Wednesday/Thursday (June 18-June 19)

After spending the night with Jerry, Alexis went to work, only to find her office filled with bouquets of flowers from her nefarious lover. At least, she’s pretty sure they are from him. As she’s looking for a card, Nikolas comes by to ask for her help in going against the mayor on the free clinic. Seeing that she isn’t paying as much attention to him as she is her flowers, he finds the card and reads it. He then goes into a lecture about how bad it is for her to be involved with Jerry Jax. She knows, and is just exasperated about her conflicting emotions. One the one hand, it’s been quite a while since she’s had anyone in her bed and she sees the good side of Jerry most of the time; on the other, she also knows that he is a cold killer.

When Diane comes by, this line of conversation continues, though Diane is now kind of happy that Alexis has no room to complain about her dating Max anymore. The two friends agree to support each other’s love lives. Then, Jerry shows up to see if his flowers got the desired reaction. Alexis protests the flowers and everything he did, but Jerry shuts her up with a kiss, which Ric ends up walking in on. Conversation then goes the way of why Jerry shouldn’t be anywhere near Alexis or her kids. Jerry bows out of the discussion and Ric continues on with Alexis after his departure. Ric brings Alexis’ fears about Jerry to the surface again and warns her what could happen if she continues her relationship with Jerry. Jax also stops by Alexis’ office later to find out that she’s slept with his brother. When Jerry finally returns, Jax punches Jerry, I assume to defend Alexis’ honor.

These scenes with Alexis are so fun. Nancy Lee Grahn has really breathed life into this character over the years. I remember the days when she first came to town and tried to hide her identity as a Cassadine, which is why this lighter side of Alexis is so refreshing. She’s an amazingly strong character, but seeing her conflicted about her love life in such a playful way is just a really cool change from the seriousness that is so often attached to her role.

When the site for an important Crimson photo shoot falls through at the last minute, Kate sets up shop in the Metro Court lobby, with Maxie and Lulu in tow. The two assistants are running around trying to make sure everything is going right for the model, photographer, and of course their boss, when Carly walks in demanding to know what’s going on. After learning that Kate took over the lobby without permission, she tells Kate and everyone associated with the shoot to get out. Kate counters by saying that the shoot was so last minute, that she couldn’t wait for Jax or Carly to return the messages she left and had to make a decision. Also, the photos would be great publicity for the hotel.