10-05-2017 (Thursday) The Long Trip Home

Maxie isn’t sure she is happy with all the attention Nathan is receiving from women now; flowers and balloons are arriving it at the police station, and a woman shows up with a plate of cookies she baked for him.  She says he is “god’s gift to women.”  They decide to send all the teddy bears, balloons and flowers, to the hospital pediatric ward.  Jordan comes in and tells Nathan she needs to speak to him, now.  He is relieved to know it isn’t about him being Man Landers; she says she has a “situation” with Curtis’ aunt, which she next help with fixing.  Maxie meets with Amy for lunch; she asks how she is handling Nathan getting all the attention online for the work she is doing.  Amy says that it was never about becoming famous for her; she is happy for what Nathan has done and is doing.  She asks what it’s like being married to someone everyone adores; Maxie replies, “oh it’s a blast.”  Amy says she used to be the one every body looked up to in high school; Maxie says she was an outcast, but Amy points out otherwise.  She says Maxie has always gotten so much attention, it might be difficult for her to stand Nathan being in the spotlight now.

Sonny meets Carly for dinner, with news; he says it could be nothing, or it could be a game changer.  He tells her his guy, Brick, has some news for him about that mysterious call from Russia; Jos and Oscar come in and ask for permission to attend a football game without a body guard.  They refuse her request, but say the guard can keep his distance.  Carly takes a picture of the two of them and smoothly tries to ask if Oscar would like her to send it to his mother; he avoids answering by saying they need to get going.  Oscar admits to Jos that he doesn’t even know his father’s name; they decide not to stay at the game and go out to eat instead, but they don’t ditch the body guard.  Carly tells Brick that she also needs something from him and starts to ask for constant surveillance on Nelle, but Sonny shuts her down, saying they have to let Michael find out on his own if Nelle is not good for him.  Carly reluctantly agrees.

Stella shows up at Curtis’s, where he finds Jordan in his arms; she announces that Port Charles is her new home – she is “giving them some space” but not leaving town.  She got a job at the General Hospital, via a friend who told her a social worker was retiring; she is officially part of the GH team, she says.  Jordan doesn’t look happy, but Curtis congratulates her.  She tells him she will be moving into her own place very shortly; Jordan cordially congratulates her too and leaves.  Curtis talks to his aunt about finding a nice guy; she says that Marcus was the one and only love of her life, and there will never be another one – not for her.  Jordan talks to Nathan about Stella; Nathan says he thinks she may have been so heartbroken once, she’s afraid to try again… he says, he doesn’t even know her, and he feels sorry for her, which seems to make Jordan think

Griffin and Ava are on the plane safely; he answers her question, telling her that he felt so guilty that she ran off to have the surgery because of what happened between them.. he says, however that isn’t the only reason he came to find her.  He says he came because he cares about her; he doesn’t want to lose their friendship… he says it may not be enough for her, but it is all he can honestly say right now.  Ava says it is enough; she smiles.  She says she has realized that healing her face isn’t the same as healing herself; Griffin reminds her that she risked her life to save a stranger.  He says that was truly selfless.  She makes light of it, and he tells her she isn’t only courageous, she is also modest; Griffin says it may have been divine intervention.  She is surprised to hear that Sonny helped him find her; he mentions the mysterious phone call Sonny got – she tells him that Patient 6 asked for a phone to call someone… they wonder what his connection might be to Sonny.  Ava asks Griffin about his own needs; she questions whether he ever thinks of himself as “just a man” and not a priest.  He persuades her to get some rest; as she is sleeping, he sweetly brushes some hair back off of her face with his fingers.  She opens her eyes, and says she was dreaming about her girls; he tells her, her girls will be very proud of the way she helped that patient.  She tells him, it seems that some of his good has rubbed off on her; she lays her head on his shoulder and closes her eyes again.