Tuesday, February 6, 2007:

The following takes place between 8:00pm and 9:00pm.
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GH – Evil Al’s Room
Jason starts asking Alcazar questions. Alcazar can’t remember. Skye asks if he remembers being shot. Alcazar asks Jason if he shot him. Skye says no. Alcazar asks if Jason works for him. Jason’s all “Dude, no.” Skye and Jason go out into the hallway (with Skye commending Alcazar for his “brilliant acting”). Skye tells Jason that Alcazar obviously doesn’t remember anything. They discuss the briefcase. She tells him he can’t go to the cops because they’ll arrest Alcazar for espionage. Jason says the sellers will want deniability and therefore won’t care if the hostages die. He tells her to keep asking Alcazar about the code. He leaves. Skye goes back in to see Alcazar. He’s still disoriented and thought that Jason was a friend. She realizes that Alcazar really doesn’t remember.

Later, Dr. Ford comes to visit Alcazar. He wants to know where Patrick is. Skye said Patrick took off. Dr. Ford is outraged. Skye wants to know if there’s any way to stimulate Alcazar’s brain back into place. Dr. Ford doesn’t want to push him too fast.

While they’re talking, Alexis comes into the room and confronts Alcazar about the briefcase and the Metro Court debacle. Alcazar is confused as to what she means.

GH – 10th Floor
Dr. Russell Ford (Look, just in time for Black History Month, they add another African American to the cast. That makes 4 black folk in Port Charles now. Oh god. I really hope they aren’t setting him up to be: a) the new Chief of Staff to take Alan’s place; and/or b) a love interest for Epiphany. Not that I don’t want Epiphany to have a love interest; I’d just prefer that she have someone closer to her own age.) confronts Epiphany about the errors in the nursing staff. Epiphany is respectfully firm in her disagreement with his assessment.

Elsewhere, Tracy tells Edward to take his pills and avoid stress. Edward isn’t sure how to avoid stress when his family is in danger. He asks where Luke is. They’re at the elevators now and joined by Monica. Tracy tells them that Luke is in jail, for trying to go in with the SWAT guys. She thought about bailing him out but realized that it would be better for everyone that he’s in jail. Monica decides to stay at the hospital. They leave. Jason rounds the corner and Monica sees him. She asks if he has a plan. He doesn’t say anything. She tells him that she knows he’s worried about Sam but asks that he please help Alan and Emily as well. The Lobby Hostages are like a who’s who of Jason’s life: Emily and Alan; Sonny, Carly, and Max; Sam; Elizabeth; and to a lesser extent, Lulu.

Dr. Ford (I can’t call him Russell; I knew a guy in high school who was my arch-nemisis and I can’t project that kind of hate onto Dr. Ford since he doesn’t seem to be a bad guy yet. If I find his attitude and character to be less than pleasant, I’ll start calling him Russell.) wants to speak to the Chief of Staff. Monica says the Chief of Staff is busy being held hostage at the Metro Court. My notes here say “Epiph – rolls” and I can’t figure out what the hell that means. I think it means that she rolled her eyes but I can’t be sure. That’s what I get for taking abbreviate notes and then waiting so long to post the recaps.

Not Starbucks – Sonny’s Office
Spinelli’s got the plans for the hotel. Jason wants points of entry. Spinelli says there are a lot but they’re all locked. Jason has a pass key but Spinelli points out that the pass key would show up on the security monitors at the Front Desk. Jason wants to know if Spinelli can override the security. Spinelli hesitates. If he tries to do it and it sets off the alarm, it’ll get the hostages killed. However, the silver lining is that the alarms reset at 11pm. He can attemp to override the alarms and no one will be watching.

Metro Court – Rooms #1 & #2, Lobby, and Outside
CJC tells Sam she just make things much more complicated. Carly’s all “I *knew* I recognized him from somewhere!” He tells 5 to bring the bag and makes Sam put on one of the black jumpsuits they’re wearing.

Emily tries to get out of the room but 6 (formerly known as the Henchwoman) stops her. Emily asks for a defib machine but 6 says no. Emily finds some aspirin for Alan. They reminisce about when Emily was younger.

At the door, Patrick is pleading for Robin’s life. He’ll take her place. CJC says that they’re at an impasse because he likes the hostages he has. Patrick wants to save Robin. CJC says he should just kill Robin now. Carly protests. At least let Patrick tell them how to save her. CJC is intrigued. If he agrees, he wants Carly to do the surgery. Patrick says he can’t do the surgery if he can’t examine the wound. CJC tells him that’s what makes life so delightful, the ability to take the lemons life hands you and make lemonade. Patrick relents and agrees, wanting to know the rules. CJC tells him to go back to the barricade and wait for his call. Carly protests, saying that she can’t do the surgery alone. CJC tells her that’s what will make it more interesting. He agrees that she can have either Emily or Elizabeth help. She picks Emily.

CJC interrupts Alan and Emily’s talk to get Emily for the “surgery.” Emily doesn’t want to leave Alan but he tells her that this is triage – the most needy patients get treated first. Emily leaves. CJC tells Lulu she can go in and keep Alan company. Lulu thinks someone else should do it. CJC says that Alan’s a doctor so he can help her help him and sends 2 to take her to the room.

Alexis comes on the scene as Patrick makes his way back to the barricade. He’s made a deal to try to help save Robin. Ric and Patrick argue about Patrick making a foolhardy move, blah blah blah. Mac comes back. Ric asks where he was. Mac says Monica thought that Skye and/or Alcazar had knowledge about what’s going on. Ric’s all “figures.” Alexis overhears this and leaves.

CJC calls Patrick who talks to Emily. Emily describes the wound. He gives her a list of supplies. CJC asks who wants to go on a scavenger hunt. Marty offers to go. CJC picks Nikolas and Sam to go instead. They have 10 minutes to get everything or else no surgery and someone else gets shot.

In Room #1, Alan asks Lulu for an update. He then asks why she thinks he killed Rick Webber. She lays it out for him. Alan admits he hated Rick but that he actually thought Monica killed Rick. Lulu’s mad that he let her mom suffer. Alan hopes that someday Lulu will forgive him for that but he believes that Laura is innocent because he saw something. Before he can tell her what, he has more chest pain.

Back in the lobby, CJC’s waiting for Nikolas and Sam to come back with the supplies. They make it in the nick of time. CJC tells Patrick that if he says anything not related to the surgery, pow-pow. Patrick walks Emily and Carly through the surgery, but Robin starts to bleed profusely because the bullet nicked an artery.