09-21-2016 (Wednesday)

A news reporter interviews hospital staff as they get ready to close the doors; Apiphany gets angry at him and tells him to get out of there.  She apologizes to Dr. Hardy’s picture on the wall, saying they tried.  Hayden’s mom comes to visit Hayden, who is back in jail again.  She tells her she doesn’t want anything to do with a liar; then asks when she was going to tell her Jeff Webber was her real father.  She doesn’t accept any of her mother’s excuses, and her mother leaves in tears, to go check with the lawyers.  Elizabeth rehearses the conversation she needs to have with her father – about how long he was cheating on her mother, and whether she has any other half-siblings out there.  

Lulu and Dante come to visit Michael; they hug him and give him their condolences.  Maxi stops by to talk to Griffin and asks what happened with Claudette; he says he can’t think about her right now, telling Maxi that Julian was just found NOT GUILTY.  Maxi doesn’t understand how; Griffin mentions Sabrina not being able to testify, and Maxi questions why.  He tells her that Sabrina is dead.

Nathan is stunned by Claudette’s news about a daughter; he questions if this is just another lie.  She says keeping her secret is the only way she can keep her safe.  She says the man she was with was very dangerous, he wouldn’t let her go, and threatened her child; he showed her a photo of her daughter, threatening to hurt her if he couldn’t have Claudette.  Nathan questions if this is his daughter; she says she is, and shows him a picture, telling him her name is Charlotte.  He says he has to tell Maxi; they will talk tomorrow.  Nathan tells Maxi that they need to talk, as he holds his daughter’s picture.  

Elizabeth tries to call Sabrina; she leaves her a message.  Franco comes back in to her room, gives her a bottle of water and sits down; Elizabeth tells him she couldn’t call her dad, saying she can’t handle it right now (losing the fairy tale of her parent’s marriage), adding that she can’t lose anything else right now.  Apiphany comes in, telling Liz she needs to be transferred to Mercy – they tell Elizabeth that the hospital is closing; Franco talks Apiphany into discharging her instead, into his care.  Apiphany asks him to come talk to her; she tells him they have to tell her about Sabrina, now.  Franco refuses.  Tracy tells Finn he needs another laboratory to work on his cure; she says she’s not letting him give up on himself.  Finn finds an old letter from his wife and he begins to cry, saying he failed her; he throws a tantrum.  Hayden calls and leaves him a message.  

Morgan shows up while Dante is talking to Michael; he is getting more and more manic by the minute.  Dante questions his behavior, and he swears he’s taking his medicine; it’s in his pocket, he says.  Carlos’ brother , Joe, shows up at the Quartermaine’s, announcing that he is there for Sabrina’s baby; he says he is going to take him, because he is his closets relative.  Morgan says he’s not taking him and he punches him, knocking him to the ground.  Tracy comes in and tells him that her lawyers will be working on custody and he’s not taking Teddy anywhere.  He says that he will fight her; Michael says there won’t be a fight.  Michael says that it wouldn’t be fair to Teddy to grow up in the middle of a custody fight, like he did… he tells Tracy that Sabrina would not want that.  He agrees to let Teddy go with Joe; Joe promises to take care of him.  

Elizabeth wanders out and overhears Apiphany talking to Griffin about Sabrina; she breaks down.  Franco comforts her.  As they are leaving the hospital, Elizabeth asks for a minute alone in the hallway with the pictures; she spends the time looking at her grandfather’s picture.  Griffin and Apiphany pray together; as he recites the Lord’s Prayer, the hospital clears out.