Thursday 06-23-2016

Anna sits at the bar, a nervous wreck, waiting for her ‘blind date’ to show; Paul sits down next to her.  She asks him to move; he does, but he says he wants to protect her (and thinks she kind of likes him).  Dillon comes into the office to find Nina looking through the package of sex toys; he wants to talk about Kiki.  He tells her how he bowed out gracefully, then asks if she’s getting back with Franco.  She admits she misses Franco.  He tells her she could do better; she tells him he should fight for Kiki.  Kiki goes to visit Morgan; tells him they need to “clear the air” (to figure out what they are to each other).  He tells her he wishes he hadn’t pushed her away… and asks for another chance.  Kiki decides to give it one more ‘go’ with Morgan.  

Ava finally gets the door open; a large woman steps into the doorway.  She ‘tazes’ Ava and comes at her with a spear.  We are left hanging – what happened to Ava?  Jason and Sam follow a man to Lynch Manor, after overhearing something about having guests.  On the grounds, they catch Huxley, hear muffled screams and open the door to find Huxley’s mother, tied up on the floor.  Cute scene actually.  She says they tied her up and left about an hour ago; Jason and Sam decide to go after them, but Huxley says the manor is hopelessly isolated.   He offers to help, since his family has lived in the area for over 300 years, he knows it well; they can have Nikolas, and he keeps Ava to do with as he sees fit.  Jason says it sounds like a deal.  In a barn somewhere, Ava finds a bottle of liquor.  

Anna’s date stands her up; Paul says that’s good for him.  She tells him to get some friends.  She then reminds him, although they were friendly once, just when she thinks she understands him, he shows how shallow and self-absorbed he has become.  She says, she liked the ‘old Paul’ – he says he’s still the same.  She tells him, she’ll have to see proof of that.  He asks if they can be friends, to which she replies, she’s not there yet.  

After Franco kisses Elizabeth, she asks what he’s doing; he asks what she’s doing, and they both make a big deal out of it.  She asks herself why she would kiss him… Franco suggests maybe to make Jason jealous (if he ever found out).  She says he probably just wanted to stick it to Jason, both denying feeling anything whatsoever.  After a short spat, Elizabeth tells Franco that she sees the good in him – the compassion and empathy – but sometimes, he’s an overwhelming force to handle.  Franco tells her she helps him; says she calls him out on his nonsense and makes him feel like he can be better.  She smiles.  She tells him that maybe kissing her was just an excuse not to put in the hard work it would take to fix things with Nina; she says it’s clear as day that he still loves her.  He asks what her excuse for kissing him was – grieving, groping for support perhaps?  Whatever it was, it wasn’t about them; and it won’t happen again.  But, Franco tells her, she can still use his shoulder.