AMC Recaps Week of March 27, 2006
Friday, March 31, 2006
Ryan and Erin discussed his realization that he’d been harboring fears about being a danger to his unborn son. Erin assured Ryan that he was going to make a terrific father; Ryan smiled that he couldn’t wait.
Zach asked Kendall what she’d thanked him for. “For making my life better,” she shrugged. He noted he thought he’d made her life better by vowing to stay out of it. She clarified that she was grateful to her ex for his advice on the Greg/Ryan situation but added that she didn’t plan to reopen her heart to Zach. “I know that,” he assured her. Kendall went back inside the hospital, where Julia discouraged her from staying a patient of Greg’s by telling her about Greg’s misdiagnosis of her. Kendall wasn’t convinced that Greg’s mistake was deliberate. Later, at Fusion, as Kendall thought back to recent conversations with Zach and Greg, Ryan sauntered in and announced to Kendall that he had the answer to their dilemma: that no matter what, he wanted to raise their child, even if it meant he’d be a single father. “No!” she gasped. “I won’t let you do that.”
At the hospital, Joe tongue-lashed Tad for referring to Greg as “Josh’s father.” Tad flipped when Joe reported that he’d contacted Jeff (Joe’s son and Josh’s biological father). Joe felt strongly that Jeff deserved to have a say in the “whether or not to tell Josh the truth” debate.
From his hospital bed, Greg told Dixie it was good to see her again. “Are you dying?” she asked. “No, you can relax,” he replied. Greg wanted to know why Dix was risking exposure by visiting him. She shot back that he knew why she was there and referred to him as “a revolting excuse for a human being.” Greg remained calm as he and Dix exchanged veiled threats and made equally veiled comments about whatever history they shared. Dixie emphasized that after everything she’d been through, Greg had no idea what she was willing to risk. Just then, Tad called out to Greg from the hallway and a look of panic washed over Dixie’s face. Dixie hid before Tad entered and listened in, which is how she learned her that Greg was doing research on the Martin family’s genealogy. Greg tried to get to Dixie by remarking to Tad that they shared mutual friends. Dix emerged from her hiding place after Tad went on his way. She asked Greg how he knew Tad. “Small town,” he claimed. Dix questioned Greg about the study on the Martin family; he refused to be grilled and said that he and Dixie had settled things years ago. She disagreed. He remarked that it would do neither of them any good to air their dirty laundry in public. Zach then saw Dixie in the hallway and readily agreed to her request that he spirit her from the building unseen. He took her back to his office, where despite his best efforts, she refused to open up to Zach about what Greg had done to her in the past. However, Dix did urge Zach to get Kendall away from Greg. “How can I protect Kendall if I don’t know what to protect her from?” he barked. So Dix ‘fessed up. “Greg Madden,” she said, “is the reason I lost my child.”
Greg’s next visitor was Amanda, who expressed her reservations about accepting his job offer. Greg talked Amanda into becoming his employee and encouraged her to begin therapy. Poor Amanda was easily convinced that he really cared about her.
Tad reconvened with Joe and asked his dad what he thought Jeff would do. Joe asked Tad what he would do in Jeff’s shoes. Tad pondered the question while gazing across the room at Josh.
JR paid a doped-up Janet a visit in the psych ward. She asked for his forgiveness; JR made it clear that she wouldn’t be getting it. Janet went on and on about JR’s son, so he ordered her to stop thinking about his family. JR spat that Dixie merely tolerated Janet and didn’t consider her a friend. Janet apologized for the terrible things she’d said to JR about Dixie during the showdown at the cabin — but insisted that she hadn’t lied about Dixie being alive.
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