10-03-2016 (Monday)

Ava tries to discourage Kiki from ‘saddling herself with a man who is mentally ill’ when Franco comes up and interrupts her.  He asks Kiki if she would like to sit down and talk to someone with experience with mental illness…she says she would.  They have a great talk; Franco tells her if it is too difficult to be with Morgan and it’s not the relationship she wants, she doesn’t have to stay in it – she says, she loves him; it is what she wants, and she just has to hope that his mood swings will even out.  She asks, “what would that say about me, if I left him because of his mental illness.”  A

nna bursts in the door of the cabin, with Dillon right behind him, just in time to see his father holding the needle to his mother’s neck; Paul tries to explain why it is he feels he has to do this.  Dillon tells him he is making no sense; he tells him that Susan would not want this, and in fact, would be very upset with him about it.  Dillon moves closer; Anna tells him not to be a hero.  Dillon keeps talking to his father and gets closer to his mother, reaching down and untying her hands, then pulling her from the chair.  Paul tells them just to leave – Anna tells him to stay right where he is, and to drop the syringe.  She tells him to be a man, to step up and prove to his son he’s not a coward; he turns around and puts the syringe to his neck.  Anna knocks him down and Dillon grabs him; Anna picks up the syringe.  Paul cries about his daughter; Dillon promises that he will take care of her.  Backup arrives, Anna takes Paul out; Tracy hugs Dillon.  

Morgan goes to see Andre… he tells him his anger is getting out of control; he’s afraid he may really hurt somebody - and then he bought a paper, which he found out will get him kicked out of school – he’s supposed to go meet with the Dean.   He’s upset about disappointing his mother, and Kiki, afraid she will break up with him again.  Ultimately, though, Morgan concludes that he is going to tell everybody the truth, starting with Kiki.  Franco and Kiki continue their conversation; he mentions borrowing money from his mother; so he explains... he admits that he is being blackmailed by Hayden now, that she is Elizabeth’s half-sister, and that because of that news, Heather’s gravy train has run out.

Finn and Hayden overhear Lucy meeting with an owner of General Hospital, to list it for sale…Lucy tries to talk him out of his interest in the building, telling there are dozens more around the area – when she asks what his thoughts are for ‘repurposing’ the property, he says “luxury condominiums.”  She reminds him that he’s a member of the hospital board, and this hospital does so much good, it’s a landmark for the families… she says they can’t tear it down.  He tells her they plan on rebuilding the hospital across town, so they continue their tour.  Finn and Hayden both agree, they cannot trust that man.

Ava is back at her apartment, looking for something (or someone) on ‘Spyder Search’ when Scotty domes to her door.  He taunts her with the fact that he has learned something she doesn’t know yet – then confesses, it was the esteemed District Attorney all along, he says.  Ava is shocked; who would imagine that?  With her back turned to Scott, she looks terrified; then she turns and tells him that he has to represent Paul… and he has to get him off.  Scotty looks stunned.  Ava admits that she already knew Paul was the killer; she discovered it before through the trial and used it to blackmail him into getting Julian off.  She says she really thought Paul would stop once he knew that she knew… she used the knowledge as leverage for the flashdrive he still has that could put her in prison.  She goes on to talk about Kiki; and then admits to replacing Morgan’s bipolar medications with a placebo.  Scott asks if she didn’t think about the consequences if Morgan happens to hurt someone while he’s off his medication.  Morgan makes a stupid decision after Kiki tells him she has to cover some other guy’s shift and can’t meet with him tonight.