General Hospital Recaps: The week of January 24, 2005 on GH

Comprehensive daily recaps for General Hospital, dating back to 1996.

Monday, January 24, 2005

by JENNIFER

Carly, Jordan, Brook, and Kristina are engulfed in darkness when the lights go out at Sonny's new mansion. Carly immediately springs into action and takes aim when she hears an intruder at the door. It turns out to be one of Sonny's guards and they quickly get the power back on. Just as the light returns, Sonny and Michael burst through the front door and ecstatically look at the new house. As the kids run around and find their new playroom, Sonny and Carly share a moment of closeness where they agree that family should always come first. Sonny reminds Carly that she will always be a part of his family, but Alexis rushes into the room and breaks up the harmony. She blasts Sonny for taking Kristina to view his house and not arranging it with her first. Sonny brushes her off, and refuses to allow her to dampen his mood. A brief interruption occurs when Diego is grabbed outside by Max, but he assures Sonny that he was only there to see Brooke. Relieved of her babysitting duties, Brook happily leaves with her boyfriend. Alexis gathers up Kristina to leave, but Sonny instead wants to take his daughter to open her present. Alexis protests Sonny's spoiling of their daughter, but Carly warns her not to spoil the moment.

Courtney is stunned by Bridget's plans to raise Hope with her, and Courtney refuses to allow it to happen. Bridget pitches a fit and storms off, but Courtney tries to get through to her. Meanwhile, Sam and Jason are stunned when Bridget's grandmother, Rita, shows up and offers to house the baby. Sam tries to strong arm Rita into allowing Hope to stay with them, but Rita leaves without making any commitments. Sam then lays into Jason and tries to get him to bribe the judge to give them Hope. Jason is shocked by Sam's demands, and flippantly asks if she wants him to threaten Bridget and Rita, too? When Sam clearly doesn't have a problem with it, Jason reminds her that they have to do what is best for Hope, not what's best for them. Meanwhile, Rita goes to Courtney's loft, and Bridget is immediately angry to see her. Rita apologizes for not being better equipped to handle the problematic teen, and she assures Bridget that she will be the best option for Hope. Bridget refuses to turn the baby over to her, so Courtney suggests that Rita return the next day when Bridget has calmed down. Courtney then sits down with Bridget and tries again to reason with her and help her see the best scenario for Hope. Later, Jason calls Bridget, Courtney, and Rita to his apartment, and tells them all they must decide together what will happen to Hope so that she doesn't end up with strangers. He asks Courtney what her read on the judge was, and Courtney admits that the judge thinks Bridget is an irresponsible child, but that Sam and Jason are not much better with their criminal pasts. Sam protests that she and Jason are the perfect people to raise the baby, but Courtney reminds her that she'll need to convince a judge of that, and it won't be easy. Rita again offers to take Hope, and Courtney asks Bridget if she'd be willing to live with her baby and her grandmother. Bridget finally agrees, and everyone but Sam decides that's the best option. Jason gets Sam to finally hand over the baby, and Bridget, Rita, and Courtney leave with her. After they are gone, Sam tells Jason that she will never forgive him.

Emily screams in agony as Connor forces her skirt up, and brutally rapes her in the basement of the house where they are hiding. She fights and cries, but is unable to get him off of her. Connor finishes raping her, and then apologizes, saying he just couldn't help himself because he was so into pretending to be Nikolas. A devastated Emily struggles to pull her skirt down and find a way to get up off the floor. She reaches for a pair of scissors near her, and she stabs them at Connor to keep him away from her. He collapses on the floor, and she manages to hobble up the steps into the living room. Unable to find her keys, and discovering that Connor ripped the phone cord out of the wall, Emily goes back downstairs to see if a dead Connor has her car keys with him. She gets to the basement and finds him gone, so she runs upstairs and grabs her coat to leave. Emily throws open the front door and finds Connor standing there with a gun aimed at her. He enters the house, and tells her again that he's sorry if he scared her. A tearful Emily can no longer fight against him, and he grabs her and hugs her close to him. He begins to kiss her as she cries harder, until suddenly Emily manages to wrench the gun away from him, and step back to blow him away.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

by Soap Central

---

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

by IRENE -- ROMANCE AND PORT CHARLES

Helena walks in as Emily shoots Connor and assumes that she just murdered Nikolas. Helena is about to kill Emily when Lucky and Liz burst in, allowing Helena the opportunity to escape. Lucky talks Liz and Emily into keeping quiet about Connor's death and then bury the corpse in the forest.

Sam flies into a rage, trashing Jason for not fighting to keep Hope. Although he assures her that he still wants to marry her, Sam insists that he never loved her in the first place. After lashing out at Courtney, Sam says she'll one day have a daughter that no one can take from her.

Michael shows up just as the mystery person is about to nab Kristina. Carly has a heart-to-heart talk with Courtney and says she has to decide if it's Jax she loves or Jason. At the same time, Sonny poses Jason with the same question about Sam and Courtney.

Thursday, January 27, 2005

by Mary N.

---

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Friday, January 28, 2005

by Soap Central

As Alexis phones Ric to quiz him about Kristina suddenly 'finding' her lost 'angel bear,' Alexis cuts her call short when she realizes that Samantha has come into Kelly's and is sitting beside Kristina. Alexis quickly returns to Kristina and Sam suddenly begins to unburden herself about the sad loss of baby Hope, now that the baby's biological mother has decided that Bridget wants her baby after all. As Alexis and Samantha talk, the mysterious stranger watches through a window, then phones a report to his boss that he will NOT be able to make a move on Kristina until later.

At his new mansion, Sonny advises Jason that Jason needs to decide for sure whether it is Sam or Courtney that Jason loves. Jason insists that he WANTS to be with Sam because -- Sam needs him. Sonny cautions Jason about staying with Sam because of a sense of duty rather than because of love. At the same time, across town, Carly encourages Courtney to let Jason know how Courtney feels now that Sam has declared that Sam and Jason are finished. Meanwhile, Sonny and Jason are interrupted by Michael, who reports that Kristina's bear appeared right after Max and Michael ran around the courtyard, having a snowball fight. Meanwhile, Carly argues that Courtney needs to level with Jason about her feelings before it is too late. Becoming convinced that Carly is right, Courtney dashes away to find Jason. In the meantime, Sonny quizzes Max about Kristina's bear and discovers that Max DID leave the little girl unguarded for a minute. Sonny sends Jason to look for signs of an intruder, then cautions Michael about speaking to strangers and urges Michael to keep an eye on his sister as well. All the while, the mysterious stranger eavesdrops on all of their conversations via the hidden cameras.

At the Safe House, Liz gently tries to convince Emily that Emily needs to acknowledge the truth about Connor's brutal assault, but Emily insists that Connor merely went crazy and Emily shot Connor in a panic. Now that Connor is dead, Emily only wants to forget that the entire night ever happened. After Emily storms away, Lucky returns and Liz reports that she believes that Emily WAS raped, but is refusing to acknowledge the facts to herself. Liz urges Lucky to help Liz convince Emily to go to a clinic to be tested and to preserve evidence for the police, but Lucky argues that Connor is already dead and beyond prosecution. However, Liz reminds Lucky that IF the police ever discover Connor's body and begin an investigation, Emily needs to be able to prove that Emily shot Connor in self defense. However, while Lucky and Liz talk, Emily showers away all traces of Connor's violent attack. Later, Liz tries to comfort Emily and Lucky warns that they will need to move Emily to a new safe house but that it is not safe yet for Emily to return home. However, when Lucky and Liz leave the room to pack, Helena watches Emily through a window. Later, Lucky returns to the Safe House and reports that he is having trouble getting the car started. When Liz leaves the house to help Lucky start the car, Helena creeps into the room with a gun and announces her plan to get rid of Emily permanently. Emily tries to convince Helena that Emily shot Connor and not Nikolas, but Helena refuses to believe Emily. When Lucky and Liz return to the Safe House, they discover the room in a shambles and Emily missing. Liz and Lucky immediately presume that Helena has taken Emily.

Brook Lynn accompanies Diego to Courtney's apartment to pick up Diego's belongings and make plans for Diego to get a room above Kelly's. As they make plans, Bridget arrives and demands to know WHAT the two of them are doing in Courtney's apartment. As Diego explains their presence, Bridget appears interested in Diego, so Brook quickly hustles Diego out of the apartment. After Brook and Diego leave, Bridget discovers Courtney's liquor cabinet. Later, Mike gives Diego a hard time about a job and room at Kelly's. However, Mike finally changes his mind, declaring that he is doing it because he knows that Courtney truly wanted to help Diego. As Brook Lynn and Diego celebrate, Lorenzo suddenly arrives at Kelly's. However, when Lorenzo speaks to Diego, Diego once again orders his father to stay out of his life.

After Courtney leaves Carly's apartment, Steven stops by Carly's place and challenges Carly to consider romance with a nice guy for a change. However, when Steven begins to wonder out loud WHY Carly is so attracted to 'bad' guys, Carly evades Steven's questions and then reminds the romantic doctor that she is only interested in being friends with Steven and there is no hope that their relationship would ever go beyond that point. Meanwhile, Courtney runs into Jason outside Kelly's. When Courtney begins to level with Jason about her feelings for him, Jason stops Courtney and declares his love for Sam. Courtney puts on a brave smile and wishes Jason happiness in his new life with Sam. At the same time, Sam visits Sonny and asks Sonny to do whatever it takes for Sam to get Hope back. Sonny assures Sam that she can count on Sonny's help. However, when Sonny takes his gun out, Sam argues that she does NOT want Sonny to terrorize Bridget's grandmother. However, Sonny reminds Sam that, once a plan to gain custody of Hope, no matter what the cost, has been put into motion, events could possibly get out of control and anything COULD happen. Meanwhile, Courtney returns home and discovers that Bridget has been drinking. Bridget blasts Courtney for ruining her life by shuffling Bridget right back into the failed relationship with Bridget's grandmother. Courtney challenges Bridget to take charge of getting her own life straightened out for her daughter's sake. After Courtney and Bridget argue, Courtney relents and agrees to allow Bridget to stay with Courtney one more night. At the same time, Sam tells Sonny that she has changed her mind about using any means possible to obtain custody of Hope. Then Sam realizes that Sonny was using reverse psychology to convince Sam to change her mind about wresting custody of Hope away from Rita and Bridget at any costs. After Sam leaves the mansion, Sonny finds Michael asleep on the couch and covers Michael up, while the intruder continues to monitor Sonny's movements through the system of hidden cameras. Later, Jason goes to Sam's hotel room and tries to speak to Sam, but Sam refuses to answer her door. After Jason leaves, Sam receives a phone call and discusses a risky plan with a mysterious contact.