May 21 2010

OMG, y'all. I'm so sorry. My recaps have been few and far between lately and I apologize to my hundreds....let's make that tens of readers. :) This week I've been doing 12 hour days on "Rescue Me". Relax, I was just an extra. Extra work sucks - it's hours of sitting on your ass. Very much a "hurry up and wait" mentality. So yesterday I watched four episodes of GH in a row. Anyway I'm back now - so here we go -

We start with Olivia trying to get out of an awkward dinner/conversation with Sonny. She knows how this usually goes: They anecdote about something stupid and inevitably Sonny says something stupid about Dante that pisses her off.

Carly recognizes Brook Lyn in a picture with her arm around Dante. She tells Spinelli about Ned and Lois....except she pronounces Lois' last name as Cerilla...instead of Cerillo. She ponders how she can use this info. Why is Dante's picture all over the internet when he's an undercover cop? And more importantly, why didn't Spinelli find this before...when he was still undercover? And most importantly, why can't Carly use google like everyone else?

Mayor McCheesey doesn't want Jason sent to Pentonville for some reason. He pretty much knows the little plan. Dante comes in and wants to know what's going on.

Prisoner McRapist tells Michael that the rules change in prison. He gets closer explaining those rules, going as far as touching Michael's face. When Michael doesn't react how he wants, Prisoner McRapist pushes him against the wall and tells him Pentonville is about surviving.

Credits: Matt: "Dude - you missed me. I was on yesterday!"

Everyone argues against the Mayor. The Mayor wants to get Jason for something that will lead to more jail time. The Mayor tells Jason he's going to be spending time at the PCPD for a while. This make Jason angry. Jason smash. The mayor leaves all self-satisfied. Sam thinks Michael will be fine for now.

Prisoner McRapist tries to hit that, but Michael punches him and tries to run away. Prisoner Rapist wants to know where he's supposed to escape to. He leaves saying he'll be repaid his debt. Why is he leaving, then?

For some reason, Olivia hasn't left. They do as she said in the beginning and reminisce and anecdote and intentionally try to bore me.

Mode Lite: Maxie reminds Lulu how the town hates her. She thinks Lulu shouldn't tell Dante about the abortion. Lulu knows that secrets always come out...also, they create walls. Or something.

Carly wants to know everything about Brook Lyn. She also wants to know why the water in Brooklyn seems to make dimples in all the people.

Maxie looks way too skinny. She tells Lulu to tell Dante about the abortion in a public place. Maxie shows Lulu some dresses for her fake date with Matt...who enters through the elevator. MATT! Two days in a row! Lulu drags Maxie to talk to her privately. Lulu thinks it's a bad idea because she's the smart one. Maxie likes "plans" and thinks this will work.

Spinelli talks about Ned, Lois (he says her last name right) and Brook Lyn's whereabouts. And apparently Brook's been a bad girl. Also, she doesn't get her trust fund from Grandpa Quartermaine until she becomes 30. This gives Carly an idea for a plan.

Dante tells Jason he'll talk to the mayor and goes off. Jason thinks he's just going to mess it up. Outside, the Mayor tells Dante that Jason won't be going to Pentonville yet. Dante takes this opportunity to blackmail the Mayor. So much for the law, Dante. Mayor McCheesey has been seeing hookers. Dante goes back into the interrogation room to tell Jason that the guard is on his way.

Matt's wondering if this is a date. Maxie says it's not a date; she just needed an escort. He impresses her with his museum and fashion and New York knowledge. She's intrigued... Is it too soon for Lulu to say, "I told you so"?

Jason worries he's taking Sam for granted. She says she'll be strong. He hugs her by putting his handcuffed hands over her head. Romantic! The guard comes in to take him away. Sam goes out and cries.

Lulu comes to see Spinelli. He graciously lets her in. He talks about his bleak future without his sugar daddy. He understands why she made the decision she did.

Dante comes to the Metro Court to see his mom and dad eating together. Olivia thinks it'll end with her dessert in his face. Dante comes to join them. He snarks at Sonny and his mom: "I wonder what slop they're serving Michael at Pentonville while you're stuffing your faces with this good food". Why you attacking your momma, boy?

It's lock-down and Michael warily goes into his cell. Prisoner McRapist looms by.

Maxie continues to be impressed by Matt when he tells her how he hurt his wrist: He wrestled some guy away from his dog that the guy abused. All that and an animal lover! He wants to take her to Jake's unless "Spinelli will blow a gasket". She says that Spinelli trusts her. Should he? Matt is glad to have a date.

Lulu argues on Dante's behalf. Spinelli is worried about Jason.

Dante chides his mom for eating with Sonny. Sonny tries to be all heroic and tell Dante not to talk to his mom like that, but Dante cuts him off with "I'll get to you in a minute." Nice. He continues with his mom telling her that Sonny is using her to get to him. He then redirects his anger to Sonny telling him that he should be feeling like crap because he got his son in prison. Sonny says it's just dinner. Dante knows it's not. He storms off.

Hey, it's Brook Lyn! Carly enjoys watching her manipulate a hot dog man into giving her a free food and money for the subway. Carly makes her presence known.

Michael wants to do his time in peace! Prisoner McRapist laughs because he has the box set of Oz in his cell. Michael's cell door closes before Prisoner McRapist can live up to his name.

Carly pays the hot dog man and brings Brook away. Brook is not happy to see Carly who tells her she's in the "neighborhood" looking for her.

Dante tells Lulu all about what happened with Mayor McCheesey and Jason and then about Sonny and his mom.

Sonny doesn't think Dante should affect Olivia's mood. She's concerned about seeing this side of Dante and claims he's never been like that. Sonny dips into his fantasy world for a bit and Olivia calls him on it.

Sam gets back to Jason's apartment and cries. Spinelli comes and comforts her.

Michael lies in his cell. Prisoner McRapist finds his way in. He wants some pretty boy tail tonight. I wonder if this is the real reason Drew Garrett left. It makes more sense than "we wanted to go in a different direction."

Carly wonders why Brook has gone all juvie. She offers Brook cash to do her bidding.

Dante's still all upset about his mom and Sonny having dinner. He talks more about his mom's courage of having a kid at 15. Lulu doesn't like where the conversation is going. He sense something is wrong.

Sonny comes home to find Johnny waiting for him. Sonny says he can shoot Johnny for trespassing. The phone rings. Johnny tells Sonny that it's Bernie with bad news.

Jason gets escorted into prison.
Back in the cell, Mayor McRapist is all talk and no action. He tells Michael again that it's time to pay up. Dude - less talking, more screwing. That's my motto, at least.

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March 15 2010

Beginning week three of unemployment. On the plus side, I'm eating like a horse. YAY!

Sam gives Ethan an earful about staying away from Kristina. He tries to defend himself but then Sam goes off about Ethan physically hurting Kristina. Ethan is surprised to hear about 'bruises'.

Back at the real house of physical violence, Kristina tries to crawl away from Keifer and it's just a really awful scene of Keifer pushing Kristina down over and over.

More manhandling! Helena manhandles the lab tech, Larry. She wants to know where the results to the paternity test are since she paid him to be able to see them first. He says they'll be ready in an hour but they're interrupted by Steven. He shoos Larry the lab tech away and asks Helena what business she has with the lab.

Lucky has been summoned to Crazy's room. She asks Lucky if he wants the baby to be his.

Jason wants to talk to Sonny in private. Dante tries to get more info on Michael's whereabouts. He implores Sonny to do the right thing.

Wow, five scenes in the teaser which brings us to....credits!

Helena doesn't appreciate impertinence! Thanks for always upping my vocabulary, Helena. She tells Steven that it's her family's money that's paying for the hospital and she can talk to whomever she pleases. She even threatens him with talk of skeletons in closets. Looks like Steven may have one. Who am I kidding, everyone in Port Chuck has one. Or three.

Lucky avoids Crazy's question by being vague and saying the right thing. She wants a real answer. He gives it to her: "I want to be away from you, Elizabeth." He thinks a kid will keep them trapped in something that doesn't work. She tries to accept the truth with a smile but gets him out of there.

Kate and Lulu rush Maxie to the hospital. Epiphany and Robin aren't happy with her. Kate even uncharacteristically takes the blame for being bitch-boss. Maxie tells them she's OK and just wants drugs but Robin asks Epiphany to page Monica(!), the cardiologist. Maxie looks scared for the first time.

Sonny tells Dante he's helping Michael "the best way [he] knows how." Well....Dante is giving you a better way! See how that works? Jason says that Sonny doesn't have to justify anything. Sonny and Jason argue whether Dante is welcome in Sonny's house. Dante thinks that Sonny is just protecting himself from going to prison. After Dante leaves, Jason wants to know if Sonny was planning on telling his son the truth.

Sam confirms that Kristina has bruises. Ethan tells her everything that happened with Kristina earlier but Sam doesn't quite believe him. Luke tries to intervene but Sam and Ethan continue to tear into each other's throats. Luke finally tells Sam that although he thinks Ethan could have handled it better, everything he said was true. Sam thinks it's a case of male chauvinism saying "she got what she deserved."

Poor Kristina is sobbing on the floor with bruises while Keifer really goes off the deep end, crying and saying awful cliche things like, "Look what you made me do". And while his whole act is cliche, it's still pretty accurate. He runs off while my stomach turns.

Kate asks Robin how Maxie is. Robin tells Kate that physically it's too early to tell but then snits about how she's doing emotionally due to work. After she walks off, Lulu tries to comfort Kate by telling her that they're used to her bitchy-bossness. But Kate's heart grew three sizes that day. She says that maybe they shouldn't take that from her. She gives Lulu the night off.
Spin rolls by and Lulu points him to Maxie's room. Inside, he starts to go ballistic about all the tubes and machines but Monica(!) tells him to dial it down. Maxie tells him not to worry.

Sam is very tiring criticizing Ethan and Luke. Ethan tries to defend himself again and leaves. Luke tells Sam that Ethan would never take advantage of an underage girl but Sam thinks he doesn't know that much about Ethan. She warns Ethan again before leaving. Luke tells Ethan that he has to keep his temper in check. Ethan says he needs to handle this on his own. He goes off, presumably to find Kristina. Oh gosh, I sense bad things.

Alexis and Molly are enjoying a sundae at Kelly's. Mmmm. That looks good. They talk about reading and writing and Alexis mentions her dad. Mikos, right? She waxes on a little about her childhood without really revealing anything. Dante comes by and sits with the girls. Molly talks about how awesome it is sitting with two people who are highly involved with Sonny's trial. She wants to know the inside scoop from them. Precocious little brat, ain't she?

Sonny doesn't know what's right anymore! That's quite an admission. Sonny thinks Dante would be compassionate if he knew the truth. Jason thinks Sonny doesn't want Dante to think that he's capable of beating a woman to death.

Sonny admits he doesn't want Dante to think of him as an abuser of women. But a killer of women is OK? I know Sonny didn't kill Claudia, but he would have. He wasn't just going to let her go. And didn't he kill Faith too? This is going to give me a headache if I think about it too much. He talks about Deke and his mom. Jason implores Sonny not to tell Dante the truth. After Jason leaves, Sonny calls Michael.

Molly is nosy and tactless but she makes for wonderfully awkward situations. Dante tells her he can't really discuss the case which she understands. Molly goes on about family which Dante says is the best part about the whole mess. He's always wanted to have brothers and sisters and a cute little annoying cousin. He also says that hell will freeze over before he calls Sonny, 'dad' and mean it. I'm glad he added the last part because he did call Sonny 'dad' the other day. But didn't mean it.
Lucky comes in and calls Dante over. Although he doesn't want to admit it, Dante thinks Michael will be the star witness for the prosecution.

The Haunted Star has been cleaned out. Tracy comes in and congratulates Luke on a great night. She sees that Luke isn't too happy. He's "sick of [himself]" and "stuck in parental hell". Hee. Tracy feels his pain. He tells Tracy about Ethan's stalker, Kristina.

Ethan is at the Davis house and finds Kristina on the floor. He carries her out of the house but not before she deliriously strikes out at him.

Dante and Lucky want to find Michael. They talk about the Corinthos clan and how all this must be tearing Michael up inside. Lucky gets a phone call and Lulu stops by Kelly's. Lucky leaves to interview an assault victim, presumably Kristina. Lulu thinks he's working too hard to get away from the Elizabeth drama. She also hopes that he's not her baby daddy.

Nikolas pops by to see Crazy. She tells him about the conversation she had with Lucky.

Luke tells Tracy about what happened between Ethan and Kristina although it seems that most of the story was told during the commercial break (Thank God!). Luke: "She comes in here dressed like a baby hooker." Hee! Tracy agrees that Ethan isn't the type to take advantage of a young girl. Luke is worried about daddy Corinthos. Luke's decided he's going to stop worrying about it.

Ethan runs into the ER carrying Kristina and yelling for help.

Robin tells Patrick how worried she is about Maxie. She compares Maxie's situation to her own. She gets paged and goes off to answer it. Epiphany brings Patrick in to see Kristina. He gets Epiphany to book an OR and thinks Kristina may have head trauma. He asks Ethan what happened. Ethan says he found her like that but it doesn't look like Patrick believes him. This is giving me an icky feeling.

Jason lends an ear to Spinelli as he whines. He's come to a decision. He thinks he's bad for Maxie and wants to let her go.

Mac doesn't know who to be mad at. Maxie asks Robin for help. Robin speechifies about getting caught up with their lives and not taking care of themselves. Maxie's response is to ask for Spinelli. She wants to look for him but Mac says that's not going to happen. Monica(!) comes in and tells Maxie that she has pneumonia which is causing strain on her heart.

Dante ordered Lulu some fries to which she is extremely grateful. Grateful enough to finally give it up? Seriously - find a room. He asks her if Maxie is going to be OK. She replies, "Yeah, of course - there's no other acceptable outcome." That's such a cute little 'aww' moment. They talk about food which somehow leads to Sonny. He tells her about his conversation with Sonny which he think went well until Jason showed up. Oh gosh, he's going to find out the truth and then protect Sonny and they'll all be having dinner together by Christmas. No, Easter.

Sonny has a drink on his own. He gets a call from Patrick regarding Kristina.

Alexis comes home to see the mess. She frantically calls out for Kristina until her phone rings. It's Epiphany telling her about Kristina.

Steven tells Lucky that Kristina may not be available for questioning any time soon. He chooses to wait anyway. Steven wonders who could have done this. Patrick, "Obviously someone who doesn't know who her father is." Outside, Lucky sees Ethan and his scratched face. He tells her what happened at the Davis house. Ethan wants to take off but Lucky says he'll need an official statement. Ethan leaves anyway. Oh, the ick.

Nikolas and Crazy talk more about Lucky and his decisions. Nikolas informs her that he had the paternity test sped up and they should hear about it soon.

It's ready now! Larry the Lab Tech brings the test results to Helena. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Ethan pours a drink at the Haunted Star when Tracy notices his face.

Alexis and Sonny show up at the hospital. Lucky asks what happened. They all want to know who hurt her. Kristina lies and says it was Ethan. Why, Kristina, why? ICK. This whole episode was full of ick.

Time for that PSA.

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March 12 2010

Dante and Lulu are foreplaying. She's really putting a lot of pressure on him for the sex to be good. Lulu is waiting for the inevitable interruption. Dante tells her to relax but now he's all nervous they're going to be interrupted.

Sonny tells Claire that the subpoena is invalid since Michael is an adult and it needs to be handed directly to him. Claire makes note that since Michael is an adult, he will be held in contempt if he doesn't show.

Keifer is going crazy outside Alexis' house.

At the Haunted Star, Ethan is really angry and is man-handling his stalker, Kristina. OK, he's wrong to lay his hand on her, but she really is kind of a nut lately.

Credits.

Jason visits Maxie in ICU. She tells him what happened with Spinelli. She's worried about Spinelli and his stupidity instead of her health. She wants him to find Spinelli to talk to him, all the while hocking up a lung.

Carly and Claire threaten each other. Claire tells them to have Michael in her office by 9AM. Carly and Sonny lie that Michael is traveling on spring break. Claire thinks that's interesting timing. Carly and Sonny say he's unreachable. Claire's pretty smart. She says all the right things, and pushes all the right buttons without stepping over that line and then she leaves with a final comment on justice. The actress nails it.

Michael watches Max and Milo getting distracted. The brothers talk about Max's flexibility....and speaking of Diane, Max tells Milo, "What happens on the island, stays on the island". That Vegas campaign has ruined many lives. In the other room, Michael opens up the door to see Bernie who ends the party. He basically orders Michael to stay on the island until the trial is over.

Dante and Lulu? Still not having sex. They talk about everything that's not stopping them. She finally takes off his shirt. And...of course, Kate calls Lulu's cell. Oh hey! It's actually Kate! Kate tells Lulu that if she doesn't have an assistant in her office in five minutes, she and Maxie will be fired. And since Maxie is stuck in the hospital...

Kristina is upset because of what she thought she overheard Ethan say. Ethan is not exactly being sympathetic but a stalker needs to hear the honest truth. Luke is sick of the show and wants them to leave. Instead, Ethan yells at Kristina to leave. After she leaves, Luke is disappointed at the way he handled the situation.

Jason finds Spinelli who sulkily sits in the middle of the hospital in his wheelchair. He tells Jason what he told Johnny which means we already had this conversation.

Carly thinks Claire is smart. Sonny thinks she's just trying to scare them. Carly thinks it's worked. Sonny: "Federal Prosecutor Walsh is going to have a few surprises when the trial starts." Rut-Roh.

Luke takes Ethan into the office. Ethan has some harsh words about Kristina. He says he had to get tough with her because Kristina wouldn't take no for an answer.

Kristina goes to the metro-court bar. She orders a Cosmo but Sam shows up and changes the order to a Shirley Temple. Kristina doesn't want to talk, but Sam notices a mark on her arm. Sam pries it out of Kristina that the mark was from Ethan.

At Mode-Lite, Kate chides Lulu for being late amongst other things including an exclusive stolen from them because Maxie was a no-show at some meeting. Kate is losing it. Lulu gets Maxie on the phone with Kate. Kate tells her that if she's not in the office in an hour, she'll be fired.

At the hospital, Jason and Carly discuss Claire and Michael.

Sonny visits Luke. He's worried about connecting with Dante. He insults Olivia and then asks Luke to see if Lulu will help out.

Claire visits Dante. She wants Dante to find Michael.

Maxie checks out of the hospital despite Epiphany's warning. Spinelli rolls in and moans some more about himself. Maxie thinks Spin is still upset and thinks it's Jason's fault for not talking to him correctly. Spin says the blame should all be on him. Maxie, frustrated, tries to tell Spinelli that it's not his fault but needs to rush off to Kate. Outside, she's not breathing great and she puts her hand on her heart like she has a pain.

Sonny blah blah blahs...I didn't know he was my son...blah blah blah...everyone lied....blah. Luke says he'll see what he can do but Lulu doesn't like when he meddles. I think it's more that Luke just doesn't like to get involved.

Dante tries to convince Claire that Michael is not needed on the stand. Claire thinks the circumstantial evidence isn't enough. She asks him what he is: the damaged son or a cop.

Sam has brought Kristina home. As they enter the house, Sam asks Kristina what she was doing with Ethan to begin with while Keifer listens. Inside, Kristina tells Sam what she did. Of course, Sam turns it into a big strong man abusing a little girl which is totally missing the point. She tells Kristina of a really stupid thing she did to a guy when she was a kid which doesn't even turn out to be true. Keifer watches from the window as Sam comforts Kristina.

Sonny finds Dante waiting for him at his house. Dante talks about his first arrest who died yesterday in prison. He said he visited the guy once in prison: The guy always had a look like he had something he was guilty about and wanted to talk about it and finally felt better when he did talk about it. Dante says he gets the same look from Michael. He implores Sonny to bring Michael back and tell the truth.

Kate yells at Lulu to get a model. She then wants to talk about Dante. She tells Lulu not to let her relationship with Dante interfere with her job. Maxie comes in. Kate yells at Maxie while she coughs. Kate tells her about what happened with the exclusive. Maxie continues to cough like she's dying.

Kristina talks about how cool Ethan is. Sam reminds her that he's older. Not ironically, Sam brings up Sonny saying Sonny wanted her to talk to Kristina. They get into daddy-issues and eww-ness. Sam offers to stay but Kristina says she can go. After she leaves, Kristina hears a knock at the door. It's Keifer: "Have fun blowing me off for Ethan, you bitch?"

Maxie, Lulu and Kate talk about layouts and funeral fonts and Dante. After Maxie goes outside, her coughing gets worse. Kate and Lulu rush out to see what's up.

Sonny wants Dante to do what's right. Maybe he should lead by example. Sonny seems like he's close to telling Dante the truth when Jason walks in.

Sam goes to the Haunted Star. She warns Ethan to stay away from Kristina.

Keifer screeches at Kristina. He smacks her and she falls to the floor. Time for another PSA!

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March 5, 2010

Day Five of Unemployment. That's one week! I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland soon so let's get started!

Johnny is watching a masked Lucky at Jake's. He asks, "What's with the mask?" Lucky: "You tell me." Meanwhile Maxie is still staring at Johnny and Spinelli doesn't like it. She again says she likes how Johnny is willing to stand up for what he believes in. At the bar, Lucky tells Johnny about what he saw at Bernie's, accusing Johnny. Johnny says he's got the wrong guy.

Jason and Carly ponder Franco's intent with the picture and his message "Kill soon or I'll have to kill first".

Sonny has been summoned to the PCPD. He thought it was Dante but it wasn't. It was Claire. She reintroduces herself to Sonny telling him that she's the woman who's going to put him in prison with Dante's help. Cocky, ain't she?

Credits

Carly thinks Franco is trying to scare them regarding Michael. Jason thinks it's about him. They agree that they've made a lot of mistakes but they also agree they need to concentrate on Sonny.

Lucky throws the mask down at Johnny. Johnny says it's not his.
Maxie tries to explain Lucky and Johnny's psyches to Spinelli. He's interrupted by a call from Jason. Maxie is proud of him but Spinelli's ego is still pretty bruised. Maxie gets up and bangs into a very very big man. They apologize to each other but Spin takes it as an opportunity to get all manly and challenges the guy to a duel. But in latin. So the guy doesn't understand what he means. No one really understands what he means. Maxie gets him out of it and then chides Spinelli for getting himself in trouble.
Lucky continues to question Johnny. He tells Johnny the police aren't his enemy and that Sonny is. Since Johnny has been breaking the law quite a lot lately, aren't they both his enemy?

Diane and Alexis' new law offices look fabulous. And...not unlike the metro-court. After a few busy phone calls, they get settled in the same office because Diane's office isn't finished yet. Alexis would "rather be slowly roasted over hot coals." Diane looks sad. Aww. But hey, if a character gets her own set, she should be around for a while. I don't know why Diane still doesn't have a contract. She's awesome on Cougar Town as well. Check her out!

Claire has questions for Sonny but he tells her to call his lawyer. He tells Dante that he shouldn't be out of the hospital so soon. Dante is pissed at Claire, saying she brought Sonny in on purpose to test whether he'd testify against his father. Claire, "Guilty as charged." And then to Sonny, "Does that sound familiar? Probably not, but it will soon." Hee! Sonny again tells her to call his lawyer. Claire tells him she can't wait to see him in court and walks off. Sonny thinks she's just scared and that's why she's trying to intimidate him. Dante thinks Sonny should be afraid and he'll be proud and honored to put him in prison.

Lucky basically warns Johnny to tone it down. Johnny reveals nothing. Ethan comes in. Lucky tells Johnny if he wants to go on a suicide mission, he'll let him. But he won't let Johnny take Ethan along.

Jason is putting Spinelli to work at his pad. He wants Spinelli to find Franco. Once he does, Spinelli wants to go after Franco with Jason. Jason tells him he needs him at the computer. Spinelli goes on one of his whiney, self-loathing journeys. Jason doesn't know why Spinelli wants the adventure when his talent is in computers. He tells Spinelli to make a video game about sleuthing and make millions. Spinelli gets a light bulb over his head.

Alexis doesn't want to work face to face with Diane because she doesn't like the yakking and the sex whispering with Max. She thinks she won't be able to focus. Diane tries convincing her. And not much else happens in this scene but it's very entertaining. I think Alexis should start dating Milo. They can double! Alexis is really being a baby about the whole shared space thing and then ends up in the broom closet. Why can't she work at the reception desk?

Sonny talks about that time he wanted Dante to take over his organization. Dante gets all nervous and fidgety and defensive. And Sonny talks about unconditional love and the "if I had known" bullshit that he brings up constantly and building on what they've got. Dante: "...which is nothing". Dante says he has to work on dismantling the rest of the organization when Sonny's in prison. It's all more complicated than Dante is saying and I wish he would realize it and talk to someone about it. More than he let's spill to Lulu. I'd like to see this character have a real break down about the fact that his dad is pretty much who he considers to be the anti-christ. And as much as I'd like to see Sonny in jail or...you know...dead, I want to see the struggle inside Dante and eventually have himself taken off the case. He already gets a little crazy when Sonny tells him that he's under his protection. Which is another deluded condescending Sonny thing. Dante tries to make it clear that he'll do everything he can to put Sonny in prison (except tell that Sonny shot him in the chest). Dante tells Sonny that he's just someone who "got [his] mom pregnant and then moved on to her cousin." Sonny compares their shared stubbornness.

Alexis has apparently decided that the desk with Diane is better than the broom closet. They argue about food in the office and personal pictures on the desk. Alexis drives out Diane with her bologna sandwich when Nik stops by. He wanted to see the new office. She tells Nikolas about Elizabeth's reaction to the trust.

Lucky tells Jason about his run-in with Johnny. Why is Lucky reporting to Jason? I know he's there to ask Jason to look the other way, but he could lie about what he found out.

Sonny is now at the Haunted Star having a drink with Luke. Luke rambles about Joey Limbo and Jason and Johnny and Ethan. He's worried about his son. He wants to make sure that Ethan is safe from Sonny's mob enforcing.

Carly visits Michael at Sonny's. Michael hates that he can't go anywhere without Max or Milo. Carly doesn't want another confession. Michael hates all the lying. Isn't he the one that wants in Sonny's organization? He'll have to do a ton more lying then.

Dante hates being set up! But it's Claire's job to get the truth! Claire goes over the evidence. She reminds me of one of those Charmed girls but much less annoying. Claire let's slip that she may be worried about losing the case. He tells her about the almost-confession of Michael's which Claire didn't know. Dante doesn't want Michael on the stand but Claire wants to use everything possible to put Sonny in prison.

Nikolas thinks that Elizabeth will come around. He doesn't even care if the baby is Lucky's. Alexis: "You have a son that you barely see. Why do you want another child?" Hee. I love how everyone picks up on that. Nikolas just wants to provide financial support. I wonder when they're going to SORAS Spencer. Nik leaves and Diane comes back in. Diane thinks Alexis should be charging Nikolas especially if Sonny goes to prison, their main source of income will be gone.

Elizabeth is rocking in her crazy rocking chair. She gets a visit from Steven who has brought brownies which reminds her of the four musketeers. She's come to a decision: It doesn't matter who her baby daddy is, she's going to raise the kids herself. Steven wonders if she can do that.

Michael is whining again. Carly brags to her son about being an amazing liar. Gosh, she's a great mom.

Sonny reassures Luke that they're cool. Luke talks about Karma and how the two of them ended up with sons that are cops.

Lucky keeps talking about his theories on Johnny...to Jason. He pleads with Jason to leave Johnny and Ethan alone. Spinelli overhears. After Lucky leaves, Spinelli worries about Johnny. Jason doesn't want to retaliate but he thinks he may have to if Johnny pushes too hard. Another light bulb goes up over Spinelli's head. I hope we get to hear about it this time.

Elizabeth is insulted at the insinuation that she can't make it as a single mom. Steven just thinks she should be reasonable because having a job with three kids and Gram "getting older" (ouch!), is going to be hard without keeping her options open.

Lucky orders a ginger ale from Ethan at the Haunted Star. Does this place ever have more than one customer at a time? I miss Luke's old place. Lucky apologizes about how awful he was to Ethan when Ethan first came to town. He compliments Ethan on being a good brother and wants to return the favor. He asks Ethan if he has a green card.

Maxie rushes home to Spinelli after getting a frantic message. Spinelli tells Maxie about a fake(?) case involving a serial killer at the metro-court. He asks for Maxie's help. Is that wise considering her sister was murdered by a serial killer? She wants to help him.

Dante visits the Corinthos house and finds Michael. Michael says that Sonny isn't home but Dante came to talk to him.

Ethan doesn't admit that he's illegal. Lucky tells Ethan that he'll be safer back in Australia. Ethan doesn't agree, so Lucky tries to arrest him when Luke walks in.

Nikolas visits Elizabeth. She doesn't want help. Nikolas brings up the fact that Jason set up a trust for Jake. He wants to know why Jason can help his kid, but he can't.

Johnny arrives home to his garage front and Jason shoots him with a paint ball. I want to play! I want to play!

Dante wants Michael to have a better life. Michael thinks he'd have a better life if Dante lies on the stand. They argue about Sonny and it seems Michael is about to confess when Sonny comes in and tells Dante to leave. Dante asks Sonny why he's being so unwelcoming. He asks Sonny if it's because he thinks he may find out the "big bad truth". He says he may already know. I guess we'll find that out on Monday. Or I can just tell you now: He doesn't.

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