11-16-2016 (Wednesday)

Franco greets Elizabeth's attacker with a fireplace poker; they wrestle a bit and he throws the man down on the couch.  The man tells him he was in jail for extortion against Emily Quartermaine, not rape; Franco says he knows there is no record of what he did to Elizabeth, but he also knows he did it… and he wants to make sure he is going to leave her alone, now holding the poker to his face.  He introduces himself; the man says he’s heard of him… Franco tells him he thinks there may still be some of that sadistic person he was in him – the man swears he changed; he says he isn’t the same man that did those things to Elizabeth and Emily.  Franco holds him down on the couch using the poker handle to apply pressure against his throat, as he tells him what a badass he is and that he will kill him if he comes near Elizabeth again.  Liz is concerned when Franco returns to the hospital; she asks him what he was thinking going to that man’s house.  Franco tells her that he wanted to make sure the man never bothered her again.  

Michael tells Nelle if she really wants to help him, she can distract him; give him anything else to think about other than the fact that his brother is gone, his dad is responsible and his mom may never forgive him.  She offers to play a game with him, suggesting backgammon.  He suggests Chess, and she hesitates, saying she is not a strategic thinker like him.  He talks her into it anyway, and lets her think she is winning, until he calls check-mate.  He asks for a rematch and they have a slightly intimate moment (a hand touch), then Nelle tells him they can’t get close, and she leaves.  Kiki talks to her mom about Morgan’s funeral; her mom admits that she was there.  She says she snuck in as everyone else was leaving; Kiki is surprised.  Ava argues that she needed closure too.

Scotty meets with Lucy, attempting to wine and dine her in an effort to get his hands on the bottle of pills Ava threw away (full of the placebos); Lucy figures out what he’s up to.  She tells him to man up and admit it.  He claims he is trying to get Ava too, and suggests they work together; Lucy considers it.  Hayden wakes up; she says she feels horrible.  Finn has her set up at Tracy’s with all the equipment he needs to take care of her.  When he tells Hayden he quit, she asks how he is going to keep working on a cure.  He says he has everything he needs to manage her illness; manage, but not cure, she says, realizing she is dying.  Elizabeth appears in the doorway; Hayden assumes she is happy about that fact.  However, she is really bringing supplies for Haden, at Finn’s request; she tells him, next time, a little honesty would be appreciated.  

Carly comes to see Sonny; she tells him that she doesn’t want to see him locked up.  She asks him what he is going to do if Jason finds the person responsible for Morgan’s death; she questions if he will retaliate, like he tried to do with Julian Jerome.  He tells her he isn’t thinking that far ahead; he says he was ready to make a full confession, until Jason came in to tell him that it was really somebody else that killed Morgan.  

Alexis has a drink with Jax; she tells him she feels like Morgan is dead because she let Julian back into her life.  He tells her she can’t think that; she says she does… she is the reason this all got out of control.  He says sometimes love comes back to haunt them, and admits that he did something several years ago that may disrupt Carly’s life.  He tells her when Jos needed the donor, he would have paid anything to find a kidney; he said he put out ‘feelers’ on the black market – he bought Jos’ kidney.  Alexis suggests he tell Carly; he says he can’t, at least, not right now after just losing Morgan.  He says they should go; Alexis tells him she wants to stay and he heads out.  Alexis asks the bartender to bring her another drink; when he does, she asks him to run her tab.  A man sits down and says that won’t be necessary because it’s on him (obviously trying to pick her up).