General Hospital Recaps: The week of January 13, 1997 on GH

Kevin asked Lucy to move in with him. Mac proposed marriage to Katherine, but she didn't think that she was the right woman for Mac. Pierce ruined Emily's party. A mysterious stranger watched Sonny and those close to him.

Monday, January 13, 1997

by Soap Central

Kevin tells Lucy he wants her to move in with him...she makes thingsbearable in his life. Lucy is a bit hesitant and tells him she wantsto make sure this is what he wants, since she wants his love not hisgratitude. Lucy warns Kevin that she has a lot of clothes and suggests thatthey build more closets if she moves in. He assures her that he wantsnothing more than to share his home with her permantently. The two are happy with their decision and Kevin heads to the kitchen to make coffee.Lucy surveys the closet space in the meantime and comes across a few boxeswhich alarm her...they contain something that shakes her up over Kevin.

Jax and Miranda share a casual dinner of pizza at Mac's while they discuss their divorce. Miranda tells him it should be very cut and dry sinceshe's not asking for anything and they have no possessions to fight over.Jax tells her he is there to dicuss a monetary settlement so she can get on with her life. Miranda is disturbed by the idea and tells him theonly thing he owes her is a quick divorce and a firm handshake. Jax tellsher she will need money in order to start over and he wants to provide itfor her. In leaving, he asks her to please think over the settlement. Sheagrees to think about it.

Outside of Luke's, Sonny tells Brenda he remembers her being there for himwhen he thought he was going to die and that he knows she is afraid he willhurt her again. Brenda tells him things are over between them. Sonny saysthings are not over just because she says so, and that they are only overwhen the caring stops. He tells her that she can say whatever she wants, butthat he can see in her eyes that she still cares. Brenda says she needs Sonny to leave her alone, that she came there to end it, and that she isin love with Jax. Sonny tells her the only way she can be with Jax isif she pretends he (Sonny) doesn't exist. Whether she likes it or not, Sonnytells her that what they have is "real", messy and inconvenient maybe, butreal. He says that Jax may make her feel safe and he may not lie all thetime, but that that's not raw emotion...like they have together. He bottomlines it for her by saying the one problem they have is...they still loveeach other. He approaches and kisses her. Brenda stops him shortly after and tells him to stop since it won't fix anything and she is with Jax now.Sonny spills his guts to Brenda telling her that she was the only thing thatregistered with him when Lily died and as time passed he realized how greatthey were together....though he was initially happy that she was happy withJax, when he found out about his past, he admits he went after him to takehim down. Brenda is outraged at him for this. She tells Sonny that she issick of the pain and that they would be only temporarily happy together and that it really is time for him to let her go. Sonny tells her that if theonly way she can be with Jax, is to be away from him, then she is lyingto herself. He warns her that sooner or later she will look for the truthand when she does, he will be there waiting. Brenda tells him half heart-edly that she is not coming back this time and takes off for home.

At home, Brenda finds Jax not there. She thinks of her kiss with Sonny.Jax finally comes in and she asks him how it went. He tells her he andMiranda have a few more things to settle. He asks her what she did tonightand she replies.."nothing."

Katherine asks Mac if he would have proposed if she wasn't in the hospital. He tells her he probably wouldn't of, but that he loves her verymuch and that thought of spending his life without her is awful. She tellshim they just don't fit together and that he needs to wait until he findsthe right someone to spend the rest of his life with instead of settling.Mac ultimately thanks her for turning him down so nicely..but is hurt. Heleaves at Katherine's request. Stefan is not lurking far behind, and headsinto Katherine's room. She tells him she is very glad to see him and feelshe is the only person she can talk to right now. She says she is sick ofacting so brave for everyone else and that she can really be herself aroundhim. He is flattered and says he enjoys their visits very much. He asks ifshe is in pain and she tells him she is just so tired. He asks her to closeher eyes and focus on rest and what he is saying. He describes a peaceful place...a forest on a summer's day, the wind through the trees, a streamrunning over rocks, etc. Before long, she has nodded off to sleep, herhand clutched inside of Stefan's.

Sonny pays Lily's grave a visit with some roses. He talks of their pastand what he has learned from loving her. He goes on to say that he thinksof her often and prays for her soul, even though he knows it is already withGod. He goes on to tell her that he told Brenda he loved her tonight.He takes off his wedding ring and digs a hole in the snow for it, saying itis too precious to simply put in a drawer. He buries it in the snow and tells Lily that he cannot fight for Brenda wearing her ring. He ends bytelling her not to worry about him, and walks away. A strange person followsbehind and digs up the ring Sonny has buried.

Tuesday, January 14, 1997

by Soap Central

Lucy goes to Kevin's closet to further investigate a box of letters shefound there yesterday. When Kevin comes into the room, she asks him what'sgoing on. He asks what needs an explanation. Lucy mumbles something aboutnot having enough space for all her wardrobe essentials in his closet. Shethen asks him if it would bother him if she brought some pictures of her family with her when she moved in. Kevin tells her it is as much her placeas it is his and wonders why she would think it wouldn't be ok. She pointsout that she understands why there are no pictures of his family, but mentions his father. Kevin quickly changes the subject to breakfast.Kevin leaves for his session with Gail and Lucy also heads for the hospital.Kevin tells Gail that he and Lucy are moving in together and that it wasa mistake for him to ask to cut back on his sessions. He tells her he isworried about not being good at whatever it is he chooses to do...and ultimately not living up to his expectations. Gail suggests it may haveto do with his father's expectations. Kevin suggests that she is incorrectand tells her that if anything has to do with his father, he will let heknow. He leaves and heads for home where he ends up in the closet looking at the box of letters having to do with his father. Lucy pays a visit toGail and tells her she is concerned that Kevin may be keeping something tohimself that may hurt him...she suspects that his father is still alive.

Katherine wakes up refreshed and with a new attitude. She remembers Stefan being there the night before and sending her off to sleep with somelovely images. Bobbie comes in to check on her. Katherine tells her shehas a lot of positive energy and that a wonderful man who works the nightshift has taken good care of her. Bobbie asks what his name is and Katherine tells her she really doesn't know. Bobbie suggests therapy toher and she says she will think about it. Mac comes in with flowers for her.Katherine tells him she is surprised to see him after last nights' turneddown proposal, and the fact that he is there says a lot about who he is.He tells her that no matter what, he will not stop loving her. Katherinetells him she cares too much about him to see him marry the wrong woman, evenif that woman is her. She asks if he will get her some butterscotch puddingand he heads to the cafeteria. Tony visits her and tells her how lucky sheis to have someone like Mac to rely on and she tells him that she is awareof this and eternally grateful to him.

Felicia meets Bobbie in the cafeteria with a gift for such a great dinnerparty. It is a leather passport holder for all the trips she will begoing on with her new husband. Bobbie tells her it was so nice to get together again. Felicia tells her that Stefan seems like a wonderful man wholoves her very much. She asks Bobbie if it is difficult being married againso soon after a divorce. Bobbie admits that it is since Stefan is sodifferent than Tony and that there are always surprises and many sides ofStefan she learns more about each day...but this is very exciting. Feliciathen catches up with Mac in the cafeteria and they remember being there together during hard times with Maxi. She asks Mac if he regrets bringingFrisco back to Port Charles when Maxi was ill since it ultimately led tothe demise of their engagement. Mac tells her absolutely not, and that hewould do it all again. He tells Felicia that the proposed to Katherine lastnight and that she said no. Felicia asks if she is insane...Mac tells her that they talked a lot and now not marrying her seems more right than marrying her. Felicia agrees with him and tells him she suspected they wouldhave never worked as husband and wife. She tells Mac that he thrives on saving women in distress and that he was trying to save Katherine. He tellsher that he and Katherine are friends now, just like them. Felicia tells himthat no friendship is just like theirs, that he is more than a friend, a lover, or family, he is the best man she has ever given her love to. Macthanks her for the praise.

Tony runs into Audrey at the nurses desk, who tells him she hasn't seensign of Carly, who seems to be falling into her old bad habits of beinglate for work. Tony calls the apartment but Carly, who is sitting on thecouch crying and thinking about Bobbie, prostitution, and the fact thather father was just some unknown client, deliberately does not answer thephone. Tony leaves GH for home to see what is wrong. When he arrives, hefinds Carly and encourages her to tell him what is wrong. She assures him that he cannot help her. She tells him that no matter what she does, everything in his life seems more important than her. Tony tells her thatthey caused a chain reaction of things when they fell in love and now theyneed to get through it together. He mentions them getting to GH and shetells him how much of an outcast she feels there. Tony mentions Bobbie andshe yells for him to not speak of her and runs in to take a shower. Whenshe comes out, he suggests that she get herself back into the nurses programs and become the best nurse she can just to spite everyone. Carlyreminds him that Bobbie would never let that happen and that she makes herfeel like she doesn't even have the right to exist. Tony tells her sheneeds to get past these feelings and she tells him she will do her best.They head for GH together.

At GH, Carly runs into Bobbie immediately at one of the nurse's stationand Bobbie immediately cuts into her about being late. Carly reminds herthat she has no right to comment since she no longer works in herdepartment. Bobbie tells her it is just professional to be on time and ifshe plans on going anywhere at GH, she should be more conscious of such things. Carly snaps back and Bobbie suggests that they try not to causean ugly scene everytime they run into each other. Carly tells her she isjust jealous since she and Tony are in love. Bobbie tells her she haseverything she wants. Carly suggests that she is speaking of her knew rich husband, Stefan and tells Bobbie there are some things she just won'tdo for money. Bobbie tells her she will not stand there and be harrassed bysuch filth as her...Carly asks if her new husband really knows all there isto know about her past. Stefan lurks around the corner and tells Carly heknows everything there is to know and that she should mind her own businessif she wants to keep her job at GH. Carly asks if he is threatening her..he tells her he wouldn't waste his time in doing that. Tony butts in tosee what is going on and Bobbie chastises Carly and him, saying they shouldboth be ashamed of themselves. Tony asks Carly what she meant by thatand Carly describes her horrible experience. Tony tells her to stay awayfrom Stefan. Bobbie tells Stefan that she wants to come clean to him about everything from her past since she wants to end all secrets betweenthem.

Katherine receives a visit from a specialist from Geneva to help herwith her attitude and her therapy.

Wednesday, January 15, 1997

by Soap Central

Alexis visits Kevin to tell him a decision has been made in his classaction suit at GH. The good news is they want to settle without a trialand the bad news is, they want a formal and public annoucement made regarding his termination. Kevin is depressed, but agrees to sign the agreement. He tells Alexis that this was probably bound to happen andthat he is surprised that they are letting him off that easy. In the meantime, Lucy pays Gail a visit to chat about the letters she found fromhis father. Gail mentions that Kevin is not very forthcoming with inforegarding his dad, but that he has never mentioned that he is dead. Lucy tells Gail she could look at the letter and then report back to her whatshe has found so she can help Kevin. Gail tells her they will run intotoo many privacy violation issues and that Kevin is making progress..buthis condition is very complex. Lucy tells Gail she cares too much to seeKevin suffer and she worries too much about him falling over the edge again.Gail suggests that Kevin needs to deal with his father in his own time andthat she needs to be calm and take one step at a time. Lucy says it willbe hard, but for Kevin, she can do anything. Lucy comes home and Kevin tells her the bad news that he can no longer practice psychology.Alexis leaves them alone. Kevin tells Lucy he will be okay soon and insteadof being depressed, he needs to celebrate their new life together. Lucyagrees and goes out to fetch dinner. When she returns, Kevin tells her hehas something to show her since he can face anything as long as they aretogether. He takes her to the closet where his dad's letters are and hissurprise to Lucy is that it is totally cleaned out so she can put all heressentials in there....Lucy's surprise is that the letters are gone.

Monica and Alan discuss plans and presents for Emily's birthday. Monicatells him that she had the unfortunate experience of scrubbing with Piercefor surgery again. Alan makes a phone call and completely rearranges Pierce's surgical schedule to avoid further contact. Alan tells Monica thathe will be performing surgery himself soon, now that his hand is healing.Pierce barges into the office and complains to Alan about his new schedulewhich gives him the worst hours and the worst operating rooms. Alan tellshim it is just his bad luck, he needs to deal with it, and get over himself.Alexis comes in next and serves Pierce with a restraining order. Pierceleaves with his tail between his legs.

Tony confronts Carly as to what she said to Bobbie, fearing she may havementioned the custody battle. Carly tells him she didn't mention that buthe can ask Ms. Perfect for the details. Tony tells her he expects her to rise above her pettiness in lieu of the custody battle and what may be usedagainst him. Tony is paged and Carly walks away. Tony goes to see Katherineand finds Dr. Seabond, a specialist from Geneva courtesy of Stefan, by herside. He is professional around her but is obviously disturbed by her presence. Katherine tells Tony she just wanted him to know what was goingon. Tony thanks her for the info, and leaves. Dr. Seabond tells Katherinethey will need another MRI and some tests to determine her prognosis. Sheagrees willingly and asks if there is hope...the Dr. tells her there is always hope. Outside her room, Tony runs into Stefan and tells him he already knows about Dr. Seabond and that he would appreciate it if he wouldn't pull anything like that again. Half overhearing, Bobbie asks whatthey are talking about. Tony walks away and tells her to ask her husband.Stefan tells her what is going on. Bobbie is a bit angry and confused andasks what is really going on with the Katherine issue. Stefan tells her hehas an obligation to help her since she was shot on his property and that hejust can't dismiss the issue. Bobbie tells him again that what happened toKatherine is simply not his fault and he should really try to get over it.He tells her he will appologize to Tony if she wants, but she tells him shewill do it for him.

At home, Tony finds Carly on the couch. He tells her he loves her verymuch because she is so smart and tough, but she needs to develop a thickerskin and a heightened sense of responsibility. He tells her to simply ignoreBobbie since she won't come looking for her. The doorbell rings, and therestands Bobbie.

At Luke's, Jason and Sonny have a heart to heart talk about business andpersonal matters. Sonny tells him what he did last night by going to Lily'sgrave, talking to her and burying his wedding ring. He explains to Jasonthat when someone dies you can either find your way out or die yourself.He says that through time, he has learned to go on and that now he knows that that is what Lily would want. He mentions to Jason how deep he is into the "business" and how it will be difficult for him to ever get out.He appologizes for being so selfish and dragging him in this deep. Jasontells him he made his own choices and he is happy about where he is andeverything he has done. He thanks Sonny for believing in and acceptinghim when no one else would. Sonny tells him that in the past he was used tonot worrying about others, but that he won't do that again. He tells Jasonabout Brenda and her need to be away from him...he goes on to say he wantsto make it safe for her to be around him again and so they need to worktogether to find out who tried to kill him.

Thursday, January 16, 1997

by Soap Central

Maxi has a bad dream about Felicia dying, like Laura did, and she seekscomfort from Tom and Felicia who calm her down. Finally, Felicia gets herto go back to bed and then tells Tom how sad it is for a child to have togrow up worrying about their mom dying. Tom, feeling a bit guilty, rememberssaving Laura from the explosion and the fact that she's not really dead.His cell phone rings and he quickly gets rid of who's on the other end, sinceFelicia is listening. She asks Tom if something is going on and he tells herthat he just has piles of work to contend with. When Felicia goes to checkon Maxi, Tom's phone rings again...it is Luke who is requesting a meeting with him since he is concerned over Leslie's health. Tom tells him not tocall his phone anymore since Felicia is becoming suspicious but that he willmeet him as soon as possible. He hangs up before Felicia comes back in theroom and then tells her he would like to have the weekend free to spend withher, but that he needs to leave now and get some work done for that to happen. She agrees to let him go.

Alan raves on about Dorman to Monica and Alexis. They agree that theyhave been through worse together and survived, so they leave for Emily'sbirthday celebration at the Grill. When they arrive the whole Quartermaineclan is there, including Emily's friend, Matt and Alexis and Nikolas whohappened to be there for dinner and were invited to the party by Edward.Alan toasts to Emily by saying they are lucky to have her as part of the family and see her as a source of pride and joy. Dorman shows up at theGrill with a date, and catches Alan's eye. Alan approaches him with hostility and Alexis tries to calm him down. Monica asks him nicely toleave since he is upsetting Emily...Dorman appologizes for that but sayshe has no intention of leaving and heads to his table. When Alan and Monicareturn to their table, Alan suggests they all leave. Monica tells Emilyhow sorry she is and Emily snaps at her saying she should have thought ofthat before she slept with the creep. Matt slips Emily some pot and the two storm out of the restaurant...Alan is not far behind.

Bobbie visits Tony and Carly's apartment and appologizes to Tony for Stefan's action of bringing in a specialist for Katherine without consultinghim first...she excuses his behavior and tells Tony that Stefan is simplynot familiar with hospital protocol yet. Tony says he is upset but willnot dwell on things. Bobbie tells Carly that it was unfair of her to saythat Lucas couldn't know about her relationship with Tony and that she issorry. She also invites Carly openly back into the nurse's program if thatis what she chooses and vows to not stand in her way. She ends by suggestingthey should all move on and try to get along for Lucas' sake. When she leaves Tony tells Carly that that is the Bobbie he used to know and that heis now questioning the custody battle. Calry is shocked and outraged at howeasily Bobbie is able to suck Tony in and manipulate him. He tells her hedoesn't want to fight Bobbie, only Stefan, to make sure Lucas is raisedproperly. Calry yells about how easy it is for Tony to give Bobbie the benefit of the doubt and how he waited for her permission to tell Lucasabout their relationship. She tells Tony he must have been too embarrassedof her and refers to herself as his "dirty little secret." She tells Tonythat it's time for him to give her the respect he offers to Bobbie...especially since she was nothing but a hooker when she was her age. Tonyis very angry at her for bringing this up and tells her she has no right toattack Bobbie like that. Carly appologizes to him and says she is just soinsecure and hopes that he doesn't hate her. Later he paces the floor and Calry tries unsucessfully to lure him to bed.

At the hospital, Alexis yells again at Stefan about getting too close toKatherine. Finally he admits that he shouldn't be as involved. Miranda ducks them both in the hall as she comes to visit Katherine. Miranda findsher in better spirits. Katherine chats with her a bit, and with Mac whocomes to visit, but does not let on about the specialist and her possibleprognosis. When Dr. Seabond returns with her MRI, she asks Mac and Mirandato leave the room. The doctor tells Katherine she does not reccommend surgery for her since it would serve no benefit...she says the only progressnow is up to her and a rigorous course of physical therapy. Katherineis annoyed and distraught, saying that she was her last hope. The doctortells her she is lucky the nerves in her spine were not severed and areonly compressed, which gives her a chance of walking again. She suggests sheuses her anger to make her fight and walk again. Katherine thanks herand wishes her a nice trip back. She looks forward to Stefan's nightly visit.

Back at the hospital, Bobbie convinces Stefan to come home with her.He reluctantly goes. When at home, the two crawl into bed. It isn't longbefore Stefan wakes up over a nightmare he has had about shooting Katherine.He attempts to get up to leave, but Bobbie persuades him to let her comforthim instead. Katherine sits in her room, more depressed than ever.

Friday, January 17, 1997

by Elisabeth

Jax gives Brenda a new diamond and proposes again, saying they need tostart from square one again. Brenda doesn't accept the diamond just yetand instead proposes an idea to go to New Orleans as they did before andthen agrees to put on the ring. Brenda tells him she has arranged the nextmonth off and is ready to spend all of her time with him since she toldSonny she would no longer be able to do anymore detective work with him.Jax is pleased with this announcement and tells Brenda he has to go meetwith Miranda to work out a monetary settlement. Brenda is a bit taken back,but tells him to go ahead and do what he needs to do. After he leaves, shedecides to take a shower and get ready for a late dinner. In the meantime,we see a mysterious person who has dug up Sonny's wedding ring from Lily'sgrave, sitting at a desk with a magazine picture of Brenda in front of himand writing out a letter and evelope to her. While coming out of the shower there is a knock at the door. When Brenda answers, she finds a box of roses and a note with her name on it.

Miranda decides to move into Lucy's old place over the Outback. When Jax arrives, he helps her move in what little stuff she has, including abroken down bookcase which falls apart on them both. Jax tells her hewants to give her an advancement on her settlement so she can afford somereal furniture. Miranda points out how he always strives to do the rightthing and says if it makes him happy, he can write her out a check. Mirandagoes to the other room while Jax builds a fire in the fireplace with thebroken wood from the bookcase. He calls Brenda and tells her he might be longer than expected. She tells him that is quite alright since she has hisroses to keep her company. He tells her he did not send her flowers and tells her to check the card...she says she has and that it says "I'll neverforget you." Jax says he bets he knows who they're from and Brenda, alsosuspecting Sonny at this point, says she will take care of it.Jax attempts to move aside some of Miranda's suitcases, when one opens,spilling out a pile of his old letters. He takes a few out and reads them by the fire...remembering times of long ago. Miranda comes in and catches him reading them.

Alan and Monica enjoy a late lunch at the house. Monica mentions hownot even a restraining order prevented Pierce from ruining Emily's birthday celebration. Emily peers in the doorway in time to hear Alan sayhe doesn't know why he lets Pierce bother him, but if he comes near Emilyagain, he will kill him. When Emily comes in, Monica appologizes about herparty and tells her they will have a more proper one for her at the house.Emily is resistant and asks them if AJ is home since last she knew he wentto see Jason because it is the anniversary of him waking up from his accident. When Matt comes in, she and he leave. Monica and Alan remembera year ago when Jason recovered from the accident. Monica says the onlygift she can seem to give him now that he appreciates is staying away fromhim...she says she feels dead to him and her loss is overwhelming.

Mac pays Sonny a visit at the club and warns him that Taggert is after his butt bad. Sonny insists that he is a legitimate businessman and hasnothing to hide. Mac tells him that they may have found the body of Marilyn Cooper in Rochester and tells him he will let him know what turnsup. After receiving a call, it is determined it is not Marilyn,but that traces of pure heorin were found in the body. After Mac leaves,Sonny and Jason try to figure out who is involved in trying to take downSonny and take over his territory. Sonny says he is worried about Brenda'ssafety and them coming after him and her again. AJ shows up and he and Jason share a lunch prepared for them by the prep cook. AJ wishes him ahappy birthday and gives him two tickets for a hockey game. AJ leaves shortly after and thanks Jason for the time he spent. When he gets home,AJ reaches for comfort in the bottle as he remembers he is the one whocaused Jason Quartermaine to become Jason Morgan. Back at the club, Mikebutts into Sonny's business and asks what his plans are for the futureand for Brenda, since she is in a very vulnerable position right now and has been around a lot lately. Sonny tells him when he makes his planspublic, Mike will be the first to know.

The mysterious stranger comes into play again, as we see him holdingSonny's wedding ring, wrap it around a rose and seal another letter for Brenda. At the same time, Brenda bursts into the club to confront Sonnyabout sending her the last bunch of roses...Sonny has no idea what sheis ranting about and pulls her into the back room saying she needs to bevery quiet. In the main part of the bar, Jason walks in and is surprisedby a visitor...Robin.