March 19, 2010

It's my 50th recap! Congratulations to me!

Dante is relaxing in his new pad with lots of unopened boxes when Lulu comes in with a housewarming gift. A coffee maker! Ok, I missed about thirty seconds here because something went screwy with ABC and it switched to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Very weird.... Someone's getting fired! Anyway, I can't have missed too much because Lulu and Dante are still on my screen. She asks him why he chose to move in the day of Sonny's trial.

Carly calls for Sonny at his house. She wants to see what he's wearing. Sonny is sitting with drink in hand, sulking and thinking about Kristina.

Sam's sulking, too, at Jason's. He checks on her to see if she's OK. She goes upstairs to change when there's a knock at the door. It's Ethan. Uh...is that a good idea? He wants to talk to Jason because he's the only "Corinthos-connected" person willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Sam steps in front of Jason to ask Ethan if he has a death wish. Seriously, dude.

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Sam goes a little crazy trying to put Ethan in his place. She hardly let's him talk. Jason just stands aside and let's Sam rant until Ethan leaves. She wants Jason to promise he won't listen to Ethan. Except she calls him some other choice words that are not 'Ethan'.

Carly gives Sonny coffee because that's the Port Charles drunkenness cure. Sobers you right up! Except it doesn't. It just makes you an awake-drunk. Give him some water, dude. What's with me and using the word 'dude' lately? Sonny talks about Dante and then talks about his history with abuse. He didn't want it to happen to anyone he loved and he thinks he's failed because he let his daughter go through the same thing. Carly gives him a hug.

Kristina, meanwhile, is sitting at the lake house looking at her black eye in the mirror and flashbacking to the night Keifer beat her. There's a knock at the door and it's Keifer with a big ol' teddy bear that will make everything OK! She lets him in. She's still furious about the beating! The gaul! Keifer has already said he's sorry! Ickkkkkyyyynnnneessss.

Dante wants to get busy. It won't happen. Lulu is too busy asking him why he's missing the trial. They make out. Phone! It's a text from Maxie. Lulu leaves to go see Maxie. When will these two do it? I love that the 'will they or won't they have sex' mini-plot line gets more airtime than Matt doing...anything.

Court Case! Mayor Floyd banters with Diane. He thinks "the good guys will finally win one." Diane: "Where does that leave you?" Slam! Jax meets Claire at the courtroom. He wants to make sure she knows how important it is. Claire's all: "Step off dude. I'm doin' this shizznit for me. Mob Daddy's goin' down." ...Except more Claire-like. Jax likes her confidence.

Sonny has been worried about Kristina since he went off on Claudia. Come on, dude. Go take a shower. Let's get to court. Sonny regrets not killing Ethan. Sonny hates that Kristina is protecting her attacker, Ethan. He's half right.

More icky Keiferness. Alexis catches the last part of this, but nothing revealing. She actually compliments Keifer on his supportiveness. I can't wait till they all find out. I want to see Momma Davis bring Keifer down. I'd rather see her do it than Sonny. Alexis asks Keifer to leave. Before he does, he asks Kristina if he can stop by tomorrow. She says he can.

Jason can't promise not to believe someone if they might be telling the truth. Sam is appalled that Jason believes Ethan which by default means he thinks Kristina is lying. Jason thinks Kristina might be confused. Sam is taking it personally based on her own experiences which Jason understands.

Lisa is juror #3! She talks to Alice, who has fully gone gray, about the case. Alice is excited to see what it's all about. Kate drops Coleman off with a brand new wardrobe. Coleman doesn't think he'll get picked.

Claire wonders aloud to Diane where her client is. She wonders if Sonny ended up running after all.

No. He's just home. Wasting time. Carly comforts Sonny when she should be getting him dressed and shaven. She talks about Kristina and how many wonderful female role-models she has. She uncharacteristically compliments Alexis by listing her as one of those role-models. She finally pep talks him into getting ready.

Olivia brings Dante a housewarming pot roast. Lasagna? That elevator/door is dangerous since it seems like anyone can just walk in. He's still mad at Olivia but wants her to know that he appreciates how awesome she is.

In her hospital bed, Maxie wants to work but Lulu tells her to relax because Kate took the day off. Spinelli sits idly by. Maxie continues to work and then goes into a coughing fit. Spinelli pretty much orders her to stop working or talking. He asks her to put on an oxygen mask. Maxie doesn't want to wear the mask or dwell on the fact that she could die.

Spinelli thinks Maxie is in denial. She thinks it's her business but Spinelli finally mans up and tells her it's their business and they're a team. He rolls off to find and tell Robin of Maxie's latest coughing fit. Maxie gets too excited again but Lulu calms her down. Maxie doesn't want to wear the oxygen mask because she thinks it's the next step towards death although she doesn't use the word. She encourages Lulu to leave the hospital and live her life.

Dante asks Olivia if she knew about Sonny's mom. She said everyone knew to a point. He again appreciates his fierce mom.

Lulu brings Kristina over some gifts: make-up to cover her bruises. Kristina feels broken and Sam tells her the emotional bruises will heal too.

Alexis sees Ethan packing at the Haunted Star. Ethan again says he didn't do it but Alexis wants to know why he's packing. She bleeds her heart all over Ethan who can't get a word in edgewise. She leaves telling him that there's a restraining order prohibiting him from being 500 feet from Kristina.

Lisa talks to Alice more about jury duty. Alice is psyched. Lisa's not and thinks she'll be excused because she's a surgeon. Coleman, too, thinks he'll be excused. The prospective jurors get called in. Sonny finally arrives, fully dressed and shaven and hair newly dyed? Kate wishes him luck after he insults her choice of boyfriends. Inside, Claire starts to threaten Diane regarding Sonny's absence when he arrives. Where's Alexis?

Juror picking time! Claire asks Stoner Juror about his quality of life being affected by the criminal element of Port Charles. Stoner Juror is happy to have Sonny protecting his block. Dismissed! Diane asks Old Crabby Lady Witness about something legal. She doesn't like Sonny and calls him a 'maggot'. Dismissed! Dr. Niles gets questioned next. She says she has a social acquaintance with the defendant because they had dinner once. Accepted! Coleman and Alice prove themselves as unworthy jurors for different reasons. They both get accepted.

Carly tells Jason about how disastrous Sonny was earlier.

Kristina's bruises have been covered! Now she looks like she's wearing way too much purple eye-shadow. A vast improvement...

Lulu needs a hug. Dante is glad to give it to her. She's scared about Maxie. She didn't realize how close Maxie was to possibly dying.

Lulu doesn't want to take anything for granted.

Robin gives Maxie bad news: Her vitals are problematic. She finally accepts the oxygen mask.

Carly asks Jason about Ethan. She doesn't want a war between Sonny and Luke. Jason asks Carly, "What if Ethan is innocent?" Carly asks if that's possible. He tells her about the discrepancy in Kristina's story.

Ethan stupidly comes to the lake house. She warns him that he shouldn't be there because of the restraining order. He asks her why she lied.

Claire and Diane make their opening statements. Claire reveals the facts; Diane agrees that Sonny did kill his wife.

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