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October 26, 2020 – Dante Thinks It’s a Mistake, Write Maritime Law 100 Times, No More, Halloween Chat, Memories, All Clear For NYC, New Girlfriend, a Revival, Lovecraft Report, Dare You & Warp This

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

I missed the very beginning, but here are the important points. Julian found Alexis drinking in Charlie’s, and cut her off; Robert swiped some flowers, and brought them to Jackie’s hotel room; Sam was with Jason outside Kelly’s, talking Halloween and Cyrus, when Spinelli joined them; and Dante went to The Floating Rib, and saw Maxie. And here we are…

Jason tells Spinelli and Sam that Brando just started working for Cyrus, and Sam says he can confirm Cyrus’s true intentions are Port Charles and the hospital. Jason says it could take him a while to get the information they need, and Spinelli thinks they should focus on another pressing matter. Sam says, Peter, and Spinelli says, exactly, and exposing him for the villain he really is.

Alexis tells Julian not to go too far. Julian says she could be home drinking alone, yet she’s here in the bar. What does that say? She tells him, it says she doesn’t care who knows. She drinks where and when she pleases. It’s about her and nobody else. He tells her, what it says to him is, either she’s looking for a fight or someone to stop her. Which is it?

Lulu shows up at Doc’s research office, startling him. He says he’s used to being alone, and she says, the subject matter doesn’t help. He supposes it doesn’t, and she says she brought him dinner. Her mom is worried that he’s not eating enough. He says that’s kind, but he has the feeling it’s not the only reason she’s there. What’s on her mind? She says, Dante.

Maxie and Dante sit down, and she says it’s so good to see him. He says it’s good to see her too, and she says she misses seeing him at the PCPD, or calling him when everything goes to hell, which has happened a lot lately. He’s sure she has plenty of people to call, but she says not like him. He’d show up, no questions, no strings attached. She missed him. He thinks she missed him on the softball field, and she says they were terrible last summer. He says he knew it, and she tells him, welcome home. He says, it’s the first time it actually feels like it.

Robert calls Jackie his partner, and she hands the flowers back to him, saying, they came with a price tag. Do his own investigation. If Peter is no good, she’ll write a story. She won’t hand over evidence to him. He asks what if she discovers some? and she says she’ll write a story; that’s her job. He says they’re on a parallel track, but she says they have two entirely different motives. She’ll do her thing, and he can do his. He says she’s more hotheaded than ever.

Alexis says Julian’s ego is boundless. If she wanted to stop drinking, does he think she’d go to him? He says, what about the last time she slipped? She called him, he picked her up, and she went straight to a meeting. She says, no one else answered the phone, and this isn’t like last time. She doesn’t want to be sober. He says she doesn’t mean that. He knows her better than anyone. She says, if he knew a damn thing, he’d know why she drank in the first place. He’s the reason she’s an alcoholic.

Spinelli says, Peter continues to worm his way into the fabric of Port Charles and Maxie’s life, and by extension, Georgie’s and James’s. Sam says, it will just get worse when the baby is born, and Spinelli says they have to reveal Peter’s true nature. If that monster puts his name on the birth certificate, it will become nearly impossible for Maxie to disengage. And Nelle confirmed Peter’s involvement.

Lulu tells Doc, Dante is back in town, and he’s surprised Laura didn’t say anything. She says that’s because she didn’t tell Laura. Laura would cut her trip short, which would be pointless. Doc says Laura could support her during this confusing time, but she says, no one can say or do anything to make it less confusing. Doc says, especially since Dustin has been thrown in the mix, and she says she’d just asked Dustin to move in, when Dante showed up. Doc says, that’s a big step, and she says they’re ready to start the next chapter. Now she feels strange. He asks how Dustin reacted to Dante coming back, and she says, he was amazing. He was patient and gracious, and offered to step aside for the sake of the family. He asks what she told him, and Lulu says she told him that Dante said to move on. He asks if she’s not sure what she wants to do.

Maxie asks Dante, how’s reentry? and he says, weird. He knew it was going to be, but it’s really weird. She says, Olivia must be happy to have him home, and he says his mother’s great, but he thinks she doesn’t know what to do with him. Maxie says, it will take time to adjust, and Dante says he missed some people so much, but now everything is different. They way you get in sync with people, he didn’t have to think about it. Maxie says, now he does, and he asks how she is.

Robert says, Jackie seems to have forgotten, they’re not kids anymore. She thanks him for the reminder, and he says, there’s more than just a story. She met Maxie, who’s like a daughter to him. He’d give up his life to protect her. She says, and he’s worried because Macie is pregnant with Peter’s child, but he says he was worried eons ago. She says, then don’t wait for her. Get off his ass, and prove it. He says he plans to.

Finn tells Anna that this isn’t her only option, but she says, it is. She doesn’t carry the marker for rheumatoid arthritis, and the only way to find out is by the process of elimination. Alex isn’t going to get tested, so that leaves Faison. Finn says, but he’s dead, and the only genetic material is his brain. She says, it’s a few floors down. If Faison doesn’t have the gene, that means Alex is Peter’s mother.

Julian tells Alexis that he’s sorry she turned to alcohol because of what happened between them. She asks if that’s a euphemism for holding a knife to her throat. It was months and months of his cowardice, lying, and violence, and sneaking around like a rodent. He says, they had some good months, and she says, four years ago. Then he tried to kill her. She didn’t have a problem before. That’s just a fact. So he’s responsible for the bottomless pit of crap that’s become her life, and she drinks to cope with that. He says, so she’s going to cozy up to the bar for the rest of her life? She says, pretty much, and he says he doesn’t accept that. She says she doesn’t care. The bottle is much better for her than he ever was. He says he was horrible to and for her, and she says, ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! She gets up, and announces it to the room. He says he needs to do something good with his life before it’s too late, and needs to do it soon. Let him help her.

Sam tells Spinelli, back up. What did Nelle confirm? He says, Jason didn’t tell Sam? and she says, Jason knew? Spinelli says, the night of the Nurses Ball, he ran into Nelle backstage. He didn’t know what she was planning, but she told him that Shiloh said he was blackmailing Peter. Sam says, about when he was in Afghanistan with Drew? and Jason says, that explains Peter with the bag of cash the night Shiloh took Sam hostage. Spinelli says, Peter wasn’t just a bystander, and was responsible for Drew being kidnapped, which led to all sorts of crimes. Sam asks about the evidence against Obrecht, and Spinelli says, Peter framed her. Now he’s on the cusp of marrying Maxie, and Maxie is carrying his child.

Jackie thinks she and Robert are done, but he has one more thing. What’s the deal with Finn and his father? She asks what he means, and he says, they had some falling out, but Finn is tight-lipped. She says, that’s an understatement, but she guesses he wants to keep the issue private. He says, so there is an issue? and she says it’s no secret that Finn hated his dad getting married so soon. Robert says, it’s been thirty years, and she asks how it’s his business. He says he’s looking out for Anna, and she says he’s Anna’s knight in shining armor. Her phone rings; it’s Peter.    

Anna tells Finn, it’s strange. She hopes Faison has the marker. If not, they’re back to no way of knowing. She thinks it’s better to be able to tell Peter, Alex might be his mother, as opposed to, she is his mother. Finn asks if that’s really the worst thing. She’d be disappointed, but Peter would still be family. She says she turned away from the dark path, and watched Valentin do the same. He wonders why she’s talking about Valentin, and she says they turned their lives around. They did on it on their own, but that’s not the case with Peter. His grasp on a new life happened because he found out she was his mother. Now she might have to tell him that she’s not. She feels as if she’s the tether tying him to the good side. She doesn’t mean it to sound egotistical. She wishes Maxie and the baby were enough, and desperately wants it to be true, but she doesn’t think they are.   

Lulu tells Doc, she loves Dustin, but part of her will always love Dante. In a way, it would be easy to reunite, and go back to the way it was before the nightmare happened, but time didn’t stand still. What she has with Dustin is real. To pretend it’s not isn’t fair to anyone. Doc says she has a lot of feelings to sort through, but doesn’t have to do it right this second; take her time. Her world was just thrown for a monumental loop. No one expects her to have everything figured out. Her phone dings, and she says she has to go. She thanks him for listening. He walks her out, and asks her to do him a favor and call her mother. She says, okay, okay.

Dante says, enough about him, and Maxie says, shocking. He’s shifting the focus off himself, and he asks, what’s going on with her? She says, same old, but he highly doubts it. She says she has so much going on, she doesn’t know where to begin. Georgie and James have gotten so big, he won’t recognize them, and she no longer works at Crimson. He asks if she was finally fired, and she says she quit. She’s partnered with Lucy in Deception. He says, sounds colorful, and she says he has no idea. Other than that, she and Peter are getting married and having a baby.

Anna and Finn sneak downstairs to Doc’s research office. Anna picks the lock, and they go in.

Alexis asks Julian, who pulled the strings this time? He says he has no one to blame but himself, and she asks if he thinks he’ll make things better by pointing out her error in her ways. He says he needs to make up for lost time, and she says he needs to get over it. She stupidly thought she could trust him, and he accused her in front of everybody of sleeping with Neil, and said Neil was taking advantage of her. He’s the reason Neil lost his license, and she got disbarred. He’s the reason Neil turned to drugs, and the reason Neil is dead. Hasn’t he done enough?

Spinelli tells Sam and Jason, what galls him most is that Anna is a superspy. She should be able to see through Peter. How can she turn a blind eye? Jason says they talked about this. Anna wants to believe it. Spinelli says, he understands; Peter is her offspring. Jason says, that’s a lot. Anna turned her life around back in the day, and knows it’s possible. She wants or needs for it to be possible for Peter too. Deep down, even if Anna doesn’t admit it, she knows it’s a lie. Spinelli wonders when they can act on that, and Sam says, when they get proof, and they will.

Dante says, Peter? and Maxie says, he’s wonderful. Dante says he doesn’t think he understands. She’s actually marrying Peter, and they’re having a baby? How did she get in so deep? She says, Peter was cleared of things he was accused of. He runs a respectable paper, and has earned the respect of a lot of people, Lulu included. Dante doesn’t care if Peter’s earned the respect of the mayor. He’s the reason Nathan is dead. She remembers that night, right? She remembers Nathan, right? She tells him, don’t do this. He says, sorry, and she says, of course (🍷) she remembers Nathan. She thinks about him all the time, but because Nathen died, that doesn’t mean she has to stop living. She didn’t die with him. Her life with James is on. It’s not the same, but that doesn’t mean it’s of less value. He says he didn’t mean to throw Nathan at her, but he thinks she’s making a big mistake. She says, not him too.

Robert whispers for Jackie to put it on speaker, but she ignores him. Peter says he’s been in touch with HR, and all Jackie’s terms and conditions have been approved. She’s all set to begin working with Lulu on the investigation into Cyrus. She can start as early as tomorrow. She says she looks forward to working with him, and she’ll see him then. She hangs up, and tells Robert, that’s how it’s done, and don’t forget it.

Finn and Anna sneak around, and Finn says Faison’s body was donated to science by his next of kin. She says, Peter, and he says, it can’t legally be released without Peter signing off on it. She says, that would defeat the purpose of keeping Peter in the dark, and Finn says, speaking of which, it’s dark in there. Doc turns on the lights, and asks if that’s better.

Julian says he cares about Alexis. He didn’t mean to send her crashing down. She says he never means to do anything. Time and again, he’s created a path of destruction in his wake. Everything he touches is a steaming pile of garbage, including her. She doesn’t want his help. She yells, she doesn’t want his help, and wants him to leave her alone. He says he can’t.

Sam gets up , and Jason follows her outside. He asks if she’s okay, but she honestly doesn’t know what she is. She guesses he’s known this information for a while, and Spinelli has known since the Nurses Ball. Why didn’t he say anything? She could have helped. She wants to help. Jason says he’s not used to going over the day to day stuff with her. She says, when it relates to Sonny’s business, she totally gets it. She shouldn’t be involved, but he should apply her to every aspect of his life. He says she’s right.

Doc asks if Finn and Anna would care to explain. Finn says Anna was there for her phlebotomy appointment, and he was taking her upstairs. She felt dizzy, and they were near Doc’s office, so he brought her in. She needed a place to sit, and maybe get something to eat. Doc says, in a research lab? and Finn says, their next stop was the cafeteria. They were just waiting for the dizziness to pass. Anna looks like a bobblehead, agreeing with everything, and says she’s better now. They start to leave, and Doc says, what’s strange is, he locked the door on his way out. It’s a mystery how they got in. Finn says he thought that was strange, and Anna asks to talk to Doc alone. It’s basically a matter relevant to him as well. Finn says, it is? and she says Doc deserves to know the truth as much as anyone. Finn says as long as she’s feeling okay, and leaves. In the hallway, his phone dings. He gets a text from Chase; second thoughts about dinner?

Robert asks if Jackie is going to keep the flowers, and she says, if he’s just going to throw them out… He says, that’s the spirit. It was fun hanging out with her at The Floating Rib. She says, it was, and he says it made him think about old times. She’s a good friend, and he’s lost a few lately. It’s made him think he can’t take relationships for granted, or friendships. She says her schedule is erratic, but how are the Panthers? He says, clawing their way out of the basement, and she says she’s always had a soft spot for the underdogs. Maybe they could catch a game. He says, sounds like a date.

Maxie tells Dante, not him too. She’s gotten it from all sides; Robert, Spinelli, especially Spinelli. She knows Spinelli was coming from a genuine place… Dante says, as is he, and she says Spinelli was wrong about Peter. Fighting about it was devastating. Don’t make her have that fight with him too. Don’t make her choose. She’s marrying Peter; he’s the father of her baby. Just understand and wish her well. Dante says, all Nathan wanted was for her to be happy and loved. It’s all he wants too. She thanks him, and Lulu walks in. She and Dante look at each other.

Alexis says Julian looks like he’s in trouble. He looks desperate, and trying to save her isn’t going to change anything for him. Save himself. Take the wreck he’s made of his life, and leave her alone. It’s the only good thing he can do for her. He asks if she’s going to piss her life away in a bar. He’s asking her to leave, and he’s going to call her a car. If she doesn’t listen, he’ll call her daughters. Alexis starts to cry, and says, at least when she pisses her life away, the only person she’s hurting is herself. He’s destroyed everyone around him. The one good thing is their daughter, but otherwise, he’s been a cancer in her life. She can’t wait until the day she never has to cross paths with him again. She walks outside and cries.  

Sam tells Jason, Spinelli is her friend, and so is Maxie. Why didn’t he say anything? He says he’s not trying to keep anything from her. It’s not like he’s withholding information on purpose. It didn’t cross his mind. She says that’s a problem they need to figure out.

Robert sees Spinelli outside Kelly’s, and says, if it isn’t his partner in crime. He asks how it went with Maxie, and Spinelli says, as difficult it was to sell it, Maxie believes he supports her marriage to Peter. Robert says, excellent. Remember to continue to go slow. Robert’s phone dings, and he looks at it. He says, huh, and Spinelli asks if it’s something of interest. Robert says, it’s a text from Olivia. Dante has been released from the Geneva facility. He’s back in Port Charles. Spinelli says, surprising. He thought Dante was supposed to receive longer treatment. He wonders what expedited Dante’s release. Robert says he’s wondering the same thing himself.

Lulu tells Dante, hi, and he says, hey. It probably doesn’t get more awkward. She says she didn’t know he would be there, and he says, what are the odds? Peter says Maxie made it, and she suggests they get some drinks – non-alcoholic. Maxie steers Peter to the bar, and Dante says, so Maxie is pregnant. Lulu says, can he believe it? and he says, no. Life keeps moving along. Lulu says, whether they like it or not.

Jackie messes with the flowers when there’s a knock at the door. She says, don’t tell her he wants the flowers back after all. She opens the door, and it’s Finn who says, hello.

Anna says she and Doc were both unwilling participants in Cabot’s experiments, and he says, an unfortunate fact they have in common. He fails to see what that has to do with her breaking into his lab, and she says, it left lingering questions for her, as she’s sure it did him. There are things she tries ignore that sometimes keep her up at night. She doesn’t know for sure if Peter is her son, and Doc is the only person who can help her get to the truth.

Tomorrow, Valentin says Sasha is in a better mood, Chase tells someone to stop lying, Dustin wants to get to know Dante, and Carly wonders what she forgot about Nelle’s fall.

Below Deck Mediterranean – Reunion – Part Two

Andy started off by saying the manufacturer verified that what Hannah said was a CBD pen, was really a THC pen, but Hannah claimed you could put anything in it. Bugs thought they should let it go, but Jess said she was knowledgeable, and had one too. Captain Sandy said it was illegal, and Jess said, so arrest her. Jess said she wasn’t informed it was illegal to have; it was CBD. Malia said it was nothing personal, and during training they’re told no drugs are allowed on the boat; everything has to be registered. Hannah said the prescription was on the box, and showed it, along with a letter from her doctor. Text came up, and said that production had received the prescription 12 hours after Hannah left the boat. Malia said, even if it was a current prescription, you can’t take valium alone in your cabin. I’m not sure what that means. You have to invite other people? Andy asked if everything that alters your state has to be checked, and Captain Sandy said they’re crossing international waters, and if drugs are found on board, the owner’s vessel will get seized. It’s all documented to protect the owner. Malia said she went through the same thing with Benadryl, since it says it causes drowsiness, and not to operate machinery. The captain interjected that the yacht is machinery. Malia said it was to delegate who’s on duty. She said maritime law about twenty times, and everyone looked bored. Hannah said, the medications are meant to bring you to a normal level, and doesn’t work the same if you don’t have a mental illness. Malia said it wasn’t up to the crew member to take for themselves with no accountability. Hannah said if it wasn’t a revenge thing, why didn’t Malia tell the captain about the valium when she told her, Hannah is freaking out? Malia acted ignorant, and said she didn’t realize until she found it. Rob looked like he might go to sleep, and Malia said, it was about maritime law and the safety of the vessel. Jess said she never knew it was such a big deal. Rob said he was checking out, and Captain Sandy said it was illegal, and Jess was trying to justify it.

Jess was tired of Malia talking, and said they’d seen it all on her social media. Bugs thought the whole thing was blown out of proportion. She said she suffered from depression, and still worked on boats. They went around this whole thing again, and when Andy tried to get a word in, he was ignored and literally banged his head on his desk. We found out Malia went to production first, and was told to take it up with the captain. Yeah, I’ll bet. They don’t want to be responsible for that. She said there was also a management company, and Hannah said they got it – maritime law. A viewer asked why Malia didn’t check with Hannah first, and Malia said it wasn’t her place. Andy asked if it was planned so Bugs would get the position, but Bugs said Malia hadn’t known she was coming until she was there. Which doesn’t exactly mean it wasn’t planned, just not planned ahead of time. Malia said Tom being on the yacht with her wasn’t romantic, no matter what people wanted to think. Captain Sandy said the management company had to see she was following protocol. Hannah said it would have been nice if the captain had pulled her aside, and they’d had a conversation. She was made to feel like a criminal. I have to say, Hannah did really keep her cool, and she must have really been freaking out inside. Andy said, there was a lot of backlash, and asked if there was anything the captain would have done differently. Captain Sandy said, sometimes the right decision wasn’t the popular decision (which sounds like something your mom would tell you), but she followed the protocol of the management manual. Rob decided to out Jess, saying she’d told him to get rid of her weed pen, but Jess held her ground that it was CBD, and added she had a laundry list of Rob’s indiscretions. Andy asked if Hannah had regrets, btu she said she was in a good place in her life. He asked if she’d retired from yachting for good, and she said she was in Sydney, about have a baby girl, and yes, she was retired. Hannah was dismissed, and Malia made a weird face at her when she said goodbye. She might have been trying to keep her forked tongue in her mouth.

Tom and Aesha joined the virtual group. Tom explained, on bigger boats, you don’t have to cook for the crew as well. Captain Sandy said he was an incredible chef, and she didn’t regret hiring him. Tom said he got death threats because of his association with Malia, and Malia said she had hard backlash. Andy asked about the status of their relationship, and if they lived together. Tom said because they’re always on boats, they don’t live anywhere, and try to do as best they can. We found out they hadn’t seen each other since May, and Andy asked if they were still together. After dancing around this for like, ten minutes, Malia said she didn’t know if they were together, but Tom said they were working it out. He also claimed they were monogamous when on charter, which I find difficult to believe. Andy didn’t ask about what happens off-charter though.

We revisited Rob and Jess’s relationship. Rob said Bali was a beautiful experience, but things fizzled. Jess said she didn’t want to air dirty laundry. People think she’s jealous and/or crazy, but it’s because they don’t understand where she’s coming from. Without saying the words, she hinted that Rob was a real d-bag. Rob said he was open about having girlfriend, but Jess said, according to his ex, they didn’t have an open relationship. Andy asked if that contributed to the break-up, and Jess said, it didn’t help. Rob said it was unrealistic to expect to develop a relationship on a boat. I wanted to know what he told the first officer after he’d said he’d go on the crossing. Did he even bother to tell him? Rob said again that he regretted nothing. Aesha putting her hand on Rob’s ass, and their flirtation was discussed, but I kind of spaced out, since it was the same sh*t we heard for weeks. Jess said she wasn’t a jealous person, and felt like she was being gaslit by Aesha and Rob. A viewer asked if Rob would have pursued a relationship with Aesha had he met her first, but he said they didn’t have that type of connection; they were like brother and sister. Aesha said there was zero attraction, and no chemistry. Jess wondered about an inappropriate DM Rob had sent Aesha about c*cks. She saw it on Facebook, and Aesha responded. Aesha acted like she didn’t know what Jess was talking about, but Rob readily admitted to sending it. He said, it was just banter… and maybe a little flirtation. Aesha said she had a boyfriend now, and we saw a picture. He’s cute, and they look like they belong together. He must like potty jokes.  

A viewer asked when Bugs was going to realize Alex is hot, and Bugs said she did already; he was a catch. Alex said they’d gotten together to catch up, but they were realistic. They lived in different parts of the world, and couldn’t really foster a relationship.  

In ending (at last), Andy asked for high and low points. Malia said it had ultimately been a fun experience to meet everyone, and her low point was what happened with Hannah. It wasn’t what she wanted. Aesha said the whole experience was great, but she was so homesick and exhausted before she got on board, she didn’t make the most of it. Alex said his high point was meeting Bugs everyone, and on the flipside, he involved himself in drama by accident, when he was just trying to help. I don’t know if I spaced out again, Bugs had nothing to say, or if it was so boring, it just didn’t register.

Andy finished with saying it had been a dramatic, wild ride. Okay. If that’s what you call just sad.

⚖️ The Verdict Is…

Hint: They didn’t work it out.

Below Deck Med’s Malia White Confirms Tom Checketts Split

🖥 In Chat Room, the ladies dressed up for Halloween. Kate said it was a week early, but this was 2020. She was Kate Moss, wearing moss in her hair; Hannah was Wonder Woman, using a costume that belonged to her mom. She did not elaborate on that. Both Porsha and Gizelle were Cleopatra, although they each wore it differently. The high point was Kate bringing out her dog Halo, wearing a unicorn costume. The women also picked a favorite Housewife costume of the past. Gizelle chose Kandi in a riff on Pennywise from It; Hannah liked LisaR dressed as Erika Jayne; Kate said she hated Ramona, but loved her in red leather as Britney Spears; and Porsha went with Cynthia as Fifty Cent. While still much prettier, Cynthia was definitely spot-on. I love this show, and wish it was on more often, and for an hour.

🤡 Here It Is…

Pennywise never looked so good.

Kandi Burruss Goes For Raunchy And Creepy ‘It’ Costume For Halloween

🎀 Charlotte Through the Looking Glass…

Scarlett Fernandez remembers her first day in Port Charles.

Scarlett Fernandez Looks Back at Her Very First Episode of GH

🗽 It’s All Good…

The RHONY gets the all clear.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/23/the-rhony-cast-is-covid-19-free-despite-production-interruption/

And goes back to work.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/23/rhony-cast-spotted-back-at-work-in-greenport-ny/

💓 He’s Moving On…

Juicy Joe has found a new main squeeze.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/24/joe-giudice-is-seeing-someone-new-following-teresa-giudice-divorce/

⛏ Dexter Returns…

In a CYA move, Dexter is revived.

Dexter Revival Will Have “No Resemblance” to Original Finale

🛣 Come Back, Country…

It looks unlikely there will be a second season of Lovecraft Country. The book did have a definitive ending, but why can’t they give us more? Since it’s a supernatural atmosphere, they can even revive the dead if they want.

Lovecraft Country: Will There Be a Season 2?

Not only was it well-written, but everything was also beautifully crafted. And some of the monsters were truly scary.

Meet the Monsters of Lovecraft Country

🏞 Spirited Hiking…

Haunted trail anyone?

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/photos/scariest-haunted-hiking-trails-us?ic1=triv_102420

🥺 Mondays Is Rough…

I’m off to finish an article for https://mupoentertainment.com/theresa-krakauskas/, which is a little nostalgic, it being Halloween week. No matter what it is you’re doing, stay safe, stay bold, and stay not sending inappropriate DMs. Especially if you’re on a reality show where everyone keeps receipts.

Oct23

October 22, 2020 – Nina Gives Nelle a Decent Burial, Remote Charm, New Season, NJ Lawsuit, NY Divorce, Dead News, Fashionable Country, Appreciate Bats & Some Cranberries

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Carly is resting, and Sonny asks, what’s up with Josslyn? She doesn’t look good, and said Nelle stole something from her. Carly says she’ll talk to Josslyn, and gets up. Sonny says, this is probably it. Nelle came back to get it. Carly sees what I’m guessing is a bloody kidney in his hands. She screams. And wakes up. She wonders why this is happening.

Chase tells Willow, she, Michael, and Wiley make a wonderful family. He’s glad she’s happy. She thanks him, and he says it’s all he ever wanted for her. He hopes Michael does better by her than he did. He starts to walk away, and she asks him to wait. She wants to tell him something about her and Michael, but he says whatever it is, it’s better if she doesn’t.

Jax asks if he can talk to Michael, and Michael says, if it’s something about Aurora, he doesn’t have much to contribute yet. Jax says they can talk about whatever he wants, but keep him distracted. He looks over at Nina talking to Valentin. Nina tells Valentin, it wasn’t easy to shut him out and start over, but he left her no choice. He says if she means that, she wouldn’t care who he sleeps with, but she obviously does. Maybe she’s not as over him as she thinks. She says if by over him he means indifferent, she never claimed to be, but she’s determined to move on. He says, then let him do the same. Or did she expect him to wait around indefinitely?

Carly finds Jason in the kitchen, and asks him to pour her a cup of coffee. She could use the caffeine. He asks, what happened? and she says she hasn’t been sleeping well, so she took a nap. Big mistake. She dreamed about Nelle – again. She can’t keep going like this.

Nikolas walks in, and Ava says, good; he’s home. She has something important to discuss. He closes the door, and says he does too. Something he should have told her a long time ago. She says she’s sure it can wait a little longer, but he tells her, for once in her life, lower her guard enough to listen. She asks what makes him think she’s interested in anything that comes out of his mouth. He thought she liked his mouth, and she says she’d like to slap it. So unless he’s about to confess… He says that’s exactly what he’s doing. He hasn’t been honest with her. About him, and about them.

Ava says, speak, and he says he’s been thinking for a while about how things are going. Not just with them; there’s the whole family to consider. She tells him, spit it out, and he says she’s not making it easy. She says clearly he hasn’t thought out what he needs to say, and he suggests she let him say it, instead of being smug, cynical, and ready with a cutting remark. She says he knew how she was when he married her, and he says, a conniving, treacherous opportunist. She says she can never live down her bad choices. She’s selfish and ruthless; never mind his history. He says he knows who he is, but he’s just starting to get to know the real Ava, the woman behind the façade. He’s realized that in their marriage of convenience, he has inconvenient feelings.

Nina says she doesn’t want Valentin to wait for her. There’s no chance for them. He says he doesn’t believe that. Jax is a rebound, and she’s his plus one; his companion, a trophy. She says Valentin knows nothing, and he says he knows she and Jax like each other. He knows they have certain things in common, and knows it’s a safe relationship, because both of their hearts are otherwise engaged. Jax loves Carly, and she loves… She says, no. She’s not threatened by Jax’s connection to Carly.

Jax tells Michael that Valentin wants Nina back. He can’t say he blames him; she’s an incredible woman. Michael says she seems happy with Jax, and Jax says he’s happy with her. But when you’ve been married to someone, you develop an understanding of each other that doesn’t go away just because the marriage ends. Michael hopes he’s right.

Chase tells Willow, he set all of this in motion. He did what he did, and she ended up with Wiley and Michael, and he’s truly happy for her, but he’s no longer a part of her life. Not the way he used to be. So whatever she was going to say… She flashes back to Michael saying there’s nothing selfish about being in love; it’s what he wants for her, but he considers their marriage a success. She tells him, she does too. She tells Chase, it’s not what he thinks, but he says, it doesn’t matter. Whatever she was going to say, it’s best she holds onto it. Michael walks up to them.

Jason asks if Carly wants to talk about it, and she says she keeps having nightmares. The details are different, but they’re horrible and all about Nelle. Even though she’s dead, she’s not. He says Carly just had to sit through a police interrogation about Nelle; it makes sense that she’d be dreaming about her. She says the interrogation was frustrating because the detective accused her of pushing Nelle. Jason says, but she didn’t, so there’s no case. She  tells him, that’s what Diane said, and he says he can see why she’s still worried. She says she is, but not because of the cops. It’s because Nina is giving Nelle a proper burial this afternoon at Woodlawn Cemetery. She says she’s doing it for Wiley, so he can visit his mother’s grave, but that’s BS. She’s doing it for herself.

Carly says, Nina had a breakdown a few years back. She kidnapped Avery, and wound up in Shadybrook, but she was able to get the help she needed, and turned her life around. But Nelle didn’t, and Nina can’t let it go. He asks if she thinks Nina feels guilty because she got saved and Nelle didn’t, but Carly doesn’t know. She doesn’t care about Nina’s motives. She cares that Nelle is going to be buried in the same cemetery as Morgan and Mike. She cares that Nelle is going to have a headstone in Port Charles, where she caused so much misery. If Nina wants to do something, pay to have her buried in Florida. I get distracted momentarily by the bowl of moss, and Jason says, who cares about Nina? Why does Nelle bother Carly so much? She says it doesn’t make any sense, but he says, tell him anyway. She says she knows Nelle’s dead, but it seems like Nelle isn’t done with her.

Nina tells Valentin that she admires the way Jax and Carly co-parent, and she’d like to think they could do that with Charlotte. Show her the best of them without the fallout from the relationship they both messed up. He admits he’s responsible for the lion’s share of the damage. He wants to be there for Charlotte, and wants Nina to stay in her life. She says it would make things easier if he’d stop needling her about Jax. He agrees, but wants her to extend the same courtesy to him. She says she doesn’t needle him, and he says she did when he walked in with Brook. She says, that wasn’t needling; she’s appalled. She’s not jealous, and he should know that. Brook isn’t in the right frame of mind to decide if she wants to sleep with him. She’s recovering from a brutal attack. He says he didn’t take advantage of Brook, and she says, Brook is traumatized. Jax asks if everything is okay, and Valentin calls him Jasper, saying, they were just talking about Nelle. Jax says he despises Nelle, but Nina wants to give her a proper burial. Valentin says, she what?

Michael apologizes for barging into the conversation, but Chase says, no big deal. It’s not like when Brook walked in with Valentin. His jaw was on the floor. Michael says, Brook was with Valentin? and Chase says he’s not gossiping. They were pretty open about it. Brook spent the night with Valentin. Michael wonders what she was thinking, and says, Ned isn’t going to like this. Good thing she isn’t living at the house. It’s going to be World War III. Chase asks if he should be looking forward to Brook sleeping on his couch for the foreseeable future. Michael asks if Brook would accept money from him, but Chase says, she’d rather walk on glass. Willow says its good Brook has Chase to help her. He says she means it’s good he’s a sucker, but she says he’s not, and Brook wouldn’t take advantage if he was. She’s not a user like… Chase says, like Janelle.

Ava asks Nikolas what that means exactly, inconvenient feelings? He says it’s not supposed to happen in a relationship like theirs, and she asks him to be more vague. He says he wishes he had done it differently. He wishes he’d returned to his family as soon as he got back. He wishes he’d contacted her without the subterfuge, and that they hadn’t started out at each other’s throats. Being with her is more good than bad. She says, Ava Jerome, more good than bad; that’s a phrase fit for an epitaph. He says he’s falling for her. No, it’s already happened. He’s fallen for her.

Carly tells Jason, maybe it’s PTSD. Nelle has been after her for so long, she can’t let her guard down. He asks why she’s doubting herself. If she thinks something is off, it probably is. She has great instincts. She says, not with Nelle. When Nelle first came to town, she fell for Nelle, hook, line, and sinker. She played right into Nelle’s hands. Jason says she was grateful about Josslyn, and she says, too grateful to see what was in front of her. She didn’t recognize the girl from Frank’s apartment. She couldn’t go back and fix Nelle’s life, which is what Nelle wanted. When she caught up to Nelle in the clearing, Nelle blamed her for everything; every choice, every horrible thing that happened to her. She begged Nelle to turn herself in for Wiley’s sake, but she refused. She was fighting to hold on, and Nelle was fighting for her life. Nelle came at her, scratching and clawing. She feels like there’s something she’s supposed to remember. Like how you can’t remember a name, but it’s on the tip of your tongue. He tells her, don’t push it. It will come to her. She says, or she could confront it.

Valentin asks why Nina is paying for Nelle’s burial. She says, not that it’s any of his business, but Nelle left a son behind. He might want to visit her grave. Valentin asks why he’d want to do that. If Michael is honest with him about the pain Nelle inflicted, why would he want anything to do with her? He’s glad he didn’t know Helena was his mother while she was alive. Nina says he can’t compare Nelle to Helena, and he says, how about the pain Madeline inflicted? Nina isn’t going to romanticize her mother; why romanticize Nelle? She says, it’s none of his business. She doesn’t want to be late for the graveside service that she paid for. She flounces out, and Valentin asks if Jax isn’t going with her.

Chase tells Michael, Janelle is being buried today, and Michael says Nina called and asked if they wanted to attend. When Wiley is an adult, and he wants to visit, that’s up to him, but he has no reason to. Willow says she feels the same way. Nelle was incredibly damaged, but she caused a lot of hurt, and she hurt Willow. All Willow wants to do is leave the past behind and focus on Wiley. Chase said he felt like that at first, but now he thinks he needs to face Janelle one last time.

Ava walks up to Nikolas, and says, so he’s fallen for her. He says, without meaning to. Against his will, and against good advice from people he respects. She says, so this isn’t the first time he’s spoken of these inconvenient feelings. He says he needed a sounding board. Someone to talk to about it, while he tried to talk himself out of it. She says, yet here he is. He says, here we are. They’ve come a long way since she burned his grandmother’s portrait and threatened to shoot him. She says he has no idea how close she came to pulling the trigger, and he says, why shoot him when she could blackmail him into marriage? She says, her sentiments exactly, and drains her martini. He says, it’s different for him, so he has to believe it’s different for her too. Is she in it with him? Yes or no? It’s not just him, is it? She feels it too? She flashes back to when she found the piece of check with his signature on it, and says she feels annoyed and insulted that he expects her to fall for his declaration. He says, it’s the truth, and she says his relationship with the truth is somewhat casual. He asks why he’d leave himself open to being vulnerable if it wasn’t true, and she says, to get her to lower her guard. He says telling her his feelings doesn’t get him closer to his inheritance; it gets him closer to her. She says he’s been working on her for months, trying to wear down her resistance. He asks if that’s what happened at the cabin. She says, yes, and makes a beeline for the door. He gets in front of her, and says, tell him that she didn’t want him as much as he wanted her that night. Tell him it wasn’t real for both of them. She asks if it’s as real as it is when he’s with Elizabeth.

Jax sits down and tells Valentin, it pains him to say this, but he agrees. It would be better for Wiley if Nelle was in an unmarked grave. Valentin assumes he pitched that argument to Nina and it fell on deaf ears. It’s all wrapped up in her head with the loss of her child. Speaking of which, he’s aware what Jax is doing, encouraging her to keep up the search. If he’s doing that, he’d better be damn sure there’s a child out there to find.

Michael asks if Willow is okay, then says, forget that. It wasn’t a question as much as a demand for reassurance. He wants her to tell him she’s okay, and obviously she’s not. She says she doesn’t know what she is. She hates Nelle and always will, and it’s beyond ironic that everything good in her life comes from something Nelle did. He says Willow had every reason to use her pain as an excuse to hurt others, but she didn’t. She says, maybe because at her darkest moments, she had people to support her, and Nelle didn’t. He asks if one of them was Chase, and she says, Chase was there for her, until he wasn’t.

A pastor says a prayer at Nelle’s gravesite. Fastest. Headstone. Placement. Ever. Chase arrives, as Nina says, amen.

Jax says he’s not like Valentin. He’s not hiring someone to pose as Nina’s child. He’s going to help her as much or as little as he wants. Valentin says, and when the search hits a dead end, and Nina is devastated, what then? Jax says, what’s the alternative? Is he supposed to shield her from disappointment? He’s not in charge of her life. Valentin says, aren’t we enlightened? Someone’s done a lot of work on themselves. He wonders if Jax would be so objective if it was Carly about to break her own heart.

Michael tells Willow, there was a moment where Chase was the same Chase he’d always been. She says she felt it too. Before Michael came over, Chase said he was glad she was going to adopt Wiley. She knows he was sincere and he really wants her to be happy. It’s like there are two Chases. The one who loves her, and the one who threw her away. Michael says he can see how much Chase regrets it, and how much he still loves her and wants her back.

Sonny comes home, and apologizes for keeping Jason waiting. His got held up. His dad had Diane draw up a will after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He didn’t have a lot, just some personal stuff, and this. He hands Jason a picture and says, a race horse. One quarter share of a thoroughbred, and now it’s his. They laugh, and Jason says, Mike never told him? Sonny says, Mike might have been concerned he’d think Mike was gambling again. Maybe he forgot. Another thing Alzheimer’s took from him. Jason says, Mike loved horses, and Sonny says, he doesn’t know if the horse ever won a race, or if Mike even cared. He didn’t buy it for an investment; he bought it for part of a dream.

Michael says he was being intrusive, but Willow says she’s not offended by what he said. She doesn’t think it matters if Chase wants her back or not.

Valentin asks Jax how far he would go to protect Carly. What boundaries would he cross, or rather what boundaries wouldn’t he cross? Jax asks how many times Valentin has had this conversation with Nina. That is the angle, isn’t it? Playing up his relationship with Carly, so Nina feels more insecure? Valentin says he’s not the only one who sees Jax’s relationship with Carly for what it really is.

Nina thanks the pastor, and tells Chase that she’s glad he changed his mind. He says, if he hadn’t met Janelle, he’d probably still be a cop in coastal Maine. He’s not grateful, and she never did him any good, but in the end, he benefitted. He’s there to acknowledge that, and put her behind him once and for all. Nina says, Nelle had so many gifts, she could have accomplished a lot if just one person was looking out for her. He says, if Nina really believes she could have been the one to save Janelle, then she fooled Nina in death like she fooled him in life. Nina asks if he doesn’t think Nelle’s life would have been different if someone had intervened, but he says, Janelle had plenty of chances to turn her life around. She had plenty of people willing to help. Carly, for one, and Michael. If she’d just put down her vendetta, and tried to become the person she pretended to be, they wouldn’t be standing there right now. But Janelle was broken. She couldn’t accept kindness or support, much less love. Nina says she can’t help but think about it differently. She has a history of making horrible, disastrous choices, and turned herself around, but she had the privilege of having friends and family who cared about her. Nelle didn’t have anyone. Not one person. Maybe he’s right. Nina thought she could save her, but in the end, all she could do is give her a decent burial, and hope that she rests in peace.

Jax says he and Carly have a child together, and Valentin says, it must be difficult to watch him build a life with another woman. Jax says, not as difficult as it is for Valentin to see him building a life with Nina. Valentin says, he’d be more comfortable with Nina’s choice if he believed Jax cared about her half as much as he does. It’s obvious Jax isn’t entirely over Carly, and Valentin doesn’t think he ever will be.

Willow tells Michael, it’s hard for her to imagine getting back together with Chase, and not seeing the betrayal every time she looks at him. She can imagine getting excited over a special dinner, but it wouldn’t be real; she’d just be playing a part. Pretending he never cheated. And pretending would hurt more than accepting they’re over.

Sonny tells Jason, he’s having Diane locate the other shareholders. He wants to buy them out. If the horse still wants to race, he’ll let him, but if not, he’ll find him a pretty pasture. Jason says, Mike would like that. Sonny says he thinks Mike would, but more than that, he keeps doing it over and over, wondering what Mike would want him to do. He’s gone. Sonny loves him and grieves, but has people there who need him. He has to let his dad go, and focus on the present.

Nikolas says, Elizabeth has nothing to do with this, and Ava says she’s seen how Nikolas looks at her; how he watches her. How he grovels for her attention, her approval, and God knows what else. Elizabeth has always been his ideal, hasn’t she? It was Elizabeth who he was hoping was waiting for him when he got back. He says, Elizabeth is his oldest friend. The romance they had was over years ago. She says, look her in the eye and tell her that he hasn’t dreamed of leaving her for Elizabeth.

Nikolas says, it’s true. He thought of starting over with Elizabeth. Ava says, then spare them more of this farce, but he says, it was just a fantasy. Elizabeth is his past. She says, and she’s his future. He says, that depends. Is he hers? Does she return his feelings? Yes or no? She says she refuses to play this game. He says, she doesn’t have to; he got his answer. She says, believe what he likes, and he says he’ll say it as many times as it takes. She tells him, save his breath. Actions speak louder than words. He asks what he can do to prove himself. Name it. She says if he wants to prove his feelings, divorce her.

Jax says he’s been clear on Carly’s place in his life, and Valentin says, he’s holding nothing back? There’s nothing in his history with Carly that Nina can’t know? Jax flashes back to being on the cliff with Carly when Nelle fell, and telling her that she can tell the truth or save herself/ He tells Valentin, if he ever feels the need to settle his conscience, he won’t be talking to Valentin about it. He leaves, and Valentin wonders what he’s hiding.

Michael says he doesn’t want to make Willow uncomfortable, so no is an acceptable answer to what he’s going to say. She says, okay… and he says he doesn’t know a lot about wine. As CEO, he’s going to have a lot of business dinners, and he needs to study up. While they’re still married, would she like to study with him? He could have a broker send over a selection, maybe once a week. Cook could make dinner. They could make it themselves, but Cook would never let them in the kitchen. He doesn’t want to do something too close to what she and Chase enjoyed, but she says she’s not going to give up wine for the rest of her life because she used to drink it with Chase. She’d love to study wine with him. It sounds like fun. They clink glasses, and she says he’s making the annulment more difficult. The more she’s around him, the more she realizes what to expect from a relationship; someone she can trust, solve problems with, and study wine with. She doesn’t want what she had with Chase. She wants this. While thy’re still married, she’s going to honor that for as long as it lasts. He says he is too. 

Sonny asks Jason if there’s any word on Brando. Jason says, Brando went to work for Cyrus this morning. He should be safe for a while. Cyrus won’t test him too soon. Sonny says, eventually, Cyrus is going to want Brando to prove his loyalty, and Jason says, then Brando knows what to expect. Sonny says, what if Cyrus orders Brando to kill Jason? and Jason says he thinks the motorcycle sabotaging was a one-off. He doesn’t have to try for a while. At lest not in public. Sonny asks if Jason thinks Cyrus would risk a war with what he’s got going on at the hospital, and Jason says, he got rid of the long time staffers. He cut Elizabeth’s hours, and put Epiphany on administrative duties. Sonny says, so no one would notice Cyrus is moving product through the hospital. Sonny asks what Jason thinks the end game is, and Jason says, if Cyrus controls the mayor’s office, the cops, and the hospital, he gets Sonny isolated. He takes out Sonny, and he owns Port Charles. Sonny asks if Jason thinks it’s that simple, and Jason says, no. You have to control a lot of people, and in an organization like that, you need secrecy and loyalty. Cyrus has neither. Sonny says, the more Cyrus wastes his time, the more Brando moves closer. Jason says, what if Cyrus openly breaks the truce? Sonny says, then they take him out. It could get messy, but they have too much to lose; too many people in the line of fire.

Nina kneels at Nelle’s grave, and says she doesn’t know what to say. Sorry seems inadequate, and anything more than that seems like a lie. The people Nelle hurt didn’t deserve it, but she didn’t deserve the kind of life she had. Nina wishes things could have been different for Nelle. She hears footsteps, and looks up. It’s Carly.

Tomorrow, Curtis asks Jax if it was his call to continue the search, Alexis asks if someone wants to join her, Cyrus says Julian will find his offer impossible to turn down, and Carly says she’s where she’s supposed to be.

👒 Tonight, Bravo gave us the gift that keeps on giving. Ashley from Southern Charm made an appearance to watch the season 5 finale, along with Kathryn. Well, not exactly with Kathryn. Since it was remote, we could see both of them, but they couldn’t see or hear each other. Believe me, it was better that way. Starting off, Ashley said she was terrified, and Kathryn said it was going to be funny. Kathryn said she was going to be watching all by herself… sort of, and Ashley said, what do you mean Kathryn will be watching? She seemed more amused than embarrassed, and said once you’re a villain, there’s nothing you can do to redeem self. Apparently, she forgot Kathryn, since that’s pretty much what happened with her. Ashley told us, the opening music got her heart rate up. It was a horrific time for her, and she could feel the anxiety; whereas Kathryn said it was a new beginning for her; she’d come full circle with her relationships.

We found out Kathryn never finished Patricia’s book, The Art of Southern Charm. I have to confess, I haven’t either, but I really just bought it for the pictures of Chauncy. Kathryn also informed us that Craig’s finger was permanently crooked from the butter knife incident. She said she and Craig both had houses that were a wreck, but at least she had the excuse of having children. Yep. I have pets is my excuse. Ashley said Craig was one of her favorites, but she was still waiting for her pillow. I’m guessing she’ll be waiting a long time. She said Shep had been the kindest to her, but made it clear that she loathed Naomie, saying she’d rather watch Kathryn, and hated Austen too. She made fun of the way Austen talked, which was extremely mature of her, made fun of the majority of the cast, called them bitches, and said she hated them. Kathryn’s attitude was just the opposite. She laughed at herself, and gave us various details that weren’t on camera.

The episode featured Patricia’s Christmas party, where Ashley called Kathryn an egg donor. In a completely Twilight Zone moment, Ashley said that Thomas had told her to wear a red dress, and Kathryn said she bet Thomas told Ashley to wear a red dress. ♫ Do-do-do-do do-do-do-do ♫ When Cameron said the party was like the Titanic, Ashley felt compelled to inform us that it sank. No surprise to me, Ashley said JD (bleh) was her favorite. She harped a lot on Naomie being a bitch, and how abusive she was to poor Craig. As Captain Lee would say, Craig wrote Naomie a check his ass couldn’t cash. Neither one of them communicated well, and I like Craig, but she had a reason to be unhappy.   

The takeaway point was  that Ashley is definitely still bitter, and still proving she’s a nurse, as she showed us her credentials. She also talked to herself in third person, like, run Ashley! She’s still clueless too. When, during the episode, she told Kathryn that she was living the life Kathryn wanted, she confirmed her original assessment, telling us that Kathryn still did. I find that highly doubtful. At the end, she insisted she wanted nothing but the best for Kathryn, even though she talked sh*t about her. On the other hand, Kathryn laughed her way through it, and said she was glad to say goodbye to that chapter. I don’t know what the hell was in her head with that monkey emoji, but sometimes decent people can be thoughtless. I like Kathryn, also want nothing but the best for her, but won’t be talking sh*t.

This was followed by How They Got Here 2020, which basically gave a quick review of seasons past. The new season begins next Thursday, October 29th.

🍹 Returning Charm…

A couple of newbies and the Covid affect.

https://tvdeets.com/bravo-reboots-southern-charm-for-season-7-browse-cast-photos-and-check-out-the-trailer

⚖️ With Friends Like That…

I remember this woman zero. You’d think with a name like Elvira, she would have stayed in my head.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/17/rhonj-pal-accused-in-lawsuit-of-keeping-boys-bar-mitzvah-money/

🗽 It Was Bound To Happen…

They didn’t exactly seem happy.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/20/former-rhony-star-jules-wainsteins-divorce-from-michael-finalized/

⚰️ News Of the Dead…

Lennie James directed last Sunday’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead. Which explains why Morgan was only in it for two seconds.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/fear-the-walking-dead-lennie-james-directorial-debut-interview/

What goes on in World Beyond.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/the-walking-dead-world-beyond-set-visit/

👗 Award Winning Fashion…

The best looks at the CMT Awards. At least according to Parade.

https://parade.com/1107627/paulettecohn/cmt-awards-2020-red-carpet-fashion-photos/

🦇 Go Batty…

It’s Bat Appreciation Month. Show them you care.

https://www.discovery.com/nature/batty-for-bats-pictures

👼🏽 Say a Little Prayer…

I actually have to get up early tomorrow for an online seminar, and schedule changes aren’t high on my list of fun. So until we meet at GH and Tea, stay safe, stay self-possessed, and stay not expecting a pillow from Craig.

Oct16

October 15, 2020 – Cyrus Wants To Recruit Brando, Watching Charm, Dorinda’s Exit, Bethenny’s Break-Up, Alleged Botch, Endings, Winnings, Two Words For Shamers & No Fear

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Carly goes through a box of Mike’s belongings, and asks Sonny if some booklets count as sports memorabilia. He says, it counts as old junk; racing forms and programs. She thinks they should have Diane send a clerk over to catalog it. It might not have monetary value, but Mike’s stuff is valuable to him, and he doesn’t want to throw it out. Sonny isn’t so sure, and Carly looks through some pictures. She takes out one of Sonny as a young boy.

On the phone, Brando says, of course (🍷) he’s grateful, but wants to know what it’s going to cost him. Cyrus says, just a few moments of his time. He wants to meet. Tonight.

Peter tells Jackie that he had his doubts when Lulu wanted to bring her in. She says she’s fond of Port Charles, and he says he knows she cut her teeth at The Herald. She says, for a few years in the 80s, she investigated her sister’s abduction. The trail led her there. He says, the city where she made her name. He asks how Port Charles has changed for her, and she says, it’s certainly bigger… shinier, faster. But none of that changes its essential character. At its heart, it’s the Port Charles she left behind.

Maxie tells Robert, she hopes he didn’t say something to upset Mac. He asks why he’d do that, and she says he can’t seem to help himself sometimes. Anything with Peter goes back to Faison with him. He says, excuse him for being overprotective, and she says she doesn’t need him to protect her from Peter. He isn’t like his father any more than she’s like hers.

Anna asks Finn to give her the basics on epigenetics. He says he loves when she talks sexy, and she says she’s being serious. From her research she sees that epigenetics involve changes that don’t have to do with the DNA sequence. He says some stuff I don’t understand and she says, meaning one identical twin could have a trait that their child inherits, a trait not necessarily present in the other twin. He asks what she’s thinking, and she says, this is how she can prove whether or not she’s Peter’s mother.

Someone looks around The Floating Rib from the back hallway. Dante comes out into the alley, and says, there are a lot of people in there. Peter will have to wait.

On the phone, Olivia says Ned doesn’t have to call her back, but she wants to talk to him when he gets home. She ran into Brook at the reception, and got quite an earful. She hangs up, and says he has no idea how lucky he is to actually have his baby there at home.

Brook stomps over to Valentin and says he played her. She let him use her against her own family. Chase doesn’t think the conversation will do anyone any good, but she says the only good thing about being fired in front of God and everyone else is, now she can tell Valentin what she really thinks. Valentin says, please do, and she says she should have warned her father that he was after ELQ. Instead, she let him buy her silence. Now her life is a dumpster fire. That’s what she gets for trusting him. He says from his perspective, the only person she has to blame for her wreck of a life is herself. Chase suggests they sit down, and starts to steer Brook away, and Valentin says he doesn’t want her to think he’s unsympathetic to her current situation. If she’d just told him that her voice hadn’t healed, he could have gone to Lucy and made arrangements. Instead, she did whatever the hell this just was, and embarrassed the entire company. She laughs, and says, please. As if Lucy’s never made a public spectacle of herself and he’s never told a lie. He says he didn’t lie to the buyer and get caught. He understands her. she wants to fix everything on her own, so she doesn’t have to admit when something is broken. It worked to his advantage when he made a play for ELQ, but today, it’s the very thing that sunk her.

Anna tells Finn about Maxie and Peter’s genetic screening appointment. She says, there was nothing concerning, but Peter had a marker for rheumatoid arthritis. She knows she doesn’t have it since she got a full genetic workup when she was diagnosed with PV. He says, that means Peter inherited the gene from Faison or… She says, her sister. If Alex has the marker, that means Peter is her son, not Anna’s.

Peter says he can imagine Jackie had some nostalgia for the place she got her start, but she says she has other irons in the fire. She has family of her own there, and she’s interested in the city whether they work together or not. He asks if exposing a philanthropist as a major drug trafficker isn’t high on her to-do list, and she says, if Cyrus is dirty, he’s done an incredible job of covering his tracks. Any investigation would be risky, labor intensive, and costly. He says he’s willing to pay. She and the story are worth it. She says the money isn’t what’s holding her back. It’s him.

Maxie tells Robert, her dad was addicted to adventure. He wasn’t cut out for parenthood, and cut out on his family, but he’s not in the same universe as Faison. Robert says, agreed, and she says she was making a point. Her father is an absentee parent. She’s not. Faison was an evil lunatic, but Peter isn’t. Robert needs to stop worrying. He says, worrying about the people we love comes naturally. It’s what makes them human. She asks, you know what else makes them human? Sharing in joy with others.

Maxie sees Spinelli talking to Brando and squeals that he’s there. Spinelli says, and by fortuitous coincidence, she’s present also. Brando says they know each other? and Maxie says they have a child together; Georgie. Who’s going to be so excited that Spinelli is there. Brando says he’s going to take off, and congratulates Maxie again. Spinelli says, congratulations are in order? He asks if it’s something Georgie will like, and Maxie says, she’ll be over the moon, and not just because she gets to wear a special dress for the occasion. He says he can only surmise she and Peter are getting married.

Carly looks through the photos, and asks if Sonny remembers them. He says he recognizes the old building, but that’s about it. She says he was so young, it’s not surprising he doesn’t remember. He says, objectively, she’s right, but he can’t help thinking about what happened to his dad. When did he know he had a problem? Carly says, that’s a huge leap, going from something he doesn’t remember when he was six, to thinking he has Alzheimer’s, and he says, it’s a question he’s been asking himself since his dad was diagnosed. Is it going to happen to him?

Brando meets Cyrus, and thanks him for getting the cops off his back. He asks how Cyrus managed it, and Cyrus says, he has a voice at the PCPD. Having been unjustly incarcerated himself, he has an affinity for others who might be denied due process. Brando asks, why use that voice for him? and Cyrus says, partly to make amends for Brando landing in the hospital. Brando says, so Cyrus got the guys who beat him up sent away, and got the cops to stop investigating him for the motorcycle crash. That’s a lot of good will on Cyrus’s part. Cyrus says, someone had to step up for him. It was clear Sonny wouldn’t.

Sonny tells Carly, the last few years, he’s been focusing on his dad, but he has been wondering if the Alzheimer’s was passed on to him. She says she’s done some research, and a person with a parent or sibling with Alzheimer’s does have a higher likelihood of developing it, but there are many other factors. He says maybe he should start figuring out the odds; there are tests. She says, they’re not for everyone, but he says, they are an option for people with a family member who has Alzheimer’s.

Spinelli tells Maxie, traditionally, it’s not unusual for someone expecting a baby to wed, but he thought she might take a less conventional route. She says she thought he might step up and be happy for her, but clearly, that’s not what’s going to happen. He says he always wishes for her happiness, but she says, not one more word. She’s the one whose engagement party was just rained on, and now it’s her turn to talk.

Jackie tells Peter, the best publishers she’s worked with stay out of the limelight. He has a bad habit of becoming the story. His father, his kidnapping, his recent arrest… He says he was cleared on all charges, and she says he doesn’t have to sell her on Port Charles or The Invader, but he does have to sell her on himself, so make his pitch. Why should she take a job with him given his reputation? He says, it’s tempting, but he’s not going to pitch her. It’s clear she’s already been given the hard sell by Robert Scorpio.

Anna says, there are cases where one twin acquired a gene, no? and Finn says, there are, but it’s more likely Peter acquired the gene from Faison. She says, then the next step is to find out if Faison had the marker for rheumatoid arthritis. He says, or she could tell Peter the truth. Family secrets can be devastating and they always come out . He thinks Peter should hear it from her. She asks if he’d like to elaborate on why he can’t patch things up with his stepfather, even for Chase.

Valentin says he and Brook aren’t so different. The black sheep of powerful families. Chase says, okay, that’s enough, and Brook says she’s nothing like Valentin. Nothing. He says, methinks the lady doth protest too much, and Chase says, they’ve both said what they had to say. He’s calling this. He tries to get Brook to go, but she says she’s not done. She might be selfish at times, but Valentin is worse. He’s the type of selfish person who believes he’s selfless, and that the things he does for himself are motivated by his love and devotion to others. At least she owns who she is. He smiles, and she asks if something is funny. He says, no. He thinks it’s remarkable that, after everything she’s gone through, she still ahs that spark. He likes it.

Jackie says she never said anything about Robert, and Peter says she didn’t have to. His vendetta and paranoia are all over the conversation. It’s no secret they have a history, and clearly (WOTD) Robert’s opinion matters to her. She says, why shouldn’t it? He might have an attitude, but he’s the closest thing she’s witnessed to an honest to God hero. He says, as opposed to his father. An irredeemable villain who tainted him by association. She asks what good her story would do if it was printed by a publisher her readers didn’t trust. She needs to trust him. He says, trust isn’t won overnight. His numbers are spiking at a time when people are saying print is dead. If that isn’t good enough, he suggests she take a leap of faith

Maxie tells Spinelli, she and Peter are having a child together. She loves him, and asked him to marry her, and he accepted her proposal. It’s a done deal. If she had any doubts, she wouldn’t be marrying him. Can’t that be enough? He doesn’t say anything, and she says, all right then. She won’t ask him to be happy for her. She won’t invite him to the wedding He doesn’t even have to get them a gift, but he does have to be fair to their daughter. That means keeping his opinion about Peter to himself. Do not influence Georgie’s opinion of him. if Spinelli can’t play by her rules, she’ll no longer consider him her friend. She walks away, and walks past Robert at the bar.

Robert goes over to Spinelli, and Spinelli says he guesses Maxie convinced Robert to drop their investigation of Peter.

Brando says he’s not going to talk to Cyrus about Sonny, and Cyrus says, then let’s talk about the job he’s offering. As a driver, among other things. Brando asks, what other things? and Cyrus says Brando is an ex-marine, a combat vet. He could use Brando on his team. Brando is sure it doesn’t hurt that he’s close to Sonny, and Cyrus says he thought Brando didn’t want to talk about Sonny. (D’oh!) Brando say,s Sonny is his cousin and has done a lot for him. It would be wrong of him to work for Cyrus.

Carly says Sonny spent more time with Mike than anyone. He’s just in the beginning stages of grief. Give himself some time before he takes a step like being tested for Alzheimer’s. He says, it’s not just his future at stake. If he knows his status, then Kristina, Donna, and Avery can decide later if they want to get tested. Even Dante. She says, even if he found out Dante was at risk, what good would it do? Dante doesn’t want to talk to anyone in the family. He says, that’s not true anymore.

The doorbell rings, and Olivia answers it. Dante says he’s come back. She throws her arms around him, and hugs him.

Jackie says, Peter wants her to take a leap of faith on him, and he says, he is on her. He’s heard she can be demanding. She says, exacting, and he says, aggressive. She says, persistent, and he says, difficult. She says, the D word. She knows what people say about her. If she was a man, they’d say she was a go-getter. He says, good assessment, but off point. He’s willing to take a risk in spite of her reputation. Why can’t she do the same with him? She says, there would be some conditions. She only works with Lulu, and they only report to him. No editors or middlemen in between. He says, done, and she says, she and Lulu get final copy approval. He says, with his input, but she says, no. Final editorial approval. He says he’s sure they can work something out, and she says, the only thing left to do is set up her expense account. She’s sure he doesn’t mind her writing the drinks off. He says, by all means, and she says, she’s sure this is the start of a beautiful working relationship. He says, God save them both, and excuses himself.

Peter goes over to where Maxie is sitting, and says he takes it Spinelli isn’t thrilled with their engagement. She says, he thinks it’s a disaster. In all fairness, he didn’t use the word disaster, but it was written all over his face. She can’t take it anymore, and gave him an ultimatum. She said he couldn’t influence Georgie’s opinion of Peter, or make anymore ridiculous paranoid accusations. If he does, their friendship is over. She wanted to take it back the second she said it, but she can’t.

Spinelli tells Robert they can’t drop the investigation. Peter has killed in the past, and may very well kill again. Robert asks, what happens if he says that to Maxie? and Spinelli says, she’ll end their friendship and cling more tightly to Peter. Robert says Spinelli has to change his tactics. He has to convince Maxie that she can trust him again. Spinelli asks, how? and Robert says, lie to her.

Valentin goes to Anna’s house, and she tells him they have to make it brief. He says her fiancé doesn’t approve of him, and she says, he’s heard one too many allegations about Valentin’s unsavory past. Most of which are true. He suggests Finn doesn’t like the fact he knows Anna better, and always will. She asks why he’s there, and he says they need to decide how they’re handling her sister. Anna says, maybe they don’t. Since the initial call, she hasn’t tried to make contact. He says, direct contact. There was an attempted ambush in Berlin. She says, according to him. He says he thought he was there because she requested him, but… he starts to leave, and she says she’s sorry. she’s not implying otherwise. It’s just hard to accept that her sister has gone from sabotaging her career to wanting her dead. Valentin has a suggestion. Kill her before she kills Anna. Anna says Alex is her sister. She can’t just… kill her. He says, if she’s playing Alex’s game, it’s the surest way to die, and it looks to him like she is. They’ve lost valuable weeks since the ambush. It gives Alex the advantage of time and momentum. They need to act. If she’s not going to, he will. She asks, why the urgency? and he says if Alex knows he’s involved, then she’s a present danger. Not just to him, but his daughter. He’s not going to let anything happen to Charlotte. Anna seriously doubts Alex gave Valentin or his daughter a second thought. This is about Peter. He says it sounds like she knows something, and she says she does. He says, how about telling him, since she obviously knows more than he does? What is Alex’s fixation with Peter? Anna says, she might be his mother.

Brando tells Cyrus that he’s not betraying Sonny, and Cyrus says, nor should he. He and Sonny called a truce. By taking a job with him, Brando would be a liaison of sorts. Someone to keep the lines of communication open. Brando doesn’t think Sonny would agree with that perspective, and Cyrus says, Sonny’s a practical man. He has no doubt sonny would approve of any arrangement that keeps the peace. Come work for him. Everyone benefits.

Olivia lets Dante in, and says he feels good. Olivia says, the beard is a little scraggly. He does look scraggly, but I like it. He says he wanted to see her first before shaving, and she guesses she raised him right. She’s overcome, and tells him that she doesn’t know what to say. Is he really there? Is he there for good? He says, he’s home, and it’s all because of her.

Carly says, Dante’s home for good? and Sonny says, he’s healing. She says, he’s healthy enough to come home, and Sonny says, they gave him everything he needs to stay healthy. She says, Dante can be tested, and the girls, but the right now, the only opinion that matters is Sonny’s. He says, what if he just wants to do it? and she says, what if he wants to do it, thinking if he has the courage to do it, he’ll get the results he wants? She understands that kind of magical thinking. If I’m brave enough to face the worst, maybe the worst won’t happen. But with Alzheimer’s, it’s hard to know for certain. The tests are narrow in scope and not predictive. He asks what she became a medical professional, and she says she’s not a doctor, but she’s his wife. She doesn’t want him to torture himself about something if he doesn’t have to.

Chase and Brook go back to the bar. He asks if she’s given any more thought to moving back home, but she says she doesn’t think there’s enough room for her and her family. Underneath the bickering, there is a lot of love, but there’s also judgement. She’ll never be equal to Michael, Dillon, or her father, if she doesn’t stand on her own two feet. Even then, they’ll have to come to her with an apology. He says he’s sorry to hear that, because he has more bad news.

Valentin asks what Anna means, Alex is Peter’s mother? and she says, might be. Does he remember the night he got her to admit she had Faison’s baby? He says, of course (🍷) he remembers that night. He watched her unraveling in his living room. Please tell him it was Alex. She says she can’t be certain. He knows she was subjected to memory transfer. Something from Alex was imprinted in her, and this might be it. He says, thank God. This means he didn’t follow her that night. She didn’t sleep with Faison, and he didn’t deliver her baby to Faison. He didn’t betray her. She tells him, stop it. Everything he did was despicable, whether it was to her or Alex. He says, of course (🍷) it was Alex. He thinks he always knew it. She says he knows more than she does, because it’s just a theory. She thinks she might be able to prove it by specific genes, and he says, run all the tests she wants to, but he knows it was Alex; they both know. She would never do the things Alex did. She says, Peter has to believe she’s his mother, and Valentin says, okay. That’s why she’s afraid of Alex. It’s not what Alex will do to her, but to Peter. She’ll tell him the truth. Anna says she doesn’t want him involved with this anymore. It’s her problem, and she’ll handle it now. He asks how? when Finn comes in. Finn says he didn’t realize they had guests, and Valentin says he just dropped by for a quick word with Finn’s fiancé. Finn says, if this is about the planned ambush, he already knows.

Spinelli says, and after he convinces Maxie that he approves of her marriage to that miscreant? Robert says, stay close. She’ll need someone to lean on when the bottom drops out of everything, and it’s going to, because he’s going to make it. Spinelli says, and Robert is going to continue with the investigation? Robert says, Peter is guilty, and he intends to prove it.

Peter says he’s sorry Maxie’s feelings were hurt, and she says, as much as she cares about Spinelli – and she always will – if she has to choose, she chooses him. Spinelli has to see, this time he has to compromise. Spinelli approaches the table, and asks if he could have a moment. He needs to apologize to them both. He never offered his congratulations on their engagement, but offers it now with a full heart. He wishes them every happiness. Peter thanks him, and Maxie says it was beautiful, but what made him change his mind?

Dante says, Olivia saved him. It wasn’t until he heard her that he realized he had to do everything in his power to get home. She needs him; his family needs him. Olivia says she’s his mother, and she’ll always need him, but she didn’t save him. He saved himself. She just let him know he always has a place to live, no matter what. He says he was worried she’d given up on him, and she says she tried, but she knew in her heart that she’d see him again. She has to call Sonny.

Sonny tells Carly, when they buried his dad next to Morgan, he was thinking that Morgan inherited being bi-polar from him, so maybe he inherited Alzheimer’s from his dad. If he did, they’ll deal with it. Carly says, there’s no medication you can take to prevent it. Live a healthy lifestyle. Exercise, which he does, and eat well, which he does. She guesses he could drink less, and he says, maybe he can box more and drink the same. She laughs, and says she thinks one of the greatest things about being a human being is that you don’t know how life will turn out. They have no idea what’s going to happen next. If it were her choice, she wouldn’t want to know, but it’s not her choice; it’s his. He says, something to think about, but not anytime soon. She says, it’s a decision he shouldn’t rush. If he ends up slipping like his dad at some point, promise she’ll tell him. She says she will, and she’ll be by his side the entire time, the way he was with his dad. Always.

Valentin says Finn knows more about the situation than he does, so tell him, is she setting a trap for Alex or not? Anna says, there’s been a change in plans. She’ll deal with her sister herself in her own way. He says he respects her more than she’ll ever know. That’s why it pains him to see her indulge in denial. Her sister has unfinished business with her, and she will be visiting Port Charles. It will either be on her terms or Anna’s.

Chase tells Brook that he needs his couch back; his whole apartment really. She says, but he told her… He says, she could stay until she got back on her feet. She needs to start doing that. She says she just lost her job, and he says he believes in her. He believes she’ll stand on her own, but that doesn’t mean she can’t carve out a place for her family. The longer she lets this fester, the more it will take on a life of its own.

Valentin leaves, and Finn asks if Anna changed her mind. She says she’s changing tactics, and needs his help. She won’t throw Peter’s whole life into question until she’s exhausted every option. He says, what options? Alex is a fugitive, and Faison is dead. She says, dead, yes, but not gone.

Robert asks if Jackie had a nice time cozying up to Peter. She says she’s decided to work with Peter, but not with him. Like she told him, if he wants to dig up dirt on Peter, do it on his own time. He says he intends to, but when she finds something – and she will – she’ll know how important it is that they work together. She’s met his niece, and knows what’s at stake.

Spinelli says, Maxie warned him that his continued actions were ruining their friendship. He had to step back and reassess his priorities. They’re Georgie’s parents, and continue to raise her in mutual admiration and regard. He hopes to regain her trust, and hopes to get Peter’s. Peter says, it’s over; let’s put it behind us. Spinelli says, that’s very gracious, and Peter says it’s all he can do. All he’s ever wanted is to prove himself. Spinelli says he’s done that by making Maxie happy. Maxie asks if that means Spinelli is coming to their wedding and he says she couldn’t keep him away.

Dante tells Olivia, he tried to make Mike’s funeral, but he missed it. Sonny was still there, saying goodbye. She says she saw Sonny afterward, but he didn’t say anything. Dante tells her, he asked Sonny not to. He wanted to see Lulu and the kids first; he didn’t want them to hear it from anyone else. He went to Lulu’s house, and there was someone else there. She says, Dustin, and he says, seems like they’re pretty serious. She says, Dustin doesn’t hold a candle to him, and he thanks her, but says he doesn’t think her opinion is going to make a bias. She says, this can wait until morning, because he’s there. He’s staying there, in this house. They have 20 million guest rooms, and even if they didn’t… He doesn’t know how long she’s waited for this moment. Her baby is home. She hugs him, and says, everything will be okay.

Carly says Sonny was so cute, and he agrees, pointing out his dimples. She bets he was as modest then as he is now, and he says, just about. The doorbell rings, and Sonny goes to get it. It’s Brando, and Sonny asks if he has an update. Brando says he has some news, but sees Carly, and stops talking. Sonny says there are no secrets between them, and Brando says he just met with Cyrus. Cyrus wants to recruit him. Sonny says, good.

Tomorrow, Ava is starting to believe Nikolas cares for her, Nikolas tells someone to take it now or the deal is off, and Sonny tells Julian that he doesn’t have the luxury of turning him down.

🍹 Tonight’s Bravo offering was the season 4 finale of Southern Charm, with Craig, Shep, and the two Toms from Vanderpump Rules watching virtually. Craig and Shep were together; ditto the Toms. The first thing that stood out was how much Tom Sandoval is looking like Freddy Mercury with blond highlights. These guys were way chattier than anyone has been so far, and there was a lot of discussion between boxes. Part of the episode was when the cast went to Key West, and also included a party hosted by JD (bleh). Cameran gave a lecture to a more than hungover Craig, and Shep came by, still keeping the party going. When Shep focused heavily on a sandpiper, Schwartz said, when you’re drunk and hungover like that, there’s a raw appreciation of nature. Ugh. I don’t think I’ll be testing that theory, since just watching Shep brought me back to the couple of times I’ve continued drinking into the next day, and I actually felt a little sick, even though it was many years ago. Sandoval did a lot of fashion critiquing, called out household hints, and had a lot to say about how he would have handled various situations. The Toms also pumped Craig and Shep, who reminded me of frat boys, for information on other cast members. The episode included some high tension between Craig and Naomie, who were seeing each other at the time, and Craig not-so-humble bragged about how he had passed the bar, and was now a lawyer, as it had been a bone of contention with Naomie. While watching Craig tell Naomie how he was done with her criticism, Shep said it was the most boring scene he’d ever seen. He made me laugh, but he also may have been right. When it was over, Craig suggested they watch Vanderpump Rules with the Toms. Sandoval was all for it, but Schwartz said he was out. All in all, it was a fun show.

🐴 Beating a Dead Horse…

Dorinda wanted to make it nice, but needed a vacation.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1195138/dorinda-medley-opens-up-about-her-rhony-exit-for-the-first-time

💔 Millionaire Matchmaker Maybe…

Even if it didn’t work out, he’s still better than Suckerfish Hoppy.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1197260/bethenny-frankel-and-paul-bernon-break-up-after-2-years-of-dating

🩺 Botch This…

I find it highly doubtful Terry would do inferior surgery.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/botched-dr-terry-dubrow-sues-defamation-patient-seeks-10-million-malpractice

📺 Pandemically Canceled…

Some shows that are saying goodbye.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1195388/all-of-the-tv-shows-that-were-forced-to-end-because-of-covid-19

🎼 In Case You Couldn’t Attend…

The winners.

https://parade.com/1103840/parade/billboard-music-awards-2020-winners-list/

And more important, the fashion.

https://parade.com/1104207/paulettecohn/billboard-music-awards-2020-red-carpet-fashion-photos/

What you shouldn’t miss.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/bbma/9465898/billboard-music-awards-cant-miss-moments/

And what you didn’t see.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/bbma/9465931/2020-billboard-music-awards-things-you-didnt-see-on-tv

🗯 What Would Max Do…?

A concise clap back by one of the 2 Broke Girls. She has two words for body shamers, and they’re not happy birthday.

https://pagesix.com/2020/10/14/kat-dennings-tells-billie-eilish-body-shamers-to-f-k-right-off/

📅 When Is a Week Not a Week…?

How is it a week can drag by, yet the month between mortgage payments goes by fast? One of life’s mysteries. Along with how the hell did such a promising number as 2020 treat us so badly? But you’re still here. Keep it up. And while you’re at it, stay safe, stay thinking beyond now, and stay not torturing yourself about things you don’t have to.

Oct9

October 8, 2020 – Funeral For a Much Loved Mike, Twice the Doc, a Sad Goodbye, Tonight’s Bravo, Charm Coming, New On New York, Ones You Should Know & For a Friend

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Carly and Sonny arrive at the church first. A photo of Mike in his tux at the Nurses Ball is on display, along with the flowers. Sonny thanks Carly for putting the photo in a frame. She says she loves that picture of Mike; it shows his personality. Sonny says he stared at Mike’s face for months. He wanted to connect, and there were moments, but… When first saw the picture, it was like something he forgot, but he sees it now. It’s like, oh yeah, it’s his dad.

Ava walks in, and they thank her for coming. Sonny says he appreciates everything she’s done for Avery, and she says she’s glad they can do this together. Kristina comes in, followed by Sam and Jason. Sonny asks how she’s holding up, and Kristina says she’s pretty sad. It helps to know Mike’s not hurting or confused anymore. Sam says if they need a break, she and Jason can greet people, and Jason says, whatever he needs. That goes for Carly too. Sonny asks them to stay close. Dev and Brando are next, and Dev says, Mike was an amazing person. Carly says Dev was good to Mike; Mike loved seeing him. Brando says he was glad he could connect with Mike again, and be back in his life, even for just a little while. Sonny says he’s glad too. Sonny hugs Olivia, who says Sonny was a good son to Mike. Sonny says, not always, but Olivia says, don’t go there. He was there for Mike when Mike needed him the most. Ned waits quietly, and Sonny thanks him for coming. Willow and Michael arrive, and Carly says it’s good to see them both. Michael says if they need him or Willow to do anything, like greet people… but Carly says Sam and Jason already offered. Michael asks how she is, and she says she’s hanging in there. Michael tells Sonny that he loves him, and Sonny says, that’s what gets him through it.

Stella lights a candle, and Carly thanks her for being there. Not just because of what she did for Mike, but for the entire family. Stella says, Mike was an amazing human being. It was gratifying to see him surrounded with love, and given a peaceful passing. Sonny says Stella taught him how to help Mike in his last days. He appreciates that, and won’t forget – ever. She says he’s very welcome.

Josslyn comes in with Jax, and hugs Carly. She tells Sonny that she hopes he knows how much she loved Mike. Sonny says his dad loved her too. Jax says he’s truly sorry for their loss, and Sonny thanks him. Brook follows, and tells Sonny, Mike was one in a million. Diane hugs Sonny, and says he has her deepest condolences. Carly thanks her, and Sonny says, thanks for defending Mike, and cleaning up his messes. She says it was her honor to help, and Sonny excuses himself. Diane asks how Carly is doing, and Carly says she’s fine. Diane says she can’t imagine any of this is easy. She know Carly has friends and a support system, but if she ever needs a drink or five, and needs to vent, she’s there. Carly thanks her.

Sonny tells Elizabeth that he appreciates how good she was to his dad. She cared for him, and visited him at Turning Woods. She went above and beyond. Elizabeth says, Mike was important to her too, and Sonny says he also wants to thank her for speaking up during Mike’s last trip to the hospital. She advised Sonny that he shouldn’t put a feeding tube in Mike. He guesses he just wanted Mike with him so bad, and she let him know it wasn’t fair. Elizabeth says she’s glad if anything she said was helpful, but she thinks Sonny would have come to that decision on his own. He was in tune with his dad. Sonny says he hopes he did what Mike wanted, and Elizabeth says, it’s an awful, relentless disease. It would be understandable if he’d pulled away when Mike deteriorated, but he didn’t. He never faltered, and gave Mike the best of himself. He has nothing to regret.

The priest tells everyone to be seated, and Michael goes to the front. He says, behalf of the family, he thanks them for being there to remember Mike, and celebrate Mike’s life. Celebration is key, as they know Mike loved to party. He’d like them all to raise a glass, watch a baseball game, or a horserace in his honor. It’s okay to cry. Mike would be fine with that, as long as they laughed more. That was Mike’s way. Mike went through hard times, some of his own making, and had a lot of regrets, but his grandfather never shied away from life or played it safe. He took chances, and gave generously. He failed at times, but knew in the end, it’s not whether you win or lose; it’s the people you know along the way, and the lives you touch. The ones who you love and who love you. He loved all of them very much. Michael goes over to the casket, and touches it.

Olivia tells them, she wants to say a few words about Mike on behalf of her son Dante, Mike’s oldest grandson. Dante only got to know Mike after he’d been diagnosed, but they managed to form a special bond. She feels like she’s known Mike all her life. He was a generous man; easy going, a glass half full kind of guy. He had a fierce temper when he was pushed too far, like her son. He got in a scrape with the law, and had to spend a night in lockup. Dante spent the whole evening in lockup with his grandfather. She figured Dante was being a nice guy, but he told her it was a privilege to spend the night with Mike, just to be able talk and spend time together. She cries a little, and says, the thing about that night…  Time spent with Mike was never wasted. Their lives are much richer for having known him.

Ava gets up, and says she’s there on behalf of her daughter Avery, Mike’s second youngest grandchild. Avery adored her grandfather; it was a mutual admiration society. When Mike was able to, he played tea party with her, pushed her on the swing, helped her blow bubbles, and told her marvelous stories about when he was a boy. He talked to Avery about horses; she liked that. When he moved to Turning Woods, Avery looked forward to her visits with him. She was never frightened. Even when he wasn’t as able to focus or communicate, he always had a big smile for her. He was truly the bright light in Avery’s life, and she knows Avery will never forget him.

Elizabeth is next. She says Mike was around a lot when she was a teenager. He watched her, Lucky, Emily, and Nikolas strolling through their high school adolescence. They always had problems and personal drama. Looking back, Mike was a wise man with a lot of experience to share. You’d think he would have jumped in and told them what to do, but he didn’t. Instead, he listened and offered support, and let them figure out how to do it on their own. It wasn’t until years later when Mike came back to Port Charles, that she realized how much she missed him. She flashes back to Mike telling her that she’s impossible to forget. She calls him a charmer, and he says, for now. In time, he’ll forget her. At least that’s what they tell him. It’s a damn shame. She tells them, sometimes he struggled to recognize her, but when he did, he’d give her that smile, and it was like no time had passed at all.

Brando gets up, and says he didn’t get a lot of time with Mike; in the summer when he was a kid, and the last few months. Enough time to teach Brando the important things. First, family. Family matters, even when you wished they weren’t your family. Second, you have less time than you think. Don’t waste it carrying grudges, and trying to control things you can’t. Third, everyone makes mistakes. Learn from them; wisdom comes from experience. Make the most of learning, be kind and tolerant. Mike knew how to value what really matters.

Jason goes to the front, and says he met Mike at Luke’s club. Mike was tending bar when Sonny gave Jason his first job there parking cars. Mike was easy to work with. He always liked Mike and considered him a friend, but it wasn’t until a couple years ago when he started to appreciate Mike’s courage. Mike made a terrible mistake when Sonny was a kid. He couldn’t face his failure, so he ran away. He could have run forever, but he didn’t; he stopped. Mike made his way back to Sonny, and tried to make amends. It wasn’t easy for Mike or Sonny because Mike made a lot of mistakes, but he never quit. Sonny flashes back to Mike saying Sonny doesn’t owe him anything. He abandoned Sonny, when Sonny’s mother left him for that bastard Deke. He should have done better. Sonny says, he tried, but Mike says, not often enough. He tried to watch out for Sonny. Jason says, Mike had true courage. He had the strength and humility to face the damage he’d done. He refused to give up on the people he loved, or himself. Mike was one of the bravest people he ever knew.

Stella takes the podium, and says they’re a profoundly lucky group. Most of them knew Mike for many years. She had the privilege of calling Mike her friend for a short time, and what a friend he was. Even as he struggled, he took the time to cultivate people. He cultivated her. No visit passed without an in depth inquiry about her life. He helped her when she was down, and celebrated with her when she was up. He was an extrovert in the best way. He couldn’t help but engage and connect. There were facets of Mike she wasn’t privy to. Every family has tension, and he never pretended his was ideal. He had loyalty, and fought a decades long battle with a gambling addiction. When he returned, Sonny was with his father every step of way. She flashes back to telling Sonny, no one can overpower Alzheimer’s. It doesn’t bend to anyone’s will, not even his. He can’t help his father if he can’t help himself. She says, no one can beat Alzheimer’s, but Mike hung on for as long as he could for Sonny’s sake. Sonny chose to let Mike leave with dignity. In her book, father and son fought Alzheimer’s to a draw.

Sam goes up, and says she appreciated Mike’s great sense of humor, and the way he never ever judged anyone. He didn’t assume to know anyone’s motives, and never put himself in a position to criticize their choices. He knew they all have faults, and they all do things they regret, but if you take a second to laugh at the situation, even if it’s at yourself, you can find perspective and move forward. It may not be what you wanted or how you planned it, but you adjust and keep going. And that’s the example Mike set for her; one she’ll always treasure.

It’s Carly’s turn. She says, when Sonny brought Mike home after he was diagnosed, she was terrified. Terrified of the disease, and what it would do to Mike. She was afraid of Mike deteriorating, and what it would do to her family. She wasn’t sure she could handle it. She couldn’t have been more wrong. There were hard and painful moments, but so many wonderful times when Mike was still himself. The pleasure of his company during holidays and family gatherings. They were only complete because he was in the room. Even when he started to slip away, he still loved great music, good food, and being with people he loved. Shortly before he passed they got him to the track to be with the horses he loved. He was so present, alert, and aware that afternoon. It was Sonny’s idea. Sonny was the one who cared for Mike, and mended what was broken between them. Sonny was the one who gave Mike the forgiveness and love he needed. She tells Sonny that she loves him, and he mouths, I love you too.   

Sonny gets himself together, and goes up front. He says, it’s been a difficult week. He didn’t think he could come up there. He still doesn’t know if he can, but he had to come up. He wants to thank everybody for coming and being in his father’s life. They had the most beautiful words for his father. For years, he had a lot of bad feelings toward his father. He couldn’t see Mike for who he was. He didn’t want to. He had his own issues for a long time, and couldn’t admit it. He had a lot of anger, and all he did was judge. It took this illness, Alzheimer’s – one of the hardest things he’s been through – to see his dad for who he was, an amazing man. He’s so proud of his dad. He didn’t make it easy on Mike, but he was there for Mike in the end. And the most beautiful thing is, Mike was there for Sonny in the end. Carly smiles through her tears, and Sonny says he’ll always be grateful for that. He looks at Mike’s picture, and says, I love you, dad.

Josslyn gets up next. She says, Mike loved music. He said it was one of the great joys of life. It could make a good moment better, or a bad moment bearable. He said it can fulfill you when nothing else can, so this is for him. She sings (sounds like the title is Stronger Than Before, but I really have no clue), and flashes back to Mike telling Dev to be a gentleman and get her home safe. As Josslyn sings, Stella recalls Mike asking her to promise when he can no longer remember her, that she’ll remember how much he wanted to. Michael remembers Mike telling him to do them both a favor, and live a long full life. Carly flashes back to Mike saying he wishes he could click his heels together and find his way back to himself, and her telling Mike that he’ll always be him. He’ll always be family; that’s all that matters. She puts her arms around him and Sonny, and kisses their cheeks. Sonny remembers Mike suggesting they head to the city and take in a game at Yankee Stadium. Sonny says Mike used to promise that all the time, and Mike says, now they can do it. Sonny says, deal, and they shake hands. Josslyn starts to cry as she sings, but makes it to the end of the song.

Carly asks if Sonny thinks it was the right decision, putting Mike next to Morgan. Sonny says, the way he sees it, Mike and Morgan are together. It was a good service. Everybody wasn’t just saying words; they really appreciated his dad. She says his dad had a lot of friends. So does he. People will be showing up at the MetroCourt for the reception soon. He asks if she can get a ride. He’d like to take a minute alone. She tells him, take all the time he needs. I guess they’re not going to the cemetery first?

Sonny sits, and says, it’s time to let go, dad. Ain’t that a kick in the pants? For so long he pushed Mike away, and now he doesn’t want Mike to go. Because of his anger… He can’t take it back now. Mike sits next to Sonny, and says, do him a favor. Don’t be romanticizing him. Sonny had every right to that anger. Mike walked out on him. Sonny says he keeps seeing Mike like he did when he was a little boy. It took him a long time to understand life doesn’t give you what you intend. It makes you do things you don’t want to do. He never had the right to judge Mike. He should have respected Mike coming back. He should have told Mike that he loved him. Mike says he did. Sonny showed him in a thousand ways, big and small. Sonny says, not soon enough, but Mike says Sonny took him back. Over and over, Sonny paid his debts, bailed him out of trouble, and sent him to rehab – more than once. He brought Mike home to be with his family while he could still enjoy them. The greatest thing Sonny did was forgive him. So now he wants Sonny to forgive himself. Sonny says he should have been better. Mike says he loves Sonny. Sonny supported him, and stayed with him to the end. No child can do more than that for their parent. It made him very proud. He touches Sonny’s arm, and gets up. Sonny says he’s going to miss Mike, and Mike says he’ll always be with Sonny.

Mike kisses Sonny’s forehead and walks to the door. Sonny watches him go outside. Mike puts on his sharp cap, says, I love you son, and disappears into a bright light. Sonny says, I love you too, dad. He blesses himself, and he’s about to leave, when Dante walks in.

Very nice episode.

Tomorrow, Ava tells Trina to use her anger, Lulu asks if Dustin is ready to take the next step, Jason tells Brando it’s Sonny’s call not his, and Sonny tells Dante that he’s right on time.

👬 Double Duty…

All about Ryan Chamberlain. I love Jon Lindstrom in these roles. You know he’s having a good time when he’s Ryan.

What Happened to Ryan Chamberlain on GENERAL HOSPITAL

😥 Another Daytime Loss…

I kinda sorta remember him from somewhere. Such a shame.

Soap Actor Ben Jorgensen Dead at 51

📺 Tonight on Bravo, Craig and Sonja watched, and made commentary on, the season 3 finale of Southern Charm, when Kathryn had it out with Landon at some party. This was followed by Best of Leah Moments, with Leah, Ramona, and LuAnn watching remotely. I felt like I just saw all that, and wondered if they couldn’t have come up with something more creative. Leah talked about her first season experience, saying the first words that came to mind were batsh*t crazy. Ramona actually seemed more likeable, which was odd. Both she and LuAnn agreed Leah handled the reunion well. It had been the first in-person reunion since the pandemic, and Leah said it meant a lot that it was in person. Her final words? I came, I saw, and bitch, I elevate this sh*t.

🍹 Southern Charm’s new season begins Thursday, October 29th, 9 pm. It’s a shame Naomie and Cameran won’t be on this time around, but I’ll mostly miss Naomie’s boyfriend Metul, who introduced me to butter chicken.

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/southern-charm-season-7-cast-premiere-date-trailer

🗽 But Will She Make It Nice…?

They all say they keep it real. My jury is out until I see it.

https://people.com/tv/eboni-k-williams-says-shes-thrilled-and-honored-to-be-rhonys-first-black-housewife/

https://extratv.com/2020/10/08/new-castmate-eboni-k-williams-joins-the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city/

🥾 A Salute…

Some ladies you should know about.

https://www.aish.com/ci/s/The-Unsung-Black-Female-Soldiers-of-WWII.html

✈️ Jetting…

It was a lovely funeral, but I must say goodnight. Tune in tomorrow for Friday’s GH, tea, and knowledge. Until then, stay safe, stay authentic, and stay refusing to give up on those you love or yourself.

Oct2

October 1, 2020 – Surprise! The Friends Head To Homecoming, Harika, RHONY Memory Lane, New Icon, a Promo, a Promise, an Accusation, She Was Pushed, a Sequel, Halloween Viewing, So It Starts & Amy Sings

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What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Well, this was a surprise. Both the soap sites and the digital guide claimed MLB would be on today. The iffy day was Friday. Ten minutes after 3, I said to myself, I should check, and GH was on. So I missed that ten minutes, but here are the takeaway points. Brando brought Dev to Jax’s for the pre-homecoming thing. Before Brando went inside, Cyrus called him, and said some of his men went rogue, and were the ones who beat Brando up. Nice try. Cyrus wanted to make it up to Brando, by getting him some new shop equipment, but Brando said no. Cyrus wanted Brando on his team (even mobsters use Zoomspeak now), and when Brando asked, which one? Cyrus said they’d talk, and went into Charlie’s. Sam was following Jason, who was following Cyrus. In the bar, Cyrus told Julian that if he needed help, just ask for it. Nina called Ava, who was at Windymere, wondering what was going on with the blackmailer thing. Ava acted like it was all good, but said she didn’t want to talk about it right then, and didn’t want to give Nikolas any ammunition. That’s about all you need to know. Here’s where I came in…

Nikolas goes through the mail, and pulls something out. Ava asks if something is wrong, and he asks how she could do this behind his back.

Jason and Sam look peek in the window at Charlie’s, and see Julian with Cyrus. Sam wonders why Cyrus is there, and Jason tells her that Julian had dabbled in drug trafficking long ago. Maybe Cyrus is trying to recruit him. Sam says, there’s one way to find out.  

At Jax’s place, Carly takes a ton of pictures of the kids, who are ready for homecoming. She says Sonny is going to love them. Jax asks how Carly is feeling, now that she knows Nelle was found. She says she’s relieved. She hated keeping it from Sonny, but she did it because of Mike. She’s not sure now was the time to tell Sonny, because Mike’s passing is so recent, but Jason made her realize she was robbing Sonny of the chance to be able to support her. They’ve had too many secrets between them. Jax says he hates keeping a secret from Nina; the last thing she needs is another Valentin. But if it comes out that he helped cover it up, he doesn’t want Nina being pulled in as an accessory. Carly says, that won’t happen; there’s no evidence to be found. He says Nina couldn’t help being sympathetic to Nelle, at least on the level of being a mom who wanted to be with her child. Nelle’s death hit her hard. Portia overhears, and asks how Nelle died. Carly says, her body was found on the Pennsylvania side of the river (🍷), but no cause death has been determined yet. Elizabeth says she’s glad they found Nelle. Everyone will have closure, including Wiley. Now Carly doesn’t have to look over her shoulder. Josslyn asks what they’re talking about, and Carly says, how beautiful she looks. Jax says homecoming is going to start soon, but Josslyn says he knows they can’t be the first ones there.  

Cameron asks how Trina is feeling. She asks if he means about going to the dance, since the last time, they were kidnapped and her dad was killed. He says, sorry. Sometimes he should just shut up. She says, sometimes he should, but not this time. It’s hard, but the only thing she needs to feel safe is him. Dev hears them, and tells Josslyn that she looks… some word that sounds like eureka. He says, too bad Mike isn’t there to see her. She says she’s hoping he can. She hopes Mike is looking down, and telling her to have fun. He says he didn’t mean to bring it up, but she says she’s glad to hear about Mike. She goes to join the others, and he looks after her longingly.

Ava tells Nikolas that she can explain, and he says, $10,000 for sheets and bedding? She says she has sensitive skin. Besides, they can afford it. He says not if she keeps throwing his money away on pointless extravagances. She says she expected a certain lifestyle when she moved there. He says cotton sheets were fine in Sonny’s cabin. She could have been sleeping on straw. She asks what that’s supposed to mean, and he says when they were having sex, the thread count was the last thing on her mind. She tells him, says you, and he says sex wasn’t part of the contract. She says she hasn’t forgotten that; she just hasn’t given it much thought. He asks if she regrets sleeping with him.

Sam and Jason go into Charlie’s, and Cyrus says, a pleasure, as always. Sam asks to talk to Julian privately, and Cyrus says, of course (🍷). He says he was sorry to hear about Mike. Family is precious. It’s terrible to lose someone you love.

Julian asks Sam to what he owes the pleasure, and she says she’ll cut to the chase. What’s the deal with Cyrus? He knows Cyrus is a drug trafficker and murderer. She doesn’t believe he just came in for a beer. He says, even kingpins get thirsty. He tells her, Cyrus expressed interest in buying Charlie’s, but he turned Cyrus down. Sam asks why Cyrus is still there, and he says hell if he knows. He’s in no position to turn away business, and doesn’t appreciate the sudden interest. He has to wonder why she’s wasting her time interrogating him, when she should be focusing on her mother. Cyrus tells Jason, his deepest sympathies about the ordeal everyone has gone through, especially Sonny. He must have been torn between his professional demands and his father’s last days. Did his business suffer? Cyrus answers his own question, saying, of course (🍷) not. Jason has Sonny’s back, but there has been trouble, hasn’t there? Jason says he doesn’t know what Cyrus is talking about, and Cyrus says he’s referring to the vicious attack on Brando. It was lucky Jason arrived before Brando was seriously hurt. Jason says Brando insists he can take care of himself, which is fine by him. Cyrus asks if Brando hasn’t been taken under the Corinthos wing.

Brando says he saw Dev talking to Josslyn. He’s no expert, but it looked like there was a connection. Dev asks if Brando really thinks so, and Brando tells him, relax and be himself. He’s got a big night ahead.   

Portia wonders if she’s doing the right thing, letting Trina go, and Elizabeth says she’s not going to lie. She’s spent some sleepless nights over it, but she thinks they’re ready. Portia says they are ready, but at least she and Elizabeth are chaperones; chaperones with benefits. Carly tells the kids that Tony is ready with the car, and Jax says, no drinking. Josslyn says she learned her lesson last time, and Cameron says he did too. Carly says, no leaving the dance without Tony, and Jax says, the same rule applies after the dance. Wherever they go to eat, Tony will be watching from a discreet distance. Josslyn suggests they include Tony in the photos, since he’s part of the night. Carly says she told Sonny that she’s going to capture every moment, but Josslyn says he hardly needs more photos. Carly says she doesn’t think so. She tells them to smile, and show how happy they are. The kids pose as she takes more pictures.

Ava asks if Nikolas regrets sleeping together, but he says he asked her first.  She says Nina thinks she’s crazy, and he says, she told Nina? Ava says, they’re friends now, and he says, if what they did was so unimportant, why confide in Nina? She says, unlike him, she happens to have friends who care about her life. He says he’s not surprised Nina thought she was crazy, bringing sex into an arranged marriage from hell. She says as she recalls, there were two of them, and he didn’t object. He says, point taken, and she asks what they do now. He says, go back to the way things were, and she says, just forget they ever had sex? Nikolas smiles.

Julian says he heard Alexis was with Neil when he died from an OD, yet Sam is focusing on him being at the pub with Cyrus. Sam says she thinks he’s up to no good. If he had anything to do with Nelle’s death, it will mean war with Sonny. He says she’s worried Jason would get caught in the crossfire. It’s a valid concern. The best way to take Sonny out would be to take Jason out first. She asks if he’s speaking about Cyrus, or his own experience. He says it’s not his battle. He’s washing his hands of any blood Sonny wants. He’s got his own problems. He excuses himself, and walks away.

Cyrus tells Jason, it sounds like Sonny and his cousin aren’t getting along, and Jason says he can think what he wants. Cyrus says he heard about Dr. Bern… Mr. Bern. He lost his license, then he died from a drug overdose. It’s a terrible shame. Sam says they were all shocked that Neil was using hard drugs. Cyrus wouldn’t happen to know where Neil would have gotten those, would he?

At The Haunted Star, Trina says Portia and Elizabeth aren’t walking in with them, are they? Portia tells her to go in; she and Elizabeth have some catching up to do. They won’t be long. On the way in, Cameron asks how Trina is holding up? She says she’s smiling, right? and he follows her in. Portia tells Elizabeth, it’s taking every ounce of restraint in her being to let Trina out of her sight. Elizabeth is glad she’s not the only one, and Portia suggests they talk about something other than the kids. Elizabeth says she did want talk someone; Britt. Portia says she’s so sorry Elizabeth’s hours were cut, but Elizabeth says she doesn’t have to apologize. Portia says she went to bat for Elizabeth and Epiphany, but she was overruled. Elizabeth says she and Britt have a history. She’s sure that’s one reason. Portia says she’s an excellent nurse. Britt must have an outside vendetta. What reason would she have to sideline them? Elizabeth flashes back to telling Jason what happened, and saying she thinks Britt is trying to get rid of the old guard; the people who know how the hospital is run. Jason says, that makes sense, and it’s no secret the both of them are close with him and Sonny. Cyrus wants them away from whatever he’s planning. Elizabeth tells Portia it’s got nothing to do with her. She’s glad Portia remained in her position at the hospital. They need doctors like her. Portia wonders if Britt knows what she’s getting into. Being Cyrus’s puppet sounds like a dangerous job to her.

Carly told Brando that Dev looked adorable, and Brando suggested Carly not say that to Dev’s face. Carly says it’s great that Brando is looking out for Dev, and he says, Dev is a likeable kid. Although he wears his heart on his sleeve. He thanks Carly for inviting him to the festivities. He had a better time than he thought he would. She says he’s family now. He’s going to get invited to come to events like this whether he wants to or not.  

Jax asks if Nina is okay, and she says she’s just being silly. He says, tell him, and she says she was wondering if her son or daughter had a night like this. He says he hopes so, and she says she does too. She hopes they’ve had a happy, normal life. She just wishes she could be a part of it.   

Josslyn and Dev walk out on deck, and Josslyn says she’s glad to have a social life after being stuck under house arrest for so long. Dev says, Sonny’s house and grounds are huge, but he still felt confined. She says she’s glad he was there with her, and he says she was glad for someone else to talk to other than her family and the guards. She says he made her laugh, and he tells her that he’s glad he was good for something. She says they’ve been through a lot together, and he tells her again that she looks eureka. She hopes that’s good, and he says, it means gorgeous, which she is even when she’s not dressed up. An aside here. I looked this up, and the word for gorgeous in Turkish is muhteşem, which doesn’t sound like eureka to me. (See more on this below.) Josslyn tells him, that’s what it means to be part of a family; you ignore the messy hair and bunny slippers. He says he knows they’re pretending to be cousins, but he doesn’t see her that way. Not anymore.

Dev says he wants to tell Josslyn… something. She says he might not be her cousin, but she’s happy being his friend. It’s a good thing they get along. She tells him that she said she’d catch up with Dena and Kelsey from volleyball, so she’s going over to say hi.  

Cyrus says he’s not sure why Sam would think he knows the drug habits of her mother’s late beau. Sam says maybe he should think harder, and he asks, what’s her point? He reminds her that the charges were dropped that the late DEA agent Taggert and his associates trumped up. He says, this is his cue to leave, but do give her mother his condolences. Sam laughs, and tells him, mention her mother again, and they’ll have a problem. He says he sees, and leaves. Sam tells Jason that she doesn’t like what’s happening here. Apparently, Cyrus tried to buy the bar. His mentioning her mother made her feel like he was taunting her. Jason says, he was definitely pushing the boundaries of the agreement. She asks if Sonny knows, and Jason says, he will.

Trina sits alone, and Cameron brings her some punch. He says, talk to him; what’s up? She says, it turns out homecoming was a big mistake, and he says he gets it. Her dad passed away, and she feels guilty. She suggests he set up a booth in the corner, and he says her dad would want her to live her life and be happy. It’s okay to miss him when she’s hanging out with friends. She says she wishes that night… She’s got to go. He asks her not to leave, but she says she needs a minute, and says, promise she’ll be back. She does, and hands him her drink before she runs out.

Elizabeth says, having Cyrus as Chairman of the Board is bad, right? and Portia says, it’s worse than she can possibly imagine. Elizabeth says she knows Cyrus killed Portia’s ex, and kidnapped her daughter… Portia says, and Elizabeth’s son. Elizabeth says they’re supposed to say allegedly. She can’t imagine what it’s like dealing with him. Portia says Elizabeth has no idea, and thanks her for checking in and caring. Elizabeth says, the good guys have to stick together, and watch each other’s backs. Is she in? Portia says, does Elizabeth have to ask? They go onto the boat.

Cameron asks if Dev has seen Josslyn, and Dev says, she was talking to her friends from volleyball. Cameron says he was talking to Trina, but she ran off. He needs to find her.  

Ava tells Nikolas, their marriage is a business arrangement, so sex ought to be off the table. He asks if that’s what she wants, and she asks what he wants. They’re about to kiss, when there’s a knock at the door. Nikolas answers, and it’s Julian. Julian asks if his sister is there, and Ava asks, what’s wrong? He says he needs to talk in private, and slams the living room door in Nikolas’s face. He tells Ava that he’s in trouble, and needs her help.

Brando asks Carly if Jason is with Sonny, but she says she doesn’t think so; why? He says there’s something he wants to talk to Jason about, but it’s not important. Jax asks if anyone wants something else to drink, and Brando says he should be heading out. He thanks Jax for hosting, and Jax thanks him for coming, and says he’ll walk Brando to his car. Nina says she’ll understand if Carly cried, and Carly says if she had, Josslyn would have ignored her for a month. Nina says, the kids probably won’t realize what this night means for years; it’s a watershed moment, even though they think it’s a night out with friends having a good time. She can picture her own child with them, although she knows they’re not the same age. Carly says she missed that moment, but Charlotte will be in high school soon and have her own homecoming. Nina says, that’s unacceptable. Charlotte has to remain a little girl forever. Carly says, damn kids. They grow up anyway. Nina says she’ll be happy to see her child grown up. Thanks to Jax, she’s a little closer. Carly says, tell her about it, and Nina says, there was a nurse named Phyllis Caulfield. She was kind and caring, and seemed like she cared about Nina as a person. She and Jax went to New York and found the jeweler who divided her pendant, and he had an order from 1991 under the name of Phyllis Caulfield. Carly says, the woman who took care of Nina when she was in a coma? and Nina says, her theory and hope is that Phyllis had the pendant divided, one for her and one for her child. If that’s the case, Phyllis may know where her child is now.

Cameron finds Josslyn, and asks if she’s seen Trina. Josslyn says, no; why? and he says, she kind of ran off. They were talking, and she said she’d be back, but she seemed upset. He feels like she shouldn’t be alone. Does Josslyn think he’s overreacting? Josslyn says, no. He’s being a great friend. He thanks her, and says, it’s tough figuring out the right thing to do. She says, tell her about it. At the end of the day, you’ve got to be honest with yourself and the people around you, and follow your heart. He asks if that’s another way of saying, don’t second-guess yourself, and she supposes it is. He asks what she’s doing out there. Dev said she was talking to friends. She says she was, but she needed some fresh air. He asks, what’s up? and she says she’s just tired of letting people down. He asks, when has that ever happened? and she says she can’t always be what people expect. He asks why she’d want to; she’s amazing the way she is. He asks if she remembers when they were counselor’s for Lila’s Kids. There was a kid who was getting bullied. She says, Bijou, and he says Josslyn took Bijou under her wing, and made her feel like she was Josslyn’s best friend. Josslyn says, she was a sweet kid, and he says, Josslyn was the coolest counselor. By the end of the summer, everyone wanted to be friends with Bijou because of her. Has anyone else done the same? He says, at the risk of sounding incredibly dorky, he’s glad she’s always been in his life. She says, it’s not dorky. She’s glad he’s in her life too. He says, just so she knows, she could never let him down. She asks if he means that, and he says, absolutely.

On the phone with Sonny, Jason says there’s been an update in regard to Cyrus. Can Sonny meet with him?  

Jax asks what he missed, and Nina says she was bringing Carly up to speed on her search for her daughter, and how he’s helping. She knows it’s a long shot. What are the odds Phyllis would know her child’s whereabouts after all these years? Carly says she and Bobbie found each other years after she’d given up. Nina says they had a rough start, and Carly says look at them now. She can’t imagine life without her mom. Nina says, what if she chases her dream, and instead of a pot of gold, she finds nothing? Jax says, if she stops looking, she’ll never know. Carly says she doesn’t know if Nina’s child had a good or bad life, but she knows Nina has to find them – for their sake. They need to know who their mother is, and how they want be in her life, whatever way works for them. They need to know where they came from. Where they got their eyes; where they got their nose; where they got their crazy hair. Why they’re a terrific dancer. Carly takes Nina’s hand, and says Nina deserves to be a mother.

Dev finds Trina and asks where she went; Cameron was looking for her. She says she tried to rally, but she’s not going to make it. It’s too hard. Her stomach hurts, and she’s going home. He says she should tell Josslyn and Cameron she’s leaving. I’m adding, and her mother. She asks if he has any idea where they are.

Josslyn says they should head back, and Cameron says they should. He moves in for a kiss, confusing the hell out of me.

Ava says Julian came barging in like his hair was on fire; he’s not very subtle. He says it’s about Nelle. She never gave Martin the letter. Someone else has the proof that he was in on the plot to keep Sonny’s grandson from him. She asks, who? and he says, it could be Nelle’s manicurist for all he knows. Nikolas walks in, and Ava says, it’s a private conversation. He says, too bad. This is his living room. Ava says it’s her living room too. There are fifty other rooms in the house, and he has to be there now? Nikolas says, clearly they don’t want him knowing what’s going on. Well, yeah. FYI, Nikolas, that’s why it’s called a private conversation.

Ava gets a call from an unknown number. She answers, and an operator says she has a collect call from Pentenville from Ryan Chamberlain. Will she accept the charges?

Just for the record, it would have said Pentenville, not Unknown. I know. I once got a call from someone in the slammer. Not for anything huge.   

There was no preview. Your guess is as good as mine whether it’s on tomorrow, but I’ll be prepared. It wasn’t supposed to be on today, so they are playing with us. Stay strong.

📑 About that word. It wasn’t eureka; it was harika. While I was rooting around, trying to find out what happened in the first ten minutes without actually having to watch it, some diligent recapper surprised me by including it. However, it still doesn’t mean gorgeous, as Dev said. According to Google’s Turkish to English translator, It means great. I know. I’m hopeless, and such a nerd.

🗽 Tonight’s Bravo offering was The Real Housewives of New York City: Secrets Revealed. They’ve started to get a little better with these shows, experimenting with format, although there’s never anything particularly shocking or revealing. Leah talked about her rookie season being a roller coaster ride of emotions. We saw Ramona melting down over men, Dorinda being angry, and a lot of eating. Personally, now that the seasons of RHONY and RHOBH are over, I’m trying to stay away from the vanilla wafers. Dorinda and LuAnn had an egg-off, where LuAnn’s eggsà la Française competed against Dorinda’s scrambled then poached eggs. She explained how she makes this fluffiest-of-all egg concoctions, but she lost me halfway through. It was declared a tie, and Sonja informed us, nobody loses because everyone gets eggs. I could agree with that, although in her interview, Leah said she didn’t like either one, and preferred her own. She gave no recipe though. They did a segment with never before seen footage, and a multiple choice Guess What Happens Next? Nothing very telling or exciting, although it was interesting to see Sonja and Ramona – two grown women – hide under a restaurant table in Newport when they wanted to extract themselves from a conversation. We watched how the women keep in shape, and Leah and Sonja went to a workout that uses electroshock. I’ve seen this technique before, and I’m not so sure I’d do it. Sonja tried to sneak out, and it reminded me of the time I took a dance class with a friend who suddenly hurt their ankle – <making an I don’t think so face> – and left me to fumble along fend for myself. There were outtakes from interviews; interruptions, words mispronounced, and made up words. The women talked about their interview outfits throughout the seasons, and how their styles had changed. There were dating tips, but no advice you’d actually want to take.

Andy and Ramona walked through the set from the last reunion, and Andy pointed out artifacts from reunions past. We also saw clips from the moments he mentioned, like when Ramona walked off after Alex’s nude photos were brought up during the first reunion. Tinsley said the only redeeming factor of the reunion was getting to wear a big glamorous dress. She claimed she wouldn’t want to have an argument in jeans and a T-shirt, but she could do it in a ballgown. I laughed at the waiter at one of their lunches desperately trying to find out if they wanted still or sparkling water, while Dorinda prattled on about Ramona eating too many oysters, and saying Ramona was going to turn into a huge vagina. We saw other innocent bystanders as well, including Martini Mike, who apparently became an instant icon (see below). Dorinda told us, when they were in the groove, it didn’t matter what was going on around them.

All in all, the show wasn’t a bad thing to watch, but nothing new to see here. Except Martini Mike.

🏥 And Away We Go…

A new promo from your favorite hospital.

Watch GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Exciting New Promo!

🏍 The Man In Black Stays…

Jason never breaks a promise.

Steve Burton Promises He’s Staying on GH “for a Long Time”

👠 Not Having It…

The ball is now back in NeNe’s court.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/30/madina-milana-accuses-nene-leakes-of-cheating-on-husband-with-french-montana/

🛣 Pick a Lane…

Now she says she was pushed out. Please pick a reason you left, and stick with it.

https://extratv.com/2020/10/01/nene-leakes-opens-up-about-rhoa-exit-says-she-was-pushed-out/

🧹 Double the Fun…

Bette’s excited to fly again.

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/hocus-pocus-sequel-bette-midler-return-confirmed-talks-excitement/

🎃 Halloween Hijinks…

Seasonal fare for free from Peacock.

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/peacock-halloween-movies-streaming-best-highlights-october/

And not so free from Disney Plus.

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/disney-plus-halloween-streaming-movies-tv-shows/

👺 It’s Never Too Early…

October is here, so as far as I’m concerned, Halloween is too. I love these weird vintage Halloween costumes. If I saw anything like this coming down the street, I’d pee myself and run for my life. Yet I can’t look away.

🌆 Calling It a Day…

We still call them days, right? Until the new normal becomes an old memory, stay safe, stay making new plans, and stay double-checking the TV guide.

October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations about them once again. – Hal Borland

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September 30, 2020 – The OC Watches BH, Kathy Says No, Yes To Paris, Kris Won’t Do It, NeNe Wishes, NewTopia, , Tweet This, Barb Hearts NY, More Once, Ones To Watch, Zen Out & New Season

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What I Watched Today

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

 

 

🏥 As you already know, due to an MLB takeover, General Hospital wasn’t on today, and will return either Friday or Monday.

👁 Tonight Bravo give us Watch with Kelly and Shannon, where the women from RHOC watched the women on RHOBH. It was the episode where Brandi showed up at Dorit’s party, and the group went to see Erika in Chicago, minus Denise and Garcelle. Kelly and Shannon were surprisingly articulate and funny, and seemed to get along pretty well. One of my favorite moments was when Brandi showed up at the party wearing a furry pink jacket, and Kelly just kept repeating, What is Brandi wearing??? She also described Sutton’s dress as looking like she put her grandma’s doilies on it, which was pretty accurate. I still could see me dressing like Sutton in the 80s if I could have afforded it. How many of you are thinking, I watch TV with friends and make funny comments, and I don’t get a paycheck for it? Yeah, me too. Who knew it would end up being a thing.

🏖 She Needs Time Off…

After her daughter’s documentary This Is Paris came out, the only thing Kathy should be interested in is therapy. I think that lady has been stuffing a few emotions for some time. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it for free on YouTube. It’s well worth watching. If you thought you knew Paris Hilton, you don’t.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/28/kathy-hilton-not-interested-in-joining-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-full-time/

👠 Reviewing the Reveal…

My article on Paris Hilton’s documentary. Seriously, forget what you thought you knew.

https://mupoentertainment.com/2020/09/30/paris-hilton/

💎 Keeping the Diamond Warm…

Andy and Kris explain and confirm.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/10/andy-cohen-explains-why-kris-jenner-wouldnt-join-rhobh/

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/26/kris-jenner-confirms-she-will-not-be-joining-rhobh/

😮 Oh No She Didn’t…

NeNe is just a tad bitter.

https://people.com/tv/nene-leakes-slams-wendy-williams-calls-andy-cohen-racist-after-they-discuss-her-rhoa-exit/

☀️ Time To Use That Prime…

I haven’t even gotten around to watching Mrs. Maisel yet, but this looks good.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/utopia-review-amazon-prime-john-cusack-rainn-wilson/?ftag=NLS-04-10aaa1a

🔮 It Was In the Cards…

Oh, just give the ring back already.

https://people.com/tv/kyle-richards-alleges-her-stolen-ring-is-in-a-pic-shared-by-diane-keaton/

👨‍💻 Score: Everyone: 0…

My favorite from omeedmalek: Just confirmed, debate #2 is just a fist fight in a Chili’s parking lot.

https://nypost.com/2020/09/29/the-best-twitter-reactions-to-the-first-presidential-debate/

🦞 She’ll Bring the Lobster…

Anything is better than what NYC has now. With every mayor, I think, they can’t do worse. Yet they manage.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/25/former-rhony-cast-member-barbara-kavovit-wants-to-run-for-mayor-of-nyc/

🧙🏽‍♀️ Fairytales Can Come True…

Or at least make a comeback. Disney Plus will be streaming Once Upon a Time, but if you can’t access it, TV Guide has some other recommendations for you.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/7-shows-like-once-upon-a-time/

📺 Free For You…

All kinds of ways to watch Schitt’s Creek, which will also marathon from the beginning on Comedy Central, starting Friday, October 2nd, at 8 pm.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/when-will-schitts-creek-season-6-be-on-netflix/

Mad Men! My So-Called Life! The Middle! And I highly recommend the U.K. (original) version of Being Human. It aired on BBC America years ago, and the U.S. version paled in comparison. No surprise.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/how-to-watch-schitts-creek-for-free-best-free-shows/

🐻 Give Yourself a Break

This site never fails to calm me down and/or make me smile. There are livecams for days, and don’t forget to cast your vote for the fattest bear on the Fat Bear Week page.

https://explore.org/livecams

Voting is from 12 to 10 pm EST.

https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

⛅️ Tho We Gotta Say Goodbye To the Summer…

Unless you’re one of the glitterati who got to spend it between your house in the Hamptons and your yacht docked at the Hamptons, I don’t imagine it’s been your favorite summer. Goodbye 4th of July Oceanfest. Goodbye flea market season. Goodbye street festivals. Goodbye county fair. We barely knew ye. Goodbye crowded beaches. Oh, wait. We did have those. Brought to you by the idiots who think only about themselves. Don’t be them. Stay safe, stay kindhearted, and stay not being an idiot. And while you’re at it, don’t take fashion tips from Brandi. Or any other kind of tips.

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September 25, 2020 – On the Pennsylvania Side Of the River, MLB Preempt, Missing Link, Stars Dance, 9 Years Ago, Stolen and Found, a Return, More Emmy, NYC Explains Or Not, Possible Wife, Real Deal, One More Than a Dozen Quotes & Another Part of PA

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What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Alexis and Valentin arrive at Neil’s memorial, and Alexis says she appreciates Valentin bringing her, but she’ll get a car back. He says he drove her there himself, and he’ll drive her home. She wonders when he got so chivalrous, and he says he’s leveling the playing field. She was good to him when he needed it. They go inside, and she sees a photo of Neil.

On her phone at the hospital, Sasha says she needs to make a purchase. The usual. She asks them to meet her at GH, and text when they’re outside. Chase startles her.

Brook gets that it’s a shock to find out Olivia is in Monte Carlo, and Ned says, in the honeymoon suit at a glamorous hotel, with ex-spy Robert Scorpio. She says he sounds insecure and jealous. She thought he and Olivia were solid. Did something happen? He says, ELQ happened. Olivia hasn’t been happy since he took over the company, then Robert was able to get her in to see Dante. She might have had a hard time leaving him. It’s not her fault; they’ll work it out. He just wants her home safe and sound. The same goes for Brook. Can he convince her to come home? She says she doesn’t think it’s a good idea for either of them right now, but she’ll do what she said. She’ll let him know where she lands. He thanks her for trying to make him feel better about Olivia. Brook says, don’t tell Olivia that she said so, but Olivia is smart. She wouldn’t blow things up like that. He tells her, call him if she needs anything at all. She says, okay, and he says, maybe there’s hope for them yet. She says, maybe.

On a private plane with Robert and Ethan, Olivia says, well, it’s official. Her phone is nowhere to be found. She left it in Monte Carlo. Ethan says there’s no Wi-Fi anyway; it’s intentional. Robert says, the Bureau likes to get a head start on spinning the story. The casino bust is a way for them to control the narrative. Ethan says his mother is dead, buried in a shallow grave. How are they going to control the narrative for that? Olivia says she’s so sorry. Holly probably would have been saved if not for her.

Josslyn and Cameron are at the Bistro. Which, by the way, suddenly has an identifying name. I’ve been calling it the café for years now. Cameron says they just saw each other. Why did she text him to meet her? She says she’s fine. She didn’t feel like being at home. Cameron asks, why not? and she says, Mike just died and her mom is acting upbeat about homecoming. Josslyn knows it’s for her sake, but figured if she wasn’t around, they could be honest about how they’re feeling. Cameron totally gets it. It’s strange at his house too. There’s tension, and his parents are pretending there isn’t.

Scotty tells Franco and Elizabeth that he met with Ava and Nikolas. Elizabeth asks, what happened? and Scotty takes out the phone, pointing to the pictures. He says he showed them – boom… boom. Franco says the photos have remarkable composition, but he doesn’t like to look at a picture of Elizabeth with that other dude. Elizabeth says she doesn’t like to see him and Ava either. Scotty says, the make-out sessions were their idea. He thought it was hairbrained at first. However, the two of them are masterminds, and it worked out great. They’ve got Ava and Nikolas right where they want them – scared, and ready to pay. They all smile at each other.

Robert asks what Olivia is talking about, and she says Holly would be alive, but they didn’t get there in time. Robert took her to Geneva first, and it was a waste of time to try and see Dante. Ethan asks if the call didn’t come after Holly’s memorial, and Robert says he didn’t want to go to the memorial. He only went because Olivia badgered him into it. If she hadn’t, he would have been in Port Charles when Holly called. He would have had no time to get to Monte Carlo. Ethan says, and Winston would have covered his track. They wouldn’t have gotten answers, but because of Olivia, they did. Robert says, he can only speak for himself, but he’s sure Ethan feels the same. He’s more than grateful.

Chase apologizes, saying he didn’t realize Sasha was on the phone. She says, no problem; what’s up? He asks if she’s heard about Nelle. She asks if Nelle was captured, but Chase says her body was recovered. She’s dead. Sasha asks, how? and he says, her body was found on the Pennsylvania side of the river (🍷 – a new drinking game phrase for today). She asks if he’s sure, and he says the body was positively ID’d, but he’s there to get more details. She asks if Michael knows, and how he’s taking it. She guesses he must be relieved, for himself and Wiley. She’s sorry she feels this way, but she’s thankful they’re free from Nelle’s constant torment. Wiley is truly safe. She clutches her stomach a little, and he asks if she’s okay. She says she’s fine. It’s the finality of everything. It’s finally over, and it’s too late.

Scotty says they should have seen the look on Nikolas’s face when Nikolas saw it was him; like he’d seen a ghost. To be honest, Ava felt like he’d betrayed her. Franco says, if anything, she betrayed Scotty, since he’s Scotty’s son. Where’s Ava’s loyalty to Franco, and respect for his marriage? Elizabeth says Ava and Nikolas are both just as bad, using them as pawns in their chess game. All Nikolas cares about is the infidelity clause and post-nuptial agreement.

Cameron tells Josslyn, he walked in on a conversation where his parents were discussing the bills, and they froze up. They always change the subject. How interested in his soccer practice can they be? Josslyn says she knows what he means; it’s awful the way they find a way to cover, and make like everything is all right. He says he knows his parents took out a loan when the pipe burst. Britt Westbourne is Chief of Staff, and she hates his mom, so Britt cut her hours back. Franco thinks he’s going to be fired. For no reason. She says, like Monica and Bobbie were fired. Michael thinks they should sue. He doesn’t think that’s an option for his mom or Franco. He’s looking for after school jobs. He has to help out with the expenses.

Valentin asks if Neil had any immediate family, and Alexis says, he had a brother in New Jersey. She sees a man sitting down, and says, that must be him. Valentin says, why doesn’t she pay her respects? She goes over to the man, and asks if he’s Neil’s brother. He says he’s proud to say he is. She says she’s terribly sorry for his loss, and he thanks her. He asks if she worked with his brother. Valentin introduces himself, and Alexis does the same. She says, she and Neil… and Brendan (we find out his name in the course of conversation) says he knows who she is.

Alexis says, of course (🍷). He was probably told about the circumstances of Neil’s death. He says he was, and Neil used to talk about her. That surprised him, since Neil never mentioned his personal life. He didn’t have much of one. He dated, but never seriously. He kept saying he had finally met his match. Alexis says they had a special connection. He says, Neil was a wonderful, caring person, who spent his entire life helping others. She says she was extraordinarily lucky to know him. He says, she was, and he wishes to God Neil had never met her.

Olivia tells Robert, it’s ironic. She always loved spy movies. They were so glamourous and exciting. But when you really see what goes on, it’s not that glamorous anymore, is it? She starts to cry, and says, sorry. She gets up and goes (presumably) to the bathroom. Ethan asks what the story is between them, and Robert stammers a little. He says, him and Olivia? Ethan says, no, the other bombshell on the plane. Robert says, a couple of years back, he was a fugitive, and he… well, she… she’s married. Ethan says it never stopped Robert before, and Robert calls him Mr. Leap Before You Look. Ethan says, life is short. You’ve got to cut loose. Why wait in line? You should take all the chances you can, and a few more. Play the cards your dealt, and bluff if you have to. At least you know you lived. Robert says, for a moment, Ethan reminded him of Holly.

Chase tells Sasha, it’s not too late. They got exactly what they wanted. Not for Nelle to die necessarily, but be out of Wiley’s life. Michael and Willow don’t have to be married anymore. She asks, what if they don’t want to divorce? and he asks if she’s talking about the kiss. It’s natural that it would happen. They both love Wiley, but that doesn’t mean they have feelings for one another. One kiss doesn’t make a romance. She says neither one of them would take a kiss casually; that’s not who they are. As much as they’re hurt, she and Chase have to accept the truth. The kiss was a turning point.   

Josslyn asks what kind of job Cameron is going to get that doesn’t interfere with school, homework, and soccer. He says all he knows is, he has to do something. They might be able to fool Jake and Aiden, but they can’t fool him. He sees how stressed they are about being able to afford college for him. She asks, what about a scholarship? and he says, soccer scholarships are mostly partial – if he gets one at all. Josslyn thinks he should get tons of offers, since he’s all-around amazing.

Elizabeth says, no party over what Ava and Nikolas did, especially Nikolas. She got her friend back, and watched him sinking lower and lower. Scotty says, he’s a Cassadine, but she says, he’s better than this. Now look at them, stooping to blackmail. Scotty says, they asked for it. Franco says, think about it. It could be the thing that keeps them afloat. Scotty says, it was a drop in the bucket. Nikolas and Ava were lowballing them. The reality is, they could probably get enough to pay off their mortgage, put Cameron through college, and have a cushion. Elizabeth asks Scotty what he’s done.

Cameron says Josslyn always knows how to make him feel better. She says, same. They’ve been through a lot together. He says, true that, and she says she hated house arrest. She was so lost without him and Trina; she felt left out. He says he missed her too. She says she knows he and Trina got closer during that time, with the whole kiss that happened. The important thing is, they got through it. It’s cool how they’re going to homecoming as a group. None of that date pressure. Everything’s back to normal, which is great, right? He says, yeah, totally.

Chase asks Sasha if she doesn’t see it. Everything has changed. Nelle is dead, and they’re free to tell the truth. She says, then what? Michael and Willow will realize she and Chase lied because they love them, and thank them for manipulating them for their own good? Now it’s over, and they can just pick up where they left off? He says he knows it sounds crazy, and she says, because it is. Stop living in a fantasy world. He says she’s acting like she wants Michael and Willow to hate them, and she says she didn’t mean to come at him. She’s not sleeping well. Launching Deception is a 24/7 job. He says, no doubt. He doesn’t think that’s all that’s going on.

Scotty says, when he saw the desperation on their faces, he knew Nikolas and Ava would pay, so he asked for $125K. Franco says, they agreed on $50K, and Scotty says, that’s not what he meant. He asked for $125K from each of them. Franco says, $250,000? What’s wrong with him? Elizabeth says, it’s a quarter of a million dollars; that’s extortion. Scotty says, what’s done is done. You don’t go back after a shakedown, and say, oops, I changed my mind. Even if they negotiate, they’ll come out ahead. Franco says there’s so much they could do. He and Scotty shake hands, and Franco says he’s got to hand it to Scotty. Bummer Elizabeth says she can’t believe what she’s hearing. It’s got to stop right now.

Robert says, Holly didn’t raise Ethan, but he’s just like her. Ethan says, coming from Robert, that’s a high compliment. Robert says he appreciated Ethan’s help at the casino. He doesn’t think he could have taken Winston down without him. Ethan says, actually, Olivia took him down, clobbering him with the Uzi. They laugh, and Robert says Ethan played a big part. Ethan says he wanted answers, and owed Robert one. Robert dropped everything to help them, leaving Port Charles and Anna behind to get them out of a jam. Robert says he got something out of it too; he reconnected to Holly. Too bad they couldn’t make it last, but they had a great time. Ethan says he didn’t hang around much after that because of his guilt. Robert says, about what? and Ethan says, about letting Robert think he was Robert’s son.

Valentin says he realizes the difficult circumstances, but Brendan’s words are uncalled for. Brendan doesn’t think so, and Alexis says, let him speak. He obviously has something say. Brendan says he wasn’t sure he’d get the opportunity to talk to her. He didn’t know if she’d dare show up. From what he can see, she caused more sorrow than joy. Neil took it hard when they broke up, and he couldn’t pursue her. He was moving on, then he bumped into her at the opera – the one night that ended his career, the one thing that kept him going after his daughter died. His practice helped others, and it drove Neil to despair. She dismantled his life and Neil took what was left, and threw it away on a drug overdose.

Josslyn tells Cameron, she’s seen the Crimson wardrobe vault – it’s the 8th wonder of the world. Cameron must be anointed to be allowed access, Cameron says it was complicated. Nina is all about the fit and the cut, and all the accessories; a shirt, the collar, a tie, cufflinks. She asks if he found anything he liked. She thinks it will pay off. He says he plans on looking smoking hot, and she says she bets he will.

Scotty says Elizabeth wants to torpedo their plan. Ava and Nikolas are the ones acting like bad guys, and messing with his family. He takes family seriously, and thought she would too. Franco says he thought what her friend did was unacceptable. He wants them to feel what’s it’s like to be used and tricked. Scotty says, if not, they can feel it in their wallets. Elizabeth says, blackmail is a crime, and she wants no part of it. Franco shouldn’t either. Scotty asks if she thinks they’re going to the cops. Franco says, come on. Technically, it’s not blackmail until money exchanges hands. They don’t know if Ava and Nikolas are going to pay at all, so maybe wait see what happens. She says, okay. When are they meeting with Scotty? Scotty says he gave them 24 hours. They’ll never know Franco and Elizabeth had anything to do with this; it’s all on him. Franco says he appreciates everything Scotty had done for them, and says, Elizabeth? She says she knows Scotty’s heart is in the right place, and she appreciates that he’s overprotective of his family, even if they don’t agree on his methods. He says, no one messes with his family. Not on his watch.

Robert says, all the same, what are the odds he and Ethan would be stuck on the same plane? Get it over with. Ethan says Robert thought Robin was dead, and Holly told him Ethan was his son, so Robert would feel obligated to save him. Robert says Ethan’s real father had a big hand it; it’s a convoluted Spencer special. Holly lied to give him hope, but without Holly and hope, he doesn’t know if he would have survived. She was almost always right. Ethan says, and she never let them forget it. Robert says, that’s for damn sure. They drink.

Chase says Sasha is trying to hide her feelings, but he can tell she’s struggling. She’s trying to convince him, but giving up Michael is too painful to admit. She says she wishes she could, and he says, she buried herself in her work, so she doesn’t have to face what’s going on. She says she never expected life to turn into this, and he says the two of them are in it together. He’s here for her anytime she wants to call, and she knows he’ll understand. She thanks him for being a good friend. Brook appears, and says, hey, roomie. Sasha says she’s on her way out, but Brook tells her, don’t jump to conclusions. She’s just crashing at Chase’s place. He’s being a sweetheart, but nothing is going on. Sasha says, nothing is going on with her and Chase either. Chase says there’s something Brook should know; Nelle is dead. Her body was recovered on the Pennsylvania side of the river (🍷). He’s going to the morgue to follow up. Brook says she should be sorry for the loss of any human life, but all she feels is relief. Chase says, him too, and he moves along. Brook says, wow. Nelle is dead. (I expect her to say, and her body was recovered on the Pennsylvania side of the river, but she doesn’t.) Sasha asks if she’s okay, and Brook says she’s just processing. Sasha doesn’t blame her, and says Brook has been through a lot. Brook says she’s on the mend, and stronger every day. Sasha says she’s glad to hear it. They need her voice for Deception. When is she recording a new song?

Valentin says, Neil was a grown man; he made his own decisions. What happened was tragic, but don’t put it on Alexis. Alexis says Brendan has a right to feel the way he does, and Brendan says, the memorial is a celebration of Neil’s life. She stripped him of everything worth living for. He doesn’t want the memorial tainted with her presence, and tells her that she’s not welcome. Alexis runs out crying. Well, he’s not making a very good first impression.

Chase orders some food to go at The Floating Rib. Valentin and Alexis walk in, and Valentin suggests she get something to eat. She says she doesn’t have much of an appetite, and he says, Neil’s brother was out of line. He’s grieving, and needs someone to take it out on. He chose her. She says Branden used words that she can’t unhear, and watches as a drink is poured.

On the phone, Josslyn says she’s glad Carly called, instead of waiting until she got home. She’s with Cameron, but she’ll see Carly soon. She loves her. Cameron says he heard her say Nelle was dead. Is she really gone? Josslyn says her mom told her they found the body on the Pennsylvania side of the river. (🍷) He asks, what happened? and she says, it’s too early to say exactly how Nelle died. He says, after everything that happened, it’s really over. Nelle is gone.  

Alexis tells Valentin, she can’t be angry with Neil’s brother. He didn’t know how their relationship was. Ned comes in, and orders a double scotch, neat, at the bar. Chase asks if he’s okay, and he says, just great, throwing back his drink. He doesn’t know whether to be annoyed with Chase or grateful that he’s letting Brook stay. If he hadn’t, it might be easier to convince her to come home.  Chase says he tried to give her options. At their table, Valentin says, Brendan is furious that Neil threw his life away, and is looking for someone to blame. She’s an easy target. Ned tells Chase, women like to have options, loud enough for Valentin to hear, and looks pointedly at Valentin.

Ethan says, all the stories he heard of their adventures together; Holly loved Robert, in her way. Robert says he loved Holly. That’s all he wants to say about it. He’s sorry she wasn’t a conventional mother. Ethan says conventions are overrated. They were perfect partners in crime. They could go a month not seeing each other, then she’d then send up a flare, and he’d come on the run. The cons were just an excuse. She really wanted to spend time together. Robert said she knew she could trust him, and Ethan says he doesn’t know how to get over it, but it helps knowing there’s someone else out there who remembers her too. Olivia comes back, and says, sorry for making a scene. How did the two of them manage without her? Robert says they buried a few hatchets, and Olivia asks when they’re landing. Robert tells her, he’ll check with the pilot, and goes up front. Olivia tells Ethan, when they get there, she’s putting him up at the MetroCourt; no argument. He says he appreciates it, but as soon as they touch down, he has a date in Antigua. She asks, what it would hurt to stick around Port Charles?

Sasha says she has to go, but she wants to see Brook in the recording studio asap. Geez, Brook practically just got off the operating table for an injury to her vocal chords. I know Sasha is high, but come on. Brook says she’s going to have to extend that timeline, and Sasha says Deception gained momentum from the Nurses Ball telethon. Brook says, her doctors haven’t cleared her for singing, and Sasha says, sorry. She’s just excited. She’s a partner, and brand ambassador. The projections are through the roof. It’s going to be a huge success, and she wants Brook to be a part of that. Brook says she does too. She’d love to be involved in the business aspect. Sasha says she didn’t think Brook was interested in that, but Brook says, sure she would. She’s always wanted to be part of a winning team. Sasha says Brook doesn’t have to prove her worth. They just want her voice; it’s more than enough.

Franco tells Elizabeth, it’s just a threat. They’ll destroy the picture, whether or not they pay. She says, okay, but he says she’s still angry. She thinks they deserved a scare. Marriage means nothing to them, and everything to her. She doesn’t take what they tried to do lightly. Franco says, they were just trying; no real damage was done. She says, right, and he says, checking in. Around the time of the party, things were rocky. Elizabeth says, she’s glad she overheard Ava and Nina talking about Ava’s post-nup and wanting Nikolas to cheat. She finally understood what was going on. Franco says they feel solid. Does she think they’re better than ever? Elizabeth says, yeah. They never lost faith in each other. It doesn’t matter what happens with Ava and Nikolas. Clearly, they’re the winners. They hug.

Cameron asks if Josslyn is okay. How does she feel about things, honestly? She says, conflicted. She can’t tell him how much she’d wished Nelle would disappear and not come back. Nelle deliberately set out to ruin her mom’s life, and manipulated her to go against her mom, and she let Nelle do it. She should hate Nelle, but despite all she did, she’s the reason Wiley exists, and she can’t regret Wiley. So being glad Nelle is dead is harsh, but she’s relieved that Nelle will never hurt them again. Does that make her a horrible person? He says, no, but it does add another thing to deal with. Josslyn says she should get going. She needs to start getting ready for homecoming if she’s going to keep up with him. Cameron says she always looks beautiful, and Josslyn says she should probably go.

Brook tells Sasha, she has a follow-up appointment with her surgeon, and Sasha says, her too. She means an appointment. She tells Brook, hurry up and get well. She can’t wait work with Brook. Sasha leaves, and Brook says she has to figure out how to be the voice of Deception without a voice.

Chase tells Ned that he doesn’t think Brook would be this angry if she didn’t love him. At the table, Valentin tells Alexis, she wants to blame herself, but she’s not the reason Neil did drugs. Chase tells Ned, Brook couldn’t be indifferent if she wanted to, and Ned thanks him for trying. He walks over to the table, and asks if he can have a word with Valentin. Valentin says he’s a little busy, and Alexis says she’d consider it a favor. Valentin says, okay, as a favor. He and Ned go outside, and Alexis joneses after the alcoholic drinks.

Ethan says, Port Charles hasn’t been his home in years, but Olivia says, Robert is there, and they’re both grieving Holly. They can help each other. Robert says they don’t have to be in the same city. If Ethan is in a tight spot, he’ll be there, like his mother would have. Ethan says, it goes both ways, and Olivia asks if he’s absolutely sure. Ethan says he has a score to settle, and Olivia hopes when he’s ready to settle down, Port Charles is the first place he thinks of. He says he’ll keep it in mind.

Valentin tells Ned, if he wants to talk about ELQ, call his office. Ned calls him a smug bastard, saying Valentin preyed on his daughter when she was vulnerable. He’s not letting Valentin do the same to Alexis. Valentin says Ned is drunk, and starts to walk away, but Ned grabs him and punches him.

Alexis orders a double vodka.

On… whatever day it’s on next (see below), Portia tells Curtis that he shouldn’t be asking questions, Robert asks Peter if he was missed, and Olivia tells Lulu about seeing Dante.

⚾️ What the What…?

For baseball? Really?

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/general-hospital-preempted-for-three-days

📺 In Case You Missed It…

I have no idea what this is about, but apparently some people missed the September 23rd episode of GH. If this is you, here you go.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital/watch-september-23-episode-general-hospital-in-full

🧼 Better Than a Foam Party…

Former soap stars cut the rug.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/abc/soap-alums-on-dancing-with-the-stars-week-two-recap

🌠 Rubbing It In…

We come together to mourn the passing of a soap kids once scheduled their college classes around.

https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/all-my-children/all-my-children-final-episode-anniversary

💍 I See a Ring In Someone’s Future…

This was one of the few parts in RHOBH Secrets Revealed that I thought was worth watching. And Sutton’s birthday party. I could watch that all day.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/24/kyle-richards-saw-stolen-ring-on-photo-of-psychics-hand/

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/25/tiktok-user-says-woman-wearing-kyle-richards-stolen-ring-is-her-grandma/

👨🏼‍🌾 The Simple Life…

I liked this show, and liked the idea of a family living off the media grid, social and otherwise. It looks like the kids will be branching out some this season. You can take a trip to Plathville on November 10th.

https://people.com/tv/tlc-welcome-to-plathville-returning-for-season-2/

📝 Because I Like a List…

Another take on Emmy’s best and worst moments.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/emmys-awards-2020-best-and-worst-moments/?ftag=NLS-04-10aaa2i

🗽 Reunion Rehash…

Tinsley and Dorinda explained.

https://www.thelist.com/247833/the-truth-about-tinsley-mortimer-and-dorinda-medleys-relationship/

Dorinda makes excuses explains.

https://www.eonline.com/news/1191191/heres-how-dorinda-medley-explains-her-rhony-finale-blow-up-over-tinsley-mortimer

Dorinda makes excuses admits a wrong move.

https://people.com/tv/rhony-dorinda-medley-admits-she-shouldve-taken-this-season-off/

Tinsley makes excuses for being really weird explains.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/18/tinsley-mortimer-explains-why-she-made-out-with-sister-dabney-mercer/

Tinsley really does explain.

https://people.com/tv/rhony-reunion-tinsley-mortimer-explains-fallout-with-dorinda-medley/

🧩 Another Puzzle Piece…

So Kathy wants on the show. Another reason Kyle might have to claim Brandi never lies. I’m telling you, that was a set-up.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/17/kathy-hilton-reportedly-in-talks-to-join-rhobh/

🥋 Just In Case You Were Wondering…

Wax off this.

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-real-martial-arts-behind-cobra-kai-and-the-karate-kid/

🏌️‍♀️ Quotes of the Week

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein  (I question as to whether he really said that, but it’s a good one.)

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. – Roy T. Bennett

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt

Aggressive is protecting your rights, but hurting others. Assertive is protecting your rights and not hurting others. – Dr. Phil  (Fat blipping chance a huge percentage of the world will ever get that.)

Everything’s funny eventually. Sometimes it takes a while but the day will come when you’re able to laugh about anything. – David Sedaris

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. – David Ogden Stiers  (Ha-ha! Good thing we have friends.)

People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you’re alive? – Gay Talese

I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to forget the rest. – Venus Williams

Live your vision and demand your success. – Steve Maraboli

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine  (Seriously though, I’d like a break from both.)

This one matches our curtains. – Eric helping Larissa choose lingerie, 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

👷🏽‍♀️ You Know the Drill…

It’s that time again. Those two days that may or may not have taken on a whole new meaning for you. As the Dowager Countess said, what’s a weekend? I say it too, but it’s because I never get one. I’ve questioned the validity of the word vacation for quite a while too. Regardless of how you view them, make the next two days different. Listen to music you’ve never heard before, gather some fall leaves to press or the last bloom of the summer. Get outside, and get outside your head. And while you’re at it, stay safe, stay appreciative, and stay away from the Pennsylvania side of the river. I hear they find bodies there.

Sep25

September 24, 2020 – The News About Nelle Spreads, NYC’s Reunion Ends On a Socially Distant High Note, Leah Gets Her Due, a New Kind Of Chat & Sweet

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What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Franco tells Elizabeth to hold on as she jets to the elevator. He says, money problems shouldn’t get between them, but she says, money’s not the problem. He says, she’s right. People are the problem, but they found a solution. She says he found a solution. One that could cause more problems, and he knows that. She gets in the elevator and the doors close.

Ava goes to the pier. She looks around and says, all right. She’s here; where are they? She hears someone behind her, and whips around, pointing a gun. It’s Scotty, who tells her, be careful with that heater. She says she’s meeting someone there, and it would be better for her if she’s alone when they got there. He asks if she’s going to plug them, and she says, it’s a very sensitive business transaction. He says he might be of some service, and she says it’s kind of him, but he needs to go. He says he has a transaction for her – $125K for a picture he has of her and Franco making out, before it finds its way to Nikolas.

Nikolas and Martin sit at a table at the MetroCourt. Martin says he was curious when he got Nikolas’s call. How may he be of assistance? Nikolas says, first – he slides an envelope over to Martin – consider that his retainer. Martin says, he would, but if it’s related to Valentin, his hands are tied. Nikolas says, no; there’s no conflict of interest. Martin asks why Nikolas requires his legal expertise, and Nikolas says, for a post-nuptial agreement.

Ned tells Brook, if she’s not coming home he’d like one consideration. She says, forget it, and he says, just one. Then he’ll leave. She says, fine, and he asks her to let him know where she’s staying when she leaves Chase’s place. She says she’ll  send him a change of address card. Ned’s phone rings, and he says, she did what? No. He’ll have his assistant get in touch. Brook asks, what is it? and he says, a motel in Monaco seems to think he and Olivia are there on their honeymoon.

Willow and Michael go into the hospital. Michael tells her they have to find Epiphany. If anyone knows how Cyrus’s new regime is affecting the hospital, it’s her. Elizabeth says she’s sorry hear about Michael’s grandfather passing, and he thanks her for visiting Mike. She says, Mike was a special man. She’s going to miss him. Sasha runs up, and says, Mike died? She almost hugs Michael, but backs up, saying, sorry for his loss.

On his phone, Jason thanks someone for the update. Sonny asks, what is it? and he says, they are their guy at the PCPD confirmed Nelle is dead. They found her body. Sonny says, finally. May she rot in hell.

Sasha tells Michael to give his parents her sympathies about Mike. He says, they’ll appreciate that. Willow asks him to go see if he can find Epiphany; she’ll stay right there. He says, okay. He’ll only be a minute. Sasha tells Willow that she should get going, but Willow asks her to wait.

Ava says Scotty has got to be kidding. He says he’s very serious, and she says, he’s been spying on her? He says, that’s one way to look at it, or look at it like… Yeah, he’s been spying on her. Ava says she knows how it looks, and he says, so does he. He’s got a picture. She says she was in a vulnerable space. Franco seemed supportive, and the kiss just happened. He says he knows. He hears that in divorce court a lot. She tells him, erase his lapse in judgement, and she’ll forgive his.

Nikolas explains to Martin, Ava will get 90% of his assets, with 10% going in trust for his son if he’s unfaithful. If she’s unfaithful, she gets nothing. Martin says, as long as the agreement clearly defines what constitutes infidelity, then the situation is straightforward, but Nikolas says, suppose it isn’t defined? Martin says, then it’s a veritable minefield of complications, any of which could trigger Nikolas into losing his fortune.

Scotty tells Ava, he’s had no lapse in judgment, and she says, what?! They’re supposed to be friends; she relies on him. He ask when was the last time she called him? and she asks when was the last time he called her. He says he tried every night, wanting to go out, have martinis, and have fun, but she got busy with her new husband. She says, now he’s punishing her for marrying Nikolas. He says, he’s not punishing her for being a bad friend, but she didn’t even let him do the post-nup. She says she wanted to. She almost did, but she didn’t want to put him in an awkward situation. So she went with Dingleberry and Dingleberry (okay, I didn’t catch it). He says, those guys are all bozos, but she says, those bozos did a good job. Delete the photo. She says he knows the only reason she married Nikolas was to punish him. Scotty says, and clean him out. She says, eventually, but right now she’s enjoying the glamorous life, using the Cassadine coffers. He says the money he’s trying to get is peanuts; what’s the big deal? She’ll get the Cassadine money, unless the photo hits social media. She says he’s not going do that, and he asks, why? She says, because Franco is his son. Even if he hurts her, she knows he wouldn’t want to hurt Franco. He tells her, says you.

Sonny asks Jason if they’re sure, and Jason says, the body was found on the Pennsylvania side of the river. Their guy is handling the paperwork and arranging transport of the body. Sonny asks if they know how she died, and Jason says, he didn’t want say before the autopsy. He’s sure they’ll know soon. Sonny says, Carly must be relieved. After all this time, and the damage Nelle has done, it’s hard to believe they’ll never have to worry about her again. Jason asks if Carly is sure she’s okay, and Carly says she’s just shocked. It’s over. Sonny says, Nelle stalked Carly and tried to dismantle her life. Now she’s dead. Carly should be jumping up and down.

Sonny says, Carly wanted to tell him and Jason something, then Nelle’s death was confirmed. Now she seems more worried. What’s going on? She says, okay. They need to understand why she didn’t say anything. Mike was dying and she didn’t want anything to interfere with his last few days, least of all, Nelle. Sonny asks if she lied about what happened at the cabin, and she says, no, but there was more. He asks, what’s the rest? Did she kill Nelle?

Ned tells Brook, the hotel thinks Olivia left her stuff behind in their honeymoon suite in Monte Carlo. Olivia’s credit card must have been hacked or stolen. He’ll call the bank and report it. Brook says she wouldn’t, but Ned says, Olivia is in Geneva to meet Dante, not Monte Carlo. It’s crazy. She says, not as crazy as he thinks.

Sasha tells Willow, she’s sorry. It was just force of habit. Willow says she knows; it’s okay. Sasha wanted to comfort and support Michael in his time of grief. Sasha says she has no right, after what she and Chase did, and Willow says she hasn’t forgotten or forgiven. Sasha says she didn’t think Willow had, but Willow says, that’s neither here nor there. The point is, she saw how difficult it was for Sasha. Sasha says, and inappropriate for her to comfort Willow’s husband. Willow says, Sasha is still in love with Michael, isn’t she?

Martin says, the old definition of infidelity was to stray outside the marriage sexually. Nikolas says, and now? Martin says, currently, emotional intimacy is just as sacred as physical intimacy, and Nikolas says, so all he has to do is have sexual or romantic feelings to be considered unfaithful? Martin says, it’s not quite that simple, but if his spouse has proof that he behaved in a manner that compromised either the emotional or physical integrity of their agreement, they might have a cogent argument for infidelity. Nikolas says, but there has to be proof? and Martin says, exactly. In the absence of proof, there’s no accusation that can be sustained. He’d be in the clear.

Ava says, no way is Scotty blowing up Franco’s life and marriage for a few bucks. That’s what would happen if he released the photo. He won’t get any money, but he’ll get an unhappy son. It was a mistake; a slip-up. He says, sure, Elizabeth would be livid, but she’ll blame Ava. She already thinks Ava exploited Franco’s past, and she’s going to protect her territory. Ava says, that’s not the way she sees it; the portrait was an opportunity for Franco. Scotty says, maybe if he posts the photo, Franco will come to his senses. So the options are, post, don’t post. She says she’s not as heartless as he describes. She and Franco had something wonderful once. How does Scotty know she’s not in love with him?

Elizabeth asks if she can do something for Michael, and he says he’d like to talk to Epiphany, but she’s no longer on the schedule. Elizabeth says she’s been moved to administration now, and Michael asks, why? She says, what can she say? Their new Chief of Staff, Britt Westbourne, gets her marching orders from Cyrus. Michael asks what other changes were made, and Elizabeth says her hours were cut. He says, sorry, and she says she’s there for the time being. Is there something she can do for him? He says, Wiley is due for surgery. Given its current state, is GH still the best hospital for him? She says she still loves the place, and the staff and doctors, but as a parent, she understands his concern. Given everything that’s going on, she thinks he should look at other options. He guesses he should do some research, and she says he didn’t hear it from her, but Mercy’s cardiac unit is on the rise. He thanks her.

Scotty tells Ava, she likes to play all her cray 8s, but she says she’s not playing cards. This is her life. He says, okay. Say she’s in love with Franco. He’ll put it out there to the world, and let everybody know. All it takes is one tap. She says he’ll do nothing of the sort, and he says, now there’s his girl. She says he knows what Nikolas did to her. She ended up in an asylum because of him, and now Scotty wants to spoil her revenge? Why? He says she did it for the money, her marriage went to hell, then she went after Franco to scratch a few itches. That’s why she’s going to pay. Ava says they have a rare thing here and now. Most friends disappear or fade away. Knowing the exact time of death, the exact moment a friendship ends is a rarity. He says, well then let him mark the exact time of death. She’s got 24 hours to pay up. Got it?

Nikolas sees Julian at the MetroCourt bar, and asks if he’s spoken to Ava since her trip to Sonny’s cabin. He says, no, and asks if something happened. Nikolas flashes back to him and Ava in the cabin, and says, not that he’s aware of. Julian says, but Nikolas hasn’t heard from her and doesn’t know where she is? Nikolas says, she’s a strong, independent woman, and makes her own schedule. He’s not concerned. Julian says they both know Nikolas doesn’t care, and Nikolas tells Julian, he didn’t say that. Julian says, everybody knows; he approves. Nikolas says he’d rather Ava be in a loveless marriage than with someone who makes her happy? Julian says, their family doesn’t do happiness. He tells Nikolas, he’s got his own problems to deal with, and leaves.

Sasha tells Willow, she’ll always care for Michael, but she’s not acting on it. She heard Mike died, and knowing how much he meant to Michael, it was an impulse. Willow says, a good impulse, but just so Sasha knows, Michael hasn’t had to grieve alone. He’s had his family – both of them – and Wiley. Sasha says, and Willow. Willow says, yes, and Sasha says, good. She’s glad Michael’s had all sorts of people to lean on. He needs that. He needs Willow. She got one thing right, about how much they all need each other.

Carly tells Sonny, no; she didn’t kill Nelle. It’s more complicated than that. Jason tells her to take them through it, step by step. She says she found Michael and Wiley in the cabin. Jax was there, outside, calling the police. That’s when Michael told her that Nelle took off. Jason says, and Carly ran after her, and caught up with her in the clearing. They fought, and Nelle got away. Carly says, Nelle ran, and a few minutes later, she heard Nelle screaming. She followed Nelle’s voice, and ran to the cliff. Nelle was screaming and begging for Carly to help her, but she hesitated; she thought it was some kind of trick. Nelle kept screaming and begging for help. She looked over the edge, and Nelle was dangling. She tried to help. She had Nelle’s hand in her hand, but Nelle slipped. Jason says, it’s not Carly’s fault, and Carly says, maybe not, but if she’d gotten there sooner, she could have done something. The doorbell rings, and Jason answers. It’s Chase, who says he’s there on police business. Can he come in?

Ned tells Brook, what if Olivia got her purse stolen, with her wallet, passport, and phone in it? That would explain why she hasn’t called him back. Brook flashes back to listening to the message Olivia left about staying overseas with Robert for a few mores days. She remembers deleting the message, and saying, let Ned worry about not hearing from her. Ned says, she could be stranded with no ID or passport. He’s going to call Interpol; no, he’s calling the WSB. She tells him, don’t; that didn’t happen. He asks how she knows, and she says she did something impulsive. It was after Dr. Robinson told her that she’d have a long recovery time. Does he remember when he left his phone in her room? There was a voicemail. He insists there wasn’t, and she says that’s because she deleted it. He asks why she did that, and she says she doesn’t know. She guesses she was upset about Olivia running all over Europe with Robert while she was laid up. He asks what she means, running all over Europe? Tell him what his wife said. Brook says, Olivia said she and Robert would be a few days in Monte Carlo. She didn’t leave any details. Ned says he thinks he’ll call the hotel back.

Chase comes into the living room, and says he just explained to Jason that he’s there on police business. Sonny thanks him for bringing Brook to Turning Woods; it meant a lot. (Nice deflection and mood setting.) Chase says he was glad to help, and he’s sorry for their loss. Carly asks what they can do for him, and he says he wanted to tell them in person that Nelle’s body was recovered on the Pennsylvania side of the river. It’s now in the Port Charles morgue. Sonny asks if he’s sure it’s her; was there a positive ID? Jason asks how she died, and Chase says her body was on the riverbank. Apparently, she drowned, but a full autopsy is being conducted. He thought they should know, after what Nelle put their family through. Since Carly was the last person to see Nelle, he was wondering if he could ask a few questions.

Julian meets with Martin, and says he wants to annul his marriage to Nelle, and Martin recommends consulting a lawyer. Julian asks if that’s not what he’s doing, and Martin says he has to get his own lawyer. He can’t handle the case. He’s no longer Nelle’s attorney, but it’s still a conflict of interest. If Julian wants to annul his marriage to the charming Mrs. Benson-Jerome, he’ll have to find another attorney. Perhaps he could hire a new lawyer on Nelle’s behalf, but when he does, do him a favor. Nelle left an important document in his care, and it needs to be transferred to her new representation. Martin’s phone rings, and he says he no longer represents Mrs. Benson-Jerome. He sees. He thanks them for calling. He tells Julian, it would appear his marital woes resolved themselves. Julian asks, how’s that? and Martin says, congratulations. He’s now a widower.

Willow tells Sasha, regardless of what went wrong, they’re four adults, who all want Wiley to be happy. Sasha says, and safe from Nelle. She heard Michael got sole custody, and Willow says, he did, and he’s arranging for her to adopt Wiley. She’ll legally and officially be Wiley’s mom. Sasha says, that’s great. It couldn’t have turned out better. Michael comes back, and asks if everything is okay. Sasha excuses herself, saying she has to go. Again, condolences on his grandfather. She leaves, and Michael asks Willow if that was as uncomfortable as he thinks it was. She says, the whole situation is still a little raw. It probably didn’t help that she told Sasha that he’d asked her to adopt Wiley.

Sonny tells Chase, what happened was terrible, and they’re still reeling over the news. Can he do this some other time? Carly says she gave Valerie her statement at the cabin, but Chase says, now that there’s a body, he has to do follow-up questions. She asks what he needs to know, and he asks her to summarize the events of the evening, starting with going after Nelle. Carly says she caught up to Nelle in the clearing, about a half-mile from the cabin. They fought, Nelle scratched her, she fell, and Nelle took off. Jason says they’ve been up for days with Mike, and asks if Chase can do this later. Chase says he’ll reach out if he has more questions. Sonny says he appreciates it, and Chase says, it’s nice to close the case.

Sasha asks Elizabeth if she has a second. She was hoping for help with a referral. She’s not feeling well; she has insomnia and everything that comes with it. She was wondering if she could get a prescription for something to help her sleep. Elizabeth says Doc is a great psychiatrist, but Sasha says, it’s not a therapy issue. She’s just having trouble sleeping. Elizabeth says she can refer Sasha to a GP, but prescriptions aren’t as easy to come by as they used to be because of people abusing them. Sasha says she can imagine, but all she needs are one or two good night’s sleep. Elizabeth tells her to be careful when she uses them, and Sasha says, don’t worry. She’s always careful about what she puts in her body.

Julian says, Nelle is dead? and Martin says that was the police notifying him. Apparently he’s still Nelle’s counsel of record. Julian asks how it happened, and Martin tells him, being Nelle’s next of kin, the police will supply him with the details. The body is awaiting autopsy. Julian casually says, what about the document Martin mentioned? and Martin guesses the legally responsible way to handle it is how the deceased intended. Julian asks if there’s anything he can do to take it off Martin’s hands, but Martin says, no. He’s afraid everything is on hold until the death certificate has been filed. He excuses himself, telling Julian, his dance card is suddenly quite full.

Nikolas waits for the elevator. He remembers meeting Scotty at the pier. He tells Scotty, people he cares about are going to get hurt, and Scotty says, collateral damage. Nikolas says Franco is his own son, and what about Ava? They’re supposed to be friends. Scotty says, don’t pretend to care. Part of him hopes Nikolas doesn’t pay, and everyone will see exactly who he really is, but in the meantime, he’d really prefer the money. Nikolas gets in the elevator.

At the hospital, Franco asks Elizabeth if she’s ready, and she says, as she’ll ever be. They get in elevator, and meet Scotty in an office. Scotty says, so…? and Franco says he wanted see them.

Ned tells Brook, so it was her. The hotel sent a copy of the room receipt. It’s definitely Olivia’s signature. The housekeeper found Olivia’s phone in the room, and they called him because he’s the emergency contact. Brook is sure Olivia had a reason to be going to Monte Carlo, and he asks where her certainty was when she deleted the message. He apologizes, saying, he doesn’t mean to come down on her. He doesn’t know what Olivia was thinking. He can’t call her, and doesn’t have Robert’s contact information. Brook suggests checking with Anna, and he guesses he can do that. Brook says she doesn’t think Olivia left a message to cover her tracks; she has to be on the up and up. He says, all he knows is, she checked into the honeymoon suite at a five-star hotel in Monte Carlo, and left her phone there. Now God knows where she is. What the hell has Robert gotten his wife into?

Willow asks if she shouldn’t have told Sasha, but Michael says, of course (🍷) she should. She’s going to be Wiley’s legal mother, but in the meantime, they have to deal with Wiley’s heart surgery. They need to find a GP. He spoke to Elizabeth, and she confirmed his suspicions. Even though his family has a long history with GH, he thinks it’s best they explore surgical care at other hospitals. She says she’s sorry. She knows how much the place means to him. He says it always will, but as Wiley’s parents, they have to make the right choice for their son. Chase comes by, and says he’s glad he ran into them. Nelle’s body was found earlier. Michael asks if he’s sure, and Chase says, it’s been positively ID’d. He’s headed to the morgue to confirm it. Michael thanks him for letting them know. Chase moves on, and Willow says, it really is over. Wiley is safe. Michael says, they’re safe. Nelle is never going to try to mess with their lives again.

On the phone, Sasha says she needs to make a purchase. The usual.

Scotty tells Franco and Elizabeth, he met with Ava and Nikolas, and showed them these. He holds up his phone, and says, boom, boom.

Nikolas sees Ava, and she asks if he had a nice lunch at the MetroCourt. He says he didn’t eat, and Ava says, ah. He says, what? and she says, nothing. Just ah. He asks if everything is all right, and she says, just fine. Why wouldn’t it be?

Carly tells Sonny and Jason, she messed up. She changed her story. She told Chase that she fell, but when she gave her statement, she said Nelle pushed her. It’s a huge difference, and they’re going to notice. Sonny says, it happened quickly, and Jason says, a change in detail isn’t unusual. It would be more suspicious if she told the same story, word for word over and over. She says, what about the follow-up? and Jason says, Diane will be there. The important thing is, Nelle is dead, and no one else saw anything. Carly says, except for Jax. I see Sonny’s face, and l laugh.

Tomorrow, Ned asks if he can convince Brook to come home, Scotty says they’ve got Ava and Nikolas exactly where they want them, Valentin tells Alexis that he’s leveling the playing field, and Sasha tells Chase that the kiss was the turning point.

The Real Housewives of New York City – The Reunion – Part Three

We flash back on this season of Ramona’s eternal apology tour; Sonja wanting to catch a d*ck; LuAnn wrangling Ramona, and trying to get everyone moving or sitting or whatever; Dorinda’s overuse of the phrases here’s the thing and can you imagine; and Leah smelling things. LuAnn says, who knew Leah was a sniffer? Dorinda asks if Leah knew that about herself, and we see a clip of Leah sniffing her own armpit. Andy asks if she was stunned by her habit of smelling things, and she says she had no idea. She tends to learn by touching things. Viewer Donnie in Ann Arbor says the way Dorinda speaks is almost a European thing. He wonders if she picked up phrasing in England or it was her mom’s influence. She says, here’s the thing… and everyone laughs. Andy says LuAnn seemed to keep the ladies on track and maintained decorum. Does she see herself as the peacekeeper mom? LuAnn says it took work. He asks what Sonja’s fascination was with catching d*ck, and she says, the law of attraction. If you say it enough, it appears. That’s why she was eating so much; she wasn’t getting any d*ck. A viewer says, d*ck pics reared their ugly heads (sigh), and excluding Leah, who in the group received the most? They all say, Ramona, then LuAnn says, Sonja. We flash back to Sonja saying the only one she’s ever gotten was a wrong number. She says, they tried to backtrack the number because she liked the décor.

Andy says Ramona has been known as the Singer stinger and apologizer, but this season the women wondered if Ramona could be called a good friend. We flash back to Ramona being an a-hole and ditching everyone every chance she got to scout a place for men. We see LuAnn’s interview where she said Ramona was the winner of the worst hostess award. We revisit Ramona fat shaming Sonja, and forcing her 50/60/70 girlfriends to get her a pocketbook via $100 donations, and Leah saying, at least it’s a real Gucci bag. Ramona insists her bags are real, and Leah says, no; they’re not. A viewer says Ramona is different in the Hamptons. It seems like her sole reason for being there is to see and be seen. Sonja says, amen, and Ramona says she’s popular and has a lot of parties. Viewer Bryan from Chattanooga says we know Ramona is a double-booker, but leaving her own party is nuts. She suffers desperately from FOMO. Ramona says she didn’t want leave, but she knew the group was going to crash. Sonja says, Ramona is horny. Alrighty then. Can we go home now? Andy says Ramona bringing up how many friends she has seemed to be a trigger for Sonja. Sonja feels a lot of Ramona’s friends are really hers, and tries to talk, but Ramona won’t let her. Sonja gets up, and tells Ramona, S-T-F-U, actually saying the letters. Ramona says she sees them all the time, and Sonja doesn’t see anybody. Sonja says they don’t care about Ramona, and they’re using her. Ramona says she loves them and they hang out all the time. Sonja asks, where are these people going to be when it’s you and me, and two for one at Burger Heaven?

Andy asks Dorinda what’s wrong with a 63 year old throwing themselves a birthday party? and Dorinda says, it doesn’t seem sincere. She just met some of them like Maria. We flash back to Ramona talking to somebody named Maria, who was apparently totally forgettable. Ramona says Maria is at her house every day. I can’t imagine anyone having that little to do, so I translate that as, we text once in a while. Dorinda thinks it comes off as insincere, and Sonja says she’s social climbing. Ramona says she’s so wrong, and Andy asks if Leah can spot a Gucci fake. I wonder how we got back here again, and we flash back to Ramona and her fake-ass bag. Ramona insists her bags are all real, and Sonja says, Chinatown. Side story. I have a couple of fakes that I bought just because I liked the bags. They must be good ones because someone I went out with actually thought I owned I Louis Vuitton bag. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! I just looked at them like they were nuts. Like I’d sink that kind of money into a purse, even if I had it. Leah says Ramona acted like she’d never seen a bag before; it was weird. We go back to Ramona’s birthday where she’s going apesh*t over the bag she orchestrated her friends into giving to her. Ramona says she loves presents, and she was excited. A viewer asks why she would call a close friend heavy, and thinks what she said to Sonja was rude and uncalled for. Ramona says her girlfriends tell her when she’s getting porky, and all she said was Sonja needed to lose a little weight. Sonja says that’s when she ate more. She’d stopped having sex with her Netffix and chill guy. Maybe she should get a friend with more compassion. A viewer says Dorinda gave Elyse grief for defending Ramona, when Sonja has defended Ramona for years. Dorinda explains that Elyse was coming to her and Leah, saying Ramona was being a terrible friend. She would flip-flop. We see clips of Elyse saying Ramona shuts her down in front of the group, and, Ramonaville is filled with one-way streets. Dorinda wonders why Ramona fell out with Elyse, and Ramona says, Elyse is a black widow, which makes no sense, since isn’t that someone who marries a guy and then kills him? Is there something I don’t know? Ramona says she should never have trusted Elyse and brought her on the show. Elyse had said she had Ramona’s back and betrayed her. She’s not being very specific, and I’m sure whatever it is, she’s making it sound more dramatic than it was. Andy says Ramona wanted blind loyalty, and suggests Elyse was the Barb K. of  the season. He asks if Barb and LuAnn are still friends, but LuAnn says they’re not friends anymore. Andy says it was a long friendship, and LuAnn says it was Barb’s doing. We see some clips with Barb, and I want to know more about this falling out, but they move on. Viewer Valerie from Chicago says, Ramona was accused of being a friend when it was convenient. It seems like it’s Ramona’s world, and everyone else is just living in it. Ramona says she wants friends who are happy and positive, but Dorinda says, that’s not what friendships are about; those are superficial acquaintances. If she’s going through something traumatic, she wants friend who can shepherd her and journey with her. Andy asks how they’re feeling about Ramona after this season, and Sonja says Ramona is family, and she loves her. Leah says she’ll never ruin Ramona’s backyard again, and Ramona says she wants to see Leah naked though. I’m not sure what to make of that.

Andy welcomes us back, when I didn’t even leave to go to the bathroom. He says they’re freshly sanitized, and ready for more. Sonja by Sonja Morgan had a promising deal with a major retailer that was a dream, but her townhouse continued to be an expensive nightmare. We flash back to Sonja’s runway show, and Sonja dealing with the townhouse. Sonja says she hides when she’s going through something. We see Sonja going over the zero sales from the show, and getting her Century 21 deal. Andy congratulates her, and she says she’s still pinching herself. It was a long haul, but it feels good from where she’s sitting. Ramona – who just can’t help herself – says she was in the fashion business for two years (wow – that long?), and Sonja being front and center in two retail stores says it all. LuAnn says she’s proud of Sonja, and even bought a dress. Sonja says LuAnn has been there every step of the way. Andy says, it’s cool. They’ve been sitting here for so many years with Sonja planning. Her toaster never came to fruition. We flash back to a million years ago, when Sonja talked about having a signature toaster oven. Andy says the women had been all over her for various things. Bethenny called her out for being a cheater brand, and she was called out for products that never launched. Now here she is in a store, and it must feel satisfying. She says it is, and her daughter is proud of her. She’s told her daughter, there are no mistakes, but experiences. She made connections in business along the way. Andy asks how the pandemic has affected things, and she says online sales are up 117%, and she’s sold out. It’s tough for retail. Funny. Doesn’t sound like it. Leah says the cashmere suit Sonja wanted her to wear – we flash back to that – and anything that looks like that, is selling out. No one is wearing dresses. Andy asks what the price on the townhouse is now, and Sonja says she’s dropping it to $8.5 million. Leah has one request. She wants to see it before Sonja sells it. Andy asks if Sonja has any male prospects, and she says she’s not getting laid. She’s been focusing on her daughter, but now Sophie is in an Ivy League school. It’s time for her mama to get something. Leah says Sonja looks hot, and Sonja says she needs to lose another five pounds. Andy says he doesn’t know about that.

Andy tells us, a wise woman once said she made it nice. This season, her temper rose, and nice was not always on the table. We flash back to Dorinda talking about Bluestone Manor being flooded; Dorinda telling Sonja that there’s nothing carefree about her anymore, and that she’s afraid John can’t take care of her; Dorinda telling Ramona that she has schadenfreude; rubbing LuAnn’s mugshot in her face; and killing the messenger when LuAnn told her what Ramona said, at her insistence. We revisit LuAnn’s interview, where she said Dorinda deflects and it’s your fault; and Sonja’s interview, where she said Dorinda was in pain, and projecting it rather than feeling it. Then comes the pièce de resistance, Dorinda flipping out over Leah saying Tinsley’s name at the Christmas party. Viewer Jack from Minneapolis points out, at the beginning of the season, Dorinda said there was nothing carefree about her, and she wasn’t nice to anybody anymore; then proved it. He asks if she ended in a better place than she started. Dorinda says she was more overwhelmed than she’s ever been, but she didn’t reach out for help. She was dealing with the house, and John, then broke a rib. She couldn’t catch a break. She was angry about what was happening, and projected it. She felt she couldn’t cope, and was at her wit’s end. It made her sad, and she was most upset about Ramona. She knows Ramona so well. She had a right to be angry, and was struggling. She felt Ramona made it worse. She never called Dorinda once, or took her out after the show ended. She just reminded Dorinda how much she didn’t like John. Ramona whips out a pile of papers, and says she texted Dorinda. Dorinda says she got through it, and moved on, but Ramona wanted it to continue. She needed Ramona to pull her aside, not hammer at her inf front of people. LuAnn says she tried to talk to Dorinda, but Dorinda wasn’t open to it. We flash back to Dorinda not having LuAnn’s advice, and she says she does feel bad about LuAnn, who was coming from a good place. She’s sorry. It was like Ramona was just waiting to jump on her. Leah thinks so too, and says when Dorinda and John broke up, she noticed Dorinda was in pain, and not admitting it. They’d been together for so long. Dorinda says, it was terrible, and Leah says, they didn’t get to see that. Andy says Dorinda held Tinsley to the standard that she needed to do everything on the show. Dorinda says she did show everything. She wanted Ramona to call her up, and ask if she was okay; say, I love you, and, I’m here for you. Ramona says, when Tinsley left, she turned into Dorinda’s punching bag. Ramona says Dorinda came to her home for cocktails and conversation, and said hurtful things. Dorinda wants to put people down. Dorinda says Ramona doesn’t know how to let it go. Sorry. Ramona says the next day, Dorinda made her an old-fashioned playlist. Sonja says, Dorinda was hurt, and Ramona starts to read from the texts, but Dorinda isn’t having it. Andy tells Dorinda to let Ramona read them (no surprise), and Dorinda says it’s one-sided. She used them to get a free party. She uses people. Ramona throws the papers in the air, and says she loves Dorinda. Why is she doing this?

Sonja says Ramona does use people, and Ramona asks again why Dorinda is doing this. Dorinda tells her, don’t throw things. It’s low class. How anyone on any of the shows in the franchise can say anything is low class, is beyond me. Every single one of them has done something low class. Except for LVP. Who can do no wrong. Andy asks LuAnn what she has to say about the trip to the Berkshires. LuAnn says they all drank too much, and said hurtful things. But how Sonja was behaving didn’t give Dorinda an excuse to say what she did. Sonja says she brought it up again in Mexico. LuAnn says she knows Dorinda didn’t mean it. She hopes Dorinda recognized she was being hurtful. When she was on Watch What Happens Live, Andy asked if Dorinda regretted what she’d said to LuAnn, and she said no. LuAnn says she thought Dorinda had no remorse for the way she’d behave. She doesn’t look at herself. If LuAnn had done that, she would have thought, oh my God, I can’t believe I said that. Dorinda says she was wrong, and definitely wants to go back to where they were when they met. LuAnn says she must have been harboring those thoughts, and Dorinda says she wants to work on it. LuAnn says work on the fact she’s holding resentments. Andy picks up Ramona’s sheaf of papers, and Ramona says he can read them later, then laughs like a hyena. Andy says, Dorinda obviously brought up all these things, like LuAnn’s mugshot, probation, Jovani. Dorinda says she’ll never stop saying Jovani, and she doesn’t need a lecture from LuAnn when it’s between her and Ramona. LuAnn says it doesn’t feel like means it. She shouldn’t have said those things. How can she see the show, and not say, holy sh*t, I need to change? To her credit, Dorinda takes it like a man, and says she does feel that way. Andy asks about the Mexico trip, and says, Leah was fried. Dorinda says, Leah had her back. Leah says she’s not making an excuse for bad behavior, but she’d rather deal with anger issues than someone who just says horrific things like Ramona does. She doesn’t think Dorinda hit below the belt. I’m guessing she’s talking specifically about what she’s said about Ramona. LuAnn can’t say Dorinda doesn’t hit below the belt, especially with what Dorinda said to her. Dorinda agrees.

A viewer from Richmond, Virginia says there wasn’t a single sincere apology from Dorinda. What’s her theory on why she’s as defensive as she is? Dorinda says she was in a lot pain, and felt wounded, weak, and vulnerable. Ramona says, all she wanted to say… and Dorinda says Ramona’s not listening. She couldn’t. She was in a damaged place, and needed someone. She literally should have taken off last season; she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Andy says the anger intervention lunch in Mexico was a bust, and Dorinda says, it was ridiculous. Andy says it didn’t seem like they picked the right moment. We flash back to when Dorinda was on the phone with Hannah. Leah says, even though she thought it was overboard for Dorinda to tell her and Sonja to get off their laptops, it wasn’t the same as Dorinda talking to her daughter. It didn’t add up. Dorinda says they made a bigger thing out of it. Andy says, it’s ironic how it ended, given that Leah and Dorinda are pals. Leah says, yeah, and he asks what was going through her mind, and she says she was kind of shocked, and bummed. She was about to give them props, tell them she loved and appreciated them, and had a great time. Her saying Tinsley set it off, but Dorinda called her the next day. She was upset about it and apologized. Andy wonders why the mere mention of Tinsley’s name caused such a reaction, and Dorinda says she thought it wasn’t authentic; Tinsley wasn’t there. They’d done great as a group after Tinsley left, and she was surprised they were going back to that. Leah says Tinley was an important person to her in terms of them. Dorinda says, that’s why she called the next day. Leah tells her, it’s okay to be wrong. Dorinda says she feels bad about LuAnn, and Leah, but she and Ramona can’t reconcile things. It’s a 20 year friendship. If Ramona wants continue, she can’t rehash everything. They need to build their friendship again, if it’s important to her. Ramona says she’ll always love Dorinda, and Dorinda’s not sure Ramona always does, but she tries. If that’s what Ramona wants, they’ll do it. They elbow bump – otherwise known as the new hug. Andy says they’re in a great place, so he’s going to leave it there. Dorinda says, by the grace of God she got through it, and hopes she’s moving to a better place.

Andy says, it’s another one for the books, and the months followed were stranger than fiction. They’ve all had time to reflect, and he wants to know which moments they’d like to socially distance themselves from, and which Housewife do they look forward to hugging most? Ramona is first, and she says she wants to distance herself from when she talked about Leah’s mental issues. She should have gone directly to her. She wants to hug Dorinda. Dorinda says, obviously what she said to LuAnn. She hurt LuAnn when she was in a vulnerable place. She’s going to work on it. She feels the hugging question is unfair. She’s looking forward to hugging everyone. She’s a big hugger; it’s like food to her. LuAnn says she’d like to socially distance herself form the night in the Berkshires; it was ugly behavior toward Sonja. She agrees with Dorinda, and would love to hug everybody. Sonja says she’s made it clear she wants to socially distance from not having control and being present when she’s drinking. She’s grateful to have the show to show her how she was behaving, and she’s grateful to Ramona for telling she needed to look into some things. Ramona is her girl. She says, Dorinda called her all the time, but even though she didn’t want Dorinda to know what she was trying to handle, Dorinda would share what was going on with her. Sonja felt like she wasn’t alone, and owes Dorinda big time. Dorinda says she did something right. Leah says she wants to distance herself from the entire state of Rhode Island, and wants to hug Ramona. Her mommy issues are apparently still alive. Ramona says she wants to be more of a friend than a mommy, and Leah says, it feels like that will work. Ramona says, it will. Andy thanks everyone for an incredible season. He’s looking forward to getting close enough to toast, and can’t wait to hug them all.

They take a socially distant selfie, and Sonja asks Ramona, can we go to the speakeasy after this? I guess that’s the grown-up version of getting ice cream.

🤸‍♀️ Go Leah… Go Leah…

She got her raise, but whether Ramona will get to see her naked next season, remains to be seen.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/23/leah-mcsweeney-bumped-to-10k-per-episode-for-2nd-year-on-rhony/

📅 Mark Your Calendar…

A new show is premiering on Bravo, this Sunday, September 27th at 10:30 pm, and it looks like fun.

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-andy-cohen-late-night-bravos-chat-room-reality-stars-20200921-5thj4zqqojg6zojd3uaabnjeoe-story.html

https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/bravos-chat-room-cast-premiere-date-announced

🦄 Sweet Dreams Be Yours…

I don’t know if the world has quite gone to hell in a handbasket yet, but it’s certainly on fire, both literally and figuratively. It’s your job to rise above it, and stay safe, stay funky, and stay socially distant from Ramona.

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September 17, 2020 – A Loved One Brings Mike Home, Reunion Finger Pointing, No Pandemic Here, Sonja By Not Sonja, Next Time, She Does What, NeNe Says Bye-Bye, Pups Go Surfing & Dream

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

 

General Hospital

Dante wakes up, and says, dammit. Why did I do that?

At Kelly’s, Diane tells Alexis that she needs to eat something. She can’t begin to know what Alexis is going through. She was just starting to be with Neil, and then he was gone. She’s been with Alexis the whole time. Alexis says Diane thinks she’s going to relapse and drink again, doesn’t she?

Monte Carlo. Olivia asks if Robert had any luck, and he says he scoped out the location of the security office. If Holly is anywhere, that’s where she is. Olivia asks what he suggests they do next. They see Winston, and Robert says, continue to enjoy their romantic honeymoon.

Ned gets Olivia’s voicemail, and says it’s him again. He hasn’t heard from her or Robert for over a day, and he’s getting concerned. Please call.

At the bistro, Brook tells Chase that she doesn’t think ginger tea is the answer to her situation, but she thanks him. He asks what she thinks she’s going to do next. Is she still dead-set on not going back to the Quartermaines? She says, it’s a pity invite, and will never happen. BLQ doesn’t accept charity.

Josslyn says her grandpa will always be with her, and Michael says, him too. Brando says, and his buddies in Iraq, and Willow says, and her dad and baby. Stella says their loved ones didn’t vanish into darkness. They’re always with them and watching out for them.

Sonny says he doesn’t want Mike to think he wants him to die. He had so many dreams for them. We see Sonny and Mike with bicycles, and Mike asks how Sonny likes it. He bets Sonny thought he’d never buy him a bike, and Sonny says it surprised the hell out of him. Mike suggests putting on training wheels, and Sonny says, let’s see who needs training wheels, old man. Mike says they’ll see who the old man is. He’ll race Sonny to the end of the street. You know what they say. You never forget how to ride a bike.

Mike and Sonny come into the living room, and Mike wonders how Michael isn’t exhausted. Sonny says, he’s young. He can play catch with Wiley forever. Mike says he taught Sonny how to play catch, and Sonny says Mike has a pretty good arm; Wiley was impressed, and so was Michael. Mike says, someone has to show the young ones how do it. He does a pretend throw, and rubs his shoulder. Sonny says he’s still got it. He gave Michael and Wiley a great afternoon they’ll never forget. He wants to thank Mike.

Mike and Sonny walk into the living room wearing suits. Mike thanks Sonny for taking him to Adela’s grave – in his big, fancy private jet. Sonny says anytime Mike wants to visit her grave, just give him the word. Mike says, one time he told Sonny’s mom that Sonny could be anything he wanted to be, because he was going to bring Sonny the world. He didn’t do that. Sonny says, no, he didn’t. He gave Sonny love. He didn’t know it then, but he knows now. They clink glasses, and Mike says he doesn’t deserve Sonny. Sonny asks, why even say that? and they sit. Mike says Sonny has a beautiful family, and made him a part of it. It was good. He wishes he could tell Sonny’s mom how proud he is of him, and how sorry he is for not being there to watch him grow up. Sonny says, Mike still loves his mom, doesn’t he? and Mike says, always have, always will. Anyone who came after, never equaled her kindness and compassion. He told Adela that too. He only wishes he could have told her face to face, but maybe someday, somehow he’ll see her again. He’ll take her in his arms and spin her around, and they’ll dance. Sonny says, that day’s not coming for a long time, but she’ll be waiting. Mike says, you can’t live forever, can you? and Sonny says, no. He guesses not. Mike asks why he’s doing this. Why does Sonny keep remembering things that never happened between them? Sonny says he wants his father to give him more, and knows Mike can’t give him that. He doesn’t know why Mike keeps holding on. He knows Mike is hurting and ready. Why doesn’t he let go? Sonny is here for him, and he’s not going to do this alone… Unless that’s what Mike needs. Does he need Sonny not to be there, so that way he can go find peace? Mike says he’s out of answers. Answers like that are found within. Sonny has the strength to do that; more than Mike ever did. Look inside his heart, and he’ll know what to do.

At Turning Woods, Sonny says he’s looking. He sees it. Mike doesn’t want to go with him watching. He wants to protect Sonny. Sonny tells him, do what he’s got to do. Sonny cries a little, and tells Mike, do what he’s got to do. However he wants to go, however he wants to do it, it’s fine.

Alexis tells Diane, yes. She wanted a drink. Sobriety can be fickle when dealing with emotional distress. Diane asks, how fickle? and Alexis says she found out Neil was using under her nose, and she wanted a drink, but she stopped herself. She wasn’t succumbing to her addiction. It was bad enough to see Neil succumb to his. Ned comes in, and says he’s sorry to hear about Neil. He’s been meaning to reach out. Alexis thanks him, and says he’s had enough to deal with. She heard Brook was out of the hospital and on the mend. He must be relieved. Ned takes her hand, but Alexis draws back in pain.

Olivia says she’s always dreamed of driving in an Austin Martin in Monte Carlo. He says, she’s not going to get nervous, is she? She says, not with him driving. He lowers his voice and tells her, sorry to push the honeymoon, but Winston won’t take his eyes off them. She says he needs a diversion, and he asks what she suggests. She says, stick with her. She’s about to go on a hot streak. Winston won’t know what hit little his casino.

Sonny tells Mike he’s going to go. He’s saying goodbye to Mike, so Mike doesn’t have to say goodbye. He kisses Mike’s forehead. He takes a last look, stands at the door for a moment, and leaves.

Robert tells Olivia, for this to work, they have to stick with the plan. She says she was playing blackjack before she was old enough to vote. She sits at a table, and says, deal her in. Robert wanders around, and Olivia gets 21. She says, yeah; do it again. Leave it all on the table. A man comes to the table, and says, someone is feeling lucky, and she says, you bet she is. He says, maybe the lady’s luck will rub off on him. Deal him in.

Ava plays outside with Avery, and Nikolas says, there she is. Ava says, yes, she’s here. Avery had a bad dream, so they were catching fireflies. Nikolas tells Avery, he’d like to help if it’s all right with her mother, and Ava says, it’s more than okay.   

Chase tells Brook, it isn’t charity letting her family help. It’s what families do. She says, some families, but not the Quartermaines. He says, Michael is a Quartermaine, and she says Ned was furious with her, and had a massive overreaction. She knows she messed up, and Ned was right to be mad, but she also knows he wouldn’t have retreated if Nelle hadn’t attacked her. He says, tragedies have a way of putting things into perspective. You realize how important it is to love a person, rather than whatever you thought was so crucial. Maybe Ned realized he loves more than the company, wants her as a daughter, and wants her to recover. She says he’s describing a normal, rational person. He can’t understand what ELQ means to the Quartermaines. Ned put it in perspective for 25 minutes when he thought she was going to die. That’s over now, and he just feels sorry for her, and she doesn’t want that. She’s fine on her own. He says, excellent. What does that look like? She says that’s the part she hasn’t figured out.

Stella says, when she came in, Brando was talking about butterflies. What did he mean? Sonny comes in, and Carly asks if he’s okay. He says, Mike is resting, and he’s fine. Michael asks if he needed a break, and Sonny says, just a short one. Jason says if Sonny wants anything, he’s there with them. Josslyn and Michael volunteer to go sit with Mike, but Sonny tells them to stay. Mike will be fine by himself. Josslyn asks how he knows, and Jason says, it’s okay. Sonny knows what he’s talking about.

A bright light falls on Mike. He opens his eyes, and says, I know you.

Sonny thanks everyone for coming, and says, it means a lot. Carly asks if he’s ready to go back, and he says, it’s probably time. He and Carly join hands, and go back to Mike’s room. Stella asks Brando to tell her more about his experience with butterflies. He says after learning about them in high school, he started seeing them as his buddies from his unit; a sign everything was okay. At least that’s what he wants to think. Stella says, then that’s what they are.   

Alexis tells Nelle, she took a fall at the gym and jammed her wrist; it’s still tender. Diane says, that was weeks ago. She should see a doctor. Alexis says she has other things on her mind, but Diane says she can’t put it off. She’s getting checked out. Diane’s phone dings, and she says, lovely. A client demands her immediate attention. They’ll just have to wait. She’s a respected attorney, not Ride Share. They can’t summon her when they feel like it. Alexis says, for the retainer she charges, of course (🍷) they can. She says, Ned is there to assist her if she needs it, and Diane says she’ll call Alexis later. Diane leaves, and Ned asks if he can get anything for Alexis. Blueberry pie maybe? She says, it’s nice of him, but her speech was for Diane’s benefit. He doesn’t have to stay. He says he has nowhere else to be. He lost ELQ, and his wife and daughter aren’t speaking to him.

At the casino, the man says, Mrs. Falconari. She’s the last person he expected to see. She says, hello, Ethan. It’s Mrs. Quartermaine now. He should have been at his mother’s memorial. He asks, what brings her to the casino? and tells her the man who runs it isn’t someone she wants to cross. She says, too late, but she has back-up in Robert Scorpio. He says, Scorpio is here? and she says he’s convinced Ethan’s mom is alive, and being held prisoner there.

Robert walks down a hallway toward the office, and a guard asks if he can help Robert. Robert acts like he’s drunk, and says, restroom, and the guard says, it’s authorized personnel only. Robert acts confused, and says he guesses he got turned around. Sorry, man. He moves on.

Ethan says, Scorpio thinks his mother is alive? and Olivia says he got a call after the memorial. There was a lot of static, and a bad connection, but he swears it was Holly. He says, and she believes him? She says she does. The call was traced to this casino. She was creating a diversion while Robert checked out the security office. Ethan says, Robert wants Holly to be alive, so he can ride in and save her. She says she understands their relationship was complicated, but Robert never stopped loving her. If he thinks she’s alive, doesn’t Ethan think it’s worth hearing him out? Robert comes back, and tells Olivia, a guard is watching the door. They have to find another way in. He realizes Ethan is there, and Ethan punches Robert. Olivia catches him.

Carly says, Sonny has been so insistent on being with Mike to the very end. Why did he leave?

Mike sits up, and says he knows her. Courtney says, hello, dad, and asks him to come with her. She holds out her hand, and he gets up, putting on his sharp hat. Courtney takes his hand, and he says, it’s good to see you, sweetheart.   

Sonny tells Carly, he took a break for his father, not for himself. They go into Mike’s room, and Mike and Courtney see them. Mike tells Sonny, he’s so sorry it was so hard on him. He deserved better than he got from Mike, but Sonny did right by him up until the end. He says, thank you for being my boy. Don’t think of him as the guy in the bed. Think of him as the father who came to his son for help. He takes Courtney’s hands, and a bright light shines down from above. They disappear. Carly says she doesn’t understand, but Sonny says she doesn’t have to. She says, everything Sonny has done, every decision he made, was exactly what his dad needed. Sonny says, dad? He listens to Mike’s heart, and Carly says, is he? Sonny says, he’s gone. That’s why he left the room. He knew Mike couldn’t say goodbye. Mike was trying to protect him. Carly nods, and says Sonny, he let go. His mom is waiting for Mike. It’s okay. She forgives him, and loves him very much. We see a butterfly floating around the room, and I’ve already lost it completely. Sonny says, there’s no more loss, no more sorrow. A big world is waiting for him out there. He’s finally coming home. Sonny puts his head against Mike’s. Carly says, safe passage Mike, and tells him that she loves him.

Ava says it’s time to get Avery back to bed, and tells her to say goodnight to Nikolas. Avery wants him to come, and he says he’d be delighted. Ava tells Avery, in that case, lead the way.

Alexis tells Ned that she’s not surprised there’s friction. Brook is a determined young woman. He says, right now, she’s determined to avoid him. She doubts that’s the case with Olivia, and he says, that situation is more nuanced, but at the moment he’s more concerned about her. He says he and Alexis haven’t caught up since she and Neil got together. She says, point of fact, they were barely together. Their feelings were complicated, but she felt a connection. She risked everything, threw caution to the winds, and lost her law license. She believed in Neil, and believed in the possibility of them, but the truth is, she didn’t know him. How could she not realize he was using drugs? Was he that good at hiding it, or was she being willfully blind, like with Julian, Ric, and all the other men? Present company excluded. He asks if she really believes that, and she says, yes. Neil was a good man, even though he had secrets. He suggests she take her coffee to go, and they take a walk in the park. She says, sounds like a plan, and he says he’ll meet her outside. He’s going to give Olivia one more call. He goes out, and she picks up her coffee cup, dropping it. She grabs her wrist.

Robert suggests Ethan try again when he can see it coming. Ethan says Robert ruined his mother’s life. The only reason she was on that damn boat was because he walked out on her. They lunge at each other, but Winston comes over, and says, gentlemen. They’re disturbing the guests, and ruining night. He tells his bouncers, take them in the back.

Carly joins the others, and says, he’s gone. She hugs Josslyn, and says her grandfather isn’t confused or afraid anymore. Josslyn asks how Carly knows, and Michael asks how Sonny is. Carly says, quiet. He’s sitting with Mike if Michael wants to say goodbye. Michael leaves, and Josslyn says she wants some fresh air. Carly asks if Josslyn wants her to come, but she says she just wants to be outside. Carly says she loves Josslyn, and Josslyn says she loves Carly too. Willow tells Carly, she’s going to call and check on Wiley. She’s so sorry for their loss. She hugs Carly, who thanks her. Jason asks if Carly is okay, and she says, she knows it’s what’s best for Mike, but she’s going to miss him so much. Jason hugs her.

Chase asks how Brook feels couch surfing. She says she needs more context, and he says if she has nowhere else to crash, she can stay with him. She asks if he’d really let her move in, and he says, while she’s figuring out the next step. She tells him that she doesn’t know what say, and he says, that’s a first. Brooks phone rings, and she says, it’s Michael; she has to take it. Michael tells her that Mike passed away a little while ago. He went peacefully, and wasn’t in pain. She says, he was an incredible man, and Michael says, he was. She asks how Sonny is doing, and Michael says, he’s okay. Luckily, he has a lot of support. She asks if it would be too much if she came, or does he think it would help? He says, that would be great. His dad would appreciate it. She tells him that she’s sorry for his loss. It put her so-called problems in perspective.

Carly tells Jason, the people they love, they just think they’ll be there forever, but they won’t. They have to love them with everything they’ve got, every minute they have them, and not get caught up in the stupid stuff their minds perceive as bright and shiny in life, and make that stuff more important. She admires Jason. He’s lived his life with that perspective, and doesn’t get distracted. She asks him to promise, if she spirals out of control and gets caught up in the BS of life, remind her please of what’s important. He says, like when he tells her to take a deep breath and count to ten? That’s just to calm her down. She’s always known what matters. He doesn’t always agree with her methods, but he doesn’t disagree with her heart. He came back in time to watch Mike slip away, and watch Sonny’s agony, and he watched her do the heavy lifting. She took care of everything, and gave selflessly. She has her priorities straight in life. She says he had her up until selfless. Everyone knows she’s the most selfish person on the planet. He says he knows better.

Robert and Ethan are sitting in chairs, tied up, back to back. Robert says Ethan’s little outburst just blew his cover. Ethan asks if Robert thinks he gives a damn. He punched Robert to get them back there. Robert says, a classic Spencer move. Ethan’s old man would be proud. Ethan tells Robert, Olivia said Holly called him, and he believes she’s alive. Robert says, it’s the only part of the accident that makes sense. Ethan says, Holly said his instincts were on point, and Robert says his instincts didn’t tell him they’d find themselves trussed up like this. Ethan says, Robert is a super spy. Get them out. Robert sees a nail sticking out of the floor, and says he thinks he has a plan.

Alexis apologizes to the waitress, saying she’s clumsy. The waitress says she’s got this, and Ned comes back in. He asks if everything is okay, and Alexis says she lost her grip on the cup. She must have been holding it wrong. He says, if it’s that painful, she should have it looked at. She says she’s embarrassed enough, and he tells her, she said it was hurting. She insists it’s nothing serious, but he says she can’t hold a cup. She says he’s making it sound worse than it is, but he says, there’s only one way to find out. He’s taking her to the hospital. She grabs her bag, and flounces out ahead of him.

Ava says, it looked like Nikolas enjoyed that, and he says he did. Not just the fireflies, and the bedtime story. He loved that, don’t get him wrong, but watching her with Avery, it’s nice seeing that side. She says he thinks she might actually be human? Her phone rings, and she sees it’s Carly. She asks if everything is okay, and Carly tells her, Mike is gone. She’s sure Avery is sleeping, but she wanted Ava to know. Ava says she’s so sorry. She appreciates Carly calling. Carly says, Sonny would like all of his kids together, and Ava says, of course (🍷). She’ll have Avery back first thing tomorrow. If it seems appropriate, offer her condolences to Sonny, and don’t worry about Avery; she’ll follow his lead. Carly says she’ll let Sonny know, and thanks her.

Michael tells Sonny, he’s so grateful he had Mike for a grandfather. Knowing him was a privilege Sonny gave him. Sonny says, a long time ago, all he could see was Mike’s failings. He knows now Mike was just trying to be a good dad. Actually that was most of the time. He tried to be a better father than Mike was. He doesn’t know if he managed it, but Michael will be a better father than either one of them. Michael says, everything he learned, he learned from watching them.

Winston tells Olivia, he hopes her evening wasn’t spoiled. He heard she had success at the blackjack table. She says she did, and she’s hoping for more, as soon as her husband and his friend return. He says, they didn’t look like friends, and she says, you know boys; macho chest thumping. She guarantees their good behavior form here on out. When can she expect them back? He says he’s sure it won’t be much longer.

Robert says, got it, and Ethan is freed. How he did this, we don’t get to know. Spy magic. He tells Ethan, get him out. He’s a prodigy of Spencer, and should be able to do it in less than 30 seconds. Ethan says, he just did, and Robert gets up. He says, okay, it’s time to find Ethan’s mommy. Winston walks in, and says, how clever. Going somewhere, Mr. Scorpio?

Tomorrow, Robert says now he knows Holly is alive, Nina says there has to be a connection, Brando says maybe he and Molly should tell the truth, Avery disappears, and Jason tells Josslyn it’s exactly what Mike would have wanted.

🎁 I’ve been so busy, I hadn’t even realized it was my father’s birthday yesterday. He’s been gone a long time, but I still miss him like he just passed. What a gift this storyline has been. So very sad, yet bringing such hope.

The Real Housewives of New York City – The Reunion – Part Two

We jump right in to the argument between Tinsley and Dorinda that started last week. Dorinda wonders why Tinsley signed up for the show, when they’re told they have to be transparent. Tinsley says she’s been real, but Dorinda says she and Sonja knew she was still seeing Scott. Dorinda whines that she was going through a bad time, and Ramona says Dorinda never shared. We see an article from Page Six about Dorinda taking a break from John. Dorinda says she was going through the house flood, a broken rib, and trying to figure out if she wanted to be in a relationship. Her good friend Greg planted the Page Six article. She may not have been forthright, but she wasn’t dishonest – her segue into griping about Tinsley, while absolving herself of the same thing. She says Tinsley claimed she wasn’t seeing Scott, but they knew she’d had dinner with him, and was with him in Las Vegas. LuAnn asks how she knew all this, and a viewer points out that while good friends don’t bully, good friends don’t watch and stay silent. Andy asks why not defend her? and Sonja says Tinsley played the victim, but she just sucked it up. Ramona says when Tinsley is on roll, there’s no stopping her, but Dorinda says, with her it’s different. Tinsley says Dorinda deflects, and Dorinda says Tinsley was living in a hotel, like this means anything. Andy says Dorinda was mean to Tinsley, but Dorinda says she apologized. Tinsley claims she didn’t, and the turkey baster remark was appalling. Andy chimes in that it was pretty bad, and Dorinda says she wants Tinsley to live well, be well, and be happy. In retrospect, she feels she should have handled it differently, and she’s sorry. Tinsley says, too little too late. LuAnn says she’s happy for Tinsley, and Andy asks what Leah’s thoughts are about her best friend. Leah says she was new, and trying to forge relationships with the women. She has close relationships with both Dorinda and Tinsley, and they were the two going at it. She wanted to do a lunch with the three of them. We see a clip of her suggesting it, and Tinsley saying she’s not too sure it would be a good idea. Leah says they didn’t do it, and Tinsley says Dorinda comes off as strong and a tough guy bully, but she’s a coward. She can’t do one on one, and needs her cronies to stand up for her. Leah says she’s not a crony; she just wants to help. Tinsley says it was fine having a conversation with Dorinda off-camera, but Dorinda turned on her when Scott gave John money. A viewer points out that Dorinda said Scott was able to give Tinsley the things Richard used to give to her, and wonders if Dorinda is jealous. Dorinda says she doesn’t want that kind relationship; giving up her life to be dependent. Tinsley says, now Dorinda is the authority on her relationship with Scott. Dorinda’s Achille’s heel is that she’s never wrong, and it’s going to be her end and detriment. She needs to be accountable.

Andy asks why Dorinda got so mad in the finale, the second Tinsley’s name was brought up. We flash back to Dorinda going ballistic when Leah mentioned Tinsley. Leah hadn’t even finished her sentence, when Dorinda was all, I WON’T HAVE IT! SHE BREACHED HER CONTRACT! and put her finger in everybody’s face. Dorinda says, it wasn’t authentic. Tinsley didn’t bring Leah to the group. If they were paying a finder’s fee, Bethenny would have gotten it. Like Dorinda gives a flying. Ramona says, Bethenny didn’t even know Leah, and Andy says she gave them 30 names, and Leah was on the list, but they also got her name form the casting producer. Then he asks the question on all out minds – what does it matter? Who cares? Dorinda says, at the end of the day, Leah was implying Tinsley brought her into the group, and it’s not true. I think what Leah actually said, and it wasn’t even the point she was making, was that Tinsley had introduced her to the group, as in, this is Leah. Andy says Leah and Tinsley did become friends before shooting started; it wasn’t forced. Tinsley says they liked each other, and it annoyed Dorinda. Leah says, it was more of an homage to Tinsley, whatever that means, and she never even met Bethenny. She doesn’t understand, and Ramona wonders why Dorinda was foaming at the mouth when Tinsley’s name was mentioned. Dorinda says, Tinsley wasn’t transparent, and Ramona says, are you kidding? Tinsley says the minute she came on she was talking about her arrest, and we see a clip. I dunno. If weeping to her mother at the circus about freezing her eggs, while wearing a Baby Jane outfit isn’t transparent, I don’t know what is. Tinsley asks if she needs to poop in front of the camera like Dorinda did. 💩 Sorry, I had to. Dorinda says they were already down a person with Bethenny leaving, and Andy says Bethenny left a day before shooting. Dorinda doesn’t think they should honor people who haven’t stayed on. Andy says Tinsley spoke to him and Bravo, and they mutually agreed it was okay. Dorinda says what she’s learned is, you don’t have to stay to the end, and can hide stuff. Ramona says, that’s not what Tinsley did; what’s wrong with her? I’m thinking Dorinda isn’t going to change her mind – what Tinsley said – so why belabor the point? Tinsley says, Dorinda thinks she can keep talking and make it real. I’m definitely enjoying Tinsley’s spunk now that she’s shaken free of the franchise. Ramona says she has to pee. Thanks for sharing. Sonja says, at least she didn’t fall asleep. Andy calls after her that she forgot her mask.

Back in her seat, Ramona says she never turned her phone off, and Andy says, moving on. From chicken a la vibrator to LuAnn a la camel, the Housewives are always a trip. We flash back to vacations us normal humans will never be able to afford, the weekend at Ramona’s house, the camel ride, and Sonja’s birthday. Andy says they have so much to discuss, and wants to know how Tinsley ended up making out with her sister. Tinsley says, it was a joke. They were with a bunch of girls, and all demonstrating how they kiss. Andy asks if Tinsley is a good kisser, and Leah says she is. I guess that puts that question to bed. Andy asks, who put the vibrator in the chicken? and Sonja guesses she did. They discuss vibrators in luggage, and Andy says he’s impressed Leah got Tinsley to strip and swim. Tinsley says it surprised her too. He asks LuAnn how being put in a suite in Ramona’s basement was disrespectful, and LuAnn says, before the trip, Ramona said she was getting the best room, but she wound up in the basement. This answers that question not at all, and Ramona says she was concerned about Dorinda and Sonja bucking for good rooms. Dorinda says she doesn’t care where she sleeps, and TBH, I don’t remember that ever being an issue with her. Just Ramona and Sonja. Andy asks if Ramona got heat for referring to the waitstaff in Mexico as servants. Ramona says, she’s old – what??? alert the media immediately! – but she owns it. Now alert LisaR. Andy gives LuAnn props for getting back on a camel, and LuAnn says she runs toward her fears to conquer them. She wasn’t letting a camel throw her off and not get back on. Leah says she’s never getting on another camel. She says Sonja’s camel was angry, and bumping hers. It’s time for Tinsley to say goodbye, and they tell her to enjoy her happily ever after in Chicago.

Andy welcomes us back, even though… you know the rest. He says, LuAnn finished probation, and was ready to raise a glass to a bright future. From giving back to giving up sobriety, she was marry f killing it. We flash back to LuAnn making almonds amends, and Andy says, thinking back to last year, the women had it with LuAnn. We flash back to the last reunion, where LuAnn was called out. Andy asks what the biggest change in LuAnn has been, and Ramona says she’s more real, approachable, and down to earth. Sonja says, the pressure is off now, and Dorinda says, it feels like LuAnn is more centered. LuAnn says it’s a lot of pressure when you’re told if you have a drink, you can go to jail; it was almost two years. Andy says he was glad to see her and Dorinda get back on track, except for a hiccup in the Berkshires. LuAnn says there were a couple of hiccups, and Dorinda says she was upset about how LuAnn was treating Sonja. Leah says she thinks LuAnn is down to earth, although sometimes it’s all about her. LuAnn says with six brothers and sisters, she had to be that way sometimes. Leah says she finds it endearing. A viewer says, even when LuAnn was drinking, she seemed to be the sober voice of reason. LuAnn says she’s been through a lot, and had to check in with herself and her relationship with alcohol. Part of her recovery is learning what she’s able to do and what she’s capable of. She’s not always proud of her behavior. Another viewer says LuAnn needs to stop saying she’s been to prison, and she wasn’t on parole; she was on probation. LuAnn says she’s not schooled in the terms. She does want to raise awareness about the prison system. They’re making money from people’s misfortunes, and a lot of people are there for petty crimes. It’s a real issue that needs attention. Viewer Diana from Miami says Sonja claimed LuAnn paid for only half of her hair and makeup, and Sonja says LuAnn doesn’t really pay her. LuAnn says when she started the show, she had a show director and musical director who ran things. She asked Sonja to come to the show as a guest. When she performed at Sonja’s drag bingo party, she didn’t ask for money. Sonja says, that was for charity, and LuAnn ignores that, saying, the fans love Sonja. Andy asks if, as it gets bigger, she’ll give Sonja more of a piece of the pie, and LuAnn says she told Sonja that.

Andy brings up LuAnn’s dad’s alcoholism, and how she connected with him through her experience. He asks her to elaborate, and she says, it’s in the book, but her father had an issue with alcohol for ten years – when she was ten to eighteen. Her father was everything to her; she adored him. He had more class in his pinky than most people have in their whole body. She misses him every day. She starts to cry, and I tweet her, since I understand. She says, at the end of his life, he’d been sober for ten years. She spoiled him, taking him to Asia, London, and Paris, all over the world. He deserved it, and she wanted to share that with him. No matter how low you go, you can get back up. Andy asks what her hope for the immediate future is, and she says to be healthy and in a good place, and to feel in control of her life. She’s been working hard. Being busy for her is good. Ramona says she’s seen LuAnn evolve ins a positive way. When they first met, she was kind of on a high horse with her Countess image. We flash back to a million years ago, and LuAnn says she was hiding a bad marriage. She’s been through a lot; they all have. Ramona says, kudos to her. She’s proud to know LuAnn as a friend and person. She’s an inspiration to a lot women, and grown so much.

Andy tells us, the sun will rise, the birds will sing, LuAnn will mention cabaret, and the ladies will hit on every man in their path. We go down Man Memory Lane, where it’s mostly Ramona, LuAnn coming in second, then Sonja, and Leah bringing up the rear. Sonja asks LuAnn how it went with the groomer, and LuAnn says, it didn’t. He was married. Andy asks why Harry Dubin and Tom were at the center of their love triangle, when William was up for grabs. Ramona asks him to expand on who William is, and Dorinda says he was at her party. Ramona says, oh, Bill. They’re just friends. Dorinda says she’s friends with him too, and heard the gory details. Andy asks if Dorinda has any desire to meet someone new, and Dorinda says dating is where she’s at. Time will tell. Andy asks if she’s seeing someone, and she says, we’ll see. It’s not to be spoken of. LuAnn says, when Dorinda talks about him, her face lights up, and Dorinda says she’s waiting until Covid is over to see where it is. Andy asks Leah about the Berkshires bartender, and she says they made out and played pool. He was cool, but he lives in the Berkshires. She says she has nothing against one-night stands, but where she’s at in life, how she feels, and her age, that’s not for her. She’s looking for more. Andy asks who they think is next for a monogamous relationship, and Ramona says, Dorinda. Dorinda says she doesn’t know how to do anything else.

Andy says, Ramona took to Leah in a maternal way, but Ramommy didn’t appreciate Leah’s behavior, and she found herself in Housewife hell. We flash back to Ramona’s idiocy, and Andy says, it was a wild ride. It was striking to him that they found a connection that went awry. Ramona says she’s more controlled, and LuAnn says, more conservative. Andy says, the breaking point was Ramona’s party, and Ramona says they had a conversation beforehand. Maybe if she’d had pants on… Ramona admits she lost it, and Leah says, because of her dress? Ramona went ballistic, yelling, cameras off! and should have just pulled her aside. LuAnn agrees that Ramona should have just gone to Leah, and overreacted. Leah says she was dancing, and Ramona says she didn’t appreciate it. Dorinda says they were all dancing, but Ramona says, Leah started it. Dorinda says Leah had a leotard on underneath, and there were only women there. Andy asks Ramona if she thinks she overreacted, and Ramona says, yes, but no, both owning it and not. Andy says Ramona has a different standard for Leah than her other friends, and Ramona says she asked Leah to contain herself. Leah says Ramona has a weird infatuation with her and her sexuality, and held her to a different standard. Ramona says, Sonja is funny, like Lucille Ball, but Leah is crass. I doubt Lucille Ball ever acted like Sonja. Andy says something about Leah being young and beautiful pushes Ramona’s buttons, and Ramona says she feels like Leah’s mother. Dorinda isn’t having it, and says Ramona doesn’t treat Leah like that. Leah tries to talk, but Ramona keeps interrupting, even after Andy tells her to cut it out. Leah says it started before Ramona’s party. She made a penis joke, and Ramona told her that she couldn’t say that. We flash back to whatever dinner that was, and Ramona says her daughters were there. Leah says Ramona was jerking off her wine glass, showing how she picked up men, and we see her pretty much doing as described. Andy says the party in Newport seemed to change Ramona’s opinion, and Ramona says she’s not used to someone with Leah’s energy, which I guess is what we’re calling drunken crazy-ass antics now. Leah says she was drunk, and Ramona thought, now is a good time to tell her that her sister can’t come. She over-drank (is that even a thing?), and the next day had to keep apologizing. Ramona say she doesn’t like Leah when she drinks.

Andy says, Ramona brought out Leah’s mental health issues, and asks if Leah buys that Ramona’s friend just came across the information. Leah says she wrote an article in 2016. Ramona’s friends don’t work, and have nothing going on, so no doubt they were looking for something on her. Ramona says her friends do work – they’re in real estate. All 50 of them? Leah says she was drunk, and Ramona was saying it was bi-polar behavior. Ramona says being on medication and drinking is scary, and Leah says she’s not on medication. Ramona says, well, she didn’t know that, and Leah says Ramona should have asked her. Dorinda tells Ramona not to act like she’s a doctor; it was malicious. Ramona insists it wasn’t, and Leah says she knew it was going to be on TV, and her kid would see it. Kier had no idea about it, and Leah had to have a conversation with her. Ramona acts innocent, and Leah says Ramona brought it up when it was being effing filmed, and knew it would end up in the show. Why do that? Desperate to turn the tide, Ramona says, half of America is on antidepressants. Why not help America? Andy asks if Ramona stands behind bringing it up, or does she regret not personally talking to Leah? Leah said she would have appreciated that, and it would have given her a voice. In Mexico, she tried talking to Ramona, and didn’t even know why Ramona was mad at her. Andy says if the article was out there already, why was Leah upset that it was on camera? Leah says this is a new platform, and a new way of communicating for her, and it’s her story. I actually understand this, since I once wrote an article about a personal experience (not the same thing, but the article was public and on the internet), and this drunken wretch I knew got pissed at me, and thought she was revealing something, posting it on my FB page. Not only did this idiot not grasp that it was something already out there, they got reamed out by all of our mutual friends and booted from a trip they’d been invited on. Yay karma. Ramona asks, why not bring it up? and Leah says she didn’t want to talk about it on the show. Ramona wonders why, since Leah is open about her vagina. I guess that word is okay for Ramona to say now? Dorinda says, Ramona is obsessed with Leah’s vagina, and Leah says Ramona likes to take things that could ruin them and make it public, like with Sonja’s clothing labels (see below), and her being on bi-polar medication and drunk. LuAnn says Ramona knew she was struggling with a probation, and announced she was still drinking. We see a clip from the last reunion, where LuAnn said she wasn’t drinking and Ramona said she believed LuAnn was definitely drinking. Sonja says, LuAnn could have been arrested, and Ramona says, at least she doesn’t whine – like some people. Dorinda says Ramona says it’s all her skincare products, but she had a facelift. Andy asks if Ramona got a facelift, and Dorinda says, be honest; no one cares. Ramona says Dorinda likes to drink, and no, she didn’t get a facelift. Dorinda says Ramona has a new man every night, and Ramona repeats that Dorinda likes to drink. Okay. So do I. What the what? Dorinda tells Ramona to go with her 60 friends – Lu Ann says, 50 – who can’t stand her. Ramona says Dorinda is full of sh*t, and Dorinda says Ramona’s friends think she’s ratchet. Andy asks how they move forward, and can they? Ramona says Leah reminds her of herself. She moves to the beat of her own drummer, and is self-made. She had no ex-husband supporting her, or husband to guide her, or rich boyfriend. Leah has been on her own since forever, like her. She respects Leah. She thinks they had a conflict because Ramona felt maternal, and when that was taken away, it brought stuff up. Ramona asks if they can hug, but Andy is like, no way. They elbow bump instead, and Andy says, here come the health guys.

Next time, the Reunion concludes – Sonja tells Ramona S-T-F-U; Leah doesn’t think Dorinda hits below the belt, because she lives on another planet; Dorinda says she was angry and struggling, and Ramona made it worse; Ramona thinks it’s Intervention, and reads an 18-page letter to Dorinda; and Ramona asks why Dorinda is doing this.

🏥 Hello Pandemic…

It’s a great time to be living in Port Charles.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/why-gh-wont-address-the-pandemic/

👗 About Those Labels…

What Leah was referring to that Ramona let fly.

https://www.newsweek.com/sonja-morgan-clothing-ali-express-1442913

📑 Holding Out…

Will she or won’t she?

https://celebmagazine.com/leah-mcsweeney-not-return-rhony-season-13/

https://celebmagazine.com/rhony-season-13-filming-without-leah-mcsweeney/

🗽 Moving On…

News about the next season of RHONY.

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/rhony-season-13-everything-we-know/

💩 For (Literal) Sh*ts and Giggles…

Leah and Elyse go mean girl on the mean girl.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rhonys-ramona-singer-fires-back-after-leah-mcsweeneys-sex-claims/

👩🏾‍🦰 Goodbye Wig…

A decision has been made. By exactly who, I’m not so sure.

https://extratv.com/2020/09/17/nene-leakes-quits-real-housewives-it-wasnt-an-easy-decision-for-me/

🌊 🐶 Pups Ride the Wave…

Something to alleviate your boredom.

https://animalcenter.org/surf-dog-surf-a-thon

🌜 Dreaming Of Dreaming…

Hoping for a whole six hours tonight. Also hoping you stay safe, stay dazzling, and stay making every moment count.

Sep11

September 10, 2020 – Coming To the End, a Huge Reveal About Dorinda & Hair

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What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Nikolas meets Elizabeth in the park. He says he came as quickly as he could. Her message sounded urgent. She says his screwed up fake marriage is screwing up her real one.

At the gallery, Franco talks to Ava about the portrait. She thinks maybe they should cut their losses. Being mistress of Windymere isn’t as fun as she thought it would be. He says he has to ask. Is she unhappy with his work? She tells him, don’t be crazy. She loves his paintings. He says he has an idea for a new portrait. He could make it less ostentatious. Make it more casual, and less static, more real. He admits he has no idea how to capture her free spirit and energy. When he thinks of her, he sees her in motion. Ava wonders why he stopped talking; she was starting to get excited about another portrait. He says he didn’t think it through, and can’t do that to Elizabeth.

Chipping Campden, England. Robert thanks Olivia for waiting, and she tells him to take his time. He says something doesn’t feel right about having a memorial. Prayers and condolences, what’s that got to do with Holly? Her lust for life, her taste for adventure, and incredible sense of humor. There’s no body, so what is he doing at a memorial? Olivia says, a memorial is as much for the living as the dead. It’s a chance for people to gather and reflect on the person they love, and remember what that person meant to them. Robert sighs, and says, oh, sweetheart. How could I ever forget you?

In the park, Josslyn says, too bad Trina couldn’t hang out with them. It’s been forever since all four of them were together. Dev asks if that’s not what homecoming is for; the four of them going as friends. Cameron says, before they know it, they’ll all be going to college, and going their separate ways. Dev says, that’s not for a couple of months; they still have time. Josslyn can’t imagine not seeing Cameron – not seeing all three of them. Cameron says they have the best times when they’re together.

Nina and Jax walk up to an apartment in NYC, and Nina says, it’s all really fast. Jax says they found the jeweler who fashioned the clasp. Maybe he’s the one who separated the original piece. She says, he hasn’t returned her calls, and he’ll think she’s some kind of nut. Jax says they’ll find out soon enough. Nina’s phone dings, and she says, it’s a bulletin from The Invader. Have you seen this woman? She tells Jax that she gets an alert whenever Nelle’s name is mentioned. They should keep an eye open for her. She can’t vanish into thin air, and could be anywhere. Even there. Jax pretends to agree.

At Turning Woods, Carly looks at the same bulletin and remembers yelling to Nelle to take her hand. Ned comes in and startles her.

Sonny tells Mike, he’ll be right back. He tries to compose himself in the hallway, and Stella comes along. He says he’s so happy to see her, and she says that’s exactly why she’s there.

Carly tells Ned, he startled her, and he says, sorry. She says she was lost in thought, and he asks if it was because of Mike. She says Sonny is spending most of his time there, and she’s all about supporting him. She was about to text Olivia regarding some hotel business, and asks if she’s with Ned. He says he’s there to update Sonny. He needs to know where Olivia is and what she’s up to.

Robert tells Olivia, the thing about Holly is she thought you lived life to the fullest, or survived at the other end. It was one adventure after another. We flash back to Holly and Robert when we were all practically children. Holly tells him, everything about him is new and exciting. They have their whole lives ahead of them. They toast, to us. Robert tells Olivia, what else can he say about Holly? She truly was one of a kind.

Stella asks Sonny how Mike is doing; be straight with her. Sonny says she knows he always is. She doesn’t let him be any way else. He says, it’s hard not knowing how long Mike will hold on. The nurses say days or hours. Stella says, once they stop eating, it’s only a matter of time. Sonny says he knows that in his head, but yesterday, Mike woke up and knew who he was, and spoke to him. Stella says, that’s the way the disease works. There’s a run of bad days, and still have a good moment. Sonny says he was talking about horse racing, and Mike perked up. He got permission to take Mike to the track. Stella says, what?! and Sonny says he took Mike to the stables. There was a horse there, and Mike looked like a little boy. Stella says, sometimes, when a person is close to passing, they have one final burst of energy. She’s always thought it was God’s gift, so the person can say goodbye to their loved ones. Sonny says he’ll never forget Mike’s smile. He was so happy, enjoying himself. She says it sounds like Sonny benefited from the break in the situation. She asks if she can see Mike, and he says Mike would love that. She goes into Mike’s room, and says, hello. She sits next to the bed.

Nina tells Jax, no. They shouldn’t do this. He’s retired, and they shouldn’t bother him. Jax says it’s her nerves talking, but she says, actually, it’s reality. If she doesn’t talk to him, she still has hope. Jax says he could give her a clue to find her child, but she says if he doesn’t, it’s the end of their leads. They have nowhere else to look. Jax says, whatever they find, or not, he’s here with her. She says, okay, and knocks on the door.

Josslyn says she’s heading to Turning Woods to visit Mike. She wants to say hi, even though he won’t realize she’s there. Cameron says if she needs anyone to talk to, she can talk to him – always. She thanks him, and says he’s the best. She leaves, and Cameron tells Dev that he thinks Josslyn might like him as more than a friend.

Franco says the time he’s spent with Ava is an issue, and Ava asks, why? Artists have had patrons for centuries. That’s how the art world works. He says before the unveiling, Ava did publicity that focused on his past, in particular Francophenia. Elizabeth isn’t a fan. Ava thinks Elizabeth should get over herself. What kind of wife doesn’t support her husband’s passion?

Elizabeth says Nikolas and Ava are making each other miserable, and Ava is clearly using it as an excuse to run to Franco. She says, Nikolas told her not to trust him, and Nikolas asks if she feels that way. Nothing will happen unless Franco is a part of it. Is this really just about Ava, or does she doubt her husband?

Elizabeth tells Nikolas, she loves Franco and knows he loves her. He says, that doesn’t answer his question. Does she have any doubts? She says, all couples fight, and some of theirs have been about Ava and him. Nikolas asks what he did, and she says Franco has always been insecure about their the history they share; how long she’s known Nikolas, and how well she knows him. Franco also knows she’s forgiven him. Nikolas says, she forgave him? and Elizabeth says he let everyone think he was dead for so long, but now that he’s back, she realizes how much she missed him. He says, they’ve been to hell and back, and their bond is something that will never go away, even if Franco wishes it would. She says she loves Franco, but he doesn’t pick her friends. Nikolas thanks her for giving him another chance. He won’t let her down this time; he missed her so much.

Franco tells Ava, when he was a bad boy artist genius of sorts, he was single. He wasn’t married and didn’t have three boys to raise. Now he has to take into account any publicity he gets might have a negative impact on his family. She asks if it ever occurred to him that Elizabeth’s failed dream to become an artist might affect if she honestly wants him to be a success. Franco says she’s wrong about that. Elizabeth wants him to have a great life. She says, as an art therapist, not as a painter whose work is sought after. She doesn’t think it’s fair that he should have to downsize his dream to fit Elizabeth’s soccer mom ideal.

Nina knocks on the door again, and a man answers. He says, sorry; he was on the treadmill. Jax asks if he’s Abraham Dokken, and he says he is. He retired five years ago, but he’d be happy to refer them to another jeweler. Nina says they’re not looking for a repair, but they were hoping he could identify a necklace. She shows him the half-heart, and asks if he made it. He looks it over, and says it’s his clasp for sure. He couldn’t tell her if he made the piece. He made hundreds of heart pendants – they’re big sellers around Valentine’s Day – but they’re usually a whole heart. Nina says, it was a whole heart originally, but was split to make two necklaces. Does that sound familiar?

Stella says Sonny told her about taking Mike to the race track, and how he got to bet on a horse. It must have been quite a time. She tells Mike, his son loves him very much; lots of people love him. Mike looks at her, and she says, hello there. She’s so glad to have a chance to sit with him again. It’s like old times. All they need is a deck of cards. She tells him, there’s nothing to be afraid of. Everything is going to be all right.

Sonny asks Ned how Brook is, and Ned says, she’s still at GH. Sonny asks about her voice, and Ned says, she has to make more progress before they can get a complete overall diagnosis. Sonny says, Brook is strong and resilient, and won’t let anything or anybody keep her down. Ned couldn’t agree more. Ned asks about Mike, and Sonny says Stella is with his dad. Carly leaves to go see her, and Sonny says Ned never told him why he’s there. Ned says Sonny has a lot on his plate, and it can wait, but Sonny says he needs a distraction. Ned asks if Sonny has heard from Olivia lately, and Sonny says, no; is she okay? Ned hopes so. She’s in Geneva with Robert. Sonny says, because? and Ned says, Robert said he could get her in to see Dante.

Robert thanks Olivia for indulging in his nostalgia, and she says his life with Holly is the stuff spy novels are made of. She hopes it eased some of his grief a little. He says, who needs a memorial when he can sit with her, and she can listen to him ramble on? She thanks him, and he says, it means a lot. He says, there’s got to be a decent restaurant around. They need to find it, and buy the best, most expensive bottle of champagne on the menu and toast to Holly. Olivia likes the way he thinks, and happens to have a spectacular travel app. She walks off, looking at her phone, and Robert sighs again. He says he doesn’t know whether Holly is out there, but if she’s not, he’s sure going to miss her. His phone rings, and he sees the caller’s name and number are blocked. He answers, and there’s a lot of static, but he hears, help… need you. He says, Holly?

Nina asks if Abraham remembers dividing the necklace, and he says he does. It was an usual request. Most people buy two matching necklaces; it’s less expensive, but she insisted money was not an issue. Nina asks if he remembers the woman, and he says he’s good with faces. Customers like it if you remember them, and it keeps them coming back. She shows him Madeline’s picture, but he says, she doesn’t look familiar at all. Nina asks if he at least remembers the time frame. He says he’s been in business for forty years, and can’t answer that off the top of his head, but he’s kept receipts. Does she have a rough time frame? Nina says, it would have been in 1991, and he says he’ll take a look. She thanks him, and he goes to look at his records.

Elizabeth says she, Nikolas, Emily, and Lucky shared an important part of their lives. Even though Nikolas infuriates her sometimes, she doesn’t want to lose their connection. He says he hates that he’s the source of conflict in her marriage, but she says Franco has always had a jealous streak, and Nikolas is intimidating. He’s a prince; they’re few and far between. Nikolas says Franco would have liked it better if he never came back, and Elizabeth asks if he’s making an undeserving accusation about him?

Ava says if Franco’s wife feels inferior she probably shouldn’t have married him. Franco says he’ll give Ava this much. She’s been supportive, and always made him feel like he could succeed. She says, his success has made her money, but he says, if she wants to be the heartless ice queen of Port Charles everyone thinks she is, he still knows how passionate she is, and how she’d do anything support the people she loves.

Carly sees Stella, and they hug. Stella asks how Carly is doing, and Carly says, okay, but Sonny is having a hard time. Josslyn arrives, and Carly says she thought Josslyn was hanging out with her friends. Josslyn says she couldn’t relax and enjoy herself. She kept thinking about her grandpa, and wanted to be near him. She realizes he doesn’t know she’ll be there, but Stella says, don’t be so sure. Even if he’s not responsive, he knows. Carly says she’s glad Josslyn is there, and Mike will be too.

Sonny asks how Olivia managed to see Dante, and Ned says, Robert pulled some strings at the Bureau. He knows the interim director. Olivia would have asked Sonny to join her, but she knows he can’t leave Mike. Sonny says he hates missing a chance to see his son, but she’s right; he can’t  leave his dad. Did she say how Dante is doing, or give any indication when he might come home? Ned doesn’t know. She hasn’t made too much contact other than telling him that she arrived safely. Sonny tells him to call when she finds out. Ned says, with Brook in the hospital, and the situation with Mike, it wasn’t a great time for her to run to Europe.

Robert says, tell him where she is. The call cuts off, and he says, dammit. He makes a call, and says he needs something quickly. He just took a call, and it was a bad line. He needs it to be traced. It’s a blocked number, and he needs it asap. It would be a real favor; he owes them. Olivia comes back, and Robert tells her that he took a phone call from a blocked number. There was a horrible connection, and here’s the part that’s a bit nuts. Holly was on the other end asking for help. She asks, how can that be? and he says it was pretty garbled, and he does have Holly on his mind. She says, it probably just sounded like Holly, but he says he’d know her voice anywhere. She doesn’t believe him, does she?

Elizabeth asks what exactly is Nikolas saying? He says, it doesn’t matter. She tells him, ever since Ava dredged up Franco’s past, the past he’s tried hard to overcome, there’s been distance between them. She’s never been so alone when in the same room with someone. Nikolas promises she’ll never be alone, no matter what happens with Franco.

Franco says when Ava lost Kiki, she lost faith in herself, but look at her now in this ridiculous sham of a marriage. She tells him, don’t worry; she went into it with her eyes wide open. Some people would say they both deserve what they got. Franco says she deserves way better, and she says he’s sweet to say that. He says he’s saying it because it’s true. He wants her to have a good life too. She deserves to be with someone who believes in her.

Olivia tells Robert, she never said that, but he might have heard Holly because he wanted to hear her. He says, it was definitely her voice. He doesn’t mean to say she’s alive; it could have been a recording, but who would do that to him? If it’s not Holly herself, it’s someone who wants him to believe it’s Holly. He has to find out where it came from. Olivia asks if he really thinks the call was from Holly, and he says he thinks Holly is alive.

Sonny tells Ned, if his dad’s Alzheimer’s taught him anything, it’s that you can’t waste time where the people you love are concerned. If Olivia has the chance to see her son, she should 100% take it. He can’t go because of his dad. Ned says he’s afraid Olivia flew halfway across the world, when Dante might reject the idea. She’s setting herself up for heartbreak. Sonny says Ned knows enough to know no one can stop Olivia from doing what she wants. Ned says he absolutely knows that. He’s sorry to hear Sonny’s father isn’t dong well, and Sonny thanks him, and says he’s trying to make the most of the time they have left.

Josslyn goes into Mike’s room, and tells him that she loves him. She wonders what he’s thinking about, and asks if Mike is still there in his head. Stella says you can never be sure, but she’d like to believe he is. There are moments Mike focuses, and looks at them like he sees them, and she believes he has. Sonny comes back, and tells Mike that his family is there, including Stella. Mike stirs, and has a hard time breathing. Josslyn says she’ll get the nurse, and Sonny tells Mike that they’re getting him some help.

Abraham comes back with the receipt, and tells Nina, he found it. In September 1991, an alteration to a heart pendant to make two matching necklaces. Jax says Nina is a step closer.

Ava tells Franco, according to Nikolas, she’s a conniving wife; amoral, shallow, greedy, the list goes on. Does he really see good in her? He says he does. She’s her own worst enemy, but who doesn’t do that sometimes. He, for one, tries to live up to Elizabeth’s… everybody’s high expectations. Ava thinks he’s good the way he is.

Elizabeth asks if Nikolas means it; that he’ll always be there for her. Nikolas says he’s let her down, but she makes him want to be a better man. Ava doesn’t bring that side out of him. She says she can’t believe her marriage is on the rocks again. Nikolas says because of her generous heart, she gave Franco a chance. If he can’t live up to her expectations, it’s not her fault. She says she doesn’t understand how it fell apart so quickly, but he says, maybe it’s for the best. The way he sees it, she and the boys are better off without Franco in their lives. She says she feels like a failure.

Robert tells Olivia, his Bureau source should at least be able to tell him the location of the call. She says, then what? and he says, if there’s the slightest possibility Holly is alive, he’s got to know. If someone is using a recording of her voice, he’s got to know that too. She says she completely understands. She flew there because of the slimmest chance she could take to Dante. She had to try. Now Robert has to try to find out for himself. His phone rings, and he says it’s his source. He asks if they were able to trace the call.

The nurse comes out, and Sonny asks, what’s going on? She says his father has pneumonia. It’s common when a patient can’t swallow. They’re putting him on oxygen. Still by Mike’s bedside, Stella tells him that his family is waiting outside. She knows he’s tired, but hang on a little longer. They want to say goodbye.

Robert tells Olivia, they were able to trace the call to Monte Carlo, and she says, as in the Monte Carlo in Monaco? He says, that’s the one. She says he doesn’t seem happy, and he says he called in a favor. The WSB doesn’t waste resources looking for dead people. Monte Carlo’s not all that big. If Holly is there, there’s a good chance he can find her. He’ll get Olivia a ticket back to Port Charles. She says, no he’s not; she’s going with him. He says he’s grateful she was there for the memorial, but now it’s time for her to go home, and be with her family. He’ll be fine.

Nina says she can’t believe this is happening, and starts to cry. Abraham asks if she’s okay, and she says, more than okay. This is incredible news; these are happy tears. She takes the receipt, and Jax thanks Abraham. Abraham tells Nina, good luck with whatever she’s looking for. Now, if they don’t mind, his stories are coming on. (Think he watches GH?) They thank him again, and leave. In the hallway, Nina tells Jax, the customer is Phyllis Caulfield. He asks if she recognizes the name, and she says she does.

Olivia leaves a voicemail for Ned, telling him there have been developments in the situation. She can’t talk, but promises to tell him everything as soon as she can, in person. Robert asks if she made a reservation to go back to Port Charles, but she says, no. She’s coming to Monte Carlo with him. End of story.

Nikolas turns Elizabeth’s face to him, and moves in for a kiss. As he kisses her, someone takes a photo.

Franco kisses Ava, and someone takes a photo.

Stella comes out, and Carly says the nurse told them it’s pneumonia. She asks if the oxygen is helping, and Stella says, a little bit, but he’s having a hard time still. Sonny says, it’s the end, isn’t it? and Stella says, yes. It’s time for everyone to say goodbye to Mike.

Tomorrow, Dev tells Cameron to pick one and set the other free, Nikolas asks if Elizabeth is looking for a way out of her marriage, and Carly says Mike made his family’s life better just by being there.

The Real Housewives of New York City – The Reunion – Part One

Andy tells us, at long last it’s an in person reunion with The Real Housewives of New York City. He asks Tinsley how she feels, and she says she’s in a happy mood. Maybe she needs some resolutions, but she doesn’t care. Everyone fusses with their masks, and Andy says they only need them when they get up. Several of them have cool masks. Sonja’s has fringe, and LuAnn’s is a smile. LuAnn says, it’s a good start for today.

Andy says, season 12’s reunion is like a fever dream. They’re in a warehouse surrounded by relics of NYC reunions past. What makes it more monumental is, it’s the first time since March they’re having an in person reunion. He assures us it’s at a safe and socially distanced. He tells them that they look radiant, and asks if Leah is ready for her first reunion. Leah says she’s so ready. She’s wearing her sheer black number that she wore to Ramona’s party, and Andy asks if she wore it to piss Ramona off. He makes her stand up to show the dress off. Dorinda says she’s excited, and Andy tells Ramona it’s the best she’s ever looked. He asks how she’s feeling, and in true Ramona pretend-I-feel-nothing fashion, she says, it’s just another day. He asks how LuAnn is, and she says, Lu and improved, which is getting old. Andy says he loves Sonja’s new haircut, and something else is different. She tells him about her face lift, and says she was inspired by Ellen Barkin. Andy says, last, but not least, their princess from Chicago, Tinsley. Tinsley says it feels strange, but it’s a nice closing for her chapter in New York.

Andy says, before they unpack season 12, he wonders how quarantine affected the women, and asks if they were outside the city. Leah says, for the first five weeks, she was in Long Island, but since then, she’s been in the city. He says, Ramona garnered the most attention. She was in Florida hunkered down with her ex-husband and daughter Avery. Ramona says Avery suggested it, and it was a great experience; they became a family again. Andy asks if there were any moments she thought there would be another shot with Mario, but she says she loves him as a person; she’s not in love with him. Andy says Sonja was trapped at a spa in Palm Springs, and Sonja says she had to reel it in after the show; she was going off the rails. She did colonics for three weeks, and explains some things we didn’t need to know about that. Andy asks how LuAnn is keeping busy with no cabaret, and she says she’s still working on her shows, and working on a book. She’s been busy. He says the burning question is how everyone has been coping since the pandemic. Leah said she was disgusted with her castmates with their families, living it up in Florida. We see her Instagram story, and she says, they’re not taking this sh*t seriously, and laughing. It’s despicable and déclassé. She gives the finger; two of them actually. He asks who she’s referring to, like we don’t know, and Ramona says it’s her, but Leah has it wrong; she’s been cautious. Leah says Ramona has a total lack of awareness. People are dying who can’t say goodbye to their families, and she’s posting about her workouts, and doesn’t care if she’s not masked. She has a lack of empathy, when people are suffering in our country and the world. We see Ramona’s Instagram, where she and Avery are demonstrating Turtle Time. Ramona insists that she was up at 4 am, reading the day’s horrific news. It was scary, and they were living every day as best they could with what they had. And she donated to charity. We hear the sound of one hand clapping. Ramona says people told her that she was an inspiration. Was she supposed to cry all day? Leah says, it’s about acknowledging the situation. Ramona also lied about donating blood. Ramona insists she did. In February she had Lyme disease, but they weren’t testing for Covid yet. She went to Aspen and got better, then went to Florida. She’d been in quarantine for eight weeks, when the Boca Beach Club opened up for going to the beach and playing tennis. She was tested, and found out she had antibodies. The doctor said, when she had Lyme disease, she also had Covid. Sonja says she’s a walking petri dish, and Ramona says she was allowed to come back. Leah behaved low brow, giving her the finger. Andy says a lot of people got upset that she went to a party where Donald Trump, Jr. was, and then his girlfriend tested positive. Ramona insists she stayed six feet from everyone, and left after an hour. Dorinda says, it’s not very responsible, and Ramona says, she doesn’t have the virus. She keeps repeating it, like somebody wound her up. Leah says, God knows how many people Ramona gave it to, and Dorinda says, Ramona is un-virusable. Ramona says she had it in February, and Andy says, you can get it again. He’s scared of getting it again. Sonja says, you can also spread it, and Dorinda says, Ramona was at a speakeasy with no mask; Breakers with Harry Dubin. We can never get through an NYC reunion without Harry’s name being mentioned at least once. Leah says, people are dying, and Dorinda says, people are out of work. Leah says, Ramona doesn’t give a sh*t. It’s not about wearing a mask, you effing idiot. She was showing herself dancing. Everyone is talking over each other, and Andy yells, shut up! He asks if Tinsley isn’t glad she came. He says he has one comment, and Ramona says the discussion is over. He says she was putting it out there that she wasn’t compliant. We see a picture of Ramona and another woman, arms around each other, not wearing masks. Ramona says she was in Florida with a friend at a restaurant, and they took a picture. They were allowed to do that.

Andy says it’s been a crazy year so far, and they have so much to get into with the actual season. With an unapologetic sense and an aversion to tiki torches, new housewife Leah proved a force be reckoned with. We flash back to Leah throughout the season, and Andy says in the feedback they received, everyone thought Leah hit the ground running. When Sarah Paulson was asked to rate Leah’s freshman season from 1 to 10, she gave it a 25. John Oliver was asked if he thought her season was good, he said he wasn’t sure, but never laughed harder than during the episode when she trashed Ramona’s house. Leah says, it’s nice to hear, and a nice welcome. When it aired, the pandemic had started, and they were in lockdown. If thinks if she’d gotten negative feedback, it would have been debilitating. LuAnn says, Leah is a tough New Yorker. She came on as a younger mom and businesswoman. She was vulnerable, and LuAnn instinctually liked her. Sonja says when you have a conversation with Leah, she actually listens and doesn’t judge. Dorinda says Leah gave it a different angle, coming from Downtown. She was confident, and able to handle the initiation. LuAnn says, tiki torches will never look the same, and Ramona says she has them stored behind her garage now. Andy asks if anything has changed for Leah, and she says she stopped drinking, but not much else.

Andy asks Tinsley about her take, and Tinsley says she joined at a low point in her life. She was weaker, and not confident. She loved that Leah didn’t hold back and was super confident; they connected right away. She has a hard time with the others listening to her, and it was nice having someone who actually did. Andy says a viewer asks, what’s up with Leah’s age shaming, and saying she’s the only one with a period? Instead of making fun, she should be seeking wisdom from the women. Leah says she respects them, and doesn’t think she age shames. Dorinda says Leah does look to them for advice; she calls about Kiki all the time. Andy says Ramona, Sonja, and Dorinda shamed Leah and judged her for her tattoos; it wasn’t very welcoming. Leah says she wasn’t uncomfortable about it, and Ramona says she’s not used to tattoos. Leah says the only comment she felt icky about was Sonja saying she’d never have sex with her because of it. We see a clip of Sonja saying Leah’s tattoos are a deal breaker, and Leah says, for some reason, it made her extra offended. Sonja says it was joke because there was sexual tension between them. Betsy from North Carolina wants Leah to elaborate on her vagina wings, and asks if it really flies. Leah says, it’s a crazy story. When she was 17, she did some hallucinogenics, and went into another dimension of the universe. She had purple wings, and when she came to, she wanted them tattooed on her. Her back was too obvious, so she got them on her p*ssy. Dorinda asks, what happens when men see it? and Leah says, they love it. Dorinda marvels at that, and Andy asks about Leah’s family watching the show. She says her father has the biggest crush on Sonja, and Sonja says, he’s an amazing artist. Leah says her mother wasn’t thrilled that she was buck naked, and talking about peeing on a prince – obviously; she’s Leah’s mother. Leah says her daughter hasn’t seen the show, and Andy asks, what about Rob? Leah says she thinks he gets jealous, and turned into a Guido. Andy asks if her mom is really a shrink, and Leah says, don’t judge her mom by her; she’s good at her job. Andy says she wasn’t drinking before the show started, and asks if she was worried about starting again. Leah says, a little, since it was being filmed and she knew it could go wrong. She hadn’t had one sip of alcohol in a decade. LuAnn says they drove her to drink, and Leah says she’s happy she got to spend 9 months drinking with the funniest bitches ever. She has no regrets.

Andy says, on that note, there were a lot of layers in drinking this season, with no exception. We flash back to many drunken antics, and he says, Joe from Ohio says the season was tough to watch with the drinking. He asks if anyone wishes the sloppiness had been addressed more, and Andy wonders if seeing the show in quarantine altered their behavior. Dorinda says, of course. When the season ended, they all stopped drinking, but she’s not like Ramona, who goes out every night. Leah says being shamed in Newport bothered her. Everyone was out of control wasted except Tinsley. She was new to the group, and dealing with sh*t. She’d had a bad night, and Ramona made her feel terrible about herself. Dorinda says Ramona does everything to deflect from her own behavior, and Ramona calls her a liar. She says Dorinda is disgusting, and should go to church.

Okay, time to break out the cookies. Andy asks why Leah decided to stop drinking, and Leah says when the pandemic started, and  they were in quarantine, she needed to be at the top of her game for her daughter. There was no way she could use alcohol in a happy, fun way. A viewer asks if LuAnn’s first sip of vodka on the show was really her first sip since getting off probation, and LuAnn says it was. She felt like she hit the reset button, and thought she’d try it, but she’s reeled it in and stopped drinking since the season ended. She doesn’t want to label herself though, or put pressure on herself, but she does have to watch herself, and she’s very aware. Briana from Nashville asks if LuAnn’s outburst (about Sonja) gave anyone pause, and LuAnn says she gave herself pause. She had to evaluate her use of alcohol. Andy tells them, viewers said no one else is as mean as Dorinda, and wonders why they defended her. Dorinda says Ramona said what she did as a zinger, and Ramona says she was petrified. Andy tells Ramona to let Dorinda finish, and asks why Dorinda gets defensive when her drinking is brought up. Dorinda says she’s sensitive about it. Ramona was accusatory, when Dorinda tries not to point out anyone else’s drinking or Ramona sleeping with people. LuAnn says Dorinda doesn’t like to be told about it, and she gets it, but she was just looking out for a friend. Dorinda says LuAnn does look out for her, but Ramona does it to be harmful. She says she’s for women, but she’s not. Andy says they’re talking about Dorinda, and Ramona says Dorinda is deflecting. I tell Ramona, STFU. Dorinda says it makes her uncomfortable that Ramona talks in front of the group, while LuAnn took her aside. She doesn’t know what else to say. It makes her uncomfortable. Andy says when she watched it back in quarantine, could she see it was about her relationship with alcohol, and not personal? Ramona won’t shut up, babbling about how Dorinda lies and won’t admit it. Dorinda says, it’s stress relief. She has no outlet to express herself, and uses alcohol, and it doesn’t turn out well. LuAnn says they’ve all had their days, but seen themselves, and realized they need to do something about it. Andy says they’ve all expressed concern with Sonja’s drinking, and Ramona says she knew it had to be an interaction with medicine. LuAnn says Sonja used to end the evening like that, but then it started happening at the beginning. Andy says, rosé and Coke? and Sonja says she was looking for any solution. Andy says, it sounds like a problem, and Sonja says she was shocked when she saw herself, showing up at LuAnn’s Halloween party. She’d been on a diarrhetic, and was also on it when she fell under the table after yelling at Bethenny. We flash back to that, and Sonja says she didn’t like the example she was setting for her young viewers. It slowed her motor skills, and it was the pills. Dorinda says she’s taken it for years, since menopause.

Andy says, Tinsley finally found her fairytale ending with Scott, trading hotel life and Housewives for her happily ever after. We flash back down Tinsley Memory Lane, and Andy says, to clarify, they’re still together? Tinsley says, they’re still together, thank God, and they’re getting married. Everything’s good. She shows off her ring, which is quite a sparkler. She says it’s weird sitting there, and Ramona corrects Tinsley about her own feelings, and says, it’s surreal. Tinsley says she got everything she wanted, and she’s going to Chicago to see Scott tomorrow, and be a family again. Andy asks if the one thing that was holding them back as a couple was her being in New York, and him in Chicago. She says, it was a big issue, and Ramona says she persevered; she gives Tinsley credit. Tinsley thinks her being with Bruce was trying to make a jab at Scott, showing him that she was in Chicago with someone else. Ramona says, it worked, and LuAnn says, the pandemic made Tinsley a solid housewife. Tinsley says she wanted to show Scott that she was this person too. He’d never seen her in a normal situation at home. When they’d get back together, they were always traveling. She adds that she’s never going to complain about traveling again, and Andy says he doesn’t think anyone will. A viewer says, it’s ironic that Tinsley had to leave the Housewives to be the only real housewife. Tinsley says she wants to do a lot of things. She’s been working with PETA and Paws Chicago, a no-kill shelter. Andy asks how she feels watching it back, seeing what everyone was saying, and who was supportive. She says, few people were supportive. Leah was, and later, Ramona and LuAnn, who’d been falling under Dorinda’s spell. Leah says she never heard anyone asking about Tinsley’s relationship, and LuAnn says they were doubtful, since Tinsley and Scott had broken up so many times. Tinsley says she felt embarrassed and humiliated, crying so many times about it. Sonja says they were happy for her, but became protective, and Tinsley says she couldn’t talk about wanting babies, or they’d be like, this again? Sonja says she brought it up all the time on the show, but Tinsley says it’s not a show, it’s her life. Andy asks if Scott made her choose between him and the show, but she says he never did. The show was still an issue, and she knew when they got back together, she had a decision to make. Dorinda says the show was how she met him, and Tinsley should say thank you. They talk at the same time, and Tinsley says, of course he let her finish the season, but she chose him over them. She didn’t want him to be in the mix, knowing it could be toxic for their relationship. Andy asks Ramona, if she dated a guy who didn’t want her to be on the show, would she quit? Ramona says, if he put a ring on it, and LuAnn says, her too. Tinsley says she proved how much she loved him, while Sonja puts hand sanitizer on her legs. Andy is like, what are you doing? and she says she needs some shine. Tinsley says, if she had to show how much she loved him by leaving, she was going to do it.

After a commercial break, Andy welcomes us back, even though we’re not the ones who went anywhere. He says, Tinsley wasn’t comfortable sharing all of her details, but Dorinda had no qualms about sharing her distain for Tinsley. We flash back to Dorinda being nasty to Tinsley, ending with her turkey baster comment. Tinsley looks pretty upset, and Dorinda pastes a smile on her face. Andy says he’s assuming they haven’t spoken since then, and Dorinda says Tinsley has only spoken to Leah. Tinsley says she and Dorinda were friends at one point. Her turkey baster comment was vile, especially when there are women who can’t get pregnant. Dorinda says she’s sorry she shamed Tinsley, and Tinsley says she was shamed for wanting a child and not having one. Dorinda is surprised she’s not already pregnant. She repeats that she’s sorry, and says, it was a bad joke. Tinsley says, it’s not a joke, and Andy says viewers thought it was mean. Tinsley says it will never go away, and a viewer asks what Dorinda’s issue is with Tinsley. Dorinda says she believes only half of what she hears, and all she sees, which is a variation on an old Navy saying – believe only half of what you see, and nothing you hear. She says a lot of stuff went on that no one saw, and Tinsley says after she and Scott broke up, she and Dorinda got in a horrific fight that wasn’t on camera.

Separating this paragraph because it’s such a good reveal, and explains a lot. Tinsley says she told Dorinda that Scott had given John money she didn’t know about. Dorinda took it as a betrayal, and took her anger at John out on Tinsley. The producers didn’t want her to stay in the house; they were worried for her safety. Dorinda says she never got involved in John’s finances, because once again, a Housewife has forgotten the cameras see all. In some unseen footage, we see Dorinda on the phone with John, screaming at him not to use her friends to ask for money, and telling him not to talk to Scott. Scott is not his friend. When she says not to do something, he’d better listen. LuAnn says she remembers that call. Tinsley says she hasn’t done anything to Dorinda, and Dorinda says she hates Tinsley’s life. Tinsley says, Dorinda is obsessed with her life.

Wowee, wow, wow.

Next time – The Reunion – Part Two – Dorinda is asked if she’s seeing someone, Leah makes fun of Ramona, Ramona’s comment about Leah being bi-polar is discussed, and Leah says she doesn’t think Dorinda hits below the belt. Is Leah sure she quit drinking?

🤸🏽 Hair Reborn…

Finally, my head has felt the freedom that is a color and cut. And with that, I bid you adieu until my next post, where I will pour you some tea, and we can laugh about how rich folks have to be just like us. For the most part. Okay, they still have it better, but we can laugh anyway. Until then, stay safe, stay amused, and stay not giving John any money.