–Epiphany, to Alexis.

Recaplet for Thursday, January 18, 2007:
Lulu and Dillon set a trap for Monica and then confront her about Rick Webber’s murder.
Alexis gets her last chemo treatment.
Ric serves Sonny with a subpoena to testify in the custody battle for Molly. When Diane rightly points out that most judges will be sympathetic to the cancer stricken mother, Ric goes to the Lakehouse, where he sees Alexis smoking a joint.

Penthouse
Sam takes the pregnancy test away from Jason. She’s not sure she is pregnant and she hasn’t taken the test yet because she figures that as long as she doesn’t take the test, she could be pregnant.

Apt #2
Cruz is reading the perp his rights and notices Lucky staring at the pills. Cruz asks Lucky if he wants to take the perp so that Cruz can deal with the evidence. Lucky gets defensive. Cruz is all “take a chill pill, man!” He’s just trying to look out for his partner. Lucky says he’s clean and that if Cruz doesn’t trust him, he should get a new partner. Cruz says that if Lucky looks like he needs help, he’s going to say something. Lucky repeats his litany: “I’m not going to take a pill today. I’m staying clean today.”

GH – Chemo Room
Epiphany removes Alexis’ IV and comments that this is Alexis’ last round of chemo. Alexis was expecting a brass band. Epiphany jokes that the other patients complained. Dr. Tuvok walks in and Alexis is hoping that he’ll say that this is her last round for sure. Dr. Tuvok says he wishes he could but the chemo didn’t get everything. He can’t have her on it still though because the chemo’s affecting her other systems. Alexis looks gutted and Epiphany, who went through chemo as well, looks sad.

Not Starbucks – Office
Ric enters. Sonny tells him Carly didn’t make a statement because they’re married. Ric says to enjoy the sham of a marriage while it lasts because the case is still going through no matter what. However, Ric is there concerning the custody case. Sonny says he’ll make Ric look even worse. Ric says that Alexis shows favoritism to Kristina and he won’t let Molly feel like she’s 2nd best. Sonny tells Ric to spend all the money on a shrink. Ric says Sonny would do the same thing if he was in the same situation. Sonny reminds Ric that he almost got full custody of Kristina but backed off because he realized that Kristina was better off with her mother. Ric tells Sonny to be prepared to give his testimony. Diane comes in and tells Ric that it remains to be seen. Ric points out that family law isn’t Diane’s area of expertise. Well, neither is yours, Ric. You and Alexis both are criminal attorneys. Diane tells him it doesn’t take a genius to see that Sonny’s not going to be a good character witness for Ric. Ric says all Sonny has to do is sit there and listen while Ric tells a judge about Sonny’s lifestyle and how it’s a risk to Molly.

GH – 10th Floor
Dillon and Lulu are lurking in a hallway, waiting for Monica to find the note they left for her (“I know what you did. Meet me in the attic.”). Monica gets it, looks worried, and leaves. Dillon is stoked. Lulu, not so much. She feels that they spooked Monica and what if she doesn’t go to the Scorpio attic?

At the Nurses’ Station, Elizabeth is filling Epiphany in on a patient. Epiphany is distracted and Elizabeth asks her if things are okay. Epiphany snaps at Elizabeth about gossiping and tells Elizabeth to cover for her. Before she leaves, Epiphany tells Elizabeth that Audrey said she could babysit and then tells Elizabeth that going to dinner with Lucky just to keep him clean isn’t doing Lucky any favors.

Penthouse
Jason’s pacing. Sam comes downstairs. She’s not pregnant. They’re both disappointed but Sam says the upside is that they get to keep trying. They kiss. She has to go to a job interview.

Patrick’s Apartment
Out of principle, I’m not recapping this scene. It’s stupid.

Scorpio Attic
Dillon and Lulu wait for Monica. Dillon says Monica will be there. Lulu likes how into this Dillon is. Monica comes into the attic. She thought it might be them. Dillon wants to know what happened 4 years ago. Monica says she wasn’t there. Lulu accuses her of lying and points out that Monica’s number appeared in Rick’s datebook several times. Monica admits to seeing Rick when he was in town but denies an affair. She tells them both to let this lie. Lulu wonders why Monica wants this kept quiet if she has nothing to hide. Monica says that Rick was a complicated man with quite a few secrets.

Not Starbucks – Office
Custody blah blah blah. Carly’s testimony blah blah blah. Ric leaves. Sonny tells Diane to get Ric to back off and negotiate. Diane agrees but asks if Alexis will negotiate. Sonny will handle Alexis.

Metro Court – Lobby
Sam meets with Mr. Maddox. He’s new but he thinks he’s seen her with Carly and/or Jax. Sam lies and says she’s not familiar with them.

GH – 7th Floor
Diane runs into Ric at the hospital. She’s there to get a detailed report on Alexis’ cancer treatment. She’s going to compare the timelines of Alexis’ diagnosis and treatments with Ric’s sleeping with Sam, taking the DA job away, filing for custody. Ric says it’s a stretch. Diane points out that cancer is an all too familiar disease and if they get a judge who’s had a loved one go through it, custody will be easily won by Alexis.

Lakehouse
Sonny drops by to see Alexis, who’s lying on the couch, ill. Sonny tells her about Ric’s subpoena. While the discuss it, she runs to the bathroom to go throw up. When she’s back on the couch, he tells her to compromise. She won’t because it’s a prelude to a double cross. Sonny tells her that they managed to find a happy medium. Alexis says it’s different with Ric because he doesn’t really want Molly; he just wants to hurt her.

Not Starbucks – Café
Elizabeth is reading a magazine. Jason teases her about giving up on Kelly’s. She’s there for the herbal tea. He laughs and says he didn’t need to really know that. She’s surprised they renovated because she thought they didn’t want customers. He admits that Carly was trying to help. Elizabeth gets it. She thanks him for letting her vent the other night. He’s happy to help. She feels like she can always count on him. He says they’re always honest with each other. She admits she hasn’t always been truthful with him. She realizes that you can force things. Two people will come together when it’s right. He hopes that what she wants will come out the way she needs it to.

Patrick’s Apartment
Robin says that if Patrick every asks her to move in with him, she’ll say no.

Metro Court – Lobby
Maddox decides to do a background check on Sam. Desk Clerk (DC) points out that Sam’s address is on they have on file for Jason Morgan, who is a friend of Carly’s.

Not Starbucks – Office
Sonny thinks that Carly would help Alexis’ case so he wants Jason to go get her. Jason says no. He got Carly to marry him and that’s all he’s going to do. Sonny asks if Jason thinks it’s okay for Carly to avoid him. Jason points out that they have a marriage of convenience and Sonny can’t force it to be more than that.

Not Starbucks – Café
Sam asks Paulie (the Barista) for coffee. Diane notices that Sam’s looking like she had a hard day. Sam says she had a job interview. Diane says that Sam could just drop Jason’s name and have a job in a snap. Sam wants to get a job on her own merit. Then quit applying for jobs that involve your friends or your friend’s relatives, dipshit. You got the job at GH because of Alan. You got the job at ELQ because of Edward. Now you’re going to get the job at Metro Court (oops, spoiler alert!) because of Jason.

GH – 7th Floor
Lucky asks if Elizabeth is only agreeing to dinner to keep him off drugs. She says no. He tells her about his day with the drug dealer. She commends him for staying strong. He leaves. In the elevator, he pulls out a bottle of pills.

Lakehouse
Ric goes to talk to Alexis about custody. He spies her through the doors smoking a joint. Given how paranoid about smoking she was, perhaps she should’ve closed the flippin’ blinds before sparking up a doobie. Just a thought.