07-06-2016 (Wednesday)

Claudette tells Nathan that she came to tell him that she got a job and met Maxie; Nathan tells her to leave town.  She tells him how much she liked Maxie – then admits that she treated him badly (they reminisce).  *Just dawned on me that this is the actress who played Jessie for some time on AMC; and the girl playing Maxie looks like “Melanie” from Days.  Nathan thinks Claudette is only there to cause him trouble, but she swears that isn’t true.  Nathan has to admit that she is a great graphics designer.  She swears she wants to make peace; she just wants to stay there, live her life and work with Maxie.  He says no.  She tells him she could cause trouble, but says she won’t; then she says she sorry and says she’ll leave (but swears she didn’t blackmail him?).  

Sonny, Carly and Avery, sitting on the couch, all laughing; Sonny comments what a happy family they have.  They go to watch the fireworks display.  (This baby playing Avery is pretty cute.)  

Alexis is nervous about the wire; Anna walks her through a test to make sure the equipment is working, with Paul keeping watch.  Julian shows up with roses.  Alexis tells him they need to work things out; she says she wants to get past this and salvage what they had.  He agrees; he then shows her the knife (he got it back from evidence, somehow).  She tells him that’s not necessary; Diane is working on a new defense strategy.  She asks how he got it… he says that’s not important; what is, is that the police don’t even know it’s missing.  So he kept his word.  Alexis gets him to say exactly what they needed him to say, saying she has to know the truth.  He discusses what happened, and even admits to the hit on Duke.  He promises they will be okay; she agrees, but when he goes to kiss her, she recoils.  Now he’s upset and questioning why… she looks frightened.  

As Sam and Jason look around the mansion on Cassadine Island, they hear screaming from down below; Ava has seen a rat.  Nikolas comforts Ava; Jason and Sam decide to wait for them to come back upstairs.  They come up and toast to no more surprises; Nikolas begins to tell Ava the history of the Cassadines.  Jason and Sam walk in.  Jason tells him he is going to exonerate himself; he’s taking Nikolas back to Port Charles.  Takes his picture, holding a morning newspaper.  Ava tells Sam that her father called her; he’s having another baby… Sam is shocked.  She tells Jason they need to get back home; Nikolas says they are stuck on the island for now, but agrees that he has to go back.  Jason asks Nikolas how he could do this to everyone he loves.  Nikolas shrugs.