5-30-2017 (Tuesday) Ava Gets Burned

Nathan tells Amy “this is false advertising”… she says, “details, details.”  She gets him to listen to what sort of things he is advising people on; she tells him all sorts of things.  He asks how much she gets paid; she says nothing, until money starts rolling in.  He tells her to kill the blog.  They playfully argue a while, then Nathan offers her a ride to the hospital. She continues to try to talk him into letting her use him as her cover.

Sonny picks Carly up; Ava pulls out a gun and tells them they aren’t going anywhere.  Dante is on the phone, calling Sonny; he knows he’s going after Ava and assumes it has to do with the pills.  He leaves a message, asking his dad not to do anything rash; Ava tells Sonny and Carly they are to blame, saying they should have helped Morgan and put him back in the institution.  Carly can’t believe Ava is doing this now, with the fire raging.  Sonny calls Ava a psychotic bitch; Carly says she is deranged.  They turn and go through a gate toward the front of the warehouse (which is apparently owned by Ava); Ava tells them she hopes they get out safely, and turns to find the door on her side of the fire blocked.  She yells for help; Carly and Sonny get lost on their way to the front.  They hear Ava calling for help, but decide that they can’t help her; they make their way outside and call 911.  Dante drills them when he gets there; he tells them he hopes their hands are clean on this because if something has happened to Ava, there are going to be a lot of questions.

Jason tells Jake the show needs to end; it’s time to pack things up and go home.  Helena claps when Jake lifts up the container and turns the lights on; Anna steps next to Valentin and asks if that’s the canister.  He says yes and says they need to get everyone out of there; Jake yells “no” and says everyone has to stay.  Jason says it looks heavy and asks Jake to let him hold it; Jake looks over at Helena again… Jason asks him what he’s looking at.  Lulu, Nina and Laura usher Emma and Charlotte out; Jake tells his dad he can’t give him the canister “because she doesn’t want me to.”  Jason asks who; Jake says, “Helena.”  Elizabeth kneels down and asks Jake if Helena is there now; he shakes his head yes… she tells him to listen to her; he turns his head again, as Helena tells Jake not to weaken.  Liz gets his attention again and tells him “she doesn’t have the power, you do.”  Jason tells Jake he is the one in control; Liz urges him to give the container to Jason.  Helena speaks up again, telling him he will do nothing of the kind; she tells him to do what he was born to do.  Elizabeth tells him that she understands that Helena thinks she has won, because she thinks her hold on him is stronger than their love; but she says, she knows better.  Jake looks down at the canister; Lulu and Laura take the girls home.  Nina decides to wait for Valentin; Helena stands up and tells Jake that this is his destiny; she tells him to “release the Chimera.”  Elizabeth keeps reminding him of how much they all love him, adding that they know he loves them too; she tells him love is always stronger than hate.  Jake shakes his head yes; Helena tells him not to listen to them.  Liz tells Jake he always has them, and they will never stop fighting for him; he turns the Chimera off and hands it over.  Helena disappears.  

Laura and Lulu, now at home, wonder what Helena has to do with this; Laura assures Lulu they are going to be alright.  Elizabeth tells Jake she is proud of him; she tells him he is very strong.  Jason tells him that was one heck of a magic show; Jake apologizes.  They each hug him and tell him he has nothing to be sorry for; Nina comes back in and asks what that was all about… he explains about the Chimera and tells her that’s what Anna’s (or her sister’s) pursuit of him was all about.  Jason thanks Liz for her help with him; she says she wants to take Jake to the hospital “to get checked out.”  They tell him Helena is gone and she is not coming back.  Jason says he’s going to look around, just to make sure there aren’t any more surprises; Anna says they need to seal off the area until they get the Chimera removed.  Nina goes to call for security.  Valentin swears to Anna that he had nothing to do with that; she tells him to just leave while she calls the WSB.  As Nina is on the phone reporting an incident, a man puts a gun to her side; he tells her, “your call just dropped.”   Another man joins him and they force her back inside the ballroom; Jason greets them.  They ask for the box; he tells him he doesn’t have it.  

Anna pursues Valentin, as he walks away with the box; she tells him that weapon needs to be destroyed.  He says that’s what he is going to do; she says they need to turn it over to the WSB, but he says they can’t trust the bureau.  They have failed him over and over again, he says; he wants to take care of this himself… Anna asks him to trust her.  Nina calls; she tells him there are men holding a gun on her and they want the Chimera.  He tells Anna; she tells him that he knows what he has to do.  He goes back in, with the case and hands it over; the men open it and see that the canister isn’t in it.  Valentin tells Nina to run and turns to punch the man behind him; Jason knocks  gun out of the other man’s hand with his elbow and then punches him.  A gunshot is fired; Nina rushes in to see Valentin on the floor, bleeding.  Anna meets a man out in the hall, sent by Robert; she insists on going with him to have the Chimera neutralized.

5-26-2017 (Friday) Fire in the Hall

Amy thanks Nathan for stepping in for her at the Nurses’ Ball; he says he didn’t really do anything, complimenting her voice.  She tells him he has done more than he knows.  He says it was no big deal; she says thanks anyway.  Amy asks about Maxie; he starts making excuses for her… Amy laughs and asks if he can stay for another cup of coffee.  They sit down at a table; he tells her what makes Maxie being gone even harder, because she is there, with the father of her baby.  Amy tells him he needs to do something about that, if he wants to be with her; he says, of course he does or he wouldn’t have married her, and she says then he should fight for her.  He asks about her love life and she tells him, “there is this guy” – she says she has liked him since high school, asking if that makes her pathetic; Nathan laughs and says no, it makes her “committed.”  He asks how the reunion is coming along but the conversation quickly turns back to Maxie; Amy compares her to a storybook character “Daisy” from the Great Gatsby.   Daisy loves attention, is selfish and breaks Gatsby’s heart.  Amy excuses herself to the restroom and two strangers mistake Nathan for a man called “Man Landers.”  He googles it, and asks Amy when she returns, when he became this person; his picture is the face of the website.  Amy admits that she did it; it’s her advice column.  He realizes this is what she meant, that he had done more than he knew; he asks why she used his picture.

Lulu glares at Valentin and Nina as they revel in ‘being together’ again; she thought they would have a much better chance at getting custody if Charlotte’s only other option was a broken home.  Her mother tells her not to ruin the night and suggests they go say goodbye to Lucy.  Emma comes out and tells Charlotte to come with her; she says she has to show her something.  Anna comes around the corner; Andre asks her not to do anything rash and she says she may not have a choice.  She explains the mitigating circumstances with regard to Valentin and the Chimera, and says she understands why he did what he did.  She tries to convince herself that he truly believed Helena would never use the Chimera, except as leverage.  She is concerned about finding it.  Jake pleads with his mother to let him still do the magic show, even though the Ball is over; Lucy overhears and offers to let him perform, although she says she can’t stay because she has a date.  Jason says it’s time to go; Elizabeth tells him that Jake wants to do his magic act now.  They decide that it can’t hurt anything  to let Jake do his act.  Anna and Andre discuss the meaning behind the Chimera, a lion, goat and serpent creature; Anna says the contagion, as she understands is a hybrid – a mixture of different toxins – and if it were released it would be disastrous.  Valentin and Nina decide to stay to watch Charlotte assist Jake with his magic show; Lulu tells her mom the show is back on.  Laura questions where Jake got this magic kit and Lulu says from Spencer; Laura says, “no, that didn’t happen.”  The girls announce Jake; Charlotte sneezes and Jake pulls rows of handkerchiefs out of his pocket.  Elizabeth is nervous something is going to happen; the girls bring the case over to the table.  Jake taps it with his want; he sees Helena sitting at a table… she tells him to “let the grand finale begin.”  Liz sees that Jake is hesitant and tells him he doesn’t have to do this, but he looks at Helena again who tells him he knows what he has to do.  He says he wants to go on; Andre gets a call and has to go.  Laura has a bad feeling, knowing Spencer did not send Jake that magic set; Jason recalls being told by Helena that as good as he is, “Jake will be.”  Jake gets ready to announce “the greatest trick of all” … again Jason recalls Helena speaking, “Jake will be the greatest killer of them all.”  He stands up and tells Jake to stop.   Jake looks over at Helena again, who looks at him sternly; he picks up the Chimera container and pushes the button.  The blue lights flash; Anna gasps, “oh my god.”

Carly and Sonny tell Ava that they know what she did to their son; Ava looks extremely nervous.  She tries to deny everything and Carly immediately tells her not to lie to them; she says they know Morgan is dead because of her.  Ava says she had nothing to do with the bomb; Sonny tells her to this isn’t about the bomb.  They tell her they know she replaced his medication with placebos; she tries to walk away, but Sonny stops her.  Ava tries to turn the tables on Morgan, bringing up everything he did to Kiki, including the fact that he got her shot; she says she knew Kiki would be happier without him… and, she adds, that Morgan would have been happier too, if he could have just moved on.  She says she was protecting her daughter; Carly brings up her shooting Connie and everything else she has done, and tells Ava to admit it; Ava breaks down and confesses that she did it.  Carly recounts the last days of Morgan’s life… and things he wrote in his journal, including “I hate myself” and “my parents are going to be so disappointed in me.”  Carly tells Ava Morgan didn’t do anything wrong; she steps closer.  She tells Ava she never thought she could hate someone so much; Sonny is standing closely on her other side.  Ava says she thought he would just get sent back to the clinic for a while; Carly tells her there was no safe ending to what she set in motion and calls her a horrible, evil person.  She asks how she could do this to Morgan; Ava says they can’t make her feel worse than she already does, claiming she was devastated when he died.  She says the guilt has been overwhelming; she cries and says he wasn’t supposed to die.  Carly says, “but he did, and you have to live with that.”  They tell Ava that they are going to tell both of her daughters that she killed Morgan; she realizes that is her punishment.  Carly tells Ava to pick on someone her own size and comes at her; Ava grabs an oil lantern and throws it on the ground, starting a fire.  She pushes Carly down, knocking her out.

5-25-2017 (Thursday) The End?

Carly doesn’t understand; Sonny explains.  Morgan was taking his medication, or so he thought; he just wasn’t getting any Lithium.  Sonny tells Carly that Lucy was at the Floating Rib, with Ava, the night of the robbery; they corner Lucy.  She nervously tells them that Ava ended up with Morgan’s pills, claiming Ava was sleeping with Morgan again just before he died.  As the Nurses’ Ball continues, Jason talks to Griffin; Griffin tells Jason the necklace belonged to Anna.  Jason wonders what it means.

Kiki texts Dillon; she is working.  She says she wishes she could be there; he says he does too.  Olivia is nervous about performing; Ned tells her she is going to be great.  Curtis tells Jordan he got a room reservation for them toninght; Jordan is pissed off about it.  She thinks he’s moving too fast; he says they’ve been playing this game for a year.  He gives her the key card and tells her, no pressure.  Just as he is about to give up on her, Curtis opens the door and sees Jordan, ready to knock.  Kiki shows up, unexpectedly, for a performance with Dillon, “Get Me to the Church On Time.”  Or maybe it’s called “Modern Love?”  The routine ends with a kiss.  She tells Dillon she got someone to cover for her, for an hour, so they could perform together.  He offers to go back to the hospital with her.

Valentin tells Anna why he sold the Chimera to Helena; he said it gave him some kind of perverse satisfaction to know Helena would be paying for his transformation.  Jason questions Anna about the Chimera necklace he found; she tells him it is hers and explains how she got it.  The girls start to open the Chimera container; Jake runs in yelling, “stop.”  He asks them what they are doing;   As Jake packs up his magic kit, Helena appears; he tells her his mom says he doesn’t have to do his trick.  Helena tells him he does; she says he has to make all of Port Charles “disappear.”Scotty warns Ava that Sonny and Carly know about the pills; he tells her she should get out of town, fast.  Sonny and Carly look for Ava.  Lucy announces her, to present her donation, but Ava doesn’t come out on stage.  Sonny runs backstage and finds Scott; he grabs him and asks where Ava is.  Kiki and Dillon catch Ava leaving and ask where she’s going; she says she has business at the gallery.  Ava tells Kiki she is proud of her and relieved she is happy; Kiki says she is talking like she’s never going to see her again.  They hug; Ava hangs on a while, then goes to pack a bag.  Scott finds Dante and tells him his father attacked him; they go to talk.

Lucy comes out to announce the end of the Nurses’ Ball; she thanks their sponsor, Burt’s Bees.  She welcomes all the nurses back to the stage, with a “special guest.”  Apiphany sings, “Hallelujah” and turns to the screen to see a message from Robyn.  She is talking about being pregnant with her second child, having at one time thought she would not even be alive today.  She says she is living proof HIV/AIDS is a fight that we can win.  The song finishes after Robyn’s message.  As Nancy sings her portion of the song, Ava finishes packing her bag; she turns to leave, as Carly and Sonny enter the room.  Jake comes out into the ballroom and tells his mom he is ready to do his magic trick; he has his case in his hands.  The music ends.

5-24-2017 (Wednsday) Surprise!

Ava tries to leave, but Sonny stops her; he tells her the party hass just begun.  Sam wishes Kristina luck with her performance; Lucy ushers her out.  Charlotte asks about the Chimera container; Jake says it’s powerful magic… it comes at the very end, he says.  Emma does a cute rendition of “I just Want to See You be Brave” with Amy, Kristina and Valerie.Nelle starts to wake up; she calls out for Michael.  Sonny tells Michael that he is pissed Ava is trying to make herself look good, using Morgan’s name.  Jason shows Sam the necklace he found on the floor; they think Jake may have brought it.  

Anna calls Robert and asks what the Chimera actually does; she asks what the hell the Bureau was thinking making it in the first place.  Andre sees Anna and is obviously pissed at her; Anna tries to explain to him that her sister, Alex has been posing as her for the last two months.   Anna apologizes if her sister offended him.  As Lucy changes for another act, Valentin comes in and tells her he wants to “up” his donation to seven figures; Lucy asks, “in exchange for what?”  An announcement comes over the speakers that Leisel Olbrecht can not perform, but someone is taking her place; Valentin steps out on stage and plays the piano, and sings a song to Nina.  Valentin tells Anna that he sold the Chimera to Helena Cassidine.

Andre tells Sonny the crushed material in the bottom of the pill bottle was an “inert substance.”  When Sonny asks what that means, Andre tells him it could have been a placebo.  Sonny knows someone set him up by tampering with his medication; he says he is going to find out who it is.  He walks into the ballroom and stares right at Ava, who is sitting with Scotty.  Scotty tells her there is no way Sonny is ever going to find out.  Joslyn calls Michael and tells him she is nervous about her performance; he tells her to keep her phone on.  Her voice crackles a little bit, but she sings a beautiful son, “It’s Not Over Yet.”  Nelle hears her signing and wakes up to see Michael sitting next to her; he says, “surprise.”  

Sonny tells Carly he finally has answers about Morgan.Jake tells his mom he isn’t feeling good and they decide to cancel his magic show; Jake realizes he left his magic box backstage.  The girls get upset that he isn’t going to do the show and decide to do it themselves; they open the box to practice the tricks.  They pick up the Chimera container; Charlotte finds a button and pushes it… blue lights come on around the bottom of the container.  

05-23-2017 (Tuesday) The Ball Begins!

Carly tells Bobbie that she caught Sonny and her ex-lawyer in bed together; Bobbie is stunned that is the prior association.  Bobbie tells Carly there is still life to be lived and adventures to be had, and people to be loved; they hug.  Joslyn comes in and says she wants in on the hug; they head to the ballroom.  As the Nurses’ Ball begins, Valentin begs Nina for another chance; he asks her what he can do to make it right.  After assuring her that Anna will never come between them again, he turns to see Anna enter the ballroom.  Nina is the spokeswoman for Crimson, doing the red carpet introductions with  Lopez.  Lucy is a mess, as usual, trying to get ready for her presentation at the Ball.  Lulu and Dante come in shortly after Charlotte walks in with her father.  (Lulu is getting huge and is wearing a poof-y gown to try to cover it up.)

Michael talks to his father; he is upset that Sonny has decided not to go to the Ball.  He asks if he and his mother really can’t even be in the same ballroom together; Sonny says it wouldn’t be good for anyone.  Sonny decides to spend his time looking through Morgan’s medical records; he notices something and makes a phone call.  Andre shows up; he tells Michael that the pharmacy swears they dispensed 600 ml pills to Morgan, so they don’t understand where the 300 ml’s came from… but, he says, even that low dose wouldn’t have caused Morgan to spiral out of control like he did.  Andre says he had to have been taking no Lithium at all.  Sonny notices something crushed on the bottom of the bottle; Andre takes the sample and goes to have it tested.  Sonny sits down and turns the Ball on television; he sees Ava enter, bragging about her donation in Morgan’s honor.

Franco and Elizabeth, Jake, Sam and Jason, all show up together; Sam asks Jason what is wrong because she notices he is deep in thought.  He says he just can’t shake the feeling that something is wrong; Jake is prepared for his magic act.  He says he has been dreaming about Helena; he wonders, if everything is okay, why she is there.  Felix shows up with Aphiphany, and right behind them is Nurse Amy.  Mario asks her if she is there alone; Nathan runs up and takes her arm, telling Mario she is there with him.  Mario asks where his beautiful wife is and he says she is working, but there in spirit.Michael greets his mother at the Nurses’ Ball; he asks Bobbie if she saw Nelle today.  She says she did; Joslyn is surprised to hear that Nelle is in the hospital and asks what happened.   Bobbie tells her about the mugging.  They go into the ballroom and are greeted by Mario and Nina; Carly slyly avoids them, giving one short comment.  They get their picture taken.

Curtis and Jordan arrive; he tells the camera that there is going to be a surprise.  “George” asks what kind of surprise; Curtis says they will have to wait and see.  Lucy tells Ava that she hopes Sonny “skewers” her, but she’s happy it won’t be tonight.Lucy announces the start of the Ball; she says it was 24 years ago that they had the first Nurses’ Ball.  The nurses of GH put on a previously recorded song and dance routine, taped in the hospital.  Nurse Amy has a beautiful voice, singing, “You’re Not Alone Anymore.”  All of the sudden, all of the nurses, dressed in their scrubs, burst through the doors of the ballroom and end up dancing on stage.  Nina asks her brother how she can ever forgive Valentin; Valentin turns around to see Nina standing behind them.  Jason goes to the bar to get a drink for he and Sam; Jake shows his magic kit – and the “surprise” to Charlotte and Emma.  Anna catches Valentin and asks him once again to be honest with her about who he sold the Chimera project to; he is angry that her sister had tricked him.  Jason finds Anna’s Chimera necklace on the floor and picks it up.  Carly admits that she misses Sonny; Sonny steps in the door.