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.

Friday, August 24, 2018 (S56E103): Out of the Mouth of Babes

Drew and Margaux come into the bar; Carly says the story must be true.  Jason asks what she’s talking about; she says there was a picture of the two of them kissing on the front page of the Invader.  He asks about her past; she changes the subject when he asks why she didn’t take a position at some big lawfirm, rather than becoming the D.A.  Carly tells Jason she doesn’t have a good feeling about this; Jason says he thinks she looking for information on him.  Drew tells Jason that he knows Margaux is trying to “work” him; Margaux offers her condolences about Carly’s grandchild.  Carly doesn’t find it sincere and stands up as she questions the “coincidence” that she is “hot and heavy with Drew.”  Margaux suggests they “grab a table… or not.”  Back at their table, she starts to talk about Jason and Carly again; Drew ‘accidentally’ squirts her with barbeque sauce to get her to shut up.  She asks him to take her home.  Carly tells Jason she is concerned she might get Drew to flip; Jason tells her he isn’t worried.

Finn and Anna press Cassandra for an answer; she resists.  Finn threatens to put her back to sleep; he starts to inject her, and she agrees to pretend to still be in a coma and sneak a peak at their captors.  When the men come back in, Finn has four cups prepared; he tells them “it’s too late” – they have all been exposed.  He says they have to drink this medicine; the men make him and Anna drink it first.  After they drink theirs, Finn tells them the medicine is pretty fast-acting… they fall immediately to the floor.  Finn thanks Anna for trusting her; she says, “with my life, apparently.”  They tie the men up and go look around; they run into Robert and Chase, who are looking for them.  They go to get Cassandra, but she is gone when they return to the room; she wakes up in the back seat of a car.  A hand, with a ring, with the Cassadine symbol, lays to rest on her knee; she looks terrified when she sees who it is.

Sonny tells Felix that he got a mobile tracker for his dad, so he can tell if he walks off the grounds; Mike tells Sonny he wants to take him to a game at Yankee Stadium.  He gets tired though, after talking about all the times he and Sonny played ball together back in the day, and decides he needs to go lay down; he asks Sonny if they can “do it tomorrow.”  Felix tells Sonny it’s great that Mike is remembering those times; Sonny says, “yeah… only those times never happened.”  Mike wakes up later, and finds the house empty; he thinks he sees someone outside and accidentally hits the alarm button.  He freaks out when the sirens start blaring; Sonny comes out with a gun.

As Ava and Julian sit on the bench in the park; Griffin happens by.  She asks Julian to give them a minute; she gloats about having turned him in for running that unauthorized DNA test and shows him the picture on her phone.  She says she almost deleted it a dozen times, but something told her not to.  Leo asks his father if there are toys in heaven; he is concerned that Jonah won’t have anything to play with.  He climbs a tree and falls from it; Julian carries him back, concerned he hit his head.  Griffin looks him over and determines he is okay; Ava says Julian was more frightened than he was, and asks Julian if he needs a security blanket.  Leo asks if that was the blanket Julian put in Jonah’s room; Griffin looks confused and Ava looks nervous.  Julian claims Leo was talking about stuff they are donating to needy children and leaves; Griffin questions Ava about the blanket.

Thursday, August 23, 2018 (S56E102): Happy Birthday

Jason and Carly enjoy a game of pool; they toast to Jonah.  She feels guilty about having fun.  She worries that Julian is plotting to take down Sonny.  Kevin sits at the bar; Lucy can tell something is wrong.  The patient from the cell next to Carly’s former one (who looks exactly like Kevin) is begging the guard to help him; he says there is a dangerous criminal out there.”  The guard asks what he can do to help; Lucy tells Kevin she knows him and can tell when he is “going into that dark, broody place.”  He politely asks her to butt out and mind her own business.  Carly sees Kevin and asks him about her “neighbor” back at Ferncliff; Kevin says he is getting the best care possible… he is seeing to that personally.  Carly tells Jason she is thankful Ferncliff is just a bad memory now, and she almost feels guilty for the patients that are still stuck there.  The guard gives Carly’s former neighbor a drink; he thanks him for his kindness, saying the staff there now are much better than the ones that were there before.  He tells him to please not tell his doctor that he told him who he was, or he might kill them both.  Kevin comes back to Ferncliff; he thanks the guard, Gordon, and tells him he can leave them alone.  He lights the candle on the cupcake Lucy gave him and says, “hello brother… happy birthday.”

Anna and Finn are taken in to see Cassandra; Finn says, “there is no way he can save “this patient.”  Robert and Jordan review the evidence and try to track them; Finn tells the men that Cassandra appears to be highly contagious… he hands them paper masks and tells them to put them on, in case it’s not already too late.  He sends them to the store for supplies; Anna assumes Cassandra is not even the least bit contagious.  Finn tells her, “if she were, these masks wouldn’t do a thing.”  He figures out a way to wake Cassandra up, temporarily.  Anna tells her that she needs to help them.  Chase comes in angry that no one has told him that Finn is missing; he wants to help.  Jordan says he is too close to this, but he points out that they are closer to both Finn and Anna than he is to Finn; if he dies now, he says, “I’ll never get a chance to know him.”  Anna tells Cassandra they woke her so she could help them figure out who kidnapped them; she tells Anna to go to hell.  Anna explains how she’s been in a coma for eight months, which surprises her, and says during that time, she contracted that rare blood disease she was pretending to have before.  Finn tells her congratulations; he says he can cure it, if she helps them.

Bensch mocks Kiki in the hospital hallway; about how respected he is; he tells her he has a new lawyer and he is appealing the whole thing, as he walks off.   Liz tells her “there isn’t a nurse on staff who will lift a finger for that man; she says they have her back.  Bensch returns to the desk, looking angry; he tells Kiki he just got fired.  Kiki and Elizabeth smile.  Franco takes the boys out, supposedly shopping for school clothes; they end up at the park, talking about what else they want to do.  The little one, Aiden, mentions a video game he would like to get, but is made fun of by his older brother, Cameron; Cam says it’s “a girl’s game.”  Franco says it doesn’t matter what his brother says, but Aiden says he doesn’t like that game anymore.  Franco sends the little ones for ice cream and tells Cameron that was a “total crap apology.”  Cameron brings up “all the people” Franco has killed and asks if they accepted his apology; Franco looks angry.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 (S56E101): There Are Reasons

Drew tells Curtis he isn’t vetting this woman so he can date her, he’s going to date her so he can “vet” her.  Alexis asks Diane “why after all this time, would the mother reconsider adoption?”  We don’t hear an answer; Diane simply says that there are no red flags with the mother, so it is highly likely they will lose custody.  Diane steps out the door and looks; Julian ducks behind the wall.  Diane tells Alexis she really wished they weren’t going through this proceeding; Alexis agrees.  Diane says, “it could be worse,” and Alexis agrees again; she says at least their baby is alive and well.  Julian sneaks into the office after they leave; he takes a picture of a file in the folder on the desk.  He goes to see Kim at GH; she tries to explain to him the bond of a mother and child.

Michael tells his dad he stayed by the graveside longer than he meant to; he says, “I didn’t know how to leave.”  Lulu tells Peter that she will not be accepting his offer of employment, as she works for a legitimate company… then she asks Drew to help her save her job.  She says she has been bumped down to “puff pieces” and is wondering if there is anything he can do; he tells her just to keep doing what she does.  She turns around and goes back to Peter, asking if the position is still on the table, right in front of Maxie.  Diane seems to do her best to talk Nina out of signing the divorce papers; Nina signs them anyway.  Julian calls the birth mother and tells her he thinks they should meet.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 (S56E100): Who's Baby is He?

Sam and Jason sit at the cemetery and talk about the baby they lost fourteen years ago, Loralie… Sam says Kristina may not have been here if it hadn’t been for her.  Jason says, “she may not have been here long, but she definitely made the world a better place.”  Kristina tells her mother how grateful she is for her, and their family; they hug.  Brad is a nervous wreck now; he thanks Julian for “following” his lead last night with Lucas.  Julian says no problem; he asks Brad, “if Wiley isn’t the birthmother’s, who’s baby is he?”  He admits, it is Nelle’s; he tells Julian the whole story, of finding Wiley dead after his nap, driving to GH and finding Nelle, etc.  He says she begged him to take her boy, and he saw “a way out.”  He didn’t want to tell Lucas their child was dead; so he agreed, and put Michael’s baby in Lucas’ arms.  Julian says he doesn’t even know what to say right now.

Michael prepares for the beginning of his baby’s funeral; he tells his mom, he doesn’t know what to talk about with a baby that died before he took his first breath.  She says, aside from saying that he was loved and wanted, “you just say goodbye.”  Jos tells Michael she’s sorry; Michael says he likes to think Jonah would have turned out to be someone who was compassionate and strong, not someone who gives in to bitterness and anger… he tells her that’s how he wants to honor his memory.  He thanks Oscar for coming; Oscar sends his mother’s condolences, and offers his own, admitting that it feels inadequate.  Michael asks him to give Joslyn some support for him; Oscar smiles.  Jos is happy to see him.

Brad tells Julian he is afraid they will BOTH  be arrested, as no one will believe Lucas knew nothing; he reminds Julian that if he says nothing and they lose the hearing, Wiley will be returned to a woman who isn’t even his mother.  He says the only way this can work out is if they retain custody; he asks if Julian can “intervene.”  Julian says he isn’t sure there is anything he can do, but he will “ask around and see what he can find out before the hearing.”  Chase shows up at the funeral, and offers to leave; Michael welcomes him and thanks him for coming.

Drew calls Curtis and asks him to run a background check on Margeaux Dawson; he tells him, before anything goes any farther, he wants to know more about her.  Curtis tells him there are “no red flags” – says, she was born to a Vincent and Janet Marino, father was out of the picture early, grew up in Princeton, N.J., was a good student, had a full ride to NYU, but turned it down.  Graduated Kum Ladi, and married a David Dawson; a year and a half later, she divorced, enrolled herself in Stanford Law School and graduated with honors.  “She ran in some affluent circles,” Curtis says.  It appears that for most of her life, “she was on the outside, looking in,” Drew replies.  He wonders why she chose to come to Port Charles when Oakland is a cheaper place to live and has more financial resources.  Curtis asks Drew if he is “up for this challenge.”

Julian stops by Alexis’ and asks questions about the custody situation; she tells him it’s not a “done deal” and she is going to try to show that they and the child have already bonded.  He asks how they can give Brad and Lucas an advantage at the hearing; Julian thinks… and the funeral begins.  Jos gives a tearful speech; she thanks Michael for never having a day when he was too busy for her and for never putting her off until tomorrow.  Julian pleads Lucas’ case; Alexis tells him this is out of his hands.  She tells him she is going to speak with the other attorney, and prepares him that they will probably favor the birthmother; he says okay, apologizing for making her deal with him.  She tells him when he is sweet and loving, and concerned like this, she doesn’t mind dealing with him at all.  He lingers outside of the house, and follows her when she leaves.  She meets with Diane (Sonny’s personal attorney), who is representing the birth mother; Julian listens outside the door.