January 21 2010

At the Haunted Star, an empty bottle of scotch sits lonely atop the bar. Ethan is on the phone with Lucky's voicemail. He thanks Lucky for closing up but wants Lucky to call him back. He reveals a second empty bottle of scotch. Tracy enters and sees the empty bottles. She thinks that means Luke is back.

Lucky arrives at Jason's place. Lucky says it's official: due to conflict of interest, he'll be taking himself off of Claudia's case. He'll hand over everything he has to another detective including a witness he turned up.

Docks: Carly is leading Michael and Morgan towards Kelly's to wrap up the christening details and to invite Mike. Michael wonders what the point of addressing invitations is if they're just going to ask everyone in person. Morgan says they don't have to mail Dominic an Invite since he already asked him. Michael snarks that Dominic will come because he'll do anything to kiss Sonny's ass. He thinks that's the only reason Dominic is nice to Morgan.

Dominic arrives at Sonny's house. Sonny, who summoned him, says it's time to 'shake down the investigation.'

Credits.

Lucky (and the writers) suddenly remember that Maxie was a witness that night. She hasn't said anything but Lucky thinks she's hiding something and Mac will figure it out. Jason wants to know why he's receiving this info. Lucky says he's judged Jason unfairly.

General Hospital: Liz unknowingly gets into an elevator with Nik. He's headed to a board meeting. They exchange uncomfortable niceties. He says he'll resign as CEO if she wants so they don't run into each other.

Tracy thinks if it's not Luke maybe the alcohol consumer is Ethan. They banter before she asks him to get serious and tell her Luke is home. Ethan insists he's not.

Morgan defends Dominic. Michael says he only hangs out with Morgan to get to their dad. I think Morgan has a little man-crush on Dominic. Michael says Dominic bosses him around and Morgan only thinks he's cool because he's a 'dumb little kid'. Morgan goes to push his brother when Carly intervenes. She chides him for talking to his brother like that. She tells Morgan to hurry on to Kelly's and she'll be right there. Carly thinks Michael is jealous because he works for Sonny and that's something he 'will never do'.

Sonny says he wants to move on with framing Franco. Why isn't Dominic/Dante wearing a wire right now? Nothing he says is proving he is a murderer but he is framing someone for murder. That's gotta get him a couple of years at least. Dominic/Dante says he'll take care of it. Sonny has another reason for Dominic to be there. He asks Dominic if he remembers asking Sonny how he can be an asset to the organization. Sonny says that he's done that and more.

Sonny recalls their first meeting. He thinks he judged Dominic wrongly. He praises Dominic/Dante for listening more and doing an all around good job. He keeps building Dominic up. He even says that one day he'll step down and will want someone to take over the organization. He says he'll consider Dominic. I hope all this doesn't make Dominic/Dante feel guilty about what he's doing and ruin the investigation. I know Sonny is never going to jail which is probably why this storyline has taken so long to play out, but one can dream.

Lisa and Patrick pat themselves on the back for a great surgery. Patrick asks Chelsea how she's feeling. The surgery was a success and she wants to get ready for physical therapy as soon as possible. Patrick thinks she should get as much rest as she can first. They leave. Lisa doesn't think he should have had a pessimistic attitude with the patient but Patrick says he doesn't want to build too much hope. Lisa says what they did was a miracle. Patrick shockingly says that it's not about them.

Lulu stops by the Haunted Star. Ethan had invited her but sees it might be a bad time. He guesses that it's about Dominic and wants to help. Lulu thinks that's a bad idea since the last time there was a problem with Dominic, he and Lucky beat him up. She delivers the good news that she was asked to be Josslyn's Godmother. He tells Lulu that he thinks Lucky's been drinking. He tells her what he suspects siting the scotch bottles, etc. Lulu says she'll talk to him and thanks Ethan for being concerned.

Lucky says he's telling Jason about the witness because he trusts him "more than some people". He notices the new penthouse interior and tells Jason he did a little 'redecorating' of his own. He admits he came down on Jason pretty hard on what happened with Franco. He realizes that Jason did the best he could in the given situation. He metaphors and rambles. Jason can sense that Lucky may have something on his mind. Lucky brings up Jake and tells him it must have been hard to lose his kid. Jason apologizes again for lying to him. Lucky excuses it, lightly but pointedly putting the blame on Elizabeth. Jason says that Elizabeth cared for him but he doesn't think she ever stopped loving Lucky or ever would.

Longest. Elevator ride. Ever. Liz doesn't think Nikolas needs to quit the hospital. They continue to talk and I continue to roll my eyes. Liz says Lucky will forgive Nikolas eventually. He says he misses his brother. The elevator doors finally open and he leaves.

Quartermaine Mansion: Carly stops by with Morgan. She actually just walked right in. Alice takes her coat. Morgan says that Carly gets crazy around there. He compares it to the Battle Royale. Carly is embarrassed but Edward laughs it off. He attempts to tell a story of when he was 12 and he had the hots for this girl but Monica and Tracy cut him off before the story gets even remotely offensive. Monica wants to know where Michael is. Carly lies that he wasn't feeling well and went home. She wanted to come by and invite them all personally to Josslyn's christening. Tracy gets sassy and Alice decides it's time to take Morgan for some hot chocolate. He says she looks like "the Dominator" and Alice says she gets that a lot. Edward says that of course they'll be there.

Lucky stops by the Haunted Star at Lulu's request. She tiptoes around the problem trying to get it out. She brings up the scotch. He admits he's been drinking.

Jason tells Sam about what Lucky said and about Maxie being a possible witness.

Sonny says his job isn't all it's cracked up to be. Dominic/Dante senses regrets. Sonny starts to address those regrets but swiftly changes the subject to Dominic and Lulu. He thinks that Dominic is a smart guy and may have other options. He gets back to those regrets. He hates that he can't always keep his family safe. He wants Dominic to at least think about it. Dominic asks about Jason. Sonny says he loves Jason but he's made it clear he doesn't want to run things and that when Sonny is out, he's out. Dominic says there must be someone else who can run things, someone who has been there longer. Sonny brings up Dominic's heroic acts. He thinks Dominic has natural instincts. Dominic/Dante brings up Johnny. Sonny doesn't think Johnny would want it anyway. Dominic asks about Michael. He says that all this is to let his kids have a better life than he has and he doesn't care what Michael wants. Cue: Michael's entrance. He wants to know why they're talking about him. Dominic leaves. Michael wants to know what that was all about. Sonny says it's business but Michael says he heard his name. He tells Michael that there's a chance that Dominic may run the organization one day because he doesn't want Michael to.

Dean approaches Patrick at the hospital. He wants to know if Chelsea is going to be able to walk again. He doesn't think he'll be able to stand by his girlfriend if she'll be in a wheelchair. Patrick says it's not a decision he has to make right now. Dean takes that as confirmation that she'll be ok, thanks him and runs off before Patrick can say anything. Lisa enters with Chelsea's latest scans. Patrick says he owes Lisa an apology. He asks her if he treated her like Dean is treating Chelsea.

Sonny tells Michael he's not going to retire anytime soon. Damn. Michael doesn't like the fact that he's being left out and verbally attacks Dominic. He tells Sonny that Dominic is not who he thinks he is and he's just kissing Sonny's ass. He thinks Dominic is taking his place. He wants to follow in his dad's footsteps but Sonny isn't having it. He wants better for him but Michael thinks Sonny just doesn't trust him.

Ronnie is finally out of the hospital! Dominic/Dante has called him to the docks: a perfect, private place to do undercover business! Dom/Dante is holding a rare baseball card. Ronnie wants to know how long it's going to take to get Sonny's warrant. Dom/Dante says very soon. He tells Ronnie what Sonny wants him to do. Ronnie thinks this is great: conspiracy - it's as good as a confession. Ronnie wants to know why Dominic doesn't seem happy about this. He's tired of the lies. Secrets and lies! He says he was going to give the card to Morgan but decides against it. He throws it in the water. NO! He doesn't want to come up with a story about how he got the card. Now he has one less thing to lie about. Was it necessary to throw away something so valuable? I mean, you've been lying for a year now. One more little lie to make a kid happy wouldn't have been so terrible. Shut up, Dominic/Dante.

Lulu wants to help Lucky fix this but Lucky doesn't think there's a problem. He justifies it by saying he's not taking pills or stealing. Lulu wants to call his sponsor and get him to a meeting. She wonders why Lucky wants to throw away all he has. Lucky hits back with, "Who says I'm the one throwing it away?"

Lisa thought 'not getting serious' was a mutual decision. They cheated on each other and she let him believe she was ok with it. She states that a girl who guzzles beer and moves around furniture shouldn't be taken seriously. Wait, what? Patrick apologizes for making her feel that she shouldn't be vulnerable. She changes the subject by reminiscing about something 'wild' they did. I don't know whose stories I hate more, Patrick and Lisa's or Sonny and Olivia's. Lisa thinks that if she and Patrick were in the same situation that Dean and Chelsea are in, that maybe Patrick would have done the right thing and stuck around. He agrees he might have. He thinks she's saying that because of Robin and her HIV but Patrick insists that he fell in love with her so the HIV wasn't an issue. They go to check on Chelsea. Lisa tells her they're going to do simple tests to check the paralyses. Chelsea can't feel anything but Patrick says that doesn't mean anything and that they'll take things one step at a time.

Jason thinks the prosecution will bring Michael in for questioning and Sam thinks he'll lose control and get angry. She thinks Spinelli should talk to Maxie and tell her to keep her mouth shut. Jason doesn't want Michael's life to depend on Maxie. Who would?

Dominic comes to the house and Michael yells at him to get out. Dominic tries to lighten the mood but Michael doesn't want Dominic taking his life in the business. Dominic insists that this is between Michael and Sonny. Michael sasses that he's making it between him and Dominic. He thinks Dominic is greedy. He says he's not going to stand and watch while Dominic takes down his father.

Lucky goes to get another drink but Lulu tries to stop him. He accurately points out that they're in a bar and she can't hold on to all the bottles. She wants to know why he's so intent on wrecking things. He says he can do everything and still have a drink and cites Luke as an example. She thinks he's mad at Luke but he responds that it's just the opposite. He admires Luke's view of the world. He takes a drink and Lulu snits that he's 'just like dad'.

Maxie and Spinelli have been summoned to Jason's apartment. She thinks it's about the decorating. Jason wants Maxie to tell them everything she saw the night Claudia was murdered.

Michael continues to be a dick. Dominic/Dante decides to be the bigger man and starts to leave but Michael brings him back using the magic word: Lulu. He says Dominic is using Lulu to get to his dad. Dominic warns Michael to stay away from Lulu. Michael ominously says that "people disappear". Sonny comes in and wants to know what's going on. Michael says that Dominic is trying to take his place and he'll get rid of Dominic if it's "the last thing he does".

Why is Nikolas at Liz's??? Apparently Lulu called the two of them. She comes by and tells them both that Lucky's drinking. She blames Nikolas.

Luke is back! He sees Lucky drinking and knows what's up. He turns down the jazz and approaches Lucky. Lucky is reading about the plot he and Elizabeth were going to buy. He asks Luke if he wants to join him. Luke asks if they're celebrating. Lucky says he finally gets it and he's just like him. That's a side of Lucky I'd like to see. Except without the whole "ruining his life" thing.

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