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General Hospital Update for Thursday, 6-Jun-2002

Inside/Outside of Kelly’s…

Edward is on his cell phone, confirming that AJ has lost everything and won’t have access to anything. AJ is trying to buy breakfast inside, but doesn’t have enough money. His credit cards are declined and he doesn’t have enough cash. The waitress could care less who he is; she just wants money. Courtney walks in and has enough cash to pay for breakfast, at least. They go outside to eat with Rosie the dog. Courtney gives AJ some money-saving tips: order the specials, don’t be picky about what you eat, eat when you can. AJ doesn’t seem to understand. Courtney suggests pawning her wedding ring or some of her other jewelry but he absolutely refuses. When she mentions her mom, AJ takes off with an idea. Alone with Rosie, Mike happens upon his daughter and finds out that she and AJ are broke. She updates him on what happened with the Quatermaines and mentions that they are broke and homeless. He leaves her alone for a bit, telling her that he can get some money from a guy who owes him.


At L&B…

Kristina runs over some record business details with Ned, but she can tell he is distracted. When she asks him what is on his mind, he tells her, “Alexis.” Kristina is not happy. Ned tries to understand what would make Alexis want to go to the hospital when she is a woman who despises hospitals. He suggests Kristina try to find out what is wrong. She refuses, saying she will not get involved in her sister’s life again. She reminds him of how she messed things up when she blurted out to Sonny that Alexis loved him. She is really hurt that Ned is spending all this time thinking about Alexis, especially after she went to a lot of trouble to look nice for him. She starts in on her “Alexis without baggage” theory again, that Ned is really still in love with Alexis. He tries to tell her that he will always care about Alexis and it is nothing more, but Kristina is too upset to listen. They just end up fighting and Ned leaves. Kristina stays behind, crying.


At Janine’s…

AJ says she owes him; she should give him some money. She is not happy, saying that he promised her daughter would have the life of the Quatermaine. This is not what she agreed to. She absolutely refuses to give him money and realizes that AJ has fallen in love with Courtney. He leaves, empty-handed. Edward comes out of hiding. He promises Janine that she’ll have more money coming soon and warns Janine that her daughter is going to have a lot of heartbreak to get over soon when Courtney and AJ get divorced.


At Sonny’s penthouse…

Zander is standing outside the open door (great security again for the mob boss) and sees Carly & Jason embracing lovingly and talking about how much they’ve missed each other. Carly says she really needs him and no one understands her like he does. When they hug again, Zander loses it, busts in and starts yelling, reminds her that she told him the same stuff a few weeks ago. Carly tells him he doesn’t understand her relationship with Jason and that they’ve known each other a lot longer than she’s known him. Zander suggests she sleeps with Jason, just like she wanted to sleep with him. Jason starts yelling at Zander, telling him he has a big mouth.


At Alexis’ penthouse…

Sonny tries to find out what is wrong with Alexis. She explains that she doesn’t have to share everything in her life with him. She manages to kick the “Becoming a Parent” brochure that is laying in plain sight on the floor under a table and out of the way before he can see it. She tries to get Sonny to leave but he announces he isn’t going to leave until she tells him what her problem is. She refuses to tell him, wants him to back off. He tells her there has to be something he can do. They overhear Jason/Carly/Zander arguing.


In the hallway…

”Enough!” Sonny yells at Zander/Carly/Jason. Zander tells Sonny that Jason is backstabbing him. Zander tells him that Carly and Jason are sleeping together. Sonny tells them they aren’t going to discuss this in the hall so he ushers everyone back into his penthouse.


Back in Sonny’s penthouse…

Sonny asks Zander what he wants. Zander says he wants the last year of his life; he feels he’s been loyal to Sonny and gotten nothing in return, that Sonny doesn’t trust his word on anything. Sonny explains that Jason is much more loyal than Zander. He asks Jason straight up in front of Zander if he has been disloyal and Jason says no. That’s sufficient for Sonny. Zander calls him a fool—TWICE. Sonny doesn’t take this lightly and tells Zander he’s a liability, he runs off at the mouth and he can’t be trusted with his wife (umm, ex-wife, Sonny, remember?). Carly tries to take some blame for her situation with Zander, but Sonny isn’t interested in hearing her side. Zander asks where all this loyalty crap has gotten him and Sonny says it’s gotten him one month’s severance pay. He’s fired. Sonny tells Zander to basically forget the last year happened. Zander leaves, saying, “It’s like I was never here.”


Outside the elevator…

Alexis suggests Zander come inside her apartment and calm down. He isn’t interested. He tells her that they are both redundant, that Sonny’s got Carly to sleep with and Jason to be his right-hand man. Alexis suggests that Zander is better off by being fired, he can go to college and get a real job. He realizes that Sonny made promises he never intended to keep and mentions to Alexis that she is scared, that he probably made promises to her, too. With that, the elevator arrives and Zander gets on.


Still in Sonny’s penthouse…

Carly tries to plead Zander’s case to Sonny; she reminds him that Zander was loyal. Sonny explains to her that he was never going to learn. Jason tries to explain to her, too, that Zander never knew when to shut up. When Sonny refuses to listen to Carly, she decides to run after Zander. She thinks he’s been a good friend, but Sonny just laughs. She is annoyed and leaves. Sonny and Jason discuss Zander. Jason never liked him, was annoyed by him. Sonny is surprised that Zander elicited such a reaction out of Jason because he usually doesn’t care much about people. Knock knock. It’s Mike, who says hello, welcome back to Jason and explains that he needs to talk about Courtney. Jason leaves to go after Carly. Mike tries to get money out of Sonny, mentions that he played the stock market and his funds are all tied up. Sonny gets pissed off and tells him he’s being played with this stock market tip. He yells, tells Mike he can’t be trusted and orders him to stay out of it, he’ll take care of it. Mike leaves after another wonderful father-son moment.


Outside the building…

Carly has caught up with Zander and tries to explain that there is nothing going on sexually between her and Jason. He talks like he was being stupid, he didn’t realize the game, he shouldn’t have thrown her out of his bed. Then he asks Carly what would happen if he wasn’t on Sonny’s side. Carly tells him it is dangerous for him to be making threats. Jason intervenes and tells Zander he made a mistake to “let” him stay in town, but he did it for Emily. Zander takes offense that Jason thinks he “let” him stay in town and tells Jason he doesn’t know all the facts about Emily. Zander finally has had enough and leaves. Carly explains to Jason that Zander was a really great friend to her. He tells her she should just enjoy being back with Sonny and she’ll get everything she wants, including being pregnant with Sonny’s child….


Back to Alexis’ apartment…

Alexis confirms for Sonny that AJ has no access to money. Sonny explains to her that he can’t trust Mike so he writes a large check that he wants Alexis to give to Courtney. He knows she wouldn’t accept it from him. He explains how important family is to him, nothing is more important. Sonny also explains that Zander is definitely out and agrees that it might be the best thing for him. Alexis asks if Sonny ever wanted out when he was Zander’s age. He said he did wonder what it would be like, but it was never a possibility. He reminds her again of the importance of family.


Back outside of Kelly’s…

First, Mike shows back up and tells Courtney that it didn’t work out with the money, but he offers to let them stay at his place. Courtney appreciates the offer and says it will only be for a few days and AJ will get them back on their feet. Mike is a little skeptical. Then, AJ shows up later and tells Courtney his idea didn’t work out, either. She is not worried and tells him his next idea will work out.


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