What I Watched Today

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

General Hospital

Outside Kelly’s, Brook asks if Chase is accusing her of lying, and he says, Brook Lyn… She says, don’t Brook Lyn her. She thought they’ve reached a point in their relationship where they actually consider each other friends. He says, they have, and she says, friends who not only puzzle together, but also watch movies together, because it’s an act of trust. Chase and I both look confused, and she says, there’s nothing worse than watching a movie with someone who doesn’t like the movie you picked, and the whole time just makes snarky comments and complains. He says he doesn’t do that, and she says, that’s exactly her point. They have a good thing going. Why mess it up? He says, he doesn’t want to mess anything up, which is why she has to tell him exactly what happened the night the baby was born.

Gladys sees Brando and Sasha at the hospital, and asks if the baby’s okay. Sasha says, everything’s fine. She just had to pick up some prenatal vitamins, but what is Gladys doing there? Gladys says she’s picking up something for her migraine, and Sasha asks if it’s the office lighting. Gladys says, it’s her demanding job. BLQ’s piling on the work like there’s no tomorrow. She even insisted Gladys eat lunch at her desk, and stay until five. Brando says, despicable, and Sasha says she thought Brook was rewarding Gladys with some me time. What changed?

On the phone, Valentin tells Charlotte that he’ll be home in time to see her and Butterscotch win their competition. Before she goes will she do him a favor, and put Bailey on the speaker, so she can hear his voice? Anna walks out of the room behind him, and he speaks in French to the baby. He tells her to be a good girl. He misses and loves them both.. Anna says he’s so good at that; he was born to be a father. He says he’s made plenty of mistakes, and she says, her too. She doesn’t want to make anymore. At the risk of sounding redundant, but they have to find Peter, and they’ve got to stop him. Robert comes along, and says, from what he understands, there’s a way… but Valentin says, the WSB can’t grant Victor immunity. There’s got to be another way.

Scotty is outside the PCPD cell area, and says he demands to see his client. Victor sits up, and he says, tell the guard they have things to discuss. Victor says he and Scotty have a right to privacy, and asks the guard to please leave. The guard lets Scotty in, and Victor says, they hardly know each other, and he certainly hasn’t hired Scotty as his attorney. Scotty says, true, but they have one thing in common – Liesl Obrecht – and Victor is going to help him find her.

The Photo Ark exhibit has begun, and Nikolas hands Ava a glass of champagne. He tells her, good luck, but doesn’t think she’s going to need it; she has a hit on her hands. She says, thanks to Trina. She’s just glad she gets to share it with him. When she thinks about how close they came to losing each other… They see Spencer walk in with Esme.

Esme asks if Spencer is sure he’s up for this, but he says, it’s not about them. They’re here for Trina. This is her big night.

Trina walks in with Cameron, and says, Joss is coming, right? He says, she’s just at volleyball practice right now, and Trina asks if they’re okay. He says, things are good, when Portia approaches, and says, this show is spectacular. She can’t believe she’s the mother of its curator. Trina says, well, Ava deserves the credit for hosting it, and Mr. Quartermaine for underwriting it. Cameron says, and Trina, for coming up with the idea and making it happen. Portia says, amen. There is no need for false modesty here. Trina says, speaking of spectacular, Portia looks amazing. Is Curtis joining her? Portia says, Curtis is coming. He probably just got held up at the club.

Curtis asks Marshall who the hell he is, and what does he want? Marshall says, Curtis really doesn’t know, does he? and Curtis wonders why he should. Marshall says he guesses he’s the man Curtis has been searching for his whole life. Now Curtis has found him.

Chase says, just talk him through it, step by step. How did she manage to pull a fast one and slip away, then have her baby in a hotel? She says, this is none of his business, and Chase says, whatever’s going on has to do with Bailey. Valentin is going to start suspecting something sooner or later. She can talk to him; what is she hiding? She asks if he really wants to have this conversation right now; it’s kind of cold. He says, fine, and opens the door to Kelly’s. Let’s go inside. He has time.

Robert says, Valentin has no say in what the Bureau will or will not do for people, and he says, neither does Robert. Anna asks if Robert talked to the mercenary that they have in custody. He’s just down the hall. They had him airlifted in from Greece, and he’s lucky to be alive. She’s sure he’d be cooperative. Robert says, nice try, kid. That guy’s a guppy and she knows it. Victor’s the big fish. They get him to flip, and they might actually lay their hands on Peter. Valentin says, at what cost? Are they going to let Victor set his own terms? Robert’s phone rings. He answers, and says, he’ll be right down. Anna asks, what is it? and he says, seems that Victor’s got himself a visitor. He’d like to check it out. And by the way, the Bureau has accorded him and Anna to make a recommendation on Victor’s behalf; a courtesy call, if you like. They’re going to do what they want to do anyway. He leaves and Valentin says, translation: we can’t stop the WSB from making a deal with the devil. Anna says she has an idea.

Victor says he knows Scotty by reputation, and Scotty says, ditto. And what he knows about Victor, he doesn’t like. He’s not fond of criminals who hijack him, drug him, and throw him out of a plane. Victor says, yet here he is, and Scotty says, and here Victor is in jail. Funny how that worked out. Victor says, had it not been for him, there would have been no parachute, but Scotty says he doesn’t think Victor will be getting a thank you card from him. Did he really do that out of the kindness of his heart? Victor says, no. He did it for Liesl’s heart, so Scotty’s right about that. They do have that in common. They both care for Liesl very much. Scotty suggests they not compare obsession with love, and Victor says, they’re not friends and he didn’t hire Scotty, so why is he here? Scotty says he already told Victor; Victor is going to help him bring Liesl home. As far as hiring him, does Victor want to walk out of here, free as a bird? Then Victor needs him.

Trina asks Portia to promise she’ll chill; Spencer cut ties with his dad. Cameron says, Spencer didn’t like that Ava was in charge of his trust fund, so he told both of them that he didn’t want or need the Cassadine money. Portia asks if they’re telling her that Spencer Cassadine is in the wild on his own, and Trina says, he’s independent and working at Kelly’s. Cameron’s his boss. Cameron says, that’s a fact, and Portia says, that’s a step in the right direction for Spencer. She just hasn’t forgotten how he treated Trina, and hopes Trina doesn’t forget either. Trina says she doesn’t have time for Spencer. She has a show to run. Portia says, that she does. She’ll let Trina get to it.

Spencer tells Esme, good. Trina’s mom left. Now they can go over and wish her good luck tonight. Esme says, then again, she bets Trina would rather be alone with Cameron.

Brook looks at the menu, and Chase takes it out of her hands, saying, enough stalling. What’s going on? She says he’s right; she gave Yuri the slip. She had no guarantee that she was going to give birth that night, but she knew she wanted to do it alone. He says, without the father’s knowledge? Why? She says, she and Valentin weren’t on the best of terms at the time. They had that one night, but didn’t exactly trust each other. That’s why he put a bodyguard on her to watch her every move. He says he remembers when she came to his apartment with Yuri, and also remembers her being stressed about the pregnancy. She says she was looking at a lifetime of being chained to Valentin, and didn’t want to be controlled. Chase knows how Valentin is. He takes ownership over everything. They had an agreement, but she had no guarantee he’d honor it. So as her due date rapidly approached, she felt like she had to get away, send a message that Valentin couldn’t control her or her baby. Given Valentin’s history, can Chase believe her?

Curtis picks up the sketch, and says Marshall should take a look at this. It’s a sketch of a man who’s been going around town, asking questions about him. He started with Curtis’s nephew, and moved on to his friend. He even asked Curtis’s bartender questions. He opens the sketch, and says, this is Marshall, and he comes in there saying Curtis is looking for him? Make it make sense. Marshall asks if Curtis went to the cops. Is that a police sketch? Curtis says, that’s what concerns him? What is his deal? For all he knows, Marshall is the one who scared off the band he had booked the other night. Marshall says, so what? A talented artist showed up, and Curtis had a great night. Curtis says, luck had nothing to do with it. Marshall’s boy Linc said he owed Marshall a favor. Linc also claimed that he wasn’t mobbed up, but maybe Marshall is. Don’t think Curtis didn’t notice that Linc double-timed it out of there when Marshall told him to kick rocks. That’s the same night Joey Novak got jumped, because he was trying to muscle in on something Marshall wanted. It’s all connected, isn’t it? Marshall says, it’s connected, but not like Curtis thinks. Curtis says Marshall has about ten seconds to clarify things before Curtis throws his ass out of here.

Chase says, Brook and Valentin have some binding agreement where he gave up his shares in ELQ, and she says, so he could share in Bailey’s life. He asks if that didn’t include Valentin being present at her birth, and she says, it did. The problem is, as soon as the ink dried, everyone told her not to do it. Her family… He says, Maxie too? and she says, Maxie was very persuasive, and as her due date got closer, the more unsure she got. She knew she couldn’t back out of the deal, but she couldn’t share the birth with Valentin. It was too intimate; she would be too vulnerable. So she told everyone she was going to Brooklyn. Her friend CeCe helped her cover, and she got a room in a hotel. He says, in Ithaca. Why a hotel and not a hospital? She says she couldn’t risk Valentin tracking her down, so she had the doula meet her in the hotel, and she ended up giving birth that night. That’s when she called Michael to pick her up. He came with Willow to take her and the baby home. When they arrived, Valentin swooped in, and became immediately involved, but at least she had that time with Bailey to herself. End of story. He tells her, what she’s saying makes sense from her point of view. He gets her family history, and knows Valentin’s history. It’s a good story. It’s almost too good.

Gladys tells Sasha, the only thing that’s changed is Brook started treating her like dirt. So much for her raise or promotion. Now she’s back to shopping at Soles for Less, and settling for last year’s markdowns. Sasha says she and Brando better get going, or they’ll be late for the opening, and Gladys says, what opening? Sasha says, Ava Jerome’s art gallery; there’s a new exhibit. Gladys says, la-di-da. Have fun. She’ll just go back to the apartment, microwave something, and deal with the pile of paperwork she brought home. Sasha tells her, as senior partner, she says Gladys will do no such thing. She’s coming with them. Right, Brando? He says, she’s the boss, and Gladys says, thanks, but Sasha knows she doesn’t deserve that. Brando says, probably not, but it is rude to turn down an invitation. Gladys says they wouldn’t want that, and asks if they can stop by the office, so she can pick up some makeup. It’ll just be a quick stop. Brando says he thought she had a headache, but she says she’s starting to feel better.

Spencer says, this exhibit is amazing. Kudos to Trina. How was she able to land this? Cameron says, what Trina is too modest to say is, when she puts her mind to it, she’s absolutely unstoppable. Esme says, Cameron would know, right? He says, what? and Spencer asks where Josslyn is. Trina says, she’s at volleyball practice and will be here later. Esme says, hopefully, she’s not too late.

Portia tells Ava and Nikolas that she’s glad she was able to clear her schedule to be there tonight to be there for Trina’s sake. Nikolas says she probably has yet to forgive him for what happened between him and Spencer, and Portia says,  what happens between Nikolas and his son is really none of her concern, but those things affected her daughter, and Trina is always going to be her priority. Trina tells her that Spencer is trying to change, and she honestly wishes him well. She sincerely hopes he sets a good example for his father.

Valentin goes into mercenary Lex’s room, and leans over him. Lex opens his eyes, and says he knows Valentin. Valentin says he thought Lex might. He was a prisoner at the compound, and Lex was a guard. He doesn’t care about Lex, he’s looking for Lex’s boss. Lex says he’s not talking, and Valentin tells him, he was expecting him to say that, and takes out a syringe. Lex asks if it’s truth serum. How did Valentin get sodium pentothal? Does he have a doctor in his pocket? Valentin says, this is a reputable hospital. You don’t just get truth serum. This is a syringe full of air. You know what it does when it enters the bloodstream? It makes a bubble that will go straight to your heart, or your brain, and you die. Lex looks at the call button, but Valentin snatches it away, and asks if he wants to try again.

Curtis says Marshall has about five seconds, and Marshall says, maybe that’s why he’s here; to answer all of Curtis’s questions. Curtis asks him to stop talking in riddles. What is he doing here? Is he trying to ruin Curtis? Is he after Curtis’s business, or is it personal? Marshall says, it’s personal, but it’s not the way Curtis thinks. Curtis has to believe him. He’s not Curtis’s enemy. Far from it. Curtis asks, then what the hell is he? He says his name is Marshall… Thomas Ashford. Who he is, is Curtis’s father. Curtis says, he’s lying. HIs father died of a heart attack when he was a kid. He’s asked why Marshall is here, and Marshall won’t tell him, so get the hell out before Curtis physically removes Marshall himself. Marshall says he knows it’s hard to accept. He must seem like some distant memory to Curtis; something he can’t fit in in the life he has now. He gets that, but look at him. Look at him through a son’s eyes, and tell him he can’t see it. That Curtis can’t recognize him.

On the phone, Portia asks how the gunshot wound patient is responding to treatment… Did they ever receive Mr. Fraser’s medical records from Crete?… She guesses it’s enough he was airlifted there… No. The last thing he needs is to be questioned about Peter August and Victor Cassadine right now. He needs to rest. No visitors. Nikolas listens in, and Ava gives him the side-eye.

Cameron says he’s not sure where Esme is going with that. To be clear, he and Trina are friends, first, last, and always. Trina says she needs to circulate, and they leave. Esme tells Spencer, methinks the gentleman protests too much.

A waiter walks around with champagne, and Sasha says, none for her, but Gladys says she’d love some. The waiter tells her, enjoy, and Sasha says she has a confession. After weeks of bedrest and resting, she missed the glitterati. Gladys says her too. If it were up to Miss Bossy Pants, she’d never get to attend a function like this again. Brando says he’ll get Sasha a glass of sparkling water, and Gladys asks him to grab another glass of champagne while he’s at it. She’s planning on a fun night. A waiter bumps into her, and she says, excuse her. She looks at him weird, and Brando asks, what’s wrong? She says, for a second, she thought she knew him. It must be the bubbles. Speaking of the bubbles… Brando says, one sparkling water and one glass of champagne coming up. We see the waiter who bumped Gladys is Kip.

Brook says she had to keep what she did secret, even from Chase. She couldn’t risk anyone giving Valentin doubt in her story, for fear he’d cry breach of contract, and take back the ELQ shares. She’s sorry, but she couldn’t let that happen. He says, so she came up with a lie. She gets up and says she did what she had to ultimately to protect the people she loves. If he wants to arrest her, go ahead, but he’s really ruining their movie night. She holds out her wrists.

Victor says, there’s a surprising amount of merit in what Scotty is suggesting. If he’s willing to make good on his claims, it’s possible Victor might retain his services. Robert comes in, and asks what Scotty is doing there. He’s a bit out of his depth, isn’t he? This is a bit bigger than a slip and fall. He tells the guard, show this man the exit, but Victor says, Scotty is his attorney. Robert says Victor is more desperate than he thought, and Scotty says, listen here, Mr. DA. He knows Robert is no longer with the WSB, but he does have a direct line there, so he might want to give them a heads up. Robert says, about what? and Scotty says, in about an hour, he’s going to host a press conference with every major outlet. He’s going to tell them how the WSB goofed up. They could have had Peter August’s head on a platter, but instead, they dropped the ball. Robert says, Scotty might get The Invader to turn up to something like that, but no one else is going to care. Scotty says, he’s not finished. Then he’s going to tell them how the WSB is afraid of his client. Not just because of what he knows about Peter August, but all the dirty dealings that went on in the WSB when he was the director. Robert says, Scotty will be tied up in espionage suits for the rest of his life, and Scotty says, that might be true, but the damage will be done. Robert says, this smells like Victor’s idea, but Victor says, actually, Scotty came up with it. Kind of brilliant for an ambulance chaser, wouldn’t Robert agree?

Lex says, Valentin can’t do this. Help! Anna comes in, and asks what Valentin is doing. He’s just supposed to talk to him. Lex says, he’s crazy. Valentin is trying to kill him. Anna says, that’s not what they discussed, and Valentin is about to put the syringe into Lex’s intravenous tube. He says, all he has to do is push in the plunger, and Victor sends one less holiday card this year. Lex says, Valentin has it all wrong; he quit Victor. Anna says, he got a better offer from Peter? and Lex says, he changed sides, and look what he’s got to show for it. Another inch, and they said the bullet would have hit his heart. Valentin asks if he knows where Peter was heading when he left the compound, and Lex says, possibly. What’s it worth to him? Valentin says, he wants to negotiate, and Lex says, let’s start with six-figures and a new identity. Valentin tells Anna, he guesses their hands are tied, and she says, she guesses so. She grabs the syringe from Valentin, and plunges it in Lex’s arm. Lex says, she’s crazier than Valentin. If this air bubble reaches his heart… She says, he’s going to wish the bullet had reached his heart. Lex says, do something, and Valentin says, there’s always a hyperbolic oxygen. It’s the only way he knows how to break up a bubble. Anna says, he’ll need a doctor for that, and Lex says he’ll tell them what they want to know. She asks where Peter is, and Lex says, help him, and he’ll tell them. Valentin says, let’s get out of here, and they start to leave. Lex says, Cassadine Island. Now help him. Get a doctor. Get the air bubble out. Anna says, what air bubble? and leaves with Valentin.

Victor tells Robert, he’s sure the press will be especially captivated by the details of the coup the WSB orchestrated in Central America. Remember that one? It’s up to you, amigo. Robert says, Scotty’s already pointed one thing out; he’s no longer part of the agency. Scotty says, but he’s the facilitator. Peter’s got Liesl. He knows Robert doesn’t care about her, but he does, and he knows Robert cares about Maxie, and as long as Peter’s out there, she won’t be safe. They can wrangle all day, but he thinks they should cut to the chase. There are lives on the line; loved ones lives. Robert says, for this to work, the info has to be legit or the Bureau’s not going to buy it. Victor says, it’s up to Robert to convince them. Make it happen. Get him released, or Peter is going to get away with murder – again.

Ava asks if Nikolas knows the patient from Crete, and he says, the airlifting aspect got his attention. He asks when the star of the evening is arriving, and she says, he changed the subject. She wonders why. Like maybe there’s an actual threat out there. Maybe from his own family?

Portia tells Trina, it’s official. The panda photo is her favorite. Esme says she’ll have to look out for it, and Portia asks Trina to introduce her to her friend. Trina says, Esme is Spencer’s girlfriend, and introduces them. Esme says she was just telling Trina how impressive all of this is. She’s sure Portia’s very proud. Portia says, that she is. She heard Esme’s been in town as long as Spencer has. Either she’s the angel on Spencer’s shoulder or something else altogether. Esme says she’s just the girl Spence loves. She’ll be looking for that panda. She leaves, and Portia tells Trina, steer clear of that one. Trina says she’s trying.

Curtis tells Marshall, his earliest memories of his mom and Aunt Stella, two of the most honest people he’s ever known. They took him and his brother to the cemetery to put flowers on his father’s grave. Why would they make that up? There was a plot and a headstone, and they stood wiping the tears from two little boys’ eyes. Why would they make that up if it wasn’t true? Marshall says he knows Curtis has a lot of questions, but it’s going to take time. Curtis says, forget time; it takes facts. The fact is, his father died just after his third birthday. He held on to the birthday present his father gave him for that birthday long after he’d outgrown it. Those are facts. Marshall says, the toy lawnmower, and laughs. He says he’s glad, and Curtis asks how he knew that. Who told him? Marshall says, no one had to tell him. He gave it to Curtis.

Curtis says, Marshall let his late mother and brother, and his Aunt Stella and him, believe he was dead, but the truth is… Marshall says, if Curtis will just give him a chance, he’ll try to explain. Curtis says, save it. He doesn’t need to hear it, because anything Marshall says will be about himself, not about Curtis. There’s nothing he can say to justify this. Marshall was right earlier. His father is a distant memory, and there is no good explanation for Marshall making his brother and him grieve their entire lives over a man who wasn’t dead. Marshall says he understands Curtis is upset, but Curtis says he can’t possibly understand. They thought he died of a heart attack. Does he understand what it’s like for a child growing up under that shadow? Knowing from the start that life is short and the good guys don’t always win. Does he know how hard it was to watch his mom and Aunt Stella scrape and save every penny to make ends meet, trying their damnedest to raise two little Black boys in Baltimore, Maryland, a complicated place to navigate? Does Marshall know what that’s like? Of course (🍷) he doesn’t. Does he know what he did? He put in motion, a lifetime of uncertainty, and instability, and pain throughout Curtis’s whole family. All because the man of the house, the breadwinner, their protector, their father, supposedly died and wasn’t there for them.

Chase tells Brook to spare him the dramatics. He’s not accusing her of a crime, he’s just trying to find Maxie’s baby. She asks, then why is he interrogating her? and he says, he put together all the steps leading up to the abduction, and stumbled on her giving her bodyguard the slip that night. Brook says she’s not sure how this relates to Maxie, and he says, he’s not either at the moment. But when a bell goes off in his head, he asks questions until he gets answers. She says he told her that he was rusty with his detective skills. Chalk this up to a night of her helping him sharpen them. She has to go; she’s going to Ava’s gallery opening. He says, nice try. He knows there’s something else she’s hiding.

Valentin says, when Anna picked up that syringe and shoved it in Lex’s arm, he thinks he was as shocked as Lex was. It was classic, gutsy, diabolical. She says, he’s such a flirt. Robert joins them, and says, word has it, their friend from Crete had a strange encounter with a syringe. Anna says, he must be delusional, and Robert says, whatever. He just doesn’t want to know about it. She says, great, because they got a good lead on Peter. Robert says, him too, but they’re not going to like it.

Nikolas hands Ava a glass of champagne, and says, she’s the toast of the town tonight, so let’s toast to that and forget everything else. She says, Victor is here in a PCPD jail cell, and now one of his mercenaries is at GH. Is she supposed to ignore the Cassadine stain that’s spreading to their doorstep? Maybe he can, but she can’t.

Kip is serving canapes, and Gladys says, she’ll have one of those. He turns around, and she says, hi, Pauly. What’s new?

Marshall supposes he deserves everything Curtis said. Maybe he shouldn’t have sprung things on him this way. Curtis asks, why did he? Even if it’s true, why now? Why today? Marshall says he wanted come before, but he couldn’t, and Curtis asks what he means. Marshall says, it wasn’t safe, and Curtis asks what he’s talking about. Marshall says, it wasn’t safe for all of them, but when he was finally able to show his face, he saw Curtis needed him. That’s when he came forward. If they could just take it a step at a time, he promises Curtis will understand. In time, he’ll understand everything.

Cameron tells Trina, this place is amazing. She crushed it. They hug, and Esme asks Spencer, so those two were almost a thing? He asks why she keeps bringing it up. Cam said it was no big deal. Clearly, they’ve moved on. She says, maybe, but from what she can see, the sparks are still lingering. Portia sends Curtis a text that says, where are you? I miss you.

Marshall wonders how he can get Curtis to trust him, but Curtis says he can forget that. He doesn’t know Marshall, and doesn’t trust him, and damn sure doesn’t need him. He can get the hell out, and don’t do him any favors. Marshall says, fair enough. He’ll go… for now. He takes something out of his pocket, and says he knows Curtis probably doesn’t have any family photos with him in them. Maybe this one with him and Curtis’s mama, Curtis, and Tommy will make up for that. He puts it on a table, and says, it’s precious memories… precious memories. He leaves, and Curtis sees the back says, June 1985. He looks at the photo, and gets tears in his eyes. Didn’t he wonder why there were no pictures of his father when he was growing up? Just asking.

Kip says he thinks Gladys has him confused with someone else, and she says, she’s confused all right. First, he scares her into keeping her trap shut about Brook’s baby, and now he’s a cater waiter? Another waiter comes up, and tells Kip, Billy just booked a commercial. Tomorrow, he’s going in as Nathan Detroit. Congrats. The waiter leaves, and Gladys says, Kip. He’s an actor? What else is fake about him? Like he’s the father of Brook’s baby for instance?

Chase tells Brook, sooner or later, the truth always comes out. He wishes she would forget he was a cop, and trust him as a friend. She says she’s got to go. Her father is underwriting the exhibit, and she doesn’t want to disappoint him. Chase says, that’s what worries him.

🤬 Unreal. Here is where there’s literally a minute of the show left, and there’s an interruption about the infrastructure bill being signed. This couldn’t wait a minute? I say, WTF? over and over. But I finish through the magic of  the internet.

Ava asks if Nikolas can blame her for worrying. As long as Victor remains in town, remains in his life, there’s going to be trouble. He says his uncle has no hold over him. He let the world believe Victor was dead, and Victor returned the favor. They’re even; all debts are paid. Besides, he’s behind bars; he’s about to be shipped off to the Hague, or some other WSB facility, never to be heard from again. She asks if he promises, and he says he does. He tells her, relax. Enjoy her big night. Everything is going to be all right.

Valentin tells Robert, don’t do this. They don’t need Victor. They can track Peter on their own. Anna asks, what happened? and Robert says, this isn’t just about finding Peter, and Valentin says, of course (🍷) it isn’t. Victor was director of the WSB. He knows where the bodies are buried. The things that can’t see the light of day. They just don’t want him to talk.

Scotty tells Victor, all the paperwork has been signed, sealed, and delivered. Now tell him where Liesl is, so he can go get her. Victor nods to the guard, and walks out past Scotty. Scotty says, they had a deal, and the guard closes the outside cell door in Scotty’s face. Victor walks down the hall, taking off his prison shirt.

Tomorrow, Esme hopes Trina has a night she never forgets, Ned asks what Olivia is hoping for tonight, and Peter says Drew will be the one to make it happen, or he’ll die trying.

Below Deck

When we last left guest Justin was getting aggressive with guest Terri, and told Heather, f*** you, after following her down the hall. Eddie stands in the doorway, keeping them from getting in, and Justin says, it’s the whole effing circus. Someone is getting shoved off the boat tonight. Eddie says, maybe it’s best that Justin and Terri stay away from each other. Terri tells Eddie, make it stop, and Eddie tells her, stop overreacting, and it will stop. It’s for everyone’s safety, including hers. Justin tells Rachel, it’s not his problem, and she says she doesn’t give a f***. Guest Colin shows up, and asks Heather what he can do to help. Heather asks him to get Justin into his room, and Colin asks Justin, now sitting down with a drink, what the problem is. Justin says, everyone can f*** themselves. Colin can f*** himself, and throw himself off the back of the boat. Somehow Colin persuades Justin to walk back to the room with him, telling him that he can bring his drink. Justin gets moving, but says, STFU, on his way downstairs. In Eddie’s interview, he says he can’t wait to tell Captain Lee. He doesn’t know what the captain is going to do, but it’s going to be priceless. Eddie tells Heather, if there are any issues, wake up him up. In the cabin, Colin tells Justin to stop acting like a stupid, self-centered POS. Justin says, well, that’s a bit much, suddenly sounding so rational, I laugh.

In the morning, Jessica wrestles with the laundry. In her interview, she says, the last boat she worked on was a cakewalk. She wonders when she gets a day off. Wes says, everything is all shiny, and the guests start to trickle out. Colin says he’ll be surprised if the others get up. In Rachel’s interview, she says, it takes several hours to roast a whole pig. It’s so effing gross. We see a pig sitting in the oven, and yeah, it is. I don’t eat meat that much anymore, but I did attend a pig roast once, and I can’t even begin to describe how heavenly the smell is. It also tasted amazing. Eddie asks if the captain heard all the yelling, screaming, slamming doors, and crying last night. Justin tells the other guests that they may get kicked off the boat. Eddie tells Captain Lee that Justin and Terri were arguing, and Terri was in tears. Justin told Heather to f*** herself. Heather comes to the wheelhouse, and the captain says he wants to discuss the elephant in the room. Heather says, Justin crossed the line hard core, and in the captain’s interview, he says, he’s livid. His crew isn’t there to be abused. He can’t talk to the guests right now because he’ll lose it, but it’s going to be a come to Jesus meeting. He tells Heather, he’ll have a discussion with them, and it’s not going happen again. Justin is unsure about what happened last night, and Jake has a meeting with the deckhands. He changes their schedules, and puts Rayna on nights. She says she’ll die if she’s up all night, but Jake says she’ll still get her eight hours. In Wes’s interview, he says, Jake is being bossy, and Rayna is overreacting, and he’s in the middle. Rachel’s breakfast special is lobster benedict, which sounds like my kind of breakfast. The captain tells Eddie that he’s going to be pulling anchor in a few minutes, and wants clear, concise direction. He’s going to let Jake take them out.

The guests have breakfast, and anchor is home. Primary Michael says it’s the best breakfast he’s ever had. Jake isn’t happy that Rayna is giving him sh*t, and she says she just needs alone time. He tells her that it’s nothing to be frustrated with; it’s work. In Rayna’s interview, she says, Jake is confusing, but she doesn’t know him. What if he’s a crazy person, and she kissed him too soon? She definitely kissed him too soon. Now he’s a jackass. IMO, he’s being a boss. I guess she thought she was going to get special privilege because she kissed him. Justin walks past Heather in the lounge, and she asks how he is. He says, other than a headache, not too bad, and in Heather’s interview, she says she never had a guest treat her like that. It’s reminding her of being bullied in high school in Hawaii. She had her arm broken, her face battered, and lunches thrown at her because she was the only white blond girl at the school. It was bringing up past trauma. Fraser tells Jessica about the screaming match.

Michael and Justin are summoned to the wheelhouse, and Eddie tells the deckhands, he would not want be them. In Captain Lee’s interview, he says, he’s not letting some a-hole insult his crew. It makes him want to take a sh*t in their mother’s dinner plate. He tells them that he wants to chat about what transpired last evening. Telling Heather to go f*** herself is totally improper. He doesn’t talk to his crew that way, and doesn’t tolerate other people doing it. Justin says, he doesn’t know what happened… and the captain says he doesn’t want excuses. Get his sh*t together, and if it happens again, their charter will be over. Make no mistake about it. Justin says he’s really sorry, and thanks the captain, and Michael apologizes for his friends. Outside, Michael says Justin was being a complete jerk. Captain Lee tells Heather that he doesn’t think there will be a repeat performance. If there is, the charter ends. She says they’ll see how the day goes.

Justin tells the other guests that he’s sorry for how this relates to them. Eddie tells the deckhands to pack the gear for the picnic. Heather tells the guests that since they’ll be cooking the pig on the beach, the meal will be around 3 or 4 o’clock. In Rachel’s interview, she says, she’s had experience cooking a whole hog. Logistically, it’s too long of a time to cook it on the beach, so she precooks it in the oven, then throws it in the pit. When the guests arrive, she pulls it out, and it’s done; fire roasted pig on a spit. Justin goes back to Heather, and says he sincerely apologizes, and she says, she appreciates it, but every day is a new day. Enjoy the blank page. In her interview, she says, but really, go f*** yourself. Ha-ha! For a second, I thought she was being overly generous. Rayna acts resistant to anything Jake has to say. Eddie says, it’s time to go, and they take the picnic supplies over. In Wes’s interview, he says he grew up in the Caribbean, and loves a beach picnic. It reminds him of home. In Heather’s interview, she says, it’s important that the luau go off without a hitch. She didn’t deal with everything yesterday to come out with sh*t tip. Even if it takes twenty tenders, they’ll give the guests what they want. There’s no room for error. She wants to do her people proud.

They take more stuff over, and Heather and Rachel go over to the beach. Wes curses the gazebo he’s trying to set up. In Jessica’s interview, she says, it’s exhausting being a stew all day. The money makes it worth it, but she’d rather be home driving around, eating a burrito, and listening to music. It would be less stressful. I see there’s a real work ethic among this bunch. The guests are taken over to the beach, and the pig catches fire. Rachel flies over to it, and in her interview, she says, this has the potential for ruining the meal. Thank God it was only the skin. She’ll put it upside down, and the guests will never know. The guests arrive, and Heather welcomes them to their beach luau. Colin says, everything is perfect.

Rayna calls her mom, and says she’s ready to kill someone. Jake has been a lead deckhand for one day, and talked disrespectfully to her. She gets all weepy, and in her interview, she says, connecting with new people on a boat is difficult, and the first one she connected with was Jake. Now he’s the one she’s having issues with. Today has been sh*t. She’s over it. Fraser is jealous of the guests; everything looks so good. The guests play corn hole. On the boat, Captain Lee threatens to get a shotgun to shoot the fly bothering him. In Heather’s interview, she says she’s thankful. For someone who’s not Hawaiian, Chef Rachel killed it. It’s the taste of home she needed. A luau brings people together, and it’s fun. Justin went from being an a-hole to a chill kitty cat on the beach. That is the power of a luau. Heather goes back to the boat, leaving them in Fraser’s hands. Jessica cleans a guest’s shower, and sings that it smells like pee-pee.

Heather tells Captain Lee that the luau was successful. He asks how Justin is doing, and she says, good. The captain says he gave Justin a shot at redemption, and Heather says, the deck team was awesome, and the interior was great. The guests come back to the boat, and drink some more. The stuff is loaded on the tender to go back. When it gets there, Jake tells Rayna to go as quick as she can, and she argues with him. He says she’s not pulling her weight, and she says, that’s not true. He needs to rethink the way he’s talking to her; she’s not the one. He tells her that she needs to start pulling her weight, and in Rayna’s interview, she says, calm down. Real life delusional. She can’t believe the way he speaks to her. That’s crazy. In Heather’s interview, she says, welcome to the newest trend of 2021 – linner. It’s jamming lunch and dinner into one, so the guests don’t want dinner and go to bed early.

Eddie tells Captain Lee that he’s proud of his team; they killed it today. The captain says he likes how Jake pays attention, and listens. He’s leaning toward them having made the right call. Rayna tells Jake that he’s crazy AF, and Jake says, it’s not the first time he’s been called crazy. He just wanted to get sh*t done as quick as they could, and she says she doesn’t have an attitude; she’s just not happy all the time. He says they’re good. Jessica tells Heather that she feels queasy, and Heather suggests she knock off a little early. Eddie asks Rayna, what’s wrong? and she says she doesn’t want to get anyone in trouble, but gives him an earful about Jake. Eddie says, he understands how it can be hurtful, and she says, everything would be fine if Jake would speak to her correctly. Eddie says, at the same time, remember Jake is the lead deckhand, and he’s taking his role seriously. Maybe she should try to absorb some of it. Jake’s doing a good job. She says, Jake was kind of aggressive, and he says, it’s an aggressive season they’re in, but she did a good job. Jessica tells Wes that she thinks she was a cat in another life. She can just lie around. In her interview, she says, Wes is a good, down-to-earth person. She tells him that she was in quarantine for a year, and lived in her bathrobe. This is kicking her ass. Heather tells Rachel that Jessica claimed she was sick, and she’s flirting with Wes in the crew mess.

In the morning, Rachel makes king crab, snow crab, and huevos rancheros. In her interview, she says, bump up the tip. Captain Lee says, he doesn’t need any f*** ups, and wants radio silence. The deckhands put out the fenders, but one loses a cover, and starts blowing in the wind. Eddie tells the captain, a fender isn’t secure; they lost the cover. In Eddie’s interview, he says, it’s frustrating. It’s little things like that, that show Wes is inexperienced on a mega-yacht. The guests start packing, and Captain Lee tells the deckhands to get the lines out. Eddie says, locked in, and the captain radios for the crew to get in their whites for guest departure. Everyone thanks the crew, and Justin apologizes again for his actions. Michael thanks them for being patient on the first night, and says, the pig roast was awesome. He gives the captain the tip envelope, to show their appreciation. We see the crew in Brady Bunch boxes, and Eddie says, all together now, and they give the finger. The captain radios for them to meet in the crew mess.

Captain Lee says, overall, he thinks the charter went pretty good, especially after dealing with the first night. This morning’s docking didn’t look coordinated, and they need to pay more attention to the fenders. Eddie says, it’s not acceptable for things to be flying overboard. In Eddie’s interview, he says, it’s embarrassing for them not to pay attention to detail on a mega-yacht. Get your sh*t together. The tip is $19,800; $1650 each. The captain says they deserve a celebration. In Jessica’s interview, she says, the guests can tell Heather to go f*** herself anytime if it leads to a $19K tip. Eddie tells the crew that it’s his fifth year working with Captain Lee, and Fraser asks what’s the last thing he did to piss the captain off. Eddie says his worst mistake was sleeping with a stew in the laundry room. The captain wasn’t angry, but he was disappointed. We flash back to that, and Eddie says he had a girlfriend back home. He f***ed up, and felt embarrassed. He destroyed a relationship he’d cared about, and took five years off after that. Everyone gets ready to go out.

They sit outside at a restaurant, and play truth or dare after they order. When Jessica is asked what’s in her bedside drawer, she says, it’s a drawer full of candy, and in Rachel’s interview, she says, that’s so sad. Wes is asked if he’s made out with anyone on the boat. He says, no, and Rayna asks who he’d like to make out with, and gets everyone to chant Jess, embarrassing both Wes and Jessica. In Jessica’s interview, she says she could show him a thing or two, and I think, her fuzzy slippers and robe? Jake has to give a lap dance, and gives it to Eddie, while Rachel films. In Eddie’s interview, he shows a fan of dollar bills, and says, he’s ready for Jake next time. Now they know why he’s lead deckhand. Fraser asks Jake what the game plan is for the rest of  the season; what about Rayna? Jake says, they’re just having fun, and asks if Fraser has his eye on anyone. Fraser says he doesn’t have much choice since he’s gay, and in his interview, he says he’s shocked it took Jake this long to piece that together. Me too. They go back to the boat, and get in the hot tub. Jessica finds a random sock a guest left behind. They drink and wiggle their butts. Jessica cuts out, and Eddie leaves next, saying, he’s going be hungover. He feels it. He goes into his cabin, and in the crew mess, Fraser says he needs a shower and a glass of champagne. Eddie calls his girlfriend, and tells her that the entire crew was in the hot tub. He hoisted the chief stew up, and dunked her in the water. That’s it; she has nothing to worry about. In his interview, he says, it’s not easy to have a relationship with someone who’s gone for weeks on end, and she’s handling it well. No, he’s lying. He tells her if it’s not what she signed up for, he understands. If she needs to take off, do what she needs to do. Jake, Rayna, and Fraser have three-way kiss. Wes jets, and the night starts winding down. Fraser and Jake have snacks in the crew mess, and Rayna joins them. Jake says he’s engaged, and in Rayna’s interview, she says, he’s a liar, and should have told her. She feels like an idiot. Jake says, they don’t understand the full story, and Rayna says she hates men. Jake wonders if he said something wrong, and in Fraser’s interview, he says, this is a classic example of why you shouldn’t do crew romances.   

Next time, a kid with a nanny, a female guest is enamored of the captain, Fraser doesn’t think Jessica wants to be there, and Eddie doesn’t want another effing thing falling off the boat.

⚰️ Dead Leftovers…

I was just too tired to scout for news last night, but here you go.

Walking Dead/World Beyond…

https://screenrant.com/walking-dead-belshaw-death-rick-jadis-theory-wrong/

Fear the Walking Dead…

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/fear-the-walking-dead-leaving-texas-for-georgia-season-7-season-8/

🌳 Going To Visit the Dreaming Tree…

Be here at the same time tomorrow, more or less, for some soap, some Rules, and as always, a tune. Until then, stay safe, stay appreciative, and stay being absolutely unstoppable.