General Hospital blog - March, 2025
March 3rd, 2025
Jason again offers Sasha money, and she again acts like he's crazy for wanting to help her, or like he doesn't respect her desire for independence, like, okay, have fun affording all the baby stuff you need on your salary. Sidwell shows up and also offers her money, but for a much different reason: He wants to give her $250,000 to have her help finalize the partnership with Deception. But for some reason, he wants her to tell everyone the truth about their past encounters, emphasizing how he went after her because of Holly. Jason interrupts before Sasha can either agree or turn him down. Sonny asks Lucy to find him a house, so she takes him to Valentin's, which Martin is handling the sale of. Lulu and Spinelli are there as well, having broken in to look for clues on where Valentin and Charlotte might be. Overhearing Lucy, Lulu thinks her theory that Martin is the key to finding Charlotte has been confirmed. Alexis tries to get Martin and Tracy to talk out their issues over the cease-and-desist and the crypt, which goes about as well as you would expect. When Alexis warns that Edward and Lila's bodies will have to be moved, Tracy folds. Martin thinks that's confirmation that the crypt is on public land, and he announces that he's going to pursue that, which makes Tracy decide to reinstate the cease-and-desist. Gio asks Dante for advice on dealing with Tracy, figuring that Dante gets where he's coming from, being only tangentially related to the Quartermaines (cough). Dante tells him not to worry about getting on Tracy's bad side, since everyone is, and says he thinks she secretly likes that Gio stands up to her. It looks like he's right, because Tracy gets thoughtful when Gio gives her advice his mother used to give him about when to press something and when to let it go. Tracy notes that Lila used to say the same thing. But just when it looks like she's going to drop the issue of Drew keeping the Quartermaine name, she tells Alexis she's going forward with it, because it's important to her. If Martin retaliates, she'll just make sure the land survey says what she wants it to. Curtis and Stella's ploy with Henderson worked, and Drew gets blocked from the appropriations committee. He vows revenge on Curtis, who still handles the whole thing like it's a minor inconvenience. Portia gets angry on his behalf and confronts Drew, who somehow thinks that Curtis' behavior is worse than his own. He goes to Selina, remembering that she once implied that she has dirt on Curtis. She can't help him in that department, but she did recently come into that juicy information Brad gave her on Portia, which she happily hands over. In Florida, Lucas has no self-control or remaining animosity toward Brad, apparently, because they almost have sex. Surprisingly, Brad is the one who slams on the brakes.
I have no words for anything involving Sasha. Unless she's planning to take Sidwell's money and then go to the police, in which case, yay, Sasha!
Maybe Michael and Sasha are meant for each other, because he also once grabbed a meat tenderizer to use as a weapon.
Does this mean Lulu and Spinelli haven't seen each other since she came back three months ago? Ugh.
I want to be there when Valentin finds out that Sonny's living in the house he bought to live in with Anna.
I think if Alexis got Martin and Tracy drunk and locked them in a room together, this would all work itself out.
Why does Martin think that taking legal action about the crypt would harm Tracy? As we've heard a million times, it's not her house.
Lucas, noooo! I believed in you!
March 4th, 2025
Lulu breaks into Martin's hotel room to look for information on Charlotte's location. Maxie agrees to be her lookout, but when Martin shows up, she demonstrates that it's not a good role for her. Lulu does find something, but it's nothing she expected – it's Martin's notes from his meeting with Lois, which include the revelation that Brook and Dante have a child. Jason marches Sidwell out of the Quartermaines' and to the docks, not to hurt him but to ask if he's the one who planted the bomb at Sonny's. Sidwell says no, and for some reason, Jason believes him. Anna has been having Sidwell monitored, so she intervenes to make sure Jason doesn't get himself in more trouble with the police. The esplanade project is back on track, thanks to Curtis (and Stella). He tells Laura how he pulled it off, and though she, like Stella, worries about Drew pushing back, Curtis doesn't think there's anything Drew can do to hurt him. Drew is currently proving him wrong by trying to use what he knows about Portia's unlawful behavior to make her get Curtis to do what Drew wants. Dante confides to Cody that learning that Cyrus killed Sam doesn't give him the sense of closure he thought it would. They talk about how he still associates Lulu with Sam's death, and how he's found it easier to talk to Brook. Cody tests the waters by asking how he would feel if something lasting had come out of their summer fling. Willow tells Carly and Nina that she and the kids are moving in with Drew. Carly thinks the timing is awful because of Michael, and she warns that if Willow proceeds, she'll basically be declaring war. Nina defends Willow as part of whatever she and Carly are plotting to break up Willow and Drew. Brad confesses that he got to go to Florida because he blackmailed Portia. Somehow, he thinks that his and Lucas' continuing love for each other will eclipse that. He's wrong, and Lucas is done with him again. Tracy tells Sasha that it's important to know who you are, and she should keep in mind the kinds of opportunities having a Quartermaine child provides her. Apparently Sasha has decided that she's the kind of person who accepts hush money from her kidnapper, because she calls Sidwell to tell him they have a deal. Anna wants Maxie to give Emma an internship at Deception, which Emma thinks is just a way of having her supervised. She goes to Gio for advice, and though he's not going to push her to do something she clearly isn't that interested in, he notes that she would get the chance to use science.
Of all the ways someone could have found out that Dante has a child he doesn't know about, I never would have guessed that Lulu would just...read Martin's notes.
You have to love Maxie going from "why are you breaking into your uncle's hotel room?" to "fine, I'll help" in five seconds.
Okay, we don't need to keep hearing people ask Curtis if he's worried about retaliation from Drew. We get it.
Welcome back, Lucas' backbone.
Brad is beyond ridiculous. He thinks he deserves points for telling the truth when the thing he told the truth about was blackmail.
March 5th, 2025
Maxie does way more work than should be necessary to keep Martin out of his room while Lulu takes her sweet time reading all his notes about Brook and Dante instead of just taking pictures and getting out of there. She goes straight to Cody, thinking that he knows something about their child, since he was friends with them at the time. Without him realizing that she knows things she shouldn't, she gets him to confirm that Brook had Dante's baby without telling anyone. Anna's eager to get back to the search for Charlotte (or, more accurately for her, start the search for Charlotte), and she tells Jason it's more important than ever to find her because there's a kill order out on Valentin after his attempt to kill Brennan. So it's perfect timing when Rocco gets a text from Charlotte telling him that she's in Buenos Aires. He can't decide whether to tell Lulu, which could lead her to run into a dangerous situation again, or keep quiet and let his sister remain separated from her family. Danny shares the news with Jason, figuring he'll handle it, and Jason and Anna race off to get Charlotte. Rocco's mad that Danny acted without consulting him, and Dante has to make peace between them without knowing what they're fighting about. Carly and Brennan meet up for dinner, but she gets jealous when he lets a woman flirting with him think he's available. In related news, Carly is ridiculous, but at least she knows it. Felicia sees Carly and Brennan together and alerts Anna, who rightfully points out that Carly a) is a grown woman who can do what she wants, b) hasn't listened to anyone about Brennan and isn't going to start now, and c) has never not done something she wanted to, so it's a waste of time to try to interfere. Of all the people Portia could turn to for advice on how to handle Drew, she chooses Ava. Portia's scared that if she tells Curtis what Drew has on her instead of manipulating him to silence Drew, he'll decide he's given her too many second chances and end things. Ava advises her to take the risk because it's better than letting Drew win. Lois panics when she catches Dante, Cody, Gio, and Emma talking about Dante, Cody, and Brook's time together at camp, as if somehow they'll put together who Gio's birth parents are. She runs to Martin and asks him to return his notes.
I think it's safe to say that Maxie and Lulu won't be recruited for the WSB any time soon.
While the "Brook told me everything" gambit was bold and paid off for Lulu, it was a big assumption that Cody knew about the baby.
What a time to throw Charlotte back in the mix.
Portia, you are asking Ava for advice. It's time to reevaluate your life. Also, talking to Ric is an insane idea. Talk to Alexis.
March 6th, 2025
Lulu tells Carly what she found out about Dante and Brook, hoping for guidance on what to do next. Carly helps her see that Brook made a decision she thought was best for her child, just like the decisions the two of them have made for their children – or, in Lulu's case, the decision she made to terminate her pregnancy. Carly notes that Bobbie was once in Brook's position and made a difficult decision that she struggled with for years. Lulu appreciates Carly's perspective but hasn't decided yet whether to tell Dante everything or keep Brook's secret. Sonny has set up an education trust for Gio so he has easier access to whatever money he might need. Tracy throws a fit and declares that the Quartermaines will be in charge of that from now on. Dante, Lois, and Brook are all present but make the weakest possible attempts to get her to back off. Eventually, Sonny tells her off himself, and Gio quickly signs the paperwork to put the trust in place. But like the last time Gio called Tracy on something, she admires him for it. Portia tells Ric about Drew's blackmail and her dilemma about whether or not to clue Curtis in. Ric advises her to keep quiet for now and stall Drew while letting him think that she's going to cooperate. Drew is starting some sort of sports program in the pediatrics wing, in Oscar's memory, and Kai signs on to visit kids in the hospital. He gets some practice with James, who broke his arm doing something monumentally stupid. Natalia accuses Sidwell of trying to organize a hostile takeover of Deception, or at the very least, coming to town to target Sonny. He points out that she's shown more interest in Sonny than he has. Sidwell summons Alexis to Wyndemere to give her a dagger.
On the plus side, Lulu isn't mad that Dante lied about never having slept with Brook.
I need Gregory to come back from the dead for one episode and tell Tracy to stop acting like this.
Why didn't anyone stand up for Gio? He's an adult. He gets to decide who, if anyone, handles his finances. It would have been nice to see Dante coming to his defense without even realizing who he was doing it for.
Stalling Drew should be easy. Portia can't make Curtis do anything he doesn't want to do. She can just keep arranging peace summits and pretending she's helping.
James' lack of intelligence is a huge insult to Nathan's memory.
March 7th, 2025
Lulu goes to the Quartermaines' to break the news to Dante about his son, but instead, she confronts Brook. She thinks Brook went to Martin for help finding her child, but when Brook denies that, Lulu guesses that Lois was the one who got him involved. Brook rightfully defends her decision to place her child for adoption, but she has a harder time convincing Lulu that keeping Dante in the dark was a good move. Lulu wants Dante to know everything, and if Brook won't tell him, Lulu will do it herself. Josslyn butts heads with her handler, Vaughn, so it's probably only a matter of time before they fall in love (in which case she gets to tell their future children about the time she kicked their dad in the junk). Jordan and Isaiah finally make some progress in their developing relationship, doing a little making out. He still doesn't like that she's volunteering to help take down Sidwell, and she tells him that if he can't get on board, he should bow out now. The dagger Sidwell offers Alexis is the one Helena used to kill Alexis' mother. Alexis isn't sure how it wound up at Wyndemere, since she threw it in the harbor a while ago. She can barely stand to be in the same room as it, though she picks it up at one point. After she leaves, Sidwell makes sure not to touch it with his bare hands, which can't be good. Lois complains to Ned about the Sonny/Tracy situation, for some reason thinking that Ned will agree that Tracy was in the wrong. He's curious about why Lois is so okay with Sonny and Gio having a relationship. Carly tells Brennan that they can't be together because of his spy lifestyle, which I'm sure will hold up more than, say, a month. Lois, Carly, and Dante all have to reassure Sonny that he's not causing any harm by offering Gio money, and that Tracy needs to get over herself.
Amanda Setton did Emmy-worthy work in this episode.
Josslyn's handler's name is Vaughn. They're not even trying to pretend this isn't a rip-off of Alias.
I'm sure it's not a big deal that Sidwell now has a weapon with Alexis' fingerprints all over it. There's probably nothing to worry about.
"Did you get it de-Cassadined?" Hee. Thanks, Dante.
Now I think Carly might figure out that Gio is Brook and Dante's son.
March 10th, 2025
Brook refuses to tell Dante about their child, not wanting to do anything that could disrupt all the lives the news would affect, least of all their son. Lulu says she's not a true mother, then, which almost gets her slapped. But when Lulu gets how difficult this has been for Brook all these years, and how she's willing to give up the chance to find and meet her son if it means letting him be happy, she agrees not to tell Dante anything. Lulu mentions that she wouldn't have known about Brook and Dante's child if Lois hadn't gone to Martin, so Brook turns to Lois for answers. Drew and Martin declare the Quartermaine crypt seized and have a surveyor look around the property. He says the crypt is on public land, and since that land happens to be part of a conservation area, Drew thinks he's won. But Tracy still won't back down, and Emma and Lois rally around her, with Emma filming the proceedings to show Drew's constituents how he's pursuing a personal vendetta instead of doing his job in D.C. Ned brings Jordan in to help with negotiations, and it looks like things might actually settle down. But then Tracy rushes the surveyor, and Martin gets him to agree to press assault charges, so the encounter ends with Chase arresting Tracy. Anna and Jason stake out Valentin and Charlotte's house in Buenos Aires, which is only a temporary hideout. It turns out that Valentin sent the text to Rocco, hoping that Lulu would see it and come get Charlotte, because he's finally decided that it's too dangerous for her to be around him. A kill squad shows up, so Jason and Anna burst in to give Valentin and Charlotte a heads-up and assistance escaping. They return after Anna and Jason knock out the kill squad, and Valentin sends Charlotte off with Jason. Anna wants to take Valentin in, and when he won't go, she lets him escape. Jordan tells Isaiah that if he's going to fight her on her plans for Sidwell, the two of them aren't going to happen. Isaiah would rather be with her than try to change her mind, so he backs off. Long story short, Jordan and Isaiah's top-secret relationship is a go. Dante asks Maxie for guidance on dealing with Lulu, as he assumes that she's going down a road she shouldn't. Maxie accidentally confirms that she is, then distracts him (either intentionally or unintentionally – with Maxie, sometimes it isn't clear) by telling him that things are tense between him and Lulu because she's still in love with him. Dante finally learns that Lulu chose him over Dustin four years ago and was about to tell him when she lost consciousness. Dante's not sure how to react, now that he's had a whole relationship with someone else in the time since, so Maxie advises him to focus on co-parenting for now.
I love the mentions of how Edward saved Emma's life and Tracy saved Emma from kidnappers.
Also, Emma is climbing my list of favorite characters.
Yeah, Drew, getting into a fight over a crypt is in the public's best interest.
"Something's wrong." Yeah, it's Valentin's facial hair.
I'm about 99 percent sure that house in Buenos Aires was the same set as Carly's old house.
March 11th, 2025
Brook can't get anything out of Lois about why she talked to Martin before Gloria arrives for a visit. It turns out that she's known all along about Brook's teen pregnancy, and she says she encouraged Lois to talk to a lawyer. Brook now wants to find her son, but Gloria tells her that the fallout wouldn't be worth it. When Brook leaves, it comes out that Gloria has also known all along that Gio is Brook and Dante's son. Lois hates the pain that the secret is causing Brook, but Gloria reminds her that she made the arrangements she did all those years ago to protect Brook, and she needs to keep doing that. Laura isn't happy to learn that Martin alerted Drew to the crypt issue and egged him on to pursue it. She warns Drew that this isn't a road he wants to go down, and amazingly, he backs down. Though he's going to get to the surveyor to drop the charges against Tracy, he won't stop trying to get the land taken back, and he vows to break Tracy. Similarly, Tracy decides to keep fighting Drew no matter what he does. Lulu confides in Dante that she thinks Rocco's avoiding her because he resents how much time she's devoting to finding Charlotte. Dante says it's more likely that he's trying to avoid the tension between his parents. Lulu laments that she doesn't know how to parent a teenager, but Dante thinks she's doing a pretty good job. He points out that she lost significant years with Charlotte, too, and says that he wouldn't know what to do if he were in the same position. Lulu almost tells him that he is, but when they get interrupted, she decides to keep quiet. Charlotte blames Anna for all of Valentin's problems and accuses her of only trying to help now because she thinks it'll appease her guilt over the shooting. Anna decides to ditch Jason and Charlotte for the trip back to Port Charles, but Jason talks her into sticking around and giving Charlotte an example of what it takes to recover from your mistakes. (Also, they're afraid Charlotte might run away, and keeping an eye on her is a two-person job.) Just as Portia has done Drew's bidding and convinced Curtis to try to negotiate with him, Jordan announces that, based on his actions at the crypt, Drew is out of control and needs to be reined in. Curtis decides to use Aurora to expose him for abusing his office for personal matters. Emma helps Gio guard the crypt in case anyone tries to pull anything in the middle of the night. After she leaves, Brook takes her place and reassures Gio, who's really missing his mother, that he has a lot of people in his corner. Sasha declines Carly's job offer but appreciates her support and encouragement. She also assures Carly that her financial situation is about to improve, and she's in a much better condition than most single mothers. Carly's like, "Yeah, 'cause Jason's going to help you with whatever you need."
People with loud voices like Brook and Lois should really not have secret conversations in shared spaces in the mansion.
Kind of weird that Lois encouraged Gio to move to Port Charles when she's so scared that the truth of his paternity will come out.
I like that, unlike other long-lost parents and children we've seen interact, Brook and Gio have a good relationship. This isn't a Nina/Willow situation where they're going to be furious when they find out they're mother and son.
Someone needs to spread the word that Laura is a Drew whisperer.
Laura's right that Lila would tell Tracy to pick her battles, but Edward? He'd be 100 percent behind her pinning Drew to the wall.
March 12th, 2025
Ric tells Portia that because she tampered with test results related to a criminal investigation, she could face jail time if the truth comes out. Portia's pretty sure that Drew's going to come after her quickly, as Adrian wrote a hit piece about him and Drew will justifiably think that Curtis was behind it. Ric advises her to keep giving in to Drew's demands, as well as tell Curtis everything and attempt to save her marriage. Drew shows up later and advises Portia to get Curtis to print a series of stories about him that make him look better. Coincidentally, Alexis wants the same thing, as she'd like Drew's reputation to be redeemed before Scout learns too much about his misdeeds. Curtis declines and points out that making Drew look like the good guy he isn't means he won't face the consequences of his actions. Drew intervenes when Carly starts ranting at Willow, so she turns her anger toward him instead. She points out his hypocrisy over trying to move the Quartermaine crypt after seeing how horrible it was for her when Virginia's grave was going to be moved. Willow steps in to defend him, which just sends Carly to Nina with a desire to get moving on splitting them up. Carly's plan is to find something in Drew's house that's so bad, Willow won't be able to deny that he's a bad guy. If Carly can't find anything, she might just plant something. Lucky and Elizabeth want nothing more than to make out, but pop-ins from his family members keep getting in their way. He can't bring himself to turn down an offer of dinner with Laura, so the apparently reunited couple will just have to keep waiting to get romantic. Willow calls Sasha a hypocrite for having a baby with Jason when she's been so critical of Willow for getting together with Drew, because in Willow's universe, those are the same thing. Sasha thinks that Willow's realized that Drew wasn't worth throwing away her happy life for, and she's too ashamed to admit it. Ric tells Kristina that the trip to the ballet she'd planned for Avery will have to be canceled because it falls on a day when Ava has Avery. He and Ava both refuse to change the schedule, and Ava angers Kristina further by announcing that she's doing the ballet trip instead. Ava asks Nina for money and they're all, "Aren't you glad we're friends?" which is still so weird to me. Dante and Chase are filler.
Looks like Lucky and Elizabeth aren't going to have any kind of conversation about the fact that they've never been able to make a relationship work and there's no reason to think this go-round will be any different.
Willow made such a big stretch comparing Sasha's pregnancy by her ex's uncle to her affair with her husband's uncle that I'm pretty sure she pulled something.
"My mom was never a con artist, like yours." Oh, well, if everyone acts like their mother, I guess you'll be pimping Amelia out to a rapist cult leader any day now, huh, Willow?
I refuse to acknowledge the ridiculous stunt casting. Let us never speak of it.
March 13th, 2025
Drew recruits Portia to help with his new pediatric sports program, which effectively convinces Curtis to support it via Aurora, because what kind of person would he be if he didn't highlight what his wife is doing? Drew invites Jordan to a press conference announcing the program, which just makes her think he's trying to rehab his image, but since Curtis and Portia are on board, she'll go along. Charlotte wants to call Lulu on the flight home from Buenos Aires, but Anna doesn't think it's safe, as the kill squad could be monitoring them with hopes of grabbing Charlotte to use as bait for Valentin. She calls Brennan and asks him to bring Lulu to the airfield where they're landing without telling her what's going on. Jason still doesn't trust Brennan, but Anna thinks that since Carly is related to Charlotte, he won't do anything that might tick off his crush. Jason's skeptical that Brennan cares at all what Carly thinks, so Anna has to tell him how wrong he is. Anyway, Charlotte's finally back in Port Charles, so Lulu has one less thing to stress over. Lucky and Elizabeth are finally about to do things that I don't think he's been medically cleared to do when they get one last interruption from Ric. He fully knows his presence isn't welcome, and he loves every minute of it as he and Lucky practically have a measuring contest. Even though Lucky's the one who stays, Ric technically wins the battle, as Lucky falls asleep before he and Elizabeth can do anything. Still in Miami, Lucas meets a guy named Marco and basically has a full therapy session with him, if regular therapy sessions took place at bars and ended with the patient and therapist on the verge of hooking up.- Willow continues trying to make Sasha look as bad as she does, accusing her of being a golddigger who took advantage of Jason while he was mourning Sam. Sasha says that at least she didn't break any marriage vows or break anyone's heart. Willow thinks she'll do the latter sooner or later. Carly tells Maxie that she and Brennan won't work out because he's apparently not looking for a committed relationship, while he is. Maxie's like, "Relationship schmelationship – if you want to bang him, bang him."
I'm so glad the whole Charlotte saga is finally over. It went on way too long. But she and Lulu need to find a place to live. Laura and Kevin's place has to be at full capacity.
We're pretending Carly and Maxie are friends now? The kind of friends who hang out?
So what are our guesses for who Marco will turn out to be? Sidwell's son?
Jordan shouldn't meet with Brennan in public when they discuss WSB stuff. That won't go over well with Sidwell. (I almost said it wouldn't sit well with Sidwell, but that was too much, even for me.)
March 14th, 2025
Rocco confides to Sonny that he got a text from Charlotte and didn't tell either of his parents. Sonny thinks he did the right thing in letting Jason handle it. Charlotte appears to feel the same, because although she expected Lulu to come get her from Buenos Aires, she's glad Lulu wasn't there when the WSB showed up and things got violent. She reunites with Laura and Rocco, and she seems happy to be back, though of course she's still concerned about Valentin. Speak of the devil, he's also in Port Charles, and he looks like he's going to try again to take out Brennan. Trina thinks her parents are too busy to do anything for her birthday and is fine spending it alone, but it turns out they've planned a surprise party for her. Laura's happy to see her in such a good place, and Trina promises that her moving on doesn't mean she's forgotten about Spencer. Unfortunately, that ends up casting a shadow over the party, as Emma gives Trina the same art book Spencer once gave her, and Trina's mood drops so much that she leaves the party. Carly takes Maxie's advice and accepts that she wants something with Brennan, even if it's not the relationship she'd like. So whether or not they end up dating, at least they'll have had one night together. Isaiah's at Sonny's when Kristina and Rocco come by, and Kristina starts fearing the worst about her father's help. He keeps telling her that there's nothing to worry about, then finally spills a little about his condition. She realizes that he negotiated with Ava as part of his attempts to reduce stress. Brook's still hurt that Gloria knew all along about her baby and never said anything. Gloria says she didn't want to invade Brook's privacy, and she advises Brook and Lois to continue keeping everything under wraps. Brook's reaction to learning that her grandmother knows her secret makes Gloria even more sure than before that she can never find out that Gio is her son.
It's weird to see Rocco with the Corinthos side of his family. They never show him with them.
Brennan really thought Carly rejected him because he has a dangerous job? She's literally been in bed with mobsters since 1996.
How adorable that Ace made Trina a birthday card.
Again, I feel like I need to point out to the Cerullos that they're having private conversations in very non-private areas of a house where 20 people live.
March 17th, 2025
Carly drinks some champagne from a room-service cart, which Brennan realizes too late was poisoned. Valentin's behind it, and it's not clear if he knows or cares that Carly drank it instead of Brennan. Brennan rushes Carly to the hospital and gets WSB agents working on IDing the poison and protecting Carly. When Willow and Isaiah insist on alerting her family, Brennan tells them they can't because this is a matter of national security. Meanwhile, Valentin goes to his old house to get some passports and is caught by the new owner. Anna and a federal marshal show up at Laura's to serve Martin with a warrant for failing to pay all his alimony. Tracy joins them and explains that after she heard Lucy talking about the money she got from selling Valentin's house to Sonny, Tracy figured that Martin came into a lot of money himself. Since he hasn't properly reported it yet, Tracy got one of his exes to come after him. Laura tries to make the peace, reminding Martin and Tracy that Drew's the one causing all their problems, and trying to convince Tracy that Martin hasn't targeted the Quartermaines for personal reasons. This comes close to working, but Martin can't just shut up, so Tracy lets him get arrested. Trina talks to Kai about Spencer, then feels bad for going on and on about him. But Kai appreciates the conversation because Spencer was a big part of Trina's life, and he wants to know all about her. Though Trina's still finding herself pulled back into her past, Kai is clearly making her enjoy the present. Brook vents to Chase about how Lois and Gloria kept a big secret from her for 21 years. She doesn't want to put Chase through what she's experiencing, discovering that someone he trusted kept something from him, so she tells him that Dante is her child's father. Brook, Chase, Sasha, and Gio all agree that, despite how prickly Tracy can be, and how she's recently been even pricklier than normal, she's in the right in the battle with Drew. Sonny and Jason are mostly filler as they talk about the bombing and whether Sidwell or Brennan might have been behind it. Sonny won't directly address the allegations that Jason is the father of Sasha's baby, but he does ask Jason to look after her.
Good thing Robin cured polonium poisoning, like, 12 years ago.
Easter egg: The name on Valentin's passport was James Patrick Stuart's character on All My Children.
After all that teasing, we have to meet Martin's California ex.
Also, him complaining that he's going to be extradited to California is hilarious. Oh, no! Not California!
Two mentions of Nikolas today. Hmmm...
Instead of just focusing on who was behind the bombing, do Sonny and Jason have someone looking into how it got into the penthouse?
March 18th, 2025
Anna calls her poison-curing daughter and gets the ball rolling on an antidote while Isaiah and Willow work on stabilizing Carly. Willow almost calls Sonny to tell him about Carly's condition, but Isaiah warns that Brennan will likely have her arrested. Brennan keeps it together until he's alone with an unconscious Carly, when he admits to her that he has a heart and bares it by crying over her. Sonny confronts Valentin for replacing his medication with placebos, which Valentin pins on Brennan and says wasn't personal (as if that makes it okay). Sonny decides to kill Valentin and tell the police he shot an intruder, but Valentin keeps himself alive by offering up information about the person who planted the bomb in the penthouse. Allegedly, it was a hitman who bought the detonator from a stolen shipment Valentin couldn't track down through Pikeman, and Valentin claims he can get Sonny in touch with the guy. Chase is upset that Dante was able to have a baby with Brook when Chase can't. Also, he's way too interested in Brook's feelings for Dante in the past. He's understandably unhappy about not being able to tell Dante that he has another child, but Brook really doesn't want to run the risk of upending her son's life. If he goes in search of his birth parents, she'll tell Dante everything, but otherwise, the secret stays a secret. Lucas wakes up mostly naked in his hotel room and figures that he and Marco had sex. It turns out that he got sick and Marco cleaned him up, having stopped things from progressing after their kiss because he knew Lucas was too drunk to consent. Lucas wisely gets Marco's phone number before they say goodbye. Brad frantically calls Stella for advice about how he can fix things with Lucas. He barely listens to her and convinces himself that he still has a shot with his ex, but then he sees Marco leaving Lucas' room and justifiably assumes that they hooked up. Vaughn doesn't think that Josslyn is mentally tough enough to work for the WSB, and he advises her to distance herself from her family and friends. Josslyn refuses to, accepting that her relationships won't be the same from now on but willing to lie to her loved ones because she knows she's working to protect them. Sasha tells Jason that Willow's lost it and will definitely use the baby against Michael if she finds out he's the father. Sasha's now willing to accept Jason's help, but she's not sure he can commit to never telling Carly that the baby is Michael's. Jason's not thrilled about that part, but he's willing to do it because it's what Sasha wants. Lulu wants both of her kids to live with her, but Dante's hesitant to put Rocco through another big change right now. The good news is that the exes are taking each other's feelings into consideration and working together to figure out what's best for Rocco and Charlotte.
Looks like Chris McKenna remembered he's an actor.
I'm sorry, Valentin was just going to knock on Laura's door?? And, what, ask to see Charlotte??
Chase, who cares if Brook had feelings for Dante 21 years ago? She was 16!
I can't stop thinking about how Adrian Anchondo said in an interview that he did a play with Van Hansis 20 years ago and had a little crush on him.
Stella should start charging for advice.
Vaughn could not be more cliché. Good luck winning over the audience, dude.
Sasha, the best way to ensure that no one finds out that Michael's the baby's father is to stop talking about it.
March 19th, 2025
As soon as he knows Carly's okay, Brennan leaves to hunt down Valentin. Sonny calls to let him know that Valentin came by and is heading out of town by boat, if Brennan wants to try to intercept him. Brennan repays the favor by telling him that Carly's in the hospital. Anna isn't happy to learn that Sonny pointed Brennan in Valentin's direction, but Sonny would love it if Brennan took out a threat and saved him the trouble. He even sends Jason to the dock where Valentin's getting his boat out of town and tells him to make sure Brennan does what he's supposed to. Laura catches Valentin as he's about to break into her apartment and say goodbye to Charlotte before going back on the run. Laura urges him to turn himself in so Charlotte won't have to worry about him and will always know where he is (even if it's prison). Lulu supports this idea as well, but Valentin figures it's too late for him, what with the WSB's kill order, and he can only save himself by running. Laura and Lulu lament the choices he made in life and how they've affected Charlotte. Tracy gloats to Drew that Martin got sent to California, leaving Drew to go up against Tracy alone. He still won't drop the issue with the crypt, so Tracy vows to take everything he has. Nina has some good reasons (and also some not-so-good-but-hey-we'll-take-it reasons) for Willow not to move in with Drew, and she even offers to buy Willow and the kids their own place. It's starting to look like Willow might give in, but when she walks in on Drew and Tracy fighting, she doubles down on doing what she wants. An error by a traffic job leads to Cody being arrested for allegedly stealing his own car. Molly gets assigned the case, but Cody called Alexis to represent him, and the two Davis women disagree over which of them should recuse herself. Ric jumps in, which just leads to him and Alexis fighting once again. Cody takes Ric outside and tells him to stop fighting with Alexis in front of Molly because he's upsetting his daughter. Meanwhile, Molly urges Alexis to stop letting Ric get under her skin. Jason and Sonny probably really want to lay into Carly about associating with Brennan, but they're kind enough to keep quiet while she's recovering from a near-death experience. Dante's worried that he and Lulu won't be able to compromise on where Rocco lives and will end up in court. Ava's financial situation has gotten more dire, and her accountant warns her that if she doesn't get things under control, the IRS is going to take all her assets.
Who wrote this episode? Dante would never think he and Lulu couldn't work out a custody issue through communication. Tracy would never recommend Alexis to someone.
If Brennan kills Valentin, Sonny and Jason might come around to liking him. (Though imagine if, after everything Valentin's done, he gets killed for accidentally poisoning Carly.)
So it's bad optics for Willow to move in with Drew because Carly almost died, but not because of what happened to Michael?
I wish soap characters could swear. I want to hear Alexis tell Ric to go f%$#@ himself.
As much as I appreciate Cody telling Ric to stop being a jerk to Alexis in front of Molly, I need Molly to address it, too.
I loved Ric's "is your...hand? On my arm?" look when Cody took him out of the police station.
March 20th, 2025
Valentin's amused to realize that Brennan wants him dead out of revenge for someone he's developed feelings for, after Brennan spent years telling Valentin that his feelings for Anna were his weakness. Jason tries to keep Anna away from them, but she's able to intervene and convince Brennan to let Valentin live so he'll be punished with prison time. Brennan doesn't trust that Anna won't help him escape again, but Anna does her job properly. Still Valentin, thinks she saved him because she still loves him. Chase tries to gauge Dante's view on long-lost children by asking if he thinks Lulu's life would be easier if she'd never found out about Charlotte. Dante thinks that Lulu would rather have her daughter than any simplification that would come with not having her. Chase then goes to Lulu and sternly tells her to keep quiet about Brook and Dante's baby, and not to get any ideas about holding what she knows over Brook's head. He's definitely serious, as he threatens to arrest Lulu for breaking into Martin's room and reading confidential documents if she doesn't cooperate. Felicia pleads with Carly to end things with Brennan, since he has enemies all over the place and her life is in more danger with him than it ever was with Sonny. Carly denies that, putting everything on Valentin. Jason, like Felicia, sees Brennan as the threat he is and tells him to stay away from Carly. Brook tells Lois that she's no longer sure that she can trust her mother or grandmother. She's also not sure that the decision to place the baby for adoption was all hers, or if Lois and Gloria subtly nudged her in the direction they wanted her to go. Lois emotionally defends herself, saying she did the best she could in a situation she knew nothing about. That doesn't change Brook's feelings, so Lois decides to go back to Bensonhurst for a while so Brook can have some space. Sonny tells Laura that he didn't kill Valentin when he had the chance because he knew that one's grandfather killing the other's father would harm Charlotte and Rocco's relationship and damage the family. He credits Laura with changing his views and contributing to some changes he's making. They both lament their falling-out and are happy to rekindle their friendship.
I'd like to know how Lulu thinks she's going to afford this mythical house she's planning to move into.
Okay, Felicia, you've expressed your opinion. Now zip it. (That said, Carly is in some childlike denial about how much danger Brennan puts her in.)
I love how Carly glossed over her and Brennan's activities, then slipped up and mentioned that they were going to get in the shower together.
Lois should probably plan to stay in Bensonhurst because once all the Gio stuff comes out, I think she's going to get banished.
March 21st, 2025
In exchange for a favor to be named later, Valentin gives Jason some insight into Brennan: He's a company man, he might secretly be running the WSB instead of just serving as a station chief, and he's never cared about anything other than the bureau until now. Valentin advises Jason to keep Carly away from Brennan, as if Jason needed any encouragement to try to make that happen. He orders Carly to stop seeing Brennan, which I'm sure will take care of it. Just before the press conference announcing Drew's new GH/sports/wellness thing (I still don't know what it actually is), Trina tells Curtis that she's worried that Kai is too naïve about Drew. Curtis lets Kai know that Drew can't be trusted, which makes Kai worry that he needs to distance himself from the initiative. Curtis thinks he should stick with it, since it's a good idea, but just be wary of any promises Drew makes. Jordan still has questions about why Curtis and Portia are publicly supporting the initiative. Portia says it's because she wants to smooth things over, and Curtis says it's to let Drew think he's won a battle. Also supporting the initiative: an anti-Laura councilman named Ezra Boyle who Drew apparently thinks could make a good ally. After the press conference, Portia complains to Ava about how she has to play nice with Drew, but Ava thinks that if all that requires is smiling for cameras and backing a good cause, she should consider herself lucky. Portia's trying to be proactive, looking for something informative in Drew's medical records. Willow has officially decided to move in with Drew, and she shoots down every concern Nina has about Michael using that to take the kids. Out of other options, Nina takes a peek at the contents of Drew's safe. Ava won't drop the idea that she can get money from the Cassadines, so she asks Alexis for a loan. Kristina's there and tells her it's never going to happen, and Alexis adds that she's not going to do anything that angers Kristina, so Ava's out of luck. Ava throws a tantrum, which doesn't help. Kristina vents to Lucky, who urges her to let everything with Ava go because Irene wouldn't want her to continue being upset. It's Kristina, so...no. Lucas repeats a lot of what Felicia said to Carly about why she shouldn't be with Brennan, and Carly again blames Valentin for everything and refuses to ditch her man. I guess Lucky and Elizabeth are back together? And just not talking about the details or the fact that this is, like, their eighth try? I don't know.
I can't believe Valentin didn't bring up the fact that Jason infiltrated Pikeman. He could have demanded two favors.
Dear everyone: Stop telling Carly what to do. Not only is it infantalizing, it's a waste of time and energy.
We could have had Daniel Cosgrove as Brennan! We could have had a Brennan with charisma! A Brennan who doesn't put me to sleep!
I'd love to know what Portia thinks she might find in Drew's medical records that she can use against him.
Instead of begging everyone she knows for money, maybe Ava should, I don't know, go to work? Try to sell some art? Whatever, she's totally going to get a loan from Sidwell and wind up screwing herself over.
March 24th, 2025
Anna questions why Valentin risked what he'd worked so hard for – a home with Charlotte and a relationship with Anna – and why he didn't stay gone once he'd gained freedom. Valentin says it was for her, but she thinks that's bull. He asks Alexis to use some of the money that's supposed to eventually be Ace's to make sure Charlotte has everything that her father can no longer give her. Alexis won't break the law for him, but she promises to be there for Charlotte as a family member. Charlotte turns up at the police station, wanting to see Valentin, and Lulu follows soon after, having guessed that that's where she went. Anna thinks Lulu should let Charlotte say goodbye to her father, but Lulu doesn't think that's what's best for Charlotte. Lulu encounters Alexis for the first time since her return and expresses her gratitude and sorrow over Sam's part in her recovery. Alexis has no hard feelings and is glad that Lulu's back with her family. When Lulu again resists letting Charlotte see Valentin, Alexis notes that it's important to say goodbye because not everyone gets the chance to. That's all it takes for Lulu to change her mind. To absolutely no one's surprise, Jason can't get Carly to agree to stop seeing Brennan, or to even admit that she's in more danger because of him than she ever was because of Sonny or Jason. She acknowledges that it might not work out, but she hopes Jason will be there for her if it doesn't. Jason tells her that if she dies because of Brennan, he'll serve up to Brennan whatever happened to her. Ava talks Portia down from using Drew's medical records for anything that would just add to her rap sheet and list of unethical acts. They decide that Portia needs more resources to go up against Drew, and maybe an ally who also wants to take him down. Enter Nina, who Drew just caught peeking in his safe (though he says there's nothing in there that will do her any good). She tries to get through to him that Willow will lose the kids if she moves in with him, but he's insistent that if it comes to a court battle, he can defeat Michael. He tells Willow the same thing when she shows up, and of course, she believes him. Josslyn gets frustrated during a lie-detector test when she's asked what she would do if she came face-to-face with the person who bombed Sonny's penthouse. Brennan tells her it's a test of her grace under fire. Then he tests her again by telling her what happened to Carly and giving her the chance to go home, which would mean giving up her shot at the WSB. Josslyn chooses to continue training instead, but now she's aware of Carly's relationship with Brennan and the danger it could put her in. Vaughn uses that to get under her skin, because he's a jerk. Lucas tells Elizabeth what Brad said about blackmailing Portia to be allowed to go to the symposium. Elizabeth puts together that Portia's meetings with Ric are probably part of that. Lucas is hesitant to do any digging, since they might not like what they uncover, but he and Elizabeth convince themselves that they owe it to the hospital to find answers.
'Bye, Valentin! Don't come back!
Playing the Sam card was a strange move for Carly. Why bring up the fact that Sam got to make the decision to stay with Jason despite the danger when ultimately she changed her mind and left him?
One of the annoying things about this Willow/Drew mess is that people keep bringing up Michael, but until there's recast news, he's a non-entity, so it's all a waste of our time.
Interesting that Drew didn't tell Willow that Nina was snooping in the house. It was a good move, first because now Nina owes him one, and second because Drew can't be accused of trying to harm Nina and Willow's relationship. Ew, I feel weird complimenting him.
Brennan must really want Josslyn in the WSB, because anyone else would get booted for their attitude.
I wish Josslyn had hooked Brennan up to the lie detector before asking him if he really cares about Carly.
March 25th, 2025
Kristina tells Sonny that Ava's broke and advises him to take advantage of her situation to renegotiate custody of Avery. Sonny declines, still thinking he made the right decision when he agreed to shared custody. Ava goes to Lucas, hoping he can give her some of Julian's money, but he never got any of that and wouldn't want anything to do with it if he had. Ava then goes to Sonny, first to ask for more child support, then to straight-out request $2 million when he tells her he knows about her money problems. He agrees to a loan, but in return, he wants to change their custody arrangement. Things dissolve quickly, with Ava blaming Sonny for Michael's condition and Sonny throwing Morgan and Connie's deaths in Ava's face. His heart problems flare up, and when he can't reach his medication, Ava realizes that she suddenly has some major power. Brennan expects Carly to break things off with him because of the danger he puts her in, which just goes to show how little he knows her. She warns him that Jason will kill him if anything happens to her, which upsets her but isn't enough to make her back off. Anyway, Carly and Brennan are officially together, and I'm really not looking forward to everyone's disapproving looks. Elizabeth charms Ric into telling her that Portia's facing something big and has been consulting him for legal reasons. He doesn't go into any detail, but he asks her to find out which test results Portia has accessed over the past year, so it probably won't be hard for her to put things together. Tracy's very interested in Lois' sudden departure from town but can't get Brook to tell her what led to it. She tells Ned that Brook and Lois must have had a big fight, but Ned knows better than to wade into that, especially when his daughter is an adult who can take care of herself. Lulu quits her job at Deception, partly because Chase told her to stay away from Brook. She thinks Brook sent Chase to threaten her, but Brook swears that she didn't know anything about their conversation. They fight yet a-freaking-gain about Dante, and Brook accuses Lulu of being mad not because Brook lied to him but because Dante lied when he said they'd never slept together. Emma and Gio have an idea for how the Quartermaines can appease Drew over the crypt, but Ned doesn't think it'll work. They decide to try again, this time getting a Quartermaine to team with them. Ned already has another idea: threaten to expose Drew's whatever-that-was-because-it-wasn't-a-relationship with Nina. Tracy thinks it's too big a bomb to deploy and too big a form of leverage to lose once it's been deployed, but they'll keep it in their back pocket in case they ever need Nina to do them a favor. Lucas tells Maxie about Marco and she encourages him to get in touch with his would-be one-night stand because something good could come from it. Vaughn starts to demonstrate that he's not as annoying and impersonal as he presents himself to be.
Didn't I predict this exact situation for Ava and Sonny not that long ago? (That's a rhetorical question. I did.)
Ava, a word of advice: Don't use the phrase "over my dead body" with a guy who would love to see you dead.
There must be some amazing sound-proofing in that house if Kristina didn't hear Sonny and Ava yelling.
Hmmm, what did happen to Julian's money?
That answers one question I had: Elizabeth is completely aware of her effect on Ric.
"What is wrong with you?" "Do we have to open that can of worms?" Heh. I love Lucas.
Little do Ned and Tracy know that Nina is on their side about Drew and Willow, so blackmailing her to do what they want would be unnecessary.
At this point, Willow might be the only person in town who doesn't know that Drew and Nina were sleeping together.
March 26th, 2025
Ava pointedly declines to give Sonny his medication, but Kristina comes in and helps him before things can get too bad. Isaiah makes another house call and advises Sonny to move up his surgery date. Sonny says he will if he can make progress on finding the bomber before the scheduled date. Laura comes by and Sonny tells her about his health issues and fight with Ava. He confides that his rage, which is what triggered his arrhythmia, scares him. Kristina also has rage, and after a visit to Irene's grave, she decides that she needs to be the one to stop Ava before she can take anything else from Kristina. Curtis ticks Drew off again by having Aurora's coverage of the press conference focus on Jordan, and referring to Drew as Congressman Cain. Drew finds him hanging out with Tracy and Stella and gets to see firsthand that his enemies are starting to team up. Jordan is still worried that Drew will get revenge for Curtis' actions on someone he cares about, which pretty much guarantees that that's what's going to happen. But for now, Drew is plowing ahead with his plot against Tracy but asking Ezra to use his connections to have the crypt razed. After fighting with Brook some more, Lulu vents to Cody about the mess she's gotten in the middle of. She admits that Brook was right about her being mad that Dante slept with Brook and lied about it. Ezra bugs Laura and Jordan about how slowly the esplanade project is taking and how much faster it would be moving if they'd taken over Sonny's property. He makes it no secret that he disapproves of Laura's friendship with Sonny, but she really doesn't care what he thinks. Ezra tries to turn Jordan against Laura, encouraging her to quit her job in protest of Laura's support of Sonny, which could gain Jordan the support she needs to become mayor herself. Emma and Gio take their solution for the crypt to Brook, who likes their idea but won't back it. She urges them to get out of the mess now, while they can, because it's only going to get worse. Instead, they decide to take things up the chain to Monica. Ava gleefully tells Ric that something's wrong with Sonny, which could be to her advantage, especially if he dies and she can use Avery's inheritance to pay her bills.
Has Kristina ever made a good decision?
Isaiah must be getting some good compensation for all these house calls. When he and Jordan can finally go on dates in public, she's going to be treated like the queen she is.
Stella's just like me: I don't want to be involved in the drama, but I want a front-row seat to watch it.
Drew must not care about the public's opinion of him, because razing a crypt, especially one that holds people like Lila and Emily, is going to make him very unpopular.
March 27th, 2025
Jason agrees with Isaiah that Sonny should move up his surgery date, but Sonny's fully focused on the bomber. Brick provides a lead on him, and Jason can't talk Sonny out of coming to Toronto with him to find the guy. Ezra got to Jordan a little, because she tells Isaiah that while she thinks the right move is to side with Laura and Sonny, if she were the mayor, she would shut Sonny down. Isaiah either doesn't know the full extent of Sonny's crimes or is willing to overlook them after getting to know him a little, because he doesn't think Sonny is all bad. Brick shows up with flowers for Jordan and is disappointed to realize that she's dating Isaiah. He agrees to keep their relationship quiet, but he lets Isaiah know that he dug into his past and knows some unsavory things about his family. Lucky wants to take Elizabeth to New York for a sequel to a trip they took there as teenagers. Alexis steels herself to extend an olive branch to Ric for Molly's sake. To her surprise (and Diane's delight), Ric apologizes first, having taken what Cody said to heart. It's the icing on the cake to Molly's day, as she's just reached out to Kristina and they've agreed to lay aside their conflicts and try to patch things up. Felicia bugs Sasha again to put the baby's father's medical history in her records, but for some reason, Sasha thinks this means that he would be involved when she doesn't want him to be. Felicia also urges her to clarify things like custody and other legal issues so that Jason can't come around later and ask for things Sasha doesn't want him to have. Chase is really ticked at Lulu because of the threat she poses to Brook's secrets. Brook shares her theory that Lulu's real problem is with Dante for not telling her that he and Brook had a fling. Chase is like, "That's her problem, and if she doesn't step off, I'm going to be her problem, too." Ava has another run-in with Kristina and threatens to take Sonny back to court now that it looks like he's physically unable to care for Avery. Stella and Lucas do a PSA for kidney disease.
Yes, Ava, you should definitely threaten further legal action when you have no money. Also, there's nothing stopping Sonny from telling a judge that you were going to let him die.
Diane can join me and Stella in the front-row seats for all the drama.
Stop making Vernee Watson do PSAs.
Alexis and Diane need to hire a new lawyer? Is that what will bring Marco to town?
March 28th, 2025
Kristina tears into Ava for threatening Sonny with another custody battle after withholding his medication and leaving him die. Ava argues that she's doing what's best for her child, which Kristina wouldn't understand since she's not a mother. Kristina vows to take Ava down, then does the first thing she can think of: She cuts Ava's brake line. She immediately regrets her actions and tries to call Ava, who happily ignores the call. It wouldn't matter anyway, since Kristina didn't cut Ava's brakes, she cut Ric's, and he happens to be driving Elizabeth home. Ezra shows up at the Quartermaines' with a court order saying that the crypt can be razed. Trina, Emma, and Gio prove that they know enough about the law to at least stall the proceedings, and Trina takes a page out of Emma's book by filming everything. Emma chains herself to the crypt, and when Tracy arrives, she joins the peaceful protest. Unfortunately, Emma's plan to get Anna involved backfires, and Anna orders her chains removed. Sonny and Jason find the bomber but are probably going to have some trouble getting him to spill who he was working for. Kai lets Drew know that he has some reservations about working together. Drew tells his version of the story of his falling-out with Curtis and saying he regrets how things unfolded. He proceeds to more or less make a play for custody of Kai in the breakup, giving him the name of a doctor who might be able to operate and allow him to play football again. Kai's smart enough to know that Drew might want something in return, but when Drew doesn't, Kai figures that this good deed and a friendship with a promising athlete could be enough for him. Lulu isn't sure that Lucky and Elizabeth are wise to recreate one of their best memories together, because all the time that's past and all the baggage they're bringing to their reunion could discolor things. Lucky assures her that he's not looking to the past, he's shaping a future with Elizabeth. Ava clues Ric in that Elizabeth manipulated him into telling her things that should have been protected by attorney-client privilege. He denies that she would do that, and Ava taunts that he's too blinded by his enduring love for her that he can't see that she's not the saint he believes she is. Sasha gets to work on her part of her deal with Sidwell, trying to convince Maxie that her kidnapping was all a misunderstanding because Holly's a disaster, and Maxie shouldn't give up a great business opportunity because of it.
I had no idea that the conversation yesterday about Ric parking in Ava's parking spot was actually a Chekhov's gun. Credit where credit's due – that was excellent.
Uh, how does Kristina know how to cut someone's brakes?
The 20-somethings on this show are smarter than all the other characters. Especially Emma. I think she's going to rule the world someday. I'm looking forward to it.
"Elizabeth. Of course. That's why you're talking like that." Ha! I've never related to Ava more than when she was rolling her eyes over Ric and Elizabeth.
Maxie should really be suspicious of Sasha. She's not the type to be like, "Actually, I was wrong, the guy who kidnapped me and almost blew me up isn't that bad after all."
March 31st, 2025
Kristina and Lucky arrive at the scene where Ric crashed his car, and Kristina blurts out that she thought she was cutting Ava's brake line. Lucky sends her to Charlie's, telling her to pretend she's been there all night. It's only after she leaves that he sees that Elizabeth was also in the car. Kristina follows Lucky's instructions and joins Molly at Charlie's, unable to tell her sister what happened to her father. They hang out with Mac and Cody, since Mac wants to celebrate how Cody helped Ric and Alexis smooth things over. When Molly learns about Ric's accident, Kristina and Cody go to the hospital with her and discover that Elizabeth was also injured. Anna arrests Emma and lectures her about what Anna sees as her immaturity and interference in something that doesn't concern her. Emma passionately explains that she got involved in the fight for the crypt because Edward saved her life when she was a child, and because Alan was the doctor who gave Robin her HIV diagnosis and supported her when she didn't have many people around. Anna realizes that Emma did what she did for good reasons and isn't just trying to stir up trouble. Unfortunately, she has prior arrests on her record, so Tracy's attempts to get her out of lockup fail. Trina livestreams a statement from Tracy about her attempts to secure her family's final resting place and Drew's selfish efforts to disrupt it. Ezra humors them for a while, then orders Tracy and Yuri arrested. At the last minute, Diane arrives with a cease-and-desist that keeps the crypt where it is and bars Drew from using the Quartermaine name. It turns out that Emma and Gio's plan was a success, and Monica made a deal with a land trust to cede a different part of the property so the crypt doesn't have to move. Isaiah has to kick Lucky out of Elizabeth's trauma room while Lucky tries not to freak out about Elizabeth's injuries. The bomber tells Sonny and Jason that he doesn't know who hired him, but he can give them contact information. He attacks Jason, who accidentally kills him, leaving Sonny and Jason with just his computer and records to work with. Jason's concerned that whoever's behind all this will hire another hitman and they'll have to face another threat in the midst of Sonny's health problems. Drew informs Alexis of his changing living arrangements, which she, like everyone else in town, thinks are a bad idea. She makes a reasonable argument that Scout needs stability right now after experiencing so much loss and change. Drew fully ignores her and plans to proceed with moving Willow and her kids in.
If they kill off Ric, I will burn this house down.
Braedyn Bruner was great today.
I keep picturing Patrick watching Trina's livestream, seeing Emma get arrested, and letting out one long, deep sigh.
Tracy should have mentioned that the people in the crypt were also Drew's family.
Turner is going to love that Jason left the country and killed someone.