Maxie demanded Winifred 'fess up, and she admitted she's been following Spinelli. It turned out, Winifred was a giant Spinelli fangirl. Territorial Maxie shooed the girl away, but she stopped to rave about The Saga of Stone Cold, Spinelli's video game. This blew The Jackal's mind. Maxie dragged him off to spend time with her and he accused her of being jealous. Meanwhile, Lucky informed a disbelieving Lulu that Johnny had assaulted someone and hauled Johnny in. They all sniped back and forth in the interrogation room. Alone, Johnny told Lulu he was framed and knew exactly why. When Ric arrived to defend him, Johnny's theory was confirmed. He told Ric thanks but no thanks. Back at the apartment, Maxie insisted to Spinelli that she wasn't jealous: something was up with Winifred.

Nikolas deftly handled Nadine's patent issues with Mr. Corday — except for the part where Mr. Corday warned them they could find themselves "enemies of the state." Nadine wished her childhood sweetheart Bruce could've beaten Mr. Corday up, and had to explain to Nikolas who Bruce was and why this impacted how she feels about arms manufacturers. Robin and Patrick returned from their honeymoon, with Robin fussing over Emma incessantly. Patrick suggested she take Emma for a checkup if she was so worried. While she was gone, Sonny dropped by to talk about Michael's condition. "I want my son back," he confessed. Patrick asked him to accept Michael's prognosis. Well, what if it were Emma? Patrick admitted he'd have trouble accepting her fate and then assured Sonny he's not a lousy father. Later, Robin and Emma came home and Robin admitted her overreaction to Sonny. "Better safe than sorry," he shrugged, before getting introduced to the baby. Robin handed "Uncle Sonny" sleepy little Emma. Aw!

Carly thanked Jax for being supportive about Michael's birthday and admitted she and Sonny had been there for Michael together. But she'd also loved spending New Year's Eve with Jax. In the name of "full disclosure," Jax told her Sonny walked in on him and Kate flirting and assumed they're having an "ongoing affair." "Are you?" asked Carly. He assured her they're just friends and business partners. Carly wondered if he regrets sleeping with Kate. Jax reminded her that she'd alibi-ed Sonny a mere 24 hours before, so maybe there was a leeeeetle payback, but he'd never set out to hurt her. They discussed divorce proceedings. "I don't want a divorce at all," Carly declared, accusing Jax of cutting his losses. No, he just wanted them to get to a place where they can be in each other's lives but not as husband as wife. Before he walked away, Carly told him she wants to arrange an endowment to GH in Michael's name.

Sonny and Claudia reiterated the terms of their deal and then she pounced him with a kiss to keep him from realizing the DVD was right behind him in plain view. Sonny didn't want to play games. As he walked to the sideboard for a drink, Claudia quickly hid the DVD. They discussed the power dynamics in their relationship and what introducing sex into it would mean. Sonny told her that because she's never been in love, she doesn't know how "shallow" a sexual aspect of their marriage would be. Alone, Claudia started viewing Jerry's second clue. "You'll sleep sounder when you've found it," he purred. Then Ric arrived to tell Claudia what he was up to with Anthony. She assured him she wouldn't betray him, and then he admitted they set Johnny up and he needed Claudia to let this play out. She warily agreed and he kissed her. Later, Claudia watched the rest of Jerry's DVD — and Carly walked in!