Friday, September 9, 2005
Nik and Courtney lingered outside Kelly's for their first public appearance since The Grand Affair. Naturally Emily and Michael walked up on them smooching. At the Pizza Shack, Diego wondered why Maxie looked scared. At the PCPD, Durant plunked down Jason's rap sheet: assault, murder, murder, murder. His snide (but true) comments made the Jasinator slam his head into the table. Ouch! Back at Castle Greyskull, Carly's interior decoration got shot up and Sam ran to check on Ric. Oh, no, Ric was shot, too! (What's Max, chopped liver?) Back at Kelly's, Michael got huffy on Em's behalf, but she told him not to get angry at Courtney OR Nikolas (whoa, step off the stake, St. Emily, Joan of Arc needs the wood). Back at the Shack, Jesse interrupted Maxie and Diego's awkward small talk with his big shiny gun. Durant waved off the cops who came to the rescue and talked to Jason about Sonny, Carly, and the deal he'd put forth. "You're his best friend, right?" he asked. "Where is Sonny Corinthos when you need him?" Diego defended himself to Maxie Drew and the Hardy Boys. But if he wasn't The Stalker Freak, who was? Cut to Seth The Red Herring interrupting Brook's beauty sleep. Carly ended up in Michael's room with her Third Most Hated Person, Sam, and got a "Jason needs you" pep talk, complete with a side of blatant manipulation, while Ric and Max were wheeled in to GH. Sonny summoned Justus to get Jason freed so Jason could commence with the enemy-killing. Aw, how sweet and selfless! Then Sonny gave Max, his "best bodyguard" some props (we love Max, but come on, it's not nice to lie). A weak Ric begged Sonny to take care of his child if he died — as a horrified Alexis looked on.

Lorenzo popped up for pizza with a side of paternal heroics. Diego told his "Pop" to back off because Jesse wasn't out of line. On campus, The 40 Year Old RA continued to flirt with Brook in a creepy manner but it worked because she asked him out for late-night coffee. Sam passionately pleaded with Carly to save Jason and go to Durant. "I'll do it. I'll do this for Jason," Carly agreed. Across town, Jason was puzzled by the total lack of a family resemblance to his legal eagle cousin Justus and even more puzzled by Justus telling him Sonny's house got shot up and Sonny wanted him to retaliate. Alexis reassured Ric before his surgery and then blasted Sonny for his mad recruitment skillz and lousy benefits program. "Now that he's taken a bullet for you, he's earned your respect?" On a humanitarian roll, Sonny suggested she go convince Ric she's worth living for rather than taking her anger out on him. Sam began to guide Carly out, but the tired Carly murmured, "Maybe if I just rest for a little while, I could leave this house." Would Jason want her to rest? Well, yes. So, Sam picked up the Carly-sitting duties and back upstairs they went. Diego pointed out that the Junior Detectives needed to catch TSF no matter what. Lorenzo left and Diego warned Jesse, "You better catch the guy before I do," in a way that would've done papi proud. At GH, Reese lurked around Ric's room and when Alexis called her on being the Queen of Entitlement, Reese lashed out like she'd known Sonny and Ric since longer than February and told Alexis what her own husband wanted from life. Sonny came home to a waiting Lorenzo, who assured him it was Ruiz's handiwork that had wrecked things. For once, Sonny believed him. "Even you wouldn't do this or order this." But if it ever happened again, "it's on you and I'll be ready."

At Kelly's, Emily put on a brave face for Lucky, but when she stepped away so Mike could tell her to get Michael safely to the hotel, Michael confided in Lucky that Em was in bad shape. "You're her oldest best friend, right? You've got to do something." Lucky pulled an Incredible Hulk, except without turning green or ripping his clothes (darn!) and walked outside, furiously ripping Nik's cell phone away from him and telling him off. "I want you to stop acting like a fool," Lucky stormed, ticked that he'd heard about Em's pain from a nine-year-old. He accused his bro of dumping Em so he could get laid. Haarsh! Courtney jumped to Nik's defense and Lucky coldly commented on her reputation for dumping men for bigger fish. When he called her a slut, Nikolas punched Lucky out. A pj-clad Maxie climbed into bed in her dorm and then the door began to open ominously. Ooo. Reese was starting to set off warning bells for Alexis, but before they could ring out "she slept with your hubby" in Morse code, Ric was wheeled in. Justus brought Jason home and Sonny made hollow small talk about Jason's health before getting to the important killing stuff. Sonny knew he was all mixed up, but he still had his instincts, right? "They came into my home! Where I live!" Sonny yelled at the brain-damaged, seizure-ridden amnesiac. He was setting up a meeting with Manny Ruiz and wanted Jason to go and take care of it. "You want me to kill him?" Jason surmised, looking none-to-happy. "I'm not killing anyone for you." Gasp!

Thursday, September 8, 2005
Georgie and Dillon waited for test results at GH, wondering if her dizziness at Kelly's could mean she was preggers. The Stalker Freak called Maxie, who offered to meet him at the Pizza Shack like a poor woman's Nancy Drew. Bobbie was puzzled at Dillon and Georgie's Happy Dance when she revealed Georgie had been roofied. Then, Georgie sensibly got worried about TSF targeting her. Back on campus, Maxie and Jesse did their usual safety lecture+makeout session but Maxie pulled back before they could go all the way (they haven't been there yet?) pointing out the dorm room's barge-in potential. Then Dillon barged in to fill them in on Georgie and the Rohypnol. At Kelly's, Seth The Hot RA offered Brook a soda and the viewers an anvil. When Jesse rushed off to play 21 Hunk Street, Maxie enlisted Dillon in her plan to catch TSF and offered the viewers a gratuitous view of Kirsten Storms' fetching bra as she changed into a plan-friendlier outfit. Seth complimented Brook's music and offered to walk her back to campus, cementing his status as Seth The Blatant Stalker Suspect. Jesse caught Dillon outside Kelly's and Dillon spilled all about Maxie's plan. Detective Frodo ran off to save the One Ring...er...One Girl. A shifty Seth walked Brookie to her room, saying he was an open book (whose pages are turned to the chapter on "how to be a red herring"). Dillon reconsidered punking out on Maxie's plan when Georgie informed him Mac and Felicia were going to send her to a girls' school in Texas. Jesse ran around the Shack with his gun drawn but got coshed on the head as Maxie arrived. "I'm here," she said to TSF, telling him to show his face. And Diego emerged with a camera...

Lorenzo returned home to the Crystal Castle, complete with facial hair (psst, this mean he's an Evil Arms Dealer again). Diego popped in wanting to join the familia business. No way, Hombre! You're finishing school! In the middle of this debate, the cops arrived looking for Carly. Lorenzo blew them off, promising, "I'll deliver her to Shadybrook myself" if Carly showed up. Diego was impressed, but Lorenzo bitterly warned him that his life sucked and he'd chosen that. He didn't want Diego making the same choices — especially over a certain blond girl. He kicked Diego out when a shady guy in a blindingly white suit arrived. They talked about expanding the Miami operation with Sonny's territory, but Lorenzo warned White Suit to do things on his timetable, with "no violent overthrows." Five seconds later, White Suit conspired with his henchhombre to get their violence on anyway. A savvy Lorenzo interrupted Ric and Reese at Greyskull with a warning for Sonny. Since Sonny was upstairs, the trio passed time with snarky potshots. Ric punched Lorenzo after Lo called Reese a tramp (in a classier way, though, with more syllables and SAT words). Lorenzo was amused by Ric's defense of his brother's bedmate and even more blase about Sonny being on Carly Watch. He warned Sonny, who wasn't particularly grateful, and left. Back at his place, Durant visited and commented on Lorenzo's lack of a Florida tan (but Ted King IS tan today, Folks..) before noting the "Miami Lice" crawling around PC.

At the PCPD, Sam filled Sonny in on Jason's situation and Durant re-issued his trade offer: Carly for Jason. Across town, Carly's Worst Enemies, Ric and Reese, were still Carly-sitting when the police pounded on the door. "You're not the cure, Corinthos. You are the problem," Durant reminded Sonny, walking off. "Please take Durant's deal. I am not ready to lose Jason. Are you?" Sam wondered. Apparently, he was. Lucky and the Uniforms (hey, it's like a '50s doo-wop group) searched Greyskull and Lucky found Carly on the terrace. Lucky directed one of the uniforms elsewhere, covering for Carly. Whew! "Family ought to count for something," he told a thankful Sonny, warning him to get Carly some help. Instead, Sonny sent Carly upstairs — just like old times at the penthouse. In another brilliant move, Sonny sent Reese up to watch her. Sonny and Ric-standing-in-for-Jason discussed Business and this Hector Ruiz person (White Suit, presumably) moving on them. Then, Sonny went up to referee a Carly/Reese tangle. Sonny tried to reassure Carly, who was sad that she had no one, not even Jason. Sam and her low-rise pants made an impassioned plea to Durant and he agreed to give Jason his meds but still wanted Sam to convince Sonny to cough up Carly. Sonny's reassurances to Carly got a bit shout-y and she wondered if he was giving up on her. But downstairs, he assured Ric, Reese, and Sam that he wasn't abandoning his ex. Sam said that Jason had been there for Sonny, too. Yeah, so? Upstairs, Carly woke up, alarmed, peering out the windows. Sonny told Sam Jason would be safer in jail as Carly ran downstairs saying she'd seen people outside carrying guns. They wrote it off as Crazy Carly's Paranoia until Max stumbled in, shot, and collapsed. Poor Max! Sonny shouted for everyone to get down mere moments before gunfire shattered the windows...

Wednesday, September 7, 2005
"I did it for you," Courtney told the Appalled Aussie about her sexcapades with Nik. "To save you the misery of being married to me until the baby is born." (Aw, Courtney, you shouldn't have!) Adultery was the perfect reason for quickie divorce. On the docks, Em poured her heart out, asking for another chance. "I'm sorry, but it is too late," Nik revealed. Carly came home with Reese and Ric since Sonny had stayed behind in Miami (Sonny sent her home with the two folks she hates the most? His brain=waterlogged). Durant burst in demanding to see her and Reese deflected him. At GH, after some pleading that got her nowhere, Monica stepped aside and let Jason and his mother-hen Sam leave. Alexis went to Kelly's looking for news on Ric and something to fulfill her food cravings. Over at Greyskull, Carly continued to give Ric a hard time as Reese booted out a cranky Durant. Liz's "last of the great romantics" hopes about Nik and Em were dashed as Emily wisely guessed that Nik had just been with Courtney. Not nearly so calm about things were Jax and Courtney, who had a vicious humdinger of a fight. He called her a slut and observed her climb up the monetary food chain from AJ to Jason to him to a prince with "old money, ancient money." She pointed out his Brenda hang-up and how he'd cheated with her on his wedding night to Skye. Ouch! "Enjoy your money, Jax. 'Cause that's all you have left."

Emily and Nikolas said farewell to their marriage. "Not all fairy tales have happy endings. Most of the great ones don't," Em observed, pointing out that she understood this after being with Zander when she and Nik hooked up. "I wish you every happiness, because that's what you deserve," she told Nikolas, sadly, kissing him good-bye and walking away. At the PCPD, Durant sent detectives to find Jason because he'd know where Carly was. Reese and Ric continued to Carly-sit as Alexis quizzed the bewildered Jason outside Kelly's. "Back off, will you?" snapped Sam. Emily filled Lucky and Liz in on the Quarrelsome Quad situation. Jax arrived, quipping, "I assume we're all up to speed?" On the Elm Cheat Pier, Nik told Courtney Emily wished them well. Jax, of course, didn't. Ah, well. C'est la vie. Reese interrupted Sam and Alexis with Ric's location, so Alexis headed off. After a quick re-introduction to an increasingly agitated Jason, Reese, too, vamoosed. Then Durant's detectives walked up wanting to take Jason in. Naturally, he beat them up and ran off with Sam. Once they hit the docks, he realized that had been dumb so Sam suggested he turn himself in. Alexis visited Ric at Greyskull and wondered just how close he was getting to Sonny and Da Bizness. "Does bonding with him mean you need to shut me out?" At Double L Central, Emily made a hasty exit and Jax offered Elizabeth $5 million and visitation rights for primary custody of the mini-Jax.

At Wyndemere, Courtney wondered if Nikolas wanted to go back to his wife and his marriage. "Emily and I don't have a marriage left," he assured, and he couldn't and wouldn't turn back. Across the pond, Liz didn't even need to think about Jax's offer. Hells naw, she said! Lucky added his own condemnation before Jax slammed out. At La Casa Corinthos, Alexis warned Ric about working for Sonny before leaving him on Carly Watch. Durant had Jason thrown into the Corinthos-Morgan Luxury Interrogation Suite the moment he and Sam set foot in the PD. Back at the Double L, Lucky and Liz pored over their finances and tried to figure out how to fight Jax and who to blame for this mess...while Nikolas and Courtney embraced at Wyndemere. Jax approached Emily on the docks, suggesting, "Maybe we should give our spouses a taste of their own medicine?" Emily slapped him and blasted him for setting a trap for his wife and driving her to Nik's bed. As she broke down in tears, he put his arm around her. Aw! At Chez Corinthos, Carly reappeared in a black velour track suit and snapped at her babysitters: "I don't trust either one of you." Down at the PCPD, Monica tried to use Jason's medical file to get him released. Sorry, no dice. The disbelieving Durant assured, "Jason Morgan is not leaving here until Sonny delivers Carly to me."

Tuesday, September 6, 2005
The Bossy Aussie and Lucky Strike argued on the docks as Lucky called Jax on faking his marital re-connection. Not faking it at all was Courtney herself — as Nikolas swept her upstairs at Wyndemere to make love amidst the red porno lights (Rooooxannne!). At GH, Jason lurked while Sam and Monica discussed his condition. Down in the ill-timed Florida flood, Sonny and Ric worried over Reese and Carly. In the Not-So-Love Shack, Carly lunged with a knife, shouting, "I have to stop you!" Lucky and Jax continued to trade accusations like "You shut Courtney out!" and "You can't handle the fact that Elizabeth is pregnant with my baby!" But before they could get to the rasslin' phase, Liz interrupted. (Darn!) Meanwhile, Nikolas and Courtney commenced with the cheating and the recapper bid a fond farewell to the oft-used "We Didn't Sleep Together" Excuse. Ah, WDST, we hardly knew ye. Back at GH, Emily told her dearest bro, Jason, that she needed him better for selfish reasons — free therapy! Meanwhile, Tony told Sam and Monica that if new pills didn't help Jason's seizures, he'd have to go under the knife. Sam and Monica traded a "shyeaah right!" about Jason voluntarily getting surgery. Sonny praised Reese as a "good person" who would help Carly and called his ex a "survivor," saying Carly wouldn't let Reese drown. Maybe not, but she'd sure argue, cut her and smack her unconscious.

Back on the docks, Liz blasted the boys for fighting and sent Lucky home while she handled Jax. "I went into this contract in good faith and I assumed you did the same." And if he wasn't sincere, she warned, "You are going to have a major fight on your hands." Naturally, the Bossy Aussie assured Liz he wanted to work things out with his wife. Across the pond, post-coital Courtney twisted her wedding ring. Any further twisting was interrupted by Nikolas kissing her. Her rings fell to the rug Very Symbolically. Back in the Carly Concern Car, Sonny swore to take care of his ex while Ric defended his one night stand, reminding, "She loves you more" than she hates Carly. Crazy Carly loomed over an inert Reese and raised up the knife again as the screen went Dramatically Black. After chastising her baby daddy, Liz came home to Lucky still hopeful about Jax and Courtney's chances for happy endings. "Love can overcome anything. Let's just pray it will for them." Keep praying, Liz...because Jax was scheming with Justus to ruin his wife. Sort of. "You still love Courtney...but you just can't trust it, can you?" wondered Jax's marriage counseling lawyer. Relationship recapping and pity partying peppered the Prince and the Showgirl's pillow talk. "I'm a Cassadine. Regrets are in my DNA," sighed Nik (and so is freezing the world; what's your point?). Back at GH, Jason was in an actual hospital gown (gasp!) when Sam told him about his new meds and Monica confided her single hope to Emily: "I just want him to live."

Sonny and Ric finally made it to the Wacky Shack and an apologetic Carly opened the door. Sonny took her knife as Ric checked Reese's pulse. Fake out! Carly was sorry for NOT stabbing Reese, for not protecting Sonny. Sonny tried to reassure her as she cried. Emily and Liz chatted briefly about Jason and the prospect of him dying and a lightbulb went on in Em's head: she wanted Nik and their marriage after all. Meanwhile, Nik watched Courtney dress as she sighed, "We're free now. Nothing else matters." D'oh! Jason was reluctant to pop pills, even with Sam being supportive. "I'm not sure I want to remember." Dressed and on the Elm Cheat Pier, Courtney assured Nik she didn't need company to tell Jax they'd done the deed. "My marriage is SO over. I need to tell him face to face." Sonny and Ric handled the Carly-Reese situation, smoothing things over with the local cops. "Can you please get her some help when we get back to Port Charles?" Reese wondered. "When she's better, we can get on with our lives," Sonny told her. "I need you, you're all I have," Sam pleaded with Jason. "Thank you," she whispered after he finally swallowed his meds. Lucky and Liz ate ice cream out of the carton as they tried to be positive about the Quarrelsome Quad's marital woes. "The nightmare is over — for all of us!" said Liz as they smooched. On the pier, a beaming Em approached her hubby. "I realized tonight, Nikolas, that I love you," she enthused. "The way Lila loved Grandfather." Nikolas just stared at her: d'oh! "Where've you been?" Jax wondered when Courtney came home to him. "At Wyndemere," she informed, icily. "Making love to Nikolas." Ouch!