08-17-2017 (Thursday) Too Many Secrets

Spenelli and Maxie watch Georgie play at the playground; they discuss why she can’t talk Nathan into coming to Portland.  Spenelli suggests maybe they could make him jealous again; Maxie declines.  He offers to talk to him, “man to man” – she tells him she has a new investigation, the publicity crime of the century.  She tells Spenelli about “Ask Man Landers” and Spenelli admits that he loves that guy… he says he’s the one who told him to grow the beard (which I think looks pretty good).  She says if she can expose this bunko artist, her bosses boss will see that she deserves to be the boss; then, she says, Nathan will want to come there to be with her.  After Spenelli points out how many readers and listeners Man Landers actually has, Maxie decides maybe it would be better to get him to work with her instead of exposing him to the world.

Mac and Felicia discuss whether or not they are going to tell Anna about their “little adventure.”  Felicia reminds him that Maxie is not the “sole of discretion” and says it’s only a matter of time before all of Port Charles knows.  Anna comes in with Emma; they hug her.  Everyone sits down and orders a non-alcoholic drink and they toast to “Noah Robert,” the newest member of the family.  Felicia leaves the table and Emma gets phone call; walking away, Emma says, “excuse me, I have to take this.”  Anna tells Mac it’s a boy; he doesn’t seem happy about that.  Amy walks up behind Nathan at the diner; he hugs her.  She sits down and asks him if he misses the action of being Man Landers, insisting she is sure he does, and if the opportunity to do it again came up, he would probably want to.  Nathan inquires if she is asking him to do it again… she smiles.  He makes it clear he doesn’t want to, bringing up the indecent act he encouraged his in-laws to get into; Amy asks him to spill.  He simply says they got into trouble spicing up their love life in public; Amy says that was their choice.  He tells her that Maxie is determined to unmask Man Landers; Amy says, “Maxie can never know.”  Felicia walks up and asks, “know what?” Amy makes up a story about colluding with Nathan about what to get Maxie for her birthday; Felicia notes that isn’t until October.

Anna asks Mac if he has something for her; he hands her a flash drive, saying it’s a full accounting of everything Valentin has been doing in her absence.  She puts it in her phone and starts looking through it; notices the horse retirement stables.  Mac tells her it was a gift for Nina.  She sees an address that is Julian’s and wonders what business he has with him; Mac notes that it is Ava’s address too.  Amy excuses herself; Felicia sits down and asks Nathan what that was really about.  He assures her it was nothing and excuses himself; Amy meets him outside and asks if he covered, saying no one can ever know that he is Man Landers or she loses her book deal.  He tells her trust him, saying he has gotten them this far; she hugs him.  Felicia watches through the window.

Curtis tells Finn he could probably find Hayden and bring her back to Port Charles, but says he won’t; Finn tries to use vanity to persuade him to do it, but he says “out of respect for Hayden” he can’t take this job.  He tells Finn, the truth is, he has already been looking for Hayden; he says he came up empty.  He says she doesn’t want to be found, and that’s her right; he says, he doesn’t have to like it, but he has to respect it.  He tells Finn he has to respect her choice because she is doing what is best for her; he says he loves her too much to let her walk out of his life.  He says if Curtis was in his place, he wouldn’t just let her go… he tells him he doesn’t need his help; he will find her on his own.

Franco tells Liz she can’t be sure that Olbrecht had anything to do with Hayden’s disappearance; he asks her to “allow” him… he goes over and seriously asks Leisel what she is doing here, confronting her about trying to ruin Hayden and Finn’s lives.  She asks if he can blame her, and gets excited when she thinks she might see Hayden getting dragged off in handcuffs.  He tells her that’s not going to happen because Hayden is “gone.”  He asks Obrecht what happens if Finn finds out what she’s done; she says she hopes he does.  

Liz suddenly tells Franco her shift just ended and pulls him away; Olbrecht tells Liz to say hi to her sister, “if” she finds her.  Liz turns around and confronts Olbrecht, mentioning the baby, which brings a slight glimmer of compassion to Olbrecht, briefly; but then she brings up the poor young woman confined to a wheelchair due to Hayden’s drunk driving.  She says she righted a wrong and hurt Hayden; a “two-fer” she says… and then the fact that she avenged herself, she says, makes it a “trifecta.”  Liz calls her a bitch; Franco pulls Liz away.  Finn walks up behind Olbrecht; he asks what that was all about.  Olbrecht mocks Hayden’s disappearance and asks if they were having difficulties; making fun of having secrets and Hayden running from her problems.  She says she thought about running too, but them she remembered she had friends and family, and decided to stick it out and “stick it to those who hurt” her.  She turns to get on the elevator; Finn puts his hand on the wall in front of her, saying, “you did this.”  

At home, Liz tells Franco that she wants him to move in with her; she is ready, she says, to tell the boys, saying, “they’ll be over the moon.”  A lovely song plays, as they begin to make love; pretty romantic scene to end on.