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To be fair, Elizabeth has only been on-screen a few times since Finn left, and when she has been on, the focus has been on Jake's future in art school abroad or as a prop in the irritating Laura/Heather/Portia storyline. The only exception I know of is the episode this week where Portia complimented her work and then she was tending to the Donna (non) emergency. Violet is in BLQ and Chase's care, spending a lot of time with other kids at the Quartermaine mansion, so Elizabeth knows she doesn't have to worry about her safety or feeling alone now. I think the sense of loss of the family feeling in the home may be addressed between Elizabeth and Aiden in the future, right before Lucky appears in Port Charles.

I thought the same thing. If there has been a scene of Laura finding out about what Spencer did, I missed it. I really hope all this emphasis about Laura's lack of family/family connections for Ace is part of the set-up for Lucky's return rather than an indication we're going to see more of Heather. She is not needed. I personally would love to see Lucky develop relationships with his own son and his two nephews (or 3, if the show brings Spencer back either with NAC or a re-cast.) When Curtis and Portia got married, TJ said Trina is like a sister to him. I want Molly to ask him, how would he feel if Trina had been their surrogate and she (Molly) had treated her during the pregnancy and behaved now, as he has been toward Kristina?

I think Kristina gets a pass right now for what she's saying. She thinks making Ava suffer will somehow make her own suffering less gut wrenching and endless. She's been through major trauma, has multiple internal injuries, had 2 major surgeries, and the baby died. She's focused on the hateful things Ava said to her just before the trauma and Ava's other recent actions that have hurt her and her family, in addition to Ava's part in Morgan's death years ago. As Alexis told Sonny, Kristina is very fragile right now. There is a laundry list of crimes Sonny and Carly committed, true. But plenty of those occurred before Kristina ever existed. Yes, Sonny barely paid for killing AJ. However, that event was not within Kristina's world as a self-focused teen/young adult. I don't know if she ever met AJ.

Yep. Laura thinks it's all settled now but there goes Heather trying to manipulate Elizabeth into calling Scotty to get him to come back to see her. I like Elizabeth's "oh crap" face when Heather was talking about having a little house with a room for Ace. I liked seeing Kevin offer support to Alexis; good scene between two veteran actors of this show. NLG was great with Alexis getting in Sonny's face to stand down re: Ava. Of course he's not going to. The Michael-Kristina scenes left me cold. Good for her for pointing out he got a happy ending with Wiley. I assume Willow agrees to go be a support for Kristina and talk about deceased Jonah, which will make her emotional and then she'll do something stupid with Drew again. A couple previews make me sick: TJ speaking unkindly to Molly; Natalia tearfully asking Kristina (while she's still in bed in the hospital!) to break up with Blaze.

The situations are not comparable. Kristina was a scared teenager and it was an accident; I don't even think she knew Claudia was in the other car. Ava is a grown woman who got aggressive and grabbed Kristina when their argument didn't go her way. She was trying to intimidate a very pregnant woman. That is a deliberate act. Kristina tripped because she was stepping back to get away from Ava's grasp. The last pic Brick took was of Ava's fingers aimed toward the ceiling, when she lost her grip on Kristina's arm as her body fell toward the window. While she did not throw or push Kristina through the window, she absolutely contributed to the tragedy. I agree with what Molly said to Ava.

She knows the baby died because Jordan called her to let her know that Kristina made it through surgery. There was no reaction shot to Blaze hearing the news. Jordan called before Kristina ended up needing additional surgery. I think it's more like Blaze "loves" her - she loves the way Kristina makes her feel about herself as a gay woman and artist. Are Blaze and Kristina supposed to be the same age? It's unclear to me. Blaze doesn't strike me as being good for Kristina; she comes off as immature esp. still letting her mother run her life. Whenever the subject of these two being a committed couple in love comes up, I think - oh really? Where are their favorite date spots? Oh, wait, they don't have any because the only time they've been a couple in public together was the BLQ + Chase wedding. What are their plans for their future? Oh wait, they haven't addressed that at all. What are their goals? Same answer. Kristina used to describe her sexuality as fluid after she had been in relationships with guys and then had the affair with the woman professor. Blaze comes along and identifies firmly as gay. So now Kristina has to be gay too and tolerate bigoted behavior as conditions of being in a relationship with Blaze? That's not okay. I think Kristina deserves better than this.

Okay I'm going to defend Kristina here because of Ava's intentions and history. Ava subpoenaed Kristina in order to present the narrative in court that Sonny is nothing but a violent thug who can't be trusted with Avery's safety and that she - Ava - is the loving, stable/non-violent parent who should have custody of Avery. Kristina was calling Ava out on the hypocrisy - "I will also tell the truth that you murdered Connie Falconeri in cold blood and messed with my brother's bio-polar medication." It's true that Ava did not directly kill Morgan, but her actions certainly contributed to his death. On that note, Ava lied to Molly's face that she would never harm a child. By switching out Morgan's bipolar meds for placebos in an insanely reckless attempt to get him out of Kiki's life, she did harm someone's (young adult) child. And by blackmailing the doc/pharmacist however many weeks ago to change out Sonny's low dose bipolar meds for placebos, she has also endangered her own daughter. She says she wants him to have a public meltdown to prove he is unfit for custody. Well, you can't control when and where an ugly bi-polar episode occurs. Before they even get to family court, he could have some horrible bi-polar violent incident at home or elsewhere while Avery is with him, and she gets hurt or killed. ETA: I have knowledge of this topic as an adult child of a parent who is both bi-polar and an alcoholic.

He was visiting Ava at the jail at the time Carly brought Donna to the hospital about the suspected lithium overdose. It's unclear if the phone call he answered regarding Sonny's meds was from a pharmacist, a colleague, or the staff of the doctor who pumped Donna's stomach.

I had to LOL that he tells Ava that Sonny is getting treated, then says he has already said too much because of confidentiality laws, and then doesn't bother to get more than approx. 10 feet away from her jail cell before answering the phone call about Sonny's meds, thereby breaking patient confidentiality again. All he needed to say is that Avery is safe. She is not with Sonny; she is at Carly's.

I understand people can be irrational. That's not my issue with the past few episodes. Alexis recently stated/confirmed that Molly and TJ have been together for 10 years. This means he's also spent a lot of her time with her family for 10 years and has witnessed how much Kristina means to Molly. He's supposed to love Molly with all his heart, right? Yet he and his mother, through their actions, words and facial expressions show that they do not care one iota about Molly's fears and pain about her sister as she's simultaneously devastated about the loss of their child. The only thing that matters to either of these two is that Kristina didn't give TJ a child as verbally promised and that Molly isn't meeting TJ's needs immediately as soon as the baby has died. It takes Curtis of all people to say hey TJ maybe back off Molly. I was incredulous/appalled that Jordan actually asked him if Molly was okay, as Molly left.

There was an Rx vile of pills with Sonny's name on it in the overnight bag and Donna got them. Donna didn't want to "share candies" with Pilar and Avery who were in another room when she got her hands on them, so she didn't tell them. Then ... "mommy my stomach hurts." Why this child who is well beyond toddler years thought a vile with Daddy's name would be candy is stupid. I remember I unknowingly dropped a tiny pill from my meds in my aunt's car and her granddaughter, my cousin's three-year-old, picked it up and told me here's your medicine - knew it wasn't candy.

Spoke gently but firmly to TJ about grief and brought out the grieving father in him instead of the heartless/selfish POS he's been non-stop to Molly and Kristina. This episode confirmed for me that Molly needs to be done with TJ and his mother for her own mental health. ETA: Donna took daddy's "candies" and Carly took her to the h hospital for a lithium overdose. The girl had her stomach pumped and Elizabeth informed Jason, Sonny, Carly, Joss that the test results showed no drugs in the pills or Donna's body.

Her lying to and being borderline hostile to Trina continues that trajectory. So does later yelling at the ADA who is the grieving mother, in front of a police witness. TJ, when Molly can't wait to get away from you the day after your baby dies and her sister almost dies, perhaps a moment of self-reflection is in order. Pressuring her about a funeral and being with his fam to get rid of all the nursery stuff immediately is so cruel. TJ, you are an idiot, but not for the reason(s) you gave your fam. As always, Aunt Stella is an all star. My mouth dropped open when Molly started reading Ava the baby's autopsy report to hold her accountable. KV continues to rock her scenes. The look on Molly's face when Ava hissed at her and blamed Kristina for the baby's death ... wow. Jordan is a total be-yotch. Good to see Elizabeth being a great nurse instead of worrying over Finn! :)

Excellent point. This Show has been heavily focused on three weak, pathetic, very limited characters for a long time now. And it's sad that characters with such rich histories as Bobbie, Laura, and most recently Anna, have been used to prop Sonny in particular. When a show has to have characters re-emphasizing that Sonny loves his kids in order to push his value, there's a real problem. Loving your kids makes you a basic human, not a decent person. Whatever shreds of decency that existed in Sonny, died not long after Stone did - when Sonny decided to use/hire a brain damaged young man, knowing what he meant to Robin and what she had already lost. Fast forward several decades, and the now middle-aged man who lives to serve Sonny and his on-again, off-again wife shows sparks of decency from time to time but only having to do with Elizabeth. Kristina barely survives a terrible accident and loses the baby. Molly stops Kristina's father from seeing her and tells some truths to his face. Instead of going to the chapel to pray for his daughter, he goes off to the roof to have a pity party. Kristina's former stepmother, who has known her since she was a baby, finds out about what happened and does ... absolutely nothing. Doesn't even occur to call her son, Kristina's brother? Jason's worried Sonny's desire for revenge will make thing worse so he wants to be sure the police hold on to Ava instead. Oh what a hero. Geee I wonder why the Show is struggling with its audience. I guess the silver living is not seeing CD's two expressions in the family scenes at the hospital, and no sign of TJ's Hat Grandpa or Uncle Curtis with them either.

Aunt Stella is in that scene, so it makes me wonder if he's having a tantrum because she advises him to be a strong partner for Molly at this time, or something like that. I agree with you about no grace. He's not wrong for wanting a name for the baby and the desire to say goodbye with a funeral/memorial service, but this was soooo not the time and place for it. His utter indifference to Molly's pain about and fear for her sister's condition is sickening. I don't understand Jordan's behavior either, unless deep down she truly has never cared for Molly as her son's significant other. I recall that Jordan (a previous actress) was not enthusiastic years ago about the idea of TJ marrying Molly and was unsure about them bringing bi-racial children into the world. Stella addressed that with her. But maybe it didn't stick? I almost expected Jordan to say that now that Kristina doesn't have a baby for my son, does it really matter if she survives?

It's a hotel room (not a private residence) overlooking a public area and Ava chose to have the window's drapes open, so I wonder if it's not a clear-cut case of invasion of privacy. When Trina came to Ava's room and saw Jagger however many hours before the Ava/Kristina argument, did she see his luggage by the window? I'm wondering if Ava can be charged with tampering with a crime scene as well. Ava also lied to her attorney Scott's face that she never touched Kristina.

It makes me laugh in a WTF kinda way that Carly's own daughter was the lifeguard on duty when the accident happened and the victim is Carly's former stepdaughter, yet instead of immediately calling Mom from the hospital or just showing up to tell Mom what happened, her first priority after talking to Kristina's parents is to go cry to and have sex with her police officer boyfriend. Josslyn gets attacked by the Hook killer, her savior gets poisoned saving her life, tells her to run, and her reaction is that she wants to have sex with this guy she barely knows immediately, without first breaking up with her boyfriend who has been her close friend since childhood. Josslyn participates in saving her ex- stepsister's life, cries what if her and the baby aren't okay, and then wants sex immediately with her now-boyfriend rather than give her boss/mother a heads up that a major incident has occurred at her place of business. I swear she needs a mental health evaluation as much if not more so than Sonny does.

Molly is standing there almost frozen with fear that her sister has so much internal bleeding, while the so-called love of her life and his mother reassure her that her sister is in good hands in tones that practically scream (IMO) it won't be any real loss if she doesn't make it. The only great moment is Carly being horrified and incredulous that Kristina had an accident at her hotel, she's the last to know, and when she finds outs it's from Jason because Dante called him. Great professional staff you've got there, Carls! It really says something about Jordan that queen of self-absorption Carly shows more emotion over Kristina's accident and loss of baby than the baby's own grandmother. I liked Sam's reaction to Alexis telling her that Blaze is not in the hospital and it's because her mommy thought she needed space. Alll the kudos to NLG, KV, and KM. Alexis and Molly both crying over Kristina and Kristina sobbing I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to her sister made me tear up. Brick's last photo where Ava lost her grip on Kristina as she slipped does actually make it look like Ava's hand pushed her toward the window.

Deadline is reporting that JJ will be appear on-screen as Lucky in late August? Does that sound accurate to you all?

It's a really awkward time to bring up that storyline now, though. Sam and Sonny had an affair while he was married to Kristina's stepmother, resulting in that stillborn child. That stillborn child who saved Kristina's life was Kristina's baby sister and niece as well as Molly's baby sister and cousin; Alexis's first grandchild. Bringing up the loss would be a reminder to anyone present as well as the audience that Sonny had daughters with a mother and daughter. Not to mention that Sam would get to remember with Sonny their loss, at a time when she is living with/sleeping with his son. In Kristina's terrible state of trauma and Molly's sorrow, I don't think it would be comforting to them to be reminded that dad/Uncle Sonny slept with our big sister when we were kids and so both dad/Uncle Sonny and Sam totally understand our pain. This Show does NOT need yet more focus on Sonny's history of man pain and more reminders of Sam's many poor choices. Can you imagine Kristina telling a therapist that in addition to the recent trauma she experienced, she was forced to remember/realize that her big sister has been sexually involved with "my dad, my Uncle Ric, and is now sleeping with my big brother. Actually, my dad and my sister had a baby, but she died the same way my baby girl that I had for my sister, died." Therapist: Your sessions are free.

Same here, although I think in this case it's part accident/ mostly Ava's fault whereas in the AJ/Carly incident on the Q stairs, it was mostly Carly's fault. SB's Carly wanted to taunt AJ about being engaged to Sonny. She was in his home, was mouthing off and shoved her diamond ring in his face. He grabbed her wrist, she yanked it away, then fell. Here, Kristina went to Ava's suite at the Metrocourt because Ava was trying to force her to testify against Sonny. Molly was correct in saying that the Sonny-Ava war, instigated by Sonny's vile nature and desire to take Avery from Ava, is what caused this tragedy. Ava deliberately said awful/hurtful things about Kristina's mother to her face knowing quite well (after two pregnancies of her own) a woman should not have her blood pressure spike at that stage of pregnancy. Then she grabbed Kristina in what looked to me like an angry, aggressive manner to emphasize "I'm going to have my way no matter what." In my world, taunting and putting your hands on a very pregnant woman is really disgusting. MW's acting convinced me that Ava does not care one iota about Kristina's well-being or the baby's. She blames Kristina for Sonny kicking her out of his place. If Ava herself genuinely believed this was just a terrible accident, she wouldn't be acting this way. I can't imagine she would blame the victim this way if say, Trina had been pregnant and they argued and she fell out the window. ETA: Full disclosure, the past few episodes are a little personal to me. A few years ago, my cousin was pregnant and the docs/med staff treating her had some concerns along the way. While she was in the hospital due to a concern more than a month before her due date, she had a placental abruption. They team got her into the OR quickly and performed an emergency C-section. Thank God her baby girl lived, developed well, and will soon be starting kindergarten. My heart broke for Kristina when she was in the ambulance, asking if her baby was okay. TJ's treatment of her all this time and his attitude now, I just find appalling.

The reason I don't give TJ a pass is because Alexis said recently Molly and TJ have been together for 10 years. TJ wanted to marry Molly and supposedly considers her the great love of his life. He's holding Molly as she cries over this family loss, and doesn't even shed a tear over seeing her cry? That just strikes me as sick/gross. Agree! Plus, I know what Sonny 'contemplating suicide' is a set-up for. Hard pass, thanks. Kristina didn't just trip and fall. Ava lashed out at Kristina verbally. Then she grabbed her in anger. Kristina tripped because she was trying to get Ava to let her go. Ava is lying to first Dante and then Chase that she would never touch Kristina and is totally innocent. There is no excuse for putting your hands on a very pregnant woman, IMO.

I think Dante handled Jordan well. Asking if Ava's been arrested while showing zero compassion for his family and not a tear shed over the loss of a baby is really something. The way she said "won't bring my granddaughter back" was just so ... cold. I've seen more emotion from people when their friend(s) or family have lost a pet. But maybe that's to be expected of someone who's never spent time around the surrogate? I just don't know Molly was right to blame Sonny, but maybe some of her anger was that "Uncle Sonny" clearly does not care that a baby intended for her and her partner is dead. The baby is Sonny's biological grandchild, but he was not going to be a grandfather to it so whether the baby lives or dies is not relevant in his life. He only cares that Kristina survives and hopes she can be manipulated into loyalty for the rest of her life. Regardless, Molly was correct. This traumatic event is rooted in Sonny wanting to use little Avery to hurt/punish/get revenge on Ava for multiple reasons and Ava wanting to use Kristina to strike back at Sonny, and play keep-away with Avery. So gross! When he went up to the roof feeling sorry for himself and contemplating suicide, I thought oh, how typical you coward. His daughter has just been through a horrific trauma and does not need to deal with more emotional trauma, but all he can think about is 'everyone is against me, poor, poor me.'

Hmmm. Molly lives for her passion for the law. I'm wondering if she calls on her dad to take Sonny and/or Ava to court for whatever financial contributions they've made to Kristina's medical bills regarding the surrogacy and wrongful death of the baby. Ric used to be obsessed with how awful a person Sonny is/was. I think she may also just generally want Dad's help to take down Uncle Sonny after this, for being a vile human.

Wow, I give @GHScorpiosRule alll the kudos for calling it that GH would have the baby (girl) die. Kudos also to JS for Chase's incredulous face as Ava tried to paint herself as the victim of an out-of-control attacking 8 months pregnant woman. Good for Trina for telling the truth. Wow TJ, not even a tear? Just angry face, then blaming Kristina to his mother. Glad he's not going to be a father. I hope Molly leaves him. Not even a tear when he's holding her as she sobs. The Kristina-Molly sorrow scene, holding onto each other with love, was very well done. Natalia, your comparison is absurd. Nobody/entity "forced" her to be a bigot in the past and Blaze should NOT be praising her in this moment. Ughhh. No tears from Sonny, just quietly making it all about himself. KV was brilliant in Molly's performance of screaming at Sonny in front of her family (except Sam), TJ and Jordan why it's his fault that Kristina is so injured and "my daughter is dead because of you!" I loved that she refused to let him walk into Kristina's room. So gross that Joss's reaction to this horrible event was wanting to have sex with Dex. Like mother, like daughter (re: Carly and Sonny screwing in the back of the limo while taking their tween shot-in-head-son to a long-term care facility.) So, a temporary coma for Kristina? I hope Alexis puts both Sonny and Ava on blast for this!! KM and KV should both get Daytime Emmys IMO.