On General Hospital this past week, Peter August is finally
gone thanks to Felicia. Anna (Finola
Hughes) pretended to make a phone call for an ambulance for Peter after Felicia
hit him with a tire iron. Anna did not
call an ambulance as she believed he should die in order for Peter’s reign of
terror to finally be over. Anna stayed
with Peter in his final moments: 1) to make sure he died and 2) she didn’t
think he deserved to die alone. Hughes
was phenomenal in these scenes as she captured Anna’s complex feelings where Peter
is concerned. Hughes crouched over Peter
at his side and spoke in a stern voice as Anna explained to Peter that Maxie
and Louise will never feel safe as long as Peter is alive. When Peter asks if she called the ambulance, Hughes
broke eye contact as Anna softly admits, “No, there’s no ambulance coming”. A subtle acting choice that conveyed Anna’s
guilt for not doing so was perfect for that moment. Peter reaches out for Anna’s hand as he’s
dying; Hughes choice of brief hesitation before grabbing onto his hand was also
a spot-on choice. After Peter dies, Anna
whispers, “I’m sorry”. This apology can cover
so many things: sorry for not calling for help, sorry for letting him down (as
Anna feels guilty that she couldn’t save Peter from himself), sorry for not
stopping his reign of terror sooner. She
tries to convince herself what she did was okay by repeating, “It’s over, it’s
over” as she knows deep down this was the only way to officially stop Peter. Hughes captures Anna’s struggle of being a
professional spy while having a personal connection to Peter. When Anna gets ready to go up the stairs to
meet up with Maxie, Felicia, and Drew; she stops to break down in tears and
then composes herself before telling them what happened. Peter had killed so many people and hurt
countless others which was a huge part of why fans wanted Peter gone for quite
some time. Anna is one of the people who
was closely effected as Peter preyed on their connection and duped her into thinking
he was a changed man. It seems only
fitting that Anna got to be there in Peter’s final moments and let him know that
she wasn’t going to do anything to help him, but in very Anna fashion wasn’t
going to leave him alone. Hughes has
been stellar throughout this entire storyline and fans can’t wait to see what’s
next for Anna as she will come to terms with her role in Peter’s death.
General Hospital
Maxie lets Peter know that she has no intentions of staying
with him. She plans on leaving the first
chance she gets or die trying. She
blames Peter for his role in Nathan’s death and she blames herself for letting
Peter prey on her vulnerability. Peter
makes another attempt to get close to her, but she knees him and runs
away. Dante, Drew, and Anna show up at
the cabin that they have been staying in and there is a shootout. They think Peter is shooting at them and that
Maxie is inside. They go in to find the
double agent [working for Victor] shooting at them. He has been shot and Dante stays with him to watch
over him while Drew and Anna go looking for Peter and Maxie. Maxie makes it to the main road and flags
down the first car she sees, which happens to be Felicia. They ride off, but Peter catches up to them
and runs their car off the road. Maxie
runs out of the car to have Peter chase her and be away from Felicia. Peter catches up to Maxie and shoots at
her. He makes one final plea for her to
go off with him otherwise he’d shoot her.
Maxie says she’d rather die than go with Peter. She tries to guilt him
into not shooting her; saying if he was ever good, he wouldn’t. Peter blames Maxie for not saving him and so
he feels like she’s responsible for how things turned out. He goes to shoot her, but Felicia hits him
with a tire iron and he falls down.
Maxie grabs his gun away from him.
Drew and Anna show up and they assess Peter. Drew notes he has a weak pulse and tells Anna
to call an ambulance. She walks off to
do so and comes back. Drew, Maxie, and
Felicia leave Anna alone with Peter.
Anna admits she didn’t call an ambulance but stays with Peter as he
dies. Once he does, she notified the
others. They then go back home. Felicia reunites with Mac and Anna has a reunion
with Robert. Anna feels guilty about
what happened with Peter. Maxie goes to
visit BLQ to get her baby back; Chase and Ned are present. Maxie lets BLQ know that she plans on having
the baby’s name be Bailey Louise. She
also lets BLQ know that since Maxie will be mommy, she wants BLQ to be
momma. After Maxie leaves with the baby,
BLQ breaks down in tears in Ned’s arms.
Prior to Maxie returning home, BLQ and Chase shared their first kiss at
the hospital when they were waiting on word about Maxie.
Laura tries to get through to Esme while Nikolas tries to
make amends with Spencer. Spencer still
feels like Nikolas constantly chooses Ava over him and is furious that his
father got away with shooting Hayden.
Sam catches Victor talking to his henchman about Peter and is able to
snap a picture and running away before she is caught. Sam fills in Laura and Robert about what she
saw, but they are briefly overheard by a double agent who reports back to
Victor that Sam is on his trail.
Trina tells Joss that Spencer got her a thoughtful gift and
Joss tells Trina that she and Cam slept together for the first time at the
cabin. Esme shows up and says she wants
to make amends with them. Joss doesn’t believe
her and tries to provoke Esme to show her true feelings. In doing so, Joss tells Esme that Spencer got
Trina a gift and Esme lies that she knew about it, so Joss tries to call her
bluff. Esme eventually excuses herself
and Trina is mad at Joss for interfering.
Esme plans on framing Trina for recording/sharing a video of Cam and
Joss sleeping together at the cabin as revenge.
Olivia updates Ava about Ned’s plans on adopting Leo and
about Leo’s autism diagnosis.
Sonny and Carly have a meeting with their divorce
lawyers. While initially disagreeing on
living arrangements and custody of the children; they ultimately agree on Carly
living on the main house with Donna while Sonny will live in the penthouse with
Avery. Carly later meets with Ava and
they agree to make sure that they both get to see Avery and be in her life, despite
whatever potential tricks Sonny may try.
Sonny later goes to Charlie’s where he runs into Brando and talks Brando
into taking Sasha on a romantic getaway.
After Brando leaves, Sonny drunk dials Nina. Before Sonny could drive home drunk, Nina
shows up and takes him home. The next
morning, Nina confronts Sonny about him drinking and the danger it causes with
his medication. They also talk about
their complicated feelings for each other.
Drew and Carly go to Sonny’s penthouse to fill him in about Peter and
see he’s there with Nina.
Sasha admits to Nina that seeing Brando reminds her of the
son they lost. Brando asks Sasha to go
away with him and she can see it means a lot to him, so she agrees. Before leaving, Sasha runs into her former
drug dealer and asks for enough drugs to get her through the next few days.
Elizabeth confides in Finn about what has been going on and
he thinks maybe its Liz’s sons doing these things. Liz thinks Betsy is still a possibility and
she calls her to ask to meet up.
Shawn tells Alexis he plans on relocating to San Francisco,
but wonders if Alexis is interested in pursuing their relationship that would
make him stay.
Harmony pays someone to forge a fake birth certificate that
she can provide for Willow to avoid telling her the truth.
The Bold & The Beautiful
Brooke pleads with Liam to go to Steffy’s to ask to see
their daughter in an attempt to find Ridge and talk to him. Ridge tells Taylor that he wants to be with
her and they kiss. Steffy and Thomas
catch them in an intimate moment and Ridge tells them that they are his
home. In an attempt to get more privacy,
they go off to Taylor’s bedroom. Liam
shows up and Steffy and Thomas inform him of their parents’ reunion. Ridge spends the night there. Brooke calls Eric to see if he has heard from
Ridge and she fills him in on her relapse.
The next morning, Ridge goes to see Brooke. Brooke wants to fight for their marriage and
she notices that he took off his wedding ring.
Ridge blames Brooke for letting Deacon back into their lives for getting
in the way of their marriage and he lets her know that it is over between them
and kisses her goodbye. Brooke grieves
the end of their marriage. Ridge tells
Thomas and Steffy that he officially broke up with Brooke.
Steffy rubs it in Hope’s face that Brooke and Ridge broke
up. Hope calls her out for never wanting
the marriage to work out.
Sheila visits Taylor at her office again to let her know
that she is still an ally.
Paris visited Carter at his apartment and thinks he made the
wrong decision to call off their relationship.
Carter has flashbacks of his conversations with Grace about staying away
from Paris otherwise she’d tell the Forrester family. Carter tries to convince Paris that it’s best
they stay apart, but she is adamant that he’s wrong and she kisses him.
The Young & The Restless
Mariah and Tessa are torn on wedding themes: getting married
at a museum, getting married during a music festival, or a murder mystery
dinner. They call in Sharon, Nick, Noah,
Moses, and Faith to help them decide and they are torn with Noah being the
deciding vote. Noah thinks they should do
a combination of them all to capture their personalities. Nick and Sharon wonder if Moses and Faith
have discussed how their relationship might be affected by college. Sharon isn’t worried since Faith applied to
many out-of-town schools. Moses tells
Faith he might remain local and Faith tells him she might do the same.
Phyllis tells Summer that she is going to stay in Genoa City. She tracks down the address that Jack got in
a text and the owner has the same name as Jack’s former father-in-law. Jack tells Phyllis and Tracy that he and
Keemo haven’t spoken in decades; that Keemo wanted nothing to do with Jack after
he found out that Jack hid his mother’s diagnosis from him. They wonder then if it’s Keemo texting Jack
in an attempt to reconnect, but Jack is skeptical. Phyllis and Jack dig deeper and find out that
Keemo passed away three weeks prior to the texts.
Dominic has the bone marrow transplant. Devon and Amanda spend the night with Chance
and Abby as they wait to see how he’s recovering. Chance asks Sharon to provide him a list of
therapists for him.
Nate asks Victor for his opinion on joining
Newman-Locke. Victor supports the idea,
but is weary that Ashland is the one who proposed it. Lily offers Nate a job at Chancellor and Devon
offers Nate a job as well. Michael
updates Victor that he met with the doctor who worked at the clinic in Peru that
Ashland donated money toward. The doctor
told Michael that Ashland gave money if the clinic would provide fake medical
records about his cancer and that Ashland was fine all along. Victor worries Ashland is playing Victoria to
get to the company and he shares his concerns with Nikki. Victor wants Adam to help spy on Ashland and
Adam initially refuses as he feels like he’s being tested. Though Adam ultimately agrees to help after
talking it out with Sally.
Billy accuses of Ashland of playing Victoria and Ashland deflects. Victoria defends Ashland and Billy warns her
that Ashland is going to hurt her. Ashland
tells Victoria that he wants to be co-CEO and though she’s weary at first, she
agrees and says she’ll go about having his title changed.
Days Of Our Lives
Abigail drugs Kristen so she can buy herself time to look
for Sarah. Abigail finds the room that Sarah
was in, but Sarah is not there. Instead,
Sarah makes it to the cellar and finds Steve and Kayla. Sarah tells Steve and Kayla that she is Renee
DuMonde and that she’s in love with Tony which shocks them. They try to help Sarah remember who she
really is; that Sarah was at their most recent wedding, that she’s a Horton,
and that she was engaged to Xander – nothing rings a bell and Sarah is adamant
that she is Renee. She’s upset when she
hears that Tony is married to Anna.
Kayla tells Steve they should humor her and find a way home
together. Kristen catches up with
Abigail and tells her what happened with Sarah.
Abigail blames herself for Sarah’s current state because Kristen
injected Sarah with the drug that Abigail left behind when she intended on
drugging Gwen. Kristen gives Abigail the
diary that belonged to Renee that Sarah read which led her to think she is
Renee.
Kate feels guilty for EJ being sent to prison and Chad
reminds her that if EJ goes free that Lucas would have to go to jail. Chad no longer feels guilty about EJ since he
thinks EJ kissed Abigail. Tony and Chad
plan on talking to the pilot who Shawn suspects is the one who took Abigail and
Sarah out of town. Anna meets TR Coates
and tries to convince him to cast her in his movie. She then decides to try to write a screen
story based on her love story with Tony, starting with Tony finding out that
Anna slept with Andre who she thought was Tony at the time.
Lani fills in Eli about what happened when she met her
father. TR tries to talk to Paulina and
tries to convince her that he’s a changed man, but she’s not having any of it
and throws him out. He warns that they
will meet again. Paulina recruits Abe to
help her. Eli later pays TR a visit and
introduces himself as a detective and Lani’s husband.
Xander pawns the engagement ring he had gotten for Sarah so
that he can get a new ring for Gwen.
Gwen tells Maggie that she will be marrying Xander. Xander gives Gwen her new ring and their
happy celebration is temporarily interrupted when Jack arrives to question Gwen
if she knows what happened to Abigail.
She’s able to talk herself out of the situation and Jack congratulates
them on their engagement.
EJ arrives in prison and meets his cellmate, Clyde. Clyde is thrilled when he realizes EJ doesn’t remember
that Clyde is responsible for EJ being shot.
Nancy pays Marlena a visit and confides in her that Craig is
gay. She blames herself and wonders if
there’s anything she can do or change to fix their marriage. Marlena reassures her that nothing is wrong
with either of them and that sexual orientation is not a choice. Nancy runs into Craig later and tells him she
wants a divorce. Chloe sees Craig “flirting”
with Johnny, but Craig sets the record straight. He does however ask her if she’d be willing to
meet the man he fell in love with as he’s coming to town. Chloe asks Brady to join her in meeting him.
John plans a surprise for Marlena on Valentine’s Day. Jake tries to do the same with Gabi, but she
is not receptive. She lies and says she
has to meet up with Rafe, but she goes to see Johnny and vent. Johnny tries to calm her down and that they
will take down Jake together. He goes to
kiss her, but Jake interrupts. When Jake
tries to make amends with Gabi, they kiss, which angers Johnny. Johnny as the Devil forces them apart and
orchestrates a text from Maggie to Jake.
Gabi is back to thinking Jake is getting ready to double cross her.
Nicole spills the beans to Ava that she slept with Rafe on
Halloween and that they think she already knew and is responsible for framing
Rafe. Ava denies and pretends this is
news to her and storms off hurt. Nicole
tries to get Trask to see Ava is responsible but there’s no evidence. Nicole pretends to be Jennifer to interview
one of the witnesses in an attempt to get the truth, but Trask catches her.
Ava spills to Allie that Tripp plans on proposing to her. Chanel asks Tripp if he would be willing to
stand up for her in court to testify that Johnny was in love with Chanel. He agrees to and lets her know he plans on
proposing to Allie. Allie and Chanel run
into each other and Allie tells her she found out from Ava about the
proposal. Chanel asks her what her
answer will be.
Julie visits Ben and Ciara and is hurt to see that the cross
she gave as a gift is not hung up. They
fill her in that it kept turning upside down.
That on top of the fire that happened at Julie’s, Julie is convinced the
Devil is still in Salem. After Julie
leaves, Ben and Ciara try to figure out who it could be and they deduce it
could be Johnny.
(Article written by Adriana Grecco)
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