01-10-2017 (Tuesday)

Jason and Curtis make their way through the catacombs and find the office underneath the pawnshop, empty.  They search the office; Jason finds a picture of a child… it kind of looks like Danny.  He puts it in his pocket; Curtis finds a dragon statue with the same Chinese characters on it as the boat.  They hear the door lock; smoke starts pouring in through the vent.  Curtis jimmies the door lock.  They make it out just in time and walk into Jean’s Roadhouse; Curtis says they have enough for reasonable doubt.  He says they need to get Jordan to lean on Rudg; Jason says this woman could just go farther underground if they bring the cops in.  He says they have to find out who it is Rudg is really working for.  

Sam goes to see her father, but finds no presence of him being at his apartment; Ava tries to cover, but Sam demands to know where he is.  Sam sits down on the couch, refusing to leave until Julian gets back; she tells Ava she could just tell her what she needs to know and put them both out of their misery.  She mentions that Jason has been investigating the car bombing and there is a lot more to it than anyone knows; Ava drops her glass.  Sam assumes that Ava was working with Rudg and planted the bomb to kill her brother, framing Sonny; Ava just laughs.  She tells Sam she loves her and she appreciates the laugh; she tells her not to change, because she is priceless.  Sam leaves.  Ava wonders what Julian has gotten himself into this time.  Sam meets Jason at the bar and tells him that Julian appears to have moved out of his apartment, and she believes that Ava is definitely hiding something.  

Scotty and Franco discuss why Alexis would have been at that bar with Tom Baker; they say if she is hiding her drinking, she may be hiding something else.  Alexis tells Julian when she was drunk, outside of Jean’s Roadhouse, she did something; he thinks she’s talking about running him over with her car.  She says she is talking about a different time; she tells him she is pretty sure she killed Tom Baker.  Julian tells her he may have a way out of this for her; she says she doesn’t want his help because she doesn’t want to become more dependent upon him.  He asks her to at least listen to what she has to say.  Julian helps Alexis sit down and offers her a glass of water; she begins to tell him about that night.  She says she had met this man there before, but at that time, she didn’t know he was the man who had raped Elizabeth.  She says this night, he wouldn’t leave her alone even after she told him to; she remembers the knife and getting it away from him, then nothing.  She says she doesn’t remember, but she must have called a car to get home.  Julian tells her she may not have killed this man; there’s still a chance that it was Franco.  Just then, Franco shows up at her door; Julian hides.  Franco shows her the photo he found of her sitting at the table with Tom Baker; he asks her to come forward and tell the police that he was not with Tom that night.  She says the photo must be photo-shopped and tells him to get out of her house; he leaves.  She begins to panic and says this could be a problem; Julian tells her she can’t give up… but he says, she needs to be sober to do this.  

Carly reminisces about her and Sonny recently making love; Bobbie interrupts her.  Nelle says obviously Carly is a woman in love; Bobbie is not happy to hear that they are trying to work things out.  Carly decides, at Nelle’s suggestion, to go get Joslyn from Australia so she can break the news about her and Sonny’s reconciliation to Jos on the flight home.  She tells Nelle to book her a ticket for tonight.  Bobbie compliments Nelle on her ability to anticipate Carly’s needs; she suggests that Nelle knows more than she is letting on.  Nelle tells Bobbie maybe they should have a talk; Bobbie says she thought she would never ask.  She asks Bobbie why she doesn’t just confront Carly about her issues, instead of making passive-aggressive comments to her.  She tells her it wasn’t her idea to stay; Carly asked her to stay and help out.  She says she has earned her position rightfully, not laying on her back (like Bobbie did, as a hooker).  Bobbie says it appears the real Nelle just showed up.  She tells her she did what she had to do and is not ashamed of her past; she asks why Nelle studied up on her family so much.  Nelle says she is just trying to do her job; Bobbie says she will be watching her and leaves.  

Diane comes to meet with Sonny; she is surprised to see him smiling.  She asks what he knows that she doesn’t; he tells her Jason is on the case.  He tells her there is nothing concrete, but says the evidence points to Julian; Diane says they still have a ton of work ahead of them so they need to prep.  After some frustrating lack of progress, Sonny offers her lunch; they enjoy some spaghetti and a glass of wine.  Diane asks about his relationship with Carly at this point; she says it would help to have her in the courtroom during the trial.  He says that won’t be a problem now.  Carly comes to see Sonny and he tells her that Diane has decided it is best to explain to the court that Morgan inherited bipolar disorder from his father; she agrees maybe that is best.  She tells him she is going to get Joslyn; he tells her he already misses her and they kiss and hug goodbye.  Sonny calls Nelle and tells her to come over; they need to talk.  Carly asks her mom if she would keep an eye on Sonny for her while she is gone; Bobbie says gladly.  After Carly leaves, she says to herself that she will take care of her family… and take out the trash too.  Sonny tells Nelle they need to come to a new understanding.