Monday, August 27, 2018 (S56E104): Who's There?

Mike is terrified when he sees Sonny pointing a gun at him; Sonny is frustrated.  Carly hugs Mike and asks him to sit down with her to have some tea.  Sonny asks “what if I had pulled the trigger?”  He asks how long their luck will last; Jason says they can adjust security.  Sonny tells Carly they had a perfect day; he feels like that’s all been ripped away now.  Kristina talks with Sam about her relationship with Parker; in describing their relationship, it appears that it is all about Parker and her needs.  Sam asks Kristina what she wants, for herself; she isn’t sure.  Sam tells “Krissy” that it took her a while to be able to get up in the morning, and look at herself in the mirror and love herself and respect herself, and be honest with the people she loved; she says you have to do that before you can build a meaningful relationship with another person.  She offers to go back with Kristina to talk to Parker in person, and to help her pack her bags to move home.

Griffin tells Ava that he is certain she had that blanket and got Julian to put it in Jonah’s room; he says he knows she is the one who helped Nelle send Carly to Ferncliff.  She admits so, but says Nelle was blackmailing her.  She tells him Nelle found the picture and threatened to expose Griffin then; she says she chose him over Carly.  She begs him to believe her; she says she was trying to protect him.  He doesn’t care because she shouldn’t have had that picture in the first place; he tells her he won’t turn her in though because he doesn’t want her death on his conscience, and Sonny would most definitely kill her if the truth came out.  He says she doesn’t get a free pass though, threatening to go to Sonny if she hurts anyone else, ever again.  He tells her their relationship changed him in so many ways, some of them positive, but, he says, “you, Ava Jerome, never really changed at all.”  He tells her she was using him, “to see what it would feel like to have a soul.”  She says if he wants to make her a monster to assuage his guilt, she’ll give him a monster; she walks away.

Drew takes Margaux home and sits down on her couch while she changes her shirt; he rifles through her files, and finds the flash drive.  She tries to lie, saying it’s evidence for a trial she has coming up; he tells her he knows she is lying and gets her to admit that she is.  She offers to let him see what is on the drive and gets her computer; what comes up are personal pictures of her and her family.  Drew feels bad and apologizes.  They kiss and he says goodnight; she tells him she has faith is going to find what he’s looking for.  She closes the door and goes to her safe, pulling out a flash drive labeled “Alzheimer’s project.”

Curtis and Jordan, and Stella, go to counseling together; Stella tries to leave right away, then notices the therapist writing something down.  She gets angry, claiming she is forming an opinion based on what she sees when she doesn’t know the whole story; the therapist says she would like to hear the whole story.  Stella sits back down; she tells the counselor “Jordan is the reason Thomas is dead.”  Curtis explains the history.  Stella does her share of unburdening, yells at Jordan and asks how she can just applaud while she marries Curtis; she says she gave up everything herself to take care of Curtis and isn’t going to watch Jordan ruin him.  Jordan points out that the real reason for Stella’s anger is that Stella has no life of her own.  She tells Stella, lovingly, that she has had twenty years to live a life of her own; she says she is a wonderful person, who deserves to be happy.  Stella look like she is going to cry, but is still trying to be angry; Curtis tells the therapist he loves both of these women.  She tells them it is clear that they all love each other and suggests another session; Stella isn’t sure she wants to come back.