08-31-2016 (Wednesday)

Franco confronts Hayden, in front of Finn, accusing her of wanting Elizabeth dead; he tells Finn that Liz has something on Hayden that could put her in jail for a very long time.  Hayden fills Finn in on the history between her and Liz and he realizes the she would be better off if Elizabeth died.  He mentions this; she is offended that he would think she could have something to do with hurting Elizabeth.  She says she's pissed to think that he could think such a thing; he asks what else he is supposed to think right now.  Griffin finds a full syringe in the garbage can of the locker room; he tells Monica.  She sends the syringe to the lab to find out what is in it.  

Alexis sits at the bar, Julian walks up behind her… she is terrified and fumbles with her phone as she backs away from him; he continues to tell her how much he loves her and that they will be together again.  Then, suddenly, it is Tracy who is standing there, not Julian; Alexis tells Tracy that she has been having ‘waking dreams’ of Julian haunting her.  Tracy assures her it will get better, but says testifying against Julian is the first step.  She walks away to take a phone call and Julian whispers in Alexis’ ear that she won’t be able to testify against him.  She shivers.  She stands up and yells at him; Tracy gets her attention and tells her she needs to go home and get herself together, so she can show up in court at take Julian down.  

Griffin talks to Franco in the hallway; he seems to believe that Franco is sincere about his feelings for Elizabeth.  Jordan comes to see Elizabeth; Monica tells her she is now a patient; she fills Jordan in on the details.  Ava calls a meeting with Paul; she tells him about her meeting with Jordan and how she recognized the cufflink.  She also tells him that she spent some time in his hotel room last night; he stutters.  She tells him the cufflinks were nowhere to be found, but shows him the medicine case she did find.  She tells him he is finished if she turns it in; he asks what she wants.  She tells him, first, that he remains silent about her shooting Connie, not bothering to ask for the tape back because he’s likely made copies; she tells him that she wants him to set her brother free.  

As Franco sits, talking to her, Liz wakes up; Franco tells her how scared he was when he found her lying there.  She remembers a little bit, but seems fuzzy about the details; she remembers trying to get her phone out to use as a flashlight.  She remembers feeling someone push her back; then recalls that she was going home to get the diamonds to turn into the police – and had just told Hayden so.  Franco tells her that when he found her, Hayden was standing over her.  As Jordan questions Hayden about why she was in the stairwell, and where she was just before the power failure, Finn speaks out and says she was with him; they were talking.  Jordan tells him she will be in contact; when she leaves Hayden asks why he didn’t tell her what he knows about her and Elizabeth.  He tells her that he doesn’t believe she did this; she smiles.  Elizabeth starts freaking out, kind of; Jordan, standing just outside of her room, overhears her saying that Hayden tried to kill her.