General Hospital RECAP: Monday January 11, 2016

Jason picked up the broken picture on Elizabeth's floor and saw that it was their "family" picture. He checked the house as Elizabeth checked on Jake, who was in his room. A short while later, Jason assured Elizabeth that the house was empty, but Elizabeth panicked because she couldn't find Jake. Jason went upstairs and found a frightened Jake in Elizabeth's room under the covers. Jake babbled that he'd heard a noise, and he'd thought that the "bad man" had returned.

Jason promised to make sure that everything was all right. He asked Jake to be brave and took him upstairs after muttering to Elizabeth to call the police. When Jason returned downstairs, there was a knock on the door, and the cops announced themselves. Jason let them in, and they discussed starting a more "thorough" investigation. The cops saw that there was no forced entry, so they would try to gather fingerprints from the scene

Citing "full disclosure," Jason advised the cops that he was in their database, so his prints would be everywhere. He continued that he was out on bail and awaiting trial. The cop wondered if Jason had any enemies, but he admitted that he didn't think he was the target since the incidents started after he'd already moved out. He asked to have a patrol car outside the house, but the cop didn't believe there was "enough of a threat" for that. Jason argued that Elizabeth was alone with three young boys, so the cop promised to "do what I can," and they left.

Jason instructed Elizabeth to get Cameron and Aiden and stay somewhere else that night. Jake returned downstairs and asked if they were safe. Jason promised to make sure they were safe and offered to put the family up at the Metro Court. Elizabeth thanked Jason for watching out for them.

Maxie entered the Haunted Star and was shocked to see Johnny. She immediately took out her phone to call Nathan. Johnny wrestled the phone away from her, and she told him how helping him the previous year had almost cost her her relationship with Nathan. She distracted him by asking about where he'd been and grabbed her phone back. Johnny chased her around until Lulu finally grabbed the phone out of Maxie's hand. She begged Maxie to "hear me out."

Lulu informed Maxie that, if Maxie called the cops, Lulu would go to jail for willingly helping Johnny. Suddenly, Maxie noticed the large bouquet of flowers behind the bar, and Johnny took credit for them. "Oh my god, you're sleeping together!" she exclaimed, horrified. Maxie was offended that Lulu didn't tell her, but Lulu insisted that she hadn't slept with Johnny. "That was her choice," Johnny explained. Lulu added that they'd only kissed. Maxie updated Lulu about Dante being on the "warpath" for Dillon.

Maxie instructed Lulu that, if she wanted to salvage her marriage, Johnny needed to go. "Soon," Lulu agreed. Maxie demanded to know what was really going on. Johnny claimed that he'd visited town for a "breather." Maxie related that she was "super happy" that Johnny was alive, but she wasn't making any promises. She grabbed her phone and ran out.

Lulu realized that Maxie was right about Lulu's marriage being over if Dante ever found out about Johnny. Johnny wondered if that would be "for the best," which angered Lulu. Johnny yelled that Dante didn't treat Lulu the way a husband should treat a wife. Lulu replied that Johnny needed to "finish this thing with Valerie and go." She thought that he should leave "now," but she thought that getting rid of Valerie was her "only prayer" of reconciling with Dante.

Sonny and Carly arrived at the hospital, and she suggested that Sonny give his new doctor a chance. Sonny wished that Patrick had waited to start a new life out in California. Lucas arrived, and Sonny hoped that he was Sonny's new doctor, but Lucas was only there for "introductions." He explained that Sonny's new doctor was "highly regarded" but warned that the man's bedside manner was "lacking." Just then, Dr. Mays barged into the conversation wanting to get the meeting "out of the way."

"I'll take it from here," Dr. Mays told Lucas, who wanted to stick around for his brother-in-law. He suggested that Lucas read Sonny's chart later and instructed him to go back to the ER. Lucas left and Carly explained Sonny's progress. Dr. Mays sharply told them that he'd do his own examination and draw his own conclusions. He wanted to see Sonny alone. Sonny angrily told the doctor that Carly could be there if he wanted her there, and that he wouldn't have made any progress if not for her. "If you don't want her around, I don't want you around," Sonny spat.

Dr. Mays told Sonny that he was the only doctor at General Hospital that could treat Sonny. Carly asked for a moment with Sonny. She told him to give the doctor a chance, and to concentrate on getting better. She left to get some work done at the hotel. Sonny suggested to Dr. Mays that they end things before they started. The doctor told Sonny that Patrick had specifically asked him to take over Sonny's case. "The way you treat people, I don't want you anywhere near me," Sonny stated. "Get the hell out of here." "Your loss," Dr. Mays said, and he walked away.

Lucas returned to find an exasperated Sonny, who wondered if Lucas had a "plan b." Lucas got an idea, and got on the phone. He explained on the phone that he had a patient who needed help, and that he would send the patient's records. Lucas promised that the doctor he'd called was "on par with Patrick."

Nikolas told Hayden that the lawsuit over ELQ could be in court "for years," and ELQ could still end up with the Quartermaines. Hayden had a suggestion as to how to prevent that from happening: "Marry me." She explained that, when a situation like theirs arose, two people would get married and the assets would be put into the name of the spouse so that no one could touch them. She would just sign everything back over when the trial was over. "How do I know you won't steal everything?" he asked.

Despite being offended that Nikolas would think she could be a thief, Hayden suggested that they sign an "ironclad pre-nup." She admitted that she enjoyed living at Wyndemere with all the luxuries, but she had panicked when Nikolas had almost died because she cared about him. She reminded him that she was a working woman, and not a "freeloader." She told him the "Money corrupts as much as power." He believed she was sincere, and he appreciated it, but he told her that he had attorneys to figure out the case instead of a "sham marriage."

Hayden was hurt that Nikolas couldn't see that her feelings for him were "real and deep." He agreed that they had a connection, but he wanted to see where the relationship went. He didn't want to sacrifice the relationship for ELQ. "Did you just choose us over ELQ?" she wondered in mock surprise. He wanted to explore their relationship, and she agreed. They held hands and smiled.

As Sam packed her things, Alexis wished that Sam and Danny weren't moving out. Sam wanted to give Alexis and Julian their privacy. Just then, Kristina entered with the mail. She picked out a letter from her school and opened it. The letter informed Kristina that she was on "academic suspension" due to her low GPA. She hid the letter in her purse and gave the rest of the mail to Alexis, who wondered when Kristina's first day back at school was.

Brushing the question off, Kristina took a sudden interest in knowing if Jason had noticed Sam's necklace. Sam informed her that he'd remembered putting the necklace on her and kissing her, but that was it. She revealed that they were growing closer. Kristina hit Sam with more questions, and Sam warned her that Sam might have to tell Alexis that Kristina was studying Pre-Law. Alexis was beyond ecstatic, but her phone rang, and she ran off to take the call. Kristina was annoyed at Sam, who wondered why Kristina really didn't want to talk about school.

Alexis returned a short while later and told Sam and Kristina that Diane had called to ask if Alexis could cover Jason's pre-trial hearing. She broke the news to Sam that Nikolas and Hayden had sworn that Jason had intentionally pushed Nikolas off the balcony. Sam was upset, and she left to go investigate the case. When Sam was gone, Alexis expressed her happiness that Kristina was following in her footsteps. She was proud of Kristina and excited for her future.

Sam explained Jason's situation to Carly at the Metro Court. Carly assured Sam that the police had talked to every guest and staff member who could have seen the altercation between Jason and Nikolas. Sam suggested that there was someone else to talk to who hadn't wanted to get involved. She suggested that they talk to the people who had the rooms overlooking the restaurant balcony that night.

Carly pulled up a list of guests on her computer as she asked Sam about her progress with Jason. Sam replied that she'd had some conversations with him, and things were more open with him since she accepted who he was. Carly thought about how awful it would be if Jason's memory returned while he was sitting in jail. Carly looked through the list of guests and was excited to find someone on it that Sam could talk to.

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