09-29-2017 (Friday) Two Jasons?

Alexis comes to pick up Sam for her next “toxo test.”  Jason is just sitting back down from practicing walking; he is frustrated that he could only stay up for 36 seconds.  Monica reminds him he just woke up from a coma.  Sam gets annoyed with Dr. Bensch isn’t there to see her yet; Alexis says they are waiting.  Dr. Bensch is having lunch with Kiki; Dillon gets a little annoyed when he sees them.  Bensch gets up and tells Kiki he has to get going; he invites Dillon to sit down and finish his lunch if he’d like.  Dillon sits down and says he hates tuna; Kiki says that must be why David ordered it.  She asks Dillon if her having lunch with Dr. Bensch makes him jealous.  He jokes, first, saying yes, but then tells her he supports her decision and trusts her completely; he offers to walk her back to GH.  Alexis asks Sam if she is going to tell her dad what’s been going on; she says she thinks someone should.  Sam supposes that she means, she wants to go see Julian; she questions her mom about this.  Alexis insists that she just thinks he has right to know, being her father.  Dr. Bensch shows up for Sam’s appointment; he tells her he has already reviewed her blood work results and she can be on her way home as soon as he examines her.  She thanks him and makes an impromptu-invite to a welcome home party for Jason; she says he can bring his girlfriend, or boyfriend along.  He announces that he is single, and straight.  Sam says, “hmmm, an unattached doctor… how about that.”  She looks at her mother.  Sam goes to the exam room; Alexis apologizes for her daughter trying to set them up.  He says he doesn’t mind at all, and compliments her, calling her a “beautiful, intelligent woman.”  Ava has a dream that Griffin walks into her room and tells her that she is beautiful; he peels a bandage off of her face, to reveal perfectly healed skin.  Holding up a mirror, he goes on to say, “on the outside anyway.”  He tells her, “if only you worked as hard to heal your soul as you have your face.”  She wakes up; the doctor comes in and says he will get her something to help her rest again.  She says she doesn’t need anything; he tells her she needs to be fully rested for the second procedure, adding that the first one went very well.  The doctor makes that phone call to Sonny; what he doesn’t notice is that when he sits his file down on Patient 6’s bed, Patient 6 grabs a paperclip.  With the patient still pretending to be out cold, the doctor is none the wiser; he leaves the room.  Patient 6 begins picking the lock on his handcuffs, but drops the paper clip.  He throws his head back on his pillow in frustration; someone picks up the paper clip… it is Ava.Franco runs into Griffin while he is still at the hospital; Griffin tells him that he is worried about Ava and Franco gives him a hard time about his feelings for her.  After all, however, he encourages Griffin to go after Ava if he really cares about her; Griffin seems surprised at his reaction.  Ava watches in amazement as Patient 6 picks the locks and gets out of his handcuffs; he tells her she needs to go back to her room, but they hear someone coming.  Ava hides; Patient 6 attacks the man when he walks into the room and renders him unconscious.  Ava, in astonishment, asks, “who are you?”  He tells her she needs to go and thanks her for her help; he says, “I owe you.”  She leaves; he takes off his mask.  (As we could all tell, this is the actor who formerly played the part of Jason.)  The doctor comes to the room to find the other man laying in Patient 6’s bed; Patient 6 is running down the hall.  Griffin tells Kiki that he is going to try to find her mom; he confirms a flight reservation.  Kiki asks what she can do to help; he says to “hold down the fort” and adds that prayers can’t hurt either.  She wishes him luck; he tells her he will find Ava.Parker looks pleasantly surprised when Kristina walks into her classroom again; Kristina tells her that her uncle is awake.  Parker says she’s happy for her; she tells her she wanted to go out of her way to let her know, because she cares about her.  She also shows her a record of her transcript; her grades are barely passing.  She tells Parker she has decided that she might just withdraw from classes, and manage Perks for her father; Parker says it sounds like that’s already a done deal.  Kristina admits it is; she tells Parker, this way, they don’t have anything standing in their way, since she is no longer a student there.  Parker tells her she shouldn’t have done that, but Kristina says it’s already done; she asks Parker if she doesn’t want to be with her.  Parker asks if she is free for dinner tonight.

09-28-2017 (Thursday) The Reveal

Backing up a bit, Maxie assures Nina that her plan is going to work perfectly; Felicia tells Mac she can’t wait to see the big reveal.  Mac adds, he can’t wait to meet the man who put a little spice back into their relationship; they kiss.  Spenenlli bursts in the room, accusing Nathan of cheating on Maxie, and Nathan makes his announcement.  Everyone in the room turns to look at him.  Nathan says when Spenelli accused him of cheating on her, the only thing that mattered to him is that the world knew he wasn’t.  Nina asks Nathan if he is sure he wants to reveal himself like this; Nathan says yes and she formally introduces him.  Cameras flash.

Sam calls Monica to tell him that Jason is back; she is excited and tells Sam It is all due to her.  Elizabeth comes in and hears Monica cheerfully talking on the phone; Monica tells her that Jason is awake.  She asks when; last night, Monica tells her, adding it looks like he is going to make a full recovery.  Carly tells Michael not to let Nelle isolate him from his family; Michael says his coffee is getting cold and gets up and leaves.  Sonny tells Sam and Jason that he is happy Jason is back; Jason tells Sonny, as much as he loves him, he will not put himself at risk for him anymore.  Sonny says he understands and respects that decision; Carly goes to see Jason, kisses him on the cheek and tells him she is happy to see him awake.  He tells her he is tired of dogging bullets and not particularly fond of catching them; he lets her know that he is done putting his life in danger.  She tells Sonny she misses the old Jason.

Nelle’s unwelcome visitor walks on in; she sees the packing boxes and asks Nelle if she is planning to skip out again and become someone else.  Nelle tells her that she had thought about moving, but she’s decided to stay; she defends herself when Sharon accuses her of killing her brother.  She tells the woman to get out; Sharon says she isn’t leaving until she gets what she came for.  She wants the engagement ring;  Nelle tells her she lost it a long time ago.  She tells the woman she could search the apartment and she wouldn’t find it; she says, “of course not.”  She gives Michael a warning about Nelle and leaves; Michael hugs Nelle.  Nina calls and tells Nelle she needs her help at the Man Landers’ launch; Nelle says she’ll be right there.  Michael offers to stay and unpack boxes for her; he drops one and a large diamond ring falls out with a book onto the floor.  Michael picks it up and looks at it.

Franco brings a check to Monica; Liz tells her what he wishes to be done with it… helping women who have been abused, putting Kiki through med school and rebooting the art therapy program.  She tells him that is very generous; Franco says it’s a little bit “self-serving.”  Elizabeth tells him that she thinks it is a “win-win.”  She kisses him and goes to see Jason, at his suggestion.  Franco runs into Andre, who tells him that he is the one who bought the ‘twin’ painting; they go to Andre’s office and Franco fills him in on the background story to the picture.  Andre doesn’t understand why Jason’s twin was given to Betsy; Franco tells him the whole thing is rather convoluted.  Jason asks Liz how she’s doing; she says she is better now.  Andre asks Franco why he really lied to Elizabeth; he says, at first that he just didn’t want to worry her.  Andre asks what it is he is really afraid of; Franco pulls out a wad of money and says he has to go.  Andre tells him that’s too much money for this session; he’ll keep the rest for the next one.  Franco tells him he doesn’t think he will be coming back again.

Spenelli asks Maxie if she is really okay with her husband being in the spotlight like this; she says she knows that the proceeds from the book go to a really good cause.  She says it’s a “win-win for everyone.”  Spenelli inquires, “even for you, Maximista?”  She turns to look at Nathan and Amy standing up front, having their picture taken together; her smile goes away.

09-27-2017 (Wednesday) The Suspicion

Finn meets with Anna; he tells her about his meeting with Cassandra.  He is frustrated and tells her he got no information on the diamond; he tells Anna that she is just a full blown hypochondriac.  Anna says that’s terrific; Finn says, not for him.  He says Cassandra told him they probably wouldn’t see each other again; within minutes, however, he gets a text from the woman, asking to see him again.

Nelle tells Michael she’s wondering what it’s going to be like sleeping with her landlord; Michael says there is only one way to find out.  They start kissing.  After they get done making love, Nelle tells Michael this is the happiest she’s over been.  She says she wishes they could be “like this” all the time, just the two of them together; Michael tells her she would probably get bored pretty fast.  He surprises her by telling her he has taken the day off; he offers to help her unpack her boxes.  He invites her to join him at his grandmother’s birthday party; she declines.  He says he will just take his grandma out, alone, another time.  Nelle tells him he doesn’t have to do that, but he says he wants everyone to know that they are serious about each other.

Amy is nervously awaiting the book launch, which is today; Nina is there to get “the scoop” she was promised.  She questions Amy about involving her brother; she has sort of a threatening tone in her voice.  Amy tries to assure her that no harm is going to come to Nathan; Nina says it better not.  Maxie tells Nathan he needs to go get dressed; he says he isn’t looking forward to this.  She tells him not to worry, because her plan is “fool-proof”; she says nobody will ever know he is a part of this deception.  Spenelli shows up and tells Maxie, with all that’s been going on with Jason, he hasn’t had time to complete the investigation on Man Landers, which she asked him to perform weeks ago.  He is confused by the calm reaction Maxie has; she tells him to “forget it” and shoves him out the door after he sees Nathan come out in his tuxedo.  Spenelli gets suspicious when he hears Maxie say, “thank God I took care of that.”  He immediately goes to the launch; Amy asks why he is there so early.  She says the public doesn’t know yet; he tells her he’s such a fan, he would like to talk to Man Landers himself.  She tells him, maybe later.

Quinn is surprised when five “Man Landers” come out, wearing ‘Zorro’ masks; Maxie tells her that she is a PR specialist and this is her idea to build public relations.  She says, having five of them “working the room and handing out books” will excite the crowd and make them all the more curious about his true identity.  Quinn likes the idea; she says they will “go with it.”  Spenelli watches from outside the door; he watches as Nathan exits the room and goes out the porch to comfort Amy.  Amy is afraid that Quinn will accuse her of “blowing off the non-disclosure agreement.”  He assures Amy everything will be okay and hugs her; he says no one will find out “about them” but suggests she go in alone so they aren’t seen together all that much.  The minute Amy goes back inside, Spenelli comes running out and asks Nathan, “how dare you?”  He says it is his duty, as Maxie’s friend, to tell her that he is cheating on her with Amy; Nathan follows Spenelli back into the room, telling Spenelli he isn’t cheating, and loudly says, “I’m Ask Man Landers.”  The crowd in the room gasps, and cameras start flashing.  Nathan realizes he just let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.

Carly tells her mom that she doesn’t know that she is doing the right thing; she is meeting with Sharon Grant today, the dead fiancé’s sister.  She says it could all blow up in her face; Bobbie tells her it is for Michael’s own good and she shouldn’t back down.  Sharon walks in.  The lady immediately guesses that Janelle did something to Carly’s family as well; she asks Carly to share her story first.  She then shares hers and says goodbye; Michael comes in for coffee and sees his mother at the diner.  She tells him she was just meeting her mother there; she asks if she’ll see him at the party later and he tells her he and Nelle have decided not to go.  Nelle hears a knock at her door; Sharon Grant says, “hello Janelle… or, I hear it’s Nelle these days.”  Nelle looks horrified.

09-26-2017 (Tuesday) Maxie's Plan

Maxie is disappointed when Nathan turns down her request to make love; he tells her he is just exhausted.  He is anxious about the upcoming book reveal, and tells Maxie he is concerned that everything might blow up; Maxie tells him she has been working on a plan.  She says his life doesn’t have to change tomorrow night.  She shows him her plans; she says it will all work perfectly.  Nathan agrees even Man Landers would approve.Sonny tells one of his men that a wrong number call on his private line can’t be a coincidence; he wants them to find out where the call came from.  Elizabeth tells Griffin she doesn’t understand his feelings for Ava, but whatever they are, she says, she is his friend and he can talk to her.  He thanks her for her friendship, still swearing he and Ava are just friends.Ava talks to herself; she can’t decide if she wants to try to get out of there, or stay; she overhears the doctor on the phone telling somebody that they need to come get Patient 6.  He says this is a clinic, not a penitentiary; he gives them until tomorrow night.  She sneaks into Patient 6’s room; she tells him she is very sorry and apologizes for getting him put in restraints.  He tells her she can; she is surprised that he can talk.  She talks about wanting to be a better person; he tells her to help him.Franco talks to his dad about the information he got from Betsy; Scotty says something still doesn’t make sense.  He thinks maybe there is something that Betsy is still not telling Franco; Franco says he doesn’t think Betsy was holding anything back.  He wonders if he would be “normal” if he had known the truth all along.  Scotty tells him that he needs to tell Elizabeth, even if he doesn’t tell anyone else.  For some reason, he doesn’t though; he tells Liz that the other boy was just a kid from the neighborhood who he used to hang out with; he says he moved away and Betsy made up the imaginary friend story.  Liz finds that odd, since a friend moving away isn’t that traumatic.  Franco says his mom did what she thought was best.Griffin goes to see Sonny; he apologizes if he is overstepping.  He says he knows he has “resources” for locating people that don’t want to be found; Sonny’s associate comes in and tells Sonny that the call came from St. Petersburg,. Russia.  Griffin gets a feeling; Sonny wonders who would be calling him from there… Griffin tells him he thinks it is Ava.  Sonny tells Griffin he really doesn’t care if Ava is in danger; he says no one pushes Ava do to anything she doesn’t want to do.  He tells Griffin not to waste his time with her and she doesn’t have a soul to save; Sonny asks if he has feelings for Ava.  He tells Sonny that is none of his business and resolves to find Ava on his own; he warns Sonny, if he does anything to Ava, he will have to go through him.

09-25-2017 (Monday) Who's There?

Nelle isn’t sure she wants to accept Michael’s gift (the deed to her apartment); she says she doesn’t want his mom to think she is just after his money.  She says she would feel like his Mistress and everyone would see her that way; she asks him what his parents would think.  Carly tells Sonny that she knows Nelle is up to no good; she has a “source of information” she tells him, (the sister of the dead fiancé`).  He promises to keep an eye on her.  Michael tells Nelle he will draw up a Lease, to keep everything above board, “just in case anything happens” and Nelle finally agrees to accept it.  Michael offers to shake on it; she seals the deal with a kiss instead.  Sharon calls Carly.

Betsy tells Franco that there was a twin, but, she says, it wasn’t his twin; it was Jason’s twin.  Susan Moore fled Port Charles to get away from Alan Quartermain; Betsy was a mid-wife, and Heather (being Susan’s cousin) brought her there.  Susan gave birth to two babies, she says; but the Quartermaine’s only knew of one baby, so she only turned the one over to them (Jason).  The other was left with Betsy to raise, until one of them could come back for him (she had no choice, she says; she owed it to Heather, in return for the illegal adoption of Franco, Heather’s own child, by Betsy).  She tells Franco that this other boy’s name was Drew (short for Andrew), and claims that he died when he was three years old.  She said he was born with a heart defect, and just “slipped away” one day.   She is very vague about the details; she said she couldn’t bear all the questions, so they moved and she hid every trace of Drew.  When Franco started asking questions, she told him he was ‘imaginary” in an attempt to save him the grief, she says.  Franco thanks her for finally telling him the truth; he says it’s time for everyone to know.  She begs him not to tell anyone.

Sam steps out into the hallway and doesn’t notice Jason opening his eyes; he calls out to her, but she only thinks she hears him.  Then he has a seizure; the doctors come running; they roll Jason on his side.  The seizure passes; the doctor tells Sam he is going to be okay.  She tells Jason she knew he would come back to her; he asks how long he has been asleep… four weeks, she tells him.

Griffin comes into the diner and sees Valentin; he presses him for answers about Ava, but Valentin gives him nothing.  Griffin grabs Valentin and pushes him back against the counter; Valentin dares him to hit him, but Nina steps in between and threatens to call the police.  Elizabeth pulls Griffin away; she tells Elizabeth that he knows Ava is in trouble.  Ava tells Patient 6, she can’t make a call because they took her phone; she says, if she could get to it, however, she would need a name.  She tells him to write down who he is, and she will see what she can do; the nurse comes in and sees him with the pen and freaks out.  The doctor calls for the orderlies, then yells at Ava; Patient 6 gets up.  He fights the orderlies but the doctor sticks him with a needle; he falls to the floor.  They put him in restraints again and drag him away; the doctor tells Ava he wants to know exactly how Patient 6 got the pen.  He threatens, again, not to do her surgery; Ava gives the doctor the paper with the phone number on it.  He calls the number when he is alone; Sonny answers.