Thursday, August 9, 2018 (S56E92): Don’t Spill the Beans

Franco convinces Alexis to listen to him; she tells him it better be good.  He tries to tell her, but the judge comes into the room; she tells Franco to go sit down.  She gives a grand opening statement; Scotty just says his client is innocent.  Elizabeth is called to the stand; admits she never personally saw the harassment… Scotty dismisses her testimony has hearsay.  Apiphany testifies next; doesn’t need a crystal ball to see when a young woman is hurting and a no good man is the cause of that hurt.  The other young nurse who had sex with Dr. Bensch gets on the stand next, and says if she hadn’t slept with him, she would have lost her job.  Scotty tries to make it seem like she willingly just had sex with the doctor, but Alexis reads the definition of “coercement” and sets the jury straight.

Jordan and Curtis meet up at the Metro Court; Curtis has rented a room to “reconnect.”  Jordan tells him she doesn’t really have the time; then we see them in bed.  Curtis goes to get in the shower; his phone rings… Jordan picks it up and sees a message from “Chandra.”   She calmly asks him why Chandra is texting him, and shows him the unopened message; he laughs and says she tried to message him before but he hasn’t responded.  When Jordan asks why not, he pulls her up and says, “because I am so in love with you.”  Jordan goes to Stella and questions why she would have contacted this woman just before their wedding; Stella tries to say it wasn’t for any particular reason, but Jordan doesn’t buy it.  Carly revels about being free; she says she can’t wait for Diane to get Jason released.  She says she blames Nelle for Michael losing the baby; Sonny says they shouldn’t give Nelle anymore of their time.  Mike comes in; he is happy to see Carly, but doesn’t remember where she has been.  She says she was away, and couldn’t get back to her family; she says she just kept hoping… he likens her to Dorothy, “with the red shoes.”  He runs out to get something, and Carly and Sonny here a loud crashing noise.  They take him to the hospital to get stitches in his forehead; Stella suggests again that it might be time to consider putting Mike in a long-term care facility.

Ava gets on the stand next; Alexis asks about Bensch’s visit to her gallery.  Scotty declines to ask Ava any questions; he tells Bensch that “making Kiki’s mother into a martyr won’t do any good” for his case.  Kiki gets called next.  She explains how the relationship with Dr. Bensch slowly changed from good to bad; Scotty wants to pass again on questioning the witness, but Bensch threatens to fire him if he doesn’t show the picture.  He asks Kiki about the picture, accepts her answer, with an insinuation that it could mean more, and sits down; Alexis asks to rebut and clarifies that it was a simple hug from a friend consoling her because of Dr. Bensch’s actions.  She decides to ask permission to call Griffin to the stand, as the picture brings him into it; Scotty objects but the judge allows it.  Franco hurries and texts Ava, thinking Griffin is going to admit his affair with Kiki on the stand: “Griffin and Kiki had sex!”  Ava looks pissed.