Sonny Corinthos continued to spiral this past week on “General
Hospital” since he stopped taking his medication for his bipolar disorder. Maurice Benard (Sonny) truly captured Sonny’s
rollercoaster of emotions as Sonny experienced a manic episode. The week started off with Sonny meeting up with
Carly at Luke’s memorial; he was trying to convince her that they need to physically
be together in order to work out their marriage issues. Sonny is not able to be a compassionate
listener while he’s manic and so he was ignoring Carly’s wishes for time and
space. Sonny shows up at The Savoy and
tells Curtis that he wants to rent his club for a night so he can make a grand
gesture to Carly. He whips out a roll of
cash on impulse. Benard captures Sonny’s
impulsiveness through his fast-paced speech as Sonny is trying to have his
words match how quickly the thoughts in his heard are coming. When Drew shows up and tries to assist Curtis
in turning him down and getting him out of the Savoy, Sonny lashes out at
Drew. Sonny says Drew was never his
friend and that Jason should have let him die in Greece. He corrects himself that Drew was only his friend
when they thought he was Jason and that he was a terrible Jason. Benard captures the mix of emotions Sonny is
feeling; he is lashing out at Drew not only because of Sonny’s heightened
mania, but because he is still deeply hurting over the loss of his best
friend. The pain in his eyes as he
discusses Jason is evident. Nina shows
up and is able to convince Sonny to leave with her. Nina takes him home and is able to tell he’s
having a manic episode, but she is not sure what to do. She offers to call Carly, Michael, Dante;
anyone Sonny would want. However, Sonny
doesn’t want anyone to see him like this.
Nina stays the night and notices in the morning that Sonny never went to
sleep. He was shoveling without gloves
on and got frost bite, but Sonny doesn’t feel it. He tells Nina about his grandiose plans to
have a picnic for his daughters out in the snow. Benard takes a moment to slow his speech and
soften his facial expression when Sonny questions Nina if she thinks he’d hurt
his daughters and if Nina doesn’t trust him.
Nina replies that she trusts Sonny with her life, it’s his bipolar
disorder she doesn’t trust. Nina stands
between Sonny and the door to prevent him from leaving and he unintentionally
grabs her too hard. When Nina brings it
to Sonny’s attention, he automatically is in shock and feels guilty and remorseful. Benard captures these feelings by Sonny
looking down and away, not able to give Nina eye contact and even covers his
face with his hand for a moment. He also
shows how Sonny is scared when he softly asks Nina if she’s scared of Sonny. She tells him she’s scared for him. Nina asks Sonny to describe what having
bipolar is like. Benard displays Sonny’s
pain and vulnerability when he tries to describe it to Nina. Sonny ultimately agrees to go to the hospital
with Nina to get his medication. There
is a beautiful shot at the end of their scenes when Sonny leans into Nina and
rests his head on her shoulder which is similar to the scene when Sonny leaned
into Nina after he survived the fire at the Tan-O. Maurice Benard and Cynthia Watros (Nina) have
undeniable chemistry and they are dynamite in all of their scenes. Fans can’t wait to see what happens next in Sonny’s
storyline as they know Benard will always deliver!
General Hospital
Ned and Olivia tell Leo that they plan on renewing their
vows and that Ned will legally adopt Leo which he is open to. Ned invites Austin to their vow renewal and
Austin declines. When Britt asks Austin
why he was so invested in Leo’s case, he ultimately confides in her that his
brother has autism.
Valentin has hung onto Bailey’s sonogram. It hurts him to see it, but he isn’t ready to
let go of it yet. Victor offers to temporarily
hang onto it for him. Victor later bumps
into Maxie who drops her sonogram of Louise.
Victor picks it up and notices it’s identical to Bailey’s. He has the sonogram verified at the hospital
and he figures out that Bailey is really Louise. Victor shares this information with Peter and
theorizes how the plan probably came to be.
Peter is hurt at the idea that Maxie would let him think their daughter
was missing or worse, dead. Victor
expects Peter to follow through on their agreement. Peter tells Victor he won’t give him the
information he wants on Drew unless Victor helps him get Louise. Peter runs into BLQ and Chase with Bailey and
Peter makes a comment that the baby looks just like her mother. BLQ is worried that was his cryptic way of
letting them know he knows that Bailey is Louise. Chase doesn’t think Peter knows. Meanwhile, Maxie goes back to where she gave
birth with Austin, Felicia, and Anna.
Going back there triggers memories for Austin and he remembers hearing
Maxie talking to another woman. Maxie
tries to convince him that he must have heard her fighting with the fake nurse,
but he’s adamant that he heard Maxie talking calmly about a plan. He tells Maxie that he knows about her plan
to put the baby up to adoption with Britt’s help which stuns Maxie. He tries to convince her that she can confide
in him. They kiss.
After finding out that Chase has yet to claim Bailey as his
legally, it makes Valentin wonder what is going on with BLQ and the baby. As Valentin is talking to Martin, he tries to
put the pieces together as to why both Chase and Maxie would go along with BLQ’s
lies unless it somehow benefited Maxie.
He figures out Bailey must be Louise.
Valentin goes to the hospital, asking for Bailey’s medical records. Victor notices him there and kidnaps him from
the parking lot of the hospital. Laura
convinces Martin to drop Peter as his client.
Alexis tells Harmony they should put their friendship on
hold until she can figure out how Kristina would feel about it. Meanwhile, Kristina tells Sam that she’s upset
that Sam spoke on her behalf in regard to Alexis and Harmony’s friendship. She’s empathetic that Harmony is trying to
rebuild her life like she is and she doesn’t want their mother to lose a friend
because of her.
Spencer and Trina bond over skiing at Kelly’s and he’s able
to temporarily forget about his Spring Ridge sentence. Spencer, Trina, Esme, Joss, and Cam arrive at
the cabin and they go skiing. Esme is
jealous when she hears that Spencer is the one who inspired him to want to try
it again and she’s disappointed that they weren’t going to spend alone time at
the cabin. They return to the cabin
after skiing and Esme is further jealous when she hears Spencer complimenting
Trina’s skiing. Esme makes them all
drinks and she puts a drug in Trina’s drink.
They play “never have I ever” and Esme asks questions that would get
Trina to drink more. She also asks
questions that drudge up Trina and Cam’s past almost-relationship. When Joss wonders if Trina was actually hurt
or disappointed when Joss and Cam started dating, Trina leaves the room upset
and in tears. Joss lays into Esme for
hurting Trina and calls her a manipulative bitch. Esme is hurt when Spencer doesn’t fully stand
up for her and that his first concern was Trina. Esme threatens to leave the cabin without
Spencer. He ultimately decides to leave
with her. Before they leave, Esme tells
the group that Trina is sleeping and they take her at her word. Joss and Cam recall when they got drunk at
prom and how it was best for them to sleep it off. Joss and Cam wind up having sex for the first
time, not knowing that Esme set up a phone to record it all. On the way back home, Spencer questions Esme
if Joss’ suspicions are true: did she intend to use the trip to hurt Trina and
his friendships with all of them? She
denies it and states that she’s hurt he would even think that about her.
Ava runs into Carly as they wait for a yoga class to start and
she lets Carly know that she’s more than happy to have Avery spend more time
with her as Carly and Sonny work out their issues. Carly lets slip that Avery spent the night at
Bobbie’s and Ava loses it on Carly. She
gets defensive, thinking Carly is trying to keep Avery away from her as she’s
going through her rocky relationship with Sonny. Carly lets her know she let Avery spend the
night with Bobbie as a distraction after Luke’s memorial. Ava apologizes. BLQ listens to their argument and sticks up
for Carly and later asks her if things are really that bad with Sonny considering
she moved out. Sasha shows up to the
yoga class, cheerful and bubbly. Carly
thinks Sasha is avoiding grieving Liam.
Sasha fills her in that she and Brando are grieving differently and
wants people to stop telling her how she should grieve.
The Young & The Restless
Chelsea tells Chloe about her plans to relocate their office
off of Newman Media’s premises. Chloe
ultimately agrees to the idea. Sally and
Adam run into them at Society and Sally is upset that no one told her about the
plans to move or ask for her input.
Chelsea makes sure to remind her that she and Chloe are her
superiors. Sally lets Adam know she’s
upset about how Chelsea disrespects her, but Adam doesn’t want to be put in the
middle of their drama. Chelsea gets growingly
jealous of them. Chelsea and Chloe find
a spot they agree on to pitch to Adam and he ultimately approves of the
move. Sally is disappointed that she won’t
be able to see him every day at the office, but jokes that she’ll just have to
find other ways to see him. Adam admits
that he will miss seeing her around at the office. Chelsea and Sally have words and Chloe is frustrated
with both of them. She lets Chelsea know
that Chelsea will have to figure out how to cope and deal with working with
Sally on her own as she’s done trying.
Chelsea runs into Rey at Crimson Lights and finds relief in the support
of someone who seems to genuinely care about her well-being. Sharon takes note of their interaction.
Adam confides in Sally about Victor’s plan to be more
involved in the company and how Adam sees it as his father not having confidence
in him. Sally tries to put a positive
spin on the situation, but Adam isn’t convinced. Unbeknownst to Adam; Victor makes a deal with
Victoria – she buys Newman Media from Victor and agrees to have Adam to
continue working for the company beneath her.
Ashland is upset with Victoria for making the deal official without
discussing the details with him first. Victoria is the one to break the news
about the company to Adam.
Abby struggles with the idea of Dominic being away while
Devon is thrilled with spending more time with the baby. Devon makes a request through Christine if he
could have Dominic spend the night with him and Amanda right away. Abby and Chance agree, as it would give them
the chance to rest and spend some much needed time together. Devon and Amanda pick up the baby from them
and Abby struggles with handing him over to Devon. Lily, Faith, and Moses spend some time with Dominic
while he is with Devon. Meanwhile, Abby
and Chance spend this time to reconnect.
Later, Chance finds and reads a letter from a widow of one of the men
who died while working on the assignment with Chance in Spain. She thanks Chance for paying for her late
husband’s services and encourages him to not feel guilty for surviving. Chance becomes emotional and Abby tries to be
supportive and echoes the widow’s words from the letter.
Phyllis tells Amanda that she’s considering moving to Italy
to work with Summer. Amanda recruits
Michael to help convince her it wouldn’t be in her best interest to leave Genoa
City. Michael officially resigns as the
D.A. to work for Victor. Jack returns to
town and Phyllis tells him about her plans to go to Italy. She later tells Amanda that she was upset
that Jack didn’t try to convince her to stay and therefore she is even more
confused about where they stand.
Mariah proposes to Tessa and gives her a ring to which Tessa
happily accepts. Noah happens to witness
their special moment. He suggests that
they throw a listening party for Tessa’s new album as the theme for their
engagement party. Worried it would be
all about Tessa as opposed to the couple, Tessa and Sharon are hesitant. Noah sells them on the idea that Tessa’s
album is mostly love songs about Mariah and that when they shot the cover for
the album, Tessa was thinking about Mariah.
Mariah, Tessa, and Sharon are sold on the idea. Mariah starts asking Noah for additional
input for the party and the wedding, but Noah excuses himself, stating he’s
meeting friends for drinks. Tessa offers
to pick up dinner for her and Mariah from Society and runs into Noah there who
is alone and buzzed. Tessa offers to
take Noah home, but he declines and states that it wouldn’t be a good
idea. Tessa doesn’t want to leave him in
that state, but Noah insists he’s ok. He
almost slips to her that he [still] loves her, but tries to cover it up. However, Tessa caught on. Mariah and Tessa attend a seminar about
different ways to adopt. They later
discuss all the different people in their loves who will play a vital role in
their child’s life. When Mariah mentions
Noah, it makes Tessa slightly uncomfortable and Mariah notices.
The Bold & The Beautiful
Steffy and Thomas are thrilled to see that it appears that
their parents are getting closer. Steffy
pushes for them to have a family dinner that evening. However, Taylor isn’t able to make it.
Brooke tells Hope everything about the kiss she shared with
Deacon and that he spent the night.
Brooke doesn’t want Hope to tell anyone, including Liam. However, Hope tells her she has to tell her
husband as he is already aware of the situation since Douglas is the one who
told him about seeing “grandma kissing Santa Clause”. Hope returns to the cabin and tells Liam
about Brooke and Deacon. Brooke is
petrified that Douglas will tell another family member and that they will be
able to uncover the truth. Steffy picks
up Ridge for their family dinner though he is reluctant to leave Brooke. Thomas brings Douglas over for the family
dinner and Douglas tells Thomas, Steffy, and Ridge about seeing “grandma
kissing Santa Clause”. They are initially
confused though their interest is peaked.
When Hope realizes Douglas is with Thomas, she makes up a reason for
Thomas to bring him home. Brooke is
eager to talk to Douglas to try to persuade him to not tell anyone else about
what he saw, but it’s too late. He
admits he already told the Forrester’s.
When Thomas sees Douglas again, he asks him about what Douglas saw. He encourages his son to try to remember if
he saw Santa’s face and if he looked like anyone he knew. Douglas remembers and tells Thomas that he
saw “mommy’s daddy”. Thomas clarifies by
asking Douglas if he saw Deacon and he nods.
Paris wants to have sex with Carter, but he tells her that
they shouldn’t now due to her still dating Zende. She tries to convince Carter that it is okay
considering she’s in an open relationship with Zende. Carter still turns her down with the reason
being that he knows it’s much deeper for Zende considering he was going to
propose to Paris. He doesn’t want to hurt
him like how the situation with Zoey turned out as well as what happened with
Quinn. Meanwhile, Grace shows up at
Forrester Creations looking for Partis, but runs into Zende. She finds out that Zende is about to go on a
date with one of the models and it upsets Grace – who calls Paris to come and
see her. Paris tries to explain her
modern relationship with Zende. Grace
later catches Paris and Carter kissing.
Katie visits Carter and asks him about his personal life. He tells her that he’s interested in someone
who isn’t totally available.
Sheila visits Deacon at his job and tries to get more
information out of him regarding Brooke.
When Hope shows up, Deacon convinces Sheila to leave so Hope doesn’t see
them talking. She stays out of sight,
but eavesdrops on their conversation.
Hope confronts Deacon about drinking with Brooke and wonders if he plans
on interfering in Brooke and Ridge’s relationship. Deacon tells Hope he won’t do anything to
hurt Brooke.
Days Of Our Lives
Chanel tells Allie that Paulina caught them in bed together. Allie tells Chanel that she saw Johnny
kissing Gabi. Paulina requests that
Tripp not be her doctor anymore [as she’s afraid she’ll slip and tell him about
Allie and Chanel]. When he is confused
by her request, she ultimately agrees to let him to continue to treat her. Chanel later tells Paulina that she plans on filing
for a divorce settlement to get money from Johnny in reaction to him hurting
her. Johnny continues to make advances
toward Gabi, which angers Jake. Gabi
tries to convince Jake that she has the situation under control.
When Abigail sees Sarah, she’s convinced it’s Gwen wearing a
mask. However, when Gwen shows up, she
doubts herself. She later tells Chad she’s
not convinced it was really Sarah and that she plans on confronting her at the airfield. Gwen convinces Ava to pretend to be Sarah one
more time so people are convinced Sarah is leaving town on her own accord. Ava ultimately agrees to do so, even though
she had made dinner plans with Rafe and Nicole.
When Ava shows up to the airfield in the Sarah mask, Abagail shows up
and attacks her to take the mask off. Abigail
is stunned to see that it’s Ava, as she was expecting Kristen or Gwen. She threatens to call Rafe when she is
attacked from behind by Gwen. As Abagail
is unconscious, Ava and Gwen debate on what they should do next. The pilot shows up and offers to take Abagail
for a price. They agree and Abigail
winds up on a deserted island with Kristen.
Kristen holds her at gunpoint when Abigail tries to escape. Abigail is trying to figure out how they are all
connected. Chad shows up at Xander’s looking for Abigail and fills him in on Abigail’s
suspicions; that she thought it was possible Gwen was pretending to be Sarah to
dump Xander officially so that Xander wouldn’t leave Gwen. Gwen later texts Chad from Abigail’s phone,
convincing him that she’s in Boston.
Gwen and Xander later have sex and Xander proposes to Gwen. The real Sarah is shown alone in a room
looking out a window.
While Nicole and Rafe are waiting on Ava, they wonder what
Ava’s motives are: did she leave them alone on purpose to see what they would
do? Rafe kisses Nicole and tells her
that he plans on ending his relationship with Ava so he and Nicole can
officially be together. As Ava shows up
with dessert, Shawn is there to arrest Rafe for the charges Ava set him up for
that make him look like a corrupt cop.
Chad tells Belle that he decided to testify against EJ after
he caught “EJ” kissing Abigail. Belle
tells EJ and he is confused; stating that he never left the courtroom and that
he was with Johnny at the time the alleged kiss happened. EJ is sentenced to 10 years in prison. EJ is furious. He tells Belle that he is thankful for her
being the only person who has believed him and is on his side. He tries to convince her to leave and she
figures out he must be planning to escape.
She convinces him not to so it doesn’t make the situation worse. Chad fills in Johnny about EJ’s sentencing
and Chad feels bad about it. He’s
shocked to see that Johnny doesn’t feel bad.
Craig convinces Nancy that he is still in love with her and
that their marriage is fine. He lets her
know that if she feels like he doesn’t still find her attractive, that he takes
accountability for it and is in no way her fault. They meet up with Chloe and Brady for
breakfast. Craig excuses himself for
what he claims is a work call. When he
is gone for a while, Nancy notices he didn’t take his coat with him and that he
must be cold. Chloe offers to take it to
him and when he does, she overhears Craig telling someone on the phone that he
misses them and he calls them honey.
Chloe accuses Craig of cheating.
He admits that he is cheating.
When Chloe mentions another woman, Craig corrects her that he’s cheating
on Nancy with another man. Chloe asks if
Craig is gay. Meanwhile, Nancy tells Brady that she would love to see him and
Chloe together and that she will stay in
town to make that happen.
TR Coates, a film producer, pays Johnny a visit and lets him
know that he still wants the Marlena-Devil story to happen. Johnny lets him know that Marlena doesn’t
approve of the film, but TR doesn’t care and convinces Johnny that he needs to
get Marlena on board. Paulina runs into
TR – who is her ex and Lani’s biological father, Ray. Paulina is clearly still afraid of him and is
confused why he’s in town if he wasn’t tracking her down. He lets her know about the film with Johnny
DiMera. She lets slip that Johnny is her
son-in-law. Ray is shocked to hear that
Paulina has a daughter and she lies that Chanel is her only daughter. Lani later appears and Paulina introduces her
as her niece which confuses Lani.
Paulina warns Ray to stay away from her and her family. Lani later confronts her as to why Paulina
lied. Paulina gives her a fake excuse
and Lani questions if there’s more to the story.
(Article written by Adriana Grecco)
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