11-10-2016 (Thursday)

Carly wakes up on the couch, ready to face the day that she has been dreading; she sends Nelle to pick out a dress from the clothing she left at Sonny’s.  Nelle asks Sonny if he would like to talk about anything; he snaps at her, thank you, but no.  He asks how Carly is doing; Nelle says she’s there, but so down… she tells him she slept on the couch last night and was sleeping when she left, but wasn’t alone.  Sonny gets a little disturbed when she tells him Jax showed up and stayed with her overnight.  Nelle tries to stress how important it is for him to be there and says she hopes he reconsiders his decision; she goes upstairs to get Carly’s dress.  On her way out, Sonny hands her the envelope he had addressed to her, and asks her to give it to Carly, but not until after the memorial service.  

Sam comes to pick up Danny from Alexis’ and notices the smell; Alexis tells her she burned the cookies, but doesn’t explain why – Sam questions the smoke detector and how she couldn’t have heard it…she brushes her off.  Sam asks to use her computer for a second; Alexis hesitates, realizing she still has the tab open from googling “do I have a drinking problem?”  Luckily, for her, Kristina shows up and distracts Sam long enough for her to sneak over and delete her browsing history and close the tab.  After talking to Danny, Sam asks her mom if she was drinking while she watched her son; Alexis does not admit it, in fact, denies it outright, saying Laura drank all of the wine that is missing from the bottle.  Sam apologizes and pretends not to see that Alexis is noticeably feeling guilty about lying to her.  

Franco brings Liz a cup of coffee and asks if she got any sleep at all; she says no… the pain of her past trauma was just too much last night after preparing her statement.  She apologizes for the night not turning out the way he had hoped; for not wanting him to stay.  He says he totally understands… no rush.  One day at a time, he says.  As he ponders to himself, Olbrecht overhears and inquires; he briefly tells her the story (she asks if he told Elizabeth how he really felt and he responds, “God, no”).  He confesses that what Elizabeth went through reminds him of what he made Sam think he had done to her all those years ago.  He’s afraid it will come between them.  Elizabeth gets a call from the parole board; although they considered her victim impact statement, they decided to release him anyway.  

Finn shows up to check on Hayden; Laura says she hasn’t spoken to her yet this morning, but mentions that she saw her last night.  She tells him she was a little bit flushed, but says she wasn’t in her room this morning… Hayden wakes up on the floor, seemingly feeling much better.  She hears Finn and tells him she is just fine.  But she collapses in front of him; he checks her and finds her pulse is low and she has a fever of 102 degrees.  

When Nelle gets to Carly’s, and Carly goes to change, Jax asks Nelle if she remembers the circumstances about when her kidney was taken.  Nell manages to smile and be friendly, even though she is obviously disturbed by Jax’s presence… she tells him what she remembers, but it’s not much.  He and Carly head to the service; Nelle changes her clothes and says she’ll be right there.  When Sonny arrives for the service, Jax tells him how sorry he is about Morgan and puts his arm around Sonny in sort of a half-hug; he then asks Sonny why he brought a gun to his son’s funeral.