3-22-2017 (Wednesday) The Sentencing

Nora talks with Valentin and Nina about being gracious with visitation; she tells them it will look best for them if they are more than generous about it.  Nina assures them that Lulu will be treated more than fairly by them for the next six months.  

Anna assures Olbrecht she wouldn’t be asking for her assistance unless it was under extreme circumstances; she asks what Olbrecht knows about Valentine.  Not much, she says.  Anna says she is desperate; she’s been on Valentin’s trail for months and has nothing… she asks Olbrecht if she will talk to Caesar to see what he knows about Valentin.  Leisel laughs about the fact that Anna needs her, then says she doesn’t know how to reach Caesar; she asks, if she could, what would be in it for her.  She says, if it is at all possible, contacting Caesar will come at a cost; Olbrect says she wants all charges against Caesar dropped.  Anna tells asks her what happens when Nina and Valentin start fighting and Nathan intervenes; she says he may not be her problem today, but he will be one day, unless she can deal with him now.  Leisel says she can’t guarantee Caesar would help her; Anna says she has no guarantee she can trust him either, but she is out of options.

Michael runs into Nelle, at the café, and she tells him about her new job; she says since it’s a live-in position, she can save up money faster for school (still wanting to get her teaching degree).  He questions why she didn’t decide to leave town; she says if she didn’t stay, she couldn’t make amends.  She says hurting him and Jos wasn’t part of her plan; she wants to try to make things right with them.  He says maybe the kindest thing she could do is leave them be; she says she will respect his wish, if he really wants nothing more to do with her.  Michael tells her she doesn’t have to turn in the other direction when she sees him; Charlotte interrupts them, and Michael tells Charlotte they are friends.  Nelle thanks him, saying she knows they are not really friends anymore and that its on her; she leaves with Charlotte.  Laura comes in as they are leaving; she greets Charlotte and introduces herself to Nelle.  She then sees Michael and asks him what he can tell her about this new nanny; Michael looks hesitant to say anything.

Now, Nora is representing Olivia; Olivia says “hello Duke” to Griffin.  She then says she doesn’t see a trace of his mother in him; when he questions her about it, he gets yelled at for bothering her.  Nora tells him her client is ill and calls the opposing attorney to get him away.Olivia is playing the part of a confused, scared woman who doesn’t know what she’s done; Nora, apparently was not aware of the depth of the charges against her client.  As the list is read off, Nora’s eyes tell her surprise.  Still, she does a good job questioning Kevin about his review of the mental health records regarding Olivia Jerome; however, he admits that he has no way of knowing if she is faking her condition now.  She questions Griffin next; they discuss her confusion about him being Duke… he testifies that she called him Duke today.  Griffin tells Anna that the judge has sentenced Olivia to Darkum Assylum; Anna laughs.  She says that Pentonville is a luxury spa in comparison to Darkum; she revels that Olivia may finally have gotten herself trapped.  He tells her what Olivia said to him about his mother and questions if she could have known his mom.

Nina talks to Valentin about their new nanny; he questions why she is warning him to keep her away from his bed.  She tells him she had a few problems with her former employers, the Corinthos’ – Nelle and Charlotte come in; Nina introduces her to Valentin.  She takes Charlotte and leaves Nelle to talk with Valentin; he tells Nelle if she betrays or hurts his family, they will never find her body.  Nora delivers the judge’s order to Valentine and says she is headed back to Landview, Pennsylvania; he says he’ll see her in six months.  He then questions her about “the other matter” and she tells him that Olivia Jerome is on her way to a prison for the criminally insane and she doubts she’ll ever see the light of day again; he says that’s exactly what he wanted to hear.  They shake hands; he smiles.