Monday, August 20, 2018 (S56E99): It's My Baby

Alexis tells Brad and Lucas that the birth mother wants the baby back; as Michael holds the baby, Brad looks terrified.  Michael wonders if it’s worse to have your baby for a little while, and lose him, or not have him at all; he tells his mom he needs to go and clear his head.  Alexis tells Brad and Lucas that there will be a hearing to determine the placement of the baby now; Lucas asks what their chances are of getting custody over the birth mother.  She can’t say, but says she doesn’t know of a case where the judge ruled in favor of the adoptive parents.  Brad runs out the door, saying he can’t be here; Alexis tells Lucas she will do everything in her power to help them keep their son.  Brad shows up at Charlie’s; he tells Julian he needs his help.  Julian texts Lucas.

Carly and Sonny are concerned about Michael; Carly wonders how he is going to get through the funeral tomorrow.  They wish he would come stay with them; Carly fears Michael is putting on an act, “being okay” when he’s not.  Michael shows up at Charlie’s; Lulu hugs him and tells him she is sorry for his loss.  He thanks her; she leaves Chase sitting at the bar.  Michael sits down beside him, and they start talking.  Chase tells him he is “so sorry” and Michael says he is sorry too; then reminisces about all of the plans he had made for the baby… and how the only plan he has now, is burying his child.  Brad tells Julian that the baby isn’t the birthmother’s to take; Julian asks him what he means.

Peter tells Lulu about his purchase of the Invader, and his intent to turn it into a legitimate newspaper; he tells her he wants to “poach” her.  Sonny finally tells Carly about the body that is buried in the walls of Julian’s bar, the fact that Mike put it there, and that Julian is getting ready to renovate that portion of the building.  Drew asks Margeaux about the kiss; she questions if he thinks she is trying to seduce him to get him to help her.  She tells him that is insulting; she calls him a paranoid egomaniac.  All he hears is that she thinks he is sexy; lol.  He tells her, if he had kissed her uninvited like that, he’d be labeled a harasser; she concedes.  He admits he was a “little bit of an ass” and apologizes; she suggests he work on his technique.  He asks if they can try again and says he can do better.

Valentin goes to see Nina’s mother; he tells her that he is willing to hire a renowned attorney for her, Nora Buchanan, in return for information about what really happened during Nina’s twenty-year coma.  He tells her he doesn’t think Nina lost her baby; he thinks that baby is still alive… she tells him he’s crazy.  He guesses the baby was a girl; he can tell from her reaction that he is right.  He tells her what has roused his curiosity; he says he looked at the records and there is an eight-month period of time during her coma that Nina was not in the facility.  She admits that he is right; Nina had a daughter, who would now be twenty years old.  She says, she isn’t exactly the grandmotherly type, so she “got rid of her.”  The girl would have had a claim on Nina’s inheritance.  He demands a name of the “broker” but she says all the parties remained anonymous; she says she can track her down though, but not until his “high-powered attorney” secures her release.

Nina and Maxie go to Charlies; they are celebrating Maxie’s promotion.  Julian tells them Brad and Lucas might lose their son.  Nina tells Maxie that she still thinks about having a child; she starts to cry, saying “it’s all this lost baby talk.”  She says there is nothing worse than losing a child, no matter how it happens, yet questions how you can grieve something that never existed.  Maxie tells Nina she understands; Nina says she is lucky to have her in her life.

Friday, August 17, 2018 (S56E98): An Unexpected Visit

Alexis invites Sonny and Mike to a party to welcome baby Wiley into the family; Bobbie comes in and tells them it’s a nice gesture, but says they need to “call it off.”  She tells them Brad and Lucas are superstitious and might think the party will jinx the adoption; they walk in and ask “what’s going on?”  They say they don’t like tempting fate; Sam offers her opinion… she says they are being ridiculous.  She says they have already accepted Wiley as their son, whether that ends in thirty days or not won’t negate the reason for the party; they talk and agree to accept the gesture from their family, realizing that Michael’s family has set aside their grief to be there for them and Wiley.  When Michael walks in, Mike tells him the baby really looks like Carly; he insists, it does.  Julian says the baby looks “different than it did in the hospital.”  Alexis gets a call; it doesn’t look like good news.

Julian is being harassed by the City of Port Charles Building and Safety Bureau; the man tells him he has “some bad news.”  Drew comes into Charlie’s, where he runs into Margeaux; he asks her why she talked to Jason about him.  She tells him she is trying to use Jason to get closer to his boss; she is going to be the one to take down Sonny, she says.  Drew tells her he isn’t going to help her, and then accuses her of trying to set him up this whole time.  He tells her, her “game needs work.”  He tells her, for one, that he doesn’t have memories of all of Jason’s crimes; two, that there isn’t any evidence out there, and three, it would never hold up in court. She tells him she really does like him, and it wasn’t until she got to know him that she thought he might help her.  He tells her, she thought wrong; she kisses him, and says “maybe not.”

Valentin finds Peter at Wyndemere; Peter tells him he owes him, and he is there to collect.  He tells Valentin he plans on staying in Port Charles.  Maxie and Nina go to the prison to talk to Nina’s mother; Nina doesn’t really want to be there, but Maxie says they “have to do this.”  Nina tells her mother she is only there to support Maxie; Maxie says she is there for Nathan… Nina says it was fitting and fair that their mother didn’t get to go to Jay’s funeral.  She tells her mother everything she has been holding in for years, putting the blame where it belongs, squarely on her mother.  She apologizes to Nina, and says she is trying to turn her life around, helping others through therapy in there.  She asks Nina if she will talk to the parole board for her when her hearing comes up; Nina agrees, and then thanks her mother for reminding her what a manipulator she is.  They leave.

Thursday, August 16, 2018 (S56E97): Admission

Carly asks Jos outright if she stole those clothes; Joslyn admits that she did, but is unable to tell Carly why.  Jos starts to cry and asks Carly what’s wrong with her; Carly says there is nothing wrong with her, and puts all the blame on Nelle, calling her a “master manipulator.”  When Sonny gets home, he tells Jos he agrees, and tells Jos she’s “a rock star” for handling everything the way she has.  Kristina asks Sam about her and Jason; Sam keeps her answer lighthearted, saying it’s nice to feel “free” again… then she asks about Kristina’s relationship with Parker.  Kristina admits that she just feels like she is drifting in comparison to Parker, with her job and tenure, saying she “has a life.”  Liz’s old friend, now of staff at GH as well, talks to her about Cameron; she assures Elizabeth that she is a great mom and is doing a great job with Cameron.  Jordan puts her foot down about Stella with Curtis; she tells him she doesn’t want her at the wedding if she isn’t going to accept her as family.  Curtis says they have to find a way to work this out.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (S56E96): Sticky Fingers

Elizabeth and Franco talk about Cameron; Franco assures Liz she is raising a fine young boy.  She tries to talk to Carly about it, saying she thinks Joslyn had some influence over Cameron’s actions; Carly gets pissed.  When she gets home, she finds clothing with sensors and tags still attached in Joslyn’s closet.  Kim Nero comes in and says she heard about the verdict in Kiki’s trial; Franco says he’s glad, given the fact that he almost screwed it up.

Sam and Molly bring their mother a victory cake; they ask why she doesn’t look happier.  Carly asks Sonny if he has shown his dad those brochures; he says his dad doesn’t even want to think about moving right now.  Mike listens and overhears Sonny talk about not being able to spend time with his dad when he was a little boy, and not wanting to give that up now, when they don’t absolutely have to.  He says he wants to go do something today; Carly offers to take him anywhere he wants to go.  He decides he wants to go to Charlie’s; Julian asks Mike again how he and Charlie knew each other… Mike says Charlie did him a big favor one time – “right under this roof.”

Kiki comes to talk to her mother; Ava screams at her about Griffin… Kiki says “he did not betray you” (as they had actually ‘broken up’ an hour before); Ava says, “he may not have, but you sure as hell did.”  She accuses Kiki of sleeping with Griffin because she slept with Morgan.  Kiki tells her it isn’t true, because that would make them even – and they are clearly not.  She calls her mother a vicious, vengeful bitch.

Kristina comes to visit her father; Sonny hugs her.  She tells him she has figured out she wasn’t cut out for the classroom; he says that’s okay and asks her what’s next.  She says she just wants to spend time with her family.  Molly is excited when Kristina shows up at Alexis’ door; Alexis gets called to a client emergency and Molly has to go register for classes.  After they both leave, Sam asks Kristina what’s really going on.  Monica calls Griffin into her office to talk to him about the DNA test he ordered without the patient’s permission; she tells him he is suspended effective immediately.

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 (S56E95): Trial Concludes

Elizabeth is surprised when she sees Griffin back at work; she asks why he isn’t still at the trial… he tells her he had to leave.  He says he will have to get used to being the center of hospital gossip, telling her that Baldwin asked him on the stand if he and Kiki slept together.  The truth is out; Liz tells him it’s okay… she says the jury will see right through Scotty’s tactic.  Griffin says he should probably have lied to save Kiki’s case; Ava tells Franco that she doesn’t know how she’ll ever trust anyone ever again, saying Griffin took away everything she ever cared about.  She says it’s time for her to return the favor; she goes to her phone and pulls up the picture of the DNA test Griffin illegally ran.

Kiki defends herself against Dr. Bensch when he approaches her in the hallway, calling her lawsuit “baseless.”  Alexis tells Kiki to come back into the courtroom; Kiki is losing hope that anyone will believe her now.  Alexis gives a beautifully eloquent speech about sex between two consenting adults and the difference from the harassment she has been exposed to from Dr. Bensch.  Ava is pissed at Franco; he apologizes for mistakenly send her that text, which he meant for Alexis.  She tells him she is glad he did; now she knows.  She says she is “done playing the fool” to everyone is her life; Franco reminds her that she has played him before, and says it’s only a fraction of what she deserves and it’s long overdue (although he says it somewhat lovingly).  Scotty gets up and tells the jury that he pretty much agrees with the opposing counsel, but he claims his client, Dr. Bensch, has had a “spotless record in the medical community” – however, he reminds the jury that the burden of proof is not as high, as this is a civil case.  Bensch looks confused; he tells Scotty he wants him to prove him innocent.  Scotty says, “no can do.”  The jury finds in favor of the Plaintiff; Kiki is amazed.  Alexis is thrilled; Lulu smiles.  Kiki is awarded a judgment of $250,000.00.

Finn is told that it is Cassandra Pierce that he is expected to operate on; she is expected to be at the “facility tomorrow.”  Anna demands to know who these men’s boss is and what he wants with Cassandra.  The men tell them if they both do their part, they will both be released in no time; Finn and Anna wonder how they have Cassandra, when she is supposed to be in WSB custody.  Anna says “these guys are mercenaries; Finn says their only way out is for him to treat Cassandra, but Anna says, “you can’t do that.”  Robert talks to Valentin; Valentin tells him Cassandra has been in a coma since January… Robert tells him she is no longer in WSB custody.  Finn agrees to cooperate; they tell him “Miss DeVane is here to guarantee your good behavior.”

Carly tells Michael they need to “bury” his son; he tells her he just becomes paralyzed when he starts thinking about the funeral arrangements.  She tells him the pain never really goes away… you just become accustomed to it – as she begins to explain that life goes on and you have catch up with it, they are interrupted (by Monica).  Monica offers to lay Jonah to rest in the family mausoleum.  Michael says he wants to bury Jonah next to Morgan, “so that neither of them have to be alone.”  Carly tells him that is beautiful; Michael mourns his loss.