12-01-2016 (Thursday) KIKI IN DANGER?

So Griffin pulls Franco off of Tom Baker; Franco tells him that if he goes near Elizabeth again, he will kill him.  Tom starts to walk away, Franco breaks loose from Griffin’s grip, tackles him and starts strangling him.  Tom Baker stands up and asks Elizabeth which of them is really the monster.  Monica comes to see what the ruckus is all about and tells Tom Baker to get off of the property; she then tells Franco that he has to leave too, because GH has a 100% no-tolerance for violence policy.  He is suspended for two days; Elizabeth mentions that he scared her and he says apparently he will always be a monster in her eyes.  Griffin asks Liz if she’s okay; she says she is uncertain about Franco now.  

Dillon meets Kiki in front of the diner; she’s looking for another job.  He suggests she take this time to figure out what she wants to do with her life instead; they sit down for lunch.  He tells her he wanted to be a film-maker, but found his ‘niche’ in photography; he says it seems like getting a job as a waitress would be her just putting off chasing her dreams… but she says, in order for it to mean that, she would have to have a dream.  She does not even know what she wants to do with her life.  She decides to take a Career Aptitude Test, the results of which are not revealed.  

Lulu and Dante are in their new home; they start making out on the couch when Laura walks in the door and interrupts them.  She apologizes for cramping their style and gives them a gift card for a honeymoon night at the Metro Court for this evening.  They go pack their bags and enjoy a romantic evening.  Laura returns a call from Kevin, who suggests he cook dinner for them, even offering to bring it to her there; she declines and he is slightly disheartened.  Still, he is understanding, saying they will do it another time then.  Tracy stops by with a bottle of wine to congratulate the newlyweds; after Laura thanks her for all she has done for Lulu, Tracy suggests they have a drink together because they never have in all the time they’ve known each other.  Laura laughs in agreement.  They toast to Lulu and Dante; Tracy asks how things are going with Laura and the good doctor… Laura admits that she blew him off tonight.  Tracy coaxes her to get dressed and go out, offering to stay with Rocco herself.  Monica, as Chief of Staff, asks Kevin to assume the responsibility for something…but we are not told what it is yet; Kevin sits in front of a tile wall, saying somebody has to do it, it just as well be him.  It’s a Santa Suit, we come to find out, when Laura shows up at his door wearing nothing but her fur coat; Kevin explains that Monica put him on ‘Santa duty’.  Laura is embarrassed but Kevin is delighted with her presentation.

Valentine offers Anna a drink after she guesses the phrase represented the motto of the WSB – he says she is over thinking things… he simply wanted her to look at him without prejudice, to see that he isn’t a threat to anyone, claiming he was just a lonely student, in boarding school who studied a lot.  Anna doesn’t believe him.  She asks what his name was, as a child, saying there is something about his eyes – they are familiar to her.  He refuses ever knowing her.  He asks if she anymore questions; she asks where he spent his lonely childhood and he responds by saying he tries not to dwell on it… then mentions that you can learn a lot from books and discusses Shakespeare, correcting the history books.  He says the only reason Richard the III lost the battle at Bosworth is because he trusted the wrong person.  Anna notes that he is not going to make the same mistake.  He says, “I hope not.”  To which, Anna replies, “good talk” and promptly leaves.

Nathan and Maxie are about to kiss when Nina knocks on their door; she needs to go over some articles for the magazine with Maxie.  (‘Maxie’ is looking much more like herself now; definitely healthier these days.)  She sits down and says she was “distracted” earlier – Nathan understands this to mean that she was with Valentin (which she was).  Nathan tells her that she should keep her distance from Valentin; then comments that maybe she sees Charlotte as another chance to be a mother.  Nina gets mad and tells him she has a right to make her own decisions, noting that she saved a company and is a grown woman… she says if spending time with Valentin and Charlotte is a mistake, it’s her mistake to make and not his.  She leaves mad.  Anna finds Nina at the café and starts talking to her about Valentine, noting that Nina is on his side.  Nina starts talking about the boarding school he was sent to; Anna asks if she knows where this was.  England, Nina says, a town named Bedlington, but she gives no further information.  Anna makes a phone call for information on this boarding school.

Franco goes to see his mother; she isn’t her usual “up” self… she’s laying her head on her arms, on the table, not looking at him.  She’s mad at him because he ratted her out – telling how she was getting out and that she tried to kill Lucas and Bobbie.  He says he needs her help figuring out what to do because he feels the darkness and anger returning and he can’t seem to stop it, especially when the recipient is so deserving.  She tells him he’s like a balloon; all it takes is a pin-prick and he’ll explode.  She says he has to decide if Tom Baker is that pin-prick or not.  Kiki drops her wallet as she is leaving the diner.  Tom Baker picks it up and hands it back to her; she says thank you and he follows her.