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An Exercise in Futility.

Thursday, December 03 2009
Lucky ends his engagement, Rebecca makes a plea to Nikolas, Dante asks too many questions, Kate tells Sonny some truths, and Jason blows up at Maxie.


At the hospital, Robin tells Elizabeth it's time for her to decide what to do about Nikolas and Lucky because staying in denial is never a good idea. Elizabeth loves Lucky, but Nikolas has awakened a part of her that shut down after her rape years ago and she can't let it go. She can't stop thinking about him and prays every day it will all go away. Robin reminds her Nikolas will always be a part of her life if she marries Lucky and wonders if they can go on like nothing has happened. Elizabeth insists it can be done because she has Lucky.



Lucky comes to the stables to tell Nikolas he is breaking off his engagement to Elizabeth. He wants to make sure his brother will be there for her because she will be hurt and confused and probably come to him. Nikolas wants him to be sure it's what both he and Elizabeth want and Lucky says he doesn't know what she wants, but something isn't right. Lucky wants Nikolas to help Elizabeth understand that he isn't breaking it off with her because he doesn't love her. Nikolas will do whatever he can, but assumes Elizabeth will be disappointed in herself. Lucky wonders if he's doing the wrong thing, but Nikolas says he's not because Elizabeth has been struggling. Nikolas thinks she would marry him out of loyalty and Lucky can't believe it has come to that. He has to face the fact that Elizabeth may never be ready to marry him again and he loves her enough to let her go.



Johnny tells Olivia he is glad she stayed the night with him and they kiss, as Sonny enters his garage. Sonny wants info on the job he gave him and Johnny tells him he's working on it. Sonny gets snippy and leaves. Johnny tells her she can go after him if she wants, but Olivia says it's not what she wants. Johnny wonders if she knows what that is. Olivia says being with him last night was an unexpected gift and she misses being with him. She does admit though that she has feelings for Sonny, but she would never act on them.



Dante goes to Jax's office to tell him his evidence isn't enough to convict Sonny. Jax wants to call in a favor, but Dante tells him that's a stupid move. Jax thinks Dante has many opportunities to find evidence against Sonny and wants him to do his job or else he will call in a favor to have him replaced by someone who can actually arrest him. After Dante leaves, Lucky stops by to question Jax about the Claudia case. He asks about Sonny's demeanor when he got the call from Sam about Carly. Jax says he seemed relieved but then his attitude changed and might have been speaking in code, as he got into mob boss mode and then he left. Lucky wonders if he would testify to that and Jax agrees. Lucky asks, off the record, where he thinks Sonny was headed and Jax muses, to kill Claudia. After Lucky has left, Olivia comes to work and Jax tells her Dante's evidence was insufficient and assumes she is relieved. Olivia is confused about what to do about Dante being Sonny's son. Jax thinks it's best to keep quiet about their connection, but Olivia thinks if Dante knows the truth he will have to take himself off the case. She knows they will hate her, but at least they will both be alive.



Lucky sees Rebecca at the hospital and is surprised to learn that Nikolas broke up with her. He thinks maybe that's why Nikolas was so subdued this morning and tells her she is good for his brother. Elizabeth walks up and she and Lucky leave to visit the land they want to buy.

Once at the land, Elizabeth gets excited, but Lucky says it will never happen because the engagement is off.


Rebecca goes to see Nikolas at the stables and tells him about what Lucky said. As she takes off her coat revealing her naked body, she says it would be a shame to squander what they have and she won't let him go without a fight.


Kate surprises Sonny when he returns home looking for approval for her to expand on her property. Sonny says it's fine and Kate realizes he came from a run-in with Olivia. Kate wonders if he ever thinks about what would've happened if he hadn't get involved in the mob. Sonny says no because he never would have been with Kate if Olivia hadn't broken up with him and he wouldn't trade that for anything. Kate wonders if they ever should have gotten together at all. She tells him being with him was an exercise in futility from the moment he and Olivia laid eyes on each other again. Sonny informs her she and Johnny are together, but Kate thinks all he has to do is run over there and declare his feelings and destiny will be fulfilled. Kate thinks it's ironic that she is the one to tell him the truth, as Dante walks in. Kate leaves and Dominic tells Sonny it's all good on the Joey Limbo front and then quizzes him about Claudia. Sonny gets irritated with all the questions and wonders if Dominic is trying to find out if he killed Claudia.



Maxie comes to Jason's to make sure he knows how important it is that Spinelli never find out about the photo. Jason in turn needs to know everything she remembers about the night she went to Franco's loft. Maxie doesn’t have much info and Spinelli walks in. Maxie urgently tells him they need to redecorate and Spinelli is all for it, but Jason isn't. Sam walks in and Maxie tries to get Sam on her side, but an annoyed Jason tells Maxie to either help him with Franco or get out. Spinelli doesn't think Jason should be so hostile and after she storms out, Spinelli defends his ladylove to Stone Cold. Sam intervenes defending Jason, but Spinelli still thinks it was uncalled for. He leaves to make sure Maxie is okay and Jason and Sam discuss theories regarding Franco. Sam thinks maybe she'll have better luck getting info out of Maxie.



Spinelli comes to Crimson and overhears Maxie frantically trying to get Franco on the phone. After she hangs up, Spinelli apologizes for Jason, but she understands. After Spinelli leaves, Sam walks in asking about the photo. Maxie asks her not to judge her and Sam says she doesn't, she just wants to know what happened that night. Maxie says she wants to help find Franco too so she can get the rest of the photos so Spinelli doesn't ever find out what happened.



Spinelli returns home and Jason apologizes for his behavior. Jason is frustrated that he can't find anything on Franco. He says if Franco knows anything about what happened to Claudia, he has to do something about it. They study Franco's artwork for clues because Jason thinks he sent him a message in the painting.


Next on General Hospital:

Jason finds clues leading to Franco's studio.

Sonny and Carly are concerned about Michael.

Rebecca sees Nikolas and Elizabeth together.

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Posted by enad19 at Thursday, December 03 2009 01:49 PM

Sam, please DO not apologize for Jason. Jason continually acts like a heiny, but you should not apologize for him. grrrrrrrrrrr. Honestly. Are they really going to do this again?

It’s rather unfortunate that the minute Spinelli starts acting like a grown up, that's when he'll be losing Maxie, this is the second time that he's stood up to Jason. Good for you. Now, let's move on to something bigger, when you find out that Maxie cheated on you with that lunatic Franco, proceed to dump Maxie and stick to your decision. Maxie has clearly outgrown you and I am sick and tired of seeing him looking like a forlorn stuffed animal whenever she acts inconsiderately towards him.

Elizabeth, Lucky just gave you an out, be wise, use your brain: Take it, go back to being just friends, wait a few months, then slowly start dating Nik. If he’s the one, and he really wants you, he will understand and agree to wait. Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try to get Lucky to change his mind because you are too selfish to let him go because for some inexplicable reason you feel that you can't go on without Lucky. The only other solution would be to have Nik buy you your own exotic island and you can make up your own rules and laws so that you keep them both, but not in PC, so take the out and run.

Now JZ, look how low you have sunk. You are so far down that the only thing we can see are the vapors of desperation emanating from his pores. Olivia is a lying pathetic snake who just admitted to always having feelings for Sonny, but will never act on them, so acting on feelings for Sonny does not translate to gross bird-like kissing and unsanitary food feeding?


Anyhoo!!!! Hello Everyone. I hope that you all have a wonderful evening

Posted by EmCaiss at Thursday, December 03 2009 01:56 PM

Thanks Fubu for enlightening me on Scrubs.

Looks like things are going to heat up soon when Lucky catches Nick & Liz together, can't wait, I'm glad the old Lucky is back, he does play the part better.
I thought Olivia was great today and the reason for telling Sonny about Dante... father & son so he can't be on the case b/c he can't arrest his own father, good writing, she'll end up telling him. Glad to see Kate on today...the part with Dante and Sonny was a bit far fetched though. Maxie was good today too and where is Franco......I hope he will be back on tomorrow.

Posted by beenaroundalongtime at Thursday, December 03 2009 01:57 PM

Nikolas has awakened a part of her that shut down after her rape years ago...I don't buy that line. This girl has been with Jason, now if his man-root wasn't enough to wake up her va-jay jay, then nothing will. Liz just want to be the sleaze between two brothers

Posted by enad19 at Thursday, December 03 2009 02:03 PM

been: That excuse seems very suspect to me too. But I will make an effort to stay away from that argument...

But if these writers believe that the way they make these women behave and coddle men, protect them, act as if the men are the be all and end off of their lives and justify their poor choices and bad behavior with contrived excuses is a reflection of real women, then they are seriously mistaken...

Posted by sonobrain at Thursday, December 03 2009 02:09 PM

I am glad Rebecca is going to find out. Liz is sickening. She acts so holy when she is just as skanky as she claims Sam is. She is always hopping in bed with someone, and acts like its a force bigger than her. Isnt that how she wound up with Cam and Jake. She was with neither men whn she got knocked up by them. You dont sleep with your husband/ex-husband/fiance/whatever's brother. She is not an animal. And what does she mean he woke something up inside of her since her rape. What happenned to Jason? She kept showing up at his door all the time. He didnt awake anything in her?

Posted by ransomha at Thursday, December 03 2009 02:22 PM

Wonderful to see Kate. She looks fantastic and so so right on about Sonny and Olivia. As soon as Olivia showed up for Kate and Sonny's wedding...that relationship was doomed.
So...Lucky breaks off his engagement, then tell Nic that Liz will probably come to him for advice and now Lucky is going to catch them together. WELL.....if he broke up with Liz and Nic was trying to comfort her and got caught up in the moment, Lucky may never find out this was an ongoing relationship. In a way they are off the hook and it will be all Lucky's fault. When you break an engagement I don't think you are going to just go back to dating.
I think the pillers in Francos painting and the 7 deadly sins listed are going to turn out to leave the clue of that 77cox..or what ever his tag symbol was and that's how they will find out about Franco.
I really don't like the way the writers are just killing the Liz character.
Rebbecca is going to feel like trash when Nic tells her to button up and go home. OUCH....

Posted by aussie-gal at Thursday, December 03 2009 03:02 PM

beenaround, couldn't agree more. What a load of crock about Liz's emotions shutting down. YA RIGHT!!
All I see with her & Nik is just sex and arguments. That's not a relationship to me. I just can't wait for Lucky to find out. Bring it on!!

enad, thanks for the pics. Ooh la la....

Now, that's what I'm talking about. Kate back in Sonny's orbit. Even if it's just to talk about the property. They're so well suited. He wasn't as obnoxious when he was with her. She softened him a bit was at least likeable to me then. Not now.

With Olivia, I'd like to see Alcazar return and get involved with her. A triangle with Al, Johnny & Olivia could be a great storyline if they did it right. Two mob guys and a woman in between.

Am I the only one that doesn't hate Jax. He's trying to bring down Sonny which is the right thing to do. The guy kills people. Nothing wrong with Dante & Jax bringing him down a peg or two. Sonny deserves it.

Posted by firebird85 at Thursday, December 03 2009 03:06 PM

Finally! Someone made a decision in the Lucky & Liz debacle.
Olivia’s whiny attitude about her dilemma is turning me off.
I could only stand a couple minutes of her before I ff all her scenes.
Can I have at least one episode without Olivia making cow eyes at Sonny or moaning about her secret?

Posted by willowk at Thursday, December 03 2009 04:32 PM

Can't believe Jax is pushing Dante to pin Claudia's murder on Sonny when he knows Michael did it. If Sonny's accused, you know the truth will come out, and Carly will find out what he's been up too. Why hasn't Johnny figured out who Dante's father is--he knows Olivia and Sonny dated, can't he see the similarities--he should at least poke about and find out his age. Agree that JJ makes a much better Lucky. Not sure if the writer's are giving him better lines, or if he's just better at delivering them, but its very welcome change.

Posted by aussie-gal at Thursday, December 03 2009 04:40 PM

Willow, I agree with you. I don't agree with Jax trying to pin the murder on Michael but I do agree with him trying to bring Sonny down legally.

So, now what? Michael gets away with murder with no consequences? Another load of crock....

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