General Hospital Recap: The PCPD Closes in on Ava and Drew as Brook Lynn Learns Ethan’s Secret
On the Tuesday, November 10, episode of General Hospital, Ava (Maura West) spilled the beans about Ethan to Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton), Joe (Jonathan Bennett) and Molly (Kristen Vaganos) got close to the truth about Jack’s (Chris McKenna) death, Portia (Brook Kerr) resolved to take down Heather (Alley Mills) by any means necessary, Jason (Steve Burton) made a deal with Serena (Kelly Kruger), and more. Here’s the full rundown.
Desperate Times
At the Metro Court, a desperate Brook Lynn begged Ava for info on Phoebe’s bio dad, explaining that a man claiming to be Phoebe’s father showed up in town. With Phoebe in potential danger, Ava confided that Ethan Lovett had forged the DNA test to protect Phoebe from her actual father.
Since Ethan’s phony paternity test was the only thing holding the adoption in place, Ava agreed not to tell anyone else about what Ethan did.
Across the room, Felicia was speaking with Lucy but was distracted to see Emma confronting Heather Webber. When Emma demanded that Heather leave Port Charles and kept throwing her past crimes in her face, Heather replied that her victims — Ava, Britt, and Trina — could say whatever they wanted to her, but she refused to be insulted by Emma.
Having heard her name, Ava approached. With a steak knife discreetly hidden behind her clutch handbag, Ava warned Heather to steer clear of her, her daughter, or Trina — or she would kill Heather in self-defense. Just as Heather assured Ava she wasn’t a threat to any of them, an officer arrived to escort Heather to the police station.
Vigilante Justice
In the wake of Tristan’s statement, Dante, Joe, and Molly were reviewing the file on Jack Brennan’s death when Portia arrived at the PCPD, demanding to speak with Dante. Portia wanted to know why the police hadn’t arrested Heather for stalking Trina, and Dante said his hands were tied since Heather was a private citizen and in town legally — unless Trina wanted to make a statement about the perceived threatening behavior.
Although her behavior didn’t meet the grounds for a restraining order, Dante brought Heather to the station to talk. Upon seeing Portia with the commissioner in the interrogation room, Heather forgave the doctor for tampering with her medical records, saying she would have done the same thing to protect her daughter.
An irate Portia accused Heather of terrorizing Trina and ordered her to leave town. Heather maintained that she had every right to be there but would keep her distance from Portia and Trina, despite Dante’s warning that she’d be under a ton of scrutiny if she stuck around.
After Heather left, Portia was annoyed that Dante couldn’t do anything more and announced that it was time for her to do what she had to do. When Dante questioned what she meant, Portia replied, “You’ll see.”
Sleep On It
Molly and Joe wondered if the paralytic allegedly used on Drew was also used on Jack. They theorized that with Drew’s Navy SEAL training, he could have disabled the Metro Court security system to provide Ava the opportunity to slip Jack a sleeping pill.
After checking Drew’s medical records (which Joe had obtained from Lulu), he and Molly saw that Drew had a current prescription for Restinol tablets — which he could have given to Ava to dose Brennan.
Hidden Agenda
Under the impression that her false statement had gotten Carly and Valentin released from jail, a triumphant Serena wanted Jason to turn over creative control of Deception to her and Lucy.
Jason protested that he’d never agreed to anything, and had explicitly told Serena to stay out of it so she didn’t make things worse for Carly. But since he held Tracy’s proxy while she was out of town, Jason agreed to give Serena and Lucy creative control if they stayed out of Carly’s life.
Just as they shook on the deal, Brook Lynn entered to speak with Jason, and Serena took off before Jason signed the contract. Once alone, Brook Lynn told her cousin what she’d learned from Ava about Ethan Lovett, noting that Ava couldn’t confirm that Phoebe’s father actually was Jude.
In turn, Jason shared that he’d learned from Josslyn that Jax had cut off Jude. Jason mused that Jude must be using Phoebe as leverage for another agenda, and Brook Lynn decided she needed to find out what he really wanted.
Devil in the Details
Back at the Metro Court, Serena told her mother that she may have gotten them creative control of Deception. But before Serena could spill details, Ava approached and introduced herself as Scotty’s friend. Then, as Ava was leaving the restaurant, she was horrified to overhear Serena gush to Lucy that she’d gotten Carly and Valentin released from jail.
Meanwhile, Felicia took Emma to task for confronting Heather, pointing out that harassing Heather on Trina’s behalf made Emma the criminal and that the PCPD would handle it if Heather was truly stalking Trina. But Emma huffed that she was not going to let Heather push Gio and Trina out of the spotlight when their careers were just getting started.
Stadium Lights
At the Cat’s Eye Lounge, Trina tried to wrap her head around Heather being free. She vented to Gio that Heather’s daughter, Esme, had murdered Spencer, and Heather herself had killed Trina’s then-boyfriend Rory and attacked Ava. While the cobalt poisoning meant Heather was not legally responsible, Trina still felt that she was the motive for Heather’s rampage.
When Simon arrived, Gio tried to tell him that he and Trina wanted to pull back on performing because Heather was stalking Trina. But Simon flipped out and gave them an ultimatum: Either they do a gig he’d booked at the Port Charles Arena, or he’d drop them from the label.
Gio was conflicted, but Trina announced that they would do the show. Simon warned this was their last chance. He took off.
While Gio thought they should focus on Trina’s safety, she refused to let Heather intimidate them into giving up their dream. Convinced by Trina that the arena gig could be their big chance, Gio agreed to do the show.
What is Portia planning to do to Heather? Will the PCPD arrest Ava and Drew? Let us know what you thought about the latest episode of GH in the comments below!
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