11-13-2017 (Monday) To Ashes

Franco tells Elizabeth he has a surprise for her; he says the boys had the idea, for them to go to Audrey’s so they could spend a quiet night by the fireplace.  He asks Liz what’s on her mind; she says, “the man who claims to be Jason.  She admits that it kind of took her “back five years” but assures Franco that she is in love with him now, and only him. Jordan announces that Jason and ‘Jason’ both match the DNA on file for Jason Morgan… ‘Jason’ accuses Jason of coming to town to try to take his life; Jason says Elizabeth came to visit him in lockup and told him that Susan Moore gave birth to identical twins.  ‘Jason’ tells the story he learned from Franco about the twin boys that Betsy helped Susan deliver, and how they hid one of the boys and sent the other to Port Charles to live with Alan; Drew was raised by Betsy Frank, except she said he died – ‘Jason’ says when he went to question her about it, she had skipped town.  He steps forward and says, “now we know why… Drew,” as he stares down Jason.  Carly says they must have Jason’s fingerprints on file; Jordan says Helena Cassadine somehow had them deleted from their system, but she says they’ll try to find them somewhere.

Scott believes that Franco knows which one is the real Jason; he says Franco needs to tell them.  Franco says that’s the last thing he wants to do.  Scotty says that Jason might be more understanding if he comes forward with what he knows; Franco says he can’t do that because he fears Elizabeth will go back to Jason, or Andrew, if they find out who is who, and he will lose her forever.  Liz steps out on the porch and asks if everything is alright and then Jordan shows up with Sam and both Jason’s; he admits that he had his suspicion that the certificate was fake and that one of them was really Andrew.But he says he couldn’t be sure, so he didn’t want to say anything.Alexis takes a trip to Pennsylvania to meet Nora Buchanan; Nora doesn’t look happy about it.  Alexis tells her about Julian, her client’s brother, and how he’s been targeted in prison; Nora doesn’t understand how that concerns her.  Alexis asks for a statement from Olivia admitting that she threatened Julian and forced him to do what he did; Nora says she can’t allow that because it would cause her mental health to come back under review and she would go to prison herself.  She shows Alexis to the door, as she states that she is “on retainer.”  Alexis asks who might be paying that; she says she knows it isn’t a sibling and questions again who it might be, but Nora declines to answer.  Alexis says if Nora thinks she can “stonewall” her, she’s got another thing coming.

Nelle is sneaking in to get her “last paycheck” – Maxie tells her to get out of there; Lulu comes by and asks if everything is okay.  Maxie says Nelle is just leaving, and she does; Maxie mentions Nina needing a new assistant and suggests Lulu take the job.  Lulu says that would be kind of awkward, given their prior dealings over Charlotte, but says she does want to do something more with her life now that the kids don’t need her at home all day.  Maxie says she understands.  Lulu gives her opinion on Maxie’s article, calling it “cute” and “a nice read” but she says it is a bit misleading; not only does it make it seem that Maxie encouraged Nathan to become Man Landers, but, she says, it almost seems as if a woman is writing Ask Man Landers’ stuff.  Maxie laughs, “haha, wouldn’t that be something.”  Nelle runs into Michael at the bar in the Metro Court; he says, even though they aren’t together, they could have some quiet time, together.  They have a decent conversation and Nelle excuses herself, thanking him for being nice to her.

Amy is upset because her brother still won’t talk to her; Nathan tells a lot of people get addicted to pain killers, and tries to reassure her that Chet will be okay.  She gets Nathan to go in to try talking to him as Man Landers, but he doesn’t even want to talk to him.  Amy leaves the room upset when Chet demands she go; Nathan follows and comforts her.  Amy realizes she has control; she goes in and tells Chet he is coming home with her whether he likes it or not because she isn’t giving up on him.  She threatens to have him declared a danger to himself and admitted to the psych ward if he doesn’t agree; she says she not only knows how to “work the system,” she “is the system.”  She thanks him for his cooperation and leaves the room.

Carly and Sam talk over drinks about their concern for Jason, Sam and Andrew; Carly says, once Sam knows for sure Jason is Jason, she is going to leave “Drew” brokenhearted, and Jason is going to have to accept that she has a baby with another man now.  She says, Drew may not be Jason, but he is still their friend and she is worried about him too; she says, what makes matters worse is that Franco holds the key to all of this.  Sonny agrees.  Elizabeth tells Franco she is going up to bed and kisses him goodnight; she says she hopes they can find Andre soon because he is probably the only one who tell them “which of these men are really Jason.”  Franco burns the paper he found in Andre’s office with one of their pictures and information on it (maybe even prints?) in the fireplace.