t it? Carly is going to return his mother to the brother who will care for her. He says, she’s defending Carly, and she says she understands Carly. Carly wants to do anything she can to stop him from hurting anyone else. He says he doesn’t want another lecture. Please just go. He needs to call his lawyer. She says, before he does, she’d like him to reflect, even if it’s just for a moment. With his intelligence and determination, he could have built roads, fed the poor. He could have done so much good in the world, they would have built a statue to honor him. Instead, he chose to be selfish and cruel, and it’s left him alone and feeling unloved. He has no one to blame but himself. He says, if that’s true, the next time they meet, he has nothing to lose. She says, if there is a next time, she’ll be ready, and leaves.
Finn sits next to Chase’s bed, and says, why didn’t it work? He looks up, and says, where did he go wrong? Chase opens his eyes, and asks how long he’s been out. Finn says, a while. He was in the lab. Chase says, and?… Finn is out of tricks? He’s going to die, isn’t he? Finn takes Chase’s hand.
Tomorrow, Michael tells Willow, what happens next depends on Nina; Finn says he gave it his best shot; and Carly says, Jax not only knows, but he’s counting on it.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
As usual, Erika came to breakfast in dark glasses. Indoors. Garcelle said she though Sutton was going through a lot, but Erika said she couldn’t be taking it out on other people. In LisaR’s interview, she says she thought Sutton was harmless. She let her emotions take over, but there was something underlying that she wasn’t dealing with. It was making her have these moments. LisaR told everyone that they’d probably be going on the boat later, and Garcelle wanted to check out the town. Kyle said it was all too much, so she was just going to hang out. Crystal said she wanted to go with Garcelle, and LisaR went to check on Sutton. Sutton said she was a little angry and upset. She thought something was going on – which there was – but she didn’t know what it was. We flashed back to the Bottoms Up prank, and Sutton says her paranoia kicked in. She kept using a roller on her face, as a self-soother, and told LisaR that she was sick of crying, but LisaR said if she had to cry, cry. Sutton said Kyle told her that she was too sensitive, but Crystal called her irrational, ridiculous, too sensitive, defensive, crazy, and paranoid. LisaR said she could make her own list, and we flashed back to the many names she’s been called.
Garcelle and Crystal went for coffee, and Crystal said she had mixed feelings about Sutton. Garcelle said she heard they’d had a talk, and asked what that was about. We flashed back to the I-don’t-see-color conversation and Crystal said Sutton came at her hard, but Sutton probably thought Crystal. It spiraled into we’re all equal. Garcelle said, if something was bothering Sutton that she wasn’t talking about, at some point, it had to come to a head. She told Crystal to just continue being her. Crystal suggested Garcelle sage her, or sage the house, but Garcelle said it was the first time she hadn’t traveled with sage. I hate when that happens.
They went to the boat, and LisaR was carrying a tote bag said RINNA on it in big letters. I thought, why? Does she forget her name? More likely, she wants to make sure everyone notices her. We flashed back to other boat rides, which weren’t exactly happy times. Erika yapped about how dedicated Tom was to being a lawyer, and how much he loved it. And how she loved him for loving it. Ugh. A seagull came around, and I kid you not, these women freaked out like it was a rabid bat. The seagull took no mind, and landed on the boat’s railing, while the women cowered on the other side of the boat, except for Kathy, who is like a ditsy Snow White. In Sutton’s interview, she said she felt nervous. She’d come there with her tail between her legs, and needed to have a conversation with Crystal and move on with the day. Taking her roller with her, she asked to speak to Crystal. She told Crystal that being called ridiculous didn’t make her feel great. She felt Crystal was abrupt to her, and thought Crystal was upset with her. Crystal said Sutton claimed she’d kicked her to get her to stop talking. Which she had. Meanwhile, at the front of the boat, the rest of the women gazed at the house from Godfather 2.
Crystal said Sutton had turned on her, and showed herself to be untrustworthy, but gave no examples. She also said Sutton’s reactions were erratic. In Crystal’s interview, she said Sutton was erratic, unbalanced, unreasonable, and emotional. She told Sutton that she couldn’t deal with crazy, and Sutton asked Crystal not to call her crazy, and used her self-soother. Crystal said that was all Sutton had shown her. She didn’t know the others well, but they’d been open and sweet. Honestly, I wanted to like Crystal, but I’m starting to think she’s crazy. Crystal freaked about Sutton (who’d knocked first) coming into her room to bring her coat, when she was nakey. I have to add that Sutton went in coat first, so it was clear why she was there. Some might say that’s an overreaction. I’d never tell someone how to feel, but why doesn’t she afford Sutton the same courtesy she would like, and stop stomping all over Sutton’s feelings. Yeah, she’s a little odd. So? Crystal is starting to come off as a mean girl with Sutton as the target. No surprise on this show. Sutton told Crystal that she was shy, and it took her a while to warm up to someone and trust them. She wanted to get to know Crystal better. She’d been a nervous wreck, and was going to leave. In Sutton’s interview, she said, until she’d gone to Tahoe, she hadn’t realized what an emotional task it was to sell her house. She told Crystal, at first she thought she was okay, but leaving the house was harder than she was pretending. She apologized if she was projecting. In her interview, a-hole Crystal said moving out wasn’t an excuse to attack her and act like a crazy person. Is it me??? When did this happen? She told Sutton that she was happy move forward, adding liar to her resumé. This is just sad, and I feel bad for Sutton who is trying too hard, since this Regina George wannabe isn’t really worth it.
Fresh baked goods were awaiting them back at the lodge, Dorit and Kyle played bocci ball, and everyone got dressed up, sort of, for dinner. Sutton wore another dress I loved, with sparkly embellishments, along with her ginormous, expensive furry slippers. Garcelle kept calling Dorit Door-it, and Dorit refused to respond. The women sat by the fireplace and had cocktails, when Garcelle asked for a show of hands on who’d had their nose done. In Erika’s interview, she seemed to get offended at that question, which puzzled me. Erika and Kathy both admitted to having their noses done, but Dorit said she used contouring makeup. A photo from 1995 made us question that. Crystal sent a text to Garcelle saying she was losing her sh*t, and not coming to dinner. And she’s calling Sutton crazy. Okay. Sutton apologized to everyone, saying she hadn’t been herself. The move had taken a toll on her, and she was exhausted. Feeling left out triggered her, but they didn’t deserve her behavior. In Dorit’s interview, she said it was better to confront things, and move past them. She’s a regular Confucius. Sutton said she’d had a meditative day, and was ready to enjoy everyone’s company. LisaR said she’d had a rough past year with people saying she was a bad friend. She then told a story about Harry having a drink with a friend who raped a girl later in the evening. He’d been a close friend of Harry’s, and went to jail. All of his friends wanted him to visit, support the friend, and show him they loved him, but Harry couldn’t do it. Garcelle asked what the point of the story was, and – wait for it – LisaR said she couldn’t blindly support Denise last season. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, Harry did the right thing, but you couldn’t compare the two situations on any level. Sometimes it’s okay to say nothing. As usual, Garcelle and I share a brain. LisaR said she’d done things that didn’t look good, but in a lot of ways she took a bullet. Garcelle said it was more like LisaR became the ringleader, and we flashed back to Denise being sucker punched figuratively, because they are going to milk that storyline until this show finally goes off the air. Which isn’t soon enough. LisaR agreed that she hadn’t tried to reach Denise in the right way. She’d wanted Denise to be transparent and vulnerable, so she could use those vulnerabilities against Denise. That’s where it went south. Garcelle said LisaR pushed it.
Erika said nothing ever seemed like what it was in life, and you didn’t know anything about anyone. Another great philosopher. They went to the game room, and played ping pong, foosball, and pool. LisaR jumped in the pool, and wanted the others to join her, but had no takers. Garcelle said she was wearing a velvet jumpsuit, but have fun. Sutton said she’d brought her bathing suit, and joined LisaR. LisaR wanted channel her inner Esther Williams, and she and Sutton came up with a synchronized swimming routine. Sutton announced they had a performance to show the women, and everyone was amused. Kyle stopped by Crystal’s room, and Crystal told her about Sutton startling her, saying she dopped to the ground. Sutton had said she didn’t know what was going on there, but here was her coat. She was just too tired to deal with it at dinner. Kyle said Sutton and Crystal had talked on the boat, and asked if Crystal mentioned it, but Crystal said it was so triggering and important that she hadn’t thought about it. In Kyle’s interview, she wondered, if it was so upsetting, why hadn’t Crystal said anything before they went on the boat, or on the boat, or after the boat? I’ll tell her why. This chick is trying to start sh*t, and picked on the weak one.
The next morning, they packed to leave, and Sutton stopped by Crystal’s room, which I’m sure she saw as an attack. Even worse, Sutton suggested they end on a good note. Crystal hadn’t come to dinner, and Sutton thought it might be because of her. Crystal said that was part of it, and repeated what she’d told Kyle. Sutton said she hadn’t meant anything by her comment, but Crystal said she felt that boundaries had been crossed. She felt violated; it was creepy and weird. Let’s go through that list again, of Crystal’s complaints about Sutton: irrational, ridiculous, too sensitive, defensive, crazy, and paranoid. Check, but as applied to Crystal. Sutton said it was awkward, but she wasn’t being judgmental. In Sutton’s interview, she said there was nothing creepy and weird, unless you were raised in a women’s prison. Sutton said she was trying to make the situation better, and wanted to get to know Crystal. Why is a mystery. They hugged it out, even though Sutton is an admitted non-hugger.
Four days later, it was election morning, and everyone received a text from Erika saying she considered them close friends, and she had filed for divorce. Because you always keep that info from your close friends until just before it hits the papers. That’s one way to be transparent. Not one of them had any idea it was coming.
Because I watched the 11:30 pm show, there was no preview. Maybe that’s a good thing. I’m not so sure I want to know.
👓 Another Way To Look At It…
I really enjoyed this recap that hit the nail on the head in a concise manner. Unlike my own rambling, and dedication to dialogue.
Since I’ve had a lot going on this week, I’m a beat behind, but we’ll catch up with Million Dollar Listing New York tomorrow, because dammit, I’m getting more than five hours sleep tonight. No matter how many hours you get, stay safe, stay scrupulous, and stay looking in the mirror first, before casting an avalanche of stones.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Ava takes the knife out of the photo, and on the phone, Nikolas says he wants all eyes on Avery and her nanny. He wants every inch of the property searched. Whoever did this may still be on the island, or left some evidence of their identity. Ava says, there is no whoever. There’s only Ryan.
Britt walks into the hospital with Obrecht, and wonders, where’s the confetti and the balloons?Even a lousy welcome back banner. Obrecht tell her not to expect validation from menials, and Britt says, her staff aren’t menials. They’re highly valued personnel who save lives every day. Obrecht says Britt is too kind to people who will never appreciate the lengths she went to rid the hospital of Cyrus. Britt says, or they’re so focused on her brother’s murderous exploits, hers pale in comparison. Obrecht says, Peter is her half-brother. He shares no DNA with her. If she had he way, she would have rid the world of him years ago, but he’s still wreaking havoc today, causing misery wherever he goes. Thanks to Anna Devane.
Maxie looks at Brook’s MyFace page, and sees pictures of Bailey/Louise. She says, Bailey. Anna comes by, and asks how Maxie is feeling. Maxie says she didn’t sleep well, and Anna says, she didn’t ask for something? but Maxie says she wanted to be alert, in case Mac found Louise and brought her back. Anna says, but he never came, and Maxie says, no. Her daughter is gone. Another victim of Peter’s.
Willow says Chase is building her up to be more than she is. Of course (🍷) she wants to help him, and of course (🍷) she wants to see him through this, but… He says, what is it? She can tell him anything. She says, it’s just that… Finn runs in, and says he figured it out. He knows how to cure Chase. Chase says he’s joking, but Finn says, it’s real. Chase is going to be okay.
On the phone, Michael tells Nina that he and Willow have reconsidered. It’s time to give her seeing Wiley another go. They’ll make plans for another visit as soon as she likes. All she has to do is come back to Port Charles. Nina looks at Sonny, and Michael asks if she’s still there. She says she didn’t think she heard him correctly, and he says they’re willing to give her another chance with Wiley. Isn’t that something she’d want?
Nina says she’s never been more ready to see her grandson. He has no idea how she’s longed for this call. Michael says, so he takes that as a yes? She says she’ll take any opportunity to see Wiley, and he says he’s glad to hear it. They’ll have a conversation about guidelines and boundaries as soon as she arrives. He asks when they can expect her, and she says she has a few obligations there. She might need a day or two. He says, whenever she’s ready; just let him know when she’s back. She says she’s just curious. What made him change his mind? He looks at Jax, and says he weighed the pros and cons, and made the best decision he could under the circumstances.
Chase wonders how long it will be before the cure is ready, and Finn says, not long. Chase says Finn told him not to get his hopes up, and now he says he has a cure. What happened? Finn says he got a new perspective. Everything just suddenly came together, and it dawned on him.
Elizabeth calls Jackie, who asks if it’s about Chase; has his condition changed? Elizabeth says, Chase is stable, but Finn wanted her to meet them at the hospital right away. It’s vital to Chase’s health. Can she meet them at Finn’s lab? Jackie says she’s leaving now.
Ava tells Nikolas, first a cockroach, then a plastic hand. Now he’s upped the ante with a delivery to their home. Nikolas says, this dagger (my bad) was removed from an alarmed case in this house. How did Ryan figure out the security code; how did he get that picture of them? The man can’t walk or talk. He’s a prisoner in his own body. She says, maybe it’s just what he wants the world to believe. She opens a paper in her hand and says, Ryan has left them another note.
Britt says she has a lot of patient reports to get through, and Obrecht asks if she should help Britt prioritize. Britt wonders if Obrecht is angling for her old job back, but Obrecht says she’d never exploit Britt’s situation for her own gain. Britt says she knows. She’s zinging Obrecht; it’s a reflex. She hopes they never lose the way they are together, and Obrecht says, never fear. She has no intention of devolving into maudlin sentiments. She asks if Britt plans on telling her staff about her diagnosis, but Britt says, no; her diagnosis stays between them. Got it? Obrecht asks, what about Jason? and Britt says, he won’t tell anyone. Obrecht is sure he won’t. Britt chose her confidant wisely. Britt looks at her tablet, and says, oh no. Obrecht asks, what’s wrong? and Britt says, Maxie was admitted last night.
Anna tells Maxie that she’s been working closely with Mac and the PCPD. They went to Peter’s office, and his hotel room, and searched them. They found his computer, and they’re going to go through his digital records, and everything else he left behind. She promises Maxie they’ll find him, but Maxie says, Peter escaped the hospital, despite the fact that police were crawling all over the place. Was he not seen on any security cameras? Anna says, it’s strange. The security footage didn’t pick up his exit, and his car is still in the parking garage. Maxie says, he didn’t just snap his fingers and disappear into a puff of smoke, and Anna says, there appear to be gaps in the coverage. The PCPD have put out roadblocks, and the FBI have been alerted in case he tries to cross the border, so there’s a statewide manhunt going on. Maxie asks why Anna is there, instead of out looking for him, and Anna says, because her priority is finding Maxie’s baby. They have the state police in Pawtuck, trying to pick up Chloe’s trail. Maxie says, that’s not even her real name. It’s going to be difficult finding Chloe. Anna says, what about the good Samaritan? He’s from the area, does she think he might have some information? Maxie says, no. Stop. Just forget about Louise.
Anna says Maxie has been through an ordeal, but surely Maxie wants her to keep looking for her baby. Maxie says, if anyone can find her baby, it’s Anna and Mac, but she knows how dangerous Peter is. It will never be safe for Louise until Peter is caught. So please make that her priority, and then they’ll worry about bringing Louise home. Anna says she’ll tell Mac that Maxie wants to focus on the search for Peter. Anything else? Maxie asks if Anna can find Dr. Navarro; she’d like to check out of the hospital. Anna asks if it’s not a bit soon, but Maxie says it’s not. James and Georgie need her. She doesn’t want them to feel like she abandoned them, like she did… Anna says, this is not Maxie’s fault. She doesn’t know why Maxie would think that. Britt comes in with Obrecht, and says, where is she? Where’s the baby?
Jax says he knows it wasn’t easy, but Michael made the right choice. Michael says, don’t patronize him. Jax says he’s being honest. Having Nina in his life will only benefit Wiley, although it didn’t seem like Nina jumped at the chance to see her grandson. Michael says, she was surprised. He thinks she’d given up hope of ever seeing her grandson again. Jax asks if that was all, and Michael says, it seemed like she made a new life for herself away from Port Charles and everyone in it. A life good enough might make her think twice about walking away from it. Jax says at least Nina has a choice, and Michael says, Nina has a choice because Jax took his away from him.
Nina kicks back a shot, and puts her head on the bar. Sonny asks if she wants another one, but she declines. He says, funny how she does that; make good news look bad. When they first met, she told him how much she wanted to be in her grandson’s life. What changed? She says, nothing changed. She’s always wanted Wiley to know her as his grandmother, as his family. When her ex was there, he told her Wiley’s father was considering letting her see Wiley, but so much time passed, she figured he decided against it. He says, so she hesitated, and she nods. He says, the guy probably came to his senses. He shouldn’t keep her from her grandson. Now there’s nothing to stop her from going home.
Nikolas reads, There once lived a prince oh so clever/ to Nick my true love he’d endeavor / warned him take heed from nurse ingles / lest you break out in shingles / then from your body/ your noggin I’ll sever. Ava says, now he’s not satisfied with just having her back. He has to kill Nikolas in the process. Nikolas tells Ava, call the police.
Obrecht wonders how that miscreant is still roaming free, and Anna says there’s an intra agent task force looking for Peter. Britt asks if there are any leads. Anna says no, and she’d better get back to it. She says she’ll touch base with Maxie. Britt says she’ll be right back, and follows Anna. She asks how she can help with Peter, and Anna asks what she thinks she can do. She says she spent over a year on the road with her father. She had access to Faison’s network, his contacts, and his money. Anna says she’ll inform the right people that Britt wants to help, but right now she thinks Britt should put all her attention on Maxie. She’s blaming herself for the kidnapping. Britt asks what makes Anna think that, and Anna says, because she’s a mother. It’s her job to protect her children. And when she can’t, she feels as if she failed.
Obrecht sits on Maxie’s bed, and says she should have done more than just warned her against Peter. She should have killed him, and none of this would have happened. Maxie says Peter isn’t worth spending her life in prison, but Obrecht says she could have avoided prison with careful planning. But she let Peter lure her into complacency. She was placated by his willingness to employ her. Because of her weakness, Peter is still free, claiming more victims, going unpunished. Maxie says, whatever she’s planning, do not do it. Anna and Mac will handle this. She doesn’t want Obrecht getting in any kind of trouble. Obrecht takes Maxie’s hand, and says, alas, leibchen, trouble is already here.
Anna leaves a message for Robert, saying that Maxie wants her to concentrate on finding Peter, so she’s not going to be joining him and Mac up in Port Chuck. For God’s sake, find that baby. Call her back. She goes the elevator, and pushes the button several times, then bangs it. Obrecht comes along, and says, one of those days? If Anna feels like breaking something, she can help.
Jackie arrives at Finn’s office, and asks, what’s going on? Finn says he needs a swab, and she says, what? He looks at Elizabeth, and remembers coming up with the formula. He tells Jackie that he and Elizabeth found a cure for Chase. The toxin that poisoned him was a variation on a toxin once used to poison Tiffany Hill. Anna found notes in Sean Donely’s files that helped him develop an antidote. This version of the toxin is particularly hideous. It caused Chase’s immune system to turn on itself. He needed to conceal the antidote in something Chase’s white blood cells wouldn’t attack. I have to add, he sounds like a voiceover for a third grade documentary on science. If he could sneak the antidote past Chase’s immune system, it will break down the toxin. He hands her his tablet like she’s a fellow scientist and will understand all this. She asks why taking swabs of their DNA helps, and Elizabeth says, instead of thinking it’s a foreign body, Chase’s immune system will recognize something in the DNA from which he was created. Finn says, his mother and father. I’m no scientist, but why couldn’t they use Chase’s DNA?
Willow asks what Chase is going to do first when he gets out of there, and he says he’s going to call the wine guy. She says, for a celebratory bottle, and he says, that, and ask him if he can recommend an exceptional bottle to give to Michael as thanks for letting him stay at the Quartermaines. She says she knows what Michael will say; totally unnecessary. He wasn’t even there overnight. He says he was there long enough to collapse again, and then she and Michael had to take him to the hospital. Talk about going above and beyond the call. She says, Finn is currently in his lab, saving Chase’s life. She and Michael aren’t the heroes of this story. He says, there can be more than one hero. As soon as he’s released, he plans on showing her how much of a hero he thinks she is. She says, about that… He says he’s an idiot. She was going to say something. Go ahead. What’s on her mind?
Michael tells Jax, Chase is seriously ill. That is the only reason he and Willow haven’t told him that they’re together yet. They don’t want to hurt their friend, who’s flat on his back in the hospital, but Jax threatened to do just that. Jax threatened to go to Chase, and break his heart, if he didn’t get what he wanted. Jax says all he wanted was for Nina to see her grandson, and Michael asks if he would have gone to Chase. He answers his own question, and says, probably. He’s already proved that he doesn’t give a damn about Chase, or Willow, much less him. Which he admits came as quite a shock. He always thought that they were family. Jax says, they are family, but Michael says, not anymore. Jax is Josslyn’s father, and for her sake, Michael won’t tell her what Jax did. Jax thinks Michael should rethink his anger. With one phone call, he just expanded Wiley’s family. Michael says, Jax can dress it up all he wants, but he just destroyed their relationship. Jax says, is that what he’s done?
Dante says they’ll get prints from the photo, the dagger, and the trophy case, and Ava asks if he’s sure he has the time. They still haven’t heard back from the PCPD about the plastic hand, any possible evidence that came from there, or the note that came with it. Nikolas says his wife has a point. This man broke into his house, and knew the code to the trophy case. Dante says, they’re a little busy right now. There’s a mob war, Peter August escaped, and oh yeah, there was the hostage situation with Cyrus Renault down at the pier, which Nikolas’s interference didn’t help with. Ava says he really doesn’t care that she’s being stalked by a madman. She’s curious. Would he be as dismissive if Ryan had focused on someone he cares about?
Sonny tells Nina to pack her bags; she can get to Port Charles by tonight. Don’t forget to bring presents for her grandson. She says, Wiley is buried under toys. He comes from one of the richest families in Port Charles. He says she doesn’t want to show up empty handed, so start shopping, and she asks if he’s trying to get rid of her. He says he’s just trying to make sure she gets what she wants, and Nina asks what he wants. He says, it’s pretty obvious. It looks like – he moves closer, and puts his hands on the bar on either side of her – timing is everything. She finally gets to be part of her grandson’s life at the same time he’s telling her that he wants more of a relationship with her. She says she wants more of them too, so what are they supposed to do? He says, the only answer to that is, let’s say goodbye.
Dante says he’ll make sure forensics puts a rush on it. He’ll let them know when he gets the results. As far as Ryan Chamberlain is concerned, they check in on him every week. He’s basically in a vegetative state. He can’t scratch his nose, much less walk, talk, or write. Ava says she’s sure Ryan is exaggerating this – air quotes – locked in syndrome – end air quote. And even if he’s not, he’s found an accomplice. It wouldn’t be the first time. Nikolas asks if they’ll be looking at someone other than Ryan, and Dante says, of course (🍷). He’s gotten a lot of press on the anniversary of his crime spree. Maybe somebody is studying Ryan’s crimes and decided to imitate them. Nikolas says, a copycat, who takes on Ryan’s obsession with Ava. Ava says, great, and Dante says, maybe it’s not Ava who has the secret admirer. Maybe it’s Nikolas.
Jax says he never wanted to jeopardize his and Michael’s relationship, but he did believe it was wrong to keep Nina away from Wiley. Michael says, this isn’t about Nina. This isn’t about Wiley. This is about Jax. Nina was completely irrational when the truth about Nelle came out. She blamed his mother for what happened, and she blamed Jax. (Inserting here that it doesn’t sound irrational, but okay, rewrite history.) All this is just a way of Jax to get back into Nina’s good graces, using his son, and destroying years of shared history in the process. Or didn’t he think there was going to be a price to pay? Did he think Michael would just smile and say, blackmail me all you want, because you’re such a great guy. Jax says, right, and Michael opens the door, and says, get out. Jax says, as far as he’s concerned, they’re still family. If Michael ever needs him – day or night – he’ll be there for him. Michael asks, who’s going to be there for Jax? and closes the door in his face. On the porch, Jax looks pained.
Nina asks Sonny if this has to be goodbye, and he says, seems that way. Unless… She says, unless? and he says she wants him to help her push Wiley on the swings in Port Charles in some playground. He’s sure Wiley has a grandfather. He doesn’t think Wiley’s dad would want her introducing his son to a stranger, and she says, it’s just going to be a visit. She’s not moving there permanently. He says she doesn’t have to tell him that to make him feel better. He knows what’s going to happen. She’s going to get there, and see her grandson, and her plans are going to change. She says she’s coming back, and she’ll bring him a gift. He says she’s the only gift that he needs.
Britt says, Dr. Navarro is off today, but from her notes, it looks like Maxie had a quick labor. Is she in any pain? Maxie says, just the usual, and Britt says she’ll give Maxie something to take home, in case the pain becomes too much to handle. Maxie says she’s sure it will be fine. She’d like to go home today. Britt says, Anna told her, but before she releases Maxie, she has to ask… Did she breastfeed Georgie or James? Maxie says, James, yes, but Georgie wasn’t with her. Britt says she’ll set Maxie up with a lactation consultant. She may choose to donate her milk. Maxie asks if there’s anything else, and Britt asks, what’s going on?
A guy in a hardhat and mask tells Obrecht and Anna, also in hardhats and masks, they’ve got twenty minutes to commit wanton carnage. Weapon of choice? Anna says, what? and Obrecht says, which weapon would she like? The baseball bat is popular, but Obrecht prefers the crowbar. She can wield it with incredible strength and power. The guy gives Obrecht a crowbar, and Anna a baseball bat. He leads them to a room filled with electronics, and says, happy smashing. He leaves, closing the door, and Anna says, now what? Obrecht says, now… we rage. Rock music plays as Obrecht whacks at an old typewriter.
Britt asks if Maxie went ahead with her plan, and Maxie says she couldn’t. Everything fell apart when Peter hired that psycho nurse to drug and kidnap her. Britt says she’s so sorry. She should have been there. Maxie and Louise needed her. Now Louise is gone. Maxie says, Louise is okay. Louise is going to be just fine. Britt asks how Maxie knows.
Anna asks if Obrecht comes there often, and Obrecht says, it’s good for exercising demons. Anna says, anyone in particular? and Obrecht whacks at some more stuff, and says, no way to help someone in need. She smashes something else, and Anna says she does know that feeling. She doesn’t think smashing inanimate objects is really her thing. She has more pressing problems. Obrecht says, like finding Peter, and bringing him to justice, so that Maxie can be forever grateful? Check your hero complex at the door. Cesar taught them that well. She will never find Peter. Anna says she knows what Obrecht is doing, and Obrecht says, Anna can present herself as Maxie’s avenging angel, but she sees the real Anna Devane. The weakness and uncertainty, and soon, the rest of the world will see it to. A disgrace to her profession. A failure to her family. Anna says, she could say the same thing about Obrecht, but Obrecht says, she stood her ground, saw her enemy, and called his name. She didn’t hide behind wishful thinking. And now, Peter is gone. He’s beaten Anna. And Anna has failed everyone she loves because of her lies. Anna flips her mask down, and takes swings at some electronics. There’s a music part, and Obrecht and Anna go into a smashing frenzy, pausing at one point to fist-bump. There’s a barrel that says Choose Your Weapons, and they try out other things, including a golfclub. This is one of the most fun scenes to date on this show. Right up there with the Nurses Ball. When it’s over, they sit on a bench in the midst of the debris, and Anna says she might have to get a membership to this place.
Nikolas asks what makes Dante think this is about him, and Dante says, because it wouldn’t be the obvious angle. Ava says, the cockroach and the hand were addressed to her, and Nikolas asks what Ryan has to gain by sending those sick gifts? He’s a smart guy. He should know it’s not going to win her back. Dante says, the photo with the dagger through it, the limerick, means Nikolas is being threatened, and Ava says, because Ryan wants her all to himself. Dante says maybe someone wants Nikolas all to themselves, and Ava asks if he’s saying someone is copycatting Ryan, not to get to her, but to get to Nikolas? He tells her, don’t sound so disappointed.
Willow asks Chase if it’s safe to come back, and he says the nurse had to update his chart and check his vitals. Finn should have told them he’s checking out of the hospital tonight, but she says she’s sure Finn is going to want to keep him at least overnight to make sure he’s fully recovered from the toxin’s effects. He says he can fully recover at home; he’ll talk to Finn. Willow tells him, what he said before, about the sacrifices she’s made, he’s wrong. Supporting him isn’t a sacrifice; it’s something she wants to do. And whatever happens next… Finn, Elizabeth, and Jackie come in with a cart, and Finn asks if Chase is ready to be cured. Chase says he doesn’t know. He’s come to like it there. Finn says a sense of humor runs in the family. Jackie asks what’s going on with the décor, and Chase says, it’s Nantucket until they can get to the real one. Willow asks if Gregory is coming, and Jackie says, he’s on his way. Finn sets up the IV bag, and asks if Chase is ready. Three… two… one… Chase smiles, and everyone waits.
Sonny sets up the Tan-O for the evening, when Nina comes in. She asks where Lenny and Phyllis are, and he says they went for a walk, but he can’t reach them. She says she can’t leave without saying goodbye, but he says, it’s getting late. She has a long drive, and she’s going to be back anyway, right? She says, right. She can try them when she’s on the road. She starts to go, and he says, she didn’t think he was going to let her leave without him.
Ava asks if Dante is saying she enjoys the attention, and he apologizes, saying, it was unprofessional of him. She says, yes it was, and he says whoever the stalker is after is secondary. Nikolas says, because whoever they are, they broke into their home. They slipped past security and knew the code to the trophy case. Dante says, it could be someone who works for the company, or someone who works in the house, someone from security detail, or someone from their past. The point is, they know how to get into Windymere, and get to them. Nikolas says he’ll hire a private investigator to do background checks, and Dante says it’s a good idea, but not from there. They have to get off the island. Ava asks, why? and he says because they got a death threat. If they stay on the island, they could end up getting killed.
Obrecht asks Anna if she enjoyed herself, and Anna says she never would have thought of it. Obrecht says Cesar bragged about Anna’s control, and Anna says, that must have made her happy. Obrecht says he’d drive her into jealous rages when he spoke about her. Anna has incredible self-possession. No one has more resolve than my Anna. Anna says she’s surprised Obrecht didn’t take a sledgehammer to him, and Obrecht says she wishes she had. Now here it comes. Anna says, what? and Obrecht says she’s about to ask herself, what happened to the real Anna Devane, who allowed her adversaries to think her beaten, when she was only lying in wait for the perfect opportunity to strike the killing blow? Anna says, Peter happened, and Obrecht says, in some ways, Peter was worse than his father, more manipulative, and adept at hiding his evil. Anna says she really tried to love Peter. She thought she could change him, and she lost herself trying to save him. Obrecht says she disagrees. She caught a glimpse of Anna Devane just now, swinging that bat. They both laugh, and Obrecht gets up, holding out her hand. She suggests Anna prioritize her search. She won’t find Peter and the baby, until Anna finds herself. Anna takes Obrecht’s hand and gets up. She says, thank you for this. Now she has some real work to do. She picks up an old telephone on her way out, and says, souvenir. Obrecht smiles as she watches Anna leave.
Britt asks how Maxie knows Louise is fine, and Maxie says she might fall apart if she believed anything else. Right now, she can’t afford to do that. Britt says if she were in Maxie’s shoes, she doesn’t know how she’d deal with this, and Maxie says, when it comes to her family, she has to be able to handle anything that’s thrown at them.
On the phone, Nina asks if Jax is surprised to hear from her, and he says he didn’t know if she was still speaking to him. Is she okay? She says she’s fine. Actually, she’s hopeful. Michael called, and invited her to visit with Wiley. He says, that’s great. Hopefully it’s the start of many visits with Wiley. She asks if he had anything to do with it, and he says he hopes he gets to see her when she comes to town. Which answers her question not at all, which kind of answers it. She says she’s not sure. Bye. Sonny comes out with a tote bag, and says sorry to keep Nina waiting. She says she was thinking. Lenny and Phyllis will never forgive her if she takes him away from them. He says he realized he’d be butting into her family reunion, but that doesn’t mean she can’t take a piece of him with her. He hands her a jar of sauce, and says it’s something to remember him by. She says she hardly thinks she’ll forget him. Besides, she still owes him a dance. He says he’s counting on that, and hands her the bag. She says she’ll see him soon, and he says he’s looking forward to that. She’s almost out the door when she comes back and kisses him. He tells her to remember, it’s a slow simmer, referring to the sauce, but not really, and she leaves. Sonny smiles.
Michael comes into the hospital, and Willow says, perfect timing. Chase is going to be okay. Finn found a cure. She tells him, come on. Chase will want to see him. They go to Chase’s room, and Michael asks if it’s true Finn found a cure. Chase says, is Finn a doctor genius or what? He asks if Michael is ready for softball season, and Michael asks if he means when Aurora shuts down the PCPD in the open, but Chase says he’s very wrong. Once he gets on the mound, and unleashes his secret slider, he’ll be embarrassed to call himself a player. Finn says, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Chase is going to be resting for a while. Chase says, God doesn’t want him to leave. He can already feel the antidote working. His nose starts bleeding, and Elizabeth runs for a tissue. Chase asks if this is a side-effect Finn didn’t warn him about, and has a seizure. You didn’t think it was going to be that easy, did you?
Tomorrow, Cyrus is glad someone doesn’t hold a grudge, Finn says he’s going to turn himself in to the police, Lenny tells Mike/Sonny to get on the next flight and surprise Nina, and Carly says it’s funny how things work out.
🤷🏽 Excuses and Apologies…
It’s been more than one of those days. I have a dog who’s not doing well, and a computer that decided to update when I was in the middle of watching GH online. I did see The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but still need to edit, and really don’t want to be going to sleep as the sun comes up. So RHOBH tomorrow, and for now, stay safe, stay not coloring between the lines, and stay not playing the blackmail card too quickly. There might be a price to pay.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Portia says she doesn’t know why Curtis was calling her, but in that moment, he had no idea it was the most important phone call of their lives. He saved her, and saved her Trina. He keeps showing up for them. She kisses her hand, and puts it on his face. He opens his eyes, and she says, there you are. He asks what he missed.
Ava and Laura come down the hospital stairs, and Ava says Laura finally brought Cyrus down. Laura says she hopes so. He still has to be prosecuted and convicted. There’s an emergency meeting of the hospital board, so he’ll be ousted, and at least they’ll be free of him there. Ava says, that’s great; that’s a win. Laura says she’ll feel better when Curtis is fully recovered. She asks where Nikolas is, and Ava says, he’s on his way. He had some business to take care of.
Nikolas walks into the prison library, and Alexis says they have to stop meeting like this. He says he called in one last favor to see her, and she asks what he means by one last favor. He says he’s no longer in negotiations to privatize the prison.
Nina thinks she and Sonny should talk about the kiss, and Sonny says he was thinking the same thing, but it’s kind of not in his nature to talk about his feelings. She asks how he’d know, and he laughs. He says, it’s a fair point. He just wants to say that kiss didn’t come out of nowhere, and she agrees it didn’t.
Michael asks Jax what the visit is about, and Jax says he knows what’s going on with Michael and Willow. Michael asks what he’s talking about; they had their marriage annulled. Jax tells him, save his breath. He was walking that way last night, and caught a glimpse of them during an intimate moment. He immediately left. Michael asks him, please, promise not to say a word to anyone. Chase can’t find out.
Willow runs into Chase’s room, and tells him, the nurse said… she stops. His room is loaded with beachy things, and he says, surprise! What does she think?
Sitting on the floor of his office, Finn dreams about Peter launching the antidote off the roof, and saying, he didn’t send Chase to his death; Anna did. He dreams about throwing Peter down the stairs, and wakes with a start. He gets up, and Elizabeth asks if he’s okay. He says, sorry. He must have dozed off. She asks if he was dreaming about what happened with Peter. He asks how she knows, and she says she had the same nightmare. She tells him that he’s been working around the clock. He needs some fresh coffee, or better yet, to go home and have a shower and nap. He says he can’t stop until he’s found a cure. If he doesn’t, he might as well kill Chase himself.
Chase says he’s sorry the nurse worried Willow, but she says, it’s okay. What is all this? He asks if she remembers when they first got together. They were going to spend a weekend at his parents’ place in Nantucket, but they never got there. Maybe they never will, so he decided to bring the getaway to them.
Michael tells Jax that he and Willow got their marriage annulled, but they couldn’t exactly annul their feelings. They wanted to move forward as a family. He and Sasha had split up, and Willow was on her way to tell Chase when Chase fell ill. They agreed to wait until Chase recovered. They tried to keep their distance, but last night, their feelings… Jax says, it sounds complicated; more complicated if someone saw. Michael says Jax isn’t saying anything, is he? but Jax says, now’s the time to get to their conversation about Nina.
Nina says she’s sure Sonny has noticed Phyllis pushing them together, and Sonny says Phyllis wants them to be as happy as she is. Nina asks if she makes him happy, and he says she’s been a good friend… That’s a coward’s way of telling her the truth. She says, what truth? and he says he cares a lot about her. More than just a friend.
Portia tells Curtis, easy; he just had surgery. He asks if everyone is okay; how’s Trina? She says, everybody is safe thanks to him, but he says he didn’t do it all.
Jordan is on the phone, but sees Curtis through the window. She says she has to go; he’s awake. She runs in, and Curtis says, hi. Portia says, how about that? and Stella joins them, saying, she’s not surprised one bit. Curtis asks what Stella is doing there, and she says he nearly got himself killed. Where else would she be? She hopped the first plane there. Don’t scare her again. He says he’s all right, and Stella asks how long he’s been awake. He says, a few minutes. He opened his eyes, and Portia was there. Portia asks Trina to get Dr. Singleton; Curtis is finally awake. Trina says she’s so glad to see him, and thanks him again. She leaves, and Stella says, Trina seems to have come to a new appreciation for Curtis, and Portia says, no surprise; he saved them, and Laura. Curtis says, don’t make him into some kind of hero, but Portia says, she is because he is.
Trina runs to the reception desk, and asks for Dr. Singleton. Laura asks if there’s any news about Curtis, and Trina says, he’s awake. She was trying to find the doctor. Laura says she saw the doctor, and she’ll get her. She leaves, and Trina tells Ava that she promises she’s fine. Ava says, give her a hug, and Trina does.
Nikolas says the state turned down his proposal, and Alexis says, she’s no fan of privatizing prisons, but now she’ll be dependent on Cyrus’s good will. He says, not anymore. Cyrus was arrested last night. She says, for? and he says, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, to name a few. She says, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. He says it’s only a matter of time before Cyrus’s people flip on him, and she says, like rats deserting a sinking ship. He tells her that she’s safe, when Shawn comes in. She says fingers crossed that it’s more good news. She asks Shawn how his parole hearing went. Please tell her the board gave him an early release.
Shawn says he appreciates what Alexis tried do, but it’s a no-go. She says, he was denied parole? On what grounds? He says, they don’t need any. It’s up to their discretion, and they still consider him a danger to society, even though he’s done everything right since he’s been there. Alexis says, it’s wrong, and Nikolas says he’s sorry. Shawn must be disappointed. Shawn says Nikolas doesn’t know what he’s thinking, and Alexis thanks Nikolas for dropping by, but it’s not a good time. She appreciates the update. He says he’ll visit her through regular channels, and tells them to take care of themselves. He leaves, and in the hallway, he smiles.
Portia tells Curtis, Jordan and the PCPD were amazing. Thanks to both of them, Cyrus is out of their lives forever. Dr. Singleton comes in, and says the nurse told her that he was awake, but she didn’t expect a party. She asks for a moment alone with Curtis, and Portia says, of course (🍷). Stella says she’ll be back, and they leave. The doctor asks how Curtis is feeling.
Jordan says she needs to call TJ, and tell him the good news. She leaves, and Stella asks for a moment with Portia.
Elizabeth tells Finn, driving himself this hard won’t help cure Chase. Finn says he killed the man who was keeping his son alive. He lost it, and lost their best chance to save him. Elizabeth tells him, stop it if that’s what he thinks. She’s spent her life trying to help people, so she doesn’t take lightly what she’s about to say. Peter got what was coming to him. He’s gone, and that’s all anyone needs to know. Finn says, he’s gone and so is the antidote. She says Peter was going to hang that over them until he was done with Chase. He was never going to cure Chase. It’s always come down to Finn. There’s got to be something in Sean’s file. Anna thought there was, and she agrees. He says he was going over it all night. If there’s an answer there, he can’t find it. Elizabeth suggests fresh coffee and someone to bounce ideas off of. She can provide both. Now get back to work.
Willow says she can’t believe Chase went to all this trouble, and he says, in all fairness, Amy did most of the work. He’s not exactly mobile. She says, but why? It’s charming, and she loves it, but he needs to save his strength, and focus on getting better. He says he can’t keep doing that.
Jax says he stopped by the main house so they could continue the conversation, but Michael never got back to him. Michael says he’s been busy, and Jax says he realizes. It’s time to stop putting off the conversation. Nina wants to be part of her grandson’s life, and deep down, Michael knows it would be beneficial to Wiley. He understands Nina crossed the line and made a mistake. Michael says, she told Wiley that Willow wasn’t his mother, and Jax says, she regrets saying that. Nina has come to terms with Nelle’s death now. There must be some way to reach a reasonable compromise. Michael says, really? Since when has blackmail become a reasonable compromise?
Sonny says the more he gets to know Nina, the more he’s drawn to her. He was hoping she feels the same way… Unless he got the wrong idea. She says, he didn’t.
Laura goes in to see Curtis, and says there he goes again, saving her life. He says she’ll catch up. She had one helluva ordeal with Cyrus. How’s she holding up? She says he’s the one in a hospital bed, but he says he didn’t volunteer as a hostage, or have his brother threaten to kill him. He heard it in Cyrus’s voice; he was unspooling. Laura says she’s glad Cyrus has been brought to justice, but she can’t help wondering what might have been if Cyrus had been offered forgiveness; a chance to redeem himself when he was younger. She guesses, there but for the grace of God go I. Curtis says, Cyrus made his own choices. He’s sure Cyrus had the opportunity to make different ones, but he didn’t. Laura says she’s made bad choices too, but he says, there’s no comparison. She makes sacrifices for the people she cares about. She says, that makes two of them.
Portia says she can make time for Stella. Dr. Singleton is Curtis’s physician, but she’s sure she can answer any questions. Stella says, good, but her questions don’t involve Curtis’s injury; they involve his heart. She knows better than to interfere in Curtis’s personal life, but she knows what she saw. The way Curtis and Portia were looking at each other made her wonder. Portia says she’s known for her directness, and Stella seems like she’d appreciate that, so she’ll cut to the chase. There’s nothing going on between them. Stella appreciates her honesty, and is glad to hear that, but Portia isn’t telling her everything.
Elizabeth asks if the toxin is the same one Faison gave Tiffany, and Finn says, no, but the compound is similar. It’s clearly inspired by the original toxin. Elizabeth wonders if the antidote would also be similar, and Finn says he’d like to think so, but he ran the test a thousand times over, and got the same result. Chase’s system is working to wipe out the toxin. Elizabeth says, his system is doing it’s job, attacking anything foreign, and Finn says, Chase’s immune system would neutralize anything that could save him.
Chase says he didn’t mean to snap at Willow. He’s just frustrated having to be there, but he’s staying hopeful. She says he’s entitled to feel how he feels. Don’t pretend. He says she’s been his rock through this. Even with nursing school and Wiley, she’s been there for him; she’s incredible. He thought he’d do something for her after all the sacrifices she’s made.
Jax asks if Michael thinks he’s blackmailing him, and Jax says he’s thinking about what’s best for everyone, including Wiley. Why deprive Wiley of his grandmother? Michael says, who Wiley has met twice. He doesn’t miss her. Jax says, that’s not the point. Nina is Wiley’s grandmother. She’s not perfect, but her intentions are good, and she’s not part of a criminal enterprise. She loves Wiley, and she’s learned not to overstep with Michael and Willow. And you know what else? The more Michael’s mother is involved with the mob, the more Wiley needs a stable presence in his life. Michael says, enough. Jax made his case, and tied it with a bow of family togetherness. If it’s really about what’s best for Wiley, and not about blackmail, what will Jax do if says he doesn’t trust Nina to be in Wiley’s life right now? Go to Chase? Jax says he hopes it doesn’t come to that.
Nina says she doesn’t know how or when it began, but one day she woke up and realized he’s the first person who pops into her head in the morning, and the last person she thinks of before she goes to sleep. She finds herself smiling over something he said or did. She’s looking at the man in front of her, and not thinking about his past or hers. She’s looking at him. Good or bad, the happiness and peace she’s found there is something she’s never had in her life. She’s made a lot of choices, some selfishly, and she wants to make the choice of peace. Being there with him, Lenny, and Phyllis has meant the world to her, and the one thing she hopes and prays for is that he always remembers the peace he found there. Sonny says, him too, and Nina says she’s sorry. They can never be together. It would only mean heartache for him and everyone else. He asks, why is she saying that?
Jordan tells Curtis that TJ is happy to hear he’s awake. Expect a visit later. How’s he feeling? He says, honestly, he’s felt better, and she says she doesn’t know whether to arrest him for interfering with her case, or pin a medal on him. He says, the medal is the better option. He was just keeping Cyrus busy long enough for her to swoop in. She says he was a step ahead of her as usual, and he asks what she means. She says she needed an opening to move in and take Cyrus down for good. It’s her job, but he knew it was personal, especially after TJ was kidnapped, and Cyrus nearly killed Taggert. She compromised her career and her life, and it cost her everything. It cost her marriage. He says, she’s still standing, and she says he had a lot to do with that. She takes his hand, and thanks him, and says she just wishes he could have taken the bastard down, and found a way for them to stay together. He says, him too.
Portia asks if she should be offended, but Stella says she meant no offense. Portia is a very nice person, but she wasn’t born yesterday. She knows people get caught up in relationships they have no business being in. She was married when she met Curtis, but didn’t tell him. Here she is, back again, when his marriage falls apart. Portia says if Stella is insinuating she had anything to do with that, rest assured she didn’t. She and Curtis are friends; that’s all. Stella says, just so Portia knows, her nephew needs to recover. Not just from his injury, but the end of his marriage. The last thing he needs is a rebound relationship. If Portia truly wants what’s best for Curtis, back off, and let him get on with healing before getting closer. She thanks Portia for her time, and strides off.
Coming out of the elevator, Nikolas tells someone on the phone to be on the lookout for a token of gratitude from Cassadine Industries.
Alexis says, it makes no sense, and Shawn says what makes him even angrier, is that he believed things would change. She says, they should have, but he says, why would they? Does it even matter that he didn’t do the crime? There are kids there barely out of high school, who don’t have an attorney friend, and get a public defender who can’t even pronounce their last names, let alone defend them. They’re set up for this life, which is no life at all. That’s just the way it is. She says she’s sorry; so, so sorry. She’s aware of the injustices, and just forgets sometimes. He says she has that luxury, and thanks her for her trouble. She says, seriously, it’s not fair. They were sentenced for the same crime, and he’s already been in prison longer than she was sentenced for. He says Judge Carson threw the book at him, and she asks if he said Judge Carson.
Finn tells Elizabeth, Peter got his money’s worth out of the toxin. It’s the most sophisticated he’s ever seen. She says she hates that she blamed Jason, and Peter was free to walk around and do this to Chase. He says if he doesn’t get to take it out on himself, she doesn’t either, and she says when Peter saved Franco’s life, it was a Trojan horse, so he could worm his way into Maxie’s life. Finn asks what she just said, and she says he saved Franco’s life to manipulate Maxie. He says, no; Trojan horse. He goes to his whiteboard that has all kinds of formulas written on it, and starts crossing things out, and writing new stuff.
Willow says Chase did a great job, and he says, Amy looked up Nantucket beaches and went nuts. He asks if she sees a box, and tells her to grab it. She brings it over to him, and he opens it, handing her a captain’s hat. She says he doesn’t wear this, does he? and he says, no, she does. Put it on. If he’d taken her to the island, they would have gone on the family boat. Maybe they’ll still get there. She says, maybe, and he leans in for a kiss, but she tells him, stop.
Michael says Jax used to be his stepfather. Jax took him and Morgan to Disneyworld. He’s Josslyn’s father, and she loves him. Now he’s threatening to blackmail Michael. It will break Chase, who’s sick in the hospital. Jax suggests they not say anything they can’t take back; just concentrate on the matter at hand. He doesn’t want to play that card unless he’s forced. Michael says, any relationship will be based on a lie. Is that really how Jax wants to play this? Jax hands him the phone, and says, just make the call.
Nina says she’s not the person Mike/Sonny thinks she is. Trust her. She’ll only hurt him. He asks if this is about her ex. He’s not like those guys. What you see is what you get. She says, no; it’s about her, who she’s been, and who she is. He says she told him they all have baggage. He might have a truckload. He laughs, and says, the thing is, not having a past is free. She says she’s glad he’s free, and he says, she can be too. He takes her hands, and says, maybe they wound up in this town for a reason, a chance for happiness. Doesn’t she think they owe it to themselves to give it a shot?
Portia walks in on Jordan and Curtis, and says, sorry, but Jordan says she was just leaving. She’ll be back to get Curtis’s statement later. He says he’s not going anywhere, and Jordan leaves. Portia says, Curtis’s vitals are good. Is he comfortable? He says, as good as can be expected. Does she have a minute? She says, sure, and sits down. He says he wanted to say the reason he called her was because of the way he responded to the kiss. She says, now is not the time… but he says he wants to explain why he pushed her away. She says, there’s no need. She’s glad he did. She’s glad he shut that down.
Finn and Elizabeth talk chemistry while Finn writes. He says Chase’s system is rejecting anything foreign, but not if they can convince it that it’s produced the antidote on it’s own. Behold, the Trojan horse.
Chase asks if he did something wrong, and Willow says, of course (🍷) not. She doesn’t want him to jeopardize his heath. His heart can’t be racing, so she suggests they just enjoy Nantucket. She’ll be there wearing this ridiculous hat. Chase asks if she’s sure that’s all it is.
Sonny tells Nina that he wants her to stay in Nixon Falls. Not because of some article, but because of them. She says, them? and he says he wants to see where it goes with her. What does she say? They almost kiss, and Nina’s phone rings. She answers, and it’s Michael. She looks at Sonny.
Stella says she hopes Jordan isn’t going back to the office. She suggests Jordan go home, light some candles, and settle in for a long soak. She’s earned it. Jordan says, it’s too early for a victory celebration. She won’t relax until Cyrus is convicted and sent away for a long, long time. Stella says she understands that Jordan doesn’t want to move on too fast, and hopes it applies to everything in her life. Jordan asks what she means, and Stella says she doesn’t think Curtis and Jordan are ready to give up their marriage. She’s sure it’s been signed and filed, but Jordan says, actually, it’s not. Curtis signed it and dropped off the papers at her office. She hadn’t gotten around to signing them, but she will as soon as she gets back. Stella asks, what’s the hurry? Jordan still loves her nephew. There’s still time to make things right. Jordan goes into the elevator.
Curtis says Portia doesn’t understand. He was calling her to explain… She says they weren’t thinking clearly. They’ve both been through hell in the past year, and she doesn’t want to risk their friendship over something neither one of them seems ready for. From what she’s seen, he feels the same way right? Curtis says, right.
Trina tells Laura that she’s so glad Curtis is feeling better, and Laura says Ava was there, but she had to get back for Avery. Trina says, Ava has been a good friend. Ava’s taught her so much. Not just about the art business. In the time she’s worked there, Trina thinks Ava has changed. She’s so happy. She’s glad things worked out with Ava and Nikolas. Laura says, her too. She’s never seen Nikolas so happy.
Back at Windymere, Nikolas tells Ava that he’s glad they have time alone before Avery gets there. She says, her too, but they don’t have enough time for that. He says, we’ll see, and opens the door. We see a wedding picture of them, held to the wall with a knife.
Alexis says, Naomi Carson? That was her judge. Considering the severity of the crime, she got a slap on the wrist. Shawn says she wasn’t Sonny’s right hand man, and she says that’s not what he told her a second ago. Maybe there is a way to get him out of there.
Nina tells Michael, it’s not a good time, and he says, sorry to call her out of the blue. He wanted her to know that they’re reconsidered letting her see Wiley. They’d like to give it another go. She says, really? and he says they’ll set up a visit as soon as she’s ready. All she has to do is come back to Port Charles. Nina looks at Sonny.
Chase says he can see it on Willow’s face; what’s wrong? She says he’s building her up to be more than she is. Ofcourse (🍷) she wants to help him. She’s going to see him through this, but… He says, what is it? She can tell him anything. Finn runs in, and says he thinks he’s figured out how to cure Chase.
Britt asks Maxie if she went ahead with her plan, Ava says they got a note from Ryan, Finn says this is real, Michael says Nina has choice because Jax took his away, and Nina asks Sonny if this has to be goodbye.
The Haves and The Have Nots
Hanna and Veronica have a fist fight, and Veronica calls Hanna a punk ass. Hanna knocks Veronica to the ground and says she got Veronica’s punk ass. Now get her ass out of there. Veronica says Hanna hit the wrong woman, and Hanna says, nine times, because hit Veronica her. Veronica says she doesn’t believe it, and Hanan says, believe it. She’s been waiting a long time to beat Veronica’s ass. Veronica says Hanna is dead, and Hanna says, if Veronica comes back again, she’s dead. Girl, bye. Bitch be gone. Veronica puts her finger in Hanna’s face, and Hanna says Veronica lost her loan. That 54 million? She’s calling it. Veronica asks what Hanna is talking about. She can’t go around… Hanna says, watch her. She calls Don, and asks if he knows the Veronica Harrington load. Foreclose on all that sh*t now. Bring her the papers; she’ll sign them today. She looks at Veronica, and says, done. Now get your ass out. Veronica says, okay, Miss Hanna, and Hanna says she’s not telling Veronica again. Veronica says Hanna has no idea what she’s done. She thinks she has the power, and she does. Hanna says she’ll tell Veronica one more damn time, and Veronica says, okay. Hanna follows her out, and Veronica says, no one hits her, and gets away with it. Hanna says she was defending herself. Veronica might want to pull her sh*t together after the ass whoopin’ she just got on the plantation.
The police pull up to the Cryer house, and I get momentarily confused when I think I see Lushion (If Loving You is Wrong) getting out of the car. Two officers approach the porch, and one asks if everything is okay. Hanna says, Veronica was just leaving, and he asks what happened. Veronica says, they were talking, but Hanna says Veronica was trespassing, and now she’s leaving. Jim and David join the party, and David asks, what’s going on. Jim asks what Veronica is doing there, and Veronica says she came to see him. He asks why the police were there, and Hanna says she beat Veronica’s ass. David asks what she’s talking about, and Hanna say Veronica was going through Kathryn’s things. Jim asks what she was looking for, and David tells the police, things are fine; they can go. Hanna says they should be asking her. She’s the executor of the estate. One of the officers says, ma’am, and she says, now they can go. He says, if she needs them, call, and she says, don’t worry; she will. They leave, and Jim asks Veronica what she was looking for, and she says she needs to talk to him. He says he doesn’t want to talk to her until she tells him what she was looking for. Veronica says, he’ll have her killed, and he says she has no idea what she’s talking about. Veronica says she’s always two steps ahead of him. Remember that. Jim says, those two steps aren’t getting her very far, and she says she’ll be back tonight. He says he’ll be waiting with bated breath, and she says, good fight, Miss Hanna, and leaves. Jim asks Hanna if Veronica took anything, and Hanna just goes inside. Jim asks David, what the hell is wrong with these women? David asks what Jim thinks Veronica was looking for, and he says, whatever it is, it must be important. She’ll be back. David says, yes, she will, and they go inside.
Rianna, Benny, and Candace come out of a house, and Rianna asks if there’s enough room for Benny and his wife. He says Candace is his sister, and Rianna asks if he’s married. He says, no, and she says, kids? He says, no, and she says it’s a big house for a single guy. Benny says he thought it was small, but Rianna says she thinks he’ll fit in fine. He says he was hoping his mother would move in with him, and she says, that’s really nice. Does he need a minute to think about it? He says, yeah, and she tells him, the other houses will be finished soon, but this one is available right away. She goes back into the house, and Candace tells Benny, stop flirting. He says he wasn’t… okay he was. She says Rianna was flirting with him hard. He says she’s looking at the future Mrs. Young, and Candace laughs. She asks what he thinks about the house, and he says, it feels small. She says, it isn’t for him. He likes it, so does he think he’ll buy it? He says, why not? He’ll do it up good. Candance tells him to get he paperwork done so he can take her to the airport. He goes inside, and Candace gets on the phone. She says she’s trying to check in online, but it’s not allowing her to… What do they mean?… No fly list?… It must be someone… She’s got it. She’ll call back. She calls Landon, who says he was just talking about her. She says she’s on the no fly list, and he says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She says, tell that SOB to get her off. She’ll go to the press herself. Landon says, listen to him, and she says reporters have been blowing up her phone asking for interviews. She’s been ignoring them. He says, just listen, but she says she doesn’t want to. He’s (Charles) not controlling her. He says he’ll have her taken off, and she says, do it fast. He says, okay, but he needs one comment from her. She says, it’s not a negotiation. He says, just one interview, and she says she doesn’t want to. He says all it takes is one blog, talking about her life, how hard it was, and the tide will turn over. He’s already laid the groundwork. She asks why he’s doing this for her. She’s never going to talk to Charles again. He humiliated her. He put her in the trunk of a car. He asks if that’s the worst thing a man has ever done to her, and God help me, I laugh. She says, the hell with him, and he says, men have done bad things to her, and she says, get her off. She’s not playing. He says she was in love with Charles, and she asks if he thinks this is a game. Landon says, she was. So don’t do anything stupid, and the tide will turn in her favor. She says she wants to get out of town, and he says, four days; that’s all he needs. She hangs up, and he says, dammit. Why is everything so damn hard with her? He calls someone and asks how long they can hold Candace on the no fly list. Four days? Okay. Great. He’ll call them back.
Veronica goes to the prison to visit Kathryn. Kathryn asks what the hell Veronica is doing there again, and Veronica says she just left Kathryn’s house. Kathryn says, and? and Veronica says she was looking for the Jallie company file. The one Kathryn created for her personal use. Kathryn says she has no idea what Veronica is talking about, and Veronica says the record for the gun is in that file. Kathryn asks what Veronica wants, and Veronica says Hanna called her loan. Kathryn smiles, and says, did she now? Veronica asks if Kathryn authorized that, and Kathryn says, no. Veronica says, so Hanna can do what she wants? Kathryn says she can, and Veronica says Kathryn gave Hanna full power of attorney? Kathryn says she did, and Veronica asks if Kathryn thinks that’s smart. Kathryn says, yes, she does, and Veronica asks, what if something happens to Kathryn? If it does, everything goes to Hanna’s children. Kathryn says, that’s not how it works, and Veronica asks if she’s sure. Even I know that’s not how it works. Veronica says Hanna asked to do a new will, and Kathryn tells her, get the f*** out; it’s not working. Hanna hates Veronica as much as she does. Veronica says Kathryn can’t close the loan, but Kathryn says it’s up to Hanna. Tell her not to. Get on the floor, snake, and slither on over, and beg. Veronica says,. If Kathryn tells Hanna not to close the loan, she’ll get Kathryn out of there. Kathryn asks how she expects shut up. That’s not happening to do that, and Veronica says, she’s a witness – for the prosecution. She has immunity in exchange for her testimony. She’ll get on the stand, say she did it, and because of the immunity, they can’t touch her. And they’ll have to set Kathryn free. I don’t think that’s how that works either. Isn’t Veronica a high-profile lawyer? Kathryn asks if Veronica thinks it will work, and Veronica says she bets $54 million it does. Do not call her loan, and forgive it. Kathryn says she won’t call the loan, and she’ll reduce it to $44 million. Veronica asks if $10 million is all Kathryn is worth, and Kathryn says, it’s all Veronica is worth. Veronica says, the entire thing or no deal, and Kathryn says, then no deal. Veronica says, okay, then good luck with whatever sorry attorney she scares up. Kathryn says, good luck with finding out where things are buried, and suggests Veronica not wear that wig again. She looks like a man. Veronica says she knows they don’t have mirrors, but trust her, Kathryn can’t talk about the way people look. She leaves, and Kathryn says, you can’t bullsh*t a bullsh*tter.
Candace asks Benny if he likes it, and he asks if she thinks he should buy it. She says, 200 grand, he should buy it. He says, it’s a lot of money, and she says he has a tow truck, so buy it. He tells her, okay, and she says he can pay. He’s a hustler like her. Rianna comes back out, and Benny says he’ll take it. Candance says, at $175K. Rianna isn’t sure they can lower the price, but Candace says, it’s the first house in a new subdivision, and Rianna says she’ll call the developer. What about financing? Benny says, it will be cash, and Candace says, a 15 day close, as long as the inspection goes well. Rianna says, it’s a new house, and Candace says, so it should be easy. They want a quick close. Rianna says she’ll call now, and steps away. Benny says Candace doesn’t have to be mean, and Candace says Benny likes her that much. He says, enough to smash her, and Candace says, he’s the worst. She’s not being mean. She’s handling his business like he needs to. It would be great if they could close sooner, and he asks, what’s up? She tells him about being on the no fly list, and asks who he thinks he is. Benny says, who? and she says, who does he think could do that? She wants to lay low. Can she stay with him? He says she knows she can live with him forever, but she says, not forever. She’s going to look for a house or something. He asks if she wants him to see if Rianna has something else, but she says she’s not a Craftsmen girl. It’s not her taste, but it’s him. He’ll be a good family man. He says, it will be a long time from now, but she says, it’s closer than he thinks. When he stops trying to smash girls, and looks at their hearts. He says he always looks at their hearts, because that’s where their breasts are. She shakes her head, and he says he likes this soft side of her. She says, it’s easy to have a soft side when you’re sitting on money. She asks if he’s spoken to their mom, and he says he’s giving her space to calm down. She says, that’s not going to happen, and he says they’ll see.
Tanner asks if Veronica has the stomach for this, and she says she doesn’t care anything about it. She has other things on her mind. He says, Colby is getting out of the car, and she makes herself scarce. A dude whose name I don’t know (<sigh> they’re always bad with names on this show) answers the door. Colby says, nice house. He needs the payment up front. Dude says Colby is one sexy man. Does he need to freshen up? The bathroom is through there. He points toward the back of the house, and Colby says, don’t mind if I do. He sees Veronica sitting with Tanner and a couple of other guys in the enclosed porch by the pool. Dude pushes Colby into the room, and he sees Tanner, and says, damn. Veronica says he wanted to play with the queen. He says she knows he was just playing, and she says, is that right? He says, kinda, and she says he didn’t know where he was coming, did he? When he was in her pool, he came through the back. He didn’t know what the front of the house looked like. Stupid ass. Colby says she knew he was just playing, but she says, no, she didn’t. He says he was just joking, kinda, and she says, so he’s sorry. He says, yeah; no harm, no foul, and Veronica says, there was harm, and there was foul. She had to drain the pool, clean it, and fill it up. Does he know how much that cost? He says he’s so sorry, but Tanner says, no, he’s not. Veronica says she doesn’t think he is. Tanner should teach him a lesson. Tanner says, they should, and she gets up. Tanner says, let’s go, and Colby says, okay, getting into his fighting stance. They fight, and Colby knocks Tanner down, but another guy steps in. Colby kicks that guy’s ass, but a third guy grabs Colby, and knocks him down. The three men kick the sh*t out of Colby, until he’s bleeding and can barely move. Tanner says, see that? Stay away from his brother. He hates all of them. He tells the other guys to leave, and they go. Tanner says Colby got a man sized ass whoopin’. Tell Veronica he’s sorry. Colby says he’s sorry, but Veronica tells him, say it with feeling, son. Bring the drama. Let her hear him acting. He says he’s sorry, and Tanner says Colby is sorry he got his ass kicked. Colby says he’s sorry Tanner couldn’t do it by himself, and Tanner says Colby thinks he’s cute. Colby says he’s been in fights before, but this feels weird; something is wrong. Tanner asks if Colby didn’t feel the cleats and spikes in the guys’ shoes as they were kicking him in the face, stomach, and back. His military buddies got their sh*t tightened up. He messed with the wrong guys. Colby says, it hurts, and Veronica says, it’s supposed to. Colby says, you’re never going to change gay people, you homophobic ass bitch. She laughs, and says she doesn’t give a damn about gay people or changing them. She doesn’t care what they do, just not with her son, and not in her pool. Tanner says, and not with his brother. Colby says Tanner’s brother called him. His brother was gay, and Veronica’s son is gay. Tanner tells Colby to shut his mouth before he beats him some more, and Veronica says, do it for her. Colby says Tanner is probably gay too. He’s probably just like Justin. He hates it; revenge. It’s not about him, it’s about Tanner. Tanner says it is about him, and his disgusting ways. Colby says, this is nothing. He’s used to this. He’s been dealing with it his entire life. Ignorant ass people like Veronica, who hate for no reason. Veronica says, keep talking, and Colby says, you get used to it. They’re everywhere. Like Tanner. Tanner punches Colby, knocking him out. Dude comes out, and says an officer is phoned Tanner. It’s about his brother. Tanner asks, what happened, and Dude says, it’s not good. Tanner says he has to go, but Veronica says they still have other business. He says he’ll take care of it, and tells the guys to get Colby out of there. They drag Colby out, and Veronica says, someone needs to clean this sh*t up.
Jim tells David that he thinks he knows what Veronica was looking for. The gun was registered to the Jallie company. There’s only one way Veronica could have known about it. David says, Don, and Jim says, one of two ways; John. David says, they’re both weasels. The evidence could bury Kathryn. Jim says, it could, and them. All of the information that’s in there… Damn. He needs David to talk to Hanna. Ask her. David says she won’t tell him, but Jim thinks she’ll tell him everything. David says Jim thinks Hanna is a weak woman, but Jim says, no. He’s actually come to admire her. David says he doesn’t, but Jim insists he does. He tells David, please, just talk to her. If the file isn’t there, Veronica knows where it is or already has it. David asks when Jim started admiring Hanna, and Jim asks if he’s jealous. David says, no; what happened? Jim says he realized Hanna had no involvement with his money being gone. She’s also a formidable foe. David says, that doesn’t sound like admiration, and Jim says he’s having fun. It depends entirely on your perspective. David says, leave Hanna out of it, and Jim loves that David is so protective. David really likes her. He doesn’t know how long he’s known David – David says, too long – but he knows what floats David’s boat. Go on. Bang her, and get the information while he’s at it. David is in this too. Jim wants to look in one more place, but if it’s not there, Veronica has it. David says Jim is such an a-hole, and Jim tells him, go talk to Hanna. David says he’s got his bases covered.
Rianna tells Benny that she spoke to the builder, and they’re willing to go down to $196K and 15 day closing. They’re motivated to sell, as long as the check is verified. A four grand difference doesn’t sound very motivated. Benny says, okay, and Rianna says she’ll fill out the paperwork, and he can do a wire. He suggests they meet at his bank. It’s all good, on one condition. Candace tells Benny, don’t do this. He’s going to regret this. Benny says he wants to take Rianna to dinner tonight, but she says she’s sorry. She doesn’t mix business with pleasure. When they close their business, they can have dinner. Benny says he doesn’t think that will work for him. No deal. Candace says she’s sorry her brother is a neanderthal about things like this. How about if he brings the check to the restaurant and they sign the papers there? Rianna says that would do. Where are they eating? He tells her to let him know, and she says, it will be well-lit with lots of people. Benny says, it’s a deal.
Madison calls Colby, and gets voicemail. He says, bitch, where are you? You’ve never disappeared for this long. Call or text. Tanner and Dude come in, and Tanner asks if Madison works there. His brother is Justin Lewis. Madison says he’s not on duty, but he’ll get a doctor. Tanner tells Dude he doesn’t know how to tell his mother. Dude asks if Justin was smoking or something, but Tanner doesn’t know. The doctor comes out, and Tanner asks how Justin is. The doctor says he’s sorry, but Justin didn’t make it. Tanner asks what he means, and the doctor says, he died. Tanner asks, what happened, but the doctor says, they’re not sure. It was a terrible fire. Tanner asks if Justin was at home, but the doctor has no idea. Tanner asks if he can see Justin, but the doctor shakes his head. Dude says he’s sorry.
David asks Hanna if she’s all right, but she ignores him, continuing to go through the papers that are always attached to her now. He sits down, and says he just wanted to see if she’s okay. She says she’s fine, and he says, Veronica can be a bully. She says, that bully just got her hood ass beaten today, and David says he’d like to have seen it that. She says, that sh*t ain’t funny, and he says he’s sure she deserved it. Hanna says, now that he’s divorced her, she deserves it, and David says, it wasn’t always this bad. Veronica was always… Hanna says, a crazy ass hellcat? and he says, yes. She says, that he married, and he says he did. She asks what that makes him, and he says, a fool for love. She says, whatever. He says he is, and she says he’s doing this sh*t again. Why is he talking to her? He says he’s just trying to be nice, but she says she knows what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to run game on her. He and Jim need to go somewhere with that bullsh*t. He says what he told her isn’t bullsh*t. He reaches out, and she jumps up, saying, don’t touch her. He says she already hit him once, and she says she will again. He says he’s sorry, and she tells him, step back. He does, and she sits back down.
Tanner and Dude walk into the police station. Tanner introduces himself to the officer at the desk as Justin’s brother. The officer says he’s so sorry, and Tanner asks, what happened? The officer says Justin set himself on fire, but Tanner says his brother would never do that. The officer says, Justin came into a restaurant with a gun, sat down with two men. Tanner asks if they set him on fire; it makes no sense. The officer says footage from the gas station across the street showed Justin pouring gas on himself. He sat down at the restaurant, struck a match, and tried to take Jeffrey Harrington with him.
Pearl weeps over Justin’s body, when Jeffrey arrives. Pearl says, here he comes. Jeffrey says, hi, and she says, don’t hi her. She has nothing say to him. He did this to Tanner’s brother. She hates him, and she’ll always hate what he did to her boy. Unspeakable. Some cops lead her away, and Tanner introduces himself. Jeffrey says he’s sorry, and Tanner says he tried to talk to Justin. Justin told him what he was doing, and he tried to get Justin to get help. Part of it is his fault. Jeffrey asks what he’s talking about, and Tanner says he knew what Justin was doing in his car with guys. He like Jeffrey, so Tanner told him to pursue Jeffrey; go after him. Justin looked up to Jeffrey, and said he was a good guy. He was the only one Justin confided in. Jeffrey says Justin was stalking him, and Tanner says Justin went too far. Jeffrey says Tanner needs to tell his mother, but Tanner says, it would kill her. Jeffrey says he understands that, and Tanner asks what Jeffrey’s address is. Justin left something he wants Jeffrey to have; he’ll bring it by. Then, like an idiot, Jeffrey gives Tanner his address, but I’ve already decided he must be a pretend psychologist, since he gets absolutely nothing about psychotic people. Tanner says he’ll call when he’s coming. Justin already gave him the number. Jeffrey says he’s sorry again, and Tanner says, him too. Justin told him how pleasant Jeffrey is, and he just wants to thank him. If not for him, Justin would have died a long time ago. Jeffrey says, how’s that, and Tanner says, Justin was HIV positive. It had gotten worse. Jeffrey says, he was HIV positive? and Tanner says Justin told him Jeffrey knew, and didn’t care because he was too. Jeffrey says, he’s not, and Tanner says Jeffrey better get tested. Justin was hellbent on taking Jeffrey with him, one way or another.
Next time, Mitch tells Candace that he’s worried about her, Benny buys a fancy suit, Jeffrey tells Madison about giving Tanner his address, Benny and Rianna go to dinner, and Sandy shows up.
The Real Housewives of New York City
At LuAnn’s place in Sag Harbor, LuAnn had asked Eboni to leave, mostly because she was being Countess dramatic. Eboni said she didn’t want to be somewhere she wasn’t wanted, and went back to Ramona’s. LuAnn told the women that while she said Eboni was angry, she never referred to race. Ramona said Eboni had issues, and Sonja suddenly became the voice of reason, saying in her interview that women didn’t like to be called angry, especially Black women. Just don’t do it, and if you do, back down and say you didn’t realize. Heather said they all had to listen to each other, and in LuAnn’s interview, she said Eboni lost her after saying she was the smartest one in the room. For being so educated, it was a dumb thing to say. Um… it might have been if she’d said it. She said she was the most educated. Meaning she had achieved the highest level in education there.
Eboni joined Leah at Ramona’s, and told her that LuAnn had kicked her out of the house after calling her an angry Black woman. Leah jumped around, saying, she did not, about ten times. In Eboni’s interview, she said society didn’t allow Black women emotions. Back at LuAnn’s house, LuAnn wondered why Eboni lost her sh*t and was so angry. Heather said it was unfortunate that LuAnn used the word angry, and Victoria suggested LuAnn substitute upset. Heather said the onus was on them; they needed to back up and understand, then listen. To understand was the most important thing. I’d say Heather made good points too, but she’s such an asshat in so many other ways, it’s difficult. She said she knew it was LuAnn’s turf, but she needed to go in and apologize. In Heather’s interview, she said, instead of seeing pain and suffering, LuAnn’s righteousness came into play. She’d have to strip her ego, and see other people. She told LuAnn to push pause on her reaction, and think about what she did to make Eboni feel that way, when Eboni was just letting out how she felt. Leah told Eboni that LuAnn thought she was better than everyone. When Heather got back, she joined Eboni and Leah, and said with LuAnn, ego came first. Eboni said she couldn’t be in a friend group that couldn’t recognize her experience was different.
Ramona told Sonja that her original idea for the evening was to hang out and cook. She got aprons for everyone. She modeled one for Sonja that had a bikini body on the front, and in Ramona’s interview, she said she wanted a fun, bonding moment of cooking. Now they’d have to talk through this. Heather told LuAnn that she thought it would be good if she and Eboni could sit down and see if they could come to an understanding. LuAnn had to come from a listening perspective, and not talk over Eboni. LuAnn said she was misunderstood, and Heather told her to understand, move on, and grow from it. LuAnn said if she made someone feel bad, she wanted to know about it and fix it. Sonja said Eboni and LuAnn had to get it behind them, but LuAnn would have to meet Eboni halfway.
Everyone had a sit-down, and Sonja said they had to get his thing straight. Eboni said LuAnn had disappointed her, since she held LuAnn in high regard. She said the word angry was unacceptable when referencing Black women. It was a stereotype, and history never afforded them the option to have full emotions. LuAnn was painting her with a She’d worked her whole life not to show up that way, because she had a responsibility to Black women on the platforms she worked. LuAnn told Eboni that she didn’t say it to belittle Eboni or make her feel less than. For that, she was sorry, and hoped Eboni extended the same to her. Eboni asked if LuAnn wanted her to apologize, and in her interview, said they went 5 steps forward to go 10 backward. She was allowed to be upset. Sonja told LuAnn that it was frustrating, but who should be apologizing. Heather said LuAnn was missing the point. As white people, they needed to step back, apologize, and understand the reaction to a trigger. LuAnn said she was sorry for triggering Eboni. Eboni said she appreciated it, and it was accepted. The expectation that she should apologize for a natural reaction to a deep seated trigger was a concept she couldn’t accept. Leah called them all ho’s to their faces, and instead of calling her angry, they told her to calm down and come back to the table. They weren’t holding her to the same standard. Ramona said they gave Leah a pass because her grandmother is dying, and Eboni said, so is hers. In Sonja’s interview, she said the burden was on them, white privileged ladies, to read the page, feel the page, be awkward, and turn some more pages. Heather said they were responsible for change by their actions, and in Leah’s interview, she said Heather was responsible to listen. STFU. LuAnn said she still hoped Eboni had the best day, and Eboni said it was the most honest day, so it was the best, and they hugged. In her Eboni said she thought LuAnn was being authentic, and in LuAnn’s interview, she said Eboni was smart and understanding, and she valued Eboni as a friend. Eboni said Sonja was a queen, but didn’t think Sonja recognized that. In Eboni’s interview, she said Sonja allowed her friends to classify her as a less than valuable woman. We flashed back to LuAnn saying she’d married bald dude Tom, while Sonja was just a one-night stand, and Eboni said, Sonja was dope, powerful, and a bad ass. She and Sonja discussed LuAnn, and Eboni said the best apology was changed behavior. Sonja said the responsibility was on them, and in her interview, Eboni said she didn’t think Sonja was pandering. She thought Sonja got it more than the others. On her way out the door, Heather told Eboni that she was very articulate. Eboni told Leah that was a microaggression, but Heather meant well, so she’d give her a pass. In her interview, she said they still had work to do, but that was actually pretty funny.
Eboni called her friend Devon, who she considered the best matchmaker in the country. She wanted to find Sonja the love of her life. Sonja was beautiful and smart, and didn’t know her own worth. Sonja thought that ship had sailed, but Eboni didn’t believe that. Sonja told LuAnn that Ramona was happy she didn’t get caught in that whole snafu, and LuAnn said she should enjoy the moment while it lasted. In Ramona’s interview, she said Sonja loved fishing, so they were doing a beach picnic. They’d have a nice lunch and some fishing. In LuAnn’s interview, she said she planned their last night. They were going to get dressed up for Halloween, and go to a 1970s inspired beauty pageant at a local restaurant. After the drama, a party was just what they needed.
The women went to Georgica Beach, where fishing instructor Mark gave them waders and pointers. Leah opted out, and in her interview, she said there was nothing she wanted to do less than wade into freezing water to catch a fish she didn’t care about catching. LuAnn asked Leah to help her with the props for the beauty pageant, and Leah did some tricks with the hula hoops, one flying off her arm, and almost clocking LuAnn. In Leah’s interview, she said, back in the day, she was actually quite the hoola hoper. It was like riding a bike. LuAnn said she thought highly of Eboni, and swore she’d be a better communicator. Eboni said they hadn’t tied their conversation up with a bow, but no one had all the answers, including her. They had lunch, and Eboni told Sonja about the matchmaker. She said she really saw Sonja. Sonja had a big heart, and Eboni wanted love for her. Devon was already lining up the most eligible bachelors in NYC, and they were going to find her a man.
Leah said LuAnn had helped her figure out her special talent, and she’d be showcasing it at the pageant tonight. Ramona fretted about what she could do, and LuAnn said doing pushups in a gown was everything. Eboni invited everyone to an election party, and Leah said she was disgusted by politics, and wasn’t sure if she even wanted to vote. Heather said the only way to make a difference was to vote, and in her interview, Leah thought Heather was once again being morally superior.
The women got ready for the evening, but while Leah was in the middle of hair and make-up, Bunny called with word that her grandmother was slipping away. Leah couldn’t imagine not having her with them anymore, and couldn’t believe wouldn’t be able to talk to her again. Bunny said she wasn’t really there now, and Leah said she’d be coming directly to Jersey from there. Eboni hugged Leah, and Leah said when she thought about grandmother, she couldn’t stop crying. She was going there first thing tomorrow. In Eboni’s interview, she said there was a heartbreaking parallel between her and Leah. It broke her heart for her friend and herself, since she was going to go through the same scenario. Leah said she wished she was still drinking. Even though she wasn’t drinking, Leah whacked herself in the nose while practicing the hoola hoop.
Heather whined to Sonja that Leah was rude to her. She tried to explain why Leah should vote if she’s disgusted. Eboni told Leah that Heather had told her that Leah was rude, and Leah said she didn’t like how Heather had to be part of every conversation, and the authority on everything. Eboni said she thought Heather was bothered by Leah shirking her responsibility to vote. Leah said now she was effing done. In Eboni’s interview, she said, oops. Leah stormed out, and told Heather not to discuss her with her friends. Heather was white feminism 101. Why did she have to get in everyone’s business like a Karen. Heather had no idea what Leah was talking about, and said Leah didn’t know her. Leah said what she did know, she didn’t like. Heather didn’t have to be part of every single conversation. Don’t speak to other people about her personal decision. It was Karens like her who were the problem. In Heather’s interview, she said Leah sounded like a dingbat with this outlandish display.
Oblivious, LuAnn came down, and told everyone they looked fabulous. Eboni tried to explain to Heather why Leah was pissed off, and Leah stomped back to Heather, saying Heather just wanted her to vote for who Heather wanted. Heather insisted she didn’t, and Leah said she was dealing with enough. All she cared about was her dying grandmother. In Ramona’s interview, she said Leah was unleashing on Heather the way she sometimes did on her. When Leah was like this, no one knew what to do. Leah said, so much for a fun night, and still clueless LuAnn said the pageant was going to start without them.
Leah and Heather were first on the party bus, and Leah didn’t want to be alone in the van with Heather. Heather then made the mistake of saying, relax, bitch, which really set Leah off. LuAnn told everyone to hurry up before they killed each other in the van, but Leah said she wasn’t going with Heather. LuAnn suggested they take her car, but Leah said she was going home. She wasn’t dealing with Heather. Heather was a psycho. Heather said, wow.
Next time, Leah leaves the Hamptons, someone claims to be Eboni’s sister, Sonja takes a boxing lesson, and Eboni’s election day party.
😴 Zzzzzzzzzzzz…
Due to circumstances beyond my control, the sun’s just about up. So until we meet for some soap and Housewives, stay safe, stay understanding each other, and stay not like me, and getting some damn sleep.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Curtis lies unconscious in a hospital bed. Trina comes in, and sits next to the bed, telling him, this isn’t an authorized visit. She came because she wanted to thank him for basically saving her entire family. It makes her feel even worse about the way she treated him before. Please wake up. Give her a chance to apologize and thank him. She puts her hand on his, and Portia watches through the window.
In the waiting area, Sam brings Jordan some coffee. Sam asks if Molly and TJ came, and Jordan says, Molly went straight to work in the DA’s office. She’s determined to put the nail in Cyrus’s coffin. Sam says, leave it to Molly. How about TJ? Jordan says, he’s sleeping in the on-call room, and Sam says she has to leave, but asks Jordan to keep her posted on Curtis’s condition. Jordan say she’ll call her, and Sam leaves. Laura comes in, and asks if there’s any word on Curtis. Jordan says, he hasn’t regained consciousness. She went in a split-second too late. That’s why Cyrus got Curtis.
Brook runs down the stairs, yelling, where is she? Where’s Bailey? She’s not in her bassinette.
Maxie holds Bailey/Louise, and says she loves Louise so much. She’s so happy to have Louise back with her. How could she give Louise away? Maxie wakes up, and says, my God. How is she going to do this? Dante comes in and says, how’s she going to do what?
Brook runs into the living room, where Olivia is rocking Bailey. Olivia says she’s got Bailey, and Valentin says, Bailey was fussy, so he took her for a little walk. Brook says, thanks. Why didn’t he wake her? He says, because she was out cold. He brought Bailey downstairs and gave her a bottle. Olivia tells Bailey, he did a better job than she could have done herself. That’s saying something. Brook asks if she’s still dreaming, or are they getting along? and Olivia asks if Brook would prefer it if they were at each other’s throats. Brook says, Valentin walked in on Olivia naked. She thought Olivia would never forgive him. Olivia says she forgave him, and for good reason. Valentin says, nothing like a baby to bring a family together.
Michael and Willow wake up in each other’s arms, and say, good morning. Willow says, Wiley? and Michael says, he’s still asleep. She says, good, and they start getting busy. Morning breath be damned.
Sonny tells Lenny and Phyllis that he’s sorry about Eli. He knows they cared about him. Lenny says he just can’t believe it, and Phyllis says, their Eli sent thugs in there to threaten them, robbing the dance, menacing the good people of this town. Lenny says, menacing them, after all they did for him. She says ,does he know what this means? It was one of Elijah’s men who shot Nina’s ex that night. Lenny asks, where is Nina anyway?
Jax follows Carly into the Kitchen of the Hallowed Moss Bowl, which looks like a mothership that landed on the kitchen island. Jax says it was a big night for Carly last night, and she says she doesn’t know what he’s talking about. She was nowhere near that hostage crisis. He says she must be thrilled that Cyrus is behind bars, and she says, that’s exactly where he should be. He says he couldn’t agree more. It surprises him to say it, but he’s glad Jason is free and cleared of the murder charges. Now she can step back and hand Sonny’s business back to Jason.
Maxie says she was dreaming. How long has Dante been standing there? He says he just got there. He approaches the bed, and says he’s so sorry to hear what happened to her baby. Mac just played him the recording of Peter basically confessing… Maxie says, basically? He did confess. Dante says he knows, but he needs to hear from her what happened to her baby. She asks if they have to do this right now, and he says he has to ask her these questions as soon as possible, and she says, why? Sam comes in behind Dante, and he says he feels something is going on that Maxie’s not saying. Sam asks if Dante is implying that Maxie is responsible for her own baby being kidnapped.
Olivia tucks Bailey into one of those fancy old-fashioned cribs, and says, she’ll be out like a light in no time. She tells Brook that the proud papa is the one with the magic touch, and Brook says, who knew he was so good at feeding babies? Valentin says, it’s intimidating at first, but she’ll get the hang of it. She says she knows. She wishes she could nurse Bailey herself, but she’s not producing enough milk, so the doula said formula’s the way to go. He says, Charlotte took formula, and she was a big, healthy baby. Their baby seems to be liking it just fine. The doorbell rings, and Olivia goes to get it. Bailey yawns, and Brook says, she’s a super sweet baby. He says, their baby, and she says, yeah; theirs.
Olivia leads Ned in, and tells him, be prepared to lose his mind when he sees his beautiful new granddaughter.
Sonny says he doesn’t think Nina is going to be around much anymore, and Lenny asks, why not? Phyllis says, for heaven’s sake, after last night? She wouldn’t blame Nina if she ran screaming from Nixon Falls. Lenny says, is that what happened? Did Elijah scare Nina away? Sonny says, no. He did. Nina walks in, debunking that theory.
Carly tells Jax, it really isn’t any concern of his, and he says, if only that were true. Last he checked, they had a daughter together. She says, Josslyn is perfectly safe, and he says, right. Until the next time there’s a kidnapping, or a shootout. She says she’s not going to discuss this with him, and starts to walk away. He says, what’s there to discuss? The last time they spoke, she told him that she had to take over because there was no one else to run the business, but now there is – Jason. Unless… She says, unless what? and he says, unless she enjoys having the power Sonny wielded for years.
Laura tells Jordan, there’s only one person to blame here, and that’s Cyrus. Jordan says she’ll keep telling herself that until she believes it, and Laura says she’s sorry she couldn’t stay with Jordan while Curtis went into surgery. Jordan says, it was hardly a slow news day. With the shootout at the warehouse, and another on the docks… Oh yeah, the being a hostage thing. Stella runs in and asks, what happened to her nephew?
Stella tells Jordan, she heard Curtis was shot, and asks how bad it is. Jordan says, he was in the OR all night. Now he’s in critical but stable condition. Laura says, he saved her life, and Jordan says she was hoping he’d regain consciousness. Stella asks about the person who did it, and Jordan says, he’s there too, under heavy guard. Stella asks, why? and Jordan says, she shot him. Stella says, good. She knows that doesn’t seem like the Christian thing to say. She’ll pray for him. She’ll pray he has a long life… of penance. Jordan says, he’s going to prison, and Laura thanks Jordan. Jordan says she wishes it hadn’t taken so long, and Laura says Jordan is a hero; in her eyes and the eyes of the people of Port Charles. She’s proud of Jordan. She leaves, and Jordan says, what the mayor didn’t tell Stella, is that Curtis found his way into the house. If he hadn’t risked himself, Cyrus might have killed Laura. He’s the hero, not her. Stella says she knows her nephew is a hero. She wants to see him, but first, she needs to know how Jordan is doing.
Trina tells Curtis, last year, after he saved her life, the only thanks she gave him was treating him like dirt. She was going off about him, and her mom told her to take a deep breath. After she did, her mom asked if she knew why she could do that, and said it was because of Curtis. She was right. Because of him, she’s able to breathe. She said it; now he has to say something. Wake up and talk. She needs him to live. Portia is waiting outside the room, when Laura comes by. She asks how Curtis is, and Portia says, his surgeon said the next hour is critical. She keeps going over it in her mind. If Curtis hadn’t called at the exact second he did, no one would have known Cyrus was at her home. He would have killed her and Trina, and gotten away, but Curtis did call her. Laura says she was with him when he called, and Portia says, really? She doesn’t know what Curtis wanted to tell her.
Dante tells Sam, he doesn’t think Maxie had anything to do with her baby being taken, but he thinks there are facts she’s not divulging for various reasons. Sam asks, what kind of reasons? and Dante says, fatigue, anxiety, maybe Maxie is thinking more clearly today, so if Sam doesn’t mind… Maxie asks if Sam can stay for moral support, and Dante says, sure. He needs to hear everything that happened last night, from the beginning. He doesn’t want Maxie to have to relive it, but unfortunately, it’s the only way to find Louise.
Brook tells Ned to prepare to fall in love with Bailey; resistance is futile. Ned says, no kidding, and Olivia says, isn’t she the most beautiful thing? Ned says, truly spectacular. He can see Lila in her. He thanks Brook for the beautiful gift, and she says he’s welcome. As an added bonus, she comes with a beautiful set of ELQ shares. Valentin comes in, and asks how their precious bundle is. He doesn’t want to be a downer, but he’d like to see his name on the birth certificate, so he’s officially Bailey’s father, and always will be.
Phyllis tells Nina, Mike/Sonny told them what happened last night, and Lenny says, they were so blind to Eli’s faults. He thanks Nina and Mike for opening their eyes. Phyllis says Nina and Mike are quite a team; she always said so. Lenny tells Sonny/Mike that he probably wants to rest on his laurels as a her to the people, but he needs a hand out front with the lights. Sonny leaves with him, and Phyllis asks Nina, what’s going on with her and Mike?
Carly says she’s not discussing her power or position with Jax. So if that’s why he’s there, he should leave. He says that’s not why he’s there. He came to see if she’d revisit the idea of Nina having a place in Wiley’s life. She laughs.
Jordan tells Stella, she was sitting up all night waiting, and had nothing to do but think about her and Curtis, and why they didn’t work out. Stella says, Jordan still loves him, doesn’t she? and Jordan says, of course (🍷). Stella says she thought Jordan might. She’s so sorry about the divorce, believe it or not. Jordan says she does believe it, and Stella says, despite her objections leading up to the marriage, she’s loved Jordan like a daughter. Jordan says she loves Stella too; that’s what makes it harder. She and Curtis weren’t even together anymore, and Curtis got involved in the tangled Cyrus mess. It’s her fault. Stella says she’s sure it was Curtis’s choice. Jordan didn’t trap him. Jordan says, he was so close to starting his new life, away from the crime, violence, and secrets, but when there was danger… Stella says, he ran into it, instead of away like any sensible person. She’s never known Curtis not to put his life on the line to help someone. Take it easy on herself. She’s here now, and Jordan can lean on her. Jordan puts her head on Stella’s shoulder.
Laura tells Portia that she stopped be the club to give Curtis his liquor license. She expected him to be enthusiastic, and when he wasn’t, she called him on it. He gave her the impression that he’d left something unresolved with Portia, and wanted to resolve it right away. He called Portia, and the call took an unexpected turn. Trina comes out of Curtis’s room, and Laura asks if it would be all right for her to see him. Portia says, of course (🍷). Laura goes in, and Trina says she thought she could badger Curtis into waking up, but it didn’t work. Portia holds Trina, and tells her, it’s okay.
Laura sits by the bed, and tells Curtis that it’s her. Their friendship was one of the most wonderful surprises in her life. It’s been an adventure. As someone who’s had a lot of adventures, she’s actually accustomed to having them with him. He needs to stick around. They have a lot more to accomplish.
Sonny says, there’s nothing wrong with the lights, and Lenny says, that’s because they’re working perfectly. He just wanted to check in about how Sonny is getting on with Nina. They seemed like they were getting on like gangbusters; the dynamic duo. Now they can barely look at each other. Sonny says he scared Nina off, and Lenny asks, how? Sonny says he made a stupid mistake.
Phyllis says, Mike/Sonny kissed Nina? Phyllis doesn’t know how to break it to her, but everyone saw it coming. Nina says, oh God, and Phyllis says they’ve had a connection since Nina got there. What’s wrong with them having feelings for each other? Nina says Phyllis has no idea.
Jax says he knows Nina upset Willow and Wiley, and Carly says, that proves Nina’s not in a good place and shouldn’t have contact with Wiley. (What was that, like a year ago?) Jax says, whether or not Nina sees Wiley isn’t her decision; it’s Michael and Willow’s. She says, and they’re free to make it. And she’s free to give her opinion, and they’re free to ignore it. He says, all he knows is, Michael is ignoring him. that’s unlike Michael. What’s going on? Does she know? She laughs again, since apparently, everything is funny to Carly today.
Willow and Michael sit with Wiley, and she says, having Wiley in the morning is the best, and Michael says he’d like it to be like this every day. She thinks Wiley would like it too, but… He says he knows. They’ll just enjoy what they have right now; her, him, and their son.
Maxie tells Dante, Chloe, or whatever her real name was, drugged her, and took her to a house outside Pawtuck. When she woke up, Chloe said she was going to induce labor. She doesn’t know if it’s because the drug was wearing off or it was a rush of adrenaline, but she knocked Chloe down and ran into the woods. Dante says, maybe Chloe is a nurse; they could track her down that way. Maxie says she was having contractions, and couldn’t run anymore. She met a hiker in the woods, who was a doctor, and he delivered Louise. Dante says, then what? and she says fake psycho Chloe found them, and hit the doctor in the head, knocking him out. She tried to run, but… Dante asks, what happened then? and Maxie flashes back to telling Brook that she had to take Louise.
Olivia says, for the record, she wants to reiterate that she hates the baby being used this way. Valentin says he’s not thrilled either, but he didn’t make the rules. Brook says she has the birth certificate; does Valentin have the shares? Ned says he needs to speak privately with his daughter, and Valentin says he hasn’t had breakfast yet. Would Olivia like to join him? Ned says he needs Olivia there too, and Valentin asks why he can’t be a part of the conversation. Ned says, Olivia is family; he’s not. Valentin says he is, kind of, and Ned says, just go. Valentin leaves, and Brook says, okay, let her have it. Ned tells her, forget about the shares. Just get rid of Valentin.
Nina tells Phyllis, she’s still not over what happened with her grandson Wiley. She can’t just jump into something complicated with Mike/Sonny. Phyllis asks what Nina’s grandson has to do it, and Nina says her mind is lumping all the complications together. Phyllis asks, what’s complicated about Mike? and Nina says, is she kidding? He doesn’t remember who he is. He has a life, and people he doesn’t remember. Phyllis says, he’s had every opportunity to track down that life, and what has he done? He put roots down there, and Nina has been no small part in his decision.
Lenny says he’s surprised Nina put on the breaks, and Sonny asks, why? Because he’s irresistible? Lenny says, no. They seemed like they both had feelings for one another. Sonny says he knows. He guesses he read her wrong. He went by instinct, not memory. Lenny says Sonny has good instincts. He knew how to handle the thugs, and knew how to handle Eli. He knows how to talk to Phyllis about improving her cooking, and that’s way more dangerous than Eli. Sonny says he has a good instinct for danger, but when it comes to Nina, not so much.
Carly says, between Wiley and Aurora, Michael has been busy, and Jax asks if Willow didn’t adopt Wiley. She says, now that Nelle is gone, there’s nothing to stop Willow and Chase from getting back together. He asks how Michael feels about that, but Carly says she doesn’t know. Michael and Chase are friends. Chase has spent a lot of time in the hospital, so Michael has too. It’s not Jax, if that’s what he’s worried about. Jax says, good to know, and she asks why he’s still pushing the issue. He and Nina are broken up. He says, so what? Nina deserves to be part of Wiley’s life. She asks if he’s doing the right thing, or is he hoping Nina will come back to him if he does? He says, no offense, but she’s in no position to offer advice on affairs of the heart. She’s too busy dealing with hostage exchanges and shootings on the docks.
Willow tells Michael that she’s meeting her study partner at GH, and he asks if she’s going to see Chase. She says she is, and tells him that she loves him and Wiley so much. He says he loves the both of them too, and tells Wiley that mommy and daddy love him so much. Soon they’ll be waking up together. Wiley has started talking, and says some cute nonsense stuff.
Dante asks how Chloe got the baby, because apparently he’s stupid, and Maxie says she was weak and exhausted from giving birth. Chloe took her. Dante says, so Chloe knocked out the hiker. Did she threaten Maxie? Maxie says, she’s sorry; she can’t do this. Don’t make her. Dante says he’s sorry. He didn’t mean to upset her, but the longer they wait, the less chance they have of finding Louise. Same says, Maxie will answer; give her a break. She takes Dante out to the hallway, and says, how dare he badger Maxie? He says he’s doing his job, but Sam says, give her time to process. He says he doesn’t have time, and she asks if he’s any closer to finding Louise now that he gave Maxie the third degree. Have a heart, or at least find one.
Brook tells Ned, it’s the only way to get ELQ back, but he says, forget it. Olivia was right. It was one thing when Bailey was just an idea. Now that she’s here, he realizes she’s far too precious to use for something so trivial as controlling the family company. She asks since when he considers ELQ trivial, and he says if she makes a deal with Valentin, he’ll be in it for life, and for what? She says, majority voting rights, but he says, all he cares about is his daughter and granddaughter’s happiness. His whole world is right in this room. Valentin comes back, and asks if Brook is ready to seal the deal.
Laura comes out of Curtis’s room, and says, it’s hard to see him like this. He’s so strong, so vibrant… so brave. Jordan and Stella join them, and Jordan asks Portia how Curtis is. Portia says, no change, and Stella asks if Portia is his doctor. Portia says, no, but she is a doctor. Laura introduces Stella to Portia, and Portia says it’s good to finally meet Stella, even though the circumstances are unfortunate. Curtis talks about her all the time. Stella says she believes Curtis has mentioned Portia as well.
Jordan goes in to see Curtis, and sits next to his bed. She tells him that he’d better wake up now. Stella is here, and there’s no way she’ll stand for this. When she walked in, Jordan braced herself for the talking to of her life, but Stella was wonderful and supportive. The last time they saw Stella, they’d promised to take care of each other. Her secrets compromised her, and weakened them. Not him. He’s always the strong one. So please, find his strength. Beat the odds, and come back to them. She kisses his hand.
Trina tells Portia that she talked to Curtis. She hoped he’d hear her and wake up, but he didn’t. Stella says, all the strong women pulling for him, Curtis knows he’d better wake up soon. She goes in to see him, and Jordan says, if anyone can bring Curtis around, it’s Stella. Portia says she’s getting that impression.
Stella says, her dear, sweet nephew. She came in full of fire and vinegar, swearing vengeance on who put him there. All that anger is just a cover-up for fear, but it’s nothing compared to the love she has for him. Wake up now, baby.Wake up, and jump into that new life with both feet, and make a splash. She doesn’t want to live in a world without him in it.
Olivia tells Ned, what he said was really something, and Ned says, Bailey helped him find his conscience. Isn’t that what babies are supposed to do? She says, God made babies soft, round, and cute, so they love them and do right by them. (Hello Kitty also comes to mind as being soft, round, and cute.) He says, is that so? Well, too bad it didn’t do a damn bit of good. They see Valentin and Brook signing their respective papers.
Valentin tells Brook, the Quartermaines have now gained control of voting rights of ELQ. Not that they’ll ever agree on anything. Bailey stirs, and they fawn over her.
Maxie remembers saying goodbye to Louise and giving her to Brook.
Dante says, Sam doesn’t think he has a heart? She says he used to, but she thinks he got so caught up in being a cop, he forgot how to be a friend.
Michael lets Jax into the gatehouse, and apologizes for not getting back to him. Jax asks if Michael is busy now, and Michael says he just sent Wiley off with the nanny, and was heading to the office. Jax says, it won’t take long, and Michael says, okay. What’s up?
Phyllis says, Mike could be the key to a new life for Nina… and him. They make each other so happy.
Lenny says, it might surprise Mike, but he’s not one for the hearts and flowers stuff. Sonny says he’s shocked, and Lenny says, but with him and Nina, it’s undeniable. Take her out for a nice dinner, go dancing… avoid crime. Sonny doesn’t know, and Lenny asks if Nina would show up where he lived and worked if she didn’t want to see him?
Ned tells Olivia, now that his granddaughter is there, he plans on coming around a lot. If that’s okay with her. She asks if he’s kidding. Does he think she’d keep him away from his granddaughter? He says, looking at her with Bailey, Bailey is as much her family as his. Does she think they can be grandparents together?
Brook thanks Valentin, and he says, a deal is a deal. Brook thanks him for taking Bailey this morning. It was a stressful night. He says it’s the least he could do, and she says she’s rested now, and Olivia is there. She thinks he and Charlotte can move back into their old digs. They can arrange a visitation schedule. He asks why they should move out, and she says, they don’t live there. He says, Monica doesn’t mind, and he wants to stay close. It will bring them together.
Dante says, maybe Sam is right. Maybe he’s rusty, and forgot the difference between questioning a suspect and a victim, and Maxie. Sam asks if he wants her to see what she can find out, and he says, okay, but he does have to hear from Maxie… when she’s ready. He leaves, and Sam goes into Maxie’s room. She tells Maxie that she got Dante to back off, and Maxie thanks her. Sam says, but as soon as Maxie is rested, she needs to focus. She needs to remember everything. That might be the only way to bring her daughter home safe.
Stella comes out of Curtis’s room, and Portia goes in. She tells Jordan that she’s sorry. She thought Curtis would wake up for her.
Portia says she doesn’t know why Curtis called, but at that moment, it was the most important call of their lives. She starts to cry, and says, he saved her and he saved Trina. He keeps showing up for them. She kisses her hand and puts it on his face. His eyes open, and he looks at her.
Willow gets to the hospital, and a nurse says, Chase has been asking for her. Please hurry.
Michael asks what this is about, and Jax says he knows what’s going on between Michael and Willow.
Nina says, it seems Phyllis and Lenny left them alone on purpose, and Sonny says, they think they’re being subtle. She says, it’s not working. She thinks they need to talk about the kiss, and Sonny tells her that he was just going to say the same thing.
Carly looks at a picture of Sonny on her phone, and says she misses him. She’s trying so hard, but she misses him.
Tomorrow, Elizabeth says, it’s always going to come down to Finn; Michael asks Jax, since when is blackmail a reasonable compromise; and Stella would like a moment with Portia.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht
This isn’t over yet?
Colin tells Gary, if he likes Alli, don’t f*** Sydney, but Gary says he’s already decided. JL tells Dani, if she wants to take their relationship somewhere, he’s open to it. They can take things day by day. Dani thinks the others are doing shots, and they should go over to the table. Unfortunately, they should hang out with the rest of the crew. Gary says Sydney is flirting, and she says, no, you. In her interview, she says, maybe she is. Natasha toasts to being themselves. Why? They head back to the boat, and in the taxi, Sydney says Gary is drunk, but he insists he’s just tipsy and thinking deep thoughts. Ha-ha-ha! I think the deepest thing Gary thinks about is what he’s going to have for breakfast. In Gary’s interview, he wonders what he got himself into. Has he made the right choice? Alli says she’s horny, and Gary leaps into the front seat. Dani makes out with JL in another taxi. This whole show is creeping me out at this point.
Gary follows Alli like puppy (but not as cute, or even cute at all) back onto the yacht. She says he’s getting stupid. Getting? JL tells Dani that he’s got to sleep, and whacks his head going into the cabin. Glenn laughs. The others drink another shot, and Daisy suggests getting in the hot tub. Gary asks Daisy, if he told her that she had a good body, would she hold it against him? The last time I heard that, I laughed so hard, I fell off my dinosaur. Colin makes some food in the galley. Sydney suggests they skinny-dip, and Daisy tells her to take her top off. Sydney says they’ve already seen her naked, so… Alli wants some of Colin’s food, but it’s a hard no. Leave him alone; he’s drunk eating. Daisy gets Alli and Colin to come up to the hot tub, and in Alli’s interview, she says, WTF? Sydney says it was Daisy’s idea that she go topless. She promises nothing weird went on. Alli is annoyed with Daisy for getting her in the first place. She wants to talk to Gary, who pants, wags his tail, and follows her. Sydney lounges in the hot tub, alone again. Alli tells Gary that all she’s done is try to do the right thing, and she finds him sitting in the hot tub, along with Sydney who has her top off. She feels that he’s humiliated her, and put her in an uncomfortable situation. He said he was on the opposite side of the tub, and couldn’t control what Sydney wanted to do. Alli calls him an effing coward, and Gary says he didn’t ask Sydney to go topless, and now Alli is angry because she was topless. Sydney repeats that Daisy told her to, and Alli tells Gary to let her effing have her say. She hasn’t gotten angry once. She effing said she liked him, and then she found him sitting in a hot tub with a topless Sydney. F*** him. He deserves it, It’s all his effing doing.
Sydney jets, and Alli says she feels disrespected. Gary is an effing idiot. Agreed. Gary thinks she’s going a bit overboard, and Sydney is too. Alli says, how is this effing okay? All she’s done to communicate her feelings, and she looks like an idiot. Agreed again. She tells him to talk to her for once, on a one-on-one level. In Sydney’s interview, she says, emotions are irrational, so she can’t blame Alli for feeling the way she does. Alli should have had more sympathy for what Sydney went through, but she didn’t, so Sydney doesn’t have any sympathy now. Gary says he can’t diffuse the situation, and Alli calls him an idiot again. She says it doesn’t matter if Daisy told Sydney to get nakey. Gary should have learned a lesson on what’s appropriate. In Alli’s interview, she says, she was the one who had to break up with him. She’s hurting too. She tells him to talk to her like she’s an effing person. Dani tells Daisy, if a guy talked to her like that, she would have slapped the sh*t out of him. In her interview, she says she’d be spending the rest of her life in a Croatian jail. She suggests Sydney go to bed. Gary tells Alli that he’ll give her space to get angry. In his interview, he says he feels he’s not in the wrong, and he’s not going to let her degrade him. It hurts to be spoken to like that. Hear that? It’s me playing the violin.
At 8 am, everyone starts to get up. Sydney thinks she’s still drunk. Contractor Jon calls Glenn, who asks how much time it will take for Jon to finish the repairs on the yacht. Jon says, ideally, seven weeks, and in Glenn’s interview, he says, after the season is done, there are things that need to be fixed up. They have to fix the transom properly, so when he takes the boat back to Palma, he’ll get the off-season stuff finished. He tells Jon that he should be there in two or three days. Gary bitches to Colin about Alli getting mad, and says he never felt this feeling. He wants to vomit because he treated someone like this. He doesn’t know what to do. More violin music in the background of my mind.
Alli wants run away, and Gary asks Sydney how she’s feeling. She tells him that he instigates. She was wondering if he was getting back at Alli, or just being handsy. Alli tells Daisy that Sydney eggs Gary on, but Daisy thinks Sydney was innocent in this one. Sydney tells Gary that she’s sorry, and Gary says she has nothing to feel sorry about. The stews spruce up the guest cabins, and Dani talks to Alli about JL. She says she obviously likes him, but she didn’t expect to be having a conversation like that. In Dani’s interview, she says, it’s amazing, but the timing is bad. Colin asks Daisy if anything juicy happened. Sydney got topless, and he left. Gary had said he was going to f*** Sydney to get Alli’s attention. Daisy says she has no words. She just wants it to stop. Meee tooooo!
Gary sniffs out Alli, and says he apologizes from the bottom of his heart. He feels like a proper d*ck. He’s ashamed about what he’s done. Alli says she’s given him multiple chances for this conversation, and every time, he’s gotten pissed and stormed off. She’s not lecturing him, but she needs to get some things off her chest. She’s hurt. and doesn’t want to bond with someone capable of doing that. Gary apologizes for the situation he’s put her in, and says he’ll keep his distance and give her space. As long as they can be professional at work. She says, of course, and he says, you learn from your mistakes. Didn’t he say he was giving her space last week?
Glenn calls Natasha, Daisy, and Gary to the crew mess for the preference sheet meeting. The primaries are Amanda and Michelle, who work in tech. They want to sail around beautiful coastal towns and see the sights. Gary reads that they want to do an obstacle course using the water toys, and have a beach picnic after the race. Daisy says they want a club night, and Natasha reads that they’d like a bougie brunch. Glenn says they never know what they’re going to get. Charters that seem like they’ll be challenging (i.e. a pain in the ass), might end up not being too bad. In Glenn’s interview, he says, they’re asking for an obstacle course, a picnic, a club night, and a… He has trouble with the word bougie, and says he doesn’t know what a bougie brunch is, but they want one. He tells the crew that he hopes they knock it out of the park, since it’s the final charter. Glenn tells Gary that he has to bring the boat back to Palma and would like him to stay on as an officer. He likes the way Gary runs the deck, and he’s looking at long term. Gary says, cool, and in his interview, Glenn says, despite the mistakes made with the last charter, Gary is the kind of mate every boat is looking for. Really? Don’t get me wrong. I couldn’t give a flying who this dude sleeps with, but I think he’s made some seriously poor personal choices that involve people who also work on the boat. Who knows what consequences those choices could provoke among the workers? That can’t be something every boat is looking for.
Natasha calls for some special provisions, like fresh grape leaves, and Dani asks how the situation with Alli is. Alli says Gary apologized, but she doesn’t know how to act. How can they start from scratch, when they’re going to be gone in a minute anyway? Provisions arrive, and in Colin’s interview, he says, in helping the other departments, he sees where they’re lacking. He wants to have a meeting with Gary, Natasha, and Daisy where they can talk about improvements. Everyone needs to be on the same page, so they can finish the season on a high. They sit in a circle on the floor in one of the rooms, and Colin says he’s there to make money. He thinks all heads of the departments need to take control if their departments. Daisy agrees. She says they relaxed last charter; they want to have a nice end, and be as professional as they can. She asks if there’s anything the three of them need from the interior, but they’re good. Natasha says she thinks she and Daisy are communicating better, and we flash back to a few miscommunications between them. Daisy says, yay, team, and Gary says, let’s smash this one out. In Colin’s interview, he says he wishes he’d done this earlier. They either need to start over or have 10 more charters they can knock out of the park. Glenn watches in the crew mess, as Dani dances around, singing, she can’t wait to leave. He laughs, and she says she’d love to have him as a captain forever, but she’s anxious to get on land. He says, fair enough.
Glenn calls the crew to the aft deck, and tells them to make it the best one yet. Everyone goes, yay! They wait, but five minutes after guest arrival time, there are still no guests. The champagne starts to get warm, and at ten minutes after time, Colin says, maybe they forgot. Alli says, maybe they got lost, and Glenn wonders what’s wrong. There’s not a guest in sight. The yachting agent calls Glenn, and says he has bad news, and maybe good news. First, the bad news. All six of their next charter guests have tested positive, and can’t go on the charter, but they may have a back-up group. Glenn talks to the charter manager, and asks how soon they might see a second group, but he says, they won’t be seeing them today at all. Glenn tells the crew there’s good/bad news. Although the guests had tests that came back positive, the good news is, they’re showing no symptoms. They still can’t come on board, but the broker is looking for a replacement. It will be tomorrow at the earliest. In Gary’s interview, he says they just had the most productive meeting, but they might not get the chance to rectify the sh*tty end to the season. Glenn says, moving forward, and Daisy says she feels sorry for the absent guests. Everyone starts organizing stuff to keep busy, and Natasha finds a mushy watermelon.
Glenn asks Natasha for a quick word. He’s bringing the boat back to Spain, and needs a crew. She says she’ll do it, and thanks him. JL wants to take Dani on a tender ride, and asks Glenn if it would be okay. Glenn says, sounds good; have fun. JL tells Daisy about his plans, and asks if he can snag a bottle of wine or two. She tells him, sure, and JL tells Dani that they’re going on a tender ride. She goes to her cabin to change, and JL prepares by listening to music on his headphones. In JL’s interview, he says, ideally (WOTD), he’d like a relationship with Dani, but time is running out. He thinks they’re on the same page. At least that’s what he hopes. He and Dani go off in the tender, and Gary says, how romantic, driving into the sunset. He’s jealous. He yells, take me with you!
Gary sits with Alli, and she asks if this is awkward. They can be friends, but he has to understand the position he’s put her in. He says he’s been giving her space, when it’s probably the most important time. I’m trying to figure out what space he gave her, since it hasn’t even been an entire day. In Alli’s interview, she says if Sydney hadn’t been in the picture, she and Gary would probably be going off into the sunset. They had something special, and it doesn’t go away overnight. If there was a camera here, I’d be giving it a look. Voice of reason, sensibility, and all things humane, Colin calls his girlfriend Martina. She tells him that the ladies who saw Marty (his dog) before he went to the hospital, found another dog. He says, it’s a difficult decision, and of course I’m hoping he takes the dog. In Sydney’s interview, she says she and Daisy butt heads from time to time, but they’re joining forces to give JL and Dani the best romantic situation. On the tender, Dani says JL must have had a first love; the one that got away. He says he never had a real connection before, and she says she thinks he’ll find a nice girl his own age. It won’t be her. They kiss, and head back to the boat. They see a bistro table and chairs with wine for two on the upper deck by the jacuzzi. It’s gorgeous; drapes of netting hanging down, decorated with those tiny white lights I love. They walk up the stairs, each stair having a tealight on either side. Dani says, it’s so cute, and JL says, it’s just her and him. She says, it’s absolutely beautiful. She effing loves it. Gary tells Alli that’s the way he wanted to set up their romantic evening, and I want to gag. Alli says the world is full of enough negativity. They don’t need to add their petty bullsh*t to it with their avoidable problems. Like the one they just went through. Gary says he’s happy they’ve moved past it. It feels like a fresh start. I wonder if I missed something. Like Gary giving her space and Alli rethinking this, and making a final decision. In Alli’s interview, she says she needs to feel that they’re in this together. He’s working with her now. She sees him in a different light. They kiss. Okay. I give up.
Dani says this is the coolest thing anyone has ever done for her. Glenn tells the crew that they’re a romantic bunch. Dani tells JL that she kind of likes him a lot. He makes her feel like she’s the most amazing person, but she doesn’t see how it can actually work. JL says he understands where she’s coming from, but at the end of the day, they make each other happy, and that’s all that matters. Dani says she wants to get married and have babies. Why don’t they have sex tonight, and if she gets pregnant, it’s God’s will. It honestly scares her that he’s never had a relationship. JL says, he gets it, but sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. She kisses him. Zzzzzz… JL says, it means a lot to him. The rest of the crew watches from the deck below. JL asks if he can come to Dani’s bed for a little bit, and as they leave, the crew goes, wooo.
JL and Dani kiss in her bunk. She says, it was an amazing date. They say they love each other, and then whatever’s happening becomes unclear. Dani says, it was good, not specifying what it was, and JL says the bed is too small. She suggests they go to his, but he says, the captain is there. She says she just wants to be with him, and leads him to his cabin. Glenn is in bed already, and he’s like, um… Dani tells JL, sleep well, and JL tells Glenn, she’s a firecracker.
In the crew mess, Dani thanks the Daisy and Alli for the date set-up. JL comes in, and Gary says both of them are smiling, and it’s first thing in the morning. Glenn gets an email from yacht management about a potential charter, and calls everyone to the saloon. He says he has interesting news. They have a charter in an hour. The management company of the motor yacht Lady Michelle has paid for a 24-hour charter for their crew. In Colin’s interview, he says a crew will know how things run. They’ll pick apart the chef’s food, and pick hole in the service. He can’t even talk about it; he hates it so much. Daisy says this is the lowest point of her career. Glenn says, the yacht next to them paid for a 24-hour charter for their crew of eight, and they wanted a charter. In his interview, he says he understands where they’re coming from. Another crew has the opportunity to make their lives a living hell. He tells the crew, yachties are almost like people. They have no preference sheets, and the management company is going to wire their gratuity; it won’t come directly from the crew. Who they are doesn’t matter. It’s their job to give them the best guest service they can. Daisy says, they’d better be hot, and Glenn says, they have 45 minutes.
Colin says, we’re still getting a tip, dumbasses. Dani says, they could be super nice or d*ckheads. Sydney says, this is her worst nightmare, but Colin says, as long as they’re respectful. Daisy says, this is serious pressure, and Dani says, they’re from a motor yacht, so they’re up there. Daisy says they’ll get them pissed so they don’t notice. She’d rather deal with drunks than hear things like, their turndowns are sh*t, or their cocktails are crap. They’ll get the guests so pissed, they can’t see or taste anything. Glenn tells them to get ready, and Gary says, yachties pick up on effing everything. In Dani’s interview, she says motor yacht crews think sailing yacht crews have tattoos and long hair. Yeah, bro. I’m just chillin’. She laughs and says, it’s true. Gary thinks they’ll be demanding, and tells Daisy, if she needs anything, let him know.
Glenn tells them to get in position, and Daisy says, here we go. The guests come toward the boat, and Glenn says, here are the fine people who are coming on charter.
Next time, the season finale – thank you, God – Gary says, the guests are judging everything; Sydney wears a ballet outfit while carrying sparklers; Glenn says two crews of yachties together is terrifying, and he doesn’t want to end the season with a drunken orgy: JL tells Dani, it would be too sad to end; and Alli wants Gary to leave her alone. Probably for ten whole minutes.
🧐 BAFTA This…
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With so much TV tomorrow, along with my weekly Zoom, I’ll be juggling a few balls. Until you catch one, stay safe, stay having a heart, and stay actually giving someone space if you say you’re going to.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
Fear the Walking Dead
We see Morgan’s town in shambles; a burned out building, doors swinging in the wind, a playground merry-go-round turning. Teddy says Dakota saved Morgan’s life. She thought he was going to give her a fresh start in a place she felt safe, a place to call home, and a family. Did he? Dakota says, no, and we see Morgan walking through the desolation. She says he built a town, and filled it with people, but her sister… Her mom did the same thing, ten times over. She still never felt comfortable in her own skin in any of those places. Teddy says both of them wanted something from her she couldn’t give. They wanted her to be somebody she’s not. He heard her with Alicia. She wants what they all want; someone to love her the way she is. She asks if he thinks she’ll find that person in the new world, but he says she already has. She says, him? and he says, yes. She says he put Alicia in the bunker because he thought he saw something special in her. He says he did. He loves what Alicia will become. There’s something in Alicia that he and Dakota will never be. That’s nothing to feel sorry about. Dakota is so much like him. They’re two very logical conclusions in a world built on a foundation of violence, lies, and self-interest. That’s why they understand each other. He thinks she’ll agree. When he says they’re conclusions, he means they don’t belong in the world the way it is. Things are just about to get started. She asks, what will happen to them? and he says, they’re going to die with everyone else. He knows it’s a lot to take in. She needs to ask herself the question, when they figure it out, does she still want to be a part of it, or does she want to pretend to be someone else just to have the chance to keep on breathing? Does she want to stay as she is in the time they have left? She says she wants be who she is, and he says, good girl. She’s in the right place. The lights come on, and Riley says, it’s the emergency battery. They need diesel to be running before dark. She asks how Riley knows Teddy, and Riley says he was an officer on the boat. Teddy says Riley was a broken man when he found him. Riley found himself like Dakota; found himself without a family to call his own. Riley asks if Teddy has them, and Teddy shows him the keys around his neck. Dakota laughs, and Teddy asks, what’s funny? She says, Virginia had a thing about keys too. Virginia said they’d unlock the future, but she doesn’t think this is what Virginia had in mind. Riley leaves, and she asks, does he know? Does everyone know they’re going to die? Teddy says, everyone here is aware, and she asks how he got them to follow him, knowing they were going to die. He says, it’s easy to get people to follow you. Just offer them something they really want to believe in. It’s just that not a lot of people want to die. I suppose that would be a monkey wrench. We see Morgan put his hat on, and take out a gun. Teddy says, getting them to do that is something else. Morgan looks at his pokey weapon stuck in the ground. Teddy says, it’s something very few people have, and gives Dakota a gun. She asks what it takes, and he says, it’s not that complicated. You just have to be wiling die with them. Morgan looks at Dakota’s note saying he still has things to do. He rides up a hill where Victor and the others meet him. He asks if Victor is ready to do this, and Victor says he’s guessing that’s a rhetorical question. Morgan says, let’s go, and they ride toward the USS Pennsylvania.
Morgan cuts through the submarine hatch, sparks flying. He gets it open, and looks down the stairs. He throws a flare down, and says, it’s a lot further down than he thought. Grace holds a Geiger counter, and says, at 10,000 milligrams, they should start to worry. She should go down first. Morgan says he’s got this, and June says she’s got him covered. He starts to go down the stairs into the sub. Shari radios Luci, asking if they found the naval base. June is worried, but Dwight says, if they fire the missile, the sub is probably the safest place to be. The rest of them are sitting ducks. Morgan asks if they’re ready, and John tells them, fire at anything that moves, dead or alive. Morgan goes down further, and Grace asks what the reading is. He says, 10 milligrams, and goes to the next level. She asks what the reading is now, and he says, still holding at 10. She says, it hasn’t changed? and Morgan says, he thought she said 10… A zombie grabs him, knocking him down, and getting on top of him. He yells, shoot it! and John tells him to move its head. He does, and June gets it with one shot. Morgan says, thank you, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. Morgan says, the crew must have all died, and Grace asks what the reading is now. He says, still holding at 10, and she says she’s going in. Cover her. Shari talks to Luci about the naval base.
Morgan hears Grace coming behind him, and she asks if he’s okay. He says he’s fine, and she takes the Geiger counter from him. She says she wants to see if the device is still intact. It’s been reissued twice. He says he knows what she’s trying do, and she says, the same thing as him. He says she wants to make them pay, and she asks if there’s something wrong with that. He says, no, but they haven’t talked about… She says, now is not the time, and calls up to the others that it’s safe. Morgan says he hasn’t pushed it because he understands her pain, but if they don’t talk about it now, they might not get the chance. He has to do what needs to be done to stop this, and he might not make it. She says, we might not make it; she’s coming. He says she’s not coming. She’s got to stay. She’s alive, and got to be here for a reason. He thinks it might be so she can build the future Athena showed her. She says, what about him? He should build a future too, but he says, first, he has to make sure there’s a world left behind to rebuild. The others begin to join them, and June asks if they’re all right. Morgan says, yeah, and June asks him to let her take a look, but he says he’s fine. Grace wants to take more readings, and June tells Morgan to give Grace time. Victor says he’s not sure Teddy’s group are the a-holes they have to worry about right now, and Dwight says, there has to be a crew on that floor. John asks Shari if they know how many stand between them, and where they’re going. Shari radios Luci, asking if she has any idea how many crew members on the boat, but there’s too much interference and she can’t hear. She says, it’s getting worse as they go on, and Grace says she’ll get Lucy. Morgan says, let’s go, and they continue on without Grace, who moves closer to the steps, but still can’t hear Luci.
Grace goes up the ladder, while the others walk through. Grace asks if Luci can hear her, and says they need to know the count of the crew. Luci says, 150, and Grace asks if they heard it. Victor says he wishes they hadn’t. They also hear zombies beyond the next hatch. Morgan bangs on the hatch with his pokey weapon, and John asks if they have any idea what’s beyond the hatch. Victor asks if it’s the only way, and Luci hears, and says, it looks like it. John wonders if they have enough ammo, and Dwight suggests they hold their fire while they’re down there. Victor agrees, and says, Alicia might be in there. If not, they need to find out where she is. Morgan says he’s going in, and tells them to kill anything that slips by him. June says he’s not going in alone, and he says, no one needs to get hurt. She says, neither does he. Victor hands him the note from Dakota, saying he dropped it. Morgan says it wasn’t for Victor to read, but Victor says, just because Dakota saved Morgan’s life doesn’t mean he needs to give it up there. Morgan says, it’s not about that. He was halfway to being one of those things. He knows how to get past them. Victor says, they’ll be behind him. He knows they’ve had their differences, but Alicia called him to take care of Morgan, and that’s what he’s going to do. John says he’s coming too. He gave up his family to put this guy away. He’s not about to let Teddy succeed now. They all want to go, and Dwight says, no use arguing. Realizing he’s outnumbered, Morgan says, let’s open it up.
Morgan opens the hatch, and going through a narrow hallway, dispatches several zombies in different ways with his pokey weapon. He checks the reading, and says, it’s clear. The others follow, and John closes the hatch. Dwight asks if he’s locking them in, and John says he doesn’t want any surprises. June asks if there’s any way to dismantle the missile from there, and Victor says, it’s not a good idea since they don’t understand it. Dwight says, do they think some psycho that’s been behind bars for 40 years knows how work this sh*t? and John tells them, don’t underestimate Teddy; he’s a resourceful fella. The hear zombies beyond the next hatch, and Morgan sees an intercom. He picks up the mic, and says, Grace? Grace says she thinks that’s the emergency com. They need power. Morgan says, they have to turn the silo off, and asks, which way to the weapons room? Grace calls Luci, and hears Teddy saying, they got there fast. Morgan asks, who’s this? and Teddy says Morgan knows damn well who it is. He says, Teddy? And Teddy says, bingo. That you, Morgan? John takes the radio and asks if Teddy recognizes his voice. Teddy says, he’s afraid he doesn’t, and John says he’ll give him a hint. The last time Teddy heard it, he was in a courthouse listening to his testimony against him. Teddy looks worried, and breathes heavily. He says, Officer Dorie; is it really him? John says he’s sorry he never paid Teddy a visit, but he has no stomach for death row. Teddy says John couldn’t kill him then, and he won’t now. John begs to differ. He has a bullet to put in Teddy’s head before the day ends. Teddy says he sees the day ending differently. No hard feelings. If John hadn’t put him away, he wouldn’t be sitting where he is now. June tells John not to let Teddy get to him, and John asks, where’s the girl? Teddy asks him to be more specific, and John says, where’s Alicia? Teddy says Alicia is safer than all of them, and John asks what he means. Teddy says what he means is, she’s tucked away someplace they’ll never find her. Morgan says, tell him where she is, and Teddy says, they didn’t think she’d be safe by the boat, did they? Morgan says, Teddy is going to kill his own people? but Teddy says he’s giving them a second chance. Morgan tells Grace to get on the walkie, and tell Luci to get everyone as far away from the sub as possible. She copies, and Teddy says, he and Morgan are like two peas in a pod. He’s leading everyone to their end, and Morgan is doing the same thing. Except Teddy isn’t fooling himself about what he’s doing. Excuse him; he’s got to run. He’s about to turn the power on. June radios Grace and tells her to reach her people; tell them to get somewhere safe. Grace says Charlie told her there’s a naval base nearby, but she’s not sure it will be far enough. Victor says, then they won’t fail. They hear zombies knocking on the other side of the hatch, and Victor asks, where’s Morgan?
Victor moves forward, the others behind him. He whispers for Morgan. A zombie pops out, and he sticks a knife in its head. Shari and Dwight see bunks full of dead undead, and Dwight wonders what happened. They keep moving, and Morgan walks further ahead, alone. A zombie come out behind him, and he stabs it in the eye. He starts to open the next hatch, when another zombie comes out, and he cracks its head open with the ax part of his pokey weapon. He goes in, and starts to close the opening, but Victor stops him, saying, let go. Morgan sees zombies coming behind Victor, and tells him, get in. He closes and locks the hatch, and Morgan says he doesn’t need Victor to be there, but Victor says Morgan’s not supposed to be there by himself. Morgan says he doesn’t want anyone else to die, and Victor says, no one has to die, but Morgan says, they might. Victor asks if this is what Morgan thinks he has to do. Dakota said he had things left to do in her note, but that’s not what she meant. Morgan says he’s been leading them from one dead end to another. He promised them something different, something better. He wants to be sure this time. Victor says Dakota wanted him to kill her mother; that’s what she meant, not this Morgan says he has to make sure. Victor says, people follow him because they want to, not because he owes them something. Morgan says he doesn’t know why Victor is even still there, and Victor says, Alicia asked him a difficult question when they were at the lodge. She asked if he was doing this for them or himself. Morgan says, and? and Victor says he’s doing it for everyone. Morgan’s Geiger counter goes wild, and they hear a zombie. A zombie woman stumbles out, covered with boils, we assume from radioactivity. She keels over, and Morgan says, don’t touch it. The zombie gets up all weird, like Exorcist weird, and reaches out toward them, then collapses.
They use Geiger counter, finding heavy radiation coming from the zombie, and Morgan and Victor carefully go around it to the next hatch. The Geiger counter goes crazy, and Victor says he thinks he knows where the zombie came from. Morgan says, the readings are high, when they hear something. He says, they’re about to get power, and radios Grace. He says they’re at the next door, and it’s off the charts at 40,000. Grace says, the only way they’d get that kind of a reading is if they exposed radioactive material. They have to find another way. If Morgan goes in, it will kill him. He asks how long he’d have, and she says she doesn’t know. Days? She yells for him, and Morgan and Victor look up, seeing zombies toddling along the grating above. One drops down, and Morgan says he’s going inside. Victor sees another ladder, and suggests he go up and kill them, Morgan following. Morgan says Victor isn’t thinking it through, but Victor says he wants to do what’s best for everyone. Morgan asks what that is, and Victor says, to live. Another zombie drops down, and Morgan asks if it’s clear. Victor says, let’s go, and they climb up.
They see several zombies, but they’re behind a barrier, so not a threat. They see dead undead on the floor, and one leaning on the open hatch, all victims of radiation. Victor says he told Morgan there was another way. Lights begin to come on, and Morgan says, they must be getting closer to launch. Victor takes off the other way, and Morgan follows. Zombies come out of the hatch behind them, and they close the door. Morgan says, this is a dead end. It’s a bunkroom, and he sees pictures on the wall of Riley and his family. He tells Morgan, this sailor is one of Teddy’s people. He’s the one who attacked them when Grace was in labor. He says, there’s no way out, but Victor says they’ll find a way. Morgan says he had one. Whatever Victor had to prove, he proved it. Tons of zombies are suddenly coming their way, and Victor says, Alicia’s message was meant for Morgan, because he’ll do things Victor won’t. He struggles with Morgan over the pokey weapon, and Victor knocks Morgan down, ending up with only the pokey ax part. He says, Morgan didn’t want anyone to die. He’s going to get his wish. He kicks a zombie away, and jumps into the hatch.
Victor approaches another hatch, the pokey ax in his hand. Dakota appears behind him with a gun, and tells him to drop it, and slide it to her. He does, and he says, she’s with them. Of course. She says, they gave her something no one else could. He tells her not to make the same mistake with him that she did with John, but she says she doesn’t think she is. Don’t think he can change her mind, especially after what he did. He says he doesn’t understand, but she says he doesn’t need to, or his people. She gets on the radio, and says, whoever is out there needs to listen. They need to know why they’re not going to stop this. They saved her to give her a fresh start. June did the first part; the second part is something else. If she lived with them, she’d have to be a different person, and fall into their ways. It would never work Morgan’s way. She asks Victor if he really wants to be the person Morgan wants him to be? That’s why she killed Morgan. Listening on the radio, Grace gasps. Dakota says, Morgan’s way going forward is not how she wants to believe. Victor says, that’s not true, but Dakota says she wants to be the type of person she wants. That’s why killed John. Because of people like him, the world has to end. June told John that it wasn’t too late; the world still has meaning. She’s going to make it have meaning, just not the way he thought. Victor says, Teddy is going to kill everyone; Morgan isn’t. Dakota says, Alicia will still be there. She’s the beginning; they’re endings. When they start again, it won’t be with a-holes like him. She aims her gun at him, but seems uncertain. Victor closes his eyes, and she shoots, but she only gets him in the arm. Morgan comes out of nowhere, and slams her up against the wall, knocking her down with the stick part of the pokey weapon. She’s out, and he checks her pulse. He says Victor claimed it wasn’t on him, but he gave them the key. He did it to save Grace and the baby, and he can’t let it be for nothing. He radios Grace, saying he’s there and he’s all right. She says she’s there, and Morgan tells Victor, this ends now. Victor says, Morgan… but Morgan doesn’t want to hear it. He says they’ll deal with what Victor did later. He’s cost them enough time. Victor hands Morgan the stick part of the pokey weapon, which is now officially a pokey stick.
Teddy asks how it’s looking, and Riley says, two minutes. He stopped something like this once, but they don’t have what it takes. Teddy says he’s glad Riley did that. His family returned to the earth, and now he can too. He’d be lost without Riley. Teddy radios Sue/Dakota, but gets no response, and an alarm sounds. Teddy gets a WTF? look on his face, and tells Riley, hurry.
Morgan takes out a handful of key cards, and tries each one to get into the final hatch. Victor wonders where he got them, and Morgan says he took if off a dead soldier’s body after Victor left him. Victor tries to justify his actions, and Morgan tells him, stop.
Behind the hatch, Riley says, on three, and Teddy says he copies. Morgan keeps trying the cards, but none of them are opening the hatch. Teddy puts in the key, and Riley says, one… Morgan prays the next card works, since it’s the last one. Riley says, two… three. Teddy turns the key. Morgan inserts the card, and the hatch opens. Victor and Morgan tell Teddy, stop, but Teddy says, they can’t. Riley says he told them it was inevitable. By the stairs going outside, John tells everyone, hold on. June tells Grace, they have to go, and Grace yells for Morgan. Everything begins to shake, and all is silent for a moment. They watch as a rocket shoots up out of the sub. Watching from the hill, Sarah says, damn, and Daniel says, that’s a big stick. They watch as it continues to go up into the sky.
Morgan grabs Teddy by his jacket, and puts his pokey stick in Teddy’s face, while Victor trains a gun on Riley. Riley moves, and Victor says, don’t. Riley tells Teddy, they only got one off, but Teddy says, it’s enough to get them started. They’ve begun. Victor says, how much, and Riley says, not enough. Victor asks where the missile is going, and Teddy asks if Riley would like to tell them what targets he programmed. Riley says, there are ten warheads on the missile. They’ll see where they land. It will be hard to miss. Victor says, where? and Teddy says, anywhere; everywhere. Maybe toward the water; maybe toward the town Morgan built. He’s been where Morgan is. A long time ago, he thought he was going to change everything, but a prison sentence put an end to it. What he didn’t realize was, it didn’t really end anything. He knows it’s not what Morgan wanted, but don’t look at it as an ending. The world is going to be a better place soon. Morgan just won’t get see it himself. Morgan threatens Teddy with the stick, looks him over, and lets go of Teddy’s jacket. He says, get out of here. Go. He tells Victor to let Riley go. Riley and Teddy can’t believe it, but get out while the getting’s good. Victor tells Morgan, it could been worse. They could have fired more. Morgan says, it could have been none if he’d gotten there sooner, and Victor says he did what he did to save lives, but Morgan says Victor did it for himself. He wanted to tell Alicia what a big hero he was. Leave. Victor sets down the pokey ax, walks to the hatch, and goes through. Morgan looks at the key in the control panel, and looks around. The camera pans out, and we watch through the hatch as he gets smaller.
I don’t mean to be critical, but you’d think Morgan might start checking the controls to see if there’s an off button. On the other hand, Z Nation survived a nuclear bomb, so…
Next time season finale, Morgan and Grace reunite, some welding happens, Teddy says it’s almost time, Riley says, it’s just the beginning, and Victor screams.
👩🏽🏫 I was reading an article in Forbes, where reviewer Erik Kain not only said FWD’s scenario about a nuke being easily launched was unrealistic, but wondered how, after 40 years in the slammer, Teddy would know anything about how to launch it. First of all, I fail to see how a show about a zombie apocalypse should be expected to do anything realistically. And secondly, Dwight asked that question, and John answered it. Teddy is a resourceful guy. Kain also posed the question as to why Morgan would let Teddy and Riley go. I thought Morgan figured they were going to die in the radioactive fallout anyway, and it would be a more gruesome death than him killing them. Even with the pokey stick.
Time to call it a weekend. Or whatever you want to call the last two days. Until we meet for soap and Sailing, stay safe, stay unprejudiced, and stay resourceful, but not in the same way Teddy is.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
For the first time this week, Peter does not lie at the bottom the stairs, blood pooling around his head.
Maxie gets out of bed, and puts on a robe. She looks out her room window and sees Brook with Louise. Brook holds Louise up so Maxie can see her, and Maxie comes out of her room. Valentin comes along, and says, that’s… Brook says, their little girl. He says, my daughter, and she says, yeah. Maxie watches.
Britt comes down the stairs of the lighthouse in the dark, holding a bat or a paddle or something. The front door opens, but as she’s about to swing, she sees Obrecht. She says, mom, and Obrecht says, hello, liebchen.
Olivia finds Jax in the living room. He apologizes for the late visit, and says he was trying to get ahold of Michael. He heard shots had been fired at the docks, and hoped Michael wasn’t caught up in all that. She says, Michael is fine. Willow just called to check in. Their plan was to come in late, grab Wiley, and go to the gatehouse. Good thing that kid sleeps like a log. He says, good to hear, and asks how Wiley is. She says, that kid is great. She swears, he learns something new every day. Jax says, and Nina is missing all of it.
On the phone at the jail, Carly tells Michael that she’s with Jason. She’s trying to get Diane to work her magic, and get the DA’s office to formally drop the charges. Michael says, it should be pretty straightforward, now that Gladys has recanted her statement, and said it was Peter she saw, not Jason. She says she hopes so, and he says he’s just glad she’s okay, and Jason doesn’t have to run anymore. She says, her too, and he asks if there’s any word on Cyrus. She says, not yet, but it’s only a matter of time before Jordan finds him.
Jordan wants the SWAT team to go in, but Doc asks her to let him try calling once more. She asks if he thinks he can get through to Cyrus, and he says, it’s worth a shot. Laura hasn’t used the code word yet. She must still think she can make some headway. Jordan tells him, okay; one more try.
The phone rings, and Laura tells Cyrus, he’s the one who’s in control. He can decide to let everyone walk away from this completely unharmed, like he decided to let Portia and Trina go. He says, that damn ringing, and goes over to the phone. She says, just pick it up; tell them what he wants.
Curtis asks Trina where her mother is, and Trina says, she’s giving her statement to the police. He says, then he’s going to need Trina’s help.
Valentin asks if the baby is all right, and Brook says, she’s safe and sound. Maxie turns away, and Valentin asks, what happened? Brook says she was on her way to Bensonhurst when her water broke. He says, in the car? and she says, yes. Does she need to go into detail?
Finn sees Maxie, and she collapses in his arms.
Britt asks why Obrecht broke in, and Obrecht says she didn’t know if Britt was sleeping. She didn’t want to wake her. Britt says, giving her a heart attack is so much better, and Obrecht says her Britta is made of stronger stuff. Britt says she could have hurt Obrecht, and Obrecht says, she’s made of stronger stuff. Britt says, it’s good to see her, and Obrecht says, it’s good to see Britt too. She seems well for someone on the run. Britt says, they were so careful with covering their tracks; how did Obrecht find her? Obrecht says, Mr. Morgan called her.
Jason asks how Michael is, and Carly says, it’s been an eventful night. She wonders what’s taking the DA’s office so long, and he says, it’s not exactly regular business hours. She says she doesn’t care. He shouldn’t have been there to begin with; she wants him out. He says, okay, he’s going to get out, and she says, not soon enough. It’s been insane without him, and she’s so sorry she made him run. He says they’ve been over this, and she says, in her defense, he would have gotten away clean if he hadn’t gone back in to get Britt. He says he had to, and she says she knows. She finally gets what he means. When a plan’s in motion, it can twist in unexpected ways. She’s sorry she pushed him to escape. He says, it’s okay, and she promises never to put him in that position again. He gives her a look, and she says she’ll try not to put him in that position again. How’s that? He says he’ll take it.
Valentin says Brook gave birth in some hotel with a random doula? Why didn’t she call him? She says she did, but he says he means sooner, when she went into labor. She says she was a little busy, and he says she’s lucky. Things could have gone very poorly. She says, they didn’t, and he says, thank God. She asks if he wants to hold the baby, and he says, very much. He sits, and she puts the baby in his arms. She says, Bailey, it’s your daddy, and he says, Bailey? She says, Bailey Lois Quartermaine, and he says, hello, Bailey; nice to meet you. He tells Brook, she’s beautiful, and Brook says, she knows. He says, she’s tiny and she’s perfect.
With Maxie back in bed, Finn says she’s had blood loss from childbirth, and needs to replenish her fluids. Elizabeth says she knows how impossible it must feel, waiting for word on Louise. Willow appears, and says, waiting for word? What happened? Maxie says, her daughter is gone, and Elizabeth says, the nurse Peter hired kidnapped Maxie, induced labor, and ran off with her baby. Willow says she’s sure they’ll find her, and Elizabeth says, they have to. Maxie says she just wants the baby as far away from Peter as possible.
Jordan says, it’s not working, but Doc tells her, just wait. Cyrus finally answers, and Doc thanks him for picking up. He asks if Laura is all right, and Cyrus says, she’s fine, for now. If he wants her to stay that way, they’ll clear the road and get him that car. Doc says they can work on that, and Cyrus yells, stop stalling, and do it! Just remember, whatever happens to him, happens to Laura too. They go down together. I have to mention, Cyrus looks a lot more haggard today, even though it’s really only a few minutes later from yesterday.
Taggert asks what exactly is Curtis talking about, but Trina tells him, it’s okay. She wants to help if she can. Curtis says he needs to know the layout of the house. Are they any other ways to get in besides the front and back doors? A cellar door maybe? She says he can climb in through her bedroom window; it’s closed, but not locked. He says he needs to know exactly where that is.
A SWAT guy tells Jordan, it’s her call. What does she want them to do? She says, they’ll give Cyrus what he wants.
Carly asks if Jason has talked to Britt. He sits on his cot, and Carly says she’s sure Britt would like to know he’s okay. She’s never been a fan of Britt’s. Britt’s done a lot of horrible things to a lot of people, but people said the same thing about her. He says, Britt saved his life, and she says she knows. What she’s trying to tell him is, her opinion of Britt has definitely changed.
Britt says, Jason called Obrecht? Why? Obrecht says, he wasn’t exactly chatty. He just said she was safe, and gave her an address where she could find Britt. Britt smiles, and says, huh, and Obrecht says, now’s the time to share. Give her all the juicy details. They sit, and Britt says, all that matters is, Jason saved her life… and she saved his. Obrecht smiles, and Britt says, what? Obrecht says, nothing, but Britt says, don’t nothing her; say it. Obrecht says, after wasting her time with men like Nikolas and Patrick Drake, Britt finally met her match.
Olivia hands Jax a drink, and says, it occurred to her that with Sonny gone, and Jason busy with other things, Carly might have stepped into the family business. She wonders if she’d do that, but doesn’t know, since she’s never been in that position. He says he only cares about his daughter’s safety, so whatever Carly is doing, he hopes it’s over sooner rather than later.
Michael heads for Maxie’s room, and Willow tells Maxie that she’s safe there. Elizabeth says Maxie doesn’t have to worry about Peter, but Maxie says she doesn’t know that. Elizabeth says, the police are looking for him; he’s not going to come back here. Finn flashes back to arguing with Peter, and Peter throwing the antidote off the roof. Maxie wishes Peter had just disappeared… forever.
Brook tells the baby that she passed her check-up with flying colors; good work, baby girl. Valentin says she should be checked also, and she says she will, but not tonight. It’s late and she’s tired. He says, tomorrow, and she agrees. He says, how about they get their daughter home? As they walk, they come face-to-face with Austin.
Cyrus asks if Laura thinks he’s an idiot, but she says, no. He asks if she thinks he believes for one moment they’re going to give him what he wants. They’re just stringing him along until they can get a sniper to take him out. That’s not happening. She asks him to listen to her, for just a minute. He says it’s her fault really. All he wanted was to be her brother, and to bask in one ounce of the love she has for everyone else. She says, he wants her love, does he? He says, yes, and she says, then earn it, damn you. She would have helped him if he’d been just the tiniest bit sorry for what he did; if he was just the tiniest bit willing to let someone help him, but no. He wants to bond with her, while he charges the rest of the damn world. He says, so it’s all on him, and she says, it doesn’t have to be. Not yet. He still has time. He can still redeem himself. Turn himself in.
Curtis slips into Trina’s bedroom window, and checks his gun. Laura tells Cyrus, turn himself in. If he does that, she will stand beside him. He says, little sister, it’s far too late.
Valentin asks if Brook is all right, and she flashes back to seeing Austin unconscious in the woods. She says she just got a little startled. Sorry. Austin says, no worries. Congratulations. Brook says, what? and Austin says he can’t see his or her face, but he’s sure the baby is just beautiful. Valentin thanks him, and Austin says he’s looking for room 401; any ideas? Valentin points him in the right direction, and Austin sees a sign that says, Pediatrics: Michael Corinthos Center for Pediatric Head Injuries/Neonatal Intensive Care.
Michael tells Maxie that he’s sorry, and the Quartermaines will help in any way they can. She thanks him, and Willow says, they’ll leave so she can rest. In the hallway, Michael says, Maxie must be losing her mind, and Willow says she almost feels guilty going home to Wiley. He asks if she’s still taking Wiley to the gatehouse, and she says not if Michael thinks they’ll wake him. Michael says, Wiley slept through a fire alarm when Cook started a grease fire, and she says, good point. (Wiley isn’t my kid, is he? I slept through a hurricane.) He says, home? and she says, home. They get in the elevator.
Elizabeth tells Maxie that she needs to get some sleep. Maxie says, and let her guard down? What if Peter comes back? Elizabeth says she told Maxie, it’s not going to happen, and Maxie asks how she knows that. Finn says he does. Peter’s not going to bother her again. He can’t.
Britt says Obrecht is being ridiculous, and Obrecht says, is she? Britt says, Jason isn’t her match; they’re not anything. Obrecht says, just two people on the run together, and Britt says, exactly. Obrecht asks if she had sex with him, and Britt says, mom. Obrecht says, did she? Britt says of course (🍷) she didn’t, covering her smile, and Obrecht says she knew it. And? Britt says, and it was amazing. It doesn’t mean anything. She knows how these situations are; everything’s heightened, people are drawn to each other when they normally wouldn’t be. Obrecht says, right. Men like that are brute instruments. Good in the sack, as they say, but no one to plan a future with. Britt says, actually – Obrecht says, she’s wrong? – Jason did something for her that was, in a way, just as important as saving her life. He helped her face something that she’d been running from for years. Obrecht asks, what is that? and Britt says she lied.
Jason asks, what happened at the meeting with the Five Families microwaveable pasta meals? and she says she told him; they backed her. He says, that’s it? and she asks if he thinks she screwed up somehow. He says, no, she did great. She kept the family safe while he was gone. He would expect nothing less. She puts her hand over his and says, he’s always the one who believes in her, and he says, he always will.
Cyrus says Laura has no idea what she’s asking. She wants him to go back to prison with no Jordan to pressure, no blackmail to use – Curtis is now in the hallway, seeing if he can get a clear shot – just spend the rest of his days rotting in that hellhole. Ten years was an infinity. He can’t go back; he’s never going back. He paces, and groans, and says, what a life. Whether she admits it or not, they’re just wild creatures who can’t be contained. As Curtis sneaks around behind Cyrus, Laura asks what he means. What is he going to do? Laura sees Curtis and gasps, and Cyrus grabs her. He tells Curtis, drop the gun, or she dies. Curtis says, take it easy, Cyrus, and puts his gun on the floor. Cyrus shoots him, and Curtis drops. Cyrus walks over to him and says, that’s enough out of him. In the meantime, Jordan comes through the front door, and shoots Cyrus.
Willow pours some wine for Michael and herself, and he asks if she’s okay. With Maxie and all, it couldn’t have been easy for her. She says, her? Maxie is the one who lost her little girl. He says he didn’t know if it brought up any memories, and she says, seeing Maxie alone in that hospital bed, she remembers that feeling; the emptiness, the ache. First, when she gave her baby up, and later, learning that he had died. Michael takes her hand, and she says, sorry. He asks, why? and she says she doesn’t know. She hugs him, and says she’s just happy he’s there with her. He says, him too.
Britt says, when she told Obrecht that she’d been screened for Huntington’s, and that she didn’t have it, that was a lie. She didn’t do the test. She chickened out. Obrecht says, the truth is, it’s Britt’s decision whether she wants to know or not. She should never have pressured her. Britt says, for years now, it’s been in the back of her mind, wondering, did she have it or didn’t she have it? Then it moved to the front of her mind, and eventually, it began taking over her life. Every ache, every pain, wondering, is this it?Is this the beginning of the end? She wound up telling Jason that she might have it, and he was amazing. He didn’t try to tell her what to do, or jump in with advice on how she should run her life. Obrecht says, he listened, and Britt says, he even talked a little too. Obrecht laughs, and asks what he said. Britt says, if it suffocates you, instead of frees you, then you should find out, and she knew in that instant, she needed to know. Obrecht says, she got the test? and Britt says she did. She has the genetic marker for Huntington’s. Obrecht takes her hand.
A guard comes in and unlocks Jason’s cell. Carly says, the charges were dropped? and he says, Jason is free to go. Carly runs in the cell, and hugs Jason, saying, let’s get you out of here, and get you home. On their way out, Carly’s phone dings, and she says, oh my God. They have to go to the hospital. She’ll explain to him on the way. She jets, and Jason heaves such a huge sigh, I literally lol, and he follows her.
Finn tells Maxie, there’s something she needs to know, when Austin knocks on the door, and comes in. He says, sorry to interrupt, but he just wanted to check on the patient. Miss Maxie, how are you? Maxie says, fine, and tells him to come in. She tells Finn and Elizabeth, this is the man who delivered Louise. Can they believe she managed to find a doctor in the middle of the woods? Elizabeth says, only you, Maxie, and Finn says, it’s nice to meet you, Doctor…? and Austin says, he’s off-duty, so just Austin. Elizabeth asks if Finn has time for a consult, and they leave. Okay, I’ll just say it. I guess we’re just ignoring the fact that Austin looks exactly like Todd Franco. Maxie asks how Austin’s head is doing, and he says it’s still on his shoulders. She says, that’s a plus, and he agrees. He says he’s sorry he didn’t come to sooner. He might have been able to help her out with that nurse. If he’d done that, she’d have her baby in her arms right now.
Valentin opens the door for Brook to go into the mansion, and Olivia squeals, Brook had the baby? Nobody told her. Valentin says, things move quickly; it’s hard to keep up. Olivia runs over to Brook and the baby, and says, oh my goodness. Brook says, Bailey, meet your grandmother, Olivia, and Olivia says, she is a literal angel. Olivia asks, what happened? Is Brook okay? Brook asks if they can go in the living room; she needs to sit down. Olivia says, anything Brook needs, just say the word, and helps her to the living room. Jax tells Valentin, congratulations, and Valentin thanks him. Jax says Valentin has a daughter. He’s a lucky man. He holds out his hand, and they shake.
Laura tells Jordan, come in, and Jordan runs to Curtis, asking for something to stop the blood. Laura finds some gauze, and Jordan yells for someone to get Portia. Doc runs in, and hugs Laura, saying, thank God. She says she’s fine; help Curtis. Doc checks Curtis’s pulse, and says it’s thready. Laura tells Curtis, hang in there, and glares at Cyrus, who’s sitting up against a chair, and I’m wondering why someone hasn’t hauled him off yet.
Taggert goes over to Trina and Portia, who asks, what happened? He says, Cyrus is down, and Portia says, it’s over. She hugs Trina, and an officer comes out. He tells Portia that she’s needed inside, and she goes with him.
Jordan tells Curtis, stay with her, and Doc says, his pulse is weaker. Portia runs in, and Laura tells her that Curtis has been shot. While Portia tends to Curtis, Doc takes Laura over to the side, and asks if she’s all right. She says she’s fine, thanks to Curtis. Portia looks at Curtis’s wound, and asks Jordan to help her roll him over, so she can see if the bullet came out the other side. She takes a look, and they move him back the way he was, and Portia tells Jordan, keep pressure on the wound. Jordan says, save him, please, and tells Curtis to open his eyes. Don’t you dare give up on me.
Olivia asks if she can hold Bailey/Louise, and Brook gives her the baby. Olivia says she has to get it in now, because Ned isn’t going to want to let go of her. Brook says, actually, her dad doesn’t know she had the baby, and Olivia says, what?
Obrecht says, this is her fault. Her obsession with Cesar is what led to this. Britt says, no, but Obrecht says, she knows she wasn’t always the best mutter, far from it, especially when Britt was young. But the older Britt got, the prouder Obrecht was of her. So smart, so strong, so capable. Britt has become everything Obrecht asked of her. And the fact that she has this horrible disease, is because Obrecht chose that wretched man to be Britt’s father. Britt says, wow, and Obrecht says she bets Britt never thought of it that way. Britt admits she hadn’t, because it wasn’t Obrecht’s fault. The wow is because this is the first time she’s heard she’s everything Obrecht wanted in a daughter. Obrecht isn’t just saying that because Britt is sick? Obrecht tells Britt, she’s saying it because it’s the truth.
Finn and Elizabeth go to his office, and she says he was going to tell Maxie that Peter was dead, wasn’t he? He says, they can’t leave Maxie terrified that Peter is going to come back, when they both know he won’t. She says, and then what? He gets arrested, and Chase dies because he can’t work on a cure. He says he doesn’t think Maxie would go to the police, but she asks how he knows that. He guesses if Maxie was willing to keep their secret, it would make her an accomplice to murder. He hates seeing her scared and in pain, and Elizabeth agrees it’s awful, but the truth is, telling Maxie about Peter won’t bring back Maxie’s daughter.
Olivia is surprised Brook hasn’t told her father; he’s going to be over the moon. Brook says, it’s been a long day. She’s feeling a bit overwhelmed. Olivia says, that’s totally normal. She’s going to be feeling that way for the next couple of days, or weeks, or even months. When it happens, rely on her family. Brook promises she will, and Jax says he’s really leaving now. Olivia says she’ll walk him out, and starts to give the baby to Brook, but Valentin wants to hold her. Olivia hesitates, and he says, it’s okay. He’s held a baby before. Olivia gives him the baby, and goes with Jax. Valentin says, just wait until Bailey meets her sister. She’s going to fall in love with her like he did.
Michael tells Willow, most people would have closed down. After losing a child, they would have locked up their hearts so they couldn’t be hurt again. But she opened hers to Wiley because she has so much love to give, and he’s so grateful. She says Wiley is the best thing that ever happened to her. One of the best things. He asks if he’s on the list, and she says she’ll check. He is the list. They kiss, and quickly move to getting busy.
At the hospital, Jordan paces, while Taggert sits with Trina. Portia comes out, and says they’re prepping Curtis for surgery. It could be a lengthy procedure. Trina says, but he’s going to be okay, right? Portia says, they don’t know, but they’re doing everything they possibly can. Taggert says, and Cyrus? and Portia says, clean shot through the leg. He’s been admitted, but he’ll survive. Jordan says she has to go. She has to deal with the fallout of what happened. Keep her posted. Portia says, of course (🍷), and Jordan leaves. Portia hugs Trina, and Jason comes in with Carly. Taggert says, welcome home, and Jason asks, what happened with Cyrus? Taggert says, Jordan got him in the leg. Unfortunately, he’s going to survive. Trina says, Curtis might not, and Carly says, Curtis? Portia says, Curtis snuck in, trying to get Laura out before the SWAT team was necessary. Laura and Doc join them, and Laura says, Curtis saved her life.
Elizabeth tells Finn that they need to get to work on a cure, and he says he’s been working. Non-stop. He’s no closer to figuring this out, and they’re running out of time. She says, no, and he says, no, the clock’s not ticking? She says, of course (🍷) the clock’s ticking, but he’s got this. She has faith in him. She wouldn’t have come up with this crazy plan if she didn’t. He says he’s sorry he got her involved in this, but she says she’s not. Peter doesn’t get to take another life. You won’t let him.
Austin says he’ll let Maxie get some rest, and she thanks him for helping her. She’s never going to forget him. He says, that sounds like a goodbye. Is it a goodbye? She says she thought he’d be heading back to Pawtuck, and he says he will, but he wanted to be involved in the search party. He did help bring Louise into this world, and feels vaguely responsible, so he’ll be in touch. He knows those woods like the back of his hand. They’re going to find Louise. He leaves, and Maxie says, that’s what she’s afraid of.
Brook says, this is about as far away from plan as you can get, but of all the guys in the world to be this baby’s father, she’s really glad it’s him. He says, she is? and she says, yeah. The ELQ stock aside, she can tell Valentin really loves her. He says, who wouldn’t? and she says, he’s committed, and he’ll make sure nobody hurts her; that’s all that matters. He says Brook wouldn’t let anyone hurt the baby either. He knows that about her. She says, they’re in this together? and he says, all the way. They’re going to do right by their daughter. They’re going to make Bailey Lois everything, for always. She says, they’re going to give her a really great life, and he asks Bailey/Louise if she hears that. She stirs, and he says, that’s right. I’m talking to you. Aww!
Britt’s phone rings, and she says, Jason? He says, it’s him. She asks if everything is okay, and he says, the charges were dropped. Most importantly, the cops got Cyrus. (I feel the need to point out, ly words are adverbs, so importantly is a word that makes no sense, and it annoys me. It should just be most important. Grammar class over.) She says that’s great, and he is says, it is. Did her mom get there? She says her mom did, and thanks him for that. He says he didn’t want her to be alone, and she asks if there’s any word on Peter. Has he been arrested? He says, not yet, but Cyrus is neutralized, so it’s safe for her to come back home. She says she’ll see him soon, and tells Obrecht, that was Jason. Obrecht says, so she gathered, and Britt says, he’s been exonerated, and Cyrus is in police custody. Obrecht says, so Britt is free to go back to her life, and Britt says, whatever that looks like now. Obrecht says she’s so sorry, but Britt says, at least she knows what she’s dealing with. Obrecht says Britt also has her. She loves Britt so much. Britt says she loves Obrecht too, and they hug.
Carly goes to Cyrus’s guarded room, and looks at him through the window. He sees her, and she smiles. Jordan arrives with Taggert, and tells Carly, Cyrus is in police custody. He’s not going anywhere. Carly says, good, and leaves. Jordan looks through the room window, and Taggert says, she did good today. It took a lot longer than they thought, and cost more than they imagined, but she did good. They finally nailed the bastard.
Portia gives Trina some water, and Doc asks if Laura is sure she doesn’t want to get checked out. She says she’s sure. She’s fine, physically anyway. He says he could hear it in Cyrus’s voice. He knows what someone sounds like when they’re about to crack. She almost died tonight. By God, she is brave. She thanks him, and they exchange I love yous, touching foreheads. He says, do him a favor. Don’t ever do that again. She says she’ll try. She can’t promise though. They hug.
We see a trail of clothing leading to Willow and Michael getting super busy, since they have to make up for lost time. She literally jumps onto him while they’re standing, and in the most awkward move ever, he places her on the bed. Someone watches through the window. Ew.
On Monday, Carly asks why Jax is pushing the issue, Trina tells Curtis that he needs to live, Phyllis asks Nina what’s going on between her and Mike, and Brook wonders where Bailey is.
💍 That Was Fast…
The ink isn’t even dry on the divorce papers, but hey, YOLO.
I can’t say as I blame her. While I think Eboni might have been a tad sensitive, LuAnn is an a-hole if she thinks education is based on how many languages you know.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. – Albert Einstein
The mind is like a car battery; it recharges by running. – Bill Watterson
If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. – Marilyn Monroe
The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on. – Julia Alvarez
One log won’t burn. – Dr. Phil
Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
You are never strong enough that you don’t need help. – Cesar Chavez
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. – Charlie Chaplin
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. – Rick Warren
Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle.‘ – Fred Rogers
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. – Cicero
If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston S. Churchill
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it. – Candace Bushnell
🛣 Hitting the Road…
As we head into another weekend, hoping you’re closer to being able to call it a weekend. Unless you’ve made the decision not to label days anymore. Whatever works. The Dead are back on Sunday, but until then, stay safe, stay paying it forward, and stay knowing that when a plan’s in motion, it can twist in unexpected ways.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
Peter tumbles down the stairs, and lies at the bottom on the landing. Blood pools around his head. Someone runs down behind him, and stands on the steps. We see the fake passports for Peter and Maxie on the floor next to him. A hospital employee runs up the other stairs, and checks the pulse in his neck.
Earlier. On the hospital roof, Peter looks at the fake passports. He looks up, and we see a helicopter. His phone rings, and he says, yeah… It’s too late? For what he’s paying them, they should be where he wants, when he wants… He doesn’t care. Hurry. He has to get the hell out of there. Finn says, he’s not going anywhere, and Peter tells Finn, stay out of his way. His daughter’s out there. Finn says, and his son is dying downstairs. Give him what he needs to save his son.
Valentin comes into the hospital, and asks if Elizabeth has seen Anna. Elizabeth says Anna is in Maxie’s room on the 4th floor. Valentin asks if Maxie had her baby, but Elizabeth says she hasn’t seen Maxie’s baby. He asks if Maxie is all right, and she says, physically, Maxie is fine, no thanks to him. He says, I beg your pardon? and she says, he looked the other way, so did Anna. They both knew what Peter was capable of, yet he and Anna still unleashed him on the rest of them.
Anna asks Maxie if something happened to her baby. Maxie says, thanks to Peter, her daughter is gone.
Brook tells Louise, she’s happy now. Look at them. Louise is only a few hours old, and already in her first hotel room. A 9.3 guest rating; she could do worse. She’s really real. She always knew Louise was real, but she seems so much more impressive now that she’s there. They’ve got a long road ahead of them.
Willow answers the gatehouse door to Michael, who says he wanted to see how she was doing. She says she tried to rest, but she still feels guilty. Michael comes inside, and she says, tonight, when Chase sent them home, all she could think about is how she wanted to be with Michael.
On the phone, Laura says, Cyrus is looking to keep a hostage. Here’s her offer. Let Portia and Trina go, and take her instead. Cyrus says, he’ll trade Trina for her, but the good doctor stays. Laura says, he releases both of them, and then she comes in. That’s her offer; think it over.
Outside, Doc asks Laura if she was bluffing, but she says she meant every word. He says she can’t turn herself over to that man. He’ll kill her. She says she knows he’s concerned, and he says he was called there to negotiate a hostage situation. He can’t do his job effectively if his wife is offering herself up as one of the hostages. She says it makes sense because she has a connection to Cyrus, and he says, that appears to be severed. She says, not completely. If she can use that connection, he’ll let Trina and Portia go free. He says, or they let the police do their job. Or let him do his, and negotiate, which is better than risking the mayor’s life. Jordan says she agrees; it’s too risky. She can’t let Laura go in there. Laura says, with all due respect, Jordan can’t stop her either.
Anna asks what Maxie is telling her, when Mac comes in. He tells Maxie that he’s sorry. He’s going to do everything he can to protect her, and get his new granddaughter back. She says she knows he will. She didn’t have a chance to check Peter’s confession before she sent it; did it go through okay? He says, clear as a bell, and she asks if it’s enough to lock Peter up. He says she’s amazing. He doesn’t know where she found the wherewithal to get Peter to confess, not to mention the presence of mind to record it. She says she did what she had to do. Just promise her that he’s not going to get away with it this time. Mac says he thinks they’ve got Peter. Besides the confession, Gladys Corbin named him as Franco’s killer. They’ve got an APB out, and they’re doing a floor by floor search of the entire hospital. He’s on his way to security right now to check the footage. Is she going to be okay? She says, as okay as she can be under the circumstances. He asks if Anna will stay with Maxie, and Anna says, of course (🍷). Maxie says, please just find Peter, and Mac leaves. Anna asks how Maxie got Peter to confess, and Maxie says she hired a nurse to help with her pregnancy. Unfortunately, Peter replaced that nurse with an imposter to kidnap her and induce labor. The imposter double-crossed him, and took off with their child. Anna says, that’s awful, but is Maxie sure it wasn’t another trick? Is she sure this woman didn’t hand off the baby to Peter? Maxie says, trust her. Peter has no idea where their daughter is.
Brook tells Louise, this part is a little tricky. They can’t just walk into the Q mansion. That would be chaos, not to mention the lecture she’d get from Valentin, which from his perspective will be completely justified. Valentin is going to take one look at Louise, and fall madly in love with her. He’s going to give Brook back the ELQ stock. That is what we call collateral benefits. The most important thing is, he’s going to take care of Louise like nobody’s business. He’s going to protect her. First things first, they have to get her home, which means she has to call someone she trusts enough to lie to.
Valentin says Elizabeth is right about everything she just said. He gave Peter far too much leash. She’s suffered enormously, and he’s truly, truly sorry. She says, apparently, Gladys Corbin just told the police it was Peter who killed Franco, not Jason. Any thoughts on that? He says just that he’s sorry, but he has to find Anna to warn her, because Peter is far more dangerous when he’s cornered. She says she’s sure she is, excuses herself, and jets.
Peter says he’s sorry Chase is unwell, and Finn says, Peter poisoned him. He knows Peter tried to poison him, and the toxin got delivered to Chase instead. Peter says Finn has been reading too many spy novels, but Finn says they’re talking about his son’s life. Peter’s been holding the antidote over Anna’s head so she’ll fall into line, threatening to withhold it if she doesn’t do what Peter says. Peter says it does sound like something Anna would make up, and that Finn would believe. Peter’s phone dings, and he sees a text from the helicopter pilot, saying, I can’t land. He starts to walk away, but Finn grabs his arm, and says, if he wants to play games with Anna and the WSB, go ahead. He’s not going to let Chase die. Peter says, if Chase dies, blame Anna.
Portia tells Cyrus to keep her; just let Trina go. Trina says, no. She’s not leaving Portia alone with that psycho. Cyrus tells them, shut up, and Portia tells him to point the gun away from her daughter. He tells her that she has no say in who comes or goes. She has no say in anything. Understood? Portia says, fine, and Cyrus goes to the window to look out. Portia says, if Trina gets the chance, she wants her to run. Trina says, no, but Portia says, just do it, okay?
Taggert launches himself toward the house, and two officers grab him. Jordan tells them to stand down, and tells Taggert to stand down too. Taggert says, that son of a bitch has Trina and Portia in there. Curtis says, Taggert isn’t going to help anything, and Taggert pushes past the police tape, but Curtis tells him to listen to Jordan.
Inside, Cyrus wonders, what’s going on out there? He grabs Trina, and Portia screams at him to get his hands off her daughter. Everyone outside hears her.
Peter tells Finn, Anna deceived and betrayed them both, and Finn let her. He’s not going to do that. Doesn’t Finn see? There have to be consequences. Finn says, not for Chase; he has nothing to do with this. Peter says, Finn is right. It should have been him in the hospital fighting for his life. What can he say? He missed. (Okay, I have to admit, I laugh.) Finn says, this isn’t about Anna anymore, but Peter says, on the contrary. It’s absolutely about Anna. The rules were very clear. She was only to get the antidote if she didn’t disclose his involvement. She broke the rules. Finn says, she broke the rules to save Chase’s life, but Peter says, no, to save his life with this – he shows Finn a vial – she had to follow the rules. Now if Finn is done wasting his time… He starts to walk away, and Finn asks where he thinks he’s going. Peter says he’s going to find his daughter, and launches the vial over the side of the roof. Finn says, no! and Peter says, consequences. He didn’t sentence Chase to death; Anna did. Peter walks away, and after a beat, Finn follows him.
The phone rings and Cyrus tells Portia to answer it. Portia tells Jordan to get her people back, and Jordan asks if she and Trina are all right. Portia says they’re fine, and Cyrus says, fine for now, unless Taggert decides to play hero. Jordan says, don’t worry. Marcus understands what’s at stake. Cyrus says, good. Now get his sister back on the phone. She’s the only one who appears to understand the situation. Jordan says, the mayor has stepped away to deal with the press, and Cyrus says, get her back now. He tells Portia, hang up.
Jordan tells Taggert, another move like that, and she’ll have him locked up. Does he understand her? If he wants to stay, stay out of her way. Wait. She tells the officers to get Taggert away from the area. If he tries to rush the house again, cuff him to a squad car. They lead Taggert away, and Curtis tells Jordan that he’s going to check on Laura. A SWAT guy tells Jordan that everything is in place. They have the house surrounded, and will breach at her signal. Curtis tells Jordan that Doc insisted Laura wear a bulletproof vest, and Jordan says, there’s no talking her out of this, is there? Curtis says she could cuff Laura to a squad car with Taggert, and she says, fine. If Laura insists on going in there, they need to use her relationship with Cyrus to their advantage.
Michael tells Willow that he feels bad for Chase, but he’s not going to feel bad for loving her. She says she loves him too, but they agreed this wouldn’t be a good idea. He says he changed his mind. They did their best for Chase, but being together tonight isn’t going to hurt him. They’re about to kiss, when Michael’s phone rings, and he ignores it, but Willow says, what if it’s the hospital? He answers, and says, what’s up?… Oh my God, what?
Finn follows Peter. As Peter opens the door, Finn grabs him, and throws him down the stairs. And I mean throws. Peter lies at the bottom of the stairs on the landing, blood pooling around his head, the fake passports next to him on the floor. Elizabeth runs up the stairs. She checks the pulse in Peter’s neck, and asks if he can hear her. Finn comes down the stairs, and says, is he…?
Laura tells Doc that her daughter is lying in a hospital, and may never open her eyes again because of that man. She couldn’t live with herself if she let that happen to another child, or to another mother. She’s sorry if that’s not what he wanted her to say, and he says, it isn’t, but that’s who she is. Right now, he hates that he loves that about her. She thanks him for understanding, and thanks him for loving her. He says, his pleasure… always. Jordan joins them, and says, Cyrus agreed to the trade. Laura says, both Trina and Portia are coming out in exchange for her, and Jordan says she wants to stress that Laura doesn’t have to go through with this. She has a SWAT team in place. Laura says she knows that, but thinks they can all agree, this is the best way forward. When Portia and Trina come out, and she goes in, she wants Jordan to take whatever action she believes is most effective. Jordan says she won’t let Laura go in unprepared.
Portia says, Cyrus is bleeding. It’s an infection waiting to happen. Let her change his bandage. Can Trina get her some fresh gauze? Cyrus asks why Portia can’t get it, and she says it’s easier to work on him if he’s not holding a human shield. He lets go of Trina, and Portia says she has gauze in her bag. Portia tells Cyrus to sit down, and he says he’s watching Trina. He tells Portia, he always wanted to have a kid, but she says, children require sacrifice. Parents need to think about them first; what’s best for them, not you. He asks what she’s implying, and she says she’s not surprised he doesn’t have any.
Anna says she’s so sorry, and Maxie asks, why? It’s not her fault. Anna says, it sickens her; the thought of Maxie’s baby out there with some stranger. Maxie cries, and says she just keeps thinking, it’s just good she’s not with Peter. Anna says, that much is true, and Maxie says, she’s realized, the only thing worse than being Peter’s enemy, is being loved by him.
Brook makes up the bed, and asks if Louise is lonely. All that time she spent cuddled up inside her mama. She can’t imagine how much her mama is missing her right now. She never thought she’d say this – she never got along with Louise’s mama – but she’s one strong lady. So strong in fact, and she loves Louise so much, she gave Louise to her. Just for now, until her daddy goes up the river. Can she say penitentiary? Not yet? Don’t worry, she’ll get the hang of it. In the meantime, her job is to keep Louise safe, which is exactly what she’s going to do.
Jordan says she’ll be monitoring Laura the entire time she’s inside, and Laura says, great, but Jordan is going to give her time, right? She wants time to talk Cyrus down, and get him to turn himself in. Jordan asks if Laura believes that’s a possibility, and Laura says, possible, yes, but likely? No, but she has to try. Jordan says her priority is to get Laura out alive. She’ll give Laura time, but not much. And they need a signal. Just a word. Something that won’t make Cyrus suspicious. When they hear it, she’ll signal the SWAT team to breach. Laura says, how about his mother’s name, Florence? and Jordan says, okay, that works. Curtis says, please just don’t say it by accident, and Laura says she’ll be very careful. Doc says, please do. Jordan says, let’s do this, and Doc hugs Laura, saying, be careful, be careful, be careful.
The phone rings, and Portia hands it to Cyrus, who says, Laura? Doc says it’s him, and Cyrus says, his erstwhile brother-in-law. Thanks for reaching out, but he’s not interested in Doc’s services. Doc says he’s not calling as a psychiatrist or a negotiator. He’s calling as Laura’s husband. Cyrus asks if Doc talked Laura out of coming in, or is he going to try and talk Cyrus out of trading Portia and Trina’s lives for his sister’s? Doc says he was unable to persuade Laura not to come in, so he asked Jordan to let him talk them through the exchange. Given they each have as much to lose. Cyrus laughs, and says, they both know that’s not true, but Doc guesses that’s a matter of perspective. Either way, Cyrus needs to get ready. Laura is approaching the house. Cyrus asks how he knows he’s not going to be shot the moment he opens the door, and Doc says, because his wife will be directly in front of Cyrus. Cyrus motions Portia and Train to go to the door, and Portia opens it. Cyrus puts Trina in front of him.
Elizabeth tells Finn that she’s sorry. She’s not getting anything; no pulse, no breath. He’s gone. Finn sits on the stairs, his head in his hands, and says, oh no. He hurries to Peter, and checks Peter’s wrist, saying, come on. He sits back down, and says he killed the one person who can save Chase’s life.
Mac sees Anna outside Maxie’s room, and asks, how is she? Anna says she’s all right, but she wanted some time alone. Mac heads for Maxie’s room, and Valentin comes out of the elevator.
Maxie asks if Mac found Peter, and Mac says, not yet. They’re still searching.
Valentin says, Maxie had her baby? and Anna says, she did, but something happened. Her baby is missing.
Finn says, the police are looking for Peter. They have to tell someone. Elizabeth asks, why? and Finn says, because they have to? She says, Peter hurt a lot of people. He killed Franco; he deserves to rot. He says, they can’t leave him, but she says, they’ll find him soon. They’re probably looking right now, so they have to go. Finn says he can’t, and she asks, why not? He says he did this. He threw Peter down the stairs, and killed him. Peter threw the antidote off the roof, and he lost it. She says if he tells the police what happened, there will be an investigation. He’ll lose precious time he needs to save Chase. Worse, he could go to prison, and Violet will lose another parent. He says, they can’t leave Peter there, and she picks up the passports. She says, these are passports with fake names. Maxie is Jennifer Brady. Does he think Maxie knows about this? Does he think Maxie consented to this? Peter was planning on taking Maxie someplace against her will. She won’t let Finn go to prison for killing a man who deserved to die. Finn says, the antidote is gone. Peter said, if Chase dies, it’s Anna’s fault, but it turns out, it’s going to be his. She says, it’s Peter’s fault, and no one else’s. He poisoned Chase and withheld treatment. Finn is Chase’s best chance for survival, but he can’t save Chase from behind bars. Finn says, they can’t leave him there.
There’s a knock at Brook’s door, and she tells Louise, it’s show time, sweetie. Michael comes in with Willow, and she says she didn’t know he was bringing a plus-one. He says he got the call when he was at the gatehouse, and Brook says, the more, the merrier. She can’t believe she thought she could drive herself home. She can barely be on her feet. Willow says, of course (🍷). She just had a baby; she’s beautiful. Brook says, she is. Ten fingers and ten toes. She’s really here. Michael asks, what happened? He thought she was visiting a friend. Brook says, that was the plan. While she was driving, she started getting contractions. Before she knew it, her water broke. She called her friend Cecilia, who, thank God, knew a doula in the area. After that, things were moving like a speeding train. She came there, then the doula came, then the baby came, then housekeeping came to change the sheets because… well, they get it. Anyway, mommy and baby are there safe and sound. Willow says, it must have been terrifying, and Brook says, it was something. Willow goes over to Louise, and tells Michael, look at her, and Michael says, hey you. Does she have a name? Brook says, Bailey. Baily Lois Quartermaine. He says, BLQ II, and Brook says, it has a nice ring to it, doncha think? Willow says, it’s perfect. Welcome to the world. She knows Bailey’s mama is so glad she’s there. Brook says, she sure is. She just wants to get her baby home, safe and sound. Michael says, that’s what they’ll do after they stop at GH, but Brook says, they’re fine. Michael says he’ll take her home once she and the baby have been looked at.
Laura tells Cyrus, she’s there; he can let them go. Portia says, let Trina go first, but Laura tells Portia that Trina will be right behind her. Go now. Portia walks out, and Laura tells Trina, it’s okay. They’re going to switch places. She’s going to step between Trina and Cyrus, and when she does, Cyrus will let her go, and she’s going to run to her parents. Do it on three. One… She moves toward Cyrus. Two… She steps in between them. Three… run. Trina takes off, and runs to Portia, who holds her. Laura goes inside, and Cyrus says, welcome. Laura says she’s glad she’s there, and he says, if she’s truly there as his sister, she’ll treat him as her brother, not a criminal. She says, okay. Tell her how to do that. He says, take off the vest.
Laura removes the vest, and says, okay, vest off. She’s here as his sister. Cyrus says, she was the one who was so eager to join him. He’s guessing she has a particular conversation in mind. She says she does. She’s here because of his mother. She’s such a sweet woman. She knows this isn’t what his mother would have wanted for him. He laughs, and says, this is her plea? The woman who can barely tolerate being in the same room with him wouldn’t want this?
Jordan tells Doc, time to call in; make Cyrus believe they’re worried. He says, as if they’re not, and calls. Cyrus’s phone rings, and Laura says, he’s not going to answer? He says, they can wait. He’d rather hear more of her theories about his mother, who she’s met once. Laura says she just knows a mother’s love. She doesn’t think it’s in his mother’s nature to cut him out of her heart completely. He says, not everyone is her. The world is filled with terrible mothers. She says, if his mother’s so terrible, why does he care what she thinks? and he yells, because she’s his mother. She’s not terrible, she just disapproves of his choices. Laura says she thinks if his mother didn’t care at all, this… He says, this wouldn’t bother her? Okay, they have time to kill. Say he believes her. How would she suggest he go about opening his mother’s heart? She says, be the person his mother wants him to be, longs for him to be. Somewhere deep down inside is the little child she lost. Bring him back.
Curtis says, Laura is good, and Doc says, she is. Jordan asks if Doc thinks it will work, and he says, they’ll know soon enough.
Trina says Taggert came to get her; he wasn’t going to let Cyrus hurt her. Taggert says, not in a million years, and hugs her. Portia tells Curtis, she keeps seeing Cyrus holding the gun on Trina. She should have let him bleed out on her rug. Then she feels bad for thinking that, and she can’t stop shaking. Curtis says he gets that, and she says she thought he might. He says, the drama takes a long time to process. If she wants to talk, he wants her to know he’s here for her. Taggert thanks Curtis for talking him down; Portia and Trina mean the world to him. Curtis says, trust him. He gets it.
Cyrus tells Laura that she’s more his sister than she knows, and she says, how’s that? He says, she instinctively knows how to find a person’s weakness, then surgically drill down, and turn it into an asset. She won’t admit it, but she’s cruel. What else would drive her to wound him so? She says he’s so used to fighting with people, he can’t tell when someone is trying to help him. She doesn’t want to wound him. She cries, and says, she’s trying to save his life.
Anna tells Valentin, Maxie got Peter to confess to hiring the nurse who ultimately stole Maxie’s baby. Valentin suspects they’ve underestimated Maxie, and Anna says, she is a brave woman, but she’s in so much shock right now. She’s relieved the baby isn’t with Peter, but the potential outcome of the situation hasn’t gotten to her yet. She doesn’t know when it will.
On the phone, Mac says, search the whole building. He tells Maxie, sorry, and she says, they didn’t find Peter? He says, not yet, but when they do, Peter will give them the kidnapper’s real name.
Anna tells Valentin that she has to find Finn.
Finn tells Elizabeth he’s not sure about this, but she says, the police know Peter is on the run. All they have to do is let them think he got away. No one will ever know he’s dead. Finn looks down, and sees Anna at the reception desk. He comes down with Elizabeth, and Anna says, it’s about Peter. He had Maxie’s baby kidnapped. The woman that he hired to kidnap Maxie and deliver her baby, double-crossed him and took off with the child.He didn’t show up there with the antidote either. Elizabeth asks if they have any idea where he is, and Anna says, he disappeared, which is what she suspected he’d do. She tells Finn that she’s sorry, and Elizabeth says, it was a mistake to depend on Peter. The best thing for Chase, is to find an actual cure, and that’s what they’re going to do. Anna says, for what it’s worth (🍷), they have her word. As long as Peter is out there, she won’t stop looking for him.
Willow brings Brook into the hospital with the baby, and Brook says, Michael didn’t have to drop them off and park the car. She’s perfectly fine to sit there by herself. She sits down, and Willow says, it’s just an excuse to be around the baby. Brook says she can’t blame Willow for that. Willow leaves to find someone to help, and Maxie puts on her robe. She goes to the window, and Brook holds Louise up, so Maxie can see her.
Doc says he doesn’t like this. They need to get Cyrus back on the line. Curtis says, with Doc calling every few minutes, Cyrus won’t know that they can hear him. He’ll think he has the upper hand. Doc says, he does have the upper hand. His tone is starting to shift; he’s becoming more unstable. Jordan says they need to go in, and Curtis says, with anyone else, maybe. Doc says, but not with his wife? Curtis says he realizes he doesn’t know Laura the way Doc does, but he and Laura have been in some dangerous situations. She’s always cool. If it gets too dangerous, she’ll use the code word.
Laura tells Cyrus, help her save his life. Answer the phone, and tell them she’s okay. He asks why they’d trust him, and she says because he let Trina and Portia go; that’s good. It bought him time, but that time is running out. He says, if that’s true, it won’t end well for her, and she says, the only way it will end well, is if they both walk out together. He says, then what? He goes to prison, and she walks away. She steps back into her life; the life she had before he entered it. He’ll be back in Pentenville, and Martin, maybe she’ll accept him or maybe she’ll reject him completely. He doesn’t really care. She asks, then why bring him up? and he says, no matter what she thinks, Martin is his family; like his mother, and like her, and family matters to him. He cries, and she says, then let her save his life. He says, incarceration is not a life. He won’t throw away everything he’s achieved, everything he’s built, just so she can have him locked back up in solitary. He won’t be an afterthought or a bad memory.
Jordan tells her team to get in position, and wait for her signal.
Cyrus tells Laura, it’s simple. Either he walks out a free man, or neither one of them is getting out alive.
Tomorrow, Finn says Peter won’t bother Maxie again, Valentin meets (not) his baby, Cyrus says whatever happens to him happens to Laura too, and Carly asks Jason if he thinks she screwed up something.
Million Dollar Listing New York
Ryan was looking at a property in Brooklyn from developer Avi Fisher, who he’s had an ongoing business relationship with for a while now. Ryan said it was the most luxurious project in Brooklyn, and with 138 units, his potential commission was $8 million. Altogether, the property was 22,000 square feet, and 300 feet high. After showing Ryan the automatic valet garage – which was impressive, but I wondered what you did when you wanted your car back – Ari took Ryan to the 13th floor penthouse. I’d thought buildings pretended not to have 13th floors, but I guess builders aren’t superstitious anymore. In Ryan’s interview, he said, everything people went to Manhattan for, was now in Brooklyn. Their next stop was the rooftop deck, that had 360° views, which were fantastic. Ari said they’d bought the air rights, and in his interview, Ryan said this was done to keep views unobstructed, and they’d probably spent millions just on air. While Ryan thought this was a sure partnership, Ari said he wanted Ryan’s opinion, but at the end of the day, the company would do what was right for them.
With assistant Kemba and team member Josh helping him, Tyler had the open house for the 2nd floor apartment that was across from a police and fire station. It had been on the market for a year with no nibbles, when Tyler took over. Owner Robert had taken Tyler’s advice and, in addition to dropping the price to $2.1 million, spent $70 in staging. In Tyler’s interview, he said if he couldn’t get it sold, he was going to look like an a-hole. Being on the 2nd floor alone made it challenging, so Tyler rolled with the police/fire station issue by hiring gorgeous male models dressed as cops and firefighters. He said it captured the idea of safety and being prepared, but was mostly for distraction. He was bringing the outside, inside. He’d been hearing more about covid, and people were getting anxious, which was making him anxious. A broker called the models a walking calendar shoot, and Tyler decided that celebrating the UES and firemen had been a good idea. He’d also pointed out the soundproof, $10K each, windows. KJ showed up, and in his interview, Tyler said he felt uncomfortable. The last time she’d come to one of his opens, she took the opportunity to steal his business. KJ said she was selling another apartment on the 3rd floor, and wanted to get the vibe.
March 14, 2020. KJ said covid was starting to be on everyone’s mind. She met with her friend Stephanie, one of her European jet-set group, at Stephanie’s apartment. Stephanie said the apartment had been a passion project, but it was time to move; they needed more room. Stephanie had added a floor onto the building, bought the roof and air rights, and constructed a 1300 square foot penthouse. The penthouse had a glass NanaWall, a folding glass door that took up the entire wall, and led out to a sky terrace. The master closet was humongous, with sliding shelves, and clothes hanging behind clothes. KJ thought it was modern, but European. There were odd angles because of some rules about airflow from the Department of Buildings, since no one wanted a penthouse to blow off the roof. Stephanie wanted $3 million, but KJ said $2.895 million would get more people in the door. Not that Stephanie still wouldn’t make a huge profit.
Steve wanted to get more listings in the building where he lived. His end goal was to make the SoHo apartment his family’s forever home. His open for the Baxter Street apartment – the one that touched four different neighborhoods – had been packed and insane, but Steve was worried covid was going to affect his sales. A broker called saying the apartment was great, but the lobby was lacking, and Steve explained it was going to be renovated. I was surprised that he hadn’t made that clear to everyone who went to the open, since it was an obvious issue. He told the broker that he’d send renderings, and in his interview, he said he felt like he’d cracked the code. He also felt that if it didn’t get sold now, it wasn’t going to happen.
March 16, 2020. Ryan met with broker Barbara to show the gigantic townhouse ,but her client had canceled. In Ryan’s interview, he said, the NBA had canceled, Tom Hanks had covid, and restaurants were closing. Some people claimed the virus would hit them hard, but some people said it was just the flu. He wanted to be cautious, but didn’t want to stop life. He showed Barbara around the 11,000 square foot, 5 bedroom, 12 bath mansion townhouse, with a 2000 square foot master bedroom, housing a 6 foot in diameter soaking tub. While I’m at it, there was a two-story open chef’s (whatever that means) kitchen, and an enclosed dining terrace that had walls of piping where an ivy system (as Ryan put it) could be grown. There was a fitness center, an endless pool, a sauna, and steam room. Barbara said her clients would want to see it for themselves, and Ryan said he’d be happy to get them hazmat suits. After she left, Ryan called the office, but found out from assistant Jordan that the other two showings had canceled. Jordan said people were canceling by minute, and thought Ryan should go home and be with his family like everyone else. They could figure out the rest later.
March 17, 2020. Tyler got three offers on the 2nd floor apartment; one for $2 million, one for the asking price of $2.150 million, and one for $2.175 million, all cash. He’d met with broker Danielle who said her client was a single mom who wasn’t going to be interested in getting into a bidding war, ending Tyler’s fantasy about that. They discussed how unbelievable it would be for NYC to shut down, and Tyler said he couldn’t see it. In Tyler’s interview, he said, when you told a broker that you had other bidders in a down market, they thought you were playing a game. His gut told him to go with the all cash offer and wrap it up, especially with the virus looming. He called Robert, who agreed to go with it, and Tyler could smell his commission of $65,250. He told Danielle it was a deal, but she said her buyer had just called, and got cold feet after speaking to her finance guy, who said she shouldn’t go over asking price. Tyler said it would have been nice to know before he called the owner, and Danielle said, these things happened, and she was just kidding. They had a deal. In his interview, Tyler said, how dare she take his gay ass on an emotional roller coaster ride?
March 18, 2020. KJ said the virus had started to hit home. She had one kid whose school had closed. That meant it was a big deal. She headed for an apartment building on West 95th Street, which she said was an affordable luxury building. You could get a 2 bedroom for the same price as a 1 bedroom condo, and she was taking the smaller properties because she wanted a more diverse portfolio. She’d been helping to refresh and sell apartments in the 200 unit building since 2017. She met with the seller’s team, who seemed pretty antsy about sanitizing and social distancing before it was even fashionable. KJ checked out the 949 square foot apartment, and in her interview, she said that she loved being involved in the staging part of the process. If the apartment wasn’t big, they needed to stage to maximize space. Sometimes developers took her staging advice, and sometimes not, but they’d been agreeable in the past. The seller said KJ had sold 13 out of 22 apartments, and they had 13 they needed to move quickly. KJ suggested a price of $1.595 million, with her potential commission being $490K and change. She found out that her other kid’s school had been suspended for two weeks, then Stefano texted, saying the market was cleaned out. As KJ jetted from the building, a producer asked what the text was about, and she told them it was the school, leaving out the market part. She seemed close to tears, and said she just wanted to be home, and be with her kids. She thought this was going to affect everything deeply. Boy, we didn’t know the half of it then. What was interesting was, it was like I was feeling it as they were experiencing it. It was kind of weird.
March 19, 2020. Steve spoke to David, the owner of Baxter Street, and said he was hoping for more showings, and to bring David an offer soon. David said he was now working from home, and thinking of taking the apartment off the market. He had a reappreciation for the environment now, and couldn’t see living somewhere else. Steve asked if there was no way David would reconsider, but David said he couldn’t; no way. In Steve’s interview, he said it was his first client to have their work affected. He didn’t know if it was an overreaction, but he had to be sensitive to what was going on. He told David, as a broker, he should give David a bunch of reasons why he should sell it, but he was sympathetic to the situation.
March 20, 2020. Fredrik called his office in NYC, and said he was coming out, but his assistant Ellis said that offices were shutting down. They were no longer allowed in the office building. He thought Fredrik should stay in L.A. with Derek and the kids. Besides, flights were being canceled. They were worried about people backing out of deals because people were leaving NYC. In Fredrik’s interview, he said it was impossible to shut down NYC. He had 80 agents in 5 markets. This was something he’d seen in movies, but it usually involved vampires or zombies. He told Ellis to keep checking on flights.
3 hours later. Ryan said, non-essential businesses were being told to shut down. NYC was falling apart. There were stay-at-home orders for non-essential workers. WTF was going on? Things they’d thought wouldn’t happen, were happening. Shutting down NYC was impossible. Things happened in the world that were bad, but this was new. It wasn’t something that happened in the USA. He called Jordan, and said to tell the team to do what they wanted. He thought maybe they should take the listings off-market temporarily.
Next time, brokers in quarantine, phase-two reopening, and applauding essential workers.
🏰 They slid right into Ryan’s Renovation, where Ryan had gotten an 8000 square foot townhouse in Brooklyn for $7.6 million. He said, it was fine as is, but they didn’t want fine, and his small renovation turned into a full gut of the house. They started with September 2019, day 143 of the renovation. Construction manager David had taken a two-family house, and made it into one, putting in a staircase. They’d also made provision for Emelia’s mom Despina. In her interview, Emilia said that Ryan couldn’t live without her mom, but her mom came with her dad, her sister, her brother, and their people. You didn’t just get one; you got more. No surprise, the property was beautiful, and I was especially taken with the 26’ closet. That’s longer than my living room. Emilia said she and Ryan had different decorating styles. She tended to go for super moody. Ryan said he didn’t really have a particular choice, but he knew what sold, and buyers liked it bright.
Ryan moaned about the budget, saying there was always something wrong. He’d thought the renovation would run around $1.5 million, but they kept coming across roadblocks, like needing a steel beam reinforcement if they wanted to put in an elevator. He’d been off by $1.1 million, plus their June completion date had already been moved to August.
Ryan’s mom came to visit for Zena’s first birthday party. Emilia said there were going to be 65 people, and in Ryan’s interview, he said his family wasn’t super flashy or loud; not like the Greeks. They were conservative, and if they could have kept the same car for the rest of their lives, they would. He appropriated that quality in business, which made him cost effective and efficient, but he only had one life. He said the house was a never-ending renovation that might kill him.
I’m not sure what to say about Zena’s birthday party. I don’t think I’ve been to an adult party that elaborate, except for a wedding. Although I’ve never seen a ballpit at a wedding, let alone a white and gold one. The cake actually looked like a wedding cake, with a gold cherub playing a harp on top. You can’t tell me that was for a one-year-old who probably would have preferred something like SpongeBob. Ryan found out about another unexpected expense, and said, if one more bad thing happened, he was going to lose it.
Next time, Ryan is nervous to show the townhouse to Emilia’s dad, a house blessing, and Ryan is tempted with a $12 million offer.
👋 Hello, I Must Be Going…
Saving the tea for tomorrow, but tonight, stay safe, stay unbreakable, and stay not throwing elaborate parties for one year olds. They won’t remember it, so at least admit it’s for you.
(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)
General Hospital
We see Peter lying at the bottom of the stairs, blood pooling around his head. A hospital employee runs down the stairs, and checks the pulse in his neck. There’s someone on the landing above, but all we see is a long, white sleeve. There’s a sign near Peter that says, Roof Access, and a smear of blood on the wall.
One Hour Earlier. In the ER, Deanna puts up an IV bag for Maxie, and says, Dr. Navarro wants her admitted. They’re just waiting for a room. Maxie thanks her, and Deanna asks if she can get Maxie anything or call anyone, but Maxie says, not right now. She just needs a minute. Deanna says she’ll be back in a minute to check on Maxie, and leaves. Maxie tells herself, you can do this. You can do this for your daughter. Peter comes in, and says he saw the nurse leave. She says, they’re going to admit her, and he says, what about the baby? What did Maxie mean when she said the baby was gone? Maxie says she keeps hoping this is some nightmare and she’s going to wake up, but she knows it’s not. She starts to cry, and says she knows that it’s real, and she feels so empty, it’s almost unbearable. He asks if Louise died in childbirth, but Maxie says she didn’t lose her. Peter says, thank God. Where is she? Where is their daughter? Maxie says, you know that nurse you insisted I hire, Chloe? He says, Nurse Jennings? What about her? Maxie says, it was so awful. She took her. She stole our baby.
Finn asks Elizabeth if she’s seen Peter. He was on his way to the hospital with a dose for Chase. I notice Finn is wearing – wait for it – a white, long-sleeved shirt. (DUN-DUN-DUNN!) She says, no sign of him, but she did hear the most unbelievable story about his baby.
Jackie and Gregory go into Chase’s room. Jackie tells Chase, Finn texted, and told them that he’d been readmitted. Gregory says he was hoping Finn would have found a cure by now, but he knows it’s not for lack of trying. Jackie asks if they can get Chase anything, and he says, yeah, his badge.
Anna sees Jordan at the hospital, and asks if she’s seen Peter. It’s important that she speak with him. Jordan says, no, but Anna is going to have to take a number. She just spoke with Gladys about the night Franco was killed. Anna asks what Gladys said, and Jordan says, more than enough for her to arrest Peter for murder.
Laura asks Curtis what Portia said, and he says, for a moment, it sounded like she was trying to tell him something urgent, then the phone went dead. Laura says, that’s strange, and he says he thinks Portia’s in trouble.
Cyrus says Portia is a doctor. She knows what kind of damage a bullet could do to Trina. Portia blocks Trina, and says, don’t. He says, no more stunts; no more tricks. That was very unprofessional. She took advantage of her patient’s momentary weakness to call her friend. Portia says, Curtis called her. If he’s suspicious now, it’s because Cyrus panicked, not her. Trina tells him, and people say he has ice water in his veins instead of blood. He says, if there’s any more blood spilled tonight, he can tell them this – it won’t be his.
Laura tells Curtis, before they jump to conclusions, call Portia back. He immediately gets voicemail, and Laura says, Portia is a doctor, right? Could she be on an emergency call? Curtis says, she picked up before, so if she was in the middle of a medical emergency, she wouldn’t have done that. He says he’s going to Portia’s house, and Laura says she’ll come with him.
Portia tells Cyrus, medically speaking, she’s done all she can do. The bullet is out. If he doesn’t want to risk infection, he needs to go to a hospital. It doesn’t have to be General Hospital, but he needs proper medical attention. Trina asks, what good it does him to be the boss of GH if he’s afraid to go there? He says he’s not sure which one of them he admires more. Portia, for her medical expertise, or her daughter for her attitude. Too bad he has to choose. Portia asks what he’s talking about, and he says, as much as he regrets leaving GH to other people, it’s time he says farewell to Port Charles. At least for now. Trina tells him, she’d say he’d be missed, but her mother taught her not to lie. He says, no need to worry on that count. They’ll be leaving town together.
Elizabeth tells Finn, Maxie had her baby. She gave birth in the middle of the woods somewhere. He says, all by herself? but Elizabeth says, no. Luckily, some country doctor was out for a hike, ran across her, and helped her deliver. He asks if Peter was there, and wonders if that’s why he hasn’t shown up with the dose for Chase. Elizabeth says, as far as she knows, Peter wasn’t involved.
Jackie asks why Chase wants his badge, and he says, because he’s a cop. It’s not just what he does; it’s who he is. He’s supposed to help people, instead, it’s doctors and nurses helping him. Gregory says he knows it’s hard to be patient, but he has to try. Jackie says Chase might need some alternative therapy, and she thinks she knows what it is.
Jordan tells Anna, Gladys was glad to recant her statement, and Anna says, the eyewitness account that led to Jason’s arrest? Jordan says, it was manufactured. Cyrus forced Gladys to accuse Jason of Franco’s murder. Anna says, she had to have seen something; she led them to the murder weapon, and Jordan says, she did. She saw Peter dispose of the murder weapon. Anna says, she saw Peter. That’s what she thought, and now it’s confirmed. If a jury believes her, it’s over for Peter. He’ll have to face the consequences of his actions. Jordan says they’ll have to get their hands on him first, and Anna asks if she’s put out an APB. Jordan says she’s advised everyone to use extreme caution. Peter should be considered armed and dangerous.
Peter says, Chloe was hired to help Maxie and Louise. He can’t imagine she’d run off, or do anything to harm Maxie. Maxie says she knows Peter checked Chloe out through her private nursing agency; she even interviewed Chloe herself, but she fooled all of them. He sits next to the bed, and says, it sounds awful; tell him everything. She says, Chloe drugged her, and took her to this house in the woods near some small town, Pawtuck. She said she wanted to induce Maxie’s labor, and Maxie managed to get away from her, but she wasn’t very far into the woods before her labor actually started. He says, and then what? and she says, then she gave birth in the woods. He says, by herself? and she says, as he knows, it’s not her first unconventional birth. That’s probably what kept her so calm, knowing she’d done it before. Maxie cries, and says, she was so beautiful, their perfect little Louise. He says, just like her mother. He knows this must be awful for Maxie, but please, tell him everything; he needs to know. She says, obviously, giving birth isn’t quiet. She couldn’t help but scream from the pain, and it wasn’t hard for Chloe to find her. Once she did, she claimed the baby was hers, grabbed her, and took off. He says, where?Where was she going? Maxie says she doesn’t know, and takes his hand, saying, she took her. She took their beautiful little girl.
Peter says he never imagined Chloe would do anything like this. He doesn’t know where she is, but he promises he won’t let anything happen to the baby. He’ll find their baby. He’ll find Louise and bring her back to them. Maxie says, how?Chloe could be anywhere by now. How will he find them? He says, traveling with a newborn isn’t easy. You have to make frequent stops. Diapers, formula, there would be security cameras. He doesn’t know where Chloe is, but he’ll find her. He gets up, but she grabs his hand, and says, Chloe is sick and twisted. He doesn’t know what she’s capable of. Do you know what she said? Chloe actually tried to convince her that she was working for Peter. That drugging her and taking her to that house to give birth was all his idea. Can he believe that?
Jordan tells Anna, she recorded Gladys’s statement on her phone. She made multiple copies, and forwarded one to the DA’s office, and Robert. Anna says, the wheels of justice are going to turn swiftly, and Jordan says, Anna had to know this day would happen sooner or later. Peter has damaged so many lives, including Anna’s. Please don’t shed a tear for him. Anna promises, no tears.He’s been on a self-destructive path for a long time. He deserves to pay the consequences – he really does – but Jordan has to bring him in alive. Jordan says, the PCPD will do their job, but if Peter resists arrest… Anna says, Peter is responsible for someone else’s life. Jordan has to bring him in alive.
Peter says, Chloe blamed him? and Maxie says, Chloe claimed Peter wanted her to give birth in the middle of nowhere. She said he was going to join them. She said he was going to take her and Louise, and the three of them were going to leave the country and never come back. He says, some people will say anything. It sounds like Chloe really wanted to get her hands on their baby. Maxie says, she knows Peter tried so hard to prove he’s not his father’s son. She starts crying again, and says there were times she doubted him. She let Anna and the others get to her. She knows how devoted he is to her and Louise, and knows he would never hurt them. Peter says, never, and hugs her. She says she just wishes Peter could access his dark side; the one that would do anything to get their daughter back, and damn anyone who gets in the way. He says, then that’s exactly what he’ll do, but Maxie says she can’t let him.
Finn finds Jackie and Gregory in Chase’s room, with Chase standing and leaning on Jackie. He tells Chase to get back into bed, but Jackie says she’s just taking him for a short walk. Chase asks, what’s the worst that can happen? He’s already in the hospital. Finn says he strongly recommends… that Chase enjoy his walk. Jackie leaves with Chase, and Elizabeth tells Finn that she knows Chase is frustrated, but he’s handling this like a champ. His family should be proud. She leaves, and Finn says, whatever grace Chase is showing, he learned from Gregory. He’s sure as hell failing Chase.
Peter tells Maxie, he’ll find their daughter and bring her back. Whatever it takes. She asks, what that means, and he says, threats, bribes, calling his father’s old associates; nothing’s off the table. She says he’s not going to do that. He worked so hard to reinvent himself. They should just let the PCPD handle this. He says, they have to follow protocol, and don’t even know where to look. She says, Mac is the head of detectives; he will find Chloe and Louise. Peter says, Chloe isn’t even her real name, and Maxie says, she hired Chloe. Now he’s telling her that’s not Chloe’s real name? How would he even know that?
On the phone, Cyrus says, what the hell do they mean, not available? Make himself available. Bring the car… They’ve obviously hung up, and Trina says, running out of friends? Portia says, don’t push it, and Cyrus tells her, listen to her mother. Trina says he already took her as a hostage once; she’s not going to be afraid of him again. He’s the one who should be afraid now. No one wants to help him. No surprise there. He asks if she thinks this is a game, that he’s holding a toy? Curtis and Laura are approaching the house, and Cyrus gets louder, and says, Trina thinks she can defy him and insult him, and he’ll do nothing? Curtis starts to run toward the door, but Laura says, wait. He kicks the door in anyway.
Peter says, everything else Chloe told them was fake, so she probably had a fake name too. Maxie says, Chloe’s not the only one who’s fake. The house Chloe took her to cost money. Chloe said when the baby was born, they’d be airlifted by a helicopter. That’s a little pricey on a nurse’s salary. He says, Chloe was clearly delusional, and she says, from the first day, Chloe had the uncanny ability to anticipate her every need. Not every pregnant woman has the same cravings or health issues, but Chloe seemed to know hers. There’s no way a new person in her life could have known her personal information, unless someone she knew was feeding it to them. Someone like him. Peter says he can’t believe Maxie would buy into what this woman told her. Like she said, Chloe was so sick and twisted. Maxie says, it takes one to know one, you demented son of a bitch.
Curtis stands inside the doorway, with Laura behind him, and Cyrus says, step back or he’ll shoot Portia… right after he shoots her daughter. Portia tells Curtis, just do what he says, and Laura says they’ve got to go; he means it. They leave, and Cyrus tells Trina to close the door. She starts to move, and he says, stop. He doesn’t trust her not to pull something. He tells Portia to close the door, and don’t try anything. His gun is aimed directly at Trina. Portia looks at Curtis and Laura, and closes the door. Curtis looks at Laura.
Jordan says, Peter poisoned Chase? and Anna says, Finn was the target. Peter wanted to hurt Finn in order to hurt her. Chase took the wrong glass or something, which makes her feel worse. Jordan says, but Peter has the antidote, and Anna says he was supplying it to her, as long as she followed orders. She had to facilitate his reunion with Maxie. He was parceling it out, one dose at a time. Jordan says, and Anna saw fit to clue her in just now? Anna knows how much she cares about Chase. Anna says, that was the deal; she couldn’t tell anyone, especially not Jordan, not with Chase’s life hanging in the balance. Peter is going to leave town. Jordan has to find him, because when he goes, the antidote vanishes with him. Jordan’s phone rings, and she tells Curtis, it’s not a good time. He tells her, Cyrus is holding Portia and Trina hostage at Portia’s house. He and Laura are outside right now; here she is. He gives the phone to Laura, who says, Cyrus is desperate, and he has nothing to lose. They need her there now. They need help. Jordan tells Anna that Cyrus is holding Portia and Trina hostage. She has to go, but her people will keep looking for Peter. Anna says she will too. Good luck.
Finn is looking in his microscope when Gregory walks in. Gregory asks why he gets the feeling Finn is avoiding him, but Finn sys he’s not. He’s trying to save Chase’s life. Gregory says, tell him the truth. He knows what’s wrong with Chase, doesn’t he?
As they walk, Jackie tells Chase, slow and steady. An officer walks up to them, and says Chase is missed back at the station. He hopes Chase is back on the job soon. Chase introduces the officer to his mother as Officer LaRue, and LaRue says Jackie should be proud of her son; he’s one of the best. She says he’ll get no argument from her. She’s incredibly proud of what he’s accomplished. She tells Chase that she thinks they should get back to his room. LaRue presses the elevator button for them, and says, hurry back, detective.
Peter says Maxie must be in shock. It’s understandable since their baby is missing; it’s the only explanation. She says, the only explanation? She can think of plenty of other explanations, and they all lead back to the same thing. You’re a horrible person, Peter. She cries some more, and says, correction, Henrik. It feels good not to pretend anymore. The only reason she did that was to protect the baby, but the baby is gone because of him. Does that hurt? She hopes so. She hopes he feels every bit of fear she felt every time he’d show up at her apartment, or her birthing classes, or anywhere else. She couldn’t get away from him. He says it’s her grief taking, and she says, it’s called the truth. Thank God Valentin and Obrecht stopped their wedding in time to tell her that her fiancé was a cold-blooded killer. Once she learned that, everything changed. Every time he smiled at her or touched her, she was repulsed. It took every ounce of her resolve not to run from him, screaming. His face crumples, and she asks, does that hurt badly, Henrik? She wonders if it’s as bad as what he did to Drew, or Franco, or any of his other victims. Was the real Chloe Jennings one of those? He says, she got in way, and he had to get rid of her, and Maxie says, because she put a star on Chloe’s resume? He says, it was for her and the baby. He had to eliminate anyone who got in the way. It’s not too late. She says, of course (🍷) it’s too late, you arrogant bastard. She lost the baby to a lunatic he brought into their lives to kidnap her. He says he’ll find Louise and bring her back, but she says he won’t get the chance. She recorded this entire conversation, every word he said. He tells her to give him that phone, but she says, no, and sends the file. She says, message sent to Mac. She’s sure it will only be minutes before the entire PCPD is listening to the conversation. Which means his next stop is prison.
Peter says, Maxie turned him in? He’s the father of her child; she loved him. She says she loved Peter. That man wasn’t real. Every kind, caring, thoughtful thing he did was to cover; a disguise. Because Henrik Faison is cruel, manipulative, and selfish to his core. She would say he’s as bad as his father, but he’s not. At least Faison was an evil genius. He’s just some cheap imitation knock-off. Deanna looks in, and asks if everything is okay, but Maxie says, no. Call security. Peter is a murderer, who had her kidnapped. Security needs to detain him until the cops get here. Deanna says she’s on it, and leaves, and Peter says he can’t believe Maxie did this. Maxie says she can’t believe he thought he’d get away with kidnapping her, and dragging her and her baby out of the country. He says he’s going to find Louise, and when he does, he’s coming back for her. He will. He runs out, and Maxie cries, her head in her hands. Deanna comes back, and says she notified security, but Maxie is kind of freaking her out. Is she okay? Maxie says she’s not, but she will be.
Finn tells Gregory, knowing what’s wrong with Chase isn’t the same thing as finding a cure. Gregory says, in other words, Finn can’t tell him. It’s okay; he’s not a doctor. Him knowing won’t change the situation. Finn says, he’s a doctor, and he hasn’t been able to change the situation. Gregory says it reminds him of the time Finn was in sixth grade, and failed American history, his field of expertise. Finn says he hid his report card, and Gregory says when he finally saw it, does Finn remember what he said? Finn tells him that he believes Gregory said, don’t try so hard to please him; just do his best because… Gregory says, because his best is good enough. It still is today.
Anna tells Elizabeth that she’s looking for Peter. Has she seen him? Elizabeth says, no, but she has seen Maxie. She was moved from the ER to the 4th floor. Anna asks if there was an issue with the baby, and Elizabeth says, Maxie had the baby. Anna asks why Maxie was in the ER, but Elizabeth doesn’t know for sure. Peter wasn’t present for the birth, and for Maxie and the baby’s sake, she hopes it stays that way.
Peter runs out the door to the stairs, panicking. He flashes back to what Maxie said to him, and runs upstairs toward the roof.
Crime scene tape is put up, and Curtis asks if Jordan told Taggert what’s going on. Jordan says, not yet. She needed to assess the situation. The last thing she wants if for Taggert to storm in, and try to take on Cyrus himself. Curtis says he had the same impulse. They heard raised voices, so he kicked the door in, and Cyrus threatened to kill Portia and Trina unless he backed off. Laura says, then they called her, and Jordan says she called a hostage negotiator. Maybe they can reason with Cyrus, and things will end peacefully. Curtis says, what if they don’t? and Laura says, he’s right. They don’t get to decide. Cyrus is holding all the cards.
Portia says, whatever she thinks of Cyrus, she recognizes that he’s an intelligent man. The house is surrounded. It’s time for him to give himself up. Cyrus’s phone rings, and Jordan tells him, there’s been enough bloodshed tonight. A hostage negotiator is on the way. In the meantime, maybe they can work things out, just her and him. He says, nothing would please him more. Now if she’ll kindly go away. She says he knows she can’t do that. How are the people who are with him? He says, fine… for now. She asks how he is. There have been multiple reports that he was shot on the pier. She assumes he chose Portia’s house for a reason. He says he can still hold a gun with a fresh clip in it. Although he only needs two bullets unless she gives him what he wants.
Jordan says, okay, she’s listening, and Cyrus says they’ll call this his exit strategy. The three of them are going to walk out, get in a car, and be driven to a private airstrip, where a private plane will take him and his new best friends far away. Once he’s safely out of the country, Portia and Trina will be free to return home. Jordan asks how he expects her to make that happen, and he says he’s sure his sister is listening in. She’s the mayor, and can make all that happen. Can’t you, sis? Laura says he gives her too much credit. His best… his only option, is to lay down his weapon and come out. Portia says, please, but he tells her, shut up. Jordan says, everything is on him; he has to demonstrate good faith. He asks what Jordan proposes, and she says, the only thing he can do. Release his hostages.
Jackie gets Chase back to bed, and Chase tells Finn not to blame his mom. He ran into a sergeant from work, and they had a nice chat. He felt like a cop again for a few minutes. Elizabeth asks to speak to Finn, and in the hallway, she says she thought he’d want to know, Peter is there. Apparently, he and Maxie had a huge argument in the ER. Deanna called security, and now they’re looking for him. She thinks he must still be in the hospital. He tells her to stay there; he’ll go. She says, Maxie turned him into the police. Peter is desperate and dangerous.
Deanna tells Anna, absolutely not. Her patient needs rest. Anna says, she spoke to Elizabeth. She said Maxie and Peter had a huge argument… Deanna asks if Anna didn’t hear her the first time. Her questions will have to wait. Anna says she has to find Peter before the police do, and Maxie asks how she knew Mac was looking for Peter. Anna says, it’s not just Mac; it’s the entire PCPD. She’s sorry, but Peter is wanted for Franco’s murder.
Peter goes up the stairs, and gets to the roof. He makes a call, and says, listen carefully. There’s been a change in plans. They’re no longer landing in Pawtuck, and it’s no longer two passengers, it’s just one. Come to the roof of General Hospital in Port Charles.Understood?… Hurry. He walks to other side of the roof, and calls again. He says he’s there at the heliport. Where are they? He needs them now. Hurry. He’s waiting; go. He goes up the ladder to the heliport, while Finn walks up the stairs inside. Finn sees the sign that says, Roof Access.
Cyrus tells Jordan, it’s a two-way street. He’s not giving her something for nothing. Call her people, and make arrangements for him to leave, or he’ll be forced to make an example of someone. She says, it doesn’t help anyone to escalate, and he says, he’s just being practical. Two hostages are one too many. Curtis puts Jordan’s phone on mute, and says they don’t have time to wait for a hostage negotiator. She says, what’s the alternative? She sure as hell can’t give him what he’s asking. Curtis says, promise to give Cyrus everything he’s asking for, keep the police presence outside, and he’ll sneak in by himself and disarm Cyrus. Jordan says, that’s a non-starter, and he tells her that she just said there was no alternative. She says, he’s not a policeman. If she sends him in there, and something goes wrong, the PCPD will face so many lawsuits, it will bankrupt the city. Besides, anyone going in there increases the risk of Portia and Trina getting caught in the crossfire. Curtis says she heard Cyrus say two is too many, and Jordan says, he’s posturing. Curtis says, he’s desperate. If he feels like things are about to go down, Cyrus could kill both of them out of spite. Laura says there is another option, and gets on the phone. She tells Cyrus, she’s not talking as the mayor, but as his sister. Cyrus says, please. How big of a fool does she think he is? She made it clear that she despises him, and thinks their relationship is just an accident of biology. Now she expects him to buy into the fantasy that it’s not too late to be a family? She says she’s not saying that She’s trying to bargain with him. He’s looking for a hostage, so here’s an offer. Let Portia and Trina go, and take her instead.
Deanna tells Anna that she’s putting her foot down. Maxie just gave birth, and not in hospital, and without pain meds in a forest. Her body has been through a tremendous situation, and she needs to rest. Maxie says she appreciates Deanna having her back – she really does – but she thinks it’s important for her to talk to Anna. Deanna asks if Maxie is sure, and Maxie says she is. She thanks Deanna for taking care of her, and Deanna tells Anna, do not upset her. Anna promises she won’t, and Deanna leaves. Maxie says, so it’s true? and Anna says, yeah. Gladys amended her statement to the police. Apparently, Cyrus forced her into accusing Jason, but it was actually Peter she saw disposing the weapon. There’s an APB out on Peter, and she has to find him before the police do. Maxie says, to help Chase? and Anna says, Chase was readmitted a few hours ago. Finn is doing everything he can to beat the toxin, but Chase needs another dose of the antidote now. His life depends on finding Peter. Maxie says, another life depends on never finding Peter, and Anna asks, did something happen to her baby?
Jackie feels Chase’s forehead, and tells Gregory, he’s still so warm. It’s not healthy for someone to have a fever for an extended period. They can’t let anything happen to Chase. Gregory says he’s sure it’s a comfort to Chase to know they can still be in the same room at the same time. She says she’s grateful too, and Gregory says they’re still a family – all of them. Elizabeth comes by, and Jackie says, Chase is so hot. Gregory asks if Finn is coming back, and Elizabeth says, Finn is getting Chase the help he needs.
On the phone, Peter says he doesn’t see them. Where the hell are they? Call him back. He goes back down the ladder from the heliport, and looks at the fake passports for him and Maxie. His phone rings, and we see a helicopter close by. He says he’s paying them to be where he wants them to be, when he wants… He doesn’t care. He’s in a hurry, and he’s got to get the hell out of there. Finn appears, and says, Peter isn’t going anywhere.
Tomorrow, Finn tells Peter to give him what he needs to save Chase’s life, Maxie tells Anna that Peter has no idea where their daughter is, Brook tells Little Lu that they have a long road ahead, Michael says he changed his mind, and Portia tells Trina to run.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Crystal asked Sutton if she’s one of those girls who says they don’t see color; she thought that was brushing it under the rug. Kyle said she’d been up at night thinking about her conversation with Garcelle, and Sutton said she looked at someone as a person, not a race. In her interview, she said, that’s bad, why? Crystal said she was proud of her race, and Kyle said Sutton meant she saw all people equally, but Crystal was saying it wasn’t a good way to word it. In Crystal’s interview, she said Sutton’s perspective was outdated. She told Sutton that they should agree to disagree, but Sutton wondered, on what? Kyle thought they both had good intentions, but weren’t going to see eye to eye.
Amazing food was cooked by the chef in the morning, and LisaR, Garcelle, and Erika came to breakfast wearing sunglasses. Kyle said Kathy had been drinking Red Bull at 1 am, while reading the paper. She asked what the plan was for the day, and LisaR said, a bike ride on the railroad tracks. They discussed the (then) upcoming election, and LisaR said when she was on The Apprentice, Trump had been professional, and nothing like he was now. In her interview, she said she never imagined a reality star being POTUS. She did not see that coming. Sutton had a private talk with Crystal, and said she didn’t want Crystal to think she was insensitive. Crystal said she believed Sutton saw everyone equally, and Sutton said what set her off was Crystal asking if she was a girl who said she didn’t see color. Crystal said it was confusing. She saw friends as Black, white, or whatever, and knew she was Asian. Sutton said it struck a nerve, and Crystal said she’d been attacked for being Asian. In her interview, she talked about when she was a child and her dad was accosted by a racist at a gas station. He’d obviously been scared, but never said a word on the way home. She explained to Sutton that the turn of phrase makes it seem like her culture doesn’t matter, and Sutton said she never meant to offend Crystal. Sutton also told her own story about being in an elevator, and when a guy heard her accent, he asked if she was a racist. Crystal said she appreciated the conversation, and they hugged, even though Sutton is not a hugger.
On the way to the railbike place, Crystal told the women she’d been named for Crystal Gayle and Krystal Carrington. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, if she’d been named after them, she would have kept it to herself. When they got to their destination, the railbike manager said they’d just had a group of senior citizens, and Garcelle told everyone that they had this. In Sutton’s interview, she said she was not looking forward to this. She was a dancer, so she was coordinated, but when you danced, you were in control. You weren’t in control on a bike. She didn’t like heights, and hated elevators, tall buildings, and roller coasters. She liked being on the ground. It looked like fun, but seemed kind of scary because you’re basically out in the open with no protection as this thing hurtles along. Erika and LisaR paired up, which I thought was appropriate. Crystal and Dorit went with them, and on the other bike were Kyle, Sutton, and Garcelle. On the way back, Sutton and Crystal talked some more, and Sutton said her mom was from Charleston, and was a real piece of work. Crystal said her dad had passed away three years ago, and he’d had Alzheimer’s. In her interview, Sutton said that her dad had been mentally ill and depressed. He’d died 18 years ago, and not a day went by without her thinking about him. When someone brought up their father’s death, it opened her heart up. Garcelle had a quick nap in the back of the limo bus.
Kathy, who’d passed on the railbikes, had put shampoo in her eyes, instead of eye drops. I’m not surprised, since she seems like a real ditz. Erika, Garcelle, Dorit, and Sutton sat outside, talking, and Erika said she consented to let people be who they were, since she liked to be herself. It was one of the things she liked about Tom; he let her be herself. Well, that sure went sideways, eh? Sutton refused to say how much her furry slippers cost, and Kyle looked them up online, finding out they were $2K. Garcelle said she was judging. Kyle said if she put on a dark wig, she looked like Paris (Hilton, not the city). Garcelle said Paris was now using her real voice, and it had surprised her. Kathy said she thought Paris was more confident now, and Garcelle said it drove her nuts when she’d see Paris on her phone at an event. She wondered why Paris was there. Kyle said the phone was a prop because Paris had felt uncomfortable. In Kyle’s interview, she said she was glad she and Garcelle had patched things up before the trip. Otherwise she would have been upset that Garcelle was judging someone in her family.
In LisaR’s interview, she said her situation with Garcelle wasn’t changing overnight. She wasn’t 100% comfortable, and she didn’t think Garcelle was either. They were being polite and cautious. The women went to a restaurant called The Bistro, and agreed it was a big deal after being inside for so long during the pandemic. In her interview, Kyle said even though Kathy was her older sister, Kathy had never done a girls trip, and she felt protective. Happy sister, happy life. Kathy told everyone to raise their glasses, and thanked LisaR for planning the beautiful weekend. LisaR talked about how as she was about to launch her lip liner, covid hit, and it was hard to get things manufactured. It was coming out on Black Friday. Sutton said it would break the internet, and LisaR said they were wearing masks, and she was selling lipstick. LisaR asked, what happened last night? and Sutton said the conversation had turned to race. She felt, being Southern, she had to defend herself against being automatically thought of as a racist. In Erika’s interview, she said, growing up in the South, she’d heard racist things, but no one had ever accused her of being racist. Sutton said people had a preconceived notion, and Dorit said it was the first time she’d heard this, but Sutton clearly had a Southern accent. She suggested maybe it was because she and Erika lived in a multicultural world that they’d never felt that way, but Sutton said that wasn’t fair. She also lived in a multicultural world. In her interview, she said she’d lived in New York, London, L.A., and Paris. She didn’t just arrive from some hick town. Dorit wondered why Sutton was being sensitive. In Garcelle’s interview, she felt Sutton was fragile right now. Things were hitting Sutton too hard, and she thought everyone should lay off a little. I have to mention that Garcelle’s interview hair was powder blue, and looked gorgeous. Kathy suggested they do a bottom’s up with a martini, and in her interview, she said it was a girls trip, and they were going to have fun. The ones who didn’t want to have fun could watch. Kathy and Dorit chugged their martinis, and LisaR said, those bitches are hard core. In Erika’s interview, she said she was impressed. Kathy wanted to do another, and Garcelle asked how bad she wanted to feel tomorrow. Dorit asked if LisaR would like to join in, and LisaR said she had one life to live. Erika said she’d do one too, and the whole thing seemed stupid. LisaR asked what time the after-party started, and in her interview, Kathy revealed that she and Dorit were just drinking water. In Dorit’s interview, she said, it was genius. In Kathy’s interview, she said she had no idea Erika and LisaR were in on the prank, and in Sutton’s interview, she said she knew something was up.
On the way back, Sutton said when there was a joke, and she wasn’t in on it, it freaked her out. Crystal gave her a kick, and whispered that they didn’t want Kathy to know she was the brunt of the joke. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, nobody was trying to keep Sutton out of it, but you don’t tell everyone that it’s a prank. Sutton said she was going to bed, and Kyle wondered what she’d missed. Sutton said she didn’t want to do this, and in Crystal’s interview, she said Sutton was highly insecure. If it wasn’t about her, or she wasn’t included, she thought somehow that she was the victim of something. She should win an Oscar for drama queen. Sutton asked who was in on the joke, and they raised their hands. She said, everyone but her; that wasn’t nice. Garcelle said Kyle didn’t know, and detective Crystal figured out that Erika, LisaR, and Kathy were playing a joke. In LisaR’s interview, she said her head was blown off. She didn’t know how it became so complicated. In Erika’s interview, she said Kathy thought she’d downed a real martini. It made her happy because it was always good to prank the prankster. Sutton said she’d never had a friend kick her, and being told she was ridiculous, wasn’t the nicest thing. Crystal said, sorry, and in Garcelle’s interview, she said she thought Crystal was being tough on Sutton. She and Sutton hadn’t hit it off at first either. Right now, Crystal and Sutton’s energy wasn’t vibing. In Crystal’s interview, she said Sutton was proving that she was the kind of person Crystal thought she was. You can’t rationalize with irrational people.
On the phone with a friend, Crystal said it was really sad, and made it sound like Sutton was going after her. She said, no loss to her, and that Sutton’s unhealthy level scared her. She was losing her mind. Sutton had decided to be nice, and bring up Crystal’s coat that she’d left in the living room. She knocked on the door, and…
To be continued.
Next time, a boat trip, playing pool, water ballet, and Crystal calls Sutton crazy.
📸 My take: I’ve said a few times that I like Sutton, but she is eccentric. Not crazy though. She is insecure to a certain degree, but just needs to be reassured she’s one of the gang now and then, and don’t yell at her. I’m also probably the only one in the world who loves her fashion sense, but I used to wear crazy sh*t in the 80s, and I still love those clothes, even if I wouldn’t wear them today. I don’t think Sutton is mean-spirited, racist, or any other negative thing either, and for whatever reason, Crystal is acting like a mean girl. I read she’s 35, but she seems a little immature, and I wonder if she has her own insecurities. As always, I love Garcelle, who’s always the voice of reason. And I agree with her, Sutton is being picked on. and they should lay off. I also thought, for people who claim to be all about empathy, they have a hard time grasping that someone else’s experience might not be their own.
🐄 Before the Cows Come Home…
I’m hoping to get off here early (for me). Tomorrow, Ryan renovates, and there will be plenty of time for tea. Until then, stay safe, stay ambitious, and stay consenting to let people be themselves, but do it better than Erika.
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