March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day! And Happy Birthday to my friend Steve who had me out drinking late last night. Kudos to you, Steve!

Lulu visits Wyndemere and Alfred's fake-ass British accent offers her a drink. Nikolas dismisses him. He and Lulu discuss Ethan and Kristina. They're sad to hear about Ethan but Nikolas called Lulu to talk about Elizabeth. He knows Lulu is still pissed about what he did to Lucky. Nik tells Lulu that the paternity test is coming in today and he thinks he's the daddy.

Lucky brings Ethan out of holding. Tracy bailed him out. I guess no one killed him in the middle of the night. Lucky thinks Ethan may be safer in lock-up.

Sam has brought Kristina coffee but it hurts to drink. She warns Kristina that the police are going to be coming soon to ask about Ethan. Keifer eavesdrops outside.

Alexis comes to visit Jason regarding Ethan. She tells Jason that he can't kill Ethan.

Credits

A pissy Lulu thinks Nikolas may be jumping the gun. Nikolas reminds her that the odds are in his favor which only makes her more pissy about the whole thing. Nikolas insists he just wants to give the baby a good life. Lulu brings up Spencer and Nikolas' lack of parenting skills. I love when they do that. They argue about his intentions and about Elizabeth. She thinks Elizabeth is a liar and he insists he's in love with her.

Tracy thinks the PCPD is incompetent (she's not wrong) and Lucky thinks there's way too much evidence stacked up against Ethan. Lucky makes a convincing argument for police protection but Ethan's pride tells him 'no way'.

Alexis implores Jason not to kill Ethan because she thinks if Ethan dies, Kristina will blame herself and won't recover.

Kristina doesn't want to think about it and Sam tries to convince her that none of it is her fault. Kristina's worried about her face. Sam wants to prepare her for the police. She wants her to be honest with them. Key word there, Kristina: honest. After Sam explains how important it is that Kristina gets her attacker, Kristina feigns tiredness to get Sam to leave. OK, maybe it's not completely fake tiredness but she does seem to just want to be alone. After Sam leaves, Keifer comes in. He locks the door and Kristina is visibly scared.

Sidebar: There has been a lot of discussion about what a douche-baggery thing Kristina is doing by naming Ethan as her attacker. Other's argue that it's not her fault because she's scared. And I get that - I really do. She doesn't want to turn Keifer in because she's terrified of him and again, I get that. It's a natural response as a victim of abuse. But I still don't get naming Ethan. He's someone who has helped her in the past and sure Kristina was mad at him but she doesn't seem the type who to be that vindictive. If she was going to lie, she could've just said that she got mugged or something.

Anyway, back from the commercial break, we're in another hospital room: Maxie's. Johnny is once again Maxie's hero because he brought her a mango juice. Slushie? Something with mangos in it. Spinelli sits outside listening. He's dejected because he only brought coffee. Wah-Wah. He listens to Maxie shower Johnny with compliments and then rolls away. At the nurse's station, Robin asks him how he's feeling after his surgery. When did he get surgery? Apparently Lisa operated on his achilles. Robin knows that he wants to visit Maxie but he informs her that Maxie was busy with Johnny. Robin tries to cheer him up. Spinelli moans on. Even Epiphany tells him to quit bitchin'.

Keifer apologizes about what he did. Kristina is incredibly scared, listening to his pathetic cries. Through sobs, Kristina says, "I thought you were going to kill me." She wants to know how he could do that to her. He cliches that he hates that he did it. He wants to know why she's protecting him. Good question.

Tracy wants Ethan to run. Ethan wants to stick around and clear his name. They wonder who could do that to Kristina. Ethan says he'll find out! I smell a mystery! Tracy barely believes him. She says he's going to have to try really hard to convince everyone else.

Spinelli finally rolls in. Johnny makes a joke about rescuing Spinelli again which was meant sweetly but probably the wrong thing to say around Spinelli's wounded ego. Johnny excuses himself. Before he leaves, Spinelli thanks him again. Maxie says she's doing fine but Spinelli moans on again. Maxie seems sick of his self-doubt...as are we. She says, "The only one who thinks you're not good enough for me is you." And Mac...and I'm sure others.

Lucky is at the PCPD putting a rush on the DNA results for Kristina. Nikolas pops by. He tells Lucky that he's picking up Elizabeth from Shadybrook soon and will be meeting with Epiphany to hear the results. He wants Lucky to go with them. Lucky says he's busy and to phone him with the results. Nikolas is astonished that Lucky wouldn't want to be there to hear if he's the father. Lucky says he knows that Nikolas will be the father.

Jason comforts Sam at home. Sam thinks it's all her fault because Kristina is trying to emulate her.

Keifer thinks Kristina is protecting him because she loves him and knows how sorry he is. He wants to know if she can forgive him. She doesn't know if she can but she knows she doesn't want him to die. But she doesn't mind if Ethan does? She knows Sonny would have killed him if he knew it was Keifer. He thanks her for saving his life. Alexis comes in. I thought he locked the door. Alexis asks him to leave because it's too soon for visitors. After he does, Kristina sobs uncontrollably telling Alexis she shouldn't have lied.

Of course she's not talking about lying about Ethan. She's talking about lying to Keifer. She goes on about how she lied to Keifer and starts in on the events following and it almost seems she's about to confess but Alexis calms her down saying it's not her fault. Kristina wants to know what's going to happen to Ethan. Alexis says he'll be prosecuted.

Keifer and his parents come down to the police station. Mom looks totally familiar. I'll find out later. Keifer's impatiently asks why Lucky brought them out there in the pompous rich person way you really only see in movies. Lucky explains the situation. They agree to let Keifer answer questions. I thought Lucky had a conflict of interest in this case?

Spinelli and Maxie actually seem to be having fun and laugh together until Mac comes in and spoils it. Then the yelling and the coughing start. Mac says he'll come back when Spinelli is gone.

Nik picks up a more visibly pregnant Elizabeth from Shadybrook. They act civilly towards each other and even Elizabeth apologizes knowing things have been tough for him.

At the Metro-Court, Claire asks a passing-by-Carly if she's heard from Michael. Carly: "He's unreachable". Claire subtly insults Carly's parenting skills. Claire and Carly have some words until Jax drops by with Olivia. Carly leaves snarkily telling Jax to take care of his 'friend.' Claire tries to get statements about Michael driving the night of Claudia's murder from Olivia and Jax. Olivia has nothing to add. Jax? We'll find out after the commercial.

Olivia excuses herself. Claire wants Jax's cooperation. Jax doesn't think it's a good idea to be put on the stand. She wants him to use his resources to get Michael. Jax thinks they have enough evidence. They don't. She tries to convince him that they need Michael. After she leaves, Carly corners Jax about how Claire is a 'threat to Michael'.

Robin and Epiphany fuss over Maxie. Maxie wants Robin to talk to Mac about Spinelli. She also wants to know when she'll be out of there. Robin says Maxie is staying put for now.

Lucky continues to question Keifer about the night Kristina was beaten. He's interrupted by Mac who wants to talk to Lucky about the Corinthos case. Mac name-drops Mayor Floyd who is apparently friends with the "Bauers". Lucky: "Shock." Hee. Lucky wants to continue the interview. The Bauers don't want anything to do with Kristina and her family. They leave. Mac assures Lucky that they'll have DNA evidence soon. Lucky tells Mac that he needs to run to GH.

Jason visits Kristina at the hospital. Jason wants to lend an ear.

Helena informs Alfred that she's taking over some of the rooms at Wyndemere.

Epiphany asks Nikolas and Elizabeth to wait. Elizabeth asks Nikolas if Lucky is coming. He says he spoke to him and Elizabeth guesses that he isn't coming.

Larry the Lab Tech delivers the baby daddy news. Epiphany walks the envelope over. She opens it up and reads while Lucky eavesdrops. When the news that Nikolas is the father is read, there are two disappointed faces and one happy one. You can guess which is which.

Lulu catches Ethan taking cash from Luke's desk. Lulu thinks running will make Ethan look more guilty. I thought he decided earlier that he wanted to find out the real culprit.

Mac comforts Alexis at the PCPD. The DNA results have come in! How convenient!

Jason wants to know what happened directly from Kristina. Kristina slips up by saying that Ethan came by immediately after Sam left. But Jason knows that Sam was with Ethan at the Haunted Star after she left the lake house! Encyclopedia Brown, you've done it again!

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