April 5, 2004

Act I
Sam tells Jason she feels like if she knows Sonny wants to be with Carly and she stays with him anyway, she's being selfish. If she truly loved him she'd give him what he truly wanted -- her out of his life and the chance to be with Carly again.

Lorenzo asks Carly what she's doing. She says that some receipts fell out of his pocket. She tells him she can itemize them if he'd like. She says it with a straight face, too! He then tells her if she'd rather itemize receipts than make love, they're in trouble. She goes back into his arms.

Lucky calls out but Nik says nothing.

Em visits Mary and sees the photo in Mary's hand as she's trying to shut the door. Em wants to talk to her husband but Mary says he's dead.

Sonny leaves Ric and Liz to talk things out. In a movingly honest and real conversation, Ric tells Elizabeth he's never going to be able to convince her that he's for real, and that in order for a marriage to work, both people have to want it so. Neither has any answers.

Act II
Mary tells Emily that her husband died in Iraq a couple of months ago and that it's still very hard for her. Emily says she has to go; she accidentally leaves her scarf. Nik shows up a moment after Em leaves. He seems suspicious.

Faith shows up at the penthouse after Jason leaves. Faith towers over Sam and tells her that she owes her a favour now that she told Sonny the killer's a he. She asks Sam if she wants her to tell her how to hang onto Sonny.

Courtney helps at Kelly's because she doesn't feel like going home.

Jason meets with CuteStan! who tells him that the bomber's name was Falcone from Texas.

Carly heads out of the bathroom and looks at a sleeping Lorenzo. She cleans up the room and finds the receipts. She looks at them and puts them into her pocket.

Liz asks Ric if their baby will always have to compete with Morgan its whole life. Ric says no. Liz says she just doesn't believe him. She tells him as much as she loves him she'll never be able to trust him wholly and completely. She tells him they're not going to make it.

Act III
Courtney tells Mike the one thing she wants to keep from Jason is his name.

Outside Kelly's, Jason finds a frantic Liz digging for her back-up set of carkeys. She tells him she and Ric are breaking up. He tells her she's better off.

Faith tells Sam if Sonny & Carly reunite, it's business as usual. But, if Sonnys stays with Sam and Carly stays with Lorenzo, the boys will fight and take the focus off her. She gives Sam some advice: don't ever ever ever eavesdrop. And if Sonny tells her to go upstairs -- go. And if she's asked back down she should look gorgeous every single time. Sonny shows up and asks what's going on.

Mary makes orange spice tea for Nikolas. He finds Emily's scarf and asks who was there.

Carly has changed into jeans and a too-small tee. She picks up the receipt which she's transferred from her bathrobe pocket to her jeans pocket. She's holding a bag of chips when there's a knock at the door. It's Sage who wants to chat. Carly looks not too thrilled at the idea of becoming a would-be step-aunt to the girl.

Act IV
Sonny asks Sam to go upstairs while he talks to Faith. She leaves. He checks to make sure she's not eavesdropping -- she isn't. Faith asks him if they can declare a truce. Sonny wants to know what she's up to.

Carly tries not-so-politely to get rid of Sage. Sage tells her that she's grateful that she's come into her uncle's life. She says she thought Carly would bail the first chance she got and is happy she hasn't done that. Carly wants her to get to the point, then get out.

Elizabeth admits to Jason that she gave Ric another chance because she wanted to prove to everyone -- herself, her family and him -- that she could do at least one thing in her life right. Jason tells her she doesn't have to prove anything and she should do what's right for her.

Courtney looks at Jason & Elizabeth with anger and jealousy in her eyes. Mike tells her that of all the problems she has, Elizabeth's not one of them.

At the crash site Emily realizes she left her scarf at Mary's. She and Lucky remark about how sad Mary seemed.

Nik wants to know where the scarf came from and what perfume is on it. Mary says they got it on a trip and she brought it out so they could remember. She tells him the perfume is something she used to wear that cost a lot so she quit wearing it. Nik is wary. Mary looks intensely hurt.

Act V
Sonny tells Faith she's alive as a favour to Luke -- not because he plans on letting her stay that way the next time she pisses him off. Faith leaves. He says Sam can come down. She does -- and I think she's in the outfit she's wearing on the cover of SID. He's struck dumb by her beauty.

Courtney comes out to find Liz and Jason still talking. Liz apologizes for being mean earlier and says Courtney was right about Ric. Courtney says that she could have been nicer too. Courtney watches Liz leave. Jason tells her that Ric & Liz are busting up. Courtney says she has to go to work now.

Sage tells Carly it'd be cool if they could be pals. Carly agrees. Sage leaves. Carly dials the 'redial' button on the cell phone. She hears a phone in her house ring soon after.

Act VI
Lucky & Emily return to Mary's cabin to retrieve her scarf. They knock on the door; Nik moves about inside.

Elizabeth returns to Ric's office. He's glad she came back -- she tells him she's filing for divorce.

Mike tells Jason that he seems miserable without Courtney; she seems the same way. He advises him to work it out. He leaves. CuteStan! shows up and tells Jason he's traced the bomber to South America. Jason says he'll do the follow-through and prove that the bomber was working for Alcazar.

Sam tells Sonny she left all the stuff he gave her upstairs save for the outfit she's currently in. She tells him she's leaving. He says she hasn't even given him the chance to ask her to stay.

Lorenzo comes downstairs holding his cell phone. He says to Carly, "let me guess -- this is you?" Carly says he's the one who hired the bomber. Lorenzo admits that he is.

Preview
Monica pulls aside Dillon at the hospital. With a bemused look on her face she tells him there's something he needs to see. The camera pans to a shot of the hospital computer screen and on it, the download percentage loading window is right over top of Georgie's, um, assets. You see, it's a shot of a fifteen year old girl without any clothes on in a shower.

Mary returns home and Nikolas says that she lied to him.

Sam tells Sonny she's getting in way too deep with him.

Carly tells Lorenzo anything she might've felt for him is wholly finished and that he should just get out of the house he gave her, right now.