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General Hospital Update for Wednesday, 20-Dec-2000

Wednesday, Dec. 20th was a day of fabulous writing on GH. Congratulations to the writers for an excellent script- keep up the good work…an eventful Wednesday means a long summary to follow:

Carly and Her Catfights

Carly was in rare form today, probably because she’s worried about Sonny’s business in Puerto Rico. She’s anxiously awaiting Sonny’s call and taking it out on anyone who crosses her path…

Carly, Bobbie and Roy retreat to Kelly’s after the wedding-that-wasn’t where Carly laments lending Alexis her diamond earrings (from prince Jason!) rather than worrying about the runaway bride. Sorel peaks in the Kelly’s window, notices Sonny’s family alone for the holidays and says it provides him a “rare opportunity” he doesn’t intend to miss- a little not-so-subtle foreshadowing?

A.J. overhears Carly’s earring comments and complements her for being practical. Carly tells A.J. she wishes that she flagged down a semi instead of marrying him. Hannah jumps to A.J.’s defense and tells Carly to “shut her selfish mouth.” Very Nasty Catfight #1 follows with Carly accusing Hannah of being “a hooker with a heart…defending a babykiller” and that “they have meetings for people like you” when Hannah accuses Carly of being the reason for A.J.’s drinking. Who would’ve thought: Is this a hint of Carly’s future Al-Anon sponsor role? Probably not. Carly even takes a shot at A.J.’s (lack of) sexual skills: “He doesn’t get any better- or have you already had sex with him?” Finally Bobbie (in her sassy new haircut) breaks in and kicks A.J. out into the cold.

In the biggest surprise of the day, A.J. turns against Hannah (perhaps in subconsciously in defense of his sexual prowess) and rails at her for jumping into the Carly confrontation. He says that he didn’t ask her to rescue him and that she doesn’t know anything about him and Carly. A.J. asks Hannah why she’s spending so much time with him anyway and then says, “if you’re going to hang around then let’s do it the right way” and plants a romantic smooch on her. Then, with a spine we never knew he had, A.J. decides to play coy and says “I’m through chasing you but now you know what you’re missing” and leaves Hannah standing in the cold (in more ways than one). Note that Gia (the potential tattletale little sister) did see the couple tête-à-tête outside Kelly’s but didn’t see the smooch.

Meanwhile, back inside Kelly’s….the kids (Elizabeth, Lucky, Nicholas and Gia) arrive and Gia deliberately spills the news about Elizabeth being the new “face of Deception” in front of Carly. Carly snaps that that’s news to her and that she won’t sign off on Elizabeth. Elizabeth tells her “if you don’t like it, call your partner” then stomps back up to her love nest. Carly continues on the warpath by telling Lucky that Elizabeth becoming a model may not be the best idea for him either since “she’s not the most faithful chick around.” You could see the light bulb go on in Carly’s dim brain that asking Gia to test for the ad campaign might be just enough to piss everybody off even more. She does just that. Gia, ever the opportunist, jumps at the chance then heads home with Nick to get her beauty rest. Finally, Sonny calls, which we hope will at least put a temporary hold on Carly’s rampage….but I doubt it…

Fallout from the Wedding-That-Wasn’t

The fallout was ugly but there were so many spoilers, could anyone in the world have been surprised when Alexis bolted? Ned sauces it up at the reception site, toasting alone with 1993 champagne “1993- three wives ago” and is visited by the ghost of marriages past, Chloe. Chloe tries to reassure Mr. Leather Pants that Alexis loves him but made a really bad mistake. Ned takes off to wait it out for Alexis at her penthouse. Chloe hangs around at the Cosmo Hotel and eats some white chocolate wedding cake with the ever-lurking Stefan.

Meanwhile, Alexis gets dropped off at Jake’s (not exactly a long-haul semi she flagged down, as it didn’t even make it out of town) and (in the lamest plot device of the day) basically tries to panhandle for cash from guys at the bar for a taxi ride home. Jake gives her a bit of advice: “you were probably right to run- it’s not good to make commitments if you don’t intend to keep them.” Finally, Roy arrives to rescue the bride (still in veil and all, but at least her makeup is smudged). Alexis is a mess and explains “I lost all control of my senses” and that she doesn’t understand why she took off: “When the building’s on fire you run, but you don’t leave the person you love the most inside.” She’s devastated that she humiliated Ned in from of his daughter (Brook Lynn, played quite admirably by a little cutie), and that “there must be something profoundly wrong with me.”

Roy gives Alexis a lift back to the penthouse. In what may just be foreshadowing of a future relationship (strictly speculation by ghred) he even walks her up to the penthouse and offers to “wait outside” while she goes in to talk to Ned. She refuses and sends him away, and Mr. Bodyguard hops in to get Carly’s earrings (as assigned by the boss lady). Alexis takes the opportunity to sum up Carlybabes in a fabulous line: “Hearts may be broken and families devastated, but diamonds are diamonds and Carly wants them back…the thing you gotta love about Carly is that she just keeps it all so simple.”

The inevitable confrontation…Alexis heads into the dark penthouse and tries to explain to Ned why she couldn’t make it up the aisle- Because of their families? Everyone’s expectations of her? “I wanted to want to marry you.” Ouch. Ned is pissed- and he thinks it’s not complicated at all…just that she ran away and congratulations- you’re the only one who never even made it to the altar. Ned thinks he’s got it all figured out (and tells her so)- that she never wanted to marry him from the start and that she just wouldn’t tell him and he wouldn’t hear it. “Why didn’t you tell me how scared you were?” And the kicker: “If there was no aisle, no family…just us…would you have the nerve?” Silence from the attorney speaks volumes. After a few more truly nasty digs about how if they had simply bolted together they’d still be together, Ned tells her what he really thinks: “You see me as a threat to your independence…there’s no room in your life for me…let it go.” Alexis protests a little too much and Ned just says “It’s over. It’s over.” and leaves. Ouch again. I think it might really be over folks…

The Young Supercouple

On a happier note, Emily visits Zander for the umpteenth time and delivers the bad news that Alexis is on the lam. He panics a bit, especially since his protector Sonny is out of the country, but his favorite straight-A student reassures him that Sonny won’t let anything happen to him. Once reassured, they discuss the future of their relationship- believe it or not (in the only truly ridiculous writing of the episode), Zander asks Emily “will I ever see you again when I get out?” (Hello, Mr. Jailbird, why do you think Miss Priss is visiting you every day of the week?)…first Emily tries to tell him that they’re friends, but Mr. Z pushes her, “What about the kiss? Do we have a chance for more?” and Em replies “I want us to…(commercial break)…you matter to me.” But how, Zander wants to know. Emily says that she doesn’t want to put a label on it, but I bet Zander goes back to his cell with a warm fuzzy feeling, at least. Emily heads back to the Q mansion and fantasizes in front of the Christmas tree about a romantic dance with a black-tied Zander...a really sweet scene.

Previews

Looks like a quieter day on Thursday…Zander tells Alexis that Sorel knows the deal is back on the table (looks like she gets right back to work)…Stefan is on the phone putting a trace on “Jax’s” letter…Ned tells someone “it’s over” (his new favorite line) and “she has her life and I have mine”…Roy tells Bobbie to keep an eye out for Larkin…Carly introduces Gia to Laura as “my candidate for the new face of Deception.” (fireworks sure to follow)…