January 22 2010

Jason's Pad: Jason wants to know what Maxie saw outside Sonny's house the night Claudia was murdered.

Sonny's House: Michael is all up in Dominic's face. Sonny is holding him back. He says he doesn't want Dom to take away what belongs to him. Sonny shuts him up. Dominic apologizes and Michael takes it as him sucking up again. Sonny tells Michael he's out of line and not to threaten his employees. Again, Michael brings up the word 'trust', even though Sonny has never said anything to make him believe that.

Liz's place: Lulu says Lucky drank right in front of her. Liz wants to know why but Lulu says she knows why. Nik doesn't think that makes sense since Lucky just asked him to stay in town.

Haunted Star: Luke wants to know why Lucky thinks he's just like him. Lucky says he thinks Luke is amazing and passes the scotch. He tells Luke he knows that Nik and Liz are screwing.

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Spinelli didn't know Maxie was there. She says she didn't want to tell him because he knew this would happen. She explains why she was there. Jason says he knew she was there because of Lucky. He needs to know what really happened. Maxie thinks what she saw proves Sonny killed Claudia.

Sonny wants Michael to calm down. He dismisses Dominic. He says Michael has no reason to be jealous but Michael thinks Dominic is a fake and wants to know why Sonny would choose Dominic over him. Sonny says Michael was never in the running. Michael lists everything he's "done" to put himself in the running: He took a bullet that was meant for Sonny (err...that ricocheted), he defended Carly and Morgan when Dominic first came to town and pulled a gun on them, (more or less), he killed Claudia and went with the cover-up and has been loyal to Sonny and Jason all his life.

Lulu tells Liz and Nik that she wanted to call Lucky's sponsor but Lucky wasn't having it. They bicker about how to help him. Intervention? Who should approach him? Nik says he should have just gone to Paris. Liz reminds him that Lucky asked him to stay. Liz coldly says that Lucky is an addict and that no one forced him to take that drink. Lulu defends Lucky by saying he wouldn't have started drinking if he hadn't found out that Nikolas was in love with Liz. Imagine what she'd say if she knew the whole truth.

Lucky pours a glass of scotch for Luke. Lucky and Luke reminisce about their old scams. Lucky remembers the point where the mark suddenly realizes he's been had. Luke guesses that Lucky is feeling like the mark right now. Lucky says he should have seen it. Luke says he should have told him. They clink glasses and drink. Lucky wants to know how long Luke has known. Luke says 'a while'. He saw them on the docks. He wanted to tell him so badly but didn't think Lucky would believe him. He says he spoke to Nikolas and Elizabeth separately. Lucky wants to know why he didn't see it. Luke says "it's love". He says he couldn't handle seeing it all so he left after the Christmas party. He wants to know how Lucky found out. Lucky tells him that no one knows but he walked in on them having sex. Well Robin, Steven and Rebecca know....but you don't know that, Lucky.

Maxie tells about what happened that night. She says Michael was with Sonny. She's slow with the details, but Jason pulls it out of her. The blood, the hand print...etc. Jason says she wants Maxie to tell the police everything except the fact that Michael was there.

Sonny tells Michael that he's his son; his first-born. Michael reminds Sonny that he's AJ's first-born and that Carly dumped Michael on him. Sonny says he's his son in every way that counts and says he doesn't want any of his kids near his business. Michael still wants to know why he trusts Dominic. Sonny says that the change-over may not happen for years. Michael: "Maybe. Unless somebody takes you out first." Ooooh, snap. They bicker a bit more about Dominic. Michael keeps taking everything Sonny says and turns it around. Now Michael's playing the "brain-damaged" kid card. When did he turn into Jason? Sonny wants him to accept that Michael will never work for him. Michael thinks Sonny doesn't respect him.

Liz still insists no one put that drink in Lucky's hand. Lulu snarks that it let's them off the hook. Liz reminds Lulu of when Lucky became addicted to drugs. She turned her life upside down. Lulu says they need a plan. Liz and Nikolas think they need to go to the Haunted Star and tell him how much they love him.

Luke says it's hard to wrap your head around this kind of betrayal. Lucky says he knew something was going on. He retells the details of how he caught them. Luke wonders what he's going to do now. Lucky just wants to drink. He apologizes for treating Luke like the enemy when the enemies were right beside him all along.

Carly has been summoned to Sonny's. He tells Carly about what happened and about how Michael threatened Dominic. Carly can't believe it, so Sonny gets into the details. Carly can understand why Michael is upset. Sonny says he's about to make this Claudia thing go away.

Maxie wants to know why Michael was with Sonny that night. Jason reminds her that she didn't see Michael. She wants to know what she should say if the police ask her why Sonny was driving Michael's car. Jason tells her she should say she doesn't know. Maxie needs to go. Kate has called her twice. Sam thinks Maxie should practice. She says she'll come back later and Sam can test her. After Maxie and Spin leave, Sam notes that Sonny is not going to like this. Smart girl, Sam is.

Lulu is hyperventilating on the docks. Of course, Dominic is there. He asks why she's crying. She says she's fine. He wants to know if he can do anything. She tells him about Lucky. She tells him about Lucky's history with pain medication. She brings him up to date about Nikolas being in love with Liz and everything that's transpired since. Lulu feels like it's her fault.

Lucky finally understands why Luke hates their house and tells him that he trashed it. He doesn't think they've been the same since the fire. That's because Lucky was played by two actors who had no chemistry with Becky Herbst. He thinks Liz recently has an affinity with 'dangerous' guys. He says Liz treats him like he's a safe haven. Lucky talks more about trashing the house. They wax poetic about how love sucks. I've missed these two actors working together. With any other actors, this conversation would have been extremely cheesy and cliche but these two make it work.

Sonny tells Carly about his plan to frame Franco. Carly thinks it's a bad idea. Sonny is stupid and stubborn and can't take anyone else's advice about this. But he pretty much convinces Carly.

Jason says that the case against Sonny is getting stronger with the hair and Maxie's statement. Michael comes by in a huff. He whines that Sonny is turning the organization over to Dominic. He's such a little bitch.

Lulu thinks love doesn't last but Dominic thinks it does and uses his family as proof....except for his mom as Lulu points out. Lulu thinks that this is the reality check that she needed. She wants Dominic to bust Sonny and move on.

Lucky continues to blame himself. Luke, for once, is being a pretty good dad. He admires Lucky and thinks Lucky is fearless. They should drink together more often. But not now! Because Lucky has some place he needs to be!

Sonny tells Carly about the hair. She wants him to back off the Dominic thing for a while. He defends Dominic but doesn't even know if he wants to take over. He thinks Dominic will run the business with respect.

Jason thinks there are more important things to think about right now. Act 'normal', hang out with Morgan, stop running his little bitch mouth. Michael calms down and leaves. Sam thinks any good cop will have Michael talking in five minutes or less.

Tracy greets Luke at the Haunted Star. She wants to know who's been leaving all the bottles around. He briefly fills her in about Liz/Lucky/Nikolas. She realizes he knew about it. Gosh, I just realized how long Luke's hair has gotten.

Liz and NIk wonder what went wrong. Man, they're idiots. Liz thinks she should talk to him first. Lucky wanders in drunk.

Jason comes to Sonny's house and tells him about Maxie and about the plan to leave Michael out of her story.

Maxie doesn't think there's anything to practice. She says you can't rehearse a lie too much. Mac stops by with police business. He needs to talk to Maxie about the night Claudia was murdered.

Dominic is on the docks with Johnny. This is the place where you tell secrets so people can overhear you! Hey look! It's Michael eavesdropping! Worst. Undercover cop. Ever. Dominic tells Johnny about Sonny asking him to take over the organization when he gets out. Of course he mentions that he's a cop and that he's sending Sonny to jail.

Nikolas goes to leave but Lucky stops him. Liz tells Lucky that Lulu was just there. They're worried; they want to help. Lucky is really drunk. He can barely keep his eyes open. He rambles and says they've helped him. He tells Liz that she doesn't love him otherwise, "You wouldn't be screwing my brother behind my back". OOOH! I'm glad this wasn't one of those secrets that lasted for months.


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