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That doesn't seem legal, but it's not as if this show is ever concerned with legalities.

Aren't most cases tried on this level of evidence? I do agree the witness was terrible, and I don't think the show quite dug into that enough, and the resolution was pretty bad. I knew the wife did it as soon as she got in Shaw's face at her apartment. And then we saw only the husband in the traffic photo. Once again the order side of things was pretty sloppy.

LOL at ActionMan!Dex. Michael can fix a stove? Ha! "Come to the wedding, Sonny. Rise above your petty grievances." You know he never does that, Lois. Ugh, these people picking and choosing who they deem worthy of help is gross. Did you think everyone you dealt with at the PCPD would be "perfect" victims, Anna?

He seems to run the police academy. I think we only saw him one other time, about a week ago, when Anna asked him to consider Dex. I really like this guy and the actor. I hope we haven't seen the last of him. Just because Cyrus is despicable doesn't mean he doesn't deserve the protection of the law when appropriate, as is the case here with Sonny beating him up. That's one of the foundations of justice: Everyone is entitled to it. (Whether you get it is a different story, of course.)

I was wrong a few days ago—we did get a money talk between BL and Chase. Sort of. It was kind of a bust because BL didn't grow up in the Q lap of luxury, very deliberately, so it's not as if she has no idea about the value of money. But at least it's clear she and Chase are on the same page about what they what their lives to be in relationship to money. Though given they have a safety net, it's not as if they're going to be struggling, unless Deception goes bankrupt and ELQ completely tanks. I hate that Alexis keeps bringing up how Molly thinks she's going to fall off the wagon. Alexis doesn't need a reason to start drinking again. I hate Molly. She's awful to everyone who doesn't meet her idiotic standards. I liked the alternating POVs of Finn and Gregory about anger, though Finn was a bit heavy-handed with the guilt. And I loved Alexis gently teasing him by quoting him back to himself. How did Jeff Kober get hotter?! He was smokin' today.

We had that interminable story about sea lanes and docks and things a decade or so ago, and it seems like the show has decided to stick with Sonny controlling territory that other mobsters move their good through, or something like that. It's always been a problem that Sonny is a mobster but not too terrible a mobster. We've seen him murder people onscreen, so I think that train sailed years ago anyway.

The timing for all of this "OMG, Sonny and Jason are criminals and we're only now just realizing it!" talk from Anna and Laura is so odd. As is the talk itself. Everyone has gone around PC for years winking about what Sonny and Jason really do. I don't understand what the show is trying to do here.

"It's nice to have a woman around," Sonny sleazes. UGH. Then we have to watch Brick put the moves on Jordan. Double UGH. Oh, lord, TJ and Molly's baby is due in August? I don't think I can last until then. And shut up about Kristina being the surrogate, TJ. I'm so sick of his whining about her and the Coven. It's not as if his family is some paragon. Where are Dex and Joss supposed to be? It looks like it's around the Q property, but why would they be there? I think the Canadian episode is what will be shown tomorrow in the States.

I think the running time of the reboot is a bit shorter than it was.

Back then Jason was the boy with no past and Robin was the girl with no future. He hadn't yet turned into the Borg who let everyone else do the work.

Those two women raised his sons even when he wasn't playing dead for Carly. This friendship has become so disappointing because it's devolving over Sonny, a manbaby who has never held up his side of a relationship. I think it's part exposition dump (Jason gets caught up as to what's been going on during his absence) and another "clue" that maybe something is going on with Sonny.

What a waste of time to have to watch Lucy blather on and on. There was no other story? Color me astonished that Carly admitted to insider trading. But of course it was still Nina's fault, so... And LOL that Carly is just now realizing what a supremely selfish man she married a billion times. I can't with this nonsense. It is beyond pathetic that Nina is enlisting other people to save her marriage. And it's no fun to watch. Ugh, Brick oozes back into Jordan's life. Please stop this, Show.

She still has a job because she gave the papers to Carly, who is trust incarnate, of course. Never mind Carly didn't hand off the folder until the next morning.

Didn't he kill a hobo?

More Deception squabbling. Please end this. Jason will probably threaten Nina into selling him her share of the MetroCourt so he can give it back to Carly. And because it's Jason, Carly will be okay with not doing it on her own. Spare me. The money talk between BL and Chase could be interesting. I don't think we'll ever get it, which is a shame. I's not just about one party having more money, it's about making plans for that money as a team. I wouldn't call Tracy and Luke's marriage a true partnership—he always found a way to take advantage of her—and I hate how she's rewriting things because of her grief. I look at Valentin and Alexis as a Cassadine alliance, not really as confidants. They help each other out when necessary but otherwise aren't too involved. That's fine with me.

But that's what sets Carly apart from sloppy Nina. It's that special personal touch Carly so loves. UGH. I've heard that at every wedding I've been to. I've always wanted someone to blow in and shout "J'accuse!" but alas, everything has gone as it should. Hee. It's the law when you're in Italy to eat gelato every day! I'm not surprised BLQ hasn't been to Florence. She grew up with Lois in Bensonhurst, and Lois was never one to want to throw the Q money around for the sake of showing she has it. That was one of Lois and Ned's issues during their relationship, that Ned used the Q money and influence in ways Lois disapproved. I don't mind the Nina/Drew hate sex, but I the setup didn't quite work for me. It was a bit too WTF because of Nina wanting Drew to help her with Willow. They should have kept the focus on Nina being back at Crimson and bating him about Carly. Oh, well.

I thought the name wasn't on the lease, but she was a tenant there, and that's why the judge said it was a close call to disallow the hammer. Which as someone posted earlier, shouldn't matter in a murder investigation. It's not as if anyone cut off a lock or something. A trash can is in plain sight.

I guess that five-minute fight about the prenup is all that was necessary.

"Let the meeting of the minds begin!" The last time you had a meeting of the minds, Drew, you were charged with insider trading. Since when does Aurora have significant capital? He doesn't want BL to pay for everything, which I get, but there are other ways to feel as if he's contributing financially to their relationship. I'm pretty sure BL doesn't want Chase to beggar himself just so he can feel manly. I hate this whole surrogacy story. It's been gross from the start, with Molly and TJ being unrealistic about how much they can control Kristina. She's not a robotic incubator. Again Carly whines about the standards at the MetroCourt, forgetting her bestie Olivia is supposed to be equally responsible.

LOL. Carly was in nursing school for five minutes. It makes absolutely no sense that she's suddenly so invested in Wagger's recovery. I can see her taking him back to the MetroCourt and giving him some ice and ibuprofen, but after that? No. Carly whining about the drop in quality of the MetroCourt is pretty funny, considering Olivia is still supposed to be a partner. She can't order new ice machines? Drew, "Michael's child" is also Nina's grandson, not some rando kid. I wanted Jason to call Sonny's bluff and tell him, "Okay, take me out," and then Jason gets rid of everyone Sonny sends after him, because Jason is the only halfway competent hit man Sonny has had. Or the guys Sonny sends after him don't want to get rid of Jason because they like him better than Sonny. Heh. Of course Curtis goes from a wheelchair to walking with no use of a cane. And his going on about how he's doing it all for his family, when he spent so much time whining about his limitations. Ugh.

And of course Wiley picked out the perfect anniversary present. GAG. I sent my parents cards on their anniversaries, especially the big ones, but that's one event in their lives that has absolutely nothing to do with me. Why is that kid still being shoved into things he doesn't need to be anywhere near? We already know he's a genius at every level of life. /deepest sarcasm.

"My great-grandmother was on the board for several charities, nonprofit charities." Uh, nonprofit is what a charity is, Michael. Michael really wants Willow to be his idea of a wife. It's gross how he oozes his way to persuade her she's the one making the choices. Of course two thugs get the drop on an FBI agent. No LEO can be competent in Port Charles. Drew and Nina weren't the worst hate sex; it was better than crypt sex, at least. I look forward to Sonny and Jason's pissing contest. They're both such oafs.

For how much longer, though? Nina has been through the wringer. At least Carly (of all people!!) has decided she's gotten her pound of flesh and is moving on, but Nina still has to deal with Carly's horrendous children. Then there's Drew, with whom she has a weird, evolving relationship that for me is still very problematic because I always feel like he's one angry outburst from punching her in the face.

Jason hadn't returned at the time of the last appointment. Now that he's back, he's always uppermost in everyone's minds. She could have easily gone to live with Jax for more than just her summer break. Carly never limited their contact, and Sonny had no legal say (and was probably glad to be rid of her for a few months every year, lol). Nixon Falls has a lot to answer for. Sonny hasn't done nearly enough answering for it. Nina is still bearing the brunt of it, as the wimmins usually do.

"I've never heard of a wedding dress emergency." That's the dumbest thing Natalia has said. If that was supposed to be some kind of burn/insult, it doesn't even rise to the level of lame it was so stupid. She did say she knew that when she and Dante were talking. I think she, Danny, and Jason need to sit down and hash out the rules. Then if things aren't followed, there aren't any surprises. Monday's ep is preempted for coverage of the solar eclipse. Thank goodness, because I need more time to recover from what looks like Ava's hideous new haircut.