ATWT Recaps Week of December 18, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
Simon was drowning his sorrows at the Lakeview when Henry showed up and the two old friends proceeded to (finally) have an awesome chat about their miserable lives. Simon noted that Henry’s always got some “cool blonde stashed away” to turn to. “Yeah, there’s a blonde. Not Katie. And lately, not only has she been cool, she’s been downright cold to me,” he shrugged, before using what seemed like some Sound Of Music quotes to urge Simon to stick around and fight for the woman he loves, for once. And that means Carly.
Speaking of, she was having an awesome chat of her own, with Jack, about how they were pretending to be a family “when [they] never will be again.” Jack begged to differ, noting that they’re still the kids’ parents. “I spent the last year hating you and missing you and wishing I didn’t miss you,” he said (“Me too,” she echoed wistfully), “But the one thing I loved about you, Carly, was how you were with the kids.” And with that, she agreed to stick around, in spite of Katie and Vienna. She panicked when he then told her he had to split for a half hour to help the kids pick up her present. Before he left, he made it clear that he was still worried that she hadn’t completely ended things with Simon; she asked him to leave Simon alone. “I’m not going after Simon, I’m looking after the kids,” he told her sadly. Katie spied on them through the window, which disappointed Mike, who had been lulled into the assumption that she was getting over her obsession.
Back inside, Mike was dispatched to put together some toys for Emma, giving Vienna a moment alone to compliment Katie on her mega vendetta Simon. She then made her intentions to pursue a romance with Mike known. It didn’t take long for their argument to devolve into a girlie brawl, which Carly broke up — so they both turned on her. Katie basically lost it then, grabbing Carly by the arm and demanding to know where the diamond is. They had cornered Carly when Mike and Emma came in to put a stop to the madness. When Mike took her outside, Katie tried to backtrack, but he angrily told her to go.
At the outdoor mall, Jack told the new, tall, dark-haired Parker that he wanted to officially adopt him, like he apparently did with J.J. “I don’t want to hurt your feelings or anything, but I don’t want you to adopt me,” Parker said, but he really meant that he misses Hal and he thinks he’s too old to be adopted. Jack assured him that it was just for legal reasons in case something happened to Carly; Parker won’t even have to give up his last name. Parker was also worried about what fights might happen if Simon wed Carly. Jack promised there would be no fights…over Parker, at least. Later, the new Sage and the new J.J. joined Parker, Jack and Carly for their Christmas hike.
While Meg desperately worked to save his life, Paul had a vision of a creepy redheaded little girl playing with a ball and running into a ski lodge owned by “Emily” who opened the door and welcomed him in. In a theme that recurred in the dream, she cheerily asked Paul who he is and then explained in that blank, creepy way that people act in surreal dreams that the little girl was her daughter, Jennifer, but she’s gone now. She urged him to warm his hands by the fire, but when he saw the little girl in the flames he reached his hand in, burning it. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the paramedics were trying to shock his heart into beating again. By the time he got to the hospital, where a frantic Meg tried to find out his condition, Paul was back at the dream cabin, where he found a stocking with his name on it. “Who’s Paul?” he asked himself as “Gwen” and “Will” (in a special Flock Of Seagulls hairstyle for this particular surreal episode) came in, fresh from skiing. “Barbara” also showed up and introduced him to her “son” “Dusty.” Paul just kept insisting that he had to get to a train, but “Dusty” wanted to play Russian roulette first. Paul refused, saying he has too much to live for. He then spotted the redhead outside again but couldn’t open the door. Then “Craig” strolled in with a ski bunny “Meg” in his arms, happily gushing about their honeymoon. Meanwhile, Will, Gwen and Barbara kept vigil at the hospital with Meg. Paul’s dream just got wackier until he ended up sobbing in the snow over the red ball.
Katie went to the Lakeview and found Henry, getting drunker by the minute. “I find that you make more sense when I am numb,” he slurred, kicking off a melancholy Christmas montage…. Back at Emma’s Mike watched the snow fall with Vienna and remembered making snow angels with his Angel. Simon wandered through the streets, handling his phone. “No matter what Henry says, she’s better off without you,” he told himself, but called her anyway. She ignored the call to go on the hike with her kids. In his dream, Paul kept sobbing and calling Jennifer’s name, until “Meg” came to comfort him. “Come back,” she said in his dream (which, did we mention, was mostly in black and white?). Suddenly, he opened his eyes.
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