Volume I, Issue vi

February 1999

GH in Review by Amy McWilliams

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General Hospital

Carly/Jason/Robin

Carly/Jason/Robin cont.

Sonny

The Cassadines

The Cassadines cont.

Mac and Felicia

Justus

Jax

The Spencers

Bobbie

Lucky and Elizabeth

Laura

The Quartermaines

The Spencers

• After Audrey and Monica welcome Tony back to work, Bobbie rants at Monica for helping to get Tony reinstated, and later tells Tony that she still doesn't believe he's a fit parent for Lucas. (12/29)
• After sending Mac and Felicia home, Bobbie and Monica call a truce. Monica wants only to be with her husband, but Alan is still living at the hotel, and Bobbie wants peace for Carly. She'll settle for Jerry, who arrives at just the right time. (12/30)
• Bobbie goes to see Jerry after her visit to the penthouse, and she tells him that she asked Robin to give up Jason for Michael's sake. She feels guilty, because she was asking Robin to sacrifice for Carly, but Jerry reminds her that what's good for Carly is also what's good for Michael. (1/7)
• Bobbie tells Jerry that Lucas has been accepted into a research/treatment program for his diabetes and that she'll be a way for a while. She apologizes to Carly and they leave. Jerry promises to come visit. (1/8)

Monica: "Don't you think you're getting a little paranoid here?"
Bobbie: "No. Don't you think you're getting a little vindictive? You know, it's not my fault if there's a birthday party for our grandson and you're not invited."
Monica: "Is that how you think I make staff decisions?"
Bobbie: "I don't think you can tell me it has no bearing at all."
Monica: "That is exactly what I can tell you. And now if you'll excuse me."

This "feud" between Bobbie and Monica falls flat for some reason. It's inconsistent, for the most part, and even when they do snark at each other it doesn't seem to follow from some other scene. It's almost as bad as Tony's appearances. "Oh, it's been 6 episodes, we should have Bobbie and Monica snarl at each other about Michael." Yuck.

Bobbie: "Good for you."
Tony: "Thank you."
Bobbie: "But nothing else has changed. I know you would like to portray the last year in court as just an aberration in an exemplary life, but too many people know better."
Tony: "What people? And what can they document? And are your people more credible than my people?"

I'm so sick of Tony. Whenever he's nice, you know there's a smirk and a frown just waiting to happen when somebody says something about what he's done. He resents that he's the town pariah, but is unwilling to see that he brought it on himself, in large part. He blames everybody else, either for doing this to him or for seeing him in a certain light. I have seen no remorse, no attempt to make ammends, nothing but selfish action from him for a long time. If we could see enough of him to understand why he responds this way and to have a chance to sympathize with him, these scenes might play a lot differently. As it is, I have no reason to be on Tony's side, and that's a shame. It seems the Stefan/Laura/Luke battle is the only one that has ever been waged evenly, with either side having the advantage and/or the sympathy at any given moment. The Baby Michael wars are slanted heavily in Jason's favor, and this custody battle paints Bobbie as the victim of a hateful ex-husband. I would much prefer a fair fight, in terms of my affections and sympathies.

Lucky and Elizabeth

• The kids worry over their Christmas tree, which is drying up. Elizabeth wants to keep it through into Spring. (12/30)
• Lucky is surprised when Nikolas arrives to ask if he can stay. He agrees, and promises not to ask any questions. He and Liz agree to accompany Nikolas and Emily to the fundraiser. Nikolas has picked up a tuxedo for Lucky, knowing he'd agree, and brought his bags, also knowing he'd agree. Lucky says he won't take Nikolas's charity, and Nik gives him the bill for the rental. (12/30)
• Nikolas returns with Emily, and Lucky and Liz, who've been wondering whether they can manage to end up with each other for the dinner, accompany them to the auction. (12/30)
• Lucky ends up with Tammy, who's there in case nobody else would eat dinner with Tony. Lucky catches her up on the subject of his relationship with Liz, and Tammy is thrilled to hear things are going so well. Meanwhile, Liz has been paired with Edward, who notices her distraction and tells her about his love for Lila gladly when she asks. (12/31)
• After Nikolas tells Lucky the truth about his father and asks him to keep it a secret for now, Lucky is stunned and seems convinced that Laura's present relationship with Stefan is what drove his father out of town. He confides in Elizabeth (she's working on a new wall to showcase the painting of the boxcar she did for him for Christmas), telling her that his family's troubles are causing pain for too many people and that they have to be careful in the days ahead. They promise each other that they will never lie. Elizabeth is glad that the brothers have each other. (1/4)
• Lucky helps Elizabeth find her report for school, and checks the messages on the newly repaired answering machine. There's a message from Nikolas, saying he's moved back to Wyndemere. Katherine arrives, asking for Nikolas, and saying that she heard his voice from the hall. She wants to leave a note, but Lucky tells her that Nikolas has moved back to Wyndemere. After she's gone, Lucky tells Elizabeth the truth about Nikolas. She also makes him tell her the truth about what he thinks about his mom at this point, and he thanks her for keeping him honest. They vow again never to lie to each other. (1/7)
• Lucky goes to the Spencer house and confronts Laura with the truth about Nikolas. He accuses her of lying to protect herself from Luke. Laura claims that everything she's done she's done for her children, but he doesn't want to hear it. He's tired of the lies. After he's gone, Laura calls Stefan to come and comfort her, while Lucky goes to Elizabeth. (1/11)
• Faced with a potential heat-up in the family feud, Lucky tells Liz that he needs to save up some money for their protection and their future. He asks Sonny for a job, and Sonny sends him to Canada on a legal delivery of some documents. Lucky tells Liz that he'll be out of town for a few days, but doesn't say where. (1/12)
• Nikolas tries to distract Elizabeth from missing Lucky. (1/14)

Emily: "Thanks. So tell me, what do you think the odds are going to be that we're going to end up with each other tonight?"
Lucky: "Slim."
Nikolas: "None."
Emily: "Have a little faith."

Lucky: "You know, it's strange. I started out trying to help her. But I'm the one who ended up with so much more than I started out with. I mean, when it comes to Elizabeth--I told you that something happened to her, right? See, right around the same time, stuff blew up with my family that would have eaten me alive if it hadn't been for her. She changed everything for me. You know when I started to realize how serious it was? It's when I came to see you."
Tammy: "I remember."
Lucky: "You helped me figure out a lot of things. I owe you one."
Tammy: "Well, I was very honored by your trust, and when you left, I felt--I felt really proud, and that doesn't happen to me very often. So you and I, we're even. Although, I am about to tip the scales and do you a favor."
Lucky: "What's that?"
Tammy: "I'm going to make the supreme sacrifice and offer to trade places with Elizabeth. I'm sure that old goat she's sitting with would appreciate a few moments of my time, huh?"
Lucky: "You don't have to. Dinner's practically over, anyway."
Tammy: "You know, that's true. And it might make for awkward explanations, so I don't want to put you on the spot."
Lucky: "Well, let me tell you something--I wouldn't mind explaining. I'm proud to know you."
Tammy: "Well, I am proud to know you, too."

Edward: "You know, young lady, I--I've spent the better part of this evening looking at the side of your lovely hairdo while you've been courting whiplash trying to keep your eye on Lucky Spencer."
Elizabeth: "Oh, I wasn't. I was just admiring all the beautiful clothing. It's so much fun getting dressed up."
Edward: "You know, it's obvious that the boy isn't going anywhere, and if you are as smart as I think you are, you'll make him come to you."
Elizabeth: "Is that how you got Mrs. Quartermaine?"
Edward: "Mm-hmm. It was back when she cared enough to know what I thought that would make me pursue her. And now she doesn't give a damn--darn. I'm sorry."
Elizabeth: "It's ok."
Edward: "Did you see how that lady made her grand entrance to come in here and bid that absurd amount of money? She left her husband, a man of position and respect in this community, looking like a fool, with a smile plastered all over my face to cover my mortification. Now she's out there gallivanting with her pricey bachelor, and I'm a laughingstock."
Elizabeth: "No one's laughing at you, Mr. Quartermaine."
Edward: "Well, that's very kind. You know, your--your charming company almost makes up for Lila's betrayal."
Elizabeth: "Oh, come on. You don't really think your wife betrayed you, do you?"
Edward: "Well, I guess it's just that Lila has a mind of her own, and that's been irritating to me at times. But I've always admired her."
Elizabeth: "How long have you been married?"
Edward: "Over 50 and counting."
Elizabeth: "How wonderful to be able to spend your life with the person you love."
Edward: "Well, I've been very fortunate. But it hasn't always been wonderful. Lila deserved a better husband than she got. And she had a right to better treatment, too. But I've always loved her. And I always will."
Elizabeth: "Did you know right from the start?"
Edward: "Well, yes, because, you see, Lila is the kind of a woman who completes me. She was really my better half. Oh, I never doubted it. No, see, we were--we were lucky enough to find the kind of love that happens only once. And if you believe in it and you fight for it, it lasts."
Elizabeth: "I knew that."

These were my favorite conversations of the New Year's Eve event. I would never have thought to put Elizabeth with Edward, but it makes perfect sense. They were charming, and the conversation with Tammy and Lucky was something I'd been waiting for for weeks!

Lucky: "You know, it's funny--just when you think your family can't hurt you again, that all the lies are out, that you know everything--bam--you're blindsided. You know what I can't figure out? Why does it keep mattering?"
Elizabeth: "Because they're your family."

Elizabeth: "You've been thinking about your mom and dad, haven't you?"
Lucky: "I grew up sure that if one thing was true, it was that my parents loved each other. And not--not like other people. My parents' was bigger and deeper. And then it just popped. You know? Like it had a life of its own. You know--you know how you think I protect you? Well, ironically, I got that instinct from my father. Everything they did had a history--everything. They--they couldn't cook fish without cracking up over some old story about two fish named Frick and Frack. And the next thing you knew, they'd be kissing. And they'd just start dancing at any moment--no warning. We lived up in Canada for a while and ran this diner, and there were certain songs--have I told you this?"
Elizabeth: "Uh-uh."
Lucky: "No. There were certain songs that when someone punched them on the jukebox, I just put my head in my hands because I knew no matter what was going on--didn't matter if it was in the middle of a lunch hour or what--I knew they were going to dance. And all I can figure is it's the lies and the secrets that started changing everything. When Nikolas showed up, and my dad had to wrap his head around why--why she never told him. I look back, and I--I just see the whole thing breaking apart."
Elizabeth: "So you think your mom started this?"
Lucky: "No. That's not what I'm saying. I don't know what I'm saying. It's complicated. Maybe it started with the rape. Or maybe it started when she never told him about the whole Nikolas thing. Or maybe even before that, when she lied to her first husband. I--the point is my parents seem to have become people who are better at keeping secrets than telling the truth. And especially my dad has this tendency to go completely ballistic when he does find out, so--"
Elizabeth: "So you can kind of understand her being afraid to tell him."
Lucky: "And I was raised by all that."
Elizabeth: "But, lucky, you're not like that."
Lucky: "No matter what, if one of us finds out we've made a mistake or if a lie somehow slipped out, we have to clean it up."
Elizabeth: "Ok. Before we go to bed."
Lucky: "Ok. But the best thing to do is not to lie."
Elizabeth: "I agree."
Lucky: "Because lies destroy. We have to make sure that doesn't happen to us."
Elizabeth: "It won't."

Oh, Lucky. He's trying so hard to put the pain he's felt behind him, and circumstances won't allow it. His idealism here parallels Nikolas's in the scenes with Stefan after he knows he's Stefan's son. They're both adorable, and their hope is infectous. But Lucky and Liz are too pure, too good, for things to keep going as they're going for long, I fear. Immediately after their declaration that they would never lie to each other (which they were to make again below), Lucky took a job with Sonny and didn't tell Liz what he was doing. I wondered if that would be the thing that would trip them up.

The thing I noticed about Lucky's rehearsal of his parents's past (and the good things were so charming; I could see L&L in my mind's eye as he spoke) was the way he put the agency all on Laura. "The rape," not "the night Dad raped mom"; then "she never told him" and "she lied to her first husband." Lucky sees his mother's lies as the source of all of this. Somehow, his dad has managed to escape being the center of Lucky's wrath, and I still believe it's because he made the effort. Yes, he lied, but he lied only about the rape. And he has come clean in the most honest way possible in that nightmare he had while Lucky watched. Luke has tried, no matter how roughly or awkwardly, to reconnect with Lucky. Laura, on the other hand, has gone to him only once, and that was with Elizabeth's prompting. And her lies continue.

Lucky: "You know Nikolas' problem with his family?"
Elizabeth: "Yeah."
Lucky: "Something tells me Katherine Bell's right in the middle of it."

Why do we have Katherine Bell? More specifically, why were we subjected to this scene of her coming to the apartment above the garage looking for Nikolas? She appeared desperate and silly.

Lucky: "If anything ticks me off about that, it's that I halfway believed her. It's like Nikolas and I have been saying--as soon as you open your eyes, the clues are all there. Stefan's trial. The way she came to his rescue. The fact that she snuck back into town to show up at the masked ball and didn't bother to drop a dime to my dad that she'd been there. When I first found out what my father did to my mother, I wanted to punish him. But now I--I almost feel for the guy. Because I don't see how--I don't see how she could spend so many years with my dad and want to be with somebody else."
Elizabeth: "She must have wanted to be with your dad."
Lucky: "But the second she sees Stefan, the one she lies to is my dad."
Elizabeth: "Well, maybe she doesn't know. Maybe she loves them both."
Lucky: "Do you think that's possible?"
Elizabeth: "Well, I couldn't. But I can't speak for her."
Lucky: "Maybe she just stopped loving my dad. Maybe that's why he left."

Sometimes it's eerie how well Elizabeth has Laura's situation nailed down. We're supposed to accept that they've got a connection over the rape, and I've never found it odd that she could have some kind of positive reaction to Luke, along with her wariness around him. But this was almost too much for me.

Lucky, on the other hand, believes that everything Laura says is a lie, and his lines above reveal what he fears--that even the love his parents still profess to have is a lie on her part. He went to see her, and I realized that she had made sure Nikolas was taken care of after the news but hadn't even thought to come and tell Lucky herself. Perhaps she did think to do it but couldn't face him. Either way, their relationship is the one left hanging. She is his mother, and she has a responsibility to him as well.

Lucky: "In case I haven't been hit by the groundbreaking news, you want to keep me in the dark a little longer. Ok. I'll save you the suspense, mom. I know about Stefan. Nikolas' father. Not Stavros--Stefan. If we hadn't have found out from an outside source, we--we'd never know from you, right?"
Laura: "I'm assuming by "we," you mean you and--"
Lucky: "The mystery brother you failed to mention for a decade and a half."
Laura: "Please, Lucky. If you're here to berate me, I can't take it tonight."
Lucky: "Berate you? Mom, I'm way beyond that. I'm this close to being in awe. You've got to be tougher than I am because, personally, I'd--I'd snap from the strain. How do you do it? Year after year, how do you keep from breaking? All this crap you're carrying around. Your whole life is lies."

I understand that she doesn't want to face Lucky because she knows his reaction. She believes her son will condemn her, and she can't bear that right now. Her silence with him and withdraw from him, even now, when he's come demanding answers only makes things worse, though. Lucky wouldn't let it lie. He demanded answers.

Laura: "Do you honestly think that you're in a position to judge my entire life?"
Lucky: "No. Only the part I've been told so far. And I got a queasy feeling there's more I don't know."
Laura: "There isn't."
Lucky: "Well, never mind the fine points. I mean, it's the overall picture that counts. You're like this optical illusion. I mean, you look like one thing, but really you're something else. All my life, you--you seemed so clear and clean, like snow after it had just come down. And you looked so great, I'd just want to plop myself in it, just shake my limbs around and make a snow angel. I'd be sitting there, looking up at the sky, smiling, humming. All of a sudden--snap-- you're sucked into cold hell. I'm not making snow angels anymore. You're going down for the third time. Surprise, surprise, the ground wasn't solid. You fell through cracks in the ice."
Laura: "Oh, lucky, I'm sorry. I know every kid wants his parents to be a safe place. And I can only imagine how disillusioned you must feel."
Lucky: "'Disillusioned'? That doesn't quite cut it, mom. What do you do when you're drowning? Do you sit around and ponder your shattered illusions? Or do you swim like hell for the shore? 'Get me out of here'--that's how I felt. That's how I felt every time. And that's exactly how Nikolas felt when he found out, which is why he left Wyndemere and bunked with me."
Laura: "He was with you."
Lucky: "Yeah, well, see, there's the plus side. Brothers united by shocks from their parents. Another plus--hey, I'm feeling lucky. I actually know who my parents are--biologically speaking. I mean, the rest is pretty fluid."
Laura: "I lied to protect my baby."
Lucky: "Well, what about dad's reaction? Why don't you just admit it? You lied to protect you."

Laura's defense is that Lucky doesn't have the right to judge her. Luke dropped that defense mechanism--and it's one I absolutely understand--a ways back, realizing that Lucky did have to deal with this. Laura still brings it out, desperately trying to ward off her son's anger. I don't think, however, that it's judgment Lucky feels most. I think it's anger, and that he's lashing out at the source of his pain. He is being hurtful, and spiteful, perhaps, but he's also got every right to be mad.

Laura: "You know, it's very easy when you're your age to pass judgment on adults."
Lucky: "Oh, don't make this about growing up, mom."
Laura: "Life seems very simple, lucky. Everything looks black and white, right and wrong, good or bad. You look at the adults and you think, "how could they have made such a mess? They must be stupid or corrupt." Those things could never happen to you. Right?"
Lucky: "Well, it seems to me life's a lot simpler when you just tell the truth."
Laura: "You're right. You're absolutely right. But sometimes simple isn't always possible. Sometimes it isn't even right or fair. Life will teach you that, lucky."
Lucky: "Well, I don't want any part of any life lessons that teach me it's better to lie."
Laura: "Nobody does. That's my point. Do you think I did? Do you think I was eager to abandon my first-born child? Do you think I got some kind of a perverse charge out of pretending that he didn't exist for all of those years? You think that when I thought your father was dead and I was being held captive by Stavros and Helena that I was glad that my only solace came from--"
Lucky: "Oh, I don't want to go there, mom."
Laura: "Well, I didn't want to go there either! You don't always get what you want. Things happen in life. You make choices. And you know what? Some of them are bound to be wrong. Take a look around here, ok? In case you haven't noticed, I'm paying for my mistakes. My husband has left me. Isn't that enough? Or should I be burned at the stake, lucky? Should I be drawn and quartered in the center of town? For god's sakes, I am your mother. And I promise you, I have loved you since the moment you were conceived. Doesn't that count for something? Or am I just the sum of my mistakes?"

This was beautiful. It's true. Lucky doesn't want to hear her explanations, he just wants to scream his blame. To hear her explanations would be to admit that she had been hurt by her choices as well, and he can't do that right now. I wasn't sure her tactic was the right one, telling him that he would find out as he grew up that lies were sometimes necessary. When she left behind the question of lying, however, and moved to the issue of choices that she made for survival, she broke my heart. She recognizes her choices, but she is tired of her family--the people she loves--only seeing the bad in her. She is paying for her mistakes, and she feels it keenly.

Laura: "Lucky, please, listen to me. It was as much Stefan's decision as it was mine because, you see, we both knew that Helena would stop at nothing to punish him and me and Nikolas for being ours."
Lucky: "I get it. I get it, ok?"
Laura: "Do you? Do you really get it, though?"
Lucky: "As much as I can. I'm not you, ok? I can't spend my whole life pretending."
Laura: "Is that what you think of me, lucky? That I've just spent my whole life pretending, that you can't trust anything I say?"
Lucky: "Not completely, no. And I don't say that to hurt you. I just--I don't lie to people I love."
Laura: "And I hope that you never have to. But I hope that your life is that chaos-free. You know my wish for you, lucky? I hope that you can keep this clarity and purity that you have forever and that you find perfect trust with someone. Not many people do. But I have to believe that you will, partly because you want it so badly. And I want you to have the happiness that you deserve. If there was any way at all that I could deliver it to you or Nikolas or Lesley Lu, there isn't much that I wouldn't do for my children."
Lucky: "You don't have to convince me."
Laura: "Ok. No matter how much distance you put between us, lucky, you are right here with me every minute of every day."
Lucky: "I know that about you."
Laura: "Good."
Lucky: "But I keep finding stuff out, mom. And it's like there's no end."
Laura: "If I were to tell you that this is the end of it, would you believe me? So--well, what can I say, then, that you will believe? What is it that--what is it that you need to hear?"
Lucky: "Just the truth. The truth, mom. That's it."
Laura: "You know it. You know it all now. There isn't any more. Do you believe me?"
Lucky: "I don't know."
Laura: "Oh, god. Wait a minute, please. Where are we now? I mean, how much ground have we lost this time? Am I the enemy again, or am I somebody you're going to avoid?"
Lucky: "I don't know."

After they both had the chance to yell out their pain, they calmed, and Laura tried again to explain that what she had done she had done for her family. Lucky is hurt too much to let go of his anger, but I loved that he acknowledged and accepted her love for him as she spoke of her children. Finally, love isn't the issue; this hurts so much because he does love her, and because he knows she loves him. It's the lying that he can't accept, and the thought that, if he trusts her again and lets her into his life, that he'll find out about another lie and be hurt again.

I felt so much for both of them, loving each other across that great rift between them.

Stefan: "I caught the launch as soon as we hung up. What's happened?"
Laura: "My whole life has just completely unraveled. It didn't just happen tonight. It's taken many, many years. You know, I thought that I was holding everything together until I took a look around and I realized that nobody was here. You know, my family was always everything to me. It was my whole life. But I destroyed it, and I don't even know how or when, but I--I did."

This moment was so painful, but it had to come. Laura has been blaming the feud and excusing the lies for so long, unwilling to see that she is at fault. No, she is not the only one to blame, but her choices, no matter what reason she felt she had to make them, have brought her here. She, like Lucky, is looking backwards to see that this has been a long time coming. Perhaps, like him, she sees that the possible starting points lie mostly with her. Whether that's completely accurate or not, she needed to see it.

I understood why she didn't call Luke. She couldn't bear to face him and the possible rejection that would come from such an encounter. I wanted her to, though; I wanted her to call him and say that she recognized her own guilt, to say that she didn't want to lose her family.

Laura: "They're--they're gone. They're all gone. I don't have a family anymore. They're gone."
Stefan: "You're wrong, Laura. You have a family. You have a family. Not the one you expected, but a family nonetheless.
Nikolas and I are waiting. All you have to do is come home."

This isn't about a fear of losing her family, though. This is about the conviction that she has already lost them. Stefan offers her a reunion with her other family, however, and I understand why she would take it. That conviction will prove, however, not to be completely solid. She still hopes that her Spencer family can be saved. But she doesn't have the strength or will, perhaps, to fight for it alone. So she continue to let choices be made for her. Ironic, after all that talk of the choices she has made, that such important things are happening in her life--such upheaval--in part because she would not make a choice now.

Lucky: "It's like she gave up on the basics. You can't make everybody happy. Why didn't she figure that out? You find what you want, and you stick to it. You decide what's important and who. And for me, it's you. That's not confusing or complicated. Everything else is secondary."
Elizabeth: "I feel the same way. About you, I mean."

Lucky: "I want to do this. This is our future. I think it's time I started taking care of it."
Elizabeth: "I like the sound of me being a part of your future."

This is the point at which Lucky took the job with Sonny. What's interesting about this language is that it's the language of his father--providing for the family, protecting them from possible danger, etc. The role is his father's, and the attitude as well. Lucky wants to earn the money himself; it's a man's job. Perhaps it won't be his connection to the mob that trips Lucky and Elizabeth up. Maybe it will be Lucky's reincribing his parents on his relationship with Liz, despite his best intentions.

Laura

• Liz lets Laura know that Lucky is out of town for a few days. Sonny comes to the house next, and Laura is surprised that he's back in town. He tells her that Lucky's working a legitimate job for him. Elizabeth leaves, and Laura tells Sonny that Luke's left her. Stefan arrives next, and isn't happy to see Sonny there. He asks Laura to take a walk with him, and she agrees. (1/14)

  It's interesting to me that Laura rarely gets a section to herself these days. She's either part of Luke or Lucky's section, or, more often than not, she appears with the Cassadines. That's pretty much her delimna, right now. She's between families, between last names, claiming little agency of her own. Speaking of last names, I want so much for her to assert her "Webber" roots. I want Lesley back, and I want the Webber women to find strength together with Laura's children in the middle of "Spencer" and "Cassadine."

  Laura: "So they're still getting along, then?"
  Elizabeth: "Oh, well, now, they disagree all the time. But now it's more like the way friends disagree--you know, Nikolas will make a suggestion, and then lucky will come up with another idea, and then Nikolas will make fun of him. You know, they're constantly teasing each other, making jokes about each other. But underneath it all, I can see a respect and affection."
  Laura: "This is so good to hear."
  Elizabeth: "They've overcome a lot. You should be proud of them."

  I was so pleased to see Elizabeth go to Laura with what little she knows. She would have realized that Lucky's visit with Laura left her as ragged as him, and I liked that she thought to comfort Laura with the news that her sons were friends (Laura latched onto that when Lucky mentioned it too, but he responded rudely).

  Laura: "Mm-hmm. Are you telling me the truth? This is legal? Really legal?"
  Sonny: "Laura, you know me. I would not lie to you."
  Laura: "Ok. I'm sorry. I had to ask."
  Sonny: "No. I mean, you know, it's your son."

  What I really loved, however, was that Sonny came to visit. I love to see him standing in the Spencer living room, almost uneasy at the sheer domesticity of the place. I was disappointed, at first, when he called her by her first name--his insistence on "Mrs. Spencer" was always so charming. I smiled, then, when Elizabeth called him "Mr. Corinthos" and he asked her to call him Sonny. They've had that exchange before, and I hope they have it again, to carry on the tradition.

  Sonny's reaction to the news that Luke had left Laura was interesting. He didn't really demonstrate any emotional response, he simply asked for the facts. I think Laura was surprised, seeing that most discussions of her family lead to screaming and weeping. And because of that, I think I'd like to see both Luke and Laura discuss this with Sonny. Unfortunately, he's putting two and two together already about Laura and Stefan, and if he smells disloyalty in the air, he won't be a sympathetic ear for Laura for long. And perhaps that's why he showed no reaction, after all.

  Laura: "Sonny didn't have anything to do with that shooting. He has been good to my family. He's a friend."
  Stefan: "Well, then obviously he was a guest in your home. Forgive me."
  Laura: "It's ok. I think--you know, you just have to understand that there are some people in my life that you may not like, and the same will be true of yours. It doesn't really make anybody wrong."
  Stefan: "All right, then. From now on, those people you trust, I shall try to trust as well. I said I would try."

  Stefan and Sonny amuse me, but this line from Stefan amused me even more.

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