Can You Swim?

 

It's Friday already... and I can't tell you what happened much of tis week!! A LOT of talking for sure. I also feel like shoving Quinn and Simon in there on top of Tristan and Joe is just too much for my pea brain to take in at this juncture.

OH WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOOD OL' FASHIONED "on the run" SUMMER STORIES? 

This Sunday Surgery might be a bitch-fest 

TODAY'S SHOW:

Britt isn't showing up to GH on time. Liz isn't happy, wants Lucas to stay until she gets there. Then they talk about Lucas finding a place to live. BUT! Liz sees that Felicia is helping Maxie move so she has to go talk to Willow about why the hell she hasn't done the communication board for Drew yet. 

Joss and Britt are actually in Brennan's office. Brennan tells Britt she'd better play ball with the WSB or else. She has no clue where the black box is. They let her go. Joss is dressed like a Men in Black character. Jack asks Joss if SHE SAW the box. She says nope. Then asks if HIS secrets were in there. 

Britt goes into GH and snipes with Lucas *sigh*. Snipe Snipe. Lucas says she's as entitled as ever. 

Alexis is in Bobbie's meeting with Valentin. He apologizes to her about having the authorities question her when he was on the run. She tells him to behave. He says he wants to take back what is his. She says Ace is the heir-- and he says no his assets that the WSB took.

Scout talks to Drew about her swimming. Then Rocco comes out with a drink for her--then Danny gets there and brings Jason. Rocco isn't happy. Jason looks like Johnny Cash. Scout wants Drew to start a "new chapter" now.  Then he takes Rocco on a walk to talk. 

Jason tells Rocco about talking to Danny and Danny was wrong to go to the WSB. He also doesn't think Rocco will get arrested, it seems to be over. Rocco is still upset but Jason said the WSB treated him so badly because of HIS past...not because of the shooting. Rocco says Britt was the one that understood him.

Dante wants Chase to bring Willow into the station. He wants to trust Chase again. They might even be partners at some point.

Liz goes into Willow's office and confronts her about not contacting the communication board people. She wonders if she doesn't want Drew to communicate. Willow basically says it's a strain on their marriage and having him talk thru a machine would be awful. Anyway, Liz sets an appointment up for next Tuesday. Leaves. Brennan calls Willow and says he can't find the box and he's going to get a plane for her and her kids to disappear tonight. 

Willow calls Nina. Tells her she's leaving the country and getting new IDs and she can go too if she wants to. Nina is shocked. Then she walks back out to the docks. Scout and Danny leave. Nina stares at Drew. 

END: 

Liz told HR about Britt being late. 

Chase goes to Willow's office to take her into the PCPD

NINA TOSSES DREW INTO THE LAKE!!!!!! BAHABHAHAA 

Deception

 

Another stellar day here! Clear skies and in the 70s with sun! Nights are cool which is awesome. This is a decent stretch. 

POOL: Gio and Emma AGAIN. Geesh Boring meets boring. They make out. Charlotte walks up. Emma likes her suit! Char mentions Gio saving a little boy last week and how wonderful he is. Emma heard nothing about it. Oh brother. This is painful.

Sonny comes over to Rocco who's folding towels. He wants to talk to him. He tells Rocco he knows about Cullum and he's sorry he went thru that. He's there to talk to Rocco whenever needed.

Laura and Dante talk about the Rocco mess. She says Anna is digging for evidence which is not good.  Anna's suspicious there's NO evidence at ALL. Dante tells Laura he destroyed it. Tells her the whole story. She says that she probably would have done the same thing. Sonny talks to Laura next. He tells her what Ric said. She says there might be a loose end; Anna.

So, Anna's back in her office and sees Chase. Wonders why he's a beat cop now. She yells at him about undermining the Willow case and focusing on Michael. He makes excuses. He says he still thinks he did it. Anna says she's not sure she can trust him anymore. Then they talk and she says she can help him get to detective again but he has to get evidence of a Britt/Cassius/Cullum conspiracy. Dante goes in and tells Anna about the evidence being lost on his watch. Anna switches gears and says: Well, maybe we should DROP IT THEN. 

Tracey is trying to call Maxie --so is Lucy. Maxie divested her shares of Deception. They are all mad and Maxie isn't calling back. blah blah They figure out they have no idea who Maxie sold her shares to. OH! It's MICHAEL! He got her shares. Lucy is major pissed because he's a Quartermaine.

 CODY and Molly talk about Spinelli getting a job in Australia and the whole family moving there. WELP. There ya go. Temp james comes into Bobbie's with Fe and Mac to say goodbye. James only talks to Molly. They go to look at photos of WOMBATS. Mac thanks Cody for telling James the truth and they need to fix things before he leaves. Cody shows James a video of a mare having her baby last night in the stable. James is all happy. They fist bump. All looks well. 

Alexis, Drew, Michael, Nina and Willow are at the boathouse to watch Scout swim. Nina and Willow go in the boathouse to whisper about Drew. Alexis and Michael talk about him like he can't hear them lahahahaha. Drew makes a fist. Willow and Nina talk about the black box. Nina wants to run with the kids. Willow says no. She'll have to find another way. Willow figures out that Nina slept with Brennan. 

END: 

Anna's not going to get in the middle of the investigation. Dante leaves. Peter says good, you figured it out, now go after BRITT

Scout gets out of the water and Alexis tells her not to put his wheelchair too close to the edge. Nina gives an evil grin

DEAL

 

HUMP DAY!  How you feeling about the show? Me? Slow wheels are turning for sure. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Lulu and Dante are still talking about Charlotte visiting Valentin. Dante says she really should let her choose where to live Lulu thinks it will bring them further apart. 

Carly and Val kiss and then she puts the zip drive into a drawer to hide it from him. They talk about Nina and Brennan being at Wyndemere. He thinks they were looking for the black box and it's probably Jack's. He needs leverage to get his funds back to fight for custody. 
Lulu comes to the door. Tells them both she thinks Charlotte should decide who she lives with. Valentin is wary: WHY? YOU talk to you mother? She's like, no, why should I? she just did soul searching and thinks it's best. BUT they can't live at Carly's and not in a hotel suite. He agrees.

Isaiah is visiting Portia and the baby. Curtis watches through the window. Curtis walks in, Isaiah leaves. Curtis holds his tongue and says he's just happy to see the baby. They try out names: Nathanial? Nope..Miles ...NOPE.. then Curtis says he can give them a ride home. He'd also like to stay the night. Portia says: BOUNDRIES and no overnights. Curtis agrees.

Britt bitches about all her extra work to Stella. Stella says some patient just requested her. Portia wants  her to check her over for discharge. Britt and Stella continue to argue about Britt's duties while she's on probation.

Curtis is filling out paperwork for Portia's discharge and Stella and him talk about the baby and he's trying not to provoke Isaiah.

Britt comes in to give Portia her exam. Portia says she thought Britt could use a friend. Portia is okay and they have a friend convo about second chances. 

Michael and Jordan are in Aurora's gym/yoga room. She wants to know about the clinic and Michael says it was great for his burns but so hard to get into. Brennan had to call in a favor. She says Sidwell said he would but she turned him down. She says it was a good decision. 

The record producer Simon comes to talk to Brook, Gio and Trina. They don't want them as a duo, they want to sign them alone mostly because Gio is already well known. They are stunned. Simon steps out so they can talk about it. Gio is like NO WAY I won't do it without Trina!! Trina's like: YOU SHOULD! He called you BRILLIANT! They call Simon back in and say no deal unless you sign both of us.

Brennan and Anna are in the PCPD room. They talk about her disappearance and he should have known something was up. She's trying to find a Cassius/Cullum timeline and thinks there's a bigger conspiracy going on. Bunch of stuff about Sidwell/Cullum..and why Cullum would want to use Faison to drive her crazy. Also: Who shot Cullum? Brennan says he knows who did it. Then he says it's classified info. Anna brings up the missing evidence on the docks shooting. Things Cullum took it. Brennan says nope, Cullum was looking for it. 

Then ..Kai is meeting with his long lost friend in the Surf Shop place. Quinn is is friend from the football team and was on before. Kai says Quinn has to apologize to Trina before they can hang out again. Trina walks in, sees Quinn. Gives him the eyeball. He apologizes, Trina accepts

END: 

DESMOND ROBINSON is the baby's fist and middle name.

Brennan tells Anna to let the truth of the shooter go ...it will just hurt someone that just wanted to help.

Peter pops up and asks Anna why she didn't ask him about Britt. 

Quinn watches Trina and Kai kiss--then they pan to his obsessive Pintrest type board with Trina's photos all over it. Ut OH STALKER! OR is the Stalker SIMON because he was saying "Trina is the one to watch"?? 

I don't know! Someone on Bluesky said that

Softball Talk

 

HELLO!!! Here we are again!! It's going ok here but we are due for bad storms. If I leave abruptly it's because I'm afraid for my life lol haha. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

POOL: Gio and Charlotte. Lulu walks up. Charlotte looks like she's going to throw up. Rolls her eyes. Tells Lulu she wants to live with Carly.  Lulu's like: NO WAY. Charlotte starts mouthing off so Lulu leaves. Charlotte tells Gio she thinks her mother hates her. Gio says no and they talk about parents, then music and he tells her his playlist BUT!! EMMA walks in and Charlotte looks mad lol. Emma and Gio go sit on the other side.

Anna's back at the PCPD shadowing Dante for a few weeks to get up to speed. She meets Joe and wants info on the whole Sidwell case. She wants stuff on Britt too. I think that's her target --the revenge that Peter is talking about. Dante says he realizes how hard it is to come back after a difficult absence and he's there for her. She starts to tell him when LULU walks in and interrupts. She's there to interview Anna because the PR team thought it would be a good idea. BUT Lulu starts to ask about Anna's relationship with Robin, especially after Robin's kidnapping. She's asking as a mother. . Anna tells her it's hard because she was gone so long but to keep being there for Charlotte no matter what and soon it will be behind them. Lulu cries, says she has to reschedule and thanks Anna. Leaves. 

Later, Anna's going through the files and finds that the ones about Cullum's shooting are missing. Joe goes to check on them.

At GH, Liz and Stella laugh with Dr Tristan. Britt walks off the elevator and sees him. Lucas is like: Um, he's the new cardiologist. She is not happy. Tristan tells her the room is available Carly gave him the same rate at The Metro and it's more to his taste. Then Liz comes out to get Britt to go in and talk about her job. They say the board is willing to hear Britt's side of the story. Start with locking Liz in the closet. She apologizes...they bring up all she did in a year that was bad. Liz says she DID deliver Phoebe and that was a miracle. They DO give her job back but on probation and with a bunch of extra work. SHOCKER. You knew it was going to happen.

Lucas tells Tristan he should join the GH softball team to get to know everyone. 

ADA and Sonny talk about softball teams. He asks her if Valentin has any outstanding charges against him. When he mentions Carly, ADA gets pissed and he's like DONNA ! IT'S DONNA I'm worried about. He tells her Carly hid Valentin the whole entire time he escaped. She's like: WELP! The WSB cleared him so...too bad. No outstanding warrants either. He basically wants her to manufacture something against him and she gets angry. This whole talk is just DUMB btw. UGH. They end up making out. 

Valentin goes in to see Laura. She hopes he's on the straight and narrow. He says he is. He wants help with Charlotte. Laura's like, um you need to admit you made Charlotte's relationship with Lulu worse. She says to back Lulu up once in awhile and maybe she'll help him a bit. 

Lulu goes to the Qs and Dante says Rocco wants to stay there longer because things aren't good between him and Char. Lulu's like NO WAY!

Brick goes to see Carly. They are in the kitchen. Moss isn't happy. Brick is all: Stay away from Valentin! He's BAD!! BAD!! Carly says he saved Joss and got Cullum. Brick says that doesn't excuse his other past deeds.  He has a flash drive she could use if she ever wants to get free of him. She says no, she doesn't need it.  He leaves and we don't know if he gave it to her or not. 

Val comes into the kitchen. Carly tells him about Brick offering her all of his WSB bad secrets. 

END: 

Carly DID take the flash drive from Brick! 

Anna figures out someone took all the records about the Cullum shooting. Laura flashes back to Lulu talking about Rocco shooting him. 

Dribble

 

I posted this on Bluesky and thought I'd bring it here. Maurice has NATURAL HAIR lately!! It looks SO much better than that awful black whatever they use. Also, if you don't follow StoneColdandTheJackal on IG, you're missing out!! 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Nina wakes up after zex with Brennan at the Metro. She's not happy. HE sure is! They talk about the night...flashback to the wub making. Nina asks about the black box and he thinks she slept with him to get it. She rants and raves. Gets mad. He says look, he's sorry he really enjoyed their night. Nina looks at him all gooey eyed. 

Lulu goes to Sonny's to talk to him and Ric about the trouble Rocco might be in. She tells them he shot Cullum. Tells them the whole story and many people know so he could be going to the authorities. What should she do? Ric says there's only 2 witnesses and everything else is hearsay. They already charged Jason and let him go. It should end there. He thinks Rocco is in the clear. Lulu talks about Valentin and wanting Charlotte to stay away from him. Ric finds out Carly is dating him ahhhaa Big EYEBALLS. Sonny says he's taking care of it. 

Molly talks to Laura at the PCPD about Sidwell's case. She's cancelling her book tour to take it. Laura tells her about the plan to nab Sidwell. She will testify in court.

Outside the PCPD office, Ezra tries to get Laura's attention. Joe tells him to quit it. He has questions. Ezra doesn't have a lawyer..maybe they should wait. Joe says what do you have to hide? Then Laura comes out and he hustles her into the lounge. He says I'm about to be arrested! HELP ME! Laura says tell the truth and maybe she can get him immunity. He's scared. She says he can provide evidence that can help him. Then Molly comes in and Laura tells her Ez has information for a plea deal. Molly and him talk and Laura leaves. 

Tracey sees Willow in the stable house and cracks the horse crop.  Willow says she's only bringing New Giant Improved Scout over. She leaves them to talk. Scout wants to spend more time at the Qs this summer. Brook comes in and finds out Scout wants to use the lake for swimming. She's doing a charity thing for Monica (Breast Cancer). Tracey feels like there's a catch. There is. Scout wants Drew to watch and Tracey banned Drew from the estate. 

Brook and Chase are at the breakfast table being boring bores who bore. Brook gets up to take a call from Deception. I'm sure so Willow can come in. OH YEP. She comes in and asks Chase to go to DC WITH HER. ahahahaa. There's a one day conference on police stuff and she sure could use his help. He's like: Um, not a great idea.

Charlotte comes into Carly's kitchen with her suitcase--wanting to MOVE IN lahhahaa. Carly's like: UM not a great idea, kid. Char says her mom is trying to cut her dad out of her life and she just might CUT LULU OUT OF HERS! Carly says she and HER mom fought a lot (but doesn't tell her why lol). Then Charlotte says she can't talk to Danny because he's off with his DAD on a trip. Carly's like WHAAAAAAAAAT? Char: Oh you haven't heard? Jason's back in town! Carly: WHAT!! WHEN!!! WHat? She looks at her phone. Huh why didn't HE TELL ME? Charlotte says he went to the boathouse and then he and Danny left. Shows Carly a selfie> >AHAHHAHA. Carly is like: WELP, ok, I GUESS I get why he went to his son first. 

Valentin is playing BBall outside, on a real court and BRICK comes up "I guess the movie is right WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP" :EYEROLL: Oh my goodness. Gross. Brick gives him basketball tips and then tells him to get out of town. Valentin wonders if Sonny sent that message. Yep. Then Brick hammers on about him getting gone. Calls Valentin the runt of the Cassadine litter. 

END: 

Ezra gets immunity

Tracey will let Drew watch Scout Swim

Chase turns Willow down

Brick threatens Valentin "it's not ovah until it's ovah'

Carly tells Charlotte to go back to her mother's house

PS. New Scout shows potential.

SUNDAY SURGERY: SIXTEEN CANDLES

 

In case you didn't realize all the "16" references, our paparazzi pal Sloan got them for you. Clever but really not a huge celebration of the show. 

Grab your 16 scones and jam and let's GO GO ! 

UM.. not sure this is a FRIDAY

 

So, many people have said the Portia/Jordan birthing scenes are awful. Is that what you thought? I STILL haven't seen Wed show-- I will have to before Sunday for sure. 

THE SKIES HERE ARE BLUE!! I hope my Canadian friends are doing ok-- I'm so sorry about your fires. 

TODAY'S SHOW: 

Carly drops off Donna's overnight bag at Sonny's. He wants to know where she's going and who she's meeting. She's like Back off. He says Valentin was living at the house WITH HIS DAUGHTER! BLAH BLAH. Then BRICK comes in and Carly leaves. Sonny is concerned about Carly hanging out with Valentin. He wants to protect Donna. 

yes, you can't see it well but that's the black box

Carly goes home and Valentin is cooking dinner for her. Kissing. They show the black box on her wine rack. She asks about Anna. He compares their relationship to Sonny and Carly's. He also says Anna was his first love. She asks if he was going to get help from Anna first. He says yes but then he found her. They kiss and she trips OVER THE STUPID BLACK BOX AHAHAHA

Jack and Nina go into the Brown Dog. He has several drinks. Nina says she will do ANYTHING for her daughter. She whines about her daughters being taken from her. Brennan wishes he didn't blackmail her long ago, he should have asked her to dinner.

At another table, Lulu and Ethan talk about Charlotte, Val and Cassius. So boring. SO boring. He asks her about Ava. She's like: YOU LIKE HERRR? She says Ava is lethal and watch out.

Cody's all sad about James being mad at him. They talk about him... and Cody's sadness. Molly wants to cheer him up.

Ava stops by the Qs to deliver a baby present for Phoebe. So happy about the adoption. Ava was glad to help find the father. Brook wishes she could tell the dad herself how grateful she is. Brook is afraid the father will change his mind. She wonders if Ava knows who the daddy really is. Ava flashes back to Ethan saying he's not the father so she truthfully says: NOPE 

Trina stomps into Joss' room, yells at her for not telling her she was in the hospital with a gunshot wound. It's about FREAKING TIME. Joss tells her she's WSB. Trina's angry. Asks her why she'd do that. Joss says Dex. Trina says Brennan took advantage of her grief. Joss says no. Trina's angry and says she has sensed Joss pulling away for a long time. Josslyn says she's lost so much and hopes she doesn't lose Trina too. Trina tells her she knows nothing about her life. Says she's gone no contact with her parents, had a brother and signed a record contract. They aren't sure what this means for their friendship

END: 

Joss and Trina make up and will use a code word: POPCORN when Joss can't talk about anything. 

Nina and Jack make out at the bar

Val tells Carlly he took the black box so he can get his funds released from the WSB faster but it's all booby-trapped if he tries to open it.