Monday, July 9, 2018 (S56E69): James Comes Home

Finn asks Chase to meet him for lunch; he asks about Peter August, and Chase asks if that’s why he asked him there… Finn says, no.  He says he wanted to give him a birthday present; he gives him tickets to a game.  Chase notices the weekend; it’s the same weekend his parents are coming to town to visit.  Finn says he didn’t realize, swearing he was just trying to do something nice.  He says maybe he can get one more ticket so that the three of them can go; Chase deduces, that way, Finn wouldn’t have to run into “their father.”  Finn apologizes for the effort and leaves.

Maxie comes home with James; at the door, she stops and says she and Nathan dreamed of this moment.  Leisel tells her that Nathan is alive in James; Maxie welcomes James to the place his “father was most alive.”  Leisel holds baby James for the first time and tells him she is his “Oma.”  Maxie takes James to his room; Nina asks Leisel if she would please go make sure Peter is okay.  She tells her she doesn’t want him to die at their hands; Leisel goes.  Nina later asks Maxie how she feels about Peter now; Maxie says she believed he (Peter, not Heinrik) was her friend and she has decided to hold on to the good.  She says Nathan would have wanted that.

Peter tells the scout to hurry; he says he is actually still working on his badge… he sucks at knots.  They hear Leisel coming; the boy hides under the bed.  Leisel briefly comes in and tells Peter that she just held her grandson for the first time, and she needs some solitude to think about what she is going to do with him now.  She goes for a walk; when she comes back, she finds the scout’s bugle and asks, “how did this get here.”  Nina comes in and claims the bugle us hers, but Leisel doesn’t buy the story; nonetheless, Nina talks her into going to get more antibiotics.  She goes to GH and asks Dr. Bensch for a prescription, for a cut on her finger, so she doesn’t get an infection; he gives it to her.  The scout goes to Franco, and tells him about the man he found in the cabin, tied to a bed; Franco has him draw a picture.

As they walk out to the elevators, the boy sees Olbrecht and says, “that’s the villain… stop her.”  Leisel laughs and asks what’s wrong with the boy; Franco says he doesn’t think there is anything wrong with him.  She says he’s crazy and gets on the elevator; Finn asks the boy if he can tell them where this cabin is.Michael tells Nelle he can’t wait to make their “little family complete.”  She asks him why he is in such a hurry now; he says because he wants to show Chase that he isn’t going to win.  She says she really wants a big wedding, and wants his family there; he says okay.  She disappears for a minute and then comes back to tell him that Olivia is going to shut down the Metro Court tomorrow so they can hold their wedding there; she tells him to call his whole family and tell them they are getting married tomorrow.

Griffin tells Kiki he still isn’t convinced that Alexis doesn’t need to know about them sleeping together; Scotty tells Ava he needs to tell her something; she says she already knows what he is going to say.  She says Franco already told her about the picture Bensch has of Kiki and Griffin; Scotty remembers hearing Kiki and Griffin talk about sleeping together.  He says, “the picture, right.”  Ava says this is why she wanted him to take the case, so he could protect Kiki; Scotty says he has an obligation to use any evidence his client shows him.  He doesn’t tell her what he heard; she goes to see Griffin.  She tells him she just needed to look into the eyes of the man, she knows would never betray her.

Sonny asks Julian about his expansion; Julian says he is thinking about ripping the back offices down to the foundation and making everything new, and adding an event room.  Jason asks Sonny how long until they find the body, once they start ripping things down.  Sonny says he would like to make Julian an offer for the place, so he could go somewhere bigger and better; Julian tells Sonny he isn’t interested in selling.  Sonny says the offer is on the table; as they leave, Jason says he will make some calls… maybe they can hold Julian off by a couple of weeks.  At home, Felix tells Sonny that his father has been agitated today; he keeps saying he doesn’t want to let Sonny down.