I’ve watched the show and written the recap but I won’t be able to get it up today.  It’s a really long recap.  Usually my notes are 2 pages, front and back.  Today’s recap?  2 pages, front and back and the front of a 3rd page. 

Monday, February 5, 2007:

The following takes place between 7:00pm-8:00pm.
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GH – 10th Floor OR
Patrick operates. He and Noah argue some more. Debris has migrated, blah blah blah professional ethics. You know, for a doctor who spent all of 5 minutes yesterday telling Patrick that he couldn’t finish the surgery because he didn’t know how to do it, Noah’s sure full of opinions about what Patrick’s doing wrong. Patrick finishes the surgery and wants Alcazar woken up ASAP.

GH – 10th Floor – Alcazar’s Room
Skye tells Jason that Alcazar’s been unconscious so he can’t be involved with what’s going on. She gets off the phone. Monica says that whatever’s going on has to do with Alcazar. Monica wants to know why Alcazar didn’t put whatever was valuable in a safe at his own home. Monica realizes it was too dangerous to do so with Skye and LilaRae there. She berates Skye for knowing there was danger there and letting Alan and Emily be at that hotel. Skye tells Monica that Alcazar had nothing to do with the hostage situation. Monica can’t believe that Skye would still defend Alcazar. Skye says that he’s the father of her child. Monica counters that Skye is Alan’s daughter. Skye has no reply for that. Noah and Patrick come in. Skye asks how Alcazar is. Noah says they won’t know if there are any complications until he regains consciousness. Patrick has increased the oxygen levels so hopefully Alcazar will wake up soon. Skye asks Monica to leave. Monica: “I liked you lots better when you were a drunk!!” HA!!! If I were doing the “lines at the title,” that would’ve been the subject line for today. She leaves. Skye wants to know if there’s a problem with Alcazar. Patrick says no. He removed the bullet fragment and stopped the bleeding. He leaves. Noah chases after him. Patrick says he did his part. Noah reminds Patrick that if something happens to Alcazar, he could lose his license. Patrick doesn’t care about anything but Robin. He leaves.

Patrick runs for the elevator. Monica chases after him but misses him. Epiphany tells Monica not to take it personally because all he cares about at this point is Robin. Monica asks if Epiphany was in the OR during Alcazar’s surgery. Epiphany confirms she was. Monica asks if Alcazar knew anything about the hostage situation. Epiphany says that Patrick seemed to think so. Monica mulls this over and then calls Mac. She thinks he needs to questions Skye.

Skye asks Noah what he’s not telling her about the surgery. Noah says the bullet fragments were lodged in a serious area. She wants to know what’s the worst that could happen. Before Skye gets a chance to answer, Mac comes in and says he hears she has information regarding the hostage situation. Skye says Monica’s grasping at straws. Mac tells Skye that Robin was shot so if Skye knows anything, now would be the time to tell him. Monica says that Epiphany thought that Patrick had reason to believe that Alcazar had information. Skye says she doesn’t know anything. Monica: “You lying bitch!” Mac tells her that if Skye’s withholding information and someone dies, it’s on her head. Everyone leaves. Skye looks scared and sad. She starts talking to Alcazar when he wakes up. Jason comes in at that moment and they both start asking him about the case. Alcazar doesn’t remember anything.

Not Starbucks – Sonny’s Office
Jason and Spinelli get to work. Jason starts rattling off what he needs: plans of the hotel, every probable way in, find out what you can about the hotel security cameras, get background on CJC, cross reference info with Alcazar’s #. Spinelli’s trying to keep up with Jason’s demands but it gets too much. Spinelli’s all “Dude! Stop! What do you want first?” Jason wants the footage. They watch the initial lobby footage before the Henchman spray paint it. Spinelli wants to know Jason’s plan. Jason’s plan is simple: to get the hostages out by taking out the gunmen one by one. Spinelli says that’s less a plan than it is a suicide mission. What about Sonny’s men? There’s strength in numbers. Jason says that if they go in guns firing, hostages could get caught in the middle. His best bet is to go in alone and take them out by himself.

Metro Court – Outside, Lobby, Various Rooms
Luke tells Mac he’s going too slow. Mac threatens to arrest Luke if he goes in. Mac leaves. Luke says he doesn’t want Lulu’s life to hinge on police procedure and says he’s going in. He asks if Lucky’s with him. Lucky warns Luke that if he goes charging in, others could get shot. Luke says he can’t just stand there and do nothing. Lucky asks how it’s going to help Lulu if he gets killed. Luke tells Lucky to face the facts that the two of them are Lulu’s best hope.

Jason asks Spinelli when the vault will reopen. Spinelli says 5:27am. Jason thinks CJC will kill the hostages to cover his escape. He calls Skye to find out about Alcazar. She says he’s still in surgery. He wants a call when Alcazar wakes up. She tells him that she values Alcazar’s life over what’s in the vault. Monica overhears this.

Elizabeth says that Robin’s pressure is dropping so they need to elevate her legs. Nikolas props them up with couch pillows. Elizabeth says Robin’s losing a lot of blood. Emily says there’s not much she can do. CJC says he warned them about talking.

Sam tells Lulu that they can’t just wait for the police to rescue us. Lulu wonders what they can do. Sam says there’s a door to the outside in the employee break-room. Lulu’s in.

Carly tells Sonny to shut up because there’s no way she’s letting him risk his life for her. He says that the Boys need her. She says they need him too. CJC shoots at them. He says there’s entirely too much talking. He’ll refresh their memories. Cooperate or die. If they are forced to cut their losses, they’ll repay in kind by blowing up the lobby. “Your ability to follow directions will save your lives.”

Jason says that the cops will try to negotiate and after that, they’ll send in a tactical team. CJC will panic and kill the hostages. Spinelli says they have to warn the cops. He knows Jason has an allergic reaction to law enforcement but people’s lives are at stake. Jason spots Ric and pulls Spinelli behind some steps to hide.

Ric asks Mac how it’s going. Mac tells him about Robin and says there’s been no word about the others. Ric asks how Mac’s holding up. Mac says no good. He’s not sure he can do this. What if he says or does something and Robin doesn’t make it out? Ric says he’ll take over. Mac looks at him and tells him that there are lives at stake so “don’t screw it up.” HA!!

CJC says he and his friends have their exit strategy. He asks Sonny if he’s conversant in explosives. Sonny says he never graduated high school so he’s unclear on the meaning of the word conversant. CJC tells him to guess. Sonny “guesses” that there’s enough plastique to blow the place sky high. CJC says it’ll be interesting to see how structurally sound the hotel is. Carly whispers that she knows his voice. Sonny says they’ve got 12 hours to figure it out and not shake CJCs confidence. Let him think he’s in control.

Phone rings. CJC says that will be the negotiator. He lets the phone rings and decides to play another game instead. He’s going to pair off the hostages randomly. At the end of each hour, the hostage without a partner loses. Lulu asks what he does when the hostage count is an even number? CJC rewards her with 20 points for her excellent question. He has to get rid of someone. He points a gun at Elizabeth and says he’ll start with her. He pulls her away. Nikolas says that he’ll take Elizabeth’s place. CJC tells him to sit down or else. He starts pairing them off.

Nikolas and Lulu. She asks where they took Elizabeth. Nikolas doesn’t know.

Sam and Fr. Ruiz. She tells him he should’ve minded his own business early. He asks where that would’ve left her. Sam: “What do you care?” Fr. Ruiz: “I wouldn’t do anything to harm you.” She asks if he would harm the bad guys. She says he knew how to fight once before; he might have to again.

Emily gets paired with Sonny and Carly with Robin. Carly protests. She’s not a doctor, she doesn’t know how to help Robin. CJC says it’ll be amusing to watch her try. Marty is paired with FDC. Where’s Eddy the Bellhop? And while I’m asking, when they played the name game earlier, why didn’t Maxie have to think of a name? I would’ve been interested in hearing what she chose for herself. Max is the odd man out. CJC tells a Henchman to take care of him. Carly says she can’t help Robin without Max’s help. CJC okays this. Max thanks Carly.

Sonny asks Emily how Robin is. She says Robin will bleed to death if they don’t get her out of there.

Phone rings again. CJC says it’s probably Mac, calling for an update on his niece. Nope. It’s Ric. Ric says he’s in a better position to help CJC. CJC says he’ll think about what needs they have and call back. He hangs up.

Ric tells Mac that CJC doesn’t sound panicked. If he’s not panicked, there’s no incentive to negotiate.

Jason tells Spinelli that Ric might be doing damage control for Alcazar. Spinelli asks how. He could sacrifice the hostages so that no one can get the case. Spinelli doesn’t think Ric’s bad enough to hurt the hostages. Yes, yes he is. Ric doesn’t have one redeeming bone in his body. And while I’m on the subject of Ric, why is he doing the hostage negotiations? If PC has friggin’ SWAT, then they can certainly have a hostage negotiator. Jason says he’s not waiting to find out and he and Spinelli leave. I know I’ve probably said it before but Spinelli never goes anywhere under his own steam. Someone’s either pulling or pushing him towards a destination.

Cruz tells Ric that the press overheard the news about Robin being shot so they want a statement. Ric tells Cruz to say that they’re working to secure the release. Ric asks a SWAT guy how long it will take to fill the lobby with tear gas. Not long. Ric thinks it may just rattle CJC’s cage.

Luke asks Lucky if he’s willing to do something to trust Lulu’s life to Ric. Luke knows the hotel. He did construction when it was being built. He just needs Lucky to run interference.

A Henchman puts Elizabeth in a room with Alan. Alan’s not looking so hot.

CJC moves FDC to Fr. Ruiz. Sam offers to help with Robin. CJC say he’ll keep her in mind. She knows she’s heard his voice somewhere.

Lulu tells Nikolas now is a good time to make a move. Nikolas tells her to stay put. She starts inching away.

Carly says that the rag is soaked through. Max takes off his coat. Emily calls out that they have to put the coat on top of the rag so that Robin’s blood will clot. CJC tells Emily not to do that again. Sonny tells Emily she has to be ready to slip out in a moment’s notice. Emily says she’s not leaving. Sonny says someone has to tell the cops about the explosives.

Patrick asks Ric about Robin. Ric says there’s no news. He caves to Patrick’s insistence on calling for a progress report. CJC: “When I say I’ll get back to you, you don’t call again.” Ric asks about Robin. CJC says she’s still bleeding and breathing. Ric asks to let them take her out of there. CJC says he’s grown attached to the hostages and that he’ll call them, not the other way around. Ric tells Patrick that CJC doesn’t care if Robin lives or dies.

Lulu starts inching around the round settee. CJC and a Henchman trap her between them. CJC asks where she was going. She says she needed water. He points a gun at her. Carly jumps up and distracts CJC by saying that she can’t do this anymore. She’s not a doctor. She doesn’t even like Robin and yet she’s covered in her contaminated blood. CJC asks if she has a pulse. Max says he doesn’t know. Carly wants Emily’s help. CJC calls Emily over. He asks her to say pretty please. She does. He asks what he’ll get in return. Nikolas jumps up but Sonny grabs him and pulls him away. Lulu apologizes and begs him not to hurt her brother. CJC says hot headedness runs in the family. Emily says Nikolas was acting on impulse because he was afraid CJC was going to hurt her. CJC wants to know if she thought he was going to hurt her. She asks which answer will save Nikolas. CJC says good answer. He pushes Lulu over to Carly and Max and Nikolas stays with Sonny. CJC says he and Emily are going to finalize the details.

In the hallway, Emily asks what CJC’s doing. He asks her how far she’s willing to go for Robin. She says he has to let Robin go. CJC says he doesn’t have to do anything. He pushes her into the room with Alan and Elizabeth. Emily rushes to Alan’s side. He’s dizzy and short of breath. Alan asks about Robin and wants Emily to go back out there and help her. CJC says only one of them can return. Elizabeth says she’ll go back out front so that Emily can be with her dad. Elizabeth and CJC leave. Emily asks Alan if he’s feeling pain in his chest. He is. Emily thinks he might be having a heart attack.

Cruz and Lucky discuss entry options. Lucky sees Luke putting on SWAT gear. Lucky tells Luke to stop and walk away. Luke won’t. They argue. Ric comes up to see Luke in SWAT gear and has Cruz arrest Luke.

Patrick tells Ric to negotiate for Robin.

Elizabeth gets paired with Sam.

Phone rings. Ric tells CJC that he’s looking at murder with special circumstances if Robin dies. Ric proposes an alternative. CJC says he’s listening. Patrick grabs the phone from Ric and starts rattling off supplies. CJC says that’s too much stuff and hangs up.

Nikolas asks about Emily. CJC taunts him by asking about Emily naked. Nikolas swears he’ll kill CJC. Sonny wants to talk to CJC alone. CJC agrees and tells Henchman to take Sonny to another room and make him comfortable. I think that’s a bad idea. Sonny’s the only one who’s been able to keep CJC calm and make sure no one else gets too eager-beaver.

Lulu apologizes to Carly.  Carly reassures Lulu that she was just trying to help.  Carly then whispers to Robin that she’s not going to die.  There’s no way she’s letting people say that Robin died in her hotel.  She tells Robin to suck it up and live.    

Patrick runs to the building. The SWAT and Cops take aim but Ric tells them to hold on. This might be the kick start they need.

Sam asks Elizabeth where they took her. To an office down the hall past the boutique. Are there Henchmen? No. Sam says the boutique manager left her cell phone with Sam and it’s in the top drawer of the front desk. Elizabeth’s all “No way! They’ll kill you!” CJC says there’s too much chatter and grabs Sam’s arm. He says it’s time for a time-out. Sam manages to grab his mask and rip it off. I was torn between this action. On one hand, it was pretty AWESOME for her to do that. On the other hand, it was kind of stupid because now that they can identify him, he’s got a lot to lose and not a lot of incentive to keep them alive. And considering how blasé he was about shooting Robin, he’s certainly not going to have any qualms about shooting anyone else.