ATWT Recaps Week of July 31, 2006
Friday, August 4, 2006
Simon sincerely apologized for hurting Carly, admitting that he invited her to dinner to “make Katie squirm” and he feels awful about it and he doesn’t want her to quit. She was softening when Jack came in, oddly called him “buddy” but also noted that he’s “rich and shady —no offense,” before asking him to go. Carly replied that Jack is the one who should leave and invited Simon to stay. Jack jealously suggested that Carly only made that decision to stick it to him; she responded that her business was none of his anymore. After Jack left, Carly did exactly what Jack predicted, asking the Aussie (still begging forgiveness) to go. “We are both stuck on our exes … we can help each other get over our hang-ups. I’ll forget about Katie, you’ll forget about Jack and we’ll both be healthy, wealthy and wise,” he argued, adding that he wants to build a nice reputation for himself and tempting her with a glamorous trip to New York City on a private jet. She declined anyway and he finally, regretfully, left. He was on the plane later when Carly showed up, having apparently changed her mind and walked right up and boarded a private jet without his notification.
Damian called Lucy on her snooping and voluntarily handed over his medical records, saying, “A dying man has nothing to hide.” He asked her to verify that he was receiving the proper treatment, as if she would know. Noting that they both couldn’t sleep, he invited her out. She stalled him so she could call Holden to report that Damian’s records are “too perfect,” as though they were based on textbook research on a terminal disease.
Barbara ran in to a mourning Dusty and volunteered to watch Johnny so the widower could go out and try to take his mind off of the ghosts up in the Lakeview suite. He headed for Yo’s, where he was being haunted by the redhead sitting with her back to him when Lucinda arrived to deliver papers dissolving Jen’s company (per his request). He asked after Lily (nice touch) and she complained about Damian’s influence on Luke, calling her ex-son-in-law an “elegant gangster.” She was detailing her plans for the “elegant gangster” ex-son-in-law when Damian arrived with Lucy on his arm. Lucinda went over to dramatically scold her granddaughter, who also played along with the ruse, then accepted Damian’s comfort and sexy billiards tips while milking him for info about Luke while Dusty watched suspiciously from the bar. When Lucy came to get a refill, Dusty asked what she was doing “hanging out with a sleazy guy like Damian Grimaldi?”
The killer had just finished holding Maddie down under the Snyder Pond water until she stopped struggling when Gwen randomly showed up and wondered who had called for help. She had leaned in to look more closely at the now-calm pond when Maddie suddenly burst to the surface, gasping for breath. Gwen jumped in and helped her out, then called the police. The sirens were blaring when both Jade and Will ran into each other in the woods, each suspiciously covered in dirt. They realized that if they made their presence known to the cops, they’d have to explain why they were both there — to stop Maddie from telling Gwen the truth. Maddie was seriously freaked out and flashed back to her argument with Will and Jade as Gwen told Margo that that’s what she was doing in the woods. She snapped out of it and hugged Gwen to thank her for saving her life. At the police station, Maddie couldn’t remember much about her attacker, except that he/she wore pants, a sweatshirt and gloves, all dark. She later confided to Gwen that she thinks it might be someone other than the serial killer who attacked her. When Gwen admitted that she was in the woods looking for Will because of Barbara’s warning about Jade, Maddie blurted, “I think one of them tried to kill me to keep their secret.” Naturally, Gwen asked a few follow-ups, to which a freaked-out Maddie responded that they wanted her to keep her mouth shut “about the night that they slept together.” Meanwhile, Margo was breaking it to Henry and Eve that she wants to keep Maddie for a bit longer. Back at the crime scene, Will and Jade wandered into the scene, having cleaned themselves up. After Dallas brought them in to give their statements, Margo pulled he and Jack aside to confided that she believes Maddie might have set up the attack to take suspicion off of herself.
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