General Hospital Recaps: The week of March 10, 1997 on GH

Jax saved Sonny's life. Monica was found guilty. Laura and Lesley left town. A.J. confessed that he had been driving drunk at the time of the accident.

Monday, March 10, 1997

by Soap Central

Brenda and Sonny are wrapped in each other'sarms dozing from lack of oxygen, when Sonny hears Jax'svoice. He wakes Brenda who cries out to Jax that they are down there andpleads with him to get them out. Up above, Mac,Jason, and Mike along with the Port CharlesFire Department try to determine exactly how they can get Brenda andSonny out when all of a sudden the ground starts rumbling beneath theirfeet. The explosion Harry caused has weakened the groundabove Brenda and Sonny and threatens to come down and bury Brenda andSonny alive.

Jason tries desperately to remember the layout of the rooms below, buthe's having trouble with his memory. He asks Mike what the next line isto the Lord's Prayer. All of a sudden Taggert shows up andtells Mac he's here to find the Heroin. Mac warns him any trouble fromhim and he will fire him. As Jason walks above the spot where Brenda andSonny are buried the ground suddenly gives way and Jason falls through. It opens a hole and allows the much needed oxygen in for the victims. Brenda and Sonny agree not to tell Jax what happened between them. Thanks to the hole Jason created they are able to lower a harness to pullthe both of them to safety. Mac tells Sonny they need to come uptogether on the harness because they may not get a second chance due tothe fact that the ground is so unstable. Brenda didn't hear this andSonny insists on her going first. As she reaches the top of the hole (aswas expected) the ground starts to cave in on top of Sonny. Brendascreams for someone to help Sonny, and Jax starts digging through thedirt when he finds a hand! Everyone reaches down to pull Sonny up and heis saved. Brenda hugs Jax but looks into Sonny's eyes and smiles.

Monica sits before a review board and learns her fate afterthe verdict. Dorman comes prepared to voice his "concerns"and terms for working together. Stefan angrily takes hislist and dismisses him. He tells Monica that although he is sorry aboutwhat he has to do, they must ask her to step down from all of hersupervisory duties, but she can remain to perform her surgical duties. Alan is dismayed but Monica reasons that Stefan's hands aretied. At least she can still practice medicine.

Laura proceeds with her plans to leave. Luckytalks with her and shares with her his desire to return to Port Charles with his Dad. Laura tearfully agrees. Leslie and Laura stop by the hospital to say goodbye to Audrey and Monica. Leslie questions Laura why they are leaving and asks Laura "We're not coming back are we? And Luke doesn't know does he?" Laura vows not to be separated from Luke and Lucky for long. She tries to hold back her tears as she and Luke say goodbye. Luke apologizes saying it's all his fault that she's leaving. He's sorry he dragged her into everything. Laura assures him it's not him and declares loving him is the only right thing she's ever done. While packing to leave Lucky slips the Cassadine egg Lesley Lu received from Nikolas into their carry on sack.

Alexis talks to Stefan about whether or not he intends to hand over Leslie's medical records. He angrily responds he does not like to be questioned. Later he whispers to Alexis "Everything is falling into place if she's still with him" to which she responds "And the virus?" "Safely tucked away in a family heirloom. Not to worry" he informs her.

Tuesday, March 11, 1997

by Marie Forte

Monica calls a family meeting to thank the Quartemaines fortheir support. She informs them that although she is sorry for all theproblems this trial has caused everyone, she plans on appealing withAlexis' help. AJ shows up drunk and before hecan join the rest of the family for the meeting, Alan meetshim in the entry way and tells him he doesn't care where he goes as longas he doesn't drive. AJ gives him his car keys and storms out.Keesha sees him leaving and follows him. When she discovershe's drunk she blames herself. She then tells AJ she's not like the restof the family. She won't turn her back on him. Ned walks inon them, and AJ leaves. Ned tells Keesha she can't help him. But Keeshais determined to follow him and Ned begs her to be discreet.

Brenda, Sonny and Jason all go tothe hospital. Sonny thanks Jason for finding them. He also thanksJax for saving his life. Jax just wants Sonny to leaveBrenda alone now. Brenda is brought in for re injuring her hip. When thedoctor says they will need to do x rays she asks Brenda if there's anychance she could be pregnant. Once she's alone with the doctor sheconfides she had unprotected sex, but it would be soon to know if she waspregnant or not. They hold off on x rays, but want to admit her forobservation. Mike is worried about Sonny and urges him tobe with Brenda. He realizes something happened between them and can seeSonny is happy. Brenda tells Mike that when they thought they were goingto die, Sonny confessed that he was glad Mike stayed. Brenda tells himSonny loves him. To which he replies, "And he loves you." She smilesthrough her tears and says she knows.

Ned confronts Alexis and blames her for losing the trial because shedidn't to her homework. Alexis responds that the judge gave her noleeway, due to the fact that Edward tried to bribe the judge. Nedpromises to keep Edward out of the way during the appeal,and apologizes. They agree to be friends.

Felicia meets Mac in the hospital. Her arm isin a sling because she needed stitches after wrestling with her kids andfalls over the couch. They both agree they could use a road trip. Onthe way they are pulled over by police. She informs Mac she has someunpaid parking tickets. When Mac asks how many, she replies "oh fifty orsixty" as the officer approaches her window.

Wednesday, March 12, 1997

by Marie Forte

Felicia ends up behind bars on the grounds that she has 45outstanding tickets. When Mac tries to appeal to the localsheriff,one man in blue to another, the sheriff informs him that he hasto hold Felicia due to the fact that she matches the description of awoman wanted for bank robbery, and robbing convenience stores in thearea. Mac says that it's easy enough to clear this up, they havealibi's. He places his hand on the officers arm who proceeds to put himbehind bars with Felicia. After awhile the officer says they picked upthe lady who committed the crimes, and they are forced to pay her traffictickets which total over $1,000. Felicia pulls out Mac's credit cardfrom his wallet and asks if they accept plastic.

Keesha walks into the shed on the Quartermaine property tofind a disheveled and very hung over AJ. Keesha wants tohelp him and love him. When did she become the enemy? Why won't he lether love him? Just as AJ appears to be allowing Keesha to comfort him,Ned walks in with towels, clothes and a shaving kit toannounce he has one hour to shower and get off the grounds so Monicadoesn't know he's there. Ned and AJ start swinging and Keesha steps in. Ned declares that AJ is a disgrace to the family. AJ can't take anymore. He confesses to Keesha he was the one who was driving the nightJason got hurt. Shocked and in tears, she can't believe he's been lyingto her all this time. She goes to the hospital to confrontAlan who says no one can help AJ. She declares Alan to beworthless. Then she phones Sonny and asks him to convey a message toJason. It's urgent he meet her in an hour.Meanwhile back at the hospital Alan stops by to seeBrenda. She asked to see him because she is worried thatshe is becoming dependent on her pain pills. Alan downplays her concernsand says since she is aware and concerned about it, there's no need toworry. Besides, he says it is the very same medicine he's taking for hiswrist. When Brenda voices her concern that she really doesn't feel well,and she's taking more than the prescribed amount, Alan wonders aloud ifthere's something else she's really worried about. But he doesn't seemat all concerned that Brenda really does have a problem.

At the hospital Mike thanks Jax again forsaving Sonny's life, and then tells Sonny he should give Jaxa break. Sonny questions his father who tells him emotionally he's theman who saved your life and you're going after his wife. Surprisingly,Sonny agrees to back off and let Brenda handle it, as long as she doesn'ttake too long. Then after a slight pause he reminds Mike he's not theonly one he should be thankful for. He thanks Mike for being there forhim.

Taggert shows up at the hospital and starts to hassleSonny again. Sonny tells Taggert we don't have to like eachother to work together. Dorman overhears part of theconversation but is called away before he can hear all of it. Sonnyknows Harry's partner will be looking for him because he mistakenlybelieves he can identify him. No big surprise, Taggert doesn't believeSonny and seems convinced that Sonny is the guilty party. Taggert thenpulls Jax to the side and lets him know that Sonny is the reasonHarry came back to town. Jax is furious withSonny and Brenda defends him. This upsets Jax even more and they bothagree not to talk about it right now. As they hug, Brenda flashes backto her and Sonny making love. Jax calls Miranda and thanks her for allher support. He doubts he could have gone through all this without herhelp.

Kevin receives another letter from Oxford. He tries toexplain to Lucy why he's interested in the equations theschool sends him. Maybe he can learn something about himself or hisfather he reasons. Lucy can't help but be scared. Without Kevin knowingit she writes a letter to the University asking for information on hisfather.

Thursday, March 13, 1997

by Marie Forte

Alan stops by to see Kevin, to ask him for help regardingAJ. He informs Kevin that AJ is drinking again. He'sreached the end of his rope. He does love him, but he can't helpsometimes wishing AJ and all his problems would just disappear. He'sangry and full of rage, but Kevin warns him to separate his anger at theproblem and his son. He also cautions Alan that asking AJ to keep itfrom Monica is a heavy burden for anyone to bear, especially with someonelike AJ and all his demons. Will Alan heed the warning?

Jason meets with Keesha who pleads with Jasonto please talk to AJ. He's the only one who can help him now. Surprisingly, Jason agrees.

Back at the shed on the Quartermaine property, Emily bringsAJ tomato juice telling him it's good for hangovers. AJsays he won't insult her intelligence by lying to her. He knows hisdrinking got out of control, but everything's different now. All thelies are out in the open. To everyone's surprise Jasonwalks in. Emily is delighted and whispers to Jason, that AJ is not OK. Jason explains to both of them that Keesha asked him to come. Emilyleaves them to talk. An incredulous AJ want's to know why he's reallyhere. Jason honestly replies he doesn't know. But Keesha seemed realdistraught and somehow believes this to be all her fault. AJ says hedrinks because the *other* Jason isn't there to forgivehim. This Jason looks like his brother, sounds like him but never willbe. What good does it do to talk with him. Jason becomes veryfrustrated and gets up to leave. AJ asks him not to. When he's sober,he hates to be alive, his memories make him sick. When he sobers upeveryone is disappointed in him. Helpless is the word. Jason says hecan identify with that feeling, that's how he feels about Robin. Thedifference is she's fighting any way she can to get the disease out ofher system, AJ just keeps adding the poison to his system. With that saidhe leaves a reflective AJ sitting there by himself.

Bobbie asks Stefan point blank for the truth. Was he trying to save Lesley's life or was he there to just administerthe drugs? As usual Stefan manages to sidestep the issue. Nikolas has been at Katherine's teaching her Tai Chi to helpher relax. He tells everyone her attitude is very upbeat and positive. Upon leaving her apartment, who should he run into but Luke. He wasvisiting Sonny who just happens to live next door to Katherine. Asurprised Nikolas thought he was still in Switzerland, and shares thisinformation with Stefan, Bobbie and Alexis.

Luke, Sonny and Mike discuss theCassadines. Luke is convinced Stefan is guilty and that there's aconnection between Stefan and Katherine. He's also worried for hissister. When leaving he asks Sonny to keep an eye on his neighbor whenhe spies Carly leaving Katherines apartment. This was theopening Luke was looking for.

Meanwhile, an emotional Keesha sits in the Quartermaine'sliving room worrying about AJ. When Ned walks in sheinforms him she will never forgive him. A heated and very loud argumentensues. Hearing the fight Monica demands to know what isgoing on. Both Ned and Keesha apologize and explain they just can't bein the same room without fighting. Monica just wants some peace in thehouse. Emily has been listening outside the door. She liesto Monica and Alan that she needs to go to the library but instead callsMatt. She want's to meet him behind the school so she can buy somejoints from him.

Friday, March 14, 1997

by Marie Forte

In the Quartermaine living room, Alan pops a pill asNed walks in. They discuss what to do now that Keesha knows. Stefan and Alexis drop by to discuss case withMonica. Stefan declares his belief in Monica's innocence. They all discuss Rebecca Chase. No one can comprehend what Dorman hasover her to make her lie for him. Alexis says she plans on checking outMs. Chase before the appeal. Now on to hospital business,they try todecide what should be the next step in dealing with all the negativepress from Monica's trial. Edward recommends Katherine Bellto handle spin control for the hospital. Stefan casually agrees to thinkabout it, and confer with Alan. Alexis doesn't think this is a good ideaat all. Ned suggests that Alan tell Monica about AJ. He believes shecan handle it now. Alan tells him to mind his own business. When Nedwalks Alexis to the door, they both decide they have had enough familybusiness and think dinner would be a nice way to end the day.

Miranda stops by to visit with Katherine. Theyspeculate about what happened in the cave between Brenda and Sonny. Katherine observes that Miranda seems to be giving up on Jax. Mirandathinks staying in Port Charles was a big mistake. When Miranda leavesKatherine tries to stand up by herself but can't. She falls to the floorand can't reach the phone when it rings. She manages to knock it to thefloor and begs the person on the other end to call 911. She's fallen andshe can't get up. It just so happens in Stefan on the other end of thephone on his car phone.

Mike keeps pushing Sonny on his reasons for notpursuing Brenda. He tells Mike he sure of their feelings for each other,and now it's up to Brenda. Besides, as long as Harry's partnermistakenly believes Sonny can identify him, Brenda's life is still indanger. He and Mike brainstorm on who this partner could be. Sonny'sconvinced the must work at General Hospital. Furthermore, he's probablyan intern, who's arrogant, sloppy and believed he knew more than Harryand had nothing to learn. But they both believe he's incapable of movingthe heroin through Port Charles and will slip up some way. But they areconcerned that he is also very dangerous.

While Sonny and Mike are discussing Harry's partner, Dormanis looking for a place to hide the bags of heroin. He stashesthem under a sofa cushion when the doorbell rings. It's nurseRebecca Chase. She knows they shouldn't be seen together,but she just needed to be with him. She doesn't care if anyone knows orif she loses her job. She loves him. Dorman, being the nice guy that heis, makes love to her and tells her she needs to leave. They may not beable to see each other for a very long time. Months even. Rebecca isupset, but he arrogantly tells her he always makes it worth the wait. Hewants her to be very careful. Monica's lawyer will be watching her everymove and he doesn't want her to lose her job because she lied for him onthe stand. He then hides the heroin behind the picture after sheleaves.

Jax is carrying suitcases from the penthouse whenBrenda walks in. While she was waiting in the car sherealized there are things they need to talk about. Jax confesses toBrenda that he and Miranda almost made love when he found the letter sheleft. They didn't, but he begs Brenda to forgive him. She thenproceeds to tell him she's not the same woman he loved. There are thingsthat happened in the cave that she needs to tell him.

The doorbell rings as Mike prepares dinner. He breaks open abottle of champagne to toast Brenda and Sonny when Sonnyopens the door to find Miranda