Brenda: He's still standing behind the planter. (She remembers walking through the hallway and seeing the man by the planter) I'm -- I'm back in, but I have to go around the corner so he doesn't see me.

Cameron: What happens next?

Ric heaves a nervous sigh in the viewing room as he listens through the intercom.

Brenda: I'm going to try -- I'm going to try to look at him again.

Cameron: Try to recall as much detail as you can.

Brenda: Yeah, he's -- he's still there. He's -- I don't know what he's doing. He's doing something. His coat's unbuttoned. He's --

Ric is just about jumping out of his shoes in the viewing room.

Cameron: Can you see his face yet?

Brenda: Wait, he's -- he's --

Ric barges in.

Ric: All right, that's it. That's it. That's enough. (Alexis and Jax stand up) This stops now.

Ric: This is completely out of line. Why wasn't I informed that Brenda was going to be hypnotized without her husband, who happens to be the co-defendant, present in the room?

Jax: Because Brenda was ready.

Ric: Excuse me, Mr. Jacks. Unless you've passed the bar since the last time we spoke, I would appreciate it if you'd stay out of this. (To Alexis) And you should have never allowed this without advising me first. Now I want this session stopped immediately.

Jax: Say whatever you want. We're not stopping the session.

Alexis: He's right. We are legally violating Jason's right by doing this.

Jax: Yeah? What about Brenda's rights? Huh? She saw someone else in the hall. That might have been the real killer. She might even be able to identify him. What's wrong with letting her try? You know, perhaps the man in the overcoat isn't your client. Perhaps this session can put Jason in the clear. Now, I know you're upset and your objection is noted, but since you're here, why don't you sit down and see if what Brenda remembers might help everyone involved.

Alexis: I really wish that you would, and I didn't mean to exclude you. This just happened very quickly, and for the record, Jason was in the room when the decision was made. He was fully supportive of it.

Ric: All right, all right. Just anything that's mentioned about Jason, I want it off the record.

Alexis nods to Cameron to continue.

Cameron: How are you doing? Are you feeling all right?

Brenda: (Nodding) Mm-hmm.

Cameron: Do you remember where we left off?

Brenda: I'm looking -- I'm looking at that man. (She remembers the empty hallway) He's gone. (She lifts up her arm) Someone's grabbing me. (Ric listens intently. Brenda pauses and then laughs) It's Jason.

Cameron: Did he come from the direction of Alcazar's room?

Brenda: No. He came from the other way. He's showing me where the stairwell is. He's yanking me down the stairs.

Cameron: Nice work, Brenda. Now, when I count three, you'll wake up and you'll remember everything you just saw. Ready? (Ric watches nervously) One, two, three.

Brenda slowly opens her eyes and wipes away a tear.

Brenda: There was someone else there in the hall.

Jax: Yeah. Now, are you positive that you didn't see his face?

Zander walks into Kelly's as Ned is about to leave.

Ned: Hey, Zander, I was about to leave you a message.

Zander: What's up?

Ned: I need you to pick up an envelope at the office and drop it off with Alexis. Now, if she isn't at the courthouse, she's probably at the hospital visiting Kristina.

Zander: Do I have time to pick up my order?

Ned: Yeah, of course you do. You know what? As long as you're here, I want you to go downstairs and check out the basement. Carly is opening her new club down there.

Zander: In Kelly's basement?

Ned: Yeah. Yeah, whatever you're thinking, I guarantee that's not it.

Zander: Well, that sounds mysterious.

Ned: Check it out. I'm interested in your take.

Zander: Mine? Why?

Ned: Sonny is Carly's sole investor. Depending on how successful this club is, he either stands to make a lot of money or lose a lot of money, and I'd prefer that he lose a lot of money, so check it out.

Zander: Yeah.

Alexis walks back into the therapy room where Cameron is filling out some paperwork alone.

Alexis: It would be helpful for me if you could write a summary documenting today's session.

Cameron: Consider it done.

Alexis: And I'll need to call you as a potential expert witness.

Cameron: You mean as it regards this session or will I be expected to declare Brenda insane after all?

Alexis turns serious.

Alexis: May I ask you something? In your professional opinion, is it conceivable for someone of a reasonably sound mind to just snap?

Cameron: Situations arise where the pain is so pervasive, so absolute that your response defies labels. You take action in the moment. And then you spend the rest of your life wishing you could take that moment back.

Alexis: Is that what happened to you when your son died?

Ric goes back to the hotel and starts looking around in the hallway by Alcazar's room. He looks on the floor for something and then leans down by the planter. He roots around the dirt in the planter and comes up with a button.

Alexis: I thought a lot about what you told me about your sons. I was wondering, did you ever try to find your youngest?

Cameron: Oh, I hired a detective, but Alexander had vanished without a trace. He went underground or wherever kids go when they don't want their parents to find them. Eventually, I gave up.

Alexis: You don't seem like a quitter.

Cameron: Oh, what was I supposed to do, drag him back to the wreckage that had become my life? (He steps away from her toward a bookcase as he speaks) My marriage was over, my precious medical practice, which at one time seemed more important than everything, now seemed absolutely pointless. The best I could do was put one foot in front of the other and try to get to the end of the day.

Alexis: How long did that last?

Cameron: Too long. Finally, I couldn't stand myself. I wanted to make my life mean something again, so I -- I went back to school, did my residency in psychiatry.

Alexis: Then you moved to a town where you figured your son wouldn't be able to find you?

Cameron: Well, actually, my parents were from Port Charles. I used to bring the boys here when they were younger.

Alexis: (Walking toward him) I am very sorry for you. I can imagine how painful it is to be separated from your child.

Cameron: Say that again.

Alexis: Why? You heard me.

Cameron: No, but it just for a moment sounded like you were acknowledging the fact that a father could love his children, too.

Alexis: I never said that he couldn't. And, see, now you've done it again. You've just turned it around --

Cameron: First, you arbitrarily denied the biological father any contact.

Alexis: I arbitrarily? It was the hardest decision of my life. And if you knew who the biological father was, you would be endorsing it, believe me.

Cameron: (Walking away from her) Then you do everything you can to keep her legal father -- a stable, loving man who clearly wants to be a part of Kristina's life --

Alexis: I hardly think it's stable to drop your pants in the middle of winter in public.

Cameron: Oh, big deal. You're just using that as an excuse to keep Kristina away from Ned. God forbid you should accept help from somebody who cares about you.

Alexis: I have a tremendous amount of compassion for what you went through with your family.

He shifts his weight readying himself for her verbal onslaught.

Alexis: But it still does not change the fact that I find you obnoxious, opinionated, and the least empathetic shrink that I've had the misfortune of meeting. And if I didn't need your testimony desperately, I would feel compelled to have your license revoked for egregious incompetence.

She nods her head and tilts it satisfied with her characterization.

Zander arrives at the hospital with an envelope. He goes to a nurse at the nurse's station.

Zander: I got a package for Alexis Davis. They told me in neonatal she was down here.

Nurse: One of the conference rooms was booked. Maybe ms. Davis is in there. Ah, down the hall and to your right.

Zander: (Motions with his hand) That hall?

Nurse: Yeah.

Zander: Thank you. Thanks a lot.

Cameron: You know, not only are you a case study in neurosis, denial, and every repressed emotion known to science, but you are hiding under a frankly rather passé feminist dogma to keep from dealing with your fear of commitment.

Alexis: And you are a pompous, condescending misogynist who has absolutely no business commenting on any aspect of my personal life. (Leaning in smugly) Licensed or not, you are clearly unqualified.

Cameron: Well, you can dish it out, but you sure can't -- etc., Etc.

Alexis: (She holds her hand out in front of him to stop him) All right. Just write me a report on Brenda's session, bill me for it, and that's pretty much all I have to say to you.

She grabs her briefcase off the floor and sets it on the desk. Cameron grabs at portfolio sitting under the briefcase and yanks it out from under it - tipping Alexis' briefcase over.

Cameron: (Walking toward the door) Retreating into work, hiding behind a professional facade -- you know, for such an intelligent woman, you are jaw-droppingly predictable. (He walks out)

Alexis: Good-bye, Dr. Lewis.

She pauses to shake her head and the opens up her briefcase.

Alexis: (Muttering under her breath) Pompous jerk. (As she grabs a piece of paper out of her briefcase she gets a papercut and ) Ow! (Slamming the paper on the briefcase) Shoot! Damn! Ow! Ow! (She sucks on her finger) Ow. (Grabbing at her papers again) It's his fault.

A hand touches her shoulder and she raises her arms in frustration.

Alexis: Will you leave me alone?

She turns to see Zander standing there smiling.

Zander: Whoa, hey, no problem.

Alexis: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else.

Zander: Ned asked me to bring you this.

He hands her the envelope and she opens it up. She freezes after scanning its contents.

Alexis: I don't believe this.

Zander: Is everything ok?

Alexis: No, it isn't. Ned has gone too far.

Alexis goes to Faith's hotel room and knocks on the door.

Faith answers it surprised.

Alexis: Hello. My name is Alexis Davis.

Faith: Yes, I know. I recognize you from your campaign posters.

Alexis: I realize this is highly irregular, but may I please come in?

Faith: Of course.

Alexis walks in.

Faith: What brings you here? (Closes the door)

Alexis: I need to speak to you about Ned Ashton.

Faith: Well, you have amazing timing.

Ned walks out of the bathroom dressed only in a towel.

Ned: Hey, Faith, can you fix me one of those killer - (He sees Alexis) martinis?

Alexis slowly turns her head and looks at Ned.

Carly stumbles across Ric burning his trench coat in the incinerator under Kelly's.