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I doubt that would be enough for Willow to turn against him because he can easily manipulate her into believing he was never really attracted to Nina, but she threw herself at him in the aftermath of losing her marriage and he told her a relationship wouldn't work out. It will take some in-your-face disgusting proof or witnessed behavior for her to dump Drew. Dr. Randolph's real co-COS got murdered by Heather while saving Carly's mini-me. I think Portia was the only other on-screen doctor (actress on contract) at the time who wasn't leaving in the foreseeable future? (e.g. Finn)

She has always expected Jason to come running when she is in trouble (or one of her kids might be in trouble), regardless of which man she's involved with at the time. The difference is Jason is strongly opposed to her dating Brennan.

Maybe I missed something - when were Sam and Maxie best friends? I remember them bonding over their dislike/jealousy of Elizabeth back when young Maxie wanted GV's Lucky to leave Elizabeth for her and Sam resented the long-time friendship/attraction between Elizabeth and Jason. They've also had a bond through their relationships with Spinelli and Jason and I remember Sam showed up for support once after Nathan was killed, but I don't recall them having a consistent friendship separate from the men in their lives. I don't think this (adult version) of Maxie would bring up Georgie. Her sister has been deceased for a long time now and she got married as a teenager because she was ill, expecting to die. That's not really comparable to adult relationships/marriages with children involved.

@GHScorpiosRule They got to have a few minutes of happiness. I think Brook Lynn feels tormented now because of what she's going through with Chase, but a woman who felt truly tormented regarding her child doesn't turn around and fake a pregnancy for the sole purpose of manipulating a man she knows is a devoted father, because she screwed up with her family and wants to redeem herself. I don't even like Valentin and I thought that was cruel.

Except she just admitted to Chase this week that she did think about it (when AL's Brook Lynn was trying to break up Dante and Lulu) and had the opportunity to do so but decided not to because Dante was in love with Lulu and not interested in her. For me, that makes all of this much worse. He and Lulu are solid? Well fine, I'm moving on with my life and Dante never gets to know and nobody ever gets to hold me accountable for my actions or I'll lash out. Hmm, no wonder she gets along great with "Uncle" Sonny and Carly. As for today, I loved seeing Elizabeth in green soon after St. Patrick's Day and seeing Lucky with an Eckert's box, which for me is a nod to his history with cousin Sly. The flirting and chaste kisses were sweet, but "a lot to talk about" still hasn't happened weeks after that episode. Yet the Show gives him time to hear Kristina worry and complain about Sonny and Ava. Grrrr! The preview scene of Alexis and Valentin could be interesting.

Yes, no argument there. The quotes were because he kept emphasizing that Brook Lynn is his wife and he's determined to protect her from the harassment of Lulu the bully. Lulu and Brook Lynn had one nasty confrontation. Chase is acting like Lulu has taken multiple opportunities to pressure and/or threaten Brook Lynn that she better tell Dante the truth very soon or else. You would think Brook Lynn is sitting at home in tears because Lulu has just been so horrible to her for weeks. If Brook Lynn had put on her big girl pants and told Dante the truth during one of the numerous times they've seen each other as adults - knowing he's a good man who wouldn't just blow a kid's world apart for selfish reasons (he's not her beloved Uncle Sonny!!) - there wouldn't be an issue now. And I say this as someone who has only ever liked Lulu in a few scenes, like when JMB's Lulu raged at Sonny/Jason for shooting Dante and some emotional scenes between AH's Lulu and Laura or Dante.

It is funny when you put it that way! I just really dislike how Chase demands that Lulu stop "harassing my wife" as if Brook Lynn is a defenseless teenager while Lulu is an adult trying to ruin her life, that this secret is nobody's business but Brooklyn's because she has convinced him at least temporarily that his best friend shouldn't know he fathered a child prior to Rocco. He's in denial that his wife has been a coddled, self-absorbed liar and schemer since long before he knew her. Brook Lynn hates that Lulu knows this about her and that the truth about her own behavior and decisions could jeopardize her marriage. I personally hate that Brook Lynn's attempt to rape Dante after drugging him - and Lulu witnessing it - has been glossed over because "it's in the past" and Brook Lynn is supposedly a new/different person since she's married to Chase. That doesn't mean Lulu was any less hurt or traumatized by what she witnessed yet Brook Lynn still has no remorse for what Lulu witnessed. Fast forward to now and we find out that she also decided as an adult to never tell Dante they had a son together because he didn't want to cheat on his girlfriend with her?! With "friends" like her, Dante doesn't need any enemies. Though I definitely think Lulu was wrong to let herself in to Martin's room and go through his files, I absolutely understand her feelings toward/attitude about Chase's "wife." I lost respect for Chase when he said he would arrest her for crimes if she didn't back off poor put-upon Brook Lynn (as opposed to arresting her and building a case because he's a cop who thinks the law is the law and she belongs in jail).

I think Chase already knows that keeping this secret is wrong - that Dante would want to know - because Dante just flat out said to him Lulu would not be better off if Charlotte hadn't come into her life and it's the right thing to "step up" when/if you know you're a parent. He's just mad that big, bad Lulu is making his wife upset. The comparison to Sonny and Dante is not fair because Dante thought Sonny was a creep/thug long before he knew Sonny was his father. He came to Port Charles as an undercover cop for that reason. The father/son intro was Dante recovering from a gunshot wound. Dante, on the other hand, is not a dangerous guy and has been a devoted dad

Not so far. I've got to give JPS credit that Valentin's appalled reaction to realizing that New!Brennan thinks he's in love with Carly "Spencer" was hilarious. How many times can two men call each other "old friend" while one was holding a gun? Ridiculous. Also, Anna with all her skills could easily have left Jason on the ground instead of yelling let go. Her character has really been destroyed. Ugh. Was that supposed to be Jason's pouty face that Anna won't just let Brennan kill Valentin? The only reason it would ever be okay for Sonny to ask Laura to come to his place at night, immediately, is for an emergency concerning Rocco and/or Dante. I'm appalled at Laura telling him she's proud of him. Hey Laura, a friendship with Sonny should not be an option for you because a) you're the mayor and b) you have a different husband now who is not a part of Sonny's world! Her desire to be friends like the old day is naive and ludicrous! Chase, dear, you deciding you need to protect Brook Lynn by scolding Lulu and trying to tell her what's what just makes your wife look weak. Lulu made good points. Hey Felicia, you didn't get the chance with Maxie and Georgie because Georgie was murdered. I can't with Felicia acting like Brennan is worse for her than Sonny was. So far, Felicia, none of Carly's kids are dead or critically injured because of Brennan. Hey Jason, do you remember when Sonny shot Carly in the head? What a hypocrite. Can this Gio secret finalllllyyy be revealed to Dante?!

I'm all for this happening since her voice killed Aunt Pat (Spencer) and thus made Bobbie sad. It makes total sense Bobbie and Luke's elder sister preferred death over meeting her niece.

IMO you can dismiss what Robin said to Carly when Robin and Patrick re-married and left the Show, because Billy Miller was in the role of Jason-soon-to-be-Drew at the time. So, Carly being all gleeful around Robin about having her Jason back didn't really count. KMcC/Robin didn't see SB/Jason again until Robin and Patrick had Noah off-screen in California, and Sam and Jason/Drew had Scout.

Did I hear correctly that off-screen Robin worked with WSB to save Carly's miserable life? I call it now: Carly's going to say she went into cardiac arrest because she sensed that Jason had decided not to tell her something very important. I was really waiting for lightning to strike Sonny, who has had one son critically wounded in childhood and adulthood, one son dead, a daughter nearly killed by a car bomb he set, and children kidnapped, for telling Valentin "you don't deserve to be a father." BLQ, your husband doesn't want to go along with you keeping this secret because your reasoning sounds like bullshit to him just as much as it does to the audience. She wants to believe she is doing this to protect the adult child, but it sounds more like she doesn't want to wreck her friendship with Dante and have the family furious with/hurt by her and Lois. Telling Chase that she didn't tell Dante the truth as an adult because she realized he didn't have "lingering feelings" for her, makes this retconned secret even more gross. Her ego was hurt because he wasn't interested in sex with her a second time, so she resorted to trying to rape him while he was under the influence?! (That's what I got out of her talk with Chase; he just doesn't know specifically that Lulu actually caught Brook Lynn in Dante's lap after she slipped something in his drink.) Basically, she wanted $ from Carly, to have the ego trip of Dante wanting her, and to stick it to Lulu. Girl, you were not a teenager at the time as an excuse for bad behavior and that is not friendship. If the situations were reversed and Dante was telling this story about withholding a very important truth from BLQ because she was not willing to cheat on her boyfriend with him, this would cause outrage.

Maybe he's been poisoned before? Regardless, unconscious Carly is the very best Carly so good job, Valentin. Tracy having Martin arrested in Laura's home is ... a choice.

Lois decided (with Monica's permission) to move Gio into the Q family home where Brook Lynn was living with her husband, then started freaking out about the secret being exposed, and went to see Martin behind Brook Lynn's back about legal options. She'll be a total hypocrite if she blames Lulu for this mess. Yes, Lulu was dead wrong for breaking into Martin's hotel room and her hostile approach to Brook Lynn. But the way AS and RS are playing their characters, I don't believe they are really keeping the secret to protect a now-adult child. There are ways to investigate/look into the past without just showing and declaring "ta da, I'm your biological parent who gave you up for adoption." Both women have clearly not kept the secret for fear of the kid's safety re: Sonny. Lois is protecting Gloria and herself from having her daughter, ex-husband, etc. rage at her. Brook Lynn is protecting her marriage and secondly, her friendship with Dante. I imagine Chase is going to be hurt, jealous and humiliated when he finds out that best friend Dante got Brook Lynn pregnant when he was a teenager, but now, he -an adult who is her husband - can't. It makes sense that she didn't tell him when she was a scared teenager. But she knows Dante is a kind, not dangerous guy who would never blow up a kid's life for selfish reasons, and she was never afraid of the danger that Sonny brings to children, so she had no real reason to not tell adult Dante the truth. I still remember when Dante and AL's Brook Lynn told JMB's Lulu that they grew up together but were never, ever into each other despite both families trying to get them together at weddings. Not a single mention of summer camp. Dante talked about her like she was his little sister from the old neighborhood.

It was stupid to have their scenes in the Q mansion's kitchen as opposed to Bensonhurst or literally anywhere else in Port Charles. Rocco already overheard one conversation right there, so BLQ's father, stepmother, other grandmother, Gio himself, or any of the kids including Rocco could find out this "secret." The audacity of Lois and Gloria to have this conversation about keeping the secret from Dante and the Q family while Lois is living there in her ex-husband's family home for no reason. The only time it would have been appropriate for Gloria to visit and Lois to stay there (other than wedding preparation) was when BLQ was in critical condition in the hospital from being attacked. Yet none of her Bensonhurst family showed up. I think he was meant to be there to flash happy/loving eyes at nuLulu (after their conversation at Maxie's, Maxie telling him Lulu is still in love with him, and him telling Chase they're in a good place) as she's giving Rocco this moment with his sister/getting their family back together as opposed to BLQ choosing in the same episode to continue not to tell Dante that he has a son and Rocco has a brother.

Could be Valentin's preference. My cousin's (very controlling) husband wanted their daughters to call him Poppa from birth, and to my knowledge they still do even though they're 16 and 14 now. I've heard my cousin say "You better tell/ask your poppa..." Although in conversations with other people, the elder daughter will say, "My dad ..."

It wouldn't surprise me since Charlotte briefly dated her cousin Aiden's older brother, Jake, who also called Laura "Grandma" before he went off to college in Spain. However, IIRC, Valentin and Alexis are not actually cousins since he turned out to be Helena's son with a man who was not Mikkos.

Poor Trina, there are three extras at her surprise birthday party while the father who raised her, her best friend, and her pseudo-cousin TJ are missing. Or was the birthday party just the set up for her and Laura to talk about Spencer and show she's moved on with Kai? I call bs on Rocco missing Charlotte so very much while visiting Grandpa's new place. They never had a relationship on-screen in the four years Lulu was in a coma. Kristina has some audacity asking Dr. Gannon to drop Rocco off at the Qs so she can confront her father. Dr. Gannon has met Kristina only once, has never been to the Qs/they don't know him, and this is the first time he and Rocco have met. Ugh. Lucky better be nuLulu's next call now that her kids are reunited. The Show has gone two weeks without Lucky having a significant conversation or big emotional scene with Elizabeth, his mother, sister or son despite the "we have a lot to talk about line" in the hospital to Elizabeth. I hate that!

Poor Rocco. He'll have Charlotte back in his life and he'll have his world upended (again) by finding out about Gio. Not to mention Danny getting jealous - I assume -that Rocco has a new brother and Dante has another son.

Then today Ric interrupts. I actually liked the Ric/Elizabeth/Lucky scene. Well played by RH (tears in his eyes) and Lucky rolling his eyes made me chuckle. JJ can be so funny in his subtle acting. So now Maxie and Carly are friends? The three ladies' scene would have made more sense if nuLulu was celebrating a birthday. I assume this guy with the dark good looks that Lucas is pouring his drunk heart out to and wanting to hook up with will turn out to be Noted Bigot Natalia's son/Blaze's brother. I thought Lulu would have more tears when she hugged Charlotte. LOL that Willow accuses Sasha of seducing Jason when he was mourning Sam. Willow knows/has witnessed next to nothing about Jason and Sam. KMc finally showed Willow acting unsure of Drew/a little like a woman telling a man what he wants to hear because of his emotional power over her.

Oh how I've missed JJ!! Lucky's reactions to his family today really made me giggle. How long has it been since JS and DZ were both shirtless in a scene? Good friendship scene for them; sad that it's about to blow up. I feel sorry for Scout that Grandma Alexis is the only trying to look out for her. NLG is very good in concerned grandmother mode. Something is very wrong when I watch a scene between Willow, Drew, and Carly where Carly is the most tolerable and reasonable character.

The look on nuLulu's face when Dante admitted in a roundabout way that he still loves her was well played by AH. Lulu seemed to fall in love with him all over again by watching him with Bailey Lu. That little girl is adorable. Watching Laura and Tracy together, even when it's brief, is a treat. Are we supposed to be excited about seeing Ms. Travolta again? Meh.

NuLulu is an adult, not a teenager that Laura can tell "you're grounded." Laura has never held Nikolas up to any standard, which is part of his problem. For years she was not hard on him for the horrible things he's done out of Mom Guilt that maybe he wouldn't have turned out this way if she had raised him. She said to him and then to Lulu she was proud of him for taking responsibility and turning himself in for his crime(s), but that's not really holding him to a standard IMO. I get why Laura is not being harsh with her daughter. She lost years with Lulu twice now, and Lulu almost died. That's a lot for a mother to endure. She had a scene with Martin where she explained understanding how Lulu is feeling because of her own history ('wig on a stick'.) She's not okay with Lulu running off to Prague (she said so) and other behavior/words re: Charlotte but she knows she can't control an adult child. I understand Lulu's perspective in that BLQ has literally had two + decades to let Dante know she gave birth to their child and gave the child up for adoption. Not telling him when she was a scared teenager was one thing, but she doesn't have a good reason for never telling him given she's supposed to care about him as a friend, knows he's a good guy, and she's certainly not afraid that "Uncle Sonny" who's "the sweetest" would be a danger to the grandchild. Yes, Dillon was married. He got married when he was a teenager because he thought his girlfriend was going to die. Yes, Lulu made the choice to have an abortion, but she didn't lie to/withhold the information about the pregnancy and abortion to him for the rest of his time in Port Charles. This is all so ridiculous. If the Show hadn't made BLQ such an "Uncle Sonny" adorer, the logical storyline would be that BLQ thought about telling Dante the truth once they were adults, but then when it was revealed he's Sonny's kid, she decided to hide the truth forever to protect the child knowing how Sonny feels entitled to seeing and having relationships with the young members of his family and knowing also that Michael got shot in the head, the children were kidnapped, etc.

It could be that Sam knows Jacob from another time in the past, like Elliot has been Alice's talk -to in 1999. His anger toward Del about her not being "honest" about Jacob's return and then his angry/exasperated reaction the first time Del said Jacob left/ran off and she didn't know when he would be back, seemed like he's personally invested in Jacob not just upset for his girlfriend Del that her son's return was not easy. It could be that Casey is actually Alice's granddaughter. I've read speculation that Alice has a daughter and she and Max Goodwin's son get together and have a daughter.

Dante could be told and he could decide not to tell his mother since BLQ and Lois both decided never to tell Ned. I'm confused about a few scenes today. Why was BLQ dressed for a winter funeral in her bedroom in the confrontation with nuLulu? Has Charlotte ever even met Jason before? He informs her he's taking her back to Port Charles because he "promised Rocco" and she just complies after refusing to go with Anna? She's a teenager so I was expecting a tantrum about not wanting to go back. Since Gio does not yet know he's Tracy's great grandson, why would he and Emma involve themselves in the Q crypt family drama between Tracy and Drew? Emma's grandma was not the police presence on scene. They're college kids so they should be involved in college/campus drama even if it's lame. I rolled my eyes at Chase arresting his grandmother-in-law for assault. That's the lite version of Dante investigating or arresting Sonny/Jason and associates for crimes. The Dante-Maxie stuff was good, but why does Dante look so shocked to find out that Lulu is still in love with him? She has not once mentioned deceased Dustin since she and Dante talked about the day of the explosion and her going into a coma. I assume they'll start making their way back together once the Gio secret is out and Dante feels betrayed by BLQ, Cody and Lois.