REVIEW

Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Hit and Run

Written by Connie Phillips
Published February 03, 2008

After confronting Sam about her past behavior, Lucky throws Sam out of his house and out of his life, telling her he could never forgive her and he would never be able to trust her around his kids. Devastated, she goes for a walk along the docks where she receives a text-message saying "I'm not dead after all." She quickly dials Lucky, but believing the text-message killer to be the deceased Cooper Barrett, he accuses her of trying to manipulate him again and ignores her pleas.

While Claudia and Sonny were getting hot and heavy in the rented hotel room, Kate was baring her soul completely to Jax, telling him of her past with Sonny and her present. Not only were the scenes touching as Kate really took Sonny's words to heart, but they were also very telling of how much she deeply cares for him. The bonding between Jax and Kate is also a welcome change-up. It's very good to see friendships and relationships being formed across the show's cast.

After heeding Jason's warning that he believes the text-message killer was not Cooper, Carly also takes notice of a hot flash and upset stomach. Eyeing the fertility idol, Jax brought home from Hawaii, she runs to the hospital for a pregnancy test. Later, we see Carly driving home in the rain. With a tear on her cheek, her eyes keep turning from the road to the fertility idol on the dash. Suddenly, she slams on the brakes.

It's Tracy's turn to attack Monica in their ongoing battle, and this time she takes great pleasure in informing the doctor the hospital board has just suspended her surgical privileges. Tracy also calls Monica out on her excessive drinking, but infuriated she doesn't heed her sister-in-law's warning and gets behind the wheel of her car. Driving home along the waterfront in the driving rain, Monica takes her eyes off the road to unscrew the lid to her flask. She looks up, and slams on the brakes.

In the hospital, Liz awakes from another nightmare. This time she dreamt Sam was taking Jake away from her. Saying she can't stay in the hospital a moment longer, she checks herself out against medical advice and calls Jason asking him to meet her at the safe house. Jason, able to tell she's exhausted and upset, says he'll come pick her up, but she refuses, reminding him they can't be seen together. As she's driving along the waterfront, the driving rain pounding against her windshield, she begins to drift off to sleep behind the wheel.

So, I'm guessing you noticed a pattern in the previous three paragraphs. Well, here's the payoff. Sam, after an initial attack by the TMK, breaks loose as runs from him. Twice more he catches her and they tussle, both times she escapes him, but the last time she pulls away from him she finds herself thrown in the middle of the street in the path of an oncoming car. She is hit, and her body rolls up and over the windshield.

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Wife, mother, aspiring novelist, and music editor at BC Magazine, Connie Phillips spends most of her time in a fantasy land of her own creating. In reality, she writes about music, television, and the process of writing, when she's not cheering on her kids at equestrian events. Contact: Phillips.connie@gmail.com
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Hit and Run
Published: February 03, 2008
Type: Review
Section: Video
Filed Under: Video: Drama, Video: Soaps, Video: TV Recap, Video: Television
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Writer: Connie Phillips
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