General Hospital Recaps: The week of July 3, 2000 on GH

Monica suspected that she might be pregnant. A.J. tried to squander his fortune. Jax was ready to sleep with Helena to get the cure for Chloe. Emily woke up in a strange hotel room next to a dead man.

Monday, July 3, 2000

by Soap Central

Liz, Nikolas and Lucky searchedfrantically for Emily, while Ted took a drugged outEmily to a motel room. Liz blasted Juan for hurtingEmily. Carly begged Sonny not to take her back to PortCharles, and Sonny agreed to extend their vacationfor a while longer. Sonny reminded Carly that they dohave to return home eventually. Jax acceptedHelena's proposition for a night of passion inexchange for the drug Chloe needs, while Chloe hadyet another cryptic dream, this time of making love toJax in a red-curtained room. An anxious Stefanattempted to anticipate Helena's next move. Jaxreturned home and assured Chloe that he will doanything to get her what she needs, and lied that hehad decided not to meet with Helena. Sonny andCarly continued to grow closer, and Carly began tohope that they may actually have a future together.

Tuesday, July 4, 2000

by Soap Central

A naked Emily awoke next to Ted'slifeless body and was relieved whenLucky finally found her. Luckypromised to protect Emily anddecided to get rid of all the evidencein the room. Liz and Nikolas laterarrived to help, but not beforerefusing to tell Juan where they weregoing. Lucky and Liz feared Emilyhad been raped and encouraged herto go to a clinic for an exam. AJcontinued to make small inroads withHannah. Jax asked Tony to verify thatthe formula in Helena's possessionis indeed the one that Chloe needs.

Later, Chloe discovered from Tonythat Jax has the formula for the drugshe needs. But when Chloeconfronted Jax, he lied that he hadobtained the formula from anothersource, not Helena. As Bobbiewitnessed Laura longing for Luke,Roy assured Laura that Luke stillloves her. Bobbie asked Roy to liveat the Brownstone after Laurainformed her that he is moving out.Roy refused Bobbie's request,claiming that it would not be acomfortable living situation for Lucas.

Wednesday, July 5, 2000

by QT Macias

Sonny and Carly went riding in his speedboat. Carly was justglowing. She looked so content to be there with Sonny. She evenstated that she was so glad that he brought her to the island.Later, Benny visited Sonny on the island and insisted that hereturn to Port Charles immediately. Sonny told him to handle thesituation back home and that he would be back later. Benny saidthat he is only an accountant and cannot handle the daily dutieswithout Sonny's presence as a force with Marino's people. Carlywalked in the foyer and eaves drops on Sonny and Benny. Benny thenasked Sonny if he wanted to risk everything for Carly. Sonnyexplained to Benny that he had promised Jason to take care of Carlyand he was not going back on his promised. Carly needed him to bethere. Benny backed downed and reminded Sonny that he really doesneed to return to Port Charles the sooner the better. Meanwhile,Carly was hiding and misinterpreting the conversation to mean thatSonny was not developing feelings for her. Carly went to get Michael to tellhim a story and as she was talking to him she was apologizing forletting him down about first Jason and now Sonny. Sonny walkedinto the room and Carly immediately said that it is time to leavethe island. Sonny is puzzled by this statement and rebuts withthey will leave in a day and a half. Sonny took Michael to theocean to prior to him going to bed.

Dara and AJ ran into each other at Kelly's. AJ was trying to looseall his money on the stock market and was trying to enlist Dara'shelp. However, she was having no parts of his mischief. She evenasked AJ to donate his money if he was so anxious to let it go whynot let it go to something worth while. AJ declined. He told herthat if he did something good like that, then Edward would win. Hehad to loose his money in the most careless of ways to hurt hisgrandfather. Dara left AJ to continue waiting on Hannah's returnto Kelly's. Taggert and Hannah showed up next at Kelly's aftertheir picnic only to find AJ. Dara informed Taggert that Mac waslooking for all detectives because one of their own, Ted Wilson(what a surprise!), an under cover cop, was missing. A few secondslater, Taggert got paged to return to work, while Hannah pulled upa seat next to AJ and became AJ's audience as he continuedrecklessly purchase stock.

Liz brought Emily safely home and tries to get her to go tothe women's clinic, but Emily is too afraid. Liz was beingjust one terrific friend as she spoke to Emily about the dangers ofpossibly being raped. How it was important to get examined and notshower, to take the morning after pill, and to talk to a counselorto help her through this incident. Emily wanted to shower sobadly, however Liz was able to convince her to at least go tothe clinic first thing in the morning.

Juan climbed through Emily's window to find her, but she wasdownstairs explaining her whereabouts to her family. Juan waiteduntil she returned but Emily asked him to just leave. Juanapologized for his actions and fully admitted that it was all hisfault. Emily started to sob more. He said that he looked for herall over town and he would do anything to make this right. He saidthat he loved her. Emily asked Juan to go and she continued toweep. Juan made his way to Kelly's where Liz blasted him forhis actions and told him in no uncertain terms to leave Emilyalone. Emily sat alone in her bath tub trying to remember exactlywhat happened from leaving the Rave until waking up with a needlein her hand.

While the ladies were at the Quartemaines, Lucky and Nikolas weretrying to dispose of Ted Wilson, the under cover cop. First theManager demanded to be let in the hotel room. Lucky quicklydevised a story about their friend having too much to drink andneeded to sleep it off. Then Nikolas conveniently passed a100-dollar bill to the manager to calm his nerves. The managerleft but notified them that the next time he would call the cops.Nikolas wanted to ask Alexis for help, but Lucky insisted that theyhad to keep quiet for Liz's sake. The two brother workedtogether to get Ted's body to Wyndemere and to store it in an oldfreezer prior to Helena walking in on them. Nikolas then put on agood show for his grandmother to convince her to leave thepremises. It worked and Lucky and Nikolas were relieved for themoment, But how long can this secret really last? Helena makes ither business to know everything that goes and comes at Wyndemere.

Edward was putting on his 4th of July barbecue, but was sadlydisappointed when none of his family showed up for the festivities.Monica, Alan, Lila, and Edward celebrated this day without anyother family. Alan was still on his Monica is cheating kick.However, Monica shocked the life back into him by announcing thatshe was pregnant. Then he asked how could he be sure the baby ishis. Monica repeatedly advised Alan that she was not having anaffair and this baby was most certainly his. After a while, Alandid come around and Monica was able to share the joy that she wasfeeling about their 2nd chance at a family. Alan then stated thathe too liked the thought of being a father again. They hugged eachother and continued to hope that Monica will actually be pregnant.

Thursday, July 6, 2000

by Cinny Nwokocha

On their last day on the island, Carly and Sonny spend time together on the beach. Afterwards, Carly kisses Sonny, assuming that their relationship is finished. Liz accompanies a shaken Emily to the clinic and covers for her when Laura also arrives. Liz claims she's there to volunteer and then finds Emily after she is relieved to learn that she was not raped. Though Nikolas is plagued with thoughts about getting rid of Ted's lifeless body, both he and Lucky agree that helping Emily was the right thing to do. He assures Lucky that he checked the freezer and the body is still there but is thinks that they should bury him as soon as possible. Desperate to find Emily, Juan seeks out Taggert who helps him track down Emily. He then tries to set things straight between them but Emily refuses to speak to him. Tony finally confirms for Jax that the sample of the formula he had tested is exactly what Chloe needs. When Chloe suggests that they take the weekend off and get away, Jax turns down her offer and realizes that he must now spend the night with Helena in order to get the drug for Chloe. Ned warns Alexis and Chloe to stay away from Helena.

Friday, July 7, 2000

by Cinny Nwokocha

After lying about his plans to Chloe, Jax offered himself to Helena in exchange for the drug that Chloe needs. Meanwhile, Stefan decided to take a closer look at Chloe and her possible connection to Helena. Chloe began to dream about Jax bending down to kiss her, while Jax appeared ready to give Helena her heart's desire. Despite their growing closeness, Carly informed a thrown Sonny that it is time for her and Michael to move out of the Penthouse. Laura and Scott revisited their past, but he turned down her request that he defend Luke. Lucky was tender with Liz in the wake of Emily's crisis, and later Emily received a cryptic phone call which promised that her ordeal is far from over. Roy asked Mike to keep an eye on Luke's while he and Bobbie are on vacation, which Mike looked at as an opportunity to come up with a money-making scheme.