April 22 2010

Jason and Sam rush into NuMichael's room but it's too late.

At Sonny's pad, Diane thinks he looks smashing. She's all confident that there will be an acquittal. Sonny starts getting worried.

At the courthouse, Claire asks Jax if he's heard from Michael. Jax is staying out of the whole Michael thing. Claire is on edge.

At Dante's newly renovated pad, Dante talks to forensics on the phone and makes coffee. NuMichael tells him the forensics will prove that he killed Claudia. Lulu stops by and is surprised to see Michael looking so different.

Credits: You've already had an appearance this week, Matt - don't push it. Unless you want to finish that intriguing yellow boa story line.

The concierge(?) doesn't know where NuMichael is and tells Jason/Sam that Max and Milo are in jail. Jason asks for what but the concierge(?) doesn't know. I can't wait for Jason to find out it was for solicitation.

Jax snarks at Claire because he's a hypocrite. Claire doesn't understand why Jax is being a hypocrite for a woman who is standing by her ex-husband. Me either, Claire. Jax walks away. Carly takes his place. They slam each other. Claire mentions the kiss Sonny gave Carly....while Jax is listening.

Diane thinks the case is in the bag. Sonny is worried.

Dante tells Lulu that Michael says he killed Claudia. Michael says that Sonny is just covering for him.

Skye is at the Haunted Star to talk to Luke. They flirt. She's proud of the way they got Ethan and Kristina talking and apologizing to each other. Luke thinks Skye wants something from him. And....we still don't know why Skye is here. So let's hear it, Skye. But before she can talk, Helena pays Luke a visit.

Lucky goes to the oncology ward and meets up with CPPP. She jokes about marijuana and identifies him as a cop. He says he's looking for Liz. She knows all about Lucky. And as if on cue, Liz walks in.

Lulu doesn't understand how all of this could have been kept quiet. NuMichael: Have you met the Corinthos family? Hee. NuMichael doesn't like the fact that his dad and Jason make the rules about everything. Welcome to mob life, kiddo. Dante still thinks NuMichael is lying. NuMichael excuses himself to shower. Dante wishes he hadn't found Michael.

Claire back-hand compliments Carly. Carly straight-forwardly insults Claire. After Claire leaves, Jax comes in and says, "So you kissed Sonny." She says she didn't. He kissed her to thank her for perjuring herself. Oy. Once it comes out that Michael is the real murderer, will Carly be put away for perjury? They argue. Sonny and Diane arrive. Carly wants to be in the gallery and Diane agrees. In court, the prosecution calls Ronnie. In the jury box, Coleman laughs.

Coleman stands up cause this whole thing is bullshit, man! He's got a bar to run....man! Judge tells him to sit down and shut up. Alice offers to help sit him down. Now that's a fight I'd like to see. Coleman rambles about how the prosecution has already lost and I still can't believe Coleman was ever chosen as a juror in the first place. The judge relieves Coleman of his duties, sending him to jail for contempt, saying an alternate will replace him. At this point in the trial? How would an alternate catch up at this moment? Seems like it would be a mistrial. Coleman apologizes to Sonny before he's taken away. Claire smiles. Sonny whispers to Diane that she should try to get a mistrial. Diane: "And go through all this again?" Yeah - she doesn't want that and I don't want to recap it again.

Helena tries to remember Skye's name, "Apple? Blanket?" Hee! Skye excuses herself so that Helena and Luke can have a moment alone despite Luke's objections. They banter. They flirt. They do their little Helena/Luke thang. She wants his help to get Elizabeth out of Lucky's life.

CPPP talks and talks. They talk about wisdom and players. Lucky and Liz finally leave.

Max and MIlo realize they've been set up. They tell Jason everything they know. The concierge (?) comes in and tells them that a bellhop saw Dante take NuMichael.

Dante and Lulu talk about NuMichael and stuff. He feels guilty and he's unsure of the truth and... He tells her about The Bloody Shirt.

On the stand, Ronnie explains why Michael can't be reached for a subpoena. Photographs come into evidence. The photographs are surveillance of Michael on the island and not backpacking. He says he was forcibly removed from the island. Diane's turn. She questions the validity of the date/time stamp.

Claire begins her closing argument. She talks about Carly and the baby she brought to sway "our emotions." She adds, "I'm surprised she didn't bring a puppy too." Ha! She goes on to state the facts as she knows them.

Lucky and Liz talk about permission slips and Italian food and cute ways kids pronounce spaghetti and then about CPPP.

Luke threatens Helena. She insists she's trying to help Lucky. Luke calls himself Marie: cross-dressing consort to the Queen of Romania. What? Oh...sarcasm. Helena explains that Luke will benefit. She wants the kid to grow up Cassadine. He thinks she's insane and wants to know what she's up to.

Dante wonders if Sonny is always going to go free. He says if he hands Michael over to the courts, Sonny will go free again. Lulu wonders if the best thing to do is...nothing.

Diane gives her closing argument. She says that the trial has all been about Claire wanting a big win. Yep. The big ol' murder had nothing to do with it. She talks about how Claire put a child on the stand....because that has never happened before in the history of law cases. Alternate juror seems lost.

Luke tries to fix an old slot machine by banging it with a screwdriver. Tracy stands waiting for him to notice her. He finally does and she asks him what he knows about Helena's stay in Port Charles. He answers honestly that he doesn't know but fills Tracy in on what he does know.

Helena walks into the hospital and asks Elizabeth how she's doing. Why Elizabeth just doesn't walk away is beyond me but she allows Helena to do her thing. Helena calls her a narcissistic slut amongst other things. Lucky walks by and tells Helena to leave her alone thusly proving Helena's point that Liz is using this baby to get sympathies from her ex-husband.

The judge instructs the jury to go and deliberate. Alice is psyched. I hope this doesn't turn into a production of twelve angry men. After they leave, Jax catches up with Claire and compliments her for putting Ronnie on the stand. Carly and Sonny ask Diane what she thinks. She's a bit worried about losing Coleman. Carly gets a missed call from Jason.

Dante doesn't know what to do! Well it's a bit late, isn't it? Unless the jury can be invited back. I don't know much from the law. He wants Sonny to go to jail whether he killed Claudia or not because of all the other stuff he did. He wants Sonny to pay! Good! Dante gets a call from forensics. Yep, Michael was telling the truth. Michael, who's hair isn't wet at all, comes in and 'told ya so's Dante.

Alice welcomes everyone into the jury deliberation room. Alternate jury member says right away that he doesn't even need to sit down because Sonny is guilty! Dude, you've been on the trial for less than an hour. Alice says she's the jury foreman and everyone's going to sit down! Lisa smiles for the first time in weeks.

Jason arrives at Dante's loft. Short trip from Mexico... The loft is empty.

Lulu brings NuMichael into her apartment.

Sonny arrives home and sees Dante waiting for him. Sonny tells him the case went to the jury and all he can do now is wait. Dante says he knows Michael killed Claudia.

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