01-09-2017 (Monday)

Alexis calls Julian a bastard for dumping out her booze; he says he is just trying to stop her from killing herself, or anyone else.  She says he’s not her keeper; he insists he loves her too much to watch her destroy herself.  He asks how she would feel if she killed some innocent stranger; she recalls trying to push Tom off of her.  She puts on her coat and tells him she is leaving; he says that’s where she’s wrong.  She asks how he is going to stop her; he says he won’t tie her to a chair or anything, but challenges her to go without a drink for just twelve hours.  He begs her to do it for her daughter, her grandchild, everyone else who loves her and for herself; her self-respect.  She tells him she has no self-respect because he took it; he apologizes.  She recalls more of being with Tom Baker that night; she tried to get away and he pulled a knife on her.  Julian appears to be getting to her; she tells the driver she called never mind and apologizes, telling them to just add the charge to her account.  She sits back down on the couch and remembers Tom holding the knife and threatening her, her kicking him in the groin and knocking it out of his hands, then picking it up and threatening him; she begins to cry and freak out, saying she needs a drink.  He asks her what’s wrong; she tells him that she thinks she killed this man.  

Laura comes into the hospital, bringing Kevin into the ER for a twisted ankle… an accident while ice skating with the kids.  Laura tells Liz, as much as the boys enjoyed their time with Kevin, they couldn’t stop talking about Franco.  Elizabeth’s reaction causes Laura to question how she, herself, feels about Franco now; Liz asks if Laura really doesn’t judge her for being with him.  She says absolutely not; everyone deserves a second chance, even Franco.  Liz tells her she doesn’t know everything.  She sort of explains what Franco did, excluding the details, adding that she knows he didn’t kill Tom Baker; Laura asks if she can live with it.  She says yes, but tells her Franco is pulling away from her now; Laura offers her best advice telling Liz to follow her heart, kisses her goodbye and leaves.  

Kiki and Dillon take the bus back to Port Charles, having both admitted that the only reason they left town was to avoid each other; they go to Franco’s, where Kiki is surprised to see him not there.  They both agree that they need to shower, but decide to get something to eat afterward; then they talk about their plans for the future.  Kiki mentions possibly going to work in the mental health field, to help people like Morgan; Dillon tells her that is an awesome idea.  She goes to shower and tells him to find something to order and having delivered; he can shower when she is done, she says, blowing off his joking suggestion that they shower together to save water.  After eating, they begin to kiss; they are interrupted by a knock at the door.  It’s Liz, looking for Franco; she leaves when Kiki tells her he isn’t there.  Dillon tells Kiki that he thinks they should take things more slowly; she smiles.  

Franco talks to his dad at the dinner; he tells him that knife may be his, but he didn’t use it on Tom Baker…Scotty tells him they need an alibi.  He asks him if anyone was with him that night; he asks what he was doing.  Franco hesitates.  Then he tells him he was locked in a dog crate, explaining that it was only fair because he did put him there first.  After explaining everything, Scotty understands that he didn’t kill Tom Baker, but says they are going to have difficulty proving it; Franco tells him he talked to the bartender but he wasn’t very helpful.  Then he mentions seeing Alexis there afterward; he overhears the waitress telling someone to tag a picture they took, saying they were at this Roadhouse, and it gives him an idea.  He asks to use Scotty’s tablet and is surprised to find that he is on Facebook; hard-times him about not ‘friending’ him.  Scotty gets a text telling him that the analyses on the fingerprints from the murder weapon are back.  There are none; the weapon was wiped clean.  Franco returns his attention to the matter at hand and tells Scotty they need to search “hashtag Jean’s Roadhouse.”  He hopes to find a picture of Tom’s drinking buddy from that night; Scotty says that’s a long-shot.  He finds a picture though; Alexis is sitting a table... with Tom Baker.

Curtis and Jason continue to question “Buz“… he tells them he heard a woman said “kill the homeless loser who planted the bomb.”  The pawn shop owner, Rudg, tells this unseen Chinese person that he hasn’t been able to locate the homeless man that planted the bomb in Julian’s car.  He says he was at Rudg’s pawnshop when he heard this; he realized Rudg had lied to him about the bomb, and went to the pawnshop to confront Rudg but heard the lady telling Rudg to kill him.  They ask how he got in and out without being noticed; the man says he has now said too much.  They promise they won’t rat him out; he tells them about some catacombs under the pawnshop; a passage leads to the basement, where there is a secret office.  This is where he heard the lady talking to Rudg.  They give him some money to get out of town and thank him for his help; he tells them to watch their step with those people, saying they don’t mess around.  Sam shows up and tells them that Julian swears he had nothing to do with the car bomb, adding that he seemed really scared and she believes him.  Sam is concerned when Jason tells her that he and Curtis are going to check the catacombs out.